boudoir

Chapter 390
The next day, after breakfast, Concubine Qi came to the door.

Liuli invited her to enjoy the flowers in the back garden while making tea, little concubine Qi took a sip of the tea, and then waved away everyone around her.Seeing this, Liuli also asked Chunxiang to lead the people away.Little Concubine Qi saw that there were no outsiders, so she said to her: "Guess why I am here today?" Liuli smiled and said: "Mother Shi's heart is unpredictable, I can't guess." They are equal in status, so they respect her as aunt according to their seniority.

Concubine Qi said: "I know you can't guess." She laughed and said, "Last year was the year of the draft, but it was a pity that the palace change was delayed. Now this year, the country's filial piety is almost full. Let's go to the harem." Hasn’t the master been established yet? My mother-in-law came to me when she remembered this matter, and she said she was thinking about being a matchmaker for the Holy One.”

"A matchmaker?" Liuli asked, "Which family's daughter?"

"Princess Yu's natal brother, Lu Wanzhen, the granddaughter of the second-class general Lu Shiyuan." The little concubine Qi said, "Miss Lu's family is only fifteen this year, and she just started to socialize. I've seen it before. I'm afraid you haven't. It's quite decent. Demure, quite everyone's style."

Liuli heard this, but didn't know how to answer the words.At first, she saw that Lu Zhao cared a lot about Chen Hui's daughter, and thought that this girl from the Chen family would be the master of the future empress, and she would make a decree after Lu Zhao completed the filial piety period of this year. Now the filial piety period It is almost full, but at the same time it also affects the thoughts of every family in the capital.

Although Lu Zhao already has two princes and three concubines, the harem has no owner for the time being, and he doesn't seem to have any intention of promoting anyone to be a queen.Under such circumstances, who wouldn't envy the Queen's position?Needless to say, those who supported Lu Zhao's ascension to the throne at the beginning naturally wanted to strengthen the family's status through this relationship.And those who were vacillating at the beginning hoped to express their loyalty through marriage with the emperor.

After the death of Prince Yu, now it is King Chen Jiang and Concubine Qi who are in charge of the family. Back then, Prince Yu was the most powerful minister and royal relative in the dynasty except the first emperor, but his attitude between Lu Jin and Lu Zhao was always ambiguous. So after Lu Zhao ascended the throne, even though he rewarded Lu Muyang's husband-in-law Nie Jue, he did not take advantage of his new enthronement to show any respect to the emperor's uncle's mansion, so the status of Chen Jiang's mansion is not as good as before.Concubine Concubine Qi supported Lu Zhao at the beginning, but it was not her turn to be in charge at that time, so she could not be the master.Now he has expressed his remorse in front of Liuli several times, but it was too late.

So when Princess Yu saw the scene in front of her, she naturally wanted to show it to Lu Zhao.Although as the Chen Jiang Palace, there is no need to rely on nepotism to get to the top, but if this relationship can be repaired with Lu Zhao, that is of course good.

There is no suitable lady in the Dingbei Palace, if little Concubine Qi told her about this today, Liu Li really couldn't think of the twists and turns here.

"Did Princess Yu tell the Holy Majesty about this?" Liu Li asked after pondering for a long time.

"No." Concubine Qi sighed, "I'm here to discuss this matter with you, am I? After all, your relationship with the Holy One is a little closer than ours. If this matter meets His Majesty's wishes, it will be fine." , if you don't like it, won't you make us feel ashamed when you turn around?"

Lu Zhao has not established a queen so far, nor has he promoted the prince's mother, which of course shows that he has his own ideas on this matter. Princess Yu's ideas are good, but doing what she said will really bring good things The risk of screwing up.

Liuli thought for a while and said, "What is Auntie going to do before seeing me?"

The little concubine Qi said: "I plan to take this Lu Wanzhen to meet the queen mother first, don't say anything first, just test the queen mother's tone. If the queen mother is satisfied, naturally we will be more sure."

Liu Li said: "Auntie thinks the Empress Dowager can influence the opinion of the Holy Majesty?"

Little Concubine Qi was stunned, Liuli smiled, and said: "Although the Holy Majesty is open to everyone's opinions, he still has his own opinions. Take her to see the Queen Mother, it is better to take her to see the Holy Majesty directly. The Holy Majesty has a good impression of her , that’s what makes things really happen.”

"Oh!" Little Concubine Qi's eyes lit up: "I said you are a wise man! But how should I see you?"

Liuli thought for a while and said, "I don't have any ideas right now, let me think about it. I'll reply to you in two days."

Praying for Yunhao to come back at night, Liuli told him about the incident during the day.Qi Yunhao said: "You don't need to be busy with this matter. The previous emperor mentioned Chen Hui when he was chatting with me, and he wanted to transfer him from Shuntian Mansion to the Minister of Rites. I guess he has already made up his mind to talk to the Chen family. Getting married, you send the girl from the Lu family to him at this time, it would be strange if you didn't mess things up."

Liuli was surprised and said: "Is there such a thing?" After pondering for a moment, he said: "Fortunately, I didn't agree to Xiao Concubine Qi immediately. She was originally aiming at repairing the relationship. If I intervene in this matter, the emperor will refute it at that time." Putting Princess Yu's face in the face makes it difficult for me to be a man in the middle. But how can I push it away now?"

Qi Yunhao said: "Fake illness."

Liuli gave him a white look, "You pretend to be sick, you treat him like a fool, can't you see that you are avoiding it?"

Qi Yunhao walked out the door with a smile and hugged the little Dulu who was still practicing walking with his chubby legs, half-lyed down and let him ride on her body, and said, "Then I can't help it. I'm not good at these calculations. However," he turned his head at this point: "I think you might as well tell little Concubine Qi the truth, anyway, it wasn't Princess Yu who came looking for you directly, you can tell her clearly and let her go back and tell Concubine Yu. As for hurting face."

Liuli nodded, "It makes sense."

The next day, Liuli wrote a book and invited Concubine Qi to Wanlou for dinner.After telling her the whole story, Little Concubine Qi was really lucky, and went back to persuade Princess Yu to give up the idea.It's just that I didn't expect that within two days, Lu Shiyuan's wife sent a post to Liuli, saying that she would come to visit.Liuli couldn't figure out the purpose of Mrs. Lu's visit, so she might as well meet, and asked her to come to the palace five days later.

For the next two days, Liuli didn't do anything, but let Ji Jiaoer and Lu Ke go out frequently, and she didn't know what to inquire about.Then I talked with Xiaodulu and took a walk.

Little Dulu can already walk. Although he is still staggering, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and it rushes forward like the wind as soon as it hits the ground.So it often falls to the ground with a snap.But he has an advantage, that is, he will never cry when he falls down, and sometimes he giggles and looks at the people around him, and then opens his hands to be hugged by them.Whenever Qi Yunhao saw someone rushing to help him when he fell, he would stop them. Later, Little Dulu didn't know whether it was because he had no other choice, or because he had experienced the joy of getting up, so he no longer wanted to be helped , but climbed up twisting the little fat buttocks with his hands on the ground.

He already knows how to call "Father" and "Mother", and has not yet told him the correct address for "Father" and "Mother", but Liuli seems to be more happy about this. Compared with father and mother, father and mother sound closer and more grounded gas.

King Dingbei would definitely come to Chaoqingtang to have a look at his precious grandson every day. Once he hid two loquats in his arms, but Xiao Dulu accidentally touched him. Later, every time he saw him, he reached out to hug him, and then Feel for food in his arms.King Dingbei was very happy when he saw him and stretched out his hand when he saw him, but he didn't know that he had this purpose.Little Dulu fumbled twice but failed to find something to eat, so he took two pieces of halva from the fruit plate on the table and put them in his arms, then pointed them out to him, and then took them out and ate them.Only then did King Dingbei understand that he wanted him to hug him in order to find something to eat, so every time he went back home, he never forgot to stuff a few delicious snacks into his arms.

In this way, little Dulu knows that there will be delicious food when grandpa comes, so he loves to cling to him even more.At first he was very clingy to Qi Yunhao, because his father was very tall and would often lift him up, but later, because his grandfather had something to eat in his arms, he went straight around him and threw himself into King Dingbei's arms.Qi Yunhao was very jealous of this, and learned to put food in his cuffs and pockets from the next day.But is there anything in the palace?He ate everything that Little Dulu could eat, so sometimes he had to worry about where to find the ones he hadn't eaten or the ones he ate less.

The most complete place in the world is of course the palace. Qi Yunhao ran to the palace if he had nothing to do, so he managed to win Xiaodulu's heart and came back. Later, King Dingbei also learned to do it, and extended his hand to Qianqing Palace .Lu Zhao saw that the father and son had been running frequently in the palace recently, and Longyan was very happy for a while, thinking that they were always concerned about the growth of the new emperor, and seeing that they liked the food in the palace, it was inevitable that the imperial dining room should prepare some novelties Delicious.But he is not stupid, after many times, he finally realized that their purpose is for his food, not for him!So I finally couldn't bear it and blasted them out!
However, can it be bombed once or twice?Didn't they come back the next day?Lu Zhao had no choice but to compromise.Until one day when discussing political affairs with the cabinet and six ministers, the eunuch brought two baskets of blueberries from the West, and saw that the two most powerful princes in the world were like wolves seeing sheep with green eyes, When Shangshu talked about the reform, he touched it clean with one hand, and the ministers discovered the secret!Under the watchful eyes of all the ministers, Lu Zhao's depression can be regarded as relieved.

And as this secret spread, everyone who had a good relationship with the palace also learned that it is more important to please Little Dulu than to please Little Dulu. From then on, whether it is the handsome Du Rui or the suave Nie Jue, Whether it's the heroic Jiang Che or the elegant and noble Lin Weiran, when they come to the palace, they must carry a few delicious food in their arms, so that they can get the little Dulu's embrace smoothly.

Although Xiaodulu is fat, he is not the kind of fat head and big ears. Most of his flesh is on his body. Because he likes to sleep on his side since he was a child, his face is small, and he has inherited Liuli's big eyes and white skin and Qi Yunhao's He has long eyebrows and white teeth, so when he smiles, the flesh on his double chin makes him look more like a doll in New Year pictures.Liuli also likes to dress him neatly and delicately. The clothes are all small clothes modified according to the adult's style. The hair on his head is not long, so he wears a small hat. Anyone who has troubles can't bear to see such a little doll. live will smile.So Du Rui and the others were willing to coax him to pet him.

(End of this chapter)