I don't want to be wronged again

Chapter 143, Chapter 174

When Hu Shanhui received Gu Cong's bloody and tearful family letter from the inn, he immediately burst into tears, and without waiting to discuss with Gu Guangyi, he immediately boarded the car and rushed to the palace to find his sister and cry.

This day Zhu Zhanji went down to court, and before he had time to change his crown clothes, he heard the report of the queen's arrival.Zhu Zhanji thought for a while, nodded and said, "Let her in."

Hu Shanxiang was dressed in homely clothes of mountain cherry color covering the jacket and skirt, and personally brought a cup of rose jade dew to drink. Seeing that the emperor was changing clothes, he quickly put down the glass cup, and came forward to serve the emperor to change clothes.

After the emperor changed his clothes, she served the rose drink to the emperor and said: "The weather is hot, your majesty will use some jade dew to get rid of anger."

The emperor took a sip of it, but he didn't like it because it was too sweet, so he put it aside and asked, "The weather is so hot, why did the queen come out now? What should I do if I have a heatstroke? Xin Li, wait Let people prepare the sedan chair later, so that the queen can be sent back home."

Hu Shanxiang was a little embarrassed, this petty service was originally intended to take advantage of the relationship between husband and wife, and quietly plead for Gu Cong's favor during the daily life of Lala, so that the emperor would let him go back to Beijing.Who would have thought that the emperor would drive her away immediately!Although the emperor spoke very tactfully, the indifference in his words could still be heard.Hu Shanxiang's face felt hot, and he really wanted to turn his head and shake his sleeves and leave.She is a majestic empress, and she came to please the emperor with the means used by the concubines when they competed for favor. She already felt that she had wronged herself too much, but she didn't expect that the emperor would ignore her. This really made her feel so embarrassing!
Hu Shanxiang's face blushed hotly, and he wanted to get up and walk away. When he stood up, he remembered the purpose of coming today.Where and how can I explain to my sister who is so defeated?
She had no choice but to speak stiffly: "Why does Your Majesty ask Gu Cong to promote grain? How can such a pampered son like him do this hard work?"

If it was according to what she had imagined when she came, it would be natural for the husband and wife to talk about commonplace things and bring up this matter inadvertently, with some coquettishness unique to a woman's family.However, the atmosphere was so stiff at this moment, and she spoke abruptly again, which turned into a questioning question.

"Oh?" Sure enough, the emperor remained calm when he heard this, but a gloomy look flashed in his eyes: "Is the empress here to intercede for my brother-in-law?"

He turned around, walked to the desk and sat down, opened today's memorial and began to review it. Seeing the empress standing there with a stubborn face, a gesture of not giving up today without giving an answer, he couldn't help feeling even more upset. Jia, with a cold tone: "Since the grain is offered by his family, let him promote it, so that the credit will not fall to others. Why doesn't the queen even understand this truth? If it is hard work, which one of the officials in the world is not hard? If you are afraid of hard work and only want to enjoy the honor and be promoted, I would like to ask the queen: where should I find such an official position? I want such a fool again What's the use?!"

Hu Shanxiang's face flushed red and then turned pale. She never expected that the emperor would not show her any favors.Her tears couldn't help but flow out: "But Xiao Ba, poor Xiao Ba, just newly married, her husband and son-in-law are far away. What is the difference between her and a widow from now on?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "If she has the heart and the love between husband and wife is true, she can accompany Gu Cong on the road all the way. I didn't say that Gu Cong is not allowed to bring his family. If she can't keep it, then it's easy to handle, let her and Just remarry. Just give her another marriage."

Hu Shanxiang was dumbfounded. She looked at the emperor sitting behind the wide iron wood desk with a calm expression, as if she was saying something that could not be more ordinary.Hu Shanxiang understood in an instant: Gu's family did not know how to provoke the emperor's disgust, and the emperor would definitely not let the Gu's family go.What exactly provoked the Emperor's Ni Lin?Could it be Sun Zhanyi?But the emperor was not unusual at that time!

Hu Shanxiang couldn't figure it out, but he also knew that this matter would never turn around.I had no choice but to bow silently and leave, trying to appease my sister.

The last rays of the setting sun were about to sink into the water, and the water surface was glowing red.Wild birds and sandbirds are cruising between the water and the mountains, the reeds are full of water, the elms and willows are covered by the banks, and the mountains are hidden. There are green terraces and purple pavilions, red sills and blue slips, golden algae and jade wells, which are unspeakably luxurious. The fairy music is faint, and the West Garden of the Forbidden City at this time is like a fairyland in Penglai.

Today is the [-]th day of the eighth lunar month. It is customary in the palace to hold a palace banquet in the Chongzhi Palace in Xiyuan. The emperor and queen and all the concubines enjoy the moon feast, which means reunion.

Before sunset, the Queen's Luanjia arrived at Diaoyutai early.She got out of the sedan chair, ordered the three eunuchs who were kneeling to greet her, the three eunuchs of the imperial eunuch, the imperial eunuch, and the imperial food eunuch, as well as the eunuch of the governor of Shanglinyuan to stand down, and asked softly: "Is everything ready? "The internal officer Che Nianfeng was the host of the palace banquet, and he hurriedly replied: "Empress, please rest assured, everything is in order, and the banquet can begin only when the emperor and empress arrive."

Just as he was talking, Concubine Xi, who was in charge of the affairs of the Sixth Palace, learned that the queen had arrived, and hurried over.Along the way, while sternly urging the servant carrying the sedan chair to hurry up, she wondered why the queen did not come with the emperor, but came first alone.Just thinking about it, it has arrived.She helped the hand of the maid beside her to get off the sedan chair, and she had already caught sight of the queen standing by the white marble platform railing, pointing to the seat lamp in the corner of the platform with finely ground copper and inlaid with large pieces of glass, and what the Inspector Che of the Inner Palace Supervisor was talking about. .

Concubine Xi hurriedly went forward to greet the queen: "Good luck, my concubine! My concubine is late, please forgive me!"

Hu Shanxiang helped Concubine Xi up, and said softly: "It's okay, it's not that you are late, but this year, the Queen Mother is unwell and will not attend today's palace banquet. Come check it out."

Concubine Xi supported the Queen's elbow, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, you are so virtuous! You have to take care of everyone in the palace. Just leave these trivial matters to the concubine. You can sit down and rest quickly." Just a moment." While helping the queen to sit down in the hall, and personally serving a cup of maple tea to the queen, she pointed out many novelties this year to the queen.The queen saw dozens of pots of begonias, hostas, golden osmanthus, and dozens of pots of chrysanthemums in full bloom inside and outside the hall.Can't help but be amazed.Concubine Xi smiled and said: "These chrysanthemums are new products specially cultivated by the Siyuan Bureau this year, and the flowering period is two months earlier than in previous years. It's a pity that most of the cultivated varieties are common varieties, and there are only one or two copies of famous varieties. They have been instructed to cultivate them carefully, and there must be many famous products that will bloom early next year."

(End of this chapter)