Chapter 38: The Old Lady
"I really don't dare, or you two will help me talk about it."
Xiao Chengze was a little unaccustomed to Xiao Chengyu's submissive appearance. "Manly man, what don't you dare."
Situ Rou returned to the room after changing her clothes, and after Xiao Chengze always said that the dark brown embroidered dress she was wearing was ugly, she simply went back and changed it.
After Situ Rou sat down again, she noticed that the atmosphere on the table was a little strange, and everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, not speaking.
"What's going on? Why don't you speak? Situ Rouzi asked directly.
Zhou Yunyi straddled Situ Rou's arm, "When I think of you leaving tomorrow, I can't bear you in my heart!" β
Zhou Yunyi said this, even if the expression of his true feelings helped Xiao Chengyu to break the siege.
Xiao Chengze Ye picked up his wine glass again and toasted Situ Rou, "Yes, when I think that you are going to Binjiang again, I feel very uncomfortable in my heart." β
The atmosphere suddenly became sensational, that is, if Situ Rou had changed Yangmei, she would have been moved, and tears flowed.
"There is no such thing as a feast in life. Besides, every few years, I go back to Beijing to stay for a few days. β
Situ Rou still very much hoped that Xiao Chengyu would also say something affectionate to him, but Xiao Chengyu thought about it in the end and only said two words, "Cherish." β
"Precious." Situ Rou repeated these two words softly, since he didn't want to say more, he took these two words as the most sincere blessing.
"I'm so happy today, let's not get drunk today."
"If you don't get drunk, you won't return."
A few people agreed not to get drunk today, but in the end, they all drank badly.
The next morning, Zhou Yunyi almost didn't get up, but Xiao Chengze shook her up hard.
"Situ Rou is leaving today, and we have to go and see her off immediately."
Zhou Yunyi heard Xiao Chengze's call and got up with a severe headache. She didn't care about combing any beautiful hairstyle, she simply tied up her hair and hurried to the palace gate.
Situ Rou had already changed into a military uniform, the whole person was clean and neat, and there was a long sword at his waist.
Lord Zhou and Zhou Shuai had already been waiting for Situ Rou behind the palace gate.
"Take care, master." Although Zhou Shuai was a little afraid of Situ Rou, he still respected him from the bottom of his heart.
Situ Rou instructed Zhou Shuai, "After I leave, you must practice hard, and you can't be lazy." β
Thousands of words gathered at one moment but couldn't say it, Zhou Yun couldn't stop her tears, she had just lost a friend, and now another friend was going to the frontier.
The fierce enemy that Situ Rou faced, Zhou Yunyi was really worried about her safety.
"Don't cry. We'll see you again for sure. Situ Rou's tone was very gentle, like a lover coaxing his little girl.
Xiao Chengze looked at the scene in front of him, but he was not angry or jealous, but felt very peaceful and beautiful.
Situ Rou looked at the time, she had to leave now, otherwise she wouldn't be able to rush back to the barracks on time.
"Goodbye!" Situ Rou rode a thousand-mile horse, looked behind him, smiled and rode his horse and whipped it.
Zhou Yunyi knew what Zhou Yunyi was looking at just now, he wanted to see Xiao Chengyu, but Xiao Chengyu didn't come to see her after all.
Regarding Xiao Chengyu's failure to say goodbye to Situ Rou, Zhou Yunyi was very angry, even if he didn't like it, even if he was a friend, but Xiao Chengyu just wanted to hurt Situ Rou's heart like this.
In fact, the conscience of heaven and earth, Xiao Chengyu and Xiao Chengyu did not affect Situ Rou's pigeons, but he was not strong enough to drink.
After drinking so much wine yesterday, I couldn't get up at all today, and I was coherent with three large bowls of decanting soup by my subordinates, and I didn't have the slightest intention of getting up
Zhou Yunyi was also made to cry and laugh when she learned that Xiao Chengyu was drunk.
After Xiao Chengyu woke up, he always sneaked out of the palace immediately, and wittily avoided a scolding.
The palace was deserted again, and Zhou Yunyi couldn't stop being lonely again. Zhou Yunyi and I returned, ate, slept and slept, and ate to nourish my fat.
A sharp cry woke up Zhou Yunyi from the chaos, and Zhou Yunyi was sleeping sweetly at this time.
Outside the palace gate, it was originally to ask the eunuch Zhao in the queen mother's palace, "The old slave see the queen mother." β
"Father-in-law Zhao doesn't have to be polite. What did the Queen Mother send you to do? Zhou Yunyi wanted to know what kind of moth her mother-in-law was going to do.
After Song Guifei was abolished last time, Song Jia fell a big heel, and even the arrogance of the Queen Mother was extinguished, and she has been hiding in Shoukang Palace, burning incense and worshiping Buddha with peace of mind, not going out to meet people, and not letting people visit her.
Knowing how it was unprecedented today, send a eunuch to her.
Eunuch Zhao said with emotion, "The Queen Mother knew that the Queen Mother did not hold a decent resurrection ceremony when she entered the palace, and specially proposed to the Emperor to hold a new ceremony for the Queen Mother. β
Zhou Yunyi felt that the Queen Mother's proposal was really redundant! He's already a queen. In holding a post-sealing ceremony, what did you say at the ceremony, crowning the queen as the queen?
This doesn't make people all over the world laugh off their big teeth.
Zhou Yunyi was about to refuse, "Father-in-law, I don't think there is any need for this, why don't you go back and persuade the Queen Mother, so that she can eat fast and chant Buddha with peace of mind!" Don't pay attention to me, I really don't care, I'm not aggrieved. β
Zhao Gonggong: "......" If he goes back and tells the Queen Mother that the Queen Mother is unwilling to hold a ceremony after the seal, but he must not make the Queen Mother angry.
Zhou Yunyi saw that Zhao Gonggong was leaving, and he was worried that this old thing would go back and say bad things about himself to the Queen Mother. was worried that the Queen Mother would use this as an excuse to find him something, so he decided to give the Queen Mother a step down.
"Father-in-law, in fact, I'm worried about holding a sealing ceremony. It will lead to an empty treasury, after all, the tight frontier in the treasury now has to provide military repercussions for the soldiers on the frontier. If there is too much luxury in the palace, His Majesty will also be very distressed. β
After Zhou Yunyi finished speaking, Eunuch Zhao was relieved to hear that there were steps, so he left with a smile.
Zhou Yunyi stretched lazily and decided to go back to the house and continue sleeping.
As a result, after a while, Xiao Chenzi woke him up again.
"What's the matter with you?" Zhou Yunyi knew that Xiao Chen must have something important when he came to him again. But he still disturbed his sleep, and Zhou Yunyi was a person who had a slight sense of getting up. When someone just wakes up, the air pressure of the whole person will be very low.
"Concubine Zhang is seriously ill."
"Concubine Zhang. Who is Concubine Zhang? Zhou Yunyi didn't seem to remember that there was such a person in the palace.
Xiao Chenzi explained: "Concubine Zhang is the concubine of the former emperor, that is, the biological mother of the king. β
Only then did Zhou Yunyi realize that she was Xiao Chengtian's mother. Yes, yes, the old emperor has passed away, and they have become concubines.
I heard them say that the old lady in the palace is treated very well, you want to eat, drink, and have money, you can walk around every day, raise cats, drink tea and eat snacks in the palace quietly.
There is no mental pressure, how can a good person suddenly become seriously ill?
"The emperor asked the queen to hurry up and take a look."
"Let me see what's the use, why don't you hurry up and find two experienced old ladies to treat Concubine Zhang."
Xiao Chenzi said: "The imperial doctor has already seen it, and said that I am afraid that time is running out." β
Zhou Yunyi didn't want to go, but Chen thought that after all, she was the queen of the dynasty, and the concubines had to take care of them when they were sick, because although the concubine was not the queen's mother-in-law, she was also the elder of the emperor and the queen after all.
It is a very shameless thing to spread the word about the concubine, and it will be scolded and laughed at by the world.
What's more, Concubine Zhang is her sister's mother-in-law! The two of them still have relatives who are on a whirlwind. From the mother's house or from the mother-in-law's family, how to count it as a family.
"What about Your Majesty?" Zhou Yunyi still didn't want to go alone after all, so she wanted to take Xiao Chengze as a companion.
"Your Majesty is in the study." Xiao Chenzi replied.
"Then I'll go to the imperial study to find him first."
Zhou Yun came to the imperial study in a hurry and saw Xiao Chengze, who was reviewing the folds.
Xiao Chengze was a little surprised when he saw Zhou Yunyi coming, "It's not that Xiao Chenzi wants you to tell you that I need you to see Concubine Zhang." Why did you come to me? β
"I don't want to go alone, I don't know Concubine Zhang well, not to mention that she is also my sister's mother-in-law."
Xiao Chengze asked: "You offended her before." β
Zhou Yunyi shook his head, "That's not true, when I chose Xiao Chengtian's wife back then, people didn't even think about taking me with them, they didn't even let me go over to fill the faΓ§ade, they only called my sister." β
"Then what are you afraid of him?" Xiao Chengze was a little puzzled why he was reluctant to see Concubine Zhang.
"Oh, you don't care, anyway, I'm going to wait here until you finish approving the author and go with you." Zhou Yunyi had no way to tell Xiao Chengze that in fact, Concubine Zhang looked like her disgusting stepmother in the 21st century.
"The emperor has arrived!" The little fat eunuch who followed Xiao Chengze shouted loudly.
Zhou Yunyi looked up, and it turned out that they had arrived at the "Fengzao Palace". That is, the dormitory of the concubines.
In the main hall of Fengzao Palace, Zhou Yunyi saw Concubine Zhang. A mahogany phoenix chair is placed in the center, dressed in a white costume, with only a white silk flower on its head, which is said to have been guarding filial piety for the emperor. He refused to take off his white clothes, nor did he pick the white flowers on his head. Everyone praised her for her sincerity to the old emperor. Zhou Yunyi is that there is no rule that there are no concubines to bury the emperor in Daxia, if there is, I am afraid that in the face of death, he will also reveal his true colors, and there are seven or eight old concubines sitting on both sides of Concubine Zhang.
It is estimated that the position was not high when the first emperor was there, and in front of Concubine Zhang, he looked submissive. It may also be that they have nothing to do and no sons and daughters to rely on. is naturally afraid, Concubine Zhang, who has the support of her son.
"Cheng Ze meets Concubine Zhang."
Xiao Chengze asked Concubine Zhang very much. It's not that Xiao Chengze and Concubine Zhang have a good relationship, so that they can win a virtuous figure in front of the ministers and the people.
Xiao Chenzi saw that Zhou Yunyi hadn't moved yet, so he reminded loudly: "Niangniang, you have to say hello to Concubine Zhang." β
Of course I have to know that I want to say goodbye to Concubine Zhang, but I really can't worship his face, I can't go up, I slap it twice, it's already a lot more mature and stable in my heart.
Concubine Zhang coughed strongly twice, "Your Majesty, please get up." Concubine Zhang wanted to help Xiao Chengze, but every time she moved, she had to cough wildly.
"Don't move, the concubine." Xiao Chengze was also afraid that Concubine Zhang would cough and die all of a sudden.
Concubine Zhang is the biological mother of Xiao Chengtian. It stands to reason that after his son was crowned king, he should have followed him to the fief to enjoy the blessings.
However, Xiao Chengtian has a lot of military power and ambition in his hands, and sometimes he may be a mercenary to stand on his own, Xiao Chengze is very jealous of him, so Concubine Yang is detained in the palace to warn Xiao Chengtian not to do something that should not be done.