Empress Dowager + Spoiler

Marquis Changping's expression became slightly tense, "Your Majesty, you might as well speak up if you have something to say."

Gu Xizhao smiled, "Father, don't worry, I'm not trying to settle accounts with you. But when I saw Na Cai's accounts, I was surprised. The dowry gift alone is worth nearly 600 million taels, which is a bit surprising. .”

Changping Hou nodded, "That day, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a lot of things."

"I know, whether it's my father, my mother, or my brother and sister-in-law, there is no one in my Gu family who is extravagant and lustful." Gu Xizhao raised her eyebrows, and circled her fingers around the edge of the teacup, "So I thought, it's useless to keep this exorbitant betrothal gift in my Gu family, so it's better to use it to do something that benefits the country and the people."

Chapter 130

As soon as Gu Xizhao finished speaking, the hall suddenly fell silent.

"Father is the most loyal person to the emperor and the court. I think he will be happy for his daughter's virtuousness." Gu Xizhao still had a calm expression on his face. Looking at Marquis Changping, "Daughter is right? Father."

She spoke at a leisurely pace, her voice was neither high nor low, leisurely and indifferently as if she was gossip, but Marquis Changping felt a huge roar in his heart, he opened his mouth after a long while, and said in a tense voice: "Your Majesty, how can you do this for me?" For the emperor's sake, for Dazhao's sake, it is really a blessing for the common people, and it really surprised the ministers."

Gu Xizhao rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "My daughter used to be a person who only cared about herself, but my father always taught me that the "Women's Commandments" you gave me in the past did not dare to be put on the shelf. Learn to work hard to be a good queen."

"Okay." Changping Hou's face was a little stiff, and the forced smile not only did not ease the look, but made the stern face look a bit hideous, "Your Majesty is indeed the daughter of my Gu family."

Gu Xizhao seemed to be overjoyed, "So, my father also thinks my idea is good, are you willing to take out those dowry gifts?"

Marquis Changping considered for a moment, then frowned and said: "This matter is not urgent."

Gu Feiyang took a look at Marquis Changping, and then opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, you and the emperor have just married, if your father rushes to sell it like this, the courtiers will probably criticize you, thinking that your father has ulterior motives. I can’t run left and right, so I’m really not in a hurry at this moment.”

Gu Xizhao lowered her head and played with the emerald green jade bracelet on her wrist, "Everybody in Dazhao knows that both father and elder brother have made great contributions to the frontier fortresses, so no one would doubt your loyalty. Besides, you are not afraid of crooked shadows, how could elder brother Are you so worried?"

Gu Feiyang choked for a moment, forced a smile and said: "I'm thinking too narrowly."

Gu Xizhao pretended to glance at Marquis Changping unintentionally, and then said indifferently: "Of course, the dowry is the emperor's idea, so it's up to father and mother to decide how to deal with it. Today, while the whole family is here, I casually mention it."

Without waiting for Marquis Changping to breathe a sigh of relief, Gu Xizhao added again: "Since last year, the emperor has planned to build a large-scale water conservancy and flood control irrigation project in the south of the Yangtze River. County, let all the aristocratic families collect donations to jointly raise funds to build this big project. If father can donate all the betrothal gifts to the water conservancy project in the south of the Yangtze River, I think the whole Dazhao will thank you for your generosity."

Marquis Changping picked up the teacup and seemed to be savoring it carefully, but his sharp eyes had been watching Gu Xizhao all the time. After taking a sip slowly, he said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Your Majesty, I have made all the decisions about the whereabouts of this betrothal gift." It’s easy to arrange, I’m afraid it took a lot of effort.”

Gu Xizhao covered her mouth and smiled, "It's not a matter of worrying, but it just happened to happen when the emperor whispered a few words about the Jiangnan Water Conservancy Project last night, so I thought about it by the way."

Marquis Changping also smiled, "Your Majesty has always been a smart person."

Gu Xizhao raised her eyebrows, noncommittal, and said instead: "It's getting late, the emperor is afraid that he will come over, this matter is really not urgent, and it's not too late for my father to turn around and think carefully."

Marquis Changping nodded, "Money and wealth are belongings outside the body. After a while, the people will no longer talk about the wedding between the empress and the emperor, so I'm not in a hurry to bring it up again."

Gu Xizhao glanced at him, "The emperor will be very happy then."

Marquis Changping looked calm now, "It's an honor to be a subject to be able to share your worries for the king."

"Father is always reassuring and trustworthy." Gu Xizhao said with a smile, and then looked at Mrs. Changping Hou who had been silent but kept looking at her, "Mother, you should also have some refreshments."

"Your Majesty has a heart." Mrs. Changping Hou nodded, took a half sip of tea, looked at her again, hesitated, but couldn't help but said: "How are you these days, Your Majesty?"

"Okay, very good." Gu Xizhao knew what she meant when she asked, "The emperor treats his daughter well, mother don't worry."

After she entered the palace, she had the opportunity to meet her family half a year later.At that time, Mrs. Changping Hou also asked her such a sentence with slightly red eyes. At that time, she didn't know human affairs, and she didn't understand the unfinished words in this "good". The mother's sincere greeting was cold and impatient.

After so many years, she unconsciously understood the mother's sincere concerns and worries.

"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Changping Hou was very pleased.

Although she understood her mother's sincerity, Gu Xizhao was not used to this kind of kindness, and she didn't need it, so she stopped talking and chatted with the silent sister-in-law Qiu Shi.

Not long after, Zhao Sansi came over with Ming, the princess, his wife and the young son.

It was said that it was a small family banquet, according to the rules of etiquette, Zhao Sansi would naturally have respected elders to accompany him.The Zhao family is not prosperous, and the poor little emperor Zhao Sansi had to become the exhausted emperor because the elders above died early. Right now, the only elders in the palace who can be regarded as having some status are the second imperial sister, Princess Minghe. .

When the two families get together as in-laws, they will naturally not say some unpleasant things, but they are all homely words to adjust the atmosphere, and these homely words can only be said to be good. With the joint efforts of everyone, This meal also tasted a warm and joyous gathering.

It wasn't until dusk fell that the small family banquet was over. Zhao Sansi, who had always done things from beginning to end, sent Weicheng to send people back this time for safety's sake.

It's dark in summer, even though it's just getting dark outside, it's already halfway through, and it's time to take a bath and tidy up, and it's time to rest.

After dismissing Changpinghou's family, Zhao Sansi didn't say that she would leave. Gu Xizhao knew that she had a lot of things to do recently, so she didn't take it upon herself to ask the palace servants to go directly to arrange the bathing. "Does the emperor still have political affairs to deal with?"

"Yes. There are still some excerpts I haven't finished reading." Zhao Sansi nodded, seeing that there was no one else in the hall, he hugged Gu Xizhao's waist and rubbed his arms, "But I don't want to read it."

Gu Xizhao lowered her head, pressed her shoulders, and slightly distanced herself, "Huh?"

Zhao Sansi rubbed his head against her lower abdomen again, "Dizziness."

Gu Xizhao was stunned for a moment, remembering that she had drank several glasses of fruit wine just now, thinking that the little fool must have drunk too much, so she pushed her again, and when she saw someone entangled her again, she went over fiercely, "Knowing that I can't drink A few catties and taels, and you still have to follow blindly to show off, this will make you feel uncomfortable and come to act like a baby with me?"

Zhao Sansi looked aggrieved, and lowered his head not to rub against the person.

Gu Xizhao took a look at her pitiful appearance, and her tone softened, "That fruit wine is easy to drink, but it has some aftertaste. Next time, I will have a long memory."

Zhao Sansi corrected himself when he knew his mistake, "Well, next time I won't try my best, and I won't drink too much."

Gu Xizhao took the initiative to approach her again, and pressed her hands on her sun xué, "Dizzy?"

Zhao Sansi grabbed her hand and pressed it blindly near the sun xué, frowning, "Very dizzy."

Gu Xizhao shook off her hand and rubbed it gently for her.After about a cup of tea, Gu Xizhao let go, "Is it better?"

Zhao Sansi hesitated for a moment, "It's better."

Gu Xi took care that her complexion was still not good, and she guessed that she must still be uncomfortable, "Lie down on the couch first, and I'll ask someone to make some hangover tea, and then go take a bath when it's better."

Zhao Sansi held her hand tightly, "You send someone to Chengqian Palace to pass on the message, I won't be returning tonight, and I'm still here with the queen."

Gu Xizhao pulled her hand away, "The concubine sees that the emperor's dizziness is fake..."

"I'm dizzy." Zhao Sansi hurriedly said, "I didn't lie to the queen."

Gu Xizhao still had a stern face, "Okay, the concubine will go down to make arrangements first, and the emperor will rest here for a while."

Zhao Sansi was afraid that she would really be angry, "Well, I always listen to the queen. And... I'm really dizzy..."