Although I learned from Wan'er in the side hall, I never directly heard my father and mother talk about the things of the previous dynasty, but the government I heard in my ears gradually increased. My father's body was sometimes good and bad, and he didn't often walk around in front of him, even when he came out, he often sat in the back, waiting for the officials to discuss, and then said "may" and "can't", but he often came to see me, and asked me a book coldly, and when he saw that I couldn't answer, he laughed, and if I was lucky enough to answer, he would be rewarded. Sometimes the crown prince Li Rui came in, and his father would call them to the front and talk to the three of us about the past - the prince was very kind when he was a child, and once his subordinates submitted the number of people who would die this year, the prince was on his father's side, and he couldn't bear to hear the words, and took his father's sleeve and said, "The sinners are intended to make people reform, and death cannot be resurrected, and there is no change, and I beg Your Majesty to give these people a chance to reform themselves", and the ministers all called the prince benevolent, and Du Wei Shuxuan said" Sinners not only make people reform, but also make future generations quit them, so they must be punished if they have done so, and they will be rewarded for their merits", I insisted on asking my father to put these to death according to law; Li Rui was very naughty when he was a child, and often ran to the front court to tease the minister; when I was a child, I didn't like to play with other children, and since I was able to stand, I didn't like to let people other than my parents hold me, once six-year-old Li Rui wanted to hug me, but I slapped him... Usually at the end of this kind of conversation, my father will always sigh and say, "I'm old, you are all young, brothers should love each other, don't quarrel over trivial matters, Erlang should take care of his younger siblings more, and Rokuro and his son-in-law should not just care about nonsense, be more considerate of your brother."

I was terrified when I heard this, and I didn't know what my father's health was, so he always said such ominous things. However, what scares me even more is that while I am always worried about my father's health, I always unconsciously think about the stakes: if my father dies, it is a matter of course for the crown prince, as the eldest of the princes, to ascend the throne for many years. He has been involved in politics for a long time, his subordinates have and are skilled in political affairs, and this year he is in charge of the country, if he ascends the throne, the queen mother will be unknown in the court, with the mother's character, and it is impossible to hand over the power that has been handed over to others, when the queen mother and the emperor compete, I don't know what the scene is, Li Rui and I are their closest people, and they are bound to be involved. I feel that I have really changed, in the face of the survival of my loved ones, the first thing that comes to mind is not the affection of my children, but the stakes involved, I hope that my father is healthy, not out of my daughter's love for her father, but out of concern for my own safety. Sometimes I comfort myself that such a change is a good thing, but sometimes I feel panicked, I have insomnia at night, I have to Wei Huan, I don't have any other thoughts when I see her, I just want to see her, call her by her name—she is such a strong and intelligent person, and she has grown up in such a home, she must have a lot of experience in these things, and if I discuss my fears with her, I will definitely benefit a lot. It's a pity that every time this thought is just a thought, there are some things that can't be said by the closest relatives, let alone ... Wei Huan?

It's getting hotter every day. In the middle of March, there were reports that there was a disaster this year, and in April, Henan Province and Hebei Province were reported to have a great drought, and I saw that the drought was manifesting, and I was worried that the prince would take the opportunity to write to ask for a stop to build the Shangyang Palace, so I found all kinds of excuses to find my mother, hoping to hear a little news from her, and my mother seemed to be aware of my motives, and on this day she asked someone to pass me over, and asked me with a smile: "Do you know the grain?"

I said honestly: "I saw the spinning when I sacrificed with A-Niang, but I didn't know the grain. ”

The mother shook her head with a smile, pointed to a recital, and said, "Read." ”

I saw that it was the prince's book, I was stunned, and I couldn't help but read it first, and saw that he did not mention Shangyang Palace in the full text, so I was slightly relieved and read it slowly, but it was to ask the imperial history to go to various places to urge grain and ask questions, so as not to be unfavorable to the supervision of various places.

My mother kept her eyes closed, stroked the case with her right hand, and tapped the edge of the case rhythmically with her fingers, and when I finished reading, she smiled and asked me, "What do you think?"

I said, "It's good, to prevent corruption and delays in various places." ”

The mother smiled ambiguously, and only said to Wan'er after a while: "Even if you think it's good, you can do it." ”

Wan'er then bowed down and took the scroll from my hand and spread it out on the desk.

I was startled, stammered and shouted "A-Niang", she beckoned me to come over, asked me to kneel beside her, held my hand with one hand, and took me to get a pen: "A-Niang teaches you, write a 'can' here, and then hand over the Chinese book to draft the edict, and then go to the door to review, and finally hand over the book to be implemented." Although the pen is in my hand, the words are written by her, through my hand, the words she wrote are still strong, more heroic than the father's delicate elegance, after writing to Wan'er raised her eyebrows, Wan'er carefully put away the scroll, handed over to the side of the lieutenant in the hand, the lieutenant withdrew as soon as he took the thing, I was stunned to watch the eunuch withdraw, turned back to see the mother, the mother said to Wan'er: "Draw up another edict, order Hedong, Shannan, Huainan Province to adjust grain for preparation." He turned around and asked me, "Do you know why these three paths?"

I replied, "Because they are near Henan and Hebei." ”

My mother nodded and patted me on the shoulder: "Go, come back tomorrow." ”

I had to retreat, the next day into the side hall, I heard that there is a royal history book, said that now is the Maixiu silkworm old, the farmers will have a harvest time, if the envoy patrol, it is inevitable to disturb the people, but delay the crops, if not wait until the autumn farming is over, and then come to a total praise and disapproval, father, mother Jia Naqiyan, will send the envoy to the patrol for the time being, mother and ordered the palace from the queen down, to the princess, I and the harem concubines, talents, female history, six Shang, twenty-four deacons, worship tools are halved, no grade of palace people, The chamberlains each gave a horse of silk, and those who had a family register also gave rice to help the famine year.

It was only at this point that I tasted a little bit of the taste, and I suddenly sighed. We live in the temple, and when we encounter something, we remember what is what, but when we go to the people, it is very different. For example, if the matter of the imperial history governor is asking about it, it seems to be beneficial to the people, but in fact, how can the localities not receive the imperial history of the DPRK and the central government? Not to mention the reception and visit, the investigation of the imperial history, the adjustment of files, the creation of records, and the inquiry, which should not be transferred to the local people? The peasants were disturbed in this way when they were busy, and in the autumn, they were afraid that the harvest would be even more difficult. I believe that the prince must be a person who is compassionate to this book, but he didn't know the situation, but he did something bad with good intentions, and his mother could have stopped it in advance, but she had to wait for the order to come out of the middle book. Especially at this age, all the good things are done by the emperor, and the bad things are all the responsibility of the subordinates, and such an edict will be issued, it is by no means that the emperor and the queen of heaven are ignorant of the situation, it must be that the prince is not sensible, and His Majesty has adopted it in the face of his son, and when he listens to the advice, he will immediately change his ways, and he is really a holy monarch and benevolent lord. Naturally, the prince was not completely stupid, but he didn't know who had instigated him to take this book - after all, he was still too young.

Thinking about this, I was suddenly glad that I had confessed to my mother early and was on her side.