imperial dream

After leaving the small courtyard, the emperor let go of Yang Yun and walked side by side with her.

After passing through two gates and turning left, the emperor pointed to the front and said, "The front is Brother Dawang's courtyard, Yun'er, do you remember? When we were young, the two of us used to go to his courtyard to make trouble?"

"I remember. That time when I liked the orchids in the elder brother's courtyard, you secretly went to pick them for me, but the elder brother found out and taught you a lesson..."

"Later, my mother and concubine punished me not to eat for a day, so you quietly asked the second brother to go to the kitchen to get food for me, so that the second brother was punished with us." The emperor recalled what happened when he was six or seven years old. His happiest childhood memory.

"You loved the osmanthus cake made by your aunt at that time, do you still like it now?" Yang Yun also recalled the happy things at that time.

"Well, it's rare to eat it anymore." The emperor sighed: the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by the royal chef in the palace doesn't taste the same. Maybe it's because the mood has changed, and nothing is as good as before.

"That time, my aunt came over with sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and the two of us ate all the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes..." Seeing the emperor's expression change, Yang Yun guessed that he might be thinking of something unhappy in the palace, so he said it on purpose.

After hearing this, the emperor smiled and said, "We both ate the big brother and the second brother too!"

"Yes, we didn't even eat dinner afterwards, my uncle said we were both full!"

"Hahaha!" The emperor finally let go of the depression in his heart and laughed. Suddenly, he remembered that there was a new garden in Prince Xian's mansion, which was specially built by his father for his mother's birthday. Said: "Go, take you to a fun place."

"Where?"

"The secret garden in Fuchu."

"What? Third brother, I have been here for almost a month, why haven't I heard of a secret garden?"

"You'll know when you go." The emperor actually ran over with Yang Yun in his arms.

When I arrived at the gate of the garden, I saw the Eighth Prince waiting at the gate.

The emperor quickly let go of his cousin, and said like a child who has made a mistake: "Father..."

The Eighth Prince shook his head and said, "Want to come in?"

"Yes!" The emperor gave an affirmative answer.

"Your mother and concubine haven't arrived yet, don't even think about going in. Unless you are in the name of the king of a country."

The emperor stuck out his tongue and looked at Yang Yun quietly. She smiled brighter at this time, and she didn't insist anymore, saying: "Then let's go and have a look elsewhere." The emperor changed his mind and took Yang Yun away. .

After a while, Niang Niang came and looked at the backs of the emperor and his niece and said with a smile: "These two children are still as naughty as before."

The Eighth Prince shook his head and didn't say anything. Thinking of the emperor's expression of sticking out his tongue just now, he seemed to have returned to ten years ago.

The emperor dragged Yang Yun to another courtyard, Yang Yun said with a smile: "Third brother, your expression just now is so funny!"

The emperor thought about sticking out his tongue just now, so he laughed. He hadn't been this happy for many years.In the palace, except for concubine Zhaoshu Zhou Yixin who can occasionally make me laugh, no one else dares. It's just that she only cares about her newborn daughter and doesn't have so much time to accompany me.The emperor couldn't help thinking about this cousin: If she can enter the palace, it should be a lot of fun, but I don't know if the concubine is willing?After all, she is the niece of the concubine mother, and now that she has no parents, does the concubine mother not want her to enter the palace?

Seeing that the emperor stopped talking, Yang Yun pushed her and said, "Third brother, what are you thinking?"

"The imperial garden in the palace is the most beautiful. It collects exotic flowers and plants from all over the country. I... I often go there. Summer and autumn are the most beautiful seasons. You can enjoy the lotus flowers flowing out of the water. Just like you now, elegant and beautiful It reveals an unyielding character, extraordinary and refined, beautiful but not enchanting." The emperor couldn't help praising his cousin's beauty.

Yang Yun was moved by the emperor's praise and thought to himself: Is it true that my third brother said that?She couldn't help blushing, she turned her back to the emperor and said, "Do you often praise the concubines in the harem?"

The emperor laughed: "You are my cousin, how can the concubines in the harem compare with you?" I'm so depressed.He naturally understood that Cousin Yun was a little bit tempted by him, so it's better to stop it, otherwise, if the mother concubine disagrees, wouldn't it be in vain?You can't make father and mother sad!The emperor just teased her and said: "I will take you into the palace to have a look later."

"Yeah." Yang Yun didn't speak, thinking to himself: Yes, I'm just a cousin, so naturally I can't compare with the concubines in the harem, those people are all his women.

Seeing her frowning, the emperor guessed that she might really have this idea and could not go any further.So he took her to another yard, and the two of them found a place to rest when they were tired from shopping.

Until the butler found them and said: "Your Majesty, miss, the prince and princess invite you to the garden for lunch."

"Has everyone from the Hongyu class come?" the emperor asked.

"Go back to the emperor, they are all here."

"Okay, Zhen and Yun'er will be there soon." The emperor replied, and watched the housekeeper leave, and the two went to the secret garden that the emperor just mentioned.

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The Eighth Prince invited the most famous Hongyu troupe in the capital to sing an opera for Di Niangniang, and they ate and watched the opera together.The emperor originally wanted the palace music workshop to play, but the Eighth Prince said that the emperor would not be able to participate in that way. Everyone in the music workshop knew the emperor, and there were too many people talking about it. It was inevitable that it would spread to the queen mother. up.

After singing a few times, Di Niangniang said enthusiastically: "Why don't you all match the poems!"

"It's a good proposal." The emperor naturally agreed, and said, "I'll come first." The emperor stood up and saw a fish pond in the garden, half of which was filled with the fragrance of lotus flowers, and there seemed to be a stone statue of a fisherman on the opposite side, so he said :

"Qingxuhuihuiyuan is in full bloom, and the fragrance of flowers is dense and the wind is coming.

Gossamer lingers in the battle, and the fragrance of fallen pistils enters the wine glass.

When the fish leaps over the waves, it plucks the thorns, and the warbler stays in the deep tree and lingers for a long time.

There is nothing wrong with the ruling and opposition parties in youth, so Xu Youguan is a close attendant. "

It is selected from Song Renzong's poem "Flower Appreciation and Fishing".

"I'll attach one too!" Yang Yun stood up after hearing the emperor's words——

"Half an acre of lotus blooms, and the breeze brings autumn.

Holding a calendula to say blessings, drink one cup after another.

Fulu is healthy every year, and both of them are wandering in the shadow of butterflies.

I just want to be with you forever in this life, and I hope to have you with me in the next life. "

(Nana's poetry writing skills are limited, so let's just make do with it (^_^))

Yang Yun looked at the emperor, and the emperor understood what she meant: let's celebrate Di Niangniang's birthday together.The emperor held up the wine glass and said together with Yang Yun: "Baby (Yun'er) wishes mother and concubine (aunt) good luck like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan. Father, queen, mother and concubine (uncle and aunt) are in good health, husband and wife love each other, and grow old together."

Di Niangniang happily responded to the two of them and said, "Well, well, this birthday is the happiest."

The Eighth Prince smiled and drank the wine, thinking to himself: The emperor's talent is getting better every day, and his poetry writing is becoming more and more like a court. I hope that in the future, this talent will not ruin his reputation for a lifetime, and his reaction ability is quite fast.Yun'er's poems are even more good. Could it be that this girl is tempted by the emperor?He said: "The king thanked you in advance. You two brothers and sisters write poems with the same rhyme. Your mother and concubine and I really feel inferior."

Di Niangniang was also stunned, the two of them actually used the same rhyme, the emperor's rhyme was used in his poems, Yun'er's poems were even more unique, on the surface it was about me and the prince, but in fact --how so?Could it be...Could it be...This can't be done!

After the performance, the members of the Hongyu class thanked each other.

The four of them enjoyed the flowers and scenery in the garden until noon, and Niang Niang was a little tired, so she said: "No, we are getting old, you two cousins, go on playing, I'll go over there for a rest." So I went to sit in the pavilion with the Eighth Prince.

Yang Yun said to the emperor: "It's hot now, uncle and aunt will go back only if we go back to rest, why don't we go back first?"

The emperor naturally understood, and after a while, he and Yang Yun returned to the pavilion.

Di Niangniang asked strangely: "Why don't you play anymore?"

"The weather is a bit hot." Yang Yun wiped his sweat on purpose and said.

The emperor immediately said: "Concubine Mu, why don't you send Yun'er back first and then come to accompany you?"

"Let's go, mother and concubine don't need to accompany you, as long as you have your father and king." Niangniang thought to herself: They left so that they could have some private conversations with the prince.

"Yun'er resigns." Yang Yun and the emperor left at the same time.

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Di Niangniang and the Eighth Prince looked at the back of the emperor pulling Yang Yun away in a daze, and only heard the Eighth Prince say: "Do you think the two of them will?"

"No." Niangniang Di did not allow this to happen.

"Why not? Yun'er and the emperor were childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts, and it's normal for them to be together. The emperor is very lonely in the palace. If Yun'er is with him, he must be much happier." The Eighth Prince has been observing all day long The emperor and Yang Yun, he found that the emperor seemed to have such a heart, but Yang Yun was not familiar with the world and did not understand the emperor's meaning.If in the harem, the emperor had said so many hints, I am afraid that he would have followed the emperor's wishes by now.

"My elder sister is just such a daughter. After she left, Yun'er will be her relative besides her elder brother. How can I push this child into the fire pit?"

"According to Madam, will the emperor treat Yun'er badly?"

"The emperor was brought up by me, so naturally he will not treat Yun'er badly. But if Yi Yun'er's personality enters the harem, she will definitely be punished to death by the queen mother. How do you want me to explain to her parents under the nine springs?" Di The empress cried after she finished speaking.

"Okay, okay, big day, don't cry. I'm just talking casually, maybe I'm thinking too much." The Eighth Prince comforted his wife.

Di Niangniang wiped her tears and thought to herself: Today's poems are composed, the two of them match so perfectly, it can't be that they are really in love with each other, what should I do?How am I confused?Yun'er is ignorant of world affairs, but the emperor is not.Although he doesn't have many concubines in the harem now, there are more than a dozen in total. He is no longer the kid he was ten years ago.The mind of a woman who is just beginning to fall in love like Yun'er, the emperor can guess it even if he doesn't have to think about it.I also deliberately let them get close, am I stupid?Di Niangniang held the Eighth Prince's hand and said, "You should think of a way quickly, so that Yun'er and the Emperor can't continue to develop like this."

This remark was heard by the emperor who came back to get the clothes, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what his mother meant.He stepped harder, walked into the garden, and spoke first after a distance of one foot: "Father, mother, concubine, I forgot to take the child's clothes."

The emperor was about to leave after taking his clothes, but he thought that it would be better to explain this matter clearly, so he stopped and said, "Mother Concubine, the boy has asked the housekeeper to send Yun'er back, don't worry. The boy has also returned to the room." He smiled, turned and left.After walking a few steps, he stopped inexplicably, feeling depressed, put on his clothes and left.

Di Niangniang naturally saw it, and said, "Did Zhen'er hear what I said?"

The Eighth Prince nodded.

"Isn't this too unfair to him?" Di Niangniang felt uncomfortable, seeing her son's rare happiness today, now gave him another heartache.

The Eighth Prince patted his wife and said, "It's okay, my son can afford it."

"My lord, I..." Di Niangniang's heart ached even more when she heard such words, this is her child who was raised by her own breast, can she not feel distressed?Thinking about it, the tears flowed down unconsciously.

The Eighth Prince had no choice but to comfort his wife.

The emperor has not gone out since he returned to the house. He is reading the "Book of Rites" in his hand. In fact, he has already memorized these books by heart. He just uses them to relieve the unhappiness in his heart...

I only heard someone talking outside the door, it was the Eighth Prince and a servant.

The Eighth Prince asked: "Has the Emperor never left the room?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever delivered tea?"

"I delivered it several times, but the emperor didn't drink it."

"What is the emperor doing?"

"Go back to the prince, the emperor is reading."

"Reading? What book?"

"It's the Book of Rites."

"It's okay, you go down!" After coming for a while, I heard a knock on the door.

The emperor went to open the door, and when he saw the Eighth Prince, he said, "Father, what's the matter?"

"Stop reading when you get home." The Eighth Prince took the book in his hand, put it back on the table, and held the emperor's arm and said, "Go for a walk in the garden with my father."

The emperor was pulled out...

End of this chapter

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