Chapter 12 A self-knotted flower?
Chu Xuanyi felt like his soul was about to leave his body.
He fell to his knees with a thud almost as a reflex, his voice tinged with tears: "Empress Dowager, please forgive me! Ah Jiu...she is just a foolish girl with no brains! She is talking nonsense! You are blessed with good fortune and a long life. How could it be possible...how could it be possible..."
He was stuck because he really couldn't think of a suitable word to refute the statement "no luck in love". After all, the Queen Mother was already that old, it would be even more strange to say that she had luck in love!
Ah Jiu blinked her big eyes, looked at Chu Xuanyi, who suddenly fell to his knees and burst into tears (not really), then looked at the empress dowager with a calm expression, and muttered softly, "I'm not kidding... There really aren't any pink flowers on the empress dowager's head... But there are many golden, round halos that look like little suns! And there are also many fairies in beautiful clothes dancing and singing in the halos! It's so beautiful! Even more lively than the flowers on my fierce brother's head!"
As soon as she said this, Chu Xuanyi wanted to die. "Miss, are you explaining this, or are you adding fuel to the fire?"
However, to Chu Xuanyi's surprise, the Queen Mother was not angry after hearing what Ajiu said, but burst out laughing.
Her smile immediately relaxed the somewhat tense atmosphere in the bedroom.
"Hehehe..." The Queen Mother covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her eyes curved with laughter. "You are quite honest, girl. At my age, I really don't need any 'little pink flowers'. I am already very content with these 'little golden suns' and 'dancing and singing fairies' to keep me company."
She paused, then turned her gaze to Chu Xuanyi, who was kneeling on the ground, and said gently, "Master Chu, please get up. I don't blame this girl. She is innocent and speaks without restraint, and I like her very much."
Chu Xuanyi stood up shakily, as if he had been pardoned, his heart still pounding. Is the Empress Dowager...really not angry? Or is she being sarcastic? The mind of an emperor is unfathomable!
"Little girl, come here." The Queen Mother waved to Ajiu again.
Ah Jiu skipped to the Empress Dowager's bed and looked up at her with his little face raised.
The Queen Mother took Ah Jiu's hand and examined her carefully. The more she looked, the more she felt that this child had beautiful features and a clear gaze, not someone with malicious intentions. She slowly said, "I summoned you today to ask you...about the Regent."
Chu Xuanyi's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough! Here comes the key point!
"I heard from the Emperor that you calculated that Yu'er... is going to have good luck in love recently? And you said that this love... well, is a little special?" The Queen Mother asked in a tactful tone, but her eyes were full of curiosity and a barely perceptible expectation.
Xiao Yu had grown up under her watch; although not her biological son, he was as good as her own. Seeing that he was already quite old, yet without even a caring person around him, the Queen Mother kept silent, but she was worried about him in her heart. Now that she had heard that a "little fortuneteller" had predicted his marriage, she naturally wanted to find out the truth.
When Ah Jiu heard that the question was about "Xiong Xiong's brother," he immediately perked up: "Yes, yes! Queen Mother, let me tell you, that little pink flower on Xiong Xiong's head is so cute! It...it seems a little silly. It sways back and forth when the wind blows, and sometimes it even gets tangled in knots! And, the little stars next to it aren't always bright. Sometimes they suddenly go out with a 'biu' sound, and then light up again with a 'biu' sound, as if they're playing hide-and-seek with the little flower!"
Chu Xuanyi: "..." A flower that ties itself together? A star that dies and then lights up again? Girl, are you describing peach blossoms, or some kind of demonic spirit?!
The Queen Mother listened with great interest, her smile growing wider. "Oh? It can tie its own knots? And it can play hide-and-seek? This is truly a... unique peach blossom. So, in your opinion, when will this 'simple-minded' peach blossom bloom beside Yu'er?"
This is what the Queen Mother is most concerned about.
Ah Jiu counted on his fingers and began to "calculate" seriously: "Hmm... let me think... Little Flower is still small now, wrapped in many leaves, and there is a thick layer of clouds outside the leaves... Hmm... I guess it will have to wait... wait for pie to fall from the sky, then it will be able to come out!"
"A pie in the sky?!" Chu Xuanyi and the Queen Mother exclaimed in unison.
Chu Xuanyi was about to collapse. What the hell was going on?
The Queen Mother was at a loss for words: "Little girl, how could such a thing happen?"
Ah Jiu tilted his head and said seriously, "It will fall! My master said that as long as you are sincere, even stones can bloom, and pie in the sky can also fall! So, Queen Mother, you and Your Majesty, and your fierce brother, all of you should make a wish sincerely. Maybe one day, with a 'click', the pie in the sky will fall, and then the little flower will bloom!"
After she finished speaking, she made a pie-falling gesture with her hands, which made the Queen Mother burst into laughter.
"Great, great! What a 'pie in the sky'!" The Queen Mother laughed so hard that tears came out. "I have lived for most of my life, and this is the first time I have heard of marriage being calculated like this! You, girl, are really my happy pill!"
She took Ah Jiu's hand and said to the eunuch Zhang beside her, "Go, bring me the box of preserved flowers that I treasure and give it to this girl. Also, get a pair of solid gold bracelets inlaid with rubies and give them to her as well!"
Chu Xuanyi has become numb.
He discovered that Ah Jiu seemed to have a special ability to "transform decay into magic." No matter what outrageous words she said or what extraordinary deeds she did, she would always find a way to win the favor of the superiors and... receive a generous reward.
Is this the legendary "protagonist halo"? Or has he been the imperial preceptor for too long and no longer been able to keep up with the unique thinking of the royal family members?
Jiu was naturally delighted to receive the reward, and her little mouth was as sweet as honey, which made the empress dowager very happy.
The Queen Mother kept Ajiu in the room and talked for a long time, mostly asking about details about the Regent's "little flower", such as what kind of flower it was (Ajiu said he had never seen it before, but it was definitely not a peony or a chrysanthemum), how many petals it had (Ajiu said sometimes three and sometimes five, depending on its mood), and what color the stars were (Ajiu said there were all kinds, like rainbow candies).
Chu Xuanyi was sweating profusely as he listened, and he just hoped that this "disastrous" meeting would end soon.
Finally, the Queen Mother felt a little tired, so she asked Chu Xuanyi to take Ajiu to leave.
Before leaving, the Queen Mother took Ah Jiu's hand and said earnestly, "Good boy, come to the palace often to talk with me. If... if Yu'er, that 'silly little flower', has any new movements, you must tell me as soon as possible."
Ah Jiu nodded vigorously: "Yes! Don't worry, Queen Mother! As soon as the little flower bears fruit, I will tell you right away!"
The Queen Mother: “…”
Chu Xuanyi: "..."
Bear fruit?! Girl, do you have any misunderstandings about the growth cycle of peach blossoms?!
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