Don't run away to touch porcelain

The emperor has been in a coma for three days and three nights. The ministers can barely wait for ordinary state affairs, but the matter of the rebels in Yongzhou cannot wait. Hong also proclaimed himself the emperor in Fengzhou, no one dared to be the master of such a big matter, but this calamity was caused by the prince, even if he wanted to fight for power, he would not have the face, and the fifth prince was too idle to refuse. In the end, in desperation, Master Xu of Dali Temple had no choice but to take out the handbook that the emperor had entrusted to him for safekeeping. The emperor had already made a plan when he was seriously ill last time. The prince Wen Jue is in charge of state affairs, and all matters need to be approved by more than half of the six ministers and the two princes.

The first dispute that the crown prince encountered after taking charge of the country was who would recover the rebels in Yongzhou. According to the proposal of Lin Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, it would be most beneficial for the old general Ye Zongshi to deal with it himself. The Yongzhou army rebelled. Originally, it was because they were dissatisfied with Ye Jinglan's murder that the Ye family came forward to dissuade them. After all, it was Nanming's own national strength that was spent fighting with their own people, not to mention that there was a deposed king in Fengzhou who was about to move, and with Nanming The bordering countries are not all wolf ambitions.The prince did not agree with Lin Jing's proposal. He bluntly said that the rebellion in Yongzhou was secretly instigated by the Ye family.The crown prince just had a grievance with the Ye family, so it is common sense not to trust the Ye family, but several ministers still trust Ye Zongshi as a man. The Minister of Rites Jing Zuen said, "The Ye family is still in the imperial city, how can the old general Ye On the contrary, only he can resolve the crisis without bloodshed."

Bai Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was old and used to meeting with each other, and replied tremblingly, "What His Royal Highness said is not without reason, and those who come to great things by themselves can be ruthless, but according to the old minister's humble opinion, Ye The old general can still be trusted." The fifth prince Wen Jueyin remained silent, and the Hubu Shangshu, who was not too young, asked respectfully, "Since His Royal Highness thinks it is inappropriate to send Old General Ye, what does His Royal Highness think? Don't you already have a candidate?"

"Ji Canghai." Originally, Lin Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, thought that the crown prince disagreed with Ye Zongshi's sending troops because he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to promote himself, and to take some military power in his own hands. Absolutely not a close friend of the prince, the prince continued to explain, "General Ji's ability is obvious to all adults, and he can hold the rebels as well."

The minister of the Ministry of Industry did not want to get involved, but when he heard that Ji Canghai was sent there, he had to ask, "If General Ji goes to Yongzhou, what should we do if the northern border takes advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos?"

The crown prince seemed to have already thought about it, and he was able to deal with the problems of the Minister of Industry with ease, "If the Northern Territory dares to take the opportunity to cause trouble, then send General Ye to lead the troops there. Ye Jinglan's rebellion, General Ye's going to the northern border will definitely not cause disputes, and you don't need to worry about your fighting skills."

The prince's arrangement was indeed not unreasonable, but the ministers also felt that only General Ye would take back the rebels without bloodshed when he went to Yongzhou. The prince and all the adults had to go to lunch separately for the time being, and in the afternoon, several generals who could fight were recruited into the palace before continuing to discuss the matter of dispatching troops.In fact, the ministers are not obliged to eat this lunch. It is just to ease the atmosphere in the imperial study room. By the way, we can see what the military's attitude is towards this matter. At the same time, everyone can discuss it in private, so that it will be easier to reach a conclusion. Send troops with a unified caliber as soon as possible.

After the ministers left, the fifth prince took the initiative to invite the prince to have dinner with him at the Anxi Palace where his biological mother Concubine Ying lived. After the death of Empress Xu, Concubine Ying, who has been favored all these years, has been in charge of the affairs of the harem. Concubine Ying is kind and fair. The prince is also very respectful, so although the prince is wary of this pair of mother and son who know current affairs, he never thinks that they can accomplish anything. At this time, the emperor is seriously ill, Concubine Ying is in charge of the harem and Wen Jue has been instructed to be regent. Now the prince needs to win over When Concubine Ying was with the Fifth Prince, seeing Wen Jue's initiative to befriend the Prince, she naturally readily agreed.The prince is honorable and gets on the sedan chair first, and walks in front, followed by Wen Jue's sedan chair, and when he gets on the sedan chair, Wen Jue calls for Xiao Qinzi, who is waiting for him, and whispers, "The prince will not return to the East Palace at noon. , you can mention something to the person in the East Palace, and ask her to persuade the person living in the East Palace that the current situation of the Ye family is a god-given opportunity, if she doesn’t go to Liu Banjun to find a place at this time, it’s better to wait.”

The sun was scorching at noon, and people who were still hot even though there was an ice basin in the room felt tired all over. Liu Banjun lazily leaned on the soft bed to digest food, and Xi Cui sat beside her doing needlework. Every lady in Cheng'an City can embroider with one hand. It's a pity that Liu Banjun doesn't know anything about it. If she is asked to use a set of marksmanship, she can dance in a majestic way, but holding an embroidery needle is really too weak to do it.In Xi Cui's hand was a small tiger hat with fine workmanship. At this time, only the king character in the middle of his forehead had not been embroidered. Liu Banjun gently stroked his stomach and looked at Xi Cui enviously, "I used to look down on Those women who only know how to embroider now regret that they didn’t go to school, so that they can sew something for the child in their womb.”

"If you know how to do anything, what do you want me to do?" Xi Cui said, her hand holding the hat could not help tightening, but her face was still full of joy, "I will be by your side for the rest of your life, You don't need to reach out for this needlework."

Liu Banjun smiled, "Who will spend your entire life with you, counting your age, it's time to find a good family for you, and after you get married, you can find a good one for Xiaotao." Speaking of Xiaotao, Liu Banjun then asked, "Where did she go? , the house seems to be very deserted these two days, I can't even hear anyone in this yard."

Xiaotao's eyes were swollen from crying and she didn't dare to show up, but Xi Cui was able to take care of things, she replied lightly, "Who knows where she went to play again, there is a reason why she is deserted, your month is getting older and older The old lady is very worried, wishing that everyone in the house will stay away from you except Xiaotao and me. The old lady was frightened when Sun Xiaohan wanted to poison your medicine last time. People are absolutely not allowed to come near our yard, don't you think it feels deserted?"

In the past, because of Liu Banjun's tepid attitude towards Ye Jinglan, Mrs. Ye didn't like her very much, but as the relationship between Liu Banjun and Ye Jinglan became better and better, even the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law eased up a lot, especially the matter of Sun Xiaohan. Mrs. Ye can be said to defend Liu Banjun in every possible way. Liu Banjun's temperament has always been to repay kindness and revenge, and she is also filial to her mother-in-law's kindness. Thinking that there is nothing wrong in the afternoon, Liu Banjun suggested, "Why don't we go to my mother's place for a chat , I always stay in this yard and I feel a little bored."

"Early this morning, people from the Ping'enhou Mansion came to invite the old lady. The old lady went back to her mother's house with the Ping'enhou's people. Just now, the master was announced into the palace to discuss matters, so you should be honest and continue in the yard. Just be bored, or I'll invite the housekeeper over to talk with you about life?"

Liu Banjun pointed Xi Cui's forehead with his index finger, "Nonsense."

The two were chatting and laughing, but there was a vague dispute in the yard. Xi Cui muttered something displeased, so Liu Banjun continued to rest and went out of the room to see what happened. When he saw the person at the gate of the yard Xi Cui thought she was hallucinating, and Sun Xiaohan stood arrogantly in front of Xiaotao and the soldiers who blocked her, holding a pure gold token in his hand, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, this is the order of the prince." card, even the guards at the door dare not resist and stop me, are you looking for death if you stand in front of me?"

How much Sun Xiaohan hates Liu Banjun may not be very clear to others, but Xiaotao and Xi Cui have been by Liu Banjun's side, how could they not know, let alone Sun Xiaohan is holding the crown prince's token in his hand, even if she is holding it The emperor's decree Xiaotao would not let her step into the courtyard.It was a secret that Sun Xiaohan was carried out at the beginning. Although he divorced his daughter-in-law, Ye Zongshi still had to worry about her father, Sun Ben's face, and didn't make a big statement about the reason, and the soldiers at the gate of the Ye family didn't have a chance to see the Ye family's daughters. So I believed that Sun Xiaohan was a close friend of Liu Banjun's boudoir who came to visit. Sun Xiaohan had the token of the prince and the maid guards brought a lot of people. To be on the safe side, I asked the maid to invite her to wait in the front hall, and hurriedly sent someone to notify the butler to receive her, but Sun Xiaohan didn't go to the front hall at all when he was on the familiar road of Ye's family. Went there, the Ye family issued a strict order not to allow idlers to wait near Liu Banjun's small courtyard, the government soldiers hurried over after hearing the news, fortunately Xiaotao was delayed by arguing with Sun Xiaohan at the gate of the courtyard for a while and did not let her break in, the government soldiers Immediately after arriving, he guarded the gate of the courtyard, so Xi Cui and Liu Banjun listened to the quarrel.

Seeing this, Xi Cui quickly ran to Xiaotao and stopped Sun Xiaohan at the door with her, "Why are you here?"

Sun Xiaohan held up the crown prince's badge in front of Xi Cui with a smug face, "Why do you dare to stop me?"

Since Sun Xiaohan entered the door, someone has rushed to inform the housekeeper. While the housekeeper had to take care of the ordinary affairs of the mansion, he also had to quietly attend to Ye Jinglan's funeral. It was because of this that Sun Xiaohan took advantage of the loophole and entered the door. The housekeeper rushed over Seeing that it was Sun Xiaohan who also knew that the visitor was not kind, he immediately sent someone to Ping Enhou's mansion to invite the old lady back, and then he stepped forward and said politely, "Miss Sun, my young lady is not in good condition and it is really inappropriate to see guests. Please go to the front hall to have a cup of tea, my old lady will be back soon, and the Ye family will always be grateful that you can come to visit me in person."

Sun Xiaohan hated Mrs. Ye for kicking him out, and sneered when he heard the housekeeper's words, "You don't have to carry that old woman out to suppress others. If I don't eat your Ye family's dinner now, am I still afraid that she will fail? Let Liu Banjun come out now. She To be a prince is to dare to disobey the order and not respect it."

Xiao Tao gritted her teeth angrily and wanted to scold, Xi Cui pulled Xiao Tao behind her, and looked at Sun Xiaohan coldly, "Madam, I don't know what purpose we are resisting, what is the purpose of His Royal Highness, please tell us first." I also know, but because my young wife is pregnant now, in order to ensure that there is no villain who wants to harm it, the token of His Royal Highness should wait for my master to come back and verify it. If the token is real If there is something disrespectful to the prince, my master will go to the imperial court to plead guilty, and then again, my wife is ordered by the imperial court to be the third rank, and ordinary women are naturally not qualified to ask for an audience. I don’t know if this lady is in the prince’s house What kind of identity, when we reported it, we knew it well. Our Ye family is a century-old family with big rules. It is not good for a prince and prince to come to a random girl, and our young lady will come out to receive it. joke."

"Presumptuous!" Sun Xiaohan slapped Xi Cui's face, and Xi Cui staggered two steps, but she didn't want to cause more noise and be heard by Liu Banjun, so she ignored the slap and just covered her hair Looking at the butler with numb cheeks, "You haven't asked this lady to wait in the front hall."

The housekeeper was about to agree when he heard the words, but saw Liu Banjun coming out of the house, looking at the door suspiciously, "Sun Xiaohan, what are you doing here, and why are you beating my Ye family?"