Gu Xiaoshuang's cousin is called Song Mingyuan, and he is the son of her current uncle.

The Song family is a squire in the neighboring county of the Gu family, and Gu Xiaoshuang's father Gu Mingqi is just an ordinary jinshi, and his family background is on par with the Song family.

But back then, Gu Mingqi was recommended to the Guozi Supervisor by fate through King Qin, who was also in Beijing at the time, and then transferred from the position of Qipin County in the poor countryside to the rich Suzhou and Hangzhou, and later through the drill camp all the way to the position of the current Yunnan prefect.

Although the Song family is also solid, the growth rate is far from keeping up with Gu Mingqi's promotion speed in his career.

So when Gu Xiaoshuang was three years old, Gu Mingqi made up her mind to slander the Song family on the grounds of not being a parent, and then divorced her, and then married the current stepfamily Luo, who had someone in the family who was an important member of the court.

Gu Mingqi's reason for divorcing his wife was speechless, and the Song family had no choice but to take people back.

Later, the Gu family used the excuse to suppress the Song family's business, and the Song family was complained by his sister-in-law in his mother's family, and he contracted smallpox this year, and finally couldn't stand it and passed away.

The Song family's business retreated, and finally moved out of Luoyang and went to Lingnan.

These grievances are not to be said.

Because Song's elder brother finally still had a little concern for his sister who died early, the eldest son Song Mingyuan passed through Luoyang on the way to Beijing to catch the exam, and he was ordered by his father to visit Gu Xiaoshuang at Gu's house.

Although the memory of the original body is not owned by Gu Xiaoshuang now, because of this visit, Gu Xiaoshuang also regarded her as the only person to seek.

Looking for Song Mingyuan is not to be attached, but to have an acquaintance to take care of in this unfamiliar world, after all, she is not familiar with this dynasty, if she wants to survive, she needs a guide, and she firmly believes that she can support herself.

But she didn't know what Song Mingyuan looked like, where he was on an errand, and she didn't know if he was a jinshi.

It's just because she accidentally learned from Luo's that Song Mingyuan also sent two letters to the Gu family later, mentioning that he was on an errand in Beijing, so he found Jingshi,—— anyway, she has nowhere else to go, right?

But the letter was intercepted by Roche, and she had no way of knowing more clues.

……

Xiao Heng also felt that he was a bit brainless.

drank some wine at Sun's house, and after returning home, he took out a box full of Concubine Shen's relics and spread them on the kang table to look at them, and I don't know how I fell asleep in the end.

After waking up, he stared at the ceiling for a long time, got up and put away his things, and went out to the East Palace after washing.

The prince was combing the little county lord's hair, and his expression was not very good.

Xiao Heng walked around and sat down next to the two of them with great interest, raised his eyebrows and said, "What about my imperial sister-in-law?" How can it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally serves this ancestor today? And what's the deal with your dark circles? ”

The prince turned his head with a cold face, and before he could speak, the little county lord had already rushed in front of him, and said in a milky voice: "Uncle Huang, my father quarreled with my mother's concubine, and my mother didn't let my father go back to the palace to sleep last night, he slept in the side hall." ”

Xiao Heng's liver was about to tremble with laughter. He handed her the halva he had brought: "Why?" ”

"Because my father wants to take a concubine."

"Jiang Qing! Take the county lord out! ”

The prince slapped the comb on the soft couch next to him. After all, the comb is my daughter's favorite comb, and the table top is too hard to shoot.

Xiao Heng laughed again.

After laughing, he saw that the face on the other side was so cold that he was about to draw his knife, so he had to clear his throat to stop, and said: "It's not a big deal to accept a concubine, but if you don't accept it now, you won't have three palaces and six courtyards in the future?"

"This imperial sister-in-law is too unreasonable, she has become the crown princess, how can she expect you to start from the beginning? Right? ”

The prince looked at him without moving for a while, and then called Jiang Qing in: "Let people come in to draw up the Tao, just say that the palace will accept a few side concubines for the king of Chu, but all women from official households above the fifth grade must report their names to the Ministry of Rites and present them to the emperor." ”

Xiao Heng restrained his expression: "What are you kidding!" ”

"Who's kidding you?" The crown prince looked at him coldly, "Since you think it's good, how can I not take care of you?" ”

Xiao Heng had nothing to say.

"Master Su is here." The eunuch said.

He shook his head when he heard this, and saw that Su Peiying was outside the threshold, so he said, "I have something to do with you." ”

"What's the matter?" The prince also knew that he would never step into the palace if he had nothing to do, so he asked Su Peiying, who came to the door, to wait first, and then picked up a few toys that his daughter left here.

Since there were no outsiders in the East Palace, the emperor did not detain them, and the queen was gone, the queen mother didn't care about their affairs, so their husband and wife lived relatively freely.

Usually, a family of four eats and sleeps at one table, and the children's daily life is cleaned up by the child's mother herself, but now the dead girl doesn't even care about the child when she quarrels with him!

When Xiao Heng saw this, he couldn't help but ask again: "Who dares to let you accept a side concubine?" He didn't think the emperor cared about it.

The crown prince carried a ragdoll rabbit in his hand, and snorted coldly: "I'm afraid you have forgotten what some people in the court targeted Xungui before!" ”

Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows.

In the early years of the emperor and the first emperor, the palace changed to the throne, and a group of civil and military ministers were attached to them at the beginning.

Because of the restlessness in the north, the emperor has attached great importance to the military in recent years, and the power of the generals is close to that of the scholars, which offends the interests of some people, which is inevitable.

It's just that the emperor and the crown prince's father and son are of the same heart, the government is still stable, and most of the nobles are very self-disciplined, so they have never been unbalanced.

But as early as the beginning of Yan Tang's command, there was public opinion in the DPRK and China, originally everyone thought that they just didn't trust Yan Tang's ability, but according to the news that Su Peiying brought to the northwest later, those public opinions should be premeditated.

Yan Tang led the army back with a great victory, which blocked the mouths of some people to a certain extent, and also suppressed the actions of a group of civilian officials led by Feng Liangyi.

But obviously, in this way, the status of the honorable has been pushed to a new height, and now although Yan Tang is seriously injured in bed, he is in the ascendant of the day, and the teahouse and restaurant are all for him, and other generals also have their own supporters, including him Xiao Heng.

In this way, even if the emperor does not taboo any meritorious achievements, he will eventually be too popular, making the civil officials whose interests are touched restless.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem so surprising to look at the crown prince, who has not yet accepted any side concubines, to send his daughter to him, so as to try to find some confidence to speak for himself in the court.

"That's a headache for you." He reached out and tugged at the rabbit's ears and laughed.

The prince dragged the rabbit back and said, "What are you looking for me?" ”

If those people's wishful thinking had been so easy to fight, the woman would not have dared to shut him out of the temple by him.

"Didn't Uncle Qin leave two camps behind? You can reward me with an errand to do, I want to go to Luoyang. ”

"Luoyang?" The crown prince frowned, "Still avoiding my father?" ”

Although he only heard the emperor about the things of that year, in his opinion, the father and son should have been relieved.

"I'm just trying to get out of Beijing and be stupid." Xiao Heng said.

The prince glanced at him: "No." ”

"It's not like I'm not coming back." "I just want to find a place to be quiet." ”