When Concubine Xiao Guifei came out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Cheng Ming saw that her face was very bad, so she stepped forward and asked, "Niangniang, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Xiao Guifei held her arm, trying to support her weak legs.

Back in Zhaoyang Palace, Xiao Guifei said hatefully: "I don't know what shit luck Xiao Lingwei's girl had?" I was actually blessed by His Majesty.

"The palace finally waited until the second princess asked the palace to ask Xiao Lingwei, I thought that when the palace mentioned it to Your Majesty, Your Majesty would agree.

"I didn't expect Your Majesty to be so angry, and said that he would not let Mr. Pei come to the palace to teach.

"I'm really angry with Hongu."

Xiao Guifei slapped the table heavily as she spoke, to vent the depression in her heart.

Cheng Ming finally understood, she hesitated and said, "Maybe it's because of General Yang's meritorious rescue some time ago, that's why Your Majesty said this."

"Niangniang, what do you think, these days, Your Majesty has successively rewarded the adult sons of the Yang family, isn't it because of General Yang's meritorious rescue.

"And Xiao Lingwei is the granddaughter of General Yang, and she is the only one, if General Yang says a few words in front of His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely follow his wishes."

Xiao Guifei thought for a while: "You have a point.

"It's just that the palace is unlucky, and it happened to the palace at this juncture.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty said that he would find a famous teacher for Kun'er, otherwise this palace would not be in good spirits."

Cheng Ming comforted her in a gentle voice: "Don't be angry, the Eighth Prince didn't get Mr. Pei as a teacher, and now it doesn't seem to be a bad thing." ”

Xiao Guifei looked over: "How do you say this?" ”

Cheng Ming explained: "Niangniang, now that the queen is under house arrest, her son has no day to turn over.

"The fourth prince died, although the funeral had just passed, but the ministers of the court and the central government were ready to move and began to look for a new crown prince. And now the highest voice is the third prince, followed by the fifth prince.

"In terms of age, the three princes are the eldest among the surviving princes, and their mother is also the concubine among the four concubines, and their status is very high.

"Judging from His Majesty's attitude recently, His Majesty relies on the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince very much, they are adult princes, and our Eighth Prince is still young, so he can't fight them.

"Therefore, the slave maid thinks that Niangniang should cultivate the eight princes well at this stage.

"Wait until the third prince and the fifth prince fight to the death, just like the abolished prince and the fourth prince.

"When the time comes, Niangniang will be a noble concubine, and the Eighth Prince's family will be the largest family, the Xiao family, are you afraid that there will be no Eighth Prince?"

Concubine Xiao Guifei stared at Chengming for a long time, and her eyes showed appreciation: "Chengming really impressed the palace today, and this remark is true, and it actually makes the palace happy and convinced." ”

Cheng Ming smiled and said humbly: "Niangniang is from a famous family, extremely smart, and has a plan in her heart, but she is just giving the slave a chance to show off her tongue."

"The slave and maid serve the mother every day, and the ears and eyes are touched, even if it is a stupid stone, follow the mother and the mother will one day open up."

"Haha, you girl... Sure enough, it's pleasing. ”

……

Yang Huijun finished reading the account book and asked Laneige: "How are the two new little girls?" ”

The little girl in her words refers to the girls who were slightly picked by Xiao Ling - Lan Mei and Lan Zhu.

Laneige said with a smile: "Mama Gu has personally trained for two days, and there is no problem with the rules.

"Now the young lady has to play with them every day, and she has a lot of fun, eats a lot of food, and is much better."

Yang Huijun breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, send people to keep an eye on it, after all, they are young and don't understand many things, don't let people fool them." ”

"Yes."

Yang Huijun asked again: "By the way, why hasn't the master come back yet?" ”

Lanzhi replied: "When Madame was in the Yang Mansion, His Majesty often announced that the old man would enter the palace to explain the scriptures, history, poetry and articles, and sometimes he would talk about it happily, and he would let the old man come back in the evening.

"Looking at this situation, I'm afraid I won't be back until the evening today."

Yang Huijun lowered her eyes, remembered the emperor's sentence "There is another reward", and suddenly understood the intention of the emperor's move.

……

The emperor stroked his palms and smiled: "Xiao Aiqing is worthy of being rich in learning, listening to your words, I suddenly became enlightened." ”

Xiao Linhui lowered his eyes: "Your Majesty has praised it." ”

"Haha, Aiqing doesn't have to be too humble." The emperor seemed pleased.

At this time, Wu Sikong came: "The minister has seen Your Majesty. ”

Xiao Linhui quietly raised his eyes and glanced at Wu Sikong, hearing that he was the emperor's confidant and had made great contributions in the last palace change.

The emperor raised his hand: "Excuse me."

"Sikong came just in time, this is Xiao Aiqing from the Hanlin Academy."

Xiao Linhui hurriedly saluted Wu Sikong: "The lower official has seen Lord Sikong." ”

Wu Sikong nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.

The emperor said, "Speaking of which, you two still have some origins.

"Xiao Aiqing's daughter worshipped Mr. Pei as a teacher, according to the seniority, that girl should call you 'senior brother'.

"In this way, Xiao Aiqing is your junior sister's father, and this generation is above you."

When the emperor finished speaking, he thought it was funny and laughed.

Xiao Linhui was embarrassed, and arched his hand at Wu Sikong: "The lower officials don't dare to be officials." ”

Wu Sikong smiled and did not speak.

The emperor glanced at him and suddenly said, "Last time I heard you say that you haven't been to see the teacher for a long time, and you want to go see Mr. Pei."

"It just so happens that you don't have anything to do today, and I and Xiao Aiqing have also finished talking about poetry, so you will go to Xiao Mansion with Xiao Aiqing to see your teacher.

"Mr. Pei has accepted two students, I'm afraid they haven't seen you as a senior brother yet, so if I have a chance today, let them see you, a senior brother."

Wu Sikong was stunned for a moment, when did he say this? But what the emperor said was Chrysostom, and the emperor said that he was not busy today, so he was not busy. The emperor said he was going to see the teacher, and he had to go to the teacher.

Thanks to the tacit understanding between the two monarchs and ministers on weekdays, Wu Sikong quickly reacted, and then said naturally: "Your Majesty is right, the minister will go to Xiao Mansion." ”

The emperor said, "Wait, I haven't seen Mr. Pei for a few days, you can bring some gifts for Mr. Pei." ”

"Yes."

After Father-in-law Zhang prepared the gifts, Wu Sikong followed Xiao Linhui to Xiao's mansion.

The two sat in the same carriage, and Xiao Linhui was uncomfortable. He had never gotten along with Lord Sikong, the minister of the imperial court, not to mention that Wu Sikong was still the emperor's confidant. Now sitting in the same carriage, Xiao Linhui feels very stressed.

He exchanged a few words with Wu Sikong without saying anything, Wu Sikong's speech was very concise, basically he asked Wu Sikong to answer. In this way, he felt very embarrassed, and felt that Wu Sikong should disdain to deal with him, a sesame official.

So he stopped talking, and sat as if nothing was happening, his waist was straight, and his expression was very calm, but in fact, the clothes on his back were already wet.

For the first time, Xiao Linhui felt that the road from the palace to the Xiao Mansion was particularly long, and when he finally arrived at the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Linhui's body was already stiff.

"Lord Sikong, the Xiao Mansion has arrived." There was a voice outside.

Wu Sikong looked at Xiao Linxuan and raised an eyebrow at him.

Xiao Linhui was a little confused: "Ah... Sikong-sama, what's wrong with your eyes? Do you have cramps? ”

Wu Sikong: "......"