The summer is getting stronger, and the sun is getting stronger.

For several days in a row, in addition to going to the horse farm in the morning to practice riding and archery, accompanying my grandmother to spend the morning light, and reading the thick book of "The Biography of the Five Emperors of the Eastern Ming Dynasty" in the afternoon for half a day.

When she was young, she had heard her grandmother tell the story of Emperor Wailing, and Mr. Wei often criticized Emperor Dongming's brutality and unreasonableness.

At that time, the Zhaokang clan unified the Northern Plains, the sword pointed to the Central Plains, millions of lions were entrenched outside the Le River, and the splendid China was eyeing the tiger, and the external trouble was imminent, but the Emperor Mourning ignored it, since the beginning of the throne, he gave the death of the Yuan match, and set up a palace maid from a humble background, and insisted on entrusting the post of central prime minister to the father of the palace maid, and for this reason, he killed and killed Zhongliang, and sang endlessly night and night, indulged the treacherous villain to control political affairs, so that the Zhaokang clan easily broke through the pass and seized the ten counties of naturalization.

Seeing that the Eastern Ming court ignored it, Zhaokang's ambitions skyrocketed, and he waved his army to Shuozhou.

At that time, Gaozu had been forced to raise troops, and when he heard that Shuozhou was in danger, he wanted to go to support.

I didn't want to mourn the emperor's letter, but I thought that this was a good time to get rid of the Yu family's chaotic party, not only did not save Shuozhou's urgency, but instead ordered the eastern and western armies to attack the Chuzhou army, regardless of the danger of barbarians breaking the city.

Gaozu was cold, so he abandoned Shuozhou, took Yizhou, and forced Jinyangjing.

Shuozhou guards will not be allowed foreign aid, stubbornly defend for half a year, and finally run out of arrows, self-extinction, the city is broken, Shuozhou fell into the hands of the Beiyuan people, followed by, Zhaokang clan in Shuozhou called the emperor.

The ministers of the Eastern Ming Dynasty were finally completely disappointed in Emperor Wai, led by Qin Wenzhi, who was serving as the governor of the government at that time, united the major clans and the Beijing division guards, and launched the "Hongming Change" in the name of "pro-monarch side", forcing Emperor Wai to exterminate himself, and welcomed Yu Xingbang, who supported the military Yizhou, into Beijing.

Emperor Mourning is incompetent and evil, although the bones are cold, but every time the world has a discussion, they all grit their teeth.

Therefore, in Yijing's consciousness, the former dynasty Dongming was really unbearable, but after reading "The Biography of the Five Emperors of Dongming" for a few days, her opinion changed greatly.

In addition to Emperor Wai, among the 14 monarchs of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, there was no shortage of prosperous Ming monarchs.

Especially Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, who was born recklessly, was able to rise up in the troubled times, unify the Central Plains, end the rebellion of the Ten Kingdoms, and establish the rule of the 300-year prosperous era of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, which can be described as a generation of Ming monarchs.

Emperor Yuan was originally a palace slave of the Liang State, because the King of Liang had no way, built a large number of buildings, and the palace was built poor and extravagant, and he was unwilling to give up the money to hire hard laborers, so he put harsh laws and cool officials in the country, and deprived the people of the land with various false names, so that the good people became palace slaves and did not enter the list of hard labor, and Emperor Yuan was one of the tens of millions of victims.

The life of the palace slaves of the Liang State is very miserable, not only to serve for free, to build the palace garden, the slightest slack will be whipped up, even a full meal, it has become a luxury, Emperor Yuan finally could not bear the persecution, risked death to escape from the Liang State, fell into the grass, and later formed the Eastern Ming Army, attacked the princes, and gradually became a trend.

Although Emperor Yuan was born in a reckless manner, he had the world in his heart and his ambitions were grand.

Heaven lived up to him, and finally achieved a great cause.

But Emperor Yuan is really not a well-educated person, he was a person who was illiterate, after falling into the grass, after years of robbing the house, he gradually broke out of some fame, and then captured a helpless student and taught him to read. But after years of fighting, the turbulent career of surviving in the beacon fire, after all, did not let him learn to be full of economy, and then established Dongming, a hundred wastes to be revived, most of the ministers around him were military generals, and there was a shortage of ministers, which made Emperor Yuan really feel troubled.

At that time, the central and six positions were empty, and the system was chaotic, although there was no shortage of well-educated people in China, but Emperor Yuan did not know who to believe.

But in the end, it was a generation of saints, and after troubles, Emperor Yuan also came up with a way very quickly.

In his opinion, the so-called loyal ministers must have good conduct, although he is unable to judge which person has the best knowledge and the most ability, it is not a difficult problem to judge whether a person's conduct is upright.

There is such a story as Emperor Yuan's selection of prime ministers.

The last generation of Ming ministers Zhang Tong stood out, and it is said that this Zhang experienced the multiple temptations given by Emperor Yuan - money, mansions, and beauties...... He was unmoved, only to the people of the world to live in peace, the political situation is stable as his own responsibility, selfless, not afraid of the powerful, all the advice is for the benefit of the country and the people, and finally won the trust of Emperor Yuan, appointed as the prime minister, in charge of the center.

The story of Emperor Yuan's selection of images greatly inspired Yijing.

The maids around him, spring twilight, autumn moon and autumn frost are trustworthy, but except for them, there is no one who can be trusted by Yijing, after this period of observation, Xia Yun and Yingsheng are naturally no longer considered, but the rest of them, I don't know if there will be betrayal in the future.

Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of grass rope, although Yijing understands that he is too much of a snake, but he really dare not trust others anymore.

After all, the next thing is important, but they can't rely on Chundui, so they have to choose another cronie.

Putting down the book in her hand, Yijing left the beauty couch and stood in the beaded curtain, looking out at the cherry who was busy with the cherry - she had been observing this girl for several days.

is really a diligent person, and he is not a mouthyman, he doesn't like to show his merits in front of his master, and he doesn't even fall into the well for the sound of the warbler, so it seems that at least there is no vice.

Besides, she has a gap with Hongyu, at least she guarantees that she will not be in the same camp as Mama Song.

Sharp teeth, strong temperament, there is an elder brother who works as a servant in the account room, I heard Qiu Yue say, Cherry's brother is also a clever ......

These are very in line with Yijing's needs, but Yijing is still a little unsure in her heart, her enemies are not just Mama Song, cherries will not be bought by Mama Song, but they are not guaranteed to be completely loyal to herself.

However, the method of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Ming Dynasty is worth learning from, but those who are of good character should not be able to do things that betray the Lord and seek glory, of course, as the master, the person cannot be as cruel and unreasonable as Emperor Wai...... Next, it's all left to examine the character of the cherry.

Yijing sat back on the beauty couch and reached out to hit Qiuyue, who was asleep on her footrest.

Qiu Yue was dreaming, the roast duck leg in her mouth was knocked away, she opened her eyes in a daze, stared blankly at the scene for a while, and then suddenly woke up, wiped the saliva that didn't exist at the corner of her lips, and said with a smile: "It's hot and people are tired, and the slave and maid accidentally fell asleep." ”

"I'm tired of seeing you as a secret agent, why haven't you talked to me about the movement of the warbler for so many days?" Yi Jing asked.

"It's nothing, it's just that I went to Songtao Garden a few more times." Qiu Yue was slightly deflated: "I went to find her in May, but I just listened to her repeating the scenery in the courtyard of the prince, how light and enviable Hongyu's work is." ”

It seems that the warbler is asking for the red rain to walk so diligently, Yijing thought silently.

"However, May suspected that Yingsheng wanted to be transferred to Songtao Garden, but no matter how he said it, Yingsheng just didn't admit it." Qiu Yue said again: "If that little hoof really has such an idea, it is also a fool's dream, Hongyu is just a maid, how can he be the master of Songtao Garden?" ”

That's not necessarily, isn't there still a Song Mama? Think about it, if the warbler tunes to the Songtao Garden, won't the red rain have a chance to come to his side? The beautiful scenery was dark, thinking that if she was Mama Song, she would definitely push the boat down the river, such a trivial matter, grandmother may not take it to heart, but I am afraid that she will also agree to it.

It's okay, since Hongyu wants to come like this, let her come, but Yingsheng went to her brother's side......

Yijing's heart moved, and he hurriedly called Chun Du to come in, took out a few pieces of broken silver and handed them to Qiu Yue: "Take it to May, let her find a way to make the sound of the warbler, and see if she is ...... to the big brother."

Although it was not explained, Chun Du and Qiu Yue both stared at each other, especially Qiu Yue, who jumped up as if she had been stung by a scorpion: "If that little hoof really has such thoughts, it is really self-defeating." ”

Chun Du pondered for a while, and said hesitantly: "The prince of the world usually came to see Wu Niang, and Yingsheng wanted to come forward, if she really has such thoughts but there are also shadows, her mind is already big, and her age is ......."

The sound of the warbler is fifteen, the eldest girl, she has already passed the personnel, and she is also born with a bit of beauty, but I am afraid that she is unwilling to be a slave and a servant.

"Slave and maid, let's go look for May." Qiu Yue grinded her teeth and walked out in a tangled manner.

Yijing hurriedly shouted to her: "Don't be in such a hurry, this will be a lot of people, and it will cause the warbler to be suspicious, but it is not conducive to May." He pulled Chun Du and Qiu Yue closer and whispered some words.

The two maids were even more surprised, looking at each other, unable to figure out the intention of the beautiful scenery, Qiu Yue was used to being straightforward, and simply asked: "Why is Wu Niang like this?" ”

"Just do what I tell you to do." Yijing doesn't want to explain too much.

Qiu Yue answered suspiciously, still sitting on the pedal, thinking about the little master's instructions in her head, she still couldn't help asking: "Wu Niang suspects that Xia Yun has two hearts......

Chun Twilight hurriedly said, "But because of what happened last time?" Xia Yun is indeed wrong to speak like that, but she has always been clumsy, and the slave maid thinks that it does not prove that she has other thoughts...... Wu Niang, Xia Yun has been by your side for so many years......"

It turned out that Chun Du thought that Xia Yun interceded for Yingsheng that day, which annoyed Yijing, so she thought about letting Qiu Yue deliberately find her unhappiness, so she sent her away. After all, serving a master under the same roof is very unbearable in the spring twilight.

Qiu Yue said: "Sister Chundui, you don't know, these days, the maids in the courtyard have known that you refused the marriage of the Song family, Xia Yun is not an eventful character, but she pestered me and Qiu Shuang to ask about this matter over and over again, and she is very concerned, look at her appearance, I am afraid that I can't wait to marry Ning Hai for my sister." ”

Chun Du was stunned: "She doesn't know the temperament of the second son of Song, but even so, Xia Yun is alone, and it is not too much to plan more, Wu Niang ......"

This maid was really soft-hearted, Yijing sighed secretly, and comforted: "You all want to left, I didn't want to send Xia Yun away, I just had ulterior motives, just used her a little." ”

Chun Du sighed and stopped asking.

Xia Yun was completely unaware that her fate was about to change.

In the lotus pond, the lotus leaves are pavilions, holding dazzling golden rays, although there is no wind, but it seems to be unbearable to the weight of the sun, trembling slightly.

Xia Yun sat in the thick shade, holding his cheeks and looking at the full pool of golden waves, and sighed leisurely.

Knowing that Chun Du was going to marry an official wife, she was so envious that she couldn't sleep for several nights, and her mind was full of how to please Mama Song, and she also fought for such an opportunity for herself, but it was always difficult to make up her mind...... It's not because she has any scruples, it's that she really doesn't know how to please people.

has no wealth and power, and is a clumsy tongue, how can he please Mama Song?

I was depressed for a few days, and I didn't have to think about how to make a sycophant, but suddenly I heard that Chun Du refused this marriage!

Xia Yun suddenly felt a pain in his chest.

Spring twilight really doesn't know how to cherish it......

That's the eunuch's house! A slave refused to be the wife of an official family!

is obviously an ordinary person, she racked her brains to ask for it, but she was abandoned by Chundui.

God really doesn't open his eyes, and the bodhisattvas don't sympathize with the weak.

Xia Yun was indignant, and then fell into depression again, she still couldn't find a way to please Mama Song, but the temptation that was close in front of her undoubtedly made her more anxious than a few days ago.

People are like this, if they don't know about Chundui, Xia Yun doesn't dare to dream that she will marry the children of the eunuchs, but once she knows that there is such an opportunity, she unconsciously starts to dream again and again, but it is just a dream, but when she knows that Chundui refused to do it, this dream suddenly becomes real, and she naturally wants to make the dream come true.

Later, he regarded this dream as the only hope, but he suffered from no way to fight for it.

is more and more dissatisfied with the status quo, although today's life can be regarded as worry-free, too safe and stable.

It's all for the future, Yingsheng at least knows how to go to Hongyu to please, but Xia Yun only knows self-pity and laments the injustice of the sky.

Sometimes, however, opportunities are not reserved for those who are prepared.

The warbler went to Songtao Garden for many days to "move", pulling the red rain to chat endlessly, saying words of envy, and finally exhausted the patience of the red rain, and on such a hot afternoon, asked her straight to the point: "Sister wants to be transferred to Songtao Garden?" ”

Finally, such a beautiful sentence was asked!

The warbler only felt that the heat was gone, and a gust of wind blew in his heart, holding the hand of the red rain, full of urgency, and tears filled his eyes.

Hongyu retracted her hand uncomfortably, and sighed in embarrassment: "I'm just a slave, where can I help my sister." ”

Yingsheng hurriedly took a sip: "Why should my sister take such nonsense to heart?" Who doesn't know the dignity of Mama Song, you are her only granddaughter, and if you want to say that you are also the daughter of an official family, where is this idea rare for you? ”

Is there an official daughter who still calls a maid? But Yingsheng said very naturally, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and his attitude was so sincere that Hongyu blushed instead, and his heart would inevitably be happy - isn't it, although his father is a domestic slave in the Guogong Mansion now, how could Mrs. Tai really regard their family as slaves? It is inevitable to leave the country in the future, is the Song family the family of the official eunuch, and will he be the daughter of the official family in the future?

I can be the same as the little ladies, living a life of fine clothes and food, calling slaves and maids, but my grandmother is honest, saying that there is no way to repay the favor of Mrs. Tai, so she persuaded herself to come in and be a maid to repay her kindness, but in the end it is incomparable to ordinary domestic slaves.

But she never thought that her father was just Mama Song's adopted son, and he had been a slave before, even if he got out of the country with the favor of the eldest princess, he couldn't say that he was a child of an official family, let alone her?

Yingsheng's words hit Hongyu's careful thoughts, and successfully made Hongyu ask for Mama Song.

"Doesn't grandmother also want me to go to Luqingyuan, but Qiaoyingsheng offended Chundu, and I can't stay there, so I just let her go, she was transferred to wait for the son, and Luqingyuan happened to have a shortage, although it was a second-class, but there was a grandmother planning it, and it was a matter of time before it was promoted to first-class."

In the shade of honeysuckle flowers in the back/courtyard of Yuanying Hall, Hongyu and Mama Song avoided the conspiracy of others.

Mama Song took a sip: "A cheap maid, she dares to pick her own master to wait, and she doesn't care how many catties and taels her bones have." ”

These words are naturally scolding the warbler.

In Mama Song's heart, of course, she doesn't regard herself as a slave.

"Grandmother ......" The enthusiastic red rain was stunned.

Mama Song sighed: "You are still young, and it is still a little unsafe to think about things, have you ever thought about the intention of the warbler?" Where was the punishment and offended the spring twilight, but because she was older, she relied on her posture, so she had such dirty thoughts, there are so many little ladies in the Guogong Mansion, why did she want to die in the courtyard? If she really does what she wants, if there is any turmoil in the future, we will all be implicated. ”

Hongyu hung her head: "Then I rejected her, it's ......"

"But it's also an opportunity." Mama Song suddenly relented again, and her sly expression sank into her eyes: "Don't promise her, don't refuse her, wait for her to look for you again, you only said that you want to make a pair of shoes for me, but the girl is not popular, so I asked her for advice......"

In the next few days, when the warbler finished washing the clothes of the maids in the yard, he began to sit in front of the window and make shoes......

Qiuyue's work has finally made new progress, and on this day, she came to report to the beautiful scenery with a smile on her face-

"If you want to say that the hoof is really cautious enough, I didn't admit it earlier, it turned out that the red rain didn't let go, look at the moment, they all made shoes for Mama Song, she only said that the matter was set for seven or eight, and she didn't hide it anymore, boasting in front of May, saying that it would not be long before she would go to Songtao Garden to wait, and shyly praised the talent and demeanor of the prince, as if she would be an aunt in a blink of an eye...... It's shameless. ”

Chun Du on the side heard this, and almost didn't cover Qiu Yue's mouth: "In front of Wu Niang, what kind of nonsense is this!" ”

Yijing naturally didn't care, and secretly thought that Mama Song really wanted to push the boat down the river, and she didn't object to the red rain coming to Luqingyuan, but she could let the scourge of Yingsheng go to the eldest brother's side...... That's definitely not going to happen!

Although Yijing didn't think that the eldest brother was the kind of person who came from nonsense, he ......

Like Aunt Zhang, it's not Chu who has successfully climbed into bed. How could my father always be a lustful person back then?

However, the affairs in the eldest brother's yard can't be the sister's turn to intervene, she can't go to her grandmother and say that Yingsheng's mind is not pure......

Or do you want to wait for Mama Song to make a move, and then think of a solution for yourself?

Although the transfer of a maid is nothing, there must be a way to talk about it, what excuse will Mama Song make?

Yi Jing thought about it for a while, decided to hold the troops for now, and then asked Qiu Yue: "How did you ask about the prince of Chu?" ”

Qiu Yue hurriedly reported: "I have already inquired and understood, but Wu Niang didn't ask, and the slave and maid forgot about it for a while...... The prince of Chu returned to Beijing this time, I heard that he would not go to Yizhou again, and Wu Niang met him that day, and it was the third day after returning to Beijing, and he made a special trip to Mrs. Tai to greet him, and later played a few games of chess with the prince in our house...... Mr. Wei and the prince of Chu often exchanged letters, and it is no wonder that the prince of Chu would visit Mr. by the way. Thinking about it, he added: "It's not strange." ”

Yi Jing smiled: "Where do I feel strange, but I am a little curious, I don't know why the prince of Chu suddenly returned to Beijing...... According to what you inquired about, it must have been because of the completion of his studies, so he returned to the old princess to fulfill his filial piety. ”

Having said that, thinking of the rumors that Yu Feng was infected with a vicious disease and would not live to be crowned, Yijing still couldn't help but feel heavy in his heart, counting the time, Qinggu would probably have to wait two years before it appeared, not to mention whether his evil disease could be cured by Qinggu in this life, even if it was just like in the previous life, Qinggu could cure his "evil disease", things have changed in the end, in this life, he is not only famous, but also a young man who became famous, and then cured the "evil disease", the threat to Yu Zhou is undoubtedly several times greater than in the previous life, if Yu Zhou at this time is not enough to fear, But if it is true as he speculated, General Zhenguo has malicious intentions......

If you can't keep it, you won't be able to hold it back, and you will launch a conspiracy in advance to kill the life of the son.

This possibility is like a cloud, shrouded in Yijing's heart, so that she can't sit still, crooked on the couch, and carefully calculate.

There can be no longer delay, the cause of Princess Chu's death must be determined as soon as possible.