"Elder-in-law" migraine

It has been 20 years since Emperor Jingyan proclaimed himself emperor, and gradually got rid of the shadow of successive years of war. The world is peaceful and the people live in peace.Apart from the previous war with the Turks, Chaonei didn't have any major worries. In addition, he had a good body trained on the battlefield when he was young, so he was close to his destiny, but he couldn't see a trace of aging.

He had seven sons and a daughter under his knees, but the sons born to the first two concubines died early in the troubled times of the end of Liang Dynasty, until the empress Concubine Shu gave birth to Duan Yixian. Prince Duan Yikang, after that, Empress Gongxi gave birth to fifth prince Duan Yijie, sixth prince Duan Yihong, concubine De gave birth to seventh prince Duan Yimo, princess Duan Qingya, and the heirs of Emperor Jingyan gradually became richer.

But she never thought that the fourth prince Duan Yikang drowned in the imperial garden when he was five years old, and Concubine Liang suffered a serious illness as a result, and never got better after that.Also after that, there was no child added in the harem. Although Emperor Jing Yan was a little puzzled, he was diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician, but there was no serious problem in his body, so he could only go along with it.

Now 20 years have passed, the third prince Duan Yixian has passed the age of the crown, and even the seventh prince Duan Yimo has reached the age of 15.Although the crown prince has been established, Emperor Jingyan is still young, and there is still a lot of suspense about who will get the ninth-five position. Some ministers who do not want to live under the Gongxi family are also eager to try, and start betting one after another, and the princes also start Everyone has their own actions.

But no one knew that Emperor Jingyan was well aware of all this.

After opening the contents of the paper, Duan Shengming raised the corners of his lips slightly, then stood up, threw the paper into the charcoal basin, watched the flames devour the paper and the secret report on it, then looked away, and called out the door. Said, "Come here."

Ren Zhi opened the door and came in with a slight bow, "Your Majesty."

"Go to the Hall of Harmony." Duan Shengming glanced at Ren Yi and said lightly.

Ren Zhi hurriedly took the outer robe for Duan Shengming, waited for him to put it on, then put on the fox fur, and then followed Duan Shengming towards the Hall of Harmony.

It's winter and the weather is getting colder. Ren Zhi's adoptive father, Zhang Cheng, has been sick for the past few days. In order to avoid affecting Emperor Jingyan's body, he can only take a leave of absence. Let him be responsible.

Although Ren Zhi is young, he has been serving Duan Shengming by Zhang Cheng's side since he entered the palace at the age of eight. Regarding Duan Shengming's living habits, no one can compare to him except Zhang Cheng.Coupled with the presence of Zhang Cheng, the head servant, no one dared to have the slightest objection to him.

Duan Shengming didn't call other people, and let him follow behind him to hold an umbrella for him, preventing the snow from falling on his head.His hair was wet with more and more falling snow.

Finally arrived at the Hall of Harmony, just as the guards at the gate were about to report, Duan Shengming waved his hand and walked through the courtyard into the hall.

It is said that this Hall of Harmony was the residence of Emperor Liang Ming's favorite concubine in the previous dynasty, and at this time the owner of this hall, Concubine De, is also a favorite.

It is said that the concubine Fang was a commoner and lived in a small village with her brother Fang Yong. Emperor Jing Yan went to fight everywhere and came to this small village by accident. When he saw Fang, he was still amazed. The family was connected to the palace, made a concubine, and made his brother Fang Yong an official.Later, the Fang family gave birth to Duan Yimo, the seventh prince, and Fang Yong was appreciated in the court, and the Jin Fang family was made the concubine of virtue, ranking among the fourth concubines.

Because of his background, Fang's family is not as noble and elegant as concubine Shu Bujie, nor as gentle and virtuous as the lady Gongxi, but he is even more gentle and caring, and has been favored by Duan Shengming for several years.

Lifting the heavy cotton curtain on the door to shelter from the wind, Duan Shengming saw Concubine De leaning on the couch with her head down, thoughtful.

Duan Shengming coughed lightly, Concubine De raised her head in shock, at that moment, Ren Zhi quickly glanced at her red eyes, and couldn't help but twitched the corners of her lips and smiled lightly.

Duan Shengming didn't seem to notice it, walked to the couch, helped up Concubine De who had recovered and saluted, and said with a smile, "What are you thinking?"

Concubine De's face was no different, she let Duan Shengming take her hand and sit down on the couch, "I just learned how to embroider, and I want to embroider a purse for Mo'er. It's getting dark and my eyes are a little uncomfortable, so I just lean here Rest on the bed for a while."

Duan Shengming reached out and took the finished purse from the small table at the side. The thin stitches on it showed how hard the man put his heart into it. He couldn't help saying, "You embroidered this and that for Mo'er when he was a child, why do you still do it now?"

Concubine De smiled, "The concubine is idle all day long, and Mo'er is getting old, and there is no caring person around me. I can embroider these things myself and rest assured."

Duan Shengming put the purse back on the small table, and said casually, "When Zhang Cheng recovers from his illness, I will ask him to find two careful and reliable people to send to Mo'er's residence, and I will also let you worry less."

Concubine De bent her lips, "The concubine thanked His Majesty on behalf of Mo'er."

Duan Shengming looked back at Ren Zhi, waved his hand, and Ren Zhi immediately retreated with the other people in the inner room and closed the door behind him.

Ren Zhihou was in the outer room, with his head slightly lowered, but he listened to the voices of the two people inside, even though most of them were things he shouldn't have heard.

After listening for a while, Ren Zhi raised his head and glanced out the window, Xue should have heard it, but he didn't know if Emperor Jingyan would stay in the Hall of Harmony tonight.His eyes turned around the room, the decoration in the hall was as simple as ever.In fact, he has a pretty good impression of Concubine De, probably because of his background, so he doesn't have much airs, and he is rarely arrogant. He is quite safe in this harem. A wife, a mother.However, her son is not a role that can be reassured.

On the day of their wedding, Duan Yixian and Fusheng designed Duan Yimo's subordinates to rob the fake Ashinalan and follow them to their lair, and wiped out the group of people that Duan Yimo carefully raised. Duan Yimo's power can be said The top was hit hard.No matter how shrewd he was, he was only a 15-year-old boy, but Fang Yong was still there, so he couldn't ignore it.

Ren Zhi glanced back at the tightly closed inner door, and raised the corners of his lips slightly.After many years of observation, Concubine De must have some ulterior secrets here, maybe he can use this to get rid of Duan Yimo's faction, but he still needs evidence.

Emperor Jingyan really lived in the Hall of Yihe that day, and Ren Zhiye served there.It wasn't until Zhang Cheng returned from his illness a few days later that Ren Zhi finally had a rest that night.

Because he is Zhang Cheng's adoptive son, and because he served in front of the emperor, Ren Zhi has been flattered by people everywhere, so even in this cold winter, his room is warmer than other eunuchs.

He took off his coat and put on a white coat, and let him lie down on the bed.In fact, he originally lived with another little eunuch, but later that little eunuch was demoted to another place because of a mistake.Under Zhang Cheng's well-known connivance, no one moved in anymore, and Ren Zhi had the opportunity to occupy the entire room by himself.

In fact, Ren Zhi didn't mind sharing a room with several people. Ever since he came to this harem for Duan Yixian when he was eight years old, he had been prepared for all kinds of hardships.

It's just that there are secrets hidden in him, and now he finally doesn't have to worry about it even when he is resting, and be on guard at any time.

When entering the palace, because of the care of Lin's old friend, Ren Zhi was not yanged. If someone found out, his life might be in danger.So from sleeping with a group of young eunuchs in the Datong bunk at the beginning, to sharing a room with others later, Ren Zhi never showed any part of his body in front of others.Because if they were found out, they would either be reported and beheaded, or murdered to silence them. Neither of these two options was willing.

Fortunately, he is young and his body grows slowly. Up to now, he looks the same as other eunuchs in appearance, but Ren Zhi still has to stay vigilant.

Now that he was back in his room, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes, and planned to take a rest.

When he was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden light noise from the roof, and he opened his eyes. The next moment, the window was pushed open, and a figure jumped in, bringing the chill of the winter night.

Ren Zhi got up and closed the window, glanced at Fu Sheng, turned around and leaned back on the bed.Just as Fu Sheng was about to sit down beside him, Ren Zhi raised his hand and pushed him away, "Stay away from me, my whole body is cold."

Fu Sheng curled his lips, "Don't you feel that your current personality is becoming more and more difficult to get along with? Those who don't know really think that you have something missing on you, so your personality is gloomy."

Ren Zhi didn't speak, but a cold light flashed in his hand, Fu Sheng leaped out of thin air, avoided his hidden weapon, touched his nose, "You know I can't beat you, forget it, let's be serious."

"Say."

"I also struggled in every possible way to find someone to ask where Concubine De's original village was. There have been years of wars before, so I don't know if anyone is still there. I have already sent people there, and there will be an answer in a few days." Fu Sheng Sitting down, he resumed his businesslike appearance.

Ren Zhi nodded, "Okay, sorry to trouble you."

"Ren Zhi, it's meaningless to say this. I'm just curious, why do you suddenly want to investigate Concubine De?" Fu Sheng looked at Ren Zhi curiously.

Ren Zhi lay flat on the bed, looked at the carved head of the bed, and shook his head, "It's just some intuition. Why, we won't know until your people come back. By the way, is there anything wrong with Fang Yong recently?"

Fu Sheng bit his lower lip and thought for a while, "It's all right. Did he marry another concubine a few days ago? You said that Fang Yong looked like a frail scholar. He really married so many concubines. Did you use it?"

Ren Zhi glanced at him sideways, and turned back to look at the head of the bed with an expression of hopelessness.Fu Sheng didn't get a response, so he babbled on for a while before continuing, "Is there any problem in the palace recently?"

Ren Zhi shook his head, "Not yet." After a pause, he said, "How is Master doing?"

After Duan Yixian got married, except for the occasional glimpse of him in the palace, Ren Zhi hardly saw Duan Yixian again. All the news about that person was heard from Fu Sheng, and Fu Sheng seemed to be used to it, and gave Ren Zhi everything Report on Duan Yixian's recent situation.

Fu Sheng has been with Duan Yixian since he was a teenager. At that time, he was responsible for his communication with the outside world. Until now, he has been the leader of Duan Yixian's hidden guards, but he still enjoys this errand job.

Ren Zhi had no friends since he was a child. When he entered the palace, he was young, concealed his identity, and had a lot of thoughts. Basically, there was no one he could talk to.Although his attitude was cold, Fu Sheng knew that he was one of the few people he would not get tired of seeing.

After finally reporting everything, Fu Sheng left from the window again, and let him stand at the window, the snow had stopped outside, and the cold wind was blowing on his face, making him shiver uncontrollably.

I closed the window and extinguished the candles, and it was another cold night.