Acacia, don't be negative

Chapter 600 Returning to Beijing for an Audience
"Puppy?" Miss Ying blinked her eyes, and said, "Puppy will grow up to become a big yellow dog, besides, wouldn't it be very difficult to raise a puppy?"

Bai Yu flicked her forehead and said, "Your elder sister Ye means that you will give me a litter of children."

There was a faint blush on Miss Ying's face, and she said anxiously: "No, Sister Ye clearly meant to call you a dog."

Bai Yu twitched: "."

After Su Chen returned to Beijing, he placed Sunan in the palace, and then went to the palace to see him.Su Ruoqing met him in the imperial study. At that time, he was grading papers. He was writing quickly but with a leisurely expression on his face. He told his father-in-law beside him, "Give King Ning a seat and serve tea."

After Su Chen sat down for a while, Su Ruoqing finished reviewing the memorial, got up, dusted off his clothes and walked over.The mess on the table was naturally cleaned up by the father-in-law for him.

He sat opposite Su Chen, took a sip of tea leisurely, and said: "It's been a few months since I went to Jiangnan, I thought you planned to settle down there and never come back."

Su Chen said: "The emperor recalled me, how can I not return. I just went to Jiangnan along the way, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, the people are friendly, the country is gentle, and I forgot the date on a whim, so I came back a bit late."

"Really?" Su Ruoqing smiled, and said lightly, "I thought you were not a playful person. If you said that the virtuous king dragged you to play, I would be more convinced. Dali Temple has piled up in the past few months. The business is enough to keep you sleepless for days and nights."

"By the way", Su Chen took out an exquisite brocade box from his wide sleeve and handed it to Su Ruoqing, "This is a return gift from the virtuous king entrusting his ministers to the emperor."

Su Ruoqing opened it to take a look, and raised her eyebrows: "Happy candy?"

Su Chen nodded: "Yes, we all ate, but the emperor gave the gift to the congratulator but didn't go, so he brought a portion back."

Su Ruoqing put the brocade box aside, with a calm expression, and asked, "Is King Xian's wedding lively?"

Su Chen replied: "It's lively. On the day of getting married, the bridge was broken when crossing the bridge. Later, the Xian Wang and Xian Wangfei both rode back to pay their respects in order to catch up with the time."

Listening to Su Chen's words, as if Su Ruoqing could imagine, a little smile appeared on his own.Although the smile is light, the brows are somewhat warm.

He said again: "In your opinion, will Ah Song be happy if he marries that guy?"

Su Chen said: "Very happy. The virtuous king takes good care of her and obeys everything. The emperor doesn't need to worry. She is probably the most carefree person in the south of the Yangtze River."

Su Ruoqing nodded: "I think so too." He took out a piece of wedding candy from the brocade box, peeled off the sugar coating unhurriedly, opened his mouth to bite off half of the piece, and tasted it slowly in his mouth.Suddenly he said, "I heard that when you came back, you brought a commoner girl back to Beijing?"

Su Chen pursed his lips, and said, "Yes."

Su Ruoqing said: "I originally wanted to betroth Qin Shangshu's daughter to you. If you are still not satisfied, there are lovers from the northern countries who can marry you as a princess."

Su Chen said: "I want to decide on my own affairs, so please don't make things difficult for the emperor."

"I'm just talking. If you don't want to, you can't force it." Su Ruoqing said, "The woman you brought back this time must be an unusual woman."

"She's just an ordinary woman, but she can play the piano and dance a few times."

Su Ruoqing sighed, and said: "It seems that those marriages can only enter my harem."

Su Chen said: "The emperor's harem is already very empty, if they can enter the emperor's harem, it will be their blessing."

After a cup of tea, the two brothers exchanged pleasantries for a while, then Su Chen got up and left the palace, and went straight to Dali Temple to do a lot of things.

Su Ruoqing drank a few sips of tea by herself, took another piece of wedding candy, peeled it off and ate it, and said to her father-in-law: "You can eat a piece too, the wedding candy sent by Ah Song all the way is very sweet."

Gonggong said: "The slave would be respectful rather than obedient."

Su Ruoqing watched him eat it, and asked, "How do you feel?"

The father-in-law nodded and said with a smile: "It's really sweet. In the future, the emperor can feel at ease. As long as the Xian Wangfei lives well, everything will be fine. The Xian Wangfei will definitely understand the emperor's painstaking efforts. Now the emperor is done with work. Do you want to go out for a walk, someone from Fuxi Palace came to say that Concubine Xi has been feeling unwell for the past two days, would the Emperor want to go and have a look?"

Su Ruoqing ate another piece of candy, then got up and said, "Go and have a look."

This Concubine Xi was the girl Li Ruyi met in front of the Buddhist temple that day, and she lived in Fuxi Palace.She is currently the most favored one, and Su Ruoqing will go to her whenever she has free time.

The concubines in other palaces in the palace somewhat objected, and Su Ruoqing was finally willing to walk around in the harem, but she was the only one who took away the favor.It's just that they only complained a few words in front of Li Ruyi.Although there is no empress in charge of all the affairs in the harem, Su Ruoqing will leave it to Li Ruyi to take care of it.She took care of it well, at least she didn't need Su Ruoqing to worry about it.

After Su Ruoqing went to Fuxi Palace, he had dinner in Fuxi Palace.Concubine Xi is a chatterbox, she talks a lot, before and after dinner, she is the only one who talks non-stop, and often tells Su Ruoqing interesting stories outside the palace. I don't know where I heard that Su Ruoqing likes to listen to people telling stories. He listened to the story in a different way.

Su Ruoqing said: "I said you were sick, but now you are very energetic."

Concubine Xi was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled stiffly and said, "That's because the moment the emperor comes to the concubine, the concubine feels much better."

In the evening, Su Ruoqing wanted to go back to her bedroom, and the concubine Xi sent her out, and asked eagerly, "Can't the emperor stay with my concubine tonight?"

Su Ruoqing said indifferently: "You are still sick, just take care of yourself and take care of your health."

On the way back, the father-in-law saw that Su Ruoqing raised his hand to rub his temples, so he said in a low voice, "The emperor is tired of talking, should I order someone to call Bu Huo?"

Su Ruoqing said: "I'm not lacking, let's go for a walk in the garden." In the garden, the night is bright and the stars are sparse, and the air is full of the fragrance of flowers, fresh and pleasant.Before you know it, it is the end of summer, and there is a dry taste of early autumn.

The father-in-law wondered: "Then why does the emperor look so sad?"

Su Ruoqing raised his head to look at the stars in the sky, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the dark scene in the lake not far away, and sighed, "I feel my ears are a little cleaner when I get here."

The father-in-law laughed and said: "It turns out that the emperor thinks that Concubine Xi is too lively. It is true that she talks too much, and she also wants to make the emperor happy."

Su Ruoqing looked sideways at her father-in-law, and said, "It's too late to know, no matter how much she looks like, no matter how much she imitates her clothing, food, housing, transportation, and living habits, she won't be after all. Did Concubine Ruyi teach her these things?"

The father-in-law bowed and said: "Ms. Ruyi may also have good intentions. She knows who the emperor has been thinking about all these years. The reason why she did this is to hope that the emperor has someone who can speak in this palace and can comfort him. "

Su Ruoqing said: "When did Concubine Ruyi buy you?"

The father-in-law hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I just tell the truth."

Su Ruoqing stood in the garden for a while, and drove back to the bedroom when the wind was strong.Concubines in the harem happened from time to time, Qin Shangshu's daughter entered the palace in a short time, and some small northern countries came to marry in order to make friends at the border, and they were all accepted by Su Ruoqing as concubines in the harem.

Accepting a concubine is also Su Ruoqing's happy event. The concubine's palace is dressed in bright red inside and out, which is quite festive for marriage, but Su Ruoqing's palace is still as usual, only staying at night, Su Ruoqing goes to the concubine's palace to spend the night .

In the evening, the new concubine's palace was festive and lively, but the other palaces seemed deserted.Ruyi Palace is no exception.

Li Ruyi was in the dormitory, served by Ruixiang, taking off the heavy hair accessories on her head, and getting ready for bed.Rui Xiang said: "Now there are more concubines in the Emperor's Palace, and in the future, the Emperor will go to Ruyi Palace less and less."

Li Ruyi said: "That's a common thing, it's been like this for the emperors of all dynasties, and it's even more lonely for concubines."

Rui Xiang said: "I heard that Concubine Xi was crying for a while today." She was a little gloating, "When the empress brought her into the palace, the emperor didn't dote on her much, no matter how much she imitated, she didn't like it. It may become the real Ye Song. It's just wasting so much painstaking guidance from the empress."

Li Ruyi said: "You understand this truth, and the emperor naturally understands this truth. But I think that the emperor is probably not as persistent as before. Go back and remind Concubine Xi to let her not express herself too much, but she will lose her temper."

Ruixiang pursed her lips and said, "Why do you need to remind her that it was the empress who brought her into the palace at the beginning, and I don't see how much she is grateful to the empress after she was favored. She does it herself, and the empress does not do it for her."

Li Ruyi smiled, and said: "No matter what, it is better to let Concubine Xi stay in the palace than not to be in the palace. Let the emperor get used to that face, and gradually feel that he is used to it. Maybe the knot in his heart will be completely opened." gone."

Ruixiang helped Li Ruyi up and said: "What your mother said is that the servants will remind her tomorrow. It's getting late, so your mother should go to bed."

On the second day, Li Ruyi went to see Su Ruoqing when Su Ruoqing was free, and mentioned the matter of recruiting the harem and the public draft.

Recently, there have been remonstrances in the court about this matter. The reason is that Su Ruoqing has no imperial heir so far, and it is a long way to go to multiply the royal family. It is also asking Su Ruoqing to pay more attention to the harem, hoping to give birth to an imperial heir as soon as possible.

Su Ruoqing then agreed.The news of the talent show spread from the capital, and the women in the boudoirs all over the country were excited, and they all fantasized about being able to enter the palace to accompany the king.

When the news reached Gusu, it was the golden autumn season.The rice in the field is mature, golden and heavy, and the full grains of the ears of rice hang down their heads. When the autumn wind blows, waves of golden rice are set off. The rice seedlings and leaves rub each other, making a very pleasant rustling sound.

Su Jing is wearing a bamboo hat and rolled up her trouser legs, cutting rice in the rice field.There are also people cutting rice in the rice fields of other houses. Sometimes they yell loudly once or twice, and the sound floats far away and echoes in the mountains.

(End of this chapter)