The emperor already had some hesitation in his heart, and he was embarrassed: "But opening the mansion is not a trivial matter, it is not a pat on the head, it can be built, waiting for you to live in." In the middle, the site selection, drawings, foundation, construction, decoration ...... What is the one that doesn't take a lot of time? ”

Zhou Ying understands the truth, but she also knows that as the daughter of the noble concubine on the surface, she has been favored by the emperor over the years, so how could the household department not start to supervise it early. Taking a step back, even if the household department didn't take her seriously, with the emperor's order, it wasn't a matter of time before the mansion was built?

"How to repair a mansion and what the intermediate process is, I didn't understand it before, and I don't plan to understand it." Zhou Ying winked at the emperor, "It's because my father loves me so much, I don't believe that the household department will be so blind, and put my princess's mansion on hold until I and Xuan, and then I will temporarily build it." ”

"But......" The emperor thought for a moment and couldn't help but pause.

Xu Guifei occupies the righteousness of being a mother, Zhou Ying must be in an embarrassing situation, after all, he has not been in the harem for a long time, and he will not take care of it, if Zhou Ying is still young, it would be good to change to a concubine to raise her, but now Zhou Ying is also older, and the words and deeds of this southern tour are also generous and witty, and the affairs of the princess's mansion are definitely not a problem for Zhou Ying to deal with.

Besides, this time Zhou Ying made a contribution, and only asked to open the mansion two years in advance, which was already cautious and measured enough. The left and right are just princesses opening a house, and they are the ones who love to impeach the above table, and they won't take it seriously, at most they will say a few words in private, and the emperor loves his daughter too much.

After pondering it like this, the emperor was already willing in his heart.

"Father, I'm not going to live in it right away." Zhou Ying dragged the emperor's sleeve and shook it, and said coquettishly, "Just let the household department start supervising it now, and when it is built, I will move in again, okay?" ”

The emperor looked so entangled by her that he couldn't help it: "That's it, it's up to you." ”

Zhou Ying happily thanked the reward, and hurriedly endured the smile on her lips, comforting the emperor's wounded fatherly heart, "Don't be sad, father, even if I leave the palace, I will come back every day to greet my father." When the time comes, don't bother me, don't want me. ”

The emperor couldn't help but laugh in his heart, but he took Qiao so well that Zhou Ying coaxed her for a long time before he reluctantly forgave her.

Although the emperor agreed, he did not make a noise, and only asked people to immediately supervise the construction of Zhou Ying's princess mansion. Zhou Ying is not a swaggering person, so naturally she will not take the initiative to show off to others. And because the capital is thousands of miles away, no one in this southern patrol team knows about it.

However, Xu Jinian, the governor of Tai'an Prefecture, murdered people and set up a salt factory privately...... made a big mistake and was sentenced by the emperor to be beheaded. There are also subordinate counties and counties that help and attestation abuse, and according to the severity of the crime, each has beheading, debasement, exile and other punishments.

These news not only turned the entire Tai'an Prefecture upside down, but also attracted the attention of all the people in the southern tour team.

Even Xu Guifei couldn't take care of Zhou Ying from playing with Zhou Jue, after all, Xu Jinian had something to do with the Xu family. The emperor suddenly got Xu Jinian's handle like this, and did not give anyone room to plead, so he beheaded Xu Jinian to show the public, who knew that the emperor was not dissatisfied with the Xu family?

This is exactly what Zhou Ying wants.

Since the emperor allowed Zhou Ying, she would definitely not stay in the palace for long, and there were not many days to get along with Xiao Jue, so she naturally had to hurry up and have fun every day. Even if it is because of Xu Guifei, the love will fade in the future, and it will not be in vain for so many years of sister and brother.

Zhou Ying didn't know whether Xu Guifei inquired about the inside story, but until the emperor appointed the new Zhizhou and the county governor and set off again, Zhou Ying didn't meet Xu Guifei to find her, presumably because she didn't inquire about the details, and Zhou Ying was relieved.

Yuxiang's father, Fang Shan, also died in the salt field, and his mother Liu was already seriously ill, and it was easy to wake up from a coma.

Yuxiang's family is also considered to be ruined, although the culprit paid for his life, he can't get back the lives of his relatives. Fortunately, this girl looked weak, but she was strong on the inside, and buried her parents with the money from the government. And because there were many rumors in the township, saying that she had lost her virginity, and she ordered her father and mother to be defeated, and even her fiancé was killed...... Yuxiang couldn't bear to be disturbed, so she simply sold her house and land to serve Zhou Ying and repay her for saving her life.

Zhou Ying gave Yuxiang a sum of silver, "You stay in Tai'an Prefecture first, buy a house and pavement, and when you have a firm foothold, I have other arrangements." ”

Zhou Ying decided to intervene in this matter because she had another purpose, and helped Yuxiang without pointing at Yuxiang to repay her. Now Yuxiang has suddenly changed drastically, and the decision she made is irrational, so Zhou Ying is not ready to take Yuxiang away.

Give Yuxiang silver and let her settle in Tai'an Prefecture, so that if she regrets it, the silver will be the money to give her a home, even if she has never regretted it, she must see if Yuxiang has the ability to gain a firm foothold in the strange Tai'an Prefecture by herself. After all, Zhou Ying is not charitable, she has no ability, what is the use of her? Of course, Zhou Ying will hand over a message to the new Zhizhou and let him take care of it, but Yuxiang herself doesn't need to know.

Yuxiang took the silver and kowtowed three times, "Don't worry, princess, if I can't do this, I'll come to see you." ”

Zhou Ying couldn't help laughing, "How can this be." He asked Su Zhi to help Yuxiang up, and sent it out.

After that, the southern tour was calm and calm, and the emperor was also busy inspecting water conservancy and inspecting the administration of officials.

As for Zhou Ying, because the limelight was too much, she was afraid of arousing the emperor's disgust, so she obediently became her golden branch and jade leaf and the princess of the heavenly family, climbed Mount Tai, crossed the Yangtze River, swam Yuhuatai, and traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, so comfortable.

Finally, the southern tour ended in Jiangning, and a few days later the emperor set off for Beijing.

As soon as she returned to the capital, Xu Guifei secretly urged the emperor to punish the murderer behind the kidnapping of Zhou Jue.

Zhou Ying was also curious about what the emperor would do.

At that time, the second prince had been grounded in the house for several months, and it was said that he should be fatter if he didn't leave the house, and he didn't want to see it at the family banquet, but the second prince lost a lot of weight. Originally, the second prince was a little fat, but now it is just right, with a slender body, a handsome appearance, and a little sorrow between his eyebrows. Not to mention anything else, but the woman's fate is much better, and even the palace maid who serves the food and fans is a little more gentle to the second prince.

As for the eldest prince, it is said that this person has to be in charge of the country, and he should be high-spirited, but he didn't expect that after seeing him, he was a little thinner than the second prince, who had lost power. However, although the eldest prince has lost weight, his physique is much more proportional and powerful than before, obviously in addition to working on state affairs, he has also worked a lot riding and shooting, and his facial features are also dark and profound, and he does not smile, which makes him look deeper.

The emperor saw the two sons at the family banquet, and his eyes were a little complicated, but there was no seizure that day.

Just when Zhou Ying thought that the emperor was soft-hearted and wanted to let go of the culprit gently, the emperor suddenly gave the eldest prince and the second prince fifty boards each, the former took the right to listen to the government, and the latter stopped discussing the matter of relatives, and threw them back to the imperial study to study.

However, of course, the emperor did not talk about the kidnapping of Zhou Jue and Zhou Ying that day, but picked another fault and punished him. But these two adult princes were reprimanded one after the other, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was something inside, so they all pretended to be confused.

Zhou Ying, who knew the inside story, was a little stunned.

Was the kidnapping really instigated by the second prince? Or is it directed and acted by the eldest prince? The emperor's handling of this was whether he was soft-hearted for a moment and covered up for the people who had done bad things, or whether these two people were involved, and neither of them was innocent.

However, the emperor was secretive, and Zhou Ying naturally didn't dare to ask again.

But in the days that followed, Zhou Ying also found something strange.

Because she found that Xu Guifei's palace power was greater, some major events, such as the draft of the show girl, or the sacrifice of a country, even if the queen said that she was sick, she had to submit the order to Kunning Palace, even if the queen did not come forward in the end, it was good to go through the motions, and this was also the only time when Zhou Ying could notice that there was a queen in this harem. But now Kunning Palace really has no sense of existence, and all matters in the palace are decided by Xu Guifei.

At this time, Zhou Ying vaguely understood that the queen was afraid that the queen was interfering, and the eldest prince was afraid that the queen was involved.

It seems that most of the "illness" that the queen has called over the years is also a disguise.

Although this is an accident, it is also reasonable.

What the grievances between the queen and Xu Guifei were back then, I won't mention it for the time being, but in recent years, the queen has retired and said that she is sick, and she has a great prince in her hand, and she sits firmly in Diaoyutai. If the kidnapping was planned by the queen, if it was really realized, not only would it not only be a big trouble for the six princes, but also put the blame on the second prince who was second only to the eldest prince in competitiveness, which could really be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It's a pity, I don't know if it was discovered by Xu Guifei or the emperor, stealing chickens and rice.

However, in the end, the emperor kept his hand, and did not completely sentence the political future of the eldest prince or the second prince to death, the emperor is still in his prime, not to mention that there are still twenty years to live, and it is not known who will rise and fall in the future, and who will succeed in the end.

These Zhou Ying will leave them behind if she wants to, and now Zhou Ying is at odds with Mingxi Palace, and the so-called battle for the heir has nothing to do with her.

The matter of the eldest prince and the second prince has settled, and the news that Zhou Ying is about to leave the palace in advance to open the mansion has also slowly spread from the household department.

There is really no one in the court who pays much attention, but in the harem, there are some who say sour things, and some laugh at her for being stupid...... As long as she doesn't make trouble in front of her, what she said behind her back, Zhou Ying will be a breeze in her ears, but she doesn't conspire with each other.