Zhao Zhu shouted, and climbed behind Qin Suniang, hiding from the Empress Dowager and Cui Yongchen in front.

Qin Suniang's whole body trembled like chaff, and she shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, greet the Empress Dowager! ”

Zhao Zhu ignored her, but leaned closer to her, grabbed her chest and said, "Auntie, why are you so cold." ”

Qin Su Niang's heart was terrified, and she shouted, "Your Majesty! ”

The Empress Dowager slowly exhaled a breath from her mouth, stared at Qin Su Niang and said, "This is how you take care of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Qin Suniang's face turned pale, her whole body was trembling, she kept kowtowing vigorously on the bed, and argued indiscriminately: "The Queen Mother! Grand empress dowager! The slave is just a nurse......"

It's okay that she didn't say this, but after saying this, the Queen Mother slowly took a step back as if she had been reminded of something, and said to Cui Yongchen on the side: "After all, I served Your Majesty for a time and put on her clothes." ”

Cui Yongchen replied, put down the lantern in his hand, grabbed the woman's clothes on the shelf on the side, threw them on the bed, and said, "Su lady, let's put on the clothes first." ”

Qin Suniang only felt that her heart was beating very fast, her mind was blank, Cui Yongchen gave her clothes, she trembled and wore them for a long time, although she was dressed in a mess, but she barely put it on, and she felt that the whole person was going to be out of breath, opened her eyes, and looked for a long time, only to see the queen mother on the side ringing the bell.

Zhao Zhu didn't know what was going on, he only knew that he wanted to sleep, and he slept just right, but he was disturbed by the Empress Dowager and Cui Yongchen, so that the nurse refused to talk to him.

He got Qin Suniang to enter the palace, although he was still a little scared when he looked at the two people opposite, but he was a little bold, grabbed the pillow on the side, and smashed it at Cui Yongchen on the opposite side, scolding: "You go!" Get out! ”

Cui Yongchen ignored him, but turned around and opened the door.

As soon as he opened the bolt of the door, it was only a few breaths later, and the palace people and chamberlains who heard the empress dowager ring the bell outside came in.

Cui Yongchen pointed at Qin Su Niang and said: "Su Niangzi is already crazy, she just collided with the Queen Mother, drag it down." ”

Three or four yellow doors walked quickly to the bed.

Qin Suniang was completely defenseless, and she didn't know what was going on, so she was covered with the silk quilt on the bed, and she was dragged off the bed like this.

It wasn't until her eyes were covered that she really reacted, and struggled desperately and shouted, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

The voice only came out a little, and it was pressed back by the little yellow door with the rest of the pillow.

Half of them raised their heads, half of them lifted their feet, and lifted her up.

Zhao Zhu screamed: "Ah Niang! ”

The whole person pounced.

The Empress Dowager said coldly: "Your Majesty, your aunt is in the Tsinghua Hall behind." ”

Zhao Zhu was stunned, grabbed Qin Su Niang and refused to let go, and bit down hard at the small yellow door on the side.

Xiao Huangmen was in pain, but he endured it and didn't let go.

A waiter on the side had already come forward, forcefully broke Zhao Zhu's hand, and covered his mouth with a handkerchief, dragging him away.

Qin Suniang fluttered and was carried out, and she didn't hear the slightest sound.

The Empress Dowager pointed to a few palace people on the side: "The Qin family acted for no reason, and Your Majesty was deeply affected by it, so you are here to serve carefully, so that Your Majesty can sleep peacefully." ”

After she said this, she only glanced at Zhao Zhu coldly, and didn't speak to him, so she turned around and walked back.

However, in the blink of an eye, the tranquility of Funing Palace returned to the calm it had been a moment ago, as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Zhu was surrounded by several palace people and chamberlains, and Cui Yongchen stood aside, watching him being pressed under his head and kicking his legs and shaking his hands, biting people when he caught them, and catching people when he saw them.

There was no expression on his face, but his heart was irritable.

The palace people didn't dare to cover Zhao Zhu's mouth for too long, for fear that he would not be able to breathe. But once he let go of his hand, Zhao Zhu either screamed or bit indiscriminately.

Cui Yongchen looked annoyed and said, "What about the tranquilizer prescribed by the imperial doctor last time?" What did you say at the time? ”

The waiter on the side hesitated for a moment and said, "The imperial doctor said that if it is not a special time, it is best to have less ......."

Before he finished speaking, he came to his senses, hurriedly stopped his mouth, hurriedly went to the side to get the medicine bottle, poured a small pill out of it, and melted it with warm water.

Several people pressed Zhao Zhu and poured him in.

After about half a cup of tea, the movements of the Son of Heaven's hands and feet became smaller and smaller, and his strength became smaller and smaller, and finally he stretched his feet, rolled his eyes, and fell asleep like this.

Although Cui Yongchen did not step forward to help, he was also sweating, he gave a few orders, and hurriedly returned to Ciming Palace.

The Empress Dowager hadn't fallen asleep yet, she was sitting at the table, holding a sweet soup in her hand, and she wanted to drink it or not.

Cui Yongchen cautiously stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty has already slept." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded and asked, "Has Qin Su Niang been cleaned up?" ”

"That's it." Cui Yongchen replied very quickly.

He bowed slightly, took another step towards the edge of the table, and said in a very small voice: "Sage, there is only one thing that is a little tricky. Your Majesty is so temperamental, I am afraid that in the coming days there will be a lot of noise to see that woman, and in the future I am afraid that there will be a lot of noise, and there is no one around him who can speak. ”

The Empress Dowager had completely calmed down, and when she heard Cui Yongchen's words, she only said: "Let him quarrel, he was too used to him in the past...... Raising a woman like Qin Suniang, what good temperament can you get, keep her, but drink to quench your thirst, and you don't have to spoil the atmosphere in Funing Palace. ”

Drinking a donkey to quench your thirst, but you can also quench your thirst, and in the current situation, I am afraid that I will be thirsty to death immediately.

Cui Yongchen didn't dare to say any more, so he had to bow his head, take a step back, and stand back in place.

What I saw and heard tonight, no matter how I dealt with it, I lost.

If you don't deal with Qin Suniang, how can you bear it with such a big rebellion as the two of them?

can dispose of Qin Suniang, with the dependence of the Son of Heaven on him, it is inevitable that he will be separated from the Empress Dowager in the future.

The question at the moment is that Zhao Zhu is still young, whether he wants to keep him down, and see if there is a possibility of improvement.

The Empress Dowager acted decisively, but now it seems that she will inevitably be indecisive.

***

During the day, Zhang Hu couldn't answer the question raised by the Empress Dowager, but at this time, Gu Yanzhang was answering Ji Qingling.

"It is in the fog of Xiangfu County, that a water tank was built during the Tianxi period, which was originally intended to be used to prepare for the shortage of water in Luo, and to do the thing that led Luo into Bian, but later because of the party dispute, although the water tank was built seventy-seven eighty-eight, the matter of Tongluo was temporarily shelved."

Ji Qingling listened to Gu Yanzhang's explanation to her, and at the same time looked at the map of Xiangfu County retrieved from the capital water prison, and rummaged on it for a long time before she found the place where Wu Zepi was located.

I really can't see anything.

Gu Yanzhang has continued: "The introduction of Luo into Bian was put on hold, and although it was mentioned again and again, it was never used, I went to check the old test book, and decades ago Xiangfu County Ya went to repair it every few years, and then no one mentioned it for a long time, and the water tank was abandoned." ”

Ji Qingling was very surprised and asked, "Since it has been abandoned, how can it still be ......?"

Gu Yanzhang said: "Do you think it's strange, how can you still store water even if it has been abandoned, causing this chaos?" ”

Ji Qingling nodded and said, "How much water can an abandoned water tank store?" ”

"The court feels that it is abandoned, but it may not be really abandoned." Gu Yanzhang sighed, "You also underestimate the people of the foggy Zepi too much. ”

When the original water tank was built, there were three families in the village where the site was located, and the three surnames intermarried with each other and lived here for generations, which can be called a veritable strong villager. At that time, due to the forcible expropriation of many people's fields, there was almost a civil uprising. Later, the water tank was abandoned and no one took care of it, and the owners of the original land started to use their brains.

The water tank has been built, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to dismantle and re-use it as a field, but at that time, there has been water stored in it for a long time, and because no one cares about it, there are even a lot of wild fish and shrimp in the water.

The price of fish and shrimp in Beijing has always been very good, everyone fished out, got a sum, and got a heart, since then, each family has pooled silver money to buy fish fry and shrimp fry, and use the water tank as a pond to raise all kinds of fish and shrimp aquatic products, store water when there is a flood, and put some water out to irrigate the fields when there is a drought, so that the local people have a much richer life.

However, the water tank is still a water tank after all, and for many years, although it can be used by those people who are just groping around, it has never been carefully repaired. There were two mouths in the water tank, but at the beginning of this year, somehow one of them suddenly broke down and could no longer be closed, so many big fish ran away.

Wu Zepi was so distressed that he had to seal the water outlet. Not long after, the water gate in another place also fell, and everyone didn't think there was anything at the time, but when the water rose several feet after a succession of heavy waters, they found that the original drainage place was actually unable to produce water again.

There was no water worker in the fog, and the old man went to see it, but he didn't know what to do. The peasants did not want to repay the court, but they were afraid that they would use it as a tax, so they looked around for skilled craftsmen, and wanted to repair the sluice, and searched for many days, but they found many people, but none of them were useful, and the door still could not be opened.

At present, it has been raining heavily for a long time in succession, and the way out is blocked, and it is not convenient to look for people again, and everyone is waiting for the rain to stop talking, but it is better to suddenly have a night of earthquake like a mountain, and when everyone wakes up, the gate of the reservoir has collapsed.

Fortunately, the houses in the village are built on higher ground, although many people have been flooded, after all, there is no life, just swept away two children who are greedy to go out, fortunately, the government rescued, and fished back.

Ji Qingling was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Fifth brother, won't you be the Xiangrui ...... handed over in Xiangfu County?"

Gu Yanzhang was also a little helpless, and said: "I can ask the people in the fog, from ancient times to the present, all the auspicious rui contained in the county chronicles is from the reservoir. ”

He went to run in person, took a pen at this time, and drew the direction and appearance of the water tank with Ji Qingling on the paper, circled one of the places, and said: "They have specially circled this place to raise big fish and turtles, and someone sends things to feed them every day." ”

How can you not raise big fish if you eat seastuffs like this!

I can't complain that the auspicious Fu County can produce an auspicious rui from time to time.

Ji Qingling didn't know what to say when he heard it.

By mistake, on that day, I met the water supervisor of the capital to set up a point outside the two city gates to carry out the method of dredging and draining, and several boxes were gathered in one place, which was a bit unpredictable.

After the two talked, Ji Qingling asked, "Fifth brother, who was hurt by this flood?" ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "With such a big water, even if you warn in advance, there are still places that you can't be informed, but fortunately, you told me in advance, and Fan Da sent people to help, and he took one more step and earned a lot of lives to come back." ”

When he said this, he solemnly raised his head and said, "Qingling, it's all because you are as careful as a hair, and you are smart and clever, and you have helped a lot this time." ”

Ji Qingling was praised by him for a few words, quite embarrassed, his face was slightly red, and he said softly: "I am happy in my heart to be able to save people's lives, you praise me like this, I don't know what to say." ”

Seeing her puffy face, Gu Yanzhang was quite emotional, and sighed: "If you didn't like it, I really wanted to talk to Fan Dashen that day and let him report it to you......"

Ji Qingling shook his head again and again: "Don't! The last time I got that gong, I went back and was seen by others, and it was as rare as looking at a monkey, which was really boring, and I didn't even dare to go around my master's house for a while! ”

When she said this, she suddenly remembered what was happening outside Xinzheng Gate, and hurriedly asked: "Fifth brother, the Junchuan loquat is useless, how can the water supervisor clean up the canal, and now that the spring is about to pass, is it too late?" ”

Gu Yanzhang said helplessly: "You think that Junchuan loquat can't be used, but it doesn't necessarily really can't be used." ”

Ji Qingling exclaimed: "Such a useless thing, is that official matter still unwilling to give up?" ”

***

The matter of Junchuan was spread widely, not only outside the palace, but also in the palace.

In the Tsinghua Palace, the former Empress Yang, who is also today's Empress Dowager Yang, is sitting at the table calmly.

A mirror was placed across from her.

The basin-sized Fuzhou copper mirror has a smooth grinding surface, and even if it has been used for many years, it has not been wiped much.

This was given to her by Zhao Rui when she was there.

Seriously speaking, although Zhao Rui was very frugal when he was alive, he was reluctant to wear it at home, but in comparison, he was really considerate of his queen.

Behind the Empress Dowager Yang stood three palace people, one holding a small mirror in her hand, and the other two were holding a comb, hairpin, or scissors, carefully grooming her.

Seeing that the palace man at the back was holding a small pair of scissors in his hand and didn't know how to start, Empress Dowager Yang said lightly: "It's all white, don't bother, it's all cut and it's gone." ”

The palace man holding the mirror smiled: "The Queen Mother, don't be funny, although you have a few gray hairs on your head, where can you get the saying 'all white'!" ”

Empress Dowager Yang did not laugh.

There's really nothing funny about it.

The Empress Dowager did not save her half face, and detained her in this Qinghua Palace, no matter who wanted to visit the palace, she had to go through the hands of Ciming Palace.