Huaiyu read the letter from Chang'an in the study. This letter was sent by the Crown Prince Cheng Qian, but it was sandwiched in a letter from Li Yunjiang, the general secretary of the Crown Prince of the East Palace.
Li Yunjiang was the second son of Li Xuandao, a bachelor of the Prince of Qin, and the father-in-law of Huaiyu. Wu Shilang Chengyun, who was born between him and Lu Sanwuniang, was the legitimate daughter of Li Yunjiang who was engaged to him.
In the letter, Chengqian told him that his crowning ceremony had been postponed again.
Originally, last year, the crowning ceremony for the Crown Prince was chosen in February of the fifth year of Zhenguan, but then the emperor postponed it for fear of delaying farm work, and then changed it to October.
But later, a minister requested to recruit government troops to serve as ceremonial guards for the crown ceremony, but Li Shimin postponed the matter again on the grounds that the imperial court was deploying troops in Lingnan.
But this time, there wasn't even a date.
Cheng Qian couldn't help but feel a little worried in the letter. He felt that if he pushed back again and again, things would not be simple. In particular, some ministers believed that Li Ke, Li Tai and others should take office immediately.
The thirteen-year-old third prince Li Ke, king of Shu, paid homage to Qin Chengwu, the military governor of the four states and the governor of Qinzhou, and took office.
The fifth prince, King Li You of Qi, also paid homage to the military governor of the five states of Qingqi Laimi and the governor of Qingzhou, and took office.
Among Li Shimin's older sons, the second died young and the eldest is the prince.
The third and fifth sons were both appointed to be governors, but the fourth son, King Li Tai of Wei, became the governor of Yangzhou and concurrently took the post of general of Zuo Wuhou.
His Grand Governor of Yangzhou was governor of sixteen prefectures including Chang Run, and his concurrent governor of Yuezhou was governor of six more Yuezhou prefectures. He was the governor of twenty-two prefectures, but this time he still did not have to leave town.
Cheng Qian also told Huaiyu that the emperor was considering giving Li Taizai the title of governor of Yanzhou, Jian Sheng, Xia and other five governors.
One person serves as eight governors and one general.
Cheng Qian was anxious and angry,
In May and two years ago, I had two serious illnesses due to this.
He didn't know what he had done wrong, why the emperor suddenly treated him like this. His crowning ceremony was pushed back again and again, but there was no follow-up, but he was favored by the king of Wei in every possible way.
"Your Majesty wants Qingque to move to the Budoku Hall."
This sentence is simply tearful.
Wude Hall, that is the palace where King Yuanji of Qi lived in the Taiji Palace.
Although King Wei is not yet an adult, he is already in his teens. It is undoubtedly inappropriate to move into the palace at this time.
After Huaiyu read Cheng Qian's letter, he could understand that it was extremely depressing.
He didn't understand what Li Shimin had been thinking for more than a year, and how he could do these things. Could it be that when he was not in Chang'an, someone was slandering the prince and praising Li Tai?
But Cheng Qian has always performed well. Why would the emperor do this? Or did Cheng Qian really go astray again when he was not in Beijing?
Seeing this, he had a very bad feeling,
He is now firmly bound to the prince, and even the entire Wu family has a relationship of honor and disgrace with the East Palace.
Wu Huaiyu even couldn't sleep that night.
When he woke up early the next day, he was a little listless. He stood in the courtyard facing the fresh air. After playing the eight chapters of King Kong, he went to the kitchen to make breakfast for Foresta.
Stewed chicken soup with red dates, wolfberry and fish maw, served with minced meat brown rice porridge, boiled shell eggs, and a fruit platter.
Forresta was very patient during the confinement period without leaving home. Fortunately, the season was good, neither cold nor hot. Otherwise, the confinement period would have been difficult in the hot summer.
Seeing the nutritious postpartum breakfast brought by Huaiyu, she looked happy and said, "Is it made by A Lang himself? I'll just let the kitchen do it from now on. A Lang is so busy, it's too hard."
"It's not hard to make some breakfast. Did you sleep well at night?"
Foresta smiled and said, "It's good. There are so many people helping me, even at night. I feel like I'm a pig now. I eat, sleep, eat, and other than that, I just nurse."
"Do the two little guys cry a lot?"
She shook her head,
Those two little guys are very good. They sleep when they are full and eat when they wake up. They sleep most of the day.
She ate porridge and Huaiyu peeled eggs for him.
"The confinement breakfast made by Alang is really delicious, but if I eat like this every day, will I become very fat in the future? You see, I have given birth to two children now, but my belly is still so big, it feels like there is still something in my belly."
"Don't worry, you can get back in shape after you finish confinement and exercise slowly."
After chatting with her for a while, I went to see the two sleeping children. They were indeed very well-behaved. The nannies hired by the Wu family were indeed very professional. However, Foresta was not short of milk now, so the nannies hired by the Wu family were useless.
land,
later,
Huaiyu entered the city and went straight to the Governor's Mansion in Guangzhou.
I have been discussing official business with Huaiyi and other officials of the Dudu Mansion all morning. At noon, I had dinner in the canteen of the Dudu Mansion. The working meal was relatively simple and I didn’t drink.
After dinner, Huaiyu asked Chen Sheng, Sima of the Guangzhou Governor's Office, to take a walk with him.
The two of them were walking in the back garden of the Dudu Mansion,
"Do you still have contact with Liumen?" Huaiyu asked.
"Occasionally."
After all, Chen Sheng was once a member of Six Doors. Even if he is not working there now, he still has many old relationships and will have some contact with them.
"Then do you know the situation in the East Palace in recent years?"
"And King Wei."
Chen Sheng first looked around, and when he saw no one was around, he lowered his voice and said, "What does the Prime Minister want to know?"
"You also know that the Crown Prince was originally going to have a crowning ceremony in February last year. This crowning ceremony is very important to the Prince, but it has been pushed back again and again, and now there is no exact date.
And I heard that this year both the King of Shu and the King of Qi have officially been appointed governors abroad, but the King of Wei is still staying in Chang'an. I even heard that the saint intends to let him move into the Wude Hall of Taiji Palace.
I want to know what the specific details are here."
Chen Sheng thought for a while,
His expression became serious,
The crown prince was born in the second year of Wude. This year is already the sixth year of Zhenguan, and he is now fourteen years old. Originally, the crowning ceremony was held in February last year, and he was crowned at the age of twelve.
The crowning of the crown prince is not of ordinary importance, because it means that the crown prince can marry a wife and listen to politics.
Not to mention the official marriage to the Crown Princess, after being crowned Cheng Qian, his East Palace organization will not only be for show, it means that this small court in the East Palace will get many practical opportunities and have a lot of authority.
Such as the ten guards leading the mansion in the East Palace.
Even when the emperor leaves the capital, the East Palace can, as a rule, obtain the power to assist the prince in supervising the country.
Therefore, the crowning ceremony of the crown prince is not just an adult ceremony, it is real power, and it is a great power.
Now that the emperor has repeatedly postponed the crowning ceremony of the crown prince, is it related to this power?
Especially the emperor's favor towards the King of Wei is something that people can't help but think of.
King Wei is the second son of the emperor.
The king of Shu and the king of Qi were both born as common people, so there is no comparison.
"Could it be that the prince has disappointed the saint and wants to be saved?" Chen Sheng carefully expressed his doubts. This is a very bold statement, but he is Huaiyu's confidant and Chen Runniang's brother. His relationship with Wu Huaiyu is even more prosperous and destructive.
All damaged.
His transformation from a domestic slave of the Li Jing family to the current fifth-rank Sima of the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion was all due to Wu Huaiyu's guidance. Since the Wu family is now so tightly tied to the prince, he is certainly a grasshopper on that rope.
