Yunxi returned to the Wenhua Hall and immediately summoned his subordinate officials and said to them: "Tomorrow I will go to the imperial mausoleum and the ancestral mausoleum to worship my ancestors, so I will leave the affairs of the capital to a few of them."
Qin Song lost his voice and said: "Why is Your Highness leaving the capital now? Your Majesty..." He only said the word "Your Majesty" and stopped quickly.
Chen Xingshan, the concubine of Zuo, also said: "This is not a good time to go out to the capital to worship ancestors!" Although he was a little pedantic, he was not stupid.
Yunxi said: "Your Majesty asked me to worship my ancestors."
When the subordinate officials below heard this, they immediately knew that this matter was inevitable.
Yunxi said: "Your Majesty is not in good health these days, and you don't have much energy to deal with political affairs. If your Majesty still has no energy during my absence, you can delay the matter for as many days as possible. I will be here within twenty days."
You can come back." The people below agreed.
Yunxi said a few more words to them, and then let them go down. They were just subordinate officials of the East Palace and did not have much actual power. Even if Yunxi could completely trust them, he would not be able to tell them what to do.
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Yunxi returned to Wenyuan Pavilion and asked Wang Xi to call Xiyao. Xiyao was taking care of the affairs of Wenhua Palace in the place where she used to discuss matters. She and her sister were pregnant, and she did not dare to hand over the matter.
If it was left to others, she and her sister could only take turns to handle the matter. When she heard that Yunxi was looking for her, even though it was strange, she got up and went.
After Yunxi saw her, he didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "Grandpa asked me to go to Fengyang and Sizhou to worship my ancestors. You have to be more patient these days."
Xiyao said "Ah", but immediately calmed down and said, "What can I do?"
Yunxi said: "Concubine Guo Ning takes charge of the Sixth Palace, you should have more contact with her. And..." Xiyao agreed one by one.
Yunxi finally said: "If something unexpected happens, let Wang Xi go in and out of the palace and go to the Duke's mansion." As he said that, he wrote a line of words, stamped his seal, and wrote his name in his own hand.
Then he handed it to Xiyao and said: "Let them take this to the founding palace." Xiyao was a little panicked, but still took the piece of paper and promised: "Don't worry, husband, I will definitely not make any mistakes."
Yunxi also believed in her. After all, they had been married for three years. Yunxi finally said: "What you want in the end is to ensure your own safety, and you should pay more attention to it when you are pregnant."
Xiyao smiled and said, "You, I know."
After Yunxi finished his instructions, he told her to go to rest. Then Yunxi thought about it and felt that nothing should happen, but sometimes he felt that "there are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me", so he made preparations in advance. If
If something really happened, it would be impossible for Lao Zhu to be unprepared.
Moreover, the princes granted by the Ming Dynasty in the border areas were not just for free. If there was a normal transfer of the throne, if something really happened, Zhu Di would be the first to raise an army to quell the rebellion. After Empress Lu died, it was
The King of Qi, Liu Fei, raised an army and was able to successfully eradicate the Lu Group and help the Han Dynasty.
Yunxi personally prepared the things he would take with him to worship his ancestors, and asked Wang Xi to take them with him tomorrow.
The home of Gu Cheng, the governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion, was full of friends and laughter. Gu Cheng was talking to people at the table with a smile on his face, and drank a bowl of wine from time to time. Today it was him
It was the day when his eldest son Gu Tong got married, and all the military commanders in the capital were honored, so he was very happy.
At the first table where he toasted was Lan Zhen, Duke of Liang. The person who married Gu Tong today was his cousin Lin Chaoying. Of course he had to give face to attend the wedding. And because his title was the number of people who came in person today.
The tallest among them sat at the head of the guests.
Gu Cheng waited for his son to finish toasting the first table of wine, and then he stepped forward to toast. The first one said to Lan Zhen, "Dong Liang, it's so splendid that you are here."
Lan Zhen smiled and said: "Why are you saying so politely? Just call me Lan Zhen. After all, you are still my elder."
Gu Cheng smiled and said: "I dare not be the elder of Duke Liang. Since Duke Liang said this, I will call you Brother Lan."
Lan Zhen smiled and said: "That's how it should be, don't be too rude."
Gu Cheng said: "Today is a happy day for my family, so I'll do it first as a token of respect." As he said that, he drank a bowl of wine. Lan Zhen also drank a bowl with him.
Gu Cheng raised the bowl again and said: "This second glass of wine today is to thank Brother Lan for marrying his cousin to my son. Although my son is still somewhat capable, he has been fighting in the southwest in the past few years and is not young anymore.
"It's not easy to find a suitable (well-matched) wife." As she said that, she drank another bowl of wine. This time Lan Zhen did not drink all the wine in the bowl.
Gu Cheng added: "The third reason is to thank Brother Lan for taking time out of his busy schedule to attend my son's wedding." Then he drank another bowl of wine.
After finishing the third bowl of wine, he was about to speak when someone said: "Brother Gu, there are many people at this table. You are only focused on drinking with Brother Lan. You won't be able to drink with us later."
Gu Cheng turned his head and saw that it was Mu Sheng, the younger brother of Xiping Hou Muchun. He was now an official in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion in Beijing and he also came to congratulate him today.
Gu Cheng's eyes twitched, and he knew that it was his constant drinking with Lan Zhen that made Mu Sheng unhappy. Gu Cheng had been in the southwest since the fourth year of Hongwu's expedition to Shu, and did not return to Beijing until last year. He followed Tang He successively,
Cao Zhen, Lan Yu, Mu Ying and others fought, but they were just Mu Ying's old subordinates.
But now he has been transferred to the capital, and the Mu family has been guarding Yunnan and has little influence in the capital, so Gu Cheng deliberately approached Lan Zhen, so Mu Sheng was unhappy.
Gu Cheng knew that he couldn't afford to offend the Mu family, so he smiled and said: "Second Master Sheng, you don't know how much I, Gu Cheng, can drink? It's okay to drink three more bowls." After saying that, he picked up the bowl in the handle of the jug.
He filled it up and drank it all in one gulp. But Mu Sheng did not drink.
Gu Cheng finished the bowl and saw that Mu Sheng didn't drink. He knew it was still not possible, so he said again: "Uncle Xipinghou Chun is in Yunnan today. I would like to offer a bowl to Xipinghou." After that, he drank another bowl of wine. But.
Mu Sheng still just took a sip.
Gu Cheng was already a little dizzy at this time. He hadn't eaten anything yet, but Mu Sheng had to be coaxed! He was about to drink again when Cao Che, who was sitting in the second seat, got up and said, "Okay, Brother Gu, let's go again."
You'll get drunk if you drink it." Then he said to Mu Sheng: "Second brother Mu, on this great day for the Gu family, just give Brother Gu some face."
Although Cao Che does not have a title now, the title of Uncle Tiancheng granted by Yunxi was given to his younger brother Cao Xing in order to make it more prestigious to marry the princess. However, he is the future Marquis of Jingchuan and lost an arm to Yunxi, so
No one among the generals of the Ming Dynasty dared to deny him face in person. When Mu Sheng saw him talking, he picked up his bowl and drank.
Lan Zhen didn't want to get into trouble with the Mu family. Just as he was about to speak, someone suddenly ran in and said to him: "Uncle, there is an order from the palace. You should go back as soon as possible."
When Lan Zhen saw that it was her housekeeper, she immediately complained and went home.
When I got home, I saw Li Jinzhong, the eunuch who was close to Lao Zhu. Although the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty had no rights, everyone came face to face with the idea of not being offended. So Lan Zhen smiled and said: "Why is Grand Eunuch Li today?"
You came out of the palace to convey the decree, why don't you go there in person?"
Coincidentally, Li Jinzhong did not dare to offend him. It was not because Lan Zhen's father was awesome and he was awesome, but because his niece Lan Siqi was raised next to Yunxi in the palace. Although Yunxi did not let Lan Siqi scream
He was his 'godfather' or 'adopted father', and he just asked her to call him 'uncle'. However, he had been raised with different affections since childhood, and Li Jinzhong did not dare to offend anyone around Yunxi in the palace.
So Li Jinzhong also smiled and said: "What kind of person am I? Going out of the palace to deliver orders is exactly what I should do."
The two joked for a while, and Li Jinzhong said: "Our family still has things to do, so we won't talk to Duke Liang much." Then he said seriously: "Lan Zhen, Duke of Liang, accepts the order!"
Lan Zhen immediately knelt on the ground. Li Jinzhong said: "His Majesty ordered that tomorrow you will escort the emperor's grandson to Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum and Sizhou Ancestral Mausoleum to worship the ancestors."
Although Lan Zhen was surprised, she still said: "I accept the order."
Because it was an oral order and there was not much etiquette, Lan Zhen stood up after receiving the order. Then he asked: "Why does Your Majesty ask His Majesty the Emperor Taisun to go out to worship ancestors tomorrow?" Lao Zhu was not in good health.
Anyone with some status in China knows it.
Li Jinzhong said: "It seems that His Majesty had a dream last night about Renzu, Xizu, King Xuyi and others, so he asked His Highness the Emperor Taisun to worship the ancestors on his behalf."
After hearing this, Lan Zhen nodded silently, then took out a hundred thousand notes and handed it to him.
Li Jinzhong immediately refused and said: "This is impossible, this is impossible." He really didn't dare to ask for it. Lao Zhu was very suspicious recently. If he found out that he had a lot of money, his life would probably be in danger. He
All the money I had before was used to secretly buy a cemetery so that I could have a place to bury myself when I died.
Lan Zhen offered it several times, but Li Jinzhong was determined not to accept it, so Lan Zhen let him go and walked him to the door of the house in person.
Lan Zhen waited for Li Jinzhong to go away, immediately changed her clothes and went to the Qinhuai River.
Chang Sheng was drinking with people on a flower boat. He pretended to like drinking flower wine at first so that Lao Zhu would not suspect their family, but he got used to it after pretending, so now he always finds people to drink here.
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When Lan Zhen came over, Dongguan Bo He Rong was talking. When he saw Lan Zhen coming, he said: "Brother Lan is here too? I will punish you with a glass of wine first!"
Lan Zhen said: "I have something to do today, so I'll write down this glass of wine first, and I'll drink it in a few days." Then she pulled Chang Sheng out.
Chang Sheng was dragged by him to a deserted place, and then Lan Zhen said: "Your Majesty asked me to escort the Emperor Taisun to Fengyang to worship the ancestors tomorrow."
Chang Sheng suddenly sobered up and asked, "Why are you going out to worship your ancestors at this time?"
Lan Zhen said: "It seems that His Majesty dreamed about them. Don't worry about the reason. His Majesty is not in good health. You should be careful in Beijing. Although there should be nothing wrong, it is better to be careful."
Chang Sheng said: "Don't worry, my Chang family is not a vegetarian. No matter who wants to cause trouble in Beijing, it is impossible to succeed!"
At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, Yunxi quietly left the palace and came to the outside of Chengtian Gate. At this time, Lan Zhen led two soldiers from one hundred households to prepare here. There were another eighteen hundred households waiting at Longwandu.
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Yunxi and Lan Zhen said hello, and because they were anxious to go back quickly, they didn't say much and rode towards Longwan Ferry.
At Longwan Ferry, we quickly boarded the boat and set off. At this time, Yunxi had time to talk to Lan Zhen. Yunxi said: "You are escorting me again this time. His Majesty has recognized you."
Lan Zhen said: "That is your Majesty's trust in me. I have nothing to repay, I can only escort His Majesty to a safe journey."
Yunxi said: "This trip is just to Fengyang Mansion. Let's not talk about the health of the people in Zhili. There are no thieves. Even if there are a few thieves, there will be no trouble for the two thousand or so of us."
Lan Zhen also thinks so. Zhili has the best security among all the provinces in the country, and now Fengyang is one of the prefectures with the best security in Zhili, so nothing can happen.
But I couldn't say that. Lan Zhen could only say: "No matter what, I will do my best to protect the safety of His Highness."
This topic ended here, but they had other topics. Yunxi added: "Siqi will often miss her uncle in the palace. When I get back, I will ask Siqi to go back to the house to see you."
Lan Zhen also cared about Siqi very much. After all, it was Lan Lian's only flesh and blood. But he still said: "I have the grandson taking care of me in the palace. I feel relieved. I don't have to ask her to come out of the palace. I'll go to the Wenhua Palace."
Just meet him."
Yunxi knew clearly that he was flattering, but he felt happy, and chatted with Lan Zhen on many topics.
Yunxi felt that not long after, he had arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River. Yunxi mounted his horse again, waited for about three to four hundred soldiers and all the guards to get on the horse, and then continued to set off with these people.
That night Yunxi stayed in Chuzhou. Chuzhou is a state directly under the Zhili region. Chuzhou is also quite famous in literature. There is a sentence in "The Drunken Old Pavilion" written by Ouyang Xiu when he was the prefect here, "Encircling Chuzhou Mountains"
"Ye" has made many people remember Chuzhou.
If Yunxi was usually in the mood to hang out here, but how could he be in the mood now? He stayed in his residence and took out a book to read, but he didn't read much, and he felt that he wanted to do it after he succeeded to the throne.
His policy strategy is to curse Lao Zhu to die soon, so he dare not even think about it.
At this time, he remembered that because he had not left the palace recently, he had not spoken to the guard Yang Feng for a long time, so he called Yang Feng in to talk.
While talking, Yunxi suddenly thought of Chen Xing and asked: "Since the Chinese New Year has come this year, have you gone to see Chen Xing's father and son?"
Yang Feng said: "I bring things to see them every time during the festival. Yesterday at the Dragon Boat Festival, because His Highness did not leave the palace, I told Your Highness to leave early in the afternoon, so I went to visit them."
Yunxi wrote down all the things he needed to pay attention to in his study, so every year during the Chinese New Year, he could think of asking someone to bring something to Chen Xing's family, but he never went there.
Yun He asked: "Is their family okay?"
Yang Feng said: "In terms of life, it's not bad. No one in the Wei family bullies their family, and no one dares to touch their family's quota. They are waiting for Xiao Yonghua to grow up and inherit it. However, after all, Chen Xing died, and the family
They don’t have a backbone, so few people usually go to see them.”
Yunxi also knew that this was human nature, and he couldn't blame anyone. He could only sigh. Then he was no longer in the mood to continue talking, so he asked Yang Feng to go back and went to sleep himself.
