Chapter Ninety-Seven: Layout and Planning

Because it is not a banquet set up by the lady in the palace, the poetry club is not held in the palace, so it is not necessary to go to the palace to participate in the poetry meeting, in this way, it saves those red tapes, but can save a lot of time, He Chang'an originally planned to go out to Changxin Garden on the fifth day of the first month, and the time is departing, and the Changxin Garden is not too far, and there is a moment at the end of the month to arrive, it should not be the earliest, but it is not the latest, just in line with her identity, and it does not seem to be neglectful to the eldest princess.

But I didn't want to come to the post on the evening of the fourth day of the new year, which was written by Liu Yanling, saying that I heard that Chang'an was also invited this time, so I wanted to make an appointment with Chang'an early the next morning, and set off from Sui'an Bo Mansion at the moment of the morning to go to the princess's poetry meeting, Liu Yanling also said, such a poetry meeting, Chang'an participated in less in the past, if she didn't take a little, she wouldn't worry.

He Changan looked at the letter and smiled, sure enough, he was a friend who knew the roots, as soon as he heard about it, he thought that he would take her, if not, she had been worrying about what if she lost face at the poetry meeting?

It happened that on the way from Gongchangbo Mansion to Changxin Garden, it must have passed through Sui'anbo Mansion, and there was no detour left and right, but Liu Yanling must have something to tell her in advance, and Liu Yanling is the cousin of the eldest princess, so if she goes too late, it will naturally be inappropriate, so if she wants to go with Liu Yanling, she is afraid that she will have to leave more than half an hour early.

So on the night of the fourth day of the new year, He Changan fell asleep early, but just when she fell asleep, there was an unexpected conversation in Fengqi Palace.

Queen Chen's side of Mama Gan for the queen to wear the phoenix crown on the top of the head for a day to remove the queen, the queen needs to wear the phoenix crown every day, important occasions to carry the crown of the crown is a full dozen pounds, Rao is usually carried ordinary phoenix crown, also weighs five or six pounds, so every time Mama Gan takes off the phoenix crown for the queen has to rub the queen's neck. Empress Chen looked at the nurse whose hair was almost half white in the mirror, and said with emotion: " Born from the palace, it has always been the nurse to take care of, the palace drank the nurse's milk to grow up, under the care of the nurse learned how to behave, now in the deep palace, this life is not able to get out, but also let the nurse has been around the palace to take care of, I always feel sorry for the nurse, the nurse, why don't I ask the saint one day, let you go out of the palace to raise it, you see now Gan Hong has been able to follow Ao Ge'er as an errand, you are his grandmother, but even the grandchildren have not seen a few faces. ”

Mama Gan sighed: "Niangniang said this, but she dislikes the old slave and is not old, so she is useless?"

Queen Chen hurriedly said coquettishly: "Look at what the nurse said, in the heart of this palace, the nurse will always be the person who can guard the palace for a lifetime." It's like thinking that this heavy phoenix crown weighs on the neck of the palace, but the people who know that the first thing to do after taking off the phoenix crown is to rub the neck of the palace, only the nurse, not even the orange. ”

Xiju is also surnamed Gan, and she is the most trusted of the little maids around the queen, and she is also the niece and granddaughter of Mama Gan. When Mama Gan's hometown was hit by a disaster, her family died a lot, and only Mama Gan fled to the imperial capital with her five- or six-year-old nephew and son who had just been born to be a nurse.

And Empress Chen, in front of the emperor and the concubines, should be a virtuous queen, not competing for favor and not jealous; in front of the prince and princess, she should be a loving mother, after all, none of them crawled out of her stomach, and it is not good for any one to be paralyzed; in front of the palace people, she must have the appearance of a mother and a master of the world, after all, the most popular thing in the palace is the upward and downward effect...... So when she was alone with Mama Gan, she felt that she could vent her emotions a little.

Mama Gan knew Queen Chen's coquettish tone, that is, she would never bring up the words of letting her out of the palace to care for the elderly, out of the palace for the elderly, it is good to be able to see her children and grandchildren, but out of the palace, whether you used to be the queen's nurse or the grandmother who had to be used around you, after all, it was out of breath, although the palace could not get out, but the idle people really did not dare to play with her, she had suffered all the hardships in her life, and when she was old, she fought for a breath, and she was very happy to know that she would not go out:" Niangniang is too fond of the girl who likes oranges, and the old slave in Pingsuli says a few words, you don't want to listen to them, how can you make Xiju intimate?"

The queen didn't answer Mama Gan's words, but said: "Let Xiju go and send a letter to the eldest princess of Zhaoning in Sui'anbo Mansion, Xiju will be delivered." ”

Gan Mama smiled and said: "If Xiju can't even do such a thing, where else is he qualified to be an errand in Fengqi Palace?" It's just that the old slave can't understand it, when the eldest princess came to Fengqi Palace to ask for peace two days ago, the queen mother, what you secretly said was to let the eldest princess invite a poetry banquet this time, and also bring the family members of the soldiers in Lingzhou, Tanzhou, and send a letter to the eldest princess of Zhaoning today, and the mother did this ......."

The queen didn't answer Mama Gan's question directly, but only asked Mama Gan another question: "Nurse, what do you think of the status of this palace in this big announcement?"

"Niangniang is the queen of Daxuan, in Daxuan, she is naturally above 10,000 people under one person, why should Niangniang ask such a question to the old slave?"

Empress Chen listened to Mama Gan's words and let out a long sigh: "The nurse can't talk to Bengong now, and she can't be like Bengong when she was a child." Perhaps, in fact, there are some words that you also understand in your heart, and this palace will make it clear. Then he picked up the bitter tea on the table.

Mama Gan saw that it was not a taste in her heart, and persuaded: "Niangniang, don't drink it, why suffer yourself?"

The queen didn't listen to Mama Gan's persuasion, but still took a sip: "It's because of the bitterness that the palace can be sober." The queen of the palace, in fact, was picked up by luck, when Queen Rui died, the three concubines of Qing Tianwen in the palace, counting the qualifications of the palace are the shallower, and the age is also the youngest, but Concubine Tian has something like that, and the rest of the palace and Concubine Qing, the palace happens to be the one who has no children, so it is the turn of the palace. The palace is indeed above 10,000 people now, but for this position, in order to allow the Chen family to be protected by the reputation of the queen, I am destined not to have children. ”

Mama Gan squeezed out a smile: "There are so many children in the harem, every child is very good, although there is no biological child of Niangniang, but they all regard Niangniang as a biological mother, and Niangniang will not end up in a bleak end." ”

It is said that the palace is the best place in the world, and there are countless gold and silver jewelry, but in fact, gold and silver jewelry is not worth anything at all, and the most expensive thing here is true love. The so-called "Hongu is like a biological mother", but it is only because I am equally useful to them. Several princes, either with their eyes fixed on the position of the crown prince, or they don't have that ambition, and they also think that they can get a better fief and avoid the bitter cold when they come to the king to go out. As for the princesses, don't they want to marry a wishful husband, in short, they all ask for something, and when their wishes are fulfilled, there will always be a day in the saints, and they don't remember the mother-in-law of this palace, but it's hard to say. ”

Mama Gan is also a smart person, otherwise she can't walk step by step to the position of Mama in charge of Fengqi Palace as a lady in distress, the queen said so much, she also heard a little eyebrows: "Niangniang wants to learn from the Queen Mother?"

The queen nodded gloomily: "In fact, today's palace, how similar is the situation to the queen mother back then? That is the queen mother or the daughter of Shen Guogong, but there is only one daughter of the eldest princess of Zhaoxing, the saint is from the Pingyi Emperor Guifei, and the King Jing is from the Shun Chen concubine, and the two princes of the Shengshang and Jingwang back then can be said to be equal, and even the saint is slightly worse, that is, the Pingyi Imperial Concubine went too early." Even if the queen mother bets on the right treasure, so now she can live comfortably in Cihui Palace, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty do not dare to despise the Li family too much. ”

"That mother's choice is ......" Mama Gan hesitated for a moment, did not say anything, wrote a "two" on the back of the queen's hand, and said: "After all, among the four princes of the Holy Lord, there is no biological mother to support, but there is only this one." But this one, after all, is in the Holy One......"

The queen sneered: "What the saint means, how can this palace and the nurse guess casually? But the palace thinks that the saint doesn't really like Brother Yuan so much." Nurse, didn't you ask me what it meant for me to ask Ke'er to fill in a few girls from the border soldiers' families on the invitation list of the poetry meeting, and to send a message to the eldest princess of Zhaoning? Do you know which person is the focus of these two things?"

"Uncle Gong Chang'an's eldest daughter, He Chang'an. ”

The queen smiled: "I have seen that child once, he is a material that can be made, I originally thought that if there was a chance, this palace would come forward and tell this child to Ao Ge'er to be a daughter-in-law, but I didn't expect that the one you said just now also fell in love with her, so it is better for this palace to do this favor." Besides, as far as He Chang'an's own conditions are concerned, although they are not bad, but there is no distance from the position of the princess, the palace secretly helps her, and then releases the rumors, if she is a heart, she must also remember the love of the palace, and the palace does not expect her to be of any great help to the palace, as long as she can blow a little pillow wind by that side in the future, the employment is enough. As for Zhaoning's side, Zhaoning has always been not on the side, so it is not easy to say who Zhaoning wants to use. But she doesn't have a good impression of Concubine Qing, since that's the case, why doesn't this palace cooperate with her? Since she wants to cooperate, this palace must show a little sincerity, and this palace's attitude and choice are the best sincerity!"

After saying this, Empress Chen held her temple with her right hand and rubbed it uncontrollably: "My head is starting to hurt again." “

Mama Gan hurriedly handed over the bitter tea again: "Niangniang take another sip, this bitter tea can inhibit the head wind, or the third highness found it in the ancient books, although the taste is not good, but Niangniang drinks it is indeed a little effective." ”

"Yes, even if it's bitter, it can have some effect. How can the current situation of the main palace not be bitter? I hope that this layout of the main palace can bear fruit. ”