Chapter 203: Distress in the Palace (I)

After sending off the waiter, Rong Hua and the old lady went back to the inner room to talk.

The old lady drank some tea, "There are not many banquets for such foreign women, unlike us old women who enter the palace and just sit with the queen mother, you are still young and are not often summoned......"

Rong Hua understood the meaning of this, and looked sideways at the old lady.

The old lady said: "Since it is the will of the Queen Mother, we have to prepare it," said and looked at the palace card in Rong Hua's hand, "When is it written?" ”

Rong Hua had already looked at it carefully just now, "The day after tomorrow." ”

The old lady nodded, "There will be news in a while, which lady will enter the palace." ”

Rong Hua looked at the palace card in his hand, originally thought that there was such a flood in the capital, and the emperor should have stopped going to accompany the capital before, but he didn't expect that everything was still as usual.

The emperor has already had a reward for Shi Mi's matter, and now the queen mother has given a banquet.

There seems to be more movement in the palace recently.

"The emperor went to accompany the capital, and there are not no messy rumors outside." The old lady suddenly said, "If you hear it, it will rot in your stomach, and when you enter the palace, you just give a banquet and don't go around, so as not to know some rules and accidentally make mistakes." ”

Rong Hua nodded in response.

Rong Hua and the old lady were talking, and Mother Li came in from outside, walked up to the old lady, and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Chen of Honglu Temple is here." ”

The old lady raised her eyebrows when she heard this, "Are you here to find the second wife?" ”

Mother Li nodded, her face was a little unsightly, and she looked at Rong Hua hesitantly.

The old lady said, "Just say something." ”

Mother Li said at this time: "Mrs. Chen entered the house with her front foot, and her back foot ...... The person in charge outside our house talked back and forth, saying that it was the third master's business. ”

Rong Hua was slightly stunned, and the old lady hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Li's mother said: "I haven't figured it out yet, but I just said that Mrs. Chen came directly to our house when she came out of Changningbo's mansion." ”

Could it be the marriage of Xue Mingwei and Miss Ren Si? Looking at the old lady's appearance, she didn't seem to know, she had heard before that the second aunt had asked Honglu Siqing's wife to go to Changningbo's mansion to deliver a message.

Last time, the old lady always agreed, but this time, the second aunt will not let people talk about the item without the consent of the old lady?

Mother Li bowed and retreated, and the old lady looked at Rong Hua kindly, "You go down first to prepare, and see what Ming Rui says at night?" ”

……

In the majestic palace, the chamberlains retreated, and the emperor spread out the folds in front of him and looked at them one by one, his hand had already touched the imperial pen, but he suddenly retracted his fingers, slapped his palm on the table, and reached out to throw the fold in his hand.

Chen Chaohe, the confidant minister who was originally standing on the side, immediately knelt down.

The Emperor said loudly: "Look at what is said in this fold? Now that the eyes of the nobles of the clan and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all staring at the storage position, how many people are still dedicated to running errands for the imperial court? The matter of the Ministry of Industry has dragged on for so long and now it has not been investigated, and the imperial court has allocated a large amount of money to build the embankment every year, but the embankment has been built like that, there is no greed for ink, where is the silver? I was greedy for ink, but I couldn't find any money. They're playing tricks with me. ”

"I've been too indulgent with them all these years."

Chen Chaohe hurriedly lay on the ground.

The emperor's eyes sharpened, and the whole person sat motionless for a while, like a solemn plaque on the main hall, majestic, deep, and with a suffocating pressure, "You go down first, read these twists and turns carefully, and I will pass you on later." ”

Chen Chaohe hurriedly stood up, and waited until the chamberlain took the fold from the imperial case and handed it to him, then he took a few steps back and bowed down.

The Emperor stood up and was about to leave, but after taking two steps forward, he suddenly looked back at the dragon chair behind him.

It's all for the location.

As long as you are born in the emperor's family, you will covet it, it doesn't matter what father-son affection, brothers and sisters, as long as you do that position, everything you have done before will be successfully completed, and you will become a prince and a loser.

Which prince in front of him does not compete for meritocracy, and which courtier of the Manchu Dynasty does not show loyalty? It's all appearances, as long as there is something, all of them will show their true colors.

"Gao Congli," the emperor called the chamberlain next to him, "the queen mother has a banquet for foreign women, and you have to follow and arrange it properly." ”

Gao Congli had long understood the emperor's intentions, and stepped forward and said, "Servants don't dare to be negligent. ”

The Emperor nodded.

Gao Congli followed the emperor into the side room, and served the emperor leaning on the cushion, and then took out a book from his sleeve, which the emperor took out and asked him to keep temporarily.

The emperor took the excerpt and saw that the content of the excerpt was that Wu Muhou Xue Mingrui colluded with others to fake public and private interests, although it seemed very absurd, but it was not groundless.

The last time Mrs. Wu Muhou entered the palace, someone saw Mrs. Cai get into the carriage of the Xue family, and no one knew what Mrs. Cai and Mrs. Wu Muhou said.

However, later the Xue family did not have any special moves, Xue Mingrui ran errands on the embankment, and Mrs. Wu Muhou was bent on Shi Mi's affairs...... It didn't let people continue to track it down.

Gao Congli said: "The emperor approved the second-class guard of Zhao Xuanhuan, the prince of Yichenghou, and when the prince Xie En left, the servant asked Mrs. Wu Muhou about it. Shizi hurriedly said that Mrs. Wu Muhou had just gone to the mansion to visit Mrs. Shizi, and there was no other contact. ”

The emperor nodded, closed the fold in his hand and asked, "How is Concubine Jing today?" ”

Gao Congli hurriedly said: "Everything is fine." ”

The Emperor smiled with satisfaction, "I wish I could add a prince to me, I haven't had a prince by my side for a long time." ”

I don't know why, looking at the abrupt smile on the emperor's face, Gao Congli suddenly felt cold in his heart.

……

Sent away Mrs. Chen of Honglu Temple, and Mrs. Xue came to Mrs. Xue's room.

The second wife served the old lady with a cup of tea with her own hands, and when the people in the house retreated, the second wife's face changed and she knelt down and said, "It's all the daughter-in-law who has no way to teach her son, so she caused such a thing." ”

The old lady put down the tea in her hand and looked at the second lady with a deep gaze, "What the hell is going on?" Make it clear. ”

The second wife's face turned dark at this time, and she said locally: "Last time, the master in the nunnery came to ask for incense money, and the daughter-in-law thought that something had happened to the master, so donate more silver to bless the master to be safe, who knew that the master said something in a daze, and asked me if the family affair with Chang Ningbo's mansion was approaching, and I knew that Mingwei had met privately with Miss Chang Ningbo at home. ”

The old lady frowned.

The second wife said: "Even if I met it by chance, it has been known." The daughter of Mrs. Chen of Honglu Temple was going to marry into the Fengguo Mansion, so I came up with an idea and asked her to ask Mrs. Chang Ningbo to be a Baoshan. Mrs. Chen came back from Chang Ningbo's mansion and came to talk to me, and Mrs. Chang Ningbo agreed to do this Baoshan. Mrs. Chen also said that Mrs. Chang Ningbo also intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the matter of Ming Wei and the fourth lady...... "As she spoke, she looked at the old lady, "I went to Chang Ningbo Mansion as a guest before, and I seemed to hear this meaning, but I was not sure, after all, our family had invited someone to say it before, and Chang Ningbo Mansion did not agree, how could it suddenly ...... Thinking about it, it was probably because of the fact that Mingwei and Miss Fourth met in private, and Chang Ningbo Mansion was also afraid that it would ruin Miss Four's reputation if it went out. ”

The old lady listened to the words of the second wife, and said lightly for a long time: "What does the old lady mean?" ”

The second wife's voice was extremely soft, "The old man said that he still had to discuss with the old lady." ”

The old lady sighed, "You get up, go back and discuss with the old 2, and think about letting the old 2 come to me to reply." ”

That is, not to resolutely oppose it.

The second lady was suddenly overjoyed, stood up and said a lot to the old lady, "The master said that now that he is at home, he can do many things that he wanted to do but didn't do before." ”

Without waiting for the old lady to speak, the second lady pursed her lips and smiled: "All these years, the old lady has helped us, but we have not done any filial piety, the old lady means to carve a cane for the old lady with his own hands, and now he is fiddling in the house." ”

The old lady had a smile on her face, "This child, I saw that he had carved a seal, when did he get this kind of object, but it was difficult for him to be filial, he saw his grandmother's crutches when he was a child, and he said that he would carve one for me when he grew up, and he still remembers it after so many years." ”

The second wife lowered her face and laughed.

The second lady left, the old lady put away the smile on her face, and Mother Li stepped forward to beat the old lady's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "If the old lady thinks it's inappropriate, wait for the second master to come, and then talk to the second master, after all, the marriage is for you to nod." ”

The old lady looked at the bottle by the window, "Am I old?" The old 2 remembered the past, remember to make me a crutch...... It's been so many years, and I'm already the age of my mother. ”

Mother Li smiled: "The second master just remembered it when he was at home. ”

The old lady shook her head, "Think about what you used to do, no matter what happened at home, you never worry, let go of this is that, and unconsciously boiled up your age like this, think about the appearance of the elders at that time, isn't it your current situation?" ”

Mother Li heard the old lady's words, and couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in her heart, "Old lady......"

"Life is really short, and it can be ...... in the blink of an eye They have all grown up and have their own minds, and they won't do exactly what I say, and no one can see what the future holds? Besides, I promised it before. The marriage of the younger generations is still based on them as parents, and I didn't interfere much in the marriage of Mingbai and Mingrui, so Mingwei can let them go."

Hearing this, Mother Li stood aside and nodded.

……

In the secluded small building, there are strange vegetation outside to block the view, Zhou Yanning, the prince of Zhuang, picked up the pen and dropped the first stroke on the snow-white rice paper, and then it was like walking with clouds and water, and the skeleton of a landscape suddenly appeared on the paper.

The high mountain is a tender green in early spring, and at the foot of the mountain there is only the gorgeous peach blossoms.

Chang Ningbo Ren Chengji walked in and took a look at Zhou Yanning's painting, Zhou Yanning stretched his eyebrows, and the leisure on his face seemed to be on the painting in front of him.

Ren Chengji said with a smile: "Now it's all clear, it's the people who bought off the officials to build a private file, and the shortcomings of many officials are on it, and they were all done secretly, and I don't know how to run out of something bad called Gu Ying." This matter was first targeted by Zhao Xin, and now that Gu Ying has entered the prison of Shuntian Mansion, it seems that he still thinks that this is the end of the matter. ”

Prince Zhuang put away the pen in his hand and changed it to some cinnabar, "Have you found out that it is his person?" ”

Ren Chengji said: "Who else can there be besides him, but I didn't expect this prince to be able to do such a big thing." ”

Prince Zhuang added a stroke of petals, looked at it from a distance, and then put down the pen, picked up the silk on the table and wiped his hands, "I said earlier, you underestimate him, after all, he is the eldest son of the emperor, and he is actually more bargaining chips than us in terms of reputation. ”

Prince Zhuang walked to the main seat and sat down, and Ren Chengji sat aside, "Then let's take the next step." ”

Prince Zhuang said: "The emperor is wise, what we know, the emperor must already know, the means of holding officials hostage seem to be clever, once it is revealed, it will be the fault of the turbulent situation." Besides, this kind of thing involves too wide, where is the truth that is not exposed, Gu Ying is an example. ”

Ren Chengji said: "The people who said this about the concubine also helped a lot. ”

Prince Zhuang put down the tea bowl, "He wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but he didn't expect to fall on his heels." ”

Ren Chengji said with a smile: "This little trick can't be put on the table after all, but he has no other way." "If you can't find a foothold in the court, you can only win a place if you go sideways.

Prince Zhuang seemed to be inadvertent, "Pay attention to the movements of the Xue family, the relationship between Xue Mingrui and Shuntian Mansion Yin is extraordinary." ”

Ren Chengji said with a smile: "I look at Xue Mingrui's appearance, I shouldn't know what's going on, and besides, the marriage between the little girl and Xue Mingwei is about to be mentioned these days, and there are more opportunities to go to Xue's house." ”

Prince Zhuang suddenly asked, "Mrs. Wu Muhou is the concubine of Tao Zheng'an in the Zhejiang Shilang of the household department?" ”

Ren Chengji said: "I heard my wife mention it, it is indeed a concubine. ”

Prince Zhuang nodded and didn't say much, "Go find someone tomorrow and let Xue Chongyi be reinstated as an official earlier." ”

……

Rong Hua waited until Xue Mingrui came back from the yali and talked about entering the palace the day after tomorrow.

"I heard the news that I invited a lot of foreign women."

Xue Mingrui's eyes narrowed, "I heard someone say it before I came back." ”

Rong Hua nodded, and the hand that tied the buckle for Xue Mingrui was pulled, "Be careful, I will find a way to find someone to help." ”

Rong Hua smiled: "Master Hou, that's entering the palace, not outside." ”

Xue Mingrui said: "Rongchuan's wife will also go." ”

"The wife of the prince of Dingnan?" Rong Hua smiled slightly, "I've never seen it before." "You can't even bring the maids around you when you enter the palace, and of course the more like-minded people around you, the better.

It took me to change it again before sending it again.

What does that mean that the previous foreshadowing is going to be used.

Ami tofu

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