Chapter 67
No matter how the emotions surged in her heart, the Empress Dowager said these words lightly.
When outsiders heard it, it was just to say hello to an old acquaintance that had not been seen for a long time.
However, the voice fell on his heart, but Qi Da Shi shuddered fiercely.
——I didn’t expect to see her at all when I entered Beijing this time.
Unexpectedly, God still gave him this side.
——Although he just lowered his head and did not dare to raise his eyes at all, the farthest line of sight could only reach the corner of her robe.
But enough is enough.
Qi Shuguang also tried his best to restrain his emotions, bowed his head on his knees and gave a big salute, saying, "Caomin sees the Empress Dowager."
This move is reasonable and more in line with the status of an old minister.
But within a short while, the Queen Mother nodded, then looked away, looked around the crowd and said, "This time you all gathered in the capital to do your best for the reopening of Songhe Academy. Aijia is deeply gratified, and I hope you all do your best. , you should contribute more to the people of the court." The
voice fell, and everyone responded.
The noisy voices are mixed together, making it impossible for people to distinguish who belongs to that person.
When everything was calm, the queen mother said again, "Everyone, go ahead, Aijia is going back to the palace."
After speaking, she turned around and boarded the shoulders waiting by the side.
Everyone agreed again, and after seeing her out of the imperial garden, they continued to walk forward.
Qi Shuguang's face was as usual, but his mind was still between the side he had just now.
——After many years, she has become the queen mother, and the palace dress on her body has been changed to dark colors, and her voice sounds a lot calmer.
Presumably, there is no need to worry about the political problems anymore, and there is no need to worry about the disobedience of the young adopted son.
So, it should be fine.
Just thinking about it, someone suddenly said to him, "I heard that Mr. Qi used to be a senior scholar in the Central Pole Palace in the past, and now there are many of your disciples in the court. Come to think of it, this time the position of the mountain chief of Songhe Academy, when You are right or wrong."
As soon as these words came out, everyone agreed.
There were even people who congratulated him with a bow, "Congratulations to Mr. Qi."
Qi Shuguang smiled lightly and said, "You guys really praise Qi too much, Qi's qualifications are mediocre, and he has lived in Langya for more than ten years. Dare to covet the position of the mountain chief. After this matter is over, I still have to go back to Langya. I also ask you all to show your skills and make more contributions to the academy." The
implication was that he was just here to fight. Soy sauce, I don't care about this guy at all.
Hearing this, many people quietly felt relieved, praised him for his humility, and continued to move forward.
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And just when the famous Hongru masters were talking freely in Wenyuan Pavilion, Yan Shu woke up leisurely.
Just as Lai was feeling his belly on the bed and thinking about what to eat for breakfast, he heard a ding from the system, "The queen mother and the senior scholar Qi just met. 】
What?
She immediately sat up and asked a series of questions, [When will we meet? Where did you meet? I do not know how? ? ? 】
System, 【When you were dreaming just now, the Queen Mother got up early for a stroll, and Qi Da Shi and everyone went to Wenyuan Pavilion for a meeting, and the two met in the Royal Garden. 】
Yan Shu, 【! ! ! 】
Hey, I knew she was going to the Imperial Garden to wait!
Really, how can CP fans live such an important moment! ! !
She had to ask again, [What kind of picture does that two people meet again? Have you looked at each other for a while and then slowly called out the other person's name? 】
System, 【...I think too much, in front of so many people! The queen mother just said that it was long time no see, and Qi Shuguang just kowtowed to her and said goodbye. 】
"..."
Well, in the current environment, the two of them really can only do this.
However, no matter how impossible the identity is, don't they still see it now?
This is much faster than she expected!
Yan Shu thought to herself, it must be God's arrangement.
Thinking like this, and thinking about what the emperor explained to her last night, she quickly got up and dressed, had breakfast quickly, and went to Ci'an Palace.
She was excited and excited all the way, and when she arrived at the place, she saw that the Queen Mother looked as usual, playing with a few water lilies.
"My concubine sees the Empress Dowager."
Yan Shu saluted, and then stepped forward and boasted, "These water lilies are really fragrant, and I can smell them at the entrance of the palace." The
Queen Mother sighed, "It was fragrant when it was first opened, and it was very fragrant when it was first opened. It didn't smell like a while ago, so it's said that the flowers can be broken."
Yan Shu, "..."
How can this still be meaningful...
Could it be a matter of emotion and a great scholar?
She raised her eyes quietly, but saw the corners of the Queen Mother's eyes drooping down, looking a little sad.
Yan Shu sighed silently and hurriedly diverted the Empress Dowager's attention, "Your Majesty intends to arrange a banquet in the palace to entertain the families of the Hongru scholars who have come to Beijing this time. I would like to ask the Empress Dowager to be the master. I don't know what you think. ?"
Seeing that the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, she said, "Aijia thinks it's a bit superfluous."
Huh?
Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Why does Niangniang think so?"
Before waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, she listened to the system, [The Queen Mother still doesn't know about Qi Shuguang's singleness, and she is afraid that she will feel uncomfortable seeing his family members. 】
Yan Shu, 【It turned out to be so. 】
At this time, the Queen Mother also said, "The matter of the scholars should be discussed with the former court, why bother with the harem."
This is of course an excuse, and it sounds a little sour.
Yan Shu thought about it for a while, and said hurriedly, "Now that Songhe Academy is owned by the imperial court, Your Majesty of course attaches great importance to it. At the same time, he also wants to make these gentlemen feel His Majesty's sincerity. Moreover, His Majesty said, this time I plan to call some ministers. There are about seven or eight of their family members, and the rest are mainly the family members of these gentlemen. The number is only about ten. However, it is strange to say that there are only three of the four most famous gentlemen this time. He brought his family, but Mr. Qi from Langya didn't bring it."
As soon as these words came out, the queen mother fiddled with the water lily's hand, but pretended to be casual and asked, "Why didn't he bring it?"
Yan Shu said, " I heard that the gentleman is alone and has not married yet." The
voice fell, and the queen mother froze again.
- He didn't even have a family.
Back then, there was always someone trying to match him, but he never accepted it.
I didn't expect that after so many years, I was still alone?
But he heard Yan Shu say, "So there is one less person, so the scene doesn't need to be too big. By the way, there is also a young lady from Xiangyang Tiande Academy. I heard that it is the blood of the clan."
Huh?
The Empress Dowager replied, "Who is it?"
Yan Shu said, "I heard that she is the granddaughter of King Nanping, her surname is Chen, and she is not too old." The
Empress Dowager thought about it and nodded, "Yes, the eldest son-in-law of King Nanping. His surname is indeed Chen. Back then, when the couple of King Nanping passed away, their son succeeded to the throne, but he was not very honest. Before His Majesty ascended the throne, His Majesty banned him in the fiefdom, saying that his father was loyal and loyal, but he was cut off. For the other close relatives, let them earn their own living."
Speaking of which, when she first entered Yuwen's house, the old sister-in-law of Princess Nanping took good care of her.
It's a pity that the descendants are so unsatisfactory.
The queen mother nodded and said, "Since there are still old friends, let's meet."
Yan Shu nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes, it's hot right now, why don't you just put it in the Yunshui Pavilion, and it will be cooler." The
queen mother hummed, "You can arrange it." The
voice fell, and her heart returned to what she heard just now. -
He doesn't even have a family yet.
This fool, does not want to stay in this life?
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the same day, the invitations from the palace were distributed to the ladies who accompanied you to Beijing this time, and the Shangshan Supervisor in the palace and Taichang Temple immediately started to prepare.
In this way, on the morning of the second day, all the female relatives gathered in Yunshui Pavilion to meet the Queen Mother.
Yan Shu accompanies the Queen Mother to receive them, but seeing that most of these female relatives are in their 40s, they are different in height, short, fat and thin, and most of them have a quiet temperament.
However, there is a lady who is tall and healthy, with a cheerful temperament, and is particularly eye-catching, but it is the wife of Gu Hongbai, a famous Confucian in Lanling.
Yan Shu immediately became interested and asked the system, [This lady seems to have a strong physique, does she come from martial arts? 】
System, 【Yes, this Madam Gu is the daughter of a famous local martial arts family in Lanling, and she has excellent martial arts. Back then, when he went out to the market, he ran into Gu Hongbai, a handsome scholar who came out to set up a stall and fortune-telling. 】
Yan Shu's eyes lit up.
- This sounds like a very interesting little sweet text!
However, what did Mr. Gu do when he was young and didn't study hard and go to the streets to do fortune-telling?
Gee, looks like I'll have to take a closer look someday.
Just thinking about this, I saw a woman in her forties leading a young woman to come forward and salute her and the Empress Dowager, "The minister's wife Xiangyang Wang, with her daughter-in-law Chen, see the Empress Dowager, See Empress Yibi."
Xiangyang, the Chen family?
It turned out that this was the granddaughter of the King of Nanping.
Yan Shu hurriedly introduced the Empress Dowager, "This is the one the concubine mentioned to you yesterday." The
Empress Dowager nodded, looked at the Chen family, and saw that the other party was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a beautiful face. Well, it seems that the shadow of the old sister-in-law Princess Nanping can still be found in the eyebrows.
It's just that his expression doesn't have the spirit of his grandmother back then, his eyes are lowered, and his eyebrows are quite pleasing to the eye.
The empress dowager sighed silently, the younger generation of the good clan, dragged down by that unfortunate uncle, has disappeared into a small family jasper.
She said, "Ai's family and your grandmother used to be together, and they watched your mother grow up. How is your mother now?" But she saw the
other side lowered her head and said, "Qi report to the Empress Dowager, the court lady's mother has passed away. Yes."
That's a really sad thing.
The queen mother sighed, "After many years of separation, many people have not seen each other."
While speaking, Yan Shu quietly observed the girl by the side, and her intuition was a little strange.
On this hot day, everyone else was wearing low-neck summer clothes, but her clothes were still high-necked, with the neckline buttoned tightly, which seemed to make people feel hot for her. The sleeves are also long to fingers, as if they are afraid to show their wrists.
Coupled with her demeanor...
Yan Shu hurriedly asked the system, "Why does this girl seem not to be having a good time? 】
System, 【Being beaten and scolded by your husband every day, who can be happy with it? 】
What?
Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, [What's going on? Isn't her husband's family a Confucian scholar in Xiangyang? Her father-in-law, Hong Yusheng, is also the head of Tiande Academy! And she is also a relative of the clan, how could her husband dare to beat and scold her casually? ]
System, [Everyone in Confucianism may not be able to teach scum! In fact, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, doted on her son very much. She treated her son with a tyrannical temperament. She was arrogant and unreasonable. The reason why this girl is so densely dressed is because she is afraid that outsiders will see the scars on her body. 】
Bah! Domestic violence is unbearable! ! !
Yan Shu was so angry that she hurriedly asked, "Doesn't her in-laws care? What about her father? 】
System, 【Her father-in-law is proud of his son's talent and learning, so he ignored these things. This time, he brought him to the capital because he wanted to ask his son to find an errand in Songhe Academy. Her mother-in-law also dislikes this girl for not being able to give birth to children, and she often speaks! ]
[As for her biological father, not to mention that the emperor didn't punish him back then, he just accepted the title, but he kept the family property, but he was so lazy that he wasted it in a few years. Isn't it just for the sake of a dowry that he married his daughter to the beastly-faced Hong family Zhongshan Lang! 】
This just makes Yan Shu angry, 【Another girl who was sucked blood! Having a child in this environment is also a sin! And can you blame women for not having children, most of them are not the reason of men! 】
Suddenly seeing that Mrs. Wang was also very unpleasant, and wished to cast aside on the spot.
This can't be ignored.
She thought for a while, and said to the Chen family daughter, "It's a hot day, are you catching a cold? Why are you wearing so thick?"
In fact, the Queen Mother saw it early, and she also asked, "Could it be that you have traveled long distances for Tired? Do you want the imperial doctor to come and take a look?"
But she saw the mother-in-law Wang Shi hurriedly said, "Thank you for the concern of the Empress Dowager, she is all right, but her constitution is deficient and she is naturally afraid of cold." The
Chen family girl herself did not dare to speak. .
When the queen mother saw it, she just nodded and said, "That's good, let's take a seat and rest."
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Today there are not many guests, and the banquet is not long. It will come to an end in about an hour.
When everyone came forward to say goodbye, the queen mother said to the girl from the Chen family, "It's a relative of the clan.
Yan Shu's eyes lit up, but seeing that her mother-in-law Wang Shi was about to speak, she immediately rushed to say, "Don't worry, Mrs. Hong, when the queen mother and the young lady have finished talking, she will naturally send her to the post house, you go back first. ."
Then Mrs Wang was stunned and hesitated for a while, and then she had to answer, "Yes."
In this way, after everyone left the palace, the Queen Mother brought Mrs Chen back to Ci'an Palace.
When there were no outsiders, the queen mother said to the Chen family, "Speaking of which, your grandmother took great care of the Ai family back then, and the Ai family has been remembering it all these years, so she deliberately left you to speak, you are also considered the blood of the Yuwen family. , you can take this as your mother's family, and tell Ai's family, how are you living in the Hong family?" The
voice fell, but Chen's expression moved slightly, and there seemed to be a mist in his eyes.
However, after hesitating for a while, she said, "Thank you for the concern of the Queen Mother's nanny, the court lady... I'm fine, I'm fine in the Hong family..."
Seeing this scene, Yan Shu sighed and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother is today. Keeping you is to decide for you, as a clan bloodline, you really don't need to worry about the Hong family, if they treat you badly, it's a big deal and marry another, anyway, there is the queen mother."
Wen Yan asked the queen mother. Mei glanced at Yan Shu.
This girl, is she going to take care of her?
Yan Shu rolled her eyes and hurriedly added another sentence, "The Empress Dowager is the one who hates evil like hatred and justice, and will never sit idly by." The
voice fell, and the Empress Dowager nodded, and said to Mrs. Chen, "Yes, what's the matter? Although I said, if I wait for you to return to Xiangyang, I'm afraid that Ai's family will not be able to save you."
As soon as these words came out, he saw Chen Shi paused.
Then suddenly burst into tears and cried, "I, I don't want to live anymore..."
After crying for a while, he took the initiative to untangle his collar and cuffs, and said to the queen mother, "This is all beaten by Hong Tianzong, madam, ministers really don't want to live. Now!" The
queen mother hurried to look, but saw that her arms were all bruised, and there were even finger marks on her neck, and it looked like she had been pinched.
Yan Shu was also shocked, and immediately said to the Queen Mother, "Niang Niang, this man dares to abuse the blood of the clan, and he must not be forgiven lightly!" The
Queen Mother nodded when she heard the words, and hurriedly said, "come here, go and report to Your Majesty, just say my condolences. It is said that Hong Tian has an audience."
Immediately, there was a palace person who responded and quickly went to the Qianming Palace.
Soon, the king in the imperial study got the news.
——The queen mother just summoned Hong Tianzong and didn't say anything. Although he was a little strange, he also sent someone to the post house to find someone.
Speaking of which, Hong Tian, who took the name of a genius in Xiangyang, made a chapter at the Wenyuan Pavilion yesterday, which won the eyes of many ministers.
Of course, at his age, being a mountain chief is far from enough, but it is still okay to be a lecturer in the academy.
Due to something at hand, Yu Wenlan continued to devote himself to the memorial.
After reading the memorial, it was about two quarters of an hour later.
Thinking that Hong Tianzong had also arrived at the Ci'an Palace, he was curious for a while and decided to see what the Queen Mother called this person.
So he left the imperial study.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Ci'an Palace, before entering the hall, he heard a man's scream.
"Niang Niang, Niang Niang, spare your life..."
Yu Wenlan, "???"