When the lotus flowers in the Taiye Pond were in full bloom, a major event occurred in the palace: Mrs. Langya was in the middle of the pot and gave birth to a daughter.

When the court order came to report, Su Ying was copying a copy of the "Female Analects" written by the Empress Dowager Duankang of this dynasty under the guard of Duanniang, about this matter, she once asked Duanniang: "When I was the queen, Xi Liwenshu was for the sake of the mother's honor of the world, but now that I have become the queen mother, why do you want me to learn this and that?" ”

Duan Niang said slowly while studying the ink: "Niangniang can remember that there is a sentence in the "Mingde Chapter" transcribed yesterday, 'The harem is virtuous, respectful and obeyed, and the virtue is endless, it is to learn virtue with women, not in the old and young, not in the humble, then, what is virtue?' One of them......'" The lengthy remarks were easily finished, and he added: "Niang Niang just said that she was wrong again, now that you are the queen mother, you should call yourself a 'mourning family'." ”

Su Ying held her sleepy head and nodded with sleepy eyes.

At the end of this day, she unfortunately found that the life of the queen mother was not as pleasant as she thought, but there were many more rules than when she was the queen. When she knew the news, her hand holding the pen was already sore, and she put the pen down excitedly, and she was going to see the excitement, Duanniang stopped her very beautifully, and nagged a lot, to the effect that she was going to be unruly at the moment, and she had to give a decree to the court, and the court would send the decree to Mrs. Langya's palace, and she would also order the celebrant to supervise the reward, and visit Yunyun again on a certain day. She was dizzy when she heard this, so she had to agree: "Then when you are ready, I..." Let's go again. ”

So after several days, she finally stepped into the Qingsi Hall where Mrs. Langya had newly moved, accompanied by a group of people. Gong E led her to the inner hall, only to see Mrs. Langya lazily leaning on the bed, seeing that she had changed her previous arrogant appearance, she got up and was about to get out of bed and salute: "The concubine is ...... the queen mother."

Su Ying hurriedly asked Gong E to help her up, she had never been very close to Mrs. Langya, and she didn't know what to say, so she had to desperately look at Duan Niang. Duan Niang ordered someone to send the reward, which was nothing more than some ginseng bird's nest, jewelry and jade. When Mrs. Langya saw it, she was about to get out of bed to thank her, she hurriedly waved her hand, and patiently talked with Mrs. Langya for a while before she asked carefully: "Where is the little doll?" ”

Mrs. Langya was busy with the nurse to pick up the child, Su Ying came up to take a look, a small face carved in pink, eyes closed, sleeping soundly, very cute, but for some reason, Mrs. Langya didn't seem to be happy, and she didn't know what she was thinking. On the way back to the palace, she asked Duan Niang, Duan Niang just smiled slightly, and replied: "Does the Queen Mother like children?" When Your Majesty appoints a queen and seals a concubine, there will be many princes and princesses who will call you 'Imperial Grandmother'. ”

Su Ying was so shocked by the sentence "Imperial Grandmother" that she almost fell off her chariot, but Duan Niang's words reminded her that in the past, when Pei Zhao was still King Ning, because he was away all the year round, and the first emperor did not give marriage, he never married a wife, and he is still alone.

When she was not in the palace before, her favorite thing was to listen to stories. The storyteller said that every emperor always has to do three things when he first ascends the throne: set the year number, enter the official title, and choose the harem. She always felt that Pei Zhao was a very good person, and she treated her very well, so she always wanted to do something for him. When she was at home, she was closest to her third sister-in-law, and the third sister-in-law once told her with a shyness on her face that there is nothing better in this world than staying with her sweetheart, because this love between men and women is the most important of the seven emotions and six desires. She didn't know what love was, but after listening to more stories, she figured out some truths in a daze, if a person as good as Pei Zhao hadn't married a wife yet, he either already had a sweetheart who wanted to "only take a scoop of weak water for 3,000 drinks", or he hadn't found his sweetheart yet. In any case, she should help him, there are so many good girls in the world, there will always be a suitable one.

Three days later, Su Ying set up a banquet in Baihuazhou and had lunch with Pei Zhao. Baihuazhou is a small island in the lake, full of strange flowers and plants, with peonies, smiles, peach blossoms, and cherry blossoms in spring; In summer, there are hibiscus, water lilies, beautiful cherry blossoms, and mandalas; In autumn, there are golden cinnamon, pomegranate, magnolia, Yaotai jade phoenix, and snow sea; In winter, there are narcissus, bauhinia, palace pink plum, cinnabar plum and shone plum. There are endless flowers throughout the year, and you can smell the fragrance of herbs before you set foot on Baihuazhou.

The reason why we chose this place is because the flowers bloom best here.

Su Ying found a truth when transcribing the "Analects of the Woman", every queen mother always likes to make an analogy when persuading the emperor to expand the harem, such as "the more flowers bloom, the better, Your Majesty's harem should also be like this flower", "There are too few flowers in the palace, there should be some new scenery." "Yunyun, and the emperors usually smile and readily agree, new concubines enter the palace one after another, and there will always be a girl among them, either gentle and shy, or talented and eye-catching, in short, there will be such an outstanding woman who makes the emperor have such a thought, "Ah, she is my sweetheart", as for whether it is as popular and affectionate as the harem rumors, or it develops into a sadomasochistic story in the palace like in the storytelling, she can't care.

The warm breeze gently shush, stirring people's hearts like spring water. It's a good time to fall in love. Su Ying pretended to take a sip of tea and said, "Your Majesty, you see that there are so many flowers in this Shangyuan, and when they bloom, they are a large piece, which is really beautiful." ”

Pei Zhao looked at her with a smile and did not speak.

Su Ying couldn't help but be a little surprised. Originally, according to the script she set, Pei Zhao should have replied: "Exactly, the flowers are full of flowers, and they are beautiful." In this way, she could continue the words logically, but Pei Zhao didn't say a word, just laughed, and this smile made her not know what to say. After hesitating for a long time, I had to continue the words by myself: "This blossom is really beautiful." ”

Pei Zhao's slender fingers gently tapped on the white wine cup, and said lightly: "If you have seen the most beautiful flowers, there is nothing to look at other flowers." ”

She felt very funny when she heard Pei Zhao's words, didn't she say that this girl was like a flower, presumably Pei Zhao already had a sweetheart in her heart, so she asked tentatively: "Then, where is the most beautiful flower that Your Majesty said?" ”

Pei Zhao's gaze swept over her face, looked at the high sky, and after a while, he whispered, "Open in my heart." ”

It's done!

She never thought that Pei Zhao would have such a demeanor, her cold eyebrows and eyes were full of tenderness, and she must have loved that girl to the core. The third sister-in-law once said to her: "The more cold the person, the deeper the emotion." Pei Zhao is already very outstanding, and now he is the emperor, he is really the best man in the world, presumably that girl must be very willing, so it is really a happy thing.

Su Ying was very curious about the girl in her heart, and was about to ask a good question, but Pei Zhao turned his head to look at her: "You suddenly call me 'Your Majesty', it's really not customary." ”

In fact, Su Ying is not used to the word "Your Majesty", when she saw Pei Zhao in the past, it was either at a banquet where everyone was busy kowtowing and toasting and eating, and she couldn't say a word, or there were only two people in private. Of course, she knows that Pei Zhao's identity is different now, but if she wants her to call Pei Zhao "Emperor" like the previous Queen Mother, it would be too ...... She can't forget that Pei Zhao was angry with her because of this before.

Su Ying thought about it and pointed to the Nine Dragons robe on his body: "Maybe it's because you're wearing this, but I'm not used to it." Pei Zhao smiled slightly when she heard this, and she hurriedly spoke: "You ......"

"Next month is your birthday." Pei Zhao interrupted her: "I didn't see it as a tree flower last time, why don't you wait for your birthday to make up for it?" ”

She was pleasantly surprised: "Yes, yes." After being happy, he remembered the unfinished words, and said again: "There is still a month to be born, and it is ...... now."

"It's hard to get out of the palace, except for watching the trees and flowers, but what else do you want to play?"

Want to play? That's a lot, she counted it to him the same: first wander around the street, go to those stalls with iron rings and untie ropes to play, and then go to Goolan to watch the shadow puppet show, after watching the shadow puppet show, you can go to Mingyufang to listen to the music while eating, and when the time is almost up, you will go to see the tree flowers.

Pei Zhao smiled at the corner of his mouth, listened very patiently, and when she finished counting her plans one by one, Fang asked, "No?" ”

She thought about it again and again, but couldn't think of anything else, so she replied, "Not now." ”

He nodded slightly: "Got it." ”

This dozen tree flowers can be seen next month, but Pei Zhao doesn't know where the flower he likes, the more she is grateful to Pei Zhao, the more she wants to find the girl for him, and says, "You just said ......."

Pei Zhao took a basket of Su Bazhen in her plate: "Eat vegetables." ”

She finished eating the dish in two or three bites and asked, "Are you..."

He served her another bowl of fish soup: "Taste it." ”

“……”

She has always thought that she is a very clever person, and at this time, she saw that Pei Zhao's repeated interruptions of her words were actually deliberate, presumably because she was too witty to see what he was thinking, which made him feel embarrassed. People, it is inevitable that there are some things that are not easy to say, and Pei Zhao's heart should be that flower-like girl. Since he was so ashamed that he wouldn't say it explicitly, then she didn't ask. Anyway, in a few days, there will be many women from the family entering the palace, if the girl is among them, it is naturally good, if it is not there, it doesn't matter, look for it slowly, you will definitely find it. Su Ying made a plan in his heart, so he didn't mention it anymore, and grinned at Pei Zhao with a "I understand you very well" smile, and he sat there without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.