Chapter 163
Chapter 163
Lu Qing took Shen Wenchang to Ronghua Street, and finally stopped at Zheng's Mansion.Lu Qing knocked on the door to explain his intentions. When he was young, someone led Shen Wenchang to Zheng's study.
A young servant came forward to serve fragrant tea: "Young master, wait a moment, my master will come in a while."
Shen Wenchang nodded with a smile, and then sat down in front of the guest chair in the study.
When I was young, the door of the study room opened, and a middle-aged man in armor walked in.
"Little Lu Qing pays homage to Mr. Du Si." Lu Qing hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"My junior pays homage to Mr. Du Si." Shen Wenchang stood up and saluted.
"Get up." Du Si Zheng lord sat on the main seat with a smile on his face, "Lu Qing, is your master in a hurry to come to Beijing this time?"
"If you go back to Mr. Du Si, this time, I was ordered to accompany my uncle to Beijing to participate in the martial arts test." Lu Qing clasped his fists and said.
Upon hearing the words, Master Du Sizheng looked at the young man at the side, sized him up and said with a smile: "Is your master willing to marry a daughter? Hahaha, it's really not easy. My niece and son-in-law, please come and sit down. How sure are you?"
"If you go back to Mr. Dusi, the junior will be [-]% sure that he will go to Beijing." Shen Wenchang laughed.
"Okay!!!" Master Du Si patted his thigh, "Youth is confident, and you should have the spirit of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers. When you come to the house this time, your father-in-law must have a letter for me."
Hearing this, Shen Wenchang hurriedly took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands.
When the accident happened to the Lu family, he was accompanying the envoy on a mission to Xifan. When he came back, he felt guilty for a while when he heard about the incident in the Lu family. He wrote a letter to Lu Wenzheng, but the scholar Lu never replied.
Du Si opened the letter and looked at it from the beginning. The front part described the feeling of parting and comforted him that he had no part or body.The next thing is about his son-in-law. Dusi glanced at Shen Wenchang while reading the letter, and Shen Wenchang was restless. His father-in-law praised her in front of his grandmother, but when he came to his colleagues, he shouldn't hurt her.
"Your father-in-law has taken great pains for you, and even General Zhonglang invited you to teach you." Du Si closed the letter and looked at Shen Wenchang, "Good boy, for that girl Qingyi, she can break into dragons and tigers' lairs. She is a tough young man."
Shen Wenchang's cheeks were flushed, and he said with a smile, "Lord Du Si praises you."
"What about adults and adults, let that girl Qingyi call me Uncle Zheng." Du Si smiled and put the letter on the table.
"I don't doubt what your father-in-law said in the letter. It's not a problem for you to win the martial arts. It's just that after the martial arts, there will be military tactics in the next year's competition. What your father-in-law means is that you don't need to work hard on it. You won the martial arts. In the future, I will find you a local captain. It’s just that I think that young people, who are young and full of vigor, shouldn’t stop there. You might as well read more military books and practice calligraphy while serving as a local captain.” Du Siyu said earnestly.
"Thank you Uncle Zheng for teaching me." Shen Wenchang said so, but he didn't dare to think in his heart that once she was exposed as an official in the capital, the Shen family and the Lu family would suffer.
"Let me tell you about the martial arts test the day after tomorrow. There are three rounds in total. In the first round, stones are used. The weight of the knife is divided into three levels, eighty catties, one hundred catties, and 120 catties. The importance of stones is also divided into three levels, two hundred catties. jin, 250 jin and [-] jin. In the second game of infantry and horseback shooting, the weight of the bow is divided into three levels. In the third game of skill and bravery, you can choose your sword, gun, sword and halberd. You have Professor Zhong Lang, and you want to come here Your foundation is not bad, you can go back and practice while you still have today and tomorrow." Master Du Si said while drinking tea.
"Thank you Uncle Zheng."
"By the way, did that girl Qingyi follow you when you came to Beijing this time?" Du Si asked with a smile.
Shen Wenchang was taken aback by the question, and then said: "Grandma Jingzhong is thinking about it day and night, so my wife came with me."
Master Du Si shouted to the little maid outside: "Go and tell Miss, her good sister has come to Beijing."
"Go back to Master, Miss called the carriage to Liu's house an hour ago." The little maid replied with a smile.
Master Du Si Zheng laughed and scolded: "This crazy girl has better news than I do. My precious daughter, I admire that girl Qingyi, hahahaha, that is to say, she is a girl, otherwise our Zheng family would have hired Qingyi early. If you are a girl, you have nothing to do with me, hahahahaha."
Shen Wenchang laughed a few times agreeingly, she is also a girl, so she will still marry Qingyi.
"Du Sizhen is an open-minded person. Others would not dare to think of such a joke." Lu Qing complimented.
"Hahaha, that's all. When it comes to truth, I think I can see it better than anyone else in the court." Master Du Si said and stood up, "Go, I will take you to my training ground to have a look, later. , I saw the weapon in hand, I will send it to you two."
Hearing this, Shen Wenchang and Lu Qing looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
"Thank you, Uncle Zheng." Shen Wenchang clasped his fists and said.
Over there, in the Huayue Pavilion of Prince Ming's Mansion, a group of daughters from aristocratic families gathered.
Huayue Pavilion is located in the back center of the Wangfu, with Jiuqu River inside, the rockery is located in the lotus pond, and in front of the lotus pond is an elegant pavilion. The pavilion has four floors, and the styles of each layer are different.
On the second floor, there is an ensemble of qin and flute. The sound of the flute is clear and beautiful, fluctuating from high to low. When it is extremely low, after a few circles, it gets lower again. Although the sound of the flute is deep, every syllable is still clearly audible.At this time, the sound of the piano is like pearls jumping, clear and short, one after another, like the splashing of a spring, and then like a group of flowers competing for beauty.
After the ensemble, the applause continued on the second floor.
The youngest daughter of the Zheng family clapped her hands and applauded: "It's been a long time since I heard Qingyi and the princess playing together. This time it's really a feast for the ears. Now it's not like we used to gather together every day when I was a child, and I can hear it at any time. Qingyi, you are not in Beijing. , I’m so bored all day.”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyi took her fingers off the strings, got up and walked to the couch and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, you won't be bored after you get married."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone roared with laughter, Song Rongyue, Princess Yi, covered her mouth and trembled while laughing.
The youngest daughter of the Zheng family blushed, she was reluctant to beat Lu Qingyi, so she directed the conversation to Princess Yi.
"I'm still young, the princess is of marriageable age, and the princess is lonelier than me."
Song Rongyue was laughing until tears were about to come out, she was taken aback when she heard the words, then bit her lower lip tightly, her cheeks were flushed, she couldn't bear it anymore, she stood up, she was holding up her skirt to hit the Zheng family's youngest daughter.
Seeing this, the youngest daughter of the Zheng family ran away holding her skirt, but Song Rongyue refused to give up and went downstairs to chase her.
"Damn girl, see if I can spare you." Song Rongyue chased after her and said bitterly.
"Sister princess, if adults don't remember villains, my mouth will be sloppy, sister princess, please forgive Miner." The youngest daughter of the Zheng family ran up the stone bridge above the lotus pond, begging for mercy.
"Ouch!!!" The youngest daughter of the Zheng family bumped into someone when she turned her head, and she fell backwards to the ground.
Seeing this, Song Rongyue hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, looked at the person coming and said with a smile: "Why are you free today?"
"This old slave pleases His Royal Highness the Princess. Today the Empress Dowager ordered the palace people to make a few kites, and invites the Princess to sit in the palace." The nurse beside the Queen Mother saluted Song Rongyue with a smile.
Song Rongyue smiled when she heard the words: "Madam, please wait a moment, I will come after I change the palace clothes." Song Rongyue turned around and took two steps, and when she remembered something, she turned around and looked at Madam and said, "Mama, the emperor Grandmother must be in a very good mood today, I will bring a friend from the past into the palace, Grandmother will not blame Rongyue, right?"
"The Empress Dowager is in a very good mood today, so the princess doesn't have to worry." The old mother smiled.
Hearing this, Song Rongyue turned around, walked up to the youngest daughter of the Zheng family, and nodded her nose: "I'll take care of you when I get back." After finishing speaking, she walked quickly to the Accord, and pulled Lu Qingyi out.
Lu Qingyi is a man of two lifetimes, so it is inevitable that she will be nervous. After all, the queen mother of a country has a noble status.She was willing to accompany Song Rongyue into the palace, it was exactly what the Princess said, thanking the Empress Dowager face to face for pleading for the Lu family, this kindness is indeed beyond heaven.
When the group arrived at the gate of the palace, the mother showed the Queen Mother's badge, the carriage drove into the palace gate, and stopped at the front door of the Qianqing Hall. The mother followed Princess Yi and Lu Qingyi with a group of maids, and walked through the Yuehua Hall. Longbaodian, through the long bluestone road, came to the palace planted with green pines on both sides.
Lu Qingyi lifted her skirt and went up the steps, she was stunned for a moment when she raised her head, she remembered that the plaque used to say "Beautiful Charm Palace", why is it changed to the palace where the Queen Mother lives now?The more you change, the more concise and clear?
"Report to the Empress Dowager, Princess Yi and the daughter of the Lu Mansion, Lu Qingyi, came to visit the Empress Dowager." The old nanny walked in and bowed to report.
"Oh?" The queen mother touched the white fox in her arms, and couldn't put it down, "Please come in quickly."
"No." Mammy stepped back and walked out.
When she was young, Song Rongyue walked in with Lu Qingyi, and Song Rongyue blessed herself: "Rongyue pays homage to the imperial grandmother~"
"My daughter Lu Qingyi pays her respects to the Queen Mother, and thank you Queen Mother for pleading for the Lu family." Lu Qingyi knelt down.
The queen mother raised her head when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "Hey, everyone, get up and sit down!"
"Thank you, Grandmother~"
"Thank you queen~"
The queen mother handed over the white fox in her arms to the mother on the side, and looked at Lu Qingyi with all her eyes, tsk tsk, it really looks more and more sensual.
"Aijia and your girl have been gone for almost two years, she has changed a lot." The more the Queen Mother looked at her, the more she liked her, and she had a lot of plans for her own grandson in her mind, "Your parents didn't marry you, did they?"
"Grandmother, Qingyi is married." Song Rongyue laughed.
The queen mother squinted her eyes and looked at Lu Qingyi. After a closer look, the hair accessories were a little different.
"Oh, why did girl Lu get married so early? There are a lot of promising young people here in Ai's family." The queen mother's face was full of pain like cutting flesh, and then she looked at her granddaughter, "You are just too late, so many promising young people." As a young man, your bastard's father, Wang Leng, didn't like it and made Aijia angry. If you delay, you will delay Aijia's little granddaughter. Your mother and concubine are not good. Aijia talked to her about you about the marriage, she came to talk about pear cake with Aijia."
Song Rongyue sighed slightly and asked, "Then how did you talk with your mother and daughter about the granddaughter's marriage?"
"Let's talk about sweet farts, didn't you say it all, your queen mother talked about pear cake with Ai's family instead." The queen mother was full of hatred.
The corners of Song Rongyue's mouth twitched twice: "So, Grandmother, you were taken away by that pear cake?"
The Empress Dowager felt ashamed when she heard the words, with a childlike attitude of admitting her mistake: "Rong Yue, it's all because of your concubine mother's fault, the emperor's grandmother fell for her."
But the number of yards you were fooled is too low. Compared with her princess, how much is pear flower cake more important.
"Rongyue, don't worry, after your mother and concubine left that day, Aijia came to his senses and knew that he had been fooled. He had already planned a big plan that day. He must find a reason to trick your mother and concubine into the palace. This time, I will tell you about your marriage." It's clear." The queen mother expressed her heartfelt heart to her granddaughter.
"Oh, Grandmother, my marriage is really in no hurry, and you don't want Rongyue to be unhappily married, do you?" Song Rongyue asked, holding the Queen Mother's arm.
"Yes, yes, I just don't want our Rongyue marriage to be unhappy, that's why Aijia wants to mention your mother and concubine, otherwise, how can your mother and concubine's IQ find you a good son-in-law?"
Lu Qingyi lowered her eyes and endured it extremely. The princess's low IQ can easily divert the topic of the Queen Mother. Isn't the Queen Mother's IQ more worrying?
"Your Majesty is here!!!"
While speaking, the father-in-law outside reported to His Majesty.
Song Rongyue and Lu Qingyi stood up one after another, and Emperor Tianshun strode in when he was young: "I send my respects to the queen."
"Well, come and sit down, the emperor."
"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Emperor Tianshun walked up to the Empress Dowager and sat down.
"Rongyue met the emperor's uncle, the emperor's uncle is auspicious~" Song Rongyue stepped forward to salute.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, all blessings." Lu Qingyi knelt down on the ground.
"Get up quickly." Emperor Tianshun looked at Song Rongyue with a smile, "If Rongyue is my daughter, I will wake up smiling from a dream."
"Uncle Huang loves Rong Yue like his own daughter, so Rong Yue is almost your own." Song Rongyue laughed.
Emperor Tianshun laughed heartily when he heard the words: "Yes, yes, not my daughter, but better than my daughter."
"The emperor's uncle must have something to do with the emperor's grandmother, so Rongyue and Qingyi withdrew." Song Rongyue nodded.
"Qingyi? The daughter of Lu Qing's family?" Emperor Tianshun didn't stay on Lu Qingyi at first, thinking that he was just the daughter of a prince and minister, but now he took a few glances and said with a smile: "I don't dare to recognize the one who came out two years ago. How is your father now?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, my father is well." Lu Qingyi replied cautiously.
"That's good. The Empress Dowager and the princess like you very much. You spend most of your time in Beijing with Rong Yue in the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager." Emperor Tianshun.
"No." Lu Qingyi nodded in response.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Song Rongyue took Lu Qingyi's hand and retreated.
After seeing the people leaving, Emperor Tianshun said to the Empress Dowager: "Mother, the front line has won a great victory, and my ministers want to send envoys to the front line to cooperate with General Qian to negotiate with Beichuan on paying tribute and withdrawing troops. "
"It's fine for the emperor to decide this matter, why bother to ask Ai's family?" The Queen Mother was puzzled.
"It's not right to disturb the mother's peace, but there are no suitable candidates for envoys, which makes my ministers worry day and night." Emperor Tianshun sighed again, "Almost all the talents promoted by Chunwei last year were used by my uncle, and my ministers can use them There are very few people, and I want to take advantage of the great victory at the front line to set up Enke as a special case, and use it with the Empress Dowager Fengxi."
"What's the matter, the emperor can just make it up. He just plans to come to Ai's house to seal the seal and agree to start Enke."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Emperor Tianshun was overjoyed.
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