National Beauty

After the dinner, the prime minister Zhao Pu and his wife, Mrs. He, returned to their yard.

Husband and wife are one body, both prosperous and prosperous, and usually have quarrels. At this time, they are all a family. Seeing her husband's rickety back, Mrs. He helped him sit down and talked in a low voice: "As long as we don't want to marry..." As long as this marriage fails, the husband will have nothing to do with the princes.

Zhao Pu smiled bitterly, shook his head and interrupted his old wife. Then he stared at a place illuminated by lanterns in front of the hall. In his cloudy eyes, various pasts of his life appeared one after another. He sighed for a long time and said: "The emperor has given marriage, It’s just to remind me that no matter how much I bother to operate, I’m afraid that even the last trace of affection between the monarch and the minister will be lost. Forget it, after returning to Beijing, I will find the opportunity to resign to the emperor."

The emperor wanted his minister to die, and the minister had to die. The emperor didn't like him to be the prime minister, so he actively hinted that if he insisted on staying, he would just leave unhappy.

"It's hard for you, and I have to run with me when I get old." Turning around, Zhao Pu held his wife's tender hands long since she was no longer young, with guilt in his eyes. In his life, he is worthy of the two emperors of Dazhou and the people of Li people. He is only sorry for his wife and two daughters. When he is old, his granddaughter is calculated by the king of Rui and wants to go to the palace as a concubine. What kind of concubine, if he wants his children to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, as early as the reign of the great ancestor, his daughter was enough to be an upright princess.

He is not afraid of intrigues from the court, but does not want his children to become pawns against him by political opponents. Therefore, he arranged for his two daughters to marry ordinary people. Although there is no glory, they are safe and wealthy. Now that the granddaughter becomes the concubine, it is a blessing or a curse in the end, who can say clearly.

Think of the four princes of the Chu King. Zhao Pu squeezed his forehead irritably, and said to his wife: "I'm quiet by myself. Go and tell you to embroider."

Madam He knew that her husband, the prime minister, would be thinking about major events in Beijing even if she was far away from the capital. She patted him on the shoulder, and she went to the backyard to find her granddaughter first. Chen Xiu stayed in the boudoir for most of the day, worried and worried. I don't know what the result of her and Rui Wang was. Hearing the grandmother came, Chen Xiu didn't get up, and leaned on the head of the bed, looking helplessly around. The elders of the screen.

Madam He sat down by the bed.

"Grandma, I won't dare to run around again, don't be angry with me." Chen Xiu threw into her arms and sobbed softly.

Madam He really loves Chen Xiu. When the granddaughter is in pain, she also put the guilt and miss for the two daughters on her granddaughter. She hugged the little girl. Madam He touched her granddaughter's smooth long hair and sighed faintly: " Even if you want to run around, there is no chance. At the dinner, the emperor personally made an order to grant you to be the side concubine of King Rui and get married another day."

The hesitation was replaced by surprise in an instant, Chen Xiu raised his head in disbelief, looked at Madam He and asked, "Really?"

Madam He saw the surprise in the tearful eyes of her granddaughter Wang. Madam He was surprised at first, and then frowned: "The side concubine is also a concubine, why, don't you feel wronged?" She has personally experienced the power of her husband in the Gaozu Dynasty. Even now, the prestige of her husband in the court is unmatched, and Mrs. He doesn't think it's a pleasure for her granddaughter to be a concubine.

But Chen Xiu is not her. Chen Xiu is just the granddaughter of a declining prime minister. When Chen Xiu remembered, his grandfather had already left the capital. As the granddaughter of a local official, as the daughter of a commoner's father, Chen Xiu could be a granddaughter. Rui Wang's side concubine is like a step to the sky, far better than marrying ordinary people as a wife.

But Chen Xiu didn't dare to tell the truth and saw the disapproval of the elders. Chen Xiu lowered his head and said with a lonely voice: "I, I was taken out of the paddock by him. My reputation has been destroyed. He is willing to take me in. I am better off, otherwise I will only I can always accompany the ancient Buddha with the blue lantern for the rest of my life..." Before she finished speaking, she leaned in Madam He's arms and started crying.

Madam He is distressed. She has lived for most of her life. She thinks that her granddaughter is only sixteen. After nothing has happened, she must have thought that she would never be able to marry again without marrying Rui Wang. Patting her granddaughter on the shoulder, Madam He could only sigh. Since the will of the marriage has been given, regrets and regrets are useless, Mrs. He will first comfort her granddaughter. As for the affairs of the court and the situation of the wives and concubines in the Ruiwang Mansion, she will wait for her granddaughter to get married before she gets married.

In the early morning of the next day, the emperor returned to Beijing.

Song Jianing stayed with the prince for two days. At this moment, he was like an arrow. He wanted to become a horse galloping home. However, there were many royal rules. After the honor enters the city, their husband and wife should also enter the palace with Emperor Xuande. The princes honor the emperor. The princesses greeted Queen Li. After the pomp, the couple strode out of the palace. When they reached the gate of the palace, Zhao Heng followed Song Jianing and got into the carriage.

"For two and a half days, Zhao Zhao must have cried." Song Jianing clutched the veil and stared out of the curtains.

Zhao Heng also missed his daughter, so he raised the curtains on his side and looked out.

Father Fu walked quickly next to the car, receiving the look of the prince, Father Fu quickened his pace and whispered to the driver: "Hurry up."

The coachman threw the horse's whip again.

In the palace of Shou, the prince and concubine entered the palace, but the prey was sent back by the guard Zongze first. Excluding the tail, the white fox is three feet long. When it was first caught, its hair was a bit dirty. When it was **** in the paddock, it was thoroughly washed white. When it was placed in a golden wire cage to the front yard, the white fox's snow-white hair was fluffy and fluffy. Like the most beautiful cotton, the nose is round and black, and a pair of amber eyes are clear and translucent. It is estimated that among the foxes, it is also a beautiful fox with top-notch appearance.

Because the nurse had promised that she could see her father, queen and mother today, Zhao Zhao started to look forward to it when she woke up, but couldn't wait for it. She cried for two times, and she caught a few blood marks on the white face of the nurse. It shows how angry it is. After waking up, Zhao Zhao immediately asked the nurse to hold her to see someone talking with the sound of horseshoes in front of her.

The nurse estimated that the two masters should also be back, and hurriedly hugged the little princess. In just two and a half days, the little princess was crying and noisy and did not delay eating. She and the maids in the backyard were all thinner.

When he arrived in the front yard, Zhaozhao stretched his neck to look for his parents, but he didn't find him, but he noticed the white fox that the guards had brought him. Zhaozhao didn’t know what it was, but the white ball was so beautiful, Zhaozhao couldn’t turn her eyes away, and the nurse was also amazed. Seeing the little princess liked it, she took the little princess and walked to the shade of the tree and squatted down in the cage to watch. fox.

The white fox was afraid of life and shrank in a corner of the cage, with two small ears erected, and stared at the people outside the cage vigilantly.

"Go!" Zhao Zhao broke away from the nurse and went around to the fox. The nurse bent over and followed and looked at the little princess dutifully. However, when Zhao Zhao finally ran to the place where the fox was lying, the white fox also went around. After a lap, he stayed opposite Zhaozhao. Zhao Zhao looked at the white fox, smiled, and continued chasing.

One ran in the cage, and the other chased outside the cage. The white fox was agile, and Zhaozhao’s short legs were not so good. They ran swayingly, but the little girl didn’t feel tired at all. The less he could catch up, the more he felt. It was fun, giggling while running, lively and cute, made the nurse and the guards laugh.

Song Jianing, who got out of the carriage and hurried in, heard her daughter's carefree laughter, couldn't help slowing down and looked at the prince beside her. The couple smiled at each other and walked around the shadow wall nervously. Then they saw their little princess chasing the fox with his back to the shadow wall. He wore a little red begonia shirt, running and running, and came around. , Looking at them while smiling.

Song Jianing smiled softly, staring at her daughter who was running red.

Seeing her mother, Zhao Zhao finally stopped running, and then looked at the father next to her mother, Zhao Zhao flat mouth, suddenly raised his head, opened his mouth and cried, scared the white fox in the cage to explode his hair. , Staring defensively at the little girl who has been chasing it for a long time.

The daughter said that she changed her face when she changed her face. Song Jianing was originally laughing. At this moment, she was also in tears by her daughter's sad little appearance. She subconsciously ran to hold her daughter. However, she only moved. Someone was a step faster than her. Song Jianing was stunned. As if it was just a blink of an eye, the daughter was held in her arms by her father.

"Don't cry, don't cry, Zhao Zhao don't cry." Zhao Heng kissed his daughter's face and coaxed no one else. Only the daughter lying on his shoulders was in his eyes, and the nurses and guards who had been guarding the cage were also showing in the eyes of Fu father-in-law. Next, quietly retreated, leaving only the reunion of the prince's family of three, and a blank white fox.

Zhaozhao cried, but if he didn't see his parents crying, he would cry when he saw him.

Zhao Heng lowered his head and pressed his face against his daughter's head, coaxing in his own way.

Song Jianing stood by, seeing the prince hugged so tightly, she couldn't help but feel a little unwilling. Why, she was the one who hated her daughter the most before departure. The prince wanted to take her to Beiyuan. Now when she comes back, the prince robs her in front of her and hugs her daughter. Fortunately, the daughter is still young. How old is the daughter? Don’t you think the father misses her more than the mother?

She is the one who misses her daughter most!

"Zhao Zhao, do you want to be a mother?" Song Jianing leaned close to the man, holding onto the daughter's chubby hand, which was tightly grasping the father's shoulder, and said softly.

Of course Zhaozhao missed her mother, and missed her the most. When she heard her calling her, the little girl stopped crying immediately, opened her eyes and took a look, and then went to the mother's side to fight, asking her to hug her, and Xing's eyes kept on The golden beans are as pitiful as they are. Song Jianing was anxious to pick up her daughter, but Zhao Heng didn't want to give it too much.

Song Jianing looked at him bitterly.

Zhao Heng had no choice but to let go.

Zhaozhao's most aggrieved period has passed. In my father's arms, I only knew crying. When I reached my mother's arms, the little girl stopped crying, holding her mother's neck and staring at her without blinking. Song Jianing gave her daughter a bite, and pressed her lips to her daughter's cheek and kissed her hard: "I want to die, and I want to make a kiss every day. It's best for us to see Zhaozhao, and mother can't bear to leave even one step."

Zhaozhao didn’t understand, but knew that my mother was kissing her and calling her. The little girl liked to play like this the most. She hugged her mother’s head in a way, and rubbed her against her. She kissed her and rubbed her nose and tears. Mother kisses her face. Song Jianing felt wrong, stretched out his hand and pretended to be disgusted: "It's so bad, my nose is all on my face!"

After speaking, he quickly took out the veil and wiped his face.

The mother was embarrassed and smiled happily, more happier than just chasing the fox.

After coaxing for a while, Song Jianing was a little unable to hold her, holding her daughter, turning to Zhao Heng, and said, "Zhaozhao, go and rub his father's nose!"

Zhao Zhao giggled and went to the father's side.

Zhao Heng actually saw that she had wiped her daughter's nose clean long ago, but even if it didn't, his little princess wouldn't mind him. Feeling the little girl rubbing his face vigorously, Zhao Heng couldn't learn his wife's natural pretending to be disgusting. He only touched his daughter's head, and his eyes fell on the princess's face with tenderness under his eyes.

Song Jianing did not see the tenderness and touched the cleansed face. When the prince disliked it, he blushed and said, "The prince will coax Zhaozhao first, and I will wash my face."

Zhao Heng nodded.

Song Jianing was about to leave. Zhao Zhao heard the movement and misunderstood that her mother was about to run again. She uttered anxiously, opened her mouth, and cried again. Song Jianing didn't dare to wash her face, she quickly turned back to coax her daughter, kissed and kissed, still used the white fox to coax her daughter to stop crying, and a family of three squatted by the cage to watch the fox.

"Come here." Zhao Zhao leaned in his mother's arms, and didn't want to run away coquettishly, and stretched out the chubby hand to call the white fox.

The white fox will not come.

Zhao Zhao pouted and turned to look at his mother. Song Jianing raised his head again to look at his prince. Zhao Heng went around to the other side of the cage and drove the fox towards his daughter. On one side is a tall man, on the other side are a squatting petite woman and a smaller daughter. The white fox instinctively hides on the side of the woman, facing the man, with his big furry tail hiding behind him.

Song Jianing held her daughter's fat finger and poked the white fox's tail slightly...Mao.

Zhao Zhao chuckled.

The mothers touched excitedly, Zhao Heng bent over and stood opposite, looking at the happy appearances of one big and one small, his heart was soft.

Enough of the fox, it's time to have lunch, Zhao Heng held his daughter in one hand and the princess in the other, and went into the inner room together. Without asking the maid to wait, Zhao Heng sat on the couch with his daughter in his arms, Song Jianing brought water and wiped her daughter's crying fat face with a wet veil. Her eyebrows were gentle, Zhao Heng looked silently, suddenly leaned over and kissed her white face.

Song Jianing was taken aback, touched his face, and saw him smiling. Song Jianing turned his eyes, gloating, and said, "I have a nasal discharge, but I haven't washed it yet."

Zhao Heng looked at her sly eyes and then at her face. He suddenly put his arms around her waist, his lips covered her fleshy cheek, and kissed hard, even harder than when Song Jianing helped her daughter wipe her face. What if it's on his daughter's nose? As long as it's her, he doesn't care. As for Song Jianing, he closed his eyes and felt the prince's continuous kisses, holding his daughter's chubby hand, he felt an unprecedented peace and satisfaction in his heart.

There was a man who loved her like this, she was worth it in her life.

The same capital, another palace, when Zhao Heng and his wife were close to their daughter, King Rui, who had just returned to the palace, was also coaxing his little princess. His own children are always the best. Although Rui Wang is not satisfied with the princess, as Sister Kang grows up, she does not hush at every turn. Rui Wang also starts to like his daughter and shakes the rattle to play with Sister Kang.

Princess Rui sat on the side with her big belly, annoyed by the continuous thumping sound of the rattle, and she couldn't help but broke out. The prince who squinted on the couch, said with a smile: "That's right," Forgot to congratulate the prince, and there is another sister who is like a flower and jade in the house."

Rui Wang Meifeng picked up slightly, but he just hummed, and continued to tease his daughter.

If the man didn’t accept the move, Princess Rui didn’t dare to complain directly about her husband Feng Liu, so she satirized Chen Xiu: “But I can’t figure out how so many ladies accompanying Duanhui came into the paddock with Miss Chen? A group of guards followed, and she actually did too. Can get lost, no wonder someone chewed her tongue behind her back, saying that she deliberately wanted to hook the noble children in the paddock."

Rui Wang sneered. What happened near noon yesterday, they had just returned to the capital today, in just one day, how could the news spread so quickly? So it's not that someone chewed his tongue, but the princess deliberately splashed dirty water on Chen Xiu by the mouth of others. Look, before Chen Xiu enters the mansion, his good princess starts to play tricks. After a while, people will come in, maybe there are some means.

"Who did you hear?" Rui Wang stared at her and asked.

Concubine Rui pursed her lips and was still thinking about how to respond. Wang Rui immediately said: "Next time someone talks nonsense, report it to me directly. I will ask someone to pull her tongue out. See if she dares to slander her side again. Fei Qingyu." The voice was cold, and he stared at the woman not far away warningly, blocking the princess Rui, struck her chest in one breath, and almost didn't catch her breath.

The maids outside began to prepare meals, but Rui Wang put down his daughter and went to the yard where he spoiled his concubine Zhang.

Zhang guessed that the main courtyard was likely to be troublesome, so he specially asked the small kitchen to make two dishes that Rui Wang loved. When Rui Wang arrived, she did not ask anything, and graciously served Rui Wang with vegetables and wine. Rui Wang was served in a relaxed body and mind. After the meal, he put Zhang's arms in his arms and pressed Zhang's flat abdomen and said, "You don't have to worry about who comes. Give your father a fat son as soon as possible."

Zhang chuckles, winking and humming: "Then the prince must work hard."

Rui Wang liked her showy strength, and he turned around and suppressed the people, so that he could get rid of the phoenix.

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The marriage decree was given. After Emperor Xuande returned to Beijing, he asked Qin Tianjian to choose a good day and auspicious day. He found that the end of the month was a good day, so he set the wedding date at the end of the month. It's nothing.

The night before Chen Xiu married, Mrs. He took her granddaughter's hand and finally confessed: "You know your grandfather's situation in the court. You offended the emperor back then. Now that the emperor has encountered a problem, he treats your grandfather. Minister of the humerus, the trouble is resolved, the emperor is eager to send your grandfather out of Beijing sooner."

Chen Xiu lowered his head and hummed. She knew that, so she wanted to take advantage of her grandfather's power to find a future for herself.

"The emperor, he is most afraid of his ministers forming parties for private affairs, especially for high-grade officials. In those days, Li Wentang, the official secretary of the Ministry of War, and Liu Shuo, the official book of the Ministry of War, had married children and relatives. Not long after, Liu Shuo was promoted by the emperor to Yongzhou. .Now that you have entered the Royal Palace, your grandfather’s prime minister is afraid that he will end up..."

Chen Xiu's face slowly turned white. Grandfather was getting older, and she knew that grandfather had been prime minister in a few years, but she never expected that grandfather would withdraw the prime minister ahead of time because of her relationship with King Rui.

"The princess has a reputation, and the Zhang family has a favor. When you enter the palace tomorrow, remember to proceed with caution and not make any mistakes." Madam He reluctantly hugged her granddaughter, and repeatedly asked her granddaughter to be a concubine. Jing, granddaughter can only rely on herself.

Chen Xiu was cold all over. After Madam He left, she lay on the bed alone and could not sleep all night. The next day she was dressed and dressed, looking at her young and beautiful herself in the mirror, Chen Xiu slowly recovered her calm. What about the loss of her grandfather, she still has the beauty of one in a million, and she is full of talent, and without the support of two elders, she will be firmly in the favor of King Rui.

And Chen Xiu was indeed favored by King Rui, and King Rui stayed in her yard for five consecutive nights.

Zhang is a bit sour, Chen Xiu has both beautiful looks and attractive scheming. She is worried that King Rui will win the newcomer and forget the old.

Princess Rui is half sour and half happy. Needless to say, the sourness is that I can finally ask Zhang to taste the taste of being left out by the prince.

The son's backyard was getting more and more lively, and Emperor Xuande didn't care. On the fifth day of the fifth day, after discussing the political affairs, he left the prime minister Zhao Pu alone in the Chongzheng Hall. The two used to fought the Quartet together with Emperor Gaozu. They were officials in the same dynasty in front of Emperor Gaozu. They shared adversity with each other, and also had private grievances between political opinions. But in private, Emperor Xuande avoided all the false gifts of Zhao Pu and regarded Zhao Pu as an official. Treated by old friends.

After all, everyone is getting old, and the civil servants and generals have changed wave after wave. In this world, there are fewer and fewer people remembering their youthful demeanor.

"Actually, I regret the marriage between my second child and Xiuxiu." After a game of chess, Emperor Xuande sighed suddenly.

Zhao Pu raised his eyes, and there was peace in his muddy eyes.

Emperor Xuande didn’t look at him, facing the chess game, and muttered to himself: “I have never established a prince. I’m just worried that there will be a prince. Those courtiers rushed to please the prince and messed up the court. I was in Beiyuan that day. It’s too much. When I was happy to be married, and only a few days after I came back, I heard that several courtiers frequently came to the second child."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xuande smiled and teased Zhao Pu: "It's all because of you. I value you most. When they saw that I gave your granddaughter to the second child, they thought I was partial to the second child. set."

"The minister is in panic." Zhao Pu got off the Arhat bed and bends down to plead guilty: "It's all blame for the minister's failure to discipline the embroidery, so that she caused trouble and caused trouble to the emperor. This matter was caused by the minister, and it would be in the court. In the chaos, the minister begged the emperor to resign and return to his hometown."

When Emperor Xuande heard this, his eyebrows frowned, and he put down his chess pieces and said, "What are you talking about? A few officials are trying to figure out my intentions without authorization. Why does it bother you to resign? You are my right-hand man. If you leave, I can still do it. Who are you counting on?"

Zhao Pu was so grateful that he knelt on the ground and bowed his head to wipe his tears. After a while, he said seriously: "The emperor, the choice of the prince is related to the Jiangshan community of the Great Zhou. The emperor must be carefully selected among the princes. Before the prince is determined, the four princes and the mansions The heart of civil and military affairs should not be chaotic. The troubles caused by the officials should be solved by the officials, so the emperor should not hesitate any more."

Emperor Xuande couldn't bear it.

"The emperor!" Zhao Puyi said righteously.

Emperor Xuande let out a heavy sigh, raised Zhao Pu with both hands, and squeezed Zhao Pu's shoulders firmly: "I am in love with you, but I have no choice but to make this decision today. I blame the drunkenness and the misfortune, which caused me to hurt myself!"

The emperor blamed himself so much that tears appeared in Zhao Pu's old eyes: "The old minister only wants to live, and he can serve the emperor again!"

"Good!" Emperor Xuande clenched his shoulders, solemnly and authentically.

The monarch and his ministers discussed it in private. The next morning, Zhao Pu resigned on the grounds of physical discomfort. Emperor Xuande did not allow him and only withdrew Zhao Pu's post as prime minister and let Zhao Pu continue to serve as the Heyang City Jiedu Envoy. Zhao Pu thanked the emperor for his grace, and Emperor Xuande stepped off the dragon chair step by step. The parting feeling was so prosperous that he suddenly became excited and wrote a poem for Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu was moved and cried again.

The ministers of civil and military affairs also used their sleeves to wipe their tears, but they were basically pretending to be. Only the King Rui really wanted to cry. He tried his best to get Chen Xiu to the palace. He slept for a few nights before expecting that Zhao Pu was demoted The official.

Just as everyone was immersed in the sadness of parting, someone outside the hall suddenly shouted for an urgent report. Emperor Xuande was shocked, and the first one looked out.

"The emperor, Fangzhou has sent eight hundred li to expedite!"

Fangzhou?

Emperor Xuande first thought of King Qin, his younger brother who had been demoted to Fangzhou. He accepted the emergency report and quickly opened it. After reading the book above, Emperor Xuande shook his body and dazzled his left and right courtiers. He suddenly turned around and started to cry: "Fourth brother..."