The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 115

A month later, the new queen was canonized.

Qin Tianjian still has some skills. On the sixth day of August, God gave him a big face.All the palace people who got up early to clean up, all saw the gorgeous morning glow accompanied by the rising red sun, and all the scenery in the palace were painted with beautiful colors by this rare beauty.

At six o'clock, the Qinzheng Palace ended the early court, and the ministers were amazed by the beautiful scenery in the sky as soon as they stepped out of the gate of the palace.

"The morning glow accompanied by the rising sun is really a rare auspicious auspiciousness!"

Zhou Fuzhi came up to Chu Lin, cupped his hands, and said, "Even the gods give me face like this, Zhou must congratulate me first, your family has produced such a precious person, there is no limit to it from now on! In the future, I hope you will be more supportive." Support!"

These words were half joking, but they were actually from Zhou Fuzhi's heart. He and Chu Lin had been friends for many years. Most of the time in the past, his official position had always been above Chu Lin's. However, since the new emperor came to the throne, because of Chu Xue, Chu Lin He has gradually leaped above him, especially since today, Chu Lin will add the title of "Head of the Country" on his head, which really makes everyone sigh!

Chu Lin is not an arrogant person. Facing the compliments from his old friend at this time, he just chuckled and raised his hand to return Zhou Fuzhi's gift. He said modestly: "Master Zhou is very serious. The humble house has today's success. Your lord has contributed a lot. Not to mention the old man, even the empress will always remember the kindness, the great kindness is not thanked, let alone between you and me, how can we talk about supporting each other?"

After the good words of coming and going, both of them smiled happily.Zhou Fuzhi secretly lamented how lucky he was back then to protect such a valuable matchmaker. Chu Xue gained power and the Chu family was prosperous, so he himself was indispensable.

In fact, the bottom line is that I have a good vision, and I was able to stand under Song Chen's formation early, otherwise Song Chen would not have asked himself to come forward.

Chu Lin on the side once again looked at the dazzling delicacy of the sky, and sighed in his heart. After a while, his child will climb to the top. With today's glory, he is finally worthy of his younger sister and brother-in-law.

The old man looked up at the sky again, seeing the colorful clouds gradually being burnt into a dazzling golden color by the rising sun, a long-lost smile finally appeared in his heart.

Yufu Palace.

After serving Song Chen to go to court, Chu Xue never rested.

Today is her big day, the decree to the harem arrived earlier, she first received worship as a queen, had breakfast, and then began to dress up, the dress and phoenix crown that had been prepared earlier were exquisite and eye-catching, and she was still dressed for the first two days When the supervisor and Sizhen Bureau delivered it, the palace people all praised her, and after an hour's dressing was finished and put on her body, everyone was so amazed from ear to ear, even Le'er, who sneaked in, cheered happily. She clapped her hands and shouted, "Mother is so beautiful!"

When Chu Xue heard the little man's voice, she looked sideways, and Qi Jing, who followed in, quickly bent down to teach, "Princess, didn't the slaves tell you that from today onwards, you can't call 'mother' or 'mother'?" Mufei', you have to call your empress 'mother queen'."

The little man rang, nodded and looked at his mother, and called out tentatively, "Mother's queen."

Chu Xue got down and said with a smile, "Le'er is so smart!"

The little man giggled, then remembered something, and asked Qi Jing, "Then others call you Mother... er, no, what do you call Queen Mother?"

Qi Jing explained in a soft voice: "As for the princess, no matter the little princes and princesses in our palace, or those in other palaces, from today onwards, you must call your empress the 'mother queen', just like you."

The little man thought that his favorite sister, Song Ning, was also like him, and he was very happy immediately, and said seriously: "My sister is like me, it's great for mother to become a queen mother!"

The little man didn't know how to feel sad, but he got to the point, Yanling said softly to Chu Xue: "Master, the princesses and princes are finally like everyone else, it's great!"

Kisaragi also agreed to go along with it.

Chu Xue looked at herself in a formal dress in the bronze mirror, and also at Le'er's shadow reflected in the mirror, and she also felt emotional. Yan Ling was right, she became Song Chen's official wife, and the three children followed each other. It is indeed a great thing to get rid of the status of a concubine.

Halfway through the hour, outside the Qianhua Hall, bells and music rang together.

Chu Xue, wearing a golden emerald nine-dragon and phoenix crown on her head, wearing a cloud-patterned colorful phoenix dress, and holding a seven-inch jade grain in her hand, walked slowly up the white jade steps to the sound of music, facing her husband, who was sitting on the throne in the palace. Song Chen goes.

The king of Longzhang Mianyan was not as stern as before, Ruyu's face was undisguised and gentle, smiling at the beauty, his queen, who was slowly walking towards him.

When Chu Xue stepped into the palace, all civil and military officials had already knelt down and waited for her. When she walked under the throne of the king, Su Qin, a cabinet scholar, read out the imperial edict to confer her.

"Following heaven's fortune, the emperor said, the imperial concubine Chu's Youde, gentle and virtuous, elegant and dignified, wrote, canonized as the empress, and the mother of the world. Internally control the concubines in the harem to prosper the clan; externally assist me to bow, to brighten Laws, to be close to virtuous ministers. Make the whole world obey the king, and all parties respect the dynasty. Special announcements to the world, so that the salty emissaries can hear about it."

"The concubine thanked His Majesty for his grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

After the edict was closed, she knelt down and kowtowed, and slowly got up.She saw her husband stretching out his hand with a smile, and she offered his plain hand, and he led her to sit beside him.

All the officials kowtowed, and the voice resounded through the sky. Chu Xue smiled lightly and calmly watched the kneeling officials. Among those people, there were her fathers and brothers whom she respected, and there were also treacherous and wicked people whom she hated, but no matter what, she was now under her husband. above ten thousand people.She hoped that those voices of respect for her could be heard farther, so that her dearest relatives in the sky could hear them.

She secretly said in her heart, father, mother, your Wenwen is already sitting in this seat, I am fine, you can see that those who hurt you are also kneeling at my feet, right?Please rest assured, one day, what you have suffered, they will never escape!

After finishing the worship at the Qianhua Hall, they went to the ancestral temple to reward the gods and respect the ancestors. When the series of rituals were completed, a full day had passed. When the sun was setting, the two returned to Yufu Palace.

Fengyi Palace is the place where Xu Jinhe lived, Chu Xue was unwilling to move, Song Chen also felt a little conflicted, and the children were young, and both parents were afraid that moving would cause discomfort, so the king still let her stay in Yufu Palace .

The two of them changed their clothes, and the dinner was already set. Since today was a big day, the wet nurses didn't bring the children over, so it was rare for Chu Xue and Song Chen to have a quiet meal.Chu Xue poured a glass of wine for him, and said: "Today, the emperor will accompany his concubine to travel around for a day, and this cup is to respect the emperor."

Song Chen took it, and asked her after drinking, "Drinking to relieve fatigue, you are also tired, do you want to try it too?" Before she could say anything, he thought of something important again, and vetoed: "Forget it, you don't drink well, It’s not good if you drink too much and don’t remember anything later.”

She was a little confused, so she looked at him suspiciously, but saw that he didn't say anything, only his handsome eyes shining under the light, and a hidden smile.

Maybe it's a happy event, she doesn't ask any more questions, and seriously enjoys the rare two-person world.

The autumn days are gradually getting shorter, and after the dinner is finished, the night is already dark, she wants to get up to accompany him to the bedroom, but he stops her first, and asks Fu Gui beside him, "Are you ready?"

Fugui bowed and said, "Go back to the emperor, it's ready."

He just nodded and led her inside.

When the inner hall door opened, Chu Xue was completely startled.

The dormitory was completely red, no matter the curtains or the bed gauze, even the brocade quilt on the couch were replaced with pure red, the mandarin ducks on the opposite pillow were vividly illuminated by the dragon and phoenix candles, even the palace people waiting inside were all dressed in red ...

This scene made Chu Xue, who was still at a loss just now, suddenly realize that this was his arrangement again.

"Your Majesty..." She turned to look at him, eyes full of surprise.

He led her to sit in front of the couch, and said: "What was missing in the past, we will make up for it together today."

After speaking, a maidservant came forward, and there were two glasses of wine in the tray, which were their joint wine.

Yanling smiled and said auspicious words, "Please drink the wine together with your majesty, and the husband and wife will be united and never separate."

This girl also knew, but kept her in the dark.Chu Xue cast a slight glance at Yanling, took the wine glass from Song Chen's hand, and the two of them crossed arms and drank with their heads up.

Yes, this is what they owed, and today they are consummated together.

Chu Xue felt that she was also consummated.

After doing what the master ordered, the idlers retreated out knowingly.Chu Xue smiled slightly and leaned on his shoulder.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for making this concubine complete." She said softly, "Meeting the Emperor is the greatest blessing of this concubine's life."

He always felt indebted to her, and he felt more comfortable hearing her say that. He pinched her chin lightly and said with a smile, "Satisfied so easily?"

"En." She nodded slightly, and said, "The concubine now has sons and daughters, and a husband who loves and cares so much, isn't it satisfying?" Seriously said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

He lowered his head to look at her, and said softly, "I want to thank you too, you gave me more."

She gave her three children, a taste that she may never taste in this life, the place she wants to return to when she is tired, and the tenderness that softens into a mess when she misses it.

Xu Shijiu was coming up again, her face was reddish, surrounded by the lights, she looked very pleasant.The surrounding red is overwhelming, reminding him of one thing, since it is to make up for the regret of marrying her, now the regret has been fulfilled, but the beauty should be revisited.

He leaned over slightly and held the cherry lips in his mouth, both of them had the smell of wine in their mouths, and they were entangled with their lingering tongues, so they couldn't tell the difference.

She thought there was no need to divide, she was his, and everything in this life was his.

The old dream is revisited, but it is no longer sour. She has brewed fine wine, he tasted it carefully, and couldn't put it down.

She wanted to tell him that she would be his wife well and never hurt him again, but she couldn't make any sound, and she was addicted to his love again.

On the second day of the post-sealing ceremony, Chu Xue went to Funing Palace to pay respects to her mother-in-law.

The middle palace finally changed hands, and every step of the process was watched by the Queen Mother.

As a woman who has survived in the deep palace, the queen mother certainly knows that Xu Jinhe herself is the one to blame. If she can be a magnanimous and indisputable mistress, with Song Chen's temperament, even if Chu Xue is favored again, she will not move. Her position, but her cleverness was misunderstood by her cleverness. She tried her best to eradicate dissidents, but in the end, she finally handed everything over to Chu Xue, the "dissident".

Chu Xue, dressed in the queen's usual clothes, came to the front and saluted, "The concubine pays homage to the queen mother, wishing the mother a happy life and good health."

"Stay flat." The queen mother looked at her with a faint smile, nodded and sighed: "Sure enough, she is still beautiful, and this clothes will look good on you!"

This is the truth. In the palace for decades, the Empress Dowager has only seen Empress Chen and Xu Jinhe in empress clothes. Neither of them are considered beauties. Wearing the same clothes, they are naturally very different from Chu Xue now. Far.

"The mother-in-law has won the award, and the concubines are ashamed and dare not bear it." Chu Xueqian smiled, and suddenly thought of something in her heart. Although her mother-in-law finally laughed to the end and became the queen mother, she had never been a queen.She was also framed by Empress Chen and lost her child. However, even though Emperor Jianhe knew the truth, he did nothing to his wife because of her. The palace position was given to her.

So compared to her mother-in-law, Chu Xue feels that she is really lucky.

Because she met a man who treats her sincerely.

Seeing that she still called herself "Chenqie", it can be seen that she is not arrogant. The Queen Mother was more satisfied, and said to her: "From now on, everything in the palace will be on your shoulders, although you have been taking care of it all the time. Palace affairs, but you have to know that now, you are the empress mother of the children, and you have to share the emperor's worries and take care of them well."

Chu Xue understands that this is what the Queen Mother cares about the most. The Queen Mother is actually the same as Song Chen, who is worried that she will vent her anger on Song Chi and Song Qian because of Xu Jinhe.
Of course she wanted to dispel the empress dowager's worries, and lowered her eyes and said: "Please rest assured, the empress dowager, no matter who the children are, they all shed the emperor's blood, and my concubines will definitely do their best not to make them feel wronged."

"That's good!" The Empress Dowager nodded, "You have a gentle temper and always know how to be courteous. The Ai family also believes in you.

Chu Xue thanked her, and remembering the Queen Mother's instructions, she hurriedly said what she had thought up before, "Queen, I have something to ask for your favor. Seeing that the prince is now old, it's time to think about the important things in life. The concubine had previously mentioned to the emperor that she wanted to select from among the noble daughters of the second rank and above in the imperial court, but the concubine thought that apart from her character and appearance, the prince should also like her. Therefore, the concubine wanted to find an opportunity for the prince to have a look... "

She personally poured a cup of tea for the Queen Mother, and continued: "I think the Double Ninth Festival next month is a good day. Then I will ask the Siyuan Bureau to hold a grand feast of thousands of chrysanthemums, and invite suitable noble ladies to the palace for a gathering. The crown prince checks first, and if there is something you think is suitable and the crown prince likes it, we can make a decision. The concubine is not trying to be lazy, it is because of her limited qualifications, you are not as good as the queen mother."

At the end of the conversation, she pleaded with sincere eyes, "So, this matter may have to work for you again."

In fact, although she said that she was tired, it was exactly what the queen mother wanted. Now that she is a new queen, Chu Xue also has a prince herself. As a grandmother, she is most afraid that it will affect her eldest grandson, so she pays special attention to everything about Song Chi. Snow's decision.And Chu Xue knows this very well, and also knows that it is not easy to choose a relative for Song Chi. No matter what the choice is, those who are hostile to him will always find their own faults. It will fall on my head, a really thankless thing.

Since the Queen Mother may not be satisfied, I simply ask her to come forward to check it out. If she thinks it is appropriate, I will make a decision for Song Chi. Even if someone wants to make trouble, they can't find anything wrong. After all, the Queen Mother is the prince's real grandmother. Who would dare to put it on her old man's head by mistake?

When she said this, the big stone in the Empress Dowager's heart fell to the ground. The Empress Dowager agreed: "You are right. After all, you are still young, and you have three children to take care of. The Ai family will also help the prince to worry about this matter. It can be regarded as sharing some for you."

She hurriedly showed joy and bowed her head in thanks.

Seeing that she was so considerate of the prince, the queen mother finally felt relieved and treated her more kindly than before, caressing her hand herself and said kindly: "The emperor has a very good vision. To have a queen like you is the queen of the harem." Blessed."

"Thank you Queen Mother for your compliment." She smiled gently.

Because of the news of Xuan'er and An'an's hundred-day banquet earlier, when the bronzing invitations from the palace have been sent out, all interested parties are already eager to try.

Song Chi is sixteen today. According to the arrangement, he will be engaged first, and the big wedding will be held after two years. Therefore, the ladies invited this time will focus on around 14 years old.

This is not a formal draft, so those who intend to come here are willing to marry into the East Palace, and there is no need to force it by making excuses. After all, marriage matchmaking should be a matter of mutual consent.Both the Empress Dowager and Song Chen were satisfied with her opinion, so the whole palace was waiting for the grand gathering of thousands of chrysanthemums in the Double Ninth Festival in September.

Except for one person, of course.

That is the protagonist of this event, Prince Song Chi himself.

The older he got, the more Song Chi realized what it means to be involuntary.

The emperor's grandmother, stepmother, his own East Palace, and even the people who tended flowers and plants in the Siyuan Bureau were all preparing for his choice of relatives, but he himself was not only not interested in it, he even wanted to resist.

He wanted to resist this thing that was decided by others to be forced on him. He wanted to resist that person who he would never like, no matter who it was—the so-called future wife.

Because, there is a person in his heart, although they are impossible at all, but the position in his heart is filled by that person, and there is no room for others.

Can he not be a prince and live in the palace?

Thinking that one day, he will marry a woman he doesn't like, and the person he likes may be favored by his father, this young man feels that life will always be so painful, and there is no joy to speak of.

He wanted to meet his father and said that he would not be a prince anymore. He wanted to leave the palace to build a mansion and stay away from the palace, but his uncle told him that his mother was still in the cold palace. As long as he ascended the throne in the future, his mother would be saved...

So his current pain is all for his mother.

A few days after the new book was established, the palace ushered in a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

Perhaps because the harem changed hands and the palace people were eager to make contributions, this year's reunion banquet was held even more brilliantly than in previous years.

In the middle of the unitary hour, all the masters are here.

This year there were two more children, and Chu Xue couldn't hold her by herself. Le'er sat by herself, holding Xuan'er in her arms, and An An asked Li Jiaoyun first.Song Ning grew up, and sat by herself like Le'er, and the two little sisters stayed beside Chu Xue, sitting in a decent manner.

This is not Chu Xue's Chongnan, the two children are the flesh that fell from her body, she loves them both, and even loves the well-behaved An An in her heart, but Xuan'er is too domineering and has a stubborn temper, always wanting to monopolize her mother Dear, when there is a mother around, there is no need for others, An An is quieter, probably letting her brother in the mother's womb, so it is good for Li Jiaoyun, the aunt, to hold her.

The two little ones are already half a year old and can already sit. It was the first time they attended a family banquet in Yuhe Hall, their black grape-like eyes didn't know who to look at, and they turned their heads wherever there was a sound.The little ones are so naive, and adults and children like them. After the queen mother hugged and kissed the little grandchildren, it was the turn of the two older sisters to come and play. Seeing that the younger siblings were so popular, Leer was very excited, chatting with Song Ning kept talking.

"Sister, you see that Xuan'er likes this cloth tiger the most. He always gnaws on the tiger's tail."

"Sister, An An likes to listen to the rattle, she laughed when we shook the rattle..."

The elders looked at the young children with loving expressions on their faces, and Song Chen felt even more comfortable. Seeing the children being so lively, he felt the feeling of a family banquet in a down-to-earth manner.In the past, his father had many concubines, and he had many brothers and sisters, but he never experienced such a happy family when he was young. Although everyone at that time behaved well and politely, they had their own thoughts, faces and hearts. Therefore, no matter how splendid the family banquet in Yuhe Hall is, people will never feel the feeling of home.

Looking back on the past and looking at the present, he was filled with emotion, and naturally turned his gaze to the direction of his sons.

Although Song Qi was sitting on the table, his eyes kept falling in the direction of his younger brothers and sisters. It was obvious that he wanted to come and play, but he hesitated.This kid is honest, he must still be thinking about what happened last time, and feel a little guilty towards Xuan'er and An An...

Song Qian has changed since the last incident. The once cheerful boy now sits alone in depression, ignoring Song Qi and Song Chi, not to mention Ning Ning and Le Er who used to like to play with him the most. , so gloomy, it is more prosperous than the eldest son...

The father sighed heavily in his heart, this child was ruined by that poisonous woman for life!

However, the eldest son is a little different than usual. He used to like to sit alone, but today he often casts his eyes in the direction of his daughters.Thinking that this child will get married in a few years, Song Chen was very emotional, so he asked him in a harmonious voice, "How is your schoolwork recently?"

However, the golden-crowned boy stared obliquely ahead in a daze, as if in a trance, and did not respond to his father's question.

Song Chen frowned slightly, Chu Xue also paused, Qi Qi cast his gaze over, and Song Chi's accompanying eunuch felt bad, and quickly reminded him softly, "Your Highness, Your Highness?"

Song Chi returned to his senses abruptly, and finally noticed his father's gaze.

He was really in a trance just now, so he didn't hear what his father said to him at all, at this moment he saw his father frowning slightly and looking at himself, thinking that his father had noticed something, suddenly panicked, Ruyu's face turned pale.

Song Chen's handsome eyebrows frowned even tighter.

Seeing that Song Chi was dripping with cold sweat, Chu Xue hurriedly smoothed things over for him, and said with concern: "The prince's complexion is so bad, is there something uncomfortable?"

Hearing these words clearly, Song Chi hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "Thank you for your concern, the queen mother, my son is fine, and I am not feeling well."

Chu Xue nodded slightly, looked at Song Qian at the side, and said with a smile: "Schoolwork is important, but you should also pay attention to your body. A combination of work and rest is good for your health. The palace people in Donggong and Tingxuetang should serve you wholeheartedly. "

"The slaves would like to obey the Queen's order." The eunuchs in charge of the two offices said in unison.

Song Chi and Song Qian also stood up and bowed to her to thank her.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit delicate, Li Jiaoyun squeezed An An's little hand in her arms, and said to Chu Xue: "It's better to be a daughter, look at how well-behaved the little princess is!"

Chu Xue looked at her little daughter dotingly, her heart was really soft, and she said, "Yes, An An has the quietest temper. Ning Ning was also like this when she was a child, right?"

"How can Ning Ning be as lucky as An An?" Li Jiaoyun thought about it, and sighed: "Ning Ning was weak when he was young, and he would get sick every now and then. How could An An be so worry-free?"

In the past, Song Ning's and Li Jiaoyun's weak health was mostly due to the poisonous doctor Liao Zhong. When Chu Xue thought of Li Jiaoyun's body, she couldn't help feeling emotional, and sighed: "The children in our palace are all lucky, my sister is serious."

"Yes, yes." Li Jiaoyun smiled, looked at Song Ning who was playing with Le'er, and said nothing.

However, Chu Xue looked at Li Jiaoyun's thinner face, and felt a little sour in her heart.

(End of this chapter)