Mu Hanzhang felt that it was a waste of time for him to sympathize with this guy, and pushed away the big head that was rubbing against his chest: "The imperial court is not a school, how can I not go if I don't want to go, I still have a lot of things to do." Regardless of Jing Shao's sad eyes, he stood up and walked out.
Summoned Yunzhu and asked him to go to Prince Rui's mansion first, and informed about Jingshao's grounding. Mu Hanzhang didn't care about his own prince, who was still sitting on the carpet, and went straight back to the small study in Dongyuan. The articles of association that the emperor said must be written as soon as possible.
Jing Shao watched his concubine abandon him, and he felt a sense of sadness in his heart that he had lost his career and had to rely on his daughter-in-law to support the family.
When Jingchen heard the news, he ran over in person before dinner time. Emperor Hongzheng's order was that Jing Shao was not allowed to go anywhere, but he did not say that others were not allowed to see him.
"Gu Huaiqing asked me to give it to you." Jingshao handed the booklet with the official list to Jingchen.
Jingchen's face suddenly became a little strange: "this, he has already given me a copy."
Jing Shao: "… "
Jingchen: "… "
"Good Gu Huaiqing, thank you for being moved for a long time!" Jing Shao was furious, that guy actually tricked the two of them with the same thing.
Jingchen looked at the booklet in his hand carefully, and found that the list in it was somewhat different from the one he got, so he took out the other one in his sleeve to see, only to find that the two together were a complete list list of contacts. Gu Huaiqing's move may be testing whether the two brothers are of one mind. If their brothers are not in one mind and take their own share, they will definitely use it wrongly, and then the news will reach Gu Huaiqing's ears, so this cooperation may be debatable.
"He thinks so much." After listening to his brother's analysis, Jing Shao was a little confused.
"After all, it is the legacy left by my ancestors. If I want to use Dachen Jiangshan as a bet, I will not believe it easily." Jingchen put the two lists together and put them back into his sleeves. There is no resentment towards Gu Huaiqing's actions. After all, if they cooperate with the vassal king, if their brothers are not of the same mind, there will inevitably be mistakes, and then the king of Huainan will also suffer.
"Also, Zhao Jiulin, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, has already taken refuge with Jing Yu." Jing Shao took a sip of tea, and suddenly remembered the person who followed the Fourth Prince to search the Zuixian Tower today, which was also specially explained by Gu Huaiqing before leaving.
Jingchen frowned, the Ministry of Rites entrusted the department he was in charge of, but Jing Yu's hand had been stretched out so long.
"Brother, let's also bribe someone from the Ministry of Punishment." Jing Shao said angrily, seeing Jing Yu's smug look, he was angry.
Jingchen glanced at him: "the minister of punishment is my person."
Jing Shao almost spit out the tea in his mouth.
"In the future, if you don't understand anything in the courtroom, just ask Hanzhang." Jingchen put down his cup and stood up. It was getting late, and King Cheng had just been punished. It was inappropriate for him to visit in such a grand manner. Stay for dinner.
After sending off his elder brother, Jing Shao went back to Dongyuan to find his own princess, as if since Jun Qing could go to court, his elder brother no longer counted on him for matters in the court.
Mu Hanzhang was writing the articles of association on the desk, when suddenly a large piece of hot body was posted behind him: "Hungry? Why don't you eat first, I'll finish this page." He patted his shoulder. With a big head, the pen in the book kept on writing down the powerful words one by one quickly on the paper.
Jing Shao shook his head, watched him finish writing this page, and then said, "Jun Qing, how powerful is my brother in the court?"
Mu Hanzhang put down his pen and turned his head to look at him: "I don't know how many, but from what I've come across a few days ago, at least 30% of the officials in the court are on his side."
However, most of these people hide it well, especially those in high positions, like the Minister of War, who often oppose Jingchen's proposal in the courtroom. So when he came into contact with such a huge force, Mu Hanzhang was also taken aback.
It sounds unbelievable that officials in the court are loyal to one prince. After all, for a monarch with real power like Emperor Hongzheng, most of the court should be in his hands. Just like the fourth prince, if you want to get half of the cup. Soup is very difficult, let alone occupy 30%.
When Jing Shao heard the words, he just nodded, which was what he expected.
Mu Hanzhang got up, but the brown candy hanging on his body didn't go down, it was still stuck to his back, but he had no choice but to drag his big tail to the dining room: "My brother has been out of the palace for less than ten years, why is he so powerful?"
Jing Shao picked up his own princess, and walked swayingly. From the study to the place where they lived, they only needed to pass through a flower corridor. The surrounding area was empty, and he was not afraid of being heard: "Most of them are the forces left by my grandfather."
Grandfather? Mu Hanzhang frowned and thought about it. Empress Yuan was not from a princely family. Her father was the prime minister of the two dynasties. I heard that when the late emperor died, several princes had been in chaos for a while, and it was this prime minister. With the help of the adults, Emperor Hongzheng was able to successfully defeat the brothers who were like wolves and tigers, and settled in his current position. It's just that I have never heard any news about the Prime Minister's faction over the years, and even Jing Shao rarely mentions it.
"Actually, it's not that I can't mention it, but there's nothing to say." After dinner, Jing Shao sat in the yard with his princess in his arms to enjoy the cool air. The weather was sunny tonight, and the stars in the night sky were very bright.
The mother's family name was Qu. She was the youngest and only daughter of Prime Minister Qu. Jing Shao's two uncles died young, and he had never seen them in his memory. Later, after the death of Empress Yuan, Prime Minister Qu was very saddened by the loss of his daughter in old age, so he went with him not long after. Fortunately, Jingchen was able to take charge of himself at that time, so that the Prime Minister's faction did not completely collapse.
Emperor Hongzheng has not established a prime minister all these years, but has divided the positions of the prime minister among the six divisions, is it to show respect for his father-in-law? Mu Hanzhang frowned, feeling that things were not so simple: "What happened to the Zhuo family?"
Jing Shao looked down at the head lying on his chest, his fair chin rested on his heart, his beautiful eyes were very bright reflecting the stars at night, he couldn't help reaching out and rubbing: "Zhuo Shangshu belongs to his grandfather. A student, the Zhuo family has a strict family style, so the mother chose Zhuo Yunji to be her brother's companion."
Back then, when Empress Yuan was still there, Jing Shao basically walked sideways in the palace.
The Qu family, the Empress Yuan, the Zhuo family... Mu Hanzhang felt that he seemed to see something unspeakable, so he couldn't help but reached out and touched the corner of Jing Shao's blue mouth: "I will protect you in the future."
Jing Shao looked at him quietly, then pulled over the warm body and kissed those two soft lips deeply. God took away his mother who loved him, but gave him such a beautiful Jun Qing. God has always treated him well, and he was really content.
The little fourth son in Prince Rui's mansion had a high fever, so he invited Nun Mobei from Biyun Nunnery to come and see. The old nun gave a pack of yellow powder, saying that it would be good if it was mixed with milk, Xiao Shi asked the nurse to feed it with suspicion. After drinking, the child's condition really improved, and immediately gave a generous gift. The master was convinced.
"This child is under a year old and can see things that ordinary people can't see. The child is crying at night, mostly because he is entangled by something." Mo Bei wore a gray hat and clasped his palms together, very mysteriously.
"Master, look, what is it?" Xiao shi asked very seriously.
"Those who can cause evil diseases are mostly evil things, but they may not be." Mo Bei turned the sandalwood beads on his wrists, and looked at Xiao Shi's expression carefully, "Forgive the poor and bluntly say, look at the little prince's behavior. The situation may have been sucked out of luck by something, which is what people often say, being beaten by someone with a hard life."
"A person with a tough life?" Princess Rui frowned, "May the Master figure it out?"
"This..." Mo Bei hesitated.
Xiao Shi motioned to the maid beside him to bring a plate of silver: "As long as the master can find it, the sesame oil money will not be a problem."
Mo Bei glanced at the silver on the plate, and then he was relieved: "It will take some time to figure out the origin of this thing. It's better for the princess to light some lanterns in the nunnery first, so as to keep peace for the time being."
When Jingchen came back, he saw several nuns standing in the main courtyard. When they saw him coming back, they all blushed and avoided him. They couldn't help frowning. Went to the library.
A few days later, the eldest prince returned to the court.
When the eldest prince Jingrong returned, it was not as glorious as Jing Shao's triumphant return. The war was not over yet, and the prince fled, which was really not a glorious thing. The eldest prince brought only a dozen cronies and entered the city in a dreary state when there were few people at the gate in the early morning.
Go to the imperial study first to report, and Emperor Hongzheng naturally won't give a good face. He went to the Fengyi Palace to greet him, and then he pulled some cold and warm greetings.
"You are not in the capital these days, you have suffered for your fourth emperor brother." Then he smiled and rewarded the eldest prince with a bunch of supplements, "It's good to come back, it looks like a lot of relief, it's really suffering, these days are really hard. Take good care of."
The eldest prince's complexion is not very good, with some morbid pallor. Since he suffered from miasma last year and then contracted a serious disease, his health is not as good as the day. .
The eldest prince came back, but King Cheng was grounded, and the princes in the court became three people again, but the situation changed.
King Cheng banned his feet in the palace, and only Mu Hanzhang went to court by himself every day, and Jing Shao, who had nothing to do, could only ravage tigers at home. And he repeatedly tried to persuade his princess not to go to court, but was ruthlessly rejected. What makes him even more unhappy is that when he sees him at home, Duofu will ask him about things that are difficult to handle, and let his dignified prince deal with these trivial matters, which really makes him angry.
As a result, Xiao Huang's life became more and more difficult.