The cute master who always attacks the queen

Chapter 8
The weather was fine that day, and the sky was so clear and pure that there was not even a single cloud.

This imperial city is very empty. For some unknown reason, there are quite few trees planted, only a few low flowering trees, which have also withered pink at this time, and there is a decadent atmosphere in the thick and overgrown green leaves.

Without the shade of trees blocking the line of sight, the sky seemed especially empty and high.

Yu Ci walked around the palace gardens, and in those unowned courtyards, only the maids and eunuchs in charge of cleaning regularly came to take care of them.Although the courtyard is still tidy, there are still dark green moss growing on the corner of the palace wall.

When she saw the hosta flower in Chengguang Palace, Yu Ci suddenly felt a strange emotion.

"I remember when we came here, Bianjing celebrated the third month of the third lunar month, and everyone in the city went to the river to fold wicker to see peach blossoms...how quickly, it's autumn," she said.

Ayu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't go out on weekdays, so naturally you don't know anything about the outside world."

Yu Ci nodded seriously, and said, "Find a quieter place to rest."

The Chengguang Hall was already facing the Yuhe River, and Yu Ci reckoned that the Yaochi was not far ahead, and it was time to enter the range of the Yuyuan Garden.Therefore, they bypassed Chengguang Palace all the way and continued to walk forward.Unexpectedly, after passing through a corner gate, one could not see the garden but only a high wall.The bluestone on the wall is light in color, and there is only a thin layer of moss on the corner of the wall, as if it has been newly repaired for a few years.

Taihu stones can be vaguely seen behind the high wall, and orchids grow on the cracks of the stones, which is not like outside the palace.

Out of curiosity, Xie Ci continued to walk along the wall until she reached the end, only to see a thick wooden door covered with iron sheets at the place where the two walls intersect. .

Ayu looked back and saw that the palace people following were far away, so she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you want me to break it open for you?"

Yu Ci was hesitating, Azhu tugged at her sleeve, also mysteriously, "Wait until night, when no one sees."

Yu Ci immediately got a little furious, and reprimanded in a low voice: "It's all right! Don't make it look like a thief." After finishing speaking, she turned around and wanted to ask someone to ask, but she saw the person standing first on the right behind her. , it is A Ping.

A Ping was wearing a pink skirt, with a shawl of the same color wrapped around his arms, with his head down, but he was still slim and elegant.When Miu Chi saw her, she felt a little uncomfortable—the presence of this man seemed to remind her that she was living a novel, not a life.It is quite like the eye of God and the wheel of fate hanging above the head.

But she still put aside the strange thoughts in her mind and asked, "What's behind?"

A Ping seems to have a high status in Shoucheng Hall, and it was obvious that Yu Ci's question was not aimed at anyone, but everyone still unanimously gave A Ping the opportunity to answer.

"Back to your mother, it's the Jingxiu Hall."

Yu Ci was taken aback for a moment - hearing the name of the temple, it seemed to have a lot of stories.

"Why separate?"

"Earlier, the imperial concubine Gongsu lived in the palace... After the imperial concubine passed away, the first emperor was afraid of hurting his feelings, so he used a wall to separate it." A Ping said.

Xie Ci thought for a while in silence.She reads history books, and has always only read the annals, and occasionally read the biographies of important people. She has never read the biographies of concubines, so she really doesn't know about the harem.

She had heard Ayu say that the first emperor was a devoted and affectionate person when he was arguing with the younger brother in the next group, but she agreed with the younger brother's opinion that the first emperor might be incompetent.

——The first emperor's heirs are rare, and only the emperor survives.The shabbyness of the harem made even ministers who had never cared about the harem write letters one after another, reminding him to accept more concubines...to have more sons.But he never agreed, and wholeheartedly guarded a concubine and a noble concubine to live.

It is true that he never accepted another concubine, and he did not choose a show until the concubine Concubine Ci had passed away.But if he was really dedicated, he wouldn't have to be a concubine without concubine.

But thinking about it from another angle, if the first emperor fell in love with this noble concubine, the concubine was just ordered by his parents... Ayu's point of view is also valid.

But she always felt that something was wrong...Which one is the emperor's biological mother?
She still remembered that the imperial concubine's surname was Zhu, the late emperor's concubine was surnamed Wang, and the emperor's biological mother... seemed to be surnamed Falcon.

By the way, there are still two concubines under the age of 30 living in the West Sixth Palace, each guarding a princess.

She just said, how can the emperor have special feelings.

Ah Zhu saw that Yu Ci was silent for a long time, and Ah Ping also closed her mouth tightly like a gourd and did not take the initiative to speak, so she asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to go in and have a look?"

Yu Ci came back to her senses and said, "No, there's no need. After visiting the Sixth East Palace, it's time for lunch. Let's go back."

When A Ming arrived at the Tai Chi Hall, the emperor had just come down, and he heard that Lin'er might have miscarried, so he just frowned and took a sip of tea, and said: "Understood, go to the Taiji Hospital and send an imperial doctor to show her. "

A Ming reported: "The female Shi who is next to Yuci has ordered someone to go. The empress Yuci has also arrived at Mingxiu Palace."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "Understood."

A Ming couldn't figure out what he meant, so he asked, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

The emperor didn't answer but instead asked, "Amin, what kind of person do you think Yu Ci is?"

A Ming hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is honorable, the villain is just an eunuch, so I dare not criticize you."

The emperor looked at him for a while, and saw that although he knelt down tremblingly, his body was not trembling, his breath was not half stagnant, obviously he was not really fearful.He said: "It's okay, just tell me, I forgive you for your innocence."

A Ming knelt down and didn't make a sound for a long time, until the emperor got a little impatient and said: "The villain doesn't know. The empress is dignified and self-restraining, she rarely sends out servants and servants, and only female officials and Shangyi are left to serve."

The emperor snorted coldly and said: "Okay, you step back."

As soon as A Ming withdrew from the Tai Chi Hall, the emperor dropped his cup.

A Ming hurriedly bowed his waist and turned to him tremblingly, knelt down and said: "The emperor calm down, don't be angry."

The emperor said: "The first emperor only had me at the age of 30, and I almost became a father at the age of 15. This is a good thing, how could I be angry?"

Amin lay on the ground without saying a word.

Seeing him like this, the emperor was a little annoyed, so he said: "It's okay, let's get up, your legs and feet are not good, so you don't have to kneel at every turn. I'm not that violent yet."

A Ming quickly got up and said, "Thank you Lord Long En."

The emperor said: "When you take Xiao Anzi with you, go to Mingxiu Palace to have a look."

Amin asked, "Didn't you let Xiao Shunzi go?"

The emperor lowered his head and fiddled with the lid of the cup in his hand, and said: "He can't guess what I'm thinking, this trip must be in vain... After all, this is my first child, you go and have a look, if it is old enough, you can keep it." Bar."

"emperor?"

The emperor was a little dazed, and said: "This child may be very similar to me. Even if I don't have brothers and sons, if my grandfather really wants to usurp him, the clan can always find someone else."

A Ming glanced at him secretly... After all, he was the one who brought up the emperor. When he saw the emperor's eyes, he knew what he was thinking.Seeing confusion and longing in his eyes at the same time, I couldn't help feeling a little regretful and remorseful, and the voice of the answer softened: "Here. The servant is going now."

Before A Ming left, he called a little eunuch in to serve him.The little eunuch was quick-witted, but he was too courteous, and the emperor was annoyed when he was around.

He suddenly longed to meet Miu Chi... The egg cong she fed him with a spoon in the morning was delicious.

Moreover, he really wanted to see Miu Ci's performance - after knowing that someone had conceived a child for him.

But the emperor did not go because he had no leisure.

——His case is full of memorials, there are hundreds of them.Although it is not necessary to finish reading today, there will be tomorrow, and he does not want to accumulate it together.

Moreover, when Yuci's grandfather resigned from office, some courtiers from all over the world jointly wrote a letter, begging the emperor to keep him, saying that the country cannot live without a tutor.Even when he was young, he also said that the government affairs are cumbersome, and His Majesty is young, so I am afraid that he will be overwhelmed, so he should stay for another two years.

These people nominally say that they are doing it for the sake of their family, the country, and even his own good, but in the final analysis, they still don't trust the emperor.They didn't even believe that he could manage the government on his own, and it was useless to talk about becoming a wise monarch.

Even if it's just to prove himself and make these people shut up, the emperor can't slack off.

What's more, although he is not in the court, he has been operating in the court for many years, and his power is deeply rooted.Sometimes the emperor listened to the discussions of the officials in the court, and his loving grandfather was far away in Luoyang, but the emperor had the illusion that he was in charge of everything.

He knew it wasn't him who was suspicious.He knew that many of his newly promoted officials would visit this old minister first before taking office.Even many foreign officials newly transferred to Bianjing will deliberately make a detour to Luoyang once.

Although he keeps these people away every time, since these people admire him so much, they will naturally imitate him on purpose.

He felt that these people were waiting for the day when he couldn't bear it. As the emperor, he couldn't let his subordinates see the joke.

Yu Ci and his party went back to their place of residence, just when the eunuch in charge of the inner palace came to deliver the list of tributes.There are two copies of the list, one is from the Zhuangzi, and the other is probably from the entire harem.Yu Ci looked through it roughly, but it was just some japonica rice, medicinal materials, poultry, and seafood.She couldn't figure out whether it was more or less, and she seemed to hear more from the eunuch than in previous years.

——But it's not necessarily because of the good weather.After all, this time, Yu Ci is the granddaughter of a powerful official, and the people below must want to curry favor with her.

Yu Ci roughly asked about the situation of Xiatianzhuang. It turned out that the harem had a thousand hectares of fertile land in Beijing to support, and Yuci's farm was divided from here, covering 120 hectares.In addition, the queen mother has 120 hectares, the imperial concubine has [-] hectares, the imperial concubine has [-] hectares, and each of the four concubines has [-] hectares.The rest of the land production was handed over to the concubine for unified management, and provided for other expenses in the palace-such as banquets, festival rewards, and the like.The output of the farm is not included in the monthly payment.

She is the only one of high grade in the harem, so she arranges all the output of the thousand hectares farm.

After the questioning, Yu Ci put away the list, and said, "Compared to the four concubines, give one to each of the two concubines in the West Palace, and put the rest in storage. Choose some nourishing ingredients from my share." Send the medicinal materials, fish and poultry to Xiuyi of Mingxiu Palace."

Yu Ci is the kind of person who treats people gently but is not close to them.The housekeeper Bai sent a sharp-tongued person, and the little eunuch saw that she was reading the list seriously and questioning her, without a word of likes or dislikes, and gradually lost confidence in her heart, and dared not say more.At this moment, she heard Lin Jia'er being mentioned in particular, and hurriedly said: "Here. Coincidentally, this year, a new team of sea-going ships has been formed in the empress's village, and they have brought back a lot of fresh goods from the sea, many of which are good nourishing materials."

Yu Ci frowned, and asked, "Why is Zhuang Zi different everywhere?"

The eunuch quickly explained: "Zhuangzi was sealed off, and the empresses of each palace took care of themselves, but they were only in charge of internal affairs. The identity of the empress was established three years ago, and according to the late emperor's will, the three years The monthly salary of the empress is always in accordance with the concubine's kindness, and Zhuangzi naturally belonged to the empress three years ago. Because the empress was young at the time, all the affairs in the Zhuangzi's house were handed over to the Duke, and the person in charge of the Zhuangzi was also appointed by the Duke."

The Duke of the State is the father of "Yuci", and Yuci doesn't like him.He is unrestrained, wandering around with drinkers and poet friends all day long, when he can stay at home, he must have won a new singer and concubine.Yuci entered the mansion at the age of ten, and the number of times he has seen him can be counted on one hand.Later, Yu Ci was pointed out to the emperor. He couldn't bear his father's airs, and he didn't want to kneel down and kowtow to call her "minister" when seeing Yu Ci, so he locked her in the boudoir for three years...

The Duke's sons are all talented, mediocre, and incompetent, and he is the most typical one.

Yu Ci asked, "What's that man's name?"

The eunuch smiled and said, "It's a pleasing name, called Qian Jin."

Yu Ci rubbed her forehead... Another historical celebrity.However, this person has a very close relationship with Cheng Lian. If he knows that he is in charge of Zhuangzi, it will be easier for Ayu to be tricked out of the palace.He said: "I've heard of this guy, but he's good at handling things. Lin Xiuyi doesn't want to send any seafood. After you've selected the items, let Cheng Li of the Imperial Hospital take a look at them first, and send them if there are no taboos. Cheng Limu has given instructions, so you can change according to what he said."

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Slave, write it down. Madam... Next month will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. Zhuangzi asked if he wanted to send some rare fruits?"

Yu Ci said: "There is no need for rare fruits, just send some grapes and dates... Let him deliver them in person. He and the Duke have not seen each other for several years."

The little eunuch smiled and said: "He came here in person this time. I heard that the day before yesterday he and the Duke of Bianjing invited talented scholars from Bianjing to gather in Zuixianlou and had a great time."

Yu Ci nodded with a smile, and said, "It's just that I'm busy."

(End of this chapter)