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After Chang Xiu went out, seeing Wen Zhi was still staring at the palace door, Concubine Xian couldn't help but spit: "You're worthless, you also stare at such a harmful thing."

Wen Zhi said with a smile, "Don't be angry, ma'am, I just want to see what's good about him, so that Lao Wu puts him by his side to protect him like a treasure."

Li Xianfei heard this, but she didn't believe it, she naturally knew about the son she raised.

"Nothing else, your father's fault, you princes have learned ten percent, he is just Wen Mu's precious lump, it has nothing to do with you. You should not deal with that thing in the future, look at that, It might be a disaster in the future."

As he said that, he felt that Xigong had done a good deed this time, and if such a thing really came to the emperor, it might disturb the emperor's mind.

"However, the emperor heard that many of the homework assigned by the Taifu was answered by that Chang Xiu for the fifth brother!" The sixth prince Wen Min who had been silent beside him also interjected at this time.

"Is it true that Chang Xiu restrained your Wen Mu temperament?"

Concubine Li Xian snorted coldly: "Xi Bian'er made a good move in chess. In the past year, they have attracted all the eyes from all over the palace. Mu is on her body. Zhier, you are trying to win the favor of your mother, otherwise, even if you become a king and a marquis in the future, who do you think can make us feel better in this palace!"

Wen Zhi saw that Concubine Li Xian was talking about striving for success again, a trace of impatience flashed across her face, and she only responded: "Your Majesty, don't be annoyed, my son will be obedient in the future."

Then, he changed the subject again and said: "I heard that the empress has been very close to that concubine Wang recently, and she also rewarded the second child with many things a few days ago. The empress will not be interested in Wen Dun."

Concubine Li Xian, who was angry at first, heard this, and asked in surprise: "Who did you listen to?"

"I heard it from the little eunuch next to Wen Dun. He usually rewarded him with some funny things, and he would not hide some ordinary words from me."

"Looking at Wen Dun? I'm afraid it won't happen. If the fourth brother is falling in love with Wen Dun, it's still possible..."

Concubine Li Xian suddenly realized that the fourth prince was very talented, and because his mother, Xu Cairen, passed away early, he had always been closer to the concubine Wang's mother and son.

"Could it be..."

Concubine Li Xian raised her head and looked quietly outside the palace gate. The sky in June was clear and clear, but she only felt chills all over her body.

No wonder Mr. Mei, who has been quiet for a long time, did not pretend to be a gourd this time, but opposed it so hard on the issue of the establishment of the reserve.

Originally, she had thought that since Zhong Gong had no children, and because he had injured his body when giving birth to the fourth princess, Mr. Mei would probably just close his eyes and choose to be neutral, but unexpectedly...

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It was already noon when Wen Mu came back from the empress, he had already asked someone to bring a letter back to Zhaoyang Hall, saying that he would not have to wait for his lunch, but when he entered the hall, he saw Chang Xiu still sitting in the inner hall, just staring at the table in a daze In a daze.

Seeing Wen Mu coming in, Chang Xiu hurriedly got up and walked over, helped Wen Mu change into her regular clothes, and ordered a little maid outside the door to bring ice plum soup.

"What were you thinking when I saw you just now? What happened to the girls?" Wen Mu stretched out his arms to ask Chang Xiu to tidy up his clothes, and Chang Xiu bent down to fasten the hidden button on his chest. Looking around, I saw his thick long eyelashes fluttering like a small fan, and the tip of his nose like a jade jade, but the expression on his face was not very clear.

"Concubine De and Concubine Xiao are alright, but Concubine Li Xian was delayed. The First Prince and Sixth Prince were there and talked for a while. Later, Concubine Xian gave some food and let Hanxiu I'm back. Wang Pin is not in the Yuliang Palace, but when I came out, I ran into the second prince looking for her."

Thinking that one thing more is worse than one thing less, she paused for a while, Chang Xiu still didn't say that when she saw the second prince Wen Dun, he was rewarded with a small golden peanut, but she couldn't refuse it, so she had to accept it in the end.It is normal for the master in the palace to reward people, but he has no relationship with the concubine Wang and the second prince on weekdays, and he doesn't know what the second prince's reward is.

"At Xiao Shupin's place, the Third Prince and the Seventh Prince are in front, but Shupin's complexion is not very good, even if she sees me to thank you, she still looks unhappy."

Hearing Chang Xiu finished talking about her experience in the morning, Wen Mu nodded and said, "I met Wang Concubine at the Empress's place, but the Empress tried her best to provoke me and Wang Concubine's, but I sent them all away. Wen Zhi , Did Wen Min say any nonsense?"

Concubine Li Xian relied on being favored by the emperor and had two princes, and one of them was the eldest son. When the empress had no children, she was always domineering in the palace, so the first prince Wen Zhi and the sixth prince Wen Min had always been arrogant and domineering in the palace.

Wen Mu's mother is a noble concubine, and his uncle is a deputy prime minister. He has always looked down upon Wen Zhi and Wen Min. The two of them couldn't help but worry that he might be bullied.

In the past, Chang Xiu would definitely respond to any question, but today he just said indifferently: "It's not what I said in the museum before! Why do you want to listen to those nonsense."

After taking care of Wen Mu, Chang Xiu turned around and took the iced plum soup handed over by the maid next to her, scooped a spoonful and put it in her mouth to sip, and brought the soup to Wen Mu when nothing happened.

Wen Mu didn't answer, but only raised his drooping face with his hands, his eyes were sharp.

"I see that you don't look right, it's just nonsense, what are you doing with this expression?"

"I'm just a slave, and I can't compare to ordinary young masters and young ladies. If the masters have anything to say, they can only listen to it, and it makes people laugh when they say it."

Chang Xiu lowered her head, her face lightly gave way to Wen Mu's fingers, and she stuffed the porcelain bowl into Wen Mu's hand with one hand.

"Your Highness is getting older, and there will only be more and more people to serve in the future. You should also pay attention to what other people say. You always play around with the servants, and people can see and hear them, which will make your mother feel sad."

After hearing this, Wen Mu felt even more wrong.So, he stopped drinking the soup, and just put the porcelain bowl on the table next to him, and waved his hands to tell everyone around him to back off.

When he and Chang Xiu were the only two left in the hall, he took Chang Xiu's hand and walked towards the apse until he reached an Arhat bed by the window and sat down.

"No matter how many people I serve, isn't Hanxiu still my good Hanxiu'er? You listen to what others say about everything, so do you want to do it yourself? You are my close servant, even if you always play together, what else can others say? Usually Seeing that you didn't care about this, why did you talk about it today?"

Chang Xiu wanted to pull his hand away, but Wen Mu didn't let go, one hand was still poking inside his sleeve.Xia Ri's clothes were roomy, and Chang Xiu was born thin, so Wen Mu touched his elbows.

"The problem with your body is still not healed, and if you come to think about those idle things again, you won't be afraid to panic."

"How could it be a matter of nostalgia! Newcomers are coming soon, it was nostalgia in the past, and now we should pay attention to it, it is an important matter." Chang Xiu's face was a little red, and her hands were retracted even more vigorously. , but in the end it couldn't resist Wen Mu's strength, so he could only let him flick on his forearm.

"What's the matter? Where did the newcomer come from..."

Wen Mu felt that the skin under his hands was delicate, but his bones were a little tight, so he casually took the words.As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized, and then couldn't help laughing.

"Your news arrived very quickly. It was just a random word from Grandma Huang in the morning. You also took it as the truth when others passed it on."

"It's not a message. Now, the man has arrived in front of the empress, saying that he will send it over when he gets familiar with the rules here!"

Wen Mu didn't care too much when he heard the words, he just nodded and sighed with a smile: "Grandma Huang and Niangniang are acting fast this time, I haven't received the notification yet, so I asked others to come and sue me."

"If His Highness didn't like it, the Empress Dowager and Empress wouldn't be in such a hurry to send someone over." Chang Xiu lowered her face, although she couldn't see her expression, her words were cold.

"It's just that I saw you in the morning and felt that you looked a bit like you, so I took a few more glances, but I didn't know that this happened again. If I had known earlier, I would never have looked elsewhere in the morning. Dozing off counting the folds on Grandma Huang's face!"

After hearing Wen Mu's words, Chang Xiu burst out laughing: "I'm getting more and more speechless. If the Queen Mother hears about this, no matter how much I love you, a reprimand will be necessary!"

After finishing speaking, he took two steps back, took his arm out of Wen Mu's hand, and bowed to him again, saying: "Hanxiu is not a narrow-minded person, the empress dowager rewards people because she values ​​her highness. Your Highness is getting older, and there will only be more and more people in front of you, if Hanxiu is all unattractive, what kind of person will Hanxiu be as His Highness?"

As he said that, he looked up at Wen Mu again, his eyes shining brightly: "I just said this, I am afraid that His Highness will not hold back in front of others in the future, and let others talk in vain. I know that the Empress Dowager is sympathetic to His Highness, but if If you meet someone who doesn't keep the door shut, maybe something bad will come out."

Speaking of which, it is still a tradition left over from the previous dynasty that courtiers send girls to the palace. Although this rule is no longer there, some things have been passed down for a long time, and they have become people's deep-rooted thoughts.

The former Yan Dynasty lasted for more than 100 years. In the first [-] years, the national power was prosperous and the people enjoyed their work. However, because the wealth and land accumulated by the family members increased, the power of the major family clans became stronger and stronger, and the imperial power was reduced. began to fall gradually.

With the gradual intensification of the struggle between imperial power and clan forces, coupled with the extravagance and incompetence of the emperor at that time, by the time of Huaizong, who was more than two hundred years old in the Yan Dynasty, the people's resentment was finally aroused, and the people in many places rose up. Under the imperial city.

Fortunately, at that time, a powerful clan led the army to turn the tide, and finally recaptured the imperial city from the rebels. However, Emperor Daizong had already died in the rebellion at that time. Therefore, it was the clan who led the army to retake the emperor's body He inherited the throne and was known as Yan Gaozong in history.

After Yan Gaozong quelled the rebellion, he did not start giving rewards as everyone expected. On the contrary, he began to gradually reduce the power of the powerful families that played a huge role in the process of quelling the rebellion.

Aristocratic families also suffered a lot of losses in the civil unrest, but those who could persist until the end and survived until the Gaozong period were all Zanying families with both power and fame, plus those who rose in the turmoil The emerging forces, even though Emperor Yan Gaozong was wise, decisive, shrewd and capable, suffered losses in the struggle against the aristocratic families.Until he was old and frail, the power of the clan could not be eradicated.

In the process of struggling and compromising with the aristocratic families, Emperor Gaozong made such a decree that any official status above the fifth rank conferred by the imperial court, and the marriage of a woman in the family must be sealed by the imperial court before a marriage contract can be concluded.For a marriage certificate without a phoenix seal, the woman's identity cannot be recognized by the court, and her children will not be recognized by the court whether in terms of title or property inheritance.For officials below the fifth rank, the daughters of the family choose good ones to enter the palace as female officials or maidservants. After a few years, they may be given marriages, or they may leave the palace, or they may remain in the palace for life.

This was Yan Gaozong's last resort in order to control the marriage between powerful families, but later, whether there was a woman in the family entering the palace became a symbol of whether the official was valued by the emperor. Official glory.

This dynasty is famous and powerful, and it has only been established for three generations. The first was originally a military commander with a yellow robe.Although at the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, the regulations on the marriage of official women in the Yan Dynasty were abolished, but because of the long-standing tradition, being able to send the daughters of the family to the palace, whether as an official or a maidservant, has become the Rongmu Emperor. Grace's glory.

Therefore, Chang Xiu's strangeness today is not only due to his narrow-mindedness or the fifth prince's lack of restraint, but the bigger reason is that since he heard about the newcomer's background, he has doubts about his status in Zhaoyang Palace. There was a premonition of impending danger.