The little lady in the palace

Chapter 50 Solution
The next day, Yang Enlu was rarely on duty, so he took some free time to go around in circles in his room.

When he thinks about things, he likes to go around in circles, counting the bricks on the ground while thinking, and usually he can figure it out after counting a few hundred and 80 yuan.

But it's not easy to think about it today, mainly because...he can't figure out where the cause is, and he doesn't know how to think about the causal connection.

Then you can only start thinking about the place that made him worry first, and then push forward.

That should be remembered from this morning.At that time, he followed the prince to leave the back house and return to the front house. On the way, he found that the prince was obviously in a bad mood.

There was obviously something wrong with that face, so Yang Enlu hurriedly told his subordinates to be more careful and not to commit suicide.

Then, the prince went straight to the study, called Su Liangdi over, and asked a few questions about the second young lady.

Yang Enlu was listening, and Su Liangdi answered well.Although the second young lady still loves to cry because she left her biological mother, she can tell that Su Liangdi has taken good care of her in her words.

But the prince's face was still gloomy, he casually gave Su Liangdi some things, and told her to leave.

That was before that, something made him unhappy.

But...Yang Enlu couldn't figure it out!
Before that, the prince was in the main courtyard.They went in early in the morning to wait, and they didn't see the prince unhappy at all.When the concubine was combing her hair, he went over to help the concubine put a hairpin on it. During breakfast, he served porridge and pickles for the concubine.

This is a good relationship, at least it doesn't look like the princess has provoked him.But why did his face turn dark as soon as he walked out of the front yard?

Yang Enlu couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to congratulate himself for not being on duty today.Whoever suffers from those little brats should consider himself unlucky, and he can't be blamed for not helping them.

In the study room of the Qianzhai, Meng Junhuai sent Xie Jiqing the gift list sent by his elder brother first, and asked him to follow the gift list to investigate Wei Yulin's affairs in detail.

Then, he took another booklet and flipped through it.

There are actually not a few lines in this book. After reading it twice, he almost memorized the content, but he was so upset that he didn't know what to do.

Meng Junhuai leaned on the back of the chair, tapped the booklet on the side of the desk, and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Yuyin helped him arrange the affairs of the back house.He didn't know what time she got up today, but when he woke up, she had already finished writing.

But she used to get up later than him.If he was careful not to disturb her when he got up, she probably wouldn't even know when he left.

So Meng Junhuai guessed that she didn't sleep well all night, thinking about it over and over again, and finally couldn't bear it when it was almost time, so she immediately wrote it.

When she handed the booklet to him, she said: "I...I will let myself get used to it quickly, Your Highness don't need to be too accommodating to me."

He opened it, and she really made arrangements for him to stay in the back house.But it was not as exaggerated as last time. She only selected two side concubines, Youshi and Heshi, plus Liangdi Su, who took care of Lan Jing, and Liangdi Jiang, the oldest senior, to write in, and each of them only arranged for one day. .

The specific arrangements can also be seen to be very meticulous. For example, the day of the arrangement for Youshi was the second day of October.There is a line of small characters next to it as a comment, saying that the young master celebrated his hundredth day that day, and he should stay with You Shi.

Meng Junhuai couldn't refute a word, but he felt uncomfortable, which made him even more uncomfortable than the arrangement last time.

Last time, she had arranged a lot for him, it was not feasible at all, and there were people he didn't even want to see. He had every reason to ignore her, and even thought she was joking for a while.

But this time, between the lines, he knew she was serious.She had thought about it, thought about her own problems, thought about who he might like, and wrote this to him.

She is seriously looking for a new solution to the current deadlock.

She also said to him with a bit of relief: "If your highness likes someone, don't worry about it, just go and see her more. Don't worry, no matter who they have children, I will take care of them personally!" "

Meng Junhuai's heart was tense at that time.

He always knew that she was good to the children in the house, but now that she said this, it sounded like she felt guilty because she didn't want to have children.

He doesn't know what to do now, he knows that she is right, and he himself... seems to have nothing wrong, but why does he feel that life is so difficult?

In the back house, Yu Yin felt that the days seemed to be getting quieter and quieter.

Qu Zhi counted, Meng Junhuai hadn't set foot in the back house for a month, and the days when she arranged for Su and Jiang to serve her were over. I heard that he neither went to see them nor let them go to the front.

Moreover, apart from the fact that the newborn son is still too young, he occasionally goes to Youshi's place to see him, even when he sees the children, he is always taken to see him.

Yuyin was very sad in her heart, she had already arranged it with all her heart, but with him like this, she really didn't know what else to do.

September 26th was He Jing's fifth birthday, Xiao He hosted a banquet in the mansion, both of them maintained a harmonious atmosphere without saying much.

In a blink of an eye, it was the second day of October, and the young master would spend a hundred days.

This day is destined to be very busy, all the prefectures will come to participate in the banquet, and famous families in Beijing will also come.Yu Yinyin got up at the same time and was doing her makeup when word came from the palace that the young master's name had been decided.

"Shizi generation, Shizi Department, the Empress chose a Qizi."

The words were reported by Zhao Chengrui. At that time He Jing just woke up and was yawning. When he heard the words, he looked at Yu Yin who was sitting in front of the dressing table: "Mother, concubine, is the second brother's name Meng Shiqi?"

"Well, yes." Yuqin walked over, stretched out his hand to pull Hejing's hand, and dragged her to sit up, "Get up quickly, Ah Qi will pass a hundred days today, and many people will come, so I can't sleep anymore."

"Didn't sleep enough..." He Jing planted on her shoulder and sniffled aggrievedly.

Yu Yin hugged her and patted her: "Be obedient, you can come back to take a nap at noon. If you don't want to continue attending the banquet in the afternoon, the mother and concubine will not force you, okay?"

The main ceremony is before lunch, and the guests will leave one after another in the afternoon. Yuyin has no intention of making He Jing tired from morning to night.

So He Jing finally got up, and sat down in front of the dressing table to yawn continuously.

When the two had breakfast together, Yuyin sneaked in to listen to the ceremony and the list of guests again.

In fact, she mainly cares about the guests, that is, the female relatives who come to the back house to attend the banquet.The male relatives are all in the front house, and Yicheng is also placed there.

She counted once, and the main guests she wanted to receive were basically her sisters-in-law, her natal family members, Meng Junhuai's sisters, and Meng Junhuai's mother family members.The side concubines of various mansions went to Youshi's place, the female family members of various families stayed at Heshi's place, and a few tables were set up in Sushi's courtyard as spares.

That's okay, she's basically considered "her family" here, and getting along with her won't be too tiring.

As a result, when "my family" was almost there, He Jing, who was so sleepy that he couldn't bear it, crawled onto her lap, leaned into her arms, and planned to fall asleep.

Yu Yin: "...He Jing."

Princess Jin couldn't help smiling beside her, and stretched out her hand to tease He Jing: "Are you sleepy? Auntie hugs you to sleep?"

He Jing hugged Yu Yin's arm and did not let go.

Yuyin's mother, Qiu Shi, wanted to hug her too: "Grandmother coaxing you into the house to sleep, okay? Your mother and concubine want to talk to everyone, it's too noisy, you can't sleep well."

After He Jing yawned, she babbled, and looked at Qiu Shi earnestly: "My concubine talks about my concubine, I'm not afraid of making noise."

Anyway, just stay with her.

The governments were secretly surprised that the stepmother and stepdaughter got along so well.

East Court.

Unlike the main concubines, the side concubines always have communication outside the mansion, when they get together, the most favorite thing to talk about is the affairs of each mansion.

——They first chatted about why no one came to the Shanjun Prince's Mansion, that is, the Tenth Prince's Mansion.

Tang Shi, the side concubine of the Eighth Prince's Mansion, said: "It seems that your Highnesses are having some trouble. A while ago, the Prince's Mansion of Shan County held a banquet for the appointment of the king, and my father didn't go either."

The side concubine Zhang of the Ninth Prince's Mansion said: "I don't think it's that complicated. Isn't side concubine Liu in charge of the affairs of the mansion all the time? She probably doesn't want to sit with us side concubines, but the main concubines Over there, she can't get in."

——Then they chatted about the children in each prefecture.

The side concubine Xu of the Twelfth Prince's Mansion said enviously: "Our main concubine just gave birth to a daughter, and the master is in pain like something, let alone go to places other than the main courtyard."

"It doesn't matter how much your daughter loves you. If your concubine gives birth to an eldest son, it will be really difficult for you." Zhong Shi, the side concubine of Qi County Prince's Mansion, who is the fourth line, said plainly, and then looked at You Shi, " I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Yijun gave the eldest lady of the mansion to the concubine?"

You Shi took a sip of tea in a nonchalant manner: "Yes. But she was originally a child of the first wife, so there is nothing wrong with handing it over to the new princess, and she is also happy. I feel sorry for Lan Jing, so I just handed it over to a Liangdi. Go take it, alas... her biological mother is also too confused."

Mrs. Zhong heard that she wanted to change the topic on purpose, so she didn't make too much sense, and chuckled: "You know what I want to say. You can be careful, don't let the aunt take the child under your knees, the Yijun Palace is now closed. Such two sons, right? Your concubine didn’t put any effort into this? I wouldn’t believe it.”

"I..." You Shi's complexion turned pale.

What Zhong said was also what she was worried about.It stands to reason that she has the two oldest sons in the mansion, and she has a good chance of winning the title of heir in the future, but if these two children are brought up by the aunt, that will be another matter.

She has also been paying attention, waiting for the princess to push her hard.At that time, she will try her best to grasp the handle, and then go to the prince's ear and talk.

But the problem is, it's been a hundred days, and I really haven't seen the princess make any effort...?
On Su's side, the concubine occasionally asked about Lan Jing, but on her side the concubine looked like she didn't even care about it.

In the past few days, she has wondered whether the princess has no plans at all...but this is impossible!The concubine still had thoughts, wouldn't the eldest daughter of the first wife be tricked by her?He's contribution to raising him for nearly a year was wasted, and now he can't even see the eldest lady.

How could she not think about her son's affairs, a person who wanted to get her daughter-in-law to her side?

At the Qianzhai banquet, the etiquette of wearing hundreds of garments and long life locks passed, and the celebration officially began.

The brothers at the two tables must have had a few more drinks, and then Meng Junhuai saw Xie Jiqing was there, and then remembered that Yuyin's father, Xie Ci, was also here today.

Xie Ci was an official in the Ministry of War in his early years, and then one year when he went to inspect the border, he happened to encounter an epidemic in the army. He stayed in charge for more than half a year to solve the problem, but he was so exhausted that he almost died outside and had to resign and go home.The emperor remembered his merits and also remembered Xie's loyalty, so he bestowed the title of Uncle Guang En.

Meng Junhuai looked at it from a distance for a while, and was actually a little nervous, as if he was afraid that Xie Ci would be dissatisfied with him. It took him a long time to summon up the courage to walk over with the flagon and wine glass: "My lord father-in-law."

The guests at the table who were pushing cups and changing glasses were stunned for a moment, Xie Ci looked back, stood up with a smile: "Your Highness."

"You sit down." Meng Junhuai realized that his hands were sweating, he held the wine cup with his left hand, and poured wine for Xie Ci with his right hand.

Then he couldn't help finding something to say: "Well... Yuyin is busy in the back house, and the banquet will be over later, if you want to meet, I will arrange it."

A table of guests: "...?"

Yang Enlu: Your Highness, what are you talking about... You must be too drunk! ! !

According to the hard rules, married girls are not allowed to see other male relatives, elders and peers are counted, and even fathers are not allowed.

As for the implementation, it's actually not that strict. People's hearts are full of flesh, and there are very few families that really stop their wives from seeing their fathers.

But on the other hand, it's one thing to not follow the rules in private, but it's another thing for you to speak out with confidence!
Even Xie Ci's expression became a little terrified, he looked his son-in-law up and down, reached out and touched the wine cup in his hand to his: "Let's talk about it, let's talk about this."

"..." Then Meng Junhuai also realized that he had said something wrong.He laughed and had another drink with his father-in-law, exchanged some pleasantries with Xie Jiqing, then turned around and walked away frustrated.

After the father and son sat back, Xie Ci turned his head to look at Meng Junhuai's back, and asked Xie Jiqing in a subdued voice: "Didn't you say that the prince of Yijun who Yuyin married...is not bad?"

It's good that you don't know the rules on the surface, and you can say the wrong thing at the banquet?

"Heh, heh..." Xie Jiqing sullenly grabbed two peanuts and ate them. He couldn't figure out whether the string was wrongly set by King Yijun just now, so he could only smooth things over for him first, "He is ...Usually getting along with Yuyin is easy, and treats us as a family, so I didn't realize it for a while."

"Oh..." Xie Ci looked at his son suspiciously, "This matter is related to your sister's well-being in the future, you can't lie to me."

Xie Jiqing hurriedly added a glass of wine to his father, and promised with a smile: "That can't be done, this is my own sister! King Yijun treats her very well, don't worry about it."

It seemed that in the blink of an eye, it was evening.

The guests left one after another, and the brothers who were close to him stayed for a little longer and left home.The old seven, the ninth, and the twelfth who couldn't drink well were drunk, Meng Junhuai ordered his servants to escort them back, and he must watch them lie down on the bed safely before returning.

After making the arrangements, I looked back and saw that Brother Huang was also drunk.

"Brother." Meng Junhuai hurriedly helped him up, and waved the eunuch back away, "I have a word with my brother."

The eunuchs who supported Prince Jin to go out immediately backed away, and Meng Junhuai persuaded: "Brother, we can do whatever we have agreed, and you don't have to worry too much."

He only said that Prince Jin was bored by the matter of the East and West factories, but Prince Jin waved his hand: "Sixth brother, you...your little nephew may, may soon die."

"...Brother?" Meng Junhuai was startled.

Among their brothers, Prince Jin is the oldest, but the child is the youngest.I haven't heard of any elder brother and sister-in-law who are in poor health, but their children are born and die.

They were married for 13 years and had six children, but only the eldest son and daughter survived.This youngest son is the seventh. He was born at the beginning of the year and is only half a year old now.

Brother Piansheng only likes this concubine, he doesn't go to other people's room at all, of course the concubine's room in the mansion can't give birth to children.

Meng Junhuai didn't know how to relieve his elder brother for a moment, he only felt his chest was pressed hard, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Brother, don't think about the bad, it is dangerous for a child to get sick, but... it may not be impossible to survive."

"Well, thank you for your kind words." Prince Jin forced a smile and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't tell your sister-in-law too much, she still doesn't know."

"Okay..." Meng Junhuai responded, and Prince Jin let go of his hand and staggered out. Several eunuchs hurried forward to help him, but he almost fell over.

Meng Junhuai stayed in place for a long time, and heard Yang Enlu's questioning voice: "Master...?"

He hummed: "I'll go to the main courtyard to have a look."

"My lord, please stop." Yang Enlu blocked him with a sullen head. Thinking about what the concubine made a special trip yesterday, he had to say, "The concubine advises you to go to Concubine You today. You see, today is the little prince's hundred days, and the concubine Also... I won't see you for a while."

Meng Junhuai took a deep breath.

Yang Enlu looked at his expression, and took a step forward: "You just... just follow what the princess wants. I don't know what the princess is worrying about, but she is already thinking, if there is no one you like in the mansion, is it right?" It's not time to ask Concubine Ding to ask for two people to come over."

"Forget it." Meng Junhuai sighed lightly, "Let's go to the East Courtyard, I haven't seen Ah Li for a few days."

In the east courtyard, Youshi was sitting on the couch, smiling at the harmonious scene between father and son.

This is what she likes to see most recently.When looking at such a picture, she can't help but imagine what will happen in five, ten, or twenty years.

At that time, the sons should have grown up, and they could ride horses and hunt with their father, or play chess and drink tea with their father.Or, if there is any matter in the court that is handed over to him, the two sons will also become his help...

They are the oldest boys in the house, and they can help him with many things.

"Father hug me!" Seeing his younger brother being held in his arms by his father, Ah Li also stretched out his hand to be hugged by him.Just as Meng Junhuai squatted down to hug him, he put his hands on Ah Li's shoulders.

You Shi said softly: "Ah Li, go to bed early, today your younger brother has been busy for a hundred days, and the father is also tired after a busy day."

"Hmm..." Ah Li was not very happy, but he felt that if his father was tired, he should let him rest.

So Ah Li bargained: "Then father will hug me tomorrow!"

"Okay, I'll take you to the front house tomorrow, and show you the gentleman who invited you." Meng Junhuai scratched Ah Li's nose, and Ah Li stuck out his tongue, saying, "I want my father, not my husband", and then tugged The nurse's hand ran away.

Meng Junhuai looked at him with a smile, stood up and handed Ah Qi to the nurse.Ah Qi pointed at his father "ahhh" as if to say something, but no one could understand.

After both children had left, the house fell silent.

"...Master." Youshi stopped behind him, Meng Junhuai turned around, and asked, "What's wrong?"

The sense of alienation brought about by no "contact" for a long time made Youshi a little nervous. She hesitated for a while before she put her arms around his waist: "It's getting late, I, I'll go to bed with my servant?"

Meng Junhuai got a lump in his throat, he looked down uncomfortably, You Shi leaned over with a blushing face, pressed his side cheek against his chest, and told him softly: "I miss you, I won't mess with you again in the future Angry, please forgive me, okay?"

(End of this chapter)