Chapter 66 Section sixty-six

"Where does the emperor feel uncomfortable?" The Empress Dowager Cixi asked with doubts in her chest, "Why do you need to take shelter from the wind?" "It's because I've been tired for the past few days. I also said that my stomach is cold, and I'm sweating after taking the medicine, so I have to take shelter from the wind." Li Lianying replied in a calm tone, with an air of truthfulness. "It's not a serious illness, so what's the point of saluting? Besides, if you stop the banquet, you have to tell me!" Li Lianying heard that the Empress Dowager Cixi's words were not good, so she didn't dare to answer. Gu Yi asked indifferently: "Didn't Lafayette tell you yesterday, I want to see the new green in Xiyuan, please order to drive that day, so that the slaves can tell them to prepare early."

"What's there to see green there? Besides, it's still very early." "This year's spring started early, the beginning of spring a year ago, and the vernal equinox the day after tomorrow. The east wind in the past two days has blown so much that you can't wear cotton clothes. Lafayette will take everyone for a stroll!" Empress Dowager Cixi fully understood that he deliberately used such a begging tone, because she was afraid that she would be angry because the emperor stopped giving banquets to the empress family, so she wanted to comfort and resolve it.Thinking about it, there is really no reason to be angry about it. If some severe measures are taken and spread outside, it is said that the mother and son have been at odds since the emperor took power, so what is the honor in his own face.The real "family ugliness should not be publicized", hold back this tone!

"Okay!" Empress Dowager Cixi said to herself, "Let's leave his, it depends on what he tells me?" Li Lianying heard the words.The emperor was self-willed for a while, and he caused troubles, and the palace was always quiet. If the Empress Dowager Cixi really had an opinion with the emperor, she would often get angry and wait on her errands with trepidation, that would be uncomfortable. Thinking about it this way, I felt that I should make up for it as soon as possible.So he took some time to find the eunuch in charge of Qianqing Palace and asked, "How is Long Live?"

"Reading in the study. Almost ready." "You advise Long Live Lord to rest. When the imperial doctor asks for the pulse, tell him quietly, just say what I said, and it must be clearly stated on the pulse record that you must take shelter from the wind, and you can't go out the door. Otherwise..." Li Lianying thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, wheal rash will develop." "Yes." "Take care of everyone again, stop the banquet, don't say too much, just treat it as nothing. Otherwise," Li Lianying said with a serious face, "a big marriage, a personal government, and many happy events, whoever wants to stir up trouble, he himself Guess how many heads there are?"

Nuonuo, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, took orders repeatedly and left.Thanks to Li Lianying's arrangement, Empress Dowager Cixi came to see the disease in person, so that she could cope with it satisfactorily. Li Lianying expected that she would come to see the emperor and examine her condition in person, but what she was worried about was that she would go too early, before the imperial doctor asked for pulse as usual, so the arrangements had not been made properly.Therefore, when Li Lianying returned to Chuxiu Palace, she stayed close to the Empress Dowager Cixi, in case she suddenly said that she wanted to see the emperor, so she could consider the situation, and if the timing was not right, she had to try to delay it.

Until four o'clock in the afternoon, when the dinner was about to pass, there was still no movement.But when the empress and concubines Jin and Zhen who were serving the meal arrived, Empress Dowager Cixi finally said, "Let's go and see the emperor!" Although the tone was inquiring, it was actually an out-and-out order.So Li Lianying sent someone to inform first, and at the same time took care of the Empress Dowager Cixi to get into the soft sedan chair. Under the retinue of the queen, two concubines, and Princess Rongshou, she entered the Longfu Gate in the west of Jiaotai Hall from Xiyi Chang Street, and entered the Hongde Hall. Before getting off the sedan chair, the emperor had already knelt in front of the west passage hall to meet him.

"Aren't you going to take shelter from the wind?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked as soon as she opened her mouth. "Yes!" The emperor was prepared in his heart because of the secret performance of the eunuch in charge, so he could calmly answer: "Come out for a while, it doesn't matter!" "Go in!" "Yes." The emperor agreed, but still came to help the queen himself. "Long Live Lord obeys Yi's order, please come in quickly." Li Lianying interrupted and said, "It's not just for fun." "That's right! You go in quickly."

After all this pretentiousness, the emperor walked ahead.When the Empress Dowager Cixi entered Xinuang Pavilion, she naturally asked the doctor first, and then looked at the prescription. When she saw the words written on the pulse case, she asked to "shelter from the wind", all the doubts and unhappiness in her heart disappeared. "It's too cold here." The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at the word "Greenhouse" written by Emperor Gaozong on the plaque: "Master Qianlong has the best physique. He doesn't feel cold, and others can't stand it. In fact, since Yongzheng, they have lived in the Hall of Mental Cultivation." Alright, you can move back too!"

"Yes!" The emperor replied, "The son was changed to work in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace every day because of the emperor's mother's order. For the sake of convenience, he lives here and will move back tomorrow." "You don't have to be so busy, right?" Princess Rongshou reminded Empress Dowager Cixi: "The emperor must take shelter from the wind, and I'm afraid I can't move the place for the next two days." "That's right!" The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded, "I'll wait until you're done before moving. In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Empress will take care of my daily life and food, so I can rest assured."

The empress has moved to the Tishun Hall in the west of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, which has been passed down for several generations.When Empress Jiashun lived in Tishun Hall, Empress Dowager Cixi intervened in her daughter-in-law's house, and Mu Zong was so angry that she stayed alone in the Qianqing Palace. Only then did she do little things, and finally caused the great misfortune of "the emperor has smallpox". That's why she said this It contains infinite emotions, and also has the meaning of learning from the past and avoiding the future. It's just that the emperor is different from Mu Zong. Although he is newly married, he is not willing to get close to the empress, so he doesn't think Empress Dowager Cixi's words are a kind of sympathy.

Of course, the feeling in my heart is one thing, and it is another thing to be filial to my son. At this time, I glanced at the queen and replied respectfully: "Yes!" "Let's go!" Empress Dowager Cixi said to Princess Rongshou, "It's too cold here, and my own 'nest' is more comfortable." The suspicion that might have been aroused between mother and son, monarch and ministers was finally dispelled under the cover of Li Lianying. .But outside the court, it was not like this, especially King Chun, who had a different feeling for the emperor's sudden stop of giving banquets to his family.He guessed that the emperor's move was not unintentional, but intentionally humiliated his family, and expressed his dissatisfaction and protest against the empress whom Empress Dowager Cixi had set up for him. The queen is also the niece of King Chun, she has been used to seeing her since she was a child, and in King Chun's mind, she is really not a good match for the emperor.However, as a prince, you can't exercise your "parents' orders" to intervene in your son's marriage. This is already a great grievance, and this grievance is still indescribable pain, so it is also an unspeakable depression.As a last resort, I can only try my best to forgive myself, and hope that after the wedding, the emperor's perception of his "cousin" will change, and the harmony of the strings and strings will be a blessing like heaven. Unexpectedly, his only hope also came to nothing, the wedding was only a few days away, there were already rumors in the palace that the emperor really "respected each other like a guest" to the empress, not like a married couple, let alone a newlyweds.These rumors now appear to be confirmed.If the emperor loved Empress Jiashun as much as Mu Zong did, he would never have the will to stop giving banquets to his stepfather, which disappointed the empress and lost face. Such willful behavior as soon as he was in power made King Chun worried and restless in sleep and food.Although "knowing a son is like a father", his understanding of the Empress Dowager Cixi is more profound than that of the "son" who is not under Chenghuan's knees day and night. Can the Empress Dowager Cixi tolerate the emperor doing his own thing?Can you tolerate the emperor's neglect of her queen?Even if Mu Zong was her own son, he couldn't tolerate it, let alone her heir who was single-handedly supported? From now on, there will be many things in the palace!King Chun sighed in front of his closest staff. It is conceivable that the chronic illness that is almost on the verge of death will inevitably recur. "Be sure to hide it from the emperor!" King Chun kept telling him during his illness, "Don't let him miss you, don't make him embarrassing."