After Zhang Ruren and Mi Ruren received Du Ruren's invitation, they both pondered for a while, then got up to trim their makeup and took people to Du Ruren's courtyard. As soon as they entered the door, the female official in charge of the palace got the news.

Lady Chen, who was on the council, put down the file in her hand, "Tell someone to listen to it, what they said, come back and report me carefully." ”

"Yes." The little palace maid was blessed with a shallow blessing and quickly retreated.

"Zhangshi, the crown princess didn't keep an eye on those three widows?" There is a puzzled question from the female history.

Another female historian who was writing a record also raised her head and said: "That is, Wang Zhangshi is very respectful and courteous to several widows, and he must be thinking that those who will be favored by the prince in the future can remember her good and promote her." ”

Chen Zhangshi Sulai was at odds with Wang Zhangshi, and sneered when he heard this: "That idiot, who thinks she is smart every day, is stupider than anyone else at that time, let her be proud for a while, and she will have her own unlucky days." "Chen Zhangshi and Wang Zhangshi are both female officials in charge of the Yeting Palace, but they have two different bosses, and their bosses are not in harmony, which also makes Chen Zhangshi and Wang Zhangshi fight to the death.

The female officials of the East Palace are modeled after the six Shang and Twenty-four Divisions of the harem, assisting the crown princess in managing the East Palace, with a total of three divisions and nine palms. The three divisions are a total of six people, including the boudoir, the division and the division, and there are nine people in charge under each division, and several female histories. It is said that where there are many women, there are many things, and in the harem, where women are concentrated, the intrigue between these female officials is like three meals a day, which is very common.

Before the crown prince took the crown princess, there were actually only two female officials in the three divisions of the East Palace, and their main responsibility was to manage the palace maids in the East Palace. After Su Yan entered the palace, he made up all the female officials of the three divisions and nine palms. As the crown princess, with Su Yan's maids and female teachers entering the palace, she got the position of a female official very lightly. Among them, four of the female officials of the three divisions are Su Yan's dowry. Of the twenty-seven female officials in charge, more than half were served by her maids in dowry.

Such a result is inevitable, after every crown princess marries into the East Palace, she must control the inner court of the East Palace, and when they are new to the palace, it is most normal to appoint some of their own people when they are still strangers. It's a pity that no matter how normal things in this world are, there will be people who are dissatisfied.

Originally, the Si Boudoir An of the East Palace was personally selected by the former Empress Du and placed next to her son, and she took it for granted that the female officials of the East Palace should be headed by her. Before Su Yan entered the East Palace, An felt with confidence that the crown princess who had just entered the palace would definitely rely on herself. When Du Guifei summoned her, An was very sure that she would definitely assist the crown princess well and often persuade her to get close to the Du family and Du Guifei.

Who would have thought that after Su Yan, the crown princess, was newly married, she was not in a hurry to control the East Palace, but first held His Royal Highness the crown prince in the palm of her hand. A month after the wedding, with the support of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, her four female teachers Shun Lì took over the position of female officials of the third division. Regarding medicine, food, clothing, etc., I didn't give others a chance at all.

After the Lu female teacher from the Lu family took up another position, An Si Boudoir obviously felt that her position was threatened, so she began to oppose Lu Si Boudoir openly and secretly. Even the subordinates with the two of them looked at each other unpleasantly. For An Sibou's unfriendliness, Lu Sibou didn't pay attention to it at all. In her opinion, An Siboudoir's section is too shallow, and it is a matter of minutes to clean her up. However, after all, An Si Boudoir is the first queen's person, and her own lady is newly married, so it is better not to move her for the time being. In this way, there was a stalemate between An Si Boudoir and Lu Si Boudoir.

Yeting Palace is the residence of the low-level palace concubines and palace maids in the East Palace, and it was the territory of An Si Boudoir before. Among the two masters of the Yeting Palace, Wang Zhangshi and An Si Boudoir have a closer relationship, Chen Zhangshi is inevitably restricted everywhere, his rights are hollowed out, and even a little palace maid does not take her words seriously, and she is very aggrieved. After Lu Siwei arrived, Chen Zhangshi decisively took refuge, and in just a few months, he fought against Wang Zhangshi, which made her even more desperate to follow Lu Sibou.

An Si couldn't pay attention to the crown princess, and even the people with her family were depressed, so she wanted to find another way. After Du, Zhang, and Mi entered the palace, they were immediately overjoyed, thinking that their opportunity had come. With An Siboudo's signal, Wang Zhangshi will be so attentive and caring for a few children. Among them, Du Ruren, who was born in the Du family, received the most information and guidance.

Chen Zhangshi had been eyeing Du Ruren as early as when she lived in the court. As a female official, she naturally wanted to gain the trust of the crown princess and then be promoted. She thought about it and felt that she should go and say to Lu Sibou, "I'll go to see Si Boudoir, if there is something, you can deal with it as appropriate, if you can't handle it, wait for me to come back." After speaking, Chen Zhangshi got up and straightened his dress, and hurriedly walked out.

Lu Si had just come back from Su Yan's place, and he ran into Chen Zhangshi visiting, "Ah Chen is here, come in." Lu Si Boudoir smiled gently and beckoned, which made Chen Zhangshi's heart warm, and he hurriedly blessed himself, "I've seen Si Boudoir." ”

"No need to be polite, sit down." Lu Si ordered someone to serve tea, "Ah Chen hasn't come to chat with me for a few days, which makes the old body miss it very much." ”

Chen Zhangshi said with a smile: "Several widows and the palace people who serve them are new to the palace, and they don't understand many rules, so they all have to be re-taught." Xia Guan had to keep an eye on it, so he didn't come to greet Si Boudoir. ”

"How many of them are alright?" Lu Siyu asked with a chuckle.

Chen Zhangshi said: "Very good, they are all gentle and docile women." Xu is new to the palace is not very familiar with each other, and today they got together under the mention of Du Ruren. ”

Lu Si sighed very gently: "They are all young ladies, and it is the time to have fun, as long as they don't violate the palace rules, let them be." Lu Siyu's words are very vague, what are the palace rules, it is very important, the words of the crown prince and the crown princess are palace rules, not those clauses that stipulate death.

Chen Zhangshi understood in seconds, "Xia Guan knows." "Those women, as long as they don't go out of the palace, they will play with them. Anyway, now that the entire East Palace is under the control of the crown princess, a few of them can't afford to make any waves. The only thing to worry about is that they ran out to hook up with the prince. As for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanting to enter the palace and recruit a few widows to serve, not only these female officials, but even the crown princess has no position to care. However, based on what Chen Zhangshi has seen and heard in the past few months, she feels that this possibility is almost zero. Now no one in the East Palace knows that the crown princess is the tip of the heart of His Royal Highness the Prince, not to mention the red face, even the tone is reluctant.

Chen Zhangshi, who received the instructions, went back happily, and there was nothing more pleasing than knowing that his backer was stable.

The big backer Su Yan is full of joy and takes people to dig out the peach blossom wine she brewed when she just married into the East Palace. Unsealing the wine seal, Mu Lan carefully took out a lamp and presented it to Su Yan.

The white jade wine cup is full of pink wine, with a faint peach blossom aroma, which is very intoxicating to look at. Su Yan raised his glass, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Yes, it's better than last year's peach blossom wine." Take out the ten jars and put them in the cellar, and bury the rest in the ground. ”

"Qingqing." After the prince's banquet was over, he hurried back to find his wife, he was slightly drunk, and when he saw Su Yan, he stuck to her body, buried his head in Xiangxiang's neck socket, and took a deep breath of the fragrance that belonged to her, the prince sighed with satisfaction, "Qingqing, can you accompany me to take a bath?" ”

Su Yanqiao's face flushed, and she hurriedly raised her head and looked around, the palace maids had already withdrawn from the prince when he came, and stood with their heads bowed. When she saw that there was no one around, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief, her small nose moved, and she immediately turned around in the prince's arms, raised her head and said coquettishly: "Qilang, are you busy tomorrow?" ”

"Hmm, it's okay, what is Qingqing going to do?" The prince lowered his head and rubbed Su Yan's little face affectionately with his tall nose. Seeing her snow-white skin slowly dyed with a peach-like flush, I finally couldn't help but seal her red lips and kiss her deeply.

After the love lingered, Su Yan wore her long hair and lay on her husband's chest, counting his somewhat rapid heartbeat. The prince stroked the long hair of the person in his arms and asked softly, "What is Qingqing going to do tomorrow?" ”

"A-Niang's birthday the day after tomorrow, I want to go home one day early tomorrow to congratulate her on her birthday." Su Yan said softly.

The prince was stunned, his mother-in-law's birthday, he naturally remembered, and planned to take his beloved wife to the prime minister's mansion the day after tomorrow to congratulate his mother-in-law on her birthday, "Qingqing, let's go the day after tomorrow, isn't it?" ”

Su Yan pouted, "The day after tomorrow is the right day, there must be a lot of people in the house, and the noise is a headache." I just want to spend my birthday with my mother, and I'm impatient to deal with others. "Since the emperor was seriously ill, he suddenly broke out of fatherly love for the rest of his sons, not only the little princes were taken care of by the emperor, but also the adult princes.

The most prominent table is that the princes who used to follow the court as decorations have recently had their own jobs. Although it was only a trivial work, it also reflected the emperor's mentality of wanting to reuse his son. Now is a very delicate time, her father is one of the three phases of the dynasty, it is better not to create too many topics, who knows if it will be used by someone with a heart to create more rumors.

The prince has always been meticulous in implementing his wife's request, he kissed Su Yan's little face, and said gently: "Okay, I will accompany Qingqing back to her parents' house tomorrow." ”

Su Yan rubbed her eyes, buried herself deeper in her husband's arms, and said sleepily: "Qilang, remember to tell your father." "Whatever it is, it's always a good idea to say hello in advance.

"Okay." The prince gently patted his beloved wife until she fell asleep, then closed his eyes, intending to take a nap with her.

When the young couple slept together, they would always take a nap and sleep longer, and when they woke up, the sun was already slanting in the west and the moon was rising in the east. The young couple who slept well were full of energy when they woke up.

"Lang Jun, lady, it's time for dinner." Banxia came over with a smile and asked for instructions.

Su Yan touched her little belly, pursed her lips, and said a little frustratedly: "I've been fat recently, so it's better to eat porridge at night." ”

"Where's the fat?" The prince also followed and touched his soft little belly, and said with a smile: "It feels just right, it's not fat at all." ”

"My waist is thick." Su Yan pulled his thin-waisted skirt, "Look, the skirts are all thin." ”

The prince said very unreasonably: "That's because the dresses of the embroidered girls are not done, let them redo it." After speaking, he deliberately used his arm to measure Su Yan's slender waist, "I can wrap one arm, Qingqing is too thin, I need to grow some meat." "The prince is not satisfied with the fragility of his wife at all, he always wants to raise Su Yan to be fatter.

"Let's eat lamb chops for dinner." The prince made a decision on his own, and stretched out a finger to tap Su Yan's red lips, and chuckled: "Don't say no." ”

"Okay." After Su Yan felt that she was hungry for a while, she leaned on her husband weakly, and said to herself a little confused, "I've always been hungry so fast lately." "And then the amount of food is still rising, is it because she has been taking those little guys up the mountains and into the forest to play a lot recently?

The prince thought the same as her, and said with some grievances: "Qingqing always takes those stinky boys to play, and he doesn't have time to accompany me." ”

"Shichiro is so busy with government affairs, I can only find things to do by myself." Who wouldn't be resentful, Su Yan frowned lightly, and there was a little more humor in her bright phoenix eyes.

When the prince saw it, he hurriedly hugged her and coaxed, "It's all for the husband, isn't it, I will definitely accompany Qingqing more in the future." He was originally a little dissatisfied with his father's concern for other brothers, and even made his brothers participate in politics. At this time, being coquetted by Su Yanyi, he immediately felt that his father's decision was also beneficial, at least he could have some time to spend with his wife.

The prince, who promised to accompany his beloved wife well, went to Taiji Palace early the next morning, dug the emperor out of the bed, and asked him for leave, "Mother-in-law's birthday, Erchen wants to take Yan Yan to celebrate his birthday, and ask Daddy to take his son-in-law ten days off." ”

The old emperor, who was only wearing a bed robe, glared and said, "What are you doing with the ten-day holiday for your birthday?" "Congratulations on birthday is one day, and the remaining nine days are planned to be lazy.

The prince said straightforwardly: "Yan Yan and I haven't gone out to play for a long time, so I'll take her to the Forbidden Garden to hunt tomorrow." ”

The emperor was very clear about the birthday of the little junior sister, "Isn't the junior sister tomorrow's birthday?" Do you want to take Qi Niang to hunt? ”

"That's right, Erchen and Yan Yan went to congratulate their mother-in-law on her birthday today." Prince Road.

The emperor asked suspiciously, "Why don't you go tomorrow?" "I want to raise the face of the princess's parents, and it's just right to go tomorrow.

Prince: "There are too many people, it's annoying. ”

Emperor:......

"Then you go, I'm ready." His son was still so impatient to deal with the minister, and the emperor sighed in his heart. Someone had privately told the emperor before that the crown prince contacted the minister when the emperor was seriously ill. Observed by the emperor during this time, it is pure nonsense.

The crown prince got the emperor's leave, and hurriedly saluted his father, "Daddy, you are busy, and the retainer will leave first." He was in a hurry to go back to breakfast with his beloved wife.

The emperor stretched out Er Kang's hand, and saw that his son disappeared as soon as he smoked, and he was so angry that he scolded the case, "Unfilial son, don't say to accompany Lao Tzu to have a meal before leaving, be careful that I don't allow him to leave!" ”

Jia Xi secretly went to see the emperor, and saw that he had a straight face, but he couldn't control the corners of his lips, and shook his head in private, and the sage's mouth hardened again.

Just when the emperor was wearing his bed clothes and thinking to Jia Xi, a eunuch came in to report: "Sage, His Royal Highness King Zhou asks to see you." ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then looked down at his dress, frowned, and said, "Let him wait." "The third child is really, what is worth it for him to bother him in the morning and eight in the morning.

The palace maids hurriedly came over to serve the emperor to wash and change clothes, and when everything was taken care of, the old emperor walked out of the inner room with square steps, sat down in the outer study, and said with a straight face: "Call San Lang in." ”

King Zhou came in and saluted the emperor first, "Erchen has seen his father." ”

The emperor waved his hand and said lightly: "Get up, come to see me in the morning, but what's the matter?" ”

King Zhou took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and presented them to the emperor with both hands: "Father, this is an ancient prescription for body recuperation that his sons got by chance, and I am here to dedicate it to my father." ”

Ancient recipes? The emperor was a little interested and nodded slightly at Jia Xi. Jia Xi went over and took the paper and presented it to the emperor.

When King Zhou saw that the emperor accepted it, he didn't stay long, and saluted respectfully, "Father, the son and the minister retire." ”

"Saburo stays with me for breakfast." The Emperor said.

King Zhou was very surprised, "Erchen is in order." ”

The old emperor was a little emotional, he was a little neglectful of the rest of his sons. Thinking so, he was much gentler towards King Zhou, and specially asked King Zhou's eldest daughter, "Ah Yi is doing well lately, and I have time to bring it into the palace and let me see it." "King Zhou's eldest daughter, the little character Ayi, the old emperor has only seen it once, and I vaguely remember that it is a very cute girl.

At the mention of his daughter, King Zhou smiled more, "Ah Yi is only ten months old, and she can already walk with her hands." ”

"Oh, really?" The Emperor asked with great interest, "Does your princess have good news?" "The third son got married early, and there are many women in the back house, so there is less of a daughter. The second child has three daughters. Although it's a granddaughter, it's a lot.

King Zhou was a little shy, "One of the newly accepted concubines of Erchen is pregnant. ”

As soon as the emperor heard that he was a little wife again, his interest immediately faded. The granddaughter he wants to have is not a child born to any woman. "Your princess is a good one, treat it well." The old emperor will regret it a little, Zhu's appearance is indeed poor, and it is normal for his son not to like it very much.

"The Zhu family is indeed supple and virtuous, and the sons have not thanked their fathers for giving them such a good wife." King Zhou didn't make a statement in front of the emperor, he was really satisfied with the Zhu family. In his opinion, a woman should be gentle and submissive, not jealous or jealous, and take her husband as the sky, and Zhu has done a good job. Of course, it would be more perfect if she could be prettier.

Hey? San Lang is quite satisfied with the Zhu family? The old emperor began to be complacent again, is he still very talented as a matchmaker? The women they chose for their sons won their hearts. This old man naturally ignored the resentful couple of King Zhao and Wei Liuniang.

King Zhou accompanied the emperor here to eat and chat, and put a lot of effort into coaxing the old emperor, although the effect was not significant, it had already made King Zhou very satisfied.

After coaxing Su Yan to have breakfast, the prince happily took her out of the palace and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion. When the two arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, they found that the owner of the mansion was not there. The housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion welcomed the two into the main hall and sat down, and served tea with the maids, before carefully replying, "Back to the prince, the princess, Ah Lang and the lady, and the two Lang Jun all went to the Guogong Mansion." ”

Su Yan hurriedly asked, "Went early in the morning?" ”

"The third lady of the Guogong Mansion is back, and A-Niang and the lady rushed over with someone early in the morning." The housekeeper bent over and replied honestly. “

"Auntie is back." As soon as Su Yan heard it, he knew that the third lady was referring to his father's sister-in-law, Su Hui, the only daughter of his grandmother Wang.

Su Sanniang grew up with the second son of Wang's eldest brother, and when she became an adult, she directly married back to Wang's maiden family, and then sent her husband to work abroad for nearly 15 years, and only returned to Shangdu yesterday.

"Are you going to the Guogong Mansion?" The prince asked softly.

Su Yan had never seen this aunt, but her current identity was not good for her to rush over to meet her. The prince accompanied her home, it was already the bottom limit, and she was a little unhappy: "No need, let's go back to the palace." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "Crown princess, the little one has already sent someone to invite Ah Lang and the lady to return home." "What could be more important than the presence of the prince himself. Presumably when the news arrives, even Grandpa Guo and Duchess Guo will rush over.

The prince stroked Xiangxiang's shoulder with his hand and coaxed her in a low voice: "Come out left and right, let's stay at home for a while." It just so happens that I haven't looked closely at your former boudoir, so take me to see it. ”

"The princess's boudoir is still the same as before, and the lady cleans it every day." Lu's former personal maid is now also the managing mother of the Prime Minister's house. As soon as the crown prince and the crown princess entered the mansion, the housekeeper asked someone to find her.

Su Yan's eyes turned red, and he hurriedly lowered his head to wipe away his tears, before he raised his head and said with a smile: "I'll take Qilang over." He turned his head to the housekeeper and said, "When Daddy and Auntie come back, they will report to me." ”

"Yes."

Su Yan's boudoir in the Prime Minister's Mansion is really as they said, it is very well kept, every grass and tree is exactly the same as when Su Yan was at home, and even the swing in the backyard that was built by Su Zhoucheng, Su Zhengxun, and Su Zhengze's novices is still the same.

As soon as Su Yan saw it, he pulled the prince over and sat on the swing, and said nostalgically: "This is still built for me by Daddy and my brothers, and in the spring, I will come to play for a while every day." ”

The prince hurriedly said: "Wait for tomorrow spring, and build a swing for Yan Yan for her husband." "In any way, I must not let my beloved wife say that he is not as much as my father-in-law and uncles.

"Okay, I'll wait for Shichiro." Su Yan nodded, and even made a request: "Build a big, high swing, let's play together." ”

The prince smiled: "I'll push Yan Yan then." "The swings are very dangerous and he has to watch them himself.

Su Yan got the prince's promise, and was satisfied with taking him to see every grass and tree in his small courtyard, and even turned out all kinds of brushes and paints in a good mood, and pulled the prince to paint a picture of returning home together.

"The crown prince, the crown princess, Ah Lang and the lady are back." The maid outside replied softly, "Grandpa Guo and Duchess Guo have also arrived." ”

The prince looked at the unfinished painting with some regret, "It's just a little bit short." ”

Su Yan smiled, "Take it back to the palace and finish it again." ”