11. Chapter 11
Before dawn, the nine-year-old emperor Song Jin got up and changed his clothes by the eunuchs and palace maids around him. He was going to go to the morning court.
Duan was regent, but Song Jin also had to sit on the dragon throne, even though he was dozing off most of the time.
This morning was no exception. Song Qin and the ministers discussed matters. The boy on the dragon throne had a little bit of head. Finally, he just yawned, leaned back, slammed his mouth gently, and started dozing again.
The ministers were not surprised, and only Wei Zhao, who was standing beside him, frowned slightly. This cousin had to teach him well when he turned back, otherwise he would not be able to become a good person when he grew up, and the ministers had no reason to protect him. Song Qin had been regent for many years and was specializing in excluding dissidents. How many ministers remembered orthodox?
After the court was dispersed, Song Qin did not look at his sleepy nephew on the throne and walked straight to Zhenghe Palace.
Song Jin blinked his eyes, as if he had finally woken up, and suddenly called him, "Uncle!"
Song Qin paused his feet and turned to look at his nephew who was running from the dragon throne, "What's the matter?"
The tone was indifferent, as if in his eyes, the boy in front of him was just a nephew, not the emperor who he should bow to according to the rules.
Song Jin quickly clenched his hands in his sleeves, and his face was still the cramped expression he had when facing the emperor's uncle. The clear and pure black phoenix eyes were paired with Song Qin and looked nervously at the ground, lowering his head and said, "Uncle, Queen Mother, Queen Mother said that Sister Yu is going to be in the hairpin. Hou Jingning is far away from the border and cannot come back. Queen Mother wants to handle and give gifts to Sister Yu in the palace. Queen Mother invited many ladies and said that Nuannuan likes Sister Yu the most. Look, Sister Yu is preparing to enter the palace one day in advance, and Queen Mother can also bring Nuannuan into the palace to gather?"
Wei Zhao did not expect that the young emperor would mention Tang Yu and glanced at Song Qin quickly.
Song Qin had a blank expression on his face and said coldly: "I'll go back and ask her, she will go if she wants to."
Song Jin raised his head in surprise, "Nannuan will definitely come!"
It was revealed that the third princess actually liked the palace very much, and she didn't come back because someone refused to let her go.
Song Qin stared at the boy for a while, then turned around and left.
Behind him, Song Jinqing's voice of talking to Wei Zhao was heard. He was innocent and innocent. Song Qin looked ahead, but his mind floated elsewhere.
She was about to get married, and even put the shame of her daughter's family behind her head and made a decision with others for life. If it weren't for the fact that Jingning Hou was not in the capital, I'm afraid the two would have been engaged long ago?
But that has nothing to do with him. The Empress Dowager was too enthusiastic about the Third Princess. She really cared about the Third Princess so much that she should carefully beat the nanny and palace maids she sent to the Third Princess. Those servants were the best at looking at the above face. If the Empress Dowager hadn't shown contempt for the Third Princess first, those people would not dare to take care of it, which caused the Third Princess to get sick because she was too young and almost died.
Thinking of the rumors outside about the empress dowager treating the third princess harshly, Song Qin was sure that the empress dowager invited the third princess to the palace several times, just to restore his reputation.
Song Qin didn't want his niece to be a pawn for others, but his niece really likes Tang Yu very much.
I went back to the palace in the evening and saw my niece who had been bored for a day and ran over when I heard that he had come back. Her watery eyes were so good that she could talk. She begged him to play with her. Song Qin didn't like to coax the child, so she had to give her a good news, "You sister Yu is going to be in the palace. Do Nuannuan want to enter the palace?"
The third princess's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly, "I want to go! When will you go?"
“It seems to be May 12th.”
The third princess tilted her head and moved her little mouth lightly. She soon found out that she would have to wait eight days before she could see Sister Yu. Then she was also happy and sat next to the emperor and asked curiously: "What is a hairpin?"
Song Qin's eyes were slightly cold, "When the girl was fifteen years old, she called her hairpin and tied her hair into a hairpin, indicating that she could get married."
The third princess understood and laughed, "Sister Yu likes Cousin Zhao, and she can finally marry Cousin Zhao."
Song Qin had just picked up the tea bowl and paused, took a sip, and asked in a low voice as he put the tea bowl down, "How did you know?"
"Cousin Zhao said it himself. That time we played together. Sister Yu was enjoying peonies. The emperor said that he was going to marry Sister Yu when he grew up. Cousin Zhao shot him and said that Sister Yu was his future wife..." Halfway through, he met the look of the emperor's uncle listening to her carefully. The third princess suddenly covered her mouth and shook her head and said, "Cousin Zhao told us not to tell others. I forgot, then uncle, don't tell others?"
The girl was cute and cute, but Song Qin was inexplicably upset and nodded perfunctorily.
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The day before her birthday, the Empress Dowager sent someone to the Marquis' Mansion to pick up Tang Yu. The palace was prepared for the hairpin dress tomorrow. Tang Yu only brought a few brightly colored homely clothes and led Mo Lan into the palace. Unexpectedly, in addition to the Empress Dowager, his aunt Tang, Wei Zhao and Song Jin, and the third princess were also there.
"Sister Yu, I miss you so much!" The third princess was very happy today. She always felt that it was a long time since we met. The queen mother treated her better. The emperor gave her several gifts. Now she saw the beautiful sister Yu again. The little girl was even more excited than during the New Year.
"The third princess has grown taller." Tang Yu smiled and hugged the girl who rushed over, touched her head, and praised her sincerely.
The third princess laughed and held Tang Yu's hand tightly, unable to bear to part. The empress dowager was not bad to her, but after all, she was the empress dowager. The third princess dared not act coquettishly with the empress dowager. Sister Yu is different. She is gentle and friendly. She can tell Sister Yu any little secrets and worries that the third princess likes Sister Yu the most.
"Look at you, you are even more close than your own sisters." The Queen Mother said in a funny way.
Tang Yu looked at the well-behaved and sensible third princess, and really hoped that he had such a sister, the one at home, forget it, it would be fine if he didn't mention it.
After talking to the two elders for a while, Tang Yu gradually couldn't sit still. Wei Zhao's eyes diagonally opposite him seemed to be on her body. She glared at him obscurely and could only use it for a while. This was obvious, and the empress dowager would definitely laugh at her again.
"Azhao, why do you always stare at Nuannuan?" The empress dowager did see it and joked with her nephew.
Tang Yu lowered his head awkwardly, Wei Zhao was thick-skinned and followed the Queen Mother's words: "The third princess is getting better and better, I can't help it."
The third princess thought he was sincerely praising her, so she hid in Tang Yu's arms shyly.
The Queen Mother laughed out loud and waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't restrict you anymore. Go wherever you want to go. Remember to come back early for meals."
"I want to go on a boat!" Song Jin was the first to call out where he wanted to go.
The queen mother frowned and opposed, "No, you are too naughty, I'm afraid you will fall."
Song Jin pouted, "Then I can just look at the fish by the lake, right?"
The queen mother hesitated. Tang felt sorry for the emperor's nephew who was merciless and helped him say: "Look at the fish, but you can't be too close to the lake. Yuer Azhao, you two take care of one."
Tang Yu nodded, and as soon as he spoke, Wei Zhao also promised that something would happen. Tang Yu's face turned redder and lowered his head to let him say.
Wei Zhao was anxious to talk to her, said goodbye to the elders, and signaled the little emperor's nephew to set off immediately. Song Jin called the third princess Tang Yu, and the four of them walked side by side. The two little ones walked in the middle and went to the imperial garden with a chat and laugh, following their respective maids and palace maids, and at the end were the eunuchs guarding.
When he walked to Minghu on the east side of the Imperial Garden, the Empress Dowager suddenly sent someone to find Wei Zhao and gave instructions if he had something to do.
Wei Zhao looked at Tang Yu with a gaze.
Tang Yu was also a little reluctant. The two of them hadn't spoken much, but they still gently advised him to do the business as soon as possible.
Watching Wei Zhao leave, Tang Yu was about to hold a child in one hand. Song Jin claimed that he had grown up and refused to hold her. He walked around to the third princess to hold his sister. Children liked to act as adults. Tang Yu smiled and went to the lake and watched the two little nobles carefully. He wanted to ask the Molan palace maids to walk up to him, but Song Jin didn't like being surrounded, so he had to give up.
Fortunately, both children are sensible.
"Nannuan, do you think these two fish look like us?" Song Jin squatted on the shore, pointing at the koi in the water and letting the third princess see it.
There were two fish in the water, one big and one small. The third princess looked at it carefully and shook her head, "It's all too ugly, I don't want it to be me." The water's dark eyes turned elsewhere, intending to find the most beautiful koi.
Tang Yu bent down and stood behind the two children, holding one with one hand.
After seeing the fish here, Song Jin stood up with the third princess. When he got up, he suddenly sneezes. The man looked forward and shook his head. Tang Yu was startled and quickly held him with both hands. Song Jin seemed to be frightened by her. With a swaying body, he stood firm, but the third princess fell down.
"Sister Yu!" The third princess shouted in fear and instinctively reached out to catch someone. Tang Yu quickly let go of Song Jin to save the third princess. However, the third princess fell into the water too quickly, and she didn't catch it. The figure next to her swayed, and Song Jin fell down again!
Tang Yu was panicked. Song Jin was the emperor and the lifeblood of the empress dowager!
Without thinking, Tang Yu jumped down. She was tall and the water on the shore was not deep. Maybe she could stand up.
There were three consecutive sounds of falling into the water. The palace maids and maids there were frightened. The empress dowagers were eager to save the emperor, the two maids of Duan's house were eager to save the third princess, and Molan was eager to save her girl, and rushed to the lake. Among them, the two palace maids ran the fastest and were far ahead.
But before they could approach the lake, a black figure suddenly rushed over from the slant. The two nannies looked over in shock and unexpectedly ran into the regent who was terrified and deeply afraid of, and no matter how fast they ran, their side face was as cold as ice, and they could make your heart chill in one glance.
The two nannies exchanged their eyes quickly, slowed down slightly, and temporarily jumped out of the regent. On the contrary, they had to change their plans.
Another pounce, and the Regent fell into the water.
But the three of them had slipped to three places. The third princess Song Jin stood up and her head was not over. She was struggling to move further away from the shore. Tang Yu stood up once. Seeing that Song Jin was floating away, she rushed to get enough people, but the mud under her feet was too slippery and she staggered and fell into the water again.
Immediately afterwards, Song Qin jumped down and first pulled Tang Yu, who was closest to him, into his arms, and then dragged her to get the third princess.
The two nannies who arrived on the shore were stunned. The first one to save was the eldest girl of the Tang family?
After being shocked, one of them came back to his senses first and quickly dived to save Song Jin, who was neglected by the Regent.
Chapter completed!