Chapter 9 Finding another way out
"Just his two blows, even the bandits can't beat them, what else will he do except stab someone in the back." Ling'er said to herself, she knew that Xiaohu's ears were good, so she deliberately let him hear it clearly.
Zhu Wanqing pinched Ling'er's arm and signaled her to restrain herself and not embarrass Xiaohu anymore.
After the winter solstice, there had been a snow in the capital before they returned, and the scenery of Qingxue Pavilion at this time was quite worthy of its name, and it was clear after the snow. Zhu Wanqing specially instructed people not to clear the snow too early, so as to destroy this rare scenery.
There is a plum tree in the southeast corner of the garden, and although it is not yet in full bloom, it is very pleasing to have a little pink bud that is about to bloom.
As an art student, how can she let go of such a snowy scene, Zhu Wanqing ordered someone to get canvas and paint, yes, she wants to paint oil paintings.
Zhu Wanqing is very good at painting Western paintings, and other people in the palace don't know when she learned it or who she learned it from, anyway, suddenly one day she is so powerful.
Compared with the traditional Chinese style paintings, the realistic style paintings were indeed quite good at the time, and those royal painters couldn't help but be amazed, saying that they could still paint like this.
Zhu Huanyu, the seventh child who came with him, was not interested in painting, he knew that he was trying to please Ling'er, but the jokes he said seemed to be colder than the snow in this winter.
If Ling'er hadn't seen that he was the prince, she would have taken him away a long time ago, but now she can only pretend to laugh with her.
Looking at the finished painting, Zhu Wanqing couldn't help but think of that person again, if he was in Qingxue Pavilion at this time, what poems would he match?
Bah! Why are you still thinking about this, that person is not worthy! He's just good at disguise, and he's essentially the same as those who stink. Zhu Wanqing ordered someone to hang the painting on the wall of the inner study and admired her works, and the depressed mood in the past few days was finally eased a little.
"Princess, the playboy has arrived." Ling'er ran in and said.
Zhu Wanqing hurriedly went out to greet her, the princess is the chief eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and he is also close to his father on weekdays, this person's status is extremely high in the palace, and it is not impossible to say that one person is above ten thousand people, after all, the proposed votes of the cabinet can only take effect after his Zhu approval.
"The princess hasn't seen her for many days, but it's good." Although the duke is in a high position, he is also very humble and humble in his daily life, and these individuals always hide their true selves tightly.
"Thanks to the blessing of the father-in-law, it's good." Zhu Wanqing even wanted to salute this eunuch.
"Yo, the slave doesn't dare, it's all a blessing from the emperor." The playboy smiled and entered the room.
Ling'er served tea to her father-in-law, and the brazier for heating was also set up.
"Oh, don't bother, the old slave is just here to inform, and leave after speaking, there are dozens of families waiting for the old slave to inform you." The playboy sat down, untied the tether, took off his cloak to block the snow, and said that he would leave immediately, but this formation was not like it.
"My father-in-law came, but passed on the emperor's words?" Zhu Wanqing asked.
"A few days ago, the emperor just turned the corner, according to his old man's intentions, on the fifth day of the next month, there will be a birthday banquet in the Qianqing Palace, and when the time comes, you children must prepare well to show filial piety." The playboy took a sip of tea, and as if it didn't taste good, he put down the teacup and didn't move it again.
"Thank you father-in-law for conveying it, we will definitely live up to the emperor's grace." Zhu Wanqing thought to herself, can you still convey this matter in person? Why don't you just send a little eunuch?
Sure enough, it was not as simple as Zhu Wanqing thought, and after Hua Changluo's father-in-law finished talking about it, his face suddenly changed from kind to serious.
"Then how is Princess Lingyang going to show her filial piety?" Hua Changluo raised her voice, like a questioning tone.
"Uh, this." Zhu Wanqing was a little overwhelmed by this sudden change, as if she had nothing to offend him.
"As the saying goes, filial piety comes first, this is the age to talk about marriage, isn't the words of respecting the orders of parents and matchmakers to be filial piety, do you say yes or no?" The flowers have finally shown the true purpose of this visit.
"Wanqing didn't understand what her father-in-law meant." Zhu Wanqing had actually seen that he must be in cahoots with the Taishi.
"Princess, don't pretend to be confused, the princess will let the emperor give you a marriage at the birthday banquet, you can thank you." After Hua Changluo finished speaking, she quietly waited for Zhu Wanqing's reaction.
Zhu Wanqing's mind flashed all kinds of information from before.
The three chariots that carried silver went into the treasury, some into the palace of the Grand Master, and some into the officials and prisons.
This internal official prison is the emperor's private treasury, and it is also the place where his father-in-law fishes oil and water. Therefore, if he shakes out Zhang Hanwen's matter, he will not stand idly by, this time he is here to coerce and coerce himself.
"If it is really my father's marriage, how dare I disobey." Zhu Wanqing thought to herself that Yao Bingyong still had a blood relationship with herself, this flower often fell into a eunuch, psychopathic, if he started to be ruthless, maybe the two of Dongchang Jinyi Wei would come casually, and I would disappear from now on, so it was better to delay the army first.
"Well, the princess is so knowledgeable, and it will be easy for me to be a slave. Well, the word has arrived, back to the celebrant priest. "The flowers often fall and put on the cloak, straighten the eunuch hat, and then leave.
Zhu Wanqing sent people to the door, thinking to herself, don't you still have dozens of families to notify, let's go back, it's really a lie and don't blush.
"Princess, is it possible that you really want to agree to this family business?" Ling'er looked at Zhu Wanqing worriedly.
"What if we don't agree, we are weak, how can we defeat them with just one mouth, and agreeing for the time being is just a delaying tactic, I think we can only rely on ......" Zhu Wanqing stopped halfway through speaking.
"You can't be talking about Lord Xu, right?" Ling'er asked softly.
Xu Guangyan Xu, a member of the cabinet and the crown prince, is the core figure of the princelings and the only person in the DPRK who can compete with Yao Bingyong.
The struggle between Xu Guangyan and Yao Bingyong has been going on for several years, and the princelings are slightly at a loss.
Last year, Yao Bingyong deceived the emperor into sending the crown prince to Datong Mansion, saying that it was for training and helping the general army to lead the border defense, but in fact he kept him away from the center of power.
When the crown prince was outside, Yao Bingyong's opportunity to make a fuss came, and he made a small report to the emperor every day, framing him for having bad intentions in Datong, and also fornicating with the nomads in the north, and working together to invade the Ming Dynasty to seize the throne and so on.
Of course, although the emperor didn't do anything, he was not stupid, and this kind of blatant false accusation was just a means for the subordinates to fight back and forth, so he didn't take it seriously.
But the last time he was seriously ill, the prince brought people and horses to the capital to kill him privately, which touched him a lot. If these hundreds of thousands of horses are really killed, it will only take three or five days to work quickly, which really makes them feel uneasy. So recently, there has been news in the court that the crown prince is going to be deposed.
Zhu Wanqing decided that if she wanted to save the people of Langcheng who were affected by the disaster, the only one she could rely on was the princelings.
However, now that she is living in the palace, she can't get involved in the affairs of the court, and it is not easy to get on the line with the princelings.
However, the birthday banquet on the fifth day of the first month of next month is a good opportunity, and when the important ministers of the court and the prince will be present to celebrate, it should be feasible to find a chance to talk to Lord Xu and them.
Zhu Wanqing told Ling'er about her plan, and told her not to let the Shunfeng Ear outside know that Zhang Xiaohu would obstruct it for Zhang Hanwen and tell the Taishi.
Ling'er glanced at Xiaohu with a look of disgust.