The horse-drawn carriage drove on the muddy bluestone road after the snow.

All three of them were silent - Ruyi was depressed, and naturally did not want to speak. Zhang Ben also felt guilty about Ruyi because of Liuli's words and deeds. As for Xu Yi, he can't help but consider Ruyi's future situation in the kindergarten.

Although the second prince came forward in time to relieve Ruyi today, it can only save the momentary urgency - as long as the teenagers in the kindergarten are still suspicious, they will find an opportunity to find out the details of Ruyi sooner or later. And this is almost impossible to prevent.

Although Zhang Ben and Liuli were excluded, after all, they could still support each other. But Ruyi was originally the one who was free from everyone in the kindergarten, but once Xu Yi left the kindergarten, she was jealous and excluded by everyone, and she was really isolated.

Xu Yi thought about it, but still felt that there was no solution to this trouble - unless the kindergarten officially began to recruit female students, or Ruyi was like Liuli, and retreated.

But neither of these is almost impossible.

So, is there anyone else in the kindergarten who can be trusted?

Xu Yi thought of Liu Jun for a while, but after a while, he vetoed it - after this day, he was afraid that Liu Jun would not be able to cheer up for a while. What's more, this young man obviously likes glass. In case he knows Ruyi's identity, in order to reconcile with Liuli, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not make some dilemma requests to Ruyi.

He couldn't help but look at Ruyi.

Ruyi noticed his gaze and quickly understood what he was worried about.

"I'm not afraid." ”

And Xu Yi also spoke almost at the same time, "I will stay with you." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, both of them laughed unconsciously. After a while, Ruyi lowered his eyes and said, "The kindergarten is not the place where my cousin should stay - if it weren't for the fact that I was a few years younger and could only study in the kindergarten, I would also want to go to Guozi this year." I was supposed to be trying to catch up with my cousin, but why did my cousin stop for me? Doesn't my cousin think I can't handle these little things? ”

Xu Yi couldn't help but look at Zhang Ben. Zhang Ben noticed the atmosphere between the cousins and sisters, and he was also a little embarrassed. "...... I'm going to breathe. So he squeezed out the door and sat down with the driver.

Xu Yi smiled helplessly and said, "I'm afraid that you underestimate the difficulties." ”

Ruyi was speechless for a while, and after a while, she still raised her head and looked directly at Xu Yi, and said, "Even if this is the case, it is also my own fault." ”

Xu Yi couldn't figure it out. Ruyi said in a low voice, "...... When the third sister was excluded that day, I didn't speak for them, and I didn't try to reverse the unhealthy trend in the museum. Now I myself have fallen into the same situation, suffering from it, and that is the bitter fruit of my previous inaction. ”

Xu Yi was stunned for a while, and then said, "This trend is not something that you can reverse with a single shout in the kindergarten - you have to take it slowly." ”

Ruyi said, "There must always be someone who dares to be the first person in the world." She clasped her hands and breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had made up her mind, and smiled, "Cousin doesn't have to worry about me. Could it be that they know that I am a princess, and they want to deliberately bully me in turn? If I can't even deal with this little trouble, and I want my cousin to follow me everywhere and help me, then wouldn't I be a burden to hold back? What else to do by reading these books. ”

Xu Yi knew that although she was a girl, her personality was full of the enterprising side of the ancient scholars. Hearing her say this at this moment, on the one hand, I was worried about her young spirit, but I was afraid that she would suffer more setbacks than others, and on the other hand, I couldn't help but respect her.

Then he smiled and said, "What you say at this moment reminds me of the bold words of a sage. ”

Ruyi smiled and asked, "What kind of rhetoric?" ”

Xu Yi said with a smile, "What Mencius said, although tens of millions of people have gone to me. ”

As soon as Ruyi heard it, he knew that he was teased again, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "What my cousin said, it seems that I am going to a losing situation." ”

However, in the end, he chuckled and sighed, "'Where the Tao is, although thousands of people go to it'...... I made a note of it. She followed Zhang Ben's previous appearance and said with a smile, "Thank you for your teachings." ”

With the order of the second prince and Princess Wuyang herself, of course the guards did not dare to stop it without permission. The carriage drove into the palace.

However, if you enter the inner palace further, you can no longer ride a horse. The three of them all got out of the carriage - because there was no one to pick him up, Ruyi simply gave him a ride himself.

The Chengxiang Hall where Concubine Zhang lived was close to the Imperial Garden, and closer to the West Palace Gate. The Imperial Garden is the place where you must pass from the West Palace Gate to the Ciqiu Palace, and there is no need to walk many extra roads.

Because the matter of establishing the prince has been delayed for a long time, Concubine Zhang Guifei has been quite anxious recently.

The voice of the eldest prince is so high, and the Son of Heaven has really reached the point where if he does not appoint a prince, it will cause chaos in people's hearts, but he still can't stand for a long time, what does it mean?

The courtiers knew it.

The scholars prefer the eldest prince and have their own interests and opinions, and they have never been very obedient to the Son of Heaven, but they are okay. But those henchmen who followed the Son of Heaven to fight the world in the early years did not have such a discipline, not only realized that the Son of Heaven liked the second prince, but also realized that the Son of Heaven was isolated at the moment, and it was a good time to flatter him, so they seized the opportunity and began to sing against the family led by Shen Daolin.

Zhang Guifei came from a humble background, but because of this, she understood better than others how tempting the bait cast by the Son of Heaven was for the Hanmen Shu clan. She knew that the longer it dragged on, the louder her support for the second prince would be, and the more sinister the situation would become.

It's just that Vimo is the elder brother of Prajna, and his reputation is so high. Once he can't be canonized as a prince, he doesn't know how difficult it will be in the future. He is undefeated.

As a mother, how can Zhang Guifei not be worried.

There are many people in the palace who are openly friendly to her and secretly ridicule. The more she was restless, the more people wanted to provoke her.

-- There is no way, once people live too bitterly and boring, and their lives are not rushed, it is easy to look at others unpleasantly. I can't help but want to play with right and wrong and watch more excitement.

Zhang Guifei's ears were not quiet.

"I heard that there are still those who are holding His Majesty Xià to set up the queen. What nonsense is this, no matter how noble Sister Xu's background is, she is already married for the third time. How can there be an innocent and noble person like the queen mother in the palace now? Do you have to welcome Sister Shen back? ”

What do you say, "Establish a son to be long and not virtuous, and establish a son to be noble but not long", such as since there is no son in law today, then of course it must be selected according to the nobility of the princes' biological mothers. ”

"I didn't know that the eldest prince was born and raised to the queen's palace. Isn't this a sister-in-law? ”

Zhang Guifei finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Even if I am a biological mother, I am ranked as the imperial concubine like Sister Xu, and the canonization is still in front of her, and my status is not below her." Regardless of these - just talk about the discussion of the outer court, I don't know how my sister knows, but it's better not to spread it to the harem. Lichu is a major matter related to the community, and His Majesty is not light to speak, how can you and I be able to talk falsely! ”

Zhang Guifei is only thirty years old this year. She was originally a girl in the countryside in the eastern suburbs of Jianye, and her ancestors made a living by shepherding sheep and slaughtering sheep. The first queen married the Son of Heaven for ten years and still couldn't give birth to a prince, and the Shen family was worried. Knowing that the fortune teller said that the Zhang family had a noble son in his life, he dedicated her to the Son of Heaven. At that time, Zhang was thirteen years old, and a year later she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son. After the death of the first queen, the Zhang family was promoted to the throne of the concubine, and then gave birth to Princess Shuyang. Even if Xu Si has been alone since he entered the palace, the Son of Heaven often comes to sit with her.

She was born coquettish and fair-skinned, and her temperament was straightforward and lovely. Although she is loved by the Son of Heaven, she is from a humble background, she has always been not very smart, and she is easy to be instigated, so everyone doesn't take her very seriously.

Who knew that on this day, she suddenly sharpened her teeth, which made the people who came to play with her tongue bored. The visitor was choked by her, so he smiled and said, "I said the wrong thing, sister, don't be angry." Yes, what do these things have to do with you and me? ”

Zhang Guifei didn't pick up, and when anyone came to see her, she couldn't stab her, so she quickly found an excuse to leave.

Zhang Guifei angrily poured the tea in her hand, put the cup on the coffee table, and said, "Change the sheep cheese for me, what a broken thing, it's tasteless." ”

The southerners love tea, but Zhang Guifei is very unaccustomed to drinking this leaf foam. She was born in the countryside since she was a child, and she was exposed to no more delicious food than cheese. In the early years, the countrymen said that she was destined to be rich, and she thought that she would steam cheese and eat it every day when she became rich in the future. Later, he entered the palace, but he was ridiculed for his penchant for cheese and said that "he was full of smelly mutton smell". She was once self-conscious, but gradually learned to taste tea, and then learned to read and play the piano...... To give birth to Liuli, but also to raise Liuli into an elegant and talented lady.

Now she knows everything, but what is the result?

As soon as she finished speaking, a woman came out of the house. But he was not in a hurry to step forward, but only looked carefully. Zhang Guifei said angrily, "Don't look at it, it's all gone." ”

The woman came out and whispered to Zhang, "Don't be angry, girl. ”

Seeing her like this, Zhang Guifei became more and more upset, and said, "You are also a fourth-grade official wife now, and even your son has become a county magistrate, what do you look like?" The woman was silent, and Zhang Guifei became annoyed again, complaining, "It's rare for Your Majesty to be gracious, and if you allow the family to come in, you won't fight for me to make a face...... Although it was a disgusting word, it ended with some aggrieved nasal voice, which made people feel distressed.

-- When visiting relatives and friends in the first lunar month, not only the Xu family was able to visit Xu Si and Ruyi's mother and daughter in the Ciqiu Palace, but Zhang Guifei's family was also allowed to enter the palace.

It was Zhang Guifei's sister-in-law Liu who came.

Liu didn't reply, Zhang Guifei couldn't help but regret that she was open-mouthed, and her tone softened, "How is the family?" ”

Liu said, "It's all good." It's just that Erlang's marriage is still undecided, and your brother wants to find a career for him first, and it's easy to talk about it when he says it's close. ”

Zhang Guifei gritted her teeth and said, "I still have to say kiss first, and then I will talk about a family girl." Didn't you say last time that Da Lang promoted a poor Cuo Da named Wang Man, but you didn't mention it? - Don't look at the reluctance of the majesty to help, but if you can say it, the majesty will never agree. ”

Liu Shi said softly, "Girl, don't talk about it...... People don't look down on us. ”

Zhang Guifei was unexpectedly said by the Son of Heaven, and after being stunned for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said, "He is so poor that he lives on people's relief, and he doesn't have any ability - why doesn't he look down on our family?" ”

However, no matter how angry she is, if she doesn't succeed, she won't succeed.

Liu was outside the palace, but he could see it more clearly than Concubine Zhang, so he said softly, "Don't worry, girl...... With such a background in our family, even if we can talk about being a daughter of a family, we can't say anything good if we think about it. Instead, it's better to pick the right one. Let's just say that our family, relying on the care of your mother, your brother and nephews are motivated, although they are called a poor family, aren't they far richer and more prosperous than that Wang Man's family? I think that girls from poor families must have many family backgrounds and better character than girls from families. ”

Zhang Guifei sneered, "How many things have you just seen? Where do you know the importance of origin! There are all the men around me who have been affected by their origins, not to mention my brother, but to Vimo, if I ......"

If she is from a better background, even if she doesn't dare to compete with the queen, why don't she dare to compete with the nameless Xiao Shen family?

She finally couldn't say any more......

Liu saw her grief, but he didn't know how to comfort him. For a while, he remembered her husband's advice before going out, and said busily, "Speaking of the eldest prince, your brother still has something to tell the girl." ”

Zhang Guifei said, "What's the matter?" Go ahead. ”

Liu said, "Your brother said that the Shen family is the benefactor of the girl, and raised the emperor's eldest son......" As soon as the words came out, she realized that she had poked Zhang Guifei's sore spot again, but these words really didn't work, so she hurriedly grabbed Zhang Guifei's hand and comforted her, "There is no child in this world who is not close to his biological mother, after all, his blood is connected." The coming day is long, and the mother must be patient. No matter what the Shen family says or does, don't be anxious. Our own family, it's nothing to be wronged for a while, what matters is the situation of the eldest prince......"

Zhang Guifei said, "He repaired the temple for the queen to pursue blessings, and he still goes to visit Xiao Shen's family, why did I say anything?" ”

In the first month of the New Year, it was rare for someone to come to see her at home, and she didn't want to show her sorrow, so she forced all her worries down, and said, "Don't talk about these things." It's a pity that Liuli went out of the palace today, and I can't let you meet your niece - now it's more □□ brighter. He added, "It's rare for you to come here, so I'll take you to the Imperial Garden." ”

On this day, the eldest prince entered the palace to greet the Son of Heaven.

Although everyone is very idle in the first month, the eldest prince is obviously an idle character, and he came early to discuss with the Son of Heaven about gathering Confucianism and debating scriptures.

The Son of Heaven was originally a scribe, and of course he was very much in favor of these actions that could be enlightened, and he approved this matter a few years ago. Originally, the Son of Heaven wanted Xu Mao to prepare for it - after all, the Xu family had a Confucian background, and Confucianism was the most important inheritance and position, and it was also the easiest to eat the pedantic people who were not old, and Xu Mao, a high-ranking and famous Confucian person, could save a lot of trouble by presiding over this matter - but after all, this matter was initiated by the Great Prince, and the Son of Heaven thought about it and couldn't bear to hurt his self-esteem again, so he still handed it over to the Great Prince to preside.

Originally, the Son of Heaven was also worried that the eldest prince was weak in physique and heavy on chores, and his body would not be able to stand it. In winter, he specially rewarded him with a lot of warm things, and asked people to visit him several times in his place.

Who knew that feeling the expectations and attention of the Son of Heaven, the eldest prince was in high spirits, and after a busy year, his body became much healthier.

The Son of Heaven felt a little relieved, and when he saw him on this day, he said, "What should be left to the people below to do, just let it go." It's good to be diligent, but you don't have to do everything yourself. In the past, Emperor Xuan of Jin and Zhuge Liang of Shu refused to fight for five zhangyuan, and learned that Zhuge Liang's diet was only three or four liters, but the government affairs of more than 20 fines had to be personally inquired into. I know that he can't last long. Your body is already weak, so you should pay more attention to recuperation. Try to leave the chores to reliable people. ”

Vimo was less in his presence, and less in his teaching. Therefore, although the Son of Heaven compared Zhuge Liang's Wuzhang original with some unlucky, Vimo still couldn't help but be happy and close.

It's just that he is not as good as Erlang, and he can't show his emotions freely between the Son of Heaven and his predecessor. He also paid attention to the invisibility of joy and anger, so he only smiled and said, "Thank you for your father's teachings, and my son understands." He added, "Last month, General Gu Changzhou Gu disliked his son's lack of diligence and passed on his son's set of five poultry plays. My son continued to exercise every day, and he really felt a lot stronger in his physique this time. Although I have been doing a lot lately, I don't feel very tired. ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't help but groan for a moment, and looked at Vimo with a smile, "Gu Huai Lao'er actually passed on the Five Fowl Opera to you?" ”

Vimo said, "Yes...... Is there anything wrong? ”

The Son of Heaven said, "There's nothing wrong with it - he wanted to teach me back then, but I didn't want him to earn him as an apprentice, so I didn't learn." Now I regret it. Then he sighed lightly, "Since he has earned you the title of a master, you can only send him." His younger brother Gu Ziye is also a famous Confucian in the world, if you want to gather Confucianism, his family has to do a part. ”

Vimo said, "Yes. ”

But somehow, the Son of Heaven was a little less interested. Then he said, "I am tired, so I will not keep you - you are not in a hurry to go back, go to the Chengxiang Hall to see your aunt." You haven't been to see her in the first month, have you? ”

Vimo's face froze, and after a moment he answered, "Yes...... My son will go. ”

When Vimo left the temple, the Son of Heaven sat down for a long time. The eunuch in charge realized that he had something on his mind, and finally took advantage of the opportunity to serve him tea, and said cautiously, "I heard that General Gu returned to Beijing this time and accepted another Meiji ......."

The Son of Heaven played with the teacup and said, "He's so old-fashioned." When I was in the shogunate of King Nankang with me, there was no day when I didn't prostitute a day. I look down on him frivolous, and he looks at me boring. ”

Cassia was surprised, "Even His Majesty is boring, who else in the world can enter his eyes?" ”

The Son of Heaven smiled, "--I also thought he was hypocritical. But now that I think about it, he looks at me as boring, in fact, he sees himself as boring. He is the same kind of person as me, otherwise he would not have been in league with me at the beginning, and he has not been able to distinguish a winner for most of his life. ”

Cassia didn't dare to make a sound.

On the contrary, the Son of Heaven sighed again, "In the end, it was my son who subdued him." The Son of Heaven came to his senses and suddenly asked, "Don't you think he's hypocritical?" He has been murderous all his life, cunning and ferocious, and his heart is as black as ink. In the end, what I admired was Vimo's pure white and paper-like nature. ”

Cassia said, "If you want to come to the world with black hearts, you don't want others to be as white as paper." ”

The Son of Heaven also laughed, but still said, "He's different." He's just hypocritical, otherwise the one who sits in the world today wouldn't be me. ”

He patted the chair, was silent for a while, and finally sighed in disappointment, and said, "The sun and the moon are gone, and the years are not with me...... I'm not with it. ”

Vimo came out of the temple. Chutian was low and gloomy, and snow covered the entire palace city. He only felt that the scenery was suffocating, and he was a little breathless for a while.

After standing in a daze for a while, he walked towards the direction of the Chengxiang Hall with a stiff face with heavy steps.

……

As we approached the Imperial Garden, the high wall reached the end, and the view suddenly widened. The cold wind swept in the snow that had not yet melted, and he only felt a sudden chill on his body, and before he knew it, he gathered his clothes. The wind was so wet that his throat itched, and he coughed again.

As he was coughing, he heard someone say in surprise, "Vimo? Is Vimo coming? ”

Vimo couldn't help but take a step back, and for a moment he felt the urge to escape. But thinking of the words of the Son of Heaven, he still stopped his steps, stepped forward to salute, and squeezed out a sentence with great difficulty, "...... A-Niang. ”

Zhang Guifei was very surprised, and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here, I came out right today." Hearing Vimo's cough, he squeezed his arm and said, "There's some meat." And he said, "Why do you wear so little?" Although it was spring, the weather was still cold. Don't be in a hurry to change your winter clothes...... and then turn around and tell your servants to go back to the temple and get clothes for him.

Vimo could only say, "...... Xie Niangniang cares, I'm not cold. ”

- The more Zhang was surprised, the more embarrassed Vimo felt. He really didn't know how to face Zhang. After all, as soon as he was born, he must have been carried to the queen before he could open his eyes to see who gave birth to him. After the queen passed away, she followed Xiao Shen.

It's not that he doesn't know who his biological mother is. His birth mother neither raised him, nor taught him, nor even tried to take him back to his side to raise him. But she gave birth to him, so he had a brand on him that could not be removed. Almost since he was sensible, he knew that he was not the queen or the child of the little Shen family, and he was different from his two sisters. His biological mother was despicable and despicable, and his biological mother's brother dared to pretend to be a Chinese even though he was from a humble background, and he was ridiculed by the world after the incident. He didn't know how these things happened, just because Zhang gave birth to him, he had an unbreakable relationship with him. In the past six months, almost every few months, someone would mention this past, which embarrassed him.

He was the eldest son of the Son of Heaven and the adopted son of the Empress. Seven years older than Prajna, the world knows that he is virtuous, and he himself is also determined to forge ahead. Dragged down by this, he still can't be made a prince.

But what was wrong with him?

The more eager Zhang Guifei was, the more Vimo couldn't take it calmly. But he can't say anything more, after all, no matter how much Zhang Guifei talks about it, she is also his concubine and elder.

He just wanted to do his best to fulfill the instructions of the Son of Heaven and get rid of this extremely uncomfortable occasion.

Liu Shi sensed Wei Mo's embarrassment, so he quietly pulled Zhang Guifei and said in a low voice, "It's cold outside, don't worry about talking at this moment." ”

Zhang Guifei suddenly came back to her senses and said with a smile, "Yes, yes." You see, I'm confused. ”

Vimo then relented slightly. He had never seen Liu, and he was vaguely dressed as a foreigner, so he must have been meeting guests. He was about to say goodbye. Zhang Guifei finally remembered Liu's coming, and introduced to Wei Mo with a smile, "This is your aunt." ”

Vimo didn't react for a while, only surprised that his aunt had come to see what the Zhang family was doing - since he was born, people around him had mentioned his uncle, talking about the Shen family, the queen and the brothers of the little Shen family.

Zhang Guifei also immediately came back to her senses, and hurriedly changed her words, "This is your uncle and aunt of the Zhang family." ”

Vimo realized that his aunt was Zhang Hua's wife.

The humiliation flowed down the blood flow to the top of his head in an instant, and Wei Mo was extremely embarrassed, and blurted out, "Uncle Wu Xing Shen, I don't know anything else!" ”

He had been carried away and could no longer stay here. Angrily saluted Zhang Guifei and said, "I have already met Niangniang, so I will stay soon." Rong Huaiyou retired. ”

Then he turned and strode away.

He had a hard patch in his chest, and he hated to avoid everyone. But it didn't meet people's wishes.

After a few steps, he first almost collided head-on with Liuli, and then collided with Ruyi and Xu Yi.

Ruri was obviously annoyed, and only stared at her with hatred in her eyes. Ruyi was at a loss, and hurriedly saluted him, "Big brother......"

Vimo knew that they had probably heard what they had said. What exactly he felt in his heart, he couldn't even tell. It's just that when facing these two younger sisters, his face burned badly, and he almost felt self-conscious.

He only nodded to Ruyi hastily, raised his hand and stroked the top of Ruyi's head, and hurriedly said goodbye.