My concubines are talents

Chapter 7 New Tables

Retirement means leaving get off work, and it's time for lunch.

Emperor Fushou, who had been busy all morning, led the eldest princess out of the Tai Chi Hall, and walked in the palace with red walls and purple tiles with a heavy heart.

According to the time of the letter, if it is by water, Xiao Liulang will take the elders of Taoyuan Village to take a boat across the Yanjiang River tonight, and it is too late to inform.

Although Hu Ge flew fast, he could only fly back to the palace from the outside. Except for a few important frontier towns, he could not fly from the palace to other places to send messages.

We can only hope that Liulang and Jiulang can ventilate in advance, or that the old man has other magical powers besides living a long time, so that he can survive this calamity.

When retiring from the court, Xiao Shen wanted to bring up the matter of the draft again, but Hu Lu didn't care to listen at all, so he waved him away.

Xiao Shen is easy to dismiss, but the Queen Mother is not easy to dismiss.

As soon as the father and daughter arrived at the Hall of Liangyi, they ran into Madam Chang in the Empress Dowager's Palace, and said that the Empress Dowager had invited her Majesty to the Imperial Garden to meet her.

"Ping An, go to the Yaoguang Palace to eat by yourself, Dad may not be able to make it through." Hu Lu patted his daughter on the head, and then rode on the horse, "Drive!"

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Empress Dowager Xiao is playing with her two granddaughters in the Imperial Garden, playing a game called "Guess who I am?"

She closed her eyes first, and after the Fourth Princess Jixiang and the Fifth Princess Ruyi made some moves, she opened her eyes, and the two little girls in front of her said in unison:

"Grandma, who do you think I am?"

"Grandma, who do you think I am?"

Although Jixiang Ruyi usually wears the same clothes, her hair accessories and hairstyles are different, which is an important basis for distinguishing the two sisters.

But now the two took off their hair ornaments, let their hair loose, and exchanged positions back and forth several times.

Empress Dowager Xiao squinted her eyes to identify carefully, but she didn't dare to draw a conclusion easily, because the two girls looked so much alike that even the moles on their buttocks were in the same place.

At this time, Hu Lu appeared behind the two of them on tiptoe. Seeing the old lady's worried look, he had an idea and shouted, "Queen Mother, if you can't see it from the front, you can look at the back. Auspicious's head is rounder."

Hearing this, the two little girls first touched the back of each other's heads, then touched the back of their own with one hand, and shook their heads at the same time.

"No."

"No."

Hu Lu covered his face, the trick didn't work, his plan should be Ruyi to touch the back of Jixiang's head.

So he sat down with the Queen Mother and joined the game.

In the end, Empress Dowager Xiao pulled the one on the left, "The Ai family thinks this is auspicious, and the emperor thinks so."

Hu Lu had a different opinion. He pulled the one on the left, "I think this is auspicious, and that is wishful thinking."

The result was announced, the Queen Mother won, Hu Lu blushed, and his own daughter even admitted her mistake.

Maybe it's because he has six daughters and loves each of them equally, but the Queen Mother obviously prefers the auspicious Ruyi who is related to her by blood.

The queen mother helped the two sisters get their hair done, and Hu Lu asked while laying his hands together, "Aren't you two with the poppies?"

"The poppy fell."

"The poppy fell."

Hu Lu hurriedly asked, "What's going on, is it serious?"

Empress Dowager Xiao explained, "It's just sprained to the ankle, it has been sent back to Chuxiu Palace, and the imperial doctor has been called to see it."

Hu Lu was worried, "Why are you so careless?"

"That's a child who didn't grow up. He took a few younger children up the ladder to watch the little swallow. He slipped and fell," the queen mother said harshly. "Fortunately, it was her who fell, not Aijia. granddaughter."

Seeing the displeasure on the emperor's face, the queen mother asked Jixiang Ruyi to go to play, but when they walked away, she asked Hu Lu, "Does the emperor have something to say?"

Hu Lu, "Queen, after all, Yu Meiren is a member of my palace. Isn't it too chilling for you, a mother-in-law, to say that?"

"It's chilling, it's just what's on your mind," Empress Dowager Xiao snorted coldly, "It's been three months since she entered the palace, and her stomach hasn't moved at all, which makes people happy for nothing."

Hu Lu smiled wryly and shook his head, "The queen mother used poppies as an introduction, so there must be something waiting for me later."

"The Ai family will not go around in circles with you. The draft must be put on the agenda. I have listened to Concubine Shu's suggestion. I will not hold a national election for you this year. I will select dozens of beautiful women to fill the harem. No bargaining is allowed. !” The queen mother said quite decisively.

"Queen, aren't you afraid that I will be obsessed with women and become a fool?"

"Indulging in female sex can at least make the royal family have many children and grandchildren, which is better than pursuing the illusory way of the gods."

"Mother, this statement is wrong," Hu Lu confidently took out the two secret letters, "You can take a look at this, if you don't believe me when I say I saw a fairy on Mount Tai, Xiaolang can't lie to me, right?"

Empress Dowager Xiao quickly read through the two secret letters, and threw them away, "I've seen people cut off their heads and put them back on. They're all tricks, Emperor, you're still too young!"

This old lady is too stubborn, is this the generation gap?
The Empress Dowager Xiao said again, "I have passed down the decree for the draft, and passed it on to the world. As I said before, only a few dozen people will be selected this year, and there will only be a few places in each province. It's not a big deal. After Xiunu enters the palace, you should work harder and give birth to a few princes as soon as possible, and then you don't care how much you want to mess with your family."

The old lady is about to go her own way. She has never been so tough since she ended the curtain ten years ago.

There is no way, the tuba is about to be abolished, so I can only practice the trumpet from scratch.

Hu Lu stood up angrily, "Auspicious Ruyi, let's go!"

Empress Dowager Xiao, "You go on your own, the two of them stay at Le Shoutang for lunch at noon."

Hu Lu walked out of the imperial garden angrily, and wanted to go to Chuxiu Palace to see the poppies, but after thinking about it, he turned around and went back to Yaoguang Palace for dinner.

Xiao Guoer, Wan Linglong, Miao Hongxiu, and the second, third, and sixth were all there.

Hu Lu asked, "Where's the boss?"

Wan Linglong took out a tael of silver and turned his left hand to his right, "I'm going to see Poppy in peace, I should leave her for dinner."

Hu Lu nodded, "This kid is sensible."

Then came the normal meal session, Xiao Guoer hesitated to speak several times, but seeing that Wan Linglong didn't speak, she finally swallowed it back.

After dinner, Hu Lu asked his second son, Hu Xingchen, to take his two younger sisters out to play.

Now there are only four of them left.

Hu Lu looked at Concubine Shu Wan Linglong, "I heard from my mother that you agreed to the draft."

Xiao Guoer excitedly said, "It's her, it's her, there is a traitor among us!"

Wan Linglong rolled her eyes at Xiao Guo'er, "Would it be useful for me to object, and isn't it your father's idea, Concubine Xian!"

Xiao Guoer and Wan Linglong stared at each other, and they were about to fight again. Hu Lu patted the table, "That's enough, the most urgent thing now is to blame each other!"

The two silenced, and Miao Hongxiu looked at Hu Lu, "Your Majesty, the draft is about to start, so what should we do now?"

Hu Lu pointed at the table, "Of course the most urgent thing is to set up a new table. There will be too many people, so this table will not be enough."

Xiao Guoer: "?"

Wan Linglong: "!"

Miao Hongxiu nodded, "Well, do you have any specific requirements?"

(Sorry for being late, the status has not been changed, and the scheduled release function cannot be used. I inquired about it, and it seems that it can be changed in three or four days, alas~)

(End of this chapter)