"Then I'm going to come back often, don't bother me when the old lady comes, if you're so fat, don't blame me for letting you have more dinner."

The old lady pretended to be angry and pointed at Chu Junlan: "The second family, don't catch this monkey yet." ”

"She's a monkey, and she can't escape from your Five Finger Mountain, right?" Xu laughed and played.

"Hahaha!" The old lady slapped her thighs with laughter, and the whole family laughed.

Chu Junlan said goodbye to Chu Yuan and his wife and Chu Zhan, and followed Chu Hua and Xu back to Zhiyuanzhai.

Su Qin served tea and retreated with the girls.

Chu Hua smiled: "Is Sister Lan'er doing well in the palace?" ”

"Everything is fine, Father Lao is worried."

"I heard that your eldest brother is now the prisoner of the Guozijian, and he was helped by the relatives of Princess Zhang's mother's family?" Chu Hua asked with concern, "Is Princess Zhang good to you?" I don't think the wives and concubines in their family are fuel-efficient lamps. ”

Xu Shi also said: "Yes, I went out to attend several banquets, and these women chatted together, and many of them talked about the palace. ”

Chu Junlan smiled, and told Chu Hua and Xu everything about what happened recently, except for what could be said about Xiao Xu's life experience and privacy.

Chu Hua was silent when he listened, Xu smacked his tongue and patted the arm of the chair: "What kind of person is this, it's too unusual, it's too unusual!" ”

Chu Junlan soothed: "Don't worry, Daddy, aren't I doing well now?" And now I have the pair of cards in my hand. Princess Zhang couldn't think of a way to deal with me for a while. Princess Cai did it, but to be honest, her level was like that. ”

Xu said helplessly: "You, don't underestimate the enemy, Cai Yingqiu's maiden family is not ordinary, Concubine Shu is her cousin, Mrs. Hanmei is her aunt, and the late Queen Mother is also a member of their family, if Mrs. Hanmei and Concubine Shugui find a way to deal with you together, you will be in trouble at that time." ”

"Yes. My daughter will be careful. ”

Chu Hua said seriously: "This is not for you to hang on your lips, but for you to keep it in mind, although the Cai family's family is smart and does not mix with officialdom, but the volume is too huge, this time Huaijing built a palace, it is said that only a small part of the silver comes from the emperor's internal money, most of it is from the Cai family, do you know what it means?" ”

Chu Junlan pursed his lips and said after a while: "It means that as long as the emperor's palace is not completed, Concubine Shu and the Cai family will always be on the strong side, which is equivalent to having a gold medal for avoiding death." Even if the repair is completed, it depends on whether the emperor wants to use silver in the future before he decides to move the Cai family. ”

Chu Hua nodded with a smile and said, "You are a smart child." There are some things that you don't need your father to tell you too thoroughly, you know it. This time the emperor's move to build a palace was very unusual, some people in the court pondered, some speculated, some took the opportunity to make a fortune, and even more people rooted in the capital have begun to oppose it. Sister Lan, although you live in an inner house, you still have to pay more attention to the movements in the court, so that you don't cause trouble for your family and yourself. ”

"Daughter remembers," Chu Junlan nodded, and then said, "There are already people in the court who oppose the emperor's construction of the palace?" Is it sent by the security soldiers? ”

Chu Hua was stunned for a moment, snorted and laughed, and said to Xu Shi with emotion: "I, I'm willing to talk to Sister Lan about this, I don't have to froth at the mouth to explain, just make sense." ”

Xu Shi was overjoyed, nodded, and then deliberately grimaced: "Is the prince disgusted with the stupidity of the concubine?" ”

"How dare I? I'm afraid the old lady will clean me up! ”

Thinking of what happened at the dinner just now, the three of them couldn't help laughing.

Chu Junlan immediately lowered his voice and said: "Actually, my daughter also has this kind of speculation, and I also told my mother, my daughter feels that the scale of the emperor's construction of the palace is almost more than that of the palace in the capital, and eighty percent of them are moved to move the capital to Huaijing." This is also the reason why these nobles who are rooted in the capital and northern Xinjiang are tempted to oppose it. ”

"Yes, my father also feels this way, but the emperor is the emperor, and the emperor doesn't say what he does at the moment, the courtiers are chasing after the wind, and there is no way to stop it." Chu Hua sighed.

Although Xu didn't think of these things by himself, he also knew a little about the affairs of the court, so he didn't intervene at this time and listened quietly.

Chu Junlan said in a low voice: "The Baobing faction, most of them are rooted in the north, if the capital is moved to Huaijing, it will be self-defeating, Huaijing also has a faction of Huaijing, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, everything has to start from scratch after going, and the payment is too great." But if the emperor is determined to move the capital, if he doesn't follow the emperor to Huaijing, he can't see it now, and in three or five years, he will find that the entire family will gradually fade out of the center of power. ”

"yes, so it's a tough choice." Chu Hua also sighed.

Xu picked up the teapot and refilled the tea for the father and daughter in the conversation, without disturbing.

Chu Junlan thanked the Xu family, took a sip of tea and asked, "Is my father also embarrassed?" ”

Xu also looked at Chu Hua.

Chu Hua smiled bitterly and rubbed his forehead: "How can I not be embarrassed?" You also know the situation of our family, your grandfather is bent on preserving the glory of Xungui, and I have always been at odds with his philosophy, I refuse to listen to him, and he is too lazy to see me, otherwise he will not hide in the Zhuangzi and not come back. This time, the matter has not exploded yet, and when it is put on the surface, there will be another debate. ”

Xu sighed when he heard it, and he was also very troubled by the relationship between her husband and her father-in-law.

Chu Junlan smiled: "You, you're worried too early, according to your daughter, things may not be as you think, grandfather and you, even if the concept is not in harmony, the purpose of the two of you is the same, so that the line of Mao Guogong can continue and flourish, and no one wants the family to be marginalized and lonely." ”

When Chu Hua heard this, the hand serving the tea suddenly stopped, his eyes looked directly at Chu Junlan, and after a while, he suddenly narrowed, slowly showed a smile, shook his head and said, "It's for my father." ”

"You are a fan of the authorities, in fact, my daughter thinks that you can talk openly and honestly with your grandfather, grandfather is definitely a wise man, and he may not be an unreasonable person, but he sees the emperor's mind too thoroughly."

Both Chu Hua and Xu fell into deep thought.

Chu Junlan didn't urge them, he ate tea quietly, and after a while, Chu Hua laughed, and said with a smile: "You little clever ghost, you are going home for a trip, and you want to untie all the knots in your father's heart?" ”

Chu Junlan laughed and said: "My father is a fan of the authorities, and I am a bystander." Grandfather may not love this family, you and grandfather are not weak, there has been a god of war like the eldest uncle in the family, if the whole family is twisted into a rope, and it is harmonious, if you are the superior, are you worried? That's why I think that my grandfather is a wise person, but the Dingguo family is smart and exposed, but he is not cautious enough. ”