It was the first time that Zong Duo hadn't thought much about being called to the Qianqing Palace to take homework exams.
But the second time happened to be when he wanted to go with Zong Yue and the others, and another person came from Qianqing Palace. Father Huang had never questioned their knowledge so frequently.
As if knowing that he was puzzled, Zong Cong said: "You are not young anymore. No matter how busy your father is with government affairs, you should still care about your studies. From now on, after school, you will go to the Qing Palace every day. I will test you knowledge."
"Yes, Father."
"Okay, let's all go back."
The three backed out.
After walking out of the palace gate, Zong Duo suddenly realized that he seemed to understand why his father did this. Did he not want him to go to Jingren Palace to disturb Concubine Su Gui, or did Zong Yue and the others sue
"Brother."
Zong Yue's voice pulled back his thoughts, Zong Duo looked at Zong Yue, and suddenly felt that this face was very strange, so he couldn't help but wonder if he hated himself very much under this seemingly peaceful face.
Maybe the second sister was right, they were supposed to be opposites.
"Brother, what's the matter with you? Let's go, I think it's going to snow again."
In fact, according to Zong Yue's thinking, he didn't want to wait for Zong Duo, but now he was outside the gate of Qianqing Palace. If he left Zong Duo and took Zong Qian away without asking, it would definitely not be good. Niang is right, no matter what you think in your heart, at least you can't let people find a big mistake on your face.
Zong Duo hurriedly pulled down the hood of his cloak, and followed, seemingly unintentionally, saying, "I don't know why Father would suddenly have the idea of asking us about our homework."
"Didn't the father say that we are getting older, so we should pay more attention to our studies?"
Zong Duo took a look at Zong Yue, and saw that he seemed to be ignorant, maybe it wasn't Zong Yue who sued in front of his father? It's just that the father really thinks it's time to take care of them
"... This is not very good. In this way, I can see my father every day."
It's really good, maybe he really thinks too much, he wants to get closer to his father, let his father know that he is good, he is also very filial, now that he gets what he wants, he is still thinking about what to do.
"It's pretty good."
Whether Empress Chen knew about Zong Duo's consecutive visits to Jingren Palace, Pan'er was not too sure.
Because Empress Chen didn't say anything.
And with Zong Cong intervening, Zong Duo finally stopped coming to Jingren Palace, which made her heave a sigh of relief.
Time passed day by day, every year in the Forbidden City it was always very cold in winter, Pan'er didn't feel anything at first, until the news came out from the Palace of Compassion that the Empress Dowager was ill, she realized that today's snow seems to be very heavy. Some more.
After all, the empress dowager is getting old, and the weather has been too cold for too long, and if she catches the cold without paying attention, it is a disease.
In fact, it is a common wind and cold.
Even though the Empress Dowager said so, Pan'er still saw a trace of decline on her face.
She didn't take it seriously until the Empress Dowager's illness was not getting better. Empress Dowager Fu summoned all the concubines to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to visit again, and asked to stay to serve the sick, but the Empress Dowager refused.
"Okay, your body is not very good. How can I, an old woman, not allow my daughter-in-law to take care of me, but my granddaughter-in-law to take care of me? They are all like flower bones, so take them back. , I'm still uneasy with you here." The Empress Dowager said with a smile.
In the end, Empress Dowager Fu led everyone back, but Empress Chen stayed behind.
Her stay is both surprising and not surprising. After all, it is well known that Empress Chen is loved by the Empress Dowager.
The whole year was spent in this kind of atmosphere, the empress dowager was not good, except for the day of the first day of the lunar new year, there were no extra palace banquets in the palace.
In the afternoon of the first day of the lunar new year, these concubines also went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, saying they were visiting the Supreme Emperor, but in fact they just stopped outside the door of the bedroom.
Pan'er did see Concubine Zhou Xian and Concubine Gao Gui, both of them were very old, their black hair was glossy before, but now even if they tried to cover it up, they could still see the gray spots on it.
As soon as the cheeks were thinned, the wrinkles appeared, and they looked quite... energetic. Just looking at the eyes they met from time to time, one could tell that the two were fighting like a raging fire.
On the first day of the new year, Yao Jinzhi also entered the palace, because there were too many wives at that time, and he didn't have a word with Pan'er.
She came again on the eighth day of the lunar new year, telling Pan'er about Su Hai's plan to return to the border after the next year.
After several months of nurturing, Yao Jinzhi already has the appearance of a noble lady, but the premise is that she doesn't talk. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, his true colors were revealed.
But we all know her background, plus the Su family has a rightful concubine, no matter whether they don't want to care about it or don't dare to care about it, in short, the Su family will go out to socialize now, but there are only one or two people in the Su family, and there is no trouble What a joke.
After hearing this, Pan'er fell into silence.
Yao Jinzhi glanced at her, and said: "I mean the whole family is going to the border, but there is such a big Earl's Mansion, and it is said that those with titles can't leave the capital at will, your father must not leave the capital, Your second brother means that he will go alone, and we will stay in the capital."
"That's fine." Pan'er was silent just now, wondering if something would go wrong if Su Hai left and no one was watching the Su family.
It seems that this kind of thinking is wrong. After all, it is impossible for Su Hai to stay in the capital all his life. He has his own ideas and ambitions, so there are some things that the Su family needs to learn to face by themselves.
"I came into the palace to tell you, just to let you rest assured. I will watch at home. You know your father's character, he is a good old man. Don't worry about your elder brother. She is your sister-in-law, but she is a woman. I'll take her with me, nothing serious will happen."
Pan'er nodded and said, "When will the second brother leave?"
"Let's wait for spring, the weather will be a little warmer."
Su Hai's imminent departure did not cause any disturbance in Beijing.
Except Zong Qian.
Zong Qian was sent by Zong Cong's order to Yongshun Bo's Mansion once. At that time, the three children were together, and it was considered to be a meeting with his grandfather and uncle. Zong Qian likes Su Hai very much, and especially likes to listen to him talk about the battlefield. After he came back, he asked to practice martial arts more actively. In the morning, he studied in the study room, and in the afternoon, he went to the martial arts arena to practice horse-strike.
The child who just started to learn martial arts has suffered a lot. He came back from striding every day with stiff legs. Once he cried out that his legs hurt, and Pan Er rubbed his legs for him, almost without tears.
Afterwards, Zong Qian went to Su's house twice alone, both of which were pestering him to talk about the battlefield, so Zong Qian's reaction was particularly strong when Su Hai was about to leave to return to the border.
But this kid is also sensible, he can understand that his uncle is going back to the border to guard the border, and he also said that when he grows up, he will also go to the border.
Naturally, no one took the little boy's words seriously. With Su Hai's departure, the life of Pan'er and the children returned to calm again.
At this moment, there was a faint heated discussion in the court, saying that the harem had been empty after the new emperor ascended the throne, and it was time to bring up the matter of the draft and fill the harem.
In fact, this matter was mentioned once last year, but it was rejected by Zong Cong on the grounds that he had just ascended the throne, and now the old matter is brought up again. But this time it's not like the last time when the crown prince was established, Zong Cong quickly gave an answer.
Zong Cong said that both the Empress Dowager and the Supreme Emperor are in poor health, and I have no intention of other matters, so don't mention it at this time.
I can only not mention it, after all, Pepsi is filial piety first.
At the same time, the court has gradually stabilized after undergoing major changes.
Old Wang Ge continued to serve as chief assistant, Chen Jian retired, and Chen Pingwen entered Zhiwenyuan Pavilion.
It seems that it is just a matter of one or two sentences, but in fact, in order for Chen Pingwen to enter the cabinet, the Chen family has spent a lot of effort, making various exchanges and compromises, and even Chen Pingzhang went to another place to take office again for this, and did not stay in Beijing.
Among them, the changes and shocks of the Chen family can't be described in one or two sentences.
So when Pan'er heard that Chen Pingwen had joined the cabinet, he was surprised, because this had never happened in his previous life.
Although she didn't know the details in the previous life, she probably knew it well. In the previous life, after Chen Jian retired, the Chen family seemed to have put a lot of effort into getting Chen Pingwen into the cabinet, but they still failed. Zhao Shujie of the Chen family joined the cabinet, and the Chen family returned to their hometown Jiangxi after a complete separation.
In the previous life, Pan'er was very surprised by the rapid retreat of the Chen family. After all, considering the situation of the Chen family at that time, it was at its peak. Engong is in the same vein, and the Chen family returned to Jiangxi is in the same vein, and they have not even seen each other for decades.
In this life, she directly witnessed the whole process, instead of piecing together the truth based on various information afterwards, Pan'er finally knew that all of this was Zong Cong's method.
From the very beginning of his ascension to the throne, he set out to deal with the Chen family.
In the previous life, Emperor Jianping had no objection to making the eldest prince the crown prince, so as long as the Chen family sank to a certain extent, the crown prince would naturally be established.
However, the eldest prince of this life is weak, and there are other factors, which made Zong Cong not want to appoint a prince so early, so Chen Jian retired, but Chen Pingwen entered the cabinet instead.
Pan'er couldn't help but guess that if she was the head of the Chen family, she would take the route of the first life, completely ruin the boat, and save the accumulation for later. But after thinking about it again, he had lost the tacit understanding with the superiors, and he was not sure about the establishment of the crown prince. How could the Chen family dare to sink the boat
What if your Majesty still does not change his mind if they are desperate
She didn't know that she was actually telling the truth. The Chen family had indeed discussed this matter before deciding on the current policy. The current situation is the best the Chen family can achieve.
As the weather gradually turned hot, Pan'er thought about what Zong Cong promised him last year, and went to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat.
But seeing that he seems to be very busy recently, she didn't take the initiative to mention it.
At this moment, something happened.
The empress dowager's phoenix physique was a little better, and she was a little more energetic, but she felt that the Compassionate Palace was a bit too quiet, so she recruited some nobles and girls from the royal relatives' families in Beijing to accompany her in the palace.
There were not many people, only four or five people, all young girls in their primes, wearing red and green and chirping, it was lively to watch.
But this kind of behavior undoubtedly stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, causing waves of undercurrents in the Forbidden City.
It is worth mentioning that there is also the matter of the Hu family.
In the recent period, many things happened both inside and outside the palace, and the Hu family was also shaken.
Hu Bingcheng, the father of Concubine Hu Shu, finally woke up after the serious injury, but because of the serious injury, even if he recovered, he would not be able to lead the army in the future, so naturally it was not suitable to sit in the position of the chief soldier of Datong.
In order to show his kindness, Zong Cong recalled the Hu family back to Beijing and named him the Marquis of Xiangcheng.
The Hu family has guarded Datong for Dazhou for several generations, and they have made great achievements in battle. The position of the Marquis of Xiangcheng is also worthy. No, it was too cold for the Hu family to go to Beijing at that time, and they went to Beijing in the beginning of spring.
Zong Cong gave the house again, and handed over the position of commander of the Beijing Third Battalion to Hu Dong, the eldest son of Hu. Although it is not as strong as the Hu family in Datong, it is still extremely favored, so Concubine Hu Shu has gradually regained her spirit recently, and when she heard the news, she rushed to Jingren Palace.
It's unbelievable that Concubine Hu Shu could talk to Pan'er together.
Concubine Hu Shu was born in a general family and has a bright personality. She has never met him before, and only thinks that this person is domineering and arrogant, but he is quite smart. Later, after getting in touch with Concubine Hu Shu more times, Pan'er felt that she was smarter.
She also seems to have a big heart, and she seems to have everything she needs, and she never shows jealousy or jealousy in front of Pan'er. Anyway, the two had little contact, that is, they met and talked a few words.
As for why the two had a relationship, it was after Hu Bingcheng was injured and the situation was unclear at the time. In the Ningshou Palace, Pan Er comforted her, so much so that the Empress Dowager Fu said something to let Concubine Hu Shu know Some inside information can be regarded as reassuring her heart.
She seemed to remember this, and when the news of Hu Bingcheng's wake-up reached Beijing, she thanked Pan'er specifically.
After all, the two were not deadly enemies, so Pan'er asked someone to find some medicinal materials and sent them over, which was regarded as reciprocity.
Because of this, in the future in Kunning Palace or Ningshou Palace, the two of them can talk a few words, but only a few words. Concubine Hu Shu like this specially went to Jingren Palace to gossip with Paner, It was the first time.
"I think that Kunning Palace must have made it up to deal with you." After talking on the phone, Concubine Hu Shu got to the point.
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Pan'er knew it well, but he definitely couldn't say that on the face.
"Maybe the Empress Dowager has been really lonely for a long time."
"If you don't believe me, just watch."