Chapter 40 Mu Ai

Mrs. Wuyingjun has always been neat. The next day, she invited several wives with her status to visit the empress dowager. Song stopped at the door and said that the empress dowager's condition was getting worse again. Now Ren Yangkuan is diagnosing inside. While Princess Xuanning, King Guangling and Princess Tongchang are all there, Mrs. Wuying County is small The voice and Mrs. Rongchang County talked about things, and her voice was neither high nor low, which happened to be heard by everyone around her: "My sister's appearance now is really worrying."

Although Mrs. Rongchang County had been taught a lesson by the Empress Dowager because of the matter of Princess Anping, she also knew that even if the Gao family went to the Empress Dowager, the glory would be reduced by a few%. She would also be worried: "Speaking of the medical skills of the imperial doctor are extremely excellent. How can the treatment become heavier and heavier? According to the saying, the Empress Dowager has always been healthy..."

"In the past, my eldest son was not in good health, but later, it was better to pray for blessings." Mrs. Wuying said, "It's just that you have to be pious. You can't just stay in the palace like this. You'd better choose a place."

Everyone was thinking about this. They were waiting for Ren Yangkuan, and someone outside came to report that it was Nie Yuansheng, a Chinese scholar, who was ordered by Ji Shen to visit the Empress Dowager and inquire about her illness.

Because the Empress Dowager Gao is still inside, she is the most noble as the eldest princess of Xuanning. She is also the direct daughter of the Empress Dowager Gao, so she said, "Call him in, and the imperial doctor will come out when he thinks about it, so that he can listen to it and go to Sanlang."

Nie Yuansheng came in, saw the ceremony in order, and said without squinting: "Your Majesty is now reviewing the memorial. I heard that the Empress Dowager's illness was repeated, and I was worried. Because there were several urgent documents in the memorial, I sent my ministers to visit first, and the emperor's car will arrive later."

He is handsome and elegant. Although Mrs. Wuying County, a famous woman, is probably from a family, the concept of family is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and she can't help but have a good impression on him. Princess Tongchang can't help but look a few more when she saw this popular favorite minister inside and outside the palace for the palace for the first time.

Princes Xuanning immediately felt it and said calmly, "The imperial doctor is treating her mother in it. Song Xianren just came out and said that she had already opened the prescription, and there were fewer people waiting."

"Thank you for telling me." Nie Yuansheng nodded. In a short time, Ren Yangkuan was sent out by Song Xianren. Everyone inquired endlessly. Dr. Ren said lightly, "The empress dowager is a chronic disease, which is difficult to cure. Now the use of medicinal stones is only restrained. The official medical skills are insufficient, and she is still thinking about it."

Princes Xuanning's face suddenly changed, and Nie Yuansheng also showed a solemn look, but Ren Yangkuan refused to say more except for these words. He went back and excused to turn over his medical skills and hurried away.

Nie Yuansheng didn't seem to dare to delay and said, "I have to go back to your majesty."

"Go ahead." Princess Xuanning was restless and forgot Tongchang. She went to carefully cross-examination Song Xianren...

Princess Tongchang returned to the room that she had cleaned up and lived in. From the intimate maid of honor brought by Hongshou Palace, she seemed to have something on her mind, so she closed the door and whispered to her side, "Is that kid angry with Your Highness again? Your Highness, be patient for the time being. When the empress dowager is well, Your Highness will not suffer this grievance in vain. After falling, he will take the imperial concubine out of the palace. There may not be a chance to deal with them in the future!"

"No, it's just that the doctor came out and said that her mother's body was not very good." Princess Tongchang said something distracted.

Yuhua said, "Anyway, Your Highness has always served the empress dowager with all his heart, even if the empress dowager is serious... Your Majesty can't wrong your Highness's filial piety, otherwise the courtiers will not obey, so whenever someone comes to visit, your Highness will always go out. Otherwise, Your Highness is tired to serve here, outside Isn't it a injustice that no one knows?

Tongchang is now 16 years old. This flower is one year older than her. She is the daughter of Empress Dowager Bo's confidant who released the palace when she was favored her. She has always been shrewd and capable, but because Empress Bo's confidant died early, her father married another bride. When Princess Bo heard that she was very good at a young age, she took her into the palace to accompany Tongchang. After the old servant, he also found an arm for Tongchang.

In the past, when Yuhua persuaded Tongchang, Tongchang always listened carefully, but this time he didn't know why he couldn't listen to it. He said annoyly, "I know. You don't have to say it!"

Yuhua was stunned by her. She has accompanied Tongchang since she was a child. Tongchang is not a thoughtful person. How can she not see that Tongchang clearly has something on her heart? However, when she accompanied Tongchang, she was coldly said to the waiters in the Summer Palace, such as "What did you say to serve the empress dowager? Jinzhi Yuye's shelf is full, and the close maid of honor does not leave her. After all, she is also a slave and maidservant, and the master's benefits" and "The eldest princess has fallen for a long time, and now she has come to the empress dowager. Some people have to serve the empress dowager to drink medicine with their own hands. Some people obviously live in the palace. In our palace, they still have to ask the maid of honor to come forward in everything, which is also regarded as filial piety? It's really funny." Princess Tongchang couldn't resist it, so she told Yuhua not to follow her.

Therefore, Yuhua can only ask Princess Tongchang how she passed every day. Now Princess Tongchang clearly refuses to say it. She is also confused. After a pause, she tried to say, "If your highness has anything sad, if you say it, I dare not say anything to give your highness what advice you, can you can make your Highness feel more comfortable after you pour it out? "

Tongchang and she grew up together, and they are not unruly. Zi, after scolding her, she was already a little regretful. Instead, she was not angry. Instead, she coaxed herself with kind words and hesitated for a moment and vaguely confided: "Just now, Mrs. Wuying County, sister and several wives came to visit the empress dowager together. They happened to meet Dr. Ren as the mother's diagnosis. Song Xianren told us not to go in and quarrel. Dr. Ren, I don't want your majesty to send Nie She to ask his mother..."

When Yuhua heard this, she saw that Princess Tongchang stopped talking and said suspiciously, "Then what?"

"Then, Dr. Ren said that the Empress Dowager was not very good, and the elder sister was very anxious, so Nie She went back to tell your majesty." When Tongchang said this, there was a slight glow on his face.

After thinking about it for a long time, she didn't feel any worries about it. The condition of Empress Dowager Gao was not only aggravated today. A few days ago, she persuaded Tongchang to be ready to be filial piety... She coaxed a few more words, and Tongchang said shyly: "Nie Sheren, you are really handsome!"

"Nev Zikai?" Yuhua was shocked and looked at Tongchang in surprise. Then she suddenly realized that Tongchang's cheeks were red not because the weather was getting hotter, but because she was shy - she opened her mouth and whispered, "When Bu Longhui was still Shunhua before, she mentioned that he had asked His Highness Shang, but..."

Hearing this, Tongchang hurriedly asked, "But what?"

Seeing her eager appearance, she really couldn't bear it, but in the end, she still wanted to tell her: "It's just that the Bo family and the Cui family felt that his family background was insufficient and his official position was too low, so the court refuted it... Later, it was just like this."

"Why didn't anyone tell me about my marriage?" Tongchang listened and almost burst into tears, but her personality was weak. After complaining like this, she did not continue to complain. She was just extremely disappointed and said, "I have never seen a better-looking person than him except your majesty."

Yuhua thought, I haven't told you yet. After the Bo family refuted, Nie Yuansheng himself also made it clear that he was not worthy of you - didn't you want to be the Lord? Now this hatred has been settled in both times.

Then he said euphemistically, "I heard that several Langjun of the Cui family are also excellent."

"I've seen those cousins, and it's okay." Tongchang said absent-mindedly that she is only 16 years old now, and it is still the time of Mu Shaoai.

General Jinzhiyuye, the eldest princess of Xuanning was spoiled after she went with the previous emperor when the previous emperor was there. Even when she fell out with Ji Shen, the empress dowager also protected the pearl on her palm, but Princess Tongchang was not. She was only seven years old when the former emperor died. Although the former emperor loved her young daughter when she was there, but After the emperor left, she was driven to the remote and lonely Hongshou Palace with Princess Bo for many years. She had already forgotten the princess's demeanor, but she developed a cowardly temperament like the common daughter of an ordinary family. At this moment, she did not forget Nie Yuansheng, but she did not dare to mention it with the Empress Dowager Gao. Hearing Yuhua mention the son of the Cui family, he felt that he was not as good as Nie Yuansheng, so he subconsciously refuted a sentence.

It's just that she has always been quiet, and it's rare to refute Yuhua so many times. Yuhua can't help but think that Tongchang can't give up on Nie Yuansheng.

With this idea, she told Princess Bo on the pretext of going back to Hongshou Palace that night to get a few things for Tongchang.

Of course, Princess Bo was shocked when she heard the words!

"Is that Nie Zikai last time?" Princess Bo said angrily, "The grandson of Linyi County - Linyi County is naturally good! But his eldest grandson, his parents died when he was a child and did not grow up. Even the Duke of Linyi County and the Lady of County also went there. It can be seen that his fate is extremely hard! Even if you don't mention this, the title of Duke of Linyi is not on him, which shows that he is blessed! Not to mention that he is just a six-grade Chinese scholar now. I am such a daughter, a princess. No matter how low I marry, I can't marry a six-class official!"

Hua said, "Why don't I know these truths? It's just that the maidservant repeatedly talked to His Highness and mentioned Cui Langjun, but... the imperial concubine also knew the nature of His Highness. Your Highness is the most gentle and sensible, but it's okay to hear it here, but this time I don't want to refute the maidservant, saying that Cui Jialangjun and the Nie Zikai are incomparable... The imperial concubine look at this..."

Princess Bo is only this woman, and she also loves her very much. When she heard the words, she said sadly, "There are so many suitable Langjuns in the sky, but how can she like this Nie Zikai? Isn't it a deliberate calculation in the Yi Hall?"

"The maidservant asked His Highness that although Nie Zikai was allowed by Princess Xuanning to enter the hall, he did not look at His Highness after entering the hall." The flowers are true.

"Even so, my son is at this age when he likes a good color. Since he is handsome and outstanding, my son grows up and rarely sees a foreign man. It's not surprising that he is confused by him all of a sudden." The Empress Dowager Gao can't rest assured of Princess Bo. Isn't Princess Bo wary of the Empress Dowager Gao? At that moment, he said, "Don't say that Nie Zikai is really not a good candidate for his son-in-law. Even if he has openly pushed the grace of the Lord before, can we still ask him to go now?"

Xiaohua asked, "So the imperial concubine... now your Highness..."

"This must be a conspiracy with the Yi Hall." Princess Bo said decisively, "I know that I don't have anything to pinch now, so my son asked me not to let go, otherwise the emperor has gone, so what if I go down to accompany the emperor? This is deliberately telling me that I can't entrust a good man!"

She thought for a moment and said, "Now that under the shelter of others, it is difficult to carry out even if there are thousands of tricks, but the Empress Dowager loves face and is afraid that others will say that she is not virtuous... I don't think she can do anything to ask my son to fall with Nie Zikai when she is alive, but I'm afraid that something will really happen to her... Your Majesty's behavior is not us. We can measure it!"

Xiaohua was worried and said, "But now the Empress Dowager's condition is as serious as day, and it's hard to mention His Highness's marriage!"

Princess Bo racked her brains, but asked her to think of a way: "The Empress Dowager can't mention my son's marriage, but Nie Zikai can marry first!" So, can you still ask my son to do a small job for him?

She called her confidant and told her, "You will leave the palace tomorrow and entrust your sister-in-law to try to find a girl from a similar family for Nie Zikai. If you don't mention getting married immediately, you can at least persuade the Duke of Linyi County to settle the marriage for him! In case he is annoying here!"