At the same time when Yuan Zixin and Mrs. Yuan were arguing, in the imperial study, Li Xingcheng stood in front of Tu Yuanhui's imperial case, but he couldn't hide the tension in his heart.

Like Lin Wenye, he used to be a member of the East Palace, and he has always been loyal to the current emperor.

Both of them knew in their hearts that in the future, they would be the emperor's henchmen, and they would enter the cabinet sooner or later.

He was summoned by Tu Yuanhui to meet Xiao Dezi at the gate of the palace before he came back from Yuan Zixin's mansion, Xiao Dezi actually laughed with him, and when he heard the content, his heart was sudden.

Only then did he know that Tu Yuanhui had made such a will, although it was a bit absurd, but he could think of Yuan Zixin's step-by-step urging of Tu Yuanhui, and he could only mourn silently for him without being a courtier.

"Xingcheng, do you still remember the days when you were a subordinate official of the East Palace, running around for me?" Contrary to Li Xingcheng's expectations, when Tu Yuanhui saw him, he did not severely reprimand Li Xingcheng, half of Yuan Zixin's followers, but reminisced with him about the old times.

"Back to the emperor, the ministers dare not forget." Li Xingcheng leaned over and said.

"It's good that you haven't forgotten," Tu Yuanhui smiled, "It can be seen that you still regard me as the master in your heart." ”

Li Xingcheng's face turned slightly pale, knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has never had the heart of a second minister, but just ......" What Li Xingcheng wanted to say was that the reason why he followed Yuan Zixin to oppose the queen as the queen, and then he couldn't hold on and supported Yuan Zixin to establish Concubine Xian, but he felt that the queen's background was unclear, and if someone gossiped in the future, the only one who would suffer would be the emperor, and the other ...... He felt that it was not a good thing for the queen to be favored alone, and the influence on the emperor was too great, so it was inevitable that it would ......

"Needless to say, I know what you're talking about," Tu Yuanhui interrupted Li Xingcheng with a wave of his hand, "I understand what you mean." ”

Li Xingcheng sighed in his heart, the emperor knocked Yuan Zixin with a dull stick this time, which means that it is a certainty not to choose a concubine this time.

"Therefore, Xingcheng must know the story of the deep love of the sword," Tu Yuanhui walked up to Li Xingcheng with his back and his hand, and said: "I want to find someone to talk to today, you don't have to kneel, get up." ”

"Your Majesty." Li Xingcheng got up tremblingly and walked with Tu Yuanhui to the outside of Qianyang Palace.

"Liu Xun went through hardships to become the emperor, and now he does not forget his original match, he is not afraid of the power of Huo Guang, and he still appoints Xu Pingjun as the queen," Tu Yuanhui said while walking in front: "The emperors of the previous dynasty had such a mind that did not abandon the chaff, and set up a commoner's daughter as the queen, how did he come to me here, and immediately made his wife the queen, and he had to suffer from him Yuan Zixin in every way, could it be that he had a plan to be Huo Guang?" In the end, Tu Yuanhui was obviously a little angry, and he actually stopped.

Li Xingcheng was so shocked that he couldn't stop his feet, and almost hit the head of Tu Yuanhui in front of him.

"Do you know what kind of decree I gave to Yuan Zixin today?" Tu Yuanhui turned his head and asked.

"When the minister entered the palace, he met the head of De, and he revealed one or two." Li Xingcheng didn't dare to hide it, but he was beating the drum in his heart, would he use this trick on him.

Tu Yuanhui seemed to see through Li Xingcheng's thoughts, sneered, and said: "Xingcheng can help me say hello to all the ministers, my family affairs, there is no reason for the ministers to put their beaks, but you are in charge of the internal affairs of the government, I can find countless reasons to be qualified to manage it." ”

"The emperor is right!" Li Xingcheng's heart began to "flutter", wondering if when he returned home, would there already be a will with the same will as Yuan Zixin.

"Okay, I won't mention this matter, and you won't say much about my family affairs in the future."

"Yes!" This time, Li Xingcheng didn't have the courage to object, so he could only promise to make peace.

Tu Yuanhui didn't say anything anymore, and kept taking Li Xingcheng to the Imperial Garden, Li Xingcheng hesitated all the way, and he didn't know what Tu Yuanhui's intentions were.

When he entered the garden, Li Xingcheng heard the giggling laughter of his youngest daughter, and when he looked up again, he found that not only his children, but even his wife were also here, and he didn't know when he entered the palace.

"It turned out that Lord Li had arrived," Aunt He, who was accompanying Mrs. Li, stepped forward to see Tu Yuanhui with a smile, turned her head to Li Xingcheng and blessed her body, and said: "Lord Li came just in time, Mrs. Li came over early in the morning to talk to Niangniang, this time the eldest sister just came out of Fengyi Palace and was ready to go back to the house, only your eldest sister really voted for the princess, this time the two children are playing happily in the garden, they can't be dismantled, Mrs. Li is anxious next to her!" ”

Aunt He's seniority and identity, Li Xingcheng is very respectful, but her words made Li Xingcheng ambiguous, thinking that the queen was threatening his wife and children, he couldn't help but be a little frightened, so he could only smile and arch his hand to Aunt He, and then said to Tu Yuanhui: "Your Majesty, the ministers will do a good job for the emperor and Niangniang, today I came to disturb me, it is really abrupt, can you let the ministers lead them back?" ”

"Xingcheng, the queen attaches great importance to Mrs. Li, and will invite her to sit in the palace more in the future," Tu Yuanhui couldn't help but smile in his heart, knowing that Li Xingcheng had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, so he ordered Aunt He to invite Mrs. Li and her daughter over, and left Li Xingcheng to wait in the garden, and went out.

When he returned to the Li Mansion, Li Xingcheng breathed a sigh of relief, called someone to take the child, pulled Mrs. Li into the house, and asked urgently: "But the queen forced you into the palace?" ”

Mrs. Li smiled brightly, "Where, today Mrs. Lin (Mrs. Lin Wenye, Mrs. Lin Zhao) invited, I went into the palace with her to meet Niangniang, Niangniang said that she was really kind, and praised our eldest sister for her cuteness, and asked her if she would like to go to the palace to accompany her?" ”

"Is this a threat to you?" Li Xingcheng asked with a frown.

"You, the heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman." Mrs. Li gave her a blank look, today she saw the queen, she really thinks that this person is well-behaved and kind, but she is much kinder than those ladies in the palace before, she is not the queen, is it possible that the ignorant little girl in the Nan'an Palace?

Li Xingcheng couldn't help but tell her about Yuan Zixin's family, but Mrs. Li smiled and said: "The emperor is really amazing, he even came up with this idea, and the Yuan Mansion deserves this fate!" ”

"Aren't you afraid that we will also receive such a will?"

Mrs. Li chuckled: "You know that you are afraid, when you follow Yuan Zixin to help him wave the flag and let the emperor establish a virtuous concubine, how can you not think of being afraid?" It doesn't matter, if I really want to get the will, I will enter the palace and be a female official for the queen......"

Seeing Li Xingcheng frowning, she sighed: "Okay, you can rest assured, the emperor and the queen are reasonable people, Lord Yuan and Mrs. Yuan are completely out of proportion, especially Mrs. Yuan, who pimped in the Nan'an Palace, and also committed the matter of talking about the queen in every sentence, but it is not a serious crime, only punished by tongue, or the above is generous, I will not get involved in your affairs, and the emperor will not make such a will." But....... ”

"But what?"

Mrs. Li was very transparent, and said softly: "The emperor and the queen are a loving husband and wife, and they have been together for many years. ”

"What nonsense!" Li Xingcheng coughed, he still didn't believe that Yuan Zixin was this kind of person, he only felt that he was upright by nature, although he worried too much about the emperor, he was actually a loyal minister.

"It's not us women talking nonsense, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who is willing to tell you what they want in their hearts, you should be careful," Mrs. Li recently felt more and more short-sighted Li Xingcheng, and couldn't help but sneer again, "Learn literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, don't forget that it is the emperor who gives you silver, not Lord Yuan!" ”

***

On the third day of Yuan Zixin's illness, he finally returned to the court, and Tu Yuanhui seemed to be waiting for him, and even let people bring the edict and read it out.

The civil and military officials all silently waited for Yuan Zixin's reaction, but when the edict was announced, Yuan Zixin bowed his head and was silent, and everyone saw that this battle ended with Yuan Zixin's defeat.

The gang of people who used to make trouble with Yuan Zixin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, they were afraid that Lord Yuan would not forgive him, and he would have to work against the emperor, making them embarrassed.

You must know that the rumors released in the palace in the past few days, if anyone dares to meddle in the royal family affairs, they will be dealt with according to the Yuan Mansion, which will frighten many ladies in the palace for a while, and there will be no shortage of fights between the two.

This matter has finally come to an end, the queen is registered, and the concubine will not end up in time.

In the blink of an eye, more than two years have passed, and the days in the palace have been smooth sailing, and there is a rare peace.

Tu Yuanhui was really satisfied with Feng Yu'er giving birth to a little girl carved in pink and jade, and even named the little princess "Keyi", which shows that he really likes it in his heart.

The emperor's love has become a good story in the mouth of the people, but not everyone is happy to see it, Tu Yuanhui has been on the throne for almost three years, and every year there are ministers who write to the emperor, asking the emperor to open the harem, and accept women with both ability and integrity in the world to serve in the palace, in order to open up branches and leaves for the royal family, and increase the number of heirs.

And this year, the trouble is even worse, because Xiangguo Yuan Zixin finally expressed his position on the matter of opening the harem.

It is said that because of his wife's affairs at the beginning, Yuan Zixin was depressed for a long time, but in fact, he was shelved by Tu Yuanhui, and the monarchs and ministers were alienated a lot, and Yuan was almost left with the false title of Xiangguo.

Yuan Zixin knew that he could not realize the wish of the prime minister, and in addition to the gap in his heart, he always felt that this court always made people feel uneasy, and in the long run, there would be a big mistake.

Therefore, he always has to look for opportunities to prove himself.

Last year's snowstorm in Shanxi caused heavy losses of crops and countless destruction of people's houses and yards. Yuan Zixin unexpectedly took the initiative to ask for relief from the disaster, led the local officials to actively seek help from the people, and forced the local gentry to give money and grain, and finally solved a disaster properly.

After the snow disaster, not only did there not appear to be displaced people, but also saved a lot of silver for the treasury, Yuan Zixin's hard work, since he was praised by the Yongming Emperor Yuanhui regardless of the previous suspicions, and he returned to Beijing, which was equivalent to a new recovery.

It's just that although Yuan Zixin has learned a lesson and doesn't dare to provoke Tu Yuanhui again, in his heart, he can't help but be haunted by the fact that his old wife was demoted to a concubine.

And this time in the snow disaster in Shanxi, Feng Yuer led the harem women to self-descend to the moon, saved two taels of silver plus jewelry, and the wives of each family raised money for disaster relief, and the cotton clothes made by the women themselves were sent to the disaster area, so they won the reputation of virtue.

Yuan Zixin was very unimpressed with this, thinking that Empress Feng was too hypocritical, but she was pretending to be virtuous, but in fact, she was all selling her reputation and reputation, doing superficial articles, and her heart was really insidious.

Of course Yuan Zixin has to think so, otherwise where will Mrs. Yuan's grievances be sued?

You must know that his wife is still a concubine now, and her rank is naturally gone, and she is not allowed to show up on many important occasions, which is such a shame for Mrs. Yuan, who was born in a family of eunuchs and has always been arrogant and self-conscious, standing out from the crowd!

And Mrs. Yuan also believed in her heart that she had ended up like this because Empress Feng was greedy with the emperor.

In fact, this matter is really related to Feng Yuer, Mrs. Yuan's guess is indeed correct, but Mrs. Yuan can't figure it out, she fell into this fate, the most blameworthy thing is her arrogant temperament, she doesn't even know how she offended Queen Feng.

The old couple and the enemy are angry, consciously or unconsciously thinking that they want to find the apprentice Yuanhui and his wife, and they are not happy, and they don't choose a concubine, but the draft is always okay, and the show girl enters the palace, are you still afraid that there will be no concubine?

More importantly, the draft is a royal rule, not an interference in the private affairs of the emperor's family.

Tu Yuanhui completely ignored the minister's suggestion that he would accept the harem, and only said that the queen was still young, and the child was born slowly, and he was not without a queen, the prince Kang An was smart and studious, and he was definitely a talent, and he was the best choice for the prince, so there was no need to use the heir as an excuse to find a woman from outside.

It's just that those sub-officials seem to be very keen on the three thousand beauties in the harem, and they refuse to give up for a while, and Tu Yuanhui is annoyed.

Especially Yuan Zixin, this time he took the lead again, and Tu Yuanhui shook his head a little.

Regarding Tu Yuanhui's distress, Feng Yuer just smiled and coldly dropped a sentence, "After being a virtuous person for a long time, I want to be an adulterous concubine again, if there are sisters coming in, everyone has to play together, I will come up with dozens of ways to die, find a good place for the sisters, do you want to try?" ”

Tu Yuanhui smiled dumbly, knowing that Feng Yu'er was bluffing him, it was said that there was really a woman to enter the palace, and then dare to deal with Feng Yu'er and the children, he was the first to find a place for people to go.

In fact, Tu Yuanhui knew in his heart that those ministers were so active, in fact, they were not planning for themselves, if someone was placed next to the emperor's pillow, he would help say some good things from time to time, or get the news and spread it quickly, this kind of benefit, obviously the advantages of sending people into the palace outweighed the disadvantages, and everyone was enthusiastic.

Thinking of this, Tu Yuanhui was even more disgusted with the wide opening of the harem.

The hundreds of officials outside spent this thought on behalf of Tu Yuanhui, and in this palace, naturally there are also those who have this idea, such as Jia Yuanchun.

Jia's family was raided, the family became a commoner, the old lady was unwilling, and Jia Yuanchun has grown up now, and the eighteen-year-old Jia Yuanchun is indeed extremely beautiful.

The Jia family still has some friendships with the Beijing Palace, and the court does not draft the draft, but the palace maids are still selected every year, and they still enter the palace by borrowing the power of the King of Beijing.

But this time it's no longer a slightly decent female official, but a little palace maid.

Jia Yuanchun was unwilling to be lonely.

She also once had a dream, in which someone called her the virtuous concubine, and the fortune teller used to say that she was a nobleman, so she must have a chance. So, she re-entered the palace.

The palace maid has the opportunity to see her family every month, and the Wang family came to see her daughter this time, and the mother and daughter talked together for a while, and finally both cried and red-eyed.

Mrs. Wang naturally felt sorry for her daughter, but the old lady was stubborn with her daughter, and she couldn't help it.

and her mother's family and her husband's family, now they are defeated,

Wang Zihong and Wang Zisheng died, Wang Ziteng followed the fourth master, and now seeing that the emperor's position is becoming more and more stable, the people of the Wang family have been degraded one by one, even Wang Ziteng is unable to support himself.

"Poor except for your uncle's family, all the children in the family have no future, although there are also donors to officials, they don't know how to give them all, and now they only rely on the shop in their hands to live, but no matter what, they don't earn money as an official, and they don't know when they will sit and eat." Wang sobbed.

"Mrs. ......" Jia Yuanchun also felt sad, but she was just a girl's family, and she could only listen to it, "Don't worry, it's better to choose a few studious and motivated nephews among the sons and nephews of the Wang family, so that they can take the scientific examination, and maybe there is hope." ”

"Alas, no matter, no matter!" Wang shook his hand, "Our Jiafu is also in turmoil, how can we manage so much!" ”

Jia Yuanchun sighed.

"Is the old lady in better shape?" She digressed from the subject.

"Her old man was going to come over to see you, but she was dizzy when she got out of bed today, so she had to let me come over alone." Wang worried: "Now Jiafu is only supported by the old lady, in case her old man has three longs and two shorts, where can your eldest uncle count on it, Jiafu is afraid and waiting to lose." ”

I was afraid that Jia Yuanchun would be anxious, and said: "Don't worry, you have two aunts, although the Jia family is no longer an official, no one dares to bully the Jia family." ”

The so-called two aunts, one is Jia Ruyi, the other is Jia Min, although Jia Ruyi doesn't care about the Jia family, but she still has to get by in terms of face, Jia Min is Shi's daughter, not to mention.

"The old lady is now thinking about Baoyu marrying Daiyu, what do you think?"

Jia Yuanchun bowed her head and was silent, she was more sober than her mother and the old lady, although Uncle Lin was not reused because of the Jia family and the Feng family, but her ability was good, and sooner or later she would go up, where could she still see Baoyu.

"Can it be done?"

Mrs. Wang sighed and said: "The two children go to relatives, the two of them who are four or five years old like to play together, Baoyu is also a smart one, your uncle taught him to read, he can do it once, your uncle is very surprised." I want to be accepted as a disciple. Coupled with relatives, it is easy to talk to the old lady. ”

It's just that Mrs. Wang didn't say that Baoyu didn't like to read, so she just hid it from the Lin family.

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, the Xue family is difficult to support alone, and now in Jinling, begging your father and uncle to preside over the overall situation, although the Xue family has lost a lot, but the family has a lot of money, and it can always let us live a good life."

Jia Yuanchun suddenly sighed. 166 Reading Network