The emperor's house arrest of He Jingying was lifted the next day. The emperor's move was like letting go of Xiao Yuanda and Xiao Wuyu, and all the ministers were puzzled. But this time the ministers were quieter, and Wang Jingze was silent. The children who were singing nursery rhymes in the market suddenly stopped singing them, as if they were not interested in the nursery rhyme.

After all, He Jingying is just a princess of Nanjun, she is only used to control the king of Nanjun in the party dispute, since the emperor doesn't care about the demon girl, the ministers naturally don't care.

Today's court is retreating from the court again. Several ministers twisted their beards behind the court, and they all sighed together. I'm afraid that I've bought the wrong horse and stood on the wrong team for this period of time, and I don't know if I'm in a hurry now. Originally, I thought that when the Temple of Heaven worships the ancestors, the candidate for the crown prince will be decided. But looking at the current situation, Xiao Ziliang, who has always been the most vocal, was placed under house arrest, and Xiao Zijing was driven to Jingzhou, and he was not allowed to return to Beijing without an edict. However, the king of Nanjun, who everyone had not been very optimistic about before, actually won the momentum in one fell swoop.

Although the ministers don't understand why this idle prince of Nanjun has gained power, what virtue he has, and how he can afford the position of the prince, but the emperor's liking is the last word, and tending to the flame is the way to survive in this court.

For a while, there was a lot of people in front of the Nanjun Palace, and there was an endless stream of people giving gifts and sending worship. Some of the gifts sent by the ministers, Xiao Lian accepted them, some did not accept them, and he did not judge the value of the gifts, all according to his own liking, and his personality was perverse and extremely gentle. For a time, being able to send gifts to the Nanjun Royal Mansion became a project for the ministers of the court to compare with each other.

In the palace of Nanjun Wang, He Yin was a guest, saying that he was a guest, but the fish on the table was cooked by He Yin himself. On the Yanbo Pavilion, the dishes on the table are extremely simple, but they are very delicious, the fish is caught by He Yin early in the morning from the stream of Xiaoshan East Garden, the green vegetables are picked from the three acres of fields planted by He Yin himself in Xiaoshan East Garden, and the bacon is given to He Yin by a farmer three miles away from Xiaoshan East Garden. In short, although Xiao Lian and He Jingying invited guests today, the dishes were all brought by He Yin himself.

Because Wang Shaoming lived in the palace of Nanjun, He Jingying also invited Wang Shaoming to come. Because Wang Shaoming has not arrived yet, the three of them just sat in front of the desk drinking tea and chatting.

The three of them sat for less than a stick of incense, and Xu Longju sent in ten prayer sticks. Xu Longju looked at He Jingying with a smile and said, "Princess, is it still the old rule?" ”

Outside the palace, everyone respects Xiao Lian, but when the door is closed in this palace, everyone knows who is talking in this palace.

He Jingying took a sip of tea lightly and nodded at Xu Longju.

Xu Longju skillfully walked in front of the fat tiger and lined up the ten worship stickers in front of the fat tiger. Fat Tiger is also very familiar with doing such things, walked to the post and looked at it, stretched out his dirty, oily paws, picked a few of his favorite paws and pulled them twice, and the few posts were immediately printed with a black dog paw print.

Xu Longju smiled and picked up the "stamped" greeting posts: "Then accept these gifts." ”

He Jingying nodded, "Mmmm" twice, broke a piece of fish tail and threw it to Fat Tiger. The fat tiger shook his head and waged his tail in his mouth, leaned to the side, and ate it with relish.

He Yin said with a smile: "A-Ying, your method is very convenient." If those ministers knew that whether or not their gifts could be sent to the palace was a decision made by a dog, I am afraid that they would be angry again. ”

He Jingying smiled "hee-hee": "Third uncle, the fat tiger is the emperor's filial piety dog, even if this matter spreads, they can only sigh at the emperor's grace." ”

He Yin looked at Xiao Lian and asked, "You don't plan to see any of these ministers?" ”

Xiao Lian shook his head: "These ministers are all people who tend to be inflammatory, today I have gained power, so I will come to slap me, if I lose power tomorrow, I am afraid that they will step on me to slap others." These people, there is no need to see. ”

He Yin smiled slightly: "You can understand it better than Xiao Yunying." ”

"That's not the way, at least the Wang family really supports Xiao Yunying. As long as the Wang family still supports Xiao Yunying one day, Xiao Yunying will always be in power. ”

He Yin's eyebrows raised slightly: "Do you want to attack the Wang family?" ”

Xiao Lian smiled helplessly: "It's easy to talk about, it is said that the big snake wants to hit seven inches, and I don't know where the seven inches of the Wang family are, but the seven inches of my big Qi are held by the Wang family." If you hurt the Wang family, you must have injured 1,000 enemies and 800 yourself, otherwise the emperor would have attacked the Wang family a long time ago. ”

He Jingying asked: "Third uncle, when you come back from Zhuyi this time, the Wang family has not moved, will they do it when they worship their ancestors at the Temple of Heaven?" ”

He Yin shook his head: "In the past few days, I have been letting Osu keep an eye on the movements of the Wang family. Except for Wang Rong who has been in the West Mansion, they have not moved. What's more, inside the Wang family, they don't necessarily know their hearts. Otherwise, they would not have sent Wang Ci's daughter into the palace. ”

As he was talking, he saw Wang Shaoming coming over from a distance. Wang Shaoming still let Zhang's mother accompany her as usual, although it was an ordinary family banquet, she was still worn on her head by Zhang's mother according to her own aesthetics, with several precious pearl hairpins, and the shirt was also embroidered with gold silk on a blue and blue dress. Fortunately, Wang Shaoming's appearance is quite beautiful, and although his clothes are vulgar, they are not ugly.

When Wang Shaoming saw He Yin, he saluted He Yin with a junior salute, and saluted Xiao Lian and He Jingying with a regular salute. When Wang Shaoming saluted He Jingying, Zhang's mother coughed lightly, but Wang Shaoming didn't hear it.

He Jingying smiled and invited Wang Shaoming into the banquet, and said to Wang Shaoming gently: "Miss Wang, today the third uncle picked some game from the mountains, although the food is simple, but it is better than the taste, you can taste it." ”

Wang Shaoming was quite embarrassed when he saw Xiao Lian, but he was much more relaxed towards He Jingying. Wang Shaoming looked at the dishes on the table, although the dishes were simple, they were full of color, flavor and flavor, and he was very happy: "The princess is polite, Shaoming has never seen these dishes in Langya, and they look very good." ”

Mother Zhang looked at the dishes on the table with disdain, and muttered, "It's just some rough food in the mountains." ”

Zhang's mother didn't have a loud voice, but everyone could hear it. Wang Shaoming's face was embarrassed, neither was the seizure, nor was the explanation, her face was red and white for a while, so she had to choose something else to say, she looked up and saw that there was an empty seat next to her seat, so she asked, "Princess, is there anyone else coming?" ”

Xiao Lian said lightly: "Oh, it's my younger brother who is coming, I haven't seen him for a long time, thinking about today's family banquet, I also invited him." ”

Wang Shaoming's heart jumped suddenly: "King Xin'an is coming?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Zhaowen walked over in a hurry, and when he saw Wang Shaoming, Xiao Zhaowen was obviously stunned.

After the meal, Xiao Zhaowen changed his previous appearance of talking a lot, and ate the dishes in front of him without saying a word. Wang Shaoming saw Xiao Zhaowen's indifferent look, and his heart became more and more worried, and he didn't speak, just eating the vegetables in front of him.

He Jingying naturally didn't know what was wrong with Wang Shaoming, but she felt that Wang Shaoming's face was very ugly, and asked, "Miss Wang, what's wrong with you?" But the dish is not to the liking. ”

Wang Shaoming shook his head gently, and because he was wronged, he refused to open his mouth to speak.

When Xiao Zhaoming came, Wang Shaoming was still talking to He Jingying, at this time Wang Shaoming was speechless, his face was pale, Xiao Zhaowen thought that Wang Shaoming was unwilling to sit next to him, picked up the rice bowl in front of him, took a few mouthfuls of rice, and sandwiched a few pieces of meat into his mouth. After eating, he wiped his mouth, arched his hand to Xiao Lian and said, "Big brother, I'm done." I'm going back to Yuzhou tomorrow, I'll go to see my mother first. ”

When Wang Shaoming heard this, he immediately raised his head: "You want to go back to Yuzhou?" ”

Xiao Zhaowen looked back at Wang Shaoming and said, "Miss Wang, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Shaoming shook his head: "The prince is busy with official business, I ...... It's okay. ”

"In that case, I'll go first."

Xiao Zhaowen saw that Wang Shaoming lowered his head and didn't speak again, his heart was sour, and he turned his head and left.

He Jingying looked at Xiao Lian inexplicably: "What's wrong with him?" ”

Xiao Lian rolled his eyes and said, "The husky has become a refinement." ”

Just as everyone was eating, Xu Longju sent another post. This post is different from other posts, there is no big gift, and the accompanying gift is just a big rooster.

"Who is this man?"

Xu Longju took the worship post and replied: "This worship post is performed by Shang Shuyan of the ancestral hall. ”

"Etiquette?" He Yin smiled: "No wonder the gift is a rooster." ”

"Why is the third uncle, their family runs a chicken farm?"

"That's not it, Yan Zhili is in charge of the ancestral hall is a clean official, and the etiquette is almost harsh. Because the rooster is often used in the sacrifice, Yan Zhili thinks that the chickens bought in the market eat dirty chicken food, and if the chickens bought in the market are sacrificed, it is a great disrespect to the gods, so he raised a yard of chickens. ”

"Since you are a Qing official, how can you send a letter of worship to my house?"

"He might have something to ask of you."

"Please?"

He Yin nodded: "Do you know what day it will be in three days?" ”

Xiao Lian thought about it carefully: "Ancestor worship at the Temple of Heaven? ”

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Three days later, it was the Temple of Heaven to worship the ancestors, and the ancestral hall Shangshu Yan was at home at this time, the classics were scattered all over the place, and the sideburns were scattered like crazy demons, in fact, he was really going crazy.

According to the ritual, the Temple of Heaven is divided into four stages: welcoming the gods, offering the lords, saying goodbye to the gods, and drinking blessings and scattering the gears. It is better to say that the highly respected person in the country, that is, himself, leads the hundred officials to welcome the god. The key is to dedicate one. When the knight is dedicated, the emperor must stand on the main altar, and the emperor will set up the first dedication officer, the second dedication officer, and the final dedication officer, and the same title must stand on both sides of the main altar. The east side and the south side of the main altar are set up with two side altars, and the east and south officials are set up on the altar, holding silk and reading blessings.

The two positions of the East Offering Officer and the South Offering Officer are easy to say, but the first dedication officer, the second dedication official, and the final dedication official all require the son-in-law to be the dedication official. If there is no son-in-law, it is the eldest son, the second son, and the second son.

But in this clan, after the death of the prince, Xiao Ziliang was the elder, but at this time Xiao Ziliang was placed under house arrest in the West Mansion. In addition to Xiao Ziliang, Xiao Zimao is also a son-in-law, but he is still in prison. Although these two people are under house arrest and imprisoned, they have not been explicitly convicted, so although they have been punished, they are not considered guilty, and these two people have not been degraded, so their identities are still there. It stands to reason that as long as the identities of these two people are still there, they should come forward when they worship their ancestors at the Temple of Heaven.

For this reason, he gave several concerts, but the emperor turned a blind eye. Seeing that the day of the sacrifice was approaching day by day, the emperor still didn't have a hint. Yan Zhili was so anxious that he was about to go crazy. Now except for Xiao Ziliang and Xiao Zimao, there is only Xiao Lian who can be decided.

In desperation, he had to find a compromise in the classics, but he still couldn't find a single word to understand after searching for the classics for a long time, and now he was thinking about how to split Xiao Lian into several petals, so that he could put one petal on each altar.

When he was scratching his heart and lungs, the little guy who went to send a greeting to Xiao Lian came back. When the little guy came back, he had the greeting card in his hand and the big rooster that was sent.

Yan Zhili looked at the big rooster and said, "What's the matter, the prince of Nanjun refuses to see me?" ”

"No, sir. The prince of Nanjun said that let the adults rest assured, he has his own way to help the adults. The little guy mentioned the big rooster in his hand: "As for this chicken, the prince of Nanjun said that it is not easy for you to raise a chicken, so let you keep it for yourself." ”

Yan Zhili looked at the little guy with some confusion: "Original words? ”

The little guy said seriously: "It's the original words." ”

"How can he help me?" Although Yan Zhili is a scholar, when it is a position like a shrine book, it is a false position, and only at various festivals can he reflect the value of a book. It was the people in the court who were respectful to the words, but they never thought of wooing them. Yan Zhili is very strange, how can a little prince with a bad reputation be willing to help himself, it is still free.

He wanted to ask Xiao Lian to help him find out about the emperor's mouth, but he didn't have much hope for this. Not to mention that the whole capital knows that this Nanjun prince has a perverse personality and does things according to his own preferences, and Yan Zhili has never had a good impression of this Nanjun prince, and when he made a big fuss about Chong'an Mausoleum, Yan Zhili was present. And about the sacrifice of people, Wang Rong also came to ask about the ceremony. Regarding the matter of the sacrifice of the living, Yan Zhili also studied the ancient books and gave Wang Rong a positive answer. Therefore, when Xiao Lian made a big fuss about Chong'an Mausoleum, he also slapped Yan Zhili in the face.

And some time ago, Xiao Lian walked to the palace with a big yellow dog every day, which made Yan Zhili even more angry. What is the Royal Palace? That is the abode of the Son of Heaven. Xiao Lian's move is simply a contempt for imperial power and a great disrespect for the Son of Heaven.

Now if it weren't for Yan Zhili, there was really no way, and Xiao Lian would be the one who could talk to the emperor in the court, and Yan Zhili would not go to Xiao Lian. But now it seems that this Nanjun prince doesn't seem to be so annoying, except for being a little sloppy, unreasonable, and making a fuss.

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