It was snowing heavily in Kyoto that night.

In the most prominent Yanling palace outside the Huangji Gate, a group of family members who had just finished dinner were noisy in the hall.

Mama Hu, who was behind the county lord of Anren, turned her head slightly and yawned gently, her face was silent, but she laughed several times in her heart.

It has been nearly two months since the Emperor's decree of Prince Qinfeng and the county lord came down, and I don't know why this family brought up this matter again tonight.

"Brother Liang, my virtuous son-in-law, don't be in a hurry to oppose me, think about it, give your daughter-in-law the title of Anren County Lord, what does Anren mean? Didn't you accuse me of being restless and not having him as a little emperor of benevolence? ”

King Yanling was playing with a small Shih Tzu pot in his hand, his black face was slightly red, faintly oily, and it was obvious that he had just eaten some wine.

"Shhh

His "virtuous son-in-law", Yu Liang, the current secretary of the Ministry of War, was shocked when he heard this, and reminded his father-in-law in a panic, which provoked his wife sitting next to him, her eyebrows upside down, and her face turned disgusted.

"The officials are also careful, saying that this is the palace house, that is, they said to the outside world, your father-in-law is also a prince now, can't even say these words?"

Yu Liang was so ridiculed by his family, but his expression did not change at all.

Mama Hu pouted quietly, she knew that Yu Liang was originally a member of the family, and his family was in the middle of the family and failed in the imperial examination, so he became a son-in-law in the family of the king of Yanling County, who was left out in the cold in the domain.

I originally wanted to live a noble life in the vassal land to pass the rest of my life, who thought that the border people in the domain would rebel, and Yanling County could not fight, so he took the Futu Sanwei to settle the civil disaster in one fell swoop, and made some money up and down, and in more than ten years, he jumped from the marginal prince to the secretary of the military department.

Because Mama Hu is the county lord's mother, she introduced her nephew Hu Da, who is a new science and technology jinshi, to Yu Liang.

The year before last, Yu Liang was transferred from the local government to the secretary of the military department, and he did not forget to promote Hu Da to be the right attendant of the military department, so that Hu Mama's family was very grateful to Yu Liang.

She looked at it coldly, this family is mostly reckless and stupid, and only Yu Liang has been able to avoid trouble for many years, but it is indeed his confidence in official luck, so even if he is stupid in words and deeds and requirements, he has to be thoughtful in every way.

"Lord Yue's desire to posthumously present the title to the late Concubine Shu was also out of a heart of benevolence and filial piety, which is understandable. The son-in-law also knows the ambition of Lord Yue, but now is not the best time to bring up this matter. ”

Yu Liang seemed to be struggling to explain, for fear that his father-in-law and his wife would not understand him.

His wife, the newly crowned county lord of Anren, was very spicy and arrogant, interrupted him and said:

"What are you afraid of, the emperor gave my father the title of king, and gave me the title of county lord, indicating that now is the time to be jealous of my father, and I need to show favor and appease in every way. Father is bringing up this matter now, just to probe his bottom line, right? ”

The county lord's words seemed to be superficial, but there were also a few crooked reasons under a few smacks, which attracted King Yanling, who was sitting in the middle of the hall, to applaud again and again.

"What did you say she was, but she was just a slave in the palace of the concubine, and her name was Ji'an at that time! She is such a cheap maid, and she is the queen mother who has done infinite beauty, why not add a title to your grandmother! ”

Yu Liang still had a calm face, but Mama Liu smiled bitterly in her heart, although she was a slave, she also felt that the father and daughter of the King of Yanling were reckless and arrogant.

She saw that the opera was singing in the garden, and those who could take the throne were all people like Liu Xuande, who had a cold face and a warm heart, and could be a person, how could they be so open-minded and eager to know that the whole world wanted to be the emperor.

Following.

In the Funing Palace.

"Li Gong ordered, add some more to the emperor on that plate of roasted venison, the weather will be colder day by day, and the young man should replenish his blood and qi more."

It was already a cold season, and the Funing Palace had already added charcoal fire, and the hall was warm, and the two ancestors and grandchildren who were sitting and eating went to their outer robes, and only wore cotton clothes.

"And the plate of bergamot shark fin also added some, he has been in Kyoto for a long time, and he is not hungry when he sees this western dish."

The Empress Dowager who was wearing the Sihe Ruyi Tuan Flower Jacket smiled and squinted her eyes slightly, and commanded Li Gongling beside her, but the food bowl in her hand did not move for a long time.

"Grandmother, don't be busy, grandchildren really can't eat."

Yuan Zheng looked at the two dark shadows under his grandmother's eyes, almost imperceptible under the cover of fine makeup, and the anger in his heart rose again.

Since he saw the recital of King Yanling in the morning, he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and he did not move a grain of rice for two consecutive meals.

The Empress Dowager got up and walked around Yuan Zheng's back, gently pressed his shoulders with both hands, and her voice came softly from behind him, without a trace of waves.

"In recent days, in my spare time, I have been reading poems in Mourning Town, and I just got a good word yesterday, and I want the emperor to take a look at it."

Li Gongling took out a scroll of flowers and herbs from a moment, and after slowly unfolding it, he suddenly wrote a poem:

Thousands of rocks and ravines are tireless,

From a distance, you can know that the provenance is high.

Shall the streams be kept?

In the end, the sea will be the waves.

Yuan Zheng couldn't remember who wrote this poem for a while, but he felt that although there were gaps in the poem, it was really plain compared with the famous works. Grandmother's words can't be compared with Mrs. Wei or even Wei Chengye, but they are better than Juan Xiu and neat.

He was puzzled, and looked at his grandmother with a puzzled face.

"This couplet came from the hand of Emperor Xuanzong of the previous dynasty, the emperor, you must know how much you read, that is a virtuous monarch who inherited the hegemony for 36 years under the various hardships and humiliations inflicted by his sons, nephews and eunuchs, and created a generation of prosperous times."

Yuan Zheng's shoulder was light, and when he turned his head to look, his grandmother had already walked to the side of the desk again, picked up the food basket and added food, and smiled and held the bowl to him.

Yuan Zheng's face immediately burned, and he muttered in his mouth:

"But King Yanling added the honorific title to his mother's concubine this time, making it clear that he wanted to ......"

He couldn't say anything to humiliate his grandmother anymore, and his sadness rushed to his heart, and the corners of his forehead were bulging, and even breathing was difficult.

Seeing that the emperor was even more sad and indignant, the Empress Dowager hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, and her eyes flashed faintly:

"The mourning family is the emperor's grandmother, and the emperor has to endure it, how can the mourning family not bear it - and since they know that this is a suspicious strategy, they should do enough of this false honor."

"This person is stupid by nature, and once he was in power, he dared to be reckless and domineering...... Alas, they are self-inflicted, and they shall not live. ”

There was a hint of contempt in her words, and she smiled and tightened the hand holding Yuan Zheng's arms, and motioned to Li Gongling with her eyes to add a hot tea to Yuan Zheng to dissolve stagnation and replenish the spleen.

"Add more food, add clothes frequently, the blessings of our ancestors and grandchildren are still long!"

"And this sea cloud pearl, I left a few on the crown", she raised her finger and pointed to the crown of pearls on the top of her head today, the sea cloud beads were wrapped in a soft light like moonlight under the candlelight, "The rest of you find someone to put back in the library, the old woman's family is not happy to wear these many pearls and treasures, and they don't look tacky." ”

The Empress Dowager took the black lacquered peach branch spring primrose treasure box handed over by Li Gongling, and called Qiao Gongshan, who was waiting outside, to take it.