Chapter 112: Argumentative Mockery Falls

Chapter 112: Argumentative Mockery Falls

Since the two sons-in-law of the Han royal family were crowned on the second day of Zhu Zhanji's crown ceremony, Zhu Zhanji rarely came to the prince's mansion.

Although Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanji are the same, they are only sixteen years old, Zhu Zhanqi is only fifteen years old, and the serious age of the two is only thirteen or fourteen, but after the crown ceremony, they are adults, and they must take on the responsibility of the prosperity of the family and the prosperity of the Han Prince's Mansion.

The crown prince and the crown princess did not welcome them because of this crown ceremony, in their hearts, the prince and the Han Wang brothers are on the wall, it is best not to take the children to fight with the dragon and the tiger, after all, they can't write two Zhu characters in one stroke, but they also know that as long as the king of Han does not give up on the position of the prince, it is only a matter of time before such a situation occurs, so they can only helplessly watch Zhu Zhanyan and the prince's mansion estranged.

Without Zhu Zhanji coming to the house to play, Zhu Zhanji either went to the early dynasty, listened to the deliberations of Emperor Yongle and hundreds of civil and military officials, and understood government affairs, or went to the Wenhua Hall to listen to the deliberations of his father and the subordinates of the East Palace, and learn the way of being a prince, and he was very busy, Sun Qingyang and Zhao Yaoying rarely had the opportunity to go out to play, and they were inevitably lonely.

Fortunately, seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, not only is the prince's mansion much busier, but the ladies in the palace also invite them to be guests from time to time.

In fact, the ladies in the palace asked them to go, mainly for Zhu Zhanji's father and son, these little girls in the prince's mansion who will be married in a few years will marry at least one emperor and grandson in the future, maybe someone will be the princess, for those of them who will become concubines after the collapse of Emperor Yongle, the princess and the princess are people who will rely on in the future.

The emperor is only in charge of the previous dynasty, and the harem is controlled by the queen.

The crown princess and the princess grandchild, who will become queens in the future, are naturally relied on by the people of the harem.

The concubines who have no heirs, after the death of the first emperor, even if they are not buried, their lives in the palace are not easy, and the people in the palace are used to welcoming them, who will put the concubines of the previous dynasty in their eyes?

Thinking of this, the childless concubines couldn't help but panic.

Take precautions, the crown princess has a lot of daily affairs, it is impossible to get close to them from time to time, and it is inconvenient to get close to them, so as not to be suspected by the current Holy Emperor Yongle and be accused of peeping into the East Palace, so Sun Qingyang, Zhao Yaoying, and Qin Xueyi The three little girls have become the objects of invitation to the concubines of the palace.

Even if they are as powerful as King Zhang's two concubines, in this case, they can't avoid inviting them twice.

All the palaces are invited, but if they are not invited, won't they seem too uneasy-going, not conforming, crowding, crowding out the East Palace, and having a dislike with the emperor's grandson? So when Emperor Yongle asked if they could help each other see the princess, the two concubines of King Zhang were secretly happy, fortunately, they had been invited twice, and they were able to say something somewhat.

"In terms of appearance, since the youngest Sun Qingyang is the most neat, in terms of heart, but the Zhao family is more calm, the Qin family's temperament is a little more delicate, coquettish and straightforward, I am afraid that I can't hold it down for the concubine." Wang Guifei carefully considered the words and gave the answer.

"The concubine thinks that the youngest Sun Qingyang is not only the most beautiful, but also dignified and atmospheric, and abides by the rules without losing his own nature, which is more suitable for Zhan'er, and the emperor also knows that Zhan'er has a calm temperament, but sometimes he is too clean and self-conscious, and it is my blessing to be so self-sustaining at a young age, but as a grandmother, seeing him so restrained himself, I can't help but worry that he will be lonely in the future. Although Sun Qingyang is young, he can always provoke some of Zhan'er's hidden childishness, and last time I heard that he and the prince of Han also fought for her. ”

Zhang Guifei carefully told Emperor Yongle about the reasons before and after the fight between Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji, and then said: "The emperor, is this the reason? ”

Even the reason for the fight between the two of them, Zhang Guifei could say it so clearly, and Emperor Yongle glanced at her meaningfully, "You only care about eating fast and reciting Buddha on weekdays, but I didn't expect that you would be so concerned about these things." ”

Zhang Guifei knew that the suspicious Emperor Yongle was guessing whether she was too close to the East Palace because of her previous words, and said with a smile: "Where is the concubine concerned about these things, but she went to my sister's Yong'an Palace that day, and I happened to hear the princess and my sister laughing, so I amused them together." ”

Wang Guifei saw that the fire burned on herself, and glanced at Zhang Guifei, the two of them had a deep sisterhood in the early years, but with the death of Empress Renxiao, the two people closest to the throne were more or less troubled.

However, on weekdays, Wang Guifei is quite favored by virtue of virtue, and Zhang Guifei is quite holy with benevolence, and this little heart disease of the two people has never been put on the table, only working hard in secret.

So although she was unhappy, Wang Guifei also took Zhang Guifei's words and said: "This is not something that the emperor tells us to pay attention to on weekdays, so when the crown princess entered the palace a few days ago to ask for peace, we asked a few more questions. ”

"Yes, just like my sister said, the things we care about revolve around the emperor, whoever the emperor likes, we will be close to, and whoever the emperor dislikes, we will stay away, everything is only the emperor's head."

Seeing that the two concubines were talking lively, because Concubine Quan Xian died of illness, and the mood that had been depressed for a long time was a little happy, Emperor Yongle quipped: "Since the two concubines have their own preferences, I have the opportunity to investigate a few of them to see if they are up to the task." ”

Such a statement naturally means that the imperial concubine wants to choose from several of them, and as soon as the words came out, the invitation in the palace was even worse.

Moreover, everyone did not ignore Emperor Yongle's later sentence, "I heard that a few of the concubines who used to read to Yurong were also of the right age, although Zhan'er's future concubines will also be selected from the people, but those who know the root of the matter like this might as well look at it together." ”

The Ming Dynasty learned the lessons of the previous dynasty's foreign relatives to interfere in politics, and strictly controlled the power of the descendants, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, personally revised the "Women's Training", stipulating that "all the sons of heaven, the princes, concubines, and palace concubines, carefully select the daughters of good families, and those who enter are accepted, so the concubines, and the people who are more popular", and even wrote the relevant regulations into the "Emperor's Family Motto". Therefore, in the selection of concubines, in order to prevent collusion between the powerful ministers of the court and the harem, more jasper is collected from the small family of the people, so that although the title of the concubine family is high, there is basically no real power, and at the same time, the folk women, who do not know extravagance, are also conducive to assisting the emperor to be thrifty and diligent.

But in order to win over the courtiers, for the purpose of balancing the power, they will also select some children of official eunuch families, which is also the reason why He Jiayu and a few of them entered the palace to accompany them.

Invited He Jiayu and the Yuan sisters, the same age Qinghui County Lord, Minghui County Lord naturally could not be lazy, the palace had more children's laughter, a lot of excitement for a while, Yongle Emperor sometimes met, quite happy.

Of course, in private, these little girls are not harmonious.

Princess Zhao Xu has been abolished in March of the ninth year of Yongle without a child, and only entered the palace in February, and gave birth to a son in November of the same year, Mu Lingyue, the eldest daughter of Xiping Marquis Mu Sheng, was canonized as Princess Zhao in December and became the nominal mother of the county lord of Minghui, so as long as the county lord of Minghui saw Mu Lingke, he hated itchy, but in terms of generation, Mu Lingke was still her sister-in-law, and she wanted to press her, even if she had a fire hidden in her heart, she couldn't come out at will.

It should have happened, that day Sun Qingyang and the others were playing in the Dongnuan Pavilion of Chen Life's Weiyang Palace, and they were fiddling with the embroidery samples handed over to them by the aunt Yining, the head of Weiyang Palace, and admired the meticulous stitching and ingenious conception of the embroidery patterns, and they saw the big girl Zhu Yu in front of Mu Lingke coming in from outside, and said to them anxiously: "A few young ladies, it's not good, my master and the lord of Minghui have quarreled." ”

Because she was afraid of their restraint, Concubine Chen Li only sent a little palace maid to listen to them in front of them, and now after listening to Zhu Yu's words, several people were so shocked that they rushed with her.

Of course, they don't know that in addition to inviting them to the palace to play and get close to each other, they also uphold the meaning of Emperor Yongle and quietly observe their hearts.

These straightforward-looking little palace maids are actually all carefully selected, and they can clearly tell the masters what they say and do.

Seeing Sun Qingyang and them out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, the little palace maid followed silently.

Sun Qingyang walked out of the main hall of Weiyang Palace, followed Zhu Yu to the backyard, and saw at a glance that in front of the Tiyuan Hall of the apse, the lord of Minghui and his group, even the master and the maid more than a dozen people, were pushing and shoving there, and in their boiling quarrels, the voices of Mu Lingke and her other big girl Huoxiang could be vaguely heard.

Sun Qingyang and the others didn't have time to distinguish carefully, so they hurriedly ran over, and saw the onlookers Qinghui County Lord, He Jiayu and Yuan sisters, the four of them plus a few maids, surrounded tightly, in the middle circle, Minghui County Lord was looking at Mu Lingke domineeringly, and the maid Huoxiang knelt on the ground, arguing from time to time, but the voice was too small to almost hear what was being said.

Compared with Mu Lingke's other big girl, Zhu Yu, this Huoxiang is timid and cautious, and she doesn't even dare to say a word on weekdays, if it weren't for Mu Lingke's liking for her to kick a good shuttlecock, according to her character, it is impossible to achieve the position of the big girl, on weekdays, because of this reason, Mu Lingke took her out less, and now I don't know why, I actually came to Weiyang Palace with Zhu Yu, and something like this happened.

Although Huoxiang people are timid, they also have a good appearance, between their eyebrows and eyes, they are four or five percent similar to the lord of Minghui, but Mu Lingke hates Minghui and protects her tightly, and even Zhuyu will joke that she is jealous.

Lord Minghui shouldn't have seen Huoxiang before, is it possible, today is because he saw a maid who looked like her, and got angry?

At this time, Huoxiang, who was wearing a purple jacket and blue skirt, shrank and dared to whisper a few words, which showed that she was really angry.