The little lady in the palace

Chapter 95
The next day, to the Prince's Mansion.

The charcoal stove in the main room was emitting hot air, and the door was closed. After a while, the room was warm and cozy.

The teacups beside the two were also steaming, but neither of them drank, just talking.

Hearing that Meng Junhuai said that he wanted to grant a title to the son-in-law of the mansion, Prince Jin was startled: "I remember those two little ones in your mansion, who just turned two years old now?"

"Yes, after the new year is considered three years old." Meng Junhuai nodded and said, "So I didn't submit the paper directly, but I want to ask my brother, is this suitable?"

Prince Jin pondered for a while, then said, "Are you simply looking for safety for the mansion, or are you here to express your opinion?"

"Of course it's for the mansion..." Meng Junhuai froze in the middle of speaking, "Brother, do you think I came to you to play a show to show that I support Lidi?"

Prince Jin smiled again, watching him without speaking.Meng Junhuai was stunned and he came to his senses: "Brother thinks so, others will think so too?"

"What do you think?" Prince Jin said.

Meng Junhuai's expression shook slightly.

"So, this matter is not suitable, no matter what you think, it is not suitable." Prince Jin stood up and paced slowly in the main room, "At present, no one in the whole court has mentioned the selection of the crown prince. The first thing to mention is the first bird. Whether others agree or not, it is inevitable that some people will say that he is cursing the Eucharist and shaking the country. Officials come to be the first bird, and everyone has a good show , A few words of scolding will be enough, but if one of our brothers jumps out, it will be just for Dongchang to hold the conversation."

Prince Jin let out a long sigh: "When the time comes, Dongchang will take advantage of the trend and say that I form a clique for personal gain, and maybe kill you first while the iron is hot. Do you think you can help me, or can you ask for something from the mansion?"

both are not.

So this is not the right thing to do.

Meng Junhuai put the matter aside for the time being, thought for a while, and said: "But having said that, the matter of establishing the crown prince should have been brought up earlier. Look at the body of the father..." He shook his head, " If no one mentions it for a long time, it will be difficult to deal with it when that day comes. Since we brothers don't mention it, can you ask someone else to mention it?"

"No rush." ​​Prince Jin didn't seem to care.He murmured with a smile, "Let's see if there is someone to mention it over there. If they mention it, they can find their own way. But if they don't mention it at all, I think it would be better."

Meng Junhuai frowned: "What do you mean, big brother?"

Prince Jin said: "Once we really want to set up a heir, with the current situation, it's hard to say who will win or lose between me and my tenth brother. The decree comes from Qianqing Palace, and Wei Yulin will go through in the middle, who can guarantee that there will be no tricks? But if there is no crown prince at all, it will be different. Think for yourself, if you are not my younger brother, but one of the civil and military ministers, or ordinary people, who do you think should succeed?"

"Then it should be the eldest brother." After Meng Junhuai answered, he suddenly realized.

The tenth brother can spend a few years gaining favor in front of his father, and he can collude with Dongchang, but in the court, Prince Jin's prestige is still higher.As for the eyes of the common people, it is needless to mention that most of the common people do not know the affairs of the court, and most of them only recognize the most common principles, such as establishing a concubine, such as establishing a long, and for example, they will think that the eldest son of the emperor is the most important thing. The prince is much older than the tenth son of the emperor, so it is not his turn to be the emperor for the tenth son of the emperor.

No wonder the eldest brother is not in a hurry.They all felt that the tenth brother was coming in a menacing way, but they forgot that the eldest brother still had a lot of chips in his hand.

"You don't have to worry so much, just celebrate the New Year as you want." Prince Jin smiled, "The situation is like this, Dongchang will definitely help the tenth younger brother to ascend the throne. But as for whether to establish the crown prince first or directly push him to the throne, it is still unknown. No matter what it is, we can't get confused first, what we have to wait for is the last fight, and we can't let ourselves die before that fight."

Meng Junhuai settled down because of Prince Jin's words.Taking a closer look, one can feel that Prince Jin's relaxation is actually a bit of all-or-nothing determination.

It was a desperate fight indeed, for each of them, and there was nothing good for the loser.No matter whether their attitude is gloomy or unrestrained at the moment, it does not prevent them from being aware of this.

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year.

In Meng Junhuai's memory, there has never been a year as miserable as this year.When the twelfth lunar month just entered, the queen issued an order, saying that the emperor's holy body was not in good condition, and it was not appropriate to congratulate him, so all the palace banquets in the front and rear palaces were cancelled.

So this New Year's Eve was very leisurely, Meng Junhuai sat quietly on the porch for a while after eating breakfast, and felt that he was so leisurely that he didn't know what to do.

He Jing accompanied Yuyin in the room with the lucky money strings. He looked at his father several times, but he didn't see his father move. He couldn't help but ask Yuyin: "Is my father unhappy?"

"Your grandpa is ill, your father is worried about him." Yu Yin replied.

"Then I'll tell A Zuo and A You not to bother my father?" He Jing whispered.

She thinks Azuo and Ayou are cute, but if they pester her when she is upset...it will be really annoying!

"Don't worry about it." Yu Yin touched her forehead, "It's good for you to talk to the father more, let him think about other things."

"Oh..." He Jing strung another string of copper coins, tied a knot, and said, "Then I will finish the string for my mother and concubine, and ask my father to accompany me to feed Ari!"

Outside the door, Meng Junhuai's eyes were fixed on the two brothers who were chasing and beating in the side room.

Many years ago, their brothers fought and fought in the palace like this. They often stopped after crying for a while, and then they often turned around to see their father watching from not far away.

At that time, the father was very kind to them all, and sometimes he would talk about them with a straight face, but he was never really angry with any of them.He still remembered that he accidentally pushed the Eighth Brother against the pillar and got a bruise on his forehead, so the Eighth Brother complained angrily.

Father Huang scolded him: "Lao Liu, you don't look like an older brother! Stand at the gate of the hall!"

There were so many people meeting him that day, he felt that he was surrounded by all civil and military officials, and he was very shameless. Later, he pretended to be sick and stayed in Yongning Palace for many days and refused to come out. Say hello.

Finally, the father found out the clues. The father said that he was not too old and had a bad temper. Then he rewarded him with a horse and told him that he would be angry again in the future, so he rode the horse and galloped away. Don't be bored in the room, the more boring more uncomfortable.

It was several years later that he realized that it was a hard-earned BMW that had just paid tribute, and it was rare to see it.Later, he did vent his inner anger many times while riding that horse.

"Oh." Meng Junhuai sighed sadly, and walked towards Azuo Ayou's room.

"Father!" Ah You saw him and ran over to ask him to hug him. He knelt down and brought the two children together in front of him: "You fight back, don't hold grudges."

"Huh?" A Zuo tilted his head and looked at him, "What do you mean by 'holding vengeance'?"

"... Chick." Meng Junhuai laughed at himself.

It's really too early to tell them this now.

He said again: "If you are unhappy, you should tell your father in time. No one can stop you. If someone stops you, you have to tell your father in time, you understand?"

"Yeah!" A Zuo nodded, frowned after thinking about it, "But no one will stop us?"

Meng Junhuai: "..."

Forget it, it's too early to tell them this now.

As the new year passed, the weather was getting warmer slowly.

Meng Junhuai greeted Yuyin in advance, and told her that he was going to enter the palace frequently, and he wanted to see his father as often as possible, no matter whether Dongchang was in the middle or not.

"I can't stay with you and the children again." He was a little apologetic when he said this, Yu Yin hurriedly said: "It's okay, it should be. Don't worry, I'm in the house."

After that day, the time for the two of them to see each other suddenly decreased.

Almost every day he left before dawn and returned after dark.After returning, he didn't come to the main courtyard, but just rested in the front house by himself.

Yuyin asked Yang Enlu to come over and question him several times, but Yang Enlu always replied with a bitter face that he had never entered the gate of Qianqing Palace, and was always outside, waiting for a whole day.

"It's not just our lord, but most of the other lords are like this too." Yang Enlu sighed as he spoke, "On the contrary, he seldom sees Prince Shan's face. I heard that Prince Shan's place is specially visited by people from Dongchang. , there is no need for him to wait, but he can enter the Qianqing Palace at any time."

"We don't care about Prince Shan." Yu Yin said with a serious expression, "You just need to take care of the prince. It's still cold, and the prince has to wait all day. I don't believe that the people in Dongchang can prepare for them." Eat and drink!"

Yang Enlu bowed his head and said nothing.

The princess was absolutely right.The grandsons of Dongchang... Although he is also a eunuch himself, he wants to call them grandsons!

They can really put a stick in the hall, and treat the highnesses outside as nothing.Not to mention preparing food and drink, even tea is not brought outside, but this matter is still difficult to solve-people who enter the palace for an audience can't still bring their own rations, right?He imagined that if His Royal Highnesses went in with meals prepared, Wei Yulin would immediately go to the emperor's ears and say that they were not filial.

So this matter is difficult!
Yang Enlu told Xie Yuyin these details together with his own thoughts, and Yuyin took a deep breath: "This is not acceptable. Let alone how our prince is, the princes who have not been knighted are still young , how can we survive such a day-to-day struggle? If we survive one by one, it will really meet Dongchang's wishes."

But it is impossible to let them not go, on the one hand, it is their own filial piety, on the other hand, the whole court is watching now, I am afraid that no one dares not to go without authorization.

Yu Yin pondered for a while, then came up with an idea.

She called Zhao Chengrui: "You go to my house and deliver a letter, saying that I have something urgent to go home tomorrow, please ask the female family members who have the status of a married woman to wait for me at home tomorrow."

"Yes." Zhao Chengrui responded and withdrew, Yang Enlu was stunned: "Princess?"

Yu Yin's face was cold, her eyebrows raised slightly: "My Xie family wants to take a break, why is it so difficult? It was the Xie family who helped clean up the East Factory more than a hundred years ago, and it is still the same now?"

There was a bit of dissatisfaction and boredom in her calm tone, but the aloofness that emanated from the two made everyone in the room dare not lift their heads.

(End of this chapter)