173. Concubine Lu's thoughts
Concubine Lu's eyes flashed, and she said with a straight face: "Wei'er is the emperor's grandson, the future inheritor of the throne, even if you are his wife, you should have dignity and humility, and speak in a humble tone and be polite." ”
It's ridiculous! She regards etiquette as more important than everything, if there is still respect and inferiority between husband and wife, then how can emotions be pure? The corners of my mouth showed a sarcastic arc: "In your eyes, he is the emperor's grandson, and in my eyes, he is just my husband." There is no distinction between us, and there is no need to be courteous, Mother, I am very sorry that it is not as you think. ”
Feeling a tightness in my hand, it was Ah Ping who held my hand hanging by my side, and heard him say: "Mother, I have respected you and loved you since I was a child, but when my father left, I found that you had changed, and you became so strange to me that I almost didn't know you, and there was only power left in the center of your eyes." Now that the weather is cold, Yuan'er will no longer hold it in the future, if you really miss it, come to Orchid Garden to see it. ”
After speaking, he took my hand and walked out, turning a deaf ear to Concubine Lu's call from behind, and when he reached the door of the hall, he opened his mouth with a murderous face and ordered: "The people of Lanyuan don't need to kneel when they get up, go back with His Highness." ”
The people kneeling behind him got up one after another, and after only saluting Concubine Lu, they all followed us out of the hall, and they didn't need to look back at Concubine Lu's face to know that it must be ugly. When I got out of the palace gate, I grabbed Ah Ping and asked, "Where did Yuan'er go?" ”
It's quite reasonable, when I entered Concubine Lu's palace and saw a group of people kneeling on the ground, but Yan Qi didn't feel angry or sad when he found me, and when Ah Ping rushed out, he was only angry, and he didn't see pain, so he knew that Yuan'er would be fine.
But it's one thing to know, it's another thing to be eager to see Yuan'er, not to mention that there was a fire before.
"Don't be afraid, daughter-in-law, Yuan'er is on the emperor's grandfather's side."
As soon as his heart was relieved, it was good to be on Zhu Yuanzhang's side, with his great-grandfather to protect him, at least no one dared to touch Yuan'er. Only then did I have the strength to ask what was going on, what had happened so much.
But Ah Ping didn't answer me first but asked who found me over, I didn't want to say, but the palace people stepped forward to recruit Ah Ping on their own, and immediately Ah Ping kicked him to the ground and pointed his nose and scolded angrily: "You bastard boy, how can Lan come out of the house when it's so cold when she's still in confinement?" ”
The palace man immediately knelt on the ground, "The slave should die, it was the slave who saw that His Royal Highness and Concubine Lu were getting more and more troublesome, thinking that only Niangniang could persuade you in the past, but he forgot about Niangniang's body." ”
Ah Ping snorted angrily: "Go back and get the board." ”
The other party immediately cried and begged with a sad face: "Your Highness forgive your sins!" Seeing that Ah Ping was unmoved, he came to me again: "Niangniang, please help me plead with His Highness, the slave really has to do it as a last resort." ”
Unintentionally bothered by this kind of thing, he pulled Ah Ping's sleeve and frowned and said, "Okay, don't pursue these anymore, tell me why you have a conflict with your mother again?" What about the previous misfire? And Yan Qi and Green Lotus, why were they all punished to kneel in the hall? ”
Ah Ping'an took my hand soothingly, "I'll send you back to Lanyuan first." ”
"Ah Ping!" I was already anxious, and such an ambiguous attitude made me feel scared, so I narrowed my eyes and said word by word: "I want to see Yuan'er, go to the imperial grandfather now." ”
He wanted to open his mouth to discern it, but I directly stopped him: "You don't have to say anything, I know my body myself, and now I just want to see Yuan'er." "If you don't see it, you won't be at ease.
Ah Ping had no choice but to send back the servants of Lanyuan and took me to the Fengxian Palace. Stepping into the palace gate, I heard the child's cry, my heart tightened, and I couldn't help but speed up the pace under my feet, but I couldn't help but be stunned when I walked in, only to see Zhu Yuanzhang holding Yuan'er in his arms behind the case was coaxing, and it was rare that his face was full of love and warmth.
This is the first time I have seen their great-grandparents together, Yuan'er's crying did not annoy his great-grandfather, but saw Zhu Yuanzhang very patiently hugging and coaxing, and the old eunuch next to him stood aside and did not come forward to help, so he looked at it with a smile.
The old eunuch spotted us and immediately made a silent motion. And in the next moment, Yuan'er, who had been crying, suddenly stopped, grabbed one of Zhu Yuanzhang's index fingers with her little hand, and her face was still full of tears, but she stopped crying.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled like a child and looked up at the old eunuch and said, "Have you seen it?" I just said that this kid was listening, he could recognize my voice. The old eunuch replied with a smile: "The emperor still has a way to deal with His Royal Highness, and the palace maids below are helpless." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "Those palace maids have never held children, where do they know this trick?" What's more, Yuan'er is my great-grandson, and he should be related to me. ”
Old eunuch: "Your Majesty, who do you see coming?" ”
Finally hearing the old eunuch guiding us, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and saw me and Ah Ping standing in the moment and was stunned, "Why are you all here?" His gaze fell on me again, "Aren't you supposed to be still doing confinement?" How did you come out of such a cold day? What a nonsense. At the beginning, Xiuying didn't do a good job in confinement, and then her physique has been very poor, and she can't recuperate no matter how she recupesces. ”
It should be that since I stayed in Lanyuan, Zhu Yuanzhang often used to drink tea and drink, and the number of times he mentioned Queen Ma was more, and it was natural, and he no longer had any evasion and sadness.
Seeing that Yuan'er was safe and sound, my heart was at ease, and I was able to calm down: "Grandfather Huang, I haven't seen you come to Lanyuan for almost two months, and now I think that Yuan'er is almost full moon, what should I do if I can't discuss this full moon wine with you?" ”
"What do you want to do?" Zhu Yuanzhang threw the question back.
Ah Ping glanced at me and took a step forward and said, "Grandfather Huang, Lan and I plan to celebrate briefly in Orchid Garden, and invite you to go over to drink and be lively, so we won't have a banquet." ”
This proposal is very much in line with my wishes, and I am really grateful for the palace banquet, and I would rather a large number of people gather together in the Orchid Garden than the pomp and circumstance of the official. I only heard Zhu Yuanzhang say slowly: "Ping'er, you have really grown up." I know very well that at this time, the war ahead is tight, and the palace should not be extravagant, so it is a model of worrying about the country and the people. Yuan'er's full moon wine will be left to you, and I will definitely come and drink a glass of osmanthus wine. Okay, let's take the child back, the kung fu yuan we are talking to is asleep. ”
I immediately stepped forward and took Yuan'er from his arms, Xiao Yuan'er seemed to feel her mother, and she knew that she was going to drill into my arms when she fell asleep, and her heart was tired.
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang sigh with emotion, he said: "When your imperial grandmother gave birth to your father for me, I was really happy, but I didn't know how to hug it, and I always made Biao'er cry, so angry that Xiuying scolded me for being rude." ”
I can't help but envy the husband and wife relationship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying at the beginning, and she can still make her husband remember it for many years after her death, at least the love between the two of them is abnormal.
When I came out of the Fengxian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered someone to bring me a fur cloak, and asked the palace people to hold the stove on the side to send me and Ah Ping back to Lanyuan. In fact, these can't get any warmth in the cold weather, but they are Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
Returning to the Orchid Garden, let the palace people who sent us all the way warm up in the house before leaving, and asked Ah Ping to find workers to get the floor heating until this time finally worked. The whole orchid garden feels very different from the outside, and the inside of the house is even more warm and suitable.
Finally, the three layers inside and the outer three layers of Yuan'er are tightly wrapped, but they will not be frozen, and their little faces are still red and they are sleeping soundly. I put him on the cot and sat down to look at Ah Ping, "Can you tell me what's going on now?" ”
Ah Ping also sat down with me, his eyes fell on Yuan'er's face and said slowly: "I was discussing with the generals in the front hall, and suddenly someone came to report that there was a fire in the palace of the concubine, so I hurried over. But seeing that all of us in Lanyuan were fighting the fire in the east house, I grabbed Yan Qi and asked that Yuan'er was inside, I was shocked and angry and was about to rush in, and was dragged by the people in the palace of the concubine, and waited until the fire was extinguished before rushing in, but the house had been burned to the ground. ”
"And then?" Knowing that Yuan'er was fine, he still felt nervous when he heard that Ah Pington stopped here.
Ah Ping turned his eyes and shook his head at me: "No more, the concubine has come back from outside the palace." ”
"Coming back from outside the temple?" I was stunned.
Ah Ping's face did not show anger anymore, but there was a hint of mockery, "The concubine heard that the imperial grandfather has been busy with the Northern Yuan recently, and since Yuan'er was born, she has only met once when she was named, so she specially took Yuan'er back from Lanyuan and sent it to the imperial grandfather in person." Today, he didn't prevent the palace from suddenly going to water, Liu Qingming knew that Yuan'er was not in the east house, but shouted, 'His Royal Highness is still inside'. Yan Qi and the others rushed away after hearing about it, but when the concubine came back, she was furious, saying that she was not allowed to let people enter and leave the palace at will, and she wanted to ask them all for their crimes. I was on the spot, and I had a big argument with her, and the cause and effect were probably like this. ”
Hearing this, I couldn't help frowning, this matter doesn't seem to have too many twists and turns on the surface, if strictly speaking, Concubine Lu is making a big fuss, my people from Lanyuan ran to help you put out the fire in the palace, not only are you not grateful, but you also want to be condemned for trespassing in the palace, this reason is that it is unreasonable to go to Zhu Yuanzhang's place.
But when I thought about it carefully, I felt that the situation was a little wrong, obviously Yuan'er was taken to Fengxian Hall by Concubine Lu, it was impossible for Liu Qing not to know, why did he still shout that Yuan'er was in the burning house? Green Lotus was sent by me to wait for Yuan'er nearby, if you see a fire in Concubine Lu's palace and listen to Liu Qing's shout like that, she will inevitably rush back as soon as possible to call someone to put out the fire and save Yuan'er. So, it seems more like ...... deliberately led people to Concubine Lu's palace, could it be that Yan Qi's identity was exposed?
After thinking about it, I denied it, Concubine Lu was not just targeting Yan Qiyi, but Lan Yuan. Or to be precise, against me. I won't investigate the cause of the fire first, but after the incident, it was ostensibly that the people from Lanyuan went to put out the fire, but in fact, it was to let me rush over, and I couldn't guess it later.