Gong Shoufu left the morning court and went home.
The face was always sullen, and the frowning eyebrows never relaxed.
"Where is Miss now?"
"I'm talking with the old lady in the old lady's room."
With his hands behind his back, Gong Shoufu stopped walking over there, turned around and walked to the study, "Go and tell the eldest and second young masters to come to my study."
Gong Shoufu was sitting behind the big table, while Big Brother Gong and Second Brother Gong were in front. Seeing Gong Shoufu's serious face, Second Brother Gong's original intention of playing around disappeared, and Big Brother Gong asked softly, "Grandfather, what are you doing?" gone?"
Gong Shoufu retracted his unfocused gaze from the corner of the table, "Your Majesty wants to abolish the harem."
"..."
"!!"
Gong Shoufu pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache, "We summoned a few of our ministers after the morning court today, and they said that there is no doubt about it, and there is no room for negotiation. Now we need to arrange the aftermath work."
Second Brother Gong was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, and it took him a long time to find his voice, "Grandfather, Your Majesty, it's not because of Xiao Ruo, is it?"
As I said that, I felt a little disbelieving, and wanted to smile to relieve the tense atmosphere in the room, but the corners of my mouth did not pull back.
Gong Shoufu looked at him with clear and majestic eyes, and then nodded slowly.
The room was even more silent.
Big brother Gong sighed, it's a pity that many things happened, so he was relatively calm.
"Grandfather, what do you think?"
Gong Shoufu patted the table, "I'm afraid I'm going to feel sorry for that child Haoran. Although I haven't figured it out yet, it's our family's problem after all. You two will go to his house together tomorrow, so it's an apology. I will let the housekeeper send the gift I will bring tomorrow to your yard."
Second Brother Gong is really stubborn, and he has the best relationship with Li Haoran. The two have been brothers in the military camp for several years. Hearing what Gong Shoufu said, he rubbed his face on the bench with a wrinkled face, grinding his teeth, " Grandfather, Haoran is obviously the best candidate, he will treat Xiao Ruo very well... "
Gong Shoufu slammed the table and looked directly at Second Brother Gong, and said in a deep voice, "You have no control over your mouth, and you are not allowed to say this in the future."
Second brother Gong also knew Gong Shoufu's temper, so he lowered his head and hummed softly twice.
Gong Shoufu explained some more things. When the two brothers went out, the second brother Gong was still dissatisfied and complained softly. The eldest brother Gong directly raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, with a calm and serious tone, "If you say this again, I will let my grandfather punish you."
Second Brother Gong pouted, "Brother, don't think about it for Xiao Ruo in the future."
Brother Gong turned his head away and looked at the buds waiting to bloom in the yard, half helpless and half sighing, "So what if you think about her, you know what His Majesty has done in recent years, who can stop what he wants. "
When he was rarely so cold, Second Brother Gong turned his head away and murmured softly, "Just in case, in case he treats Xiao Ruo badly in the future..."
Although there are very few concubines in the harem, the abolition of the harem is a major event after all.
In the past few years, Emperor Yongkun's iron-blooded methods of government and the strategy of governing the country have received a lot of restless voices from the court, and also gathered a lot of people's hearts for him.
Even so, it is not easy to implement the abolition of the harem.
Qing Ruo went back to Gong's Mansion, and the nuns who taught her things in the palace were sent to Gong's Mansion the next day.
It was partly due to the nature of nurturing the nuns. Originally, the Gong family should be responsible for food, clothing, housing and transportation after they came to the house, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs that sent them here said that all the things of the nuns were still under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
On the third day, the imperial chef was sent from the palace. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that he will live in Gong's residence permanently from now on.
On the fourth day, the Imperial Physician was sent. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that in the future, an additional Imperial Physician would be on standby at the Gong Mansion. During the normal time, he would also help Gong Shoufu and Mrs. Gong take care of their bodies.
Now it's all right, everyone in the capital knows that the Gong Mansion is now the emperor's apex.
Especially recently, the emperor's list was set up to recruit skilled craftsmen. What did they do? Oh, I heard that the emperor wants to build a palace for the future queen. It doesn't need to be gorgeous, but it must make the future queen live comfortably and feel at home.
"..."
These are what Second Brother Gong came to Qing Ruo to talk to Qing Ruo every day.
Because there has never been any will about her in the palace.
The turbulent waves in the court hall for the past few days have come to an end. I heard that Emperor Yongkun stood on the high platform aggressively and fought against the officials who opposed the abolition of the harem.
That picture... It's actually funny when you think about it.
Brother Gong's fiery temper was originally very unpleasant, so why would he come over to tell her these things every day to increase his favorability.
On the second day after returning to Qingruo and returning to Gong's mansion, after separating from big brother Gong, second brother Gong became more and more angry, and he didn't want to stay at home anymore, thinking about going out to find friends for a drink to relieve his worries.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he ran into some nuns sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send Qing Ruo over.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs held the booklet and was still chanting, and several nuns walked inside together, talking in a low voice.
"Hey, this Miss Gong, how can I manage her well? She won't be able to learn anything if she is treated lightly, and His Majesty won't like it if she is controlled too hard."
The other nun touched her arm, opened her mouth and changed Qing Ruo's address directly, "Your Majesty is smart, you don't need to be strict, and your Majesty won't say anything, just let her learn as much as she likes."
Second Brother Gong pursed his lips. Of these nuns, only one was unfamiliar to him. He had seen the others in the palace. Concubine Jing is the most majestic concubine in the palace.
"I don't know if Ms. Gong will get up now. I want the old man to say that the problem of staying in bed really needs to be corrected. As the days go by, she is still young, and her body is not good if she stays in bed."
"Okay... Your Majesty has his own plans in mind. Your Majesty is still young, so there is nothing wrong with His Majesty being so pampered..."
The nuns gradually drifted away, Second Brother Gong stood where he was, and waited for a long time before the little father-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who sent the nuns in came out, still carrying the booklet in his hand, but the expression on his face was much happier up.
Seeing him standing aside, the little eunuch from the House of Internal Affairs came up to greet him. Second Brother Gong was already ready when he was waiting for someone, and when he stepped forward to help him up, he stuffed two ingots of silver, "Excuse me, eunuch." Don't be so polite, I'm sorry to trouble you."
"Don't bother, don't bother."
Second Brother Gong successfully figured out what the booklet that man was holding was.
I remember densely, nothing more than some things about Qingruo.
For example, all kinds of expenses in the Qingming Palace were either ordered by De Zhi or ordered by the emperor himself. The whole palace gave her more precious things than the emperor himself.
Today I sent my nanny here, and tomorrow I will send two imperial cooks over. Miss Gong likes the meals made by those two cooks the most, and the day after tomorrow I will send the imperial doctor over, and the day after tomorrow is the arrival of the newly woven and dyed fabrics in spring from neighboring countries. What kind of clothes do you want to make for Miss Gong...
Second brother Gong took it over and rolled his eyes until he felt dizzy.
It's not that the memory is messy, although it is densely packed, but the words are written very clearly, and the handwriting is also very neat.
The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs took it and carefully put the booklet into a wooden box, "There is nothing wrong with this booklet, His Majesty will check it from time to time."
"..." The emperor is either too busy or sick.
Second Brother Gong asked tentatively, "Elder-in-law, isn't your House of Internal Affairs busy?"
The little father-in-law and the second brother Gong replied to him as they walked outside, "I don't know how to answer the second young master. I am very busy or not. Anyway, Miss Gong's affairs are the most important, and I must do my best." Meticulous, Miss Gong used to live in the Qingming Palace, her favorite scented tea, incense, rouge cream and rice are all tributes, if there is no more, she must report to His Majesty as soon as possible."
"..."
At the gate of the mansion, the little father-in-law bid farewell to Second Brother Gong, "Second Young Master, the servant will leave first, and His Majesty is still waiting for the servant to answer."
Second Brother Gong nodded. Before the eunuch walked slowly, the little eunuch had already got on his horse, and the two guards around him swung their whips and left quickly without hesitation for a second. The box in his hand was tightly hugged against his stomach with.
Second brother Gong was in a hazy state of mind, he wobbled back to the mansion, and went around to his own yard.
He has been married for two years and has a very good relationship with his wife. His daughter will be half a year old.
Entering the lady's room, the lady who put her daughter to bed is combing her hair.
Second Brother Gong went up to touch her hair, saw the rouge and cream on the dressing table, sat down beside him and asked her with a smile, "Madam, are these rouge and creams prepared by the mansion or bought by Madam herself? "
Madam combed her hair and looked at him with a smile, "Of course I bought it myself. Everyone is suitable for different types, and it's not easy to prepare in the house. If it's not easy to use, I don't like it."
Then he glanced at him, "Why do you think of asking this?"
Second Brother Gong smiled and did not answer.
Suddenly realized a problem, no matter how good Haoran is, I'm afraid he really can't afford to support his younger sister.
I don't know if His Majesty did it on purpose or not, but it is true that Zhao Qingruo's current appearance has been so favored by the emperor that most people can only look up to it.
That is the emperor who holds the power of the world. If the emperor is angry and lays down millions of corpses, if it is used in the battles of the past few years, this sentence is indeed not an exaggeration at all.
But for Qingruo, it is enough for him to be as fine as rouge and cream.
Time flies and almost a month has passed.
Spring has spread and swayed on the earth. Qingruo has planted many flowers and plants in the yard, and they have been carefully cared for. Since early spring, flowers have been blooming all the time. The fragrance of plants and flowers is the most comfortable taste when the sun shines on them.
The imperial doctor in the palace came, and the old lady recovered from her illness in a few days. Qing Ruo was woken up early by the old lady's nanny in the morning, went to the old lady's for breakfast, and had a conversation with her coquettishly , Go back to your own yard and learn things with a few nuns.
As soon as lunch time comes, I will finish my lunch and take a nap without any change.
The old lady's nanny wouldn't let her go to bed in the morning, and she recently moved her sleepiness to the afternoon.
The boudoir has windows.
Qing Ruo cleaned up after lunch and came in to take a nap.
Because the weather is getting warmer, the windows are only closed at night when I go to bed.
The emperor was dressed in blue clothes, with a tidy and fresh headband, standing by the window showing his upper body.
Seeing her come in with gentle eyes, he raised his hand holding the folding fan and waved at her, "Baby, come here."
Qing Ruo chuckled, and ran to the window with her skirt in her hands, "Your Majesty, what are you doing~"
He twisted her chin and pulled her little face closer, bent down and kissed her cheek to interrupt her words.
Kissed on the left and then on the right.
A kiss fell on her forehead, "Baby, do you miss me?"
Qing Ruo's eyes were bright and moist, she nodded, "I think."
Outside the window of her boudoir is the small garden in the backyard of her yard. There are flowers and plants planted by the window. If you look down, his shoes are stepping on the soil. Because the soil has just been loosened in spring, so now his shoes are not stained. Less mud.
The more she looked at it, the more she wanted to laugh, Qing Ruo leaned her head on his shoulder and couldn't stop laughing.
Emperor Yongkun sighed, reached out and hugged her waist, whispered in her ear, "Hold me tight." Then he carried her out of the window.
"Ah!" Qing Ruo exclaimed slightly, hugging his waist tightly.
After volleying in the air, he landed smoothly.
Dezhi and two guards were waiting by the wall, Emperor Yongkun walked towards the wall with his arms around her waist, "I will take you to ride a horse and fly a kite."
Behind them are Ruyi and Linglong who came out of the window.
Qing Ruo tilted her head to look at him, with a smile on her lips, "Brother Youyan, why did you appear like this?"
He is obviously the emperor, do you want to do this when you come to the courtier's house
Now, take her over the wall.
Yes, over the wall.
Although it was only Emperor Yongkun who held her waist and rose into the air, tapped the wall twice with his toes, and then they fell firmly outside the wall.
There were two carriages waiting there, Emperor Yongkun and Qing Ruo took the first one, Dezhi and a guard drove, and Ruyi and Linglong sat in the second one. A guard drives the car.
Emperor Yong Kun didn't answer her question just now, and his ears turned red when she asked about it.
He got into the carriage, sat on his lap with her in his arms, let her lie in his arms, rested his chin on the top of her hair, held her small hand with his big hand and interlocked his fingers, "I really want to know?"
"En." Qingruo nodded, her voice expectant.
Emperor Yong Kun lowered his head and kissed her hair, "I am preparing to marry you, and I will come to propose marriage to your family after all the preparations are completed."
As he spoke, he gradually held his breath, waiting for her answer.
Qingruo let out a cry and there is no more text.
Emperor Yongkun waited for a while, frowned, turned her around, and the two faced each other, Emperor Yongkun lowered his head, looked at her carefully, and asked softly, "Baby, don't you want to marry me? "
Qing Ruo lowered her head slightly and did not answer.
All he could see was the shadow cast by her long eyelashes.
"Plop, plop, plop." The heartbeat became clear and ringing.
Emperor Yong Kun unconsciously tightened the hand holding her behind her back.
Qing Ruo approached him, wrapped his arms around his waist and hugged him, leaning his cheek against his chest, "No, it just feels unreal, and it feels terrible to live in the palace in the future."
Emperor Yongkun tightened his arms little by little, hugging her tightly without hurting her.
After listening to her, she was silent, then bowed her head and kissed her hair, "It doesn't matter if you feel unreal, there is still a lot of time, you can feel it slowly, and I will be with you. You use scary to describe the palace , I'm a little sad, not because you don't like it, but because I feel distressed. I can only do my best to change the environment in the palace to make you more comfortable. I will only have you as a woman in the rest of my life. I want to give you all the good things, but I still can’t do anything about it, you can only stay with me, and live in the palace for the rest of my life.”
"Other than that, there is no need to be afraid of others. Although I don't know if I will be able to love you as much as I do now in the next few decades, I will do my best to always be good to you."
Qing Ruo rubbed against his chest, closed her eyes, and asked softly, "Why?"
Emperor Yongkun chuckled, bowed his head and whispered in her ear.
"Some people never use incense, but I always light incense that soothes the nerves and calms the mind when I pass by."
"A little guy spent a lot of energy building a warm shed behind the Qingming Hall in order to grow strawberries frequently, but he didn't eat any of the strawberries he grew, and all of them went into my stomach."
"I don't know who else ordered De Zhi to keep an eye on the time and let me go to bed. I knew that when I was busy with government affairs, there would be no disturbances. Tea, snacks, and soup were all specially asked by the imperial doctor. If I knew that I was troubled, I would come here." Let me make a fuss and have fun."
"I was so sleepy, I played chess with Zhen, got up and went into the room to drink a cup of strong tea. I heard that I didn't fall asleep until midnight after tossing around?"
Qing Ruo stared, and raised her hand to cover his mouth.
Emperor Yongkun raised his eyebrows with a half-smile, wearing a green shirt today, he looked young and reckless, and such an evil expression gave off a charm of invariant gender.
He stuck out his tongue and licked her palm.
Qing Ruo withdrew her hand so itchy, and looked at him with a wrinkled and unhappy face.
Emperor Yongkun smiled, hugged her tightly, patted her back, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "What kind of kite do you want to fly? I brought swallows, eagles, and snakes..."
She didn't want him to say it, so he didn't say it.
He knows why she is the most interested and serious in studying politics, because when he is upset, she can give him some advice and help him.
He was busy with government affairs before, and his own habits were not good, so he drank tea at night. Even if the government affairs are finished, you have to sit until late before going to bed, and you have to go to the morning court in the morning. Naturally, your health has not been good for such a long time.
She made soup for him, and she squatted by the fire with a cattail fan, and added ingredients and herbs to it bit by bit. He knew it, he had seen it several times when he went to Qingming Hall.
At that time, I also missed her, thinking about going to see her before going to court.
In the past, she was always a small ball, with her coat gathered around her body, her hair not pulled aside, she looked a little fluffy. Squat down and make soup for him.
It was obvious that the servant girl could be asked to do something, but she looked so serious and careful that he didn't know how to speak.
After the morning court, her soup also arrived, and the servant who brought it said that it was made by Miss Gong in the imperial dining room for His Majesty to recuperate.
At this time, Mammy came to complain, saying that Miss Gong's bed-ridden problem had to be corrected.
Nine out of ten of the emperor's robes are decorated with flying and domineering dragon patterns, even the inner shirt is the same.
But Emperor Yongkun didn't like to wear things with embroidered patterns since he was a child, because no matter how good the embroiderer's craftsmanship is, embroidered with complicated dragon patterns will always feel on the body, and the skin is more sensitive when it is next to the skin.
The underwear she made for him was so clean that there were almost no connecting threads.
Emperor Yongkun sighed softly in his heart.
"It's an eagle~ I think eagles are more powerful~"
"Okay~" He raised his hand and touched the little guy's head, it was fluffy, and his palms felt itchy when rubbed against it.
He bowed his head and kissed again.
She had a great time playing all day, and was tired when she went back. She was hugged and coaxed by Emperor Yong Kun in the carriage and fell asleep leaning against him.
The little hand was still holding his robe, sweating, and her hair was sticking to her cheeks. Emperor Yongkun ordered De Zhiwen, who was driving, to slow down, and held the little girl to brush away the hair on her face bit by bit.
He bowed his head and kissed her forehead, sweat sticky, salty, but he felt a little too sweet.
Later, the emperor got married, and he married Miss Gong's family.
The crown pet is unparalleled, and I also do everything by myself.
On the third day of the emperor's marriage, the emperor and the empress worship the heaven and the ancestors together.
According to folk rumors, the queen's hair and eyebrows were painted by the emperor that day.
Later, the prince succeeded to the throne.
During the New Year's Imperial Examination, Situ Yi was brilliant and handsome, the number one scholar in high school.
He is about the same age as Xindi, and has similar thoughts, and he can speak well, and the two of them will get acquainted with each other once they come and go.
"Your Majesty, I have an unfeeling request and I hope your Majesty will fulfill it."
"As entrusted by my father, I want to go to my aunt's grave to worship a stick of incense."
Situ Yi's aunt is Situ Xi.
After Emperor Yongkun abdicated, he and Qing Ruo took the youngest princess to travel around the great mountains and rivers.
Over the past few decades, many things can be handled with ease.
The new emperor agreed, and went to Ximei Garden with Situ Yi.
Decades have passed, and the Ximei Garden has become more and more exquisite and beautiful. If it wasn't for that tomb, it would almost surpass the beauty of the Imperial Garden.
The tomb has been repaired, flowers and fresh fruits and vegetables are also placed in front of the tomb, and incense is also burning.
Know the emperor is coming. The maids and servants who took care of Ximei Garden all came to pay their respects.
"Did you prepare the food and incense?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is the servants. When the Empress Dowager is in the palace, the Empress Dowager brings them here. Only when the Empress Dowager is not in the palace will she order the servants to prepare."
When the new emperor ascended the throne, Qing Ruo changed from the most honorable and happiest empress dowager in the world from the queen who favored the world.
The new emperor waved his hand to signal them to back down.
Situ Yi went up to offer incense and kowtowed three times.
"Father once told me about the empress dowager. My grandfather and the emperor had a bad relationship because of my aunt. Later, my grandfather left. Due to many reasons, Situ's family has fallen behind compared to before. My father said that my teacher is the empress dowager. Later, my teachers were also invited by the Empress Dowager before my father asked me to learn from them."
After the new emperor stood aside and listened, he curled his lips into a smile, went up to get three incense sticks, lit them, bowed down and put them in the incense burner.
Situ Yi thanked him, "Situ thanked the Empress Dowager on behalf of his father, and Situ thanked His Majesty."
The new emperor raised his hand to help him up. There are many things that people don't need to speak clearly when they are old and have passed the time.
He never called Qing Ruo the Empress Mother, he was always called Mother since he was a child, but he was called Emperor Yongkun, and he was only called Father Emperor in the court, other than that, he was called Father.
The same goes for several younger brothers and sisters.
The second emperor brother is like the second uncle, with a cheerful, irritable and mischievous temperament. He got into trouble when he was a teenager, and Emperor Yongkun was so angry that he threw his glass in the court hall, and he just said something fierce to him.
After the court, he took them back to Chaofeng Palace for lunch. Emperor Yongkun started to complain when he saw Qingruo, and waited for Qingruo to take care of the second brother before rolling up his sleeves and slapping the second brother twice.
Otherwise, why, he was afraid that if he made a move first and the second emperor would sue first, Qingruo would be distressed or angry.
His father was not only afraid, but also reluctant.
The two got up to leave, Xindi turned his head to look at the changed word on the Mu card, and smiled slightly.
He has known this cemetery since he was a child. There is a cemetery in the imperial palace, and a woman is buried, how ridiculous.
Even if his father had never been here, he knew it was related to his father.
Qing Ruo never brought him here, she did her best in this place, and in Situ's house.
When they were young, their brothers secretly discussed that no matter who becomes the emperor in the future, the first thing to do is to remove this cemetery from this palace.
Now, he also tolerated this place.
His mother was not the first woman his father loved. When he was just a teenager, he knew such a thing, but he was very sad. Why, his mother is so good.
When you grow up a little bit, you will know that everyone has a destiny, and everyone has a share. Sometimes, it is not necessarily lucky to meet first. Such a choice doesn't even want to be put on Qing Ruo's body.
So it's better if it's later, at least his father no longer has to do multiple-choice questions, he can love thoroughly without any scruples or reservations.
It's a pity for Situ Xi not to slander or deliberately, but compared to his mother, it can only be said that she is not enough and the timing is not coincidental.
Later, when they grew up, Qingruo began to teach them some emotional matters.
When you meet, cherish and be serious, be worthy of each other, and be worthy of yourself. Even if we separated later, everyone was happy, and if we let ourselves go, we also let each other go.
As for what Qing Ruo did, did Emperor Yong Kun know about it
Of course I know.
They never talk to each other, not because of care or estrangement.
That's all, that's fine.
And the "beloved wife Situ Xi" on the twilight card was changed to "lover Situ Xi".
His mother's small thoughts, small vinegar.
Perhaps, this is the best love, the best state of two people together.
**
I thank God when I was young,
I am the prince, the throne of the emperor is within reach.
Then thank God.
I am wise and calm, none of them are my opponents.
After ascending the throne, I no longer thank God,
What I want, I can hold it back when I reach out.
all thanks,
In exchange for you.
Baby, thank God, thank you.
Love words will always have an owner, you and I are not alone.
—[Black box]