Empress work daily

Chapter 71

Ji Qiang seemed to be calm and relaxed, but in fact his face was sullen, and Huang Chang beside him was even more entangled, whether she should say or not to say what Shang Liujia missed.

Heavy snow crushes pines and cypresses.The sun was rising and the snow was falling. Shang Liujia was busy opening the way. When he saw a pine branch protruding into the path, he hurriedly pushed aside, lest the snow on it would fall on Ji Qiang.In the distance, a few palace people were cleaning the snow on the path, Ji Qiang asked which palace person was not open-eyed, and even forgot the rules that cleaning should not be done on the first day of the new year.

Shang Liujia raised his voice and asked, "Which palace are you from? Don't you know what day it is?"

Several palace people saw Ji Qiang quickly salute, the leader was very calm, and said with a smile: "Return to your majesty, slaves and others are all from Shou'an Palace. The holy king said that although the rules are great, your majesty's dragon body is more important. The snow is deep and the road is slippery." The Holy King was afraid that His Majesty would fall down, and that the snow on the pine branches would hit His Majesty, so he ordered his servants to clean it up before dawn..."

They cleaned up before dawn, and cleaned all the way to the vicinity of Fangying Terrace. If she came a little later, they probably had to clean all the way to the entrance of Yangyuan Hall.

Ji Qiang's eyebrows and eyes were curved, and the haze in his heart was swept away.

He ordered a group of people to wait to get up, and praised Wang Shengjun in front of everyone, and then strode towards Shou'an Palace.

……

As soon as Ji Qiang entered the gate of Shou'an Palace, he saw that the whole courtyard was completely new.

There are festive couplets pasted on the door, exquisite window grilles pasted on the windows, and red hot peppers and lanterns and frozen persimmons hung on the trees.

These exquisite objects were not seen last night, but in just a few hours, they all appeared.

With a smile on his face, Ji Qiang saw Wang Shengjun and said straightly: "Father Ya, I'm here to wish you New Year's greetings."

"Oh, Your Majesty, you can't do it." Wang Shengjun refused to accept even a modest courtesy, and directly invited Ji Qiang to take the seat.The two were exchanging pleasantries, when Huang, Yang and other holy servants came together.

They specially calculated the time to come here to pay New Year's greetings to Wang Shengjun, and they just wanted to meet Ji Qiang by the way.

Shouan Palace is even more lively.

When it came to Ji Qiang's drunkenness last night, everyone pleaded guilty one after another, and Ji Qiang easily exposed it.

Naturally, she would not tell everyone, and she did not know that she could drink so little. After all, her father never allowed her to drink alcohol since she was a child. Even on big occasions such as state banquets, she only dared to drink a small cup.

"Since I ascended the throne, all the sub-fathers have helped me so much, I am very touched. To express my gratitude, I have invited all the sub-fathers to accompany me out of the palace on the night of Shangyuan. Let's enjoy the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles. Have a good time." Le Yile, I don't know what the sub-fathers want?"

This is Ji Qiang's real purpose in coming to Shou'an Palace.As a monarch, there is no need to pay New Year's greetings to one of the former emperor's nobles, let alone others.

She was able to sit in the Shouan Palace on this day, which was already a great honor to Wang Shengjun.

However, Ji Qiang didn't want to pay attention to all kinds of cumbersome etiquette with this group of men who had lived half their lives. They supported and helped her, and she tried to make their lives as comfortable as possible.

"Your Majesty wants to take his ministers out of the palace to watch the lanterns on the night of Shangyuan?"

Wang Shengjun and others were so overjoyed that they couldn't believe it.

Among them, the longest one has not been out of this Sifang City for more than 20 years. God knows what the outside world has become.

"But on the day of Shangyuan, there must be a sea of ​​people on the street, mixed with fish and eyes. Is your majesty really going to leave the palace that day?" After the joy, there was deep worry.

Ji Qiang's heart warmed up, no matter what she said or did, Wang Shengjun would immediately consider her mood and safety.

At the same time, she felt more doubts in her heart. Why should he do something that her father and king have never done?
"At that time, Zhao Gan will lead the two teams of Habayashi Guards to disguise themselves and protect us secretly. For safety matters, please rest assured."

Ji Qiang dispelled everyone's doubts, and the matter was settled.

After sitting for a while, Ji Qiang returned to Yangyuan Hall.

……

She didn't return all night, and her imperial case and small couch were covered with boxes and boxes of all sizes. According to Lu Yi's report, these were all New Year gifts from courtiers and children of aristocratic families.

"I didn't give them vegetables, but they gave me congratulatory gifts."

"That's natural." Ling Lu continued, "Your Majesty has his own reasons for not giving them food. If they forget the rules, they will be very unreasonable."

Ji Qiang smiled and gave Linglu a glance, and began to unwrap the gift box.

The Xia family gave a pair of red coral bonsai, the shape is quite satisfactory, and it does not take up much space. It is a rare pair.

What the Wei family sent was a screen made of beautiful rivers and mountains. Lvyi observed carefully and found that the double-sided embroidery method was used, the stitches were fine and the stitches flowed like flowing water, and he couldn't help admiring it.

Ji Qiang looked through other aristocratic families again. Compared with last year's gift, it is not expensive, but more attentive than before.

"Who gave this?" Ji Qiang asked, pointing to a black box, which didn't even have a signature on it, and he didn't know how to get into the palace.

Hearing the words, Luyi hurriedly checked and reported back in a short time that the black box entered the palace together with the congratulatory gift from Duke Qin's mansion.

Ji Qiang wanted to open it at first, but after hearing what Lv Yi said, he pushed the black box aside and went to search for other gift boxes.

Ling Lu was surprised, "Your Majesty, why don't you open it and have a look?"

"Don't look, I know who sent it and what's inside."

Ling showed his enthusiasm, "I don't believe it."

Ji Qiang raised his head, seeming to be interested, "Do you want to bet with me?"

Ling Lu immediately smiled and said, "What is your majesty betting with me?"

"If I don't guess correctly, you will win. I can promise you one thing. If I guess correctly, on the day of Shangyuan, you can stay and watch the house."

Linglu: "..."

What should I do if I suddenly feel like riding a tiger?
But it was too late to regret.

Ji Qiang has already opened his mouth and said: "This thing is a gift from Qin Shaoqing, and the things inside are probably things that he made or played with me when we were young."

After the box was opened, there lay an old leather slingshot, a yellowed wooden horse, and a wooden handmade token inside.

Ji Qiang picked up the wooden token conveniently, and the past gradually emerged in front of his eyes.

At that time, she had been "under house arrest" by the first emperor in the East Palace, and she could not easily see anyone outside.Suddenly one evening, Qin Shima climbed up the wall of the East Palace and said he wanted to rescue her.

At that time, she was very surprised, Qin Shima had been banned by the first emperor, he was not allowed to enter and leave the palace at will, and the token had been confiscated long ago, how did he get in?
The young man who was smiling like a flower in the sun suddenly threw something at him, and said triumphantly, "Hey, that's all it takes, Yaoyao, am I smart?"

Ji Qiang stared at the rough wooden token, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, how could he be smart, it was obvious that the gatekeepers were under someone's cover, and turned a blind eye to let him in on purpose ...

The three old things brought back a lot of memories for Ji Qiang, but the happy atmosphere accumulated in the past two days was gone.

She put those old things back into the black box, and just ordered people to keep them and ignore them.Ling Lu hurriedly responded, not daring to joke anymore.

Ji Qiang rummaged through the remaining gift boxes again, after a long time, she finally found what she wanted to see.

Yin Qilei, who was far away in Yongzhou, drew a picture and attached a letter.

A picture of "Sorrowful Hong in the Wild".

A statement of guilt.

Among the many congratulatory gifts, only these two directly hit Ji Qiang's heart.

(End of this chapter)