286   Qi Zhen is the minister of Yinxi.                                                     �

"Report! The Queen Mother is here to see her grandson!" Cao Jixiang came in to report.

"Let's arrive soon, welcome at the door!" Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi left, Concubine Sun and his maid in the living room. Xiaoyu took care of Qi Zhen. It has been quiet and leisurely for a few days. Ergou returned from Nanjing and asked his uncle Wang Zhen to bring a small gift, congratulating Concubine Sun on the full moon and congratulating Qi Zhen on making him the crown prince. One day he took time to come to see Concubine Sun and the crown prince of Qi Zhen. The four detainees were released, which made Concubine Sun feel a little cooler. Concubine Sun was always worried.

The four people in custody were arrested. Hou Qi said: Ergou returned empty-handed from Nanjing, and was treated at home with a bruised nose and a swollen face, but he did not come to visit Concubine Sun. According to Hou Qi, Liu Xu and Hongyun were not caught by Ergou and others, so it should be safe. Concubine Sun was relieved. The empress dowager did not report in advance and saw that it was the first time to see his grandson. Concubine Sun was caught off guard and did not understand the purpose of the empress dowager's visit. Thinking of this, he said anxiously to the maid.

"My grandson is very good?" After following the maid, Concubine Sun had just arrived at the door of the living room. The empress dowager came in slowly with a warm look on her face and asked Concubine Sun with a smile.

"Qi Zhen is very good. Please sit down, Xiaoyu will serve tea!" Concubine Sun said and said to Xiaoyu. The Empress Dowager was sitting in the master's seat. Zhou Xiaoniu and a group of maids followed in and stood behind the empress dowager's chair. Concubine Sun signaled Zhu Shu and asked Xiaoyu to carry Xiaoqi Zhen out of the empress dowager and stood beside the empress dowager. Li Chong and He Cheng stood behind Concubine Sun.

"Yeah!" Xiaoyu looked at Concubine Sun and responded to serve the tea.

"I'll do it!" Xiaoyu brought Xiao Qizhen to him. Concubine Sun took it and hugged Qizhen and said to approach the Empress Dowager.

"I, Xiaoyu, pay homage to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is lucky." When Xiaoyu approached the Queen Mother, he said politely.

"Forget it! You all go down, I'll see my grandson." The empress dowager stood up and looked around in the living room, took Qi Zhen with one hand, and said happily in her arms.

"Yeah!" The maids responded and left the living room. How far was Xiaoyu standing?

"Please have tea for the queen mother!" Xiaoyu brought the tea and put it on the tea table in front of the chair.

"You go down too!" The empress dowager actually teased her grandson and didn't look at the tea. Concubine Sun smiled at Xiaoyu.

"Yeah!" Xiaoyu responded and went out.

"Empress Dowager! Look at Qi Zhen, how much he looks like his father?" Concubine Sun asked with a relaxed mood when she came to the Empress Dowager.

"Qi Zhen is the prince, and he will not be worse than his father in the future. The Zhu family will prosper forever!" The empress dowager said with a happy look at her smiling grandson.

"I'm here to hug you, Qi Zhen, don't be tired of grandma, the queen mother sits and drinks some tea." Concubine Sun took Qi Zhen, hugged her in her arms and said with a smile.

"My mother-in-law is old and can't do anything anymore!" said the queen mother sitting on the chair and smiling.

"The Empress Dowager is not old, the dynasty needs it, and you are at the helm!" In order to compliment the Empress Dowager, Concubine Sun said with a smile.

"I can't do my best, there are allusions in ancient times..." The empress dowager actually talked about allusions: During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Chao was sent by the emperor and led dozens of people to the Western Regions, and made many extraordinary achievements. Ban Chao had been in the ancient Western Regions for 27 years. He was old and weak, and was eager to think about his family, so he wrote a letter asking his son to take it to the Han Dynasty and asked Emperor Liu Zhao to transfer him back. There was no reaction to this letter. His sister Ban Zhao wrote another letter to the emperor, and stated that Brother Yi's letter was Chinese: "Ban Chao is the oldest among the people who went to the Western Regions with him, and is now

After sixty years of age, he was weak and sick, his hair was white, his hands were awkward, his ears were not flexible, his eyes were not bright, and he walked with his stick... If there was an unexpected riot incident, Ban Chao would be strong and unable to obey his will. This would damage the country's achievements in Changzhi and destroy the achievements that loyal ministers had finally achieved. It was really heartbreaking!" Emperor Liu Zhao was deeply moved and immediately passed the order to transfer Ban Chao back to the court. Ban Chao died of aggravated chest and rib disease at the age of 71.

"Mother-in-law is less than fifty years old, why do you still say she is old?" I know when the empress dowager was born, Concubine Sun was born.

Said with a smile.

"Let's not talk about me. Longevity Lock. I want to wait for my birthday to wear it for Qi Zhen to wear it for good luck. The emperor hurriedly appointed the prince. Qi Zhen was appointed as the prince, so he had to wear a lock to protect Qi Zhen, grow up healthily, and have no illness or disaster." The empress dowager took out a very delicate box, opened it and proposed a longevity Lock. The chain shone brightly. The empress dowager smiled and admired it, and said with a smile on Qi Zhen's neck.

"Qi Zhen is the minister of Yinxi! There is no ceremony to wear this lock?" Concubine Sun asked with a smile.

"Idiom definition: 沪: something that lays the ground, mattress, straw mat. It refers to a close minister serving the emperor and left and right. Source: "Yan Zi Chunqiu? Inner Chapter? Miscellaneous Parts". I have read it, and the emperor also knows it. As an elder, I come to wear a lock for my grandson today, without any ritual..." The empress dowager put a lock on Qi Zhen, and sat on the chair and talked about the long-lived lock: the long-lived lock is also called "Quanming Lock". The long-lived lock was a very fashionable decoration in the Ming Dynasty. It was hung on the neck of a child. According to superstition, it said that it was a very popular decorative object hanging on children's neck.

The method can avoid evil and drive away disasters, and "lock" life! The predecessor of the long-lived lock was "long-lived thread". The custom of wearing long-lived threads can be traced back to the Han Dynasty: "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji", "Fengshu Tong", "Sui Shi Guang Ji" and "Liu Qing Sun Notes". In the Han Dynasty, every household hanged five-color silk ropes on the door lintel every Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month to avoid ominousness. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the silk ropes were moved to women's arms, gradually becoming a kind of arm decoration for women and children, not only using

It was also used on the summer solstice in the Dragon Boat Festival to pray for curing diseases and prolonging life. This colorful silk rope is called "Long Life Wire", some are also called "Long Life Wire", "Long Life Wire", etc. This custom was not only popular among the people but also introduced to the palace in the Song Dynasty. In addition to women and children, men can also wear it. Every time before the Dragon Boat Festival, the emperor personally gave theLong Boat Festival to his close ministers and officials to wear it on holidays. In the Song Dynasty, he called this kind of thing "Zhuer knot" and "Colorful thread knot", which shows that its shape is relatively good

Complex. In addition to silk ropes and colored threads, it also wears pearls and other objects. At that time, many shops and market vendors specialize in selling them in the streets of Kyoto and other places. The customs changed to fewer adult male and female users, and they were used as a kind of children's necklace. It is mostly used when children are one year old, and the ropes are further developed into a long-lived lock. The materials used for long-lived locks are generally made of gold, silver and jade, and the shape is mostly made into a lock. The locks are engraved with auspicious words such as "Long Life and Wealth" and "Blessings and Longevity".

"Qi Zhen's lock is a long-lasting and wealthy life!" Concubine Sun deliberately interrupted and laughed at the Empress Dowager.

"The lock is pure gold, and the old body is made by the goldsmith, and it is specially made. It is of great value." The queen mother said with a smile and took a sip of tea.

"I'm telling you something?" Concubine Sun thought about it. The emperor had no objection to Cao Jing's matter. Concubine Sun had always wanted to take time to find the empress dowager. She happened to come. Concubine Sun asked with a smile on purpose.

"Okay!" said the queen mother laughing.

"Xiaoyu hugs Qi Zhen and go there to play!" Seeing that the empress dowager was in a good mood, Concubine Sun called over to Xiaoyu and said, "Give Qi Zhen to Xiaoyu."

"Tell me." Seeing Xiaoyu away, the Queen Mother said with a pleasant smile.

"Mom-in-law! There are no outsiders here, I will give you the one to rub your shoulder blades?" Concubine Sun felt a little uncomfortable sitting and talking while sitting, and before she could reply, she rubbed her shoulder blades and said.

"You are different from Hu Shanxiang, and you will be close to others. Emperor Zhu Zhanji always thinks about your good deeds behind your back, and you give people enthusiasm. Hu Shanxiang gave birth to a girl. He has always been in a bad mood, so what are the diseases he has always had?" The Empress Dowager probably felt comfortable and muttered unconsciously.

"Are you comfortable?" Concubine Sun didn't want to ask about Hu Shanxiang's situation, including any good and bad words. Without answering the Queen Mother's words, Concubine Sun asked according to her own ideas.

"You can do it, sit down and talk to the conversation. It is the mother of the child, and you are tired. You are the imperial concubine, unlike the past, and you have a status. It is the servant who serves people." The Empress Dowager looked at her with a look on her face.

Kind, he held Concubine Sun with one hand and asked Concubine Sun to sit in the guest seat and said with a smile.

"I have the status of me. I am a junior before you. It is natural for me to be filial to my elders!" Concubine Sun sat in the guest seat with the empress dowager's hand and said with respect.

"Whatever you want to say, just say it!" said the Queen Mother.

"Mother-in-law! What about the empress, He Ke and others? They were what I said." Observing the empress dowager's face, Concubine Sun wanted to hear the empress dowager's opinion.

"They are all good. They are good at doing business in their spare time, and they are very capable." said the Queen Mother.

"The Empress Dowager said it was good. I was relieved. I was afraid that the Empress Dowager would not say it was good, so I would introduce it again." Seeing the Empress Dowager's smile, Concubine Sun said with a cool heart.

"Do you still want to introduce it?" the queen mother asked with a smile.

"Yes!" After hearing the empress dowager's question, Concubine Sun observed the empress dowager's expression and said with a smile.

"Who?" the queen mother asked with a smile.

"Cao Jing!" said Concubine Sun.

"Cao Jing?" A trace of doubt appeared on the Empress Dowager's face, as if she was thinking about asking.

"She is very quiet and elegant for He Ke!" Concubine Sun said thinking.

"The emperor agrees?" the empress dowager asked while thinking about the matter.

"When he slept, will he disagree?" Sorry, Concubine Sun said with a smile.

"Zhu Zhanji is like his father, who is flirting with her. I saw that his father had been for most of his generation, but he couldn't watch it. He married so many imperial concubines. The woman deliberately went to get into his bed. You know Huang Juan the best. She just married your father, I really disagree." The queen mother said angrily.

"Long live the emperor. Women always have to marry a woman. Marrying a poor man is a lifetime, and marrying an emperor is also a lifetime. It is better for a woman to marry an emperor than any man. Who has this opportunity to not pursue the imperial concubine?" The Empress Dowager said that Renzong and women's love affairs, women's pursuit of life, and women's goals will not be much different. Concubine Sun laughed at the empress dowager.

"What the daughter-in-law said is! It is really not easy for a woman to have a lifetime. The ancients repeatedly said that men are afraid of choosing the wrong career, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. Alas!" said the queen mother laughing.

"Yes! No one in the dynasty will sacrifice his life, and there will be more women chasing the imperial concubine!" When Concubine Sun heard the empress dowager's sigh, she didn't know whether the empress dowager was for the women of the world or for herself, and she worked hard all her life. Concubine Sun felt that it was an opportunity, and followed the empress dowager's words and saw what the empress dowager reacted.

"The dream of souls is the Empress Dowager Zhang's disease. Whenever I mention the death of a person, I have a nightmare." The Empress Dowager immediately glanced at Concubine Sun and said helplessly.

"Don't be angry, my daughter-in-law blames her for letting go, let's not talk about it. Cao Jingshi, mother-in-law agree?" The idiom allusion originated from Yuan? Ma Zhiyuan's second chapter of "Child in the Blue Shirt": "I am disturbing myself in the house, and I have been dreaming, and this heart is always away from my side." Looking at the sad empress dowager, Concubine Sun asked with a change of topic.

"The emperor has married many concubines and the family is prosperous. This is what your father often likes to say. It makes sense for you to think about it, so you can do it. I have no objection!" Looking at Concubine Sun, the Empress Dowager said with a warm smile.

"I am obeying the Queen Mother, I will do my best." The interception system probably stimulated the Queen Mother too deeply, and the nightmare brought shadows that she could not get rid of. Concubine Sun was afraid that the Queen Mother would not agree with Cao Jing's affairs because of the death of others, so she said happily.

"For some time, my mother-in-law has been very depressed and difficult, and she is entangled in nightmares and can't sleep well. Let's not talk about human sacrifice!" The empress dowager said with sadness and pain on her face.

"Okay! Let's not talk about it!" The empress dowager's face was so annoyed that she was covered with a thick and dark shadow. It was a helpless expression that Concubine Sun had never seen before. Concubine Sun immediately said with sympathy.
Chapter completed!