After the longevity of the Emperor Taishang, Qin Hanzhen slowly returned to the previous habit of entering the palace twice in three days.

She went to the Empress Dowager, and often visited Empress Cai and Lord Minshun, and occasionally looked at Concubine Wang and others, and the relationship with the ladies in the palace seemed to be quite harmonious. She watched the Empress Dowager like Empress Cai more and more, and also saw that the relationship between Empress Cai and the county lord of Minshun was getting closer and closer day by day, even Empress Cai and Concubine Chen seemed to be in harmony with their wives and concubines......

The harem is harmonious, and it can be said that it is unprecedentedly pure. Qin Hanzhen was happy for the royal people in his heart, happy for the Empress Dowager, the Emperor Taishang, the Emperor and Empress Cai, and the Lord of Minshun. She said to Zhao Mo in private: "If the palace can be so clean all the time, everyone can rest assured." The Emperor and the Emperor must have been able to breathe a sigh of relief, right? Such a good situation was really unimaginable in the past. ”

Zhao Mo sighed: "I feel a lot more relaxed now that I am in the palace. At least today's queen mother is dignified and reasonable, and Concubine Chen is also very trouble-free. If it was the previous crown princess and Chen Liangdi and Chu Liangyuan...... I feel like I'm going to break out in a cold sweat just thinking about it. Whether the palace can be stable or not is not mentioned, at least the outer court must not be stable. "After all, there is still the Chu family stirring up trouble in it.

Qin Hanzhen nodded, thinking deeply in his heart. Although she may be a little sorry for the county lord of Minshun to say this, she really feels that the death of the crown princess Tang and Chen Liangdi is a good thing for everyone.

However, Zhao Mo also mentioned a hidden concern: "The palace is clean now, because there is only one queen and one concubine in the emperor's harem, and they are all women who understand things and know what to advance and retreat." But Concubine Chen only gave birth to a princess, the emperor's knees are still empty, if the queen mother can not give birth to the emperor as soon as possible, for the royal incense, I am afraid that the palace will not be clean for long. ”

Qin Hanzhen also understands this truth. It's just that Cai Yuanzhen has always been in good health, and she also pays attention to recuperation. Although Xinjun is weaker, he can let Concubine Chen give birth to the princess, which means that he also has the ability to make Queen Cai pregnant, but he doesn't know that he will give birth to a boy and a girl at that time. The new monarch is not too old, not yet forty years old. It's too early to worry about his heirs.

Qin Hanzhen put this matter behind him for the time being, and Zhao Mo soon stopped mentioning it. It's not that he doesn't care about the royal incense, but a letter sent from the fiefdom of Suning County diverts his attention.

Zhao Mo's father, Zhao Shuo, now has a new moth. The weather is in winter, and Suning has begun to snow lightly, but he began to make a fuss, to build a garden for himself, and to get some beautiful lake stones in the garden, to form a rockery or something, and to plant all kinds of exotic flowers and plants on it. According to the people waiting around him, it seems that when he chatted with the Qing guests not long ago, he talked about a sketch of the ancestors, so he built a garden at home, with rockeries and fragrant flowers and herbs, which was very elegant and ......

Zhao Mo was angry and funny, and he said to Qin Hanzhen: "I never saw my father like being so vassal-like and elegant before, but now he is very particular." The Purgers trembled and wrote me another letter to make amends, but they only talked about it in passing, and did not instigate him to do anything. God knows if my father deliberately made a fuss because he listened to them and suspected that they were sarcastic that he didn't understand elegance. But the lake stone is very valuable, and he can't make any garden on this cold day, so he has to make trouble at this time, to put it bluntly, he just wants to embarrass me. ”

Qin Hanzhen said: "If you don't agree to him, what can you do? Can he still go to the capital to complain about this kind of thing, saying how you are unfilial? Leave him alone." If he made any more trouble, he would find someone at random, draw a sketch of the garden for him to ponder for himself, and only said that he wanted him to make his own ideas, see how to build the garden, and respect his intentions. When he finishes tinkering with the drawings, when will the construction start, it's not up to you to decide? The site selection, the silver, the materials, the craftsmen, everything can be used as an excuse for delay. It's not that you don't agree, you're just preparing. It doesn't make sense for him to complain to anyone!"

Zhao Mo smiled: "That's it, I don't have the time to play this trick with him." The imperial court had only started a war in Liaodong, and there was another disaster last year, and now the palace also advocates simplicity and frugality, so how can I go against the holy decree and spend a huge amount of money to build a new garden? Although filial piety is very important, the prince of heaven and earth, the gentleman's grace, must always be put in the forefront. Besides, it was not easy to start the construction on this cold day, and my father said that he was in a hurry, so he asked someone to pull a few ready-made lake stones into my palace, and put them in the courtyard for him, so that he could enjoy them slowly. ”

Zhao Mo is located in Suning's palace and also has a garden. He basically has all the things that other county kings should have, but he has not bothered to do any fine decoration on the house. Nowadays, there are lakes and rocks, waterfalls and streams, exotic flowers and plants, and there are all kinds of them in his garden. But now that he and Qin Hanzhen have lived in the capital for a long time, they are not very fond of appreciating lake stones, and it seems that there is no problem in moving the lake stones in the garden of the fiefdom palace for other purposes.

Although Qin Hanzhen had never been to the county king's mansion in Suning, he had seen the drawings, so he smiled and said: "It's okay this way, it's a lot easier." Those few lake stones, I remember that you asked the caravan people to pull them back from the Taihu Lake, and it was not very expensive. Take a carriage from the palace to your father's Zhuangzi, which is only twenty or thirty miles, and walk slowly, and a day or two will be enough. As for the garden in our county king's mansion, there are more flowers and trees in the vacant space to cover the holes in the ground. ”

Zhao Mo smiled and nodded, and the couple discussed the matter.

Speaking of Zhao Shuo, Zhao Mo also told Qin Hanzhen one thing: "Aunt Ma may be a little unable to coax him." He still likes the new and hates the old. Although Aunt Ma gave birth to a son for him, and the fourth brother is also cute, such a young child must not be able to cry, and it is very difficult to take care of it. At first, he wanted to take the child himself and let the child kiss him, but after a few days, he couldn't stand it anymore and lost the child to the nurse. Aunt Ma felt sorry for the child, so she put more thought into the child, and couldn't help but ignore him. He didn't like it in his heart, so he laughed with the girl next to him. Now there are two new houses, one is allocated by the palace, and the other is a peasant girl from the nearby Zhuangzi, who is hired to do rough work in the Zhuangzi. There is another peasant girl, who is also eye-to-eye with him now, and I don't know when it will be a good thing. ”

Qin Hanzhen frowned when he heard this: "Is he crazy? He is not young, and he still doesn't pay attention to maintenance, doesn't he know that there is a knife on the head of the color character? My uncle and grandfather died on a woman, and he still has to embark on this road." Obviously, there are no beautiful women around him, so he has to be greedy! And those few women who are mixed with him, peasant girls, why can't the maids of the palace think about it? He has nothing, but he is just under the identity of your father. What is the purpose of making him a concubine?"

Zhao Mo said lightly: "I don't dare to say it myself, all the people under my command must be smart, and everyone knows how to advance and retreat, not to mention the maids in the palace, in addition to those hired in the fiefdom, there are also people who are allocated by the Internal Affairs Office." Seeing that my father was also a nobleman, and seemed to live a very rich and decent life, he felt that he was a tall branch, and he hurried to climb up. I can't do that. Anyway, if they are safe, I will respect them as mothers and ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing. If you are restless, someone will naturally deal with it. ”

Qin Hanzhen said: "This matter seems to be my responsibility. If you get impatient, tell me and I'll take care of it for you. ”

Zhao Mo smiled: "Why bother you to bother with this? My father made such a joke, I was a little embarrassed to mention it in front of you." ”

When he said this, Qin Hanzhen naturally wouldn't say anything more, and Zhao Mo had to deal with the "family ugliness". However, the timing seems to be right now, and she didn't forget to knock Zhao Mo: "Why do men always like three wives and four concubines? Is it really so cool to have many young and beautiful women around you? Your father didn't even care about Brother Qi'er for Aunt Ma's life and death, and now he has put Aunt Ma aside and married a new love, what kind of psychology is it?"

Zhao Mo blinked and said alertly: "How can I know what kind of psychology my father is? I only know that I only have the princess in my heart, and there is no other woman who can ask me to take a second look." I also don't like to have so many women around. When the girl in the family was waiting in front of us, there were many people, and I had to feel annoyed, and I wanted to blow everyone out. When you're alone with me, I feel the most at ease. ”

Qin Hanzhen glanced at Zhao Mo, and felt quite satisfied: "My girls are all serious and good girls, and they are also bent on doing their jobs, what do you dislike them for? As long as you take good control of yourself and don't think about some things, you won't get into trouble with your uncle and grandfather and your father." If you like to be alone with me, then I'll spend more time with you. ”

Zhao Mo responded with a smile, his eyes doting and staring at his wife helplessly: Han Zhen still likes to listen to me say some sweet words, there is really nothing she can do.

In the winter afternoon, the couple sat on the warm kang and snuggled up to each other, chatting about household chores one by one, talking about the plum banquet in their palace soon, inviting several royal relatives to be guests, as well as the wedding of Agui and Lianshi, and what progress has the relationship between Ashou and Feng'er been recently...... And so on and so forth. After a while, Yu Xinlan sent the girl Qiu Yu over.

The autumn rain is here to deliver the letter. The Chengenhou Mansion received a letter from Qin Jian's family from his hometown in Jiangning, and he had already done everything that needed to be done, and set off for the north in early November, first by the canal, and then by land halfway. If all goes well, I will return to my home in the capital before the beginning of the year.