Spoiler: Yan Hong
It was raining outside the curtain, and it was late autumn again. The curtains of the palace carriages were wet with rain, and they came rumbling from the deep alley. The light drizzle was like cold tears. The gate of the palace is so majestic that it looks like a painting of ink and wash from a distance, with light ink and light color, full of pen and ink.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing a slender hand with white and soft fingers, cardamom red nails, and an enamel purple gold bracelet on the wrist, which made the skin more like jade.
"Princess." An old palace official knelt by the side of the road and whispered to the slightly opened curtain of the car, "Physician Sun is taking his pulse inside."
The curtain of the car moved, and a woman in a light blue palace dress slowly got out of the car, with delicate features and a peaceful face.
Two servant girls came up from behind to hold an umbrella for her. A woman in her early thirties led a six or seven-year-old child. Although the child was young, he was very handsome. Seeing her, she grinned and said: "Mother, I'm out of school."
Yushu smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to caress the broken hair on the child's forehead, "I will go with my concubine to see the empress."
The child frowned slightly, seemed a little reluctant, pouted and said: "Is it okay for Yong'er to wait here for mother and concubine?"
"No," Yushu shook his head seriously, "Yong'er is a benevolent and filial child, the empress is not feeling well, you have to be obedient."
The child meditated for a while, and finally nodded helplessly, "Okay then." It's just that there was still a bit of reluctance in his expression.
Four years ago, the eldest princess married Jiangshan. At the time when Chen Bingguan, an army of 800,000 troops in Yanbei, fought for the title of prince for Huai Song Dynasty, who was weak due to years of civil strife, and left the warm homeland. Going northward with Chishui, he finally entered the Zhenhuang City. And these royal family members also followed the princess, far away from their homeland, and lived in Zhenhuang.
It has been several years since the Great Xia Kingdom was destroyed, and today's Eighteen Prefectures of Hongchuan have been renamed "Yan". The new Yan Emperor repaired the state mansion, expanded the Shengjin Palace on the original basis, and opened up the southeast land to build a palace for the eldest princess of the Huai Song Dynasty, calling it the Southeast Palace, and allowed the queen to participate in politics and lead the government affairs of the Huai Song vassal states In the Huai Song Dynasty, the transfer of officials below the third rank did not need to go through the imperial court, so the outer court called the Southeast Hall the Song Xiao court.
In the past two years, as the eldest princess's health deteriorated, the southeast hall became more and more deserted.
Yushu's father used to be an old member of the Huai Song Dynasty. At the beginning of his surrender, he was still the pillar minister of the Southeast Palace. However, over the past few years, the old Huai Song officials have gradually integrated into the court, and the emperor's policy of inclusiveness has gradually disappeared. The alert of foreign courtiers. Now when I come to the southeast hall again, it is so quiet that I can hear the sound of Qiu Chan.
"Concubine Xuan is here." Aunt Yun is over sixty years old this year, and she looks older these past few years, her hair is full of silver hair, and her hair is white and chicken-skinned. She came over with a smile, bent down to tease Prince Yong, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Prince Yong is getting more and more handsome, and he must be as handsome as Prince Xuan when he grows up."
Aunt Yun has been with the empress for many years and has a very high status in the palace. Even Yushu has always been respectful to her, so she said with a smile, "How is Auntie recently?"
"Okay, okay, thanks to the princess."
"How is the Queen's illness?"
"Oh, it's still not the same." Aunt Yun sighed, she was getting old, but she was a little talkative, and said to Yushu, "I eat very little food, and I don't like taking medicine. Like a child."
"Yong'er is not afraid of taking medicine!" Yong Wang heard the words and suddenly said loudly.
Aunt Yun was amused when she heard that, she patted Prince Yong's head and smiled, "His Royal Highness Prince Yong is a man, and when he goes in later, he must persuade the Empress well, do you understand?"
"The empress is awake, who is outside?"
A servant came out suddenly, and Yushu nodded to Aunt Yun immediately after hearing the words, and led Yongwang into Zhaoyang Hall.
Zhaoyang Hall is still the same, even though it is magnificent, Yushu always feels that it is too spacious here, and when walking, he can hear the echo of his footsteps.
The queen is a quiet person, and there are always very few people around her. Even in this palace, there are only a few servants waiting on her side.
Two second-class benefactors opened the East Pearl rain curtain for Yushu, and those shining beads collided together, making a crisp sound. Yushu led Yongwang in, knelt outside Nuan Pavilion, and said softly: "The concubine sees the empress."
After a while, a peaceful voice sounded slowly, and it sounded like he was still panting, "It's Yushu, come in."
The main hall is a bit cool, and a marble screen is carved with high mountains and flowing water, which adds a bit of tranquility to the already empty sleeping hall. The queen was wearing a bright yellow luan suit, lying on the couch, her hair combed meticulously, and there were not many red hairpins, only an emerald green Lantian hairpin, with a nail-sized bloodstone between her eyebrows.
"Wenyuan, give me a seat."
A first-class female official came forward and took a seat for Yushu. Yushu thanked Yushu for sitting down, and the queen asked, "How is your family recently?"
Yushu replied respectfully: "Everything is fine."
"I heard that the princes have changed to new masters, can Yong'er keep up with his homework?"
"Yong'er is young, and his talent is not as good as the princes, but the concubine hired two gentlemen for him in the mansion, and now he can barely keep up."
The queen suddenly coughed slightly, her face turned sickly pale, and said: "You are from a scholarly family, so you naturally know how to discipline children, but don't be too impatient, Yong'er is still young after all, children, don't force yourself Too tight."
Then the two began to gossip about family affairs. The relationship between Yushu and the queen has always been very strange. Although it seems that the queen is very close to their palace on the surface, when they talk, they are always separated by several floors. Even if she brought the child in to say hello from time to time, it was nothing more than a few things.
After chatting about having a cup of tea, suddenly three whips were fired outside, Yushu was startled, and hurriedly pulled his son to stand up. Immediately the bead curtain was raised, and the emperor, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, strode in with dazzling luster.
"The concubine pays respects to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
"Yong'er pays respects to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
The emperor raised his hand slightly, and said in a low tone, "Let's get down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor sat casually on the couch, and the empress was sick, so she just said blessings on the bed, and asked with a light smile, "Why is the emperor so free today?"
The emperor said: "I heard from Imperial Physician Sun that you are not feeling well recently, so come and have a look."
"The emperor takes care of everything, and he is still thinking about the body of the concubine, which really makes the concubine feel very sorry."
Yushu sat on the chair with his head down, listening to the strange and polite scene between the emperor and the empress, he couldn't help but feel a little awkward in his heart, so he didn't speak at the moment, but just pulled the child beside him, pretending to be willing The way you listen.
The emperor and the empress said a few words, then turned their heads and asked her, "How is your family doing recently?"
"Thanks to the emperor, everything is fine."
"The princes have a new teacher, Yong'er is young, can he still keep up with his homework?"
Yushu was slightly taken aback, thinking that it was indeed the couple, nodded quickly and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, I can barely keep up."
The emperor nodded, asked something else, and suddenly said to the servant Cao Qiu: "Bring the bow and arrow that Falang paid tribute to. Yong'er will be eight years old during the Chinese New Year, and it's time to join the military school. Xuanmo is here." Ever since I was a child, I loved to dance with knives and guns, especially with bows and arrows, the tiger father has no dogs, I believe Yonger will not let me down."
Cao Qiu quickly bent over and ran forward, offering a box. Yushu got up quickly to thank her, but she was a little worried. The emperor said that he came to see the queen's body, but why did he bring a bow and arrow? Does he know that I brought Yong'er into the palace
Over the years, the emperor has treated their palace very well, they have never been left behind by various rewards, and they have never been slighted at all because the palace has no male master. This point has caused many people in the government and the public to think about it secretly, and the emperor always speaks in a very familiar tone when talking about King Xuan, but as far as Yushu knows, the emperor and Xuan Mo have never met.
For a moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind, Yushu took the box, and Yonger next to him was a little happy, and kowtowed twice, smiling and said: "The emperor is so kind to Yonger."
The emperor showed a rare smile, stood up and said: "I still have some government affairs to deal with, so I will go for now, you can chat with the queen here." After finishing speaking, he left amidst the sound of respect from everyone.
As soon as the emperor left, the empress began to cough, and her spirits were a little weak.
Wen Yuan asked in a low voice, and then took off the dark outer clothes for the queen, and changed into plain pajamas. The queen and Yushu talked one after another, seeing that the queen was obviously tired, Yushu got up and left. The queen didn't keep them either, but ordered her servants to give her the prepared rewards, and a maid escorted them out of the palace.
In the long and narrow red alley, Yushu was sitting on the carriage with Yong'er in his arms. The carriage drove slowly, and the autumn rain hit the curtain of the carriage. Yushu was also in a trance, she thought about it carefully, it seems that she has met the emperor every time she entered the palace, every time the emperor visited the queen when they entered the palace, in fact, logically speaking, a widowed princess like her is Should not meet the emperor.
She suddenly felt a little uneasy, thinking of the emperor's expression when he talked about her husband today, she couldn't help but feel puzzled.
She suddenly opened the car door and said to Jiang Wu: "Jiang Wu, is Your Highness good at bows and arrows?"
Jiang Wu was slightly taken aback, but she didn't expect her to mention this matter suddenly, and quickly replied: "Your Highness is naturally proficient in bows and horses, but His Highness's swordsmanship is the best, and everyone in Beijing knew it back then. When it comes to bows and arrows, Your Highness the Queen Also very good at it.”
Yushu frowned, a thought flashed through her mind, but it was only that flash, which made her unable to catch the tail.
She nodded and closed the car door.