Chapter 21: Intercession
Is there a red ticket? Do you have a collection of wood?
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The Queen Mother took a sip of tea slowly and said lightly: "You didn't understand this truth until now?" ”
Huo Shi said respectfully: "Yes, the concubine is dull, please have mercy on the Queen Mother!" ”
"Then how can you call the mourners to pity you? Originally, these were the principles that your parents should teach, but you didn't know until now, could it be that the emperor and grandson of the mourning family gave you a hand training? The Queen Mother didn't raise her eyelids and said, "Can you say such things?" It's ridiculous! ”
The Queen Mother's tone was light, and if she didn't pay attention to it, she would even think that she was just laughing casually, but after these words were spoken, the Detai Hall immediately fell silent.
Even the gentle smile that Queen Zhou had been hanging in front of the Queen Mother froze and froze, and her smile seemed to be frozen, and she couldn't stop laughing. Su Ruhui and the three of them watched their noses and noses, and stood obediently beside them, being decent stone figures.
Huo Shi heard that what the Queen Mother said was wrong, and even Huo De scolded him, and his heart was half cold, but looking at Gan Ran, who was kneeling on the side with him, he gritted his teeth, kowtowed, and said: "It's all the concubines who are not good, the Queen Mother, please rest assured, the concubines know that they are wrong now, and they will definitely take care of the second prince in the future!" ”
"Later? The second prince is a royal bloodline, worthy of the name of gold and jade, how can a person who is not satisfied with his heart be able to shirk the responsibility of not taking care of him? The Queen Mother said coldly, "Do you still have the face to continue to beg for mourning?" ”
Huo's face was swept away, but when he saw that the Queen Mother still refused to let go, he couldn't help but be disheartened, and fell to the ground and wept sadly.
The Queen Mother couldn't see this mournful tone the most, and was about to have a seizure, but she saw Gan Ran walking a few steps forward on her knees, holding her legs and begging: "Imperial grandmother! It's all the grandson's own naughty, it's not about the mother's concubine, and the imperial grandmother is asked to punish the grandson heavily, don't blame the mother! ”
There was already a cry in his tone, the Queen Mother's eyebrows moved, and Queen Zhou observed her words, and also said gently: "Queen Mother, Sister Huo really knows that she is wrong, after all, Her Royal Highness was raised by her, and the mother and son have a deep affection, and please spare her this time!" It's also a lesson, my sister will definitely not be negligent in the future! ”
Su Ruhui and the three of them were silent, but they listened to their conversations in their ears, and secretly laughed at Queen Zhou's seemingly graceful and generous, but she was also dissatisfied with the Huo family in her heart.
But it's no wonder that although she is now the queen, the queen that Changtai wanted to establish was Huo Guifei, and the queen has given birth to two sons, but Huo Guifei has only one adopted son, that's it, and the favor of Xifu Palace is also unique. No matter how generous Queen Zhou is, how can she not be sour and bitter in her heart?
The queen opened her mouth to plead, but Concubine Shen Shufei had been watching coldly, but she saw her son Gan Tang, who was in the arms of the queen mother, giving her a look, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, the concubine knows that you will teach Huo Guifei a lesson because you feel sorry for the second highness, but you see that although the second highness is in danger, she still thinks about the concubine, obviously thinking about the concubine's nurturing grace over the years!" His Royal Highness is a person who thinks of grace, why should the Queen Mother cold His Highness's heart? ”
Concubine Gu Xian originally frowned slightly when she saw the queen pleading, but now that the other two of the four concubines stood up, she also had to say softly: "Queen Mother, the concubine looks at the second highness kneeling and begging, it's pitiful, look at the face of the highness, the queen mother will extinguish the fire, so let His Highness get up and speak!" ”
"Please have mercy on the Queen Mother!" Concubine Xian said, but Mrs. Baoluo, who was behind her, left her seat and knelt beside Concubine Huo.
No matter what the rest of the concubines thought in their hearts, they also knelt down to plead for the Huo family.
The Queen Mother didn't pay attention to these people, and first stretched out her hand to pull up Gan Ran: "Get up and speak!" The grandson of the mourning family, kneeling down to worship the earth, only kneeling in the middle of the elder monarch's father, for an adoptive mother who is not a weapon, how can the grandson of the mourning family bend his knees? ”
Empress Dowager Jiayi's words were mean, Huo's was even more ashamed and indescribable, she remembered that the Queen Mother's hatred was to be persecuted, when Emperor Changtai was young, the lord Shaoguo was suspicious, and the officials who wavered or took advantage of the situation to seek official power, after the situation stabilized, which one was not taken back by the Queen Mother?
I was excited today, but I committed the big taboo of the Queen Mother!
Gan Ran got up and collected her tears, and said seriously: "Imperial grandmother, the mother concubine takes care of her grandson very dedicatedly, it is the grandson herself who is not good, Tete got rid of the slaves and went out to play, those slaves were driven away because the mother loved her grandson and did not dare to disobey her grandson, don't blame the mother concubine?" ”
The queen sank like water, and she couldn't see any thoughts, so she said lightly after a while: "Have you forgotten that your father wants you to be grounded for three months?" It's only been a month, hasn't it? ”
Gan Ran was extremely energetic at this moment, and immediately knelt down to thank him and said, "Thank you, Grandmother Huang!" The grandson must obediently stay in Renshou Palace and listen to the teachings of the imperial grandmother! Even if I went back to my mother two months later, I definitely didn't dare to be naughty anymore! ”
The queen looked weird, and only after a while did she snort, and said slightly angrily: "Didn't you still say that you would give the Ruhui reward to the mourning family?" The mourning family told you that you want to reward the mourning family and your virtuous mother and concubine like a painting, but you are categorically not allowed to be light! If you let the mourning family find out that something is not good, see how the mourning family punishes you! ”
"Imperial grandmother rest assured!" Gan Ran immediately said with a high spirit, "As long as you are happy, your grandson will send someone to Xifu Palace to move things, and the good things in your grandson's hands are all rewarded by the emperor's grandmother and father!" ”
"Going around, the reward is still given to the mourning family and the emperor?" The Queen Mother smiled dumbly, "That mourning family and your father are really a loss!" Jiayi likes to see the energetic and energetic appearance of her grandsons the most, and when she saw that Ganran swept away the decadence, her tone gradually became gentle, and she glanced at His Highness lightly.
The atmosphere in the hall gradually eased, but Huo hesitated for a moment, and Queen Zhou coughed before sitting back in her seat.
"Imperial grandmother, you don't have to lose, you and your father have rewarded your grandchildren with good things, and when your grandchildren grow up and have the ability to honor the imperial grandmother and the emperor's mother, as well as the concubines, they will naturally know what to choose." Gan Tang, who had been snuggling in the arms of the Queen Mother, immediately showed a sweet smile, tilted his head and said to the Queen Mother, "The imperial grandmother should be practicing her grandchildren's eyesight!" ”
The Queen Mother happily touched his little face and said to Shen Shufei: "Shufei, look at Tang'er's sweet mouth!" The mourning family sighed with emotion, he was good, and immediately sacrificed the banner of filial piety, and even the queen and concubines were brought in! Don't you want to ask for more benefits from the mourning family! ”
"The grandson can inherit the knees of the emperor's grandmother, which is the biggest benefit, where is the meaning of other benefits?" Gan Tang said with a smile, the Queen Mother was coaxed into a smile, and hugged him vigorously to praise Shen Shufei for her good teaching, but Huo just lowered his head and laughed carelessly, not daring to say more.
In this way, because of the efforts of the two emperors and grandsons, the queen mother finally said lightly to the Huo family when everyone retired: "The daughter that the emperor wants you to copy is finished, and then come back to pick it up!" ”
Huo Shi was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but be overjoyed, and knelt down seriously to kowtow to the Queen Mother to thank him, and then retired happily. Huo Shi didn't notice that the Queen Mother looked at her as she withdrew from the hall, and her gaze was a little cold.
Su Ruhui secretly shivered.
At this moment, something was suddenly stuffed in her hand, cold, and when she held it in her hand, it seemed to be a little warm. She looked down and saw that it was a jade pendant carved in the shape of auspicious clouds, which was exactly what she wore when she saw Gan Ran rushing out of the sea of chrysanthemums that day.
Su Ruhui was taken aback, and was about to speak, but she heard Gan Ran say with a straight face: "You serve the virtuous concubine very carefully, this is what His Royal Highness rewards you, you must be more attentive in the future, and you must not slack off!" ”
He was already a few months older than Su Ruhui, and he was still small, so he held up the royal shelf in such a serious manner, the Queen Mother looked at it and smiled from ear to ear, and said to Qi Yun: "Qi Yun, look, Gan Ran's appearance is not like the emperor's reward for the slaves?" ”
"The slave maid is familiar when she looks at it, or the queen mother has a good memory!" Qi Yun smiled at the Queen Mother, and then said slowly, "When Your Majesty was so old, it happened that good news came from the border, and Your Majesty couldn't help but be overjoyed at that time, and ordered that the palace people who served the left and near were rewarded, and the Second Highness was six or seven points similar to this!" ”
Qi Yun has been in the deep palace for a long time, although she has the trust of the queen mother, but she is extremely cautious in her words, although she feels that the second highness is the most like Emperor Changtai among the princes, especially in her behavior, but she will not say very similar words - Emperor Kuxiao, this kind of words are used on the prince, especially in the case of the prince, it is inevitable that it will cause disputes after being heard by people with a heart, so she only said six or seven points.
The Queen Mother also heard what she meant, and became more and more satisfied with Qi Yun's caution, she caught a glimpse of Su Ruhui holding the jade pendant at a loss, and said with a smile: "Since our Second Highness wants to reward you for the Mourning family and the virtuous concubine, you can take it - Your Second Highness is young, you don't have to ask for three copies of his reward, but don't go back and cut the jade pendant of the Mourning family's grandson into three pieces for the first time!" ”
Zhou Yi'er and Huo Qinglian both covered their mouths and chuckled, Huo Qinglian said: "What the Queen Mother said is as if our eyes are only staring at something like a painted sister!" This is His Royal Highness's personal reward, where are Lian'er and Yi'er's sister embarrassed to ask for it? ”
But listening to Gan Ran, he said slowly: "The two young ladies only serve the imperial grandmother with their hearts, and His Royal Highness will naturally not be stingy with rewards in his eyes!" ”
Zhou Yi'er wanted to sneer, but suddenly saw Huo Qinglian's face beside him change slightly, and immediately returned to normal, he couldn't help but be surprised, and he didn't dare to laugh. The Queen Mother scolded with a smile: "What is the reward, it's not that you moved something from the library of the Mourning family and the emperor to be a good person for yourself, the Mourning family also said that Ran'er is not as naughty as Tang'er, who knows that your child is also a naughty!" ”
"Grandmother Huang, this is wronging her grandson!" Gan Tang called Qu Dao as usual, "It's obviously the second emperor brother who is naughty, why did he get involved with his grandson again?" ”
Talking and laughing like this, the Queen Mother was in a good mood, and left everyone for lunch, Zhou Yier was invited by Huo Qinglian to Cai Mingxuan to help refer to a pair of embroidery patterns, Gan Tang saw that the Queen Mother wanted to take a break, so he naturally followed Cai Mingxuan, but Su Ruhui wanted to go back to Lumingtai to change her clothes, and continued to accompany Concubine Gu Xian in the afternoon.
After all, although Concubine Gu Xian can say goodbye, she can't just ignore her.
Besides, if it weren't for Concubine Gu Xian, she might not have been able to get these rewards and praises.
As for Gan Ran, as soon as he left the Detai Palace, he disappeared.
Su Ruhui went back to Lumingtai to change into her regular clothes, and dismantled the double snail bun and tied a ponytail, dressed in a refreshing and pleasant manner, and then walked out of the courtyard and walked alone along the palace road to the gate of Renshou Palace.
Concubine Gu Xian knew that there was only one palace maid by her side now, and she was worried that Su Ruhui would accompany her, if she took the palace maid, in case there was something else, there was no one in Su Ruhui's courtyard, so she asked the queen mother for permission, and sent someone to bring a soft sedan chair and two palace maids to wait outside Renshou Palace every afternoon, and it would save Su Ruhui from being young and taking a lot of time to walk over.
Thinking of this, Su Ruhui couldn't help but feel that Concubine Gu Xian was the closest concubine to her in this harem.
She is walking slowly along the palace road, the palace road near Lumingtai has always been without palace people, but anyway, it is in the palace, and the sky is blue, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
At this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out behind her and patted her shoulder: "Hey-"
Su Ruhui suddenly heard this voice, and suddenly froze!