The imperial palace is closed to the public. Except for the morning dynasty, no one is allowed to enter without summons at other times. Those ministers who have left the dynasty and have government affairs should go to the palace to handle it. Those who have no government affairs can just leave the palace gate.
Don't even think about coming back that day. Even the prince is no exception. Thinking of visiting his mother and concubine in the harem is a delusion.
Xuan Tianyi had already heard about these things on his way back to Beijing, but he didn't believe that evil! According to his understanding of Emperor Tianwu, this was simply impossible. With Emperor Tianwu's temperament, he couldn't bear to
When the sons saw Tian'er, they went to the palace to see him. Although the sons were both good and bad and had their own secrets, as a parent, he always looked forward to enjoying the heavenly wheel to the fullest, and was most happy to see his children and grandchildren in his house. Therefore,
Xuan Tianyi didn't take the servants' report about the palace seriously at all, and rode straight to Deyang Gate.
However, the tightly closed palace door in broad daylight blocked him from the palace.
Xuan Tianyi frowned and looked at the door in front of him. He sat on the horse and listened to the imperial guard below reporting to him: "Now that the morning court time has passed, the palace confinement has begun. If the Fourth Highness wants to enter the palace, please come back tomorrow morning during the morning court.
OK to enter.”
He lowered his head to look at the strange faces of the Imperial Guardsmen, with a look of arrogance on his face. He was even more impressive than the prince himself. Even after saying those words, another Imperial Guardsman said: "Your Highness, Fourth Highness, please come back."
Bar!"
He was so angry that he really wanted to imitate Xuan Tianming and swipe the whip to beat these bullies to death. Unfortunately, he didn't have the confidence like Xuan Tianming. He didn't have it before, and even less so now. He's still a prince.
, but has lost the throne, and coupled with the dark history of being involved in the third child's forced concubine, his status in the capital has plummeted over the years. If he hadn't been so big-hearted, he would not have been able to survive long ago.
But after all, he still had some doubts that made him feel uncomfortable in his heart. He asked the two forest guards: "Why is it necessary to be imprisoned? Who gave this order?"
One of the other party said: "Back to the Fourth Highness, the order of the palace ban came from the emperor. As for the reason for the palace ban, please forgive me for not imagining the holy will."
"The Holy Will?" Xuan Tianyi snorted coldly, "I'm afraid it's not the Holy Will, but the will of your master, right?"
The imperial guard responded fluently: "The subordinates guard the palace, and the emperor is the master of the subordinates. This is naturally what the emperor means."
"Hmph!" Xuan Tianyi had no intention of talking to these slaves anymore, and walked away through the snow with a flick of his riding whip, "That's all, I'll come back tomorrow."
Seeing Xuan Tianyi's horse running away, the two guards guarding the gate looked at each other and saw contempt in each other's eyes. One of them said: "He is just a deposed prince, what are you doing here?
prestige?"
Another person also cooperated and said: "That is, does he think that we have forgotten about the rebellion?"
Xuan Tianyi's horse ran farther and farther, and did not stop until it reached the gate of Prince Ping's Mansion. The worry about returning to Beijing did not really rise to its peak until this moment. His intuition told him that something was going to change in the palace, and this change would
It went on until it was irreversible. Suddenly he regretted coming back to Beijing. If he had known this, he would have left that girl Xiangrong in Ji'an County no matter what. It was better to be happy and comfortable there than to be involved in this.
It was a good thing that he came out of the turmoil. That girl was Feng Yuheng's sister, and Feng Yuheng was now married to Lao Jiu. He always felt that sooner or later, someone would be involved in this matter, and even Xiangrong couldn't escape it.
"If it doesn't work, I'll persuade that girl to go back tomorrow!" Xuan Tianyi murmured, and also laughed at himself: "A prince who has been deprived of his throne, what else can I do in the capital? Morning court? Morning court is not my turn.
I'll go up."
In Prince Yu's Mansion, Xuan Tianming has not come back yet. Xiangrong is talking about the affairs in Ji'an County. She tells Feng Yuheng: "Since His Highness the Sixth Prince left, Qian Zhizhou has taken over all the big things and the small things.
As for the lock, my mother and I made the final decision. Now Ji'an County is developing very well, more like Yuzhou and Haizhou. Qian Zhizhou also always said that after being an official for so many years, he is not as good as Ji'an County.
Princess An has lived here for just a few months. He said that he has never seen such good governance in Ji'an County in his life, especially the public carriages, which greatly facilitate the travel between several states and counties.
People come and go, and because the prices are reasonable, many people who used to have no money to hire carriages and want to visit relatives and friends can now come out from time to time."
I want to talk about it very excitedly. From the public carriage, to the governance of Ji'an County, to the school opened by the Sixth Prince, as well as the Baicao Hall and the jade mine over there, everything is flourishing and developing. In the end
She summed it up by saying: "I used to live in the capital, and I felt that the outside world was a barbarian land, and it was not as prosperous as the center of the capital. But then Ji'an County came into being, and now I feel that compared to the capital, Ji'an County is our biggest
The best place in Shun. Now everyone is thinking and working in the same direction. Everyone hopes that the county can develop better. Second sister, when can you go back?
?Everyone misses you."
Listening to Xiang Rong talking about Ji'an County, Feng Yuheng felt excited. It can be said that the development of Ji'an County was an experiment she conducted in the Dashun Dynasty according to the social form of later generations. The success of Ji'an County made her
She saw hope that one day such a governance method would be further promoted, and it would truly benefit the people. But, would there really be such a day? Thinking about the current political situation, she couldn't help but feel worried again.
At this time, Mrs. Zhou's voice outside the door raised, "Princess, I have something to report."
Wangchuan hurried over to open the door, and Feng Yuheng followed up quickly: "I have long said that Madam does not need to call herself an old slave in the mansion. His Highness Ninth Prince and I have never regarded you as a slave."
Mrs. Zhou smiled and stepped forward to salute, and said at the same time: "That is the care of the masters, but the old slave cannot be ignorant." After speaking, she gave a salute to Xiangrong and said: "I have met the third lady."
Xiangrong quickly stood up and returned the gift, feeling very flattered and said: "Mrs. Zhou has a royal title, and Xiangrong is just a commoner's daughter. The Zhou people's courtesy is so disrespectful to Xiangrong."
Mrs. Zhou looked at Xiangrong and said with a smile: "The third young lady has really grown up. I remember when I went to Feng Mansion to pay the betrothal gift. When I first met the third young lady, she was still a timid little girl hiding behind her family."
Xiangrong blushed and thought about his state back then, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Yeah, why was I so timid back then?" In one sentence, several people laughed.
Mrs. Zhou said to Feng Yuheng again: "The prince sent someone to deliver a message, saying that he went directly to Prince Chun's Mansion after coming out of the palace. He also asked the princess to go there in the afternoon and have dinner with Concubine Yun in the evening.
." After saying that, he handed another poster in his hand and came forward, saying: "This is a post sent from the palace, for the palace banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Not only does the post invite
He married the princess and also invited the third young lady."
"Invited me?" Xiang Rong was shocked, "How could you invite me? Now that there is no Feng family, I am just a daughter of the common people. Why did you invite me? Besides, I just returned to Beijing today! How did the palace know about me?
Are you back?"
Feng Yuheng took the post over and didn't find it strange at all. She just said: "Look, you can't hide. Every time there is a palace banquet, something will happen. You don't know how it will happen this time."
"As for your return to the capital, I'm afraid people will already know everything before you enter the city gate." She said, looking at Xiangrong: "Because you are my sister, do you understand?"
Xiangrong nodded, her brain was working very well now, and Feng Yuheng could figure out what was going on with just one click. Because of Feng Yuheng's special status, even her younger sister had to be paid attention to.
Even during this palace banquet, something unexpected might happen to her. But she had no fear, and being able to fight side by side with her second sister was what she had always looked forward to. She told Feng
Yu Heng: "Since you invited me, I will go and accompany the second sister to see what kind of trouble they are going to cause."
"Okay." Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with Xiangrong's attitude. "This is like my sister, Feng Yuheng. I tell you, no matter what happens, don't be afraid. The soldiers will stop you. Those who cause trouble can't be helped."
What do I do?" After saying that, he rubbed Xiangrong's head again, as if caring for a child, and said, "Come with me to Prince Chun's Mansion in a while, just in time to pay homage to Concubine Yun."
As soon as I heard that I was going to Prince Chun's Mansion, Xiangrong, who had finally managed to be strong, suddenly wilted again. His two little hands subconsciously went to twist the corners of his clothes, which made Mrs. Zhou's eyebrows and eyes smile. She just said that this third member of the Feng family
Miss, you are still a child after all, and you can't hide your thoughts. But I don't know what kind of results her feelings for His Highness will bring.
Feng Yuheng took Xiangrong to Prince Chun's Mansion under the pretext of paying homage to Concubine Yun. When Xiangrong came back from Ji'an County, she brought many embroidery items that she had embroidered by herself. She originally wanted to give some as gifts after returning to Beijing.
The sisters included Xuantiange, Fengtianyu and Ren Xifeng. But on the way back, I heard that Ren Xifeng had gone to Ji'an County to see Bai Furong. The two of them were on different paths and missed it, so they saved a gift and brought it down.
.Today was just enough time to give it to Concubine Yun. Although the gift was light, she knew that Concubine Yun had everything, and whatever she gave her was superfluous. It was just a token of her gratitude. Fortunately, this kind of embroidery was unique, and it was still in Beijing.
Never appeared.
When they arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion, they heard that Xuan Tianming had just left and met Xu Jingyuan at the Criminal Department to discuss some matters. Before leaving, she told Feng Yuheng to wait for him at Prince Chun's Mansion and that he would come back for dinner.
It didn't matter that Feng Yuheng arrived. She was a frequent visitor to Prince Chun's Mansion. In addition, Concubine Yun now lived here and as her daughter-in-law, she came to see her mother-in-law. It was just right for her. She just wanted to see Concubine Yun, who was a little embarrassed, so she sent her there.
After the meeting ceremony, he hid behind Feng Yuheng and instantly changed back to the person he was a few years ago.
Feng Yuheng smiled bitterly and said to Concubine Yun, "My daughter-in-law, the third sister, is nervous when she sees my mother-in-law!"
Concubine Yun disapproved and said: "Why are you nervous when you see me? I don't eat people, and this is not a palace. It's just a meeting between family members. There are no rules. Third girl, you can sit down too!" She left the palace.
He simply didn’t call himself me, and his wild temperament showed up again. He asked Xiangrong to sit down and looked at the pieces of embroidery. While looking at them, he exclaimed: "What a good thing! Not only is the embroidery good, but the embroidery is so good."
I have never seen this trick before, what on earth is this?"