In the afternoon, in the depths of the palace.

In the Imperial Garden, a heroic middle-aged man, wearing a well-fitting splendid dragon robe, sat upright on a chair, holding a sunspot, and was undecided.

Opposite him is a woman who is not very good-looking, and she looks a little mediocre, but she is the queen, the famous Queen Zhaoyang.

The siege of the two sons of black and white has entered a white heat, and the black son is undecided, and so is the white son.

Empress Zhaoyang is wearing a simple palace dress today, for a queen, it is a little simple, but before becoming the queen, she was a simple woman, over the years, most of the struggles in the palace have been taken care of by the queen.

The harem in the storyteller's mouth is three palaces and six courtyards, the queen rules the harem, and the mother is the world, so it is not majestic.

But Empress Zhaoyang doesn't think so, the third prince and the sixth prince are all her sons, but they are just as good, but they are not harmonious, but they all have the posture of a dragon and a phoenix, not only Queen Zhaoyang is so embarrassed, but even the man opposite her is also quite embarrassed.

The middle-aged man said: "Undecided, for me, is not a good thing, but it happened to me, my own son's affairs are indecisive, and other people's sons' affairs are also indecisive." ”

"My nephew, who I have never met, has come to the imperial city, and lives in the alley at the south gate, where Yuan Tieshan also lived back then, and I did not become the current majesty at that time, and often went to that courtyard to find Yuan Tieshan to eat wine. ”

"Sometimes, when I feel that the yard is inconvenient, I will go to the dumpling restaurant at the south gate to eat dumplings. ”

"The world has changed, everyone is old, and they all have their own family affairs, and the youthful past of driving prey and staying all night is gone. ”

"But Yuan Tieshan is still the same as back then, in my heart, I envy such Yuan Tieshan, and his temper is still as hard as ever. ”

"That time in the early dynasty, he killed a Yanguan, and I didn't care, but this time, my nephew, who had never met before, came to my door, and he didn't come to visit my extra uncle, and even Yuan Tieshan himself didn't say hello. ”

"The iron hook has been laid out in that courtyard, but I thought about it, and I still withdrew, my nephew, after all, is still a young man, and it may be a good thing for him to confront us old oilmen in advance, but for me, it is very unseemly. ”

"I thought about killing my nephew anywhere, but not at my doorstep. ”

"It's dark under the lamp, it's dark enough under the lamp. ”

After saying this, the sunspot in His Majesty's hand still hasn't fallen, and it is still in his chess box, and if it is not easy to play, he simply won't play.

Empress Zhaoyang comforted: "Anyway, he has already come, and he has two maids who can marry into the princely family, thinking about it will also cause him a lot of trouble, if he is obedient and obedient, and does not mess around, he can play everywhere in this prosperous imperial city." ”

"But what if we accidentally kill someone?"

"I heard that the only son of Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War has taken a fancy to those two maids and wants to buy them at a high price. ”

"This is a bit unruly, but we can't make decisions about other people's private affairs, and the most bitter thing is always our daughter's family. ”

As the king of a country, family affairs are always difficult to manage.

He said: "Actually, I have long known that my nephew is just a concubine, and I also turn a blind eye to the benefits of salt and iron in the Fengling Mountain Range, because the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and he is too lazy to intervene, and the officials in Lingzhou ignore it. ”

"Even our prime minister seems to have given his nephew a favor. ”

"In a few years, my nephew will reach the age of the crown, and the son of the martial king will fall, Qing'er will become the future martial king, my good sister, and finally become a member of the Yuan family, but who can understand my suffering?"

"Da Qin is waiting for battle, although my Da Wei is not afraid, there are always a few things that make me feel like a fish in my throat. ”

"Wen Ruosong has been fighting for a long time, and I have never cared about it, allowing him to weaken the imperial power, and letting his disciples spread all over the government and the opposition. ”

"Pang Zong is also stealing chickens and rice, I don't care, I originally expected him and Yuan Tieshan to be able to hold each other, not to mention that they will hold each other completely, even if they hold each other for three or five, so that the situation will become interesting. ”

"But Pang Zong is not angry, after all, he is just the material for being a general, and he does not have the understanding of being a king. ”

"My brother-in-law, he is lively and cute, I heard that he has also entered the heavenly realm, the rivers and lakes are higher than the temple, it is hard to imagine, if Hanzhou is really a dragon feng shui, what should I do at this time?"

As he spoke, His Majesty was already smiling, as if he was having fun in suffering, and as if he was reminiscing about the love of the past.

......

As it gets dusk, people returning home appear in the alleys one after another.

Yuan Zheng took pepper and fennel to the vegetable market for a circle, bought some beef, as well as pork and green onions, a number of green vegetables, and a lot of oil and meat all day long, Yuan Zheng also felt that it was inappropriate, in the imperial city, trying to cultivate one's self-cultivation, it was also a good idea, which was helpful to the cultivation of the princes' swords.

He decided to eat all three meals a day lightly.

With the cooking skills of Sichuan pepper and fennel, no matter how light the cooked food is, it will not make Yuan Zheng lose weight day by day.

There is also a middle-aged man carrying a basket of sweet potatoes alone, walking side by side with Yuan Zheng and the three of them, looking taciturn, and he doesn't look like a master of official words.

Yuan Zheng opened his mouth and asked, "I think you are Lord Zhang, we are neighbors, and I am new." ”

Zhang Manqing hummed and said: "Your Royal Highness has told me about this, you will live in this alley for a while, I thought that after the third prince came, he should be singing and dancing and wandering the green building, but I never thought that he would also go to the tea market to buy vegetables and go home to cook, it was a whim to experience the feeling of settling down in the imperial city." ”

Yuan Zheng glanced at the sweet potatoes in the basket, looking at their condition, some old, should be stored in the ice cellar, in summer, the price of sweet potatoes is three times higher than in season.

He originally thought that Hubu Shangshu should live a life of fine clothes and food, but he never thought that he also liked to eat sweet potatoes.

Smiled: "Sort of, I haven't been to the Imperial City, I plan to experience the customs of the Imperial City, in my impression, the Imperial City should not only be full of warblers singing and dancing, full of wine and meat, but also normal eating, drinking, and flavors in the world." ”

Zhang Manzhou didn't know much about Yuan Zheng, although he had heard about it, but he had only heard it, and Zhang Manqing didn't care about the specifics.

It's just that after saying this, Zhang Manqing also had a good impression of Yuan Zheng, of course, it was only one point.

"Then you slowly realize that if you are free, you can come to me for a drink, not to talk about political affairs, just the friendship of neighbors. Zhang Manzhou said.

Yuan Zheng nodded slightly: "Hmm." ”

Having said that, Ke Yuanzheng could feel that this was Zhang Manchu's greatest affection for him.

After a few steps, Zhang Manchu returned to his yard, Yuan Zheng also returned to the yard, and pepper and fennel began to go to the stove to work.

Yuan Zheng was alone, sitting cross-legged in the study, comprehending the sword of the princes, the sword qi around his body was like a swimming dragon, swaying, shining, and the sharp-eyed people could see that the surrounding void was cut into one piece of nothingness after another by the sword qi.

After getting Bai Wei's guidance, Yuan Zheng improved, and after coming to the imperial city, Yuan Zheng made progress again.

Being able to make a little progress is the greatest satisfaction, but Yuanzheng always felt that it was a little slow, perhaps because the situation was stronger than others, and he didn't know if Yangzi was taking care of the business of Moon Worship Mountain Villa in Cangyun City alone, and taking care of the things at the top of the clouds, whether he could be busy.

The more I think about it, the more chaotic my heart becomes, and Yuan Zheng at this time knows a little bit about the sorrow of the middle-aged and elderly people, where it came about.