No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 232 Moving Palace + Mingyin Pavilion

Chapter 232 Moving Palace + Mingyin Pavilion

"What did you say?!" In the Empress Dowager's Palace, Empress Dowager Zhu tried her best to endure, but still let out a sharp cry uncontrollably.

She stood up abruptly, staring at Xie Yan who was sitting opposite her with red eyes.

Princess Changling, who was sitting next to her, frowned slightly, looked at Xie Yan worriedly, and did not speak in the end.

She came here to take a look because she was worried that the trouble would be too ugly. Because of the empress dowager's desire to control Ah Cheng, it is strange to say that the empress dowager will not be angry if Ah Cheng moves to the outer court.

Xie Yan looked calm, put down the teacup in his hand and looked up, "From today onwards, Your Majesty will move to live in the Xuanzheng Palace."

"No way!" Empress Dowager Zhu said angrily, "Ah Cheng is only seven years old, how can he live in the Xuanzheng Hall alone!"

"Alone?" Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was puzzled by Empress Dowager Zhu's statement, "There are many eunuchs and maids in charge around Ah Cheng, and the wet nurse hasn't left the palace yet, so why is there someone here?"

Empress Dowager Zhu paused, gritted her teeth and said, "How can those servants who wait on you compare with your own mother?"

Xie Yan seemed to have heard some joke, "Why did the emperor's sister-in-law personally dress and feed Ah Cheng? Or when did the emperor's wife comfort and take care of Ah Cheng? Except for daily greetings, Ah Cheng lives in the outer court or in the harem. What's the difference?"

Empress Dowager Zhu was speechless, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did.

From the royal family to the powerful family, who doesn't raise children like this?If you have to do everything yourself, what do you need the wet nurse to serve as servants?
But such a reason is obviously inappropriate at this time. Empress Dowager Zhu stared at Xie Yan and said, "You did it on purpose, deliberately wanting to separate our mother and child! What are you so worried about? Are you worthy of Emperor Gaozu and the late emperor?"

Princess Changling frowned slightly, and was about to speak but was stopped by Xie Yan's eyes.

Xie Yan said in a deep voice: "Ah Cheng is the emperor, how to raise him is the responsibility of the king and the Taifu. As the queen mother, the queen mother only needs to care about him, care and considerate him. Since the queen mother can't even do these things, the royal blood It is also a custom not to be raised in the birth mother's palace after the age of seven!"

"But..." Empress Dowager Zhu wanted to say, Ah Cheng is not a prince but an emperor, she is not a concubine, she is a queen mother.

Empress Dowager Zhu couldn't help secretly hating, Regent, Regent... The word regent is too heavy.

Since the first emperor had already selected four auxiliary ministers, why did he choose a regent? !
Since there are people assisting the government, why do we need a regent?
Empress Dowager Zhu knew that she was single and weak, and that she was not Xie Yan's opponent at all, so she could only show her weakness with red eyes and tears, "Zhifei, sister-in-law, please don't take Ah Cheng away. He is my life... leave him , how do you want me to live?"

Xie Yan showed no sign of softening his heart, and said calmly: "Ah Cheng will still enter the harem every day to pay respects to the queen mother. It is a common practice for the emperor to live in the outer court."

The emperor needs to deal with various affairs every day and receive foreign ministers, but the harem is a place where foreign men stop.Therefore, although the harem is huge and magnificent, there has never been an example of an emperor living in the harem.

After all, the harem is just like the backyard of ordinary people, it is the place where family members live.

Apart from sleeping at night, who is a normal person hanging out in the backyard all day long?

"But Ah Cheng is still young..." Empress Dowager Zhu said sadly.

Xie Yan's eyes darkened slightly, "This king has already discussed this matter with several assistant ministers, so there is no need to discuss it again."

Empress Dowager Zhu knew that there was no room for change in the matter, so she stopped crying and begging, but there was a hint of hatred in her eyes.

At this moment, the sound of Xie Cheng's arrival came from outside the door, and Empress Dowager Zhu rushed out regardless, hugged Xie Cheng and burst into tears.

Princess Changling looked at Xie Yan worriedly, and said in a low voice, "Is this really all right?"

Xie Yan said: "She is Ah Cheng's biological mother, no matter what she does, she will not be satisfied. But...Ah Cheng is not young anymore, we can't let her affect Ah Cheng's future."

Princess Changling sighed softly, "I'm not talking about that, after all, she is Ah Cheng's biological mother, if Ah Cheng will hate you in the future..."

Xie Yan glanced at the door indifferently. Xie Cheng was struggling in the arms of Empress Dowager Zhu, and his little face was flushed.

"I feel that I am worthy of my uncle and brother. If the result is still unsatisfactory in the future, I can only watch it at that time."

Princess Changling also saw the situation outside, her face sank, she stood up, walked to the door and said angrily, "Are you all dead? Didn't you see that His Majesty is uncomfortable!"

These words were scolded together with Empress Dowager Zhu, and it was only then that Empress Dowager Zhu came back to her senses and saw her son's flushed face and the look of tears in his eyes.

"Ah Cheng, are you alright?" Empress Dowager Zhu asked eagerly as she groped her son up and down cautiously.

Xie Cheng quickly shook his head and said: "Son, I'm fine, the queen mother doesn't have to worry."

"It's fine, it's fine." Empress Dowager Zhu wiped her tears, and hugged Xie Cheng into her arms again.

Xie Cheng's little body was a little stiff. He didn't know what happened to the queen mother, but he also knew that he shouldn't break away from the queen mother's hand at this time.

But... He is really not used to it.

The queen mother clearly said that as the emperor, he must be strong and independent, he must be superior, and he cannot always want to be hugged.

After being severely rejected by his mother when he wanted to hug him when he was a child, Xie Cheng no longer dared to ask his mother to hug him. The mother and son usually just hold hands at most.

"Ah Cheng, I have discussed with the Grand Tutor that you will live in the Xuanzheng Palace from today onwards, would you like it?" Entering the main hall, Xie Yan looked at Xie Cheng and asked.

Hearing this, Xie Cheng's eyes lit up, "Uncle Emperor, do I live in Xuanzheng Palace alone?"

Xie Yan nodded, and Xie Cheng asked again: "Then... Ah Xuan and the others, can you accompany me?"

Xie Yan shook his head and said, "They can live in the veranda next to the Xuanzheng Hall."

Xie Cheng suddenly became happy, he understood that Su Xuan and the others would go back to the palace and continue to be his companions.

Moreover, they live outside, and the queen mother can't go out in leisure time, so naturally there is no need to worry that the queen mother will punish them again.Living outside, he can often see the emperor's uncle and Taifu.

The Xuanzheng Hall is not too far from the Empress Dowager's Palace, and he can still enter the palace every day to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager and the emperor's grandmother.

So Xie Cheng responded crisply: "Uncle, Ah Cheng is willing!"

"Ah Cheng!" Empress Dowager Zhu shouted sharply.

Xie Cheng was startled, seeing Empress Dowager Zhu's still red eyes and stern and angry expression, he couldn't help trembling slightly.

He turned his head to look at the emperor's uncle and aunt, and then at his queen mother, feeling a little embarrassed.

He already understood that the queen mother didn't want to move out by herself.

"Emperor...Uncle Emperor, I..."

Xie Yan said in a deep voice: "Uncle Huang won't force you, you should think it through yourself. Ah Cheng, you are the emperor, even if you are still young, you have to be responsible for your own choices."

Xie Cheng nodded, seeing that the queen mother who was staring at him did not speak.

The queen mother eagerly took two steps forward, "Acheng, you are still young and need to be taken care of by the queen mother. Do you want to leave the queen mother? How can the queen mother rest assured that you live outside alone?"

Xie Cheng lowered his eyes and did not speak. The Queen Mother thought he had been persuaded, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "The Queen Mother knew that it was not good to be the Queen Mother before, and you think that the Queen Mother does not love you. But... the Queen Mother is for your own good. From now on, the Queen Mother will be good. take care of you, okay?"

Xie Cheng asked, "Then...Ah Xuan and the others can continue to enter the palace to accompany me?"

Empress Dowager Zhu was displeased in her heart, but her face was filled with kindness, "A Cheng likes whoever he likes, and Empress Mother will never punish them again."

Xie Cheng continued to ask: "Then...can I not let my cousin and the others enter the palace in the future?"

"Why, why?" Empress Dowager Zhu looked a little stiff.

Xie Cheng said: "I hate them, as well as uncle and aunt, Ah Cheng doesn't like them! They always speak ill of the emperor's grandmother and emperor's uncle!"

Empress Dowager Zhu's complexion changed slightly, she quickly glanced at Princess Changling and Xie Yan who were sitting next to her, and said with a forced smile: "How could it be, Ah Cheng must have misunderstood their words. They are all relatives of Ah Cheng, and the future mother Will also..."

Hearing Empress Dowager Zhu say "Ah Cheng misunderstood what they said", Xie Cheng's face immediately became ugly.

What he hates the most is this sentence, it happens every time!

Every time he told his mother what bad things his cousins ​​had done, or what bad things people in his uncle's family had said, the queen would say so.

Otherwise, punish him and the people around his cousin, saying that they taught the master badly.The queen mother always said that the uncle's family is for his own good, but the cousin always bullied him in the past!

"No!" Xie Cheng yelled in a rare gaffe.

Empress Dowager Zhu was also taken aback by his appearance, and looked at him blankly.

Xie Cheng opened his eyes wide, clenched his fists and said, "I just hate them! I want to move out of the palace, I want to live in the Xuanzheng Palace!"

"Ah Cheng?!" Empress Dowager Zhu cried out.

Xie Cheng gave Empress Dowager Zhu a disappointed look, turned around and ran out without even resigning.

There was silence in the hall, Empress Dowager Zhu looked at the empty hall entrance in disbelief, and did not speak for a long while.

Xie Yan stood up and said to Princess Changling: "Since the matter is finished, sister Huang should go back and take care of Auntie. There is also Ah Cheng, please ask sister Huang to take care of her."

Princess Changling glanced at Empress Dowager Zhu, stood up and nodded, "Okay, I'll go back first."

The two of them left the hall, and after a while there was the sound of the empress dowager weeping bitterly. The two of them paused but neither of them looked back, and walked out calmly.

In the palace, the Empress Dowager lay down on the couch and cried heartbreakingly.

I don't know how long it took, the eunuch next to her saw that she had gradually calmed down, and then he dared to come forward and persuade: "Your Majesty, please take care of your phoenix body, Your Majesty still needs your Majesty to take care of her."

Empress Dowager Zhu raised her head and said with a sneer, "Why does he need my care? He clearly wished he could not have my mother!"

The eunuch could only sigh in his heart, the queen mother was always very strict with her majesty, but she spoiled and indulged her natal nephew.

Even if they want to hope that their children will become a dragon, how can a child who is only six or seven years old understand such differential treatment?What His Majesty saw was that he studied hard and was often blamed. Two cousins ​​who were about the same age as him were arrogant and mischievous, but the queen mother was extremely loving to them.

How can I not be sad?

They also persuaded, but unfortunately the Queen Mother did not listen.

The queen mother thought that she was doing it for the good of her majesty. If she didn't raise her son strictly, how could her son take over the grand and prosperous world from the regent?
"Your Majesty is still young after all..."

Empress Dowager Zhu wiped her tears and said: "Isn't that true, what can Ah Cheng know at such a young age? Isn't he being provoked to leave me? Why doesn't he think about it? In this world, except for his mother and uncle, who else would know?" All for his own good? He desperately thinks that the emperor treats him well, and he doesn't even think about it...the power of regent..."

"Your Majesty!" The eunuch was taken aback, and quickly stopped the Empress Dowager from uttering her words.

The empress dowager dares to say these words, how dare these slaves listen to them.

Empress Dowager Zhu was stunned for a while, then glanced sideways at the maids and eunuchs standing in the hall with bowed heads, and sneered, closing her eyes and resting on the soft pillow, "That's right, now we are orphans and widows...you think I don't know why he Did it come out all of a sudden?"

The eunuch was taken aback for a moment, wondering where the empress dowager was thinking.

Empress Dowager Zhu said indifferently: "Isn't it because I complained to my sister-in-law about his little concubine yesterday? They said that the king of Chu is a gentleman and a gentleman is not beautiful. Now it seems... that's nothing more than that."

The eunuch lowered his head and dared not speak, but in his heart he always felt that what the queen mother said was a little strange.

Although he moved from the Empress Dowager's Palace to the Xuanzheng Hall outside, Xie Cheng didn't feel uncomfortable.

After all, although he said he lived in the Empress Dowager's Palace before, the area of ​​the Empress Dowager's palace was huge, and the Empress Dowager had a lot of things to do every day. Except for the morning and evening, the eunuchs and maids accompanied him at other times.

Now that he lives in the Xuanzheng Hall, in his opinion, it is just a longer way to walk when he pays his respects every day.

The emperor's uncle also specially transferred two nuns and eunuchs from the emperor's grandmother's palace to take charge of the affairs. They are the people who are often used by the empress dowager, and Xie Cheng is very familiar with them when he often goes to see An.

The emperor's uncle also beat up the people who were serving him, transferred a few who were particularly annoying, and taught him many things that his mother would never teach him.Thinking that all the children would come back tomorrow, Xie Cheng felt that the life in the new house was worth looking forward to, and he didn't feel uneasy about leaving his mother to live alone.

After Xie Yan settled down, Xie Cheng left the palace and returned to the mansion. As soon as he stepped into the mansion, Zhu Siming greeted him, and briefly reported the big and small things in the mansion today.

Xie Yan paused and said, "Is that what the princess said?"

Zhu Siming nodded and said: "Yes, the princess said don't worry about it."

Xie Yan thought for a while and said: "Even if the princess said so, I can't ignore it completely. I don't want outsiders to offend the princess because of this matter, understand?"

Zhu Siming quickly said yes, he knew that the prince would never really let it go.However, since the princess does not agree to suppress this matter, they must try their best to downplay the impact of this incident on the princess.What I did before is also the same idea, so it seems to be correct.

"And the Zhu family..." Zhu Siming continued.

Xie Yan said: "The Zhu family don't need to pay attention to it, this king will take care of it."

"Yes, my lord."

Xie Yan returned to Jingyuan and found Luo Junyao in the study who was brushing his brush.

Luo Junyao raised his head when he heard footsteps, saw Xie Yan who appeared outside the door and immediately dropped the pen in his hand to meet him.

"You're back?"

Xie Yan stretched out his hand to catch the petite figure who rushed towards him, and said with a light smile, "What is Yaoyao up to?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, just write whatever you want when you have nothing to do."

"Oh?" Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and at a glance, he saw the exquisite and gorgeous painting album on the table.

Without saying anything, she directly hugged Luo Jun and swayed over to sit down behind the desk.

"What is this?" Xie Yan glanced at the name on the cover and asked.

"It's nothing, it's just the picture book that was delivered today, I haven't read it yet." Luo Junyao said casually.

Xie Yan pulled her into his arms and sat down, stretched out his hand to open the picture album and said, "Haven't read it yet? Then Wang will read it with Yaoyao."

"..." Not necessarily.

The first page of the album is a full-body portrait of His Royal Highness the Regent, who is graceful and savage, although it is only a silhouette, but His Royal Highness is dressed in a black brocade robe, standing with a sword on his sword, but it still makes people hold their breath.

"The painter is good." Xie Yan put his arms around the girl in his arms, smiled lowly and raised his hand to continue flipping through the picture album.

The second page of the picture album is Dingyang Hou Shizi. Although he is dressed in purple and holds a sword, he has two completely different styles from His Royal Highness the Regent.

Later, Xie Yan paused slightly when he saw the person on the third page.

"Master Xueya?"

Luo Junyao nodded again and again: "Yes, it is said that it is the luthier of Mingyin Pavilion, but unfortunately I have never seen it. I don't know if it is really so good-looking?"

In fact, she kind of agrees with Su Rui's opinion. She thinks that in terms of appearance, this Mr. Xueya should be slightly better than Shang Yue.

Of course, the premise is that he is really as good-looking as Su Rui's painting.

It's a pity that this luthier is not easy to see, except for Su Rui, they really haven't seen it.

Even Su Rui, when going out with her brother, accidentally saw Mr. Xueya who was also going out.Because it is really graceful and graceful, Su Rui can only draw so finely if it is unforgettable.

They have inquired about it in private, and according to those who have met Mr. Xueya, this Mr. is indeed a rare handsome man.

Xie Yan lowered his head and glanced at her meaningfully, "Yao Yao wants to see him?"

"Think about it." Who wouldn't want to see a beauty?
"Do you know where Mingyin Pavilion is?" Xie Yan asked.

Luo Jun shook her eyes a little erratically, but she didn't look directly at Xie Yan, she said obediently: "How would I know?"

"It seems that I know." Xie Yan smiled lightly.

Luo Junyao was a little depressed, "I didn't go."

Xie Yan put his arms around her slender waist, rested his chin on her head and said softly: "I'm not stopping you from going anywhere, you can play anywhere else. This Mingyin Pavilion is not suitable, it is very dangerous."

"Ok?"

Xie Yan said: "If Yaoyao is really curious, I will take you there later when I have time."

"Really?" Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "You really took me there? Mingyin Pavilion?"

Xie Yan looked down at her, "It seems that Yao Yao really wants to meet Master Xueya."

Luo Junyao quickly denied, "No, I'm actually just a little curious about Mingyin Pavilion." The handsome man or something is just by the way.

It is actually hard to say what kind of existence Mingyin Pavilion is.

It is also true that Xie Yan can bear the word "very dangerous", because the location of Mingyin Pavilion is the most dangerous place in the entire Shangyonghuang City.

The poorest and most desolate people in Shangyong gathered there, and there were also many dangerous people and spies hidden in it.

Most of the major Jianghu gangs or other forces in Shangyonghuang City also choose to settle here, but the place across the street is like two worlds with other places in Shangyong.

It's hard to define what the Mingyin Pavilion here does. Brothels, casinos, all kinds of underground businesses, they do both legal and illegal.

It is said that the boss behind Mingyin Pavilion is a very powerful person in the inner city. Some people even speculate that the royal family behind Mingyin Pavilion may be, or some prince or aristocratic family, but no one knows who it is.

Outsiders only know that some people who don't have a good eye and want to provoke Mingyin Pavilion have either been killed by their enemies inexplicably, or they are still locked in the sky prison without seeing the sun.

This Mr. Xueya, who was ranked third by Su Rui in Shangyong Fenghualu, is a luthier in Mingyin Pavilion.

It's not surprising, if it's only in terms of appearance, it is said that Mingyinge's family can occupy three of the top ten beauties.

Xie Yan glanced at her with a half-smile, and said, "It's okay to take you to see it if I have a chance."

Luo Junyao was overjoyed, and couldn't help kissing him on the face, "A Yan, you are so kind."

Xie Yan said: "Since I'm good, can this...can you give it to me?" Xie Yan closed the album in his hand, obviously not interested in the contents of the album.

"..." What did you say to accompany her to read the picture album, in fact, it was because of the last sentence?
"No?" Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and asked, looking at her with a half-smile.

Luo Jun gritted his teeth, "Okay!"

Isn't it just a booklet?It has been published and printed out later, and you can have as many as you want!

(End of this chapter)

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