Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 30

The princess brought the teacup and talked to the old lady with a smile: "When I was young, I was also a fan of poetry and songs, the Four Books and Five Classics, the History Books and the Art of War, I liked to watch and play, and then I got married, and there were a lot of things in the palace. , I was so busy that I didn’t have half a day all year round, so I gradually let it go.”

Does the princess think reading is good?Still not good?
These words were heard right and wrong, and they were so leak-proof that Zhao Xiwei couldn't figure out her true intentions.

"That's not it!" The old lady was clever, and continued on the topic: "Girls have so many years of comfortable life in total, once they get married, they are too busy to turn their heads, where can there be time to watch flowers and listen to the show? So I often tell my daughters-in-law, don't hold the children, they can do whatever they like."

As he said that, he pointed at Zhao Chengyan and said with a smile, "Others are fine, only my granddaughter in the long house likes to read. I don't know if she followed her father!"

"Oh?" The princess' voice became a little more interested, and she looked at Zhao Chengyan: "Is this the daughter of Prime Minister Zhao?"

Zhao Chengyan got up hurriedly, and replied softly, "The minister's daughter Zhao Chengyan has seen the princess."

"Good boy, come soon." The princess took Zhao Chengyan's hand, still smiling like that, and looked at Zhao Chengyu's beauty and praised Zhao Chengyu more than before.

Zhao Chengyu stood aside, his cheeks suddenly lost their rosy color!
"What a dignified child! Unexpectedly, he is still so eager to learn, but what books have you read?" The princess asked affectionately.

"Back to the princess, I read the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as half of the historical records, and Yuefu poetry collections in the early years. Unfortunately, the ministers and daughters are dull, and they are not very motivated.

"Look, old lady, you are really lucky, the children are more clever and sensible than each other!"

The princess laughed happily, looked at the girl in front of her with her eyes tenderly, and said, "Your father was the prime minister of the court, and he was one of the most talented among the disciples of the doctor, not to mention that you are a boudoir girl, you are a great man. Wei Chaotang, it's hard to have a second person who can compare with him."

Zhao Chengyan blushed at the right time.

Seeing that the princess liked it even more, she asked, "How old are you this year? What month is your birthday?"

Knowing that Zhao Chengyan had just passed her 16th birthday last month, she hurriedly took off a suet jade bracelet from her wrist, and said with a smile, "It's my fault, and I didn't prepare a gift for you."

Zhao Chengyan hurriedly refused to accept it, but the princess refused to accept it. After several times of rejection, the old lady and the eldest lady both smiled and said, "Sister Yan, this is also a piece of the princess' heart, you can take it."

Zhao Chengyan took it with both hands, and then made a standard curtsey: "Thank you, Princess, for your love, the servants and daughters deserve it."

The princess kept nodding, looking very happy.

He chatted with the old lady about what he had seen all the way north, and even talked about Prince Prince: "He grew up in Jiangxia and developed an unrestrained temperament, and the days when he returned to Beijing made him bored, no, no, Today, I went hunting in the western suburbs with His Royal Highness."

The old lady smiled and said, "The old man has also seen the prince. Back then, King Jiangxia took the prince back to Beijing to receive the reward, with a silver saddle and a white horse. How handsome and unrestrained."

"Yeah." The princess sighed, "That year Jiangxia rebels were in chaos, and the prince was besieged by eight thousand rebels in Xiakou. If it wasn't for this child, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to return to the capital."

As he spoke, there were tears in his eyes.

One person against eight thousand, just thinking about it, you already know how dangerous this is!

Even the young Zhao Chengmiao was fascinated by it, and asked curiously, "Really?! Lord Shizi defeated eight thousand traitors alone? Is that more powerful than my brother and father?"

The third lady gently touched her daughter's head.

Zhao Xiwei couldn't help being a little curious, and listened carefully.

"I remember very clearly that it was in the south of the Yangtze River in June. It was the hot summer season. The rebels cut off the water source of Xiakou, and the soldiers besieged in the city were suffering. Drink, my lord and I even have a problem with taking a bath..."

"The lord urgently asked for help, but Jiangling City, which is the closest to Xiakou, is also separated by a river, and no one in the city can break through the [-]-fold siege. The prince asked the lord to try himself. The lord became angry when he heard it, and said, "My subordinates All the soldiers said that it is difficult to break through. You are a hairy boy who has never been in battle. Where do you get the confidence to go out of the city alone?? I am also very anxious, old lady, you know, I went around looking for doctors, asking for medicine, asking God and worshipping Buddha. When you are pregnant with him, and there is only one child in the total, how can you be willing to let him take this risk?"

"But the eldest son comforted me and said: 'As the royal family, we enjoy the grace of the people enshrining His Majesty, how can we shrink back in such a crisis? Now the soldiers dare not break through the encirclement easily, I have to set an example to encourage The morale is right. If I also choose to back down and let the rebels become more and more rampant, I will not only let down the people of the world and your majesty, but even the kindness of my parents' parenting."

"When the lord heard it, after being silent for a while, he finally agreed to let him try it."

The princess was in tears, and the maid beside her hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.

The concubine wiped away her tears, and continued to speak slowly: "It was not yet dawn that day, so he brought a quiver, a bow, and rode a horse, which the prince and I opened in person. He flew out , The thieves outside immediately showed their weapons. I was so frightened that I almost fainted, and I kept praying to the gods in my heart, as long as I can bless him to return safely, even if I lose 30 years of life."

"I just finished praying, when there was a sudden commotion outside, and arrows rained all over the sky. I grabbed the king's sleeve tightly, so I didn't fall down. I didn't dare to look, but I couldn't help but look. Seeing him fly over the tight encirclement, look back to take the arrow, the bowstring trembled, and the humming sounds were like lightning and thunder in my ears, I was so nervous that I closed my eyes. The rebels have all fallen to the ground. The rest of the Xiaoxiao were frightened, and no one dared to move again for a while..."

"I used to only know that the soldiers won glory for the country, but after this experience, I know how worried the mothers and wives of those sons are!" The princess said this, tears rolled down like pearls.

This cry made everyone feel a little sad, and it was unexpected that the high-ranking concubine also had such a motherly heart.

The third lady thought of her husband and son who were fighting abroad, and sobbed softly with her face half covered.

The second lady pursed her lips, her expression solemn and lonely.

The eldest lady has been raised in a honey pot since she was a child. When she heard the princess cry like this, she thought of herself.

Although she doesn't have to experience the pain of separation from life and death like other women, she can't get his heart if she stays by her side.Which is more painful?

　You've seen it all here and still don't give me a ticket, you're too unconscionable! (`~)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)