Prosperous Glory

Chapter 44

In the Empress Dowager's palace, the lights were brightly lit at this time.

A Yuan sat on the soft big bed, looked at the queen mother in front of her who was wiping her face helplessly with her short legs, and smiled flatteringly.The chubby little fat boy, with his teeth bared, is extraordinarily cute. The queen mother who was angry at her for coming back just now couldn't help laughing, pointing at her forehead and said helplessly, "little girl!" Demon star, I only know how to be coquettish with the emperor's grandmother." Seeing the little girl whimpering into his arms, he hugged her subconsciously, patted her small body and asked in a warm voice, "Go to see your three emperors?" Sister, are you happy?"

"Sister Sanhuang is all right." A Yuan poked out a small head from the empress dowager's arms with a smile, rolled his eyes, and then said, "Brother Sihuang has also gone. What did Brother Huang say, causing him to wear a whole body of red clothes, it is a celebration, but he is more rural than A Yuan, I was shocked when I saw it, and I don’t know if I scared the two cousins ​​of the Qi family." Speaking of this, seeing the empress dowager's eyes showing a clear look, she knew that Feng Ming's thoughts were probably not hidden from the empress dowager, so she wanted to say something nice to this hard-pressed brother, so she tilted her head Puzzled, he said, "Brother Sihuang is dumbfounded, why?"

"Little elf, you still don't know why?" The Queen Mother smiled and frowned again, "You two imperial sisters, are you not pregnant yet?" Seeing that A Yuan hesitated, she shook her head and sighed in a low voice, "What's the matter with these two children? They are not unlucky people, so why are they so unlucky in their heirs?" The royal princess has no reason to see her husband's family die, but if she sees her son-in-law taking concubines to continue her bloodline, the Queen Mother But very unwilling.In her opinion, all concubines in this world are harms with malicious intentions!
"Emperor Sister is still young, Emperor Grandmother don't worry." A Yuan stretched out her small meaty claws to the Queen Mother, and said with a somewhat erratic gaze, "Brothers-in-law and younger brothers..." Seeing the Queen Mother startled, she felt in her heart With a jump, he only swallowed his saliva and said to his fat fingers, "Continue to smoke, which brother of brothers-in-law can't do it?" After speaking, he covered his mouth and shouted, "Children's words are not taboo, the words of the family!" After finishing speaking, Even though he hadn't changed his clothes yet, he just rolled into the soft quilt. When the queen mother was still in a daze, she saw that the little fat boy rolled himself into a silkworm chrysalis and wriggled silently.

"It's really a child's talk." Although the queen mother thinks this is reasonable, if it spreads, is it okay?He only used his eyes to tell the maids on the side to keep their mouths shut, thinking of A Yuan's concern for his sisters, his eyes were very gentle, he only smiled and leaned over to turn A Yuan out of the quilt, seeing her His face was still flushed, and he said with emotion, "A Yuan also knows to share the worries for the emperor's grandmother." Seeing that the little fat boy was still peeking at himself through his fingers, he showed a serious expression and said, "This is not allowed. Tell others, you know?"

If people outside know that Princess Rongshou is a bit like "If you can't give birth to yourself, ask your younger brother-in-law to give birth, don't even think about it!" With such a meaning, in the future, which honorable family would dare to marry such a cruel daughter-in-law?
"I only said that in front of the emperor's grandmother." A Yuan was worried, for fear that the queen mother would feel that she was bad and disappointed, but seeing that the old man was no different, he felt sore, hugging the queen mother's arm, the puppy They rubbed each other in the same way, and whispered, "Grandmother is very kind to A Yuan. When A Yuan grows up, he will be filial to Grandmother and make you happy every day."

"As long as you tell the emperor's grandmother to worry less, you will be Amitabha." The queen mother only said to the Buddha, "You, a little enemy from the previous life, are so noisy, but it's good." Although she was reproachful, her tone was cheerful and joyful. Obviously, in such a cold and lonely palace of the queen mother, being able to have fun with a little thing who makes her take care of her every day makes the ordinary life of the queen mother a lot more interesting.Seeing A Yuan laughing and taking off her little clothes, he covered her hands and said, "Again, what's wrong with this, if you catch a cold, or if you get sick again, the imperial grandmother won't care about you."

Seeing that the little fat boy listened obediently with his head drooping, he only asked the palace maid to bring him thick pajamas, seeing that A Yuan changed his clothes without asking others to serve him, then he patted her body and said warmly, "Take care of yourself." Rest, today I am tired from being outside, and tomorrow, the imperial grandmother will listen to your interesting stories during the day." After speaking, he got up and led a group of maids away, leaving only two people hanging up gauze curtains to guard Outside, he turned a deaf ear to a fat little dumpling rolling around on the big bed inside, completely deaf and blind.

After rolling around for a while, A Yuan also felt tired. He yawned a little and then fell into a deep sleep. For some reason, he dreamed of the daytime today. Eating the crab roe, he was eating deliciously, when he suddenly smelled a scent of fat and powder, which was exactly the same as what he smelled during the day, and he was puzzled, when he saw a slim woman who couldn't see her face come up to Ah Rong and twisted His waist, so Her Royal Highness, who thought she could be so slender in the future, only felt that her body was empty, and she asked Bad Arong to put it on the ground, and that guy followed the goblin without looking back!

Haven't finished chopping crabs for Her Royal Highness yet!

asshole!

Ah Yuan was dizzy with anger, and for some reason, he still felt a severe pain in his heart. It seemed that something that had always been there had disappeared, so he chased him out just screaming.

"Bad Ah Rong! Bad Ah Rong!"

"Your Highness!"

A Yuan sat up suddenly with cold sweat on his face, his eyes were dull for a moment, and then he met the two anxious palace daughters in front of the bed, and his heart was still a little pounding because of the bad A Rong, but she also knew that the two He won't wake her up just because of this, just rubbing his eyes and asking, "What's the matter, can't we talk about it tomorrow?" The chubby princess rolled into the quilt and said vaguely, "Speak quickly."

"The queen mother is frightened, please take a look at the princess." One of the bolder ones said quickly, seeing that the fat dumpling who was still drowsy just now lifted the quilt and sat up, he said hastily, "reason The Duke's mansion came to the palace to invite the imperial doctor, saying that Mrs. Tai was suddenly seriously ill. The queen mother has not recovered yet after hearing this, she just said that she would visit the Duke's mansion in person, and was coaxed by the saint and the empress. It's a bit difficult." As soon as the words came to this point, A Yuan jumped off the bed and ran out in a panic, and said repeatedly, "Your Highness, put on your shoes first." Then he took A Yuan's shoes and chased him out .

A Yuan didn't care about the coldness under his feet, so he ran all the way to the queen mother's bedroom, and heard the queen mother sternly say, "Nie Zhan, Nie Zhan!" The voice was obviously short of breath, extremely excited, and coughed vigorously.

"Don't worry, queen mother. I've been to the hospital for most of the time. I won't tell Mrs. Tai about anything." The queen's gentle voice sounded. Said, "Grandmother, don't be angry, don't make A Yuan worry."

"Who woke up A Yuan?!" Touching A Yuan's clothes, she felt a chill. When the queen mother saw that A Yuan had no shoes on her feet and ran over like this, she immediately flew into a rage Said, "Can you still serve the princess properly?!"

"I woke up suddenly, and I feel uneasy. Don't blame them, the imperial grandmother." A Yuan listened to the two palace daughters chasing in and knelt down to plead guilty. I feel sad, A Yuan has no face to be with the imperial grandmother anymore." Seeing the queen mother sighed and hugged her small body, she only asked, "I heard that Mrs. Tai was ill, and she asked the imperial doctor overnight, and the imperial grandmother quickly called the imperial doctor Zheng also go, feel the pulse of Mrs. Tai."

"Look, A Yuan Zhizi, I know how to care about your aunt. I didn't know that there are so many children and grandchildren in the mansion of the Duke of Li, and in the end, the fourth son-in-law who lives outside will come to the palace to ask for orders!" The queen mother said this , hands are shaking.

In her life, apart from her elder brother An Guogong, there was only her eldest sister Li Guogong and Mrs. Li Guogong.Back then when she was a queen, she was hated by saints, and the imperial concubine forced her into the palace, how desolate, only Mrs. Li Guogong dared to come out to protect her, and refuted the imperial concubine so much that she retreated from Kunning Palace.This kind of sisterhood, in her later years, although she knew that Mrs. Tai also had her own little calculations in her heart, she still expressed her wish and married the fourth princess to Duke Li's mansion, in order to find another one for Duke Li. The meaning of the backer, I didn't expect such a thing to happen in just a few years, how could it not make the Queen Mother feel shocked and angry.

"We don't know exactly why my aunt fell ill." The saint had a good impression of this aunt who understood the truth.

Since he ascended the throne, many nobles in Beijing have sent their daughters to the palace for the sake of glory. Only the Dukes of Anguo and Dukes of Liguo kept their duties and married the girls out, but did not send them to the palace. It makes the saint feel that the two governments are very harmonious, so they are more decent on weekdays.Now that Mrs. Tai is ill, he misses his aunt and the fourth princess, so he said with a smile, "Just ask Mr. Li to enter the palace, and ask him clearly, that's all." But in the end, he only thought Mrs. Tai was old The old illness didn't take it seriously, and persuaded, "Auntie fell ill at night, who would know? It's justifiable."

"The meaning of the emperor is..." The queen mother was extremely angry, and she just wanted to ask the saint if no one knew about it, would Mrs. Tai deserve to die in desolation alone?However, when the words came to his lips, A Yuan in his arms gently held his hand. Seeing that the saint's eyes were full of bloodshot eyes that had suddenly woken up, and knowing that he had just vented his anger when he was furious, he regretted it in his heart, so he just turned away. The topic asked, "Is it for Duke Li to tell the difference?" Seeing the sage nodding with a smile, he covered his forehead and sighed, "It's the Ai family who made a fuss and made this harem quiet. The emperor will go to court early tomorrow. It's exhausting here, otherwise how can the body bear it?"

The saint was worried that the queen mother would embarrass him. Seeing the queen mother turned back abruptly, his heart moved. Seeing the little fat boy in the queen mother's arms arched, he finally felt happy, and heard that the queen mother still cared more about his body. Hastily said, "Compared to my aunt, who just didn't sleep all night, how can my son be so thin?" After finishing speaking, he just leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to rest, apparently waiting for Duke Li to enter the palace, and he wanted to ask questions in person up.

No matter how good the relationship between mother and child is, if the public makes the sage look bad, it will also make the sage feel bad.

A Yuan held the queen mother back, and then let out a small breath. Seeing that the queen only smiled and nodded at herself, she forced a smile, and heard that the Duke of Li had entered the palace outside, so she listened. The queen mother said in a low voice, "A Yuan will sleep at the imperial grandmother's place for a while." Seeming to feel A Yuan's reluctance, the queen mother only said gently, "The imperial grandmother knows your heart, and the Duke of Li will call you when he enters the palace. Get up, rest now, don't make people worry about you." Seeing that A Yuan nodded hesitantly, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he stroked the top of her hair.

"A Yuan, come here." The sage, Suxi, A Yuan's sincere heart, opened his eyes at this time, and asked A Yuan to throw himself into his arms, hugging him tightly, and then said vaguely, "Uncle Huang, Don't worry." Holding this little piece of fat, the sage also felt a lot more sincere in his heart, and the two of them leaned together to doze off, and after an unknown amount of time, A Yuan vaguely heard a sound coming from outside. When I opened my eyes, I saw the imperial doctor who had knelt down a lot, and the queen mother asked eagerly, "But what's wrong with the diagnosis?"

"Angry, extremely angry." Therefore, it is said that the imperial physician is really a high-risk job. If it is someone else's family, even if it is extremely angry, it can be changed to something else. Now that the masters in the palace are all there, borrow this A group of imperial physicians dared not speak out, but the Duke and Mrs. Li could be so angry for no reason?I'm afraid that there is a secret in it, what the imperial physicians are most afraid of is the secret, at this time they are all enduring the sense of tragedy in their hearts, bowing their heads and not daring to look at the empress dowager's face that suddenly turned ferocious after a start, they just don't know that time has stopped After a long time, I heard the sage say in the queen mother's panting, "Okay, let's go down."

The imperial physicians withdrew from the palace one after another as if they had received amnesty.

"Extremely angry!" The queen mother only said repeatedly, "Where is Li Guogong! Let the Ai family pass it in, and the Ai family wants to ask, what is it that makes people extremely angry!" With one hand, unexpectedly He smashed the tea bowl in his hand to the ground, and cursed, "Bastard!"

The Empress Dowager was furious, and A Yuan asked the Saint to hold her tightly in his arms. He also knew that it was not appropriate to ask the Empress Dowager to hold back her anger at this time. She silently watched the Empress Dowager smash several teacups one after another, and the Saint then said with concern, "The Empress Dowager Don't be angry, I'm afraid there is still a misunderstanding?" Hearing the empress dowager's sneer, she only gave a look to the empress who was silent, telling her not to speak at this time, so as not to make the empress dowager lose face. There were gossips in the harem, so he continued to say cheekily, "The son will try the Duke himself later, and he will find justice for his aunt."

A Yuan keenly felt that the saint didn't like Li Guogong very much.

Mrs. Tai, the imperial uncle, also called her aunt. Duke Li was born of Mrs. Tai. To put it bluntly, this is the saint's cousin. However, the saint only kept calling him Mr. Li. I'm afraid there is another reason.

It should be noted that the sage knew that Li Guogong was a fool.

Before he ascended the throne, the first emperor preferred his fourth son, King Fu, and clamored to abolish his crown prince to make way for his dead brother. The whole court was criticizing him, but this cousin of the Duke of Li was also clean and neat, and he did it directly. Fu Wang's good friend, how can he still remember his hard-working cousin?Since then, the sage has silently remembered this thing. If Mrs. Li Guogong hadn't really made great efforts to maintain his position, the sage would have taken the title of this cousin and called him as early as when he ascended the throne. I went home and ate myself, but I didn't expect that this cousin is still tossing now, which makes a saint feel angry.

A Yuan also knew that this was not the time for her to be coquettish, so she just kept her mouth shut and waited silently.

After a while, there was a rumor from outside that the Duke of Li had arrived. The Queen Mother rubbed her forehead and said to the saint, "I will leave this matter to the emperor, and the Ai family will just listen." Seeing that the saint had received these words, Then he sighed, "These injustices make people restless."

As soon as the words fell, a couple with apprehensive faces walked in quickly with the same fear on their faces. Make the decision!" It was Li Guogong and his wife.

As soon as A Yuan probed his head, he saw the eyes of the two men flickering, and knew that they might have colluded on something to fool people on the road, so he gave a small snort in his mouth, very disdainful, although the voice was small, it was called The sage heard that because he had always looked down on the Duke of Li, he felt that A Yuan was in the same hatred as himself, touched the fat boy in his arms, and seeing that the queen mother ignored the two, he said coldly, "Today, begging the queen mother to do nothing?" Yes, I will personally interrogate you two, and if I find something wrong," the saint leaned forward and said with a cold face, "Don't blame me for punishing you for deceiving the emperor, huh?!"

Li Guogong shook his body, knowing that the emperor's cousin had always disliked him, thinking of Mrs. Tai in front of him, and slowly falling down after listening to his words, his eyes fell on him at this moment involuntarily. , and was held in the lap of the saint, on the body of Princess Rongshou who loved him so much, and felt that he was wronged in his heart.

He just told his mother that the reason why the fourth son-in-law was favored was because of favoring the fourth princess.Mrs. Tai's status is so noble, why can't she give her beloved young son a princess?Doesn't this mean that all the calculations in Mrs. Tai's heart have come true?What's more, in today's palace, the eighth princess who has fallen out of favor for a long time naturally doesn't talk about her. Among the remaining princesses, the fifth princess is in the same line as Concubine De Ding, and Princess Rongshou has a bigger background. , if you can marry into the family, let alone three generations, within five generations, Li Guogong's mansion will be no worries.

This is what Mrs. Li Guogong thought of. Li Guogong felt that it was true, so he told Mrs. Tai proudly. Who knew Mrs. Tai was so angry?Him, he didn't do it on purpose!

Of course, if this truth is told to the saint in front of him, he will wait to die. Duke Li closed his eyes, thinking of what his wife said to him, he was heartbroken, and only said with tears, "Cousin... ..."

"Call him a sage." The sage still remembers the time when this fellow, seeing that he was going to be deposed, refused to even call him "cousin", and only called him "Prince" coldly.

Seeing the shy face of Li Guogong, A Yuan thought that Uncle Huang probably hated Li Guogong very much. After looking at this unaesthetic uncle, he turned towards his back. It is said that it caused this The vixen-like Mrs. Li Guogong looked curiously, and saw that the young woman was only a little slim, with thin eyebrows and phoenix eyes. Although she was also good-looking, she was so weak that she seemed unable to live without her. , thinking that such a woman is not the type he likes, A Yuan only felt that Li Guogong had a strange aesthetic and liked such a woman like a silk basket, so he retracted his head boredly, and lay in the arms of the emperor's uncle to examine it with him. Li Guogong, who is called injustice.

"Saint, my minister is really wronged!" Li Guogong recovered his strength at this time, and he really didn't dare to take the guilt on himself at this time, so he just said dully, "It's just gossiping with my mother. Some unhappy things are actually not a big deal..."

"Speaking of human language, don't you understand?" The saint only asked coldly.

"It's just that the mother is worried about the eldest brother's heir, so..." Li Guogong finished speaking hesitantly, and then looked at the saint. It's a great honor, but it's just that she hasn't conceived for several years, so mother should be more concerned." She only put herself out of the matter, and asked Ah Yuan to listen to the meaning, because the four sons-in-law and his wife couldn't have children, so she asked Mrs. Tai to give it to her. Angry and ill, such a reversal of black and white only stunned A Yuan, and was about to open his mouth to refute, but he heard the saint ask calmly, "According to what you said, it was still my fault. I married the princess by mistake. The heirs of your family?"

Although the words were calm, there was a tendency of storms coming. Obviously, the saint's mood was not so good.

Li Guogong was stunned, thinking that the saint played his cards too unreasonably.

Shouldn't this be a sigh that children are fate, and please rest assured that there will always be children.Would you like to give Mrs. Tai precious medicinal materials with guilt, so that Mrs. Tai can rest in peace, and comfort her more?
How did it turn out that he was accusing the saint of his fault?
If it weren't for the rage in his heart, A Yuan would have raised his little fat claws and praised Uncle Huang for his strength!

Seeing that such a good-for-nothing as Li Guogong was already staring at the calm-faced saint in a daze, A Yuan rubbed his little fleshy face against the saint's cheek, and asked the saint to touch his head. Then he became honest and turned to look at Li Guo. How can the public continue to break down.Seeing that Duke Li had been struck by a sage, the wife of Duke Li could not see well, so she had no choice but to go into battle, and walked to Duke Li with tears in her eyes, and supported her husband affectionately. In the deeply moved expression, there was only a forbearing expression and whispered, "There are a few words, I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"You don't even know what to say or not, why do you still want to ask me?" The saint also pitied and cherished countless women, and it would not be easy to change another person in the eyes of this man. The experience of the concubine was shed with blood and tears, and now the latest to learn is the wife of the Duke of Li. Seeing this woman raised her head in surprise, the saint said sarcastically with an expressionless face, "Have you been married to the Duke for so many years?" You don’t know any rules? You’re just a fool!” With such meanness, A Yuan was stunned, and he just looked up at the saint’s face in a daze with his little neck up.

Uncle Huang probably knew something, otherwise, he wouldn't have scolded a married woman like this.

But I didn't want Mrs. Li Guogong to react faster, she was only slightly shocked for a moment, then she just fell on the ground with tears and said, "I have been married to my husband's family for more than ten years. Although I dare not say that I know the rules, but I serve my mother with all my heart. Husband, raise your children, dare not slack off for a day, the words of the sage, the ministers and wives dare not respond, and they can't respond!" When she looked up, she looked righteous and awe-inspiring!

(End of this chapter)