When Zhao Kezhen was fished up, she was already half-drunk in the lotus pond. The doctor fed the honey locust water and told her to vomit the dirt in her stomach.

She kept crying when she woke up, and the queen sent Ping An to coax her for an hour, but she couldn't stop it.

Ping'an was so upset by her crying that if it wasn't for the queen's orders, she wouldn't want to take on this errand. Today is the joy of the housewarming of the king of the county, and I heard that the banquet was held with 90 tables, and it was very lively. The emperor and queen will also go to the banquet, and the queen has already changed her clothes at this time, and it seems that she is not going to take herself with her.

Ping'an flattened his mouth and calmly gave a salute: "Your Highness, the banquet with the county king's mansion is about to start, and the mother is already waiting for you in the dormitory, so you should start driving first, right?"

Rong Zhan nodded, turned around and left.

As soon as Rong Zhan left, Zhao Kezhen cried even more fiercely. Although Rong Zhan personally went into the water and pulled her up, if Rong Zhan hadn't left her to chase that woman, wouldn't she have slipped into the water?

Zhao Kezhen gritted her teeth: "What a banquet, what is it with the king of the county, I hate it!"

In order to appease Xiao Rongshen, the emperor specially rewarded him with two gardens, which were located behind his former mansion. Xiao Rongshen also asked someone to tear down the courtyard wall, open up the two sides, and build a new Hejun Wangfu on this basis. The old ones in the pavilions were all repainted, and even the nails had to be replaced with new ones, the ones that would sparkle in the sun.

The master turned into a prince, and the original maids and daughters-in-law were also a little more lazy and angry.

Just after noon, the sun was so exposed that people couldn't open their eyes, and the ministers who were invited to visit the garden, the young ladies and sons were all in the room to enjoy the coolness, and the mothers-in-law in his house were also used to chatting and making fun of them under the porch.

"Why can't I see any extravagance? Isn't it just a merchant's daughter?" the old woman took a bite of a piece of caramel from the celadon plate, chewed it, and handed the other to the maid who was sitting farther away.

The maid didn't answer, but only took half of the leftover betel nut from her purse and chewed it: "Why can't you see that you are doing rough work here, and people are gold slaves and silver maids there, don't you see it?" said and spit the betel nut juice at the base of the wall.

"You thin stick, you spit that dirty thing here, and I have to clean it, don't you?" The mother-in-law threw half of the caramel in her hand on the hem of the maid's skirt and took a sip.

"What are you afraid of, this kind of place, our prince is busy every day, and he can't see it if you clean it or not. The maid was stuck in her throat by the betel nut dregs, coughed hard, and spat out a dark dregs the size of a fingernail.

"Didn't you hear those adults talk about that woman still becoming the sect master?" said the woman and said in a low voice: "Why did the emperor make a woman the sect master?"

Seeing that she was becoming more and more open-mouthed, the maid waved her hand and signaled that she had ears on the wall: "I heard that it is the illegitimate daughter of the emperor." ”

The mother-in-law didn't believe it, and laughed: "It's nonsense again." ”

"What do you say?" said a tall man with a leopard's head and eyes, a bearded face, and a tall figure walking on his back.

The mother-in-law and maids were solemn, and knelt down: "Slaves and maids see Gao Xiangguo." ”

It was Gao Bingyan, the prime minister of the dynasty.

"Where's the prince?" Gao Bingyan looked coldly at a few subordinates who chewed the root of their tongues.

"Yes, in the study. ”

Gao Bingyan snorted: "Chew the root of your tongue, who set the rules for you? Go to the housekeeper and get ten whips yourself." With that, he pushed the door open and entered the study.

Xiao Rongshen was stepping on the footstand to find a book on the bookcase, and when he heard what he had just reprimanded the maid, he smiled faintly: "What are you old people angry with them? ”

Gao Bingyan took a few sets of books from Xiao Rongshen's hand and put them on the table below: "I see that little girl is good, it's just right to be a 'beauty bowl'." ”

The beauty bowl is to use a large living person to make a spittoon.

Especially the beauty bowl of the high-profile country, nailing the beauties to the lower jaw with a short nail, so that they can only open their mouths wide, he seems to think that it is an interesting thing to make living people into such a deformed aesthetic container. In this way, this beauty will not live long. But Gao Bingyan doesn't care, no matter how beautiful a woman is, it's just a few dozen taels of silver, just throw it away if you have enough fun.

Xiao Rongshen didn't reply: "If you like it, take it away, what's it worth?"

Gao Bingyan leaned on the table and said indifferently: "Your Highness is breathless, the edict just issued by the emperor can be seen?"

Xiao Rongshen jumped down with the tripod and patted the dust on his hands: "I know, it seems that my father wants to do something to us." ”

"Do it?" Gao Bingyan raised his eyebrows: "I don't think it may be, right? The emperor has been getting more and more confused recently, and the female sect master? The old man has never heard of it in more than fifty years." ”

Xiao Rong smiled deeply: "You look down on women?"

Xiao Rongshen had something to say, and Gao Bingyan was stunned: "What do you mean? What's different about this woman?"

"This is a very interesting woman, who looks inconspicuous and hides an inner show. ”

Xiao Rongshen and Yuan Xi have fought each other, and the pharmacy in Yuexi could have had tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, but it was stirred up by that little girl and cut it in half. Although Xiao Rongshen is wealthy, it is really painful to see that he can't earn money.

"How do you say that?" Gao Bingyan asked.

"Not to mention anything else, can the woman who can be valued by my father and emperor be an ordinary person?" Xiao Rongshen still remembered that day in the main hall, the emperor resolutely refused to admit her into the palace, and now it seems that this attitude is not strange.

"Not necessarily, the Donglin Sect Master's Mansion has been deserted for 16 years, and the emperor said that he wanted to revive Donglin Prefecture, but I'm afraid it was just talking, otherwise why didn't he send a cronie? According to me, the emperor is doing this for the common people to see, who wants to clean up the mess in Donglin Prefecture? The emperor is afraid that people will say that he has misled the country, so he is just pretending. Gao Bingyan said, his fingertips slicing across the pen holder, causing the four brushes to sway.

"Are you saying that my father didn't want to revive Donglin Prefecture?" Xiao Rongshen crossed his fingers and fell into deep thought.

"There is this possibility, although the emperor did not order Shangguan Linrui to be executed, he did not say that he would let him go. This means that the emperor is still hesitating, he wants to declare war with us, but he doesn't dare, so he sends a woman out to test the water. Besides, look at the people that the emperor has sent to Donglin, they are all young people, none of them are respectable, what can those posterior babies do?"

Gao Bingyan has always been close to the old-school officials, respecting some elders of the Three Dynasties, hundreds of schools of thought or something, and never paid attention to these young people, let alone the little girl Wei Yuanxi? Gao Bingyan narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Pushing the woman out as a shield, the emperor can figure it out." ”

Xiao Rong thought about it for a long time, what Gao Bingyan said was not unreasonable, yes, no matter how capable Wei Yuanxi is, she is a woman after all. A woman is not qualified to speak in this world, and she is not a golden branch. But if you want to say it this way, which woman can't be sent, it has to be her? Who in the court doesn't know that the lord of Donglin County was brought out by Prince Duan.

Is this to dismantle Xiao Rongzhan or pave the way for him? Rong Shen couldn't think clearly.

"Is she here tonight?" Gao Bingyan sent a rose cake to his mouth.

"No, tomorrow when my father sends her out of Beijing, you will probably be able to see her. Xiao Rongshen raised his head: "My father is guarding us, he is afraid that we will kill people." ”

Gao Bingyan sneered: "You can't prevent it, unless I don't want to kill." ”

Xiao Rongshen didn't answer him, he practiced calligraphy, he wrote very well, strong and powerful.

"Lu Guo handed over the credentials yesterday, saying that it was the crowning ceremony of their imperial grandson. Look, who has been the prince for five years before he is twenty, and we don't know who the throne will pass on to in the future. ”

Gao Bingyan disagreed: "What's the use of that? The emperor is too old, the emperor is too young, and the prince is eyeing him fiercely." Haven't Your Highness heard a joke? The envoy went to Lu to meet the emperor and asked to sign a letter of alliance. The city defender has a young son in the Zuo family, and as soon as he can speak, he asked the envoys, who are you coming to Lu to meet?"

"Of course I saw the emperor. Xiao Rongshen said with a deep smile.

"Yes, the envoy said the same, but the child was too young to know what the emperor was, so the envoy said, I want to see you who has the most power in the country. Then the child suddenly realized, it turns out that what you want to see is a medicine jar!"

Xiao Rongshen laughed loudly and crumpled the finished rice paper: "The old emperor hangs his life on medicine every day, isn't the medicine jar the biggest?"

Gao Bingyan took out a letterhead from his sleeve, which read: "This was handed over to me privately by the envoys yesterday, and they are happy to see His Highness take over the throne." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Rongshen tore open the envelope and read it: "It seems that the imperial grandson of Lu Guo may not be able to sit firmly." ”

Gao Bingyan's face showed a fierce face: "Your Highness, this is not a bad opportunity for us, and it is also a good thing to get the support of Lu Guo." ”

Xiao Rongshen narrowed his eyes, the old emperor of the Lu State seemed to be able to hold out for a few more years, and when the time came, whether it was four or two thousand jun or a thousand jun crushed four taels was something that could not be said. There is no fault in his future.

Xiao Rongshen put the letterhead on the wax and burned it: "Wait, according to me, the little imperial grandson named Bai Quan may not be worse than his imperial uncles." Let them fight first, and let's reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"Your Highness Takami. Gao Bingyan booed in agreement.

Xiao Rongshen looked up, this room was gorgeously decorated, but no matter how tall the house was, no matter how beautiful the garden was, it was not worth an errand with real power. The emperor is a good move, today he will reward a house, and tomorrow he will reward a horse. It seems that Xiao Rongshen is favored, but in fact, he is still unofficial and unemployed.

A prince without power is just an ornament, and no one will really look up to him, just like his title of the county king, either a title made by real swords and guns on the battlefield, or worthless. also gave a title for the word "and", which makes people laugh when they say it. joked that he was bloodless and won a king.

"When you go to the envoys, you will say that this king has long since left the government of the court, and does not want to meddle in the affairs of the state. He paused and said to Gao Bingyan: "Father doesn't want this king to get too close to power." ”

Gao Bingyan's expression became more and more serious, the emperor is intent on suppressing you, even if you have Wei Qing's talent, you will be difficult to seal after all.

"Your Highness should think of a way to deal with it, and you can't always let people cover it. ”

Xiao Rongshen hooked the corners of his lips slightly: "Since my father likes this king and doesn't ask about national policy, then this king will come to Wei to save Zhao, and really make him a one-word free king, since Ming'er, this king will ask his father for instructions, and in the future, this king will follow the mountains and rivers and travel in all directions." ”

"Your Highness, is it appropriate to retire at this time?"

"Retreat? This king has never thought of retreating, which is called retreating for advancement. The king traveled far and wide, and stayed wherever he wanted, and stayed as long as he wanted. Even if you live in Donglin Prefecture, no one can grasp anything. ”

Gao Bingyan was taken aback: "Your Highness means to go to Donglin in person and give the woman surnamed Wei a little color?"

"I want to see how long she can jump. ”