Yan Cheng walked into the Zichen Palace, and the person who led the way was the palace servant: "Your Highness, please."
He didn't see the queen, so he asked: "Where is the queen?"
The palace servant replied: "The Queen has gone to Liufangzhai."
Liufangzhai is next to Zichen Palace and is Xu Yin's current residence. Yan Cheng asked: "Is Princess Jin unwell?"
The palace attendant smiled and replied: "That's not true. It's just that Princess Jin is getting heavier and heavier. The empress is worried and has to go and take a look every day."
Yan Cheng said oh and didn't ask any more questions.
The palace attendant led him to the inner chamber: "Your Highness, please."
Yan Chengju walked in and found that Emperor Mingde was still wearing single clothes and leaning on the bedside to take medicine.
He walked over quickly and took the soup bowl from the waiter's hand: "I'll do it."
"Your Highness..." The chamberlain looked at Emperor Mingde's expression and let go.
Yan Cheng scooped up the medicinal soup, and the smell of medicine hit his nose. He blew it carefully and brought it to his father's mouth.
Emperor Mingde opened his mouth and swallowed, and said: "I suddenly remembered that when we were in Tongyang, we were suppressing horse thieves and suffered serious injuries. You were only five years old at the time. Seeing your father lying in bed, you thought
I couldn’t survive, so I was crying and giving medicine at the same time, but I almost choked to death as a father.”
Hearing him mention the embarrassing things from his childhood, Yan Cheng smiled sheepishly.
Emperor Mingde looked sad: "So many years have passed, and I didn't expect to take the decoction you fed me again."
Yan Cheng felt sour in his heart. After feeding the last two mouthfuls, he asked softly: "What's wrong with father? Didn't he say that he would be fine after just raising him? Why did he start to be bedridden? Could it be that... the injury has worsened?"
Seeing his nervous expression, Emperor Mingde waved his hand: "It's nothing. I'm just too tired to get up. Don't think too much about it."
"real?"
"Really." Emperor Mingde joked, "If your father is seriously injured, will your mother still be able to walk away?"
Only then did Yan Cheng calm down.
"You came just in time. I have something I wanted to ask you." Emperor Mingde got up and got out of bed. The palace servants hurriedly came forward and put on his coat.
The father and son sat down on the Luohan bed. Emperor Mingde took out a memorial from the side and handed it over: "Zheng Kui brought the lawsuit before me and said that you were biased. What do you think?"
Yan Cheng took it and took a look, and immediately became anxious.
This Zheng Kui was the governor of Licheng, Qi County. After they captured Qi County last year, they appointed new governors to be in charge of logistics, and Zheng Kui was one of them.
Not long ago, something went wrong with the military supplies on the front line. Several companies were involved in the matter, and they were trying to blame each other, and finally it came to Yan Cheng.
After Yan Cheng dealt with it, he found out that Zheng Kui was the one who received the heaviest punishment.
"Father, he is just talking nonsense." Yan Cheng said angrily, "The matter has been investigated. If something happens to something in his place, if he doesn't take responsibility, who will?"
"But he said that Hong Qing was responsible for escorting the things. When he arrived at Belvedere, he discovered something was wrong. It showed that something happened on the way. You didn't investigate carefully and just held him down. It was obviously to help Hong Qing get away with it. Just because Hong Qing
Qing is a disciple of the Xie family."
Yan Cheng sneered: "Hong Qing's supervision was not strict, and I punished him. What reason does he have to argue with something that is clear?"
"So, do you think there is no problem in handling it this way?"
Under his father's gaze, Yan Cheng felt a little guilty, and finally replied bravely: "No problem."
Emperor Mingde nodded and asked no more questions: "I'm tired of being a father, so you can go."
Seeing that his expression was as normal, Yan Cheng thought about it in his mind and thought it was okay, so he pretended to be calm, bowed and left.
But after he left, Emperor Mingde lowered his eyelids.
The memorial was written by Zheng Kui, but it was handed to him through Xu Huan. The meaning was already clear. The point of this matter is not who is responsible, but who dares to use military supplies.
Emperor Mingde calmly threw the memorial back.
There was movement outside, and the queen's voice came over: "September turns to autumn very quickly. You should prepare your things early. You can't be negligent during the confinement period."
"Yes, empress."
"Where are the ginseng that Liaozhou sent as tribute a few days ago? Take it out first - Hey, what are you doing? You didn't put on your clothes when you got up. The room smelled of medicine. I only left for a long time, and you started causing trouble!"
Emperor Mingde stood up with a look of embarrassment and said with a smile: "I'm just lazy, I'll take care of it right away."
After saying that, he winked at the chambermaid and went to the cubicle to change clothes.
While the queen asked someone to open the window for ventilation, she also felt disgusted: "You are such an old man and you can't do anything like a child. His clothes are unbuttoned and he wears a forehead band which makes the room smell like medicine. Some people who don't know it think he is seriously ill."
, it’s really outrageous!”
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In August, the renovation of Dong's old house was completed and a banquet was held.
Xu Yin had not left the palace for several days, so he simply followed the queen to have fun.
The Dong family is now the new rich in the capital. The banquet was not big, but there were many distinguished guests. Xu Yin sat for a while and saw Princess Jinghua and Princess Jiayi coming together.
She couldn't help but said: "Look at how harmonious you two are, you're really not used to it."
The two princesses smiled at each other and sat next to her.
"Stop talking about you, we are not used to it ourselves. After fighting for more than ten years, in the end we are still in the same boat."
After Princess Jinghua finished speaking, Princess Jiayi pulled her sleeves. She realized that she had made a mistake and hurriedly explained: "I mean, our marriage has become a big problem."
Princess Jiayi was forcibly married by the puppet emperor, and after the divorce, she had no intention of remarrying. Princess Jinghua has experienced family changes, and she still hasn't found a suitable one.
Xu Yin knew their concerns and said with a smile: "It's right for you to be picky. Finding someone you like is the most important thing in your life. Anyway, you have a place to live, and no one will think you can't get married."
Both princesses laughed: "This is what you speak from experience."
The two of them gathered around Xu Yin's belly, touched it curiously, and even lay down to listen.
"Are you tired with such a big belly?"
"How long does it take to give birth? It looks like it's going to be soon, right?"
"That's you, you still dare to go out with such a big belly."
Xu Yin touched his belly and said: "Fortunately, I have a strong body and am not too tired. I am now eight months old, and I will give birth in about a month. I can't sit still, and the imperial doctor also said that walking more will help my health."
Some."
Then we talked about Princess Changning.
Princess Jinghua said with a smile: "She replied to me and said that she was doing very well. She never knew that she could do so many things and that she was very fulfilled every day."
Princess Jiayi was curious: "Is she considered a county magistrate now? Does she have an official seal?"
Xu Yin replied: "There is a seal, but there is no formal complaint. This matter has to wait and see whether a special case is made or what."
After all, it is rare for a woman to be an official, and Princess Changning's status is special. Although she does not want to restore her title, how to deal with it in the end depends on Emperor Mingde.
With that said, Dong Qi came over to say hello, so the topic was moved away from this matter, and everyone chatted happily about other things.