Spring Forest Evening

This is what Uncle He told the three of them:

"Not long after the late emperor passed away, I was still working as an imperial guard, and was called by the emperor to the Taiye Pond to talk about something. Not long after, the two empresses came together. I have long forgotten the details. It was the empress who helped me recall it today. According to her, she had just entered the Changchun Palace at that time, and she was all thinking about getting along with this little mother-in-law who was also a new widow, so she was the one who went there that day. After visiting the Compassionate Ning Palace to say hello, I offered to take a walk by the Taiye Pond."

Little mother-in-law?Still widowed?Why does this title sound a bit wrong?Zhou Heng immediately thought of his previous guess, and looked at Shen Yi again, and also saw some mockery from the other party's crooked eyes and upturned mouth. Although he didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, Empress Jiang said so The joking name obviously has a different meaning.

Uncle He was also a little embarrassed after he finished speaking. When he heard this name in the palace, he kept trying to keep his head down so that no one could see his expression. Who would have thought that the dignified and elegant empress would suddenly spit out such a How about a slightly mean name?

But, after hearing it, I can understand it. If it was indeed the situation that the queen said at the beginning, alas, it is also fortunate that the queen empress told me first, otherwise, I would really like to say something. I don't know what to say to the three young people in front of me.

Thinking of this, Uncle He coughed lightly. While recalling the things Empress Jiang said to him in the morning, he also tried to use some objective words to describe the situation at that time. After all, the three people involved were all Is the supreme person of today, no matter what, you still have to be cautious:

"The Empress told me that at that time, she was moved when she overheard two young maids gossiping in the imperial garden. This year's lotus leaves are already slim, and I'm looking forward to it. At that time, the empress had just entered the palace, and she wasn't too familiar with the palace. Arrived at the waterside pavilion by the water."

"Ah Fu, Ah Yi, I don't know if you two went to play in the palace when you were young, have you ever been to the water pavilion, but that place is by the water, to be on the safe side, it's normal if you haven't been there. I didn't pay much attention at first, but today My son was reminded by the empress, and after thinking about it, there are really not many people going there, but I didn't expect that there is something unusual behind this water pavilion."

When talking, I saw that the siblings glanced at each other and didn't say anything, and they didn't seem to know the situation of the water pavilion very well, and besides there was Zhou Heng who probably hadn't been in the palace much, so they were even more confused when they heard it. Uncle He gave the three of them a general introduction:

"The waterside pavilion is a common architectural style by the water, similar to the one outside the palace. Isn't there one in our mansion, and there are also lotus flowers planted around the waterside pavilion, they are all the same, for enjoying the lotus in summer. The name 'Hexiang Xiaozhu' is quite appropriate."

"The difference is that most people build a water pavilion at most, which is open on all sides and has a wide view. On the side facing the water, there are beauty chairs or flying chairs for people to sit on the railing in their spare time. The one in the palace It's a bit different, there is a stone platform the size of a gazebo outside, which extends directly into the lotus bushes, and there are no seats, benches and railings, and it is only a little higher than the water surface. The boat is much more convenient, which is very good.”

"Not to mention when the lotus is in full bloom, even if the lotus leaves have just grown, you can still smell the fragrance when you walk on the platform. When the lotus leaves are long and the lotus is in full bloom, you congratulate me. Taking advantage of my errands, I went to the stone platform to feel it, surrounded by lotus and lotus leaves, within reach, and fragrant with lotus, it is really good!"

There are lotus flowers planted beside the water pavilion, and there is also a hydrophilic platform?That's too similar to Shangyunchi!But the water-friendly platform here was specially built by Shen Fu for himself, and I don't know the origin of the one in the palace.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng couldn't help stretching out his hand to grab Shen Fu's hand again. Unexpectedly, Shen Fu boldly shook hands with her directly this time, which was a little surprising.

Afraid that the two people next to him would see the clue, Zhou Heng had no choice but to let him hold it with intertwined fingers. Fortunately, the room was still cool, and he didn't sweat much, and his heart was sweet, so he didn't want to let go after a while. .

But on the face, he tried harder to put on an appearance of listening carefully, listening to what Uncle He said about the "little mother-in-law" making a moth:

"When the Empress saw the water pavilion, she went to sit there, and saw that the lotus leaves outside had grown layer upon layer, fragrant, and even saw a few lotus buds, so she thought about it, and asked the Empress Dowager to come and sit together It’s not bad to sit and relax, but someone said something in the middle, saying that such a beautiful and elegant place has no name, it’s a pity, please give the empress a name.”

"The Queen Mother didn't agree at the time, but she had thoughts in her heart. Later, when she went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay her respects, she expressed her thoughts. She said that after two days, the lotus blossoms would bloom, and she would invite the Queen Mother to go to the water pavilion to enjoy the flowers together. The Queen Mother At that time, I was very happy when I heard it, and said that she had been to that place in previous years, but she forgot about it this year because of the late emperor, so she sighed to the people next to her, saying that a caring person came from now on, and praised the empress for her filial piety. .”

"The Empress Dowager was very happy with what she said, and she heard the Empress Dowager mentioning 'that place' and 'that water pavilion' several times, thinking of the name proposed by someone before, and thinking that all palaces, big or small, have names However, this Shuixie is an unknown person, and I became more determined in my heart, so I told the Empress Dowager about it on the way to Shuixie."

"The Empress Dowager also told me today. In fact, thinking about it afterwards, someone on the Empress Dowager's side deliberately led the conversation to that first, and someone next to her kept pushing her. She was also impatient at the time and wanted to express Filial piety, I said I wanted the empress dowager to come up with a name for the water pavilion, so as not to be inconvenient to address it."

"I didn't expect the empress dowager to refuse after hearing this, saying that the master of the harem is now the empress, how could she do it for her?"

"As for the empress, she also confessed to me today that she had just entered the Changchun Palace, and no one disrespected or disrespected wherever she went, and she was quite high-spirited. Hearing what the empress dowager said, she also I didn’t refuse anymore, and when I saw the emperor and I were there, I didn’t have time to think about the coincidence, but I thought it was an opportunity, and I wanted to show my hand in front of the emperor.”

"The empress sighed to me today, saying that she was too young at that time. In fact, in retrospect, when I first said that the waterside pavilion had no name, the emperor didn't answer. It can be seen that she didn't approve of this matter, but she was just getting excited. On top of that, plus I was complimented by the empress dowager on the road before, so I just followed my own train of thought and said it regardless."

"I heard the Queen's suggestion that it should be called 'Hexiang Xiaozhu' in the future. The emperor didn't get angry at the time, otherwise I wouldn't have no impression of this matter. I probably didn't want to be in front of my ministers, but I went there after I went back. After visiting the Changchun Palace and reprimanding them vigorously, the empress only knew that the water pavilion was built exactly like the water pavilion in Emperor Wu's hidden residence, in order to commemorate the youthful time that Emperor Wu and Princess Zhaohuai spent by the Yunhu Lake. ..."