New·New Consort

The emperor came out of Yimeiren Palace, just passed the imperial garden, and heard the sound of reading books coming from it.Curious, he took a detour to the imperial garden, and saw a small person studying on a stone table in the garden, it was the little prince.Manager Wang wanted to go forward to report, but was stopped by the emperor.

"In ancient times, those who wished to manifest virtue in the world first ruled their country. Those who wanted to rule their country first ordered their families. Those who wanted to order their families first cultivated their bodies. Those who wanted to cultivate their bodies first rectified their hearts. Those who want to be honest must first be sincere in their intentions. Those who want to be sincere in their intentions must first extend their knowledge. Extended knowledge lies in the investigation of things...Extended knowledge lies in the investigation of things, and in the investigation of things..."

For some reason, he read this passage "Extending knowledge is in investigating things" several times.

The emperor approached the little prince enthusiastically from behind the bushes: "The little prince has been reading "University" since he was very young, how about it, can you understand it?"

"Father," the little prince jumped off the stone bench, and said with a bitter face, "my son, I don't quite understand."

"Oh? Then why don't you understand?" The emperor hugged the little prince on his lap, and said with a smile, "Tell me, maybe father can explain it to you."

The little prince asked earnestly: "Ruling the country, regulating the family, and self-cultivation can all be understood by the ministers, but the ministers don't understand. Why do we need to study things? Things are dead things, but people are alive. How can we get the power of governing the country from dead things?" What's the big deal?"

The emperor smiled and said: "'Ge is the ultimate; things are still things. If you push the principles of things, you can go to the extreme.' This is Zhu Zi's commentary for the study of things, do you understand? "

The little prince shook his head.

The emperor was born in martial arts, and he seldom educated others about their studies, even the prince had never been taught by him in his arms.Manager Wang at the side couldn't help rolling his eyes and raised his eyebrows.

The emperor smiled slightly: "The spirit of the human heart has knowledge; all things in the world have reason. Everything in the world has a common reason. In nature, there is a hierarchical relationship between beasts and beasts. In the world, there is the way of monarch and minister. There is also the compatibility of the emperor, the minister, and the assistant. The emperor has the emperor, the minister has the minister, and the Tao follows nature. They are all obtained from nature through the study of things. Therefore, if you want to have your own righteous heart, you must first understand the rules of nature and understand the rules of nature. According to the axioms of the world, you must put yourself in the right position, and only then can you cultivate yourself, regulate your family, govern your country, and bring peace to the world.”

The little prince seemed to understand half understood, but he still said obediently: "Father emperor makes a lot of sense, I should think about it carefully."

The Emperor Nianxu nodded.

Manager Wang glanced in the direction of Concubine Ju's bedroom, and lowered his head to stare at his shoes thoughtfully.

At noon, there was a loud bang in Huailai's courtyard.

Tianxiang looked at the prince who had escaped from the room full of smoke, and held his forehead with a headache: "Brother, you should move to the government office. My small yard has been bombed by you three times this month."

The dark-faced prince grinned, showing his exceptionally white teeth, and he shouted: "Sister, this time is better than the previous two times! This time the explosion rang and jumped up! The previous two times were only—— --cigarette--"

Tianxiang was shocked: "He jumped into the room? Hurry up, Shan Shiwen, go and see if there is an open flame!" Shan Shiwen responded, and the soldiers who had been prepared by the side immediately took buckets and were about to pour towards the room.

The prince yelled anxiously: "Don't—don't—carefully soak my gunpowder—"

It's a chicken and a dog jumping.

Feng Suzhen and Song Changgeng, who were dressed in deep red brocade costumes, stood far away on the porch, as if watching from the sidelines.

Song Changgeng smoked a cigarette: "It's funny to say, this firearm was originally made by alchemists, and the process of making it is not much different from that of alchemy. Lao Tzu is obsessed with alchemy, and now my son is obsessed with firearms. After all, is it a family?" son."

Feng Suzhen was used to Song Changgeng's occasional sarcasm, and said, "Somewhere, there are indeed some coincidences. But although the crown prince still has a bit of infatuation, it is better than before that he doesn't care about world affairs and only cares about things." It’s much better, thanks to Mr. Song.” She usually dressed in light and elegant clothes, except for official clothes, she seldom wore such colorful clothes, but this crimson suit made her skin white as jade, adding a bit of dignity.

Song Changgeng waved his hands and smiled, "The prince has the same temperament, and there are not many people in the world who are exactly the same. Although he doesn't drill the wooden bird now, it's not that bad - but let him know about firearms, isn't it?" Bad thing. 'Gewu' is just 'Gewu' after all, it is justified to let him find his own heart and truly be a wise king willingly."

"There is no kindness and no disgusting body, there are good and malicious actions, knowing good and evil is conscience, doing good and eliminating evil is investigating things," Feng Suzhen recited softly, "The problem of the prince is never outside, only in the heart. The original prince There is neither good nor evil in his heart, now that he has thoughts of good and evil, he knows how to show mercy to the common people, so it must not be far away to take the initiative to do good and eliminate evil."

Song Changgeng nodded frequently, seeing that the prince in the yard was hard of hearing due to the explosion just now, and kept shouting loudly, he couldn't help feeling a little headache: "I'm thinking, should I let him learn more about other knowledge, so that I don't have to worry about it again?" It's not a good thing to get lost in a carpenter prince and get a fire-playing prince. He will be the emperor in the future, hehe, it will be too lively to explode people all over the court gone."

Feng Suzhen laughed along with Haha.

Zhang Shaomin came in from the door, looked at the mess in the yard, and said with a puzzled expression, "The prince is making rockets again?"

Feng Suzhen nodded at him: "Why is Brother Zhang here?"

Zhang Shaomin's expression was complicated: "Just now, the government office of Caifu received news that people from the Jingying camp are on their way. They should have entered the city before dark. Huailai County is preparing to welcome them to the east of the city."

Feng Suzhen asked curiously: "Jingying, the soldiers of the nine admirals? Aren't they the ones defending the capital? Why did they come to Huailai?"

Zhang Shaomin said: "It is said that because Chahar broke through Xinping Fort, he sent reinforcements to Huailai. We were already on the way, because we beat Chahar's soldiers into rogues, and we wandered all the way. Kou came, that’s why it took me so long to get to Huailai.”

Feng Suzhen said slowly: "That's not a bad thing, why do you seem a little worried, Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Shaomin smiled wryly: "My son-in-law might as well guess, who is the admiral of the nine sects who brought the troops here?"

Although it was said that they would arrive "before dark", all civil and military officials from all levels in Huailai had already gathered at the east gate of Huailai City to welcome the arrival of the new Admiral of the Nine Gates.Tianxiang and Feng Suzhen were naturally among them, and even the prince had to put down his gunpowder and wait at the city gate.

Everyone waited until the sun was setting, and then they saw the flag of the Beijing camp gradually appearing in front of their eyes.

Tianxiang set up an awning and looked over from a distance, and saw Dongfang Sheng in military uniform sitting on the tall horse.Although she had learned about the identity of the new Admiral of the Nine Gates from Zhang Shaomin, she was still surprised—her small actions really created a lot of variables.

When the guard of honor of the nine admirals finally approached, the county magistrate of Huailai was about to greet him, Dongfang Sheng glanced at the prince sharply, and said with a half-smile, "Your Highness, Your Highness, you are safe here."

Tianxiang pretended to be surprised, half teasing and half sarcasm: "Commander of the East, hey, you've been promoted—Admiral of the Nine Gates? You're so majestic."

"There's something even more majestic——" Dongfang Sheng got off his horse, raised his hand, and immediately a pawn stepped forward and handed him an exquisite wooden box.Dongfang Sheng opened the wooden box and took out a roll of bright yellow silk from it: "Everyone accepts the order—"

Everyone was shocked, and immediately knelt down on the ground, listening to the order respectfully.Feng Suzhen raised her eyebrows and glanced at Dongfang Sheng, then knelt down while pulling Tianxiang's skirt.

Dongfang Sheng smiled triumphantly at Tianxiang who had to kneel down but was unwilling, unfolded the edict, shook twice, and said lazily:

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: In the battle of Huailai, the prince made great achievements, and I am very relieved. The old mistakes of the past have been canceled today. Now the Tartars are still there, and the capital is not stable. The prince will stay in Huai to supervise the battle, and choose a day to listen to the decree and return. Palace..." The following imperial edicts were all rewards for the guards of Huailai Guards and the county magistrate of Huailai.

Everyone's expression suddenly became a little subtle.The emperor rewarded a circle of people, but the prince said, "There is no reward for meritorious service, and I will stay and listen to the order."

After the imperial decree was finished, everyone kowtowed to express their gratitude, the prince got up and took the imperial decree from Dongfang Sheng with a sly smile on his face.

"It's so rare," Dongfang Sheng laughed loudly, "I never thought that I would be as stupid as I am, and one day I will be able to speak for the heavens. It's an honor to see the kings bowing their knees in front of me."

Li Zhaoting said coldly, "If you become a eunuch, there are many opportunities like this."

Tianxiang laughed "puchi": "This crow's mouth is right."

"You!" Dongfang Sheng's tiger eyes widened, and he stretched out his hand to grab Li Zhaoting, but fortunately, Liu Qian was quick and pulled Li Zhaoting back a step, making Dongfang Sheng miss nothing.

The county magistrate of Huailai quickly cleared his throat and said, "The governor of the East has come all the way, hunting bandits and eliminating thieves all the way. It's very hard work! The little old man and the governor Shan have already prepared dust-cleaning wine, and I ask the governor to give me some noodles before moving to the mansion." Ya."

Dongfang Sheng gave Li Zhaoting a hard look, whispered something to the general beside him, and then swaggered forward to follow the county magistrate, but when he passed Feng Suzhen, he still stopped for a moment.

Since Tianxiang's wedding, he hasn't seen his son-in-law Feng Shaomin many times, but every time he sees him, he can't help but want to take a few more glances, so that he can see the shadow of another person on his face.

Feng Suzhen felt his confused eyes on her face, bowed slightly, and then calmly walked towards Tianxiang, holding Tianxiang's sleeve: "Princess is not feeling well today, so let's not participate in the welcome banquet of the Eastern Governor."

Tianxiang fell on Feng Suzhen like a weak willow with a cry of "Ouch". Feng Suzhen swayed and almost missed.Tian Xianglai said angrily in Feng Suzhen's arms: "Hey, son-in-law, why am I so dizzy, and I still feel sick and want to vomit, did I see something dirty?"

Feng Suzhen said with a straight face, "Princess's health is very important. I took the princess back to rest. Please enjoy yourself." She immediately called the driver, stuffed Tianxiang into the car, and got into the carriage herself. .

The two disappeared from everyone's sight in a flash, and the rest of the people looked at each other at the city gate.

The prince looked at Zhang Shaomin in confusion, and asked suspiciously: "Zhang Aiqing, why is my sister feeling sick all of a sudden? Should I ask a doctor to take a look?"

Zhang Shaomin coughed lightly in embarrassment.

On the carriage, Tianxiang looked at Feng Suzhen's eyes closed and rested, and asked curiously: "You are usually very patient, why are you so impatient with dealing with him today?"

Feng Suzhen replied indifferently: "I've been very tired recently, and I stood at the gate of the city all afternoon. If I go to a banquet in the evening, I will inevitably have to drink and exhaust myself, so I have to use the name of the princess to come back and rest. I hope the princess can't be blamed."

Seeing Feng Suzhen's pale complexion, Tian Xiang felt a little worried, "In that case, let's go back and rest."

The two had nothing to say all the way, and went straight back to the small courtyard to rest.

Feng Suzhen didn't get up until about midnight. She struggled to move her aching body, and heard someone arguing outside the door: "My son-in-law and I just fell asleep. Is there anything we can't discuss tomorrow morning?" It was Tianxiang's voice .

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it tomorrow." It was Li Zhaoting's voice.

"The sooner we make a decision on this matter, the better," came Zhang Shaomin's voice, "We'll come back tomorrow morning."

Feng Suzhen supported the bed curtain to get up, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm awake, please wait a moment." She got up and went to change clothes behind the screen, but heard the door "squeak" open.She immediately became vigilant, and while clutching the front of her clothes, she wanted to ask a question, but she heard Tianxiang's voice—"Don't come in, I want to help the son-in-law change."

Knowing that it was Tian Xiang who came in, Feng Suzhen didn't let go of her hanging heart, and when she heard the sound of the door closing, she asked in a low voice: "Why did the princess come in?"

Tianxiang said through the screen: "This is our bedroom, why can't I enter?"

Feng Suzhen came to her senses: Those people only came to this small courtyard during the day on weekdays, and they didn't know that Tianxiang and I slept in separate rooms in this courtyard at night. Tianxiang had a plan, so she wanted to enter her room in front of them. .

"Your dirty white clothes in the school yard have been washed, do you want to change them? May I pass them to you?" Tianxiang's voice was already close at hand.

Feng Suzhen hurriedly said: "No need!" She fastened her belt in twos and twos, walked out from behind the screen, and went out to the yard with Tianxiang.Under the bright moon, everyone chatted and talked, and Feng Suzhen and Tianxiang finally understood why everyone was so anxious to visit at night.

Dongfang Sheng not only brought the decree of rewards, but at the banquet, he also conveyed the decree of continuing to call the folk craftsmen to Beijing, and ordered the soldiers of the Beijing camp to take over the city defense of Huailai and seal the city.

Feng Suzhen recalled Dongfang Sheng's whispers to the deputy general beside him during the day, presumably, what he conveyed was the password to seal the city: "It seems that Dongfang Sheng has other thoughts besides defending against the enemy and bandits."

Zhang Shaomin nodded and said: "Dongfang Sheng deliberately murdered the crown prince several times, presumably it is not innocent to come here. I have already sent additional people to guard the crown prince near the small courtyard, we must not give him an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Li Zhaoting recalled what he had seen and heard in Miaozhou in the past, and snorted coldly: "I don't know what kind of benefits Jufei and Yuxian promised Dongfang Sheng, so that he can never die like this."

Tianxiang smiled wryly when she heard the words, the little prince was actually the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Dongfang, a secret of the royal family, she really couldn't easily tell everyone.

Feng Suzhen thought for a moment and said: "I see, don't worry, the current situation looks dangerous, but it is actually safe. Since His Majesty handed over the military power to Dongfang Sheng in a grand manner, and ordered him to announce an edict to reward the prince, in fact, he also gave the prince The responsibility for his safety was placed on him. What's more, the Beijing camp is not his direct soldiers, and the former admiral's generals control it. If he still cares about his own future and life, he will not openly attack the crown prince."

Zhang Shaomin sighed: "The son-in-law has not had much contact with him, so it's better not to compare him with normal people."

Feng Suzhen: "..."

makes sense.

After discussing for a long time, they could only conclude that Dongfang Sheng's biggest role in Huailai was to trap the prince and prevent him from returning to Beijing temporarily.There was really nothing to discuss overnight, and in the middle of the night, Tianxiang had to arrange everyone to rest in the small courtyard.

Now, the two of them had to sleep on the same couch tonight.

Perhaps it was because Feng Suzhen was used to being in the same room, she didn't react to this—in fact, after sending everyone away, she always looked like an old god and thoughtful.

Tianxiang closed the door, turned around and looked, under the swaying shadow of the dim lamp, the contrast between Feng Suzhen's dark Chinese dress and her white jade-like face was even more sharp, outlining her elegance and elegance.Just looking at her thinking like this, Tianxiang felt a quiet warm current in her heart.

She stepped forward and said in a low voice: "You don't care about Dongfang Sheng's threat to your brother, what are you worried about?"

Feng Suzhen came back to her senses, looked up at Tianxiang, hesitated, and said: "The emperor still wants to recruit the craftsmen from the capital to the capital. It seems that nothing can stop him from repairing Xiantai. Dongfang Sheng trapped the prince Huailai is not only his own thoughts, but also the emperor's instruction. The emperor insisted on building the Xiantai, so naturally he couldn't let the prestigious prince return to Beijing so soon, so that all the ministers had someone to entrust, and everyone in the world knew clearly. Seeing the scene of father and son fighting in vain."

Tianxiang suddenly realized that they were always worried about Dongfang Sheng's closure of the city just now, and they forgot that Dongfang Sheng had brought this news here. Only Feng Suzhen was keen to catch this news, and then guessed her father's intentions.

Ninety-nine percent of Feng Suzhen's thoughts are true. Having experienced the previous life, she knows what kind of obsession her father, the arbitrary king of Gan Gang, has for immortality, even with Chahar He stumbled from it for a while, but he still couldn't stop his idea of ​​repairing Sendai.

After a long time, Tianxiang sat down beside Feng Suzhen, and said with difficulty: "He is already a very old man, let him do whatever he likes."

In the end, she still said the same argument as in her previous life: she listened to it, but the reason was completely different from her previous life.

The Tianxiang that Feng Suzhen knew was by no means a person who didn't know right from wrong.She lowered her eyes and remained silent for a moment, then said empathetically, "Does the matter of Chahar's declaration of war still bother you?"

Tianxiang didn't make any rebuttals, but answered slowly: "Yes."

Feng Suzhen let out a long sigh, with a bit of reassurance in her tone: "I understand that although the world is like chess, it is not chess after all. The chessboard is only a square inch, but there are too many causal connections in the world, and it is difficult for us to control ourselves. Will the decision I made evolve into a huge wave?" Just like Feng Suzhen herself, she didn't know that her act of resisting marriage would bring disaster to the Feng family.

Tianxiang nodded frequently: "I'm a little panicked now, I'm afraid that if I make a wrong step, it will have an irreversible impact on the situation." In addition to the Chahar incident, she dared not intervene to make any changes to what was scheduled to happen in her previous life.

Feng Suzhen thought it was funny: "If you are like this, don't you dare to do anything."

Tianxiang pursed her mouth in melancholy.

Feng Suzhen got up from the round stool, knelt down in front of Tianxiang, and looked into Tianxiang's eyes: "Then believe in one sentence: sow good causes and reap good results. As I said before, pros and cons are pros and cons, right and wrong are right and wrong. Right and wrong. Regardless of whether we can succeed in blocking him, or whether blocking him will cause other causes and effects, as long as you know that wasting people's resources, extorting money, and selling officials and nobles will definitely attract eternal infamy. This is definitely not good for Jiangshan Sheji thing."

"How can you be sure that this is absolutely useless?" Tianxiang asked back, "If you use extraordinary means to lure out the money hidden in the hands of wealthy businessmen and officials, gather it into the national treasury, and use it for the national economy and the people's livelihood, can't it be done?" Is it a good thing?"

Feng Suzhen was taken aback by what she said, she frowned and sat beside Tianxiang, showing a thoughtful expression.

Her sudden silence made Tianxiang a little uncomfortable, and she stretched out her hand and waved in front of her eyes: "What's the matter? Do you suddenly feel that what I said is so reasonable that I can't refute it?"

Feng Suzhen squeezed her chin and said, "Princess, do you know Zheng Guoqu?"

Zheng Guo—he?Zheng—Guoqu?

Princess Tianxiang had "don't know" written all over her face.

Feng Suzhen cleared her throat and explained: "During the Warring States period, Qin's national strength increased greatly, posing a great threat to the surrounding countries. The Korean monarch was worried that Qin would attack him when he was free, so..."

So a water engineer named Zheng Guo was sent to persuade the then monarch of Qin State, who was not short of water in the crops—later the first emperor Yingzheng—to build a huge canal, hoping to use it to consume the manpower of Qin State Material resources, so that Qin has no time to send troops to attack itself.Unexpectedly——

"It took a total of ten years to build this canal. The canal was completed, filled with silted water, irrigated more than [-] hectares of land, and harvested every mu for one bell. Therefore, Guanzhong was a fertile field. There was no evil year. Qin became prosperous and strong, and died. And princes."

Tianxiang was stunned for a moment and said: "The world is really unpredictable."

Feng Suzhen nodded and said: "This canal prolongs the life of South Korea for several years, but it has made great achievements for Qin. It can be said that it is doing good things with bad intentions."

Tianxiang excitedly said: "Then what do you mean, my father has a way to take over Xiantai—"

Feng Suzhen interrupted her: "The two are different. Although South Korea has bad intentions, Qin State built this canal out of national interests. It is used for the people. But the name of the emperor's money-gathering strategy is not correct, and the words are not smooth, and the two cannot be compared."

Tian Xiangku: "Then why are you telling me this story?"

Feng Suzhen smiled and said: "I have a vague idea in my mind, but it's hard to say it right now. I'll talk to you tomorrow after I have made up my mind after asking Mr. Song and Brother Zhang."

Tianxiang asked several more times, but Feng Suzhen kept her mouth very strict and said, "I have made up my mind and decided to discuss it with the princess", Tianxiang had no choice but to suppress her curiosity and let it go.

After this tossing, before I knew it, it was the fourth watch.

Tianxiang turned her head and glanced at the bed which was only four feet wide, yawned and said: "You have slept through, can you still sleep now? If you can't sleep, just get up, it happens that I can occupy your bed exclusively. "

Feng Suzhen disapproved all over her face: "How can the princess be so domineering? It's nothing more than entering the room in the middle of the night and occupying Shaomin's bed. Why don't you let me sleep longer?"

Tianxiang opened her mouth half-opened in surprise, and she also said that Feng Suzhen would go down the donkey to avoid sharing the bed with her: "This...you...I..." She stammered for a while, then closed her mouth, "My son-in-law, you Recently, I have become more and more unreserved, and I feel a little panicked."

Feng Suzhen said sternly: "Shao Min is an upright gentleman. Right now, he and the princess are bearing the title of husband and wife. It is proper to have a rest in the same room, but there will never be any frivolity. What happened in the past is what happened tonight. Why should the princess be afraid? Could it be that the princess saw Shaomin's good looks, and she was afraid that she would lose control and treat me lightly?"

You are really right.

Tianxiang propped her head sideways, looked Feng Suzhen's face up and down, took a deep breath, suppressed the silliness in her heart, and hummed softly: "I'm afraid the son-in-law has climbed a lot of city walls recently, and his skin is as thick as a city wall. "

Feng Suzhen laughed: "Okay, okay, I won't quarrel with you, I really haven't slept enough. The bed here is indeed a bit narrower. If the princess minds, I will make a bed on the floor as before."

Tianxiang stared and said: "Children of the Jianghu, how can there be so many scruples, you are not feeling well today, I smell the smell, am I the kind of selfish person who doesn't care about others? Don't talk about it, go to sleep!"

Without further words, the two of them yawned and went to the bedside, put their clothes together and lay down on the narrow bed.

The two had slept together quite a few times in the past, but today the bed is really narrow and covered with the same quilt, even when they turned around, they seemed to accidentally touch each other's bodies.

Tianxiang became tense for some reason, and seemed to hide the sleepiness just now, which made her unable to sleep for a long time.

Feng Suzhen was indeed tired, and not long after, Tianxiang heard her long and steady breathing after she fell asleep.Tianxiang adjusted her exhalation according to her breathing frequency, exhaled, and found that she was following the wrong pace, so she quickly took another breath.

The light gradually brightened outside the window, and Tianxiang, who had failed to fall asleep several times, finally widened her sore eyes, lay flat and stared at the top of the tent for a moment, counting the holes in the mosquito net that hadn't had time to be removed.

Feng Suzhen turned around, muttered something, moved closer, and hugged Tianxiang's arm in her arms.

……

While Tianxiang covered her mouth with her left hand, she also felt the scalding heat on her face.

She only felt that the rocket that the prince's brother tested yesterday seemed to have exploded in her brain.

The author has something to say:

The son-in-law has changed from a high-cold, restrained, and lustful system to this, well, I don’t know if it will be ooc.But who can control the movements of falling asleep, can't just allow Tianxiang to sleep and move around by herself.

But, in view of Tianxiang's powerful idiot Baitian and coquettish bragging rights, the only person Feng Suzhen trusts is Tianxiang.

Although Dongfang Sheng was portrayed as a reckless man, his feelings for Feng Suzhen are also remarkable and worth mentioning.