"An Jixiang went to Xuzhou to deliver the message, what new news did you bring back?"

Qingyang is also officially canonized as a concubine today, and as one of the four concubines, the status is still above the other three concubines, but today's ceremony is for the canonization of the queen, and the other three concubines (Shufei, Defei, and Xianfei) are newly married daughters.

Changxin Palace is one of the first buildings to be repaired in the palace city, in addition to the main hall, the wing hall, the left and right class courtyards, there are sixty or seventy rooms in total, there are more than 40 people who are waiting for the palace envoy, the attendant female officer, the palace maid and the miscellaneous servant at present.

Although it is far from the time when the manpower is at its fullest, it also reflects Qingyang's status above other concubines.

However, Qingyang did not have the slightest satisfaction in his heart, and when he returned to Changxin Palace, he asked someone to send Yun Puzi to the palace for questioning from the Chongfu Guan Palace outside the gate of Changxin Palace.

Although Emperor Tianyou does not advocate Buddhism, after the founding of Jinling, he still retains a Chongfu Taoist temple with a history of more than 200 years in the imperial city outside the gate of Changxin Palace, and the Taoist priests inside are also pure, so that the concubines of the harem can worship Buddha and worship the Tao in the imperial city.

After Yang Yuanpu learned of Yun Puzi's identity and the inside story of being forced to retreat by Lu Qingchen and Li Pu, he named him the envoy of the Chongfu Guan Palace and presided over the Chongfu Guan affairs.

As long as the county lord of Qingyang has an edict, Yun Puzi still doesn't have to be too constrained when he enters and leaves the palace.

Of course, Qingyang didn't expect An Jixiang, who was attached to Yang Yuanpu's side like a pug, to pass on any news to her, but An Jixiang went to Xuzhou to pass the decree, but Emperor Yanyou canonized Han Qian as the Marquis of Qianyang to reward his merits, and the etiquette was quite heavy, in addition to the several eunuchs selected by An Jixiang from the palace, there were also officials from the Ministry of Rites accompanying him.

There is no need to go through An Jixiang, and the many situations after Han Qian's return to Xuzhou are believed to be spread in many corners of Jinling City soon.

What's more, Han Qian was honestly sealed, the previous tension should be eliminated, and the war on Jinling's side has been over for two months, and Qingyang wonders if there are already merchants from Xuzhou or Qianzhong on the streets of Jinling City.

Qingyang was in an irritable mood, summoned Yun Puzi to Changxin Palace, and wanted to know the recent situation in Xuzhou immediately - to be honest, what use could she have after knowing the recent situation in Xuzhou, she didn't know in her heart.

Qingyang was confident that she could win Yang Yuanpu's favor in the past, and at the same time, in order to avoid others from talking about her being kidnapped, she also helped Yang Yuanpu plot Han Qian as much as possible, but who would have thought that she would be self-defeating in the matter of the marriage contract?

Although Yang Yuanpu was silent on the surface, Qingyang knew in his heart that he probably suspected that he was secretly working for Han Qian, after all, no matter how he analyzed it, the marriage contract was just right to give Han Qian an excellent excuse to return to Xuzhou in advance.

If it weren't for the fact that she had gotten Yun Puzi's guidance when she went to Maoshan to meet her brother before she accompanied her brother to Jinling City for the first time, she would have suspected that Yun Puzi had gone to Chizhou to join her, all of which was arranged by Han Qian.

Thinking about it, it can only be said that Han Qian's grasp of people's hearts is extremely wonderful.

Perhaps the moment he brought Wang Jun into Fanchang City, he had expected that as long as someone guessed that Yang Yuanpu had the intention of leaving him, most of them would make a fuss about his marriage contract with Wang Jun.

Even if it wasn't her, someone else would mention it to Yang Yuanpu; Or maybe Yang Yuanpu himself had already thought of using this way to force Han Qian step by step.

She had no time to delve into how Han Qian was planning the whole matter, and she was even more worried and anxious about her situation at this time.

In today's palace, in addition to the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er and Queen Li Yao, there are three more nobles, Concubine Shu, Concubine De, and Concubine Xian, all of whom are from extraordinary backgrounds.

Not to mention Han Daoming's daughter as a foil, Zheng Hui and Huang Hua are all people that Yang Yuanpu tried his best to woo.

Zheng Hui's youngest sister Zheng Zhao entered the palace this time to canonize Concubine Shu, and Huang Hua's daughter Huang Mo canonized Concubine De, and the grace and rain and dew she received may not be under her.

Not to mention the old system, there will be nine concubines and twenty-seventh women selected into the palace in the future.

Speaking of which, after Han Qian infiltrated Jinling, he seemed to be an extremely inconspicuous idle chess player, but in the blink of an eye, the world turned and the situation was reversed.

The change came too quickly and too quickly, and one moment ago she was still full of thoughts that she would be able to stand firm by suppressing Li Yao, who did not like Yang Yuanpu in itself, but the next moment she was already in the Great Chu Palace, surrounded by strong enemies.

The situation has changed so much and so fast that she has not been able to adapt to the huge changes in just one year.

Although her brother is in the Banan region, he has captured the last Wu people's cottage, and the Qianjiang River waterway has been opened, which can be regarded as gaining a firm foothold in Yuzhou, but no matter how powerful her brother is, he is only a foreign Changxiang marquis, and Yang Yuanpu, who has already ascended the throne of Great Chu at this time, is somewhat inadequate.

As a representative of the Jiangdong family, Huang Hua is definitely more important than her brother in Yang Yuanpu's eyes.

Not to mention that Zheng Hui is not only a representative of the Jingxiang family, but also loyal to Yang Yuanpu who has made forgiveness and forgiveness by Yang Yuanpu's side over the years, and is also a key bargaining chip within the Zheng family to balance Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zheng Xingxuan and others, and its importance is even higher than Huanghua.

What's more, as a foreign county lord, Yang Yuanpu shouldn't have been too fond of her.

Even though she has had some reactions over the years, such as morning sickness, and the woman hasn't been here for almost two months, she doesn't have much joy in her heart.

After all, as a foreign county lord, even if she has an heir, even if she is the eldest son, the possibility of inheriting the throne will be far behind the heirs born to other concubines - unless Yang Yuanpu only has the eldest son she gave birth to, and has no other heirs, but is this possible?

Or according to the original plan, she should honestly become a pawn of Shu to contact Dachu.

It's just, is she really willing?

"The people who came back from Xuzhou, Lao Dao has not been able to contact them, but when the fleet entered the water pass, Lao Dao had nothing to do, and took two apprentices to climb Yunshan, and saw that there were four newly built large fast sail warships outside the city and directly asked the sailor to send someone to receive them - this kind of large warship that seems to have a carrying capacity of more than 4,000 stones, only Xuzhou can build it at present, and it must have been brought back directly from Xuzhou by the herald," Yun Puzi said, "and seeing that the draft of those four ships is extremely deep, it must be full of goods when they are in Xuzhou, and they will return to Jinling with goods......

If the Wuya Army Naval Division wants to recover its vitality and expand it into two divisions, it is not only lacking four large warships, not to mention that Jinling City is going to be repaired like almost reconstruction, there are a large number of hungry people inside and outside the city who need relief, and the amount of grain and materials invested is a terrifying number.

However, the herald was able to bring back warships and tens of thousands of stone of scarce supplies from Xuzhou, even if he had to return to Xuzhou in the form of a reward in the future, but it also showed Han Qian's meek and humble posture to a certain extent......

Qingyang secretly thought in her heart that if the tension between Yang Yuanpu and Han Qian was eased, then her suspicion of the marriage contract could be weakened, and she could make some excuses for herself - and in another sense, as long as Han Qian returned to Xuzhou and could keep to himself, it would always be better than the master and apprentice getting bloody!

Qingyang secretly wondered in his heart, wondering if Yang Yuanpu's mentality would undergo some subtle changes because of this?

"Today's canonization is overjoyed, the concubine doesn't seem to be in a very good mood?" Yun Puzi asked tentatively.

"What do you like or not, is it difficult to be crowned a concubine, you should be happy?" Qingyang said quietly, "I am reading the history of the previous dynasty in the past few days, there are people with names and surnames who have been named concubines, there are a total of thirty-five people in the previous dynasty, and only eighteen people can finally get a good death." Yun Daochang, do you think that as a foreign county lord who is married far away and has no support, even if I have to be crowned a noble concubine, I should be very happy? ”

As a lonely old relict of the former dynasty and a eunuch who was born in the palace ban, Yun Puzi is most familiar with the palace ban of the previous dynasty.

Not only the noble concubines, but also the concubines who entered the core of the power struggle, nearly half of them did not have a good death, and the main reason why they were deposed or killed was not because of old age and decrepitude, nor because they had no heirs, but mainly because they participated in the court struggle.

Whether it is for the vital interests of oneself or the family, or actively or passively involved in court disputes, the winners enjoy glory and wealth, and the losers either live in the cold palace, or cut their hair to become nuns, or lose their lives. Even if there are still quite a few concubines who did not participate in the affairs of the court, they also innocently fell victim to the court's struggle.

Even if you are the queen, there are a total of 29 in the previous dynasty, of which six died at the hands of political enemies, two died in competition for favor, one disappeared, one committed suicide, one was sentenced to death, two were abolished and confined to death, and the proportion of those who did not die well is more than forty percent.

The county lord of Qingyang was worried and panicked all day long, Yun Puzi was also quite emotional, and said: "Your Majesty has been staying overnight in the former county king's mansion during this time, and Lao Dao heard that Queen Li often goes to sleep with her. ”

"Li Yao married His Majesty at the age of twelve, and after five or six years of ups and downs, it is normal for her to have a deep relationship. Besides, twelve-year-old girls don't know amorous feelings, and now they are seventeen or eighteen years old, and they don't know how to please men? Besides, she doesn't look bad, it's much better than the three crooked melons and cracked dates that are included in the palace today. Qingyang said a little dejectedly.

Yun Puzi said: "Strange to say, Lao Dao heard that at first, it was Xinchang Marquis Li Pu who was not pleased with His Majesty, and even Empress Li was not very favored, so Niangniang didn't think about it, why did the relationship between Your Majesty and Empress Li suddenly become deep?" ”

"......" Qingyang looked at Yun Puzi and asked, "Is there any subtle change in the court?" ”

After entering Jinling City and living in the palace, she was even less free than in Yueyang.

Although several of her attendants in Changxin Palace were all old men who were brought from Shudu and could be trusted, but now the rules are heavy, don't talk about the imperial city, and even the palace is not allowed to enter and leave at will.

In addition to the seven or eight palace maids who were used to using them in Yueyang, the other more than forty palace maids and miscellaneous servants in Changxin Palace at this time were all selected and sent by the Inner Servant Province to serve.

They were all cautious about each other, they were afraid of saying something jealous, Qingyang hadn't seen Yang Yuanpu much during this time, except for Yun Puzi, a source like him, naturally he didn't know what new changes were in the court.

"The Marquis of Xinchang can also be said to be a very popular minister at this time, two sons, a son-in-law, an adopted son, and two nephews, either the mainstay of the army, or the rising star in the army, and the daughter is now the queen of the dynasty, as long as he can give birth to a boy, nine out of nine are candidates for the crown prince - if he has no other ambitions, he should be satisfied," Yun Puzi said, "I heard that when deciding on Shen Yang's whereabouts, even if there is Wang Lin's suicide note, the Queen Mother and the county prince, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang and several adults are hesitant, The Marquis of Liyang even directly suggested that Shen Yang should stay in Guangde for two more years, and then transfer Shen Yang back to the center to serve as prime minister after Guangde's two or three hundred thousand women and children are settled, and finally the Marquis of Xinchang supported His Majesty to transfer Shen Yang to Jinling to take charge of the Zaifu now. ”

Qingyang didn't know about this, but she was clear about the Xinchang Marquis Mansion and the Late Red Mansion and the many inside stories that supported Yang Yuanpu in his early years.

Whether Li Pu followed his brother Li Yu to fight in the south and the north in his early years, or after the Jinling Incident, he was calculated by King Xin and caused heavy losses to the Taowu army household, and was robbed of military power by Han Qian without any resistance, all of which showed that Li Pu was flawed in commanding and governing the army, and also limited Li Pu's personal prestige.

With the benefits of low ability and low ability, Yang Yuanpu does not need to be too jealous of his father-in-law Li Pu, and he will have any excessive ambitions.

In addition, Li Pu is more or less self-aware.

When the Youguang German Army was formed, Li Pu gave up the position of the commander to Gu Zhilong, and he was willing to stay behind, and he was willing to give Han Qian the deputy envoy and the leader of the Xuanzhou Assassin with the Guangde Army, responsible for coordinating the money and grain affairs of Xuanrao and She.

This greatly eased the tension between Yang Yuanpu and Li Pu due to the early conflict.

On the issue of Shen Yang, Li Pu stood up to support Yang Yuanpu, but actually chose Yang Yuanpu between Yang Yuanpu and the Queen Mother, which is no wonder that Yang Yuanpu and Li Yao had a "deep relationship" during this time.

Just figuring out this section, it was even more Qingyang depressed, and he stared at Yun Puzi somewhat pitifully and asked, "What can Yun Dao Chang teach me?" ”

"In the first two or three years of His Majesty's palace out of the palace, Han Qian accompanied him and gave him the right to strategize, His Majesty asked Wang Lin to 'commit suicide and leave a book', and set up the Jinyun Division to promote the prison, which shows that His Majesty has the true biography of Han Qian in this regard; this may also be the place where His Majesty is most afraid of Han Qian," Yun Puzi said, "I have also repeatedly reflected these days, the county lord serves His Majesty's side, if he uses power to support him, he may not be able to take credit, and he will not be able to commit a taboo, and His Majesty has great ambitions when he is a young man, and he is not a person who indulges in beauty. His Majesty's knowledge of the world is lacking, and if the concubine can spend more time on this, it may be of some effect. ”

"Practical?" Qingyang snorted coldly and said dejectedly, "These four words are easy to say, but there are a few people in the Manchu Dynasty who can handle these four words, Yun Dao Chief, you can't help but expect too much from me, right?" Could it be that you can come to the palace from time to time to teach me the knowledge that can be applied to the world, so that I can improve my vision and knowledge? ”

"I visited General Li Zhihe's mansion today and asked for a book, which can be read when my mother has nothing to do." Yun Puzi took out the supplement to the Book of Heavenly Craftsmen from the wide sleeves of his robe and put it on a few cases.

"Is this really from Li Zhihe?" Qingyang glanced at the book, which was more than two inches thick, and looked at Yun Puzi suspiciously.

"Yun Laodao doesn't dare to deceive Niangniang." Yun Puzi said.

"The Marquis of Xinchang and His Majesty have relieved their suspicions, Li Zhihe and the Marquis of Xinchang are adoptive fathers and sons, what hurdle can't be overcome?" Qingyang knew the inside story of the year, so naturally he was not so easy to deceive, so he stared at Yun Puzi's face and continued to ask.

The contradiction between Xinchang Hou Li Pu and Yang Yuanpu in his early years was mainly to try to control Yang Yuanpu as a puppet in all aspects, and Zhang Ping, Chai Jian, Li Chong, Yao Xishui and others were directly involved in this matter under the command of Lu Qingxia and Li Pu.

At that time, it was also Han Qian and Li Zhihe, taking advantage of Chai Jian, Li Chong and others to forcibly disband the guard battalion that was filled by the private soldiers of the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion and the disciples of the Late Red Mansion at the grassroots military level at that time, and selected the sons of the good family from the Taowu army households, and newly established a guard battalion loyal to Yang Yuanpu under the auspices of Shen Yang.

This is also the root cause of Li Zhihe and the Marquis of Xinchang parting ways since then.

However, Yang Yuanpu and Xinchang Marquis Li Pu both released their previous suspicions, no longer pursued the old affairs, and also used Zhang Ping to take charge of the Inner Servant Province in the palace.

Qingyang is sometimes a little paranoid, but that doesn't mean she's stupid.

"There is nothing that General Li and the Marquis of Xinchang can't overcome now," Facing Qingyang's aggressive eyes, Yun Puzi said indifferently, "But the problem is that General Li ran to the door at this time and kowtowed two heads to admit his mistake, and if he renews his kindness with the Marquis of Xinchang and his son, it will not be of any benefit to General Li - Guifei, think about it, Your Majesty trusts the Marquis of Xinchang again, the Nanya Forbidden Army, the Wude Division Guards and the Fourteen Soldiers and Horses, and the Fourteen Commanders, except for the Marquis of Xinchang as the privy deputy, not to mention, Three of them are descendants of the Marquis of Xinchang, and their influence in the army is inevitably too great. Not to mention Li Xiu, Zhou Shu, Gao Long, Miao Yong, Deng Tai, Zhou Yuan, Wen Ruilin, Li Zhen and other generals, even if the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion parted ways with the Queen Mother and the Late Red Mansion, they are all descendants who will stand on the side of the Marquis of Xinchang...... I think from His Majesty's point of view, most of the time I don't want to see General Li and the Marquis of Xinchang release their old suspicions, if General Li really wants to go to the Marquis of Xinchang and kowtow to admit his mistakes, His Majesty can only transfer General Li to another position to take on important responsibilities. And from the position of the Marquis of Xinchang, his two sons Li Chong and Li Qi are all talented, and he probably hopes that his two biological sons will be more promising, right? ”

"......" Qingyang looked at the hibiscus flowers in the courtyard in silence and did not make a sound.

Yun Puzi continued: "It seems that General Li and the Marquis of Xinchang renewing the relationship between father and son seems to be a matter of course, but the concubine stands in General Li's position, should this father-son relationship be renewed?" ”

"I will accept this generous gift," Qingyang picked up the supplement to the Book of Heavenly Craftsmen from the table at this time, flipped through more than a dozen pages casually, and asked, "If Your Majesty asks about this, how should I respond?" After all, the things in this are mainly from Xuzhou, right? ”

"If Your Majesty notices, or if Niangniang directly dedicates it to Your Majesty, there is no problem - the first copy of the "Book of Heavenly Craftsmen" is from Xuzhou, but the supplement is that General Li and his secretary have studied the book of Heavenly Craftsmen and have some understanding, and they have searched for the previous books to add to them." Yun Puzi said.

Qingyang thought that even if Yang Yuanpu and Li Pubing released their previous suspicions, they should also prefer to see Li Zhihe completely break away from the Xinchang Marquis Mansion and stand on his own; And Li Zhihe should also hope to use her to dedicate this supplement to the "Book of Heavenly Craftsmen" to show this, right?

However, once she was bitten by a snake and was afraid of the well rope for ten years, she stared at Yun Puzi and asked suspiciously: "What benefits does General Li have for Xu Yundao?" ”

"The value of Yun Laodao's existence is probably to get to know a few more nobles." Yun Puzi didn't deny it, but he didn't say what benefits he had gained, he just said with a vague smile......