3. Chapter 3
Song Qin took the third princess away, and Tang Yu quietly retreated to Wei Zhao and stood on Wei Zhao's side to watch the fireworks.
The people on the street were admiring, and the third princess also screamed in surprise.
Although the people who were watching the lanterns were too unexpected, Tang Yu was still attracted by the night view tonight. He looked at the fireworks blooming everywhere in the night sky, and his eyes were dazzled until the sudden sound of stomping on wooden steps outside, getting closer and closer. She felt a move in her heart, looked at Wei Zhao, and the cousins turned around together.
"Prince, Imperial Doctor Chen has prepared a prescription. Please take the third princess back to the house." The black-clad guard knelt in front of the door on one knee and replied in a deep voice.
Tang Yu looked happy and looked at the third princess.
The third princess looked at the guard blankly, as if she hadn't understood the meaning of the words just now to her.
"It's time for Nuannuan to take medicine. I will set off fireworks for you tomorrow." Song Qin held her niece in her left hand and put on a hat for her with her right hand.
The third princess nodded her head and turned her head to say goodbye to Tang Yu, "Sister Yu, I'm back. I'll play with you when I'm cured of my illness."
Tang Yu smiled and replied: "Okay, the third princess is cured and I will go to the palace to see you."
The third princess smiled happily.
After the niece finished speaking, Song Qin ignored Tang Yu and the others and hugged her niece and left quickly.
"Let's go too." This is a restaurant designated by Song Qin, and Wei Zhao didn't want to take advantage of him.
"Wait, if someone sees us leaving with him, I'm afraid there will be gossip." Tang Yu returned to the window and said softly.
Wei Zhao thought it made sense, and looked downstairs and frowned: "The third princess has always been weak. This time he was not aware of what evil was happening. The empress dowager couldn't sleep or eat. This year, the palace did not celebrate this Mid-Autumn Festival. Now, Prince Duan took the third princess back to the palace, and the imperial physician at the back foot found a prescription for the treatment. The credit fell on him. He turned around and made people stir up trouble. People were bound to criticize the empress dowager for treating the third princess."
"The clear one is clear one is turbid one is turbid one is turbid. Don't worry too much, the empress dowager is open-minded and will not mind." Tang Yu stared at the master and servant Song Qin who had just walked out of the Hank Tower, and his eyes fell on the little girl in the man's arms. "I just hope that Dr. Chen's prescription is useful and cure the third princess."
"The auspicious person will have a heavenly appearance, and the third princess will be fine." Knowing that she was more worried about the third princess, Wei Zhao comforted her softly.
Tang Yu nodded and watched Song Qin and his group walk away. She put on a cloak and hood and went downstairs with Wei Zhao.
The next night, fireworks were still everywhere in the capital, among which the fireworks in the Duan Palace were the most prosperous. The nobles all lived near the imperial city, and the Jingning Marquis' Mansion and Duan Palace were only two quarters of a carriage away. Tang Yu sat in a hexagonal pavilion wearing a cloak, looking at the fireworks above the Duan Palace, imagining the excited little face of the third princess, she couldn't help but smile.
Mo Lan Huilan was not sure about what happened last night. Seeing her looking over there and laughing, Huilan whispered: "It's really strange. In previous years, the Duan Prince's Mansion was deserted no matter what festivals he had, and he didn't put a single firecracker. Why is the prince so interested this year?" Usually, only if there are female relatives in the mansion, it will be lively, otherwise which old man would like this?
"We only look at fireworks, regardless of their right or wrong." Tang Yu reminded the maids around him indifferently.
Huilan whispered to admit her mistake.
However, because of Huilan's words, Tang Yu uncontrollably remembered the encounter last night, the long sword that Song Qin threatened her, and the cold eyes that were not emotional. He had no good feelings for the owner, and even the gorgeous fireworks lost its glory. Tang Yu covered his face and looked sleepy and went back to his room to rest.
I heard about a big thing at the end of the month.
The third princess gradually recovered, and the queen mother sent someone to take her back to the palace. The Duan Prince refused. On the grounds that he had no children and daughters, he kept the third princess in the mansion to fulfill his filial piety, and his uncle and nephew shared family. The queen mother's men did not even see the third princess, and were "invited" by the guards of the Duan Prince's Mansion.
Tang Yu couldn't help but frown when he got the news.
Since ancient times, only the emperor and the empress took the princess of the royal palace to the palace to raise him. I have never heard of the empress dowager alive. The emperor's uncle took the princess' niece back to the house for a long time. Song Qin's move was obviously an overbearing person. Moreover, he did not accept him early or late, but instead took him back to the house to take care of him after the third princess was sick. Wouldn't it be obvious that he told everyone that he felt that his niece had been neglected in the palace, so he had to raise him himself?
Thinking about Wei Zhao's words, and recalling Song Qin's careful care for the third princess and the brilliant fireworks that night, Tang Yu had to doubt whether the true feelings were revealed or the ingredients were used. He only felt sorry for the third princess, who was only five years old, and he didn't know that she had become her trusted emperor uncle to bully the queen mother.
The bullying made the empress dowager speechless. After all, the third princess was infected with the disease in the palace and was cured after leaving the palace, so she could only take the blame.
Tang Yu went out to be a guest again and heard some gossip. Tang Yu felt uncomfortable, and the empress dowager was gentle and quiet, so the late emperor was granted the title of Concubine Shu when he was alive. In the war, the empress dowager lost the second son of the emperor. In recent years, he had no intention of eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name. He was the most charitable and generous person. Why did he treat a little princess harshly for no reason?
Anyway, Tang Yu didn't believe it.
In September, the chrysanthemums were in full bloom. The Queen Mother summoned her to the palace to appreciate the chrysanthemums. Tang Yu went to the Wei family first and entered the palace with his aunt.
On the way, Mrs. Tang chatted with her niece about family matters, "How are your family members lately?"
In fact, both Tang Yu and Tang Lin are her nieces. When the sisters were young, Tang was also loved by Tang. Because Tang Yu lost his mother early, she had to care more about her eldest niece. Later, when the children grew up, Tang Lin learned from someone that she was petty and had to compare with her elder sister for food, clothing, housing and transportation. For example, she gave her nieces silk materials, but the colors were different, Tang Lin would always complain that her sister was better, and she accused her of being partial.
The little niece was not likable, so Tang's attitude gradually became colder. He usually only brought Tang Yu when he entered the palace.
"It's great. With you, who dares to bully me?" Tang Yu whispered to his elders. His aunt loved her the most. In Tang Yu's eyes, her aunt was no different from her mother. When she was a child, she lived in the Wei family for half of her time.
Tang pinched his niece's little hand, and the more he looked at her, the more satisfied she became. She just hoped that her niece would get married soon so that she could become a daughter-in-law.
Soon, the mother and the mother followed the palace maid to Ci'an Palace.
The empress dowager was in her early thirties, a few years younger than the Tang family. Although she was the empress dowager, she was dressed very lightly. She was watching a pot of famous chrysanthemums in the hall. Seeing them, the empress dowager smiled and joked, "Why did it come so slowly? I thought you two were not here anymore."
White skin, red lips, clear eyebrows, beautiful eyes, quiet like orchids in the valley, and smile makes people feel like spring breeze.
But Tang Yu could see that the Empress Dowager had a clear reduction than the last time she met.
Tang also felt sorry for this noble sister-in-law. She was a widow at a young age. The emperor's son was young and there was a regent uncle who was eyeing her fiercely. The mother and son lived a puppet life. Even if they were not used to swallow their anger, they still tried every means to make things difficult for her.
"Of course you have to dress up well when you go to the palace to see the queen mother, otherwise what if the empress dowager is unhappy when you see it?" Tang said affectionately, leading Tang Yu to the queen mother's rear, and looked at the various chrysanthemums in front of you. "It's strange, you gave me the pots in my house, so why are they not as beautiful as you do?"
The Queen Mother chuckled, "Then I will give my sister-in-law a few more pots. What about Yuer? Which one do you like? Even if you say, don't be polite to the emperor's aunt."
"My aunt Xie, I like you all here." Tang Yu smiled sweetly.
"It turns out that our Yuer is the most greedy person." The empress dowager smiled and held Tang Yu's hand, took a closer look, and asked Tang in a rare manner: "Yuer seems to have grown up again, don't you think so?"
Tang nodded and praised proudly: "The girl changes her age, and Yu'er looks better as she grows."
The Queen Mother nodded and agreed, not knowing what she thought of, and suddenly sighed softly, "I heard that the girl changes a lot from her to the age of 10 years. I remember Nuannuan. I came to me to pay my respects sooner or later. I used to seeing it, so I let her play with her for a few words of concern. Now I haven't seen each other for nearly a month, and my heart seems to be empty... The child is growing faster, I don't know if his face is fat."
The words were filled with sentimentality.
Tang Yu is a junior, and she involves the grudge between the Queen Mother and the Regent. She sensiblely did not interrupt and stood quietly beside Tang.
Tang said a few words to comfort the Queen Mother.
The queen mother smiled and cheered up again, "Okay, I'm going to invite you to enjoy the flowers today, so I won't mention those."
The three continued to enjoy the flowers.
While talking about how to raise chrysanthemums, the voice of the palace maid and eunuchs greeting the emperor came from the courtyard. The empress dowager's eyes softened and said to the door: "The emperor is back from the imperial study."
Soon, the eight-year-old prince Song Jin walked in with a bright yellow autumn robe, followed by Wei Zhao, who was surrounded by Yushu, one big and one small, and when he came in, he looked at Tang Yu first. The boy simply liked beautiful sisters, and Wei Zhao's eyes were...
The Empress Dowager and Tang looked at each other, and at the same time looked at Tang Yu. Tang Yu was embarrassed and bowed his knees to salute the little emperor. After all the courtesy, he turned his head to appreciate the flowers. The Emperor was still young, and the Empress Dowager specifically allowed them to meet in private without kneeling down.
"My mother, aunt." Song Jin respectfully greeted the elders, and with permission, he happily walked to Tang Yu, "Sister Yu, you haven't come to the palace to play for a long time."
"Because I have a lot of things to do every day." Tang Yu lowered his head and explained to the boy in a low voice, "I want to study, and I also need a housekeeper..."
"I also have to play the piano and draw, right?" Wei Zhao came over and interrupted jokingly.
Tang Yu gave him a look.
Wei Zhao smiled. Because there were no outsiders in the house, he stayed by Tang Yu. He followed him wherever Tang Yu went. The Empress Dowager, Tang was not surprised. They sat on the couch and watched the three juniors laughing around the chrysanthemums. Tang Yu was very dedicated to dealing with Wei Zhao's witty words and answering the questions of the young emperor. He was also curious about what the Empress Dowager Tang said, intermittently. When he heard Tang mention the gossip outside, the Empress Dowager smiled as she expected.
In front of Zhenghe Hall, a small eunuch walked lightly to the regent who was sitting behind the desk and reading the memorials, and whispered.
The Tang mother and the mother were very diligent in entering the palace. Song Qin had heard of this kind of reply many times, and nodding was considered a response.
The little eunuch bent down and retreated.
Song Qin continued to review the memorials.
I had been busy for a day and returned to the palace in the evening.
When the third princess heard that the emperor's uncle had finally come back, she rushed over happily. There was also the emperor's brother playing with her in the palace. When the emperor's uncle left, the third princess was very bored. She almost turned her fingers to look forward to the emperor's uncle coming back soon.
After almost a month of getting along, the third princess believed that she had figured out the temper of the emperor's uncle. The emperor's uncle didn't like to laugh or quarrel, and didn't like to hear her say she went back to the palace, but as long as she was obedient, she would agree to whatever she wanted to be.
"Uncle Emperor, when will your birthday be? I want to prepare a birthday gift for you." The little girl pounced on Song Qin's lap skillfully and asked with her little face tilted. Her face was flushed, and she was a little fatter than before she got sick. When she spoke, there was a shallow dimples on her right cheek, which was cute and cute.
Song Qin lifted her niece to her leg, touched her head and asked, "Nannuan's birthday on September 29th, right?"
The third princess asked him about his birthday and wanted to remind the emperor that she was about to celebrate her birthday. Unexpectedly, the emperor remembered that the little girl was so happy that she forgot to continue asking the emperor, and nodded excitedly, "How did the emperor know?"
Song Qin looked at the girl's clear and innocent eyes and said, "Uncle Emperor knows everything, what gift Nuannuan wants?"
The third princess thought about it seriously and hugged the emperor's uncle and acted coquettishly, "I want the emperor to accompany me all day."
Song Qin frowned slightly.
He was not that idle and had a day to spend with a child. If he hadn't been in danger before, he wouldn't have carried her out to enjoy the lanterns. After the third princess recovered from illness, he kept her niece in the palace because the child was innocent and Song Qin did not want her to die in the palace. But Song Qin did not expect that his niece was less and less afraid of him, and she was not well-fed and had enough food and clothing, so she even wanted him to accompany her.
"Uncle the Emperor is busy, I don't have time to accompany you." Song Qin said indifferently, not wanting to be a spoiled girl.
The glitter in the third princess's eyes dimmed. She looked at the cold uncle, and she almost cried in disappointment, and then endured it sensible, "Well, then I'll come to find you after the uncle is finished."
Song Qin closed his eyes and raised his hand to touch his forehead. He knew that he shouldn't be kind-hearted.
"Does the emperor have a headache?" The third princess asked worriedly when she saw him touching her forehead.
Song Qin pursed her thin lips tightly.
The third princess looked at him nervously.
"Nannuan, girls outside the palace will invite sisters from all over the country to come to their homes to enjoy the flowers and mats during their birthdays. Who do you want to invite? The emperor's uncle will post them for you." Song Qin opened his eyes and asked his little niece who was eager for a playmate on his legs.
The playmate the third princess most wanted was the emperor's brother, but then she thought that the emperor's brother was a man, not a sister, so the third princess immediately changed her personal choice, "I want to invite Sister Yu!"
The beautiful face of the little girl when she lowered her head and coaxed her niece came out in her mind. Song Qin nodded, "Who else?"
The third princess blinked, but unexpectedly, there were not many female relatives invited by the Empress Dowager to the palace. She only knew Sister Yu and Sister Lin, but the third princess didn't like her.
But how could Song Qin only post to Tang Yu? Even if he posted it, Tang Muyuan would not let his daughter come.
Song Qin called the prince's office manager and asked him to post a post to all officials in the capital who were above the third rank and above who had a legitimate daughter in the mansion, asking them to come to celebrate the third princess' birthday at the end of the month. The manager received the order, and saw that the prince had no other orders, he lowered his head and said goodbye. He walked to the door. The prince's cold voice came from behind, "Add to the post from the Jingning Marquis' Mansion, and said that the third princess sincerely invited their eldest girl and asked him to go to the banquet."
Chapter completed!