Chapter 44: The Tower

Many people were involved in this unrest, and the vitality of the royal family was greatly damaged. Some people are thieves, and some people are dead.

When Xiao Dong saw the Empress Dowager Shengci again, he only felt like a world away.

She bowed down, but only said the word "Queen Mother" and choked her throat.

The Empress Dowager Shengci beckoned to her: "Come, come here." ”

Xiao Dong got up as he said and sat down beside the Empress Dowager Shengci.

"Are you alright?"

Xiao Dong shook his head: "I'm good, what about the Queen Mother?" ”

"The mourning family has been through so many things, and they won't be frightened by these little storms." The Queen Mother held her hand distressedly: "Why did you lose so much weight?" ”

Xiao Dong smiled and said, "Slim is good-looking." ”

"Nonsense, what's so good about the little girl's thin pole?" The Empress Dowager Shengci said, "When the mourning family is as old as you, it can be born round." ”

Xiao Dong's eyes widened: "The Queen Mother is a liar, right?" ”

"I kid you not." The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Before I entered the palace, I was also pampered by my parents, and there was an elder brother and a sister above, counting me the youngest." At that time, I loved to eat snacks again, and I held the snack box all day long. ”

"Really?"

"Hmm. Later, after entering the palace, he lost weight - the first emperor liked slender women, and at that time, the harem women ate less and drank less, and tightened their waists. I didn't want to lose weight, but I did. ”

From a baby under the knees of her parents, she suddenly became a mustard-like woman in the harem, and she must have suffered a lot, so she lost weight.

"Shall I accompany the Queen Mother to the Buddha Hall?"

"Don't go to the Buddha Hall, it's rare that the weather is good today, let's go to the Imperial Garden for a walk."

Xiao Dong helped the Empress Dowager Shengci, passed through the west gate of Changchun Palace, passed through a section of sandwich road, and entered the imperial garden.

The weather is fine, the wind blows on the face and is warm, Xiaodong deliberately pinched a flower for the Empress Dowager Shengci to insert it in the sideburns, and the palace people next to him joked that it was good-looking, and Cai Gu said with a smile: "This flower is good, but it is also good, wear it on someone else's head, then it is not lined, wear it on the head of the Queen Mother, and this flower is also noble all of a sudden." ”

The Empress Dowager Shengci smiled and said: "Nonsense, what age do I still wear flowers, fortunately there are no outsiders, otherwise it would not make people laugh." ”

"The seventy-year-old lady still wears a red peony when she is too old."

Xiao Dong said: "That's it, I and the Queen Mother are at such a stop, others are afraid that we are sisters." ”

The Empress Dowager Shengci slapped her with a smile, picked a red and bright flower from the flowers brought by Cai Gu, and gave it to Xiao Dong hairpin on her head.

There was no mirror, Xiao Dong helped the flowers, turned his head and asked, "Is it good-looking?" ”

Cai Gu led a group of palace people to praise in unison: "It's so good-looking!" ”

Xiao Dong and the Empress Dowager Shengci laughed.

The palace people also wore flowers on their heads, this red, that pink, it looked so lively and joyful, and even Caigu, who had always been so steady, had a hairpin on her sideburns.

"Hey, somebody's flying a kite."

The Empress Dowager also raised her head to see, and sure enough, there were two kites in the sky, a swallow, and an eagle.

"I don't know which palace the concubine is playing."

"We actually have two in the palace," Cai Gu said, "Take advantage of the good weather, let them take it out and put it away." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Then someone from the palace went to fetch the kite and put it up. As a result, he couldn't even afford to release it twice, so he still called a little eunuch to fly the kite into the sky.

Cai Gu smiled and said, "Look at you stupid one or two, give me the thread." ”

She took it, pulled the string, and saw nothing out of the ordinary, and the kite flew higher and more steadily.

Cai Gu handed the spool to Xiao Dong: "Come, the county lord will let it go for a while." ”

It was a goldfish that was very well tied, and the big wings were hula-la, and Xiao Dong was not mentally prepared, he only felt that the spool was heavy and he almost couldn't hold it.

The Empress Dowager Shengci laughed at her: "You can stand firm, don't let the kite take you up." ”

"Not really."

Xiao Dong let it go for a while, and his neck was sore, so he couldn't accept it, so he had to hand over the spool and help the Empress Dowager Shengci to sit down in the pavilion. Before I could take a sip of tea, I heard laughter coming from the other side of the garden.

The Empress Dowager Shengci smiled: "Someone came to join in the fun, and it was all attracted by that kite." ”

It was obviously attracted by the Empress Dowager Shengci.

If you come out for a walk, you can't live in peace, and it's no wonder that the Empress Dowager Shengci always stays at home.

Among the people who came, Xiaodong knew a Song Jieyu, and the other beauties didn't know much about her.

Song Jieyu and the others had a surprised expression of chance encounter, and came up to greet the Queen Mother.

Xiao Dong gave Song Jieyu another salute, and she hurriedly stopped her in a panic: "Don't be polite to the county lord." Besides, I'm out to play today, why are you so restrained, I don't have to give birth. ”

Xiao Dong smiled slightly and didn't answer her words.

Song Jieyu came to meet the Queen Mother on purpose, but she didn't come to get close to her.

Speaking of which, Song Jieyu is both beautiful and exquisite, but it's a pity that the sixth princess can't learn like her mother, otherwise it will definitely be much more likable than now.

Song Jieyu and the others talked to please the Queen Mother, and gradually led the topic to the princesses.

Song Jieyu, like Concubine Ming, has only one daughter. The sixth princess has already arrived, it's time to find her mother-in-law's house, there should be no suspense in this matter, just look for it. But the problem at the moment is that there is a roadblock on the way ahead of the sixth princess - the fifth princess has not yet married.

Song Jieyu said as she spoke, then took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes twice, Chu Chu was pitiful, and her acting skills were really good...... Of course, it may also be that she is worried about her daughter's marriage, and it is a revelation of her true feelings.

"Please also ask the Queen Mother to call the shots...... Rui'er can't always delay like this. ”

The Empress Dowager Shengci nodded: "You should go and talk to the queen about this." ”

"What the Queen Mother said is that the concubines don't know. But the queen mother was sick a while ago, and the phoenix body has not healed until now......"

"Got it."

The Empress Dowager Shengci said this, and Song Jieyu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you Empress Dowager." ”

I can't even take a walk, I can't be quiet, a group of people don't leave, and a group of people come again. The Empress Dowager Shengci excused herself to be tired, so she took Xiao Dong's hand and went back to Changchun Palace.

Cai Gu whispered to Xiao Dong and said, "Song Jieyu is also too anxious. ”

"How?"

"Of course, the fifth princess is still looking for medical treatment now, and Lin Xianghou didn't say anything. Song Jieyu looked at this family business......"

"How can this be?"

If the emperor's family wants to make trouble about the sister's easy marriage, it will be a loss for the adult.

"Speaking of Lin Xianghou's family business, it's a good thing, but it's a pity that the fifth princess is not blessed. This year, the big and the second year are young, and they can't always delay others, right? If this sister doesn't succeed, maybe ......"

Can my sister pick up a ready-made bargain?

Xiao Dong shook his head and resigned from the queen mother to leave the palace and return home.

When the car drove into Anle Fang, Xiao Dong lifted the curtain a little and looked out.

Anle Fang was as calm as ever, as if the previous turmoil had not happened.

Everything is the same in front of King An's Mansion, the doorposts that were once cut down have been repaired so that there is no trace of them, and it is said that the stone steps of the walls splashed with blood have long been washed and painted. Xiao Dong raised his head and looked to the left-

It was the former Jingjun Palace, which has now been seized. Princess Jingjun committed suicide, and several sons and sons-in-law also lost their lives because of their participation in the rebellion, where only an empty mansion remains, and the plaque on the door has been removed.

Before that incident, Zhao Zhi had left the capital with her husband Zhang Manting, I don't know where she is now, and whether she has been affected by this incident.

Xiao Dong sighed and turned to enter the door.

It's not going to be easy for her these days. As soon as the catastrophe of life and death passed, the Hu family began to settle old accounts with her-

Regarding how Qin Lie came out from behind the screen in her room, Xiao Dong is really anxious now. Hu readjusted the personnel, and there were always two maids on duty in her room at all times, and she would not be left alone at all times. Qin Lie has not been able to enter the door of the palace since that incident.

The person on the door was given a strict order, smiled politely, and asked: Do you have something? The prince is not here, and the prince is not here, the county lord? The county lord is not free, he is busy, if you have something to find King An, then come back in the evening. If you want to find the prince, then you can write to Ye An. If you want to find the county lord...... Hmph, then please deal with Mama Hu first.

Do you have something? Oh, then we'll have to look at what it is. Yo, this is not a valuable thing. Well, we can't pass this food in, it's our new rule in the house. What else? Oh, nothing? Then please go and come back next time.

Confess leniently, sit in prison.

Xiao Dong explained to the Hu family that Qin Lie had come to teach her the art of self-defense, but as a result, the Hu family's eyebrows stood up and rushed to the crown in anger, and he couldn't wait to immediately pick up a kitchen knife to chop Qin Lie's dog paws. The Hu family has seen the guards in the palace perform martial arts, so whether it is teaching or sparring, do they all have to pull and pull and bump and bump? What kind of heart does this kid have? Well, day and night, if you don't want to prevent thieves! King An's Mansion is strictly controlled, but this one actually jumped over the wall and out of the window! Do you want the reputation of the county lord to spread out? Do you want the prince's face? Hu Shi felt that he was so negligent, and he really couldn't atone for his sins!

Xiao Dong begged softly: "Mom, don't be angry, I am the same as my biological brother." He just cares about me......"

Hu snorted.

Brother Qin? If you come and go, maybe you will be called a love brother!

Xiao Dong said all the good things, but he didn't see any results, so he could only cry out in vain.

In the past, when I read fairy tales, there were always witches and dragons who loved to lock the beautiful women and princesses in the towers, and then there would be handsome knights and princes who would come to the rescue, fight the witches and dragons, and have a happy reunion with the princess.

Why do witches like to hide their girls in towers? It's not fattened and slaughtered to eat, nor is it used as a nightingale or something to watch.

In fact......

You just don't want them to get hurt, do you?

Xiao Dong honestly lowered his head to embroider.

Since King An turned a blind eye to this matter and acquiesced in Hu's behavior, Xiao Dong naturally couldn't stand up to it.

Though...... I think of him occasionally.

Hmph, this guy actually opened such a big shop and didn't tell her, it's really not enough friends! Don't say that he can't get in now, even if he can, Xiao Dong doesn't plan to give him a good face.

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Trembling stretched out his hand: Ticket ~~~

It actually snowed, and it suddenly cooled down and became so cold......