Queen Sun

Chapter 31
After a few days of peace, Li Shimin saw that his wife and son had nothing unusual, so he let go of his doubts.From the summer solstice to the mangzhong, it was the busy farming season. Li Shimin had paid great attention to farming and people's livelihood since he took the throne, and even delayed the time for the crowning ceremony because of the busy farming, so he had no time to stare at Ruoshui's every move all day long.

As everyone knows, this is giving Ruoshui a rare opportunity.

Before going to court on this day, the emperor received the news that the prince was unwell. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but then he thought of his wife's pure sleeping face and waved away the strange thoughts. If you don't sleep until noon, you will never get up.

Unexpectedly, today's court affairs are very complicated, and there are still many things that have not been discussed before the court, so the emperor summoned Wei Zheng and Ma Zhou to discuss the state affairs in the Hall of Liangyi.During lunch, news came from Lizheng Hall that the Empress was sitting idle in the courtyard with Princess Changle, so Li Shimin was finally relieved.

But in fact, there was only Princess Changle in the Lizheng Palace at this time. Mingyao sat by the pool a little impatiently. into the cool water.

Guangyue shook her head helplessly, knowing that the princess at this time could not be persuaded at all, and the little princess who was moved by the young lady to stay here to pretend to be very unwilling at the moment.

Contrary to the bad mood of the younger sister over there, Cheng Qian here has a bright expression on his face. Even though he is wearing the most common blue clothes, it still cannot conceal the clear and noble aura exuding from him.At this moment, the carriage that he and his mother were sitting in was driving on Zhuque Avenue in Chang'an.

There are eleven streets in the north-south direction and fourteen streets in the east-west direction in Chang'an City, criss-crossing like a chessboard.Among them, Zhuque Avenue starts from Mingde Gate in the south of Waiguo City, leads to Zhuque Gate in the imperial city in the north, and goes directly to Chengtian Gate in Miyagi.The section of Zhuque Avenue located in the imperial city is also called "Tianjie" or "Huai Ya" because it is lined with locust trees and most of the government offices are located here.

Ruoshui looked outside curiously: "Chengqian, there don't seem to be many people here."

With a smile on his lips, Chengqian replied: "Mother, the most lively places in Chang'an are in the eastern and western cities, where merchants and peddlers do business, such as coat shops, autumn bridle shops, scale shops, and silk shops. They are all famous."

"Then we..." Before Ruoshui could speak, he was immediately interrupted by his son.

"Mother, you don't want to go anywhere in your current body. If something goes wrong, Dad will definitely expose my skin." Cheng Qian said firmly.

Ruoshui smiled awkwardly, he was really a father and son carved out of a mold, forget it, anyway, there will be opportunities in the future.Thinking of this, she suddenly gloated a little and said, "Chengqian, you haven't forgotten what we are doing today, have you?"

Chengqian's face turned blue and pale for a while, and it took him a long time to say unwillingly: "Yes, go and see those candidates for the crown prince with your own eyes."

Ruoshui smiled proudly: "Actually, there are not many, Fang Xuanling's family, and Yuchi's family, they can be regarded as the elders who watched you grow up. It's just a trip, what are you worried about?"

Cheng Qian simply turned his head away and remained silent, Ruoshui couldn't help but smiled and patted his head, saying that he is already an adult, but sometimes it's still the same as when he was a child.It's not easy for me to tell my son clearly, don't worry, your wedding day is still far away, and your daughter-in-law's great-grandfather still has an old grudge with your father.

When Ruoshui turned his gaze out of the window again boredly, Chengqian turned his face silently and looked at his mother and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He had heard Aunt Danyun say that his mother was a person favored by God before. Later, I really had to believe that the lavender dress made the mother's face more refined and soft, and there was no trace left by the years on her face.In fact, I knew in my heart that my mother was just using my own excuses to get out of the palace today, but as long as I saw my mother's happy expression, everything would be happy.

Thinking of his father's cold anger a few days ago, he couldn't help humming in a low voice. He heard from the emperor's grandfather that his father was also very clingy to his grandmother back then.

The chariots and horses first stopped outside the gate of Fang's house, Cheng Qian got out of the chariot first, sent an attendant to knock on the door, and himself followed behind.

Soon, a small door on the side opened a crack, and a young servant stuck his head out and said, "Our master is not here, you go back."

Cheng Qian's face darkened slightly, and he had just received a report that Fang Xuanling had returned to his residence, so it was time to come. "Tell your master to come out, just say that Gao Ming is visiting." His tone inadvertently took on an orderly tone.

After all, the young man was trained by the Prime Minister's mansion, he was shocked by the other party's aura, and immediately went back to the main house to report.

Not long after, the door of the Fang family was slowly pushed open. Before Fang Xuanling had time to change into the court clothes, he led the servants to kneel at the door to welcome His Highness the Crown Prince.

Cheng Qian ignored them, walked straight back to the car and carefully helped his mother out of the car.

Fang Xuanling couldn't believe her eyes. Isn't the woman supported by the prince the empress who should be in the harem?Thinking about the fact that the empress is pregnant with Liujia now, if something goes wrong, he... With his thoughts so far, he can't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Ruoshui cried out in a gentle voice, secretly guessing in his heart that Fang Xuanling might avoid him because of the incident with Zheng Nu last time, but... I am really curious about his wife, one would rather What kind of courage and persistence should a woman who drinks poison and refuses to accept newcomers have?Think again about the phrase "I'd rather die with jealousy", which finally caused Li Shimin to say: "I'm afraid to see you, let alone Yu Xuanling." Ruoshui's mouth could not help showing an appreciative smile.

Fang Xuanling cautiously followed behind the queen and the prince, and at the same time hinted that the servants would let the family members wait outside the main house, in preparation for the queen's possible summons.

Sure enough, when the empress sat down at the table in the main room, she asked, "Why don't you see Master Fang's wife and children?"

Fang Xuanling bowed and replied: "Go back to the queen, the servant's wife and son are waiting outside."

Ruoshui waved her hand slightly, and said with a smile: "Master Fang is too reserved, let them in quickly." After finishing speaking, she glanced at her son intentionally, and said another sentence: "I have heard that Mr. Fang Your daughter is intelligent and humble, I wonder if I can meet you today?"

The more peaceful and euphemistic the Queen's words, the more uneasy Fang Xuanling felt. Since last year, he felt that there was a fog between His Majesty and the Queen that others could not see clearly, and the Queen seemed not only virtuous and generous These four words can be summed up.However, today the queen brought the prince to the door in person, probably for the sake of the princess.Thinking of this, he felt a little more relaxed, so while replying to the queen's question, he asked his servants to call his daughter.

At the same time, Fang's and Fang Xuanling's two sons also came in to bow down together.

Although Mrs. Fang was surprised by the queen's sudden arrival, she was pleasantly surprised in her heart. The last time she saw the queen was probably in the first year of Zhenguan.At that time, His Majesty insisted on bestowing the beauty of Xuanling, but after being flatly rejected by him, he tried to ask the queen to persuade him.Who knows, the queen only asked herself: "If you would rather live without jealousy, would you rather die with jealousy?" And when she firmly replied "I would rather die with jealousy", she smiled and said: "It's like marrying a wife. It is indeed the luck of Mr. Fang."

What happened afterwards was probably known to everyone in Quan Chang'an, His Majesty asked himself the same sentence, and tried again with jealousy, finally let the two of them go.After returning home, the husband sighed to himself after listening to himself carefully explain what had happened before and after, "It's really thanks to the queen's blessing."

Mrs. Fang will never forget that experience. Now that she sees the Empress again after several years, she still has a clear aura like water, but the holiness and nobility exuded in her gestures make people unable to forget her mother's identity. .

Ruoshui looked at Mrs. Fang quietly for a while. This woman did not have the stoic temperament he imagined. Instead, she was soft and calm. It was just a deep scar on her left eye that destroyed the harmonious beauty of her entire face. It can't be called ugly, I don't know what kind of story it is.She chatted with Mrs. Fang with her usual expression, until the only daughter of the Fang family came in to say hello to herself.

Different from her parents, this is the first time for Zizi to see the queen and the prince. Apart from being a little nervous and uneasy, she is more curious and excited.

Ruoshui gently took the hand of the house, and said: "Ms. Fang is really pretty, why don't you give it to our family as a daughter-in-law."

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he quickly knelt down, saying that he didn't dare.In fact, he was quite unwilling in his heart. After being an official in the court for so many years, how could he not understand the intricacies of the royal family after so many ups and downs, let alone the prince, maybe his daughter will face the harsh harem competition in the future.

Ruoshui naturally heard Fang Xuanling's love for daughters, so he didn't force it, and still said with a smile: "It's really not worth it for such a beautiful girl to be paired with Chengqian. Let's just pretend that I didn't say that." After all, just now It was just her own temptation, but it was a pity that her son was completely unmoved, which was beyond her expectations.

Chengqian sighed secretly, he had already seen that there was something strange in his mother's smile, but he couldn't say anything at this moment, after all, it was impossible to guarantee that it would reach his father's ears tomorrow, and then an imperial decree was blocked. I have no way out.

At this time, the house quilt couldn't help raising his head slightly, just passing the prince's eyes.Until a few years later, when she was the main concubine of King Han, she still couldn't forget that elegant and leisurely figure looking at the queen, with a helpless gentle smile on her brows and eyes.

When Ruoshui and her son returned to the carriage again, she said leisurely: "Chengqian, I'm afraid your father has already made the Lizheng Palace very restless, but since he has already come out, let's go to the Lizheng Hall by the way." Go to another place."

Chengqian looked at his mother with a headache, and begged for mercy: "Mother, you have been tired for a long time today, you should go back and rest as soon as possible."

"Where do you think I'm going?" Ruoshui smiled knowingly, "Don't worry, Mom just wants to go to your uncle's house to ask for a glass of water, why can't this work?"

Chengqian was at a loss for words for a moment, so he had to smile wryly and said: "That's fine, after a while, uncle will definitely send mother back to the palace in person."

Ruoshui smiled lightly and said nothing, only glanced at his son coolly, then moved his gaze to the street outside, only to see that the road in front of him was getting narrower and narrower, the majestic uncle of the emperor, even if he was not in the phase, he was still the emperor's favorite Minister, this Changsun Wuji's mansion was not built in the most prominent place in Chang'an.Ruoshui wondered curiously, if one only looked at Changsun Wuji's humility in the first ten years of Zhenguan, no one would be able to connect him with the powerful man ten years later in Zhenguan.In the tenth year of Zhenguan, how many people's fates have been changed by the departure of the eldest grandson?I'm afraid it's already immeasurable.

Unlike when going to Fang's house, Ruoshui asked Chengqian to park the car at the side gate of Changsun's mansion, and then the mother and son got out of the car one after another.Just like when he was close to Wude Hall, the strange sense of familiarity in Ruoshui's heart resurfaced, perhaps because the eldest grandson also visited his elder brother's house in the past.

Shaking away the strangeness in his mind, Ruoshui knocked on the small wooden door, and an old servant with gray hair came to answer the door, with a vaguely familiar face. Before Ruoshui hesitated to speak, the old servant Already shouted excitedly: "Miss! Miss, why are you here?"

"Uncle Fu, it's really been a long time." Cheng Qian was obviously very surprised and pleasantly surprised, "By the way, is uncle there?"

"Yes, the young master is meeting guests in the study." Uncle Fu looked at Cheng Qian with emotion, "Young master has grown up so much."

Ruoshui's heart trembled slightly, but there was no confusion or surprise on his face. It seems that Uncle Fu should be an old man from the eldest grandson's family, otherwise it would be impossible to call himself and Chengqian that way, following the strange emotion in his heart , she naturally smiled and said: "Chengqian is getting older, but Uncle Fu's body is still tough."

Uncle Fu stared blankly at Ruoshui's smiling face. Since the general passed away, he has never seen such a cheerful expression on the young lady's face. It seems that the young master is right. Now His Majesty and the young lady get along very well.If the madam is alive, he will be relieved at last. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but see heat in his eyes, and hurriedly said: "Miss and young master, please go into the house quickly, look at my memory, the young master just said that the young lady is pregnant again, but Can't stand it for long."

With a smile on his face, Ruo Shui walked with Cheng Qian on the path of the eldest grandson's house, when he suddenly heard Cheng Qian ask: "Uncle Fu, who is Uncle seeing?"

I saw Uncle Fu's body tremble suddenly, and his steps stagnated. After a while, he turned sideways, bowed his head and said, "It's just a friend of the young master's past. The whole family moved to Chang'an a while ago, so I came here specially to catch up with the young master."

"Brother's friend?" Ruoshui stared at Uncle Fu for a while, then smiled lightly, "Do I know you? What's your name?"

Uncle Fu only felt a thin layer of sweat on his forehead: "It's just an ordinary friend, how did the lady know each other? Even the old slave has never met."

Ruoshui turned his face sideways, glanced at his son who was also puzzled, smiled, and stopped talking.

"Miss, why don't you rest in the front room for a while, and wait for the old slave to go to the study to inform the young master."

"No need, Uncle Fu." Ruoshui waved his hand, "Why don't I go to the study with you, and also visit my brother's friend by the way."

Fu Bo's heart that had just been let go suddenly came to his throat again, and he couldn't help stammering: "Miss... the young master should be seeing off the guests, so you don't have to go."

Ruoshui's delicate eyebrows frowned: "Why, can't this guest even see me?"

"Of course not..." Uncle Fu was interrupted by Ruoshui's firm words before he finished speaking: "Since it's not, then Uncle Fu, let's go to the study."

Uncle Fu secretly groaned in his heart, when will the young lady not come, but she bumped into...

Ruoshui followed Uncle Fu slowly. At this moment, she couldn't explain to her son the instinctive persistence in her heart. She could only approach an unknown end step by step. What is the friend who is very concerned about...

The three walked past a rockery and a pond. From a distance, Ruoshui saw two people coming out of the house, and walked a few steps forward. Seeing that the figures gradually became clear, she suddenly stopped in her tracks, her eyes closed. He couldn't help staring at the man walking on the right. After an unknown period of time, the man seemed to have noticed something, turned around and looked at him, but immediately strode forward again.

Although it was only for a moment, Ruoshui seemed to see those clear eyes clearly, but it seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, making it impossible to see clearly.Who is he?What kind of relationship does he have with the eldest grandson's family?The secret, from the past of the eldest grandson, is like a deep canal that can never be filled, bringing Ruoshui into a new confusion.

(End of this chapter)