Emperor Que Shaohua

Luo Junping left Mingyue Tower last night, thinking about it, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell where it was.Seeing that Bai Ruohan was slender and weak, although she had a bit of character, she was a woman after all, and he didn't expect to have such courage, so he suspected that someone else had sneaked into Mingyue Tower to oppose him.After thinking about it, I still don't feel at ease. After returning to the mansion, I asked someone to borrow a few experts from the Prince's mansion, and went to investigate around Mingyue Tower overnight to see if there were any clues.

However, under inspection, there was nothing unusual in the building in the garden, and the guests had already left, so we had to stop for a while.Unexpectedly, the next morning, he learned that when he was tossing about last night, the Prince's Mansion was met with burglars.

This morning, Yang Yue thought he had something to report to King Jing, so he went to the main courtyard of the mansion.However, after entering the Moon Gate, seeing King Jing's door closed tightly, and two figures kneeling on one knee in the courtyard, it was Qin Su and Qin Shuang, who were immediately startled.

"What happened, His Highness punished you?" Qin Su's words were too simple, and he asked Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang is the same age as King Jing, 26 this year. Contrary to the taciturn Qin Su, she has an easy-going temperament and often smiles, so she is very popular.He couldn't laugh at the moment, and he didn't dare to say more. He lowered his voice and said: "The master is angry, and he didn't even eat. You came just in time, go in and persuade him."

King Jing seldom gets angry. When Yang Yue heard this, seeing Qin Shuang's face turned bitter, he seemed to be a little scared, and he couldn't help but wonder, "What did you do wrong?"

Qin Shuang said in a low voice: "We did something without permission." As he spoke, he pushed Yang Yue, motioning him to knock on the door quickly.

Although Yang Yue and Qin Su and Qin Shuang didn't get along for a long time, they could already see that they were extremely loyal, and for some reason they were punished to kneel.He called Gu Yu who was hiding aside and asked him to serve breakfast, then he went up to knock on the door: "Your Highness, I have something to report."

The room was quiet, and after a while, I heard King Jing say: "Director Yang, come in." The voice was flat, with no emotion or anger.Yang Yue pushed the door cautiously and went in, Luo Yanhua's anger was still there, his face was a little pale, seeing him bowed and saluted, he asked, "What's the matter?"

Yang Yue said: "A few days ago, His Highness ordered that lotus flowers be planted in the lake in the garden this year. This morning, a flower seller from the outskirts of the city came and brought three kinds of lotus seedlings, red lotus, white lotus and water lily. I don't know which one His Highness likes. From what I see, the red lotus is more lively, there are lotus pods and fresh lotus root, and the white lotus is also very good, but the color is a little too plain." This matter is not too important, he said a lot, mainly for King Jing Do not continue to be angry.

Sure enough, Prince Jing's expression turned pale, and he thought for a while and said, "Then plant half of the red lotus and half of the white lotus in the front garden, and water lilies in the back garden."

Yang Yue nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "The day of spring is just right, I will send some fish fry in, so that when the peonies fade, there will still be a pond of lotus in summer." He also said, "His health is important, do you want breakfast? "

Seeing him rambling and saying good things, King Jing sighed and said, "Bring the food in."

Gu Yu happened to bring another servant, Qingming, to deliver breakfast at this time, so Yang Yue withdrew.He thought to himself that the time he really followed King Jing was too short to intervene in Qin Shuang and Qin Su's affairs, so he sent a self-seeking wink to the two people still kneeling in the courtyard, and went to work on his own.

King Jing finished his breakfast before letting Gu Yu call Qin Su and Qin Shuang into the room.Looking at the two standing in front of him with his head bowed, he didn't want to blame him anymore, and said: "A Su, Xiaoshuang will return to Jiangling Mansion in two days, you can go with him. It was my negligence, you have been in charge for many years, and you are used to everything. Make up your own mind. There is nothing wrong with that, you go back and do what you did before, and stop following me as a hidden guard."

Qin Shuang came here because he planned to stay in Prince Jing's mansion to follow orders, but now Prince Jing not only wants him to go back, but also sends back the dark guard Qin Su who was recalled not long ago. Both of them panicked, Qin Su said in a low voice: " Lord forgive me."

Qin Shuang also lowered her head and said: "The subordinates are too confused. I came up with the idea. At first, my brother disagreed and wanted to ask you. Later, I was afraid that the master would not agree, and I was too worried, so I decided to give up. act recklessly."

Jing Wang said coldly: "You are not familiar with the place of life in Luocheng, without Ruohan's participation, you can come up with this method alone? Worry, I will go to the prince's mansion at night just to worry, don't worry about it next time, do you want to Go to the palace to kill and set fire?"

Qin Shuang felt that his palms were wet with sweat, he didn't dare to raise his head, and said, "Ruohan wanted to come over to plead guilty, but something happened to Mingyue Tower just now, she was afraid of being targeted and missed the Lord's business, so she stayed upstairs Zhong did not come. The third day of May is approaching, and the Lord will enter the palace in a few days, and the prescription still lacks an essential medicine. Everyone is very anxious. This feeling... Only then did they think that the Prince's Mansion might have it. I beg the lord to forgive the sin and take back my life."

By the end, her eye circles were a little red.

"It turns out that you still know that messing around will cause bad things, and you also know that the overall situation is the most important thing." Jing Wang was unmoved, "What happened? No medicine was found in the Prince's Mansion, and his whereabouts were almost exposed, and Mingyue Tower was suspected again. What do you think? , if you were not caught on the spot, wouldn’t it be considered a big mistake? I’ve said long ago that looking for medicine is only a second priority in these years, but just in case, once the time and conditions are ripe, no matter whether there is medicine or not, what should be done has to be done. Do."

After a long time, Qin Shuang said: "Before I left for the capital, Master Xi Gu said that the prescription is very important, and it will be ready soon. The only difference is that the subordinates will be so unwilling. Ruohan knew that King An and King Ning last night When we got to Mingyue Tower, we discussed using this method to see if we could temporarily divert the Prince's attention and take the opportunity to enter the East Palace."

King Jing said slowly: "From today onwards, don't look for that medicinal material anymore. You have exhausted your efforts, and it can only be said that it is God's will. There is no outside, there should be some in the palace, and I will find a way to get it in the future. Father wants to use it. Dominating others will definitely keep them well and will not take them out easily. You don’t understand that if the prince can get it, the first thing to do is to destroy it, so it is useless to investigate the prince’s mansion. The capital is no better than Jianghu, It's impossible to use one's will and love and hatred here. How can you bring over the rules of the rivers and lakes. I really need someone to help, but who would want you to make your own decisions like this." Speaking of this, he said sadly: "Everyone Go back, let Zhu Jin come over, and in a few days, I will let Ruohan go back too, if Wanli can't come by herself, I will find someone else to take over Mingyue Tower."

What he said carried a lot of weight. The two of them heard it, and felt that it was full of disappointment. It was even more uncomfortable than sternly reprimanding him. Qin Su said: "Don't dare anymore." The words came from his mouth Speaking out is tantamount to begging.

Luo Yanhua saw that although his expression was still solemn, there were blue veins on his forehead, and Qin Shuang's eyes were red, and his heart softened after all. Thinking that they had all knelt in the middle of the night and learned a lesson all morning, he sighed: "Forget it, Send it first this time. Remember it, there will be no next time, if you do it again, don’t come to see me again.”

The Qin brothers were all covered in cold sweat, King Jing asked them to go down to eat and rest, but they still had lingering fears.When Yang Yue came to inquire, Qin Shuang was listless and said something about the situation, but the reason for finding the medicine was too complicated, so I couldn't explain it clearly at the moment, so I skipped it and explained it later due to time.Even so, Director Yang was also surprised when he learned that they were visiting the Prince's Mansion at night.

Qin Su gave him a heavy package, which contained 200 taels of gold.It turned out that they didn't find any medicinal materials in the East Palace last night. When they were about to leave, they heard that the night watch guards who had been knocked unconscious in the bushes were found in the mansion. It is money.

After Yang Yue heard it, he thought they were looking for some rare medicinal materials to treat King Jing's illness, but he didn't take it seriously, and blamed: "No wonder His Highness is angry, it is indeed too risky, next time it must not be done." Then he laughed again Said: "The gold came at the right time. I was worried that I didn't have enough money, but the mansion has never brought in gold, so I can't use it directly. I have to wait a few days and go out and exchange it into loose silver quietly."

The theft of the East Palace and the loss of money are trivial matters, but it is a different matter if it is related to the majesty of the Tian family. If it is really traced, it will be enough to make a fuss to the point of searching the whole city.Luo Wenxiao felt that if there was a lot of fanfare, not to mention whether the infiltrator could be caught, his ability to manage the mansion as the prince would be criticized to some extent, and some people would talk about how much money he had, and he would throw hundreds of taels of gold casually.Therefore, it is only because Jing Zhaoyin sent arresters to the mansion quickly to conduct inspections as usual, and he will not mention this matter again.

He ordered people to keep an eye out for any martial arts masters who have come to Los Angeles recently.Although I remembered what King An said, I met Qin Su in Prince Jing's mansion that day.But thinking that Luo Yanhua had been depressed for nine years, and that King An went to make trouble a few days ago, and was sneered at by King Ning, he still swallowed his anger, so he didn't suspect Qin Su for a while.

What worried him was still the verse and the emperor's attitude.Over the years, he has consciously figured out how Emperor Tianyi treats Prince Jing: On the bright side, Prince Jing is still the prince of Yuzhou, but as long as what he does to him does not directly damage the dignity of the royal family, Emperor Tianyi will never do anything wrong. Ask, and even faintly connive and connive.Whether it's the embarrassment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to King Jing's salary, or King An's provocation and bullying, or the intentional or unintentional embarrassment of people inside and outside the court trying to figure out what they want.

For example, once Prince Jing was ill, the mansion went to the imperial hospital to ask for an imperial doctor, but at that time, several concubines in the palace said they were not feeling well, and wanted to see a doctor one after another, and all the higher-ranking imperial doctors were recruited away.The imperial hospital reasoned that they did not dare to send young and inexperienced imperial doctors, for fear of delaying the eldest prince's condition, so no one asked him for three days.Later, King Yun, who was seventeen years old at the time, heard about this and felt that he was really cold and bullying too much. He went straight to the imperial hospital and yelled at him, which made the imperial doctor rush to King Jing's mansion.

However, King Jing and King Yun still had no contact after the incident, and they never even sent someone to thank him. Those who knew him felt that he was unreasonably withdrawn.

Thinking of these past events, Luo Wenxiao sometimes felt at ease, and sometimes felt uneasy.With his mother Han Guifei controlling the harem, he knew far more about the inside story than others, and he knew that Emperor Tianyi would never favor Prince Jing again, and he just wanted to save his life to last.Luo Yanhua will be worn away day by day in that desolate mansion where no one cares about his previous elegance. One day, there will be nothing left of status, honor, and pride. In the future, he will be the king of the world. Luo Wenxiao .

Therefore, in the past few years, the prince did not continue to kill King Jing, not only because Emperor Tianyi would not allow it, but also because it was a very enjoyable process.

But in the past two years, especially recently, he has always felt uneasy in his heart.Maybe it's because King Jing didn't become delirious due to over-stimulation as he thought, but weakened a little, but he remained calm; There have been subtle changes, at least during the three years when King Yun went to war, the Tai Hospital never dared to neglect King Jing.Luo Junping once went too far. Although Emperor Tianyi didn't say anything, he found another reason three days later and ordered the third prince to confine his feet in the mansion for a month.That kind of attitude is like, although he doesn't want King Jing to live well, he no longer allows others to insult him at will.On the contrary, in many things, I can feel that I am more suspicious and guarded against myself as the prince.

The next afternoon, when Luo Wenxiao rode his horse to the palace to greet Emperor Tianyi, he was still thinking in his heart that he had to try to eliminate the emperor's suspicion, so that this situation of ebb and flow could not continue.

In the Chonghua Palace, the main hall of the previous court was the Zichen Hall. After the dynasty was over, the emperor usually reviewed the memorials in the Imperial Study Room. If he wanted to call courtiers to discuss matters, he would go to the Jing'an Hall.

The prince entered the palace gate and learned that the Holy Majesty was not in these palaces, but went to the Qingliang Palace which was specially designed for rest and chatting, so he knew that Emperor Tianyi should be in a good mood today.He changed his chariot to Qingliang Hall, and when he entered, he saw Emperor Tianyi sitting on the main seat, followed by King Ning and Princess Danyang Luo Xuening, who obviously came to say hello, and Lin Chen was also beside him.Luo Junping hasn't been welcomed recently, so he didn't dare to show up, so he didn't come today.

Emperor Tianyi is 45 years old and has been in power for more than [-] years. His face naturally has the majesty of an emperor. His face and figure still retain the handsomeness of his youth. His eyes give people a deep and unpredictable feeling. It was always difficult for the courtiers to figure out what the emperor was thinking.

He was talking to King Ning, and his expression was very kind. Seeing the prince entering the hall to salute, he said gently: "Pingshen, sit down and talk." Then he asked: "Is the prince's political affairs going well?"

Luo Wenxiao got up, he understood that Emperor Tianyi was just asking casually, and didn't want to solve specific problems at this moment, so he replied respectfully: "I have read the six brochures sent today, and the Ministry of Households is collecting the food and salaries to be shipped to the border. I have already issued an order to step up the supervision and must send it out on schedule; the Ministry of Industry is still negotiating with the Ministry of Rites to let Qintian monitor and determine the location of the Fifth Emperor's brother's house; there are other matters, my son is dull, and I will clarify the unclear points tonight. Come and ask the godfather again." Then he laughed again, "There is a report in the household department, saying that the spring plowing is coming to an end, and the weather is going well in all places, which is really the merit of the father." In the words, only a few things that the emperor is interested in thing said.

Emperor Tianyi nodded, and sure enough, he heard comfortably: "When Qin Tianjian selects a location, show it to me. Who submitted the booklet from the Ministry of Households?"

The prince said: "It was written by Min Wenwen, the servant of the household department. This person has always been pragmatic and capable, and he rarely speaks falsely. This year, he is in charge of the spring sowing. Since he played it like this, it seems reasonable."

Emperor Tianyi was accompanied by a pair of young sons and daughters, and he was already in a good mood. He was even more happy after hearing this, and said: "Since this is the case, let the Ministry of Rites prepare a sacrificial oration. I will choose a day to go to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices. Thank you for God's blessing." Protect me, Yu Zhou."

The prince immediately responded, and said with a smile: "The busiest among the six departments is the Ministry of Rites in my opinion."

Everyone would agree, Ning Wang smiled and said: "Father's birthday is of course not a trivial matter. Fortunately, there is a crown prince and the Ministry of Rites in the court, and the harem is managed by Concubine Rong. We are all very busy, planning a birthday gift for the emperor." He turned his head and asked Luo Xuening: "Do you know what the emperor has prepared? I am really curious."

Luo Xuening was born by Concubine Rong, she is 16 years old this year, she was born with a smooth skin, she is absolutely gorgeous, when Luo Pingyuan came back and saw the little girl born in such an appearance, she deserved the title of Princess Danyang, she thought to herself, Even compared with the most famous beauties in the world of martial arts, her younger sister should be no less inferior. .

The little princess laughed and said: "I can't say that all the empresses in the palace have worked hard, and the mother and concubine are busy until late every day, so they just want to surprise the father and add some joy to the emperor. If I say it, I will complain."

Although Emperor Tianyi didn't want to be extravagant, everyone loved the feeling of being surrounded by stars, and he was delighted when he heard the words: "What about you? What did you prepare for the emperor? No one complains when you say this."

Luo Xuening blushed, and said coquettishly: "My daughter has clumsy eyes and hands, so I had to prepare with my mother and concubine. She is a part of it, so I still can't reveal it. Father will see it when the time comes."

She has a delicate and naive personality, so the rest of the people thought that it was probably an embroidery.If the harem concubines want to express their feelings, they will choose embroidery in seven or eight out of ten.But Concubine Rong is ingenious, she is the first embroidery worker in the six palaces, what kind of finished products will be produced by then is worth looking forward to.

While chatting and laughing, the palace servants came in to report: "Your Majesty, General Wuying is here to see you." Part of the reason why Emperor Tianyi came to Qingliang Palace at this time was because he was waiting for this general.