Out of the imperial study, Ji Qingchen saw from a distance that the waiter named Zhang Rang was still waiting outside the door. Seeing him, Zhang Rang was like seeing his own ancestor, he stepped forward quickly, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, Concubine De Niangniang is waiting for you in the Qianqiu Palace, please come with me." ”

Emperor Dayanping moved the capital to the monarch temporarily, in view of the disaster of Bao Xi, he made a lot of changes to the harem, and he clearly stipulated that there were four concubines under the queen, namely the four concubines of Guishu and Dexian. Under the four concubines are nine concubines, namely Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, and Chongyuan. Then there are Jieyu and the beauty, and the talented people are each nine people called the twenty-seventh wife, and then the following is Baolin and the royal maid, and the twenty-seven people each are called the eighty-one royal wife.

Emperor Ping's regulations were to prevent the number of harem concubines from being too large and affecting the daily life of the king. Therefore, the current Dayan Palace is not as exaggerated as the legendary three palaces and six courtyards and three thousand concubines.

Ji Qingchen was a little puzzled when he heard Zhang Rang say that Concubine De was waiting for him, "Concubine De" was the title of his mother's concubine, and when he saw Zhang Rang coming out of the imperial study, he guessed that he must be serving Emperor Yan's inner servant, how could he convey his mother's words to himself now? He asked, "Are you?" ”

"The servant who returned to His Royal Highness is called Zhang Rang, and he is the chamberlain next to Concubine De's mother." Zhang Rang replied very simply, seeing that Ji Qingchen was still a little puzzled, he explained, "Concubine De Niangniang heard that His Royal Highness has entered the city, and His Royal Highness will definitely go to the imperial study to meet His Majesty, so let the servants go to the imperial study to see His Highness, just now His Royal Highness was talking to His Majesty in the imperial study, and the slaves didn't dare to go back alone to want his mother to return to his life, so he could only wait outside the door." ”

After listening to Zhang Rang's explanation, Ji Qingchen understood what was going on just now.

The Qianqiu Hall was not far from the Ganlu Palace, and in a moment he followed Zhang Rang to the front of the Qianqiu Palace. At this time, he saw from a distance a young woman in palace clothes coming out of the Qianqiu Hall surrounded by more than a dozen maids, and was slowly walking towards him. He took a closer look and found that this young woman in palace clothes was his mother, Da Yan's Concubine De Niangniang.

I haven't seen him for ten years, he can't remember the appearance of his mother, and now when he sees him again, he can't hold back his tears in an instant, he stepped forward quickly, and suddenly knelt in front of the young woman in the palace, and said in a choked tone, "Mother, Chen'er is back!" ”

Concubine De has not seen her son for ten years, so she will not be afraid of Emperor Yan's blame, and Ji Qingchen hurriedly sent Zhang Rang to the imperial study as soon as she entered the city, and now she suddenly saw her son, she was mentally prepared, she was still stunned for a moment, and then hugged Ji Qingchen in front of her, "Chen'er, are you finally back?" ”

"Yes! Mother concubine, it's Chen'er, Chen'er wants to be by her mother's side, and Chen'er will never leave her mother in the future! Ji Qingchen said in a low voice.

Concubine De was already crying with joy, and just nodded with satisfaction.

The mother and son cried bitterly, and Concubine De took her son into the Qianqiu Palace, and then instructed the maid to bathe and change clothes for Ji Qingchen, and began to ask how the life of the past ten years was spent in the country? There was concern in his eyes. Ji Qingchen did not reserve a brief introduction to Concubine De about his life in the country. Concubine De was distressed after hearing this, and almost cried several times, but she finally held back, but her eyes were red, obviously very sad.

Let Ji Qingchen comfort for a while!

After dinner, Concubine De knew that Ji Qingchen had suffered an internal injury in Qiaoshan, so she asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him, and after reading it, the imperial doctor said that His Royal Highness Nine was fine, and he only needed to recuperate for a few more days.

The next day, Ji Qingchen hurriedly moved to Zongzheng Temple, and he had prepared the mansion as early as he left the country and went to the capital. Concubine De knows that her son is seventeen years old this year, and as long as he passes this year, he will reach the age of eighteen crowns. The Great Yan Patriarchal Law stipulates that after the prince is crowned at the age of eighteen, he cannot live in the palace, but must open a palace outside the palace and stand on his own. So when she saw that her son was about to move into the new mansion, she didn't force her to stop her, and after saying a few warm words, she sent more than 20 palace maids and Zhang Rang to Ji Qingchen's side. When Emperor Yan heard that Ji Qingchen had moved out of the palace and moved into the new mansion, he also rewarded him with a lot of things for Ji Qingchen, and the silver money alone was 100,000 yuan, which solved Ji Qingchen's embarrassment in terms of money.

The new mansion had already been cleaned up, and in addition to the more than 20 palace maids and a eunuch sent by Concubine De, Ji Qingchen only had 200 guards sent to him by Zongzheng Temple, so he didn't need to do anything more, so it was easier to stay in the new mansion this time, and he didn't bother much.

However, less than three days after he moved to Xinfu, he received a message from the second prince, saying that the brothers saw that he had opened the mansion and stood on his own, and they were going to come to congratulate him in a few days, and asked him to determine the specific time and prepare. Ji Qingchen knew that as long as the prince opened the mansion and stood on his own, all the brothers would go to congratulate, this was the law of the Dayan Sect, and he couldn't abolish it, so he immediately asked Zhang Rang to discuss how to hold this banquet, and now he was left with Zhang Rang alone to discuss. Zhang Rang is worthy of being the chamberlain of the Qianqiu Palace, and in a few words, he told Ji Qingchen about the things to be prepared for this banquet and the matters to be paid attention to, and Ji Qingchen was very relieved to hand over this matter to him after listening to Zhang Rang's explanation.

On this day, before the banquet began, the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion located in Chongrenfang on West Street began to get busy. In the afternoon, the princes arrived at Ji Qingchen's mansion one after another. The first one to arrive was Ji Zhao, the son of the prince, the king of Huaide County, although Ji Zhao was only eleven years old, he was the son of the prince, the eldest grandson of Dayan, and he had already been crowned king, so he was qualified to participate in such a banquet.

As soon as Ji Zhao got out of the car and saw that Ji Qingchen had already gone out of the door, he immediately stepped forward and bowed and said, "Nephew Ji Zhao has seen Uncle Jiu, but he doesn't dare to let Uncle Jiu go out of the house to greet him." ”

His words and deeds are very decent, which makes Ji Qingchen can't help but admire the crown princess's ability to educate her children.

"What you said, you can come to Uncle Jiu's house, Uncle Jiu is very happy in his heart, what's the matter with going out to greet him, it's all your own family, don't say these kind words." Ji Qingchen said with a smile.

"My nephew knows, so I will have to go to the Ninth Uncle's Mansion to nag in the future." Ji Zhao replied very tactfully, it is worthy of being born in the emperor's family, only eleven years old, he can answer so freely, with such a heart, it is not simple.

Ji Qingchen said with a smile, and was about to instruct Zhang Rang to welcome Ji Zhao into the mansion, when he saw that the tenth prince Ji Yan had already arrived at the door under the escort of dozens of Yu Linlang.

The tenth prince Ji Yan is the son of Yang Guifei, the most favored by Emperor Yan today, and he is already fourteen years old this year. He is deeply favored by Emperor Yan, he thinks very highly of himself, he is a little unpopular, and he has no good impression of Ji Qingchen, a strange ninth brother, this time it is completely Yang Guifei's intention to come, and he didn't talk much after getting off the frame and bowing to Ji Qingchen.

Ji Qingchen didn't care about Ji Yan's indifference, and immediately asked Zhang Rang to welcome Ji Yan and Ji Zhao into the mansion, and he continued to wait for the other princes at the door.

It didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves to come from the mouth of the alley, and then Ji Qingchen found that the Eighth Emperor Ji Qian was riding a horse, without a guard by his side, and he looked a little maverick.

The eighth prince is the son of the queen mother, the younger brother of the crown prince, and he is the real concubine among the princes. It's just that when he greeted Ji Qingchen in the Ten Mile Long Pavilion, he was full of hostility towards Ji Qingchen, and now that the two met again, they naturally didn't say more than half a sentence, and after a few polite words, Ji Qingchen welcomed him to the mansion.

Ji Qingchen welcomed the eighth prince into the mansion, and heard the next person hurriedly come to report to him that the fourth prince and the seventh prince had arrived, he immediately went out to greet him, and just walked to the gate of the mansion to find that the fourth prince and the seventh prince had gotten off the frame, and were looking at the plaque at the door of his mansion with a smile.

The mother of the four princes is the concubine Shufei, one of the four concubines of Emperor Yan, so his status among the princes is very noble, and because he looks like Emperor Yan, he is the most talented of the princes, and he is deeply liked by Emperor Yan. As for the Seven Princes, although his mother is only one of the nine concubines, Zhaoyi, his uncle is not simple, he is the king of Shu in Xishu today, and his status is not low.

Seeing that the fourth prince and the seventh prince were looking at the plaque on the door beam of their house, Ji Qingchen felt that the two of them were very leisurely, so he said with a smile, "Fourth brother, seventh brother, seeing such a fascination, is there anything special about this plaque in Qingchen Mansion?" ”

"Ninth brother, do you know who wrote this character on the plaque on the door beam of your mansion?" The fourth prince, Ji Wen, asked with a smile.

Ji Qingchen knew that the fourth prince Ji Wen and the seventh prince liked calligraphy and painting very much, so they would get closer. The fourth prince Ji Wen is good at calligraphy and painting, especially in calligraphy, the attainments are very deep, and he has a faint demeanor, and now he asked himself about the words on the plaque, and the meaning of the examination was hidden in the words, so he carefully looked at the gilded characters on the plaque of his mansion, and said in a deep voice, "The four characters on the plaque are majestic, the essence of the majestic and bold Yan calligraphy, but compared with the Yan body, it is a little more majestic and wide, and vigorous." Qingchen heard that the fourth brother studied calligraphy intensively, and he was especially good at the face body, presumably these four words were written by the fourth brother, right? ”

"I didn't expect the ninth brother to have such a deep insight into calligraphy. Indeed, these four words were written by your fourth brother, and when he heard that Zongzheng Temple was preparing a mansion for you, he specially wrote this plaque. The Seventh Prince Ji Man said with a smile.

"It turns out to be the fourth brother's masterpiece! Just now Qingchen just guessed casually, I didn't dare to hope that this was written by the fourth brother, but I didn't expect it to be true, my father said that the fourth brother's word has a faint eight-point essence of the book, and today I can get the word from the fourth brother, so that Qingchen ...... Qingchen thanks the fourth brother for his kindness! Finding that the words on his plaque were written by Ji Wen, Ji Qingchen was slightly moved.

Ji Wengui is the prince, and he was able to personally write the plaque on the door beam for himself, which really made Ji Qingchen grateful.

"Look at what the ninth brother said, are they all their own brothers, so polite?" The fourth prince, Ji Wen, said with a smile, "I just heard the ninth brother's comment on Yan Ti in one sentence, so I guess I also have a lot of research on calligraphy, right?" Your fourth brother and I don't have any hobbies with your seventh brother, I usually like to write and draw a few strokes, so we brothers have similar interests, and if we have time in the future, we will get together more. ”

Ji Qingchen replied in response, and hurriedly greeted the four princes and the seventh prince to the mansion.

As soon as the three of them arrived in the hall and had not yet taken their seats, the third prince Ji Hongchang arrived.

The mother of the third prince is the virtuous concubine of one of the four concubines of Emperor Yan, and his uncle is Liu Pingyuan, the secretary of the military department of the current dynasty, and he is the grandson of the patriarch of the Liu clan in Ningzhou today, so among the princes, in addition to his son-in-law Ji Yan, his status is the most noble. And when he went to Ji Qingchen's mansion to attend the banquet, he was also very big, and he was accompanied by hundreds of guards, all of whom were high-headed horses, all of them with Ningzhou spears, which looked majestic.

The third prince Ji Hongchang is the same as the eighth prince Ji Qian, he was quite dissatisfied with Ji Qingchen when he was ten miles into the long pavilion, and now when he went to Ji Qingchen's house to go to the banquet, he was much more polite to Ji Qingchen, but the two did not say anything more except for a simple greeting. It's just that when Ji Qingchen was about to welcome him into the mansion, he said that the second brother is not far behind, you wait for him to come in together, as for me, you don't have to accompany you, and you still know the road of your house, so he walked in.

Ji Qingchen was a little unhappy with Ji Hongchang's cold attitude, but he liked Ji Hongchang's bold personality, smiled slightly and nodded in agreement, so he didn't accompany him anymore.

Sure enough, just when the third prince Ji Hongchang stepped into the mansion with his front foot, the frames of the second prince Ji Ping, the fifth prince Ji Ying, and the sixth prince Ji Yong had already stopped at the door.

Although the sons of Emperor Dayan are also princes, they will be crowned kings. However, there is still a big difference in their identities between them, and the princes also agree with this huge difference in identity. Just like the son of the queen, he is the son-in-law of Emperor Yan, and he is qualified to inherit the throne, so his status is naturally much higher than that of the princes. Then there are the sons born to the four noble concubines, if the queen has no heirs, or if the crown prince who has been established dies or is abolished, they are eligible to inherit the throne, so among the princes, their status is equally noble. In addition, the children born to concubines like the nine concubines and Jieyu, beauties, etc., if it weren't for special times, they would not have anything to do with the throne at all, so their status among the princes would be much lower.

This is the so-called son is more expensive than the mother!

It is precisely the fifth prince and the sixth prince of the second prince that are this kind of prince.

The mother of the second prince is just an ordinary palace maid, she was named a beauty after giving birth to the second prince, and the mother of the fifth prince and the sixth prince is only the fullness and fullness of the nine concubines, and they do not have such a prominent uncle as the seventh prince, and the status of the princes is naturally a lot lower.

And this difference in status can be seen from their kings.

The prince of Dayan must be the king of the first place of the town domain, and although the second prince was named the king of Song, there is no place called Songzhou in the whole territory of Dayan, where do you let him go to the town domain? Therefore, although his title of King of Song is a prince, it is only a false seal. Unlike the third prince Ji Hongchang Fengning King and the fourth prince Ji Wenfeng Luwang, they are both real princes, and as long as they are willing, they can Ningzhou and Luzhou towns. In addition, if one day, the Great Yan Imperial Court does not want to give the kings any more money, let them go to their own fiefdoms to collect fees, like the third prince and the fourth prince can go to their fiefdoms Ningzhou and Luzhou to collect money, and a fictitious prince like the second prince can only be starved to death.

Of course, this is just a metaphor.

Similarly, the fifth prince Ji Ying was named the king of Linjiang, and the sixth prince Ji Yong was named the king of Changsha, and they are also the princes of two words, which are even worse than the princes of one word. Because of this reason, even the current Seventh Prince Ji Man, Eighth Prince Ji Qian and Tenth Prince Ji Yan are not crowned kings, but they do not envy the second prince, the fifth prince and the sixth prince at all.

It's just that even though the second prince Ji Ping's background is low, his ability is outstanding, humble and kind, and he is deeply supported by the scholars of the Han family and many ministers in the court, so that he has the strength to compete with the third prince, the fourth prince, the eighth prince and others for the crown prince.

Because they have the same identity, the fifth prince Ji Ying and the sixth prince Ji Yong will be attached to the second prince's side.

Ji Qingchen knows very well how great the strength behind the princes is, and as a prince from a humble background and his maternal uncle's family has no power, the second prince Ji Wen can achieve today's achievements in more than ten years, and he admires his second brother quite a lot.

The second prince Ji Wen, the fifth prince Ji Yinghe and the sixth prince Ji Yong, who got off the frame, were very polite to Ji Qingchen, and Ji Qingchen welcomed them into the mansion after greeting each other.