The matter of the crown prince's imprisonment of the country has nothing to do with Liu Tong too much, but Liu Tong still feels the change in the atmosphere around him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the expression on Zeng Quande's face was still flat as always, the gloom in his eyes deepened.

An Hou, who came to deliver meat and vegetables to them every day, was also very low in spirit.

Hua Ze asked An Hou what happened, and An Hou replied that there was a bit of movement in the palace, and it was said that a group of palace people would be moved out and all of them would be put in Zhongguan Hutong, and he didn't know how he would live in the future.

Hua Ze told Liu Tong what he said, and Liu Tong said after a long silence: "My father can't take care of the affairs of the court, and the crown prince is in charge of the country just in case, it seems that he is going to start replacing the palace people in the palace." ”

"You mean, to get someone who isn't him out of the palace?" Chang Runzhi frowned and said: "This project is a bit big, the entire palace, how many palace people." ”

"You don't need to change them all, you just need to change the people in key positions." Liu Tong sighed lightly: "I guess that the people who have to be trusted by the harem ladies have to be replaced." By the side of the key person, he can only rest assured that he has his people. ”

Chang Runzhi said worriedly: "Concubine Xian Niangniang will be fine, right?" ”

"No, at most, like us, eat and wear a little sin, and more, the prince doesn't dare to do it." Liu Tong said: "The fifth brother is still in Yanbei, once he knows that there is something wrong with Concubine Xian, he will definitely not continue to hibernate." The crown prince knows this. ”

Chang Runzhi nodded, feeling a little apprehensive.

King Rui was in Yanbei and could not return to Beijing, and it was not long after the crown prince was in charge of the country, and he began to exclude dissidents in a big way. If you let him stay in charge for a longer time, maybe what will happen to him.

Chang Runzhi looked at Liu Tong: "Don't worry, King Rui will have countermeasures, isn't there still King Nanping?" ”

Liu Tong bowed his head, but he hesitated a little: "At this juncture, no matter what the prince does, the twelfth brother must not have any objections, otherwise according to the prince's temperament, he will definitely be suspicious of the twelfth brother." ”

"I heard that the prince is in charge of the country, and the king of Nanping also came forward to protect it, this is also to eliminate the prince's doubts about the king of Nanping?"

"There's that to think about." Liu Tong said: "What's more, maybe it was also at that time, the twelfth brother felt that the general trend was the inevitable and couldn't oppose it against the current." ”

Chang Runzhi sighed and muttered, "Didn't Your Majesty's body have been better before?" Why did you suddenly have another stroke? What is it that stimulates you......"

Liu Tong frowned slightly.

The one who can make his father angry is none other than the crown prince. What did the crown prince do to make his father so angry that he suffered a stroke and was paralyzed?

Recently, I haven't heard of any big moves by the prince, either the prince did it secretly, or the prince did it but failed to expose it.

Liu Tong couldn't think of a reason, so he simply didn't want to think about it, and began to think about what to do next.

According to the fifth brother's plan, it must be a preemptive strike, that is to say, even if the prince is in charge of the country, the fifth brother will inevitably stand still and wait for the prince to take the initiative.

Naturally, the fifth brother still can't interfere with this side now.

Then, the time when the crown prince is in charge of the country must be sad.

Thinking about the prince's previous order that the imperial physician would not send the doctor's wife Wenpo to Zhongguan Hutong, Liu Tong knew that if the prince was allowed to take power, he would definitely repay him, and he would be even more embarrassed for them.

He didn't dare to do it if it was too much, and he could only embarrass them a little in terms of food and clothing.

Liu Tong felt that he couldn't wait, and the next time An Hou came to deliver meat and vegetables, he stopped An Hou and asked him to invite Zeng Quande to come.

Zeng Quande came quickly, and Liu Tong said to him: "Grandpa Zeng, I need enough food, please prepare some winter clothes, in addition to carbon fire and medicinal materials." ”

Zeng Quande looked at Liu Tong silently for a while, and then said: "His Royal Highness the Ninth has considered it properly, and the slave will hurry up." ”

Zeng Quande spent two days transferring dozens of sacks of grain, dried vegetables and vegetables, as well as several large baskets of thick cotton cloth and new cotton, all of which were delivered in the dead of night.

On the third day, Zeng Quande was originally going to send medicinal herbs, but that night, Liu Tong and Hua Ze waited all night without waiting for anyone.

An Hou, who came to deliver meat and vegetables the next day, reminded them in a low voice: "There is a new steward in Zhongguan Hutong, and Grandpa Zeng has been squeezed out of this errand." Today, it's still a slave to deliver food, and tomorrow it is estimated that the slave will also be replaced. ”

Liu Tong thanked him for his hard work during this period of time and gave him a gold ingot as a reward.

An Hou stuffed it into his pocket with satisfaction, thought about it and whispered: "Your Highness the Nine, the slave looks at the face of the person who is in charge of things, I am afraid that it is not easy to deal with, you must be careful in the future." ”

Liu Tong nodded and thanked him again.

"Master, what now?" Hua Ze said worriedly: "Since the prince has laid off people from the palace, in terms of placing these people, he must be the first to think of Zhongguan Hutong, presumably the main thing is the thorn head found by the prince, and our days will ...... in the future."

"It's okay." Liu Tong said softly: "It's a big deal, if the courtyard gate is sealed, I don't believe that he can still climb over the wall to make it difficult for me." ”

Hua Ze thought for a while: "We have food, and there are fresh vegetables in the vegetable field, so we don't have to worry about eating and dressing." But there will always be a time when the food will run out......"

Zeng Quande sent a dozen full of food to supply them for a year, but what about a year later?

"Zhongguan Hutong will not fail to send grain, but it is possible that the quantity of food sent is small and the quality is poor. As long as they send it, we'll take it. ”

"If you send moldy rice noodles......

"Then don't." Liu Tong said: "If you have something moldy, you may have a bad stomach if you eat it." We're not hungry yet, so there's no need to be idle. ”

Liu Tong arranged everything one by one, and waited to see how the new steward would behave.

The next day, no one brought the food.

On the third day, there was still no one.

Day 4, Day 5......

It wasn't until the sixth day that the new steward knocked on the door of the small courtyard with a shy smile.

Liu Tong stood in the courtyard and looked at the eunuch who claimed to be in charge lightly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the little one just came to this Zhongguan Hutong, and he was busy with the council, and he delayed the errand of His Royal Highness the Nine, it's really ashamed." Steward Yu was slightly chubby, his eyes were not right, and while he spoke, his eyes were staring at Wei Zi with a sneaky look.

Wei Zi was originally a cannon temper, and he immediately became angry, and his eyebrows glared: "Look at what!" ”

Steward Yu smiled: "This sister-in-law's temper is big." ”

"Who is your sister-in-law, I don't have a brother-in-law missing a third leg."

Wei Zi snorted coldly, and Steward Yu's face changed: "My father-in-law manages this Zhongguan Hutong, how can you be humiliated by a little woman?" Come on, pull her over to my father-in-law! ”

The eunuch behind him was about to step forward, and Hua Ze took a step forward: "Who dares?" Don't die, just give it a try. ”

The words were mediocre, but for a moment no one dared to step forward.

Liu Tong smiled coldly: "The prestige of Steward Yu is so great, in front of me, he wants to take my people, is this looking down on me?" ”

"Minions don't dare, minions don't dare." Steward Yu immediately smiled: "The slave is just worried about His Royal Highness the Nine, such a spicy and tricky woman, I don't have to worry about serving His Highness the Nine." ”

Steward Yu beckoned: "This is Xiao Cui'er in Concubine Jing's palace, let her serve His Royal Highness Nine in the future." (To be continued.) )