[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

Dragon Boat Festival

This is the third year since Cui Shang abdicated. Linlin has also changed from a queen to a queen mother, and the high-spirited emperor has also become an overlord.

Slowly, it has entered summer, the north is getting hotter, and the sky is getting brighter earlier.

However, Linlin still likes to sleep late for decades.

Ever since the couple moved to West Garden, Linlin's husband, the Supreme Emperor Cui Shang, has said Linlin is a lazy woman more than once.

I like to sleep late, I like to eat delicious food, I like to wear good clothes, and I also like to wear those shiny jewelry.

"If a woman like this was put outside, she would have been beaten long ago. This is just eating, being lazy, doing nothing..."

Linlin ignored him, turned over and went back to sleep.

"Get up, my grandson is waiting outside."

Linlin thought for a while, it is more important to set a good example for her grandson, she stretched herself out of bed, asked someone to change clothes and comb her hair, yawned and went out holding a fan.

A few years ago, Linlin spent three years finding a wife for Qilin.The surname is Cheng. When I first walked in, I felt that everything was fine.But the couple gave birth to two daughters in three years, and the princess felt that she couldn't hold her head up when it was hit.

Linlin thought that she was not an evil mother-in-law, and she didn't push her to have a son.

How did it become like this?

It was only later that I found out that the reason why she was under such pressure was entirely because her mother's family nagged in his ears every day, "Hurry up and have a son" "Have a son."

At that time, Linlin refused to allow members of the Cheng family to enter the palace again, and even pulled the daughter-in-law who was the princess at that time over, and packed a large box of her jewelry for her.

"As for me, I am blessed. You only need to touch a little bit of my things, and you can get what you want in the future. Take these back and wear them every day, and take care of them so that you can give birth to a white and fat boy."

The silly girl really listened, and a boy was indeed born a year later.

Qilin took the initiative and gave the boy a nickname Xiaodouzi, saying that the name should not be too big, otherwise it will bring disaster.

Qilin has also been looking forward to this boy named Xiaodouzi for a long time.

Not long after, Qilin's side concubine Su gave birth to a daughter.

The relationship between Su Shi and Qilin is relatively good, because the two can be regarded as friends in need, and Su Shi's life experience is a mystery, which makes the elders in the palace feel special sympathy for her, all of which make Cheng feel extremely stressed , until he gave birth to a daughter, and because she was older than other women in the East Palace, the imperial physician advised her not to get pregnant again.

This made the then Crown Princess Cheng greatly relieved.

People also became more confident, and returned to the way they were when they first entered the door.

It's just that Qilin felt that his daughter-in-law couldn't raise children after all, so he sent his eldest son to his parents.

Linlin felt that there was nothing to do, because she also raised a young son Chongming by her side.But Cui Shang, who is a grandfather, feels that it is only right and proper for him to raise his grandson.

Ever since the grandson came to the Taishanghuang's side, he was really spoiled. Now, as long as the two of them are in private, Xiaodouzi must let the Taishang hug him, otherwise he won't eat it.

Linlin felt that it was all up to her to watch, and if she didn't watch, her grandson would grow into a devil incarnation in the future.

Because of this incident, Linlin secretly told herself that she must live longer.It's best to kill the old guy Cui Shang.

At this moment, the husband and wife came out of the bedroom, and there were eunuchs outside asking the Supreme Emperor to go out.

"The empress dowager said that next month will be the 10th anniversary of the old emperor, and she asked you to go to her to discuss it."

Since the death of the noble concubine Zhen, the older generation has died one after another.Now the last generation living in the palace is only the Empress Dowager back then.

Since the death of the Eastern Empress Dowager, no one called him the Western Empress Dowager anymore, and he was called the Empress Dowager directly, and was later promoted to the Empress Dowager.

Because her son and grandson are both emperors, she lived a peaceful and beautiful life.Don't look at Cui Shang's age, his mother was called, and he immediately left his grandson and daughter-in-law and passed by in a sedan chair.

Xiaodouzi also wanted to go, Linlin grabbed him, "My dear grandson, do you remember the book from yesterday? Let's recite it again."

Xiaodouzi wanted to be coquettish and lazy, but just as he opened his mouth to cry, he saw his grandmother looking at him with a half-smile, shut his mouth quickly, and stood obediently to endorse.

Linlin thought to herself, no matter how cunning you are, you are still just a child. If your grandma can't control you, all these years will be in vain.

After memorizing the book and the multiplication table, Linlin took many examples and asked him, "One catty of cabbage is one tael and three Wen, how much does it cost to buy 92 catties of cabbage?"

"But grandma... the cabbage can't be sold for a tael of silver a catty. A few days ago when my grandson went back to the palace, my father said that cabbages cost a lot of taels of silver, and people buy them by car."

"Do you know what cabbage looks like? Don't ask, just tell me to buy 92 catties of cabbage for one penny and three cents per catty. How much will it cost in total?"

The little guy pouted, lowered his head and began to pick his fingers. After picking for a while, Linlin nodded in satisfaction, "Good boy... let's go to eat. After dinner, I will take you to have fun in the afternoon."

This is the happiest time for Xiaodouzi, so he quickly stretched out his little hand and took grandma's hand to move forward.I was still thinking about what good things came to the West Garden again in my mind. Could it be that I didn't know about it?

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. According to the custom, there is a dragon boat race.

Qilin took several brothers and officials to watch the dragon boat race together in the palace.

In the West Garden, Linlin and his wife accompanied Chongming and Xiaodouzi to watch the dragon boat race with the Empress Dowager.

Yesterday, Linlin and Cui Shang made a bet. Each of them chose a team of eunuchs, and planned to bet on whose dragon boat would arrive first today.

The loser has to promise one thing to the winner.

After breakfast and everyone arrived, an order was given, gongs and drums blared, and the dragon boat rushed towards the finish line like an arrow leaving the string.

Seeing Linlin's team gradually falling behind in the middle, Linlin became anxious and restless in her seat.

The emperor smiled smugly, and winked at Qian Sheng next to him.

Qian Sheng waved his hand to an eunuch behind him, and that eunuch quickly ran to the shore and waved the flag.

Chongming saw all this, and then looked into the lake, the pair of men and horses who were leading just now seemed to be weak in hands and feet, and they couldn't move three feet away for a while, and were led by the queen's men and horses.

Seeing her team winning a big victory, Linlin laughed happily, applauding while laughing.

To Chongming, it sounded like the duck quacking.

I thought to myself, what is there to be proud of, isn't the father letting you go?

After seeing her mother, she raised her eyebrows proudly at her father, and helped the empress dowager to take a boat trip to the lake.

Chongming leaned over, "It's obvious that the empress is about to lose, why did you let her?"

"I was discovered by you. You don't understand, but you will understand when you marry a wife in the future. After all, it is wonderful to make a wife happy."

Chongming looked at his father up and down with suspicious eyes, and finally he was a little bit heartbroken, "It's as long as you are happy."

At noon, the whole family got together to eat rice dumplings, and looked at the gifts from each family in the gazebo.

Another maid said to Linlin that Mrs. Jia from the Lin family would come to the West Garden to pay her respects tomorrow.

Linlin hadn't seen Jia Min for a long time, so she was naturally very happy.

Jia Min has seen gray hair in the past few years, and the clothes she wears are no longer the bright colors of when she was young, but rather old-fashioned purple sauce red.

After I came, I had a smile on my face, "Your Majesty, your little brother will get married in two days. I am still a little anxious in my heart. I am afraid that something will go wrong. After thinking about it, I didn't send an invitation to your Majesty... I came today. Fill."

Linlin took the invitation, "It's useless to give it to me, and I can't go out... I want to go out, but now I just need to go out and move around, and there are many people around me, which is very boring. Why don't you come over with your siblings, it's better for our family to sit and talk together than anything else."

Jia Min sat there and smiled again.

Linlin felt that she was here today not only to send invitations, but also to have something to say.

"Let's talk, mother and daughter for a lifetime, I know what you want to say, and you know my virtues."

"A few days ago, I ran into Empress Cheng's mother on the street. Oh, she was very polite when she saw me... Just let me ask your mother, when will their family members enter the palace to pay their respects?"

Linlin thought to herself, she can go in whenever she likes, if she says something unreasonable...

But then he said, "Don't ask me about this, it makes me look like that wicked mother-in-law, who has moved to another hospital, and is still taking care of the family affairs."

Jia Min admired this eldest daughter, her method was similar to that of the old lady back then, she kept her word at home, although she lived well in Xiyuan now, but she still had to make up her mind about things in the palace.

"If you don't open your mouth like this, how dare the empress open her mouth to let her mother enter the palace. Listen to me, it won't take a few times a month to enter the palace. After such a thing, the Cheng family don't I want to talk nonsense around the empress."

Linlin nodded, and asked someone to enter the palace to pass a letter to her daughter-in-law, saying that it was a holiday, and asked her natal family to pass a sign into the palace to greet her.

The mother and daughter continued talking. Last month, Lin Daiyu desperately gave birth to a girl, and she is still in confinement.

When Jia Min talked about the little girl, she beamed with joy, "I took it out and showed it to me, and I saw that the little girl looked very much like you and your sister when they were young."

Linlin couldn't believe it, "It's been so many years, do you remember what I looked like when I was young?"

"Why don't I remember? I still remember the first time you hugged me and let me see when you were just born."

After finishing speaking, he sighed again, "At that time, your grandmother was still alive, and she hugged you two to show me, and said that I should take good care of my body, and said that the child doesn't have to worry about it, as long as you take a sip of wind, you will be fine." Grow up against the wind."

People like to recall the past when they get older, and Jia Min is also like this. At this time, he fell into the memory. It took a while to react, and wiped his tears, "Look at my happy life, what do you want to do?"

There was nothing shameful about what the two said, so the emperor heard about it at night.

After washing his feet, the emperor sat cross-legged on the bed and discussed the matter with Linlin.

"Since your sister married Mu Yu, I've thought about it, and now I want to discuss it with you."

Going around, Lin Daiyu finally married Mu Cistan. The reason is that when Lin Daiyu followed Lin Ruhai and Jia Min back to Gusu, Lin Ruhai met with former friends and met Mu Cistan. At that time, she didn't know the identity of this person. I thought this was some friend's student, I just thought that he was very knowledgeable, and I had a good impression of him after coming and going. After returning to the capital, Mu Yu went to visit Lin's house, and Lin Ruhai thought of marrying his daughter.

After several years, he finally made up his mind to marry his daughter to him.

Linlin was sitting in front of the dresser, pasting cucumbers for herself, when she heard what Cui Shang said, she ignored him.

Cui Shang was no stranger to her putting some food on her face, "It's alright, alright, don't put it on, just sprinkle some salt and you can serve it on the plate."

Linlin didn't want to talk, as soon as she spoke, the cucumber slices would fall off her face.

The emperor didn't respond to her, but his eyes could move, so he knew she was curious.

"Look, neither of us has a daughter. Didn't your sister just give birth to one? Didn't your mother say that she looks like you when you were young? That's right, let's take her here and raise her as our daughter. What do you think? "

Linlin quickly peeled off the cucumber slices on her face, "He has parents, so why don't you bring her to us and separate their mother and daughter. We have grandchildren, so I won't say What's the matter, after all, the grandson often goes back to meet our daughter-in-law. Maybe our daughter-in-law is eager to let our grandson live with us to raise his value. In the future, grandparents raised themselves.

But my sister's daughter's surname is Mu, not Cui. If you want to raise a girl...you can pick up our granddaughter, and we will raise it together. "

Cui Shang's face was a bit unsightly because of this preemptive meal, "I also think that the girl looks like you, so I have such thoughts... I have always wanted you to have a daughter, but your stomach just doesn't live up to it... ...Forget it, forget it."

After finishing speaking, he turned over and lifted the quilt to cover himself.

The weather was hot, and after a while, I felt covered in sweat and lifted the quilt again.

Linlin looked at the ridiculousness, and went over to persuade him, "Sometimes in your life, you must have it, and there is always time in your life. Don't force it. Take it easy, you don't lack daughters."

"I think you don't have a daughter. Look at how many sons you have raised now. No one is by your side, and no one is close to you."

These words made Linlin feel heartbroken, her eyes felt sore and swollen, tears almost flowed down.

"I thought you always wanted a princess who was born in the first place. Forget it, don't think about it so much. I really don't have a daughter. What if I bring my sister's daughter over? Say Maybe in the end it will be mother and daughter... I don't think about it so much, and you don't think about it too much."

Cui Shang rolled over and sat up, "You beat me in the dragon boat race yesterday, tell me, what do you want me to promise you?"

Linlin thought about it, and there is nothing difficult to do in her life, "I don't know yet? You are letting me in on purpose, what can I ask for... If there is, we will do it in the future The two have been together for a long time. At the end of the seventies and eighties, the eyes can't see clearly, the teeth can't bite things, and the ears can't hear other people's words. There is no other use except to waste food for the children and grandchildren. The two of us can still together."

"I will, I will."

Although Cui Shang said so in his mouth, he was a little uncertain in his heart.

I endured it in my heart for several days, and finally called the imperial physician over and asked if there was any way to prolong life.

Few members of the Cui family live long, and very few people from the Lin family live long. Lin Ruhai is now so ill that he doesn't even leave the house, and he is recuperating at home all day long, relying on good medicine to keep his breath alive.

Thinking of Lin Ruhai's parents and grandparents, counting up to four or five generations... the emperor's heart ached.

Three imperial physicians came and listened to the emperor's question. Among them, the oldest one said, "Those who live a long life are all tired and busy people. Maybe if you move more on weekdays, it will be effective."

The second person said, "Looking at the long-lived people, they all live between high mountains and clear waters. I have heard of a longevity village where everyone can live to be 2 years old. There are good mountains and rivers, and there is plenty of spiritual energy. I heard that there are some temples and Taoist temples around..."

The third person said, "Of course it is to practice red mercury by taking elixir..."

Everyone's statement has its own basis, and they refused to give in to each other. After talking in front of Cui Shang all morning, everyone's saliva flew all over the place, and Cui Shang's ears were numb.

This matter was reported to Qilin again.

When Qilin heard this, he thought to himself that this is not bad!

But I was too busy to get away, so I had to call Bai Ze and Zou Wu over.

After telling the two brothers about the seriousness of the matter, let the two older brothers go to Xiyuan to persuade them, and let Xiezhi go to the mother's back to find out what caused the two of them to have such thoughts .

The three of them took orders to go, but before they left the palace, Bai Ze was called back again, something happened outside, Qilin wanted to send Bai Ze out of the capital, it would take 10 days or a month to come back .

Zou Wu has never been reliable in handling affairs for so many years, and Xiezhi is a teenager, and the two brothers left the city together to Xiyuan.

Seeing his father boxing over there, Xiezhi thought it would be okay to practice more.

The two of them didn't say why they came this time, they just held Cui Shang's stinky feet by the side, and praised him again and again for his punches... Xiezhi was the one who praised him the hardest.

Zou Wu couldn't take it anymore and decided to tell the truth, "Xie Zhi is a little flatterer, Father, look at you, your punches are like a sick cat, your kicks can't be straight, and when you turn around too hard, you tend to dodge your waist... ...Son, a scholar, can tell, not to mention this little thing Xiezhi, he has practiced fisting since he was a child..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Zhi covered his mouth and dragged him down.

Cui Shang was very happy to see his two sons coming, but after hearing the call, he was so angry that he didn't care about the two of them, and went back with his hands behind his back and eyes staring.

Seeing him come back angrily, Linlin asked, "What's the matter? Who made you angry?"

"Besides those little things you gave birth to, who else can make me angry."

It seemed that she was really angry, and turned directly to the bedroom.

After a while, Zou Wu and Xie Zhi came.

Zou Wu is married to a wife, and the couple have no children so far. Zou Wu is really not in a hurry. His wife also likes poetry and books. The two of them read and talk every day, and they are happy. These days make Lin Lin looked envious.

Xie Zhi is still a bachelor and has not found a wife for him yet, but his palace has been built, and he usually goes back to sleep in the mansion, and occasionally goes to live with his parents in the West Garden.

The two sons came together, and they both squeezed shamelessly beside their mother and acted like a spoiled child. It didn't take long for Linlin to know that these two little things made their father angry again.

Just as Zou Wu explained in a few words, Linlin knew that Cui Shang recruited the imperial physician to ask about longevity.

I thought in my heart, is it possible that everyone who becomes an emperor wants to live forever?

The son was left to eat a meal in the West Garden, and the two of them were asked to carry the prince, Xiaodouzi, back to the palace to cultivate their relationship with his parents.

The two sons who were about to leave were still a little worried, and looked at Linlin before they could speak.Facing the worried eyes of the two sons, "Don't worry, I'll watch from the side, your father will definitely not go astray."

At this time, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. The West Garden is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the land is vast.

They planted a lot of flowers and plants around their palace, Linlin covered her head with a round fan when it was not hot in the morning and evening, took the eunuchs and maids around for a while, and came back to discuss with Cui Shang.

"Don't you always think that I'm a lazy woman, I don't work, I'm lazy, I'm idle, let's find a job to do it now, take advantage of this time, let's plant some cabbages and radishes, and they will stutter in the cellar in autumn and winter. "

Cui Shang couldn't believe it, "Whoever is short of food will not be short of yours... Where are we going to plant some radishes and cabbages? Let me plant some radishes and cabbages. You watch from the side and wait for the children to come Then he pointed to the radish and cabbage and said, "Look how hard my father and I have worked to raise the radish and cabbage so well. Thanks to me carrying water and watering them, your father will be watching""

Linlin covered her mouth with a round fan, "Oh, what are you fussing about with the couple! I've made up my mind, let's grow radishes and cabbage now, and after a while we'll get a piece of land to grow melons, and next year we'll grow watermelons, wheat, and sweet potatoes. Whoever likes it will give it to me." Whoever eats it, see who doesn't like it, let them watch us eat."

Just as the two were talking, the maids came in with some farm tools, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."

Linlin threw the round fan away and dragged Cui Shang out, "Let's go do some work while it's cool."

The two went to plow the land together, Linlin tried hard to work, but after all these years of pampering, she couldn't do it.

The ground that was dug was not even a foot long, and as a result, two strings of bubbles were ground into my hands.

Painful, sore and uncomfortable, "Woo, let's quit."

Cui Shang looked a little funny, and turned over Linlin's place.

After flipping through, it was time to poop, and Linlin completely became a person sitting on the sidelines and watching.

The two of them made a land about ten feet square in one night, sprinkled some radish and cabbage seeds on it, and poured a little water on it with a ladle.

After returning home, I was too tired to eat, so I reported to Qilin the next day that they didn't eat.

Qilin looked at the report and thought it would be okay, doing some work is better than taking pills.

Day and night, the couple plowed the ground and raked the ground to sow seeds. The radishes and cabbages planted on the first day all sprouted, and the seedlings grew to an inch high.

The prince Xiaodouzi also came back. He got up early in the morning and watered with his grandfather. He worked decently, and looked at Cui Shang with a bit of contempt, "Grandfather is not as good as father, who knows how to work." .”

For the first time, Cui Shang slapped his grandson on the buttocks for the first time.

A few days later, the two brothers Xie Zhi and Zou Wu came again.

While eating, Linlin chattered to her two sons, "There are always some birds pecking around in those fields, chasing them away but not being able to drive them away. It's very annoying."

In order to please his parents, Zou Wu offered to watch from the sidelines and drive birds out of the field.

At noon, everyone went to take a nap. Zou Wu sat on a chair under the shade of a tree, holding a bamboo pole in his hand, and slowly fell asleep too.

Xie Zhi felt that this was a good opportunity, in order to avenge the last time Fifth Brother said that he was a little flatterer in front of his father.

Xiezhi took people to pull out all the seedlings together, and when Zou Wu woke up, he saw that the whole field was as clean as if not a single seedling had grown.

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