Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Queen Mother
The Queen Mother, as the person in charge of the government, is the first little old woman in the world.
Liu Jianmian was never so exquisite, and he was surrounded by more than a dozen eunuchs in the palace and walked forward, and people kept arranging his clothes and combing his hair. The queen mother doesn't like people who are not neatly dressed, these little yellow doors are all people specially sent by the emperor to help Liu Jian pick up, but it is difficult for the little emperor to work hard.
Some people say that the emperor treats the queen mother well in order to gain a filial piety, and some people say that the queen mother has the right to replace the emperor. Generally speaking, the queen mother is the emperor's biological mother, and there is no reason to treat her mother well as a son. Although the House of the Son of Heaven is different from the usual, there are probably such accidents.
Liu Jian didn't walk slowly, but he had no choice but to look like a small city, and the area was probably larger than that of Yuecheng. Several palaces passed by have their own names, and they also declare which concubines live in this courtyard. Unless you can achieve the level of a concubine, it is difficult to have your own courtyard in the palace, and you can only live with people of similar status.
Although the little emperor is young, he is already quite fulfilling, perhaps because he believes in the way of health preservation and self-preservation of the imperial doctor, the emperor usually says that although he is not indulgent, the demand is also quite large. If there is a favored concubine, or they can be announced to the palace or the emperor himself is favored. If it is an unfavored concubine, she can only wait for the emperor to rise up the opportunity to flop.
The emperor should be the happiest man in the world, although not many of the three thousand beauties of ** can talk about any sincere love, but they will bend their hearts to welcome and figure out the holy will. To make way for the honor guard of the passing concubine, Liu Jian lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to look at it, but he could vaguely see that it should be a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, born with a beautiful and graceful body.
But after all, it's only one in three thousand, and Shaohua is easy to pass away, and it is easy to grow old, so do this business...... Liu Jian suddenly felt that the concubines and the girls in his Fengmanlou were actually suffering from the same disease, and they were all eating a bowl of youth rice.
This had to remind him of another well-known industry in his previous life, probably, this is the common surname of these industries.
"The Empress Dowager Yi decrees! Xuan! Lord Brother Chun, the Son of Heaven, enters the palace to meet you!"
The second decree reached Liu Jian's ears when he saw the Xining Palace, and he had to kneel down to receive the decree, and when he got up, he had to be picked up again by a group of small yellow doors, which couldn't help but make him feel bored.
Why does this menopausal woman have such a big shelf, Xiaohuang Yanjing doesn't have so many rules as you, and she has to keep her clothes from dust, and she has to keep bowing, and she can't be so difficult if she has a habit of cleanliness, right?
Forget it, people are queen mothers, after all, mothers and sons are expensive, and it's not good to say anything about yourself - wouldn't it be bitter to lose your head if you say it wrong.
Stepping into the main hall of Xining Palace, I saw a cluster of flowers, warblers and swallows, and many young girls were gathering into a few pieces to point at Liu Jian, but there were four or five rows of low bookcases in the hall.
Entering the main seat of the hall is a golden jade curtain, behind the curtain there is a faint figure, I think it is the pampered queen mother. This is a big taboo in the palace, after all, every woman who is about to enter menopause has an unusual sense of acumen.
"Weichen! Knock on the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old. ”
Liu Jian sang this promise, and the warblers and Yanyan who were pointing around suddenly quieted down, most of them stood on the sidelines, competing in groups of three or five. It's just that today I came to participate in the Queen Mother's book party, and the daughters of these royal relatives and nobles were all dressed in plain and elegant clothes, without too bright colors, but Liu Jian sighed that it was really the most beautiful scene in the palace.
"Flatten. After the curtain was lowered, there was an elegant voice, listening to this voice, it seemed that the Queen Mother was not very old, but it should also be caused by the pampering of ordinary people. "Lord Chun can have the right not to worship granted by the emperor, and the mourning family is the wife of **, so there is no need to kneel and worship. ”
"The Queen Mother was born such a wise emperor and a successful emperor, and the ministers should be worshipped. ”
Liu Jian slapped the horse without changing his face, but the Queen Mother, who usually heard too much flattery, smiled. It is better to praise a mother for how young she is, than to praise her son for how handsome, how could Liu Jian not know this truth?
"Come forward and let the mourning family take a look, I heard Zhiyang always mention how you are, and the mourning family is a little curious, how you should be born. ”
Hearing this, Liu Jian got up and moved forward, and the girls around him gave way, but the rippling autumn waves made the hall full of warm colors.
He bowed his head and stood in front of the curtain, as if he saw that the curtain had been lifted a little, so he heard the queen mother call softly: "Raise your head and let the mourning family see." ”
Wechen obeyed. Liu Jian answered, and slowly looked up, but saw a beautiful woman surrounded by a golden phoenix long skirt, looking at herself with a smile on her face. The queen mother can give birth to a son and a daughter for the former emperor, and she must have something extraordinary, and her appearance is the most important.
Liu Jian lowered his head again without changing his face, but he kept the smiling jade figure in his heart, and it lingered no matter what.
"Yes, you are really very handsome, and it's no wonder that Zhiyang misses you. The Queen Mother sighed lightly, accompanied by the sound of jingling jade pendants, "She said that she was unwell today, and she was quitting the poison." The poppy fruit will make the palace smoky miasma, if it weren't for Chun Aiqing, you found it in time, I'm afraid it would really cause a big disaster. ”
"God bless my emperor, Weichen once encountered this thing when he was walking outside, and he also saw someone die because of it, so he risked his death to meet him. Liu Jian replied, "The emperor's order is blessed by heaven and the queen mother is supported, even if Weichen talks about the future today, it will not be difficult to defeat the queen mother's phoenix power." ”
"You are really good at talking, and the emperor has a courtier like you, so the mourning family is much more relieved. The Queen Mother smiled and praised Liu Jian a few words, "You should really let those ministers learn, and you must pay attention to methods in admonishment, so that the emperor can hear in his heart." What does Aiqing think?"
"The Queen Mother's golden and jade words, Weichen will remember it in his heart and dare not forget it. ”
"Well," the Queen Mother's laughter gradually subsided, "I asked you to come today, because the mourning family heard that your poetry is unique, and you are the best talent in this dynasty." It's not like there is a poetry meeting in the palace every month, so the mourning family will call you over to give them a pointer. ”
"The Queen Mother lifts ......"
"The emperor has arrived!"
Outside, the Yellow Gate shouted at the top of his voice, and a group of Yellow Gate guards poured into the main hall. The palace maids and eunuchs in the palace and those noble ladies and ladies all knelt down to greet them, and Liu Jian also knelt aside, waiting for the little emperor's body to be free of courtesy.
"The emperor visits his mother, and wishes her good health. ”
The emperor also had to salute, and the queen mother responded with a chuckle, and someone pulled up the curtain and let the emperor sit beside her.
"Chun Aiqing hasn't gotten up yet, how long are you going to kneel?"
"Emperor Xie!" Liu Jian replied, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Do you think my brother wants to kneel to you? After a few days, when the matter in the capital is over, my brother will be far away from you, and the province will kneel all day long.
"Aiqing, aren't you resting in Jin Aiqing's mansion because you are not in good health, how can you have the strength to come to the Queen Mother?"
"Back to the emperor, Weichen was because he met an assassin yesterday, and he was indeed injured this morning, but later someone treated the minister's luck, so he could recover as before. ”
The little emperor shook his head and smiled, "No matter what you say, you are reasonable, first, Aiqing, today I said that while the Queen Mother has a poetry meeting here, why not make a poem to listen to?"
Liu Jian smiled with his hand, shook his head and said: "The way of poetry is a small way after all, and playing it for fun is a pastime, but it is not beneficial to govern the country and society." The emperor might as well listen to Weichen say a few Tao Te Ching, and he can ......"
"Okay, okay, if you don't do it, you won't do it," the little emperor immediately decided, "Your Tao Te Ching is really too scary, I read it seven or eight times but I didn't understand anything, I always feel a little confused." ”
"You two, if you want to gossip, go somewhere else. ”
The queen mother, who was left out in the cold, was a little unhappy, and the two monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't say much.
Xining Palace is the queen mother's largest, and the emperor only came in a simple yellow robe, the queen mother was a little displeased, and he also lowered his eyebrows and did not dare to refute. When the emperor has to be in charge of his mother, this has to be regarded as a kind of sorrow for men in the world.
"Let's start the poetry meeting, today it is said that the emperor and Chun Aiqing are here, so it is better to make a judgment. If anyone can come out on top, they will be rewarded with another piece of jade. ”
"Yes!"
The warblers and swallows in the main hall responded in unison, and each of them made ten thousand blessings, and then moved the lotus step to his seat. The four or five rows of low tables have their own masters, and this poetry meeting is held once a month, and there are many rules, but all the girls in the capital who can participate in this party are the daughters of princes and ministers, royal relatives and relatives.
The emperor gave him a seat, because he thought that Liu Jian was standing a bit of an eyesore, and these girls below were all beautiful, otherwise they would not have been able to pass the queen mother's level.
If the emperor looks down on them at this poetry meeting, it will be their own luck, and these girls also have such thoughts, and the queen mother probably also has this consideration.
Liu Jian has nothing to do, so he glances at the dozens of ladies below, and can always find beautiful and moving figures at a glance. These girls are all holding brushes, grinding alone, writing poems alone, waiting for the emperor and the spring lord to judge.
There are also a few people who look at Liu Jian from time to time, as if they are attracted by his appearance, but most of them are still hindered by the rules of the palace and write their own paper honestly.
"Princess Qingning has arrived!"
There was a shrill shout outside, and I don't know how many girls were interrupted, and I saw more than a dozen palace maids hugging a girl wearing a phoenix hairpin on her head and saluting in front of the queen mother and the emperor.
Princess Qingning glanced at Liu Jian with both eyes, and the jade man was a little haggard, looking a little pitiful. I don't know if she was intentional or unintentional, when she saluted the Queen Mother and the Emperor, she was facing Liu Jian.
Liu Jian got up and hid aside, but Princess Qingning laughed coquettishly and made Liu Jian's original seat by herself.
The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing, but the little emperor pretended not to see and just looked at those beautiful girls making poems.
Liu Jian suddenly couldn't stand, and he had nowhere to sit, so he could only look at Princess Qingning's beautiful face and say a little wrongdoer who tossed people.