Second spring

Princess Siyue has always gotten along well with the Empress.

Princess Siyue was ordered to come to accompany her today, the empress didn't even bother to ask, so she smiled and took Princess Siyue's hand, went outside the small kitchen that was simply remodeled in Kunning Palace, and instructed Liuyun to make horseshoe cake.

Liuyun used to be Yang Yuanxin's maid who specialized in cooking.

In the imperial palace, it is not easy to have a bite of sweet and hot fresh pastries.Especially Liuyun's cooking skills are very good, there are some unique tricks in making horseshoe cake, the taste is very different from that from the imperial kitchen.

Princess Siyue also likes this kind of family life.

"I went to a tea house today, and I heard that many people are talking about the beautiful girls from various families..." Princess Siyue smiled slightly, and said sarcastically: "There is also the frivolous one, pointing at the girl from the house." The beauty of the country came in, so that he could win the favor of the emperor's brother in one fell swoop, and then conceived a dragon descendant, soaring to the sky or something, ah, bah, bah, I really can't control myself."

If there is really a man from a noble family who becomes a prince, if he wants to soar into the sky, it would not be considered overreaching.

The empress didn't care, she just laughed and said: "You, why are you talking like that. Let your brother hear it and blame me for spoiling you. If you don't let you out of the palace from time to time, when the time comes You were the one who cried."

At that time, it was also the Empress who said that even if she is a princess, she has to go out of the palace gate to the market to experience it, so that she can distinguish right from wrong. This is why Emperor Yingqing agreed to allow Princess Siyue to go out of the palace occasionally. ask.

Since then, Princess Siyue has been intimate with the queen.

Go out and see some new scenery and characters.I always love to go to Kunning Palace to talk to the queen.

Princess Siyue stuck out her tongue when she heard what the queen said, and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Huang won't be so cruel."

After saying that, Princess Siyue approached the empress and asked in a low voice: "Brother Huang is going to be drafted, are you very sad, sister-in-law?"

"How can it be?" The empress smiled softly, and said, "I am already very satisfied with your emperor's elder brother who can give me dignity and tranquility for the past few years. If there is any extravagance, I will not be able to live with myself."

Princess Siyue refused to believe it.He whispered softly: "Sister-in-law Huang must still be sad."

The empress smiled this time, and did not deny it again.

Princess Siyue thought she had guessed what the Empress Empress was thinking, and her smile became a bit smug and cunning.

The horseshoe cake was out of the pot, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law went back to the hall and sat down, tasting the cakes and chatting with each other.

After using up a little and half of the pastry.Siyue slapped her forehead suddenly, and said to the empress: "By the way, sister-in-law. I also brought you a gift from outside the palace... I almost forgot it when I interrupted."

She gave Gui Er a wink, and Gui Er blessed himself and backed out.

Not long after, she walked in holding a book wrapped in plain white and thin.He bowed in front of the two of them.

"What is it?" The Empress asked while washing her hands with clean water.

Princess Siyue smiled brightly and said: "Didn't I see that there were many travel notes in the study of the emperor's sister-in-law last time? Today I went out of the palace and passed by the bookstore. I went in to have a look. Fortunately, I came across a new travel note that just came out, and it was also the emperor's sister-in-law. The one I highly admired, I bought a copy for the emperor's wife and came back."

The Queen's empress paused for a moment.

She wiped the water carelessly, then calmly uncovered the white and thin body, took the book and flipped through it, and said to Princess Siyue with a smile: "It really is a new booklet that I haven't read. Siyue has a heart... You know what I have here. Siyue, tell me what do you want?"

"Sister-in-law Huang made it sound like Siyue is very greedy." Siyue muttered a few words in a delicate voice, and then really happily planned what she wanted from the queen...

The queen looked at her with a leisurely smile.

When the emperor walked in.What I saw was the situation where the two women lived in harmony.

Emperor Ying Qing's eyes flickered, and then he walked in calmly.

Their own mother died early, and Siyue has always lacked the care from elder women.And the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother...

"What are you talking about?" Emperor Ying Qing asked.

The Empress stood up, saluted dignifiedly, smiled lightly and said nothing.

Princess Siyue replied positively: "I'm exchanging gifts with the emperor's wife. I just bought a book for a tael of silver, and the emperor's wife is going to exchange it with me with the rare jewels worth thousands of gold. Brother Huang , do you think my business is worthwhile?"

Emperor Ying Qing patted Princess Siyue on the head, and said: "Your sister-in-law loves you, and it's not because you always depend on her."

The empress smiled lightly and said: "The concubines are all rewarded by you, the emperor. What is it worth if you give it to Siyue."

Princess Siyue smiled cunningly when she heard the words.

Emperor Ying Qing glared at Princess Siyue, picked up the book on the table and flipped through it, then looked at the cover again, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does the Empress know who this style is? The travel notes are really good, like It's right in front of your eyes."

"These literati only think that this kind of travel articles are not serious articles, and they are only willing to publish them under aliases. If they don't investigate, who will know who wrote them?" The empress said indifferently: "If the emperor thinks Well, Chenqie, here are some other small travel notes published by this person, I can lend you a look."

Emperor Ying Qing was noncommittal, and looked at the ordinary-looking booklet again with a smile.

Princess Siyue is not fond of reading, so she has never read such books.At this time, seeing Emperor Ying Qing was looking at it seriously, she was also curious, and stood next to Emperor Ying Qing to watch it.

Xingfeng's words are vivid and plain, the writing is not difficult or gorgeous, and there are almost few rare words, mostly common words... This makes Princess Siyue seem effortless, and she immediately fell in love with it.

After reading one article, she couldn't help admiring: "It turns out that the waves on a big lake can reach a height of several tens of feet... There are really fish and shrimps falling from the sky..."

"The world is wonderful, how can it be easily guessed?" After reading an article, Emperor Ying Qing closed it and stopped watching, and said to the empress, "This man has extensive knowledge and seems to be very sensitive to directions... Looking at the illustrations, it seems that he should He is good at drawing maps...does the queen really not know who this person is?"

In this day and age, how important is a detailed and complete map.

When Emperor Ying Qing said this, what flowed out was his love for his talents.

The empress still shook her head: "A concubine is just a woman, she doesn't think as much as the emperor, so she didn't pay attention to it deliberately."

Princess Siyue rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "As long as you give an order, Brother Huang, let this Xingfeng come to face the Lord... As long as he is still alive, how dare he not come? Then Brother Huang will be able to see Let's see if he really has real talents and real learning?"

"This method is good." Emperor Ying Qing looked at the empress and said.

The queen lowered her eyelids and said nothing.

The emperor stayed in Kunning Palace overnight.

The next day, the empress got up to wash and wash, and when she sat in front of the vanity mirror and looked at the table as usual, she found that something seemed to be missing.

The Empress was stunned, seeing the uncontrollably happy expressions of the people around her, she asked in a daze, "Where's today's medicinal porridge?"

"Go back to your mother, there is no medicine porridge today." Liu Yun leaned down, couldn't help the smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "My mother is very happy."

Is it gone?

The empress sat there in a daze, looking at the empty Taoxin dressing table, unable to recover for a long time.

This is gone, huh.

Empress Empress couldn't tell what kind of feeling she was feeling in her heart, as if she was regretful, as if she was lost, as if there was still a little bit of relief, and even a little bit of undetectable joy... She waved her hands to Liu Yun who was about to dress her up Said: "I'm a little tired, I want to rest for a while. Let's dress up later."

"Well, it would be better if you sleep more." Liu Yun said with a smile.

The empress waved her hands and lay back on the bed, causing the curtains to be lowered. She opened her eyes and looked at the tall bright yellow ceiling, feeling that she had lost all her strength and was unable to move.

At this moment, when the court was about to disperse, Emperor Yingqing mentioned the style of travel: "... I saw the vivid landscape and people's livelihood in his pen, so I wanted to invite him to tell me about the folk scene. Sitting on this golden palace, it is said that you can overlook the inner space, but it is not as clear as he can see it. Just issue a notice from the Ministry of Rites, and let the next person come to face the saint as soon as possible."

He did not seek the opinions of his ministers, but directly made his will.

He has been on the throne for several years, and he has long understood that sometimes he can't ask the minister's opinion at all.For example, if you want to meet an unorthodox literati, if you ask for their opinions, they will definitely be able to argue from various aspects, and finally come to a "no" conclusion.

On the contrary, if he made an order directly and showed an undeniable attitude, the courtiers would stop talking and would obediently carry out his order.

Sure enough, after the ministers froze for a moment, they felt that this was not a big deal, so they didn't make a sound.

Minister of Rites, that is, the newly appointed Lin Shiqing, when he came out to receive the imperial edict, he replied: "Report to Your Majesty, I know who Xingfeng is, and there is no need to make a special notice.".

"Oh, Ai Qing knows?" Emperor Ying Qing said with interest, "But which family's young talent?"

"I can't deserve the emperor's praise, Xingfeng is my incompetent fourth brother." Lin Shiqing said respectfully: "The fourth brother of my minister has traveled with my father since he was a child, and he doesn't know the rules..." He didn't want Lin Shifei to face him.

"It turned out to be a family tradition." Emperor Ying Qing waved his hand and interrupted Lin Shiqing with a smile, and said more and more curiously: "Is your fourth brother in Beijing at this time? If he is, Ai Qing should not hide it, and take him as soon as possible." Come and show me."

All the ministers knew whether Lin Shifei's style of conduct belonged to him, and they all relaxed at this moment——Lin Shifei was born in a famous family, so he naturally knew what to say and what not to say when facing the saint; The people are suffering, and those who want to take the opportunity to avenge the people's grievances will be troublesome if they accidentally poke some big troubles. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: I didn’t accompany my son to take a walk after dinner to digest food at night, so I secretly coded seven or eight hundred characters, and finally updated it in time, keeping Mr. Quanqin, huh~