There is little frost in the late year, and the grass and trees in the world know when spring arrives.

In early spring, the air is still a little chilly. The small garden in the backyard of Ci'an Palace has already had spring, the willow green buds are slightly spitting, the apricot blossoms under the courtyard have not yet bloomed, and the clusters of red buds are crowded on the treetop branches, like several layers of ice silk and rouge are as brilliant as a few layers of ice silk.

Under the apricot blossom tree, on a rosewood swing sat a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a slender figure, a face with goose fat, lips like cherry blossoms, eyebrows like ink paintings, and her eyes were like autumn water, but her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and her eyes were vaguely filled with sorrow. She was wearing a goose-yellow cigarette shirt on her upper body, and a moonlight long skirt embroidered by Suzhou, with a white rhombic gauze belt loosely tied around her waist.

The girl's slender hand gently held the two rattan ropes of the swing, and looked into the distance in a daze, as if thinking about something, and a maid in a light blue palace dress beside her gently shook the swing.

After being silent for a long time, the girl retracted her gaze and spit out her words lightly, her voice was like a silver bell: "The swallow does not return to the late spring, and the apricot blossoms are cold in the rain." Chunhua, go get my jade flute. ”

The maidservant beside him, who was called Chunhua, answered, turned to leave, and in less than a moment, took a jasper Changxiao back.

The girl put Chang Xiao to her lips and blew it gently, Xiao Yin is very light and graceful, and the surroundings are silent, only the sound of this flute is far away, and it can't tell the infinite sorrow in the song.

At this time, in the green bamboo bushes three zhang away from the swing frame, a young man dressed in a bright yellow group dragon pattern casual clothes and wearing a red gold hairpin crown approached.

Li Zhong, the chief eunuch of the imperial house, hurried forward with four small eunuchs, and was about to speak, when he saw the man's hand waved to stop him, he immediately silenced and stood beside him.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Zhong's expression was a little anxious, and he finally mustered up the courage, stepped forward and whispered in the man's ear: "Your Majesty, the time to ask the Queen Mother for peace has passed, if you don't go again, the slave is afraid that the Queen Mother will be worried." ”

Only then did the man feel that his legs were a little sour because of the long standing, so he reluctantly withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked out of the bamboo forest, and Li Zhong and his party hurriedly followed.

This scene was being watched by Gu Jinyan, the Empress Dowager of Xiaochun, who was standing by the window of the Taiqing Pavilion of Ci'an Palace, and the Empress Dowager pondered silently.

The aunt behind her, Jingzhu, whispered: "Miss Yuanyuan is outstanding, and after all, Mingzhu can't cast it." ”

Empress Dowager Xiaochun shook her head and said slowly: "Mingzhu secretly invests in Mingzhe to protect himself, and the scenery is infinite, but he is afraid of causing trouble." The mourners only want her to be safe and happy. ”

After a pause, he asked again: "The mourning family vaguely heard that something seemed to have happened in the queen's Kunyi Palace yesterday?" ”

Jingzhu nodded: "Yesterday, all the ladies and the little lord went to the queen's palace to ask for peace, and when they finished leaving Zhuhuamen, it was probably because it was crowded, and Wen Chang accidentally stepped on Concubine Rong's golden silk embroidered dress. This skirt is made of the golden silk yarn offered by Langzhong, this golden silk yarn, light and bright, woven with gold silk, more luxurious, the embroidery girls of the Langzhong official family worked day and night to weave three horses for a year, the emperor rewarded Concubine Rong, Concubine Rong ordered the most ingenious tailoring of the Garment Bureau to make the Luo skirt, Pingsu is the most favorite, saw the skirt was stepped on, was furious, gave Wen Chang a slap, and punished her to stand in the wind for two hours. Wen Chang was embarrassed and indignant, and after returning to the palace, he used white silk to hang the beam to find himself, and he was saved by the palace people with all his might. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face was faintly displeased, and she muttered for a while: "What did the queen say?" ”

"The queen said that she had a headache and was bedridden to recuperate, so she ordered her aunt Yuqiu to go and comfort Wen Changzai."

"Did the emperor ever know about this?"

Jingzhu bowed: "I know, I only ordered Concubine Rong to meditate in Yaohua Palace for three days." ”

The unhappiness on the queen mother's face became more and more solemn: "The queen is blindly afraid of things to dodge, and the emperor is biased, what are the rules of the harem if you go on like this!" ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother was angry, Jingzhu was silent, silent for a while, and then said again: "I'm afraid that the emperor has arrived in the palace, I'll help you down." ”

In the Shoukang Palace, the emperor Yulin was concentrating on a painting hanging above the red sandalwood case on the east wall, and when he saw the Empress Dowager Xiaochun coming in, he knelt on one knee and said: "The son of the queen mother please be safe!" ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaochun had a kind smile on her face, and helped Yu Lin with both hands: "The emperor should get up quickly, there is no need to be polite." ”

Jingzhu untied the queen mother's epiphany cloak and helped her sit down on the soft couch with mahogany openwork lotus patterns, and then stepped aside.

Yu Lin sat down on a Qian Luodian armchair in front of him, and immediately a maid served tea.

Yu Lin looked at the words on the wall with his eyes and said with a smile: "The queen mother's "Spring Fu" was newly hung, I don't know which of you wrote it?" ”

The Queen Mother glanced at it and said lightly: "The emperor's eyesight is not bad, it was indeed hung up the day before yesterday, but it is not everyone's work." ”

Yu Lin said: "The queen mother must be afraid that I will ask if I don't tell the truth, Erchen looks at this character like a cloud of smoke, the pen is like flowing water, the use of pen and ink is just right, it must be a master with many years of calligraphy attainments to write." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "The mourning family doesn't understand the tricks, they just think it's good-looking." This is Yuanyuan's study. ”

"Yuanyuan?" Yu Lin repeated, his face bewildered.

"The emperor has a lot of opportunities and is busy with government affairs, so naturally he will not remember these trivial things. Yuanyuan is the daughter of Lu Zhixin, the criminal minister who asked you for money from the mourning family two months ago. The Queen Mother explained slowly.

Yu Lin suddenly remembered it and said with a smile: "It is true, Erchen remembers." Unexpectedly, Lu Zhixin had such a daughter who was good at calligraphy. ”

The Queen Mother's voice changed, and she seemed to say to Yu Lin inadvertently: "The mourning family heard that there was a storm outside the queen's palace gate yesterday, I don't know how the emperor dealt with it?" ”

Yu Lin bowed and said: "It's just a very small thing, but it annoys the queen mother." It was Yiqing who was a little anxious, which made Wen Changzai feel a little wronged, and Erchen had already punished her. ”

The Queen Mother picked up the blue and white glazed tea cup, tasted a small sip of tea, and said: "The mourning family only likes to recite scriptures and worship the Buddha, and never asks the emperor about the trivial matters of the harem. It's just that if the harem is uneven, it will cause trouble, and it will even affect the stability of the previous dynasty, so the emperor must be just and fair. Now that the queen is cowardly and sickly, Concubine Rong is the assistant of the six palaces, and she must be cautious in her words and deeds to lead by example in order to make the harem peaceful. Wen Ru, the child's mourning family, sees that she is usually cautious and an honest child, and she has indeed suffered a lot of grievances this time, and the emperor has to comfort her more. Concubine Rong is too harsh, and the emperor must also teach Fang Yes well. ”

Yu Lin listened to the Queen Mother's words, and hurriedly got up and said, "What the Queen Mother said is right. It was the son's improper handling and bias. ”

The Queen Mother continued: "Is it okay for the mourning family to order the disposal on their behalf? ”

Yu Lin said with a smile: Nature is good, and the queen mother's judgment is the most just. ”

"That's good. Jingzhu, the mourning family sent an edict to Yaohua Palace: Concubine Rong was careless in her words and deeds, impatient, and harshly punished, punished with a ban on 15 days, copied the "Women's Training" a hundred times, and was not allowed to sleep during the confinement period. Wen Chang was there, and took the white marble carved Ruyi of the mourning family to reward her to soothe her grievances. What does the emperor think is good? ”

"So good, very good." Yu Lin said with a smile.

After talking for about a quarter of an hour, Yu Lin got up and said, "The queen mother rests in peace, and the sons go back to the Chengming Hall to correct the chapters." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please go back, state affairs are important." Jingzhu, send the emperor out. ”