After sending Zhu Zanyi away, Yunxi began to criticize and respond to the memorial. From the tenth day of July to today, July 20th, he had not been to the harem to rest for ten consecutive days. He discussed matters with ministers during the day and criticized the memorial at night.
;Although Xiyao accompanied him every night, he had no intention of doing anything.
Today, he finally didn't have to discuss things throughout the day. Of course he wanted to finish all the memorials in the afternoon so that he could go back to the harem to rest at night. So he answered the memorials very quickly, basically just how the auxiliary officials and the ministers voted.
How he deals with it.
However, there are still some memorials that allow Xi to answer according to his own wishes. "The students of the Jiangwu Hall petitioned to graduate from the Jiangwu Hall early and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy for the Ming Dynasty?"
Yunxi thought for a moment, picked out this memorial for the time being, gave Wang Xi a few instructions, and continued to criticize other memorials.
After a while, Wang Xi came back and whispered something in Yunxi's ear. Yunxi said: "It is true." He then took the memorial and replied: The second-year student who petitioned was recruited by the guard station.
, allowed to return to the original guard station and conquer Annan for his hereditary official position.
As soon as he finished marking his answers, he scanned the memorial again when he suddenly saw a familiar name and shouted: "What trouble is Zheng Xuan making? He is not a student in the martial arts hall!" He also wrote a few words specifically to Zheng.
Xuan was punished and the memorial was put aside.
Perhaps due to the delay in answering the memorials that did not follow the draft contents, Yunxi could not finish answering all the memorials before dinner. However, he thought that there would be nothing to do tomorrow, so he put down his pen and picked out some urgent ones.
Wang Xi sent it to the General Affairs Department and got up to rest in the harem.
When he walked to the entrance of Kunning Palace, he happened to meet Xiyao coming out of the palace. She said with some surprise: "Husband, you don't have to answer the memorial in Qianqing Palace tonight?"
"Well, there are less things to do today, so there's no need." Yunxi said.
"This is great. Min'er has been complaining for a few days, saying that although in the past, she could not see her father at night for half a month, but she has never been unable to see her father for ten consecutive days. Especially today when Min'er was in class at the girls' school.
I also sprained my foot and cried to my father when I came back. I was just thinking about telling my husband whether I should take Miner to Qianqing Palace." Xiyao said.
"Min'er sprained her foot? Are you still crying? How is the situation? Is it serious?" Yunxi immediately asked with concern.
"I've seen it, it's not serious. It's just that in the past, when she was injured, she would immediately ask her husband with concern, but this time she didn't even see her father's face, and she cried when she missed him." Xiyao said.
"Why didn't you tell me this! If you knew that Min'er sprained her foot and was crying, your husband would have come over from Qianqing Palace to see her right away." Yun He said.
"Husband, I am worried about affecting my husband's handling of government affairs..."
Before Xiyao finished speaking, Yunxi interrupted: "The government can deal with it at any time, but if the care is missing after the child is injured, it cannot be made up for later."
"If something like this happens again in the future, even if you think your husband is busy, you should send someone to Qianqing Palace to let him know."
"Yes, husband." Xiyao bowed and said.
At this time, Yunxi noticed that there were other palace maids and eunuchs nearby. What he said just now might have affected Xiyao's prestige in front of them, so he immediately added: "My husband also knows that you are worried about delaying the government affairs, and besides, you are here as a mother."
The palace will take care of her; but my husband also loves Min'er very much, so it's not a big deal even if he postpones the government affairs temporarily for this reason."
He also said to the palace maids and eunuchs on the side: "The queen is so busy these days, but you are still so slack on the queen!"
These people immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will never dare to do this again." A young eunuch seemed to want to defend himself, but was immediately stopped by an older eunuch.
"Husband, this is not because they are slacking on me, but because I want to go away. For my sake, I will not deal with them this time." Xiyao pleaded.
"Since the Queen begs for mercy, I will bypass you this time, but you must not be so lax next time!" Yun He said.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." They knelt on the ground and kowtowed again before standing up.
Yunhe then pulled Xiyao into the palace and walked towards the pavilion where Min'er was.
The young eunuch who had just been grabbed by the older eunuch said in a low voice with an unconvinced look on his face: "It's obviously your Majesty, why don't you let me defend myself?"
"You are looking for death and don't bother us when you are alone!" said the older eunuch.
"How come this is seeking death?" said the young eunuch.
"Forget about anything else, if you dare to defend yourself when your master reprimands you, just wait and kneel to death on the marble in front of Kunning Palace." The eunuch pointed to a place and said: "Did you see that piece of marble?
The colors are different from the ones next to them.”
"What's more, what His Majesty just said was not said casually. Even if I tell you, you don't understand. You will understand when you grow up in the palace."
Although the young eunuch was still not convinced, he did not dare to say anything more.
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Yunxi took Xiyao's hand and walked quickly into Min'er's room. At a glance, he saw Min'er sitting on the edge of the bed talking to her brothers and sisters. Yunxi immediately let go of Xiyao's hand and walked to Min'er.
He hugged her and said: "Min'er, father heard that you sprained your foot? Which foot? Are you okay now?"
However, Miner did not answer his question immediately. Instead, she hugged Yunxi and said with a tearful voice: "Dad."
"What's going on? Are you crying again?" Yunxi asked, gently stroking her back.
"It's nothing, it's just that my daughter misses her father. Dad hasn't seen Allergy for ten days. Doesn't he like Min'er?" Min'er said.
"How could this happen! Min'er is daddy's heartthrob, how could daddy not like you?" Yunxi said softly. Yunxi comforted her for a while before letting her calm down and stop crying.
After that, Min'er wiped her tears and said, "It's a sprained left foot. But Mom said it's not serious, and it doesn't hurt much after applying medicine. It's just that I haven't been able to attend outdoor classes these days."
"Then I won't go. Didn't dad arrange a room for you to take a break at noon? They are going to have outdoor classes, and you go back to the room to rest." Yunxi gently moved her left leg to see the injury.
said.
"But my daughter is the monitor of the class, and she has to cooperate with the gentlemen if she has something to do in class."
"Isn't there a deputy squad leader? Dad remembers that the deputy squad leader is Chang Jijun? Let her do it."
"That's right. Anyway, it's not like my daughter won't be able to attend outdoor classes forever. It's just for these few days. Sister Jijun can do it."
"Min'er," Yunxi, who had seen the injury and felt there was nothing wrong, smiled and said, "Although Jijun is younger than you, her father is your great-uncle and she is your cousin, so you can just call her by her name.
, it’s outrageous to call her sister. Dad has warned you before.”
"Hey, is Jijun a generation older than me?" Min'er stuck out her tongue and said, "I forgot."
"You, you must remember this in the future." Yunxi said.
"I know, dad." Min'er smiled.
At this time, Yunxi looked at Siqi, Wenyuan and other children who were standing aside. He hugged them all in his arms and said, "Dad is dealing with things in Qianqing Palace these days. I don't have time to visit you. Isn't that right?" .Starting from tomorrow, dad will be more relaxed and come to see you every day."
"Yeah." Siqi and Wenqi hugged Yunxi's arms and agreed.
Wenyuan also hugged his arm, but said nothing.
The only one who doesn't adapt well is Xianqin. Xianqin is not his daughter. Although the relationship is fine after being raised in the palace for more than two years, she is not in the position of elder brother and father, which is quite embarrassing.
After hugging them for a while, Yunxi let go of them and said with a smile: "Dad is a little hungry, are you hungry?"
"Hungry! Dad, I'm hungry too!" Min'er said immediately.
"Then let's go have a meal." Yunxi picked up Min'er and said.
"Yeah! Let's go have a meal!" Min'er said again.
Yunxi gently scratched her nose and then said to Wenyuan and others: "Let's go and have dinner with father."
The dining table was also very lively. Min'er seemed to want to burst out all the words she had accumulated these days on this day. Xiaozui kept talking. Siqi and Xianqin were also enjoying themselves. Even Wen Yuan, who usually didn't talk much, said A lot.
Until Min'er herself said that her throat was dry and her voice was hoarse, Yunxi said with a smile: "Even if you have been saving up your words for ten days, there is no need to say them out today. Look, let's talk about all the problems with my voice." coming."
Miner let out a happy "hum", but said nothing more.
Only then did Yunxi have some free time to talk to Xiyao.
"Today is July 20th, and the provincial examination is less than a month away. Is Xiyang sure of passing the exam?"
"The day before yesterday, Wang Zhongshu gave him three Five Classics questions for him to answer. After correcting them yesterday, he said that there is a 20% certainty that Xiyang will pass the exam."
"Yang Zhongshu also read Xi Yang's paper and said that if the questions he has done these days are similar to those in the exam, he will probably pass." Xiyao said.
"Haha, Yang Rong's answer is equivalent to saying that Xi Yang will not pass this subject." Yun He said with a smile.
"But it doesn't matter. Xiyang is only seventeen this year, so it's normal for him not to pass the imperial examination. Qitai ranked first in the Zhili Provincial Examination back then, and he is already in his twenties; among those who won Jinshi in the second year of Jianye, Yang Rong was the second He won the imperial examination at the age of nineteen and became a Jinshi at the age of thirty, and everyone else was similar to him."
"Well, husband, this concubine also understands, so she doesn't have any expectations for Xi Yang's subject, and the same goes for Qi Shangshu. My father has already discussed it with Qi Shangshu, and now he will secretly prepare for the wedding without telling Xi Yang, and wait for the provincial examination. Regardless of whether they win or not, we will let them get married," Xiyao said.
"Well, it's best if you think so." Yunxi said.
Xiyao smiled, took a mouthful of rice, and said, "Husband, I have something to ask of your husband."
"What's the matter?"
"Husband, the day the Donghai Navy was assigned to set out for the garrison in the Beibu Gulf area is the 25th, and my concubine's brother also set out on that day."
"Due to the naval transfer on the 15th, I was unable to see my brother. He was about to go to the south to fight. I was worried about what might happen, so I wanted to ask my husband for permission to summon him to the palace on the 22nd. Both concubine and Xiyi want to see him again." Xiyao said.
"This," Yunxi hesitated. This is of course against the rules, but human relations must also be considered.
"Let's do this. On that day, I will summon some generals of the navy to enter the palace in my name. I will say a few words to them and ask them to leave. You and Xiyi will meet in the side hall of Qianqing Palace."
"Thank you for your kindness, husband." Xiyao smiled.
"I've said it many times, you don't need to say thank you," Yunxi said.
"I understand." Xiyao agreed.
Having said this, Yunxi said to Xiyao: "If you haven't decided on the examiner for the Yingtianfu Township Examination by the first day of August, you must remind me." Yunxi just remembered that this year is still the year of the Township Examination because he thought of Xiyang. . He will also be busy with the Annan matter in the future. He is afraid that he will forget it, so he asks Xiyao, who will definitely remember the exam that his younger brother is going to take, to remind him.
"Wang Xi, you too, remember to remind me." Yunxi felt that it was not safe, so he said to Wang Xi again.
"Well, I will definitely remind your husband when the time comes." Xiyao said this, and then said: "Husband, the eighth day of next month is Grandpa Huang's birthday. My husband must spare time on that day and worship at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the morning. "
"Yes, it's Grandpa Huang's birthday soon." Yunxi sighed, and then said: "Remember to remind me again on the evening of the 6th."
"Yes, husband."
After saying this, Yunxi thought that Xiyao had nothing to say, so he turned to talk to Siqi and the others about going to school. But Xiyao said again: "Husband, there is one more thing. Yun Zhi is here today. What I said before me is that I want to discuss it with my husband. If Yunlan asks about it then, I can answer it."
"Things related to Yunlan? Could it be that Ye Xiping, the husband I chose for her, is going to fight?" Yunxi said.
"That's it. Husband, I heard that Ye Xiping is a member of the Lu division. This land division is no safer than the navy. If Ye Xiping, I say something unpleasant, he will die in Annan, Yunlan He has become an outcast, and his reputation is not good." Xiyao said.
"So what? I'm a widower but not a real widow. What does it matter? Besides, it doesn't matter even if I become a widow. A royal princess can't get married!" Yunxi said.
Now is not the middle and late Ming Dynasty in history. The future of the Prince Consort is still very good. Now, two of the five governors in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are Prince Consort. Mei Yin, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, is the Prince Consort, and Cao Che, the Commander-in-Chief of Taiwan Town, is also the Prince Consort. In addition to Except for the top nobles and high-ranking civil servants, other families are eager to become the prince-in-law, and the princess of the royal family has no worries about being unable to marry.
Seeing that Yunxi's thinking was completely different from her own, Xiyao could only say: "I understand, I know." She turned around and thought about what to say to Yunlan.
"By the way, didn't I ask you to send someone to tell Aunt Fuqing that she can choose someone else to marry? Why hasn't there been any movement yet?" Yunxi asked again.
"Husband, Aunt Fuqing already has a son. If she remarries rashly, I'm afraid her son won't be able to accept it," Xiyao said.
"What she said is wrong. Zhang Kejun can't accept marrying another person, but Zhang Kejun can accept her having an affair with a servant in private? You go back and tell her that if you don't want to marry, don't have an affair with a servant again; If she has another affair with a servant and I find out about it, I will arrange for someone to marry her at will." Yunxi said. Compared with adultery, it is more acceptable for a widow to remarry, and the reputation of the royal family cannot be ruined by her.
"When I find out, I will tell Aunt Fuqing," Xiyao said. But she smiled bitterly in her heart: This is another difficult job.
