Poor family mother and son

Chapter 724
"Copper coins? This Chu Qing is very caring!" The emperor frowned.

What is she implying?Does she still want to convey something through the princess?Who gave her the guts!
"Just now you said that her son has also arrived in the capital?" The emperor picked up a piece of jade filled lung cake and looked at it, seemingly casually asking.

Jade Filling Lung Cake is one of Xiao Bao's favorite snacks, the first time he ate it was when he and Chu Qing attended the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu Festival in the palace.

Different from the sweetness of other snacks, Yuguanfei cake is sweet and spicy. The raw materials include real flour (mung bean flour), pastry, sesame seeds, peeled walnuts and a small amount of dill (earth fennel), red yeast rice, white sugar, etc. .

The above materials need to be ground and mixed, steamed in a steamer to form a cake, then cut into small pieces, poured with spicy sauce made from wasabi, mustard, pepper, etc. before eating.

The taste is clearly unbearable, but Xiaobao likes it very much.

Coincidentally, the emperor also liked to eat it.

"Here we are. Mother Yu said earlier that she invited the child to enter the palace with her, but Chu Qing stopped her." The queen replied, and thoughtfully refilled the tea for the emperor.

Emperor: "Why?"

Queen: "That child is not much younger than Zhaohua, and he is twelve, so he is not suitable for entering the harem."

The reason was strong, the emperor nodded, seemed to agree, but said: "Since the royal family grants grace, it should be older. It is not good for the child to come to Beijing but not see his mother..."

Queen: "You mean...?"

Emperor: "That child was admitted as a scholar at the age of six, and now he is twelve, but he has been wasted for six years. Let him enter the palace and study with Xiao Shi and the others."

The queen felt that something was wrong: "Your majesty, I'm afraid his status...is not enough to accompany the prince."

Don't think it's just a little servant or a little book boy who accompanies the royal children to study, enhances the learning atmosphere, and plays with the prince.

No, the prince's companion is not a book boy in the ordinary sense, but a kind of official position. From the ninth rank, one can get a salary.

At present, the companions of several princes are all children of scholars from several universities. Chu Qing's status is embarrassing. Although she is an official, she is a woman and has no family background.

If Chu Qing's son is allowed to accompany the prince to read, not to mention what the courtiers think, the princes themselves will probably not be happy--does the emperor despise my son?Why did you invite an unknown kid to accompany you?
"That's why it's grace." The emperor said, swallowing the piece of jade filling his lungs in one gulp, hey, it smells so good!
But as a companion, wouldn't he still be unable to see his mother?The queen had doubts, but the emperor spoke firmly, as if he had made a decision on the matter, so he swallowed the doubts.

"Okay, don't worry," the emperor picked up another piece of jade-filled lung cake, "that child became a scholar at the age of six, I think he is smart enough, but his mother may not have the skills to teach him, so he was placed in the palace and followed the princes. If he goes to school together, his mother can save some trouble and perform her duties with all her heart."

Performing her duties with all her heart, the queen chewed on these four words repeatedly, and finally said with a smile: "The emperor is still thoughtful."

Before dinner, the queen came to the princess's side, saying that she would have dinner with Chu Qing, and during the chat, she talked about Xiaobao's visit to the palace to accompany the tenth prince.

Before it was time for the meal, Chu Qing felt as sick as if he took a bite of a dumpling and found half a fly in the stuffing.

However, the Queen's words were very considerate, and slightly touched on Chu Qing's "grievance": "Master Hu did not handle his errands properly, although he wanted to prevent the emperor's favoritism towards you from becoming an excuse for the courtiers to criticize you, but there is no need to handle things so heartlessly ;

The emperor felt that you had been wronged and couldn't bear it, so he asked me to ask you what you mean;
Sigh, they are all mothers, if it were you in this palace, let alone running errands, it would be a big problem just to take care of the children alone..."

The tone of the queen's words was pertinent, and she also "compared my heart to my heart", but what I heard clearly was: Look, the emperor is sympathetic to you, and you have to know how to be grateful for helping you take care of your children!
What are you grateful for?Thank you for taking my son hostage?

Don't worry, I will kill me!Threatening a child, what a majestic emperor!
Don't even think about it, in your country, there are not many neighboring countries, and foreign affairs are not complicated, so you just think about how to reform your land policy and adjust the resource allocation ratio with the aristocratic families!
Take good control of your court, and someone like me to help you raise money, we can be regarded as a win-win relationship, but what are you doing now?
Chu Qing was angry in her heart, but she couldn't refuse.

Little Treasure has already arrived in Kyoto and is staying at the Blue House. If they really want to send troops to "invite", can Chu Qing fight?

"Well... Empress, Gouzi has no intention of going to school these past few years, and has been very disorganized. I'm afraid not only can't..." Even if the hope is not high, Chu Qing still wants to try to refuse.

What if it works?The smallest hope is hope, isn't it?

"Don't worry," the queen smiled kindly, and patted the back of Chu Qing's hand lightly, as if it was a commonplace:
"Your son has been smart since he was a child, so it's okay to be loose. I will ask my husband to worry about you. Besides, children, it's natural to be playful, and it's nothing;
If you have no other concerns, I will send someone to pick up the child. I have already asked people to prepare a few more children's favorite dishes. Let's eat together for dinner. Let's treat it as a cleansing for the child, right? "

The empress spoke to Chu Qing at this time, as if she was a mother facing another mother whom she hadn't seen for a long time but had always cherished each other.

It's really virtuous and majestic coexisting.

Does Chu Qing dare to refuse?Can you refuse?
"Your servant has the audacity to accept your kindness, thank you Queen!" Chu Qing said.

Let's put it this way for now, if you are really treated as a "hostage", at least in the short term there will be no danger of life, but the freedom is limited, so let's deal with it first.

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Blue House.

After Chu Qing left, Xiao Bao "rested" in Chu Qing's room on the third floor, and told Xiao Rou that he was going to sleep and that no one would disturb him.

In the afternoon, Zheng Xiaorou came to the door several times to listen to the sound, but did not hear anything, thinking that Xiaobao was really tired from the journey and fell asleep.

In the back alley, Qiao Wanqi was handing a bundle to Xiaobao: "The night clothes, flying tiger claws, and ropes are all inside, and the topographic map is also inside. Liu Luqi has already gone to guard it. It was a lot stricter before, so he went to find out the password."

Xiao Bao took out the Flying Tiger Claw and looked at it, then nodded: "Okay, you can go back!"

Qiao Wanqi was worried: "I can't go back, I have to go with you, your lightness is not as good as mine... If it doesn't work, I can dig a dog hole for you or something."

Xiaobao: "There are too many people, I will bring you trouble!"

Qiao Wanqi snapped his fingers: "You, me, Liu Luqi, just three, how many?"

"Pa-ta!" A small stone fell from the sky, and Xiao Bao raised his head, "Come on" standing on the eaves and wiggling his toes.

"Someone is here, let's go!" After Xiaobao finished speaking, he pressed one place on the iron pipe of Flying Tiger Claw, and the grapple shot out in an instant, hooked on the window frame on the third floor, Xiaobao pulled the rope and climbed go up.

(End of this chapter)