After moving back to the palace, Jiang Changning's life did not change much.
She spends most of her time at home raising her son, a small part of her time managing the Jiang family's business, and occasionally goes out to drink tea and chat with Prince De's wife and others.
Prince Jin was not having a very comfortable time, as the person who annoyed him was Song Yirou.
When Song Yirou came to the yamen to stop him for the first time, he scolded her without any mercy.
Any woman with any dignity would be too embarrassed to come over after hearing what he said.
But after getting married once, Song Yirou became thick-skinned. She came to the yamen again that day and brought food. "This is a side dish I made myself. I want to hand it to Prince Jin in person. I want to have lunch with him."
The guards at the Ministry of War's yamen kept twitching their mouths. They had seen shameless people, but they had never seen anyone so shameless.
With General Song standing by, the guards did not dare to offend her, or even expel her at will. They smiled and said, "Miss Song, the prince has entered the palace and is not in the government office."
"Really?" Song Yirou didn't believe it.
"I dare not deceive the young lady." The guard lowered his head.
"If I find out that you lied to me, you'll be dead." Song Yirou threatened.
"I dare not, I dare not." The guard lowered his head even more.
Since the King of Jin was not in the government office, Song Yirou did not force her way in. She got on the horse and said, "Let's go back to the mansion."
The two maids followed and got on the other two horses, and the three of them, master and servants, rode away with the whips whipped.
"The people of the Song family are so impressive that even a maid can ride a tall horse and parade through the city." said a guard.
Although the Qin Empire's horse control was not as strict as in previous dynasties, not everyone could use horses. Many low-ranking officials still used mules to pull carts.
"Shut up and stop talking nonsense. You are not afraid of death, but I want to live." Another experienced guard stopped him.
"Did I say anything wrong?" the guard pouted.
"For some things, right or wrong is not important." The experienced guard patted him on the shoulder, "Listen to my advice, brother, illness comes from the mouth, disaster comes from the mouth, so watch more and talk less."
"Brother, I appreciate your kindness." The guard said this but he didn't agree in his heart.
Just like this, I stand outside this yamen every day, work honestly, endure the hard life, and be a small soldier all my life. How can I bring honor to my family
Now that the new emperor is young and the government is controlled by the four regents, if he can seize the opportunity, he may be able to rise to the top.
If a person has ambition, he will overcome all obstacles to achieve his goal.
Although the young guard holds a low position, he has certain connections as he is able to work in the Ministry of War, and the Song family will soon become his token of allegiance.
In the Ministry of War, Prince Jin, who was reading the official bulletin, didn't know that a little guard helped him block the trouble of Song Yirou, and that this little guard would become his follower in the future.
As time went by, the power of Prince Jin grew day by day. When Xiao Ming was eleven months old, although Prince Jin had not yet reached the point where he had the final say in the court, he would suppress anyone who dared to oppose him with an iron-blooded hand, causing Prince Qing and Prince Yu to have to give in.
He also blatantly promoted his confidants, for example, Zhou Chengxin was the right vice minister of the Ministry of Rites who replaced Lord Chen.
For example, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice is now Chen Daochang. He likes to judge cases and has done some research on torture.
The brothers of the Gu family and the brothers of the Yan family both benefited from this and received certain promotions.
Boss Zhuang looked at her with envy and found Old Madam Zhuang, "Mother, the little prince born by the princess is already eight or nine months old. Isn't it time for you to go take a look?"
"I've sent a visiting card a long time ago, but the princess said that her child is young and she won't see guests for the time being." Old Mrs. Zhuang has always wanted to visit Jiang Changning more frequently, but Jiang Changning refused to receive her.
"Mother, the prince is now extremely powerful in the court. If the princess can say a few good words for me, I will definitely be promoted." Boss Zhuang said.
Old Mrs. Zhuang was silent. Boss Zhuang went on to say that he had worked so hard for so long and should have been promoted long ago, but he hadn't moved in all these years. It was really boring to be an official.
"Mother, don't send any visiting cards. Just come directly. The princess can't just shut herself up and refuse to receive guests." Boss Zhuang suggested.
Old Madam Zhuang frowned, "This is too rude, and if you force yourself on me like this, the princess will be unhappy. When the time comes, she will say something bad instead of nice, and you will be demoted instead of promoted."
"The princess really has no feelings at all, mother. You have been raising an ungrateful person for so many years." Boss Zhuang said in shame.
Old Mrs. Zhuang pursed her lips and said nothing. She was also very angry about Jiang Changning's "cruel heart", but Jiang Changning had already escaped her control before she got married, and she had no way to do anything to Jiang Changning.
What's more, now that Jiang Changning has given birth to Prince Jin's son, she has already established herself in Prince Jin's mansion, and only the Zhuang family needs her help.
Boss Zhuang was very unwilling to not be able to benefit from the Prince of Jin's Mansion. He was a person who loved to study, so he decided to join the political enemy of Prince Jin: Prince of Yu.
However, he had just had two drinks of tea with Prince Yu when he was discovered by Jiang Nan's men, who immediately told Jiang Changning about it.
Jiang Changning turned around and told Prince Jin, "Zhuang Shenmao is obsessed with power. I guess it's because I refused to accept Mrs. Zhuang's invitation several times. He must have seen that there was no hope of getting a power here, so he came to Prince Yu."
"If he has the ability, it is not impossible to promote him." King Jin said with a faint smile.
"Zhuang Shenmao is a man who likes to show off. He thinks he has ten points of ability because he has only three points of ability. He is just a villain who is not good enough to accomplish things, but always makes trouble. But Your Majesty should still be wary of him."
"Listen to what the princess says." Seeing that Jiang Changning really had no good feelings towards the Zhuang family, Prince Jin naturally would not go against her wishes.
In addition to the Zhuang family, there were other families who sent visiting cards to the palace. Jiang Changning would usually discuss with the concubine before replying to those families.
A few days later, Shu Fei brought back a message from outside, "Miss Song fell off her horse again and broke her leg again."
"No one has done anything this time, right?" Jiang Changning said casually.
"The Song family suspected that the prince had sent someone to do it."
Jiang Changning asked in surprise: "Why?"
Shu Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "Miss Song has been pestering the prince for almost a month."
Jiang Changning sneered, "Huh, she's been pestering me for such a long time, and no one told me. I really am a blind man."
"I was wrong." Shu Fei knelt down.
"I don't blame you, but you are not allowed to hide anything about the prince and the palace from me in the future." Jiang Changning said seriously.
"I understand." Su Fei said quickly.
Time flies by like flowing water. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ming is already eleven months old. He can already shout, "Daddy, Daddy."
"Son, my good boy, come here and call father." The King of Jin was greedy for more.
"Your Highness, don't ask for too much. This heartless kid is only eleven months old. It's good enough that he can call you daddy. I take care of him every day, but he still can't call me mom." Jiang Changning said angrily.
"Boy, don't bully your father's wife. Come on, call me mom obediently." King Jin said while pinching his son's fat butt.
"Daddy, Daddy." Xiao Ming thought his dad was playing with him. He bared his little white teeth, laughed so happily, and shouted so joyfully.
"You and your son can play." Jiang Changning waved his hand and went out.
"You little rascal, you just make your mother angry." Prince Jin handed his son to the wet nurse and chased out.
(End of this chapter)