[Rebirth] Chronicle of the Two Capitals

In fact, it was only a moment, but to the two of them, it seemed as long as an eternal night.

Tang Yu didn't know what the queen mother was thinking at this time, she only knew that she was extremely happy at the moment.It's like drinking sweet spring, even if you taste it briefly, you will get what you want.Yi Ren has snowy muscles and cloudy temples, fragrant cheeks and sandalwood mouth. Her eyes are reflecting the dream she has been longing for for a long time. It is like watching the moon in a bend of water. The water is calm and the moon is bright and cold.It must be impossible to fish, but just looking at it is enough.

Sensing that the Queen Mother's breathing was a little disturbed, Tang Yan hurriedly backed away as if waking up from a dream, accidentally hitting the edge of the food table with his elbow, and the dishes and cups made a loud bang.

Tang Xi stepped back to the side, thought for a while, and felt bad again.She cautiously moved forward, with a gleam of joy that had not yet faded in her eyes, she stammered and said, "I... Aunt... I, I can't suppress it in front of you..." Knowing that the Empress Dowager could not see , but she only raised her eyes half an inch, and Tang Yu couldn't help lowering his head shyly, but he said earnestly, "I know this behavior is really rude and disrespectful, it goes against your teachings, and it goes against my original oath. But love is Natural nature, no matter how you pretend to hide it, it will not last long. Just now, you asked me to come over, and I saw you smiling at me, so I just wanted to get closer to you, just like when I was a child."

Opening up her heart, after speaking, her tone was calm and she was no longer flustered.But being so straightforward, she couldn't help being shy, her cheeks flushed like the morning glow, and she shook her head with red ears: "No, not like when I was a child——I like you, not like when I was a child. I want to be closer to you , not like when I was a child."

Outside the window, golden crows and thin gold are sprinkled randomly.

Dust was flying in the jagged beams of light, and the golden steps on the empress dowager's bun were shining brightly.She woke up from illness, and at the beginning of late spring and summer, she was dressed thinly, with a snow-white singlet and a scarlet gauze.Without heavy makeup, the face is sober, with gentle eyebrows and eyes.When she was kissed suddenly, she seemed to be as calm and calm as before. She didn't see joy or sorrow, only her earlobes were reddish, her eyes were lowered, and she showed a little shyness.

"Yeah." The queen mother said lightly, "I asked you to come here because I want to get closer to you."

These words seem to be a response, but also seem to be just casual words, erratic, really hard to figure out.

Confusion appeared in Tang Yu's eyes.

Before the wine was drunk, it was left at hand. The Empress Dowager held the cup, pulled up her sleeves and drank it all.

The two suddenly fell silent, and had no intention of continuing the topic just now.

When someone speaks again, it really is something else:

"Xiao Qi, I had a dream." The Empress Dowager drank two or three cups.She has never been good at drinking, and it is easy to stain her face when drinking. Now her cheeks are pale pink, but the color of her earlobes has faded first, "What is the dream, I have forgotten it, I just remember that I am eager to wake up in the dream. Wake up Afterwards, I felt thirsty and just wanted to find a drink.”

Tang Yu guessed: "Is it a nightmare?" If it was a good dream, how could he want to wake up.

The Empress Dowager paused slightly for the cup she drank from, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and there seemed to be a faint melancholy in her brows.She said in a hoarse voice: "Well, it's a nightmare." After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and drank all the wine, feeling determined and regretful.

Since it was said to be a nightmare, and the answer was never hesitated, how could it be said that he could not remember the dream?Tang Yu couldn't see her distressed expression, so he wanted to help her: "Mother, has anyone ever appeared in the dream?"

Queen Mother: "Yes." Her tone was even deeper and hoarse.

Seeing her like this, Tang Yu couldn't bear to ask any more, but blurted out: "Is there me in my dream?" Sharing the same bed is enough.

Thinking of this, Tang Yu couldn't help but smirk.

"No." The queen mother said lightly, "I said it was a nightmare, what are you doing in the dream?"

She denied it very quickly, Tang Yu didn't take it seriously, it was meant as a joke, so she didn't take it seriously.He just pointed to the ridiculous wine mustache on the food table, and asked, "You don't want me to drink with you, so why did you bring the wine mustache?"

A random question seemed to stump the Queen Mother, she thought for a while, and said: "Ask it, let it make a decision for me, whether I can drink."

I don't know if it's perfunctory or the truth, but it sounds cute to Tang Yu.She chuckled and said, "Ask the imperial physician or me, how can you ask about it." She counted clearly, the Queen Mother had the fifth glass of wine in her hand.After the Empress Dowager drank the glass, she begged for the wine glass half coaxing and half coquettishly, "It allows you to drink again, but I don't allow it. Do you listen to what it says?"

As Tang Yu said, he rubbed his head against her with an air of reluctance.Feeling soft, the queen mother laughed, let go of her hand, and gave her the wine glass, but teased her: "I listen to you, don't you listen to me?"

Tang Yu put down the wine glass, took a towel from the side and wiped the wine stains carefully for her, and smiled calmly: "I will listen to you when I am out, and you will listen to me at home. Is that okay?"

In a trance, there seemed to be some subtle changes in the relationship between each other. Tang Yu couldn't tell clearly, but felt joy in his heart.Thinking of the imperial doctor's words again, her smile froze suddenly, she raised her eyes to look at the calm face of the queen mother, made a secret decision, and told about the discontinuation of the medicine.

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager smiled relievedly, held her hand instead, and patted it lightly: "As long as it can be cured, it's fine, if it can't be cured, it's fine. I'm actually fine. It's just you, don't be persistent."

She was indeed persistent in the past, and she will never give up in the future.At the moment, she felt very sorry for the Empress Dowager, in order not to disappoint her, knowing that the medicine had little effect, she still drank it, making her body weaker and weaker day by day.

"Well, Auntie, I'm not attached." Tang Yu looked at her and said with a smile, "Flowers will bloom again, and no one will be young again. I am as old as Ji, and I am just a young man with a good face. You have already seen it Here, keep it in your heart."

Peach blossom eyes slightly curved, white jade-like cheeks smiled shyly, she said: "From now on, I will grow old and ugly every day. What you remember is my most beautiful appearance. I am too happy to be happy." .”

After finishing speaking, Tang Yan raised his head slightly, and took a sip on the Queen Mother's cheek.

The Empress Dowager's thin lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything after all, her slender eyelashes drooped low, her bright eyes were half covered, and it was difficult to distinguish the color.

In summer, summer seedlings are coming.

The Son of Heaven hunts four times: Spring Sou, Xia Miao, Autumn and Winter.The ancient rituals have been passed down to the present, and winter hunting is the most solemn, followed by others.In previous years, Xia Miao was just a place to test the riding and archery skills of the clan's children. The dandyism of the clan's children far outweighs their desire to be strong, and the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and no one thinks of danger, so no one values ​​Xia Miao.

It was Xia Miao that year, and Frankie Kingdom was invited to participate.

The hunting ground is in the suburbs, and the emperor has never been there.This year, for the first time, he was dressed in leather and leather uniforms, accompanied by a guard of honor, escorted by the personal guards, and led the princes and relatives to the suburbs to preside over the Xia Miao Grand Ceremony.

Although there is only a wall between the front court and the back palace, due to the rules passed down from the ancestors, the news from the court could not easily reach the ears of the palace people, let alone inside and outside the palace.The palace people only knew when and when Tang Yu would leave Beijing, but it was difficult to know when and when she would return to Beijing, let alone what would happen during this trip. As usual, it was just moving ice to cool off the heat and setting up a shed to cover the sun.

In the afternoon of this day, Lonicera, Qingdai and a few young maids were playing money winnowing under the cool and ventilated eaves.

There is ice in the hall to cool off the heat, and the veranda is still cool.

In the game of winnowing money, the palace people are not allowed to gather together for fun, and Lonicera and Qingdai are not in the nature of playing around and looking for gaps and being lazy, but recently the Palace of Changle really does not need the palace people to intervene, especially during the daytime.I'm bored, and the queen mother is kind, so I play occasionally.

The little palace maid flipped her slender fingers, dropped the copper coin to the ground, quickly covered it with the back of her hand, and looked at the crowd with a smile: "How? Front side, back side?"

Another little maid said firmly: "Heads three times, this time it must be tails!"

The little palace maid clutched the copper coin tightly, and smiled sweetly: "Things in the world are always unpredictable, sister must think carefully, don't make a wrong bet."

Then several people started to play and laugh constantly.When it is announced, some people applaud it, or some people refuse to recognize it, and money goes in and out of their pockets. Some people think it's a pity, and some people think it's okay.There is no need to worry about food and clothing in the palace, and this money can only be used when leaving the palace.The little palace lady is still young and can't think far away, but she said something cleverly.

Things are always unpredictable.

In another ten or five years, when they reach the age of leaving the palace, I'm afraid their state of mind and expectation will be quite different.

Qingdai was afraid of the heat, stayed for a long while, wiped off her sweat frequently, wanted to get up and look for a drink of water, but saw Liandong's eyes wandering, more absent-minded than her.Qing Dai was puzzled, nudged her with her elbow, and said in a low voice, "Sister?"

Liandong came back to her senses, seemed to be startled, stroked her chest before responding: "Why, Mr. Li came out?" She said, looking not far away, only to see that the door of the palace was closed tightly, and there was no sign of it. movement.

Recently, the Empress Dowager frequently summoned ministers, including the six major departments and the important officials of the Jingzhong Wei Institute, and she didn't know what to do.Although Liandong found it strange, it was inconvenient to ask further questions, and she thought that a few days before Xia Miao, the Empress Dowager also summoned the Minister of Rites, Ming Yanzhi, probably to discuss the ceremony of Tang Xi's pro-government.

Seeing this, Qingdai became more worried, stretched out the back of her hand and touched Lonicera's forehead, wondering: "It's hotter than mine, is my sister suffering from heatstroke?"

She spoke so loudly that all the maids heard her, and they all surrounded her to ask her how she was.

Even if it's not hot, everyone should feel dizzy when surrounded by people like this.Liandong had no choice but to deal with it while getting up: "It's probably because I've been sitting for a long time, and it's hot, so I'm feeling overwhelmed. Just play, I'll go for a walk, just blow some air."

Regardless of seniority or status, no one can compare to Lian Dong, so she said so, so she went with her.

After Lian Dong left, Qing Dai thought about it, but felt that it might not be the case, she felt quite uneasy, and hurriedly found another excuse to go out to find her.

When she came to a secluded place, Liandong was still in a state of mind, and suddenly saw a figure reflected on the ground, she was startled, she hurriedly turned around, and saw that Qing Dai was following her, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then complained: "What are you doing today? Do something sneaky and sneaky! I should have sent you to accompany me in the first place!" Tang Yu went out, and Qing Dai was supposed to follow her, but the Queen Mother's illness had not yet recovered, so Tang Ying was worried, so she made her stay.

Seeing that her face was pale, Qing Dai felt anxious, she held her shoulders and advised, "My good sister, what troubles have you encountered recently? You are a steady person, but you broke a lot of cups yesterday. Now I have this position , because of your promotion and guidance, I have already regarded you as my own sister, if you have difficulties, if you don't mind, just tell me."

Liandong heard the true meaning of her words, and she was familiar with her personality, so after thinking about it for a while, seeing no one was around, she leaned over to whisper in her ear.

Lian Dong looked solemn and serious, but after hearing this, Qing Dai chuckled in bewilderment: "Aren't you worrying too much? Mother and daughter are connected by flesh and blood, let alone father and daughter. Male and female are different, so what if they are more intimate."

Liandong retorted: "You don't know..." She looked around more cautiously, her voice lowered a little, "They are not blood relatives."

Seeing her being so nervous, Qing Dai found it even more amused, and sincerely persuaded her: "I know, why don't I know. But you and I serve two masters, and it has been ten or eight years since we get along with each other every day. Your Highness is a person who is several times better than a biological mother, and His Majesty is also a person several times better than a biological daughter, and the two of them treat each other wholeheartedly, so how is it different from blood relatives?"

Lian Dong remained silent, Qing Dai thought she had listened to the persuasion, and patted her shoulder lightly, saying: "Your Majesty is pure and filial, and clinging to mother, don't you..."

"Yes, Your Majesty is pure filial piety—" Liandong abruptly cut off Qing Dai's words, "Practice calligraphy in private but don't even avoid the taboo of mother's name?"

The ancients valued filial piety. When children wrote characters that conflicted with their parents' names, they would add or subtract a few strokes to show respect.

Liandong kept her voice down as much as possible, but her mouth was aggressive: "One year ago, Prime Minister Yan passed away. When Master Su was paying homage to Prime Minister, His Majesty fell ill. His Highness went to visit and reviewed memorials by holding candles in the Xuanshi Hall. On the desk is After a few postings, His Highness was tired, so he turned it out to read, and I was at the side, so I could see clearly!"

Qing Dai's hand covering Lian Dong's shoulder sank slightly, her eyes were both confused and surprised.

Liandong stomped her feet eagerly, regretting: "I didn't think much of it at the time, otherwise I would have persuaded you!"

"Don't talk about this world, it's these pedantic masters, how can they tolerate it!"

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