A Thousand Hills

Chapter 235

With things like this, the Fifth Prince family has nothing to say.

The five princes said that Jiangnan is dangerous or something, which is not worth mentioning before Nan'an Hou's record. The prince even said, "When Emperor Taizu went to the world, he never saw Emperor Taizu be afraid. If he was afraid, we would not be as we are today. Dongmu Jiangshan."

The fifth prince naturally wouldn't talk too much, he had already said what should be said, and he had done what should be done.The personnel affairs are exhausted, so let's live in peace with each other.

Emperor Mu Yuan gave Jiangnan a very generous reward, and Donggong personally went to reward him, which was unprecedented in scale.

Fortunately, last year when there was news of the prince's visit to the south of the Yangtze River, the sixth prince quietly ordered the Ministry of Rituals to make preparations. In addition, the sixth prince has always been close to the prince, so it is even more dedicated to prepare for the prince's ceremonial guard now.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the Fifth Prince.

Now, many courtiers saw that the fifth prince was avoiding him, and it was not like the enthusiasm of the fifth prince when he first returned to the imperial capital.Because anyone who is not deaf has heard that the fifth prince bad-mouthed the prince for his trip to the south of the Yangtze River, completely offending the prince.Although the prince still treats the fifth prince as before, this not only shows that His Royal Highness is as broad-minded as the sea, but also shows that the fifth prince is not sensible.

Such people cannot be handed over.

Thus, the Fifth Prince was quiet.

Just in time for his birthday and the few days when the prince was away, when Xie Moru was discussing with the fifth prince about the birthday, the fifth prince didn't have much energy and said, "There's no need to do it, there's no bad luck."

Xie Moru laughed, "What's wrong with my birthday, I'm afraid I'll be left out in front of the door."

The fifth prince asked his wife to tell the central matter, without hiding anything, and said, "I'm busy with the prince's going south at the moment, I guess it will be done, and not many people will come."

"Your Highness, these years, even if there were occasional ups and downs, they all went smoothly in the end. You, don't worry, take advantage of this time to see what is the heart of the people. There will not be many opportunities like this in the future." Xie Moru said, " Besides, even if no one comes, our own family is not allowed to drink. Don't talk about others, the prince will definitely come."

The fifth prince sighed, "Aside from other things, I am far inferior to the prince in terms of face."

"It would be strange if the crown prince didn't have this ability after being the crown prince for these years. He has already gained the upper hand. His Highness is the brother of the Eastern Palace. If His Majesty is still here, the Eastern Palace will naturally be magnanimous." Xie Moru laughed, "Don't talk about this Now, I have something to tell His Highness, the eldest princess has finally chosen her daughter-in-law."

The fifth prince immediately asked, "Which family is the lady?" It was not easy. As early as when Li Yu was about to get married, the fifth prince thought that Princess Wenkang was in a hurry to make a marriage for Li Yu. He didn't want to delay it for a year. The eldest princess of Wenkang is the one who chooses the candidate, which shows how cautious the eldest princess is about this matter.

"The second girl of Tie Yushi's family, the younger sister of the sixth prince's concubine."

The fifth prince nodded, "Tie Yushi is an upright person. I often hear you say that the sixth younger brother and sister are virtuous, and the girls in his family can't be wrong."

Xie Moru also met the second girl of the Tie family, and said, "The eldest princess has always had a good eye."

Xie Moru started to prepare for the fifth prince's birthday banquet here. According to his status as a feudal lord, the specification cannot be exceeded, but it cannot be lowered either. Fortunately, Xie Moru is familiar with it.As soon as the post from the Fifth Prince's Mansion was posted, the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Prince's concubine said, "These dead snobbery, the fifth brother just persuaded the prince on the matter, and these villains started to spread rumors, which is really annoying. To the fifth brother The birthday ceremony is slightly thicker by one or two, and when the day comes, our whole family will go."

The fourth prince and concubine said, "Your Highness, why should you be angry with these villains?"

"How did you know that last year's fifth brother celebrated his birthday, and his mansion started to be lively half a month in advance. Today, it seems that it is the right day, and not many people go." Because the two families are neighbors, the fourth prince said The matter is very clear, and he said, "This man's heart is too snobbish."

"That's all ignorant. His Royal Highness, the king of the vassal, is admonishing the crown prince, but also for the sake of the crown prince's safety." Although the fourth prince's concubine said that her father was in the limelight now, she was not very happy about the prince's going to the south of the Yangtze River. The concubine said, "Your Highness, the prince must go to reward Jiangnan? I also think the prince's status is too valuable, so why not let the prince go?" The fourth concubine said this, and she was worried about the prince's good or bad. Dad followed him to eat and hang up. After all, it was the place where the war was fought.The fifth prince's words were not bad, a place where there is a war is not dangerous.His Royal Highness the crown prince's status as the crown prince should not be at risk.Second, the fourth prince and concubine felt that even if the prince was to go to the south of the Yangtze River for rewards, it would be appropriate for the fourth prince to go.

The fourth prince and the fourth concubine have been married for many years, and they have four sons. Moreover, the fourth prince has already sent out all the other concubines, so the relationship between the couple has always been good.The fourth prince whispered, "I'd like to go, but I can't compete with the East Palace."

The fourth prince and concubine also knew that this matter could not be changed, so she could only sigh, "I just hope that the East Palace will be safe and sound."

The third prince's mansion received the post, and the third prince's concubine, Mrs. Chu, said to the third prince, and prepared the gift list, and said, "I prepared the fifth prince's birthday gift early in the morning. Is it okay for your highness to take a look?"

The third prince looked at it, he was no different from previous years, he nodded and didn't say anything.

The First Prince wanted to take the opportunity to see the jokes in the Fifth Prince's Mansion, so he was persuaded by the First Prince's Concubine. The First Prince's Concubine Cui said, "Your Highness and the Fifth Prince's close brothers, it's not good for His Majesty to know about this matter."

Only the sixth prince knew that his fifth elder brother was going to throw a big birthday banquet, so he said to his concubine Tie Shi, "You can discuss with Li Shi, and you can just prepare whatever you want. The fifth elder brother is also busy with the crown prince's southern tour. He's still too busy. He's fine, not to mention helping, but still thinking about throwing a big banquet."

Tie Shi didn't answer the words of "Li Shi" at all, and handed out a gift list indifferently, and said calmly, "Is this gift list okay for Your Highness?" Although she was at odds with the sixth prince, she had fulfilled her responsibilities as a concubine.

The sixth prince was not very satisfied with Tie's gift list, he picked and picked, and said to Tie, "In a few days, it will be my concubine's birthday, the red gold birthday star, the emerald-embedded flat peach, the jade carving of the Eight Immortals, Leave it to the concubine."

Seeing that the sixth prince had left several big items, and the rest of the gift list were all small items, Tie Shi said, "I have also prepared the birthday gift for my mother and concubine, and it would be too much to reduce these three items." Thin."

"What's so simple? In the future, if you have no idea, you should discuss it with Li Shi first. She was in charge of my affairs before and knew the importance." The sixth prince showed displeasure, confessed clearly, and then got up and said, "Okay, you Rest."

Tie got up to see him off, the sixth prince waved his hands, and went to the courtyard of the side concubine Li.

The prince had never heard that the fifth prince's mansion would hold a big banquet for his birthday, but the prince knew the date of the fifth prince's birthday, so he told the princess in advance, "It's okay for the reward from the East Palace to be a little thicker, and it must not be thin."

Wu smiled, "I'm thinking about this too. The emperor's grandmother gave me a few pieces of emerald brocade, and now the clothes are the best. I added them to the rewards we gave to the fifth prince's mansion. I gave them to the fifth siblings. Five Only the fifth sibling can persuade the prince's temper well."

The prince was proud of the spring breeze, and said with a smile, "That's right. I guess in their house, once the fifth sibling has an attack, the fifth brother will have to stay away."

Wu said angrily, "Your Highness, I'm just talking about it here, please don't say it outside."

The prince smiled, "I can still be as good as the boss." In the past, the eldest prince said gossip about Xie Moru, and told Xie Moru to shame him face to face. Xie Moru had a great reputation a long time ago, but the eldest prince asked his aunt to come and scold him. It's embarrassing.So far, the prince still thinks of Coke.

"By the way, you can tell Sister Yongfu that this time the fifth birthday is over, don't let her get into trouble."

"I know."

The couple talked back to their private room, that's all.

For the fifth prince's birthday banquet, the sixth prince was the only one who was careless among the princes.The rest of the relatives were alright, especially Xie's family, Xie Shangshu even went out of his way to talk to the Fifth Prince, to reassure him.

Except for the third old lady of the Xie family who gloated once, the Xie family was all worried about the Fifth Prince, the rest of the relatives and friends, such as the Qi family, Duke Ping Liu's family, Xie Jing and Yu Yao's family, were all in the same old practice.

Then there is the princess mansion in the imperial capital. Princess Ningrong has restrained a lot these years, and Princess Wenkang is not so small-nosed and small-eyed that she can't get along with her nephew, not to mention that Li Xuan and Li Yu are on good terms with the fifth prince's mansion; Li Xuan's wife and the three princesses have always been quiet, and the gifts of Princess Yi'an and Xie Bai had been sent back in advance.Only Princess Yongfu and Xie Moru were at odds, and she got the order from the Crown Princess earlier, so the Princess Mansion is still the same as before.

The other is Princess Jingjiang. Since she got married, this princess has been in charge of her husband and children, ignoring all political affairs, and putting her husband's family first in everything.

Therefore, the princess princess here is also An Sheng.

On the fifth prince's birthday, the senior eldest princesses and princesses sent their juniors over to have a glass of wine. For the princesses and masters, a lively day in the past was also meant to celebrate the fifth prince's birthday.

Therefore, although the Fifth Prince's birthday banquet was not as lively as last year, heavyweights also came.Even Emperor Mu Yuan and Empress Dowager Hu gave birthday rewards to the fifth princes according to the rules, and there was no loss of half a point.

The sixth prince felt that he was not doing the birthday ceremony properly.

Although he was a little worried, but after all this matter was done, the sixth prince had nothing to do to remedy it, so he left with the other princes after drinking.

The fifth prince only found out about the sixth prince's birthday ceremony after the birthday banquet. Celebrating a birthday is also a physical activity. The fifth prince's social gatherings every day, that is, the statistics of the birthday ceremony are also carried out after the birthday ceremony.

Xie Moru laughed when he saw the birthday gift from the sixth prince, and said to the fifth prince, "The sixth prince really doesn't look like a son taught by your majesty."

The fifth prince was so angry that he didn't know what to say. Fortunately, when he handed over the mission of the Ministry of Rites to the sixth prince, he specially asked Xu Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites to cooperate with the sixth prince... His sixth brother is really...

The fifth prince asked with restraint, "What about the rites of Qin Shangshu?" Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites died of illness at the end of last year, and Emperor Mu Yuan appointed Qin Zhangyuan, the former Imperial Academy, as the Minister of Rites. The fifth prince has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for many years. The sixth prince took over the mission from the Ministry of Rites, but Xu Shangshu, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, has always had a good relationship with the fifth prince. Today, the fifth prince deliberately asked Qin Shangshu to see if the attitude of the Ministry of Rites is the same as that of his stern sixth brother. .

"Qin Shangshu is so experienced, how can he make mistakes in this?" Xie Moru handed the booklet recording the gift list to the fifth prince, "except for those who did not come to see His Highness offending the East Palace, only the sixth prince will be reduced by [-]%. Similar to previous years.”

"You really hit the mark. I had expected others. The only sixth child, I didn't see that he was this kind of person before." The fifth prince closed the booklet and sighed, "The world is cold, but that's all. My younger brother is like this." Generally speaking, I don’t blame those people for not coming to my door.”

"There is no one in the world. The Fourth Prince's Mansion gave His Royal Highness a longer life span. His Royal Highness's rewards there are also much more than before. The emerald brocade presented this year has always been only available in the Palace of Mercy and the East Palace. The crown princess must have added the reward to us this time." Xie Moru smiled, "Besides, there is a reason why the Sixth Highness is like this. Don't forget, Your Highness, the Sixth Highness's biological mother, Concubine Liu, was born as a concubine of the Ping Kingdom. Daughter, Duke Ping's original spouse, Wang, was born in Duke Ning's mansion. Later, Duke Ning's mansion offended the Duke of England, and all his families were executed. At that time, Mrs. Wang had married Duke Ping and gave birth to the eldest son. However, Duke Ping's mansion was afraid of the king. The family brought misfortune, and the Wang family was taken out of the house, and the Yu family was remarried. When the Yu family entered the door as a child, she also came in the main house wearing red, and gave birth to the second son of the Duke of Ping and the concubine Liu. Who knows that His Majesty will be in charge in the future, and the British government will oppose it. Something bad happened, His Majesty personally rehabilitated the Ningguo Duke's mansion. At that time, there were no direct descendants of the Ningguo Duke's mansion, and there was only Wang's wife left. It is the first wife, and the Yu family has no choice but to retire to the second room. Moreover, the Yu family has always been more favored by the Duke of Ping than the Wang family, and his family is fiercely contested. I heard that the Duke of Ping intends to give up the title, but now it is not true. Has there been any movement? Fufeng is from the direct line, and he is His Royal Highness's favorite general. Concubine Liu is a concubine, so how can the relationship with her nephew on the direct line be good? The Sixth Highness is the son of Concubine Liu, and I am afraid that he is dissatisfied with His Highness because of this matter. Look, Your Highness Open some."

"If I don't see it, I'm going to suffocate to death." After all, the fifth prince is at this age, and has been in power for many years.After all, the Sixth Prince's heart was chilled, the Liu family was no more than the Sixth Prince's family, even Liu Fufeng was said to be the Sixth Prince's cousin, and he was the Sixth Prince's half-brother. , Is that how you treat him, the fifth brother?Saying this is boring, the fifth prince said, "Tomorrow I will enter the palace to thank you."

Xie Moru said, "Let's just know about the Sixth Prince. Your Highness will give you an order first, don't ask to talk about it."

"I know that."

One night, Xie Moru called the maid to come in to serve, the husband and wife washed and changed their clothes and then took a rest without mentioning it.

The fifth prince deliberately ordered his subordinates to keep quiet. His mansion has always been strictly governed, and the people in the mansion are not talkative. The fifth prince's special prohibition naturally no one dares to spread it to the outside world.

The next day, the fifth prince entered the palace to thank him.

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Get up, I thought you weren't coming here anymore." Pointing to the chair, the fifth prince sat down and spoke.

The fifth prince said, "I couldn't figure it out before, so it's hard to come here, I'm afraid that coming here will make my father angry."

"Then you figured it out now?"

"Not yet." The fifth prince said honestly, "The son is kind anyway, and the prince is not angry with him anymore, so the son is here."

Emperor Mu Yuan was angry and funny, "Then what are you doing here?"

The fifth prince took it for granted, and said, "Father, mother and concubine are all in the palace. This is my son's home. I haven't heard of people not calling me home. My son can come whenever he wants."

People who aspire to be peerless good fathers can't hear this. No, Emperor Mu Yuan was happy when he heard it, and the dissatisfaction with the fifth prince disappeared immediately, and he smiled, "I said you were stubborn, but I really didn't say that." Wrong. I won’t enlighten you anymore, take your time, the Marquis of Nan’an has finally lived up to my expectations.”

Now that the fifth prince has come, he has made a plan that "even if he endures it by force, he can't embarrass his emperor's father".But the relationship with his father must be eased.

What's more, the father and son have quite the same views on the Marquis of Nan'an.Speaking of the Marquis of Nan'an, the Fifth Prince got excited, rubbed his hands together and said, "The name of Marquis of Nan'an is indeed well-deserved! Father, how did these three battles end? I'm really greedy for my son."

Emperor Mu Yuan showed him the papers handed over by the Marquis of Nan'an. The fifth prince pondered for half an hour and admired the Marquis of Nan'an very much.

Emperor Mu Yuan smiled, "At the beginning you and I recommended Nan'an Hou, I remembered that."

The fifth prince said earnestly, "Father should make a clear decision, otherwise, even if the Marquis of Nan'an has an amazing talent, there is nowhere to display it. Qianlima and Bole are indispensable."

Emperor Mu Yuan said in his heart, don't you all understand this?

Therefore, before the prince toured south, he was fortunate to see his fifth younger brother reconciled with his father.

The life of the sixth prince is not so easy, and I don't know if there is something wrong with Feng Shui. He was scolded three times by his father in two days.How can we live through this tormenting day, the sixth prince simply went to the East Palace to inquire about the news.Even if the fifth prince didn't spread the news that "the sixth prince gave him a reduced birthday gift", the prince knew about it. Looking at this stupid brother, the prince said earnestly, "You, it's good to be on errand. If I don't go on an errand, Jiangnan, I can personally advise you. I’m afraid I won’t be free right now. The fifth child is the most familiar with matters in the Ministry of Rites, and you should learn from him, and you should change your mind.”

The sixth prince is not a fool, he is completely clever, otherwise he would not be able to do that snobbish thing.The sixth prince already had something in his mind, and when he heard the crown prince asked him to consult the fifth prince, he couldn't help thinking more, wondering if the fifth brother thought my birthday gift was too light, so he gave me a small report in front of the emperor Stumble or something.

As for the fifth prince's small report, there are also cases to investigate.Back then when the fifth prince arrived in Fujian, he sued the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, causing the crown prince and the eldest prince to suffer.He has neglected the fifth prince in this birthday ceremony, if the fifth prince is not favored, no one will believe him if he talks gossip, but the fifth prince is favored by the emperor again...

After thinking about it, the sixth prince made a mental note to the fifth prince. Of course, in order to solve the current predicament, he had to go to the fifth prince's house a few more times.Sure enough, he went to the fifth prince's house more often, and his father looked at him with a lot of kindness, and he received less scolding.

From this, the sixth prince was even more sure that it was the fifth prince who sued him.

(End of this chapter)