The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 246 In what way can I not compare to him (2)
The weather in May is already a bit hot, and the white marble steps under the red rhinoceros outside the Imperial Study Room are covered with heat. The little ladies in the palace couldn't help sticking out their heads to look at him a few times, and began chattering.

"Is this Marquis Wu'an? He looks so handsome, young, domineering, and imposing!"

"In addition to these advantages, he has another advantage, do you want to know?"

"What, what? Tell me!" The little maids suddenly became curious.

"People call him the Marquis of the Green Hat!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the little maids laughed, and only Abi frowned and said to everyone: "Are you done with your work? It's time for the emperor to have lunch, so heat up the stove!"

After everyone heard the words, they didn't dare to say a word. Everyone knew that Abi was a court lady trained by Aunt Jing, and she is now the emperor's new favorite, and Aunt Jing will soon be the Madam Hou of this "Green Hat Marquis" .

Abi made hot tea, and passed by Xu Si'an with a tea tray carved with red background. When she entered the door, she heard Fu Manduo talking to the little emperor Zhou Xu inside.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Wu An has been waiting outside for more than an hour. The time for the Emperor to take a nap is too long, right?" Fu Manduo saw Abi bring the tea, and quickly gave her a wink. Bi then smiled and sent the teacup over, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the tea that Aunt Jing taught the servants to make when Aunt Jing was here. Would you like to try it?"

The little emperor looked up at Abi, reached out and took the tureen she handed over, opened it, took a sip, and said, "Compared to Aunt Jing, the craftsmanship is much worse."

Abi hurriedly knelt down with an aggrieved expression on her face, and said in a low voice: "Your servant understands, you must practice harder in the future, so that the emperor can drink more smoothly as soon as possible."

"Get up quickly, Aunt Jing taught you this too? Kneel down every now and then. Sooner or later, you will kneel out of my royal study."

The little emperor felt a little better after drinking tea. He leaned on the dragon chair and frowned to think about things, but he still didn't have the slightest idea of ​​letting Xu Si'an in. Said: "I ask you, I am compared with the Marquis of Wu'an, what point is I not as good as him?"

For a little court lady, this question is simply a Tianba question. If you don’t answer it well, you will lose your head. Abi was so frightened that she shook her body and said with a pair of beautiful eyebrows: "Your Majesty, you are the king of a country." Jun, how can you be inferior to Marquis Wu'an?"

"I want to listen to the truth!" Zhou Xu glanced at Abi, and knew that she was not telling the truth, and continued: "No matter what you say, I will forgive you for your innocence. Tell me quickly!"

Abi frowned and thought for a long time, since she still has to work in front of the emperor, she would not dare to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor, it seems that this time she has to speak the truth with a little reservation.She thought for a while, then knelt in front of the little emperor and said: "The emperor is young now, but Marquis Wu An is in his prime. There is no comparison. When the emperor and Marquis Wu An are at the same age, they will definitely be more handsome and imposing than him. , Domineering, the emperor is the king of a country, and his status is unmatched, but he just lost to his age."

Zhou Xu listened to these words and secretly focused. The successor chosen by Zhao Jing was actually so smart.It's just that although this reason is good, doesn't it mean that the current self is not as good as the man standing outside the door?Thinking of the Dragon Boat Festival two days later, Zhou Xu felt a little pain in his head. Ever since the fourth girl from the Jingguo Mansion planned to fall into the water last time, Zhou Xu felt uncomfortable when he saw these young girls in their cardamom years. I always feel that there is a gloomy soul hidden behind the bright smile, which makes me hard to guard against.

"Words are sophistry, but if I have something to say first, I won't punish you. Go... make me a cup of tea." Zhou Xu pushed Abi out, and was about to start reading the memorial, when Fu Manduo said again: " Your Majesty, Marquis Wu An is still outside the door!"

"I know..." The little emperor casually opened a memorial, looked at it twice, thought for a while and said: "Forget it, you call him in, I'm not sleepy now, I don't want to take a nap."

Xu Si'an waited at the door for more than an hour, and finally got summoned by the little emperor. He pulled up his robe and entered the door, knelt down and saluted, "I beg the emperor for my crime."

The little emperor glanced at Xu Si'an, even though he was kneeling in front of him now, it couldn't conceal his tall and straight figure and terrifying aura, as if there was a sense of righteousness in his body.But this kind of aura is different from that of the regent, it won't make him feel uncomfortable being suppressed, it's powerful but doesn't threaten him at all.

This feeling made Zhou Xu forget for a moment the selfish resentment he had towards him before, stood up from the imperial case, walked around in front of Xu Si'an, helped him up with his own hands, and said, "Mr. Wu'an is free."

Xu Si'an got up with the help of Zhou Xu, and the little emperor asked Fu Manduo to sit down, and the two began to talk about the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River.The south of the Yangtze River is two thousand miles away from the capital, even if it is eight hundred miles urgently, it will take four or five days for the news from the south to reach the capital, and the memorials in hand of the little emperor are sometimes backlogged by the officials, and by the time they are in front of him, they have already Many months passed.

(End of this chapter)