msmithbooks Chapter 47 Birthday
Chapter 47 Birthday
Tang Yi had no intention of concealing these things from the beginning, and since there were many gossips in the deep palace, she was sure that the Queen Mother must have heard about Song Ji's departure to Jingzhou.Although she promoted Song Ji by keeping her promise in Weiyang Palace that day, her actual purpose was to drive him as far away as possible out of personal desires. As the saying goes, being a thief has a guilty conscience, and Tang Yu was very guilty when he faced the Queen Mother recently. .
The attitude of the Empress Dowager Piansheng was indifferent to this matter, but Tang Yu never felt calm and magnanimous because of this, but instead fell into an increasingly contradictory psychology.The queen mother doesn't care about Song Ji's future, which proves that Song Ji is dispensable to her, and she is not the so-called "rival in love" as she imagined.However, Song Ji was a very good chess player, and the queen mother's almost indifferent attitude was a little abnormal, which made Tang Yu even more guilty.
Fortunately, as the days passed day by day, the Queen Mother's birthday was approaching, Tang Yu unknowingly put his guilt behind him, and still ran to Weiyang Palace when he had time.
That day, when she passed by, the Empress Dowager was appreciating a scroll with Yan Shu.
The picture scroll can be spread on the case table only when the two cases are put together, which shows the length of its length.This is a picture of the four sceneries of Jinling, spring, summer, autumn and winter are presented in sequence in front of the eyes, the bustling and bustling streets of Qufang City are vividly seen, the Qinhuai River is parked at night with singing and dancing, and the beaded curtains of the painting hall are locked in smoke.The scenery and pedestrians in the painting have a unique charm of Jinling, and the fine brushwork is exquisite and unique, which can be inferred to be the handwriting of everyone.
The two were fascinated by the sight, Tang Yu quietly walked over, and standing two steps away, she took advantage of the gap to see an inscription on the autumn scene: a lonely boat is moored in the depths of the reed flowers, and the flute is in the Yueming Tower.
Yan Shu and the Empress Dowager looked very different when appreciating the scroll.Yan Shu stroked his beard with his hands, nodded frequently when he saw something worthy of praise, and showed regret when he saw something slightly flawed, and took a sip of tea after a while, showing a completely detached appreciation .Tang Xi looked at the Queen Mother's back like a cold pine and frosty bamboo. Unlike Yan Shu who looked around, she seemed to be staring at a piece of painting in front of her. She couldn't get enough of it for a long time. Yan Shu smiled and pointed to a pavilion with her. Xie, she turned her head slightly.
Just from the back view, a pair of eyes as calm as water have already been outlined in Tang Yu's mind. At this moment, these eyes have accumulated a strong and restrained longing for his homeland.
Jinling.Tang Xi drew a striking color for this place in his heart.
"Auntie." Tang Yu called softly.
She stepped up, went straight to sit down beside the Queen Mother, and then smiled and said to Yan Shu who was slowly sipping tea: "Uncle is here today." The whole process was as natural as if she hadn't been secretly hiding behind to observe.
The Yan family in Jinling is a large and prosperous family, and where there are many people, there will be more disputes. Therefore, although Tang Yu didn't know why Yan Shu broke with the family back then, he had no curiosity to speculate on the inside story.As Yan Yong and Yan Xun argued in front of the street back then, if Yan Shu was still tolerated at home, he would be the heir apparent, and it would not be Yan Xun's turn to take advantage of the situation to become a demon.
Everyone has their own ambitions. Yan Shu has been in Beijing for more than a few months, and he has never shown any intention of becoming an official. He only visits hermits and strange talents, and then writes travel notes.Knowing that he had a strong relationship with the Queen Mother's brother and sister, Tang Yu gave him a false title, which made it much easier to travel around Yanjing.
Yan Shu smiled and said to her: "A friend gave me a painting, and I brought it into the palace, I want your mother to see it."
While the two were talking, the Empress Dowager was already ordering someone to take the scroll back to the scroll.Every picture scroll calligraphy has a seal and time and date on it. Tang Yi carefully identified it. The seal belonged to a famous artist she was not familiar with, and the time and date were also very close. The fixed place is not so much a gift from a friend as a special painting by a friend.
Tang Xi only kept this conjecture in her heart. She raised her eyes and saw that the queen mother's expression remained the same for a moment, and suddenly there was an inexplicable sour taste.This deep palace is like an exquisite birdcage, which has locked her for more than ten years. She seems to have never lived for herself. The emotions instantly become invisible.
It is true that moving the capital is a major event. Yanjing is not only the place of prosperity in this dynasty, but also has a unique geographical advantage. It goes without saying that its importance is self-evident.If she wanted to move her capital to Jinling, the civil and military forces of the Manchu dynasty would definitely veto it, admonishing her with death. It is true that Jinling has the air of a king, but the dynasties that set their capitals in Jinling in history all died short-lived.
Regardless of whether this matter should be done or not, there is no rush, let alone announcing it easily.
Tang Xi lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and when he raised his head again, his expression was the same as before, and he casually picked up a few things in the court and started chatting.
The thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is the Empress Dowager's birthday and the Qianqiu Festival.
Civil and military officials brought in papers to congratulate, princes and relatives offered gifts to celebrate birthdays, Guanglu Temple gave banquets in front of the court, and Shangshan Supervisor had a banquet at the imperial court.Cups were mixed, wine was toasted and songs were sung, there was a lot of joy and laughter, half of the banquet was over, and six or seven out of ten people left the banquet after being drunk. Everyone laughed and said that the wine of the king of Chu was stronger than Du Kang in terms of alcohol.When the King of Chu heard the words, he drank heavily with his nobles, stood up and wanted to speak, and fell drunk on the table in a moment, snoring and sleeping like Maitreya, and everyone laughed when they saw it.
Men are good at chatting during dinner, state affairs on the top, family affairs on the bottom, and drinking to add to the fun, it's like being put on a debuff with a broken mouth.
Even though the princes were drunk, before the palace ban, they had their own servants in the palace to return to the mansion, and ordered the women and relatives not to stay. They accepted the gifts from the Queen Mother of Weiyang Palace and left one after another.
The family banquet was held in Shanglin Garden. Tang Yu and the Empress Dowager walked out of Shanglin Garden, which was still some distance away from Weiyang Palace. The cold winter wind brought the faint and melodious sound of silk music to the ears.At the foot is an elegant and quiet alley, and the palace people standing on both sides of the road are holding palace lanterns, reflecting the surrounding scenery as clearly as day, and clusters of dim and hazy lights extend to the end of the alley.
Today's Qianqiu Banquet, Yu Sheng and Bo Yu came with presents, the four of them came out together just now, Tang Yu sent Qing Dai and Chi Zai to escort them out of the palace, except for the servants of the maid, only she and the Queen Mother That's all.
"Aniang, are the longevity noodles delicious?" Tang Yan asked softly.
The queen mother looked at her sideways, she looked down at the ground, her slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked so uneasy again.The queen mother bent her lips and pretended not to know: "It's delicious, probably because Shang Shanjian has changed a chef this year, and the taste is more satisfactory than before."
"Really?" Tang Yan asked loudly, her breathing became short of breath, and soon she smiled shyly, "Well, I made the longevity noodles with my own hands." She was not good at cooking in her previous life, and living outside after graduating from university was only the second choice for takeaway fast food That's all, cooking in person, regardless of past and present lives, is truly unprecedented.
The Empress Dowager pretended to suddenly realize: "Oh——after thinking about it now, the noodles are a little bit weaker."
Tang Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I didn't knead the dough myself..."
“The soup base is not tasty enough.”
"Uh... Maybe it's because of poor selection of materials..."
"The condiments are a bit stale."
"...Huh? Probably, probably...the oil and salt are put in by the master."
The Empress Dowager stopped in her tracks and asked her with a smile: "In other words, who cooks the longevity noodles?" There was a rare narrow smile on the corners of her lips, if she was usually as indifferent as a pear flower, at this moment It is as bright as the sunset, and it is unparalleled in the world. It seems to be dazzling compared with the bright lights all around.
It was the first time Tang Yu saw her smiling so happily, even though he suddenly realized that he had been teased, he just stomped his feet, half acting like a coquettish, half seeming to blame: "Aniang——" The whole bowl of Changshou noodles, except for the bowl, was bowed. She has done it herself, and she has never done anything to others. She has given her heart, and it is a lie to say that she doesn't care about her feelings. She hopes that this bowl of noodles is really delicious in her eyes.
She lowered her head, her earlobes were dyed with two peach blossoms, and she pointed her left toe to her right toe coyly. She didn't have the kingly demeanor that would intimidate courtiers at all, but she was very lovable.
"Fool, I know you made it with your own hands, wouldn't you like it?" The queen mother stretched out her hand covered in the warm and thick fox fur, and stroked her slightly cold face in the long winter night, and said warmly, " I've always known your intentions."
The last sentence suddenly raised Tang Yucai's heart that had fallen back to the original place. She raised her head stiffly, looked at the Queen Mother, and said in a trembling voice: "Mother, I..." Did she know?She knew it all along?How should I say it?How to say is the best excuse?
"You are very filial, every day." The queen mother's voice was as light as a gust of wind, blowing away all the complicated emotions in Tang Yu's heart one by one, leaving behind a long whip of guilt to torture her shameful mind.Filial piety?A Niang actually said that she was filial. Would a filial person have... such thoughts for the mother who raised him?
She lowered her head in guilt and guilty conscience, the queen mother stared at her, the suspicion in her eyes became more intense without her knowing it.
"Kongming lantern—!" Liandong said in surprise, she pointed to the night sky in front of them.
The two looked up at the same time.
The ground is flat and low. Not far away is the long pavilion in Shanglin Garden. Kongming lanterns rise slowly among the luxuriant plum forests. The cold new wind howls. Ling Shuang climbed to the sky as tenaciously as a proud plum, interweaving and weaving stars, illuminating the dark night sky.
With such a big handwriting, one can deduce who did it by thinking about it with his toes.
The sky above the long pavilion was already extremely bright, and Kongming lanterns of various shapes were still being lit up into the sky by the palace people arranged by Tang Yu one after another.If it burns fast, it jumps up quickly; if it burns slowly, it walks unsteadily to the branches of the plum tree, and is hidden by the plum blossom petals dancing wantonly. Looking from a distance, it is like a lamp being hung on the tree. The lanterns are average.
In the east wind night, flowers and trees are bloomed, and the stars are like rain.
The Empress Dowager looked at this unexpected surprise, the corners of her lips curved deeper and deeper, her eyes as calm as water reflected the night sky that was as bright as day just for her alone.The Kongming lantern is very beautiful, Tang Yu only took a few glances, then looked at the Queen Mother anxiously, seeing her smile, he grinned stupidly, at this moment, she is no longer willing to serve Yao and Shun's Mingjun, but she is like a warlord King You of Zhou, the person in front of him is Baosi who can overwhelm the country with a smile.
"Aniang, as long as you like it, it's cold at night, don't stay here for long." Tang Yu persuaded her, holding the Queen Mother's hand.
The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, stood still for a while, showing a reluctance, and then stepped forward.After walking a few steps, she was suddenly caught by something under her feet and nearly fell. Tang Yu hurriedly supported her and asked with concern: "Mother?" She turned around and saw a small stone behind her. However, the probability of being caught by it is really low.
At the same time, Tang Yu felt the queen mother tightly grasping her hand, which made her feel a little painful.But suddenly, she loosened her strength and said with the same expression as usual: "Chang Geng, your Uncle Chu Wang was very drunk just now, and the palace servants take care of him, I am not at ease, you go back and have a look for me."
If you don't worry, why didn't you say it just now?
Tang Yu hesitated and said: "Aniang, I will send someone back."
"I let you go, so you can kiss me." Her voice was unprecedentedly cold, with an undeniable strength.
Tang Yi raised his eyes to look at her, saw that she was just looking at the road under her feet, and there was no other expression, so she stepped aside and said: "Okay, I will listen to you and go and have a look." When she left, she ordered Liandong to take good care of the queen mother.
After a while, Liandong saw that her figure had completely disappeared into the night, she supported the queen mother, and asked in a worried voice: "Your Highness, you..." Her eyes fell on the eyes of the queen mother, and then she said decisively to Xu Jiujiu, " Pass on the phoenix chariot!"
The author has something to say:
After a rough count, about the sequelae of the queen mother taking poison, there are almost nine foreshadowings buried in the front, um, not surprising, right?Next update September 9.
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