Little Lady of the Red Chamber

Inside the canopy carriage, Daiyu held Xiao Mingxuan who was so tired that he fell asleep in her arms, patted him gently to comfort him to sleep, looked up and sat sideways, looked at Changtai outside the carriage and asked in a low voice: "What's your name today?" What's going on? When did you meet Chen Zhe?"

"What did you say?" Chang Tai was in a daze, and suddenly heard this question, the corner of his mouth twitched when he came back to his senses, "I can't hide it from you, I met it once before, but I didn't expect it to be the second son of Dingguo's mansion. The two sons of Duke Guo are both in northern Xinjiang, why did Chen Zhe return to Beijing?"

Dingguo's mansion has guarded the northern border for generations, and most of the elders and women are kept in Beijing. When the first emperor was there, Dingguo announced that the old man would return to Beijing. Now he is replaced by Dingguogong's eldest son, who is also Chen Zhe's father.Chen Zheshang has an older brother, both of whom are under his father's tent. Although they are not very old, they are rare leaders in the army. As long as there are no problems, the Dingguo Palace will still control the Dingbei Army in the next few decades.

"Chen Zhe has an official position, so returning to Beijing this time should be a transfer from the court, which has nothing to do with us. Xi'er is not going to explain it to me?" Daiyu didn't ask Changtai to fool him, Chen Zhe's attitude was too Obviously, that's all, Daiyu just wants to know Changtai's own meaning.

"I don't understand what Yu'er said. That person has nothing to say. It's really disgusting. I didn't know my identity last time and wanted to teach me a lesson. Now it seems that I can't. He is backed by a big tree. I'm just a You can't afford to offend a princess who no one cares about." Changtai sighed, looking pitiful.

This is to tell her, Daiyu glared at her, and couldn't help laughing, "Okay, Xi'er, stop making trouble. If you don't tell me, I won't ask, just once if there is really anything to help, Don't lie to me any more."

Faced with this genuine concern, Changtai's heart warmed up, and he moved to Daiyu's side, leaning his head on her shoulder, "I can really be bullied, so you can rest assured."

The imperial palace is not far from Yong’an Palace, but they are not in the same place. Halfway there, Tu Yuanjun sent Mu Xin back to the palace, Tu Yuanrui ordered Tu Yuanyang to send Changtai and Tu Mingxuan back to the palace, but he and Daiyu went directly back to the palace When he didn't want to separate, Tu Mingxuan, who had been sleeping all the way, woke up, hugged Daiyu and refused to let go, and refused to go back to the palace.

Daiyu's heart softened and she didn't let Tu Yuanrui forcibly pull him down, but let Changtai go back to the palace and tell the Queen Mother that he will be sent back to the palace tomorrow.

Chang Tai said meaningfully, "That's fine, you haven't entered the palace for a long time, I'm afraid there are so many people thinking about it."

Daiyu's brows were slightly frowned by the endless words, and when she wanted to ask again, she didn't say anything, she just explained a few things and she knew.When the two were talking, Tu Yuanrui was not far away, his face darkened, and he didn't say anything.

Tu Yuanyang knew that he was going to send Changtai back to the palace, his face turned bitter, but he didn't dare to refuse, which made Changtai sneer, and he was so frightened that he hurried back a few steps, fearing that the princess would have some kind of son again.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and Tu Yuanrui bent down and came in, and sat in Changtai's original position, "Yu'er, don't let this little guy go, or he will definitely go wrong." Gently pinched the still confused little guy Tuanzi, Tu Yuanrui said bluntly.

"Brother Rui, be gentle." Daiyu saw the red marks on Xiaotuanzi's tender and fair face, her heart ached, and she hurriedly hugged him away.

"Brother Rui came up here to bully Xuan'er?" Daiyu suddenly asked while rubbing Tu Mingxuan's face lightly.

"What does Yu'er think?" Tu Yuanrui raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"For example, the cousin of the Chen family, or what Xi'er said just now."

Tu Yuanrui looked at Xiaotuanzi, who was blinking and complaining about Daiyu's pain, looked away and looked at Daiyu with a smile: "Changtai is not young, the royal family can't have a princess who doesn't marry, and Chen Zhe is born with all abilities." There is no choice, it is a rare marriage."

Daiyu stopped moving her hands, frowned and looked at Tu Yuanrui, "Brother Rui really thinks so?"

"Yu'er!" Tu Yuanrui said softly, "I know you care about Changtai, but it's not a good thing to indulge her like this. She is my cousin, maybe I will harm her."

"I didn't think so, just!" Daiyu was at a loss for words and didn't continue, she just didn't want Xi'er to be hurt.If she really married, she should find someone who treats her sincerely.

"What kind of person does Yu'er think of me? Although I think it's good, if Changtai really refuses, I can still force it." Tu Yuanrui comforted Daiyu softly, holding Daiyu in his arms.The four eyes meet, and the distance is getting closer.

Tu Mingxuan blinked his big eyes and looked at Uncle Wang who was getting closer and closer. Seeing that Aunt Wang didn't pay attention to him, he took a deep breath, and the loud cry of "Wow!" made Daiyu flustered and hurriedly lowered her head. Head to comfort the crying person in his arms.Tu Yuanrui narrowed his eyes and looked at the brat who was hiding in Daiyu's arms and showed a proud expression to him, his hands were slightly itchy, it was fine.

The Zhaoyang Gate of the Imperial Palace is where everyone who enters the harem enters. Just today, when Jiaofang enters the palace, there are many cars and sedan chairs parked outside the Zhaoyang Gate. Those with high status will naturally go first. At the door, the guards checked routinely, but they didn't dare to lift the curtain, they only checked the badges of the guards before going, and the carriage went straight into the palace gate.

A family member with a low status was surprised to see this, but it was prudent and self-restraining, knowing that it must be a noble person with a very high status, so I only speculated privately, or whether it was the Queen Mother's mother's family.Some recklessly asked in a low voice, "Whose carriage is that, it can enter the palace directly."

The person who spoke was a 50-year-old woman. She seemed to be well dressed, but she was a bit vulgar. She was originally the wife of a seventh-rank official, but she had a daughter in the palace, and she gave birth to the late emperor. For a princess, the mother is so expensive to confer Zhaoyuan with her son, and her status is not low, so she can enter the palace to visit her daughter.

Although everyone looked down on her low status, but for the sake of that princess, she gave her some face. Only one lady couldn't see it, probably because her daughter was obviously better than that Zhaoyuan, but she didn't have any children , Naturally, the position is behind him, and now he only sneers when he hears this: "Sure enough, I don't know much, it is the carriage of Yong'an Palace, and there is Princess Ming sitting in it. walk in."

As soon as these words came out, not to mention the lady who asked the question, her face was a little ugly, and others who didn't know were also slightly shocked. Now, in terms of dignity in Beijing, apart from the empress dowager and empress dowager in the palace, I am afraid that they are the two concubines of Yong'an Palace The most respected.

Thinking about how this Princess Ming has such an honorable status at the age of Ji, everyone is not without envy in their hearts, it is a pity if they knew this earlier.

Daiyu didn't know about those imperial thoughts, she didn't realize until the gate of the palace that today is the time for the Jiaofang to enter the palace, it's just that it has come, but there is no need to turn around, and it's too late to stay with Tu Mingxuan yesterday It's not right, it should be sent back to the palace anyway today.

It's just that when the pepper house enters the palace, there must be a lot of people at the queen mother's place. After that, Daiyu first went to the palace of compassion to pay her respects to the empress dowager, and had a conversation with the empress dowager, and then went to Chengqian palace after the relatives of the harem left the palace.So she first sent someone to ask the Queen Mother for instructions, and if there was no objection when the visitor came back, Daiyu didn't think much about it.

The empress dowager is not in good health, and now she rarely sees outsiders. When Daiyu came early, there was no one else in the Cining Palace. Seeing the deserted place, Daiyu's brows were a little unhappy, but then she thought that today is the period when the Jiaofang enters the palace. Maybe it's because all the concubines are waiting for their relatives, so it's a little bit easier.

"Is the emperor's grandmother okay these days?" Daiyu came, and the person who came out to greet her was Zhou Shanggong, who had visited her at Jia's house back then. He had dealt with her a lot in the past few years, so no one cared about the past. However, as Daiyu's status became more stable and her status became stronger, Zhou Shanggong became more respectful, and when she heard the question, she hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty is in good health, and she even used half a bowl of bird's nest porridge in the morning."

Daiyu led Xiaotuanzi Tu Mingxuan in front with one hand, nodded and smiled after hearing this, "We can rest assured that the imperial grandmother is well."

Zhou Shanggong responded: "The princess is filial, so the empress will naturally understand." With his head slightly lowered, there was a flash of struggle in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Daiyu looked at Zhou Shanggong with his head bowed in surprise, frowned slightly, then Su Zhan smiled and said, "It's just my duty."

The Empress Dowager lay on the soft couch and saw Daiyu and Tu Mingxuan, she immediately showed joy on her face, and waved to them, Daiyu pushed Tu Mingxuan, and the little guy ran to the couch and gave milk and milk. Calling people angrily, "Xuan'er pays homage to the great grandmother!" The chubby little hands made the appearance of bowing their hands, and the serious look made everyone laugh, especially the empress dowager who laughed repeatedly and said, " Alright, alright, alright, come quickly and let Great-Grandmother take a look."

The people waiting on the side quickly helped the Empress Dowager up, and Tu Mingxuan obediently let the Empress Dowager hug him and touch his cheek.

"Yu'er pays respects to the imperial grandmother!" Daiyu saluted with a smile.

The Empress Dowager took Xiaotuanzi with one hand and Daiyu with the other and sat beside her, "My dear boy, sit down!"

Daiyu sat down, and watched the Empress Dowager caress Xiaotuanzi, calling people to find a lot of things for Tu Mingxuan, and even asked Xiaotuanzi a lot of things, although Tu Mingxuan is small, but very smart, answer The order is clear and the more likable.

Daiyu didn't realize it at first, but then she felt a little weird, why the emperor's grandmother didn't seem to have seen Xuan'er very much, she raised her head to look at Zhou Shanggong, her eyes were dewy and asked, but Zhou Shanggong hurriedly lowered her head and dared not answer She looked like she had an answer in her heart, and the feeling of discomfort in her heart became heavier, but it was not easy to show it in front of the Empress Dowager.

"Why did Yu'er come into the palace today?" The Empress Dowager talked with Tu Mingxuan for a long time, and only thought of asking Daiyu when he was eating.

Daiyu smiled and said: "The imperial grandmother only likes Xuan'er, the granddaughter-in-law should be jealous. It's nothing to do, I just came to see the imperial grandmother. Brother Rui and Yu'er are also unfilial, and they haven't been with the imperial grandmother for so long." Just finished speaking, there were more hands on the back of the hand, the empress dowager patted her hands lightly and the eyes were moist, "Rui'er has a lot of things to do now, as long as you have the heart, the Ai family can have fewer people to serve in the palace. "

"Yu'er is very clumsy, but she doesn't dare to compete with the people around the emperor's grandmother, so she can only talk to the emperor's grandmother lightly. The emperor's grandmother must not dislike Yu'er." Daiyu said with a smile.

"Also, yes, me!" Xiaotuanzi, who had a snack stuffed in his mouth, got excited when he heard this, put down his snack, and hurriedly said, "Grandma Zenghuang, Xuan'er is coming too, come to talk to Grandma Zenghuang .”

The Empress Dowager touched Tu Mingxuan's head and said with a smile: "Okay, Xuan'er is good, the great grandmother likes Xuan'er the most."

"Xuan'er looks very much like Rui'er when he was a child. At that time, Rui'er was as big and as clever. So many years have passed in a blink of an eye." The Empress Dowager touched Tu Mingxuan's head and sighed suddenly.

Daiyu was slightly taken aback, looked at Tu Mingxuan who was like a dumpling, and then thought of Tu Yuanrui, the corners of her mouth twitched, she couldn't help but finally burst out laughing.

Although Tu Mingxuan was small, he understood it, puffed his cheeks and said, "Xuan'er is not like Uncle Wang."

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, the Empress Dowager was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled and said, "Okay, it's not like that!" Hearing these words were deceitful, Xiaotuanzi became more and more angry.The Empress Dowager said to Daiyu again: "In a few years, when I can hold Rui'er and Yu'er's children, the Ai family will be able to close their eyes at ease." Daiyu blushed slightly, unable to speak well.Fortunately, the Empress Dowager did not continue, she lost her children and grandchildren one after another, and was lingering in the sick bed. Today's Empress Dowager is much kinder than before. If it was in the past, I am afraid that the palace will not stop, but now she looks away.

Daiyu originally wanted to send Tu Mingxuan to the Empress Dowager's Chengqian Palace after seeing the Empress Dowager, but later she changed her mind and stayed with the Empress Dowager for lunch at the Palace of Compassion and Ning before leaving the Palace of Compassion and Empress Dowager after her nap. come out.

Finding an excuse, the plum blossoms in Dao's Imperial Garden were in full bloom, and sure enough, Xiaotuanzi volunteered to pick a branch and give it to Daiyu.

Daiyu asked the maid in the palace to protect her, and then sent Zijuan to follow her until Xiaotuanzi was gone.Daiyu then turned to look at Zhou Shangshu who was ordered to send them out, her gaze became sharp.

Zhou Shanggong didn't last long, and finally knelt down on the ground and said everything in the palace. The empress dowager is the highest seniority, but what is the use of seniority? The current emperor belongs to the great-grandchildren, and the empress dowager There is not much love, but there is no disobedience. It is just that the emperor has a lot of homework. Even if he is free on weekdays, he also goes to see the queen mother. How can he think of the great grandmother.Naturally, the Empress Dowager has the final say on matters in the harem. The Empress Dowager lived in the Palace of Compassion, so naturally no one dared to talk about moving the palace, but the Empress Dowager may have some thoughts in her heart.No one in the palace dared to treat them poorly, but the Compassionate Ning Palace gradually became a forgotten place.

Daiyu's face became slightly cold, and she sent Zhou Shangshu back, telling her to take good care of the emperor's grandmother.She can't be blamed for these things, on the contrary, she and brother Rui were too negligent, but they forgot that this palace is not the palace of previous years.

"Aunt Wang, look quickly, is this flower pretty? It was given to Aunt Wang by Xuan'er." The chubby little dumpling ran over on short legs, and handed a beautifully blooming plum blossom to Daiyu's eyes.Seeing the little guy smiling happily in front of her, Daiyu's unhappiness dissipated a lot, and she rubbed Xiaotuanzi's face, "Looks good, thank you Xuan'er."

Daiyu took Tu Mingxuan's hand and went to Chengqian Palace. Since it was already lunch time, she thought that Chengqian Palace would be an outsider, and didn't want to go in with the welcoming servants, but she saw that the Empress Dowager still sat down. Although she didn't see them often, Daiyu vaguely remembered that they should be the new Mrs. Cheng'en and his daughter-in-law.Sure enough, after Daiyu greeted the queen mother, the two also got up to greet the queen mother.

Empress Dowager Liu smiled and said: "Yu'er is not an outsider, Yu'er, mother and sister-in-law, please sit down!" Daiyu and Mrs. Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat down again.

Tu Mingxuan has arrived at the Empress Dowager's side at this moment, Madam Liu couldn't help laughing when she saw Huanxi, "Your Highness the Fifth Highness looks better, but his eyebrows and eyes are like a lady's."

"He's just a naughty one. The Ai family only hopes that he will be healthy. Xuan'er hasn't seen your grandmother yet." Empress Dowager Liu said to Tu Mingxuan.

Xiaotuanzi blinked his eyes and frowned slightly, he didn't care about his mother's intentions, and greeted Mrs. Liu obediently. Mrs. Liu didn't dare to say anything, but there was a smile between her brows, and she even wiped away the tears from her eyes meaning.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xiaoliu apologized to Daiyu in a low voice: "It's really hard to part with blood relatives. Mother, she rarely sees His Highness. She lost her composure for a while. Please don't blame Wangfei."

Daiyu said indifferently: "It should be so with true feelings and sincerity." In her heart, she just felt it was funny. The Empress Dowager and Mrs. Cheng Engong put on a play together for her to watch, so she naturally didn't mind watching the play quietly.

It was probably because Daiyu's attitude was too indifferent, Empress Dowager Liu and Mrs. Cheng Engong quickly restrained their emotions and stopped acting deliberately.Fu said a few more words, Mrs. Cheng Engong got up to leave, Daiyu was bored, so naturally she also planned to leave.As for her original plan, after Empress Dowager Liu's play, it was unnecessary, and I'm afraid talking about it would only add to her dissatisfaction.

Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Liu kept her and said that she had something to say, so Daiyu could only sit back for the time being.

"It's too tight here, Fanghua leads Xuan'er to play in the side hall!" The Queen Mother ordered, and Fanghua, the palace maid next to her, hurriedly agreed, and she was about to take Tu Mingxuan out.

But Xiaotuanzi stood still, only looking at Queen Mother Liu.

"Xuan'er!" Empress Dowager Liu raised her voice slightly, a little displeased, and then Tu Mingxuan moved slowly and left the main hall.Daiyu looked at Tu Mingxuan's leaving back, and frowned her pretty eyebrows. She should have realized that in Chengqian Palace, Xuan'er was not at all as pleasant as before, and was a little dull.But even if the Empress Dowager is unhappy that she is the biological mother, Daiyu can't say anything, just waiting to see why Empress Dowager Liu left her behind.

Although Daiyu guessed a lot, she never thought it was because of Zhang Ling.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for not understanding. Princess Fuling is sick in bed, and everyone in and outside the palace knows it. My Majesty now asks me to spare her life. Forgive me for this crime." But she got up and knelt in front of Empress Dowager Liu.

Empress Dowager Liu's face darkened, "You don't believe what King Ming did to mourn your family, Yu'er, this mourning is also for your own good. Why is it necessary to kill a person out of personal grievances?"

"What the Empress Dowager said has already convicted King Ming, so why bother to ask me again. But if your empress really thinks so, you can report this matter to the cabinet or the clan's office for investigation, if not, please be careful about what you say." Daiyu Leng He said coldly, Zhang Ling's actions are not worthy of forgiveness, what exactly is the Queen Mother trying to do in such a way.

In the main hall of Chengqian Palace, Empress Dowager Liu and Daiyu confronted each other. Outside the palace, Tu Mingxuan, who was supposed to go to the side hall, stayed at the gate of the palace, saying that he was tired and wanted to rest.Fanghua, who was ordered to accompany her, became anxious, but Tu Mingxuan didn't move. As a court lady, how dare she do anything, she could only secretly worry. Fortunately, Tu Mingxuan didn't intend to turn back, so she was relieved.

Tu Mingxuan found a stone and tossed it around the gate of the palace to play, but he enjoyed himself a lot.The emperor hurried over, and what he saw was his young brother having fun, he couldn't help laughing, and stood in front of him, "Stones are fun too!"

"Brother Huang!" Tu Mingxuan raised his head to see the emperor, held up the stone, and stretched out his hand, "Hug!"

Tu Mingxuan was serious, but the emperor still did not hesitate to pick up the little fat man. The servants around him were scared to death, and they were busy protecting him, for fear that the master might fall down due to lack of strength.Another servant looked at Fanghua with an anxious look on his face.

"Brother Huang, let's go play!" Tu Mingxuan said while tugging at the emperor's dragon robe.

After all, the emperor was not strong enough. After holding him for a while, he got tired and put him down. He rubbed his head and said, "Xuan'er go play by himself, Brother Huang has something else to do." His eyes turned to the main entrance of Chengqian Palace.

It's a pity that he was caught by someone before he took two steps.The emperor turned his head and frowned at the little hand pulling his clothes, "Xuan'er, let go!"

Tu Mingxuan pursed his lips and looked at the emperor, "Your brother is bad, you don't listen to your father, you want your father!" But he burst into tears.

The emperor froze for a moment and turned his head to look at Tu Mingxuan, "Why didn't I listen to my father's words?"

"Imperial father said to find elder brother for something, but elder brother ignored him, disobedient, and wanted imperial father." Tu Mingxuan cried as he said, with tears in his bright eyes, he looked at the emperor condemningly.

The emperor was at a loss for words and wanted to comfort Tu Mingxuan. He didn't mean that, but the movement of his hands suddenly stopped, and he looked down at Xiaotuanzi for a long time and said softly, "Xuan'er, what else did the emperor say?"

Xiaotuanzi stopped crying and looked at Brother Huang suspiciously, as if Brother Huang had forgotten, "Listen to Brother Huang, listen to Uncle Wang."

The emperor was stunned for a long time before he said in a low voice, "Are you listening to Uncle Wang?" Then he showed a smile and hugged Tu Mingxuan, "Xuan'er, good boy, can you play with me, brother?"

"Okay!" The two brothers held hands and were about to leave. Fanghua and the previous servant hurriedly tried to stop them, but the emperor gave them a wink, and the rest of the palace immediately separated them.

Not far away, Tu Yuanrui, who had just arrived, looked at the back of the royal brothers leaving, his eyes slightly narrowed, showing the meaning of thinking.But then he restrained his emotions, walked to Chengqian Palace, and said to the restless Fanghua and others, "This king begs to see the queen mother!"

Fanghua's face became more and more ugly, and she didn't dare to disobey, so she could only hurried into the main hall to report.

In the main hall, Daiyu was still confronting Empress Dowager Liu, but she already felt that the Empress Dowager might have other plans, and she felt a little anxious.Just at this moment, Fanghua came in hurriedly.Not only Daiyu but Empress Dowager Liu also showed a surprised expression.

After Fanghua said a few words in her ear, Empress Dowager Liu's complexion changed drastically, and then she restrained herself.Daiyu noticed that Empress Dowager Liu's fingernails had pinched red marks in her hands.

After Fanghua finished speaking, Empress Dowager Liu's expression on Daiyu changed.She tugged at the corner of her mouth to show a stiff smile, stepped forward to help Daiyu herself and said softly, "It's because Aijia is too anxious, and Aijia's move is also because he is worried that what King Ming will do will cause the villain to plot. If he had known about Zhang Ling Dare to collude with foreigners, how could the Ai family be deceived by her. I have wronged Yu'er!"

Daiyu blinked her beautiful eyes, it was over.Apparently something happened outside, and Empress Dowager Liu's subsequent plan failed. "The empress dowager is kind enough to be coaxed by villains, and Yu'er is not to blame." Even though she was dissatisfied, Daiyu also knew that there was no need to turn against empress dowager Liu face to face. Since the empress dowager said so, Daiyu followed the trend.

Empress Dowager Liu's complexion was not very good-looking, and being satirized by Daiyu's words, she was even more distressed. She forced herself to say a few more words before sending Fanghua out.