The little lady in the palace

Chapter 106 Children
That day, the two children were clamoring for Meng Junhuai to "hold it high", but after he was busy for a while, the two children became angry with him.

Specifically, when Yu Yin asked them to go to the front house to study and go to the study to accompany their father, the two children turned their heads together: "No!"

Yu Yin: "..."

She asked them, why?Don't you miss your father?

With red eyes, Ayou sniffled and said, "Father doesn't want us!"

All in all, they feel that their father never comes to see them, because they just don’t want them and don’t like them, and they also have a temper, so they feel that their father doesn’t like them, so they don’t like their father either, so don’t bother with anyone. Who, hum!

Yu Yin: "..."

She realized that it was a serious matter—not something about the children's petulance, but something about them feeling that their father didn't like them.

She said to them: "Don't be like this, go to study hard. After reading, the concubine mother will go to you and take you to see the father, okay?"

Ayou turned his head and said, "No!"

"Be obedient, speak well if you have something to say, and don't allow yourself to be angry. You see that you are so angry, and your father doesn't even know. Are you at a loss?" Yu Yin said and patted his head, and He Jing also came to coax him and said Ayou, you think too much, the father is really too busy these days, it's not that he doesn't like you, the two brothers are happier.

Then the three of them walked to the front house together, Yuyin thought for a while, and felt that she had to go to Meng Junhuai first.

In the study, Meng Junhuai is one head and two big.

The East and West factories are too bad, really too bad, so bad that there are always new evidence of crimes being found out.He no longer remembered how long he hadn't had a good rest. Right now, he was trying to hold on to his energy and was still listening to a few new cases that Jin Yiwei had just begun to sort out.

What they are talking about now is that they said that when they copied Wei Yulin's house, they found that the floor tiles in his house were made of "golden bricks".

This gold brick is not made of gold, but because the production process is extremely complicated, and one brick is worth one tael of gold, so it is called "gold brick".Meng Junhuai didn't know much about the process of making gold bricks. He only knew that it would take a year from the beginning to the end, and three months for the firing alone.

The reason why Jin Yiwei reported this matter to him as a major matter was because the gold bricks were also called "imperial kiln gold bricks", in other words, they were only used by the emperor.

In the Forbidden City, only the floor tiles used in the three main halls are gold bricks. Wei Yulin, an eunuch, used these bricks in all the houses in his family, which is really a huge arrogance.

But Wei Yulin himself has been given to death, and everyone in the family who should be arrested has also been arrested.The Jin Yiwei at the bottom was a little uncertain about what to do next, so he asked him: "Your Highness, do you think this is continuing to investigate, or... that's it?"

"Check." Meng Junhuai said immediately, his eyes were slightly stern, "The brick kiln is in Suzhou, go to Suzhou to check. Find out which officials helped Wei Yulin get this brick, whether Wei Yulin wanted it himself, or they offered it on their own initiative. Check. After you understand it, write an envelope and send it directly to Qianqing Palace."

"Yes." Jin Yiwei, who reported this matter, took two steps back with his fists cupped, and the one next to him stepped forward: "Your Highness, I have recently found out that Wei Yulin's younger brother has been buying a lot of money from various places since more than ten years ago." little girl..."

Meng Junhuai was listening, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Yang Enlu seemed to be about to enter the house, but just as he stepped over the threshold, he was stopped by someone again, and he backed out.As soon as he was distracted, Jin Yiwei's words in front of him hesitated and stopped, and he recovered and coughed: "Continue talking."

Then Jin Yiwei said again: "I have checked carefully, except for the two who were kept by his younger brother as concubines, the rest are missing. I thought, maybe it is related to brothels in various places in the capital, but these places are also widely involved. , if you want to check..."

"Investigate." Meng Junhuai said with a smile, "Are you afraid of touching the hearts of some sons? Don't worry about them, you are working for the emperor now, and they will come forward to obstruct it when they lose their minds."

Jin Yiwei was relieved, and also answered "Yes", Meng Junhuai looked at a few people and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Several people looked at each other, and the leader replied that it was all right, Meng Junhuai nodded: "Then let's do it. Whatever you find out, it doesn't matter how big or small it is, just report it to me. If you find it inconvenient to mention it to me, you can directly You don't have to worry about going back to Qianqing Palace."

Several people solemnly agreed, saluted together, and left.

Meng Junhuai had just had a sip of tea when he heard them say "Princess" in surprise, and hurriedly said "Princess Ann".

"..." When he put down the teacup and walked out, Yu Yin was turning sideways to avoid their ceremony, and said to them in a calm tone: "Your lords have worked so hard for the emperor, I can't afford this gift. Just one thing, my lords, please remember, I don’t care how long you have to discuss matters with the prince during the day, and the night can’t be later than [-]:[-] pm. Otherwise, the prince’s body won’t be able to bear it after a long time Not to mention, you may not be able to bear it."

Yu Yin turned her back to Meng Junhuai, she didn't know he was at the door, but they all looked at Meng Junhuai, not daring to answer rashly.

Meng Junhuai sneered, and nodded himself: "Listen to the princess."

Yu Yin turned her head abruptly, and when she saw the narrow smile in his eyes, her face turned red.

Several Jin Yiwei resigned immediately, Meng Junhuai took her into the room, sat down and smiled and said: "Playing with prestige and prestige to come to Jin Yiwei? Don't make things difficult for them, everyone is burnt out now, otherwise they don't want to suffer like this. "

"I'm just trying to make sense." Yu Yin sighed, "Do you think I'm being poor and imposing? I told the dining room just now, and if they were still saying this at the time, let them put their heads on their heads for supper and ask for chicken soup." Noodles, beef soup noodles, etc. are not easy to accumulate food. Besides, there are freshly made but inexhaustible snacks and candies in the house every day. When I turn back, I ask the dining room to take food boxes for several adults to take home, so as not to They always don't take care of their wives and daughters, and as time goes by, they will be separated from the family."

Meng Junhuai frowned when he heard the words: "Do you think the child is separated from me?"

"Tsk... the children are so angry!" Yu Yin glared at him, "If you can listen to me, you can take a break when you are so busy, and stay with the children tonight? He Jing is fine, those two You pout your lips when you mention it today!"

He pouted at the mention...

Meng Junhuai imagined the scene and was about to laugh when Yu Yin leaned in front of him: "If you keep messing around with government affairs, I'm going to pout with them."

"Hey, don't..." Meng Junhuai chuckled, "Can't I be wrong?"

In Qianqing Palace, Meng Junya was looking at his seventh younger brother Meng Junxi who had come back to meet with a leisurely smile.

Meng Junxi panicked from being stared at by him, adjusted his mood, and smiled: "Brother Emperor... Forgive me, I see that you have been very busy these days, so I dare not disturb you rashly, so I heard that you have been late. I came here after a few days of relaxation. Forgive me for being disrespectful, and if I still bother you today, forgive me too."

"Well, it's okay." Meng Junya's smile didn't change, and after saying this, he sighed in pain, "It's true that I've been very busy recently, and the Dongchang people... well, none of them are clean. You go to the East Side Hall and have a look, I have been sorting out this matter day in and day out, and the papers are still piled up like a mountain, and I can't read them all."

"..." Meng Junxi was stuck for a while, and didn't know how to answer the question - he couldn't say that I would help you share the burden, so why don't you read the brochure for you?

But the emperor didn't seem to pay attention, so he changed the topic, and directly bypassed the topic, and praised: "Your brother has been doing well recently. I gave him the West Factory, and he has cleared up a lot of things."

A while ago, Meng Junxi, who was still laughing at the eleventh brother for being the "supervisor of the West Factory", could only laugh: "Yes, the eleventh brother has been very diligent recently, and he may live up to the high expectations of the emperor's brother."

The emperor said again: "Your Sixth Brother has been working very hard recently. I thought he had just taken over Jinyiwei and had to get used to it for a while. I didn't expect him to take care of it so quickly."

Meng Junxi: "..."

No matter how he doesn't distract himself, he can tell that Brother Huang is trying to stimulate him to ask for an errand.

He raised his eyes tremblingly and glanced, and the emperor really had a sinister smile of "what can you do for elder brother?"

Meng Junxi gulped his saliva like a stick in his throat: "Brother Huang, brother..."

The emperor: "Hey, I knew you would definitely not want to be idle."

Meng Junxi: "???"

Then the emperor stepped down from the dragon chair, paced up to him, and patted him on the shoulder in anticipation: "You and Old Eleven are blood brothers, and if you are inferior to him, you feel disgraced, I know, for sure Let you earn this face back."

Meng Junxi: "Thank you, thank you, brother...?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "The East Factory is in a mess, and I don't dare to pick anyone to pick up this stall, so I'll leave it to you."

Meng Junxi: "???" Brother Huang, what are you talking about? ? ?

A while ago, he just laughed at his eleventh brother as the governor of the West Factory, but now he is the governor of the East Factory?Wei Yulin's successor...? !

But Meng Junxi couldn't resist the decree, he still had to politely accept the errand, and withdraw from the Qianqing Palace respectfully, exiting the gate of the palace to let the sun shine, he almost fainted in the blink of an eye.

"Hey... Lord!" The eunuch who came along hurriedly supported him.

Meng Junxi gritted his teeth and said it was all right, and looked at the sky with a sad face: Brother Huang, why do you suddenly like to make fun of your brothers?
In the hall, the emperor had a panoramic view of the grief and indignation of the seventh brother, he smiled sullenly for a while, and then heaved a long sigh of relief.

He wanted to use all his brothers.It doesn't matter what reason the previous emperors didn't allow brothers and princes to take real power.

Brothers may usurp power, but even if they do, it's better than letting a treacherous eunuch like Wei Yulin rule?
So far, he seems to be doing the right thing.The brothers are still very united, and each has its own skills.

——Aside from the consideration of the pros and cons of taking power, he has observed in recent days that he is really aggrieved for his brothers.

They have also read a lot of books, but they have always been content with having fun.In fact, it may not be a bad thing if they are given the opportunity to flex their muscles.

The next day, in the small study room for the children in Prince Yi's Mansion, Mr. Fan had just finished arranging homework for the children, big and small, when Azuo and Ayou were about to run out holding the books.

"Stop, both of you!" He Jing slapped the table and yelled at them, "Have you greeted Mr.!"

The two brothers came back reluctantly, bowed to Mr. Fan decently, and then went to rub their sister: "Sister, hurry up, let's go there together."

"Don't be in such a hurry, you can stay for a while." He Jing patted the heads of the two younger brothers, brought their books, handed them along with her own to Ning Zhi, and asked her to send them back to the main courtyard, and then went out with them Walk.

Ah Li and Ah Qi have been watching in silence, seeing that they have reached the moon gate, Ah Li finally couldn't help but rushed over and grabbed his sister: "Sister, you..."

"Huh? What's the matter?" He Jing looked at him with a smile, and Ah Li hesitated: "Did you see Father Wang yesterday?"

He Jing was stunned, and then said: "Oh, yes. The concubine mother took us to accompany the father and king for a while yesterday, and we had dinner together again in the evening, what's the matter?"

"It's okay..." Ah Li pursed his lips, and asked again, "Then you...are going to father's place now?"

"That's right." He Jing said, "Mother and Concubine asked someone to pass the lunch directly to Father Wang's study, and told us to go there to eat directly." When she said this, she suddenly realized, took Ah Li's hand and said , "Father is busy these days, have you not seen him for a while? Then let's go there together, call Lan Jing and Ah Qi, and add a few more dishes!"

Ah Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and after looking at He Jing for a while, they dimmed again.

He finally refused: "No way... I have a lot of homework recently, so I have to go back to study quickly."

He Jing said: "That's fine, then come over after you finish reading. Father Wang said that if we want him, we can come here anytime, it doesn't matter."

"Maybe...not very free today." Ah Li struggled a bit, and after thinking for a while, he stuffed a page of his own handwriting for He Jing, "You can ask my father to read the handwriting for me! That's it, I Let's go back to the East Court first!"

As he spoke, he started to run, and before He Jing and Lan Jing and Ah Qi who were still in the room could react, he had already run away, not even the eunuch who was following him had time to catch up.

Ah Li ran to the back building that separated the front house from the back house in one breath and then stopped. He held on to the brick wall for a few breaths, feeling his eyes were blurry, and raised his hand to wipe the tears on the back of his hand.

Yes, he is not happy!
Just like what my sister said, he hasn't seen his father for a long time.However, the mother and concubine told him that he could not show that he missed his father, because he was a boy, and he had to be strong so that his father could see him as a man.

But... Azuo and Ayou are also boys, so they went to play with their father so easily!
Ah Li was not happy, but he knew it was useless to argue with his mother.

The mother and concubine will definitely tell him that he is older than Azuo Ayou, he is the elder brother, the eldest son of the mansion Yunyun...

Ah Li felt that this was extremely unfair, so he tried hard to tell himself that the concubine mother was doing it for his own good.Besides, after he thought about it, Lan Jing didn't make a fuss about going with her sister to see her father, so he probably really didn't want to say that.

In the study, Meng Junhuai had a headache from reading the booklets, but now that the two little boys were having fun in his room, he was happy reading it and felt even more headaches.

He rubbed his forehead, then tapped the forehead of He Jing who was sitting next to him and obediently peeled oranges: "You are still the most obedient."

He Jing giggled, stuffed the orange in her hand to Yu Yin, and then climbed onto her father's lap. She cheated and said, "I'm so obedient, so my father asked me to stay with you in the study? Brother Ah Cheng also helped me with the paper matter, I can help my father!"

"You want to be a little maid for the father?" Meng Junhuai smiled, and grabbed a piece of orange from Yuyin's hand to eat, "You don't need to do this, you should study your book carefully, there are servants on the father's side."

"But the mother and concubine said that the father doesn't eat well!" Seeing that he didn't agree, He Jing said the real purpose, "I can urge the father to eat and sleep, but they dare not!"

"..." Meng Junhuai slanted Yuyin, Yuyin ate the last piece of orange, and shook her hand: "Don't stare at me, this is the eldest daughter of our mansion, you should let her know about big and small things slowly, I'm still here Pointing at her to help me run the house."

As soon as she finished speaking, He Jing, who was crooked in Meng Junhuai's arms, had a tense face: "Father, you must eat well and sleep well!"

"Okay, okay, listen to you!" Meng Junhuai responded dumbfounded, and He Jing rubbed off his lap contentedly, and ran to play with his two younger brothers.

As soon as she left, Meng Junhuai squinted again: "You really plan to let her run the house for you? She's only ten years old."

"Take your time, lest when you get married, you won't be able to handle it." Yuyin said relaxedly, curling her lips, and said, "And I think their schoolwork is too heavy now, and most of them are bored in the room every day. Half a day's study, homework is required when returning to the main courtyard. Azuo and Ayou are okay, she is so simple in elementary school, and Jing... I want her to get in touch with other things to slow her mind, don't just do silly things besides homework. I'm going to be boring."

Meng Junhuai burst out laughing: "Have you told He Jing about this?"

"I said it!" Yu Yin took it for granted, "She is also afraid that she will become stupid. These days, she has been learning to read the account book, and she is learning quickly."

Tsk, this little nun really has a way of teaching children.In the past, the children were young, so they couldn't see it. Now that they are getting older, her ideas are obvious.

"I also want her to walk around more with the noble ladies in Beijing. Not to mention the distance, the cousins ​​should be more familiar with each other, right?" She frowned slightly, and said, "And Lan Jing also wants to be together, Lan Jing's temperament is too boring. Besides, you should go and see Lan Jing and Ah Li and Ah Qi more often."

As she spoke, she looked at the words that Di and Jing just brought over: "See? Ah Li must have missed you, and I'm too embarrassed to come here. You can't let him ignore you."

Meng Junhuai listened to her with a smile, deliberating while listening.After she finished speaking, he didn't respond, so she said again: "Don't just laugh...I'm serious!"

"I know." He responded with a wider smile.

He looked at her and scratched her nose: "I didn't laugh at it, I just laughed at your cleverness."

"... I hate it." Yu Yin blushed and turned her head away to ignore him.

Meng Junhuai continued to think intently.

Ah Li missed him, but didn't come over directly, and only asked He Jing to write to him?
This child, is he separated from him?
(End of this chapter)