The Queen Mother and Mrs. Ji are old acquaintances.

Or in the era of the Empress Dowager Ji, the queen mother, as the lord of the harem, for a period of time actually did not control the emperor's favorite concubines and concubines, the first emperor threw the court affairs to the eunuchs and courtiers, but he loved to theorize the rights and wrongs of women. Even if it is troublesome, I am afraid that the first emperor will unswervingly safeguard his sovereignty and change to a "virtuous and virtuous" queen.

However, for the first emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Ji, the queen is still very willing to fulfill her filial piety, and she has been diligent in walking around the Cining Palace, and the empress dowager Ji is almost the maiden niece who stayed by her side to raise herself, and the queen is also completely treated as a sister-in-law, to say that the Empress Dowager Ji didn't know who she instigated at that time, and came up with the idea of letting Mrs. Ji enter the palace as a concubine, or the queen was not afraid of the Empress Dowager Ji's misunderstanding that she was out of jealousy, and a sincere persuasion dispelled the idea that the Empress Dowager Ji was confused for a while.

For this matter, Mrs. Ji has always kept in mind the kindness of the queen and how the harem was rampant during the period of the first emperor, and Mrs. Ji, who was unknown to others but almost grew up in the inner court, saw it very clearly, she really had no interest in this place that seemed magnificent and infinitely honorable to the world, and she disdained to exhaust her life in intrigue with the harem for the meager favor of the first emperor.

And now it is time to pass, the first emperor and the Empress Dowager Ji have died one after another, and today's harem court is naturally not the personnel of the year, the queen lived in Cining Palace to become the Empress Dowager of Shengde, sometimes watching the flowers in the palace bloom and fall leaves, in time has been changing and has been reincarnated, she is not very willing to always look back behind her, but it is inevitable that occasionally, will be emotional because of the old people and old things.

In the blink of an eye, a lifetime is really consumed like this, and the woman who had a longing for her beloved relationship back then failed to look forward to a long time after all, she got rid of this boring and cruel court, but she couldn't get rid of the cruel and tragic fate, and herself? It seems that the wit has been exhausted, but the hard work in this life is just one more day.

The difference is that the queen mother is more leisurely than the queen queen, and the guillotine in Kunning Palace is like a guillotine hanging high on the head every day, which no longer exists in Cining Palace.

can also, see his own end at a glance, die of old age, and be buried in a beautiful way.

This kind of life can't stand up to scrutiny, but the past experience is not something that can be forgotten.

The Queen Mother would occasionally miss Mrs. Ji, thinking that if she returned to the palace at this time and entered the Cining Palace again, they would sit under the plane tree, maybe drinking tea or drinking, and she would say, "Aji, I still envy you." ”

I envy you for getting rid of the court in the end, envy you for a short time, but after all, you have been in love with a marriage, envy that you can give birth to children for the person you love, and envy that you still have a reunion after death, unlike me...... I don't want to die, I think that the first emperor is also in the netherworld, I hope that I can live forever.

So when she mentioned Mrs. Ji at this time, it was not entirely for the sake of Chungui, and the Queen Mother sighed sincerely: "On the fiftieth birthday of the Empress Dowager, I summoned Ah Ji from Fenyang to Beijing, and that was the last time I saw her...... It didn't take long to hear that she was pregnant, I really hope she can give birth to a daughter, the queen mother also thinks the same, and I am still planning with great interest that if Aji gives birth to a daughter, she will be brought into the palace to raise her, and as a result

Aki gave birth to a son. ”

Chungui didn't want Concubine Zheng to know that she was acquainted with Brother Sun Ning, and after recalling, Mrs. Ji's mother and son were also the "accomplices" who caused Zheng Huitang to be punished, so she couldn't help mentioning Brother Sun Ning's current situation without mentioning a word.

But she couldn't help but secretly look at the Queen Mother at this time.

Although Sergeant Ruan and Xiao Gongling have indeed witnessed what it means to be beautiful, Chun Gui has been mentally prepared for the Queen Mother's "year does not match the truth", but after this glance, he still almost couldn't help but be surprised in public.

There is no need to vaguely distinguish the charm of the year from the eyebrows and eyes, the queen mother is still charming, whether it is posture or appearance, it is no different from a woman in her thirties, and she is still about thirty who is quite well maintained.

It is true that according to the current "aesthetic" guidelines, the Queen Mother's eyebrows and eyes can not be regarded as the national color and fragrance, her facial contours are very sharp, slightly less soft, the eyebrows are too spiritual, and the more spiritual is a pair of round black eyes. She is not like any kind of fragrant flower under the sun, like a touch of sunshine that can make a hundred flowers bloom.

Looking at it makes people's hearts brighten, and I hope that I can live like this.

Chungui felt that he was probably in love with the Queen Mother at first sight, and he couldn't help but peek at the second glance after the first glance, and he felt close to him when he looked at it.

It's a pity that she is the queen mother and lives in the tiger's den in Longtan, so she doesn't have much chance to get close.

"Aji is okay now?"

Chungui listened to this question, and responded with a smile: "Mrs. Ji is very good, in the house in Fenyang City, she also cultivated half an acre of vegetable land, and learned to grow some favorite vegetables and fruits by herself, when the concubine was in Fenyang, she often accompanied Mrs. Ji to dig the vegetable field and fruit trees, Mrs. Ji said that her waist bones are more tough than when she was young, and she has never had rheumatic pain in rain and snow." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she became interested: "Did she really do this?" At that time, she was still a cardamom age, and she always thought about cultivating land to grow vegetables in Cining Palace, but she couldn't convince the Empress Dowager...... Or did I find a little eunuch for her, the little eunuch was a farmer's child before entering the palace, and knew about the grain affairs, although there was no way to let Aji get his wish, but some skills and methods were counted as making up for it, I didn't expect her to be so unwilling, this thing was still done by her, what melons and fruits did she plant? ”

After returning to the spring, the queen mother was more interested, and hurriedly instructed Xiao Gongling: "Remember to send some potatoes to Fenyang Aji for seeding, this thing is actually very easy to plant, and it should have been promoted to the people a long time ago. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't stand it anymore, and interjected: "Potatoes are a tribute from the West, and they are only grown in the imperial village, how can such a precious food be promoted to the people?" ”

The Queen Mother completely ignored Empress Dowager Zhang's pickiness, but she didn't say much about potatoes, and asked Chun Gui: "I remember that Ah Ji likes potted plants the most, does she still have this leisure hobby at this time?" ”

"Why not, Mrs. Ji once said that among the flowers, her favorite are orchids and rhododendrons, orchids are fragrant and charming, but the quality is good enough to enter

but the atlas is rare; The azalea has no fragrance, but the color can be enjoyed for a long time, and it is easy to cut. There are more than a dozen pots of rhododendrons in Mrs. Ji's courtyard, all of which have been planted for more than 20 years. ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes, this is Aki's temper." ”

"There was another time when the concubine was in the suburbs, picked up a stone with considerable textures, and took it back to Mrs. Ji, saying that it might be used to create an ornamental bonsai, but it happened that Mrs. Ji just got a white stone basin from the Yixing kiln, and she was thinking of stacking Xuanzhou stone with putty and putting it in the basin as an ornamental stone, and the advantage is that the color is uniform. But I prefer the quaint and natural Huangshi I picked up, but if it is also treated with putty, compared with the white stone basin, it becomes a yellow and white axe chisel traces, and Mrs. Ji was a little hesitant for a while. ”

The Queen Mother also thought about it: "Although I haven't seen the stone that Xiao Gu picked up, I am still familiar with the white stone basin of the Yixing kiln, and if it is matched with the yellow stone, I also think of the disobedience in the meantime, but Aji's temper, she is reluctant to give up because she likes the stone, and she is not willing to change the pot, how did she solve it later?" ”

"It's the concubine body who thinks of a way, and then picks some stubborn stones, mashes the ashes, and puts wet grits on the stones, these stones are the same color as the basin, and it doesn't seem abrupt to support the Yellowstone, Mrs. Ji used the method of the concubine's body, stacked a rockery peak in the rectangular basin, the left side, the right side is protruding, the back of the mountain is the natural horizontal pattern of the Yellowstone, like the method of Yunlin stone, the rock is concave and convex, such as the rocky shape of the Linjiang stone, vacant a corner, and the river mud is planted with a thousand petals of white ping, and the stone is planted with dill, and Mrs. Ji and the concubine are picked up for a few days before they finish. In late autumn, the dill spreads throughout the rockery, just like the vine hanging on the stone wall, the flowers bloom red, and the white pings also bloom out of the water, which is red and white for a while. ”

"That's wonderful!" The Queen Mother high-fived and said: "Listening to Xiao Gu's description, I can't wait to go to Fenyang to see this bonsai." ”

"I can't see it." Spring returns, but spread hands.

"What?"

"One night, Mrs. Ji's raccoon cat fought for food, fell from the eaves, and even the basin and the frame were shattered in an instant." Chungui sighed and said: "The concubine is so painful that she chases the cat all over the yard, but Mrs. Ji can see it, saying that it is such a small business, which has touched the taboo of the creator and will not be consummated." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes and looked at Chungui for a while, and in the end she also sighed.

As soon as she heard this story, it was not made up, because especially the sentence that did not allow consummation was indeed Aji's tone.

If we don't let it be perfect, how hateful is creation.

"Since my sister remembers Ah Ji so much, why don't you just summon her back to the palace again?" Empress Dowager Zhang was very unwilling to be lonely, and once again saw the stitches, but this time the intention of ridiculing and provoking was even more obvious: "Even if Ah Ji still complains about the first emperor, she will not be angry with her sister, and if her sister asks her to come back, she will not push back, even if there is still jealousy...... Why don't I ask the emperor for a favor again, and simply pardon Ah Ji's son, so that the child can also get a half-official position, Ah Ji can't care anymore. Actually, this is not a big deal, my sister sometimes, but there are too many hearts. ”

Chungui clearly felt the depression of the Queen Mother, because he saw that she took a deep breath, but the palm on her knee stretched even more.

However, the Queen Mother can bear it, but Chun Gui feels that she can't help it

Mrs. Ji can't be allowed to sit down with resentment, and she has to refute the Empress Dowager Shengci in public.