Donggong Zhangjiao

The fifth prince was sick, so Pei Yao was naturally worried.

Although the relationship with the queen is now tense, Pei Yao still went to see the child.

He also said that the fifth prince is still young and his schoolwork is not too heavy to begin with. Since he is sick, he should take a good rest for a while and there is no need to go to school for the time being.

Although the queen hoped that her son would become a talented person, she was also more concerned about the child's health, so she naturally agreed.

Concubine Wan was originally worried that if Pei Yao went to Fengxuan Palace, the queen would take this opportunity to win Pei Yao's forgiveness, lift the ban, and regain the palace rights. However, after Pei Yao left, there was no movement at all, and Concubine Wan felt much at ease. .

Naturally, she was not willing to give back the power she had finally grasped.

During this period, Concubine Wan was secretly working on placing her own people everywhere in the palace.

He also took the opportunity to eliminate some of the Queen's men.

In comparison, during the year when Fang Yun was in charge of the general affairs of the Sixth Palace, the informants deployed were more hidden, but none of them were brought out.

There were even two secret messages saying that Concubine Wan was trying to win over them.

In this regard, Fang Yun said that now that Concubine Wan is in power, she naturally wants good birds to choose trees to roost in.

The people below understood and silently followed suit.

Yan Wei was very unhappy about this, "Concubine Wan has become powerful now. She can't sit still anymore and the whole harem is running wild."

"She hates the queen so much. She is naturally happy with the current situation." Qingrong said with a smile, "Anyway, we just close the door and live our lives. She would not dare to come to Yuzhang Palace to play around."

Fang Yun listened to the two people's words and fiddled with the clothes in his hand in a good mood.

"This new batch of materials is very good, soft and delicate. Tomorrow I will make two new coats for Xinyuan and Ji'er, and the rest will be used to make two small clothes for the little one in my belly. "

"Your Majesty is raising the baby now, so don't do it yourself. I'll let you and Yan Wei do it. If there's anything wrong, I'll just point you out." Qingrong said.

Fang Yun shook his head, "For the two older ones, you can make the clothes. For the younger one, I have to make the clothes myself. After all, the child is born, and I have to have two clothes made by my mother. Anyway, it will take a long time. I am slow." If you do it slowly, you won’t feel tired even if you take a few injections a day.”

She said so, so Qingrong naturally no longer insisted.

While the master and servant were chatting, Yuan He came in from outside with a happy face.

"Mother, there is news from the Liu Mansion outside that the young lady is pregnant!"

"This is a great event." Fang Yun looked surprised, "How many months have we been talking about? The month should be about the same as mine, right?"

Yuan He nodded, "It is said that it was just over a month ago, but my mother's belly is now two months old, so there is not much difference."

"They have been married for a long time. If Jing is pregnant now, everyone in the Liu family must be very happy. You go to my palace's warehouse to pick some good supplements and send them to the Liu family. Dr. Zeng will prepare them for me. Prepare some of those that are beneficial to pregnant women and send them along!"

This news made Fang Yun really happy, so he immediately gave orders.

Yuan He then said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, things are of secondary importance. Mr. Liu sent someone to send a message this time. He wanted to ask your Majesty to ask Dr. Zeng to go to the house and show the young lady's health. This young lady is It’s my first child. I’m tired during the Chinese New Year, so I’m afraid something might go wrong. Dr. Zeng has superb medical skills, so I’d like to ask him to take a look and feel at ease.”

Hearing this, Fang Yun had no objection.

"This is all a trivial matter. Later you go ask Imperial Physician Zeng to come and give me a safe pulse. I will tell him personally."

Yuan He nodded and then retreated.

And the so-called double happiness comes at home.

That's not all the good news today.

In the afternoon, after Pei Yao came to Yuzhang Palace, he told Fang Yun that another good news came from the battlefield in the north.

The soldiers of Shangyang Kingdom who were guarding the Iron Gate Pass were in trouble because of insufficient and untimely supply of military rations. Huo Mingxuan took advantage of the opponent's civil strife to launch an attack. Although he failed to break through the Iron Gate Pass, he seriously injured the opponent's coach Jin Wuke.

According to this situation, Iron Gate Pass will definitely be broken through soon.

It's only the end of January and the beginning of February. If everything goes well, this battle will be over in the first half of the year.

Fang Yun was naturally happy, and by the way, he told Pei Yao that Liu Qin and Qu Jingruo had a child, and mentioned it to him.

After hearing this, Pei Yao said.

"Speaking of which, Liu Qin also did a very good job in the Ministry of Household Affairs during this period. Now Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs is the father of Princess Dun. Although he is not bad, he is old, and he has no faults in many things but no merit. He is too step-by-step. I thought that I would let Liu Qin train for another two or three years and take over his position, so that he could be transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate as an errand. Moreover, there is a lack of leader in the Hanlin Academy. I can't think of anyone to call him at the moment. It's appropriate to go, Qu Hong has been doing well over the years, I plan to promote him to the top, and together with several other veterans, we will take care of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy together."

Qu Hong is Qu Jingruo’s father.

Pei Yao's words were another benefit to Liu Qin.

Liu Qin was still very young. Even if he practiced for another two or three years, he would still be young. If he could sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at that time, he would be the youngest Minister.

This is because of his own ability.

Fang Yun was naturally happy in his heart, and said softly on his face, "I don't understand the use of people in the court. The emperor has always known people with a keen eye, and has a unique vision in selecting and employing people. If the emperor thinks it is good, then these people must have their own strengths." of."

"Indeed, I like young officials more and more now. They are active in mind, not rigid and pedantic, and can always bring me many new ideas."

Pei Yao praised sincerely.

Different from the good atmosphere in Yuzhang Palace, in Fengxuan Palace, the queen was very irritable and worried because of the fifth prince's illness.

She took care of the fifth prince almost all by herself. When the fifth prince's condition stabilized, the queen was so thin that she looked slightly out of shape.

This time the queen was determined to take good care of the fifth prince's health, so she spent a month recuperating.

During the month of the fifth prince's recuperation, he spent every day eating, drinking and having fun in Fengxuan Palace. Occasionally, he and the queen read together. He didn't even do anything like practicing calligraphy and memorizing articles, for fear that the child would be tired.

The situation has indeed improved a lot, and people are in better spirits.

Children of this age were no longer able to be contained at home, so as soon as they recovered from their illness, the fifth prince took the initiative to go to school.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, and the fifth prince has been well cultivated during this period, the queen thought about it and agreed.

It is not a good thing to lose one's mind by playing with things and just sit idle at home for too long without thinking about studying.

After the fifth prince recovered his health and went to school, Pei Yao would naturally be informed of this matter.

On the first day of school for the fifth prince, Pei Yao sent someone to take him to Jingqian Palace after school.

After all, Pei Yao cared about the child.

After talking to the fifth prince for a long time and leaving him to have dinner at Jingqian Palace, Hong Zheng asked Hong Zheng to send the child back.

But he still didn't lift the empress' confinement, nor did she say anything about returning the palace power.

Fang Yun was listening to all this in Yuzhang Palace, and he knew in his heart that there was still a gap between Pei Yao and the queen. It would probably take some time for the queen's situation to ease.

But Concubine Wan didn't think so.

Recently, because of her brother's many military exploits, she was rewarded by Pei Yao and became very popular in the harem.

Now that Pei Yao has met the fifth prince, he is worried that the queen will soon regain her favor.

She finally had the opportunity now, so she naturally refused to let it go easily, and for a moment, she secretly became cruel.