It was the morning of the day, in the Pingcheng Palace, all the palace doors have been planted willows.

At the beginning of the arrival of Yinzheng, an attendant entered the hall to summon Yuan Sui to get up.

Yuan Sui was irritable because he was lectured by King Ren Cheng yesterday, so he pulled a few children of the family who were friendly with him in the Qing Dao rate to play and drink in the palace together.

At this time, Yuan Sui was sleepy-eyed, although he was reluctant in his heart, he also knew that the matter was big and he did not dare to be lazy.

While staying at the hotel, Yuan Sui said to Cheng Liang, who was in the service and changing clothes: "These days are the period of bathing and fasting, and you must not let King Ren Cheng know about the drinking last night." Hurry up and burn Huai'an incense, and follow me to cover up the smell of wine and meat on my body. ”

Cheng Liang hurriedly responded and retreated.

After the attendants waited for Yuan Sui to wash and change clothes, Ren Cheng Wang Yuancheng and Taishi Feng Xi and Taifu Mu Liang were already waiting outside the palace.

This cold food festival originated in spring and autumn.

At that time, Jin Xiangong died, and because of the rebellion of Li Ji, Gongzi Chong'er went into exile. One day, his ears were seriously infected with a vicious disease, and the shogun's courtier Jie Zi pushed and cut the shares of the monarch to make him recover.

To return to the Jin Dynasty and achieve hegemony is for the Duke of Wen. And Zitui took his mother to hide in the mountains, and the heavy ears searched for Zitui to no avail, so he burned the forest to urge him to appear. When the fire was over, he saw Chong'er and his mother die in the wildfire.

Gong Wen regretted it, so he ordered Zitui to push the day of the death of his mother and son, and the whole country was not allowed to make a fire, only to eat cold food, and set this day as the cold food festival, which was passed down from generation to generation.

When Yuan Sui arrived at the outer hall, everyone saluted him and sat down.

The attendants successively brought fried chi, cold noodles, and cold millet into the house. Although Yuan Sui did not like this food, he knew that on the day of the cold eclipse, the king and his important ministers would eat it to show the unity of the people, so he did not dare to put his dislike on the surface.

Yuan Cheng was a little helpless to Yuan Cheng because of yesterday's incident, but at this time, he saw that he had exhausted the coarse grain on the plate, and he did not have half of the arrogance, so he was relieved in his heart. So, Yuan Cheng smiled and said: "The prince can delete the Chinese and eat with the people, and he will live up to His Majesty's high expectations." ”

When Feng Xi and Mu Liang heard Yuan Cheng's words, they immediately put down the bowl in their hands, got up and made a gesture to Yuan Cheng together.

Feng Xi opened his mouth first: "When the prince waits for the meal, please wait for the retinue to go to the Buddha Hall to recite the scriptures, and you can not leave until the first moment." ”

Immediately afterwards, Mu Liang continued: "Shen Zheng has a meal for the prince at one moment, Shen Zheng goes to the Astronomical Hall at the second moment, and the prince himself lights the fire candle at the first moment of Youchu and passes it on to King Ren Cheng, so the cold food is passed on to the fire party." ”

When Yuan Sui heard this, he was bored in his heart, thinking that he would be the king of the world and only enjoy wealth and power, but he didn't expect that the monarch had these red tapes.

Yuan Sui frowned slightly, and said, "According to Taifu's words, I will be in the Buddha Hall for five hours without coming out?" ”

Mu Liang bowed slightly, and said: "Back to the prince, yes, not only can you not leave the Buddha Hall here, even if it is water and rice, you can't enter it." ”

Yuan Sui was hindered that the three of them were all important ministers and nobles, although he felt that this moment was hateful and hateful, he did not dare to show it completely, so he had to get up and go to the Buddhist hall with the three of them.

It is the beginning of the year when all cold food and fire matters are done.

Yuan Sui returned to the dormitory, and lazily fell on the couch. When Cheng Liang took off his shoes, he heard Cheng Liang whisper to Yuan Sui: "Prince, Lord He is convenient to wait outside the palace at the second moment, I don't know if the prince would like to see him?" ”

Yuan Sui closed his eyes slightly, and said faintly: "Lord Hehou? Which Hou Ye? ”

When Cheng Liang heard this, he hurriedly replied carefully: "It is one of our Xianbei Eight Nobles, the son of the Changfang of the He Lai clan, who attacked Guanzhong Hou and was given the surname He by His Majesty." ”

When Yuan Sui heard this, he remembered this person, when the Empress Dowager was in power, because the Xianbei clan all tried their best to help him implement the three-long law, so these big clans were allowed hereditary titles. Yuan Sui was personally raised by the Empress Dowager when he was young, so he was also familiar with these noble princes.

Yuan Sui opened his eyes slightly, and said suspiciously: "What did he do when he came to see me?" ”

Cheng Liang smiled and said: "Hou Ye He only said that he hadn't seen the prince for a long time, and when he knew that you had returned to Pingcheng Palace, he came to take a look." ”

Yuan Sui nodded and motioned for Cheng Liang to lure him in.

I saw that Hou Da stepped into this pass, and when he saw Yuan Sui, he hurriedly leaned over to the ground and said: "Minister, Guanzhong Hou He Zhengming has seen the prince, may the prince live a long time and be blessed!" ”

Yuan Sui was still crooked on the couch, and said lightly: "Master Hou is exempt." Cheng Liang led the Hou Ye to take a seat. ”

He Zhengming hurriedly got up, made another regular salute, and sat down at the seat below.

Seeing that Yuan Sui squinted at himself, but was silent, He Zhengming smiled and said: "The minister heard that the prince is carrying out fire and sacrificial ceremonies on behalf of His Majesty this year, and he is also happy for the prince in his heart. ”

Fu glanced at Yuan Sui again, and He Zhengming continued: "The prince is already brilliant and has the ability to build the sky, don't say that if you only perform this ceremony, you will be the supervisor of the country and the auxiliary government, and it is not a problem." ”

Yuan Sui was already young and frivolous, and when he heard his words, he was used in his heart, so he got up immediately, sat down against the case, and pretended to be modest: "How dare I take this from He Hou." As a son of man and a servant as a man, I am only doing what Aya commands. ”

When He Zheng saw his actions, he knew that what he said was useful, so he said: "Although the prince has Ren Chengwang and the prince and the master to help, the rules and gifts he received are all done by the prince himself, and others can't help him." ”

Seeing that Yuan Sui bowed slightly, He Zhengming then said tentatively: "King Ren Cheng was originally the patriarch of the imperial family, and this time he took care of the prince on behalf of His Majesty, which is really hard. ”

He Zhengming said while peeking at Yuan Suizhi's expression, seeing his disdainful face, he had already guessed a few points in his heart, so he said: "Since Your Majesty left Beijing to go to Heluo, this Pingcheng is respected by King Ren Cheng. Don't say that the ministers and other subordinates are the royal family relatives, and they dare not disobey them. ”

Yuan Sui was already resentful because he was recently restrained by the king of Pingcheng, and yesterday's incident made him disgusted with it.

At this time, after listening to He Zhengming's words, he blurted out without thinking, and said: "The king of Rencheng is just relying on the old and selling the old, relying on Aya to favor him, so there is no one in his eyes." ”

He Zheng saw that the words had taken effect, and he was secretly happy in his heart, so he said: "Under the whole world, His Majesty is the first, and the prince is second. Although King Ren Cheng is the patriarch of the royal family, there is a difference between the monarch and the minister, the prince is the king, and he is the minister, how can there be a reason for the king to be controlled by the ministers. ”

Yuan Sui nodded, sneered, and said: "I respect him as my ancestors, so I don't care about it, if he doesn't respect himself and doesn't respect me, I won't spare it!" ”

Just as he said this, an inner eunuch hurriedly entered and said: "Prince, King Ren Cheng came to pass the word with his inner servants, because Shengle Jinling is far away from the imperial city, so tomorrow Chou Zheng will set off at two o'clock." ”

Yuan Sui and He Zhengming glanced at each other, their brows furrowed, and their faces were full of displeasure.

The chamberlain only bowed his head to report, and before he noticed the color of Yuan Sui, he still continued: "Ren Cheng Wang Yan, I hope that the prince will sleep peacefully as soon as possible to nourish his mind." ”

The waiter raised his head, only then did he pay attention to Yuan Sui's face, and he was frightened in his heart, and when Yuan Sui waved his hand, he hurriedly retreated.

Seeing this, although He Zheng wanted to slander again, he was afraid that the prince would go to bed late and miss tomorrow's events, which would affect him, so he found some words of comfort and perfunctory, and left later.

On the occasion of Qingming, spring rain falls from time to time.

The rainstorm is called the water, the light rain is called the haze, and the long rain is called the obscenity.