Emperor Huiping since the nine-story platform was burned down, the spirit of the whole person almost collapsed, although he was forced to preside over the government affairs of the court and abolished the prince, but the old state on his face is becoming more and more obvious. He who is not yet fifty years old has gray hair, and he speaks with weakness.

When Xu Yan saw his appearance in the Lama Temple, he only felt sad in his heart.

Emperor Huiping was still sitting in front of the statue of Sanqing, not obsessed with the past, just looking up, his eyes were full of confusion. When he saw Xu Yan, his spirit was finally better, "I must have been so happy in the past two days that I entered the palace so late." ”

Xu Yan smiled and said: "The first time my brother became a father, I naturally felt fresh, and I delayed it for two days, so I ask the imperial brother to forgive me." ”

"If you say anything forgive or not, I finally became a father, and I should be more stable in the future." Emperor Huiping was idle at this time, so he beckoned Xu Yan to come over to play chess, and by the way, he talked about his mood in the past two days. Xu Yan shared his joy with him unabashedly, and slowly infected Emperor Huiping, making him smile a lot.

After a game of chess, Emperor Huiping got up and said, "The concubine has been thinking about it, let's go over together." ”

Xu Yan originally had the intention of going to Concubine Cui to say goodbye, and immediately followed Emperor Huiping out of the Yonghe Hall and went to Yongfu Palace.

Everything withered in winter, the whole palace looked empty, and when the two brothers arrived in Yongfu Palace, they unexpectedly met the fifth prince Xu Chengping.

The five princes are still like that, the young man's vigorous vitality contains stability, and he saluted uprightly, and when Emperor Huiping sat down, he stood on the side.

Concubine Cui is the same, as if all the ups and downs of the past year have not had too deep a relationship with her. The brazier in the palace was burning extremely warm, she was wearing a half-new palace dress, and on the table in front of her was a half-copied Buddhist scripture, smiling and complaining to Xu Yan, "It's really a father who is so happy that he forgot everything, I'm looking forward to hearing the news here, but you haven't come until now." ”

Xu Yan laughed, "Is it Erchen's, I got carried away for a while, and I made the concubine worried." ”

Concubine Cui asked, "Are the children okay?" I heard my grandmother say that he was a big fat boy, but I didn't see it with my own eyes, and I didn't feel at ease after all. ”

Xu Yan said that the child was fine, thanked Concubine Cui for the reward, and conveyed Shen Yan's greetings to the past.

Concubine Cui felt that there was light on her face, so she smiled from ear to ear, "Princess Duan is a mother, but she understands the rules more and more." It just so happens that Xingong has some tonic medicine here, and it's useless for me to keep it, so I'll go back and ask someone to send it to you, so I can make up for it. After all, Princess Duan has a slender figure, and she is afraid that it will take half of her hard work to give birth to a child, and she will have to give birth to it well. ”

Xu Yan is grateful.

On such a cold winter day, there is always a bit of gossip and homely atmosphere when sitting around the fireplace. A few people talked for a while, and it was inevitable that Xu Chengping next to him would be mentioned, and Concubine Cui was full of praise, "I used to see that he was smart and loved to read, and now I asked him to come over and help me copy the scriptures, you see, this character is much better than the fifth child." ”

Xu Yan knew Concubine Cui's plans - seeing that Emperor Huiping's body was getting worse day by day, the throne would definitely fall into Xu Chengping's hands in the future, so he would take advantage of the situation and pull some feelings out.

He was full of hope for Xu Chengping, and glanced at him with a smile, "Chengping's calligraphy is inherited from the emperor's brother's skills, like I was lazy at that time, and it is really difficult to get that calligraphy." ”

Emperor Huiping didn't take much fancy to Xu Chengping before, but now he slowly saw it in his eyes, took the copied scriptures and took a look, and said: "The words are good, and the wrist strength is enough, but it is lost in practice." From now on, I will show me a pair of words every day. ”

This is what it means to personally instruct Xu Chengping in calligraphy.

It is said that it is pointing calligraphy, and when the father and son are in the same place, it is possible to teach some other things.

Xu Chengping naturally understood this meaning and hurriedly thanked him.

When he returned to Duanwang's Mansion, Xu Yan mentioned this matter to Shen Fei, and Shen Yan sighed, "At this time the year before last, King Wei and the crown prince were in the limelight, who had ever taken the five princes to heart?" In this year, the world was turned upside down, the king of Wei committed suicide, and the crown prince also lost his position and left the East Palace, but the five princes kept silent and went to the end safely. ”

"It's also that this kid is pure-hearted and talented, otherwise the masters may not be willing to help him."

Shen Yu nodded, "Plant melons and get melons." His Royal Highness entered the palace to thank him, why did he come back now? ”

"Speaking of which-" Xu Yan took Shen Yu into his arms and laughed, "The sentence "Temperament is hard to move is really true." Even if the imperial brother has gone through so many storms, he is still suspicious, and after thanking the concubine today, he asked me to go to the Lama Temple, guess what he said? ”

"Haven't you heard that a pregnancy is stupid for three years, how can I guess." Shen Yu pretended to be stupid.

Xu Yan laughed and pecked her on the lips, "The imperial brother said that Chengping had never participated in the affairs of the court before, and besides, he was still young, and his health was deteriorating, and he said that if he soared in the future, he wanted me to be a regent." ”

"What does Your Highness say?"

"Of course I don't."

Shen Yu smiled deliciously, "In ancient times, there were a few people who were regents and had a good way out." Not to mention that the fifth prince is smart and talented, even if his qualifications are a little mediocre, he will be seventeen years old after the New Year, where is he still a young child? Even if the emperor is not in good health, with the imperial doctors taking care of him, he can always teach him a few more years. ”

When the husband and wife were talking in private, Xu Yan was not very shy about some questions, and shook his head and said: "I see that the imperial brother has experienced these blows, and his body has completely collapsed. In the past, he was addicted to Taoism, he took an unknown number of pills, and his body was not good, and then Jiang Ge died in vain, King Wei committed suicide, the eldest princess of Leyang rebelled, and the prince and the queen misbehaved, Cui Zhan's child had already added a blockage to his heart, and this nine-story platform was the last thing to support him, but it was burned clean by a fire. Brother He, alas. ”

In this way, Emperor Huiping has really suffered one blow after another in the past two years, no wonder he has been sick all year round.

Shen Yu sighed and didn't say much.

The weather in the cold winter of Layue was very cold, and Shen Fei's library was handed over to Changshi to take care of, and Shen Yu didn't have the heart to divide it for a while. After Xu Yan resigned from Emperor Huiping's suggestion to make him regent, he also stayed at home.

Fortunately, the five princes were diligent and inquisitive, and when they followed Emperor Huiping, they were very happy, and their health gradually improved. In this gap, the names of the children were also prepared, and the single name was a suitable word, and even the position of the son was decided early.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, when the palace family banquet was held, Emperor Huiping still held Xiao Xu Shi, who was only two months old, for a long time.

After the New Year, Shen Fei's body slowly recovered, and she was able to move around from time to time. I went to the library a few times, but it was in line with expectations, although there were still families who were displeased, and they secretly wanted to suppress and suppress, but with Emperor Huiping and Xu Yan supporting them, it was helpless.

There are books used in the imperial examination and enlightenment books in this library, so more than a dozen sets of books totaling tens of thousands of books are stored in it, and sometimes it is not enough for people to read. Shen Yu calculated the bookstore's ability to engrave books now, and felt that this bookstore would be able to open a branch library in another year, after carrying the initial turmoil.

In March, spring was in full bloom, and the marriage of Jiang Zhen and Wei Rong was also held as scheduled.

Speaking of which, Wei Rong is really worthy of Mobei's well-known vigorous and resolute behavior, looking at a look of indifference, once he falls in love with Jiang Hao, the speed of doing things is really faster than the rapid march he led. After chasing Jiang Wenying for a month, Wei Rong's strength finally moved Jiang Wenying, and he accidentally let go.

So Wei Rong quickly reported to his parents in the hall and asked someone to mention his relatives and talk to the matchmaker.

The second elder of the Wei family loves this son very much, and has always believed in his vision, and Jiang Wenying has had a good reputation since he entered the cabinet, so he prepared a bride price to make peace according to his son's wishes. came and went, and the marriage was decided within two months, in February of this year.

In the spring of March, the inside and outside of the capital are already full of spring flowers, the red and white magnolias bloom just right, a bunch of wisteria hanging on the branches, only a gust of warm wind can blow the flower bells open, the buds on the begonia tree are stacked, just wait for the night after the spring breeze to bloom gracefully.

The Wei family's house is full of guests.

Wei Rong's father was General Zhaoyi of Zhengsanpin, stationed on the Mobei border, and was also one of the best figures in the local military and politics. Wei Rong made military exploits when he was in Mobei, although due to the relationship between his father and the general, he only took an official position of the sixth grade, but since he was able to go with Xu Yan to quell the rebellion in Taining and keep the Yeqin army out of the borderline, he was not an idle person.

He made another great contribution to the rebellion, so when he entered the military department, although he did not go through the imperial examination like others, he was directly appointed as the military election official Shilangzhong.

This is already a very high official position at Wei Rong's age.

On the woman's side, Jiang Wenying is now a minister, and the friendship between the Jiang family and Princess Duan is also obvious to all, plus she is married to the Duke of Xu, in the capital, the Jiang family also has a lot of status, so there are many people who congratulate them.

Shen Yu followed Xu Yan to the banquet, and when she arrived at the Wei family's mansion, she was invited into the hugging mansion.

There were already a lot of people sitting inside, in addition to the many people who came and went from the Wei family, there were also the princess of Nan'an County, the Duchess of Xu Guo, etc.

To Shen Yan's surprise, she actually met Lu Roujia, who was already married to Huo Zongqing, here.

Lu Roujia's appearance is still very good. Huo Zongyuan is such a lone seedling in the Dugong Mansion of the Kingdom of Xuan, and he will be in charge of this huge family business alone in the future, so speaking of which, Lu Roujia is actually married well. When she saw Shen Yu, Lu Roujia was obviously stunned for a moment, and then saluted for a while: "I've seen Princess Duan." ”

Shen Yu didn't care much, and after a polite word, she went to the princess of Nanping County.

When I accidentally saw Lu Roujia again, I saw that the smile on her face disappeared, and there was a bit of loneliness.

The princess of Nanping County next to her also saw it, so she only smiled lightly, "It's hard to calm down." Although the Mansion of the Kingdom of China is good, Huo Zongyuan is not motivated, there is never a shortage of people around him, and it is difficult to say whether he can keep this business in the future. She is bitter in her heart. 166 Reading Network