One of the passers-by

The Supreme Emperor was moved by Xue Yan to stay at the hot spring village to recuperate.When the news reached Tangquan Palace, Emperor Yong'an and several confidant ministers were discussing state affairs in Feishuang Palace. Hearing this, Emperor Yong'an was overjoyed and said unconsciously: "He actually did it?"

Fang Xuanyi and the others also looked at each other in dismay. Although the monarch and ministers shamelessly handed over this arduous task to Xue Yan, in the hearts of everyone, it was just a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and they did their best.Now that they really heard the news that the Supreme Emperor decided to move out of Taiji Palace, everyone still couldn't believe it for a while.

It was Wei Zhen who reacted immediately, and bowed to Emperor Yong'an and suggested: "The Supreme Emperor is old and weak, and he intends to recuperate in Lishan, but there is no need to move out of the Taiji Palace. Please be kind and comfort the Supreme Emperor."

After Wei Zhen finished speaking, Emperor Yong'an and his ministers also reacted.Xu Hui said, "During Xiande's time, the Supreme Emperor loved to visit Lishan Mountain the most. But since His Majesty ascended the throne, he was concerned about the suffering of the people and the state treasury was empty, so he didn't want to mobilize troops, so he didn't come here very often. This is because His Majesty sympathized with the people. .Presumably the Supreme Emperor is also considerate of His Majesty's thoughts. Besides, although Lishan is close to Chang'an, it is still sixty miles away. The Supreme Emperor is old, and there are times when he doesn't like traveling and traveling."

"But Tangquan Palace is a temporary palace after all, and it would be even more outrageous if the Supreme Emperor wants to live in the hot spring village of Duke Wei's mansion. I'm afraid Zuo Pushe and other senior officials in the court will mistakenly think that the Supreme Emperor's move is... "

Xu Hui didn't make it clear what he thought it was.But Emperor Yong'an and all the ministers understood what those Xiande old ministers were thinking.

Emperor Yong'an pondered for a moment, but he dispersed all his officials and went to the palace where Empress Wei was staying.

At that time, Empress Wei was sitting under the window doing needlework, when she saw Emperor Yong'an enter the hall, her expression was peaceful, but there was a hint of joy in her brows.Unknowingly smiled and said: "It's already autumn, the weather has turned cold, and my concubine made a cloak for His Majesty. Let's try it, Your Majesty?"

Emperor Yong'an heard the words, stood there, and let Queen Wei put on clothes for him, and said in his mouth: "The queen has to manage the affairs of the six palaces, and also has to educate the prince, blue bird and pig. It has been very hard. From now on, these needlework Don’t do the work that you have done. It’s exhausting and energy-intensive, and you actually asked the palace people of the Shang Palace Bureau to do it.”

When Empress Wei heard this, she said with a gentle smile, "They are not familiar with His Majesty's habits. Although the clothes they make are exquisite, I see that His Majesty doesn't wear them very much. Besides, the ministers and concubines are very happy to do something for His Majesty. I don't think so. Hard."

When Emperor Yong'an heard the words, he became more and more angry.He stretched out his hand and shook Queen Wei's hand, thinking about the news he had just received, he told Queen Wei the whole story.At the end, he said: "The queen will go to Zhuangzi together with me. Regardless of what father thinks, since he said these words, we must go to see him and persuade him."

After a pause, he said incredulously, "Why did the Supreme Emperor change his mind so easily? What did Yan'er say to the Supreme Emperor?"

Empress Wei laughed and said, "How could I know what their grandparents and grandchildren said. But I saw that Yan'er was young, but he had a city in his heart. I didn't feel that he could persuade the Supreme Emperor. Accident."

"Really?" Emperor Yong'an looked at Empress Wei and smiled.

When I was young, the emperor and empress couple changed into ordinary clothes and went to the hot spring village to meet the emperor.

At that time, Xue Yan was fishing by the pond with the Supreme Emperor.The Supreme Emperor was sitting on a small bamboo rattan chair with a backrest, and on it was a wolf fur mattress made by Duke Wei himself when he was hunting in the past.Xue Yan was sitting next to the Supreme Emperor, telling funny jokes to the Supreme Emperor.Both the crown prince and King Wei sat aside, chattering, not looking like they were fishing at all.

Seeing the emperor and empress coming together, Xue Yan, Prince Wei Wang and the surrounding courtiers all paid homage.Emperor Yong'an waved his hands to signal everyone to get up, and went to pay his respects to the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor looked at his son and daughter-in-law in ordinary clothes, and said with a smile, "Why are you the only two here?"

Emperor Yong'an glanced at Xue Yan, and smiled casually: "Just now Yan'er passed on a message, saying that the Supreme Emperor lamented the desolation of life, and wanted to enjoy the family happiness like an ordinary family. This is the son's unfilial piety. It made my father say such sad words. So my son came here immediately with the empress to accompany my father. From now on, my son will come to the palace every day to pay your respects. I also ask my father not to mention the matter of moving to the palace again."

Hearing that Emperor Yong'an mentioned this matter, Xue Yan got up and said with a smile: "It's cold today, I asked the kitchen to boil the soup base, prepared venison, horse meat and mutton slices, and left some green vegetables unprepared. Now go to the field to pick some, and make a pot to eat at night."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and called the crown prince and King Wei. The two young highnesses also knew that their father and grandfather had to discuss something again, so they got up and left with Xue Yan.

The Supreme Emperor smiled and said to Xue Yan: "Pick more white cabbage, the white cabbage on your Zhuangzi is more juicy than the one from the palace, I like it very much."

Xue Yan smiled and said yes.

After the figures of the three grandsons gradually faded away, the Supreme Emperor looked back at his son and daughter-in-law who had lowered their brows and lowered their eyes and behaved meekly. Wandering around Yan’er’s Zhuangzi, I also talked to Yan’er and felt very comfortable. Yan’er is right, in life, one must always look forward and learn to let go. Don’t embarrass yourself. Tai Chi Palace The terrain is low-lying, Chang'an is rainy in summer, and it gets more and more humid, it is not suitable for an elderly person like me to take care of it, and it is uncomfortable for me to live in."

"...Besides, I am the Supreme Emperor now, and the Taiji Palace is the place where the emperor handles government affairs, so I won't occupy the magpie's nest anymore."

Emperor Yong'an and Empress Wei were stunned again when they heard the thorny words of the Supreme Emperor.

Emperor Yong'an thought for a while, and when he was about to say something, the Supreme Emperor waved his hand and continued: "I know what you want to say, don't persuade me, and don't worry about outsiders' opinions. Yan'er is right, I am now You are the only son by my side. The whole thing is done, the dust has settled, and there is nothing difficult between father and son. I will tell Pei Ji and the others that it is because I feel uncomfortable living in Taiji Palace, so I have to Move to another palace. In fact, I have had this idea for a long time, but I was holding a breath in my heart, and I still can't figure it out. Today, Yan'er has figured it out..."

When the Taishang Emperor said this, he sighed again, looked at Emperor Yong'an and said: "It is my intention to leave Taiji Palace, and it is also my intention to live in this hot spring village for the time being. But I am old and afraid of loneliness. I am in Zhuang You asked the prince and the blue bird to stay with me during the recuperation period. As for where to place my old bones after moving out of the Taiji Palace, you can decide for yourself. But I have already told Yan'er, I He is in charge of the repair project of the palace. He promised me that the palace repaired for me will never be worse than his hot spring village."

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor had made up his mind, Emperor Yong'an had no choice but to change his mouth and said: "Father, please rest assured, the son will personally supervise this matter, and I will definitely let my father enjoy the glory and happiness of the family in peace."

"Oh?" The Supreme Emperor looked at Emperor Yong'an meaningfully, and smiled meaningfully: "Then, the stable life of my old bone will depend on Erlang from now on."

"My Da Chu governs the world with filial piety, and being filial to his father is what a son should do." After solving the matter of the Supreme Emperor moving to the palace, Emperor Yong'an also felt that a big stone from his chest had been removed, and the conversation became more and more lively. It also became more and more convincing.

The Supreme Emperor didn't care about Emperor Yong'an's promise.Stretched a little tiredly, and said with a smile: "I'm really old. After only talking a few words, I feel cold all over and dizzy. I think that when Jinyang raised troops, marching and fighting How about not eating or sleeping for a few days and nights. It’s not good now.”

Emperor Yong'an and Empress Wei hurriedly stepped forward, one left and one right, to support the Supreme Emperor.The Taishang Emperor put his arm on Emperor Yong'an's hand, and said with a smile: "I said I wanted to fish, but neither Pian Yan'er nor Qingniao could sit still. They chattered all afternoon in front of me, disturbing fish and shrimp endlessly. Didn't even catch a single fish. Let's see what they picked in the field now, so don't make it impossible to eat at night."

Emperor Yong'an and Empress Wei quickly agreed with a smile, and the Supreme Emperor smiled again and said, "When will Duke Wei and Pingyang come back? If they don't come back, Yan'er will have to wait until they come back before eating."

While he was talking, he saw two figures approaching from a distance from the hillside, one was wearing an azurite cloak, the other was wearing a big red cloak, if it wasn't Wei Guogong Xue Ji and Princess Pingyang, who was it?

Duke Wei and Princess Pingyang also came back after hearing the news that the Supreme Emperor had decided to move to the palace.The mood of the two of them was similar to that of Emperor Yong'an who heard this at first, neither of them believed that Xue Yan could persuade the Supreme Emperor so easily.

However, after seeing the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Yong'an, Wei Guogong and his wife did not mention this matter. Princess Pingyang only smiled and said to the Supreme Emperor: "My daughter is very happy to know that my father will stay in my small village to recuperate for a period of time. , specially came back to accompany my father. Mid-Autumn Festival will be in a few days. Yan’er ordered Zhuangzi to pick all kinds of flowers and fruits and vegetables to make moon cakes. We need to make a separate border and make mooncakes for father. If father likes it, why not make mooncakes with us?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yong'an laughed and said, "That's a good idea. Not only father, I and the queen will also stay to make mooncakes with you. At that time, I will give these mooncakes to the court ministers, which is also a kind of heart from the palace. "

I am afraid it is more to show the meaning of the harmony of the heavenly family.

The Supreme Emperor and Princess Pingyang both looked at Emperor Yong'an with a smile, and no one exposed Emperor Yong'an's plan.

It was night, the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Yong'an and his wife, Mrs. Wei Guogong and his three grandchildren had a hot hot pot meal at the hot spring Zhuangzi.After that, everyone rested and arranged for themselves, so there is no need to elaborate.

The next day, Xiande's ex-officials headed by Pei Ji ran to the hot spring village in the name of paying their respects to the Supreme Emperor.Xue Yan knew why these old ministers came, so he kindly gave up space for them to be alone with the Supreme Emperor.

About half an hour later, Xue Yan returned to the main hall in the name of holding tea and delivering water, but saw that in the hall, except for the Supreme Emperor who was at ease, Pei Ji and other veterans were all in a daze and looked lonely. Frost has a sleepy expression like an eggplant.

Xue Yan was amused in his heart, he had long since disapproved of these Xiande old ministers showing off their power in the court under the guise of the Supreme Emperor.Not only did he fight against Emperor Yong'an everywhere under the pretext of being loyal to the Supreme Emperor, but also he did not take the people's livelihood as the priority.In the end, they invited power to take over affairs, but the Emperor Yong'an, who alienated the Supreme Emperor, was a stranger...

Now that the Supreme Emperor himself said about moving to the palace, in the eyes of these virtuous and former ministers, it was tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot.I'm afraid they will have no good excuses if they want to stir up trouble in the court in the future?

Xue Yan gloated secretly while rubbing his hands, and handed the warm tea soup to the Supreme Emperor.The tea-drinking habit of the nobles of Da Chu is different from that of later generations.I always like to add condiments such as onion, ginger, pepper, jujube, and crispy cheese to the tea soup.Taishanghuang is old and the taste is not so strong, but he also likes to add some orange peel and mint leaves to the tea soup for seasoning.For such tea soup, Xue Yan has always been respectful and insensitive.So he always drinks plain water, or fruit pulp.

On the other hand, after Emperor Yong'an returned to Tangquan Palace, he was also anxious that his confidant ministers began to discuss where the Supreme Emperor should live after he moved to the palace.

According to Emperor Yong'an, since the Supreme Emperor took the initiative to move the palace and live elsewhere, then the residence of the Empress Dowager is very important, at least to make sure that those old ministers who are eyeing Xiande can't make mistakes.

But the entire imperial city is only that big, and the Taishang Emperor's Palace is located in a low-lying area, and it is humid and dark because of the continuous rainstorms in summer.Therefore, after the Supreme Emperor moved out of the Taiji Palace, it would not be appropriate to let him live in the palace.But you can't throw the Supreme Emperor into the Lishan Palace, can you?

Emperor Yong'an and his ministers discussed it for quite a while with a headache.In the end, Fang Xuanyi had an idea, and said with a smile: "Why don't you move the Supreme Emperor to Xingqing Palace? Xingqing Palace is in the east of Chang'an, with a higher terrain, and Xingqing Palace is very close to Chunming Gate. It is very convenient. Allowing the Supreme Emperor to live in Xingqing Palace not only avoids the low-lying, dark and humid terrain of the Taiji Palace, but also facilitates the Supreme Emperor to go to Lishan to recuperate and play, and is connected to Qujiang Pond, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?"

After hearing this, the monarchs and ministers pondered for a while, and they all said well.Wei Wei frowned secretly and said, "The terrain and location of Xingqing Palace are better than Taiji Palace, but Xingqing Palace is small and simple. If the Supreme Emperor is asked to move to Xingqing Palace, I'm afraid the courtiers outside will criticize it."

Emperor Yong'an was not worried about this, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. My father said that he likes Yan'er's Zhuangzi very much. So I want to ask Yan'er to take charge of the palace repairs. I also think that Yan'er is good at this task, Besides, he has experience in repairing villas before, so I am very relieved that he will manage to repair a palace for the Supreme Emperor that can satisfy him.”

Fang Xuanyi and the others thought of the hot spring village in Duke Wei's mansion on Lishan Mountain, and they also nodded in unison and said in agreement: "Senior Xue has a lot of misery in his heart, if he is in charge of this matter, there will be nothing wrong with it."

Wei Zhen sighed: "It's just that it will be delayed again to ask Shizi Xue to study in the Imperial Academy."

Thinking of Xue Yan's attitude of being disgusted with learning, everyone couldn't help but smile leisurely.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were a few more autumn rains.The weather is getting colder and colder.Pedestrians also put on thicker jackets when they went out.

Xue Yan was entrusted by Emperor Yong'an to take charge of the renovation of Xingqing Palace.After the renovation project of the hot spring villa, Xue Yan was already quite familiar with the palace people who will be the supervisor and the palace bureau of the Dachu Industry Department.In addition, the Supreme Emperor was very fond of the hot spring Zhuangzi that Xue Yan advocated to repair, so Xue Yan transformed Xingqing Palace with ease and ease.

On this day, Xue Yantong brought master craftsman Yan Yude to Wenquan Zhuangzi, discussed with the Supreme Emperor how to change the various parts of Xingqing Palace, then hurriedly returned to Chang'an City, and entered the palace to report to Emperor Yong'an.Because the Supreme Emperor still lived in Wenquan Zhuangzi, Emperor Yong'an didn't want to be too eager, so he didn't move to Taiji Palace immediately, and still lived in Xiande Palace in the East Palace.When the renovation of Xingqing Palace will be completed, the Supreme Emperor will move there, and then he will move into Taiji Palace.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty praised Emperor Yong'an for his humility and filial piety.Even though everyone is well aware of it, it makes people feel much more comfortable that Emperor Yong'an can hold his breath like this.

At least the majesty they are loyal to still cherishes feathers very much, and the appearance of eating is not too ugly.

As for the former ministers of the Xiande Dynasty headed by Pei Ji, if Emperor Yong'an hadn't moved into the Taiji Palace for a day, the remaining prestige of the Supreme Emperor would not have completely withdrawn from the court.It also means that Xiande's old minister and Yong'an's new minister still have room to negotiate.Even if the outcome of the matter is clearly in front of them, before the dust settles, Pei Ji and other veterans can still step by step and get out without losing dignity.It's better than the original plan of going into battle shirtless and dying until death.

However, for Xue Yan, these court wrestling matters are too high-level, and they are still too far away.Xue Yan didn't care too much.He is now fully committed to the renovation project of Xingqing Palace, and he only hopes that the final result will satisfy the Supreme Emperor and not embarrass Emperor Yong'an too much——

After all, since Emperor Yong'an came to the throne for more than two years, Da Chu suffered from either drought or frost, the treasury was empty, the people were starving, and Emperor Yong'an's small treasury was useless.Seriously, I am afraid that Emperor Yong'an is not as rich as Duke Wei's mansion.Therefore, when Xue Yan was repairing the Xingqing Palace, he should try his best to avoid large-scale construction projects, lest the court would not be able to afford it.

Holding the revised construction drawings of master craftsman Yan Yude several times in his hand, Xue Yan took off his boots and entered the hall after being passed on by Xiao Huangmen, who was on duty in Xiande Hall.

Emperor Yong'an, Fang Xuanyi and other courtiers are discussing the impeachment of Yan Junji, the head of the Hebei Road Marching Army, by the official censor.

"... A few days ago, there were reports from Henan and Hebei provinces, saying that Henan and Hebei were hit by frost, and that the people had no crops this year. However, Yan Junji, who was the marching chief of Hebei province, ignored the court's decree and was still on the road. Selling spirits secretly... This matter has been passed on by word of mouth among the common people, and now it is even more dissatisfied, and it has also had a very bad impact on the reputation of the imperial court. The minister thinks that an imperial envoy should be sent to Youzhou to investigate and confirm the truth of the matter True or false. If General Yan is really greedy for small gains and disregards the righteousness of the court, His Majesty must punish him severely."

After hearing Wei Zhen's words, Xue Yan suddenly remembered Xu You's speculation when Wei Ziqi was chatting with him that day.My heart skipped a beat.

Emperor Yong'an noticed Xue Yan when he entered the palace.At this time, Xue Yan was in a trance, thoughtful, and unconsciously said: "How does Yan'er think about this matter? As for the prescription of this spirit, Yan'er dedicated it to the court at the beginning. Later, the court promulgated a ban on alcohol. The order was also created because of this."

Hearing Emperor Yong'an's question, Xue Yan hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and moved forward. After bowing to salute, he knelt down on the mat and said, "It's an important matter for the court. How can you allow me to talk nonsense."

After finishing speaking, he handed over the blueprint for the renovation of the Xingqing Palace in his hands.Emperor Yong'an waved his hand, motioned for Xiao Huangmen, who was waiting on the side, to take it over, and said with a smile: "This matter concerns you, so you have nothing to say. I know that you are cautious in your words and deeds, and you don't want to make false statements about government affairs. So, I forgive you for your innocence, just say whatever you want."