A Thousand Hills

Chapter 334

Zhao Shiyu didn't know which eye the eldest prince saw that the fifth prince was falling out of favor, but seeing that the eldest prince started dreaming again, Zhao Shiyu felt that it was better to stay away from this dreaming guy.

Emperor Mu Yuan was really a stroke of genius, so that everyone didn't understand.Cutting off the fiefdom of the sixth prince can be said to be the consequence of the sixth prince's anxious and wrong standing in line, but the fifth prince has done nothing before, so why did he change the fiefdom of the fifth prince to the middle of Shu?

Puzzling!
The fifth prince has worked hard for many years to make Fujian rich, and finally changed the fiefdom.

In anyone's opinion, this is not a good phenomenon.

Of course, everyone here does not include the Fifth Prince.

The Fifth Prince just didn't understand, when his wife sent people to Shuzhong to check Ling Xiao's background, his father was able to stop the people in his house, so why is Shuzhong granted to him so generously now.

The fifth prince was terribly puzzled.

Because of changing the fief for the fifth son, Emperor Mu Yuan left the fifth son to have breakfast in the palace. There was no need for Emperor Mu Yuan to ask the fifth son how he felt about the change of fief, so the fifth son asked in a low voice, "Father, you were not... What?"

"Then what?" Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Why are you still hesitating when you speak, and what are you doing so mysteriously. I am your own father. In front of me, what can't you say openly?"

The fifth prince then said, "Before, didn't my son and wife send someone to go to Sichuan, and you asked someone to stop you."

"It was in the past." Emperor Mu Yuan motioned his son to sit down, and said, "You were still young in the past, especially your daughter-in-law, who had a temper that flared up as soon as she said it, so it's inconvenient for you to know about some things. Now you are young It is longer and more stable than before, so I will tell you what I need to tell you."

The fifth prince became more and more curious, sitting upright, waiting to hear the big secret his father was about to tell him.Then, the fifth prince was really shocked, he said, "Princess Fusheng has a son!" Oh, isn't that his wife's uncle?Even if he met, he had to be called cousin instead of uncle.Iron blood relationship, moreover, this blood relationship is not far away.

"That's right." Emperor Mu Yuan sighed, "Back then Prince Concubine Fang and Princess Fusheng passed away one after another. I thought he was reluctant to stay in the imperial capital. However, it was absolutely impossible for him to go outside without guards. Later, He stayed in Shuzhong. It is a blessing that few people mention him again these years. Otherwise, those enemies of the Fang family would not dare to move in front of me. In the past, Emperor Xue was still able to take care of him, but now Emperor Xue is also getting old, since you have received the fief in Central Shu, you should take care of him a little more."

The fifth prince responded sternly, and said, "It's better to bring him back to the imperial capital."

"If he is willing, just take him back." Emperor Mu Yuan was a little bit disappointed.

The fifth prince had breakfast with his father when he was in the palace, and then began to assist in the government affairs.

The news that the family's fiefdom was changed from Fujian to Central Sichuan was brought back to the mansion by Dalang and his aunt to let his aunt know. Xie Moru didn't say anything, but ordered them to be at ease.When the fifth prince returned home in the evening, Fang told his wife the reason of the Central Plains.

The five princes all felt that it was a bit surprising to hear that Princess Fusheng had a son who was still alive.It's just that he told his wife, but she seemed to be... not responding.The Fifth Prince asked, "Aren't you surprised?"

"I've never seen it before. He said he was my uncle, and he was about the same as a stranger." Xie Moru said, "If my mother is still alive, she might be happy, and I will be worse." Then he said, "In the past, I didn't I know, but I didn’t send anyone to see my uncle. Now that I have heard about my uncle’s whereabouts, I should take something with him.”

The fifth prince nodded, "That's very true."

Xie Moru then asked, "I don't know anything about Uncle, but Your Highness, did you ask His Majesty by the way, if you know what Uncle likes, I will prepare a gift here."

"When I first heard about this, I was just surprised, but I forgot to ask. I'll ask tomorrow." The fifth prince said again, "Aunt Du Juan is always by your mother-in-law's side, you should also ask her."

Xie Moru took a look at her husband, "I asked you to ask His Majesty, just to ask His Majesty, what rewards Your Majesty has, it's not convenient to give it out, it's good to send it to our mansion, and take it with you."

"You women's minds are really going around in circles."

Seeing his wife glaring at him, the Fifth Prince quickly shut up.

Xie Moru put the matter on hold for the time being, and said, "Since your Majesty changed our fiefdom to Shu, although His Highness does not need to go to the feudal domain in person, he can also go to manage one or two in front of his subordinates. Don't say anything else, the palace must be prepared. Otherwise, we won’t even have a place to live in the feudal land in the future.”

The fifth prince changed his fiefdom, so when it comes to the experience of becoming a feudal clan, he has more experience than the other princes.What's more, in the palace this day, the fifth prince obviously thought about the matter of becoming a feudal clan, and said, "If you don't let Da Lang replace me, he should learn some things when he grows up."

Xie Moru pondered, "A few children, if you want to say that it is safe, it must be Da Lang. However, Shu is no better than other places. If you want me to say, it is not easy for His Highness to send the safest Da Lang."

"How do you say that?"

"Your Highness, why have you forgotten that Master Xue has always been in Sichuan. For many years, His Majesty has shown great favor to Master Xue. Since Emperor Xue came to Master last year, Xia Qingcheng saved His Majesty's life. Jun En It's more prosperous. It's because His Majesty has quietly prepared for many years to fight Jingjiang. The army rations and armaments were all placed in Shu, and it wasn't because Emperor Xue was in Shu. Your Majesty has great trust in Emperor Xue." Xie Moru Said, "As for Emperor Xue's importance in Sichuan, His Highness is also quite numerous."

The fifth prince frowned, and quietly said to his wife, "According to me, Emperor Xue is not like an ignorant person, so it's possible that he still wants to compete with me for the power in Sichuan."

"If you really want to fight for power, what is the difference between tearing your face?"

The fifth prince was in a dilemma for a while, he didn't want to add a strong enemy like Emperor Xue.Even when his wife threatened the lives of Emperor Hui Xue and Xia Qingcheng's master and apprentice back then, he also spent a lot of money to wash his reputation, because he didn't want to be an enemy of Emperor Xue.The fifth prince said, "According to what you mean, let Liulang go? Liulang is too young, so asking him to go may not be able to do anything."

"I didn't ask him to do the job at all. Liu Lang is just at the age of studying. Once he goes to Sichuan, he will be taught by a famous teacher. In the whole of Sichuan, there is probably no better teacher than Xuedishi. Let him worship Xuedishi As a teacher, how about it?"

The fifth prince was overjoyed, this move could tie Emperor Xue to his boat.At the beginning, Li Jiujiang was asked to enlighten Da Lang a few times, and he turned a corner to win Jiang Beiling's favor.The fifth prince laughed, "It's still you who are resourceful." After thinking about it, "I'm afraid that Emperor Xue should not be a teacher, and his seniority is wrong."

"If Master Xue doesn't agree, and Your Highness and I are not very familiar with Sichuan, then please ask Master Xue to recommend some suitable gentlemen to teach Liu Lang. If he can't teach Liu Lang well, I will definitely not follow him." Anyway, Xie Moru planned to rely on Emperor Xue.

The Fifth Prince couldn't help laughing, "Success, I'll take care of this."

The fifth prince discussed with his wife again, "I'm thinking about letting Zhang Changshi go to Sichuan with Liulang."

Xie Moru also agreed with Zhang Changshi's choice, saying, "Zhang Changshi has always been mature and prudent, open-minded, with him by his side, he will be safe."

The fifth prince was a little hesitant, "Should we let Jiujiang follow along? Zhang Changshi is stable, but he is no more decisive than Jiujiang. However, Jiujiang came to our house to help because he was in power. He is a Viscount after all. As for identity, if you go south all the way, you will be a bit concerned."

Xie Moru thought for a while and said, "If Zhang Changshi has anything he can't decide, just ask Emperor Xue for advice. With Emperor Xue here, there is no need to send Jiujiang there."

The Fifth Prince said, "One more thing, if Da Lang goes, just make arrangements for Zhang Changshi. Now that we want Liu Lang to go, he is young after all, how should we arrange the maids around him?" In the Fifth Prince's heart, No matter how thoughtful the maid is, she is still a servant.He can be a famous teacher for Liu Lang, but Liu Lang's age undoubtedly needs a female elder to take care of him.

Xie Moru couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Although Wisteria and Rhododendron are good, they always feel that they are lacking. Mother Zhou and Mother Zhang are both too old."

The fifth prince couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while. Seeing that the sixth prince and concubine went to Jingxin Nunnery to chant scriptures, the emperor's grandson and granddaughter in the sixth prince's mansion, his emperor had to arrange for the concubines in the palace to look after them, instead of handing over the emperor's grandson and granddaughter. The reason why it is taken care of by the palace maid is because people of different identities have different duties and responsibilities of people of different identities.The fifth prince was thinking about it, Xie Moru said, "What do you think of Xingyun?"

Hand chopping maniac!

The fifth prince was startled, and said, "Liu Lang is still young, Earl Jiang has such a temper..." Jiang Xingyun is not a person who knows how to raise children.

"Your Highness, don't worry." Xie Moru smiled, "Your Highness is always like this, Xing Yun is not a tiger, he can eat people."

"That's not what it means." The fifth prince refused to admit Jiang Xingyun's existence in his heart that was definitely fiercer than a tiger. The fifth prince said, "I just watched, Earl Jiang doesn't seem to be able to take care of people."

"Liu Lang has his own maid to serve him in daily life. Is it possible to do these things?" Xie Moru said, "But if you want to find a maid who can only take care of the chores in the inner room, the maid next to me, our mansion The daughter-in-law in charge of the village is competent. Such a person, even if he goes with Liulang, is in charge of small matters of food and clothing. Xingyun is different, she is by Liulang's side, so we don't have to worry about Liulang's safety. Furthermore, When Liulang went out, Xingyun accompanied him. First, she was not a delicate woman like those in the inner chamber. Second, she was well-informed. Third, she knew the children. The children knew that I was on good terms with Xingyun. If Liulang What's the matter, at least, if Xingyun tells him, he can listen to it. Isn't this the kind of person we want to arrange for Liu Lang."

Ask Xie Moruyi to say that the fifth prince actually felt that Jiang Xingyun was the best candidate.In particular, Jiang Xingyun was in charge of espionage work in the south of the Yangtze River. With Jiang Xingyun in Shuzhong, he could help the five princes and his wife get a feel for the bottom of Shuzhong.However, the fifth prince had always been worried about making friends with Jiang Xingyun, so he said to his wife, "You are familiar with Earl Jiang, you should talk to her about this matter."

Xie Moru smiled, "I know."

The husband and wife will discuss the general list of feudal clans. In the evening, the fifth prince will find two long history and Li Jiujiang to discuss the new feudal land.

Zhang Changshi, Xue Changshi, and Li Jiujiang were drinking tea, and the fifth prince smiled, "It's so leisurely and elegant."

Li Jiujiang smiled, "I learned that His Highness has granted another domain, but I haven't congratulated His Highness yet." He stood up and saluted.

The fifth prince waved his hands and smiled, "You don't need to be too polite, I came here to discuss with you about the feudal affairs."

Xue Changshi said, "Your Majesty has just refuted His Royal Highness's proposal to become a vassal. I am afraid that it is inconvenient for Your Highness to go to the vassal to manage affairs in person. What's more, the palace in the middle of Shu has not yet been built, so why not send someone to go to the middle of Shu to prepare for the construction of the palace first?" The three of them had obviously discussed something.

Zhang Changshi said, "We have discussed that it is not good for His Highness to go there in person, but we can ask the young master to replace His Highness." Although some people in the court are urging His Majesty to establish a crown prince, the officials in the Fifth Prince's Mansion are all hard-working, mourning the crown prince. Not long after his death, from an emotional point of view, His Majesty Yuemo would also want to wait until the crown prince is established.What's more, this has changed the fiefdom for His Highness. If we don't retreat and run the middle of Shu, we will also ask the people in the court to see that our Highness has no intention of coveting the position.Of course, if His Majesty insists on appointing our Highness as the reserve, our Highness will not refuse.

The Fifth Prince smiled, "We're thinking of going somewhere." Then he told about Liu Lang's going to the feudal land.

The three of them were all old people who followed the fifth prince. Zhang Changshi and Xue Changshi couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard what the fifth prince said.Regarding the arrangement of the new feudal land, both of them have no objection, but in terms of candidates, the two couldn't help saying, "The elder and younger are orderly. Although the sixth son is good, after all, he is young, why not let the eldest son take the feudal domain in place of His Royal Highness."

The fifth prince was asked by his subordinates for a while, and the husband and wife knew the benefits of Liulang acting as a vassal instead of his father, but the fifth prince was not easy to speak out to the two elders.The fifth prince said, "Mother is more valuable than a son, and son is more valuable than a mother. Liulang has been raised under the princess' knees, and his biological mother, Ling, has also helped save her. Although he is young, as the son of this king, he has his own responsibilities to bear." What's more, although the middle of Sichuan is far away, I still have you to take care of me, so my king and princess can rest assured."

A scent of grass and trees in the evening of spring came into the room, Li Jiujiang lowered his eyelashes slightly, picked up the cup of tea, and took a sip.

Although the two chief historians were a little worried, the matter in central Sichuan was the most important thing at the moment, so they had to put this matter aside for the time being and discuss the arrangements for the candidates for the vassal.The fifth prince had dinner with the three of them. After dinner, Li Jiujiang took his leave first, and Xue Changshi also went to rest.Zhang Changshi said to the fifth prince in private, "It's not that the old minister is talking too much, but he is watching you young masters grow up day by day. The princess has no direct sons, and His Royal Highness needs to be aware of the affairs of the young masters."

The fifth prince nodded slightly and returned to the inner courtyard.

The fifth prince felt a little bit of his father's difficulties in his heart. In fact, when the fifth prince proposed that Da Lang go to the domain and was rejected by Xie Moru, the fifth prince was a little touched in his heart.Of course, the fifth prince himself values ​​the eldest son more, but under the current situation, there is not only Emperor Xue in the middle of Sichuan, but also Uncle Fang. Of these two, one is highly trusted by His Majesty, and the other is not good if he can live to this day. simple.The fifth prince has to admit that even his subordinates are too young compared to these two.Unless Li Jiujiang is allowed to go there, Li Jiujiang can do all kinds of clever tricks, but just one will not work. Li Jiujiang is very disliked by Emperor Mu Yuan.Instead of putting on a situation where one mountain cannot contain two tigers, the fifth prince naturally prefers to make friends with Emperor Xue, and to be an enemy of Emperor Xue would add a strong enemy.If you can make friends with Emperor Xue, how can it be as simple as adding a help.Even if you can't make good friends with Emperor Xue, the relationship between the two parties is mediocre, and it is better than having bad relations.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, the Fifth Prince does not have to be an enemy of Emperor Xue.

What's more, since the fifth prince's ambition is in the East Palace and the authority in Shu, he didn't take it too seriously.

Therefore, the fifth prince also very much agrees with Xie Moru's opinion.Even when Xie Moru talked about the benefits of Liulang taking the place of his father, the fifth prince himself was more than happy.However, even a confidant of the fifth prince like Zhang Changshi would think too much, let alone Da Lang himself?
After all, the eldest son is the firstborn son.

The fifth prince walked and thought about it all the way, and wanted to explain the truth to the eldest son in detail, but felt that it was not appropriate.The fifth prince still has to consider his wife's position. He has today, and his wife deserves the most credit.The wife doesn't have any sons born by the first wife, but she raises the concubine sons very sensiblely. Which son does the wife prefer?
The fifth prince went back sadly all the way, Xie Moru saw him like this, ordered the maid to bring a warm water towel, and after the fifth prince had washed his face, he sent someone to ask, "What is your Highness worried about?"

"Did the princess see it?"

"I almost wrote the word 'sorrow' on my face."

The fifth prince pulled his wife to sit down, and said what was worrying him, Xie Moru said, "What should I do? There is nothing to worry about, the facts are here, and His Highness has done nothing wrong. There is a distinction between a concubine and a concubine, so Liulang was born to be raised by me, so it is naturally more valuable. Even if His Highness doesn't talk about this matter, there will be courtiers who will talk about it in the future."

The fifth prince said, "Tell me, what do the children think in their hearts?"

"At the beginning, this matter was not related to the children. Several children had biological mothers, and they all followed their biological mothers when they were young. Liulang, I didn't take the initiative to bring them over to raise them. If I want to adopt children, naturally it should be Dalang. But at that time, the side concubines were all mothers, and they valued children very much. I also thought that it would be difficult to separate the mother and child. They didn't mention it when they were young. When it came to Liulang, it was Ling Xiao who didn't want to raise him. , I am a concubine, since I can't give the child full power to the maid, so I raised Liulang here. Now that these years have passed, and I have raised him, since it is by my side, it is naturally more precious. Children He also learned Taoist philosophy and read books, if he can understand it, he will understand it, if he doesn’t understand it, even if he is taught, he won’t understand it.” Xie Moru said, “Besides, right now, it’s not about who is more valuable, but who is more suitable. Judging by his identity, Liu Lang should be the first. Otherwise, where is the etiquette?"

The word etiquette immediately awakened the Fifth Prince.The current status of the fifth prince is the only living son among the princes. Since he is the most expensive among the princes, he naturally has to pay more attention to etiquette than others.

The fifth prince was enlightened, and looked at his wife with a smile, "You are right, but I was thinking about it for a while."

"Your Highness is thinking a little too far. Identity is identity. Isn't it noble to mourn the prince?" Xie Moru comforted him, "We will talk about the future. If you wait for such a small matter, the children will grow up." Thinking about it, they won’t be very promising in the future. If they go straight, as long as they are promising and they are outstanding, are they afraid of not having a future? If they care about such small things, what is the point? Fortunately, His Highness is still worrying about this, let me say, just right Take a look at the children's xinxing from this. After all, what they learned before is empty, and they have to practice and cannot grow."

The fifth prince sighed, "If you don't tell me, you don't know your parents' kindness if you don't raise children. When you look at the children, you have to worry all the time."

"His Royal Highness has always been soft-hearted. He is only afraid that the children will encounter difficulties. In fact, encountering some difficulties is not a bad thing. Only by surviving the difficulties can they become great treasures. Even jade stones must be polished to become beautiful jade." Xie Moru said, "Your Highness These years, it's been easy. When it comes to the children, I can't bear it."

"Yes." The Fifth Prince suddenly said, "We two, I look like a mother, and you look like a father."

Xie Moru smiled and punched him, "Nonsense again."

The fifth prince also smiled, and now that he had figured it out, the husband and wife took a rest early after staying late.

On the second day, the fifth prince submitted the written document for his son to take over the feudal clan on his behalf, and then said that the feudal land needed to build a palace, and sent officials to punish him.Everyone heard it, the Fifth Prince is for real.

The eldest prince now looks at the fifth younger brother, and the more he looks at him, the more pleasing he is to his eyes. He used to be very annoying, but now he has much better eyesight.It's a pity that the father and the emperor don't allow the fifth brother to go to the feudal domain, otherwise, the eldest prince said that it would be good if the fifth younger brother went to the feudal land by himself.

Emperor Mu Yuan saw that what the fifth prince said was well-founded, so he still suppressed the memorial and said that he would think about it.

The fifth prince explained privately to Emperor Mu Yuan about the feudal affairs after the early court, including the matter of bringing things to the uncle of the Yue family. What does uncle like? I didn’t know about it before, and I never saw it. Now that I know, we can’t go, so we can ask Liu Lang to greet Uncle Fang’s family on our behalf.”

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "He is a talented man who is good at playing chess, and he likes crystal jade the most. Speaking of which, I have a set of well-polished crystals here. I will order someone to find them later and take them with me."

"Then, does Emperor Father have any message for Uncle Fang?"

Emperor Mu Yuan thought for a while, shook his head, and didn't mention anything about Fang's uncle, but asked the fifth prince, "Da Lang is so steady, Liu Lang is young, why did you ask Liu Lang to go to the domain for you?"

The fifth prince said, "Liulang has been raised under the princess's knees, and every month's money is given to his elder brother and sister. He is the most precious among all the sons and daughters. The minister has no sons, but in terms of status, he has to go."

"That's reasonable, but Liu Lang is young after all, so he has to arrange some proper people around him."

"My son and daughter-in-law said that although she can't go with her, she would like to invite Earl Jiang and Liu Lang to go south together." The fifth prince took advantage of the situation and told about Jiang Xingyun, saying, "Earl Jiang is a close friend of the princess, and he is also familiar with the children. , people are also considerate. Liu Lang has her to take care of her, so my son and daughter-in-law can rest assured."

Emperor Mu Yuan didn't hesitate about Jiang Xingyun's fifth son. He thought that Jiang Xingyun was indeed a good candidate, and said, "Jiang Xingyun is good, and he has no character or ability. It's a pity that she doesn't want to get married, otherwise, I'd like to do it for her." Give marriage."

The fifth prince said, "It's because Earl Jiang's vision is too high. His son and wife have introduced several times to her, but she doesn't like them."

Emperor Mu Yuan was curious, "Sight so high?"

"Isn't that right, I think people are ugly. But how many people can have her appearance in the world." The fifth prince sighed, "According to my son, it is difficult for her to find someone with a matching appearance in her life." Emperor Mu Yuan: ...

The Fifth Prince also asked, "Father, when will Emperor Xue go back to Shuzhong? If he is not in a hurry, he can go with Liu Lang and the others. At that time, my son will arrange a comfortable car for him, so he doesn't have to worry about anything along the way. Otherwise , at his age, it's really worrying."

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "That's also good, let's go after the summer."

The fifth prince also agreed, and it is not a trivial matter to become a feudal clan, and there are many arrangements of its own.As for the matter of Liu Lang's apprenticeship, the fifth prince did not mention it now, thinking that it would not be too late to talk about it before he left.

Everyone knew about Liulang taking the place of his father as a feudal clan in the early morning.

Dalang and the others didn't say anything, but expressed their uneasiness towards Liulang, and Sanlang's envy for Liulang. After returning home, he said to Liulang, "You are so lucky to be with Aunt Jiang. Oh, I really want to be with Aunt Jiang too. Aunt Jiang is so nice, she looks good, she has good martial arts, both civil and martial arts, and she is so beautiful."

Erlang said, "I heard that people in Sichuan eat spicy food. Sixth brother should pay attention to it. Doctor Xia said that people in Sichuan even eat hot pots. Sixth brother, if you go to Sichuan, you have to bring a few mouthfuls." The pots and bowls of our imperial capital, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be used to eating."

"Where is such an exaggeration, the pots are all made of iron, whose iron has a spicy taste?" San Lang didn't believe it at first.

"If you always use it to stir-fry chili cornel, it will be spicy after a long time."

"Then there are no new pots sold in Sichuan, and we have to bring them from the imperial capital. Don't laugh people to death, thinking we are old hats."

Shiro and Goro were very reluctant, so Sister Xin asked if she could go with her.

In short, the whole mansion became lively because of the fact that Liu Lang was going to Sichuan.Only Su Xuyu and the three side concubines were depressed, thinking about why we were so honest back then, when the princess told us to raise our own children, we would be foolish and happy to raise them by ourselves.If I had known today, we would not raise anything by ourselves, and we would have to put it in front of the concubine even if we were shameless!

(End of this chapter)