Mo Qiqi nodded, took the sour plum in Banxiang's hand, and handed it to Jun Qianche: "Your Majesty, look, these sour plums are delicious, you should try it too!"
"No, if you like sour food, eat more. But next time the queen doesn't have to go out to buy it herself. There are so many palace people in the palace, just let them buy it." Jun Qianche said with considerate concern.
Mo Qiqi nodded: "Hurry up and give half a fragrance to the sour plums. She feels like vomiting when she smells sour things. My mother sent someone to buy these sour plums when I came back. I had to let her hold them. No Thinking of critical moments becomes a good prop.
Yang Shihan looked at the sour plum in Banxiang's hand and said, "It turns out the Queen likes to eat sour!"
Mo Qiqi took the sour plum in Banxiang's hand and handed it to Yang Shihan's hand, and said with a smile: "My sister is also pregnant, so she must like this too! Give this bag of sour plum to my sister! I will give Banxiang to the Imperial Palace tomorrow Go buy it.”
Yang Shihan looked at the sour plum in her hand and was about to refuse.
Mo Qiqi immediately pulled Jun Qianche's arm enthusiastically and said, "Your Majesty, you are here to pay your respects to the Queen Mother! I, my concubine, please go with you!"
Mo Qiqi's enthusiasm made Jun Qianche very happy, so he stopped pursuing her leaving the palace. He nodded and walked into Ciyue Palace with her.
Mo Qiqi cried out in her heart: Do you think it's easy for you? How many lies have been told for a jade pendant!
Yang Shihan looked at the two people walking in and smiled coldly: "Huh! There must be something wrong with hiding people's eyes." She glanced at the sour plum in her hand and threw it to Qian'er beside her. She doesn't need this.
When the Queen Mother saw her son walking in with Mo Qiqi, she felt a little worried. She looked at Mo Qiqi with blame written in her eyes. She had agreed not to tell the emperor, but she still let him know. It seemed that she didn't want to help the emperor at all.
Seeing this, Mo Qiqi quickly explained: "The Queen Mother, I came back from selling sour plums from the palace. I happened to meet the emperor outside Ciyue Palace, so we came in together."
When the Queen Mother heard this, the displeasure in her heart dissipated and she said calmly: "What are you talking about, Ai Jia! Didn't the Queen leave the palace for a walk? Why did she come with the Emperor? It turned out that we met outside the palace."
Jun Qianche looked at his mother and said respectfully: "Mother, I have nothing to do today, so I came to have lunch with my mother."
The Queen Mother glanced at her son and said, "The Emperor is here to have lunch with his mother, or to see the Queen."
Mo Qiqi knew that Jun Qianche was not good at dealing with others, and was worried that he would say something honest again, so she quickly spoke before him: "Your Majesty, your Majesty has always been filial. Naturally, you came to Ciyue Palace to see your mother. Your Majesty, you can I have never visited my son at noon."
The Queen Mother smiled: "The Emperor is indeed a filial child. The Emperor and Shihan came to have dinner with the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was really happy.
Queen! You are tired after walking around the palace. Pregnant people should get more rest. Why haven't you changed your clothes yet? This is disrespectful to your status as a queen. "
Mo Qiqi understood what the Queen Mother meant, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine has just come back, and I haven't had time to change her yet! So I thought of telling the Queen Mother, so as not to worry the Queen Mother.
I was really tired after walking around outside the palace. I wanted to go back and rest first, so I would not have lunch with the Queen Mother and the Emperor. "
Seeing this, Jun Qianche said: "The queen is pregnant and cannot let herself go hungry. You can change your clothes after lunch, so you should have lunch first!"
The Queen Mother's face was obviously unhappy.
Mo Qiqi was quite good at observing people's words and said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, but I have already used it outside the palace. When I left the palace, I became greedy when I saw the snacks outside, so I ate a lot of them, and they are all still there now." I'm so full that I won't eat any more. Your Majesty, Queen Mother, please use it with caution. I'll leave this concubine."
The Queen Mother waved her hand and said: "Go back and rest quickly!"
Mo Qiqi left in a hurry.
Jun Qianche watched her figure disappear into the hall with some disappointment.
Mo Qiqi left. The Queen Mother was in a good mood. She looked at Jun Qianche and Yang Shihan and said, "The emperor and Shihan came to accompany the Ai family to have a meal. The Ai family is very happy! Hurry up and pass on the food. The emperor has been busy all morning. I must hungry."
Jun Qianche dropped what he was doing and came to Ciyue Palace just to see Mo Qiqi, but she left, and he was not in the mood to eat.
After lunch was served, Jun Qianche ate it without knowing how to taste it, but all he could think about was Mo Qiqi.
The Queen Mother spoke to him, but he responded absently.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the matter with Marquis Ningnan has not been resolved yet? Have you encountered any difficulties?" the Queen Mother asked with concern.
What Jun Qianche was thinking about was whether Mo Qiqi would be clean when she went out to eat snacks. As a pregnant woman, why didn't she know how to take care of herself
So he responded to the Queen Mother's question casually: "Yes!"
"Your Majesty, is there anything you need help from the Queen? Just ask." The Queen Mother looked at her son distressedly, feeling that her son was working very hard, and her son's troubles were all caused by Duke Zhen. She had to frame Ning Nanhou for nothing. The harmed son was very worried. When I think of Duke Zhen, I think of Mo Qiqi, and I blame Mo Qiqi for this anger.
Jun Qianche did not answer the Queen Mother's words.
Seeing this, Yang Shihan called out in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty—"
Jun Qianche came back to her senses, looked at Yang Shihan, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yang Shihan reminded in a low voice: "Auntie is talking to you!"
Jun Qianche looked at her mother: "Queen Mother, what did you tell me?"
The Queen Mother sighed and said displeasedly: "Look at you, you are not in the mood to even eat. It's all your fault that Duke Zhen is always causing trouble for you. The same goes for Mo Qiqi. As your queen, her father always makes trouble for you." Even if she is against you, she won’t say anything.”
Jun Qianche quickly defended Mo Qiqi: "Mother, this is the matter of the previous dynasty. The queen is in the harem and cannot interfere in the affairs of the previous dynasty."
"You are still helping her to speak. What kind of drug did she give you?" The Queen Mother put down her chopsticks displeased.
Seeing this, Yang Shihan quickly smoothed things over: "Aunt, you see my cousin is so busy coming to eat with you, how filial to my aunt! Even if my cousin has the queen in his heart, he only cares about the child in the queen's belly. How can the queen compare with my aunt! Aunt He is the closest person to cousin. Right cousin?" He winked at Jun Qianche.
Jun Qianche looked at his mother and blamed himself: "Mother, it's my son's fault. I shouldn't have made you angry during the meal."
The Queen Mother softened her tone and said: "The Queen Mother does not insist on saying anything wrong with Mo Qiqi in front of you. The Queen Mother sees that you are worried about state affairs, and the Mother feels sorry for you."
"The queen mother understands her heart. The queen mother does not need to worry about her son. The affairs of the previous dynasty can be solved by her son."
"Okay, it's rare that you can have dinner with the Queen Mother. Let's not talk about the previous affairs. Eat more." The Queen Mother looked at her son and said distressedly.
Jun Qianche nodded, temporarily putting aside Mo Qiqi, and concentrated on eating with his mother.
After lunch, Jun Qianche said he wanted to see the queen.
The Queen Mother was a little unhappy after hearing this.
Yang Shihan immediately took the Queen Mother's arm and talked to her to resolve the Queen Mother's displeasure.
Jun Qianche left the Queen Mother's palace and went to Mo Qiqi's residence.
Mo Qiqi was lying on the bed thinking about something! There was a beautiful smile on the corner of her mouth: Hehe, the piece of ancient jade in Chu Lingxiao's hand is really good. The matter in Ningnanhou will be solved tomorrow, and the jade pendant will be mine. I feel happy just thinking about it!
"What makes the queen so happy?" Jun Qianche was already standing next to Mo Qiqi. Mo Qiqi didn't notice it. It wasn't until he spoke that Mo Qiqi sat up in shock: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, when are you coming? of?"
"I've been here for a while. Seeing that the queen was thinking so happily, I didn't bother the queen." Jun Qianche sat down on the edge of the bed politely.
Mo Qiqi scratched her head in embarrassment and smiled: "Hey, I really didn't expect the emperor to come."
"Why didn't you think of it?" Jun Qianche answered.
Mo Qiqi was stunned: "Uh! Well, hey, isn't the emperor here to accompany the queen mother? And there is Concubine Yang accompanying the emperor, how could the emperor think of his concubine!"
"Fool!" Jun Qianche glared at her and said two words.
After hearing this, Mo Qiqi pouted in displeasure and said, "Your Majesty, you said that I am stupid again. What is so stupid about me?" Humph! The matter in Ningnanhou is so difficult, I helped you solve it, and you still said I was stupid. After tomorrow morning, you will know how smart my aunt is.
"Who were you so happy to meet when you left the palace today?" Jun Qianche changed the subject.
Mo Qiqi was startled and quickly explained: "I didn't meet anyone! I just walked around the street with Banxiang."
"Really? I think the queen is in a good mood today." There was something in Jun Qianche's words.
Mo Qiqi smiled happily and said, "I am indeed very happy! Because I ate a lot of delicious food today."
Mentioning this, Jun Qianche's face became unhappy: "Didn't I tell you? The snacks outside are not clean. You are pregnant and still eating outside. What should you do if you eat it and get a bad stomach?"
Mo Qiqi gave him a big roll of her eyes in her heart, but said with a smile on her face: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm in good health and won't have a bad stomach. I promised the Emperor that I will give birth to the child smoothly." , so I will definitely protect him."
"What I'm worried about is-" Jun Qianche suddenly stopped talking.
Mo Qiqi looked at him with clear and beautiful big eyes and asked, "What is the emperor worried about?"
What I am worried about is your body. If you meet someone with ulterior motives, you will be in danger. But he is not good at saying these words, so he can only say lightly: "I am worried that you can't even protect yourself. How can you protect the child in your belly?" , it’s better not to leave the palace in the future.”
Mo Qiqi pouted in despair, "It's the Emperor."
Jun Qianche hesitated for a moment and then asked: "This time when you left the palace, you didn't go to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion? Didn't you go see the Seventh Emperor's Uncle?"
Mo Qiqi was startled and said with an exaggerated smile: "Your Majesty, I just left the palace for a walk, how could I go to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion? If I go back to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, I must make a phoenix chariot and bring it with me. There are so many people in the palace, how can one go back alone! Wouldn't that be too shameful? If dad saw it, he would say that the emperor bullied his concubine. With dad's temper, he would have rushed into the palace long ago. Question the emperor."
Jun Qianche nodded, agreed with Mo Qiqi's words, and waited for her next words.
Mo Qiqi thought quickly, yes, there are also the Seven Wise Kings he mentioned. With a little pout, he looked at Jun Qianche with an aggrieved look and asked: "Your Majesty, what do you mean! I am out of the palace, why did you associate me with the Seven Sages? This is not the same as the Seven Sages. What does it have to do with the king? Are you suspecting that I have returned to the Zhenguo Palace, and the Seven Wise Kings happen to be at the Zhenguo Palace? Your Majesty, I am really unjust! Although I grew up with the Seven Wise Kings , but from the moment I entered the palace, I became acquainted with him. There is absolutely no difference between monarch and minister, elder and junior. Besides, I am still pregnant. How can I still do anything that is unworthy of the emperor? No, if the emperor doubts me like this, I really don’t want to live anymore, so I’ll just die. Wuwu—”
Seeing her cry, Jun Qianche's heart instantly softened. Even if it was just a pretense, he was unwilling to give up. He walked to her side and comforted her: "Okay, don't cry. I didn't doubt you, I just asked her casually." He hugged her and comforted her gently.
"Your Majesty is just suspicious of others, wuwu—" Mo Qiqi cried on his shoulder, but a proud smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, don't cry. I won't ask anymore." He looked at her and wiped away the tears on her cheeks.
Mo Qiqi looked at him aggrievedly, her eyes washed by tears became brighter and more moving. Jun Qianche couldn't help but fall in love when he saw her charming eyes. He gently touched her little face with his big palm and couldn't bear to move away. .
Facing his gaze, Mo Qiqi blushed with embarrassment, lowered her eyes and asked shyly: "Your Majesty, why are you staring at people like this? They will be shy."
Jun Qianche took back his hand in embarrassment and coughed softly: "How is the queen eating these days? Do you still feel nauseated?"
Mo Qiqi shook her head: "No, my concubine has a good appetite recently and eats a lot."
"That's good. If you want to eat, just tell the people in the imperial kitchen and let the people in the imperial kitchen cook it."
"It's the Emperor!"
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and the two of them were relatively speechless.
Mo Qiqi didn't like this atmosphere and broke the embarrassment: "Your Majesty, have you been very busy recently? I feel like you have lost weight."
"It's not very busy. It's normal for people to lose weight in the hot weather."
"Your Majesty, you must pay attention to your health. It's so hard to review memorials every day. You need to take care of yourself. Sister Yang is also pregnant now. You should go to the other concubines more often. The sisters are all looking forward to the Emperor!" Mo Qiqi The way of magnanimity and virtuousness.
But when Jun Qianche heard these words, he felt angry for no reason: "The queen has nothing else to say to me?"
Something else? Is Jun Qianche reminding me of something? oh! Understood.
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing I want to tell you." Mo Qiqi smiled sweetly and warmly.
Jun Qianche suppressed his anger and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Is the emperor dissatisfied with the sisters in the harem? I want to help the emperor hold a talent show so that the emperor can choose more beauties to enter the palace and serve the emperor." Look at how virtuous she is. There are no such virtuous queens in history. How many of them
When Jun Qianche heard this, the anger in her heart rose again. She mentioned the draft again, glared at her, stood up and left.
Seeing Jun Qianche striding away, Mo Qiqi shouted: "Your Majesty, do you agree or disagree?"
Jun Qianche ignored her and disappeared from her sight.
Mo Qiqi muttered unhappily: "Who are you? Just leave! You like people to guess your thoughts. If you don't speak, how do I know whether you agree or disagree! But even a man would agree to this kind of thing. Let’s do it! Hahaha, it seems we have to continue working on this matter. It didn’t succeed last time, I hope it will succeed this time.”
Jun Qianche left the Ciyue Palace with a stomach full of anger, feeling as if a big stone had been pressed against his heart and he couldn't breathe: Mo Qiqi, do you really not understand my heart? Every time I see you, I want to spend more time with you, but you either mention other women in front of me, or you want to find another woman for me. Do you really have nothing else to say other than this topic
It's just that Jun Qianche doesn't know that loving someone needs to be expressed, rather than letting her guess and feel it by herself. Even if Mo Qiqi can feel his kindness, she will only think that he is for your child, not that. It was love for her, because she had been hurt by the one she loved in her previous life, so in this life she decided to protect herself and no longer love anyone, especially the emperor with a harem of three thousand, she did not dare to love, it was not that she was slow to react, but But she didn't let herself think about it at all.
And Jun Qianche is a face-saving person. He doesn’t know how to show his love in front of her. He wants to care about her, but she always has different ideas from her own. There are some things she wants to say, but because of the emperor’s face , and he can't let go of his figure, because women have always tried to please him, and he has never tried to please a woman.
So if two people want to get together with a tacit understanding, it's really worrying!
The weather in summer is hot, and the scorching sun turns the world into a big furnace, making people afraid to go out.
But in the evening, the sun that had been so enthusiastic all day finally put away its dazzling light. From a passionate young man, he turned into a gentle and quiet old man. He set little by little and looked at the people returning from a busy day. with people walking out of their homes and into the streets.
Mrs. Mo and Mo Jiujiu took advantage of the beautiful sunset to leave the house, got on the carriage, and headed towards the Yuelao Temple.
Mo Jiujiu looked at his mother and asked puzzledly: "Mom, it's getting dark. What are we going to do at Yuelao Temple? Go to the temple to make a wish. The sooner, the better. We should go early in the morning, why? Go at this time.”
Mother smiled softly: "This Yuelao Temple is different from other temples. I heard that in our Yuelao Temple in Kyoto, making wishes in the evening and at night are more effective."
Mo Jiujiu had a look of realization on his face and asked curiously: "Who are you planning to marry me to when you go to the temple? Could it be that you are tired of your father and want to find another father for your daughter?"
The mother looked at her daughter displeased and reprimanded: "You kid, what nonsense are you talking about? You dare to make jokes about your mother, so you are not afraid that your mother will go back and tell your father to teach you a lesson!"
Mo Jiujiu quickly smiled and said, "Mother, my daughter is joking with you, why are you so angry?"
"You are such a young kid. You must never make such a joke again, or you will be laughed at." The mother glared at her daughter dotingly.
Mo Jiujiu nodded like a fool: "It's my mother. My daughter won't dare to do it anymore. I wonder who my mother came to Yuelao Temple to seek marriage for?"
The mother sighed and said, "Who else can I ask for marriage for? It's not your eldest brother who still doesn't want to get married." In fact, she is still there, but Mrs. Mo didn't dare to tell Mo Jiujiu, otherwise she would definitely be here now Just got out of the car and drove away.
Mo Jiujiu breathed a sigh of relief when his mother said it was for the eldest brother, and quickly agreed: "The eldest brother is indeed not young anymore. It's really time to get married. When we get to the temple later, my daughter will also help the eldest brother to seek marriage. I hope he can May you marry a beautiful and virtuous sister-in-law as soon as possible.”
Mrs. Mo smiled: "I hope I can lend you some good words."
The mother and daughter talked in vain, and they arrived at the Yue Lao Temple this month.
Mo Jiujiu jumped out of the car first, and then helped his mother get out of the car.
The mother looked at her daughter and whispered: "Jiujiu, you are a girl, your behavior must be elegant and decent, not too casual, like a boy." It is said that from evening to night, the Yuelao Temple is the most popular place for young men and women. I like to come here because I hope I can meet a suitable marriage here. I wonder if Jiujiu has such luck. It would be great if she could meet a handsome young man, so always pay attention to her words and deeds.
Mo Jiujiu raised his lips and smiled, and asked in a warm voice: "Mother, is this appropriate for my daughter?"
Mother nodded with satisfaction: "Well! That's not bad. Let's go in!"
"Yes! Mother." Mo Jiujiu said softly, holding his mother's arm and walking into Yuelao Temple.
Before they walked in, another beautiful middle-aged woman was asking for a marriage lottery for her son. She shook out a lottery and walked to the lottery office aside to ask: "Master, I wonder what the meaning of this lottery is?" "The middle-aged beautiful woman asked kindly.
The master saw the lot and asked: "I wonder who asked for this lot?"
The middle-aged beautiful woman smiled lightly and said: "To be honest, I asked for this lot for my son. Does the lot tell when the marriage will come?"
The master said with a wisp of beard: "Madam, don't worry, your master's marriage has arrived. The meaning of this sign is: far away in the horizon, close in front of you. Your master's marriage is around you, and when the time comes, it will naturally fall into place. It's just that Whether they can get married depends on their efforts."
The middle-aged beautiful woman smiled happily: "Thank you, Master."
"Ma'am, please don't be polite."
The beautiful middle-aged woman got up and walked out, in a good mood. In fact, this middle-aged lady was none other than Han Yixiao's mother, Mrs. Han.
After walking out of the Marriage Hall, Mrs. Han was in a good mood. She looked at the picturesque Yuelao Temple and the maid beside her and said, "Qiu He, this is my first time to come to Yuelao Temple! I didn't expect the scenery of Yuelao Temple to be so good. Mei, let’s go for a walk!”
Qiu He said with full body, "It's Madam."
Mrs. Han walked aside with her maid.
At this time, Mo Jiujiu and his mother walked towards the Marriage Palace.
Mother knelt on the mat and made a pious wish.
Mo Jiujiu also knelt on the mat next to him and made a wish for his eldest brother.
After her mother made her wish, she took the lottery tube and prepared to draw the lot. Then she looked at Mo Jiujiu and said, "Jiujiu, mother wants to shake a lot for your eldest brother. You can wait for me outside first! Mother The scenery outside is quite nice, you can go and have a look, mother will find you later."
"Mom, I can wait for you here!" Mo Jiujiu said thoughtfully.
Mother smiled softly: "It will take some time to get the signature. Mother is afraid that you will be impatient and wait in a hurry. You can't be presumptuous in front of Yue Lao, let alone be impatient, so you should go outside and wait for mother!"
Mo Jiujiu took a look inside the palace and saw that there was nothing interesting, so he nodded in agreement, got up and walked out.
After Mo Jiujiu left, Mrs. Mo started to cast lots. After she rolled out one, she looked in the direction of the door and saw that her daughter was not there. Then she looked at the statue of Yue Lao and made a wish: "Ye Lao, I will help my little daughter to cast another one." I hope Yue Lao can sign a good marriage for her." He took the lottery tube and continued to shake it, and another lottery came out. He stood up and walked towards the master who was interpreting the lottery next to him.
Mrs. Mo took out the lottery, looked at the master and said politely: "Master, this is the marriage lottery I asked for for my son. Please help me interpret it."
The master took the lot and read it and said: "Although your marriage has arrived, your master has to go through some twists and turns. Whether the lovers can finally get married depends on their luck."
Mrs. Mo felt a little worried when she heard this, and sighed helplessly. He took out another sign and said: "Master, I asked for this for my daughter. Please help me take a look."
The master took the lot and smiled.
Mrs. Mo asked puzzledly: "Master, why are you laughing?"
"Madam, your lot is the same as the one the previous lady asked for for her son. Ling Qianjin's marriage has arrived. The meaning of this lot is: Far away in the horizon, close at hand. Ling Qianjin's marriage is at hand. , when the time comes, it will naturally fall into place. But whether they can get married depends on their efforts."
"Far away and yet so close? Master, you just said that the lady and her son asked for the same lot as this one, so are they the two of you who are destined?"
The master often said with a bearded smile: "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed, and matters of marriage cannot be requested. Everything depends on their luck."
Mrs. Mo nodded, stood up and walked out, feeling a little worried.
Although both lottery tickets say that marriage has arrived, my son's marriage will go through twists and turns, and I don't know what kind of twists and turns they will be like? Does their daughter's marriage depend on their efforts? In this way, it is not easy to get them to get married early! well! Why are people so worried about the marriages of her three children? Although Qiqi is already married, she still doesn't know what the outcome will be with the emperor.
Mrs. Mo walked out of the Marriage Palace with worry. She looked around and saw no daughter. She sighed helplessly and said: "Jiujiu, this child is too playful and doesn't know where he ran. Let's go to the carriage first." Wait for her!"
Mo Jiujiu walked out of the Marriage Hall. He originally planned to wait for his mother outside the hall, but he saw two sneaky men walking towards the back of Yuelao Temple. These two men were not good people at first glance. The one who came in just now At that time, I seemed to see someone walking towards the back of Yuelao Temple. I didn't know what these two men were going to do. With curiosity and a sense of justice in his heart, Mo Jiujiu followed secretly.