[Rebirth] Chronicle of the Two Capitals

These seven slaves are not his "wife slaves", Jiang Xia's meaning is not on the surface, but more deeply.She is used to being narrow-minded, and although she is no longer as young as she used to be when she was young, she has her own daughter, and the matter of raising a man and a woman is much more restrained, but she always has a playful and entertaining mentality in the world.No matter who the other party is, seizing the opportunity to make fun of him, he must speak out first to ridicule.

It was originally meant as a joke to cheer up the atmosphere, but unexpectedly, when the words fell, the hall suddenly fell silent, even the palace servants who wanted to cheer for the master and laughed a few times lowered their heads and eyes with great winking, and kept silent .

He scooped up a spoon full of soup and brought it to his mouth to cool it down. Hearing Jiang Xia's words, Tang Yan's heart skipped a few beats, and his hand holding the spoon wavered, almost spilling the soup.There are often people who are afraid of their wives, but in the eyes of normal people, wives and slaves refer to men's dealing with their wives. Jiang Xia said this to Tang Yi, but it means women's dealing with their wives.

In any case, now is definitely not the time to reveal the secret to the public. Tang Yu was afraid that Jiang Xia would find out some tricks, so he was uneasy for a while.She forced herself to calmly feed the queen mother medicine, while pretending to look at Jiang Xia inadvertently, and deftly diverted the conversation elsewhere: "Wife slave? Aunt suddenly mentioned this, does it mean an interesting incident in Beijing recently?"

Although Jiang Xia's expression was obviously trying to tease people, but there was a lack of ambiguity in it, and she never looked back and forth between her and the queen mother.It must not be what he thought, Tang Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Stretching forward with her hand, she brought the spoon to her thin lips. After a while, the queen mother swallowed the medicine into her throat.It seemed that she just lost her mind about something.

"That's not what I mean..." Jiang Xia opened her mouth to retort, paused, but raised her eyebrows and smiled again, "Speaking of which, this thing is really funny. Sister-in-law, let me tell you."

The queen mother nodded slightly: "OK."

Yan Yiqi was reinstated as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and his family moved to Yanjing for more than a year, fearing his reputation spread far and wide.A few days ago, Yan Yi and his wife went to a friend's banquet, and the male and female guests shared the banquet inside and outside.There is often Meiji serving wine at foreign banquets, and his wife Zhang goes out to spy. Occasionally, she sees Meiji touching Yan Yi, angrily steps forward, pushes Meiji away, lifts Yan Yi's ear, and forcibly leaves the banquet in front of the guests.

Zhang scolded and chattered all the way, his ears hurt, Yan Yi was miserable and ashamed, his cheeks flushed red.In just half a day, rumors of Yan Yi's internal fears spread. Thinking that he is a man of seven feet and is in a high position, he is afraid of his wife.

Jiang Xia met Yan Yi a few times, fearing that his internal reality was very different from his tough appearance, Yan Yi's ears were lifted in his mind, Jiang Xia couldn't help but sneered and said: "Ms. Zhang is too fierce, just watch closely. But don't Think about it, if the two of them really love each other, even if they are beautiful, what is there to be afraid of?"

Perhaps because he felt that he was a little serious when he said these words, Jiang Xia shook his round fan lightly, and his words revealed a style of game life: "No matter how you calculate it, you can live comfortably and happily alone, why bother?" You tie your emotions to one person. Even if some needs are unavoidable, raising a few face heads in the house can always solve them, and the more face faces change, the younger they become, but the more the partner is with them, the older they become, so what? Pleasure in life?"

Tang Yu was deeply regretted by her bold words.If I had known earlier, I would not have led the conversation here. The ancients were reserved and introverted, and Jiang Xia's style of painting is wrong!

It's still... A Niang is better, no matter how funny things are, she is only gentle and plain, easy to make people fall in love with.She looked at the smile on the Empress Dowager's lips, and she also lowered her head and smiled shyly, thinking so in her heart.

Fortunately, night is approaching, and Jiang Xia will board the car and drive out of the palace to return home in about a moment, otherwise, I don't know how long this nonsense will last.

After drinking the decoction, Tang Yu put down the medicine cup, and ordered the palace servants to present candied fruits to relieve bitterness.She smelled the decoction, and could identify several herbs that were bitter in taste, and she had to taste every new bowl of decoction first, being extremely careful.Therefore, she knew how bitter the soup was, and it made her sick when she smelled it, and the taste was even more difficult to swallow.

The fruit plate is placed on the food table, within reach, and no one else needs to feed it.

Getting used to feeding soup and medicine, Tang Yu subconsciously reached into the fruit plate and took a piece of candied fruit, then she paused and put down the piece of candied fruit again.She looked at the queen mother and said softly: "Mother, eat a piece of candied fruit to relieve the pain." She wants to take care of her meticulously, but she is also familiar with her temperament. Weak and incompetent people.

"Okay." The Empress Dowager smiled unabated.She didn't reach out to search for it immediately, when the palace servant presented the fruit plate just now, she listened intently, guessing it should be placed on the edge of the food table near her side.Based on this point, she explored with her hands, and stretched out her clean and white hands little by little, revealing a sad and cautious look.

Jiang Xia couldn't bear it, so she wanted to push the fruit plate forward so that the Queen Mother could reach it.On a spring day, she was wearing a thin shirt and holding a round fan. Now the round fan suddenly lost the wind, and it seemed that there was a smell of makeup and powder to deceive her. You can’t help me again and again.” If you can’t see, if you are more slack and completely dependent on others, you will be useless in the future.

Hearing this, Jiang Xia hesitated and retracted her outstretched hand.

Tang Yu watched and listened, his heart felt like a knife was twisted, his teeth were sore, and finally he couldn't help but look away from his heartache.She glanced at the clepsydra in the hall, there was still a moment before she could call the medical officer to remove the white cloth wrapped around her eyes.The cost of applying the medicine is obviously only an hour, but it seems like half a day has passed. If it is like this now, how can I suffer if my eyes are dimmed in the future?

Seeing this, Jiang Xia feared that the atmosphere in the palace would turn as gloomy as before, so he hurriedly followed the words just now, and advised Tang Yu: "Your Majesty is now grown up, and he is in charge of the government all day. It is inevitable that he is too serious and loses the way of pleasure. Why don't you take advantage of the spring and choose a time to come to my mansion to "enjoy the spring"?"

Jiang Xia has never had a hand in government affairs, but her son-in-law Xue Jie is a courtier, and the husband and wife rarely talk about court affairs.Although Jiang Xia behaves weirdly, he is very sensible in the major festivals. Is it a trivial matter for the emperor to have no sons and no heirs? How can the emperor delay the marriage.

She only thought that Tang Yu lived in a deep palace, and because he shouldered heavy burdens, he never slackened for a day, and the Queen Mother was strict in control, so she saw less beauty and couldn't be tempted.

Tang Yu: "..."

Knowing that the queen mother could not see at the moment, she still looked at her with a guilty conscience.Soon, he looked away again, wanting to speak out to reject Jiang Xia's "good intentions".

Before Tang Yu could speak, the Empress Dowager had already taken a step ahead of her, and said sternly, "Mother Eleven, don't teach her badly."

This remark was originally made by the Queen Mother based on Tang Yu's mother's identity, but after the words fell, she felt a little awkward in her heart when she thought of the unclear relationship between the two.In order to dispel this awkwardness, she added another sentence: "The censors are all old-fashioned and stubborn, and they can't see such pleasures in the clan. What do you usually do, because you are the eldest princess, the censor can still hold back." .Chang Geng is different." The words added the aura of elders.

Jiang Xia was reprimanded, but neither annoyed nor complained, she just looked at Tang Yu quietly, then sighed and said: "I know. If Xiao Qi messes around, don't talk about Yushi, sister-in-law, you will not spare her."

"..." After Jiang Xia's words, Tang felt stuck in his throat, unable to utter a single word for a moment.

The queen mother also paused, and then said softly: "Yes, if she messes around, I will definitely not forgive her."

Is it nonsense to feed noodles and have fun with it, or... is it nonsense to want to marry your mother?What is the deep meaning of the Queen Mother's words, Tang Yu doesn't know.She looked at the Empress Dowager, and saw that the corners of her lips were slightly raised, as if she was smiling, but suddenly, the arc was as smooth as before, like an illusion, which was unpredictable.

The medical officer entered the hall and removed the white cloth.As night falls, Jiang Xia and her daughter retire first.

In addition to the palace people, there are only two people left in the palace, Tang Yu and the Queen Mother.

After dinner, the palace lanterns were shining brightly, the shadows of candles on the cloud screen, the scent of aloes, and gossip.

This is the most warm and comfortable time of the day.

Tang Yu and the Empress Dowager sat opposite each other on the desk, on which a blueprint had been laid out.

Beside the table stood two copper lamps with phoenix heads, and nine thick candles on the copper lamps with uneven heights were all lit, as bright as day.

Tang Yu still held a lamp in her hand, reflecting the blueprints on the case clearly. She pointed to a place on the blueprints and said to the Queen Mother in detail: "The garden here may not survive due to the paving of the road at that time."

This drawing was drawn by the Ministry of Industry, and the Weiyang Palace will be repaired according to the drawing, so that it will be convenient for the Empress Dowager to come and go.The Ministry of Industry is ingenious, and Tang Yu is even more meticulous. She hand-painted a paving map on paper, but she referred to the modern principle of blind roads.Now, even if she is unwilling to admit it, the cruel truth is before her eyes, the eye disease is probably really hard to cure, no matter how sad she is, how much she resists to accept it, it will not help.

It's better to think about the future first.

Due to eye disease, it is difficult to see at night, but fortunately the lights are as bright as day.The Empress Dowager looked at the place Tang Yu was pointing at. There were many gardens in Weiyang Palace, and there was no shortage of such a place. Even the few places she just mentioned were dispensable.

The layout of the blueprint is huge, and if we go on talking about it one by one, asking for her opinion, I'm afraid it won't be finished overnight.Tang Yu's increasingly thick bruises and the bloodshot eyes of her eyes made the Queen Mother feel distressed. She was already tired, but when she came to see her every day, she always looked energetic.

"Here," the Empress Dowager pointed to the location of her dormitory in the drawing, and then pointed to a side hall in the drawing that was very close to the dormitory, "Just keep it here, and discard the rest."

Tang Yu looked at the past one by one, and then felt warm in his heart, and smiled happily: "Okay, according to your words." These two places were not included in the list of major repairs, they were only minor repairs.Auntie's bedroom... and the bedroom where she lived when she was a child.She can't bear to bear the memories, and so can A Niang, so it's good.

The palace man took the blueprint down.The queen mother asked: "When will it be repaired?"

"About the beginning of next month." Since it will be repaired, he will no longer be able to live here at that time. Tang Yi has already considered it properly, but he doesn't know if the queen mother should respond: "The nearest palace to the Xuanshi Palace is also separated by several palace walls, so I don't worry about it. Why don't you temporarily move into the Xuanshi Palace?"

The empress dowager's thin lips parted slightly, as if she was about to speak, but Tang Yu rushed to speak first: "It's not the same room, but another residence outside the main hall." At least five or six of the unused side halls of the Xuanshi Hall, even if you move in, Certainly not in the same room, her words are superfluous.

Tang Yu lowered his head, twisted his fingers at the corner of his clothes, and pretended to be honest, but he seemed guilty: "This will make it easier for me to accompany you."

Seeing her like this, the queen mother curled her lips slightly, with a deep smile: "Yes."

At that time, Chi walked in from outside the hall again, saluted first, and then said: "Your Majesty, Yan Xun's tomb was destroyed last night, and there are no bones left. I don't know who did it."

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze.Tang Yu raised her head, not afraid to meet the Queen Mother's probing eyes. She looked clear and unsurprised, and smiled coldly: "Oh? Bandits have been rampant recently, maybe it's the work of thieves, but it's not good to commit crimes late at night. search."

The implication is that if you destroy it, you will destroy it.

Well done!

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Hey, if you want to live with Mama, just say it straight, winding, winding, winding, winding, winding _(:з」∠)_