I'm watching the gate in the jail

The origin of the "witchcraft disaster" originated in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The son of the prime minister at that time, Sun Jingsheng, the grand servant, was accused of having an affair with Princess Yangshi, and buried puppets on the royal road to curse Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

This disaster caused the Gongsun family to be wiped out, and Princess Yangshi and Wei Qing's son were put to death.

The favorite minister Jiang Chong was ordered to investigate the case, and took the opportunity to frame the prince Liu Shi. The prince revolted and was suppressed, and committed suicide one after another with the queen Wei Zifu.

In the end, although Jiang Chong was captured by the barbarians, after the chaos, more than 40 people were involved in the case and lost their lives. Blood flowed into rivers in Chang'an, and the Western Han Dynasty changed from strong to weak.

"The art of witchcraft is also known as 'the art of disgust'. It has existed since ancient times, not only in the Western Han Dynasty."

Qiu Zijin dropped his book bag, it was really an old sow wearing bras, one set after another.

"In the earliest "Zhou Rituals", it was written that 'let go of the voodoo people and those who ordered them to abandon the market', and there were also voodoo incidents in the Sui Dynasty. Queen Dugu in the Sui Dynasty, her half-brother Duguyi ordered the servant Xu A Ni, use a cat ghost to cast a spell, and enter the palace to ask Empress Dugu for property. He should have been killed, but Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty just relegated him to a commoner because everyone is relative."

As he said that, Qiu Zijin made a gesture of chopping off his head.

"Hey? This uncle Guo has a brain problem..."

As Wanda said, she spit out the watermelon seeds on the table and walked to the sink to wash her hands.

In the yard, the crape myrtle was blooming brilliantly, and the pomegranate tree had already produced small fruits.

The weather in the capital at the end of summer is still warm, and the summer heat is still there.

"Let's not talk about whether the witchcraft technique is effective or not. It's a witchcraft and a cat ghost who made such a big noise, just to ask my sister for something? I don't think he is a normal person."

After speaking, Wanda walked to the door of the kitchen, raised the curtain, saw Yang Xiuxian and Gao Hui who were thumping ice inside, and asked anxiously, "Are you all right? I've been waiting for a long time."

"Okay, come on."

Yang Xiuxian put down the ice-damaging knife and beckoned to Wanda.

"Hey, the environment is able to train people. In the past, Mr. Yang was not willing to come in the kitchen, let alone helping out in the kitchen. It was a standard 'gentleman stays away from the kitchen'. Xiaoqiu, look, now he can give me together with Gaohui It's over."

Yang Xiuxian smiled and took off the apron, shook his head, and tied it around Wanda's waist.

Wanda raised her arms generously, and smiled at Qiu Zijin, "We might be able to eat the dishes cooked by Mr. Yang next time."

"It's not impossible."

As Yang Xiuxian said, he patted the folds of the apron casually.

Standing by the door, Qiu Zijin watched their intimate interaction, and then turned his head to look at Gao Hui who was still bowing his head and thumping the ice, thinking that this idiot would not have found out until now...

This pair of "dog man and man" did not hide their relationship with each other in front of him.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, but now he and the two have passed the clear road in front of His Majesty, and their relationship is getting better and better. Every day is like a sweetener.

He transferred people from the Ministry of Punishments to Fusi of Beizhen several times to handle errands, and when he returned to the Yamen, he saw these two people stuck together, shoulder to shoulder.

However, the group of idiots in Jinyiwei's yamen thought that the two were just "brotherly," and that Wan Zhenfu had no airs and was considerate of his subordinates, and none of them felt that something was wrong.

Qiu Zijin sighed, thinking that if possible, I also want to be an "ignorant" person.

Wanda walked to the table and looked at the ingredients on the table, and said "OK".

Yesterday he made an agreement with Qiu Zijin that he would take a rest today and make shaved ice and cold cheese for everyone, and told him not to eat blindly, and bring his stomach to Earl's Mansion.

Speaking of which, Wanda handled the case well this time, and the "sacrifice" was really big. His brother-in-law of the emperor directly awarded him the title of Viscount An Le.

The Viscount's Mansion is near the Longfu Temple in Renshoufang. Although it is a bit far from the Jinyiwei Yamen, it is a bit inconvenient.However, it is very close to Bei'anmen in the imperial city, so it is convenient to enter and exit the inner court.It should be in consideration of the convenience of Wanda entering the palace in the future.

This house turned out to be the residence of an old prince of the Zhu family. The old prince's heir died, and the house was taken back to the clan's mansion.

After it was given to Wanda this time, someone will carry out renovations immediately, and it will be possible to move in in about a month.

In the past, Wanda was able to enter the palace under the leadership of Huai En and Qin Chang, it was because he was still young at that time, so he didn't have so many taboos.

Now Master Xiao Wan can freely enter and leave the inner court because...he is very "safe".

Wanda went to the palace twice after recovering from her injury, and deeply felt the "caring" eyes from the servants.

When the eunuchs in the past saw him, they were all in awe.

Respect him as Concubine Wan Gui's younger brother, and be afraid of his identity as the famous killer of Fusi in Beizhen.

Ever since Eunuch Liang and Uncle Qing Yun came to the south of the Yangtze River, Wanda found that not only had his "awe" escalated, but also that the eunuchs looked at him with a hint of "sympathy" from "fellow people", and served him tea and water. The little servants in the house became more and more intimate with him, almost as if "Welcome to Dongchang".

What can Wanda do?

The rumors were released by his own brother-in-law, and the matter was created by himself, so he could only knock out his teeth and swallow his blood.

Wanda has been thinking about it ever since she ate Chen Sishan's sugar-steamed crispy cheese in the imperial concubine's palace last time.He decided to come again after he left the palace, to make local cheese and shaved ice.

Wanda doesn't know how people in this era make cheese, but what he makes today is the so-called "old Beijing cheese".

Boil fresh milk in a pot, add white sugar and stir to melt it completely.Then put the jug of milk in a cool place in the kitchen overnight.

The next morning, a thick milk skin formed on top of the milk.

Skim off this layer of milk skin and put it aside for later use, Wanda quickly mixed the milk into the fermented glutinous rice.

After stirring for a while, pour it into four teacups with lids and put it on the steamer.

"Just wait for a quarter of an hour, and it will solidify in a while."

Wanda wiped her hands, turned around and continued to deal with the discarded milk skins.

Pour the milk skin into the four white jade bowls filled with crushed ice. The whole jade bowl is as exquisite and clear as an iceberg. There is no "shaved ice" anymore.

"The ice in the palace is better, it's clean and white, and it's different from the ones sold in the market."

In summer in the capital, ice cubes can also be bought on the market, but they are all frozen from wild river water in old years, and there are all kinds of impurities in it. Sometimes even aquatic plants can be seen in it. How did they get in?

Concubine Wan Gui, fearing that her younger brother's wounds would be covered in the hot weather, ordered the inner palace to send good ice cubes every day, and put them in the four corners of Wanda's room to ensure that the room was safe from morning till night. Can stay cool.

Wanda thought it would be too wasteful to use this thing as an air conditioner, and of course it would be cool to eat cold drinks and shaved ice in summer.

However, Yang Xiuxian always insisted that his injury was not healed and he should not eat raw or cold food.He waited until the scab on his wound fell off, and then he was left to fiddle with these cool things.

Pour the jasmine juice and rose water prepared early in the morning on the "iceberg" from left to right.

Wanda turned her head to look at the solidified cheese in the pot, and asked Gao Hui to quickly take it down, and dipped four teacups into a bucket of ice cubes.

Yang Xiuxian and Gao Hui walked into the yard with four bowls of shaved ice and four bowls of cheese.

On the large table under the wisteria shelf in the middle of the yard, there are already a row of ingredients and fruits.

There are large white pears that have been cut and frozen, green fruits, and Shanlihong.There are blue and red shreds, preserved apricots, raisins, almond slices and other good candied fruit.

Wanda couldn't wait to open the teacup. In such a short period of time, the cheese had been frozen solid, like a piece of tofu, soft and white, with a tangy aroma, which made people move their index fingers.

"Everyone help themselves."

Wanda pointed to those dried fruits and said, "Throw in whatever you like, there is still enough ice in the kitchen."

As he spoke, he picked up a spoon and added a spoonful of raisins to the cheese, then put a piece of honeycomb on top, and then ate the cheese with shaved ice.

Seeing that he was eating vigorously, Qiu Zijin also hurriedly lowered his head to dig shaved ice and eat it.

The crushed ice covered with milk skin has a strong fragrance of flowers, put it in your mouth and sip it, making people forget the scorching heat and heat in an instant, as if you are in a garden, surrounded by small bridges and flowing water, and green on your head. Liu Chengyin, it's really cool to the heart, and the whole body smells fragrant.

Wanda felt that it was not enough after eating a bowl, and wanted to go back to the kitchen to add another bowl, but Yang Xiuxian stopped it in time.

"After all, it's almost autumn, and you're not in good health yet, so you can't be greedy."

Wanda had no choice but to put the bowl back, and obediently picked up the teacup to drink tea.

"Did Your Majesty ask the people from Dongchang to investigate the witch puppet? Have you found out anything?"

The single dog Qiu Zijin was left alone.

He ate two bowls of shaved ice in one sitting, wishing he could pile all the candied fruit into the cheese bowl.

I didn't give up until I felt that my stomach was a little cold and I couldn't stand it anymore. I burped and asked Wanda.

It was the first time Wanda saw someone burp after eating candied fruit, and he was amazed.

"The satin used for the puppet is the Huzhou silk satin that was tributed last year. This satin is shimmering, and it looks like water is shining in the sun. At that time, a total of four horses were tributed."

Wandabi began to point out with his fingers, "One horse went to Qingning Palace of Empress Dowager Qian, one horse went to Renshou Palace of Queen Mother Zhou, one horse was given to Queen Wang and Queen of Kunning Palace, and the other horse is my sister's Zhaode Palace. .”

"The Queen also has it?"

Qiu Zijin couldn't help touching the fruit again, "That's really difficult..."

"It's not difficult."

Wanda shook his head, and slapped back his hand that was about to move, "You'll want to throw up if you eat any more. Queen Wang's joke was given to her sister-in-law last year."

Besides, she would not dare to offend Concubine Wan Gui even if she gave the queen ten courages. She took the throne by taking advantage of Empress Wu's abolishment, and she did not like His Majesty in the first place.

This person is very aware of his position, and usually follows the example of Concubine Wan Gui, so he will never do such a stupid thing.

"Where was the puppet found? Is it really Renshou Palace?"

"To be precise, it's in the alley outside Renshou Palace on the south side. It was pressed under a Taiping vat. Because it's almost autumn, the servants have been cleaning the hearth under the vat recently, and they found that thing. .”

The so-called Taiping vats are large copper vats placed outside the palaces and in the corridors. They are used for fire prevention and are also called "Menhai".

A servant fills the tank with water every day, and burns charcoal underneath to prevent the water in the tank from freezing in winter.

"How long has it been?"

"I don't know, but I took a look at the doll at the time, it looked quite new, and it should have been newly made in the past few days."

This case involved the inner palace, so the emperor's brother-in-law ordered Dongchang to investigate thoroughly, and did not let the royal guards intervene.

When Wanda went to the palace to visit his sister, the emperor told him about this matter, and told him that this matter was related to the royal family's face, so it should not be publicized indiscriminately.

Including Yang Xiuxian and Gao Hui, they are the only people outside the palace who know about this calamity.

Listening to Wanda's description of the case, Qiu Zijin couldn't help frowning.

This thing... is a bit wrong.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, all the palace residents of Renshou Palace have already been interrogated by the Punishment Department."

In Zhaode Palace, Zhu Jianshen listened to Eunuch Huai'en's report.

"How to say?"

"Nobody...nobody knows about these two puppets. I heard from the two maids serving the Empress Dowager that the piece of satin that was enshrined last year had been cut for the Empress Dowager long before last summer. Used up."

"What do the maids at Empress Dowager Qian say?"

Zhu Jian asked coldly.

"The satin sent to Qingning Palace is still intact. Empress Dowager Qian said that she is old and rarely walks outside on weekdays. She has no chance to wear clothes made of such good material, so she put them in the warehouse of Qingning Palace. Li. The satin was delivered the day before yesterday. The servant checked it, and it is indeed complete, even the seal has not been removed."

Wynn said.

Empress Dowager Qian's satin has never been used, and Queen Wang's satin was given away last year.

Zhu Jianshen raised his head and glanced at the pane of a window in Zhaode Palace, which reflected the charming light like soft mist under the sun.

Last year, after Master Wan got the satin, he said it was useless to wear it on the body, so it would be better to use it to paste the window, not to mention that the satin itself will shine, maybe the shadow will too.

He thought it was a good idea at the time, and ordered someone to paste silk satin on the south side of the study.

After pasting it, it was exactly as Waiter Wan said, even the shadow had a slight color, which was very unique and interesting.

"It doesn't take a whole bolt of cloth to make a dress. Where's the rest of the satin? Put away?"

"This one……"

Wynn hesitated for a moment, but dared not speak.

"Say."

"The maids said that in the Queen Mother's Renshou Palace, all objects must be 'complete'. All cloth and satin, as long as they are not whole, should be thrown away. Porcelain cups and bowls are not a complete set, so all the rest will be thrown away. Smash it and replace it with a new one. So the leftover fabric...should have been disposed of."

Zhu Jian listened deeply, but didn't speak for a while.

"During the time when the father and the queen were imprisoned in Nangong, it is said that they didn't even have fresh food. The mother had to do needlework and sew clothes for the father and the emperor... Every time the father mentioned this matter, I couldn't help but burst into tears. I didn't expect..."

Unexpectedly, the good times have passed for a long time, and the empress mother has forgotten the hardships at the beginning, and she is so extravagant.

"What else did the maid next to the Queen Mother say?"

Zhu Jianshen closed his eyes wearily.

"Say... the Queen Mother said that Concubine Wan Gui is a vixen possessed, and that's why she can confuse Your Majesty into such a state."

"Hmph... this is new."

"It is also said that the Empress Dowager once saw a fox shadow appearing in Renshou Palace at night. It was the imperial concubine who was going to murder her at night."

"I don't know who murdered whom! I haven't forgotten the fact that she wanted to poison the eldest son of the emperor before!"

Zhu Jianshen suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were so sharp that Wynn dared not look directly at them, and lowered his head deeply.

"The queen mother's expenses are too extravagant. How can she honor the world and be an example for all people? From now on, all expenses of Renshou Palace will be halved. Palace servants and servants will also be cut in half."

"Yes……"

Wynn knew that His Majesty had no intention of continuing to pursue this puppet.Anyway, he had already decided in his heart that the Empress Dowager Zhou had sent someone to do this, and there would be no one else.

"His Majesty."

At this moment, Tan Chang hurried in, took a look at Wynn, and wiped off the sweat from his head.

"Report from Renshou Palace, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, she has surrendered again... This is all, this is the third time this month."

But the first two times were to intercede for Uncle Qingyun, forcing the emperor to withdraw his order.

This time, it was to prove her innocence and show that the puppet matter had nothing to do with her.

"This trick of crying, making trouble, and hanging yourself is easy to use, but if you use it too much, it will become boring."

Zhu Jian stood up with a sneer.

When he reached the gate of Zhaode Palace, he turned around and said to Wynn.

"Uncle Qingyun's Zhoushou, the crime is unforgivable, and he will be executed after the fall. You go and warn the Zhou family's descendants not to visit the queen mother in the palace often if they have nothing to do. The queen mother lost her younger brother this time, and I'm afraid she will be sad for a long time. I'm afraid that when she sees her relatives, she will fall in love again."

"Obey, the servant will do it when he goes down."

Huai En took the order and exchanged glances with eunuch Qin Chang.

"There's something wrong with this."

Qin Chang said in a low voice.

"Shh..."

Wynn frowned and shook his head.

In the Palace of Qin'an in the Imperial Garden, Aunt Hui who was beside the Queen Mother hurriedly knelt down to salute after seeing Wan Zhen'er approaching Yingying.

"Sister, get up quickly."

Wan Zhen'er stepped forward and helped Aunt Hui up.

Aunt Hui stood up gratefully, and showed a happy expression after seeing the big palace lady with Wan Zhen'er.

"Wan'er has not seen for a long time. I didn't see you last time when my mother came to the palace to pay her respects to the queen mother. I heard that you were sick, and I was worried for a while. Today, it seems that your face is fine, so it can be seen that you are all right. "

Aunt Wan, the maid of honor next to Wan Zhen'er, touched her face and said with a smile, "Last time I had a cold and was sick for two days, but I've recovered in the past few days."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and touched Aunt Hui's cheek, "Look at you, those who have been tortured in the Punishment Division have lost a lot of weight."

"It's okay, I'm here to do something for our Zhen'er. I can bear it."

Aunt Hui lowered her head in embarrassment, and stroked her somewhat messy hair.

It turned out that Wan Zhen'er, Aunt Hui, and Aunt Wan who was serving her were all old people who entered the palace around the same time.

Like Wan Zhen'er, Aunt Hui and Aunt Wan also served the Empress Dowager Sun at the earliest, and were sent to other palaces to run errands after they were 15 years old.

The three of them have been close since childhood, and they love each other like sisters.After Wan Zhen'er gained power, she took Aunt Wan by her side to be her maid of honor.

As for Aunt Hui, after she left the Empress Dowager Sun, she served Empress Hang, the deposed emperor, and after Empress Hang passed away, she served Concubine Tang Gui.

After the deposed emperor passed away, Tang Guifei was forced to be buried, and she was sent to Renshou Palace.

In the end, she became the personal maid of the Empress Dowager Zhou who had a problem with Wan Zhen'er.

Even the Queen Mother Zhou would never have imagined that Wan Zhen'er's confidant was ambushing beside her, and it was a small friendship.

She was never used to seeing Wan Zhen'er was born as a maid, and always looked down on her in her words.

But he forgot that his side was either maids of honor or internal servants, not to mention those of the younger generation, but who was a little older, who was not trained by Chief Servant Wan?

Not to mention these old people in the palace who are about the same age as Wan Zhen'er, just look at His Majesty's most useful servants Wynn and Qin Chang, didn't they all grow up with Wan Zhen'er?

"It's so dangerous this time, it's really hard for you."

Wan Zhen'er tightly grasped Aunt Hui's hand, her face full of gratitude, "When the matter is over, I will ask Your Majesty to transfer you to Zhaode Palace."

"Young lady can't."

Aunt Hui shook her head hurriedly, "I am willing to do things for Sister Zhen'er. In the past, Sister Zhen'er was so kind to me and even saved my life. Hui'er knows how to repay her kindness. Besides, if I enter After leaving Zhaode Palace, isn’t everything ruined?”

"Yes, if you want me to say, it's better to keep Hui'er in Renshou Palace."

Aunt Wan stepped forward and said, "In the future, if there is any change in the Queen Mother, we will all know in advance."

Wan Zhen'er hugged Aunt Hui's shoulder distressedly, and sighed, "Of course it's good, but in the future, I will trouble my sister."

Coming out of Qin'an Hall, there was already a slight wind in the imperial garden.The fragrance of flowers brought by the south wind blows people's face, but it has already brought a bit of cold air.

Autumn is almost here.

Wan Zhen'er narrowed her eyes, looked in the direction of Renshou Palace, and slightly pursed her lips.

The nobles in the palace always feel that they are the masters of the palace, the "master".

They have forgotten that, to the Forbidden City, they are the "strangers" who came here alone.

And these palace people who can never go out of the palace have long been intertwined here, and they have managed relationships for countless generations.

Mother-in-law, do you really want to fight with me?

"Your Majesty, is it too obvious about the puppet this time..."

On the way back to Zhaode Palace, Aunt Wan asked worriedly.

"Your Majesty will not pursue it."

Wan Zhen'er said firmly.

"The queen mother is too domineering, and His Majesty has long been dissatisfied. When this witchcraft incident happened, His Majesty happened to follow suit and punish the Zhou family."

The puppet was made by Aunt Hui at her behest.

The black shadow in the Renshou Palace bedroom and the rumor of the vixen were all told by Aunt Hui to the Empress Dowager Zhou at her instigation.

The Empress Dowager Zhou already had ghosts in her heart. Due to these potential influences, her daily behavior has become a little distracted. Even the previous court heard that she behaved strangely some time ago.

It's normal for such a crazy woman to come up with tricks like witchcraft to deal with her disliked daughter-in-law and grandson.

"But this case is too..."

Aunt Wan said worriedly.

"There are many unsolved cases and unexplainable rumors in the palace. Not much of this one."

Wan Zhen'er stopped and looked at the gate of Zhaode Palace not far away.

"It's just... this time we escaped with Hui'er's help. What about next time?"

The Empress Dowager's position cannot be shaken, this time they tripped Uncle Qing Yun, and also tripped His Highness Prince Gong.

But Wan Zhen'er understands that her husband, the absence of her mother in childhood and adolescence, is a pain that the emperor will never be able to erase.

He longs for maternal love, so no matter how much the Queen Mother Zhou goes too far, the emperor will never be able to truly be heartless and righteous.

Once, in countless nights, Wan Zhen'er rubbed the back of the emperor who was still the little prince at that time, and heard him call "mother queen" over and over again meaninglessly in his sleep, "mother queen don't ignore me", "mother queen Look at me, don't just look at my brother"...

This time, it was mainly because Prince Gong's "overstepping" threatened the imperial power that His Majesty became murderous.

Now Prince Gong has been ordered to be a vassal before the end of the year, and the area of ​​his fief has been greatly reduced, so he has learned a lesson.

Uncle Qing Yun will soon be punished.

Presumably, it won't be long before the emperor's anger dissipates, and the punishment for Queen Mother Zhou will be taken lightly.

Wan Zhen'er couldn't help but smile wryly.

At that time, after the Queen Mother regains her spirits, will she have to fight like this again?

This fight caused her most beloved younger brother to lose the right to be a man, and from then on he was unable to marry or have any more children.

Thoroughly enraged, she knew that she would not be able to escape the pressing force of the Empress Dowager Zhou by giving in blindly, so she fought back this time.

Let the Queen Mother Zhou lose her most beloved brother and son, let her taste the pain she has suffered.

What about next time?

In the next fight, the one who will be sacrificed will be the life of his younger brother Xinghai, or...

The evening wind blew the hem of Wan Zhen'er's palace skirt, and she narrowed her beautiful eyes, which were full of incurable pain and confusion about the future.

This palace is too deep and too cold, she and His Majesty are destined to spend their entire lives here, unable to break free.

Does her child have to endure such pain?

At the beginning of November in the second year of Chenghua, Qing Yun Bo Zhou Shou was strangled in the West City of Beijing.There are many spectators, all applaud.

It is said that the Empress Dowager Zhou, who was under house arrest in Renshou Palace, cried so much that day, fainted several times, and cursed Concubine Wan Gui for a bad death, mentioning the prince several times in her words.

The emperor was angry.

In mid-November, the eldest son of the emperor suddenly had a fever. After diagnosis and treatment by the imperial physician, he was judged to be pox rash.

At Yinshi on the 26th, the eldest son of the emperor died in Zhaode Palace.

"Ming Shilu" records - "In the Jiawu period in November of the second year of Chenghua, the eldest son of the emperor passed away. The Ministry of Rites said: "The prince passed away, and I am very sad. The funeral ceremony should be considered and heard."

Because the prince was not yet one year old when he passed away, according to the ancestral system, he belonged to "the death without clothes".

The funeral was simple and buried in Xishan.

On the day of the funeral, Zhu Jianshen wore a light-colored crown dress and watched all the officials perform the condolence ceremony.

His first child, just like that, he didn't even have time to give him a name.

At that time, I always felt that it was still early, and he wanted to find the best words in the world to bless him and Concubine Wan Gui's son.

But they didn't expect that their relationship with husband and wife was only a short period of eleven months.

The entire palace was plunged into endless sorrow.

Wan Zhen'er hugged the eldest son's clothes and toys and cried bitterly all day long, even the cute little Wang Zhi couldn't comfort her pain.

The emperor was so sad that he couldn't even enter the Zhaode Palace. All the furnishings in the palace reminded him of his eldest son who died young and those happy days.

On the evening of the 26th, a figure appeared in the newly renovated Viscount Anle's Mansion, the house of the young Lord Wanda.

"The eldest son of the emperor, please leave it to your lord. Inside this swaddle is written the horoscope of the eldest son of the emperor and the name His Majesty chose for him."

Carefully hugging the ignorant and beautiful child with amber eyes staring into her arms to Wanda, Mei Qianzhang said softly.

"Don't worry, everything is ready at home."

Wanda said in a low voice, taking the chubby child with both hands.

This child is beautiful and quiet, he doesn't look sick, but he is obviously very healthy.

A month ago, he let out the news that he was going to the Tzu Chi Hall to adopt a child for the elderly, and everyone in the Wan family knew about it.

According to Wangui's opinion, it is best to adopt his eldest brother's child.

But the child is not something that can be born just by thinking about it.Since Wanda had already made such a plan, they didn't say anything more.

Now the Viscount's Mansion has all the children's clothes, toys, and even a nanny.With the help of Yang Xiuxian, the procedures at the Tzu Chi Hall have been handled, and they are just waiting for the child to appear.

"Little guy, you will be my baby from now on."

Wanda teased his little nephew.

The eldest son of the emperor used to see Wanda often in the palace, and he was no stranger to him, so he giggled happily.

Wanda was only "notified" more than a month ago, and had to prepare well for the arrival of her nephew.

His sister and brother-in-law decided to send the child out of the palace and let him grow up as an ordinary person.

Wanda was puzzled. Naturally, His Majesty and Empress had never heard of Liu Tiechi's fortune-telling. I don't know why they made such a big determination to send the eldest son of the emperor to the palace to be raised by him.

Forget it, I hope that this child can really do what Liu Tiechi said, after staying away from the palace, he can grow up safely, and it will be smooth from now on...

"By the way, will you stay in the future?"

Wanda put the baby in the cradle, turned around and asked Mei Qianzhang.

"Yes, Your Majesty and Your Majesty have sent me to personally protect the prince."

Mei Qianzhang nodded.

Seeing his current calm appearance, Wanda couldn't help sighing, how could he still look like the famous "Yijianmei" in Jianghu back then.

"Then...Xiao Qiu, does he know that you are still alive?"

"He, don't need to know."

Mei Qianzhang's eyes flickered, "I'm just a shadow, the fewer people who know about it, the better."

Wanda nodded, knowing that there was no rush.

"Let me see, what's your name from now on?"

A piece of yellow silk cloth was caught in the small quilt wrapped around the eldest son of the emperor, Wanda carefully pulled it out and looked at the words on it.

"Lan... Wan Lan?"

Wanda pointed to the child's nose and said with a smile, "Hello, Wan Lan. I am your uncle... Oh, no, I will be your father from now on."

Mei Qianzhang glanced at them, took two steps back, and disappeared between the eaves and ridges of the house.

Became a "shadow," as he put it.

On December [-]th, Li Xian, the first assistant, passed away, and the emperor ordered that he stop for one day.

After a vigorous start, the second year of Chenghua, which was a little sad at the end of the year, passed like this.