Abandoned prince's favorite

When autumn comes, all kinds of chrysanthemums occupy the branches in the imperial garden, yellow, pink, green, in different colors and sizes, equally dividing the whole autumn.

The Empress Dowager did things neatly, but within a few days, she used the chrysanthemum banquet as an excuse to recruit a group of women of the right age into the palace, saying that she would talk with her to relieve boredom, but in fact she was looking for suitable concubines for the new emperor.

In the Chonghua Pavilion, all the ladies and gentlemen sat in their seats dutifully, only the woman in red at the top on the left held the chrysanthemum wine in her hand with a smile, and said sweetly: "Xian'er again Greetings from the empress dowager, I wish the empress dowager a healthy body and a hundred years of peace."

The queen mother seemed to like her very much, and waved to her with a smile.

"You girl, your mouth is getting sweeter."

The woman in red blushed and slid into the empress dowager's embrace, acting like a spoiled child, "The empress dowager is used to making fun of Xian'er."

Seeing this, the ladies below couldn't help talking in a low voice.

"Who is this? How dare you be so bold?"

"Sister, don't you even know her? This is the niece of the empress dowager's natal family, and she was promised to the new emperor earlier, but at that time, the new emperor was demoted to a commoner because of the witchcraft case, and the dealer immediately transferred To gain the limelight, she betrothed this girl Zhuang to the eldest son of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites, but who knows that now that the abolished prince Qianlong ascended to heaven and became the new emperor, this would send her into the palace in a hurry."

"Oh, it's really a good method."

"Who says it's not? Let's forget about the Queen's seat. It must be Miss Zhuang in this situation."

The last sentence was a wake-up call to all the ladies present, and they all raised their glasses to toast. After all, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the future master of the harem.

Zhuang Xian dealt with it arrogantly, as if she was already the empress of the new emperor.

Everyone dare not complain.

The Empress Dowager looked at the Yingying Yanyans in the pavilion, fat and thin around them, all rare beauties, and asked: "Is the Emperor still criticizing papers at this moment? Why haven't you come yet? Send someone to invite me again, if you don't come , this old bone of the Ai family can only be invited in person.”

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, as soon as the ministers who discussed the matter left, the people around the Queen Mother came to invite them again.

Xie Chengan stretched out his hand and pinched the space between his eyebrows.

"Since the queen mother is so kind, I'll go and have a look."

As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, he felt that something was missing. He tilted his head and asked, "Where's Bao'er?"

The little eunuch who accompanied him quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Eunuch Yu went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the accounts early in the morning. He said that he wanted to find out the bad debts and bad debts of these years. Right now, the chief eunuchs and nuns of all departments are all concerned. Listening to training at the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Xie Cheng'an put his hands behind his back, these days he is busy with the affairs of the court, and Yu Fengbao is busy with the affairs of the palace and has no time to rest, but looking at Yu Fengbao's posture, he is quite talented as a housekeeper .

The corners of Xie Chengan's lips curled up.

"Order, don't tell Bao'er what's going on today."

He didn't want to make Yu Fengbao unhappy, otherwise if he didn't go to bed with him at night and didn't even ask him to touch him, he would be the one who would suffer.

Xie Chengan was tall and tall, with an extraordinary handsome face, and the bright yellow dragon robe that he was wearing all the more brought out his cold and dignified temperament. As soon as he entered the Chonghua Pavilion, all the women's eyes were fixed on him.

He frowned slightly, he didn't like these gazes.

Putting aside his current status as the emperor, these pampered boudoir ladies probably wouldn't even look him straight.

"Greetings, son to mother."

As soon as Xie Chengan invited An to sit down, Zhuang Xian walked up to him with a toast, "Cousin, you've come, my aunt was talking about you just now. This is the chrysanthemum wine brewed by the Empress Dowager, cousin, try it. "

Xie Chengan sat on the wide chair, lowered his head and straightened his robe.

"Why is the queen mother calling her son so urgently?"

The Empress Dowager's face was a little uneasy, and she hurriedly smiled and said: "Xian'er, get up quickly, we are all a family, where do you get so many polite manners?"

Xie Chengan's face darkened.

"When I went to court today, I seemed to have heard a gossip, saying that cousin Zhuang Xian broke the marriage with the eldest son of the Minister of Rites, and there was a lot of trouble. In a blink of an eye, the Queen Mother called people into the palace again, so that the outsider was confused. When the villain saw me, he thought I was a foolish ruler who wanted to rob his subjects. The son is in charge of the government for the first time, and the queen mother will not let the son bear such a crime and embarrass the son, right?"

Zhuang Xian bit her lip tightly, not letting herself cry out.

The queen mother was resentful.

"You and my mother and son, that's natural."

Xie Cheng'an said again: "The empress dowager loves my cousin so much that she is often called into the palace. It's just that it's different now. Cousin has to be vigilant and follow some rules when it comes to addressing her. It's polite for me to tell the empress dowager a family. If you Even if my cousin yells, that's overstepping the rules."

"Yes. Xian... the courtier's daughter is convicted."

Zhuang Xian couldn't hold back after all, her voice choked with sobs.

……

Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Dozens of benches were neatly lined up in the yard, and on the benches were eunuchs who were being tortured.

Yu Fengbao was sitting in the reclining chair on the porch, and there were countless ledgers on the rosewood low table beside him. They were all old ledgers over the years. He reached out for the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said coldly, "Execution."

For a while, there were wailing and begging for mercy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the sound of the board hitting the flesh seemed to hit everyone's heart.

The chief stewards and nuns of the Seventh Division and the Third Hospital were all standing in the courtyard.

The weather is cool in autumn, but there are fine beads of sweat on their backs.

"This early in the morning, all the stewards and nuns have been imprisoned. After listening to what I said so much, it has made you suffer. I am young and have not experienced anything. It is just that I can't support the trust of the emperor, so I entrusted me with a heavy responsibility. I became the general manager. Since the emperor trusts me, I have to take good care of this huge palace for the emperor."

Yu Fengbao got up and walked to the yard.

"As the saying goes, the new dynasty has a new atmosphere. Our emperor has just ascended the throne, so the rules in this palace have to be slightly changed. As long as you perform your duties in the future and don't cause trouble for me, I will naturally be the best to speak. If someone dares to break ground on Tai Sui and take the lead in breaking the rules, don't blame me for being rude."

Yu Fengbao's eyes were like knives, sweeping across everyone present.

Everyone felt like a light was on their backs, and they all bowed and said: "The servants only look forward to Yu's male stallion, and they will never dare to make mistakes."

There was a smell of blood in the yard, accompanied by the humming of the tortured.

"That's good. I'm not that unreasonable person. As long as you do things with peace of mind, I will naturally not treat you badly. You all know the things in your various divisions and courtyards in your own hearts. From today to the world, what happened in the past I can let the past go, and cover it up with good words for you in front of the emperor, but if you find out that there are disobedient ones in the future, these people will be your fate."

Yu Fengbao pointed at the eunuch who was lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, and shouted sharply.

Everyone's face turned pale with fright, and they respectfully agreed.

Seeing that it was almost time, Yu Fengbao said: "If you have nothing to do, go back."

Everyone fled out of the House of Internal Affairs as if they had received an amnesty.

After all the people in the yard dispersed, Yu Fengbao let out a long sigh of relief, and took a big mouthful of tea. He almost couldn't hold back all the things just now, but now he felt dry mouth and fear after a while.

This trick is called killing chickens to scare monkeys, using both grace and power.

This is what Li Jinshui taught him. Fortunately, he has done well, which can be regarded as a prestige.

As soon as he put down the teacup, he saw a little eunuch rushing in.

"Reporting to Eunuch Yu, the emperor went to Chonghua Pavilion."

Yu Fengbao frowned. The Empress Dowager is holding a chrysanthemum banquet in Chonghua Pavilion today, but who knows that she is secretly choosing a concubine for the emperor to enrich the harem. Although Yu Fengbao said he doesn't mind, he still feels a little sad in his heart.

He froze for a moment, then walked into the house.

"Make up for me."

Yu Fengbao sat in front of the dressing table, looking at himself in the bronze mirror, this was his first time dressing up.

The human face in the bronze mirror is like a spring breeze, as bright as peaches and plums, there is a clear and penetrating light in the pupil-like pupils of autumn water, and the red lips are full and lustrous, like the blooming roses.

"Eunuch Yu was already beautiful when he was born, but with this outfit, he can't even compare with those women in the palace."

The nanny who combed her hair smiled and complimented her.

Yu Fengbao was a little embarrassed, blushing and lowering his head.He was judged as the same as the decisive and harsh Yu Gonggong just now.

……

Xie Chengan couldn't sit still anymore, he was thinking about getting up and leaving.

Although the Empress Dowager does not want the Queen's position to fall into the hands of others, but right now it is not easy to tear face with Xie Chengan in front of everyone. There are many dealers with daughters. Since Zhuang Xian can't do it, then choose another one. Let's choose today Just a few concubines.

"These are all well-known noble ladies in the capital. Regardless of their looks, talents, and virtues, they are all second to none. Let's take a look, Your Majesty. If there are some who are attractive, it's fine if you don't. There are tens of thousands of good women in my Zhou Dynasty, and there are always thousands of good women, and there will always be someone who can catch the eyes of the emperor."

The queen mother preemptively blocked Xie Chengan's retreat.

Even if Xie Chengan refused today, he can choose again in the future.

Xie Chengan frowned.

He didn't bother to look at these rouge vulgar fans, right now he only had Yu Fengbao in his eyes and heart, but just as he was thinking about it, he saw Yu Fengbao walking over surrounded by a group of people.

He seems to be extraordinarily good-looking today, with sparkling eyes and a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

"The slave pays respects to the emperor and the empress dowager."

The Empress Dowager only glanced at it, and muttered in a low voice, "The fox is charming."

Xie Chengan swept away the sleepy expression just now, and his pair of phoenix eyes seemed to grow on Yu Fengbao's body, and he refused to move away.

With a happy expression on his face, he waved at Yu Fengbao, "I was about to send someone to look for you, and I came here without thinking about you, which shows that I and Bao'er have a good understanding."

He wanted to pull Yu Fengbao to sit down with him, but Yu Fengbao broke away.

Yu Fengbao stood by his side with eyes half downcast, "I just finished handling the chores of the House of Internal Affairs, so I'll come and take a look when I have free time, so I can take care of the emperor."

These words are full of sour taste.

Xie Chengan was so happy, he reached out and took Yu Fengbao's hand.

"The imperial dining room sent some freshly made hawthorn cakes. I remember that you like to eat sour ones recently, so I kept them for you."

Seeing that he couldn't break free, Yu Fengbao let him hold his hand, and complained in a low voice: "It's not a very good thing, but it's worth being so worried about by the emperor. It's becoming more and more petty."

Xie Chengan was not annoyed at being hurt, a smile was on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing the two of them biting their ears and whispering to each other as if no one was watching them, and seeing Xie Chengan's bright face, they knew that the young eunuch in front of them was dressed in a eunuch uniform and had an outstanding appearance, comparable to an exiled immortal. The new emperor has come all the way from the abolished prince, and he is also the person on the cusp of the new emperor's heart.

So it seems that the rumors are not true.

Xie Chengan got up and said: "Mother, there are still matters in the previous court, so my son will retire first."

"Hey……"

Before the Queen Mother could speak, Xie Chengan took Yu Fengbao's hand out of the Chonghua Pavilion.

One is tall and tall, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and the other is tall and thin, with willow waist and hips, dressed in flying fish pattern clothes. Although their identities are like clouds and mud, just looking at their backs, they feel incomparably harmonious , is very correct.