Lan Yi has been running to Weiyang Palace a lot in the past month, and she has gradually understood the queen's illness, and the incurable disease is an evil seed planted by God, and no one can change it after it takes root and sprouts.

She could only try her best to tell some things about Wei Changjue in front of the queen to make the queen laugh, and she couldn't do anything about the rest.

At today's banquet, Concubine Ying was radiant and did not hide her dignity, and her eldest son Wei Changyuan was also angry.

"Erchen thought about the hard work of the border soldiers, specially raised some silver taels, let some tailors work day and night, made tens of thousands of cotton clothes and sent them to the border pass, naturally, all this is in the name of the emperor, the border soldiers are grateful, the mountain shouts 'long live', are willing to Zheng Zheng blood, in exchange for the safety of my Dashun people."

The emperor's eyes on the people in all directions, of course, had heard about this matter a long time ago, but when he was praised by his son like this, he was even more red-faced, and praised again and again, "Being in Beijing, but I can think of the border soldiers, Changyuan is deeply satisfied, deeply appreciated!" Reward! ”

Wei Changyuan knelt down to thank him, but said: "Please take back the reward from your father, because this is the first birthday gift that your son gave to your father, and it is all your filial piety to you, and your son does not ask for a reward." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone praised His Royal Highness King Qi for his loyalty and filial piety, which was really the mainstay of the imperial court, and flattered the emperor to teach his son well, and the tiger father really had no dogs.

The harem concubines naturally have fun, flattering Concubine Ying's sons are all promising, and they need to ask her for their experience in raising children. Of course, these words more or less entered the ears of the emperor, and the favored woman was in the spotlight, and he only twisted his beard and smiled, and wanted to reward Wei Changyuan again and again.

But it happened that Lanyi was sitting next to Princess Su Song Yanrong, who had a hot temper, and said with a big grin: "These two emperor brothers are really powerful, and they have the same heart as their father." ”

Lan Yi looked at the head, the emperor just didn't speak at this moment, thinking that the words around him could enter his ears, so he also said loudly: "What the eldest sister-in-law said is that in the matter of figuring out the holy will, none of us is better than the second emperor brother." The second emperor brother is really a great skill, he can make tens of thousands of cotton clothes in a month, which I don't know how many garmenters have to work tirelessly to do; And he can appease the border soldiers on behalf of his father, and he will definitely be able to do more things on behalf of his father in the future. ”

After that, she pretended to cover her mouth and smiled carefully, "When I was excited, I praised it too loudly, don't blame me." ”

When it was so lively, of course, no one would come to blame her, but the few words she just said also fell into the ears of the emperor.

In a few simple words, there is a little provocative meaning, and the emperor can hear it, but Wei Changyuan does not have a good attitude towards Wei Changjue and Pei Lan, which can be seen from the previous events in the paddock. The emperor knows very well that everyone has a three-point temperament, if Lan Yi blindly retreats and blindly praises sincerely, it is not called kindness, it is called stupidity.

So this kind of caution, the emperor didn't care, what really made him unhappy was the hidden meaning in Lan Yi's words - Wei Changyuan has now been able to go past him to do a lot of things, gathering so many garment craftsmen in one place, it takes great manpower, material and financial resources, and making cotton clothes also depends on whether the silver on hand is abundant, otherwise he may not even be able to buy the cotton he needs, and the soldiers at the border pass ......

The soldiers at the border should be the king's teacher, why should he be favored by a prince? Although it is in the name of the emperor on the surface, who still doesn't know that it was his idea to say this at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet today?

To be honest, Wei Changyuan's hand was a little too long.

The emperor looked at Wei Changyuan receiving the reward, but the smile on his face began to become a little meaningful, "Changyuan, I reward you with these things, but it is not enough for you to make cotton clothes, you Qi Wangfu, there will be no deficit, right?" Can you still have a good time this year? I calculated the silver taels needed for those cotton clothes, but I had to allocate most of the treasury to cover them. ”

Wei Changyuan got up from the ground and stood up straight, he almost shook when he heard this, his mind was all on the dragon chair under his father's and father's buttocks, although he didn't like to use his brains on weekdays, he immediately understood what he was asking at this time.

If he replied that the palace would be empty, it would be that he was complaining about the collapse of his family and country; If he says that there is no deficit in the Qi Palace, the problem is even bigger - could he be rich and rival the country with just one Qi Palace?

Of course, he would not say that these cotton clothes were driven out by the power of the tailors and tailors who worked so hard day and night, nor would he say that some people died directly on the loom because of this, and could only get some pitiful patches in the end. And the situation of those who survived was also very miserable, they couldn't get too much silver, and those who got it were not as good as doing business in a regular manner.

After a stalemate for a while, Wei Changyuan finally chose the answer that was the least scolded, "Back to my father's words, these silvers are all saved by the Qi Palace, and those tailors know that these cotton clothes are made for those soldiers who protect their families and defend the country, and they would rather take less wages, and there is indeed a deficit in the son's mansion, but the mother concubine has also been subsidizing the sons, living diligently and thriftily, and can still live this year well." ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes and smiled, "It seems that the Qi Palace's expenses are not small on weekdays, and if you save money for a while, you can cover half of the treasury, Concubine Ying, in order to subsidize her son's feat, you will be emptied of Changfu Palace, right?" ”

Concubine Ying also "chuckled" in her heart, she never expected that when the two of them were famous all over the world, they would be said by the emperor to "lose their armor" in a few words. The things in this Changfu Palace are all from the Internal Affairs Office, and the Internal Affairs Office is naturally the emperor's, so she emptied the emperor's furniture to subsidize her son, is it appropriate?

Of course she couldn't answer like this, hesitated for a moment, knelt on the ground, and said earnestly: "If you go back to the emperor, the concubine did subsidize Changyuan, but the concubine has always said that the world belongs to the emperor, and everything in Changfu Palace, including everything in the palace of King Qi, is also the emperor's, and the concubines and Changyuan are equivalent to taking the emperor's things to raise the emperor's soldiers and horses, so after Changyuan sent the cotton clothes over, he said that it was the emperor's gift, and he didn't dare to bear any false reputation." As for saying this at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, it was all Changyuan's filial piety and wanted to surprise you. Please also ask the emperor to be clear. ”

In the end, it was the most favored woman, kneeling there and saying this softly and weakly, the emperor's ears were smoothed out at once, and a smile finally appeared on the originally somewhat dull face.

"I know your intentions, but the border matter is too important, and you must not use my name to do anything in the future, remember?" He raised his hand, "Okay, you don't have to kneel there, Changyuan, your mother has been working hard for the banquet for a long time, why don't you help her up?" ”

Wei Changyuan hurriedly did so, knowing that the emperor was forgiving, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, one thing that would have been praised so hastily ended in such a hurry, Wei Changyuan looked back on the previous situation, and suddenly found that his father's transformation started from Lan Yi's words, and he hated irrepressibly in his heart.

He returned to his seat, glanced at Lan Yi fiercely, and drank the wine in his hand, saying in his heart how happy it would be if such a vicious woman could one day prostrate on the ground and beg him for forgiveness.

However, in the next moment, his gaze was blocked by a figure, and Wei Changjue's gentle and elegant face leaned over and asked with concern, "Is the second emperor brother okay?" In fact, you have a heart, everyone knows that the father just mentioned a few more sentences, the second emperor brother should not hold a grudge against anyone, right? ”

This couple, one is a bad person and a good thing, and the other is adding oil and vinegar, which are not good things, but in front of so many people, Wei Changyuan also has to thank his younger brother for comforting, "What Chang Jue said is a bit too much, how can I hold a grudge?" Who do you hate? ”

Wei Changjue smiled, "The second emperor brother is open-minded, and he is really a model between brothers, I respect you for this glass of wine." ”

Wei Changyuan held a smiling face, only felt that his cheeks were pantothenic, and he refused to let people see the anger in his heart, picked up the wine jug in front of him, filled a glass, touched Wei Changjue, raised his head and drank.

Wei Changjue returned to his seat at this time, and Wei Changqi next to him asked in a low voice: "Do you dare to provoke him at this time?" Ying Guifei counted the accounts, not afraid that she would not be able to eat and walk around? ”

Wei Changjue looked at Wei Changqi quietly for a while, causing him to be a little embarrassed, and asked, "What's wrong?" Flowers on my face? ”

"No, the eldest brother is too worried." Wei Changjue said.

This brother often mentions him in private a sentence or two, or says that Concubine Ying is not good, or that the second prince or the fourth prince is not good, because the queen is friendly with the concubine, Wei Changjue has never doubted what is hidden behind his words and actions, he always feels that it is a charcoal in the snow, and he will be a little grateful, but now that he knows that Wei Changqi's hands have been stained with human life, his eyes on his brother have completely changed.

The people of Su Wangfu, sure enough, bought a large number of Chuanxiong and safflower after Wei Changjun fell from his horse, and the person was so careful that he went to a remote pharmacy in the west of the city, and when he bought medicine, he bought other medicinal materials, which were entangled in one place, if it weren't for the fact that there were not many people who used these two medicinal materials that month, it would be easy to get mixed up.

At this moment, Wei Changjue hadn't figured out how to confirm this matter with the eldest brother, but said: "After the longevity banquet, Changyin is also going to open his teeth to build a mansion, and he said that he wants to invite us to his mansion to have a good day, where is it before, is the eldest brother interested in coming to my mansion to sit first?" ”

Wei Changqi said happily: "Yes, speaking of which, I haven't been to Prince Gong's Mansion much last year, is it that the third brother and sister don't like others to go to the house to make trouble, I haven't received your invitation." ”