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When Prince Lian was called into the palace, his face was still calm and smiling as usual. The officials he met on the road stopped to salute him. Prince Lian was also humble and gentle, which made people feel close.

The face is like a spring breeze, but in fact, Prince Lian is also beating a small drum in his heart.

Why did the emperor call him back from Jingshan suddenly? Is it because of his long-distance contacts with the Nian family?This is stepping on the emperor's bottom line, so that he wants to do something to himself?

Prince Lian walked through the main entrance of Qianqing Palace.

Seeing him arriving, Su Peisheng rushed up to greet him: "My lord, please wait a moment in the porch, Lord Long Live is receiving Annan's envoy inside."

Like a ruler, Prince Lian stood very precisely at the position he usually sees on the east side of the door.

In a short while, I saw a pale-faced and sweaty Annan envoy, leading four deputy envoys, escape from the Qianqing Palace in a panic, obviously being scolded out of his wits.

Worried about his own safety, Prince Lian still couldn't help being amused and contemptuous: Annan is so dumb, it's just a dream to dig out the land and copper mines from the current emperor.I don't want to pick a good year, and I don't know how to inquire before doing things. The current emperor is the kind of debt king who is busy searching his house and collecting debts during the Chinese New Year. Land and copper mines give you Annan for nothing?

He stood by the door, thinking about things bored - anyway, the emperor doesn't want to see him, and he probably won't be summoned in a short time, so he should be thrown outside to blow the cold wind.For this reason, before entering the palace, Prince Lian wore several thick fleece jackets inside to ensure that he could stand for a day in the cold and windy winter without any problem.

Looking at the back of Annan's envoy who staggered to the high threshold of the main entrance, Prince Lian shook his head.

Although he is now pulling Longke's many years of Gengyao to make trouble together, and wants to form a party to make the emperor leniently deal with debtors, but in many matters, he does not agree with the ideas of Longkoduo and others.

Giving away the land to others, heh, fortunately he came up with such a bad idea.Thanks to his blindness, he couldn't even see the essence of Nan'an clearly.

The Buddha cut meat to feed eagles. I have never heard of people cutting meat to feed hyenas. They will not stop tasting the meat, let alone appreciate it.

On the matter of Annan, Prince Lian was still at the emperor's disposal.

He was wandering his mind aimlessly, when he heard someone calling him, "Prince Lian."

When he came back to his senses, Su Peisheng's big face was in front of him, and he said with a smile, "Long live Lord, I want to see you."

So fast?Prince Lian was taken aback for a moment, then adjusted his clothes and went inside to meet him.

The emperor obviously didn't take Annan seriously, and the envoys were also dressed in the usual black gold uniforms, and the dragon patterns were not very conspicuous.

But the majesty of the own emperor is far better than countless costumes.

Seeing this situation, Prince Lian couldn't help feeling sad.

Their brothers are all people who are well versed in Buddhist principles. Although they don't really believe it, they still feel somewhat fateful and metaphysical: After all, he is already the emperor, and he has firmly secured the position of emperor.

Prince Lian stepped forward in the prince's uniform and saluted: "I pay homage to the emperor."

The emperor raised his eyes: "How about the trip to Jingshan."

On Prince Lian's face, there were three parts of remembering Huang Kao's memory, three parts of the honor of making him a "sacrifice" to the emperor, three parts of sincere and dedicated gratitude, and one part of just right yin and yang.

"I have received the great honor of the Holy Grace, and it is really my blessing to be able to offer sacrifices to Jingshan! With the emperor's grace, I have allowed the ninth younger brother to accompany me. It is really sad for brothers to recall the teachings of Huang Kao on the New Year's Eve."

The emperor looked at Prince Lian's almost flawless performance, and thought about the stuttering response of Annan's envoy just now, and the unconcealed cunning and greed in the king's handwritten letter, and even wanted to laugh.

Annan's class is playing tricks here with me, pretending to be pitiful and engaging in obedience and infidelity-in this respect, can they compare with Lao Ba?

In his previous life, he even thought that this kind of small country, which was repeatedly jumping around, would not be better if it were handed over to Lao Ba, a person who is scheming with outside relatives and inside.

When Prince Lian heard the emperor's sneer from above, he was satisfied: Today, he is so angry that the fourth child's target has been fulfilled.

The emperor didn't have time to watch tea performances anymore, so he put the booklet in his hand aside and asked directly: "You are far away in Jingshan, but you don't forget to keep in touch with Nian Gengyao and Longkoduo."

Prince Lian's heart sank: here it is, it really is.

But on the surface, he showed more sincerity and respect: "I respect you day and night, even if you have contacts with Long Keduo and Nian Gengyao, you are always in accordance with the holy will. The emperor has always valued the two and disliked the stupidity of the minister. Naturally, the minister You should consult with the two lords more, after all, they are all important ministers who are loyal to the emperor."

The word "loyalty" was purposely emphasized a little bit more.

Isn't this your most valued courtier? This year Gengyao is still half your brother-in-law, how could he be so easily pried away by me.You reflect on it.

The emperor frowned: Even if he arranged a place for Lao Ba, the emperor would like to cure him of this yin and yang problem.

The emperor of this world has excellent eyesight and has always had good observation skills.

It was soon discovered that Lao Ba's cuffs were a little unnatural.

Prince Lian specially wore several layers of fleece for fear of being punished by the emperor to stand in the cold winter. Although the winter court clothes are very loose and the body does not look bloated, the sleeves are narrow.

The emperor saw that the cuffs of his clothes were tight, and quickly understood: Oh, this is wearing a lot inside, I am afraid I will punish him to kneel in the snow.

Su Peisheng tried his best to hide in the corner: every time Prince Lian faced the saint, he tried to reduce his sense of existence, for fear of making the emperor angry by breathing.

"Su Peisheng!" At this moment, the emperor suddenly called him, which frightened Eunuch Su half to death, and quickly responded.

I saw the emperor reached out and untied the fur collar on his neck, and then ordered: "Bring four more braziers in, it's cold today." He glanced at Lao Ba: "Prince Lian has always been 'weak'. Just put the brazier Put it all around him."

Prince Lian: ...

For the next half an hour, the emperor was not too busy talking about Annan, but just looked at the papers brought from the Hall of Yangxin to the Qianqing Palace, and focused on his work, resting his eyes occasionally, looking up to see the sweat on the old man's forehead The face is flushed.

Not bad, very refreshing.

It wasn't until later that the emperor started to feel panicked even though he was sitting far away, so he ordered Su Peisheng to remove the brazier.

Prince Lian's voice finally had the meaning of gritting his teeth: "My lord, thank the emperor for his grace."

The emperor threw a pen, and said directly: "I will ask you this time today, are you willing to go to Annan and do something for the stability of the Qing Dynasty, or do you want to stay in the capital and tie up with Nian Gengyao, Longkodo and others?" Let's continue to toss together."

Prince Lian was stunned and was speechless for a moment. He looked at the emperor in surprise and blurted out: "Let me go to Annan?"

The emperor nodded: "Of course, if you go, you can only go alone. Concubine Liang stays in the capital, Hongwang stays in the capital. And I will send a secret letter to Gao Qizhuo, so that you won't get half of the military power , if you have any changes in linking up with the local green battalion and soldiers, he can act on my behalf to eradicate the 'rebellion'."

Prince Lian's expression became more serious than ever before.

It was precisely because the emperor took the hostages and said the ugly words in advance, that Ba Ye was sure that what the emperor said was true!He really wanted to go to Annan to do something by himself.If the emperor allowed him and his family to go to Yunnan together, Eighth Master would not dare, maybe some accident happened on the way, and Prince Lian's mansion was "unfortunately all killed", which just happened to save the court an expense of the palace.

But now, the emperor clearly wanted him to frighten Annan.

Prince Lian suddenly felt sad for some reason.

So, do I have another way out?

He is a smart person, how can he not see that the emperor's throne is stable now, no matter how much they toss about, the chance of turning things upside down is extremely small.

But Prince Lian was still arguing with the emperor, and he couldn't do anything about it.

It was like two people with very different strengths met on a narrow road. Prince Lian only had a dagger in his hand, while the other had fire and guns.He knew that he was invincible, but his character determined that he could not put down all his weapons and wait for death, and directly put his life in the hands of others.

But he also knew in his heart that he would always lose, or he had already lost.

His fate will not be good in the future, so Prince Lian is also very contradictory.He didn't want to completely anger the emperor and leave a way out for Hongwang and the people of Yifu, but he also wanted to show his remaining strength and prevent the emperor from easily crushing him.

He felt that he was walking on a road with dead ends on both sides and ends.

But now, another road suddenly appeared in front of him, and Prince Lian had mixed feelings.

Seeing that the old man was in a daze for so long, the emperor frowned impatiently and urged: "Choose quickly. I still have something to do."

For the first time in front of the emperor, Prince Lian showed his sharpness when he was a brother, and said with a sneer: "What the emperor said, do I have any choice? Your majesty, you have made it clear that you want to do Nian Gengyao and Longkodo. I If you don't agree to go to Annan, can you get out of this door today?"

The emperor nodded: "Of course, you can go out even though you can go out today and tell Long Ke Nian Gengyao that I am very dissatisfied with them and will always punish them."

Hearing what the emperor said, Prince Lian felt relieved that someone was more unlucky than me: "No wonder the emperor 'promoted' the nine-door admiral Longkodo in October last year, and asked him to hand over the dispatch of the soldiers in Beijing. Quan—as for Nian Gengyao, who insisted on begging for his life to return to the capital, he is a fool who threw himself into a trap."

The emperor felt that Lao Ba was much more pleasing to the eye when he was not pretending.Everyone is a sensible person, so go straight to the point of talking, and then hurry up and get down to business, don't waste time.

For the emperor, no matter how difficult the previous life was due to internal and external troubles, he won in the end.What's more, this time, he was well prepared, and the mother and child were very close, and the brotherly love was deep, and Shi 34 was his right-hand man.

If he loses, unless a meteorite falls from the sky and hits him.

Giving the old eight a chance to go to Annan is also the end of the previous life, and an opportunity for the present.

By the way, Lao Ba and other clan princes and confidential ministers such as Nian Gengyao Longkodo were separated, otherwise it would be too costly to take them all together. Why bother, it hurts one's own vitality.

Prince Lian finally chose to go to Annan.

Who would want to die aggrieved if they could live with some meaning.

When responding to Annan's trip, Prince Lian even felt a sense of relief.The years of intrigue, brother-in-law rivalry, may have come to an end after all.

The fact that Prince Lian will be sent to Annan as an imperial envoy caused a great uproar in the court.

The emperor is reusing, or exiling.Even Longkodo and others couldn't understand it.

Sure enough, the emperor's heart is unpredictable.

Fortunately, the emperor deliberately ignored Annan's envoys for a few days, so that King Annan could scratch his head for a while, so he decreed that Prince Lian led the team to set off after March [-]th.Nian Gengyao and Longkodo were in the two mansions, but they thought about the same thing: Fortunately, there is still time to communicate with Prince Lian.

The first month is out, and the second day of the second month is over. The New Year's Eve in the palace is over, and Jiang Heng is about to move.

The moving date calculated by Qin Tianjian for her was the third day of March, two days after her birthday.

But the "good day and auspicious day for moving" mentioned by Qin Tianjian was not the day when the furniture was moved, but the day when Jiang Heng himself moved there.Therefore, in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already begun to arrange the front yard of the main hall for the Yonghe Palace in full swing, ensuring that on the third day of March, the concubine Xin will only be responsible for strolling over, and the moving ceremony will be successfully completed.

And this stroll is not casual strolling.

Qin Tianjian sent a complete set of route strategy maps.

For example, which corridor Jiang Heng should avoid when walking that day, which color of clothes he should avoid, and which direction he should avoid when walking are all within the plan.As for the corners that Jiang Heng had to pass, he was particular about whether to place flowers, bonsai, or water urns. He even had to put a few fish in the lotus urn, and he couldn't go wrong with any color of fish.

It can be said that the words metaphysics and auspiciousness have been carried out to the end.

And after the emperor made arrangements for Annan, he also turned back to care about her moving to the palace.

Besides, since the emperor calculated the hexagram of "Han Zhang Ke Zhen" for her last time, it seemed that his enthusiasm for metaphysics was aroused, and he soon made a fortune-telling for her this year's fate.

Jiang Heng held his chin and watched the emperor earnestly perform the deduction, and remembered that there used to be that kind of arithmetic master in his hometown who was known as a half-immortal. Many people believed in his efficacies, and the cars of people queuing up to see him for fortune-telling could line up from the top of the mountain to the middle of the mountain.Locals like Jiang Heng were discouraged and didn't bother to line up.

Who would have thought that she hadn't even counted this kind of folk half-celestial hexagram, but now the emperor would give her a hexagram every now and then.

Fate is also amazing.

But after the emperor finished the calculation, he knew that she didn't understand this, so he didn't even tell her more about the hexagrams, but only instructed her to pay attention: the emperor saw that her fortune this year was bad, but it seemed that in the middle of the year, she would feel a little unwell.Therefore, she was instructed not to show off her birthday this year, and not to set fire on the [-]th day before her birthday—not only Jiang Heng himself, but also the entire Yonghe Palace must avoid frying and open flames.

Before Jiang Heng got better, Qiu Xue firmly engraved these words in her mind, and strictly abided by the emperor's order. When the day came, she locked the small kitchen in the palace, and put all the braziers and charcoal stoves in the palace. Received.

I would rather the whole Yonghe Palace work harder, and go to the Nanguo room next door to carry hot water back and forth for use, instead of lighting a fire in my own palace.

The emperor even came to check once, and he expressed his satisfaction when he saw that the Yonghe Palace was guarding his hexagram.

Jiang Heng: Your Majesty, you have gone farther and farther on the road of metaphysics.

This means that the earth dragon in the palace of the second month of the lunar calendar is burning enough and will not be broken. Otherwise, the taboo of 'not using open flames' can be calculated. Jiang Heng will have to wonder if he offended the leader when he was targeted and punished. She is freezing.

Of course, now it seems that the emperor is not embarrassing her, but believes in his hexagrams.He even sent Jiang Heng another box of leather clothes, and then said persuasively: "If it's cold, wear more, it will be fine in the past fifteen days."

Jiang Heng had no choice but to accept the fur, and wrapped himself into a bear zongzi every day in the palace.

Even for this matter, she cannot hold a banquet in Yonghe Palace on her birthday.

The empress had heard that the emperor ordered Yonghe Palace to avoid open flames, so she specially said to Jiang Heng: "Accordingly, this is your first birthday after you became a concubine, so you should have a good time."

"It's just that Long Live Lord is the emperor of the real dragon. The hexagrams calculated by the hands of the emperor are the heavenly hexagrams, which must be followed. Since you can't make fire in the palace, naturally you can't hold the birthday banquet this year. Anyway, the concubines in the palace will not be able to do it." Don't bother you, just spend a day in peace, the emperor will definitely visit you."

Jiang Heng agreed, and said in his heart: The small kitchens of Yonghe Palace are closed. If there is a large-scale banquet like the imperial concubine empress and concubines in the palace, it is estimated that everyone will not even be able to drink hot tea when they arrive.

The most important thing in Jiang Heng's heart is not whether there is no fire, but whether she can keep her single Yonghe Palace.

So before she moved to the main hall, she began to plan what to do with the empty apse and the east and west hatchback rooms after moving away.

She is used to living alone on the Daping floor, and she doesn't want anyone to move in in the future.

But not to mention the traditional three-year draft in the palace, but to say that after the new year, there will be five promises who were delayed in the palace before, and they will be taken into the Forbidden City.

It's not that Jiang Heng doesn't sympathize with their fate.

They are like duckweeds in a drop of water, they entered the palace after a small election, and they thought that they would be finished as palace maids honestly.In the end, because of her good looks and figure (a good figure in the eyes of the empress dowager is not the same thing as a good figure in the eyes of the emperor), she was selected by the empress de concubine to be a concubine for Prince Yong of that day.

To say that when they first entered the palace, they might not have thought that this was an opportunity to get ahead, but after a few years of hard work, they have completely recognized the status quo. People are going crazy, okay? .

The most frightening thing is not suffering, but the endless suffering and desertion.

They were forgotten in Prince Yong's Mansion like old furniture.

Putting himself in the situation, Jiang Heng could imagine how happy they would be when they learned that he would be able to enter the palace next year.

But sympathy is one thing, not wanting to live with someone is another.

Jiang Heng was going to think of a way to use the apse first.

Her thoughts are very practical, and she doesn't hide it from Qiu Xue.After hearing this, Qiu Xue agreed: "My lady is right, a weekly promise is enough to scare people. If someone comes into trouble, it will be uncomfortable day and night." Straight up, and the words will become a little bit polite.

Qiuxue said: "Of course the best thing is for the empress to have a child herself. No matter whether the princess or the elder brother, they can raise them by themselves until they are six years old before sending them to the elder brother's study." Temple.

Looking at Qiu Xue's expectant eyes, Jiang Heng thought to himself: You and the empress dowager should have a lot in common.

"Let's not talk about these things that have no shadow." Jiang Heng waved his hand to interrupt Qiu Xue's long-winded talk, and persuaded her to drink tonic to keep healthy, and said directly: "Let's talk about something practical."

Qiu Xue became sluggish.

It took a few breaths before he regained his composure, and went to the study to grab two large volumes of objects.

"Nowadays, there are more and more things for the empress. Originally, the east wing of the apse was a bit tight when it was opened. After moving to the main hall, now the tables, chairs and utensils in the nobleman's case are all left. There is no place to collect them. Don’t need the West Wing?”

It should be fine to occupy the East and West Wing rooms first, after all, the main hall at the back is not allowed to live in the promised seat.

Jiang Heng thought for a while but shook his head again: "It's just some utensils. The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a few eunuchs here, and the room was vacated within a day."

She thought of something and said to Qiu Xue, "I think of a story I heard when I was a child."

Qiu Xue said he was all ears.

Jiang Heng began to talk: "An old man called his three sons and said that he would give you a certain amount of money to go shopping separately. I will leave all the gold and silver to whoever can fill the house." [1]

"The eldest son bought a cart of firewood, which only filled half of the room. The second son bought cheaper straw, which filled half of the room. Guess what the third son bought, and finally filled the entire room?"

Qiuxue thought for a while, and called Qiushuang to listen to stories and guess riddles, but she couldn't think of anything cheaper than straw.

On the other hand, because Qiulu was holding a candle, she suddenly had an idea and said, "Madam, light a candle, and the room will be filled with light."

Jiang Heng looked at Qiu Lu in surprise, not bad, he could guess this standard answer across time and space.For this kind of out-of-the-box thinking, Jiang Heng felt that a prize should be given out.

Qiu Lu likes to mention a little golden dog, which makes her smile happily.

Qiu Xue was still at a loss in the end: "Your Majesty said this because..."

"What I mean is that matter will perish, but spirit will last forever. Instead of filling it with things that can easily be moved, it is better to fill the entire Palace of Yonghe with my personal color."

Qiuxue Qiushuang: I really don't understand, but I don't know it.

Fortunately, after Jiang Heng finished his illusory theory, he immediately began to give practical guidance: "After the year, the bridge will be transferred from the library to the Ruyi Pavilion, right?"

Qiuxue really didn't understand how the master's wild jumping had landed on Yinqiao again.

But she still replied quickly and swiftly: "Yes." Then she said: "I feel that Madam Su is still thinking about leading the bridge." The maids in the palace rarely get in touch with real men, and the emperor is very hopeful. Impossible.

But there are always exceptions. There are still men in this palace, such as Ruyi Pavilion.

Court painters are craftsmen, serious performers do not sell themselves, there is no male painter who is willing to lose some "important parts" in order to paint for the royal family.

Su Momo sent the good-looking approach bridge to the Ruyi Pavilion, which was not only a test, but also a way out for her.

Su Momo had already made it clear to Yinqiao when she expressed her intention of accepting apprentices: the position of the Chief of Punishment Division looks beautiful and is respected and feared by others, but in fact there are many hardships and difficulties.Moreover, if they stay in the palace and rush to the positions of these chief nuns, they are doomed to not be able to start a family and live a life of being a husband and a child.

There are painters and apprentices in Ruyi Pavilion.Generally, the eunuchs supervised the work, and the only few positions for the maids were to prepare for the painters who wanted to paint for the concubines and concubines, and they needed the guidance and contact of the maids.

The position of the maid of honor in the Ruyi Pavilion is very popular.

Many court ladies want to come here to work, and they are looking for a way out: when they leave the palace in the future, it would be nice to marry a court painter whom they have met and are interested in.

Mother Su first sent Yinqiao to study in the system, and at the second stop, she entrusted her relationship with him to send him to the Ruyi Museum, which was to expressly tell Yinqiao: You still have one step back.

If you meet a man who suits your heart here, the fate of master and apprentice will be over.

At the age of 25, you just go out of the palace and get married.

Yinqiao also understood what the quasi-master meant.

But she is not at all interested in going out of the palace to get married, to be a husband and to raise a child.She has no place for a man in her heart, only a trustworthy man, and now she has Su Momo, a quasi-master who will plan for her.

This is also a stretch.

When Jiang Heng mentioned the lead bridge, he asked Qiuxue to go to the Ruyi Pavilion to find her and ask for some western paints.

Counting the year, the West is already in the post-Renaissance period.

There are also several western painters in the palace, and there are many realistic western paintings that came across the ocean.

Jiang Heng plans to turn the back hall of the Yonghe Palace into a small garden with a very personal touch.

According to Jiang Heng's list, Qiuxue brought back a lot of western toner paints from the Ruyi Pavilion.

Hearing that Niangniang wanted to build a small garden, she couldn't help but look down at the paint in her hand: "Does Niangniang want a real garden, or a painted garden?"

Jiang Heng was amused: "Of course the garden is a real garden. It's just that the emperor must agree first."

After all, there has never been a palace before that the walls were covered with flowers, and an unusual flower shelf was set up.

Qiu Shuang said from the side: "Your Majesty is going to celebrate her birthday soon. Didn't the Emperor tell you earlier that Yonghe Palace is not allowed to hold a banquet this time because of the hexagrams? It's because you have wronged your Majesty. Just ask what you want."

Jiang Heng shook his head: How can I ask the leader directly for money and resources with a pale face? You have to make a project application first.