Chapter 55: Heading South
Yun Suiyang, that is, the eldest prince, Yun is the most noble surname of the Great Qi Dynasty.
It is the first time that the eldest prince has been named by King Rui like this. He couldn't help but look up at the pair of cool black eyes that seemed to be able to see everything, and he was inexplicably frightened in his heart. Although he understood the meaning of King Rui's words, he felt that there was another deep meaning hidden in King Rui's words. But he didn't dare to think about it, he didn't dare to admit that King Rui was really so smart, and he had already guessed what he was planning behind his back!
Although there were already huge waves in his heart, Yun Suiyang lowered his head and collected all his thoughts and emotions, and said in an extremely sincere tone: "Suiyang will definitely take care of his younger brother and will not let him face any danger!"
"Very well," King Rui half-closed his eyes, "you have to remember today's words. ”
These words made Yun Suiyang break out in a cold sweat inexplicably, he raised his eyes and glanced at King Rui gently, but saw that King Rui didn't look at him at all, and he had already lowered the curtain of the carriage, and the whole person hid in the carriage. Even so, Yun Suiyang's heart still did not let go, he bowed respectfully towards the carriage and said, "Suiyang will not let Uncle Huang down."
The little prince stood aside and listened to the conversation between the two silently, also full of thoughts. Among the princes, he is the closest to King Rui, and he runs the most diligently to King Rui's Mansion on weekdays, and of course, the door of King Rui's Mansion is only open for the little prince. Although the little prince can't see through his mysterious imperial uncle, he can still guess his thoughts after getting along for a long time. King Rui and the Great Prince must have known something when they said these words! The little prince glanced at the eldest prince vaguely, and he had already made a decision in his heart.
As time passed, the sky became clearer. The little prince looked at the sky and prepared to go. So he arched his hand towards King Rui's carriage and said, "Uncle Huang is too late, it's time for my nephew to go." The weather is cold, and I ask Uncle Huang to pay attention to his body and return home early. ”
"Hmm. Go ahead. From the carriage came the faint voice of King Rui.
Although the little prince was disappointed that he could not see his imperial uncle's peerless figure again, he did not hesitate to turn over and get on the horse, and after everyone was ready to get on the horse, he raised his hand and shouted: "Go!" After finishing speaking, he looked back at King Rui's carriage and took the lead in riding out of the city.
As his hand fell, the carriage loaded with supplies left the city quickly and orderly under the escort of the prince's two hundred personal soldiers.
It wasn't until the convoy completely disappeared at the city gate that everyone looked at it, but they were surprised to find that the neatly arranged Xiaoyun Riders had disappeared at the city gate. And King Rui's carriage is also drifting away.
The carriage traveled to the gate of King Rui's mansion, but it did not enter. At this time, a black shadow fell silently on the carriage, and the next second it flashed into the carriage. The man in black wore a half-cut black mask on his face, which happened to cover the upper half of his face tightly, revealing only his lips and chin. The man in black knelt down on one knee and respectfully said to King Rui, who was drinking tea leisurely in the carriage, "Lord Wang, my subordinates have found the whereabouts of the divine doctor."
Rui Wang paused with his hand holding the white jade cup, his slender fingers polished the round and smooth rim of the cup, he seemed to be thinking, but his face was still faint, and he did not show half of his emotions.
After a long time, King Rui said, "Go to the palace." ”
As he spoke, the stalled carriage got back on the road and slowly headed in the direction of the palace.
King Rui's carriage entered the palace unimpeded, but he did not go to see Emperor Qiyuan, but went to Qinghe Palace.
Qinghe Palace belongs to the harem and is the place where the queen mothers of the past dynasties lived. The Ouchi guards at the gate of Qinghe Palace were full of surprise when they saw the carriage with the coat of arms of King Rui driving straight over, and they greeted each other respectfully.
King Rui has not been to Qinghe Palace for a long time, the last time I heard that King Rui went to court, I thought that King Rui would come to Qinghe Palace to see the Queen Mother, but everyone was looking forward to it but could not wait for a long time. I didn't expect to wait for someone today!
When the guard saw the carriage of the Rui Wang's Mansion, he immediately instructed his colleagues to report, and the guard ran away without waiting for anyone to finish speaking!
"His Royal Highness King Rui has come down! His Royal Highness is here! ”
Because the Empress Dowager has an easy-going personality, she is kind and kind on weekdays, and she is very amiable and easy to get along with, so Qinghe Palace is much more relaxed than other palaces. As soon as the palace maids and eunuchs, who had nothing to do, heard this, they fell asleep and instantly took it back, and they all stood up and scattered. Some went to inform the Queen Mother, some went to the kitchen in the palace to tell the cook to make more of King Rui's favorite food, and some went to the treasury to take out all the good tea rewarded by the emperor and brewed it for King Rui to drink for a while!
For a while, the entire idle Qinghe Palace was busy!
You must know that King Rui and the Queen Mother have a very close relationship between mother and son, although King Rui moved out of the palace early, he still went to Qinghe Palace to visit the Queen Mother every once in a while. The Queen Mother is overjoyed every time she sees King Rui, and although King Rui still hasn't been able to get rid of the coldness in front of the Queen Mother, his performance is obviously different from usual, and the momentum around him has softened a lot.
King Rui has been around for a long time, and the smile on the queen mother's face is also decreasing day by day, and all the palace eunuchs can't help but wonder if there is any quarrel between the queen mother and King Rui, so that King Rui is angry and doesn't come.
Well, now the wise king is here! There was an atmosphere of joy throughout the entire Qinghe Palace.
The carriage stopped directly at the main hall of Qinghe Palace, the gate of the Qingxuan Hall where the Queen Mother lived. The little eunuch guarding outside the door was overjoyed when he saw the carriage of King Rui's mansion, respectfully helped open the door, and said with joy: "Your Royal Highness King Rui, you can be regarded as coming, Niangniang, I miss you!" But I look forward to you every day! ”
King Rui got out of the carriage and looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who were constantly looking out in the cave of the Qingxuan Palace, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously relaxed. The little eunuch led the way in front of him, and his steps were so light that he was about to jump. King Rui listened to the little eunuch talk about the queen mother's daily eating activities from the recent situation of Qinghe Palace, and he had no impatience at all, walking beside the little eunuch, the expression on his face was always faint, which showed that he was in a happy mood.
Looking at King Rui who came over, everyone couldn't help but think of a poem.
Zongzhi is a chic and beautiful young man, looking at the blue sky with white eyes, as bright as a jade tree in front of the wind.
His Royal Highness King Rui is not inferior to Cui Zongzhi in the poem!
In the dormitory of Qinghe Palace, Xu heard the long-lost noise outside the door, and the Queen Mother put down the book she was studying and asked, "What's going on outside the door?" This Qinghe Palace has not been so lively for a long time. ”
Ah Ping, the palace maid who has been taking care of the queen mother's daily life, has already gone to understand the situation, but she didn't bother when she saw that the queen mother was reading a book and was fascinated, and at this moment she heard the queen mother ask, and replied with a slight smile: "It's His Royal Highness, this Qinghe Palace is looking forward to His Royal Highness, but it's not looking forward to it today, everyone is very happy." ”
The Queen Mother was stunned, and her cold expression, which was originally the same as King Rui, then bloomed into a bright smile: "It's Mo'er here, I haven't seen you for a long time." It's getting colder and colder, and I don't know how he's doing. But is it cold? ”
Listening to the Queen Mother's murmuring words, Ah Ping smiled again: "The Queen Mother cares so much about Her Highness, I will be able to see it with my own eyes later." Presumably, His Highness is almost at the door. ”
The Queen Mother smiled again: "Ah Ping will laugh at the mourning family." Come on, quickly, clean up the mourning family, lest Mo'er see the untidy appearance of the mourning family, but count the mourning family! ”
The queen mother who had packed up was waiting at the door of the Qingxuan Palace early, and when she saw King Rui walking in, her face bloomed with a bright smile, she took King Rui's hand and patted it, and looked King Rui up and down several times before she said happily: "Okay, good, my son is still the same, not emaciated, look at the spirit, so that the mother can rest assured!"
"I'm worried about the mother, the child should have come to see the mother earlier."
Ah Ping stood aside and looked at the appearance of the mother and son, and a smile overflowed from the bottom of her heart. In this deep palace compound, it is rare for a mother and son like the Queen Mother and King Rui to care for each other without distractions.
King Rui helped the Queen Mother to sit down on a chair in the hall, and after a while, a little palace maid brought several kinds of pastries, along with the new tribute tea this year.
As soon as the Queen Mother saw this posture, she knew that these little palace maids in her palace had done everything possible to please her long-term future son, and couldn't help but quip, "Mo'er, why don't you bring all the little palace maids in my palace back to the mansion, look at their diligence one by one, I can't wait to dedicate all the good things in my Qinghe Palace to you!" On weekdays, my master doesn't have this treatment! At the end, he glared at King Rui with disgust.
Rui Wang is holding the white milk blue and white porcelain cup to drink tea, the tea is the new tea that has just been picked at the beginning of the year, the water is the dew taken from under the petals by the little palace maid every morning, the cup lid is curled in the heat of both the mellow tea and the fragrance of the flower, that is, the smell makes people feel refreshed. Regarding the Queen Mother's proposal, King Rui nodded rarely, "Mother's proposal is very good, just take this little girl who makes tea away for me." ”
King Rui's words are straightforward, there is no ambiguous meaning, to put it bluntly, he has taken a fancy to the craftsmanship of the little palace maid to make tea. But even this made the little palace maid very happy, and the palace maids and eunuchs of Qinghe Palace all regarded serving King Rui as their lifelong wish!
As a mother, the Queen Mother understands her son's character, knows that her son is not a person who likes to be lewd, and naturally knows what King Rui is trying to ask for. The Queen Mother shook her head helplessly, but she also approved King Rui's request, and instructed the little palace maid to pack up and go back to the house with King Rui, along with several palace maids and eunuchs who made snacks in this Qinghe Palace, and let the Queen Mother allocate them to King Rui.
Ah Ping saw that there were fewer and fewer people in Qinghe Palace, and couldn't help but quip: "It's a pity that the slave maid can't make dim sum, and the skill of making tea is not as good as the little girls, otherwise, the slave and maid will also have to fight for the errand of the Rui Wangfu." ”