When Gu Jiu was leaving the palace, he met Princess Huyang.
Princess Huyang came out from Empress Dowager Xiao, her eyes were still red.
Is this a cry
"What about aunt?"
"Eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, I am suffering!"
When Huyang County Master saw Gu Jiu, he held her hand and cried like a dead old lady.
Gu Jiu's brows twitched, it was inevitable that more people would watch the show, so he could only take Huyang Princess into the carriage first.
The carriage started slowly, moved forward, and circled the capital.
The owner of Huyang County held a handkerchief and cried, very sad.
"Who offended my aunt? Tell me, and ask His Majesty to stand up for you."
"Hmph! It's the emperor who made me unhappy." The owner of Huyang County looked unhappy and was about to die of anger.
Without waiting for Gu Jiu to ask her, she continued, "The emperor's brother has been on the throne for three months, eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, what title do you think this palace is now?"
Gu Jiu suddenly realized and understood.
The princess of Huyang is making a fuss about the title.
Princess Huyang is the younger sister of Emperor Wende's mother.
When Emperor Wende ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, she had always hoped that Emperor Wende would confer her the title of Princess, Eldest Princess, or even Eldest Princess.
Anyway, as long as she can be named a princess, she doesn't dislike it.
However, Emperor Wende ascended the throne for a few months, and summer has come, Huyang princess is still the title of princess.
It seems that Emperor Wende did not intend to make Huyang a princess at all.
Hu Yang felt so wronged, and in the last three days, he went to the palace to cry to Empress Dowager Xiao, pretending to be pitiful and sympathetic.
Empress Dowager Xiao really felt sorry for Princess Huyang, and she wholeheartedly planned for Huyang.
I also personally asked about the canonization, and even talked to Emperor Wende.
When Emperor Wende faced his own mother and younger sister, he just laughed, just perfunctory.
Sometimes they say that the treasury is empty, and sometimes they say that there is no mansion in the Shaofu that is worthy of the title of princess.
After all, there is only one meaning, not canonization.
Emperor Wende was exactly the same as the first emperor. He not only got into the eyes of money, but also was very stingy with the royal family members.
In the eyes of Emperor Wende, the awarding of the title means burning money, and burning a lot of money.
Apart from raising a bunch of unproductive dandies, there is no benefit at all.
Emperor Wende preferred to confer meritorious officials rather than confer royal family members.
A meritorious minister can still shine for the court at any rate.
The royal family members can't shine, they only consume money and food.
Especially Huyang, if her title of princess is restored, with her ostentation, huh, 300,000 taels a year won't be enough for her alone.
At that time, nine out of ten Huyang will go to the palace to play the autumn wind.
Emperor Wende thought to himself, Huyang went to the palace to play the autumn wind, should he give it or not
No matter how you put it, they are both biological sisters, so you have to give some.
Thinking of the money flowing out like running water and satisfying Huyang, Emperor Wende suddenly became unhappy.
Obviously, Emperor Wende, who became the emperor, was twice as stingy as when he was a prince, no, ten times more stingy.
Emperor Wende and the first emperor deserve to be father and son. The emperor's thinking is the same, the same stinginess, the only difference is that the means of action are different.
The owner of Huyang County whimpered and said while crying, and finally explained the matter clearly.
"Bengong is his own sister. The other sisters are all princesses, but I am a princess. Is there any face in this palace? I don't even have the face to go out to meet people. Wuwu …”
The owner of Huyang County complained all the time, and was extremely wronged
Gu Jiu was speechless.
She thought for a while, and said, "Your Highnesses, you are still crowded in Prince Ning's Mansion, and you haven't been knighted yet."
Compared with Huyang Princess who has a single family, at least there is a Princess Mansion. The situation of the princes is that they can die.
"How can it be the same? They are all princes, and it will be a matter of time before they become knights. Huh, brother must be tired of this palace. After he became emperor, he became a wolf-hearted dog."
"Auntie be careful, be careful not to spread this word to His Majesty."
"I'm not afraid. I said the same in front of him. I'm his own sister, and he didn't make me a princess. There's no brother-sister affection at all. The queen mother pleaded for me, but he refused to let go. Blindly perfunctory. I, am I his favorite girl? Eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, my life is suffering!"
Princess Huyang lay in Gu Jiu's arms, howling loudly.
Gu Jiu was very upset.
On a hot day, it's really hot to squeeze together. She was sweating.
Princess Huyang didn't feel hot, but felt wronged and sad.
"I'm not alive anymore, I'm not alive anymore."
Huyang's tone was full of complaints and depression.
Gu Jiu helped her up, and said: "Your Majesty is telling the truth, the treasury really has no money."
"There is no money in the national treasury, so does the Shaofu also have money? The business of the Shaofu bank is so good, how can there be no money. Just take out some money, and the princess Juelu of my palace will solve it."
Gu Jiu asked curiously, "Did Aunt tell His Majesty about this?"
Princess Huyang nodded, "I said it. He has no conscience, and he scolded me and told me not to have any ideas about the Shaofu. He also said that he would issue an order to the Shaofu and not allow me to set foot in the Shaofu. .”
Hearing this, Gu Jiu couldn't laugh or cry.
Emperor Wende's defense against Princess Huyang was clearly three hundred and sixty degrees, with no dead ends and all-round defenses.
It seems that Emperor Wende was terrified of being beaten by the princess of Huyang in the past.
It's just that Emperor Wende's stinginess was beyond Gu Jiu's expectation.
Wives, wives, stingy, majestic emperor, it's really okay to get the whole thing into the eyes of money
Gu Jiu looked at Princess Huyang, what happened to Princess Huyang, is it self-inflicted
Forget it, she still doesn't want to expose the truth, so as not to hurt Huyang.
"Don't worry, aunt. Wait for half a year and a year. After the treasury has a surplus, you can ask His Majesty again. At that time, His Majesty may agree to confer you a princess and build a big princess mansion for you."
"Really? Brother Huang is really so generous?"
There were still tears in the corners of Princess Huyang's eyes, and her eyes were shining brightly, staring at Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu smiled, "Auntie must wait patiently, and don't offend Your Majesty. Your Majesty is His Majesty, first His Majesty, and then Auntie's brother."
"Oh, I understand the truth. I just feel wronged."
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "Auntie, don't be wronged. I have a very profitable business here, and I have reserved a spot for my aunt. Is aunt interested?"
Princess Huyang's eyes are bright, and there is no grievance.
She hurriedly asked: "Is it really making a lot of money?"
"Naturally it makes money."
"Hahaha, Ben Gong believes in you. How much money needs to be invested, I will ask someone to send the money tomorrow."
Gu Jiu smiled, "There's no rush for this matter, we still need to do some preparatory work in the early stage."
Such a big matter as road construction, and toll booths need to be set up, so it must be discussed in court.
Just waiting for the Minister of the Household Department and the Shaofu Jialing to join forces with the courtiers to build momentum for her and pass smoothly.
Then she will take the opportunity to make a fuss and raise a sum of money for road construction.
The bits and pieces add up to a lot.
Let's finish the preparatory work first, and then talk about road construction.
After sending Hu Yang back to the Princess's Mansion, Gu Jiu returned to the Palace.
On the surface, the palace is still the same as before, but the inside is different.
In the past, Empress Pei and Emperor Wende both lived in the palace.
Inside and outside the palace, the two of them are the leaders.
Now that the two of them are living in the palace, gradually there are signs of going their own way in this palace.
The servants eagerly chose their camp.
He leaned against the first room, she leaned against the second room, the maid leaned against the third room, and the young servant leaned against the fourth room...
Even a small kitchen seems to have divided into several factions.
Anyway, it's a mess!
However, who has ever thought of intervening to control the subordinates and change this situation.
Because it was a matter of time before the brothers separated.
Now it is only because the treasury is empty that the brothers have to continue to live under the same roof.
As princes, everyone naturally has to plan early and seize the time to cultivate their own strength.
Gu Jiu got off the carriage at the second door, and casually asked the housewife, "Is there anything going on in the mansion today?"
The concierge woman looked a little weird, and laughed again in a blink of an eye, "The eldest lady is back. The house is fine today, and everyone is very quiet."
"yes?"
Gu Jiu smiled knowingly, who does this concierge belong to
It seems to be a person with four bedrooms.
Gu Jiu said to the gatekeeper's wife: "When you see the Fourth Madam, please say hello for me."
The concierge woman looked flustered, "Ma'am, you are joking. No servant is qualified to speak for Madam."
"It's okay." Gu Jiu led the people back to the east courtyard.
As soon as she entered the east courtyard, Qingmei was the first to start nagging, "If this continues, the palace will be in chaos. Look at those people, they are all thinking about working for their masters, and they don't pay attention to the madam."
Gu Jiu didn't care at all, "The palace is in chaos, don't worry so much, it's not your turn to worry about it. One day the palace will really be in chaos, maybe it's a good thing."
At any rate, remind Emperor Wende to separate his sons quickly.
The princes live together to death!
Life will be short for a few years.
Anyone who knows knows that Emperor Wende asked the princes to live together to save money.
This is indeed saving money, but Emperor Wende ignored people's hearts.
People are tempted to live under the same roof, fearing that they will die.
Gu Jiu ordered, "Order the gatekeeper to keep an eye on the door, and don't let anyone in when His Highness and I are away."
Mother Fang came to the small study with Brother Yu in her arms.
Gu Jiu immediately opened his arms, and Brother Yu rushed towards Gu Jiu's embrace.
"Mother, mother..." Brother Yu knows how to call mother, and he calls it quite clearly.
It's just too much saliva, because I drool every day because of teething. At the end of the day, I don't know how many drool pockets I have to wet.
Gu Jiu took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of Yu Ge'er's mouth, and sat in front of the desk with him in his arms.
Brother Yu likes to grab things very much now, whenever he sees something, he grabs it in his hands.
Qing Mei hurriedly put away the ledger, pen and ink on the desk. He took a few blank sheets of paper for Brother Yu to tear up and play with.
Mother Fang rubbed her arms and said, "Madam and Your Highness are often absent recently, so it is time to strengthen the door. Don't worry about the servants nearby, they are afraid of hurting Brother Yu."
Gu Jiu said: "I will tell His Highness to arrange a few more people to be on duty in the East courtyard. Are you okay in the mansion today?"
Mother Fang smiled and said, "The second room and the third room are making noise."
"What's the trouble?" Gu Jiu was curious.
Mother Fang said: "The pregnant concubine in the second bedroom said that she was pregnant with a brother, so she was a little arrogant and disrespectful to the second wife.
The second lady lost her temper and wanted to punish the concubine. As a result, His Royal Highness happened to bump into him and said a few words. The second lady was so angry that she fainted unexpectedly.
Please come to the imperial physician for an investigation, only to find out that the second wife has been pregnant for a month. "
"Ah! I didn't expect the second sibling to be pregnant. It's a good thing. Qingmei, prepare a gift. Mrs. Ben is going to visit the second sibling later."
Qingmei bowed to accept the order, and took the key to open the warehouse to prepare gifts.
Gu Jiu asked again: "Just now Mammy mentioned Sanfang. What happened to Sanfang?"
Mother Fang said: "It's not a big deal, but the Third Highness smashed a set of white porcelain tea sets from the previous dynasty, and punished two people with 20 boards each, almost killing them."
Gu Jiu frowned, she never liked corporal punishment.
She asked casually, "Why did the Third Highness lose his temper?"
"The servant listened to a few words, it seems that it was because His Majesty asked for an errand, but His Majesty didn't agree, and just told him to continue taking medicine to nourish his health."
Gu Jiu smiled knowingly, "The Third Highness was poisoned and was delayed for several years. Now seeing that the brothers have their own strengths, he is in a hurry. Didn't the empress dowager want to protect him as a matchmaker? Why is there no movement?"
Mother Fang shook her head, "I don't know about this matter either. Maybe there is no suitable candidate."
Brother Yu stretched out his hand and grabbed Gu Jiu's hair.
Gu Jiu cried out in pain.
The maids were in a hurry, and managed to coax Brother Yu to let go. As a result, the kid had no hair to scratch, so he started crying and making a fuss.
As soon as he made a fuss, Gu Jiu suddenly felt that the little angel in his hand had turned into a little devil. The weight of more than ten catties, because of the noise, it seemed that he was holding a big fat man of eighty or ninety catties.
Gu Jiu was so tired that she was sweating.
Mother Fang hurriedly took Brother Yu away.
Gu Jiu took a breath, with a look of relief on his face, "You brat knows how to make a fuss in front of me, why don't you go make a fuss in front of your father."
Brother Yu is young, and he also knows how to read words and expressions.
He probably knew that his father, Liu Zhao, was not easy to mess with, and every time Liu Zhao hugged him, he was very obedient.
Once in Gu Jiu's arms, the stinky boy would make a fuss like a monkey grandson, making all kinds of troubles. Can make people lose their temper.
Brother Yu still had tears in the corner of his eyes, and looked at Gu Jiu pitifully.
The eyes of a child are pure and innocent.
Being looked at by the child like that, Gu Jiu's heart melted.
But he was stubborn, "Don't let me hug you, I have to rest for at least half an hour."
Brother Yu is about to cry.
Nanny Fang felt distressed, "Don't cry, brother, Nanny will take you to play in the garden."
Going out to play is Yu Geer's favorite project.
I am happier than hugging and holding high.
This kid is a wild child. But if he didn't go out for a walk some day, he would feel uncomfortable, and he would have to make a big mess and turn his back on his back.
Gu Jiu sat slumped on the chair, "It's not hard to be pregnant, it's really hard to raise a child."
Anyone who has raised children probably knows this well.
After sweating, Gu Jiu went to the bathroom to wash up, changed into a dress made of thin cotton, simply inserted a hosta hairpin, and went to the second room to visit Ouyang Fu with a gift.
Erfang is beaming with joy.
His Highness Liu Ping has been by Ouyang Fu's side all the time, and the couple seems to have reconciled.
"Sister-in-law is here, please sit down."
Ouyang Fu lay on the bed and bowed her body, "Sister-in-law, don't take offense at places where etiquette is not very good."
"Second brother and sister, lie down quickly and don't move. You are twins now." Gu Jiu walked into the bedroom in three steps at a time.
His Highness stood up, "Sister-in-law is a rare visitor, you can chat. My Highness will go out to cook first."
"Second brother, go get busy. I will guard the second brother and sister here."
His Highness the Second Highness nodded, and told his servants to take good care of Ouyang Fu before leaving.
Gu Jiu laughed, "Congratulations to the second sibling, this baby will surely come true."
Ouyang Fu's cheeks were flushed, and she smiled shyly, "I didn't expect that I was pregnant. God treats me well."
"Second siblings are lucky people." Gu Jiu said.
Ouyang Fu smiled and said, "It's just pregnancy, and my sister-in-law even went there herself, so I'm ashamed."
Gu Jiu held her hand, "Second brother and sister don't need to be polite to me. I heard that you fell into a coma for a short time before, it must be because your body was too weak. Second brother and sister must take care of themselves. For the first three months, do less activity."
After finishing speaking, Gu Jiu let go of her hand calmly.
Ouyang Fu nodded, "The imperial physician also said the same thing, saying that my body is a little weak and I must take good care of it."
Gu Jiu tucked the quilt up for her, "If you're pregnant, you can take care of your baby. Don't see people you hate. Don't listen to things you hate. Only by relaxing and calming your emotions can you raise a healthy child .”
In the final analysis, Ouyang Fu is too thoughtful and hides everything in her heart. That is the so-called stagnation in the heart, affecting health.
Through the quilt, Ouyang Fu gently stroked her abdomen, "Thank you sister-in-law for reminding me. For the sake of the child, I don't care about those people and those things, let them go. I just care about raising the baby."
Gu Jiu nodded repeatedly, "It's right to think so, don't hurt yourself because of others."