When it was in volts, the weather became hotter and hotter. At this time of year, the emperor would take the harem to the royal palace on Yulong Mountain to escape the summer heat.
The day to go to the palace has been fixed, and the people who accompanied them to the palace in the past few days are packing up and getting ready to go. The day before the departure, the queen mother sent the emperor to Shou'an Palace to speak.
Shen Ying came to Shou'an Palace before evening, just in time to meet King Qi Shen Han also came to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.
King Qi has been self-supporting in Shouan Palace for several months. Shen Ying has no prejudice against this younger brother, and the grievances and grievances between adults cannot be counted on him in the end, so after King Qi greeted him, he smiled. Nodding his head, he said gently, "King Qi seems to have grown a lot taller, but he's just lost a little weight. Children of this age are just growing up, so they should pay more attention to eating."
King Qi lowered his head and listened to Shen Ying's words, but said nothing, and put his hands on his chest.Just play with your fingers.
Shen Ying didn't take King Qi's indifferent reaction to heart, children are inevitably rebellious, and besides, as an elder brother, he didn't care much about King Qi, so there was inevitably a rift between the two.
King Qi had already reached the age of entering school, and he was studying in Quanxue Zhai with other clan children. Shen Ying casually asked, "What books have you read recently? How is your homework?"
King Qi still kept his head down and played with his fingers, as if he didn't hear what Shen Ying said. Seeing this, the smile on Shen Ying's face gradually disappeared. Arguing with him doesn't mean he can endure King Qi's disrespect to his elders forever.
Just when Shen Ying was about to speak out to blame King Qi, the Queen Mother who was sitting at the top said, "Well, the emperor doesn't need to be angry, and King Qi didn't mean to be disrespectful to the emperor on purpose. I don't know what's wrong with this child, since he came to mourn Here at home, the whole person stays for a day, and he doesn't ask him anything, and he doesn't talk to anyone all day long, he seems to be stupid."
Shen Ying frowned. In his impression, King Qi used to be a pretty normal child. Why did he become like this after he hadn't seen him for so long?Judging by his dumbfounded appearance, he must be suffering from autism, right?
Shen Yingruo looked at the queen mother meaningfully, "Is it because the people below are not taking care of her?"
The nanny serving King Qi quickly knelt down and kowtowed, tremblingly said: "Back to the emperor, the slaves and servants do their best to take care of His Highness King Qi every day, and they will never be negligent, please learn from the emperor!"
The queen mother glanced at Shen Ying, put the teacup in her hand on the table, and sneered: "The emperor doesn't need to look at Aijia with such eyes, Aijia knows what you are thinking, although Aijia doesn't like Concubine Feng, but It's not like to attack a child, if the emperor has any doubts, he can send the imperial doctor to give King Qi a diagnosis and treatment."
Shen Ying hurriedly got up and saluted and apologized: "The Queen Mother is overthinking, I never doubt your intentions. I just think that King Qi may have left his biological mother suddenly and was not used to it for a while, so he became depressed and ill, and refused to communicate with the outside world. Concubine Feng has been confined in the palace for so long, she must have learned a lesson, why not let King Qi return to Concubine Feng's side, or let Concubine Feng take care of her, lest people think that I am insensitive and treat my younger brother harshly, what does the Queen Mother think?"
Empress Dowager Liu originally raised King Qi in Shou'an Palace in order to support King Qi to replace Shen Ying as another puppet emperor, but after a short time, she found that King Qi gradually showed a foolish look, Not talking, just talking to himself stupidly, not at all like a prince should be.
At first, Empress Dowager Liu also suspected that King Qi’s appearance was deliberately pretending. Later, an imperial doctor was sent to diagnose and treat King Qi. In conclusion, it is described as stupid because I am lost in my mind.
Empress Dowager Liu couldn't laugh or cry after listening to the imperial doctor's words. She hadn't done anything to King Qi yet. King Qi scared himself, and made himself stupid first. Can't stand it.
How can a mere idiot convince the officials to become emperor?So King Qi naturally became a useless son with Queen Mother Liu.
Empress Dowager Liu didn't want to raise this idiot King Qi for a long time. After listening to Shen Ying's words, she took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, "Since the emperor has opened his mouth to intercede for Concubine Feng, the Ai family will look at the emperor's face and avoid the punishment of Concubine Feng. Somebody, send King Qi back to Concubine Feng."
Concubine Feng has always regarded King Qi as her life.Genzi, I don't know what expression she will have when she sees her precious son turned into a fool. Empress Dowager Liu feels very happy when she thinks of this.
King Qi was taken down by the nanny, Empress Dowager Liu glanced at Shen Ying, "I invite the emperor to come here this time because I have something to discuss with the emperor."
Shen Ying said: "Please speak, Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Liu picked up a booklet that was placed on the table next to her, and said slowly: "Princess Changping is over sixteen years old and has reached the age of choosing a son-in-law. Concubine Chen is bedridden and ill for a long time, unable to manage common affairs. The princess's marriage still has to be done." The Ai family and the emperor should pay more attention. On this list, the Ai family asked Guo Daban to carefully select a few consorts, the emperor should take a look."
Shen Ying took the booklet and flipped through it. There were five candidates for son-in-law. They were either low-level officials from small families or bastards from a family of fallen lords. People who can't afford any storms.
Shen Ying knew what the Queen Mother was up to after looking at the list.
How could the Empress Dowager be so kind and suddenly concerned about Changping's marriage? It's just because after the Mongolian marriage and the last internal officer's inspection, the eldest princess Changping has long been a person who vents her anger with the emperor in the Empress Dowager's heart.
If the emperor gave Princess Changping a marriage to a powerful family member in the court, wouldn't it encourage the emperor's power, and that's why the queen mother was so eager to marry Changping.
After reading the list, Shen Ying closed the booklet, and said with a faint smile: "First, I thank the Queen Mother for your concern on Changping's behalf, but since it is Changping's own marriage, and the candidate for the son-in-law, I think it's better for her to be satisfied with Changping. How does Changping feel?"
"Marriage matters, parents' order, matchmaker's words, there is no reason for the daughter's family to decide on their own?" Mrs. Liu said expressionlessly, "The Ai family thinks that Liang Yaozu, the eldest son of Liang Guogong's family on the list, is very good, and his family background and character are all good. , Princess Shang is enough."
Shen Ying raised her eyebrows. He felt strange when he saw the prince of Liang Guogong on the list just now. The others were all petty officials and bastards. Only this Liang Yaozu was the prince of the Duke's mansion. At a glance, he stood out among the five people. .
It is true that Chang Ping was not wronged by the princess marrying the Duke's son, but Shen Ying had to wonder if the queen mother would be the queen mother when she heard Liang Yaozu deliberately mentioned. Showing him this list is just a pretense.
Shen Ying understood the Queen Mother's intentions, and smiled calmly: "Well, anyway, Changping will go to the Yulong Mountain Palace with him tomorrow, and I will take the time to summon Liang Yaozu, and let Changping take a look secretly. If Liang Yaozu is satisfied, I will issue a decree to bestow the marriage, what does the Empress Dowager think?"
The emperor had already talked about this point, and the queen mother could not push too hard, so as not to backfire, so she nodded in agreement.
After talking about Princess Changping's marriage, after Shen Ying left Shou'an Palace, she didn't go directly back to Yongle Palace, but went quietly to Ling Qingheng Palace instead.
A grape trellis was set up in the courtyard of Ling Qingheng's palace. When Shen Ying arrived, he saw Ling Qingheng spread out a straw mat under the grape trellis. He was sitting on the straw mat, drinking wine alone facing the moon.
Seeing Shen Ying coming in, Ling Qingheng quickly put down his wine glass and wanted to stand up to salute, but Shen Ying waved his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be too polite, I came to disturb your elegant mood, so there is no need to stand up and do these empty salutes."
Ling Qingheng knelt down and bowed his hands towards Shen Ying: "Caomin thank you, Your Majesty."
Shen Ying lifted up her clothes, sat down on the mat, picked up the wine jug on the ground, uncorked it, and sniffed it under her nose, "What kind of wine are you drinking? It has a strange fragrance, like a flower but not a flower. It is said to be fruity, but it is not fruity, so it smells nice."
Ling Qingheng said: "Back to the emperor, this wine is called Zui Junhuai, made from all kinds of fruits and flowers, and it is the new wine from the most famous winery in the capital. Would you like a glass, Your Majesty?"
"Okay, then I won't be polite." Shen Ying picked up an unused wine glass, filled the glass with wine, drank a glass and said, "You left the palace today?"
Ling Qingheng nodded, "Caomin went out of the palace to buy some things, and contacted other brothers by the way."
Shen Ying felt that the taste of Zui Junhuai was good, so she poured herself another glass, raised the wine glass and clinked it with Ling Qingheng, and said: "I will leave for the Yulong Mountain Palace tomorrow, and according to the usual practice, I will wait until the autumn Back to the palace, during the time I'm not in the capital, I need to ask your people to help me keep an eye on the movements of the various forces in the capital."
Ling Qingheng said: "The grass people understand."
Shen Ying looked up at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, put the wine glass to her lips and took a sip, "Besides, there are two important things you need to do for me right now."
Ling Qingheng: "Please order from the emperor."
Shen Ying said in a deep voice: "The first thing, you should pay attention to the situation of Feng Taifei, Queen Qi, mother and son in the palace for me; Check it carefully and let me know."
Ling Qingheng: "The grassroots obey the order."
After Shen Ying finished drinking, she took out a gold medal the size of half a palm from her sleeve and threw it to Ling Qingheng, "You keep this token. With this token, you can enter and leave the Imperial Palace and Yulongshan Palace at will."
Ling Qingheng put the token back into his sleeve, "Caomin understands."
"Okay, I can't stay with you for too long, so I won't disturb your pleasure of drinking by yourself." Shen Ying put down her wine glass, stood up and patted her clothes, "I'm leaving first, if there is an urgent matter that cannot be resolved , you can come to the palace to find me."
Ling Qingheng stood up and saluted, "Cao Min respectfully send the emperor off." Suddenly thinking of something, he called to Shen Ying again, "Your Majesty, please stay."
Shen Ying turned around, "What else is there?"
Ling Qingheng smiled and said: "The emperor seems to like this Zuijunhuai very much. Caomin bought two pots today. If the emperor doesn't dislike it, why don't Caomin give the emperor another pot of Zuijunhuai?"
"Very good, then I will be disrespectful." Shen Ying accepted it graciously, took the jug from Ling Qingheng, and said with a hearty smile, "I also have a lot of good wine there, so you can go to my place to pick whatever you want when you have a chance someday. Take whichever pot you want!"
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The emperor led the harem to the palace to escape the summer heat. Gu Min, who was a young monarch, was originally in the entourage, but because he was still in charge of commanding the guards of the brocade guards, he had to stay in the capital on duty.
The emperor will not return to Luan until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which means that the two of them will not be able to see each other every day for at least two or three months. Bearing the blood and deep feud of the whole family, how can he indulge in the affair of his children without revenge.
One day before going to the palace.At night, when Shen Ying thought that she would not see Gu Min for a long time, she was so happy that she couldn't help but want to jump on the spot, but on the surface she had to pretend that she was reluctant to part with Gu Min, so In the evening, Gu Min was announced to come to Yongle Palace.
When Gu Min came, Shen Ying had already finished bathing, and she couldn't smell the smell of Ling Qingheng's place on her body.
"Please ask the emperor to bow to Jinan."
"I'm safe." Shen Ying sat cross-legged on the Arhat's bed, and waved to Gu Min, "Come and sit, I let someone chill a jug of wine before taking it out, come have a drink or two."
Gu Min took off his shoes.Sitting on the bed opposite Shen Ying, picked up the jug on the low table, and poured wine into their glasses respectively, "Why is the emperor interested in drinking with my minister today?"
Of course, when I think that starting from tomorrow, I won't have to act in front of you every day for a long time, I'm so happy!
Shen Ying thought so in her heart, picked up the wine glass, but said with a smile: "Of course I'm leaving soon, I can't bear to part with you, I want to have a drink with you tonight, so as to comfort the pain of lovesickness that we won't see each other for months."
Gu Min raised his cup with both hands and touched Shen Ying's cup, and said with a faint smile: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about it. If you are free, you can go to the palace to face the saint at any time, so how can you be so exaggerated as the emperor said that you won't see each other for several months. "
I don't welcome you here!
Shen Ying smiled perfunctorily, raised her hand, "Drink, drink."
Gu Min took a sip of the wine, and found that the wine he drank today seemed like he had never drunk it before, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Majesty, it seems that this wine has never been drunk in the palace before, did it come from a new tribute?"
Shen Ying said with a smile: "This wine is not tribute wine, it's called Zui Jun Huai. How about it, doesn't it taste good? I don't think it's inferior to tribute wine."
"Drunk, Jun, Huai?" Gu Min frowned slightly, remembering that today in Fusi, Beizhen, two subordinates discussed going to the wine shop to drink, saying that the wine shop launched a A new wine, the name seems to be called "Drunken King Huai".
It was a bit strange that the new wine just released by the wine shop outside the palace entered the emperor's wine glass at night.
Gu Min pretended to be casual and asked: "I don't know the emperor, where did you get this wine?"
Of course, Shen Ying couldn't say that Ling Qingheng gave it to him, so he used King An as a shield, "Shen Xuan brought it to me in the palace today, and said it was a new one from the wine shop in the capital. Hurry up and buy it, this wine is very rare in Beijing now, and when it is delivered to me, there is only one jug."
Gu Min couldn't find any flaws in Shen Ying's words, so he chose to believe Shen Ying's words for the time being, lowered his eyes to look deeply at Shen Ying and said, "If the emperor likes to drink, I will buy it in the future and let the emperor send it to the palace."
"Then I'll just wait." Seeing that Gu Min's glass was empty, Shen Ying picked up the jug and poured it for him, "Come on, have another drink."
However, Gu Min covered the mouth of the cup with his hand, preventing Shen Ying from pouring the wine, "Your Majesty, although this wine is good, you should not be greedy."
Shen Ying tilted her head, "Why?"
"Your majesty is going to the palace, and I won't see you for at least ten and a half months." Gu Min took the wine pot from Shen Ying's hand, took his hand, and squeezed Shen Ying's hand suggestively. Hukou said softly, "Could it be that the emperor summoned his ministers here tonight just to have a drink with him?"
Shen Ying: "..." This bastard is always on his mind.Can the bed attendant decorate with other things?
Shen Ying suddenly remembered something, and asked Gu Min with concern: "Have you taken the decoction that I let you drink every day?"
Gu Min smiled and said, "Drink it, it's not bad for a day."
Shen Ying narrowed her phoenix eyes incomprehension, "Then why..."
Gu Min took Shen Ying's words and rushed to say: "Then why is this minister still sober-minded, right?"
Shen Ying covered her lips with her sleeve and coughed twice, then said with a sneer: "You, you know?"
Gu Min said calmly: "Your Majesty, you probably haven't tasted that medicine? The medicine tastes extremely bitter, obviously caused by the addition of Coptis chinensis, and Coptis chinensis has the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. What do you think the medicine is for? Can you guess it?"
Shen Ying laughed dryly, "I, I let you drink that medicine, because people tend to get irritable in summer, so I want you to calm down..."
Gu Min interrupted him: "I don't blame the emperor for letting me drink Coptis chinensis."
Shen Ying said with a guilty conscience: "I didn't know there was Coptis chinensis in the prescription prescribed by the imperial hospital. If I knew, I wouldn't let you drink it."
Gu Min stared at Shen Ying's face, raised his lips and smiled, and said softly: "In fact, I am not a person who attaches great importance to sex and lust. Huang Lian is useless to me, but as soon as I see the emperor, I know that I have a minister in my heart. I can't help myself every time, can the emperor understand?"
Shen Ying bit her head and nodded, "Understood, I... know your mind."
Gu Min kneaded Shen Ying's fingers one by one, and said slowly: "The emperor is going to the palace to escape the summer heat, and I can't accompany the holy car because of busy work. I hope the emperor will not be distracted by the flowers and plants around him, and forget to look at you." Your promise is good."
Shen Ying couldn't help but asked tentatively: "What if I forget? What will you do?"
"The minister picked up his sword and chased after them to the palace, and took those flowers and plants," Gu Min raised his eyes, the black eyes were unfathomable, with a smile on his lips, he said every word, "exhaust, all, chop, weed, remove, root .”
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The next day, the royal chariots marched mightily towards the Yulong Mountain Palace.
The palace was built on the top of the mountain, and the temperature at high altitudes is naturally lower than that of the ground. Shen Ying bumped all the way in the carriage, and the carriage was stuffy and hot. Come alive again.
The palace where the emperor lives is called Chengxinzhai, the empress dowager lives in Evergreen Garden, and the rest of the concubines and princesses live in Qichun Garden. It is quite wild, and the climate on the top of the mountain is pleasant, it is really a good place to escape the summer heat.
After resting in the palace for two days, Shen Ying had just finished approving the memorial in the Qinzheng Hall, when suddenly the little eunuch came to report that someone was holding an imperial token to ask for an interview.
As soon as Shen Ying heard it, she knew it was Ling Qingheng, so she asked Ling Qingheng to come in.
Ling Qingheng was brought into Chengxinzhai, and Shen Ying wondered why Ling Qingheng came to the palace to look for him in a hurry after he had only been away from Beijing for two days, so she stepped back and asked what happened to Ling Qingheng.
Ling Qingheng replied: "Before the emperor left the palace, he asked Caomin to investigate the prince of Liang Guogong. After many inquiries, Caomin learned some inside information, so he rushed to report to the emperor."
Shen Ying said with interest: "What's the inside story? Tell me quickly."
Ling Qingheng said: "Everyone in the capital knows that the son of the Duke of Liang has already married a wife, but the original spouse died of illness a year after marriage. But the grass people bought the slaves of the Duke of Liang's mansion privately, and only then did they realize that the original spouse of the Duke of Liang was not married. He did not die of illness, but was tortured to death by the prince of Liang Guogong."
torture to death?Shen Ying frowned when she heard this, Liang Yaozu turned out to be a domestic violence man!
Ling Qingheng continued: "I heard from the servants that Liang Guogong's son has mania, and he often beats people when he disagrees with him. All the servants and maids who serve around him have been beaten by him, and his original wife was born in a poor family. He beat and scolded him constantly, and finally couldn't bear the humiliation, so he committed suicide by committing suicide. In order to cover up the scandal, Liang Guogong gave a large sum of money to Shizi's wife's natal family, claiming that Shizi's wife died of a sudden illness."
Shen Ying sneered after hearing Ling Qingheng's words, so he just said, how could Empress Dowager Liu and Guo Jiuchen be so enthusiastic about helping Princess Changping find a concubine, because they wanted to push Princess Changping into the pit of fire.
It doesn't matter that Liang Yaozu is a second marriage, and he is still a domestic violence man. If Princess Changping marries, how many days will she have to live as a sixteen-year-old girl?
It is really difficult for Empress Dowager Liu and the others to try their best to find such a "good" marriage for Changping.
Shen Ying clenched her fists tightly, with a cold look in her eyes, and said to Ling Qingheng, "It's a good thing you came to tell me about this earlier, otherwise, you would really have fulfilled the wishes of those people with ulterior motives."
Ling Qingheng asked curiously after hearing the words: "I don't know why the emperor suddenly wanted to investigate the son of Duke Liang?"
"It's nothing." Shen Ying waved his hands, this matter was related to Changping's reputation, and he couldn't talk more about it with a foreigner.
While chatting, suddenly Wan Zhongquan came in with someone from outside, saying that Gu Shaojun sent someone to deliver something from the capital to the emperor, the little eunuch moved the box Gu Min sent to Shen Ying and opened it. Two jars of wine.
Shen Ying didn't understand for a moment why Gu Min specially sent him two jars of wine, bent down and opened the seal of the wine jars with his hands, and immediately the aroma of the wine in the jars wafted out, filling the whole room.
Ling Qingheng smelled the aroma of wine, and his nose flapped and closed twice, "This smell seems to be drunk?"
After being reminded by Ling Qingheng, Shen Ying remembered that the night before his departure, Gu Min said that after he bought the drunken king's pregnant woman, he would send someone to send him to the palace quickly, and the corners of his mouth could not help but smile, thinking that he had intentions.
Shen Ying nodded and Ling Qingheng smiled and said: "Yes, it's Zui Junhuai. I heard that the price of Zui Junhuai in the capital has been fired to the point where it's hard to buy. Today you came by coincidence, and I drank it that day. You have one pot, I have two altars here today, I'm afraid you won't get enough!"
Ling Qingheng saluted with a smile, "In that case, the Caomin will thank the emperor first."
The wine jar was moved out of the wine cellar, so it was inevitable that some plaster would have fallen on the seal, and Shen Ying's hand that touched the wine jar would inevitably get a little bit dirty.
He turned around and tried to find a handkerchief on the table to wipe off the dust on his hands, but he couldn't find it. Ling Qingheng, who was at the side, saw the emperor's intention, so he took out his handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Ying, "Your Majesty, if you don't If you don't like it, use the grassroots."
Shen Ying didn't refuse, took it casually, wiped her hands, and inadvertently glanced at a plate of lychees that had just been delivered from Lingnan this morning on the table. With a sudden thought, she pointed to the plate of lychees: " Come on, put this up for me, and let someone send it to Gu Shaojun immediately."
Shen Ying thought, it only takes half a day to go from the palace to the capital, and the lychees must be fresh when they are delivered to Gu Min. Such a plate of lychees transported from Lingnan, which cost thousands of miles and cost money, is worth these two jars Drunk Jun has affection, right?
Shen Ying thought about it, threw the handkerchief that Ling Qingheng gave him on the table, and then turned around, but he didn't notice, it was a coincidence that the handkerchief just fell on the clothes. Lychees next to the plate.
The little eunuch got the order, and immediately went over to take away the thing the emperor pointed at just now, but he hesitated when he saw the things on the table, he kept his head down just now so he didn't notice, so the emperor was referring to the litchi Or this veil?
But he didn't dare to ask the emperor, his heart was bent, his eyes were closed, forget it, who cares, it's never wrong to pretend to send it to Gu Shaojun.
The day to go to the palace has been fixed, and the people who accompanied them to the palace in the past few days are packing up and getting ready to go. The day before the departure, the queen mother sent the emperor to Shou'an Palace to speak.
Shen Ying came to Shou'an Palace before evening, just in time to meet King Qi Shen Han also came to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.
King Qi has been self-supporting in Shouan Palace for several months. Shen Ying has no prejudice against this younger brother, and the grievances and grievances between adults cannot be counted on him in the end, so after King Qi greeted him, he smiled. Nodding his head, he said gently, "King Qi seems to have grown a lot taller, but he's just lost a little weight. Children of this age are just growing up, so they should pay more attention to eating."
King Qi lowered his head and listened to Shen Ying's words, but said nothing, and put his hands on his chest.Just play with your fingers.
Shen Ying didn't take King Qi's indifferent reaction to heart, children are inevitably rebellious, and besides, as an elder brother, he didn't care much about King Qi, so there was inevitably a rift between the two.
King Qi had already reached the age of entering school, and he was studying in Quanxue Zhai with other clan children. Shen Ying casually asked, "What books have you read recently? How is your homework?"
King Qi still kept his head down and played with his fingers, as if he didn't hear what Shen Ying said. Seeing this, the smile on Shen Ying's face gradually disappeared. Arguing with him doesn't mean he can endure King Qi's disrespect to his elders forever.
Just when Shen Ying was about to speak out to blame King Qi, the Queen Mother who was sitting at the top said, "Well, the emperor doesn't need to be angry, and King Qi didn't mean to be disrespectful to the emperor on purpose. I don't know what's wrong with this child, since he came to mourn Here at home, the whole person stays for a day, and he doesn't ask him anything, and he doesn't talk to anyone all day long, he seems to be stupid."
Shen Ying frowned. In his impression, King Qi used to be a pretty normal child. Why did he become like this after he hadn't seen him for so long?Judging by his dumbfounded appearance, he must be suffering from autism, right?
Shen Yingruo looked at the queen mother meaningfully, "Is it because the people below are not taking care of her?"
The nanny serving King Qi quickly knelt down and kowtowed, tremblingly said: "Back to the emperor, the slaves and servants do their best to take care of His Highness King Qi every day, and they will never be negligent, please learn from the emperor!"
The queen mother glanced at Shen Ying, put the teacup in her hand on the table, and sneered: "The emperor doesn't need to look at Aijia with such eyes, Aijia knows what you are thinking, although Aijia doesn't like Concubine Feng, but It's not like to attack a child, if the emperor has any doubts, he can send the imperial doctor to give King Qi a diagnosis and treatment."
Shen Ying hurriedly got up and saluted and apologized: "The Queen Mother is overthinking, I never doubt your intentions. I just think that King Qi may have left his biological mother suddenly and was not used to it for a while, so he became depressed and ill, and refused to communicate with the outside world. Concubine Feng has been confined in the palace for so long, she must have learned a lesson, why not let King Qi return to Concubine Feng's side, or let Concubine Feng take care of her, lest people think that I am insensitive and treat my younger brother harshly, what does the Queen Mother think?"
Empress Dowager Liu originally raised King Qi in Shou'an Palace in order to support King Qi to replace Shen Ying as another puppet emperor, but after a short time, she found that King Qi gradually showed a foolish look, Not talking, just talking to himself stupidly, not at all like a prince should be.
At first, Empress Dowager Liu also suspected that King Qi’s appearance was deliberately pretending. Later, an imperial doctor was sent to diagnose and treat King Qi. In conclusion, it is described as stupid because I am lost in my mind.
Empress Dowager Liu couldn't laugh or cry after listening to the imperial doctor's words. She hadn't done anything to King Qi yet. King Qi scared himself, and made himself stupid first. Can't stand it.
How can a mere idiot convince the officials to become emperor?So King Qi naturally became a useless son with Queen Mother Liu.
Empress Dowager Liu didn't want to raise this idiot King Qi for a long time. After listening to Shen Ying's words, she took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, "Since the emperor has opened his mouth to intercede for Concubine Feng, the Ai family will look at the emperor's face and avoid the punishment of Concubine Feng. Somebody, send King Qi back to Concubine Feng."
Concubine Feng has always regarded King Qi as her life.Genzi, I don't know what expression she will have when she sees her precious son turned into a fool. Empress Dowager Liu feels very happy when she thinks of this.
King Qi was taken down by the nanny, Empress Dowager Liu glanced at Shen Ying, "I invite the emperor to come here this time because I have something to discuss with the emperor."
Shen Ying said: "Please speak, Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Liu picked up a booklet that was placed on the table next to her, and said slowly: "Princess Changping is over sixteen years old and has reached the age of choosing a son-in-law. Concubine Chen is bedridden and ill for a long time, unable to manage common affairs. The princess's marriage still has to be done." The Ai family and the emperor should pay more attention. On this list, the Ai family asked Guo Daban to carefully select a few consorts, the emperor should take a look."
Shen Ying took the booklet and flipped through it. There were five candidates for son-in-law. They were either low-level officials from small families or bastards from a family of fallen lords. People who can't afford any storms.
Shen Ying knew what the Queen Mother was up to after looking at the list.
How could the Empress Dowager be so kind and suddenly concerned about Changping's marriage? It's just because after the Mongolian marriage and the last internal officer's inspection, the eldest princess Changping has long been a person who vents her anger with the emperor in the Empress Dowager's heart.
If the emperor gave Princess Changping a marriage to a powerful family member in the court, wouldn't it encourage the emperor's power, and that's why the queen mother was so eager to marry Changping.
After reading the list, Shen Ying closed the booklet, and said with a faint smile: "First, I thank the Queen Mother for your concern on Changping's behalf, but since it is Changping's own marriage, and the candidate for the son-in-law, I think it's better for her to be satisfied with Changping. How does Changping feel?"
"Marriage matters, parents' order, matchmaker's words, there is no reason for the daughter's family to decide on their own?" Mrs. Liu said expressionlessly, "The Ai family thinks that Liang Yaozu, the eldest son of Liang Guogong's family on the list, is very good, and his family background and character are all good. , Princess Shang is enough."
Shen Ying raised her eyebrows. He felt strange when he saw the prince of Liang Guogong on the list just now. The others were all petty officials and bastards. Only this Liang Yaozu was the prince of the Duke's mansion. At a glance, he stood out among the five people. .
It is true that Chang Ping was not wronged by the princess marrying the Duke's son, but Shen Ying had to wonder if the queen mother would be the queen mother when she heard Liang Yaozu deliberately mentioned. Showing him this list is just a pretense.
Shen Ying understood the Queen Mother's intentions, and smiled calmly: "Well, anyway, Changping will go to the Yulong Mountain Palace with him tomorrow, and I will take the time to summon Liang Yaozu, and let Changping take a look secretly. If Liang Yaozu is satisfied, I will issue a decree to bestow the marriage, what does the Empress Dowager think?"
The emperor had already talked about this point, and the queen mother could not push too hard, so as not to backfire, so she nodded in agreement.
After talking about Princess Changping's marriage, after Shen Ying left Shou'an Palace, she didn't go directly back to Yongle Palace, but went quietly to Ling Qingheng Palace instead.
A grape trellis was set up in the courtyard of Ling Qingheng's palace. When Shen Ying arrived, he saw Ling Qingheng spread out a straw mat under the grape trellis. He was sitting on the straw mat, drinking wine alone facing the moon.
Seeing Shen Ying coming in, Ling Qingheng quickly put down his wine glass and wanted to stand up to salute, but Shen Ying waved his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be too polite, I came to disturb your elegant mood, so there is no need to stand up and do these empty salutes."
Ling Qingheng knelt down and bowed his hands towards Shen Ying: "Caomin thank you, Your Majesty."
Shen Ying lifted up her clothes, sat down on the mat, picked up the wine jug on the ground, uncorked it, and sniffed it under her nose, "What kind of wine are you drinking? It has a strange fragrance, like a flower but not a flower. It is said to be fruity, but it is not fruity, so it smells nice."
Ling Qingheng said: "Back to the emperor, this wine is called Zui Junhuai, made from all kinds of fruits and flowers, and it is the new wine from the most famous winery in the capital. Would you like a glass, Your Majesty?"
"Okay, then I won't be polite." Shen Ying picked up an unused wine glass, filled the glass with wine, drank a glass and said, "You left the palace today?"
Ling Qingheng nodded, "Caomin went out of the palace to buy some things, and contacted other brothers by the way."
Shen Ying felt that the taste of Zui Junhuai was good, so she poured herself another glass, raised the wine glass and clinked it with Ling Qingheng, and said: "I will leave for the Yulong Mountain Palace tomorrow, and according to the usual practice, I will wait until the autumn Back to the palace, during the time I'm not in the capital, I need to ask your people to help me keep an eye on the movements of the various forces in the capital."
Ling Qingheng said: "The grass people understand."
Shen Ying looked up at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, put the wine glass to her lips and took a sip, "Besides, there are two important things you need to do for me right now."
Ling Qingheng: "Please order from the emperor."
Shen Ying said in a deep voice: "The first thing, you should pay attention to the situation of Feng Taifei, Queen Qi, mother and son in the palace for me; Check it carefully and let me know."
Ling Qingheng: "The grassroots obey the order."
After Shen Ying finished drinking, she took out a gold medal the size of half a palm from her sleeve and threw it to Ling Qingheng, "You keep this token. With this token, you can enter and leave the Imperial Palace and Yulongshan Palace at will."
Ling Qingheng put the token back into his sleeve, "Caomin understands."
"Okay, I can't stay with you for too long, so I won't disturb your pleasure of drinking by yourself." Shen Ying put down her wine glass, stood up and patted her clothes, "I'm leaving first, if there is an urgent matter that cannot be resolved , you can come to the palace to find me."
Ling Qingheng stood up and saluted, "Cao Min respectfully send the emperor off." Suddenly thinking of something, he called to Shen Ying again, "Your Majesty, please stay."
Shen Ying turned around, "What else is there?"
Ling Qingheng smiled and said: "The emperor seems to like this Zuijunhuai very much. Caomin bought two pots today. If the emperor doesn't dislike it, why don't Caomin give the emperor another pot of Zuijunhuai?"
"Very good, then I will be disrespectful." Shen Ying accepted it graciously, took the jug from Ling Qingheng, and said with a hearty smile, "I also have a lot of good wine there, so you can go to my place to pick whatever you want when you have a chance someday. Take whichever pot you want!"
—
The emperor led the harem to the palace to escape the summer heat. Gu Min, who was a young monarch, was originally in the entourage, but because he was still in charge of commanding the guards of the brocade guards, he had to stay in the capital on duty.
The emperor will not return to Luan until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which means that the two of them will not be able to see each other every day for at least two or three months. Bearing the blood and deep feud of the whole family, how can he indulge in the affair of his children without revenge.
One day before going to the palace.At night, when Shen Ying thought that she would not see Gu Min for a long time, she was so happy that she couldn't help but want to jump on the spot, but on the surface she had to pretend that she was reluctant to part with Gu Min, so In the evening, Gu Min was announced to come to Yongle Palace.
When Gu Min came, Shen Ying had already finished bathing, and she couldn't smell the smell of Ling Qingheng's place on her body.
"Please ask the emperor to bow to Jinan."
"I'm safe." Shen Ying sat cross-legged on the Arhat's bed, and waved to Gu Min, "Come and sit, I let someone chill a jug of wine before taking it out, come have a drink or two."
Gu Min took off his shoes.Sitting on the bed opposite Shen Ying, picked up the jug on the low table, and poured wine into their glasses respectively, "Why is the emperor interested in drinking with my minister today?"
Of course, when I think that starting from tomorrow, I won't have to act in front of you every day for a long time, I'm so happy!
Shen Ying thought so in her heart, picked up the wine glass, but said with a smile: "Of course I'm leaving soon, I can't bear to part with you, I want to have a drink with you tonight, so as to comfort the pain of lovesickness that we won't see each other for months."
Gu Min raised his cup with both hands and touched Shen Ying's cup, and said with a faint smile: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about it. If you are free, you can go to the palace to face the saint at any time, so how can you be so exaggerated as the emperor said that you won't see each other for several months. "
I don't welcome you here!
Shen Ying smiled perfunctorily, raised her hand, "Drink, drink."
Gu Min took a sip of the wine, and found that the wine he drank today seemed like he had never drunk it before, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Majesty, it seems that this wine has never been drunk in the palace before, did it come from a new tribute?"
Shen Ying said with a smile: "This wine is not tribute wine, it's called Zui Jun Huai. How about it, doesn't it taste good? I don't think it's inferior to tribute wine."
"Drunk, Jun, Huai?" Gu Min frowned slightly, remembering that today in Fusi, Beizhen, two subordinates discussed going to the wine shop to drink, saying that the wine shop launched a A new wine, the name seems to be called "Drunken King Huai".
It was a bit strange that the new wine just released by the wine shop outside the palace entered the emperor's wine glass at night.
Gu Min pretended to be casual and asked: "I don't know the emperor, where did you get this wine?"
Of course, Shen Ying couldn't say that Ling Qingheng gave it to him, so he used King An as a shield, "Shen Xuan brought it to me in the palace today, and said it was a new one from the wine shop in the capital. Hurry up and buy it, this wine is very rare in Beijing now, and when it is delivered to me, there is only one jug."
Gu Min couldn't find any flaws in Shen Ying's words, so he chose to believe Shen Ying's words for the time being, lowered his eyes to look deeply at Shen Ying and said, "If the emperor likes to drink, I will buy it in the future and let the emperor send it to the palace."
"Then I'll just wait." Seeing that Gu Min's glass was empty, Shen Ying picked up the jug and poured it for him, "Come on, have another drink."
However, Gu Min covered the mouth of the cup with his hand, preventing Shen Ying from pouring the wine, "Your Majesty, although this wine is good, you should not be greedy."
Shen Ying tilted her head, "Why?"
"Your majesty is going to the palace, and I won't see you for at least ten and a half months." Gu Min took the wine pot from Shen Ying's hand, took his hand, and squeezed Shen Ying's hand suggestively. Hukou said softly, "Could it be that the emperor summoned his ministers here tonight just to have a drink with him?"
Shen Ying: "..." This bastard is always on his mind.Can the bed attendant decorate with other things?
Shen Ying suddenly remembered something, and asked Gu Min with concern: "Have you taken the decoction that I let you drink every day?"
Gu Min smiled and said, "Drink it, it's not bad for a day."
Shen Ying narrowed her phoenix eyes incomprehension, "Then why..."
Gu Min took Shen Ying's words and rushed to say: "Then why is this minister still sober-minded, right?"
Shen Ying covered her lips with her sleeve and coughed twice, then said with a sneer: "You, you know?"
Gu Min said calmly: "Your Majesty, you probably haven't tasted that medicine? The medicine tastes extremely bitter, obviously caused by the addition of Coptis chinensis, and Coptis chinensis has the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. What do you think the medicine is for? Can you guess it?"
Shen Ying laughed dryly, "I, I let you drink that medicine, because people tend to get irritable in summer, so I want you to calm down..."
Gu Min interrupted him: "I don't blame the emperor for letting me drink Coptis chinensis."
Shen Ying said with a guilty conscience: "I didn't know there was Coptis chinensis in the prescription prescribed by the imperial hospital. If I knew, I wouldn't let you drink it."
Gu Min stared at Shen Ying's face, raised his lips and smiled, and said softly: "In fact, I am not a person who attaches great importance to sex and lust. Huang Lian is useless to me, but as soon as I see the emperor, I know that I have a minister in my heart. I can't help myself every time, can the emperor understand?"
Shen Ying bit her head and nodded, "Understood, I... know your mind."
Gu Min kneaded Shen Ying's fingers one by one, and said slowly: "The emperor is going to the palace to escape the summer heat, and I can't accompany the holy car because of busy work. I hope the emperor will not be distracted by the flowers and plants around him, and forget to look at you." Your promise is good."
Shen Ying couldn't help but asked tentatively: "What if I forget? What will you do?"
"The minister picked up his sword and chased after them to the palace, and took those flowers and plants," Gu Min raised his eyes, the black eyes were unfathomable, with a smile on his lips, he said every word, "exhaust, all, chop, weed, remove, root .”
—
The next day, the royal chariots marched mightily towards the Yulong Mountain Palace.
The palace was built on the top of the mountain, and the temperature at high altitudes is naturally lower than that of the ground. Shen Ying bumped all the way in the carriage, and the carriage was stuffy and hot. Come alive again.
The palace where the emperor lives is called Chengxinzhai, the empress dowager lives in Evergreen Garden, and the rest of the concubines and princesses live in Qichun Garden. It is quite wild, and the climate on the top of the mountain is pleasant, it is really a good place to escape the summer heat.
After resting in the palace for two days, Shen Ying had just finished approving the memorial in the Qinzheng Hall, when suddenly the little eunuch came to report that someone was holding an imperial token to ask for an interview.
As soon as Shen Ying heard it, she knew it was Ling Qingheng, so she asked Ling Qingheng to come in.
Ling Qingheng was brought into Chengxinzhai, and Shen Ying wondered why Ling Qingheng came to the palace to look for him in a hurry after he had only been away from Beijing for two days, so she stepped back and asked what happened to Ling Qingheng.
Ling Qingheng replied: "Before the emperor left the palace, he asked Caomin to investigate the prince of Liang Guogong. After many inquiries, Caomin learned some inside information, so he rushed to report to the emperor."
Shen Ying said with interest: "What's the inside story? Tell me quickly."
Ling Qingheng said: "Everyone in the capital knows that the son of the Duke of Liang has already married a wife, but the original spouse died of illness a year after marriage. But the grass people bought the slaves of the Duke of Liang's mansion privately, and only then did they realize that the original spouse of the Duke of Liang was not married. He did not die of illness, but was tortured to death by the prince of Liang Guogong."
torture to death?Shen Ying frowned when she heard this, Liang Yaozu turned out to be a domestic violence man!
Ling Qingheng continued: "I heard from the servants that Liang Guogong's son has mania, and he often beats people when he disagrees with him. All the servants and maids who serve around him have been beaten by him, and his original wife was born in a poor family. He beat and scolded him constantly, and finally couldn't bear the humiliation, so he committed suicide by committing suicide. In order to cover up the scandal, Liang Guogong gave a large sum of money to Shizi's wife's natal family, claiming that Shizi's wife died of a sudden illness."
Shen Ying sneered after hearing Ling Qingheng's words, so he just said, how could Empress Dowager Liu and Guo Jiuchen be so enthusiastic about helping Princess Changping find a concubine, because they wanted to push Princess Changping into the pit of fire.
It doesn't matter that Liang Yaozu is a second marriage, and he is still a domestic violence man. If Princess Changping marries, how many days will she have to live as a sixteen-year-old girl?
It is really difficult for Empress Dowager Liu and the others to try their best to find such a "good" marriage for Changping.
Shen Ying clenched her fists tightly, with a cold look in her eyes, and said to Ling Qingheng, "It's a good thing you came to tell me about this earlier, otherwise, you would really have fulfilled the wishes of those people with ulterior motives."
Ling Qingheng asked curiously after hearing the words: "I don't know why the emperor suddenly wanted to investigate the son of Duke Liang?"
"It's nothing." Shen Ying waved his hands, this matter was related to Changping's reputation, and he couldn't talk more about it with a foreigner.
While chatting, suddenly Wan Zhongquan came in with someone from outside, saying that Gu Shaojun sent someone to deliver something from the capital to the emperor, the little eunuch moved the box Gu Min sent to Shen Ying and opened it. Two jars of wine.
Shen Ying didn't understand for a moment why Gu Min specially sent him two jars of wine, bent down and opened the seal of the wine jars with his hands, and immediately the aroma of the wine in the jars wafted out, filling the whole room.
Ling Qingheng smelled the aroma of wine, and his nose flapped and closed twice, "This smell seems to be drunk?"
After being reminded by Ling Qingheng, Shen Ying remembered that the night before his departure, Gu Min said that after he bought the drunken king's pregnant woman, he would send someone to send him to the palace quickly, and the corners of his mouth could not help but smile, thinking that he had intentions.
Shen Ying nodded and Ling Qingheng smiled and said: "Yes, it's Zui Junhuai. I heard that the price of Zui Junhuai in the capital has been fired to the point where it's hard to buy. Today you came by coincidence, and I drank it that day. You have one pot, I have two altars here today, I'm afraid you won't get enough!"
Ling Qingheng saluted with a smile, "In that case, the Caomin will thank the emperor first."
The wine jar was moved out of the wine cellar, so it was inevitable that some plaster would have fallen on the seal, and Shen Ying's hand that touched the wine jar would inevitably get a little bit dirty.
He turned around and tried to find a handkerchief on the table to wipe off the dust on his hands, but he couldn't find it. Ling Qingheng, who was at the side, saw the emperor's intention, so he took out his handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Ying, "Your Majesty, if you don't If you don't like it, use the grassroots."
Shen Ying didn't refuse, took it casually, wiped her hands, and inadvertently glanced at a plate of lychees that had just been delivered from Lingnan this morning on the table. With a sudden thought, she pointed to the plate of lychees: " Come on, put this up for me, and let someone send it to Gu Shaojun immediately."
Shen Ying thought, it only takes half a day to go from the palace to the capital, and the lychees must be fresh when they are delivered to Gu Min. Such a plate of lychees transported from Lingnan, which cost thousands of miles and cost money, is worth these two jars Drunk Jun has affection, right?
Shen Ying thought about it, threw the handkerchief that Ling Qingheng gave him on the table, and then turned around, but he didn't notice, it was a coincidence that the handkerchief just fell on the clothes. Lychees next to the plate.
The little eunuch got the order, and immediately went over to take away the thing the emperor pointed at just now, but he hesitated when he saw the things on the table, he kept his head down just now so he didn't notice, so the emperor was referring to the litchi Or this veil?
But he didn't dare to ask the emperor, his heart was bent, his eyes were closed, forget it, who cares, it's never wrong to pretend to send it to Gu Shaojun.
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