eighteen
The emperor returned to the palace with a dream and happened to meet Mama Liu. Mama Liu took the dream to Qianqiu Pavilion to sit in under the will of the Queen Mother, and she had already sent someone to pick her up. The dream was helpless, so I had to get into a sedan chair and leave.
After the dream left, Mama Liu told the emperor that the original tea palace maid had been sick for too long and must not be suitable to serve by the emperor's side, and the queen mother had found the new tea palace maid for the emperor.
Although the emperor was uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't lose his temper in the end, but only said: "The queen mother is thoughtful, and the sons thank the queen mother." "Entered the Heart Cultivation Palace.
The palace maid serving tea was dressed in coarse clothes and had no good intentions. The emperor didn't raise his eyes, but walked to the front of the stage and sat down to read the chapter.
When the emperor closes his eyes, he dances in a dream, like an orchid and a dragon. No word can describe its beauty. When he opened his eyes, he found that the maid of the tea palace was adding incense in front of her eyes, and her movements were clumsy, which was completely incomparable to a dream.
The emperor couldn't help but glance at her, only to see that the person in front of him was Cuifang: "Aren't you Cuifang?" How did you get here to serve tea? ”
"Back to the emperor, the queen mother sent a slave and maid over." Cuifang looked down at her skirt, Mama Liu deliberately dressed her in such a rough dress, it must have been the intention of the Queen Mother. The emperor remembered that Cuifang was forced to go by the Queen Mother, so he didn't even look at her, and lowered his head to continue to read the recital.
Mama Liu brought the dream to the Qianqiu Pavilion. "You're here," the Queen Mother saw her bowing her head stiffly, "What are you doing with your head down, and the mourning family won't eat you?" ”
The dream looked up, remembering that this was the Qianqiu Pavilion, and seeing that the tea leaves in the tea cup on the table had obviously been brewed for a long time, he knew that the queen mother had been here for a long time, and he must have seen the emperor visit the palace garden with him at this time, and he was dissatisfied.
"The concubine knows her mistake." Dream lowered his head.
"You kid, I didn't say anything, why did you admit that you were wrong, why were you wrong?"
"The concubine served tea for many days, which should have helped the emperor's society, but today because the emperor had a headache, the concubine asked the emperor to come to the palace to relax, it was the concubine who made her own opinion, and the concubine knew her mistake."
When the queen mother heard this, even if the emperor had a headache, he would not be dragged to the palace by a little concubine when he was commenting on the chapter, which must have been the emperor's idea. Zheng Mengjing said this, nothing more than to tell her that whether it was serving tea or coming out for a walk, she was unintentional.
"The mourning family doesn't blame you, the emperor has a headache, it's right to come out and relax, you did a good job." The Queen Mother's face was full of kind smiles, "The mourning family called you here today." It's not because of this, it's just that the emperor likes you and has asked you in front of the mourning family many times, and the mourning family wants to see you. ”
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she asked the dream to sit down together: "I heard that your father is a private school teacher? ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, yes."
"So you're also a well-read and well-mannered person. Your father was favored by Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shoufu and was made a petty official, do you know about it? ”
I dreamed that I was shocked when I heard this, and my father was still alive? She obviously saw her father's corpse with her own eyes, so it can be seen that what the Queen Mother said is not true. But if she had admitted that her father was dead at this time, something even more terrible might have happened. Dream had to pretend not to know: "Since the concubine entered the palace, she has not had contact with her father, and the concubine does not care about the affairs of the previous dynasty, and she does not know that her father has become an official." ”
The Queen Mother was very satisfied with this answer: "The concubine should be like this, abide by her duty, think about extending the heirs for the emperor, and don't always think about the affairs of the mother's family in the previous dynasty." ”
"Yes." There was a sour feeling in the dream, did the Queen Mother come to test herself? You can't be wrong with this kind of thing. What does his father's death have to do with the fake father who was favored by Zhang Juzheng. Her mind spun racing, thinking about who would benefit from her father's death.
"What, what's on your mind?" The Queen Mother asked.
"The concubine didn't want to deceive the queen mother, and when the concubine came, she didn't see her father, and she missed her father very much, so she was distracted when she mentioned him." As she said this, she remembered that she had begged Mama Liu to go home and say goodbye to her father. But was stopped by Mama Liu, and now the queen asks if she doesn't want her father too much, it seems a little deliberate.
"The mourning family knows, but you have entered the palace and are the emperor's person, if your mother is here, please come and take a look. Your mother died, and your father had trouble entering the palace. So ......"
The concubine understood that the concubine only missed her father and did not want to see him. The concubines did not want to cause trouble for the harem because of themselves. Although the dream said this, there were doubts in his heart. The Queen Mother knew too well about her mother's family, and strongly objected to her seeing her father. In my dreams, I always felt that my father's death had something to do with the Queen Mother, or something to do with Zhang Juzheng. At this point, she finally has some eyebrows.
The Queen Mother is very satisfied with Zheng Mengjing in front of her, she doesn't know about her father, she is beautiful and sensible, and she abides by her duties, the only thing that is not so good is that the emperor likes her too much. But since she is sensible, she will not be a pet if she wants to. The Queen Mother didn't want to embarrass her too much, but felt a little guilty for not letting her serve tea.
"You are very sensible, no wonder the emperor likes it, and the mourning family also likes it." The Queen Mother asked Mama Liu to lean over and whispered to her, "You go to the palace of the mourning family, take out the distractions of the mourning family's gold and jade gems, and reward her." ”
Mama Liu glanced at the Queen Mother, as if she was sure of what the Queen Mother meant, the Queen Mother nodded, and said "Go quickly", and Mama Liu went back.
On the other side, the emperor was tired, so he drove to the queen's palace according to the custom, and only looked at Cuifang casually when he left: "You are also a palace maid in the queen mother's palace, why are you dressed so vulgarly?" ”
The word vulgar made Cuifang's brows furrow a little, but she still replied: "The queen mother instructed the servants to dress simply, so that they would not disturb the emperor." ”
The emperor smiled bitterly, and the queen mother took great pains, just because she couldn't get used to the fact that he let the dream serve tea in the past few days. He had a plan in his heart and snorted coldly: "Since you are serving me tea, you should dress better and dress like a concubine." ”
Cui Fang was puzzled by this sentence, she looked up at the emperor, and the emperor actually held her hand and said: "The palace maid is also my person, and from today onwards, I will ask Gonggong Feng to wear the best clothes for you." ”
Cui Fang was stunned, a little confused: "The emperor...... The Emperor ......"
The emperor immediately ordered Feng Bao to take him down and change into bright clothes. I thought that the Queen Mother couldn't get used to Zheng Mengjing, so she sent Cuifang. If the Queen Mother saw Cuifang change into a gorgeous dress and go back, she would definitely be too scared to let her come again.
"Feng Bao, you remember, hide her old clothes and let her go back to the Empress Dowager Palace like this."
Feng Bao's eyes were boneless, and he understood the emperor's meaning and agreed to go down.