Bully

The next day Jinghua came to greet Mingchuan, and also sent a pair of fan covers, embroidered with pine orchid, bamboo and plum, which was very delicate.

Ming Chuan accepted it, and boasted: "The imperial sister's hands are very skillful."

Jinghua smiled, but did not speak, Ming Chuan touched the fan cover, and asked: "You have really thought about it, Zhang Xinyuan is the one chosen by the son-in-law."

Jinghua nodded, and said: "I will tell you the truth, brother, I asked my uncle's family to inquire about Zhang Xinyuan, and I also heard about the matter with An Guogong's mansion."

"You don't care?"

Jinghua said: "After all, there is no real beginning and end, but it makes me feel that Zhang Xinyuan is a pure and filial person."

Ming Chuan said again: "If it spreads out, others will say that two women compete for one man, which is harmful to your reputation."

Jinghua looked calm: "Life is for yourself, not for fame."

Ming Chuan said: "Well, I will issue a decree to marry you two soon. You can also rest assured that as long as I am still in power, I will be your imperial brother, and I can make decisions for you."

After hearing this, Jinghua felt relieved, with a bit of joy on her face.

Jinghua came out of the Zichen Palace, feeling very good, and said: "Go to the Imperial Garden, pick some flowers and send them to the Queen Mother."

She went back to Changchun Palace with a bouquet of flowers, and smiled when she saw the queen mother: "Look at the flowers, how beautiful they are blooming."

The queen mother smiled and said: "That's right." Turning around, she told the maid to find a blue and white porcelain bottle to put it in.

The queen mother held Jinghua's hand and asked, "Is the marriage done?"

Jinghua said with a smile: "Brother Huang said, as long as he is still in power for a day, everything can be decided by me."

The queen mother nodded and sighed: "Okay, for a girl in this world, if her mother's family is willing to stand out for her, then the girl's life in her in-law's house will be easier. The queen mother has suffered so much in her life, I just ask you to be gentle." , to live comfortably."

After seeing Jinghua off, Mingchuan held the tea bowl in a daze, and Yan Ke changed him to a new cup of tea.Ming Chuan came back to his senses and asked, "Isn't Zhang Xinyuan new in office today?"

"Yes."

Ming Chuan stood up and said, "Announce him to have an audience."

Yan Ke went to invite Zhang Xinyuan in person. At that time, Zhang Xinyuan was sitting in front of his desk, and the files were stacked three feet high. Most of them were brought out by everyone to embarrass him.Yan Ke heard the sarcasm from the people next to him: "Don't think that if you win His Majesty's favor, you can go straight up. It's not sure who is the big tree in this dynasty. If you can't keep the high branch you climbed today, it will collapse."

"Then who does this lord think is the big tree in the court?" Yan Ke walked into the hall, and there was a sudden silence.

Zhang Xinyuan stood up calmly, cupped his hands and saluted: "Eunuch Yan."

Yan Ke turned sideways and received a half-respect: "Don't dare." He glanced past the person who spoke, and saw that the person's face was bruised from suffocation, and there was panic in his eyes.

Yan Ke moved his eyes away, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has an order to announce the audience of Yushi Zhang, Mr. Zhang, please."

Zhang Xinyuan responded and followed Yan Ke away.

On the way, Yan Ke asked: "Master Zhang knows the one who just spoke up?"

Zhang Xinyuan said: "The lord's surname is Wang, and he is the direct superior of this minister."

Yan Ke smiled, and said inexplicably, "Master Zhang has really caught up."

Before Zhang Xinyuan had time to ask what he was catching up with, Zichen Palace was in front of him.

When they arrived in the palace, Zhang Xinyuan gathered up his robe and saluted. Ming Chuan propped his head, said a few symbolic polite words, and said directly: "Princess Jinghua in the palace is just at a good age. She has taken a fancy to you. I don't know you how about?"

Zhang Xinyuan was dumbfounded by this sudden talk, and then quickly reacted, saying: "It's my luck that the eldest princess has taken a fancy to this humble official."

"Will you marry her?"

"The minister is overjoyed."

Ming Chuan nodded, knocked him and said: "I only have one younger sister, Jinghua, who is virtuous and virtuous, obedient and humble, and I really don't want to let her marry. I know your family background. You don't force yourself to eat and drink, but you must love her and respect her." , respect her, don't insult her casually."

"I will live up to your majesty's entrustment." Zhang Xinyuan held his hands in salute.

Ming Chuan said: "I will issue a decree in a few days, and at the same time I will give you a decree for you to discuss marriage with the Ministry of Rites."

Zhang Xinyuan kowtowed and bowed again, Ming Chuan picked up his tea and said, "Okay, let's go down."

Zhang Xinyuan got up to leave, he walked a long way, and looked back at the Zichen Palace, this palace was still majestic and majestic.When he returned to Yushitai, the files on the table were gone, and there were many people who came and went who secretly looked at him, but no one was acting strangely in front of him.That Mr. Wang, beside his desk, looked panic-stricken.

Zhang Xinyuan sat back, thinking to himself, power is really a good thing.

In the afternoon, Mingchuan fell asleep, woke up dazed, and asked, "Where is the national teacher?"

Yan Ke brought up a cup of tea and said, "The national teacher has left the palace."

"Leaving the palace." Ming Chuan woke up, suddenly remembered, and said: "He hasn't taken back the token of leaving the palace here."

Yan Ke instantly understood what he wanted to do, and said, "Your Majesty."

Ming Chuan glanced at him, determined to go out, but Yan Ke didn't persuade him anymore, and went to prepare clothes for him.

This time when Ming Chuan left the palace, he didn't go anywhere. He walked along the street, looking around, and after a while, Yan Ke's hands were full of things.

Ming Chuan held a bunch of candied haws in his hand. The hawthorns were bright red, very attractive.Just biting down, almost made Ming Chuan's teeth sore.Seeing that his sour face was wrinkled, Yan Ke said: "Throw it away if it tastes bad."

Ming Chuan shook his head, still holding the bunch of candied haws in his hand, and said, "I don't know if it's because I was unlucky, but when I went back to buy candied haws, the ones I bought were all extremely sour."

"My lord has been out of the palace before?" Yan Ke sensed the meaning of his words.

Ming Chuan nodded, and said: "I used to go out of the palace. At that time, I was young and shameless. I made trouble with him, but he thought it was annoying, so he sent me out of the palace to play."

Ming Chuan didn't have a long memory, so he took another bite of candied haws, resisted swallowing it, and said, "I got into a fight with him later, and also sneaked out." Ming Chuan frowned, not knowing whether he was sour or something, and said: " Not a good memory."

Yan Ke stopped asking, and said, "It's getting late, let's go back."

Ming Chuan took a deep breath and said, "I don't want to go back."

"Ke Guoshi..." Yan Ke hesitated to speak.

Ming Chuan walked forward with a smile: "We carried him on our backs when we came out today, and we didn't go down even if we went back on time. Why don't we have fun."

Walking forward is the river in the city, and a row of weeping willows are planted beside the embankment. It is dark now, and rows of candles are lit by the river, and the river surface is as bright as stars.The two shared what they were eating with the little beggars, and went to the hawkers to buy river lanterns.

The river lanterns are not exquisitely made, far worse than those in the palace.But the simplicity has the beauty of simplicity, looks real, and is popular.

Ming Chuan picks and chooses, wants all of them, and says, "I want them all."

Beside the stall were two children, who looked like a pair of brother and sister, dressed in rags and very thin.The two children pawed at the stall and looked at the river lanterns on it.The elder brother stretched out his hand, and there were four copper coins in his hand, "I want one."

The peddler said: "One river lantern is five yuan. Besides, what kind of river lantern do you two want? If you have that money, don't keep it for dinner!"

The elder brother retracted his hand, but he didn't leave, he was still watching.The younger sister tugged at the hem of her brother's clothes, crying anxiously.The peddler didn't talk to them anymore, turned around and accidentally knocked off a river lantern, and a leaf was broken off the decoration on the river lantern.He said to Ming Chuan: "This one is broken, the young master doesn't want it."

Ming Chuan nodded, took the He Lantern, turned around and saw the peddler holding the He Lantern with a broken leaf, and walked up to the two children: "The broken ones can't be sold, you take them."

The two children smiled instantly, the peddler patted the girl on the head, packed up her things and left.

When Ming Chuan and Yan Ke walked to the river, they didn't pay too much attention. They opened their clothes and sat down. They took out the river lanterns, lit them one by one, and put them into the water.

"Don't you make a wish, young master? I heard that there is a river god to bless you." Yan Ke asked.

"There are so many river lanterns on the river, can the river god fulfill their wishes one by one?"

Yan Ke said: "Maybe put a few more, the chance of the river god seeing it will be higher."

Ming Chuan thought about it seriously: "Then I can clean up the river surface and only put my river lanterns on."

Yan Ke responded to him: "Of course."

Ming Chuan thought about it and laughed: "In this way, besides being an idiot, I am also a fool."

Yan Ke shook his head, raised his eyebrows and said in a warm voice, "My lord is a good emperor."

Ming Chuan smiled, and saw the two children just now by mistake. They were holding a river lantern with a broken leaf, their faces were pious, and they made a wish earnestly. smile.

Ming Chuan hugged his knees, tilted his head and looked at them, seeing that the two children were about to leave, he stopped them.

The elder brother protected the younger sister behind his head, "What are you doing?"

Seeing that the two were so vigilant, Ming Chuan took out a pack of sweet-scented osmanthus candies from his purse, ate one himself, and handed it to the two children. With a smile on his face: "It's delicious."

Ming Chuan then asked: "What wish did you just make?"

Before the elder brother could speak, the younger sister said first: "I made a wish to live in a warm house with my elder brother. This winter is too cold. If it is still like this next winter, I will not be able to endure it."

Ming Chuan thought for a while, then reached out his hand to Yan Ke, and Yan Ke took out the purse containing silver.Ming Chuan took it and threw it to the boy.The boy opened the purse hesitantly, only to see that it was full of silver melon seeds and gold leaves, so heavy that the boy could barely hold it.

"Here you go."

The girl was stunned, not knowing what to do in the face of this situation, but the boy, he grabbed the money bag, tightened and loosened his fingers, and finally let go: "We can't have it."

"Why?" Ming Chuan asked.

The boy said: "You are a good person, we don't want your money."

"Good man." Ming Chuan laughed out loud. He looked at the river surface dotted with river lights and said, "Boy, do you want to love it? After passing this village, there will be no such shop."

Seeing this, Yan Ke picked up the money bag and persuaded him a few words. He didn't know what he said. The boy picked up the money bag and vowed: "You are a good person, I will repay you."