Chapter 14 Asking to see Empress Lu
The next day, it was sunny, and Empress Lu had heard a few days ago that the prime minister and some ministers had worked together to solve the matter of the seizure of the people's land by the Marquis of Guannei, and I also heard that they had solved it very well, and I also heard that Xiao He had ordered the killing of the candidate for the title of the head of the carriage, and he was quite appreciative of the prime minister's means and methods and effects. I practiced calligraphy with great interest, and I heard that the calligraphy of Li Si in the Xiangbang of the Qin Dynasty was good, so I specially asked someone to find the "Calendar" written by Li Si, and copied it according to the small seal created by Li Si, and imitated a sentence on the yellow silk silk "to be silent and quiet". Dai Qing shouted with a smile next to him, "Ah! Niangniang has also become a calligraphy saint. The fruit of the small seal flower is better than the official book. Lu Hou smiled and continued to write a sentence in the official script, "Heaven rewards diligence, and virtue carries things", asked Dai Qing to look at it, and asked with a smile, "Let's see, which one is better?" Dai Qing looked at this sentence again and became entangled, and after thinking for a while, his eyes lit up and smiled, "The words written by Niangniang are beautiful." Lu Hou smiled and gave the pen to Dai Qingdao, "You can also write a sentence, write whatever you want, and I will see how your background is." Dai Qing smiled and shirked his words like ants running, unable to get on the stage, Lv Hou forced him to write a sentence, Dai Qing only half pushed and half twisted to write a sentence "Qianwang Shu makes the pioneer Xi", Lu Hou took the silk silk and thought carefully, and read lightly, "Qianwang Shu makes the pioneer Xi-" glanced at Dai Qing and then wrote the next sentence on the silk silk "Hou Fei Lian makes Ben belong". Dai Qing opened her mouth wide and shouted in surprise, "Niangniang knows a lot, the slave can write a sentence casually, you can write the next sentence, Dai Qing really admires." Dai Qing said with a smile, and a palace maid came in outside, saying that the prince had come to worship the queen.
Empress Lu smiled and asked the prince to come in quickly, exempting the prince from all worship etiquette. Liu Ying saw the pen and ink spread on the case, came over and smiled, admired the three sentences they had just written, and immediately pointed out that the seal character 'Zhi Xuan Shou Jing' must have been written by her mother. Dai Qingxiao asked the prince how he knew. Liu Ying said that her mother's words are soft and rigid, and there is a slight masculinity in the flowers. Dai Qing picked up the silk silk and looked at it carefully, nodding again and again. It was already noon, and Empress Lu wanted to keep the prince in the palace to eat something as usual, and instructed the palace people to bring up the snacks and fruits that the prince liked to eat. During the period, Empress Lu asked some questions about the prince's studies, and the prince answered them one by one, and Empress Lu was very happy to hear it, and while she was happy, she thought that the prince could not always stay in the palace to study, could not ignore the major events in the world, and could not ignore the evil situation around him, he needed to be as active as Ruyi, and could not be so weak, and the weak and weak Wenwen was not liked by the emperor. So it was suggested that the prince go to Shanglin Yuan, Lone Star Terrace, Ziwei Terrace and the training ground to take a look, go to horseback riding and archery or play the Liubo game pot throwing game, and listen more to grasp the situation in the palace. The prince agreed one by one. Empress Lu smiled relaxedly, and called the prince a fruit snack.
Liu Ying remembered that Feng Chunjun Liu Jing asked to see him outside the palace two days ago, but he didn't know why he asked to see him, and muttered that he didn't know whether to say it to the queen mother. Seeing that the prince was silent and eating snacks without saying a word, Empress Lu asked him what difficulties he encountered. The prince looked embarrassed and pondered for a long time, and then told Empress Lu all the things that Liu Jing asked to see him and his uncle Sun Tong advised him not to see Liu Jing.
When Empress Lu heard this, she smiled and thought about it, I don't know why this Liu Jing remembered to see the prince, could it be that the matter of Princess Long'an was discovered? After thinking about it carefully, Empress Lu felt that it was impossible, it was because she saw Princess Luan's kindness that she was relieved to hand over Liu Lu to Princess Luan, she promised the people of the Han family to treat Liu Lu well, and she would not betray her oath to tell her the truth so quickly. And since he came back, he should see the emperor first, since the emperor didn't react much, and Liu Jing didn't shout loudly that something had happened, it shouldn't be Liu Lu's mistake. What the hell is going on, but Empress Lu can't guess it, but it took a lot of effort to guess it, and the brain is uncomfortable, so he breathed a sigh of relief and didn't care about it, if Liu Jing reported something big, the emperor should have come back from Longxi hunting now. He immediately decided that once the emperor summoned Liu Jing, he would immediately summon him under other names. Empress Lu knew that a foreign minister would not go to see the prince for no reason, and if he wanted to see him, there must be something. Maybe Liu Jing at this moment also found that his behavior was not good, and he might not enter the palace to see the prince again, unless he was summoned.
After lunch, the prince sat down for a while and left. Before leaving, Empress Lu still said the same thing, just go outside and take into account the knowledge on the slip. Now the princes who are really learning have no one else except the prince, Ruyi doesn't like to study, and the other princes are too young to learn this. It was still Dai Qing who sent the prince out of the palace, or a polite gift and a return. Dai Qing likes to be like this every day, even if he doesn't speak, he is willing, but the prince feels awkward every time, and every time he goes outside the Changxin Palace, he can't wait to speed up and walk towards his prince's palace.
In the past few days, the emperor has been coming to Changxin Palace, and he has never asked the palace people and eunuchs to bring anything, and he has never come since that quarrel. This time, Empress Lu didn't blame him, because he knew what was going on in his heart, and when something like this happened, he objectively responded to the emperor's heart on one side, and he just made an excuse not to come to Changxin Palace; On the other hand, there is indeed some anger at what the queen has done, and she should not have instructed someone to assassinate Guan Xiuyan. No matter what the emperor does to her in the future, anyway, she just doesn't want to see the queen now, and when she sees her, she will always think of Guan Xiuyan's tragic death, and she will always involuntarily imagine all the consequences after Mrs. Guan knows the truth.
For the emperor's anger, Empress Lu understood, so it was not good to be jealous again. In the past few days, Empress Lu secretly issued several orders to secretly summon her brother Jianchenghou, but after a group of people came back, it has always been the same tune, that is, Jiancheng Hou is sick and closes the door and does not come out, and there are no visitors, so the people sent out all come back after closing the door. Elder brother's abnormal behavior made Empress Lu very unhappy, originally not very angry, but his brother has never seen him like this, Empress Lv was very angry, and originally wanted to take advantage of the emperor's patrol in Longxi to summon his brother privately, but who knew that his brother was stupid and didn't want to see him. There are eunuchs who rumor that the emperor is coming back soon, and it is even more difficult to see his brother. It's not that Empress Lu can't get out, it's just that she believes that the emperor must have sent someone to guard the palace gate, and she will definitely be under martial law in the next few days, so that she and her brother can think about the mistakes they have made, they can't go anywhere, and nothing can be solved, and Empress Lu is very anxious to stay in the palace.
I heard that the emperor would return to the court in the afternoon, and wanted to go to the square outside the palace to meet him, but he just walked down the steps and stopped, thinking that he didn't want to see him. got up and went back, Dai Qing couldn't help the queen's difficulties in a hurry, so she had to talk to her close and relieve her boredom, afraid that she would be sad. During this time, Empress Lu was very grateful to Dai Qing for being by her side.
As soon as he returned to the inner hall and sat down, a short palace maid came in and reported that it was Zhao Meiren who was out asking to see her. Empress Lu's eyes lit up, and the hand supporting his forehead gradually put down, Dai Qing glanced at each other, and the two of them looked at each other. Zhao Meiren? Zhao Zier? How could she come to Changxin Palace. The innocent Zhao Zier came to the queen? Even Empress Lu herself felt incredible, since she returned to Guanzhong, Zhao Zi'er rarely came to the door, and she came with other ladies and beauties, she would never come alone. Since she came, Empress Lu felt quite strange and asked the palace maid to invite her in, and she also sat upright, and incense was lit in the inner hall, and suddenly the smoke fluttered, which was very good-looking, and Dai Qing also prepared tea and snacks.
Oh, if Zhao Zi'er really came in alone, he first looked at both sides cautiously, and then walked quickly to the queen to make a bow, "The queen is very happy." Empress Lu waved her hand to get up, and Dai Qing brought a mat to Zhao Zi'er and sat opposite Empress Lu. As soon as he raised his head, he met the eyes of Empress Lu who was puzzled and smiled and hid a knife, and Empress Lu asked, "I haven't seen you for many days, don't come unharmed." How can you be interested in coming to my deserted Changxin Palace today? Dai Qing poured tea for her, she thanked Dai Qing again, Dai Qing said that he didn't dare to accept it, Zhao Zi'er and the queen looked at each other, and smiled unnaturally, Dai Qing is the queen's person, Zhao Zi'er respected Dai Qing three points when he got in the way of Lu Houzi.
Zhao Zi'er stood up and knelt down, and said respectfully, "Concubine...... Oh, the concubines should have come to Niangniang more often, but they knew that Niangniang liked to be quiet, so the concubines didn't dare to disturb more, and Niangniang forgave her sins. ”
Empress Lu lowered her eyes and picked up the tea disdainfully to drink, Zhao Zi'er was talking nonsense, she didn't want to hear it at all. Zhao Zi'er stretched her neck to smell the incense, and said intoxicatedly, "It's so fragrant, it seems to have smelled it somewhere." ”
"If it's okay and Hongu wants to rest, you can go back." Thinking that she was talking nonsense, Empress Lu was about to get up, but Zhao Zier realized that she was not talking about business, so she hurriedly apologized and said to Empress Lu, "Niangniang, the concubine wants to tell you one thing." ”