There is an ancient poem: "The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom"

I don't know if the peach blossoms of the ancient temple of Kongshan are in season, but in the Ci'an Palace in front of me, most of the Fangfei has not bloomed, but has missed the flowering period, only a few tenacious Zhu Taoyu Li, some lonely blooming branches, less than the clouds in previous years.

In the West Garden, a few plum trees on the side of the shallow canal are already falling, and the flowing water is not red, reflecting the empty branches.

Yijing stood in this situation, thinking about the old year in March, when the Fang Lin feast.

At that time, it was Mei Luo, the young man under the flower tree, standing with his hands in his hands, with the spring sun scattered on his shoulders, and the plum fragrance under the breeze, she covered his eyelids from behind, did not make a sound, but he had already guessed it.

Smile lightly.

"Wu Niang is really a big girl, more and more gentle, not like a few years ago, as soon as she arrived at Ci'an Palace, she pestered us to play."

Yijing turned sideways, but saw that Aunt Ru was already standing on the side of the shallow ditch at some point, and looked at her and smiled meaningfully.

"When I entered the palace this time, I was worried that my eldest sister would be 'detained', but I didn't want to be a 'come and go'." The scenery pretended to be a sigh.

The forehead was poked by the aunt: "The Queen Mother is coming, and I haven't seen Wu Niang for a long time, look at you to be happy, so I left you to live, it turned out that Wu Niang was bored in the palace, I had to return this to the Queen Mother." ”

Yijing immediately "regretted it", pestering her aunt to beg for mercy, and asked the queen: "Niangniang is still talking to the queen mother?" ”

Earlier, the queen came to Ci'an Palace to visit, saw the Yichen sisters, and "asked" two sentences if she had been frightened, the queen mother originally somehow, only then asked what was going on, Yichen and Yijing didn't want to talk about it in detail, but the queen explained what Qiongyi did at the spring banquet in the palace, it was the words of the three princes, Yijing looked at the queen and was not suspicious, but relieved, but the queen mother heard it, where I didn't know that Li Concubine was making waves, so angry that she almost stacked the teacup, and the queen hurriedly reported a happy event-

But it was the crown princess who was diagnosed by the imperial doctor and became pregnant.

The Queen Mother turned her anger into joy, and as soon as she was so happy, she first "pardoned" Yichen, saying that Concubine Li's illness was not a big problem, so she didn't need to pay attention to it, but she left Yijing and wanted her to accompany her on her birthday.

The queen discussed the Qianqiu banquet with the queen mother, and Yijing sent Yichen first, and comforted her a few words, asking her sister not to worry about Concubine Li's side - the father and son of the Xu family suffered this time, it must be the result of the discussion between grandmother and father, and the intention was nothing more than to give Concubine Li a warning, she would not dare to make it difficult to bully Concubine Yichen in the future, as long as Concubine Li was soft, her father would stop, and would not treat the Xu family as such.

When I returned to Ci'an Palace, I heard that the queen had not left yet, and it was inconvenient to disturb the beautiful scenery, so I came to Xiyuan.

"The queen originally wanted to take advantage of the 'double happiness' to persuade the queen mother to change her mind and organize a thousand autumn banquets, but the queen mother still didn't want to, and only said that her family would be happy and save trouble that day." For example, the aunt said: "The mother has already said goodbye, Wu Niang went in to accompany the queen mother to talk for a while." ”

Yi Jingcai followed Aunt Ru into the side hall, but heard that the Queen Mother was asking the inner servant what leaks the father and son of the Xu family had stabbed.

Although he was sure that it was his father's handwriting, Yijing didn't know the details, so he hurriedly rubbed to the Queen Mother's side to listen.

"To say this thing, it originally happened a year ago, there was a family living in the east of the city, I heard that the surname is Yu, operating a shop with ink inkstone paper and pen, which can be regarded as being able to have enough food and clothing, how do you know that after the death of the head of the family, Yu Weng, his only son because of the lack of elder control, met a group of fox friends and dog friends, hooked on gambling money, and lost the family wealth in less than two years, and filled the shops and houses with gambling debts, the old mother also died in a fit of anger, and his wife also separated from him, and returned to her parents' house with her daughter. I didn't go to the casino again, and I used to make a living by selling pens, calligraphy and paintings. ”

"Yu Dalang lost all his family wealth, but he still kept the inkstone handed down by his ancestors, I heard that it was rare, and many people looked for him to buy it, but he said that this was left by his father, the only thought, how could he not change hands, the matter somehow reached Xu Wenlin's ears, and inquired and learned that the inkstone was what he had been looking for for many years and could not buy, so he found Yu Dalang to buy it with a lot of money, Yu Dalang was still unwilling, but Xu Wenlin was unwilling, and asked Xu Sicheng to put pressure on Yu Dalang."

As a result, Xu Sicheng ordered the slaves in the family, and Yu Dalang was beaten well, seized the inkstone, and only threw down fifty taels of silver, Yu Dalang was not convinced, but the Yu family was not as good as before, he was beaten again, and he did not dare to offend the eunuch again, and did not want the incident in Nanzhejiang to happen, and all the filthy officials were executed, so some people persuaded Yu Dalang, saying that among the filthy officials in Nanzhejiang, especially those who bully others and embezzle the wealth of the good people, they are all punished heavily, it can be seen that the saint hates the officials who oppress the people the most, this is still at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the Xu family dares to do so, If he was known by the saint, he would not forgive, and gave Yu Dalang an idea, saying that Peng Xiang Peng Yushi of the Supervision Yuan was the most upright, why not stop the sedan chair to redress his grievances, Yu Dalang really listened to the persuasion and really stopped Peng Yushi's sedan chair. ”

It seems that since his father learned that Concubine Li was making things difficult for the eldest sister, he found out about the matter and sent someone to persuade Yu Dalang to make trouble, but although the father and son of the Xu family bullied people and forcibly bought the people's things, they did not harm people's lives.

The Queen Mother asked again: "I heard that Concubine Li went to Qianming Palace to cry?" ”

"Back to her mother's words, Concubine Li went to intercede for her father and brother, but the saint did not allow her to enter." The chamberlain said: "Right now, I'm still kneeling in front of the palace." ”

"Go, let her go back to her dormitory quickly, and say the words of mourning the family, the father and son of the Xu family bullied the people and should have been punished, if she messed around and exonerated her father and brother, did she also want to be punished?" The Queen Mother ordered coldly.

The chamberlain screamed in response, bowed down and quickly exited the side hall, and Yijing comforted the Queen Mother: "Don't be in a bad mood for such a trivial matter, Concubine Li is the daughter of the Xu family, I heard that the family is in trouble, and it is reasonable to plead." ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "Jing Yatou is generous, don't talk about the Spring Banquet, there is no relationship between Concubine Li and the Xu family." ”

"They didn't succeed either, I'm so clever, where can I fall into such a simple calculation." Yijing was ashamed, and seeing that the Queen Mother was amused by these words, she persuaded again: "It's not me who is generous, it's the eldest sister, and she is very embarrassed in the middle of it...... Niangniang, Concubine Li is anxious, so she can't cry, so it's better to let someone who understands persuade her to persuade her......"

Seeing that it is almost the queen mother's thousand autumns, and there is the good news that the crown princess is pregnant, if Li Concubine is making trouble, it will inevitably make the Queen Mother annoyed, Yi Jing is worried that according to Li Concubine's mind, I am afraid that she will not "understand" so quickly, and the Xu family has a disaster, Mo said that Qi will not be able to enter the palace, even if she can enter the palace, I am afraid that I will not be able to persuade Li Concubine, but I thought that on the day of the Spring Banquet, Xu heard that she was going to live in the palace, and told the sentence with a smile - looking at it coldly, Xu Zhi is the only one who understands Xu Zhi in the Xu family.

As soon as he thought of this, of course, he recommended Xu Zhi to the Queen Mother.

So on the same day, Xu Zhi got the will of the palace, saying that Concubine Li heard about her father and brother, and she was worried about her illness, and asked her to enter the palace to accompany and enlighten, Xu Zhi asked the inner servant to be sent by the Empress Dowager of Ci'an Palace, and he understood the intention, and secretly pondered - the sin of his father and brother can be big or small, it all depends on Concubine Li's attitude towards Princess Fu, but she knows that this sister is the most unbearable, if she really tells her that this is Wei Guogong's "warning", I am afraid that she will not be soft, and there will be chaos afterwards, if you want to persuade, let the family avoid this" A catastrophe is coming", we have to think of a proper statement.

Therefore, after entering the palace, Xu Zhi had the following advice-

"Sister, you are really confused, even if it is for the sake of the Sixth Highness, you should not embarrass Princess Fu, think about it carefully, the princess is the eldest daughter of the Guogong Mansion, and the Fu King is recorded in your name, speaking of which, our relationship with the Guogong Mansion is one layer closer than the concubine and the Qin family, but you have been provoked by Qiongyi...... Don't say that it didn't work out at the spring banquet, even if it did, the queen wouldn't look at it...... Fortunately, the princess doesn't care about this, it is really out of respect for you. ”

Seeing that Concubine Li really had some remorse, Xu Zhi made persistent efforts: "Just say that right now, the matter of the filthy officials in Southern Zhejiang is making a fuss, but our family has also stabbed a leak, and the saint is in anger, you can't be confused anymore, Wei Guogong is now the most trusted by the saint, and this matter has to rely on the princess to mediate, but the matter at the spring banquet can't be hidden from the ladies of the Guogong Mansion, if the mother doesn't have an attitude first, how can Wei Guogong be willing to help?" Don't just care about face...... Think about the future, if you want to reconcile with the Guogong Mansion, you can't find fault with the princess anymore. ”

Concubine Li pondered again, as if this is the truth, even if the five mothers and the six princes of the Su family do not succeed, the biological mother on the Fuwang jade is still herself, as long as she envelops the Fuwang couple and his wife, she is still worried that she will not be able to win the help of the Guogong Mansion?

So he stopped crying, and summoned Yichen into the palace, officially "confessed" the matter at the Spring Banquet, and begged for forgiveness in a low voice, and invited Yijing, and generously rewarded a few boxes of treasures "Apology", and gently begged Yichen to go back to the Guogong Mansion to persuade Wei Guogong to help, so that his father and brother were spared this prison.

The case is not complicated, and Li Concubine "understood" in time, Wei Guogong naturally "accepted it when he saw it", and pleaded for mercy, and finally the trial of Shuntianfu was concluded, and Xu Wenlin was ordered to return the inkstone, and compensated Yu Dalang fifty taels of silver, Yu Dalang did not appeal again, Xu Wenlin was detained for two days, and he was free, but Xu Sicheng, as an incumbent official, was for his own selfishness, bullying the people, although Wei Guogong "interceded", the disaster of imprisonment could be avoided, but he also suffered the punishment of cane punishment, and lost his official position.

Li Concubine is not unwilling - stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, and a Liupin Temple is nothing, the important thing is that he has "turned the war into a jade silk" with Wei Guogong, and he will still worry about the eldest brother's career in the future? Instead, he persuaded the eldest brother Taoguang to keep up and wait for the time to plan for a comeback.

The incident of the Xu family was revealed with the momentum of thunder and rain, except that Peng Xiang gained a lot of fame in Kyoto, but it did not attract much attention.

And Yijing is still living in Ci'an Palace, waiting for the arrival of the Queen Mother.

In the evening of this day, Yi Jingcai accompanied the Queen Mother to dinner, and the attendant reported outside the palace that the Holy Lord was coming.

The Son of Heaven, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, strode in, and when he saw that Yi Jing was also there, he first exempted her from saluting, but patted his forehead heavily: "I forgot something, and I thought about it again when I saw Jing Yatou." ”

View: ...... Saint, you have all the opportunities and care about the world, we are just a boudoir, what inspiration can we give you?

The Queen Mother didn't know why, and looked at the Son of Heaven with a lonely face.

But he listened to the Son of Heaven waiting for the pen and ink, holding the pen on the rice paper to write a few lines of small characters, sealed in the secret fold, and handed it to Yijing: "I ordered Yuanyang to draft an edict earlier, but one was missing, so Jing Yatou ran an errand and took this to the imperial study and handed it to Yuanyang, so that he could add a book to the edict." ”

The Queen Mother suddenly glanced at the Son of Heaven, pretending to be "uneven": "What time is this, and people are still detained in the palace, has Feng'er ever had dinner?" ”

The Son of Heaven was embarrassed: "The state affairs are busy, and my son has no choice but to ...... Meals have been given earlier, and the queen mother is at ease. ”

"I used a dessert earlier, and I thought it was delicious, so Jing Yatou took a cup to Feng'er by the way, and thanked him for sharing his worries for the monarch on behalf of the mourning family." Before the Queen Mother's words fell, she had an informed understanding of her aunt who withdrew first, and asked people to prepare desserts.

Yi Jing heard that Yu Feng was in the imperial study at this time, and his mind had already flown out of the palace several times, and he didn't pay attention to the mother and son of the world's supreme mother, looked at her rather meaningful gaze, and gently and quickly responded to the promise, and retreated with the "secret fold" in his hand.

I didn't hear the words of the Son of Heaven in the temple—

"Queen Mother, next year Yuanyang will be crowned soon, before that, I intend to choose a good match for him......"