A Thousand Hills

Chapter 127

After the East Palace Grand Ceremony, the fifth prince planned to rest for a few days. The way the fifth prince rested was not to be busy and take the opportunity to be lazy or something. He directly asked his father for leave, "There is nothing to be busy in the Ministry of Rites, father, son Can I take a half-month leave and take a rest?" That's what he said.

Emperor Mu Yuan was thinking about the age of the third daughter, and wanted to choose a good husband's family for her, when he saw the fifth son come in to ask for leave, Emperor Mu Yuan didn't like this, and said angrily, "You are more tired than me. "

The fifth prince didn't even realize that his father was mocking him. The fifth prince solemnly said, "How can a son compare with his father? His father is a man of great talent, and governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. A son mainly does manual labor, so he is more likely to get tired , thinking about resting for a few days."

Emperor Mu Yuan felt a little more at ease after being flattered by his son who was not very clever. He also knew that the grand ceremony of the Eastern Palace can be done so decently and comprehensively, and this son's hard work is indispensable. Everything is ready."

"It's not a big deal, a servant from the Ministry of Rites can handle it." The fifth prince didn't think so.

The crown prince stood in front of Emperor Mu Yuan, smiled warmly, and said, "This is the first time the son of Jingjiang offered sacrifices to the ancestor and queen, so it should be more solemn."

The fifth prince was puzzled, "Seriousness must be solemn, but the son of Jingjiang is just the son of a vassal prince. Besides, it's not that we don't ask him to come to sacrifice. He hasn't come to the imperial capital for decades, and he doesn't come to sacrifice by himself. He is in his thirties. It's the first time I sacrificed my relatives and grandmothers, is it reasonable? It means that the father is magnanimous, and the prince and brother are kind, so you don't care about the past. If you want to let me go, I'm not so easy to talk about." Even his daughter-in-law also mentioned that Jingjiang's son sacrificed The Fifth Prince still doesn't like the matter of the Mausoleum of the Empress Shizu.

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "You—" with a sense of unfinished business, the lingering voice lingered, and said, "Okay, go and rest, anyway, the Ministry of Rites has nothing important to do." He happily agreed to the holiday.

Seeing that the holiday was approved, the fifth prince was very happy, and he still cared about his father, saying, "Father, now that the prince is helping you, you should also pay more attention to your body. Loose and loose is good."

Emperor Mu Yuan smiled, "Succeed, since you are going to the suburbs, let's go to the palace to have a look, make some arrangements, and tidy up there. I will ask your grandmother to come and stay for a few days."

Unexpectedly, the fifth prince received another errand, and saw that his father had no other orders, so he resigned and went to the harem to visit his mother.

The fifth prince returned home and told Xie Moru about asking for leave, Xie Moru was also very happy, the palace servant brought tea, Xie Moru handed it to the fifth prince, and said, "It's the best time to make warm soup when it's cold, your majesty , why did you hand over the cleaning of the palace to His Highness?"

The fifth prince sipped his tea, "It's just a coincidence. Didn't I think we would go to warm soup? Our Wentang Zhuangzi is near the palace. Father has always been diligent in state affairs, and he rarely has a rest. In the past, our brothers were young. You can't share your father's worries. You also know that our royal family has always been underpopulated, and the father has supported us all these years. Now that the crown prince has been established, the father can be regarded as a helper. Rest more often, and take care of your health. "The fifth prince is really a dutiful son.

"Your Highness said so." Xie Moru smiled, "Then I'll tell them to pack up their things. Since I'm going to live in Wentang for a long time, did Your Highness tell Mother Concubine so that she doesn't worry about it?"

"Already said."

Xie Moru sent someone to the fourth prince's mansion to inform again, and the fifth prince said, "In that case, let's inform the eldest brother and the third brother together." I'm afraid his wife will remember the incident of his elder brother breaking his mouth, fifth prince He also said, "It's obviously not good if you don't tell the eldest brother."

Xie Moru pinched an almond and peeled it, "Your Highness, you are kind, but with your big heart and mouth, you have to talk to the fourth prince about this matter, saying that you stole the fourth prince's job. "

The fifth prince felt helpless when he thought of his elder brother's unreasonable big mouth, he waved his hands and said, "Whatever he says, anyway, I have a clear conscience."

That night, the fourth prince went home and heard that his father was going to the Wentang Palace, so he even came to visit the fifth prince's house, mainly because the two families were neighbors, and they were too close to each other, so it was very convenient to visit.The fourth prince was still surprised, "Father seldom goes to the palace in the suburbs of Beijing, fifth brother, you must believe me."

"Absolutely." The fifth prince told the truth to the fourth prince, because he was afraid that the fourth prince might misunderstand him, so he deliberately explained one or two things, and said, "This is not the end of the East Palace ceremony. There is nothing important in the Ministry of Rites. After half a month, I imagined going to Wentangzhuangzi in the suburbs to have a rest. Seeing my father’s age, these days he is only busier than us and not more idle than us, so I persuaded my father, state affairs are important, and we have to combine work and rest Take care of the dragon body. My father asked me to clean up the palace, and said that I would live with the emperor's grandmother for a while. I thought, fourth brother, you are busy with work, and you rarely live in Zhuangzi. Let me tell you and my brothers first."

The fourth prince got the letter and said, "Succeed, I will send someone to clean up Zhuangzi in advance. Speaking of which, my brother got married a year earlier than you, and Wentang Zhuangzi is also the first time to go." The fourth prince was in the Ministry of Industry. For several years, he was very experienced in tidying up places, and said to the Fifth Prince, "When you go to the palace, you bring the Secretary of Internal Affairs with you. The Wentang Palace is rarely used by the emperor. Although it is not abandoned, there must be a lot of places to tidy up. The arrangement is proper, and the emperor will feel at ease when he goes." He also talked to the fifth prince about a few people who could be used by the Department of Internal Affairs.

The fifth prince made a note of it, and wanted to keep the fourth prince for dinner, the fourth prince smiled, "Just come over here, your fourth sister-in-law is still waiting for me at home." After leaving, the fifth prince sent the fourth prince to the second door .

The fifth prince thought to himself, the fourth brother really treats me sincerely, even though I was ordered by the holy order to tidy up the palace, the fourth brother did not have any quarrel with me, and even recommended someone to help me.

The fifth prince had already discussed with his daughter-in-law about going to the warm soup, but the first prince's reaction was as Xie Moru expected when he heard about it, because Xie Moru had listened to what Xie Moru had said in front of the palace gate, the first prince Having received a "bad mouth and poor tongue" evaluation, and being double complained by his mother and wife, it's the eldest prince's fault that he doesn't say much about Xie Moru now.That is to say, I said it in my heart, or I couldn't bear it at home, but I never said it outside.

Knowing that his father had entrusted the fifth prince with cleaning up the palace, the eldest prince was full of jealousy, and said, "Young fifth, you know how to curry favor more and more. He didn't do enough errands in the Ministry of Rites, so he went to snatch the errands from the Ministry of Industry. Four The same goes for younger brother, can you just bear it?" He wished to see the fourth and fifth princes fight, Fang was delighted.

Cui hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the fourth prince and the fifth prince have always been close friends, so how can they be separated because of such a small matter. Besides, tidying up the palace is mostly the matter of the Department of Internal Affairs. Now father Let the fifth prince preside over it, and it's not that the fifth prince does it himself, it's nothing more than asking the fifth prince to take the lead."

The eldest son of the emperor curled his lips, "I don't know this, this fifth son is getting more and more pleasing to the eye. Right now, the Ministry of Rites is making arrangements for the son of Jingjiang to worship the ancestors and queens. He doesn't care about his job, but he is going to meddle in the errands of the Department of Internal Affairs." , I really don’t know what the royal father thinks.”

"Father has the intentions of father." Cui took the matter to discuss with the eldest son of the emperor, "Didn't Your Highness say that you want to invite the Jingjiang prince to come to the mansion for a drink? Besides inviting the prince, do you want to invite other princes to come and have fun together?" .”

The eldest son of the emperor nodded, "Alright."

The fifth prince's mansion received a post from the eldest son's mansion before going to Wentang Bieyuan. When the fifth prince heard that it was the eldest son's mansion that invited King Jingjiang to drink, he said, "Tell me, father I don’t dare to delay the errands entrusted to me in the palace. I have to go on the errands first, I’m afraid I won’t be free, so I’ll ask my eldest brother to have a good dinner. When I’m free, I’ll be the host, and invite my elder brother and them to come over for a drink.” The person who came to deliver the post muttered to his wife, "I don't know why, the eldest brother and the third brother are very close to Jingjiang Shizi. But I don't like him, and the father asked him to go to the ancestor's tomb to worship the empress."

Xie Moru said, "If you don't like it, you don't like it. Your Majesty may not like him. It's just that he came to the imperial capital for the first time, so he shouldn't be treated coldly. If no one pays attention, it won't look like it to the courtiers. The Jingjiang Prince's Mansion has even more dissent. This is just for His Majesty to save face, and His Highness doesn't matter if he ignores it or not."

Xie Moru concluded, "I don't like Jingjiang Palace either."

The fifth prince laughed, "It can be seen that our husband and wife are of the same mind." Then he was a little worried, "You said, the Jingjiang Palace doesn't really have a different heart, right?"

"It doesn't matter whether he has a different heart or not, the Jingjiang Palace cannot become a big climate." Xie Mo concluded as follows.

"So how do you say that?" One advantage of the fifth prince is that he is not ashamed to ask his subordinates. Of course, Xie Moru is not a "subordinate", but the fifth prince does respect Xie Moru very much, and he is not like other men who ask women for advice. Shame or something.The fifth prince himself felt that it was nothing more than being inferior to women. There are too many powerful women in this world, so it is normal for them to be inferior to women.But it would be especially shameful if women refused to ask for advice and pretended to understand.In the long history of the mansion, the fifth prince still discusses things from time to time. Since the husband and wife are one, and their own daughter-in-law, there are only those who are closer, so what else can't be discussed?Especially his daughter-in-law has always been knowledgeable, and if others want to ask for advice, there is no such a knowledgeable daughter-in-law.

After the fifth prince asked, Xie Moru said, Xie Moru has always been very daring to speak, she said, "Your Majesty treats Prince Jingjiang kindly, just because he doesn't want people to single him out. King Jingjiang condemned the prince to come to the imperial capital, it's nothing more than this kind of Posture. Things like power tactics need to maintain a peaceful face before both sides are ready. In fact, even if they are ready, they have to find a good reason to turn their faces, and this reason is called the master."

"I don't know what other people think, but tell me that King Jingjiang really lacks courage." Xie Moru said, "Although there is a person with a body of gold who can't sit on the throne, the words are said before, but these words are just the knowledge of a scholar. Or, when necessary, you must not take your body too seriously. If I am the King of Jingjiang, this rare opportunity, no matter whether I am sick or not, I must be called to come here. Moreover, the more sick you are, the more you will come if you are not sick. Jingjiang Wang has been a fan for more than 30 years. It took only eleven or twelve years for the former emperor to pacify the country from penniless. Compared with today's King Jingjiang, it is hard and difficult. It takes almost 30 years to prepare for any kind of alienation. .”

"This time the East Palace is a god-sent opportunity. Not only do you want to come, but you won't go back when you come. Find an opportunity to chat with His Majesty in private, and then hide some red crests on your body. If you say a few words, you will eat the crimson crimson to death." In front of His Majesty, His Majesty can't argue with ten thousand mouths. Once King Jingjiang dies on this side, the other side will rebel." Xie Moru is quite imaginative, "First, he died for no reason, and framed His Majesty. , Jingjiang Prince’s Mansion immediately became famous. Second, the countries that we border on Dongmu have no fuel-efficient lamps. There are so many envoys here. When the envoys see it, alas, your family is going to be in conflict, go back They must not take advantage of the fire to loot. Or they made an appointment in advance, and the tiger is still afraid of wolves. In this way, the Jingjiang Palace has the upper hand, and it is not impossible to win. As a result, such a golden opportunity, King Jingjiang did not come, and there is no chance of winning. I wonder what he is doing in Jingjiang?"

The fifth prince was so frightened by his wife, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound. The fifth prince settled down and said, "This, this, for no reason, who wants to die. Don't talk about King Jingjiang, think about all the people in the world , How many people want to seek immortality and Taoism to seek longevity. Even if King Jingjiang does not want to live forever, he also wants to live."

The corner of Xie Moru's lips twitched, "So, he didn't have this life."

"Furthermore, King Jingjiang died on his own initiative, so someone must preside over the Jingjiang Palace?" The fifth prince calmed down, and his reason returned.

Xie Moru said, "With so many sons in hand, none of them have been trained?"

The couple discussed the topic of treason for a while, and the fifth prince's consultation with his wife would end here tonight.In the evening, the two of them ate hot pot, and the fifth prince looked at Li Jiujiang's new painting again, talked about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then went to bed late at night.

But the eldest son of the emperor, he sent someone to send a post, and the fifth prince didn't even pay him any favors!The eldest son of the emperor couldn't hold it back, scolded the fifth prince again that day, and said bad things about the fifth prince in front of the fourth prince the next day. Of course, the eldest son of the emperor is not stupid, he didn't say it directly, just in a joking tone, " I heard that Lao Wu got an assignment to tidy up the Tangquan Palace, so Lao Wu has become more and more capable."

The fourth prince didn't realize it at all, the main reason is that if he used money from the treasury to build a palace or something, it would be an assignment from his Ministry of Industry.For things like renovating and tidying up the palace, it is usually his father's imperial treasury that spends the money. Therefore, most of them are sent by the Department of Internal Affairs and have little to do with the Ministry of Industry.The fourth prince only thought that his elder brother didn't understand why the fifth prince was in charge of cleaning up the Tangquan Palace, so he explained on behalf of the fifth prince, "The fifth brother wanted to go to Wentang Zhuangzi to rest for a while, so the emperor asked him to stop by. Looking at tidying up the palace, if the emperor moves away, we will have to follow. The elder brother should send someone to clean up his own villa earlier. I have never lived in the villa since it was built. The elder brother is only busier than me on weekdays. Your family That Zhuangzi probably won’t be used much.” He started talking about Wentang Zhuangzi and so on.

The eldest son of the emperor saw that the fourth prince was not fooled, so he had no choice but to say that the fourth prince was stupid, and stopped talking about the fifth prince. Instead, he talked about the banquet at his house. , He continued the post yesterday.Although he doesn't have much friendship with Prince Jingjiang, since the eldest brother invites him, he should give the eldest brother some face.

After the fifth prince and his wife packed up and set off to live in Tangquan Zhuangzi in the outskirts, a small event happened in the court. The eldest son of the emperor asked for an order, and the East Palace was established immediately.

The fifth prince and his wife in Biezhuang in the outskirts were a little surprised when they heard about this incident. The fifth prince said, "The elder brother and the second elder brother have always been at odds. What's wrong with the elder brother? Could it be that he wants to restore the old relationship in front of the second elder brother?" Impression?" His elder brother was jealous and his second brother was extremely jealous, why, why did this suddenly show up?What, what does this mean?Abnormality must be a demon!
Xie Moru didn't think that the eldest son of the emperor would turn his back on him or that he wanted to please the second prince, Xie Moru said, "It seems that the eldest prince has a very capable person beside him."

It's not that abnormality must be a demon, but that abnormality must have a demon!

(End of this chapter)