Return to Capital (IX) (Part II)

From the perspective of employing people and controlling capable ministers, the Queen Mother still has a very unique vision and means. Yi Heng is convinced that if there is only the father and the emperor in this court, and there is no queen mother in charge, it is estimated that half of the capable ministers and honest loyal ministers will not be selected. It's just that her old man sat in the palace for a day, and there was no chance for him for a day in the previous dynasty.

Yi Heng followed everyone into the courtyard where the princes were studying in the south study, and then separated from everyone and walked alone to the martial arts training room prepared for the princes in the courtyard.

It stands to reason that Yi Heng is an adult and can not be used to study in the palace. But the queen mother felt that once the children of the royal family herded the sheep, they would be abandoned. It is better to increase the study of martial arts and government affairs to adult princes on the basis of the content of ordinary people's reading, so that princes who do not ascend the throne can also learn government affairs, and enter the court and China to do things according to their interests and abilities in the future, so as not to become a waste person who eats, drinks and has fun at home all day long.

Therefore, in the past few years, some of the adult princes have been assigned to help in various parts of the six departments, and when they have time, they will gather together in the afternoon to practice martial arts. Yi Heng is one of the rough people among several princes, except for walking around in the military department, most of the afternoons will come to the martial arts training room, without the prince together, he will practice alone with the head of the martial arts instructor. This leader is one of the leaders of the Imperial Forest Army who has served in the forbidden army for many years and has won the trust of all parties, and many of the royal guards and palace guards have been trained by him. Because of his deep qualifications, easy-going, and patient, he was selected to accompany the princes to practice martial arts.

Yi Heng's diligence in this regard was also transmitted to the one in the palace through the people who saw him in the cabinet every day. Sometimes Yiheng is convinced that if it weren't for the queen mother's attention to the heirs and cultivating Yiyi from an early age, the prince chosen by his father would not be Yiyi. If the Queen Mother is suspicious of Yiyi, then...

The head of the martial arts instructor walked in on time and saw Yi Heng saluting. The two were very familiar, and Yi Heng was also waiting for him, so the two of them not only spoke casually, but also stood close: "The thing is already there." The head whispered.

The queen waited outside the gate of the Queen Mother's palace for nearly an hour and a half, and there was no movement inside. The Lan family has been in the palace for many years, and has been the queen since she entered the palace, and she has been a gentle and upright image for many years, even if the emperor has many women and constantly recruits new women, he has never touched the queen. Yiyi has been raised by the Queen Mother's side since she was a child, and she is very sensible and outstanding, which also adds a lot of security to her posteriority. For the first time in years, she was in such an awkward position. Just when Lan was itching with hatred and was thinking about other ways to get out, she saw the person she cursed coming after her son.

At this time, Mama Chu, who was beside the Queen Mother, also happened to come out: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother has already gotten up, Tell the old slave to come out and ask, does Mother still have something to see the Queen Mother?" ”

"The Lan family has something to ask to see the Queen Mother." Lan knew very well that now she had to lower her figure, and after speaking, she glanced at her son and Tang Xinjie.

"The prince and Tang Gongzi are also here, so please come together."

Yiyi and Xinjie both understood that this was the Queen Mother's face to Yiyi, and if the Queen Mother summoned the Queen alone a quarter of an hour earlier, she would need to be held accountable for today's events. Now that there is Yiyi together, there are more variables.

Lan didn't think so, thinking that the queen mother deliberately snubbed herself to the people in the harem, lost her face, and indirectly told the people in the palace that if it weren't for the Yiyi face that she brought up, she, the queen, would be nothing. Even if she was resentful, she still pretended to be gentle on the surface, tidied up her dress, and glanced at the palace maid standing behind her carrying a pot of orchids before getting up and going in.

This pot of orchids is a gimmick that came today. Chen mural is good orchid, the Lan family is also famous for the ancestors who cultivated orchids in the early years, but the descendants are slack, to the Lan father's generation, although there is no one to inherit it for a long time, but the Lan family still knows more than outsiders, so the Lan family also understands some.

"This pot of green beauty is in the winter and peony in a greenhouse, has been kept with charcoal fire, now in early spring, not only has a warm fragrance, but also dyed the fragrance of peony in the winter greenhouse, very special." Lan didn't say anything else when he came in, starting with the flowers.

"Not bad." Chen mural loves orchids, although she doesn't want to see Lan, but she still pities the flowers. As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the flowers to take a closer look.

After turning around twice, Chen Mural turned his back to Lan and looked at the soft green petals carefully: "This flower is not bad." However, flowers are the same as people, and when the conditions are good, they are delicate. The queen's flower is as delicate as a person, and it took a lot of thought. But then again, it is understandable that you are the queen of a palace, and you spend some money to raise flowers and plants. ”

With that, he straightened up and turned to look at Lan.

"The daughter-in-law thinks her mother likes it, so she raises it." Lan is very deferential and gentle

"Because I like it, I put my heart into raising it. If I don't like it, or if the queen doesn't like it, will I have to destroy the flowers? ”

Lan Shi glanced up at the Queen Mother, looking very aggrieved: "The daughter-in-law didn't mean that. ”

"People in the world say that people who love flowers are often kind. Since the queen entered the palace, she has been a kind and gentle queen for so many years. The old woman, I thought it had something to do with the love of flowers. I hope the queen doesn't let people think that my old woman has lost her eyes. ”

Since Xinjie came in, in addition to saluting, he has been staring at the orchid. Chen mural frowned slightly: "When did you kid like to spend it?" I thought you only liked women. ”

Xinjie touched his nose embarrassedly and sneered: "Why does the Queen Mother make fun of juniors? Xinjie is an ordinary man, and naturally likes to look at beautiful women. But now it's only limited to the woman in the family, and you can't like other flowers and plants. ”

"Hahahaha......"Chen mural smiled happily, "Finally, there can be a woman who can control your wild horse." I'm old, I'm old, I'm old, I don't want anything else, I like to see my children settle down, live and work in peace, don't you say, Queen? ”

"What did the queen mother say, you look very young." The queen hurriedly smiled, although she knew that there was a knife buried behind these words.

"It's old, and you can't accept it. A lot of things have to be left to you young people. Chen mural glanced at her: "The queen has been in the palace for more than 20 years, right?" ”

"Twenty-five years."

"We have lived in the palace for most of our lives. The queen is a kind person, and in a few years the queen will have what I think today, and I like to see the younger generations happy. Don't do that stick to beat the mandarin ducks, hehehe. Chen Mural laughed dryly, and Lan felt extremely harsh.

The queen mother laughed. Where would a daughter-in-law be like that? ”

"Well, the queen is not this kind of person. So Xinjie, don't be suspicious in your heart, Concubine Chen's words may have other reasons, how could the queen be such a kind person, how could someone kidnap your fiancée, you say? ”

The younger generation feels the same way. It is impossible for the queen to embarrass my wife, let alone meddle in the affairs of the rivers and lakes in an attempt to occupy any leopard tower. ”

"What Leopard Tower?" Chen mural asked.

"The Leopard Tower was originally a dart bureau, and then gradually provided some caretakers, bodyguards to deliver goods, debt collection and fugitive slave services for families and merchants in the capital. It's that the big families need some hard work, contract it to them, and they will do it. The queen's mother is golden and jade, and the Lan family is the home of Zhong Ming Dingshi, how can she look at the business of those rough people. ”

"Why did you suddenly think of mentioning this, how could this kind of place be related to the queen and the Lan family." Chen mural frowned.

"There have been a lot of affairs in the past few days, and I haven't reported it to you or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Since I caught the people who tried to kidnap my fiancée that day, I looked into the root of them, and they were the ones who did all the menial work in the Leopard Tower. They received a request from their employer to catch a runaway woman and send her back to her husband's house in Zhongzhou, not to punch me in the face and kidnap my fiancée. At first, I was afraid that they would get the wrong person, so I checked carefully, and it was indeed a request. It is said that there is a woman in a family in Zhongzhou who has escaped marriage, with a name and a surname, which means that this woman is hiding in my house, so they came to the door to kidnap someone, and it is not a real kidnapping. As Concubine Chen said, it was the grandmother next to Concubine Chen who paid them to find a woman who ran away from marriage. That's why Concubine Chen felt that she had been framed. Concubine Chen is probably also in a hurry, so she will make a big fuss at the palace banquet. After the accident, I sent someone to the Leopard Tower to hold accountable, only to find out that the person in charge there had been imprisoned, so the kidnapping incident was not the mastermind of the Leopard Tower, but the person who wanted to embezzle the property of the Leopard Tower. ”

"Then have you found out who wants to embezzle the Leopard Mansion property?"

"It's Lu Yang, the second son of Qingyang Bofu, and the son-in-law of the owner of the Leopard Building."

"Qingyang Bofu?"

"But Lu Yang bit it to death and said that the people from the Marquis of Kangning Mansion bought him." Xinjie said lightly, neither looking at the queen nor Yiyi, just continued to look at the pot of orchids lightly.

"Why did Lu Yang drag the Lan family into the water? Do you want to take the opportunity to use the prince to press you and prevent you from continuing to investigate? The queen looked at Xinjie coldly, hoping that he would be more interesting, recognize his subordinate status, and push everything on Lu Yang.

"Lu Yang didn't know that someone was going to kidnap my fiancée. It's just two things coming together. Xinjie said calmly, there are no fools in this palace, when he knew that the Lan Mansion had made a move, he didn't report it to the prince, and he was waiting for today's opportunity. He didn't want to put too much effort into explaining or listening to someone else's explanation. Directly in front of the Queen Mother, he said it once: "Lu Yang is just greedy for the business of the Leopard Tower." Although the Qingyang Earl's Mansion is not short of silver, but as the second son without a title, except for the little monthly money, there is not much silver, and the estimated income of the dart bureau in the capital under the Leopard Tower is several times his monthly money a year. What's more, there are some businesses in the Leopard Building that can be used for favors, such as chasing fugitive slaves, and catching the concubines of the family's red apricots for dignitaries and nobles, all of which are charged at a clear price. ”

Yiyi glanced at this brother, This is a big court, just talk about the dart game, say what to do with the concubine or something.