Yao Yanyan is studying the child's clothes with the Queen Mother in Feiluan Palace at the moment.
When the queen mother first heard that her majesty would let her concubine pretend to be a court lady and a dancer to test the group of candidates, she was also shocked. After the recollection, she would rush to the royal study room to stop her majesty, but she had just left Cihe on foot Gong, I heard that Yao Yanyan had a stomachache, and she was so scared that she had forgotten her original intention, so she quickly changed her way to Feiluan Palace.
As soon as she came, the imperial doctor left, saying that there was no serious problem. The queen mother breathed a sigh of relief, remembering to go to the imperial study room, but Yao Yanyan took a piece of the baby's clothes to look at the baby's clothes. When she saw that, she forgot about the emperor and concentrated on choosing fabrics with Yao Yanyan.
"Although the silk produced in the palace is very good now, it is better for the little prince to wear cotton cloth." Since Yao Yanyan became pregnant, the queen mother has been very concerned about her affairs. The child is only three months old, and the queen mother has looked for several An experienced and veteran wife sent to Feiluan Palace, and she also personally visits here from time to time.
"More than that, this clothes will have to be washed several times, until it is half old..." The queen mother slowly recalled her experience of raising children and taught them all to Yao Yanyan.
Several ice basins were placed in Feiluan Palace. Qinghu and others held fans near the ice basin and fanned them gently, watching their mother and the queen mother sitting together, the peace between them was so beautiful that they looked like their biological mother and daughter. Can not help showing a sincere smile.
Yao Yanyan listened to the Queen Mother’s narration, remembering that the prince born by the Queen Mother had died at a young age, and there was no even ordering. Looking at the kindness of the Queen Mother at this time, she swallowed the words "in case the child is a girl". Go down.
Thinking about it now, she and her majesty did a bit too much in the previous life. The queen mother was just an ordinary old lady, not so good, but she was definitely not as vicious as she had previously thought. Even, as an aunt, she actually did enough. All right.
Yao Yanyan didn't understand before, but now as a mother, I can vaguely realize the feeling of the queen mother.
When she thought about it, Bihu came in and said, "Manny, Zhou Xiuyi, please see me."
Yao Yanyan thought about the hall test today, and took another look at the queen mother. Seeing that her old man was studying embroidery patterns, she said, "Let her go to the side hall and wait first!"
Bihu stepped back, and Yao Yanyan sat with the queen mother for a while. The queen mother glanced at her belly and said: "You should sleep now. You should go about walking when you wake up. Don't sit all day, and don't want to. Greedy."
Yao Yanyan nodded and said: "Don't worry about the Queen Mother, I can save it."
The queen mother nodded and said that she was tired. Holding down Yao Yanyan who wanted to get up, she said, "No need to send it, Ai's family can go back by themselves."
The Queen Mother walked out of Feiluan Palace and turned her head unintentionally. She just saw Zhou Xiuyi standing at the door of the Piandian and saluting her. Seeing the clothes on Zhou Xiuyi's body, the queen mother twisted her eyebrows and wanted to scold her, but she didn't know it. What did you say.
When returning to Cihe Palace, Liu Shanggong helped the Queen Mother from the footsteps and said in a puzzled way: "Queen Dowager, you understand that the imperial concubine deliberately blocked you, why stay in Feiluan Palace?"
Turning the Buddhist beads in her hand, the queen mother slowly said, "The Ai family is old, and I can't control them for a few years."
Liu Shanggong thought that the queen mother was lamenting that she was involuntarily getting old, and was about to comfort a few words, but listened to the queen mother: "Now it is the world of young people, the family of mourning shouldn't care too much, your Majesty and Concubine Yao think. Let them do what they want to do. The Ai family can live for a few more years and hold their grandson for a few more years and they will be satisfied. Your Majesty has grown up, and the Ai family believes that they will have a sense of measure." I heard that at first. At the time, the queen mother was indeed angry, but maybe because she was childish by those two too many times, the queen mother quickly calmed down.
She doesn't want to worry too much now, and the concubines in the harem also don't want to go to bed. Yao Fei is pregnant again. If your Majesty wants to dismiss the harem, let him go! Your Majesty is so young now, if there is really no heir in the future, there will be too much time to draft a few more candidates.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother paused, turning the Buddha beads faster, and said in her heart: Bah Bah Bah, Anita Buddha, Concubine Yao will surely give birth to the little prince safely.
When the queen mother ran to the small Buddha hall to recite the scriptures, Yao Yanyan listened to Zhou Xiuyi telling the test of the imperial garden from beginning to end.
Zhou Xiuyi said: "Manny, no one thought at first that someone in those tributes would be recruited at the first level. You didn’t see that there were a few tributes who couldn’t move around eating and drinking, and talked drunk. He said that if you can drink the good wine in the palace every day, it will be happier than being a god. There are also a few cravings who eat vegetables and eat so that their belly is round, and they look for latrines everywhere."
"Xu, who stole the gold, didn't expect that after searching at the gate of the palace, he would have to search again after entering Mingde Hall. The gold on his body was found and he was removed from his name on the spot."
"As for those who secretly molested the sisters by drunkenness, although Your Majesty did not publish the list, he has already said that he will take their place. These people must not even be able to get a fellow scholar."
Zhou Xiuyi said this, and said admiringly: "Manny, the method you and your majesty have come up with is really useful. It will immediately sift out those who have empty talents but are greedy for wine and money. The remaining tributes will be in the future. They must all be good officials for the country and the people."
Yao Yanyan was not as happy as Zhou Xiuyi expected, but said: "This method can only screen out some stupid and pregnant people. How can it be so easy to detect the character of a person?"
She and His Majesty also discussed this point at the time. She was not afraid of a person’s city going deep, nor was she afraid of someone coveting wine and money. She was afraid that this person would be greedy and stupid, and even jump into the trap before her eyes. If you are an official, you will only cause countless troubles. They can't even resist this bit of *** in the palace now, do they still expect them to be able to stop the outside *** when they become officials
Your Majesty opened the department in advance to select officials who can help him, rather than selecting a bunch of talents who are only high-ranking but will only cause trouble. Fortunately, this test has been opened. It is really necessary for such people to pass the palace examination and become officials. In the future, it will take a lot of effort to get these people out.
When Zhou Xiuyi listened to Yao Yanyan's analysis, the excitement on his face gradually became less, "Then what if someone hides deeper?"
Yao Yanyan said without hesitation: "What did you do before, what do you do now, the Department of Supervision is not a decoration. Besides, there is nothing to do with the depth of the city government, and hypocrites are even more afraid. , Don’t provoke right and wrong. How many people have been eliminated this time?"
Zhou Xiuyi said: "A total of 18 people."
Yao Yanyan nodded. The number is normal. After all, although there are more than a hundred people tested, these people have passed the exams, and there are still very few really stupid people.
This problem was solved, and another matter came to Yao Yanyan's mind. She said, "By the way, among those scholars, do you see anything you like?"
Zhou Xiuyi thought of the person who blushed as soon as she saw her. She had some thoughts in her heart, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she said: "Manny, after the palace exam, won't your majesty have a Qionglin banquet, concubine then? I want to see it again."
Yao Yanyan thought for a while and nodded, "It's okay." Looking at Zhou Xiuyi, who was sitting in front of her, with a ruddy face, Yao Yanyan said with some regrets: "It's a pity that Gu Zhaorong left yesterday. Cp."
Zhou Xiuyi asked in confusion: "Manny, what is Xipi?"
Yao Yanyan was taken aback for a moment, yes, what is Xipi
The two were talking, and it was time for lunch unknowingly. The maids came over with the food box and placed the dishes one by one. Yao Yanyan had no appetite, but suddenly she smelled a familiar scent. She tentatively picked up Mapo Tofu with chopsticks. When she tasted the familiar taste, she was surprised: "This is what Gu Zhaorong made?" Didn't Gu Zhaorong leave?
Lan Mengshi smiled and said, "Niang Niang, Gu Zhaorong is worried that after she leaves, Niang Niang will not be used to eating the dishes in the Imperial Dining Room, so before leaving, she took out the sauce she had prepared for a long time, saying that it was for the Imperial Kitchen to cook some of them nowadays. The dishes made in that way can be eighth similar to the ones she made by herself. Gu Zhaorong also said that after a few months, when the sauce in the palace runs out, she will send a few more jars back."
Yao Yanyan heard this and was very moved. When Gu Zhaorong left yesterday, she thought that she would not be able to eat Gu Zhaorong’s food in the future. She was so sad that she did not dare to send her off, for fear that she would hold Gu Zhaorong’s hand and would not let it go. Gu Zhaorong was so considerate. She said to Zhou Xiuyi: "Gu Zhaorong is really a good cook with a sense of responsibility!"
Zhou Xiuyi:...
When Yao Yanyan and Zhou Xiuyi talked about Gu Zhaorong, Gu Zhaorong's carriage had already left Tongzhou City and drove towards the border under the escort of ten guards.
Not long after they left Tongzhou City, they arrived at an inn. Just after they got off their horses, Gu Zhaorong saw an ordinary-looking woman in plain clothes standing in front of the inn.
She seemed to be waiting for someone. As soon as she saw their carriage stopped, she immediately greeted her, gave her a smile, and said, "But it's Miss Gu Chugu."
Gu Zhaorong nodded hesitantly. Gu Chu is her real name, and since she is going to the border, naturally she can no longer call herself Gu Zhaorong.
After the woman greeted the guards next to her, Gu Zhaorong realized that this woman was also from Anbu. Although she was a woman, most of the news from the border gate to the capital and the orders from the capital were mostly They must be conveyed through her.
This is also for safety reasons. After all, her identity outside is a woman living with a young child and widowed. Few people will find an ordinary city woman.
Gu Zhaorong chatted with her for a while, only to realize that this woman was surnamed Zhou. She was originally the daughter of a courtier, but her biological father had offended the Prime Minister Zhang. She almost couldn't survive in the family. The people in Anbu accidentally discovered that she had great potential when they were selecting seedlings. , And then brought it back to train, and then she has the same she is today. Now, Aunt Zhou is going to follow her to Wucheng, as the leader of all the spies in Wucheng.
"Girl Gu, don't worry, I will accompany you to Wucheng. If there is no accident, I will stay in Wucheng for several years. You kids can come to me if you don't understand anything."
Gu Zhaorong nodded, and at Aunt Zhou's hearty smile, she gradually let go of her anxiety, and she had more hope for the future. She was too timid before, but now, she also wants to use her own hands to do a dignified career. Let the world can no longer underestimate women.
She chewed in her heart what Zhou Xiuyi, Concubine Yao, and the leader Ge had said over and over again, and every time she came down, her eyes became firm...
This time the hall test ended quickly, and the ranking was much faster than in previous years, but the list was posted on the evening of the second day.
After all the people posted the list in the office, they squeezed forward to watch. The first place in the first class, the four words "the number of capitals of the capital" are impressive.
"The new champion is Li Shu! People from Beijing!" After a while, these words spread out.
The family members who were in charge of catching son-in-law on the list patrolled the crowd fiercely, but they waited and waited, not to mention the number of champion Li, even the other jinshi lords were not seen.
Where are the people? On the good day of the list, none of the jinshi who came to the list came to the list. I have never seen such a calm person in previous years!
Everyone looked at each other, wondering where did the new champion and the senior scholars go
Where did they go? Naturally, he was taken into the palace in advance to attend the Qionglin banquet.
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Ah ah, I'm late again, I knew I would not go to bed in the afternoon! Two more compensation tomorrow!
Looking at the comments the day before yesterday, a baby said that Gu Zhaorong does not have a name yet. Isn’t it easy to pick a name? Chef Gu Gu Dachu, Gu Chu, over!
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