Chapter Eighty-Eight: Furong Qingbo Pavilion
Shanglin Yuan is left by the previous dynasty, covering a huge area, after all, the Empress Dowager Jiayi is old, she has walked for half an hour, her face has shown tiredness, Queen Zhou is busy and said: "Queen Mother, the daughter-in-law remembers that not far away is the Furong Qingbo Pavilion, three sides of the water, the scenery is very good, why don't you go and sit down?" ”
The Queen Mother nodded, and the group walked towards the Furong Qingbo Pavilion without hurrying, and the little yellow door was already listening, so they ran to report the news and check that everything in the Furong Qingbo Pavilion could be arranged.
When I arrived at the pavilion, I saw that there was only a soft tulle hanging on each of the three sides, the sand was bright, and the light penetrated, and I didn't feel dim and dull at all. Queen Zhou explained: "Although it is now fresh spring, there is still cold air on the lake, and it is the queen mother's phoenix body, so the daughter-in-law asked An Pingzhi to hang this Minghua yarn here to block the spring cold, but also to avoid the darkness in the pavilion." ”
"The queen has her own heart." The Queen Mother nodded, ordered Princess Rongshou to be brought over, asked a few gossips, it was already three poles in the sun, and then saw Anping shaking the dust, and looked at the queen as if asking, and saw that the queen nodded slightly, so she stepped forward and knelt down to ask for instructions: "Queen Mother, lunch has been prepared, I don't know if I will let the servants put it in this Furong Qingbo Pavilion?" ”
"Is it time for lunch?" Empress Dowager Jiayi looked up at the sky and said, "Are there other places around here?" ”
Queen Zhou heard that the Queen Mother didn't seem to want to eat in the Furong Qingbo Pavilion, so she said: "Behind the rockery in the southeast, there is a Hanyuan Building. ”
"Let's go there, it's okay to eat some melons and fruits in this pavilion, and it's better to go to the building for dinner." The Queen Mother said, suddenly sighed, pulled Rong Shou and said, "Where did the jade bracelet given to you by the mourning family go?" ”
Just now Rong Shou stared at the queen mother's wrist, and the queen mother put down the jade bracelet for her to play with, but she didn't expect that it would disappear after such a while, Xu Cairen was startled, thinking that the princess was young and didn't know anything, so she threw away the queen mother's bracelet casually, and was about to come out to ask for guilt, but she heard Qi Yun smile and said: "The queen mother is not in a hurry, the things are here in the slave maid, just now I saw that the princess was a little tired with it, and the slave and maid put it away for her." ”
"I see, a bracelet is nothing, the mourning family is afraid that this child will not eat it."
"The princess is so small, how can she eat a bracelet?" Concubine Shen Shufei put her arm on the curtain and said with a smile.
"But you forgot about your son?" The Queen Mother said, "When Gan Tang was a child, he also took a fancy to a jade pendant of the mourning family, the size of a fist, and the mourning family played with him, and when he turned around, he broke the jade pendant and stuffed it into his mouth one by one - fortunately, Mama found it quickly!" ”
Gan Tang suddenly shouted: "The imperial grandmother is a pastime for Tang'er, how could Tang'er be so smart to do such a thing?" ”
"You're still going to quibble? The mourning family still remembers that the grandmother's surname is Shen, and she is your mother's maid of marriage, if she hadn't found out in time and snatched it, you would have suffered! The Queen Mother glared at him and said with false disgust, "Do you still want to deny it in front of the mourning family?" ”
"The imperial grandmother really doesn't care for her grandson, she is eccentric!" Gan Tang leaned over and said coquettishly, "Expose your grandson's old background like this in front of your sister, but let your grandson behave in front of her sister in the future?" ”
The Queen Mother smiled a little and said with his eyebrows: "The mourning family just wants to take you as an example, so that Pei'er and Rongshou will know about your naughty things, lest they learn badly from you - and Ran'er is also a worry-free person!" Pei'er must not learn from your two brothers, if you want to learn, you have to look at the prince! ”
"Pei'er knows!" Gan Peiyi said obediently beside the Queen Mother, Gan Ran was originally standing quietly aside, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but defend himself: "The imperial grandmother wants to teach the third brother a lesson, why do you have to pull her grandson?" ”
"Your third brother is naughty, aren't you naughty? The concubine raised you but was frightened, tell me yourself, did Concubine Shu ever worry about her son wandering alone by the lotus pond? I don't understand anything at all, isn't the mourning family just about to remind you to Pei'er and Rongshou? The Queen Mother was in a good mood at the moment and quipped.
Huo Guifei's eyes turned red when she heard this, she turned her head away, and said with a smile: "Grandson can see it, the imperial grandmother is complaining that we are busy with homework, and we haven't gone to Renshou Palace to ask for peace for a few days, so we specially beat us, third brother, it's useless to talk more about us, hurry up and think of a way to make amends to the imperial grandmother." ”
Gan Tang also showed a look of sudden realization: "I see, I only be the emperor's grandmother and don't care for my grandchildren, but because of this, the imperial grandmother, you don't know how heavy the old man's homework is ......" said that he was going to be coquettish and let the queen mother make a decree and teach Huo De to give him a reduction in homework, Huo De originally only taught the prince, but after Gan Lin went to the court to listen to politics at the age of twelve, Huo De only explained his homework for two hours every other day. And Emperor Changtai Inhode taught Gan Lin very well, and now the court is not busy, so he also crossed the schoolwork of other princes and let him take care of it. Huo De is extremely strict as a teacher, and he does not pretend to be affectionate at all, Gan Ran and Gan Tang are not as studious and enterprising as the prince, and they are all complaining.
Concubine Shen Shufei listened to her son's old tune repeatedly, so she didn't seek progress, her thin eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, but the Queen Mother laughed: "You have been pestering the mourning family since the beginning of enlightenment for this matter, and now you are about to become a vassal person, and you are still so lazy, how can your father, the princess and the princess rest assured that you will go to the vassal country in the future?" Don't be like your uncompetitive imperial uncle, no one will be nearby to control you, idle all day long, and be impeached by the prison officials, and the imperial grandmother will not follow it at that time, regardless of yours! ”
Half a month ago, the supervisor made a clear fold, impeaching King Zhao for being unscrupulous in Zhao State, robbing the people's daughters, good voice, happy and playful, horses stepping on green seedlings, not thinking about wisdom, etc., which caused the indignation of hundreds of officials in the court, and Emperor Changtai also felt that his face was disgraceful, and he made a decree to send him back to the capital to explain.
Su Ruhui was very happy when she heard the news, but after thinking about it, Emperor Changtai was passed on rather than detained, and he was afraid that the thunder and rain would be small, at most it would be just a beating, so he was too lazy to care. Hearing the Queen Mother say this at this moment, many people muttered in their hearts, isn't it that King Zhao is going to be severely punished for entering the Hajj this time?
Concubine Shen Shu didn't have time to pay attention to King Zhao, when she heard the word "fan", her face suddenly turned white, but Queen Zhou smiled comfortably and said, "Isn't it?" The third highness, Huo Taishi is His Majesty's master, and his knowledge and moral character are excellent, His Royal Highness can't be lazy, he must follow the Taishi well, and after two years, he will be a feudal lord, and he will also be a virtuous king. ”
Gan Tang's brows furrowed slightly, but he was used to covering it up, and said coquettishly: "Queen Mother, Master Huo is indeed talented, otherwise why would he teach the prince's brother so well?" But Tang'er is stupid by nature, where can she compare with the prince's brother? The queen mother said this, which really made Tang'er ashamed, and she didn't even dare to be a student of the Taishi, so it was better for the queen mother to help Tang'er change teachers! ”
Queen Zhou suddenly choked, since the turmoil of the twenty-sixth year of Changtai, although her position is still stable, the queen mother also returned the power of the six palaces to her after dealing with the witch Gu caused by Xin Cairen, but the palace power is no longer in the hands of the queen as before. Because of Concubine Shen Shu's calm performance at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the twenty-fifth year of Changtai, Emperor Changtai specially opened his mouth and asked Concubine Shen Shu to assist in the harem.
In the past few years, Shen Shufei's mother and son are no longer trembling as before, and there is something faintly wrong, these Queen Zhou are looking at it, and today she finally heard the word "vassal" from the mouth of the Queen Mother, she was happy in her heart, so she spared no effort to beat the side drum, trying to bite this matter to death, and it was also a hint that Shen Shufei should not think again.
How do you know that Gan Tang said this, but it was as if Queen Zhou was showing off the prince's intelligence and belittling Gan Tang's stupidity. Although Empress Zhou has always felt that her son is more suitable to be a prince than anyone else, as a mother-in-law, speaking like this always makes people feel that she favors one over the other, and she is suddenly a little embarrassed.
But I heard the prince chuckle and said: "The third brother is messing around again, don't listen to him and grandmother, when you see the princess, he can say all the sweet words, and the princess Huo likes him more now than his grandson!" ”
Gan Ran's eyes flashed, and he also said: "The third brother has a sweet mouth, and the Taishi likes him." ”
"Really? Tang'er of the mourning family has been used to coaxing people since she was a child, and even the mourning family is often so said that she can't stop laughing. The Queen Mother touched his hair lovingly, and a laugh suddenly sounded in the Furong Qingbo Pavilion.