Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

The next day, at dawn, Li Xie and Man Man had already woken up. Listening carefully to the sounds outside the room, there was a slight rustling sound coming from the yard. It could be seen that there was a sweeping woman sweeping the floor, and Cai Feng and other maids were already waiting. In the outer room, just wait for the call from the two masters in the inner room.

"Did you sleep well?" Li Xie poked Manman's cheek. Compared with Yaoyao's own appearance, Zhao Man is naturally inferior, but she has a cleverness, and after changing to Yaoyao, this temperament is even more outstanding .

Man Man giggled, stretched out his hand to pinch Li Xie's face, and asked cheerfully: "From today onwards, you are the princess' son-in-law. Compared with the princess, this princess is the biggest, you know?"

She pretended to be nasty, Li Xie grinned happily, and said in agreement: "Yes, yes, the princess is the biggest, may I ask, does your highness need the service of a son-in-law?"

Manman immediately sat up, opened her hands to let Lixie dress her, just like what Caifeng and Caishuang usually do, Lixie suddenly laughed.

The maids in the outer room naturally noticed the noise in the room, but they didn't make a sound when the master didn't summon them, and waited for about half a quarter of an hour before they heard the voice of the master summoning them inside. Four servant girls filed in.

While Li Xie and Man Man were washing, two nuns from the palace who had been staying in the mansion since yesterday came in quietly. Before touching the yuan handkerchief, the round-faced mother's expression suddenly changed.

The maids are not very clear about the relationship between men and women. They only know that after a man and a woman have a bridal chamber, a woman can become pregnant. As for what happened in the middle, they don't know.

From the corner of Li Xie's eyes, he saw the movements of the nuns, and kept silent, watching what the two nuns did.

At this moment, the maid who entered the bathroom ran out in a panic with a wooden basin. There was a piece of white silk cloth in the wooden basin. The blood stains on the white silk cloth were not completely cleaned off, and the water in the wooden basin was stained famous.

"Princess, are you hurt?"

Looking sideways at the vines of Hua Huan on the mirror decal, her face flushed immediately, she quickly looked away, and lowered her head shyly.

When the two nuns who were looking for Yuan Pao saw it, the corners of their mouths twitched immediately. The princess and the son-in-law really knew how to play, and even threw the Yuan Pao into the water. It seemed that this could not be taken back to the palace.

The two nuns glanced at Manman again, then blessed Lixie and Manman, and then left the room.

Man Man was quite uncomfortable, the maids were panicking, Li Xie coughed, and said: "Okay, it's okay, your princess is not injured, take care of things."

A quarter of an hour later, Li Xie left with the vines and headed for Cong Lvtang.

Because this will be March, the alternation of day and night is slowly changing, the days are beginning to lengthen, and the nights are beginning to shorten. Now even if it is not Chenshi, the sky is already very bright.

The air was good in the morning, Man Man took a deep breath, suddenly remembered something, she grabbed Li Xie's hand, and asked, "How did Master Fa Xian and Master Daolin entertain you yesterday?"

She forgot it for a while, and Li Xie hurriedly said: "After all, the two masters are not ordinary guests, they were entertained by the grandfather. The two masters left very early, probably not long after our visit."

Manman nodded, and stopped asking any more questions. She will apologize to the two masters next time she meets them.

Cai Xiang, Luo Shi, Cai Jiachang, Zhou Shi, and their little nephew Cai Hongbo have all arrived first, and they are waiting for Li Xie, a young couple.

Before crossing the threshold, I heard the cheerful voice of my little nephew clapping his palms: "Third Uncle, Third Uncle."

I don't know why, anyway, Li Xie is especially attracted to children. Li Xie thinks this is Lu Shiwu's conspiracy, but he has raised so many children before, and he still has a way with children, so he doesn't hate this kind of young and ignorant , Simple little guy.

Li Xie looked down at his little nephew who was hugging his leg, stroked his head, and said slightly majesticly: "You are so good."

The little nephew immediately grinned like a little fool, Cai Jiachang thought a little sourly in his heart, in terms of his son's favor, he is not as good as his own brother, this feeling is really sour.

Afterwards, the whole family greeted each other. In fact, most people really don’t want to live with the princess, because the identity of the princess represents the emperor, and even if the father-in-law is dead, they are also ministers. This is the first identity, and the second identity is The identities of elders and younger generations.

Manman doesn't mind living in the Prime Minister's Mansion permanently, but this is definitely not possible, and it is against the royal rules, so they are just married. They can live in the Prime Minister's Mansion for the first month, but they must live in the Princess Mansion for the second month.

On the second day of the wedding, if it is in modern times, you can fly to other scenic spots for honeymoon, but in Dasheng Dynasty, Li Xie and Manman got married, although there is also a wedding leave, but at most they can only have fun nearby, thinking about the world , that is a dream!

So, after breakfast, Li Xie asked Manman for advice, asking her what she wanted to do and what she wanted to do, Manman liked to look around and play, so she said, "Let's go to the Hundred Gardens to enjoy the flowers!"

After the time passed, the two went out together with the servant girl, Li Xie was still holding Cai Hongbo in his arms, Cai Jiachang looked at his younger brother with envious eyes, Zhou is a gentle woman, but this is just her appearance, she is a typical Even if Cai Jiachang upholds his father's will, she can take care of Cai Jiachang. As for his son's liking for his uncle, Zhou asked her son carefully, and found that his son just likes his uncle, and that's all. She has observed that the uncle loves his son very much, and it's not just a superficial effort, so she will not stop her son from getting close to the uncle.

The frame for travel is still the sprawling princess frame. In the past, the princess frame was completely allocated by the palace, but she got married, and the princess frame and the guards it contained were all her dowry. Everything in the princess mansion It all belongs to her, and she can pass it on to her children in the future. If the princess has no children, after the princess dies, everything in the princess mansion will be returned to the royal family.

Li Xie hugged Cai Hongbo, the little guy sat on his lap, Manman poked the dimple on his face, teasing him and asked, "Do you know who I am?"

Cai Hongbo squinted his eyes, and said cheerfully: "I know, it's the third aunt. Hehe, grandma also said that the third aunt is a princess, and the princess aunt." It seemed very remarkable, when the servants talked about the third aunt, it was respectful , just like seeing your great-grandfather.

Manman Yile, this kid is not yet three years old, he looks very smart, so the frame slowly moved forward on the street, until Lixie saw a child carrying a satchel, selling newspapers, Lixie called to stop The carriage took out a silver ingot of one tael from its body, and handed it to the guard outside the window, asking him to buy some newspapers.

The newspapers run by Luo Churan, Luo Chulan, and other follow-up businesses are not cheap, and all of them are priced quite high, so there are many follow-up businesses running newspapers, but politically astute people are waiting and watching.

The guard bought the newspaper back, and Manman snatched it from Li Xie's hand, because when she got married, she even forgot the serial novel she was chasing.

Li Xie doesn't look at the specific content of the newspaper, he just looks at the layout, five newspapers, each of which is aimed at different content.

Manman was immersed in the two novels she was chasing, so she had no time to interact with her little nephew, so Li Xie had to divert his nephew's attention, and the uncle and nephew talked one by one.

There was no further delay on the next road, and we arrived at Baihuayuan smoothly. People who saw the frame of the fourth princess along the way were still puzzled. If they remembered correctly, the fourth princess and her son-in-law got married yesterday, why are they not in the mansion today? Take a break and run outside?

Although the sun today is not as strong as yesterday, it is still a good day with the sun shining brightly. There are not many tourists in Baiyuan Garden. Some, but they are not free every day.

"Does the Hundred Gardens belong to the Dianzhong Province?" Manman asked casually, she suddenly thought of this question. There are several scenic gardens in Beijing, which have been handed down from generation to generation, like the Hundred Gardens, which belonged to the previous dynasty The house of a corrupt official, the architecture is naturally beautiful, and the scenery is naturally various. After the founding of the Dasheng Dynasty, it became a royal garden.

Li Xie nodded: "Well, the Royal Garden, the Ministry of Finance will not take over." The Ministry of Accounting is not impatient to pick up this hot potato. It will cost a lot of thought and money to maintain it. Even if you can charge tickets to subsidize it, luckily, it can be equal. I was unlucky, so I had to pay for it.

A group of people walked in the garden for half an hour, and when they came to the gazebo, the maids quickly set it up, and after a while, there was food and drink on the stone table.

At this time, the news of the newly married fourth princess and her son-in-law visiting the Hundred Gardens had already spread. When it reached the palace, Emperor Jing Yuan, the Queen Mother and the others were both surprised, but not surprised. This was something the two of them could do.

Originally, Wang Jian and Hong Yingcai didn't want to disturb the wedding ceremony of the young couple.After Bai Anyi and the other three heard this, they straightened up their appearance immediately and ran to Baihua Garden one after another. Hong Yingcai brought his wife with him because he thought it would be better for him to talk to the princess because of the presence of female relatives.

When Li Xie saw Hong Yingcai, Wang Jian, and Bai Anyi, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows. Why are these three guys here?And Hong Yingcai even brought his female relatives with him?As expected of dealing with people a lot, Hong Yingcai wanted to be more thoughtful than Wang Jian and the others.

Of course Manman knew Hong Yingcai and the others, and also knew Hong Yingcai's wife, Liu Shi, but the two of them were only close friends and hadn't had much contact with each other. When she saw these three people, she muttered in her heart and let go. Talk to Liu Shi.

Mrs. Liu got her husband's will, not to mention that even without her husband's order, she would not offend the dignified princess, especially Her Royal Highness who is still loved by His Majesty.

At noon, the group ate directly at the restaurant closest to Baihuayuan. The maid watched Cai Hongbo eat with Manman and Liu Shi, while Li Xie and the other men sat together to drink together. In the middle of the meal, Xu Yingyan and Li Haoxuan I also found it, and it was another bustle, which lasted for more than an hour.

When I came out of the restaurant, it was already past time. At this time, the sun was setting and the sky was cloudless. There were more pedestrians in the streets and alleys than in the morning.

"Little nephew, do you know who I am?" Wang Jian pulled Cai Hongbo's hair and kept teasing him. Cai Hongbo lay on his uncle's shoulder and stared at him with dark eyes, which made Wang Jian almost hairy.

Hong Yingcai laughed loudly: "Wang Jian, you really are looking for trouble for nothing. My little nephew naturally knows who you are, but he doesn't want to talk to you anymore."

Immediately, he also teased Cai Hongbo, but unfortunately Cai Hongbo ignored him.

Several men along the way wanted to tease Cai Hongbo, but Cai Hongbo was very cold at the moment, so he ignored these funny uncles!

Manman and Liu Shi walked in front, and the maids stood guard around them. Suddenly, Manman squinted her eyes and looked away from the teahouse on the left. She frowned, did she see it wrong just now?Immediately Manman shook her head, and then turned her attention back, talking slowly with Mrs. Liu.

In the evening, after playing outside for a day, Li Xie and Man Man went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Newlywed Yaner, during the past half month, Li Xie accompanied Manman to play around, firstly visited the capital city, and then various scenic spots in the suburbs of Beijing.

But at this time, the unrestrained newspapers finally caused a major incident. This matter involved Fengtian Mansion's investigation of the case. You must know that even in the clearest politics, there are unjust, false and wrong cases. Of course, there are masters who are in charge of the people or civil forces .This time, a rich and powerful son of a family robbed the girl and ordered his men to beat the girl's father to death. The girl's family was desperate, so there was a young scholar who was jealous and vengeful. Sheng's friend printed a newspaper by himself, and printed [-] copies at his own expense, and distributed it for free in the streets and alleys.

Of course, this case that aroused public indignation was naturally highly regarded. Emperor Jing Yuan sent officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to retry the case, and summoned important ministers from various ministries to start discussing matters related to the newspaper.

Emperor Jing Yuan had already made full preparations. At this time, he was listening to the opinions and suggestions of the ministers. After everyone expresses their opinions, he will present his own views.

Subsequently, the imperial court announced that newspapers must be controlled, and newspapers can only be run in compliance with the imperial court's regulations and laws and regulations, and each newspaper must be approved by the imperial court before it can be run.

Soon, the imperial court promulgated a series of regulations for the establishment of newspapers, and the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy jointly organized a court daily. The court daily naturally published content about major events in the court. The editor-in-chief is an official of the Imperial Academy, he was transferred, and his official position was promoted.

Of course, the price of every newspaper has been reduced. The Chaoting Daily is priced at two pennies, and other newspapers are priced at no more than ten pennies. Almost everyone can afford a newspaper.

Then the price of the newspaper was lowered, and Luo Churan and Luo Chulan then put the matter of advertising on the agenda. Anyway, no matter how many newspapers were sold, they would not be able to make much money, but advertising was the huge profit.

All these things were disturbing, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the end of June, and the last exam of the Tongsheng Examination was over. Cai Chengen was lucky, although these three exams were all sloppy, he passed them all.

Then came the provincial examination in August. Since he was lucky enough to pass the children's examination, Cai Chengen would naturally participate in this provincial examination. Although he would fail 100% of the time, he had the right to participate once to gain a little experience.

Li Xie goes to work almost every day, and can only take one day off every ten days, so Manman is often very boring during the day. On such boring days, she either enters the palace or attends various banquets.

The summer is still as hot as usual. Fortunately, the appearance of clockwork fans has saved the world. Emperor Jing Yuan has not been out of Beijing for several years, and he still hasn't been out of Beijing this summer.

Li Xie went to work in the morning, Manman thought about it, and then directly ordered the servant girl to prepare the frame, she was going to enter the palace.

Of course, she was carrying five baskets of fruits. Although this is not the time for a bumper harvest in autumn, there are plenty of fruits in this season, such as watermelons, peaches, etc., as well as grapes and cantaloupes brought to Beijing from Tianshan Mountain.

Just sending these five baskets of fruit to the palace is not enough. After all, there are so many concubines in the harem. Manman sighed in her heart, who asked the father to accept so many concubines?

Caifeng and Caishuang have also been tempered, so Manman doesn't need to worry about these matters. After entering the palace, the two of them will handle things very well with the nuns and stewards in the palace.

After entering the palace, Manman sent the little eunuch to visit the imperial study. Is the emperor free at this time?Soon, the little eunuch came to report that His Majesty was discussing important matters with the courtiers, so Man Man went directly to the Palace of Compassion.

The Empress Dowager is almost 70 years old, and her spirit is getting worse and worse this year. She is much older than before. After being diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor, there is nothing she can do about it. Before, the Empress Dowager was too thoughtful, and the internal stagnation in her heart slowly affected her whole body. Even though she had let go of her mind a lot in the past two or three years, she only slowed down the speed of aging, but still couldn't stop it.

Seeing Man Man, the Empress Dowager was really happy. Man Man is a pistachio, and she would tell a lot of funny and funny things outside the palace to make the Queen Mother happy. When Mrs. He came in, she saw the grandparents and grandchildren laughing so hard that the Queen Mother almost laughed I'm out of luck.

Not long after, Emperor Jing Yuan sent someone to summon Manman to meet him in the imperial study, the queen mother told her to go and come back quickly, she wanted to have lunch with her!

As a result, the forefoot stalked away, and the palace servants reported to the Compassionate Ning Palace on the back foot, saying that nobleman Wang was about to give birth.

The queen mother has no shortage of grandchildren now, she already has great-grandsons, and she doesn't care about this little grandson anymore, but she still sent her mother and maid to supervise Wang Guiren's production.

Mrs. He also left immediately. In this palace, no matter who gave birth to a child, the other concubines have to go and see, otherwise they will be branded as unkind. After all, even if it is not his own child, it is the emperor's. Children are equivalent to their own children.

Emperor Jing Yuan now has four grown-up princes. The fifth and sixth princes are already 12 years old, and the fourth prince is the same age as Man Man, who is also 17 years old. Emperor Jing Yuan plans to choose a concubine for him next year.

The seventh and eighth princes are only over one year old. Master Daolin said before that Emperor Jing Yuan only had nine princes and four princesses in his life. The child born today must be a prince.

Manman came to the front hall only to find that there were no courtiers in the imperial study room, but two great monks, namely Master Fa Xian and Master Daolin.

Manman hasn't seen Master Faxian and Master Daolin for about a year. When she got married, she did invite the two masters to the wedding banquet. The masters can't eat meat, so the prime minister's mansion was alone in an independent courtyard and made A sumptuous vegetarian banquet entertained the two masters, but unfortunately the bride and groom were very busy that day, so they did not see them at all. Later, Li Xie learned from Lin Fei that his grandfather had entertained the two masters himself, and the two The master seemed to have something to do, so he didn't stay in the prime minister's residence for a long time, and left at two o'clock in Xushi.

"Hey, two masters, why are you here?" Manman's eyes lit up, she bowed to her father, and came down to Master Daolin in twos and twos. Li Deying next to her handed her a stool, and she dragged it over and sat down. In front of Master Dorian.

The corner of Emperor Jing Yuan's mouth twitched, he didn't know how this girl fell in love with this wine and meat monk so much?

The wine and meat monk is Emperor Jing Yuan's joking name for Master Daolin, because his appearance is really not in line with the style of an eminent monk, and he looks exactly like a monk who cooks in the kitchen.

"Princess, are you safe?" Master Dorian folded his hands together, smiling very amiably.

Master Fa Xian glanced at the emperor and his senior brother out of the corner of his eye, and he couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth immediately, followed by his beard trembling.

Manman said carelessly: "Of course I'm fine, Great Monk, aren't you Monk Yunyou? Why haven't you left the capital? Why did you and Master come into the palace today?"

"Amitabha." Master Daolin squinted his eyes and said, "I just came to say goodbye. I will travel far away soon."

After three years of research, I still haven't figured out why. Master Daolin felt that his practice was not enough, so he decided to continue to be a wandering monk, to understand the joys and sorrows of all living beings in the world.

Manman opened her eyes wide: "Oh, great monk, are you really going to leave? Then when will you return to Beijing?"

Li Deying came in from the outside and whispered softly in Emperor Jing Yuan's ear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty Wang is about to give birth."

Emperor Jing Yuan raised his eyebrows, and ordered Li Deying to deal with it in a low voice. It's all for a nobleman to give birth, as long as the child is safe.

Half an hour later, Master Fa Xian and Master Daolin were about to leave. Emperor Jing Yuan and Man Man personally sent them out of the palace gate. Halfway there, a maid and a little eunuch rushed out from the harem. The emperor and his party knelt down on the ground with a plop.

"Your Majesty, my maidservant, my master gave birth to His Highness the Ninth Prince safely." The two palace figures lay their heads on the ground, their voices trembling.

Emperor Jing Yuan nodded: "Back off."

At this time Master Daolin asked: "Your Majesty, I wonder if I can take a look at His Royal Highness Ninth Prince?"

Emperor Jing Yuan raised his eyebrows, glanced at Master Fa Xian and Master Daolin, he thought in his heart, he deserves to be a monk, his psychological quality is good, he couldn't see the expressions on their faces at all.

Of course, he doesn't need to observe, he knows their purpose from the monk's profession, nothing more than looking at the faces of the Ninth Prince, but the child is just born, can you really see it?

Although Emperor Jing Yuan thought so, he said indifferently on his face: "Why not?"

So the emperor, who originally didn't intend to go to the harem to visit the newly born Ninth Prince, took the two monks with him, and Manman naturally wouldn't miss it. She rolled her eyes and wondered why the two monks wanted to see him. What about the Nine Emperors?