After the new consort

In the blink of an eye, it was Concubine Huixian's birthday, Tianxiang went to the palace early in the morning, and Zhang Shaomin also came as promised after leaving for a while.

Seeing him, Feng Suzhen said with regret: "Brother Shaomin, you could have met Tianxiang within the time it took you to have a cup of tea earlier."

Zhang Shaomin sighed with a wry smile, "I only dared to come to the door because I knew she was driving, brother Feng." Seeing Feng Suzhen's surprised expression, he continued: "You saw the situation at the gate of the mansion that day. But you came here with Tianxiang's anger, how dare you touch her brow face to face."

Seeing his fearful expression, Feng Suzhen was still puzzled and said: "You and Tianxiang have experienced a lot of things together, you can be regarded as friends after all, it's so easy to be really angry with you."

"Brother Feng, you don't know, ever since you—" Zhang Shaomin paused for a while, glanced at Feng Suzhen, and thought about his words a little: "When your accident happened, Tianxiang's temper became much more irritable. If you say it was just capricious, at that time it could be regarded as the prestige of the royal family, and you would never dare to provoke her with casual people and things."

Feng Suzhen couldn't help thinking about how sad Tianxiang was three days ago, that even Zhang Shaomin shunned her so much. . .There was a flash of light in his eyes, and he said with pity: "During that time, many things were on her alone, and her mood naturally fluctuated. Others don't understand Tianxiang's nature, brother Shaomin, you should be more considerate."

Zhang Shaomin's thoughts seemed to drift back to a few months ago, and he said in a trance: "Yes, because of this, besides serious business, I will try to disturb her as little as possible, and let her be alone."

After finishing speaking, both of them fell into a brief silence, and suddenly Zhang Shaomin came back to his senses and said anxiously: "Hey, this is not the time for emotion, I finally found a chance to discuss with you, let's talk about business matters."

Feng Suzhen couldn't help but smiled and said yes, and then asked: "What is it that makes brother Shaomin so difficult?"

"It's not about the imperial court!" Feng Suzhen immediately had a bitter face: "There is a lack of people everywhere in the imperial court, and I, the servant of the military department, is still in charge of the household department. In normal years, everyone would rush to fill the vacancy It's appropriate, but now the emperor has just boarded the plane, and the treasury is empty. Although the emperor's daily expenses are managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after all, it is not all the money of the emperor. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not enough, he often comes to the Ministry of Household Affairs Let’s talk about the concubine Huixian’s birthday, and it’s hard to find a face, and the Spring Festival will be in two months, and there may be disaster relief in this season in the north, so there’s no way to delay it, it’s really frustrating.”

Feng Suzhen was also surprised when she heard it: "Although the emperor just boarded the plane, he didn't just found the country. How did he come to this point? There must be a foundation of taxation, money and food over the years, right?"

Zhang Shaomin looked up at her, sipped his lips hesitantly, and finally said: "Brother Feng, you should also know that it's not that the court has no silver, but that the silver has long been exchanged for gold, and it's all piled up outside the Bliss Gate." Come on!"

As soon as this remark came out, Feng Suzhen instantly understood the key difficulty, which was to take over Xiantai!No wonder Zhang Shaomin hesitated and hesitated in such a difficult situation. Taking over Xiantai exhausted the country's financial resources, and the treasury was naturally unsustainable. However, the taking over of Xiantai was built by the old emperor. Although everyone knew it was useless, it was not good for the new emperor to ascend the throne. Quickly dismantle the first emperor's things directly, this matter is indeed a bit tricky.

After pondering for a while, Feng Suzhen asked tentatively: "Since it is the relic of the late emperor, the relatives of the emperor have no advice? Maybe the late emperor wisely made arrangements and secretly handed it over to a close minister?"

Zhang Shaomin raised his head sharply when he heard the words, his eyes lit up, then he turned around and paced back and forth, and slowly frowned and said: "The treasure that the emperor valued the most during his lifetime must not be taken lightly. Naturally, they don't dare to blaspheme rashly. It still needs to be—" Zhang Shaomin looked around the room as he spoke, and continued: "It needs to be a noble man who was especially favored by the late emperor to be convincing. "

Feng Suzhen naturally understood what he meant, she just wanted Tianxiang to do such a thing, I don't know if she would agree, but Zhang Shaomin is also for the country and the people after all, so she might as well give it a try, so she smiled and said: "If you want to talk about the late emperor's favor, I'm afraid the current emperor is no match for our eldest princess, I don't know if the former emperor ascended to heaven for many days, did he ever use his soul dream to solve his thoughts of yin and yang suspense, why don't I ask Tianxiang tonight, and we can make plans tomorrow?"

Only then did Zhang Shaomin let out a long breath, and clenched his fists tightly and said, "Thank you so much Brother Feng, I'm afraid it's your words now, Tianxiang is still willing to listen to a few words, Brother Feng is willing to help persuade, it must be more effective with less effort."

Feng Suzhen saw that he seemed to be avoiding her, secretly worried for Tianxiang, reminded her of the past, "Brother Shaomin, in fact, Tianxiang treats you differently, if you...why do you keep avoiding her?" What's more, Ru Tianxiang's mood is much better, she will understand your painstaking efforts sooner or later."

Hearing Feng Suzhen talk about her relationship with Tianxiang again, she knew that her good intentions were fulfilled, but remembering Tianxiang's selfless expression when she was with him, Zhang Shaomin felt a pain in his heart, shook his head slightly and said: "Brother Feng, you also said, Tianxiang is not dull, she doesn't understand even the obscure palace schemes, she just disdains them, let alone other people's painstaking efforts? I'm afraid it's not that she doesn't understand, but she just doesn't want to understand."

"Why are you so pessimistic, brother Shaomin, do you still remember how you stayed in the capital?" Feng Suzhen obviously also remembered the scene where Tianxiang left Zhang Shaomin behind.

How could Zhang Shaomin not remember it? It was this short sentence of retention that ignited a spark in his heart, didn't it? , What do you think?Every time I think about this, my heart feels like a mess that cannot be dismantled, and I simply plunge into the endless state affairs to avoid this tormenting problem.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shaomin shook his head and said, "Thank you Brother Feng for your kindness, but you can't force things like this. I believe everything will be arranged by itself, so let's just let it go." After finishing speaking, Feng Suzhen was not given a chance to reply. Immediately cupping his hands, he said: "I still have to enter the palace at noon, so I will take my leave today. Please leave everything to Brother Feng, and I will visit again tomorrow."

Feng Suzhen looked at the back of Zhang Shaomin fleeing in a hurry, and naturally understood his difficulties, but it was related to Tianxiang's lifelong happiness, how could she just sit idly by?So he secretly planned, if the two of them really have mutual intentions, they must find a way to make it happen.

Tianxiang, who is the central figure of the topic, is being dragged to the theater in the palace at this time.

Ben was talking with Concubine Huixian just now, and the female family members in the palace were just talking about some short and new things about their parents. It happened that Princess Rui mentioned that recently there was a female actress in the Qingchun class who was very famous. They are all outstanding, and what is even more rare is that they have a good appearance, and once they appear as a handsome young man, they have attracted the attention of countless daughters in the mansion.

Everyone was intrigued by what she said, and the celebration of the palace's birthday today just happened to pass the Qingchun troupe's play, so they surrounded the old concubine and went to watch it together.Tianxiang had no interest in listening to operas at first, and didn't want to spoil Concubine Huixian's interest, so she had no choice but to follow.

Listening to Princess Rui talking about the actor's appearance vividly all the way, Tianxiang thought to herself: "Isn't it just a woman disguised as a man? When it comes to appearance, who can be more attractive than the most beautiful man in the world?" Thinking of Feng Suzhen suddenly remembered that she went out two days ago, she was crying in front of Feng Suzhen, and finally fell asleep in her arms, what a shame!Just thinking about it, Tianxiang's cheeks turned slightly red, but for some reason, every time she recalled the scene at that time, the corners of her mouth would involuntarily turn up, like a seesaw, and she couldn't even press it down.

"Look, Concubine, isn't that on the stage!" Princess Rui interrupted Tianxiang's trance with a surprise cry, subconsciously followed her voice to look up the stage, and saw a young man who looked like a scholar and a The lady in the boudoir is expressing affection in the babbling libretto.

Tianxiang couldn't help comparing secretly in her heart, although this young man's appearance was not as good as Feng Suzhen's, he was not bad at all. He behaved like a scholar, imitating lifelike, and he was somewhat similar to Feng Shaomin when he just became an official. It's a far cry.

But after all, the opera singer is good at communicating with expressions, and there is a sense of romance in the corners of his brows and eyes, which has never been seen in Feng Suzhen.Who would be happy to see her unmoving expression all day long on the stage!

But that day. . .She seems to have come back to life quite a bit. I don't know if anyone else in this world has seen Feng Suzhen like this before?Thinking of this, there was a hint of joy in my heart, and then Tianxiang pressed it back abruptly: "Huh, it's that wooden face that attracts bees and butterflies everywhere from time to time. If the eyebrows are more vivid, the romantic person surnamed Feng owes it to me." The debts can’t be counted!”

"What is Tianxiang thinking so preoccupied? Could it be that he is also fascinated by this handsome young man?" Dowager Huixian's ambiguous question brought Tianxiang back to reality. It’s really good, let’s take a look and enjoy it”, while secretly cursing himself for being bewitched recently, why everything can be related to Feng.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the two female relatives behind me laugh and say: "It's really a young girl Huaichun, and I can't hide my thoughts. No matter what kind of human situation I see, I can always turn to my lover in my heart."

Tianxiang was startled when she heard that, she was about to get up in a jiffy!