In the living room of the Fuguo Mansion, the old man counted down for a long time before his family helped the second master of Ba, who was full of indifference, into the back hall.

The old man scolded so much that his mouth was dry, and he took a sip of tea, then looked at Ye Zhao, shook his head and said, "The family is unfortunate, the family is unlucky!" It made the little prince smile. ”

If you want to talk about Ye Zhao, it is actually more embarrassing, after all, Second Uncle Ba is his elder, and he was scolded by the old man in front of him.

Listening to the old man's emotion, Ye Zhao was even more difficult to interject, and picked up the teacup to drink tea.

The old man shook his head and sighed for a while, as if he had just remembered Ye Zhao's intention, retreated left and right, looked at Ye Zhao, and said, "Little Lord must know?" "I am talking about the death of Emperor Daxing.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and said: "Jing Xiang is puzzled by this matter, the first emperor died, the bad news came out, there will be a thousand tides, the world will change dramatically, when this chaotic autumn, hurriedly ordered Jing Xiang to lead the three armies to exterminate the bandits, a little hasty, the military aircraft is a big event, how can it be so hasty, the ninth grandfather is a military aircraft minister, can Jing Xiang solve the puzzle?" ”

The old man sighed and said: "This is a last resort, if you don't solve the siege of the Jiangnan camp, I am afraid that my Qing Dynasty will be in danger." ”

It seems that the military ministers have extremely serious estimates of the situation in Jiangnan, Ye Zhao said angrily: "Plan and then act, the more serious the affairs of the world, the more serious the courtiers, the more they must not mess up the square inch and mess up the deployment." Ninth Grandpa, let's not mess around! ”

The old man looked at Ye Zhao in slight surprise, he had never talked to this Brother Jing about serious matters before, at most he asked Han Nuan to talk about a few family matters, but he didn't want this child to become so assertive, but also, otherwise, how could he control all the brave people outside the gate? This is really three days to be impressed.

Ye Zhao said again: "Ninth grandfather, Jing Xiang received the last order of the emperor, stationed troops in Miyun, these times Jing Xiang thought about it carefully, and after thinking about it, he gave a break to the military aircraft department, and asked the military aircraft to discuss it again." ”

The old man bowed slightly, this Brother Jing, reasonable, well-founded and modest, over there, he really met an opponent. The six princes have read all over the palace since childhood, that is, since he was a child, he was born in the heart of the heart, coupled with profound knowledge and wisdom, he even won the favor of Daoguang Ye, compared to Xianfeng Ye is much inferior, the six kings failed to become a big treasure, it is really because the edge is too exposed, Daoguang Ye is not sure about his filial piety, and he is suspicious, so he is to pass the throne to Xianfeng Ye.

But now, Xianfeng Ye is in a hurry, the prince is still in infancy, the sixth prince sees the government as a foregone conclusion, who knows, Prince Zheng's mansion suddenly has a few characters, the most unexpected is this Jingxiang, also in his early twenties, a few years younger than the sixth prince, the same talented, young and old, now Brother Jing is not the opponent of the sixth prince, but when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be enough for the sixth prince to have a headache. But think about it, the sixth prince seems to have foresight, and he has always been unable to get along with this Jing Ge'er, everyone was still strange at that time, Jing Ge'er was just a yellow ribbon waiting for death under the roots of the imperial city, why did the sixth prince look down on him like this? Looking at it now, it really makes people sigh at the wisdom of the six princes.

…… Coming out of the Fuguo Mansion, Ye Zhao ordered the other guards to return to the palace, and only led three or two guards straight to the Forbidden Palace, I don't know what Grandpa Dachun thinks of him, but what should be said has been said, and the old man can listen to it. The two families are world friends, and the friendship is unusual, not to mention that the infantry commander Yamen sang such a play to the old man, how could it not arouse the old man's disgust?

However, what Ye Zhao didn't expect was that he was hit on the head immediately, handed a sign to ask to see the queen's mother, and waited in front of the forbidden palace for more than half an hour, and Shi Shiran, a guard in a yellow coat, came out to deliver a message: "The queen's mother occasionally feels cold, unwell, and does not see foreign officials." ”

Ye Zhao's heart sank, although the minister of the guard was also close to the sixth prince, but the sixth prince would never and would not dare to cut off the queen's contact with the outside world. Niu Hulu didn't see herself, and she was afraid that she had no status in her heart because she was young; Second, Niu Hulu's ears are soft, but he doesn't know what he heard from the sixth prince, but he is afraid that he has already recognized the situation of the sixth prince's regency, and he doesn't even know what he says.

This is a bit bad, if you can't see the queen, if you rashly ask to see Concubine Yi, it will be easy to give people a handle, but it seems that your eldest brother is ready to conspire with Concubine Yi, and it is not hard to support the curtain of the two palaces.

What's next?

Ye Zhao reluctantly rode his horse home, racking his brains all the way.

Fujin waited at the foot of the steps of the palace, wearing a splendid cheongsam, wearing a colorful silk flower on the headboard, decorated with pearl jade, the princess was dignified and luxurious, graceful and majestic. But at this time, she was like an ordinary mother, eagerly looking forward to her son's return.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, she hurriedly greeted her, and the eunuchs and maids followed a bunch of them, chickens and dogs jumped, and trotted all the way.

"Son!" When Ye Zhao jumped off the horse to ask Fu Jin for peace, Fu Jin walked a few steps tightly, leaned over and hugged Ye Zhao and choked up and cried, she thought that Ye Zhao was tight.

Ye Zhao felt slightly embarrassed, but his heart was warm, he took out a handkerchief and gently helped Fu Jin wipe his tears, and said softly: "Eniang, I didn't suffer hardship, the child has grown up." He smiled and took out a bottle of perfume from his bosom and said, "Authentic French perfume, Eniang, this smell is good, you use it, keep Ama running into your room every day." ”

"Go!" Fu Jin gave Ye Zhao a punch gently, but seeing that his son was still so good at enjoying it, and his strange hobbies had not changed, he should not have suffered a lot, so he was relieved and took the perfume away.

Surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids, Ye Zhao and Fu Jin walked towards the door of the mansion in broken steps, Ye Zhao looked at the people around him, but said in surprise: "What about Rong'er?" This little girl, don't you want me? "The heart says it looks like it's going to be spanked!

"What words!" Fu Jin glared at him angrily, "Rong'er is the main room, you are not allowed to talk about her like that outside, what kind of system is it?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled wryly and asked, "E-Niang likes her so much, doesn't she care if she sleeps lazy?" "The heart said that the little girl didn't listen to herself, if she slept lazily every day, Fujin wouldn't sue in front of herself? Still spoil her like this?

Fu Jin said angrily: "There is no serious word, Rong'er doesn't know how diligent she is, how can she be like you, she only got up on the third pole, but she worked hard every day at a young age, and I really couldn't bear it, but I thought she was like you." ”

Ye Zhao was angry in his stomach, this little girl seems to be very good to herself, why can't she worry about cursing and swearing?

But seeing that Fu Jin seemed to remember something, he sighed and said: "If you want to say Rong'er, you should really have a good rest, when she came back from Guangzhou, she was very tired, and she had to sleep in the room every afternoon. ”

Ye Zhao couldn't cry or laugh, it turned out that he could sleep like this if he was lazy?

Fu Jin said angrily: "You are still laughing, I can see it, you, don't put her at ease, I can say it in front, Rong'er is like my own daughter, even if you love other women more in the future, you are not allowed to bully her, you are not allowed to snub her." ”

Ye Zhao smiled wryly, Fu Jin was in front of him, but he didn't look like a princess at all, fortunately, the eunuchs and girls around him were used to it, so they didn't think it was surprising.

But think about it, if one day, the matchmaker, the No. 1 thief in the sky, asked Fujin to call her mother-in-law, Ye Zhao's scalp would be numb, which was too scary, and he smiled even more bitterly.

"What are you laughing at?" Fu Jin didn't seem to have taken his eyes off Ye Zhao's face.

Ye Zhao hurriedly put away his smile and looked at him: "What about Rong'er?" "If you want to say that in modern society, it is most taboo to look for a daughter-in-law in front of your mother all day long, and it was no exception in ancient times, but Ye Zhao and Fujin mother and son have a very good relationship, and Ye Zhao is not taboo at all.

Fu Jin said: "Rong'er is in her mother's house, Concubine Yi is a provincial relative, but she hasn't returned to the palace yet." ”

Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly stopped: "Concubine Yi is provincial? E-niang, when is it? ”

Fu Jin didn't know what to think, so he calculated and said, "It's been five or six days, and it's time to go back." "Fu Jin didn't know about Emperor Xianfeng's death, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with Concubine Yi in her mother's house at this time.

Ye Zhao was in a hurry, Emperor Xianfeng should have died last night or the night before, but Concubine Yi didn't return to the palace, which was obviously no one to inform her of the bad news, of course, she herself may not know.

Emperor Xianfeng didn't know if he left after a few days of illness or if he was sick for a few days before leaving, if it was the former, Concubine Yi would be nothing, but if it was the latter, Emperor Xianfeng was seriously ill, but Concubine Yi returned home to save her relatives, which was obviously sent away! In this world now, Concubine Yi belongs to the kind of people who are ignored, but after all, she is the biological mother of the young emperor, and the sixth prince sent her back to the province, and there were fewer changes in the palace, and it was obvious that the sixth prince did not take Concubine Yi in his eyes.

Ye Zhao thought about it for a while, and then hurriedly said, "Eniang, I'll go to Chopwood Hutong for a walk." ”

Fu Jin looked at him in amazement, thinking that he missed Rong'er, it was a good thing that the relationship between husband and wife was good, and it would not be far away to hug his grandson, so he bowed his head and said: "Then, I will choose a few gifts, and you can help me bring them to my in-laws." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly.

…… The Yehenala clan gave birth to a dragon, the courtyard of blue bricks and black tiles seems to be magnificent, the acacia next to the patio in the front yard, the leaves are gone, but the branches are wrapped around the sky, there is a sense of flying dragons.

Ye Zhao thought wildly, then shook his head, and said in his heart that he had been in this world for a long time, why was he ghostly?

Rong'er's eldest brother welcomed Ye Zhao into the side hall affectionately, his sister gave birth to the prince, and his waist was stiff, but in front of Ye Zhao, he was still instinctively a little humble, maybe it was the mentality of the nouveau riche when he saw the children of the family.

"Come and see Rong'er, right? I'm going to call her! "This is not to live in the opposite month, and there are no such rules, Zhaoxiang got up and wanted to call Rong'er.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I'm here to say hello to Concubine Yi." ”

Zhaoxiang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Okay, you wait, I'll pass on the message to you, but I don't know when I have to wait, I'm not afraid of Brother Jing'er's jokes, I'm a brother, it's difficult to see my sister." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and nodded: "I understand." He took out a few silver tickets of one hundred taels from his sleeve and handed them to Zhaoxiang, and said: "Big brother, even if it is someone brought out of the palace by Niangniang, even if you are your own family, this filial piety cannot be less." ”

Zhaoxiang was surprised: "This, this is not necessary, right?" Do these minions still dare to eat the filial piety of their masters' relatives? ”

Ye Zhao got up with a smile, stuffed the silver ticket to him, and said, "I don't understand the affairs of the palace, but the eldest brother doesn't understand it, besides, it's all about fighting for the mother's face, isn't it?" ”

Zhaoxiang shook his head and sighed, he felt that his quasi-national uncle was originally in the eyes of the palace slaves, but he could deal with it, and people might not look at you. Some depressed, some puzzled. But I know that Brother Jing knows more than himself, and he must be telling the truth.

It's just tea time, and the news that Concubine Yi saw was brought by Zhaoxiang, and I don't know if it was the role of silver.

It's still the backyard, it's still the warm pavilion, and it's still separated by a thick yellow curtain.

"Slave Jingxiang to Niangniang, Niangniang auspicious!" Ye Zhao entered the house respectfully and respectfully called a thousand, but he didn't expect it to be passed so quickly, and along the way, how to say some words seemed to have not been calculated steadily.

"General Zhenguo, please take a seat." The voice is charming, but it seems to be full of thoughts.

Ye Zhao presented a wooden box with both hands, and said in his mouth: "The slave is outside the gate and has found a treasure for Niangniang." ”

"What's the matter?" The charming voice was obviously a little curious, interested, not as if Fang Cai was interested.

The eunuch next to him took the wooden box from Ye Zhao's hand, opened it and checked it, and then sent it to the yellow curtain.

"Huh?" Soon behind the curtain, Concubine Yi's surprised voice came, and she said, "This, this is the telescope, right?" ”

"Yes!" Ye Zhao said respectfully: "This telescope is a higher multiple than the one used by Rong'er, it is produced in Prussia, this Prussian army is the most powerful, and the skills of the clairvoyant mirror are also quite extraordinary." "After all, Concubine Yi is also a woman, if she says that she gives the toys that Rong'er has played with as gifts, then she will really be a fool.

"Multiples?" Concubine Yi asked puzzled.

Ye Zhao pondered, and said: "This is the term used by Western countries to judge telescopes, the higher the multiple, the farther you look, and the clearer it is, Niangniang's telescope, but it is brand new, the slave and Rong'er have not touched, our Qing Kingdom is this one, and the slave dares to dedicate it to Niangniang." ”

Sure enough, Concubine Yi's voice was a little happy: "It's hard for you, you can still think of me." Speaking of the back, he sighed softly, thinking that he was feeling.

Ye Zhao understood in her heart that Xianfeng died, she must know, but the little emperor's biological mother was sent back to her parents' house at this time, and no one cared about it, and she didn't have a say in matters such as the first emperor's funeral and the new emperor's accession to the throne.

Ye Zhao's mind was racing, and he considered the words, after all, the current Concubine Yi was not the Empress Dowager of the West who killed the eight ministers of Gu Ming with the six princes in her previous life, without a few years of experience by Xianfeng's side, her desire for power may not be so inflated now, and she will certainly be angry and unwilling to be ignored and ignored, but now if she is told to listen to the government, I am afraid that it will also frighten her.

But how to persuade her? Ye Zhao pondered and was also a little helpless, maybe in this life, if he didn't get involved, Concubine Yi would end up just an ordinary concubine or queen mother, I am afraid that she would not become the capital and soil of the Queen Mother of the West, but now, I want to push her to the stage of power, but I don't know if it is right or wrong.

Ye Zhao thought wildly, and said slowly: "Does Niangniang know about Jingxiang's soldiers and Miyun?" As he spoke, he looked left and right.

"Stand down, all of you!" Concubine Yi was so smart, she immediately knew that Ye Zhao had something confidential to say.

All the eunuchs and palace maids retreated together, and gently closed the door, Ye Zhao got straight to the point: "The first emperor's last order, so that Jingxiang led the army to defend the Beijing division, at that time Jingxiang did not understand the meaning of the first emperor, but now he understands, the first emperor was infected with the dragon body at that time, he must be worried that when the holy car returns to heaven, someone will bully the orphans and widows of the mother, now look, the first emperor Shengming!" ”

As he spoke, Ye Zhao stood up, faced the north, and kowtowed respectfully, "The first emperor Shengming, Jingxiang will ensure the safety of the emperor, and live up to the trust of the first emperor!" ”

Behind the golden curtains, there was no sound, obviously, Concubine Yi was examining Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao got up, sat back on the soft pier, and said: "The dragon is returning to the sky, Niangniang must be sad in her heart, but why is she in the wood-splitting alley?" Jing Xiang really couldn't figure it out. ”

There was still no sound behind the curtain.

Ye Zhao stopped talking and sat respectfully.

Finally, after a long while, Concubine Yi said softly, "Are you willing to help me?" ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, the current Concubine Yi is really a little immature, since she said so, in order to strengthen her heart, she has to change her strategy, otherwise she will not be able to figure out her own thoughts.

At that moment, Ye Zhao stood up, lowered his head and clasped his hands into fists, and said in a deep voice: "Niangniang, don't say what the emperor trusted. Let's just say that you are Rong'er's own sister, that is, my sister, Jing Xiang is not a weapon, but if anyone bullies my family, even if he doesn't want this life, he will give his family this breath! "Now the relationship is naturally closer to the better.

Concubine Yi sighed softly: "Rong'er married a good husband. ”

Ye Zhao said again: "If Niangniang treats Jingxiang as a younger brother, Jingxiang will boldly say a few words, if she is wrong, please don't blame Niangniang." ”

Behind the curtain, there was a soft hum.

Ye Zhao said: "The first emperor died, the six princes are domineering, and the emperor is young, so the important military affairs are not all due to the surnames of the six princes?" It's been a long time, the king is not a king, the minister is not a minister, and the country will not be a country! ”

"For today's plan, I can only invite the Queen Mother of Jin to be honored, and listen to the government with the Queen Mother's double palace, so as to set things right, correct the heart of the courtiers, and cut the meaning of the ministers!"

"Ding", there was a sound behind the curtain, but it was the clairvoyant mirror in Concubine Yi's hand that landed, she was already playing with the clairvoyant mirror to listen to Ye Zhao's plan, and when she heard the curtain and listen to the four words of politics, she couldn't help but be stunned, and the clairfront mirror fell to the ground.

Thinking about it, she originally thought that if she could get the support of her ministers, she would be very satisfied with the title of Empress Dowager Jin.

Ye Zhao didn't give her a chance to think, so she knelt on the yellow satin cushion and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, Niangniang!" Jingxiang Danjiao has a breath of air, and he will keep his mother safe! Outside Yanjing City, eight thousand tigers, willing to smear the liver and brain of the mother! ”

(To be continued)