Chapter 12 Rumors in the capital
Inside the Imperial Palace of the capital. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
A well-prepared birthday, but under the accident of His Royal Highness the Prince, it ended without a problem.
Not only that, but what made Queen Wang angry at the same time was the half-cut conversation with Zhong Xuanchong, the deputy assistant of the cabinet.
Because on the birthday, Queen Wang's obvious tentative questioning did not want to be interrupted unexpectedly, so that the words could not reach the node in the end. Queen Wang was not in a hurry, she thought that it would not be too late to say it in a few days, but she didn't think that after two days, things would change.
Two days later, a powerful news suddenly spread up and down the capital. That is the little son of Lord Zhong of the cabinet, who does not hesitate to cut off relations with his family, and also spends a lot of money to redeem himself for a famous prostitute in Baihualou. Not only that, I heard that this amorous fourth son of Zhong also made an oath to the outside world, and after ransom for this prostitute, he will marry her as a wife.
This--what kind of thing is this? Who would do such a thing by taking a prostitute as a wife, a decent person? Who would dare to do such a thing? But now it is the little son of the Zhong family in the cabinet who has done this, hey, what a pity and a pity, he has disregarded the great Confucian poetry of the Zhong family for several generations, and this time he has really lost face. I heard that because of this, Zhong Xuanchong Zhong was so angry that his old illness relapsed, and he had been lying in bed for several days and nights and couldn't get out of bed.
Not only that, but according to reliable sources, the little son of the Zhong family never returned home after he was angry with the old man. And has officially set up a note of redemption to the owner of Baihualou, every day, borrowing money from friends during the day, and staying directly in the house of the famous prostitute in Baihualou at night, just waiting for the money to be gathered, and immediately marry the person directly.
When the news reached this, they could take prostitutes as wives, and it seemed that it couldn't be more true.
For this earth-shattering news, now the people in the capital are really happy to talk after tea and dinner every day, and some people are reporting every day that Zhong Sigongzi went to borrow money when he went to a friend's house today, and what poisonous oath was made for this, this oath is estimated to be repaid for many years, and then he didn't borrow money, how much money he borrowed, and how much money was left behind the amount of the note he signed with Baihualou, etc.
I'm not afraid that there will be no joy in the capital, so Zhong Sigongzi will ask for you.
The people in the capital are happy about this every day, but few people know that this happy news, in addition to being able to anger the old man of the Zhong family, can also make the unrelated Queen Wang angry, and he can't wait to grab Zhong Xuanzhong immediately and slap him a few times. It's just that this wish Queen Wang can't achieve it within a month, because Lord Zhong has already been sick at home, and it will be a month as soon as he tells him.
The news of the fourth son of the Zhong family, which was spreading in the capital, was really angry with the queen, but it had no impact on the other people in the palace. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is even more like he has never heard of such a thing, and his daily life is still the same.
I went to class in the morning, I was in a daze in the afternoon, I didn't pay attention to anything, and I didn't bother to say anything.
The only thing that has changed is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made subtle changes to the ministers who will come to the East Palace every once in a while. Although his attitude towards the ministers in general remained the same, he no longer ignored everyone equally, as before, but began to treat them individually.
For example, to Zhu Xin, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, who had a white face, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was much more kind and kind. not only specified that this Zhu Xin was appointed as a young master in the prince's mansion, but also left him alone from time to time to have dinner together, chat about some homely gossip, give poems, listen to music, and talk about metaphysics, on the surface he is really elegant.
Although there has been a change, it has changed more than nothing has changed for the righteous ministers.
Because of a reason that could not be said clearly and did not want to be said, the ministers were sad and cried.
Zhu Xin, who was admired by the prince, later felt that it was inappropriate, and began to use his illness to no longer go to the East Palace to teach. After asking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince several times, and even came to his house to visit the sick and did not leave. Zhu Xin had to ask himself to move to the left to move to the foreign official, or even to resign and go home.
In the end, under the instruction of the queen's mother, Zhu Xin finally got his wish and transferred to the prefect of Runing, Henan, and got out of this city of bitter sea.
The matter did not end because of this, and soon after, several old eunuchs in the Prince's East Palace were dismissed back to the Jingshi Room of the Internal Affairs Office, and then succeeded a few young and white little eunuchs.
Then several Taifu Shaobao of the East Palace suddenly resigned and were transferred.
After that, General Guan Duzhong, the capital of Liaodong, returned to Beijing to report on his work and recommended a young master for His Royal Highness the Prince. said that this person's surname is Ning Yuan, the word is quiet, the knowledge is profound, and it is especially Qufu. But in the eyes of others, this Gao Ning is far from being okay, just that appearance, which is really pitiful.
Gao Ningyuan, looking at him is less than twenty years old, his body is like a willow, his face is like powder, his lips are like congealed fat, his eyes are turning to autumn waves, and his face is often smiling. Zhenzhen looks at the appearance, and he is a coquettish and amorous seed.
I don't know where General Guan, who was guarding the border in the north, found such a person, and sent it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thousands of miles away.
Such a person came to give a guest to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the ministers were stunned.
The emperor's illness will be known by a clear-eyed person for a year. But in this sensitive season of the family and country, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has turned like this. The ministers were very opposed, but the emperor stopped speaking, and the queen mother did not say much, and the ministers could only wail no matter how much they wailed.
The place of the prince's east palace, since then, the bright and beautiful poems often float out. When the prince is less in a daze, the ministers have more days of silence.
It's the end of summer in June, and it's even hotter.
In the courtyard of the Prince's East Palace, the shadow of the trees is faint, and there are no flowers and plants planted in the courtyard.
The weather is still hot, today's prince Qin Siyang seems to be lazy and sleepy again, as soon as the morning class is finished, he waved his hand to let the beautiful master Gao Ningyuan go with the other teachers, and did not leave him to have fun as in the past.
Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had returned to his previous stupid daze, several fair-faced little eunuchs stood aside, and no one dared to squeak except for the constant fan of the prince.
"What time is it?" Qin Siyang was lying lazily on the soft couch facing the window, looking at the wide open window, and asked lazily.
"It's a moment. A little eunuch replied.
"Why haven't the guards arrived yet?" Qin Siyang asked again.
Because the East Palace is in the palace after all, guards with knives cannot enter the palace casually. Even if you are the personal guard of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if you want to enter the palace, you must have a trick in the palace, and you can only enter by the designated route after disarming your weapons.
"The minion is going to ask. The little eunuch hurriedly kowtowed and replied.
Qin Siyang waved his hand impatiently: "Even if it hasn't arrived yet, he doesn't have to rush, and he will come to me after the unitary time." ”
"Yes. The little eunuch bowed again and turned to leave.
"Grandpa Su, why don't you see it?" Qin Siyang asked again.
"When the palace was taking a nap in the afternoon, Gonggong Su was called by Gonggong Feng of the celebrant supervisor, and he has not returned yet. The other little eunuch who stayed behind replied.
"Well, do you know what's going on?"
The little eunuch shook his head: "The slave doesn't know. ”
Qin Siyang snorted coldly.
The little eunuch thought for a while, and then said, "But the slave heard from the little eunuch next to Gonggong Feng, and several ministers of the cabinet were also called together. ”
Feng Sheng, the celebrant of the celebrant eunuch, is the most trusted eunuch of his father, although he is only the position of the fourth grade, he is already the head of the eunuchs in the palace. The eunuchs in the palace privately called this Feng Gonggong as the ancestor.
Being called by this Gonggong Feng is equivalent to being called by his father, and at the same time, he also called all the cabinet ministers, what it is for, no one will know.
The most difficult thing to guess in this world is the holy will, that is, it is difficult to guess, and he is too lazy to guess.
Hearing the words of the little eunuch, Qin Siyang didn't say anything, and after letting out a big sigh, he leaned back into the soft couch.
I just slept in the afternoon, and now I'm sleepy again. Retracting his gaze from the window, Qin Siyang closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
I have long been accustomed to seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sleeping like this in the daytime, and the little eunuchs are not surprised. Seeing that the prince had fallen asleep again, they all held their breath and quietly fanned their fans. No one knew that the prince was so sleepy during the day, but because he rarely slept at night.
When it comes to not sleeping at night, it has been cultivated since Qin Siyang returned to the palace two years ago.
Because he didn't want the emperor and queen to know about his situation outside, he didn't tell anyone that he had worshiped a martial artist outside to practice martial arts. Because he couldn't let anyone in the palace know that he practiced martial arts, Qin Siyang could only avoid all the people in the palace if he wanted to practice.
Therefore, since Qin Siyang returned to the palace, his daily practice has changed from the original habit of evening to night. At night, after everyone else was asleep, he got up alone and practiced secretly in the bedroom.
Because I practiced in the dormitory, I couldn't practice the sword anymore. But the kung fu taught to him by his master Feng Shiyi is mainly based on hard kung fu with fists and feet, and it is harmless to practice in the closed and narrow place of the East Palace bedroom.
The day in June was really hot, but there was a little eunuch who kept fanning him, and no matter how hot the day was, it was nothing for Qin Siyang.
Once you have a good night's sleep, when you wake up again, it's dinner time.
After a simple dinner, he listened to the little eunuch's report, and his personal guards had been waiting outside the palace for a long time.
Qin Siyang stood up, walked towards the dormitory, and instructed the little eunuch, "Call the guards in." ”
"Yes. The little eunuch answered and withdrew.
Entering the bedroom, as soon as he walked to the bed and sat down, he saw Wei Hua silently walking in from behind the screen.
"Your Highness. Wei Hua stepped forward and bowed.
"Is there one?" asked as usual.
"Yes. Wei Hua nodded back, took out a small wooden brocade box from his arms, stepped forward and held it in his hands to Qin Siyang.
A surprise flashed on Qin Siyang's face, and he took the brocade box and opened it.
Inside the small brocade box, there is a small clay figure with exquisite workmanship. Although the clay figurines are only the size of human palms, they are meticulously pinched from the hair on the head, to the texture of the clothes on the body, and to the shoe marks on the soles of the feet.
When Qin Siyang saw this clay figure, his eyes lit up in an instant, and his face was even more ecstatic. He carefully picked up the clay figurine, and wiped every inch of the clay figurine with his fingertips little by little.
"After three months of delay, she was finally willing to pinch it out for me. Qin Siyang explained, kissing gently and gently to the clay figure in his hand that still smelled of earth. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )