Ninefold Purple

With Song Mo's filial piety, Dou Shiying naturally wouldn't make things difficult for Song Mo, saying: "I'll just go alone, you can rest at home."

He was afraid that Dou Shishu would misunderstand that it was Song Mo who encouraged him to go to Huaishu Alley.

Seeing that Dou Shiying was firm, Song Mo didn't insist.But when Dou Shiying left Jing'an Temple Hutong, he went to Yuqiao Hutong.

Dou Qijun and his colleagues went out to socialize.

Song Mo found the restaurant where he drank all the way. [

Dou Qijun's entourage found out Dou Qijun, who was flushed from drinking.

In the carriage, Song Mo told him about Dou Shishu and Dou Shiying's giving to the emperor Sun Qimeng.

Dou Qijun was so frightened that he sobered up: "I'll go and find my fifth uncle tomorrow morning."

He didn't expect that things would be so serious, and the Dou family might be classified as a princeling or Liao royal party at any time.

Song Mo nodded and said, "You go to the bar! I'll go back first."

Dou Qijun was still in the mood to drink, so he asked Song Mo to send him back to Yuqiao Hutong.

In the car, he said without worry: "If the fifth uncle asks, I will say that it is the experience I have gained from observing politics these days. I just don't know if the fifth uncle will listen to it or not?"

"Whether you want to listen or not, you have to talk to Uncle Fifth." Song Mo told him, "Now is not the time to express your opinion."

Dou Qijun nodded.

The two broke up at the entrance of Yuqiao Hutong.

Song Mo hurried back to the alley of Jing'an Temple.

Entering the inner room of the east wing, he saw Dou Zhao was drinking a bowl of pigeon soup.

The alluring aroma made Song Mo's stomach growl.

He was surprised to realize that he hadn't eaten much all day.

Dou Zhao hurriedly ordered the kitchen staff to come in with a table of food for Song Mo.

Song Mo thought it was troublesome, and said, "I'll just get some snacks to fill my stomach."

"Then how can it work?" Dou Zhao stepped forward to help him take off his coat, and called the little maid to bring in water, "Look at you, it's probably useless for lunch. You can't always do it like this. After a long time, Be careful not to hurt your body."

While talking, the woman on the stove had already brought the kang table over.

A table full of dishes.Stir-fried soybeans with minced pickled vegetables, fried tripe strips with garlic, steamed tomato puree, sesame oil chicken...all are freshly made. [

Song Mo was surprised.

Gan Lu smiled and said: "The woman who delivered the food said that the master didn't see the son when he came back from the Yamen, and said that the son must not be able to eat well in the palace, so he ordered the woman on the stove not to turn off the stove and to be ready to serve at any time. "

Song Mo was silent for a moment.He raised his head and smiled at Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao's heart was so soft that he smiled, Song Mo sat down on the kang, and clothed him with chopsticks with his own hands.

Song Mo lowered his head and ate big mouthfuls.

Dou Shiying is back.

Song Mo and Dou Zhao got up quickly.

"Sit down quickly, eating is the most important thing." Dou Shiying saw that one of them was eating and the other was sewing beside him, stretched his neck to look into the inner room, and said, "Where's Brother Yuan? Are you asleep?"

"Just fell asleep." Dou Zhao took the tea from the maid and placed it in front of Dou Shiying.

"That's good." Dou Shiying's face was full of relief.Said, "The child can eat and sleep. Then he can grow up." Then motioned Song Mo to sit down, "You eat your food and leave me alone."

Song Mo looked at the sumptuous dishes, sat down with a smile, and began to eat generously.

Dou Shiying looked at it and smiled slightly. After Song Mo had finished eating, the two moved to the small study where Song Mo rested.Dou Shiying told Song Mo about going to Huaishu Hutong: "...I told Fifth Brother straight to the point. Although Fifth Brother was a little displeased, he was very persistent when he saw me. He didn't say anything, just let me think carefully. So you won't regret it later."

Song Mo smiled and said, "Father-in-law, will you regret it in the future?"

"It's definitely going to be a little bit." Dou Shiying smiled, "However, compared to regretting, I am more afraid that I will feel uneasy."

This is why Dou Shiying hasn't had a single person in the house for so many years, right?

Song Mo made tea for Dou Shiying himself, and accompanied Dou Shiying to discuss government affairs and joke about anecdotes about the adults.

Dou Shiying felt that this evening was very pleasant. After seeing Brother Yuan, she asked them to rest early and left with a smile on her face.

After Song Mo and Dou Zhao washed up, they leaned on the big welcoming pillow next to the big kang and talked.

"Why did you come back so late?"

"I came out of the palace and went to the Lu Mansion." Song Mo told Dou Zhao that he entrusted Princess Ningde to be Jiang Yan's matchmaker.

Dou Zhao felt that although Jiang Yan had just encountered a catastrophe, there was no need to talk about marriage so early, but if he could meet a good family, it would be good to settle the marriage as soon as possible, and said with a smile: "When I go back, I will start preparing the dowry for sister Yan. .”

When she said this, Song Mo's thoughts were stirred up again. [

He said: "Tomorrow I will go to my father and ask Song Han to return his mother's dowry."

Dou Zhaodao: "I'm afraid it's not so easy to talk over there."

"It's up to them." Song Mo said coldly, "It's okay for the palace to tell if they don't know about it, but now that they know about it, even if I force Song Han to return his mother's dowry, the palace will just turn a blind eye. Just close one eye."

This is true.

Dou Zhao nodded, and said, "I'll go back to the mansion tomorrow. Brother Yuan's Xisan and the full moon, both the crown prince and the princess are rewarded. I should enter the palace to thank you when I am out of confinement. I didn't expect that brother Yuan had just reached the full moon. My father sent someone to pick me up. The Mid-Autumn Festival is about to be celebrated, and it would be too dishonest to thank the princess if I meet the princess during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Song Mo thought of Dou Shiying's satisfied smile just now, and said with a smile: "What's the conflict between going to the palace to thank you and bringing Brother Yuan back to your mother's house to recognize the door? Let Ganlu and the others go back to the house and take your imperial clothes. Just enter the palace in the alley."

Dou Zhao couldn't help laughing, and said: "When people think about it, they become confused. Then I will pass the sign tomorrow? If I can see the Queen Mother, I will thank the Queen Mother. Song Han's marriage, but she The old man's idea!"

When these super-class wives enter the palace, they will go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager will see or not see her depending on her mood. They don't see the Empress Dowager every time.

Song Mo nodded.

The next day Dou Zhao went to hand over the sign.

That afternoon, a servant came over to let her enter the palace early tomorrow morning.

very fast.

Dou Shiying said with a smile: "It seems that the British government really has face in front of the emperor."

Dou Zhao pursed his lips and smiled.

A steward from the British government came to ask Song Mo and Dou Zhao to go back, saying that they would go to Miao's house in the next two days to make a decision.

As Song Han's brother and sister-in-law, they have to go back to help, especially Dou Zhao, who has to entertain the female relatives who come to congratulate the family.

Dou Zhao promised to return home in three days.

After Song Mo came back, he sent someone to reply to the British government: "The child is still young, and there are silk and bamboo at home and church members. What should I do if I scare the child? Besides, my wife will enter the palace tomorrow morning. I can just go back." gone."

Song Yichun was so angry that the corners of his heart throbbed, and he said to the man who came to send the message: "Go and tell Shi Ziye that he doesn't want to come back. You can never come back."

How dare the person who sent the message tell Song Mo what he said, and beg Huang Qing with a mournful face.

Huang Qing had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to see Yan Chaoqing.

Yan Chaoqing smiled nonchalantly, and said: "Then you go and tell the Duke, our son will not come back that day."

The younger brother is engaged, but the elder brother, who is the eldest son, doesn't care about it, what will the Miao family think?

Huang Qing smiled wryly, but there was no other good way.I had no choice but to postpone this matter for the time being, and wait until Song Yichun asked about it.

But when Dou Zhao went to the palace to thank him, he was warmly received by the princess, and even had someone hug the third emperor's grandson for Dou Zhao to see.When the prince heard that she was coming, he also asked people to enjoy a few plates of dim sum.When she proposed to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, the Crown Princess accompanied her to Kunning Palace.

On the fourth day of September, the palace family members and ministers have to change into Luo Yi, and before the fifteenth day of August, the newly made clothes have to be distributed, as well as the palace banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the rewards from various prefectures.The empress was so busy that she only left Dou Zhao to drink a cup of tea.It was the empress dowager who heard that Dou Zhao was coming.Immediately announced her audience.

Dou Zhao entered the side hall with his eyes on his nose and his heart on his nose.

Concubine Shi was also there, playing leaf cards with the empress dowager.

Before Dou Zhao could salute, the Empress Dowager asked her, "Can you play the leaf card?"

Dou Zhao said modestly: "When I was at home, I used to play with the elders at home, but I am not very proficient, and I often lose."

Concubine Shi giggled and said, "You don't even lose at cards, so why should we think so?"

Does it mean that her dowry is generous?

Or it was because he didn't like Marquis Changxing.Dou Zhao saw that Concubine Shi was still smirking like an 18-year-old girl, so she didn't have the slightest affection for her.

The Crown Princess didn't seem to like Shi Taifei very much either, she said with a smile: "It can be seen that it is not good for this family to be rich. It is always a target for others!"

Concubine Shi's expression froze slightly.

The Empress Dowager waved at Dou Zhao: "Just know how to fight. You replace Huiying, her eyes are worse than mine."

While speaking, a woman with the appearance of a female officer stood up with a smile on her face, and handed the cards in her hand to Dou Zhao.

It's not true if Dou Zhao accepts it, and it's not true if he doesn't.

The princess concubine gently touched her and said: "The empress dowager despises my clumsiness, so you can play with the empress dowager for a while!"

Now that the matter has come to this point, it seems a bit petty to resign.

Dou Zhao smiled and bowed his knees to the female official, said "offended", took the card, and sat opposite the empress dowager.

After a round of beating, she already had a little bottom in her heart.

The empress dowager took playing cards as a pastime, she didn't use her brain very much, she didn't have any rules to play wherever she thought of.

Concubine Shi's card skills were superb, coaxing the Empress Dowager to play, and only won one out of four hands.

Another card player is the concubine De in the palace.

She was the emperor's beloved when he was in the hidden residence, she was the same year as the emperor, she had long since passed away, and she was often summoned to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to accompany the empress dowager, she played cards very well, and she dared not compete with the empress dowager who was sitting in her previous home The empress is in the ring, but she is merciless to herself, the person who sits next to her.

Dou Zhao thought that dealing with these few people was not a problem.

She imitated Concubine Shi and only won one out of four cards.

In this way, the Empress Dowager won the most.And because Dou Zhao and Concubine Shi also won two hands from time to time, it seems that each has a winner or loser, and the cards are very beautiful.

The empress dowager said that Dou Zhao played well and was in high spirits, until the servant came to ask where the lunch was, and the game stopped for a while.

Dou Zhao resigned.

The empress dowager kept her for lunch, and said: "Let's play again in the afternoon!"

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