Old Madam Liu said angrily: "That's because she is stupid, she will be calculated." ”

Knowing what the situation is in the house, he still rushed to Xiangwang's Mansion, is this because there are not enough troubles in the house?

Wen Zhenghong looked at Mrs. Liu's face, and also knew how tricky this matter was, he was also angry at Wu's confusion, and even more so Wen Luxian's uselessness, but what use could phosgene be at the moment?

Wen Zhenghong suppressed the fire in his heart, and said to Mrs. Liu: "Mother, now that the matter has happened, there is no way to get angry, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath." ”

"Although the Xiangwang Mansion is troublesome, it is not impossible to solve, even if the Xiangwang makes more gestures, as long as we don't really deal with him, Your Majesty will not rashly move towards us, what I am most worried about now is the Eighth Prince. ”

Old Madam Liu had a calm face and frowned tightly.

Wen Zhenghong said with a worried face: "The eighth prince has been close to us all these years, even if he lives in Yiyuntai for a long time, he has never broken off, but since he went out of the city to the palace a year ago, he suddenly became cold to me, after the opening of the dynasty after the year, the second child of the Yin family replaced Wu Xing into the military department, and I don't know anything about Wu Xing's transfer from the capital, my mother should understand what this means." ”

Old Madam Liu's eyebrows jumped slightly, of course she understood what this meant.

In order to reassure Emperor Yongzhen over the years, the people of the Wen family have been keeping to themselves, even if they are in the office, they have never entered the six ministries and three divisions, let alone held important positions in the imperial court, but if they want to survive in Beijing and keep the Wen family, how can they really do nothing?

If the Wen family can't be promoted, the in-laws in the clan have become the first choice, then Wu Xing is the cousin of the Wu family, and the relationship with the Wu family is very close.

Wu Xing is humble, some skills in the body, and have a sense of practice, in the past few years with the help of Wen Zhenghong, he has made some political achievements, Wen Zhenghong ran for Wu Xing before, and he has already settled for him, so that he will enter the military department after the year, and take the position of the military department's arsenal Qing Langzhong, but in just ten days, this sure thing is yellow.

and replaced Wu Xing as the second eldest of the Yin family in the military department, but he was Lu Feng's wife's uncle.

Old Madam Liu's fingers, which were originally spinning the string of beads, suddenly stopped, looked up at Wen Zhenghong and said, "Is he suspicious of you?"

Wen Zhenghong nodded and said in a low voice: "I also think that the Eighth Prince is afraid that he will dislike me because of King Xiang's affairs." I went to see Liu Xiangcheng two days ago, and I wanted him to make peace for me and let the Eighth Prince relieve his doubts, but Liu Xiangcheng was very prevaricating in his words, and I always felt that there was something between the Eighth Prince and Liu Xiangcheng who didn't tell me. ”

"Mother, I know that you are the closest to the Eighth Prince, our Wen family and the Eighth Prince have long been in the same boat, and we must not make any trouble at this time, but let people take advantage of the loopholes, so I want you to persuade the Eighth Prince for me. ”

Old Madam Liu listened to Wen Zhenghong's words, fiddled with the beads in her hand and said to him: "I know, when he comes, I will talk to him well, but on the side of King Xiang, you also have to find a way to solve it as soon as possible." ”

"Emperor Yongzhen is a suspicious character, he has never relaxed with us over the years, if King Xiang is allowed to make trouble like this, even if it is not a fact, it will become a fact, once he determines that the Zheng Guogong Mansion participates in the party/struggle and supports the prince to seize the throne, he will not show mercy to us. ”

Old Madam Liu paused when she said this, looked up at Wen Zhenghong, and her eyes were a little dark: "If you really come to that point, you should know that there can be no second time in what happened back then." ”

Wen Zhenghong was shocked when he heard Mrs. Liu mention the events of the year, and hurriedly said solemnly: "Mother, don't worry, I understand." ”

Wen Zhenghong has great trust in Mrs. Liu, and knows how much Mrs. Liu values the Zheng Guogong Mansion and the Wen family, she will never let the Wen family fall, let alone let people ruin the Zheng Guogong Mansion.

After he accompanied Mrs. Liu to talk for a while, he left the study directly, and Mrs. Liu sat there for a long time, silently fiddling with the beads in her hand, until it was almost dawn, when she heard Mama Jin report that the eighth prince had come, she took a deep breath and asked Mama Jin to help her go towards the back compartment.

It was still the remote room, and it was very quiet around, only Lu Feng was guarding the door.

Because of the cold weather, the skylight on the roof of the wing room has been closed, and the charcoal stove in the room is lit with candles, and the inside is illuminated.

Xiao Yuanzhu was dressed a little thicker, the whole person was almost in his clothes, and his face was still pale with no blood all year round, but compared with the past, his whole person was a little thinner, and his eyes were indifferent and he couldn't see a trace of freshness.

He looked intently at the picture of the lady on the wall, as if he was looking at something interesting, and heard the "squeak" sound when the door was pushed open behind him, but he didn't look back.

When Mrs. Liu entered, what she saw was Xiao Yuanzhu's emaciated back, which should have been a young and flamboyant age, but she was weak and sick, and even predicted death from time to time, even if she was like a cold and hard person in Mrs. Liu's heart, she still couldn't help but show a complicated look when she saw him.

Xiao Yuanzhu seemed to feel the gaze of the person behind him, and when he turned around and saw the old lady Liu standing at the door, he suddenly showed a smile, and the coldness on his body instantly dissipated most of it, and said with a smile: "Why did the old lady stand there and not come in?"

Old Madam Liu hurriedly restrained her thoughts, turned around and closed the door, and said with a smile: "I just looked at His Highness a little distracted, I still remember that His Royal Highness was not in good health when he was a child, and I was most envious of other princes who could go out to play, when you were seven years old, Your Majesty did not allow you to accompany you in winter hunting, so you secretly came to my house, lying in my arms and crying." ”

"At that time, things were still in front of me, it seemed that it was just a blink of an eye, His Royal Highness had grown up, and it was time to say goodbye, His Royal Highness has a favorite girl, and His Majesty will give you a marriage, and there may be a little Your Highness in the coming year. ”

Xiao Yuanzhu stepped forward with a smile when he heard this, held Mrs. Liu's hand and said, "My body is sick and weak all the year round, and I don't have two years to live, why bother to harm other girls?"

"Bah, what nonsense!"

Old Madam Liu glared at Xiao Yuanzhu, and couldn't help frowning directly when she held his hand in her hand: "Why are your hands so cold, and you didn't bring a soup lady when you came out, what if it's frozen?"

Xiao Yuanzhu saw that Mrs. Liu pulled him to sit next to the carbon basin, and stretched out his hand to rub his hands to ward off the cold, but he broke free with a slight force in his hand.

"The old lady doesn't have to be busy, I've been like this all these years, my hands and feet are cold as soon as the winter comes, and the cold has already entered the body, and I can't cover it hot. ”