"There are also Prince Yi, Lord Zhang, and Lord E who are helping the Emperor. As for those Xiaoxiao who have already lost the support of the people and can't do any tricks at all, the Emperor doesn't need to pay attention to it. But the Emperor himself has to be careful about the dragon body.
Don't be too tired, the imperial doctor has said so." Ling Ruo said worriedly while rubbing her temples for him. Although she couldn't see anything yet, she could feel that since he ascended the throne, Yinzhen's
My body is obviously not as good as before.
Yinzhen waved his hand carelessly, opened his eyes and said, "I'm fine. It's not like you don't know those imperial doctors. They can tell you a lot of things normally, so don't worry about them. But how is Hong Sheng? He's still old.
What does it look like?”
Ling Ruo said softly: "Well, he still wants to be here forever. After all, my concubine is not his mother-in-law, so why not..."
"I won't let him go back!" Yinzhen suddenly interrupted her and said coldly: "There is no way she could teach my son bad, not to mention that our ancestors have taught us that concubines below are not allowed to raise Ge Ge. Since
If Hong Sheng doesn't know how to make progress, just lock him up for a few more days."
Ling Ruo agreed and then said: "Your Majesty, General Nian will be returning to Beijing in a few days. If he knew Nian Chang's current situation, would he have any grudges?"
Yinzhen's voice sank and he said: "No, Nian Gengyao was promoted by me. He is the best at distinguishing right from wrong. Besides, I am extremely kind to his sister."
Ling Ruo's eyes flashed, but her voice was just as soft and gentle as before, "I can rest assured, otherwise, if this affects the relationship between the emperor and General Nian, I really don't know how to deal with myself. In the final analysis, that matter
It’s also because of my concubines.”
Yinzhen pulled her over, looked at her gently and said, "You, don't take everything on yourself. I heard that in order to reduce the use of ice, Cheng concubines and others went to you to complain?"
Ling Ruo smiled and said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, I just came here to sit and chat."
What kind of person is Yinzhen? How can he not understand the truth? He said with a little displeasure: "Concubine Cheng is also an old man in the palace, but she is so ignorant. If she talks more, you will know."
The Ministry of Internal Affairs told Quan Zhong not to send her a single piece, just say it was my wish. Now that the queen is ill, you should take more care of the affairs in the palace. Be strict when you should be strict, and don't be too lax."
"My concubine knows, the emperor can rest assured about the affairs of the harem." After saying this, Ling Ruo accompanied Yinzhen to have dinner before returning to the palace. If she didn't accompany her, she was afraid that Yinzhen would forget when he got busy.
It’s all about eating.
When they arrived at the palace, they didn't see Hongli. When asked, they found out that he was delivering food to Hong Sheng. She shook her head and said nothing. She had known about this for a long time. She just didn't understand why Hongli liked delivering food so much. They
Don't the two of them always dislike each other?
But when Hongli arrived at the Buddhist hall, he turned a deaf ear to Hongsheng's unpleasant curses. He only took out bowls of food and put them on the table, and put the empty bowls left at noon into the basket.
"In today's recess, Master Zhu taught the Analects and couplets. Before the end of class, he assigned us a first couplet and asked us to read the second couplet when we go back tomorrow. This couplet is also weird. I haven't thought about it for a long time.
A clue." Hongli said while secretly looking at Hongsheng.
Hong Sheng was aroused by his curiosity. Although he was not convinced, he knew Hongli's knowledge. He was the first among several princes to be top-notch. Even if he worked hard, he was no better than him.
That's all; now there is actually a couple who feels sorry for him. What kind of weird couple is this?
Thinking like this, he refused to reveal anything on his face and said with a sneer: "Humph, these couplets are all the same, so there's nothing strange about it. You are obviously stupid."
This was what Hongli was waiting for. His face lit up with joy, and he suppressed it, pretending to be angry: "No, even you can't do it."
Hong Sheng became even more dissatisfied upon hearing this and said loudly: "What are you talking about? Just say the first couplet. Are you afraid that I will come out and smear your face?"
"Huh, since you don't listen to the advice, just try it and listen clearly." Hongli put his hands behind his back, coughed like Master Zhu, and pretended to be deep: "The sea water is coming.
Fall towards the sky."
As soon as he heard this couplet, Hong Sheng frowned immediately. When Hongli was reciting the couplet, the pronunciations of the several characters "Chao" were different, and "Chao" had the same meaning. Therefore, this couplet should actually be: "sea water"
The tide rises and falls, the tide rises and falls.
This is a couplet with the same word and different pronunciation. Just like Hongli said, it is very strange. It is definitely not easy to match it neatly. I am afraid that even Master Zhu came up with it after searching his brains. But why did he find it so difficult to keep it?
It is unreasonable to give a couplet to Hongli and others.
Hong Sheng thought about it a few times and felt that it was not good, but he had already said the big words. If he couldn't accept it now, he would make Hong Li laugh. So he walked back and forth in the Buddhist hall without saying a word, racking his brains.
I want to write a neat second couplet so that I can feel proud in front of Hongli.
Hongli didn't rush him, and found a chair to sit down in his free time. After waiting for a cup of tea, Hongsheng still didn't answer, so he said: "Third brother, if you can't think of it, don't think about it, the food is almost cold.
Otherwise, we’ll think about it after we finish our meal.”
"Stop talking!" Hong Sheng said without looking back, still thinking hard, mumbling words in his mouth, looking up to the sky from time to time and thinking, his whole mind immersed in the couplet.
Hongli blamed himself, shrugged and stopped talking. He could only tap his fingers rhythmically on the wenge wood handrail. If you look carefully, you will find that the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, and he seems to be in a good mood.
After another quarter of an hour, Hong Sheng's eyes lit up, like stars suddenly lighting up in the night sky, shining with bright light, and he said excitedly: "I thought of it, I thought of it!"
Hongli just yawned. He got up too early in the morning and didn't rest in the afternoon, so he started to feel sleepy before it got dark. However, Hong Sheng's words instantly drove away his sleepiness, and he jumped up from his chair and asked eagerly
: "Is it true? What is it?"
Hong Sheng glanced at him proudly, raised his chin and said, "Listen carefully: the floating clouds grow long and disappear."
Hongli recited it silently and understood the meaning of this couplet. The long and the same rise, so the couplet is: floating clouds rise, long rises, long rises and long wanes.
After figuring out the couplet, Hongli immediately said with admiration: "The third brother is so resourceful. He came up with such a neat and wonderful couplet in such a short period of time. It really makes me feel inferior."
Hong Sheng didn't expect Hong Li to admit defeat so easily, and was quite surprised, but he still couldn't hide his pride and said with a vented smile: "That's natural, I told you before that you are not as good as me, but you still don't believe me!"
Hong Shengshang was so happy for the first time since he was forced to leave Yikun Palace, not only because he played the second line, but also because after more than ten years, he finally managed to overpower Hongli.