Thousands of miles with the wind

Since the autumn of last year, when the ministers wrote to propose the emperor's grand marriage, there have been several disputes in the court over this matter.Everyone thought that it was impossible for the emperor and the empress dowager behind him to agree to this time, and they would end up with nothing, so they regressed and compromised, and let the emperor take charge in a few years.But no one expected that the empress dowager agreed to the emperor's wedding, and joined forces with the people who supervised Tiansi, and together with the clan, they contributed to He Jie in the court.

The empress dowager not only picked out the right candidate for the big wedding—at least in the eyes of the courtiers, Gu Siyuan was the right candidate for the empress dowager, but also won the emperor to be in charge after the wedding, which can be said to be a victory .

After the imperial decree of the wedding ceremony was issued to the Gu family, it was sent to all continents and informed to the people of Chu State.The common people know that three months later, the new emperor will get married and the world will be pardoned, so they run around to tell each other and celebrate happily.

The storyteller in Yuanzhou City added a few words to the version of the emperor's attack that had been circulated in the world half a month ago, under the instruction of some people, and described the future queen as a person with a compassionate heart like a god.The new emperor was young, and the queen who married her was nine years older than her. This is a rare thing in the Chu royal family and even among the people, and it must be talked about.Therefore, the streets of Yuanzhou have compiled several versions.

Gu Siyuan is a person who doesn't go out of the door and doesn't go out, so he can't hear these folk chats after dinner.After the wedding decree came down, the Empress Dowager also issued a decree to let her enter the palace to learn palace etiquette with Lady Lin.

Generally speaking, women from noble and aristocratic families will have female officials to teach them etiquette.But Gu Siyuan is heading towards the back position, so he has a lot to learn.Originally, the palace sent a female official to Gu's mansion to teach, but the Empress Dowager specially ordered Gu Siyuan to enter the palace, presumably to meet this future granddaughter-in-law.

The Gu family knew it well, so on the second day after the Empress Dowager issued the decree, Gu Siyuan took the carriage from the deep palace and went to Weiyang Palace to meet the Empress Dowager.

As late spring fades away, the atmosphere of early summer gradually becomes stronger, and the sun begins to show its full vitality.Under the bright sunlight, the carriage swayed all the way to Weiyang Palace.Gu Siyuan got off his horse at the gate of the palace, and was blinded by the fierce sunlight for a moment.The maid waiting at the gate of the palace saw the carriage, immediately stepped forward to salute, and led her into Weiyang Palace.

They walked along the corridor, and the yards on both sides of the corridor were filled with greenery.Without squinting, Gu Siyuan followed the maid into the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and saw the Empress Dowager sitting in the hall.

The Empress Dowager is almost [-] years old, but she is well maintained.She is the daughter of the Li family, a scholarly family in Yuanzhou, and her name is Li Ran.The original wife of Emperor Ming of Chu belonged to the Li family, and the current Empress Dowager Li Ran can be regarded as the niece of Emperor Ming's first wife.

Li Ran's appearance is extremely beautiful, but now in his forties, he still has a kind of dignity and grace that ordinary people can't match.

Gu Siyuan stepped into the gate of the palace, walked up to the Empress Dowager and gave a salute, "My minister pays homage to the Empress Dowager." The Empress Dowager nodded, with a soft smile on her face, and said, "Good boy, sit down quickly. .”

After saying that, give Gu Siyuan a seat.Gu Siyuan took his seat, and the maids served tea to them.Li Ran stretched out his hand, picked up a cup of tea on the table, lifted the lid of the tea and fiddled with the mouth of the cup slightly, and said warmly to Gu Siyuan: "This is the cloud and mist that was newly offered. You just came back from the palace. You must be thirsty. Try it quickly." .”

This is a very gentle woman, her words are as soft as spring breeze.Gu Siyuan thanked Grace, and carefully took a sip while holding the teacup.Once in the mouth, the tea is fragrant, sweet and refreshing, and Gu Siyuan's eyes light up instantly.

Li Ran kept looking at her from the corner of his eye, and asked, "Do you like it? Do you think it's good?"

Gu Siyuan put down the cup, nodded and replied: "This cloud and mist is very good. It tastes sweet and refreshing after the rain. I like it very much. Thank you for your kindness."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "Good boy, as long as you like it, I'll send some back to you later."

Gu Siyuan quickly nodded, and said: "I am here, so I would like to thank the Empress Dowager for her kindness."

Li Ran smiled, looked at her and said, "It's almost a family, don't be so reserved. Your real name is Siyuan, if you don't mind, I'll call you Sisi."

Gu Siyuan hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager can do as she pleases."

Li Ran took a few more careful look at her. The double ten woman in front of her was beautiful and graceful.

She also remembered that when she drew up the list of flowers to admire, the child Mai Mai stood beside her, and after reading the list, she said calmly, "Gu Siyuan, the second daughter of the servant of the household department, Gu Tingyu, and grandmother should also be added."

The emperor's words were very solemn, and it was rare to express his opinion on this matter, so Li Ran turned around and asked her: "Mai Mai, does Gu Tingyu have a daughter?"

Li Ran vaguely remembered that Gu Tingyu had only one eldest daughter, named Gu Wuya, who was already in her twenties.The woman got married a few years ago and married the medical officer Sang Ye of the Imperial Hospital.Because Sang Ye was a very talented young medical officer in Tai Hospital, Li Ran remembered this matter.

The little emperor nodded when he heard the question, and said, "There is another one, who is about [-] years old. He compiled books with his grandmother in Zhongzhou all the year round. He came to Yuanzhou last year. He passed the examination of Hongwen Museum and worked as a lecturer in Hongwen Museum."

It is rare for Mai Mai to talk so much, Li Ran couldn't help but look at her a few more times, and suddenly smiled: "Mai Mai, why do you remember this woman so clearly, do you know her?"

The little emperor reminded: "Grandmother, Mr. Chu Weilan, was my teacher when I was in Zhongzhou. Gu Siyuan is the sister who lived with me for four years in Zhongzhou."

Li Ran suddenly realized, and only then remembered Zhong Liran's situation in Zhongzhou.She has always known that Zhong Liran is a child with a very good idea. Originally, she thought that if she couldn't do it, she would compromise with the ministers and let Mai Mai push back to take charge of the government. Anyway, she couldn't choose a queen who could make trouble for Mai Mai.

Mai Mai is still so young, she doesn't even know what liking is, so she can't just get married casually.

But she didn't expect that Mai Mai was really planning to get married, and even discussed with her to marry a woman from a noble family.There are quite a few girls from noble families, including the Li family, but Li Ran doesn't like the girl from the Li family very much, but because of the entreaties of his father and brother, he also considers their children in the list.

But she didn't expect that Mai Mai had already thought about the candidate for the queen, and even arranged a special meeting during the flowering period.Li Ran came to his senses, looked at Zhong Liran and asked with a serious expression: "Mai Mai, you didn't agree to the wedding because you saw the examination list of the Hongwen Museum and knew that Gu Siyuan was in Beijing."

"En." The little emperor nodded, and he deserved it quickly.

Li Ran asked again: "You asked me to hold a banquet, saying that it was a flowery meeting, one is to bet on those people's mouths, and the other is to see her?"

Zhong Liran nodded again, and reluctantly said: "That's right." After she finished speaking, she looked up at Li Ran again, and asked earnestly, "Is grandma willing to help me?"

Whoops, Li Ran's heart was melted by this little look, and he quickly said, "Help, help!" If my grandson doesn't help, who else can I help.

This must be a good idea, so Li Ran made an order to invite noble ladies from all families to enjoy the flowers in Shengyuan Palace.During the viewing of the flowers, Li Ran looked at Gu Siyuan's appearance very curiously.

To be honest, Gu Siyuan's appearance is not the most prominent among many beautiful girls, but he is very beautiful.She was the oldest among the crowd, so she looked very quiet, and she stayed behind and didn't speak much.But his manners are natural and graceful, with a style of free and easy elegance.

After observing carefully all morning, Li Ran felt that with Gu Siyuan's personality, he should be able to take good care of Mai Mai, so he nodded.Now that these days have passed, and after the rumors in Yuanzhou City, Li Ran feels that Gu Siyuan's temperament is really a bit like what Mai Mai said, just follow the fate.

This random temperament should not cause any trouble to the harem, so Li Ran was even more satisfied.In addition, the Gu family is an aristocratic family, so they don't participate in party struggles, and their relatives will not hinder the emperor, but will help them a little. That would be great.

Li Ran looked at the young woman in front of him, and he became more and more satisfied, so he asked again: "Sisi, what do you like to eat on weekdays? I once heard from His Majesty that she was a classmate with you when she was in Central Continent. As a playmate when you were young, the food you eat is roughly the same as His Majesty's."

Gu Siyuan didn't understand why he came to study, and now it has become a daily chatter.But she thought for a moment, and replied very naturally: "Back to the empress dowager, I don't have any taboos, but it's okay. As for the taste, I will eat whatever your Majesty eats."

Gu Siyuan is really not picky about food, as long as it is not too bad, she will eat it.Zhongzhou is close to Yunzhou, and some areas are humid and humid, and the cuisine is also spicy.But Zhong Liran followed his Wanzhou mother, who likes sweets, but prefers sweet and sour things.In order to take care of her, Gu Siyuan tended to have sweet dishes when eating with her.

After hearing this, Li Ran said: "Your Majesty likes to eat sweet food, but she has changed her teeth in the past two years and can't eat too much. Now she likes the spicy and spicy taste of Zhongzhou. Sisi is also from Zhongzhou, so I am not picky about food, so I can rest assured." .”

"It will be time for lunch in a while, and it's time for His Majesty to come down, so you stay here and eat with Your Majesty with me."

The fact that Zhong Liran likes spicy food surprised Gu Siyuan a bit.She still remembers that one winter day, she and her grandmother took Zhong Liran to eat hot pot in the house.There were layers of chili peppers floating in the steaming pot, Gu Siyuan picked up a chopstick of beef and put it down, when it was cooked, he picked some for Zhong Liran and put it in her bowl.

The little Zhong Liran was holding the bowl, looking at the pepper stained on the beef, feeling very sad.Then Gu Siyuan saw that Zhong Liran was holding the piece of beef, put the cup of tea on the side, rinsed it, and put it in his mouth after removing the spiciness.When Gu Siyuan met, he knew that the child couldn't eat spicy food.Fortunately, Grandma was thinking about Zhong Liran's young age, so she prepared another pot of clear soup, which kept Zhong Liran from starving.

Unexpectedly, after four years, Zhong Liran was able to eat spicy food. Sure enough, the child has grown up.

Thinking of this, Gu Siyuan bowed slightly, and said "No" to the Empress Dowager.

The author has something to say: no, Sisi, Maimai is still that soulless Maimai who eats hot pot and has to rinse with water!

Brainless sweet text is really happy.