Chapter Ninety-Four: The Palace
Concubine Chen's only hope was extinguished again, and she sat in her chair, a line of tears running through the corners of her eyes.
"Mother, do you think that you discussed and decided on my marriage with your grandmother behind the queen's back, and the queen really didn't know anything?" Xiao Lu didn't care about Concubine Chen's mood, and simply tore everything apart. "Since the mother concubine served by her father's side, she has always chosen to rely on the queen. Back then, my mother and grandmother wanted to take my marriage to fill the bottomless pit of Anhou Mansion, but I didn't believe that my mother didn't think that the queen might have other plans to take my marriage. ”
"Lu'er, the mother concubine was really helpless back then." Concubine Chen defended herself. "The decline of the Ding'an Hou Mansion year after year can't be stopped, a strong person like your grandmother, crying again and again to me, a daughter, what else can I do?"
"Mother, what's the use of talking about the past." Xiao Lu spread her hands as if she didn't care. "The queen and the concubine are already offended."
"Yes, no wonder I went to the queen again and again again to marry you, but she always refused to give me an answer."
Concubine Chen's people drove Mandarin Duck and Brother Parrot and others together, and the little palace maids below hid in a ball and sobbed, but the Mandarin Duck and Brother Parrot were calm.
The two of them knew that such a thing could not be hidden, and in the past, Concubine Chen was unfavored anyway, and she sat in her palace all day long, sad and sad, wiping tears from the sky. But recently, Concubine Chen has been very strict with Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu has not known how to restrain herself for many years, and every time she gets angry, she will make such a big noise. The furnishings and objects in her hall were smashed by her, and she couldn't let the position be empty, and the paper couldn't hold the fire for a long time.
Fortunately, they were locked in for only a quarter of an hour, and the big palace maid beside Concubine Chen came over with someone to release them.
"Mandarin ducks, parrots." They were just about to leave together when the big palace maid suddenly stopped the two of them. "Concubine Chen has something for me to bring to you, as the most useful first-class palace maid by the eldest princess's side, you will be both prosperous and lose with the eldest princess. If the eldest princess makes another mistake and makes a mistake, you are the only ones who will add your life to it. In the future, I will serve in the eldest princess, thinking about my life. ”
Every year, Emperor Chu will take the ladies in the palace to go to the Feiyu Mountain Palace two or three days away from the imperial capital to escape the summer, this year because the heat comes earlier and more violently, so the summer vacation trip is more than half a month in advance.
Xiao Xuan herself is the most afraid of heat, and she is the happiest when she goes to Feiyu Mountain Palace every year to escape the summer.
And this year, for some reason, Xiao Xuan is even happier. She asked people to pack their luggage early, not to mention, and went to Liuhuang Guifei several times a day to urge Suihong to hurry up and pack her luggage for Liuhuang Guifei.
"Look at the way she looks, her mouth can't be closed." On this day, Concubine Liu Huang said with a smile and Suihong. "No wonder people say that daughters are extroverted."
"The slave maid heard that this year, His Majesty specially selected some elites from the Jinqi Guard, and a companion drove to the palace of Feiyu Mountain." Sui Hong was watching the people sort out the jewelry that Emperor Liu was going to take out, and turned her head back. "It seems that the chosen ones are young and unmarried."
Most of the Jinqiwei are children of well-born families, and some of them are from side branches or family declines, and they have joined the Jinqiwei, which is directly under the team of the emperors of the Jokhang Dynasty, and they may be able to enter the eyes of the emperor when they will be able to enter the emperor's eyes. If it is reused from now on, the family will also be glorious.
Emperor Chu deliberately selected no more than 100 elites from the thousands of brocade guards, most of whom were well-born and unmarried, and Duan Shaolan was on the list of escorts this time.
Emperor Liu's concubine has been with Emperor Chu for many years, and when she knew that Emperor Chu was angry before, she didn't want to care about Xiao Lu's affairs anymore. But Emperor Chu is the most tolerant of children's affairs, and Xiao Lu has been a lot more obedient in recent times, so Emperor Chu naturally won't watch Xiao Lu still get married after Shaoling.
Xiao Xuan valued Duan Shaolan's matter and woke up Emperor Chu truthfully, the Jinqi Weizhong are all children of well-born families, and the outstanding ones may not be worthy of Xiao Lu.
Emperor Chu chose those people to accompany him, just to take advantage of the rest of the summer vacation to choose the right person for Xiao Luxiang.
"In the end, he is still His Majesty's child, and His Majesty is still soft-hearted after all." Emperor Liu said. "It's going to leave in five days, you pack up my things here, remember to go to Xuan'er again."
"Knowing that the mother will definitely order like this, the slave maid went to the princess's palace yesterday to see it." Spike covered her lips and replied with a chuckle. "The princess has long urged Dan Tang and Lulin to pack their luggage, two large boxes of clothes, one full box of jewelry, and other things are ready."
"I think it was Your Majesty who gave her the wind." Concubine Liu also shook her head with a smile and said. "I don't see her so keen on dressing up on weekdays, but now she is taking the initiative a lot."
"The princess has someone she likes, so she naturally cares a lot about these things."
Xiao Lu embroidered his purse as usual, and would go to Emperor Chu's Lingyun Hall every three or five days to ask for a meeting.
Emperor Chu was soft-hearted, seeing that Xiao Lu was sincerely admitting her mistakes, the purse and handkerchief she offered from time to time, the embroidery skills were a little immature and insufficient, and Emperor Chu looked at the needle points of her fingertips that had not completely healed, and he couldn't harden his heart anymore.
"Don't embroider during this time." Emperor Chu beckoned Xiao Lu to come forward, took her hand to check the wound on her hand, and couldn't help but instruct. "Look at your hands."
"Thank you, Father, for your concern." Xiao Lu lowered her eyebrows and said pleasing to the eye. "Lu'er knows."
"You're a princess, you don't have to be a needle chisel." Emperor Chu said. "My daughter's hands are slender, and if there are too many injuries, it won't look good. Your filial father knows that you don't have to embroider so many purses in the future. I'm going to leave in five days, how are the things in Yuxiu Palace packed? ”
"Back to my father, I'm almost done." Xiao Lu replied.
"Well, that's good." Emperor Chu nodded and said. "When you get to the palace, the weather will be much cooler, you go out more to walk around and see, don't be bored in the house anymore, beware of hurting your eyes."
Five days later, the team heading to the Feiyu Mountain Palace set off.
The two carriages at the front of the line were the carriages of the Emperor of Chu and the Empress.
"In previous years, didn't the queen mother be reluctant to go to Feiyu Mountain because of the long distance and bumps on the road?" Xiao Xuan, who was sitting in the same carriage as Emperor Liu, looked at Emperor Liu in confusion. "Why is it coming this year?"
"What do you care about her?" Concubine Liu Huang leaned against the wall of the car, her eyes closed. "I just lifted the curtain of the car and looked around for a long time, did you see the person you wanted to see?"
Xiao Xuan didn't expect that Concubine Liuhuang, who had been closing her eyes, looked at all the movements she thought she was cautious.
At this time, Emperor Chu not only let the five hundred imperial forest troops accompany him, but also selected an elite hundred people from the Jinqi Guard to accompany him, responsible for the safety of the personnel in the palace.
Emperor Chu informed Xiao Xuan of this early, so after Xiao Xuan got into the carriage today, he lifted the curtain and came to look for the figure.
I don't know if it was a deliberate arrangement by Emperor Chu, Xiao Xuan just lifted the curtain of the carriage, and saw a team led by Duan Shaolan on the side of the carriage.
The young men in the pennant guard lowered their heads when they saw the curtain on the carriage suddenly open, revealing a smile like a hibiscus.
Only Duan Shaolan didn't lower his head, he couldn't help but smile when he saw the red jade hairpin on Xiao Xuan's sideburns.
Xiao Xuan looked at him, noticed his eyes, and subconsciously raised his head to caress the jade hairpin. The two looked at each other for a moment, Xiao Xuan's cheeks were slightly red, and then he lowered the curtain.
"Mother Concubine~~" Xiao Xuan, who was right, called her very embarrassed.
"Alright, alright." Concubine Liu Huang smiled. "There are so many people on the road that you are not allowed to lift the curtain and look out indiscriminately, you know?"
"yes, got it."
Two days later, we arrived at the Feiyu Mountain Palace.
Because in previous years, the summer queen would not come because of physical discomfort, so in the palace, except for Emperor Chu, the palace of Emperor Liu was the most luxurious.
But this year, Emperor Liu's concubine took the initiative to give up the palace room where she had to live when she came in previous years.
Therefore, Emperor Chu ordered someone to choose another palace near the lakeside and give it to Emperor Liu's concubine and Xiao Xuan to live in.
"Mother, I think it's cooler here than the one we used to live in." Xiao Xuan likes this new place, her room is near the water, and when the window of the room is opened, you can see the emerald green lotus leaves and pink and white lotus flowers.
Xiao Xuan has always been greedy for cold and afraid of heat, and he likes it here.
"The water's edge is cool, and there will inevitably be more mosquitoes." Emperor Liu's concubine summoned Dan Tang and Green Forest and told them to take good care of Xiao Xuan. "The insect repellent incense in the princess's room should be lit often, the princess is greedy for cold, and you people on duty at night must take good care of her. She was too weak to let her eat too many ice bowls. ”
Dan Tangerine and Green Forest both nodded and wrote down.
"Mother, don't talk about it." Xiao Xuan felt a little embarrassed. "I'm not a kid anymore, you call me like a little doll who can just walk."
"You are the daughter of the concubine, no matter how old you are, you will always be like a little doll in my heart." Concubine Liu looked at Xiao Xuan tenderly and said. "Don't forget, at this time last year, you just ate too many ice bowls with your mouth, and you had abdominal pain, so scared that your father didn't sleep well for two days."
Waiting for the palaces to be almost settled, the first thing Xiao Xuan did as usual was to go to Emperor Chu.
She walked outside Emperor Chu's residence and bumped into Xiao Lu again, who also came to ask Emperor Chu for peace.
"I've seen my sister." Feiyu Mountain is cool, I don't know how much cooler than the Imperial Capital Imperial City, Xiao Xuan is in a good mood, and greets Xiao Lu with a smile.
"My sister is dressed up chic today." Xiao Lu looked at the rare bright dress on Xiao Xuan's body, but it made her more and more white, and raised her eyebrows and asked. "My sister hasn't always liked plain colors, why is she wearing such bright colors today?"