These are all things to say later, and Gu Lian returned to the Princess Mansion, put the imperial decree properly, then packed up his belongings and prepared to enter the palace with Qiao Mingyu.
The palace banquet started in the evening and lasted until midnight. In fact, it should not be past midnight, but eleven o'clock in the evening, but the people of the Tianxi Dynasty felt that the yin qi after the midnight was too heavy, which was not suitable for banquets. , so it won't last that long.
This is a family banquet in the palace. After the banquet is over, they go back to the palace. Those three-rank ministers and family members who came to the banquet left at Hai Shi, which is nine o'clock. Otherwise, the palace will be locked and they will not be able to get out.
Qiao Mingyu said that he was going to take Gu Lian around the palace. The old emperor was there before, so it was inconvenient in the palace. Now that someone else is the emperor, Qiao Mingyu can treat the palace as home, and he doesn't have to worry about any problems when he wanders around casually.
Just like the current Lingsu, you just wander around when you have nothing to do.
The new emperor has very few concubines, all of whom are the concubines from before, who have never touched them before, and they are far away if they are sealed with an inconspicuous rank. There are concubines living around, and the two groups of women will not be bored together.
The area was surrounded by guards, and those women were not allowed to run around, so the huge palace was actually very empty, except for the palace maids in each palace and the maids and eunuchs on the road, there were no other people. Today's palace banquet, these women are allowed to attend, but it is of no use. The emperor is sitting on the other side of the screen with the officials, and the women can't see the emperor.
As soon as he entered the palace, Gu Lian was blocked by Lingsu, saying that it was boring to go shopping alone, so he had to go with the two of them. Qiao Mingyu glared at him several times, but it was useless. Lingsu was not afraid of Qiao Mingyu, he was only afraid of Gu Lian.
This product was sealed as a national teacher, and it was the time for swearing. It is said that the emperor will build a separate palace for him, and he is very proud.
It wasn't his original intention to come here today to be a light bulb. In fact, his original intention was just to show off for two laps.
When Gu Lian slowly took out the stirring snake from his sleeve, Lingsu's face changed greatly, and he fled.
"...What's the matter?" Qiao Mingyu didn't know why.
Gu Lian said lightly: "My eldest nephew, he is afraid of snakes."
"..."
I'm not afraid that the snake's spiritual place is not here, and I can't defend myself. In fact, Lingsu is only afraid of toads, because the way the five poisonous and cute big toads attack is really disgusting. It just so happened that the Five Poison NPCs were not limited to only summoning one Five Poison baby. Gu Lian liked to bring five or six of them around at once. Toad was always the most active one, running at the front and the first to fight.
Since being licked by the big toad's tongue once, Lingsu has never seen these five poisonous babies again.
Seeing the twin snakes, Lingsu's first reaction was that the toad must be hiding nearby, so he quickly ran away. Gu Lian didn't even have the chance to tell him that she didn't raise toads.
After Qiao Mingyu got the answer, she no longer struggled, she happily dragged Gu Lian to the Queen's Fengyi Palace.
"I grew up in the Fengyi Palace when I was a child." Qiao Mingyu looked nostalgic, "After the death of the mother, no one stayed in the Fengyi Palace, and there were several loyal palace maids and maids by the mother's side who were always there. I'll go back and have a look every once in a while."
But now these people are no longer in Fengyi Palace, they were picked up by Qiao Mingyu's grandfather's family. Originally, they had invited them to guard the imperial mausoleum, and wanted to keep guarding the tomb. But the new emperor was not sure, and let them go back to their ancestral home to enjoy the happiness.
"My father's mausoleum was built many years ago. I have seen the drawings, and there is a place for my mother in it. He wants to be buried together." Standing in front of the dressing mirror in Fengyi Palace, Qiao Mingyu's expression froze, "How could my brother and I be possible? Let him do what he wishes? The queen mother is now sleeping in the ground, buried with the queens of the past dynasties, not to be buried with the father."
The beloved emperors and queens of the Tianxi Dynasty will be buried together, but most of the emperors and queens are not in harmony, so they will be buried separately after death. The emperor's tomb and the queen's tomb are separated, and there is a concubine's tomb in the middle. It is conceivable how much these emperors and queens hate each other.
Gu Lian didn't understand the complicated feelings between these heavenly families. Her original life was very simple, and the people in the Five Poison Religion were even more simple and straightforward. I won't play around with you. The same is true of many brothers and sisters in the family. The staff is simple and a family of three is like Gu Lian, so they don't understand that.
"The news of your father's funeral hasn't been released yet, what is your brother's plan?" Gu Lian asked.
Qiao Mingyu took her to sit down. The palace was cleaned every day and it was very clean.
"Brother Huang said that there is a war at the border gate, and now that the news of the emperor's death has come out, the military's morale is easy to be unstable. If one does not make it right, there may be panic among the people, so let's hide it for now. When we go to the border gate, the royal brother will find another one. If you have the opportunity to speak out, maybe you can take this opportunity to boost your morale.”
Turning grief and anger into strength is not bad.
In the past two days for the New Year, if the news of the death of the emperor came out, it would indeed affect the mood. If everyone has a bad year, they always feel that the next year will not be smooth.
"I'm not very worried about the border issues." Gu Lian said, "I'm just worried that this snow..."
This snow has been falling for too long.
Snow began to fall in early November. At that time, it was still small snowflakes, which stopped and stopped, and no snow accumulated. It stopped for several days in the middle of the day, which made the farmers very worried. In the year of auspicious snow, if the snow is small in winter, and the hibernating insects fail to freeze to death, I am afraid that there will be a plague of pests in the coming year. Insect plagues are second. In some arid areas, if there is no heavy snow in winter, the flow of rivers will be very small in the spring, and they will be dry in summer.
It snowed suddenly in late November. This time, everyone was happy and felt that the next year would definitely be a bumper harvest. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The snow fell from the end of November to the end of the twelfth lunar month. It was about to be the first day of the new year, and there was still no sign of it stopping. Although it stopped a few times in the middle, every time it stopped for only half a day, it started to snow again. Sometimes it's light snow, sometimes it's just heavy snow. I heard that many thatched cottages were collapsed by the snow, and there are not many people who freeze to death.
If it goes on like this, it will be bad.
"Your brother has just ascended the throne. If there is a snow disaster, there will be bad rumors among the people."
People here are superstitious, and they will think that the new emperor is not the emperor chosen by God, so the snow disaster punishment will be imposed. At that time, it may be better for the emperor to pay more attention to disaster relief after the next decree, but I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to incite and cause the people to rebel.
Hearing these conjectures, Qiao Mingyu suddenly became bitter.
I thought it would be a lot easier for the emperor to become the emperor, but it was even more tiring. However, these imperial brothers have long thought of it. If such a situation really occurs, there should be a countermeasure.
"Stop talking about this." Qiao Mingyu took a deep breath and put aside the troubles, "Today is New Year's Eve, let's talk about something happy. Alian, aren't you trying to make a detoxification sacred object? Have you made it?"
Gu Lian shook his head, how could it be so fast. Yesterday Lingsu asked her if she wanted it, how could it be done today. But after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, this half month should be enough.
The production method of the detoxification sacred object is very complicated, and Gu Lian did not let anyone participate in the process, including the four girls. This is the most confidential thing of the Five Poisons. Those four girls are not disciples of the Five Poisons, and Gu Lian cannot tell them.
Seeing this, Qiao Mingyu didn't ask many questions, so he talked about some other topics. But there is nothing to say, except to ask Gu Lian about his childhood, that is, to share with her the embarrassment of Qiao Ancheng.
As the only prince of the emperor, Qiao Ancheng was directly named the prince, which surprised many people who were waiting to see the joke. Qiao Ancheng was born by the third prince concubine. The third prince concubine did not even catch the queen, but his son was able to seal the prince. Originally, they thought that Qiao Ancheng would not be seen by the emperor like his mother, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.
Prince Taifu is the Taoist priest of Lingsu who has just been appointed as a national teacher. This Taoist priest began to appear beside the third prince a few years ago. No one could find any reason to block him by making him a national teacher. And the fact that the prince can have him as a teacher obviously shows that the prince is very favored.
However, in front of his aunt, his father and his "mother", the prudent little prince was a combination of a good child and a bear child.
Gu Lian has never seen this kid, but from Qiao Mingyu's words, you can probably hear how lousy this guy is.
"Xiuzhu, hurry up! Catch it for me!" A child's voice came from the front, and Bacheng was the little prince.
Qiao Mingyu took Gu Lian and walked over, only to see a little man in apricot-yellow costume climbing on the branch of plum blossoms, picking the most beautiful branch of plum, and throwing it directly down.
Xiuzhu was the maid next to him. She was obviously a trainee. She easily stepped on the ground and caught the plum blossom branch that was dropped. The plum blossoms above are still blooming brilliantly, and no petals have fallen off.
"His Royal Highness, will the servants carry you down?" Another maid, Xiuzhen, stretched out her hands.
Qiao Ancheng raised his chin: "No, I have to come down by myself!"
"I haven't seen you for a few days, have you learned to call yourself lonely?" Qiao Mingyu stepped forward and carried the stinky boy down.
Obviously, the plum tree is low and low, so the maid can fold any flower branch directly, but this kid does not, he has to climb up and fold it by himself. Fortunately, the maids beside him all know martial arts, otherwise it would be bad if he didn't catch it.
"Sister-in-law, how can the national teacher make you fool around?" Qiao Mingyu raised her eyebrows.
When Qiao Ancheng saw that the aunt who loved him the most was here, he smiled and grinned: "Aunt! I miss you so much!"
Qiao Mingyu paused: "Jing can speak sweet words!"
After scolding, he couldn't help hugging the kid tightly, and then he didn't let go.
Obviously, the princess is also a person who likes children.
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