In the confrontation of "the order of entering the palace gate", it was regarded as a complete victory for the crown princess, and Princess Heng lost first.

Princess Heng wanted to secretly humiliate Li Fengming to vent her anger, but she didn't expect that Li Fengming was not a soft persimmon that she could handle, but she was cheated for fifty gold, and the aggrieved secret fire in her heart can be imagined.

But the ladies of the Qi Kingdom pay the most attention to the word "decent", and in the end, she was the first to pick the head, so she could only swallow the secret loss of fifty gold alive.

Li Fengming asked Chun Yudai to go back to Changfeng Garden to get things, and Princess Huai also ordered a maid to follow, which meant "two pieces of silver" on the spot.

That's how I arrived at Xiangxue Garden.

A large number of people stepped forward to salute in turn, and the Queen Mother was really a little confused, and she couldn't tell who was who several times.

It is also thanks to the rules of the royal family of Qi State, after the ceremony, some people are not qualified to stay in front of the old lady to talk, so they went to the flower pavilion to have tea under the leadership of Mama Hua.

Li Fengming was a little confused about this. She looked at the rest of the people in the hall, and didn't understand what the criteria for "whether or not you are qualified to stay in front of the old lady to talk" were based on.

Among the ladies of the prince's mansion, only the crown princess and the left concubine were left, and the right concubine and the prince Zhaoxun followed Mama Hua to the flower pavilion.

At the end of King Heng's Mansion, in addition to Princess Heng, what was left were two side concubines and a Liangdi, as well as Princess Heng's cousin Wenyin.

Wenyin, this girl is very interesting.

Since entering Xiangxue Garden, she followed closely beside her cousin Princess Heng, her words and deeds were decent, and she did not show her limelight at all.

The whole process is full of eyes and noses, noses and hearts, with a look of "I'm just here to make up the numbers, and you are not there for me".

Although Li Fengming was confused, he didn't show it on his face, and he only served tea to the Empress Dowager skillfully and thoughtfully.

The old lady also seemed to be slowly "waking up", and opened her mouth to be the one she had to ask when she met recently: "Xiao Fengming, has the clear reply arrived?" ”

"Grandma Hui, it's already here."

Thinking of Xiao Mingche's one-word reply, Li Fengming was slightly embarrassed, for fear that the old lady would let her take it immediately, so he hurriedly added: "I'll ask someone to make you a sweet cake tomorrow and pour fresh berry juice." Then I will bring you a sweet cake, and I will bring you the letter with it. ”

"Good, good, great!"

The old lady nodded repeatedly, and there was a smile in every wrinkle on her face. I don't know if I am satisfied with "Xiao Mingche's reply has finally arrived", or I am satisfied with the novelty cookies.

The crown princess glanced at Li Fengming with strange eyes, but in the end she didn't say anything, and turned to care about the old lady's current situation.

In fact, there is a special person in the palace who reports the daily life of the empress dowager to the emperor and queen in the palace on time, and the prince's mansion will also get the same news. The crown princess who should know knows that she is just looking for a random topic.

It was Princess Heng, who had suffered a loss of fifty gold in Li Fengming's hands before, and wanted to find some ground at the moment.

When the crown princess and the empress dowager finished chatting, Princess Heng dragged the conversation to the end of the conversation and pulled the topic back to Li Fengming.

"Grandma, in fact, it doesn't matter if the fifth brother doesn't reply to the letter. The most important thing for the fifth brother and sister to do is to prepare for a good life, and when the fifth brother comes back, he hurriedly thinks of the round house and makes a closing ceremony. ”

"They are newlyweds, and it is only natural that they will have a round house. What do you need to do to 'hurry up and think about it'? The old lady suddenly became shrewd again, "Could it be that Mingche's bastard boy doesn't want to have a round room with Xiao Fengming?!" ”

Princess Heng covered her lips with a silk, as if she was smiling: "What does the fifth brother think, I don't know this." It was only on the night of the wedding that the fifth brother and sister touched his hand, and he ......, "I almost ran eight feet away on the spot."

The crown princess coughed lightly and interrupted her: "The fifth brother is on the front line, and he can still take time out of his busy schedule to reply to the letter, which is to take the fifth brother and sister to heart." It's also good to keep in touch with each other first, and if you have more heart-to-heart exchanges, it will be a matter of course in the future. Now that everything on the front line is undecided, I can't say when I will return to Beijing, and I am not in a hurry for a moment. ”

"Yes." Li Fengming smiled decently, but in fact he was a little absent-minded.

"I heard from His Royal Highness that my father and emperor have been considering recently, and between the fifth brother and General Lian Zhen, there will always be one who will be recalled to Beijing in a few days. Why, the crown princess didn't know? Oh, look at my memory, of course the prince will not mention these current affairs to you. ”

Speaking of this, Princess Heng paused in surprise and pretended to be round.

"Yes. Everyone in Beijing envied the princess's leisure, and said that the prince treated you very considerately, not only letting the two side concubines share the hard work of running the treasury for you, but also not even bothering you in the dormitory. ”

Even Li Fengming, who was distracted, could hear the heart-piercing meaning in these words.

Princess Heng is clearly mocking the crown princess, not only has the financial power of the housewife been hollowed out, but also has been snubbed by her husband.

For the women of Qiguo, such a situation deserves the word "miserable".

The concubine on the left side of the prince's mansion hurriedly helped: "Recently, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was handling government affairs in the palace, I was mostly waiting for pen and ink, and I never heard His Royal Highness mention that His Royal Highness Fifth Highness is going to return to Beijing. ”

This is to let go of internal grievances and be consistent with the crown princess.

Princess Heng choked.

The crown princess's face was a little pale, and she laughed and fought back: "I am lazy, and I am not as shrewd and capable as my third brother and sister." When I entered the palace at the beginning of the month, I also heard the queen mother's distressed chatter, saying that if it weren't for the Hengwang Mansion to do everything you need, there would have been no miscarriage the year before last. ”

The Empress Dowager frowned and said, "Good and dignified, what are you doing with this?" ”

"What Grandma said is that if you don't mention these unhappy things," Princess Heng smiled stiffly and changed the topic, "In a few months, it will be 'Xia Wang Elector', and then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be busy, and the Crown Princess will also follow suit." ”

Li Fengming looked back and forth at Princess Heng and the crown princess without a trace.

The crown princess's face was pale, and the roots of her teeth were obviously clenched.

Princess Heng showed a smile raising her eyebrows: "Wenyin, when you go back, remember to remind your father and brother more in front of you, and do your best to share your worries for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Wen Yin, who was innocently named, lowered his head and lowered his face, and said in a small voice: "Yes." ”

The Empress Dowager said suddenly: "Every year at the beginning of spring, each family has many trivial matters to worry about. Now I am also very good, you only take care of the affairs of the house, and you don't have to come to visit from time to time, and you will suffer in vain. ”

Everyone could hear that the old lady was unhappy, and the atmosphere suddenly froze in embarrassment.

Li Fengming bowed his head and said softly: "Grandma is always considerate of the younger generation." Although Dicui Mountain is only twenty miles away from the south gate of Yongjing City, the royal sisters-in-law and nobles go out for a big battle, and it is really a toss to come here. ”

The crown princess and Princess Heng also knew that she was helping to descend the steps, and hurriedly tacitly agreed to a truce.

The two sang together with a smile, changed to some light-hearted things and funny, and coaxed for a long time to make the old man smile again.

*****

Because Li Fengming is from a foreign country, the palace steward Hua Mama considered that her tastes might be different, so she set up a small stove in Changfeng Garden, so that Xin Wei and Chun Yudai could cook and eat for her alone.

Taking advantage of this convenience, Chun Yudai and Xin Wei usually do not eat with the palace maids, and often hold a group alone in Changfeng Garden.

At the end of noon, Xin Wei thought that Li Fengming would be left in Xiangxue Garden for dinner at noon, so he cooked mutton soup shabu-shabu in the small stove.

Before he got on the skew, he saw Li Fengming and Chun Yudai coming in, and Xin Wei couldn't help but smile apologetically.

Li Fengming hooked his lips tiredly: "Since the shabu-shabu is already hot, it is troublesome to move it to the dining room at this moment." Add me a pair of chopsticks and eat with you here. ”

She was not a difficult lord in most matters, and she was quite capable of doing things when necessary.

Chun Yudai went to add dishes and chopsticks for her, and said, "Then you have wronged Your Highness." ”

Xin Wei boldly ridiculed: "Look at this situation, today there are the crown princess and the princess Heng, and our Royal Highness seems to have fallen out of favor in front of the old lady?" Not even lunch fell. ”

Li Fengming blinked lightly and lowered his voice: "The two imperial sisters-in-law also went home to eat themselves, and no one was left behind." ”

Xin Wei has been with her for many years, and she can hear what she has to say. Then he urged: "Your Highness, tell me quickly, what is the scene in Xiangxue Garden today?" ”

The three of them sat around the small table and talked while eating the mutton soup shabu-shabu.

“…… The two of them exposed each other's scars openly and secretly, and talked about each other's family privacy sentence by sentence, which made my scalp tingle when I heard it. ”

Li Fengming took a sip of mutton soup and sighed with satisfaction: "The two of them are too sharp in their words, I only understand a rough idea." ”

"What kind of 'probably'?" Xin Wei put the soaked bean sprouts on the plate in front of her, and waited for the next step.

Although Chun Yudai didn't interject, she was also wide-eyed.

The door of the small stove was not closed, and I could clearly see that no one was approaching outside, so I had a lot less scruples when I spoke.

Li Fengming said leisurely: "What about the prince's mansion, the crown princess has no children two years after marriage, and the prince is disgusted with her, and then enters her bedroom at most once a year." The worst thing is that the treasury is also in the hands of the two side concubines. ”

"Understood, in your eyes, it's not miserable for the crown princess to be unfavored and childless," Chun Yudai couldn't help laughing, "But if she loses financial power, it's very miserable." ”

"It's just miserable," Li Fengming frowned and shook his head bitterly, "Silver root is the foundation of a country, and it is also the foundation of a government." If the financial power of the prince's mansion is in her hands, how dare the prince not enter her bedroom and betray her hue? ”

Chun Yudai smiled and reminded: "Your Highness is cautious." ”

"Okay," Li Fengming coughed dryly, and continued, "In short, in addition to squeezing her with things like 'no favor, no children, no financial power', Princess Heng also brought Wen Yin to block her." Looking at that situation, eighty percent of them are Wenyin and the prince's story. ”

She paid special attention to it, and Wenyin had no intention of getting involved in these back houses, thinking that it was because the elders of the family did not refute the face of her cousin Princess Heng and forced her to come.

Chun Yudai nodded: "I also saw it when I accompanied you at the gate of the palace in the morning, and when the crown princess saw the girl, her face was not very good." ”

"And then? What is the situation in Hengwang's Mansion? Xin Wei asked anxiously.

"King Heng's Mansion is also in a mess, and there are a lot of concubines, more than the Prince's Mansion."

Li Fengming took the silk and pressed his lips: "It's strange to say, even the right concubine and the prince Zhaoxun in the prince's mansion are from the good family." But the Heng Wangfu is all from a high-ranking family, and even the four lowest-level good ladies are from a noble family. ”

The father behind those women obviously helped King Heng a lot, so although Princess Heng was in charge of the financial power of the palace, she was actually no better than the crown princess.

Because the crown princess said, "The queen mother was distressed, and said that if it weren't for the fact that everything in the Hengwang Mansion needs your hard work, there would have been no miscarriage the year before last."

This means that Princess Heng did not dare to give up her power easily when she was pregnant, for fear that she would be replaced.

Obviously, the Prince's Mansion and the Heng Wang's Mansion each have their own miasma, and the Crown Princess and Princess Heng have their own sadness and bitterness.

Li Fengming remembered the rumor he had heard before: The Xiao royal family is crazy.

Now she really believed it.

Just think about it, a prince and a prince can't manage their backyard like this, and Emperor Qi still thinks that these two people can be entrusted to Guozuo? ! It's horribly crazy.

Li Fengming was supposed to watch the excitement today, but when he saw the two of them poking each other in the sore spots, he felt quite pitiful and boring.

The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she became: "A prince, a prince who can compete with the prince, but the two mansions are so bad, completely different from Dawei." I've never seen anything like this before. ”

Xin Wei swallowed the food in his mouth and laughed sullenly: "It's not that it's different from Great Wei, it's just that His Highness didn't have the opportunity to see this kind of road before." You're ...... after all."

"Xin Wei!" Chun Yudai interrupted with a raised voice, and the eyes that stared at her were particularly fierce.

Xin Wei was startled, knowing that she was speechless, she hurriedly looked outside the door cautiously to make sure that there was no one, and then whispered to Li Fengming.

"Okay, it's okay if no one hears it, don't be surprised," Li Fengmingyun smiled lightly, "We all have to slowly adapt to my new identity." ”

Chun Yudai softened her expression and muttered a little angrily: "I see that you have adapted very well." Today, you blatantly extort fifty gold from Princess Heng, and you can't do this before. ”

"How can that be called blackmail? She and I are in a bad deal...... Of course, the price is indeed a bit expensive," Li Fengming smiled dryly, and sighed again, "Hey, this time is different from the past." ”

In the past, His Royal Highness Li Fengming, if he wanted to sit on all kinds of beautiful men, how could he first consider whether he had savings of tens of thousands of gold?

"That's it, the past is like smoke, and some of these things are gossip."

Li Fengming's expression changed, and he instructed seriously: "Xin Wei, hurry up and go to the study with me after eating, you have to run to Mulan Town for me in the afternoon." I thought about it, there is a news, it is better to give Xiao Ming a thorough air in advance. ”

She heard something from the words of the crown princess and Princess Heng today, if she didn't tell Xiao Mingche as soon as possible, she was afraid that he would be arrested when he returned to Beijing.

Princess Heng said that King Heng personally told her that in the near future, one of Xiao Mingche and Lian Zhen would be recalled to Beijing by the Holy Decree. But the prince's left concubine said that the prince had not received such news. ”

The women of Qi do not understand the political situation, and these words are at most proof of the husband's closeness and affection to Princess Heng and the left concubine of the crown prince.

They don't think about it, and they don't understand it when they think about it.

But Li Fengming is not a woman of Qi State, and some things are almost an instinct carved into her bones and blood.

"The border dispute between Qi and Song has been going on for a long time, and when did you not fight until one side was seriously injured before withdrawing the troops? Even if the southern Qi army has won a few battles recently, it will never immediately cease fighting. Changing the battle will be a big taboo, and Emperor Qi is considering whether to recall Lian Zhen at this time, most likely because of ......"

She handed Chun Yudai a meaningful look.

"The Lian family is a family of generals of the Qi State, and it is impossible for them to have no political enemies in the court."

Chun Yudai comprehended and was slightly shocked: "What does His Highness mean is that this Lian Zhen general, and even the Lian family behind him, is afraid that disaster is coming, do you want to help?" ”

"It's good if I can take care of myself, how can I help?"

Li Fengming didn't know what trouble Lian had caused, nor did he know Lian Zhen, to put it bluntly, it had nothing to do with her whether he was dead or alive.

As for whether the southern border of Qi is chaotic or not, it is not her responsibility, and she has no part to interfere.

"I'm just guessing what Emperor Qi is 'considering'."

The Jiangmen family has deep roots, and the political enemies of the DPRK and China want to shake the Lian family by attacking Lian Zhen, but Emperor Qi may have other considerations.

The emperor is not as free as ordinary people think, and he can say whatever he wants. If Emperor Qi finally decides to Bao Lian, he must give an explanation that can balance all parties.

"If it is Xiao Mingche who has been recalled recently, then he will most likely become Emperor Qi's 'explanation' to all parties. If he should be recalled to Beijing without knowing it, it probably won't end well," Li Fengming spread his hands, "Lian Zhen's life or death has nothing to do with me, but Xiao Mingche, I have to protect it." ”

Xin Wei quipped: "His Royal Highness King Huai's 'um' word, the heart of alienation and avoidance jumped on the paper. Can you put up with this and send him a warning letter? ”

Li Fengming stood up proudly and patted his heart: "Look at what this is?" ”

Chun Yudai and Xin Wei were dumbfounded at the same time, and both blushed: "Your Highness, please respect yourself!" ”

"You two have all the stuff in your head?! I don't want you to see it...... There. ”

Li Fengming looked down at the proud rise and fall on his chest, and looked at them with disdain: "I mean, I have a big mind that can accommodate people. ”

Seeing that the two of them were full of disbelief, Li Fengming smiled awkwardly, and finally spit out the truth: "Angry, but after all, my road to wealth has only seen a little eyebrow, if Xiao Mingche is unlucky, it will not be good for me." ”