Lian Lizhi

Chapter 153 Laughter

It is also a big event that Yongding Shengwang concubine is pregnant in the palace. After learning about it, the empress dowager personally ordered someone to make a set of wishful golden locks.The current queen mother and the little prince also have their own sets of golden locks, which shows that the queen mother attaches great importance to Yongding Shengwang's heirs.

Kang Chensong directly ordered the imperial physician in the palace to take care of her.Throughout July, it seemed that everyone's enthusiasm was focused on this matter, and the impetuous season gradually dissipated with the decline of the last clear lotus on Yuzhao Lake.

This day, Zhirong brought a fresh plate of grapes and said with a smile, "This year's weather is so good, the grapes grown seem to be very sweet. No, I just sent them to the palace and the Ministry of Internal Affairs couldn't wait to send them here to ask for credit. "

Man Chen put down the book he was reading in his hand, picked up a dark purple grape like a black pearl from the crystal plate, and put it into his mouth.

"It's really sweet. Tell the House of Internal Affairs not to favor one person over another, and let all the palaces try something new."

Zhirong smiled and said, "Your Majesty is always so accommodating. Last time Yu Zhaoyuan and Tong Xiuyi had such a quarrel over a pot of purple chrysanthemums. Your Majesty just gave away the green chrysanthemum that His Majesty rewarded. This servant still feels distressed thinking about it now." Well, purple chrysanthemums are precious, but they are not as precious and rare as green chrysanthemums!"

Man Chen picked up another chrysanthemum, spit the skin core into a small bowl, and said, "Why didn't you realize that you girl is so easy to remember things before? Although the green chrysanthemum is precious, it is only a thing for people to play with. Since Yu Zhaoyuan likes to give her No problem."

Zhirong said, "The slaves know that this is because the empress doesn't want to argue with them. But these grapes were transported from Ximu all the way, and after they were given to Qing'an Palace, Zifu Palace, and Shangtong Palace, it's not enough for every palace to share it. of."

After thinking for a while, Zhirong said again, "Speaking of Ximu, King Ximu and Princess Ximu are coming at the end of the month. Your Majesty has been to Ximu, and she has seen Princess Ximu before. I don't know if the most beautiful woman in Ximu is really like the one in the legend. So beautiful?"

Man Chen laughed and said, "The number one beauty is naturally extremely beautiful!"

Zhi Rong stared blankly at that bright smile, then shook her head and said, "I don't believe you, even if the most beautiful woman in the world comes, she can't compare to your empress."

Man Chen was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed heartily, "Your mouth is so sweet that you can get tired of it!"

Zhirong stomped her feet and raised her mouth, "The servant girl said every word is sincere. The empress will laugh at others, and the servant girl will not obey!"

Duoge, who was watching from the side, couldn't help laughing, "Sister Zhirong, my mother is joking with you."

While talking and laughing, I heard another voice from outside the door: "What else can you say to be so happy? Tell me to listen to it."

Zhirong and Duoge hurriedly saluted and said, "I have seen Your Majesty!"

Kang Chensong casually waved his hand and sat down on Manchen's soft edge, "You ran away early to have a leisurely time, and left me there alone, I don't know how much nagging you have suffered!"

Man Chen smiled and said, "Your Majesty wants to avoid this year's general election. How can the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites not be nervous. I am a queen who wants to show my virtue. Does your Majesty want me to stay because he wants me to persuade His Majesty to correct it with the two ministers?" ?”

Kang Chensong pinched his nose and sighed, "After all, I can't blame you. Haven't you told me what you were talking about so happy?"

Man Chen casually picked up another grape and said in his mouth, "I'm talking about the grapes that Ximu paid tribute, and the rest is not enough for His Majesty's harem to share equally. Who does Your Majesty want to reward?"

Kang Chensong also picked up one and tasted it, "It's really sweet, and I'll give you the rest. If you think it's too much to eat, you can give it to someone else."

Man Chen laughed and said, "If your majesty's intentions are spread, I will become the teacher of all criticism again."

Kang Chensong said, "It was you who asked me who I wanted to reward, and the first thing I thought of was you, so I rewarded you."

Man Chen glanced at him and said to Duoge, "You send the rest to the princess, just say it's my palace and His Majesty's wish."

Duoge took the order and retreated.

Kang Chensong said, "Speaking of Ximu, King Ximu and Princess Ximu should be here at the beginning of next month. King Ximu mentioned in his letter that Princess Ximu admired our Middle-earth culture since she was a child, so she hoped to stay in China for a long time. It's the purpose. But my royal family's blood is weak, and anyone who can afford a marriage is not thinking of anything other than the younger brother."

"No!" Man Chen almost blurted out without thinking.

Kang Chensong carefully concealed his disappointment, forced a smile and said, "Of course I know that my younger brother has married Huayang as his concubine. Now that Huayang is still pregnant and I can't be stimulated, my younger brother will definitely not agree. The young man in the court Although there are many handsome men, King Xi Mu may not agree."

Man Chen said, "King Xi Mu only wants to guarantee the trade established between the two countries. As long as we give him a clear answer, he will not care too much. As His Majesty said, there are so many young talents in the court, and Xi Mu can be let The princess chooses one of them. If the princess is not satisfied, it's not too late to make another plan."

"Mumu, Fufu!"

Baihu Xiaolou ran over with an object in his mouth, and a large group of people followed behind him.

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

"Mumu, Fufu, cluck—"

A large group of people behind were terrified, but the villain caught in the tiger's mouth did not know what to be afraid of, and fully carried forward the spirit of not being afraid of tigers after birth.

Running to the door and throwing the people behind far away, Xiaolou walked up to Manchen and Kang Chensong with his head held high.

"Mumu, Fufu, hug!"

The little man caught in the tiger's mouth stretched out his little hand to be hugged.

The little prince learned to speak late, and up to now he can only speak some simple words.The concubine mother and the emperor father only learned the first two characters, and they were called Mumu and Fufu.

Xiao Louyang was very disdainful of this, and always said proudly, "I will call my father emperor before one year old, how can I look like this idiot!"

In the end, he poked the little prince's chubby face again and said, "If you are always this stupid, it would be nice to have you as a younger brother."

The little prince thought that his brother was playing with him, so he waved his little hand and smiled "giggle".

A group of people from outside chased after him anyway, and knelt again, "Your slave didn't take good care of the little prince, you deserve to die."

The little prince clapped his little hands fearing that the world would not be chaotic, "Die, die."

Man Chen reached out and pulled the little prince to the side of the couch, helped him to sit in his arms and said helplessly, "It just got better and started messing around again."

Under Man Chen's careful care, the little prince's body is getting better day by day, and if he doesn't get sick, he is no different from an ordinary child.

Hearing Man Chen's reprimand, the little prince held onto Man Chen's clothes and sat obediently.Turning her small eyes around, Kang Chen yelled softly, "Fu Fu..."

Kang Chensong stretched out his hand to hug him and touched his little nose, "You ghost!"

Xiaolou grabbed the largest bunch of grapes in the crystal dish while someone was not paying attention, and ate it aside, the mouth mustache was stained with purple juice without knowing it.

Seeing the appearance of the little prince and Xiaolou, Man Chen couldn't help laughing anymore, and Zhi Rong couldn't help laughing either.

So people who were still trembling before also laughed together, and there was a lively scene in Shangtong Palace.

Lian Lizhi No. 150 Four Zhaozheng

At the beginning of September, King Ximu brought Princess Ximu and a large number of tributes to Beijing for the first friendly visit since the friendship between the two countries. Since the signing of the contract, the people of the two places rarely lived and worked in peace and contentment. Very popular.

On the third day of September, Ximu Wang Yijia arrived in Yongkang City, the capital of Emperor Kangyue, two days earlier than the expected good medicine. Fortunately, the Ministry of Rituals was well prepared.

From introducing King Xi Mu to Emperor Kang Le in the morning, to the state banquet at night, everything went in an orderly manner.

The banquet tonight is very honorable. In order to show respect to King Ximu, the seats of King Ximu and the princess are arranged at the bottom left of the main seat. The Holy King Yongding is the host and his concubine sits opposite to King Ximu. Man Chen Sitting next to Kang Chensong in the gorgeous attire that a queen should have, looking down on the world from a high position. The rest of the civil and military officials and the subordinates brought by King Ximu sat in turn.

The high-ranking people had a good chat, and these courtiers no longer had the thorns in the past. They smiled and wiped away their grievances, and they will see each other at the unhappy wine table. But Kang Yue's courtiers are numerous and powerful.

Wu Ya, the king of Ximu, didn't care about how his subordinates were making a fuss, and made a toast to the high position, "You think the Viscount Fu Yan I know is actually the empress, which really surprised me. This cup is to respect the wisdom and courage of the empress. Both, if it weren't for the four conditions proposed by the empress for foresight back then, the diplomatic relations between our two countries may not be as prosperous as they are today.

Under the cover of the mask, people can't tell his expression at this time, only to see that the uncovered lips slightly evoked a trace of elegance, Man Chen also raised the golden cup in his hand and said in respect: "King Xi Mu is polite, In the past two years in detail, you and Her Royal Highness have taken care of you more, so I should be the one who respects you!"

After drinking a cup, someone from the palace immediately filled it up for him. Man Chen saluted Princess Ximu again, "Princess invites you too!"

Whether it's Fu Yan who has been together for two years, or Gao Gao who is now lying, she is full of obsessive elegance and calmness in every move and gesture.

Even though the grassland women are more open-minded and straightforward than the middle-earth women, Princess Ximu still has a faint red glow on her beautiful and straightforward face, imitating her brother and drinking a cup of sake in one gulp.

Accustomed to seeing the well-educated and well-mannered ladies on the way, and Xiaojiabiyu's quietness and delicacy, it was the first time for civil and military officials to see such a bold and unaffected woman, and immediately applauded.

Seeing that his sister is so popular, King Ximu strikes while the iron is hot, "Zhao'er has longed for Middle-earth culture since she was a child, and she has always wanted to settle in Middle-earth. Now Gu brought her here to fulfill her wish, and I hope Emperor Kang Le will fulfill her wish!"

Kang Chensong said with a smile: "I am handsome and talented here. If the princess is interested, feel free to speak up. Zhen decides to be the princess!"

Princess Ximu didn't hold back at all, she got up and looked at the talented young men present and said, "Your Majesty, Zhaozheng doesn't choose a husband based on appearance and talent, can you let Zhaozheng test it?"

Kang Chensong said with interest, "The princess' proposal is very interesting, what kind of test is it?"

Zhaozheng said, "I just want to ask you a few questions. The first question, if the person you love deeply and your mother fall into the water at the same time, who would you save first?"

As soon as Zhaozheng's question came out, there was a lot of voices in the court.

It seems wrong to save someone first. It is not filial to give up your mother to save your sweetheart. It is unfaithful to give up your lover to save your filial piety. What's more, this may not be the answer that the princess wants. This is an unsolvable problem, and the talented people in the court are caught in a dilemma.

Kang Chensong, who was sitting on the seat, also frowned and thought about this question seriously.

Princess Zhaozheng said, "Do you have an answer?"

The entire Chengde Electric became silent in an instant, no one got up to answer, and the scene fell into an embarrassing situation.

Zhaozheng asked twice, but still no one answered. Zhao Jing then turned to Kang Chensong and said, "It seems that Zhaozheng doesn't need to ask any more questions. Although all of you here are outstanding in civil and military affairs, it's hard to make a decision like this." Those who dare not play are really not what Zhaozheng wants!"

Kang Chensong swept everyone in the hall and said, "Is it true that no one can answer?"

The person who sat down got up from the armrest and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the answer is yes, but it may not be as the princess wishes!"

Zhaozheng glanced at her bright eyes, showed her face and said with a smile, "You didn't say it, how would you know it was the answer I didn't want?"

Zhaozheng is already extremely beautiful, and such a smile is even more glamorous and moving.

Kang Chensong also came, "Huaiyu, but it's okay to say!"

It was Peng Huaiyu who stood up. He seemed to be unable to see the beauty of Zhaozheng, and returned to Kang Chensong, "Return to Your Majesty, Huaiyu's answer is the person who is closest to me now!"

Peng Huaiyu's answers sometimes have different voices, with some agreeing and others criticizing.

Zhaozheng was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "What if the two are equally close?"

Peng Huaiyu said, "Naturally save my mother first."

There was a look of disappointment in Zhaozheng's beautiful eyes, "Then what about your sweetheart?"

Peng Huaiyu resisted the urge to look up on the high platform, but of course he replied firmly, "My mother brought me to give birth to only love, Huaiyu had to save it, but if it is really a lover who lives and dies, heaven and earth, Huaiyu follows him!"

Will follow him! The audience fell silent, and this sentence echoed in Chengde Hall for a long time. Zhaozheng was also deeply shocked by this sentence, and King Ximu was the first to praise, "This lord answered very well , Zhenger, are you satisfied?"

Only then did Zhaozheng come back to his senses and nodded slightly, "My lord's answer this time is very exciting. Then please answer Zhaozheng's second question."

Peng Huaiyu was a little reluctant, and due to etiquette, he nodded slightly and said, "Princess, please speak!"

Zhaozheng said, "From Sir's answer, we can know that Sir must have someone he loves very much. Zhaozheng does not want to do things that destroy people's marriages, so Zhaozheng's second question is, can the person whom Sir loves?" Do you still have the same intentions as adults?"

Can you still feel the same way?

Peng Huaiyu couldn't help but look at that high position, and all he saw was a cold mask, sitting beside the emperor, unattainable and out of reach.

He shook his head and said, "No, our status is so different that I dare not even let him know what I mean."

Man Chen naturally saw Peng Huaiyu's glance, and suddenly seemed to have returned to that late night. After he was drunk, he was not ashamed of his sweetheart's identity and deeds, and at the same time called his name helplessly and sadly in his dream .

He calls him, green grass!

The hand that had been warm all this time quietly held his hand, but it was Kang Chensong who looked sideways. His warm and strong hand gently accommodated his coldness, and he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "If you were born in the ordinary People, I can do the same for you, if you lie in the sky, you can go to the ground, and the morning pine will follow you!"

But he is no one else after all, thousands of years of society, thousands of people, these are his responsibilities. He is the master of the world, but he is also the slave of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Even his body does not belong to him, he cannot escape Open, can't let go!

In the Chengde Hall, only Zhaozheng's brisk and melodious voice said, "Zhaozheng won't give up like this, since he still doesn't know how to cherish your lord's heart, then Zhaozheng will definitely take back your lord's heart!"

Grassland women have always been bold and generous. Although Zhaozheng's declarative confession at this time was despised by women at the time, it was passed down as a rare story many years later.