Chapter 4 Ruyi
The atmosphere in the Empress Dowager's palace was gloomy, and there was a crisp slap echoing.
"It's the slave's fault, it's the slave's fault."
An attendant knelt on the ground and slapped himself loudly, blood oozing from his mouth.
"The slave maid was afraid that the mother would worry about His Highness, so she took it upon herself to invite her."
"It's the slave who didn't take care of His Royal Highness King Qing... Bumped into the princesses..."
The Queen Mother, who had her eyes closed, seemed to be annoyed by the noise of this voice, and she was filming a few cases.
"Take it down." She shouted.
The attendant on the side immediately gagged the person and dragged him out.
Silence returned to the temple.
It seemed like a long time later, and it seemed to be just a blink of an eye, and the Queen Mother looked out.
"How's the princess?" She asked.
"I've seen it, I prescribed a decoction to calm my nerves, and said that there was no big problem, I was frightened, but the little princess woke up but there were still some signs of shock, and Your Majesty was with me over there." The palace maid Shi Li said in a low voice.
The Queen Mother let out a long breath.
The sound fell, and a pop was heard.
"The son pleads."
King Jin'an said.
"You're making a mess of what's going on?" The Queen Mother said, raising her hand to let him up.
The king of Jin'an did not get up, but kowtowed.
"Erchen asked Niangniang to allow Erchen and King Qing to leave the palace." He said.
The Queen Mother suddenly lowered her face and raised her eyebrows, looking at the king of Jin'an who bowed down.
"Wei Lang, are you blaming the mourning family?" She said.
"No, Erchen is blaming himself." The king of Jin'an raised his head and looked at the Queen Mother, "Niangniang." The retainers only know that they are protected and graced by Her Majesty. But they don't think about anything in return. It's been two years, it's going to be three years, but Erchen is still like an ignorant child, unwilling and afraid to accept the reality, Erchen has reached the age of nineteen, but he still lives in the palace, enjoying the care of Niangniang and His Majesty, but he forgot to let Niangniang and His Majesty bear the joke of the world. ”
"The mourner said. Who would dare to laugh at you! The Queen Mother shouted, taking a few cases, "This is a family matter of the mourning family, how dare the foreign ministers criticize it." ”
The King of Jin'an shook his head with a smile and knelt down and took a step forward.
"Niangniang, Erchen is not afraid of others laughing, Erchen himself has to laugh at himself." He said, "Erchen thinks that if he hides in a corner and doesn't see anyone, he can go on with everything as usual, everything as usual." But in reality, everything has changed. It's not that Erchen hides and doesn't want to don't ask or look at it, so it doesn't exist. ”
"It's okay, it's okay, the mourning family will find you a palace again, so that others don't bother you." The Queen Mother hurriedly said, stretching out her hand to support the King of Jin'an County.
The king of Jin'an County knelt up straight.
"Niangniang, don't hide your sons, King Qing is injured, it's not an unsightly thing, your sons want to take him to live an upright and upright life." He said, kowtowing again, "Erchen, please leave the palace, but you have to embarrass the mother and spoil it again." ”
The Queen Mother's tears flowed down her eyes and she reached out to hold him.
"You say." She said eventually.
You said...
The King of Jin'an, who was leaning over the ground, closed his eyes, opened his eyes again and raised his head.
"Erchen, please stay in the capital and stay in the same house as King Qing." He said.
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"He actually invited himself first?"
Gao Lingbo asked with some surprise.
The pro nodded his head.
"That's what the mother said." He said.
Gao Lingbo smiled, waved his hand, and hurriedly retreated.
"I'll just say that this kid is not as big and heartless as he looks." He said to his staff.
"Understand the key to the matter at a glance, and break it when it is decided, this mind should not be underestimated." One of the staff members nodded.
"Yes, seeing the reaction of the Queen Mother and Her Majesty this time, it is not uncommon to guess that the heart of King Qing is not as good as before, and most people can do it by looking at it, but the decision after seeing it is rare." Another aide also sighed, "Even if I know that the Holy Favor is not the same as before, there is also a Holy Favor in the end." ”
Even if you lose the holy family, life in the palace will not be too bad, and if you leave the palace, you will never be able to go back, and the resolute choice in the face of an unknown future is not something that anyone can do immediately.
"Instead of waiting for the affection to fade away, it is better to take a step back, this time it has become the affection owed to him by His Majesty and the Queen Mother." Gao Lingbo said.
"My lord, do you think Your Majesty will agree?" The staff asked, "After all, the king of Jin'an County has lived in the palace for so many years, and he is better than father and son. ”
"If it's not a father and son, it's not a father and son." Gao Lingbo sneered and said, "How much affection do you think the emperor really has?" It's just that he loves face and is afraid that he will be laughed at by the world for being ruthless, and now that a foreign official has witnessed what happened to him as a witness, let the king of Jin'an County leave the palace at this time, that is a reasonable thing, how could he not be willing? You must know that the king of the county is already nineteen, and other people's children are fathers at this time. ”
Gao Lingbo accentuated his tone on the word "father".
The staff nodded.
"If you want to talk about love, our eldest prince is affectionate to his father and son." Gao Lingbo said, "He is willing to leave the palace and go to the house, what else do people in the world have to say?" ”
And when Chen Shao heard the news, it was already the emperor who had made a decision.
"The eldest prince went out of the pavilion to open the mansion, sealed the king of Ping, led the envoy of the Zhangyi Army, the king of Qing went out of the pavilion to open the mansion, led the guard Wei Shaoqing, the king of Jin'an County led the right guard Lang general, lived in the Qing Palace, and the palace department immediately repaired the palace and moved in on a certain day."
Hearing the reading of the waiter, Chen Shao, who was looking through another piece of music in his hand, only stopped writing slightly.
"It's long overdue." He said, "The king of Yangjun and the palace, believe in the words of the woman, what kind of system will you become." ”
"This time, the princes have opened their mansions and left the palace, which makes it difficult for the imperial historians." The staff said with a smile on the side, "I'm afraid that I will have to find another way in the monthly class." ”
Because of the prince's long-term residence, especially the county's long-term residence in the palace, in recent years, more and more impeachments have been made by the imperial historians, although they have been left in custody, but this does not prevent them from saying and talking.
Chen Shao sneered when he heard this.
"It's not just the princes who violate the rules, and it's not the only princes who should go out." He said.
And Gao Lingbo.
As a relative of the emperor, it stands to reason that he should also be a laissez-faire official.
It's just that...
"At present, the northwest has got its wish, but I am afraid that His Majesty will not allow other personnel changes in a short period of time." The staff whispered.
Not to mention kicking Gao Lingbo out. This is absolutely impossible for the emperor who likes to play checks and balances.
Chen Shao obviously knows this as well.
"It's going to be a little thing. This summer's drought in Maoping is getting worse and worse. He threw the subject away and said no more. Instead, he frowned and looked at a piece of paperwork.
"Hasn't it even been relieved?" The staff was also taken aback.
"There is no hope for a winter harvest." Chen Shao said, throwing the chapter back on the case, frowning, "There will be a catastrophe next year, and the transfer department must allocate money and grain as soon as possible, so that they can survive the winter, at least through next year's spring sowing." ”
The little official on the side hurriedly responded by picking up the concert and turned around and went out.
At the end of September and the beginning of October, two things happened in the capital. One is that half of the house of the Li family, a fireworks businessman in the capital, was burned down, and half of the people in the capital were turned over, but the Li family was rich and rich, and afterwards took out a large amount of money to build houses for the affected people, plus took the initiative to tie up the children of the family who caused the fire and surrendered, and the matter was quickly over.
The other thing is that the two princes in the palace and the county king who sent the child boy left the palace and opened the mansion.
This means that the princes' family affairs should also be put on the agenda.
"....It is said that the person who proposed the marriage is about to break through the palace gate..."
“… The palace gate of the heavenly house is as easy to step on as the door of your house..."
"....I don't know which little lady can be Princess Ping, I heard that His Majesty likes Wanping Kang's family..."
“… Come on, it's no wonder that Kang Jiaken agrees, their family is bent on entering the dynasty to regain the reputation of Kang Xianggong back then and marry the prince. Wouldn't it be self-defeating? ”
The teahouse in the capital set off a lively discussion.
Although there have been ups and downs in the past month, overall. Everyone seems to be getting more or less satisfactory results.
Although the emperor lost some face because he was coerced by public opinion, he got a magic weapon and won several big victories in a row, Chen Shao lost a Zhou Fengxiang, but finally held the military government of the northwest in one fell swoop, and although Gao Lingbo gave in in embarrassment in this incident, he drove the king of Jin'an out of the palace as he wished, and it was not nothing.
In this way, it seems that only the king of Jin'an County has finally reached the time when he is useless and abandoned.
The nineteen-year-old boy who sent the child really couldn't scream anymore, and if he continued to scream, the meaning would change.
Although the princes were all out of the palace, the concubines in the palace were obviously reluctant to do anything, and the mansion they chose was also near the inner city closest to the palace.
Compared with the eldest prince who is not disturbed by foreign affairs and still studies steadily, the king of Jin'an County, who does not need to study, is much busier, and runs outside the palace at two ends in three days to see how the palace repaired by the capital government is progressing.
“… It's good, you can go out casually. The king of Jin'an said with a little smugness, while wandering around the palace with his close attendants.
The official in charge of repairing the former government carefully and respectfully guided the way, and while introducing him, he secretly pouted in his heart when he heard this.
No wonder they all say that this county king has no heart and lungs, and he has such a good appearance in vain.
It seems that children can't be raised by others, otherwise they can only be raised.
“… There can be no lake, fill it all up. The king of Jin'an said, "If you can't see it for a while, it's dangerous, he doesn't know the depth." ”
The officials of the government were busy responding.
The king of Jin'an turned around, pointing and picking at the wordy pick.
"People say that the mansion you built can fall down as soon as the wind blows, and I don't want the prince's mansion to be the same." He said.
Even if this is the case, it can't be said like this, even the emperor has to save face for them, is this county king heartless and unscrupulous, or a scoundrel who dares to say and do?
The official's face darkened, and he didn't dare to say it.
The king of Jin'an County left with people at this time, standing at the gate of the mansion, looking left and right.
"Your Highness, shall we go back to the palace?" The attendant asked.
"What are you doing back to the palace? From now on, I can do whatever I want. King Jin'an said with a smile, his eyes fell in one direction, "I'm going to her house as a guest." ”
The attendant looked at him and smiled, sighing.
I can only talk like this for comfort.
When the wall was knocked again, the people in the courtyard were startled.
"Is the neighbor building a wall over there?" Huang said with the child in his arms, and before he finished speaking, he saw a man poking out from above.
Huang screamed in fright.
"Kombat!" She was busy shouting to the little girl.
The maidservant girl who came out of the house looked at it and sighed helplessly.
"Big lady, this, you can't beat it." She said, curtsimming at the people on the wall, "I've seen His Royal Highness the King of the County." ”
The king of the county?
Huang was even more frightened, looking at the young man on the wall and smiling.
It turns out that the royal relatives in the capital all see people like this. (To be continued......)