"Princess Eldest, please go this way." The blue-clothed eunuch bowed and led the way. Princess Deyi got off the carriage, stretched out her hand for her grandson to support her, and walked slowly forward.
After walking a distance, she slowed down and said with some doubts: "This doesn't seem to be the way to Luanhe Palace"
"If you go back to the eldest princess, the empress is now living in the Zichen Palace," the blue-clothed eunuch turned around and bowed to the eldest princess Deyi, "That's why I went this way."
"Zi Chen Palace?" The eldest Princess Deyi frowned slightly, and said with some disapproval, "My Jin family has an ancestral system, and the queen lives in the Luanhe Palace. Why is the queen so ignorant of the rules?"
At the beginning, she had the intention to send her granddaughter to the palace to be the queen, but at her suggestion, the Zhou family did not respond at all. In desperation, she had to get her granddaughter engaged to the son of the Li family, but she felt a little uneasy. Fun, now that the emperor and empress have been married for nearly three months, the empress still lives in Luanhe Palace, so she is even more dissatisfied with the empress.
Lan Yi Tai, who was leading the way, listened to these words, buried his head lower, turned his head and continued to lead the way in silence, but the earnest smile on his face faded a lot.
Sima Ling tilted her head to look at the grandmother, and saw that in her aging face, there was still a bit of arrogance, and in the silver-white hair, the luxurious gold ornaments seemed to have been frozen by the cold, with a silky texture. Unbearable cold.
After entering the Qiankun Palace, the blue-clothed eunuch led them directly to the direction of Zichen Hall. Sima Ling noticed that there were many dragon guards standing on the way. It was only when they approached the gate of Zichen Hall that those dragon guards were replaced by Dali eunuchs.
The clothes of these eunuchs are slightly different from other eunuchs. The dark blue eunuch clothes are not only embroidered with birds, but also have a machete on their waists. If it wasn't for their white faces and beards, and wearing the hats specially designed for eunuchs, Sima Ling would almost have thought that they were guards with swords in the palace.
"Father-in-law," the blue-clothed eunuch walked to the door and gave a big salute to He Ming, who was standing at the door. "Princess Deyi is here." After speaking, he made a small gesture to He Ming.
He Ming nodded, and then walked towards the eldest princess Deyi who was standing under the steps: "This servant has seen the eldest princess. Your Majesty and the empress are waiting for you in the front hall, please."
When Princess Deyi saw that the eunuch was dressed in red with patterns embroidered on it, she knew that this was a high-level eunuch in front of the emperor. She nodded slightly and stepped onto the steps.
Sima Ling smiled at He Ming, and hurriedly followed Princess Deyi's hand.
He Ming respectfully followed behind them and entered the door with a blank expression.
After they all entered, the blue-clothed eunuch standing outside scolded softly, "What!"
The emperor and the queen's crew were in the Zichen Palace. The queen mother had no opinion, the courtiers had no opinion, and even the rest of the royal family did not say much, but the eldest princess who had just returned from Sanggan County talked a lot.
Don't look at who is in charge of this world now, and who is in charge of this harem.
Before the eldest Princess Deyi entered the front hall, she heard voices coming from inside. She stopped to look at He Ming: "Is there anyone else in there?"
He Ming didn't seem to see the dissatisfaction in the eyes of the eldest princess Deyi, and said with a bow: "Back to the eldest princess, it is the prince concubine of the Pingjun palace who is talking with the queen."
Hearing that it was a royal, Eldest Princess Deyi calmed down again and walked towards the front hall. Seeing this, He Ming quickened his pace, entered the front hall in front of her, then walked in front of Gu Rujiu, cupped his hands and said, "The Empress, the eldest Princess Deyi is here."
Hearing this, Gu Rujiu stopped to joke with the Crown Prince of Pingjun, and then looked at the door with a smile. Then I saw a thin but energetic old woman walking in. She was holding a crested crutch in one hand and a beautiful woman with outstanding demeanor in the other, walking very steadily step by step.
That beautiful woman, Gu Rujiu, recognized who it was at a glance. She and Sima Ling hadn't seen each other for a few months. The other party now has a little more charm than when she was in the boudoir, and she's a little less girlish, and she looks more charming. .
Sima Ling walked into the room and saw that in addition to Gu Rujiu and her aunt who had married to the Prince of Pingjun, there was also a handsome young man dressed in Chinese clothes. This young man sat side by side with Gu Rujiu and seemed very intimate. She was stunned, and then reacted.
"The minister's wife has seen the emperor and the queen's concubine." Although Gu Rujiu was not as famous as herself when she was in the boudoir, she couldn't hold back the other party's luck and became a noble empress. Therefore, Sima Ling behaved in a well-behaved manner and was not at all unwilling.
The eldest Princess Deyi handed the crested crutch to the maid beside her, and then slowly bent her knees, as if she wanted to salute Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu.
"Auntie don't need to be too polite," Jin Yang raised his hand towards the eldest Princess Deyi, and Bai Xian stepped forward with a wink and helped the eldest Princess Deyi to sit down on the chair.
After Deyi sat down, he smiled and said, "I was overjoyed to hear that Your Majesty and the Empress got married, but unfortunately I was on the road and couldn't come to congratulate myself. I'm very sorry to miss His Majesty's wedding." The maid took a box in her hand, "This pair of blood jade bracelets was given to me by my father the emperor Qin in the year I was married. Today, I borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and present this thing to the empress. I also ask the empress not to dislike it."
"How can I take the precious things that my great-grandfather gave to my aunt?" Gu Rujiu declined, "I understand my aunt's kindness, but..."
"Niangniang, please don't refuse. As the saying goes, flowers are given to beautiful women, and this blood jade bracelet is only suitable for beauty." The eldest Princess Deyi stood up, holding the box and walking to Gu Rujiu, "As long as Niangniang doesn't dislike it, it's fine."
"Then I have no choice but to thank my great-aunt for giving such a treasure," Gu Rujiu got up and took the box, bowing to the eldest Princess Deyi.
The eldest Princess Deyi stood steadily and accepted her gift.
Jin Yang, who was sitting next to him, smiled slightly, lowered his head and took a sip of tea.
Bai Xian stepped forward and helped the eldest Princess Deyi to sit down on the chair. Gu Rujiu didn't open the box, turned around and handed the box to Baolu, the maid who was close to him, and then sat down beside Jin Yang.
Jin Yang raised his head and smiled at her, then turned to Deyi and said, "Since my aunt is back in Beijing, don't go back to Sanggan County. I heard that my cousin was working in Honglu Temple, and he did a good job."
"It's not embarrassing to ask the emperor Hongfu," Deyi smiled, and then said to Jin Yang, "I haven't been to Beijing for many years, and the capital seems to be much more prosperous than when I got married."
Jin Yang smiled and said, "It is the imperial grandfather and the imperial father who have made good governance."
Everyone in the audience knew what the virtue of the late emperor was, but when Jin Yang said this, no one could refute it. Deyi didn't mention the late emperor, but just said, "I have often heard passers-by mentioning His Majesty along the way, saying that His Majesty is a good emperor, and there are even children who compose children's songs and sing something... Dafeng has Delong, and the harvest is prosperous. Although it is the words of a child, it can be seen that the people love you very much."
After Jin Yang ascended the throne, the era name was Delong, so the people also called him Emperor Delong.
Gu Rujiu silently watched the eldest princess compliment Jin Yang in a fancy way, and was very sensible and did not interrupt.
However, Jin Yang didn't seem to like this very much. After a few words of humility, he turned the conversation to the prince concubine of the Prince of Pingjun, and then asked how the Prince of Pingjun was in health and so on.
"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern. Father-in-law has been quite strong recently, but it is regrettable that he is old and cannot share his worries." Prince Consort Pingjun replied respectfully, "Every time he mentioned His Majesty, the old man was full of praise, and he often urged the younger generation in the family. Go forward, so that you can share your worries for Your Majesty."
"Uncle-grandfather is getting old, and the fact that his old man is healthy is the solution to my biggest worry," Jin Yang suddenly paused, and then said, "Cousin has been doing well recently, can he serve in the court?"
Hearing this, Prince Concubine Pingjun was overjoyed, but her face was even more respectful: "The dog has been doing well recently, and he has improved a lot than before, but his father felt that his ability was insufficient, so he did not let him serve in the court."
"Uncle is good at everything, but he is a little more serious. I remember that my cousin is good at martial arts. Not only is his archery skill a hundred paces, but his swordsmanship is also outstanding." Jin Yang rubbed the mouth of the teacup, and then said, "I was promoted to the post a few days ago. Since my uncle is the commander of the Dragon Imperial Guard, there is still a vacancy for the deputy commander, so I thought about asking my cousin to help me fill this vacancy, what is my aunt's opinion?"
Deputy Commander of the Dragon Guard? That's a real difference from the third rank, and it's still a messenger in front of the imperial court. The Prince and Concubine Pingjun was naturally happy, and immediately said: "It is a blessing for the emperor to be a dog, and the minister's wife thanked the emperor for his grace on behalf of the dog."
This is not only grace, but a great grace. Although their family is a royal family, they have not been very powerful, and there are very few poor people in the family. Now that the emperor is willing to give her son a position of deputy commander of the dragon guard from the third rank, she will not be unhappy.
The eldest princess Deyi looked at the prince and concubine of Pingjun with a happy face, and her expression was a little light. In her heart, she had never been very fond of Prince Ping and Prince Kang. When they competed for the throne back then, the two were as clueless as they were. However, it was also thanks to these two that they were cowardly and incompetent. After the new emperor ascended the throne, they were tolerated by their elder brothers, holding the title of the county king and living the life of an idle royal family.
Later, her nephew ascended the throne, and the nephew was a soft-hearted person, and the two of them had a more comfortable life in the capital. Now that the nephew has passed away, this young emperor who has passed on seems to be not as easy to get along with as the previous emperor. The two old men have shrunk into turtledoves again, and they have lost the appearance of elders.
After she was married to Sanggan County in her early years, she lived an honest life and did not dare to get involved in the dispute between her brothers for the throne. Facts have proved that her original decision was right. How many brothers and sisters died in those years, and now only she and the two weak and incompetent brothers are alive.
After sitting in for only a few incense sticks, Deyi saw that the emperor and the empress made several small gestures between husband and wife, and he was even more dissatisfied with the queen.
As an empress, she always pays attention to being dignified and graceful. It would be too frivolous to flirt with the emperor in front of the elders.
In the view of the eldest Princess Deyi, Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu occasionally exchanged smiles at each other or handed tea cups to each other, which was dignified. If the concubines and concubines do this, she can still pretend not to see it, but this is not what the queen can do.
"Your Majesty and the Empress have a very good relationship," Deyi couldn't bear it any longer after seeing that Jin Yang actually took the teacup Gu Rujiu had drunk in his hand by mistake, she glanced at Gu Rujiu, "It's even a tea set. Not you and me."
When the Prince and Concubine Pingjun heard this, she was afraid that the Queen's face would not look good, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "The Empress and Empress are deeply in love, this is a good thing for us in Dafeng."
"The queen is my wife. Since she is my wife, how can I divide you and me?" Jin Yang brought the teacup to his mouth, took a slow sip, smiled at Gu Rujiu, and said to Deyi, "It's better to let my aunt Grandma laughed."
Seeing that Jin Yang didn't care about his words at all, and even drank the tea in front of him, Deyi looked a little bad, but he couldn't swear at Jin Yang, so he turned to look at Gu Rujiu and said, "It's the queen who Your Majesty takes good care of you."
What does this mean
The prince and concubine of Pingjun glanced at Deyi, why does this aunt have to get along with the queen, doesn't this make the queen and queen mother dissatisfied
the emperor...
She glanced at the indifferent emperor, and quickly averted her gaze, fearing that even the emperor would not be very happy.
"As His Majesty's first wife, it is right to take good care of His Majesty," Gu Rujiu smiled and looked at eldest Princess Deyi, raised her chin slightly, "Even the mother praised the palace for taking good care of His Majesty, and the clothes had to be redone. ."
The Crown Prince and Concubine Pingjun sneered inwardly, this is something that scolded the eldest Princess Deyi for being meddlesome, and even the Queen Mother didn't say much. Is she here to point out
"The minister's wife has seen that Your Majesty has gained weight these days." The Prince and Concubine of Pingjun wanted to please the Empress, so she followed Gu Rujiu's words, "It seems that the Empress will be considerate."
"No," Jin Yang shook his head and smiled, "Since I have a queen, I have to eat two more bowls of rice every day, can I not grow meat?"
"It's good to grow meat, and it's good to be able to eat it," said Concubine Pingjun, covering her mouth with a smile. "Otherwise, Master Izumo could only say that the Queen is very lucky."
With the Prince and Concubine of Pingjun specially holding it, the atmosphere became better again. Seeing this, the eldest Princess Deyi felt a little unhappy in her heart, but she also knew that she couldn't say much.
After more than half an hour, the eldest princess Deyi couldn't hear the prince and concubine of Pingjun touting the queen, so she got up and said goodbye.
Jin Yang didn't hold back, and only asked Bai Xian to send her out.
After returning to the Princess Mansion, the eldest Princess Deyi lowered her face and said to Sima Ling, "Is the Crown Prince of Pingjun your aunt?"
"Yes." Sima Ling nodded.
"It is said that the people of the Sima family are polite in their words and deeds, and their demeanor is extraordinary," the eldest Princess Deyi took off the bracelets and other accessories and said coldly, "It can be seen that the name is not worthy of the name."
Sima Ling's face darkened when she heard this, she stood up from the chair and bowed her knees to the eldest Princess Deyi: "Grandmother, husband is going back to the house soon, I should go back, grandson-in-law bid farewell." After speaking, she did not wait. What the eldest princess Deyi said, she turned around and walked out of the yard of the eldest princess Deyi.
As a girl from the Sima family, she knows filial piety, but she is not obedient for no reason. Humiliating her family, if she still listened silently, she would be ashamed of being Sima's family.
"What does she mean?!" Seeing that Sima Ling had just left, Princess Deyi's face sank, "Is this the tutor of the Sima family?"
Seeing this, the maids who were waiting on the side did not dare to say anything.
When Sima Ling returned to the small courtyard, Shen Qinghe happened to be there. Seeing that her face was not quite right, she asked with concern, "What happened to you, but you were wronged when you entered the palace?"
"No," Sima Ling shook her head slowly, then looked at Shen Qinghe and lowered her head slightly, "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired."
"Then you have a good rest," Shen Qinghe hurriedly called a maid to wait for Sima Ling to take off her hairpin, "You go to sleep for a while, and I'll ask you to eat some food later."
"Okay." Sima Ling forced a smile before entering the inner room.
After she entered, Shen Qinghe lowered his face and called a maid who accompanied Sima Ling into the palace today to ask her what happened today.
After knowing the whole story, he felt guilty and distressed, so he let the maid retreat.
"Jiu Jiu," Jin Yang held a cup of tea in front of Gu Rujiu, and when she saw her head bowed, he moved his head carefully, "Are you angry?"
"Why am I angry?" Gu Rujiu took the teacup and said, "I already drank a belly of water just now, don't let me drink it any more."
"I'm apologizing to you," Jin Yang squeezed to her side and sat down, "I'm afraid you'll hurt your body when you get angry."
"Are you stupid?" Gu Rujiu touched Jin Yang's forehead with his finger, "Who is she and who are you?"
Seeing his cautious appearance, Gu Rujiu softened her heart, touched his cheek and said, "She is just an outsider, you and I are one, how could I be angry with you because of an unrelated outsider. Besides, seeing you After protecting me like that just now, I don't have any anger anymore."
"But I don't feel very well," Jin Yang took Gu Rujiu into his arms and sniffed the fragrance on her body, "You are the queen, and she dares to stand and receive your salute, which is really annoying."
"Okay, okay, don't be angry, be good," Gu Rujiu patted his head, then raised his head and kissed his chin, "I don't care about an old lady."
Jin Yang looked down at her and hugged her horizontally.
In the afternoon, after having lunch, Gu Rujiu went to bed in the morning. Jin Yang stood at the head of the bed looking at her sleeping face, lowered his head and stole a kiss on her cheek, and walked out of the inner room.
"Your Majesty," Bai Xian and He Ming saluted when Jin Yang came out.
"Well," Jin Yang looked back at the inner room, led the two out the door, and then entered the imperial study before he said, "Is the matter clear?"
"Go back to Your Majesty, the slaves have checked, and this matter has something to do with your marriage." He Ming hesitated, "Eldest Princess Deyi originally intended to let her granddaughter enter the palace, but the Empress Dowager did not agree. So there is no context for this.”
"Her granddaughter?" Jin Yang opened a memorial with a blank face, and after reading it, he wrote a few words on it, "Has her granddaughter decided on someone now?"
"It's already booked. It's Li Huaigu, the son of the Li family. I heard that the two will get married at the end of this month."
"Li Huaigu?" Jin Yang raised his head with coldness in his eyes, "I heard that this Young Master Li had intended to marry the Gu family?"
"It seems that this happened, but the Gu family didn't agree." He Ming lowered his head.
"Naturally I don't agree. If I agree, where will I go for a long time?" The corners of Jin Yang's mouth were slightly upturned, and the coldness on his face dissipated a little, "This eldest princess Deyi was heard to be a very interesting person in the early years. ."
He Ming and Bai Xian did not dare to answer.
"Those who know interest must keep knowing interest all the time." Jin Yang opened the memorial again. This memorial is about the matter of the county magistrate of Sanggan County exposing the eldest princess' servant to hurt people.
"If you don't understand this principle, you can have someone teach her a lesson." Jin Yang quickly wrote a few words on it with a red pen, and then said, "Send this memorial to the Ministry of Punishment."
"Yes." Bai Xian didn't dare to read the content. After taking the memorial, he hurried to the Ministry of Punishment.
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment were a little stunned when they saw the memorial. The slaves and maids in the house of the eldest princess Deyi committed murder, and the emperor asked them to take people according to the law. This seems to be just punishing the servants, but... Isn't it also a slap in the face of the eldest princess Deyi
"Princess Deyi has only been in the capital for three days, why did the emperor get so angry?" , I dare not show it to others.
"Who knows what the Son of Heaven is thinking?" The right servant of the Criminal Department adjusted his clothes, "I'm not a moody temperament today, I'm afraid this eldest princess has really done something wrong, and I'm going to use this to warn her. "
Otherwise, why would this kind of big or small matter make the people of the Punishment Department go here in person
Although the eldest eldest princess Deyi is very valuable, but her majesty has spoken, then this honorable eldest princess may not be so honorable, and whoever they should be taken by the punishment department must take it.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Princess!"
As soon as the night fell and Princess Deyi was only halfway through her dinner, she heard a noise from the outer courtyard. She frowned and said, "What happened, why is it so noisy outside?"
"His Royal Highness," a mama came hurriedly, "it's someone from the Ministry of Punishment, the housekeeper has committed a crime and will take him to interrogate him."
"Presumptuous, the people of this palace, do they want to take whatever they want?!" The eldest princess Deyi sank, and was about to have the officer in charge called when she saw a middle-aged man in a third-grade official uniform leaving. Come in.
"Weichen has seen the eldest Princess Deyi," the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment bowed to Deyi, and then said, "Weichen was instructed to handle the errand, please forgive the princess."
"By order, under whose order?" Princess Deyi scolded, "If you want to come in, you will come in the palace's mansion, and if you want to take away the people of this palace, you will take it away. Do you still have this big man in your eyes? Princess?!"
The right servant of the Ministry of Punishment tugged at the corner of his mouth and said with an apologetic smile: "Your Highness, the princess, calm down, if the servant in your house does not overturn the case, the servant will definitely send him back intact, if..." He paused for a while, then said, "You know, Your Majesty After ascending the throne, I have always hated those who bully others, even the servants in your palace, Her Royal Highness, must abide by the laws of my Dafeng, do you think this is true?"
"You don't need to say these high-sounding words to this palace," said the eldest princess Deyi, "come here, prepare a carriage and horses, this palace is going to take this lord of the Ministry of Punishment to see the emperor! Let the emperor see how these servants are doing. Bullying his great-aunt!"