Difficult for a son-in-law

It was early May when Mingzhan arrived in the imperial capital, and the weather was slightly hot.

Feng Mingxiang and Feng Mingrui brought officials from the Ministry of Rites to greet him. In the past, even if Ming Zhan was crowned heir, the prince would not need to go out to welcome him, but today is not the same as before. His father accepted your father's imperial decree Accompany you, and you will go to the West Paradise with you. It is inevitable that the Zhennan Prince's Mansion will have some complaints and ask what happened.

Therefore, the ostentation to welcome Ming Zhan was more grand than in the past.

When the cousins ​​meet each other, it's always when the father doesn't know his whereabouts, and it's hard to greet him with a smile. The atmosphere is a little tense, Feng Mingxiang said first, "Brother Zhan has had a hard time on the road."

"Lao and the two imperial brothers welcome each other, it's very clear."

Ming Zhan ordered the large army to return to Zhennan Wangfu, the imperial capital, and a small group of attendants followed him and Ming Lian into the palace to greet the Empress Dowager Wei.

On the way, Ming Zhan asked Yu Jia softly if he had any news.

The Empress Dowager Wei's palace was the same as before, but the old lady lost both of her sons, her energy was not as good as before, and she looked much older.But the palace is well maintained, and the body looks tough.Now seeing Ming Zhan Ming Lian and thinking of his poor son, he couldn't help crying.

Ming Zhan and Ming Lian tried to persuade her once, the Empress Dowager Wei was not only sad for her son, but now that her son has disappeared, and there is no crown prince in the court, the importance of the Empress Dowager is revealed, seven or eight gangs of people come to her every day Speak to help.If it was another person, with the heart to exercise power, I'm afraid he would have been happy long ago.

Empress Dowager Wei did not have this kind of temperament. Although she had some selfishness, she was only helping her natal family, and the rest of the family and country affairs were not clear. Recalling the wind and frost swords in the last years of the first emperor, the old lady did not worry about herself. No matter which grandson was in power, she would It's the empress dowager, only more honorable.However, in the last years of the first emperor, only three of the ten sons survived, how tragic it was.Every time she thinks about this, the Empress Dowager Wei's heart is like being fried in an oil pan over and over again, so no matter who it is, the old lady will never let go of the candidate for the crown prince.

Later, it was Wei Ning who suggested to Queen Mother Wei, "Invite Ming Zhan to come to the imperial capital."

"He?" Empress Dowager Wei really didn't think of Ming Zhan for a while, the grandson she disliked the most was Ming Zhan.

"Auntie, Ming Zhan is the heir of the imperial court and heir to the royal family. After all, the second cousin happened to accompany him. In terms of reason, we have to tell him." Wei Ning said, "Nowadays, the court is in chaos, and there are many disputes. , If it drags on any longer, it may lead to a catastrophe. Auntie remembers that in those days, the second cousin got the title of son first, and the emperor got the title of crown prince second..."

Empress Dowager Wei grabbed her nephew's wrist fiercely, and said in surprise, "That boy Ming Zhan, I can't subdue him, so I called him here, so we don't want to be bitten back."

"Mom, I don't care about it for the time being, you are his direct grandmother." Wei Ning said softly, "Someone in the court has proposed to invite the eldest son to the court, and they are brothers, are they not the direct sons?"

The word "严" stabbed Empress Dowager Wei's heart disease backwards. The corners of Empress Dowager Wei's lips drooped, and she said after a long while, "Mingli is only one step away."

Wei Ning broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly persuaded, "Auntie, don't think about it. Yongninghou's mansion is also after meritorious service, Ming Zhan has just married a Tibetan princess, and Beiweihou's mansion, Jingmin princess' mansion, these are all Ming Zhan’s Yue Family, if you move him a little, don’t these people ask for a reason? Besides, Princess Wei is still in Kunming City, and she is just such a son. If we touch Ming Zhan, the second sister will have no way out.”

"She dares!"

"Why doesn't she dare?" Wei Ning said coldly, "Auntie, although tiger poison does not eat children, Prince Li died at the hands of Empress Fang back then. Princess Wei is Empress Fang's direct niece. Growing up, she has never seen anything, and if she is pushed into a hurry, there is nothing she can't do! There is also Ming Qi, who holds military power and occupies one side. How can she give up if you move her brother, even if Ming Qi Li sits on the throne, do you rest assured that he will return to Kunming? There is turmoil in the country at the time of the world, and if you get to the bottom of it, even your aunt will be questioned by courtiers. You are a virtuous person, why should you ruin your reputation for many years because of Yi Mingzhan."

Empress Dowager Wei still has a heart problem. Although she has honored her all these years, she still shudders every time she thinks about Empress Fang.At the beginning, she was only a member of the Kunning Palace, but Empress Fang was the mother of a dynasty, noble and graceful, self-evident.If the Empress Dowager Wei was not Queen Fang's confidant, she would not be able to serve the first emperor, she really had seen enough of Queen Fang's ability to arrange murder while playing and laughing.

Concubine Wei was taught by Empress Fang. She remembered that the second prince had just shown his true colors at that time, and he had offended the first prince several times.Princess Wei played chess with Empress Fang, and Empress Dowager Wei served tea. Empress Fang sighed, "The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. Master Li is going to be the governor of Shu, which is very worrying."

Princess Wei pinched a few clouds, and said casually, "There is a heaven and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou. I heard from my aunt that the governor of Zhejiang is vacant. After all, Mr. Li is the uncle of the second prince. I feel a little wronged when he is sent to the deep mountains and old forests." .”

"You dare to distribute it." Queen Fang smiled slightly, "Shuzhong has handsome people and unique scenery, and it is not a wild and remote place." However, the old Marquis Yongning served three consecutive terms as Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he is deeply rooted in Jiangnan, needless to say.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Wei didn't even know where Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Shuzhong were. She only remembered that the Empress Dowager loved incense sticks, and Miss Wei only loved Tieguanyin... until about a year later, the second prince interceded with his uncle and was reprimanded by the late emperor.It was Empress Fang who came forward and saved Master Li's life... Empress Dowager Wei doesn't know what happened next.It's just that there are no rumors in the palace that the second prince is good at learning. Instead, the second prince fell in love with flowers and birds, and he brought a cage parrot when listening to the master's lecture. One Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, how did the late emperor punish the two princes?

The second prince back then was also one of the only surviving princes of the late emperor, and he is now Prince Fu.

It was from then on that Empress Dowager Wei was a little more careful with Princess Wei.At that time, the Empress Dowager Wei and a few court ladies who were close to her would secretly whisper that Miss Wei would be assigned to the prince in the future.

However, Princess Wei is seven or eight years old as the young prince, so she is absolutely incompatible in age.Later, Empress Fang chose a young lady from the Jingguo family as his first wife for the prince.

Now, Empress Dowager Wei has experience in the world, and Fang realizes that in the beginning, Empress Fang deliberately let Princess Wei get in touch with political affairs, because of a move made by the Prince of Zhennan, who had not been seen at that time?

That's right, thinking about it now, the King of Zhennan had no heirs, and the late Emperor mentioned the matter of adoption, but the King of Zhennan was hard to make up his mind several times, so the Emperor often complained to Empress Fang about this matter.

After more than twenty years, Empress Dowager Wei suddenly came to her senses, no wonder, no wonder the Wei family will enter the Zhennan Prince's Mansion!

Thinking about the past, Empress Dowager Wei was very annoyed, and sighed, "I hate that I was incompetent back then, and made your second cousin suffer for many years."

Even with Wei Ning's exquisite heart, he couldn't figure out what the aunt's words were for.

Empress Dowager Wei was able to figure out what Empress Fang did more than 20 years ago, but she was unable to take charge of this matter at the beginning. Now, Princess Wei has been in charge of the Zhennan Palace for many years, and has a son and a daughter. Prince.Empress Dowager Wei just wanted to settle the matter, but she didn't know where to start, so she sighed, "We can't let such a poisonous woman in in the future."

Wei Ning was even more speechless, Empress Dowager Wei said, "Call the second prince, third prince, and fourth prince over here, the fifth prince is young, let him study with peace of mind."

In this way, Fang Youmingzhan entered the imperial capital.

When Queen Mother Wei saw Ming Zhan, she also had her own narrow-mindedness.Wei Ning reminded Empress Dowager Wei with one sentence. For Empress Dowager Wei, the sudden loss of her second son had already made her so sad that she couldn't find the north.However, for Ming Zhan, his father went to accompany him, and his companion was gone.

The Zhennan Prince's Mansion is powerful, and the Empress Dowager Wei also knows some superficial things, so she cried bitterly for a while, thinking of relying on the old to sell the old, Ming Zhan couldn't come to her grandma to ask for a kiss.

In fact, Empress Dowager Wei really thought too much.

After the grandparents hugged their heads and cried bitterly, Ming Zhan only asked about the current news and comforted the Queen Mother Wei, but did not ask the Queen Mother Wei for someone important.

After crying for a while, Ming Zhan drank another half cup of tea. Seeing that Feng Minglan and others were there, he said with red eyes, "The imperial grandmother is always in the palace, and she doesn't know much about the outside world. Now the imperial brothers They are all there. I think back then, when I came to the imperial capital when I was young, I lived in the palace. The emperor's uncle treated me three points more kindly than the other emperor brothers. I respect the emperor's uncle just as I respect my father, but who would have thought Unexpectedly, such a thing happened. Ever since I received the official document from the imperial capital, I have not had a moment of peace in my heart. I just explained everything about the Zhennan Palace hastily, and then came to the imperial capital with my third brother. But what is going on now? We have to ask the emperor brothers to give us a letter."

Before anyone could speak, Ming Zhan got up and said, "Grandmother is always worried, it is unfilial for us as grandsons not to be able to share our worries, and it is inconvenient for the past court affairs to disturb the purity of grandma. Second brother, why don't we go ahead and talk about it. " Ask again politely, "Do you still have to ask the emperor's grandmother for permission?"

So, Empress Dowager Wei was worried in vain, how could Ming Zhan get entangled with him, and could not figure out what was right and wrong, but it was easy to lose her tongue.

Nowadays, many courtiers and relatives are looking for the Empress Dowager Wei to make up their minds. All kinds of praises make the Empress Dowager Wei a little dizzy, thinking that she has some talents, so she is not very concerned about Ming Zhan's avoidance of her own behavior. Shu Tan thought to himself, this dumb man spoke three points more articulately than ordinary people, so it's inconvenient to stop him, Ren Mingzhan waited.

Most of Ming Zhan's temper has only been heard but not seen.

Brother Feng Minglan had seen it before, Ming Zhan wanted to speak alone, and the brothers would inevitably complain secretly, for fear that something was wrong with him and he would start a fight.If Ming Zhan lay on the ground and rolled around and wanted his father, no one would do anything to him.

"To tell you the truth, there is someone from my side who sent a letter saying that on the third day of April, both the uncle and the king disappeared." Ming Zhan sighed, "This is also a rare thing. People. Let’s think about it for ourselves. Surrounded by tens of thousands of guards, the emperor and prince are thrown away, and the country is in great trouble. Not to mention anything else, how should this be recorded in the history books? In the palace camp, among tens of thousands of people, the emperor and prince disappeared strangely. We will be laughed at by future generations."

Feng Minglan really couldn't open his mouth, so he clenched his fists and coughed, and said awkwardly, "Ming Zhan, to tell you the truth, there are more things here, it is really inconvenient to put them on paper."

Feng Mingxiang interjected, "Speaking of which, it's that idiot from the magistrate of Yangzhou who dedicated a few beauties to honor Father and Uncle Wang..."

Ming Zhan was dumbfounded that it was a romantic incident.

"When the servants woke up in the morning, they saw that even the waitress had disappeared." Feng Mingrui added.

Ming Zhan felt that he was listening to a novel, alas, indeed art comes from life.No wonder Feng Jingnan was driving with her, only her maids and no concubines, so she knew that there would be an affair on the road. At this moment, Ming Zhan really wanted to sigh, "If you die under the peony flower, you can be a ghost." Hehe, this is not It's really retribution.

After gloating in his heart for a while, Ming Zhan was furious, "This damn Yangzhou murderer! Where is he now!"

Feng Minglan was actually full of bitterness. His father disappeared because of the sex incident, so he had no choice but to vent his anger on the prefect of Yangzhou. Hearing Ming Zhan's question at this time, his face was full of hatred, "I miss him He is alive, but this killer knows that he has committed a serious crime, and he has already killed all of them to apologize. If he died alone, he thought he would be able to escape this heinous crime!" With that appearance, he must not let it go!

Ming Zhan was puzzled again, "In the palace, the guards are strict, and there is no such thing as authenticity, how can you just steal someone when you say stealing?"

It's really awkward to use the word "stealing" here, Feng Minglan said in a low voice, "It's not in the palace."

Ming Zhan was startled again, "Could it be the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion?"

"Shut up." Feng Minglan scolded lightly, "It's too far-fetched, and it's in the garden donated by the prefect of Yangzhou."

I don't know what kind of peerless girl the short-lived Yangzhou magistrate presented, but the two old foxes fell into the trap of beauty.Beauty's knee, hero's grave, the old saying is really true.

Ming Zhan then asked about the investigation, but there was no significant progress.Ming Zhan wanted to go back to the mansion for resettlement, and repeatedly told the emperor brothers that they would send someone to inform him as soon as there was a letter.

Feng Minglan hurriedly said, "This time I invite Ming Zhan to come, our brother also has a heartless invitation."

"We are all brothers and close relatives, just do what you are told."

"That's it," Ming Zhan now speaks more elegantly, Feng Minglan said relievedly, "Because the father is away, the affairs of the court are complicated, just when we brothers are working together, I know you have always been strict and don't want to intervene It is a matter of the imperial capital. It’s just that at this time and that time, the father and uncle Wang are trapped outside, and we brothers should help each other to wait for the father and uncle to return safely, so that we can live up to the teachings of the elders and the courtiers and all the people.”

Feng Minglan's suggestion was also discussed by the three brothers. When Feng Jinggan left, they also asked the three of them to discuss and act. Now that Feng Jinggan's safety is uncertain, the three of them must have other thoughts.Although King Zhennan is a vassal king, he has a profound influence on the imperial capital. Of course, this influence is two-sided.At the beginning of Emperor Suzong's ascension to the throne, he was at odds with Zhennan King, and he wanted to cut down the vassal. He lost three battles and was finally deposed by Empress Dowager Xiaoxian and replaced by Emperor Ruizong.

From then on, the emperor will focus on the relationship between the future crown prince and the successor of the Zhennan Palace when establishing the crown prince. Therefore, no matter who Ming Zhan is inclined to, it will inevitably affect the establishment of the crown prince.

Ming Zhan resigned, "Since the emperor has ordered you, I shouldn't have resigned. It's just that I have never dealt with political affairs. Even in the Zhennan Palace, I just listened to the ideas of my subordinates. In the court, I can't tell the difference between the southeast and the southeast." Northwest, I'm afraid that I won't be able to help the emperor brothers, but there will be trouble instead."

Feng Mingxiang then persuaded, "Don't be polite to us. Even if you don't understand for a while, you can learn. We really want you to help, and we don't want to give you in vain." You don't understand anything, how do you know? Ming Lian brought to the imperial capital?Ask your own sister to be in power?Liar.

"Sincere invitation, Brother Zhan should accept it." Feng Ming Ruisu had a cold face, but at this moment he was also somewhat earnest.

Their brothers are all princes, there is no prince, and no one wants to fight, so they are all trying to win the support of the courtiers. For a while, no one wants to offend others, and the courtiers trembled. fight.Instead of fighting for those shameless things, it is better to rely on their own abilities. Whoever can win the support of the Zhennan Palace will be counted as a world forever.