The queen bullies me every day

Chapter 432
Facing Empress Dowager Zhang, Xuan Jue and Chu Jin used their "eighteen martial arts", but the old lady's indestructible body is invulnerable to all poisons, even though they had worn out their mouths, they refused to go.

Later, it was Qingzhu who spoke up and said: "The emperor and the empress dowager have good intentions, but they also have to take care of the empress dowager's wishes, don't they? She doesn't like the excitement, so she likes to recruit opera troupes in the palace to listen to Qu'er sing operas, leisurely and comfortable Take a rest. The emperor and empress would naturally like to see the queen mother happy, wouldn't they?"

It's because the two of them are always worried that Queen Mother Zhang will think too much, so they have to do many things more carefully than when they didn't know each other's identities before.

Often too much attention is paid to it, and it becomes deliberate.

The two words Qingzhu reminded were just right, Xuanjue understood the truth in her words, and no longer forced Queen Mother Zhang to go with her, but instead ordered Liu Qi to let the theater troupe from the Shengping Department enter the palace to open the stage for two days, so as to make Queen Mother Zhang smile.

The location of this spring outing is Feiliu Valley, [-] miles south of Zhaodu.

It is a valley surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there is a waterfall in the valley. The local people call the waterfall Feiliu Waterfall, hence the name Feiliu Valley.

Because Feiliu Valley is quite close to Zhaodu, starting from the palace in the morning, it takes less than half a day for a horse-drawn carriage to get there. The scenery is pleasant, and there are few wild animals. It is a place suitable for children to play.

There is nothing wrong with Xuan Jue choosing this place as the location for the spring outing.

This time, Xuan Jue did not inform the previous court about leaving the palace, but only said that he was not feeling well and took two days off.

If you do it in secret, naturally you can't have too many entourages to follow.

Liu Qi wanted to stay in the palace to hide his eyes and ears, and only Linglong and Sanfu were traveling with everyone this time.

But the trip this time is more reassuring than the hundreds of guards following in Zhoucheng.

After all, with Xuan Jue around, there is no need to be afraid even if there are assassins.

After driving for half a day, they finally arrived at Feiliu Valley. After getting off the carriage, the children ran to the water to play happily.

Chu Jin called them from a distance, "There is a waterfall ahead, be careful." He urged Sanfu and Linglong to follow quickly, so as not to let their feet accidentally fall into the water.

After hearing this, Xuan Jue clapped his hands and laughed, "Jin'er, are you worried that the two dragon cubs will be flooded?"

Chu Jin wanted to refute, but what Xuanjue said made sense, she was speechless, but in desperation she could only turn her grief and anger into 'strength', kicked Xuanjue lightly, pretending to be calm and said: "I know, what's the matter?" What do you say?"

With Sanfu and Linglong looking at Luan Yu and Niange, Xuan Jue was naturally at ease.

He went out of the palace with an excuse, in order to go out to play with Chu Jin, and those two little tails were just accessories.

He told Chu Jin the whole story, Chu Jin rolled his eyes at him, and said, "With a father like you, Yu'er and Nian Ge are really out of luck."

"Unlucky is unlucky." Xuan Jue tilted his head, leaned on Chu Jin's shoulder and said coquettishly: "I already have a mother as good as Jin'er, if they get a perfect father, wouldn't they Too happy? Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory. They have to know the dangers of the world early in order to thrive, Jiner said, right?"

"It's your head!" Chu Jin shook his shoulders, and pushed Xuan Jue's head away from his shoulders, "I can't beat you if you talk about nonsense."

After strolling around in the shade of the valley for two times, Xuan Jue didn't know that his tendon was cramping, so he insisted on playing a game of hide-and-seek with Chu Jin.

Chu Jin knew that he was always naive, but he wasn't so naive, right? ?
What the hell is this sudden hide-and-seek?

Before Chu Jin could refuse, Xuan Jue stalked towards the bushes in the forest, "Come on, come on, come and chase me, Jin'er!"

This.
A gust of narrow wind blew past, curling the three black lines under the corners of Chu Jin's forehead, and the rustling wind was so embarrassing that one could hear crows flying overhead.

She symbolically called Xuan Jue's name twice, and after confirming that he was hiding away, she turned around and turned back to the waterfall.

She has no time to play such a boring game with Xuan Jue.
Walking all the way back to the waterfall along the stream, I saw Sanfu and Linglong leading Luan Yu and Niange, muttering something around a pale old woman.

She stepped forward quickly, and saw that the old woman was carrying a pannier on her back, dressed like a fisherman.Looking at his face, he is at least half a hundred years old, but the kindness between his brows makes people feel inexplicably at ease.

It was the first time I saw such an old man with kind eyebrows and kind eyes like a Bodhisattva, Chu Jin. While she was looking at the old woman, the old woman also raised her head to meet her gaze.

"Who is this"

Luan Yu pulled Chu Jin's sleeve and said with a smile: "Mother, the old lady has carried a lot of pearls on her back, they are so beautiful. Can we buy them all, Yu'er wants to give them to my sister?"

And Nian Ge shyly hid behind his elder brother, stuck out half of his head and looked at the old woman curiously.

The old woman opened the basket, and the pearls inside were all round and dazzling, and many of them were better than the materials used for collar beads in the palace.

Chu Jin asked, "Is the mother-in-law a resident living nearby?"

The old woman smiled, pointed down the mountain and said: "The old woman lives in a fishing village on the coast of the East China Sea. On weekdays, she and the old man go to the beach to pick up pearls, or come to touch fish in Feiliu Valley, barely making ends meet."

Chu Jin fiddled with the pearls in the basket, "The pearls are of excellent quality, what price does mother-in-law want to ask for?"

"These?" The old woman smiled and waved her hands, "I picked these up for my son. He got married, we were poor, and we didn't offer any decent employment to other girls. No, I want to pick up some pearls." , strung together as jewelry to give to girls, shabby is a bit shabby, it's always our intention, isn't it?"

Having said that, the old woman still picked out the biggest and brightest pink pearl and stuffed it into Luan Yu's hand, "Isn't it for your sister? My mother-in-law gave you one, nah."

Luan Yu took the pearl, thanked the old woman obediently, and then gave the pearl to the chanting song.

Niange held the pearl tightly in his palm, looked at the pearl curiously for a while, and looked at the old woman curiously for a while.

The old woman smiled, even the creases on her face were tender.

Chu Jin ordered Linglong to take a silver note of 100 taels and give it to the old woman, so that she bought the pearl herself.

The old woman waved her hands again and again and said: "No need, just give it to the child to play with, and the child will be happy." There was a glimmer of light in her eyes, and she nodded frequently as she watched Luan Yu and Nian Ge, "The old woman's son is working far away in the outer city. Last year, it snowed all winter in Zhaodu, and my son didn’t come back. The letter said that the daughter-in-law was pregnant and planned to bring her back to see our old couple during the New Year’s Eve this year. Counting the days, the New Year’s Eve is coming soon Thinking of the old woman's grandson, I'm afraid he will be as handsome as your child."

As she spoke, she stretched out her wrinkled hands and gently stroked the forehead hair of Luan Yu and Nian Ge.

Chu Jin was worried that Luan Yu would fall out with the old woman. Since he was born, he didn't like others to touch his head.

Apart from Xuan Jue and Chu Jin, only the Empress Dowager Zhang could show such intimacy to him, not even his wet nurse.

I remember one time, the nanny who was new to the palace to take care of Luan Yu was not familiar with his temper, and saw that he was having a temper tantrum and refused to eat properly, so she patted Luan Yu's head and reasoned with him.

This kid got angry and broke the dishes all over the floor, scaring the nanny so much that she asked to resign as a servant in the fourth warehouse the next day.

However, facing this old woman whom he had never met before, Luan Yu showed extraordinarily 'magnanimity'.

Instead of losing his temper, he blushed and lowered his head in embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)