Good morning Mr. Zhongtang

Chapter 48

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Tong Wanrou entered the palace one day earlier than Fu Heng. Fu Heng sent her outside the Zhengyang Gate and watched her sit in a sedan chair before leaving.

Back in the Yonghe Palace, when she was not there, Nanny Gui took Jin Rong and everyone to decorate the Yonghe Palace very festively. Various paper-cut window grilles were pasted on the windows in the courtyard. Once entering the main hall, you can see Two huge lanterns.

Tong Wanrou went to visit the virtuous person first, and saw that she was playing chess with Jin Rong holding her belly, her belly had already shown a lot in more than five months, so she recruited her when she came in, and asked about the situation at home, Tong Wanrou told her every detail, and the virtuous man held the stove and listened to her carefully.

"Fortunately, I have you to go back to do my filial piety. As long as everything is fine with my mother and younger brother, I will be at ease." While talking, the virtuous man glanced at Jin Rong's chess, and then took a step back, and then said to Tong Wanrou :

"I heard that Fu Hengsheng has been promoted to be the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Did Ama handle this matter for him?" Tong Wanrou shook her head, and the virtuous person also realized it by herself, and said again: "That's right, how could Ama do that?" I was overthinking it for the concubine's sake."

Tong Wanrou added a piece of charcoal to the charcoal stove next to her, and replied: "Fu Heng's ability is enough. In the past, he just lacked an opportunity. Now that he has an opportunity, I believe that he will be able to do three points better than others."

Seeing the pride in Tong Wanrou's eyes, the virtuous man couldn't help laughing: "Look at you, you are so confident, next time you go back and give him a message for me. The more the emperor favors you, the less he will lose. Being with you is like being with a tiger. Today If the Long Live God favors you, you are the position of a minister, if the Long Live God does not support you tomorrow, you will be nothing, so he must not get carried away and lose his sense of proportion."

After Tong Wanrou listened carefully, she bowed to the virtuous man, and replied cautiously: "Yes, Wanrou made a note of it, and will definitely tell the good words and aphorisms to my husband, thank you for your guidance."

The virtuous man stepped off the soft couch, helped Tong Wanrou up, held her stomach and said:

"Accompany me to the Imperial Garden for a walk."

"Yes."

Although the new year is over, the weather is still cold.

After walking out of the Yonghe Palace, Tong Wanrou hurriedly put on the tapestry for the virtuous man, and after fastening the neckline, she helped the virtuous man walk to the imperial garden near the Yonghe Palace.

The virtuous man looked at the palace not far away, and Tong Wanrou immediately stepped forward and said:

"That's Chuxiu Palace. The eight newly elected ladies are now living in it, and it's the closest to our Yonghe Palace."

The virtuous man nodded and asked, "Who do you think among these eight beautiful girls can become a phoenix?"

After thinking for a while, Tong Wanrou said: "I don't care if I can become a phoenix or not, but I have also heard from the officials in the palace that the emperor's favorite seems to be the young lady of the Fucha family, and the most talented It should be the daughter of the Taifu family, followed by the only daughter of the Minister of Rites, and among these beautiful girls, the most beautiful is Tong Jia's twin sister..."

The virtuous man looked at Tong Wanrou and said, "Have you seen Tong Jia's twin sister?"

"The slaves seem to have seen them when they were young, but now that they have grown up, they have never seen each other again."

The virtuous man took a deep breath of the early spring air, only to feel that it was cold and refreshing, and extremely comfortable. After stretching his waist, he continued:

"Seeing your appearance, I know that they must be born well. I have met the young lady of Fucha's family. She is my third uncle's daughter. She looks well-mannered and is a lady."

Tong Wanrou hesitated for a while, then said:
"The emperor likes the young lady of the Fucha family, not necessarily because of her well-thought-out appearance, perhaps because she cares about the reputation of the Fucha family."

The virtuous man smiled softly, stretched out his hand to caress the pink flower blooming in front of him, and said, "Yes, plus she is a prostitute, the third uncle is an official in the court, although he is not as powerful as Ama, he is Those who hold the military power in their hands should be valued by the emperor."

The virtuous man let go of the delicate flower, and pointed to the pavilion not far away. Tong Wanrou immediately comprehended, and asked the maid following behind her to come forward and spread the cushion on the stool where the nobleman was going to sit. The pavilion was hung on three sides. Windshield.

"The emperor loves poetry and all kinds of elegant things. Presumably Miss Wang from the Taifu's family and Miss Gu from the Minister of Rituals' family will win the favor one after another because of their talents."

After the arrangements were made, Tong Wanrou walked towards the pavilion with the help of the virtuous man, and said as she walked:
"These little lords who were sent into the palace must be the leaders of the family, but the slaves feel that whether they can survive in this harem, talent and beauty are really not important, and sometimes, it will bring them more. Unnecessary jealousy and distress."

"..."

The virtuous man glanced at Tong Wanrou with a half-smile, and then walked up to the pavilion.

Instructing Tong Wanrou to pick some fresh plum blossom petals and go back to make honey, Tong Wanrou asked the palace maid to take a few small baskets made of rattan, and went to the small plum forest not far from the pavilion to pick them, and the nobles sat in the pavilion to enjoy the flowers .

Tong Wanrou also walked among the red plum blossoms with a basket, picking off the bright red plum petals, thinking of making plum blossom cakes for the nobles tonight, snow-white plum blossom cakes, and decorating them with red plum petals , It is also wonderful to think about it.

But suddenly there was a soft voice:
"Stop it, how can you be so reckless?"

Tong Wanrou was stunned for a moment, and when she looked back, she saw a soft and beautiful woman in simple and elegant clothes standing not far away and glaring at them. Tong Wanrou thought she was talking about other people, but when she saw her approaching him angrily, Realized that the woman was talking about her.

Putting down her hand for picking petals, Tong Wanrou blessed the woman and saluted:
"The young master is auspicious, and I don't know what the young master said?"

Tong Wanrou looked at the woman's attire and expression, and guessed that this must be a new young master in the Chuxiu Palace, with the arrogance and superiority outside the palace in her brows, she looks elegant, she is by no means full of people The woman, I just don't know which one is from the Han family.

The woman sneered at Tong Wanrou and said: "Hmph, how dare you ask me what I mean? You know that plum blossoms are gentlemen among flowers, they have integrity and strength of character, and they can be seen from a distance and should not be played with, but you are doing such a big offense here. The matter of elegance is simply annoying."

Tong Wanrou stared at the girl in a daze, dumbfounded at her words, the girl saw that she didn't make a sound, and said:
"Su asked the Holy Majesty who likes elegance today, does the Holy Majesty know that you, a slave, are doing such a big indecent thing here?"

The maidservants behind Tong Wanrou also gathered behind her, Tong Wanrou handed the basket to a maidservant behind her, and then said to the woman:
"Young master, please calm down. The servant is a vulgar person. She doesn't know how to be elegant. She only knows how to pick some petals and go back to please the master. If she doesn't want to, she spoils the favor of the young master. The servant deserves to die. I hope the young master will forgive me."

When Tong Wanrou spoke, she had a full smile on her face.

The woman curled her lips coldly, and then asked arrogantly: "Which palace servant are you?"

Tong Wanrou replied: "My lord, the servants belong to Yonghe Palace."

"Yonghe Palace?" The woman thought for a while, with a trace of disdain on her face: "Oh...is it from the palace of the pregnant nobleman?"

"..." Tong Wanrou secretly laughed at the woman's arrogance, but she remained calm on the face: "Yes. The servants are from the palace of the virtuous."

The woman's expression changed, and she came to Tong Wanrou and turned around twice, as if she didn't want to let her go and let her go, Tong Wanrou also waited for her to deal with it, and wanted to see what this little girl wanted to do.

"Let me ask you, how many canonized empresses are there in the palace?"

"Three." It was only then that Tong Wanrou realized that this little girl was asking her about the situation in the palace, and if she wanted to inquire, she would only ask her with nice words and gifts, so the old people in the palace reluctantly gave some advice, but This little girl wanted to intimidate her with a stick when she came up, and then she wanted to learn the news from others, she was really willful.

On the surface, he made a gesture of surrender to her, and said: "Duanjia imperial concubine, Qi concubine, and the master who is a slave and servant."

When the girl heard this, she suddenly lifted her lips and said:
"Your master is pregnant, but he's still just a nobleman. I'm afraid he's from a low family background? I heard he's a concubine?"

The smile on Tong Wanrou's face was still on, but she didn't answer, a call came from not far away, Tong Wanrou looked over, and saw the virtuous man walking towards them with a smile on his mouth.

Seeing the virtuous man coming in person, the woman was not too surprised, but put on airs, went up to the virtuous man, saluted and said:

"My concubine, Gu Zhizhi, see the noble man."

The virtuous man raised his hand to her and said: "Little master, get up quickly, I know who it is, it is Miss Gu's family."

After Gu Zhizhi stood up, he said unexpectedly to the virtuous man, "Do you know your concubine?"

"I know you, but you may not know me." The virtuous man was gentle and humble, not like a noble man.Seeing that Gu Zhizhi was puzzled, the virtuous man said again: "When you were young, you went to the Fucha Mansion. I am a concubine, so I am not qualified to receive you, but I have heard a lot about Miss Gu's talent. "

Gu Zhizhi's face showed a hint of joy, and he valued his identity even more. Seeing Tong Wanrou standing aside with her head bowed, she couldn't help saying:

"Don't be surprised, nobleman. It turns out that this servant girl doesn't know how to be elegant, and she is here to pick a gentleman among flowers. I said a few words to her, please don't be offended."

Tong Wanrou didn't look up when she heard her say that, she still lowered her head, waiting for the virtuous person to answer.

I only heard the virtuous person say: "Yes. This servant girl doesn't understand Fengya, let alone her, even I don't understand. The emperor loves Fengya the most. If he knows about it, he will definitely blame him. , first of all, thank you little master for reminding her."

Gu Zhizhi coughed lightly, not expressing his sense of superiority, after all, the virtuous man was a nobleman in the palace, he was considered her senior, and he spoke so politely to her, how could he not feel elated.

On the face, he pretended to say: "Oh, you don't need to be too polite. As long as you don't blame me for meddling in other people's affairs, it's fine to discipline the servant girl for you."

The virtuous man waved his hands again and again, as if he was extremely respectful to Gu Zhizhi, and said: "No blame, no blame. You are already the master, and they are all slaves. No matter how you teach them, you should teach them. On the contrary, you don't say anything, and you are more serious." Let them lose their duty."

Gu Zhizhi was flattered by the virtuous person again, and after the two ministers exchanged some pleasantries, Gu Zhizhi offered to resign.

After the virtuous man sent her away with a smile, he exchanged a glance with Tong Wanrou. The two looked at each other and smiled, thinking that they were going together.

With such a temperament, let alone the master in the palace, even the servants in the palace may not be able to tolerate her.The more humble they are, the more proud she will be. If she is proud, she will definitely lose herself, and if she forgets her form, she will not be far from death.

"Now that these eight are here in the palace, it must be enough for Concubine Qi and the others to keep busy." Tong Wanrou escorted the virtuous person back to the pavilion, and said so.

The virtuous man was noncommittal, but said to her with a half-smile:

"Continue to pick it off, I don't know so much elegance, I just think how delicious and tempting the petals would be mixed with honey."

Tong Wanrou retreated with a smile: "Yes, the servants don't understand elegance, so let's go."

In the palace, the more people want to praise you, the more you have to worry and be cautious, otherwise, you really don't even know how you died.

It was only after staying in the palace for such a long time that Tong Wanrou understood this truth.

(End of this chapter)