After leaving the main courtyard, Princess Wu saw that Princess Yong seemed to be looking back at something, so she couldn't help asking curiously: "What is Sisao looking at?"
Concubine Yong withdrew her eyes, looked at her, and smiled with her lips curled up: "It's nothing."
Princess An interjected: "You probably don't know, your fourth sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law used to hand over handkerchiefs, probably because of their feelings."
Concubine Wu's big eyes flickered a few times, and she was about to say something, but was interrupted by Concubine Yong's voice: "Second Sister-in-law's words are beyond my comprehension, what does it mean to have feelings? But yes, I'm jealous Sir, my Highness also respects me, and usually does not invite some dubious people to come back to cause trouble for me, but it does save me a lot of trouble. Unlike some houses, there are a lot of concubines, concubines and concubines, to be the head of the family Mistress, you are either exhausted or pissed off. Do you think so, Second Sister-in-law?"
After saying this, Princess An's face immediately changed.
Concubine Yong's words were obviously referring to Sang and Huai, and pointing at the bald man and cursing the monk. Prince An's Mansion is full of concubines and concubines, and the key point is that none of them are fuel-efficient lamps. Concubine An is tired of coping every day, and she always has chest pains from being angry all day long.
"Old fourth daughter-in-law, did you say this to the second sister-in-law?"
Concubine Yong's appearance is neither salty nor dull, and her eyebrows and eyes are sharp.
"I don't dare. As the saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. Today, the elder sister-in-law is not here, and the second sister-in-law is the eldest. As a younger brother and sister, I dare not make fun of the second sister-in-law. Second sister-in-law, don't get me wrong. Didn't you just say that, I just feel it.”
This kind of verbal ingenuity can kill people without bloodshed, but can also make people lose their grip. If Concubine An cares too much, she's a petite child, but if she doesn't care, Concubine Yong obviously means something.
Princess An flicked her sleeves angrily, turned her head and left.
Princess Qing called her second sister-in-law from behind, and followed her after her.
The other concubines stayed to talk to Concubine Yong, most of which were about Concubine An. It is said that she is superficially magnanimous, but she is actually a jealous woman. She was fine with making troubles when she was enfeoffed, and it was the same when she came to the capital. She was called into the palace by Empress Wei to give her a scolding, and even Concubine Qian Xian was left behind. Pai 揎.
Since she stayed to say such things, she was obviously on the side of Princess Yong, so she explained a few sentences appropriately, saying that she didn't mean to ridicule Princess An, and she didn't know that Princess An was reprimanded.
But whether there is or not, everyone knows each other, anyway, no one ignorantly exposes it.
Along the way, the servant girl led her to the flower hall where the banquet was held, where Concubine An was drinking tea, and Concubine Qing was beside her. Seeing that several sister-in-laws had come, Princess Qing hurriedly stood up to say hello.
After everyone made jokes in the middle and reconciled, Concubine Yong bowed her head and apologized, and Concubine An, as a sister-in-law, naturally couldn't hold her face anymore. The two chatted and laughed, and they were as good as one person again, as if nothing had happened.
But whether something happened or not, probably only each other knows in their hearts.
After the banquet, they sat down and drank tea for a while, and waited for someone from the front yard to inform the princes that the banquet was over, and then went back to each mansion.
Returning to Prince Yong's Mansion, Prince Yong, who was full of alcohol, asked the servant girl to change clothes, and said to Concubine Yong, "I heard that you had an argument with Second Sister-in-Law just now?"
This is naturally what the girl said, King Yong never concealed from Princess Yong that he put someone by her side, and Princess Yong knew about it, and she did not express any objection to it, as if she didn't care.
"You know it pretty fast."
"Why did the second sister-in-law offend you?"
Princess Yong snorted, but did not speak.
King Yong smiled and came to her: "Could it be that something went wrong with your old lover?"
In fact, before going to Prince Jin's mansion, Concubine Yong knew a little bit about it. That matter might have been exposed, she just didn't expect that Prince Jin would be so ruthless that he even restrained Concubine Jin's feet, and she was not allowed to show up on such occasions.
Seeing that Princess Yong ignored him, King Yong touched his nose: "I forgot to tell you something, the fifth child seems to want to divorce his wife."
Concubine Yong, who had been lazily sitting on the imperial concubine's couch, suddenly sat up straight. Seemingly knowing that she had acted a bit too much, she leaned back again, and then frowned and asked, "Why didn't you tell me about this?"
"Didn't this king forget that that day Li Dequan went to Prince Jin's mansion and stayed there for a while, the next day Father called Lao Wu into the palace, and when he came out of Qianqing Palace, Lao Wu's expression was a little strange Looks good. It happened to be one of our people who was waiting in front of the imperial court yesterday, and word spread that the father and the fifth child had played some charades." He repeated what Emperor Hongjing and King Jin had said that day.
After Princess Yong heard this, she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.
After a while, he said: "So, Jin Wang really wants to divorce his wife? But Xu Guogong's mansion—"
Yong Wang smiled and sat down beside her: "Lao Wu's temper has been unpredictable since he was a child. Every time you think he will do something like this, he will be unexpected. If it is someone else, it's fine. If it is him, this king is not surprised."
Not everyone can tolerate their daughter-in-law messing around with others, King Jin can bear it like this, which is beyond King Yong's expectations.
"Is it because of the woman surnamed Su?"
King Yong's eyes became very interesting: "You probably don't know, the Shen family is out of love, do you see that the men of the Shen family have concubines? The second son of the Shen family has only one person for many years, and the Shen family is dead. Although my eldest son has a concubine, it is said that he was left behind when he was drunk, and this matter caused a lot of trouble in Beijing." Because Mrs. Shen was a jealous woman, she forced the child's mother out of the mansion.
"She should have been killed in the first place!" Princess Yong suddenly said bitterly.
"Look at you, do you feel sorry for your old lover?"
Concubine Yong was a little uncomfortable with King Yong's tone, she raised her eyebrows with a half-smile, and looked at him sharply: "Regardless of my previous relationship with her, I used her for you back then. One yard, you have borrowed her all these years, and you have often let King Jin suffer in your hands. To be a man, you have to be rewarded with favors, and you can never go to the table to eat or sit at the table to scold your mother, that is not my character, He Wanyi!"
This is He Wanyi's real face, what she wants to say is so direct that it makes people feel sharp. But she is the most charming like this, like a rose with thorns.
King Yong raised his hand to beg for forgiveness: "Okay, okay, I'm wrong, I'm mean and shameless. Then what do you want to do? Take her to our mansion and be your sister..." The voice was still floating in the air, just in Concubine Yong's eyes changed her tone: "It's impossible for the fifth child to divorce her. He thought, father would not let her go. The daughter of the royal family, father, wanted to leave it to Zhao Zuo so much. How could he leave it to him?" Chance."
Concubine Yong's eyes rolled, and she said: "You don't have to worry about this matter."
"It doesn't matter, don't do anything wrong anyway, then Wang Defang can marry anyone, but not my good brothers." Yong Wang said, and started to touch Yong Wangfei. He just likes her poisonous, spicy and choking appearance, and every time he sees her, he always has an irresistible urge.
Concubine Yong frowned, she let Yong Wang do whatever she wanted. The maids had already retreated when the two were talking, and there were only two people left in the huge room. After a while, there were two more intertwined figures on the imperial concubine's couch.
After more than two months of turmoil in the court, the return of the kings to Beijing has finally been settled.
Naturally, it would not be said that Emperor Hongjing intends to withdraw from the domain. He only said that the current emperor is getting old and needs the help of the princes to manage the government affairs.
It can be regarded as a bloodless solution to the cancer of the vassal king's power.
Things like this happen every day.
The king of the vassal is the vassal, and the screen of the vassal is the ancestral precept of the Taizu.
At first, the effect was very significant, that is, it strengthened the centralization of power of the ruler, and at the same time, it could prevent future generations from fighting against each other in order to fight for the throne. It's a pity that with the stability of Daqian's country, some disadvantages gradually appeared, that is, the power of the vassal king threatened the orthodoxy, and the country and the country were unstable.
Every emperor ascended the throne at the beginning, and he must win over and suppress a thousand vassals. The honest ones will naturally enjoy wealth and peace, and most of the dishonest ones will not end well.
At that time, the Taizu established the feudal clan originally for the sake of the friendship between relatives and the screen of the feudal clan. The idea was good, but it missed people's hearts. In the hearts of the elders, it is natural to hope that the descendants of the next generation can guard this huge country together. But for the prince who is also a son of a dragon and a grandson of a phoenix, this kneeling is like a generation after generation.
It's not that the first emperor and the great ancestor never thought about withdrawing their vassals, but they all died for one reason or another. Now after going around and going around, it was unexpected that this matter was done in the hands of Emperor Hongjing. But disputes over the throne are still unavoidable, maybe a man born into a heavenly family is destined to have such a fate.
King An went to the Ministry of Rites, King Dai went to the Ministry of War, King Yong went to the Ministry of Households, King Lu went to the Ministry of Punishment, King Wu was at Taipu Temple, and King Qing was arranged to go to Guanglu Temple. It is worth mentioning that Jin Wang went to the Ministry of Industry, the most rigid place in Danshui and the most inconspicuous place among the six departments.
On the contrary, Zhao Zuo, the son of King Hui, went to the Ministry of Officials, which really surprised many people.
But it was not surprising that he was surprised. Emperor Hongjing's arrangement clearly revealed his thoughts. Like all kings, the former emperor's grandson Zhao Zuo also had the same opportunity.
It can be said so, but the real situation of the matter is not as people imagined. Several princes each lead a team, give full play to their own strengths, stand out from the princes, and are selected by Emperor Hongjing as the next successor.
These sons and phoenixes of the nobles of Tianhuang only took the job of being the head of the sixth rank. A small official the size of a sesame seed and mung bean who can't even go to court.
However, the kings did not have any objection to this, and being allowed to be an official in the court meant that they could participate in the court affairs openly and aboveboard. The prince of Daqian has a decree that non-princes are not allowed to participate in politics, and are not allowed to associate with courtiers. This can be regarded as lifting the ban on King Jin and others, so the position of the master is just selling dog meat with a sheep's head.
Everyone knows it well, but they don't tell the truth.
However, Emperor Hongjing obviously didn't intend to do so. He told the elders of the six ministries specifically in the court hall that he was supposed to train these sons, and asked the elders to supervise them more, and they must not be favoritism.
This kind of remark was deliberately brought to the court, which obviously had some meaning, not to mention what kind of thoughts Emperor Hongjing had, in short, King Jin and others were about to become officials in various ministries.
Yaoniang was still in confinement, so she realized later, she saw that King Jin brought back two sets of official uniforms from outside, so she knew that King Jin was actually going to the Ministry of Industry to do a small job.
She was very surprised. To her in the past, the official of the sixth rank was already an official who was many times older than the county magistrate. But Jin Wang is a prince, a super first-rank official, but now he has turned back to be a sixth-rank official.
She wondered whether King Jin had been punished by the Holy Majesty or something, but felt uneasy for a while, and specifically told Xiaobao not to be naughty, so as not to make his father angry.
Little Treasure is very helpless about this. It is a good thing to be an official in the court, isn't it? But being made such a fuss by the stupid lady, and looking at King Jin's face, he also had an unspeakable sense of subtlety for no reason.
The whole day, Yao Niang carefully watched Jin Wang's movements.
Thirty days was enough for her to stay in confinement, but Jin Wang insisted on letting her sit for forty-two days. It's so hot in this summer day that I have to lie down and sit as little as I can. Yaoniang was impatient for a long time, so she insisted that King Jin promise her to stay in the bed and walk around, but she can do all the things that are not allowed, as long as she doesn't go out and pays attention to the taboos.
So Yaoniang has already moved back to the main house, and King Jin is also living here, but the taboo of not being able to have intercourse is still guarded.
Yaoniang went to look at the two official uniforms brought back by King Jin, both of which were blue-bottomed, with a patch embroidered with egrets on the front. There are also crowns, belts, adornments, badges, and boots, which are a complete set.
There is also a booklet.
Yaoniang is literate, so she picked it up and flipped through it casually, but she couldn't pull out her eyes once she turned her eyes.
This is a manual equivalent to the code of conduct for officials. There are clear regulations on the morals and conduct of officials, and when to rest on duty and rest on duty. Those who can't drop the value when the time comes, those who don't go without reason or those who leave early will be punished accordingly.
For example, it is clearly written in this booklet: All officials, big or small, who do not attend the court without reason, do not act in public when they are outside, and those who do not return to service without reason after the official's leave period expires, will be whipped ten times a day, and every three days Add one class, eighty sticks for each crime, and return the post with deeds. ①
And the time to go to work is Maoshi.
When? !
It was still dark at that time, and she was usually still in a deep sleep.
Maybe Yaoniang's sympathetic eyes were too obvious, Jin Wang sipped his tea and said: "When I am the prince, Yinshi will wake up."
Yaoniang subconsciously asked: "Why do you wake up so early?"
"study."
Your Highness is so pitiful!
Based on this kind of mood, Yaoniang also forced herself to get up and send King Jin to the duty the next day, even though she couldn't open her eyes and was still asleep.
Since then, King Jin has started his daily duty in the Ministry of Industry.
Note ① is taken from the referenced "Daming Law · Official Law · Post System"