imperial dream

Northern Song Dynasty!

Tiansheng five years summer!

The weather was sunny, and the Royal Street of Kaifeng City in Bianjing was blocked by the Imperial Forest Army early.

On normal days, Imperial Street is the busiest street in Kaifeng, and it was blocked early this morning, which proves that there are people from the palace traveling.

The common people guessed, could it be the emperor or the queen mother?But today is not the day to practice meditation and worship the Buddha. It is impossible for the emperor and queen mother to leave the palace easily.

Suddenly, a relatively luxurious carriage came in from the west gate, and the person leading the way in front was the guard of Eight Sages Palace...

The carriage was pink, obviously it was a female family member, and one side curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing two people inside: the elderly people all knew her, she was the Empress Di of the Nanqing Palace, the birth mother of the current emperor; as for the other young woman Everyone doesn't know each other anymore.

Some people speculated that it was the daughter of the Eighth Prince, while others said it was a certain princess in the palace, princess...

I only heard Di Niangniang say: "Yun'er, look, what we are passing by now is Yujie Street, which is the most prosperous street in Bianjing."

"Bianjing is really prosperous."

"Yes, I have a chance to take you out for a stroll."

"En." The woman put down the curtain after she finished speaking.

This woman is none other than Di Niangniang's sister's daughter, Yang Yun. Di Niangniang brought her to the capital because her mother passed away at the end of last year, and there was only one elder brother in the family, named Yang Yi, who was in the border military camp. , unable to take care of my younger sister; and the Eighth Prince has no daughter, Niang Niang and her elder sister have the best relationship, so she was brought from Dengzhou all the way to live in Kaifeng, so that the two of them would have a companion to talk to.

When we arrived at the Palace of the Eight Sages, the Eight Sages Zhao Defang and the housekeeper were already waiting at the door.

The servant girl helped Yang Yun get off the sedan chair, but Yang Yun then supported Niang Niang and said, "Auntie, let Yun'er help you." The maid stepped back.

The Eighth Prince walked over with a smile and said, "Yun'er, are you tired?"

"I've seen Uncle, Yun'er is not tired." Yang Yun saluted and supported Niang Niang.

"This girl will be brave." Niangniang Di joked.

"The last time I saw Yun'er was five years ago in Dengzhou. I haven't seen him for a few years, and she is already so slim." The Eighth Prince praised.

"That's not it!" Di Niangniang agreed.

"Come, come, come and rest in the mansion!" The Eighth Prince let them into the mansion, and at the same time ordered the butler to tidy up a courtyard for the young lady, and arranged for his servants to serve him.

When we arrived at the living room, everyone chatted about the daily life, and Niang Niang took her niece to the courtyard. It was quiet and beautiful, and the magnolias planted in the courtyard were in full bloom...

Di Niangniang took her niece by the hand and walked to a magnolia tree and said, "I heard that you like magnolias, so I specially asked your uncle to tidy up this magnolia courtyard for you. Do you like it?"

Yang Yun looked at Magnolia and smiled brightly, nodded and said, "I like it, thank you, auntie."

"Silly girl, you're still so polite to my aunt." Di Niangniang thought to herself: I heard from Yi'er that Yun'er hadn't smiled since her sister passed away, it seems that she is really satisfied this time.Then he said: "See if you like the room? I'll make up for what's missing."

Yang Yun nodded and said, "Yes." He followed Niangniang Di into the room, the room was light and elegant green, and Yang Yun liked every place he touched.

Di Niangniang saw how she couldn't put it down and thought to herself: As long as she can be happy, finding a good home for her in the future will be worthy of her sister and brother-in-law under Jiuquan.But Di Niangniang never thought that this niece would fall in love with the current emperor.

Di Niangniang's so-called good home is to find a son of an official, and it is impossible for her niece to be wronged by the status of the Xianwang Palace.

Because Di Niangniang knows the harem well, even though the emperor brought her up by himself, it is impossible for her to be happy with his identity and status.

Since Prince Xian's mansion has never had a young lady, and Yang Yun is not a domineering woman, the mansion has gradually accepted her, and everyone is discussing: Maybe one day there will be a princess or something, after all, she is the emperor's cousin, the emperor Sooner or later you will know.What's more, when he entered Beijing that day, the imperial street was closed, which was approved by the emperor.

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Di Niangniang's birthday was in early autumn, and as the days approached, more and more people gave gifts.

Di Niangniang didn't intend to celebrate her birthday, but the emperor's first batch of birthday gifts arrived first, so naturally all the civil and military congratulatory gifts from the Manchu Dynasty came one after another, but they were all rejected by the Eighth Prince.

On this day, Guo Huai and Chen Lin came at the same time. The two of them: one representing the Queen Mother and the other representing the Emperor, the Eighth Prince had no choice but to receive them.

After seeing them off, Di Niangniang said to the Eighth Prince: "Why did the two of them come together?"

The Eighth Prince was also wondering, so he said, "Who knows? Chen Lin represents the emperor, and it stands to reason that the emperor's gift has already been delivered, so it is impossible to come a second time."

"Why don't you go into the palace to see if the emperor has encountered any trouble?" Niangniang Di suggested.

"I'll go and have a look tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is your birthday. The children are not here. The mansion is getting deserted every year."

"Fortunately, Yun'er is at our house this year, so she's not lonely anymore." Di Niangniang said.

"Yeah, think about it, the three sons were all together..."

"My lord, the children are all grown up, so we don't expect extravagantly. The emperor is the most pitiful. It's not easy to see each other in the palace for so many years." Di Niangniang cried again as she spoke.

"Okay, okay, don't mention this. By the way, you will enter the palace with me tomorrow, and meet the emperor by the way."

"Didn't you see Guo Huai come to our mansion? It's not obvious that you don't want me to see the emperor? Don't you want to see the queen mother when you enter the palace? I don't want to see her."

"Don't you want to see your son?"

"No see." Niangniang Di left after finishing speaking.

The Eighth Prince didn't speak any more, just sat on the chair in a daze: When will such a day be the end!

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At nightfall, Niangniang Di and Yang Yun were sitting and talking in the small courtyard of Magnolia, and Niangniang Di and her hit it off very well.Only being with her niece can solve her mother's longing for her son.

Yang Yun is one year younger than the emperor, and he still remembers that when the emperor was a child, the two of them played together in this yard. Since the emperor was named the crown prince at the age of nine, he saw less of his son.That year, my sister went to Dengzhou with her brother-in-law, and I haven’t seen each other since then. Until five years ago, when the emperor ascended the throne, the Eighth Prince accompanied Di Niangniang to Dengzhou. I didn’t expect to meet again. No.Now her niece has grown up, but after all she is about the same age as her son, so she is closer to her niece than to her own.

The two of them were chatting happily, when suddenly a man in light yellow clothes stood behind Di Niangniang at some point.

Yang Yun didn't know him, but she stopped talking and looked at him...

Seeing that her niece was stunned, Di Niangniang stood up and turned around. When Di Niangniang saw him, she almost fainted. Fortunately, Yang Yun supported her and said, "Be careful."

Di Niangniang regained her composure, saluted and said, "See Your Majesty."

"Mother and concubine don't need to be polite." The emperor helped Empress Di.

"Your Majesty..." This time it was Yang Yun who was at a loss, and immediately knelt down and said, "See Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

The emperor didn't know her, so he said politely: "Pingshen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Yun got up and hid behind Niangniang Di and stopped talking.

The emperor pulled Niang Niang and said: "Mother and Concubine, the child will not go back when I come tonight."

"Don't mess around, it's not good to let the empress dowager know." Di Niangniang didn't want the emperor and the empress dowager to quarrel.

"I won't go to court for the next three days." The emperor smiled mischievously.

"As the king of a country, how can you ignore the country?" Di Niangniang criticized him.

The emperor helped his mother to sit down, took an apple and said while gnawing: "The queen mother has approved that I will not go to court for three days."

"What? She...what on earth does she want to do?" Niang Niang was stunned: Could it be that she is going to abolish the emperor and learn from Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian?Then why don't my century-old foundation of the Great Song Dynasty be destroyed in the hands of the emperor.

Seeing that Di Niangniang misunderstood, the emperor said: "Tomorrow is the birthday of the concubine mother. The child pretends to be sick and does not go to court, just to be a filial son. Originally, Chen Lin was asked to tell the story today, but unexpectedly met Guo Huai, so he returned without success. Now When it was night, when I returned to the mansion, Chen Lin had already gone to inform my father."

"So that's how it is." Di Niangniang felt relieved.After a while, I didn't think of Yang Yun, so I pulled Yang Yun and said, "Guess who she is?"

At this time, the emperor noticed the woman who had just saluted - she was wearing a moon-white coat, and her hair accessories were extremely simple. The steps on her head proved that she was not a maid. The quiet scent of books.The emperor wondered who it would be, but he couldn't think of it.

Niangniang Di saw that the emperor couldn't figure it out, so she smiled and said, "Yang Yun, the cousin of your aunt's family."

The next chapter "I don't know if I'm tempted to meet again after a long absence"