Clan House

The cook of the prince's mansion, in the end, served the prince's personal service, and did not live in the prince's mansion of Chu.Song Yi became more and more busy since that day, leaving Song Jingxin alone in Shensi Hall to repent, and only appeared once every two days to check the prince's homework.

Song Jingxin is bored all day long, eats and drinks, wanders freely among the courtyards of the clan's mansion, as long as she doesn't go to the front hall where the business is discussed, no one will stop her.He thought to himself that Song Yi might have guessed his own plan. He came to the clan's mansion for punishment, but it was just to avoid marriage.Song Jingxin received the favor of the King of Chu, so she stayed in the clan's mansion very peacefully, not as nonsense as last time.

It's just that life is really boring, Song Jingxin couldn't help complaining to Song Yi once, never thought that he would see King Jin who came to visit the prison the next day.

Unfortunately, it rained that day, and Song Jingshi, who came riding a horse, was thoroughly drenched.The rain came and went quickly, a blind cloud was chasing after His Royal Highness Jin Wang, and was drenching people in front of the gate of the clan mansion.Wang Yongfu had received the order and was waiting for King Jin outside the door.He helped Song Jingshi lead the horse and tie it, and led King Jin to shelter from the rain under the porch.

Soon Song Jingxin also got the news, and came out with an umbrella to meet her sister.When he saw Song Jingshi's body was soaked, he was startled, and hurriedly dragged her to the side hall of Shensi Hall to change.

Wang Yongfu followed, and Song Jingxin sent him to light a charcoal fire.When Wang Yongfu returned with the charcoal basin in his hand, he saw that Song Jingshi had already changed into the prince's casual clothes. She was shorter than Song Jingxin, so her sleeves seemed a little long.Wang Yongfu put the charcoal basin in place, added incense charcoal to the hand stove, and held it in the arms of the two nobles.

Song Jingshi's hair was also wet, so he removed the hair crown and spread his hair to wipe it.Her complexion was slightly pale, and she bowed and leaned on the chair.Standing behind King Jin, Wang Yongfu gently wiped her hair.He had never done close service work, so his techniques were inevitably a little rusty, and Song Jingshi's hair was involved in his movements, leading her body to lean forward.

Song Jingshi had just changed his clothes, and at this moment, a large area of ​​his lower back was dizzy and wet.Wang Yongfu watched King Jin wet his outer shirt, thinking about how quickly she changed clothes just now, he blurted out and asked, "Your Highness, did you not take off your inner shirt?"

Song Jingshi hissed, covered his head and stretched Wang Yongfu's hand away: "What are you doing! Are you a slave of a bull? You are using such force to murder the king?"

Wang Yongfu quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The slave is guilty, please punish him, Your Highness!"

"I don't dare to punish the emperor's uncle," Song Jingshi snorted, "Get off, don't let me see you again!"

Wang Yongfu didn't dare to delay, and left Shensitang soon.The two brothers and sisters waited for him to go far before they spoke. "It's okay, but it's just a no-rank eunuch in charge of the clan's mansion, besides, many people know that this king pays attention to clothes."

"Forget it, I'll ask him around these two days to make sure he doesn't find out." Song Jingxin said.

"Don't," Song Jingshi hugged the hand stove tightly, and put it close to his lower abdomen, "I didn't think there was anything wrong, but you knocked around and made people realize something was wrong. Hey, if I knew it, I would tell him to boil a pot of hot water before driving away."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to burn it!" Song Jingxin grinned and rolled up his sleeves to get the kettle.

"You can still boil water?" Song Jingshi asked in surprise.

"Isn't this charcoal stove ready-made?" Song Jingxin rolled her eyes, "Imperial brother, even if I don't know how to work, I'm not an idiot!"

"You're really..." Song Jingshi paused, then smiled, "It's pretty messed up, and you've learned everything after a single confinement."

The brother and sister joked for a while, and the rain gradually stopped.Song Jingxin saw that her younger sister's face was much paler than usual, so she told her to go back home quickly.Song Jingshi still talked bravely, only saying that those who have led the army are not so particular.Song Jingxin ignored her insistence, found a big cloak and put it on her body.After leaving the courtyard, he saw Wang Yongfu standing obediently under the porch, so he sent him to lead the horse and send King Jin away.

But it was said that when Song Jingshi left the clan's mansion, he suffered from abdominal pain on the way.Returning to the palace, for the first time, he ignored the concubine who came up to him, and hurried into the study, not seeing anyone again.

In the Forbidden Palace, King Chu and his party were also photographed by the heavy rain.Fortunately, there are many halls in the palace, so the clothes will not be wet.When they arrived at Kunning Palace, their own maids and servants greeted him early, took off the cloak and dusted off the king of Chu.After entering the palace, the queen asked the palace servants to bring two bowls of ginger tea to drive Song Yi away from the cold.

"Aunt Cheng is also here, and now she is a high school student in the Prince Chu's residence?"

Cheng Gongyue is an old man in the palace, and has been in charge of Kunning Palace for 30 years. This Empress Gu has dealt with her a lot when she was a princess, and she still respects her a lot when they meet each other now.

Cheng Gongyue took the ginger tea offered by the palace maid, thanked her first, and then replied: "The empress has killed the servants. Since the death of the empress dowager, the servants have stepped down. It's just that the day before yesterday, I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu wants to When I came to the palace, the slaves used to have the best friendship with the Shang Gong Bureau, so I asked His Highness King Chu to take the slaves back to the palace to have a look."

"That being the case," the queen looked at the sky outside, "I see that the rain is getting weaker than before, so I won't delay you to see your sisters, so go."

"Your Majesty, since you entered the palace, you will naturally come to kowtow to your Majesty first." Cheng Gongyue saluted, and said a few words of courtesy to the Empress before she left.

"What's the matter with the emperor's visit to Kunning Palace?" The queen asked Song Yi, "The emperor doesn't go out for nothing. He seldom comes to the palace on weekdays. Presumably he came to the palace to beg for ginger tea."

"Ashamed," Song Yi drank two sips of ginger tea, took the hand stove handed over by the maid and hugged it in his arms, "I am here today, and I really have something to ask the empress. The records are not very detailed, and there are many contradictions. At first, the minister only thought that His Majesty wanted to record the fifth princess under the name of the imperial concubine, so that there is no need to verify who the fifth princess's biological mother is. But years ago, His Majesty suddenly made a decree, posthumously named Xu For Zhaoyi, this made the ministers suffer..."

Let's say that Cheng Gongyue left Kunning Palace and went straight to the Shang Palace Bureau to find Li Shanggong.The two sisters hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they couldn't finish talking, so they sent out all the female officers under their subordinates.Cheng Gongyue missed her sisters, and brought a lot of things in large and small bags, clothes and jewelry, pickled melons and pickles, and Kit Kat playthings, all of them fell on the bed and offered treasures to the old sisters.

Li Shanggong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and prepared some gifts in return, which were clothes and furs from the nobles in the palace, and a few boxes of exquisite snacks. "The dresses of female officials are all standard. These materials are all high-quality, and I can't wear them now. I'm afraid that when I leave the palace, everything will be covered. You can take it back and cut the clothes to wear. You are now Living outside the palace, no one cares about how beautiful it is.”

"Then thank you!" Cheng Gongyue didn't refuse, took a scroll with both hands, and asked in a low voice, "This is a good thing, you haven't opened it before."

"No, it's not something I left behind after all, so I don't have so many curiosity."

"That's good, you have always been a cautious person," Cheng Gongyue nodded, and wrapped the scroll with woolen material, "There are some risky things, and if they are done, I will naturally remember your kindness. Nothing to do with it."

"Don't worry, I read it carefully when I brought it, and it has never been opened because of the seal on it," Li Shanggong said, "The child who handles the affairs is also trustworthy. He entered the palace at the age of seven, and the sick old mother and widow at home depended on him. I will help."

"Have you not alarmed others?" Cheng Gongyue asked.

"Since your Majesty went to Beihai, the guarding of the Jiaotai Palace has not been as strict as before," Li Shanggong said, "I told the child to take advantage of the opportunity of sweeping to enter the palace. There is a layer at the bottom of the big wooden bucket filled with water. The guards guarding the gate can't see the depth, and they don't attract attention..."

After packing up the package, the two sisters chatted a lot.Li Shanggong called several female envoys who had just entered the palace to visit Cheng Gongyue, and extorted a lot of rewards from her.Cheng Gongyue reluctantly left until Song Yi had settled matters in Kunning Palace and sent someone to call.

The two masters and servants left the palace, did not go to the clan's mansion, and went straight back to Chu Wang's mansion.

Cheng Gongyue got a good rough from Li Shanggong, and planned to make a pair of knee pads for Song Yi.She was getting old and couldn't grasp the size when cutting, so she asked Song Yi for a pair of old knee pads for reference.Song Yi didn't see her for a long time, so he called someone into the room to talk.

The bright yellow scroll was spread out on the desk, although Cheng Gongyue hadn't read it, she probably guessed the contents.

"Jiaotai Hall is not inhabited by people, and it is rarely used on weekdays. It is probably the reason why Yingzong hid the edict here. But no one thought that His Majesty would choose Jiaotai Hall to practice, and it is hard for those who are interested to enter. "Cheng Gongyue said, "But since His Majesty went to Beihai, the guards of the Jiaotai Palace have been relaxed, and this is the chance for us to take out the things."

Standing in front of the desk, Song Yi carefully read the familiar handwriting several times, and the content did not differ much from his memory: "I have been awarded the throne of my ancestors with meagerness, and it is now forty-four years. This year is over seventy, and I often Destiny..."

Yingzong died suddenly, and no one close to him received an oral order, nor did the cabinet and Kunning Palace see the will.But I don't know that there is a will, and it has been hidden in the Jiaotai Palace for a long time, so few people know it.This posthumous edict was written in 44 years of Ningde, and Yingzong died in 48 years, so it was written by the emperor himself.Compared with the will drafted by the cabinet after his death, it is much shorter in length and more concise in content.

"This king has a long history and a good memory. When my father wrote this will, this king was sitting on my father's lap and read every word." Song Yi spoke, but it seemed that he was not Facing Cheng Gongyue, he said to himself, "Father should have only told Gu Li about this matter. The prince and grand master thought that no one would know if he didn't tell, and no one cared about my king's prying eyes."

Cheng Gongyue frowned slightly, Gu Li's choice made her a little worried.But Song Yi brought another scroll, the style and texture were exactly the same as the last edict, there was no writing on the bright yellow brocade, but the emperor's seal had already been stamped on it.

"When this king was enlightened, it was my father's handwriting. Even though I have changed the font now, I am still the most familiar with my father's handwriting." Song Yi grinded the ink himself, and wrote it after it was full, "Father The emperor's calligraphy is now worth a lot!"

"Yingzong's calligraphy is very famous in the world." Cheng Gongyue took over the written edict and still hid it in the fur. "There are also a lot of people who are practicing. Will the Gu family find a flaw?"

"I'm not afraid that he will find out, besides, I still have some confidence in these two words." Song Yi smiled and took Cheng Gongyue's hand, and asked in a low voice, "Just ask the palace man to put it back to its original position and let it go." Well, after the matter is completed, this king will thank him and Li Shanggong deeply."