In the spring, the outside of Suye City was covered with a winter snow, which slowly began to melt. This afternoon, Pei You'an came back from outside, but could not see her daughter. She guessed that she was playing in the back garden and was about to look for her when she heard a voice calling "Daddy" from the porch outside the door. She raised her eyes and saw her little daughter. The figure appeared at the door, stepped over the threshold, and was running towards him, with a smile on his face, he hurriedly greeted her, and picked her up, seeing the thin beads of sweat on the tip of her nose, and her bangs. With sweat sticking to her forehead, she asked Jiafu, who was traveling with her, and said that she had been playing and running around, and she was sweating all over.
Although it was spring, the weather was still cold. Jiafu took her daughter to wash her hair and take a bath. After washing, she put on dry and warm clothes. Seeing that her daughter's bangs were also a little longer, some covered her eyes, she was about to call the man in the house. The mammy who can twist her hair came over. Pei You'an had hugged her daughter, put her on the stool in front of the dresser, took a small pair of scissors, and said that she would cut it for her, making sure that it would not be worse than that mammy's cut.
A Yuan was two years old, and Xu was three years old. She was just like Jia Fu when she was a child. Milky white skin, round eyes, Qiong nose cherry lips, Yuxue cute. The little girl with baby fat stretched out a small hand, her five fingers were short and fat, and there were a few sunken eddies on the back of her hand, but she already knew that she loved beauty. Sitting obediently, motionless.
Pei You'an went down with the scissors, and the bangs were a little crooked. A Yuan expressed dissatisfaction. When I was a father, I trimmed it shorter and shorter, and in the end, it could be considered flush, but the originally beautiful row of bangs was cut only a short stubble.
A Yuan's tears gradually rolled in his eyes.
The father thought it was a trivial matter to cut flush bangs, but he didn't expect it to be cut like this. Seeing her daughter was about to cry, she felt regretful. It happened that Jiafu came in, saw her daughter's short bangs, and exclaimed, "Why are they so short?"
A Yuan couldn't hold it any longer, and cried out with a "wow".
Pei You'an panicked and hurried to coax her daughter. The more coaxed, the more sad A Yuan cried.
Pei You'an coaxed and coaxed from left to right, and finally remembered, and said that she would be able to take her to the capital in a few days.
A Yuan already knew about this. I was thinking that in a few days, when the snow and ice melted, my parents would take her to a place called the capital to visit her brother who lived there. Hearing what my father said, I was happy, but then I thought that my hair was cut so ugly by my father. If my brother saw that he didn't like him, he couldn't help but twitched and shed tears again.
Pei You'an said that her brother would like her no matter what, and said that the road to the capital would take a month or two, and when she got there, her hair would grow back, and A Yuan would be as beautiful and cute as before. The little girl finally broke into a smile and began to look forward to the day of departure.
All day long, everything was arranged properly, and Pei Youan and Jiafu took A Yuan on their way back to Beijing.
This is the first time the two have returned to Beijing in three years.
In the past few years, although she was accompanied by her husband and young daughter, when she saw Ah Yuan, Jiafu often unconsciously remembered how Ci'er looked when she was a child. She remembered the last time she and her eldest son met, when he was a boy of sixteen. Three years later, he is about to get married.
After setting out on the road, everything went smoothly. On the day of the trip to Gyeonggi, when he stopped at the post house to rest, Li Shang left the city fifty miles away and was ordered to welcome the King of Jin and his wife in person. After staying in the inn for one night, before it got dark the next day, when they arrived in the capital, the family settled in the mansion where they had lived for many years.
That night, the emperor came in in small clothes, and father and son, mother and son met.
Although it has been three years, the sixteen-year-old boy that day has grown into a young man now, and he looks like an adult, but when he opened his mouth, he said a familiar "Father, Mother" full of boxing feelings, He immediately dispelled all the anxiety in Jiafu's heart caused by the isolation of time and space, leaving only joy and excitement, her eyes reddened, and her tears couldn't help falling again.
The young emperor smiled and wiped away her tears, and looked at his father, who was smiling and said nothing. There is a tacit understanding between father and son.
"Brother, I'm A Yuan"
Although A Yuan has never seen his elder brother since he was born, he has long remembered his elder brother deeply in his mind from the mouths of his parents. He finally met him tonight and fell in love with this handsome elder brother at first sight. He wiped his mother's tears, ran over and hugged his leg tightly, looking up at him and smiling.
With a smile on his face, the emperor picked up Xiao Douding's sister and held her high above his head, as if he was lifted up by his grandfather when he first saw him when he was a child. , in order to express his love for her in his heart at this moment.
A Yuanle went crazy. One night, he hugged the emperor's brother tightly. The emperor's brother also held her all the time. Her laughter was all over the house.
In the middle of the night, Jiafu left his father and son to talk in the study, and with great difficulty, she coaxed her daughter to sleep first.
A Yuan was lying in the bed, still babbling, his mouth was full of elder brother and elder brother, saying that elder brother was going to pick her up to go to him tomorrow morning. Fell asleep.
Jiafu took Ah Yuan to bed, leaving two father and son in the study. The emperor took the initiative to mention to his father a few important national affairs that he had been working on recently. Pei Youan nodded and smiled, "I know that you have hills in your chest, and I have nothing to worry about, just one thing."
He paused.
"Father, please speak." The emperor stood up immediately and said respectfully.
Pei You'an told him to sit down, "As you must know, it has something to do with the Zhang family's granddaughter. A few days ago, I received a letter from Zhang Ming, Master Zhang, and the implication was that her daughter was made queen. This incident reveals pessimism. Ci'er, the granddaughter of the Zhang family, will soon have a period of filial piety, what are your plans for the marriage that was set back then?"
"Marriage is entirely up to parents to decide. I don't know my parents, what do I mean now"
When the emperor said this, his expression was dull.
Pei Youan pondered.
Three years ago, Zhang Shiyong was involved in Yang Song's case and was forced to call himself an official.
Pei You'an knew that Zhang Shiyong couldn't let go of his power and position for a while, and the young emperor, he was ambitious, like a falcon hitting the sky for the first time, how could he have the "minister Gu Ming" in front of him again handicap
Once the ruler and his ministers are out of step, such a result is inevitable.
At that time, he did not intervene, but waited and waited for the change, and when the dust settled, out of compensation, but also for balance, this was the idea of making Zhang's granddaughter the next.
After he proposed, his son agreed at the time, but now the Zhang family showed the intention of retreating, and Pei Youan couldn't take it for a while, so he asked his son what he meant.
Hearing his answer, he said, "You are nineteen years old and have not yet gotten married. Now, if you don't have a daughter, you have to choose another family to become a queen. Your marriage is not only a private matter, but also a matter of the imperial court. The matter should be stable and not change. If what I think is correct, the Zhang family is not really unwilling to forge this relationship, but has lingering fears about what happened in the past. What I mean is that since Zhang’s daughter was chosen at the beginning, the world will be changed. As we all know, if you are a woman from another family who has the highest intentions, instead of breaking the contract and causing the courtiers to discuss, it is better to appease the Zhang family and treat them more favorably in the future. The marriage will be done as soon as possible, and the hearts of the people in the world will be reassured.”
He stared at his son Yingting's face, thinking that he was only three years old when he separated from his wife and entered the palace, regardless of whether it was winter or summer, he read books every day, and learned how to be the king of this vast empire in the future. When he was seven years old, other children's children He was still under his parents' knees, and he had already ascended the throne. No one knew it better than him, and his voice subconsciously softened, "Ci'er, I knew that Zhang's granddaughter was chosen for my father. The Zhang family has a scholarly reputation for generations, a strict family style, and a granddaughter who is both talented and beautiful, gentle and virtuous, and is very suitable for you. If you can marry, I will be able to support each other with you in the future."
"Everything is left to the masters of the parents."
The emperor remembered what Zhang's granddaughter had said in private in front of her father, her eyes moved slightly, but her face remained calm, she just stood up and responded respectfully.
The next morning, as soon as A Yuan opened his eyes, he saw Jiafu's smiling face, saying that the person sent by her brother to pick her up had arrived, and she was waiting outside, cheering, and staying in bed. Gulu got up from the warm bed, hurriedly urged his mother to dress and comb his hair, and ate his breakfast in large mouthfuls. Finally, he was led by Jiafu and happily went to the front hall, where he saw a man dressed in red. The round-faced man in clothes saw himself, ran over quickly, bowed to call her little princess, and saluted her.
Before going to bed last night, my brother apologized to her again and again, saying that he had something to do this morning, so he couldn't come to pick her up in person, but he would send someone named Cui Ban'er to pick her up. Asked "You are Cui Ban'er"
"Oh, I don't dare to be. The little princess calls me Eunuch Cui."
Cui Yinshui is now in his forties, with a fat head and a round face. Apart from being fatter than when he was young, he doesn't look much older. Now he is already the number one eunuch in the palace. He came over and laughed a few words with A Yuan, then bowed to Jiafu and said, "Princess, the servant will lead the little princess into the palace first. Don't worry, princess, the servant will definitely bring the little princess."
Cui Yinshui always takes care of the children, so there is nothing to worry about. Jiafu told her daughter not to be fooled when she passed by, so she let go and watched her daughter run out in the company of Cui Yinshui.
After the emperor's elder brother retired, he put down everything and took his younger sister to play in Xiyuan's swan house and peacock house where rare birds and beasts were raised. It was not until the third day that the freshness gradually passed, and I began to miss my parents, so I came back from the palace.
Within a few days, the courtiers all knew that the granddaughter of the Zhang family had left the period of filial piety to her grandfather, and the Ministry of Rites began to organize the emperor's wedding. The King Jin and his wife returned to Beijing for this very reason. After monitoring Qin Tian's calculations, he set the date of the big wedding at a certain auspicious day in three months' time.
A few years ago, when Pei Youan proposed to make the granddaughter of the Zhang family the queen, Jiafu secretly paid attention to the girl and knew that her name was Xiguang. She inquired from Mrs. Liu Jiushao, who had met her, that she was not only beautiful, but also beautiful. With outstanding talent, Mrs. Liu also said that the most commendable thing is that the girl has a lively temperament, loves to laugh very much, has the style of the forest, but has no arrogance, and is very endearing.
Mrs. Liu was full of praise for her.
When Jiafu heard it, she was very satisfied.
It is rare, but not impossible for a woman to be beautiful and talented.
What suits her most is the temperament of the girl described by Mrs. Liu, who feels that she is quite complementary to her son.
When a son becomes an emperor, marrying a wife also becomes an emperor, and it is no longer his private matter. Although Jia Fu privately hopes that he can get a good person, from now on, the two hearts are united, and they will be like himself and his father for a long time.
But considering his identity, it was also because of the separation of mother and son for many years. Out of respect for his heart, Jiafu never made such an expectation in front of his son.
Jiafu just hoped that the one who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her son in the future would be a smart enough girl.
Catherine knew her son.
His heart is too big. The older ones don't even understand her mother.
And his wife, even if she is a queen, is called "Mother of the Nation", her world is limited to that side of the harem.
The world is too narrow.
If the girl is not smart enough, she only considers Fang Tiandi and herself, the son who is the emperor, as everything. As time goes by, no matter how beautiful and talented she is, she will be in the cycle of hope and disappointment day after day. Lost eyes, and then lost heart.
Like a shining pearl, it gradually turned into a worthless fish eye.
It is not uncommon for tragedies like women to be staged from generation to generation in the splendid palace in the harem.
Jiafu expects that this granddaughter of the Zhang family, after many years, will still be able to retain the "wind under the forest" and her lively and laughing nature that Mrs. Liu calls her.
If so, it would be her blessing and the blessing of her own son.
On this day, Jiafu brought Ah Yuan to Changning Garden in the west of the city.
This is a garden that Ci'er gave to her sister. It was named after the title of A Yuan. After learning of her birth two years ago, she began to choose a site to build it next to the Xiyuan of the Imperial Palace. A few months ago, Fang was all completed, and it was connected to Taiye Pond, covering a vast area, with pavilions and pavilions, and exotic flowers and plants, which were very beautiful.
Jiafu stayed in Bieyuan for one night, and the next day, in the name of admiring flowers, she sent someone to bring Xiguang to Bieyuan.
A few days ago, Xi Guang learned from his father that there was no hope of breaking off the marriage, and he couldn't help being disappointed.
After the disappointment, the matter is set, and now we can only wait for the big wedding.
The King of Jin had visited, and later, her father said to her, the King of Jin said that His Majesty was out of respect for his grandfather, so he made her the queen, and the King of Jin reassured her father.
Although I don't know if it's true or not, but with King Jin's words, my father was relieved.
After King Jin's visit, his father seemed to be a lot more relaxed than before.
Then, the emperor's actions seemed to prove King Jin's words.
At the time of the grandfather's anniversary, the emperor himself wrote a sacrificial text. The two elder brothers of Xiaoman were not only reinstated, but were also promoted respectively.
This succession of promotions fell into the eyes of others, and it was naturally a gift from the emperor to a family of ministers who had assisted him for many years, and they all envied them.
During these days, Xi Guang could only wait for the wedding date, not going out for half a step, nor entertaining others. Until this day, after receiving the invitation from Princess Jin, he did not dare to neglect, so he went out, got on the carriage that he picked up, and arrived at Bieyuan. .
Princess Jin looked very young, in her early thirties at most. I took her to the garden, and while admiring the flowers, I chatted with her at will. There was only a little princess who was jumping around, and even the servants followed from afar. The atmosphere was extremely relaxed.
Before Xi Guang came, he was a little nervous.
After all, King Jin's influence on the emperor was well known throughout the dynasty. It is said that after the little princess Changning arrived in Beijing, entering and leaving the palace was like a garden of her own.
But at this moment, after seeing Princess Jin and the little princess, Xi Guang quickly relaxed.
Not only was the little princess lively and cute, she quickly became acquainted with her, and Princess Jin was also very friendly and unassuming.
She could sense that the princess seemed to like her quite a bit, and a feeling of intimacy naturally developed in her heart.
The princess told her a lot about the emperor.
What the emperor likes to eat and what books he likes to read, he finally said, "Xiguang, His Majesty the Emperor may seem difficult to approach, that's because he has been lonely since he was a child. So you can't be afraid of him, and don't be afraid to show you in front of him. nature."
"I like you very much. I think His Majesty the Emperor will like you when he knows how good you are."
Xi Guang was stunned, looked at his princess with a smile, and suddenly remembered a rumor he heard a few years ago, and he didn't know where it came from.
It is said that the King of Jin was the son of the late emperor and the "goddess" of that year. Due to the twists and turns of his life, he was fostered in the name of Duke Wei, who was a brother to the late emperor. The current emperor is the son of the King of Jin.
I don't know when and where such rumors originated. Because it was too absurd, it spread for a while, and gradually disappeared.
But at this moment, Xi Guang suddenly had a strange feeling. She felt as if she had sensed the princess' extraordinary deep love for the "His Majesty the Emperor" she called.
A warm current gradually poured out of her heart.
She stared at the woman in front of her who was looking at her with ardent hope, and nodded slowly and vigorously, "Don't worry, Princess, I will do my best."
"Sister, let's go swinging, I like swinging"
The little princess suddenly grabbed Xi Guang's hand, pointed to a swing in front, and shouted happily.
Xi Guang has also liked swinging since he was a child, and he is very courageous. Once upon a time, every year on the daughter's day, when the boudoir girls gathered together to swing on the swing, she always swung high and fluttering, winning the top spot every year.
She looked at the princess.
The princess smiled, "Go, be careful."
Xi Guang nodded, took the little princess, and walked towards the swing.
She stood on the swing, and in the clapping and cheers of the little princess who looked up at her little princess with admiration and the girls and maids who were gradually attracted, she swayed higher and higher in the wind, as if she had returned to the way she used to be. A carefree cardamom age, showing a smile that has not been seen in a long time.
The emperor learned that his mother and sister went to Bieyuan yesterday, and they were going to stay there for a few days. This afternoon, he came out of the palace and wanted to accompany his mother and sister again, but was attracted by the laughter floating in the garden and came over. This is what I saw.
In the distance, he saw a beautiful girl in a red robe standing on the swing that he had specially built for the little princess. The wisteria was like a waterfall, her wrists were like snow, and she was as light as a swallow. The wide sleeves are blowing in the wind, the clothes are fluttering, the laughter is full of smiles, the laughter is in the wind, and it is carefree, like a flying fairy landing in the world.
The emperor did not come closer, but stood there and watched silently for a long time.
Xi Guang played with the little princess for a long time, until the little princess was tired, and then together with the girls, sent her back to rest.
Fang Cai's hair was a little messed up by the wind when he was on the swing. When Xiguang was putting on makeup, he found that a bead flower on the side of his temple was missing. He was suspicious that it fell into the grass when he was swinging, and was accompanied by the girl. down, followed the same path back to find.
After searching for a long time, I searched every inch of grass under the swing frame, but there was no trace of pearl flowers.
Xi Guang had no choice but to give up, and was about to leave when he heard a man's voice behind him, "What you're looking for is this thing"
Xi Guang turned around abruptly, and saw a handsome young man who appeared out of nowhere.
In the palm of his hand, he held something, and that thing was the pearl flower that he had left behind.
Xi Guang was taken aback, he really didn't know how he would let a strange young man in here. Immediately turned around, hurried away, suddenly, his body stopped, turned slowly, and looked at the young man again.
He stood there, tall and straight, with straight eyes, and between his eyebrows, he was not angry and arrogant, and he faintly exuded a kind of deterrent power that only people in high positions have.
In the back garden of Princess Jin's Bieyuan, it is like no one in and out. In this world, besides that person, who else will be there
Xi Guang's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he forgot to kneel and bow to him. He just stood there, wide-eyed, staring blankly at him walking towards him, and finally stopped in front of her.
The young emperor was very tall, and the two were so close together that he looked down.
Xi Guang finally reacted, calmed down, and hurriedly knelt down to him.
His gaze stopped for a moment on her blushing face that had just been swinging hot, and then slowly landed on her temples, which was missing a bead flower. Gently inserted back into her hair, her movements were very gentle.
Xiguang's heart beat faster and faster, his face suddenly turned crimson, and even the roots of his ears were hot, and he was at a loss for a moment, not knowing how to react.
When Shane or something else
She hadn't thought about it yet, when she suddenly felt a shadow on the top of her head, and a voice in her ear said, "I heard that you don't look down on the position of my queen, and you don't want to be my queen."
Xi Guang froze for a moment, slowly raised his head, and when he saw the young man, he leaned down slightly, looking at himself with two eyes, with a smile that was not a smile.
"You're right. It's really a bad thing to be my queen. But you don't have to choose, do you know that if you want to grow melons and beans, it's not difficult, come to the palace, and I'll let you grow for a lifetime. Beans."
His face was closer, and she could almost smell the ambergris on his clothes. He said this to her in a tone that was almost a whisper, which seemed to be teasing, but also seemed to be threatening.
The young emperor, in front of the girl, finally finished the few words that stuck in his throat. When he left, through the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of her pale and dumb-like appearance, and his mood suddenly became better than ever.
It seemed like a good idea to get her over and ask her to grow melons and beans in Kunning Palace.
he thought happily.