The emperor's heart alone

He was very dissatisfied with Xu Yunjin's Absolute Shi Jun, but he couldn't do anything about it. He just spent an extra hour in bed. Correspondingly, Xu Yunjin's wake-up time was also delayed by an hour.

Early in the morning, Shi Junji put a kiss on Xu Yunjin's face and left. After the morning court, he went back to Changping Palace, and heard the person who had been guarding the back room of Changping Palace come forward and tell: "You are a noble man!" It's already born, it's...a boy." The man hesitated for a while, but finally he didn't say the three words "Little Prince", and only said that it was a boy.

Shi Junji was taken aback for a moment, and then he became happy: "Take that child into the Changping Palace, and then find a few waiters. The specifications follow the prince's rules."

The man's eyes widened in astonishment, and he subconsciously raised his head to see that it was Shi Junji. He only saw the joy on Shi Junji's face, and couldn't help but wonder what Shi Junji meant in his heart. Unmoving, frowning: "What are you still doing here? Go down and get ready."

The visitor said again: "That's the nobleman..."

Shi Junji said indifferently: "Didn't the child die due to excessive blood loss after birth? What are you asking me for? You just deal with the funeral."

"Yes."

Shi Jun entered the palace very happily, and asked Xu Sa to pack up the things he needed today, and then went to Xu Yunjin's place through the secret road, but was stopped by the people from the Queen Mother's Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager woke up this morning and said she was not feeling well, so she hurriedly invited the imperial doctor to see it. The imperial doctor said that it was the cold air entering her body, coupled with the heavy worries and depression in her heart, that's why she was sick in bed. Although the Empress Dowager The servants are not allowed to disturb the emperor, but the servants dare not hide such important matters from the emperor."

Shi Junji sat behind the table with a serious face, staring at the eunuch who came from the Queen Mother's palace. If he remembered correctly, this eunuch was one of the Queen Mother's confidantes. Insisting, then it is watching the Queen Mother decline, and now she is here to surrender.

Shi Junji gave an "en" and could only put aside his plan to see Xu Yunjin for the time being, and went directly to the Empress Dowager's Yonghua Palace.As soon as he entered the room, he smelled the strong smell of soup and medicine. Shi Junji frowned. After careful calculation, he hadn't seen the queen mother for less than half a month, but the queen mother's body has reached the current state?Thinking of seeing the queen mother with graying hair some time ago, Shi Junji's expression softened.

No matter what the queen mother had in mind at the beginning, and no matter how arrogant the Jiang family is now, it is not a lie that the queen mother once raised herself, and she really loved her when she thought about it.

The queen mother was a little dizzy and drowsy because of the medicine. She didn't react when she saw Shi Junji coming in. When she realized this, Shi Junji had already bowed and sat beside the bed.The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing bitterly: "It's hard for the emperor to come to see Ai's family."

Shi Junji lowered his voice: "What's your mother saying? I'm your son, my mother is sick, so I'm going to come. I heard the people below say that my mother's illness is not a serious illness, as long as Take good care of it, it will be cured within half a month, and I ask the queen mother to relax and recuperate."

The queen mother sighed faintly: "I know about Aijia's body, but now it's just..." She stopped here and smiled wryly, "Look at what Aijia said."

Shi Junji comforted: "Mother, you can rest easy and recuperate from your illness. You don't have to worry about the harem affairs, just let them make trouble, and nothing will happen in the end. When you recover, let's get together again, mother and son." He said, "The eldest prince's recent studies have been submitted by someone. He is really good at his age. After a while, I will order the eldest prince to come to accompany his mother, and the second and third princes will also come together."

"No need, they are still young and prone to diseases, so don't pass on Aijia's illness, just send more people to Aijia to bring news about them." The Queen Mother said, "It's just that Aijia is really sick. There is one thing that reminds me of the emperor's promise."

Shi Junji had some understanding in his heart, and he just said: "Please tell me, Queen Mother."

The queen mother hesitated for a while: "The Jiang family... the Ai family knew that the emperor would not let it go, but could it be for the sake of the Ai family's sake and the fact that the Jiang family had done a lot for Daping back then? At least leave some blood for the Jiang family." Seeing that Shi Junji's face suddenly became a little ugly, the queen mother hurriedly said, "It doesn't have to be a son or grandson, but a concubine is also fine, as long as it is the blood of the Jiang family."

Shi Junji frowned, hesitated for a while, and said: "I will consider it."

If you think about it, there is hope. The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, and even the tightness in her chest improved a lot. With a smile on her face, she changed the subject: "Your heirs are few, Your Majesty, and there are only three sons in the harem." Second daughters, there are really few, now that the position in the middle palace is vacant, the harem will inevitably be unstable, and I want you, the emperor, to spend more time in the harem."

Shi Junji's complexion suddenly turned cold, but he couldn't tell the Queen Mother clearly about Xu Yunjin, so he had to be vague, and stayed in Yonghua Palace to talk for a while, and then Shi Junji returned to Changping Palace.

Whether it is the children or the servants, they have all settled down now, and the talented and noble people have disappeared from people's eyes forever.Shi Jun looked at the sleeping child with great interest, with a smile on his face all the time, and the anger he got at the queen mother just now dissipated.

Shi Junji played with the boy's fingers, and ordered lightly: "The Queen Mother is ill, no matter how big or small it is, you are not allowed to bother the Queen Mother, and report to me if you have any important matters."

"Yes."

When Xu Yunjin got up in the morning, Xu Jia's servant girl came to ask Xu Yunjin about yesterday's scroll, Xu Yunjin only read half of it, but didn't finish it, and then asked if there was someone he liked?Xu Yunjin answered no one.The servant girl went back and reported to Xu Jiashi, and brought back all the scrolls that Xu Yunjin didn't pay much attention to.

Not long after, Xu Jia sent people to send more women's picture scrolls, and Xu Yunjin reluctantly accepted them.The maid here has just stepped back, and there is news from Hu Buke that Hu Buke has arrived in the eastern coastal area, and has already handed over to the local people, and now everything is ready, They were about to set off in a few days, and Xu Yunjin said "good" on the spot, beaming with joy.

Someone said that Su Xiyin had left Beijing to follow the army to the southwest. Xu Yunjin was stunned for a while, and finally he could only sigh secretly. The person who came also brought the token of the first floor of Jianghu in the capital, see the token If he saw the landlord, Xu Yunjin took the token and looked at it for a long time, and finally let the green pendant be put away.

Xu Yunjin called someone to ask about Yu Zhaoming's recent situation. Knowing that Yu Zhaoming was still the same as usual, Xu Yunjin heaved a sigh of relief. After thinking about it, he asked someone to arrange for Yu Zhaoming the preparations for the imperial examination. Have someone send it.

Just as he was giving orders, he saw Shi Junji walking out of the back room with a very unkind expression, Xu Yunjin said a few more words, then asked the man to back off, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shi Junji snorted coldly. In fact, he had always been in a good mood before. When he thought of the child lying in Changping Palace, Shi Junji couldn't help being happy, but the news from the northwest made Shi Junji feel happy. All the good mood was gone.

"Because of the Northwest incident." Shi Junji said, trying to control the anger deep in his heart.

Xu Yunjin understood a little bit, got up and walked to Shi Junji's side, dragged Shi Junji into the back room and sat on the bed, put Shi Junji's hand in his palm, and said softly: "For the matter in the northwest, we You are already mentally prepared to know the truth, aren’t you? Why is it worth being angry for those people now?”

Feeling Xu Yunjin's body temperature, Shi Junji slowly calmed down, and frowned: "The matter is more serious than I thought." He said again, "It's all done by the Jiang family."

Xu Yunjin had already guessed that it was related to the Jiang family, and it was not surprising to hear Shi Junji say that, but he just asked: "What exactly is going on?"

Hearing Xu Yunjin's question, Shi Jun's anger, which had been suppressed with great difficulty, was on the rise again: "At the beginning, in order to relieve the northwest, I transferred a full 50 shi of grain to the northwest, but when it came to the northwest to relieve the victims, 50 shi There are only 20 shi of food left, not only that, but there is also a lot of bad rice in the 20 shi, such rice can't be eaten at all! The Jiang family is really big, even dared to use the imperial court's disaster relief bump!"

Xu Yunjin also frowned. Compared with the power of a country, his strength is insignificant, because he had long worried that the grain transferred by Shi Junji would be swallowed by others, and they had secretly sent a batch of grain, but It's just a drop in the bucket. In other words, they never thought that the Jiang family would make such a big deal in private.

How is such a handwriting different from treason?Xu Yunjin lowered his eyes, knowing that the Jiang family's fate was also at an end.

"The officials I raised in Daping are all good. There are hundreds of officials, large and small, in the Northwest, but none of them reported this matter to the imperial court. It can be seen that the entire Northwest is about to become the territory of his Jiang family! Seeing that the Jiang family was powerful, they all picked it up one by one, but they forgot that this world belongs to the Shi family after all! The Jiang family is nothing but the servants of the Shi family. Disobedient servants usually don't What a good end."

"It's all clear, why are you so angry?" Xu Yunjin finally said, "If you are so angry, those people should be happy." Xu Yunjin frowned suddenly, "I know that the current queen mother is from the Jiang family. Then there are concubines of the Jiang family in the current harem?" Xu Yunjin didn't understand these things, it was unnecessary before, but now he looks annoyed.

Shi Junji shook his head: "The descendants of the Jiang family are not abundant. Most of them are men. Most of the women are weak and sick. They are not suitable for entering the palace, or they are women from the side branches. Firstly, their status cannot be improved, and secondly, the direct line is also afraid of being ridden by side branches. On top of that, I am also unwilling to let them enter the palace, not to mention that I am in power faster than they expected, and when they come to their senses, there is no way to send people into the palace, so they have to give up temporarily."

In other words, there are no members of the Jiang family among the princes. Xu Yunjin said again: "The Jiang family has not been arrogant in the capital these years, but they have been active in the northwest and areas close to the northwest. People, after a long time, it is inevitable that you will support your own self-respect, and now, it is time to weaken the power in the hands of the Jiang family."

Shi Junji nodded: "That's right, just don't move too much, so as not to attract the Jiang family's attention, but..." Shi Junji smiled, "Northwest, after all, not everyone is from the Jiang family."