Chapter 3 Method

Emperor Qiyuan walked in from outside, and the queen and the two noble concubines hurriedly bowed.

Emperor Qiyuan walked to the empress dowager and bent down and bowed: "How is the queen mother today?"

"Okay, okay!" The empress dowager smiled and hurriedly turned to the side. Emperor Qiyuan sat down next to the empress dowager, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "With such a pomp, is it necessary for the mother to hold a tea banquet?"

The empress dowager was happy and said, "The emperor came just right. This tea was offered by Concubine Lin, who was deliberately offered it. It is indeed extraordinary. It is said that some of it was sent to you. I guess you have not had time to taste it yet?"

"Oh?" Emperor Qiyuan looked at Concubine Lin and nodded: "There are so many things in the past few days, and I haven't remembered it yet." He said, "Since my mother holds a tea banquet here today, my son will ask for my mother's brilliance and taste it." When the empress dowager heard this, she glanced at him angrily. At the same time, the queen who was kneeling beside her had already served a cup of tea with both hands.

"Well..." Emperor Qi Yuan took a sip, closed his eyes slightly, pursed his lips tightly, and savored them carefully. After a while, he opened his eyes slightly. The Empress Dowager looked at him and asked, "How is it?"

"It's really good tea!" Emperor Qi Yuan praised. "The fragrance is fragrant and refreshing the spleen, the mouth produces saliva, and the aftertaste is sweet, and the tea is good!"

"Hehe!" The Empress Dowager smiled proudly. "I said, if you drink this tea, you will definitely like it! Since you like it, drink a few more cups!" Several people were drinking tea while chatting about family matters. The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at Concubine Lin, and said, "Concubine Lin is a thoughtful person. Before and after the New Year, she had eaten meat for more than half a month. Although she had different ways, she was a little tired of it. At this time, she could make a pot of good tea, which could not only remove oil and cure meat, but also be sweet and pleasant. In the cold weather, it is heart-warming and lung-warming!"

"What the Queen Mother said is that such a good tea is warm and warm!" Emperor Qiyuan held the teacup and glanced at Concubine Lin inadvertently, with a slightly proud look. "Huh? No!" Emperor Qiyuan seemed to suddenly remember something, put down the teacup and said, "Since it is such a good tea, then... before I came in, why did I seem to hear the Queen Mother say... I can't drink it?"

"Uh?" The Empress Dowager was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then laughed, pretending to be regretful and said, "Yes, the emperor heard that right. Although tea is good, it's just a little bit. If you drink it a few times, you'll be gone. Alas..."

Emperor Qi Yuan was also stunned when he heard this, turned to look at Concubine Lin, his eyes seemed to have a scrutiny. When the empress dowager saw it, she felt a little satisfied, but said, "What are you looking at? I didn't leave it at all, I took half of it for you, and I gave us some of the rest!" The empress dowager stopped and said, "Tell me, how can the Ai family drink after knowing this?"

"Haha, hehe!" Emperor Qiyuan smiled: "It turns out that it's because of this!" He looked at Concubine Lin and said: "Since this is the case, the queen of mother does not need to worry about it. There are still many things to do with me, just give it to her. Hehe, if the mother still doesn't think it's enough, I can't say it, and the ministers dare not keep it anymore, so I followed Concubine Lin and respected the queen of mother together..."

After Emperor Qiyuan said this, Concubine Wu said, "Although there are not many concubines, only two taels, they are willing to offer them to the Empress Dowager together to fulfill their filial piety."

The queen was naturally not willing to fall behind and said from the side: "So, I am behind. Haha, I have four taels here, and there are rumors among the people. The husband and wife follow me, and I will also follow the emperor, haha!"

"Hmph, the emperor said so generously." The empress dowager pretended to be angry and said, "I'm afraid that when I really want to give it up, I feel a little reluctant to let it go!" Emperor Qiyuan said he didn't dare, and the empress dowager smiled and said, "Will the son of the Ai family not know? Haha, other temperaments may not be like the Ai family, but you are not bad at all with this tea-loving habit!"

The Empress Dowager turned to look at the Queen and Concubine Wu and said, "Forget it, don't be 2 or 4 or 4. It seems that the Ai family has become a rent-collecting person. Although this tea is good, it is an outsider. Although the Ai family has good tea, it is not impossible to lack this thing. The Ai family has tasted it, and you have calculated it to be filial. Let's take the rest of it." The Empress Dowager stopped and said seriously: "Those who are in high positions must always examine themselves and not be greedy and indulge indulgence. If love something exceeds the limit, it is not a good thing. At the least, it will be lost in nature, and at the worst it will affect the country." The last sentence was plain and majestic. Even Emperor Qiyuan woke up when he heard it, and hurriedly leaned over to thank the mother's teachings.

After saying this, the queen mother picked up the cup again: "Okay, since I said it, I will taste this time, and then I have to taste it in this spirit, otherwise I will feel very disappointed when I think about it in the future." After that, she held the teacup and slowly tasted it cup by cup.

Emperor Qi Yuan drank the tea and said, "To put it, this tea seems to be brought back by Lin Wu from Jiangnan?"

Concubine Lin replied, "Yes."

"Well, Lin Wu is interested. He has done a good job in Changning Mansion in the past few years, but I don't know yet. It turns out that he is not just capable of doing things in the main business!" Emperor Qi Yuan smiled on his face, but when he heard these words, he did not dare to take on the incident in his ears.

"Haha, think about it, you haven't returned to the mansion to visit the old lady for a while, right?" Emperor Qiyuan looked at Concubine Lin and said with a gentle voice: "It's better to go out for a walk if you stay in the palace. This New Year, people will gather together. Find some time and go back and take a look! In a few days, I'm afraid I'll have to leave again..." Concubine Lin lowered her head and responded when she heard this.

After hearing the emperor's explanation, the empress dowager was not doing anything, while the empress and Wu Guifei looked different. Wu Guifei looked at Concubine Lin and then looked at the emperor, as if he wanted to say something, but after hesitation, he lowered his head again.

"Well..." Emperor Qi Yuan saw it, laughed in his heart, pretending to be careless, "I heard that your nephew is coming to Beijing this time," Concubine Lin looked up at Emperor Qi Yuan, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, and replied, "Yes, I heard from the mansion that someone said it was about half a year ago. How did the emperor... know?"

The queen asked curiously, "Nephew? How can the emperor... know it?"

"Haha! I haven't seen it before." Emperor Qiyuan laughed and said, "But, some people are chanting in their ears every day, and their names are almost memorized." As he said that, he looked at Concubine Wu: "Mingde has been nagging you a lot these days, right?"

When Concubine Wu heard this, her face turned red and said, "It's okay, she just... she keeps clamoring and being bored."

"Hmph, I'm so stuffy!" The Empress Dowager snorted beside him. "Why is such a big palace so stuffy? This child was fine when he was young. He has become more and more restless in the past two years. He always wants to leave the palace. The scolding he was scolded when he came back the last time, it seems that he has forgotten it again!" The Empress Dowager thought about it and sighed again: "Oh, the Ai family is really afraid. When he thinks about it a few years ago, his heart can't stop beating..."

Seeing this, Emperor Qiyuan hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry, mother, my son will definitely be strictly controlled in the future and will not worry about the mother."

"How to control it? The child is getting older, so you can't really lock him up all day long, right?"

"Hehe, don't worry, my mother, my son has already thought of a solution, but... I don't know if it's OK..."
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