How eager Zhao Yurong is to be one of them. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the ruthless truth shattered her dreams: she is now, although she is still a virgin, but her identity has become the emperor's woman.

In the cold and deep palace, she spent her youth silently like this.

The reason why she was able to endure such silence was because of those dreams.

In the dream, she found herself.

She longs for true love, not the favor of the emperor.

As for the reason why she was beaten into the cold palace as soon as she entered the palace, the maid Xiao Cui'er helped her find out some rumors, it is said that it is because her appearance is too gorgeous, and the Empress Dowager Renxi is worried that Emperor Guangxu is drowning in beauty like her own son Emperor Tongzhi, and she is sick, so she deliberately does not let the emperor see her face.

It's a fainting death.

If they don't want a beautiful woman, why did they choose her to enter the palace in the first place?

After selecting the show girl to enter the palace, she originally thought that as an ordinary palace maid, she would be able to leave the palace at the age of 25, but what she didn't expect was that the emperor actually gave her a "special favor" to the show girl she had never seen before, named her a "Yu Guiren", and lived in Broken Yuxuan.

In this way, she is equivalent to the emperor's woman, even if she is over 25 years old, it is impossible to leave the palace.

Although it is said that as soon as you enter the palace, you are a nobleman with a title, but it is rare.

But the emperor may not know that this noble man with a title is not what she wants.

The sinister and treacherous in the palace had already been heard of when she didn't enter the palace.

One thing she can figure out now is that her "special grace" should be instructed by the Empress Dowager Renxi.

gave herself treatment and titles that were different from others, but did not let the emperor see her, what is the mystery in this, she doesn't understand now.

Forget it, don't think about it......

At this time, Zhao Yurong did not know that soon she would meet him, and from that day on, her and his fate would be intertwined and could never be separated again.

Tianjin, Xinglong Hutong, Chen Wei Mansion.

At this moment, in the Chen Mansion, a family banquet is being prepared lively.

Today, as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang Commerce, Li Shaoquan rarely took a break in his busy time, and brought Zhang Peilun and Li Jingshan to visit his niece-in-law Chen Wei's house. Although Chen Wei was not at home (Chen Wei went home every two days on weekdays, but he happened to be absent today), Li Shaoquan didn't care at all, because Chen Wei's children were there.

It is only with these children that he will feel happiness from the bottom of his heart when he is over seventy.

After the banquet was prepared, Li Jingxuan came to the back garden to invite Li Shaoquan. After passing through the cloister, before I reached the main entrance of the garden, I heard laughter coming from the garden.

Li Jingxuan walked through the garden gate and entered the garden, only to see Li Shaoquan sitting on the Taishi chair in the garden and watching the children play with a smile.

In the lotus pond, a small boat made of wooden planks is slowly moving forward in the breeze, and on the shore, a boy of about six or seven years old is shooting at the boat in the pond with a slingshot.

The small wooden plank boat was made in the shape of a warship, with four round chimneys lined up with table legs, the main gun emplacement at the bow and the gun room in the middle. This model of the warship looks a little strange, but the hull of the ship is not without similarities with the "Dingyuan" ironclad ship in the Megatron Sea. If there were professionals present, they would have recognized that this small wooden ship was made in the shape of the German "Saxony" class ironclad ship. It's just that on the mast of the small wooden ship, there is a rudimentary Japanese Navy Kikuhi flag made of paper.

This boy is Chen Wei's third son, Chen Minyi.

Li Shaoquan, who was beside the boy, watched the boy's movements intently, his eyes full of relief and admiration.

Chen Minye suddenly released the bowstring, and the projectile flew out like a meteor, and under the middle waterline of the small wooden boat, with the surging water, the hull of the small wooden boat began to shake violently.

"Hit! Hit! The two girls clapped their hands and shouted.

The boy hit with a single hit, but did not stop, but quickly reloaded and continued to shoot. Not only did he hit, but he also hit the boat's waterline with all the accuracy.

Li Shaoquan could see it for a while.

After the boy finished shooting in a row, he stopped and turned his head to look at Li Shaoquan, a small face was slightly red because of the force just now, which was very cute.

"Tell grandpa, which warship is this fighting?" Li Shaoquan stroked the boy's head affectionately and asked with a smile.

"This is the ironclad ship of the Japanese Navy, the 'Zhoufang'." Chen Minyi replied crisply.

Seeing Li Shaoquan's happy appearance, Li Jingxuan couldn't help laughing.

Because of the relationship between his uncle and foreign affairs, he has experienced the ups and downs of the sea and the bloody storms of officialdom, and rarely has leisure and happiness. Only now is his happiest moment.

"Grandpa, Grandpa! Compete with your hands! Chen Minye put down the slingshot, pulled Li Shaoquan's hand and shook it.

"Good, good, good—come, come!" Li Shaoquan rolled up his sleeves and nodded with a smile. An old man and a young man immediately set up a frame and began to compare.

"Grandpa, is it okay? Beginning—"

"Okay-ouch, grandpa can't-"

Li Jingxuan saw that Chen Minye was trying to wrench his wrist with Li Shaoquan, she knew that this kid had great strength, so she hurriedly scolded: "Hello! Grandpa is old and can't stand your trouble! Beware of your mother telling your father! ”

"I won!"

"Huh! It's Yi'er who wins, and Grandpa loses! ”

"Second uncle, it's time to eat." Li Jingxuan said.

"Oh, good, good." Li Shaoquan said, took Chen Minyi's little hand, and beckoned to the two girls, who followed with a cheering shout of "eat".

"Huh? What about Er'er and Yu'er? Li Jingxuan didn't see Chen Wei's second son Chen Minyu and fifth son Chen Minyu, and immediately asked.

"The two young masters are playing over there." One of the servants replied with a smile, pointing in the direction of the rockery.

Li Shaoquan looked in the direction of the servant's finger, and sure enough, he saw a thin boy lying on a piece of bluestone, guarding a piece of paper and drawing something. Another handsome boy was fiddling with the blocks.

The boy who painted was Chen Wei's second son, Chen Minrong. And the boy who fiddled with the building blocks was Chen Wei's fifth son, Chen Minyu.

Looking at the boy who was bored and painting there, Li Jingxuan's eyes flashed with a trace of unique tenderness.

Somehow, this boy who is too quiet is even more fond of her.

Li Shaoquan let go of Chen Minyi's hand, naughtily raised a finger in front of his lips, and winked at Chen Minyi, Chen Minqi smiled and nodded vigorously, turned his head and made the same gesture to his two younger sisters.

Li Shaoquan relaxed his steps and quietly came to Chen Minrong's side, the boy was concentrating on painting, but he didn't notice Li Shaoquan's arrival.

Li Shaoquan focused his gaze on the picture, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

What is painted on the painting is a new type of warship that is driving through the waves!

Although the seven-year-old's drawings and graffiti are more participatory, and the lines and colors are relatively simple and crude, it is these few brushstrokes that the main gun turrets painted in Victoria, the diamond-shaped arrangement of the front and rear, the left and right sides, the longitudinal chimneys, and the tall "Jingyuan"-class high-speed ironclad ships with battle masts are vividly displayed on the paper.

Especially the big red dragon flag on the mast.

The sound of Chen Minye and his two younger sisters moving made the boy realize that there was someone behind him, and he turned his head and suddenly saw Li Shaoquan standing beside him.

"Hello grandpa." The boy sensibly greeted Li Shaoquan.

"She drew very well." Li Shaoquan pointed to one of the few villains in official uniforms standing on the bridge in the picture and asked, "Grandpa came to ask Er'er, who is this?" ”

"This is a pure prince, and the prince is wearing a big red crown."

"Who is this?" Li Shaoquan pointed to the person to the left of the "prince" and asked.

"This is Grandpa, Grandpa has a long beard."

"Ouch - good eyesight!" Li Shaoquan was overjoyed and in a good mood, and pointed to the person on the right side of the "prince" and asked, "Then Er'er, who is this?" ”

"This is Uncle Ding, Uncle Ding is tall."

"Hmm-" Li Shaoquan knew that Chen Minrong was talking about Ding Yuting, so he stroked his beard and nodded.

"This is my daddy! Daddy wears a big red robe! Speaking of his father, Chen Minrong, who was still a little timid when he spoke, was full of pride.

Li Shaoquan remembered that it was when Prince Chun was parading the navy last year, Chen Wei was awarded the title of first-class baron because of his meritorious service in training the marines, several wives and concubines were also awarded the title of second-class lady, and his son was also named the captain of the cloud cavalry.

Li Shaoquan vaguely remembered that at that time, there was indeed a boy wearing a trumpet official uniform by Chen Wei's side.

I can't imagine that after so much time, this child can still remember the scene so clearly.

Suddenly, Li Shaoquan asked curiously: "Huh-which one is Rong'er?" ”

"You're still too young to show your head—" Chen Minrong replied softly in a timid tone. As Chen Wei's second son, Chen Minrong's personality is more like his mother Ding Luhua's quiet and introverted, and his well-informed mother has always warned him to be a low-key person and not to be competitive, which has created his current character.

"Hmm--Rong'er knows how to be polite at such a young age, and his mother is well-trained-" Li Shaoquan nodded lightly in approval.

"I'm afraid I'm going to have one more Danqing national player in the future." Li Jingxuan changed the topic on the side, but at this moment, she didn't expect that her words would become prophecies.

"Hello grandpa." Chen Minyu on the side also greeted Li Shaoquan, "Grandpa looks good at the bridge I built?" ”

Li Shaoquan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Chen Minyu holding a small arched bridge made of building blocks in his hand.

In his impression, children play with building blocks, and the things they pile up are all knocked down at the touch of a button, and it is the first time he has seen Chen Minyu who can use building blocks to build a bridge that can be held in his hand.

"Good! Good! Yu'er is amazing! Li Shaoquan looked at the bridge in Chen Minyu's hand carefully, trying to figure out why the building block bridge didn't fall, but he looked at it for a long time, but he still didn't see a reason.

"Can Yu'er tell the master, why didn't this bridge fall?" Li Shaoquan asked.

"Then Grandpa has to tell me a story, and I'll tell Grandpa." Chen Minyu looked up at Li Shaoquan with a small face, and said seriously.

"Good! Good! Hehe. Li Shaoquan stroked the child's little face with his hand and smiled happily.

When Li Shaoquan returned to the hall surrounded by children, the banquet had already been set up, Li Jingxuan invited Li Shaoquan to take a seat, Li Shaoquan saw the fat big sea bass that Li Jingxuan specially stewed for him in the blue and white porcelain plate in the middle of the table, and suddenly remembered Chen Wei's pig brother when Chen Wei and Li Jingxuan first met, and couldn't help laughing.

"There is a way to meet thousands of miles away," Li Shaoquan pointed to the perch on the table, and said to Li Jingxuan with a smile, "Who would have thought that this perch would also be a matchmaker, hehe." ”

"That's because my uncle loves to eat this sea bass." Li Jingxuan understood what Li Shaoquan was talking about, and his face couldn't help but blush slightly.

"By the way? Where is Zhao'er? Hold it and show me. Li Shaoquan thought of his own grandson.

"Xiu'er, go, let the nurse bring the young master." Li Jingxuan instructed the maid beside him.

The maid took the order and left, and after a while, the nurse came to the hall with Chen Minzhao in her arms. Li Jingxuan greeted him and took the swaddling clothes from the nurse's hand, the infant child was already asleep, but at this time he may have felt his mother's familiar embrace, and immediately opened his eyes and babbled.

Li Jingxuan looked at the child in her arms lovingly, and gently kissed the child's pink face.

"Come, come, come! Let grandpa take a look! Seeing the white and chubby grandson waving his little hand at him, Li Shaoquan was very happy, he gently stretched out a finger, put it in the palm of the child's little hand, and scratched it gently.

The infant child stared at Li Shaoquan with big black eyes, and his little hand suddenly clenched Li Shaoquan's fingers, Li Shaoquan felt the power coming from that little hand, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"This child will be as strong as his father in the future."

"He, I hope he learns from his father's gentleman, and doesn't learn his father's gangsterism." Li Jingxuan smiled and gently scraped the child's nose.

"Alas, child, this is a bad word, doesn't the old man also have the nickname of 'ruffian Hanlin'? It's not a bad thing that a man is a little bit of a gangster. ”

"Yes-Second Uncle, Xuan'er wrote it down."

Zhang Peilun and Li Jingshan, who were sitting at the banquet, looked at each other and smiled at this happy scene.

Li Shaoquan sat down, Li Jingxuan and Chen Wei's wives and concubines and Zhang Peilun and his wife were also seated, and the children were sitting next to their respective mothers. Why don't you sit down? ”

Hearing Li Shaoquan's question, Chen Minqi's mother Lin Xueqian's face couldn't help but turn red and white.

"Lance caused trouble a few days ago, and now she's grounded." Li Jingxuan glanced at Lin Xueqian and replied for her.

"Oh? What's the matter? Li Shaoquan couldn't help but be a little curious

Listening to Li Shaoquan's question, Lin Xueqian's face turned even redder, and she actually lowered her head.

"It's nothing, it's just that the lantern of Lord Zhang's house on the other side was lit by setting off a cannon battle, and almost burned the whole door of Lord Zhang's house." Li Jingxuan replied with a smile.

"Hahahaha! What a big deal I must have! It's not Zhang Chubao (that is, Zhang Shiheng, the general office of Tianjin Machinery Bureau), it's all a family, what's the big deal. Li Shaoquan laughed, "Children, it's common to be naughty, don't be too harsh, I'm in charge, so you don't have to be grounded, right?" ”

"The concubine thanked her uncle for Li'er." Lin Xueqian blushed and whispered.

"I can't imagine that Li'er's artillery battle is still so good, hehe," Li Shaoquan said to her with a smile, "You are a mother, tell Chen Daorong, and tell him to train him well--Li'er's explosive artillery skills will definitely be used by the Tianjin Machinery Bureau in the future, if Li'er's skills are lost at that time, I will ask him!" ”

While he was talking, Li Jingxuan had already ordered his subordinates to bring the four-year-old Chen Minhui over, Li Shaoquan saw his grandson and opened his hand affectionately, "Come, Li'er, tell grandpa, how this artillery battle was placed!" ”

After a lively family feast, it was getting late, and the maids sent the children to sleep in their rooms. And Li Shaoquan chatted with his daughter and son-in-law in the hall as usual.

While a few people were talking, one of Zhang Peilun's servants hurriedly walked in, and after greeting Li Shaoquan and others, he handed over a small Fang Sheng'er to Zhang Peilun.

Zhang Peilun opened Fang Sheng and took a look, his face couldn't help but change slightly. Li Jingshan, who was sitting next to him, noticed the change in her husband's face, and couldn't help but glance at Li Jingxuan.

"Is it a telegram?"

"Yes, sir. The small one didn't dare to delay after receiving the report, and sent it to you immediately. ”

"Okay, I see, you can go."

The servant took his leave, and Zhang Peilun looked at the telegram in his hand, and his brows began to wrinkle unconsciously.

"Youqiao? Where did the telegram come from? Li Shaoquan seemed to sense something and asked.

Zhang Peilun did not speak, but stepped forward and handed the telegram to Li Shaoquan.

Li Jingxuan came behind Li Shaoquan at this time, and while gently beating Li Shaoquan's back and rubbing his shoulder, he inadvertently glanced at the telegram in Li Shaoquan's hand.

"Yushan wants to be a Sinon, Taiyue or block the Bohai Sea."

Li Shaoquan took the private telegram from Li Gaoyang, the secretary of the university's Scholarly Department, to Zhang Peilun, which was transferred from Beijing. I couldn't help but frown. "What does that mean?"

"This is the code word used by the people of our clear stream in the past." may have remembered the past when he was the head of the "Four Advice on the Clear Stream", when he was the head of the "Four Advice on the Clear Stream", he pointed out the country, talked about the characters, and discussed the current affairs. A wry smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Peilun's mouth, but it was fleeting.

"Oh? Let's hear about it. Li Shaoquan's face showed a look of sudden realization, he knew that the answers between these so-called Qingliu Party members had always been concise and to the point. Over time, it has become a set of officialdom hidden words. Those who do not have a deep relationship with each other will often listen to them for a long time while talking, and they will not know what to say, as if they are falling into a fog. This set of code words is almost like a code book for telegraphs. Like the telegram sent by Li Gaoyang to Zhang Peilun in his hand now, Li Shaoquan still didn't understand what he meant after reading it for a long time. (To be continued.) )