Chapter Forty-Six: Losing Things

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"How old are the two children?" In the Queen's Fengxiang Palace, the Queen's thin cage smoke eyebrows frowned slightly, and she asked Pei Shufen, the wife of the Marquis of Ningyuan, who was sitting opposite.

Because Pei Shufen is the queen's sister-in-law and is considered a close relative, she entered the palace, and the queen did not wear makeup. It's just a light blue shawl, casually wearing a dark gold embroidered gold partridge sleeved cross-collared blouse, and a mud gold wide swing horse face skirt. On his head, he wore a crown of eight treasures with five-colored pearls from the South China Sea, which showed that he was different from ordinary foreign women.

Ning Yuanhou's wife, Pei Shufen, dressed up carefully today. I saw that she was wearing a rose purple hé'huān mandarin duck short shirt, a pleated fishtail skirt with a smoke cage and a cold mountain color, covered with pink and purple embroidered gold tulle and half an arm, with a gilded ruyi cloud pattern tuanhua Fu word on the head of the bun, her skin was white and delicate, and her eyes were as clear as water. The waist is tied with a black ribbon, outlining the thin waist, and the chest and waist are more and more thin. On the skirt hangs down a green bamboo jade pendant and a red gold ring, when walking, the skirt style does not move, only to hear the ring around the waist jingling, is already a ten out of ten lady appearance.

Pei Shufen heard the queen's question, and replied with a smile: "Yi'er is seven years old this year, and she is already eight years old, and she is about to enter school. Qian Qian is almost four years old. ”

Pei Shufen married into the Chu family at the age of thirteen, and she has been four or five years old, and she is now seventeen years old. In another three years, she will be able to have children of her own.

Ningyuan Hou Chuhua has many heirs, in addition to these two concubines and concubines, there are also four concubines and one concubine. Pei Shufen is just filling in the house, and she has to start planning for her child.

Among the four concubines, the eldest son, Chu Wenying, was born by Aunt Lan. He is thirteen years old this year, but he is extremely smart and clever, he is already a child, and he plans to take the Xiucai exam in two years, and he is already planning to take the path of civil servants.

Chu Wenzhang, the second son of Shu, is from Aunt Gui, who is also thirteen years old this year, and has been studying with his eldest brother Chu Wenying for a few years, but he still doesn't open his mind, and he can't compare to his eldest brother Chu Wenying, and he does a good job. Fortunately, this kid likes soldiers, horses, fists and feet, and Ningyuan Hou Chuhua listened to Pei Shufen's advice, and did not force him to read the Four Books and Five Classics with his eldest son Chu Wenying, but specially invited him to teach him a master of bows, horses, fists and feet at home, planning to take the martial arts test in the future and take the path of a military attaché.

The third son, Chu Wenchen, was born by Aunt Qi, and he is only three years old this year. However, it is said that he is also very smart, and he is better than the boss Chu Wenying. Aunt Qi is the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion in Dingnan, and compared with Aunt Lan and Aunt Gui, who were born in the two maids, her knowledge ability is naturally superior.

In the past few years, after following Chu Huajin from the northwest back to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion in the capital, Aunt Qi ignored everything, and only concentrated on raising her son Chu Wenchen in her own yard, and entrusted her eldest daughter, Chu Wenlin, the eldest daughter who is eight years old this year, to Mrs. Tai to raise her. Mrs. Tai is old, and Chu Wenlin is very eye-catching, and she is very pleasing to Mrs. Tai.

Speaking from the outside, it is said that the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion was raised by Mrs. Tai herself, and the Mrs. Tai of the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion is the mother of the current queen's mother, and the eldest daughter who is raised by Mrs. Tai's side is naturally no worse than the eldest daughter. And Chu Wenlin's food consumption is the same as that of her daughter-in-law Chu Qianqian. Although Chu Qian was named the Lin'an Xiangjun, he was raised in the Pei family, and his relationship with Mrs. Tai was not stronger than Chu Wenlin.

The fourth son, Chu Wenjue, was born by Aunt Fang, and he will only be three months old. Since this son was in his mother's womb, he received the full attention of his father, Ning Yuanhou Chu Huajin. Until after he was finally born, Chu Huajin also went to Aunt Fang's yard to hug the child for fun when he was free, and even changed the child's diaper with his own hands, in Chu Huajin's heart, he was much more affectionate than the other children.

The children of the Chu family took names, in order to flaunt the difference between their concubines, and the seniority of the concubines was different from that of their concubines. In Chu Qianyi's generation, the children of the concubines are ranked with the word "humble", and the children of the concubines are ranked with "Wen", so as to show that the descendants are humble and friendly, and the concubines are polite and obedient, which is the way for the prosperity of the children.

It's just that now the two sisters-in-law Chu Qianyi and daughter-in-law Chu Qianqian, who are raised in other families, have been forgotten by the people of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion because they have not been in the mansion for a long time.

When the queen heard Pei Shufen talk about her eldest brother Ning Yuanhou's concubines and concubines, she pulled a lot of strings, and comforted Pei Shufen with a smile: "It's really difficult for you." The words changed again, and said: "But having more sons and more blessings is also a good thing for the Marquis of Ningyuan." ”

Pei Shufen sat under the queen's head, picked up a piece of golden melon from Xijiang on the table in front of him, put it in his mouth and tasted it, covered it with a handkerchief, and spit out melon seeds into the small bowl of Xiuyu on the side, before nodding with a smile and saying, "Niangniang said yes." The courtiers also told Marquis Ning Yuan like this, asking him not to favor one over the other, and to be too partial, which would cause the concubines to lose harmony, which would be bad. Because he replied in front of the queen, Pei Shufen couldn't call Chu Huajin "Hou Ye" anymore, so he had to use his title to show his respect.

The queen mother became interested, sat up straight and asked, "Oh? Which child does the eldest brother favor? ”

"Of course, it's Aunt Fang's newborn fourth son, Wen Jue." Pei Shufen covered his sleeves and chuckled, looked at the direction of Fengxu Palace in the west outside the palace gate, and said, "It is almost the same day as the fourth son of the imperial concubine, but it is full-term." However, the children of our family, of course, are not as expensive as the children in the palace, and they cannot be compared. ”

Speaking of the imperial concubine and her four princes, the queen's face became gloomy, and she lowered her head and picked up a piece of osmanthus lotus root powder crystal cake from the snack plate on the table in front of her, scooped it with a silver spoon, and slowly ate it in one bite.

After eating a plate of crystal cakes, the queen mother was in a better mood, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and pouted: "Is that okay?" The gold is so expensive that he doesn't know how to get better, and the saint even leaves these new nobles in the palace behind, and goes to the Fengxu Palace to coil around all day. ”

Pei Shufen was busy comforting, and the big palace maid in the queen's palace outside hurriedly walked in and said, "The queen mother, the saint has come to the queen's palace." ”

It's really said that Cao cāo, Cao cāo arrived.

The queen was overjoyed and hurriedly got up with Pei Shufen. The two of them had just stood at the gate of the palace, and Emperor Hongxuan was already wearing the regular clothes of a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with silk patterns on a black background, wearing gold and silver cloisonné wings, and walked in slowly.

Pei Shufen hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

The queen half-bent down and also gave a big gift to Emperor Hongxuan.

Emperor Hongxuan helped the queen to get up, and said to Pei Shufen gently: "Mrs. Ningyuan Marquis should be flat." ”

Pei Shufen got up from the ground, stood aside with her head bowed, and her straight silhouette was a bit like her eldest sister Pei Shufan in front of her.

Emperor Hongxuan looked at Pei Shufen's silhouette and paused, then turned his head with a smile and asked the queen, "What were you talking about just now?" He sat down again, and saw that on the table in front of the queen, there were two or three delicate green jade plates, on which were some delicate and delicate pastries, and he looked at Pei Shufen, but there were some fresh melons and fruits.

Emperor Hongxuan knew that the queen had never liked to eat fresh melons and fruits, and only liked to eat snacks made by squeezing the juice of various melons and fruits. Those melons and fruits were obviously prepared for Pei Shufen.

"Mrs. Ning Yuanhou sit down. Today, they are all their own family, so they don't need to be so restrained. Emperor Hongxuan pointed to Pei Shufen's position just now and asked her to sit down. He beckoned to the queen again, "Zitong also sit." ”

Pei Shufen thanked Emperor Hongxuan with a smile and sat back in the position just now.

The empress also sat next to Emperor Hongxuan, and the two sat side by side, but they had a bit of the appearance of the two commoners fū'qī that day.

"Your Majesty is a rare guest today, and the concubines should pay tribute to Your Majesty." The queen smiled and picked up the small wine pot of mutton fat jade on the rosewood table, took one of the two three-sheep green jade bottles placed side by side, and poured a corner of wine for Emperor Hongxuan.

Emperor Hongxuan took it with a smile, took a sip, and said, "Is it the new Western Regions ice wine this year?" ”

The queen nodded, and was busy picking out a few snacks for Emperor Hongxuan, and said apologetically: "I knew that Your Majesty would come over today, and the concubines kept these snacks and didn't eat any of them." ”

Emperor Hongxuan smiled and blocked the dim sum back, and said, "Forget about the ice wine, I can't stand the dim sum." - It's still Azusa Tong who uses it. ”

Pei Shufen looked at the emperor and queen at the top with a deep affection, and was slightly envious.

At this time, the queen was a little disgusted that Pei Shufen was an eyesore here. The saint is here, Pei Shufen, as the queen's maiden sister-in-law, should take the opportunity to resign, it is really not as good as the previous sister-in-law.

Pei Shufen pretended not to see the queen's eyes, got up and walked to the table of Emperor Hongxuan and the queen, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the courtiers have something to do." ”

Emperor Hongxuan saw Pei Shufen kneeling in front of his table with his head down, pursed his thin lips, and said, "What is the matter with Mrs. Ning Yuanhou, which the queen can't solve, and she still asks to come here?" ”

The queen hurriedly laughed and said, "It's not a big deal. It is the two children of the concubine's previous sister-in-law, and now they are raised in the Pei family. Mrs. Ning Yuan felt that they were Ning Yuanhou's people in the end, especially Yi'er had already been crowned the prince and would inherit Ning Yuanhou's mansion in the future. If he didn't grow up in the Marquis Ningyuan's mansion, he would go home in the future, and he would inevitably be a little estranged from his family. Therefore, Mrs. Ning Yuanhou begged her concubines, hoping to let the two children return to Ning Yuanhou. - also for the good of the two children. ”

Pei Shufen also hurriedly kowtowed: "It is the queen mother who said this." The courtiers thought that although these two children had no mothers, the courtiers were their aunts and stepmothers, so they were naturally closer than others. A few years ago, the courtiers were also young and ignorant, and it was difficult to take on the responsibility of raising these two children, so it was really a great good thing for the saint to send the two children back to the Pei family to raise! ”

Emperor Hongxuan snorted, did not answer, looked down at the green jade bottle in his hand, his face was indifferent, and he could not see the slightest joy, anger and sorrow.

The queen looked at Emperor Hongxuan's expression attentively, and had a score in her heart, and she also hurriedly followed Pei Shufen's words, and said: "Now the concubine's sister-in-law has been in charge of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion for several years, everything is in order, and everyone praises her. The concubine's mother also praised the concubine several times, saying that although Mrs. Ning Yuanhou was young, she acted older than everyone in the world, and even the resurrection of the concubine's former sister-in-law was far inferior. ”

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Hongxuan had already dropped the green jade bottle to the ground, and it was shattered with a bang, startling the queen and Pei Shufen.

The attendants who followed Emperor Hongxuan hurriedly grabbed it, one cleaned the fragments of the green jade bottle, and the other checked Emperor Hongxuan's hands, beware of cuts.

The room in the main hall of Fengxu Palace was full of people for a while, and it was a hurry, and what Pei Shufen was going to say later was obliterated in the crowd.

The queen got up and stepped aside, and glanced at Pei Shufen a few more times.

Pei Shufen couldn't, knowing that she couldn't get her wish today, so she had to get up and stand aside and stop making noise.

Emperor Hongxuan stood aside, waiting for those chamberlains to come over and clean up the ground, before he looked at the queen with his hands behind his back and said, "I heard that the Duchess of Zhenguo signed a contract with those two children, do you have any expression?" ”

The queen said with a smile: "The concubine asked people to send two long-lived golden locks that go well, which can be regarded as adding color to them." On the Duchess of Zhenguo's side, because of the two children of the concubine's mother's family, she did not hesitate to lose harmony with the Duke of Zhenguo, and also made the concubine unhappy, so she rewarded the Duchess of Zhenguo with a set of new head jewelry that had just been made in Liancui House this year. ”

Liancui room is the jewelry workshop in the palace, the most capable jewelry craftsmen of the Great Qi Dynasty are working in this Liancui room, and the jewelry is only used by the princess and concubine in the palace. Therefore, not only can the market not be busy, it is a reward, and it is also related to the nobles in the palace, so that you can get a personal reward of one and a half pieces. The queen gave a full set of face this time, which gave the Duchess of Zhenguo a lot of face.

Hearing that the queen said that she had appreciated the jewelry of Liancui Fang, Emperor Hongxuan didn't care, and turned back to Pei Shufen and said: "Mrs. Ning Yuanhou is the aunt and stepmother of the two children, do you have any expression?" ”

Pei Shufen's heart jumped, and she was not angry that He Ningxin, the Duchess of Zhenguo, stretched out her hand to her house again, forgetting about this stubble for a while, and hurriedly said: "When the courtiers entered the palace, they just wanted to ask the queen for an idea and see how to reward others." - The Duchess of Zhenguo is willing to share the blessings of her children for the sake of the two children of the eldest sister of the courtier, and the courtier thinks that she can't handle ordinary things, and is asking. ”

Emperor Hongxuan pondered for a moment, feeling that Pei Shufen was also reasonable. On that day, he accepted Pei Shufan's great affection, and in order to envelop the Pei family, plus the two children were still young, and there was no mother to take care of them, but it was difficult to be, so he ordered the Pei family to take the two children back.

It's just that in this way, there are indeed advantages and disadvantages for the two of them. Now that the two children are not young, it is time for them to go home.

Emperor Hongxuan said: "Mrs. Ning Yuanhou is reasonable. ”

Pei Shufen didn't expect that the peak would turn around, and even the saint would be relieved, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Emperor Hongxuan glanced at Pei Shufen's happy eyebrows, and suddenly changed his words, and said, "But the two children are still young, let's talk about it after a while." After speaking, he said to his inner servant: "Get up and go to Fengxu Palace." "This is going to the palace of the imperial concubine.

The queen and Pei Shufen hurriedly bowed down and sent the saint out of Fengxiang Palace.

Since Emperor Hongxuan left, Pei Shufen saw the queen's absent-minded look, pondered in her heart, and said: "The hour is not early, and the courtiers should also leave the palace." But before going back, the courtiers had a word to say. ”

The queen lowered her head and pressed the other green jade bottle on the table, silent. The green jade bottle was originally a set of two, but just now the saint broke one, and there was only one left......

Thank you for the pink ticket of Cestbon Water and RZDY. Thank you for not keeping the beautiful good person card, thank you for the peace charm of the cat. Today's three watches. Awesome ~~~ro

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