Pick all the cold branches

The people from the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau returned to Beijing to meet the emperor a while ago, and they delayed for a while before leaving. If I remember correctly, it was an internal official who had a little dealings in Suzhou back then. His surname was Zhang and his name was Siyuan. Now he can be regarded as the second brother.

Jiayu felt strange.

After the father killed Lu Shiquan and the others three years ago, he stopped immediately. Not only did he keep his second brother in Nanzhili, Qilang also failed to leave the East Palace and return to Prince Zhao's Mansion.Although Chen Shiqin temporarily lost control of Zhejiang and Zhizhi provinces, he still held Qilang in his hands.

And Cui Ying and Xiao Shizi who left the northern border never came back.

The whereabouts of the mother and son, many people do not know, many people may not know, but no one will easily entangle.

Once a new balance is reached, no one will make another rash move.

Outside Juyongguan was never Chen Shiqin's domain.

As for the father, he was probably waiting.

Fast forward three years, Hu Jingcheng is in the southeast, and Bai Haoren is in the north. They may not be very loyal to the second brother, but they know each other very well.And in Beijing, there is also his uncle Wan Shuyou.

The father, who had always been jealous of his relatives, put his uncle in the position of commander of the Jingwei for so many years, not because of how much he loved his mother, Concubine Wan Gui and the Wan family.

It was his son who the father believed.

Jia Yu always felt that up to this moment, the father's heart is still towards the second brother, otherwise there is no need to take such painstaking efforts.

In the current situation, at first glance, Qilang is in charge of the East Palace, but the second brother is far away in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, both internal and external military power have been plotted by the second brother.

It will be a matter of time before the second brother returns to court.

What is lacking, apart from the opportunity, there is probably only one key-Jin Yiwei.

The good popularity that the second brother accumulated in the Jinyiwei in the past is another matter. Today, the Jinyiwei is actually under the Supervisor of Rites and the East Factory. A commander and two colleagues are both Supervisors of Rites. With my second brother in my heart, it was nothing to take care of one or two in the imperial prison.

In Jinyiwei, there is no one in charge who can give a decisive shout for the second brother's killing.

And it is this omission that may lead to a complete loss.

Jia Yu originally thought that his father would put Zhang Siyuan in this crucial place.

But Zhang Siyuan went to the Weaving Bureau.

Of course, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau is also the lifeblood of the father, and it is also the key to the second brother's stability in the southeast.

But what should we do with this Achilles' heel in Beijing?

After much deliberation, Jia Yu couldn't think of anyone else to trust, let alone figure out what her father was thinking.

He hadn't seen his second brother in three years, and he didn't even know if he was in good health, fat or thin, he could only guess desperately through a few official letters and letters.In order to avoid the facts, the second brother had very little correspondence with him in the past three years.Every time he held a piece of letter paper and turned it over and over again, he was about to burn a few big holes in the paper, just like the holes in his heart.

He hardly saw his father either.

The father did not summon him, but only asked his mother Wan Guifei to serve the imperial court every day.

But he couldn't enter the Forbidden City, and he couldn't see his mother, so he could only let Xiao Hengwu walk in the palace as a concubine to deliver a little news.

For three years, Xiao Niang obeyed and obeyed him, as if she had really learned a lesson, and she really served him as a life-saving benefactor.But there was always a grudge in his heart.

Hard to let go.

He has seen this woman with her fangs bared, and she has seen her plotting and plotting.She used to be used by him, and she was also turned into a sharp knife stabbed by the enemy.

Or, he just couldn't forget it from the bottom of his heart. In his previous decision, he had abandoned this woman without hesitation.Although he didn't personally kill her, or order anyone to hunt down her and her family, but in his original choice, she didn't have much hope of being alive.

It's just that she stubbornly refused to die, and stubbornly returned to him from the desperate situation.

He couldn't believe in Xiao Hengwu like this, but he had to believe in her.Because he needs her.He has no choice.

For many moments, Jiayu couldn't help but sigh.Maybe Xiao Niang is to him as he is to his second elder brother.

It doesn't matter if you are deeply in love, it doesn't matter if you can't ask for it, or it doesn't matter if it is profitable.

But the second elder brother treated him every bit well, or made him feel miserable, or couldn't stop, but it was still good.

But he has never been "good" to Xiao Niang for a moment.

But it was precisely this Xiao Hengwu who rubbed his eyes like thorns and stuck in his heart, reminding him all the time, even mocking him:

What the second brother refused to be with him was always his unforgivable delusion.And what the second brother can do, he has never been able to do.

In fact, he didn't have any position to blame the second brother.

Since the second brother left, there has been three winters in Beijing without snow.

Jia Yu stared deeply at the desolate courtyard outside the window, and suddenly felt a surge of anxiety in her heart.

He heard the sound of Xiao Hengwu approaching with the soup.

For the past three years, Xiao Hengwu has been making his diet and soups by himself, if she really had the intention of harming him, he should have no way out now.

Jia Yu closed his eyes tiredly, held back a sigh, and heard the young woman's voice softly nearby.

"The Holy Majesty seems to be sick in the dragon's body recently, and the empress is serving in front of the car, worrying day and night, making it difficult to sleep peacefully."

Xiao Hengwu held a silver soup bowl in front of him with both hands.

In the past three years, she has learned and become so fast, she has long since lost the shadow of the little embroiderer back then.The only thing that remains the same is that visceral vigor that can be seen at a glance.She was still a beastly girl.Jia Yu slowly opened her eyes and glanced, and she could see the jingling gold bracelet on her wrist and the ring inlaid with a large onyx.

The daily decoction is still bitter and astringent.

Jia Yu took only two sips and then resolutely refused to drink any more. She frowned and covered her mouth with a silk scarf, and asked in a low voice, "Has mother ever said anything about Zhang Siyuan? Why did he leave Beijing a few days late?"

Xiao Hengwu paused, and stopped cleaning up the bowls and spoons, "I heard that the Holy Majesty rewarded something and sent it to Zhili in the south, and it was rushed for a few days, and told him to wait and take it back with him."

"What? Who is the reward for?" Jia Yu immediately became alert.

Xiao Hengwu was silent for a moment, then called a few young maidservants waiting outside the door to clear away the dishes, set up a plate of candied fruit and fruit, and stood beside him with hands down, "Your Majesty didn't say, I probably don’t know. I just heard that the Needle Industry Bureau has been very busy recently, and it is true that some things have been produced in a hurry, but they are not for the palace.”

While speaking in a slow voice, she turned around and took a small blanket, and gently covered Jia Yu's body, as if she was afraid that he would catch a cold, and carefully tied the corners for him.

"The Holy Eucharist has been violated for many days, and the hearts of the palace leaders are fluctuating. The empress has been tired and anorexic recently, and ordered someone to go to the wine and vinegar noodle board to get some sweet vinegar and fruit jam to use, but they couldn't get it after two hours. Those people The internal officer didn't know what was wrong, and he was getting more and more angry."

The emperor is controlled by the eunuchs, but he is constrained everywhere in the imperial city, especially in the east palace, there is still a prince "enclosed", maybe he will be the future emperor... The big drama in this palace is not just staged in the past few days of.

But it is very fresh for the internal officials to embarrass the concubine with little things like sauce and vinegar.

Although Chen Shiqin has a bad reputation, he is not a domineering person. One of the reasons why he has been in power for many years is that he has always done things decently.The scandal of evil slaves betraying their masters and bullying others is absolutely unacceptable under Governor Chen, at least not under the eyes of "nine thousand years old".

Now, just a few small internal officials who are jealous of wine and vinegar dare to make his mother and father's imperial concubine wait for two hours.It's really outrageous.

Is it true that the father is really dying, or is Duzhu Chen suddenly changed his temper and went blind?

Jia Yu felt strange in his heart, but there was a sneer on the corner of his lips.

That smile made Xiao Hengwu tremble, and he didn't know what he meant, what he was thinking, whether he was listening to him, so he was embarrassed for a moment, and then said softly:

"I heard that His Highness has been coughing badly recently. The empress specially made a sachet with herbal medicines in it, and asked me to bring it back to His Highness. Remember to wear it with you, Your Highness, and the herbs in it need to be replaced every day—"

As she spoke, she took out a delicate sachet and handed it to Jia Yu respectfully.

He has as many sachets as he wants, and I don’t know how many of them his mother made for him in the past. The one that he always wears around him is the one his second brother ordered someone to make for him in the early years. It is his favorite thing. Xiao Hengwu should also know that he never left his body.That being the case, it's just another sachet, why should it be so solemn?

Jia Yu looked sideways for a moment, then reached out to take the sachet and put it in her arms.

"Ask someone to prepare the car, I'm going out for a while."

He stood up and threw the blanket around him like a cloak.

"Where is Your Highness going now?" Xiao Hengwu was taken aback, as if he wanted to chase him, he took a step and stopped timidly.

"Don't worry about it."

Jia Yu subconsciously reprimanded him, but from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of anxious and worried expression on his face, and his cold voice suddenly softened a bit.

"...If you want to follow, come with me. Bring some fresh dried meat and pastries, and some loose silver. It will be useful later."

He actually stood down, as if waiting in place.

Xiao Hengwu's eyes lit up, his brows were filled with joy, and he went to collect the things he wanted in a hurry.