The rise of the prince

Chapter 432 The Emperor's Warning
He is different from the crown prince and Yu Chengan.

Most people are good at self-paralysis. Even if the problem is brought up, they will still cover it up, comfort themselves with various excuses or reasons, "I have the advantage", and then turn a blind eye, making the situation worse .

This is almost an instinctive avoidance, because everyone is "afraid of trouble" and afraid of trouble, Xue Fang understands this very well.

He has been through hardships, has always been cruel to himself, and never spoils himself, so whenever there is a problem, he will definitely go back and think about it, not avoiding it, so the more he thinks about what the diner in the Prince's Mansion said, the more reasonable he feels.

The palace has its own big boat, why did it ask someone else to deliver the letter?
He was not afraid of trouble, dressed in a low-key manner and went to the tea stall near the ferry to ask the business travelers whether the boat from the Wangfu was as fast as the legend said. The answer was yes.There are also many people who swear by their own experience.

In this way, he became more and more uneasy.

But at the same time, on the other side, after Wei Guoan, Zhang Rang and others went to the posthouse to secretly meet the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, Honglu Temple was already in a state of desperation.

After retiring from court this morning, he also made a special trip to Honglu Temple, and in the name of caring for his colleagues, he even had a chat with Bao Zheng, the co-prefect of Honglu Temple.

He found that the people in Honglu Temple were in a hurry, their faces were ugly, and some people cursed the Jin people for being barbaric and not keeping their reputation.

Honglu Temple was indeed in chaos, but King Pingnan in the north did not respond at all, which shows that King Pingnan really didn't know that he didn't receive the letter from his family, and it wasn't because of the deliberate cover-up of the palace.

If King Pingnan knew, he should have come back to preside over the overall situation.

Everything seemed to fall into their trap, impeccable, but Xue Fang always felt that something was wrong, what was wrong, he couldn't figure it out, maybe it was just worrying too much.

But there was an inexplicable intuition in his heart, which made him uneasy, maybe...he should have given the money to King Pingnan earlier?Letting him just sweep the streets in Jiangzhou, it shouldn't matter if he has money or not.

Thinking of this, he called the young man beside him: "Go back, it's useless to think too much."

Kunning Palace, the fire is warm, the flowers and plants are withered in the small courtyard, and the surrounding tree trunks are covered with thick quilts. The queen is wearing a purple fur coat, and a small stove not far away is burning musk. She is making donkey glue by herself. paste.

The area around the capital city is in the south, and donkey rubber business is a big business, which ordinary merchants cannot afford. The palace pays tribute every year, because many women in the harem cannot live without it.

On the small table, walnuts, jujubes, wolfberry and black sesame are placed in delicate wooden trays.

Two fifteen or sixteen-year-old maids carefully helped the queen remove the jujube skin and stone, and then chopped the walnuts with a knife. The queen slowly adjusted the heat of the small stove, and the clear water inside was just steaming.

"This is the morning dew from the flower stamens of the royal garden that the concubines let the maids harvest every day. It takes more than a month to accumulate so much." While stirring, she watched the charcoal fire of the small stove to cook the paste. The heat is the most important.

The emperor was in a small pavilion not far away, reading the memorial and listening to her.

"It's dry in winter, and the air is cold and cold. When the ointment is boiled, I will share some with the younger sisters in the harem. This is a good thing for nourishing yin and blood." The queen said with a smile.

After hearing this, the emperor put down the memorial in his hand: "The queen has a heart, and with you here, I have never worried about the affairs of the harem."

The queen smiled, put donkey glue in the small stove, then poured in a little general brew and stirred it up, when it was about the same time, put in sugar, waited until the water bubbled up, put the chopped small pieces of walnuts, jujubes, Add wolfberry and black sesame, let the little maid take over and stir gently.

Over there, the emperor suddenly frowned, and then threw the memorial in his hand on the table: "This Chen Yu, he is sincere and angry with me!" His expression was not good.

"What happened to Master Chen?"

"What else can I do? He's just repeating the old saying. This month he has written twelve times, all of which are against my revision of the book. What Cheng Jin, Meng Zhiye and others said are fallacies!" The emperor snorted heavily after finishing speaking. .

The queen didn't dare to say much, "That's according to the emperor's opinion."

The emperor had no expression on his face: "I don't know if it is a fallacy, but it is right if it is beneficial to my Tian family. Chen Yu's slandering them is slandering my Tian family."

The queen was startled, her breath was suffocated, and it was a serious crime to slander the Tian family, "But your majesty, Chen Yu is a great Confucianist in the dynasty, with peaches and plums all over the world, if he is easily moved, it will not be good for the reputation of the Tian family."

"Hmph, if it wasn't for that, he would have died a long time ago." The emperor said coldly, and then waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not talk about him, let's talk about that child in Xingzhou first.

Nowadays, many officials in Jiangzhou have complained about him, saying that he has done nothing, or even acted recklessly, making Jiangzhou a mess.It is said that he is not doing his job properly, that he is dealing with chaos, but he is idle every day, and all he does is find someone to sweep the streets."

As he spoke, he picked out a few memorials from his hand, there were about five or six of them, obviously these belonged to King Shenping Nan.

"If it wasn't true, I don't think anyone would come forward to join a royal prince."

When the Queen heard this, she panicked and said quickly: "Your Majesty, there are so many officials in Jiangzhou, it's just a family story, only five or six people."

The emperor nodded, but his face was not good-looking: "And I have heard that the Honghe Temple is in chaos now, the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin have backed down, and there is no agreement between the two parties. Xingzhou is the minister of the Honghe Temple."

The queen wanted to say something, but the emperor raised his hand to stop him: "I know you dote on him, but no matter what, it is his job to govern Jiangzhou and the affairs of Honglu Temple, and now there is chaos at both ends. Dishonest, and I have failed my high hopes for him.

I'm afraid of his wild nature!After finally reforming himself, he did a few important things that made Chang Tian's family prestige, but he was afraid that he would go back and become the old Kyoto disaster again.You write a letter for me, and let him be alert. "

"The concubine understands." The queen could only nod her head, feeling very anxious.

The emperor frowned after finishing speaking: "Also, tell him on behalf of me that these two matters are not trivial and should not be trifled with. The covenant with the Kingdom of Jin is related to the fate of the country, and Jiangzhou is an important route between the north and the south, which is related to the overall situation of the north. These are major events that are for the benefit of the world and are related to the peace of the world, and must not be sloppy.

If he makes a mistake, even I can't protect him. It's not because he was naughty in the past and hit someone. Let him use his brain and think it through. "

The queen nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, that's all I have to say."

The empress saluted and retreated, ignoring her donkey gel ointment, and hurried back to the palace, preparing to write a letter home.
The emperor was still standing in the small pavilion, watching the queen's back as she left, without knowing what was going on in his heart, without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)