[Rebirth] Chronicle of the Two Capitals

The sun holds the title of Xishan, and the tired birds return to their nests.

Liandong was ordered by the Empress Dowager to send Master Li out of Changle Palace, when he returned to the palace, Qingdai was leading the palace staff to prepare dinner.

Even though it was quiet just now, but the walls have ears, so it is inconvenient to say many things, the two of them only whispered for a while before stopping.Although I don't know whether Qing Dai understands her worry, nor what Qing Dai is thinking, but now that someone can share the same secret with her, Liandong suddenly feels that the boulder on her heart has lightened a lot.

After entering the palace, she started to get busy with Qing Dai.

Qing Dai glanced at her, remembering what happened just now, she frowned, but she pursed her lips, the wrinkles between her brows were no longer smooth.

Ears distinguish sounds, eyes see things, and the five senses are the most important.People's perception and understanding of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, flowers, birds, insects, animals, men, women, old and young must depend on these two.The importance of eyes to people needs no further words.

However, the Empress Dowager was blind, as if it was just a pear wood screen painted with gold and flowers that had been damaged for a long time, with a few tiny holes eaten by ants. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it. available.She can't see now. Although her eyes are a little empty and lifeless, she has lost some of her former agility, but she can still manage politics. She can play games with her mouth after listening to the layout of her mouth. She has gradually learned to rely on herself instead of eating. Others.

After the meal was set, Lonicera served the Queen Mother with dishes, and she only served the dishes and drinks, and when they were ready, she waited by her side.

The summer heat has not disappeared, and the weather is hot, and people have a bad appetite.

The meal has been made as refreshing and appetizing as possible, but when you eat it, your tongue, which has been paralyzed by bowls of black and bitter soup, can't taste very delicious. No matter how delicious it is, it is almost the same as dry and hard steamed buns.

The Empress Dowager sat quietly at the table, she took up her chopsticks and stopped her chopsticks with proper manners. She had no appetite and couldn't eat, so she tried her best to eat, and managed to eat half a bowl of rice.Suddenly, she somehow remembered the late emperor, the last few years of his life must have been like years for him, the delicacies he ate were tasteless, he had nothing to rely on, and no nostalgia for him.

Fortunately, fortunately... I still have a lot of things to do, regrets to make up for, and worries.

There was a slight smile on the Queen Mother's lips, she didn't ask others every day, she knew when Xia Miao would end, about these few days, Xiao Qi should be back.

Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly smelled a scent similar to the opening of an altar of pickled food in her nose.Before she could ask what it was, she had an extra bowl in her hand, and felt the temperature through the porcelain bowl. She knew that the rice was neither hot nor cold, and it was suitable for eating.

She had stopped chopsticks just now, even Lian Dong knew her temper and dared not persuade her to eat.

"Xiaoqi?" The queen mother asked in a low voice, she was a little surprised, but she calmed down immediately, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised to show joy, "It's time to arrive tomorrow, and you are on your way again."

Hearing the reproach, Tang Yu only smiled, and while sealing the jar of pickled vegetables, he took the hand towel handed by the palace man to wipe his hands: "No, the driving is already fast. Aniang, please taste this rice— ——I don’t know why, Uncle Chu Wang made wine before he was alive, but now Uncle Chu Wang is good at pickling vegetables, and Xia Miao hunts. I have tasted a few jars and found it delicious, so I brought it here for you to taste."

Tang Yan cleaned his hands, propped his chin and looked at the queen mother obsessively, as if he wanted to make up for the lack of not seeing her for several days.

When the late emperor was there, the Empress Dowager also accompanied Xia Miao, how far was the hunting ground from the capital, how many days did she go back and forth, how could she not know?No matter how fast you drive, if you don't hurry, you will definitely not be able to arrive today.The mountain road was difficult and dangerous, and he came here day and night. It was hard work, Tang Yu just skipped it lightly, the queen mother felt warm, she had no appetite, and picked up the chopsticks again, and replied with a light smile: "Okay."

If you don't mention her traveling, she will not be able to eat in time, and even if she eats, she will definitely not eat well.

The queen mother ordered to go down, and the palace people hurriedly bought new bowls and chopsticks, and set up dishes and drinks for Tang Yu.

Tang Xi kept his eyes on the queen mother while eating, seeing that she was eating a little more than usual, the corners of his eyes were slightly bent, and he smiled.The two ate in silence. After a while, Tang Yu saw that the Queen Mother was eating slowly and stopped chopsticks frequently, so he knew that she was full, but she didn't want to live up to her own wishes, so she had to force it.

He stopped chopsticks again, and suddenly felt his hands lighten, but the porcelain bowl was snatched away, next to his ears was the voice of Tang Yu with the food stuffed in his mouth: "Well—the same food, it's always Auntie's. It looks delicious."

When Chi saw that she was devouring the empress dowager's bowl of rice, she chuckled beside her and said, "Your Majesty is greedy for this pickled vegetable. I'll mix another bowl for you?" Open the altar.

When Liandong and Qingdai heard the words, they both looked at Chi Zai with sympathetic eyes of "an orphan", they looked at each other, and then lowered their heads, full of worries.

Mix another bowl, how can I eat it!

The reason why Tang Yu didn't want to make himself "grab food" was too obvious, and in order to stop Chi Zai, he had to find someone to take the blame: "Eat this bowl and you will be full, but mixing another bowl is unnecessary. This jar of marinated How can food be so wasted? A Niang, you don’t know that Uncle Chu and Uncle Chu are really stingy in the same line! I offered a few small altars, and when I come back, I will give them to a few old people in the clan. What is left?”

Knowing that it was a joke, the queen mother said casually: "He is your elder, you can't talk about him. Since you are so angry, when he returns to Beijing, how about I talk about him for you?"

"That's not necessary..." Tang Yan shook his head, his eyes were filled with the happiness that a mother who told nonsense would cheer her on, and said seriously, "This pickled vegetable is a private dish in Uncle Wang's house. Cook. I am not an outsider, but I can learn from him and cook for you."

"You are the emperor, and you have a lot of things to do every day, so you don't have time to learn this, so don't waste your time." Although the Queen Mother disapproved of this move, there was no dissatisfaction in her words, she just coaxed her, "I can eat as long as you are here, okay? "

Her voice was as soft and ethereal as the breeze and the moon, and the lowered tone of "How about you" was full of pampering, which made people feel weak.If it was in private and there was no one around, Tang Yu would definitely feel unbearable all over his body, and would throw himself into her arms and ask her to kiss her face, hug someone and rub her head, but he won't allow it now.

Tang Yu suppressed the urge to look at her, just lowered his head to eat, and said falteringly: "Okay."

What I think in my heart is, even if I am the emperor, I can wash your hands and make soup for you, make you smile, and make you eat more, why not?

After dinner, the two went out for a walk to digest food.

When the willow shoots were on the moon and the stars were dotted, he went back to the hall and talked about Xia Miao.

"The sergeants in several guards in central Beijing are full of energy, and the rehearsal of the formation of troops is also heroic. Even if the clan's children are used to being lazy in the past, this year in front of the Fanyi, they are fighting each other, not losing to the country. Face. This Xia Miao, invited Frankie to participate. One is to show our country’s prestige, and the other is to find out his details——The person here is a middle-aged general. He is quite confident during the exercise. Morale is not inferior to ours, and marksmanship is also excellent..."

Because of the sea ban, Chinese people don't know much about Western stuff.When Tang Yu said this, he paused, and wanted to explain to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother said: "They don't use bows and arrows, but they use guns."

Tang Yu was very happy and nodded: "Well, mother, do you know?"

The Empress Dowager smiled lightly, and the palace lanterns and candles were flickering, reflecting in her eyes like a river of stars: "I know. When I was young, I was in Jinling, not far from Haizhou. There were often traveling merchants going back and forth between the two places, and there was something for sale. I can't go out. Liandong bought books for me, she didn't know how to read, so she bought it as soon as she saw it, and found a book..." She frowned, thought for a while, and when she remembered, her eyebrows relaxed, her tone rose, and she was very cute, "It's called "Illustrations of the Four Seas" ". I can't remember the content clearly, and the pictures and records in it are all weird and weird. I just thought it was a book like "Shan Hai Jing".

"Recently something happened in Haizhou, and we remembered that Frankie's country was indeed mentioned in the book."

Hearing that the queen mother mentioned the childhood memories, Tang Yu was full of interest, and hurriedly changed the subject: "There are not enough books in the house, but do you still need to buy them outside?"

The queen mother shook her head and smiled lightly, as calm as she was, showing a little helplessness: "There are so many books, you can't read them all. The Japanese classics and history collections are like that, how can children like them? They are forced, and they can only find ways to make fun of them. Although they are all books, After all, it’s more interesting not to put it on the bookshelf.”

Tang Yu only thought that she was such a poetic and bookish person, and it was natural to love reading, but unexpectedly, she was forced to, and asked curiously: "Grandma forced you to read?"

The Empress Dowager pondered for a while, and replied: "It's not coercion, it's just stricter. She was poor when she was young, and she was admitted to the imperial examinations by studying hard in a poor window. When I was born, the daughter of the Yan family was not an official, and her family was well-off. I don't need to be knowledgeable, she often argues with my father because of this, and vowed that I should study hard and prove to my father that a woman is not inferior to a man."

"I liked to read books, but I hated being forced by her. I didn't read books, and went to play chess with my father. If my mother came to me, I would hide behind my father, and it was my father who would be scolded and beaten for me."

Tang Yu: "How can the eldest father be there every time?"

Talking about the happy and harmonious past between parents, it was like going back to the past, the atmosphere was warm and comfortable, the Queen Mother relaxed, and her voice was a little lazy: "Yes, Dad is often away, so I will go find your uncle and ask him to be tolerant. I hid behind the flower tree. He cherished the flower tree as much as his life. He was worried that Auntie would be angry, so he set fire to it and betrayed me. Auntie beat me, reluctant to use force, whether it hurts or not, I cried on purpose Tell your uncle, if you make him feel uncomfortable, you will never betray me again." This uncle must be talking about Yan Shu.

"Thinking back now, I was so naughty and unreasonable." The Queen Mother smiled helplessly, and said to Tang Yu, "You were better when you were a child. I asked you to do whatever you want, and you don't lose your mind when reading poems to you. , the black eyes just stared at me, and he was so obedient as a child."

Tang Yu looked at the queen mother with a guilty conscience.Naturally, I don't look like a child. When it comes to age, if you add up the past and present lives, I'm afraid you will call me A Niang—she dare not say this, and only murmurs a few words in her heart.At the same time, she imagined the scene that the queen mother said in her mind, and couldn't help laughing out loud. The queen mother asked her, and she only said that she thought it was cute. Such a calm, calm and rigorous person in front of her was surprisingly lively when she was a child. take off.

Simply a bear child.

When it comes to the growth process, if it is opposite to long and crooked, it may mean that it has grown upright, grown up, and grown beautiful.

There was a strand of broken hair scattered around the Queen Mother's ear. When Tang Yu saw it, he stretched out his hand and pinned it behind the ear.I also saw her looking up slightly under the lamp, her jaw line was as soft as gurgling water, she stared blankly for a while, and murmured: "I liked to see you when I was a child, probably because I couldn't help it because I saw my mother was beautiful."

The queen mother's ears turned red when she said it, and she was silent for a while.

There was silence in the hall, accompanied by the two coughing lightly at the same time, and then pretending to be serious and talking back to business.

Tang Yu: "Since we have found out the details, let's delay him now. Although Frankie is good at water, he is especially good at fighting on the water. When winter comes, the sea freezes. His disadvantage is our advantage. As for the navy, we Haizhou Wei has never lost to anyone."

The Queen Mother nodded: "That's fine. Just that, how is Bo Yu and A Sheng doing in Haizhou?"

"A few days ago, my aunt wrote a letter saying that they will return to Beijing next month, and we will know then."

In the middle of the night, he returned to his bedroom.

Tang Yu remembered something, and summoned Chi again: "I heard that Chang'an was in Jingzhou's other business. At first, a feng shui was shown to her by an alchemist. Chang'an was very satisfied with the slight changes. Where, you go to find out."

At the end, he exhorted: "Secret—don't let others know."

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