Eastward Flow

Chapter 80

The bright sun penetrated the window paper and fell in the empty Zhaohui Palace.The empress put on the crown robe for a rare occasion, sat on the majestic throne of the Zhaohui Hall, looked at the two ministers waiting in the hall, and said: "My dear ladies, I want to get married, I don't know what you two think about the plan." ?”

She didn't care about the stunned expressions of the two people in the hall, but stated her thoughts: "The young son of the Hou family in Zhenbei is brave, resolute, intelligent and wise, and I am very happy. I deeply feel that she is a good person, and she can bear The importance of a country. I want to issue an imperial edict to ask for marriage, and I promise to marry you as the emperor's husband. I don't know if the Marquis of Zhenbei will agree to me?"

Her eyes fell on Zhenbeihou. The emperor's undisguised love made Zhenbeihou bow down, and said happily: "Thank you for your kindness, this is the great luck of the dog."

The Marquis of Zhenbei raised his head, looked at the queen on the throne, and said: "Although the dog was brought up as a boy because of the words of the chief minister, it is indeed a girl. If your majesty asks for marriage, the future will be... "

Xuan Jingchen heard the temptation in his words, interrupted his words, and said: "Since the household registration is a man, I want to marry, and I should promise to be the emperor's husband."

She knew what Marquis Zhenbei meant. When the female emperor of the Chu State established a queen, she was usually coerced by the ministers to become a servant king because of the issue of offspring.The empress and queen have far less right to speak than the emperor's husband on the issue of children.Although there are so many female emperors in the state of Chu, they turn a blind eye to the issue of serving the emperor, but there are still many worries.

If she hadn't wanted Zhong Lishuo to be more correct, she thought, she would have promised her successor.

Marquis Zhenbei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words, and the Minister of Rites who was waiting beside Fuxu laughed, and said: "Since His Majesty finally wants to get married, it seems that His Majesty has already made up his mind, so just tell the ministers to wait. "

The Minister of Rites, who originally planned to propose a marriage for the Zhenbeihou's mansion in the near future, saw the emperor's anxious appearance, and thought that she should be very happy with the little son of Zhenbeihou.

Seeing this, Xuan Jingchen was not polite and said: "Tomorrow I will make an order, but before I make an order, I have to trouble Lord Shangshu to mention this matter."

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites promised, and Xuan Jingchen gave a few more instructions, and after talking with them all, he let them go home.

The two important ministers came out of the palace gate, and the Minister of Rites bowed his hands to Zhenbeihou, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Zhenbeihou, I see that the empress really cares about your boy."

Zhenbeihou also laughed heartily, laughed with him, then left, and returned home briskly.The emperor's concern for the youngest son, Zhenbeihou is actually mixed, but in general, the emperor's wedding is a grand event, he should be more happy, go back and tell his wife, so that she can rest assured.

After Zhong Lisuo finished her get out of class at the Hongwen Hall, Xuan Jingchen asked the guard in the golden robe to pick her up in the palace.At that time, the little princess Xuan Jingning also finished class and hurried to Chen Palace to meet the emperor.

That day Xuan Jingchen extended his hand to Le Zhengsu in front of everyone in the West Palace and spread the word everywhere.The little princess thought about Yun Ge who was going back to the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and heard many things one after another. Finally, she couldn't hold back her curiosity and hurried to find Xuan Jingchen.

In the tidy study room, the little princess sat in front of Xuan Jingchen, looked at the elder sister who was sketching on the rice paper, opened a pair of bright eyes, and asked, "Sister, people outside are saying that you have come to town. Is he the young master of the Beihou family?"

"Yes." Xuan Jingchen responded, while ticking off the paper, he turned his head to look at the picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains behind him, worrying about which place should be Zhong Lisuo's fiefdom.

Listening to her answer, Xuan Jingning thought it was so, and couldn't help asking: "Do you like Le Zhengsu because she looks like the prince's brother-in-law?"

"Yes." Xuan Jingchen replied again, this answer made the little princess very tangled.On the one hand, she felt that the elder sister liked Le Zhengsu because she was happy because of the prince's brother-in-law, and on the other hand, she felt that Le Zhengsu, who was used as a substitute, was a little pitiful.

The little princess struggled for a while, looked at the eldest sister who was still busy, and asked: "Second sister went to Yunzhou, how long will it take to come back?"

"Brother Miki will probably be back when he recovers." Xuan Jingchen stopped the pen in his hand, looked at the little sister who had been doing nothing, and said with a smile, "Your studies in Hongwen Hall should also be over, Qiu After the exam, how about you go to the household department to experience it?"

The household department used to have Xu Renqing, so she can feel at ease, but now that Xu Renqing has left, she has to decentralize power and train a new person.

The little sister is not good at anything else, but she is quite talented in financial management, so it is very suitable to go to the household department.

As a child of the royal family, it is the responsibility to share the worries of the country.Xuan Jingning nodded, and bitterly accepted Sister Huang's arrangement.

While the two sisters were talking, a servant came to report and said, "Mr. Wuchen is back."

Xuan Jingchen didn't really like the servants calling Zhong Lisuo as Mr. Lezheng, they were a little older now, there was a round difference.Although there is no problem with the marriage, it still feels a generation behind in the eyes of people.Thinking that Zhong Lisuo had taught her more than a month's lesson before, she ordered the servants in the palace to call Zhong Lisuo Mr. Wuchen.

Wuchen is Zhonglisuo's Taoist name, Xuan Jingning has never heard of it, and at this moment he is still at a loss when he hears this title.Before she could find out who Wu Chen was, she heard the eldest sister order the servants to prepare meals, and then said to her: "Ning Ning also stay to eat."

Xuan Jingning said his promise, and went to have dinner with Xuan Jingchen.After entering the gate of the palace, only to find a young man in a blue Taoist robe and a bun was already waiting there.Xuan Jingning was startled, and then saw the young man standing up and turning to look at them.

The same face as that of Prince Zhaoming suddenly appeared in front of Xuan Jingning, which made her freeze in place.When Zhong Lisuo saw the little princess, he was stunned for a few minutes, then bowed and said, "I've met Your Majesty, Princess Jingming."

Xuan Jingchen glanced at her with anger in his eyes, Zhong Lisuo bit his lips and smiled, guiding her to take a seat.The bewildered Xuan Jingning also took his seat, looked at Le Zhengsu who was sitting next to the eldest sister, and said curiously, "Mr. Le Zheng, this is..."

Xuan Jingchen said immediately: "I want to see her, so I asked the Jin Paowei to bring her back." After finishing speaking, she washed her hands under the service of the maid, scooped a bowl of soup for Zhong Lisuo, and placed it in front of her , Said: "The wound is not healed yet, I need to drink more soup recently."

"No." Zhong Lisuo looked at her helplessly, then at the soup in front of him, raised his spoon and drank it himself.

Xuan Jingning looked at Sister Huang, then at Le Zhengsu, took the soup that Sister Huang gave her, and lowered her head to take a sip.

These two are really a perfect match when they are together, Xuan Jingning thought.Just like the elder sister of the queen when she was a child, and the emperor's brother-in-law.

He always took her to eat together, although he didn't say a word, it was very natural.

Xuan Jingning looked at Miss Huang who was very naturally picking up vegetables for Zhong Lisuo and telling her what to eat, coughed lightly, and said, "Miss Huang, didn't you just say that there is Mr. Wuchen? Want to see her?"

Zhong Lisuo suppressed his smile when he heard the words, put down the spoon, looked at the little princess, and said, "If there is nothing wrong with the Mr. Wuchen that the princess asked, then I'm here. I serve the Eastern Emperor, and my Taoist name is No dust."

Xuan Jingning paused for a moment, then looked at Xuan Jingchen for help, and Xuan Jingchen nodded to show that it was the case.The queen thought for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Xiao told me the "Taiyiji" for a long time before, it is my Mr. Jingyi." So this claim is not for nothing.

This time it was the little princess' turn to be surprised. She raised her volume and said loudly, "Sister, when did you believe in Taiyi?" She even learned the scriptures, which were taught by Le Zhengsu, so long before Yunge, Have you guys met yet?

No, the little princess suddenly thought of the gift at the beginning of the year, wouldn't Miss Huang have fallen in love with Le Zhengsu since then?

Because that face is so much like the prince's brother-in-law.

How could he not care about her.

Xuan Jingchen watched his younger sister's face constantly changing, and exchanged a glance with Zhong Lisuo, then saw Zhong Lisuo shook his head at her, smiling helplessly and dotingly.

She will not recognize Xuan Jingning, and because of this, she is fine now.

Xuan Jingchen understood, looked at his younger sister and said, "When I was offering sacrifices to the late emperor, I begged Mr. Xiao to explain the scriptures to me." Yes, it was all for her.

All for you, my lord.

After Xuan Jingchen finished speaking, he looked at Zhong Lisuo, and the words were clearly written in his eyes.Zhong Lishuo's eyes were slightly hot, he lowered his head and took a bite of the food, showing a relieved smile.

Fortunately, she did not miss this life because of her silence.

She had already missed Zhong Lisuo's life, and as Le Zhengsu's life, she couldn't let herself regret it anymore.

As if knowing what she was thinking, Xuan Jingchen stretched out a hand from the bottom of the case and put it on Zhong Lisuo's lap, his eyes were soft.She comforted Zhong Lisuo's complicated mood, as gentle as ever.

Zhong Lisuo smiled back, stopped thinking about it, and had a long-lost meal with her.

After dinner, Xuan Jingning returned to the palace with complicated feelings and those secrets that were hard to tell.After Zhong Lisuo and Xuan Jingchen finished washing, the diligent emperor went to the study to deal with government affairs.

Zhong lisuo wanted to help, so he went to the study to find her.Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the study, she saw Xuan Jingchen who was sitting in front of the desk and waved at her.Zhong Lisuo walked over, watched Xuan Jingchen get up, and sat on the chair under her signal.

Xuan Jingchen supported her on the back of the chair, held her half in his arms, pointed at the map in front of the case, and said to her, "Which place do you like? Wanzhou, Zhongzhou, or Lizhou?"

"Lizhou is the birthplace of the Zhongli royal family, may I give it to you?"

Her eyes were soft, like a child offering treasure.Zhong Lisuo was startled, turned to look at her, and said in surprise: "You give me the land of a state, and you want to make me a king with a different surname? Is this absolutely impossible?"

"Why not?" Xuan Jingchen frowned and said doubtfully, "This is yours. If this country is mine, I will definitely give it to you."

"Taking Jiangshan as my employment, I will be with you in this life."