The little lady in the palace

Chapter 39 Assassination
After she asked, Meng Junhuai burst out laughing.Yu Yin was so angry that she really wanted to know what was going on - not only because it was written in the book, but also because she wanted to find out why he kissed her every now and then!

Besides, she still did it thinking "maybe it will make him feel better"!Otherwise, she wouldn't, she would die of embarrassment.

But he actually laughed at her, or laughed at her face to face!
Meng Junhuai smiled and saw her lying down with her mouth flattened, and her back was still facing her, looking very unhappy.

"Hey, Yuyin..." He quickly stopped laughing, stretched out his hand to grab her, "Don't be angry, I'm not laughing at you."

"Nonsense, you're just laughing at me!" Yu Yin buried her face in the quilt and didn't even want to look at him.

"No, really not." As he explained seriously, he couldn't help laughing twice, and then quickly stopped again, "I'm really not laughing at you, I'm happy. This really makes people feel good, but I just feel suddenly After a while, I couldn't hold back..."

really?
Yu Yin made a judgment and felt that it was not very credible.

So she continued to be angry and embarrassed, and also continued to ignore him with her back turned away from him under the quilt.After lying like this for a while... she fell asleep boneless.

"Pfft." Hearing her breathing, Meng Junhuai wanted to laugh again, stood up to look at her face, and poked her face in a mischievous manner.

Yuyin only moved her lips, but there was no other response.

This little nun...

Meng Junhuai lay back while teasing her in his heart, and after closing his eyes for a while, he realized that there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth.When he noticed this kind of pleasure, he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised. He couldn't help but look at her again, and finally turned over and hugged her into his arms.

He buried his face in her black hair, took a deep breath of the light fragrance and kissed her again, admitting awkwardly in his heart that he probably really liked her.

Then I felt like I was worthless!
Immediately afterwards, he shouted to himself in his heart, what's the point of this!This is the wife he is marrying, so what if he likes her!
It's not that Long Yang is good...!
Early the next morning, the prince and princess got up at the same time.The servants were waiting on the side, and soon found that the prince was always smiling, the princess... It seems that when the prince saw her, she couldn't help but give him a look?Or just grind your teeth secretly?
They didn't quite understand what was going on, could it be that the prince tormented the princess hard at night?

Of course, no one would ask such a question.

"I'll be back in two days. If it takes longer than expected, I'll send someone to tell you." Meng Junhuai said while stretching out his arms, letting her help him tie his waist.

Yu Yin gave a "hmm".When talking about business, she didn't want to stare at him: "I will take good care of He Jing and Ah Li."

"I don't need to take care of you." He smiled, and when she saw that she had finished tying it for him, she turned around and added his own clothes "without worry". He followed her and said behind her, "If you are bored by yourself, you can Ask someone to bring them to play with them, and don’t worry about them if you’re bored.”

"How can I do that? As a aunt, I have to ask if I'm doing well, right?" She said while adding a horse face skirt to the middle skirt, "Besides, what if Ah Li wants to be a side concubine?"

While she was talking, she was wearing her skirt belt, and the side that was passing from behind was not suitable for her own hand. She felt that someone had picked it up, so she let it go with peace of mind: "Your Highness, don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. If you still need me to see my sister-in-law and younger siblings, please let me know at any time, and I will rush back immediately."

She didn't want to shirk her responsibility at all!
Meng Junhuai replied "Okay" with a smile, and then loosened the tied knot in his hand: "Okay."

"...?!" Yu Yin turned around after hearing the words and looked at Shan Shan who was "negligent of duty". Shan Shan lowered her head firmly, not daring to look at them more.

Meng Junhuai moved aside, forcing her to look at Shan Shan and focus on him: "I'm leaving?"

"...En." Yu Yin nodded, "His Royal Highness, go slowly."

Meng Junhuai chuckled, waved his hands to make the others retreat, then lowered his head slightly: "Kiss."

Yu Yin was dumbfounded.

He frowned: "I'm in a bad mood, give me a quick kiss."

"..." She stayed for a moment and then turned her face away, "I don't!"

"Tsk." She heard his dissatisfied tsk, "Then when I come back, will you give me a kiss?"

Yu Yin: "..."

"Can you? Otherwise, I won't be leaving!"

"Okay, okay, okay!" Yu Yin was so ashamed that he quickly pushed him away, "Your Highness, don't delay the business, I also have to copy the scriptures, I will talk about it later!"

"Hahahaha." Meng Junhuai laughed loudly, in a great mood.

In the middle of the capital, Prince Jin has not been idle since the morning. He sent off his second, third and fourth brothers, and welcomed his seventh and eleventh brothers.After lunch, he met the sons-in-law of his two younger sisters. The sons-in-law had just left, and he had just arrived in the study to rest for a while, when he heard that the sixth brother asked to see him.

Prince Jin felt annoyed to some extent, but still waved his hand: "Please invite the study directly."

Not long after, Meng Junhuai arrived, and he bowed, "Brother is well."

"Okay, I know why you are here." Prince Jin lost the mood to do more greetings, and tapped the memorial on the desk, "Do you also want to pass the booklet to the father? Bring it, and I will send it in in a while .”

Meng Junhuai had prepared a booklet, but after hearing what Prince Jin said, he didn't know whether to hand it over.

He looked at the eldest brother in front of him hesitantly: "Few days have passed, and the elder brother has not seen the father?"

I beg the prince to be silent.

Meng Junhuai said again: "What about the morning court? Brother, you can go to the court."

Prince Jin took a deep breath, then slowly shook his head: "Father did not go to court early in the past few days."

"Ah?!" Meng Junhuai was startled.

In fact, according to the rules of this dynasty, the emperor does not have to go to court every day, and the laws and regulations of officials in various places can maintain the peace of the country without the emperor showing up.More than a hundred years ago, there was a man who hadn't been to the court for three years. Nothing major happened at that time, but he sent troops to help the Goryeo royal family to fight a battle.

However, in Meng Junhuai's heart, he always felt that the emperor should be more diligent.The world is so big, so many things are going to happen every day, and if you keep an eye on everything, you may not be able to achieve complete peace.Laziness and slack, won't people feel ashamed of thousands of people?
He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed with his father for a while, and felt that it was too unfortunate that the matter of the fourth sister would get more difficult as it dragged on.

Prince Jin sighed wearily: "I don't know what the father means."

Meng Junhuai was slightly stunned, seeing his eldest brother closing his eyes and frowning: "You said that even if you didn't go to the court early, there is an order for the memorials to be handed in, isn't it? But I clearly remember that the second day after I handed in the memorials, I didn't see the Minister of Rites. I handed over the brochure for the Dragon Boat Festival, and now he has sent it back, and the thing we handed over about Shumin... there is no movement at all."

Meng Junhuai felt that his elder brother had something to say, so he held his breath to listen.Sure enough, Prince Jin suddenly opened his eyes, full of anger: "In the morning, the seventh brother cried a lot at my place, bluntly saying that their mother and concubine have long been out of favor, and Shumin can only rely on me as the eldest brother." .I have also been thinking all afternoon, what happened to my father, he was not like this before."

Prince Jin felt a deep sense of loss.He remembered that many years ago, when he was young, his father was very different from now.At that time, his father was a strict father, and his requirements were particularly harsh on him. At the beginning of his studies, his father was almost teaching him hand in hand.And at that time, the emperor was very concerned about the children.

But look at the present now, if they don't enter the palace to say hello, the emperor will never see them.It is true that those who have left the palace are considered adults, and they should take the initiative to go, but it is still difficult for the younger brothers and sisters in the palace to meet their father.

Prince Jin had been a little bit dissatisfied with this for a long time, but he didn't expect that now his daughter would be bullied by her husband's family, and his father didn't even care.

"The seventh brother said that if the father ignores him, he will lead someone to deal with Zhang Wei first, beheading first and then playing." Prince Jin smiled wryly, "I agreed, and I will take him into the palace to plead guilty. Fortunately, even if the court No matter how outrageous the rumors are, a prince will not die for a son-in-law."

"...Brother, don't do it!" Meng Junhuai was frightened, calmed down, and said, "I know that elder brother is worried about this, but if Zhang Wei's life is really directly killed, it would be a big deal. Besides...Furthermore, father The emperor may not care, maybe he just...doesn't know?"

Prince Jin sneered: "Do you believe this yourself?"

"He didn't know about my being blamed!"

Prince Jin obviously froze, and Meng Junhuai hit the iron while it was hot: "It was still at the gate of the palace. It took so long for the father to find out. After knowing it, don't you immediately punish the eunuch Bingbi? Brother, don't be too impatient. I don't think the father is... It's not that they don't love us, it's just that there are so many people in the palace, there will always be one or two who can get in the way."

He was not at all sure of what he was saying.Frankly speaking, in his heart, he felt that his father didn't care anymore, but he saw that his elder brother was already thinking about "killing first and playing later", so he must stop it first!

So whether he believed it or not, he said it first, and then he stuffed an idea along the way: "Brother, it's better to wait a little longer and just try the last trick. Pick an official to help, let him if he gets the chance See you, and present a memorial for eldest brother."

"..." Prince Jin looked at him for a while and then laughed, "What are you so stupid about?"

"Turn a corner, and maybe the matter will be cleared up." Meng Junhuai said in a nonchalant manner, "The last time about the eunuch holding the pen, we first asked an eunuch from the mother's palace for an excuse, and then went through the trial. of."

"'We'?" Prince Jin looked at him amusedly, "You usually seem to be indifferent to political affairs, but in fact you have raised a clever adviser?"

"...No." Meng Junhuai blushed for a moment, coughed lightly, "Princess's idea."

If it weren't for the inappropriateness of boasting about his female relatives in front of his elder brother, he really wanted to add another sentence: That little nun is so smart, she often gives me advice!

In Qingyuan, Yuyin heard Zhao Chengrui report that the summer clothes had arrived two days later, so she spent some time picking out clothes.

In fact, it is easy for her to handle, Shan Huan and the others know her preferences, so they can just tell the sewing room to do it; Ah Li and Lan Jing don't have to worry about her, their respective biological mothers and wet nurses will help them arrange it.

She brought He Jing over.

He Jing was raised under Concubine He's knees. Although the clothes were made according to the rules every season, she always felt that He Jing's clothes... were too simple?

Yu Yin observed for several months and found that although He Jing's clothes were never bad, they never had any clothes with special materials.Take the cloak as an example. Although the cloak buckle is only a small piece, it can actually be the most exquisite part. She has several cloak buttons that are made of finely carved coral or white jade, and are inlaid with various small pieces. Gemstones look good from afar and up close, and can be the most eye-catching part of your body.

She didn't pay attention to this at first, but He Jing once looked at her buttons with envy and said they were beautiful. She recalled that the buttons on He Jing's cloak were all simple silver and copper, even a gold one. No.

At that time, Yuyin seemed to ask someone to take some from the library for her to use, but He Jing refused with a little disappointment, and said to her: "I don't want it, Mother Concubine He said that I can only use this when I am older." Plant buttons, otherwise the father will not like it."

It's the phrase "Otherwise the father will not like it".Yu Yin has heard this sentence countless times, and she is really angry with Concubine He for this, why teach children well, threaten her every now and then, saying that her biological father will not like her?
So this time, after she dialed what should be dialed down as usual, she asked people to pick out the best part of the remaining clothing materials and accessories, and called He Jing to choose.

He Jing looked at the dazzling array of things piled up on her couch, and after her eyes lit up for a while, she said in a low voice: "I don't need it, my clothes are enough to wear."

Yuyin didn't want to spoil her with good things, so she said to her: "Mother Concubine knows that you have enough clothes, but these are stored in the warehouse. You pick them first, and Mother Concubine will store them for you. You study hard, be obedient, and the concubine mother will give you everything as a gift, how about it?"

"Wow!" He Jing was suddenly inspired by this "gift".

There is another advantage of this, that is, it will not make Concubine He feel awkward.After all, He Jing was usually taken care of by her, and she, the aunt, suddenly sent a bunch of more exquisite things, just like a challenge.But once in a while, if you send one or two items, you just care about your children.

He Jing picked it up happily, picked out a few pieces of cloth, picked out a few buttons, and a few hairpins, and then carefully said to her: "You must first ask your father if you agree!"

"My concubine gave you something to let you study hard, and my father naturally agrees." Yuyin felt more and more that she could not intervene in this matter, and He Jing was afraid that Meng Junhuai would be unhappy about even the slightest thing—that was Her dear father is not a monster!

Therefore, after Meng Junhuai was told that he would return to Qingyuan a few days later, the person who came back brought him a letter from Princess Feng.

The letter asked him to "take care" of He Jing when he was free, for example, to see what was available for purchase in the Beijing market, and bring some to He Jing; if there were any interesting places nearby, he would arrange for someone to take He Jing to play; Yes, is there any good storybook?Pick two for He Jing.

When he looked at the front, he laughed in his heart that she was more and more worrying, and He Jing was taken by a nanny, so she obviously didn't need to worry about her like this.When I read the last sentence, I immediately felt embarrassed, and carefully identified whether there was any trace of making fun of him in this sentence...

It seems not.Well, I guess he was careless, the little nun was not very good at joking, most of the time when he thought she was teasing him, she was actually serious.

So Meng Junhuai searched his brains and thought about it, and made a list of books, asking Yang Enlu to find books.

Then he looked at the official in front of him: "It's time to work. What did the emperor say?"

This man's name is Zheng Xiang, he works in the Ministry of Punishment, and his official position is not high. Although he is qualified to face the saint, he rarely enters the palace. This trip scared him enough.

Zheng Xiang wiped off his cold sweat for a long time before saying: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty didn't say anything... But I took a sneak peek. The Emperor seemed a little surprised when he saw the memorial that Prince Jin and his Highnesses handed over."

Meng Junhuai nodded: "Then let you back down?"

Zheng Xiang bowed: "Yes."

Meng Junhuai let out a "hmm".

That night, an imperial decree was spread throughout the capital to question Zhang Wei, Princess Shumin's son-in-law, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to punish him according to the law.

And in the early morning of the next day, the Ministry of Criminal Justice went to the palace to report that Zhang Wei had committed suicide by taking poison at home when he went to the concubine's mansion to bring someone.

Suicide in fear of crime, this is unexpected, what happens next will be different.

At this time, there was a heavy rain falling in the capital, and the rain fell heartily, but the sky was still full of dark clouds, which made people breathless.

King Yijun and Prince Jin stood in the pavilion quietly watching the raindrops splashing on the lake. After a long time, King Yijun said, "Why bother?"

Prince Jin's expression was calm: "If they can cover their father's eyes, they can reach out to the Ministry of Punishment. If Zhang Wei is really spared lightly, wouldn't they be too proud?"

"They won't." King Yi shook his head, "Wei Yulin is not stupid, now he is clearly protecting himself, otherwise, he wouldn't push so many talented students to take the blame."

"Yes." Prince Jin looked up at the rain curtain falling from the corner of the eaves, and smiled softly, "But we already know who the unfaithful person is behind the scenes, and we know how this matter should be, so why bother to whitewash it? You have to swallow everything, you and I, the prince, might as well be inappropriate."

Meng Junhuai was silent.He couldn't say how surprised he was by this result, but he was a little surprised that the always gentle elder brother would carry out the assassination.

"Sixth brother, hurry back to the mansion. The Dragon Boat Festival is coming, so we can have a good time." Prince Jin turned around and walked out of the pavilion. Just like walking in the rain without knowing it.

"Brother!" Meng Junhuai yelled, and asked urgently, "What do you want to do in the future?"

"Ha." A fearless laugh came from the rain, and he told him in a natural tone, "There will always be officials and thieves, and they will always be dealt with. What do you want to do? It's nothing more than how to do it. Just do it!"

(End of this chapter)