Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 117

After midnight, it is New Years.

It's New Years, everyone doesn't sleep anyway.So Lu Li was invited by Xiao Luzi and the others from Yinshi to burn incense in front of the heaven and earth offerings, in front of the Buddhist halls, and in front of the sacred tablets of the Ming Palace.

Lu Li was so tired that he felt dizzy, his ears were buzzing, and listening to the little eunuch's words was like a firecracker.

A long morning passed boringly while burning incense and listening to firecrackers. Lu Li missed the warm quilt of Fanghua Palace very much.

It was impossible to go back to sleep.He still has a long, long Asahi ceremony to attend.

Received congratulatory forms from hundreds of officials in Chaoqian Hall, tribute from the subordinate countries, congratulatory gifts from various palaces and tribes, and congratulations from all civil and military officials.

It was easy to get through all these rules, and the time was past noon.

After the "Danbi Dale" was played, Lu Li's ears finally became quiet.

He didn't stop for a moment, and ran back to Fanghua Palace non-stop.

Today, he has every reason to stay in Fanghua Palace openly and aboveboard.

After going back, catch up on sleep first, and do something else if you don’t want to sleep.Even if it's just two people lying on the bed together in a daze, they can still be bubbling with happiness like two little pigs...

As Lu Li thought about it on the chariot, a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.

But after returning to Youth Palace, his smile couldn't hold on anymore.

A room full of people.

What are you doing so lively?During the New Year's Eve, you can't find excitement anywhere, so why do you have to come to Fanghua Palace?
If it wasn't for the festival, Lu Li would have almost turned into a black face.

"Brother Emperor!" Princess Jingmin was the first to rush over, bent her knee perfunctorily, and hugged Lu Li's arm coquettishly.

Cheng Ruoshui came up with Shen Jun'an and Concubine Liang, and performed three kneelings and nine kowtows step by step.

Princess Jingmin raised her head: "Brother Emperor, compared with them, am I too ignorant of the rules?"

Lu Li nodded: "That's true. So you don't have to give out your lucky money this year, right?"

"That won't work! I'll just make up the big gift!" Princess Jingmin really let go of his hand and turned to the front, and quickly made up the big gift.

Lu Li gave instructions to Xiao Luzi, and distributed New Year's rewards to the palaces, nothing more than jade ruyis, sachets, necklaces, gold and silver lockets, and everyone knelt down to thank them.

After finally finishing the reward, Lu Li walked up to Su Qingyuan with a smile, "I... don't need to kowtow, do I?"

Su Qingyuan raised her eyelids slowly: "It's fine if you don't kowtow, and don't even want your lucky money."

This sentence seemed to be a little threatening, and Lu Li hesitated.

He stood there hesitating for a long time, but in the end he still felt that the head could not be kowtowed down.

Especially in front of so many outsiders, especially when most of these outsiders knew the inside story, they were holding back their laughter and waiting to see his jokes!
What are you kidding?To ask him to kowtow to his daughter-in-law and children to pay New Year's greetings, he has to kneel down three times and nine times... Does he want to lose face?

If he really had to kneel, he could reluctantly accept kneeling on the edge of the bed after all those people in the way had left—this was the biggest compromise, and there was no further compromise!
Lu Junnuo nestled in Su Qingyuan's arms, showing a small head: "Brother Huang, why don't you kowtow? I've already finished kowtow, and the queen rewarded me with a set of lake pens, a dagger with a white jade handle, There is a whole set of porcelain dolls fired in seven colors!"

Lu Li resisted the urge to hit him, and said with a straight face, "The queen mother rewarded you with a lake brush and a dagger, hoping that you will be both civil and military, and don't miss any of them. But I think you only like that set of porcelain dolls? Six years old, still playful?"

Lu Junnuo stuck out his tongue mischievously: "When I grow up, maybe I won't like porcelain dolls anymore!"

"Oh? What should the queen mother reward you then?" Lu Li took the opportunity to sit down and asked with great interest.

Lu Junnuo tilted his head and thought for a while, then said seriously: "Then reward me with Sister Tongyun!"

"Cough..." Su Qingyuan choked on her own saliva.

Lu Li subconsciously stood up, but suddenly remembered that the occasion was wrong, so he sat back in a hurry.

Luoxia hurried over to pat Su Qingyuan's back, but she could only hold back her smile by biting the corner of her lips.

Su Qingyuan managed to stop her coughing, and patted Lu Junnuo's head casually: "Little kid whose lanugo has not faded! You have only been weaned for a few days, and you have learned to miss my people? You read After reading the book for half a year, what have I learned!"

Lu Li drank a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Needless to say, that kid Duan Ran must have taught me. I'll scold him tomorrow!"

"You should hit him!" Su Qingyuan said with a cold face.

Lu Li narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly.

Su Qingyuan took Lu Junnuo out and pushed it in front of Lu Li: "Kowtow to your brother, and see what he rewards you."

As expected, Lu Junnuo stepped forward and bowed in a dignified manner.

Lu Li helped him up with a smile, and asked Xiao Luzi to bring him a set of shadow play dolls and a bag of golden scorpions to reward him.

Su Qingyuan frowned: "You said just now that he is playing tricks, but you rewarded him with these tricks!"

"Don't worry," Lu Li said with a smile, "I still have one thing for him, and I've already asked someone to deliver it to his room."

"What is it?" Su Qingyuan asked suspiciously.

Lu Li smiled slightly, and Xiao Luzi explained for him, "It's a set of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" that the emperor has treasured since he was a child."

Su Qingyuan turned pale with shock: "Why did you give him that? How many words can he recognize?"

Lu Li rubbed Lu Junnuo's little head casually, and said with a smile, "Why are you in a hurry? I can't recognize a few words this year, but I will be able to read them slowly next year. I secretly read ten books of that set by myself. After a few years, it is time to pass it on to Jun'er. I hope Jun'er can understand my painstaking efforts."

Su Qingyuan frowned: "I'm afraid your 'gift' is not too 'light', a set of books must weigh several hundred catties?"

Lu Li couldn't hold his hand anymore and laughed.

Su Qingyuan tightly clutched the corner of her clothes, her heart was beating wildly, although she was joking, the corners of her lips were always a little stiff.

Lu Junnuo raised his head and looked at Su Qingyuan in surprise: "A few hundred catties? What book is so heavy?"

Su Qingyuan patted her chest and said with a smile: "That's a whole set of books, almost three hundred volumes in total!"

"How many years will it take to finish reading!" Lu Junnuo exclaimed.

Lu Li smiled and picked him up and put him on his lap: "That is the way of the emperor, the policy of the emperor, you have a lifetime to read slowly."

Lu Junnuo slipped off his knees and knelt on the ground: "Jun'er only learns the way of being a minister, not the way of being a king! Jun'er doesn't know how to read that set of books, my lord!" Brother, take it back!"

Su Qingyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very relieved.

Lu Li stretched out his hand to help the little baby up, and said with a smile, "Why do you learn how to kneel here and there? No matter what is the way of the king or the way of the minister, there is no harm in reading more books. I have already There is never any reason to take back the things you give away, so you can keep them. I heard that you haven’t studied hard in the past six months, and you have only been fooling around with a few little eunuchs all day—it’s time for you to read more useful things book."

"But, I really don't like reading at all..." Lu Junnuo looked distressed.

Su Qingyuan sighed, and said helplessly: "Forget it! Jun'er is still young, he doesn't like reading, so let him play for two more years! It's a big holiday, why bother scaring him like this!"

Lu Junnuo slipped back into Su Qingyuan's arms and looked at Lu Li with a depressed face.

Lu Li was helpless: "Do you think I'm hurting you?"

"Let's get over this topic, don't bring it up again." Su Qingyuan seemed a little impatient.

Lu Junnuo still looked aggrieved.

Seeing this, Su Qingyuan put her arms around him and said with a smile: "The things your brother rewarded are all good, don't be wronged! He rewarded you with his own things, this is a great favor, you just keep it !"

"But..." Lu Junnuo blinked and was about to cry.

Su Qingyuan lowered her head and leaned into his ear, and whispered to him: "If you don't like to watch it, go back and ask the mothers to find a few big boxes to put them in and put them away! When you have sons and grandsons in the future, you can read them." Point to the big box and tell them that this is a family heirloom, and they are only allowed to enshrine and worship, not to look through it!"

Lu Junnuo turned from worry to joy, clapped his hands and laughed: "The queen mother has a solution! The queen mother loves me the most!"

Lu Li was helpless: "What do you think of my heart?"

"Hot potato!" The mother and son said in unison.

At this moment, even Shen Junan, who has always been the quietest, couldn't help laughing.

From the moment when Lu Junnuo said the phrase "Give me Sister Tongyun", until now, everyone in the palace laughed until their cheeks ached.

Su Qingyuan managed to calm down, smiled and said to Cheng Ruoshui: "Let's have lunch in Fanghua Palace today."

Cheng Ruoshui hurriedly said with a smile: "Normally, I dare not disturb the queen mother's peace. It's rare that today's New Year's day is sunny and fine. Even if the queen mother doesn't keep us, we must stay here for a meal."

Shen Junan did not speak as usual, but Concubine Liang murmured: "I have been in the palace for a few months, and the number of times I have seen the emperor and the empress dowager can be counted on one hand..."

Princess Jingmin shook her shoulders and said with a smile: "That's because you are so useless, who is to blame? I see them often!"

Concubine Liang curled her lips: "We are indeed not as capable as the concubine's sister, and we don't have the thick skin to stick to others every day... But sister, don't be complacent. In a few days, Concubine De will enter the palace. I don't know why. What a sight!"

"Concubine De? Who is it?" Su Qingyuan frowned and looked at Lu Li.

Lu Li said calmly, "There is no Concubine Virtue. Concubine Liang must have misremembered."

The concubine Liang widened her eyes in surprise.

Princess Jingmin was the first to react: "What's going on? Baili Yunyan won't enter the palace anymore?"

Lu Li led her to sit down at the table together, and said with a smile, "The Sixth Prince of Xiliang went back and thought about these days, and he probably felt aggrieved the more he thought about it. He suddenly came to tell me yesterday that since Baili Jingmin is already in the palace , so there is no need to add another thing to the snake, and marry another person to come over."

Princess Jingmin shook her head and said: "I said a long time ago that there is no need for it. It's because he is busy with his own affairs, and he has been busy all these days for nothing!"

Lu Li smiled: "I don't think it's a big deal, it's the Sixth Prince of Xiliang who suddenly became stingy!"

"Hey, do you still want him to be more generous?" Princess Jingmin was not happy.

When the food and wine came to the table, Lu Li didn't continue the topic, just picked Su Qingyuan Suri's favorite dish and put it in front of her.

Several women lowered their heads, each of them had different small plans in their hearts.

Concubine Liang couldn't help it, raised her head again and asked with a smile: "I've been hearing people say that the concubine's sister is of Xiliang blood, but I don't believe it, so it's true?"

Princess Jingmin put down her chopsticks with a "snap": "What happened to the Xiliang people's blood? My father is King Changli of Xiliang, and my mother is Princess Nanyue. No matter which side I am on, I don't care at all." An adulterated princess, she will be four or five grades higher than you when she enters the palace! If you are not convinced, find a rope and hang yourself on the beam, and you will most likely be reincarnated into a good family in time!"

These words were originally very unruly, but Su Qingyuan couldn't help laughing.

When she smiled, the others didn't care what the "rules" were or were not, and they all laughed into a mess.

Concubine Liang's face turned blue.

It was Lu Li who calmed down and tapped the chopsticks on the back of Princess Jingmin's hand: "But your mouth is not forgiving!"

As soon as Concubine Liang saw this situation, she knew that no one was going to help her today.

She finally wisely chose to keep her mouth shut.

So Princess Jingmin had no opponents anymore, and began to cling to Lu Li unscrupulously, pouring wine and feeding him, from beginning to end.

In front of so many people, Lu Li couldn't bear to touch her face, so he could only let her go.

Su Qingyuan only cared about Lu Junnuo, and seemed to be deaf to other movements.Lu Li looked at her several times, but didn't get any response.

Thus, a seemingly pleasant lunch ended amidst everyone's speculations.

Seeing that Su Qingyuan and Lu Junnuo were almost finished eating, Lu Li immediately put down his chopsticks: "Last night, we watched the New Year's Eve until dawn, and we didn't have much free time this morning. Everyone must be tired, so let's go our separate ways."

Princess Jingmin asked anxiously: "The eunuchs in the palace will compete in Cuju this afternoon, won't the emperor's brother go to watch it together?"

Lu Li frowned: "I'm really tired after listening to the firecrackers all morning, so go by yourself."

It was rare for Princess Jingmin not to make any noise, so she nodded obediently, and said with a smile: "Then, you must go to the singing and dancing at Qingyinchi Pavilion at night!"

Lu Li thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I will go."

The dinner party was also a routine, and the clan members and officials of the third rank and above would be present, so of course Lu Li had to go.

So all the girls said their goodbyes and went out with their own thoughts. Lu Junnuo also yawned, and walked away with Madam Zhu swaggeringly.

Su Qingyuan let out a long sigh of relief, hugged her stomach and sighed: "I'm so tired!"

Lu Li casually picked her up and carried her into the inner room, and put her on the bed: "Can you make me tired? My ears are almost deafened by the firecrackers. I wanted to come back earlier to rest, but you attracted a lot of women here , quarreling for so long again!"

Su Qingyuan rolled her eyes at him: "You have to be reasonable! Did I recruit this bunch of women, or did you recruit them?"

Lu Li just wanted to fall asleep quickly, so he couldn't catch up with this sentence for a while.

Su Qingyuan added another sentence: "Besides, you don't think I'm tired, why don't you try with such a big belly?"

Lu Li was speechless, so he had to repeat the same trick, wrapping her up with a quilt: "Sleep!"

"Hey, can you skip the dinner at the Qingyinchi Pavilion?" Su Qingyuan picked at the corner of the quilt and poked her head out.

Lu Li frowned: "I'm afraid not. This is also the rule over the years. If you don't go, there will inevitably be many speculations in the court."

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Lu Li wrapped his arms around the quilt and smiled, "What's the matter? Tired?"

Su Qingyuan shook her head: "I just feel a little uneasy. Storytellers and opera singers always say 'there is no good banquet', and thinking about Weiyang Palace back then... I am a little scared."

Lu Li smiled and said, "You're overthinking. It's a big holiday, how can those old men have so much free time? Even if they want to make trouble, they have to wait until the Lantern Festival at the earliest."

Su Qingyuan didn't feel at ease.

But seeing Lu Li's tired face, even though she was worried, she could only keep her worries in her heart.

She is not sleepy, instead of thinking about it here, she might as well read a book again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the book was opened, her heart became even more chaotic, almost restless.

Lu Li is already asleep, no one can discuss with her.

It was Su Qingyuan who walked around the room a few times with her stomach in her arms, finally opened the door and went to the corridor, and summoned all the maids and eunuchs in Fanghua Palace.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Luoxia asked worriedly.

Su Qingyuan supported the pillar and was stunned for a long time: "For some reason, I always feel that something is wrong..."

She had never been so scared, but she didn't even know what she was afraid of.

"Your Majesty, maybe you are just tired." Luoxia comforted her carefully.

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, then slowly shook her head: "Whether I'm supercilious or not—you immediately go and pick some fresh peach branches, and bring them to the stove to boil water. After the water changes color, take clean wood The barrels were carried to the palaces, and the peach branches were poured onto the ground, the beams, and everyone's bodies, and it was best not to miss every corner."

Seeing her solemn expression, Luoxia and the others gradually became serious: "The slaves will do it right away. Is there anything else you want to order, Madam?"

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, then gritted her teeth and said: "Don't go to Yuxiu Palace, just pour a bucket of water at the gate of the palace. If someone from Yuxiu Palace accidentally sees it, they will say that it is routine to remove the filth and filth during the New Year." , there is no need to make a fuss. When others ask, you can also say the same."

Everyone agreed and left quickly.

Luoxia supported Su Qingyuan back to the hall and sat down, and asked in a low voice: "Did your empress notice something?"

Su Qingyuan smiled bitterly and shook her head: "It's because I didn't notice anything, so I was more worried."

"There shouldn't be any unclean things in the palace, right?" Luoxia looked puzzled.

Su Qingyuan held her hand and sighed: "It's not the 'thing' you thought. In this world, the most terrifying thing is never ghosts, but human hearts. You people have been more or less taken away by witchcraft. A part of the mind can't control what it says, does, or even think, isn't it more terrifying than what you call 'unclean things'?"

Luoxia suddenly realized: "It turns out that what the empress wants to deal with is the witchcraft in the palace."

Su Qingyuan sighed: "I was supposed to help you clean up the traces of those secret arts one by one, but I was afraid of scaring the snake before, but now it's too late to do it. I hope this method of removing filth with peach branches will be useful."

"Your Majesty is suspicious that the person behind her will do something tonight? Do you want to tell the Emperor?" Luo Xia asked in a low voice.

Su Qingyuan glanced at the tent, and sighed: "It's useless if he knows, let's talk about it when he wakes up."

Inside Yanxi Palace.

Su Qingluan stood in front of the dressing table, raised her hands high, and turned around cooperatively, letting Xiuniang tie the cloth bag around her waist.

After the clothes were put down, she lowered her head and could no longer see the toes of her shoes.

Xiuniang helped her tidy up her clothes, helped her to sit in front of the dressing table, combed her hair carefully, and tied her into a noble peony bun.

After inserting two hairpins, Xiu Niang lowered her head and smiled and said, "For today's dinner party, all the ladies must be dressed up beautifully. If the lady blindly puts on heavy makeup, I'm afraid she won't be able to shine. It's better to use light powder and daisies. Maybe it's better to get lotus out of clear water." Better."

Su Qingluan nodded and smiled: "Xiuniang has always had a good eye."

Xiu Niang lowered her head and smiled.

Su Qingluan made a mistake last time and was currently grounded. He had no chance to attend the dinner.

However, no one thought of this at the moment.

Su Qingluan didn't think about it, Xiuniang didn't think about it, neither did the guards and eunuchs guarding the gate.

Even the fact that "Concubine Shu" had been demoted by Lu Li to become "Concubine Shu", everyone forgot at the same time.

In today's Yanxi Palace, the master and servant are happy and harmonious, and there is no weird atmosphere of monitoring and being watched, disgusting and being disgusted.

Facing the mirror, Su Qingluan carefully drew her eyebrows and smiled sweetly.

In Fanghua Palace, Su Qingyuan stood up with a "huh".

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Luoxia was shocked.

Su Qingyuan grabbed her shoulder and asked urgently: "Do you remember, when the guards caught that maid last time, she said who she was?"

"The personal maid of Concubine Shu of Yanxi Palace!" Luoxia replied immediately.

"Concubine Shu?" Su Qingyuan frowned.

Luoxia looked at her suspiciously.

Su Qingyuan sat down slowly: "I lost everything myself. I forgot that Concubine Shu had been demoted to the concubine. Did you all forget it too? Why didn't anyone remind me at that time?"

Luoxia tilted her head and thought for a long time, then frowned: "I don't remember when Concubine Shu was demoted to concubine—maid remember wrongly?"

Su Qingyuan didn't speak, turned around and took a fine pen, dipped the rouge in the box and drew a few strokes on Luoxia's wrist, then asked: "I ask you, do you remember the moment when Concubine Shu was demoted to concubine?" thing?"

Luoxia was stunned for a long time, then her eyes suddenly lit up: "Of course I remember, my lady, why do you ask this?"

Su Qingyuan put down her pen and let out a long sigh.

Luoxia didn't understand what happened at all.

Su Qingyuan held her wrist, and said in a deep voice: "Tonight, there will be another team of guards outside Yanxi Palace, remember to ask them to wash their faces with the peach tree juice we boiled."

Luoxia agreed, but she didn't think so in her heart: "If peach branches are useful..."

Su Qingyuan raised her hand and patted her forehead: "I don't think you're awake yet! Is the peach branch useful? It's me!"

Luoxia stood at the door and thought about it carefully, then smiled.

(End of this chapter)