Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 63 New Year's Eve
The crowd talked with the queen mother all morning, and at lunch time the sage gave eight dishes to show their filial piety.

The theater troupe sang on the stage, and the thick sandalwood was burning indoors, and the babbling outside was so lively.

After meeting the last wave of ministers in the Xuanzheng Hall, the saint did not call the guard of honor to follow, only the servant Kang Shouzhong accompanied him, and those in light clothes and simple robes came over.

The queen saw him first, and said to the queen mother with a smile: "The sage is here."

"How is the queen mother today?" The sage hasn't paid his respects for a few days. As the year approaches, the court is not only not idle, but even busier.

"With your concern, Aijia is very good." The queen mother glanced at the eldest son and saw that he looked good, so she said: "Qing'er also sent a bunch of wild game to Aijia, and let the dining room cook together later. Yes, let everyone have a taste."

King Yan.

When the Empress Dowager mentioned him, the saint's expression remained the same, but he still smiled: "Okay, then I will have a taste too. As an older brother, I can only get the glory of the Empress Mother."

The imperial dining room quickly delivered the grilled venison and smoked rabbits. The rabbits were not big, so everyone only got a little bit.

The saint personally tore off a piece of the most tender part for the queen mother, put it in a small dish and handed it to her.

"Okay, okay, you should use more yourself. It seems that you have lost a lot of weight recently, and you have a lot of affairs in court?"

The Empress Dowager just asked casually, but she didn't expect the sage to talk about political affairs in front of them: "I'm busy, but there are a few good things that have something to do with the Lu family."

The trio of the Lu family was named, He Shaoguang raised his eyes, and saw the saint looking at them with a smile.

"Which one is Lu Er's wife?" The saint didn't know Xu Ruyun, let alone He Shaoguang, so he couldn't tell the difference.

He Shaoguang silently put down his chopsticks, got up and saluted: "My wife is here."

"Okay, the rules are good." The saint only took a look, but he didn't see clearly through so many people. He couldn't take a closer look at the family members of his courtiers. Sang Xi seized power, and now Min Ri's party is no longer a thing."

"The Turkic civil strife must have been resting for the past few years, and I dare not commit it." The queen also showed a very happy look, which is a good thing.

It's a good thing to win, but it's a good thing to lose... Let's see Turkic knows now.

"As soon as Sang Xi changed Min Ri's style, he sent envoys to ask for peace. The boss told me yes, and the other party was willing to offer five hundred cattle and sheep each, and twenty beauties."

There are [-] beauties. Could it be that the saint's harem is about to add newcomers?

Now the queen, including the concubines sitting there, couldn't help laughing.

The sage said again: "I thought, this time, the Lu family, the boss's side, and the Zuo family...all those who have made meritorious service will be rewarded to them, so there is no need to keep them in the palace."

Now the ladies who are sitting here can't laugh anymore, I'm so angry, I have to thank you.

"What does this have to do with General Lu?" The queen was puzzled.

"How shrewd is Lu Er Er, he directly captured the envoy, tied him in the camp, and frightened him a lot. The queen mother guessed what the envoy said? The two armies fought without beheading the envoy. Hehe,"

The sage thought of the description in the letter and thought it was funny, "The envoy was scared out of his wits, Lu Er talked to them, Turkic also agreed, and gave us two hundred more good war horses."

War horses, you must know that the advantage of the Turks in the past was their horses.

Now Duan Chao is given [-] horses, although it is not many, but with [-] horses, he can let the horse breeders see how to breed high-quality horses.

I have also fought against the Turks before, and the opponent also knew the importance of war horses, but they did not let go, and the opponent did not lose so thoroughly.

This time Lu Xiaowen made this request and got the opposite party to agree, the saint was in a good mood.

Madam Xiao and Concubine Xiao Shu sat together, listening to the sage mentioning Lu Xiaowen, thinking of her daughter who was married into a man for no reason, her expression was gloomy.

Concubine Xiao Shu saw her, and comforted her sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, didn't the sage just say that? If you want to reward her with a few people, she must have a hard time in the future."

"But the eldest prince also..." The saint also said that he would reward.

"The eldest concubine hasn't been born yet, so I'll go and tell the sage myself." Concubine Xiao Shu didn't care, and the first concubine was also supporting her when the sky fell, "Since Yan'er has become a side concubine, we still have to help her Plan for the future."

What is a concubine?The eldest prince will always be just a prince, only the concubine is worthy of the Xiao family.

Gao, you can't stay.

Concubine Xiao Shu has been able to come to this day and raise an outstanding prince by herself, so her temperament cannot be soft.

On the way out of the palace, Mrs. Lu gave He Shaoguang a shot in the arm: "The saint's reward cannot be declined, but don't worry, Xiao Wen knows it well and won't let others pass you by."

He Shaoguang wasn't really sad, but it wasn't easy to show it clearly.

So he kept talking less and boring all night, and only now he said gratefully: "I know it in my heart, mother."

When I went back, I was still in the same car as Xu Ruyun. For some reason, her complexion didn't look good either, and she was very tired.

"Sister-in-law is tired, can you rest with me?" He Shaoguang asked concerned, Xu Ruyun seemed to be in a bad state.

She was taller than Xu Ruyun, and now she passed her shoulders to indicate that Xu Ruyun could lean on her.

Xu Ruyun refused, tilted her head back, and leaned against the wall of the car to rest for a while.

Compared with the laughter and laughter at the time, the carriage was much duller when we went back.

Mrs. Lu went in after she arrived first. She sat for a day in the court dress and headgear, but she couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to go back to rest.

Zhijun and Shuliu next to Xu Ruyun were waiting at the door, seeing them getting off the car, they came up to meet them.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going back first. Shuliu, I'll make hot water for your wife to soak her feet later, she's very tired today."

After sitting upright for a whole day, He Shaoguang was not much better than her.

The moment he sat on the low bed and soaked his feet, He Shaoguang finally let out a satisfied sigh.

Zhijun massaged her scalp in distress to relax.

"Ahem..." Xu Ruyun had just walked to the door when she heard Lu Ruqing's cough.

She frowned, her tone full of distress: "Didn't you have a good day yesterday? Why did you cough again today?"

Shuliu sighed: "The old lady and you are not here today, the third master asked the uncle to have a meal together, and the uncle caught the wind when he sent the third master out, so he coughed again."

Xu Ruyun was a little annoyed: "Why did you let him enter the uncle's house?"

Shuliu was startled, not knowing why Madam was so angry.

"Slaves...slaves can't stop the third master, besides, at that time, the uncle has already heard the voice of the third master talking to the slaves."

Xu Ruyun regained her composure, knowing that she had lost her composure, and said embarrassingly, "I know, it's my fault, and you shouldn't be blamed for this."

Shuliu hurriedly said: "If Madam can feel better, feel free to scold the slaves." He looked up at Xu Ruyun's face, and said distressedly: "Master can't sleep well all day, Madam can't sleep well either, everyone is haggard In the future, the work of boiling medicine will be done by servants?"

Avoiding Shuliu's gaze, Xu Ruyun's eyes flashed, and her tone was a little unnatural: "No need, I will boil the medicine myself."

All these years, Lu Ruqing's medicine has been handled by her, and no one can touch it.

Shuliu only considers his wife to care about the uncle, afraid that other people will play tricks on the medicine, so he dare not say any more to disturb him.

(End of this chapter)