To say that the most luxurious and wealthy place in the Forbidden City is the Prince's East Palace.
The Holy Majesty has always been aloof, and treats everything indifferently, and he can't win the master's attention, so naturally he has to change his place to curry favor. The Holy Majesty valued the crown prince very much, so he would come here every two days, and sent all the good things in the palace to the East Palace. If the people around the prince help with a few words of kindness, as long as they can get a compliment such as the prince likes and comforts, the reward above will come down.
This is the case when working in the palace. You must be able to figure out the Sacred Heart, but you must not go too far. The dragon's fart can't be patted on the emperor's butt, it must be patted in the heart, this is the way of the upper class.
So ever since Sun Yue'er married into this East Palace, her food, clothing and housing were all the best in the world. Even if she wanted to raise a cat or a dog, the Ministry of Internal Affairs would like to bring all the best to her.
Sun Yueer used to have a cat, a high-quality Persian cat, with snow-white hair, one green and one blue cat's eyes, which was brought over from Persia by her grandfather. The Qiao family is a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River. If it is said that it has less power, but if it is silver or some rare things, there is probably nothing that cannot be obtained!
But the cat died within a few years of raising it, and it died inexplicably, and Sun Yueer never raised these things after that.
"Your Majesty, you should choose one. Your Highness specially sent someone to explain to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. No, it is a new tribute." The eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stood there with bowed waist and shoulders, smiling all over his face. Sitting on it, I was inexplicably sighed in my heart.
"Ruyi, you go pick one."
"Yes, ma'am."
Ruyi is Sun Yueer's personal servant girl who has served her for many years. After she married the prince, she followed her into the palace and became her maid in charge. She knew Sun Yueer's intentions, so she deliberately picked one that was very similar to the one that the empress raised when she was a child.
Later, when the people from the House of Internal Affairs went down, Sun Yue'er hugged this extremely docile cat, but she was thinking about the man in Fushou Palace.
After thinking wildly in her mind for a while, she put the cat on her lap on the ground, asked Ruyi to tidy up her clothes, and then led people to Fushou Hall.
The Fushou Palace was as quiet as ever, and the crown prince couldn't stand the noise, so all the servants working in the Fushou Palace became reincarnated cat spirits, and they did everything lightly. In such an environment, if someone came, he would naturally follow the custom.
When Sun Yue'er arrived at the gate of the palace, someone had already gone in to report, so she was ushered in as soon as she got here.
In the cold and luxurious inner hall, there is a faint smell of medicine in the air, which doesn't make people feel bitter and offensive, but it smells very pleasant. The bright gold brick floor can reflect people's shadows, and the bright red carpet of blessings and longevity extends to the innermost part. Behind the doffing veil, the curtain hangs down, and some figures are reflected indistinctly, as if someone is lying on the soft couch, with a high pillow and soft quilt, which is very comfortable.
There was someone walking around silently behind the curtain, as if helping him to sit up, the man was limp and weak, he had to be supported by one person, and another person had to put a soft pillow that was neither soft nor hard on the back, so that he could sit up.
Seeing this scene out of the corner of her eye, Sun Yue'er deliberately slowed down, and she didn't go in until the person inside was seated.
"The Empress Dowager has arrived."
Following a soft and long announcement, the eunuch who was standing on one side hurriedly stood aside, another person lifted the curtain, the prince leaned on the couch, and smiled at her.
"Why are you here?"
She stepped forward with a generous yet bright smile, and someone carefully moved a chair behind her. Sun Yue'er didn't need to look back, she just sat on the chair and said to the crown prince with a smile: "Today, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came and said that His Highness was afraid that my concubine would be bored, so I let my concubine choose one of the newly brought cats." Only. This concubine got something good from His Highness, so I naturally want to say thank you."
"It's not a good thing, as long as you like it."
The prince is undoubtedly handsome, 70% like the Holy One. However, unlike the stern and majestic majesty, his demeanor is more refined and gentle, so he is obviously thin and bony, but it doesn't make people feel terrible, on the contrary, he can't help feeling a little pity in his heart.
His complexion is fair, the kind of fairness that does not see the sun all year round, and the blue blood vessels under the skin can be faintly seen. Soft and long eyebrows, narrow eyes, delicately shaped lips, white in the powder.
At this time, he was half lying on the couch, wearing a brocade robe that was sunny after the rain, and tied his hair in a bun with only a hosta. In such a hot weather, the body was covered with a thin blanket, and the hands resting on the outside of the blanket were as knuckle as jade, but it revealed another sense of weakness.
Someone brought tea, Sun Yue'er took a sip of it, then put it down.
The hall was clear and quiet again, and she felt a little annoyed at herself, she obviously wanted to talk to him more every time, but she couldn't talk about it every time she got close.
What do you say
Although the two were husband and wife, they were not familiar with each other, and they had never shared the same bed even on their wedding day.
As early as when Sun Yue'er was named the crown princess, the palace sent several teaching nuns to the Duke's mansion. He not only taught her the rules in the palace, but also taught her how to be a good princess. It can be said that everything was in detail, and even the prince's habits, preferences, etc. were told to her.
The prince can't stand the heat, can't stand the cold, and can't be excited. The prince cannot eat spicy food, nor sweet food, too much or too little. Before meeting her future husband, Sun Yue'er knew that he was a man made of colored glaze.
The matter between men and women, between the beds, was naturally taught by the mother. But with the previous things, with Sun Yueer's exquisite heart, she naturally knows that she will be a widow in the future.
At that time, Sun Yue'er was tired, but she didn't resist too much. In her heart, she could marry anyone. She had never thought of marrying anyone, and marrying such a person would make it easier.
But this lightness turned into something heavy at some point. In the dead of night, it always made her unable to breathe.
"Your Highness, I don't know how well-behaved the cat is. I thought that I would have to run in for a few more days. I thought that when I was young, my grandfather gave me the same cat. That cat is fierce. I am the number one cat." The first time I hugged it, I was scratched by it." She said with a smile on her brows.
The prince's brows and eyes were also stained with a smile, his eyes were bright, and he asked: "Then what happened next?"
"Later? Later, my concubine went to my mother crying and crying. My mother laughed at me for being timid and rubbed me medicine. But I didn't dare to provoke it anymore. I really liked it later, so..." After that, what did she suffer? Wronged, I looked for my mother again but couldn't find it.
The hall was quiet, and the girl sitting on the chair had a graceful posture, with a demure and gentle temperament. She seemed to think of something, her eyes became erratic, and there seemed to be an inexplicable sadness faintly.
Someone came up, his footsteps were light, but the girl was startled and turned around. The prince looked over immediately, his eyes were clear, but the person who came came kneeled down with a plop.
"The slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die."
"Get up, I'm fine, I'm just lost in thought." After she finished speaking, she realized that she was overstepping her role, and said to him a little embarrassedly: "I hope Your Highness will not blame the concubine for overstepping."
The prince smiled lightly, and said softly: "Since the princess said it, don't do it again next time."
"Thank you for the great kindness of the concubine and concubine." After finishing speaking, the man did not raise his head, but retreated with both hands and feet.
But in the end, the atmosphere was destroyed, Sun Yue'er finally mustered up the courage to talk to the prince, and let it all out. In addition, she was not in the mood at the moment, and asked about the health and eating conditions of the next prince, then stood up and said goodbye.
Before leaving, she hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, in fact, I am not wronged."
After saying that, she hurried away without looking back.
The hall was quiet again, but the prince laughed for some reason.
In fact, Sun Yue'er has not been wronged for a long time.
What is wronged? She married the most honorable person in the world and became the most honorable woman in the world. The prince gave her everything that should be given to her, even if she was destined to be a widow, so what? She never thought about getting married, and she didn't care.
It's just that he seemed to care very much, so since his big wedding, all kinds of rare things were sent to her like flowing water.
Once or twice, she didn't understand, but after many times, she could always see the meaning. She endured it for a long time, she shouldn't have said such words, but today she couldn't bear it for some reason.
Back at Shufang Hall, Sun Yue'er was a little embarrassed and annoyed, but she was the one who was annoyed, and she didn't know what the crown prince would think of her.
Not to mention these things, since this incident, Sun Yue'er has gradually become closer to the crown prince.
At first it was the prince who called her to talk, but gradually she would take the initiative to find the prince, and later this kind of thing happened more and more. Afterwards, she stayed overnight in the Fushou Palace. Although she did nothing, she shared the same bed like a husband and wife.
But the number of times was not many. Many times Sun Yue'er could clearly see that the prince did not want to let her go, but she did not say anything to keep her. She actually knew why, and it was because of knowing that she felt more distressed.
Spring went to autumn, and it was another year, and the prince's body became weaker and weaker.
In front of Sun Yue'er, she fainted twice, and the second time, under her panicked questioning, she realized that there were many more times when she didn't know.
The crown prince has been sick in the womb since he was born, and he has taken all kinds of rare medicines. All the famous doctors in the palace have been invited into the palace to have a look. They say that the crown prince may not live to be twenty, but The prince is already twenty-two this year.
The group of imperial physicians who were resident in the East Palace didn't even dare to leave the Hall of Fushou. The emperor came here again and again, and his face became uglier day by day.
The East Palace has already replaced many servants, all of whom were angered, even Sun Yue'er was angered once. That was the first time she saw what Thunder Wrath was. She lay on the ground full of panic. The panic was not that she lost her life, but that he would not be able to save her.
At this moment, he woke up and called out to his father, the furious man turned around, and she collapsed on the ground sweating profusely.
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After this time, Sun Yueer only met the prince once, and the prince smiled and told her not to be afraid, but in fact she was terribly afraid.
That was probably the first time she broke down, almost lying on top of him and telling him that she still wanted to give him a son.
Afterwards, there were gossips in the Eastern Palace that the Crown Princess was afraid of being a widow and would have a hard time, so what did she do earlier, she just wanted to keep him.
Unfortunately, I couldn't keep it.
In the spring of the twenty-first year of Jin'an, Prince Zhaode died in Fushou Hall, and the emperor ordered him to be buried according to the imperial system.
On the same day, Sun, the crown princess, hanged herself in Shufang Hall.
When the emperor heard about it, he was silent and allowed him to be buried in the Yanshan Emperor Mausoleum with the crown prince.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's almost time, it's time to get up."
A low voice sounded outside the tent, and the person on the couch opened his eyes, breathing still a little unsteadily.
"understood."
After a long while, he turned over and sat up, opened the curtain, and stepped on the rosewood pedal with his bare feet. Wearing only his trousers, his calf is exposed, the muscles on it are well-proportioned, white as jade, but it gives people a very explosive beauty.
Xiao Anzi leaned forward and knelt down to put on his shoes. At this time, a group of eunuchs came in from outside, holding trays in their hands, and waited quietly.
Zhao Chen stood up and got off the pedal. Xiao Anzi was about to call someone to come and change his clothes, but he went to the bathroom instead.
"Bath."
It wasn't until sitting in the pool that Zhao Chen let out a soft breath.
In the past two days, I always had some messy dreams. The scene that appeared most in the dream was that she was wearing a red gauze as thin as onion wings, wrapped around him like a vine, and whispered in his ear that she would give him have a son.
Zhao Chen didn't know why he would have such a dream, but every time after such a dream, he would always make a fool of himself, fortunately he had a bath as a cover.
The palace has always had the custom of arranging for the princes who are first-spirited princes to teach the maids in personnel affairs, but now that Empress Su is in charge of the palace power, this matter has naturally been skipped. The aunt in charge also reminded her that Yaoniang was very surprised when she heard this, but after asking Emperor Jin'an, she found out that there was indeed such a thing.
Emperor Jin'an didn't take it seriously, but Yaoniang was very resistant, always feeling that the prince was too young.
The older he gets, the more His Majesty loves the empress, so this matter is naturally at Yaoniang's discretion. So Prince Zhao Chen is still a baby.
In fact, this is also good, otherwise he would have to think about how to avoid this matter.
But after all, he is a normal young man, and it is normal to be emotional, especially as he gets older, Sun Yueer blooms like a famous flower that has been carefully raised. Zhao Chen used to be able to keep his mind free of distracting thoughts, but since Sun Yueer's small chest swelled, he has started to be a beast.
Sneaking a little hand and kissing a little mouth is nothing to worry about. But going one step further, not to mention that Sun Yue'er is a girl from a good family who doesn't want to, even Zhao Chen can't do such a shameless thing.
I can only hurry and hope that the big wedding day will come sooner. The prince was originally married, and Zhao Chen took advantage of Sun Yueer to be half a year older than himself.
Earlier, why didn’t you remember that he was older than you, and coaxed him to call you brother. While Yaoniang laughed, she was also willing to help her son.
No, now that the prince's wedding is half a month away, the palace is extremely busy, and Zhao Chen is also full of anticipation, wishing that tomorrow will be a good day.
Not to mention these things, when Zhao Chen came out of the East Palace, it was a bit late after all.
Since last autumn, Emperor Jin'an has arranged for Zhao Chen to get in touch with the government.
According to the consistent rules of Daqian, the prince's involvement in politics should start from the Hanlin Academy. This is how to train the future prince to deal with civil servants, and it is also convenient for the prince to train his own team.
Most of the civil servants above the third rank in the imperial court came from the Hanlin Academy, and if they wanted to join the cabinet, they had to be from the Hanlin Academy.
This is evident enough to prove its necessity. So for a while, Zhao Chen went to the Hanlin Academy every day to get his hair done, and Emperor Jin'an also arranged for him an errand to master the "Hongjing Dadian", which was also for the Supreme Emperor, and it could kill two birds with one stone.
By the time Zhao Chen arrived at the Imperial Academy, it was already a little later, but there was probably no one in the Imperial Academy who dared to care about whether the crown prince was late. Everyone pretended not to know, and some young scholars who were familiar with Zhao Chen lamented that the prince was too hardworking, and he was about to get married soon, and still remembered the errands on him.
After some gossip, each went to work.
Repairing books is an idle job, and it is also a boring job. Not only is it boring and unsmooth, but it is also easy to make mistakes and take on a big responsibility. Most people are not very willing to do this kind of job. But this time is different, the current crown prince who presides over the revision of the book, even if he wants to show himself in front of the future prince, he has to make a show.
And Zhao Chen was never a shopkeeper, so he was busy all day, until the evening when he was on business, Zhao Chen left the gate of the Imperial Academy a little tired.
"Your Highness, are you going back to the palace?" Xiao Anzi asked.
Zhao Chen frowned: "Go to the Lighting Workshop."
This lighting workshop is located near Dong'anmen, Zhao Chen has a house here, and when the princes grow up, they usually build a house outside the palace, so that they can rest and stay outside the palace.
But generally speaking, it is not a last resort, and most of the princes will return to the palace. Today, I don't know what kind of thoughts Zhao Chen has moved. It is still early to leave the palace to get the key, but he chooses to stay outside.
Xiao Anzi knew why, at a time like this, either there was something important to do, or His Highness was thinking about the future princess.
Xiao Anzi calculated in his heart, it was more than ten days ago since the last time the crown prince and the future crown princess met, and today he must be thinking about the future crown princess.
Sure enough, after eating, Zhao Chen did not rest, but changed into black clothes when it was almost the second watch, and left the house with his dark guard, not even Xiao Anzi.
At the same time, Sun Yue'er had just rested in Zhen Guogong's mansion.
The closer the wedding day was, the busier she became. Apart from learning the rules with the nuns in the palace, she also had to deal with congratulators from various houses and relatives who came from afar. There are all sorts of trivial matters.
Just like now, in the past, after dinner, she could take a walk in the yard at most, or go back to the room to read a book or something, and then she could rest, but now she can't.
During the meal, a teaching nun watched over her, let her sit for a while after eating, and then urged her to go out for a walk, so as not to accumulate food or get fat from sitting for a long time. After finally coming back, I can't rest and have to take a bath. There are also many rules for bathing. After bathing, Mammy has to lead someone to apply balm on the body, and massage for half an hour, from head to toe.
After all, Sun Yue'er's upper eyelids and lower eyelids were already fighting. This is not finished yet, and the teaching mother still needs to tell her something about men and women, so that she can serve the prince better in the future.
Sun Yue'er's good temper is annoying, if she hadn't been brother Xiaobao's daughter-in-law for many years, and brother Xiaobao said he wanted to marry her, she would have never married her because of brother Xiaobao, she would have quit long ago.
Finally sent the teacher away, Sun Yue'er fell asleep on the couch.
When she woke up again, she felt someone pinch her nose. When she opened her eyes, she found that there was a man in black on her bed.