Chapter 585 Lost the Big Watermelon
"What's wrong with dreaming of returning to the court?" Old said as she walked into the emperor's small living room.
The emperor said coldly: Your mother has been in the palace before. Treason is a capital crime. You are still plotting for power today. Do you think I don’t know?
He pointed at the imperial concubine and said: Stop going out to visit other people and cause trouble.
When Old Lady Xie saw the emperor publicly accusing the imperial concubine who worked for her, she became angry and asked the emperor harshly: Zhao Feiyan was so happy that she felt dizzy just because she was given the official position of a special researcher? The New Song Dynasty is now a prosperous country with a strong territory.
The emperor said coldly: No matter how prosperous the country is, it is not his credit, and he has no ability to govern the country well. He doesn't want to think about anything now, and is only focused on repairing the history of the Zhao family.
Old Mrs. Xie was furious and started cursing again.
The old woman took a trip to the new town, and the counties she saw along the way were all more prosperous than each other. She went into the city several times after returning, and toured the metropolis of Chengdu thoroughly before she realized that she was a frog in a well and had lost a big watermelon in a daze.
When Shi's son and his group of officials who were compiling history came in and out of Huaxi Villa, she began to dream of restoring the country again, and she took the imperial concubine with her to find an opportunity to contact and test these officials.
This group of people, considering the former royal family's reputation, would certainly speak out everything they know. However, when it comes to the old system of the court, they would talk about other things and stop talking about it when the word "emperor" is mentioned.
The emperor angrily questioned Mrs. Xie: Is your old illness coming back again?
Can't you just calm down and live a good life ?
At present, she only has ten strings of money to support her family, and she relies on the emperor to work as a researcher to support her family. Why should she bother? Does she still want to live in Mobei, where she has no food to eat?
The emperor became more and more angry as he spoke, and he sternly told her to stop bothering him. If she wanted to die, she could go to Jinguan City and make trouble directly, as Huaxi Villa needed quiet and peaceful.
If you make trouble again, I will sever the mother-son relationship and no longer acknowledge her as your mother.
The empress dowager was yelled at so hard that she looked at the emperor in a daze.
At this time, the guard at the gate came in to report that King Zhidi had sent people to deliver New Year's goods, including live chickens, bacon, sausages and seafood. A variety of ingredients filled a large cart, and countless new clothes and cosmetics were also sent later.
The emperor didn't even look at the empress dowager, and called his two wives to admire the New Year gifts brought by his daughter-in-law.
After busying herself with collecting the gifts, the imperial concubine went to discuss the matter with the empress. She thought that everyone of them had several sets , but the empress dowager and her servants did not have any new clothes, which made the situation difficult.
The emperor walked in and said, "It's not like they don't have anything to wear. What's the problem? They've sent us several rolls of cloth. Just give them the ones they like and tell them to make it themselves."
Yulin is deliberately not giving them new clothes, so why should we worry about it?
The imperial concubine thought that there was a box full of sewing supplies such as scissors, tape measures, needles and threads in the gift, and immediately understood that there were no clothes for them in the gift, which meant that the empress dowager needed to make them herself.
The two women carefully selected a piece of cloth, cut half of it and kept it, and sent the rest to the Queen Mother.
Mrs. Xie didn't know what it meant and thought it was the cloth distributed by the court for the New Year. She was still sighing in her heart that everyone was equal in the New Song Dynasty. The next day, she was dumbfounded when she saw the emperor, empress, imperial concubines and servants all wearing the trendy New Song national costumes. They were the ones who changed into new clothes for the New Year.
But they got none.
The old maid looked at the cloth in the room and said that she had checked and found that all the tools for sewing new clothes were needed and they needed to do it themselves. Only then did Old Mrs. Xie understand the mystery. After another round of scolding, she reluctantly asked the maid and the eunuchs to work together to sew the new clothes.
Now that Old Lady Xie follows the Emperor, she doesn't have to worry about food and shelter, but she lacks the expenses for clothing, travel and entertainment. Ten strings of coins are definitely not enough to cover all these things, not to mention that the Empress Dowager always has high standards.
It seems that if she wants to live a comfortable life, she will have to rely on her adopted son in the future.
Look, the queen came over with a smile on her face, and the attendant following behind her was holding a brand new and exquisite box in her hand.
The queen took it and presented it to the empress dowager, saying: Mother, these are the trendy cosmetics that Zhidi sent, including various rouge, lipstick and perfume.
The Queen Mother was still furious and yelled, "No," and told her to take it away.
The queen was not angry, and said with a smile: In that case, my daughter-in-law will take it back, and you must take care of yourself, mother.
As soon as the queen left, the queen mother started to curse again. The old nanny said with great regret: "Master, why are you so angry? I see that the box is very heavy, it must be filled with a lot of good things, but they can't be exchanged for money. Now the master's Nine Fragrance Jade Dew is almost used up, why do you refuse?"
The Queen Mother regretted her decision when she thought that the beauty products in her room were about to run out. Did she have to go out in public without makeup during the New Year?
She sighed and said: I'm really anxious. That damn Zhao Qier has made me lose my mind.
Mammy advised her not to worry about it.
The emperor doesn't even think about it anymore and is concentrating on writing books and biographies. Why should the master worry about it?
Besides, the common people outside all believed that Princess Feiyan was the legitimate ruler of the country, and everyone was happy that everyone was equal in the new Song Dynasty. No one opposed Shunzhidi temporarily taking over the throne of the ruler, so what was the point of the master still complaining about the previous dynasty?
Although the Queen Mother was very unwilling, she had to face reality.
She was struggling like this, it was her last struggle.
She had heard it a lot recently. The folks in the countryside knew she lived here and kept their distance from her. The bold folks had already called her "I" or "the Emperor" in the streets. Who would still be afraid of these exclusive terms that once belonged to her family?
Who cares who will be the ruler or the emperor?
The nanny said as she measured her size: Feiyan doesn't like us, so we have to rely on the emperor now. If the emperor abandons his master again, how can we, as servants, protect our master?
The Queen Mother was speechless. After a while she asked her attendants to go to the Queen to ask for the cosmetics that had just been delivered to her.
The eunuch in attendance went to do it immediately.
The Queen was still talking to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine.
The imperial concubine took the newly produced top-grade perfume, applied it on her hands, then stretched it out to let the empress smell it, and then gracefully stretched it out to let the emperor smell it.
The queen teased her that she was trying to seduce her husband.
The emperor said happily: This perfume is really special, a trace of fragrance lingers in the air for a long time, and the lingering fragrance is like lingering in the air, lasting for three days.
The Queen told him that Zhidi had sent many good things, and there was obviously a portion for the Queen Mother, so why were they all sent to her?
The emperor was very proud and said with a smile that his daughter-in-law only recognized her as the eldest mother-in-law.
As they were talking, Mrs. Xie's attendant came in and greeted them from afar.
After the emperor knew the purpose of the visit, he immediately had an idea. He asked the imperial concubine to go to the inner room to collect the unused beauty products and send them to the empress dowager, and also asked her to pass on the message to distribute them to the servants.
The emperor nodded and reprimanded the attendant sternly, asking him to remind the empress dowager at any time not to make fools again. Although Huaxi Villa was small, the new Song Dynasty was big. He could now go to any prefecture and county to inspect and eat and play at will. It was more comfortable than the Lin'an Palace. He didn't want others to disturb his good life.
The attendant nodded repeatedly and agreed, picked up the gift box and walked back, while walking he was looking at the ancestral tomb of his old Zhao family: Damn it, do you think I want to serve you and your son? You wish.
If it weren’t for the fact that I’m missing two balls and it’s hard to find a job outside, I would have just left long ago.
Who would like to be a slave and bow and scrape all day long?
This guy heard that some of the officials who returned to Chengdu with him went to work in prefectures and counties, some became research officials in the Taijiantang, and several officials he was familiar with were willing to be teachers, use the resettlement funds given by the court to buy houses, get married, start families and live a proud life. He was very envious.
When Mrs. Xie saw that none of the cosmetics in the box were new, she became so angry that her face turned blue. She kept cursing and yelling, "What a rebellion!" and was going to go find the Queen to argue.
The attendant beside her told her that the emperor asked the imperial concubine to send the used ones over. The emperor was worried that the new things were poisonous, so how could he dare to ask the empress dowager to use them without checking them?
The empress dowager was furious and picked up the brocade box to smash it to the ground. The nanny hurriedly rushed over to grab it and said that the emperor had thought it through very well. The empress and the imperial concubine had tried them on themselves, so we can use them without worry. Isn't that wonderful?
The empress dowager was tired and stopped tossing and turning. She actually fell on the table and sobbed.
The emperor was drinking tea proudly.
When the queen saw his happy face, she smiled and said, "There's no need to be like this, but this is our mother."
The emperor asked her if she had forgotten that Old Lady Xie had scolded her a lot in the Lin'an Palace. Then he told the imperial concubine how Old Lady Xie had used her, and he knew it all, so she shouldn't be a puppet all her life.
If we really need to get things done right now, it’s better to talk to Feiyan and Yulin directly.
The queen understood that her husband was no longer willing to be driven around by Old Lady Xie. She smiled and went up to refill the water for the emperor and the imperial concubine, muttering: Of course I understand, from now on I will listen to my husband.
The imperial concubine immediately picked up the teacup and tenderly invited the emperor to have tea, saying: I will always listen to my husband, I will always listen to my husband.
The smile on the emperor's face became even brighter.
When the Queen noticed that the Emperor was looking at the Imperial Concubine with a meaningful look, she smiled and nodded at the Imperial Concubine, asking her to help the Emperor take a bath and go to bed, and then she went back to her room on the pretext of being tired.
The concubine blushed and immediately went to help the emperor, who actually walked towards her room. The concubine was overjoyed and carefully helped him to the toilet.
This woman had a miserable life. Ever since she was spotted by the grassland princes in Mobei and asked the emperor to let her enjoy her, the emperor had never touched her. Although many princes summoned her to sleep with them at that time, and she had no shortage of men, every time she was forced and every time she was humiliated.
Today, she finally slept with the man she loved again.
The emperor had a fierce battle with the empress's devoted service and was in great joy. The empress so excitedly lay on him and sobbed.
The emperor asked her what was wrong?
What else is not going well?
The woman said no, I am very happy.
The emperor had already thought of their Lan'er who was still in the desert. After regaining his composure, he sighed and said: Lan'er is still there. I heard that she really doesn't want to come back.
I will ask Yulin later if there is any good way to get our Lan'er back.
