Chapter 5: The Vegetable Patch Under the Palace Walls
There was silence again in the Yuanxiang Hall, the atmosphere was a little stagnant, and the maid who served came up to clean the tea tray.
Perhaps it was Qin Shou'an's original murderous prestige that made the little maid silent and trembling to make many sounds.
The big maid came over to offer new tea, small crispy meat, and fruit plates, and hurriedly pulled people down.
Qin Shou'an was extremely uncomfortable now.
Some of them couldn't cry or laugh, but they were distracted by this embarrassing emotion.
The suppressed desolation poured out in an instant, and when he raised his hand, he pressed the corners of his eyes on both sides, and he couldn't say a word.
Men are like this many times, when they encounter a great disaster at home, they don't have time to grieve and sorrow, so they have to go up rationally and calmly, hold up the fallen sky, and after a long time, they will feel the irrepressible emotions when they are alone.
Qin Shouan received the report and knew that the old prince Qin Heng had died, so he did not delay for a moment.
After informing the master, he changed horses all the way, galloped thousands of miles, and almost didn't think about anything in his head, only knew that he was rushing to Longyin City without sleep.
met Liang Sanniang on the way, and was stopped by her for a while, but she reluctantly got some rest.
Otherwise, he rushed back to Langya Wangfu after such a long journey and exhaustion, and he would be tired of dealing with Tang Wanrong's play, and he might fall directly at the door.
Now that he knows the truth about his father's death, it breaks up his tight heart in an instant...... In layman's terms, it just can't be stretched and the defense is broken.
But after all, I don't want my father to die like this-didn't I say that I would wait for Qin Shou'an to return from martial arts, and then go to the rivers and lakes to catch women and play together?
"As for the simplicity of the funeral, it is the meaning of the Queen Mother." Tang Wanrong broke the silence.
The Qin family is a royal family, and there are many royal clansmen in Longyin City who are staring at the Langya Palace, if there is no Empress Dowager's instructions, even Tang Wanrong will not have the courage to follow Jane, she will not carry this pot.
After the death of the first emperor, the Empress Dowager slowly withdrew power from the hands of the auxiliary ministers, and listened to the government for many years, and her majesty became more and more prosperous.
"Oh, Queen Mother." Qin Shouan nodded, this person would intervene, but it was not surprising at all.
Then the death of his father and the funeral were simple, so there were not too many conspiracies against the Langya Palace?
"The Queen Mother is self-contained, she has been observing the festival for the first emperor for many years, and there have never been rumors of filth and dirt in the exchanges between men and women, and the palace is unprecedentedly clean and ......" Tang Wanrong's words revealed a hint of indifference, in fact, it doesn't seem to be difficult to keep the festival.
As long as you plant cucumbers in summer and eggplants in autumn, eat more vegetables and fruits, you will not be dry, and those with a pure heart and few desires can sleep alone, and the life will be slow and pleasant.
What's more, the palace wall is so high, and the pedestrians outside the wall can't turn over when they smell the fragrance of the red apricot blossoms, and the red apricots in the wall want to climb the wall and ripple with the wind, but it is not easy.
"So...... Now that my father has done such a big thing that is difficult to say, if she doesn't give a warning of punishment, I'm afraid that my uncles and brothers, who already like to indulge in profligacy, will follow suit and do even more ridiculous things? Qin Shouan followed Tang Wanrong's words and figured out the intentions of the Queen Mother.
Saying this really embarrassed the face of the palace, Tang Wanrong's brows wrinkled into a ball of gardenias, and then let go:
"The queen mother is not very old, but the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, she can not be merciful when she disciplines her little brother-in-law, and the mighty king ...... Shou'an, you have been away from Beijing for many years, and this prince only returned to Beijing last year, I'm afraid I don't know him, right? ”
"When my father writes to me, I often say something about what I have seen and heard in Beijing, but I know the mighty king." Qin Shou'an has been in constant correspondence with his father Qin Heng in the past eight years.
Qin Heng has good intentions, Qin Shou'an will return to Beijing to inherit the throne after all.
If you don't know anything about the changes that have taken place in Beijing and the new important people in the past eight years, you will be a little at a loss when you come back with a lot of things to do.
Qin Shouan is also a little Tang Wanrong, don't think that he is confused about the things in the Jingzhong Mansion.
At the same time, it is also easy for Tang Wanrong to be unsure, what has Qin Heng explained to him over the years? The letter just now was enough to disturb Tang Wanrong's heart, and her hands and feet were in a mess.
The finger that pinched a fruit was released, Tang Wanrong's ears with sideburns hanging down were shallow and hot, what nonsense did the old man talk about in the letter sent to Qin Shou'an?
"When the mighty king fought the barbarians in the north, he had a skull cut off, and since then whenever the wind blows his head, the pain is incomparable, and if a thousand needles have pierced his brain, he has to wear a felt hat regardless of the cold or heat...... When he returned to Beijing, his barbarian-style felt hat caused a lot of criticism. ”
Tang Wanrong hurriedly said, but in her heart she despised many characters in Beijing.
They didn't care about the mighty king's great military exploits, and how many barbarian heads were cut off with the long knife in his hand, but because his hat did not conform to the beauty of the new Qin's clothes, they talked about it a lot, laughed and ridiculed, it was really disgusting.
"I know that...... The reason why the mighty king was assigned to the frontier was that he molested the female officials in the palace of the Empress Dowager, and was ordered by the Empress Dowager to return to Beijing after a hundred battles in the frontier. ”
Qin Shou'an was assigned to the frontier when King Weiwu was young, he only knew that his father had a good relationship with King Weiwu, but he was not too impressed by this uncle.
"Now no one dares to covet those enchanting and charming female officials in the Empress Dowager's palace, because no one wants to wear a felt hat all day long like the mighty king, and swing when the wind blows."
Tang Wanrong remembered the appearance of the mighty king at the funeral, her body was still tall, but she showed a rickety state, her expression was stiff, and there was no brilliance in her eyes.
No matter how fierce and violent he is in the frontier, the king who makes the barbarians frightened, can only be a free prince who has nothing to do after returning to Beijing.
Maybe the mighty king is already regretting it, and it is better to lead his sons to kill the enemy in the border pass when he returns to Beijing.
"Now this matter is just a reduction in the specifications of the funeral, and it is already for the sake of the death of the old prince, and a small punishment will be given."
Tang Wanrong sighed, but unfortunately the Queen Mother had no intention of "inheriting her father".
If Qin Shouan is also sent to the frontier for ten or eight years, it will be good for him and her.
Qin Shouan remembered Qin Heng's letter last year, in which he talked about the mighty king and ridiculed the mighty king's felt hat.
said that he was an elder brother to help the mighty king go to the queen mother to ask for an iron hat given by the emperor, and bring a small pocket that could be filled with three taels of herbs called "parsnip......
"Since it is the meaning of the Queen Mother, I have nothing to say, during this time, my aunt is in charge of internal affairs and entertaining foreign affairs, and it is also very hard, and I am grateful for Shou'an."
After Qin Shou'an finished speaking, he stood up and bowed deeply towards Tang Wanrong.
"Where?"
Tang Wanrong didn't sit down with a big prickly salute, she got up and held her hands in a false hand, "Since you call me aunt, these are just things." ”
Qin Shouan said a few more words to Tang Wanrong, under the pretext that he was physically tired after a long journey, and was ready to rest first.
Tang Wanrong had already ordered someone to clean up the yard, and then stood on the steps of Yuanxiang Hall to send it off.
Looking at Qin Shou'an's slightly tired and dazed back from afar, he showed a look of hope and care.
The fingers that grabbed the doorpost were a little harder, and he had inadvertently learned about some of Qin Heng's arrangements, thinking that he was a little cold when he returned, letting him know that it was impossible for the two of them to do anything.
Then get along with Qin Heng like before...... Tang Zhong made such a play, but it made him feel a thorn in his heart, and then he was afraid that he would have to spend some time on him.
It seems to have a bit of a feeling of motherhood and filial piety...... Everyone acted well, Qin Shouan didn't look back, and he could feel that Tang Wanrong's posture was impeccable, making people unable to say half a word of gossip.
It's just that she has no relationship with her father, and now the entire Longyin City has tacitly accepted that she is the mistress of Langya Palace, no matter how you look at this situation, it is a little wrong.