Chapter 38: The Queen's Mother

"Miss, why don't you look happy at all when the emperor gives you a wedding?" In the boudoir, a girl dressed as a maid asked, "Don't you like the six princes?"

"I've only met the Six Princes a few times, and I can't talk about liking or disliking. Chu Shiyun sat in front of the mirror and said while taking off the golden hairpin on her head, "Xiaohong, help me recoil my hair!"

"Miss, isn't it nice to tie up your hairpin?

"You girl, are you in a temper?" Chu Shiyun said angrily, "Then I'll go out to meet people like this, okay?"

"I can't help it!" Xiaohong hurriedly said, "If you want the old man to see it, you will drive me out of the city lord's mansion." Miss, I mean, you're so beautiful, why did you take the hairpin?"

"It's not used to wearing it, it's uncomfortable. Chu Shiyun said, "Whether beauty is beautiful or not is for others to see, and you don't know if you are comfortable or not." ”

Xiaohong listened to Chu Shiyun's words, smiled and said, "Miss, I think you and the six princes are a perfect match." He would also come up with a philosophical sentence or two. Moreover, the six princes are suave and obsessed with landscapes, and you are peerless and love to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Isn't this a match made in heaven?"

"Why did this mouth suddenly become sweet?" Chu Shiyun poked Xiaohong's nose and said, and then said with a straight face: "The sixth prince has both ability and political integrity, if he doesn't have the identity of a prince, he is indeed a wishful gentleman who can be entrusted for life." ”

"Miss, the identity of the prince is something that many people can't want, how can it become a minus point for you?" Xiaohong asked suspiciously.

"There is a way to enter the Hou Gate, which is as deep as the sea, not to mention the palace gate. Chu Shiyun sighed and said, "The intrigue and ruthlessness in that palace are unimaginable. ”

Chu Shiyun's aunt is the current queen's mother, although she has seen her rarely, she has been doted on since she was a child. Chu Shiyun goes to the palace several times a year, just to talk to her aunt, so she knows a little about those things in the palace.

"The Sixth Prince is not a person who likes intrigue, I have been in the palace with you so many times, and I have only met a few times. Xiaohong said, "Nine times out of ten, I went out to play." ”

After speaking, Xiaohong approached Chu Shiyun and whispered: "Moreover, I heard the palace maids say that the six princes are the least favored by the emperor among all the princes. ”

"I hope that he will not be favored by the emperor, be an idle prince, and not participate in those palace battles. Chu Shiyun said, "But this year, he is touring the world on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and he is being married, which obviously pushes him to a high position, and I don't know what the emperor thinks." ”

"Miss, do you mean that it is possible for the emperor to let the six princes inherit the throne?

Chu Shiyun hurriedly covered her mouth and reprimanded: "Take care of your mouth!

After Chu Shiyun let go of her hand, Xiaohong hurriedly covered her mouth, and she didn't dare to come out.

The East Palace of the Imperial City.

The prince threw the cup on the ground and spilled the tea.

"Didn't you say that my father would never be optimistic about the sixth brother? It's just a parade on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and now he has decreed marriage, and he is still the daughter of the uncle of the country and the daughter of the city lord of Licheng, which is about to lift him to the sky!"

"The prince is angry!" Yuan Tang said in a panic, for fear that what the prince said would be heard by outsiders, and whispered: "It seems that although the emperor said on the surface that he did not believe the rumors outside, he still became suspicious of His Royal Highness. ”

"Are you saying that my father believes that I sent someone to assassinate the sixth brother?" asked the prince in surprise.

"I'm afraid that I didn't believe it all, but I didn't believe it either. Yuan Tang replied.

"Then what now?" asked the prince, "do you want me to take Zhuang Hao to my father's side and let him say that I didn't send him?"

"Never! Yuan Tang said, "Moreover, now Zhuang Hao doesn't know where to go, I'm afraid that he is hiding......"

"The queen has arrived!" Yuan Tang did not finish speaking, and the herald's shouting sounded outside the door.

The prince hurriedly walked to the door and opened a gap, but saw the queen mother walking towards this side surrounded by palace maids.

The prince hurriedly closed the door and said to Yuan Tang: "You go and hide behind the screen!"

When Yuan Tang heard this, he hurriedly ran behind the screen.

The prince walked to the door again, opened the door and walked out, and greeted the queen with a smile on his face.

"Queen Mother, it's good for the sons to go and greet you, how dare you come over!" the prince bowed and saluted.

Chu Lan, the queen's mother, is the sister of Chu Xiong, the lord of Licheng, and the first beauty in the south thirty years ago. Although she is nearly half a hundred years old, she is still a beautiful woman in her thirties. Coupled with the gorgeous phoenix costume and dazzling phoenix crown, as well as the stunning beauty that is not angry and self-assured, it is a peerless beauty that people have to surrender.

Therefore, although the lady concubine was favored by the emperor back then, she could not shake the position of the queen mother. Because the emperor knows in his heart who is the one who can really be the queen.

"When I saw that the sky was gloomy, I wanted to go out for a walk, so that I could drive away the gloom. Queen Chulan said lightly.

The prince glanced at the sun in the sky in amazement, and asked puzzledly: "Queen Mother, the sun is just right today!"

"What about your heart?" asked Queen Chu Yun, and without waiting for him to answer, she entered the door with two maids.

The prince looked embarrassed and followed him into the door.

The queen glanced at the room, saw the teacup on the ground, and said to the maid beside her: "It seems that the girls in the East Palace are not very diligent, Ling'er, you will have to knock them in a while!"

"Yes!" promised the maid in a blue dress behind the queen.

"Queen Mother, the teacup was accidentally knocked over by me just now, and I haven't asked them to come and clean it up yet!" the prince quickly explained.

But the queen didn't hear the prince's words, waved her hand and said, "Go out!"

"Yes!" Ling'er and another maid agreed. One went to pick up the teacup, and the other took out a handkerchief to pick up the tea residue on the ground, and then went out together, closing the door one left and one right after going out.

"You have to be able to train your subordinates to do things, not to tell them. The queen sat down on the big chair and said to the prince, "If you have to do such a small thing every time you go and call them to do it, you will be exhausted to death! You will govern the country in the future, and there are five cities and thirty-six counties in China, so do you want to go to every place and tell them what to do?"

The crown prince stood respectfully beside the queen, bowed down and said, "Erchen understands, thank the queen for her teachings!"

"You understand, but there are still people who don't. The queen said, then looked at the screen, "I just said to let you all out, and it seems that there are still people who don't understand." ”

Yuan Tang hurriedly ran out from behind the screen, knelt down beside the queen mother with a "plop", and kowtowed: "The grass people have no intention of offending, and please forgive the mother!"

The queen didn't look at him squarely, waved her hand and said, "Go out!"

Yuan Tang hurriedly got up, staggered to the door, opened the door and fled in a hurry. Two maids came up and closed the door again.