The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 59 The Wise Man (2)
"I also think Miss Kang is good." What Zhao Jing said was the truth. Taifu Kang was the late emperor's Taifu, and he was a good military adviser when the late emperor achieved great achievements. If nothing else, he must be loyal to the current emperor. He He was also one of the auxiliary ministers handpicked by the late emperor at the time of his funeral, and even the regent was courteous to him, "Miss Kang is about the same age as the emperor, and the two will definitely be able to talk. The emperor is a bit impatient, and Miss Kang It seems that they have a quiet temperament, and the two complement each other just right."

"The Ai family thinks so too." The Empress Dowager smiled when she talked about the little emperor's marriage, and then said lightly: "It's just that there are many things at the moment, and the prince is busy with the southern expedition. He, so I plan to wait for the Ai family to see it, and then let the prince have a look."

Speaking of the regent Zhao Jing, I was still a little apprehensive. She was ill this time, and she was probably thanks to him, but fortunately, Zhao Jing will be able to leave the palace soon...Maybe she will never see the regent Zhou Yi again in this life. up.

Coming out of Yongshou Palace, Zhao Jing went back to her lower place, and ordered the little maid to fetch water.She wanted to take a hot bath, and she didn't want to bother the servants over there when she was in the Hou Mansion. She only took a bath every three to five days. Fortunately, it was cold, so taking a bath every three to five days wouldn't feel too uncomfortable. .

After staying in the palace for so many years, although he is still a slave, he is still a decent person among the slaves after all, and he does not need to do these rough jobs by himself.

Zhao Jing untied her clothes and soaked herself in the bathtub, thinking that she would leave the palace later, if she wanted to take a bath, she would have to add firewood and boil water by herself, so she planned to enjoy herself.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. When you leave the palace, you have to do everything yourself, Zhao Jing is still a little nervous.Besides, although she knows that she has a brother and sister-in-law outside the palace, they have never lived together again, and whether they can get along is also a problem, but these problems are nothing compared to the freedom she will gain.

Zhao Jing was thinking wildly, when suddenly she heard the little maid outside the door shouting: "Your majesty, you can't go in, my aunt is..."

Before she could say the word "bathing", Zhao Jing heard a creak behind the screen, and someone had already barged in.

She was startled, and reflexively folded her arms and sank herself underwater. The people outside the screen seemed to be shocked by the scene in front of her, and they took two steps back again and again, their heels stumbled on the threshold, and their heads fell. He fled without returning.

Zhou Xu ran through two hallways in a row before his steps slowed down.But his mind was full of Zhao Jing's pink bellyband hanging on the screen, the butterflies embroidered on it seemed to be alive, flying around in front of his eyes, so he couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it a touch.

Zhou Xu swallowed, his heart flustered into a ball, his clenched hands clenched and tightened, as if he was about to crush something.

After Zhao Jing was frightened by this, the thought of enjoying it just now was gone.The little palace maid outside rushed over, and while closing the door for her, she said: "Auntie, the emperor is walking too fast, the servants can't keep up..."

Zhao Jing didn't wait for her to finish, and said, "Forget it, I understand, you go down first."

Zhao Jing soaked in the bathtub for a while, until the water in the bucket was cold, she shuddered, and then hurriedly got up, no matter what, her body was her own, and she would suffer from the wind and cold, so she would not take it own body jokes.

Changing into a palace dress with wide sleeves and narrow collar, and a cotton waistcoat, Zhao Jing patted some rouge on her slightly pale face.There is no empress in the palace, only a widowed empress dowager, so they all dress very plainly, but young girls are born to love beauty, sometimes they come back from outside with some rouge, and the empress dowager knows it, but she just turns a blind eye.

Zhao Jing usually does not use this, but because she has been ill for a while and her face is not good-looking, so she took it out to cover up some sickness.It took less than half an hour to arrange this. If it was usual, Zhou Xu would have sent someone to invite him again, but he didn't today.

Zhao Jing didn't really want to go to the Imperial Study, but she had already returned, and it would be shameless if she didn't go. After struggling for a while, Zhao Jing lifted her spirits and went to the Imperial Study.

In fact, Zhou Xu didn't arrive much earlier than her. He walked around outside and felt that the anger in his heart had subsided, so he returned to the imperial study.

There were piles of memorials on the dragon case. Seeing these, Zhou Xu felt that the anger from earlier seemed to surge up again, and an unbearable irritability arose in his heart.

The Marquis of Wu'an had just won the battle, and it was time for the imperial court to reward him, but that old man Jing Guogong actually wanted him to punish him for leaving his post without authorization?But he had just won a battle just now, and Tatar had been unable to fight back for a short time, so how could he, the emperor, open his mouth to punish him.

The most irritating thing, of course, is the regent, knowing that this is a difficult problem, he actually said softly and delicately: "The emperor is old now, and the empress dowager is looking for a candidate for the queen for the emperor. The emperor should also try to judge by himself." gone."

Let yourself do things that offend others!Zhou Xu felt that he was going crazy with anger, he picked up the teacup on the table and was about to throw it out, but he was suppressed by that crisp voice.

"During the time when the slaves were not in the palace, how many cups of tea did the emperor waste?"

Zhao Jing greeted her with a smile, and Zhou Xu's exaggerated fire suddenly left only a small flame, holding the teacup and said a little embarrassedly: "Auntie, what are you talking about, I... I am thirsty , I want some tea!"

Zhou Xu lowered his head and was about to drink water, but he had just spilled the tea in the teacup all over the floor. It was really embarrassing at this time.

Zhao Jing took the teacup and poured hot tea on the smoker, saying: "It's getting cold, the emperor should drink a cup of hot tea instead."

Hearing Zhao Jing's voice, Zhou Xu felt his heart calm down. He raised his head to look at her when she was pouring tea, and couldn't help but sweep his gaze down from her reddish cheeks until it stopped at Zhao Jing's chest.

Zhou Xu swallowed, wondering if she was wearing the little dress embroidered with colorful butterflies just now.Did those two butterflies just land on her chest?The more Zhou Xu thought about it, the more confused he became. Taking advantage of the gap when Zhao Jing raised her head, she hastily turned her head away, pretending to flip through the memorial at hand.

"What do you think about the matter in the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion?" After reading Jing Guogong's memorial, Zhou Xu's thoughts gradually came back. Better than asking others?
(End of this chapter)