The little lady in the palace

Chapter 118
Yuyin called someone to inquire again, and learned that Concubine You had scolded You Zexu because she failed to marry the He family, and she scolded him away.

The fact that things were like this made her feel a little offended—Youshi was really trying to challenge her!
She asked herself that she hadn't felt sorry for Youshi in these years, although she didn't deliberately tolerate it, but she didn't want to talk to him at all... In short, it shouldn't make Youshi hate him so much!

Yuyin felt sullen for a while, but still had to find someone to find You Zexu for help.You's ignorance is a problem between their wives and concubines, it has nothing to do with You Zexu.Besides, this time You Zexu still annoyed Youshi because he wanted to stop this matter.

If it's Chinese New Year, it's not good to bother outsiders, Yu Yin thought for a while, and then told Xie Jiqing about it.Xie Jiqing talked back and forth that night, telling her to rest assured that with Jin Yiwei around, such a big living person cannot be lost.

In the evening, the streets inside and outside Di'anmen are very lively.

It's the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and the flavor of the New Year is strong. The hawkers selling candied haws, roasted seeds and nuts, and candied noodles are doing well on the street.Passers-by who are walking on the road with their children will inevitably stop to buy something for the child. After shopping, they will often greet the hawker with a happy new year, and the laughter is endless.

At a corner on the side of the street, two royal guards in flying fish suits waited for nearly a moment, and finally saw a man in plain clothes riding a horse, and they both bowed at the same time: "My lord."

"Thank you." Xie Jiqing got off his horse, stood at the corner and glanced at the street, "Where is it?"

"It's over there, Zhang Ji Noodle Shop, people just walked in." One of the guards in Jin Yi said, "I'm wearing blue cloth clothes, you should be able to see them when you go in."

"Okay, I got it." Xie Jiqing touched a few strings of copper coins and gave them to the two of them. He said with a smile that he would back up more lucky money for the children, then walked out and went straight to the noodle shop across the street.

In the noodle shop, You Zexu ordered a bowl of plain noodles after hesitating over and over again. When the noodles were served, he almost burst into tears.

The You family is indeed not considered a wealthy family in Beijing, but he has not lived through such a miserable year.But there was no other way, he wanted to go home the day he was scolded by his aunt from the palace, but the house didn't open the door for him, so he had to go back and apologize to his aunt.

It stands to reason that there is nothing unreasonable in the family, and You Zexu is a junior, so asking him to apologize is not an embarrassment for him.

But he took a deep breath in his heart, and after thinking about it, he felt that he was right about it, and he was unwilling to bow his head no matter what.

So he came out to "work hard" by himself. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, it was not so easy to make a living in Beijing by himself.Fortunately, he has been reading a lot in the past few years, so he teaches his children to read and write in a small business family, and he can earn a living every day.

The nephew of the dignified prince's side concubine and the son who grew up in the palace fell into this field. You Zexu himself felt that he was ridiculous, sighed, and ate his noodles sullenly.

I ate half a bowl in one go. The plain noodles were tasteless, but they were still hot and warmed up.When he heard movement on the other side, he raised his head and took a closer look, and there was a strange person in front of him.

There is nothing wrong with saying that he is a "weird", only one thing - the business of this noodle restaurant is not very good, most of the tables and chairs are empty, and he happened to sit opposite him.

You Zexu frowned, and the man acted as if he hadn't seen him, and ordered a bunch of dishes from Xiao Er: "Here's a bowl of beef noodles, just add five servings of beef; a dish of tendon; a dish of sauced elbow." ; One plate of duck neck sauce, one plate of spicy, and two poached eggs."

A large pile of meat dishes made You Zexuguang feel hungry.

He ate his noodles sullenly, trying to leave before the man's food was served, but he still missed.

When all kinds of meat were served, Xie Jiqing took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder by the table, and ate a piece of beef.

"..." You Zexu didn't even dare to look at him, he continued to eat his plain noodles, and threw a sentence from the top of his head: "I'm screaming too much, help me eat a couple of bites?"

You Zexu froze, and realized almost instantly that this person had a background and a purpose. Thinking about his conversation just now when ordering food, he was not like an idler in the market, so he couldn't help becoming vigilant: "Who are you, you..."

Xie Jiqing ate another piece of beef.

To be honest, when he first heard that Yuyin asked him to help find a You family, he was really upset.My younger sister married into the palace and had a side concubine from a small family. It would be enough to cause trouble there, but now she still has to worry about the affairs of the side concubine's family?
But when someone looked for him, he heard that this young master of the You family was not dead or disabled after he ran away from home, but was trying to make a living by himself, so he changed his opinion a little bit.

Xie Jiqing brought him the sauced elbow: "You are not worthy of letting me poison you personally, let's talk while eating."

You Zexu hesitated for a while, unable to resist the temptation of the elbow.

After he had finished eating, Xie Jiqing said again: "Aren't you the companion of Prince Yi's residence? Coincidentally, so is my daughter."

"Cough..." You Zexu choked on the unfinished meat in his throat, dumbfounded, "Thank you, sir?!"

In Prince Yi's mansion, Meng Junhuai returned to the main courtyard after dealing with the guests who came to pay New Year's greetings for a day. When he entered the room, he saw Yu Yin sitting at his desk in a daze.

"What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?" He went over to stroke her forehead, Yu Yin shook her head and sighed: "You Zexu hasn't been found yet, it's been two days."

"...Are you really worried?" He was a little surprised, pulled out a stool and sat down beside her, "It's because they are ignorant, when someone finds him, let him go back to You's house, and he is not allowed to enter the mansion again. For the side concubine, it is unlucky to punish her during the new year, but you can decide what to do after the new year."

"Hey..." Yu Yin blocked him, frowned and said, "The side concubine is wrong this time, but I see, it has nothing to do with You Zexu."

She sighed as she spoke, and then told him what she had heard from the children in the past two days.They all said that You Zexu studied very hard on weekdays and never caused trouble, but if any of them needed help, he would definitely come out and help.

He Jing said: "In fact, he helped Ah Zuo Ah You deliver books several times, but every time he delivered them to the gate of the main courtyard and left, never coming in."

Xizhen said: "I don't have any impression of him. Although I read in the same room on weekdays, he always sits in the back and doesn't say a word. This time I just remembered when he left. For a while, I didn't use ink well. He also gave me a piece of ink, and Mr. Mo looked good at first glance, but he refused to say anything more when I went to thank him."

Yuyin told Meng Junhuai: "I asked someone to check the ink, and said that you gave it to him on his birthday before."

Meng Junhuai was very surprised: "And this...?"

"Well, it's really good ink. At least put them in the east courtyard, it's not something that can be used casually." Yuyin said with a sour heart, "So I think this kid is very good, there is no need to drive him away .Let’s talk about the son...it’s time not to mention it. Once Ah Zuo is established, I don’t know if Ah Li will feel uncomfortable. If he takes his cousin away at this time, won’t he be even more sad?”

Meng Junhuai pondered for a while, and didn't give her an answer directly, but only asked him to think about it.But neither of them expected at that time that Xie Jiqing and You Zexu came to the palace together early the next morning, and went straight to the study in front to find Meng Junhuai.

Yu Yin also hurried over after hearing about it, Xie Jiqing took a sip of tea, and threw out a sentence unexpectedly: "I plan to take this kid as an apprentice, and if he is good at boxing and kicking, he will be admitted to Jinyiwei, and if he is better at martial arts, he will be admitted to the Imperial Academy for his qualifications." .”

Meng Junhuai and Xie Yuyin almost smashed their jaws to the ground together.

After being stunned for a long time, Yu Yin choked out a sentence: "Brother... what did you say?"

"He can learn it, and he is willing." Xie Jiqing said, and turned to You Zexu, and You Zexu immediately said: "Yes, Your Highness, you let me go. I should have married a wife and left the house. ...it's not as good as..."

Yu Yin hesitated and looked at her elder brother, then at the nephew of the side concubine in the mansion, and finally her eyes fell on Meng Junhuai.

Meng Junhuai looked at You Zexu first, then stared at Xie Jiqing for a while, then nodded: "Okay, I'm fine here, please send a message to You's family."

For a moment, You Zexu beamed with joy, and immediately bowed: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Xie Jiqing let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, then I'm going home. I have a lot of things to do at home during the Chinese New Year. I haven't been back for two days to find this kid. It's hard to explain."

And then he just... walked away.

You Zexu waited for a while and didn't say anything else, so he simply bowed and left.

Only the husband and wife were left in the room, Yuyin was still in a daze, Meng Junhuai chuckled: "It's still your Xie family who will make up your mind."

——"It's still your Xie family who will make up your mind."

Yuyin heard this sentence in his left ear and heard it in his right ear. At that moment, he just thought it was an idea?Whether the You family agrees or not is optional.

After returning to the room, she played with Ming Jing, and suddenly realized: "Ah!"

Ming Jing blinked and looked at her: "Huh?"

She understands, brother is helping her resolve the dispute between wives and concubines?And once done, basically once and for all.

The You family desperately wanted to grab the heir apparent because this was the only way for them to go up, but if You Zexu became his brother's apprentice, it would be tantamount to paving another way for the You family—she Xie Jia It doesn't take much trouble to praise someone like You's family, as long as You's family has some brains, they won't refuse, they can only do it for the sake of curry favor.

What about the concubine?She needs to choose between her son's birthright and the rise and fall of the You family.But when the crown prince is settled, she has nothing to choose, at most, it is not very happy to bow her head, but she should still be low.

Yu Yin figured this out, and she suddenly felt better.One is because of her elder brother's protection, and the other is because Meng Junhuai understood this level before her, but he also acquiesced, and also stood by her [-]% of the time.

"Tsk..." Yu Yin smiled and pondered for a while, and called He Jing, "You write a post to your grandmother yourself, and ask her when You Zexu's apprenticeship ceremony is. You will also go there at that time To watch the ceremony, I will go on behalf of my mother and concubine, your uncle does not need your gift, you only need to prepare a copy for You Zexu."

"Okay!" He Jing agreed happily, and Yu Yin thought it was probably because she was able to see Xie Sheng again.

In the end, He Jing said in a mysterious tone: "Uncle accepted You Zexu, and the East Court...doesn't he dare to challenge you?"

"..." Yu Yin felt a little surprised, and thought to herself, why did you react so quickly? !
It took her so long to come to her senses... Was she pregnant for three years?
"Don't worry about the East Courtyard." Yu Yin could only say this to her, "Besides, after the matter of the crown prince is settled, you should take care of Ah Li, Ah Zuo will be silly and happy at this age, don't make Ah Li feel uncomfortable. "

"I know!" He Jing nodded solemnly, "My father also told me this!"

As a result, A Zuo was not "dumbly happy" after Feng Shizi's will was handed down.

Meng Junhuai's paper was handed in to the palace on the sixteenth day of the first month, and he was busy at Jin Yiwei on the [-]th day of the first month, when he heard that the decree had arrived at the palace.

He originally thought that there would be a celebration in the main courtyard tonight, but he didn't expect to hear Ah Zuo crying and panting as soon as he entered the main courtyard after returning home.

Yuyin coaxed Ah Zuo bitterly beside him: "A Zuo? Why are you crying, Ah Zuo? Is it not good to be a prince? I can help your father in the future!"

"Help, help father..." A Zuo breathed heavily, with tears and snot running down his face.

Ming Jing looked at him obediently from the side, and stretched out her little hand to wipe her brother's tears.

A Zuo wiped his nose by himself: "Help my father, but... But I don't want to be a prince, I don't like a prince."

"Ah...?" Yu Yin couldn't understand for a moment, where did he say "I don't like the crown prince", since the crown prince is a throne?

Ah Zuo burst into tears with a "wow", and fell into his mother's arms with great aggrievedness: "I don't like persimmons! I like grapes! Persimmons are bitter! I don't want them! Wow ah ah——"

"..."

Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment looking at Xiao Shizi who was crying miserably, the servants kept their heads and could only snigger in obedience to the rules, while Yu Yin fell down on the bed and laughed badly.

Meng Junhuai, who had been listening at the door for a while, was also stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he also pounded on the door and burst out laughing.

A Zuo sniffed pitifully, seeing that his father, queen and concubine laughed at him instead of coaxing him, his mood got even worse!
(End of this chapter)