Ordinary clear day

Chapter 242
Concubine Tong met Shuning, said a few gossips, and then directly asked: "How? Who did Azalan choose?" Shuning thought for a while, and said cautiously: "The palace has not been settled yet. Speaking of it, I am sorry for your empress. The beautiful girls are all very good, but Azaran is young and does not know the depth, and does not understand the kindness of the brothers. The son is also in trouble, so I plan to ask the elders first. , please the prince and Fujin to be the masters."

Concubine Tong frowned slightly: "It's a matter of life, and it's right to ask parents to decide. But now that Prince Jane and his wife are not in Beijing, and the election is about to happen, don't you worry that the candidate you are optimistic about will be picked away?" ?”

Shu Ning bowed her head and said: "Although I was worried, both Shi Zi and Tong Ying believed that the brotherhood is important. Since Azhalan can't understand, it is better to let the elders decide. Anyway, it can be seen by the ladies, and it can be passed. All the show girls in the re-election are ladies, dignified and prudent, and even if one is chosen for Azalan in the future, she must be a first-class virtuous wife."

Concubine Tong smiled and waved her hands: "This is too arbitrary, we are just checking." However, she was very interested in the small tone revealed in Shuning's words: "Why? Azalan refuses to listen to my brothers Is it? Could it be that he doesn't like those ladies?"

Shuning didn't answer, but just looked around cautiously. Concubine Tong gave Ruixi a wink. Ruixi stretched out her hand and made a few gestures at will, and several palace maids and eunuchs who bowed their heads and bent down to wait for orders left the room , but Ruixi stayed.It seems to be cooked.

Shu Ning lowered her voice and said: "I really shouldn't tell anyone this is logical, it's just that the empress is different from others, so I shouldn't hide it from you." Concubine Tong smiled slightly and nodded: "You are my natal aunt and niece, there is no need See you outside."

Shu Ning hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Actually, Azaran met a beautiful girl who was selected outside by chance before, and somehow fell in love with her, and wanted to marry her. It's a bit worse, it's not decent enough to hire a regular wife, and her temperament is different from what Guo Fujin wants, so the eldest son and Tong Ying don't agree. He is not willing to choose any candidates, and we all have a lot of headaches."

Concubine Tong raised her eyebrows: "Hey, who is it? Did you leave a sign?" Shuning nodded: "The one who kept it was a man named Guerjia, who was said to be a distant relative of the princess, and his boudoir name was Runyu."

Concubine Tong paused, sat upright again, and said casually: "So it's her? Then she's out of luck. Don't say that her family background is too poor, her father is only a seventh rank, and now someone has already taken a fancy to her , your Azhalan should give up earlier." Ruixi joked beside him: "This young master is considered a beauty, and she has an innocent temperament like a crystal. The third elder brother has always been thinking about it."

Shuning was a little surprised to find that their smiles were a little weird, and she was thinking about how to respond, only to hear Concubine Tong laughing: "This Runyu came together with the two sisters, and they said they were distant relatives of the princess, but in fact it was only the great-grandfather. It's a brother from the previous generation, and it's a side branch, and it's long since declined. It's just that I want to get some glory and make people look up to me. I don't like her temper, but her sister is not bad, she has a wink and knows how to measure. It's a pity that this year's melon There are too many girls selected by Erjia, and her sister will probably be discarded. If Azaran really wants to, it is okay to take her as a concubine. Their sisters look somewhat similar."

Shu Ning responded indiscriminately, but she was thinking in her heart: Even if this elder sister and younger sister look alike, they are still different, not to mention that Azhalan is probably not interested in Runyu's appearance, but in her temperament, right?If that elder sister is really as sensible as Concubine Tong said, she is naturally not the cup of tea in Azalan's heart.

She talked with Concubine Tong for a while, and the topics were mostly gossips circulating in Beijing, or interesting stories about beautiful girls.In addition to mentioning that Ming Shang's daughter-in-law, Yaqing Gege, performed far better than others in her talent show during the re-election, there were also mentions of Yuanning and Tong's cousin.Concubine Tong only said that Yuanning had recently given birth and was no longer out of the palace, but I heard it was fine.As for the cousin to be selected by the Tong family this year, judging from Concubine Tong's tone, it seems that there is already a suitable candidate for marriage.

After more than half an hour, seeing that it was getting late, Shu Ning was thinking about how to say goodbye to Concubine Tong, but Concubine Tong said first: "It's getting late, I have to go to the Empress Dowager's palace to serve, you go back first Go." These words hit Shuning's heart, and she quickly agreed.

Concubine Tong thought about it for a while, and then said: "If it is a normal day, I will take you there together. Anyway, the Queen Mother also likes to be lively, and she likes to find someone to chat with her to relieve boredom. But the weather is hot recently, and the Queen Mother has a bad appetite and lack of energy. People. The two princes, Fujin, came here yesterday and sat for a while, but the queen mother was not in the mood to talk. I won't take you there to disturb her. When the weather is cooler, you can come back to say hello."

Shu Ning responded, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please take care of your health. The medicinal materials that you filial piety today have the effect of clearing the heart and invigorating the Qi. I have also drank the other scented teas, and the taste is not bad. If there is nothing wrong, Madam, , you can also brew it for a drink. If it’s hot while sitting, you can also use that pair of jade bead cushions, it’s the coolest. That’s a little thought from Shizi and his wife.”

Concubine Tong nodded with a smile and said "you are interested", and gave some snacks from the palace, then signaled Ruixi to go out with Shuning, while she went back to her room to tidy up her clothes.Shu Ning went outside, talked to Aunt Ruixi, and walked towards the palace gate, but suddenly saw a few women coming out of the side hall next to her, among them Cheng Concubine and Chang Lu were the leaders.

Shuning and Ruixi bowed to them respectively, Chang Lu was only indifferent, but Concubine Cheng was still very kind.Shuning exchanged pleasantries with her, remembering Wei Wan whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and asked about her children and the situation of Seventh Prince's mansion.Concubine Cheng said happily: "The child is all right. He is white and fat, with round and big eyes. He is exactly the same as his Ama when he was a child, but he is very cute. The preparations for the opening of the mansion are almost ready. They are choosing a date." Well." But at this point, she was a little worried: "But they moved out of the palace, so I won't be able to see my grandson every day."

Shu Ning comforted her somewhat panickedly: "Seventh Elder Brother Qi Fujin has always been filial, so he will definitely bring his children to visit you often. After opening the mansion, it will be much more convenient to do errands, isn't this a good thing?" Turning sadness into joy: "This is true, Brother Qi has a future, it is more important than anything else."

Shu Ning was a little embarrassed, so she turned to say hello to Chang Lu: "I haven't seen you for a long time, how is your mother?" He was also thinner, and his brows were a little dark, but his tightly pursed mouth revealed a faint taste of determination.

Cheng concubine smiled and said, "Chang concubine came to talk to me and asked me to be a matchmaker. A girl of hers lost the election a few days ago and was about to find a good one. I said I didn't know any good guys, so I went I want to accompany her to Concubine Hui to find out what's going on."

These words are a bit strange.Shu Ning remembered that Chang Lu's family was closer to Concubine Hui's family, so why did Cheng concubine take her with her?However, she was not interested in paying attention to the matters in the palace, so she accompanied them to Dongyi Changjie and separated from them.

When she walked out of the palace gate, Shuning breathed a sigh of relief.This matter is nothing, presumably there will be no dissatisfaction on Concubine Tong's side.But she won't interfere in Azaran's marriage anymore, it's really a thankless and troublesome matter.

In the next few days, the results of the draft gradually came out.The stunning Jialun girl got her name without any suspense, and was left in the palace together with several other beautiful girls.Guo Luoluo, the noble daughter of Ming Shang's son-in-law, also known as Yaqing Gege, was allegedly married to the eighth elder brother.

The older princes were all accused of having two beautiful women, and even the nine and ten princes who had never married their main wives also got a concubine each.But the most striking thing is that a beautiful girl surnamed Guerjia was pointed to the fifth elder brother, and she was directly referred to in the name of side Fujin, but the beautiful girl herself was only a petty official. Daughter only.

Shu Ning can probably guess who it is, presumably Prince Jane's Mansion has already got the news, Azalan should be able to give up, right?It's just that before the news from Prince Jane's mansion came, she first heard about Wufu Jin Yuanning's birth.

It was quite unexpected that Yuanning gave birth to a daughter, not a son as previously thought.But the fifth elder brother already had a son, so while the palace was disappointed, he didn't say anything.

Shuning had already sent someone to deliver the congratulatory gifts to Prince Heng's Mansion, and also sent gifts to the second uncle Xingbao's home.However, according to the dispatched steward's reply, the Xingbao family was quite depressed. Although Suo Chuoluo should have been called into the palace to take care of his daughter long ago, the rest of the family seemed to be focusing on other things.Niu Xiaosi, who was following the car, inquired some news from his family's servants. It seems that their family had offended someone by making a little publicity because of Yuanning's pregnancy. Now that person is looking for an opportunity to take revenge. His family's property Lost a lot.

Shu Ning only felt a little disgusted, so she stopped paying attention to it, and started to pay attention to the news of other beautiful girls.The cousin of the Tong family was accused of giving to a son of the Xinjun Prince's Mansion, and I don't know if it was fulfilling the wish of the Tong family.Of the three show girls she had followed before, only Ulanara was accused, and the other two left signs.On the contrary, the Fuyu girl surnamed Guerjia, as Concubine Tong said, lost the election.

The aftertaste of the draft has not yet disappeared, and the eyes of the whole capital are attracted by another matter.Chen Liangben, a scholar of the Wuyingdian University, wrote a letter proposing to abolish grain transportation by sea and switch to sea transportation to reduce the expenditure of the national treasury and gain time for the construction of canals.

The reason was that when the emperor was inspecting the canal in early May, some officials requested that the outer embankment be built to prevent the river from bursting when the flood season came, damaging the farmland and residential buildings on both sides of the canal.However, the emperor was worried that the construction of the outer embankment would damage the fields of the people, and some ministers worried that the canal would be unfavorable during the construction of the embankment and would hinder water transportation.So in the end, the emperor instructed the officials to take some protective measures temporarily until the flood season passed.

Chen Liangben's memorial comes from this.

Although Shuning doesn't care about the government affairs, Tongying probably mentioned some of them, and she also heard about Duanning from her natal family.In her impression, she seems to remember reading a similar plot in some novel, but this water transportation involves all kinds of interests, so I'm afraid it's not so easy to shake.Although the emperor seemed to be very interested in Chen Liangben's proposal, there were wave after wave of opposition.

Someone attacked Chen Liangben with bad intentions, but Chen Liangben knelt in front of the emperor, kowtowed until his forehead bled, and said with tears that he was only thinking about the court and the people, and sharing the emperor's worries.Some ministers present were moved by him, and when he mentioned it outside, many people in the Qingliu stood on his side, and were unwilling to oppose the other side, and various opinions were circulated in Beijing.

Shu Ning also felt the impact of this turmoil when she was a guest in another palace. It seemed that many female relatives in the prince's palace were discussing this matter.As she listened, she felt sympathy for Mr. Chen. He must be feeling bad now, right?But after hearing it many times, Shu Ning felt that something was wrong, so she reasoned that she had suffered from heatstroke, and she would not visit other houses for the time being, and advised Tong Ying not to get involved.

But Tong Ying smiled and said: "Do you still need to say it? I did this long ago, and the people of Luan Yiwei, I also asked them to get involved less." After a pause, he touched Shu Ning's face, feeling a little distressed Authentic: "It's better to go out less and rest for two more days. Seeing that you have lost weight recently, don't get sick."

Shu Ning said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that you're tired. You're not much better than me." She suddenly remembered that the holiday is coming soon, and said: "You might as well find an opportunity to ask for another day off, so you can take the holiday together? You should also take a good rest, you will be unbearable if you go out early and come back late every day."

Tong Ying thought for a while, then nodded: "That's fine, in a few days, I'm afraid I have to be busy again, and I can't take a break if I want to." Shuning asked what was the matter, and Tong Ying said: "In the past years It's going to go outside the Great Wall around August, so I naturally have to accompany you again, but it's hard work for you to stay in the capital." Hearing this, Shu Ning couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.Tong Ying told her some interesting things at work to make her happier.

Shu Ning also knew his intentions, her heart softened, she stopped him and said: "Okay, you don't need to say anything, I just don't want you to be by my side all the time. Since you are going to go out on business, before you leave, please accompany me more. Come with me." Tongying replied, and was about to get closer to say something, but suddenly heard someone laughing outside the window, it was Shige and Xiaobao.

Shuning was a little embarrassed, she rushed out to have a look, but only saw Xianning's back disappearing outside the courtyard gate, she couldn't help gritting her teeth.Tong Ying scolded a few "brats", giggled at Shu Ning, then rushed out and caught him back, holding a man's collar in one hand, followed by a man who lowered his head and looked carefully at him. Xianning.

Shuning saw it was funny, glared at the boys, and persuaded Tongying: "Forget it, it's not the first time for them. Instead of beating and scolding, it's better to let them copy more articles." No, Second Sister-in-Law!" Xiao Bao agreed very simply.

Tongying knocked on the head alone in a bad mood, asked a few words about their recent situation, and then asked Shige: "Xiaobao and Brother Xian are the same, you come here every day, and the eldest brother didn't say anything?"

Shige touched the knocked part of his head, bared his teeth and said, "Brother is too busy taking care of Brother San, how can he take care of me?"

(End of this chapter)