Chapter 262 Entering the Palace
It is about a small garden. The small garden in Yizhitang also covers an area of about five or six acres. It is surrounded by veranda and is shaded by green trees. In the middle is a lake with two large and small connected lakes. The big one is like the bright moon and the small one is like a crescent moon. There is an octagonal glass pavilion in the lake, and there is a water pavilion next to the small lake. There are two camphor trees on the left and right of the water pavilion, which is a landscape of Jiangnan gardens, which is very elegant.
Dou Zhao pursed his lips and asked Song Mo: "Where is the best place to cover the flower shed?"
Because this is the residence of the prince, the layout is tough and less gentle. Unlike the garden with a small Buddhist temple behind the British Duke's Mansion, it is the residence of the British Duke's wife. Not only does it have a flower house, but it also has a rockery made of Taihu stones, the Nine-Curve Bridge made of White Martial Arts, and the stage built by the lake, all of which show exquisiteness.
Song Mo pointed to a peony line next to the water pavilion: "How is there?"
Dou Zhao looked carefully. Only when it was covered there would not destroy the beautiful scenery in front of him. This was definitely not what he remembered temporarily. He probably had seen it a long time ago and had made up his mind.
When a cold and arrogant person shows considerate and gentleness, it is particularly touching.
"Don't move that peony tree." Dou Zhao's voice unknowingly showed some excitement, "When I plant some peonies and camellias in tomorrow, I will be able to bloom all year round. It's a pity to build a flower shed there."
Song Mo said distressedly: "Where is the best place to cover it?"
He only felt that Yizhitang was a little small now.
Dou Zhao smiled and said, "Isn't there a small regression behind the kitchen? I thought about it, so I might as well change the regression into a flower shed. If I planted radish and cucumbers, I was sent to the kitchen so that I wouldn't run so far to pick them." She joked.
Song Mo thought about it seriously and said with a smile: "This idea is good. Then let's do it!" He shouted Chen He loudly, and told him to buy stones and find craftsmen, and asked him to find where to sell water radish and cucumber seedlings, and said: "It's okay to be more expensive, as long as you can catch up with this season's crops."
In Chen He's opinion, this is just about finding trouble without any trouble.
Five hundred cents a basket of water radishes and one hundred fifty cents a basket of small cucumbers. Whenever you want to eat them, you can just send them to the melon farmers in Fengtai. Why do you have to build a shed or find seeds? And I don’t know if it can be planted... I’m afraid I have to ask a few servants to take care of the shed...
But he still respectfully responded to "yes" and stepped back.
Song Mo discussed with Dou Zhao: "Or, let's buy a house in Shichahai, right? You can live there every now and then." In this way, you can build a larger flower shed there.
"Let's talk about it later." Dou Zhao whispered, "I just got married, and we were just building a house outside. Someone would definitely be talking nonsense. And I have an idea. My mother-in-law only has two blood and blood, you and Tian'en. Logically, we should be very close. My father-in-law is not at home these days, but Tian'en is not at home. He dares not come to pay homage to me, so he dares to send me some things in private. It can be seen that my father-in-law is very strict in his control. He is spoiled by his mother-in-law and you, and he cannot bear the hardships. Over time, I am afraid that his temperament will be more timid.
I think it is best to remain calm before I formally grant the title, and do not care about anything, and do not interfere with anything. Once I am officially named "Madam", I will strive to get the power of the housekeeper back from my father-in-law. First, I can take over Tianen's daily life with justification, and second, I can know what my father-in-law is doing and what he has done through some minor things - you can leave these two things to me. You can spare your energy to pay attention to major events in the court. The emperor is sick, which can affect the country!"
Dou Zhao is really different from other women.
Song Mo nodded, looking at her with unconcealed appreciation, Dou Zhao felt a little uncomfortable, but fortunately Chen He and Chen He ran over panting.
"Criminal Master, Mr. Wang Ge is here," he wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It is said that he was ordered by the emperor to take your wife to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager and the Empress in the morning."
This is to let her go to meet the Empress Dowager and the Empress!
In her previous life, she served as the Marquis Marquis for more than ten years and never had such an honor.
Dou Zhao couldn't help but say "ah".
Song Mo frowned and said, "Why did you suddenly let us enter the palace?"
"I don't know." Chen He whispered, "You said you left the palace with your feet, and the emperor asked you about it. Knowing that you were back, the emperor didn't say anything, the Empress made a comment, saying that you had been worried about the Emperor and entered the palace after three days of marriage. You knew that the Emperor was safe and had left the palace." Speaking of this, he quietly glanced at Dou Zhao, and his voice was lowered even more. "The Empress also said that you left the bride at home like this. After returning, I don't know if the bride would be locked out of the door. After hearing this, the Emperor asked Eunuch Wang to pass the message."
It shouldn't be a bad thing.
Dou Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Mo asked: "Did I ask someone to accept the order? Or should my wife go with me?"
Although Dou Zhao did not officially grant him the title of wife, Song Mo handed over the letter of the letter he asked for the title a few days ago. The people in the mansion called Dou Zhao "Madam" according to the convention.
"It's an oral order." Chen He said, "Eunuch Wang is here to hand over the sign."
Song Mo turned around and nodded to Dou Zhao, saying, "I'll come when I go!"
"Let's go together!" Dou Zhao smiled, "After all, I am an eunuch from the palace, so I should say hello anyway. And in the future, I will inevitably go in and out of the inner palace. To know more people, I will make more good relationships."
Wang Ge, the godson of Wang Yuan, in his previous life, after the Liao King ascended the throne, he became the chief supervisor of the Qianqing Palace. Although he was not as powerful as the eunuch of Bingbi, he was also one of the confidants around the Liao King. Moreover, he was notoriously narrow-minded and vengeful.
Most officials looked down on eunuchs, thought eunuchs were incomplete and liked to disrupt the government. However, they never thought that for the emperors and queens living in the forbidden palace, these eunuchs born with vines attached to them were closer to those cabinet ministers.
Song Mo thought Dou Zhao's words were very reasonable, so he went to the main hall of Yizhitang with her.
Wang Ge is twenty-five, six years old, with a beautiful appearance, and a very flexible pair of eyes. He looks like a smart and agile person at first glance.
After meeting each other, Wang Ge repeated what Chen He said and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, if the Queen is helping you talk about Xiang, the Emperor will definitely not make things difficult for you and the Prince's wife."
People in the mansion could call Dou Zhao "Madam", but Dou Zhao didn't want Wang Ge to catch the handle, so he hurriedly said, "I am afraid and dare not be called "Madam"." Then he stuffed a seal of red to Wang Ge, "I am a country man with shallow knowledge. I will meet in the palace tomorrow, and I will give you more advice."
Wang Ge hurriedly said, "My wife, what's going on? My prince and I have a very common friendship." Then he wanted to return Feng Hong to Dou Zhao, "You will be ruined by this."
Dou Zhao said: "Because you and the prince are not ordinary, you have worked hard to send us a letter to you, and you should have asked you to have a cup of tea before leaving, but you are afraid that the emperor will be there and delay your errands, and it is just a fee for tea!" He pushed the red envelope over again.
Song Mo also smiled and said, "It's just a gift for your father-in-law to have a cup of tea. Don't refuse."
Only then did Wang Ge put Feng Hong away, said a few polite words, and left Yizhitang.
Dou Zhao felt a little relaxed.
Song Mo comforted her: "Don't be nervous. He is just a small seventh-rank eunuch. If he is disrespectful to you, I have a way to deal with him."
Dou Zhao glanced at him and thought to himself, you don’t know what kind of person he will become in the future, so you dare to stand like this without hurting your back.
Her rare little girl appearance made Song Mo very rare, and she actually laughed and joked: "What? Don't you believe me?"
"Of course I believe you!" Dou Zhao saw that Song Mo was like a child fighting for candy, and she couldn't help laughing, and urged him, "Go and eat dinner quickly! I'll go to the palace tomorrow morning, and after dinner, I have to get some luggage." After saying this, she remembered that I would go to the palace tomorrow and didn't know what to wear. She said to Song Mo: "Send someone to take Su Xin to the Princess Ningde's Mansion! I want to ask Princess Ningde, what I'll wear to the palace tomorrow."
According to the ceremony, she was still a bride, and could wear the trouser jacket worn by the official wife to enter the palace. However, the rules of the palace were strict and she was afraid that she would be caught by someone.
Song Moqi said, "Do you still have to ask the princess?" But he still ordered Chen He to accompany Su Xin to Princess Ningde's mansion.
Dou Zhao and Song Mo returned to the house for dinner, moved to the inner room, drinking tea while waiting for Su Xin.
Song Mo took this opportunity to tell Dou Zhao about the personalities and grievances of the concubines in the palace, and they were afraid that Dou Zhao would listen to his words, so he said, "After all, it is the matter of the palace curtain, and some of them are also heard from me. You have to grasp the matter yourself. Saying these to you is just to prevent you from knowing nothing when the matter is coming."
"I understand." Dou Zhao smiled, "I will take advantage of this time to enter the palace and carefully observe the concubines."
The palace is lonely. Sometimes, the concubines like gossip more than the women in the market. Those gossips of the tenth are finally verified to be true, and they are more informed than the news of those cabinet ministers.
The two were talking, but Su Xin turned back.
"Duke Ningde said that you can wear a really red sleeved jacket to enter the palace." She bent her knees and bowed to Dou Zhao and Song Mo. "The emperor has been loving family matters over the years. You are the bride, and it's just right to wear this dress. He also said, "Your words don't have to panic. What the emperor asks, just like answering his uncle's words, just be respectful and intimate. As for the Empress, he is the best person to speak. As long as he is respectful, it doesn't matter if he answers wrong. But the Empress Dowager will make you pay more attention to speaking. The Empress Dowager is old and has a little bad ears. But it's the most taboo thing for others to know her ears. When you go back to her words, remember to be louder."
Song Mo couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect you to be favored by Princess Ningde! I grew up so old, and what she said to me is not as much as what she said to you today!"
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