The little lady in the palace

Chapter 36 Persuasion
Yuyin actually doesn't care about summer escape, but looking at He Jing's face full of anticipation, and thinking that there are so many people in the mansion, if she has to spend the summer bored in the mansion just because she said "I don't want to", it's not very appropriate .

She nodded and said "OK", and Meng Junhuai told Yang Enlu to start the matter.First of all, I have to send a message to Qingyuan to take care of it; at the same time, the house has to start tidying up. Although most of the things are ready-made, clothes and other things still need to be brought from here.

Yuyin also confessed here, and let Zhao Chengrui and Shanhu take care of this matter.It takes ten days and half a month to prepare for such a trip, but fortunately, she doesn't need to do it herself, she just needs to make up her mind on things that the servants can't make up their minds on.

Four or five days passed in a blink of an eye, Shan Shan and Zhao Chengrui didn't ask her anything, but He Jing ran and jumped over.

He Jing leaned beside her and asked eagerly: "Concubine mother, can you take your brother with you?"

Yu Yin was surprised by her question, embraced her and said, "A Li? Of course he went."

It is impossible to take all the servants of the whole family with him to escape from the summer heat, but there should be one of the masters, big and small, who wants to go with him, right?
In the end, He Jing shook his head: "No, Concubine He said that no one from Concubine You's side would go. But I asked Ah Li, and he also wants to play!"

He Jing shook her hand and rubbed her and said: "Concubine mother, take Ah Li with me. I will help concubine mother take care of Li and prevent him from being disobedient!"

She also took responsibility.Yuyin wanted to laugh, in fact, it wouldn't be Hejing's elder sister's care if Ah Li went together, but she hadn't heard about the East Court not going, and for some reason, He couldn't directly respond to Hejing's words.

Yuyin called Shan Shan: "Go to the east courtyard and ask, why didn't Concubine You go? Is there something wrong?"

Shan Shan was stunned, and then replied: "No, my lady...this is what His Highness ordered, just prepare on your side and Concubine He's, so that Concubine You can rest assured."

Yu Yin was taken aback by this arrangement, thought for a while, and then asked: "How many people in the north?"

"Your Highness didn't mention them... This servant is watching, Eunuch Yang didn't go there to pass the message, so he probably didn't take them with him." Shan Shan hesitated a little after speaking, and said cautiously, "My servant thinks that you don't need to ask about this matter anymore. Your Highness. In fact, it is a good thing not to take them with you, after all, there are many people and many things."

"I know that." Yu Yin nodded.Even if she doesn't think it's a "good thing", she understands that one thing more is worse than one thing less.Furthermore, although Qingyuan is more comfortable, spending the summer in the mansion is by no means unbearable - those who can go to the outskirts of Beijing to escape the summer heat are only a few noble families, and the thousands of people in Beijing have no place to escape the summer heat, so don't they just live their lives as usual?
She just called Zhao Chengrui again and said: "You go and tell Wang Dongxu, let's go to Qingyuan, and he will take care of the back house. Let him instruct the dining room, not only the east courtyard can't lose money, but those in the north can't be wronged either. There should be plenty of sour plum soup and mung bean soup to cool off the summer heat, and ice cubes to cool down in the room should also be delivered daily from the ice cellar.”

"Yes, my servant must explain clearly." Zhao Chengrui said.

Yuyin said again: "Tell him again, if I hear that someone is not doing well, I will only blame him."

After posting these words for a while, Wang Dongxu came in to kowtow in both surprise and apprehension.

When the concubine first entered the mansion, he and Zhao Chengrui were arguing over who would be the leader in the yard. Later, the concubine picked Zhao Chengrui, but he never showed up again.Now that he heard that he was going to be kept in the mansion and could not go to Qingyuan, he was a little annoyed at first. For the current people, after all, it is good to hang around in front of the master's house, isn't it?
But after he thought about it, it would be good - to handle this job beautifully, in the future Zhao Chengrui will be regarded as the boss among the eunuchs in the main courtyard, and he will also be regarded as the real second-in-command, how could he be better than the unknown one now!

Wang Dongxu kowtowed solemnly: "Princess, don't worry, my servant must take good care of everything, and I will never let the people in the east courtyard and the north be wronged in the slightest!"

Yuyin gave him a "hmm", rewarded him with two pieces of silver, and asked him to back down.Seeing Wang Dongxu walking away, Shan Shan couldn't help but reminded: "You forgot why Zhao Chengrui was appointed consul in the first place, and Wang Dongxu was useless? This Wang Dongxu has a big idea!"

"I know." Yu Yin nodded and said nothing else.She was thinking, Wang Dongxu has a big idea, so it might be just right to use it at this time, right?Zhao Chengrui obeys orders, so it is suitable to take with her on errands, but when she is not around, the people kept in the mansion need to be able to make up their own minds, Wang Dongxu should be right?
Yu Yin thinks it should be so.When she was eight or nine years old in Hualing Nunnery, the nun would occasionally go out to lecture and debate scriptures, and would hand over seven or eight young bhikkhunis who were younger than her, and let her lead them to read and copy scriptures.At that time, she was just obedient and felt that she had to take responsibility, so she followed the nun's instructions.It was only after I grew up that I came to realize that in terms of attainments in Buddhism, the several sisters who were about her age but who were ordained and practiced were much better than her. They are big!
In Beijing, all the princes are a bit bored.

It has been several days since the few books written for Princess Shumin have been delivered to the palace, but there has been no response.A few people gradually became calm from the righteous indignation at the beginning, and then even a little "lack of interest".While feeling strange, at the same time, I can no longer bring up the energy of that day.

In the first two days, they felt that there were too many memorials on the father's desk, and they didn't see them for a while, so Prince Yang Jin went to the palace to talk about it face to face.But now another three days have passed, and there is still no reply.

In the main hall of Prince Jin's Mansion, a group of princes waited with long hairs.

The eleventh prince was walking up and down the room with a teacup, and the seventh prince frowned and scolded him: "Old Eleven, can you stop for a while? Are you annoyed by turning around?"

"Why are you making me angry!" The eleventh prince felt that he had been scolded unjustly, and was about to refute it when he raised his eyes and saw the person walking this way, "Brother!"

Everyone looked over in an instant, and Prince Jin was coming this way in his court uniform.

Several people greeted the door, and as soon as Prince Jin stepped in, the Seventh Prince couldn't wait to ask him: "How is it?"

Prince Jin sighed and shook his head: "I still haven't seen it."

There was a sigh in the hall.

The eleventh prince asked anxiously: "What's wrong with the father? Brother, you went to the Qianqing Palace for three days in a row, but you didn't see anyone. Did he even ignore the government?"

"Eleventh brother!" Prince Jin quickly stopped his disrespectful words, shook his head again, and sat down on the chair beside the table of eight immortals.

He couldn't tell these younger brothers that his father had indeed neglected government affairs in recent years.Two years ago, if I went to Qianqing Palace early, I could always see them, but recently, I have to "try my luck" more and more.It is easy for him to get in and out of the Qianqing Palace, and he knows very well why sometimes the courtiers who come to greet him have to wait until night - in fact, it is rarely because the father has too many memorials on his desk and there is no time to meet people. Most of the time, it is after noon, Even when it was almost dinner time, I saw my father come down from the bedroom on the second floor.

As a result, he was a little surprised that the matter of taking his sixth younger brother to the palace to report to the money dumping department went so smoothly last time, and secretly sighed that his luck was very good that day.But sure enough, luck will not be so good every time.

Prince Jin took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and thought again: "I will go again tomorrow, if we still can't see each other, we will enter the palace together the day after tomorrow to have an audience, this matter cannot be delayed."

Most things can't stand procrastination. The more procrastination, the less angry, and the less angry, the more dull the handling.In addition, Princess Shumin has such a soft temper, so it has been delayed for a long time, what if she doesn't want to pursue it herself?Will the brothers cut off the son-in-law against her wishes, or will they watch her go back and be wronged?
Five days later, in the shadows under the eaves at the southwest corner of Qianqing Palace, a young eunuch wiped his cold sweat while looking at the princes kneeling on the square in front of the palace.

The princes have been here for four consecutive days, and they have knelt and waited for two days, and the emperor has not seen him.But why the emperor didn't see him, he felt like a mirror in his heart.

Two steps away from him, the chief eunuch Wei Yulin also looked at the princes, but he didn't have the same nervousness on his face, instead there was a sneer hanging from the corner of his mouth, mocking clearly.

"Du, Duke..." The young eunuch couldn't hold it any longer, and asked in a trembling voice, "We just... just leave your Highnesses alone like this? If this, this falls into the emperor's ears..."

"It fell into the emperor's ear? It didn't fall into the emperor's ear!" Wei Yulin smiled, his laughter seemed to be covered with a layer of coldness by the shadow of the eaves.

He said: "I told them that the emperor is resting, what can they say? Can they go to the emperor and ask him if he is resting? Besides, isn't the emperor just resting now? It's really stupid to ask, and the crime will not be covered. On my head."

"But, but..." The eunuch choked in fear, "But why bother! These are all His Royal Highnesses, you offended them like this..."

"Offended?" Wei Yulin laughed more clearly, turned sideways and patted the eunuch's shoulder, then pulled him forward.

He pointed to the crowd in front of the hall and said: "Look clearly, this is not to offend, but to teach them how to behave!"

The little eunuch's eyes widened in fright, and he didn't dare to say a word.

"A prince who came out of the palace and built a mansion is unwilling to live in peace, but wants to meddle in the government, so he has to teach them the rules!" Wei Yulin gritted his molars, and smiled sinisterly, "Otherwise, they will never know what they are really like." What is your identity!"

The ridicule in Wei Yulin's heart was ready to come out.How interesting things are in this world, even people have two sets of identities.On the surface, they are noble princes, and the eunuchs have to serve them with nods and bows; but in the more practical way in the dark, they are eunuchs who are more capable of taking charge, and they have some means to suppress them. These "noble people" even want to cover the eyes of the ninety-five venerables, and it is no effort for them.

"You still have a long way to go. If you understand your identity, you will have a bright future." Wei Yulin put down the little eunuch and said in a pleasant manner, "But, don't be like Xue Gui."

Xue Gui, the dead Bingbi eunuch, is just playing around, and entrusting the means that can only be hidden in the dark to the bright is courting death.Fake imperial decree to blame the prince?That's a real long life!
It should be a handy skill of their eunuchs to keep people in order behind their backs.

Kneel down, kneel down for a few more days, they will always give up.Then two or three more times like this, they will find that not only the court has nothing to do with them, but the emperor actually doesn't care about them.Slowly, they will be disappointed, give up, and enjoy the peaceful life in the mansion peacefully.

More power will be taken by people who are more capable than them.

In the Prince's Mansion of Yi County, Xie Yuyin listened to Shan Hu's reply that everything had been taken care of and that he could leave for Bieyuan at any time, so he asked Zhao Chengrui to report to Meng Junhuai.

She felt that he had suddenly become busy in recent days.Not only have I never been to the main courtyard, but I have never set foot in the entire back house.

She didn't know what he was busy with, and she never asked. If it wasn't for the summer vacation, she didn't want to bother him.

As a result, Zhao Chengrui replied to her and said: "His Highness said that he still has something to do at hand, and asked you and Concubine He to take the two young ladies to go first, and he will talk about it later."

"...?" Yu Yin felt that this was inappropriate.As a concubine, in fact, they often have communication outside the residence—for example, this time about Princess Shumin, the sisters-in-law had to go to see the princess first, so that they could know what happened.Well, since he can't get away for a while, maybe there will be a place where she needs to come forward in the future, and no one can take care of her when she leaves.

Yu Yin then said to Zhao Chengrui: "You go and report to His Highness again, and tell him that I'm not in a hurry, let Concubine He and Jing Lanjing go first, and I'll wait until he's done."

"This..." Zhao Chengrui struggled to maintain a smile, "Wangfei, you should listen to His Highness. Your Highness... is getting angry right now. He has fined several people today, including Eunuch Yang."

"Ah?" Yu Yin was startled, she had never heard of Yang Enlu being punished.

In the study of the Qianzhai, an eunuch named Chen Xu waited tremblingly.If it is normal, who can be the value when Eunuch Yang is resting, it will make people laugh for a long time, but this is not the case today.

The reason why Eunuch Yang "rested" today is because he was hit by a board.Eunuch Yang has been hit by the board, which shows how scary the prince is today!

Meng Junhuai punched the table again, so angry that he didn't notice that several people in the room all knelt down.

I really didn't expect that the matter of Princess Shumin would be so complicated!
From their point of view, this matter is very clear, the son-in-law beat the princess, and it is a dead end.The mother-in-law who provoked troubles and bullied the princess in the son-in-law's mansion had to take the blame with her life.Similar cases have been handled in this way throughout the dynasties. There was a similar incident more than a hundred years ago in the Great Yin Dynasty, and it also gave death to all the sons-in-law.

But even such a clear and clear matter has turned into a puddle of muddy water now!
There was no response to the papers they handed in to the palace, and they begged to see them for a few days before going to Qianqing Palace, and the emperor didn't have time to see them.And since the day before yesterday, a strange wind has been blown up, and rumors have spread all over the capital overnight, saying that Princess Shumin is domineering, bullying her mother-in-law and her husband to the point of bullying, and the son-in-law was forced to beat her by mistake , Now the princess blames the consort again.

There are some details in the rumors, which are said vividly, and it is said that Princess Shumin beat someone to death.The first version Meng Junhuai heard was that Zhang Wei had a concubine before he got engaged to the princess, but after marrying the princess, he never saw her again.

Later, a new version was released, directly saying that the princess killed the sister-in-law.

Isn't this bullshit? !
Meng Junhuai knew the temperament of this fourth sister, and knew all these words were nonsense.What made him even angrier was that someone was obviously making trouble behind this.

Originally, the imperial prestige was inviolable, but now someone dares to tell lies about the princess being beaten?
absurd!

Meng Junhuai wanted to take a sip of tea to calm down, but when he picked up the tea cup, he found that it was empty.

With a "snap", the porcelain cup fell to the ground!

Yu Yin stopped abruptly, looked at the tiles that had slid to her feet, and then at him.

Meng Junhuai calmed down: "Is there something wrong?"

Yuyin pretended not to know about his extremely bad mood today, and said calmly: "Zhao Chengrui said that His Highness asked me to take Concubine He and Jing Lanjing to Qingyuan first, I think His Highness is busy... Maybe you still need my help? I want to ask Your Highness, is it better for Concubine He to take them there first?"

"You don't have to worry about it." Meng Junhuai shook his head out of breath, and said again, "Go with them, have fun, and come back when the weather cools down."

Yu Yin watched him stand at the door and hesitated for a while, but still walked around the place of broken porcelain and walked to his case.

Meng Junhuai raised his eyelids: "Is there anything else?"

She opened her mouth word by word and threw out a sentence: "Your Highness is too angry, this is not good."

"Tch." He laughed and looked at her again, "I know. It's just that I'm bothered by something right now, and you can't be happy just because you want to be happy."

"But His Highness can't be unhappy when something happens?" Yu Yin said sincerely, "If you are angry, can you help Your Highness solve the matter?"

Meng Junhuai raised his eyebrows.

"Buddha said: Destiny is created by oneself, appearance is born from the heart, everything in the world is a form, the heart does not move, everything does not move, the heart does not change, everything does not change..."

"Okay." He was really not in the mood to listen to her lecture now, so he took a deep breath and stood up, went around the desk to support her shoulders, turned her body around, and pushed her out.

He said lazily, "Thank you, Master, for your advice, but Pindao really doesn't have time to listen to Zen now, let's talk about it another day."

"...Your Highness!" Yupin pressed down for a moment, raised her hand to hold his hand, "I'll just say a few more words!"

"Just a few sentences!" She emphasized while turning her head, but saw that his expression was different.

Meng Junhuai's eyes were fixed on the hand she pressed over, feeling the softness and coolness of her hand, he was a little dazed for a while.

Yu Yin followed his gaze and subconsciously wanted to pull her hand away, but he shook it back.

"Speak." Meng Junhuai held her hand tightly while talking, and felt that it was a bit strange to speak like this, so he turned her to him with a low smile, "I'm listening."

"..." Xie Yuyin was made inexplicably stiff by him, trying to calm down, when he held her hands with both hands again, she couldn't even breathe.

Thinking about it carefully, she was actually just standing face to face, but for some reason, she felt itchy in her heart.

She lowered her head and couldn't speak a word, but when she raised her eyes, she saw his smiling eyes.

But he was obviously not happy just now.

Yu Yin took a few breaths before trying to stabilize her mind, and said falteringly: "I, I just want to say... When people are upset, they can't understand things. Meditation is the same, and things in the world are also the same. So His Highness is cooking like this while getting angry. The matter is really difficult, why not let it go first and go for a walk before talking about it."

Meng Junhuai let out a "hmm", and let go of her hand, wrapping her arms around her waist.

Yuyin only felt that he was getting close all of a sudden, and lowered her head, she could feel his aura is close at hand.

She raised her hand and pushed him, but in vain, her cheeks were hot and she continued: "Your Highness, let's go to Qingyuan with us first, even if it's only for three or five days. After you calm down, Your Highness will come back... I can also help His Highness meditate, this is something I am good at."

"Okay." He responded quickly, Yuyin raised her head in surprise, and his kiss fell head-on.

Teach people to dodge less than.

(End of this chapter)