Ben Hou is ill

Yan Zhaoge remembered that she had been ill for a month from typhoid fever this time, and her father came back to stay for a while, because the Huns in the Northland had movements, so she went back to the Northland again, and was seriously injured in the attack, and died soon after.In Xingping's third year and the whole year, Jihou's mansion was in chaos, no one took care of the two concubines, and no one knew that Yan Ningsheng had caused a catastrophe.

If the eldest princess hadn't overwhelmed everyone's opinions, she would have fallen into this matter that she didn't even know about in her previous life.

She changed into a clean underwear, put on a middle coat, and put on a coat.The wind in Chang'an was still cold in April, Ji Xia didn't allow her to go out of the courtyard wearing a thin layer.

The population of Jihou Mansion is simple, there are only four people in the junior generation.Yan Zhaoge started studying in the outer courtyard at the age of seven, moved to live in the outer courtyard at the age of eight, and could only move back to the inner courtyard after she got married.Yan Ningyue stayed in the inner courtyard because of his young age. Yan Ningsheng and Yan Ningkang studied and practiced martial arts in the outer courtyard during the day, and only entered the inner courtyard at night when they rested.In the inner courtyard, there are only Princess Linyuan and the biological mothers of Yan Ningsheng and Yan Ningkang.

Yan Ningsheng and Yan Ningkang were born in the same year. They are less than 15 years old this year and have not moved to the outer courtyard, but this does not prevent Yan Ningsheng from causing trouble.

Yan Zhaoge ordered people to guard the corner door of the outer courtyard, Yan Ningsheng could only sneak in through the corner door of the backyard, his biological mother's family had sold themselves in the mansion, uncle Zhang Da made the corner door of the backyard, Yan Ningsheng Often take advantage of this convenience to sneak out.

In the past, Yan Zhaoge was only thinking about Yandi, and turned a blind eye to the two younger brothers, but now he can't.

Yan Zhaoge stood in front of the corner gate of the inner courtyard. Her biological mother was not there. Although she was the eldest son of the Hou family, but the young stepmother and the stepson of the upright young man had an affair in private, which was arousing suspicion, so she informed Princess Linyuan.Princess Linyuan sent Liang Zhi, the steward of the inner courtyard, to follow her so that she could give orders.

Yan Zhaoge was very patient, she asked someone to move a set of tables and chairs at the corner door, she wore a robe and held hot tea, and Ji Xia would bring her another cup from time to time.Liang Zhi and the soldiers who were waiting here with her also put on robes to protect against the cold.

It is now the nineteenth day of April in the third year of Xingping.

Yan Zhaoge was drinking tea while thinking about what happened in Xingping three years ago.Although many earth-shaking events happened in the four years of Xingping, in fact, there were omens in the three years of Xingping, or even longer, but no one connected these things together.

In January, the queen gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor.

In March, General Zhennan rebelled and was killed, and the royal family, the Duke of Shu, temporarily took charge of General Zhennan's headquarters.

In mid-April, the second and third sons of the emperor were born one after another.Today, the eldest son of the emperor is established as the prince.

In May, the Empress Dowager passed away.

In June, the Xiongnu raided the north, and the general Zhenbei was seriously injured in the attack.

In September, General Zhenbei died, and the Marquis of Guangnan led General Zhenbei.

In December, there was heavy snow in the north and famine in Mobei.

After that, the Huns went south.

Marquis of Guangnan... Heh.

It wasn't until the climax of the moon was approaching, and the house had already been lit with lanterns, that the corner door was pushed open by two furtive figures.

Yan Zhaoge stood with his hands behind his back, his face sinking like water.

Liang Zhi, the steward of the inner courtyard, opened his eyes wide in surprise. It was the second young master Yan Ningsheng and Zhang Da's son Zhang Shi.

Zhang Da plopped and knelt down, "Shi, Shizi..."

Yan Zhaoge didn't even shift her gaze, she looked at Yan Ningsheng, and said, "Yan Ningsheng, it's already past the time to return home."

Yan Ningsheng was so nervous that his throat tightened, but he was not afraid of Yan Zhaoge. Although he was the eldest brother, he seldom asked about his affairs with Yan Ningkang. When the two bastards got into trouble outside, the housekeeper only reported it to their father, and then they were arrested. Kneeling and copying the book, Yan Zhaoge listened to him without even giving him a look.Neither he nor Yan Ningkang recognized this elder brother, but Yan Ningkang's biological mother sold herself into the mansion, unlike Yan Ningsheng's biological mother who also had parents and brothers to help in the mansion, Yan Ningkang was fined several times. Stay in the mansion honestly.

Yan Ningsheng is only afraid of his father Yan Lan.

The father who was punished to kneel and kneel all night, his knees were bruised and swollen, and he couldn't even walk, but he didn't even frown.

"What are the rules of father in Shifu?" Yan Zhaoge asked.

Liang Zhi bowed and said: "The rules in the mansion have not changed. If there is no official business or banquet, you must return to the mansion before a quarter of Xu time."

"What time is it?"

"Three quarters of the hour."

"How about making a mistake?"

"When kneeling in the ancestral hall."

Yan Zhaoge looked at Yan Ningsheng, and said, "Go and kneel. Kneel until tomorrow morning."

Yan Ningsheng's eyes widened, and he roared, "Father isn't here, why?!"

Zhang Shi had knelt beside his father a long time ago, his face was swollen with eye sockets, and the sweat was pouring down like rain.Yan Ningsheng is the master, and his resistance is nothing more than kneeling for a few days and grounding his feet. If a child like him dares to resist, he will be assigned to farm in Zhuangzi, or the whole family will be sold.No one thought that Shizi, who was so sick yesterday, would wake up today.

"Do you think that my son is just a display?" Yan Zhaoge asked, "Liang Zhi."

"Sir."

"Remember, Yan Ningsheng lingered on flowers and willows and came back late, caused trouble outside, contradicted his elder brother, and punished him to kneel in the ancestral hall." Yan Zhaoge stared at the rouge rubbed on his collar, "Zhang Da doesn't follow the rules, he doesn't know how to teach his son, Twenty lashes."

"Yes."

"Liang Zhi, you report the matter to your mother. Zhang Da will be in the front yard. If there is a lack of manpower in the back yard, let my mother let me know. I will send Ren Yazi into the house."

"Yes."

"Father will return to Beijing in a few days, and the inner courtyard will be cleaned up. If Yan Ningsheng resists, he can be tied up and thrown into the ancestral hall. The ancestors will not blame him."

Hearing that Ji Hou had returned to Beijing recently, Liang Zhi shuddered, "Yes."

Yan Ningsheng had already suppressed his resistance, and was pressured by his own soldiers to go to the ancestral hall with his head downcast.Even if he wanted to resist, he couldn't get rid of the soldiers who had fought several times on the northern battlefield.

"Zhang Shi will not follow you from now on, go to the front yard."

Yan Ningsheng, you better not get into trouble yet.Yan Zhaoge walked towards the outer courtyard with a cold face, Zhang Shi followed shyly.

Although the population in the mansion is small, this bastard is really not bad. Even Yan Ningkang, who seems to have no ambitions now, will be much more promising than Yan Ningsheng in the future.If a big mistake has really been made, letting Yan Ningsheng kneel to death in the ancestral hall is better than killing all the families in Jihou's mansion.

"What happened tonight." Yan Zhaoge sat in the small hall of the outer courtyard, with Zhang Shi kneeling in front of him.

"Returning to the son. The villain and the second son went out after lunch. The second son listened to storytelling in the teahouse all afternoon, and had dinner in Cuixianglou. Then I came back." Zhang Shi lowered his head and said.

"Your father is an honest and responsible person except that he can't get rid of the affection and let Yan Ningsheng take advantage of the loopholes. Otherwise, father would not have taken Aunt Zhang into the house. But you are actually a slippery boy. You think I dare not say it." Did you sell your whole family?"

"The small ones don't dare... The small ones don't dare. Really, really small ones are waiting outside the door. I don't know exactly what happened to the small ones." Zhang Shi knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, with the little calculation in his heart. After being frightened, it disappeared immediately.

"You don't need to be clear, tell the story from the beginning to the end." Yan Zhaoge knocked on the table, "If you feel that you need a whip to be motivated to speak, I can reward you with twenty whips right now."

"Yes. If you come back to the prince, in the afternoon, in the teahouse in the afternoon, the second son is in the box, and the younger one is guarding outside the door. During this time, two noble sons came in. The second son called him the little prince and welcomed them in. After that, the younger People don't know."

little Prince?There are not many royal residences in Chang'an, which residence is the little prince?Yan Zhaoge frowned and thought about it, but couldn't remember it. The time had passed so long that she couldn't remember many things clearly. If it wasn't for the extremely serious disaster caused by this incident, she wouldn't remember it at all.

"No women?" Yan Zhaoge asked.

"No."

"Didn't you say listen to storytelling? Listen to storytelling in the box? What kind of storytelling did Yan Ningsheng hear?"

Zhang Shi didn't dare to answer.

Yan Zhaoge also knew that Zhang Shi was both Yan Ningsheng's cousin and his servant, so he would subconsciously protect him, otherwise Yan Ningsheng would be offended, and his family might not have a good life in the mansion, but for the sake of If you don't offend Yan Ningsheng but offend the prince, then it's not just as simple as not having a good life.

"go on."

"The two aristocrats invited the second son to have dinner at the Cuixiang Building, and I ate a little by chance. Afterwards, a nobleman from the Cuixiang Building played the piano and sang in the lobby. After she finished singing, the second son I was invited upstairs by someone, and the villain was waiting downstairs, and after a while, the second son was kicked out, and the younger one was also beaten."

"How long has Yan Ningsheng been upstairs?"

"About two sticks of incense."

Two sticks of incense, there should be no time to make mistakes.It may also be that he was discovered before he made a mistake... Many things are still unclear, and it is difficult to say for sure.

Yan Zhaoge nodded, as if he agreed with this statement, and said: "Remember this time, next time you make a mistake, you will be punished together. You don't have to go back to the backyard. Yan Ningsheng's servant, I will appoint someone else. During this time, you In the front yard."

"Thank you sir!" Zhang Shi was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He told the story like pouring beans, and if he returned to Yan Ningsheng's side, he would definitely not have his good fruit to eat. Kneeling for hours would be light. Zhao Ge was taking care of him by letting him stay in the front yard.

"Go out, Xie Yan will arrange for you."

Xie Yan is the steward of the outer courtyard.

"Retire, little one."

After Zhang Shi withdrew, Ji Xia came in to exchange a cup of hot tea for her. "My son, warm up your body, it's windy at night."

Yan Zhaoge smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip, the hot air poured down her throat, warming even her internal organs.She had just recovered from a serious illness, and her body couldn't bear the cold, otherwise she shouldn't have felt so cold in this season.

"Just a little drink, go back to the room, it's time to rest."

Ji Xia nodded, put on a robe for her, and the two walked around the mansion one after the other with lanterns on.

Regardless of why the King of Jinan came to Beijing, the little prince alone is worth investigating.

After the Jin family hunted south, the heirs of five generations of emperors, including the first emperor, were not counted as abundant. In addition, the emperor Shizu returned to Chang'an for the Northern Expedition and set the ancestral precepts: the clan kings are only for themselves, and the descendants do not care about the concubines. The eldest son is made the Duke of the state and goes to the state, and the rest of the descendants are made the king, allowing hereditary succession to become an official, and then transfer in order, just like the son of a lord with a different surname who enters an official, he must have served for a long time, seniority, and Fang Fengjun King, but the title and country received by his ancestors and fathers will not be inherited.

The existing kings and nobles of the Jin Dynasty are only double ten, and the imperial clan before Nanshou, the Jin family, only restored the former King Lu.

The censor in Chang'an especially likes to chase after the clan's ass and spit, and the princes are more willing to spend time and drink in their fiefdoms, so in fact, there are not many kings who stay in Beijing all the year round. Most of the people in Beijing stay in Chang'an to study according to the ancestors' precepts The remaining sons of the kings who practice martial arts.Normally, the princes in Beijing are the emperor's brothers and heirs, but the first emperor had no children, and now he is adopted. He has no brothers. In terms of heirs, the eldest son of the emperor has only been born for a few months, so it is even more impossible.

Could it be Jinan Palace?No, it shouldn't be, this incident happened in the previous life, and at that time the King of Jinan didn't come to Beijing, so it shouldn't be the Prince's Mansion of Jinan.Yan Zhaoge thought for a while, but couldn't think of a possible candidate.She is vague about how many princes there are in Dajin now.

Go out of the house tomorrow and go for a walk.

Yan Zhaoge sighed.

Hope to change things in time.

The author has something to say: it is not the Sima Jin in history.

The rules for the succession of clan royals are modeled on Zhao and Song Dynasties.

I forgot to mention it in the previous chapter, because Tai/Zu will be blocked, so the temple name of the founding emperor is set as Gaozu.