The north side of Kunning Palace leads directly to the Imperial Garden through the cloister and Yuyizhai. It's just that since the queen tried her best to give birth to Princess Qingcheng, but in the end she suffered a huge loss, and the child died early, the gate leading to the imperial garden in the north has hardly been walked by. Ordinary palace maids didn't dare to wander there, and the female officials and eunuchs didn't want to stir things up, so at this moment, when a large group of people surrounded the queen and stepped here, they all had an unusually fresh feeling.

Although I am very happy that the queen has gradually gained energy, first the amount of food is large, and then she can get out of bed and walk around, but it is more than half a month, and she can walk several laps in the house, and today she made an exception to take a walk in the imperial garden and bask in the sun, but Ye Shangyi Wang Shanggong, a female official who has served for many years, is still worried while being happy. After all, Imperial Doctor Lin has been coming every day for the past few days, and his solemn and almost heavy face shows that the queen's condition is still not optimistic. However, at this moment, seeing the queen holding Chen Lan's hand and walking very steadily step by step, they were all happy in their hearts.

At this time, Ye Shangyi couldn't help but remind: "Queen Mother, you slow down......"

"It doesn't matter, I don't know what's going on with Ah Lan supporting me, I've been in good spirits for the past two days, and I'm not as sleepy as before."

The queen held Chen Lan's hand tightly, greedily looking at these green trees and grass that she had not seen for a long time, and breathed in the fresh air that had never been filtered by the gauze tent and door curtains. It wasn't until Chen Lan reminded her again that she reluctantly agreed to sit down and rest, but it was the people who accompanied the small fire who had already carried the rattan chair over and covered it with bearskin cushions for the queen to rest, as if the stone benches and delicate pavilions on the side of the road did not exist.

The queen sitting on the rattan chair had a kind smile on the corner of her mouth, and when she saw Chen Lan standing beside her, pointing to the peonies blooming in front of her, she listened carefully with a smile. But when Ye Shangyi next to her opened her mouth and said, why don't you pick a few hairpins that bloom just right, she shook her hand and said, "I'm a lot older, wouldn't it be a joke to wear these big red and purple again?" But at an age like Ah Lan, he should dress up with these bright flowers, isn't it pleasing to the eye? ”

In addition to reading books these days, Chen Lan came to talk to the queen, and knew in his heart that this Supreme Mother of the Country was indeed a kind elder from the bottom of her bones, so when she heard this joke at this time, she was no longer as sincere and frightened as before, but she said in her mouth: "Queen Mother, this peony is the best among flowers, the king of flowers, if the mother is interested, it is best to give them at this time." As for me...... I really just like to enjoy the flowers, the hairpin on the sideburns is too fragrant. ”

Remembering that Chen Lan had never used incense on his body, not even the fragrance of those flowers and plants, the queen suddenly realized, but her heart was a little more happy, and she immediately nodded and said: "It's okay, there are not necessarily a few groups of people who can come to appreciate the flowers in this garden, why don't you choose the first-class good-looking ones for the palace hairpins, and the second-class ones will be taken back and inserted into the bottles, and you can also take some of the rest." Just be careful, don't damage the flowers and branches, let the envoys who serve and take care of these flowers and plants do it, and you don't cut indiscriminately with scissors. ”

Wang Shanggong saw that the queen was happy, and took everyone to bend their knees and agreed, and stepped forward with a playful smile: "Although the queen is a generous grace, the slaves and maids dare not make a mistake, just like Miss Chen San said, the peony is the king of a hundred flowers, and the theory is only worthy of the queen's mother, and it is okay to reward it to other mothers, but it is impossible to give it to us slaves and maids." But it will be time for the peony to open in a while, and it will be best for the queen to perform her grace again when the time comes, and bring everyone to visit the garden."

"Okay, come back then, the peony blooms and the peony pomegranate, followed by the lotus chrysanthemum, the plum in winter, the plum blossom and begonia in the spring, I still remember a folk song I learned when I was a child, it is said that it was passed down by my grandfather...... It's a good one, it's a good one, and the flowers and plants in the garden are fragrant, but it's ......"

The queen's singing voice was leisurely, and she half-squinted her eyes when she sang, and she was a little longing. And Chen Lan listened to this familiar tune, and heard that it was passed down by Taizu, and immediately smiled bitterly in his heart. However, although she didn't know what kind of diagnosis Imperial Doctor Lin had, she always felt that the queen's strange refreshment was really unsettling, but this was definitely not the time to be unhappy, and when the queen finished singing, she said with a smile: "That is, this imperial garden, there is no shortage of flowers in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but it is also arranged in a patchwork manner." However, at the moment, it is said that the group is beautiful, but as far as the eye can see, it is still the peony that leads the group. ”

"That's nature, the peonies in the imperial garden are all top-grade, yellow buildings, green butterflies, watermelon gourds, big red, dancing Qingni, except for these kinds of top-notch products, the rest are not eligible to be listed."

A pleasant voice drifted in the wind, and when Chen Lan looked back, he saw five or six people walking over with a middle-aged beautiful woman in their arms. Compared with the queen's emaciation and old age, this beautiful woman is extremely well maintained, her face is white and red, and she is wearing an autumn-colored dress on her slightly plump figure, which makes her more and more elegant. Hearing that everyone saluted and called Concubine Niangniang, she hurriedly retreated and saluted, but was immediately helped up.

It was a female official beside Concubine Shu who helped Chen Lan up, and Concubine Shu stepped forward to salute the queen, and then turned around. She stepped forward and took Chen Lan's arm and looked up and down, then sent the person back to the queen, and said with a smile: "This is the third young lady of the Yangning Marquis Mansion?" No wonder the queen likes it, she is elegant and quiet, and her manners are generous, and she is everyone's best girl. ”

Chen Lan thought that more things were better than less, so he only vaguely humbled two sentences. Sure enough, Concubine Shu's mind was not on her, and after a few polite greetings with the queen, the topic turned to King Jin who was in Xuanfu.

"Tai Yong, this kid is really in trouble. I thought that the concubines were all happy, but who knew that it was suddenly rumored to be fake, and the Zhang family and the peace family were tired...... So far, things have come to light, but others are in Xuanfu, but they are just the edge of the Tartars...... In a place like the capital, there are inevitably people who calculate, let alone in such a dangerous place where the war is raging? The concubine was really worried about what happened to him. ”

Seeing Concubine Shu lowering her head and wiping her tears with a handkerchief as she spoke, the queen couldn't help frowning, and then said with a pleasant face: "Xuanda is the place where the imperial court has the most troops, and there are not only Xinghe Kaiping and Zhulu Post Stations on the front line, but also all kinds of small forts. If it's still dangerous over there, the Jingshi won't be much better. Besides, Yang Ninghou is with him this time, he is a person who has fought in battles, and he will always respond to emergencies when things are urgent, and he will definitely not let Tai Yong have any mistakes. ”

"Yang Ninghou?" Concubine Shu glanced at Chen Lan without a trace, and saw that his head was lowered and his complexion did not change in the slightest, so she bit her lip lightly and said, "What the queen mother said is that after all, the Marquis of Yang Ning is only in charge of pacifying in the south, and the ability to fight this march and fight is definitely not comparable to the ...... of the Duke of Weiguo."

As he was talking, a palace man from the other end quickly stepped forward to report: "The queen mother, the concubine and the concubine are here together." ”

While talking, two more costumed beauties came here. The two looked like they were side by side, but Chen Lan paid attention to their footsteps, and noticed that it was the young ** who was holding a child and wearing an emerald dress was slightly ahead, and the older one was behind. Compared with Concubine Shu, the two of them are younger, one is beautiful, the other is dignified, after they both stepped forward to salute, Luo Guifei was gone, but Concubine Zhu Defei took Chen Lan's hand and said kind words for a while.

Luo Guifei glanced at Concubine Shu, and suddenly remembered the difficult years when she first entered the palace, and then thought about the previous son who fell into the water inexplicably and almost lost his life, and there was a little more sarcasm between the words: "Just now, the concubine seemed to hear Concubine Shu mention that the eldest brother of the concubine is good at marching and fighting?" This is strange, in the early years, I don't know who kept saying that he couldn't fight some insignificant Southern Barbarians, but he became a hero......"

Concubine Zhu De saw that Concubine Shu suddenly turned purple and her face was not good, so she hurriedly coughed dryly, and then changed the topic and said: "Knowing that the queen's mother is so interested, the concubine wanted to come and have a good time, but she happened to meet Luo Guifei halfway." ”

That's why we came together. The queen nodded slightly, and seeing that Luo Guifei bit her lip tightly, as if she had tried her best to finish the second half of the sneer, she couldn't help but half-squint, and for a while she had a plan to return to Kunning Palace. Who knew that at this moment, Concubine Shu actually snorted softly.

"Wei Guogong is naturally the pillar of the country. But now that the Tartar army is pressing, Wei Guogong is a famous general among the famous generals, shouldn't he also personally go to the Xuanda army to fight? ”

"You...... How do you know that my brother must be in the capital? He's ...... right now."

"Shut it all up"

Chen Lan's heart jumped at Luo Guifei's angry words, and he heard an angry shout in an instant. Seeing that the queen had already grabbed the armrest and sat up straight, she was suddenly taken aback, and was about to soothe, but when she saw the sudden momentum in her eyes, she still stood in place after thinking about it. Sure enough, none of the people who came out of Kunning Palace dared to speak up, and Concubine Shu and Concubine Luo, who had just returned your words, all lowered their heads.

"There is a big event in the court, how can there be room for the harem to intervene?" After coldly reprimanding her, the queen took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice, "A son who cares about his son, and a brother who cares about him, but you also have to remember your own identity, and it has become a joke to spread it out King Jin is in Xuanfu, there are Yangning Marquis and the royal guards, and there are more than 100,000 people in Xuanfu outside, if he is dangerous, aren't those generals who are fighting against the Tartars in front of the battle dangerous?" As for the Duke of Weiguo, the matter of eating the king's loyalty to the king, the emperor should arrange for the court to plan to take a good look at the female commandments and virtues after he returns, don't always move those thoughts"

The queen, who has always been kind and kind, taught such a lesson for a while, and all the people around were silent when they heard it, and in the end, they saw that Luo Guifei and Concubine Shu both knelt down and agreed, even Concubine Zhu De also saluted, and the rest of the people were busy kneeling on the ground. When the three high-ranking concubines all left with their respective people, the queen knocked on the handrail, and then glanced at Chen Lan again, and finally felt that the whole person was panicking.

If she is not there, will the women in this palace think of entering the middle palace first, and then seek to seize the storage position? If Concubine Xian hadn't encountered such a thing at that time, if King Lin Taikan of Zhou hadn't been born with some dementia, she wouldn't have to worry so much, even if her Qingcheng could live, as long as she could be as kind as Chen Lan, she would be able to be like the county lord of Yixing at that time......