Tyrant [Rebirth]

On the Shangsi Festival on March [-]rd, all the flowers in the Tanghe Palace were scattered, and the spring was full of joy. The carriages of the royal family entered Tanghezhuang one by one. Although it was [-] miles away from the palace, they drove away the irrelevant people and left only one team. The imperial guards of the team patrolled back and forth, peaceful and solemn, in the style of Tianjia.

Chu Shaoling opened the curtain of the carriage, and told Wei Ji about the outside scenery, and said slowly: "There is a cave behind the small stone spring over there, and there are still some ancient handwritings engraved on the stone wall inside. I'll take you to see if it's okay..."

Wei Ji lowered his head slightly and looked outside, listened carefully, and nodded: "Go and have a look."

Chu Shaoling continued with a smile: "Look at the lake over there. I caught a turtle the size of a plate there when I was young... I remember that there are a lot of fish and shrimps in this lake. I will ask them for a fishing rod and bait later."

"Turtle?" Wei Ji exclaimed in a low voice, "Did His Highness keep it? Is that thing easy to feed?"

Chu Shaoling smiled: "It was stewed that day, I don't know if it will be good or not."

Wei Ji let out a sigh of regret, then lowered his head to look outside, Chu Shaoling smiled and rubbed Wei Ji's head, not long after the carriage entered the palace, and the palace people in the palace hurriedly brought two eight-person chariots over, the emperor He and the empress dowager got out of the carriage and changed to a chariot, surrounded by the palace people, and went to the main hall of the palace. The emperor and the empress dowager went to the harem and brought a few four-person chariots. Wei Ji got out of the carriage first and put down the horse stool. He lowered his head and raised his arms to help Chu Shaoling get out of the carriage. Chu Shaoling pinched Wei Ji's arm lightly and gently, but Wei Ji's face did not move at all. He turned around and followed Chu Shaoling, and after Chu Shaoling got on the sedan chair, he fell behind a few steps and followed behind.

After Chu Shaoling got into the chariot, Chu Shaoruan and Chu Shaomo got out of the chariot one after another, and a steward of the palace followed Chu Shaoling's sedan chair and said with a smile: "My slave, Li Qiao, was originally the steward of the dining room in the palace. Here we come, the chief steward has sent servants to serve the eldest prince, and if there is anything the eldest prince needs to do, just order him."

Chu Shaoling leaned on the sedan chair for a while and said, "Which courtyard is arranged for me? Or is it Tianxiangyuan?"

Li Qiao quickly replied: "Unfortunately, the apricot blossoms in the Tianxiang Courtyard are not blooming well this year, and they are very sparse. I really dare not live in them for the nobles. This time, the apricot blossoms in the east of the Palace are arranged for the First Prince. The scenery in this courtyard is very good. Peach blossoms bloomed in the courtyard in March, red, white and pink. Oh, it’s busy. The first batch of peach blossoms have been blooming for almost half a month now, and they are about to fall. When the petals were blown by a little wind, it was as if it was snowing, and the scenery would not be inferior to that of Tianxiangyuan. I heard that His Highness has many peach blossoms in the Bitao Garden in the palace, and I think His Highness will like it."

Chu Shaoling smiled when he saw the steward speaking swiftly, and asked, "Whose yard is next to it?"

Li Qiao lowered her head and said with a smile: "To the west is the bedroom of the Long Live Lord, and to the south is the Fengxian Residence of the Empress Dowager, but there is a small peach forest in between, which is secluded and elegant."

Chu Shaoling's slender five fingers lightly tapped on the Panlong armrest of the sedan chair, and said, "Aren't the princes arranged to be together this year?"

Li Qiao lowered her head and smiled and said: "It was originally arranged in one place, both on the south side of the palace, but the Tianxiang Courtyard where His Royal Highness lived was not suitable, so it was arranged here. Among the princes, only His Highness and Long Live Lord I live with the empress dowager on the east side, and the concubines are on the west side, and the northernmost ones are the accompanying adults and wives."

Chu Shaoling smiled lightly: "It's hard for you guys to have a heart." Chu Shaoling glanced down at Wang Muhan, Wang Muhan quickly took out a purse and handed it to Li Qiao, Li Qiao bowed to accept it, and smiled even more obsequiously: "I can't be worthy of you." I'm sorry, it's a slave's blessing to serve the First Prince."

Chu Shaoling leaned on the sedan chair and smiled lightly but did not speak.

Not long after arriving at the Peach Blossom Court, Li Qiao did not talk nonsense, the courtyard was full of peach blossoms, perhaps it was specially arranged by the palace staff, the peach blossoms that fell on the ground were not cleaned up, and the red one layer after another, Chu Shaoling came down After stepping on the sedan chair, you can feel the soft and delicate touch, and the slightly sweet peach blossom fragrance overflows. Chu Shaoling smiled: "It's hard for you to have a heart."

Li Qiao smiled: "This peach garden has just been repaired this year, and it is naturally more charming than other places. It is also because the peach blossoms are blooming well this year. The servant has been serving here for so many years. This is the first time I have seen such a scene this year. , Your Highness, look over there...the Linxi Tower on the west side of Taohuayuan has a particularly beautiful view, your Highness can go there to have a look when you have nothing to do."

Chu Shaoling nodded and did not speak. Everyone wandered around the courtyard and appraised it before entering the main courtyard. Wang Muhan called the palace staff to pack Chu Shaoling's things. Chu Shaoling took a rest in the back room with the guard. At that time, the eunuch next to the emperor came to send a message, saying that the sacrifice would start at noon, and asked Chu Shaoling to go to the main hall to wait at two o'clock.

Chu Shaoling rubbed Wei Ji's forehead: "The sacrifice will take almost an hour, it's very boring, don't follow me and stand there, it's still a bit cold outside the hall, just rest here for a while, I'll come when I'm done." Looking for you."

Just as Wei Ji was about to say something, Chu Shaoling lowered his head and kissed Wei Ji's lips, and said with a smile, "Be obedient, if you're really bored, just wander around in the courtyard and tell Wang Muhan what you want to eat."

Wei Ji had no choice but to nod, and said worriedly: "Your Highness, if you don't take the minister with you, then take the prince with you, otherwise no one will serve you if you need something for a while."

Chu Shaoling nodded: "Forget it, then you just stay there, the Queen Mother might stay with us for dinner after the sacrifice, and you might not be able to come back at night, so eat well by yourself."

Wei Ji nodded: "Your Highness has not yet finished the course for the minister, and the minister has brought it to the palace. Yesterday's three articles were written by the minister, and there are five more today's articles. I will write it later."

Chu Shaoling smiled lightly: "You are serious, okay, just draw red if you have nothing to do."

Although Wei Ji's handwriting is not ugly, it is much worse than Chu Shaoling's good handwriting. Wei Ji hasn't been to school for a few days, and every time he looks at Chu Shaoling's handwriting, he is envious and secretly collects the waste paper that Chu Shaoling throws away. After ordering a booklet, I put thin paper on it and followed Chu Shaoling's handwriting, trying to practice good handwriting.

Chu Shaoling saw Wei Ji's writing that day, and Chu Shaoling laughed for a long time, and even joked about Wei Ji stealing Chu Shaoling's discarded calligraphy and paintings that day. Enough jokes, enough teasing, Chu Shaoling couldn't bear to see Wei Ji's red face, It took one night to write a book of poems for Wei Ji with cinnabar, and set a rule: write three poems every day, and hand in homework every ten days. To be punished.

Wei Ji couldn't help but blush when he thought of Chu Shaoling's "reward" and "punishment". In fact, both the reward and the punishment are the same to him... Wei Ji shook his head, turned around and went to Chu Shaoling's cage to find his little The cloth bag came, and took out the booklet written by Chu Shaoling. This booklet was very precious to him. It had not been stained with ink after so many days, and it was still brand new.

There are not many five articles, but they can be written in half an hour. Wei Ji carefully stacked up the written words and put them aside, waiting for Chu Shaoling to come back to read.

After offering sacrifices in the main hall, it was already time, and the queen mother left everyone to have snacks in her yard, waiting for the evening banquet.

The imperial orders of several families were surrounding the old empress to flatter them, and said with a smile, "Why don't you see Concubine Zhen?"

The Empress Dowager smiled: "Concubine Zhen is a month old, so I don't have to let her move, I didn't let her come, she is raising a baby in the palace."

Yi Gaoming smiled and said: "After the birth of Concubine Zhen, there will be a little prince or princess in the palace again, and the empress dowager has another grandson."

The queen mother nodded and smiled, turned her head to look at Chu Shaoling and said, "What are you looking at? Are you tired?"

Chu Shaoling turned his head and smiled: "No, I'm just thinking about the grandma's dinner later."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and the queen mother couldn't help laughing: "This child...haha, don't worry, all the food you like to eat is prepared."

The wives know that the eldest prince is very much favored by the queen mother, now seeing this situation, the wives who have daughters of the right age at home can't help feeling a little emotional, flattering the queen mother even more attentively.

At Xushi, the emperor brought Chu Shaoruan and Chu Shaomo along, and the palace people had almost arranged the banquet. The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Let's start the banquet when the emperor comes, is Sui Er hungry?"

When Concubine Shu saw that the Empress Dowager mentioned Chu Shaosui, she quickly patted her son on the back. Chu Shaosui smiled and shook his head: "Go back to Grandmother, my grandson is not hungry."

"It's a lie if you're not hungry." The queen mother held her little grandson in front of her and rubbed her, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid the emperor is hungry too, let's have a feast."

Everyone laughed again, followed the queen mother and the emperor to sit down, the queen mother and the emperor took the first place, the princes and princesses sat down in order, and the concubines sat on the other side, the Tian family banquet was just like that, Chu Shaoling gently stroked With the jade pendant on his waist, he was absent-mindedly thinking about the person in the Peach Blossom Garden. When Wei Ji finished writing today's five articles, he would have enough for another ten days...

Chu Shaoling made up his mind that no matter what Wei Ji wrote, he would say that his writing was bad. Chu Shaoling thought about the last time he used this as an excuse to toss Wei Ji and cried and begged for mercy like a cat scratching his heart. Chu Shaoling secretly reminded himself that it was too much trouble to be in the palace, but after thinking about it, he would be fine tomorrow, even if Wei Ji couldn't get out of bed, it would be fine...

Almost an hour after the dinner, the steward of the palace came to kowtow and said, "Greetings to all the masters, the actors are ready, the servants are here to ask, or should we find another place?"

The queen mother smiled: "There is no need to look elsewhere, this place is very good, and your stage has been set up, so let's go here."

Hearing this, the steward quickly ordered people to remove the leftovers, and placed exquisite snacks and fruits upstairs, and everyone sat upstairs to watch the play, having a great time, and soon Chu Shaosui leaned on Concubine Shu and began to doze off. The queen mother smiled: "The kid is tired all day, you can take him to sleep first, and if you are sleepy, you can go by yourself, and you don't have to stay with the Ai family." Saying this, let the little prince and princess Several concubines retreated first, and everyone knelt down without mentioning it.

After the actor sang a few times, the queen mother asked Chu Shaoling to order plays, but Chu Shaoling refused, saying, "I'm not good at ordering plays, it's good to listen to the emperor's grandmother." The queen mother smiled and ordered a few more plays. The well-known "Yutangchun" family in the city's Liyuan, this family's martial arts show is particularly lively, and everyone watched it after a while.

Chu Shaoling absentmindedly sipping tea, Li Qiao went upstairs and bowed to Chu Shaoling and whispered: "My lord, Lord Wei Ji asked the slave to bring this to you." Li Qiao held a small book in his sleeve, As soon as Chu Shaoling grasped it in the palm of his hand, seeing that everyone didn't care, he turned his head and said in a low voice: "Isn't he in Taohuayuan?"

Li Qiao nodded: "Here, Master Wei Ji sent the servants to come, Master Wei Ji didn't say anything... I don't understand what's going on."

Chu Shaoling didn't speak, and when he saw the emperor and the queen mother were not paying attention, he went downstairs silently, Li Qiao followed behind, Chu Shaoling pretended to be sober and went outside, and opened the book when he saw that there was no one there, and there were only two lines written on it : The scenery on the Linxi Tower is just right, I am waiting for His Royal Highness to enjoy the scenery together.

It was indeed Wei Ji's handwriting, Chu Shaoling raised his head and took a deep look at Li Qiao, before chuckling: "What else did he say?"

Li Qiao shook his head in confusion: "Lord Wei Ji didn't say anything... When Lord Wei Ji gave this thing to the servant, he looked a little embarrassed, like a big girl, haha."

Chu Shaoling smiled: "He has a thin skin, that's all, I'll go find him."

At the same time, in the Peach Blossom Courtyard, Wei Ji raised his head and said, "Your Highness wants me to go to Linxi Tower? Isn't Your Highness in the Empress Dowager?"

The servant in the palace bowed his head and said: "The slave doesn't know, His Highness didn't go there, so I just let the servant pass this sentence... I'm afraid His Highness will pass in a while? The servant dare not speculate, so please go quickly, Mr. Wei." .”

Wei Ji got up, the palace man turned his head and was about to leave, Wei Ji stopped him suddenly, looked at the palace man silently, and said: "I'm new here and I don't know the way, you can lead the way."

The palace man obviously didn't expect Wei Ji to say that, he paused and said, "Yes."

Just as a play was being sung upstairs, Chu Shaoruan got up and said with a smile: "Grandmother, my grandson heard that this year's peach blossoms are the best in the palace, and the scenery on the Linxi Tower is particularly moving. The following "Peony Pavilion" is sung by Linshui. It sounds good, anyway, it’s not far away, why don’t the emperor’s grandmother work a few steps, and go to the Linxi Tower to listen, and the grandson will also enjoy the glory.”

The Empress Dowager was in a particularly good mood today, and said with a smile: "This kid has already decided on my idea. Who doesn't know that you like to listen to operas the most, but you know how to pay attention to them. Forget it, the emperor is willing to take a few more steps?"

The emperor had nothing to do, nodded and smiled and said: "It's rare that the queen mother is in a good mood, so let's go, Linxi Tower was originally a place to listen to operas and enjoy the scenery, and it is also convenient."

The queen mother smiled: "It's been so many days since I have gathered so many people, Aijia is very happy, that's all, let's go."