Chapter 262: The Divine Decree Arrives

Wen Yi walked out of the apse of the East Palace, only then did he feel a clearer mind, recalling the words and deeds of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Fang Cai, and couldn't help but feel a dark feeling in his heart, guessing what the future king said was about the purpose.

At the beginning, Liu Dongxing was specially singled out from a group of new martial arts warriors and sent to the camp in Jingnan to rush to the northern Xinjiang to participate in the war, which must have been caused by Zhu Jingshen, the son of the former King Kang, who slandered in front of the prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will agree to such an unreasonable request, and he has his own considerations. It is precisely because of this that Wen Yi is resentful, thinking that the prince, as the prince of the country, sacrificed the talents of a good soldier for the request of an idle clan's son, which is really a loss of the way of a king.

However, now, Liu Dongxing has made military merits, and maybe he will continue to make meritorious contributions, and his future prospects are naturally optimistic. The prince appeared in front of her at this time, and in and out of his words, he was implying that what he did at the beginning was just to test talents, not to forget the public for personal reasons...... Could it be that the prince intends to win over Liu Dongxing?

Wen Yi's thoughts are a bit complicated. The prince sent Liu Dongxing to the battlefield, so that he was at risk of being injured and dying at any time, causing her to be frightened, she was naturally resentful, but she also knew that the crown prince's throne was a certainty, and it couldn't be more stable, no matter how other princes and vassal kings were ready to move, it was still him who would ascend to the throne in the future, since Liu Dongxing intended to be a leader, then whether he wanted to be from literature or martial arts, it was not wise to offend the prince, so even if she resented in her heart, she could only persuade Liu Dongxing to be loyal to the new monarch and be diligent in the king's affairs. did not inform Liu Dongxing of the truth about Zhu Jingshen, the son of the former King Kang, of his words to the prince, so as not to arouse resentment in his heart and be detrimental to his future.

Wen Yi struggled for a while, and finally decided to go with the flow. Since the prince said something like that, it can be seen that he still admires Liu Dongxing, even if he is co-opted by him in the future, it will not be harmful to Liu Dongxing's future, maybe there will be benefits. At least, the crown prince has changed his mind and will no longer deliberately embarrass Liu Dongxing. This is more important than anything else. Wen Yi didn't want Liu Dongxing to fight for the country on the front line, but also beware of nobles in the rear.

Now that she has made up her mind, Wen Yi's mood has calmed down. At this time, they had already walked to the gate of the East Palace, and a female official stopped Xiao Bai and whispered something to her. Xiao Bai frowned, glanced at the female official with an unkind expression, and then turned his head and smiled at Wen Yi and said, "Liu Yiren, the slave maid still has to go back to wait for the two highnesses, and find another palace person to lead Yiren out of the palace, okay?" ”

Wen Yi knew that she must have something important to do, so she hurriedly said, "Girl, please take care of yourself." I recognize the way to the palace, but I am worried that the noble person will be bumped into on the road, so please find a guide for me. ”

Xiao Bai nodded, then beckoned a little palace maid and ordered: "Hao Sheng leads this Liu Yiren out of the palace gate, be sure to watch Liu Yiren leave the palace safely, and then come back again, if I am not there at the time of the return, I will report directly to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess." The little palace maid hurriedly responded respectfully. Xiao Bai bowed to Wen Yi again, apologized and said, "Yiren forgives the slave and maid for being rude." He left with the female officer.

The little palace maid asked Wen Yi: "Liu Yiren, let's go, shall we?" Wen Yi saw that she was only eleven or twelve years old, dressed neatly and neatly, with bright eyes, clear speech, a slight pleasing smile on her face, and a few likes in her heart, so she smiled and said, "Please also ask Gong'e to lead the way." ”

The little palace maid pursed her lips and smiled shyly, and then walked in front respectfully, leading the way unhurriedly. Wen Yi followed behind, and began to be in the mood to secretly browse the scenery in the palace.

Looking at it in a hurry, Wen Yi only felt that this palace was huge, covering an extremely wide area, surrounded by big red palace walls, any courtyard, the atrium was 100 feet square, and there were not many trees, the sun hung brightly in the sky, and people sweated more than once, but there were very few pedestrians in the palace.

Just thinking about it, a little chamberlain came to him, looking at it was only a teenager, he was waiting under the palace corridor not far in front, as soon as he saw them coming, he greeted them directly, bowed to the little palace maid, and then approached and whispered.

Wen Yi was a little far away, and she couldn't hear what they were talking about, only vaguely hearing the words "sister", "inconvenience", "running errands" and so on, the little palace maid looked embarrassed, and replied in a low voice: "I am on an errand, and I was ordered by the princess of the East Palace to send this Liu Yiren out of the palace, but I really can't do it." Since my brother is in a hurry to find someone to help, it is better to go to the neighboring palace and ask one or two people to help with the palace sweeper, and it will not be strange to think that sister. ”

The little waiter was anxious: "My sister is in a hurry to wait for someone to wait, how can I go far?" If I hadn't waited for a long time and only saw you, I wouldn't have opened this mouth. I'm not blind, so why don't I know that you're on the wrong side? There's really no way to do it, just a little while" and I almost didn't bend over.

The little palace maid was very stubborn: "My brother has the kung fu to rub his mouth with me here, and he has already found someone." I really can't go, if I go, how will I answer when I go back to the princess and ask? Could it be that at that time, my brother could still confess his sins for me? Brother, let's hurry up and find someone, the neighboring palace is not far away, you go and go back quickly, you will be there in the blink of an eye. ”

The little chamberlain still had to rub against her, Wen Yi didn't want to interfere in the internal affairs of the palace people, so she turned around slightly, her eyes only looked at the tiles on the nearby palace wall, but she suddenly felt that someone was looking at her, she followed her intuition, turned her head to look, and could only see the small corner gate under the west palace wall, and a figure flashed by, and there was no movement. She couldn't help but wonder who that person was.

The little palace maid had already finished talking to the chamberlain, and asked Wen Yi to continue with her. Wen Yi's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of the little chamberlain looking back in a certain direction, and then he moved his steps and made way out, without entangling with the little palace maid again. Wen Yi was even more puzzled in her heart.

What she didn't know was that as soon as she left with the little palace maid, the little chamberlain went straight to the west palace wall, turned the small corner gate, and bowed to the person standing there: "The slave is dull and has failed to complete the little prince's request, please forgive the little prince." ”

Zhu Jingshen smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Get up, it's not your fault." He glanced in the direction where Wen Yi left, "This is all providence...... it was his delusion, but now, even the prince has changed his mind, what else does he have to rely on?

"Little prince?" The little chamberlain's eyes showed a look of incomprehension.

Zhu Jingshen retracted his gaze and smiled at him: "Don't call me the little prince anymore, I am no longer the prince, but also the prince, what kind of little prince is it?" ”

Xiao Nei hurriedly smiled and said: "You are the prince's concubine, golden branches and jade leaves, even if you have no prince, you are also a little prince." ”

Zhu Jingshen sneered slightly, straightened up, dusted off his sleeves, and threw a heavy bag over: "Let's go, the queen is still waiting for me." Don't tell anyone about today. ”

Xiao Nei hurriedly took the bag, and bent down respectfully with a smile: "Although the little prince can rest assured, the slave knows the rules - please go this way." ”

Wen Yi arrived at the palace gate smoothly all the way, met with her family, and never encountered any obstacles, so she buried today's doubts in her heart and stopped talking to others. She took out a purse from her sleeve that she had prepared a long time ago, stuffed it into the little palace maid's hand without a trace, and said with a smile: "Make it at home, take it and play with it." The little palace maid pursed her lips and smiled and bowed her knees in thanks, and watched her get into the carriage, turn around and leave, and drive out of the palace gate before turning back.

Wen Yi returned home, took off the heavy dress, changed into homely clothes, and hurriedly went to see her grandmother. Mrs. Lu and Mama Zhao had been waiting in the West Wing for a long time, and even Mrs. Luo Si didn't know when they would come. Wen Yi was busy meeting her, and thanked her for her kindness yesterday. Mrs. Luo Si didn't care to say much, so she hurriedly helped her and asked, "What about entering the palace today?" But for the sake of the northern frontier, you were declared to enter? ”

Wen Yi hurriedly explained the matter in detail, Mrs. Luo Si breathed a sigh of relief, and recited the Buddha: "Buddha bless, not only for this matter, but also a happy event, when the holy decree comes down, everyone in the capital will know, and you can be a little more decent when you walk outside." ”

She is an outsider, so she can only speak vaguely like this, but Old Madam Lu doesn't have so many scruples: "If the holy decree really rewards the grandparents and parents who are heading east, your third aunt will not dare to be rude to you like yesterday." ”

Wen Yi smiled, but she was grateful to that Mrs. Liu Qi in her heart, if she hadn't provoked Liu Gu's gaffe yesterday and revealed the news to herself, she might not have thought of telling the crown princess frankly. Thinking of this, she hurriedly asked Mrs. Lu: "Seventh uncle and seventh aunt, I think there will be a response sooner, why don't you go and inquire about their accommodation as soon as possible, and then ask them when they plan to move over?" ”

Old Madam Lu glanced at her and understood what she meant. At this time, if there is a witness from the Liu family, it will also be beneficial to Liu Dongxing's status in the clan in the future, no matter what, he also needs one or two helps, so he said to his granddaughter: "That's okay, if you have an idea in your heart, just do what you want." ”

Wen Yi responded, thinking that Shu Bo was older and more knowledgeable, so it was best to stay at home and arrange the order, and the errand envoy who ran errands outside should let Shu Ping take Guan Guwang and them to do it, so he went out to order. Seeing this, Mrs. Luo Si smiled and said to Mrs. Lu: "The nine girls are out of the house, and now they are more and more capable, much more capable than before, and I think the old lady is well trained." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "When she was at home in the past, she also took care of the house, and I haven't taught her anything for a long time." She can take care of this home properly, it is all her own struggle, but I didn't teach it. Now that she is also a housewife, my old woman can just enjoy the blessings of her children and grandchildren, and she will not worry about those household chores. ”

When the Liu family learned the good news, they were all excited, and even Ma Youcai's wife, who had retired early, secretly regretted it, but Wen Yi didn't have time to pay attention to them. The day after she entered the palace to see Jin, the holy decree came down, praising Liu Dongxing's merits in northern Xinjiang, and praising the ancestors of the Liu family for their meritorious work.

Mrs. Liu was originally an official to the third grade, and Mrs. Rong's wife got the order with him, but it was only the third grade, and now she got the order from the second grade, compared to Mrs. Shangshu, it is only a little worse, and more importantly, it is clearly written in the holy decree that only Liu Dongxing's grandparents and parents received this reward, of which the grandmother is "Rong's", and there is no mention of the step-grandmother "Yao's".

Wen Yi listened to the announcement of the decree of the inner servant, and was extremely happy, accepted the decree respectfully, and generously sent a thank you gift, and invited the inner attendant and the sergeant who came to announce the decree to have tea. The chamberlain was happy in his heart, and when he returned to the palace, he also said a lot of good things about the Liu family to the emperor, the empress, the prince and others.

The news soon spread in the capital. Although Liu Dongxing is not the only soldier who has been rewarded, others also have kindness to their parents and relatives, but even his grandparents have been promoted, and Liu Dongxing is the only one. Everyone in Beijing said that this was because General Koyanagi captured the little prince of the barbarian tribe and made an unprecedented achievement. For a while, rumors about Liu Dongxing's outstanding martial arts and loyalty and courage became more and more fierce in the capital, Wen Yi occasionally went out, and when he met someone he knew or didn't know, he could hear the other party's words praising his husband, and he was secretly happy for him in his heart.

Uncle Liu's family moved in the day before the decree came down, and they also experienced the glorious moment of receiving the decree. When Uncle Liu Qi was walking on the ministry, others heard that he was the uncle of General Xiaoliu, and he was also a little affectionate, and the appointment clerk came down not long after, it was a fat shortage, or a big city, although he knew that the boss had already done it, but seeing the black and white words on the paper, Uncle Liu Qi was still very happy, and when he came back to talk to his wife, he asked her to take her children and Wen Yi to be close, as for Shangshu Mansion, as long as the etiquette is thorough, you don't need to pay more attention.

As a result, Wen Yi got the guidance of Mrs. Liu Qi, and had a clearer understanding of the situation in the Liu clan, and she also knew more about the opinions of the two ladies of Rong Yao in the clan back then. No matter what the situation was when the two ladies got along, and what the clansmen thought of Mrs. Yao, to this day, the clansmen still remember the virtuous and loving Mrs. Rong, and Mrs. Liu Qi even mentioned that some clan elders specially found a distant granddaughter of Mrs. Rong, and after the death of her parents, she was brought up at home, and intended to marry her to her own son and nephew, but now the two parties are still young and have not yet decided on a family matter.

Wen Yi only felt that the people of the Liu clan seemed to be a little crazy, since they respected Mrs. Rong's character so much, why didn't they contribute to her during her lifetime, so that she would suffer less grievances? Now that everyone is dead, what is the use of marrying her grandniece?

Wen Yi saw that Mrs. Liu Qi praised the character of this little Rong girl very much, and she was very much in favor of the clan elder's approach, so she didn't say much, but changed the topic without a trace, focusing on the temper and preferences of the elders of the clan.

The Liu family's house in Yangjiaer Hutong is certainly a piece of harmony, but the other side of Shangshufu is another scene.

Liu Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, received a holy decree today, and he is about to be transferred to the Wenhua Temple Scholar and is about to step down from the post of Shangshu.

On the same day, the Dongping palace also received a holy order to leave the capital within three days and return to the domain, this time, even the queen mother did not raise any objections.

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