Prosperous Glory

Chapter 38

"So, what does Brother Four mean?"

It was autumn, and the flowers in the imperial garden were blooming just in time. Beside the clear lake, a fat dumpling wearing red and golden clothes was lazily lying on the stone table, and asked the accompanying maids behind him to retreat to a distant place. At the same time, I teased a little turtle with its four claws upturned on the stone table, and while pulling the turtle, making it unable to turn over, he sighed in an old-fashioned tone, "Brother Huang, it's not the younger sister who said you, you are really You're so stupid, it's been a few years, and everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart, so why can't you deal with my cousin?"

After finishing speaking, the plump chubby face showed a look of hatred for iron and steel, and said, "Maybe, my cousin is going to get married, and I don't know which onion you are!"

With such a blow from her, the boy who was lying on the opposite side of her and pretending to be dead, twitched all over and stopped moving.

Ever since his cousin could speak, he had experienced the sadness of being hit by a poisonous tongue for many years.

A Yuan watched his fourth brother Feng Ming pretending to be dead, scratched his head, put the little turtle in front of him, and said in embarrassment, "Why don't you just tell my uncle that you want to propose marriage Already?"

Now she is five years old. In the past five years, half of the time has been spent in the mansion with Su Wang and his wife, and the other half of the time has been spent in the palace with the Queen Mother.When she was a baby back then, Feng Ming had always been very kind to her. Over the past few years, she could understand that the fourth son of the emperor was kind and straightforward. When the princess got married, A Yuan could only play with the fifth princess on weekdays, and having the company of Feng Ming, who was quite childlike, made her feel that her life in the palace was very good.Of course, there are quite a few annoying people in the palace, but who doesn't think of a happy place?At least A Yuan turned a blind eye to those who hated him.

Feng Ming, back then she fell in love with Qi Shan, the second daughter of her uncle Ying Yinggong, she has never married in these years, I heard that because the Ying Yinggong doesn't like taking concubines, now she doesn't even find a servant daughter, she is still called Ah Yuan admired.

In the royal family, there are really not many princes like Feng Ming who are willing to guard themselves like jade.For example, Fengtong, the third son of the emperor, who is not a thing, now has two side concubines, not to mention the concubine concubine, and now the concubine has not even entered the door, and even the concubine is born. In A Yuan's words, Whoever marries is unlucky.

It's just that two years ago, her uncle had asked the eldest daughter to betrothed to A Yuan's second brother, Feng Tang. Now if she married the prince again, it would be too conspicuous.It's not because of this, Concubine De, as Fengming's adoptive mother, might have gone to propose to the saint long ago, how could it be delayed until now?
"No, no, no!" Hearing what A Yuan said, Feng Ming didn't dare to pretend to be dead, and immediately became anxious. He jumped up and shook his hands desperately. Under A Yuan's surprised eyes, he said with some disappointment, "You're right?" Yes, she doesn’t know me yet, what if things don’t work out in the future and her reputation is ruined?” After a pause, he approached Leng Ayuan again, and said with an apologetic smile, “My good sister, you are also close to your cousin, but I heard that she likes someone?" Seeing the chubby little dumpling staring at herself with unbelievable eyes, she also knew that it was a bit wrong to ask a child about feelings, so she could only whisper Said, "I really like her."

Otherwise, it would not be for Qi Shan, for that little bit of hope, for many years.

A Yuan looked at his cousin and felt sorry for him.

Feng Ming is a solid person, if he can really marry her cousin, A Yuan thinks that this guy is probably the second father and king, he definitely loves his wife, after thinking about it, he wants to help this cousin, Kuang was able to marry the prince again, and being with her uncle was also good, so he patted Feng Ming's shoulder pretending to be old-fashioned, and proudly said while Feng Ming hurriedly bent down to ask her to pat, "Don't worry, brother Huang, Uncle Huang, I will play the side drum." Of course, it has nothing to do with her.

"A Yuan, you are such a good person!" Being moved to tears by his cousin's help, Feng Ming held his cousin's little paws, tremblingly took out a pair of snow-white ivory carvings in his arms, and smiled apologetically. It was delivered to A Yuan who looked like a proud little chick with his little neck raised high, and said enthusiastically, "Sister, take it to play with, it's all because of my brother's kindness." After finishing speaking, Ask flatteringly, "Is there anything else A Yuan lacks?"

"Brother Sihuang, why didn't you ask me?!" The fifth princess, who had been watching coldly for a long time, couldn't bear it any longer, grabbed Feng Ming's sleeve, jumped up and said, "Aren't I my younger sister?" ? Brother Huang is so eccentric, I am angry, very angry!"

The fifth princess played with A Yuan, and now she is getting worse and worse, she is simply a demon star.Feng Ming didn't dare to offend her, he just wiped his face, took out a small pearl hairpin from his bosom again, and said sadly, "This is for you." There are two younger sisters like this, His Royal Highness I just felt that the majesty of being an elder brother was gone, so I couldn't help but said sadly, "I will talk to my concubine later, and I will ask my concubine to teach you well, otherwise, how will you marry in the future?"

Whoever loses these two will have to hang himself!

While talking, he saw the two younger sisters compare each other's gifts head-to-head, and then their malicious eyes fell on his skirt.

Feng Ming couldn't see it well, he grabbed the skirt of his clothes, turned around and ran, followed by two noble girls with their chubby legs behind him, and behind them were a group of palace maids who wanted to cry, shouting "His Royal Highness, be careful!" !", while chasing after him.

Feng Ming was afraid that he would run too fast, so he told the two younger sisters behind to fall, and while running, he turned his head and suddenly saw a sage standing in front of him, holding a beautiful concubine on his arm. Seeing it with a smile, he hurriedly stopped, went in front of the saint, and said respectfully, "Greetings to the emperor." His eyes fell on the concubine who had a icy appearance, in other words, she was a little defiant, and frowned slightly , but still bowed his head politely, not daring to look at the young concubine.

Seeing that he behaved like this, the saint was very satisfied, and when he saw the two girls coming over laughingly, he asked with a smile, "What are you doing?" After sweating, he said in a warm voice, "It's cold in the garden, be careful of the wind and get sick again." When he said this, his eyes were very kind, and A Yuan felt it, so he just smiled and hugged his arm and said, " Uncle Huang doesn't know, Brother Si Huang is extremely stingy, he went out once in a while, and only gave me and Sister Huang a little bit at a time, and they all said that elder brother should cherish younger sister, so we naturally have to haggle with Brother Huang."

Although it seemed to be complaining, but the tone was intimate, the saint smiled and glanced at Feng Ming who was grinning at A Yuan, and then said with feigned anger, "It's going to be punished!"

A Yuan and the fifth princess didn't take it seriously, they just pushed the concubine aside secretly, and said with a smile, "Just give the emperor a beloved daughter-in-law, called the emperor day The roar of the Ride River lion!" It was just a child's talk, and they laughed together when they finished speaking.

Feng Ming's heart suddenly rose, and he carefully watched the sage raise his eyebrows, after that, he couldn't help but whispered, "If, if there is such a day, even if the Lion Roars in the River East, I will be willing. "

When the sage saw his longing for Ai Ai, he was amused, but he didn't promise anything.

Feng Ming's thoughts, he can more or less guess.Duke Ying is someone close to and trusting by him, he also somewhat understands Feng Ming's disposition, and he has no ambitions.Now he is pretending to be confused, but seeing these little guys pretending to be old-fashioned to speculate on his intentions, he feels angry and laughs, and there is also an element of anger.

If Feng Ming dared to walk in front of him to ask Qi Shan to marry him now, he would not veto it, but seeing the children working together for Feng Ming was also interesting, and it made the saint feel annoyed in the past The mood became much happier, so he pretended to be stupid and said, "Mostly, such a woman is accustomed to being pampered! If there are multiple concubines, I'm afraid she will be as tender as water."

After finishing speaking, the sage pretended to be loving and asked Feng Ming whose expression had changed greatly, "Why don't I reward you as a side concubine first?" Laughing, his brows and eyes became more and more gentle.

A Yuan hugged Uncle Huang's thick thigh, seeing Uncle Huang bullying his son so maliciously, he couldn't help giving Feng Ming a pitiful look, who seemed to want to faint, and shouted, "Fourth brother is so happy Passed out!"

"Don't, don't!" With tears in his eyes, Feng Ming really wanted to kneel down to the saint and his sister, but he just shook his head and refused, "I'm not a courageous son, Wangfei, only one Wangfei is enough." famous.

His own son actually made his friend's daughter eat him to death, and the saint felt very helpless.

He knew in his heart that if the words could reach his ears, there must be the handwriting of the empress and concubine De in it, and it was probably for him to subtly influence him, so that he would not feel abrupt rejection when it was mentioned in the future.However, thinking that the queen doesn't care about Fengming's marriage with nobles, and is not afraid of his prince, and has the capacity to tolerate others, a trace of warmth flashed in his eyes at the end, and he murmured, "In the end, I am not mistaken." His empress , willing to take pains to plan for his prince's happiness, this kind of mood made him feel that in the harem, there is still his wife who really cares for him.

"Saint." The young concubine on the side, since the appearance of several princes and princesses, is now squeezed to the corner. After all, she couldn't hold back her face, so she called out to the gentle saint with a bit of resentment.However, after this call, she suddenly saw that the saint's face suddenly became unhappy.

As soon as the saint's face changed, the concubine's face turned pale.

In the harem, there are not a few concubines who fell out of favor because they offended the saint.Concubine Xu, who was said to be the favorite in the harem back then, fell out of favor due to unknown reasons.Although there are still some holy family members, but the momentum has fallen, and now they are also annihilated by everyone in the palace.

A Yuan didn't care what the concubine was thinking.For her, in this harem, apart from the queen mother, only the queen and concubine De are the only ones who make her really close, and the others are just passers-by.Although the empress and concubine De didn't care about favors, A Yuan was still angry at asking the saint to stay in the palace of the young concubine.Seeing that the saint didn't like it now, A Yuan felt happy. He just lowered his head and made a look with the fifth princess, and then acted more and more with the saint, making the concubine feel uneasy.

Speaking of this concubine, she is actually no stranger to A Yuan.Back then when this woman was still a beautiful woman, she had a dispute with Concubine Xu in the imperial garden, which was witnessed by A Yuan.A Yuan hated the clean appearance.

So noble, why do you want to mix in the harem to be a concubine for a saint?It's just putting on such a face to seek more glory and wealth.

He despised this woman in his heart, but A Yuan felt more helpless in his heart.

It was only later that she found out that Princess Su was worried in the past, and that the second aunt married to the second aunt who married her cousin was still related to this woman, which caused A Yuan to worry about her cousin in her heart. .

The family that raises such a pretentious woman is probably also sanctimonious, following the rules to do things that are not things.

"If a sage is tired of being accompanied by his concubines, he can just say yes, why bother to humiliate his concubines here?" This concubine, who is now called a nobleman, has a pair of beautiful eyes with tears in her eyes. He said, "Let your highnesses watch, what dignity do I have?"

"Does the nobleman mean that this palace is an eyesore and should not appear in front of the nobleman?" A Yuan turned his head and asked bluntly.

"You go down." The saint was a little unhappy, seeing that Wang Guiren wanted to say more, he said coldly, "I asked you to accompany me to visit the garden today. It is because of your hard work. Go back and rest." After finishing speaking, he just leaned over He smiled at A Yuan and the fifth princess, "Will you go to the emperor's grandmother in a while?" Seeing the two girls cheering, he said with a smile, "It's better to smile." He asked, "Aren't you willing to obey my words?" In the end, dislike and boredom arose in my heart.

A Yuan knew that the imperial uncle was a scumbag. Now that he witnessed it with his own eyes, seeing that he became ruthless to the concubine whom he loved so much just a moment ago, he couldn't help shrinking his neck, and sighed that in the heart of this imperial uncle, family affection is far better than beauty The child is much more important, seeing Wang Guiren stumbling away, he sighed in his heart.

Wang Guiren had a dispute with Concubine Xu back then. It is said that the saint felt that she was not a well-behaved person. Even though he was satisfied with her talent and appearance, he refused to ask for anything.It was the queen who said that it was just a small mistake, it was a pity that the saint missed such a beauty, and had the opportunity to stay in the palace just now.But the sage refused to give her a high position, entering the palace is just a permanent presence.It's been five years, and although he is loved and loved all day, he is still a noble person, so he doesn't know whether this fate is good or bad.However, A Yuan understood what the queen was thinking, so he just watched.

There are rules to know how to advance and retreat, and to be praised by others, only the queen is enough.The concubine is to relieve the boredom of the saint. If she is also dignified, how can she be called the queen?

The saint usually didn't care about the twists and turns of the harem, and now he didn't think about it as much as A Yuan. Seeing that A Yuan was at ease, he asked with a smile, "Why are you laughing?"

"The family letter sent in by my father yesterday." A Yuan stretched out his hand and asked the saint to hug him, put his arms around the saint's neck and smiled, "It said that the second brother has arrived in Bianzhou, and now he is very safe. I am very happy." Half a year ago, an imperial decree from the sage ordered her second elder brother Feng Tang and the second prince to go out of Beijing to inspect various state capitals together, just like imperial envoys. I was very uneasy, just now I was relieved, and said to the saint with a smile, "I heard that the little whitebait in the south is very delicious, let the second brother bring it in for the emperor?" Turning around, covering her small mouth and laughing so hard that she can see her teeth but not her eyes.

"Did it feed me, or did it enter your belly?" A Yuan is greedy for food, likes money, has a bad mouth, and has all kinds of bad habits. Saints like it very much. The more I look at it, the more I love A Yuan's bad appearance At this time, he patted her bulging body and smiled, "Let your father sink down again when he sees you, I'm afraid he will blame me again." The little meatballs are all the fault of the emperor who put his heart into his daughter's mouth.

"I'm a princess, don't princesses always talk about the body of a thousand pieces of gold?" A Yuan quibbled.

"So you grow up to Qianjin?" The saint laughed.He has always been more tolerant to princesses who are not involved in political affairs, so he hugged A Yuan and led the fifth princess to the queen mother's palace.Feng Ming followed behind in a dejected manner, entered the Empress Dowager's palace together, drank a full stomach of tea, and then left, thinking about going back to Concubine De's palace to pay her respects.Now that he is getting older, he already has a palace outside, so he doesn't often enter the palace, and he misses Concubine De very much in his heart, so he thinks how to make Concubine De happy to see him.

Before reaching Concubine De's palace, Feng Ming with his head down asked someone in front to stop him.Looking up, he saw that it was Feng Tong, the third prince who was at odds with him. Thinking of his appearance as a "virtuous corporal" everywhere in Beijing in the past few years, Feng Ming felt disgusted, and walked around Feng Tong with a cold face. He was about to leave, but he heard a sneer from behind, "What's the matter, Fourth Emperor Brother, now that you see your brother, you don't even have a word?"

"If you think I'm rude, just sue me to Emperor Father." Feng Ming hated this kind of pretentious guy the most, rolled his eyes and said.

Speaking of this, the Third Prince was annoyed.As a prince, he is so honorable, but now he is not even as good as a younger brother who only knows how to please his sisters and be a little fugitive in front of two little girls.Thinking of just now, Feng Ming was pretending to be good to the sage under the guise of being close to his sister, and even sneaked into the queen mother's palace to please her, Feng Tong felt so aggrieved in her heart, she gave Feng Ming a hard look, and he turned coldly He said calmly, "Could it be that fourth brother is showing off in front of my brother now?" After finishing speaking, he just said lightly, "It's just that I always feel bad watching fourth brother being a slave to two girls."

"Brother Huang's being a slave makes my younger sisters look down on you, so why are you pretending to be in front of me?" Feng Ming is no longer the reckless boy who raised his fist at the first word of disagreement. He has been trained by A Yuan for so many years. His lips became slippery, and he said slowly, shaking his hands, "When will Brother Huang also curry favor with younger sister, and get the benefits of younger brother, then come and share these things with me!" Seeing Feng Tong's face turned red, he I just felt very relieved in my heart, folded my arms and looked at the angry Fengtong and said, "I haven't asked Brother Huang to bow down in front of me, I am already a younger brother respecting my elder brother."

Although Feng Tong is older, Feng Ming who was raised in the Palace of Concubine De has a higher status.Back then, when the two princes left the palace and divided the titles, the sage named Fengtong as the county king, but directly gave the title of Prince Fengming to show his favor to Fengming's adoptive mother, Concubine De, and to Duke Ding, who died behind Concubine De. government's attention.This kind of younger brother overwhelmed the elder brother, Fengtong has been brooding in his heart for many years, now Fengming is called Po, and he hates this unsightly younger brother so much in his heart, trembling with anger, he pointed at this face The younger brother who didn't care, turned around and left.

Seeing his annoying elder brother run away with anger, Feng Ming was very relieved, and he admired the cousin who taught him these few words with a smirk all the more. He only thought that the cousin was extremely wise. Tong's figure disappeared, and then he went to Concubine De's palace contentedly. After paying his respects to Concubine Mu, seeing Concubine De's face showing a slight hesitation, he hurriedly asked, "Is Concubine Mu worried?" Concubine De only smiled and shook her head, then came over and patted her chest and said, "Mother Concubine even wants to hide her son? Now that my son has become king, if there is any problem, my son can solve it!"

"Don't interfere with the affairs of the harem." Concubine De looked at her grown-up son lovingly, and said in a gentle voice, "Your mother and I have secretly whispered some rumors in the ears of the saint, but I was just thinking, you This kind of wishful thinking is not a thing, as a husband and wife, it is better to be happy with each other after all. If Miss Qi is willing, it will be a good match, right?" If it is a marriage, the British government naturally cannot refuse, but this has nothing to do with stealing and plundering what differences are there?Concubine De is unwilling to do such a thing, even though she wants her son to have his wish come true, she is also unwilling to wrong Qi Shan.

"Then, then what should I do?" Feng Ming was already sixteen, and Queen Feng was also walking in the capital, but now he was at a loss.

"What's the matter, I have to let the young lady know who you are, right?" Seeing Fengming being so shy, Concubine De felt both comforted and lost in her heart, and said softly, "Let Miss Qi know your intentions, so that's the best way to do it." It's the right way."

"What if she doesn't like me?" Feng Ming asked eagerly.

"Then use your heart to make her like it." Looking at the son in front of her, Concubine De felt that it would be good to give her son to another girl for the happiness she had not obtained, and she sighed, "What do you usually do?" To please the two younger sisters? You can make the younger sisters sincerely get close to you, presumably Miss Qi's heart is not made of stone. You need to use sincerity in exchange for sincerity. Do you understand?" Seeing Feng Ming nod vigorously, she A smile appeared on his face, and he continued, "Wife, Qi Ye, is not something around you, you should treat each other well, and don't make her sad by half-heartedness."

Of course, if Feng Ming dares to make Qi Shan feel wronged, he is afraid that the men of the British government will chop him up.

Concubine De thought it was funny, then she frowned, and solemnly said in Fengming's serious expression, "As for that cousin of your Yang family, in the future, it's better not to get close to her, so as not to ruin your decency!"

Facing the stern gaze of his mother and concubine, Feng Ming subconsciously looked towards the bright blue sky outside the palace, only thinking that after his mother and concubine said a word, it would be snowing in June outside.

He is simply more wronged than Dou E!

(End of this chapter)