Prodigal Goro-kun

After thinking about it, Yan Fusheng couldn't think of a perfect way to make the queen mother happy without offending the queen. He secretly hated why Yan Qiuer didn't become a woman so that he could come with her.But the problem always needs to be solved. Fortunately, I brought a pot of flowers today, which is the right one.

"The empress dowager wants to enjoy the flowers? That's a coincidence, the minnv happened to bring a pot of flowers today, but I don't know if the vulgar things in the minnv's hands can catch the eyes of the empress dowager." Yan Fusheng held Xia Yun's hand "This is a kind of flower brought back by the Yan family caravan from the Western Regions. It is said that they bought it from Tianzhu. The folk girl looks very strange, but maybe the queen mother has seen it before, and the folk girl is just thinking about it." This plant happened to be in full bloom, and it would look good if kept in the house, so I brought it here as a gift to the Empress Dowager."

As soon as she heard that this thing came from Tianzhu, the Queen Mother immediately became interested: "Oh? Flowers from Tianzhu? Quickly bring me to have a look."

The female officer next to the Queen Mother responded, walked up to Yan Fusheng and took the box, opened it aside to make sure it was safe, and then handed it over to the Queen Mother.

"Yo! The color is so beautiful." After seeing the flowers in the box, the Queen Mother's eyes lit up, and she brought the flower pot out of the box happily, and placed it in front of her curiously touching it here and there. "I live alone in Xingqing Palace, everyone is afraid that I will be bored, so I often send some strange things here, but this is the first time I have seen a flower like this. Does this flower have a name?"

"Tianzhu people call it Nalan Jacquard." Seeing the Queen Mother was happy, Yan Fusheng heaved a sigh of relief.

"Well, it is indeed a rare thing. We don't have such flowers in Tianlan Kingdom, right?" The queen mother played with the pot of flowers fondly, like a child who has acquired a novelty.

"This servant has never seen it before. Look, Queen Mother, the color of this flower is special and elegant. Although the flower is small, the petals look like a butterfly spreading its wings. This is the first time this servant has seen such a unique flower. "The female official knew that the queen mother would not answer the question just now, and if the queen didn't answer, it would be difficult for the little lady to answer. Thinking of the queen's every move that deliberately provoked the queen mother's anger, the female official answered the question After coming down, in order to deflate the queen, he blocked a difficult situation for Yan Fusheng, who had a pleasing face.

After hearing what the female official said, the queen mother carefully looked at the pot of small flowers in front of her again, and exclaimed: "You are really right when you say that, this flower is really like a butterfly, you see, when you touch this flower branch, it seems to fly away." It seems to be gone!"

Yan Fusheng smiled gratefully at the female officer, turned his head to meet Yan Shu's eyes, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, the remaining half of his breath was to see if the next thing could please the Queen Mother.

Yan Fusheng and Yan Shu were looking for an opportunity to speak, when a palace maid ran in from the outside, said a few words to the female official, got an answer, and then retreated.The female official returned to the Queen Mother and whispered to the Queen Mother, Yan Fusheng and Yan Shu couldn't hear their whispers, they could only see the Queen Mother beaming with joy after hearing the message.After a while, someone came in.

Yan Fusheng still kept his head down halfway, even though he was curious about the identity of the visitor, he didn't dare to act rashly, he could only tell from the hem of his clothes and boots that the visitor was a man.There are not many other things in the royal family, but there are many rules. They came here to make a good impression in front of the queen mother, so that the queen mother can establish a line between the Yan family and the emperor, and they can't make mistakes.

However, when the man who entered the door opened his mouth to speak, Yan Fusheng's half-breathed breath just now was completely relaxed, and even his previous caution and defense were slightly relaxed.

This sudden visit was none other than the Ninth Prince Chu Yi, that is, the Qin Jiu whom Yan Qiuer and Yan Fusheng knew.

"See you grandson..."

"Why do you worship? I haven't come to grandma to see grandma for many days. Come quickly and let grandma see." Seeing her grandson, the queen mother forgot all her unhappiness and anger, and greeted Chu with a loving face. Yi sat next to him.

Chu Yi chuckled, and leaned over: "Grandson is busy! If you don't have time today, why don't you hurry up and say hello to grandma!"

"Are you busy? Are you busy drinking flower wine with Lin Qian?" The queen mother glared at Chu Yi, "Don't think that grandma doesn't know what you do outside because she lives in Xingqing Palace! You and Like that brother of yours, he doesn't give your father peace of mind!" Speaking of Crown Prince Chu Yu, the Empress Dowager's tone became a little more serious, as if she intended to tell the Empress who was beside her.

When Chu Yi heard it, he hurriedly said: "Grandmother, if you complain that I don't come to see you, you can just scold me! Why did you even scold your brother? Now that your brother is the prince, he is the right-hand man of the father!"

"Bah! It's good if he doesn't cause trouble for your father!" The queen mother scolded regardless of whether the queen was around or not, "So what if he becomes a prince? If he doesn't respect himself, he can't even be a prince! The royal family's face will be shamed." Those sticks are gone!"

Chu Yi saw that the queen mother's tone was wrong, and when he talked about the prince, he seemed to be even more angry than before. He took a peek at the queen who was sitting aside, and said in a tone of voice: "Oh, grandma, you are so angry today! Grandson, tell me, who provoked you again? Grandson vent your anger on you!" Before the words fell, Chu Yi slapped his chest, looking arrogant.

The queen mother was amused by Chu Yi's childish appearance, poked Chu Yi on the forehead, and said with a smile: "Come on! You don't make me angry!"

Chu Yi smiled, nestled next to the Queen Mother, and saw the pot of Nalan jacquard flowers as soon as he lowered his eyes, and said in surprise: "Eh? This flower looks novel, where did grandma come from?" Chu Yi stretched out his hand to fiddle with it Two flower branches.

"Don't touch it!" Seeing Chu Yi's recklessness, the queen mother hurriedly slapped Chu Yi's hand away, and said while protecting Hua'er, "The lady of Shaoyin's family in Jingzhao Mansion brought someone here to send it to me today. Yes, don't be frizzy!"

The queen mother was still worried about protecting the pot of flowers.Her third grandson looks simple and honest, and is well-behaved in front of his father, but he is spoiled by her, and when he comes to her, he will be mischievous, and nothing will end well in his hands. I don't know how much the things in my collection have been damaged by this kid!This time the flowers are so novel, I'm afraid they are the only ones in Chang'an City, so we can't let this bastard ruin them!So the queen mother immediately handed over the flowers to the female officer, and asked the female officer to put it on a table a little farther away, so that she could just see it when she was sitting in the queen mother's seat.

"The lady of Shaoyin's family in Jingzhao Mansion?" Chu Yi turned his eyebrows, and then looked at Yan Shu and Yan Fusheng, who had been standing aside, his eyes lit up.

Is that Yan Fusheng?It's just a change of attire, why does this look like a different person?Is Fu Sheng so dignified and quiet?Is Fusheng so charming?The eyebrows and eyes that were taken care of in the past are so picturesque but hard to describe.Just adding a little make-up is enough to make people unable to move their eyes away. How about adding a feminine charm in the future?

Chu Yi was dumbfounded. Fortunately, the queen mother kept talking around him, which made Chu Yi preserve his sanity. He shifted his attention from Yan Fusheng's beauty to Yan Fusheng's expression, and he was relieved after looking carefully.

Fu Sheng looked quite calm, and his face didn't look like he had been wronged. It seemed that everything went well before he came.

His eyes fell on Yan Shu, who was next to Yan Fusheng, and Chu Yi remembered who the lady of Shaoyin's family in Jingzhao Mansion was. She was the fierce lady who was famous in Chang'an City four or five years ago!Why does the Yan family still have contact with this person?No wonder Yan Qiu'er was able to let Fusheng enter the palace without worry, with that dainty shrew following him, Fusheng couldn't bear to be bullied.

"My wife Zhao's Yanshu, I pay my respects to Your Highness Ninth Highness." Seeing Chu Yi looking over, Yanshu hurriedly saluted.

Seeing this, Yan Fusheng, Xiao Niang and Xia Yun also knelt down and bowed down: "Minister Yan Fusheng, pay homage to His Highness Nine."

Yanshu?Is the shrew or the Yan family?

After a careful calculation, Chu Yi found that all the people surnamed Yan in Chang'an City were tough. Needless to say, Yan Sheng and the gentlemen, "Yan San" who was a floating girl disguised as a man was also a man of influence in Chang'an City One, even the famous shrew belongs to the Yan family, what did Yan Sheng do to educate his children to be like this?

"Surnamed Yan?" Although he had friendship with the Yan family, Chu Yi pretended not to know anything in front of the queen mother, "Oh! But the Yan family that runs Qibao Pavilion?"

Qibao Pavilion?Heh, brother Jiu mentioned this place wonderfully!Yan Fusheng was secretly delighted, and began to come up with a set of rhetoric using the Qibao Pavilion as an introduction.

"Qibao Pavilion? Where is it?" The Empress Dowager who has not been out of Xingqing Palace is very unfamiliar with the east and west cities of Chang'an City, but seeing how excited her relatives and grandchildren are talking about Qibao Pavilion, she thinks it is an interesting place, so she came here Interested.

"I've heard of this Qibao Pavilion. It's a shop in the East City, which specializes in selling some weird things. Yu'er once brought back a few pieces for me to enjoy, but I didn't see anything new. Compared with the treasures presented by Fan Bangjin, they are much inferior, and the shop is only for those ladies who have never seen the world." The queen seemed to find a chance to speak, and she wanted to speak when she opened her mouth. Do everything possible to belittle the Yan family.

Chu Yi and Yan Fusheng's hearts sank, and they secretly thought that they were right about the Queen's intention.

"Really?" Chu Yi pursed his lips, lowered his head and played with the jade ring on his waist, "I think it's quite interesting there, some small objects are also quite rare, maybe not as valuable as those offered by Fan Bangjin, But it's also a rarity."

Seeing that Chu Yi seemed to be a little unhappy because his personal interests were denied by the queen, the queen mother felt distressed. She squinted at the queen, then stroked Chu Yi's back and said: "A few years ago, the things Fan Bangjin offered were still novelty, but now It has become more and more boring in the past few years. What they donate are called treasures, but they are not called strange things. On the contrary, folk merchants are the easiest to find some strange things. Yi'er told her grandmother that there are some in the Qibao Pavilion. What strange thing?"

The empress dowager got the cold face again, the empress could only give up for the time being, secretly hating Chu Yi, who is not doing his job properly, why he rushed to Xingqing Palace today.

Chu Yi tilted his head, grinned at the queen mother, and said with a smile: "Why did grandma want me to tell you? Isn't the master of the boss right in front of you!"

"Oh? Oh, yes! You just said that the Qibao Pavilion is run by the Yan family. Look at my memory." The queen mother laughed at herself, and brought her disrespect to the Yan family over, looking at Yan Fusheng asked with a smile, "Is this Qibao Pavilion your shop?"

Yan Fusheng smiled softly, and replied calmly: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, the Qibao Pavilion is indeed our family's shop, but it is not as interesting as His Royal Highness said, it is just that the Yan family has two caravans that often travel Occasionally, among the foreign countries, some strange objects can be found, and those objects cannot be sold in ordinary shops, so my father opened the Qibao Pavilion, and put those objects in it, waiting for those who are destined to know the bead. visit."

As soon as Yan Fusheng's words fell, the Queen Mother asked with interest: "Oh? According to you, all the goods sold in this Qibao Pavilion are foreign things?"

"I don't dare to say that they are all of them. Ninety percent of them are from Fanbang, and the rest are just wonderful things that my father collected everywhere."

"Well, it sounds like an interesting place." The Empress Dowager nodded, secretly thinking about when she would get the chance, she would go out of the palace to have a look in the Qibao Pavilion for herself, maybe she could meet something she likes.This Xingqing Palace was too deserted, and she could only rely on these dead things to add some fun to the boring days.

The Empress Dowager suddenly remembered what Yan Fusheng had said, so she asked, "You said your family's caravan will go to Fanbang?"

It's done!Yan Fusheng and Chu Yi's eyes lit up, and they secretly exchanged a look, and Yan Fusheng explained to the queen mother: "Reporting to the queen mother, my Yan family has a purchasing caravan in Fanbang all the year round. Business opportunities, and will regularly send the collected goods back to Chang'an."

Hearing this, the queen mother thought for a moment, then turned to the queen and asked, "Queen, the crown prince is close to the Zuo family, do you know if the Zuo family has such a caravan?"

"This... I don't know about myself." The Zuo family?It would be great if the Zuo family's caravan could walk from Chang'an City to Yangzhou safely, but why not go to Fanbang?You have to be killed by bandits on the way!

The queen's words are not for ordinary people, if Yan Fusheng is asked to pick them up, then he will be punished if he does not meet the wishes of the queen and the queen mother, and if it is a punishment, he will be punished, no one will seek justice for Yan Fusheng.But if Yan Shu came to pick her up, it would be slightly different. Yan Shu and Zhao Jieyu from the harem were sisters-in-law, and Zhao Jieyu would call Yan Shu into the palace every now and then. After going back and forth, the astute Yanshu became familiar with the harem, and considering the connections of the concubines' natal families in the previous dynasty, even if she was a queen, she would not maliciously punish Yanshu without sufficient reasons.

Moreover, as the daughter of the Yan family, Yan Shu wanted to suppress the names of other merchants as soon as she heard the names of other businesses, so when Yan Fusheng hesitated, Yan Shu couldn't help but said: "The Queen Mother doesn't know something. Well, merchants also have their own strengths. The Zuo family started out with cloth, and the brocades they weave are famous all over the world. Up to now, it is hard to find a thousand dollars. The brocades that our Tianlan Kingdom sells to the Fanbang royal family are all from the Zuo family! But if you say When it comes to merchants, it’s safer for the minister’s wife’s natal family to do so, especially when going to Fanbang, apart from the army of the Tianlan Kingdom, I’m afraid only the Yan family’s caravan can go back and forth between Fanbang safely.”

"Oh, isn't it just a trip to Fanbang? When you say that, it seems like you're going to experience a narrow escape!" The queen sneered disapprovingly.

"Isn't it?" Yan Shu ignored the mockery in the Queen's laughter, and said with a sophisticated look who knew a lot, "From our Tianlan, going east to Fusang and going south to Ryukyu all have to cross the sea, and going west To go to Tianzhu, the land of great food, you have to cross Tubo or Anxi, and if you want to go back to the north, you have to go through Turks."

When Yan Shu talked about Turkic, Yan Fusheng suddenly pulled Yan Shu's clothes secretly behind Yan Shu, Yan Shu's heart was agitated, and she decided to stop the topic on Turkic in an instant, and continued: "Other places Let’s not talk about it, let’s just talk about the Turks. The northern land is extremely cold and the conditions are harsh. It’s highlands and snow-capped mountains. How can ordinary people pass it by thinking about it? What’s more, the Turkic people’s customs are tough, and ordinary people can’t stand it. ! If the Yan family’s caravan didn’t have a hundred years of experience, they wouldn’t dare go there lightly!”

After saying this, Yan Shu also understood why Yan Sheng suddenly asked her to contact the harem Zhao Jieyu to match up with the Empress Dowager.But why?The Yan family has been doing business with the royal family for a hundred years, but they have never been involved in the royal family's affairs. Why suddenly... Yan Shu rolled her eyes and thought, and suddenly caught sight of the Ninth Prince Chu Yi who was smiling flirtatiously from the corner of her eye.Yan Shu suddenly understood something.

The Empress Dowager pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "Well, what you said is somewhat reasonable, the Turkic land is indeed sad." The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes with a serious expression, as if she was thinking about a more serious topic than what they said.

The room fell into silence for a while, the queen mother was thinking, the queen had no reason and no evidence to hinder her, she only secretly hated the Zuo family for not living up to expectations.Yan Fusheng secretly glanced at Chu Yi, saw Chu Yi nodded slightly, and then changed the subject.

As long as the Empress Dowager remembers the matter of the Yan family caravan, if she spends too much time on it at this time, it will arouse the Empress Dowager's suspicion.

"Oh! Why are you talking about these things, I almost forgot about this thing!" Yan Fusheng exclaimed, breaking the silence in the room, then turned around, and took the wooden box from Xiao Niang's hand, " A few days ago, my sister came to the mansion to spread the word that Zhao Jieyu was pregnant with a dragon heir, and she was too heavy to come to Xingqing Palace to accompany the Queen Mother to relieve boredom, so she was always worried." Yan Fusheng stopped in time, waiting for the Queen Mother to answer, and then Let's go on.

"Zhao Jieyu has a heart." Among the concubines, only Zhao Jieyu came to Xingqing Palace to talk to her from time to time, and occasionally stayed here for three to five days. She was not pregnant with a dragon. Only then was the emperor forced to take him back to the Daming Palace to raise the fetus, "It is extremely hard work for a woman to conceive and give birth, so let her rest and recuperate in peace. Everything is about the dragon's heir."

Yan Shu smiled and said, "Zhao Jieyu and the Empress are both filial to the Empress Dowager. If they don't see the Empress Dowager's well-being with their own eyes, how can they feel at ease?"

The queen cast a sidelong glance at Yan Shu, feeling more and more unhappy.

While Yan Shu was talking, Yan Fusheng opened the wooden box and handed it to the female officer.

"Zhao Jieyu wants the Yan family to help find some things that can ward off evil spirits and keep safe. It just so happens that the Yan family went to the Western Regions to get a piece of high-quality blood amber in addition to the nanaran jacquard. Today, the empress dowager is here for Zhao Jieyu. Let’s go and hand over this blood amber to the Queen Mother.”

"Blood amber?" The queen glanced at the wooden box, "Blood amber is hard to find, and high-quality ones are hard to come by. The Yan family couldn't sell it at a high price immediately after getting it? It seems that Po is specially prepared for the Queen Mother?" If it is special, it is premeditated and purposeful.

"The daughters of the people are terrified." The queen said this seriously, Yan Fusheng and Yan Shu hurriedly knelt down, Yan Fusheng bit his lips slightly, hesitantly said, "Blood amber is rare, in the past, if you find it, you can sell it immediately, only this A blood amber, but my Yan family dare not sell it without authorization."

The Empress Dowager carefully took out the blood amber from the wooden box, looked at the light, and saw that the blood amber was translucent, floating in the sunlight. What's wrapped in it is really something that can't be found.

It was also the first time for Chu Yi to see this blood amber. He secretly thought that the Yan family was really capable. They were able to find this blood amber and get it. The process was not as easy as imagined.

"Isn't this just an ordinary blood amber? There are a few in the palace, and they are all similar to me, so why don't you dare to sell them?" As he said that, Chu Yi leaned closer to the queen mother again, and carefully looked at the blood amber. Confused.

"Daughter of the people, please look carefully at the contents of Xuepo, Your Highness the Ninth Prince."

"Inside?" Chu Yi glanced at Yan Fusheng, then looked at the blood amber again, "What's inside... are grass leaves?"

"I don't know if it's a leaf of grass, please pay attention to its shape." Chu Yi pretended to be naive and tried to identify it in front of the queen mother, which was a bit funny, but he couldn't be rude in front of the queen mother, Yan Fusheng endured it very hard.

Yan Fusheng just refused to say it directly, Chu Yi could only make persistent efforts and continue to identify, but looking at it, Chu Yi suddenly jumped up as if he was frightened: "Oh my god!"

The queen mother didn't see the clue yet, but she was taken aback by Chu Yi's exclamation, patted her chest, and said angrily: "What are you making such a fuss about? What did you see?"

Chu Yi sat back again, and adjusted the position of the blood amber held by the queen mother: "Grandmother, look at it like this, do you think... the shape of the grass leaves is like... a dragon?"

As soon as the word "dragon" came out, the Queen Mother's heart trembled suddenly. This time, she did not look at the blood amber with a playful heart.With Chu Yi's suggestion, the more the queen mother looked at it, the more she felt that the shape of the grass leaves was like a coiled dragon. After staring at it for a while, she carefully put the blood amber back into the box, and looked at it seriously. Xiang Yan Fusheng.

"This blood amber is made naturally, and people cannot fake it. When the caravan brought the blood amber back, my father only took a look at it and ordered it to be put away. This kind of god-given thing should be It belongs to the heavenly family, and no matter how much money anyone gives, it cannot be sold. My father originally wanted to inform his cousin Yan Shilang of the Military Department of this matter first, and then find an opportunity to send the blood amber to the palace, but it didn't work out. Jieyu first entrusted her to her elder sister, and the daughter of the people brought this thing and presented it to the Queen Mother." Yan Fusheng's words stop here, and if he says more, he will flatter the Tian family and the Queen Mother, and if he speaks well, the Queen Mother will be happy , If you don't speak well, all your previous efforts will be wasted, so it's better to leave the words to Chu Yi.

So Yan Fusheng gave Chu Yi a look, and then closed his mouth.

Chu Yi understood, turned his head and said to the Queen Mother with a hippie smile: "Why does grandma look like this? Grandma is worried that the Yan family is cheating? Heh! How can a Yan family have such guts? If they dare to lie to grandma, grandson will punish them severely." Loan! However, grandma and grandson have seen a lot of amber, so they don’t think this piece of blood amber is fake. Since it is real, isn’t it good to get this thing? Grandson heard that people who worship Buddha will Amber is regarded as a spiritual object, which can exorcise evil spirits, calm the mind, and protect people's peace. This blood amber is the best, and the effect is even more effective? The dragon coiled in the blood amber is blessed by the blood amber. Isn't it evil? Don’t invade? This is an auspicious sign! Grandma is the mother of the Son of Heaven, she was blessed by the real dragon, and now she has this object, she will live a long life, and witness the prosperity of my Tianlan Kingdom with my own eyes!”

Chu Yi's words completely cleared away the haze in the Queen Mother's heart. The Queen Mother smiled reassuringly, and said: "You, you can play tricks! Put this blood amber in your place, and someday you will find a craftsman with good craftsmanship. Make a pendant for grandma or whatever."

"Grandson would like to obey Yi's order." Chu Yi took Xue Po with a smile and put it away carefully.

"The Yan family's caravan is quite capable." The queen mother looked at Yan Fusheng with a smile, and had her own plans in mind.