The wind of wonder in Tianyue rises from the frontier fortress

It is said that Chu Qingxi proposed to go to the Imperial Garden for a stroll, and the maid who was waiting on the side pushed a wheelchair made of nanmu. It was as if it was tailor-made for Chu Qingxi.

The palace servant said: "Miss Chu, the emperor ordered that if you want to go to the Imperial Garden, you can use this." She saw that Qingxi had been looking at the wheelchair, and said: "This is what the emperor personally ordered the palace to use. Made by skillful craftsmen, Miss Chu is just recovering from a serious illness, so don't be too tired."

Chu Qingxi saw that this wheelchair is exquisitely crafted and ingeniously designed. Not only is it exquisite in appearance, but it is also ingenious in details such as the pedals, armrests, and waist support. That kindness.

A trace of worry flashed across Chu Qingxi's eyes, but he returned to normal in a blink of an eye.She smiled and let Zhu Wen Bihen change her clothes, and the maids helped her into the wheelchair, and put a blanket on her body that came from the Kingdom of Kucha, and then said to the maids with a smile: "Let Zhu Wen and Bi Hen will accompany me, you don't have to follow." All the maidservants agreed in unison, and with all their strength, they carried Chu Qingxi and the wheelchair over the threshold of the hall entrance before they dispersed.

Along the way, Zhu Wen pushed Chu Qingxi, accompanied by Bi Hen, and walked towards the imperial garden meanderingly.I saw the majestic palace and grand halls. Compared with the exquisite and prosperous Central Plains, the Xixia palace architecture is more rough and heroic.

What surprised Chu Qingxi was that when he met some eunuchs and maids along the road, they would always kneel down when they saw her, and there seemed to be a hint of puzzlement and surprise in their expressions.

At the beginning, only Chu Qingxi muttered secretly in her heart, but as she met more people, even Zhu Wen and Bihen felt strange, Bihen wondered: "These people have never seen Sister Chu, why did they see her?" Sister Chu just kneels?"

Zhu Wen said: "It's indeed a little strange, and the way they look at Sister Chu is also a little strange. They obviously don't know Sister Chu, so why would they do such a big gift?"

At this moment, Chu Qingxi had already set her eyes on the blanket on her lap, she didn't pay attention at first, but now she realized that it was woven with gold thread, it was actually a pattern of golden dragon and colorful phoenix!

This can also explain why the eunuchs and maids along the road peeked at him with amazed eyes, and at the same time bowed down to him without hesitation. It turned out that all this was because of the blanket on his lap !This pattern of golden dragon and colorful phoenix is ​​in this palace, probably only the emperor and the queen mother are qualified to use it, but now it appears on this strange face like myself, if it doesn't attract attention, it would be a strange thing.

However, it is a felony to use items in the palace beyond the limit, and the maids in the side hall of Fengming Palace will definitely not make such low-level mistakes, unless... unless the matter is authorized by someone.And this person, apart from the empress Li Wanhua, there is absolutely no second choice.

Thinking of this, Chu Qingxi silently rolled up the blanket on his legs and tucked it behind his waist. At this time, Zhu Wen had already reflected it, and there was also a hint of worry in his eyes looking at Chu Qingxi. Some helplessly smiled at her, and some looked at a loss.

At this time, the three of them have arrived at the imperial garden. The scenery of the forbidden garden of the imperial palace is indeed well-deserved. Not only are the green trees and flowers complementing each other, but what is even more surprising is that there is a special courtyard in the garden where peacocks and black bears are raised. , sika deer and other rare animals.

Since Chu Qingxi came to Xixia, she has been sick all the time, so when she suddenly walked out of the hall, and saw the clear sky and pleasant scenery of flowers and plants, she immediately felt relieved, and for a while, she felt relieved. That anxiety was left behind.

While they were enjoying the scenery of the Imperial Garden carefully step by step, the sound of silk and bamboo came from the other side of the rockery pool.Bihen smiled and said, "It seems that someone is singing an opera over there. Sister Chu, should we go and have a look?"

Chu Qingxi nodded with a smile, Bihen cheered, and took the lead to walk towards the winding path in the middle of the pond.Zhu Wen pushed the Chuqing River and walked slowly, the breeze was blowing gently on his face, and he saw the sparkling water in the pools on both sides, and there were still some residual lotus in the pool, which had a special taste.

"Leave the remnants of the lotus to listen to the sound of the rain." Chu Qingxi murmured, "Unexpectedly, the Xixia Kingdom is located in the northwest, and there is quite a real flavor in the poem."

Zhu Wen responded with a smile: "Nowadays the Song Dynasty, Western Xia Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, and even Tubo, Dali have close contacts, and the culture of the Central Plains will naturally have an impact on them."

Chu Qingxi turned her head to look at her with a smile, and praised: "I know you work hard all day long, but I didn't expect you to have such knowledge now, which is quite rare. If Bihen can have half of your hard work, I am also Amitabha."

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "Bihen is better than Bihen. I am about the same age as her, but I can't compare to her innocence. And when it comes to cooking skills, I can't match her in case."

At this time, Bihen was running back to meet them, and happened to hear Zhu Wen saying his name, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhu Wen, while I'm not here, you are making up a plan for me with sister Chu, aren't you?"

Chu Qingxi couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help "puchi" laughing.Zhu Wen gave Bihen a hard look, and scolded with a smile: "You heartless thing, I'm trying my best to praise you in front of Miss Chu, but you're fine, you just opened your mouth indiscriminately and wronged me, come on, I'm sorry Let's see, what kind of teeth have grown in your dog's mouth?" She said, she stepped forward a few steps, and reached out to touch Bihen's jaw.

Seeing that she had moved her hands, Bihen hurriedly dodged with a smile and said, "Oh, I hit the mark, so I became so angry that I made a move. Sister Chu, you have to take care of it!"

Seeing the two of them joking with each other, Chu Qingxi also found it amusing. She hadn't been so happy for a long time, and she couldn't help laughing and said: "I don't care. If you two fight together, whoever loses will be a puppy." .”

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "Hey, Bihen puppy, where are you hiding?" While laughing, his five fingers are like claws, and he can't move away from Bihen's jaw.Bihen giggled, but galloped all over the field at the pace of gossip, wrinkling his eyebrows and saying with a smile: "Zhuwen and Zhuwen are puppies, with teeth and claws like a clown."

On the other side, the three of them were giggling and laughing together, but they didn't know that their noise had inadvertently aroused one person's displeasure.This person is none other than the current Empress Dowager, Li Wanhua's own mother——Empress Dowager Zhang!

At this time she was looking for a secluded place in the imperial garden, and called a few little opera singers raised in the palace, dressed them up, and sang a few tunes that she liked to hear in detail for her.But who would have thought that she was listening intently on this side, and from nowhere came the voice of a woman who was laughing and making a fuss, which suddenly broke her plan to hide quietly.

Although this queen mother has been a vegetarian for a while in recent years, it does not mean that she has lost her temper.Therefore, her interest in listening to the play was interrupted by the sudden laughter, she couldn't help but frowned tightly, pointed at the eunuch in front of her, and said coldly: "Go and see, which palace is not sensible?" Girl, bring it here!"

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was annoyed, how could the servants around her dare to be negligent, Xun Sheng, a young eunuch aged eleven or two, looked for Chu Qingxi and the others. Seeing Chu Qingxi who was sitting in a wheelchair, he couldn't help being stunned, and said to himself: "These people have never met in the palace, how dare they have the courage to make a noise in the imperial garden."

He didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried to Chu Qingxi, Zhu Wen and Bi Hen saw a little eunuch appearing suddenly, they immediately stopped playing, and asked around: "Who are you? "

The little maid had just seen Zhu Wen and Bi Hen fighting, and knew that both of them possessed martial arts skills, so she didn't dare to be rude, so she quickly stood still and said, "By the order of the Empress Dowager, I will wait for you to see me."

Chu Qingxi and the others were taken aback for a moment, and the Empress Dowager suddenly appeared out of nowhere, which was really beyond their expectation.However, since she is the Empress Dowager, she must be Li Wanhua's biological mother, so for Li Wanhua's sake, let's see her when she wants to.

Seeing Chu Qingxi nodded slowly, Zhu Wen and Bihen stepped forward to push the wheelchair, seeing that the little servant was still there, Bihen couldn't help urging: "Hey, since the Queen Mother wants to see us, then Please lead the way."

The little servant said, "Mother...the queen mother's order is to be received on my knees." He has served in the palace since he was a child, and he has never seen such a bold and reckless person, especially the woman in the wheelchair. When he saw the Queen Mother's decree, he didn't even move his buttocks, as if he, the imperial envoy delivering the decree, was reporting to her.He stole a glance at the woman in the wheelchair, but couldn't help but gasped: He always thought that their empress was the most beautiful person in the world, but he never thought that the woman in the wheelchair would descend to earth like a fairy generally.

Bihen stared and said: "Now that the Queen Mother is not here, how would she know if we kneeled or not. Stop talking, and lead the way."

Seeing how ferocious she was, the waiter couldn't help shrinking his neck secretly, he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, so he turned around and led the way.

Chu Qingxi secretly said in his heart: "This queen mother has never met before, so how could she suddenly summon me. I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse, so I can only use the soldiers to cover up the water and soil, and take the opportunity to act."

The wheelchair passed through the lotus pond, turned into a rockery, and saw a quiet and cool place, a group of eunuchs and maidservants, holding palace fans, holding spittoons, dust whisks and other things, were surrounding a man with a full head sitting in the center. Zhucui, an old lady with a plump jaw.

After the little servant stepped forward to report to Queen Mother Zhang, he stepped aside.Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help being startled when she saw Chu Qingxi and the three of them at first glance, just because of the outfits of the three of them, she knew at a glance that they were not concubines or maidservants in the palace.

Empress Dowager Zhang was taken aback for a moment, she came back to her senses immediately, and said with a cold face: "Where did the three of you come from? Why has the Ai family never seen you?"

Zhu Wen and Bihen had already bowed to Empress Dowager Zhang, while Chu Qingxi clasped his fists, Zhuang Rong said: "Chu Qingxi, a daughter of the people, is slightly ill and can't stand, if she is rude, I hope the Empress Dowager will forgive her. "

Empress Dowager Zhang saw that she was neither humble nor overbearing, and she was not flattered at all because of her status as empress dowager, so she couldn't help but pay more attention to her: "Chu Qingxi?" She frowned slightly, and turned to ask the maid beside her, "But the emperor The rescued Jianghu man?"

The maid beside her called Zhen Yu'er said in her ear: "The Queen Mother, it is this girl." Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother looked at Chu Qingxi more and more intently.It's okay if you don't look at it, but after looking at it, Queen Mother Zhang couldn't help but "thump" in her heart: she entered the palace at the age of nine, and saw a lot of colorful harems, but she had never seen such an outstanding person. On the seat behind the woman's waist, I saw half of an imperial object embroidered with golden dragon and colorful phoenix patterns!

If this is not a thing of Fengming Palace, what is it!Previously there were some rumors in the palace that the empress took good care of these women from unknown origins, and also vaguely mentioned the old story that the empress did not choose her husband for many years and did not prolong her offspring.Although I have heard about these two incidents, I have never thought about these two incidents together. Now that I see it and think about it carefully, it seems that there is a shocking scandal hidden in it!

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but feel horrified: If the emperor is allowed to mess around, I'm afraid his Li family will soon cause a bloodbath!At that time, there is no need to wait for the border wars, and her Great Xia Dynasty will have internal strife!

Being in the royal family, it is doomed that blood and family relationship cannot compare with thousands of miles.Although Li Wanhua is her own daughter, in front of Jiangshan Sheji, Empress Dowager Zhang does not allow her to disregard her ancestral foundation.If the woman in front of her dared to confuse the king and mess up the harem, Queen Mother Zhang would not mind giving her a cup of poisoned wine herself.

The more he thought about it, the more gloomy the Empress Dowager Zhang's face became, and Chu Qingxi's palms couldn't help clenching cold sweat: When did I offend this old lady, and she looked as if she wanted to eat people.Now that I have received such great favor from Li Wanhua, if this old lady makes trouble, how should I deal with it? I can't disregard Li Wanhua's face and turn against this old lady.

She was feeling uneasy, but she heard Empress Dowager Zhang coldly say: "Since you are Wanhua's guest, please let me forgive you this time, don't make any noise in the palace next time, do you understand?"