In the hot summer of summer, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and they all hide in the tea houses on both sides to rest and cool off, drink refreshing herbal tea and eat snacks, and then gossip and talk more comfortably.

The weather in Beijing is much hotter than in other places, and the teahouses are full of people gossiping with each other about recent anecdotes. People suddenly found that Shangjing was a lot quieter, and there were fewer big things that made people's hearts surge, such as the lord of Zunyi, who made people talk about the 'color', and didn't hear a little sound after half a month, as if he had never returned, which made many people wonder very.

"Haven't seen Lord Zunyi lately?" One asked.

"But no, it's been half a month and there has been no news at all, so it can't be that something happened, right?" One guesses.

"How can it, that's the county lord, what can happen." Someone disagrees.

"I think it's grounded." Others have made bold guesses.

"Grounded, you said you were banned in the Prime Minister's Mansion by the Prime Minister?" This is a strange thing.

"What mistake did the county lord make to be grounded?"

"What kind of crime, this concubine is married, and the county lord is not young, so he must be quiet and wait for the marriage to be married." Someone picked up.

"The county lord is exactly thirteen years old this year, which is the age of discussing relatives, but I don't know which family's sons can have this blessing."

"Don't think about it, it's definitely nothing to do with you." One person made a joke.

"Hahaha." A crowd burst into laughter.

"If you want me to see that the county lord may be in the palace, how can the saint like the county lord so much that he can bear to be confined to the mansion."

"Reasonable." Someone chimed in.

"Then it's been more than half a month, and I haven't seen anyone?" Some people can't help but wonder.

"Then you are lonely and unheard, the palace is delicious, drunk and fun, who can still see the things outside, this hot Tianxing Xu County Lord is eating ice bowls in the palace, enjoying flowers in the imperial garden."

"That's right, it's the head of the palace after all."

"The saint is very fond of the county lord, if the county lord does not enter the palace as a concubine when he arrives and the ceremony, it is very likely that he will marry the prince as a concubine."

"You can't talk nonsense about this kind of nonsense."

"What's nonsense?"

"I think there's some basis for that."

"What is the basis, there are three princes in this dynasty, the eldest prince already has a concubine and a side concubine, and the second prince and concubine have been decided, just wait for the marriage next month to get married and even have a side concubine, and there will be only one third prince left."

"It's not like there's another third prince." The voice means something.

Everyone knew that the third prince was similar in age to the county lord, and if things were really as said, it was not impossible.

"How can the royal mind be said by ordinary people like us."

"We'll find out when the county lord and the magistrate meet."

The county lord ran out of interesting stories to hang out after dinner, so someone turned his attention to another lady who was also famous and married into the royal family.

In the eldest prince's mansion, Ouyang Yun has not had a good time these days, and she is often sarcastically ridiculed by the concubines in the mansion, just because she is not favored by the eldest prince, she also wants to capture the eldest prince's heart, but she also wants the eldest prince to enter her house. Only two days a month in her house, only one of the two days is to share the joy of fish and water, and it is not beautiful, every day must be the husband and wife ceremony, it is only a hasty end, she did not enjoy any joy, how can she not be resentful, but this boudoir thing can not be taken out and told to people, she held back a stomach of grievances no one to confide, and was laughed at during the day, life is more and more difficult, fortunately, he has repeatedly flattered the Yuan family, and some of the things rewarded in the palace also have their own share, Otherwise, there would really be no place for her in the house.

The eldest prince is wronged, the situation in the court is changing rapidly, and by mid-June, the second prince secretly made small movements more and more frequent, how could he have the heart to take into account the thoughts of the women in the backyard, and he still didn't know whether Prime Minister Ouyang Ye was on his side, so he hung Ouyang Yun for a few days to see the situation, Ouyang Yun is a scheming, empty beauty and brainless woman, he has no time to coax now, it is already good to go to two days a month, and he will go to the Wang family for the concubine, as for the intercourse, he must have energy, The annoyance of going out early and returning late every day is busy inside and outside the court, and I am so busy that I am still interested in entangling with women.

The mistress of the house, Yuan, naturally saw the jealousy of the women in the backyard in her eyes, and added a lot of fun to her usual leisure, but this pleasure was suddenly broken, so that she no longer had the peace of mind of the past.

Time passed quickly, and at the end of June, a major event suddenly happened in the palace of the eldest prince, which caught everyone in the palace by surprise, and the Wang family was completely pregnant, and she was two months pregnant. As soon as this thing came out of the backyard, the woman was shocked, envious and jealous, and the hatred was indeed even worse, everyone knows that a woman's life depends on her husband and children, especially the royal family, the saying that the mother is expensive by virtue of the child has been around for a long time, and it is even more so as a concubine, if you can give birth to the imperial heir, you can become a side concubine at the next level, but all princes have a concubine with two side concubines and a number of concubines. If you can get a man in one fell swoop, then it is possible to be promoted to a side concubine, and then the status will naturally be different, and the child will not have to be raised under the name of the concubine, and you can raise your own child yourself.

The eldest prince was very happy when he learned the news, and specially instructed the Yuan family to take good care of the Wang family and make sure that the emperor and grandson were born safely. His knees have always been thin, only one daughter from the Yuan family survived, and the other concubines who were pregnant were all unexplained and flowed away, which made him feel very sorry, and now he has a son before the second prince, and he is one step closer to that position, the royal family has always paid attention to the prosperity of the heirs, and having the imperial grandson can make him stand firm in the court.

"Don't worry." Yuan's answer on the surface was refreshing, but he was sneering in his heart, the child in Wang's belly was remembered by the concubines in the backyard, how could he still be born safely with all his tails, it was ridiculous. If it weren't for his own caution back then, his daughter would have been killed by those poisonous women, and now the backyard is about to start singing, I don't know who started first this time.

The Wang family is pregnant and has become the second noble female daughter in the mansion, the first is of course the main concubine Yuan, as for Ouyang Yun, who is the side concubine, it is not worth mentioning.

"That slut, why can she get pregnant!" Ouyang Yun went to ask for peace in the morning, and saw Wang sitting on a chair looking at him with a smug face, and his hand kept stroking his unpregnant belly, which was really disgusting.

"Bang la" The fine porcelain was smashed by Ouyang Yun in a fit of anger.

"Hmph, I'm going to see how long the slut can be proud?" The hideous color jumped on his face, and the vicious color in his eyes immediately appeared, and Ouyang Yun let out cruel words.

"Miss, don't be impulsive." Mama persuaded from the side.

"I'm not impulsive, do you want that slut to give birth to the child and ride it on my neck!" Ouyang Yun had no reason to speak of, and yelled: "That slut did it on purpose, she had long been playing the idea of the side concubine, and she was two months pregnant before the letter came out." ”

It's not that the Wang family wants to spread it, she has been cautious since she learned that she was pregnant, for fear that the child will be gone, and she thought about waiting for the fetus to stabilize after three months, but who knows that because Yahuan accidentally said that she revealed her mouth, this is when the news came out, and it is difficult for all parties in Fuzhong Park to be foolproof, but fortunately, it is more open to see who dares to stretch out this hand.

"Miss, calm down, you can't do this yourself." Mama had no patience to grind her lips with Ouyang Yun, who had no brains, and said directly: "Think about how many pairs of eyes are staring at the backyard when the Wang family is pregnant, if you make a move first and let people grab the handle, the child's business is that your status in the future will not be guaranteed, don't mess up at this time and get caught in the backyard woman's way, and use you as a gun." ”

Ouyang Yun listened to the words at a long time, and after calming down, she thought about it carefully, only the Yuan family had a daughter in the house, and the other concubines were all lost even if they were pregnant, this time the Wang family was pregnant, and the concubines were only more anxious than themselves, by the way, there was also the Yuan family, although she was in the main room, she had no children under her knees, if the Wang family was a mother with a son, there was a great threat to the Yuan family, and no one knew if the Yuan family could give birth to a son-in-law, if there was no one in the house, only the son of the Wang family could get the position of heir.

"Also, even if the child can be born, it may not be a prince, it may be a girl." Mama was relieved to see that Ouyang Yun was no longer making trouble.

"Yes, yes." Ouyang Yun smiled after thinking about it, how could she think that the Wang family could give birth to a boy, maybe it was a daughter, it was only two months and nothing could be diagnosed, and she had to wait.

The Yuan family was waiting to see a good show, but she never thought that Ouyang Yun, who had always been intolerant in her eyes, actually didn't make any movement, she also wanted to see how Ouyang Yun was going to deal with the Wang family, but she didn't expect that Ouyang Yun suddenly seemed to be a different person, although she ignored the Wang family with a cold face every day but didn't make any small moves, and the concubines who originally wanted to use Ouyang Yun as a target changed their faces after seeing Ouyang Yun's expression, and they were all wondering what was going on.

"Ouyang Yun is not moving, those people should think of other ways." Mama Zhou said with a smile.

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid Ouyang Yun won't be able to endure it for a few days." The Yuan clan guessed that someone had mentioned Ouyang Yun from the side, otherwise how could she stay safe with her temperament.

"Madame just needs to watch the play, this is not the first time, but Ouyang Yun has been added." Mama Zhou said.

"Hmph, Wang's delusional mother is more expensive than her son, and it depends on whether she has the ability to give birth to a child." The Yuan family hates those cheap women who seduce their husbands the most.

"Who says it's not, maybe it's a girl's piece, and I don't know yet." Mama Zhou smiled meaningfully.

"It's best to be a daughter." If it's a boy, then don't blame her for being ruthless, Yuan's eyes showed a fierce light.

"Even if it's a boy, it doesn't matter, it can't be attributed to the name of the lady when he is born, and only the lady is the mistress of the prince's mansion, and she is the housewife of the house, what is her little concubine." Mama Zhou comforted: "Madame must be patient." ”

"You're right, it's not all over the years." Yuan sighed lightly, his voice indescribably stunned.

Ouyang Yun is not the only one who is unhappy, in the water Yueju in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Aunt Liu also can't sleep, first, she learned about her daughter's situation in the Prince's Mansion, mainly because she was not pregnant, so she asked people to collect a lot of decoction and medicine recipes for nourishing the body and quietly sent them to the Prince's Mansion. Another thing made her even more headache, originally her daughter was married, she was alone in the inner courtyard of the house, she can be said to be the only hostess in the house, and her daughter married well raised her status in the prime minister's mansion, although she has no status as a wife, but it is almost the same as the main room, but the good times are not long, and the prime minister's mansion is about to usher in another hostess. It's not Prime Minister Xinna's stepfamily or concubine, but the only sister-in-law in the house, Ouyang Lin, is going to marry a wife, which is a great joy for the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is indeed a nightmare for Aunt Liu, without his new daughter-in-law entering the door, she is naturally the young grandmother in the house, and her identity as a concubine has to kneel to her, the house is no longer the world of her own, her identity is too embarrassing, and Ouyang Lin is not a discord when she meets, this is difficult for her, what should I do.

"It's time for Madame." As soon as Mama Wang entered the house, she said to Aunt Liu, who was full of sorrow: "Madame will eat first, and there is still time for the wedding in early July." ”

"How can I eat it?" Aunt Liu slammed her fist on the table and said, "The new daughter-in-law has a background. ”

"Madame forgot, Miss is still the prince's concubine." Wang Ma soothed: "Although Mrs. does not have the status of a wife, but no one in the house knows that Mrs. is the housewife, and the new daughter-in-law has to offer tea to Mrs. when she enters the door." ”

When these words came to Aunt Liu's heart, her face was not as gloomy as before, and she suddenly said, "Fortunately, my daughter is married well." ”

"Isn't there a Xiangye again?" Wang Ma said: "Xiangye will not embarrass Mrs. regardless of Miss's face, maybe because of the new daughter-in-law's entry to establish prestige, Mrs. will be corrected." ”

Aunt Liu's brows furrowed after hearing this, and her heart was happy, so she could calm down when Ouyang Ye came back in the evening.

Aunt Liu's pimple in her heart returned to her face with a smile on her face, and she happily had lunch, thinking about the beautiful things of being corrected, but she didn't know that things were often not as simple as she thought, even if Ouyang Ye agreed, no one would be happy for Liu to sit in that position.

In the evening, Ouyang Lin came to Ouyang Ye's study, because the marriage was approaching, he had been transferred back to Beijing from the Pinggu City Patrol Division, and after the marriage, he waited for the above order to come down to know where the gap was, he only knew that he would not leave Shangjing in the future, which was not a good thing.

"Daddy." When Ouyang Lin entered the study, he saw his father writing and folding.

"What?" Ouyang Ye dropped the last stroke, raised his head and looked at his sister-in-law, who he praised quite a lot.

"Can my little sister come back to my wedding?" Ouyang Lin has not met since he returned home at the age of eleven in the Xi Dynasty, and after returning to Beijing, he heard the rumors in the market quite curiously, how to think that the main owner is not at home, and his father is not worried, a girl who has not reached the end of the family is alone and does not return, which is also too strange.

"Little sister?" Ouyang Ye thought he was talking about Ouyang Yun for a while, but after thinking about who Fang Zhi was asking, his brows unconsciously twisted and said, "If she wants to come back, she will come back, you don't have to ask." "He wanted to know where his nominal daughter went, and after many inquiries about the saint to no avail, he sent people to look around on the street, but he didn't even see a shadow, where did you ask him to find someone, fortunately, the saint didn't seem to be in a hurry, otherwise a big living person would not have to be the prime minister if he lost him.

"But, my little sister is a girl's house, isn't it okay to be outside?" Ouyang Lin looked suspicious.

"You don't care about this, concentrate on getting ready to be the groom's officer." Ouyang Ye didn't say much, intercepted the words, and said, "If there is anything missing, tell the sù fang clan to do it." ”

As soon as he mentioned marriage, Ouyang Lin remembered a headache again, and said, "Dad, does Aunt Liu want to be straightened?" "He is extremely unwilling, how can he be a wife from a small family and a concubine, so that people don't laugh off their big teeth when they hear it, and they say that the prime minister's mansion is not divided.

"She is an aunt, what she should be is the identity." Ouyang Ye's eyes flashed with coldness, and he couldn't help but be a little angry when he recalled the foolish things that the Fang clan had done, if she hadn't repeatedly provoked the Xi Dynasty, she would not have returned to the house, and now there are already many colleagues who have asked about the Xi Dynasty being grounded, fortunately, there is a saint who is carrying it around, otherwise the Prime Minister's Mansion will be a big laughing stock in the capital.

Ouyang Lin is relieved to have his father's words, after the new daughter-in-law enters the door, everything in the mansion is no longer in charge of the Liu family, and it is useless to have a daughter who is married to the prince as a side concubine, and the prime minister's mansion is still the father's final say.

The dispute between the two factions of the eldest prince and the second prince has become more and more intense, and the court has faced each other several times, and there are frequent small movements in secret, and Mu Haoyu, who sees these in his eyes, just looks at it coldly, the emperor's art lies in balance, the two sides are evenly matched, no one can swallow each other, no one can only bite each other, no one can be careless, the emperor's attitude makes some ministers who have not yet stood in line unable to make up their minds for a while, which side to stand on in order to become a hero in front of the next emperor.

Speaking of which, the foundation of the eldest prince was naturally more stable than that of the second prince in the early days of the dynasty, but the current situation is nothing more than that the second prince has some troops in his hands, which poses some threats to the eldest prince's side, and the two sides are deadlocked. The emperor's silent attitude made the courtiers have some guesses, one is that the ability of the two princes is not weak, and the winner of the competition between the two parties cannot be chosen, which is a rule that the royal family has acquiesced to since ancient times; Second, I want to take this opportunity to warn those ministers who stand in line that there must be a bottom line, after all, the emperor is still alive and well, and if you want to take the opportunity to please before the crown prince is established, you need to weigh whose courtiers you are now. The courtiers mostly prefer the first type, because whenever the court discusses the emperor, the emperor will be judged by the two princes first, which can be seen that they want to hone the two.

Above the court, Ouyang Ye quietly listened to the quarrel between the two parties, his eyes peeked at the emperor on the throne, he always felt that something was wrong, he knew that the emperor belonged to the three princes, and the two parties were constantly fighting and it was possible that he wanted to take this opportunity to pave the way for the three princes and suppress the forces in the hands of the two princes, but because he knew, he had never seen the three princes in the court, which was too unreasonable, since he was interested in the three princes, why didn't he let the court listen to the government and familiarize himself with the courtiers, and now the court only knows the eldest prince and the second prince, The three princes have long been forgotten by people, could it be said that the emperor's mind has changed?

Ouyang Ye himself is not very optimistic about the three princes, because he doesn't understand the temperament of the three princes at all, what stage of knowledge, the three princes who rarely appear in front of people give people the feeling that they are not only mysterious, but also have an indescribable immaturity, no one is there at his age, who can say anything, as for the remaining two princes, the eldest prince is okay, brave and resourceful is short-sighted and careless about future interests, the second prince seems to be calm but is seriously suspicious, and it is difficult to control the overall situation if he is too forward-looking. Now the situation seems to be tense, but in fact it is still under control, and it will take another year or two for clarity.

"Is this true?" There was a tremor of excitement in his voice.

"I'm sure I'll be sure of it." The voice was full of determination.

"But he's all right?" There was some confusion in his voice.

"I used less of it, if I wasn't afraid of being discovered......

"How much longer?"

"I can't say for sure, you don't have to worry about it, you just need to set up your chess."

"It doesn't seem to be a one-time thing."

"It won't be too long, be careful, don't let people notice."

"Hmm."