Consort Zhanzhao

As the end of the year approached, the palace gradually became busy. Although Concubine Zhang Guifei said that she didn't care about palace affairs, she couldn't have no sense of presence at all, otherwise the people below would have to follow the wind.

Or to put it this way, according to Zhao Bijia's summary, her mother's so-called disregarding palace affairs is actually unsystematic management of palace affairs, but!Note this but—

Her own mother took the route of the privileged class looking for little troubles from time to time, because there was an emperor, a prince, and a princess of Zhenguo behind her, plus the living example of the former stepping stone Queen Guo and now the concubine Jing, no one dared to do anything. like her.

Of course, the most minor troubles are such innocuous things as which palace will send out the monthly rules first, or who will measure the new clothes of the palace ladies this year, or who will choose the tribute first, etc.

In addition, Concubine Zhang Gui never robbed the Queen Mother, so... Actually, Zhao Bijia felt that her father would also be happy to see Concubine Zhang be a little more arrogant, after all, she still had two children to raise.

Concubine Zhang looked happily at the things in the palace, such as exquisite gold and silver zippers, the red purse handkerchief newly made for the Chinese New Year, and the incomparably brilliant flowers newly grown in the greenhouse, and laughed with Zhao Bijia : "This palace work... Who cares who is stupid."

Lan Jun came in with a small sandalwood box and handed it to Concubine Zhang.

Concubine Zhang took the box, Zhao Bijia was very curious, but she put the box on the table without thinking, and continued her remarks that the palace affairs are not easy to manage.

"Look at these things, I can pick them first. But the queen is different. She can't favor one person over another, and dare not rely on her status to come first. I heard that no matter what she gets in the past two years, she is the last one in the palace." Dial—" Concubine Zhang patted Zhao Bijia's hand that was already on the box.

"Where's your demeanor?" Zhang Guifei stared at her half-truthfully.

Zhao Bijia smiled, sat up straight, moistened things silently and slapped her mother's ass hard.

"If you were in charge, you would definitely not be as aggrieved as she is. Naturally, good things should be kept for yourself."

Zhang Guifei raised her eyebrows.

"She is already a queen. Besides the imperial grandmother, who else is on top of her? Who can blame her if she doesn't regard herself as a queen?"

Zhang Guifei smiled.

"Also, the emperor asked her to share things, didn't he mean to acquiesce in her choosing first? He just wanted to pretend to be pregnant."

"Your unreasonable theory." Concubine Zhang laughed and said, "Your father let her share because she has a good temper and is decent and fair."

Even Lan Jun laughed out loud this time, "Princess, with her temperament, she can't suffer anywhere."

Concubine Zhang Guifei opened the wooden box and took out the contents.

Not to mention what Concubine Zhang Guifei gave her, the sandalwood box used to store things is very expensive in itself, this box alone is probably enough for ordinary people to eat and wear for a year.

Besides, the inside of the box is still covered with three layers of silk, which makes it even more precious.

Concubine Zhang took out the things, and Lan Jun exclaimed.

Inside is a string of crystal bracelets, which glow colorfully in the afternoon sun.

Zhao Bijia was a little disappointed. Although crystals were considered scarce in the Song Dynasty, this string of bracelets might not be comparable to the current diamonds, but... Zhao Bijia couldn't help but feel that this thing was a bit unrealistic.

Concubine Zhang frowned, and gave Lan Jun a wink, and Lan Jun led the whole room down.

"You don't like it?" Concubine Zhang raised her eyebrows, which was different from the questioning eyebrows just now, this one expressed dissatisfaction.

Zhao Bijia shook her head, "I think it's a bit too ostentatious, I can see it from a distance of more than ten feet."

Concubine Zhang Guifei smiled, her tone softened a bit, "Your father specially made it for you, theirs are not as good-looking as yours, and you have to wait a few days to get them."

Zhao Bijia hummed, and took something to play with in her hand.

Concubine Zhang Guifei looked at her for a moment, then suddenly said sharply: "The jade bracelet in your hand has been worn for more than a month! Where did it come from!"

Zhao Bijia shuddered, and looked up at Concubine Zhang Gui. Although she felt that it might be better to tell the truth, her body decided to struggle to the death first.

"Who knows? I found it out of the jewelry box. I have so many things. Who knows where I got them from."

Concubine Zhang Guifei sneered, "You didn't bring anything with you when you left the palace, but you have this in your hand when you come back. I don't know which jewelry or clothes you have, just tell me."

Zhao Bijia didn't speak.

Concubine Zhang Gui didn't know what her daughter was thinking, so she softened her voice, "Among the guards who accompanied you out..."

Plop, plop, Zhao Bijia could only hear her own heartbeat.

"Shao Yong—" Zhang Guifei called out his name.

"He has two children!"

Zhang Guifei narrowed her eyes, and Zhao Bijia sighed, "It was sent by the guards of Zhan."

"Hehe." Concubine Zhang Gui sneered, "What did you tell me earlier? Didn't someone deceive you? You—" Concubine Zhang Gui was so angry that her chest heaved and her face turned red, "Who else knows?" I didn't expect him to appear to be an upright gentleman on the surface, but behind his back...he came to trick you, a girl who has not experienced much in the world!"

Zhao Bijia became angry, she glared at Concubine Zhang Gui, "Who said he lied to me! Obviously I lied to him! Besides, where am I ignorant? Where am I—" She suddenly stood up with great momentum, and threw Zhang Gui The imperial concubine was startled, "Wait!"

Zhao Bijia almost trotted all the way back to Zhaoqing Palace, took Zhan Zhao's Juque sword and came back, thanks to the fact that the palaces of the two were almost next to each other, Zhao Bijia came back before Concubine Zhang Guifei could fully react.

"Look what this is!" Zhao Bijia raised the sword in front of Zhang Guifei.

Of course Concubine Zhang Gui didn't know, but even though she didn't know, she was still literate, "Ju Que Sword?"

But knowing the name didn't help her at all.

Zhao Bijia almost couldn't help rolling her eyes, "Zhan Zhao's saber." She smiled and said, "Nan Xia Zhan Zhao's saber, this thing is in the Jianghu—"

"Can you command the heroes?"

Zhao Bijia just couldn't help but want to roll her eyes, but Concubine Zhang had no scruples, she just turned her eyes out and looked at her daughter with a look of "Are you stupid".

Zhao Bijia was suddenly discouraged, she was not in the same dimension.

"Anyway, let me tell you, I'm an empty-handed white wolf. He gave me things, and I didn't give him anything!" After talking about it, Zhao Bijia felt a little guilty, saying that Shang Fang's sword belonged to her father, and strictly speaking it couldn't be. I gave it to him...

"Look at this sword, how sharp it is, and it's still an antique." Zhao Bijia was very proud, "And this bracelet, the whole body is green, and there is not even a black spot on it. Who can have such a treasure."

Concubine Zhang Gui sighed... she didn't know what to say.

She shook her head, feeling that she couldn't follow Zhao Bijia's train of thought, and she was being led astray.

"You are still young, and he is a bit old. I am afraid that you will be deceived. Besides, there are no girls who choose by themselves." Concubine Zhang Gui softened her voice and began to persuade with tenderness.

"Where am I so young, why is he so big?" After Zhao Bijia finished speaking, she couldn't help but blushed when she thought of something indescribable, but Concubine Zhang Gui didn't know what was going on in her daughter's mind, otherwise she would have sent someone to take the show off. The "where is the big" place was cut off.

"Why can't I choose by myself?" Zhao Bijia hastily changed the subject, "I'm already a princess with two titles, and it's not a matter of pulling back whoever I like in this world! Let's talk about the young talents in Bianliang Ming Yi has picked them all, so I can't pick the rest of her."

Concubine Zhang Guifei felt a little suffocated, and she couldn't refute these reasons at all. "Who did you learn your eloquence from!"

Zhao Bijia smiled flatteringly, and did not refute this time.

Concubine Zhang Gui was still a little unhappy, and she was unhappy after being robbed several times by her daughter and hadn't fought back, so she said directly, "No!"

Zhao Bijia didn't know why she was impulsive, so she laughed, "You even ate the drunk crab made by your own mother."

Concubine Zhang Guifei gasped, "I—" Pointing at Zhao Bijia, she was speechless.

Seeing that her own mother was really anxious, Zhao Bijia immediately softened, and she didn't dare to say "he still has my teeth marks on his fingers".

She hurriedly threw herself on Concubine Zhang and straightened her hands, "Look at how beautiful his face is. The whole palace, from the grandma to the little maids, likes it. It doesn't cost money to go out to buy vegetables. If I If I choose him as a son-in-law, no matter if it is Ming Yi or Concubine Miao, even Princess Wanshou will be jealous of me."

"You have to call her Huanggu Grandma." Concubine Zhang Guifei hated iron and said: "You are not afraid—just like Princess Wanshou!"

Zhao Bijia glanced at Concubine Zhang Gui. You also call her Princess Longevity.

"I've already dealt with the nurses. Even the daughters of the nurses have returned to their hometowns to marry. Don't be afraid!"

Concubine Zhang Gui laughed angrily, reached out and patted her hard on the back, "Come down quickly, if I don't agree, you will crush me to death!"

"Don't dare dare!" Zhao Bijia hurriedly climbed off her own mother, and said with a smile: "In short, this is a son-in-law who can make everyone jealous of me. I must never let him go to others!"

Concubine Zhang Guifei has just messed around with her own girl, she will be a little tired, and she has no energy to talk nonsense with her, "Let's see again, anyone you marry is low-marriage anyway, it's better to choose a good-looking one, at least set It looks comfortable during the banquet."

Seeing her let go, Zhao Bijia also breathed a sigh of relief, straightened her messy clothes, and said, "Speaking of hosting a banquet, how about Li Huailu?"

Zhang Guifei's eyes suddenly became unpredictable.

Speaking of which... she could be regarded as seeing that Emperor Renzong, who was getting older and always had a good-natured face in front of outsiders, and who never lost his temper, paid more attention to this matter in private.

After returning from Zhao Bijia, Emperor Renzong didn't go to her place. Of course, at the beginning it was a couple's sleeping method. After Zhao Bijia showed the ignorance of a girl, it was about three or four days. After the first news came from Jinling, it was silly. Dad mode is on.

Concubine Zhang Gui also listened to the "How to make a dude" for almost half a month. It can be said that the people sent by Emperor Renzong have almost figured out how old Li Huailu was when he was a child and did not wet the bed.

Zhang Guifei can pat her chest and say firmly that she now knows Li Huailu better than his own mother.

"Your father has an idea about this matter." Concubine Zhang Guifei said: "Your father asked me to advise you not to be deceived by others, you can decide for yourself."

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Renzong came in.

Zhao Bijia's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had an idea.

She had a secret conversation with her mother and concubine, and all the court ladies and eunuchs were kicked out, and even Lan Jun was not in the room to serve, besides... Although the man was not right, her mother and concubine were indeed trying to persuade the ignorant girl... ...just didn't work out.

Thinking of this, Zhao Bijia stood up, slightly aggrieved, and said in a low voice, "Father." Before Renzong sat down, she said again: "I'll go back first."

After finishing speaking, he did not forget to wink at Concubine Zhang Gui, put away the sword, come and get it later!

Renzong looked at her back with a gloomy expression. Both mother and daughter had red faces and messy hair, and there was no one to wait in the room. Presumably... the persuasion just now was very intense.

Renzong glanced at Concubine Zhang Gui, "She..."

Concubine Zhang Guifei shook her head, her eyes were reddened, and she choked speechlessly.

Although Renzong brought in Li Huailu and Concubine Zhang brought in Zhan Zhao, the two parents came to the same conclusion, and the daughter might not be able to bring back nine cows.

Renzong's face became more and more gloomy, and he slapped the table heavily, "Okay! Do you really think I dare not do anything? The daughter I have raised so well is not a lie!"

Seeing that Renzong was angry, Concubine Zhang hurried up to comfort him, "Calm down, Bijia is still young, and it doesn't make sense from her, we can start with others."

Renzong didn't know what he thought of, nodded his head and said: "If he lives in peace...there will be a party in the palace in two days, you will take care of it this time!"

Concubine Zhang Gui hurriedly agreed, feeling a little bit secretly happy. The gathering at the end of the year is very important, and the one in two days is a small New Year's Eve gathering, which is usually held by the queen, although she said that she doesn't care about official business. And other reasons, it is often dismissive when it is said.

But only she knew in her heart that she was still jealous.

Another point... The emperor can ask her to do this because he trusts her.Even if something happened later, she would inevitably be implicated, but in the emperor's heart, she had brought the emperor through. Thinking about the first time...

She asked to move down because she failed to become a queen, and when she was promoted, she was directly promoted to the imperial concubine.

Although it is impossible to be promoted to the empress now, but... In short, such good things are definitely not too much.

Emperor Renzong sighed several times, and didn't pay attention to Concubine Zhang Guifei's distraction for a while. Instead, he went to the inner room, leaned on the soft bed and relaxed for a while, and then said: "Speaking of that Li Huailu, Not to mention Guard Lian Zhan, he can't even compare to Guard White who came later, Bi Jia is well-informed, why did he fall in love with this kind of person?"

Not to mention how complicated Zhang Guifei was, she also sighed meaningfully and said, "Yeah...why did you just fall in love with him?"

In the twinkling of an eye, it was New Year's Eve, and all the royal family members entered the palace one by one to attend the party held by the emperor.

Sure enough, Princess Wanshou lived up to expectations and brought Li Huailu, the nephew of her son-in-law, here.

Of course, not many people knew the emperor's dislike for him, few people knew that Concubine Zhang Gui didn't like him, Zhao Bijia planned to punish him so that he didn't even recognize his own mother, and still no one knew.

So now... In the eyes of the royal clansmen, Li Huailu can barely be regarded as a young man with his thighs in his arms, without the word "talent".

The palace ladies are setting up the banquet, Concubine Zhang Gui and Lan Jun are on the scene to make arrangements with great ambition, Zhao Bijia is still dressing up in her own room, Emperor Renzong is sitting in the small study looking at a lot of things in front of him, a little unhappy, no!I'm so unhappy!

Although these things were all sent into the palace by his Aunt Wanshou, it seemed that they were sent in under the guise of her name, and they contained things that young girls like.

Renzong sneered, Princess Wanshou has lived in Bianliang for decades, why has she never seen her caring for the younger generation so diligently?

Renzong squinted his eyes for a long time, and then said, "Wu Chengye, go and call Zhan Weiwei!"

Not long after, Zhan Zhao with a serious face came to Emperor Renzong's small study.

"Your Majesty." Zhan Zhao glanced at the things on the table, the colorful ones were not very similar to Renzong's style.

Renzong was silent for a long time, and then said: "You have been in the palace for more than a month on duty, have you heard anything by the princess's side?"

Zhan Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "I don't know what His Majesty is referring to?"

Renzong suddenly felt embarrassed to speak.

"Princess...she's not young anymore, next year I plan to choose a son-in-law for her."

Zhan Zhao's heart was beating non-stop, he pinched a seal on the palm of his hand, but he still didn't speak.

Renzong's eyes narrowed, "I'm not satisfied with the person she picked." Renzong patted the table hard, "I'm so dissatisfied!"