Emperor's Lazy Queen

Chapter 83

"Return to the emperor!" Mao Qiusheng happily presented the letter respectfully, "The empress's idea is very good. The empress also knows that there is a Cang River hundreds of miles away from Cangyao. This river has never stopped flowing after years of drought. When the water of the river arrived in Cangyao, she also wrote down the specific implementation methods in detail; at the same time, the empress also improved the commonly used irrigation tools today-it can be called a pioneering work! The empress empress is really talented in the world!"

"That is to say, is the method the queen said feasible?" Tan Wenhao chuckled. When Cang Yao was mentioned last night, although she was half asleep, she also took this matter to heart.

"This... I can't guarantee it!" Mao Qiusheng had some reservations, but also hesitated, "My... Your Majesty, please allow me to meet the empress in person, and ask the empress to explain what I don't understand!"

"Yes!" Tan Wenhao agreed, and then looked at Hongsi, "Redsi, go and pass the queen to the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"

As soon as Tan Wenhao's words came out, the courtiers talked a lot: the current empress is the daughter of Du Kangyong, and the emperor announced that the empress would go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The emperor seems to allow the queen to intervene in politics!The queen's intervention in politics has a lot to do with her relatives taking power!And the discord between the emperor and the prime minister is not a matter of a day or two. Although the emperor has reused people related to the Du family today, but now even the daughter of the Du family is involved, what is this singing about? ? !Could it be that the emperor has been controlled by the Du family? !

When Hongsi heard this, she immediately showed embarrassment, lowered her head, and squeaked: "Go back to the emperor, the empress is resting now, and she said that even if the sky falls and the emperor calls, don't bother her!" Thinking of this , Hongsi was also worried that Du Xiaoyue would be punished for offending the emperor, and added on her own initiative, "After the emperor left, she went to the library and didn't return to Zhaoyang Palace until the hour of Chenshi, and then circled and wrote After a long time, I will give this letter to the servants after three quarters of the hour, and let the servants quickly send it to the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

When the courtiers heard this, they started to be in an uproar again. If the emperor wanted to summon the queen, it would depend on the queen's mood!It seems that the queen's face is too big, she dares to be so presumptuous!However, if the queen really came up with a good plan to cure the drought in such a short period of time, I have to say that this queen is really talented, but if the queen is too talented and interferes in state affairs, I'm afraid she It's wolf ambition!

Tan Wenhao nodded lightly, and had no objection to Hongsi's statement——Du Xiaoyue's temperament has long been taught, and it is not so much that she is resting, it is better to say that she is too lazy to come here! "Mao Aiqing will enter the palace to meet the queen at noon." Tan Wenhao waved his hand to signal Mao Qiusheng to step back, "Is there anything else you want to play?"

Tong Shilang took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the Zhongshu Minister of Zhongshu Province has been missing for a long time, and I ask the emperor to make a decision."

"Zhongshu Shilang?" Tan Wenhao whispered, and turned to look at Du Kangyong, but his face was facing Tong Shilang, "By the way, Duan Shuide, the prefect of Yangzhou, has been in the wild for several years and has made many achievements. I heard that he has returned to Beijing After recuperating for half a year, it should be healed. The order will pass on, and Duan Shuide will be the Minister of Zhongshu, and he will take office tomorrow." For a long time, Duan Shuide and Du Kangyong did not get along. Later, he was squeezed out by Du Kangyong and demoted from Beijing.

Du Kangyong seemed to be deeply shocked, his face finally changed, Wei Caizi's face, the gray beard around his mouth moved a few times, but he still didn't say anything in the end.Tan Wenhao's expression remained the same, and he looked majestic: "What else is there for the relatives? If there is nothing to do, retreat!"

"I have something to announce!" Zhang Shangshu stood up with a serious face, "Your Majesty, today's behavior of the empress is interfering in state affairs. Since ancient times, the imperial palace has not been allowed to interfere in politics! Now the empress has committed such a big taboo, the emperor must not tolerate it. So as not to raise tigers in the future!"

When the other courtiers heard it, except for Du's father and son and Mao Qiusheng, they all followed Zhang Shangshu's words and said it three times in a row.Standing by the side, the red silk waiter was trembling when he heard it, and looked at Tan Wenhao worriedly, but Tan Wenhao just had the same face that had not changed for thousands of years, and did not express at all. He wanted to stand up and defend Du Xiaoyue, but he was afraid of himself. Talk more and more fire!

Looking at the group of courtiers with cold eyes, Tan Wenhao said lightly: "The queen is my wife, and it is only natural for a wife to share her husband's worries! What's more, what does my family have to do with Qing and others?! Whether I have a tiger or not, I don't care. Self-knowledge! Retire from court!" Oh!Du Xiaoyue is powerless, she is not interested in these things at all!However, what is the meaning of her actions today?
Watching Tan Wenhao walk away, leaving a group of courtiers with different thoughts watching each other, guessing the current situation - the emperor seems to have a preference for the queen, and even the queen's open participation in politics will be tolerated!However, other people may not have any embarrassing expressions, but Du Kangyong's expression darkened, and he turned and left with a sullen expression on his face!
"Oh! You really know how to find a place to sleep, aren't you afraid of falling off the tree?"

Her face was itchy as if caterpillars had crawled over her face, causing Du Xiaoyue to rub her face with sleepy eyes, and then she heard a soft laugh, and then she really opened her eyes, and her whole body in crescent white came into view, gentle but elegant. The somewhat ethereal smile is so familiar.He leaned against the tree with a smile, tilted his head and asked softly, "Huh? Why didn't you go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony today?"

Tan Wenbo sat down next to the branch where Du Xiaoyue was sitting, and looked at Du Xiaoyue with a smile: "Why did you change your clothes and run here this morning? Didn't the others go to greet you?"

"Phew! I ran away because I was afraid of those women!" Du Xiaoyue let out a long sigh of relief, thinking that the group of gorgeous women were staring at her with red eyes and saying some irrelevant words, making her whole body uncomfortable, why not hide away! "Hey, you haven't answered why I didn't go to court today! Did you sneak away?"

"Today is the anniversary of the death of my mother and concubine." Tan Wenbo only said lightly, seemingly without any emotion, but Du Xiaoyue felt his loss.

After a slight silence, Du Xiaoyue pursed her lips lightly, then smiled lightly, staring at the green leaves in front of her eyes until the green leaves in her eyes blurred: "At least you are better than me, I have nothing here!" They all shed tears, reached out to touch them, and just smiled, "Oh! Don't talk about this! By the way, you have been away for many years, what is there to do outside the palace?"

"There are many interesting places outside the palace!" Tan Wenbo also knew Du Xiaoyue's inner pain, and followed her words, "Why, where are you planning to go after leaving the palace?"

"Ha! That's right!" Mentioning this, Du Xiaoyue became interested, "When I went to look for books about Cangyao's geography this morning, I found that Cangyao is still very beautiful, and the Canghe River is really beautiful. It’s amazing, it’s still flowing even though it hasn’t rained for several months, I guess there must be something special about its source, I must go and see it someday, study it carefully!”

Tan Wenbo looked at Du Xiaoyue helplessly. Although he knew that Du Xiaoyue's thinking was different from other women, unexpectedly, she was actually interested in this!It's just... "You ran to Zangshuge early in the morning just to read this? That's not your style!" After getting along with her for a few days, it's not hard to find that she loves to wander, sleep, or sleep. When getting along, she doesn't have a bit of the squeamishness of a lady's daughter, but she doesn't have the leisure like a lady's daughter-she doesn't love poetry and books, but loves Fengyue books. This is already a well-known secret.

"What kind of tone are you talking about!" Du Xiaoyue heard the meaning behind his words, she was dissatisfied, and her face darkened, "I heard that Cang Yao has been working for several months, and I want to find a way to relieve the people there. to solve the predicament, but I don't understand Cang Yao, so I have to turn to books for help!"

"Then have you found a way?" Tan Wenbo chuckled lightly. She was like this, cold on the surface, but caring in fact, just like the Qingzhu incident. Even though Qingzhu betrayed her, she forgave Qingzhu and pleaded for her forgiveness. One dies.

"Of course!" Du Xiaoyue raised her eyes lightly and smiled, "Otherwise, would I come here to sleep? Your brother pestered me for most of last night..." Du Xiaoyue realized that what she said was a bit ambiguous, and immediately changed her words, " I mean..."

"You don't have to explain anything to me! I'm just your friend, so you don't need to explain these things to me." Tan Wenbo felt sore in his heart, and smiled wryly. The only thing that made him feel better was that the Shougong sand in her hand was still there!
"Oh! That's right!" Du Xiaoyue was also relieved, she shrugged her shoulders lightly, and at the same time hinted to herself, "You are a friend, he is a partner, there is nothing else besides that!"

Is that true?Are you reminding yourself of something by saying this?Tan Wenbo didn't ask questions, and he didn't dare to ask some questions, for fear of getting answers that he didn't want to hear.

Du Xiaoyue sat silently for a while, and then looked at Tan Wenbo solemnly: "Well, Wenbo, you love this apricot grove so much, I can see that this apricot grove must be related to your mother and concubine! Since it is your mother and concubine today I happen to be here on the anniversary of her death, so I will take advantage of this apricot grove to pay my respects to my aunt!"

"Why did you suddenly think of this?" Tan Wenbo was very moved by her thoughtfulness and care.

"Heh!" Du Xiaoyue smiled slightly, and jumped off the branch. This time, she landed safely, stood under the tree, and smiled at Tan Wenbo who was already standing on the branch, "Ha! This, I can count it as a gift!"

The moment Du Xiaoyue jumped down, Tan Wenbo, who was in a cold sweat, saw that Du Xiaoyue had landed safely, and followed her to the ground. "What kind of worship do you want?"

"Well... there are no incense sticks and money papers... How about this, anyway, this worship is just a ceremony, I think it's good if you have a heart!" Du Xiaoyue thought for a while, and planned to compromise the simple ceremony, "The Buddha said that after a person dies, a good person will When we arrive in the Western Paradise, your mother...you can be considered a good person, so I will pay my respects to the West!"

(End of this chapter)