Mighty and Majestic Concubine Wan Gui

The beginning of spring calculated by Qin Tianjian is the fifth day of the first lunar month.

The prince looked at the cricket fight: "Father, my son thinks watching people wrestle is more interesting."

Emperor Xuande wore an amber yosa, a gold belt, and a black gauze crown of good wings with two erected ears on his head.Lie down on the ground without lifting your head: "Hey, it's up to you. The golden-headed king, come on!"

Guo Shouren bowed to him and lay on the ground, fighting the other two crickets.The cricket on Emperor Xuande's side is called 'Golden Head King', and the cricket on Guo Shouren's side is called 'Big Rooster'. He shouted: "Big rooster, bite him!"

The prince wants to watch court ladies wrestling, and also wants to watch cricket fights, so he has a very difficult choice.

Empress Sun was reviewing the list of rewards for the Lantern Festival, and said without raising her head, "Son, don't worry about it, those little maids who are worthless are not here, and no one is fighting with that little bald man."

The prince didn't care much: "It doesn't matter, Jin Ying is also good at wrestling. It seems that he is a bit too tall..."

Jin Ying is ten years old this year, two years older than the crown prince, and more than five years older than Wan Zhen'er. If a 20-year-old fights with a 25-year-old, it is considered evenly matched, but if a ten-year-old fights with a four- or five-year-old, it is a complete bully.Well, boring, very boring.

"Golden-headed king, bite it! Bite its neck! Hard!"

Zhang Shouyi accompanied the empress, and fell into the state of the old monk entering meditation and the dead tree meditating.There is no way, the empress sometimes reads a book, sometimes looks at the list, and it takes an hour to look at it. She has to stand and wait beside her, and she can't talk or sit down. There is no way to pass the time except chanting Buddha and mantras.

It's really too noisy now, the emperor and Mr. Guo yelled loudly, and the prince followed him three times and drank four times. It was really noisy.

He also looked over and saw a fighting insect suddenly flew out of the jar.

Guo Shouren: "Oh, my big cock!"

Emperor Xuande: "Hey, it's really a big rooster, it can fly~hahahaha~"

"Old Guo, this thing is obviously a bug, why do you call him a big cock?"

The prince kept squatting to watch the battle, and raised his head to look at Zhang Shouyi who was bent over to watch the excitement: "You don't even understand this? This is Chonger, but it's called this name, and the Chongzi on the other side are startled when they hear it."

Guo Shouren: "Chongzi thought about it in his heart, where is the big cock? Do I have to run? It will harden after such a scare."

Emperor Xuande sneered: "Hmph, if you don't rely on your strength to win, you just want to please yourself, how is that possible!"

Looking at the golden-headed king in the pot, he didn't move for a long time, Emperor Xuande supported his fat cheek with one hand, and with the other hand he pulled the narcissus leaf twice, hey, this insect is actually dead.

He was so angry that he shook the flowers and leaves: "Guo Shouren, you old bastard! My cricket is going to be renamed General Tiger! Marshal Lion! Kill your chicken!" He got up angrily, almost unable to stand up, He was helped by people from left to right.

The prince said: "Father, tell me the story of how you conquered Mongolia with Chengmiao, okay?"

Emperor Xuande thought of the dead people on the battlefield. Once the two sides came into contact, they started to turn like a millstone. No one who fell could stand up, and finally turned into numbers.And the rancid smell at that time. . .It was obviously a person who had just died, but there was also a strong stench. . .Said flatly: "It's nothing, it's not as fun as fighting crickets."

The crown prince didn't believe this, so he pestered him for a long time: "Father, daddy, tell me about it~ what the tutor said is too general. Fighting is fun~ When you are planning a strategy, you can win a thousand miles away, so flirtatious! "

Xuanzong's face darkened: "If you do this again, I will be angry."

Sun Niangniang came over and shook the stupid son away: "Go, go, go out and build a snowman to play. Your Majesty, please have some tea."

The prince was blasted out angrily: "Jin Ying, let's go."

Jin Ying followed: "Prince, where are you going?"

"Go ice frolic on the lake." It's actually skating.

On the ice surface of the sea behind the imperial garden, on a shelf made of iron bars, there is a throne made of wood.

The crown prince was sitting on the throne, and several young eunuchs pushed the throne and ran wildly on the ice.

Emperor Xuande talked to the queen in the room: "I plan to wait for the tenth day of the first lunar month, to visit the Xiyuan with the queen mother, and to serve the queen and concubine as before. how?"

"Your Majesty is really a filial son who is rare in the ages. It is naturally good to serve the Queen Mother."

Emperor Xuande was a little happier: "Oh, it's too cold, can you bear it if you don't take advantage of it?"

"This...I don't know either."

"If I kiss the Empress Dowager and you take the Luanjia, I don't have anything in my heart. I'm afraid it won't sound good to spread the word."

Empress Sun breathed a sigh of relief, hiking and climbing in the cold weather, you will kill me: "Your Majesty loves my concubine, but my mother also loves you, Your Majesty, you should also take advantage of it. It is said that it is the beginning of spring, but now outside The snow has not yet melted, and it is colder on the mountain than in the palace."

Emperor Xuande nodded: "You're right, let's go again during the Qingming Festival. The jasper makeup is as high as a tree, and ten thousand green silk ribbons are hanging down. Humph."

He took the queen and the prince to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to eat hot pot with Queen Mother Zhang.

The original name of the hot pot is Paxiagong, which was born in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, there was no chili, and the food was big bone broth, dipped in chopped green onion, minced garlic, mahjong, sesame oil and vinegar.

In the servant's room of Kunning Palace, Madam Zhu said, "Miss Wan, don't be lazy, come here and learn how to pour tea."

Wan Zhen'er came rushing over, still wearing the tiger-headed hat, which was sewn for her by Mammy Zhu. "Mommy, what's the point of pouring tea?" I know that everything in the palace is very particular!

"Yes. Making tea is more difficult than pouring it. I won't teach you yet." A kang table was placed on the Datong bunk, and a pot of tea, two cups, and a tureen were placed on the small table. "When pouring tea, the spout of the pot should not lean against the cup, but it should be poured steadily and not spilled. A cup of tea is filled to [-]% full, too much is easy to spill, too little is not enough to drink. The tea should not be too hot when served. , it’s too hot to burn your hands and mouth, and if the master is not happy, it’s easy to burn yourself when you splash it back, and you’ll be scolded if it’s cold. It’s better to just put it in the mouth.”

"Wow, that's amazing!" Wan Zhen'er began to learn how to pour tea. At the beginning, she occasionally poured tea, poured a cup, drank a cup, poured another cup, and drank another cup.Although the cup is not big, I drank a pot of tea slowly: "Hi'er~"

Nanny Zhu just watched her drink quietly, it was so funny, I asked you to practice pouring tea, not to practice drinking tea, wouldn't you pour tea back after pouring it? "Stop drinking, go for a walk or two to digest and digest."

Wan Zhen'er was carrying the tray again, and there was a tureen on the tray, and she circled around the room: "Mother, is it so lively every New Year?"

"That's right. It can only be lively before the Chinese New Year." Madam Zhu said, "Look at the road!"

"Ah!" Wan Zhen'er stumbled and fell to the ground, the tray and cup flew out.

She rubbed her chin and got up crying: "It hurts so much."

"Tell you to watch the road honestly! You have to watch the road when you speak, and watch what I do!" Nanny Zhu reprimanded seriously: "It doesn't matter if you fall here, but if you fall in front of your mother, the tray will fly onto your mother." Go, you won’t be able to be successful anymore. If you stumble in some ceremony, go fight with the old mothers! Go chop firewood in the imperial dining room!”

For the next period of time, Wan Zhen'er practiced walking honestly. She usually walks well and doesn't fall too much. But when she walks seriously, she feels that her hands and feet are not in control. She often stumbles with her left foot and trips her right foot. get down.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor suddenly fell ill and was so sick that he couldn't get out of bed. The entire imperial hospital was moved to Kunning Palace to consult with the emperor.

The peaceful and joyful atmosphere of the New Year has been swept away, and everyone feels uneasy. Most people don't know anything, but just bursts of worry.His Majesty is not yet 40 years old, he is in the prime of life, so he suddenly fell ill, it should not be a big problem, but why are the faces of the imperial doctors so frightening?

Zhang Shouyi tried his best to fix his expression in a state of seriousness, tension, but not despair but full of hope.Guo Shouren almost took all his jobs, serving the emperor, coordinating internal and external arrangements, serving the empress to take care of the crown prince, directing the imperial physicians... The only thing he can do is to stop the concubines from visiting the emperor, and go to the empress dowager's palace three times a day Report the situation.

He really didn't want to go.

Wan Zhen'er swayed beside the maids and sisters who were decocting the medicine: "Sister, what's the situation now?"

The ladies in the palace looked gloomy. Although it was the New Year, they had no intention of dressing up, let alone putting on makeup: "Go, children, don't make trouble."

Relying on her shortness and inconspicuousness, she wandered around for a long time, then came back and quietly asked: "Nurse, what does medicine and stone ineffective mean?"

Grandma Zhu was embroidering restlessly, and she pricked her hand with a single stitch. Her face turned pale with fright. The little girl didn't understand. She knew what these four words meant.He couldn't help thinking about it, following the empress was not the same as following the empress dowager. Although the empress dowager had no daughter-in-law, she still had an empress dowager above her.Without the support of His Majesty, what would the Empress Dowager do if she wanted to punish the Empress?

Thinking like this, I suddenly remembered the laughter and laughter when I was young, Guo Shouren, and others accompanied the young prince to catch crickets in the imperial garden. The short time of youth has passed for a long time.But, won't it?

Your Majesty is not yet 40 years old. He has always been in good health and can ride horses and shoot arrows. How could it be...

Wan Zhen'er stood in front of her, a little worried: "Mommy, are you okay, Mommy?"

She didn't care much about the emperor's life or death, she had nothing to do with the emperor who had only seen half of her face since entering the palace, but Nanny Zhu was more important.What's more, this little chubby guy doesn't know what "Yaoshi Wangxiao" is, but he just feels that he hasn't seen a smiling face in the palace these few days, and even the food is salty and bland.

Grandma Zhu burst into tears. She also had a crush on the majestic and upright prince back then, but unfortunately she was older, five years behind, and not handsome enough.

Wan Zhen'er looked obedient, silently passed the handkerchief, poured another cup of tea and brought it over, and stuffed a piece of sugar into her mouth while she was not paying attention.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door: "Mother Zhu, are you there?"

Nanny Zhu quickly wiped away her tears: "Yes, what's the matter?"

"The emperor ordered someone to invite the queen mother to come, and all of us in the palace have to come out and kneel to greet her, mother, come out quickly."

Nanny Zhu knew in her heart that this meant that His Majesty was really failing, as filial as His Majesty, she would never labor for the Empress Dowager to come to her bedroom until a critical moment.He took Wan Zhen'er to the entrance of the main hall of Kunning Palace, ranked his seniority, and stood in a position where he was about to kneel down.

The queen mother's phoenix arrived, and everyone bowed down together.

A fat, white old lady came down from Fengyu, with willow leaf eyebrows and a small cherry mouth, with a dignified and wise temperament.Wearing a red unicorn-pattern gown with long sleeves, a royal blue wreath and precious-face flower horse-face skirt, a stone-blue trimmed silver mink fur bijia, a golden silk bun on her head, and two golden flower hairpins inserted obliquely. The season when the ice and snow are not gone is considered to be thinly clothed.

The old lady walked over like a gust of wind, and the maids on the left and right who wanted to help couldn't catch up with her.