Chapter 121:
At Chenshi the next day, Guan Yu had just left the morning court and returned to the inner hall.
"Your Majesty, the Eldest Empress and the Third Emperor's grandson are asking to see you!" the palace official announced outside the hall.
Guan Yu raised his eyebrows: "Let them in!"
The palace people responded, and Mo Dai and Guan Yufeng quickly walked into the inner hall.
Mo Dai tied her hair with an emerald jade crown, and was wearing a moon-white robe. The neckline and cuffs were embroidered with exquisite cloud brocade dark patterns with gold thread, and a wide-brimmed belt embroidered with cloud brocade patterns of the same color was tied around her waist. The emerald jade pendant with a hollow pattern, and the moon-white satin boots exposed when walking, the whole person looks graceful and heroic.
Guan Yu sat in front of the short table in the inner hall for him to review the memorials temporarily, squinting his eyes at Mo Dai, remembering that she was as young and full of vigor as Mo Dai back then, but now, her temples are gray and her face is wrinkled. The **** are sagging early, the buttocks are loose, tsk, I am old, I am really not reconciled!
Looking at her little imperial grandson again, the child who was timid and cowardly in his impression, who didn't even dare to speak loudly, has only been with Mo Dai for a few days now, and his complexion is much brighter and cheerful. He is dressed in a small water blue robe. Wrapped in a small body, the white and tender face looks even more beautiful and lovely.
The big and the young are standing together, who can say that they are not mother and child?
Guan Yu's heart moved, she suspected that Mo Dai was her second daughter, but a few days ago, the palace maid who served Mo Dai personally came back and told her that when she combed her hair, she looked carefully, and there was no white crescent on the back of Mo Dai's head. burn marks.
Moreover, she also sent someone to investigate Mo Dai's life experience, and learned that she had a deceased twin sister, Mo Daxi. Although there was no way to verify this, she felt that Mo Daxi was actually Mo Dai herself, because Mo Dai accepted it with peace of mind. It's a matter of course in Qiong Country to marry her sister's man, but it's rare in Yun Country.
Guan Yu is not interested in Mo Dai's past, she is just wondering if Mo Dai is her daughter? If so, why doesn't she have the brand mark of the white crescent moon? If not, why does she look so similar to her? Could it be that there are really two irrelevant people who look alike in this world?
"Emperor Mother hasn't eaten breakfast yet. Today, I made some folk breakfasts and brought them to Empress Mother for a taste!"
Today, Mo Dai still delivered food, soy milk, fried egg rolls, soup dumplings, fried dough sticks, siu mai, and a few small dishes of dipping sauces and condiments.
When Guan Yu saw the food sent by Mo Dai, he cooked very little of everything, but it looked very good. Although it was not a rare item, she did seldom eat it in the palace. On weekdays, it was mostly tremella, bird's nest and ginseng soup What, even if you eat porridge, it has multi-flavored supplements in it.
"Yufeng, come try the dishes for the imperial grandmother." Mo Dai said, and Guan Yufeng responded excitedly, as if he had been waiting for this moment for a long time, with a greedy look in his eyes that couldn't be concealed.
However, Guan Yu stopped this time: "No need, we are all from our own family, so we don't have to pay so much attention!" The important thing is that everything is just a little bit, and let the children share it. What else does she eat?
After delivering the food, Mo Dai led Guan Yufeng back as usual.
Guan Yu finished eating all the food that Mo Dai sent and still felt 80% full, and he still couldn't get enough of it. He felt that Mo Dai was really stingy, since the food was sent, why didn't the portion be enough?
At noon, Mo Dai made omelet rice and bean curd soup and sent it to the imperial study. Water patterns are drawn on the outside of the skin with hawthorn paste for decoration. The bean curd soup was made by the imperial chef of the imperial dining room. In fact, the imperial chef disdained to make such an unrefined soup, but he didn't dare to resist the order of the eldest princess, so he could only make it reluctantly.
As the empress of a country, food is naturally very expensive and rare and precious, but if you eat a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas, you will get tired of it, so Guan Yu is quite interested in the folk snacks sent by Mo Dai, and Mo Dai The amount delivered each time was not much, causing her to want to eat even after she finished eating, but she couldn't bear to ask Mo Dai for food, so she had to endure it.
After lunch, Guan Yu usually rests for half an hour in the morning on the soft couch in the inner room of the imperial study, and continues to review the memorials after waking up, and sometimes meets ministers in the imperial study to discuss political affairs with them.
At Shen Shi, just when Guan Yu felt a little hungry, the palace servant happened to come to report that it was Mo Dai and Guan Yufeng who came to deliver food again.
Guan Yu was a little strange, what kind of medicine was sold in Modai's gourd?
This time, Mo Dai sent a small cup of lotus root powder. The top-quality thin-bodied fine porcelain bowl is filled with more than half of the viscous liquid of crystal pink and purple, and it is dotted with sweet-scented osmanthus. It looks good, but Guan Yu dare not eat it .
"Yufeng, for..."
"Come on, I just want to observe more about what it is made of. By the way, you said it's lotus root powder, so it's really made of lotus root?"
"Exactly, it is made from the lotus root dug out from the pond of Guanhe Xiaozhu by Erchen's order. This stuff nourishes yin and lungs, nourishes the skin and beautifies the skin. If the mother often eats it, she will be able to stay young forever and live forever!"
"Hehe, you can talk!" Although he knew that Mo Dai was flattering her, Nai He listened to her and felt happy.
"This is my son's words from the bottom of my heart."
"Okay," Guan Yu scooped up a spoonful of lotus root powder with a spoon and put it into his mouth. The aroma of lotus root and sweet-scented osmanthus overflowed his mouth immediately, and the faint sweetness entered his throat. Guan Yu squinted his eyes involuntarily, "Say it , you deliver meals and snacks three meals a day, what are you doing? Do you want me to trust you?"
Mo Dai pursed her lips and said for a long while, "Yes."
"Heh!" Guan Yu laughed out loud, "Do you think you can impress me and make me trust you with just a few meals of rough food and game?" Want to expose her conspiracy.
Looking at Guan Yu, Mo Dai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shed tears without warning in the next second. She quickly raised her sleeve to wipe it off, and forced a smile: "My son is resigning." Then she led Guan Yufeng to make plans Leave the Royal Study Room.
Guan Yu was baffled by Mo Dai's tears, is she a woman? How do you say that when you cry, you cry? Still so hurt and miserable!
"etc!"
Mo Dai stopped and didn't turn around: "What else does the Empress have to say?" Mo Dai's voice trembled a little, as if she was trying to suppress her emotions.
"Come back, tell me, why are you crying?" Guan Yu thought she was a master of acting, she thought that Mo Dai was also acting, but it was wrong, neither the expression in Mo Dai's eyes nor her voice seemed to be pretending.
Mo Dai still didn't turn around, but occasionally raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears. Guan Yufeng, who was at the side, saw that Mo Dai was crying, his eye circles were also red, and big tears began to fall down, but he didn't dare to cry out. Mo Dai couldn't help squatting down, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe his tears, and hugged him to coax him.
Guan Yu was dumbfounded, didn't she say anything? I didn't get angry, why did I make the big and the young cry?
Guan Yu asked a palace official to come in and take Guan Yufeng away, leaving only Mo Dai in the imperial study.
"Yuan...Mo Dai?" Guan Yu had already finished eating the lotus root powder at this time, but he still couldn't get enough of it.
Mo Dai still didn't turn around, just turned her back to Guan Yu and said: "I grew up in a farmhouse since I was a child, and when I was sensible, I knew that I was not born by my parents, but picked up by them from outside. My temper and character It’s not good, I always think that I shouldn’t be in such an ordinary farmhouse, relying on a few acres of land to live, not enough to eat and not warm. I go to the town to go to the market on weekdays, and I dare not go into better shops because I am afraid I was stared at by shopkeepers, and once I was almost hit by a rich man's carriage. Instead of apologizing, they called me a blind poor bumpkin. , hated, sad, and muddled for several years."
Mo Dai wanted to prevent Yu Dingran from sending someone to investigate her background, so she might as well say it herself: "Later, I figured it out, accepted my fate, and started to live a good life with my husbands. I worked hard to make money to support my family. Live. Unexpectedly, Guan Xuan found out that day, he said that I was her second imperial sister, and then I came here. When I saw your face, Your Majesty, I was shocked, and at the same time, there was an inexplicable kindness Feelings arise spontaneously, I think, you are my mother!"
Listening to Mo Dai's confession, Guan Yu frowned and didn't know what he was thinking, while Mo Dai continued: "I'm just an ordinary woman who grew up in the countryside, and I don't know anything about state affairs. These days, although you don't let me see Xiao Sheng and Xiao Yi, I feel a little unhappy, but I have an inexplicable feeling of admiration for you. I only cook some rough food in the countryside. I just want to do my best to eat with you!"
Mo Dai finally turned around and looked straight into Guan Yu's eyes: "Am I really your daughter? Have you really looked for me in the past eighteen years?"
Guan Yu saw that Mo Dai was looking at him in confusion, and said subconsciously: "Of course you are my daughter, and I did try my best to find you back then!"
"Don't lie to me, I know I'm not, Guan Xuan said that all descendants of the royal family have a white crescent brand on the back of their heads, but I don't have one!" Mo Dai said with a wry smile.
"I didn't lie to you. It's true. Otherwise, let's follow the ancient method and have a blood confession?" Guan Yu said intuitively, and clapped his hands at the same time. Yes, blood can also be used to recognize relatives. Why didn't I think of it earlier?
When Mo Dai heard it, her eyelids twitched, tsk, her blood is very precious, so she doesn't want to waste it.
"No, I believe you. It's just that it's been more than ten days. I want to see my husband and the child, can I?" Mo Dai's tone of request this time was extremely earnest.
But Guan Yu decided on one thing and easily did not allow others to comment on it: "Recognize your relatives with blood first!"
After the imperial doctor came to the imperial study to recognize their relatives with blood, Guan Yu grinned so much that his mouth went to the back of his ears, as if he was seeing Mo Dai for the first time, he looked her up and down several times , and then patted Modai on the shoulder vigorously: "My good daughter, you are my timely rain! Go, let your father and queen be happy too!"
"Empress, I'm a husband..."
Guan Yu pretended not to hear it at all, and excitedly talked about the events of the year, regardless of whether Mo Dai wanted to hear it or not: "You know, your father's name is Huan Xingchen, and he is a gentle and gentle man. Attracted by him, the relationship between your father and queen is also good, the two are as close as brothers..."
"If you want me to be obedient, then let me see my husband and child!" Mo Dai interrupted Guan Yu loudly.
Guan Yu stopped and squinted at her: "Why, can't bear it anymore?" Guan Yu snorted, "How long do I think you can bear it? You're useless!"
Mo Dai bowed her head and remained silent.
"What if I don't agree?"
Mo Dai suddenly raised her head and smiled: "You will agree, I just want to see my husband and the child, and I will not run away, or you can send someone to put me, my husband and the child under house arrest in Chaoyang Palace, and the ministers will not have any trouble." Doubtful!"
"How dare you threaten me?" Guan Yu was displeased.
"Don't dare, my son just wants to see my husband and son!" Guan Yu, an old fox, since he can't be soft, then he will be tough, "Mother, since it is cooperation, then there should be sincerity. In the past ten days Come on, my sincerity is spread out in front of you like a piece of white paper, but what about you?"
Guan Yu's face was a little bit embarrassing, and he knew that Mo Dai was being pushed into a hurry. Although it was confirmed that she was his biological daughter, after all, she had no emotional foundation, so she couldn't go too far: "Do you want to see me today?"
"yes!"
"Well, it's not impossible, but what's for dinner?" Guan Yu asked with a smile.
Mo Dai's complexion also improved slightly: "How about the barbecue?"
"Hmph, what's so special about barbecue, don't want it!" Guan Yu waved his hands disapprovingly.
"I don't know if it's rare or not, but the Empress can try it!"
"Wait until you bake it. If it's not delicious, I won't let you meet your husband-in-law and your child!"
"Forget it, I'll be back!" Mo Dai turned and left.
"Wait!" Guan Yu pretended to sigh helplessly, "I'll ask someone to bring them here!"
Guan Yu slapped his palms twice, and a black-clothed masked guard appeared like a ghost.
"Bring the one big and one small here!"
The secret guard led away, and not long after, the palace servants led Xiao Sheng and Mo Xiaoyi to the imperial study.
I haven't seen him for more than ten days, Xiao Sheng has lost weight and haggard, Mo Xiaoyi is fine, presumably because Xiao Sheng is taking care of him.
The moment Xiao Sheng saw Mo Dai, his eyes lit up, but at the same time, he noticed that the clothes on her body were extremely luxurious, and her demeanor was a little different from before. He was a little afraid to confirm whether she was Mo Dai. And Mo Xiaoyi had missed it once before, but this time he didn't dare to admit it, he took Xiao Sheng's hand and hid behind his back.
"A Sheng, Xiao Yi, you have suffered!" Mo Dai said, her voice trembling with joy.
Hearing Mo Dai's voice, Xiao Sheng finally confirmed that the woman in front of him was his wife, Mo Dai, tears streaming down his face. And Mo Xiaoyi also burst into tears, crying while crying: "Liang..."
Mo Dai stepped forward and hugged Mo Xiaoyi with one hand and Xiao Sheng with the other, shed tears uncontrollably.
Seeing the three members of this family reunited after a long absence in his imperial study, Guan Yu felt a little annoyed, and waved his hand to tell them to go back to Chaoyang Palace to reminisce. Mo Dai is not allowed to run away with her husband and child.
Mo Xiaoyi cried all the way, and when she returned to Chaoyang Palace, she had already fallen asleep in Mo Dai's arms. Mo Dai put Mo Xiaoyi on the bed to lie down, covered her with brocade quilt, and when she turned around, she was suddenly hugged by Xiao Sheng.
"Wife master, wife master, I finally saw you again, I thought, I thought..." Xiao Sheng's voice was trembling, and he buried his head on Mo Dai's neck, and the warm tears scorched Mo Dai's heart .
Modai also hugged him back: "Don't worry, I won't leave you alone!" As she said, she patted his back to comfort him.
Xiao Sheng began to look for her lips as he cried and cried, at first he just pecked and kissed each other pityingly, and soon the two became inseparable.
The news that Guan Yuan brought back a large and a small one to live in Chaoyang Palace quickly spread in Guan Yuan's harem. Zuo Zhengjun Luanyuan was a little jealous, but he couldn't help it. She knelt in front of the bed all night, he was sick, and her heart was broken, but I just heard that she had a secret relationship with a human being outside, and now she is still taking her back to Chaoyang Palace with her children, so I can't help but feel... Angry, even he, the Zhengjun, has never lived in Chaoyang Palace, but now let some inexplicable **** live outside, isn't this a slap in the face?
Guan Yufeng was sent to Biqing Garden by the palace people. At this moment, his father, Nihong, was asking him about the man and child who lived in Chaoyang Palace, but unfortunately Guan Yufeng didn't know about it.
Ni Hong was a little uneasy. His Highness had been doting on Guan Yufeng a few days ago, and his life was also much easier. Live back to the original hard days.
At this time, Luan Yuan came to Biqing Garden with his entourage, and after a few words of politeness with Ni Hong with a smile, he went straight to the topic, wanting Guan Yufeng to investigate the situation.
Although Guan Yufeng didn't like this Zuo Zhengjun, who was also his titular father, he had to be obedient to his father's pleading eyes, and he also wanted to go to his mother, wondering what would happen tonight It was delicious, so he ran to Chaoyang Palace.
The people of Chaoyang Palace knew that Guan Yuan had been doting on Guan Yufeng recently, so they didn't stop him from running into the inner hall. At this time, Mo Dai and Xiao Sheng were sitting on the soft couch chatting about the experience of the past ten days.
"Mother!" Guan Yufeng ran in and called out, staring curiously at Xiao Sheng beside Mo Dai with his big eyes.
"Whose child is this?" Xiao Sheng asked with a smile, his appearance was somewhat similar to Mo Xiaoyu's, and his age and stature were about the same.
"Uh, this is..."
Mo Dai suddenly felt a bit of a headache, and when he was thinking about how to explain it, Mo Xiaoyi woke up, and Mo Dai hurried to the inner room to hug him. Mo Xiaoyi just woke up, lying sleepily in Mo Dai's arms, Mo Dai's face was doting.
Guan Yufeng saw that his mother, who was doting on him a few days ago, was hugging another child intimately. The strange man was looking at the mother and the child and smiling gently, and the mother was only focused on hugging the child. Ignoring his existence, he suddenly felt lonely and wronged, tears flowed down his face, he turned around and ran out quickly.
When Mo Dai turned her face away, Guan Yufeng had long since disappeared.