Once magnificent, now brilliant

I don't know if it's out of self-preservation, or I really don't know, but the cronies around Hu Mingwu didn't mention half a word about fraud, but they confessed his other crimes over the years.For example, uttering wild words, taking military merits privately, oppressing the people, etc., all of them are capital crimes.

In addition, the woman who was taken back to the mansion by him to be a concubine has always been hated in the center, and finally waited for the day when she could be exposed, so she naturally said everything that could be said and could not be said.Including Hu Mingwu privately forced the people to fill his private army, hoarding troops in the southwest, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Seeing these testimonies and the evidence of hoarding troops privately, the emperor ordered beheading in a rage.The Ministry of Punishment was very upset this time, and asked to be executed the next day.

The atmosphere in the court was gloomy, and the ministers did not dare to touch the emperor's eyebrows at this time, and even some important but not eager to solve the papers were suppressed, and they would only talk about it when the emperor's anger subsided.

According to what Bai Junyu said, the fourth prince entered the palace every day to pay his respects. He only cared about the emperor's health and didn't discuss half a word about government affairs.Sometimes playing chess and watching paintings with the emperor, the emperor's anger dissipated faster, and he appreciated the fourth prince even more.

"Aren't you bored running to me all day?" The emperor asked with a smile.He had been ignoring Rong Cang before, and Rong Cang was not a competitive character, so he didn't treat Rong Cang very favorably.It's just that this kid is really caring recently, and he also likes to tell some interesting folk stories to amuse him when chatting. Slowly, he is looking forward to Rongcang's arrival.

Rong Cang personally made tea for the emperor, looked straight at the tea set in front of him, and said with a smile: "How can a son feel bored when he sees his father? The nature of family affection, I am afraid that my father is too busy to see my son. "

The emperor was even happier, "You are quite old, and you should have a family and a career."

Rong Cang poured the tea into a teacup and served it to the emperor, "Be filial first, and then it's not too late to talk about getting married."

The emperor laughed, and drank the tea in the cup, "You have done a good job for me before. You can wait until you get married, but you can plan to start a career."

There is still the third child and no concubine, so it doesn't matter if the fourth child delays.

Rong Cang didn't thank you eagerly, otherwise it seemed that he had another purpose, "Father is useful to get sons, sons should do their best to show their strength. If there is no shortage of people in the court to share the father's worries, sons Rather, I would like to drink tea with my father like this now, to relieve my boredom."

After finishing speaking, Rong Cang refilled the emperor's teacup.

"I understand your intentions. But keeping you by my side all day is not enough. You are the prince, father and son can enjoy the family relationship, and the court and society should also care about it."

"My son, please follow the teachings of the emperor."

The emperor nodded, "You went to war last time, because of the food and grass issue, there was almost trouble. The officials must have seen that you had no power, so they dared to disregard your safety, and made such calculations. He hasn’t recovered yet, this is also a reminder to me that there should still be a prince in the household department, so that the military’s backup is not easy to make mistakes. It just so happens that the household department is also short of people. From tomorrow, you can work in the household department. "

Rong Cang was still very cautious, he didn't thank you immediately, but said with some embarrassment: "Father, my son has no experience in the affairs of the household department, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."

The emperor waved his hand. "It's all learned slowly. I think that when I was the prince, I also practiced in the household department. You can rest assured, and I will arrange for you to take you with the right person."

Rong Cang got up, knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Father, I will live up to the trust of Father, and try my best to share the worries of Father."

In the new house, Qi Xiang was peeling walnuts and reading a book, when Bai Ru brought in a large white porcelain water tank with a koi pattern.

"Slow down, slow down. Be careful." Bai Ru directed them, "Okay, just put it here, put it gently, don't touch it."

Qi Xiang was puzzled, "What?"

Bai Ru took two steps forward with a smile, and said, "Young master, this is prepared by my young master for you to relieve your boredom. It's a tank of koi. It's cold now, so you should raise it in the house first. When the spring warms up, Put it in the pond in the garden."

Qi Xiang laughed, "I don't feel bored, what are you doing with these tricks?"

He is a person who will not feel bored as long as he has a book.

Bai Ru naturally said good things for his young master, "Young master is just to make you happy, let you smile and young master is also happy."

Saying that, he presented the small box containing fish food to Qi Xiang.

Qi Xiang took it over, "Go, the kitchen made wontons today, and Uncle Pan specially left them for you, hurry up and eat Nuan Nuan."

Bai Ru smiled and took people down, he went out to work early this morning, and now he is very hungry.

Qi Xiang walked to the vat, the white porcelain vat was illuminated by the light in the room, it was not dark at all.The koi in the tank are only the size of a palm, there are six or seven koi in different colors, and they are swimming happily.

Qi Xiang casually sprinkled a handful of food, and the koi rushed to the surface of the water to grab the food, which was very lively.

Bai Junyu walked in with a chill in his body, the inside and outside of the house were like two worlds.After eating with Qi Xiang this morning, he went back to the mansion to have a look.Qi Xiang didn't go with him, it's getting colder these two days, it's most suitable for him to stay at home with his body.

And Qi Xiang also took advantage of the time when he went back, and asked the master to arrange some manpower to do things.It's just that it's inconvenient to reply to him directly with the news from various schools, and he has to wait for his master to go out and bring the letter back.

"Already delivered?" Bai Junyu was not too surprised when he saw the big vat, and he didn't approach Qi Xiang immediately, not wanting to pass the cold on his body to Qi Xiang.

"You're taking too much trouble." Of course, he wouldn't say that the things Bai Junyu sent were superfluous, otherwise, apart from disappointing, they would also be too ignorant.

Bai Junyu was grilling the charcoal basin, "You are not reading books every day, or you are working on that armor, it's something that tires your eyes. Take a look at the fish in this tank, it's good to have a rest."

"How are the general and madam?" Qi Xiang asked.In fact, they live across the street, so there is no problem for him to go.It's just that Bai Junyu and Mrs. Bai don't agree, so he can only be honest.

"It's all good. When I came back just now, I happened to meet the servant of the fourth prince's mansion. He said that His Highness asked him to report the news, and the emperor asked His Highness to study in the Household Department."

It's not surprising that this incident was unexpected, but it was earlier than Qi Xiang expected, "That's right. Recently, the third prince has kept his head down, and the second prince is too arrogant to win the emperor's heart. The fourth prince talks a lot about the love between father and son. The emperor will definitely comfort you. Now is a good time to do this, if you wait for the eldest prince to come back and do this again, it will probably be of no use."

"His Highness still wants to ask what's going to happen next, whether he still has to pay his respects to the emperor every day." Bai Junyu said.

Qi Xiang sat back leisurely and continued to peel the walnuts, "The eldest prince is going back to the palace soon, that's where the relationship between the emperor and his son belongs, and His Highness won't gain any advantage if he competes with the eldest prince. Besides, His Highness is going to study at the Ministry of Household Affairs. Going to the emperor seems to be not a proper job. If you don't go, I'm afraid someone will instigate that His Highness's filial piety is for a purpose. So I still have to go, but it is more often than normal princes, and try to avoid the eldest prince , if the bright side is compared, His Highness can't take advantage of it."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to call back later."

For the Eldest Prince's return to the palace, the palace was bustlingly arranged for the Eldest Prince's palace.The Eldest Prince was not sent out of the palace, and the place where he has been living is of course not his residence.Now that he is going back to the palace, the emperor knows that he is not in good health, so naturally he doesn't want him to make a fuss, so let him live in the previous palace, he is familiar with it anyway.It is more appropriate to have an imperial physician in the palace to look after her.

Now the queen of the palace is hosted by Concubine Degui, and given how much she loves the eldest prince, she naturally does her best to help take care of it, lest the child might feel a little uncomfortable living there.The emperor was also happy, so even if it was extravagant, he never stopped it.

The queen grieved her teeth with hatred, but there was nothing she could do.The emperor did not return the management of the harem to her, and her son is not allowed to be summoned by the emperor now, so she does not know what else to expect.But if she was angry, she couldn't do anything, she didn't even dare to smash a vase, for fear that the emperor would feel that she was dissatisfied with the emperor.At first, she thought that if her brother was solved, she would be able to sit back and relax, but now that her brother is gone, life for her and her son is still difficult.

"Your Majesty." Nanny walked in with a worried expression on her face.

"What's wrong?" The queen pressed her forehead, if it wasn't for the old nanny who had been by her side all the time, she wouldn't even be able to answer a word.

Mammy returns cautiously

Said: "Jade Zhigong came to report, Jiao Zhaoyi... she is happy, it's just been a month."

"What?!" the queen screamed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please keep your voice down." Nanny hurriedly urged.

"This slut! I know that you are a shameless concubine who loves the emperor." The queen gritted her teeth bitterly, "I'm afraid Concubine Mei will be even more proud now. If she gives birth to a prince, Concubine Mei will definitely raise her. When the time comes, Concubine Mei's status... ..."

"Your Majesty, I don't know if you will have a boy or a girl. The most important thing right now is to back up the congratulations. Your Majesty will go to congratulate this delicate person in person, so that you can show your maternity demeanor, and the emperor's attitude towards you will be relaxed." Mammy persuaded.

"I congratulate her? What is she?!" How could the queen say the word "congratulations"?It is possible to swallow the child in Jiao Zhaoyi's stomach alive.

"Your Majesty." The nanny persuaded her in a loud voice: "It's not for the child in her womb, it's for the emperor. You can't even see the emperor's face now, and the emperor shrugged off his busy political affairs on the first snowy night and took a rest by himself. You You have to meet the emperor and talk to the emperor before you have a chance to coax the emperor to soften his heart. Even if you don't return the power of the harem to you, at least you can treat our third highness again."

"I..." Speaking of this, the queen's eyes turned red with grievance, she thought she had done everything she could do, and she did it very well, but the emperor didn't change her mind at all.

"Your Majesty, the emperor values ​​his heirs, and the emperor must visit Jiao Zhaoyi's child from time to time. Only when you are with her can you see the emperor naturally, and no one else can stop you. How many people in the palace are staring at this child now? It is precisely because of this that you are so clear about the first child. It doesn't matter if you don't get back the power of the harem for the time being. Wait until the child is born. The servant also knows that it is a condescending reward for the empress to congratulate her. She doesn't even have a title like that. Serious servants, servants are also wronged for the empress. But we have no choice, now is a ready-made opportunity, the empress must seize it. If it continues until the eldest prince returns to the palace, the concubine De will only be even more insane, you It will be even more difficult to please the emperor!"

The queen was silent for a long time, wiped her face, and said, "Go, pick out a decent gift, and we'll go right away!"

Jiao Zhaoyi's happy event was also passed on from Concubine Shu to the fourth prince, and the fourth prince passed it to Qi Xiang.

Qi Xiang was lying on the couch, her legs were casually placed on Bai Junyu's lap, and Bai Junyu was rubbing his knees.Yesterday I knelt on the bed for too long, and this morning, my knees were still red. While Bai Junyu was secretly annoyed, she quickly asked Bai Ru to bring a few more soft mattresses to the house.

Qi Xiang didn't think much of it, he was too forgetful yesterday, he didn't care at all, and this morning he didn't feel pain in his leg, it was just red.

"I gave the second prince the idea of ​​getting Jiao Zhaoyi pregnant. Originally, I wanted to make the harem chaotic for a while, so the queen would not have the time to take care of it. It is also beneficial for us that she sends less news to the left. It was the same at that time. Said, I didn't expect the emperor to grow stronger and stronger, and Jiao Zhaoyi was really pregnant." Qi Xiang said with a smile.This has no effect on them, even if a prince is born, a small child can't accomplish anything, even the sixth prince doesn't exist, let alone a baby who is not as old as the sixth prince.

"If a prince is born, Concubine Mei will have two sons. I'm afraid the situation of Concubine Shu will be bad?" Bai Junyu was a little worried about this.We all know that life in the harem is difficult, if Concubine Shu is not good, so will the Fourth Prince.

Qi Xiang put one hand behind her head, "That's because you missed the point. Even if Jiao Zhaoyi was just a servant, how could she give birth to a child willingly raised by outsiders? What if it can't be raised? Take ten thousand steps back Said, even if the child grows up in the hands of Concubine Mei, if the aptitude is mediocre, the emperor will probably not take a second look, and it will not be of help to Concubine Mei and the second prince. If the aptitude is serious, do you think the second prince can tolerate him? "

Bai Junyu was taken aback, and said with a smile, "You really think long-term, that's true."

"This is all for the future. In the short term, Jiao Zhaoyi will give birth to the child first. The eldest prince is about to return to the palace, and that is the real son in the emperor's heart. Jiao Zhaoyi can rely on her pregnancy. She has won a lot of favor, but the premise is that the eldest prince ignores her. Otherwise, if there is a real dispute, is the eldest prince more valued by the emperor, or the child whose gender is unknown?"

Bai Junyu lowered her head and kissed Qi Xiang's knee lightly

On the inside, he said with a smile: "It seems that the harem is going to be chaotic, we just want to watch the show, and I will also tell His Royal Highness, let him not get involved, and Concubine Shu, please don't participate."

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