Waking up with a baby

"Your Majesty has not been in court for three days."

"I heard that after seeing Prime Minister Zhuang, Master Huang was summoned overnight, but it didn't take long for the imperial doctor to come again and again. It should have something to do with Prime Minister Zhuang."

"The empress dowager stays behind closed doors as usual, why doesn't she pay any attention to this?"

"Why would the Empress Dowager ignore it? Your Majesty will not go to court, and people in the palace are already in panic. Naturally, the Empress Dowager must not panic."

"Shhh—Nurse Zhang is here."

The maids in the Palace of Mercy Ning were whispering to each other, but when they saw Nanny Zhang coming with the boiled medicine, they quickly lowered their heads, Nanny Zhang gouged out these people, "If someone talks too much, why don't you just pull it out?" Tongue!"

The maids flinched and said, "Mommy forgive me, Mommy forgive me."

Nanny Zhang snorted, stepped into the door proudly, and respectfully said to the Queen Mother who was kneeling on the futon: "My Lady, the medicine is ready."

The queen mother, who closed her eyes and chanted sutras, paused and passed the rosary with her fingers. She opened her eyes and looked at the golden Buddha statue on the altar. ?”

"Go back to the Empress Dowager, no."

The queen mother narrowed her eyes, "The one in Yaohua Palace."

Nanny Zhang replied: "The imperial concubine has not gone out these few days, she said that she is taking care of her by His Majesty's side."

"Wei'er's heart is too soft. The late emperor repeatedly reprimanded him for his lack of courage and strategy, and he was not worthy of reuse." The queen mother slowly got up, and Zhang Nanny hurried over to help her, "I don't know that he has learned his faults from the late emperor. Yes. After the death of Concubine Wei, the late emperor became sick with longing, but even so, he never gave up the idea of ​​changing the crown prince."

"Even before his death, he told Ai's family earnestly that he must take good care of the third child in the future."

The queen mother sneered, "No matter how well he arranges it, the mistake is to hope that the Ai family will take good care of the third child, and hand over the imperial edict to the Ai family."

She murmured: "Isn't it easier to be an idle prince in the capital than to be an emperor and worry about day and night? This person really doesn't know how to cherish blessings."

Zhang Momo's heart skipped a beat. Naturally, the Empress Dowager would not bring up this incident for no reason. She asked cautiously, "Could it be that Your Majesty has..."

The Empress Dowager put down the rosary in her hand, "It's all right if Wei'er doesn't go to court for three days, but even the servants in the Yaohua Palace have not been summoned for three days, saying that the imperial concubine is sympathetic to them and is afraid of being overly ill. "

"It's really smart for a lifetime, but it's a moment of confusion. If Wei'er feels pity, it's the person on the tip of his heart who pities."

When the words fell, the Queen Mother said to Zhang Momo with a cold face: "Go, send someone to fetch Princess Congjia out, and said that the young noble concubine dreamed of the first emperor's dream last night, saying that the one in his stomach got a drop of nectar from Avalokitesvara, and received a drop of nectar from Avalokitesvara. After a few points of advice, he will be blessed in the future, Wei'er has granted permission for the third family to stay in the palace for a few days, eat fast and chant scriptures, in order to thank the kindness of Xianlu."

Nanny Zhang hesitated a little, "But from King Jia..."

"The youngest is not caring about the outside of the palace right now." The queen mother said casually: "If people in the palace ask about the young noble concubine, they will say that the noble concubine will arrive at the palace later."

Nanny Zhang nodded and said, "I'll do it now."

Nanny Zhang left in a hurry, the queen mother turned around slowly, stared at the corner of the altar for a long time, and said with a smile: "For so long, the soldier talisman I took away...should be returned."

"Ma'am, this..."

"The imperial concubine is afraid that Madam will be worried, so she will go to the palace later and stay with the princess for a few days."

The people who came from the palace held their hands, and after explaining their intentions, they stood by the side and looked at Mr. Zou and Mrs. Zhao quietly.Xue Bai was not in the palace, whether Xiaoqing would go to this palace, of course Manager Zou didn't dare to decide on his own, so he hurriedly informed Mrs Zhao, Mrs Zhao thought for a moment after he came, thinking in his heart that since it was a young branch, he should go It doesn't matter, so he said: "Wait a while, I'll go and take care of Qingqing."

Youqing was still asleep in the room, Zhao patted him a few times, "It's time to get up."

You Qing turned over and ignored Zhao Shi.

Zhao Shi smiled and pinched his face, "Qingqing."

Youqing frowned, showing signs of waking up, but still struggling to stay in bed.

Mrs. Zhao touched his bulging belly a few times, and said with a smile: "Your father asked a hunter on the mountain to hunt you a muntjac, and he planned to give you braised muntjac meat."

Youqing immediately opened his eyes, sat up on the bed, and stared at Mrs. Zhao eagerly.

"You, you know how to eat all day long." Mrs. Zhao nodded his forehead, helped Xiaoqing put on his clothes, and picked out a small purse for him that was similar in color to the clothes, and said slowly: "It's not too bad. After you and your sister come back, you will be able to eat this braised mussel meat."

Youqing was holding the shriveled little purse, not listening to what Mrs. Zhao said at all, just begging for pocket money from Mrs. Zhao, he blinked his eyes and said flatteringly: "Mother, look at my purse , it collapses when pinched."

Mrs. Zhao frowned, turned around and grabbed a handful of raisins from the fruit plate on the table, stuffed them into his purse, and then said with a smile, "Pinch it again, it won't be deflated anymore."

"..."

Youqing's mouth shrunk.

The young man ate a few raisins angrily. When he thought that he was reduced to a pauper like Xue Bai, he was not very happy. He muttered: "Mother is as stingy as Daddy!"

Mrs. Zhao tidied up his clothes and asked him amusedly, "What did you say?"

Youqing shrinks her neck, she is in the same line as the young master, and runs away after complaining.

After a while, he ran back to the house again, with a face full of reluctance, "Mother, I don't want to eat vegetarian food and chant scriptures!"

Youqing took it for granted: "You let my sister have another dream, and tell Guanyin Bodhisattva about her drop, that drop..."

Zhao reminded: "Manna water."

Youqing suddenly realized, and said crisply: "Tell her that we don't want the nectar and water, and let her take it back, so I don't have to go to the palace to eat fast and chant scriptures."

Mrs. Zhao glanced at him, "Nonsense."

"It takes so many days to eat grass." Youqing almost passed out, he said aggrievedly: "I will learn to read from Shen Qihe obediently, why not dip him in some ink in advance?"

Mrs. Zhao was amused by his small appearance, "How can there be so many days? Only stay for ten or so days."

Youqing was about to cry even more, "Ten days is not much?"

"Okay." Mrs. Zhao reassured him: "With your sister here, can I really starve you? If it doesn't work, you just go to play by yourself. After a few days, you get tired of playing, and then change to the prince." Go over there and stay for you, anyway, it's not your son alone, your father and I will pick you up."

You Qing immediately agreed, "That's good."

Zhao continued to pack his luggage for him, but she coaxed Youqing like this, but she still packed half a month's worth of clothes for him, and found him a few purses.

Unintentionally, Mrs. Zhao touched something hard with her fingers, and without looking at her, she knew that it must be something that Youqing put into her purse indiscriminately. What, the bad habit of stuffing something in the purse can never be changed."

After finishing speaking, she took out a crouching tiger-shaped bauble from her purse, "Let's go."

You Qing pulled Zhao Shi's sleeve, and said to her with a bitter face, "Mother and Dad must trick Xue Bai over early, and bring me back to eat braised mussel meat."

Zhao couldn't help but laugh again.

She sent You Qing to the carriage, and before she left, she looked at the court lady a few times, "Why do you look a little strange?"

The maid replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty rewarded your servant to the concubine because your servant knows some massage techniques. Madam should have never seen a servant before."

"Where's Diancui?"

"The imperial concubine is also going to stay in the palace for a few days. Sister Diancui is busy packing her luggage and cannot get away, so she sent her slaves over."

Mrs. Zhao nodded, explained a few words to her, and finally let her go.

The palace in the southern suburbs is adjacent to Zizhu Temple. It was specially repaired because Taizu always admired Buddhism and Taoism. He prayed for blessings here for years.The palace maid invited Youqing to get off the carriage, he looked around, only to see green and yellow intersecting bamboo grove, the sweeping monk silently swept away the dead leaves that fell in front of the hall, the huge palace was lifeless.

"When will my sister come?"

Youqing pushed open the door, and was unwilling to stand up when he could sit. He rubbed the bamboo branch he tore off on the road, and said absently: "It's so boring here."

The maid hesitated a little, "Princess, wait a moment."

After a while, Youqing raised her face and said to her, "I'm hungry."

The maid only felt that his temper was innocent, not at all like those nobles in the palace, so she couldn't help but slow down her tone and replied: "When the imperial concubine arrives, the princess can eat."

"Okay." Xiao Qing nodded, and fed a few raisins from his purse to his mouth to pad his stomach. He tilted his head and asked the maid: "If I'm not used to eating vegetarian food, can you secretly give me barbecue?"

The maid said uncertainly: "... yes."

Youqing was happy for only three seconds, and had a new problem. He frowned and said, "But I don't know how to catch hares, can you?"

"will not."

Xiaoqing suddenly became frowning, and he said with regret: "I shouldn't be lazy and not bring my rabbit here, it is so fat, it must be enough for me to eat for several days."

"..."

The maid didn't respond, and after thinking for a while, Youqing asked her again: "Isn't Guanyin the Bodhisattva who saves suffering? Why do you still have time to take care of my stomach?"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help muttering: "The abbot of Guiyuan Temple said that sincerity leads to spirituality, so I don't eat fast in the palace, as long as I recite Guanshiyin Bodhisattva in my heart, it is obviously okay."

Youqing asked the maid seriously: "Are you right?"

"..."

Not only did he talk too much, but he was also tricky. The maid couldn't answer, so she had to run away.

Not long after, You Qing, who was so bored to poke his stomach to play, suddenly heard a lot of footsteps outside, he thought it was Xiao Zhi who had finally arrived at the palace and came to accompany him, he hurriedly opened the door, poked out his head and complained softly : "Sister, I have been waiting for you for a long time, why did you—"

The Empress Dowager who walked out of the sedan chair stroked her hair on her temples and looked at him coldly. Youqing slowly opened her eyes and subconsciously took a few small steps back.

The author has something to say: You Qingqing (crying): Raising rabbits for a thousand days and eating rabbits for a while, but I forgot to hold them and prepare the ingredients myself QAQ

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