Twenty-four years of old memories
Linghu was chatting happily with Cen Jingyue, when he saw Cen Junhan coming, it seemed that he was busy, "Your third emperor brother is here." β
"Brother Three Emperors, are you here to pick up the Three Emperors' sisters-in-law?" Cen Jingyue got up and ran to Cen Junhan's side and asked.
"The imperial grandmother is about to arrive, and my father ordered us to go to meet us." Cen Junhan glanced at Cen Jingyue, "Jingyue, don't you miss your imperial grandmother too?" Let's go together. β
"Yes, yes. It's been a long time since I've seen Grandma Huang. Cen Jingyue hurriedly pulled the spirit fox, "The third emperor's sister-in-law let's go." β
"Jingyue." Cen Junhan frowned and drank Cen Jingyue.
Cen Jingyue was taken aback, and also noticed that she was a little out of shape, "Okay." Cen Jingyue let go of Linghu's hand and walked behind the two with her head down.
Linghu didn't expect Cen Junhan to react so much, "Jingyue didn't mean it, why are you so fierce." β
Cen Junhan also felt that he was a little too much, and eased his tone, "Okay, let's go." β
The three of them reached the gate of the palace, and no one squeaked. "Grandma Huang hasn't come yet." Cen Jingyue saw that there was no one at the gate of the palace except for the guards, so she dared to speak.
"The Third Emperor's Sister-in-law." Cen Jingyue mysteriously dragged the Spirit Fox God aside, "I didn't expect the Third Emperor Brother to care so much about you." β
"What?" Linghu didn't react.
"You know what? The Third Emperor Brother just said that I was thinking about you. Cen Jingyue whispered in Linghu's ear, "Father asked you and the third emperor brother to pick up the imperial grandmother just so that you can meet the imperial grandmother first, and it is very important to leave a good impression on the first side." β
"Interests come first, otherwise he can control my life or death?" Linghu sneered and muttered.
"What did you say, sister-in-law?" Cen Jingyue didn't hear what Linghu said.
"Nothing." Linghu shook his head.
Linghu accompanied Cen Jingyue to chat sentence by sentence, and after a while, he saw a team of people appear in front of him. The number of people is not much, about ten. "It's so low-key." Linghu thought it was quite unexpected.
"Grandma Huang has never liked that everyone else revolves around her, and she doesn't like to bluff." Cen Jingyue heard Linghu's words and explained, "Grandma Huang said that if you go to the temple in a big way, it will collide with the national fortune and anger the Buddha, even if you pray for blessings, it will not work." β
"I see." This queen mother is also quite interesting, Linghu thought to himself.
"The Queen Mother returns to the palace." The eunuch at the door had been waiting for a long time, and he was also very excited to see the Queen Mother's men and horses returning, and his voice almost deafened Linghu's ears.
"Han'er welcomes the imperial grandmother back to the palace." As soon as the sedan chair fell, Cen Junhan immediately bowed and saluted, and Linghu and Jingyue followed to bless their bodies.
"Get up." The voice in the sedan chair was flat and majestic, but it did not reject people thousands of miles away, "This is my granddaughter-in-law." As the queen mother came out of the sedan chair, she hurriedly walked to the spirit fox.
"Jingshu has seen the imperial grandmother." Linghu was just about to salute again, but was stopped, "Don't be polite, let the mourning family see the mourning family's granddaughter-in-law." The queen mother's smile is different from the queen's hypocritical smile, and it is quite comfortable to watch.
"Okay, okay." The queen mother is really satisfied with this granddaughter-in-law, "She is worthy of being a well-known talented woman in the capital, and she is really knowledgeable." β
"The Imperial Grandmother has won the prize." Linghu felt weak for a while.
"Grandma Huang, with the three imperial sisters-in-law, have you forgotten Yue'er?" Cen Jingyue put her arm around the queen mother and said coquettishly.
"How could the mourning family forget their precious granddaughter?" It can be seen that the Queen Mother really feels sorry for Cen Jingyue in her heart, "Okay, it's not early, let's go in." β
"Yes, okay." Cen Jingyue helped the Queen Mother to walk in front, and Linghu and Cen Junhan followed behind, "Grandma Huang, do you think that the Third Emperor Brother and the Third Emperor Sister-in-law are very compatible." Cen Jingyue saw the two of them walking side by side, and secretly whispered in the queen mother's ear.
The Queen Mother didn't speak, but there was endless satisfaction and comfort in her eyes. Only such a woman is worthy of her imperial grandson, and I hope these two people know how to cherish each other.
"You two go to Ci'an Palace with me, no one has been talking to the mourning family for a long time."
"Yes, yes. The three emperor brothers, we will accompany the imperial grandmother first. β
"Hmm." Cen Junhan was slightly tired of the desk, then turned to the Queen Mother, and bowed, "Congratulations to the imperial grandmother." β
The relationship between this Han King and the emperor's grandmother is really unfamiliar, Linghu remembered the Zhao Ling'er that Cen Jingyue told her, it seems that she really needs to investigate this person.
"Princess, please drink tea." A little palace maid brought tea. Linghu entered the palace of the Queen Mother, but he was not restrained, gently picked up the teacup, took a sip, the tea is good tea, and the heat is a little worse.
"The mourning family heard that Jingshu has already figured out a way to solve the problem that Long Chu gave us?" Although the Queen Mother is in the temple, she knows everything about the palace clearly, "I don't know what Jingshu has thought of." β
"It's not a good idea. It's just that he returned it to Long Chu in the same way. Linghu felt that there was no need to hide it from the Queen Mother.
"The mourning family heard that the Tianyin Qin brought by Long Chu is the only one left in the four countries of the Central Plains, and no one will do it except for Feng Qingping, the eldest princess of Long Chu." The Queen Mother couldn't think of anything else that was rare in the Central Plains Four Kingdoms.
"Grandma Huang, don't worry, the third sister-in-law said that there is no problem, then there must be no problem." Cen Jingyue absolutely believes in her third sister-in-law.
"Hey, that's it, you young people should toss about it, and the old woman of the mourning family will not participate." The Queen Mother sighed and said.
"The imperial grandmother is so young, where is she old." Linghu has absolutely no flattery in his words, why is the Queen Mother in her fifties, but it looks like she is only in her thirties.
"You two girls, one is sweeter than the other." It's not the first time that the Queen Mother has heard such words, but Linghu's words made her quite useful, and she said with a smile.
"But, Yue'er, you have to learn from your third sister-in-law, don't act like a crazy girl every day, how can you look like a princess." This kid is good at everything, but he is not stable enough.
"Grandma Huang, you know, Yue'er didn't like those rules and regulations since she was a child. There is also the sister-in-law of the Three Emperors, if it is really a well-behaved lady, can you lower the three emperor brothers? Cen Jingyue said it was righteous, and she betrayed the spirit fox very unjustly. Cen Jingyue stayed in the Hanwang Mansion for two days, but she had witnessed how 'unruly' the spirit fox was.
"Hey, I just gave someone a set of good tea sets, and I was betrayed in a blink of an eye, it's really chilling." Linghu didn't expect Cen Jingyue to betray her so quickly, but Linghu also gradually understood the Queen Mother's personality, Cen Jingyue's doing this will not affect her impression in the Queen Mother's heart, but will shorten the distance between her and the Queen Mother.
"Oh? Then tell the mourning family how this Jingshu is unruly. "The Queen Mother is really curious.
"Grandma Huang, you don't know, the third sister-in-law has good cooking skills..." Cen Jingyue really shook off what Linghu had done.
Seeing that the Queen Mother listened with relish, Linghu held his forehead and shook his head helplessly. This Cen Jingyue and the Queen Mother are together, it is a typical combination of gossip, and even Mama Zhao next to her is very happy to listen to it.
Linghu didn't care about them, looked around the queen mother's palace, and just turned his head and saw a sword hanging on the wall, Linghu stepped forward to take a closer look. Although this sword is delicate, it faintly reveals a trace of murderous aura, which is different from those decorative swords, which have killed people. Linghu stared at the sword in front of him, this is the Queen Mother's?
"Imperial Grandmother, this sword is yours?" Linghu really has a persistent love for weapons.
The Queen Mother looked over, "This sword is indeed a mourning family, how can Jingshu also study the sword?" β
"I've learned some swordsmanship, and I know a little bit." The spirit fox was attracted by the murderous aura on the sword's body.
"This sword is old." Speaking of this sword, the Queen Mother's eyes showed indescribable affection and reluctance, "Back then, Long Chu wantonly violated the border of my night, when the emperor had just ascended the throne and the court was unstable, the country was in turmoil, and the emperor had to drive the expedition in person. At that time, the mourning family and the emperor were newly married, so they couldn't rest assured, so they secretly followed the emperor to the border with this sword. The Queen Mother looked at this sword, and her thoughts drifted far away, as if she had returned to the past.
"At that time, Long Chu was fully prepared to fight with us, and in the last battle, the emperor and the generals tried their best, but they still fell into a predicament, including my father, Mo Hongxiao, the general who protected the country." The Queen Mother took the sword and pulled out the sword. The sword is cold, what a good sword.
"It turns out that the emperor's grandmother's father is Mo Hongxiao, the general who protects the country." Linghu saw this person in the annals of the night, and Linghu worshiped him for a long time, but then unfortunately died in a battle, is this battle?
"That's right, Mo Hongxiao is my father. It was also that battle that caused me to lose my father and two older brothers. "The Queen Mother couldn't help choking up when she mentioned this, she was not a Queen Mother at this time, but a woman who had lost her loved ones." Later, I brought a group of dead soldiers from my father to rescue the emperor. These dead soldiers are the last guarantee left by my father to me and the emperor, and they cannot be used unless absolutely necessary. That was the first time I had killed an enemy, and it was this sword that I used. The Queen Mother gently touched the sword, and the indescribable tenderness in her eyes said, "The emperor knew that I liked to dance with knives and guns, so he specially found someone to beat this sword and give it to me, but I never touched this sword after that time." β
This queen mother is also a temperamental, no wonder it is not at all different from the queen mother she imagined. Linghu thought to himself.
"Grandma Huang, why don't you ever tell me about these things?" Cen Jingyue is also the first time to hear the Queen Mother talk about these old things, "I didn't expect that the imperial grandmother would have so many stories." However, don't be sad about the royal grandmother, there will be a moon with you in the future. β
"The mourning family doesn't need you to accompany them, the mourning family just wants to find you a good colt, so that the mourning family will be happy." The Queen Mother lost the sadness she had just now.
"As soon as the third imperial sister-in-law finished speaking, the imperial grandmother is here again." Cen Jingyue didn't expect the Queen Mother to come here. Linghu snickered on the side, this queen mother's routine is deep.
"Then you should also urge the Third Emperor Brother and the Third Emperor Sister-in-law to give birth to a great-grandson for you as soon as possible." After speaking, Cen Jingyue grimaced at the spirit fox. Linghu didn't expect Cen Jingyue to mention this stubble, and almost choked.
"You're not a married girl yet, and you're not ashamed to say that." The Queen Mother said funny.
"That's it, that's it." Linghu saw that the Queen Mother didn't say anything about herself, so she echoed it.
"But Yue'er is right, when will you give birth to a great great-grandson to the mourning family?" The Queen Mother really doesn't leave anyone behind, Linghu was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react yet.
"Well, that, that, no hurry, no hurry, hehe." Linghu was so embarrassed for a while that he couldn't do it, and laughed dryly.
"Prime Minister Xiao Cheng is also old, and your brother hasn't married a wife yet. It's not for him to hug his grandson earlier. The Queen Mother returned to her seat.
"Grandmother is right." Linghu nodded hurriedly, "And as the third emperor's sister-in-law, I will do my best to help Jingyue find a suitable colt." After speaking, the spirit fox grimaced at Cen Jingyue, and said no.
"The Third Emperor's Sister-in-law." Cen Jingyue finally pulled away from this topic, and was pulled back by the third emperor's sister-in-law. The third emperor's sister-in-law really can't be messed with, this time Cen Jingyue is convinced.
"Alright, alright." The Queen Mother looked at the two of them squeezing their eyebrows at the bottom, and said with a smile, "You two can talk very well." β
"Imperial grandmother, your kung fu must have been good when you were young." Linghu is still more interested in this, after all, the Queen Mother has the true inheritance of the general who protects the country.
"The mourning family is also doing very well now." Speaking of this, the Queen Mother is also interested, no wonder these two people have been very eye-catching since they met, "Jingshu, you said that you also learned when you were a child, do you want to compare with the mourning family?" β
"Imperial Grandma..." Cen Jingyue was stopped by Mama Zhao before she finished speaking, Mama Zhao shook her head, "No one can stop the things that the Queen Mother likes." Cen Jingyue thought about it, but what she was worried about was not the imperial grandmother, it was the third imperial sister-in-law, and the third imperial brother would talk about the third imperial sister-in-law when he knew about it.
"Okay, but Grandmother Huang, Jingshu won't let you." Linghu knew that the Queen Mother's kung fu must be very strong, and there was no need to let it at all, besides, if she wanted someone as strong as the Queen Mother, if she let it, it would make her unhappy.
"The imperial grandmother doesn't need you to let me, you just do your best." Seeing the Queen Mother at this time, you can imagine how heroic the Queen Mother was back then, "Come on." β
There are really a lot of weapons in the Queen Mother's Palace, and she is the daughter of the general, and she really has a persistent love for weapons. "Which one Jingshu likes, pick whatever you like, the imperial grandmother will give it to you." The Queen Mother has been in the palace for so many years, and she has seen all the soft and weak concubines, and it is rare to find someone who can talk to her and dare to compete with her, and she is also happy from the bottom of her heart.
"Picked." Linghu picked a flute and said it was a Xiao, but with a slight press of the switch, a sharp dagger appeared on top of Xiao.
"Good eyes, the imperial grandmother gave it to you." The Queen Mother likes this granddaughter-in-law more and more.
"Then thank you Grandmother." The spirit fox will not be polite in the face of a convenient weapon, so it is more concealed when going out, and the dragon sword is more suitable for use on the battlefield.
The two of them went to the back garden, and Cen Jingyue and Mama Zhao also followed. "Mama Zhao, which of you said the imperial grandmother or the third imperial sister-in-law will win?"
"It must be the Queen Mother." She saw the Queen Mother's kung fu with her own eyes.
"I think it's the third emperor's sister-in-law." After all, Grandma Huang is not young anymore, Cen Jingyue thought to herself.
The Queen Mother was holding a soft sword, her wrist turned slightly, and the sword body hit the spirit fox like a snake, and the spirit fox did not fight back, but just crossed the Queen Mother's sword with one luck and fell behind the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was also extremely agile, and immediately turned around to block the spirit fox's flute, and with a "ding" sound, the two weapons collided together. "Girl, it's good." After that, the Queen Mother's wrist shook slightly, and the soft sword was as hard as a straight sword.
With such a strong internal force, Linghu will no longer take it lightly. The sound of collisions between weapons kept coming into the ears of Cen Jingyue and Mama Zhao, "I didn't expect Princess Han's kung fu to be so powerful that she could have a tie with the Queen Mother." Mama Zhao sighed.
"I didn't expect that either." Cen Jingyue's jaw was about to fall to the ground, no one expected that the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion would have such kung fu.
"Princess, take a sip of tea." Mama Zhao saw Cen Jingyue swallowing her saliva constantly, thinking that she was thirsty, but in fact, she was just shocked.
The two were at a stalemate, and they couldn't tell the winner for a long time. 'We can't go on like this, otherwise the banquet will start and the competition won't be over." The spirit fox instantly sped up, and the flute seemed to appear in front of the Queen Mother's eyes like a shadow. No matter how strong the Queen Mother is, her moves are only fast and unbreakable, and she is obviously at a disadvantage. "Offended, Imperial Grandmother." As soon as the words fell, Linghu was lucky, and with a "dang" sound, the queen mother's soft sword was knocked to the ground, and the victory and defeat were divided.
"Imperial Grandmother, you lost." Linghu took the flute back.
As soon as the Queen Mother put it away, the soft sword returned to her hand, "The mourning family admits defeat." "The Queen Mother hasn't fought so happily for a long time, she really likes this granddaughter-in-law, "Where is Jingshu's teacher?" It's the first time I've seen such a fast swordsmanship. β
"Once an old Taoist priest taught, but the whereabouts of others were uncertain." Linghu didn't know who her master was, so she casually made one up, "As for this sword technique, Jing Shu created it herself." "This swordsmanship is really something that Linghu has figured out by himself on weekdays.
"Created yourself?" The Queen Mother really didn't expect it, "If Jingshu is a man, she will definitely be a pillar of the country in the future." β
"Women can do it too." Linghu has always supported equality between men and women, "In ancient times, Mulan served in the army on behalf of her father, and now the imperial grandmother fought on the battlefield with her husband, and women can also serve the country, right?" β
"You girl, you really know how to talk than Yue'er." The Queen Mother handed the sword to Mama Zhao, "But you're right, women can still serve the country, Han'er really married a good daughter-in-law." The Queen Mother sighed.
"That's right, that's right, Brother Sanhuang really picked up a big bargain." Cen Jingyue also came up, "Third Emperor Sister-in-law, how can you do anything, is there anything else you can't do?" β
"Yes." Linghu will not be a female red or anything like that, "There are a lot of them, and you will find out after a long time." β
"If only I wanted to be like the three emperors' sisters-in-law, I would know everything." Cen Jingyue looked at Linghu with great admiration, when she was a child, she admired the Three Emperor Brothers the most, and now a Three Emperor sister-in-law is so powerful, this is called a match made in heaven. Cen Jingyue fell into a naΓ―ve imagination, if she knew that her Third Emperor Brother and Third Emperor Sister-in-law were just playing on the spot, then it was estimated that her girl's heart would be broken.
"It's not early, the mourning family needs to freshen up." The Queen Mother saw that the time was not early, "You two should also dress up, especially Jingshu, in the competition just now, your cumbersome clothes have been changed, now let Qinglian dress you up." β
"Then thank you, Grandmother." When she entered the palace, Fang Ling was taken away by Duying, I don't know where this girl went, anyway, there will be nothing wrong with Duying.
"Grandma Huang is really eccentric." Cen Jingyue pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "The most painful thing for Grandma Huang is Sister Qinglian, and she has never asked Sister Qinglian to dress up for me." β
"Alright." The Queen Mother smiled helplessly, "I'll ask Qinglian to dress you up later, it's good." β
"Hehe, sister-in-law of the Third Emperor, Sister Qinglian's hands are very skillful." Cen Jingyue whispered.
I didn't expect this party named Qinglian to be so big, even Jingyue could call her sister, "There is Miss Lao." β
"Where is Princess Han?" Qinglian's gentle voice was very comfortable to listen to, and Cen Jingyue went to rest on the couch, "I lost my parents since I was a child, and I lived by begging. When I was seven years old, the Queen Mother saw me fainting from hunger on the way to the temple, so she took me back to the palace and taught me to practice martial arts and read and write. The Queen Mother has a great favor to me, and I can see that the Queen Mother likes you very much, Princess Han, and I haven't seen the Queen Mother so happy for a long time. Qinglian seemed to know the question in Linghu's heart and said.
Linghu didn't expect Qinglian to tell her so much. "Maybe Princess Han thinks I talk too much, but I really hope that Princess Han can come to accompany the Queen Mother more."
"Sister Qinglian doesn't need to call me Princess Han anymore, just call me Jingshu." Linghu is really unfamiliar with the name of this Han princess, and Qinglian is older than herself.
"How can that be?" Qinglian is used to being in contact with those high-ranking concubines, except for the Queen Mother and the Ninth Princess in this palace, no one has ever looked down on her, and now Linghu is really surprised by this.
"What's the matter, no one will hear us if we call it in private." Linghu winked mischievously. Qinglian couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, how about a look?" Qinglian put down the comb and asked.
"The hands are really skillful." Linghu exclaimed.
"It's me, it's me, Sister Qinglian." Cen Jingyue saw that Linghu was finished, and hurriedly ran over.
"Good, good." Qinglian's smile always makes people feel very gentle, and the whole person is also gentle and gentle.
After dressing up, Linghu and Cen Jingyue went to the main hall with the Queen Mother.