As soon as I entered the inner hall, I found that the furnishings were gorgeous and festive. The Ding concubine Xun was sitting on a soft couch, wrapped in a thick brocade robe. Princess Chengyi was sitting on the right. She was actually not that old.
The Queen Mother is still nearly ten years younger, and she is in her prime years. Today, I saw that she was wearing a cinnamon-colored velvet jacket, which made her as plump as white jade, just like a young woman next door. Xu Changzai was also there, but inside the palace
Ranking was the most important thing, so she just sat on a round stool nearby and talked with the concubine Ding.
When Concubine Ding saw her mother arriving, she hurriedly stood up to greet her. Concubine Concubine quickly held her down and said, "My lord, you'd better rest quickly. Your body is the most valuable one in the palace. I don't stick to formal etiquette."
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Master Chengyi also smiled and said: "The concubine is right. When I said goodbye to the queen mother just now, I said that I would come to see the young master. The queen mother specifically asked not to talk too much and waste your energy."
Concubine Ding showed a smile of joy and said: "How can I be so delicate and precious? I dare not trouble the queen mother and concubine to think about her so much."
Xu Changzai said with a smile: "Sister Ding is not delicate, but she is indeed blessed. Now the Queen Mother and the Emperor are so distressed. In a few months, the mother will be able to enter the palace to take care of the birth. When the prince is born, I don't know what reward he will receive.
Woolen cloth."
Concubine Ding took the almond cake from the plate and stuffed it into her mouth, pretending to be angry: "You just can't stop your mouth for a moment. If you don't stuff it with snacks, you will say these things to make fun of me."
Xu Changzai was not annoyed at all, he ate a piece of cake and said vaguely: "I am making fun of you by congratulating you like this. Then Li Liangdi must be jealous after talking like that yesterday."
She said it carelessly, and everyone present was shocked. After all, Dingbi was older, so she was about to talk about her, but Master Chengyi continued: "Actually, what the young master Chang Zai said makes sense. I
I saw Mrs. Xun a few days ago, and she and my master’s sister-in-law are already preparing to enter the palace to take care of you mother and son. You said you don’t have the pity for all the parents in the world.”
Concubine Ding was also very moved, but she probably couldn't say much in front of such people. She just twisted her handkerchief and said: "The child in my belly is only three months old now, and the mother has to wait for another half a year. Why are you so anxious?"
, but please go back and give her some advice."
The mother-in-law tucked the quilt for her and said: "Although the young master is pregnant now, she has not really become a mother yet. When your prince is born, you will know that being a mother is meticulous and meticulous, for fear of being a little wronged.
Have children."
Concubine Ding blushed and said: "I am also the first born, so I don't understand anything." The master smiled and said: "A woman who raises her first child doesn't understand anything. When I was born in peacetime, I didn't understand what to eat, and then I gave birth to another child.
Just take care of it and it will be fine.”
Because the Queen Mother had something to say, we didn't want to stay too long. We left after a while. When we were leaving, the mother-in-law said politely: "My lord, are you in a hurry to leave the palace and return to your home?"
Master Chengyi said: "No, I am accompanying my mother-in-law, Mrs. Rong Guotai, to visit the Queen Mother this time. I will stay for a few more days."
Mrs. Rong Guotai is the birth mother of the Queen Mother, Zhen Yunshi.
Time is easy to pass by, and soon the eight years of Zhengzhang came to an end. The palace was decorated with joy and joy, and with this atmosphere, I also welcomed my fourteenth birthday. On December 16th,
In the morning, Rujuan Ruxiu and Xiaoyun had already changed into pink clothes. When they saw me getting up, they all smiled and congratulated me. When it was breakfast time, my mother-in-law even cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for me.
, when he put it on the table, he also said: "Time flies so fast. My Zipei is already fourteen years old. You have grown up and my mother has grown old."
My mother-in-law is only in her early thirties this year. In her prime, she occasionally makes such exclamations. I always act coquettishly to dilute her sadness. But today, I don’t know what happened, but she also felt infinite sadness, just like
It is what the ancient books say: "There is no choice but to let the flowers fall away." As time goes by, things change, the years grow old, the appearance becomes old, and the mind becomes dull.
I said with great sadness: "Time is really cruel, I really don't want to grow up." My mother-in-law smiled and said: "My silly daughter, if people don't grow up, the world will be in chaos. Besides, you are the best
At your age, you should be carefree."
I seemed to be laughing at myself, didn’t my mother and concubine understand how I could be carefree even if I was born into a royal family? For the first time, I no longer had any interest in celebrating my birthday.
Afraid of growing older. Maybe, this is about growing up again.
In this regard, Xue Po was obviously still a child, because she was very enthusiastic about the small birthday party in the afternoon, and even called the Third Emperor's brother who happened to live in the palace.
I said that the small banquet was held in Jihui Pavilion. Xuepo and I arrived early. Xuepo specially asked the small kitchen of Yining Palace to prepare dishes for me. In addition to four-color noodles and snacks, there were also steamed elbows and stir-fried tea mushrooms.
The braised pork ribs, duck, etc. were delicious and elegant. However, Brother Sanhuang hadn’t arrived yet, so we could only chat while waiting for him.
Nowadays, everyone is generally concerned about Ding’s belly, and we sisters are not immune to this. We chatted nonchalantly. Xuepo sighed: “Although Ding is not a disgusting person, I always wonder why Mao Gui is not overjoyed.
Well, she has a good background and is generous in her work. Even Concubine Duanmu praised her for her demeanor like Concubine Duan when she was young. I always feel that her place is where she should be." Xue Po said, pointing at the middle palace with his chopsticks.
position.
I said: This is one's own destiny and cannot be forced. Besides, sister, you don't know that we absolutely have no position to criticize that position."
Xue Po was used to my verbosity and laughed it off. I thought about it and asked, "By the way, does Ding's mother-in-law have a relationship with Marquis Weiyuan."
Xuepo was startled and blurted out: "How does sister know?" Seeing her reaction, I knew that I had asked the wrong person. Xuepo knew the most about the gossip about the royal family members inside and outside the palace. It was not because of her.
She is good at inquiring about people's rights and wrongs, but there are actually too many people who hope to use her to let the Queen Mother know some things that are not easy to put on the table.
Xue Po turned over the silver in his hand, left me with a quiet and beautiful profile, and said slowly: "This matter has been a long time ago. I also heard about it from Master Chengyi, and I learned that when my grandfather was the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he was
The immediate boss of Dingbi's father. The two families had some contacts. Later, my mother-in-law was exiled to Jiangzhou because of the false accusation by the housekeeper, and relatives and friends shunned her. Mr. Xun had some integrity. After all, he gave me a glass of wine in Changting.
In addition, Zu always remembered Mr. Xun in his later years. When he passed away, my uncle went to express his condolences. It’s just that the Zhen family usually kept a low profile, so outsiders didn’t know about it.”
After Xue Po finished speaking, he added: "It's so good, sister, why do you ask that?" I said: "That day I went with my mother and concubine to congratulate her, and Lord Chengyi happened to be there too, and she also talked about Mrs. Xun. I missed her dignity.
, if we didn’t have a long-standing friendship, how could we interact with the young master of an ordinary official’s family?”
Xue Po nodded and said: "It's true that Fifth Sister pays close attention to these things. If it were me, I wouldn't have the heart to stare at her. Even after we met, I didn't know what to call her. It was very embarrassing. But this time she
My mother seemed so happy to come stay with my grandma, and I was embarrassed to even complain."
I said: "Mrs. Rongguo rarely comes to stay in the palace, so it's no wonder that the Queen Mother is happy. Fortunately, Su Ling didn't come with her. Otherwise, you would have been so crazy with her that you would go up to the house and lift the tiles. How would you have time to play with me?"
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"Are you jealous, sister?" Xue Po knew that I was making fun of him, so he smiled casually, not really caring, but then he looked a little weird. When I was about to ask, she already said: "Sister, you can't speak behind someone's back.