But soon King Jin was slapped in the face, because someone from the palace asked him to enter the palace.
It's also because the king of Jin did not save face. The big word "demolition" on the gate of King Hui's mansion is too conspicuous. Before King Hui entered the palace to make trouble, this matter spread everywhere. Heard about it.
Empress Wei felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.
At the beginning, as the mother of the prince, she voluntarily requested to abolish the prince, but it was just an expedient way of preservation. This was the best way at that time, not only to preserve the lineage of the prince, but also to appease Emperor Hongjing, and also to prevent Wang An and others who knew the inside story from causing trouble in secret.
So she took the initiative to ask the prince to be abolished, which also set a precedent.
The prince is worthless and useless, but she was also born, and she is more or less partial in her heart. Now that the crown prince has just been abolished, he was bullied into the door, and was slapped in the face in this way in public. No matter how virtuous and virtuous Empress Wei is, she is a little annoyed at the moment.
After King Hui went to the palace to make trouble, she simply refused to persuade him, and pretended to have a headache, so that people would tell Emperor Hongjing about it.
After a while, King Hui was taken away by people from Qianqing Palace.
Unlike facing Empress Wei, the prince is actually a little afraid of Emperor Hongjing. He dared to cry and cry in front of Empress Wei, but he didn't dare to say a word in front of Emperor Hongjing.
But he didn't need to say anything, what Emperor Hongjing wanted to know, he would know it all just by asking. Including what happened in Prince Hui's Mansion, including what the prince said to Queen Wei, including why Queen Wei had a headache.
"Your mother's health is not good, and you still want to make trouble with her. It seems that I am too tolerant of you."
In fact, to be honest, Emperor Hongjing was also a handsome man when he was young, but now that he is old, his face is sagging and slack because of his emaciation. At this time, his thick eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, making his face more and more severe.
King Hui's face turned red, and he said after a long while: "It's not my son who is making trouble, it's the fifth son. The fifth son really doesn't give me the face of being a big brother!"
"Then you have to look like a big brother!" Emperor Hongjing took a picture of the dragon case, and the teacup in his hand was knocked down by his action, and the tea was spilled everywhere.
Li Dequan groaned, and asked the little eunuch to wipe it with a cloth, and quickly cleaned up the dragon case.
Emperor Hongjing stood up, the muscles on his forehead throbbed with pain, he waved his hand impatiently: "Get out, get out of the palace right now!"
Then the prince went away.
"A group of uneasy things!"
No one dared to speak.
After a while, Emperor Hongjing said again: "Go and call King Jin into the palace!"
So Jin Wang entered the palace.
He was still calm and composed, but Yaoniang was extremely anxious. She was quick-witted and brought Xiaobao to King Jin. With her little grandson, she did not believe that Emperor Hongjing could beat King Jin in front of Xiaobao.
Sure enough, Emperor Hongjing, who saw Xiaobao also came, was angry at first, but lost his anger for no reason.
After saluting, the father and son stood below.
Emperor Hongjing said angrily: "Do you know what I asked you to do?"
"My son doesn't know."
Seeing King Jin's dead face, Emperor Hongjing was even more angry, but he also admired the calmness of the fifth son. Among these sons, only the fifth child could not change his face when he was angry.
"What have you done yourself that you don't even know?"
It was a very serious scene, with a majestic palace and a high-ranking emperor, next to a group of eunuchs and court ladies whose faces were somewhat blurred at first glance.
But at this time, the serious picture was destroyed. A short boy, wearing a red persimmon stem over his shoulders and sleeves, swayed to the dragon case.
He was a bit naughty, because he was short, he thought that no one would notice him, but he didn't know how could no one notice him under the eyes of everyone. When he came to the Dragon Case, he burrowed under the bright yellow table cover, and came out from time to time, smiling at King Jin, as if there was something interesting inside.
Emperor Hongjing tried his best to maintain his majesty, but in the end he was defeated by the little thing crawling around his legs.
He leaned down and asked, "What are you doing?"
The little boy smiled innocently, raised his head and said, "Hua Hua, Mao Mao, hide and seek."
"Who is Huahua?"
"Huahua is a cat, Grandpa Huang, Xiaobao will play hide and seek with you, please don't scold daddy, okay?"
"Who told you that the emperor's grandfather would scold your father." It seemed that it was difficult to always bend over like this, so Emperor Hongjing picked up Xiaobao and put him on his lap.
"Mother said."
Emperor Hongjing looked up at King Jin standing below, and asked casually, "What did your mother say?"
"Mother said, Grandpa Huang is old. If Grandpa Huang scolds Dad, let Dad listen and don't talk back. But Xiaobao doesn't want you to scold Dad."
King Jin's face tightened involuntarily, resisting the urge to rush up and hug his son back. This little thing is still pretending to be asleep, so he listened to all the words he said to coax her afterwards. He planned to deal with Xiaobao if he talked nonsense, and he would deal with him when he went back, but she would also deal with him if she stopped her.
"Then why did your mother say that Grandpa Huang wanted to scold your father?"
Xiao Bao put on a look of ignorance, as if he was thinking and confused. After thinking for a while, he said: "That bad job is thankless, and the people in the Ministry of Industry are bad."
Seeing that the little grandson was still struggling to think, Emperor Hongjing suddenly laughed and stroked his little head: "Xiaobao is so smart, Grandpa Huang won't scold your father."
"real?"
"real!"
"Then I'll play peek-a-boo with you." As he said that, Xiaobao slid on the ground, and after standing still, he went to grab Emperor Hongjing.
Li Dequan was very anxious beside him, he wanted to stop him but dared not stop him, "Oh, little grandson, His Majesty can't play peek-a-boo with you. How about I find someone to play with you?"
"Play with Grandpa Huang."
"Your Majesty, he is busy. This old slave will find a young eunuch to play with you. They will know how to play."
Li Dequan glanced over, and a little eunuch came running beside him. He was pretty and pretty, and he meowed like a cat. Xiaobao's attention was immediately attracted, and he only looked at the little eunuch, and the little eunuch coaxed Xiaobao down just like a cat meowing.
After the people left, Emperor Hongjing went to see King Jin.
"This kid is getting smarter."
"Little Treasure is wise early."
Emperor Hongjing snorted: "You are not humble at all."
King Jin stopped talking. When Emperor Hongjing saw his appearance, he knew that it would be treasonous if he said something. This is the sincerity of Lao Wu, he can't say nice things, and he can't please others.
Luan'er went early, and he was busy with government affairs, so he would inevitably be negligent. When he suddenly went to look at this son seriously, he became like this.
Hard work, hard work, seriousness. At the same time reticent and silent.
Among the princes in the study room, he is the least talkative, and he is not very popular with the master, but he is the top three in the evaluation every ten days. He praised him once, and he worked harder than before, even martial arts. Among all the princes, if he is an all-round talent in martial arts, he should still be the fifth.
Emperor Hongjing, who was inexplicably caught in memory, did not speak for a long time, with nostalgia and embarrassment in his eyes.
After a while, he came back to his senses and glanced at King Jin: "Forget it, go back. Your woman said she was afraid that I would scold you. If I really scolded you, it would not be the woman's excuse."
As for whether King Jin did right or wrong this time, Emperor Hongjing never expressed a clear attitude from the beginning to the end.
On the carriage back, Jin Wang said to Xiaobao: "From now on, what father and mother said, you are not allowed to tell outsiders..."
You think I want to
Xiao Bao played with the grasshopper in his hand, pretending not to hear. This grasshopper was compiled for him by the little eunuch just now.
After returning to the palace, seeing the father and son returning safely, Yaoniang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Don't look at her telling Jin Wang that it is impossible for the Holy Majesty to beat him up, but after all, this matter is a bit big, and Queen Wei is in it, so I don't know what will happen, but luckily it's okay.
King Hui went out of the palace, and King Jin was called into the palace.
Everyone was waiting to see what happened, but unfortunately there was no news from the palace, especially from King Jin's face.
But one day later, people from the Ministry of Industry went to King Hui's Mansion to repair it. The people in Prince Hui's Mansion didn't say a word, and the Ministry of Industry went very smoothly.
There are many eyes and ears in every family and house in Beijing, and when a mosquito flies into several key places, someone will tip off the news. With such a posture now, it goes without saying that King Hui didn't please, and King Jin didn't suffer.
After all, it's different. After all, the former prince is now an abandoned child.
On the contrary, Emperor Hongjing still cared about Prince Hui's son. From time to time, he called him into the palace to talk, and occasionally stayed for a meal, so that people would know that although King Hui had lost the prize now, Prince Hui's son could still hold up the court of Prince Hui's mansion. .
No one knows how many people see this, and how many people are secretly thinking about it, let alone know. And with the opening and closing of the capital city, the heat fades away and autumn comes.
The morning light is faint, and the sky is breaking.
Chessboard Street, bathed in the morning light, is as lively as usual, with the sound of cars and horseshoes, as well as the sound of greeting each other from time to time.
King Jin got up late again today, and went out without even having breakfast, and Yaoniang stuffed him with a pouch before leaving.
Needless to say, this pouch is for eating.
It may be that the meal at noon is always rough and light, so Jin Wang is quite concerned about this pouch now. The food in this pouch is changed every day. Before, because of the hot weather, I could only put some pastries and the like. It's getting cold these days, and there are some side dishes in it.
For example, the dried shredded beef is fragrant, spicy and chewy. The taste before King Jin was light. To put it bluntly, it was the taste of the palace. Now it is quite novel to eat this kind of folk way. . Once I ate two bowls of rice with this fried shredded pork.
Yaoniang also said that she would send someone to deliver meals to King Jin, but she rejected it because she was too high-profile and conspicuous. When she thought about it, Emperor Hongjing was supposed to temper his son, and he provided him with good food and drink every day, so you can eat it secretly, and send it to the government department, isn't that obviously irritating to people.
King Jin didn't want to explain the relationship with her, so he simply let her misunderstand it. After the daily work, when it was time to eat, it was obviously a small box, but King Jin couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sense of anticipation.
And this sense of anticipation made him feel pretty good.
Like at this time, there are still a few buns wrapped in paper in the bag. Fresh pork with shrimp meat, the filling is smooth and elastic, and the gravy is salty and fragrant when you bite into it. The key point is that Yaoniang made this steamed stuffed bun with her own hands. I didn't know she had such a good craftsmanship before.
Thinking of this, King Jin couldn't help but took a bun out of his pouch and took a bite. When I ate it for the first time, I was unprepared, and the gravy flowed all over my hands. Now King Jin can bite the buns very well, and the gravy does not spill out at all. After sucking the gravy to dry up, eat the buns again, and even a bun will not be stained with oil.
King Jin was eating steamed buns when suddenly a person ran in front of him.
Tall and thin, with a youthful face, dressed in a green official uniform, with Lulu's complement in front of him, he is a junior official of the seventh rank.
As soon as this person came in front of King Jin, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "His Royal Highness, the next official is Xu Jinzhi, the editor of the Imperial Academy."
King Jin was sucking the soup, and it was a critical moment, so he nodded his head as he couldn't spare his mouth to answer him.
"His Royal Highness, are you eating buns?" Xu Jinzhi's eyes suddenly made King Jin feel that the buns in his hand were delicious, and he was even considering whether to share one with the other party. Xu Jinzhi said again: "Then you eat it." , I don’t want to bother you.”
After finishing speaking, this person left in a hurry as abruptly as when he came, as if he came to chat with King Jin to ask Jin Wang to eat steamed stuffed buns.
King Jin felt a little baffled, but he didn't think too much about it, because the Ministry of Industry was not far ahead.
After entering the Ministry of Industry, the King of Jin first drew a Mao on the roster before stepping inside.
He went all the way to the hall of the Bureau of Cleaning up Officials, but he didn't say hello to others, so he went to his own room.
As the renovation of Prince Hui's Mansion is on the right track, the King of Jin has been in trouble recently. This repair cannot be completed overnight. The King of Jin only needs to go there every few days to monitor the progress. As for other matters, he does not need to take care of them. .
After sitting on duty for a day, when the time came, King Jin could be on duty.
He drew another mark on the roster and left the gate of the Ministry of Industry. There was no car outside the door, and no one came to pick him up today, so he could only walk back by himself. It took only a quarter of an hour to go from the Ministry of Industry to King Jin's mansion. King Jin walked with a pouch in one hand and walked at a leisurely pace.
Suddenly there was a rush of horseshoes and someone shouted. King Jin turned his back and continued walking, but his brows could not help but frown.
The carriage stopped less than half a meter behind him, and the coachman scolded with lingering fear: "You are a real person, you don't know how to hide even after calling you, what should you do if you bump into you?"
King Jin stopped and turned to look at the groom. The correct one should be the carriage.
The groom didn't seem to expect that this person was an official, he was taken aback when he saw the patch on his chest, and then a look of contempt flashed in his eyes, just as he was about to say something, a woman's soft voice came from the car.
"Feng Da, you were driving carelessly and almost missed someone, why did you blame him?"
Following the voice, a small white hand stretched out from inside and pulled the car curtain open.
The owner of this little hand is just a servant girl, and there is a woman sitting in the car, wearing a green lotus-colored double-breasted blouse with hidden flowers, a blue-colored flowered horse-face skirt, and a pearl skirt inlaid at the corner of the skirt.
She has fair skin, clear eyebrows and eyes, and she is as beautiful as a spring flower. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is the beauty of the city.
King Jin glanced at the emblem on the carriage, and a meaningful flash of light flashed in his eyes. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, the woman suddenly said: "My lord, it's all due to my driver's negligence. I wonder if there is something wrong with you?"