The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

This year's summer seems to be much more comfortable than in the past. Xiao Rong didn't feel the heat in June, and after receiving a letter from Daiyu from Jiangnan, she has arrived in Yangzhou City safely, and Zhongshun beauty seems to be looking better recently Many, the imperial physicians said that there is a great trend, and Xiao Rong's heart became smoother.

Xiao Rong felt that she was really becoming more and more like a real old woman.Hey, when one gets old, one can't help but worry about the next generation.

The empresses in the harem are all concerned with giving birth and raising children, and the palace is very peaceful. Apart from visiting Xiao Rong once on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the concubines have no choice but to enter Changle Palace on weekdays.Concubine Feng was an exception that day.

Among the concubines in the palace, apart from the Queen and Concubine Wu who won Xiao Rong's heart, it was Concubine Feng who made her care a little bit.

Xiao Rong knew that Concubine Feng was going to give birth these days, and the imperial doctor also said that she was probably a princess.For the prince or the princess, Xiao Rong doesn't have any special preference at all, besides there are only two princes in the palace now, it would be nice to have one princess, but Xiao Rong understands that this is a big difference for a concubine.Besides, Concubine Feng has lost the support of her natal family, if there is only one princess now, it will be difficult in the palace in the future, thinking about this, Xiao Rong is also more concerned about it.

After lunch, Xiao Rong personally led the palace people to Lancui Palace to see Feng Baoyi.

In Lancui Palace, Feng Baoyi was wearing a blue homely double-breasted gown with blue hair loosely tied, and sat on a soft chair reading a book with a calm face.

Liu'er hurried in and said happily, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is coming to our side."

Feng Baoyi hurriedly stood up happily, adjusted the skirt on his body, and hurriedly went out to meet him.

After leaving the palace gate, Xiao Rong's Fengjia had already arrived at the gate of the palace, and Mother Cui was waiting for Xiao Rong to get off the sedan chair.Feng Baoyi hastily greeted him.

"The concubine pays her respects to the empress dowager, and the empress dowager is blessed and safe."

When Xiao Rong just got off the sedan chair, he saw Feng Baoyi bowing to him with a big belly, he quickly reached out to help him, and said strangely: "You child, your body is so heavy, if you can avoid this etiquette, the Ai family will not refuse you to salute Please be safe. It is right to take good care of your body.”

Feng Baoyi hurriedly laughed and said: "The body of the concubine is strong, so I dare not waste my courtesy."

Xiao Rong knew that these concubines had listened to his sincere words as polite words, so how dare they not salute him, it would be useless to say more, and Xiao Rong would not force them, this feudal society always has its own ideas.Even the empress has to be scruples about herself on weekdays, let alone other concubines.

"Forget it, don't stay outside for long if you are heavy, go inside first."

"promise."

The palace people surrounded the two masters, one big and one small, and entered the main hall of Lancui Palace.

When the Empress Dowager arrived, the palace people of Lancui Palace naturally served the best refreshments.

Xiao Rong seldom puts on airs in front of the concubines, even today he only wears a cloud-pattern uniform with two phoenixes spreading its wings, and a crested hairpin as thick as a little finger is stuck on his head.She looks like an aristocratic woman.Feng Baoyi didn't feel the awe he had at the beginning, he felt calmed down, and it was just a daily chat.

"It's been a few days since I came to see you. Aijia is thinking about Aijia's good granddaughter. I see that you are getting heavier today. I guess it will be these days. All the things in the palace are ready. Already?" Although it was Feng Baoyi who asked, it was actually a reminder to other palace people.

Feng Baoyi said with a smile: "The palace people are very careful. The previous empress also sent an old lady to help, and all the things are complete. Mrs. Wen has been waiting in the side hall for the past two days."

"Well, if you are prepared, you should pay more attention to this first child."

"What the empress dowager said is very true."

Xiao Rong nodded with a smile, flipped the hairpin on his head, and had some tea, and the two enjoyed themselves happily.Feng Baoyi just took a sip of Babao tea when he heard Xiao Rong say: "Yesterday, General Feng asked His Majesty to return to the frontier, but the Emperor did not allow it. General Feng bowed for the country, half his life as a soldier, now it is time to take care of his life. Baoyi , You can persuade him when you have time. Your brother is traveling again, and he is lonely at home, so you should care more about him. "

Feng Baoyi's hands trembled, and the teacup almost fell off. After he stabilized his mind, he nodded warmly. "The concubine obeys the order."

Xiao Rong is very satisfied with Feng Baoyi's performance. Although the forces of the abolished princelings have been defeated because of the Qianshishan incident, those stubborn forces will not be cleared up overnight. , is also a troublesome piece.For these messy things, Xiao Rong hopes to avoid them.Besides, Feng Baoyi has already lost her brother, and it would be too unkind for her to lose such a real father as Feng Tang, so sometimes, Xiao Rong is happy to mention it.

Before leaving, Xiao Rong met the two midwives who were ready to deliver the baby. After asking, he found out that it was from the Queen's side. Xiao Rong felt relieved that the Queen's work is safe, so there is no need to worry about such things. .Only then did he leave Lancui Palace in peace.

After sending Xiao Rong away, Feng Baoyi was completely relieved.His feet went limp, and he slumped on a chair.

Liu'er hurried over to support her master, worried: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Feng Baoyi shook his head, "I'm fine, Liu'er, send someone to find out about father's recent movements, and report back to me as soon as possible."

"Yes, empress. The maidservant will help you in to rest first, and then go to investigate." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to help, but Feng Baoyi stretched out his hand to stop him, only to hear Feng Baoyi urging: "No, you go now."

Liu'er had no choice but to order two second-class maids to wait on her, and went out to find out the news by herself.

Feng Baoyi sat on the chair, looking at the gray weather outside the door, his heart became more and more depressed. "Father, don't do anything stupid."

Xiao Rong didn't know how Feng Baoyi contacted Feng Tang, anyway, after a few days, he heard that Feng Tang was unwell and was going to rest in Beijing.For this result, Xiao Rong is very satisfied.When courtiers and kings fight against each other, most of them are life and death, and blood flows like rivers.Of course, the king can't let his courtiers mess around, he can only let the courtiers take a step back.If Feng Tang can think clearly, it is not impossible to spend his old age peacefully in the future. If he is lucky, he can watch his daughter give birth to a granddaughter and be a grandfather in his spare time.

No matter what, if Feng Tang can calm down, those remaining forces are nothing.In the following days, Xiao Rong happily recuperated behind closed doors in his palace.

Lying drunk in the field and listening to the sound of frogs, the coming year must be a bumper year.

Folk people like to listen to cicadas and frogs, thinking that this is the sound of nature bestowed by heaven.Xiao Rong felt that listening to cicadas during the day and frogs at night would be torture to death.

Especially summer is the season when you are most likely to feel lonely. Occasionally hearing the cicadas singing at noon makes you feel even more lonely.As the weather got hot, Xiao Rong didn't bother to go out, and the concubines also stayed in their own palace on weekdays, and rarely came to Changle Palace to see this Buddha.Xiao Rong felt more and more deserted.

Now that Xue Baochai's body is not bloated, she occasionally comes to chat with Xiao Rong to relieve boredom, but Xiao Rong is always unable to cheer up this beautiful half-daughter-in-law who thinks a lot. She was about to give birth, and the empress had to take care of her son-in-law and was distracted from taking care of these pregnant concubines, so she didn't have the time to spend with Xiao Rong like in the past.

"That girl Mo Xue seems to seldom come here recently."

Nanny Cui replied: "I heard that Miss Mo Xue often goes to the garden these days."

"Yuanzi? It's such a hot day. Why do you go there? Aijia should tell her well. It's not good if you get sunburned in this kind of weather. Naturally, someone will take care of those medicinal materials, so why let her worry about it."

Just as Nanny Cui was about to answer, she heard a report from outside, "I am asking to see you outside the Palace of Zhongshun."

"Is Jane here?"

When everyone entered the palace welcoming Zhongshun, Xiao Rong looked at his son from ear to ear happily, "Oh, his complexion has really improved a lot."

The palace people waited for the two mother and son to sit down and served new tea.

Zhong Shun frowned, took out a small sandalwood box from his spacious cuff, and handed it to Xiao Rong.

Xiao Rong smiled and said, "Could it be that you got another good rouge?" He took it and opened it, only to find that it contained a box of seeds.

"This is?"

Zhongshun pursed his lips and smiled, "Empress Mother said that she wanted to grow flowers, and my son thought that the flowers in the garden were not rare, so he asked people to find this kind of seeds from overseas. It is said that this kind of flower is invincible in four seasons and changes with the four seasons. The color is very strange."

Xiao Rong was immediately aroused, carefully looking at the seeds in his hands, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more comfortable. "Well, if that's the case, it's really something incredible."

"This flower is not only unique in color, but the pistil is also a good primer for medicine. If you put it in medicinal food in the future, it can prolong your life after babysitting."

Xiao Rong was startled, "Oh, it's really a treasure." He hurriedly told Nanny Cui to keep it and find some professional craftsmen to plant it.

Nanny Cui took the order, and the seeds came out of the hall.

"Hehehe, no one has come to see the old man of Aijia these days. Your emperor brother is busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty, and the queen has to manage the harem. Even Yu'er has gone to Yangzhou City. I thought there would be Mo Xue Girl, I didn't expect that she won't enter the palace anytime soon."

"Kang Dang." The white porcelain lid of the teacup fell to the ground.Zhongshun hurriedly reached out to pick it up.The palace man next to him had already picked it up and handed it to Zhongshun.

Zhongshun reached out to take it, a strange look flashed across his face.

Xiao Rong asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, Zhen'er?"

Zhongshun covered his face with the movement of drinking tea, and when he raised his head again, he had the usual charming appearance.

"I'm fine, I guess it's because I've been sick for a long time, so I'm soft."

"I'm sorry to see you, there are two ginseng plants here at Ai's house, you can take them back to nourish your body later."

Zhongshun had no choice but to nod in agreement.

The two chatted for a while, and then they saw the mother in charge of the empress entering the hall behind Cui.

"The servant greets the Empress Dowager and King Zhongshun."

Xiao Rong raised his hand and said with a smile: "Why are you here, the queen is busy?"

The nurse in charge replied: "Report to the Empress Dowager, Miss Mo Xue has come into the palace, and she is thinking of the Empress Dowager in her heart, and wants to come over to greet you. The Empress Dowager is worried that the hot day will disturb your rest, so she asks the servants to come and ask for instructions. "

Xiao Rong showed joy, "Mo Xue is here, hehehe, Aijia was just talking about her just now, just go and let her come over."

The nurse in charge hurriedly replied "No," then turned and left.

Just as Xiao Rong was about to continue talking with Zhongshun, he saw Zhongshun had stood up and saluted.

"Why are you leaving?"

Zhongshun narrowed his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes blocked his eyes, and said with a smile on his face: "I just came over from Brother Huang's side to discuss matters, and I will continue to go later, I don't care if I stay for a long time, besides, the queen mother With newcomers to accompany you, there is no need for a son-in-law."

Xiao Rong would not delay the serious business of his sons, nor would he stop him, he just laughed and scolded: "If you say that, the Ai family has become a person who likes the new and dislikes the old, that's all, you can go as you want, why bother talking about such nonsense. It's just that you have to take good care of your body, you are just right, don't be too tired."

"No, my son will save you."

Then Zhongshun resigned.

When he walked out of Changle Palace, he saw a woman in emerald palace dress surrounded by several green-clothed palace people walking over from a distance.Zhongshun was slightly stunned, as if the person really was walking towards him step by step.

"My lord." The confidant next to him reminded him in a low voice.

Zhongshun finally came to his senses and shook his head.That person doesn't know how to wear emerald clothes, even if he wears ordinary clothes, he must have the majesty of a queen.

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