Force a good concubine

The Ningshou Palace is not far from the Qinghe Palace, and the dragon chariot will arrive in a moment.Yu Cui, who was serving the queen mother, was waiting at the gate of the palace, squatting down to report to Long Nian, the emperor stopped, glanced at Gu Yuan, walked along the Danbi platform, stood at the gate of the palace and listened, Then he entered the main hall.

Yucui understood, gestured to Cui Chengxiu and Gu Yuan, and said in a low voice: "Follow me." She led the two of them up the steps on the left, bypassing the gilded lion, and entered the West Side Hall.The side hall is covered with a carpet with the characters of eight treasures and longevity, and it is soft and silent when you step on it. Yucui leads a few people to the huanghuali floor covering with familiarity. Across a curtain, the voices spoken in the main hall are clear It can be heard that there is a strange female voice in it, speaking an official dialect with Jiangnan accent, which sounds soft, but speaks unceremoniously: "I dare to ask Your Majesty, is it true that you are sick today? I don't know what disease I committed?"

The emperor didn't make a sound, but another male voice with Jiangnan accent spoke up: "Mother, concubine, such a question is not what a courtier should ask." With a few more dull blunt sounds, it seemed that someone was kowtowing. plead guilty.

The female voice sounded again, and the meaning in it was still aggressive: "Your Majesty never stops court. Why did His Majesty refuse to see you when he entered the court at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty? The ministers and concubines have come from afar, sincerely, and I beg Your Majesty to learn from you!"

Gu Yan didn't hear the emperor's voice, but the queen mother spoke in a firm tone: "The emperor has been in a bad mood recently, and he is busy with court affairs. He didn't even have lunch the day before yesterday. Aijia also conveyed the order to the courtiers. It is well known that the emperor’s directors are not allowed to see anyone for more than two hours before the sacrifice. It’s not a big deal to take a rest for a day by chance. It’s just a coincidence that Prince Gong’s son will come to the audience, so Princess Gong doesn’t need to think about it!”

"Prince Duan mentioned that the emperor has been fine in the past years, but recently there is an extra sleeping secretary by his side, and his body is—"

The emperor's voice came through the curtains, and as usual, he was neither ill nor slow, and could not tell his joy or anger: "Aunt Meng is concerned about me. I am in good health. I reported my illness for a while, and now I am safe. My cousin has come from a long way to work hard. It is my fault I missed the etiquette. We met today to discuss the family rituals. We should have a banquet to cleanse the dust, but we were too negligent in haste. I will order Guanglu Temple to make arrangements after the national ceremony is discussed tomorrow morning. It is getting late, aunt Go back and rest." She said and raised her voice, "Cui Chengxiu, send off Princess Gong and Prince Gong's son for me!"

This is merciless chasing guests.Cui Chengxiu sang loudly: "Slave obeys the order!" He walked into the main hall with his chest and belly held high.

Concubine Gong seemed to be a little unwilling, she only said the word "Chen", and the voice of Prince Gong's son overshadowed her words: "The minister ordered to retire."

After a while, the hall became silent, and after a long time, the Empress Dowager suddenly sighed: "She was in Beijing before, although she didn't go to the palace very much, but no one in Beijing praised the princess for her knowledge of books and general knowledge, but now why—"

"According to my servant," the voice is that of Madam Xu, "Prince Gong's mansion has not been in for a few years, and he is not familiar with all the places in the capital, and he is a newcomer, so it is inevitable to be cautious everywhere, but His Royal Highness Duan, For Zong Ling, talking nonsense, causing this disturbance."

"We can't let him tarnish the emperor's reputation." The Empress Dowager obviously agreed, and suddenly said loudly, "Everyone come here."

The little maids raised the curtains in response, and Yucui led Gu Yuan to kowtow to the queen mother in front of the throne in the main hall. The queen mother only nodded and looked Gu Yuan up and down for a while: "I heard that you once complained about your grievances in front of the emperor. Small. Now that the Ai family recruited Wang Duan to enter the palace, do you dare to confront him face to face?"

"I will take care of the matter of King Duan," Gu Yan didn't have time to reply, the emperor refused without thinking, "Please rest assured, mother."

"How is it appropriate?" The Queen Mother asked back, "Nowadays, there are many people in the clan who know who is right. If you don't clarify who is right at this time, you will deal with it fairly. If outsiders don't know, they will only say that the emperor is bullying others." She said He glanced at Gu Yan again, "The emperor praises you in front of Aijia every day for being smart and considerate, for knowing how to advance and retreat, for understanding the rules, for understanding people's minds, and for knowing that there is no heaven and earth, what Aijia means, you should Do you understand?"

The emperor paid his respects every day, and he would spend his time mentioning the benefits of Gu Yuan. It might as well be directly spread in front of Gu Yuan by the queen mother at this moment, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous: "Empress mother, even though this is the case, the matter of King Duan is a matter of the previous court after all. , has nothing to do with the palace—”

The emperor defended his shortcomings to the point of opening his eyes and telling nonsense, the empress dowager rested her forehead and sighed, for the first time she felt a bit of hatred for the emperor.She ignored the emperor and said directly to Gu Yuan, "How?"

"This is the job of a servant," Gu Yuan lowered his body and saluted, "I ask the old lady to do it."

"Okay." The Empress Dowager said bluntly, "Tomorrow, Aijia will order King Duan to enter the palace to confront you, so go back and prepare!" She saw that although the emperor was sitting firmly on the seat, her eyes could not help but follow Gu Yan to the gate of the palace , wanted to explode, but suppressed it, only said: "The emperor won't go back?"

"Then—retire." The emperor got up and walked out of the palace. The queen mother looked at her back and sighed: "The emperor was confused when he met that Gu Yuan. I think she behaved well. Could it be that she lost her eyes and privately?" Are you really flattering the emperor?"

"It doesn't look like it." Madam Xu hesitated for a moment, "Why don't the slaves go to check her body?"

"It doesn't matter if there is anything," the queen mother smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that the emperor has intentions but she has no intentions. I just wonder, Yuan Jia is not bad in appearance and character, and she cares so much about her, why she always keeps a close eye on her?" Is it a layer of indifference? Is it really like the female history next to King Sui, who is born to be inaccessible?"

Gu Yuan is now the target of public criticism. The emperor is so infatuated. Gu Yuan will leave the palace and marry someone in the future. It is good for the emperor to be discouraged. At the same time, he sighed again involuntarily: Could it be that the emperor Taizu was full of resentment, and the empress had a crush on female sex, which is destined to be a doom that the Tian family cannot escape?

The emperor's dragon chariot walked west along the road as usual, the emperor sat on the Huang Yunlong cushion, the two dragons playing beads on Yishan's crown and the embroidered golden dragon on the bright yellow dragon robe reflected the sun, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in a faint golden light , It looks even more solemn with a precious face.Because of the lessons she learned when she was young, Gu Yan never judged people by their appearance, but now she was following the dragon chariot, but suddenly felt that the emperor's delicate features were pleasing to the eye, and people couldn't help but look at them again and again.The emperor originally frowned and thought about something, but she had seen it a lot, and she also noticed it. He was a little uneasy and straightened his clothes, and asked Gu Yuan quietly: "But what's wrong with my clothes?"

"No." The emperor's voice was very soft, with a serious expression on his face, Gu Yan couldn't help but smiled slightly, "I just want to know, do you really think that my slave is so good?"

The emperor was startled, and turned to see Gu Yuan smiling at Yan Yan, and stretched out his hand involuntarily, and pressed Gu Yuan's shoulder: "A Yuan, I think it's great that you are like this."

The eunuchs who carried the chariot were all extremely well-trained, and they stopped at the same time when the emperor leaned over.The emperor's face looked down at Gu Yuan, her clear pupils were full of her shadow, and she still had such expectant eyes that made her heart ache, Gu Yuan's breathing was stagnant, he couldn't move, and he didn't want to move.

As if something made the two of them aware at this moment, the emperor exerted a little force on his hand, and his breathing was a little tense: "Ah Yuan, I love you—"

"My lord!" Cui Chengxiu, who was the first guide, turned out from the Guangfu gate, and with a loud voice, Gu Yuan took a step back in surprise. The emperor's hand stopped in mid-air, and finally retracted it, recovering. Sitting upright: "What's the matter?"

The emperor didn't seem displeased, he just frowned slightly, but Cui Chengxiu knew that he had broken a big deal, so he slapped himself in the heart, why did he see that the money was greedy for the bank note?While lowering his eyebrows, he stepped forward and reported: "Master, Prince Gong's son is waiting in Guangfu Gate, saying that he wants to ask Master to take the time to see you, and say a few words before leaving."

"What's the matter, cousin?" Seeing Prince Gong's son coming out of Guangfu Gate, the emperor straightened his face, got off the dragon chariot and went up to meet him, with a slight smile on his face, "I'm all ears."

Sure enough, just as Li Fuming said, Prince Gong's son was about [-]% similar to the emperor in appearance, but his stature was much taller than the emperor's. When they stood together, anyone could recognize them as brothers and sisters.He bowed to the emperor and cupped his hands: "I apologize to Your Majesty on behalf of my mother and concubine."

The emperor was still unmoved: "My aunt is also worried about me, so my cousin doesn't have to worry about it."

Prince Gong's son Yuan Li smiled wryly: "Mother and concubine didn't have such a temperament at first. After she had a serious illness five years ago, she was in a daze from time to time. She has to worry that it has been tampered with. After her father fell ill, she became even more serious; I didn't stop it today, and I caused such a thing. I came here to sue the ancestral temple to attack the noble, and I also want to find some good doctors in Beijing to see if there is any way, and I beg your majesty to forgive me for the sake of my mother and concubine's illness!"

He was about to kowtow when he was short, but the emperor's expression changed indiscernibly, and he raised his hand to give him a hand: "You are welcome, cousin, my aunt's illness - I have the imperial doctor visiting my house right now, what is commonly used?" You might as well tell me about the medicinal materials."

"There is nothing missing." Yuan Li showed a smile, and took out a document from his sleeve, "This is from King Duan and his ministers, and it is about His Majesty and Gu Nushi. I think it will be of some use to Your Majesty."

The emperor was surprised, before he could ask a question, Yuan Li had already smiled at Gu Yuan: "I don't know what's going on, but I think, the 12-year-old chief of Wuzhou's case is not a coquettish person, right?"