Chapter 360: Slip away quickly.
Luo Li's calculation of the time was too conservative. The elite Song army that went on the expedition to the Western Region Uighur tribes and the Karakhanid Khanate had invaded the enemy country with great force and was invincible.
Yang Yanzhao led several armies like a net, going from east to west. After three months of crushing war, the Western Region Uighur tribes were conquered and the Karakhanid Khanate was overthrown.
Victory reports came in from the front line. In the capital, as soon as the newspaper boy selling the "Great Song Daily" walked out of the courtyard with the ink-scented newspaper, the crowd surrounding the door would take out copper coins and snatch them away.
Business in restaurants and teahouses was surprisingly good. Eating and drinking tea was secondary. The main thing was to squeeze in and sit down to listen to the storyteller, who was dancing and gesticulating as he described every wonderful battle fought by the army on the front line.
In the streets and alleys, in front of shops, and in brothels, the main topic was also the arrival of the Song Dynasty, which was comparable to the Tang Dynasty.
The country was strong and the people were stable. The people of Song, whether they were officials and merchants, peddlers, hawkers, farmers and women, were all proud and proud of their soaring self-confidence. They respected and admired His Royal Highness the Regent, just like ordinary people believed in and worshipped gods. ...
Empress Dowager Zhaoning held Little Hongdou in her arms and said to the Grand Empress Dowager with a smile: "Mother, my brother Cheng Haonan from my mother's family also made several outstanding contributions in this war between the Western Region Uighurs and the Karakhanid Khanate. Finally, he added a touch of glory to the Cheng family."
The Grand Empress Dowager, who knew the knot in her daughter-in-law Empress Dowager Zhaoning's heart, reached out and patted the back of her hand to comfort her, "Mother and Defang remember the great contributions your Cheng family made to the Song Dynasty in the past!
Your father and After your brother did something stupid, you have been feeling depressed and unhappy. Mother and Li'er are very distressed.
Fortunately, your second brother Cheng Haonan is a man of great righteousness. Now, he has fought bloody battles for the Song Dynasty and made great contributions. The black mark on the Cheng family has been washed away. You should be happier in the future, take good care of yourself, and wait for the emperor to get married and choose a concubine, and then you can hold your grandson and enjoy the happiness of family life! "
Empress Dowager Zhaoning smiled with tears in her eyes, "Mother, I know. Thank you for your love. "With the love and care of Li'er, I will happily take care of myself and wait to hold my grandson in my arms and enjoy the happiness of family life."
Luo Li stepped forward and took over her babbling daughter Xiao Hongdou, and said happily, "Imperial sister-in-law, now that you can be happy and relieved, I will leave the matter of taking care of your body to Qin Yi, the genius doctor. This old disciple of mine is not as good as the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor in terms of poisoning people, but he is definitely a hundred times better than the Ghost Hand in terms of conditioning and maintaining the body!"
The Empress Dowager Zhaoning laughed out loud at this. "Li'er, the disciples of your Tai Chi Sect are all extraordinary people with extraordinary abilities.
You, the leader of Tai Chi Sect, are really majestic and glorious."
Luo Li raised her chin proudly, "Of course, I am! Who am I? I am Luo Naocan, the famous silly princess of the Song Dynasty. Of course, the disciples I accept are all extraordinary people with extraordinary abilities."
Little Red Bean held her mother's face with her chubby hands, and praised her proud mother with two "pa, pa" sips.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Zhaoning covered their eyes with laughter, unable to bear to look directly at the famous silly princess of the Song Dynasty, Luo Naocan, with a proud face.
The Grand Empress Dowager suppressed her laughter and put down her hands, looking at her daughter-in-law and praising her, "Our Li'er! She is such a delightful and lively treasure.
When she is humorous and witty, she makes people laugh; when she is acting coquettishly and cute, she makes people laugh; even when she is being naughty and naughty, she can still make people laugh.
Mother is with her every day, and her life is comfortable and happy. She has a young mind and a healthy body!"
The Empress Dowager Zhaoning smiled in agreement, "Mother is right. When I am with Li'er, no matter how depressed and lonely I feel, she can make me happy and comfortable."
Luo Li, who was praised and complimented by three people in succession, was so happy that she got carried away.
: "Sister-in-law, I have told you many times that a woman's true happiness and joy requires the sweet nourishment of love. You are only in your thirties, in the prime of your life and as beautiful as a flower. Finding a caring man to cherish and protect you will lead a happy and perfect life.
And mother, you are only in your forties, at the age when you are still charming and as fierce as a wolf..."
: "Li'er, stop talking nonsense!"
: "Shut up! Li'er, stop talking nonsense!"
Luo Li's words were interrupted by two angry rebukes. The Empress Dowager Zhaoning's pretty face turned red with shame, and the Empress Dowager's old face turned red with anger and shame, and they both glared at her!
Luo Li, who was so proud of herself that she talked nonsense, saw that something was wrong, and quickly greased the soles of her feet with her baby daughter Xiao Hongdou in her arms, turned around and ran away quickly.
After leaving the house, she dared to say quietly, "Alas! What two stubborn beautiful women!..."
The maids serving inside and outside the house dared not laugh but could not help laughing. They lowered their heads and their faces flushed, and their bodies kept shaking.
The Empress Dowager was angry and embarrassed. She stood up and walked out, "I will go back to my own courtyard first. I can't come to Ning Xinyuan in the future."
The Empress Dowager Zhaoning also blushed with shame. She stood up and walked out, "I respectfully bid farewell to you, mother. I have to go back to the palace. It's better not to come to Ning Xinyuan in the future."
Luo Li, who had caused trouble, hid in the kitchen in the left room with her precious daughter in her arms, and quietly peeked out through the window.
Tingting and Wanqiu Yingxue, who were busy in the kitchen, looked curiously at Luo Li, who was acting sneakily and with a guilty conscience.
Tingting wiped her hands, stepped forward to take the little princess, and asked curiously, "Miss, what's wrong? Who are you hiding from?"
Luo Li looked through the window at the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Zhaoning, who were blushing, and walked out of Ningxinyuan one after another, served by four palace maids, and breathed a sigh of relief!
Patting her chest, she replied to Tingting, "I was scared to death! I just got carried away and said something bald, which made the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Zhaoning so angry that I had to hide with Xiao Hongdou."
Tingting asked with a smile, "Miss, you pissed off the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Zhaoning, and you are going to enjoy the table full of delicious food by yourself?"
Luo Li looked back at the table full of prepared ingredients in the kitchen, thought for a while, "No! I am a filial daughter-in-law. "Tingting, you guys go ahead and cook these dishes, send some of the dishes that the Grand Empress Dowager likes, and send some of the dishes that Empress Dowager Zhaoning likes to the palace. Your young lady has to coax them well." Tingting
smiled and handed the little princess back to the young lady, and tore a roast duck leg and handed it to the little princess who was struggling on the table with a "ah ah" cry, "Miss, it's so smoky, you hold the little princess and go out!"
Luo Li held her daughter who was sucking on the fragrant roast duck leg and went back to the house. Tingting, Wanqiu Yingxue and the three maids secretly worked hard to cook.
When a food box with dishes was sent to the Grand Empress Dowager, she wanted to be angry and not eat, but she couldn't resist the tempting aroma of the food and picked up the chopsticks, not to disappoint the filial piety of her silly daughter-in-law!
Empress Dowager Zhaoning looked at the food box in front of her, her face was still flustered and her heart was beating. She picked up the chopsticks elegantly and tasted Li'er's heart.