Chapter Eighty-Two: This Thousand Autumns and Other Thousand Autumns
On the Queen's Thousand Autumn Festival, the gifts offered are naturally carefully selected to be cherished. Zhao Guangyuan wanted to pretend to be poor and low-key, but Cao Cuo and Jiang Wentao didn't allow it, feeling that it was too embarrassing to send some Yuezhou native products.
The two of them were stunned and picked a lot.
Later, King Lu sent a jade Buddha with a child's arm high, the carving is extremely exquisite, the Buddha statue is solemn, and the two of them took a fancy to it, and threw away those alternatives and directly set the jade Buddha sent by King Lu privately.
Zhao Guangyuan's eyes flashed at the Jade Buddha, looking at the Buddha statue with kind eyebrows, and thinking of giving it to the Empress Shen, he only felt sarcastic.
In the harem of Emperor Zhizheng, only his mother really has a Buddha's heart.
No one else deserves it.
But the situation is stronger than people, he had stirred up the queen's carefully manipulated concubine selection before, and the queen was not sure how to annoy him in her heart, and she still wanted to show weakness at the right time.
On the day of the Thousand Autumn Festival, at sunset, Zhao Guangyuan arrived at the gate of the palace by the royal car.
At this time, the palace gate has already been lit up, and the soft light is accompanied by the afterglow of the setting sun, reflecting the red palace wall, which is more and more brilliant. The civil and military officials and their families who were waiting in line to enter the palace to celebrate were lined up at the gate of the palace.
"I've seen King Yue." Voices come and go.
Zhao Guangyuan gently lifted the curtain of the car, revealing half of his body, and nodded with a smile at the crowd on both sides.
The ladies secretly looked at him after the salute, and saw him crooked in the carriage, looking comfortable and idle, but the cold and luxurious air came to his face again, and people did not dare to take a second look.
I didn't expect King Yue to be so majestic!
The young noblewoman's cheeks blushed with shame. King Yue is luxurious and dignified, with an extraordinary temperament, and he is even more majestic than the prince.
The ministers of civil and military affairs at the gate of the palace secretly glanced at each other, and King Yue's temperament couldn't cover it. Everyone seems to have forgotten that King Yue is the prince of the emperor's Yuanpei, and he has been the second candidate for the throne for eighteen years!
The one who congratulates Qianqiu in the palace today is just the successor!
Some ministers looked up at the sky, and the afterglow of the sunset would soon be shrouded in darkness, and I didn't know whether it would usher in light again or be stormy.
Zhao Guangyuan could naturally feel the gaze that fell on him, but he was calm, he didn't squint, and he didn't mean to talk to the ministers, he got out of the carriage and walked to the palace gate in a few steps, and was soon respectfully welcomed in by the guards guarding the palace gate.
There were no female dependents in the Yue Palace, and the only people who followed him into the palace were Cao Cuo and Jiang Wentao.
Entering the palace gate, Zhao Guangyuan wanted to go to the queen's Fengzao Palace to celebrate his birthday first, and to offer gifts, Jiang Wentao, as a foreign minister, did not have the qualifications to enter the Fengzao Palace, so he handed over his gift to the inner servant, and explained a few words to Zhao Guangyuan, and went to find his family.
Zhao Guangyuan took Cao Cuo, who was holding a gift, to Fengzao Palace.
Those who have seen him all the way saluted him, and Zhao Guangyuan responded with a light smile.
A group of ministers, nobles and ladies looked at his back, slightly distracted. The nobles got together, talked about King Yue in twos and threes, and talked about his refusal to choose a concubine for the queen in order to repay his kindness, and they all praised him as a real man.
I hate to know him sooner. If they had known King Yue before he was demoted to the Imperial Tomb, they would not have withdrawn King Yue's marriage contract like the one in the East Palace, and he would have fallen into the current situation.
They accompanied the king of Yue to share weal and woe, and when the king returned to Beijing, he was a husband and wife in harmony, and the child was around his knees.
And more ministers got together and whispered about today's luxurious and compelling King Yue, who was trapped in the imperial tomb for ten years and was able to return to Beijing, I don't know if he will bow to fate or rise up.
"Could it be that the first prince, can he really forget the hatred of the Lu family?"
"Don't forget what to do, the overall situation has been decided, this is undoubtedly a grasshopper shaking the tree!"
"What about grasshoppers shaking trees, but I don't know that fools can move mountains, and mountains and seas can also be flat."
Yugong moves mountains? Mountains and seas can be flat? Could it be that the world is going to be peaceful again? The ministers beat drums in their hearts.
The peaceful days have been too long, and they can't stand the slightest twists and turns, so they look forward to the peace of the four seas. And Daqi has been peaceful for a long time, and the swords and guns are in storage, except for the soldiers on the nine sides, the soldiers of the capital garrison are afraid that they are already vulnerable.
"I'm an old bone, I'm afraid I can't stand the toss."
"I am also me, and I am looking forward to living a peaceful life." The old ministers shook their heads as if they were serious.
The younger generation of ministers has a twinkle in their eyes. They still have a long career ahead of them, and the more turbulent the situation, the more opportunities they have to make meritorious contributions.
"Erchen congratulates the queen on the joy of a thousand autumns, and wishes the queen a blessed life and a healthy phoenix."
In the Fengzao Palace, Zhao Guangyuan congratulated Empress Shen and presented gifts.
After listening to the waiter singing the gift list, the queen hurriedly smiled and asked him to calm down and give him a seat. "King Yue has a heart. I heard that you are taking out a loan to prepare to run an industry, it is the time to use the money, why bother to spend so much, you can enter the palace to congratulate the palace, and the palace will be happy. ”
Zhao Guangyuan lowered his eyes and said modestly: "Erchen has not congratulated the queen for ten years, so he should bother to prepare." ”
The queen and the women sitting on both sides of the hall said with a smile: "This king of Yue is full of courtesy, and the palace has nothing to do with him." ”
The women in the palace, the nobles and nobles responded with a smile, and praised the mother's kindness and filial piety, and the queen's smile became brighter and brighter.
Zhao Guangyuan lowered his eyes and did not respond, nor did he plan to sit for a long time, and after everyone praised him, he got up and said goodbye. The queen smiled and said, "Go, go, I know you can't stay, the prince and your brothers are outside, go look for them." ”
"Yes, the retainers are retired."
Zhao Guangyuan turned around lightly, strode out of the hall, and looked at the aura from his back, with a compelling extravagance in his actions. The queen's eyes flashed at this.
I also saw that Mrs. Sun, who was sitting upright on one side, shook her head and sighed, it is a pity that such a good candidate for a good son-in-law is gone.
In Mrs. Sun's view, King Yue's inability to conceive heirs is not a problem at all, but a great advantage. There are no annoying concubines and concubines in the palace, no disputes between brothers and sisters, and life is quiet and comfortable. If you want to have children, you can pass it on, which one doesn't want to raise it in the name of your wife?
Most of them want to go to the Yue Palace. As long as the Yue Wangfu exists for a day, it can shelter the Sun Mansion for a day, and the children and grandchildren can be protected by the Yue Wangfu for several generations. That's the real benefit.
It's a pity.
Sun Miaoren, who was standing behind Mrs. Sun, kept his eyes glued to Zhao Guangyuan, and followed his figure until he left the hall.
This scene was unfortunately seen by Zhan Qingke, who was standing opposite her, and seeing Sun Miaoren's shame and unwillingness, Zhan Qingke glanced outside the main hall, his eyes showing worry.
Zhao Guangyuan didn't know what was behind him, and soon left the Fengzao Palace.
After leaving the Fengzao Palace, he closed his eyes slightly, and the dull pain in his heart dissipated a little.
Fengzao Palace, once such a familiar place, many years ago, his mother also sat on the first seat, accepted the worship of a group of wives, and congratulated her on her thousand years.
A turbid breath rose from his heart and gushed up his throat.
swallowed, forced to smooth the turbidity. Just as he was about to walk, someone stopped him from behind.