Queen Sun

Chapter 4
On this day, a medium-sized carriage drove slowly on the streets of Chang'an. Although the carriage itself did not look very rich and luxurious, the driver, the guards in front of and behind the carriage, and the accompanying carriage and horses were more impressive to passers-by. Curious about the owner in the car.

Just after noon, a group of people stopped outside Piaoxianglou, a famous restaurant in Chang'an, and the clever guy had already greeted them graciously. Two girls who looked like maids got out of the car in front, and they walked away. In front of the carriage in the middle, he asked softly outside the curtain: "Madam, do you want to come down for dinner first?"

A vague voice inside seemed to be in response, and then, one person opened the curtain slightly, and the other person leaned in and helped the master down.Although the guards stopped him a few meters away, blocking most of the curious sights, sharp-eyed people could vaguely see a woman in a yellow dress, wearing a veiled hat, being helped into the gate, which was very strange. Looks fragile.

Piaoxiang Tower has a high reputation in Chang'an, and the people who come and go are nobles and high-ranking officials, no matter how bad they are, they are also celebrities, refined scholars or wealthy merchants.They do not sell alcohol, but only cook meals and snacks, and their daily business is still thriving.At this time, all the guests on the ground floor were surprised to see the usually somewhat arrogant shopkeeper standing beside the visitor with a respectful face, leaving some distance.

"Shopkeeper, is the second floor vacant?" A maid beside the woman asked.

"Yes, the meals are all ready." The shopkeeper replied with a bow.

Only then did the bystanders suddenly realize that the second floor was booked by them, but then there was a deeper doubt, what is the background of this woman?You know, money is the most indispensable thing in Piaoxiang Building.

Amidst the great doubts of the crowd, a group of people went upstairs, and the shopkeeper followed closely.

In less than half an hour, amidst the discussion, these carriages and horses were sent away again.

As soon as he left, the shopkeeper was surrounded, and a few familiar guests asked curiously, "Where did they come from?"

The shopkeeper only left one sentence: "Don't say it, don't say it."

In the evening, a group of people finally stopped, and in front of them was a mountain villa with the word Tianshui hanging on it.

Still being supported by the maid, the eldest grandson Ruoshui was finally freed from the boring journey, but his weak body and current status did not allow him to embrace the spectacular scene in front of him.

"Your Majesty, let's go in by car, how can your body bear it?"

Faced with the disapproval from Guangyue, the eldest grandson's close maid, Ruoshui had no choice but to use the privilege of the queen a little bit: "It's fine to have you to support me. I'll take a walk after being bored in the car all day."

Guangyue sighed again in a very rare way: "Your Majesty, why did you forget that you said you wanted to use 'this palace' when you left the palace?"

Ruoshui smiled indifferently. Anyway, the other party was a servant girl who followed her eldest grandson since she was a child. The word of loyalty is absolutely unquestionable. She just took this opportunity to let the people around her adapt to her current self, "Since I have left the palace, Guangyue, I will make an order All right……"

Before he finished speaking, the person on the other side had already knelt down, and then he knelt down in the dark.

Ruoshui yelled helplessly first, and then said to Guangyue, "Secret decree, I will talk to you alone after I enter the room."

From the gate of the villa to the houses inside, a long corridor has been built, and it is very pleasant to walk.Ruoshui looked at the lush flowers, plants and trees on both sides of the promenade and the faintly visible gurgling stream, as if he had arrived at the Peach Blossom Land, of course, if he could ignore the huge pile of tails behind him.Although I only stayed in the palace for a few days, the sense of oppression every time I saw Li Shimin and the bewilderment when facing those historical figures who were repeatedly distorted in TV dramas still made me very uncomfortable , What is even more unaccustomed is the words that I have to say every day. I have to review the whole night the night before, and I can’t even let go of my facial expressions and tone of voice.But here, hehe, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, one face can finally relax, it's a fairyland on earth.

Ruoshui made full use of the queen's uncompromising class privilege in Biezhuang, and chose the south side room as her living place, leaving the main building vacant.

After dinner, Ruoshui gave Guangyue a command in her room: "Guangyue, since you are out of the palace, you must get used to calling me Miss in front of me, and you are not allowed to call me your empress again."

"Your Majesty, this is against the rules." Guangyue said with a bitter face.

Hey, talking to the ancients is tiring, especially the perfect maid next to the perfect queen, it is even more difficult to ascend to the sky.Ruoshui took a sip of tea and didn't give the other party any chance to resist: "You also go and tell Danyun and Mingxia that when you were in the villa, you called them that in private, is it clear?" She has been serving since the eldest grandson's house There are only these three people, Ruoshui is very relieved.

Guangyue agreed with some grievances, and then started her work: "Miss, it's time to take the medicine." As soon as the words finished, Dan Yun came in with a bowl of medicine.It's really impeccable cooperation, Ruoshui once again secretly admired it in his heart.

After drinking the medicine in one breath, not only can't drink water, but also have to accept the surprised looks of the maids.Ruoshui couldn't help but said: "Gai Minger asked the imperial doctor to find a way to make the medicine into pills, which is too bitter."

The two bowed their heads and said yes, and then asked Ruoshui to drive them out.

Finally, there was only one person left. Ruoshui fell on the bed without any gestures. In fact, when this body was attached to him, he was repaired by the fairy old man. She suffers from insufficient energy and blood, but her body is really weak enough, no wonder the eldest grandson empress lived to be 36 years old.

For half a year, Ruoshui opened his mouth and smiled, half a year of freedom, what should he do?This needs to be well planned, but it's a pity, why didn't I discuss with the imperial doctor to rest for a year?

But at this time, Ruoshui didn't really realize that the eldest grandson's status as a queen in the harem, the former dynasty, and even the entire Tang Dynasty was indispensable for even half a year.

When Guangyue and Mingxia opened the door and came in, what they saw was Ruoshui's sleeping face with a smile on her face. They waited for Miss Hao to sleep, and left quietly.Outside the house, Guangyue suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mingxia, do you still remember? Miss was like this before she got married."

After sleeping until he woke up naturally, Ruoshui started a new life happily with a satisfied expression on his face.Under Guangyue's service, after washing up, eating a very delicate breakfast, breathing the fresh and free air, the pain of taking the medicine seems to be negligible.

"Miss, do you want to go back to your room and rest?" Dan Yun asked from the side.

Obviously Guangyue's communication was quite timely and effective, Ruoshui's mood rose again, taking over his identity, using his maid, and enjoying his benefits for nothing, so he must do something in return, right?Ruoshui tilted his head slightly, and said, "Go to the study, I'll read a book for a while, and post a post later."

Dan Yun said worriedly: "Miss, this is too depressing."

"Don't worry, do you know the way?"

"Yes." Danyun had no choice but to lead the way, the young lady seemed to have become self-willed.

After entering the study, Ruoshui raised his head and looked around, sighing in his heart with satisfaction, the efficiency of the ancients was not so high.

As usual, no one would serve her. Ruoshui sat on a large chair, squinted her eyes, and let the sun shine on her body from the window. Also finally met.

Unfolding the fine rice paper, Ruoshui slowly began to rub the ink alone, and finally picked out a pen, dipped it in the ink, and started writing.For Ruoshui, writing is not a difficult task, because it is due to a habit of the eldest grandson, that is, even though her husband is particularly good at "feibai", she still writes in neat block letters by hand.And Ruoshui's calligraphy course is also limited to the study of block letters, so after practicing for the first half of the year, his handwriting is enough to confuse the real ones.

But the most important thing now is to make a plan for what to do in the future:
[-]. Take care of your body Difficulty factor★★
[-]. Turn the harem into a harmonious family where everyone abides by the five stresses and four beauties Difficulty factor★★★

[-]. Cultivate the relationship between Li Chengqian and Li Tai into a brotherly and friendly relationship Difficulty factor★★★★
[-]. The remaining sons and daughters of the eldest grandson do not have to be born again Difficulty factor★★★★★

[-]. On the basis of meeting the above four conditions, to be the most virtuous queen in history Difficulty factor★★★★★★
Putting down the pen, Ruoshui looked up, down, left, and right several times, and fell on the chair, but where should I start?She picked up the paper and drew a circle on the three, let's start with the two brothers.

After making up her mind, Ruoshui felt relaxed. When the ink was dry, she folded it up and carefully put it in her purse, always ready to save three times a day.

During lunch, Guangyue looked a little strange, as if he was always hesitant to speak.Ruoshui was curious, so he casually asked, "What are you hiding from me?"

Guangyue was startled, her hands trembling when she was serving Cai, and the chopsticks fell to the ground, she quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Damn this servant, please forgive me."

"Why are you calling me your empress again? Get up quickly, just change a pair of chopsticks." Ruoshui felt more and more strange, this maid has always been very stable, why is she so surprised at this moment?

Guangyue just knelt down and didn't get up.At this moment, Mingxia who was beside her looked around, closed the door, and replied softly: "Miss, it's news from the palace."

Ruoshui is still puzzled: "In the palace? What's the matter? Didn't we just leave the palace yesterday? What big things can happen?"

"Miss Hui..." Mingxia hesitated, "You just left, last night, His Majesty summoned Yang's family to bed again, and the little prince has been gone for less than a month."

Hearing this, Ruoshui was startled suddenly, but it wasn't for Yang's favor. Although the eldest grandson's son died at birth, he was a prince after all, and he had to pay attention to etiquette when he was buried, but as a mother from the beginning to the end, She never intervened in this matter, and the people around her never mentioned it, which is too strange.Li Shimin, that young and handsome face and unfathomable eyes suddenly appeared in his mind, did he find something?

Mingxia saw that the queen didn't speak for a long time, but just stayed there, and quickly knelt down: "Miss, slaves shouldn't mention it."

Ruoshui pulled his mind back, just smiled and helped the two of them up and said: "I didn't mean to blame you, you have been with me for so long, don't you still understand my thoughts? How could you be angry about this kind of thing?" ? I just suddenly remembered the funeral of the child, and my mother didn't even take care of it, so I felt really uncomfortable."

The two maids breathed a sigh of relief, and Guangyue explained: "Miss, that was ordered by Your Majesty. You are not allowed to cook because you are afraid that your body will not be able to bear it. It will be too late for Miss to make up for the sacrifice in the next year's Qingming Festival." of."

"Then I can rest assured, let's continue eating." Ruoshui was really relieved.

Mingxia's expression also relaxed, and while she was waiting, she muttered: "I said earlier, Guangyue still doesn't believe how Miss would care about this kind of thing, but now it's those people in the palace who are bothered."

Guangyue's movements also became swift: "Originally, the lady would not be able to, but that day, His Majesty made a move on the lady because of the Yang family, that's why the little prince didn't."

Ruoshui listened carefully to what the two said. Although she had read the life of the eldest grandson, she did not know what she was thinking. From this point of view, it seems that the eldest grandson and Li Shimin did not respect each other like guests and love each other as husband and wife as stated in the book. It's that simple, but, is Li Shimin's action really just because the eldest grandson refused to make Yang a concubine?

When she was about to finish eating, she tentatively opened her mouth: "This child's death may be fate, the most is the ruthless emperor's family, and he won't have to suffer for the rest of his life."

Guangyue interjected: "There are few people in the world who can see more clearly than Miss, but Miss doesn't have to worry, Your Majesty has promised uncle, wife and young master to treat Miss well for the rest of her life."

"My uncle is now the emperor, so who can say for sure what happened before? But Miss's virtuousness is rare in the world. Back then, the Supreme Emperor never allowed Concubine Wei and Concubine Yin to come in. Didn't Miss ask for it herself? When she was a concubine, among the four wives, apart from Concubine Yan, none of the others had gossips, the princesses and empresses of the previous dynasty were nothing more than that, and even the daughter of the shady Yin Shishi became a concubine of virtue. If it wasn't for the generosity of the young lady, it would not be so easy for the young master to stop the ministers from admonishing them." Mingxia said quite indignantly.

Ruoshui said with a smile: "It's not about my eldest grandson's family, and it's just a few women coming in. I'm going to be a nail, trying to make His Majesty unhappy."

"Miss also said so at the beginning, let them take care of the Li family's affairs, but why is the young lady so concerned about the Yang family's affairs?" Guangyue asked suspiciously.

Now, no one knows what Changsun thought at the time, she only relied on her intuition and said, "I'm just not worth it for Yuanji."

The two maids were horrified: "Miss, it's really hard to say these words now."

"I know, so I can only say it in front of you. I plan, after a few years, when Mrs. Yang has a son, let His Majesty adopt him under Yuanji's name. After that matter is over, I will According to the emperor's mind, it is enough to give a concubine."

Mingxia wiped the corners of her eyes: "Prince Qi is really confused, why did he do such a thing? His Majesty gave such a kind prince... Maybe he was also harmed by that woman."

"Fool, winners and losers, even father and son are like this, not to mention brothers, how can a woman control them. But this Yang family is by no means an ordinary person. Think about it, how can your majesty be a soft-hearted master? Come on, a woman is still willing to serve a man who killed her husband and children, which is rare in the world." Ruoshui expressed his thoughts.

"We said earlier that Miss's heart is like that of a Bodhisattva. Speaking of which, Madam originally took a fancy to Prince Qi. She always said that His Majesty was too murderous, and she was afraid that Miss would suffer in the future. It's just that Uncle said that His Majesty is a young master's hero. Now that I think about it, I really don't know which is more correct." Guangyu always felt that the young lady had suffered a lot of grievances in the Li family these years.

"Silly girl, Your Majesty has a lot of love for me even if he is not very affectionate. This is exactly what I want. Since that year, I have given up that kind of thought." Ruoshui knew intuitively that the eldest grandson was dying that day. The A Liang brother who called out at the time will not be so simple.

Sure enough, the two girls knew everything about the eldest grandson, Mingxia said with red eyes: "Miss, don't think about Young Master Liang..."

"Okay, okay, don't make me cry anymore. If the matter in the harem is not important, it will be once every three days." After lunch, Ruoshui understood a lot about the past of the eldest grandson.

(End of this chapter)