Glory all the way

Chapter 272
It was already May weather, and there was warmth everywhere, but inside the Shoukang Palace, there was a palpitating chill.

"Queen mother, why are you doing this? Wouldn't it be good for each of you to give in? You should agree, let Ling'er go to Mobei, she will be happy, and you will be out of sight, take good care of your body, and have a great-grandson around You can babble and learn to speak by your side, so that you can live a long life, okay?"

Seeing that Emperor Jiayuan's face was not very good-looking, the queen persuaded him softly.

The queen mother was panting heavily, and had been brewing for a long time what she wanted to say. Finally, she said "unless Ai's family dies" full of hostility, and lay down straight away. On one side, she turned over and left her back behind. It was given to Emperor Jiayuan and the Empress.

There was a deathly silence in the hall.

Feeling extremely troubled, the queen looked at the queen mother who was unwilling to talk to others, and then at the livid-looking Emperor Jiayuan, and sighed helplessly in her heart.

"Your majesty, the queen mother is not feeling well. You still have government affairs to deal with. Why don't you go back to the Hall of Harmony first. The concubines are here to serve the queen mother. They will come to accompany the queen mother when the emperor is done with work."

The Queen gave a timely step.

Taking advantage of the trend, Emperor Jiayuan nodded, got up and told the queen a few words, then turned and left Shoukang Palace.

Although the Dragon Boat Festival is festive, the atmosphere in the palace has been a bit sluggish for several days, and the Princess Mansion outside the palace is noisy and lively. When the eyes are bright in the afternoon, there are melodious operas wafting out.

In Yixin Garden, Bai Yingluo was standing in front of the tall feet pruning a newly grown pot of bicolor chrysanthemum. Seeing her puffing out her stomach but still holding the scissors, Mrs. Liao next to her looked eager, and finally, she held back I didn't say anything.

After a pot of flowers was trimmed into the expected shape, Chen Xiang took the scissors and handed them to the little maid to put them away, while taking a handkerchief to clean Bai Yingluo's hands, Granny Liao recited "Amitabha" and relaxed her heart.

"Madam, the sun is just right outside, and there is no wind. This servant will help you to go for a walk in the yard..."

Liusu lifted the curtain and came in from the outside.

Bai Yingluo nodded with a smile, and walked out the door with tassels on her hands.

Since the Dragon Boat Festival was over, everyone in Yixin Garden became nervous, and hot water was prepared on the stove at all times, and Bai Yingluo also listened to Wen Po's words, and walked around the yard more every day , which will benefit future birthdays.

Bai Yingluo walked around the courtyard wall, and a little maid ran in outside the courtyard door, saying that old lady Bai had come.

Walking slowly, when he reached the second gate, he saw Old Madam Bai's sedan chair.

Coming out of the sedan chair, the old lady Bai was dressed in a well-formed super-grade dress.

"Grandmother, you want to enter the palace?"

Stepping forward to hold Old Madam Bai's hand, Bai Yingluo felt a little unbearable, "Grandmother, you are not in good health. Didn't the Empress Dowager prevent you from entering the palace to pay her respects a long time ago? Why do you bother running around for me?"

Seeing that Bai Yingluo had guessed her intention of entering the palace, and seeing her sad face, she was really worried about herself, the old lady Bai smiled and patted her hand, "If the Queen Mother is well, I naturally don't have to go to the palace to pay her respects. , but now that her phoenix body is ill, the empress has issued another order, if I don't enter the palace yet, it will be unreasonable, and I have to go and see it anyway."

"As for other things, grandma knows what to say and what not to say, and when to say it, you, don't worry about me, grandma is not a three-year-old child."

As the old lady Bai spoke, she gave Bai Yingluo a resentful look.

Knowing that her grandmother was comforting her, Bai Yingluo smiled and said nothing more, she talked with the old lady for a while, seeing that it was almost time, she sent her out the door.

When the old lady Bai arrived at the gate of the palace, there was already a servant who had been notified by the Ministry of Internal Affairs waiting for her with a soft sedan chair. .

The Empress Dowager and the old lady Bai have been in love since childhood, seeing her here, I can't help but feel better.

"Everyone says you are sick, but I see that you are in good spirits. It can be seen that those people spread rumors, and spread the rumor that you are sick even if you are not sick."

Looking at the Empress Dowager's complexion, the old lady Bai said with joy: "Just now, I smelled the scent of jasmine flowers. I remember that the Empress Dowager likes the fragrance of jasmine flowers the most. How about I accompany you to the Imperial Garden Walk?"

These days, all the foreign wives who came into the palace asked her to take care of herself, take a good rest and take care of her body. They even said that the emperor and empress are filial, and now there are two little princes , the royal heir continued, as if her illness was such a disappointment.

But only the old lady Bai said that she was not sick, and the empress dowager's cold face suddenly softened a little.

"The Ai family also feels that they are not sick. They are all those imperial doctors who talk about this and that all day long. The emperor and empress also think it's a big deal, which makes the Ai family feel that they are really sick."

While muttering, the Queen Mother looked back at Nanny Lu.

Nanny Lu hurriedly ordered the maid to take out the Queen Mother's clothes, and helped her get dressed and cleaned her face.

A group of people walked out of the Shoukang Palace in a mighty manner, and walked towards the Imperial Garden.

The fiery red pomegranates, the white jasmines, and the budding water lilies in the pond, at a glance, although it is not yet midsummer, the huge imperial garden is already colorful.

There was a faint fragrance of flowers floating in the air, and when the breeze blew occasionally, there was a refreshing feeling of refreshment on the tip of the nose, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but breathe a few long breaths.

"Hiding in the palace all day long, Aijia hasn't come out to take a breath for a long time. It's you old people who understand Aijia's thoughts."

Said softly, the queen mother affectionately took old lady Bai's hand, and the two walked steadily on the stone path.

"Although the Empress Dowager is in the harem, her heart is concerned with the country, and she has to pay attention to the movements in the palace. It sounds like she is free, but she is actually working hard."

The old lady Bai sighed with some melancholy, but the queen mother felt more at ease when she heard it, and she couldn't help but follow the old lady Bai's words, "Isn't it, since the emperor ascended the throne, I feel sorry for my family. But he didn't let it go for a day. In the past few years, he has become more and more calm in his affairs, and the empress has relieved Ai's family a lot, so Ai's family is a little more relaxed, but this hard work is not at all less. "

As she said that, she seemed to think of Princess Qingcheng, and the empress dowager's originally smiling expression gradually subsided again.

The old lady Bai noticed, and said calmly: "Your children and grandchildren have their own blessings. You just care too much about others and don't care about your own size."

The queen mother sighed helplessly, patted the old lady Bai's hand and said: "It's better for you, sometimes thinking about it, the Ai family really envies you."

The old lady Bai slowed down her pace with a smile, and said flatteringly: "The queen mother said so, we old ladies are really in a state of fear. Now, the emperor is wise, the queen is lenient, and the interior is peaceful and prosperous. When I get up, I have to praise the queen mother for her kindness and sage. Although the prince is the crown prince, he already has a reputation of erudition and wisdom. The East Palace has added two little princes. Longevity and well-being are the only ones in the world, but we can't even envy them."

Back then, the Empress Dowager spent a lot of effort in assisting Emperor Jiayuan to ascend the throne. When the new emperor ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager worked hard to appease the ministers and calm the harem. It was not until Emperor Jiayuan became an adult that everything was back on track. Live behind the scenes to take care of your life.

These hard work has been gradually forgotten in the past few years, and Emperor Jiayuan contradicted the Queen Mother several times because of Princess Qingcheng, which made the Queen Mother feel a little bit sad in her heart.

At this moment, listening to old lady Bai talking about these things, the queen mother suddenly felt that her life didn't seem so bad.

Of course, if there is no Princess Qingcheng, it can almost be called perfect.

The words held in her heart finally had a chance to vent. The queen mother glanced back at the servants and maidservants who followed a few steps behind, and Fang complained softly: "Why didn't the Ai family hope that everything would be peaceful and beautiful? But now you I also saw that Princess Qingcheng completely disregarded the face of her ancestors and did such a shameless thing, but the emperor blindly cherished the relationship between siblings and pampered her like this. If this continues, the royal family will lose all face."

Speaking of Princess Qingcheng, the Empress Dowager looked disgusted.

The old lady Bai hesitated for a moment, and asked cautiously: "I've heard some rumors in the market, if it's wrong, I hope the Queen Mother won't blame me."

The queen mother nodded disapprovingly, and the old lady Bai hesitated and said, "I heard that Princess Qingcheng intends to ask for a fief?"

This matter is no longer a secret now, the teahouses and restaurants in the streets and alleys of the capital are all rumored, and some people even talk about how the Queen Mother insulted Princess Qingcheng, and how Princess Qingcheng brought out the late Emperor and Concubine Rou to blackmail the capital. He said it clearly, as if he saw it with his own eyes.

The Empress Dowager's complexion darkened, and she couldn't help but show a bit of sternness in her words, "Under the eyes of the emperor and Ai's family, she can do such a thing. When the time comes, not to mention the late emperor, even the Ai family will lose all face, after a hundred years, what face will the Ai family have to meet the late emperor and ancestors?"

The old lady Bai smiled and shook her head, "What the queen mother said is wrong."

"Water thrown by a married daughter is the same for the daughter of the royal family. The major general of the Xiao family died young. The emperor and the queen mother took pity on Princess Qingcheng and sent special envoys to order her to enter the palace, but she was reluctant. Yes, the people who were thinking about the Mobei Princess Mansion didn't want to come, but now that they came, they made the Queen Mother angry several times. Why don't the people outside say anything? Only this one, the princess violated filial piety. Besides, She is not the only princess in the royal family, the princesses beside her are all living examples. Not to mention far away, only Princess Wenxi is an excellent example."

Princess Wenxi was the daughter of concubine Yu when the first emperor was born. She was a few years older than Princess Qingcheng and married a few years earlier than her. She married Prince Pingshanhou. had a daughter.

After that, Princess Wenxi served her in-laws alone, raised her daughter, and took the initiative to discuss with Marquis Pingshan and his wife, and gave the title of son-in-law to her uncle.

Princess Wen Xi has been a widow since she was 20 years old, and it has been more than 20 years now, but she has not complained for so many years. Even if she had to attend the banquet, she still regarded herself as a member of Pingshanhou's mansion, and she has won many virtuous names.

"So, even if she loses face, it's her own face that's lost, but it can't involve the Queen Mother, or the late emperor and ancestors."

The old lady Bai was sure, the Queen Mother's face gradually loosened.

(End of this chapter)