Chapter 34: The Summons
"The county lord of Danzhu is really good-looking, the concubine heard that the queen of Dongjiao is a famous beauty in Dongjiao country, no wonder the county lord is so annoying, the queen mother was reluctant to live in the palace when she saw it, so she stayed in the palace." Gu Xianfei saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly laughed and interrupted, and a sparse echo echoed in the hall, so she heard Danzhu flickering her eyes and said crisply: "Danzhu thank you Concubine Xian for her praise, although the queen mother has a good reputation in Dongjiao Country, but this is because of the small land in Dongjiao Country, if the people in the country can witness the demeanor of Niangniang, they will know what is called beauty!" ”
The Queen Mother smiled and touched her braid and said: "Although the mourning family has never seen Queen Dongjiao, but look at your sweet mouth, you know that she is very good at teaching children, the queen and the virtuous concubine listen quickly, this little mouth, is it comparable to the Gantang of the mourning family?" ”
When Empress Zhou and Concubine Gu Xian heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then praised a few words in the tone of the Queen Mother, and couldn't help muttering in their hearts the meaning of the Queen Mother's words, is it actually to marry this Danzhu County Lord to Gantang?
Dongjiao is in the east of Dayong, adjacent to the East China Sea, the area is thousands of miles, the land is fertile, when Taizu gave this place to the meritorious heroes instead of his own brothers or descendants, it really makes people move and praise the benevolence of Taizu, and therefore Dongjiao is the most loyal kingdom to the imperial court among the countries.
However, some people secretly disagree, although the Dongjiao country is rich, but there is a lack of iron and horses, even if the future king of Dongjiao has bad intentions, he is at most a rich man in front of Dayong, who has the same fertile fields and 3,000 fields, and sits on the Bazi iron ore and Muliang grassland. And Dongjiao is surrounded by the same surname of the king of the feudal country, from a strategic point of view, the country is a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to defend, it is a country that must be chosen for self-cultivation and self-cultivation.
However, although Dongjiao does not pose a threat to Dayong at all, this country is extremely rich, far from being comparable to ordinary countries. Dayong has always been quite kind to this country, and there has always been no shortage of high-ranking concubines in the harem.
Originally, when Changtai ascended the throne, the Queen Mother intended to leave the position of one of the four concubines to Dongjiao, but unfortunately there are many brothers in this generation of Dongjiao kings, but there are only two sisters, one is twelve years older than Changtai, and has long been married, and the other is three years younger than Changtai.
Now the position of Concubine De, which has been vacant in the palace, I heard that it was originally reserved for the lord of Dongjiao.
And the people married by the women of the Dongjiao royal family are all emperors, if the lord of Danzhu can grow up safely, he should also leave it to the crown prince Ganlin.
Empress Zhou frowned secretly, but Gan Lin, who was standing behind her, suddenly said: "What the imperial grandmother said is extremely true, it must be extremely interesting to call the third brother and talk with the imperial grandmother with the county lord of Danzhu." ”
"Father said that it is Danzhu's blessing to be able to accompany the Queen Mother, but Danzhu is young, if what he says is not interesting enough, please don't be angry!" When Dan Zhu heard this, he raised his head and said with some worry. Looking at her worried appearance with a slight frowning brow, the queen and the virtuous concubine covered their mouths with their sleeves and snickered.
The Queen Mother couldn't help pinching her cheek and said with a smile: "Your words are extremely interesting!" The Queen Mother smiled and said to Gan Lin, "Your third brother don't go to invite you first, a few days ago, Concubine Shu had come to complain to the mourning family, saying that he didn't like the new master in the study, and he was trying to find a way to skip school, but he was sued by the master in front of the emperor, and the emperor asked the guards to escort him to the study." It's easy to calm down and read a few words in the past two days, but don't give him an excuse to be lazy! ”
"Flutter!" sounded, but Concubine Gu Xian didn't hold back, and said happily, "What? The Third Highness is so naughty! But I don't know who His Royal Highness's original master was, and who has changed now, and he dares to make trouble in front of the emperor? ”
"The original one seems to be Su Wantao, and the current one is Wei Xin." Empress Zhou is in charge of palace affairs, and she is the mother of the princes, she knows a little about the study, and she turned her head and said, "Speaking of which, the master who makes His Royal Highness unforgettable is still the child's uncle, listening to Gan Lin, Su Wantao's martial arts are excellent, and he is a member of the Su family in the end." ”
Su Ruhui hurriedly humbled: "The queen mother praised it falsely, the Su family can only do something with the grace of the court, and as for this uncle, it is also the grace of His Majesty that he received the position to do things." ”
"Queen Mother!" Suddenly, a female voice shouted clearly, "Since the Third Highness can't call over, why don't you invite the Second Highness?" ”
When Su Ruhui heard this voice, she snorted coldly in her heart, and if she realized, the county lord of Huaizhen grabbed the sleeve of the queen mother like a coquette, and her face was full of hope.
Seeing this, Queen Zhou and Concubine Gu Xian exchanged glances and stopped talking.
The Queen Mother paused for a moment before she smiled and said, "It's okay." Saying that, he sent someone to Xifu Palace to pick up Gan Ran.
Then the palace flattered the Queen Mother, while chatting about some food and clothing, and several girls around the Queen Mother, including the Lord of Danzhu, were constantly witty, making the Queen Mother happy.
The hall was lively, and Concubine Gu Xian took advantage of the time to serve tea, and quickly said to Su Ruhua, who was next to her: "It's almost Laba, the palace invited the queen to ask for a favor for you, and let you move back to Renshou Palace during Laba, you can prepare well and make the queen mother happier." ”
Su Ru's picture book is a little inexplicable about being summoned today, if it is to ask for guilt, the Queen Mother obviously has no intention of chasing and beating, but after a scene, if she wants to let her out, she knelt and knelt, and beat and beaten, but the Queen Mother teased the Lord of Danzhu, and she stopped mentioning herself at all, she was puzzled, and suddenly heard Gu Xianfei's point, and her heart was very grateful.
In the final analysis, Concubine Gu Xian was so good to Su Ruhui, just because she sometimes looked like Princess Le'an, just for this reason, Concubine Gu Xian tried her best to think about Su Ruhui, and even did not hesitate to pull the queen to intercede. Su Ruhui originally had a respectful attitude towards the ladies in the palace, and even accompanied Concubine Gu Xian to relieve her boredom at the beginning, but at this moment, she had a sour heart for no reason, and she really remembered Concubine Xian in her heart.
Worried about being discovered by others, Su Ruhui only nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for reminding me, Ruhui must prepare carefully." ”
"You are young, don't look at expensive things, the Queen Mother can't do without those, it's better to be a female celebrity and the like, although the Queen Mother feels sorry for the county lord, she may not hurt you, you know?" Concubine Gu Xian further clarified.
"Yes!"
After frolicking for a long time, the Queen Mother probably felt that Concubine Gu Xian should have told Su Ruhui what she had said, so she nodded to her and said, "If it gets dark today, and you don't live in Renshou Palace, let Li Guang send you back first." ”
Su Ruhui naturally didn't dare to say no, in fact, it was embarrassing for her to stay here, except that Concubine Gu Xian whispered a few words to her from time to time, Queen Zhou would take care of Concubine Gu Xian for the sake of Concubine Gu Xian, so she could only watch Huo Qinglian and others coax the Queen Mother to be happy.
So he knelt down and saluted and took his leave.
Out of the Detai Palace, the warmth brought by the charcoal basin was immediately blown clean by the knife wind blowing in his face.
Even with a thick sable on her body, Su Ruhui couldn't help but shudder.
She walked along the long corridor outside the hall to avoid the snow, but saw a few palace maids and small yellow doors standing on the left and right, but there was no shadow of Li Guang.
Thinking that maybe he was waiting for himself outside, Su Ruhui continued to walk, and when the corridor turned a corner and a moon gate appeared, suddenly Su Ruhui saw a figure in the moon gate and beckoned to him.
She couldn't help but be stunned.