Chapter 23: Palace Anecdotes

The moon and stars are scarce, and after the night passed, Xue Fei and Fang Yue got up and went to Zhu Mingxuan's residence to have morning classes with him after breakfast.

The prince still had to have a morning class in the morning, and after the morning class, Zhu Mingxuan took Xue Fei and Fang Yue to the big assembly hall to attend classes.

Xue Fei looked at Zhu Mingxuan, who was walking in front: "Your Highness, can you tell us about this imperial city." ”

Zhu Mingxuan stopped to look at Xue Fei and Fang Yue and then continued: "What do you want to hear?" ”

Xue Fei's eyes rolled a few times, he looked at Wang Jin, and he remembered Wei Zhongxian: "I want to know why eunuchs like power so much." ”

The innocent words came in Zhu Mingxuan's ears: "Because eunuchs are very sad people, they could have been a complete person, but they don't want to be eunuchs, but there is no way, they can only obey this world." ”

Zhu Mingxuan looked ahead: "The eunuch's yearning for power is no less than any of us, and it is not so much that eunuchs yearn for power more than that power is more tempting, so ah, what you said is wrong!" ”

Xue Fei: "Xiaochen has been taught, then I want to know about the person of Jade Beauty." ”

Zhu Mingxuan: "You want to know Uncle Qingwang, right?" ”

Xue Fei nodded behind Zhu Mingxuandou: "Yes!" ”

Zhu Mingxuan walked in front of him wearing his prince's python robe: "For Uncle Qingwang, I also heard some things from my father's mouth. ”

Zhu Mingxuan: "Although there were countless beautiful concubines in my grandfather's harem, there were few people who were really favored, Jade Beauty was one of them, Jade Beauty was a beauty from outside, and my father also listened to the emperor's grandmother say that Jade Beauty was a first-class beauty in the palace at that time, and she knew poetry, so she was particularly favored." ”

Zhu Mingxuan paused when he said this, he remembered his father's eyes, which were unknown eyes, and he continued: "And the imperial grandmother is a woman who enters the harem through electives, when the imperial grandmother enters the palace, the jade beauty has been in the palace for a year, and the grace of the rain and dew is all the jade beauty, and later the jade beauty is pregnant with the dragon heir." ”

Xue Fei asked Zhu Mingxuan: "Then this pregnant dragon heir is King Qing?" ”

Zhu Mingxuan touched the jade pendant he was wearing: "Because the jade beauty is pregnant and can't serve the bed, there are people in the palace who are slowly favored, and among the people who have a lot of grace, there are people who are pregnant with dragon heirs, including my father and the emperor and a few uncles." ”

Zhu Mingxuan put down his jade pendant: "It's a pity that Yu Meiren was bleeding heavily when she was born to celebrate Uncle Wang, but the foundation was empty, although the imperial doctor tried his best to save Yu Meiren's life, but Yu Meiren passed away three years later, leaving Uncle Qing Wang." ”

Zhu Mingxuan said as he walked: "At that time, although there were many concubines in the palace, there were not many children, and at that time, the Queen Mother decreed that my imperial grandmother would raise King Qing, so Uncle King Qing grew up with my father since he was a child." ”

Xue Fei listened with relish: "The emperor and King Qing grew up together, so the affection should not be shallow, right?" ”

Zhu Mingxuan didn't answer this sentence, Xue Fei knew that there must be an inside story here, and Guozijian was about to ask Zhu Mingxuan at noon when Xue Fei planned to ask him.

But at noon, the place where they ate was also a public place, so Xue Fei had no way to ask Zhu Mingxuan what happened next.

When class ended in the evening, Xue Fei was on the way back to his residence with Zhu Mingxuan, and he asked, "Your Highness hasn't finished talking about the morning yet?" ”

Zhu Mingxuan was walking in front at the moment, he stopped and walked in front of Xue Fei, he looked at Xue Fei: "You want to know?" ”

Xue Fei looked at this person who was much taller than himself, and he nodded: "Yes, Xiaochen wants to know!" ”

Zhu Mingxuan turned around and continued to walk forward: "I'll talk to the two of you slowly when I go back to my residence for dinner!" ”

"King Qing has been very well-behaved since he was a child, and he looks half like the imperial grandfather and half like a jade beauty, so he is particularly favored, although he said that he grew up next to my imperial grandmother, but the grandmothers who are taken care of around him are personally arranged by the imperial grandfather, so he and my imperial grandmother are not close." Zhu Mingxuan sat in his room and ate while telling the story of King Qing with Xue Fei and Fang Yue.

Xue Fei nodded: "So in fact, Uncle Emperor and King Qing are not close, right?" ”

Zhu Mingxuan: "Well, you can also say that, let's eat!" Although Uncle Qing grew up with his father, he doesn't have much real affection, don't tell the two of you about these things! After Zhu Mingxuan said this, he beckoned Xue Fei and Fang Yue to eat.

Xue Fei stuck out his tongue, he ate the rice in the bowl with chopsticks, the days passed Zhu Mingzheng also returned to the big hall, King Qing did not find trouble with his father and grandfather, although Zhu Mingzheng bullied other classmates in the school as usual, but he no longer dared to trouble Xue Fei and Fang Yue after the old lady of the Xue family smashed the Qingwang Mansion.

Time flies, Xue Fei is already a 17-year-old boy this year, he has grown into a young man, and Fang Yue has already left King Qin's side two years ago, that is, the original third son of the emperor, Fang Yue went to take the imperial examination, and won Tanhua in this year's palace examination.

Fang Yue's family is now giving him a look at the appropriate age girl in the imperial city, and Xue Fei is still accompanying King Qin as a waiter and guard.

At this moment, Xue Fei was wearing an inner palace guard uniform and stood in the prince's mansion, three years ago, the emperor allowed the prince to move out of the palace to build land outside to repair the prince's mansion, and the king of Qin later moved to the current Qin palace.

Today is the day when King Qin marries his princess, so Xue Fei's task is very arduous, one of them is to protect Zhu Mingxuan's safety and pay attention to whether there are any emergencies in the prince's mansion.

At the end of the day, Xue Fei was about to be tired and paralyzed, he slowly took the carriage specially allocated by Qin Wangfu to go home today, and the housekeeper greeted him: "The little young master is back!" Tell the kitchen to bring the food! ”

The current Xue Mansion is still the original Xue Mansion, after Xue Fei went out of the palace with Zhu Mingxuan, he returned to his home, when Xue Fei and the house were in the palace, Xue Fei and Fang Yue could only go home twice a year, and after moving out, Xue Fei could go home every day.

After eating, Xue Fei went to the shower room to wash up and went to sleep.

The next day, Xue Fei didn't have to go to King Qin's mansion to protect King Qin, so he rarely accompanied his grandfather to fight a set of punches.

Old lady Xue is over 70 years old today, although he can also move, but his hearing has deteriorated, and the old man is watching his grandson punch himself not far away in the courtyard of Tinghui Pavilion, and he feels very relieved.

After Xue Fei finished boxing, he wiped his sweat with cotton catties, and after eating with the old man, he returned to his study to read the military book.

When Xue Fei was reading a book in the study, the next person told him that the Qin Wangfu sent someone to tell him that he was going to the Qin Wangfu, and after Xue Fei saw the tokens of the visitor, he went to the back room of the study to change into his guard clothes and came to the Qin Wangfu.

"The subordinates ask the prince to say goodbye, the prince is a thousand years old, and the subordinates wish the prince and the princess a hundred years of happiness!" After Xue Fei finished saying hello on the ground, he looked at Zhu Mingxuan with frowns.

Zhu Mingxuan stretched out his hand and clenched his fist at the corner of his mouth, he coughed twice: "Okay, don't joke about me, you will get married in two years, don't blame this king for taking someone to trouble you when the time comes!" ”

Xue Fei replied to Zhu Mingxuan with a smile: "The prince loves me the most, how can he take someone to make trouble in my cave room?" Right! ”

Zhu Mingxuan shook his head, he felt that Xue Fei was getting more and more crooked, don't look at Xue Fei's serious appearance in front of outsiders, but in front of him he was a dog-legged look, although Xue Fei was a bit dog-legged, but at least it was very reliable.

Zhu Mingxuan looked at Xue Fei: "The appointment cabinet of the house has been handed down to him, guess which of the six ministries he is?" ”

Xue Fei thought for a while: "Remove the military department and the criminal department, Fang Yue is a literati, the emperor can't let him go to these two places, the Ministry of Rites is his father, with the character of Brother Fang, he won't go there, the Ministry of Industry is also a Qingshui Yamen, the emperor can't let a Tanhualang be a wall masonry, so it can only be the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households." ”

Xue Fei looked at Zhu Mingxuan, and Zhu Mingxuan motioned for Xue Fei to continue: "Go on." ”

Xue Fei: "Judging from the Shangshu of the household department and the official department, the minister thinks that Brother Fang is very likely to go to the household department, at least 8% of the possibility." ”

Zhu Mingxuan: "Tell me your reason, why did the house go to the household department." ”

Xue Fei sat on the chair and took a sip of tea: "Although I haven't been walking in the palace recently, haven't I made some palace people in the palace, they revealed that His Majesty intends to recruit in person for the second time, and the last time the household department could not keep up with the consumption of the war, His Majesty was very dissatisfied with the household department Shangshu, and the household department was a master who would not save money." ”

Xue Fei shook his head and continued: "And Brother Fang's nickname is Fang Tieji, he is sleek and picky, such a person is very suitable for the household department, where else can he go if he doesn't go to the household department." ”

Zhu Mingxuan: "Yes, the news that this king got is also like this, you guessed right, since you have finished talking about him, let's talk about you." ”

Xue Fei pointed at himself: "Say me? What do I have to say? I'll be your bodyguard by your side! ”

Zhu Mingxuan shook his head: "No, this king doesn't want you to be a guard for the rest of your life, this king has already asked my father to go where you go." ”

Xue Fei sat on the chair solemnly: "Where should I go?" Where? ”

Zhu Mingxuan sat on his chair and looked at Xue Fei, and he said, "Jinyiwei." ”

Xue Fei stood up from his chair when he heard these three words: "Where? Where do you say, lord? ”

Zhu Mingxuan repeated again: "Jinyiwei." ”

Xue Fei asked Zhu Mingxuan: "Why did the prince say that I should go to Jinyiwei?" ”

Zhu Mingxuan: "When you were in the palace, it took you five years to control the information in the palace, which palace little eunuch stole things, which palace maid and the little eunuch ate in pairs, which lady dropped what porcelain in the palace, you know it clearly, where do you say you should go?" Jinyiwei is the most important place for you to go. ”

Xue Fei walked to Zhu Mingxuan's side, and he begged Zhu Mingxuan: "Lord Wang, you know that my father is now the commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei, I work under him, others will always say something, and although Jinyiwei's reputation is not as bad as before, its reputation is not very good!" The prince won't let me jump into the fire pit, right? ”

Zhu Mingxuan: "Jinyi Wei Chaotang Eagle Dog? Oh, what about the court eagle dog, even if a knife is used well, even if it is said to be the court eagle dog, what about it? This king said that you should go, you should go, okay, you go back and prepare, you can leave the affairs of the mansion to others, as for the appointment letter, you will arrive at the Xue Mansion in a few days. ”

Xue Fei heard Zhu Mingxuan's words, he couldn't say anything else, he slowly walked out of Zhu Mingxuan's fighting study, and Zhu Mingxuan was holding a military book at the moment and watching: "You will be a knife in the hands of this king in the future." Xue Fei didn't hear this.

Xue Fei finished explaining what he should have given to others in the Qin Palace, he packed up his salute and walked out of the Qin Palace, Xue Fei did not ride back to the palace, he asked the horseman of the Qin Palace, to take Xue Fei's salute and the horse back to the Xue Mansion first.

Xue Fei walked slowly down the street, and he saw a teahouse walk in and sit in a corner: "Xiao Er, come with a pot of tea, a plate of boiled peanuts, and a plate of melon seeds." Xiao Er: "Okay! Wait a minute! ”

After a while, the things that Xue Fei asked for were immediately brought up by the shopkeeper, Xue Fei sat in the corner and ate while thinking about everything he had experienced since he came to this time and space, and he found that it seemed that his fate was in the hands of others, from entering the palace as a prince attendant at the beginning to being a guard for King Qin and then to being a brocade guard.

Although Xue Fei can understand the phrase survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, but he can't accept anyone's mercy, since he wants to be a brocade guard, he can't be a brocade guard at the mercy of others, Xue Fei remembered the brocade guard in the history of the previous life, although in people's impression Jinyiwei is not a good person, but Xue Fei feels that since the existence of his department has its reason, it depends on the mastery of the management personnel.

And he just wants to control his own destiny now, as for the rest, he hasn't thought so much, Xue Fei is almost eating and drinking in the teahouse, he finished the bill and walked home slowly, the sun is in the sky, the heat is coming from the air, and the weather this year is especially hot.

When Xue Fei returned to Xue's mansion, he saw the housekeeper walking around the door, and Xue Fei walked up to the housekeeper: "Uncle Guan, are you waiting for me?" "The housekeeper is Xue Zheng's brother in the army before, and later because of some injuries and illnesses, he couldn't continue to be a soldier in the army, so Xue Zheng got him to Xue Mansion as a housekeeper.

Uncle Guan looked at Xue Fei, and he asked Xue Fei with concern: "You told Uncle Guan, why did the people from the Qin Palace's Mansion send your gift back?" Did you cause trouble in the Qin Palace? ”

Xue Fei put his arm around Uncle Guan's shoulders and walked towards the house: "It's so big outside, what should I do if Uncle Guan gets sunstroke again, let's go to my side to drink tea and say." ”

Uncle Guan: "You, when can you be serious!" You see that they are all attendants, the children of the Fang family's family have become Tanhualang, you are now a guard in the Qin Palace, I advised you to take the martial arts test back then, but the King of Qin didn't let you, now it's okay, he won't let you do things in his mansion, what do you say you can do in the future? ”

Xue Fei and Uncle Guan walked into their study, and Xue Fei asked his subordinates to serve the iced sour plum juice: "Uncle Guan sit, taste this sour plum juice." ”

Uncle Guan sat on the chair and took a sip of sour plum juice, he looked at Xue Fei: "You say, what will you do in the future." ”

Xue Fei: "The reason why King Qin didn't let me participate in the martial arts is because it is particularly difficult for the military attachΓ©s of my dynasty to be promoted, Uncle Guan, think about it, although the emperor is personally recruited, there are very few soldiers who have really fought in the past 30 years, and the places where the war is fought are all in the south and the north pass, and those who have made meritorious contributions are those people, but what about the military attachΓ©s in the court?" Their opportunities for advancement are few and far between. ”

Xue Fei took a sip of warm boiled water, and he put the teacup on the square table: "So King Qin This is the reason why King Qin didn't let me participate in martial arts, and Uncle Guan also knows my kung fu, even if I enter the end, I can only stay in the top ten, as for letting me go home now, King Qin told me that he wants me to be a brocade guard." ”

Uncle Guan was taken aback: "What did you say?" Let you be a brocade guard? This, how does this make you a brocade guard? Even if you are a guard in the Qin Palace! ”