[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Eighty-nine out of ten of the more than 400 people in the audience were looking at her, Xiaohou and his wife and Xiao Jingyun, who was sitting in the last seat of the "Xinke Jinshi", were all taken aback.When interacting with people, Xiao Jingyun never used his status to overwhelm others, so the civil and military Jinshi had a close relationship with him.

Brigude thought it was a fairy on the snow mountain, his eyes were like two glass beads, staring at Daiyu who came out of the way, afraid that the fairy would fly away if he took a rough breath.

Daiyu has already bowed to the disciple Yuanyi, "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say, but I am willing to give it a try."

Tu Yuanyi smiled brightly, and said: "He Yu really has the style of being a father, who else but me, just try it, even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter."

Daiyu bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Chen and Zhu Gaoming also knew "Heyu County Lord", Zhu Gaoming had seen her when they met the imperial concubine, and was shocked by her demeanor, so they would mention it to their husbands.

Seeing Tu Yuanyi's kindness and amiability towards Daiyu, everyone present thought to themselves: The imperial concubine is really favored, and even her righteous sister, the emperor, loves the house as well as the black.

Daiyu also bowed to Prince Burigude and said, "Prince, you can eat it for five and a half days, right?"

Daiyu is too confident, just like her confidence in poetry. After Brigud uttered this question, she quickly calculated it in her head.Xing Xiuyan was ashamed of the brain capacity of the Fairy Girl Xueba. She had taught arithmetic and even abacus mental arithmetic back then.When the sisters took exams with each other, Xing Xiuyan found that her speed might be slower than that of Daiyu. In order to save her respect and fool her, "practice is more important", she stopped taking exams with her and asked Daiyu to learn the application, such as: calculating farm property. out.In practice, Daiyu found that questions with flexible changes or pitfalls were more interesting.

Brigud asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

Daiyu said: "I figured it out. There are many people in the Central Plains who can figure out this kind of problem. It's just that the ministers are half drunk today, and their minds are a little dizzy, and it is difficult to concentrate. The only daughter has never drunk, so Take a step forward."

The ministers didn't figure out this question for a while, they felt that they would lose face in front of the emperor, and they felt a little uncomfortable when they saw Daiyu appearing as a woman, but at this time Daiyu made up her mind, and everyone felt face-saving in their hearts. I thought to myself: It really is Lin Ruhai's daughter, and I still know the basics.

Burigode and other Mongolian envoys showed disbelief, and Burigode said: "Didn't you also meet the merchants from Xiyi, and they told you?"

Daiyu shook her head with a smile, and said, "Why do you need to meet Xiyi people? The former Taibao Xu Guangqi translated Xiyi's "Original Geometry", and the little girl also read it. Xiyi's arithmetic is also extensive and profound. But my Chinese "Suanjing "Also there has been "Tian Yuan Si Yuan Zhi Shu" and "Nine Palaces", "Four and Four Figures", "Five and Five Figures", and even "Hundred Son Figures", all of which are several times more difficult than this question. Yes Therefore, this question is really not difficult in the Central Plains."

Now it's the turn of Xing Xiuyan, who has studied advanced mathematics, to be convinced. She taught Daiyu arithmetic, but she never thought that she would study these ancient books herself. have not seen.

Bu Rigude still looked confused, so Daiyu explained it to him immediately.

This question was indeed passed down from Xiyi, and it is for the famous Newton cattle grazing problem.

Assuming that one cow eats one serving of grass per day, then ten cows eat 22 servings of grass in 220 days, and sixteen cows eat 160 servings of grass in ten days.Based on this formula, it is solved that the grass grows five parts of new grass a day.

Based on this, it can be calculated that there are 110 parts of old grass in the grassland, and then the answer can be solved by comprehensive formula.

The Mongolian tribes are nomadic people. Although they used to have strong military capabilities, they have not created any brilliant academic and technological progress in history, so they are naturally not good at arithmetic.Even in modern times after Outer Mongolia/independence, their academics and technology are very backward, and they maintain the nomadic way of life to a large extent, let alone now?

In the Great Zhou imperial examinations, now only Jinshi subjects are taken. Arithmetic is a matter for women in charge of middle school and accountants. Although some candidates can also do arithmetic, but not many are advanced, and arithmetic is considered miscellaneous.At this time, a young girl from the Central Plains, Daiyu, solved an arithmetic problem from Xiyi that was unfamiliar to the people of the Central Plains.

Seeing this situation, Tu Yuanyi thought deeply. None of the Chinese mathematics classics listed by Daiyu were compiled during the Great Zhou Dynasty.During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, there was still Xu Guangqi who "learned from the east to the west", but this dynasty is really autistic and rigid academically.When he thought of the former Ming Dynasty, he couldn't help but think of many works, such as "Tiangong Kaiwu" and "Nongzheng Quanshu" are still classic knowledge of the industry in this dynasty.Even the novels "Journey to the West", "Three Kingdoms" and "The Peony Pavilion" in the Ming Dynasty have no rivals in this dynasty, and Xiuxiu's writing has not yet been released to the public.Not to mention the world-wide project "Yongle Grand Ceremony", which is enough to make Emperor Yongle worthy of the title of "one emperor through the ages".However, Emperor Taizong of this dynasty presided over the revision of "History of the Ming Dynasty". Zhenzong's reign was too short, while his father, Emperor Gaozong, spent his whole life in court planning and enjoyment.Therefore, the only thing that can be obtained in the Great Zhou Dynasty is a mere "History of Ming Dynasty".

How could Burigude dare to question it at this time, and although most of the Mongolian tribal envoys pursued force and interests, they couldn't help thinking that the Central Plains people were too smart.

Xiaohou was triumphant, and suddenly said to Jin Shichao, king of Xining County, who was seated beside him: "My daughter-in-law! It's my daughter-in-law! I hired my son after I wasted my boss's efforts!"

Jin Shichao arched his hands towards him, and said with a polite smile: "Xiao Hou is so lucky!"

"It's not bad." Xiao Hou waved his hand "modestly", and said with a smile: "The son of the county prince is not too young, but he should spend more time trying to find a wife with a bit of aura for him, and give birth to him. His grandson is smart and beautiful..."

Although Jin Shichao knew that Xiaohou was out of tune, but Xiaohou's son was indeed capable of both civil and martial arts, and the Xiao family was obviously a noble family, so he did not dare to underestimate it.

Although what Xiao Hou said was rough, his reasoning was not rough. Jin Hao, the son of Prince Xining County, wanted to marry a good wife.Originally two generations of the Jin family were married to General Yi Li, but now meeting Qiang Jun, I'm afraid it would be a taboo.

Tu Yuanyi said with a smile: "He Yu really has a long history of family education, today he solved the prince's doubts, and I should reward you too."

Daiyu also felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction in her heart. Not only was her talent and learning recognized, but it also made Da Zhou look good.

Daiyu blessed the body and said: "The courtiers don't need rewards. The courtiers' arithmetic was originally taught by the imperial concubine and empress. If your majesty wants to reward, you can reward the empress."

Xing Xiuyan secretly said: I have never read those ancient arithmetic books you read.

"But I see that He Yu's arithmetic is stronger than this palace, so there is no need to be modest." Xing Xiuyan paused slightly, then laughed again: "Your Majesty, He Yu is to solve the confusion for Prince Bu Rigude, not for the Emperor. I am confused, why do I need a reward from the emperor, the prince should give me a gift. As the prince said, no one in their tribe can solve this problem, which shows the importance of this problem, this gift is not to be taken lightly!"

Bu Rigude was not angry when he was defeated by the army at this time, he smiled and said: "It is not to be taken lightly! Your Majesty, Xiao Wang is willing to marry this young lady as Xiao Wang's concubine!"

Of course, Xiaohou's conversation with the Xining County King was not loud, and Prince Bu Rigude didn't hear it either.

Daiyu blushed immediately, feeling very embarrassed, Xing Xiuyan understood, and said: "He Yu, you step back first."

Daiyu believed in the eldest sister, and she bowed herself and withdrew, but Burigude's eyes followed her.And many young people were amazed by Daiyu's beauty and intelligence when they saw Daiyu, secretly thinking that Prince Burigude is so thick-skinned, can you still be a beauty for nothing if you solve the problem for you?

Xiao Hou's position is on Da Zhou's side, second only to the Prince of Xining and his wife. He immediately jumped up and said, "You are so shameless, Mr. He Yuxian is my daughter-in-law, how can you hire him?"

Bu Rigude was puzzled and said, "I saw that this young lady didn't wear a woman's hair style, so she should not be married."

At this time, I saw a frighteningly handsome and romantic young man who came forward from behind, it was Xiao Jingyun.

Xiao Jingyun said: "Mr. He Yuxian is my fiancée. Although the prince is a distinguished guest, I will not allow you to be rude!"

Bu Rigude couldn't help being disappointed, and sighed: "The women in the Central Plains are beautiful, and I really want to marry a woman from the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Many ministers present had the idea of ​​"marrying" in their minds, but the woman who had engaged in marriage was naturally out of turn.

Xiao Jingyun was proud but also annoyed, he thought to himself: I will test my skills in the paddock in three days, I must make this prince look bad, dare to spy on my wife.

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After the official meeting and banquet with the envoys, Tu Yuanyi didn't have to accompany many envoys in person, and completely let them let themselves go. People from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple would greet them if there was anything really going on.

So, he got up to practice kung fu in the morning, and when he returned to his room and saw that Xing Xiuyan had just woken up to wash up, he couldn't help but show his husband's gentleness, put hairpins and flowers for her, took a black pen, and carefully painted her eyebrows.

Xing Xiuyan looked at him with a face of heaven and man standing close to the ruler, and a pair of big and clear red phoenix eyes focused on the work in hand.

Xing Xiu let out a smokey laugh: "Can a sage know it?"

Tu Yuanyi smiled confidently: "I might not be as good as Zhang Chang?"

Xing Xiuyan was curious: "Let me have a look first."

"Not busy, I haven't finished the painting yet." Tu Yuanyi seems to hold her face a little stronger, which makes Xing Xiuyan suspicious, so he brings the mercury glass mirror on the dressing table - produced in Tu Yuanyi's workshop .

Tu Yuanyi was in a hurry to grab the mirror, Xing Xiuyan was even more skeptical, and when he looked at the mirror sideways, he couldn't help but collapse.There are two curved lines on her eyebrows, and she doesn't know how to dye along the shape of her eyebrows, so she looks very ridiculous.

Xing Xiuyan snatched the eyebrows from his hand, and pushed his firm chest away: "Go away! Are you putting on makeup or disfiguring your face!"

Tu Yuanyi couldn't help coughing. It was the first time he gave a woman a thrush, but he was disgusted.He also thought about giving her thrush eyebrows before, but he couldn't bear it. Now that the relationship between the two of them is better, his previous problems of face have also been resolved.

Tu Yuanyi said: "I draw a few more times to make it look better."

Xing Xiuyan said: "If you want me to be a guinea pig, there is no way!"

Tu Yuanyi smiled coquettishly: "Why don't I find a concubine to practice after returning to the palace?"

Xing Xiuyan coquettishly cast a blank look at him: "Virtue!"

Tu Yuanyi's heart was itchy by this look, he approached her, hugged her body, then lowered his head and kissed her in three places: cheek, ear, and neck, and dragged her to the couch.

Xing Xiuyan couldn't let him mess around, struggling to say: "There are so many envoys from the Mongolian tribes, do you have that much time?"

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said: "I will greet them when I go to the paddock in three days. I will take time out of my busy schedule to love my wife well."

"How can it be daytime..."

Tu Yuan put his hand into her clothes, and said: "My concubine still remembers that time... so smooth and smooth, I will show you your husband's ability in the paddock in a few days..."

"Shameless..." There is a principle for her to "push raw", and this person has no taboos, or the bad nature of a man, the more taboos he has, the more excited he is.He must have watched too many "Peerless Books", and he became more and more sloppy in this matter. She 100% rejected the weird location he proposed.

When the two were fighting one by one, Ziyue said outside the curtain: "My lady, please see Mr. Yuxian."

Xing Xiuyan listened to the holy voice: "I will go out in a while and greet her in the flower hall."

Tu Yuanyi's phoenix eyes flickered slightly, and he was slightly displeased: "What are He Yu doing here in the morning, I really don't know how to choose the time."

Xing Xiuyan pushed away his embrace, straightened her clothes, and said, "Brother, you also said it was morning, and if she doesn't come now, is she coming in the middle of the night? It's you who want to prostitute/prostitution in the daytime..."

Tu Yuanyi coughed lightly: "Change clothes for me, I have gone to deal with government affairs."

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Daiyu was a little uneasy because of what happened at yesterday's banquet, and she didn't expect that there would be Burigude's public proposal.

In terms of marriage, after all, she has been taught by nuns for many years. Although others propose to marry, but the world treats men leniently and treats women harshly, people will think that she is frivolous.

Xing Xiuyan heard Daiyu euphemistically talk about yesterday's incident, so she understood the general idea, and couldn't help comforting her: "I am not displeased to see the Xiao family, how can others meddle so much?"

No other lady in this dynasty had such an opportunity as Daiyu to get in touch with her husband's family and fiancé frequently before marriage. Even if Daiyu didn't know about the outside world, her mother had told her about it.

"Then...they won't speak out if they are unhappy."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "You really care, why don't you get closer to Mrs. Nie and see for yourself what they think. It's hard to get along with each other smoothly, even the saint and I sometimes get angry, but It is a process of mutual adaptation. Although we are a daughter's family, we must be brave, and in my opinion, this is not a bad thing."

Daiyu felt relieved, and couldn't help being curious: "Will the eldest sister be angry with the saint? What will happen after that?" What she saw was the saint who doted on the elder sister to heaven, and which wife and grandma would dare to be like the elder sister.

Xing Xiuyan looked at her teasingly, Daiyu was very embarrassed, Xing Xiuyan didn't hide anything, and said: "I have to let him know what I think, if I want to stab him, I should also give him sweets, if I want to make him happy, I should also let him have fun." Tears, he will probably never forget them."

Daiyu seemed to understand, but when she thought of her fiancé, the shyness of a girl in first love came to mind again. Xing Xiuyan laughed, took her hand and said, "Let's feed the horses."

Their ponies were driven back to the border town from the pasture, and they were raised in the stables of the Prince's Mansion in Xining County.

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Feed the pony, read a book, enjoy the flowers, drink tea, three days passed quickly, and Xing Xiuyan didn't worry about being a queen in these three days.Because Mrs. Xiao Hou came to tell her that Xiao Hou got the news from Xining County King that Princess Mingzhu of the Horqin Department wanted to marry Tu Yuanyi as his concubine.

Prince Horqin Batu first borrowed the Xining County King to find out the direction of the wind, and Xiaohou and Xining County King had known each other since they were young, and it was inevitable to meet again at this time.Therefore, Xiaohou's news should be better.

Xing Xiuyan recalled what happened at the banquet, and complained: No wonder she always wanted to highlight her Mongolian woman's ability to sing and dance, to be healthy and energetic, and to use her as a comparison to show her advantages in this regard.It turned out that he wanted to marry Tu Yuanyi.

Xing Xiuyan felt that she must have picked up the wrong time-travel script. According to the conventional heroine time-traveling novel, the heroine must be liked by many men, and the feelings are entangled, so there is a clear ending in the end.But from the beginning to the end, she hanged herself on Tu Yuanyi, the "n-married man". She had never seen a "affectionate male partner", and there was a "scumbag ex".

Now Tu Yuanyi is not enough for Tom Su, a harem woman in Kyoto has not been resolved, and a foreign princess wants to marry him.According to the normal situation, shouldn't there be a prince who wants to marry her?

Xing Xiuyan felt that Tu Yuanyi must also know about this, but the first night, he didn't show any signs of it, and the second night, he was full of dragons and clouds, and he slept with her in his arms, without saying a word.On the third day, he was a little gentler, saying that tomorrow he was going to drive in the paddock, so he was afraid that she would be tired on the way, but he didn't show that he had no intention of getting married.

Shengjia Jinluanli was surrounded by Jinyiwei, Gongshengjun, and Forbidden Army all the way to Shuofang paddock, and the grandeur of Xuanhe will not be described in detail.

When Xing Xiuyan and Tu Yuanyi arrived at the paddock in the evening, the emperor's golden tent had already been set up, and the floor was covered with plush carpets.And a big tent inside the golden tent is the "bedroom" of Tu Yuanyi and Xing Xiuyan.Some auxiliary tents were set up nearby, such as boiling water for cooking and placing some practical supplies.

All the tribes in Mongolia are proficient in riding and archery, the king of Xining County is also a military general, and the Imperial Guard in Kyoto led by Tu Yuanyi also has a cavalry battalion, together with the Gongsheng Army and Jinyiwei, it is a group of people with excess male hormones gathered together.

On the morning of the second day after arriving at the paddock, Tu Yuanyi presided over the siege competition for representatives from all parties.Xing Xiuyan just got up to wash up, when she heard the drums outside, horns beeping, and horses neighing.

Daiyu and Su Fu'er didn't come over, besides her, Da Zhou didn't have anyone else to come over at this time, she couldn't help feeling lonely.

After freshening up, she was accompanied by Zi Yue out of the tent. At this time, those passionate men had already entered the paddock, and there were no other people around the golden tent except some eunuchs, maids of honor and Jin Yiwei guarding them.

Xing Xiuyan came out from the back door of the golden tent. Not far from the tent, there was a river and a small hill. When Xing Xiuyan looked up, some unknown wild flowers bloomed on the top of the hill, which was particularly eye-catching in the autumn colors.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Let's go to the top of the hill to play." The view there is also good, and maybe you can see the heroic posture of the men in the distance.

Zi Yue hesitated for a moment and said: "Wait for the slaves to call some Jin Yiwei to escort them."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "You are stupid, there are forbidden troops and Shuofang troops stationed near the paddock, what kind of guards do you need inside?"

Ziyue thought it was the same, so the two girls spent about a cup of tea and climbed to the top of the hill.It looks like a small hill from the bottom, but it is quite spacious after climbing up.

I only felt the rising sun and the howling autumn wind. For Shuofang, it was the last bit of warmth before winter.

The river below the mountain is probably a tributary of the Yellow River, meandering through the grasslands and forests. The Hetao Plain is still full of water and grass at this time, but because the grasslands and leaves are yellow in autumn, it is not as vibrant as in spring.

Tu Yuanyi likes to hunt in autumn, firstly because the prey in autumn is the most plentiful, secondly after summer and winter heat and cold are eliminated, spring is the season for all things to grow and multiply, he feels that hunting at that time is harmful to nature.

Xing Xiuyan saw some people running into the distant forest from a distance, but he couldn't tell which side it was.

Xing Xiuyan and Ziyue sat down on the top of the hill, stretched out their hands to pick the red flower and smelled it in their noses, but there was no fragrance.Suddenly hearing a sound, Xing Xiuyan turned her head, only to see a handsome young man in brocade clothes climbing up from below, who is it not the eldest prince Tu Hui?

Xing Xiuyan was surprised: "Prince, why are you here?"

Tu Hui had a little rabbit in his arms, but he was speechless for a while.

Xing Xiuyan was about to ask herself, but she saw him rushing towards her suddenly, she was startled when she saw him jumping to her feet and stretching out his hand, she was about to scold him for his rudeness, but she saw him holding a silver coin in his hand The little gray snake, because it was quiet and small, Xing Xiuyan didn't pay attention.

On this mountain, the sun is just right at this time, and reptiles such as snakes will come out to bask in the sun before winter.Tu Hui hastily threw the snake away.Ziyue couldn't help screaming, and Xing Xiuyan hurriedly stood up, she is a bold woman, she is not afraid of mice or cockroaches, but she is very timid towards this kind of reptiles.

"Are you okay?"

Tu Hui raised his right hand, looked at a tooth mark on the back of his hand, there was blood oozing faintly, with a hint of purple, Xing Xiuyan also saw it, and hurriedly approached.

She untied the sash around his waist, quickly wrapped it tightly around his wrist, and watched as the dagger was pulled out from his waist.Fortunately, this is a siege, and most people will bring bows and daggers.

"Hold it..." She took a deep breath, made a shallow cut along the teeth marks, and then squeezed the purple blood.

Tu Hui looked at her quietly, and suddenly said, "You...why are you helping me?"

Xing Xiuyan said casually, "Then why are you helping me?"

"I... I, I am... the son of the royal father and the queen mother."

Xing Xiuyan was surprised: "Who doesn't know this? I can give birth to a son as old as you?"

Tu Hui felt sore, and said, "I'm not your son." Today is the competition between the masters of the army and the Mongolian envoys, and Tu Yuanyi himself went off. Tu Hui is only 12 years old after all, and he rides a pony, is If you can't keep up with them, you don't participate.He walked around the king's tent with the rabbit in his arms, wanted to "greeting" but was afraid, but saw her leaving the royal tent, so he followed her from afar.

While continuing to squeeze the blood from the wound, Xing Xiuyan said, "I know, I won't ask you to be filial to me."

Ziyue worried: "My lady, what should I do? That snake is poisonous, it can't be seven steps or three steps?"

Xing Xiuyan didn't know anything about medicine and poison, so he looked at Tu Hui, and then at his wound that had already squeezed a lot of blood.

Xing Xiuyan thought to herself: Don't owe him your life, then Empress Yang doesn't want to tear her up yet, although she already wants to tear her up.

No matter how much she and the queen quarrel, it is because interests determine the position. Under the legal situation in ancient times, there is no absolute right or wrong, but after all, it has nothing to do with a 12-year-old boy.

Besides, he was the son of Tu Yuanyi, and his son died because of saving her. Not to mention what Tu Yuanyi would think in his heart, the ministers in the court knew that the eldest son of Empress Yuan died because of her, and they would definitely think that he was a "demon concubine." A sign of disaster for the country".Let alone being a queen, if she insists on "Qing Jun's side", even if she doesn't die, she will have to shed her layers, and she will be extremely irritated.

Her physique is different from ordinary people's after Tu Yuanyi's conditioning, and she has spiritual power in her body, which has the effect of protecting the body.She hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head to suck out the poisonous blood.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, let the slaves come!" Ziyue went to pull her, Xing Xiuyan spat out a mouthful of blood, and said, "Don't talk too much, I'll be fine." Xing Xiuyan sternly ordered: "Go down the hill and call for someone to carry us, We should not move too much before the imperial doctor has seen it."

Seeing her master's determined eyes, Ziyue finally nodded: "Okay, ma'am, you have to be careful, I'll call someone over soon."