Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 179

"Mother, how is cousin?" Emperor Mu Yunlan came back from the Shanglinyuan horse race, without even changing his clothes, and ran to the Yongfu Palace of the Holy Mother Empress Dowager wearing a horse riding outfit.

It has been three years since he ascended the throne, and now it is the winter of Zhaokang's third year.He and his cousin Xiao Mengzhen, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, grew up in the palace together, and the relationship between the cousins ​​has always been very good.

He knew the plan of his mother-in-law, the empress dowager, who wanted him to marry his cousin as the queen, so as to protect the glory of the Xiao family.His biological mother, the Empress Dowager, has been raising his cousin, who did not leave the palace after she turned six years old, but lived in the royal princess's house, with his sisters as companions.The queen mother did not dare to rebel against her aunt, the empress dowager, but she told him in private that she would let him marry a wife he wanted.

In fact, he doesn't care about these things, his cousin is very good-natured, and it's okay to marry her.But he also knew that the empress dowager mother had great demands, and the empress mother would not easily compromise when it came time to choose the queen.Besides, there is also Uncle Regent who has been helping their mother and son.

Although his queen mother didn't want him to be ruled by the Xiao family, she liked his cousin from the bottom of her heart. After all, she was a girl raised by herself, so she naturally felt that she was good everywhere.

No matter what the future holds, the current little emperor is very worried about his cousin.He heard from people in the palace that his cousin fell into the lake and had a high fever, and the queen mother forced her to enter the palace.Imperial doctors in the palace are always better than doctors outside.

Cousin is kind-hearted, why would she fall into the lake after a good trip home?And it's in someone else's lake?If there is nothing tricky in it, he doesn't believe it.

In the past two years, my cousin has grown up, and the Xiao family also wanted to take her out of the palace, but because the empress dowager was reluctant, they never made it.My cousin just goes home once every ten days to spend time with her family.The Xiao family has always been strict with the cousin. Every time the cousin goes out to attend a gathering of the noble family in Beijing, she will be surrounded by many people.

Why are you careless this time?What is the use of these slaves who can't protect their masters?The emperor stared at the girls beside Xiao Mengzhen with unfriendly eyes, and those girls who bluffed were trembling.I'm afraid that this master will be unhappy and punish them.

The Holy Mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, heard her son's hurried voice, and hurriedly came out of the inner room, with a reprimanding tone, "The imperial doctor is treating your cousin, the emperor, why are you yelling here?"

The emperor was reprimanded by the empress dowager in front of everyone, and naturally became angry from embarrassment, "I was worried about my cousin, a good person left the palace, why did he come back lying down when he came back? How does the Xiao family do things?"

"Okay, it's going too far. Your uncle is your cousin's biological father. Can you not protect her? Can you not worry?" The queen mother interrupted the emperor, "It's just a few little girls who had a conflict. Your uncle has already You closed the door to make face for others, so don't fool around!"

When the emperor heard this, he knew that his cousin was probably pushed into the lake on purpose, and that person must have a prominent family.The Xiao family, as the emperor's natal family, must be suppressed by the Duke of Zhenguo, probably because of the power of the emperor's uncle.The two sides are facing each other, and it is not easy for the queen mother and him to intervene.Whoever is punished is the one who is offended.

Can and thin mud is the best way.But let him ignore it, and still feel aggrieved as the emperor.

"My son knows." The emperor agreed first, what he wanted to know in this palace was really not difficult.

"Okay, I'm growing up day by day, so avoid it with your cousin." The Queen Mother held her forehead wearily, her son is already eleven, and he is still not enlightened.On the contrary, it was my niece Mengzhen, who seemed to have matured a lot.Such two people seem inappropriate at first glance, I really don't know what her aunt thinks, isn't it a little bit of love?
"Have you finished the homework left by the Taifu today?" The Queen Mother waved her hand and asked the emperor to go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to study.The niece is still busy here, and really has no time to clean up her little boy.

"My son wants to see my cousin. The Tai Tuo praised my handwriting improvement today." The emperor looked at the queen mother eagerly, and wanted to visit his cousin.

"Your cousin hasn't woken up yet. When she is all right, I will send someone to notify the emperor." The queen mother stared, and the emperor nodded hastily.

"The son will take his leave first, and come to eat with his mother in the evening." The emperor glanced at the confinement inner hall again, and left reluctantly.

When the emperor returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he sent Xiaoluzi beside him to inquire about the news.Compared with Yang Zhong, Ji Ling's path is more pleasing to the emperor.

Xiao Luzi naturally had a way for him to disappear in the palace, and he found out everything the emperor wanted to know in a short time.

It turned out that Miss Xiao met a well-known savage girl in Beijing. The poor girl has always been gentle and courteous. How has she ever seen such a savage girl?But it would be a disadvantage.

Speaking of which, the person who confronted the eldest girl had a family background that was as prominent as the emperor had guessed.The eldest daughter of Ouyang's family is the youngest daughter of General Ouyang. The general's wife got her at the age of 30, so naturally she dotes on her very much.The father at home is not there, and the elder brother is much older than this young lady, so the whole family dotes on her, plus a childless Prince Regent dotes on her, so naturally she has a savage and domineering temperament.Among the noble girls in Yujing, they are notoriously difficult to mess with.

This time, because Miss Lu's ignorance provoked her, she threw her into the water to teach her a lesson, and Miss Chen couldn't do it even if she knelt down and begged for mercy.It was the eldest girl who took good care of this matter and rescued the Miss Lu family.The eldest lady of the Ouyang family was naturally unwilling to let go, and pushed the eldest girl into the water while shoving.

The eldest girl has been feeling unwell these days, so she can't afford a high fever like this.The queen mother took her back to the palace for treatment.

After listening to Xiao Luzi's words, the emperor was not filled with righteous indignation. He looked at Xiao Luzi indifferently, and asked lightly, "How did the Miss Lu family provoke you?"

Xiaoluzi's heart skipped a beat, it's broken, he forgot that this master likes the maverick the most, and what he hates the most is making trouble and meddling in other people's business.

Don't look at him being nervous about the eldest girl in front of the Queen Mother, but in fact, he is more concerned about the Xiao family behind the eldest girl and the power behind the regent.

The emperor was taught by his mother, the empress dowager, to be suspicious and unpredictable since he was a child.By serving him by his side, I naturally understand what the emperor taboos better than others.

He asked himself to inquire about the news, but he told him without knowing the truth, which was useless.

Xiaoluzi also has a good point, that is, he can figure out the master's bottom line, "I know my mistake, and I am willing to be punished. I will send someone to investigate again, and I will definitely understand the details."

"Wake up, I didn't intend to settle the case for these girls, just inquire about the details. Let me know next time, you are so stupid, and you will go to the Shensi to receive the punishment yourself." The emperor signaled Xiao Luzi to stand up and wait for the pen and ink.

Xiao Luzi let out a long breath in his heart, and stood up nimbly to grind ink for the emperor.But in my heart, I remembered the eldest lady of the Ouyang family.

At that time, neither he nor his master expected that just a few days later, he would meet the murderer who pushed Miss Xiao into the water, and he had such a profound influence on him.

And this maverick young lady of the Ouyang family will become the first queen of his master in the future, and the person who was on the cusp of his master's heart when he was young.

A few days later, the princess regent brought Ouyang Ruixin into the palace to plead guilty.It's strange to say that the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager are so stubborn that even the Mother Empress Dowager can't be more stubborn than her.Facing this younger sister-in-law alone, and facing the regent's wife who has all the power in the court, he can't get tough.

She usually doesn't like to call the princess regent into the palace, but when the princess visits her in the palace and asks her to do something, she probably won't refuse.

Although Xiao Meng really suffered a big loss this time, firstly, Ouyang and his family had the backing of the regent king, and secondly, it was the regent princess who personally came to apologize.Therefore, the empress dowager still agreed to help the Xiao family and Ouyang family to make a difference.There was no embarrassment for Miss Ouyang who murdered her niece.

On the contrary, the Princess Regent who went with her couldn't see it, and in front of the Empress Dowager, she severely reprimanded Miss Ouyang's family.

Miss Ouyang's family has never been reprimanded so harshly since she was a child, so she is naturally unhappy.Holding back her tears, she was taken to play in the palace by the maids around the empress dowager.

It was her first time entering the palace, and the queen mother also kindly asked her to take her to the palace for a walk.How could she be in the mood to hang out, she just felt panicked, so she asked the maid to lead her to the horse racing place, trying to vent out the frustration in her heart.

Although she is savage, she is not stupid.

In anger, he made a big mistake because he didn't know that person was Xiao Mengzhen.Besides, Xiao Meng was really plotted by those people without knowing it, and she was also at fault, wouldn't it be good to teach her a lesson?After that, she came to the door to make amends, but her family refused to let her go.How can a little girl play around at home and blame the adults in the family?

This time her aunt scolded her again with the Queen Mother. Although she was angry, she also knew that the palace should not mess around, so she also knew that she had to go to the racecourse to break the whip.

The maid was also a little maid, seeing how angry she was, naturally she didn't dare to dissuade her and took her to Shanglin Garden.

The eldest lady of the Ouyang family took a fierce horse from the stable, pulled out her soft whip from her waist, and jumped onto the horse neatly.

Most of the horses in Shanglinyuan are gentle, but there are also wild ones.Unfortunately, Miss Ouyang picked up a fierce horse, and the horse was thrown off the horse's back very quickly.

The people around her exclaimed, before anyone came to rescue her.Looking at the petite noble lady, she flew onto the horse again, ruthlessly trying to whip the whip off the horse's back, and hugged the horse's head tightly with one hand to prevent the horse from throwing her off again.

"Don't dare to hurt me, you beast! If you don't obey me today, I have plenty of ways to tame you. Iron whip, hammer, dagger, there are many ways. Just now I used a soft whip to beat you and refused to obey, then let's change to an iron whip; use an iron whip If you refuse to accept it again, I will continue to hammer you with a hammer; if you still refuse to accept it, I will kill you with a dagger. I know you understand, do you want to try it?" She scolded in a low voice, her big eyes were full of determination.

Afterwards, Miss Ouyang let go of the hand holding the horse's head, and with the other hand still pulled into the reins, she reached out to take down the soft whip she had just held in her mouth, swiped the soft whip through the air, and lashed the horse's butt with great force.The horse, which was still rebellious just now, let out a tearing sound of being whipped and painful.But he no longer dared to throw the girl on his back off the horse, and he no longer dared not to listen to her, and obediently hunched her and ran on the racecourse.

"Okay, what an iron whip, iron hammer, and dagger. The girl has a good way to tame this fierce horse." At some time, the young man in black standing outside the arena raised his whip and clapped his palm lightly.

For ordinary girls, when they meet a strange man, they are shy and know how to avoid it.After all, men and women have different seats at the age of seven, but the eldest girl of the Ouyang family is not so particular about poverty.Not only did he not avoid it, but he asked in a drawn-out voice while galloping, "What's your name? You look good in red. This girl has allowed you to wear it, so I won't smoke you."

The words were extremely domineering, but it made the boy in black laugh out loud, thinking that the girl was so domineering and cute.Especially when I saw her method of taming horses just now, I knew it was a plan.

So when the people behind him wanted to reprimand, they warned with their eyes, and said loudly, "Yun Lan, you can call me Brother Lan."

"Do you want to come together?" The girl asked with a crisp voice, holding a whip.

"Okay, let's play with the girl for a while." The young man in Xuanyi led the white horse beside him, got on the horse, and entered the racecourse.

Facing the north wind, the two red figures chased each other on the racecourse, and they had a great time running.

When he was tired from running and dismounted to rest, Yunlan, a boy in black clothes, even hugged the girl off the horse.Miss Ouyang hugged his neck and giggled.

The two led the horse and slipped along Shanglin Garden.The attendants followed from a distance, and after a short while, the big palace maid next to the Empress Dowager came to find her.

Miss Ouyang looked at the terrified eyes of the big palace lady from a distance, smiled maliciously, pulled the boy in black clothes, and quickly pecked him on the face, then whispered in his ear, "I know you are the emperor, my name is Ouyang Ruixin, remember!"

The emperor was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. The girl in red beside him had already walked a short distance with the maid of honor next to the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager.

The emperor got on his horse, rushed out of Shanglin Garden, caught up with that person, wrapped his whip around her waist, and got on the horse, "My name is Mu Yunlan, remember my name."

"Brother Lan" faced those people who were kneeling on the ground but did not dare to dissuade them, Ouyang Ruixin smiled and said, "Are you planning to ride horses in the palace? If the queen mother finds out, she will punish me."

The emperor let go of the whip wrapped around her waist, knowing that he was being abrupt, and said to the humanity kneeling on the ground, "You are not allowed to kiss behind your mother's back today, talk so much, let me know, it looks good with you!"

It turned out that the girl sitting on the horse jumped off the horse herself.She was wearing a red dress, looking up at the emperor on horseback, "Yun Lan, can I often come to the palace to find you?"

"Zhen, I'm waiting for you to enter the palace next time!" The emperor took a deep look at the bright almond eyes of the girl in red, turned his horse's head around, and waved his whip goodbye with his back to her.

"Okay, see you next time!" The girl said loudly, then turned around and walked away without looking back.

Immediately turned his back to her emperor, but turned his head to see her leaving back.Among the plum blossoms, she was dressed in red, dazzling like a phoenix on fire.

When she turned the corner and disappeared, he came back to his senses, swiped his whip to the horse's buttocks, and drove towards Shanglinyuan.

In the deep winter season, a few plum blossoms fell on his shoulders, and he reached out to pick up the plum blossoms that were stuck to his clothes, and he thought of the unstunning face and the pair of beautiful almond-shaped eyes that he saw not long ago.

Sometimes the heartbeat only takes a glance.With just one glance, I remember your unique and touching appearance.

Many years later, when the green plum withers and the bamboo horse grows old, the people I fall in love with will be like you once.

(End of this chapter)