Chapter 095: The Fragrance of the Country (I)
Originally, Zhu Yijun was quite happy when he heard Feng Bao say that his mother concubine let Gao Pragmatic pass, but when he heard that he was going too, his little face suddenly collapsed.
Xiao Zhu Yijun is much more restrained when facing his mother than when he is facing his father, and he is even subconsciously not willing to stay with her more.
If you want to say why, it's actually simple. Although his father is the emperor, because of what happened to him back then, he attaches great importance to family affection, and he looks at Zhu Yijun, the actual eldest son, especially golden, and he is afraid of melting in his mouth, and he is afraid of falling in his hand. If not, it wouldn't be so painstaking for the prince's companion to read this matter - Gao Gong's persuasion is of course important, but it must also be in line with the master's own wishes, so that he can willingly cooperate to such a point.
And Li Guifei is different, her position and situation determine that her attitude towards Zhu Yijun must be strict or even severe.
Where is she and what is her situation?
In terms of position, she is a concubine, and there is a queen above.
In terms of circumstances, because she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, she surpassed ordinary concubines in one fell swoop and ranked second only to the queen in the harem. However, the empress is not very old, and she has not been snubbed by the emperor before. Now, although the queen seems to be a little worse than before because of the advice, the emperor did not reveal the slightest intention of abolishing the queen, and even knew that the queen would be criticized by the outer court if she changed the palace, but still changed her to a quieter palace according to the queen's wishes.
What does this mean? It shows that the queen's holy family is not declining, and even the emperor knows in his heart that the queen is right, but he is a little embarrassed. That is to say, the queen may continue to be favored at any time - so what if she gives birth to Lin'er in the future?
Even if the emperor has canonized the crown prince now, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty are very, very sensitive and very stubborn about the distinction between the concubines and the concubines.
Li Guifei knows that her status comes from "mother is expensive by son", so the requirements for this "son" in all aspects must be quite high. And for a prince and the eldest son of the emperor, what is the biggest requirement?
Virtuous.
That's right, it's virtuous. Whether there is talent or not is of course very important for the courtiers of the outer court, but for the emperor and the crown prince, it is not so important. In this era, the first requirement for anyone in this era for the emperor or prince is only virtuous.
What is Virtuous? If this topic is thrown to the Hanlin Academy, at least hundreds of splendid articles can be handed over in one day, but there is no need, because Li Guifei has limited reading, and she can only ask her eldest son according to the "virtue" in her mind.
In the eyes of a woman from an ordinary family like her, although the standards of the so-called Ming Jun and Emperor Xian are not complicated, they must at least have the following three points: first of all, they must understand etiquette and be worthy of being a model in the world; The second is to select and appoint talents, not to mention far away, at least like your husband; In the end, we must respect the teacher and read as much as possible, so as not to be bullied by the outer court and fooled by the inner court.
It should be said that for a woman of ordinary origin and who does not read much, these views are very simple, but they are also normal.
It's just that in this way, Zhu Yijun has been sinned, the original royal etiquette is already strict enough, and he has to study under the supervision of his mother, Li Guifei sometimes regrets that she reads less, so she desperately lets Zhu Yijun read more, not only "reading", but also has to memorize - the intensity of memorizing texts for primary school students in later generations is originally pediatrics for readers in this era, and Mengtong of ordinary people is actually far less demanding than Li Guifei for Zhu Yijun.
It is conceivable that Zhu Yijun saw that his mother was a mouse and saw a cat - it's over, and he wants to endorse it again!
Although Gao Pragmatic saw that Zhu Yijun was a little unhappy and refused to leave, he had no say in this, but thought to himself: I have to figure out why Zhu Yijun doesn't want to see his own mother so much, if he can handle this matter, he must be able to leave a big good impression on this little guy.
However, it is definitely not okay for you not to see her now, I brought a "gift" into the palace today! It's rare to have such a good opportunity, and if you don't take the opportunity to don't take the opportunity to give, when will you wait?
So he took the initiative to stand up and said, "Prince, since the concubine is called, let's hurry over and pay a visit." ”
"Then ......" Zhu Yijun actually knew that there was no way to avoid it, so he had to slump his shoulders: "Okay." ”
Seeing this, Feng Bao frowned slightly, and said on the side: "Master, the slave thinks it's better for you to cheer up." ”
Zhu Yijun glanced at him, "um", didn't say much, but said to Gao Shishi: "You ...... later"
Gao pragmatic smiled slightly: "Your Highness doesn't need to say much, Weichen understands." ”
"Huh?" Zhu Yijun's eyes froze, and he subconsciously asked, "I didn't say anything, you understand?" ”
Gao Shishi's face was calm, revealing a confident smile, nodding slightly, but he secretly thought in his heart: You are a real child, I am not, I am forty years old in my two lives, I don't know what you think in your heart, this little friend? Isn't it just trying to say good things to you in front of your mother and block knives?
Joke, my experience of doing this job for the leader back then...... You have no idea how rich it is!
Without much to say at the moment, Feng Bao led Zhu Yijun and Gao Pragmatic to the Chengqian Palace where Concubine Li Guifei lived.
The word "Chengqian" of Chengqian Palace, simply put, is to obey the will of heaven, this palace in the Ming Dynasty for most of the time was the residence of the concubine, from Zhu Yijun's current residence in the Zhongcui Palace is completely separated by a wall - it is in the south of the Zhongcui Palace "next door". And this is actually the main reason why Zhu Yijun was arranged by Emperor Longqing to live in Zhongcui Palace. After all, Longqing is very busy, and the outer court can still be handed over to Gao Gong to worry about labor, and there are so many beauties in the harem, big and small, but he has to worry about labor himself...... In this way, the son's teaching has to be thrown to the mother!
Feng Bao is the second leader of the inner court, even if it is just "next door", a large group of people call first and then hug, stunned to put the prince's guard of honor enough before leaving, looking at Gao Pragmatic and frowning, but because Zhu Yijun is also honestly waiting, it is not good to make a sound, just observe carefully.
Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected surprise in this observation: although Feng Bao was greeting the ladies of the Zhongguan Palace to pose as the prince's guard of honor, he himself always stood in the middle position, until the end, the prince got on the bright yellow soft sedan chair, and Feng Bao also walked in front of the prince's small sedan chair with a big grin. And the key is that at this time, the prince's sedan chair is obviously a little behind, and the center of the real honor guard is actually where Feng Bao is!
Gao Shishi sneered in his heart: Feng Changgong, you stand in this position very delicately. If someone is in charge, then you can say that this is to open the way for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince; If no one cares, wouldn't this be the acting prince who has undergone these rituals?