Snowy Chang'an Road

After the morning court, in the side hall of Weiyang Palace, Wei Yuan was reviewing memorials and listening to Wei Shao's report on Cai Yu.

After Wei Shao finished speaking, Wei Yuan did not speak for a while.

The emperor kept his emotions secretly, and rarely let people around him notice his changes in mood.

"King Peiping, I understand what you said."

"Father, how should we deal with Cai Yu?"

"He is an internal official. It is unreasonable for him to be detained in your house. He is being thrown into prison."

"promise."

Wei Yuan already had the answer in his mind, but he didn't say it directly. His principle of handling things was to do it without saying it.

After Wei Shao came out of the side hall, he met his cousin Deng Zhao who was on inspection.

"Brother, is everything in the palace safe recently?"

"With His Majesty sitting in charge, we feel very safe."

"Is everything going well?"

"Everything is fine. Why did you come to see His Majesty today?"

Wei Shao hesitated for a moment and then told Deng Zhao everything.

After Deng Zhao listened, he said: "Your Majesty already has the answer in his mind. Not long ago, he asked me to go to the study to ask me what I thought of the internal officials in the palace. I didn't understand what your Majesty meant at the time. Now that I think about it, your Majesty may That’s when I started thinking about it.”

"What do you mean?"

"If my guess is correct, His Majesty wants to castrate these internal officials."

These words shocked Wei Shao. Since the founding of the Wei Dynasty, the old system of the previous dynasty has been inherited. None of the internal officials serving the emperor, queen and concubines in the palace have been castrated. Now that this matter is brought to the table, I am afraid it will cause riots. .

Many of these internal officials are members of the harem and concubines. They find a job in the palace, and now they are castrated. Isn't this all chaos?

"If your Majesty does this, will it cause turmoil in the court?"

Deng Zhao looked at the palace gate in the distance and said, "Perhaps your Majesty's original intention was to cause turmoil in the court."

The next morning, when he was retreating from the court, Wu Xun read Wei Yuan's imperial edict in front of the ministers.

The general meaning is: Cai Yu's incident is a royal scandal that brings shame to the Wei Dynasty. I have made up my mind that all the officials serving the concubines and concubines in the palace should be castrated to ensure the peace of the harem of the former Wei Dynasty. But I Thinking that this matter might harm their lives, they gave the serving officials two choices. One was to undergo castration and continue to stay in the palace, the other was to leave the palace and receive a pension. Since the promulgation of this imperial edict, all internal officials entering the palace must first be castrated before entering the palace to serve.

After Wu Xun finished reading the imperial edict, there was an immediate voice of opposition in the court, but Wei Yuan ignored it and walked away.

The majesty of the emperor is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

In the Prince's Mansion of Peking, the family sat around the table, discussing the news that Wei Shao brought back from the court.

"Your Majesty is decisive in killing and will not allow anyone to refute."

Deng Guogong picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth. After chewing it for a few times, he said, "He has always been like this."

When Mrs. Deng Guogong saw her husband holding up the wine glass, she dissuaded him and said, "Drink less for the sake of pleasure."

"it is good."

Wei Shao continued: "But His Majesty did not say how to deal with Cai Yu."

"Cai Yu could not live for more than a few days. Kuai Tong is a good example."

Pei Ying listened to the conversation of several people and kept immersed in her food.

"Madam, why are you silent today?"

"You just say it and I listen."

"How is Qing'er?"

"It's much better. In the past few days, she has gradually become familiar with Yunrou, and she doesn't bother me much anymore. She has gradually adapted to life in the palace." "That's good."

Mrs. Deng Guogong put a piece of fish into Pei Ying's bowl and said, "Ying'er, I think that Qing'er seems to be pregnant?"

"Yes, look at her month, it's almost the same as my sister's."

"You should also hurry up. A pregnant woman has come to the house. You should also enjoy her happiness."

"Yes."

These days, Pei Ying often falls into such conversations. No matter what she says, the conversation will end up focusing on her giving birth. At this time, she just wants to finish her meal and leave here.

"Wei Shao, His Majesty's castration of those internal officials is just a pretense. His purpose is to get rid of the concubines and the spies installed in the harem by the previous party. Think about it, after this order is issued, except for the children of truly poor families, will He was sent to the palace to be castrated and became an internal official, but any young master with some power and money would enter the palace and become an internal official."

"After this order, His Majesty's harem will indeed be much cleaner."

"His Majesty is very skillful in doing things. You should learn more from him in how he handles certain things."

"it is good."

The two took a walk and came to the door of Qing'er's room, where Yunrou was teaching her embroidery.

Seeing the prince and princess coming in, Yunrou stood up and saluted. Qing'er followed Yunrou and saluted in a decent manner.

"Princess, Qing'er is not crazy. She is pretending to be crazy in order to survive."

Yunrou happily shared with Pei Ying the secrets she discovered during the past few days while getting along with Qing'er.

"When I first met her, I knew she wasn't crazy."

Qing'er asked: "Princess, how did you know?"

"If you are really crazy and a stranger approaches you, you will attack. This is the normal reaction of a crazy person."

Pei Ying then asked: "Qing'er, what are your plans for the child in your belly?"

In the previous environment, Qing'er never dared to think about this problem. It seemed that she could only wait for the child to be born safely and then find a way to support him. If she was really unable to take care of the child, she had already thought of giving the child away. , but today, because of Pei Ying's generous help, her life has undergone tremendous changes, which has given her the confidence to rethink the problem.

"Princess, I want to give birth."

"Do you care about the child's biological father in your heart?"

"Yes, but I know the child is innocent. I am his mother. Since I am pregnant with him, I should be responsible for him."

Qing'er has a tenacity in her body. If it were any other woman, she would have been afraid of people's words and begged to die thousands of times, but she was able to resist the fear of people's words and pretend to be crazy to live. His inner tenacity and forbearance have surpassed many people.

"Okay, from now on you will follow Yunrou and serve me. The Peking Palace will be your support."

"Qing'er thanks the princess for her kindness."

After saying that, Qing'er knelt down and saluted.

"Wrong, you should thank the prince. We weak women are fortunate to have the prince's protection so that we can have a stable life."

"Qing'er thanks the prince and the princess for their kindness."

On the way back to the room, Pei Ying took Wei Shao's arm and they walked side by side.

"Wei Shao, thank you."

"Thank me for what?"

"I thought about it, and what I have done in the past two days may have already exceeded the rules in the eyes of others, but you have always been behind me and supported me with your words and actions. Thank you very much."

Hearing what she said, Wei Shao felt happy and whispered in Pei Ying's ear: "Can you give me a kiss, madam?"