Yuan Zheng's concerns are not groundless, since the beginning of autumn this year, the news that His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor has been unwell, except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and several cabinet ministers, the rest of the people have hardly even seen the emperor's face for several months.

The same is true in the harem, the Queen Mother must know the truth, but who dares to go to her old man's house to ask if her son is dying, it is equivalent to looking for death. The rest of the women, from the high-ranking palace concubines to the low-grade Baolin talents, have not been able to see the sky for a long time.

Fortunately, the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been decided, Yu Wenzhao himself is also quite talented, there has been no major turmoil in the entire court, and the yamen of all ministries are also in order. However, under this calm, the entire capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty seems to contain an impetuous atmosphere, and many nobles of the family are ready to move, and they have tried their best to secretly find out the true situation of His Majesty.

The prince's biological mother, Concubine Zhou Xian, has passed away for many years, and her mother's Zhou family has long been in decline, and the princess Pei Tingyu's maiden family, Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, has become the hottest family among the nobles in the past two years.

When Yuan Zheng and his entourage arrived in the capital, it was already the winter moon, but Hou Yuanjing of Jingnan, who had been pampered for decades, ignored the very cold weather and insisted on personally leading the men in the mansion to wait outside the gate of the Hou Mansion. Yuan Zheng had just lifted the curtain to reveal half of his face, and he had already personally greeted the carriage regardless of his identity.

Yuan Zheng has been in office for more than ten years, and he has returned to Beijing many times to report on his work, but it is the first time he has seen such an enthusiastic and even a little anxious big brother.

Yuan Jing is five years older than Yuan Zheng, since he was a child, he has been relying on Yuan with his son-in-law, and he has won the favor of Mrs. Tai and the old marquis, he did not look at Yuan Zheng's "grandson" younger brother at first, and later because of Yuan Zheng's amazing talent, coupled with the instigation of his mother's family and the slaves around him, he didn't know how much he secretly took precautions and drank how much old vinegar, until Yuan Zheng left Beijing to let his jealousy barely calm down.

However, this time is completely different, if it weren't for Yuan Zheng's timely reminder, he would almost have pressed his entire net worth on Han Wang Yu Wenchang because of Concubine Shu, and now although three years have passed, he still can't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thinks about it.

It is a trivial matter to wronged a daughter, and it would be a catastrophe to stand on the wrong side and anger the prince of the dynasty, so this time Yuan Zheng returned to Beijing, he almost took out all his enthusiasm to welcome this younger brother who saved the future of his family.

Yuan Zheng naturally knows the reason for his transformation, and even knows his current plans well, he and Yu Wenzhao have had an unusual relationship since childhood, Yuan Jing knows a little, and now the Jingnan Marquis Mansion wants to brush up on His Royal Highness the Prince, most of them still have to rely on him, the "princeling", which is much stronger than holding the gold and silver mountains to the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion to line up to see people's faces.

The eldest brother put down his body like this, and Yuan Zheng was even more difficult to put on a stand, so he quickly jumped out of the carriage and walked quickly to Yuan Jing.

The two of them were brothers, friends and brothers, and the brothers and nephews in each room also stepped forward to salute Yuan Zheng, and a group of people were lively and crowded around Yuan Zheng into the house.

Who knew that Yuan Zheng's ass was not hot yet, the first cronie of His Royal Highness the Prince, the eunuch Xiao Shunzi who was serving beside him, and now Liu Shun, who was already the chief steward of the Prince's Mansion, came to the door in person, but obviously he didn't want to be too eye-catching on this trip, and his behavior and dress were very low-key.

looked at the big celebrity Liu Gonggong, who had not been able to tie up with him by all means, but nodded in front of his younger brother and had a very affectionate attitude, Yuan Jing felt indescribably awkward. However, this also shows that the younger brother is not just a small and a classmate in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince, his gaze at Yuan Zheng revealed an unprecedented scorching heat, and his breathing became short.

In the following days, Yuan Zhengmingli, like other local officials, first went to the official headquarters to line up, and then reported his duties to the cabinet and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a proper manner, but secretly made an appointment with Yu Wenzhao several times.

These actions were concealed from the vast majority of people, and they still couldn't hide the emperor lying on the sickbed.

In the Qianyuan Hall of the Emperor's Bedroom, a strong smell of medicine made people breathless, and Emperor Xuande, who had been on the throne for decades, was lying on the dragon couch with a sallow face, listening to all kinds of news from the commander of the dark guard.

As the supreme ruler of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuande has always given everyone the impression that he is indestructible, but even if he is as strong as him, he can only lie silently in bed in the face of illness and wait for the judgment of fate.

The Commander of the Dark Guard reported what he thought was the most important news in the most concise language, and when he saw that His Majesty had no new instructions, he left quietly. Emperor Xuande didn't want to waste too much strength and energy to speak, but with just one look, the ******** who was waiting beside him took a few palace people who were waiting close and bowed his head and retreated.

"Che'er, you haven't spoken to the emperor's grandfather all day, are you still angry with me......" The palace people left, and Emperor Xuande, who was very stingy with words just now, actually spoke, although his voice was very weak, but his words were very clear.

"Woo...... Grandpa Huang...... A twelve or thirteen-year-old boy lay in front of the dragon couch and burst into tears, "Grandpa Huang, Che'er is not going anywhere, I am with you every day, you have to get better quickly."

Emperor Xuande raised his hand and gently stroked the boy's head, and said with a smile: "The imperial grandfather has not seen my Che'er marry a beautiful daughter-in-law, it will definitely get better, didn't you say before that you were going to Hangzhou Mansion for the New Year, didn't you make an appointment with the little girl to watch the lanterns together?" It is not good for a man to cry and cry, and it is not a good habit to miss an appointment. ”

The boy wiped his tears and raised his head, and his face looked even more handsome under the light, as if it was the "big white rice ball" in Doudou's mouth.

I only heard him muttering in a low voice: "There are lanterns every year, and I don't see that there is next year this year, and Che'er wants to accompany the emperor's grandfather to celebrate the New Year." ”

Emperor Xuande's dim eyes seemed to light up, "Che'er is really a good child, remember the words of the emperor's grandfather, there are countless beautiful women in the world, with Che'er's appearance and family background, how many or how many you want, you will be the pillar of my Great Zhou in the future, don't be stumped by the love of children." ”

"Well, I will never pay attention to those yellow-haired girls in the future." The boy bowed his head in response, obviously not high.

"Little fool, the imperial grandfather asked you not to be stumped by the love of children, but it is not that half of the girls will not be contacted, and now you are about to be thirteen, it is time to start the age of general affairs, and when the time comes, let the prince's uncle choose a few beautiful girls for you, although women are very annoying to stick to people, but the taste is ......" Emperor Xuande said as if he was a little in good spirits, and fell asleep again.

The boy tucked the quilt for the emperor, but he didn't listen much to his words, the three-year contract was originally made by him, and now it was he who broke the contract, and the lentil didn't have a good impression of his fake cousin, presumably after this time she must hate herself even more.

He couldn't help but touch the purse on his waist, the golden beans in it were intact, hate it, it's better than forget.