Queen's Development

Chapter 307
At night when Lin Jia came back with A Yin, Yu Zhi told Lin Jia about it.

Lin Jia listened very attentively, and finally said: "This matter can be done according to your plan! But now that we have just formed an alliance with the Liao Kingdom, even if we catch the handle of Princess Pingcheng, we can only send her back to Liao. country, but can’t do anything to her.”

Yuzhi smiled sweetly: "Just send her away, I haven't thought about anything else!"

She glanced at Lin Jia, and said honestly: "After sending away Princess Pingcheng, I will lose a rival in love!"

Lin Jia saw that she even ate this kind of Wuyingfei vinegar, so she couldn't help laughing, and reached out to rub Yuzhi's head, but she stretched out her hand, and seeing the pause on Yuzhi's bun, she touched Yuzhi's head instead. Zhi's ear, said: "As for the Lord Lotus of Korea, if you catch something, you don't have to send it back, it's up to you!"

Goryeo is a small country of Quer that was defeated and declared a vassal. Even if Yuzhi kills their lord, Lin Jia is not afraid of Goryeo's revenge!

Yuzhi said "Mmm", and acted coquettishly next to Lin Jia: "I used a little too much dinner, Ajia, why don't you go out for a walk with me!"

In fact, it's okay for her not to take a walk, but Lin Jia was seriously ill not long ago, and Mr. Liu told her to take Lin Jia for a walk every day.

Lin Jia always likes to be quiet and doesn't like to move, and really doesn't want to go out, but Yuzhi leans on his arms and keeps pestering him, which makes him helpless, so he has to take Yuzhi out.

Yu Zhi triumphantly told Li Hanxing, "I heard that the magnolias in the back garden are blooming. Your Highness and I are going to enjoy the flowers. You go and get someone to prepare it!"

As soon as Lin Jiayuzhi and his party entered the back garden, Yuzhi ordered Li Hanxing to lock the door from the inside: "Lock the door, Your Highness and I will take a stroll around the garden!"

Lin Jia was angry and funny, seeing that the maids were ready to go east with the plain gauze flower lanterns, so she took Yu Zhi's hand and walked slowly east along the bluestone path.

Following Li Hanxing to the place he mentioned, Yuzhi ordered Rosemary and Mint to light the place with a lantern, then took a book from Dill, turned to the page with the bookmark, and carefully approached the lantern for comparison. with.

Lin Jia glanced at it and saw that Yuzhi was holding an illustrated book of herbal medicine. She couldn't help laughing, and said in a low voice, "Just look at it, don't touch it with your hands, and don't get too close!"

Yuzhi agreed, carefully checked and identified, finally got up and looked at Lin Jia, reached out and grabbed Lin Jia's earlobe, motioning Lin Jia to come closer to her.

Lin Jia really bent down.

Only then did Yuzhi lean into Lin Jia's ear, and whispered, "Ajia, this is indeed a heartbroken grass!"

Lin Jiaxiu frowned slightly, looked intently at the green vines in the halo of the lantern, said "Mmm", and said, "Let's go!"

He took Yuzhi's hand and walked back.

They walked side by side, and the hem of their cloaks was blown up by the night wind, making a "squeaky" sound, which made people feel quite cold in the spring.

But Yuzhi thought it was fun, and chatted to Lin Jia while walking: "So many plants are poisonous, and they are all common to us. There is a kind of mandala, which grows in Mr. Liu's yard. Yes, it is said in the book that it can make people fall into a coma; there are also oleanders, there are many in our house, some with white flowers, and some with red flowers. If you drop a little bit, you will die; there are also daffodils, the daffodils that I have to send in every winter, they are also very poisonous!"

She raised her eyes to look at Lin Jia, her eyes were big and round: "Ajia, there is a kind of white transparent mucus in the bulb of the narcissus, I had someone peel it off today, it looks a bit like egg white, if you eat it, Will die of convulsions and paralysis!"

Lin Jia was born in the royal family, and lost his mother since he was a child. The king of Xingping County has many concubines, and the second princess is tough. The inner courtyard of the palace has always been fighting openly and secretly. Lin Jia himself can't remember how many times he was poisoned when he was a child. How could he have no idea?But Yuzhi was willing to tell him, so he listened seriously.

When Yuzhi was talking, he kept looking at Yuzhi tenderly and listening to Yuzhi's words.

Lin Jia knew in her heart that Yu Zhi had been worried that he would be pressured by Emperor Yongtai to recruit concubines in order to check and balance ministers and have more children. She told him this on purpose.

He has always been a person who does more than talks, Yuzhi will understand one day.

When she was about to go to bed, Yuzhi raised her head resentfully and muttered: "It's really dangerous for a man to have too many women, and the highly poisonous plants are everywhere, it's really scary. !"

Lin Jia pursed her lips and smiled, first pushed Yu Zhi's head down, and then lay down next to Yu Zhi: "Sleep!"

Yuzhi nestled obediently in his arms, and fell asleep not long after.

Lin Jia didn't fall asleep immediately.

Holding the soft and warm Jade Garden in his arms, listening to the sound of the dripping rain outside, and thinking about the battle arrangements in southern Xinjiang, he also fell asleep unconsciously.

Time passed quickly, and it was April in a blink of an eye.

Yuzhi didn't realize it at first, but one day on a holiday, she took three little boys, A Yin, Shen Xiu, and Lan Feiyu, and two little girls, Ting Lanwan'er, for a walk in the courtyard, and found greenery everywhere in front of her. The beautiful red flowers in the garden are dotted in the middle, and it turns out that the pomegranates are in full bloom. Only then did the pomegranates bloom, and summer has quietly come to the world.

After taking a nap in the afternoon, Yu Zhi was talking with Mrs. Lan Zhen and Mrs. He Lianshan. Mint brought in three crystal lotus plates containing fruits, which were placed on the kang table next to Yu Zhi, Mrs. Lan and He Lianshan. On the huanghuali wood flower table next to Mrs. Lian.

Several kinds of seasonal fruits are neatly stacked in the crystal plate, including bright red cherries, glossy and round green apricots, several purple plums and several yellowish red ringos.

Seeing Yuzhi, she casually picked up a cherry and put it in her mouth. Feeling sweet and sour, she took a green apricot, and just took a bite, and put it in the crystal plate with the fruit pit on the huanghuali wood kang table :"very sour!"

Mrs. Lan said with a smile: "Sour son and daughter, Liang Di will eat another sour apricot!"

Yuzhi felt sour and refused to eat it, so she took a Ringo and said, "I'm about to give birth, whether it's a son or a daughter has already been determined, it doesn't matter if you eat this green apricot or not!"

Mrs. Helian said with a smile: "Looking at Di Liang's pregnancy, she will definitely give birth to a young son!"

Yuzhi laughed and said: "Your Highness said, whether it is a son or a daughter, they are all his flesh and blood, they are all the same!"

Madam Lan smiled and congratulated Yuzhi: "Your Highness really dotes on Di Liang! Congratulations Di Liang!"

Mrs. Helian didn't like to talk, but she also said: "Liang Di is really blessed!"

She only gave birth to one son, and the other two were daughters. As a result, the mother-in-law decided to take two concubines for Helian Shan.

Yuzhi smiled and took a bite of the small Lin'ao fruit. She found it sour and sweet, so she recommended: "Lin'ao is not bad, you all should try it too!"

She suspected what Lin Jia had said in front of her cronies, and the family members of those cronies would come over to chat and laugh with her whenever they were free.

Yuzhi was smart and sensitive, and had long since discovered that these female relatives were following her and talking to her, without saying anything, and were very happy.

Seeing that Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Helian both like to eat these fruits, Yuzhi said with a smile: "These are all grown on my canal village, all of which are within the high walls, and they are clean and safe. If you don't mind, I will Send someone over there!"

Mrs. Lan gave a "puchi" laugh: "My Di Liang, this is a favor that no one else can curry favor with. Who would despise it? Let me thank Di Liang for the fruit first!"

Mrs. Helian did not have such a clever quarrel as Mrs. Lan, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Liangdi, for your kindness!"

The three chatted and talked about the Buddha's birthday on April [-].

There is no fixed religious belief in Dazhou. Some people believe in Taoism, some people believe in Buddhism, some people don’t believe in anything at all, they only believe in themselves, and some people secretly believe in the cult Guizhen Sect. The big monasteries will hold the Buddha Bathing Festival, boil fragrant medicinal syrup and give it to those who attend the Buddha Bathing Festival, it is very lively.

Mrs. Helian believed in Buddhism, and there were several nuns in the mansion who often came and went, so she asked Yuzhi with a smile: "Liangdi, I heard that the Buddha's birthday is on the eighth day of April, and the empress will hold a Buddhist feast at Daxiangguo Temple." , is Liangdi going?"

On the one hand, Yuzhi never believed in these things, on the other hand she was afraid of Jiang Zhen's tricks, so she refused to go, but she didn't say it clearly, and said with a smile: "I'm inconvenient, so I won't join in the fun!"

Mrs. Yelu believed in Buddhism, and hurriedly said: "Liang Di, it's okay, the empress is coming, of course the venue will be cleared in advance, and there will be no common people there!"

Yuzhi smiled, picked up a cherry and put it in her mouth.

She is not afraid of the common people, she herself was born as a commoner, what Yuzhi is afraid of is the people in high positions who are like snakes and scorpions.

Mrs. Lan always thought that Mrs. Yelu was quite smart, but she never thought that she would say such stupid words—Bai Liangdi refused to go, naturally because His Highness, Queen Jiang and the Jiang family behind Queen Jiang were political enemies, and she was worried about Jiang's tricks!

She glanced at Mrs. Yelu with a smile, and said with a smile: "I also received a post from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but unfortunately I had to accompany my mother-in-law to Shangqing Temple that day, and I went to the Buddha Bathing Festival in Daxiangguo Temple." No more!"

Only then did Mrs. Yelu realize that she was being stupid, and she stared at Yuzhi with her mouth gaping.

Yu Zhi said softly: "Go if you want, it is Buddha's birthday once a year after all."

After being comforted by Yuzhi, Mrs. Yelu finally recovered.

On April [-]th, three good ladies from the Prince's Mansion came to salute Lin Jia, and then they went to Daxiangguo Temple together in a sedan chair.

Although Jin Xiuzhu was pregnant, she was unwilling to give up such a rare opportunity to socialize, so naturally she also went in a sedan chair.

Yuzhi was worried that she would be at a disadvantage, so she specially asked Li Rui to send two nimble maids to serve her.

On this day, Bai Yuming brought his wife Jiang Fang and his son to see Yuzhi.

Yuzhi was accompanied by Jiang Fang, and Lin Yin and Ting Lanwan'er didn't have to go to class, so it was a lively day.

After dark, Jin Xiuzhu came again with the female doctor Jin and told Yuzhi that she saw Queen Jiang meeting Yelu Liangyuan alone.

After a few perfunctory words, Yuzhi sent the golden female doctor, mother and daughter away.

The next day, Yuzhi sat on the Arhat's bed in Mingjian, and called all the people from Linyin in, and asked Han Lin to watch outside the door.

Yuzhi sat there silently, a pair of beautiful eyes swept across the crowd as calmly as water.

All the maids and servants stood there, feeling as if they were covered in ice and snow, and immediately straightened their backs and corrected their attitudes.

Yuzhi said slowly: "You all should know how important the son is to His Highness and to me. If it is because of someone's responsibility that the son has an accident, it will definitely cause disaster to the three clans!"

Ye Ling and Ye Bi stood at the front, listening attentively.

Yu Zhi didn't like to talk nonsense, and said directly: "This period of time is very important, you should remember these two sentences I said: [-], at any time, there are at least two people around Shizi; [-], no matter who, give Shizi food You can take the food, but you must not let the prince eat it. Do you understand?"

Under the leadership of Ye Ling and Ye Bi, everyone answered "Yes" in unison.

Li Hanxing had been sending people to quietly watch the movement in Anxiang Pavilion, Jingui Garden and Lvyangyinli, but they didn't find any movement.

In a blink of an eye, May has entered, and the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching on the fifth day of May.

According to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, five-color silk threads are used to weave rope-shaped ornaments on the Dragon Boat Festival, and tie them around the neck, wrists and ankles. They are also called long-lived threads, which are said to be able to make people live longer without poison. .

Another custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is to prepare peach branches, willow branches, sunflowers, calamus leaves, and Buddha and Tao AI to hang at the door from the first to the fourth day of May.

In addition, wormwood, sachets, rice dumplings and five-color water balls must be prepared.

On the fourth day of May, Li Rui ordered people to put down the Dragon Boat Festival objects by hair.

On the morning of the fourth day of May, Lord Lianhua wore the embroidered mugwort gauze robe newly given to the three by Empress Jiang, and took her maidservants to see the peach branches, willow branches, sunflowers, calamus leaves and Buddhist wormwood hanging on the gate of Anxiang Pavilion. Leisurely said: "The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, the customs of Dazhou are very similar to those of Goryeo, I'm afraid Dazhou should learn from Goryeo!"

Two of the four maids who followed her were Jin Li and Yin Li from the Prince's Mansion. Hearing Lord Lianhua's words, both Jin Li and Yin Li pouted with their heads down.

Lord Lianhua continued: "However, Da Zhou did not learn from Goryeo thoroughly. Our Goryeo is not called Dragon Boat Festival, we call it Dragon Boat Festival. On the day of Dragon Boat Festival, we have to eat mugwort cake, drink Yiren juice and calamus water, Women also wash their hair with calamus soup and make-up with calamus dew, which is the 'calamus makeup' that has been passed down for 5000 years in Goryeo!"

When Jinli and Yinli heard this sentence—"This is the 'calamus makeup' that has been passed down for 5000 years in Korea", they both raised the corners of their mouths and smiled secretly.

After sighing, Lord Lianhua said with a smile: "Yuzhen looks at home, Huanzhen, Jinli, Yinli, follow me to see Li Liangyuan and Yelu Liangyuan!"

All the maids answered "yes" and followed Lord Lianhua to Luyang Yinli in the west.

As the name suggests, there are many common poplar trees in Western Xia. Now it is midsummer, the poplar shades the sky, and the courtyard is very cool.

Lord Lianhua went into the shade of green poplars, and found that there was a sour branch wood cloud-patterned chair under a thick and straight poplar tree outside the corridor. The jade pillow was resting on the cool chair, and next to her was a Xixia maid who was sitting on the rosewood carved chair, holding a Xixia Qin in her arms and fiddled with it.

The servant girl notified Lord Lianhua to come, but Turanya was still lying there lazily—she was suffering from homesickness these days, missing the thousands of miles of yellow sand in her homeland and the sturdy boy in white riding on the horse.

Lord Lianhua sat for a while, chatted for a while, then took his leave and left.

She went to Jingui Garden where Princess Pingcheng lived.

There are naturally many osmanthus trees planted in the Golden Osmanthus Garden, but it is summer now, only one or two osmanthus trees are blooming here and there, and there is a faint sweet fragrance in the air.

Princess Pingcheng was sitting lazily in the Guixiang Pavilion in the courtyard, eating melon seeds while watching the singing and dancing outside the pavilion.

The flat ground to the west of the pavilion is covered with thick red felt, and four dancers from the Liao Kingdom are spinning and dancing Huxuan dance.

Two other maids from the Liao Kingdom clapped and beat the time, and the scene was very lively.

Lord Lianhua smiled and said to Princess Pingcheng: "Sister Yelu is so elegant!"

Princess Pingcheng never waited to see her, so she answered coldly, and then went to watch Hu Xuanwu.

Lord Lianhua sat down next to Princess Pingcheng, looked at the plate of five-colored water balls on the sour branch wood carving table in front of him, his eyes lit up, and then accompanied Lord Lianhua to watch Hu Xuan as if nothing had happened. dance.

In front of Princess Pingcheng, there were a lot of snacks and fruits on the sour branch wood carving table. She was too lazy to eat, and only ate melon seeds, and occasionally took a sip from the wine cup.

Seeing Lord Lianhua reaching out to the plate of five-colored water balls several times, and shrinking back timidly, Princess Pingcheng looked down on her a little bit, thinking she was petty, so she said coldly: "This thing is made of glutinous rice flour. I don't like to eat, since you like it, I'll give it to you!"

Hearing the words, Lord Lianhua was both surprised and delighted, her eyes sparkling: "Thank you sister Yelu! I like to eat dim sum made of glutinous rice flour!"

After sitting for a while, Mrs. Lianhua saw that Princess Pingcheng was only watching the dancer dancing Hu Xuanwu, and ignored herself. She was a little embarrassed, so she got up and said goodbye and left.

Her maid, Huanzhen, followed behind, carrying the plate of five-color water balls.

Jin Li and Yin Li walked at the back.

Walking to the gate of Anxiang Courtyard, Lord Lianhua stretched her waist delicately and said, "The weather is so nice today, let's go for a walk in the back garden!"

She had received the news earlier that Emperor Yongtai and Empress Jiang came to the Prince's Mansion today, and they are now having a banquet in the back garden accompanied by His Royal Highness, Bai Liangdi and Prince Lin Yin are also present.

(End of this chapter)