This year's flower-viewing banquet is more lively than in previous years, with two little princes supporting the scene, and Feng Gongzi's good poems to add color to the fun, until it is getting late, the families will meet and leave.

As soon as the old lady got in the car, her face was so gloomy that she could wring out the water, it was easy to get home, and she refused to take care of a few granddaughters, so she was supported by the maids to rest, and when Li Mingwei came to ask for peace in the evening, the old lady said, "Today's girls are not good, especially Yuqin, her mother used her out of a young lady's temper, and she didn't even know how to wrap up when the eldest prince came, and she missed what a good opportunity." ”

"The Great Prince? Mother, did you see the eldest prince today? Li Mingwei couldn't help but straighten up.

Speaking of this, the old lady was even more angry, so she said from the beginning, "You should also talk about the Qi family, look at the good daughter she gave birth, she has no eyesight at all, the eldest prince gave her face, and she was willing to play with her, she seemed to be so wronged, even I was not good at talking at that time, I gave her a look several times, this girl couldn't see it, and then I saw the eldest prince and Lu Shilang's daughter playing, then Lu Shilang is just a four-grade Beijing official, and his wife ......"

Li Mingwei couldn't help but have a headache, so he had to say a few words nonsense, and then asked, "Why didn't the Qi family go today?" ”

"I won't let her go." The old lady said vigorously, "What can she do when she goes, it's just offended people in vain, thanks to my turn today, the old princess Yanci was not angry, and said that she wanted the Duchess of Yingguo to invite wine." ”

Li Mingwei's throat moved, and he swallowed a mouthful of spit, "Mother is also tired today, it's better to rest, and my son should go back." ”

Li Mingwei was a little upset, the eldest prince appeared in front of people today, how many levels of movement should be paid attention to, but the old mother's focus was crooked, Li Houye sighed and returned to the main room, Qi hurriedly greeted him, helped him widen his coat, Li Houye half lay on the couch, "You want Yutan to come over, I have something to ask her." ”

After a while, Kung Fu Yutan came over, and Marquis Li looked at her twice, "I heard your grandmother say that your sisters are not doing well today?" And what's going on with Yuqin? The eldest prince is here? ”

"The two princes have come over and written several poems, and the ladies are vying to praise the two princes."

"Even the second prince is here?" Li Mingwei hurriedly asked, but the old mother didn't mention the second prince, Yutan said with a smile, "The two little princes came together, I heard that Zhao Guifei asked the two of them to come." ”

"Write the prince's poem quickly and I'll take a look, can you still remember it?"

Yutan didn't say much, and reached out to take it out of his sleeve, "My daughter will transcribe it as soon as she gets home." ”

Li Mingwei was busy reading them one by one, and pondered for a long time, "Yutan, in your opinion, which of these poems is better?" ”

"The two princes are still young, it's good to be able to write like this, according to the daughter's opinion, the second prince is much better, and the layout is more exquisite, the second prince is going to write poems as soon as he comes, and he is also humble and polite when he looks at it, and the eldest prince is playful and naughty, but it should be a scene."

Li Mingwei took a breath as if he had a toothache, "What are you talking nonsense about this girl, what can you say?" ”

"I'm just talking to my father at home, my daughter guesses, many people are talking about the two princes in private tonight."

Li Mingwei clasped his hands in front of his chest, his eyes were blazing, and he asked in detail what the two princes had said, and what the old princess Yanci and others had said, Yutan said it carefully, and then said goodbye and went back to the boudoir.

Li Mingwei leaned on the couch and pondered, people like them must always pay attention to the movements of the heavenly family, and now the situation in the court is confusing, which really gives a headache to the ministers, and the ministers have repeatedly written to ask for the early determination of the country, but they have been suppressed by Emperor Zhaoming, I really don't know what the emperor thinks in his heart.

The emperor refused to set up the crown prince, and even the second prince was raised by the queen's side, the so-called heavenly power is unpredictable, and the ministers can only secretly ponder, the two princes were raised in the deep palace in the past, and the ministers did not compare, and several poems of the prince today are afraid that they have been spread all over.

Li Mingwei looked at the Qi family, "Madam, what do you think in your heart?" ”

Qi laughed self-deprecatingly, "The concubine didn't go out today, where can I say anything." ”

Li Mingwei knew that his wife was unhappy, so he patted her shoulder comfortingly, "I have to go out to socialize in the future, so that I can rest assured, Yutan is someone else's family, and I can't count on her in everything, and it's not good to talk to her too much." ”

Qi said with a smile, "Master Hou is very worried, but his mother is responsible for socializing, and the concubine does not dare to disobey his mother." ”

Li Mingwei sighed, "It seems that I have to think of a way, now is not the same as before, in case my mother accidentally says something outside, it will not be good." ”

This is the first time Li Mingwei has said such a thing in front of the Qi family, and the Qi family is a little more comfortable, "The concubine body is just a woman's opinion, and she doesn't understand the big things outside, it is said that the status of the emperor's eldest son is unshakable, the concubine heard that the emperor is affectionate, and I heard that the emperor spoils Zhao Guifei, now that the two princes are older, it is a matter of a thought, and the Hou Ye has not forgotten those past events in the Tongqing period, how many people have fallen at that time." ”

Li Mingwei's pupils couldn't help shrinking, as if he remembered the bloody storm of the year, the first emperor was short-tempered in his later years, and he was very stubborn and self-serving, the abolished prince committed the great crime of rebellion, the first emperor's temperament came up, several sons were killed, abolished, and the military generals were also implicated, and later the first emperor died of a violent illness, or the Empress Dowager Zhao adopted the young son of the first emperor, King Guangling, as an adopted son and put him on the throne.

At that time, how many families in the imperial capital were there, and Fan Yanghou's whole family, old and young, lost their lives.

When today's son and mother are filial, they have to go to the queen mother's palace every morning and evening to ask for peace, and they love Zhao Guifei very much, and send the second prince to the queen's palace to raise, the queen also regards the second prince as her own, and she cares about the cold and warmth.

Li Mingwei shook his head and smiled, the rights and wrongs in the palace, the ministers could only ponder slowly, on the surface, the queen mother is very virtuous, she regards the second prince as her own, and even the eldest prince is behind, the queen mother also said that the eldest prince is blessed with small virtues, and he is not as valuable as the second prince, I really don't know what the queen mother has in her head, so she just wants to please the emperor?

Even the Empress Dowager Zhao was a little overwhelmed, and from time to time she took the eldest prince over to play, and she exaggerated the prince's cleverness.

Li Mingwei remembered the rewards of the queen mother last time, it seems that the queen mother is not without complaints in her heart, but there is no one in the queen's maiden family, the Cai family has long since declined, and the queen's sister-in-law is not well married, and now she does not live in Beijing, and the queen has no help in the court.

And the favorite concubine Zhao Guifei is the niece of the Empress Dowager Zhao's mother's family, the Zhao family is a wealthy family, the protégé is innumerable, and the relatives are widely married, and the descendants of the Zhao family are many officials in the court.

The people in the palace can't help but ponder.

Now that the two princes are still young, in the next ten years, the battle for the throne will be bloody again.

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