Chapter 53: Invitations

Kyoto, Imperial Palace.

In the He'an Palace, the queen is skillfully taking care of a pot of rare bowl lotus, showing compassion between a support and a mention, and the little palace maids in the palace want to become that pot of lotus, but she is fortunate to be so carefully cared for.

It's just that the prince of the East Palace on the side obviously doesn't have such a good leisure.

After wandering for a while, Xia Yujie finally couldn't help but step forward and took off the flower scissors in the queen's hand as if he was half-grabbing, "Queen Mother, don't fiddle with these flowers and plants anymore, your son has something important to discuss with you." ”

Although there was a look of anxiety in the words, he didn't dare to urge too much.

After the queen cleaned her hands and ordered the palace maid to retreat, she turned around to look at him, and said unhappily: "The prince of a country should be invisible, his joys, sorrows, and joys, and his likes and dislikes, and his joys and sorrows should not overflow on the surface, and he acted so rashly and impetuously, what kind of system did he become in the eyes of the palace people?" ”

When Xia Yujie heard this, he immediately straightened his face, and said respectfully: "Yes, the sons should remember the teachings of the queen mother. ”

Seeing that he listened to the teaching, the queen was satisfied and said: "Well, if there is something, let's talk about it." ”

"After the mother, Concubine Qin is pregnant." Although the urgency on his face was deliberately suppressed, he still spoke a little faster.

"What else should be going on in this palace, the matter of Concubine Qin being pregnant with a dragon fetus, I'm afraid it has already spread all over the palace now, why do you need Jie'er to inform the queen mother?"

Seeing that the queen still didn't care, Xia Yujie didn't care about the way of the prince, he went straight to the past, muttered in the queen's ear for a while, and then hesitated and retreated.

"Really?"

"Hmm." Against the queen's fierce gaze, Xia Yujie nodded with difficulty.

"It's ridiculous! Jie'er, you ......" The queen was so angry that she slapped on the windowsill, shaking the bowl lotus in the flower pot three times.

She glared at Xia Yujie, hating iron and steel: "What should the queen mother say about you?" In this world, there are more than 10 million women, is your vision only limited to a small concubine? ”

The latter's heart was shocked, Huo Ran knelt down, "The son knows that he is wrong, the queen mother, you have to help the son, if this matter is known by the father, the minister will ......."

"Get up! What do you do with a sad face, lest others do not know your virtues? The queen snapped.

Seeing that his mother was angry, Xia Yujie didn't dare to say more, so he got up and stood aside, bowed his head and said nothing, trying extremely hard to reduce his sense of existence.

The queen has reigned for more than 20 years, and her image of punishing people with law and convincing people with virtue is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the little palace maids and eunuchs in the palace are kind and kind.

But few people know that she is only strict with her son, and rarely shows motherly style, which also causes Xia Yujie to be afraid of her since she was a child.

"What do you mean by Qin Concubine?" ”

Competing for the limelight, playing tricks, from an inconspicuous noble concubine to the lord of the middle palace, she has never seen any strong winds and waves, yes, without the anger when she first heard it, the queen quickly returned to normal.

Glancing at her face, Xia Yujie said, "She...... She wants to do ......"

"Hmph, what she wants, she can't do without the phoenix crest." Seeing that he didn't dare to speak for a long time, the queen's heart was like a mirror.

"From now on, you will do a good job in the position of the crown prince, and the rest, the queen mother will definitely not let you have any worries."

is also a harem woman, can she still know the thoughts of the concubine?

Stroking the pruned bowl lotus, her eyes were full of love, "What if the flowers bloom?" The melon is not ripe, the pedicle is not falling, and it does not bear fruit, or is it another way? ”

When the words fell, a crisp sound sounded.

Looking at the broken lotus flower in the queen's hand, Xia Yujie couldn't help but tremble a little, "What is the queen mother going to do?" ”

Turning her eyes to look at the prince, her eyes suddenly showed a little fierceness, "What?" Do you still have ...... for her?"

"No, it's not." Xia Yujie hurriedly waved his hand and said categorically: "The queen mother is too worried, even if that cheap woman is sentenced to death, the son will not be moved." ”

"Very good, this is the bearing that a prince should have, just a piano concubine, is not worthy of being your stumbling block."

After throwing the broken branch in her hand out without any nostalgia, the queen changed her words and asked, "Have you done all the invitations to the flower party this time?" ”

"Please rest assured that the queen mother will send out all the sons." Hearing the queen ask about this, Xia Yujie was quite proud.

After hesitating for a moment, he said again: "It's just that Erchen has something to understand. ”

"What's the matter? Let's hear it. ”

"Yes." Xia Yujie replied respectfully, and said: "In previous years, the Hibiscus Flower Club has never invited Nangong Qijue, why did you ...... this time?"

"Why did the queen mother ask you to add the name of Nangong Mansion to the list of flowers this time?"

"The mother knows the child's intentions." After Xia Yujie laughed, he said: "Nangong Qijue is cold and arrogant, and has never participated in any kind of invitational banquets, and the sons remember that in the past palace banquets, unless the father and emperor spoke, they would be rejected by him for various reasons, if this time Nangong Qijue is still like this, then the ministers ...... Wouldn't it be a loss of face? ”

When she first heard that the prince still had such thoughts, the queen couldn't help but shake her head, "Jie'er, you have to keep in mind that you are different from others, you are the prince, the future son of heaven, and the criminal governor is a sharp blade in the hands of the son of heaven. ”

"The Queen Mother means ......"

"The prince's invitation, whether Nangong Qi will accept it or not, you have to think twice, you won't be too presumptuous, in the same way, if you can get his support, then the throne and you will be like taking something in your pocket."

Xia Yujie was a little disdainful when he heard this, "That Nangong Qijue is really that powerful?" After all, he's just a lowly eunuch ......."

"Confused! Why don't you understand, what makes the queen mother jealous is Nangong Qijue? Your father's heirs are not too much, but they are not too little, except for the princes of the fiefdom, the remaining three princes and four princes...... None of them have to be guarded against. ”

She said earnestly: "There is also the eleventh prince who is getting more and more of the sacred heart, although he is the youngest of you, but Qi Xuan is now the time to be favored, and the queen mother will inevitably plan more for you, and the criminal private governor is the safest pair of hands to put on the dragon robe for you." ”

Nangong Seven Uniques? It seems that if you want to break down his power, you still have to start with the criminal and private governor.

Xia Yujie crumpled the extremely arrogant face in his mind little by little, one day, he will let everyone in the world know what will happen if he is disrespectful to the prince.

As if the noble head had been lowered in front of him, Xia Yujie raised the corners of his mouth, with a rippling look on his face, "The queen mother has good intentions, and the sons and daughters are all arranged by the queen mother." ”

He obeyed his orders on the face, but in his heart he still felt that the queen was a little kind of woman, and she was too forward-looking.

Xia Yutian usually only knows how to dance and write, chatting with a group of old scholars all day long, and claiming to be a literati.

And that Xia Yuyan, who follows him like a fart all day long, what else will he do besides visiting the Qinglou and drinking flower wine?

As for Xia Yufeng, the whole child hasn't grown a dime yet? To be honest, he really hasn't paid attention to these people......

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General's Mansion, Study.

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"Daddy, do you know what kind of person Du Yun is?"

On the right side of the case, Mo Liyun shook his head, "Before my father left Beijing, Du Yun had not yet reached the crown, and he was not famous in Kyoto, but ...... The name of his father Du Yansheng is like thunder. ”

"Daddy knows him?" Xiao Huang, who was sitting at the bottom, turned sideways with a little doubt.

Jimo Liyun smiled, "He is the uncle of the current Xia Yu Dynasty, if he doesn't recognize his father, then he is lonely and unheard." ”

"Oh, that's right." Xiao Huang reacted very quickly and took the words, and at the same time showed a standard "Xiaoxiang" smile on her face, and said in her heart that she would have to get a copy of the information of Xia Yu's court officials when she had time.

As her thoughts turned, she suddenly remembered something, and reached out and took out a letter from her sleeve, "By the way, this is what my mother left in the cellar." ”

Jimo Liyun glanced at the letter placed on the desk, and asked meaninglessly, "What does Xiao Er think about this?" ”

She pondered for a moment, "Although Ruochen got the letter from Du Yun, it may not have come from Du Yun. ”

"How so?"

Xiao Huang pointed to the envelope and said: "This letter paper is made of cowhide, and the cover is poured with ash oil, not like the cover we are used to, not only that, but the edges of the four corners have been worn......"

Speaking of this, her voice paused, and the rough touch under the tip of her index finger made her even more determined, "The letter paper is yellowed, and the ink has dried up and powdered, which shows that this letter is not only old, but also the ink used for writing is not of the highest quality, how can a person of Du Yun's status use this kind of inferior ink?" ”

"Xiao Er is right, this is indeed not Du Yun's book." Jimo Liyun's face was gloomy, "Because it comes from the Chiyi tribe." ”

"The Chiyi?"

"The Chiyi tribe was once the largest anti-state tribe on the Xiayu border, the Chiyi people were brave and warlike, the clan was strong and ambitious, because they were defeated in the battle of Yiling fifty years ago, and overnight, the whole clan of Chiyi disappeared...... Speaking of which, it has been a long time since there has been no news of them in the four countries. ”

Xiao Huang was a little surprised, "What did the letter say?" ”

"Xiao Er has read the contents of this letter?" Jimo Liyun asked rhetorically.

"Well, I just don't understand it." She said it truthfully.

At first, Xiao Huang was still a little embarrassed, but now she didn't feel anything at all, not to mention the entire Tianyuan Continent, just around the territory of Xia Yu Kingdom, there were hundreds of tribes living in groups.

What's more, a Chiyi tribe who has disappeared for decades, it is normal for her not to recognize Chiyi characters.

There was a moment of surprise in Mo Liyun's eyes, and then he nodded several times in a row, "That's right, Xiao Er hasn't been in contact with the people of the Chiyi clan, so I can't understand that their letter should be, it should be." ”

As he spoke, he hesitated between his words, not knowing whether he was comforting himself or convincing himself.

In his thoughts, he noticed the puzzled gaze on the other side, and he said: "Actually, my father can't read the Chinese language, but ...... As long as the letter doesn't work as well as it should, it will be a scrap of paper that can be destroyed later. ”

"Well, listen to Daddy." Xiao Huang lowered his eyes, his expression a little depressed.

She just wanted to find out who was behind the Ruochen sisters, so she asked the general and his wife to play a drama of discord between husband and wife, and then Jimo Liyun returned home very late the next day, giving Ruochen the opportunity to enter his study to hide the letter......

But she never imagined that the fish that she had been fishing for so long with her composure would be full of dead fish that were difficult to swallow.

When her eyes fell on the table, Xiao Huang suddenly felt a little bored in her heart, although she didn't understand the contents, but such a letter, just the words it wrote, were enough to condemn the general's mansion.

"This crisis can be resolved, you are the biggest hero, what does Xiao Er want to reward you for your father?"

Xiao Huang raised his head when he heard the voice, with a hint of playfulness on his face, "Isn't Xiao Er also a member of the mansion?" ”

What she did for the General's Mansion, she didn't think about what she would gain from it, but ...... She owes more.

"Haha, it seems that Xiao'er has indeed grown up, and she no longer pesters her father for gifts."

Jimo Liyun smiled loudly, and then took out a plain invitation card from the drawer, "That...... It's up to you to decide. ”