Chapter 263: The Monarch Asks for the Return Date
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After the beginning of winter, it snowed several times one after another, and it seemed that the sky was cold overnight.
There is no earth dragon in the courtyard, and the charcoal brazier burns all day long, Bai Susu counts the days she has lived in this courtyard for more than half a year.
As the New Year approaches, the wedding date of Lu Zhiyuan and Princess Yinan is getting closer and closer.
The date is set on the eighth day of the twelfth month, and the yellow calendar says that it is a good day to get married.
In order to show his friendship with the king of Yinan, Emperor Cheng not only made an exception to personally preside over the wedding, but also announced that he would marry the princess of Yinan with the gift of the prince and concubine.
At that time, hundreds of officials will congratulate and feast the ministers.
When Xiao Pingzhang told Bai Susu about this, she just responded with a sigh in her throat, her whole face was calm, and she didn't see any sadness.
"Leukin."
"Hmm." Bai Susu looked up at him.
"That's how you react?" Xiao Pingzhang raised his eyebrows, he looked at her eyes with a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to see the emotions hidden by her from inside, but he looked at it for a long time but was disappointed, those eyes were unwavering, not only was he not sad and sad, but he didn't even fluctuate.
"What reaction would you like to see?" Bai Susu glanced at him lightly.
"Shouldn't you be heartbroken to hear that he got married?" Xiao Pingzhang's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he found that the woman in front of him was a little incomprehensible now.
"Oh, maybe it's been too long for me to be sad." Bai Susu replied in a very calm tone, picked up the teapot on the table and poured two cups of tea, one was handed to Xiao Pingzhang, and the other was slowly drunk by himself.
"I haven't seen the two children of Jincao and Huai'an for a long time......" Before her words fell, Xiao Pingzhang immediately frowned, "Do you want to leave the capital?" ”
Bai Susu looked at him and shook his head, "No, I mean I want to write a letter to Mr. Qi and ask him to bring the two children to Beijing." ”
Xiao Pingzhang's brows relaxed a little, "Why bother, if you want to see them, I'll send someone to pick them up for you." ”
"Mr. Qi has helped me take care of my two children for so long, I can't help but say hello if I don't feel at ease, if you don't feel at ease, I can write it in front of you." Bai Susu knew what Xiao Pingzhang was guarding against, and since the last palace banquet, he had repeatedly taken the opportunity to test her, but she couldn't see it.
Xiao Pingzhang looked at her for a while before he spoke, "No need, I believe you." ”
Bai Susu smiled, "That's good." ”
In the end, she wrote the letter in front of Xiao Pingzhang and sealed it in an envelope, and then handed it to the messenger and sent it to Jiangyong County quickly.
Xiao Pingzhang said that it will take 20 days to return from the capital to Jiangyong County at the earliest, and it is no surprise that she will be able to see her two children before the year.
Bai Susu said thank you, she was very happy.
Xiao Pingzhang didn't say anything about this.
After hearing that Qi Pei received her letter, he took Lu Huai'an and Meng Jincao and set off for the capital.
I heard that Qi Pei was still ten days away from the capital.
I heard that Qi Pei was only three days away from the capital.
In order to make her happy, the subordinates reported the latest news to her almost every day, and she listened quietly, and did not show too much joy.
"Master, there has just been news outside, saying that there is one more day, and the little masters will be in the capital." Yan Xiu happily told her the news she heard, and Bai Susu also smiled, "You let the kitchen prepare according to what I said, these two children are greedy, and they have to make a fuss about eating when they come." ”
Yan Xiu answered and turned around and retreated.
Bai Susu looked at the half-foot-thick snow outside the window, her fingers were slowly tapping on her legs, and she didn't know if he understood the letter she gave Qi Pei, now there is only one day, and the news must be coming soon.
Sure enough, at night, Yan Xiu ran into the house with a panicked face, "Mr. Qi is missing." ”
Not long after, Xiao Pingzhang also came with a calm face, and after seeing her, he threw a letter in front of her and said, "I really underestimated you, and I dare to do this under my nose." ”
Bai Susu didn't know why, "I don't understand what you mean, you were watching it yourself when you wrote the letter." ”
Xiao Pingzhang sneered, "Do you think I won't be able to find that Qi Pei when I'm hiding?" ”
"Who is the third prince, naturally nothing can be difficult for you." Bai Susu nodded in agreement.
Xiao Pingzhang felt a headache when he saw her fake face, and he flicked his sleeves and left.
It's been a few days, Xiao Pingzhang has come to the courtyard every day, but his face is getting uglier and uglier day by day, Qi Pei seems to be missing, and there are countless people sent to look for him inside and outside the capital, but he can't even find a person.
Xiao Pingzhang wanted to continue to look for it, but the palace was not peaceful again, so he could only put the matter of finding someone aside for the time being and hurriedly entered the palace.
At present, the situation between the DPRK and China seems to be evenly matched, but people with a discerning eye can still see at a glance that as Emperor Cheng's health deteriorates day by day, his trust in the three princes is becoming more and more obvious.
Emperor Cheng was obsessed with the art of immortality, and in order to refine the elixir of immortality, he had not thought about it, and he stayed in the alchemy room day and night.
The crown prince was not abolished, but handed over the government to the three princes, and several ministers in the court were dissatisfied with the joint letter requesting Emperor Cheng to take back the order, and in the end, all the folds were beaten back as they were, and several ministers who wrote on the book were also beheaded because they did not respect the holy order.
The bloody storm in the DPRK and China continued, and many people from the prince's faction began to throw themselves into the three princes.
Emperor Cheng was obsessed with alchemy and didn't care about anything, and one day he didn't know why he suddenly wanted to watch an ice show on a whim.
As the name suggests, ice opera is a performance on the ice, when there will be special actors wearing colorful clothes, sliding on the ice while making all kinds of movements, there are golden roosters independent, there are Nezha in the sea, there are five sons to send blessings and so on.
The three princes have always boasted of being obedient and filial, since Emperor Cheng proposed to watch the ice show, he naturally would not refuse, in order to satisfy Emperor Cheng, he simply opened a palace banquet and let the officials enter the palace with their families to have a lively time.
Bai Susu also received an invitation because of Xiao Pingzhang's relationship, she didn't want to go, but she couldn't stand it, the post was sent by Wang Dezi personally, and asked her to go to the banquet, and she couldn't refuse so she agreed.
On the day of the palace banquet, a carriage was waiting early at the gate of the courtyard, and she got in the car and went directly to the palace.
There was already a little eunuch waiting there at the gate of the palace, and after picking her up, he went to the venue of the ice show.
Xiao Pingzhang had been waiting there for a long time, and when he saw her arrive, he naturally pulled her to sit beside him, and when he saw that she was wrapped thickly, he couldn't help but quip, "You look like a white and fat pig." ”
Bai Susu glanced at him and said angrily, "Have you ever seen such a thin pig?" ”
Xiao Pingzhang stretched out his hand and pinched her face, then nodded, "It's true that it's not fat, it seems that it will take a while longer to sell it for a good price in the future." ”
When the words fell, both of them were stunned, how long had it been since they had spoken in such a relaxed tone.
After speaking, the two sat down, and Bai Susu found that the prince and the princess were sitting opposite her, and Lu Zhiyuan and Princess Yinan were sitting diagonally opposite.
The crown prince and the crown princess were talking to each other and didn't know what to say, and sometimes looked over here a few times, while Lu Zhiyuan kept bowing his head and drinking, and didn't even cast a single glance at her arrival.
Bai Susu seems to have expected it for a long time, and it is not disappointing or not disappointed in this.
The eunuch interrupted her thoughts with a sharp sage, and then everyone supplied Emperor Cheng, Bai Susu secretly glanced at Emperor Cheng and couldn't help but be startled, obviously he was a healthy old man a few months ago, how could he be so skinny in just a few months.
Emperor Cheng's spirit was not good, he sat on the high seat and even flattened his body seemed weak, and after a few simple opening words, he directly ordered the ice show to start.
The first program is the blessing of the five sons, and the performance is five boys, each wearing two round buns, and each has a blessing word on the clothes on his chest. I saw them running onto the ice, sometimes rolling, sometimes jumping, sometimes somersaulting, sometimes stacking arhats, a series of movements made people can't help but applaud just by looking at them.
When Bai Susu was watching the play, a little palace maid accidentally spilled tea on her clothes, and the palace maid was obviously frightened and knelt on the ground trembling.
Xiao Pingzhang wanted to be angry, but Bai Susu smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, I brought several sets of clothes, I went to find a place to change it, this little thing is also worth being angry about." ”
"That is, you are generous." Xiao Pingzhang was not angry when he heard her say this, he originally wanted to take Bai Susu to change his clothes in person, just in time for Emperor Cheng to call him over, he could only point to someone to lead Bai Susu to go.
The palace maid led her out of the Ice Theater Garden, and walked a long distance in all directions, and finally stopped at a place called Fanghua Palace, "The master is already waiting for you." ”
Fanghua Hall is Su Guifei's dormitory, Bai Susu and Su Guifei have almost never met, as for why she would let people bring her here, she doesn't understand.
Entering the inner room, she couldn't help but be stunned, there were a lot of people sitting in the room, some had seen and some had not, and they would all look at her together, which was quite uncomfortable.
"Grass people Bai Susu has seen the concubine Niangniang." Bai Susu saw that Concubine Su was going to bow down according to the ceremony, and she knelt on the ground respectfully Jiang Lishu did a thorough job, but she didn't get a word to get up.
Su Guifei sat on the top, holding a teacup in her hand, as if she didn't see her, the tea lid in her hand fluctuated the tea leaves in the bowl again and again, and after a long while, she smiled as if she had just found her, "This is the lady of that family, but no one told me." ”
Bai Susu used to be a concubine, and now she is not anyone's woman, but Su Guifei called her by the word lady, obviously taking the opportunity to humiliate her.
"This is the White Lady, a person from the Three Princes' Mansion." The palace maid reminded beside Concubine Su.
Su Guifei pulled a long end note, she let out a long oh, and said in a very flat tone, "Get up, come and sit down." ”
Soon the palace maids moved low stools and low tables and put them in an inconspicuous corner of the house, Bai Susu looked at the others and then looked at herself, if she hadn't found out that this Su Guifei was here to find fault today, then she was really stupid.
"The government is now controlled by traitors, and even though we are women, we have to make a modest contribution." One of the ladies with a raw face spoke, looking menacing.
Concubine Su nodded her head, "That's exactly what Mrs. Wu said, if you don't get rid of the court, you won't be able to rest for a day." ”