The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

On the evening of July [-]th in the fifth year of Xuanwu.

The Supreme Emperor leaned on the pillow with difficulty, and listened to Eunuch Chen's reply: "Bi Zhu, the maid in charge of the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, went to Baoning Hou Mansion in person and stayed for a full hour."

"After Miss Shang entered the palace, the empress dowager never asked her to visit the empress, but stayed in Fengjing Palace on the grounds that she was weak, and even called the imperial physician to see her."

The Supreme Emperor gave a faint "Oh": "What did the imperial doctor say?"

"The imperial doctor said that Miss Shang has been worrying too much recently, her liver evil is over-active, and her lungs suffer. She has prescribed Tianwang Baoxin Pill, which soothes the liver, protects the lungs, and nourishes the heart and spleen."

The Supreme Emperor sneered: "Heavenly King Baoxin Pill? This kind of medicine is not bad for people anyway."

Eunuch Chen lowered his head and dared not speak.

The Supreme Emperor lazily said: "This kind of rumor is intentionally made, but I still want to make me feel that the little girl from the merchant is not in good health and is not suitable for a marriage. It means that they also know that they are afraid."

Just know that you are afraid.

"Go to Fengjing Palace to deliver an order and tell her to come with Shang Duo's daughter. I want to see this little girl."

Speaking of Shang Chanchan, the Supreme Emperor only had a vague impression, he looked somewhat like the Empress Dowager Shang when she first entered the palace.

It just looks very weak and timid. I heard that a few years ago, the fifth prince and Xie Ling were scared to cry by playing with slingshots.

In Fengjing Palace, the Empress Dowager Shang was looking at the prescription prescribed by the imperial physician.

Shang Chanchan's symptoms were real, and she didn't intentionally pass them on to the Supreme Emperor.

Xie Ling's safety, the attitude of the Queen Mother and her parents about retiring, and the oppressive atmosphere that could be felt throughout the capital made her restless.

Compared with the previous five years, although there were some twists and turns, she still felt like living in a peach blossom garden.

Empress Dowager Shang put down the prescription in her hand, and said calmly: "Auntie has not taken you into the palace these days, you should understand."

Shang Chanchan sat down with her back straight.It is no longer like the previous act of acting like a spoiled child in front of the Queen Mother of Shang.

"I see."

Empress Dowager Shang looked at her for a moment: "Chanchan has grown up." She stretched out her hand and called her to her face, and brushed her hair as before.

"But Auntie only hopes that Chanchan won't have to grow up in her whole life."

Only then did Shang Chanchan smile: "Like Mrs. Cheng Engong's son?"

Empress Dowager Shang nodded: "She is a lucky one. There is a saying that fools are blessed by fools, and that's it."

Shang Chanchan shook her head: "But I don't want to. It's a blessing from the heavens. What I want is the blessing I brought myself."

The Empress Dowager Shang said indifferently: "If you don't take what God gives, you will be blamed; if you don't welcome it, you will suffer. You have to praise the blessings given by God."

Shang Chanchan thought to herself: "Whatever God gives or does not take, this day will be your old man, okay?"

Before the two could continue talking, they saw Eunuch Chen being ushered in by Bizhu with a low eyebrow.

Seeing Shang Chanchan, a young girl, was there, so she didn't know whether she should report the situation or not.

The Empress Dowager Shang glanced at her niece, nodded her head and said, "Just talk about it."

Shang Chanchan didn't understand at first, but after listening to eunuch Chen say everything the emperor said, she finally realized, oh, this is the boy!

The Empress Dowager Shang heard that the Supreme Emperor wanted to see Shang Chanchan, she pondered for a while, and told Eunuch Chen to step down.

He said to Shang Chanchan: "When the child grows up, he will always have his own ideas. He feels that he is promising, so he doesn't need to listen to us old people."

"Since that's the case, since the Supreme Emperor has summoned you today, I will see your ability. If God doesn't grant it, I can get it."

Shang Chanchan: ...

This is simply a double interview between the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

I think the biggest interview she participated in back then was the interview of the club.

Facing these two bosses directly now is really a big leap in level.

Speaking of which, although she has seen many important people, they are all shrouded in the halo of her aunt and parents, and no one makes things difficult for her.

If there is such a thing as the protagonist's halo, facing the current Supreme Emperor, this halo will definitely fail.

When she followed the Empress Dowager Shang into the Supreme Palace, her heartbeat suddenly slowed down.

It's like before going on stage to perform, you will always be fidgeting and nervous, but the moment the curtain really kicks off, the whole person calms down instead.

Shang Chanchan greeted the Supreme Emperor with a big gift.

When he looked up, his eyes couldn't help but jump.

It is not that she has never seen a paralyzed patient in her previous life, but Taishanghuang is not like a simple stroke patient at all.

If you have to pick four words to describe him, the dry bone in the tomb is really suitable.

His face was haggard and gray, half of his face was crooked, and his eyes were cloudy.

Shang Chanchan almost subconsciously retreated.

Just like paramecium will avoid the high concentration of salt water, living people are naturally afraid of such a dead atmosphere.

However, he held back in the end, just bowed his head and knelt down neatly.

I couldn't help but feel a little strange: The Queen Mother Shang didn't remind her that the Emperor Taishang looks so scary.

If he lost his composure in a panic, wouldn't he offend the Supreme Emperor.

Unless, unless the Empress Dowager Shang was not afraid of Shang Chanchan offending the Supreme Emperor at all.

She suddenly had a terrible realization in her heart: it is terrible to offend the emperor, but it doesn't matter to offend the dead.

Is the Empress Dowager Shang going to do it now?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but turn pale.

Subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the Empress Dowager Shang, and saw the Empress Dowager Shang with a gentle expression, sitting beside the Supreme Emperor's couch, gently stirring a bowl of medicine.

Seeing the look in the eyes of the niece looking up, she nodded with a smile.

The Taishanghuang suffered a stroke, and his eyesight is not good.

Talking like a broken bellows: "Kneel closer."

It wasn't until he saw Shang Chanchan's face clearly that he sighed and said to the Queen Mother, "You were 14 years old when you entered the palace, and you are about the same age and appearance. This child really looks like you."

The Empress Dowager Shang changed her sad and desolate tone: "Since the Holy Majesty knows that Chanchan is like a concubine, he understands why this concubine loves her so much. I beg you..."

The Supreme Emperor interrupted her intercession, and said: "Needless to say. Marriage is a major matter for the country. If necessary, even my own daughter and granddaughter can give up."

The implication is that there are many princesses who are married, let alone the daughter of a courtier.

Shang Chanchan cooperated with her expression of fear and fear, and began to cry like a faucet turned into a spirit.

When she cried, she suppressed the tears that the Queen Mother Shang had prepared.

In fact, Shang Chanchan's tears came quickly and urgently, a frail daughter knelt on the ground, crying pitifully.

In comparison, she shedding silent tears while holding on to her status as the empress dowager was a bit too gentle.

Empress Dowager Shang thought: This child, among other things, this ability to cry when he says he wants to cry is very similar to a concubine.

Shang Chanchan used her ability to cry without delay when she faced Zhou Jingran back then, sobbing and saying: "The Supreme Emperor's selection of the courtier's daughter as a marriage is a gesture of respect and kindness to the courtier's daughter and the Marquis of Baoning. The courtiers dare not disobey."

The Taishanghuang hadn't seen anyone crying in front of him for many years, so he froze for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, why are you crying?"

"A courtier can't bear to part with her parents, nor can she part with her aunt."

The Supreme Emperor sighed again: "He is a filial child. However, the matter of getting married is a state matter after all, so we have to let go of our personal relationship."

Shang Chanchan continued to cry, and said in her heart: Give me a step, your old man will be done as soon as you come down.Why can't I hold it anymore?

Before she entered the palace, Shang Duo helped the dizzy Jiang family back to rest after hearing this, and asked Shang Chi to analyze the meaning of the Supreme Emperor for Shang Chanchan.

Shang Chi is not in a hurry: anyway, the longer Bizhu stays here, the more the Supreme Emperor will believe that the Baoninghou Mansion will be afraid.

So I still have time to let the maids make tea.

Daiyu gave him a slight push and said, "I want tea now, so why don't I go and make you a table of noodles? Do you want us to be in a hurry?"

Shang Chi smiled: "I don't think Yu'er is in a hurry. I think you understand what the Supreme Emperor means." Then he looked at Shang Chanchan: "Then Chanchan, do you understand?"

Shang Chanchan: ... Is this really okay?Brother, I'm about to be ordered to make a kiss, you still don't forget to test me.

It's okay to take the exam, but I have to show my love to my sister-in-law first.

It can be said that Lin Ruhai and Queen Xie taught Daiyu these five years.Now that she is married to Shang Chi, the two of them are in harmony with each other, so naturally they have nothing to say.

So she has a better grasp of many court affairs than some officials.

Not to mention far away, let's just say that men who are officials in the Ningrong Second Mansion must not understand as well as Daiyu.

Shang Chanchan replied: "The Empress Dowager wants to scare the Empress Dowager and my father. I think they will take the initiative to give in for me. Not only must they support the marriage, but they will also choose another girl to replace me."

Shang Chi nodded his head: "Yes, but have you ever thought about it, the Supreme Emperor was an army all his life, and Fujian was laid down by him himself. Why would he rather give up the city and make peace?"

Shang Chanchan agreed, and said seriously: "Brother, I have also seriously thought about this issue.

So I dreamed back in the middle of the night, asked myself countless times, and finally found the answer: Taishanghuang must have had a brain problem after a stroke. "

Shang Chi Daiyu: ...

Daiyu thought of the thick stack of cases that Xie Ling gave them, and was afraid that Shang Chanchan was in a bad mood recently and was under too much pressure. Shang Chi's test would fail her again, so she quietly teased Shang Chi's Clothes sleeve: "Don't embarrass her soon."

Shang Chi was kind, and patted his wife's hand to comfort him.

Then he said: "Zhen Yingjia and Zhou Heng are both veteran ministers promoted by the Supreme Emperor. Now they have made mistakes and lost Fujian.

The emperor insists on fighting, and if we lose, we will have to pay a greater price.If he wins, the prestige of the Supreme Emperor will be completely suppressed by the emperor. "

"So this battle, whether it wins or loses, is not good for the Supreme Emperor, so we have to not fight."

Daiyu couldn't help but said: "How can the old sage only care about himself?

Is it not enough to benefit the country and the people?With this marriage, don't the surrounding countries think that we are easy to bully, and that if we seize the land, we can get another princess. "

Hearing what his wife said, Shang Chi laughed and said, "So Yu'er, you can't be an official."

Then he told his younger sister: "You don't have to be afraid after you enter the palace. The Supreme Emperor just put you under house arrest in the palace, and put you under house arrest for the Empress Dowager and our family. If you really want to send you to get married, the Emperor will not make it through."

Wouldn't this slap the emperor in the face, saying he was useless.

If the emperor can't even protect the family of his most confidant courtier and uncle, then who would dare to serve the emperor?It's better for everyone to hurry up and praise the Supreme Emperor.

Shang Chanchan nodded: "So, I'm just a pawn used by the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor."

Shang Chi nodded: "It is enough to understand this, you can enter the palace."

So after crying hard in front of the Supreme Emperor, Shang Chanchan saw that the Supreme Emperor was still holding it, and said in her heart: "Okay, it seems that I am not worthy to build a ladder for the Supreme Emperor, this big guy won't come down."

Sure enough, this step has to be given by the Queen Mother.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager could not bear to struggle, she finally said: "The concubine knows that getting married is a big deal, but, but there is no need for Chanchan to go."

The Supreme Emperor reprimanded: "What are you talking about. Whose daughter is not a daughter?"

But in the end, he didn't mention the matter of marriage anymore, and only ordered the palace servants to help Shang Chanchan up.

Shang Chanchan took the cold handkerchief handed over by the palace maid, put it on her eyes, and said in her heart: Hehe, who said that women are duplicity, but men are really duplicity!

The Empress Dowager Shang still looked worried and sad, and said to the Supreme Emperor: "It's time for the Holy Majesty to have a supper, and this concubine brought a cup of soup."

The milky soup is in a jasper bowl, exuding aroma.

As usual, the Empress Dowager Shang used a spoonful first, and then prepared to feed the Supreme Emperor.

Unexpectedly, the Supreme Emperor took a look at the poor Shang Chanchan beside him, and felt that he had frightened the little girl today.

Seeing the unconcealable worry on the Empress Dowager Shang's face, she couldn't help but soft-heartedly said: "Poor child, she can't sit still after crying so much. Ask someone to serve her a bowl of hot soup as well."

The author has something to say: Shang Chanchan: Hurry up and take it away, Dalang, drink it yourself.

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