Ji Jiang glanced at her obliquely: "What?" You also came to the middle palace to say hello? Didn't the king let the concubines avoid greetings, so as not to disturb the queen's fetus? ”

"Niangniang didn't know, the king was afraid that the queen would be lonely, so he specially instructed his concubine to accompany the queen more on weekdays, and also instructed him to bring Ci'er, so as not to worry about the mother. I don't have any other skills, just talk to my mother and do idea baby needlework. Huang Huan said as she watched Ji Jiang's face become more and more blue, and she felt quite happy.

She talked for a while, and the maid next to her pretended to remind: "Niangniang, the queen invited you to have breakfast yesterday, and I won't go this time, I'm afraid it's going to be late." ”

"Ouch, don't say I'm about to forget, the concubine still has to rush to serve the king and the mother for breakfast, and I'm missing!"

Ji Jiang was so angry that he pinched her wrist and felt pain: "This palace is not even as good as Huang Huan now, the king would rather let her sway in front of his eyes than see me!" ”

"Niangniang, your first day of reset, the days are still long! Don't mess with yourself! Ji Diao endured the pain in his arm and patiently persuaded him.

Ji Jiang suddenly stopped: "By the way, why did she only bring the third prince, why didn't she see Bo Ji come with her?" ”

"Niangniang didn't know, for the sake of her mother, Bo Ji pleaded with the king a few times. seems to have annoyed the king and prevented her from entering the middle palace again, for fear that the queen would be upset. ”

"It can be seen that the queen mother is now a collection of thousands of favors, and it is also a collection of grievances from the six palaces." A faint smile appeared at the corner of Ji Jiang's mouth, very cold.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, most people's life expectancy did not reach the age of fifty, so the age of thirty-five can be regarded as an out-and-out middle age. King Zhou Yi himself did not expect that when people reach middle age, they will fall in love again at this age, just like an old house on fire, out of control.

Now, all the concubines and beauties in the harem, those flower-like young and delicate faces, he can't see any of them, but the thirty-year-old queen Fanji is attracting all his attention more and more. The queen is brave and resourceful, knowledgeable, far-sighted, knowledgeable, and considers the overall situation, except for her stubbornness, she has no other shortcomings. But since this reconciliation, this only defect has disappeared, followed by infinite tenderness and tolerance, which fascinates him.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the beautiful time when he had just been married. The husband and wife are like glue and do not want to part for a moment. Sometimes, even when meeting with ministers in the main hall and reviewing the recitals, I will unconsciously think of Fanji, and the corners of my mouth will show a heartfelt smile.

Such a drunken and obsessive appearance of love is really hateful! It's just that the authorities are confused.

"The Queen!" As soon as the sheep came in, they bowed down and worshipped each other.

"Nurse!" Fan Ji hurriedly rolled down from the couch: "Are all the injuries on your body healed?" How did it come so quickly? You're so old, so beware! ”

"Don't move, don't move!" Seeing her quickly stretching out her hand, the deer sheep sweated and shouted: "Niangniang, lie down, don't move so fast and so quickly!" ”

Huang Huan hurriedly stepped forward and held down Fanji, while Dong'er cleverly took a long pestle and put it on the side of the couch, so that the badger sheep could sit next to the couch and talk well.

"The queen doesn't have to worry, the slave's injuries are all healed, nothing is wrong! Knowing that Niangniang is heavy now, there is no one around her who can use it, and she is like sitting on pins and needles at home! The badger sheep glanced at Dong'er, and saw that she seemed a little uncomfortable, so she added: "It's not anything else, Dong'er girl is too young and has never given birth, so I can't do it without my mother-in-law!" ”

Dong'er's face was slightly pale, and he blessed Fuli and said, "What Mama taught. ”

Fanji smiled, and suddenly remembered something: "Since the nurse is from the Qiandi, is Mrs. Qi Jiang good?" ”

"Good, good!" The smile on her face turned into a flower: "She heard that I was going to enter the palace again, so she must ask me to say hello to my mother." She is about a month older than her mother, and now she is also raising a baby with peace of mind! ”

Zhao Guogong begged again and again, and the king had promised to wait for her to give birth, so he sent someone to inform Zifu's father how to pick up their mother and son to return to Song. I think it will only take a year or two for them to be able to reunite with their husband and son, and I will be considered a meritorious. ”

A group of people were talking and laughing, and suddenly the waiter Jia begged to see him, and the little waiter next to him put a lambskin in the tray in his hand: "This is the top lambskin that Gong Yu paid tribute to, and the king ordered the small one to bring it and make a belly felt for the mother." Mother, let's take a look at this skin, okay? ”

Fanji touched it, it felt thick and soft, and it didn't shed hair, it was indeed a rare good skin, so he nodded with a smile. The badger sheep couldn't help but look at it: "The slave maid heard about it outside, and now the king is very fond of Niangniang, what good things are the first to be sent to Niangniang to enjoy, it seems to be true!" ”

Huang Huan smiled: "Mama, you just came back and don't know, I'm used to seeing it." Every day, the king goes to the court, if you go to the palace to manage the government, you have to send at least two things in a morning, what is delicious and fun, the king doesn't want money, and the price is sent to the middle palace. Poor chamberlain Jia's legs are thin, and the king thinks he is running slowly! ”

Fanji pretended to be angry: "Don't talk nonsense, let others hear, what has become of the king?" She didn't seem to want to be teased anymore, so she asked the chamberlain Jia instead: "I remember that Duke Yu just returned to the country after the Chinese New Year, why did he send tribute?" ”

According to the rules, the princes canonized by the Zhou Dynasty should send some tribute to Hojing every year to show their loyalty, and by the way, report the gains and losses of the year's governance in front of the King of Zhou. If the princes themselves can't get out of themselves, they can also send important ministers at the level of princes or ministers of state, which is called "year hiring". Generally speaking, the annual appointment of princes is held in two time periods and batches in the year, one is spring, when the ice and snow melt and the roads are smooth; One is autumn, before the heavy snow freezes Kuohan Road in the east and Xiaoguan Road in the north.

The chamberlain Jia replied very respectfully: "Yes, although it has just started spring, the water is warm and the wind is light, and several princes have already come to Hojing. ”

"Oh? Who are they? Fanji asked seemingly nonchalantly.

"Yu Shizi, Ehou, and Ji Hou." The chamberlain glanced up.

Fanji's heart moved: "Ji Hou? Is it the new heir to the throne? ”

"Yes, sis. The king has received them, and now they are allowed to enter the harem to meet the two second concubines. ”

No wonder Ji Xie hurried to restore Ji Jiang, originally to save some face when the new Ji Hou entered the palace to meet him. Fan Ji was relieved, and said indifferently: "My lord has worked hard, and go back to the hall to serve the king." ”

"No!" The chamberlain wiped the sweat from his forehead and bowed out.

Zhao Bohu sat on the edge of the cradle and looked at the fat white doll inside. The son has been 100 days old, which is really a day at a time, which makes him happy to be a father for the first time. The little doll is sleeping, I don't know what I'm thinking, the pink little fists are clenched tightly, and the delicate brows are still wrinkled, isn't it fighting with someone in a dream?

The wife Zhaoji came over lightly and asked in a low voice: "Xianggong, it seems that my son is about to wake up, I am coaxing here, you just came back from the court, go and rest!" ”

Since Chinese New Year's Eve, her husband has often lost his mind, and she is not good at asking the reason, always because of the troubles of the government, and seizes the opportunity to let him rest more. Zhao Bohu had something to say today: "Madam, will my father-in-law come this time?" ”

Zhao Ji was slightly surprised: "My father came to the book last time and said that he planned to come again this autumn, because at that time, the fourth sister was also in time, so he brought it together to be your wife." After saying that, she glanced at her husband with a very complicated look. What wife who loves her husband deeply is willing to share a husband with another woman? Even if the woman was his own sister. But the husband is the prince of Zhaoguo, and there is no concubine in the house, so won't he be laughed at? She had no choice but to persuade her husband to accept her father's kind arrangement.

"It's okay, when they come, let Duoyou choose one as a wife!" Zhao Bohu said lightly.

"Huh?" Zhaoji thought he had heard it wrong: "Is it to marry Ziliang as a wife?" ”

"yes." At this time, Zhao Bohu's eyes were full of the shadow of the young man in military uniform: "It's me who is wrong, I think he is so free and easy, he won't mind at all." The Chinese New Year's Eve reunited with his own family, which stimulated him, after all, he had just lost his mother, wandered around, and had no fixed place to live. It's all my fault, I should give him a wife and a home, so that he will be settled in the future. ”

Zhaoji didn't know whether to be happy or angry at this time, and responded: "What my husband said is that if Ziliang can take a fancy to my sister-in-law, he will be happy to think of his father." ”

Qiu Liao Palace had obviously just been carefully cleaned and decorated, but the newly appointed Marquis Ji Xian could still see the loneliness and loneliness here from the listless expressions of the servants. Sister Ji Jiang greeted the tea and fruit orders diligently, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of helplessness and unwillingness after falling out of favor, how could he not see it?

But what can be done? Not only my sister, but the entire country of Ji fell out of favor with King Zhou Yi. As the uncle of King Yi, his father only got the nickname of "Yang" after his death, which is not a good word, everyone can see that this is the consequence of the murder of Qi Aihou.

As soon as the sister and brother meet, they will inevitably talk about their deceased father, and Ji Xianhou, who has not yet reached the crown, sighed: "My father has been uneasy since he returned from Hojing, especially after Lu Bushan, the Marquis of Xinqi, succeeded to the throne. On the one hand, he was afraid that the Qi State would eventually come to retaliate, and on the other hand, he was afraid that King Zhou would blame him, and he had nightmares every night, and finally became ill, and he left at the age of fifty. If you knew it was so, you shouldn't have done it. ”

"Who's to say it's not?" Ji Jiang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "If it weren't for my sister's unjust death, my father wouldn't be like this." Speaking of which, the two countries of Ji and Qi are both defeated, but it is the Song State that gains in between. Alas—"

"Sister, the past is over, my brother is here this time to consolidate King Zhou's trust in my country. Now that the State of Qi is in internal strife, Lü Bushan expelled and arrested the son of the Marquis of Xianhu, and he has no time to deal with our country for the time being. I'm afraid that once they have their hands free, it will be difficult to do it. My marriage shouldn't change, right? That's what worries him the most.