Shen Xinyan didn't pay too much attention to the affairs in the palace, but only occasionally listened to Wei Junhang talking to her about some outside affairs as if she was listening to gossip.
For example, Concubine Rui's family members came to Beijing, and Emperor Yuanyou's rewards came in an endless stream, which meant to compensate the Zhao family members for the hardships they had suffered. However, the two titles of "Cheng En Gong" and "Loyalty Marquis" have not been implemented at all.
The position of Duke Chengen can only be inherited for one life, but the title of Marquis of Loyalty, if Emperor Yuanyou is willing, can be allowed to inherit for several generations. But at present, it seems that Emperor Yuanyou has no intention of benefiting the Zhao family's offshoots with the title.
Shen Xinyan was a little surprised that Wei Junhang knew everything about the outside world without leaving home. But what surprised her even more was that Wei Junhang would take the initiative to mention this to her, as if he finally stopped hiding from her too much what he did outside.
Even Wei Chenglin would sometimes worry about the illness of the eldest son of the emperor, as if after so many days, the eldest son's illness has not recovered, and there are even signs of getting worse day by day.
For some reason, she always felt a little uneasy. The eldest son of the emperor will be fine, right
There are too many things that have changed in this life, and she really dare not use the memories of her previous life as a reference.
"Ma'am, my handwriting is finished, take a look." Yun Fu held up the big Chinese characters he had just practiced, his eyes sparkled, and his small face was full of expectation.
Shen Xinyan smiled and took a look, and saw that the strokes of the words were much more mature than before, upright and steady, but with a bit of free and easy charm.
"The writing of Yunfu is better than last time, presumably in a few more days, the couplets in our yard during the Chinese New Year will bother you." Shen Xinyan said with a smile.
Yunfu's eyes brightened immediately, he straightened his chest and said, "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely improve my handwriting and write couplets for you in the future!"
After hearing this, Shen Xinyan chuckled, and pinched his cheeks that were much fleshier than when he first came: "Okay, then I'll wait."
Yun Fu pursed his lips and showed a happy smile.
I don't know if it was her illusion, but she actually felt that his smile vaguely looked like the imperial concubine Rui in the palace.
The next moment, she shook her head amusedly again, thinking that she must be dazzled, and she actually compared Yunfu's smiling face with that peerless imperial concubine.
A few days later, Shen Xin heard that the eldest son's condition had worsened to the point of being bedridden, and she couldn't help being shocked.
This is a small wind and cold, how can it be so serious? !
Emperor Yuanyou was furious, and angrily reprimanded all the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital. If Concubine Rui hadn't dissuaded them, they would have dragged some of them down and beheaded on the spot.
Something happened to the eldest son of the emperor, Wei Chenglin didn't have to go to the palace these few days, he just stayed in the mansion every day, waiting for news from the palace, only Shen Xinyan could sense his worry.
"Your Majesty's illness is probably not simple!" Wei Junhang sighed that night.
Shen Xinyan only felt her heart tightened.
"His Majesty has an accident, isn't the imperial concubine empress extremely sad these days? Seeing her own child suffering from illness, but being helpless, this feeling is really too uncomfortable."
"Your Majesty is also uncomfortable. Ever since His Majesty fell ill, it is difficult to show a smile on His Majesty's face. The courtiers are trembling for fear of being wrathed by the Holy Spirit." Wei Junhang had a headache.
What is even more troublesome is that His Majesty has ordered him to do his best to investigate the illness of the eldest son of the emperor.
Really, he is still an "injured patient" now, he must have time to recuperate, right
He thought, it must be because of his hard work these years that the emperor's cousin loves to support him more and more.
Although he was muttering in his heart, he would not know what to say in front of Emperor Yuanyou, because of the illness of the eldest son of the emperor, that person was already on the verge of madness.
When Wei Junhang ran out every now and then, Shen Xinyan guessed that it was related to the illness of the eldest son of the emperor, so she just told him to pay more attention to the injuries on his body, but didn't say a word about anything else.
Wei Junhang was a little funny, those on his body were just a few scratches, and after taking care of them these days, he has already healed very well, and it's only Madam who is still worried about his so-called "injuries".
Even though he thought so, he felt extremely ironed in his heart because of her concern.
"You should also pay attention to your body, I see you getting thinner." Seeing Shen Xinyan who had lost weight obviously, he caressed her cheek in distress.
First Mrs. Jing'an passed away, then she herself fell ill again, plus his "accident", and miscellaneous things in the house, how could she not lose weight!
"Don't worry, I'm not a three-year-old child, I can take care of myself." Shen Xinyan replied while fastening the cloak for him.
"Similarly, I'm not a three-year-old child, and I will do everything properly." Wei Junhang blocked her with her words.
Shen Xinyan laughed, and patted the cloak on him helplessly: "Go early and come back early!"
Wei Junhang nodded, raised his foot and walked a few steps, then turned back, kissed her on the cheek, and left with a smile under her reproachful eyes.
During these days, the relationship between their husband and wife has grown by leaps and bounds. Every time he returned to the main room of Funing Courtyard, immersed in his wife's tenderness, he was reluctant to leave again.
No wonder people in the world always say that Beauty Township is the tomb of heroes. Although he is not a hero, his wife is an out-and-out beauty!
After breakfast that day, she went to pay her respects to the Eldest Princess as usual, and had a conversation with the Eldest Princess, seeing the tiredness of the Eldest Princess, she said goodbye and left.
"Second sister-in-law, don't you know? My mother went to the palace earlier to ask for errands for my sister-in-law's family." On the way to leave, after seeing Fang's figure getting farther and farther away, Yang said indignantly.
Since mother can ask for their family, why not ask for a good job for her husband. After all, the husband is also her son, the official master of the Duke's Mansion, could it be that he is not as good as Fang's natal family? !
Shen Xinyan was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that this step would happen sooner or later. The friendship between Princess Dachang and Mrs. Pinglianghou can be seen from the attitude of her Fang sisters. As long as Mrs. Pinglianghou puts down her posture and asks for kind words, she may not be unreasonable.
But don't blame Yang for being so upset. Wei Junxian of the third room was idle at home all day, so busy that the concubines carried one after another, and the concubines and concubines gave birth to one after another, it's no wonder that Yang is not angry!
Now, only the three-bedroom family is the most prosperous in the British government. In addition to the brothers Zhao and Yue who were born in the Yang family, there are also two boys and three girls who were born in the concubine.
For such a big family, the key is that among the seven children, only two crawled out of her stomach. The cost of food and drink is like water, no wonder Yang is getting more and more stingy and stingy.
Originally, there was only one brother Yue who liked to run into her yard, but since he was hooked several times by the snacks brought back by brother Yue, now even the older brother Zhao always likes to find various reasons to sneak into her yard .
Why seek a reason? It's very simple. Brother Zhao feels that when he grows up, he can no longer be like an ignorant child, disturbing the door all day, so every time he always looks for something like "My mother asked me to find Brother Yue", "My mother asked me I'm here to see if brother Yue's face can be washed clean" and other excuses, often make Shen Xinyan and Qiutang laugh endlessly.
Mrs. Yang turned a blind eye to her sons' tendency to run to the second room, and was even quite happy to see it.
She is not the shallow-sighted of the first room, the second room's Lin brother sees a bright future, the more the sons get close to the second room, they may be able to get some light and get some benefits in the future.
"Mother's thoughts, we as daughter-in-laws naturally can't say anything." Shen Xinyan answered after thinking about it.
"It's all right with our third master, but the eldest son is the child of the mother's own blood. Why doesn't the mother want to ask for a good job for the elder son, but wants to show up for outsiders." Yang said even more angrily.
Well, it's time to challenge and encourage myself to stand out. Shen Xinyan was a little helpless.
So, you really can't take it lightly when dealing with Yang, if you are not careful, you will be led by her.
"In the eyes of my mother, the third master is no different from the eldest son. Besides, I hope that the elder son can spend more time in the mansion." She pretended not to understand her words, and after dropping such a sentence, she was afraid that Yang would Holding on to it again, he made random excuses and left in a hurry.
"It's really useless!" Yang was angry, but there was nothing he could do about the other party. At one moment, she hated her husband for not being up to date, and at another moment, she was angry with the Eldest Princess for being too eccentric.
In the past, it was fine if we only favored the long house, but now even the long house's natal family has to climb on top of me.
Shen Xinyan was not surprised that Marquis Pingliang would be employed again in the future. In his previous life, with the help of Xu Shangshu, Marquis Pingliang also found a good job. In this life, there will be no surprises when the eldest princess comes forward.
Of course, the premise is that the Eldest Princess will really stand up for him.
She didn't believe that the eldest princess, who had always been ignorant of court affairs, would really take advantage of her affection in front of Emperor Yuanyou because of her friendship with Mrs. Pinglianghou.
However, it can also be seen from this that Pinglianghou's mansion has nowhere to go.
What happened next confirmed her guess even more. Emperor Yuanyou issued several imperial edicts to relegate officials, and even Zhou Mao, who had just recovered from his love not long ago, lost his job as a servant of the household department and was sent to a certain place in the south as a magistrate.
Immediately afterwards, the Phoenix Seal of Empress Zhou was withdrawn, and the empress was strictly ordered to recuperate if she was ill, and the concubines of the sixth palace were not to be disturbed at will.
For a moment, there was an uproar in the court, some people wanted to plead for the queen, but they were protected by Emperor Yuanyou on the spot, and they directly brought out many scandals about them.
For example, he is greedy for beauty and angers his wife to death, for example, he deceives the world by pretending to be a concubine, and for example, he connives at his nephew and nephew to rob his wife and so on.
The courtier who originally wanted to intercede for the queen withdrew his feet calmly.
The hearts of the courtiers were like turbulent waves, how could His Majesty know such a secret thing in the courtier's house
For a moment, everyone felt insecure, and felt that Emperor Yuanyou had dug out all their secrets, and no one dared to have the slightest objection to his will.
Some courtiers thought about it again, and found that most of the people dealt with by Emperor Yuanyou were attached to the Zhou Mansion. They immediately understood that His Majesty was liquidating the power of Zhou Shoufu.