The moon is like water, and the silver waves are pouring down.

In the courtyard of Ciqing Palace, where the fragrance of early laurel wafts away, Zhu Youjiao, his younger brother Zhu Youzhen, and his younger sister Zhu Huiyan, sit around the table, eating crabs that are paid tribute from the south by the canal clipper.

When the moon comes, the crab roe is not thick, and the meat in the crab body and crab legs is not full enough, but Zhu Youxiao prefers soft crab shells.

These slightly elastic shells are clamped and cut with "crab eight pieces", which is less likely to break into powder, and will not stick to the crab meat.

Zhu Youxiao didn't want the little eunuch and the little palace maid to help, his fingers dexterously took up and closed, and in a moment, the two green glazed sunflower petals accumulated white and brown crab meat and light golden crab roe.

Zhu Youxiao poured a few drops of Zhejiang vinegar into it, pushed it in front of Youzhen and Huiyan, and looked at his younger brothers and sisters like two kittens with a smile, tasting the seasonal delicacies.

The three of them all lost their mothers when they were very young, and they grew up together, and Zhu Youxiao had a deep affection for his younger siblings.

Today, the crab is new, but Xili Niangniang did not have dinner in Ciqing Palace, but went to Qianqing Palace.

Before the banquet, the Hakka family quietly told Zhu Youxiao that after Concubine Zheng Guifei sent the beauty palace to the Long Live Lord, Xi Li was not good at saying anything on his face, in fact, he had not been called to bed by the Long Live Lord for half a month, and he should have an awkward fight with the Long Live Lord in the Qianqing Palace at this moment, maybe he would be in the Qianqing Palace tonight.

Zhu Youxiao is accustomed to Xi Li not being afraid of the name of trespassing and holding his father angry.

He sighed lightly and said, "It would be nice if the Lord of Long Live gave Li Niangniang the title of queen", but he was really happy in his heart.

The mean and ferocious Xi Li was not there, and the adoptive mother of Youzhen, the cold Dong Li Niangniang, was also resting in her bedroom because she was unwell.

In the courtyard with a bright moon and a pleasant evening breeze, Zhu Youxiao felt that he had become the master of the first palace for the first time, and it was really pleasant and pleasant to be able to relax and eat a meal with his siblings.

Good mood, more dexterous hands. In a moment, Zhu Youxiao put the peeled crab shell into a complete crab shape in a porcelain plate, and showed it to his younger sister Zhu Huiyan to make her happy.

"Brother's hands are so skillful," Zhu Huiyan pursed her lips and praised, and then smiled and asked, "Brother, in the crystal palace in Huiyan's courtyard, there are stone carvings of fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish, but there is no water curtain, Brother is the best at ingenuity, make a Dragon Palace water curtain for Huiyan, right?" ”

Zhu Youxiao washed his hands in the warm water soaked in chrysanthemums, drank the soup while discussing with his sister in a soft voice: "Is it okay to owe the water curtain for half a month first?" The elder brother wants to be a boat for water warfare with Youjian and the master of Wenhua Palace. ”

Zhu Huiyan beat her mother to death, and she was just a princess, her father never asked her about her growth, she learned to look at the faces of the grandmothers and eunuchs since she was sensible, and her temperament was filed to the point that she had no habit of being coquettish.

She nodded very dryly: "Okay, the master's schoolwork is important." ”

Then he looked at Zhu Youzhen with a look of longing: "You are only one year older than me, so you can also go to Wenhua Palace." Your master, in addition to the books written by the master, also teaches interesting things? ”

Zhu Youzhen ate the last crab leg and said seriously: "There are several masters, and the interesting one is Master Zheng." Well, she is a woman, in fact, when Master Zheng is on duty to give a lecture, Huiyan can indeed go with her. ”

Zhu Huiyan's eyes lit up.

Before she could start asking any further questions, Ke Yinyue, who was standing behind Zhu Youxiao and shaking a fan to drive away the autumn insects, opened her voice in a soft voice: "Even if Master Zheng speaks, His Royal Highness Ningde can't go." ”

Unlike the two elder brothers who have not yet been crowned kings, Zhu Huiyan is unable to be the heir to the throne, but was named "Princess Ningde" soon after she was born, so Ke Yinyue calls her by a title.

Zhu Huiyan raised her round apricot eyes and stared at Keyinyue: "Why?" ”

Ke Shi smiled: "Although that Master Zheng is a woman, but he brought a jade-faced boy to talk together, how can His Highness meet the men outside the palace?" ”

"Oh......" Zhu Huiyan replied lightly.

Zhu Youzhen's anger swelled up. The nurse of the royal brother is becoming more and more disagreeable. How? Xi Li is not here today, she actually thinks that she is a slave and maid, and she can be a person in Ciqing Palace?

casually interjected without knowing the severity, and the implication of what he said slapped him Zhu Youzhen in the face.

But Zhu Youzhen did not go back as bluntly as during the day.

In the young man's mind, Master Zheng's trick of hiding a needle in the guest Yin Yuemian appeared.

Fighting with this fly-like slave and maid, and losing her temper made her even more proud, thinking that she could be angry with the five princes.

Let her get out of the way, that's the key.

Zhu Youzhen then picked up the handkerchief and wiped the crab roe on his mouth, looked at Ke Yinyue and said, "Mama, Grandpa Wei went to the small kitchen to have a stick of incense, right?" Lotus root cake and chestnut dumplings are not good yet? Mama, go check it out. ”

The fan in Ke Yinyue's hand froze.

Zhu Youxiao is not stupid, and he also knows that his nurse has collided with Zhu Youzhen, and he is afraid that his younger brother will reprimand the Hakka family, but when he saw that Mo said the wind and rain, and even the dark clouds did not rise, his heart was relieved, and he turned his head and instructed Ke Yinyue: "Yes, Mama go and take a look, if the people below are not careful, let Father-in-law Wei be lenient, and don't punish them." ”

The corners of Ke Yinyue's mouth, which had been flattened, finally turned up again, answered, and after saluting the three princes and princesses respectfully, he walked towards the back of the main hall.

……

At the end of the narrow and deep corridor where charcoal and scattered firewood were piled up, in a dark corner where the moonlight could not shine, the suffocating wheezing of the man and woman finally died down.

Wei Zhongxian lifted his pants, tied his belt, straightened out the robe that was dragged around, and stroked Yin Yue's cheeks that were as smooth as tofu with satisfaction, and said in a low voice: "How is it, I fed you, is it gone?" ”

Ke Yinyue raised her eyes and glanced at the figure reflected on the window paper on the kitchen side, the three little palace maids were there, so she also brushed the cloud temples on the back of her head with confidence, but she still had a little anger when she spoke: "The little rooster with a crown that has not been erected has been staring at me since this year, when have I been so angry." ”

Wei Zhongxian comforted her: "Okay, my heart, if it weren't for that little rooster to drive you over tonight, where could you and I be happy like this?" ”

Ke Yinyue leaned over, took a bite of the man's Adam's apple, and muttered: "Well, speaking of which, my brother is the crown prince, and it is a happy event that you are transferred back from the inner treasury to be the father-in-law." But it's inconvenient for the two of us to do this. ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Don't worry, when my brother becomes the prince, let's talk to my brother, since the Wei Dynasty has been fighting against you, he has always abused you in places where outsiders can't see it, and my brother will definitely feel distressed, so let's push him and beat Wang An, let the two of us be together, and then we can sleep on a kang justifiably." ”

After hearing this, Ke Yinyue snorted and said hatefully: "How bold do you think my brother is?" How little do you think Wang An's old thing is bold? Take Wang An's path, don't even think about it. Wang An looked at me the most unpleasant, and when my brother went to Wenhua Hall yesterday, the old man also taught me a lesson like a maid in a small palace. ”

"Then, who made you neither a father-in-law nor a female official, isn't it natural for him to make a gesture of Qiao in front of you?"

Ke Yinyue rolled her eyes, remembered another section, and complained: "By the way, there is also the Zheng family who lectured to my brother, I heard that he was also born in a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, and he dared to give the old lady a deflated, that yin and yang weird look like a knife for the old lady, the old lady is really, really ......"

"Okay, okay," Wei Zhongxian tugged at Ke's sleeve, signaling that the two of them should leave here, while continuing to comfort her, "My old Wei is no longer illiterate, and I have also heard from those eunuchs who are used to adjusting bookbags, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." You treat all the things around your brother as dogs and cats, don't offend them, and be driven out of the palace by looking for a handle. After enduring this for a while, who knows if we will move to the Qianqing Palace in the coming year? ”

Ke Yinyue's eyes lit up: "What's wrong?" Long live the bad bones? ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled obscenely: "The old Cui at the end of Concubine Zheng asked the imperial pharmacy to rub the pills to help the fun and send them to the Qianqing Palace every day, so neat, even a breeding boar, can't stand it?" ”

Ke Yinyue punched him coquettishly: "You are out of breath, you finally dare to think about it." At that time, I will tell you, the best brother quickly put on the dragon robe, and we will really have a good life. ”

"No, let's go, go to the kitchen and eat a dumpling first."

……

Before the end of the hour, Zheng Haizhu took Hua Er and carried a gift to the Baoxuguan near Guozijian to visit the Taoist Jingzhao.

On that day, after completing the Wenhua Hall lecture for the first time, Zheng Haizhu and Lu Xiangsheng had just left Donghua Gate, and a little eunuch hurriedly caught up, saying that Wang An's father-in-law wanted to talk to Master Zheng.

The next day, after coming to Wang An's house outside the palace to meet as promised, the prince publicly informed him that about the turmoil in front of the three major halls, he and Yang Lian both felt that it would not be like the statement that the eunuch Xue deceived the Lord of Long Life, but that Yao Zongwen, a minion of the Zhejiang Party, instructed his subordinates to set up a trap, which not only took revenge on the Chongming soldiers who were taken away, but also made Donglin notorious for introducing a woman like a woman to be the prince's speaker.

But while Wang An agreed that Zheng Haizhu was not in a panic, he also mentioned that Zheng Guifei had a good relationship with the Zhejiang Party, but Jingzhao Daochang, who often ran to her palace, came to the rescue that day.

Zheng Haizhu analyzed, it is possible, Jingzhao is indeed just an outsider, although he interacts with the concubine, he does not need to know that Huke is controlled by the Zhejiang Party, so he is in charge of things that should not be taken care of.

It is also possible that after the new monarch ascended the throne, Donglin gained power, and Fang Congzhe left the cabinet in an instant, Zheng Guifei simply made it clear to his cronies that Yikun Palace should show its alienation from the Fang Party, so as to win back the favor of Zhu Changluo and Donglin, and Zheng Guifei's title of queen mother may have a turnaround.

Wang An felt reasonable, so he asked Zheng Haizhu, taking advantage of the still hot thank you, to come to the void as soon as possible and take a ride on the pulse of Jingzhao.

After explaining, Wang An couldn't help but sigh that Yang Lian was really good at what he said at the beginning, there is a person of his own who can smoothly contact the sound inside and outside the palace, and he is still a woman, which works.

(End of chapter)