Chapter Eighty-Nine: Every Man's Thoughts
There is a sentence that comes to say, happiness is sad, that's the word, the person who is happy is Aunt Liu, and naturally she can't run away from her with sadness.
will not stay in the palace all the time, even if Mu Haoyu is willing, how many pairs of eyes are staring inside and outside the palace, and now the minister has no courage to impeach, and it is always a matter after a long time. Although part of the reason is to induce the courtiers to think in other aspects, there are some things that should be grasped to a degree, too much, at the beginning of the court to stand firm, you must not put yourself in it and become the target of public criticism.
Mu Haoyu was reluctant and impossible to take his little daughter with him for the rest of his life, and agreed to the decision to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Prime Minister's Mansion would not be able to live for long, and the Qianlin Palace would be able to move in after it was renovated.
There is no one who is not jealous of the emperor's favor for the Wing King, especially the concubines in the harem, who can't tear more than a dozen silk handkerchiefs a day to relieve their anger.
Mu Zhao took the time to enter the palace to visit his mother, since his accident, the power in the hands of his mother has also been taken back, and it is still the palm print of the concubine, and the power is gone.
"Winged King." Yuan Guifei muttered, her eyebrows frowned slightly, her face changed immediately, and there was a little more ridicule in her eyes.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Mu Zhao wondered what was so special about the words King Yi, which caused the concubine's face to change.
"Wing means winged wing." Yuan Guifei looked at her son and said with a smile: "It also has the meaning of flying with wings." "The emperor's intention to give such a title to the county lord of Zunyi is obvious.
"Mother!" Mu Zhao was shocked for a while, "How come?" "There is too much age difference between the two, and the father can be the father of the county lord, and the words of the mother concubine are a bit far-fetched.
"Why not." Concubine Yuan has always had doubts in her heart, and the favor given to the county lord by the emperor again and again has exceeded the bottom line and crossed the ancestral system, which is really unimaginable.
"From the beginning of being named the lord of Zunyi, the hidden meaning of the word Zunyi, in today's Wing King, you can say that the emperor has no selfishness." Yuan Guifei only needs to think of the emperor's love for Ouyang. My heart is like a pinprick, I entered the palace at the age of fifteen and is now thirty-five years old, I have served the emperor for 20 years, and all my admiration and admiration have been given to the emperor. What I got was only the position of the concubine, the concubine, the imperial concubine, the queen, the difference between the words is a world of difference, and it is impossible to have no grudge in my heart.
The death of the queen made her who had been working hard for ten years finally see hope, but what she was waiting for was not the honor of the mother's world, heh, how ridiculous, Yuan Guifei was silent in her thoughts for a while and couldn't extricate herself.
Mu Zhao paid attention to his mother. sighed deeply, for the mother concubine is not worth it, the mother concubine gave too much, and it is not difficult to get the same thing, not to mention that the man she loves is the king of a country. The ancient emperors were so affectionate, although the beauties of the harem did not reach the three thousand Cheng dΓΉ, there were also double-digit concubines, the same age of flowers to show off in the wind, young and immature and ignorant, and the mother concubine who loved the king of God should know that he could not get the emperor's favor in this life. No matter how hard you struggle, you can't break free from this gorgeous cage made of gold, how ridiculous and sad it is to love God, and whether the mother has regretted it, and should not listen to her grandfather's words and enter the palace as a concubine.
Mu Zhao has rarely seen the sincere smile of his mother since he was sensible, and for the sake of status, he must learn to restrain all his external feelings and hide himself, and even his smile seems to be veiled. It's so unreal, after wearing the mask for a long time, I forget how to take it off, and it has become a habit to imprint it into the bone marrow and engrave it into the heart, and then it is difficult to go back to the past.
Both of them were silent in their own worlds, and the room was quiet, and the whole room seemed extremely cold and lifeless.
"Mother." Mu Zhao woke up from his past memories first. Whisper softly.
"What?" Yuan Guifei flashed for a moment, and looked at her son for some reason.
"Just talking about the Winged King." Mu Zhao reminded, "The mother concubine said that my father plans to marry King Yi as a concubine. That's what Concubine Yuan's words want to express.
"Are you surprised?" Yuan Guifei asked Mu Zhao his opinion.
"How can you enter the palace as a concubine if you have already been crowned a king?" This is the point, and it is also limited by the ancestral system, Mu Zhao was very confused by Yuan Guifei's words.
"Why do you want to enter the palace, what's so good about entering the palace?" Yuan Guifei sneered: "Now that I have the identity of the Wing King and the power to listen to the government, why do you want to enter the palace and be locked in this flashy cage, without freedom, people's hearts will change after a long time." Just like herself, she has changed from an ignorant girl to a ruthless concubine, and everything has changed with the transfer of time.
"The honor given by my father is indeed eye-catching, in my opinion, part of the reason is to win over Prime Minister Ouyang Ye, not exactly as my mother said." On the premise that there is no definite basis, random speculation will lead to the accuracy of future judgments, and the results of one thing after another tell him to be careful to make the Wannian ship, he has suffered a lot of losses, and he does not want to make the same mistake again, so he still has reservations about the words of the concubine, and does not veto them all.
"The intertwined relationship behind Ouyang Ye is very attractive, but don't forget that the best thing to win over is marriage." Concubine Yuan has been in the deep palace for many years, and some secrets can't escape her eyes.
"If you think about it carefully, the concubines of the two of you were already decided before Mu Rong died, and the marriage that the emperor decreed should be set aside if you want to win over the position of the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Yuan Guifei said according to her own analysis and listened to her son.
"The emperor only allowed you to marry a young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion, but on the day of the wedding, he didn't even give the name of the side concubine, which seems to be beneficial to you, but it is not." Yuan Guifei didn't approve of this marriage from the beginning, if it wasn't for the emperor's marriage, she would have thought about it and pushed it away, as for the side concubine she married, her name was not true.
"My father doesn't value the side concubine, I always thought it was because of Ouyang Yun's identity, and he lost face outside before the wedding." Mu Zhao looked back and studied it carefully, and he understood that he thought he had ignored some details at that time.
"That matter involves the lord of Zunyi." Yuan Guifei's voice was slightly deep, "Although I didn't show up, I gave Ouyang Yun a slap in public, which caused the entire people in Beijing to see the joke, how unruly Ouyang Yun, who is about to become a side concubine, is." β
"At the same time, it also weakened Ouyang Yun's role in connecting the Prime Minister's in-laws." No one will take Ouyang Yun, who is arrogant and arrogant and provokes his sister-in-law, seriously, and it is even more impossible to really win over Ouyang Ye, Mu Zhao regrets it at this moment, not only married a fool, but also ruined his plan, which is really hateful.
"Have you ever thought that the Wing King Yuan He appeared in the Longhua Palace." Yuan Guifei suddenly remembered the question that the courtiers had discussed a lot not long ago but had not been able to solve it.
"Winged King." Mu Zhao fell into deep thought.
"If you want to talk about the past, only the Wing King himself lives in the Longhua Palace. Otherwise, how did it appear so appropriately? Yuan Guifei has always been reluctant to admit this terrible conjecture.
"Impossible." Longhua Hall is the sleeping palace of the emperors of previous dynasties, even the queen of the current dynasty is not qualified to live in Longhua Palace, Mu Zhao vetoed the words of the concubine without thinking about it.
"How can a person living in the Longhua Hall be concealed for so long, and the food used more or less will be recorded in the book. I didn't find anything unusual in the eyeliner I planted in the palace, mother, you didn't notice it either, did you? "Otherwise, there will be no ambiguity.
"If the emperor wants to hide someone, how can he be light and let people find out." Yuan Guifei said again: "The Wing King has been living in the palace for the past few days, you can guess where she lives?" β
Mu Zhao lowered his eyes slightly, and said in a surprised tone: "Could it be that it is really Longhua Palace!" β
"As far as I know, there are no people living in other palaces or side halls." The meaning of the words is already clear without being thorough, Yuan Guifei has been jealous of this, but what is the use.
"Where did my father take a fancy to the Wing King?" Mu Zhao really couldn't explain it, what was there to see about the cold three-foot face of the Wing King.
"I don't know." Concubine Yuan also couldn't understand how the emperor could like the young girl, could it be that the picture was fresh. No, it won't, if only then you wouldn't have to be crowned a king.
"It's useless for the concubine to talk about this now." Mu Zhao wanted to say that there was no real evidence, and it was in vain to just guess.
"Don't take it lightly." Yuan Guifei solemnly reminded her son, "The emperor will push the Wing King to a high position step by step." It is not impossible to wield a lot of power. β
Mu Zhao couldn't laugh or cry, this is too ridiculous, giving a girl the power of the film, or the power, I feel funny when I think about it, it can't happen at all, what's wrong with the mother. It's like a soldier with all the grass and trees.
"Don't take my words as a deaf ear, look at it, the emperor will definitely take a closer step." Yuan Guifei was convinced of her own inference.
"If you underestimate your father, you will suffer, just like Mu Rong." Yuan Guifei said coldly and warned Mu Zhao not to take it seriously.
"It's too early to say that." Mu Zhao didn't think that the concubine was at fault, but he just felt that it was a bit of a fuss. "Although the Winged King is in court, he has not spoken his word." He couldn't help but wonder if King Yi could understand government affairs, maybe he hadn't even read the Four Books and Five Classics, let alone talked about the major affairs of the court and politics.
Yuan Guifei saw that her son couldn't listen to her son's persuasion, so she said: "The reason why the emperor made a big move to seal the king is to give the best to King Yi. You don't have to look up to people's status and power, and you won't be criticized and poked in the backbone at every turn. If you don't have a noble status, you will be forced to die as soon as possible, if you don't take my words seriously, it doesn't matter, you just need to look at it with your heart and you will find the clues. "At that point, it will be clear that the truth will be clear.
Mu Zhao didn't refute the words of the concubine this time, he listened to it in his ears and remembered it in his heart, the concubine was also for his good, and it was not a big mistake to be more careful.
"Yes, my son understands." Mu Zhao responded.
Yuan Guifei saw that her son had written it down, and her heart was relieved, she didn't have much to help her son now.
Yuan Guifei hesitated in her heart, and her face showed a little worry.
"Mother, but what's the matter?" Mu Zhao asked, wanting to help the mother solve the troubles in her heart.
"It's not a big deal." Yuan Guifei decided to take a gamble to see if it was really what she thought.
"Whether the Wing King is unclear with the emperor, I plan to give it a try." Yuan Guifei had already had such thoughts, but because she had not been calm during this time, she put it aside for the time being, but now the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, so she started thinking again.
"How do I try?" As soon as Mu Zhao heard the interest, he was already puzzled, but he wanted to try it if he could solve it, and the premise was to ensure that he was safe and worry-free.
"I have already repaired a letter to your grandfather, let him help the staff to see if things are feasible, Yuan Guifei did not say what was written in the letter.
"This matter needs to use the woman of the inner house, and if it is feasible, it can test the emperor's intentions for the Wing King in one fell swoop." Yuan Guifei didn't tell her plan, she only clicked.
Mu Zhao didn't ask in detail, the plan needs to be considered by his grandfather, and it seems that it is difficult to implement.
"The Wing King has a good appearance, and he is about to become an adult." Yuan Guifei said such a sentence before Mu Zhao left.
Mu Zhao smiled after hearing this, and the hour passed so quickly in a blink of an eye.
Mu Zhao couldn't stay in the palace for a long time, although there were some things that he didn't get answers, he put down half of his heart, and it was better than nothing.
Yuan Guifei was quite unwilling to take up all the attention of the emperor with the winged king, and fought with the women of the harem for 20 years, but she lost to a little girl when she turned around, saying that she was jealous or unconvinced, she really wanted to see what the emperor's sincerity was.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Aunt Liu received the news that King Yi was going back to her house, and she was shocked on the spot, how could she come back!
"Ma'am." Mother Wang helped Aunt Liu sit down, poured a cup of tea and put it in Aunt Liu's hand, "Drink tea to calm down." "It's too late to hide.
Aunt Liu held the teacup in both hands, the temperature of the tea alleviated some of the cold that had risen suddenly, and she looked for the instinct to chase warmth, and her eyes were bright.
"Madam, it is only natural for the Wing King to return to the house, and he can't stop him if he wants to." Wang's mother comforted Aunt Liu, and at the same time, she was also warning herself to be calm.
"The Yiwang Mansion can't be repaired for a while, and you can't live in the palace all the time, it's so unruly." Wang Ma continued to enlighten, "The slave maid can't stay for a few days if she wants to be full, and she is patient and endures, and it will pass in the blink of an eye." β
"Can't you hide if you can't provoke it?" Wang Ma said with a pretentious matter: "As long as you avoid Pinglan Yuan, avoid the person of the Wing King, and stay in Shui Yueju in An'an, the slave maid thinks that the Wing King will not suddenly come to the door." β
Aunt Liu has experienced those few things, how dare she provoke the cheap girl who is now crowned king, it is too late to hide, she can't dig a hole and bury herself, not because she is ashamed to see people, but because she is afraid of the means of the Wing King.
"Madame, and be relieved, there will be no accident with the master." Mother Wang lifted Ouyang Ye out like a life-saving straw and put it in front of Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu is still afraid, no matter how reasonable what Wang Ma said, it will be in vain if she can't get over the hurdles in her heart.
"Madame forgot, what about Princess Hening?" Wang Ma carried another person out, "Princess Hening will definitely be curious about the current Wing King of Zunyi County, who has always been compared to herself, as long as Princess Hening intends to entangle the Wing King, Madame will be able to survive safely." β
Wang's mother's words reminded Aunt Liu, yes, there is Princess Hening in a qiΔ There is room for maneuver.
Who is Princess Hening, as long as Princess Hening casually finds some trouble for the Wing King to divert the Wing King's attention, she will be safe and sound, and maybe she can watch a good show, the more Aunt Liu thinks about it, the more likely it is, and she can't help but show a gloating smile on her face.