box of hearts

Chapter 153
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I saw weeping willows, but the wheat was yellow again when I looked back.The cicadas are still singing, and the wild geese are already marching.

The hot discussion inside and outside Beijing about the wedding ceremony of the emperor's uncle and the regent in October has not dissipated, and the new year is coming in a wave of hands.But this year, heated discussions became more and more popular, all surrounding another marriage: the grand marriage of the young emperor Qi Hong.

At the beginning of the new year, Qi Hong has turned fifteen, and next year he will get married at the age of 16 and take charge of the government.Last year, the imperial court issued an imperial edict that the regent and the third son of the Wang family, Wang Zhengting, would jointly act as the "officer for the grand wedding affairs". , in turn.Everything is ready, except for a queen.

Since the founding of the country, except for the promotion of the crown prince, although there are "special selections" after each appointment, the queens selected are all from the royal family. daughter.But everyone saw that after the wedding, the regent did not care about the face of his mother, the empress dowager Wang, and only left the new house in the mansion behind, and went straight to Ruyuan as soon as he left the palace every day. , privately speculated that the regent managed to quell the chaos and banned the dictatorship of foreign relatives. Although he was forced to marry the royal family, it is conceivable that there will never be another king or queen in the Forbidden City. Even though Wang Chaezhao's two granddaughters are also listed, there is no hope of being selected.Therefore, all the noble families are gearing up, looking forward to having a daughter who will become a phoenix and honor the family.And the final choice is in the hands of the Regent.

In this way, like a garden, the door is like a market, and many wives from aristocratic families who originally disdained to walk around in Qingtian also came to contact each other. During the chat, they only intentionally or unintentionally mentioned how dignified and stable their daughter was, how virtuous and beautiful, There are even aristocrats whose families are down and down, even bringing the young lady out to make an appearance.Qing Tian is a well-rounded person, so he dealt with it tactfully, but once he whispered to Qi She, he honestly mocked him:

"Fortunately, she is still the wife of the Marquis Mansion, so she lowered her face and asked her daughter to play the piano in front of me. I saw that young lady was so ashamed that she was hiding and hiding, so I quickly stopped her. It's not that I'm mean, I see the posture of these people It really seems to be selling a girl, and I am the old bustard picking fans."

Qi She laughed loudly, "The future empress of Zhonggong is called a fan by you, isn't your mouth poisonous?"

Qingtian grinned, and put his arms around his neck, "They did it themselves, so it's my fault."

"Then have you ever fallen in love with someone's daughter?"

"Forget it, don't ask me, I don't dare to say anything. If the little emperor finds out that his uncle picked the empress for him after hearing the idea of ​​a bustard, he might take off his uncle's trousers and use it as a court stick." It's spanking."

Qi She laughed so hard that he grabbed Qing Tian and grabbed her close-fitting brocade trousers, "Whose ass to spank?"

Qingtian blushed and panted with a smile, and pressed his hands firmly on his waist, "Go, I hate it!" Struggling to push him away, he sat up and straightened his black hair with his hands.

Qi She lay there smiling and watching, and patted her legs twice with one hand, "I can't decide this matter alone, I have to listen to what the person in the Compassionate Ning Palace said, she is the emperor's biological mother after all."

"By the way, ten or ten tomorrow?"

"Nineteenth, Yanjiu Festival, why don't I give Zhou Dun a big vacation today?"

"Oh, I forgot. On the Nine Days of Yan, eunuchs have to go to Baiyun to worship Qiu Chuji. Hey, then you won't be allowed to go to court tomorrow? By the way, it's more appropriate to go into the palace and ask the Empress Dowager what she means than to ask me. gone."

Qi She couldn't help but let out an "ah". Qingtian didn't understand the old relationship and grievances between him and Xihe, and he couldn't say it clearly, so he just made excuses: "The Empress Dowager has suffered from frequent liver diseases in the past two years, not only her temper has become It's very bad, and what's more, "Ningyuan incense" is burned all day long in the palace to calm liver pain. The fragrance is so strong that I feel dizzy when I smell it. The second concubine Zhan in the mansion is a cousin, but she respects Zhan at a distance. It is a good thing that she is willing to get close to the birthday concubine who is not born properly. When I come back and draw up a list for re-election, I will go back to the palace. Tell Concubine Shou to be a messenger and take it into the palace for me, and strive to select the empress before April."

Qingtian turned his head, and pulled the shoulders of a smoky pink obscene dress, "What's 'Shoufei'? My name is wrong, that is my serious princess. I don't have to carry it out of these countries. Big things come to scare me, if you want to go back, just go back, I lived with the bride for more than half a month during the Chinese New Year, and I haven’t come back for two days and I’m thinking again—"

Before finishing listening, Qi She had already jumped up, and held Qingtian back to tickle, "You are not afraid of your teeth, how many times have you said this, and you have only been to the concubine's place a few times during the Chinese New Year, but it is just a deception, and you can't touch it. I have never met a bride before. If you continue to talk like this, let's see how the Lord will concoct you."

Qingtian couldn't bear the itch, and laughed so hard that he kicked his feet and begged for forgiveness, "I was wrong, I was wrong, please stop!"

Qi She half-ridden on her body, "Be gentle."

Qingtian smiled at him pantingly, and lowered his voice: "I was wrong."

"Be softer."

Qingtian's tender and tender words, turning every word, all on the tip of her pink tongue, "Good brother, Xiaonan made a mistake, so you can spare Xiaonan..."

Qi She looked at her fascinatedly with a smile, then his fingers sneaked into her hair, and slowly bent down.His warm breath and the mustache around her lips brushed against her neck, Qingtian tossed and endured it, tilted his head on the pillow, and opened his eyes vainly.

Suddenly, her eyes widened again, and she stretched out her hand and pushed upwards slightly, "Third Brother, Third Brother!"

"Huh?" Wuzi was a little lost in his dreams.

Qing Tian's voice was full of panic: "Look at Yu—"

Qi She supported his upper body and looked over, only to see that Zai Yu, who was coiled beside the two pillows, had his mouth half open, and white foam flowed from his mouth.The two hurriedly got up together, Qingtian touched a handkerchief to wipe off the foam for the cat, and called it softly twice.Zai Yu opened his one eye tremblingly, blinking dimly, with a large pile of eye feces accumulated in the corner of the eye.

Looking at Zai Yu's appearance, Qing Tian said with worry on his face: "I just got sick two days ago, the doctor looked better after seeing him, why is it not working anymore? What is the disease?"

Qi She looked at Qingtian's anxious face, and sighed, "I'm afraid it's not a disease, I think it's because I'm old, it's the same as when I was—"

"Nonsense!" Qing Tian interrupted him, already crying.

He took her over with one hand, and patted her on the back, "I'm talking nonsense, Zai Yu has always been strong, it won't happen. I'll call the doctor tomorrow to have a look and take some medicine. Don't worry."

Qingtian didn't sleep well all night, and when Qi She entered the palace, she called an old veterinarian from the imperial hospital into the garden.The imperial doctor saw Zai Yu and prescribed some painless medicine.Qingtian stayed in the palace for a morning, and in the afternoon, two noble ladies came to order, followed by Second Sister Duan and Diexian who came to the door, so Qingtian had to put his beloved cat aside for a while.When seeing off the guests at night, she personally fed Zai Yu a small plate of steamed bird's nest with milk, longan and meat. Seeing that Zai Yuquan ate it, and even hopped and played for a while after eating, it made her relax a lot, and her mood also changed accordingly. Get better.

She had just finished eating by herself when Qi She came in, asked about Zai Yu's situation, hugged the cat in her arms and put her to sleep before going to see the white box sent by Zhen Fusi.There were very few secret reports in the next year, only three or four, and he quickly approved them, and took a rare leisurely time to pull out a chess book and nestle in the soft chair to read it.

Qingtian stood behind and rubbed his shoulders for him, while singing and talking lively: "Die Xian and Dui Xia are here today, and they said they are going to get married."

Qi She looked at the chess record with both eyes, and said "hmm".

"Did I tell you before? Die Xian once deliberately threw a fan downstairs and hit a plague student. It turned out that the person was the second son of the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture."

"Ah."

"She just wants to marry him. The price has been agreed upon. She will be married in two days."

"Ah."

"Xia married Guo Huaide, the owner of the time-honored 'Muhua Village', and she became his seventh concubine. Although Guo Huaide was only a silk merchant with little fame, he was really a rich man. He lived in Nanjing. , Hangzhou, Suzhou, Jingzhou, Luoyang, Datong and other places have all opened branches, and the main store on Qipan Street occupies about [-] rooms. I used to order a lot of clothes from their Zhuangzi. I heard that now The palace also came to order materials from their family, so it is considered an imperial merchant. This Guo Huaide is old, and he made an agreement with Xiangxia in advance. Later, he closed his eyes and let go. He left two silk and satin factories for Xiangxia, and gave her a few more pieces of land. , if she wants to remarry, let her go, if she doesn't marry, she can eat and drink enough to guard these properties."

"Ah."

"In short, they are all going to be concubines for others. It will be the same when Fengqin marries someone in the future. I have to look at Dafang's face. After all, among the few who came out of Huaiyatang, the most blessed one is Muyun. She is also really helpful. Xiao Zhao's jewelry business is booming now. His "Baoqixuan" will open a branch in Zhengzhou next month. She also goes with Xiao Zhao to choose the store location and hire shop assistants. , but a capable and virtuous wife."

"Ah."

"But then again, it's all thanks to you that they all married so well. Die Xian said it herself. The price for her redemption was 5000 taels of silver, and she didn't take away her clothes. She didn't even think about the sky-high price. Mr. Du also said that it was cheap, saying that she is the sister of "Niang Niang Duan", and if she wanted to ask for a favor or send a word, it could be directly transmitted to the regent's ears, so that's it. It’s more than that price for respectability. I joked with Diexian that it would be [-]% to honor my aunt.”

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)