The little lady in the palace

Chapter 209 Final Chapter
Sending this incomprehensible guy back, this matter seems to be over.But after that, the Zhang family still came to thank him several times. Meng Junhuai was in a bad mood and kept coping with it in a moderate manner.The Zhang family felt uneasy, and in the end Concubine Ding went out in person to invite Meng Junhuai and Yuyin into the palace to talk about it.

Concubine Ding frowned and said: "Okay, don't bother with them. The Zhang family is such a big family, and it's not unusual for someone in a side branch to be eager for success. Your uncle is in charge of the household department, and many things are busy. You Don't make him worry about it."

"Tch." Meng Junhuai sneered, "I'm not in the mood to worry about this, but think about it, what is that called? My palace is in charge of me and Yuyin, isn't it? Oh, here is a mother from the mother clan that I have never met before , Come in and tell me to ground Yuyin?!"

"The Xie family is very powerful, and everyone wants to use the Xie family to make things happen." Dowager Ding sighed, and then looked at Yuyin, "Don't be angry, even if the emperor mentioned this matter, Jun Huai and I will not be angry." I have to stop it for you. An irrelevant person, you just treat him as drunk and talking nonsense."

Yu Yin smiled, saying that she was not angry.In fact, she was really not angry. From the day she heard this, she felt that the man was ridiculously confused.Later, when he saw that man was beaten to the point of bleeding by Meng Junhuai, he wanted to laugh even more.

This matter stopped here, Meng Junhuai promised that after returning home, he would send someone to visit Zhang's house, to appease them and make them feel at ease.After that, the two retired from Yongning Palace. Seeing that Meng Junhuai's expression was still not good, Yuyin found a topic to tease him. Halfway through the conversation, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at her: "Okay, are you tired? I'm fine."

"Then let's go to the eldest son of the emperor." Yu Yin took his hand, "I feel uneasy, I always want to go and see, it's better if you go together."

Meng Junhuai nodded in agreement, but just as he arrived at the gate of the palace, he happened to meet Meng Shiying and Xie Xiyao entering the palace.

Yu Yin took a closer look, Meng Shiying's complexion was worse than Meng Junhuai's, and Xi Yao also showed a cold face.After meeting each other and greeting each other, Yu Yin frowned: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Meng Shiying sighed, showing great impatience: "The Xiyao matter is now going to the Qianqing Palace again. The adults can't afford to kneel, so I'll just bring her here to explain clearly."

Yuyin and Meng Junhuai looked at each other.

The two parties had a discussion, and they decided to go there together.Yu Yin slanders these rotten scholars as they walk, and it's really annoying when they are more aggressive, so can you talk about it?Isn't it threatening to kneel down for a long time?

When they arrived at the square in front of the Qianqing Palace, they looked up: This is where all the six important ministers are kneeling...

Meng Shiying breathed a sigh of relief, and was thinking about letting Xi Yao go to Kunning Palace to take shelter first, but she stepped forward first.The eyes of the three of them froze and hurriedly followed, when Xi Yao ordered the eunuch in a cold voice: "Please report."

The eunuch shrank his neck and went into the hall, and the people kneeling on both sides caused a commotion because of Xi Yao's arrival.When she walked to the entrance of the hall, a voice finally sounded from behind: "I don't know what the princess is seeing?"

"Prince concubine came to greet the emperor, is it your turn to intervene!" Yu Yin's voice was stern, and Xi Yao, who was turning around to stare at that person, suddenly looked at her, apparently surprised.

But Yuyin didn't look at her, she still stared at that person coldly, and said with a light smile, "You guys are really interesting, when the princes seized the heirloom, I didn't see you coming out to worry about the fall of the imperial power. Now that the emperor has appointed a grandson, you Just jump out one by one to worry about the weak son and the strong mother? When you meet someone you don’t dare to provoke, you hide away, and after the incident, you have to run out and build a memorial archway for yourself? You treat us as a bully for Xie’s family?!”

"...Sixth Aunt." Meng Shijin's face turned pale, and he hurried forward to persuade her with a suppressed voice.Yu Yindan glanced at him, feeling that the gloom in her heart had eased a lot, so she stopped talking, and stepped forward a few steps, standing beside Xi Yao.

Meng Junhuai was a little surprised by her sudden swearing, so he went over to hold her hand and asked her softly what's the matter?Yu Yin squeezed out two words between her teeth: "Angry!"

She was really aroused by the scene of these ministers kneeling just now.Who doesn't know what happened in the past few years?Several ambitious princes made great efforts to go up, and things like poisoning were stopped several times on the way.Although it is true that nothing major happened, but I don’t see any courtier coming out to ask for a strict investigation to the end—isn’t it obvious that he can’t offend the prince and stay silent, and now he is stepping on Xi Yao’s loyalty and going back to seek compensation? ?

What kind of Zhongliang are you pretending to be!
Yu Yin got very angry, and when she heard someone from below accuse her of "how arrogant!" in a very soft but unrestrained voice, she stepped forward to argue again.

"Okay." Meng Junhuai turned sideways, looked at her and smiled, "Don't be so angry."

Then she led her eyes to look at the palace: "How bad is it for the elders in your family to see it?"

Yu Yin: "...?!"

She turned her head in a daze, and she saw that there were several elders of her Xie family in the hall.She was stunned when the eunuch who had just entered the hall to report came out to invite them in, and several of them entered the hall together.

The solemnity in the hall remained the same as before, the emperor sat in front of the case and looked at them, he let out a short breath: "This time the people are even more equal."

Meng Shi frowned: "Father, those people outside are trying to gain fame, why did you call Xie's family over?"

"Don't worry, I didn't call them here for the death of Xi Yao, but I just caught up." The emperor looked at Xie Yu, the current head of the Xie family, "I just said it, think again. Your family I probably know the family motto of being wise and protecting one's life, but the time for you to retreat is not short."

This is so eloquent.

Your Majesty wants to... invite Xie's family to leave the mountain? !
She looked nervously at her uncle, then at her father.The father shook his head without a trace, and Xie Yu bowed: "Your Majesty, whenever the Xie family prospers, they will retreat to hide from the world, so as not to decline at the peak of prosperity. Now the eldest concubine of the emperor comes from the Xie family. If the Xie family enters the court again at this time, how can it be?" no……"

"I can trust you Xie family." The emperor said, "I believe that you will not form a party to seek power. If the emperor's grandson is young, I would not dare to hand him over to you."

For a moment, Yuyin was really startled.

While the courtiers were worried that Xi Yao's mother was strong and her son was weak and asked for death, the emperor planned to reuse Xie's family? !

She believes that the current emperor is a wise emperor, but she really couldn't understand this approach for a while.

Xie Yu also looked tense, allowing the hall to be silent for a while, and replied: "His Majesty Xie respects you very much, but I...can't trust myself."

The emperor frowned.

Xie Yu said slowly: "The minister and all the brothers in the clan know the basics, but after a few years... I dare not and cannot guarantee whether the younger generation in the clan will have ambitions and whether they will form a party to seek power. At that time If the Empress Dowager comes from the Xie family, and the new emperor relies on the Xie family, there will be great chaos in the court."

The emperor seemed to be prepared for this long ago, with a flat smile: "Don't be suspicious of people, and don't be suspicious of employers. I can trust your Xie family, and I can also trust Xi Yao."

He paused for a while: "I also admit that there is also selfishness in it--the person who assists the emperor's grandson must be chosen anyway, and if someone else is chosen, he may not be willing to ask for Xiyao's death with those outside. I don't care about the world. , Regardless of the courtiers, but firstly I know Xiyao's character, secondly... I just want such a son. His illness will not recover for a long time, if he is hit by this again, I am afraid of him..."

The emperor's words stopped short, and he shook his head with a wry smile.Everyone felt sad for a while, and they knew that the choice was difficult.

Today's holy majesty has always been thinking about the world.In order to get rid of Wei Yulin, he, a prince who could have justifiably succeeded to the throne, bears the infamy of seeking power and usurping the throne; in order to prevent chaos in the court, he obviously has a son he loves, but he still has the idea of ​​making his younger brother the prince.These seem nothing unusual to others, but for those involved, none of them are easy to do.

Now everything is finally getting better. Although the eldest son of the emperor is still suffering from repeated illnesses, he is still alive after all, married a wife, and has a child... But suddenly there is a request for the death of the prince and concubine .

Everyone in the hall couldn't tell for a while whether it was the eldest son of the emperor who was suffering more, or the emperor was suffering more.But no matter who is suffering more, it is understandable to want to act out of selfishness.

The elders of the Xie family hesitated and exchanged looks several times, and finally, Xie Yu said: "The emperor has good intentions, but this matter..." He paused for a while, "This is a big matter, and I really dare not act rashly." Act. If the emperor really wants the Xie family to assist the grandson of the emperor, please ask the emperor to pick a few more assistant ministers. Once the Xie family commits treason in the future, there will be someone to check and balance with the Xie family, so that the new emperor will not only listen to the words of the family. "

Xie Jiaxian took a step back.

The eldest son of the emperor suddenly said: "When Hongcheng succeeds, Xi Yao and I will move out. Xi Yao said that he likes Jinguan City and Hangzhou, and we will choose one of them to live in. Even if I die first, she will return to Beijing alone , I have been away from the palace for many years and have no power at all, so I can avoid the worry of mother being strong and son being weak, can Mr. Xie rest assured?"

"Well... it's safer." Xie Yu nodded, and then said again, "But the Xie family can't be the only one who assists the new king."

It seems that the bottom line of the Xie family is here.

Yu Yin breathed a sigh of relief.As far as she is concerned, it is better for the Xie family not to have too much power, as there are too many families that have had unlimited glory and then fell from the clouds.

Following her uncle's wishes, she appropriately added an idea: "The emperor, why not choose another minister or two, and choose a trustworthy clan relative to be the regent? The check and balance of power in three or four parties is far better than Xie's family controlling the overall situation." .”

She thinks this should be an ordinary idea?Unexpectedly, as soon as she said it, the emperor laughed.

At the same time, Meng Junhuai gave her a hard look.

From that day on, Meng Junhuai always said to Yu Yin: "Are you stupid???"

I talked about it for several months.

Yu Yin felt wronged, she only found out after that day that the emperor had originally thought of setting up a regent, and if the candidates for the regent were ranked again, Meng Junhuai came in third.

——Except for the emperor himself, two of the four elder brothers who were older than him jumped up and down too much when they wanted to choose the prince as the heir. Therefore, only his second and third brothers were ranked above him in the selection of the regent.

Then, Prince Pu of Xingsan said that his younger brother, Lao Shi, made such a fuss before, and he is not very peaceful now, so he should not be given a chance to make him feel that his brother has gained power. pushed.

As for Prince Ping, who is in the second line, his mother and concubine are too low-born, and have been unknown in the clan for several years. He felt that it was difficult to convince the public, so he also resigned from this matter.

And Meng Junhuai's mother clan has a good status and is in charge of Jinyiwei. They have been very prosperous in Beijing these years.The wife is still from Xie's family, and the wife's niece is still the eldest concubine of the emperor... somehow, she became the most suitable candidate.

But he didn't want to accept this. He tried his best to push it away for a long time. Why is the princess so heartless and unwilling, why he has been busy in Jinyiwei for many years and wants to spend some time with his wife... These are all trivial and trivial The reasons for this were all put together, Brother Huang understood his reluctance, so he reluctantly nodded and said, "Let's discuss this matter later."

As a result, he never expected that as soon as he cooled the matter down, his ascetic princess would take the initiative to bring it up.

——She took the initiative to mention it, and then stood up and said, "Ah, although this is feasible, our family doesn't consider it." Is it appropriate?not suitable.

When Meng Junhuai thought of Brother Huang's smile that day, he panicked...!
So Meng Junhuai felt deeply cheated by his family, and Yuyin, who cheated him, was also very regretful, and surrounded him every day to show courteousness.

But she is not very worried... Regent or something, even if he is sealed up now, he has no real power. If he is really busy, he will have to wait until the emperor dies and needs him to assist the new emperor-the emperor is still in good health now!If he stays in power for another 30 to [-] years, he probably won't have to worry about the new emperor when he succeeds.

But at the moment, Meng Junhuai (who is immersed in the grief and indignation of being driven out of the market) must be coaxed.

The number of times she ran to the front house increased significantly, and the children were puzzled when they saw it. Ming Jing wanted to find out, but she refused every time.

Because I really can't let them see it.

"You hate...!" The princess shouted angrily from the study, Yang Enlu heard it from outside, and took people away as usual.

The back of Meng Junhuai's hand hurt from being slapped by her, and he resentfully retracted the hand that had just reached her waist, but with a straight face: "It doesn't look like apologizing at all."

"...in broad daylight! Don't move!" Yu Yin glared at him.

The main reason is that he has finished "moving" during the day, so he is not idle at night? !

Meng Junhuai clicked his lips, glanced at her, and continued to read.

After watching for a while, he suddenly laughed.She still had the sullen look, and asked him why he was smiling, but he kept his face straight again.

After a while, he seemed unable to hold back anymore, and let out a "chi" again.

Yuyin rolled his eyes, he propped his forehead and said in suspense, "It's okay... I suddenly remembered that when we were just married, I went to sleep with you at night, and you were stupid enough to fetch another quilt."

At that time, she didn't feel like a wife at all, but now that she has a few children, she can flirt with him calmly.

"Why bring this up all of a sudden, I'm bothering you...!" Yu Yin's face was flushed, and she took a grape out of the fruit plate casually, bowed her head and peeled it, ignoring him.

But as soon as she finished peeling, he shamelessly poked his head over and sucked away the grapes in her hand...!
"Meng Junhuai!" Yu Yin slapped the table.

"Don't be angry." After eating the fruit, he turned his head and spit out the seeds, pursed his lips, stretched out his arms and brought her to him.

"...Again!" Yu Yin angrily yelled at him, "Let me go!"

"I don't." He closed his eyes with a smile, and touched her forehead, "Don't be shy. I was thinking just now, little nun, you were so cute before and now."

"..." Yu Yin was almost dumbfounded by his sudden love words, and turned redder, and said in a low voice, "Can you be more serious? You are already old...!"

It's over 30!Can't live more and more shamelessly!
But Meng Junhuai frowned.

He just frowned, opened his eyes and looked at her for a while: "Old nun, you were very cute before and now."

Yu Yin: "???"

She was very sullen: "Who do you say is an old nun?!"

"You see you are so difficult to serve..." He raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes.

"The poor nun is upset!" Yu Yin opened her arms.

In mutual anger, the room was silent for a while.But Meng Junhuai couldn't bear it anymore, picked a grape and handed it to her mouth to tease her: "Master, don't be angry."

"Go away."

"Don't be angry, eat."

"Don't eat."

"Eat... ah! Why are you still biting people?!"

"I've been a monk for a long time, and I'm short of meat."

"..."

(End of this chapter)