MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 67

No matter how the emotions in her heart surged, the queen mother said these words calmly.

To outsiders, it's just saying hello to an old acquaintance whom I haven't seen for a long time.

However, when the voice fell on his heart, Grand Master Qi trembled violently.

—This time I went to Beijing, I never expected to see her.

Unexpectedly, God still gave him this side.

—Although he just lowered his head and didn't dare to raise his eyes at all, the furthest line of sight could only reach the corner of her robe.

But enough is enough.

Qi Shuguang also tried his best to restrain his emotions, bowed his head and bowed on the ground, saying, "Cao Min sees the Empress Dowager."

This move is reasonable and more in line with the status of the old minister.

But within a short while, the Queen Mother nodded, then looked away, looked around the crowd and said, "This time you are all gathered in the capital to do your best for the restart of Songhe Academy. The Ai family is very pleased. , and make more contributions to the people of the court."

When the voice fell, everyone responded one after another.

The noisy voices are mixed together, so that people can't tell which one belongs to that person.

After everything calmed down, the Empress Dowager said again, "Everyone, hurry up, Ai's family is going back to the palace too."

After speaking, he turned around and boarded the shoulder road waiting at the side.

Everyone responded one after another, and continued walking after seeing her out of the imperial garden.

Qi Shuguang's expression was normal, but his mind was still on the side of him just now.

—After many years, she has become the empress dowager, her palace attire has been changed to a dark color, and her voice sounds much calmer.

Presumably, there is no need to worry about the problems of the government anymore, and no need to worry about the disobedience of the young adopted son.

So, it should be very good.

Just as he was thinking this way, someone suddenly said to him, "I heard that Mr. Qi used to be an official in Zhongji Temple, and now there are many students of yours in the court. Come to think of it, this time, the Songhe Academy Shanzhang is the It's all about you."

As soon as these words came out, everyone echoed.

Some people even bowed to him and congratulated him, "Congratulations to Mr. Qi."

Qi Shuguang smiled faintly, and said, "Everyone is really flattering Qi too much. Qi has mediocre qualifications and has lived in Langya for more than ten years. I really dare not covet the position of the mountain leader. After this matter is over, I still have to go back to Langya. I also ask you to show your talents and make more contributions to the academy."

The implication is that he is just here to make soy sauce this time, and he has no intention of this person at all.

Hearing this, many people were quietly relieved, praised him for his humility, and continued to move forward.

~~

And just when all the famous Confucianists were talking freely in Wenyuan Pavilion, Yan Shu woke up leisurely.

While laying on the bed, rubbing his stomach and thinking about what to have for breakfast, he heard a ding from the system, 【The Empress Dowager and Grand Master Qi have just met. 】

What?

She immediately sat up in shock, and asked a series of questions, 【When did we meet? Where did we meet? I do not know how? ? ? 】

System, [When you were dreaming just now, the Empress Dowager got up early for a stroll, Grand Master Qi and everyone were going to Wenyuan Pavilion for a meeting, and the two ran into each other in the Imperial Garden. 】

Yan Shu, [! ! 】

Hey, I knew she would have gone to the Royal Garden to wait!

Really, how can CP fans live such an important moment! !

She had no choice but to ask again, 【What kind of picture is it that the two meet again? Did you stare blankly for a while and then slowly call out the other person's name? 】

The system, 【...Thinking too much, in front of so many people! The queen mother just said long time no see, and Qi Shuguang just kowtowed to her and said goodbye. 】

"..."

Well, under the current environment, the two of them really can only do so.

However, no matter how impossible their identities are, wouldn't they still meet up now?

This is much faster than she expected!

Yan Shu thought to herself, it must be God's arrangement.

Thinking of this, and thinking about what the emperor told her last night, she hurriedly got up and dressed, had a quick breakfast, and went to Ci'an Palace.

She was excited all the way, and when she got to the place, she saw the Queen Mother looking normal, playing with some water lilies.

"The concubine sees the empress dowager."

After saluting, Yan Shu stepped forward and boasted, "These water lilies are really fragrant, I smelled them at the gate of the hall."

The queen mother sighed, "It is fragrant when it just blooms, but it will lose its smell after a while, so it is said that the flowers are worth breaking."

Yanshu, "..."

How does this make sense...

Could it be a matter of emotion and a bachelor?

She raised her eyes quietly, but saw that the corners of the Empress Dowager's eyes were drooping, and she seemed a little sad.

Yan Shu sighed silently, and hurriedly diverted the Queen Mother's attention, "Your Majesty intends to arrange a banquet in the palace to entertain the families of the Confucian scholars who came to Beijing this time. I want to invite the Queen Mother to make the decision. I don't know what you want ?”

But the queen mother raised her eyebrows and said, "The Ai family thinks it's unnecessary."

Um?

Yan Shu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Why does your empress think so?"

Without waiting for the queen mother to speak, she listened to the system saying, 【The queen mother doesn't know about Qi Shuguang's single status yet, so she is afraid to see his family members and feel uncomfortable. 】

Yan Shu, [I see. 】

At this moment, the Queen Mother also said, "The scholar's matter should be discussed in the front court, why bother with the harem."

This is of course an excuse, and it sounds slightly sour.

Yan Shu thought for a while, then hurriedly said, "Now that Songhe Academy is owned by the imperial court, His Majesty certainly attaches great importance to it. At the same time, he also wants these gentlemen to feel His Majesty's sincerity. Besides, His Majesty said that this time, he plans to call some ministers There are about seven or eight family members of these gentlemen, and the rest are mainly the family members of these gentlemen. The number is no more than a dozen. However, it is strange to say that among the four most famous gentlemen this time, there are only three They brought their family members, but Mr. Qi from Langya did not."

As soon as the words came out, the Queen Mother paused while fiddling with the water lily, but she pretended to ask casually, "Why didn't he bring it?"

Yan Shu said, "I heard that the gentleman is alone and hasn't married yet."

After the words fell, the queen mother gave another meal.

—He never got married.

Back then, there were always people who wanted to match him up, but he never accepted it.

Didn't expect that after so many years, he was still alone?

But Yan Shu said, "There is one less person in this way, so the scene shouldn't be too big. By the way, there is also a young lady from Tiande Academy in Xiangyang, who is said to be the blood of the clan."

Um?

The queen mother returned to God, "Who is it?"

Yan Shu said, "I heard that she is the granddaughter of King Nanping, her surname is Chen, she is not too old."

The queen mother thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes, the eldest son-in-law of King Nanping is indeed named Chen. When King Nanping and his wife died of illness, his son inherited the throne, but he was not very honest. The fiefdom was locked up because of his father's loyalty, but the titles of other close relatives were cut off and they were told to fend for themselves."

Speaking of which, when she first entered Yuwen's house, the old sister-in-law of Princess Nanping took good care of her.

It's a pity that the descendants are too disappointing.

The queen mother nodded and said, "Since there is still an old man, let's meet."

Yan Shu quickly nodded and replied, "Yes, it's hot right now, so it's better to put it in the Yunshui Pavilion, it will be cooler."

The Queen Mother hummed, "Just make arrangements."

The voice fell, and my heart returned to what I heard just now—

He didn't even have a family yet.

This fool, does he not want to stay behind in this life?

~~

On the same day, the invitations from the palace were distributed to the wives who accompanied the emperor to Beijing this time, and the Shangshan Supervisor in the palace and the Taichang Temple also started to prepare immediately.

In this way, on the morning of the second day, all the female relatives gathered in Yunshui Pavilion to meet the Queen Mother.

Yan Shu accompanied the Empress Dowager to receive them, but saw that most of these female relatives were in their forties, they were different in height, short, fat and thin, and most of them had a quiet temperament.

However, there is a lady who is tall and healthy, with a hearty temperament, which is particularly eye-catching, but she is the wife of Gu Hongbai, a well-known scholar in Lanling.

Yan Shu immediately became interested and asked the system, 【This lady seems to be physically strong, maybe she was born in martial arts? 】

System, [That's right, this Mrs. Gu is the daughter of a well-known local martial arts family in Lanling, with excellent martial arts. Back then when I was out in the market, I ran into Gu Hongbai, a handsome scholar who came out to set up a fortune telling fortune, and was entangled by a gangster. Seeing the injustice on the spot, he kicked the gangster and helped Mr. Gu out of the siege, and the two became attached to each other. 】

Yan Shu's eyes lit up.

—This sounds like a very interesting little sweet article!

However, what did Mr. Gu do if he didn't study hard when he was young and went to the street to do fortune-telling?

Tsk, it seems that I have to take a closer look at it some other day.

Just thinking about this, I saw a woman in her forties leading a young woman to come forward and saluted her and the queen mother, "My wife, Xiangyang Wang, and my daughter-in-law, Chen, see the queen mother, See Empress Yipin."

Xiangyang, Chen family?

It turned out that this was the granddaughter of the Nanping King.

Yan Shu hurriedly introduced to the Queen Mother, "This is the one my concubine mentioned to you yesterday."

The Empress Dowager nodded, and took a look at that Mrs. Chen, seeing that he was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a good face, and it seemed that the shadow of his old sister-in-law, Princess Nanping, could be found in her eyes.

It's just that her expression is not as spirited as her grandmother's back then, her eyes are lowered, which seems to be a bit pleasing to the eye.

The Empress Dowager sighed silently, the descendants of the good clan, dragged down by that unlucky uncle, have already disappeared from Xiaojiabiyu.

She said, "Aijia and your grandmother used to be together, and they also watched your mother grow up. How is your mother now?"

But the other party lowered his head and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, the minister's wife's mother has passed away."

It's a really sad thing.

The Empress Dowager sighed, "It's been so many years since we left, and many people haven't seen each other."

While speaking, Yan Shu quietly observed the girl, feeling a little strange.

On this hot day, everyone else was wearing low-necked summer clothes, but her clothes were still high-necked, and the neckline was tightly buttoned. It really made people feel hot for her. The sleeves are also long to the fingers, as if they are afraid of showing their wrists.

Plus her demeanor...

Yan Shu hurriedly asked the system, 【Why does this girl seem to be unhappy? 】

The system, [Being beaten and scolded by my husband every day, who would be happy? 】

What?

Yan Shu was taken aback, and quickly asked, 【What's going on? Isn't her husband's family a master of Confucianism in Xiangyang? Her father-in-law Hong Yusheng is also the head of Tiande Academy! And she is also considered a relative of the clan, why does her husband dare to beat and scold her casually? 】

System, [Confucianists may not be able to teach scum! Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, actually doted on her son very much. She used to have a tyrannical temperament and was unreasonable. The reason why this girl is dressed so densely is because she is afraid that outsiders will see the scars on her body. 】

Hey! Domestic violence cannot be tolerated! !

Yan Shu was so angry that she hurriedly asked, 【Does her in-laws not care? Where is her father? 】

System, 【Her father-in-law is proud of his son's talent and learning, so he doesn't care about these things. This time he specially brought him to the capital because he wanted his son to find a job in Songhe Academy. Her mother-in-law also dislikes the girl's inability to give birth to a child, and often speaks loudly! 】

[As for her biological father, not to mention, the emperor didn't punish him back then, but only took the title, but the family property was still kept for him, but he was lazy and squandered it in a few years. Isn't it just for the dowry that he married his daughter to the beastly Hong family mountain wolf! 】

This really **** Yanshu off, 【Another girl who was sucked blood! Giving birth to a child in this environment is also suffering! And can you blame women for not being able to have children? Most of them are not the reason for men! 】

Immediately, seeing that old lady Wang was also very unpleasant, wishing to cast aside on the spot.

This matter cannot be ignored.

She then thought about it, and said to the daughter of the Chen family, "It's a hot day, did you catch a cold? Why are you wearing such thick clothes?"

In fact, the Empress Dowager had already noticed it, so she asked, "Could it be that you are tired from the long-distance travel? Do you want the imperial doctor to come and take a look?"

But the mother-in-law Wang hurriedly said, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your concern. She is fine, but her constitution is weak and cold, and she is naturally afraid of the cold."

The Chen family girl herself dared not speak.

Seeing it, the Queen Mother just nodded and said, "That's good, let's take a seat and rest."

~~

Today's guests are not too many, and the banquet is not too long, it will come to an end in about an hour.

Taking advantage of the time when everyone came forward to say goodbye, the Empress Dowager said to the girl from the Chen family, "It's a family member anyway, it's rare for you to enter the palace, stay and talk to Ai's family before you go back."

Yan Shu's eyes lit up, but when she saw that her mother-in-law Wang was still going to speak, she immediately rushed, "Don't worry, Mrs. Hong, after the Queen Mother finishes talking with the young lady, she will naturally send her to the post house, you go back first." .”

That Mrs. Wang was taken aback, hesitated for a while, and had no choice but to respond, "Yes."

In this way, when everyone left the palace, the Empress Dowager also brought Mrs. Chen back to Ci'an Palace.

When there were no outsiders, the Empress Dowager said to the Chen family, "Speaking of which, your grandmother took good care of the Ai family back then, and the Ai family has always remembered it over the years, so they specially kept you here to talk. You are also a member of the Yuwen family. , you can regard this as your natal family, and you can tell the Ai family that life in the Hong family is okay?"

After the words fell, Chen's expression moved slightly, and there seemed to be mist in his eyes.

However, after hesitating for a while, he said, "Thank you for your care, the queen mother, my wife... nothing happened, and it's okay in the Hong family..."

Seeing this scene, Yan Shu sighed, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the Empress Dowager left you today to make decisions for you. As a bloodline of the clan, you really don't need to worry about the Hong family. If they treat you It's not good for you, at worst, marry Li separately, anyway, there is a queen mother."

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows and glanced at Yan Shu.

This girl, is she willing to take care of her?

Yan Shu rolled her eyes, and hurriedly added, "The Empress Dowager is the most hated and righteous person, and she will never sit idly by."

After finishing the words, the Queen Mother also nodded, and said to Chen Shi, "That's right, just tell me if you have anything to say, if you return to Xiangyang, I'm afraid the Ai family will not be able to save you."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Shi paused.

Then suddenly burst into tears, crying, "I, I don't want to live anymore..."

After crying for a while, he took the initiative to untie the collar and cuffs, and said to the queen mother, "This was all beaten by Hong Tianzong, empress, my wife really doesn't want to live!"

The queen mother hurried to look, but saw that his arms were all bruises, and there were even finger marks on his neck, which seemed to be pinched.

Yan Shu was also shocked, and immediately said to the queen mother, "Mother, this man dares to abuse the blood of the clan like this, he must not be lightly forgiven!"

The Empress Dowager nodded when she heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Come here, report to Your Majesty, and say that Hong Tianzong has been seen by the family."

Immediately there should be someone from the palace, and they quickly went to Qianming Palace.

Soon, the king in the imperial study got the news.

——The Queen Mother just summoned Hong Tianzong and didn't say anything. Although he was a little strange, he also sent someone to the posthouse to find someone.

Speaking of which, Hong Tian, ​​who is known as a talented scholar in Xiangyang, won the favor of many ministers when he made a speech in Wenyuan Pavilion yesterday.

Of course, at his age, it is not enough to be a mountain chief, but it is still possible to be a lecturer in the academy.

Because she had something to do at hand, Yu Wenlan continued to devote herself to the memorial when someone was dispatched.

After reading the memorial, it was about two quarters of an hour.

Thinking that Hong Tianzong had also arrived at Ci'an Palace, he was curious for a moment and decided to find out why the Empress Dowager summoned this person.

So he left the royal study.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the Ci'an Palace, before they could enter the palace, they heard a man's scream suddenly.

"My lady, my lady, please forgive me..."

Yu Wenlan, "???"