In the evening, Mingzhu really came to Chen Wenhui, as soon as she entered the door, she saw Chen Wenhui staying in a warm room with comfortable clothes, she smiled and said, "You will enjoy it." Also, you will always enjoy it. It's not cold in winter, it's not hot in summer. You also have to make a ground dragon burn in this warm place in the south of the Yangtze River, you are really afraid of the cold to the extreme, so how can you go to the northwest? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled, hurriedly stood up, let Mingzhu in, and commanded Mingzhu's maid to widen Mingzhu's outer coat, and asked Mingzhu to sit down and say, "Sister, what you said is exactly what I am worried about." I'm afraid of the cold, but I've been used to staying in Nanyang in the past few years, so I'm really afraid of going to the northwest. ”

Mingzhu smiled, sat opposite Chen Wenhui, drank flower tea and said, "It's really not easy to have such a fragrant flower tea in this winter." ”

Chen Wenhui said while drinking tea: "The fragrant flowers used in this tea are brought from southern Xinjiang, and only the dried flowers in southern Xinjiang have this taste. It's different from what I'm made in the South Seas. There are many such fragrant flowers in the southern Xinjiang gifts I prepared for you. In fact, after trading with southern Xinjiang in the future, you can ask people to purchase a large number of teas, and combine them with your tea to make all kinds of flower teas, which is also a big selling point. ”

Mingzhu asked with sparkling eyes, "This is a good idea." And I made a note of it. Let's not talk about this first, you can quickly tell me in detail about your trip to southern Xinjiang. ”

There is no way, Chen Wenhui can only say it once. This is an hour. Both of them drank tea a few times, ate some snacks, and served the official room a few times.

That's barely enough.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Chongyi came back. He and Mingzhu are also common, and there is no need to avoid them, before, before Zhao Chongyi got married, he still lived in Mingzhu's house for a long time, so they just met for a salute, Zhao Chongyi was about to speak, Chen Wenhui said: "Sister Mingzhu and I haven't seen each other for a long time, we have to talk at night today." You go to the outer study to rest. I have called for the bedding to be laid. Burned the brazier. ”

Mingzhu hurriedly said: "How can this be done, I'd better go back." Anyway, our two Zhuangzi are connected. There are small doors to pass through each other. Why don't I go back now and come back to you tomorrow, we'll be done. Let's go to the city for dinner again? ”

Chen Wenhui has no way. can only send Mingzhu out with Zhao Chongyi.

The next day. Mingzhu came over early in the morning, Zhao Chongyi had already gone out again, and Mingzhu inquired this time. Zhao Chongyi will go out for a long time, so she simply came over wearing homely clothes, but she was wearing a cold coat outside. As soon as I entered the door, I was dressed loosely, and the two of them sat comfortably and chatted.

Chen Wenhui asked: "You didn't finish talking yesterday, how is the palace now?" ”

Mingzhu said: "Didn't I say it yesterday, the positions of the mothers of each palace have been decided, the places where they live have also been decided, and they have all moved home." However, after this stay, the struggle between the palaces began. Although it is still in the mourning period of the former emperor, the emperor has not flipped the brand in the harem, but the struggle in the harem is still continuous. The emperor has to go to the queen's palace every day, because there are many things to discuss with the queen. also went to the Queen Mother every once in a while to say goodbye. The Queen Mother also instructed the emperor on a lot of things. However, the Queen Mother is in line with the practice that more things are better than less things. The emperor didn't ask, she didn't say, in Cining Palace, if the emperor asked, she didn't hide it, she said everything. This made the emperor respect her more, and she went more often. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "My eldest aunt was originally a well-known virtuous person. After three generations of royal family, he has been in charge of the harem for many years, and he is very familiar with government affairs. ”

Mingzhu said: "Jingyuan said the same thing. Everyone respects the Queen Mother. But the queen is not bad. Although the queen mother has only been in the harem for a short time, she has the foundation of the queen mother before, and the help of the queen mother, plus the queen mother herself has the ability, which has taken care of the entire official affairs properly. In the previous dynasty, the harem was full of praise. The prestige of the queen mother was also established. Except for the one in the Zhaoyang Palace, the rest are obedient. ”

Chen Wenhui frowned and said, "It's Bai Guifei in Zhaoyang Palace, right?" At that time, everyone was a concubine in the East Palace, and even some were concubines, but she was the only one who was higher than the concubines and was a concubine, which doesn't mean that the emperor favored her more? ”

Mingzhu said: "No, who in the world doesn't know, in the emperor's heart, Bai Guifei is the first." In addition, she has a daughter and a son, which is much stronger than the queen's mother who only has one son. In addition, Concubine Wang Xian, who had a grudge against her before, was destroyed by the whole family and beheaded all over the house, and now she is like a dog in the mourning family, who in the palace does not understand, who is not afraid? It's the queen's mother, and she also lets her. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "It's not a good thing to be so sharp, right? The Queen Mother didn't say anything? ”

Mingzhu said: "She didn't threaten the status of the queen, what did the queen mother say?" ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "This is." ”

Mingzhu said: "There is another person, at this time, who also jumped out, and actually rebelled against the queen's mother, followed behind Bai Guifei, and provoked trouble several times, and pointed the finger at the queen's mother." ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

Mingzhu smiled and said, "You and I are familiar with it, it is Li Shuyu." That is, Li Chonghua. ”

Chen Wenhui was surprised: "She is a little full, how dare she jump out of such a low position?" ”

Mingzhu smiled and said, "She, don't you know yet? I have always been above the top, and I always feel that I am from a scholarly family, so I am naturally more noble than ordinary people. These few times, the emperor said a few more words to her at the family banquet, and she thought that the emperor was pampering her, plus, she was the old person of the palace, and she was the person who entered the palace when the emperor was still the king of the county, and she thought that she had deep qualifications, and those low-status concubines in the harem were bullied in every way, this time, I don't know what happened, I actually took refuge in Bai Liangdi, and began to look for the queen's mother. ”

Chen Wenhui frowned and said, "It's too early for this white concubine to make trouble, right?" ”

Mingzhu said: "You are really a smart person, you can see at a glance that it is Bai Guifei who is making trouble." I'll tell you. Because right now, the filial piety period of the former emperor will soon pass. The filial piety period of the world is twenty-seven months, and the filial piety period of the Son of Heaven is twenty-seven days. Therefore, the emperor will soon be out of filial piety. Although you still can't drink the feast, you can still spoil the people of the palace. Therefore, everyone in the harem can't sit still. This is still a trivial matter, once the filial piety period is out, there will be officials who will write to ask for the crown prince. ”

Chen Wenhui couldn't help but exclaim: "What? The emperor has just succeeded to the throne, he is young, and the princes are still young, why is he going to make a prince so soon? It's too early, right? No wonder Bai Guifei couldn't sit still. It's just that the eldest son of the queen was the eldest grandson of the emperor before, the grandson of the emperor's favorite, and he was both a grandson and a long, and he was also smart and clever. Bai Guifei's son is still a little older, and he can't say anything, how can he compete? ”

Mingzhu said: "It's because of this that Bai Guifei has no chance of winning, so she couldn't sit still and instructed the stupid Li Shuyu to step forward." ”

Chen Wenhui sighed and said, "This battle for succession is about to start again. ”

Mingzhu also sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't? We're all tired. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled bitterly.

Mingzhu said: "Regarding this matter, my father-in-law gave you a short secret letter, which is the result of my father-in-law's discussion, several big families, and Jingyuan. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly reached out and took the small note handed over by Mingzhu, which was indeed handwritten by his father Chen Yuanheng, with only a few words: "Li Family Academy".

Chen Wenhui hurriedly asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Mingzhu stretched out his hand and put the note into the brazier and burned it, saying, "It means to do it to Li Shuyu's mother's family." ”

After speaking, he sighed.

Chen Wenhui was taken aback: "The Li Family Academy is also in a catastrophe?" But if the Li family falls, not only will Li Shuyu be unlucky, but what about the Li family and Sister Lan Yingyu? ”

Mingzhu frowned and said, "I have already whispered to Sister Lan Caiyu about this matter on the way, and Sister Lan Caiyu also feels that the matter is very big, and she wants to go to her mother's house to discuss it with the Lan family." However, I have already instructed her not to leak the news to the Li family. so as not to startle the snake. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "The Lan family is still worth trusting. Besides, what if you just startle the snake? This matter must have been approved by the emperor, and I don't know how many things were exchanged for it. Hey, it's really pitiful to be the emperor's woman, they're all chess pieces. Being the emperor's Yue's family is also quite risky. Back then, I wanted to help the emperor ascend to the throne and face the threat of the emperor's enemies, but now, the emperor is on the throne, it's time to enjoy it, and because my daughter lost the palace fight in the palace, she will be wiped out. Hey, really. ”

Mingzhu said: "Hey, we look cold." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "However, let me tell you. This matter has done Chongyi a great favor. ”

Mingzhu hurriedly asked: "What's the big deal?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Didn't Chongyi investigate those corrupt officials in Jiangnan? I found out on the head of the Li family. Both the Wang family and the Li family have daughters in the palace. The Wang family is arrogant and arrogant, and the Li family is not idle. They formed a party for personal gain, and controlled lawsuits in Jiangnan officialdom, resulting in many unjust cases. When it comes to the harm to the people, the Li family is still greater. Sure enough, if a scholar becomes bad, he will be more ruthless than ordinary people. ”

Mingzhu was taken aback and said, "Hasn't the Li family always been rigorous? Didn't you want Li Shuyu to come out and play with us back then? ”

Chen Wenhui sneered and said: "That's all deceptive tricks, they are all window dressing, the cliff shore is arrogant, in fact, it's a bad stomach." This is the so-called high-sounding on the surface, with a belly of male thieves and prostitutes. I have no disgust with the destruction of the Li family, and I have no sympathy for Li Shuyu, and it has not been a day or two since she broke with us. But there is also a sister Yingyu who is not salty or light, which is really disturbing. (To be continued......)