Qiao ruoyun choked and said, “It’s my fault, Jin Niang, don’t take it to heart. Our Qiao family is so powerful now, aren’t we afraid that his majesty will be outside…”
Glutinous rice could not help but roll her eyes. “You can shut up, little aunt!”
Qiao Jin Niang smiled. “I know your worries, but I believe in Lu Chen.”
Back then, when she invited the famous singers from Yangzhou city, the younger ones could not take their eyes off them.
Only Lu Chen talked about the monthly salary with the singers on official business. He did not want to lose any money.
After being married for ten years, she still had some trust in Lu Chen.
Just like how she knew that Hong Qifeng had some ideas about Lu Chen, but she did not mind at all.
Because she knew that the reason why Lu Chen valued female officials was because of her, Empress Qiao.
After all, Lu Chen was great Tang’s emperor. If he really wanted another woman, even if the Qiao family’s power was monstrous, they wouldn’t be able to stop him.
“Empress, there are two old friends outside who want to see you.”
Empress Qiao said, “Old Friends?”
Hong Ling said softly, “They sound like the Empress Dowager.”
“Quickly invite them in,”Qiao Jinniang said. It had been a long time since she had seen the retired emperor and Empress Dowager Zhou.
The Hui Lin Emperor and Empress Dowager Zhou only removed the curtains after they entered.
Empress Dowager Zhou walked in front of Qiao Jinniang and held her hand. “Stop bowing. I heard that you are pregnant again. It would be great if this child was a granddaughter. Even now, your father doesn’t have a granddaughter.”
Qiao jinniang smiled and said, “Thank you for your kind words, empress dowager. I also think that it would be great if it was a princess.”
Qiao Jinniang saw that Empress Dowager Zhou was still young, but perhaps because of the Lingnan sea wind, it was a little dark. However, it was clear that their smiles were genuine.
Qiao Jinniang asked Empress Dowager Zhou, “Empress Dowager, Why are you here? His Majesty has just left for Yangzhou. Do you want me to send a message to tell him?”
Empress Dowager Zhou replied, “There’s no need. We are here to invite the imperial physician.”
“But father and mother are not feeling well?”Qiao Jinniang asked.
Empress Dowager Zhou said, “It’s your grandmother. After the fall of the Martial Duke’s public house, her body and bones have not been well. After following me to Lingnan, she has improved a lot, but in the end, she is old.”
Qiao jinniang said, “I haven’t been to Lingnan. How is the scenery there?”
Empress Dowager Zhou said, “When your body is better, you can go to Lingnan to give birth. The scenery there is great. After you give birth to a princess, your mother can help you take care of her.”
Qiao Jinniang:”…”
She did not want to be separated from her daughter. However, she thought about it carefully. Rather than letting her daughter be trapped in the rules of the palace and be a well-behaved princess, it would be better to spend a childhood in Lingnan.
“Mother, when the child grows up, if she is willing, I will let her go to Lingnan.”
“Okay!”Empress Dowager Zhou replied.
Qiao jinniang continued, “In fact, His Majesty misses the two of you very much. Every time during the holidays, he will always see him looking at the moon in the sky and thinking of the two of you.”
Empress Dowager Zhou said, “I miss him too.”
The Huilin Emperor snorted. “Will this little ingrate miss me?”
Empress Dowager Zhou said, “Will the Jin Niang Lie? Don’t worry, if your grandmother goes, your father and I will return to Chang ‘an during festivals in the future.”
After all, Lu Chen had been on the throne for five years, and those old ministers had no choice but to accept it. They should not bother the Hui Lin Emperor anymore.
..
Three months later.
Qiao Jin was still in Lin ‘an to recuperate, and the team that went south had returned to Chang ‘an.
Although Qiao Jinniang missed Lu Xi and Lu Ang, as well as Lu Chen, who entered her dreams every night, she did not want to go back to Chang ‘an. Everyone in Lin ‘an knew that the empress was here, but many people still treated her the same as before.
In the past, her classmates all married and had children, some good and some bad. Everyone held a poetry conference and talked about the interesting things that happened when they were young.
Qiao Jinniang recalled the past and was in a good mood. She became very interested in poetry.
The painter of the past was still begging for Qiao Jinniang’s calligraphy. Qiao Jinniang’s paintings were really shameful, so she treated the paintings that Lu Chen had given her as her own. They were husband and wife.
In an instant, the Empress’beautiful reputation for her superb painting skills spread to Chang ‘an. The people of Chang ‘an also begged for the Empress’calligraphy. The portrait of Lu Chen that Qiao Jinniang had painted was thrown on the ground by Qiao ruoshui.
It was picked up by a servant in the kitchen to be used for the fire. When he learned that the Empress’painting had spread far and wide, he dug it out and sold it for 1000 taels of silver.
The person who bought this painting was none other than Prince Rong, the number one flatterer of Da Tang.
Princess sa Mo’er looked at the painting and said, “This painting is worth 1000 taels of silver. Do you think that the money in the imperial residence is too much to use?”
Princess Rong said, “What do you know? His Majesty has been back in Chang ‘an for a month, and he has been separated from the Empress for three months. He has written many times to the empress to ask her to come back, but the empress is so happy that she doesn’t want to go back. This painting can also explain his majesty’s longing for her!
“This painting is presented to his majesty. Perhaps it can help our son fight for the position of a County King!”
Sa mo’er smiled and said, “Then you should go quickly.”
..
After Qiao Jinniang returned to the palace, she received a letter from Hong Ling. On it was written: “The flowers on the moshang have bloomed. They can return slowly.”
Qiao Jinniang laughed lightly and raised her brush. “The flowers on the moshang have already withered.”
Qiao Ruoyun looked at Qiao Jinniang as she wrote these words. “Jinniang, why haven’t you returned? Why Did His Majesty write the words ‘The flowers on the moshang have bloomed’?”
Qiao jinniang said in surprise, “You actually don’t know this story?”?
Qian Yin’s ancestor, the first king of Wu, had conquered the kingdom of Wu and became the ruler of the land of Wu Yue.
His wife, the Dai family, was a filial person. She would go back to her parents’house to serve them before and after the Qingming festival until the flowers on both sides of the road bloomed.
One year, the Dai family did not return for a long time. The great ruler of the chaotic times wrote this sentence, ‘flowers bloom on the Moshang’, but she slowly returned, allowing her beloved wife to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the road and return to Lin ‘an.
“He wanted his wife to return, but he was afraid of being urged, so he asked his wife to hurry on her way. Thus, he wrote the word ‘slowly’. This shows how deep and profound the Wu King’s love for his wife is. The little girl in Lin ‘an grew up listening to this story.”
Lu Chen knew that this story was told to him by Qiao Jinniang. That year, she was the one who went to the manor to look at the accounts. Lu Chen had written a letter to her asking her to return earlier. At that time, she had complained that Lu Chen did not understand romance, even the king of Wu Yue, who was born as a martial artist, knew how to use this phrase.
Qiao Ruoyun said, “So that’s how it is. It can be seen that the ancestors were very loyal to their wives.”
Qiao jinniang smiled and said, “All the men in the Qian family are infatuated with their wives, except for glutinous Rice’s father.”
Ruoyun also smiled and said, “That’s true. However, His Majesty has sent many letters to urge you to return to Chang ‘an. Are you really not going back?”
Qiao jinniang said, “No.”
Hong Ling said, “Princess Wu, why wouldn’t your Highness Want to go back? Last night, she called His Majesty’s name in her dreams.”
Qiao Jinniang Glanced at Hong Ling and said, “Shut Up!”
