Hearing this sentence, Concubine Yigui shook her head helplessly, raised her green fingers, and gently rubbed the area between her brows, which was a little dull, not knowing what to say. Of course she knew what Li Chengping was referring to, but as His Majesty's concubine, she, a woman with such an innocent nature, was able to sit in her current position in peace and stability, and it was also because of the Liu family who entered her. The word "quiet" that Gongqian persuaded, in this chaotic situation, can't say anything.
Today's imperial palace has completely changed its layout since three years ago. The empress dowager died, the empress died, and the eldest princess also died. Concubine Shu Gui was kept in the cold palace. Concubine Yigui, who gave birth to Li Chengping, and Ning Cairen, who gave birth to the First Prince, during the rebellion in Kyoto, as Fan Xian and the First Prince bravely or were forced to stand on His Majesty's side, the rebellion failed, and the two Naturally, the tide rises for a nobleman, and Ningcai was promoted to a higher level. Although Yigui is still a noble concubine, she will gradually become a noble concubine with the passage of time.
Concubine Yigui and Ren Ningcai are in charge of the imperial palace. Concubine Yigui has a good temperament, and Ren Ningcai doesn't care about things. Naturally, the palace is peaceful and drizzle, and three years of good life have passed. The loud bang, the good times finally came to an end.
Ning Cairen was relegated to the cold palace by His Majesty because he bravely pleaded for the old Dean Chen, and he was with Concubine Shu as a companion—it was also thanks to her that she gave birth to a good son, otherwise, with His Majesty's anger that day, he would have been sent to death. is the best result.
Concubine Yigui is now the only noble master in the palace, so the talent show that started three days ago is naturally in her hands, and she understands the real purpose behind this sudden talent show better than the rest.
After the rebellion in Kyoto, His Majesty still had two and a half sons, apart from His Majesty the Third Prince Li Chengping who was far away in Dongyi City, the other half naturally referred to Fan Xian. It's a pity that because of Chen Pingping's conspiracy, Fan Xian and the emperor fell into a cold war. No one knows how this matter will end in the future.
The two and a half sons who were born have completely learned the lessons of the crown prince and the second prince, and the relationship between them is extremely close. Not to mention the friendship between His Royal Highness and Fan Xian, it is the teacher-student relationship between Fan Xian and the third prince. The friendship is also stable beyond His Majesty's expectations.
Since the seventh year of Qingli, Fan Xian has entered the palace many times, but his contact with the third prince has decreased. First, he wants to avoid suspicion when the third prince is clearly becoming the heir apparent. Second, it is because His Majesty the Emperor deliberately weakened Fan Xian's influence on the third prince.
Even though Fan Xian is useless, he has one strong point that everyone admires, that is, he is able to influence the people around him and make them focus on him, whether it is some close officials of the Overwatch Council, It is still the fourth son of Fanmen, or the direct line of troops in Baoyuelou, which proves this point.
The third prince was his student. Although he rarely met Fan Xian after returning from Jiangnan, he never forgot Fan Xian's stick education. He had already changed from the slightly vicious child to a restrained prince.
There is no jealousy between the three princes, if it is normal, this is an extremely wonderful thing, after the rebellion in Kyoto three years ago, after introspecting himself, Emperor Qing must have no interest in taking his sons They were all crazy, but Chen Pingping's rebellion made this seemingly wonderful relationship no longer so wonderful in the eyes of the emperor.
Concubine Yigui is very aware of this. If His Majesty no longer fully trusts Fan Xian, then he must be vigilant about whether his sons will form a group and do something together. Attacking Fan Xian chilled everyone's hearts. When Taiping grows up day by day, what will happen in the palace
Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor wanted to draft a talent show, and asked for more reproductive machines in the palace, so as to give birth to several sons for him.
Concubine Yigui glanced at her son, her brows were full of sorrow, and she sighed softly. Li Chengping didn't sigh, but gently held his mother's hand. There are so many filthy things in the palace. He grew up like this since he was a child. He watched his two elder brothers want to kill him because of that chair. He wanted to kill his father, but in the end he was rescued by his other two elder brothers. He had already discovered that if the palace was more peaceful, life would be much smoother.
However, there had never been such a good thing in the world. He knew that his relationship with the Fan family was too deep. If his father no longer trusted Fan Xian, he might not feel at ease and simply hand over the world to him. Pick a beautiful girl into the palace? The father wants to have more sons... Is this to be wary of himself? Still wary of Fan Xian
"Mister will enter the palace to pay his respects tomorrow, maybe things are not so bad." Li Chengping smiled reluctantly, comforting his mother.
"That boy Fan Xian is very stubborn. Who knows if he will enter the palace tomorrow." Concubine Yigui smiled helplessly. She knew that His Majesty would warn Shufang Palace and Fan Xian even if he wanted to have a few more sons. , but after all, it will be a long time later, and the court of the Qing Dynasty has long been used to Li Chengping being the future Qing Emperor, even more stable than the Crown Prince back then, and it is impossible for His Majesty If you don't trust, you will interrupt the future you have planned for a long time.
It's just that she really doesn't know what the real problem between His Majesty and Fan Xian is, is it the death of old Dean Chen, or something else? If Fan Xian is willing to plead guilty and bow his head tomorrow, as long as he can continue to live in the capital, his power status will naturally be restored slowly in the future, so why does Shufang Palace need to worry about these beautiful girls who were sent into the palace by ministers and princes.
Concubine Yigui frowned slightly, a rare coldness flashed across her eyes, and she said: "It's fine if these little ladies are in peace, if they really rely on the fact that their mother's family is in the court I just want to play tricks in the palace, and I will definitely not tolerate them."
After all, she has been the lord of the palace in name for three years. She presided over the draft, and no matter how innocent her temperament was, most of her innocent temperament had already been wiped out in this palace. dignity.
"I heard that the three of those beautiful girls were kicked out by their mothers just after they entered the palace yesterday." Li Chengping sincerely persuaded: "After all, it was Father's intention. If you make it too obvious, I'm afraid that Father will Not happy."
"Your father would be happy even if he found out, those little girls who don't have any discernment..." Concubine Yigui sneered and said, "It's been a long time since Guochao was drafted, and there are no rules at all from Taichang Temple to the Ministry of Rites. I don’t know what kind of people’s daughters are sent to the palace. I don’t know what they heard at their mother’s house, and they sprinkled a lot of money as soon as they entered the palace. However, those maids probably haven’t eaten this kind of money for a long time. I suffered."
She looked at the third prince and said calmly: "Those beautiful girls inquired about the situation in the palace as soon as they entered the palace. Dare to say... after all, they are not from any decent minister's mansion, they are all old princes and old ministers who are on the verge of ruin. They probably don't know what the background of the Fan family's Liu mansion is. The favor of those words was aimed at that... I don't know how ugly the words were."
"I drove those three beautiful girls out of the palace, not only to remind the rest, but also to save their lives." Concubine Yigui lightly brushed her hair at the sideburns, and said quietly: "And Don't say what your Majesty will be like if he really hears this kind of discussion, as long as these words reach Fan Xian's ears, what do you say will happen to these beautiful women's houses after the matter subsides."
Li Chengping finally couldn't help laughing, and said: "If the recent situation really subsides, I'm afraid that my mother would like to add more details and tell my husband."
Concubine Yigui smiled and spat: "This child is talking nonsense, mother is not like this."
Li Chengping scratched his head, hesitantly said: "But father always keeps Miss Fan's family in the imperial study, it's always against the rules."
Concubine Yigui smiled after being silent for a long time and didn't say anything. In fact, she knew in her heart that the man who turned herself into a woman, the most powerful man in the world, would actually feel lonely. In his eyes, The women in the palace seemed to be asking for something, maybe only the Miss Fan family who had nothing to do with the palace could make him truly feel that he had nothing to ask for.
What His Majesty likes is that people around him don't want anything from him. Thinking of this, Concubine Yigui's expression became a little dull, she looked at Li Chengping and said gently: "You should also avoid going to the cold palace, carefully, His Majesty is not happy."
"Concubine Shu was put into the cold palace, but she is the biological mother of the second brother after all. She treated us brothers well in the past, and it has nothing to do with what the second brother did." Li Chengping explained in a low voice: "Now Aunt Ning is also I have been thrown into limbo, I have to go and see."
Concubine Yigui smiled and didn't say anything else. She knew that the reason why the Third Prince often visited the Leng Palace, gained a reputation of being tolerant in the palace, and His Majesty was a little surprised to appreciate it... It was all because of Fan Xian's instructions, three years When the former capital rebelled, it was said that Fan Xian had personally promised the dying second prince to take care of Concubine Shu for him.
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The mother and son in Shufang Palace were talking softly about the draft and about the girl in the imperial study room. At the same time, the girl in the imperial study room had already walked around with the help of the unhealed emperor , will return to the imperial study.
As Concubine Yigui said, His Majesty the Emperor only admires this woman, but he will not have any other absurd thoughts. He has already entered the realm of a great master, and he has already seen through the affairs of men and women. The reason for the selection is more Or for political reasons. And during the walk, His Majesty the Emperor certainly wouldn't talk about the draft with Fan Ruoruo, but casually talked about the wind and rain in the capital for the past eight days and Fan Xian's affairs.
Of course, most of the time, His Majesty the Emperor was talking and Fan Ruoruo was listening. The Emperor was raised by the grandmother of the Fan family, so he naturally had a natural closeness to the Fan family. The Emperor had no daughter in this life. Ever since Lin Waner moved out of the palace, It seems that this kind of warmer feeling can no longer be found.
The two were walking in front, and eunuch Yao and a group of people followed nervously at a distance, taking a walk in the dark, this team inevitably looked a little ridiculous.
Just beside the stone gate that was about to turn to the right path in front of the imperial study, His Majesty the Emperor stopped, looked at the eunuch bowing beside the stone gate, and asked after a long silence: "How are you doing with Eunuch Dai recently?"
This eunuch is exactly Hong Zhu, the celebrity in the imperial study back then. After the incident three years ago faded away, he followed Eunuch Dai in the field of paperwork these days, and today he ran into Shengjia at night, and he was in a complicated mood. Waiting aside, but unexpectedly His Majesty would suddenly ask him a question, he hurriedly answered with a trembling voice.
The emperor glanced at him with satisfaction, he liked this clever little eunuch very much back then, otherwise he would not have let him follow him in the imperial study, and later sent him to the East Palace as the chief eunuch, just because of some very Coincidentally, Hong Zhu fell into it, but even so, the emperor still didn't kill him.
Suddenly the emperor's heart moved, thinking of the wheelchair when he saw it earlier, the winter snow that day, the scene when Fan Xian entered the palace, the little eunuch pushing the wheelchair was Hong Zhu... Gradually, the emperor's eyes There was a flash of a smile, remembering that Fan Xian didn't seem to like this little eunuch very much. Not knowing what was going on in his mind, he opened his mouth and ordered: "From tomorrow onwards, go back to the imperial study."
Hong Zhu was overjoyed, knelt on the ground, thanked him vaguely and kowtowed, but no one noticed that there was a trace of complicated expression in his lowered eyes.
The emperor waved his hand in some annoyance, and entered the stone gate with Fan Ruoruo. The emperor suddenly said: "On snowy and rainy days, you don't need to kneel when you see me. This is a rule that I established after I ascended the throne. It's raining today, and the ground is still wet, so Hong Zhu doesn't need to kneel."
Fan Ruoruo stared at His Majesty in a daze, not knowing why His Majesty said this.
"Zhen... isn't he really a good emperor?" About to walk outside the imperial study, the emperor suddenly stopped and asked very calmly, but very seriously.
There was always an answer to any question. At this time, only Fan Ruoruo was by his side, so he was naturally waiting for Fan Ruoruo to make a judgment. Fan Ruoruo's heart trembled slightly, and he thought to himself that he was not a great scholar, nor a scholar who wrote well in history, how could he have the qualifications to judge such a big topic? However, the emperor did not take a step, just calmly waiting for her to speak.
Fan Ruoruo was silent for a long time, thinking of the scenes he saw in the imperial study these days, as well as the details of the palace, and thinking of the lives of the people of Qing Kingdom in the prefectures and counties he saw when he traveled around the world.
After all, she couldn't hide her eyes and sincerity. After thinking for a moment, she lightly parted her lips and replied earnestly: "Compared with the previous emperors, Your Majesty... is indeed a good emperor."
The emperor was silent for a moment, savoring Fan Ruoruo's reply carefully, and after a while, he finally relaxed his face and burst out laughing. The laughter echoed in the garden in front of the imperial study room, under the eaves, bumped into the palace wall again, and bumped back again.
Eunuch Yao who followed behind was slightly stunned. They didn't know what the Miss Fan family had said to make His Majesty laugh so happily. They were so happy like never before. They had mixed feelings for a while. I admire it to the extreme.
Fan Ruoruo also smiled slightly, looking at His Majesty the Emperor beside her, feeling extremely complicated emotions in her heart, at this moment, she finally understood why His Majesty treats her so differently these days.
Concubine Yigui might have guessed some things correctly, and Fan Ruoruo had also guessed some things correctly before, so Fan Xian thought it was not wrong, but the emperor left Fan Ruoruo in the palace, by his side, in the imperial study, and let her watch In addition to being seriously injured, I still have to manage the national power, be wise and martial...
Maybe it was just after the conversation with Chen Pingping in the Imperial Study Room, His Majesty the Emperor needs someone to prove that he is a good emperor.
No matter what the old black dog in the wheelchair says, I'm still a good emperor, isn't I? At this moment, His Majesty seemed to have finally made up his mind, and with a confident and calm smile on his face again, he walked towards the imperial study.
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"Xuan!"
"Xuan!"
"Xuan Taixue taught Fan Xian to enter the palace!"
Or rough and bold, or sharp like a duck, but the words that are called out are all the same. There is no court meeting today, and there is no regular holiday, and the root of the imperial city is quiet. The generals and soldiers of the Forbidden Army had serious faces and did not look sideways, allowing the young man in a green robe to walk past them. However, what did not match their calm faces was their nervousness at the moment.
Nine days have passed since Chen Pingping's rebellion happened and she was tortured to death in the execution ground in front of the palace. Lord Xiao Fan entered the execution ground that day and despised His Majesty's authority, which has already shown Lord Fan's attitude on this matter. In the next few days, the cold war between His Majesty the Emperor and the powerful officials of the Qing court reached its peak. Countless eyeliners from the inner court outside Fan's mansion died tragically. There was an assassination against Fan Xian.
All in all, when the news that His Majesty the Emperor ordered Fan Xian to enter the palace to pay his respects was revealed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although the current Qing Kingdom is powerful, it still does not want to bear the possible consequences of the rivalry between the monarch and his ministers. bloody.
This shows from another level that even though Fan Xian has no official position, the people of the Qing Kingdom in the court market still think that if he really goes all out, he will really cause a certain degree of harm to the Qing Kingdom. And it only took nine days for the cold war between His Majesty and Fan Xian to come to an end. It is really a matter of great joy.
In the eyes of Hu Dashi and others, there is nothing unresolvable between the father and son of the monarch and his ministers. It is nothing more than intense emotions, which forced out the viciousness and stubbornness in the hearts of the father and son. Ken gave in first, but His Majesty the Emperor took this step first, which naturally means that the palace took a step back first, presumably Fan Xian must also accept this affection.
In the cold air, Fan Xian silently followed Eunuch Yao. Eunuch Yao, who was already the chief eunuch in the palace, still played that humble role in front of him, but Fan Xian didn't have much interest in talking.
Taixue teaching? Although Fan Xian is white now, the only thing that can be called a public office is this title, but it is still so harsh. Amidst these urgings, Fan Xian came to the imperial study, and was somewhat surprised to see Hong Zhu waiting outside the study. Fan Xian didn't hide his surprise, nodded slightly, and Hong Zhu saluted deeply, no one could see the exchange in the eyes of the two.
After entering the study and seeing his younger sister, Fan Xian calmed down slightly, and then bowed deeply to the man on the soft couch, but still stubbornly did not say a word.
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That day when Fan Xian rode back to the capital alone, until he left the execution ground with Chen Pingping's body in his arms, he was ashamed to cast a glance at the man in the imperial city. After careful calculation, the emperor and him had not seen each other for several months.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at Fan Xian quietly, and was not surprised by Fan Xian's emotions at this time. He did not allow his subjects to have any disobedient emotions in front of him, but it did not mean that he could not accept his own feelings. The most beloved son, showing his true temperament or stubborn side in front of himself.
The silence in the Imperial Study Room did not last long. Fan Ruoruo gave a little blessing to His Majesty the Emperor, smiled at his elder brother, and then left the Imperial Study Room. She stayed here today because His Majesty wanted Fan Xian to feel at ease. Now that this goal has been achieved, Naturally, she also wanted to leave, leaving a quiet environment for the monarch and his subjects to speak.
"I've been thinking about why I'm so tolerant to you." The emperor looked at Fan Xian and said slowly, "Of course it's not because of the contributions you made to the Daqing Dynasty. It wasn't until yesterday that I finally figured it out." .”
The emperor looked at him and said calmly: "I don't think we need too much nonsense between you and me. Here are some files. You can take a look."
In this story, it has been repeated countless times. Emperor Qing and Fan Xian are two of the world's best powerful actors. However, in today's Yushufang, Emperor Qing didn't play anything, he just said directly These words.
The words were very simple, but Fan Xian understood the meaning hidden in them. He knew that the case in front of him was nothing more than the evidence that Chen Pingping had presided over the murder of himself, such as the Hanging Temple, such as the valley, and everything related to the separation. thing.
According to the arrangement of the dead old man, Fan Xian should act surprised and sad at this time, and then return to His Majesty's side, but for some reason, seeing the confident, calm and elegant expression of the emperor's father at this time, he felt infinite anger, That anger made him sad and heartbroken, and he didn't want to continue acting at all.
Fan Xian raised his head and looked straight at the most familiar yet most unfamiliar man, without moving for a long time.