In the blink of an eye, it is the Shangyuan Festival.

The year's national funeral has not yet passed, and the capital naturally has no Lantern Festival in the upper year. There was only a palace banquet in the palace. On this day, Xu reported illness and did not enter the palace for a banquet again.

After Xie Mingxi heard about Xu's "illness", he sent Fuyu to Xie's mansion and rewarded many valuable supplements.

After Fuyu came back, he quietly reported: "The old lady is in good spirits, she can eat a big elbow in one meal, which is better than the appetite of the slave!" ”

Xie Mingxi knew that Xu was pretending to be sick, and smiled when he heard this: "Don't talk nonsense outside." ”

Fuyu smiled and responded.

As he was talking, Sheng Hong's familiar voice sounded outside the door: "Mingxi, I'm back." ”

Sheng Hong also set up a palace banquet in the Yiqing Palace, and all civil and military officials attended the banquet. There is neither singing and dancing, nor the joy of silk and bamboo, and the palace banquet ends early. Sheng Hong also rarely returned early.

According to the practice of the harem, the arrival of the Son of Heaven has its own set of cumbersome etiquette. At least an hour in advance, the palace concubine, who was about to be blessed by the Son of Heaven, happily prepared and dressed up to welcome the holy car.

Since Sheng Hong ascended the throne, these harem conventions have long been thrown to the sky.

Fulin Palace is the dormitory of Empress Xie and the bedroom of the Son of Heaven.

Sheng Hong was busy with political affairs during the day, and he had to return to the Fulin Palace no matter how late it was. The young emperor and queen are both majestic and dignified in front of people, but in the Fulin Palace, they are the same as ordinary and ordinary loving couples in the world. It's a bit like living your life behind closed doors.

Xie Mingxi had a smile in his eyes, and he didn't get up to open the door to greet him.

Sheng Hong didn't wait for Xie Mingxi to respond, he stretched out his hand and pushed the door in. Walked quickly to Xie Mingxi's side, leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

From Yu Fuyu immediately hung his head and retreated. Congyu closed the door quite carefully, and walked a few meters away with Fuyu before stopping.

"The emperor is so good to the queen." Congyu laughed in a low voice: "It would be better if Princess A Luo could return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

Fu Yu was a little worried, and whispered: "I don't know if the emperor will choose a concubine to enter the palace in the future." ”

When he was the king of Shu, Sheng Hong was single-minded to Xie Mingxi. But now, Sheng Hong has sat on the dragon chair and has become the honor of the Ninety-Five. How can there always be only one queen in the harem?

Even if Sheng Hong didn't have this heart, Empress Dowager Yu would never let go of the ready-made opportunity to block Xie Mingxi.

Congyu was also worried, and sighed lightly: "Who knows what it will be like in the future." ”

He cheered up again and smiled: "Don't think nonsense. In short, now the emperor and the queen are of the same heart. It's hard to find in the world. ”

That's just as well.

It is not advisable to be greedy. Later, more on that later.

Fuyu quickly put this worry behind him, and whispered to Congyu about the trip to Xie Fu.

I listened to it with relish from the jade.

In the past, in Shudi, Xie Mingxi often went out of the house. The two of them often run around with their masters, how comfortable and comfortable. Now the master is the queen of the middle palace and stays in the palace all day. They also have no chance to leave the palace, and once in a while they go out of the palace, they always have to be happy for a long time.

……

The emperor and queen in the bedroom are also talking about the Xu family.

"On the first day of the new year, the queen mother used a little trick to embarrass her grandmother in public. The grandmother was not very bold and was frightened, and she did not dare to enter the palace on the Yuan Festival, so she complained of illness. ”

Xie Mingxi's tone was brisk, obviously not annoyed by Xu's retreat.

Sheng Hong raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Grandmother is like this, but it is more reassuring." ”

The previous time was really happy. However, it can't be done every time. Empress Dowager Yu's dignity as the empress dowager cannot be offended again and again.

Empress Dowager Yu wants to control the Xu family, but there are more means. When the time comes, Xie Mingxi will be implicated.

The Xu family did not understand the means of fighting in the palace, and honestly hid in the mansion, which can be regarded as a wise move to protect himself. It also saved Xie Mingxi a lot of trouble.

Xie Mingxi's eyes flashed slightly, and he smiled faintly: "Grandmother, although she doesn't have great wisdom, she knows how to advance and retreat. Some greed, but not excessive. The most rare thing is that the gaze is precise. After placing a bet, you can be firm in your mind and not sway from side to side, which is very rare. ”

Xie Mingxi has a high opinion of Xu.

Sheng Hong thought so, and praised his father-in-law by the way: "Father-in-law's book of the Ministry of Rites has also done a good job." ”

Xie Jun is a serious Tanhua background, needless to say, he has a little bit of ability to be an official. After being promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xie Jun did not dare to be arrogant, and his work was quite stable.

For Sheng Hong, his father-in-law's performance was beyond his expectations and hopes.

Xie Mingxi pulled the corners of his lips, and said a word to break his father Xie Jun's thoughts: "As a national abbot, the next step is to enter the cabinet." He tried his best to behave and please his son-in-law and daughter. ”

Sheng Hong was happy to hear it: "You are a little mean when you talk about your own father!" ”

She hasn't said anything meaner!

Xie Mingxi smiled: "You just ascended the throne last year, and it was inconvenient for my father to mention the matter of knighthood. It will inevitably be mentioned this year. Just wait and see! Soon, someone will play a fold, and ask the Son of Heaven to reward the Mei family and the Xie family. ”

After thinking about it, he smiled again: "It must start with the Yu family first." ”

……

The joke between husband and wife was staged at the court meeting the next day.

The right attendant of the Ministry of Rites made a recital and asked the Son of Heaven to reward the mother family.

Sheng Hong's biological mother is Concubine Mei, but the serious mother family is the Yu family.

It's just that the Yu family has been extremely prosperous over the years, Lord Yu has the title of Duke Cheng'en, the family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and there are countless family assets, and the descendants of the Yu family are officials in the court.

The right attendant of the Ministry of Rites is to ask the Son of Heaven to reward the Yu family.

The Son of Heaven obviously had no intention of rewarding the Yu family again, and opened his mouth to say: "The Yu family is loyal to the Great Qi and has meritorious service to the national dynasty. However, the first emperor was also very generous to the Yu family. In the future, I will choose the promising descendants of the Yu family as officials. ”

"If I do this, I think the queen mother will be happy."

Without waiting for Yu Gu and his party to speak out, the Son of Heaven said again: "If there is a concert, please reward the Mei family and the Xie family, and Zhu Aiqing doesn't need to say more." ”

"In the Mei family, if there is an outstanding son, I will choose it. If the descendants are not good, I will not tolerate them. ”

"I will be kind to my mother and wife. This is my family matter, and there is no need to bring it to the court to discuss it. ”

Obedient and listening.

The Son of Heaven opened his mouth and classified the Mei family and the Xie family as family affairs, obviously quite close to his mother and wife. But he refused to reward him lavishly, and he didn't even mention the duke title of Cheng'en.

What does this mean exactly?

Xie Jun was also confused.

He also counted on being like Lord Yu, who would first be enthroned as the Duke of En, and then concurrently serve as an important minister in the court, so that the Xie family would be prosperous for decades...... With the emperor's affection for the queen, isn't this a matter of course?

Which one is singing now?

In the next two court meetings, whenever someone tried to mention the matter, they were interrupted by the Son of Heaven.

The holy will of the Son of Heaven is very obvious.

Sheng Hong didn't plan to knight his mother's wife at all!