[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Once the emperor made a plan, he said: "Building another palace will waste a lot of silver. Now the national treasury is especially empty, so it must not be extravagant."

Tu Yuanyi said: "Then I have to wrong my father first, and ask my father to wait for a few days. My son ordered Li Dequan to send someone to tidy up and arrange it properly. On the nearest auspicious day, I ordered the officials from the outer court and the inner palace to welcome my father into the palace." Azure Dragon Hall."

The emperor listened more and more pleasing to his ears, thinking that since Lao Qi said so, as the emperor's golden words, he would not be able to do anything to go back on his word, so it was a certainty.

So the emperor encouraged his son and said, "You have always been a considerate person."

After a while, another court lady brought porridge, and the emperor could not eat too much greasy food when he was ill.Tu Yuanyi served him with his own hands, and then squeezed his shoulders and beat his legs. The emperor had a stroke, and the eunuchs and maids followed the instructions of the imperial physician to massage his blood every day.

At this time, the emperor saw that the emperor put down his dignity and was still as filial as before. Most of the plans in his heart to abolish him first and return to the court were dispelled.

In the evening, Tu Yuanyi helped the emperor to walk around outside the palace and chatted about political affairs. He couldn't pretend to be ignorant at this time, but he always showed some small loopholes for the emperor to listen to. No, I feel more at ease.

Tu Yuanyi didn't stay for dinner in the upper palace, saying that Concubine Zhen Gui had come, and the emperor and his son had been pretending to be father, loving son and filial piety for a long time, and he was impatient.

Tu Yuanyi sat on the imperial chariot, and the emperor's guard of honor meandered back to the Taiji Palace.He was handsome and solemn, his phoenix eyes flashed a cold light, and he gently shook the hand on his knee.

Father, you can't blame me for this matter, I really want to be so kind and filial, but time is precious, I don't want to spend another ten years with you.

Before dawn the next day, Tu Yuanyi had already set off for the paddock in the northern suburbs for the seven-day Qiumi.If the emperor was in power in the past, hunting in the four seasons would often last up to a month, just for fun, and the money consumed was astronomical.

But now Tu Yuanyi is better at making money and saving money than the emperor, and he doesn't like extravagance. During the four seasons hunting period, he took the opportunity to find useful people and show off his martial arts.

And Dai Quan waited for the emperor to wake up for a long time in the morning, and even Zhen Guifei didn't dare to startle the sleeping emperor.But until almost noon, Dai Quan seldom saw the emperor like this. He carefully went to the dragon bed to check, but saw the emperor lying with his back on his back.

Dai Quan's heart skipped a beat, and he dared to touch it. Fortunately, his hand was warm, and he yelled a few more times, but he still didn't answer, so he pleaded guilty and turned him over. Drooling, eyes full of tears, it turned out to be another stroke, or a full-body stroke.

But when he turned over, the quilt was lifted slightly, and Dai Quan smelled a sour smell of excrement and urine, and he was dragged on the bed.

When the news reached the Tai Chi Palace, Yuan Yi had already left for the paddock today, so he had to come back then to talk about it.

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At both ends of the story, Jia Lian got Lin Ruhai's advice to reconnect with his uncle's family.

Coincidentally, the third son of the Shi family stayed in the place where the Yi people gathered in the Southwest for more than ten years, and now no one of them in the court can show such a good thing that they have been promoted to half a level and transferred to Suzhou as a judge. It is really blessed by the ancestors and gods.

Shi Bai, a 23-year-old Jinshi Fang, married his wife, Mrs. Zhang, a young couple in distress. They stayed in the southwest for more than ten years. Before that, she had two sons. In the fourth year after arriving in the southwest, Mrs. Zhang became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. His name is Shi Hui.

This Shi Hui is a young girl, she grew up in a place where the barbarians gathered, so her temperament is unavoidable, in that place, any girl from any family is not restricted to go out, for example, a Miao girl is still the master of the house, and it is customary to marry by walking.Shi Hui knew a few daughters of the Miao village owner. Although she was taught by her mother that the Central Plains is different from the Southwest, women should strictly abide by etiquette and be virtuous, but she agreed with her words, but she was unwilling in her heart.

Mrs. Zhang found out that her daughter was 11 years old and the female worker was dead in a mess. When she was chatting with the magistrate's wife, she learned that there was a young Suzhou embroidery master in Panxiang Temple.The Avalokitesvara she embroidered is now a treasure that rich women in Gusu vie to order. It is said that a wife from a merchant in Dayan, Yangzhou came here admiringly. She spent 8000 taels to order a Avalokitesvara embroidered by her. Declined, because the whole year's embroidery work is full.

Mrs. Zhang had seen that treasure from Mrs. Magistrate, it was really a good thing, and she even fantasized that if Shi Hui could get a five-point skill, she wouldn't have to worry about marrying a daughter.Shi Hui has a lively personality. In the past, Shi Zhang was desperate for her husband Shitu, and she was satisfied with marrying her daughter to someone from a better family background.But now, she also sensitively feels that her husband has a promising future, and she still hopes to educate her daughter to be better and marry a little higher.

In the early days, the Shi family had such a noble family, and it was so beautiful to marry a daughter-in-law. It is a pity that Shi Hui has become like this.

Mrs. Zhang planned to send her daughter to learn some skills, but she didn't want the child to be trapped by wolves, so she brought her daughter home.Her husband has been demoted for many years, and they have stayed in the Southwest for a long time, and she is not as embarrassing as before.

Although Xing Zhong and his wife bought a courtyard in the city, Xing Xiuyan wanted to embroider the Guanyin statue, and there was a better metaphor for it to be embroidered next to the Panxiang Temple. They have not moved away yet.But recently they went to Jiangning County to help the three brothers and sisters of the Xing family take care of the summer rent of dozens of mu of land, leaving only two little girls to accompany Xing Xiuyan.

Mrs. Zhang brought her daughter to the door, and she was really startled when she saw the girl from the Xing family. She had heard of her young age, but she did not expect to be so young. She was really only a year or two older than Shi Hui.

Entertaining Mrs. Zhang and Miss Shi, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help being stunned when she understood the purpose of her visit. She had seen guests come to order things, but no official sent a daughter to learn needlework.In fact, the Zhang family had a hard time in the past few years, but they have made a fortune in recent years. There is a kind of gemstone in the Southwestern Yi area that sells for the price of cabbage, but when it is resold to the south of the Yangtze River or the capital, the value has increased dozens of times.He was exploited a lot before, but now that Shi Bai is transferred to Jiangnan, at least the business in the Jiangnan area will be better.

Looking at the 2000 taels of silver bill, Xing Xiuyan refused, saying: "It's not a girl who is hypocritical, but I have never taught others. If I can't teach Ling'ai well, wouldn't it be a disappointment to Madam's trust?"

Mrs. Zhang said: "Ms. Xing asked Xiaohui to watch the model. She just gave some pointers, and she also benefited a lot." Mrs. Zhang saw his embroidery, and it was amazing. She had been in Southwest Yi for a long time and hadn't seen him for many years. Never had such an embroidery treasure.

Xing Xiuyan said: "With the status of the family, I can hire a full-time Suzhou embroidery master for Miss Shi. How can I love my little girl so much? My little girl is very terrified."

Mrs. Zhang said: "I heard that Miss Xing is young, and Xiaohui always likes to be with sisters of the same age, but she can't stay with the older masters and mothers. Besides, which Suxiu master in Gusu City is better than Miss Xing?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled lightly and said, "Ma'am, I'm overwhelmed." As she said that, she made tea herself. Although the tea set is not as precious as that used by Miaoyu, and the tea is only the upper-middle-grade Maofeng, her moves are calm and elegant, and the girl's style is very elegant. The linen green shirt, light and elegant, with picturesque features, slender fingers, icy muscles and fine bones, makes people feel refreshed.

Mrs. Zhang was also a lady of the family. She stayed in the southwest for more than ten years and didn't see a young girl with such a skill in tea, so she was stunned for a while.

"Ma'am, please have some tea." Xing Xiuyan is actually not that celestial at all, she just personally entertains distinguished guests with tea, which can make them feel comfortable, even if they politely refuse the guests, the guests will usually not turn their eyes against each other.These distinguished guests are her food and clothing parents.She didn't expect her career path to be so smooth. Now, she has given up on going to Beijing to meet Xue Biao's marriage.When the time comes, she will just find a man who can do the job and love his wife, not a poor scholar.

Mrs. Zhang took it with a smile and said, "Miss Xing can make good tea."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Before I learned a little bit from a noble person who was hit by me, I couldn't get into the hall of elegance."

Xing Xiuyan brought tea to Shi Hui again, to be honest, this girl looks really delicate, with a pair of playful peach blossom and almond eyes, a straight nose and red lips, she is pretty and charming.

Shi Hui said: "Sister is good-looking and good at black tea art, she is really wonderful. Sister, you can accept me, or if you don't accept me, mother will find a way to hire a nanny to teach in the house, then I I can't go out anymore."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help laughing, and said: "Follow me, so you can go out?"

Shi Hui quickly covered her mouth, looked at her mother with a pair of clever eyes, Zhang's face was slightly dark, and said: "Even if you follow Miss Xing, you have to be more honest with me."

Shi Hui hurriedly begged for mercy: "Mother, I will be honest, as long as I don't stay in the yard every day, I think it's fine here."