Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 458 6.29 Queen Mother: It makes the royal family look bad
Volume VI

6.29 The Queen Mother: It makes the royal family look bad
There is nothing to say about the face saint in the morning and even the banquet at noon. It is nothing more than a show of loyalty here, a bright attitude there, "Your Majesty Long En" here, and "Ai Qing has worked hard" there, anyway, that's the thing , it was nothing more than going through a procedure for outsiders to see. After taking a lunch break, I attended the afternoon Umrah meeting, which was regarded as a "public display", and I was "graceful to stay overnight" in the evening.

That night, the west side hall of Daming Palace.

"Xuan'er, why haven't I seen you out of the palace these days?" Zhou Yang hugged Princess Yongjing, whom she hadn't seen for some days, and smiled, "You live in the palace, and I can't even look at you. Didn't you do it before?" Say, don’t you like the complicated rules in this palace? Why don’t you feel troubled now that you’re living here?”

"Xuan'er has been living in Longshou Palace, accompanying her father and mother." Guo Xuan's faint words made Zhou Yang's expression stiffen, "Before, I was ignorant and just wanted to have fun all day long. These days It was only when I stayed with my father that I discovered that he was really old. I can’t even remember when, most of his black hair turned gray."

"Xuan'er——" Zhou Yang smiled bitterly, hugged the girl tightly and said nothing.

He still clearly remembers that when he saw the Supreme Emperor for the first time, although the old man had a lot of white hair, it was still mainly black in general, he was in good spirits, and his complexion was even more rosy and bright. After the court meeting, he went to the house with the current Emperor Changxing to pay his respects, and saw that he had aged a lot almost overnight.

This is actually not uncommon in modern times, especially some people who have been in high positions and hold important positions for a long time. Everything is fine on stage, but once they retire, they will age very quickly. This is like "greying overnight". , although this is due to the fact that they are indeed older, but it is more due to a substantial decline in psychology and spirit.

"Xuan'er will talk to the emperor these days when she has nothing to do, or read him the newspaper from his residence." Princess Yongjing's voice was gentle, with a soft smile on her pretty face. She was completely gone from the arrogance she had when the two met for the first time. , "Father rarely asks about various important matters nowadays. What he talks about the most is Brother Zhou and your firearms."

"Uh-" Zhou Yang's heart moved, "Does the Supreme Emperor really not care much about the affairs of the court? I remember that His Majesty has dealt with it specially these days."

"Hmph!" It wasn't like Princess Yongjing didn't understand. She couldn't hear someone's suspicion. She showed her small fist and gave him a few blows before continuing, "Speaking of which, you haven't met the mother and concubine yet. How can you?" Even though I am like you, you have never met my mother-in-law; besides, my mother-in-law actually likes Western things, so don’t forget to help me get some."

"It's definitely no problem." Zhou Yang naturally agreed, "On your own, why not take some time to come out? I'll walk around with you, and also go back to your home to visit. I have plenty of time to spend with the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine, so why not go out with me? It’s nice to meet my family and get acquainted with them.”

"What are you seeing? Are you seeing that your yard is almost no longer suitable for living in?" Princess Yongjing said angrily, which embarrassed someone again, "On the other hand, there is a mansion on Zijin Street, less than half a mile away from the imperial sister. It is the residence of my father. What the emperor has prepared for me will be used by me in the future, and I won’t let you make it worse than you can pretend to be!”

"Actually, it's good to have more sisters in the family. We can play together when we have nothing to do, right?" Someone continued to spread the "Scumbag's Heart Sutra", "Look at Rong'er, Dongfang and Sister Bao are now living there. , the three of you can discuss anything at ordinary times, on the contrary, you are in the palace by yourself, and you don’t have many pastimes besides chatting with the Supreme Emperor, right?”

"Hmph!" Princess Yongjing was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued on her own, "I was talking to the emperor's sister-in-law two days ago and heard that she said that she had given sister Yuanchun to you? I remember that the three girls from Rongguo Mansion have entered your house. The yard, right? Now that the four sisters are together, we don’t have to worry about 'normal boredom' or anything like that."

"Xuan'er!" Zhou Yang quickly lowered his head and kissed her. This girl hadn't seen her for a while, and she was obviously holding back her temper. If she asked her to continue talking, she might explode, "What I said just now was serious. If you go out for a walk and stay at home all day long, you will really get tired; also, why don't you even go to Ronger's place?"

"Forget it, I'll go to Huangjie's place to relax in two days." Princess Yongjing sighed softly, and squeezed tightly into Ailang's arms, "When the time comes, I'll have someone call you, and you are not allowed to say anything, 'I can't leave because of my busy schedule. "Open' and so on; also, I don't care how many people are in your yard now, you are not allowed to add people at will."

"Yeah!" What else could Zhou Yang say?Just nod.

"It's late at night, and I have to go back." Princess Yongjing's cheeks turned red, and she took the initiative to raise her head to ask for it from Ai Lang, "Brother Zhou, can you help Xuan'er?"

"Good sister, it's so late and it's cold and dark outside. How about I wait for you to go back?" Zhou Yang lowered his head to steady the girl, and his hand slowly slid down until Princess Yongjing was completely soft in his arms. .

The weather on the 26th of the first lunar month was good. Although there was no moon, the starlight in the sky made the somewhat empty palace seem less lonely. Princess Yongjing was still a bit petite, so Zhou Yang did not have much burden on her back. The biggest "trouble" was The girl made trouble from time to time, such as punching, pulling her hair, etc. She didn't put him down until he was at the gate of the west road of the palace.

"Xuan'er, don't forget what we agreed." Zhou Yang glanced at the guards by the gate of the courtyard, and didn't say until they rushed to the courtyard, "Don't worry, everything is up to me. It's been reported, but I still think it's more convenient for you to stay at Rong'er's side, the Supreme Emperor's place."

"Brother Zhou, don't worry!" Princess Yongjing interrupted him with a smile. "My little sister has to take a shower and change clothes when she goes back. It's really cold here. Brother Zhou, please go back early." She watched the girl go home calmly and waited until she could see her no more. After seeing his back, Zhou Yang slowly breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that both the Supreme Emperor and Princess Yongjing were now feeling the dilemma of "taking the tea away when people leave". Guo Xuan came to him tonight, not so much to talk about old times, but to talk about old times. is asking for help.

However, he had nothing to do about it. The Supreme Emperor suppressed Emperor Yonghe very much for the sake of power. Although the two sides had some contacts, and even later Emperor Yonghe basically had little control over the Supreme Emperor. But in general, there was No one would feel comfortable with such a "biological father" on their head.

Now it is Emperor Changxing. The Supreme Emperor once "handed over power" for support before. Unfortunately, because of the struggle for power, he chose to fight with Prince Yizhong and finally defeated Emperor Yonghe. Not to mention, he was also completely "honored". "Raise", now that Guo Kai has full power, to say that there will be no suppression is just an insult to IQ.

These problems are beyond the control of outsiders, and even speaking out would seriously offend someone. Zhou Yang could only find a suitable opportunity to discuss it with Princess Yongchang. Whether it would be successful or not depends on her mood; and the Queen Mother, since Chang After Emperor Xing's enthronement ceremony, she moved to the Compassionate Ning Palace, and she hasn't seen her for a while now.

At the same time, no one was left in the Cining Palace, the main palace bedroom, and the entire hall. Except for the Queen Mother and Princess Yongchang, who were talking privately, only Yuanchun was serving.

"Seriously?" Even after hearing it twice, Princess Yongchang still felt a little unreal, "The emperor's sister-in-law and him have only been together a few times, how come they got together so quickly? Could it be that the emperor's brother's bloodline is really unbroken? .”

"More than a month before that night, due to busy official duties, Your Majesty had not entered the courtyard of any sister in the harem." The Queen Mother caressed her belly, showing her motherly glory, "Actually, it should have been the next day. The imperial doctor also said , it looks like a little more than two months, but I can barely get the time right."

"In this case, let's pay attention over there." Princess Yongchang frowned immediately.

"We have already arranged for someone to solve the problem." The Queen Mother smiled softly, "Don't tell Kai'er in a hurry. I plan to wait a few days before fully confirming it. Although I am indeed sorry for Your Majesty, there are too few people in the family now, and it is really difficult. There is no need for trouble; but for Kai'er, other than the girl from Wang Ziteng's family, do you have any other candidates?"

"That's all!" Princess Yongchang sighed quietly and did not ask any more questions, "Kaier is now the only male in the family, which is indeed a bit too weak. However, I think the election can be taken lightly. Should I take care of it first? Has the location of Fengzao Palace been decided? Does the Queen’s Wife have any candidates she likes?”

"Not yet." The Queen Mother sighed softly, "If the girl from the Wang family is only judged by her appearance, that would actually be enough. However, Wang Ziteng is such a person and cannot be fully supported, so we can only wrong her. What I mean is, why don’t you take her in first? You can leave your title empty first, and wait until Kai’er gets married before granting her the title later. It’s not appropriate to leave it empty like this.”

"As for Kai'er, are there any of those who served in the past who can be praised?" Princess Yongchang said immediately, "Just like Concubine Zhou, which is actually not bad. Isn't Zhuang Min's niece also raised by the emperor's sister-in-law?"

"Although they have paid their dues, what is owed? I mean giving a concubine is enough." The Queen Mother shook her head, "Let the prince come back this time. Although it is needed by the court, the Wang family is still weak after all. If there is no strong support, I'm afraid that he will be like the original Jingying Jiedushi, who has an empty position but can't speak."

"Since the emperor's sister-in-law has decided, then that's it." Having said this, it would be inappropriate for Princess Yongchang to object any further. "I hope the emperor's sister-in-law will decide on the candidate for Fengzao Palace as soon as possible. If it takes too long, I'm worried. In the future, there will be troubles like 'big tail'. We don't care about Wang Ziteng's ability. His ambition is not small."

"Rong'er, don't worry, I still have some experience in this matter in the palace." The Queen Mother nodded with a smile, turned to Yuan Chun and said, "Tonight Zhou Ziyang was ordered to stay in the palace, because he was plotted by the thieves a few days ago. Things are determined by personality, even if that girl Yongjing passed by, she must have left by now, so you ask him to come and remember to avoid irrelevant people."

"Yes, Queen Mother!" Yuan Chun bowed lightly and went out.

"In that case, I'll take my leave first." Princess Yongchang stood up with a helpless expression, "The emperor's sister-in-law should be more careful. If anything spreads, it will be too ugly. You know Kai'er's temper better than I do. You will never accept this. This kind of thing; also, now that you have a body, you need to calm down a little more. If you can tolerate the things in the house, it is better not to happen again."

"You girl." The queen's cheeks were red and pale as she glanced at her sister-in-law. "I'm afraid the matter between Yongjing and him has been decided a long time ago, right? I haven't seen you being honest. I heard that he went to you a few days ago. Yongjing didn't leave when we were in the courtyard? Are you really afraid that some news about 'sisters rejoicing together' will spread and make the royal family look bad?"

Princess Yongchang's cheeks were slightly red, she glared at her sister-in-law and turned away.

(End of this chapter)