Hou Kun

Chapter 113
The Empress Dowager listened intently for a while, then turned her head and said to Master Mingxin, "This year is the Emperor's filial piety. He said that the year is not lively, so it's better to go to the garden in the spring. In fact, I like to come back in summer, and wait for the lake The lotus flowers are all in bloom, let them pick lotus among the flowers, and now they pick the lotus root to eat, it is fresh and tender."

Master Mingxin just smiled and said nothing, she is a monk, and the five aggregates are empty, and this beautiful scenery is nothing but a vain thing in her eyes.

The Empress Dowager woke up and said, "Hey, I forgot that you Huawai people don't pay attention to this. I am vulgar."

Mingxin smiled and said, "It's all good for the poor nun to rejoice. It's just that the emperor won't come today?"

The queen mother moved her body and leaned against the pillow, "I sent someone to tell me early in the morning. I have some matters to discuss with the ministers and workers in the morning. Let's go shopping now, and he will come when we are done."

Ming Xin nodded, took a sip of the tea cup, she is a well-versed sorcerer, wherever she goes, this extraordinary person's airs are always there.

The queen mother turned her head slightly and asked, "I'm afraid the master's tea will be cold." Yurong hurriedly agreed, and passed the message to the bow of the boat.After a while, a ladle fan appeared out of nowhere and approached quickly. A large stove was set up on the small sampan. Old Dong was dressed in new clothes, and cheerfully handed over the tea tray. It really was freshly brewed tea.

The queen mother tasted it and praised it.Manager Rhubarb stood at the bow of the boat and shouted, "The small red clay tea stove is burning well, the queen mother will reward you!" Old Dong bowed his head on the small sampan to thank him.Then the boatman swiped the pole, and the dipper fan disappeared quietly.

After passing the Yudai Bridge, the lake is sparkling and the lake widens.Only then did Suge realize that the small ladle fans in twos and threes on the lake looked like they were fishing or planting lotus, but they were actually arranged by Manager Rhubarb. When something happened, he would quickly come over to convey the Queen Mother's wishes.

Manager Rhubarb is also really hardworking.I can't blame the Queen Mother for not being able to leave him.

Su Ge's eyes were caught by the scenery on both sides, the wind from the west mountain was blowing slowly, and she almost forgot that this was the world.Suddenly I heard a sentence in my ear, "Go around and you will reach the center of the lake. They want to come to pay their respects. Let the three of them come, and the mage will show me who has this blessing."

Although the Queen Mother didn't explain clearly, Suge's heart was bright.No wonder he brought Mrs. Mingxin here to show the queen and the other three pregnant women.

Master Mingxin is too pure-hearted and ascetic, but he can't avoid vulgarity.What the old lady is most concerned about at the moment is whether her own grandson can be born in the three wombs.It is arranged today, probably to watch each other quietly while enjoying the scenery, rather than asking someone to come to the Palace of Compassion and Ning in a serious manner.

The boat is moving slowly, and the fine music carefully arranged by the Shengping Administration is playing one by one, and the scenery is constantly changing.

When we got to the West Causeway, the boat stopped moving and moved slowly towards the shore.Under the shade of willows, the emperor dressed in moon-white uniforms was waiting gracefully. The light hat on his head was only inlaid with a piece of red agate.

After putting down the plank of the ship, the emperor boarded the ship, greeted the queen mother first, and after Master Mingxin received the ceremony, he sat down on the big sandalwood chair next to the throne and talked with him.The Empress Dowager was so happy that she asked someone to play "Yangchun Baixue". There was no sound for a while, a ladle fan came, the boatman sat cross-legged at the stern, and a person dressed as a hermit in the boat played a qin on his knees.

The hermit's expression is free and easy, and the majestic mountains and the ocean of the water can be faintly heard from under his fingers. After a while, the sound of the piano turns, there is the tinkling of the axe, and the quietness of the sound of the sculls.The Empress Dowager listened silently, leaning on the pillow, wearing a armor cover with emerald treasures and gold tinsel, and lightly buttoned the armrest of the chair.After the song was over, I sighed, "This song really makes people feel pure in mind and body."

She was talking to the emperor, but she didn't get an answer from the emperor, so she turned her head to look, but saw the emperor looking at Mingxin blankly past her.The Empress Dowager was puzzled, and took a closer look, where she was looking at Mingxin, the emperor was looking at Suge ecstatically.

The Empress Dowager is a person who has been here before. Seeing such eyes, there is nothing to understand. However, the emperor is not the kind of greed and anxiety that men have when they see women. This kind of eyes has been seen in the eyes of the first emperor before. The emperor also saw Yuqi. in this way.

The Empress Dowager's heart skipped a beat, but this was not the time to care about it.She is very good at coping with embarrassment, turned her face and smiled and asked Mingxin, "I am hungry now, how does the mage feel? They have prepared meals, so let's ask the queen to come and accompany me?" The last sentence is to ask the emperor of.

The emperor also woke up at this time, nodded naturally and replied, "It's just that the empress didn't have to come and serve her before." According to the previous rules, the empress dowager ate meals on the dragon boat, and the space in the cabin was small, and there were more than 120 courses even if the meal was served. If it wasn't finished, I just gave it to the queen and the others who accompanied the boat.

The empress dowager said kindly, "This year is different. Even the empress and concubine are able-bodied people, let alone go hungry. I thought about letting them come and have a meal together. Only when the whole family is lively can we celebrate." The emperor naturally didn't He said, so the dragon boat came to the most open place in the center of the lake and stopped.

As soon as the dragon boat stopped, the accompanying boat that had been following behind hurriedly came up.Suge looked over and saw a group of beauties from Tao Yao Li Yan over there, following the queen, standing neatly, greeting the queen mother and the emperor in unison.

The emperor stood up with the empress dowager, walked slowly to the bow, nodded, and accepted the ceremony from the concubines.The accompanying boat retreated immediately, and disappeared for a while.

At this time, Yurong pulled Suge to the stern, "I've been standing all morning, but it's hard to hold back?" Suge was already in a hurry, so she ran away.It turned out that the maids on the ship were free for a while, so they all went to accompany the ship for convenience.Yurong explained to her, "I'm dying, I can't hold it anymore... You don't understand, there is something in the curtain behind the throne on the dragon boat, but how can we use it, it's for the Queen Mother. Let's rush to grab a seat on the boat right now."

Not only are they anxious, but many people are waiting.Someone called over there, it turned out that it was Xiao Shuang who waved to them, and then interrupted.

A wave of people came and went with a rush, and hurried back to serve after cleaning their hands.

Just like that, three long beeping beeps were heard, and it was the manager of the big yellow blowing the bamboo and wood horn at the stern.This is the order to pass on the meal, and the small ladle fans quickly gathered over, the east side passed the food up, and the west side waited to pick up and withdraw the food, everything was in an orderly manner.

Mrs. Mingxin was invited by Yurong to go to the back cabin. She had her own vegetarian meal, which was already prepared.After a while, the accompanying people on the boat also came over.Behind the empress was the concubine with a big belly and the slender concubine Ning. The three stood aside and waited to serve the empress dowager.The empress dowager sat down with the emperor, and after a while, it was finally set up. The eunuch Chuanshan called out "Dish is ready", and the empress stepped forward to bring the first dish to the empress dowager.

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A Picture of Hundred Phases of Amusement in the Qing Palace.It is said that people really know how to play.

Please collect and ask for tickets. Although the rhythm is slow, the code words are really tiring. It takes a long time to write the details. . .

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