I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 43 This Empress Dowager Looks Like a Madman

Xingqing Palace is not very big.

But Su Changan never came.

Although Su Chang'an had stayed in the palace for half a year before, he was still a small handyman in the Food Bureau after all.

There are many rules in the imperial city, and there are also many prohibitions.

Small handymen like Su Chang'an can only stay in the area they are assigned to. If they violate the rules, they will be punished, and even beheaded if they are serious.

So Su Changan obeyed the rules very much and never ran around.

Walking along the way, in the huge palace, it is rare to see maids of honor.

It wasn't until we came to the entrance of the palace that we saw two trembling maids who were cleaning.

Xiang Hong, who hadn't said a word all the way, turned her head to look at Su Chang'an and the others at this time: "Your Majesty said that only Miss Chang'an is allowed to go in."

Yan Ruyu nodded and said, "Thank you, Si Ji, for leading the way."

Then, looking at Su Chang'an, he said, "Maomao and I will wait for you here."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Su Changan and added: "Don't worry."

Su Changan nodded, and handed the food box in his hand to Yan Ruyu: "Look at it, hold it straight, it doesn't matter to me if it spills."

Yan Ruyu was helpless, but knowing that it was given to His Majesty by Su Changan, she naturally took it carefully.

And this time.
A court lady ran out, first bowed to Xiang Hong, and then said: "The queen mother said, please come in with the food box, Miss Chang'an."

hear the words
Su Changan froze for a moment, couldn't help but glance at Yan Ruyu, then looked at the court lady: "What are you doing with the food box, it's not for the Queen Mother."

Xianghong frowned.

And the court lady didn't expect Miss Chang'an to be so bold as to say such a thing, so she said: "The queen mother said, just bring it in, she knows it's for His Majesty, she just wants to see it."

Su Changan frowned.

On the other hand, Yan Ruyu said: "Take it in."

Su Changan thought about it for a while, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. Anyway, I won't give you food, and you will die of hunger!
So, he took back the food box from Yan Ruyu.

Without saying a word, Xiang Hong made a gesture of invitation to Su Chang'an, and Su Chang'an naturally walked in.

Xianghong followed closely behind, and the maid from before followed at the end.

Yan Ruyu stood outside the gate of the palace, and after being startled for a moment, she looked at the old eunuch who suddenly appeared at the corner of the fence not far away from the main hall.

Look tense.

It's like facing a big enemy! !
On the contrary, it is the old eunuch, looking into the distance, his two white eyebrows are often drooping and swaying gently, he is only eight rank, nothing to be afraid of.

The real thing to be afraid of is drinking on that roof over there.

After passing through a section of hall corridor, Su Chang'an saw the empress dowager sitting at the top of the hall.

Simple and elegant white clothes, black blue silk hanging straight down, without any jewelry embellishment.

At the moment, he just leaned on the table so casually, graceful and charming.

How about the Queen Mother? She doesn't look like a woman in her 40s.

Su Changan thought so in his heart.

Xianghong bowed respectfully: "Queen Dowager."

The Empress Dowager smiled, looked at Su Changan and said enthusiastically: "There is no need to salute, I won't tell you the rules, and you don't need to be restrained, you and I will be a family from now on. Instead, let me take a good look."

Su Changan, who was about to bow and salute, was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look at the Queen Mother.

The queen mother smiled and said: "I heard many people say that the poems you wrote about beauties seem to be about other beauties, but in fact you are about yourself. I have been thinking about what it is if you are really about yourself. Look, even our Majesty is fascinated by you."

"I saw you today. Hmm! It's really Yun Xiang's clothes and Hua Xiangrong's. You can really afford them, and they look great. It's just that many people like you, Yun Xiang's clothes and Hua Xiangrong's poetry. You have a sense of immortality. However, I prefer your poem that the lotus is not as good as the makeup of a beauty, after all, whether a woman is beautiful or not depends on the time when she is crying."

Su Chang'an thought of the poem that Furong is not as good as beauty makeup, but it actually said that the concubine in the harem washed her face with tears and only asked for the king's favor.

That's what it's implying
just attack me
Why are you attacking my "daughter-in-law"! !
So he immediately said: "The queen mother is joking, Chang'an dare not follow the poems he wrote, but he always thinks about His Majesty's face, so he wrote those poems."

The Queen Mother smiled: "Your Majesty is certainly first-class and handsome."

Su Changan answered immediately, not allowing the Queen Mother to say the following: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and what His Majesty praises me is not the first class, but Yun Xiang's own deity, a peerless and independent existence."

Xiang Hong frowned again and looked at the Queen Mother at the same time.

The Empress Dowager smiled unabated: "What a lover sees Xi Shi. It seems that he is really in love. No wonder His Majesty treats you like this. But you are still young. There is no love in this palace."

Su Chang'an bowed and said: "The sky is not old, and the love is inextricable. The first emperor and the first empress are proofs. After reading through the history books, there are countless people in the Great Xia Dynasty who are as affectionate as the first emperor and the first empress."

After finishing speaking, Su Chang'an added: "Queen Mother, I did not say this, it was said in a book."

Xiang Hong frowned, and looked at Su Chang'an more indifferently.

On the other hand, after the smile on the Empress Dowager's side disappeared suddenly, a smile appeared again immediately: "I'm so young, I'm so in love, I'm worthy of being the leader of the Poetry Association. I'm a little curious about which book it is, and I want to read it some other day. What kind of infatuated seed can say this sentence."

Speaking of this, the queen mother said with a smile: "However, I heard that you are as timid as a mouse, but today you are so courageous in front of me?"

Su Chang'an immediately said: "Anyway, seeing the empress dowager is kind, so I dared to ask the empress to forgive me."

The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "Kindly? I haven't heard anyone say this to me for a long time. Forget it, I won't tell you these things. Just now a maid told me that you cooked dishes for His Majesty. I'm a little curious about you. What did you do? Because I heard that you are very good at cooking, and the dishes are delicious, even Yan Ruyu has gained some weight. So I have always been curious and wanted to try it."

After Su Changan bowed to the Queen Mother, he said: "The Queen Mother is absurd, but I am used to being hungry, so I always think about making food for myself, and I like to cook when I am confused. The dishes on the table are nothing more than dishes. But His Majesty likes them, so he made some and brought them in, which made the Empress Dowager laugh."

Su Chang'an was not surprised that the queen mother knew all about these things, so she didn't feel anything.

The queen mother heard the words and said with a smile: "Then you brought those dishes that are not on the table to me today?"

Su Changan replied with a smile: "Everything I do today can be on the stage."

The queen mother smiled coquettishly: "You are really clever. I heard that you are also good at medicine, right? I feel a little unwell recently, and I can't sleep at night. Can you help me?"

As she spoke, the queen mother gently raised her sleeves, exposed her right wrist and looked at Su Changan.

The meaning is very clear, come up and feel the pulse.

Su Changan didn't have any medical skills, so he bowed immediately and said, "The queen mother is joking, I don't know any medical skills, after all, it's just hearsay."

The queen mother narrowed her eyes slightly, and then said, "Can you save people's lives through hearsay? That's really amazing."

Hearing this, Su Changan thought that he was talking about saving Li Xingyue, so he said, "I'm lucky. Besides, the Empress Dowager has an imperial doctor and a female doctor in the palace. Summoning them to see a doctor is much more effective than me. And if Sleep is not good, the queen mother is afraid that it is caused by excessive worry, maybe the body is also a little tired, more exercise and less thinking may help sleep."

The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Are you telling me to think less about things?"

Then, the queen mother asked: "It seems that this is correct, but I do have some sore shoulders recently, so you can come up and rub my shoulders."

Su Changan froze for a moment.

But seeing the Queen Mother, she waved her hand lightly, letting Xianghong take away the small table in front of her, and then looked at Su Changan.

After Su Changan frowned, he saluted and walked up directly.

When he came to the queen mother, Su Chang'an saluted again: "The strength may be a bit heavy, please forgive me by the queen mother."

'Um. ' After the queen mother said softly, she straightened her back.

And Su Changan looked at the back of the queen mother's neck.

One to say one
If he used his own strength, it seemed that he could directly kill the Empress Dowager.

But
Can it be done?
Thinking of this, Su Changan began to massage the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager made a comfortable voice: "Hmm~~~ It is indeed a little more comfortable than Xianghong's pressing, and the strength is not too big. But you learned swords from Yan Ruyu, how is it? Uh~~~"

Su Chang'an replied: "I've only just started learning, so I can't say how it's going to be, I'm just messing around."

The queen mother frowned: "What? Yan Ruyu didn't teach well? That child was not smart when he was young, so he was very talented in martial arts, otherwise he might be beaten and scolded every day when he did other things. However, I This maid also knows some martial arts, although she is not as good as Yan Ruyu, but she also has sixth-rank skills, which is more than enough to teach others, how about letting her teach you?"

Su Changan glanced at Xianghong, and found that Xianghong was standing about three steps away from him, which was obviously the best distance for an attack.

It suddenly dawned on me that this was to guard against myself!
So he said: "It's not that Commander Yan is not good at teaching, it's because I'm too stupid to learn."

The Queen Mother smiled and asked: "So stupid that you took the leader of the Chudong Poetry Club casually, and those talented men and women who are overwhelmed by "Spring Night" dare not write a poem?"

Su Changan nodded: "That's why the big guys let me go."

The queen mother laughed out loud, then looked at Su Chang'an carefully and said, "Someone told you, did you feel that you are very attractive at first sight?"

Su Changan nodded again: "Everyone says so."

The queen mother sat up and said, "You are so thick-skinned, no wonder you can write so many poems about beauties for yourself, but whatever you want, look at your appearance, I was thinking of asking you to perform a sword for me, it looks like you You don't want to, do you?"

Hearing this, Su Chang'an immediately laughed and said, "I'm a little unwilling, after all, I haven't done my job well, so I don't dare to play with a knife."

The queen mother smiled: "If you don't want to, then you don't want to. I'm just a little curious about how far you have learned."

talking.
The queen mother turned around gently, instead of letting Su Changan massage, and stood up.

Su Changan took a step back.

And the queen mother looked at the queen mother who was one step away from her: "It's so beautiful when you get closer. It looks good everywhere. It's just... you are so greedy, why don't you look fat at all."

While talking, he smiled and said, "Let me see, what did you cook for His Majesty?"

Su Chang'an immediately said: "The queen mother is joking, if you want to see it, just open it and look. As for what to cook, it is boiled chicken, lotus root soup, and some food that I made myself."

Hearing what Su Changan said, the Queen Mother's hand that went down the steps to open the food box paused, and Xiang Hong on the side also frowned and looked at Su Changan.

Then, the queen mother immediately lifted the lid with a smile, opened the covered saucer, and then saw the thick yellow and very delicious white-cut chicken, and said with a smile: "Look at the cooking made by the royal chefs in the palace. Both are better, and smell very good, it seems that you have put in some effort. It's really kind to His Majesty."

After speaking, he opened the other two lids and saw that the dishes inside were all time-consuming, so he turned his head to look at Su Changan and asked, "He looks so good-looking, and he can cook so well, and he can cook so well. Her medical skills and poetry are also good. Is she from a village girl?"

While speaking, the Queen Mother stood up straight and looked at Su Changan.

Xianghong stepped forward at this time, and after covering it again, took the food box aside.

At this time, Su Chang'an had already walked down the steps of the main seat, and was on the side of the food box, in case the delicious food he made for the empress would be snatched away by the queen mother!
But looking at Xianghong, she seemed to be at a loss, and frowned slightly. She didn't want to know why, but felt that she was tempted by the dishes she made.

After all, when I came here, I was always looking at myself in the car!
Hearing what the Queen Mother said, he immediately said: "Indeed."

But at this moment, a maid's voice came in: "Empress Dowager, Sun Shanggong is asking to see you outside the gate of the palace."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother smiled slightly: "It seems that His Majesty is in a hurry, let Sun Shanggong come in."

Immediately, a female officer in purple came in, walked straight to Su Chang'an, and said to the Queen Mother after saluting: "Madam Queen Mother, Your Majesty said Miss Chang'an has been here long enough, it's time to see her."

The queen mother sneered: "So scared? I don't know what to do."

Then, the Empress Dowager looked at Su Changan and said, "Forget it, the future will be long, and we will meet for a long time in the future, so don't be in a hurry, otherwise I would like to eat this dish with you. Oh, right. I forgot to say, originally The date between you and Your Majesty should be announced to the world in a week, and then the wedding preparations will start, but I have been feeling unwell recently, so I asked someone from the Taishi Bureau to check it out, and they said it is not suitable for frolicking, so the date between you and Your Majesty is probably not It will be delayed for some time, I have spoken to His Majesty about this."

"However, it's not good to be outside all the time, so you can enter the palace in a few days. It's just that His Majesty originally wanted you to live in Shoukang Palace, but that place was originally lived by the Empress, and you don't have a place now. It is not in accordance with the etiquette system to live in, so I will ask someone to clean up the Lingqi Pavilion for you. After a while, you will move in and live there first. When the wedding is over and the official canonization is over, you will live in the Shoukang Palace. .”

Speaking of this, the queen mother looked at Sun Shanggong: "Sun Shanggong, what do you think?"

Sun Shanggong bowed: "The Empress Dowager is thoughtful, so naturally it is the most appropriate."

The queen mother nodded with a smile: "Then go, don't make His Majesty wait too long."

Sun Shanggong saluted immediately.

Naturally, Su Chang'an also saluted, and followed Sun Shanggong towards the outside.

Although we talked a few words,
how to say
To this queen mother, Su Changan felt that she looked pretty good, but she had a kind.
Crazy feeling? ?

But just after Su Changan and Sun Shanggong walked a few steps, the Empress Dowager suddenly said: "Almost forgot again, I have prepared a gift for you."

After all, the queen mother glanced at the box on the small table next to the main seat.

Xiang Hong understood it, and hurriedly picked it up and walked towards Su Changan.

The queen mother said: "This is the hairpin that your majesty's mother, the first empress, gave me in the past. It is very interesting to see you today. I think that if the first empress sees you, she must like it very much, so I will give you this hairpin."

Su Changan took the small brocade box, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

The queen mother smiled slightly: "Go."

Su Chang'an saluted again, and followed Sun Shanggong to leave.

The queen mother smiled and stood on the steps below the main seat, looking at Su Chang'an and Sun Shanggong who walked out of the hall.

A moment later
Snapped!
But Xianghong knelt down directly towards the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, the servants have neglected their duties, they should look at the food"

But when Xianghong said this, the queen mother said lightly: "Get up, I don't blame you."

After Xianghong heard the words, she pursed her lower lip and stood up cautiously.

And the Queen Mother continued: "You said...whether she did it on purpose or not."

Xianghong replied: "I don't know."

The queen mother smiled and said: "I looked like it was unintentional, but the first time I saw that child, it reminded me of the former queen and made me sick! But she also gave your majesty, the white rice that the first queen likes to eat most." Cut the chicken! If you said it was a coincidence, it is really a coincidence. And it was brought in front of me. Forget it, I want to see it myself."

Xiang Hong bent down respectfully and bowed her head, not daring to say a word.

The queen mother didn't look angry: "I'm not a stingy person either. She's been dead for many years, and I don't remember hating her long ago. These things are okay, but that child is an interesting person. He is so afraid of death, but When I said Your Majesty, I have to come out to defend it, there is an agreement."

Xiang Hong still bowed her head and dared not speak much.

The Empress Dowager smiled and turned around and walked to the main seat: "It looks very good-looking, but I don't think it's very feminine, not like a woman, and it doesn't have the elegant feeling of a school girl. It's just a smart and refined person. It's only under the nose, and it's a bit naive to say that you are not old and love is endless. But you say, why doesn't she cry, this is going to enter the palace, it is right to cry, because you know His Majesty likes her? Or is it because he is going to see His Majesty, so he is so happy. I really want to see her cry, if she cries with such a face, I don’t know how much I feel pity for her.”

Xiang Hong lowered her head, not even daring to look at the empress dowager at this moment.

(End of this chapter)