"Lord Cen, since you have chosen to assist this king, how can this king harm you, instead of trembling and looking at the tail, it is better to take a little risk and solve the matter at once, as long as you can gain the trust of your father, you can remove all the troubles. ”

"Don't worry, if this king wants that position, he will definitely not give up the ministers, let alone you. ”

Cen Zongguang's original expression was extremely ugly, but he felt that Rui Min was simply crazy, and actually asked him to take the initiative to resign from the position of Shangshu, but after listening to Xiao Minyuan's words, the expression on his face slowly eased.

He can be an official in the court for several years and sit in the position of a scholar, how can he really not know how to advance and retreat.

After calming down and thinking about it carefully, he knew that Xiao Minyuan and Ruimin's method was the best for him now.

Instead of blindly waiting for others to come to him for trouble, and finally fall into the matter of selling officials and unable to get out, it is better to resign under the pretext of asking for guilt and make a gesture of concession to completely muddy the waters, so as to add fuel to the fire of the eldest prince and the fourth prince.

As long as they do it, they can find out who did the Taixu thing, not only can they regain the initiative, but they can also deal with the matter once and again, and never suffer in the future.

After Cen Zongguang made a decision in his heart, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I believe in the prince." ”

Xiao Minyuan and the others discussed for a long time in the room, and after all the follow-up things were said, several people left one after another, and only after Rui Min and the others left, Xiao Minyuan stood alone in the courtyard.

He stood in front of the tree with his hands behind his back, looking at the pink velvet flowers blooming not far away.

Liu Xi stood next to him and whispered, "Lord Wang, but are you going back to the house?"

Xiao Min didn't reply, but after reaching out to catch a falling velvet flower, he looked down at the pink petals in his palm and said, "I remember, there seem to be a few such velvet flower trees in the palace?"

Liu Xi looked at the flower trees in front of him and said: "Back to the prince, there are yes, they are planted next to His Majesty's Dragon Terrace, I heard that those trees were there when the first emperor was there, and after His Majesty ascended the throne, many things in the palace were cut down, but only those velvet trees were left, and the twelve divisions of the palace were specially sent to take care of them." ”

Emperor Yongzhen is not good for those few velvet tree treasures, no one is allowed to touch them on weekdays, and every time the flowers bloom, he will order people to collect all the fallen velvet flowers and store them after drying.

When Xiao Min was far away from the palace, Liu Xi served in the palace, at that time he was just a little eunuch, and he couldn't get close to the Dragon Terrace at all, he had only seen those velvet trees from a distance, and every time the flowers bloomed, the eyes outside the Dragon Terrace were full of pink velvet flowers.

Xiao Minyuan pinched the velvet flower in his hand, and the petals as thin as long needles instantly scattered on his hand: "Yes, it's next to the Dragon Terrace." ”

I can see it all the time, but I can't get close.

Just like the Dragon Tower, he has been watching from afar for several years, but he doesn't know when he will be able to enter it.

Liu Xi didn't know what Xiao Minyuan was thinking, but when he saw him looking down at the velvet flower in his hand, he couldn't help but say: "The slave heard that this velvet flower is also known as the acacia, when the first emperor was still there, this acacia was the favorite thing of Concubine Chun at that time, and the third princess under her knee was born when the acacia flower was in full bloom. ”

"When the first emperor ordered people to plant all the acacia flowers near the Royal Dragon Terrace, and surrounded the vicinity, specially for the use of the concubine and the third princess to enjoy the flowers, and even ordered people to set up a special flower and herb division in the twelve divisions to take care of those acacia trees, and later after His Majesty ascended the throne, not only all these acacia flowers were left, but the flowers and herbs were also retained. ”

"The slave listened to the old people in the palace say that when His Majesty was still the prince, he was very good with the third princess, but later before His Majesty ascended the throne, the third princess unfortunately died of illness. ”

Xiao Minyuan suddenly raised his head after listening to Liu Xi's words: "Third princess, why haven't I heard of such a person?"

Liu Xi replied in a low voice: "Maybe it's because the third princess died early, Your Majesty never let people mention it, and the servants also occasionally listen to the old people in the palace talk about it, I heard that when Your Majesty was still the prince, it was not valued by the first emperor, but the third princess was the most favored princess under His Majesty's knees." ”

"The mother of the third princess, Chun Guifei, was born in the Liu family, and the Liu family at that time was the most noble family in Beijing, and the Chun Guifei was also very favored by the first emperor in the palace, but it is a pity that the third princess was thin and died early, and Chun Guifei was also too sick because of the death of the third princess, and died of illness in the palace without waiting for the first emperor to die. ”

Xiao Minyuan couldn't help frowning when he heard Liu Xi's words, he vaguely knew about Concubine Chun, the Liu family's favor was unmatched back then, but he had never heard of the so-called third princess.

There was no record in the palace, and there seemed to be no mention of it on the royal family's plate, and he really couldn't imagine that with his father's cold temperament, he would actually take care of the things she once liked because he missed someone.

You must know that three years ago, the eldest princess of Anyue was the sister of Emperor Yongzhen, but he still took off her head and hung it at the entrance of the vegetable market to show the public, but now she came to tell him that Emperor Yongzhen valued a sister so much, Xiao Minyuan only felt that it was extremely strange to hear it.

If Emperor Yongzhen really misses the third princess so much, why has he never had a sacrifice in the palace?

If he really valued that princess, why didn't Emperor Yongzhen even have a decent posthumous title after her death when he ascended the throne?

"What's the name of the third princess?" Xiao Minyuan asked casually.

Liu Xi frowned and thought about it, and said with some hesitation: "It seems to be called Yuan Qing or something..."

Xiao Minyuan was stunned: "Yuan Qing?"

Something flashed through his mind when he heard the name, but the aura was so fleeting that he didn't even have time to grasp it.

Xiao Minyuan frowned tightly for a long time before he asked, "What are those two words?"

Liu Xi shook his head: "The slave doesn't know, if the prince wants to know, why don't the servants drive Ming'er to the palace to find someone to ask?"

Xiao Minyuan frowned and thought about it when he heard this, although he was a little curious about the third princess, he was not ready to let Liu Xi enter the palace to investigate.

Now the situation in the palace is not as loose as it was at the beginning, after Emperor Yongzhen was injured, in addition to the Praetorian Guards, the palace defense has added several times more people who protect the light and dark, and the palace is full of eyes, if Liu Xi enters the palace to inquire and let Emperor Yongzhen's people know, it will inevitably be suspected that he is spying on the emperor's traces.

"No need, you can send a letter to the concubine for me later, and ask her if she knows about this, but don't tell her what we are doing now, and let her settle down lately, and don't trouble the concubine and the queen. ”