Empress Dowager + Spoiler

Since entering the summer, Zhao Sansi, who often pecks rice in class, looks a little embarrassed, but because of her image in front of her sweetheart, she still argues, "Then...you can't blame me, don't you?" I know, those obscure ancient prose spoken by Tai Tuo make people sleepy..."

Gu Xizhao nodded her forehead, "Sophistry."

Zhao Sansi grabbed her hand and closed his eyes, "I'm so sleepy, I fell asleep."

"Naughty." Gu Xizhao chuckled, "Even if you can't sleep, it's good to close your eyes and rest..."

Zhao Sansi heard her voice getting softer and softer, and she didn't make a sound. After a while, she secretly opened her eyes, "Queen..."

"Xixi..."

"Take a photo..."

As if singing, Zhao Sansi yelled secretly a few times, but no one responded, and then rolled around in Gu Xizhao's arms. Satisfied, she lay down on the bed in big characters, her bare feet Hooking Gu Xizhao's feet around and around, he was having a great time playing by himself.

Zhao Sansi was really not sleepy. After Gu Xizhao woke up after sleeping for a while, she was still in high spirits to amuse herself. Seeing that Gu Xizhao opened her eyes, she lay down on her stomach, "Xixi, you're awake!" .”

Gu Xizhao opened the face she leaned over, rubbed her eyes and looked out, "I said, don't call it so sloppy anymore, if people hear it, where do you let the concubine's face go? By the way, what time is it?"

Zhao Sansi automatically silenced the previous words, still smiling, "It's still early, it's just late."

"It's late, it's getting late." Gu Xizhao sat up, pinched her eyebrows to refresh herself, and brought Chan'er to serve her outside, "Is it still raining outside?"

"It's gone." Presumably she was chatting happily with some little sisters outside, Chan'er's expression was very lively, "Zhu'er is leading everyone to pick impatiens flowers, and Nanny Hua said she has a secret recipe for making flower juice , the nails are painted, and they can last for years without fading."

"That's kind, I'd like to send some to all the palaces. If there are too many, I can give some to the ladies of the aristocratic families in the capital."

"Then the servant girl will go talk to Zhu'er later and ask her to bring someone back to pick more flowers."

Seeing that his queen was chatting so happily with people, but he couldn't get in a word, Zhao Sansi felt a little sore, and when Chan'er fastened the jade buttons on her uniform, he quickly said, "There are many flowers in the imperial garden, why do you use impatiens to make flower juice?"

Gu Xizhao glanced at her, not wanting to talk to her.

Chan'er secretly looked back at the faces of the two of them, and when she turned her back, she smirked, and when she took the jade pendant to hang around Zhao Sansi's waist, she explained: "The emperor doesn't know something, this Dragon Boat Festival, It is a custom for boudoir women to paint their nails with impatiens juice."

"Dragon Boat Festival?" Zhao Sansi murmured, and then remembered that it was the Dragon Boat Festival, "I have forgotten this festival."

Gu Xizhao helped her straighten her cufflinks, "The emperor manages a lot of things every day, how can I remember these festivals?"

Zhao Sansi always felt that her queen's words were mocking herself, but she couldn't produce any evidence, so she had to sullenly say, "The early rice in the south of the Yangtze River has already started to grow ears, and this year's rain is more abundant than last year. I'm afraid this year will be a flood year. It hasn't stopped, but I've been really busy recently."

Hehe, if you say you are fat, you are still panting.

Gu Xizhao gave her a complicated look, "Since the emperor is so busy, the concubine won't keep you any longer, so hurry up and get busy."

Zhao Sansi: "...but...it's not that busy."

Gu Xizhao: "..."

The complexion of his own queen changed, Zhao Sansi quickly changed his words, "Hey, I think there are still a few important things that I haven't dealt with, so I really can't stay any longer."

Gu Xizhao: "..."

Chan'er watched them teasing back and forth, she felt her teeth were sore, obviously spring had passed, but her spring heart was about to move.

Zhao Sansi really forgot about the Dragon Boat Festival, when Chan'er mentioned it, she took it to heart again.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Sansi sent Li Zhongxian to Changping Marquis Mansion again. There were no expensive gifts, but a few royal rice dumplings and a colorful bag made by the Shangyi Bureau.

The customs of the Dazhao Dragon Boat Festival follow the previous dynasty, except that the women in the boudoir said by Chan'er have to paint their nails with phoenix juice, eat rice dumplings and wear colorful kits filled with mugwort leaves.

As soon as the royal carriage passed through the downtown area, there was a lot of discussion among the crowd. For others, Zhao Sansi, the son-in-law of the emperor, condescendingly made such a comprehensive etiquette, it must be because of her queen's face superior.

For a time, the love between the emperor and the empress was widely circulated among the people, and some literati even compiled a book of words between the emperor and the empress.

It's just that Gu Xizhao's identity is in the back and forth, and there are naturally various kinds of stories in the scriptures. These literati are even divided into two factions because of this, one is called the beautiful woman, and the other is called the confidante.

The affairs of the queen and the queen at the beauties' party are all lingering and sentimental love stories based on the affection between the two, and mainly on compliments.

The confidante faction's acquisition means "a concubine's misfortune". Regarding the affairs of the emperor and the empress, the story of how the former emperor's favorite concubine became the empress was compiled, and the demotion was naturally the main one.

But no matter what, these books that arrange the affairs of the emperor and empress are not in the mainstream, so naturally they dare not spread them publicly, and can only be passed on in the market.

However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and this matter finally reached Zhao Sansi's ears.

Chapter 132

At that time, it was already August.This year is still a prosperous year with good weather and good weather. Although the rain in May lasted for half a month, Zhao Sansi and the courtiers and others worried a lot about the early season grain in Jiangnan this year, but at the end of May, the weather was still When it cleared up, the crops in the field were only harvested three to five days later than in previous years, and the other things had no effect.

The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is divided into seasonal dryness and humidity. From the beginning of summer, it has entered the wet and rainy season. As long as the climate is not too weird, the climate will gradually dry up at the end of July.

Because of this unique climate, the rice in the south of the Yangtze River is divided into two seasons. The early rice harvested in mid-June belongs to the moisture-tolerant early rice, and then the late rice that is resistant to drought is planted later.

This year is another bumper year, so the whole country is naturally jubilant. The newly built water conservancy project in the south of the Yangtze River did not go smoothly at first. It was not until the end of the summer harvest that Xu Yingmin returned to the imperial city to report on his work.

I don’t know how Xu Yingmin lobbied. After the summer harvest, people from all over the world who were unwilling to contribute money and efforts began to actively respond to this big project. If there are many, volunteer to send someone to help for three to five days, or if there are many women in the family, volunteer to ask a few women to help make a fire and cook.

It's like a harmonious scene where the government and the people work together.

When the news reached Zhao Sansi's ears, she was naturally happy, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching again. To show how much she valued Xu Yingmin, she thought to keep him in the palace for the festival.

With such an idea in mind, Zhao Sansi didn't make a decision immediately, but decided to listen to his queen's opinion first.

For the little fool's complete trust, Gu Xizhao did not blindly give her an answer. After thinking for a while, she replied, "Governor Xu is a useful minister. The emperor left him in the palace for the festival. captured people's hearts."

After a pause, she spoke again: "Governor Xu is just an invitation, why not take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival and hold a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet? Invite all the aristocratic families in Beijing and the wives to come to the banquet."

"There are so many aristocratic families in the capital. To hold a banquet, it is necessary to waste the people and waste money. Let alone this, I am afraid that I will be the queen again in the end." Compared with this hypocritical scene of joy and joy, Zhao Sansi would rather be with his family The queen is alone.

Gu Xizhao came close to her ear, and said with a low laugh: "The concubine's suggestion is not all for the sake of excitement, but for another purpose."

The warm air was right next to the sensitive ear, and Zhao Sansi was itchy all over his body. He tried his best to hold on, so as not to let his mind go astray, "What...what is the purpose?"

Gu Xizhao was immersed in her own thoughts, and didn't notice her strangeness for a moment. Liu Ye smiled slyly, "Use Master Xu's mouth to let the aristocratic families in the capital raise funds for this water conservancy project in the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhao Sansi breathed lightly, and couldn't react for a while, "Didn't Mr. Xu say that the funds for the construction of the flood control and water storage project in the early stage are almost raised..."

"Your majesty has heard the truth that you should strike while the iron is hot." Gu Xizhao looked at her ignorant appearance, and simply sat up cross-legged again, "Jiangnan is the economic center of all dynasties, and the people there worry about the rainy season every year, but they always I didn’t come up with a perfect solution, it’s not that others couldn’t think of building a dam and opening a canal to divert the water, but that this project is too huge, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that it will cost the whole country.”

Zhao Sansi also sat up, "Now that we have started, no matter how much manpower and material resources it takes, we must have a beginning and an end."