Chapter 231
Princess Lan also understood that it was not the crown princess who took a fancy to her, but the prince who took a fancy to her son.
The family lives on her, she says nothing at home, externally, even in front of the princess, she is also long-sleeved and good at dancing, and she has never been careless when she was a child in her life, this time the angry son suddenly had a chance, her eyes were red, and she didn't speak for a long time.
Liu Zhenji saw that Princess Lan, who never crossed her every move, was stupid, and politely lowered her head, waiting for her to ease up.
After all, it was the crown princess in front of her, Princess Lan didn't allow herself to lose her temper for too long, she covered half of her face with a handkerchief, relieved the sourness, and said to Liu Zhenji, "The concubine can't see the prince's face, and I ask the princess to thank me on my behalf." ”
Although they are the same father, the identity of the princess and the prince is very different, even if the prince stayed in the palace for nearly ten years when he was a child, the number of times Princess Lan met him was only a few times, and then the prince left the palace, and he had not seen him once in more than ten years.
Now she is by the side of the crown princess, and she has never seen the prince.
The prince is not easy to see, and everyone knows it, so the few positions in the cabinet that are still vacant, even if they are direct ministers, also fight with the loyal ministers, just to be able to discuss politics with the prince every day.
Now that the prince has taken a fancy to her son, Princess Lan also knows that as long as her family follows the prince's side, she will have a bright future.
Because of the happy events hidden in her heart, Princess Lan couldn't bear it a little and went home under an excuse.
Her eldest son, Wu Jin, learned about this from her mouth, first he couldn't believe it, then rubbed his hands and walked back and forth a few times, kneeling in front of his mother, "Mother rest assured, the child will not let you down." ”
Princess Lan couldn't hold back her tears this time, and helped him up with both hands, "It's good that you have this heart, now the opportunity is in front of you, you can grasp it yourself, my mother can't do much for you, but I will guard the road in the palace for you." ”
The team on the princess's side, just for the sake of her son, she has to stand still.
Princess Lan's matter, Princess Zhen also knows about it.
She is in a different situation with Princess Lan, who has three sons.
The three sons are all promising, the eldest son is still a student of Zhang Yanxi, although he did not enter the court as an official, but he has a lot of income from writing books, and he also has a certain reputation among the people.
The second son and the second son, like the eldest brother, are both people who have passed the examination, but because Emperor Wen is in power, he suppresses the power of the clan family, and he doesn't like the clan and the emperor's relatives to take the opportunity for the children of the poor family, and they only stop at the step of Xiucai - but this has never hindered them from concentrating on learning.
Princess Zhen raised them hard, but the three were her sisters-in-law, and she was ready to raise them for the rest of her life.
But after the crown prince ascended the throne, many situations became different, on the clan side, the prince has also used people, Princess Zhen saw hope, when the crown princess said that she would recruit her into the palace, she came without saying a word.
But this time, the crown princess only looked for Princess Lan to talk about her son, not her, and Princess Zhen was not in a hurry, she was calm.
During this period of time, she also understood that the princess looked at the soft cotton, but there were needles hidden in the cotton.
Moreover, she is a princess with real power, and she is a real real power, not a possibility.
Now the people in the harem, except for those in her own palace, are all Emperor Wen's people.
But these palace concubines who are older than her generation also have to live by looking at her face, they make some small moves behind their backs, and the princess usually doesn't care, just one thing is to determine their life and death, just like one or two times, who can not be afraid of her?
Seeing her laugh, I felt that she had a knife hidden in her smile.
Such a powerful person, Princess Zhen didn't think it was useful to invite credit in front of her, just do good things for her, and when she wanted to reward her, it would not be too late to receive the reward.
Anyway, the crown princess can afford it.
She has already got a chance to get close, and she is not afraid of not being rewarded.
**
Dian, Xixia, Nanpei, the princesses of the four kingdoms of Yiliang, Liu Zhenji treated them differently.
She saw that the princess of Dianguo was pleasing to the eye, so the daily life of the embassy was rewarded by the palace, and the embassy of Dianguo could also eat and drink well, or according to the financial resources of Dianguo, in the Zhou Dynasty for a month, even the life of ordinary people was not as good.
Princess Xixia choked with her face-to-face, the little princess has a big temper, and it is estimated that she is not rare for the little thing she rewarded, so she didn't reward it.
Nanpei princess Liu Zhenji felt that in addition to black being black, she was also a little timid, and she really didn't look like a princess, but Nanpei people were very honest from top to bottom, and this country was really poor in Lin Dianguo, so there were fewer people in them than Dianguo, and the treatment was like Dianguo.
Yi Liang didn't give anything, except medicine.
Yiliang is also a small country, but it is better than Dian and Nanpei, but the things that have been sent to the palace and the so-called dowry given to Liu Zhicheng during this period of time are not the same as the appearance of a small country, I heard that Princess Yiliang looks really good, Liu Zhenji thought that this small country was afraid that it was pinning its hopes on this princess, so he was willing to sprinkle so much silver.
Originally, Yi Liang didn't count on her, and she didn't think about what to do with Yi Liang, but it was a business matter, and how to deal with the other three kingdoms at that time was just like that, but Yi Liang's hand dared to stretch out so long, even if she wanted to be softer, the prince might not agree, so the fate of this Yi Liang was already doomed, and she didn't plan to really let this small country leave Bian Jing like no one else.
Zhou Rongjun intervened in the affairs between small countries, but he didn't plan to care.
He has a lot to do, and now that Qu Nu and the Western Regions are all in his pocket, he needs to transform these two places into the places of his Zhou Dynasty, and turn the property, grain, and production tools of the Western Regions into his Zhou Dynasty.
Liu Zhenji said it in a high-sounding manner, and the harem doesn't care about the previous dynasty.
But the fact is that as a woman who knows what the social process needs to promote, and the man who is going to live a lifetime is a person in charge, how can she not talk much, so from the matter of dealing with Qu Nu, she has already said a lot of how to appease foreign people, and it is really that Qu Nu has some unique properties, and she did not hide the face of the predators, not to mention the opening of trade routes for the time being, and found a lot of people to go to Qu Nu to search for their experience in raising cattle, horses and sheep, as well as their useful production tools, She also added some of the things she originally knew, no, the experience was gathered, and she also added some more food that she hadn't thought of at all, the cultivation of fruit trees, and the prince had ordered the prime minister to take the Shangshu of the household department to do a special job.
Even Li Xiang's son was fascinated by this, forgetting the prince's revenge for killing his father, as a leader in charge of agriculture, he was so busy that he forgot where his home was, that is, Liu Zhenji was in the harem, and he had also heard that Lord Li was surveying in the countryside, and he didn't know what the bed looked like for ten days and a half, and he was tired of sleeping on the ridge, and she listened to it quite mixed.
Of course, the crown princess is sentimental, but the prince doesn't feel it at all, he thinks this is what people should do.
If it weren't for the Li family's ability, according to the Li family's crimes, let alone being an official for generations, there would be no chance to test for fame.
Before the implementation of the promotion, the prince was so busy that the princess specially asked for a meal with her, and now with the successful Western Regions, he has easily not left Dehong Palace, and those people in the cabinet were beaten by him one by one, and the heart of this Liufang Baishi is stronger than him, and they all squatted in Dehong Palace, and they couldn't stay home for a while, so they entered the palace again to discuss matters.
So the prince really didn't plan to take care of the affairs of those small countries.
When the letter from Emperor Wen of Zhou came, saying that the emperor was no good, Liu Zhenji went to report it in person, and saw that the Dehong Palace had become a mess, and there were several couches in the side hall, and a few fat old men and thin old men were lying on it and sleeping.
"Is the Ren'an Palace ruined?" The crown princess glanced at it, and quickly turned around and walked to the imperial study next to her.
Is this place for the courtiers gone or what?
Father-in-law Su and Father-in-law Ye Su were both by her side, and after listening to her words, Father-in-law Ye Su looked at Father-in-law Su, Father-in-law Su glanced at him coldly, and replied in his mouth, "It's late at night, and the adults are too lazy to walk, so they sleep in the side hall, if the prince has something to call them, they can also be on call, no need to waste more time." ”
"It's not a system, and Ren'an Palace is not far away." Yoo Jung-gil shook her head.
What is this called? The side halls are all resting houses.
The place where it was placed before was a bit far away, and she specially asked someone to pack up the nearest palace and come out, and even prepared a small kitchen.
The two fathers-in-law were speechless with people.
It is difficult for these slaves and maidservants to say such things.
"In the future, let these courtiers go to Ren'an Palace to rest, that's what I said, and the imperial doctor called the Tai Hospital, every two or three days, they will come to ask for a peace pulse, they all have old arms and legs, if he is sick, how can the prince find someone to help him? It's too much of a delay. The princess went to the imperial study as she spoke, stopped talking, and was about to ask someone to go inside to talk to the prince, when she turned her head to look at the hand, and the door was wide open, and the people in the imperial study were all looking at her, even the king and the king.
The crown princess said a lot at this time, and when she raised her eyes, she was looking at her with a bunch of eyes, and she was not embarrassed, and smiled at them.
"I've seen the crown princess."
"I've seen the princess ......"
The courtiers who came back to their senses opened their mouths first, and the sound of greetings kept sounding.
"It's a misfortune that I'm here, and you're on a business?" Yoo Jung-gil said with a smile.
"No, no, I'm about to leave." The prime minister was an old slippery head, and when he saw the prince looking at the princess, he didn't wait for the prince to signal, so he took the lead and took his men and horses out to salute and leave.
"Prince, princess, Weichen will retire first......" The prime minister finished speaking and left.
He was about to make another decision with his own people about what had just been discussed.
The prime minister's old fox was one step ahead of anyone else, and when he left, he was annoyed that several old ministers who were not as good as the prime minister also walked quickly, and stopped the prime minister quickly, and sneered at him.
The prime minister has been proud recently, and his face has calmly accepted their squeeze, and when he is done, he turned his head and said to his comrades, don't be like them.
Don't play with them, and don't play with them.
There are three parties under the prince, the Prime Minister's Party, the Supervision and Envoy Party, and the Scholar Party, and the three factions are gone, and only the prince and the princess are left in the huge imperial study.
As soon as this person left, the crown princess couldn't get bright, and approached him and told him about the emperor.
"The urgent letter is delivered, it will take ten days, we rushed over, I'm afraid it will take half a month," she is a woman after all, and she has to take a child, and she doesn't have the physical strength of a man, so she drags her feet, "I think, you hurry over first, and I will arrive later, what do you think?" ”
"Did he let us pass?" The prince was speechless and looked at the princess who was eager to send the funeral.
"I didn't say that, but I still have to pass, right?" Yoo Jung-gil looked at him hesitantly.
It can't be really not sent, right?
The emperor has enough to clear the way for him.
This deathbed trip, you have to go, right?
"It takes at least a month to come and go." Not counting the time of the funeral, I don't know how much happened in Beijing during this time.
Liu Zhenji let out an "oh" and squinted at him, "Then I'll take Yuyu and them there?" ”
Zhou Rongjun's face was cold, too lazy to look at her.
Liu Zhenji sighed lightly in her heart, looked up and nodded to the father-in-law by the door, and after seeing them retreat and close the door with the waiters, she squeezed into his throne from the side seat next to her, and said to him, "You are reluctant to us?" ”
The prince looked at the fold and frowned.
"You are reluctant to us, you are reluctant to give these treasures of yours, and you are reluctant to send your father, what do you say?"
"Who can't bear him?" The prince could only hear the sentence in the middle and the back.
Yoo Jung-gil took his hand.
The prince's hands, which have always warmed the stove for many years, are cold.
Alas......
The emperor is leaving, how can he feel good in his heart? It's just duplicity.
She sighed in her heart, she wanted to secretly squeeze him a few words, but she was reluctant at this time, "I know that you are afraid of delaying political affairs, but you should go, inside and outside the palace, they are all your people, but things have changed, where can they change?" Besides, it's better for you to go away for a while, and look at how many of these people you reuse, how many of them are worthy of your reuse. ”
"They can all take on the heavy responsibility, why else should I use them? Employing people without suspicion, killing them if they are suspicious, who wastes effort on them, what is there to see. The prince was disdainful.
He never tests people's humanity, that thing can never stand the test, it is better for him to firmly control these people, use them when they are used, and do not need to kick them away.
The prince's kung fu of unloading and killing donkeys is better than that of Emperor Wen, and he is really worthy of being a father and son.
The private prince revealed his true nature in front of the princess in an all-round way, but the princess still couldn't say that there was something wrong with you, so she could only coax, "Since you can, isn't it more at ease to go?" ”
"Do you have to go?" The prince's brows were deep.
Liu Zhenji felt that in a few years, her handsome husband would become an old man because he liked to frown too much.
Alas, what did she have to go?
It was he who had to go.
However, she had already borne many charges for him that she should not have recited, and it was nothing to carry it one more time, so she nodded very kindly, "Yes, I want to go." ”
Zhou Rongjun was silent for a long time, "Okay then." ”
He should be very reluctant, and Liu Zhenji felt that she had been too obedient to him over the years, so that people who were not awkward had become awkward, and they were more childish than his son.
**
The crown princess gave the prince two days to clean up the aftermath, and she arranged the affairs of the harem.
Princess Zhen and Princess Lan also used it to take charge of palace affairs for her during the time when she followed the prince to the palace to see the emperor.
Emperor Wen now has not many palace concubines left in the harem, and there are only thirteen of them, but there are only two fourth-grade ones, and the others are all lower ranks, Liu Zhenji is not afraid that Gong Zhen will not be good for them, even if she can't manage them well, she can clean them up when she comes back.
Before leaving, the crown princess called the relatives and relatives of the clan into the palace for a luncheon, and invited all the things that the prince valued, and none of them were invited.
She is not afraid of offending people, and now at this time, the people below are afraid of offending her and thinking about how to please her.
After the situation was reversed, she had the initiative, and her life was indeed much better than before.
It was the Liu family, she was still not at ease, so she called the princess to see if she could take care of her mother.
Princess Kai accepted the order with a smile, and went back to tell King Kai that she wanted to go to Liufu to stay for a few days.
She felt that it was better for people to look at it in the past, and she responded, if something happened to the princess's mother during this time, she would have two heads, and it would not be enough to cut off.
Liu Zhenji did not set off with the prince, the prince arranged political affairs, let the king and the king of Kai act on behalf of the government, the prime minister and the old Zhang Pavilion after they assisted, it didn't take two days, only one day, the afternoon of the next day, he took a small team of personal soldiers out of the capital quickly, and even did not let the Hanlin Academy, the people of the Inner Book Province write a decree to summon the prince of the world to visit the emperor in the palace.
It was still Yoo Zhenji who summoned someone to write a decree and summoned the matter on the Fengtiantai in the capital.
As soon as this decree is called, everyone will know that the Emperor will not work.
Immediately, Liu Zhenji also took his children out of the palace.
As soon as they left, there was no turmoil on the surface of the capital.
Zhou Rongjun was not at ease in the end, nor did he intend to challenge the loyalty of his ministers, so he simply ordered that during the time he left, the whole army would be on standby at any time - after all, the army was his, and each of the fifty generals he left in the capital had followed him for fifteen years.
There are these people looking at the princes and nobles in the capital, famous families, as soon as the prince leaves, they don't feel relaxed at all, but feel that the sword that the prince hangs on their heads is getting closer and closer to them.
When he received the letter, he wrote in the letter to Imperial Physician Jiang that the emperor would be this winter at most.
Yoo Jung-gil had already sent someone to prepare for the funeral in Beijing, and halfway through, he ran into someone who handled the matter, so he spent two more days counting the items.
Half of the emperor's funeral goods have been sent to the underground palace.
In fact, the dungeon has not been repaired yet, and the aftermath may not be until the end of next year.
Emperor Zhou Wen also wanted to wait until that time to die, but unfortunately, his body couldn't survive for that long.
The previous opening of his eyes had exhausted most of his physical strength, and he could drag it out until now, but there was a good medicine hanging on it.
Fortunately, even if the son doesn't care about their afterlife, the daughter-in-law is in charge, and the emperor is relieved.
The person in the Liu family, Xu is as good as her name, her character is chaste, in her life, as long as she is the right thing, she can't go back on her word.
When Liu Zhenji arrived, Emperor Wen of Zhou still had a breath, the prince asked his children to accompany him, and Emperor Wen took the hands of his grandchildren, and there was a little water on the side of his closed eyes.
The way he treats his son and the clan, there is no regret or no regret now, he chose that lonely and empty road, destined to have gains and losses, dying, and someone can be so close to him, it is not a good end.
It's better than really dying under the pressure of your son.
Zhou Yuyu felt that his grandfather was seriously ill and related to him, and the child had a strong debt to his grandfather, so when his father said that he would take his sister to accompany his grandfather for a few days, he obediently accompanied him, and after sending his sister back at night, he would accompany his grandfather, and he was not afraid that Emperor Zhou Wen was an old man who could swallow his breath at any time.
After Liu Zhenji made sure that his son was willing, not reluctant, he did not persuade him, but persuaded the prince and promised Yu Yu to accompany his ancestors.
"After all, he is not an ordinary child, he is the grandson of the emperor, your eldest son." Yoo Jung-gil felt that since his son could bear it, even if he was young, he was at the age to bear his own fate.
This is his life, and these things will also become his experience.
The son was angry about the disrespect he had spoken to his grandfather, because his grandfather did cultivate him, and never cared about his disrespect, which made him even more ashamed of his grandfather, and now he has the heart to make amends, it is not difficult to imagine.
Presumably, when he speaks in the future, he will be more cautious.
*
The prince prevented his son from sleeping with his grandfather, also because he felt that his son was too young.
As soon as Zhen Jier persuaded him, he nodded.
Because of this, he will also go to Emperor Wen's bedroom at night to sit and come back when his son sleeps.
He didn't have a good time during this time, he hurried over, watched the imperial doctor heal the emperor, the emperor was pricked into a sieve by a needle and did not die, and he didn't know whether his father wanted to die or not, he didn't sleep well every day, and when she came over, she had her body temperature in her arms, so that she could sleep for a while.
There are many things that I can't remember when I was a child before, and they often appear in dreams, and he even dreamed of his mother and royal brother.
The prince was actually a little sad in his dream.
But in reality, he didn't know what Lu Dao said about this feeling.
He had a lot of enmity with his mother and the imperial brother, and he didn't have any feelings, and he didn't know what he was sad about in his dreams.
And before his eyes, his father and emperor are dying in front of him day by day, and there is not much time to open his eyes every day......
Whether it was in a dream at night or the people he saw during the day, the prince felt that his past had become irrelevant to him with the death of these people.
His past will be buried with the death of these people.
If it weren't for his wife and children by his side, the prince would have felt a little lonely - without the spirit of youth, he no longer felt that he was strong enough to be the enemy of the world and would not be timid at all, and time made him admit that these dead people, no matter what kind of existence they played in his life, they were also his past.
And now, as he watched those he thought he would not care about, disappear before his eyes in his dreams, there was a lot of melancholy and sorrow......