Chapter 82: Using the Queen Mother's Name to Advertise
But rather than saying it's a report, it's more like coming here to say something in advance.
After all, the Queen Mother is coming, and no one can stop her.
However, when everyone in Lingqi Pavilion heard the Queen Mother coming, they all frowned.
Especially Xunxia and the others. Even though Lingqi Pavilion had been cleaned very clean by the four of them, they still planned to clean it again.
Su Changan didn't care about these things, he was just a little curious about what the Queen Mother was doing here.
go Ape?
Su Changan didn't know what was going on in the court recently, but from the occasional words the empress said, she could hear something.
That's because the Queen Mother has suffered some setbacks recently, so she is very angry.
And now I'm coming here myself.
Yan Ruyu looked at Su Changan and said, "Do you want me to talk to His Majesty and find an excuse to avoid the Queen Mother?"
Su Changan shook his head: "If she had asked me to go to Xingqing Palace, I would have said I was sick and couldn't go, that would have been fine. But now she wants to come in person, there's no way to avoid it."
Yan Ruyu frowned.
Su Changan smiled helplessly: "Don't worry about it, he came, maybe he just came to see me."
Yan Ruyu was still worried when she heard this.
Because she knew that recently in the imperial court, because of Prime Minister Li's sudden disregard, the Queen Mother's plan to appoint Zhao Xiaojia as the Protector-General of the Imperial Guards was not going smoothly. Even because of this, the officials under the Queen Mother did not know what to do.
This just happened to make the people on the Taifu's side jump up and down and constantly criticize the people around the Queen Mother.
so.
To say that the Queen Mother was angry.
That’s for sure!
But the Queen Mother came here in anger
This is what Yan Ruyu is worried about.
The entire Lingqi Pavilion
Except for Su Changan who was a little depressed because he couldn't practice calligraphy for the time being, everyone else was worried.
Especially Xun Xia and others, they stood aside trembling with fear and respect.
It’s not that Xunxia and the others are too timid, but as palace servants, they have heard too many things the Queen Mother has done in the past three years.
In particular, whenever the empress dowager was unhappy, the palace servants around her would suffer directly. At the very least, they would be sent to the laundry room of the Shangyi Bureau or do other hard work. At the worst, they would be killed and sent to a mass grave outside the palace overnight.
Although they have always been following His Majesty, nothing will happen.
But after all, I am afraid from the bottom of my heart.
There is no respect, just fear.
…
When the Queen Mother came later, there was no particularly big scene.
There was only Xiang Hong and a few palace maids following them, that was all.
After entering the Lingqi Pavilion, the Queen Mother looked at Su Changan as if they were very familiar with each other. After telling Su Changan not to bow, she grabbed Su Changan's hand and said, "You have been in the palace for many days, and I didn't ask anyone to send you anything. Later, I thought of coming to see you in person, so I came here today when I had time."
As she spoke, the Queen Mother looked at Su Changan and said, "Well, you look better than when I saw you last time."
Su Changan smiled and said, "You are joking, Queen Mother. She is still the same after all. Besides, she has been greedy recently and may have gained some weight."
The Queen Mother smiled and glanced at Xianghong.
Xianghong came up immediately holding a red box.
The Queen Mother opened the box, and inside were some books: "I wanted to give you something to use and wear, but I heard that the ones I gave you before were all thrown into the warehouse, so today I came to give you some rare books. They are all rare books from previous dynasties or historical records. My brother wanted to ask me for some of them, but I didn't bear to give them to him."
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, Xianghong brought the box to Su Changan.
After Su Changan took a look, he immediately bowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother smiled.
Yan Ruyu on the side took the box from Xianghong and stood aside.
The Queen Mother glanced at Yan Ruyu and said, "Deputy Commander Yan looks more energetic than before, but he doesn't look fat."
After saying that, without waiting for Yan Ruyu to speak, he just smiled, looked at Su Changan and said, "Let me see what you have done with Lingqi Pavilion."
As he spoke, he glanced around, looked at the middle courtyard hall and the central courtyard, nodded and said, "It's quite elegant."
Su Changan smiled and said, "I would also like to thank the Queen Mother for helping to clean up in advance."
The Queen Mother smiled slightly and looked at the open study room. "Can I go to your study room and take a look? I heard that your writings outside are now worth a thousand taels of silver for a poem. Especially the publication house at the Imperial College, because your poems are gone, many people don't plan to buy their journals."
Su Changan smiled and said, "It's just nonsense outside, please don't take it seriously. If the Queen Mother wants to go to the study, it's fine."
The Queen Mother smiled slightly, "Last time I also said it was nonsense, now that you are so famous outside, even many people in the palace admire your talent, and you still say it is nonsense."
Having said that, the empress dowager did not say anything else. She just glanced at Xianghong and walked towards Su Changan's study.
Xianghong naturally stepped back immediately.
Yan Ruyu also knew what the Queen Mother meant, but she glanced at Su Changan.
Seeing Su Changan nodded, he called Xuan Xia and Zhou Qianhong out of the yard and waited outside.
Walking into the study, the Queen Mother looked around, and finally her eyes fell on the many discarded papers in the bamboo basket on the side of the table. She smiled and looked at Su Changan: "If these things are taken out, I think people will rush to buy them. Wasn't it that Xia Zhixu from the Eighth Prince's family spent several thousand taels to buy some of your discarded papers?"
Su Changan smiled and said nothing.
In fact, these are still relatively few, after all, the cat has taken away quite a few packages of medicinal materials.
However, Xia and the others didn't dare to throw these things away casually, so they just put them in a bamboo basket after sorting them out.
The empress dowager looked around and finally her eyes fell on the table, where there was a sentence that Su Changan had casually written during his last calligraphy practice yesterday.
Looking at the words, the Queen Mother whispered: "I want to be a tree. When I am happy, I will bloom in the fall. When I am sad, I will shed my leaves in the spring."
After reading it, the Queen Mother looked at Su Changan with some confusion.
Su Changan immediately said, "It's just a joke, I wrote it casually."
The Queen Mother smiled and said nothing more, "Please rub my shoulders for me. The last time you rubbed my shoulders, I slept well for several days. But these days, I can't sleep again."
As she spoke, the Queen Mother walked out into the hall and sat directly on the futon beside the stove.
Su Changan looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, it's not that I don't want to help you massage your shoulders, but my hands have been a little uncomfortable recently and I can't control my strength, so please forgive me, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother looked at Su Changan and smiled: "Are you afraid of hurting me, or strangling me to death?"
Su Changan immediately said, "The Queen Mother is joking. She is mainly worried that it will not have the same effect as last time."
The Queen Mother didn't care. She looked around and said, "Forget it then. But how is your rouge? I heard it's very popular among the ladies of the rich and powerful in the capital. It's a pity that it hasn't started selling yet, right? Otherwise, I would have asked people to buy more."
Su Changan was not surprised that the Queen Mother knew that Yanzhi had her own affairs.
After all, the empress gave the imperial merchants’ things to Su Liheng. If she couldn’t think of this again, then there would be a problem.
but
Hearing the Queen Mother's last words, Su Changan was stunned: "Did the Queen Mother already buy it?"
The Queen Mother looked at Su Changan and said with a smile: "The more I look at you, the smarter you become. I got two boxes, one box of Yuebai and one box of Jinyun. Compared with ordinary rouge, the color is softer and the smell is much better. It is really good."
After saying this, the Queen Mother looked at Su Changan with some curiosity: "You are quite skillful, and you can even make rouge. If this matter really gets out, it will inevitably cause people to sigh again."
Su Changan smiled and said, "You are joking, Queen Mother. You are just fooling around because you have nothing to do."
The Queen Mother rolled up her sleeves and said, "Well, you are fooling around again. I guess I have to keep an eye on you from now on and not let you fool around."
After that, the Queen Mother smiled and asked, "I came here today just to see you and see if you are used to living here. I have no other intentions. But I saw that you just ground some ink in your study. Did I come at the wrong time and disturb your calligraphy practice?"
Su Changan didn't say anything, which meant he agreed.
In fact, I also wanted the Queen Mother to leave quickly.
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and smiled, then stood up.
The Queen Mother looked at Su Changan who was standing there and said, "In that case, you can practice calligraphy. However, there is something I need to tell you in person. Some things are not easy to come by. Take them well and guard them well. Don't go too far and cause trouble in the end."
After saying that, the Queen Mother looked around and said, "You have done a good job in tidying up this yard. I am leaving now. I will come to see you next time."
Su Changan bowed: "Your Majesty, you are joking. I am used to making trouble. Even if others don't like me sometimes, I can't do anything about it. People can't just live by others' wishes."
The Queen Mother looked at Su Changan and said, "Sometimes, you really need to watch others live. But... remember what I said, and I will remember what you said, too."
Su Changan bowed and said, "I respectfully bid you farewell, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother smiled and walked towards the gate of the courtyard. After taking two steps, she turned back and looked at Su Changan: "If your hand is healed, let me know. It feels good to have your shoulders massaged."
Su Changan bowed again without saying anything.
The Queen Mother smiled and left with the help of Xianghong.
Before leaving, he glanced at Yan Ruyu and said, "Don't learn from your mother. Being mean is not good."
After saying that, he left.
The Queen Mother died suddenly, and left suddenly.
But the Queen Mother left, and Su Changan stood at the gate of the courtyard watching the Queen Mother's back as she left.
Everyone else in Lingqi Pavilion breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu and said, "Just throw the things in the box on the ground. When the cat comes and takes a look, take them to my study."
Yan Ruyu nodded. In fact, she had already put it in a safe place. She just looked at the Queen Mother's back getting farther and farther away. Yan Ruyu looked at Su Changan and said, "Are you okay?"
Su Changan was startled, but immediately thought that Yan Ruyu might have seen him staring at the Queen Mother's back in a daze, so she was worried about what might happen, so she smiled and said, "Nothing, I was just thinking about the advertising slogan."
Yan Ruyu was stunned. Advertising slogan?
Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu's expression and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother likes my rouge, isn't this the biggest advertisement?"
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