A kitten dressed as an empress
Chapter 99
From one night to dawn, the hall was already brightly lit, and because of the early court, Zhao Yao left the Jiaofang Hall early.
When Wen Ruyan woke up, the sun was already hanging high outside the window. After reaching out to untie the bell, she quietly threw it into the long-necked blue and white porcelain vase that stored the scroll.
The palace people bowed their heads one after another while serving the meal, and the whole Jiaofang hall was extremely quiet.
At the end of each month, the old mother brought the head of the internal department to report the affairs of the harem early, and when she saw that the empress had not shown herself, she asked the palace people beside her.
"When did His Majesty and Empress rest last night?"
The palace man at the side whispered with reddish earlobes: "It's probably after midnight."
The old mother said in a deep voice, "Even if it's the empress who attends bedtime, she must be restrained."
The empresses and concubines of all dynasties were all dignified masters. Who would be like the empress of today, who has not woken up until the sun is high, and there is probably only one of them throughout the ages.
When Wen Ruyan came out of the inner hall, he was still a little sleepy, but seeing the old mother's face, he immediately became vigilant.
This old nanny has excellent management skills, but she is also a strict old man who abides by the palace rules. If she sees something that is not in line with the palace rules and etiquette, even Zhao Yao will speak out.
Wen Ruyan had already deeply felt her lethal power when she was taught etiquette by the old nanny when she got married.
Sure enough, before she could sit still, the old mother began to give a serious lecture.
"Empress, you should set an example for the palace people after you are in the southern country. How do you take care of the harem when you are so lazy?"
"Furthermore, the matter of intercourse has its own palace records. If His Majesty leaves behind a reputation of debauchery, wouldn't the empress be a sinner through the ages?"
Wen Ruyan looked at the blushing palace man beside her, and not only did her cheeks become hot, this old nanny spoke too frankly.
I thought that sooner or later Zhao Yao would have to listen to it, it would be a public execution.
At this time, Zhao Yao, who was going to court early in the main hall, could not hear Wen Ruyan's heartfelt voice.
After the morning court was over, it was rare for government affairs to be idle in early summer, so Zhao Yao went to the racecourse to compete with Xie Min in horseback riding and archery.
Just as an arrow hit the bull's-eye, the soldier carrying the target took several steps back due to the weight, Xie Min praised: "Your Majesty's archery skills are becoming more and more superb."
Zhao Yao caught a glimpse of Su Qing leading the little palace man, Qingxiu Emei lightly holding the rein and turning around.
Su Qing looked at the little palace man who raised his hand and gently pushed her to remind her: "Don't you pay homage to Your Majesty?"
"See Your Majesty." Xia Xiang knelt under the high platform.
Zhao Yao handed the longbow to the guards at the side, and dismounted from the horse lightly, and Xie Min dismounted with them.
Sitting alone on the high platform, Zhao Yao took a sip of hot tea and said, "Write an article on the pros and cons of the new water conservancy project in the southern country, and I will give you two sticks of incense."
"Yes."
Su Qing and Xie Min sat on both sides, and Xia Xiang was sitting below writing an article.
Because the examination questions of the Taiyuan College have been particularly tricky in recent years, Su Qing deliberately let the Xiaogong people get in touch with various articles and albums in order to improve their vision and thinking, so as to analyze the pros and cons behind various events.
Compared with the topic of Taiyuan Academy, this topic is quite reasonable, Su Qing looked at the little palace man who was already thinking about writing, and felt quite relieved.
It was especially cool on the high seat in the water, the flag fluttered in the breeze, Zhao Yao looked sideways at Xie Min and said, "Is that little lady in your family going to take part in the essay test?"
Xie Min was originally from the world, so it was inevitable that she would be exhausted after a competition, but it could be seen that the empress was very relaxed, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that she had a special constitution.
"Return to Your Majesty, Mo'er will take part in this literary examination." No matter what happens in this women's literary examination, since the empress has proposed it, even if there is no official position, the major families will rush to sign up.
Although the newly married young lady loves to cry, she is also a girl from the noble family who loves to read poetry and books very much. If I can find something to pass the time with her, it will be better than her being bored in the mansion all day.
For Zhao Yao, this literary test is to publicly assess women's knowledge and talents, so that women can be included in the official system of the government.
Only when women enter politics and participate in the power struggles of the court can they truly fight for women's rights in the court. In this way, it will be a very long-term thing to gradually open girls' schools in the future.
After the two chatted, the two sticks of incense burned out unconsciously, and the palace servants presented an article.
Zhao Yao looked at the article where the ink was still wet, and Xie Min who was on the side looked at the extremely calm little palace lady, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that this ordinary girl didn't have such courage as her.
"How do you know that the newly built water conservancy project in Nanguo will start from Ancheng in the southwest to Xincheng in the southeast?" Zhao Yao's eyes shifted from the article to Xiaogongren. The advantages and disadvantages of the terrain and route, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of manpower and financial resources.
This water conservancy project has not yet started, it was originally Zhao Yao's idea, I didn't expect this little palace man to know so much about it, even the survey data submitted by the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Song Mo, is not as good as this.
"Water conservancy projects require a lot of surveys and surveys. There is a topographic map of the southern country in Zangshuge. If you want to start a project, you must choose a location. These can be analyzed through it. As for manpower and financial resources, it is estimated according to the price of water conservancy projects in previous years. made."
If it wasn't for Zhao Yao's casual mention of this topic, I'm afraid Wen Ruyan would really have doubted whether Wen Ruyan had tipped off the news.
"You wrote this article very well, and the numbers in it are very close to the budgets of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry." Although Zhao Yao is not happy to praise the little palace, but she does have her talents and naturally she can't waste them.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Xia Xiang still knelt on one side, but she was relieved, and turned her head to look at Miss Su.
Unexpectedly, through Miss Su's eyes, Xia Xiang could not help but feel shy, and her earlobes became slightly hot when she saw Miss Su showing a rewarding smile.
Zhao Yao put down the article, suddenly changed her expression and said in a deep voice: "It's just that in the library, there are a large number of topographical atlases of the southern country and a large number of water conservancy project accounts recorded in related ages. These are the secretaries of the palace. Look through it privately, are you guilty?"
Xia Xiang just let go of her heart and her eyes flickered with panic. Just as she was about to answer, the female officer Su stood up and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. These books were cleaned up by this minister, and they were misplaced because of his negligence. The matter has nothing to do with Xia Xiang, please punish this humble minister, Your Majesty."
"Miss Su..." Xia Xiang didn't expect that Mistress Su would take the blame for herself. She was both moved and bitter because of her own incompetence, "Your Majesty, this matter is not Mistress Su's fault. I read the secret book privately."
"Shut up." Su Qing looked at the little palace lady quite seriously, thinking that she was really stupid, she came from a famous family, no matter how His Majesty punished her, it was impossible for her to be executed because of ineffective supervision.
But Xiao Gongren is different, His Majesty has been hostile to her earlier, if she is caught in the wrong place now, even if she is not executed, it is probably a punishment she cannot bear.
Seeing Su Qing protecting the little palace man so much, Zhao Yao couldn't help thinking of what Wen Ruyan said to herself last night, and she couldn't help but have a plan in her heart.
"Xie Min, as the Minister of the Household Department, you assess the duties of officials every three months. What crime should you bear for being so negligent?"
Xie Min, who originally thought nothing was wrong with him, was at a loss for a moment, then got up and knelt down to the side in fear and bowed his head in response: "Your Majesty, calm down, this matter is indeed a failure of this humble minister."
The position of the female official in Zangshu Pavilion is not high, and there is not much money to be made in the court on weekdays. She has always been a clean and honest official position, and the assessment is done once a year in previous years.
It really echoes the phrase that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger.
There was a sudden silence on the high seat, Zhao Yao looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and raised her hand to summon the guards to prepare wine.
Seeing the three glasses of wine placed on the table, Zhao Yao looked at Su Qing's expression with great interest and said, "The three of you are each guilty, but one of the three glasses of wine has a drama, it depends on you." of good fortune."
"Your Majesty, I would like to serve Du wine alone. Please forgive Miss Su." Xia Xiang knelt down and begged.
Su Qing didn't expect that the Empress would give poisoned wine directly, which clearly meant to kill the little palace man.
No wonder Wen Ruyan didn't come to the racecourse with the empress to watch the assessment today, it seems that the empress deliberately concealed it.
"Your Majesty, I'm usually responsible for teaching the little palace people. It's my fault that she made a mistake. I'm willing to accept the punishment." Su Qing stepped forward and asked.
The little palace man who was always obedient was disobedient today, and stretched out his hand to grab Su Qing's sleeve robe and said, "No way, how can you let Miss Su take responsibility for Xia Xiang's mistakes."
A glass of du wine caused these two people to compete with each other. Unexpectedly, Su Qing, who has always been calm and calm, would panic at times. Seeing this, Zhao Yao found it very interesting.
On the contrary, Xie Min was in a very complicated mood, the empress would not have to execute herself for a small mistake.
Zhao Yao interrupted the dispute between the two of them and said, "Since you two are not afraid of death, how about waiting for one of you to die, and I can give the other a drink?"
"Okay." Xia Xiang agreed without hesitation.
Su Qing didn't expect the little palace man to protect himself so much that he would risk his life to accompany him to the end.
Could it be that the poem full of love is written by myself?
The situation is critical now, and Su Qing has no time to think about it, but he has doubts in his heart.
"Which of you two will drink first?" Zhao Yao asked as she turned the jade ring between her fingers.
Xia Xiang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, if I drink two glasses of wine alone, can Miss Su not drink?"
Zhao Yao raised her eyebrows and said: "You little palace man is really not afraid of death."
"I'm afraid of death, but I'm responsible for the failure, so I should bear the responsibility." Xia Xiang was actually terrified in her heart, but when she thought that she might be damned to Ms. Su, she couldn't back down no matter how afraid she was.
"Okay." Zhao Yao looked at the three glasses of wine, "You can choose two of these three glasses."
Su Qing hurriedly called out: "Xiao Xiang'er, don't drink!"
But the little palace man was disobedient, and quickly picked up the first cup of wine, frowning and poured it down quickly, holding the wine cup tightly in his hand and looking over.
Those bright eyes stared blankly with a smile, Su Qing stepped forward and said, "Spit it out quickly."
Xia Xiang looked at Ms. Su and responded, "I've already swallowed it."
"You are very lucky, this cup is not poisonous." Zhao Yao looked at the expressions of the two people and said.
Xiao Gongren heaved a sigh of relief and grabbed Su Qing's hand, and said as if mustering courage: "It's okay, just have another drink."
"I'll drink this cup." Su Qing said very seriously while holding Xiao Gongren's hand.
"No." Xia Xiang blushed with worry.
Su Qing looked straight at Xiao Gongren and said: "Xia Xiang, don't overdo it, it's because I didn't discipline you well that you made mistakes."
The little palace man grabbed Su Qing's hand with red eyes: "But..."
"It's nothing but, don't take all the faults on yourself." Su Qing met the nervous gaze of the little palace man, then picked up the second glass of wine and drank it down.
Xia Xiang only felt that her heartbeat almost stopped, and she grabbed Officer Su's hand today.
Su Qing heaved a sigh of relief and put down the wine cup, the previous panic was gone in her heart, it seems that this is really just a test for the Empress.
"The two of you are willing to sacrifice your lives for each other. You are not sisters but you are far more affectionate. This exam can be regarded as a pass." Zhao Yao was worried about how to send the little palace man out of the palace, "Then I will give you the gift of Jinlan Let’s hold a feast for three days, and since Xia Xiang enters your Su family’s door, he will be able to participate in the autumn language examination with status, how good is that?”
Su Qing was slightly taken aback, wondering why this golden orchid gift sounds like a marriage gift?
Xia Xiang was even more shocked than Su Qing, she tilted her head and looked secretly, thinking that this is a marriage gift!
Xie Min, who was at the side, was sweating all over from fright, who would have thought that today the Empress invited her to compete and even cooperate with acting.
Of course, I didn't expect the Empress to be so keen on bestowing marriages on girls, this golden orchid gift is a sacred order for bestowing marriages.
When Zhao Yao entered the Jiaofang Hall in the evening, she didn't expect to be stopped outside the hall door, and the old nun's ears were numb after talking about the palace rules and etiquette.
Wen Ruyan hid at the gate of the palace and eavesdropped, smiling so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, and finally made Zhao Yao listen to the old Bodhisattva's chanting.
That night Wen Ruyan finished taking a bath in the bathtub and was planning to have an early beauty sleep, but unexpectedly Zhao Yao was already lying on the bed.
"How did you come in?" Wen Ruyan raised his hand to take the memorial from Zhao Yao's hand and asked.
Zhao Yao turned her head to look at Wen Ruyan, who was lying beside her, and raised her hand to press her lips: "The old mother is guarding outside tonight, so please speak softly."
Wen Ruyan looked at the curtain outside, and asked in a low voice, "Quickly tell me, how did you crawl in?"
"There is a secret door in the bedroom of Jiaofang Palace that leads directly to Chaotian Palace." Zhao Yao whispered next to her ear.
"Are you good or bad." Wen Ruyan raised his hand to pinch Zhao Yao's cheek.
Zhao Yao said with a slight smile: "I have the foresight. All the emperors and empresses of the past dynasties are guarded by palace guards."
Wen Ruyan really admired Zhao Yao's thick skin, stretched out his hand and unfolded the thin quilt that had been put away and said, "You have to cover the quilt in summer, you are really an old man."
"Why don't you ask me how the little palace man's exam was?" Zhao Yao obediently let Wen Ruyan cover herself with a thin quilt.
"The palace people spread the word, you actually gave the marriage!" Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao with his head tilted, and poked her cheek with his fingertips, "Didn't someone say that Su Qing didn't like the little palace people?"
Zhao Yao leaned closer and leaned on Wen Ruyan's shoulder to respond: "I don't like it, so I have to send the little palace man out of the palace."
"I thought you were showing kindness?" Wen Ruyan felt that Su Qing was probably in a complicated mood right now.
"Kindheartedness is not what an emperor should have." Zhao Yao lightly pecked Wen Ruyan's red and tender cheeks, "No matter what, I have done what you asked for, how will you compensate me tonight?"
"Don't think about it." Wen Ruyan raised his hand and patted the hand that was pulling the belt away, "Maybe the old mother outside is eavesdropping."
"She listens to her, we do ours, don't bother." Zhao Yao stepped forward and put her arms around Wen Ruyan.
Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao's eyes full of enthusiasm, turned his head to look at the door curtain and said, "If you dare to touch it, I will call you indecent, and ask the old mother to recite the Great Compassion Mantra for you, so that you can learn what it is called Pure hearted."
Zhao Yao couldn't help laughing, she buried her head in her neck and asked, "Is that why you don't want to?"
"The old mother really knows how to recite the Great Compassion Mantra. I've heard her recite it for most of the day?" Wen Ruyan raised her hand and pinched Zhao Yao's earlobe full of sorrow.
"It can't be helped. Now that you are in the period of confinement, that old lady is an old man in the palace, and she sticks to these old rules the most." Zhao Yao kissed the side of her face, blinked her eyes lightly, and raised her hand to hold Wen Ru Yan's cheeks with fine hair twirled behind his ears, "If you don't like it, I'll find a reason for the old lady to go back to the emperor's temple to eat fast and chant Buddha?"
Wen Ruyan met Zhao Yao's passionate eyes and smiled, "Why do I think you don't like that old nanny even more?"
Zhao Yao could hear the words full of jokes, she lowered her head and bit her lightly in response: "You can just laugh."
"Don't bite, if you leave any marks, I will hear calluses tomorrow." Wen Ruyan reminded Zhao Yao's cheek with his palm.
Seeing that she really didn't intend to be intimate, Zhao Yao had no choice but to stop and lay peacefully by her side, when she suddenly noticed that there was a little less sound, and looked at the foot of the bed only to find that the bell was gone.
"Where did you hide the bell?"
"Throw it away." Whenever Wen Ruyan thought of the bell, he remembered that embarrassing incident, and he felt bad.
Zhao Yao smiled appreciatively, "The bell is made of gold, are you willing to throw it away?"
amount……
Has the nature of the little money fan been exposed?
Wen Ruyan turned his head to avoid Zhao Yao's gaze and faltered in response: "Anyway, don't think about the bell, go to sleep."
Seeing her evasive answer, Zhao Yao knew without thinking that she must have been hiding her.
After all, a little milk cat used to like to hide all kinds of shiny jewelry.
The two in Jiaofangdian had a good night's sleep that night, but the two in Zangshuge didn't sleep all night.
Su Qing's eyes were light blue, the hot tea in front of him was steaming, and the little palace man beside him looked around nervously.
Yesterday the situation forced him to accept the gift of Jinlan, and now the edict has probably been issued to the Su family.
After ten years of being urged to marry, who would have thought that an imperial decree would actually marry a wife, and I don't know if the mother can bear it.
Originally, Su Qing just wanted to suspend the plan, and the edict might be revoked when his elder brother put pressure on the court.
But the little palace man's eyes were full of anticipation and apprehension, which made Su Qing reluctant to reject her.
After all, Xiao Gongren is lonely and helpless, if he rejects her, it will undoubtedly hurt her heart.
Although she is extremely intelligent, she is just a young girl after all. How can I hurt her sincerity so cruelly.
Xia Xiang looked at Mistress Su and frowned slightly as if she was thinking about something, but she kept silent.
I just thought that if Ms. Su wanted to reject Jin Lan's gift, then I would pretend to accept it calmly, and I must not let Ms. Su make things difficult for me.
When Xia Xiang brought breakfast, Su Qing was still not distracted while eating with chopsticks, and the two of them got along more dullly than before.
The official Muxiu didn't have to go to court today, so female officer Su stayed in the Library Pavilion sorting out the excerpts of ancient books, and she didn't make a sound for a whole half a day, Xia Xiang felt more and more nervous.
When it was time to eat at noon, Su Qing had no appetite and went back to the room to rest for a while. In fact, it was because the small palace man's gaze was too obvious, so how could he pretend to turn a blind eye.
Seeing Mistress Su's reaction like this, Xia Xiang felt a dull pain in her heart. She lowered her head and cleaned up the dishes and said, "Miss Su, you don't have to think about Xia Xiang. The gift of golden orchids, Xia Xiang, go back and beg Miss Wen to let His Majesty take it back."
The aristocratic family must not tolerate the marriage of a woman who violates the world, so it must be very embarrassing for Miss Su.
Miss Su didn't expect that the little palace man would take the initiative to propose the edict of the Golden Orchid Ritual, and her mood became even more complicated at the moment.
"Miss Wen can't help her. The edict was issued last night, and now everyone in the city knows about our Golden Orchid Gift."
"Then I'll beg Your Majesty again, even if I die, I won't embarrass Miss Su." The little palace man kept his head down, and ran out of the library after speaking.
Su Qing was afraid that she would really go to the empress to intercede, and now the situation was already on the line, and the empress could not withdraw the edict for her.
"You're going to die now." Su Qing grabbed the little palace man's hand, and was about to explain the details to her, but unexpectedly, the little palace man's face was covered with tears, and he couldn't help sighing, "I haven't been violent yet. why are you crying?"
At the beginning, Xiao Gongren was injured and lay on the bed in the freezer for several months and never saw her cry, but now she is crying like a tearful person.
"It's all my fault for implicating Miss Su." In the past, Xia Xiang thought that as long as she studied hard, as Miss Wen said, she would be the number one female scholar in the future, which might narrow the gap with Miss Su.
But it is only now that I know that ordinary women have no chance to read and write, and even if I study hard, I can't take the exam because of my low status, let alone get a female champion.
No wonder Miss Su's expression was so complicated when I said that.
Everything is just out of control.
Su Qing took out a handkerchief from her sleeve pocket and wiped the tears falling from her cheeks to comfort her: "I read the article you wrote last night, even I may not be able to write better than you, Xiao Xianger has always done it Very well, why do you bother me?"
The little palace man's cheeks were flushed, her fine eyelashes were stained with tears, and she looked at Ying with evasive eyes: "But Miss Su doesn't like the gift of Jinlan, but she has to agree because she has scruples about me."
"Silly, you all know that I accepted the imperial decree of the Golden Orchid Ritual for your life, but now you are still rushing to die, then I agreed for nothing?" Su Qing pinched the little girl with her fingertips Palace man's cheek.
The little palace man's red nose twitched slightly, his eyes were bright and penetrating, and he pursed his mouth shyly and said in a low voice: "But the marriage between woman and woman will shame you, Miss Su."
This kid is not only smart but also extremely sensitive.
Now that the sun was growing, Su Qing couldn't help but sit in the sun under the stone table of the ancient tree and said: "You haven't been out of the palace for a few times, I don't know that my reputation has been ruined, the reason why I hesitated and melancholy It's because I'm worried about you."
"I!"
"Yeah." Su Qing held the handkerchief and wiped the tears on her cheeks, "Xiao Xiang'er is at such a beautiful age and has a great future, if the ceremony is married, if she meets Mr. Don't you regret it?"
"I don't regret it." Xia Xiang answered with a blushing face and looked down at the hand being held.
Su Qing looked at Xiao Gongren's red earlobes and said, "You are young now and you can say you don't regret it, but in the future it will be too late."
Xiao Gongren raised his head and shook his head in response: "Xiao Xiang'er will not regret it in the future."
Looking straight at those bright eyes, Su Qing could clearly see her youthful face reflected in those eyes.
Midsummer is the time when the crabapple flowers are in full bloom, and the cicadas on the ancient trees are singing non-stop, Su Qing can hardly hear the voice of the little palace man, but those thick black eyes seem to be engraved in his heart generally.
"You." Su Qing turned his head and looked away, looking at the dazzling sunlight, and felt that his hand was tightly held in the palm by the warmth, and he couldn't help feeling a little nervous and cramped.
This child really can't hide it at all, does he really think he can't guess it?
After thinking about it, Su Qing sighed and said, "It's very hot outside, let's go back to the Library Pavilion."
Xia Xiang followed in a daze and asked, "Then are you still unhappy?"
"As long as Xiao Xiang'er doesn't go to His Majesty's place to seek death, everything else is not as important as you, you know?" Su Qing felt that she should be more cruel, but when she met those eager eyes, she couldn't say anything serious.
"Well, Xiao Xiang'er knows." Xia Xiang looked at the held hand with flushed cheeks, the tears on her cheeks were still wet, but the corners of her lips were already raised.
Su Qing couldn't hide the joy in the eyes of the little palace man, as if he was hugging the warm sun in his arms, and his heart was filled with warmth.
This is the feeling that Su Qing, who has been alone in the palace for many years, has never felt.
The midsummer afternoon was particularly hot, and it was rare for officials to have a day off. Zhang Youmou was lying on a recliner with his long hair scattered in the courtyard of Zhangfuting, and Gu Lan rolled up his sleeves to wash her hair.
"Lan'er, are you tired?" Seeing Gu Lan busy, Zhang Youmou wanted to bend down and wash his hair.
"It's okay, I've been putting my daughter to bed every day for half a year, and this little thing won't tire me." Gu Lan raised her hand and pressed the person who was going to get up.
Zhang Youmou had no choice but to lie down peacefully, and Gu Lan wet her hair with warm water while talking to her.
"The relatives of the Su family are making a fuss in the capital. I heard that the two of them are about ten years apart."
"Probably, I don't know about it, but Su Qing's elder brother protested several times in the court but was rejected. Song Mo watched the excitement several times, and deliberately laughed at it several times."
Gu Lan gently rubbed Zhang Youmou's head with her fingertips and replied, "It's common for the two of them to be at odds. I was just thinking about the autumn women's literature test. It's a pity that our daughter is still young, otherwise she can try."
Zhang Youmou clasped his hands in front of him and said, "It's better for Ai'er not to go to the court for power and profit."
"Then don't you let the Empress down?"
"How do you say that?" Zhang Youmou asked puzzled.
Gu Lan said with a slight smile: "Do you think that the reason why the empress set up a women's literature test in spite of the world's criticism is to let the world know that women can read and write like men?"
Zhang Youmou replied hesitantly: "You mean the empress wants women to participate in politics?"
"Nowadays, the court has no power to endanger the empress' dragon position. The empress set up women's literary examinations in order to allow women to take part in the imperial examinations to get fame like men, so that they can enter the court and compete fairly with men. The court is dark, but the court also controls The life and death of the people in the world, if the women in the world give up chasing, it is tantamount to putting life and death in the hands of men to play with." Gu Lan raised her hand and pressed it, and suddenly sighed, "If I am not old, otherwise I will die Want to try it."
Zhang Youmou's scalp hurt so badly from this scratch, he couldn't help but gasped and responded, "Lan'er, take it easy."
Gu Lan regained her composure and quickly rubbed her. Zhang Youmou looked at her and said, "Lan'er, you are still young. If you want to participate, I will sign up for you. There is no age limit for the literary examination."
"But there are so many things to do in the mansion, Ai'er still needs someone to accompany her.
After rinsing his hair, Zhang Youmou sat up wrapped in a handkerchief, watched Gu Lan come to pick up things, raised his hand to wrap her around her and said in a low voice, "Lan'er, you're tired."
Gu Lan leaned her head on Zhang Youmou's response: "It's just washing your hair, why are you so sentimental?"
Zhang Youmou was a little shy and said in a low voice: "I just think you are a treasure bestowed on me by the world, but I made you suffer."
"Stupid, what kind of suffering are we talking about, as long as you don't worry about it every time you have something on your mind, I'm also worried when I see it." Gu Lan saw that this person's depression in the past few months has only slightly improved now.
"Well, I understand." Zhang Youmou rubbed her cold hands for her, "I will hand over the booklet for you to sign up for the literary test tomorrow, and I will take care of my daughter's affairs."
Thinking of Zhang Youmou's stiff posture in holding the child, Gu Lan couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you really able to take good care of Ai'er?"
"Lan'er, don't underestimate me, I know how to hold a child now." Zhang Youmou's thin skin couldn't help teasing and blushing.
Such a shy look is exactly the same as Zhang Youmou's many years ago. Gu Lan turned around and hugged Zhang Youmou and pecked slightly on tiptoe and sighed: "Since ancient times, there have been countless poor and lowly couples who ended up getting rich and noble. You always don't know how precious you are. I can share with you." White-headed, that is something even gods would not envy."
Zhang Youmou couldn't help Gu Lan's scorching gaze, his blush went straight to the back of his ear and he replied in a low voice, "How can I be so good?"
"I said you have it, and you have it." Gu Lan teased by tapping Zhang Youmou's nose with her fingertips.
On the branch next to the pavilion, there were two kingfishers bowing their heads to comb each other's hair. The lotus flowers in the pond beside the pavilion were in full bloom. Occasionally, a few red carp plopped out of the water, and then ripples appeared on the water surface.
The lakeside hut at the junction of Jiaofang Hall and Chaotian Temple is the place to escape the summer heat.
Wen Ruyan held a round noodle fan in one hand and fanned Zhao Yao who was reviewing the memorial, and took a sip of iced sour plum soup in the other hand and urged: "The officials are on holiday, why is the emperor still busy?"
Zhao Yao turned her head to look at Wen Ruyan's angry face and said, "There is no way, these are urgent documents and need to be processed in time."
"This rare holiday is too miserable for you." Wen Ruyan vomited sour plum cores.
"It's not miserable, and you are with me." Zhao Yao raised her hand and pinched her cheek in response.
Wen Ruyan evaded the pain and replied, "You are not miserable, but I am miserable."
No one passively accompanied overtime to work.
Zhao Yao looked at her small red mouth moistened by the sour plum juice, and couldn't help but be distracted. When Wen Ruyan took another sip of the sour plum juice, she wrapped her arms around her, and leaned over to her.
Wen Ruyan, who was completely unprepared, didn't even blink his eyes. He didn't react until the sour plum was snatched away.
The two separated slightly, Wen Ruyan's breathing was still a little unsteady, Zhao Yao asked solemnly with a sour plum in her mouth: "You're not really pregnant, why do you like sour food so much?"
Wen Ruyan shyly covered her numb mouth, and looked at Zhao Yaoying full of sorrow: "Don't you eat ice?"
"What you have eaten is not ice." Zhao Yao looked at the distraught man proudly.
This man deserves a beating!
However, Wen Ruyan felt that the overall feeling of the kiss just now was okay.
I didn't expect Zhao Yao to learn French kissing without a teacher, it's really annoying!
The author has something to say: This article is really coming to an end~~O(∩_∩)O~~
When Wen Ruyan woke up, the sun was already hanging high outside the window. After reaching out to untie the bell, she quietly threw it into the long-necked blue and white porcelain vase that stored the scroll.
The palace people bowed their heads one after another while serving the meal, and the whole Jiaofang hall was extremely quiet.
At the end of each month, the old mother brought the head of the internal department to report the affairs of the harem early, and when she saw that the empress had not shown herself, she asked the palace people beside her.
"When did His Majesty and Empress rest last night?"
The palace man at the side whispered with reddish earlobes: "It's probably after midnight."
The old mother said in a deep voice, "Even if it's the empress who attends bedtime, she must be restrained."
The empresses and concubines of all dynasties were all dignified masters. Who would be like the empress of today, who has not woken up until the sun is high, and there is probably only one of them throughout the ages.
When Wen Ruyan came out of the inner hall, he was still a little sleepy, but seeing the old mother's face, he immediately became vigilant.
This old nanny has excellent management skills, but she is also a strict old man who abides by the palace rules. If she sees something that is not in line with the palace rules and etiquette, even Zhao Yao will speak out.
Wen Ruyan had already deeply felt her lethal power when she was taught etiquette by the old nanny when she got married.
Sure enough, before she could sit still, the old mother began to give a serious lecture.
"Empress, you should set an example for the palace people after you are in the southern country. How do you take care of the harem when you are so lazy?"
"Furthermore, the matter of intercourse has its own palace records. If His Majesty leaves behind a reputation of debauchery, wouldn't the empress be a sinner through the ages?"
Wen Ruyan looked at the blushing palace man beside her, and not only did her cheeks become hot, this old nanny spoke too frankly.
I thought that sooner or later Zhao Yao would have to listen to it, it would be a public execution.
At this time, Zhao Yao, who was going to court early in the main hall, could not hear Wen Ruyan's heartfelt voice.
After the morning court was over, it was rare for government affairs to be idle in early summer, so Zhao Yao went to the racecourse to compete with Xie Min in horseback riding and archery.
Just as an arrow hit the bull's-eye, the soldier carrying the target took several steps back due to the weight, Xie Min praised: "Your Majesty's archery skills are becoming more and more superb."
Zhao Yao caught a glimpse of Su Qing leading the little palace man, Qingxiu Emei lightly holding the rein and turning around.
Su Qing looked at the little palace man who raised his hand and gently pushed her to remind her: "Don't you pay homage to Your Majesty?"
"See Your Majesty." Xia Xiang knelt under the high platform.
Zhao Yao handed the longbow to the guards at the side, and dismounted from the horse lightly, and Xie Min dismounted with them.
Sitting alone on the high platform, Zhao Yao took a sip of hot tea and said, "Write an article on the pros and cons of the new water conservancy project in the southern country, and I will give you two sticks of incense."
"Yes."
Su Qing and Xie Min sat on both sides, and Xia Xiang was sitting below writing an article.
Because the examination questions of the Taiyuan College have been particularly tricky in recent years, Su Qing deliberately let the Xiaogong people get in touch with various articles and albums in order to improve their vision and thinking, so as to analyze the pros and cons behind various events.
Compared with the topic of Taiyuan Academy, this topic is quite reasonable, Su Qing looked at the little palace man who was already thinking about writing, and felt quite relieved.
It was especially cool on the high seat in the water, the flag fluttered in the breeze, Zhao Yao looked sideways at Xie Min and said, "Is that little lady in your family going to take part in the essay test?"
Xie Min was originally from the world, so it was inevitable that she would be exhausted after a competition, but it could be seen that the empress was very relaxed, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that she had a special constitution.
"Return to Your Majesty, Mo'er will take part in this literary examination." No matter what happens in this women's literary examination, since the empress has proposed it, even if there is no official position, the major families will rush to sign up.
Although the newly married young lady loves to cry, she is also a girl from the noble family who loves to read poetry and books very much. If I can find something to pass the time with her, it will be better than her being bored in the mansion all day.
For Zhao Yao, this literary test is to publicly assess women's knowledge and talents, so that women can be included in the official system of the government.
Only when women enter politics and participate in the power struggles of the court can they truly fight for women's rights in the court. In this way, it will be a very long-term thing to gradually open girls' schools in the future.
After the two chatted, the two sticks of incense burned out unconsciously, and the palace servants presented an article.
Zhao Yao looked at the article where the ink was still wet, and Xie Min who was on the side looked at the extremely calm little palace lady, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that this ordinary girl didn't have such courage as her.
"How do you know that the newly built water conservancy project in Nanguo will start from Ancheng in the southwest to Xincheng in the southeast?" Zhao Yao's eyes shifted from the article to Xiaogongren. The advantages and disadvantages of the terrain and route, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of manpower and financial resources.
This water conservancy project has not yet started, it was originally Zhao Yao's idea, I didn't expect this little palace man to know so much about it, even the survey data submitted by the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Song Mo, is not as good as this.
"Water conservancy projects require a lot of surveys and surveys. There is a topographic map of the southern country in Zangshuge. If you want to start a project, you must choose a location. These can be analyzed through it. As for manpower and financial resources, it is estimated according to the price of water conservancy projects in previous years. made."
If it wasn't for Zhao Yao's casual mention of this topic, I'm afraid Wen Ruyan would really have doubted whether Wen Ruyan had tipped off the news.
"You wrote this article very well, and the numbers in it are very close to the budgets of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry." Although Zhao Yao is not happy to praise the little palace, but she does have her talents and naturally she can't waste them.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Xia Xiang still knelt on one side, but she was relieved, and turned her head to look at Miss Su.
Unexpectedly, through Miss Su's eyes, Xia Xiang could not help but feel shy, and her earlobes became slightly hot when she saw Miss Su showing a rewarding smile.
Zhao Yao put down the article, suddenly changed her expression and said in a deep voice: "It's just that in the library, there are a large number of topographical atlases of the southern country and a large number of water conservancy project accounts recorded in related ages. These are the secretaries of the palace. Look through it privately, are you guilty?"
Xia Xiang just let go of her heart and her eyes flickered with panic. Just as she was about to answer, the female officer Su stood up and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. These books were cleaned up by this minister, and they were misplaced because of his negligence. The matter has nothing to do with Xia Xiang, please punish this humble minister, Your Majesty."
"Miss Su..." Xia Xiang didn't expect that Mistress Su would take the blame for herself. She was both moved and bitter because of her own incompetence, "Your Majesty, this matter is not Mistress Su's fault. I read the secret book privately."
"Shut up." Su Qing looked at the little palace lady quite seriously, thinking that she was really stupid, she came from a famous family, no matter how His Majesty punished her, it was impossible for her to be executed because of ineffective supervision.
But Xiao Gongren is different, His Majesty has been hostile to her earlier, if she is caught in the wrong place now, even if she is not executed, it is probably a punishment she cannot bear.
Seeing Su Qing protecting the little palace man so much, Zhao Yao couldn't help thinking of what Wen Ruyan said to herself last night, and she couldn't help but have a plan in her heart.
"Xie Min, as the Minister of the Household Department, you assess the duties of officials every three months. What crime should you bear for being so negligent?"
Xie Min, who originally thought nothing was wrong with him, was at a loss for a moment, then got up and knelt down to the side in fear and bowed his head in response: "Your Majesty, calm down, this matter is indeed a failure of this humble minister."
The position of the female official in Zangshu Pavilion is not high, and there is not much money to be made in the court on weekdays. She has always been a clean and honest official position, and the assessment is done once a year in previous years.
It really echoes the phrase that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger.
There was a sudden silence on the high seat, Zhao Yao looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and raised her hand to summon the guards to prepare wine.
Seeing the three glasses of wine placed on the table, Zhao Yao looked at Su Qing's expression with great interest and said, "The three of you are each guilty, but one of the three glasses of wine has a drama, it depends on you." of good fortune."
"Your Majesty, I would like to serve Du wine alone. Please forgive Miss Su." Xia Xiang knelt down and begged.
Su Qing didn't expect that the Empress would give poisoned wine directly, which clearly meant to kill the little palace man.
No wonder Wen Ruyan didn't come to the racecourse with the empress to watch the assessment today, it seems that the empress deliberately concealed it.
"Your Majesty, I'm usually responsible for teaching the little palace people. It's my fault that she made a mistake. I'm willing to accept the punishment." Su Qing stepped forward and asked.
The little palace man who was always obedient was disobedient today, and stretched out his hand to grab Su Qing's sleeve robe and said, "No way, how can you let Miss Su take responsibility for Xia Xiang's mistakes."
A glass of du wine caused these two people to compete with each other. Unexpectedly, Su Qing, who has always been calm and calm, would panic at times. Seeing this, Zhao Yao found it very interesting.
On the contrary, Xie Min was in a very complicated mood, the empress would not have to execute herself for a small mistake.
Zhao Yao interrupted the dispute between the two of them and said, "Since you two are not afraid of death, how about waiting for one of you to die, and I can give the other a drink?"
"Okay." Xia Xiang agreed without hesitation.
Su Qing didn't expect the little palace man to protect himself so much that he would risk his life to accompany him to the end.
Could it be that the poem full of love is written by myself?
The situation is critical now, and Su Qing has no time to think about it, but he has doubts in his heart.
"Which of you two will drink first?" Zhao Yao asked as she turned the jade ring between her fingers.
Xia Xiang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, if I drink two glasses of wine alone, can Miss Su not drink?"
Zhao Yao raised her eyebrows and said: "You little palace man is really not afraid of death."
"I'm afraid of death, but I'm responsible for the failure, so I should bear the responsibility." Xia Xiang was actually terrified in her heart, but when she thought that she might be damned to Ms. Su, she couldn't back down no matter how afraid she was.
"Okay." Zhao Yao looked at the three glasses of wine, "You can choose two of these three glasses."
Su Qing hurriedly called out: "Xiao Xiang'er, don't drink!"
But the little palace man was disobedient, and quickly picked up the first cup of wine, frowning and poured it down quickly, holding the wine cup tightly in his hand and looking over.
Those bright eyes stared blankly with a smile, Su Qing stepped forward and said, "Spit it out quickly."
Xia Xiang looked at Ms. Su and responded, "I've already swallowed it."
"You are very lucky, this cup is not poisonous." Zhao Yao looked at the expressions of the two people and said.
Xiao Gongren heaved a sigh of relief and grabbed Su Qing's hand, and said as if mustering courage: "It's okay, just have another drink."
"I'll drink this cup." Su Qing said very seriously while holding Xiao Gongren's hand.
"No." Xia Xiang blushed with worry.
Su Qing looked straight at Xiao Gongren and said: "Xia Xiang, don't overdo it, it's because I didn't discipline you well that you made mistakes."
The little palace man grabbed Su Qing's hand with red eyes: "But..."
"It's nothing but, don't take all the faults on yourself." Su Qing met the nervous gaze of the little palace man, then picked up the second glass of wine and drank it down.
Xia Xiang only felt that her heartbeat almost stopped, and she grabbed Officer Su's hand today.
Su Qing heaved a sigh of relief and put down the wine cup, the previous panic was gone in her heart, it seems that this is really just a test for the Empress.
"The two of you are willing to sacrifice your lives for each other. You are not sisters but you are far more affectionate. This exam can be regarded as a pass." Zhao Yao was worried about how to send the little palace man out of the palace, "Then I will give you the gift of Jinlan Let’s hold a feast for three days, and since Xia Xiang enters your Su family’s door, he will be able to participate in the autumn language examination with status, how good is that?”
Su Qing was slightly taken aback, wondering why this golden orchid gift sounds like a marriage gift?
Xia Xiang was even more shocked than Su Qing, she tilted her head and looked secretly, thinking that this is a marriage gift!
Xie Min, who was at the side, was sweating all over from fright, who would have thought that today the Empress invited her to compete and even cooperate with acting.
Of course, I didn't expect the Empress to be so keen on bestowing marriages on girls, this golden orchid gift is a sacred order for bestowing marriages.
When Zhao Yao entered the Jiaofang Hall in the evening, she didn't expect to be stopped outside the hall door, and the old nun's ears were numb after talking about the palace rules and etiquette.
Wen Ruyan hid at the gate of the palace and eavesdropped, smiling so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, and finally made Zhao Yao listen to the old Bodhisattva's chanting.
That night Wen Ruyan finished taking a bath in the bathtub and was planning to have an early beauty sleep, but unexpectedly Zhao Yao was already lying on the bed.
"How did you come in?" Wen Ruyan raised his hand to take the memorial from Zhao Yao's hand and asked.
Zhao Yao turned her head to look at Wen Ruyan, who was lying beside her, and raised her hand to press her lips: "The old mother is guarding outside tonight, so please speak softly."
Wen Ruyan looked at the curtain outside, and asked in a low voice, "Quickly tell me, how did you crawl in?"
"There is a secret door in the bedroom of Jiaofang Palace that leads directly to Chaotian Palace." Zhao Yao whispered next to her ear.
"Are you good or bad." Wen Ruyan raised his hand to pinch Zhao Yao's cheek.
Zhao Yao said with a slight smile: "I have the foresight. All the emperors and empresses of the past dynasties are guarded by palace guards."
Wen Ruyan really admired Zhao Yao's thick skin, stretched out his hand and unfolded the thin quilt that had been put away and said, "You have to cover the quilt in summer, you are really an old man."
"Why don't you ask me how the little palace man's exam was?" Zhao Yao obediently let Wen Ruyan cover herself with a thin quilt.
"The palace people spread the word, you actually gave the marriage!" Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao with his head tilted, and poked her cheek with his fingertips, "Didn't someone say that Su Qing didn't like the little palace people?"
Zhao Yao leaned closer and leaned on Wen Ruyan's shoulder to respond: "I don't like it, so I have to send the little palace man out of the palace."
"I thought you were showing kindness?" Wen Ruyan felt that Su Qing was probably in a complicated mood right now.
"Kindheartedness is not what an emperor should have." Zhao Yao lightly pecked Wen Ruyan's red and tender cheeks, "No matter what, I have done what you asked for, how will you compensate me tonight?"
"Don't think about it." Wen Ruyan raised his hand and patted the hand that was pulling the belt away, "Maybe the old mother outside is eavesdropping."
"She listens to her, we do ours, don't bother." Zhao Yao stepped forward and put her arms around Wen Ruyan.
Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao's eyes full of enthusiasm, turned his head to look at the door curtain and said, "If you dare to touch it, I will call you indecent, and ask the old mother to recite the Great Compassion Mantra for you, so that you can learn what it is called Pure hearted."
Zhao Yao couldn't help laughing, she buried her head in her neck and asked, "Is that why you don't want to?"
"The old mother really knows how to recite the Great Compassion Mantra. I've heard her recite it for most of the day?" Wen Ruyan raised her hand and pinched Zhao Yao's earlobe full of sorrow.
"It can't be helped. Now that you are in the period of confinement, that old lady is an old man in the palace, and she sticks to these old rules the most." Zhao Yao kissed the side of her face, blinked her eyes lightly, and raised her hand to hold Wen Ru Yan's cheeks with fine hair twirled behind his ears, "If you don't like it, I'll find a reason for the old lady to go back to the emperor's temple to eat fast and chant Buddha?"
Wen Ruyan met Zhao Yao's passionate eyes and smiled, "Why do I think you don't like that old nanny even more?"
Zhao Yao could hear the words full of jokes, she lowered her head and bit her lightly in response: "You can just laugh."
"Don't bite, if you leave any marks, I will hear calluses tomorrow." Wen Ruyan reminded Zhao Yao's cheek with his palm.
Seeing that she really didn't intend to be intimate, Zhao Yao had no choice but to stop and lay peacefully by her side, when she suddenly noticed that there was a little less sound, and looked at the foot of the bed only to find that the bell was gone.
"Where did you hide the bell?"
"Throw it away." Whenever Wen Ruyan thought of the bell, he remembered that embarrassing incident, and he felt bad.
Zhao Yao smiled appreciatively, "The bell is made of gold, are you willing to throw it away?"
amount……
Has the nature of the little money fan been exposed?
Wen Ruyan turned his head to avoid Zhao Yao's gaze and faltered in response: "Anyway, don't think about the bell, go to sleep."
Seeing her evasive answer, Zhao Yao knew without thinking that she must have been hiding her.
After all, a little milk cat used to like to hide all kinds of shiny jewelry.
The two in Jiaofangdian had a good night's sleep that night, but the two in Zangshuge didn't sleep all night.
Su Qing's eyes were light blue, the hot tea in front of him was steaming, and the little palace man beside him looked around nervously.
Yesterday the situation forced him to accept the gift of Jinlan, and now the edict has probably been issued to the Su family.
After ten years of being urged to marry, who would have thought that an imperial decree would actually marry a wife, and I don't know if the mother can bear it.
Originally, Su Qing just wanted to suspend the plan, and the edict might be revoked when his elder brother put pressure on the court.
But the little palace man's eyes were full of anticipation and apprehension, which made Su Qing reluctant to reject her.
After all, Xiao Gongren is lonely and helpless, if he rejects her, it will undoubtedly hurt her heart.
Although she is extremely intelligent, she is just a young girl after all. How can I hurt her sincerity so cruelly.
Xia Xiang looked at Mistress Su and frowned slightly as if she was thinking about something, but she kept silent.
I just thought that if Ms. Su wanted to reject Jin Lan's gift, then I would pretend to accept it calmly, and I must not let Ms. Su make things difficult for me.
When Xia Xiang brought breakfast, Su Qing was still not distracted while eating with chopsticks, and the two of them got along more dullly than before.
The official Muxiu didn't have to go to court today, so female officer Su stayed in the Library Pavilion sorting out the excerpts of ancient books, and she didn't make a sound for a whole half a day, Xia Xiang felt more and more nervous.
When it was time to eat at noon, Su Qing had no appetite and went back to the room to rest for a while. In fact, it was because the small palace man's gaze was too obvious, so how could he pretend to turn a blind eye.
Seeing Mistress Su's reaction like this, Xia Xiang felt a dull pain in her heart. She lowered her head and cleaned up the dishes and said, "Miss Su, you don't have to think about Xia Xiang. The gift of golden orchids, Xia Xiang, go back and beg Miss Wen to let His Majesty take it back."
The aristocratic family must not tolerate the marriage of a woman who violates the world, so it must be very embarrassing for Miss Su.
Miss Su didn't expect that the little palace man would take the initiative to propose the edict of the Golden Orchid Ritual, and her mood became even more complicated at the moment.
"Miss Wen can't help her. The edict was issued last night, and now everyone in the city knows about our Golden Orchid Gift."
"Then I'll beg Your Majesty again, even if I die, I won't embarrass Miss Su." The little palace man kept his head down, and ran out of the library after speaking.
Su Qing was afraid that she would really go to the empress to intercede, and now the situation was already on the line, and the empress could not withdraw the edict for her.
"You're going to die now." Su Qing grabbed the little palace man's hand, and was about to explain the details to her, but unexpectedly, the little palace man's face was covered with tears, and he couldn't help sighing, "I haven't been violent yet. why are you crying?"
At the beginning, Xiao Gongren was injured and lay on the bed in the freezer for several months and never saw her cry, but now she is crying like a tearful person.
"It's all my fault for implicating Miss Su." In the past, Xia Xiang thought that as long as she studied hard, as Miss Wen said, she would be the number one female scholar in the future, which might narrow the gap with Miss Su.
But it is only now that I know that ordinary women have no chance to read and write, and even if I study hard, I can't take the exam because of my low status, let alone get a female champion.
No wonder Miss Su's expression was so complicated when I said that.
Everything is just out of control.
Su Qing took out a handkerchief from her sleeve pocket and wiped the tears falling from her cheeks to comfort her: "I read the article you wrote last night, even I may not be able to write better than you, Xiao Xianger has always done it Very well, why do you bother me?"
The little palace man's cheeks were flushed, her fine eyelashes were stained with tears, and she looked at Ying with evasive eyes: "But Miss Su doesn't like the gift of Jinlan, but she has to agree because she has scruples about me."
"Silly, you all know that I accepted the imperial decree of the Golden Orchid Ritual for your life, but now you are still rushing to die, then I agreed for nothing?" Su Qing pinched the little girl with her fingertips Palace man's cheek.
The little palace man's red nose twitched slightly, his eyes were bright and penetrating, and he pursed his mouth shyly and said in a low voice: "But the marriage between woman and woman will shame you, Miss Su."
This kid is not only smart but also extremely sensitive.
Now that the sun was growing, Su Qing couldn't help but sit in the sun under the stone table of the ancient tree and said: "You haven't been out of the palace for a few times, I don't know that my reputation has been ruined, the reason why I hesitated and melancholy It's because I'm worried about you."
"I!"
"Yeah." Su Qing held the handkerchief and wiped the tears on her cheeks, "Xiao Xiang'er is at such a beautiful age and has a great future, if the ceremony is married, if she meets Mr. Don't you regret it?"
"I don't regret it." Xia Xiang answered with a blushing face and looked down at the hand being held.
Su Qing looked at Xiao Gongren's red earlobes and said, "You are young now and you can say you don't regret it, but in the future it will be too late."
Xiao Gongren raised his head and shook his head in response: "Xiao Xiang'er will not regret it in the future."
Looking straight at those bright eyes, Su Qing could clearly see her youthful face reflected in those eyes.
Midsummer is the time when the crabapple flowers are in full bloom, and the cicadas on the ancient trees are singing non-stop, Su Qing can hardly hear the voice of the little palace man, but those thick black eyes seem to be engraved in his heart generally.
"You." Su Qing turned his head and looked away, looking at the dazzling sunlight, and felt that his hand was tightly held in the palm by the warmth, and he couldn't help feeling a little nervous and cramped.
This child really can't hide it at all, does he really think he can't guess it?
After thinking about it, Su Qing sighed and said, "It's very hot outside, let's go back to the Library Pavilion."
Xia Xiang followed in a daze and asked, "Then are you still unhappy?"
"As long as Xiao Xiang'er doesn't go to His Majesty's place to seek death, everything else is not as important as you, you know?" Su Qing felt that she should be more cruel, but when she met those eager eyes, she couldn't say anything serious.
"Well, Xiao Xiang'er knows." Xia Xiang looked at the held hand with flushed cheeks, the tears on her cheeks were still wet, but the corners of her lips were already raised.
Su Qing couldn't hide the joy in the eyes of the little palace man, as if he was hugging the warm sun in his arms, and his heart was filled with warmth.
This is the feeling that Su Qing, who has been alone in the palace for many years, has never felt.
The midsummer afternoon was particularly hot, and it was rare for officials to have a day off. Zhang Youmou was lying on a recliner with his long hair scattered in the courtyard of Zhangfuting, and Gu Lan rolled up his sleeves to wash her hair.
"Lan'er, are you tired?" Seeing Gu Lan busy, Zhang Youmou wanted to bend down and wash his hair.
"It's okay, I've been putting my daughter to bed every day for half a year, and this little thing won't tire me." Gu Lan raised her hand and pressed the person who was going to get up.
Zhang Youmou had no choice but to lie down peacefully, and Gu Lan wet her hair with warm water while talking to her.
"The relatives of the Su family are making a fuss in the capital. I heard that the two of them are about ten years apart."
"Probably, I don't know about it, but Su Qing's elder brother protested several times in the court but was rejected. Song Mo watched the excitement several times, and deliberately laughed at it several times."
Gu Lan gently rubbed Zhang Youmou's head with her fingertips and replied, "It's common for the two of them to be at odds. I was just thinking about the autumn women's literature test. It's a pity that our daughter is still young, otherwise she can try."
Zhang Youmou clasped his hands in front of him and said, "It's better for Ai'er not to go to the court for power and profit."
"Then don't you let the Empress down?"
"How do you say that?" Zhang Youmou asked puzzled.
Gu Lan said with a slight smile: "Do you think that the reason why the empress set up a women's literature test in spite of the world's criticism is to let the world know that women can read and write like men?"
Zhang Youmou replied hesitantly: "You mean the empress wants women to participate in politics?"
"Nowadays, the court has no power to endanger the empress' dragon position. The empress set up women's literary examinations in order to allow women to take part in the imperial examinations to get fame like men, so that they can enter the court and compete fairly with men. The court is dark, but the court also controls The life and death of the people in the world, if the women in the world give up chasing, it is tantamount to putting life and death in the hands of men to play with." Gu Lan raised her hand and pressed it, and suddenly sighed, "If I am not old, otherwise I will die Want to try it."
Zhang Youmou's scalp hurt so badly from this scratch, he couldn't help but gasped and responded, "Lan'er, take it easy."
Gu Lan regained her composure and quickly rubbed her. Zhang Youmou looked at her and said, "Lan'er, you are still young. If you want to participate, I will sign up for you. There is no age limit for the literary examination."
"But there are so many things to do in the mansion, Ai'er still needs someone to accompany her.
After rinsing his hair, Zhang Youmou sat up wrapped in a handkerchief, watched Gu Lan come to pick up things, raised his hand to wrap her around her and said in a low voice, "Lan'er, you're tired."
Gu Lan leaned her head on Zhang Youmou's response: "It's just washing your hair, why are you so sentimental?"
Zhang Youmou was a little shy and said in a low voice: "I just think you are a treasure bestowed on me by the world, but I made you suffer."
"Stupid, what kind of suffering are we talking about, as long as you don't worry about it every time you have something on your mind, I'm also worried when I see it." Gu Lan saw that this person's depression in the past few months has only slightly improved now.
"Well, I understand." Zhang Youmou rubbed her cold hands for her, "I will hand over the booklet for you to sign up for the literary test tomorrow, and I will take care of my daughter's affairs."
Thinking of Zhang Youmou's stiff posture in holding the child, Gu Lan couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you really able to take good care of Ai'er?"
"Lan'er, don't underestimate me, I know how to hold a child now." Zhang Youmou's thin skin couldn't help teasing and blushing.
Such a shy look is exactly the same as Zhang Youmou's many years ago. Gu Lan turned around and hugged Zhang Youmou and pecked slightly on tiptoe and sighed: "Since ancient times, there have been countless poor and lowly couples who ended up getting rich and noble. You always don't know how precious you are. I can share with you." White-headed, that is something even gods would not envy."
Zhang Youmou couldn't help Gu Lan's scorching gaze, his blush went straight to the back of his ear and he replied in a low voice, "How can I be so good?"
"I said you have it, and you have it." Gu Lan teased by tapping Zhang Youmou's nose with her fingertips.
On the branch next to the pavilion, there were two kingfishers bowing their heads to comb each other's hair. The lotus flowers in the pond beside the pavilion were in full bloom. Occasionally, a few red carp plopped out of the water, and then ripples appeared on the water surface.
The lakeside hut at the junction of Jiaofang Hall and Chaotian Temple is the place to escape the summer heat.
Wen Ruyan held a round noodle fan in one hand and fanned Zhao Yao who was reviewing the memorial, and took a sip of iced sour plum soup in the other hand and urged: "The officials are on holiday, why is the emperor still busy?"
Zhao Yao turned her head to look at Wen Ruyan's angry face and said, "There is no way, these are urgent documents and need to be processed in time."
"This rare holiday is too miserable for you." Wen Ruyan vomited sour plum cores.
"It's not miserable, and you are with me." Zhao Yao raised her hand and pinched her cheek in response.
Wen Ruyan evaded the pain and replied, "You are not miserable, but I am miserable."
No one passively accompanied overtime to work.
Zhao Yao looked at her small red mouth moistened by the sour plum juice, and couldn't help but be distracted. When Wen Ruyan took another sip of the sour plum juice, she wrapped her arms around her, and leaned over to her.
Wen Ruyan, who was completely unprepared, didn't even blink his eyes. He didn't react until the sour plum was snatched away.
The two separated slightly, Wen Ruyan's breathing was still a little unsteady, Zhao Yao asked solemnly with a sour plum in her mouth: "You're not really pregnant, why do you like sour food so much?"
Wen Ruyan shyly covered her numb mouth, and looked at Zhao Yaoying full of sorrow: "Don't you eat ice?"
"What you have eaten is not ice." Zhao Yao looked at the distraught man proudly.
This man deserves a beating!
However, Wen Ruyan felt that the overall feeling of the kiss just now was okay.
I didn't expect Zhao Yao to learn French kissing without a teacher, it's really annoying!
The author has something to say: This article is really coming to an end~~O(∩_∩)O~~
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