"Your Majesty, is what the empress said just now true? Will the fourth prince also go to the prince's residence?" Caixia frowned. If the fourth prince is going to the prince's residence now, it will indeed be very unfavorable to the empress.
"It's not up to us to decide, but Your Majesty. Your Majesty decides that if the Fourth Prince goes to the Prince's residence, we will not be able to stop him. I understand today. The purpose of the Queen's coming to me today is to touch Your Majesty." Is it bad luck? If His Majesty agrees that the Fourth Prince will not go to the Prince's residence, then the Empress will definitely plan for the Second Prince. If His Majesty reprimands the Palace in anger, it has nothing to do with Zhang Qian." Showing his indifference to Zhang Qian.
"Then what should we do now?" Caixia asked.
"Stand still for now, even if it's unlucky, then everyone will be unlucky together. I don't believe it. I tighten up the surroundings of the fourth prince. That villain can still provoke me. The empress plotted against the empress dowager a few days ago The queen mother still has a bad mood for the queen, let's go, I won't go back to the Yonghe Palace, go to the Ci'an Palace." Concubine De smiled, maybe Zhang Qian can plot her, she can't plot Zhang Qian, let's wait and see.
Concubine De is always filial to the Queen Mother. Even though the Queen Mother prefers Jiang Ruan, Concubine De is still filial to the Queen Mother. Therefore, Concubine De has a lot of face with the Queen Mother.
"Come here, why do you have such a bad face, but something blind-eyed bumped into you" The queen mother was called out from the Buddhist hall by the girl, and she saw Concubine De sitting by the side in despair, it was very pitiful.
"Greetings to the Empress Dowager." Concubine De respectfully saluted the Empress Dowager.
"Wai Li, what happened today?" the Queen Mother asked.
Concubine De pursed her lips and did not speak.
The Empress Dowager frowned, looked at Caixia who was beside her, and said, "Tell me what wronged your mother has suffered today."
Caixia looked at Concubine De, and said: "Even if the empress punishes the servants today, the servants have to say that the empress has gone too far today. Seeing that our empress is alone in the harem, she bullies my empress like this. , It's really hateful, if the master and wife find out, I don't know how sad it will be."
When Caixia mentioned the Queen, the Queen Mother frowned and said, "Queen? What's wrong with the Queen?".
"Yesterday, the fourth prince was injured, and our empress took care of the fourth prince in the palace. Except for greeting the empress this morning, she never left the Yonghe Palace. Today, the little golden father-in-law next to the empress suddenly came to invite my empress and said Please go over and sit down for a while, but the empress refused to go because she cared about the injuries on the fourth prince. As a result, this little golden father-in-law is also very capable. He said directly that the empress asked the empress to come over this time for the sake of the fourth prince. The empress is afraid that the fourth prince will do something. If something bad happens, I can only follow this little golden father-in-law to the queen's palace."
"Caixia, you're becoming more and more unruly. Don't talk nonsense in front of the queen mother." From the corner of her eyes, Concubine De saw the queen mother frowned when she heard the queen's name, and smiled inwardly, but she still had to talk about the scene.
"Call this girl for what to do, let her continue to talk, what did the queen do?" The queen mother suppressed the anger in her heart. A few days ago, the queen was plotting against her, and she hadn't settled with the queen yet.
Caixia pretended to be scared, and still said righteously: "In the end, the empress directly told our empress that today, the former court ordered the Ministry of Industry to renovate the prince's house. The purpose is to let all the princes live in it. The empress He also said that the second prince is in good health, and he crawled out of her stomach, so naturally he is not afraid, but our empress's fourth prince, if there is a villain to provoke, it will definitely cause discord between the empress and the fourth prince, mother and child, tell me, Isn't the empress threatening our empress? The servants also know that there is a deep bond of flesh and blood. If the empress is reluctant to part with the second prince, she will go directly to her majesty and tell her, why are you threatening our empress? Tell me, what can our empress do? ".
"Kneel down, it's becoming more and more unruly, what nonsense you say in front of the Queen Mother, I shouldn't bring you out today" After Caixia finished speaking, Concubine De was born and scolded Caixia.
Caixia immediately knelt down, but there was still an expression of dissatisfaction on her face.
"Queen Mother, it's nothing like that. Don't listen to this girl's nonsense. This girl is usually spoiled by concubines, but today she passed by the Queen Mother's Palace and thought of the soothing incense here. The Fourth Prince wanted to ask for some. He didn't sleep very well, so he would sleep better if he lighted some soothing incense at night." Concubine De gave a weak smile.
"Don't hide it for the queen. Don't the Ai family know what kind of temperament that woman is? But they threatened you with the fourth prince and used you as a gunman. This woman should indeed teach her a lesson. The Ai family knows about it." Now, the Ai family will stand up for you." The queen mother thought of her grievances earlier, did that woman really think she could do nothing about her?
"Thank you Queen Mother" Concubine De hurriedly saluted and thanked her.
"Qiu Ju, give Concubine De some soothing incense, the fourth prince is not comfortable now, and he can't leave Concubine De." Although the Queen Mother is not smart, she also understands that Concubine De came to her to complain, so let's sue, anyway. She has also disliked the queen for a long time, so it is not bad to take this opportunity.
Qiu Ju brought Anshenxiang to Concubine De, and Concubine De saw that she had achieved her goal, so she didn't stay any longer. The queen claimed to be a smart person, seeing that she was the master of the harem, she would offend anyone, so she handed over the queen's handle today. If it was given to the Queen Mother, she would not believe it, and the Queen Mother would not seize this opportunity. Interfering in politics in the harem is the most taboo thing for His Majesty.
"Qiu Ju, go, call the Queen here, let her kneel in the courtyard outside, and let the harem take charge of politics. This trend cannot be encouraged. The Queen is the master of the harem, let alone take the lead." The queen mother smiled and said.
"No..." Qiu Ju also smiled, the queen mother was so miserably plotted by the queen a few days ago, she had to make up for it no matter what.
"The queen mother is looking for me?" Zhang Qian frowned, because she offended the queen mother some time ago, these days, the queen mother is not happy to see her, even if she takes her concubines to pay her respects to the queen mother, the queen mother is an excuse to worship the Buddha and not to see people I sent them away, why did I want to see her today.
"I'll go to the palace now." Zhang Qian thought for a while, then stood up, and went to the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace. Even if the Empress Dowager is now settling accounts in the autumn, there must be an excuse. She just raised her head before, but the latter, but It's all made by the queen mother herself, and it has nothing to do with her.
When the queen arrived at the Ci'an Palace, she found that Qiu Ju was already waiting outside. Zhang Qian was very proud. The relationship between the queen mother and His Majesty is not good. Now she is afraid that she has something to ask her, so she let her the most respectable grandma Mammy was waiting for her outside.
"Mother Qiu Ju, what is the queen mother doing today?" Zhang Qian stepped forward, showing a luxurious smile, and said.
"Empress, please take a step back and kneel in the courtyard." Qiu Ju gave Zhang Qian a bigger smile.
Zhang Qian's face immediately turned cold, and she said, "Mother Qiuju, what do you mean?".
"This is what the Empress Dowager wants. I also invite the Empress Dowager to kneel in the yard. Could it be that the Empress Dowager wants to disobey the Empress Dowager's order?" Qiu Ju was not frightened by the Empress at all, and looked straight into the Empress' eyes with a dignified look on her face.
Zhang Qian also looked at Qiu Ju, and found that there was no twinkle in her eyes. She was finally defeated, so she could only walk slowly to the yard, knelt down, and said, "As the empress dowager's daughter-in-law, the empress dowager's heart Unhappy, punish the daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law has nothing to say, and I hope the queen mother will not be angry with her body because of other things."
Qiu Ju saw that the queen was still justifying her family at this time. Indeed, the queen was like a fish in water in the harem, not only because of her background, but also because of her good means, and she was able to bend and stretch. But today, it is terrible that the queen must be disappointed.
"The Empress Dowager is very eloquent. When the Empress Dowager punished you, you used the excuse that the Empress Dowager was in a bad mood. You never found the reason on yourself. The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty ordered that the harem should not interfere in politics. Why did your Majesty order the prince to be repaired in the court today?" You will know what happened right away. Also, as a queen and the master of the harem, you should use the heir to threaten the concubine. This is what you, the master of the harem, should do? The queen is disloyal and unkind, and you blame the empress dowager , the empress dowager punished you, you know your mistake," Qiu Ju said angrily.
The queen was shocked and angry, but she didn't expect that Yang Qingzhi was not fooled, and she came to Tianhou to complain. A few days ago, she offended the queen mother, so it is no wonder that the queen mother used today's incident to punish her, but how could she accept her fate and open her mouth to refute: "Dare to ask the Empress Dowager, who is it that framed this palace? This palace strictly abides by the palace rules. For so many years, I dare not go beyond the slightest bit. How can I dare to inquire about the affairs of the court and threaten my concubine? This palace has been wronged."
"The empress said this, maybe she thinks that the empress dowager has no evidence, the empress should reflect on herself, arrest the servants in the empress's palace, and ask them one by one, they will always know, especially the girl Nongmo" Qiu Ju didn't think Moved.
"If you want to add a crime, there is no excuse, what kind of evidence is it if you beat him to death?" Zhang Qian said anxiously.
"The words of the servants in the empress's palace are not accurate. What about the confession of the concubine de concubine? The sky net is not leaked. The empress should reflect on it." After finishing speaking, Qiu Ju went back to the palace. She was not interested in accompanying the empress. It's here to bask in the sun.
Zhang Qian was finally sure that it really was Yang Qingzhi, this woman is really not to be underestimated, so she turned around and gave her a rake.
"What, the empress is punishing the empress? What's the situation?" When I read the memorial in the imperial study, I saw Yang Yong hurried in, and finally heard such news.
"Well, the Empress Dowager is still kneeling in the Empress Dowager's yard for half an hour. Although it doesn't matter if she kneels for half an hour, she is kneeling in the yard and people come and go. Lost too much." Yang Yong was stunned, so what if the Empress Dowager is the lord of the six palaces, she is not the daughter-in-law of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager used to give the Empress face, but now the Empress Dowager refuses to give it, just find any reason, and you can lose the Empress face.
"Did you find out why?" I felt a little strange, the empress mother had a gentle personality, so she probably wouldn't do such a radical thing.
"It is said that the Empress Dowager intervened in the government and threatened the concubine with the emperor's heir. The threatened concubine reported it to the Empress Dowager. After hearing this, the Empress Dowager felt that the Empress was shameless. A few days ago, I was angry with the empress, now I have an excuse, so I have to vent my anger," Yang Yong said, expressing his conjecture.
"Who is the threatened concubine?".
"It is said that it is the empress dowager. I heard from people in the empress dowager's palace that the empress dowager went to the empress dowager's palace today. She is not in a good mood. The empress dowager is naturally concerned. The concubine de is unwilling to say anything, but the maid beside her is a Outspokenly, she told about Concubine De's going to the Empress's place today. I heard that Concubine De didn't want to go to the Empress's place today, but it was the father-in-law next to the Empress who forcibly invited Concubine De to go in the name of the Fourth Prince. Then the Empress said, His Majesty was at the court this morning and ordered the Ministry of Industry to renovate the prince's house, in order to let all the princes live in it. The queen said that the second prince is fine, but the fourth prince is easy to be provoked by traitors. It is estimated that he wants Concubine De to test it out. You..." Yang Yong curled his lips, empress empress is best at using other people as gunmen, this time empress de concubine's gun is not easy to use, and she even blew herself up.
"What is this called? Wild geese are pecked at by wild geese all day long, and the queen is a smart person when she becomes a harem. According to what is said in later books, she is always spreading hatred everywhere. I really think that when others say that she is the master of the harem, she is really the master of the harem." Well, the lord of the harem still has the Queen Mother and Zhen on her head. The Queen Mother used to give her face, but it is shameless to give her face. Forget it, it’s good to let the Queen Mother vent her anger, but there is still a measure, after all, the Queen is still the Queen.” I don't really mind that the queen mother shames the queen. How awkward the queen mother and I are, that is also a matter between me and the queen mother.
"No, my servant will pay attention, but I think the queen mother will not embarrass the queen too much, and Aunt Qiuju who is next to the queen mother is very measured," Yang Yong said.
"Qiu Ju is indeed very measured, but you can't slack off, pay more attention, that's right." If Qiu Ju can't persuade the Queen Mother, Yang Yong still needs to come forward.
After the empress knelt in the courtyard of Ci'an Palace for an hour, Qiu Ju came out and said to the empress who was still kneeling under the sun: "The empress dowager is kind, today is a small punishment and a big commandment, I hope the empress dowager will remember today." Although the empress is the master of the harem, she knows what she can and cannot do, so the empress should get up and go back."
Zhang Qian suppressed the anger in her heart, gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother."
Qiu Ju smiled, and then went in again. As for how the queen will go back, there are servants from Qingning Palace.
"Your Majesty, be careful." Nong Mo saw that the Queen's knees were stiff, and he didn't care about himself, so he got up quickly and helped the Queen up.
"Let's go, let's go back to the palace." When returning to the palace, the empress looked back at the plaque of Ci'an Palace with complicated eyes.
I don't have time to pay attention to the affairs of the harem, but in the previous dynasty, under the leadership of Wu Qian, Honglu Temple caused a commotion. To be honest, I wanted to deal with Wu Qian a long time ago, but the time was not ripe, and my wrist was cut off too quickly. , and when I ascended the throne, he still supported one side. If I attacked him, it would chill the hearts of those who fell to me, so this person has been stuck in my throat like a fishbone. I always wanted to ignore it. , but this person kept jumping up and down, looking for a sense of presence in front of me. First, he sent his daughter into the palace, and his son's name, Wu Ruizhi, did not shy away from my name. I am gratified that the Minister of Rites did not participate in it.
"Your Majesty, basically all the spies from the Cangming Kingdom have been found, but it is impossible to completely eradicate them. The border line between our two countries is not tight, and their spies often pass through the border defense, and we have nothing to do." Darkly Frowning, he was very dissatisfied with Cangming Kingdom's practice of infiltrating spies, although Daxia also imported spies into Cangming Kingdom through this method.
"The Cangming Kingdom is a good method. Didn't the Musket Bureau get out the land mines and bury them in the border defense. I have learned a few times and learned how they can infiltrate." Fang Xiuying pouted, full of dissatisfaction. An Yi didn't have time to investigate the matter of the princess' mansion for the actions of the Cangming Kingdom, and they still don't know when they will get their grandmother's approval.
I looked at Fang Xiuying, "You have a good idea, but we still need to make it clear to the people on our side, don't go there to cut firewood and graze cattle, and it is easy to accidentally hurt our own people, so we must also pay attention to this."
Fang Xiuying showed a smile, Cang Mingguo really hated it, he only knew how to do this kind of petty tricks, and he was petty.
"Your Majesty, the spies from the Cangming Kingdom have already made contact with Wu Qian, what are you going to do?" Darkly showed his shamelessness towards Wu Qian. His Majesty has been magnanimous for so many years and ignored him. He has been jumping up and down to find a sense of presence. This time But he killed himself.
"Don't startle the snake, let him have more contact with Cangming Kingdom, and wait until the end, and hit him with one blow." I smiled, the Wu family is over, but I want to push a new minister of Honglu Temple, this candidate is really good. Not so easy to find.
"Nuo" smiled secretly. Speaking of it, the Wu family can still be regarded as his maternal ancestral family. At the beginning, his aunt was the daughter of the Wu family. After so many years, the aunt should pay the price for hiding in the Wu family.
I still understand the grievances between An Yi and Wu's family very well, but the Wu family has made small moves over the years, but it is not enough to make me move him. Only An Yi can be patient, and An Yi's patience in his previous life was not as long as in this life. , because there were no descendants in the previous life, I was able to concentrate on sorting out the court, but in this life, there are too many things, but the Wu family has been running around until now, and I am a little sorry for An Yi.
"Ah Xu, the good news. Sure enough, I knew that Daxia could be united. He has already contacted Daxia's Honglu Temple Minister. I heard from the spies that because Daxia has signed treaties with neighboring countries over the years, Honghe Lusi Temple is considered the most leisurely yamen in the entire Daxia. Sure enough, those people in Honglu Temple couldn’t hold back, so they decided to help us enter Daxia early.” Jin Zhengxi smiled and showed the news from the spies to his advisers .
After reading the news, Chi Xu frowned slightly. He always felt that something was abnormal, that this matter was not so simple, but seeing the prince's excited mood, he couldn't splash water, so he could only follow the words: "This is really true. The good news is that there are too many new things emerging in Daxia these years, we can only fall behind step by step if we don’t get their technology, this result is not something we can bear.”
"Ah Xu, don't worry, look at the ancient emperors of the Tian Dynasty, which one is not generous, as long as they offer something and bow their heads in name, they can give us more things back, and we will express our desire at that time. Technology, presumably he won't block it too much." Jin Zhengxi smiled, flattering, who can't.
Chi Xu nodded and said, "But it's better to be quicker. Although Yaori Kingdom and Daxia are across the sea from us, Daxia now has an open trade port. Although official approval is required, some news about Daxia can still be released." If it is passed on to Yaori Kingdom, then they will have the same purpose as us, so it will be difficult to handle."
"Well, so it is true that we need to spend more energy. The spies have won the initial victory against Honglu Temple Minister, and then we can only wait." Jin Zhengxi felt a little frustrated. He has a conservative father and is still There is a group of conservative aristocratic families. Originally, one thing could be done in one year, but these people got in the way. He had to spend three years or more to get it done. The aristocratic family is fighting wits and courage, and it is really heartbreaking.
Jin Zhengxi sighed, why do so many people of later generations travel to the period of the Holy Patriarch? The evaluation of the Holy Patriarch in the history books is that the employment of people is eclectic and far-sighted. Old and faint, although he joked with everyone at that time when he died and passed the throne to the fourth prince, but the later achievements of the fourth prince can be seen from the eyes of the holy ancestor, but it is a pity that Sejong's The grandson is really too ridiculous.
Jin Zhengxi does not doubt that the ancestor is a descendant who traveled through time, because there are too many descendants. Even he has a golden finger, otherwise he has been under the attack of the emperor and the family all these years , can fish like water.
Wu Qian looked at the letter sent by the spies of the Cangming Kingdom, and sighed. He really had to take this step. He knew very well in his heart why His Majesty didn't like him so much. The second grade is because Honglu Temple is idle, so they can't talk in the court, and because of their high official position, others can't gossip, but how could he be reconciled, thinking about their previous layout, everything is gone.
Earlier, the Wu family put all their wealth on the prince. Not only did they support the prince financially, but his youngest direct sister was the prince's favorite side concubine. His father could only push him to His Majesty's side, and he died with His Majesty's hatred and the glory of the Wu family, but he could not fall down. He wanted to inherit his father's behest and carry forward the Wu family, but this way, It's really too difficult.
"Tell your master, it's not that your majesty doesn't want your prince to come to Daxia, but because your prince didn't specify the time. If that's the case, your majesty naturally doesn't pay attention to it. If Prince Cangming confirms the time, your majesty will definitely make good arrangements." Wu Qian looked at the Cangming scout who was kneeling on the ground, indeed, the Cangming country is really too poor, and only knows how to send ginseng, but Daxia has a vast land and abundant resources, so is there any good ginseng?
"Thank you, my lord. When my prince comes to Daxia, the prince will definitely be grateful to you." Prince Cangming is ecstatic. He has been in Daxia for so long, and he has seen the changes in Daxia. Yes, it is really convenient for travel, but Daxia has kept the technology too tight, not only him, but even their companions did not get mixed into the cement factory.
In fact, they can't be blamed. After all, this kind of thing is related to the lifeline of the country. How could it be possible to use people who don't trust it?You must know that the workers hired in these factories must have lived in one place for more than ten generations, and then everyone within five generations must have a clean background and have never committed any crimes. For baseless spies, it is indeed difficult to get in.
And even if they succeed in replacing the Daxia people, the real core is still in the Ministry of Industry. These people are just doing something on the periphery. It will take at least five years for them to rise to the inside and get in touch with the core. , So in a short time, they don't even want to acquire real technology.
When the spies delivered the news back to his own country, Kim Jong-hee was ecstatic, and quickly picked up a pen to write down the second document to visit Daxia. Naturally, this time he marked the time on it.
Soon, Kim Jong-hee's second document to come to Daxia was handed over to the emperor's chopping board through Honglu Temple.
I looked at the document handed over by this Prince Cangming, and smiled. This Prince Cangming was a little too impatient. You must know that his position in the Cangming Kingdom is not very stable at this time. Xia, it will take at least half a year. He is not in Cangming for half a year, and he can completely let the other princes take over.
"Your Majesty? What's the matter?" Yang Yong stood aside, while his Majesty smiled coldly.
"It's nothing, I just thought it was funny, how is the prince's engineering department repaired?".
"The Ministry of Industry said that it is ready, and you can live in it at any time," Yang Yong replied.
"In this case, Yang Yong, go and issue the decree, and let the eldest prince, second prince, third prince, fourth prince, and fifth prince all live in, and you don't need to bring careless nanny and girl. I have already prepared these things. Just let them bring a few ordinary clothes." I thought about it, and looked at the documents of the Cangming Kingdom, and I had a good idea in my mind.
Cangming Kingdom can come if they want, it doesn't matter to stop it, as long as that Prince Cangming can bear it.
The emperor asked the prince to move into the prince's house, and it was not a particularly sudden incident in the harem. What surprised them was that His Majesty did not allow the prince to bring the maids and women who are used to it, only some clothes, and the rest was left by the majesty Preparation, which made all their earlier plans come to naught.
But this is an order from the emperor, and all the princes are like this, and they have no way of resisting the order, so they can only tell their sons to come back to see their mother and concubine more often.
Because of this order from the emperor, suddenly, the number of people from the concubines' mother's house to visit the harem suddenly increased, and basically all the places for visiting the empress every month in the palace were used up.
Standing in the eldest prince's bedroom in Chengqian Palace, Jiang Ruan felt very unhappy. When the eldest prince was around, she felt hatred, but now that the eldest prince moved away, she felt unhappy.
"Your Majesty..." Hua Yi looked at the disappointed expression of the imperial concubine, and felt uncomfortable in her heart, knowing that His Majesty has not calmed down yet, and that she only came to Chengqian Palace to see the First Prince on weekdays, and she still had a cold face towards her, The empress doesn't know how to win back His Majesty's heart, the two of them are like this, and it's not pleasant for them servants to see it.
"Go, let my mother enter the palace." Jiang Ruan thought for a while and said to Hua Yi.
"Nuo" Hua Yi showed a happy smile, the empress has changed her mind, and the general's wife has a way.
When the general's wife received Huayi's letter, she immediately entered the palace. Looking at her haggard daughter, she felt uncomfortable, but for the sake of the family, she had to wrong her daughter.
"Have you figured it out now?" the general's wife asked.
"Mother..." Jiang Ruan looked at his mother with tears in his eyes, with resentment in his eyes.
The general's wife sighed, took two steps forward, took Jiang Ruan into her arms, and said softly: "I don't know that you are wronged, but in a lifetime, there is no one who is not wronged, even if I marry your father, Your father was so kind to me, and I felt wronged. Thinking about my daughter from an official family, she was exiled in the northwest and suffered so much. Later, she was lucky enough to marry your father, but your father is a rough man, and I learned It’s all about wind, flowers, snow, moon, spring and snow. Over the years, I’ve been wronged. Now your father is the general king, and the daughter I gave birth to is still a noble concubine. Thinking about the grievances back then, it’s all worth it.”
"Mother, I hate myself so much. Why can't I give birth to His Majesty's child? Why? If the eldest prince is my child and His Majesty's child, why would I not like him?" Jiang Ruan buried her face in the arms of the general's wife Middle, growled.
The general's wife touched Jiang Ruan's head, sighed, and said: "It's fate, some people can conceive in one night, such as Shen Baolin, but some people can't conceive in a lifetime, such as De Concubine, some things are preordained by God, and there is nothing we can do about it."
"But, but..." Jiang Ruan's tears flowed even more fiercely.
"Have another child, that child has already had a gap with you, and His Majesty doesn't like you because of that child, you have another child, treat this child better, show your motherly heart, His Majesty will definitely look at you with admiration, Isn't it because you are not kind to the eldest prince that he is treating you so coldly this time? If you become a loving mother, His Majesty will definitely change his mind, what do you think?" The general's wife brought up the topic discussed before and said.
"No, no, I can't do this again..." Jiang Ruan was terrified, struggling to get out of the general's wife's arms.
"Ruan'er, Ruan'er, mother is not forcing you, think about it for yourself, are you willing to be treated like this by His Majesty? There are so many women in the harem, although you are His Majesty's most favored one, but Concubine De, Concubine Xian, Chen Zhaoyi , and Wang Baolin, His Majesty has not forgotten any of them, and you will go to these concubines one day a month, are you really sure?" The general's wife hugged the concubine tightly to prevent her from struggling, and said bluntly.
Jiang Ruan wept despondently in the arms of the general's wife, and finally agreed to the request of the general's wife.
On the first day the princes went to the prince's office, I went to see them. Except for the fourth prince and the fifth prince, the other three had the excitement of leaving their mother and concubine on their faces, as well as the fear of the unknown. After all, the fourth prince is an adult. It's not bad, but the fifth prince, he is the youngest, leaving his mother and concubine, after all, it is a bit uncomfortable for him.
"Liangyu, your elder brother is not in good health, so Qiyu will be taken care of by you," Zhen said.
"Father, don't worry, leave it to me." The second prince smiled.
"En" I nodded, turned my eyes to the five princes, and said: "You all perform well in the prince's place, whoever will perform the best at that time, the queen father will let this person lead the other princes to do a big event for the prince." .
Hearing what the emperor said, the older princes became interested, and even the fourth prince became more energetic.
"I can't tell you what it is now, but you will naturally know in the future. Whether each of you performed well that day is not determined by your homework. For example, Wen Yu, if you are not in good health, it is also important to take good care of yourself." The one who behaves well, as for the other considerations, I can’t tell you.” I smiled, the children in the harem mature early, and they are usually taught by their mother and concubine, they can understand this point, as for Whether it can be done depends on the child's self-control and his own thinking. There is no teaching from the mother and concubine here.
The eyes of the several princes became brighter, and they all hoped that they could perform better. As for whether they will be able to do it in the end, God knows.
After all, I can't stay in the prince's residence for a long time. After chatting with them for a while, I went back to the imperial study, leaving a few children here to exchange feelings.
"Go, call the Zhongshu Ling, the General, the Six Ministers, and the Minister of Honglu Temple to the Imperial Study Room." After leaving the Prince's Office, I ordered Yang Yong.
"No." Yang Yong nodded, His Majesty's this time is probably related to the document of Cangming Kingdom Seal that he saw on His Majesty's chopping board earlier.
The nine people came very quickly, after all, they were summoned by His Majesty.
"Eunuch Yang, may I ask why this time?" Zhong Shuling raised his hand and asked.
"Today, this old servant saw a document with the seal of the Cangming Kingdom on His Majesty's chopping board." After Yang Yong finished speaking, he turned around and reported to His Majesty that these days had come.
Zhong Shuling glanced at the silent Honglu Siqing, then lowered his eyes, and waited politely outside the imperial study.
Cui Zihe, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Deng Yuan, Minister of Rites, exchanged glances indiscriminately, lo and behold, here they come.
Soon, Yang Yong came out from the imperial study, and said to the waiting adults: "Your Majesty, please come in, all adults, come with us."
Several people hurriedly followed Yang Yong, walking towards the imperial study room. After entering the imperial study room, they saw the emperor who was still sitting behind the chopping board reviewing the memorials, and hurriedly greeted him.
"Get up, I'm looking for you this time because of the affairs of the Cangming Kingdom." I closed the newly reviewed memorial, put it aside, looked at the nine people below, and continued: "This time, the Cangming Kingdom has issued another report. I still said that I want to come to Daxia to visit, Yang Yong, show the documents to all the adults." I handed the documents from Cangming Kingdom to Yang Yong.
Yang Yong took the document and handed it to Zhongshuling.
At the scene, except for the minister of Honglu Temple, no one else knew what was inside, so it took a long time to read the document, and I was not in a hurry, so I picked up the tea at the side and looked at the faces of the people. Sure enough, as expected of an official, everyone's face is quite normal.
After the Minister of Honglu Temple finished reading it, Yang Yong took the document back to me. I took the document, looked at the nine people with a smile, and asked: "Everyone has finished reading, do you have anything to say?"
Chen Min, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took a step forward and said: "I just feel that this Prince Cangming is a bit outrageous. There are two documents in a row. The first one expresses an inquiring attitude, but this one clearly states when I will leave." If you want to come to your Daxia, you have to sweep the couch to welcome him, this is our Daxia, not their Cangming, why do you sweep the couch to welcome him, will he pay for his coming?”.Chen Min was furious. The fleet that went west had only returned for a month. Now the household is empty, and I don't know how much it will cost to welcome the envoy. He is one of 1 people who doesn't want the prince of Cangming Kingdom to come now.
"Master Chen is justified. When the ancestors were here, the Cangming Kingdom sent envoys to offer some Cangming ginseng. In such a poor and remote place, they still said in an informative tone. I really think there is no one in our big summer." Yan Ruyu, who has always been gentle, is busy with the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and has no skills, and her temper is on fire.
Wu Qian looked at the Minister of Rites and found that he was an old god, so he didn't look at the mouth to refute. He was a little anxious. He naturally hoped that the Minister of Rites would stand up, but the Minister of Rites changed this time.
In fact, Wu Qian seemed to be pulling the Minister of Rites onto his boat in private, but although Deng Yuan stood on the same side with him in the imperial study room last time, he was not slippery in private and ignored his solicitation at all. Qian also felt depressed.
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks but has a different opinion." The Minister of Rites refused to stand out. This has nothing to do with the other four people. Wu Qian could only stand up and oppose it.
I knew that this old thing would never be calm, so I smiled and said, "Wu Aiqing, let's hear it."
"Your Majesty, our Great Xia has signed a ten-year treaty with the surrounding countries, but now that ten years have passed, our Great Xia should also come into the sight of other countries. Moreover, whether it is to re-sign the treaty or to show national prestige, it is important It is necessary for Daxia to slowly contact other countries, and now that Cangming Country is extending its hand, we should not refuse, we can take this opportunity to slowly contact neighboring countries, that is the best policy," Wu Qian said.
"Honglu Siqing's remarks are wrong. I didn't say that I would not contact other countries. I just said that the timing is not right now. The cement roads of Daxia, the fire & guns of Daxia, the smelting of steel in Daxia, and the Everything is a state secret and must not be leaked. Now it is exposed to the eyes of other countries.
"It's not up to us to decide, but Your Majesty. Your Majesty decides that if the Fourth Prince goes to the Prince's residence, we will not be able to stop him. I understand today. The purpose of the Queen's coming to me today is to touch Your Majesty." Is it bad luck? If His Majesty agrees that the Fourth Prince will not go to the Prince's residence, then the Empress will definitely plan for the Second Prince. If His Majesty reprimands the Palace in anger, it has nothing to do with Zhang Qian." Showing his indifference to Zhang Qian.
"Then what should we do now?" Caixia asked.
"Stand still for now, even if it's unlucky, then everyone will be unlucky together. I don't believe it. I tighten up the surroundings of the fourth prince. That villain can still provoke me. The empress plotted against the empress dowager a few days ago The queen mother still has a bad mood for the queen, let's go, I won't go back to the Yonghe Palace, go to the Ci'an Palace." Concubine De smiled, maybe Zhang Qian can plot her, she can't plot Zhang Qian, let's wait and see.
Concubine De is always filial to the Queen Mother. Even though the Queen Mother prefers Jiang Ruan, Concubine De is still filial to the Queen Mother. Therefore, Concubine De has a lot of face with the Queen Mother.
"Come here, why do you have such a bad face, but something blind-eyed bumped into you" The queen mother was called out from the Buddhist hall by the girl, and she saw Concubine De sitting by the side in despair, it was very pitiful.
"Greetings to the Empress Dowager." Concubine De respectfully saluted the Empress Dowager.
"Wai Li, what happened today?" the Queen Mother asked.
Concubine De pursed her lips and did not speak.
The Empress Dowager frowned, looked at Caixia who was beside her, and said, "Tell me what wronged your mother has suffered today."
Caixia looked at Concubine De, and said: "Even if the empress punishes the servants today, the servants have to say that the empress has gone too far today. Seeing that our empress is alone in the harem, she bullies my empress like this. , It's really hateful, if the master and wife find out, I don't know how sad it will be."
When Caixia mentioned the Queen, the Queen Mother frowned and said, "Queen? What's wrong with the Queen?".
"Yesterday, the fourth prince was injured, and our empress took care of the fourth prince in the palace. Except for greeting the empress this morning, she never left the Yonghe Palace. Today, the little golden father-in-law next to the empress suddenly came to invite my empress and said Please go over and sit down for a while, but the empress refused to go because she cared about the injuries on the fourth prince. As a result, this little golden father-in-law is also very capable. He said directly that the empress asked the empress to come over this time for the sake of the fourth prince. The empress is afraid that the fourth prince will do something. If something bad happens, I can only follow this little golden father-in-law to the queen's palace."
"Caixia, you're becoming more and more unruly. Don't talk nonsense in front of the queen mother." From the corner of her eyes, Concubine De saw the queen mother frowned when she heard the queen's name, and smiled inwardly, but she still had to talk about the scene.
"Call this girl for what to do, let her continue to talk, what did the queen do?" The queen mother suppressed the anger in her heart. A few days ago, the queen was plotting against her, and she hadn't settled with the queen yet.
Caixia pretended to be scared, and still said righteously: "In the end, the empress directly told our empress that today, the former court ordered the Ministry of Industry to renovate the prince's house. The purpose is to let all the princes live in it. The empress He also said that the second prince is in good health, and he crawled out of her stomach, so naturally he is not afraid, but our empress's fourth prince, if there is a villain to provoke, it will definitely cause discord between the empress and the fourth prince, mother and child, tell me, Isn't the empress threatening our empress? The servants also know that there is a deep bond of flesh and blood. If the empress is reluctant to part with the second prince, she will go directly to her majesty and tell her, why are you threatening our empress? Tell me, what can our empress do? ".
"Kneel down, it's becoming more and more unruly, what nonsense you say in front of the Queen Mother, I shouldn't bring you out today" After Caixia finished speaking, Concubine De was born and scolded Caixia.
Caixia immediately knelt down, but there was still an expression of dissatisfaction on her face.
"Queen Mother, it's nothing like that. Don't listen to this girl's nonsense. This girl is usually spoiled by concubines, but today she passed by the Queen Mother's Palace and thought of the soothing incense here. The Fourth Prince wanted to ask for some. He didn't sleep very well, so he would sleep better if he lighted some soothing incense at night." Concubine De gave a weak smile.
"Don't hide it for the queen. Don't the Ai family know what kind of temperament that woman is? But they threatened you with the fourth prince and used you as a gunman. This woman should indeed teach her a lesson. The Ai family knows about it." Now, the Ai family will stand up for you." The queen mother thought of her grievances earlier, did that woman really think she could do nothing about her?
"Thank you Queen Mother" Concubine De hurriedly saluted and thanked her.
"Qiu Ju, give Concubine De some soothing incense, the fourth prince is not comfortable now, and he can't leave Concubine De." Although the Queen Mother is not smart, she also understands that Concubine De came to her to complain, so let's sue, anyway. She has also disliked the queen for a long time, so it is not bad to take this opportunity.
Qiu Ju brought Anshenxiang to Concubine De, and Concubine De saw that she had achieved her goal, so she didn't stay any longer. The queen claimed to be a smart person, seeing that she was the master of the harem, she would offend anyone, so she handed over the queen's handle today. If it was given to the Queen Mother, she would not believe it, and the Queen Mother would not seize this opportunity. Interfering in politics in the harem is the most taboo thing for His Majesty.
"Qiu Ju, go, call the Queen here, let her kneel in the courtyard outside, and let the harem take charge of politics. This trend cannot be encouraged. The Queen is the master of the harem, let alone take the lead." The queen mother smiled and said.
"No..." Qiu Ju also smiled, the queen mother was so miserably plotted by the queen a few days ago, she had to make up for it no matter what.
"The queen mother is looking for me?" Zhang Qian frowned, because she offended the queen mother some time ago, these days, the queen mother is not happy to see her, even if she takes her concubines to pay her respects to the queen mother, the queen mother is an excuse to worship the Buddha and not to see people I sent them away, why did I want to see her today.
"I'll go to the palace now." Zhang Qian thought for a while, then stood up, and went to the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace. Even if the Empress Dowager is now settling accounts in the autumn, there must be an excuse. She just raised her head before, but the latter, but It's all made by the queen mother herself, and it has nothing to do with her.
When the queen arrived at the Ci'an Palace, she found that Qiu Ju was already waiting outside. Zhang Qian was very proud. The relationship between the queen mother and His Majesty is not good. Now she is afraid that she has something to ask her, so she let her the most respectable grandma Mammy was waiting for her outside.
"Mother Qiu Ju, what is the queen mother doing today?" Zhang Qian stepped forward, showing a luxurious smile, and said.
"Empress, please take a step back and kneel in the courtyard." Qiu Ju gave Zhang Qian a bigger smile.
Zhang Qian's face immediately turned cold, and she said, "Mother Qiuju, what do you mean?".
"This is what the Empress Dowager wants. I also invite the Empress Dowager to kneel in the yard. Could it be that the Empress Dowager wants to disobey the Empress Dowager's order?" Qiu Ju was not frightened by the Empress at all, and looked straight into the Empress' eyes with a dignified look on her face.
Zhang Qian also looked at Qiu Ju, and found that there was no twinkle in her eyes. She was finally defeated, so she could only walk slowly to the yard, knelt down, and said, "As the empress dowager's daughter-in-law, the empress dowager's heart Unhappy, punish the daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law has nothing to say, and I hope the queen mother will not be angry with her body because of other things."
Qiu Ju saw that the queen was still justifying her family at this time. Indeed, the queen was like a fish in water in the harem, not only because of her background, but also because of her good means, and she was able to bend and stretch. But today, it is terrible that the queen must be disappointed.
"The Empress Dowager is very eloquent. When the Empress Dowager punished you, you used the excuse that the Empress Dowager was in a bad mood. You never found the reason on yourself. The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty ordered that the harem should not interfere in politics. Why did your Majesty order the prince to be repaired in the court today?" You will know what happened right away. Also, as a queen and the master of the harem, you should use the heir to threaten the concubine. This is what you, the master of the harem, should do? The queen is disloyal and unkind, and you blame the empress dowager , the empress dowager punished you, you know your mistake," Qiu Ju said angrily.
The queen was shocked and angry, but she didn't expect that Yang Qingzhi was not fooled, and she came to Tianhou to complain. A few days ago, she offended the queen mother, so it is no wonder that the queen mother used today's incident to punish her, but how could she accept her fate and open her mouth to refute: "Dare to ask the Empress Dowager, who is it that framed this palace? This palace strictly abides by the palace rules. For so many years, I dare not go beyond the slightest bit. How can I dare to inquire about the affairs of the court and threaten my concubine? This palace has been wronged."
"The empress said this, maybe she thinks that the empress dowager has no evidence, the empress should reflect on herself, arrest the servants in the empress's palace, and ask them one by one, they will always know, especially the girl Nongmo" Qiu Ju didn't think Moved.
"If you want to add a crime, there is no excuse, what kind of evidence is it if you beat him to death?" Zhang Qian said anxiously.
"The words of the servants in the empress's palace are not accurate. What about the confession of the concubine de concubine? The sky net is not leaked. The empress should reflect on it." After finishing speaking, Qiu Ju went back to the palace. She was not interested in accompanying the empress. It's here to bask in the sun.
Zhang Qian was finally sure that it really was Yang Qingzhi, this woman is really not to be underestimated, so she turned around and gave her a rake.
"What, the empress is punishing the empress? What's the situation?" When I read the memorial in the imperial study, I saw Yang Yong hurried in, and finally heard such news.
"Well, the Empress Dowager is still kneeling in the Empress Dowager's yard for half an hour. Although it doesn't matter if she kneels for half an hour, she is kneeling in the yard and people come and go. Lost too much." Yang Yong was stunned, so what if the Empress Dowager is the lord of the six palaces, she is not the daughter-in-law of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager used to give the Empress face, but now the Empress Dowager refuses to give it, just find any reason, and you can lose the Empress face.
"Did you find out why?" I felt a little strange, the empress mother had a gentle personality, so she probably wouldn't do such a radical thing.
"It is said that the Empress Dowager intervened in the government and threatened the concubine with the emperor's heir. The threatened concubine reported it to the Empress Dowager. After hearing this, the Empress Dowager felt that the Empress was shameless. A few days ago, I was angry with the empress, now I have an excuse, so I have to vent my anger," Yang Yong said, expressing his conjecture.
"Who is the threatened concubine?".
"It is said that it is the empress dowager. I heard from people in the empress dowager's palace that the empress dowager went to the empress dowager's palace today. She is not in a good mood. The empress dowager is naturally concerned. The concubine de is unwilling to say anything, but the maid beside her is a Outspokenly, she told about Concubine De's going to the Empress's place today. I heard that Concubine De didn't want to go to the Empress's place today, but it was the father-in-law next to the Empress who forcibly invited Concubine De to go in the name of the Fourth Prince. Then the Empress said, His Majesty was at the court this morning and ordered the Ministry of Industry to renovate the prince's house, in order to let all the princes live in it. The queen said that the second prince is fine, but the fourth prince is easy to be provoked by traitors. It is estimated that he wants Concubine De to test it out. You..." Yang Yong curled his lips, empress empress is best at using other people as gunmen, this time empress de concubine's gun is not easy to use, and she even blew herself up.
"What is this called? Wild geese are pecked at by wild geese all day long, and the queen is a smart person when she becomes a harem. According to what is said in later books, she is always spreading hatred everywhere. I really think that when others say that she is the master of the harem, she is really the master of the harem." Well, the lord of the harem still has the Queen Mother and Zhen on her head. The Queen Mother used to give her face, but it is shameless to give her face. Forget it, it’s good to let the Queen Mother vent her anger, but there is still a measure, after all, the Queen is still the Queen.” I don't really mind that the queen mother shames the queen. How awkward the queen mother and I are, that is also a matter between me and the queen mother.
"No, my servant will pay attention, but I think the queen mother will not embarrass the queen too much, and Aunt Qiuju who is next to the queen mother is very measured," Yang Yong said.
"Qiu Ju is indeed very measured, but you can't slack off, pay more attention, that's right." If Qiu Ju can't persuade the Queen Mother, Yang Yong still needs to come forward.
After the empress knelt in the courtyard of Ci'an Palace for an hour, Qiu Ju came out and said to the empress who was still kneeling under the sun: "The empress dowager is kind, today is a small punishment and a big commandment, I hope the empress dowager will remember today." Although the empress is the master of the harem, she knows what she can and cannot do, so the empress should get up and go back."
Zhang Qian suppressed the anger in her heart, gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother."
Qiu Ju smiled, and then went in again. As for how the queen will go back, there are servants from Qingning Palace.
"Your Majesty, be careful." Nong Mo saw that the Queen's knees were stiff, and he didn't care about himself, so he got up quickly and helped the Queen up.
"Let's go, let's go back to the palace." When returning to the palace, the empress looked back at the plaque of Ci'an Palace with complicated eyes.
I don't have time to pay attention to the affairs of the harem, but in the previous dynasty, under the leadership of Wu Qian, Honglu Temple caused a commotion. To be honest, I wanted to deal with Wu Qian a long time ago, but the time was not ripe, and my wrist was cut off too quickly. , and when I ascended the throne, he still supported one side. If I attacked him, it would chill the hearts of those who fell to me, so this person has been stuck in my throat like a fishbone. I always wanted to ignore it. , but this person kept jumping up and down, looking for a sense of presence in front of me. First, he sent his daughter into the palace, and his son's name, Wu Ruizhi, did not shy away from my name. I am gratified that the Minister of Rites did not participate in it.
"Your Majesty, basically all the spies from the Cangming Kingdom have been found, but it is impossible to completely eradicate them. The border line between our two countries is not tight, and their spies often pass through the border defense, and we have nothing to do." Darkly Frowning, he was very dissatisfied with Cangming Kingdom's practice of infiltrating spies, although Daxia also imported spies into Cangming Kingdom through this method.
"The Cangming Kingdom is a good method. Didn't the Musket Bureau get out the land mines and bury them in the border defense. I have learned a few times and learned how they can infiltrate." Fang Xiuying pouted, full of dissatisfaction. An Yi didn't have time to investigate the matter of the princess' mansion for the actions of the Cangming Kingdom, and they still don't know when they will get their grandmother's approval.
I looked at Fang Xiuying, "You have a good idea, but we still need to make it clear to the people on our side, don't go there to cut firewood and graze cattle, and it is easy to accidentally hurt our own people, so we must also pay attention to this."
Fang Xiuying showed a smile, Cang Mingguo really hated it, he only knew how to do this kind of petty tricks, and he was petty.
"Your Majesty, the spies from the Cangming Kingdom have already made contact with Wu Qian, what are you going to do?" Darkly showed his shamelessness towards Wu Qian. His Majesty has been magnanimous for so many years and ignored him. He has been jumping up and down to find a sense of presence. This time But he killed himself.
"Don't startle the snake, let him have more contact with Cangming Kingdom, and wait until the end, and hit him with one blow." I smiled, the Wu family is over, but I want to push a new minister of Honglu Temple, this candidate is really good. Not so easy to find.
"Nuo" smiled secretly. Speaking of it, the Wu family can still be regarded as his maternal ancestral family. At the beginning, his aunt was the daughter of the Wu family. After so many years, the aunt should pay the price for hiding in the Wu family.
I still understand the grievances between An Yi and Wu's family very well, but the Wu family has made small moves over the years, but it is not enough to make me move him. Only An Yi can be patient, and An Yi's patience in his previous life was not as long as in this life. , because there were no descendants in the previous life, I was able to concentrate on sorting out the court, but in this life, there are too many things, but the Wu family has been running around until now, and I am a little sorry for An Yi.
"Ah Xu, the good news. Sure enough, I knew that Daxia could be united. He has already contacted Daxia's Honglu Temple Minister. I heard from the spies that because Daxia has signed treaties with neighboring countries over the years, Honghe Lusi Temple is considered the most leisurely yamen in the entire Daxia. Sure enough, those people in Honglu Temple couldn’t hold back, so they decided to help us enter Daxia early.” Jin Zhengxi smiled and showed the news from the spies to his advisers .
After reading the news, Chi Xu frowned slightly. He always felt that something was abnormal, that this matter was not so simple, but seeing the prince's excited mood, he couldn't splash water, so he could only follow the words: "This is really true. The good news is that there are too many new things emerging in Daxia these years, we can only fall behind step by step if we don’t get their technology, this result is not something we can bear.”
"Ah Xu, don't worry, look at the ancient emperors of the Tian Dynasty, which one is not generous, as long as they offer something and bow their heads in name, they can give us more things back, and we will express our desire at that time. Technology, presumably he won't block it too much." Jin Zhengxi smiled, flattering, who can't.
Chi Xu nodded and said, "But it's better to be quicker. Although Yaori Kingdom and Daxia are across the sea from us, Daxia now has an open trade port. Although official approval is required, some news about Daxia can still be released." If it is passed on to Yaori Kingdom, then they will have the same purpose as us, so it will be difficult to handle."
"Well, so it is true that we need to spend more energy. The spies have won the initial victory against Honglu Temple Minister, and then we can only wait." Jin Zhengxi felt a little frustrated. He has a conservative father and is still There is a group of conservative aristocratic families. Originally, one thing could be done in one year, but these people got in the way. He had to spend three years or more to get it done. The aristocratic family is fighting wits and courage, and it is really heartbreaking.
Jin Zhengxi sighed, why do so many people of later generations travel to the period of the Holy Patriarch? The evaluation of the Holy Patriarch in the history books is that the employment of people is eclectic and far-sighted. Old and faint, although he joked with everyone at that time when he died and passed the throne to the fourth prince, but the later achievements of the fourth prince can be seen from the eyes of the holy ancestor, but it is a pity that Sejong's The grandson is really too ridiculous.
Jin Zhengxi does not doubt that the ancestor is a descendant who traveled through time, because there are too many descendants. Even he has a golden finger, otherwise he has been under the attack of the emperor and the family all these years , can fish like water.
Wu Qian looked at the letter sent by the spies of the Cangming Kingdom, and sighed. He really had to take this step. He knew very well in his heart why His Majesty didn't like him so much. The second grade is because Honglu Temple is idle, so they can't talk in the court, and because of their high official position, others can't gossip, but how could he be reconciled, thinking about their previous layout, everything is gone.
Earlier, the Wu family put all their wealth on the prince. Not only did they support the prince financially, but his youngest direct sister was the prince's favorite side concubine. His father could only push him to His Majesty's side, and he died with His Majesty's hatred and the glory of the Wu family, but he could not fall down. He wanted to inherit his father's behest and carry forward the Wu family, but this way, It's really too difficult.
"Tell your master, it's not that your majesty doesn't want your prince to come to Daxia, but because your prince didn't specify the time. If that's the case, your majesty naturally doesn't pay attention to it. If Prince Cangming confirms the time, your majesty will definitely make good arrangements." Wu Qian looked at the Cangming scout who was kneeling on the ground, indeed, the Cangming country is really too poor, and only knows how to send ginseng, but Daxia has a vast land and abundant resources, so is there any good ginseng?
"Thank you, my lord. When my prince comes to Daxia, the prince will definitely be grateful to you." Prince Cangming is ecstatic. He has been in Daxia for so long, and he has seen the changes in Daxia. Yes, it is really convenient for travel, but Daxia has kept the technology too tight, not only him, but even their companions did not get mixed into the cement factory.
In fact, they can't be blamed. After all, this kind of thing is related to the lifeline of the country. How could it be possible to use people who don't trust it?You must know that the workers hired in these factories must have lived in one place for more than ten generations, and then everyone within five generations must have a clean background and have never committed any crimes. For baseless spies, it is indeed difficult to get in.
And even if they succeed in replacing the Daxia people, the real core is still in the Ministry of Industry. These people are just doing something on the periphery. It will take at least five years for them to rise to the inside and get in touch with the core. , So in a short time, they don't even want to acquire real technology.
When the spies delivered the news back to his own country, Kim Jong-hee was ecstatic, and quickly picked up a pen to write down the second document to visit Daxia. Naturally, this time he marked the time on it.
Soon, Kim Jong-hee's second document to come to Daxia was handed over to the emperor's chopping board through Honglu Temple.
I looked at the document handed over by this Prince Cangming, and smiled. This Prince Cangming was a little too impatient. You must know that his position in the Cangming Kingdom is not very stable at this time. Xia, it will take at least half a year. He is not in Cangming for half a year, and he can completely let the other princes take over.
"Your Majesty? What's the matter?" Yang Yong stood aside, while his Majesty smiled coldly.
"It's nothing, I just thought it was funny, how is the prince's engineering department repaired?".
"The Ministry of Industry said that it is ready, and you can live in it at any time," Yang Yong replied.
"In this case, Yang Yong, go and issue the decree, and let the eldest prince, second prince, third prince, fourth prince, and fifth prince all live in, and you don't need to bring careless nanny and girl. I have already prepared these things. Just let them bring a few ordinary clothes." I thought about it, and looked at the documents of the Cangming Kingdom, and I had a good idea in my mind.
Cangming Kingdom can come if they want, it doesn't matter to stop it, as long as that Prince Cangming can bear it.
The emperor asked the prince to move into the prince's house, and it was not a particularly sudden incident in the harem. What surprised them was that His Majesty did not allow the prince to bring the maids and women who are used to it, only some clothes, and the rest was left by the majesty Preparation, which made all their earlier plans come to naught.
But this is an order from the emperor, and all the princes are like this, and they have no way of resisting the order, so they can only tell their sons to come back to see their mother and concubine more often.
Because of this order from the emperor, suddenly, the number of people from the concubines' mother's house to visit the harem suddenly increased, and basically all the places for visiting the empress every month in the palace were used up.
Standing in the eldest prince's bedroom in Chengqian Palace, Jiang Ruan felt very unhappy. When the eldest prince was around, she felt hatred, but now that the eldest prince moved away, she felt unhappy.
"Your Majesty..." Hua Yi looked at the disappointed expression of the imperial concubine, and felt uncomfortable in her heart, knowing that His Majesty has not calmed down yet, and that she only came to Chengqian Palace to see the First Prince on weekdays, and she still had a cold face towards her, The empress doesn't know how to win back His Majesty's heart, the two of them are like this, and it's not pleasant for them servants to see it.
"Go, let my mother enter the palace." Jiang Ruan thought for a while and said to Hua Yi.
"Nuo" Hua Yi showed a happy smile, the empress has changed her mind, and the general's wife has a way.
When the general's wife received Huayi's letter, she immediately entered the palace. Looking at her haggard daughter, she felt uncomfortable, but for the sake of the family, she had to wrong her daughter.
"Have you figured it out now?" the general's wife asked.
"Mother..." Jiang Ruan looked at his mother with tears in his eyes, with resentment in his eyes.
The general's wife sighed, took two steps forward, took Jiang Ruan into her arms, and said softly: "I don't know that you are wronged, but in a lifetime, there is no one who is not wronged, even if I marry your father, Your father was so kind to me, and I felt wronged. Thinking about my daughter from an official family, she was exiled in the northwest and suffered so much. Later, she was lucky enough to marry your father, but your father is a rough man, and I learned It’s all about wind, flowers, snow, moon, spring and snow. Over the years, I’ve been wronged. Now your father is the general king, and the daughter I gave birth to is still a noble concubine. Thinking about the grievances back then, it’s all worth it.”
"Mother, I hate myself so much. Why can't I give birth to His Majesty's child? Why? If the eldest prince is my child and His Majesty's child, why would I not like him?" Jiang Ruan buried her face in the arms of the general's wife Middle, growled.
The general's wife touched Jiang Ruan's head, sighed, and said: "It's fate, some people can conceive in one night, such as Shen Baolin, but some people can't conceive in a lifetime, such as De Concubine, some things are preordained by God, and there is nothing we can do about it."
"But, but..." Jiang Ruan's tears flowed even more fiercely.
"Have another child, that child has already had a gap with you, and His Majesty doesn't like you because of that child, you have another child, treat this child better, show your motherly heart, His Majesty will definitely look at you with admiration, Isn't it because you are not kind to the eldest prince that he is treating you so coldly this time? If you become a loving mother, His Majesty will definitely change his mind, what do you think?" The general's wife brought up the topic discussed before and said.
"No, no, I can't do this again..." Jiang Ruan was terrified, struggling to get out of the general's wife's arms.
"Ruan'er, Ruan'er, mother is not forcing you, think about it for yourself, are you willing to be treated like this by His Majesty? There are so many women in the harem, although you are His Majesty's most favored one, but Concubine De, Concubine Xian, Chen Zhaoyi , and Wang Baolin, His Majesty has not forgotten any of them, and you will go to these concubines one day a month, are you really sure?" The general's wife hugged the concubine tightly to prevent her from struggling, and said bluntly.
Jiang Ruan wept despondently in the arms of the general's wife, and finally agreed to the request of the general's wife.
On the first day the princes went to the prince's office, I went to see them. Except for the fourth prince and the fifth prince, the other three had the excitement of leaving their mother and concubine on their faces, as well as the fear of the unknown. After all, the fourth prince is an adult. It's not bad, but the fifth prince, he is the youngest, leaving his mother and concubine, after all, it is a bit uncomfortable for him.
"Liangyu, your elder brother is not in good health, so Qiyu will be taken care of by you," Zhen said.
"Father, don't worry, leave it to me." The second prince smiled.
"En" I nodded, turned my eyes to the five princes, and said: "You all perform well in the prince's place, whoever will perform the best at that time, the queen father will let this person lead the other princes to do a big event for the prince." .
Hearing what the emperor said, the older princes became interested, and even the fourth prince became more energetic.
"I can't tell you what it is now, but you will naturally know in the future. Whether each of you performed well that day is not determined by your homework. For example, Wen Yu, if you are not in good health, it is also important to take good care of yourself." The one who behaves well, as for the other considerations, I can’t tell you.” I smiled, the children in the harem mature early, and they are usually taught by their mother and concubine, they can understand this point, as for Whether it can be done depends on the child's self-control and his own thinking. There is no teaching from the mother and concubine here.
The eyes of the several princes became brighter, and they all hoped that they could perform better. As for whether they will be able to do it in the end, God knows.
After all, I can't stay in the prince's residence for a long time. After chatting with them for a while, I went back to the imperial study, leaving a few children here to exchange feelings.
"Go, call the Zhongshu Ling, the General, the Six Ministers, and the Minister of Honglu Temple to the Imperial Study Room." After leaving the Prince's Office, I ordered Yang Yong.
"No." Yang Yong nodded, His Majesty's this time is probably related to the document of Cangming Kingdom Seal that he saw on His Majesty's chopping board earlier.
The nine people came very quickly, after all, they were summoned by His Majesty.
"Eunuch Yang, may I ask why this time?" Zhong Shuling raised his hand and asked.
"Today, this old servant saw a document with the seal of the Cangming Kingdom on His Majesty's chopping board." After Yang Yong finished speaking, he turned around and reported to His Majesty that these days had come.
Zhong Shuling glanced at the silent Honglu Siqing, then lowered his eyes, and waited politely outside the imperial study.
Cui Zihe, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Deng Yuan, Minister of Rites, exchanged glances indiscriminately, lo and behold, here they come.
Soon, Yang Yong came out from the imperial study, and said to the waiting adults: "Your Majesty, please come in, all adults, come with us."
Several people hurriedly followed Yang Yong, walking towards the imperial study room. After entering the imperial study room, they saw the emperor who was still sitting behind the chopping board reviewing the memorials, and hurriedly greeted him.
"Get up, I'm looking for you this time because of the affairs of the Cangming Kingdom." I closed the newly reviewed memorial, put it aside, looked at the nine people below, and continued: "This time, the Cangming Kingdom has issued another report. I still said that I want to come to Daxia to visit, Yang Yong, show the documents to all the adults." I handed the documents from Cangming Kingdom to Yang Yong.
Yang Yong took the document and handed it to Zhongshuling.
At the scene, except for the minister of Honglu Temple, no one else knew what was inside, so it took a long time to read the document, and I was not in a hurry, so I picked up the tea at the side and looked at the faces of the people. Sure enough, as expected of an official, everyone's face is quite normal.
After the Minister of Honglu Temple finished reading it, Yang Yong took the document back to me. I took the document, looked at the nine people with a smile, and asked: "Everyone has finished reading, do you have anything to say?"
Chen Min, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took a step forward and said: "I just feel that this Prince Cangming is a bit outrageous. There are two documents in a row. The first one expresses an inquiring attitude, but this one clearly states when I will leave." If you want to come to your Daxia, you have to sweep the couch to welcome him, this is our Daxia, not their Cangming, why do you sweep the couch to welcome him, will he pay for his coming?”.Chen Min was furious. The fleet that went west had only returned for a month. Now the household is empty, and I don't know how much it will cost to welcome the envoy. He is one of 1 people who doesn't want the prince of Cangming Kingdom to come now.
"Master Chen is justified. When the ancestors were here, the Cangming Kingdom sent envoys to offer some Cangming ginseng. In such a poor and remote place, they still said in an informative tone. I really think there is no one in our big summer." Yan Ruyu, who has always been gentle, is busy with the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and has no skills, and her temper is on fire.
Wu Qian looked at the Minister of Rites and found that he was an old god, so he didn't look at the mouth to refute. He was a little anxious. He naturally hoped that the Minister of Rites would stand up, but the Minister of Rites changed this time.
In fact, Wu Qian seemed to be pulling the Minister of Rites onto his boat in private, but although Deng Yuan stood on the same side with him in the imperial study room last time, he was not slippery in private and ignored his solicitation at all. Qian also felt depressed.
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks but has a different opinion." The Minister of Rites refused to stand out. This has nothing to do with the other four people. Wu Qian could only stand up and oppose it.
I knew that this old thing would never be calm, so I smiled and said, "Wu Aiqing, let's hear it."
"Your Majesty, our Great Xia has signed a ten-year treaty with the surrounding countries, but now that ten years have passed, our Great Xia should also come into the sight of other countries. Moreover, whether it is to re-sign the treaty or to show national prestige, it is important It is necessary for Daxia to slowly contact other countries, and now that Cangming Country is extending its hand, we should not refuse, we can take this opportunity to slowly contact neighboring countries, that is the best policy," Wu Qian said.
"Honglu Siqing's remarks are wrong. I didn't say that I would not contact other countries. I just said that the timing is not right now. The cement roads of Daxia, the fire & guns of Daxia, the smelting of steel in Daxia, and the Everything is a state secret and must not be leaked. Now it is exposed to the eyes of other countries.
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