Chapter 297 Chain reaction
Pang Debao brought people to be responsible for the renovation of the outer courtyard and the main house. Chen Muqing and Shen Zhen lived in the back garden. Chen Zhen told Ziyang to study every day, while Yueying followed Master Chang to practice martial arts.
Aunt Chen was warned by Chen Zhen that if she dared to do anything again, she would immediately send her back to her parents' home.
This is the second time Chen Zhen said this.
She was very sad and cried in the house for a long time.
Dashe advised her: "My aunt is doing well at home, why bother to go to other families to meet those ignorant women, and lose her dignity."
"Isn't it all for you?" Aunt Chen cried even more sadly when she saw that her child did not understand her painstaking efforts. "It will be good for you in the future when my ladies and wives are approaching."
"My aunt is so confused." Dashe is a concubine. My father was very kind to him when he was strict with him. He lived a life with a wink since childhood, and developed a warm personality and a sensitive heart. "I am poor in the downtown area and have no close relatives, and rich in the mountains. Aunt, as long as I pass the imperial examination and Jinshi in the future, you can't make friends with anyone from any family, why bother jumping up and down at this time and let outsiders watch the fun in vain."
Aunt Chen couldn't listen to other people's words, but she would think carefully about Dashe's words - from that day on, she did not walk around and served Shen Zhen obediently.
The scenery of the West Mountain is beautiful and the air is fresh. Wei brought Brother Bao to live for two months. Brother Bao also specially asked someone to bring a pure white pony that Dai Gui gave him. Ziyang is young and dares to circle around the pony, but Brother Bao can trot a few laps while the horse servant is pulling the reins. Yueying was very envious when he saw it, and asked Dai to teach Brother Bao to ride and shoot. At the beginning, the man was afraid of Shen, and Wei blamed him and did not dare to teach him. Later, when Master Bao nodded quietly to him in private, he secretly taught Yueying a few moves. Yueying was brave. When Chen Muqing and Wei discovered that she could already jog on the pony.
Brother Bao was severely scolded by Wei, not only asking her to apologize to Chen Muqing, but also took him back to Dai's mansion immediately.
Brother Bao held his mother's hand and looked at Chen Muqing with tears in his eyes.
Seeing his pitiful appearance, Chen Muqing felt unbearable and advised him again. In addition, Yueying jumped out and promised that he would never dare to be naughty again. He pleaded for Brother Bao, and Wei stayed there. But the children sent seven or eight mothers, and there were a lot of people everywhere.
Yueying blamed Brother Bao: "It's all you! You can't go anywhere."
Brother Bao's face was flushed with shame. He thought of a way to throw away the maids and mother around him, and wanted to suppress these people, so that no one could be allowed to sue Wei and Shen Muqing.
This is the Xiao family's house. Brother Bao hid the Wei family, but failed to hide it from Chen Muqing.
Chen Muqing felt that it was natural for children to run and jump. He entrusted the child to Chang Hui, pretending to be unaware of it. The three children climbed trees and dug bird nests and went down the river to pick lotus pods. They just went crazy for a summer. Fortunately, Brother Bao couldn't tan, otherwise, Wei would definitely not be able to hide it.
Looking at Brother Bao's smiles that were getting more and more day by day, Wei couldn't help but hold Chen Muqing's hand when he left: "Let's get together again in winter... Brother Bao has Yueying and Ziyang around him, and he is cheerful!"
Chen Muqing thought of the situation in Kyoto, but couldn't agree.
The emperor's reprimanding Liang Bogong seemed to push a domino.
First, a censor impeached Liang Bogong for being "unfilial and unkind" and some impeached him for "receiving titles for the common people and endangering the country." Some people came out to object, saying, "Liang Bogong is talented and inherits titles with virtue", which is in line with the way of winning scholars; some people quit and asked about Liang Bogongxuan's defeat and captured. Some people were quick to change the topic and said, "The three brothers of the Liang family are incompetent and have no virtue in their young children. Only the second son Liang Shuxin can inherit the title." In this way, the incident of Liang Shuxin and others jointly opening the Baihua Restaurant. Baihua Restaurant is known as the first floor in Kyoto, and those who are flirting are unwilling to let go, dig up the inside story and finally pull out Princess Fuhua.
The emperor felt that his face was lost, so he asked the queen to call Princess Fuhua into the palace.
A few days later, Baihua Restaurant closed the door.
The matter is not over yet, and the ministers have shifted from simply arguing about the right and wrong of the Liang family to the issue of establishing a crown prince.
The emperor has four sons. The eldest son was obtained by the emperor's youth, and the empress dowager was appointed as the crown prince when he was alive. Later, the King of Jin ascended the throne and the crown prince was seized. The emperor regained the Nine Cauldrons, but he never restored his position as the crown prince. The third son of the emperor was obtained by the emperor in recent years. Although his biological mother, Concubine Wang, was not from a high-ranking background, he favored the six palaces alone; while the second son of the emperor and the fourth son of the emperor came from a famous family... In this way, the ministers would inevitably have their own ideas and plans.
Some say that one should be the leader, some say that one should be the wise, and the ministers quarreled in the temple and the concubines fought in the inner palace. For a moment, the emperor was in a panic and had no place to stand and ran to the Shenzheng place.
"This is the emperor's housework, the emperor can make his own decisions." Chen Zhen naturally would not give advice to the emperor.
However, the emperor complained to Chen Zhen on his own: "The country is prosperous, so we naturally need to be a wise ruler. I want to be a virtuous person, but the princes are young and can't see it now... If we don't become a crown prince earlier, we will argue again. It's really a headache."
Chen Zhen asked someone to take Jinhua wine and drink two glasses with the emperor.
The emperor was already a little shaking when he returned to the palace.
Concubine Wang, the biological mother of the third son, came up diligently. While asking someone to get the sobering soup, he also asked someone to carry the two-year-old third son to pay his respects to the emperor.
The emperor had not finished drinking a bowl of sobering soup, and the emperor's second son and the fourth son were brought over by his biological mother.
Looking at Yingying Yanyan in the room, I suddenly felt very lonely. I asked: "Where is the Queen?"
A female official replied: "The Empress is teaching the eldest prince to study!"
The next morning, the emperor made the eldest prince the crown prince.
If the crown prince is established, we will naturally have to be a heroic minister and pardon the world.
Chen Muqing took his children back to Nanxunfang to attend a banquet held in Kunning Palace.
The queen was blinded, and the emperor was first captured and then banned. She suffered a lot and looked haggard. Apart from saying a few words at the opening, she kept sitting quietly on the phoenix chair and looking at the inside and outside of the hall, and did not eat. So everyone became a little nervous, trying not to eat or use bowls and chopsticks, so as not to make a harsh sound and affect her appearance. Fortunately, this atmosphere did not last long, and Concubine Wang stood up to toast everyone.
She is a person who is completely opposite to the queen. She has a pretty face, a sweet smile, and a humorous language. After a while, the atmosphere in the hall became much lighter.
The queen suddenly stood up and said, "I am not in good health. Concubine Wang entertains all the sisters and wives on behalf of me." With the help of the female official, she returned to the back hall of Kunning Palace.
As soon as the queen left, the smile on Concubine Wang's face became even more gorgeous and the atmosphere became more enthusiastic.
Among them, a little palace maid stepped forward and asked Chen Muqing in a low voice: "Madam Xiao wants to go to the clean room?"
Xiao Sa was in charge of the safety of the palace. The little palace maid didn't ask anyone else, but only asked her. Could it be that Xiao Sa took special care of her for her sake?
It just so happened that Chen Muqing wanted to go to the clean room, so he smiled and nodded. With Yingfen accompanied him to the clean room with the little palace maid.
After packing up, I came out to clean my hands. As soon as I stepped out the threshold, I saw a teenage boy wearing a sky blue pleated dress standing under the eaves.
Chen Muqing was slightly stunned. At a glance, he found the bright yellow embroidered five-clawed dragon slippers on his feet.
At this age, with such a dress...
Chen Muqing hurriedly knelt down and shouted respectfully, "Crown Prince Qiansui".
"Is it the wife of Xiao Qing's family?" The prince's voice was gentle and steady, "Please get up quickly!"
Chen Muqing should have "yes" and stood aside in a regular manner.
The prince called out to a little eunuch beside him: "Since you meet me, please give me something to Mrs. Xiao!"
The little eunuch responded quickly, took out a small box from his sleeve and handed it over.
Chen Muqing knelt down again to thank him. The prince only asked to "get up", said nothing, turned around and left. She couldn't help but guess - was the prince going to the wrong place?
When I returned to the main hall, the main hall was lively. Only the ladies who were sitting at the same table with her knew that she had gone to the clean room, and they all recruited the little palace maid: "I'd like to ask my aunt to take us to the clean room."
The little girl smiled and took several ladies to the clean room with enthusiasm.
It was finally dusk and the banquet ended. Chen Muqing breathed a sigh of relief and returned home and smiled with Xiao Sa, "No wonder you asked me to eat a few pastries before going to the banquet to make my stomach." As he said that, he remembered the reward given by the prince, "...I don't have the chance to see it, and I don't know what it is?"
"Have you seen the prince?" Xiao Sa's face darkened. "Now all the ministers are talking below, saying that the emperor can make up his mind to establish the prince this time, because of the Master's advice that night... You met the prince again today. I see this matter, I am afraid that the prince himself believed such rumors. We avoided the left and right, but we still did not escape this disaster!"
"What should I do?" Chen Muqing frowned, "The emperor is in the spring and autumn, and the prince has grown up slowly... There are countless princes in history who were beheaded because they can't wait to do something wrong. We must discuss this matter carefully and discuss it!" While saying that, he opened the box.
On the red velvet cloth, there was a sweat towel that was not old.
Both of them showed a look of shock and looked at each other for a while. Xiao Sa picked up the sweat towel with his hand: "What is this?"
Chen Muqing leaned over to look.
The white silk is embroidered with the pattern of Ma Gu's birthday, and the purple spikes are covered with... It is not an internal creation, but just a sweat towel used by ordinary wealthy families.
She looked left and right, but couldn't figure it out.
Xiao Sa's face became more and more serious: "I will take it to the master tomorrow and let Pang Debao check the embroidery worker to see if there are any clues."
Chen Muqing nodded. The couple couldn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, they received news from Yangzhou. They said that Xiao Zhao held a martial arts conference in Yangzhou, and at the meeting, he passed the position of the gang leader to a deputy gang leader of the Cao Gang.
Yingfen couldn't help but murmured: "My uncle is really doing what he says!"
Chapter completed!