In the early morning, Concubine Rong was dressing Emperor Wu of Zhou in Yongxin Palace.
"Cousin, can the king really return to Beijing this afternoon?" Privately, Concubine Rong called Emperor Zhou Wu "cousin." She has been following Emperor Wu of Zhou since she was a child. Her older cousin is younger than her younger cousin. "It won't last until night, right?" At night, the city gates of the capital will be closed, and Yun'er will not be able to enter the capital if he wants to.
"You can return to Beijing in the afternoon." Emperor Wu of Zhou gave Concubine Rong a positive answer, "Not yet."
"The time has not come yet, so I can rest assured." Concubine Rong said, her eyebrows furrowed, with a worried look on her face, "This child always reports good news but not bad news. This time he went to Liangzhou to quell the chaos. The situation was very dangerous. He He must have been injured, and everyone must have hidden it from us." She sighed softly, "Oh, I wonder how many times he was injured this time, and whether he was seriously injured?"
"I didn't hear that he was seriously injured."
"Cousin, you were like this before. Every time you got hurt, you hid it and didn't let any of us know. When you come back, your injury has healed." Concubine Rong pointed at Emperor Zhou Wu's chest and said coquettishly, " If I hadn't discovered the scars on your body, I wouldn't have known you were injured. The king is still the same as you were when you were young."
Emperor Wu of Zhou held Concubine Rong's finger and said with a smile: "It's normal to be injured on the battlefield. It's nothing to make a fuss about."
Concubine Rong said angrily: "Yes, yes, as long as you don't die, it's just a minor injury."
"That's right." Emperor Zhou Wu reached out and patted Concubine Rong's butt, "The second child is no longer a child, so don't worry too much."
"You father and son have the same virtues." Concubine Rong said helplessly, "When I was young, I often worried about you being injured on the battlefield. I didn't expect that when I get older, I still worry about whether my son will be injured on the battlefield."
Emperor Zhou Wu pinched Concubine Rong's chin and shook it gently: "You just worry too much."
"Women love to worry. Besides, how can I rest assured that my husband and son are fighting outside." Concubine Rong put her arms around Emperor Zhou Wu's waist, raised her head slightly and said, "Fortunately, I don't have to worry about you now."
Emperor Wu of Zhou lowered his head and kissed Concubine Rong on the lips: "Okay, it's time for me to go to court. You can sleep a little longer."
Concubine Rong stood up and kissed Emperor Zhou Wu on the lips: "Cousin, walk slowly."
Emperor Wu of Zhou smiled and left Concubine Rong's palace.
After Emperor Wu of Zhou left, Concubine Rong returned to bed and slept in her cage. As for going to Zhaoyang Palace to pay respects to the queen this morning, she forgot about it.
Today is the fifteenth day, and the concubines are going to pay their respects to Queen Xie. On the first and fifteenth day of each month, the concubines and concubines pay their respects to Queen Xie.
Logically speaking, the concubines should pay their respects to Queen Xie every day. Empress Xie also hoped that the concubines would come to pay her respects every day, but unfortunately the first empress did not think so. She felt that it was too troublesome for the concubine to come to greet her every morning. Also, it will make the concubines have trouble sleeping every day. She felt sorry for the concubines, so she changed the rules of greeting them every day to greeting them on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month.
Queen Xie couldn't change the rules set by the previous Queen. If she changed to asking for greetings every day, she would definitely be said to be unvirtuous and not as good as the first queen.
In Kunde Hall, Zhao Yao and the others were having breakfast.
"Today is such a coincidence," said Poppy, "Today is the day to greet the Queen, and the King will return to Beijing today."
Pan Cairen said: "Concubine Rong is going to fight with the Queen again, we have to be careful." Pan Cairen was most afraid of going to pay respects to Queen Xie on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month. Every time I go to greet you, I am bound to see the flash of swords and shadows.
Liang Zhaoyi comforted Pan Cai and said, "The Queen and the Imperial Concubine can't take care of us."
Poppy said: "We can just sit quietly."
The fifth princess pursed her lips slightly and said, "I don't want to go." Every time she went to greet the Queen, she was very nervous and scared. "Mother, can I not go?"
"No." Poppy didn't want her daughter to go, but she had no choice but to go. "If you don't go, you are disrespecting the Queen."
The fifth princess looked at Zhao Yao with envy at this time: "I wish I were the tenth brother, so I don't have to go to Zhaoyang Palace to pay respects."
Zhao Yao said angrily: "This is the only benefit of studying." As he said, he suddenly smiled happily at the fifth princess and said, "Fifth sister, you have to be good."
The fifth princess glared at Zhao Yao fiercely: "Tenth brother, you must study hard and don't let your husband slap you on the palm."
"Although I'm not smart at studying, I'm very well-behaved and my husband won't hit me."
"Tenth brother, if this is not the case, I will go to study on your behalf, and you will go to Zhaoyang Palace to pay my respects for me." The fifth princess thought her idea was a great one.
Zhao Yao directly gave the fifth princess a look and two words: "Dream!"
"Tenth brother, don't you like to study..." Before she could finish her words, she was hit on the head by a poppy.
"Is the Hall of Wende a place you can go to?" Poppy taught the Fifth Princess with a straight face, "Such a big person talks nonsense all day long."
The fifth princess pursed her lips and said, "I'll go, that's not enough."
"Fifth sister, fourth sister and the others will definitely not talk about you today." Zhao Yao knew that the fifth princess did not like to go to Zhaoyang Palace to pay her respects, and there was another important reason, that is, she did not want to see the fourth sister and the others.
Before the second concubine and the fifth sister moved to Kunde Palace, they lived in Yong'an Palace. Yong'an Palace is the palace of Liangfei, and the fourth princess is the daughter of Liangfei.
When she was a child, the fourth princess often bullied the fifth princess and enjoyed bullying the fifth princess. The fifth princess was bullied and frightened by the fourth princess. When she saw the fourth princess, she couldn't help but be frightened.
Later, with the help of Liang Zhaoyi, Poppy took the fifth princess to live in Kunde Hall.
On weekdays, the fifth princess stayed in Kunde Hall and did not go out. The fourth princess disliked the remoteness of Kunde Palace and the unlucky proximity to the Cold Palace, so she would not take the initiative to come to Kunde Palace to bully the fifth princess.
The fourth princess only bullied the fifth princess in words on the first and fifteenth day of each month. Other times, the fourth princess couldn't find anyone to bully the fifth princess.
In the past, the fourth princess had sent someone to Kunde Hall to ask the fifth princess to go out and play. In fact, he just wanted to bully the fifth princess. However, the fifth princess refused. The fifth princess was too timid to refuse, so Liang Zhaoyi sent Guixing to come forward and refuse.
When the fourth princess saw Liang Zhaoyi supporting the fifth princess, she was naturally angry and encouraged her mother, Liangfei, to teach Liang Zhaoyi a lesson. The good concubine looked down on Liang Zhaoyi and had no interest in bullying the little Zhaoyi, but her daughter asked her to help her vent her anger, so she had no choice but to pretend to be a good concubine and teach Liang Zhaoyi a lesson.
Liang Fei taught Liang Zhaoyi a lesson, and Emperor Wu of Zhou knew about it. Emperor Wu of Zhou asked Queen Xie to choose two nuns to re-teach the four princesses etiquette and rules. Not only that, but the fourth princess was also punished to copy "The Female Ring" a thousand times without missing a word. As for the good concubine, although Emperor Wu of Zhou did not punish her directly, he did not go to Yong'an Palace for several months.
Empress Xie took advantage of this incident and scolded Concubine Liang and her daughter severely in front of all the concubines and princesses. Naturally, Concubine De and the others would not miss this opportunity and unceremoniously insulted Concubine Liang, which made Concubine Liang and her daughter the laughing stock of the entire harem.
From then on, no matter whether they were good concubines or virtuous concubines, they did not dare to rely on their status to teach low-ranking concubines at will. The princes and princesses no longer dare to bully others casually.
After this incident, the fourth princess never bullied the fifth princess again. However, she would verbally bully the fifth princess on the first and fifteenth day of every month.
In the past two years, the fifth princess's temperament has become more lively and her courage has become bolder, but she has a psychological shadow on the fourth princess. In front of the fourth princess, she will not feel cowardly and dare not resist the fourth princess. The fourth princess said a few words to her, but she didn't lose a piece of flesh, so she let the fourth princess talk to her.
"Why don't you talk about me?"
"Because the main person to greet you today is the Second Emperor Brother. When you go to say hello, all the topics will focus on the Second Emperor Brother. The Fourth Sister and the others can't care about you."
Hearing what Zhao Yao said, the fifth princess felt relieved: "That's good."
Seeing that it was getting late, Liang Zhaoyi reminded her son: "Yao Yao, eat quickly, or you will be late for studying."
Zhao Yao stopped talking to the fifth princess and drank the porridge quickly with his head down. After finishing the porridge, he hurried out with Tongxi.
Walking out of Kunde Hall, Zhao Yao clearly felt that the atmosphere in the palace was very different today.
"The Second Emperor Brother is coming back, and the palace will immediately become lively." Not only was it lively, but it also became festive.
The great victory in Liangzhou is something worth celebrating. When the king comes back, the palace will naturally be filled with joy.
"Isn't there going to be a celebration in the palace tonight?" Tongxi said, "Your Highness, aren't you most looking forward to tonight's celebration banquet? Aren't you happy?"
"I'm so happy." When he thought about being able to eat beef and other delicacies at tonight's dinner, Zhao Yao's little face showed a bright smile, "I hope it will be until the evening."
"Your Highness, you have to eat less at noon today so that you can have something delicious to eat at night."
"you're right."
At this time, in Chengguang Hall, the ministers were still attending the morning court.
The atmosphere in this morning's morning session was also different, and it was also filled with joy.
Although many people do not want King Dai to come back, Emperor Zhou Wu is happy today. The ministers do not dare to spoil Emperor Zhou Wu's happiness and can only be happy with Emperor Zhou Wu.
The main content of today's morning meeting is still whether to add pearls to the king.
We have been arguing for so many days about adding beads to the acting king, but there has never been a conclusion. The king is coming back today. Whether or not he will be given beads depends on whether or not he will be given the right answer.
No matter what the ministers said, Emperor Wu of Zhou would not give the right words. This made the ministers wonder what he was thinking.
The emperor's heart is aching.
