Chapter 709: Qianqiu Festival
Bai Jingyu entered the house and saw Qin Shengrui sitting on the arhat bed in front of the west window fighting with crickets. She said that this man was mud. Mud was still useful, but he was of no use at all.
"Your Highness is not going to the Yamen today?" Bai Jingyu asked.
Because of the incident at Shan Nian Camp, the emperor severely reprimanded him and punished him to be locked up in the palace. Not half a month passed, and the queen begged for mercy, and he was released from the lockup. After all, he is his biological son, the emperor
Afraid that he would become more and more useless, he was asked to take a casual position at the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"There's nothing going on at the Yamen, what should I do?" Qin Shengrui said without raising his head.
"It's not appropriate to stay at home all the time, right?"
"It doesn't matter whether he is suitable or not, Yun Ying is right. At present, the imperial court is facing serious party disputes and internal and external troubles. As the legitimate son, the throne will be mine sooner or later. It is better to sit back and watch, so as not to make more mistakes."
"What Concubine Jiang said?"
"Well, she's much smarter than you."
Bai Jingyu lowered her eyes and thought. It was obvious that Qin Shengrui was very useful to Jiang Yunying's advice. But the emperor wanted him to do something, so he put him in the household department, but Jiang Yunying left him idle, which made him more and more useless.
But this is good, as it will save him from getting into trouble when he goes out.
After another ten days, it was the Qianqiu Festival.
The day before, Lu Changan rushed back to Shengjing, and brought back the Princess of Xiyue who had been rescued from the bandits, and arranged to live in the palace directly.
At night, just as Liu Yunxiang was about to sleep, Yan Mu sneaked in.
Seeing his strong skills, Liu Yunxiang knew that his injuries were almost healed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Tomorrow is the Qianqiu Festival, and the emperor will definitely grant a marriage." Yan Mu sat on the bed and held Liu Yunxiang in his arms, "I will resist the decree then. The emperor will definitely be furious, but considering the military strength of Zhenbei, he will not
What will they do to me? Tomorrow morning, Xue Changfeng will come over. You take your two children and leave the capital with him, and he will escort you all the way to Zhenbei."
When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he couldn't help but hold on to Yan Mu's lapel, "What about you?"
"I will leave after I have taken care of the affairs in Jingzhong."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to leave if you want to then."
"Don't worry, I'm ready."
Liu Yunxiang lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and said: "Early tomorrow morning, I will invite the old prince to the palace to persuade the emperor."
"This old guy, can you please do it?"
It is said that after the New Year, he left Shengjing and continued to travel around. In the past few days, many people had sent greetings, but he had not seen anyone.
"He owes me, and he will definitely help me, but..." But he may not be able to persuade me, "I know you are betting that even if you resist the decree, the emperor will not break up with you. Once you come, the emperor will kneel down.
There are only two sons, you and His Highness the Fourth Highness. Secondly, in the eyes of the political parties within the court, the Emperor has to use your power to consolidate his power and force you to rebel, which will not do him any good."
This is the rational analysis, but there is another point that needs to be considered, that is, the emperor is fatuous and may not be willing to take the overall situation into consideration.
"Anyway, you must leave Beijing with Xue Changfeng before noon tomorrow. If there are changes here, I will send people to chase you."
Liu Yunxiang looked up at Yan Mu and saw his brows furrowed with worry on his face. She knew he was worried about her and the children, not himself.
She turned around and hugged Yan Mu's waist, "I listen to you, but you must also promise not to let yourself take risks."
Hearing Liu Yunxiang's words, Yan Mu's expression tightened, "I can't, I don't dare..."
Liu Yunxiang burst into laughter, put his hands on Yan Mu's shoulders, and kissed his chin, "I know you don't dare."
Yan Mu blushed and snorted: "Who told you to always threaten me by leaving me? Of course I'm afraid."
Yan Mu pestered her for so long that night that when she got up the next day, it was already close to noon. Yan Mu entered the palace, and Xue Changfeng was waiting outside. After Liu Yunxiang washed up, she went to the old prince's place first.
The old prince still gave her face and promised her to go to the palace to persuade the emperor.
"It's just that the emperor never listens to advice, and because of my close relationship with Mingyong, he is very wary of me." The old prince said, stroking his beard.
Liu Yunxiang was silent for a moment and said: "When Suping King Lu Changan and Anqing King Qin Fei, please ask the emperor who would have checked and balanced them without Yan Mu."
The old prince frowned, "Prince Anqing is also a member of the Qin family, Yan Mu and him should not be enemies."
"You say this because you haven't seen clearly what kind of person he is."
"He is Mingyong's son, he won't be any worse."
Liu Yunxiang shook his head and laughed, "In short, with the current situation in the court, if we cannot check and balance each other, the emperor may not be able to sit firmly."
The old prince's eyes widened, "I owe you money, but I don't owe you my life. Why did you let me say these life-threatening words in front of the emperor!"
Liu Yunxiang said flatteringly: "You are telling the truth, please be more tactful."
After returning from the old prince's place, Liu Yunxiang was thinking about returning home, so he took his two children out of the capital with Xue Changfeng. But when he returned home, he saw Xue Changfeng frowning, and the house was empty. He did not see the two children and
Dear Yan Zijin and the others.
"Someone from Feifeng Palace came to convey the Queen's order to let you enter the palace. If you were not at home, they took away the two children first, and your two maids followed." Xue Changfeng sighed.
Liu Yunxiang took a deep breath and said, "The queen has already planned that she will not let our mother-in-law leave the city. In this case, I will also enter the palace. Our family of four is together, and we are not afraid of anything else."
Liu Yunxiang hurriedly packed up and entered the palace. The Qianqiu Festival banquet was in the evening, and the palace was already decorated with lights and colors, and everything was festive.
After noon, hundreds of officials and their family members lined up to enter the palace.
After getting off the carriage, Liu Yunxiang walked towards the palace gate and saw the Duke of Zhenguo and the eldest princess in front. She was not in the mood to quarrel with them, but by chance the eldest princess glanced towards her and saw her.
Liu Yunxiang had no choice but to walk a few steps quickly and salute the eldest princess.
The Duke of Zhenguo's wife saluted her, and the three of them bowed to each other.
"In order to prevent the seventh child from marrying a concubine, you ran away from home. Now it's good that the entire capital knows that you are a jealous woman."
As an elder, the eldest princess scolded Liu Yunxiang like an elder.
"What other people think is their business and I can't control it," Liu Yunxiang replied calmly.
"You have lost all royal dignity!"
"Respect belongs to everyone, no matter who loses the most, it's definitely not me."
"Humph, you are a sharp-tongued person. If you have the ability, the emperor has decreed a marriage, but you resist the decree in public!" the eldest princess said, flicking her sleeves.
"Although you say so, Princess, I don't dare."
"you!"
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two, Mrs. Zhenguo hurriedly said calmly: "Today is the Qianqiu Festival. You two have prepared a birthday gift for the queen. I have prepared a pair of Ruyi jade. The queen is not lacking anything, so she used this Ruyi jade to celebrate her birthday."
, let’s ask for good luck.”
Liu Yunxiang had no choice but to give her face to the Duke of Zhen Guo, so she said nothing more at that moment.
The eldest princess didn't say anything more, and the three of them walked in awkwardly.
The man entered the house from the other side of the palace gate. Liu Yunxiang looked over there casually and saw Lu Changan at a glance. Naturally, he also saw General Wuwei who was walking with him.
Chapter completed!