Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 204 The Queen Mother
This is the first time for Su Tong to enter the Baoci Hall.

This Baoci Hall was different from what she had imagined, not only did it not have any luxurious decorations, but it also looked very simple and elegant. When it was called a hall, she felt that it was actually just a few ordinary rooms.It seemed that compared to the small building Chen Mo built himself, it seemed more simple, and in terms of comfort, it couldn't compare with his own house.

Of course, Zhao Zhen couldn't be harsh on the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother Liu probably wanted to be frugal.

In Su Tong's mind, once a young and poor woman like Empress Dowager Liu gains power and wealth, she will inevitably want a particularly luxurious life. Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Liu has no such problems.

Perhaps the big men who can really reach the top will not lack self-control.

It's just a little too wronged.

When she arrived, the Empress Dowager was meeting someone, and it seemed that a married woman had entered the palace to pay her respects, so Su Tong was waiting in the side hall for the time being.

Although she is a daughter of an official family with such a background, she is not looked down upon by the servants of the Baoci Palace. It is considered kind to her to find a place to stay for a while. As for tea and snacks, no one will think of it I want to offer it up.

I remember that Zhao Wanrong once complained that in the Empress Dowager's Hall of Baoci, the tea she drank was not the new tea of ​​the year. She wanted to wash up, but the temperature of the water was a little too hot. For convenience, she didn't have a special sanctuary, and she was in someone else's territory, and she was too embarrassed to make someone else's maid. Later, she refused to drink more water before going to Baoci Hall.

When Zhao Wanrong came over, at least someone was waiting for her, and she still felt uncomfortable, so shouldn't she be miserable to death?But from what she said, it would be a bit of an advantage not to drink tea.

Thinking wildly in his heart, a palace maid came outside and led Su Tong into the house.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Queen Mother Liu.

Su Tong saluted respectfully, his eyes only fell on the position of her chin, and he didn't dare to move up.

Liu E smiled softly: "Come on, sit closer."

The maid held the stool and placed it beside Liu E, and then helped Su Tong to sit on it.

"Zhou Zheng is such a beautiful child." Liu E sighed, carefully scrutinized Su Tong's eyebrows and eyes, and looked far away, "Seeing you makes me think of an old friend."

Su Tong was startled and didn't speak. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced over and saw that Liu E was only wearing a light green uniform, leaning on the seat very leisurely. She was old, but wearing such bright clothes, she was It will not make people feel inappropriate, and she is not as majestic as I imagined. She is like an ordinary middle-aged beautiful woman, but she is really beautiful and has a charm. She is like this now. When she was young, Empress Dowager Liu must have been magnificent .

If those old people in Su Tong's family who are proficient in facial features came to see her, they would definitely say that she is destined to ruin the country.

Su Tong tried his best to recall the Queen Mother's life in his mind. It seemed that when Zhao Wanrong mentioned her, she always described her sourly as a village girl who flew up a branch and turned into a phoenix.

However, Zhao Wanrong had a rift with Empress Dowager Liu, and her words were not reliable.

At least in Su Tong's opinion, Empress Dowager Liu's face is dignified, gentle and soft, which is a very pleasing face in this era.

She looked at the queen mother, and Liu E was also looking at her.

Looking at a bright girl like Su Tong always makes people feel happy, Liu E smiled, "I heard that you opened an academy in Qingzhou?"

Su Tong nodded yes. Seeing that the Queen Mother was not in the right mind, he felt uneasy. It is not uncommon to open academies, not to mention that those aristocratic families have ethnology. Throughout the Song Dynasty, academies and official schools were blooming everywhere. The officials expressly encouraged people to open academies and work hard. To increase the number of scholars, but like Su Tong, I am afraid that it is the first one to receive boys and girls into one academy. Even if they are separated in class, there is really no taboo to contact them on weekdays, and they will always attract criticism. .

I don't know if this person will feel that she is deviant, but after thinking about it, if she thinks that she is not good enough, it is not a bad thing, so as not to be messed up, but it will be troublesome. Even officials in the Song Dynasty are not happy to kill. Not to mention being an ordinary woman like myself.

Liu E sighed faintly, but instead smiled and said: "You did a good job, all women in the world suffer, the girls in your academy can live a different life when they are in their prime, and get some unique fun, It's their luck. I heard Yunchun say that the courses in your academy are very interesting. He also sent me a collection of essays. I can really understand some truths after reading them. If there are new ones in the future, don't forget to read them all for me. First read."

Su Tong smiled: "It's an honor for these books to relieve the empress dowager."

In a word, Liu E's expression softened a lot.

Recently, Su Tong did come up with some witty and interesting essays. Of course, she didn't write them herself, but she fell into a dream a while ago and saw a lot of chicken soup for the soul. It is more suitable for this era, take it out and share it with students.

Nowadays, there are countless anonymous books in the school library, of various genres, so many that students have no interest in exploring who the author is, and they can't find out if they want to.

Chen Mo has heard that Su Tong has sent a group of people to collect all kinds of classics and ancient books for the school, but the Chen family is a rich family, and his family's library is several times larger than the school library, so he doesn't care so much about such trivial matters .

I have to say that the resolute and ruthless Empress Dowager Liu in the rumors is actually not difficult to get along with. Even if Su Tong is in the Hall of Baoci, he is afraid that if he talks too much, he refuses to talk too much, and has always maintained the image of a low-key and shy daughter. It didn't make her feel bad.

After chatting about trivial matters, Liu E became a little tired, rewarded a bunch of things, and sent Su Tong out of the palace gate.

As Su Tong followed the maids and eunuchs outside, he murmured in his heart that he didn't know why the Empress Dowager gave her a special opinion, and he didn't hear the Empress Dowager mentioning that she wanted to congratulate her nephew Liu Congde.

It's just that in the face of the big boss that people can't resist, Su Tong can't do anything at all. Even she can't calm down. When she leaves the palace gate, she has an impulse to run to her father and tell her father, Forget about other things, hurry up and find a man for his precious daughter to marry.

When Su Tong left the palace, Liu E didn't see anyone else. After reading for a while, she lay on the couch in a daze, feeling lazy and unwilling to move.

Now it is not like before, she is an old woman in her 60s, her eyes are blurred, and her strength is not enough. When she was young, she read the booklet alone until midnight, and she was still full of energy the next day. Not now, a little bit If you are tired, you will have a headache the next day.

Pressing the center of his brows, Liu E wanted to laugh when he thought of Su Tong who had 'run away'. She could guess who she was, with Su Tong's careful thinking, she could guess without looking.

Many officials and officials must have been very nervous recently. Liu E shook her head. She was not confused. Liu E would never do anything.

(End of this chapter)