Inheritance policy

Chapter 77 Spider Silk

In the early morning of March, the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the green fragrance is desolate.

Guiyi Pavilion is next to the covered bridge and waterside pavilion. This two-entry small garden is clean everywhere, with blue tiles, red walls and glazed bricks, and winter jasmine and peony flowers everywhere, but now only yellow winter jasmine blooms on the stone-patterned fence. Inside, there is a mass of joy.

In the atrium, there is a large loquat tree and several cypress trees that can only be surrounded by several people. Every sunny day, the warm sun always shines through the swaying branches, casting mottled lights on the ground. shadow.

Sitting on the kang next to it, you can see the hemp rope swing hidden in the branches and leaves through the window lattice pasted with peach blossom paper.

Xingzhao still remembers the feeling of surging and tears welling up in his heart when he entered the palace three nights ago and saw the same Guiyi Pavilion as in his previous life.

It is the willows that are dark and the flowers bright, and it is spring when there is nowhere.

The sage is full of love and deeds, and is alone in aloofness. As a secular citizen, how can he know what the ministers do?
This was what Song Yu said to the King of Chu, so it wasn't what Queen Fang wanted to say to herself.

"Girl, the Empress called you over, saying that the Empress Dowager is here and wants to see you."

Lian Rong walked in cautiously, thinking in her heart the rule of "walking no more than three inches, and smiling without showing her teeth". Although she parted her lips, she didn't smile like usual, and she smiled into her eyes.

Lianyu was resting with a limped leg, and Lian Rong was mostly taking care of her body, and Huang's mother was also left in the Guiyi Pavilion by Queen Fang as the mother in charge.

Xing Zhao knew that Lian Rong was used to being casual in the Marquis of Lin'an's mansion, and when she entered the palace, she was like a bird in a cage, and her every move was restrained.

The words passed by my ears, but I didn't care much about the meaning.

"Is the empress dowager's migraine better?" Xing Zhao closed the pages of the book and got up, asking in a gentle voice.

On the day Xing Zhao entered the palace, he went to the Cihe Palace to greet him as usual, but Empress Dowager Gu refused with the excuse of migraine, and it has been three days now.Empress Dowager Gu went from being a palace official with a humble background, to standing out, and finally to being the highest, seeing the farthest, and going through ups and downs all her life, but she completely wore away her initial patience.

Lian Rong was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head blushingly: "I didn't think about it so much, so I hurried in to report to you."

The corner of Xing Zhao's mouth curved, but he hurt the wound on his left face, and let out a low cry.

Lian Rong hurriedly stepped forward to help her, her mouth filled with resentment and anger: "What did the imperial doctor say? You can't laugh or cry! I'm afraid of your pain, and I'm even more afraid of the wound opening!"

Xing Zhao rubbed his left cheek, with a smile in his eyes, and said as he walked outside: "I'm still used to your appearance, although the rules in the palace are strict, in front of me, you are still the original Lian Rong."

The courtyard is not too big, and after a few steps, it turned out to the palace road with blue bricks and red walls. Xing Zhao looked up at the sky, which was bigger than the He family but still square, sighed in his heart, and lowered his voice: " I can only bring the three of you out with all my hard work, and I beg Xingming to take away the lotus leaf. He Xin's family is well, so I'm naturally not worried. I'm afraid it will embarrass your family."

Lian Rong's eyes turned red, and she followed Xing Zhao, regardless of whether Xing Zhao could see it or not, shaking her head like a rattle.

"Daddy has to be in charge. At most, he will be dismissed from his post and scolded a few times. What's the big deal?"

Xing Zhao was noncommittal.

Take a step up and turn to the left, golden eaves and corners, wild beasts, and Bogu horizontal bars appear in front of you. He lowered his head even lower, or called out in a restrained tone, "My maidservant greets Lord Wenyang County".

Empress Fang saw Xing Zhao approaching from a distance, stood up, smiled and waved: "Come in, come in!" Then she turned her head and said with a smile to Empress Dowager Gu next to her: "That night, my concubine took Xing Zhao to go in a hurry. Greetings to you, but when I heard that you had a migraine again, my heart trembled, so I shrank back and brought Xing Zhao back. I only dared to order someone to send you Gastrodia elata and Codonopsis pilosula, so I didn't dare to bother you anymore. Today It's my concubine's fault to ask you to come here in person!"

Mrs. Gu's back was sinking like water, she turned her head away and didn't answer.

Empress Fang felt relieved, and recalled that day when she went to ask for the emperor's will and said, "Mrs. Lin'an just went, and her young daughter was burned? I don't think the slaves in the mansion are careless, but some people are too relieved." It's gone!" She has been with the emperor Zhou Heng for so many years, and the expression on his face cannot be hidden from her - it is full of disbelief and anger.

That's why Xing Zhao entered the palace without so many twists and turns, so yesterday He Yan was reprimanded at the Hall of Yiyuan.

Xingzhao stepped across the threshold with his head bent, bent his knees like a ceremonial voice, and said a blessing to the hall in a hissing voice: "My daughter, Mrs. He, wishes the Queen Mother well, and wishes the Queen Mother good health, and wishes the Queen Mother well, The empress is always happy and young."

Smelling the quiet and sweet smell in the nose, my heart also calmed down—the agarwood incense has been burning all year round in Fengyi Hall, and the incense has not been lit yet, but there is a bit of smell in the bones.

Empress Dowager Gu didn't speak for a long time, and Empress Fang couldn't possibly overstep, so Xing Zhao stood firmly on her knees.

Having tasted the taste of escaping from the dead, Xing Zhao still doesn't care about this little trouble.

"The Gastrodia elata you sent over is good to eat, but the uncle Guo sent it over a year ago?" Empress Dowager Gu was obviously tossing Xingzhao, and she smiled back at Queen Fang's words, and as soon as the words fell, she continued: "The Ai family has to save food. I'm afraid that this year's Gastrodia tribute will not be as good as Northwest Old Forest."

Empress Fang's heart froze, her spine straightened, her eyes fell on Xingzhao, whose knees were still bent by His Royal Highness, and then she turned her head to look back at the Empress Dowager, and smiled: "Is it possible that the king is the king of the world, General Fang is fighting outside, is it possible to be a Liang?" Wouldn’t the admiral and Gu Shoubei find Gastrodia elata for my mother in the old forest in the northwest?” He continued, “Gastrodia elata is a warming tonic, mother, you must remember to eat it every day, otherwise it’s like not eating one if you stop for a day. Appearance. Gastrodia elata is the most effective for migraine headaches, and the memory of the elderly is not so good, so eating gastrodia elata is also helpful."

This is to say that Empress Dowager Gu forgot to wake up Xing Zhao because she was old and had a bad memory.
Xing Zhao's legs were trembling. Hearing Queen Fang's words, he suppressed a smile.

Empress Dowager Gu chuckled, stopped talking, and pointed to His Highness Xingzhao: "Major Wenyang County, get up, please sit down." Then she smiled and talked to her aunt beside her: "I saw Wen Yang last time. The Lord of Yang County was on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and I felt that he had grown taller when he saw it today. When Mrs. Lin'an Marquis got rid of her clothes first, and then took him into the palace to have a look, I guess he would have grown taller. A big girl!"

Empress Fang's expression was as usual. Gu Shi climbed up from the bottom step by step.

Is it so troublesome to blame a little lady for not keeping her filial piety at home and living in the palace instead?

Xing Zhao sat upright, his eyes fixed on the jade-colored white-glazed Dendrobium with both ears, and he didn't hear anything outside the window, his expression was downcast and lifeless.

"The concubine is also very worried. What should I do if the scar on Xingzhao's face hasn't disappeared after all the rituals are removed!" Queen Fang took the conversation, and came from the door. One move determines the outcome, impatiently prevaricating in the lawsuit.

The corners of his eyebrows raised slightly, and he said in his mouth: "On the first and fifteenth day of the new year, Yingyi and Zhongning never came in to say hello. Even if you were not feeling well the first two days, the two of them seemed to have disappeared. Yes, but something happened at home?"

On the night when Xingzhao entered the palace, he told Queen Fang everything about Man'er's tricks. Everyone is not a fool. After contacting each other, he didn't know what kind of tricks he used!
Without waiting for Empress Dowager Gu to speak later, Empress Fang leaned forward lightly, smiling lightly as if to discuss with Empress Dowager Gu again: "It must have been a year since the son of the Duke of Wei has been away? Yingyi lives alone in the Princess Mansion It is lonely inside, and there has never been a princess who has been widowed in all dynasties! Stay for one year, and then choose a year carefully. In the third year, it is time to bring the marriage to the table. The concubine is a sister-in-law. Come to think of it, the queen mother also has a steelyard in her heart, right?"

Empress Dowager Gu's expression froze, she looked up and down Empress Fang calmly, trying to see something from her face.

"No rush." ​​Empress Dowager Gu slowly moved her eyes away from Empress Fang's face, and said quietly, "County Wenyang is still listening below, hasn't the Fang family taught the queen how to behave?"

A poor family who came out of a poor family and talked about etiquette and behavior?
Empress Fang felt disdainful and wanted to laugh, her sister's death in vain had nothing to do with the mother and daughter, the blood on her hands hadn't been washed off, and she still had the face to talk to her about her behavior!
"The Fang family was born recklessly, and started their family with military exploits. The daughters they have taught are straight-forward and don't understand the twists and turns. The mother of the minister's daughter is like this, and the queen's empress is naturally like this." Queen Fang didn't have time to speak. He made a soft sound, his expression was excited, but there was some panic and fear in his eyes, he raised his head timidly while talking, the scar on the left side of his face had already scabbed, and there was a small piece on the face, which made the Empress Dowager Gu heartbroken. One void.

"Xing Zhao——" Empress Fang interrupted aloud, with disapproval in her eyes, her niece is still young, she is enough to charge forward, there is no need to add another one.Then he turned his head to Empress Dowager Gu and said with a smile: "The young lady is young and has just lost her mother. I remember that when the concubine was raising Xiao Jiu, she also rushed forward to protect the concubine."

Empress Dowager Gu didn't want to look at the scar on Xing Zhao's face, she came here today just to see how capable the county lord of Wenyang is, and now it seems that her aunt's tricks and tricks have not been learned - she is both Shen He couldn't hold his breath and spoke softly, timidly.

As the saying goes, a dragon begets a dragon and a phoenix, and the son of a mouse can make holes.

This is just like another Fang Fu.

Empress Dowager Gu felt relieved, and finally shook her head lightly like an elder, got up and walked out with generosity and love, and said with a smile: "Master Wenyang County is still young. Queen, you are an aunt, take good care of her." , what you want, just ask for it, if there is nothing in the palace, let's go outside to look for it."

Empress Fang personally sent Empress Dowager Gu to the palace road outside Fengyi Hall, but when she came back, she found that Xing Zhao was sitting upright on the stool, all the fear and shrinkage on his face had faded away, obviously he was thinking about something.

Seeing Empress Fang come back, Xing Zhao said softly: "Why did Princess Yingyi force her mother to death? It's not because of the position of Mrs. Lin'an Hou. It's common sense for a father to obey Qi's obedience for his wife, but how can the Duke of the Great Zhou still be so honest? The rituals of the Spring and Autumn Period have passed? In addition, Mrs. Tai is still alive, and the Marquis of Lin'an will be in mourning for at most a hundred days. What will he do after that? Naturally, he will marry his second wife and enter the house, and time is tight." Hu moved away, with an expression like uncovering a mystery, murmured: "But Queen Mother Gu said there is no rush."

Empress Fang was startled, she called Eunuch Lin, and said in a cold voice: "Send someone to keep an eye on Princess Yingyi's mansion!"

　Another exhausting day!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)