Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 224
"My horse has been kept in the stable," Zhu Xun walked back and forth, and then stopped to look at August, who was blushing because of a fever, and felt a twinge of fear in his heart, "Someone can not only enter the stable, but also know my horse? "

"It's not difficult. This is not a forbidden palace. What's more, the stable is in the back alley. It's not easy for someone to get in." Su Wanru waved her hand and said, "We were all careless. We always thought that the defense was very tight. It's full of loopholes."

Because she wants to be different from other places, so the visits are open and secret, but in the end, there are still fish that slip through the net, and people take advantage of the loopholes.

"Let's investigate first." Zhu Xun looked at her and then at Shen Zhan, "As long as this person with ulterior motives is around, we will definitely find clues."

Su Wanru asked Shen Zhan, "Is it easy to check?"

"It's not easy to check, it's no less than finding a needle in a haystack." Shen Zhan said: "But it's nothing. Since this person has done something, he only hurt Zhengyan and August seriously. Presumably this is not his ultimate goal, so we will treat it as If you don’t know, the other party will definitely make some moves.”

Su Wanru nodded, "Then what are you going to do tomorrow, can you leave or not?" Shen Zhan planned to attack the city tomorrow.

"Postpone it for two days." Shen Zhan looked at August, feeling uneasy, Su Wanru thought for a while, and said: "Forget it, you should go, the soldiers are all ordered, and everything is arranged properly, suddenly there is a change If the plan is made, it will inevitably affect the morale of the army. I have me in August, let alone Zhengyan and Mei Ziqing are here, so it’s okay.”

"Well, it's nothing serious." Mei Yu got up and said, "The child just has a headache and brain fever. The princess and I take turns to watch over it. It will be fine."

Shen Zhan frowned, glanced at August, saw his son woke up, and was looking at him from the corner of his eye, he paused, and said: "What does he have to worry about, it's normal for children to be sick." Then he said: " That's fine, I'll let someone investigate the matter of the stables secretly, you don't have to worry about it."

Su Wanru nodded yes.

August was like an eggplant beaten by frost, lying down with her head slumped, Su Wanru's hand was held by him, her little hand was hot, she said softly, "Can you drink some more water?"

"Okay." August nodded, "Mom, is it okay to drink sugar water, just once... I won't drink it from now on."

Su Wanru's eyes turned red, she nodded and said: "Well, drink once and get free, we are sick in August, it's fine to drink some sugar water."

"Mother is so kind." August smiled with three eyelids, Su Wanru sighed and melted a bowl of sugar water, then looked at holding the bowl and drank it, then slammed her mouth, "Mother, it's so sweet!"

Su Wanru chuckled, and said to Shen Zhan, "It's as if I abused him, drinking sugar water can make me happy for a long time."

"Children love to eat sweets." Zhu Xun said, "Who told you to be weird and not give him these?"

Su Wanru gave him a blank look, "Did you eat a lot when you were young?"

Zhu Xun thought about it, his family was poor when he was young, so he didn't have much snacks, but to prove Su Wanru wrong, he said, "Of course, I used to eat it when I was young."

"That's why you're stupid." Su Wanru said, "Eating too much sugar will not only damage your teeth, but also make you stupid."

Zhu Xun stared, August giggled, snuggled on Su Wanru's lap, and said with a smile, "Uncle Pig, how silly."

"You!" Zhu Xun heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that August smiled, "Okay, it's worth it for August to laugh, and I'm also a kisser in Caiyi."

August wanted to laugh out loud, but she didn't have the strength, so she lay on Su Wanru's body and smiled sullenly.

"If you don't go back, just lie on the soft couch with injuries all over your body." Shen Zhan looked at Zhu Xun, "I'll ask someone to change another horse for you, and that horse is no longer available."

Zhu Xun groaned, and said, "The one that gets a good horse, like yours, can travel eight hundred miles a day."

"Then I'll give you my horse," Shen Zhan said, "I'll just take any horse."

Listening to this, August's eyes brightened, and she looked at Shen Zhan expectantly.

Shen Zhan rolled his eyes at him, coughed, and said, "I'll go out for a walk, and I'll be back in a while." Then he left.

August pursed her mouth and said nothing, Mei Yu said, "Lie down well, I'll push your wrist and wait for the fever to go away."

"Yeah." August lay obediently, Su Wanru was sitting on the side, Zhu Xun was also lying on the soft couch, with spooky eyes, she shook her head and grabbed the blanket to cover him, "Don't snore when you fall asleep , turning around and arguing about August."

"Are you still a friend? I see that you have become more and more aggressive after getting married." Zhu Xun snorted, "I have no sympathy."

Su Wanru snorted and ignored him.

Mei Yu pressed and pushed the acupuncture points for a while, then fell asleep in August, and woke up in the afternoon. Su Wanru coaxed him to eat half a bowl of porridge, and he felt better. Mei Yu said: "The fever has subsided a little. Burn it, and you'll be fine."

"Yes." Su Wanru hugged August and said, "August is awesome!"

August pursed her lips and smiled, and was about to speak, when she heard a cough in the yard, Su Wanru raised her eyebrows, and said: "Your father is back, let's go and have a look." Saying this, she carried August out of the room, and as soon as she went out I saw Shen Zhan standing in the yard, followed by a very small pony, no more than his waist height, with a white mane and bright black eyes, very healthy and cute.

"Horse!" Xiaoyue became excited when she saw it, and her buttocks were arched and wanted to come down, "Pony!"

Su Wanru laughed, put him down, and ran over in August, impatiently wanting to get on the horse's back.

"What's the rush?" Shen Zhan lifted his son up and put him on the horse's back. The pony seemed unhappy, twisted his waist and kicked his hooves, and August laughed, lying on the horse's back and shouting, "Dad, dad, this Is it my horse?"

"Anyway, I don't want it, so I'll give it to you." Shen Zhan said.

August looked at Shen Zhan with bright eyes, threw herself on Shen Zhan, hugged him, and said, "Father, you are finally my father."

"What!" Shen Zhan's mouth twitched, and August smiled, "I mean, you are the best dad."

Shen Zhan's complexion improved a bit, he coughed, and said, "Little bastard, you have a conscience."

August secretly winked at Su Wanru, and then focused on the pony again.

"It's a gift from Dad." Su Wanru said, "Come and give him a name in August."

August's eyes rolled around, scratching his ears and cheeks, and then he saw Er Gouzi lying on the wall gnawing on a bone, his eyes lit up, and said, "Mother, can you call me San Gouzi?"

"It's not a dog, so it's inappropriate to call it Sangouzi." Su Wanru laughed, and shook her head in August, and said, "It's a brother, like... like Daddy and Uncle Pig."

Shen Zhan's eyelids twitched, Zhu Xun jumped out, and shouted: "What the hell, can this be compared with humans? One of them is a dog, the other is a horse, and your father and I are humans."

"They're all brothers." August snorted and stroked the pony, "Three dogs!"

The faces of the people in the yard were ugly, and they still couldn't refute. Su Wanru looked at Shen Zhan and sighed, "Mistake, I shouldn't have asked him to take a name."

"Okay, tie it in the yard, you can see it whenever you want, you don't have to keep staring." Shen Zhan carried August down, "Go and lie down."

Standing next to the horse's legs, August looked a little bit taller, and touched it with a smile, "Third Gouzi, go play with Er Gouzi, I'll come back to accompany you later."

"Wow, woof." Er Gouzi ran over with the bone in his mouth, threw the bone to San Gouzi with a thud, and then stood and looked at it wagging his head, as if he was waiting for San Gouzi.

San Gouzi didn't speak, he kicked and walked away.

Er Gouzi ran back to the nest with the bone in his mouth angrily.

"Er Gouzi is angry." August let Su Wanru hold him, sweated after a while, and his little face was not as rosy as before, Su Wanru carried him back to the room, and said: "It's okay, Er Gouzi will take revenge by himself .”

After the words fell, I heard a few barks, and sure enough, I saw Er Gouzi yelling at the third dog who was tied to the tree, looking fierce and vicious, as if to warn and demonstrate.

But San Gouzi flicked his hoof, and he slid away and ran away. After waiting for a while, he saw that the other party hadn't moved, and he ran over, barking.

"Counsel!" Zhu Xun laughed loudly and said, "This dog is too cowardly."

At night, August went to bed very early, Su Wanru and Shen Zhan were lying outside, Su Wanru asked in a low voice, "Where did the needle stick?"

"Put it on the saddle, it's fine if people don't sit on it, but when you sit on it, the needle hurts, and the horse goes crazy." Shen Zhan said: "The needle is poisoned, so if the horse uses it later, it will still go crazy."

Su Wanru couldn't figure it out, so she sat up and said: "Could it be someone from Yanjing did it, Zhao Zhiang probably wouldn't, his methods are not so nasty."

Although she hated Zhao Zhiang, the other party was not a very noble person, but he was still upright, not like someone who would do this kind of evil trick to harm others.

"Well." Shen Zhan said: "The person should still be in the city. I asked Suiyi to take someone to investigate secretly. The gate is also guarded, and my horse is still tied in the stable."

Su Wanru thought for a while, and said: "If the other party really wants to harm you, then he should tie your horse. Why do I think his goal is August?"

"That's what it means." Shen Zhan looked at her, then glanced sideways at his son, frowned and said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, ask Qiu Rong to lead the soldiers away tomorrow, and I'll stay for a day, and I will definitely find this person come out."

Su Wanru didn't object, the son's matter was not a joke, the husband and wife leaned on the bedside to watch over their son, and fell silent for a while.

"Why did you think of buying him a pony today?" Su Wanru looked sideways at him and said with a smile, "If you buy it, you'll still say that. You care about your own life. Isn't it embarrassing?"

Shen Zhan coughed, and said: "What do you care about? When I was his age, I was alone at home. There were so many people around him to protect me. I was living a very good life. I don't need to pamper you anymore. .”

"Can it be the same?" Su Wanru pinched him, "He is my son, born to me, can I let him suffer as much as you do?"

Shen Zhan stared, "He is a boy, don't raise him so delicately, he will cry for his mother whenever something happens, are you sorry?"

"He's only two years old, you think he's twenty." Su Wanru turned her back and ignored him, "You didn't cry when you were two years old? It's more like a fairy."

Shen Zhan put his fist to his lips and coughed, then elbowed her, "Turn around and talk."

"I don't want to talk to you." Su Wanru said angrily, "I want to have ten more boys, I'm mad at you."

Shen Zhan laughed sullenly, turned her over and said in a low voice: "Ten is too many, just have another girl."

"This is my business." Su Wanru said: "Whoever told you to despise my son, you should stay aside."

Shen Zhan bit the back of her hand, "You could have been born without me."

"Bah." Su Wanru laughed angrily, and kicked him, "Then you should be nice to your son, keep a straight face all day long, and he won't kiss you later."

Shen Zhan hummed and said, "It's okay, I will have a daughter."

"Just think about it." Su Wanru was about to speak, when Shen Zhan stood up and wanted to kiss her, but with her lips still on her lips, she heard August say: "Mom, I want to pee."

Shen Zhan touched his nose in embarrassment, and muttered, "This is my son."

"Take your son to relieve himself." Su Wanru handed August to Shen Zhan, and patted him on the shoulder, "You have to take on the responsibility of being a father, my husband, work hard!"

Shen Zhan lifted his son up to go to the clean room, only to hear August running out muttering, crawled back to the bed in a hurry, covered himself with the quilt, revealed a pair of eyes, and said, "Mom, I'm sleeping."

With that said, lie down.

Su Wanru patted his head, she felt relieved that it wasn't burning, but August looked a little strange, she turned over and turned her face inside, she leaned over to look, the little guy was holding back a smile so he didn't feel sleepy.

"What did you say to him?" Su Wanru looked at Shen Zhan, and Shen Zhan said, "It's nothing, I just said a few words between men."

Su Wanru was puzzled, "You and August?"

"Yeah." Shen Zhan said, "He's a man."

Su Wanru had nothing to say, she lay down and ignored him, "I'm going to bed, you can find a place to sleep by yourself."

"I sleep here too." Shen Zhan squeezed onto the bed, hugged Su Wanru, and was about to sleep when Lu Cheng's voice came from outside the door, "Master, I'm back soon."

Su Wanru also opened her eyes, and Shen Zhan responded, "I'll go and have a look." Then she went out.

The two said a few words at the door, and after a while Shen Zhan came in and said, "The man has been found."

"Found it?" Seeing August falling asleep, Su Wanru got up on tiptoe, "Who is it, where is it?"

It was already very hot in Yanjing at the end of May, and there were a lot of refugees. Under the scorching sun, people became more and more irritable and irritable. The gates of the city were closed tightly. It's not for begging for food, but just wanting to go to the city to escape.

Therefore, the gates of the city are seldom opened, because the city is already overcrowded.In the imperial study room, Zhao Zhiting sat at the head, and Zhao Jun took the place below him. Zhao Zhiang said: "...I will go out in person, and Yanjing will be handed over to Zhiting. Fifth, you must help manage the court."

"Royal Father." Zhao Jun got up and was confused: "Let my son go, you..." Before he finished speaking, Zhao Zhiang waved his hand and said, "I don't worry about anyone going now, this is already Shanxi, If I take another step back, I will be beaten to the door by them."

Whether he was forced to retreat or voluntarily retreated here naturally no one discussed with him, Zhao Jun couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree.

"Grandfather." Zhao Zhiting said: "Why don't you take Marquis Deqing with you, hasn't he already returned? Although he is not in good health, it is still possible to lead the army to be your staff officer."

Marquis Deqing was rescued by Li Jun. It has been half a month since he came back, and Zhao Zhiang went to see it in person.

However, although the person did not die, the doctor said that the body collapsed, not to mention leading soldiers, even riding a horse.

"Don't talk about it anymore." Zhao Zhiang said: "I will explain this matter to the court tomorrow, and I will go out in three to five days. I have been on horseback all my life, so there is no one in the world who is my opponent."

Zhao Zhiting got up and should be.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Zhiang mentioned this matter in the court, and the court was silent. Although he had expected this kind of situation to happen, he didn't expect it to happen so soon. Everyone rushed forward to dissuade him. At noon, Zhao Zhiang and the ministers were in a stalemate, he couldn't hold back, so he had to take a step back and said, "In this way, I will sit in Baoding, so that I can take care of both Shanxi and Shandong, so this matter is settled, which one of you If you say one more word, I will kill him."

"Your Majesty..." Master Ge said, "Should I go to Baoding to ask for instructions on all the matters in the court?"

Seeing that he did not object anymore, Zhao Zhiang looked better, and said: "I will go to Baoding, and the affairs of the court will be handed over to the grandson, who will act as the agent of the court affairs. The family of the ministers will definitely do their best, as if I were here in person."

Zhao Zhiting went out, clasped his hands with everyone, and said, "In the next few days, I ask all the adults to help you a lot."

Everyone looked at him without speaking.

Zhao Jun stood behind him and watched quietly, then looked away again, lowered his eyes slightly, and did not speak.

After resting for two days, the Son of Heaven left Yanjing in great honor, escorted by three thousand Imperial Guards, accompanied by Concubine Chen Shu, and went straight to Baoding Mansion.

In Yanjing, the imperial city was suddenly emptied, and Zhao Zhiting was busy with a pile of memorabilia. For the first two days, he was almost non-stop day and night. On the third day, he stayed at home and didn’t want to go. Hu Qiongyue pulled him up and said with a smile : "You are an agent of state affairs. How many pairs of eyes are looking at you. If you are lazy, they don't know what to say. Hurry up and go."

"It's really tiring. I just realized that grandfather has to do so many things every day." Zhao Zhiting got up with difficulty and yawned. Hu Qiongyue said with a smile: "Then I will go with you today."

Zhao Zhiting's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "Okay, Yue'er will accompany me, so I won't be tired."

"Really, like a child." Hu Qiongyue smiled and said, "I'm going to change clothes."

As she said that, she went back to the room. The girl found her two palace dresses, one light yellow and one grape purple. Yes, find it out and let me try."

"Your Majesty." The little girl turned out her clothes, "It's red."

In the palace, only the empress can wear Zhenghong. If the empress is more stingy, even ordinary people can't wear such red.

"It's okay." Hu Qiongyue touched the material, she likes the red color, "it's not the red one, what are you afraid of?"

Then she put it on, followed Zhao Zhiting into the palace, first went to greet the queen and the queen mother, the queen glanced at her clothes, her brows were only clustered, Hu Qiongyue was not surprised at all, she had expected that the queen would not What will she say.

The two went to the imperial study room together. Although the dragon chair could not sit on it, tables and chairs were placed on one side. Zhao Zhiting sat down, and Eunuch Shui unfolded the memorial... Hu Qiongyue looked at the imperial study room, and then looked up at the dragon chair on it. Yes, dazzling.

She walked over slowly, stood on the side watching, and heard Zhao Zhiting say: "Yue'er, I have a lot of memorials to read, please help me read some."

"Okay." Hu Qiongyue sat down and flipped through a memorial book, which was from Shandong. She read it carefully, then took a Chinese ink pen to write on it, and handed it to Zhao Zhiting, "Do you think this is feasible?"

Zhao Zhiting was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect her to make corrections directly, but after thinking about it, he felt nothing, so he said, "Okay, Yue'er is really talented."

Hu Qiongyue laughed.

The two didn't rest until noon, the empress sent someone to invite Zhao Zhiting, and Hu Qiongyue took the maid and mother-in-law to wander around the palace. She had also visited, but she was always a junior, and she had never been to many places in the harem.

"Your Majesty is auspicious." As she spoke, a group of female officials came towards her. The leader was a nanny, who was from the palace, and saluted her.Hu Qiongyue asked: "Which palace is it, and what are you going to do?"

"We are from Cuiping Palace. Last month, the palace asked to get cloth to make autumn clothes. We didn't go. Today we saw that there were fewer people there, so we went." The leading nun replied.

Hu Qiongyue nodded slightly, "It's too late to go now."

"Our mistress said... let the other masters choose first, we... don't care what material or color we wear." Mammy said, her eyes lit up and she suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, "Miss, please kowtow to our master, In fact... In fact, our master has never dared to choose materials, and we didn't dare to go until Empress Concubine Shu left two days ago."

"Ms. Concubine Shu." Hu Qiongyue raised her eyebrows and said, "What kind of master am I? I don't care about the affairs of the palace."

The nanny replied: "You are the empress, and you will have the final say on the harem in the future. As long as you are willing, the interval between a little nod will be a big piece of heaven on our empress's head."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to say hello to this matter. One batch of materials is gone, and there will be another batch. These people can be distributed." Hu Qiongyue stroked her hairpin, supported by the girl, and walked away with her head held high. up.

Mammy kowtowed in the back to express her gratitude.

The corner of Hu Qiongyue's mouth curled up slightly, she knew very well in her heart that things in the harem were not easy, but so what, she liked this nanny because what she said was very nice.

In the future, she will be the one to decide here.

"Your Majesty." The nanny beside her greeted her, and said in a low voice, "Madam Quan Ninghou has something to see."

Hu Qiongyue raised her eyebrows and said: "Okay, let her wait in the mansion for a while, and let her come when I return from the palace."

"Understood." Nanny bowed and left.

Hu Qiongyue went back to the Imperial Study Room, stood at the door, stroked the door frame with her hand, and murmured: "...Your Majesty, you have to fight hard!" After killing Su Wanru and Su Ji, nothing will happen.

No, but Su Wanru must not die happily, otherwise, she would be too cheap.

Hu Qiongyue stayed until dark, and then went back to the Prince's Mansion with Zhao Zhiting. After getting off the car, Zhao Zhiting went to the study, and she went to the inner courtyard. Talking, "Mother, the work of the person you sent is half done. The child named August fell, but the person is fine."

Hu Qiongyue stopped and looked at him.

"But the person in charge can't be found, and I don't know if he was arrested or escaped." The boy said.

Hu Qiongyue sneered, and said: "They take money to do such a stupid thing. Change to another house and tell them that if the matter is completed, I will pay 3 taels of silver."

"Yes." The boy replied.

　There is another update at ten o'clock in the evening.

　　
　
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