The little lady in the palace

Chapter 147
What Princess Duanrou said shocked Meng Junhuai.He was terrified at the thought of the consequences, and when he thought about Yu Jing's seniority and ten years younger than him, he really didn't know how she survived these days of worrying.

After sending Yu Jing away, he sat in the room and weighed the matter by himself.

In the main courtyard, Yuyin also heard that Princess Duanrou had come to visit. Like Meng Junhuai, her first reaction was to think that she was here for You Zexu, and she frowned and said, "I see, don't mention it to Miss Biao." Let's see." Then he waited for Meng Junhuai to come over.

She is really worried about this, not because she is afraid of Princess Duanrou, she knows that Princess Duanrou is also a sensible girl, but the relationship between two people can only accommodate three people, it must be complicated and annoying of.

While playing with Ming Jing, she thought about something, and when Meng Junhuai came, she realized that it was already evening.

"Father!" Ming Jing called him with a grin, Yu Yin looked over, but Meng Junhuai didn't smile when he saw Ming Jing as usual.

"What's the matter?" Yu Yin put Ming Jing on the couch, walked over and said, "I heard that Princess Duanrou came, did you..."

"Oh." Meng Junhuai was still deep in thought, and sighed, "I'll go see the eldest son of the emperor tomorrow."

"Seeing the eldest son of the emperor?" Yu Yin was startled, and then thought that he wanted the eldest son to talk about and resolve the conflict, so he asked, "Can you call You Zexu together?"

"...Huh?" He hesitated, knowing that she had missed her point of view, he couldn't help but smile, took her hand, walked to the side of the couch and sat down together, then sighed, "She didn't come here for Zexu."

"What's going on?" Yu Yin frowned, and Meng Junhuai said while fiddling with her hands: "It seems that the power of the eunuchs...is bigger than we thought. There are still four or five in Jinguan City. If I didn't catch it, I thought it was just a fish that slipped through the net, so I asked my subordinates to investigate step by step, and now it seems that it is not that simple."

"Yeah." Yu Yin panicked, "This is an oversight on your part? Do you want to apologize to the emperor?"

"That's not necessary." Meng Junhuai shook his head, obviously a little tired, "Although it is different from what I expected, but even if I expected it, there is no other way except to check step by step for a while. I can't find a juggler to conjure people out. I apologize. It doesn't make sense either."

Yu Yin nodded hesitantly.

Looking at his expression, she felt that there must be something terrible and important, but seeing that he had been talking about it for a long time without specifics, she knew that it was probably inconvenient to say it.

She thought of a different topic: "Ask the children about their homework? A few days ago, Azuo and Ayou were all in the palace, so I don't know if they have played or not."

"Well, let's call and ask." Meng Junhuai smirked, and Yuyin motioned for Shanhu to call them.As soon as Shan Shan walked around the screen, he said "Hey", Yuyin asked "What's the matter?", Shan Shan turned back and replied: "The two young masters are here!"

"..." Yu Yin walked over with a gloomy face, and lifted a person's ear with one hand, "Have you learned to eavesdrop? Are you a bit disciplined?"

"It wasn't intentional..." Ah You was lifted up and tilted his head, and he followed his mother while looking at his father, "Father, what's wrong with the big brother in the palace?"

"Hmm..." Meng Junhuai smiled slowly, "It's nothing, but the big brother has been sick all the time, you all know that. Father Wang will go to see him tomorrow, don't worry."

Ah You pouted and looked at his father's expression, as if he didn't believe it, Meng Junhuai picked him up and put him on the couch: "Come, let's test your homework."

He knew that Ah Zuo, Ah You and Ah Qi had just started reading "The Analects of Confucius" recently. Children don't ask for a deep understanding of the sages' books, but only ask them to memorize them first.

So on weekdays, the homework test should be to listen to them memorize some chapters.But Meng Junhuai was also afraid that they would be spoiled and played wild by his grandma in the palace a few days ago, so he deliberately tried to test their interpretations, so as to confuse them.

In the end, he didn't succeed...?
He took the sentence "Zi said: A country of thousands of chariots, respect things and trust them, use them frugally and love others, and make the people timely" to test them, and asked them what it means to "make the people timely"?
Ayou said first: "That is to say, if you want the common people to serve and do things, you have to choose that...the time when you don't need to farm!"

"It's slack time!" A Zuo corrected a more written statement.

Meng Junhuai and Yu Yin looked at each other in surprise, and Yu Yin asked in a kindly way: "Then do you know why?"

"Because food is the most important thing for the people, and what is planted in the ground is the food for the people's family to support their families. If they take up their time in farming, they will not be able to survive! People who are princes and generals want to let the people live well and live and work in peace and contentment, so You can't let them do other things when they are busy making ends meet." A Zuo said seriously.

Did you study well?Didn't play crazy and didn't delay homework?

Both Yuyin and Meng Junhuai were naturally happy. Meng Junhuai thought for a while, and continued to ask: "Then if there was a war at that time, would you need to conscript troops to fight?"

"Then the imperial court must ensure that the soldiers' families have enough money and food, and they cannot let them return from the battle to find their wives and children separated!" Ayou said while thinking.

Meng Junhuai raised his eyebrows and looked at Yuyin, and Yuyin also understood that there must be some expert advice, otherwise six or seven-year-old children would be fascinated by thinking of this - they all think their children are smart, but they don't feel that their children are smart. Children are gifted.

Yuyin grabbed Ah Zuo and asked, "Who taught you this?"

A Zuo said that it was taught by the big brother in the palace.

Meng Junhuai and Yu Yin looked at each other again: "Oh!"

As the saying goes, "good people get rewarded", so when good people don't get rewarded, it is especially embarrassing.

At night, the two of them were in a bad mood when they were lying on the bed, staring at the curtain in a daze.After a long time, Yu Yin frowned and murmured: "What's the matter? Whether it's the eldest son of the emperor or You Zexu, these are very sensible children. They are either plotted by others or they are not easy to carry. In Qing's family, the grievances of the whole world are all on the teenage children, how can this be tolerated?"

Meng Junhuai could only sigh.He knew more than he knew what to say.

Now it seems that You Zexu still has a chance to watch the clouds and see the moon. The eldest son of the emperor is really suffering.And after all, the emperor's brother is different from the You family, the You family doesn't love You Zexu, the emperor's brother really loves the eldest son of the emperor, the eldest son of the emperor is like this, it is a family that suffers, the most noble family in the whole world.

Heh... honorable.

As soon as these two words flashed in Meng Junhuai's mind, he couldn't help but sneered, his heart throbbing with pain, wishing that the emperor brother didn't have such dignity.

From being suppressed by Wei Yulin when the father was there to forcing the father to abdicate to the present, the emperor brother has suffered enough.Two of the seven or eight children survived, and now one is ill for a long time... The price of this honor is too great!
"I hope Brother Huang can hold on... It's not easy for him to bear this suffering for the world, but I hope it will be smoother in the future." Meng Junhuai sighed bitterly and said to himself.

Yu Yin hesitated: "Could it be the eldest son of the emperor..."

He closed his eyes and shook his head, answering that he didn't know.After a while, I felt the people around me getting closer.

Then she leaned on his shoulder and asked, "Can I go with you to see the eldest son of the emperor tomorrow?"

He frowned and opened his eyes, and Yuyin said sincerely: "I know you have political affairs to discuss, but I just don't listen to them when you talk about political affairs. But the eldest son of the emperor is sick... how can I say it is his aunt, I should go and see he."

"No." Meng Junhuai stared at her for a moment and spit out these two words, then raised his hand and tapped her forehead, "You must be thinking about something, tell me quickly."

"..." Yu Yin fell on his chest and said no, really no, he pinched her waist: "Say, otherwise I won't take you there."

Well, it was discovered, she can only say in detail.

This is the case, Yuyin thought about it inside and out, and felt that Princess Duanrou came to meet Meng Junhuai in secret, and she was talking about the emperor's eldest son, which at least proves two problems-one, the emperor didn't know about this matter or didn't intend to Tell Meng Junhuai; Second, the eldest son of the emperor himself has no intention of telling Meng Junhuai.

——Otherwise, it would be easy for the emperor to meet his courtiers, his elder brother to his younger brother, or his nephew to his uncle, so why make a detour at her place?

She was worried that if it was the latter, the eldest son of the emperor might not be willing to tell the truth to Meng Junhuai tomorrow.

Meng Junhuai has two shortcomings. One is that he sometimes has a big temper, and the other is that he can be unexpectedly careless on some issues, and if he is not careful, he will think things simply. She was the one who solved it.

So what if he really thinks it's okay to be perfunctory by the eldest son of the emperor tomorrow, and then something bad happens?She is worried.

After Yu Yin finished speaking, Meng Junhuai's face darkened, and he turned over and pressed her down: "It's really because of this? I don't believe it, why don't you just say this kind of kindness?"

"...I don't want to complain to your face that you have a bad temper and are careless!" She opened her almond-shaped eyes earnestly to express her feelings, "How hurtful is this? So I want to be tactful!"

Meng Junhuai looked at her and sneered, "Heh..."

If he didn't tell the truth directly at the beginning because he wanted to "be more tactful", now this sentence is clearly intended to anger him on purpose.

He gritted his teeth, clutched her wrist and stared at her for a long time, then let go after taking a deep breath: "You wait!"

"...What are you doing?" Yu Yin looked at him in horror, he turned his back to her, and said angrily: "There are still more than eight months of filial piety, you wait!"

Yu Yin: "Jun Huai, you..." She froze behind him, shuddering and imagining what might happen eight months later, and blushed suddenly.

No, no, the period of filial piety has not passed, so I can't think about this kind of thing now.Every time he tossed harder than what was written in the storybook, just thinking about that kind of scene is disrespectful!
Hey, she's actually thinking about the script?

No, no, no, I can't even think about it!Why is she so shameless!

Early the next morning, the two entered the palace together.The eldest son of the emperor still lived in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace. They inquired carefully and heard that the emperor was still discussing matters with the courtiers in the Zhonghe Hall, so they were relieved to speak.

The eldest son of the emperor seemed to be in good spirits. After meeting with them, he went back to rest on the couch, and said with a smile that it was a blessing for them to visit.

The two also took their seats, and after exchanging expressions several times, Meng Junhuai calmly said, "Shi Jin, you tell Uncle Six that you are obviously getting sicker and sicker, but you are threatening the imperial doctor to conceal your illness, and focus on helping you take care of your complexion and make you feel better." Brother Huang thinks that you are getting better, is it true or not?"

In an instant, Meng Shiying's smile froze on his face, and after a pause, he looked at him in a panic: "How do you know..."

Is it true?
Yu Yin took a breath in surprise, and looked at the eldest son of the emperor to ask questions, and the eldest son of the emperor also looked at her.

His still childish eyes flicked across her face, appearing surprisingly calm.Then he looked at Meng Junhuai again: "You promise me not to tell Father, I can tell you the truth."

Meng Junhuai nodded: "Say it."

"But..." The eldest son's eyes drooped slightly, "Do you trust Aunt Six very much?"

"Shi Jin?" Meng Junhuai's eyebrows twitched, but the eldest son's expression remained unchanged: "I don't mean to be disrespectful. But you... believe in Sixth Aunt and her natal family very much, do you want to thank the family?"

(End of this chapter)