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?April is also the season when magnolias are in full bloom.

The magnolias in Beijing always bloom in late spring and March. However, since the flowering period was delayed by more than half a month three years ago, magnolias bloomed at the end of March and bloomed in April in the next few years.I don't know if it's because the flowering period is late, the environment has changed, or the two people who loved flowers in the past are gone, which makes Huasheng have such a temper.

In the palace, there are only magnolia trees planted in the Hall of Zhaohe. Whenever the magnolia is in full bloom, it will become the best scenery in the palace. The white flowers are like dancers in plain clothes dancing among the green leaves with the music of the breeze, which is quite warm. peace of mind

It is these magnolia trees that bear witness to Concubine Jun holding the young Huai Jun and the Holy Majesty under the flowers several years ago, and it is it who saw Huai Jun under the flowers three years ago listening to his beloved play the flute , and the sound of the flute still seemed to linger on the side.

Huai Jun thought of the magnolias in the Hall of Zhaohe after coming down to court, and calculated that it was about to bloom again, so he rushed all the way from the main hall.Since he was named the crown prince and moved to Renfu Palace, he has less time to come here, but he still sent Ah Fu to take good care of the magnolia tree inside. He hoped that when Chen Pu came back, he could see the tree full of magnolia flowers and the same as before. Showa Hall.

As soon as I stepped into the hall, I was caught by the magnolia on the tree, and there was a turbulence in the calm heart again, and the past scenes flashed before my eyes, turning into moisture in the eye sockets.

He didn't come over on Chen Pu's birthday, because Nianyu suddenly developed a high fever, so he had to stay in Renfu Palace with Dong Jing by her side.

That day he held Dong Jing's hand, held her in his arms who was worried and tired, and comforted her one after another: "Nianyu is fine, the imperial doctor said that after drinking these doses of medicine, she will be fine." She hugged him very tightly, because she was worried about Nianyu, and also ordered herself not to worry about the hesitation in her heart.

That day was the first time in so many years that he let go of Chen Pu's birthday, and stayed by the side of this woman whom he kept saying he didn't love.At that moment, he finally understood a little bit why Chen Pu had to leave back then, and gradually realized what Chen Pu accused him of back then.

He walked under the magnolia tree, stared at the magnolia flowers on the branches, and murmured: "Pu'er, I should come to accompany you on your birthday, but Nianyu is sick, and as a father, I can't leave her alone..." In the middle of it, he paused, unable to speak any more.

No amount of explanations would be in vain, Chen Pu had expected these things a long time ago, so he resolutely left.

"My servant sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Ah Fu's respectful words came from behind Huai Jun, interrupting Huai Jun's thoughts.

He hastily wiped away the moisture from his eyes, then turned his head and said to Ah Fu who was bowing to him, "Let's get down."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that his voice was hoarse, which seemed to add a layer of sadness.

"It's cold outside. Please sit down inside, Your Highness. I'll make a cup of ginseng tea right away." Ah Fu took a few steps back before turning to leave, but was stopped by Huai Jun: "Ah Fu, I haven't used it yet." Shan, let the dining room bring a bowl of ginseng chicken soup."

"Your servant obeys." After saying that, Ah Fu withdrew, leaving Huaijun alone.

He reached out to the lower branches and picked off a magnolia flower on the top, and the fragrance of the magnolia immediately entangled his five fingers.

Suddenly, a light yellow butterfly hovered beside the magnolia flower in his palm. This butterfly may be the first one to break out of its cocoon after spring, to pick newly bloomed flowers, or it may be...

——This is the soul of the empress, she came back to see us.Chen Pu pointed to the flying butterfly and said.

Chen Pu's comforting tone and expression, as if it happened just now, are still deeply etched in his mind.

When Concubine Jun passed away, he thought that Chen Pu would only be by his side in this life. How could he have thought that there would be an extra princess and daughter by his side?But things are like this in the world, they are always taken by surprise, and they have no choice but to accept their fate.

But acceptance is not a compromise, he will never be able to compromise to give up Chen Pu.

Seeing more magnolia flowers on the side, the butterfly flew there.

Huai Jun stared at the figure of the butterfly flying high, slowly put the magnolia flowers in his arms, and said to himself: "Mother, you and Pu'er both like magnolias. In the future, I will take Pu'er to plant magnolia trees in front of your grave." , let them accompany you."

He went into the front hall and sat down, and after waiting for a while, Ah Fu came over with a cup of ginseng tea and ginseng chicken soup, and put them in front of him.He picked up a pair of chopsticks and picked out the ginseng in the chicken soup, and then picked up the spoon to drink the soup.

But after he took a sip, he put down the spoon and drank ginseng tea instead.

"Your Highness, I'm angry at Ah Fu for talking too much, and you miss Chen Pu again?" Although Ah Fu and Huai Jun are in the relationship of master and servant, they grew up with him, and he understands some things in his heart.

"It's still you who know His Highness's thoughts best." Huai Jun forced a smile, took another sip of ginseng tea, and swallowed down his feelings that he couldn't reveal more.

"His Highness didn't like to drink ginseng chicken soup when he was a child, it's just that Chen Pu likes to drink it, but he hates eating ginseng, so His Highness always provokes it for him."

Ah Fu recalled the time when the Holy Majesty was furious because Huai Jun accidentally poured a bowl of ginseng chicken soup on Nuo Xu. From that day on, Huai Jun didn't like to drink ginseng chicken soup. Until Chen Pu came, he would drink it every time They all picked out the ginseng, and pushed the chicken soup to Chen Pu.

Ah Fu once asked Chen Pu why he didn't just ask for chicken soup and went to such trouble?As a result, Chen Pu, who was naive and ignorant of world affairs, said in a childlike manner: "Because chicken soup made from ginseng is the best." Just because of his words, Huai Jun took on the task of picking ginseng for him without saying a word.

"I don't know how he is doing well outside." In recent years, what he was most worried about was that Chen Pu's life in the private sector was not good and he would suffer.

"Chen Puji has his own aura, so His Highness doesn't need to worry."

"En." He responded casually, how could he not be worried?

Seeing that Huai Jun was still worried, Ah Fu could not vomit some words in his heart, and finally decided to say more: "Oh, Ah Fu really doesn't understand why His Highness and Chen Pu are so quarreling that they have to separate. It's been a relationship for many years, why bother to get upset over some trivial things?"

Huai Jun forced a smile again, and didn't answer any more.

Small things, three years ago he thought those things were not big things, and thought that Chen Pu would forgive him, but Chen Pu thought that these things were not small things, and thought that the best way was to leave, so he ended up separating the two places.

Now that I think about it, this is indeed not a trivial matter. Chen Pu has his reasons, but he always asks unwillingly, could their years of relationship really be no match for these waves?

He stayed in the hall for a while longer, looking at the sky above the magnolia flowers, wondering what he was thinking.

It wasn't until the ginseng tea was finished that he stood up and prepared to go back to the palace.Before leaving, he said to Ah Fu: "This year's magnolia blooms well, please continue to take good care of them."

At this time, the sky was dyed yellow by the setting sun in the west, and the magnolia flowers were a little more colorful.

Huai Jun returned to Renfu Palace through a series of corridors.

Renfu Palace is bigger than Zhaohe Palace, but Huai Jun feels that this palace lacks warmth and has more worldliness, but he, a common man who pursues power, is indeed suitable to live in this palace with carved beams and painted buildings .

The courtyard of Renfu Palace is planted with various kinds of flowers, plants and trees. The fragrance of the flowers is so strong that you can't tell what kind of flowers it is. There is also a small lake where Dong Jing will personally feed the koi on weekdays.After this courtyard, there is the outer hall. The outer halls are used to welcome guests, not to mention the decoration in it, it is naturally a royal atmosphere.Further inside is the front hall and the book hall. In fact, the book hall is found in every prince's residence and Cuiwei Palace, but Renfu Palace has the most books besides Cuiwei Palace.

He pushed open the door of the front hall, but he didn't expect Min Xuan to sit inside, and quickly put away his sad emotions.

"See His Highness the Crown Prince." Seeing Huai Jun coming back, he quickly put down the tea in his hand and said.

"Minxuan doesn't need to be too polite." Whenever Minxuan came over in person, there must be important matters to discuss, he first signaled to the palace maids and eunuchs to retreat, and then sat down next to Minxuan.

Min Xuan stretched out his hand to pour him a cup of tea, and said: "A few days ago, Nianyu had a high fever, but I, the emperor's uncle, only came to see her today. Fortunately, nothing happened, and I opened my eyes and looked at me elves." I don't know. For some reason, Min Xuan, who has a deep personality, becomes calm when he meets children. Maybe it's because he doesn't need to defend himself in front of children.

"Where's Jing'er?" Huai Jun asked casually, looking at the shadow gradually moving away on the door paper.

"Nianyu just drank the medicine, and the emperor's wife is coaxing her to sleep."

After the black shadow outside the door completely disappeared, Huai Jun said solemnly, "Did you find out anything during this long trip?"

Since Minxuan hadn't made it to the crown ceremony, he hadn't been able to enter the court, so he mostly offered advice for Huaijun behind the scenes or went out of the palace to handle errands.

This time Yong Ting sent troops privately but was not convicted, and still firmly held the military power of the Ding'an Army, which made Huai Jun have to guard against it.Minxuan went north all the way out of the palace this time, and along the way, he found out the reaction of the people after the incident, so that he could make a long-term plan in the future.

"This matter spread more and more widely, and most people were excited to send troops to the second emperor brother. On the contrary, the emperor's brother used this to judge the second emperor brother as a crime in the court, and the people all said that the emperor did not understand the border people. Hungarian harassment."

"Sure enough, someone leaked the news." After finishing speaking, a smile appeared on Huai Jun's lips, and things were as expected.

The affairs of the imperial court have never been leaked out. Yong Ting's private dispatch of troops may still be reported from the border, but the fact that he targeted Yong Ting in the court should not be spread to the people. In this way, I am afraid that someone deliberately released the news to attack him. prestige.

Besides Nuo Xu and others, who else released the news?

They are all ambitious for the throne, as long as they can bring down the prince, they will do whatever it takes.Compared with the cold wars of the past few years, things seem to be slowly coming to the fore since Yongting's return to power.

"Besides..." Min Xuan frowned, and slowly told the worse truth: "After learning about the incident, several merchants praised the second emperor's brother for his loyalty and patriotism, repelling foreign enemies, sweeping away the arrogance of the Huns, and privately A batch of military rations was donated to the Ding'an army, which has already been sent by the Military Mansion. And Pang Zhan also noticed that someone secretly contacted several wealthy businessmen in the capital, and he believed it was the work of the big emperor brother."

"Who approved that batch of military rations?"

"I heard that General Peng sent someone to negotiate with the people from the Military Mansion."

□□Since the founding of the country, I was worried about the self-respect of the military generals, so they set up military mansions. The military mansions and generals are not under each other's control.The military mansion is in charge of weapons, food and salaries, and the training of soldiers, etc., while the general is only in charge of war. □□The general must not interfere with the military government to prevent the two from colluding with each other, and the two share military power and check and balance each other.

If General Peng really came forward... Thinking of this, Huai Jun couldn't help laughing, who cares about the established rules in this current situation?The dragon body of the Holy Majesty is getting worse every day, and the power will be alternated in Huai Jun's hands sooner or later. If Huai Jun ascends the throne and the Dong family gains power, how can General Peng be reconciled?Back then he put all his eggs in one basket to let his daughter marry Nuo Xu, now he has come forward to negotiate with the military mansion, what's so strange about it?

However, General Peng is cautious and cautious, and he is also a veteran of the dynasty, so it is not easy to catch him. Huai Jun also does not want to have any confrontation with him for the time being.

However, Nuo Xu's move is clearly recruiting troops. With the courtiers to stabilize the government, the military power in his hands, and the financial resources of merchants in his hands, if he wants to force the palace in the future, it may not be impossible.

He can't let Nuoxu expand his power like this, he must do something, but what should he do?

In the past three years, he has already consolidated his power in the court, and his military power is backed up by General Dong and Huaifeng guarding the Nanman River, but only financial resources...

He had a candidate in mind, the one who broke his appointment three years ago.

The next moment, Min Xuan interrupted his thoughts: "Brother Huang, I have a method." He paused, not sure if this method is feasible, but at this moment, a method is better than doing nothing: "There is a person Wealth is incomparable to a country, and with him, it is enough to defeat all the merchants united by the Great Emperor Brother."

"Song Leyu." Huai Jun introduced this person leisurely, and Min Xuan nodded to him.

Sure enough, it was him, only the Song family was rich enough to rival a country, and Song Gong passed away a few years ago, and all the property was inherited by his only son Song Leyu.

"What do you think, brother?"

"It may not be feasible." Song Leyu is a difficult person to deal with. He is definitely not an ordinary businessman who is desperate for money, but this is not clear to Min Xuan, and there is a more important point that Min Xuan does not know, so Huai Jun can only explain one by one: "The Song family and the Mo family are related by marriage. Song Leyu needs to call Mo Huichuan a cousin. If he really wants to help a prince, he should first choose the elder brother. But today the elder brother is dealing with merchants because Song Leyu has long been determined to be free and will not join any party. Even so, I still asked him to meet three years ago, but that meeting failed, and he also fled."

"I don't believe there is anyone in the world who doesn't love power and money." Min Xuan said contemptuously.

"But he has plenty of money, so he doesn't need to come down into this muddy water." Thinking of Song Leyu's failure to accept the appointment three years ago, they had no chance to meet each other, wondering if there will be a chance in the future?He said with a smile: "But it's fine for him to be happy, as long as he doesn't suddenly turn around to help Brother Dahuang."

"But in terms of financial resources, he is the only good candidate." Min Xuan still insisted on using Song Leyu, even though he was determined to be free, even if he didn't need to be greedy for the royal family's money, but he didn't believe that a person had no weaknesses at all. Weaknesses can be shot down one by one and serve them.

He is a useful man who cannot give up like this.

"I'll think about it again."

Huai Jun sent Min Xuan out of the outer hall, when Min Xuan turned his back and got farther and farther away, Huai Jun stared at the red and purple sky again.Yun roamed the sky. He had no chance to meet Song Leyu three years ago, but he still envied him because he was free in the world, unlike him being trapped in the palace.

He was trapped in the palace, and it was his people who were trapped, but what trapped him was also the growing desire in his heart.