Chapter 23 5

--Fives-- In May, the red flowers of pomegranates are better than fire.Prince An Yue Le has always loved its fiery color, and at the right time, the palace is full of dazzling red pomegranate flowers in full bloom.But in the past few days, the gorgeous durian flowers have to give way, because the mansion is decorated with lanterns and festoons to celebrate the prince's birthday.The alley at the gate of the mansion was blocked for several days. Cars and horses came and went, and there were huge crowds of people rushing to give birthday presents. The red, green, golden flowers and silver leaves flowed into Prince An's mansion like flowing water. Chung, that bustling, really like the New Year.

Today is the official day of Yue Le's birthday, and all the people who came to pay their respects are crowned figures!This added some majesty and richness to the bustle in front of the palace gate, not to mention that the servants held their breath, and even the horses did not dare to neigh when they came to the gate. On the east side of the palace is a large garden.There is a quiet and exquisite pear garden in the corner of the garden.Yue Le held a banquet here to entertain his distinguished guests, the princes, county kings, Baylor, Beizi, all of them were his relatives and nephews. In the middle of the yard there is a small stage protruding from the houses in the south.Under the stage was a sumptuous banquet for one person, one table, Prince Xun Chang Adai, Prince Xian Fushou, Kangjun Wang Jieshu, Wenliangjun Wang Meng'e, Shunchengjun Wang Leerjin, Prince Duanzhong Qi Kexin and Jingjinjun Wang Ni Siha and others are seated here, accompanied by Yue Le's sons Yunduan, Marhun and others.On the left and right sides are long corridors with various shapes of flower windows, such as round, square, hexagonal, plum blossom, pomegranate, and treasure.Those who watched the play and drank wine in the corridor were the Fujin princesses who came to pay their respects, and they were naturally accompanied by An Wang Fujin and side Fujin.Facing the stage is an open hall outside the main hall, with only two seats. The one on the right of the seat is today's birthday star, Prince An Yue Le, who is dressed in colorful and auspicious clothes; the one on the left is Prince Jian Ji. Spend.

According to seniority, they are brothers; according to position, Yue Le is the new prince, not as good as Jidu.On weekdays, the two have different political views and have less contact with each other.But the rules of the royal family, the most important thing is the friendship between brothers and relatives, Yue Le is older than Ji Du, and on the elder brother's birthday, the younger brother must worship him.Therefore, Prince Jane wore a formal attire, led Fujin and two side Fujins, and came to the mansion early to pay their birthday wishes. As usual, the atmosphere is relatively relaxed when relatives gather together.The weather in May was already quite hot, and the princes and Fujins all removed their dresses and crowns, swayed their small fans, ate wine, chatted, and watched the drama on stage with great interest.

As soon as they came out, there was chatter and laughter in the audience, praising that "Yellow Crane Tower" was so lively and well done.Fujin and Gege in the corridor especially praised Liu Bei and Zhou Yu in the play.After a while, the head of the troupe led the actors who played Liu Bei and Zhou Yu, went straight to the Changxuan, and thanked Prince An and Prince Jian. Yue Le glanced at "Zhou Yu" and said, "Aren't you Yun Guan?" Tong Chun bowed his head respectfully and replied, "Yes." Exit." "Yes." Tong Chun replied respectfully.The class leader quickly added: "My lord, he is now a commoner, and he only takes part in the opera singing, does not accompany the wine, and does not worship the master." In the future, I can be a Liyuan teacher, and I can get up well." "Yes." After Tongchun answered for the third time, he accompanied "Liu Bei" and the class leader to receive the reward.

"Brother Wang, have you seen this opera singer?" "Oh, this man is the best in Liyuan. He doesn't sell his looks, he doesn't have a vulgar look, and his temperament and behavior are elegant and scholarly. The so-called spring is white and snowy!" Ji Du laughed: "Brother Wang loves to associate with those scholars." , so even such an opera singer is valued. How useful are literati, literati, and weak people? To conquer the world, you must rely on fighting! You must rely on riding and shooting, and you must come to martial arts!" Yue Le also laughed: "Xian Didn’t my brother hear that? For those who have always achieved great things, martial arts and cultural governance are indispensable. If you win the world immediately, can you rule the world immediately?” Ji Du said: “If you win the world immediately, why can’t you rule the world immediately? , isn’t it just to rule the world immediately?” Yue Le didn’t answer him directly, bypassing the ancestor’s military attack, and opened another topic: “Through the history of previous dynasties, whoever enjoys the country for a long time must have a dynasty system. Not long after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, it was necessary to govern the vast territory of China. The thousands of people in the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Dynasties needed to consider the past and the present and establish a system for long-term stability." Ji Du shrugged his nose contemptuously: "The Ming Dynasty had a system, but it was not the same. Li Zicheng and a gang of rogues died, and gave way to my Qing Dynasty?" "No, the matter is not that simple. The emperor read the history books in the inner court, and once personally said: Ming Taizu made comprehensive legislation, which can last forever. It shows that the system established in the early Ming Dynasty is original. There is nothing wrong with it, but in the future it will gradually weaken, and Guozuo will also weaken. By the end of Wanli, the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty has really been corrupted, so it can continue for decades before it collapses, and the power of the system! We must carefully study it!..." Ji Du showed impatience on his face, and said with a forced smile: "Brother Wang, I lost the book bag, but I don't have the spirit to lose you. Our Aixinjueluo family is a descendant of a heavenly girl, born a nobleman, a hero! God bless you!" Hu, if you can win the world, you can rule the world! There is no need to learn the system from the lowly barbarians!..." Yue Le said patiently with a persuasive tone: "Your brother has outstanding martial arts skills, and he is indeed a good descendant of our ancestors. Our Aixinjueluo is indeed the queen of the heavenly maiden, a nobleman. However, what about the origin of the Manchurian clan? Brother, you don’t know yet, do you? I have checked a lot of history books recently. It was the time when Jurchen established Dajin, enjoyed the country for more than a hundred years, and shared it with the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty; pushing forward, the Bohai Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty was also founded by Jurchen, with five capitals, fifteen prefectures and sixty-two prefectures. The Dongsheng Kingdom has enjoyed the country for nearly two hundred years. Now the Qing Dynasty has inherited the Great Gold. In the millennium, the three countries became bigger and bigger, and finally occupied the world. One can imagine the strength of our Manchurians! However, Yao and Shun Before three generations of Yu? Who was the ancestor of the Jurchen clan? After careful deduction, it might not be a branch of the Yellow Emperor..." In an instant, Jidu's eyebrows stood on end, his beard rose, and his tiger eyes opened wide. Le, actually connected the Aixinjueluo family and the despicable barbarian to the ancestors!He turned to think about it, now it is to pay homage to Yue Le's birthday, no matter what, he can't spread his anger.Although his face was flushed from holding back, he just said a few incoherent words angrily: "You, you, how dare you..." "My dear brother, what's the matter with you?" Yue Le looked at Ji Du's appearance, wondering Is it really strange, or is it pretending to be surprised, when he was about to greet his servants, he saw the door official led a palace eunuch to rush to him and knelt in front of him: "My lord, the emperor summoned my lord to enter the palace immediately!" Yue Le and Ji Du both Surprised, but unable to ask.Yue Le hurriedly said to Ji Du: "My dear brother, I can't accompany you anymore. I will go to the mansion to plead guilty some other day." "What are you talking about! The emperor called you, don't miss it, let's go quickly. I also take my leave." Ji As soon as Du and Yue Le invited each other, Yue Le hurriedly prepared to enter the palace.

The guests in the Pear Blossom Court, because they were accompanied by brothers Yunduan and Ma Erhun, were still in a very enthusiastic mood: the female relatives in the two corridors had not seen each other for a long time, and they just took this opportunity to talk and exchange anecdotes they knew, and the conversation was intense .After Jidu asked his attendants to tell Fujin to return to the mansion earlier, he led some of his servants to leave the mansion.Brother Yunduan respectfully sent him outside the gate, but he was always depressed, thinking hard all the way: Why did the emperor call Yue Le into the palace in such a hurry? ... There is a three-jacaranda room in the southwest corner of the Lihuayuan, which is a place for actors to rest and put on makeup.Tong Chun, who was sitting at the window, happened to see the back of Prince Jane leaving slowly, and immediately thought of his majestic figure of crushing a rascal at the front door, and turned around to ask the accompanying eunuch: "Isn't that prince Prince Jane? Why don't you look at it again?" Out?" The little eunuch came over and took a look and said: "It's really Prince Jian!...We only perform literary dramas here, and Prince Jian doesn't like to watch it!" "Is Prince Jian's residence often called opera troupe?" I have a troupe in the royal family, and he likes to watch the lively drama "Ten Beds Wat"." "Oh..." Tong Chun pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Little internal officer, someone like you is bestowed on the prince by the emperor." Or did the royal family buy it?" "All of them. The royal family bought a lot." "Aren't there still people who were assigned as slaves by the clan mansion and the Ministry of Punishment?" "That's the sea! ... But There are no eunuchs. Most of them go to work in the Zhuangzi, and the women stay in the mansion. There are people in the laundry bureau, the kitchen, and the tea." Tong Chun's heart was pounding, and he asked as casually as possible: "This year's mansion Is someone coming in again?" The little eunuch thought for a while: "No. I just entered during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. Hey, why don't you eat dim sum? This is what we rewarded from Fujin. Who doesn't know that our dim sum in Prince An's Mansion is the first in the capital. !...Don’t you still have plays? Wait, there must be a lot of rewards! Fujin Gege has a lot of private money, and they like to watch plays..." Tong Chun was very disappointed, but he had to talk to the little eunuch with a smile on his face. deal with.

In the Yongping rebellion case, all the women became officials and were sent to the hero's family as slaves.Tongchun had the possibility to enter the hero's family, try to find out about Menggu's whereabouts, but also find a way to make a living and solve the problem of food and clothing. There is only one way to achieve both, and that is to re-enter the Liyuan, and then apply Fendai.Without hesitation, Tongchun joins a well-known opera troupe in the capital.He always worked extra hard and paid extra attention to all the acting roles in the royal mansion and expensive mansion.But several months have passed, and Meng Gu has not been found at all.It fell through again today.He really didn't want to sing any more.Tongchun started to unpack the Baotou, take off the opera shirt, and change the colored shoes.

The class leader in the other corner of the room saw it and said loudly: "Guan Yun, what's the matter with you? There's still your "Oiran" below!" Tong Chun said: "I'm dizzy, nauseated, and uncomfortable. Let me be spared in the next scene, and ask someone else to do it twice, okay?" "Oh, are you killing me?" The class leader was anxious, He repeatedly bowed and bowed: "Good officer Yun! What people want to see is you, Xiaoguan Qin! How dare you return to the show? If the prince loses his temper, we don't want to leave the house wholeheartedly! ...Maybe it's because the room is too stuffy, just take a break, just take a break! "It's really hot and stuffy in the room, but the actors who sing the opera dare to go out to "scatter" casually? Even the little eunuch who loves Yunguan so much doesn't dare to make decisions. The director of Pianpian Lihuayuan is a fan of operas. When he heard that Yunguan didn't sing "" Occupying the Oiran", of course he didn't agree. After the manager accommodated, the little eunuch dared to lead Yun Guan to the small garden next to him for a walk to get some air, and agreed not to go far.

The small garden is full of dark green, tall trees and bushes block the sunlight, the air is cool and quiet, and the pomegranate flowers near and far look like bright red flames.Tong Chun took a deep breath of the sweet and pure air, stretched his body, and walked with the little eunuch among the mountains, rocks and streams, feeling refreshed, and even half listened to what the little eunuch said to him. The little eunuch's words suddenly entered his ears: "...If you perform well, Fujin and Gege from every palace will be rewarded, and this reward alone will be enough for you to spend for several years..." Every palace?The word "each" is so important that Tong Chun's heart skipped a beat.If he can impress the princes and Fujin of the palaces today, it will open the way for him to enter the stage of the palaces in the future, isn't it obvious?right!

You have to act, you have to act, you have to show your skills, and act so that these people in the audience are fascinated! Tong Chun turned around sharply, and said resolutely: "Go back! There is still my play next." "Are you dizzy?" The little eunuch looked at him kindly. "Walking around for a while, it's all right!" Tong Chun smiled, and walked back to the Ewha Garden along the gravel-paved flower path, circling among the rockery.The little eunuch chased after him, muttering suspiciously: "How did you get there? Can't you get around?..." A long corridor suddenly lay in front of you.Green glazed tiles, red pillars and red railings, painted flowers and birds and landscapes under the eaves, are very gorgeous.On the other side of the promenade, the square pavilion is covered by tall bamboos, and the stone bridge crosses the flowing water. The flowers are full of purples and reds, and all kinds of roses compete for beauty. The roses are rich and intoxicating, rushing towards Tongchun.Tong Chun was very surprised. Just as he slowed down, the little eunuch jumped up and grabbed him, his face changed: "Wrong way! Turn around!" Seeing that his head was sweating and his lips were trembling, Tong Chun hurriedly asked :"What's the matter?……"

Before he could say a word, the green bamboo swayed on the other side of the promenade, and a woman's crisp laughter came.Without saying a word, the little eunuch dragged Tongchun around and ran away, his hand still trembling, and ran straight out of the rocky mountains of Taihu Lake that made people dizzy. He opened his hands, wiped off the sweat from his head, touched his chest and said, "You scared me to death!... That porch is the forbidden line in the mansion, and that is the garden where the women in the mansion play. Why don't the men not be summoned, or It's an outsider who broke into the corridor, don't want to die!..." Tong Chun stuck out his tongue, calmly entered the Ewha Garden. A maid of eighteen or nineteen years old came out from the bamboo forest path, with a thin body, a light yellow shirt, a white silk skirt, a long bamboo vest outside, and a dark blue sweat scarf around her waist. She bowed her head and came out of the bamboo forest, then stood quietly by the side of the road with hands down, waiting for the master behind.She is Prince Jane's maid, Qiao Menggu, who was deprived of official status in Malan Village, and the person Tongchun, who was just dragged away, is trying to find. No matter how numb her heart is, she still remembers clearly the day when the accident happened and all the experiences since then. That day, the master and his disciples were talking in secret in the main room with the door closed; the women in the east and west rooms were giggling and tossing money and divination to see who would get the child first; Menggu sat blankly as usual, with nothing in her mind.Suddenly the door was hurriedly knocked open, mother and Aunt Rong rushed in, their faces pale.Rong Gu said that Fei Yaose secretly reported to her that his grandfather Su Erdeng and Wang Yongxiu had brought patrols to arrest the old Taoist master and apprentice and Qiao Bainian, and told their family to run away! When the old Taoist heard this, he immediately ordered Chu Yifu to guard the gate, and he led the little Taoist priest to open the back door and escape in a hurry.Crying and shouting, people ran up the mountain chasing the master and apprentice.But as soon as they climbed to the top of the mountain, they found that countless soldiers had surrounded the whole mountain.The old Taoist made a decisive decision and ordered everyone to flee separately and meet Li Qiushuang at Qinglong Mountain, a hundred miles away.Things got chaotic later on. Aunt Meng was separated from her mother and younger sister, but was held tightly by the little Taoist priest.The third prince of Zhu stuffed Menggu and another disciple of Daoist Yuan into the cave, and hid himself in, scaring the two women with a dagger so that they would not speak out. An hour later, there were Qing soldiers searching the mountains all over the mountains, densely packed like a colony of ants, and the sound of heavy footsteps rolled over the top of the head several times, and seeing that they couldn't escape, the third prince Zhu's eyes were red, his face was crazy, and he threw a dagger to press him Two women committed suicide.Although Meng Gu had seen his face many times, she still felt scared, and obediently wanted to pick up the dagger, but her hands trembled, unable to be cruel.Suddenly, the little Taoist girl who was cornered asked: "You want us to die, what about you?" "Me? I want to escape to the deep mountains and old forests, become a monk, stay away from the world, and spend this life!" It is despair and misery. The little Taoist nun became angry: "What? Let us die, you go to become a monk? Nonsense!" She kicked the dagger away: "I will not die if you don't die!" "You, you are bold!" Third Prince Zhu tremblingly pointed at her. He yelled and cursed: "I tell you, I am the prince, and the Emperor Chongzhen is my own father! Wives and concubines cannot be humiliated by the enemy! You, you will die immediately!" "For this sake, the prince is the best! I will not die! "The little nun became more and more stubborn.Meng Gu listened to this bold scolding, which she dared not even think about, as if in a daze. "Okay, okay, you bitch dare to resist the king's order! The king ordered the minister to die, and the minister had to die... I will deal with you!" The third prince Zhu picked up the dagger, shaking like a dead leaf in the autumn wind, raised his hand Going to tie up the little Taoist nun, Menggu quickly pulled him back and knelt down with a "plop".The third prince Zhu looked back and was furious, he raised his hand and stabbed Menggu viciously.With a flash, Meng Gu cut through her sleeve with the dagger and stabbed a long bloody scar on her arm.The little nun was desperate and shouted loudly: "Killed! The third prince Zhu killed!..." Meng Gu didn't receive the second knife, and the soldiers had already rushed to the entrance of the cave.None of the people who ran up the mountain escaped. When going down the mountain, another accident happened.The narrow mountain road only allows one person to walk.The two men, the Taoist priest and apprentice, were in front, escorted by four full soldiers, two in front and two behind; the women were tied in a string with long ropes, and followed far behind by a group of full soldiers.There was a bend in the mountain road, facing the cliff, the old Taoist hugged Third Prince Zhu with his hands that were untied at some point, and jumped off the cliff.The women screamed and screamed, and the soldiers panicked, and the team scattered for a while.Later, the general who led the army ordered to release arrows, and the soldiers stood densely along the path in a line. The arrows "swish" like locusts and shot down the cliff, and then they were hanged by long ropes to see what happened.The women were escorted to the inspection station of Hongqiao Town without knowing the final result of that search.But the next day, they saw the head of an old Taoist priest hanging high on the flagpole in front of the gate of the inspection station... It's really that Menggu has suffered so much all these years, and her later experience is nothing to her, she treats it indifferently .Only when the Ministry of Punishment assigned them to various palaces and noble houses as slaves, she suddenly realized that she would never see her mother and sister again. He talked endlessly, as if to cry away all the humiliation, pain, love and hatred of so many years. She really cried cleanly, and has since become a person like ice and snow.There was no smile in the first place, but now there is no sorrow, and the anger is like a pool of autumn water, and it is as light as a wisp of smoke.Because of this, after entering into Prince Jian’s mansion, the men were screaming for their father and mother during the ferocious whipping, but she never made a sound, which surprised the tea supervisor and made her a tea servant; Because of this, she was favored by Zan Fujin, who dismissed the chattering maid and asked her to be his servant.Today, she came to Prince An's mansion with Ce Fujin to pay her respects and take care of Ce Fujin's daughter. Bamboo leaves rustled, and two twelve or thirteen-year-old Ge Ge'er, who were dressed up beautifully, came out hand in hand.The third daughter of Prince Jane was wearing the silver-red satin gown, and the third daughter of Prince An was wearing the snow-green satin gown.The two had been friends with each other since they were young, and they haven't seen each other much in the past two years. During this gathering, there were endless intimate conversations: "...how is your mother-in-law treating you?" It was Prince Jane who asked the question daughter, she is a little older, a bit like an older sister.Prince An and Concubine Yuan passed away four years ago, and now the young Nala family is the successor to Fujin. "That's all. It's my father, who always loves the little Gege raised by her!" , almost died of illness!" "Really! The small courtyard where she lived was sealed off, and no one was allowed to see her. Later, when she recovered from her illness, she said that her little sister had a hard life, and she had committed some evil, so she was taken out of the house to be raised. It took more than ten months to hug her back." "Do you like that little sister?" "I like it! She is good-looking, she looks good, and her mouth is so sweet! She is only two years old, and she can say anything!" " Really? Come and play with us, okay? I don't have a little sister." "Good! Good!" Yue Le's daughter jumped and clapped her hands, and immediately asked her maid to tell Fujin.Jidu's daughter turned her head and told Menggu: "A Chou, you go too, and help hug little Gege!" He bowed his knees to the little master, and went with An Wang Gege's maid. Mrs. An Wang Fujin Nala was watching a play with that little princess in his arms.Little Gege was obedient and motionless, only flickering his two big eyes to look around.As soon as she heard that her sister wanted her to play in the garden, she immediately opened her fat hands and threw herself on the maid.On the stage, "Zhan Hua Kui" was being performed until the end of "Shou Tu". The tenderness, consideration, kindness and sincerity of the oil seller Qin Zhong were vividly performed by the actor Yun Guan, and the ladies in the corridor were especially moved.Nalashi just wished that someone would take the child away. Prince Jane's side Fujin's seat is next to it.Seeing Ah Chou lowering her head in front of Ge Chui Caiyi and not looking sideways, she felt amused, and wanted to have some fun, so she said, "Ah Chou, you don't even look up, what a flirtatious and beautiful Qin Xiao Officer!" Menggu could only glance at the stage through the vase-shaped wall window in front of her. Qin Xiaoguan, praised as "fair and beautiful", is confiding his heart to the famous courtesan Wang Meiniang. Meng Gu lowered her head indifferently, she was not interested in anything.She took a few steps back, turned around and followed the maid who was holding Xiaoge.Behind her came the laughing voice of her hostess: "I personally chose this ugly girl. It's rare that she's dumb, and she doesn't care about wine, sex, or money..." Meng Gu quietly followed suit.The maid in front changed hands, and Little Gege's innocent and beautiful face suddenly faced Menggu.A tremor rolled from the top of her head to the tip of her toes, Menggu felt her heart was grabbed by the iron claws, and she shrank into a ball in pain.God, isn't this her daughter? ... If only it were not a dream, if it were not madness! ...Little Gege stared at Menggu with all her attention, her big black eyes almost looked into Menggu's heart from under the thick eyelashes.Those black and white, crystal clear eyes!How did Menggu touch and kiss these eyes when she was breastfeeding her child!Daughter, a pair of daughters who are more lovely than the golden boy and jade girl in the painting, were her only comfort in life, her only hope... Menggu was flustered and short of breath, her eyes were dark, and patches of white mist emerged from the darkness in front of her eyes. Floating over, she couldn't hold on, and was about to faint.But the little Gege suddenly stretched out his little hand from the maidservant's shoulder, and shouted crisply: "Nurse! Siti Ulun Bibi!" This clear and plain Tartar language made Menggu tremble all over.She woke up immediately, and the white mist in front of her eyes dissipated.This is a princess wrapped in silk, satin, gold and silver, who is destined to enjoy the glory and wealth all her life. How could she be her daughter who has fallen into the belly of a wolf? Menggu stretched out her hand, and Little Gege threw herself into her arms and wrapped her arms around her neck.This warm and delicate touch awakened the mother's love that had been severely injured in her heart. It was unclear whether it was happiness or pain rushing against her cold heart. For many days, her completely dry eyes became moist. Gege in the snow-green robe ran to hug the little sister first, and Gege in the silver-red robe rushed to snatch her, shouting incessantly: "Oh, what a beautiful little Nuen! Cute little Nuen!" The two fought to hug her. , holding her, kissing her, making her call Mammy loudly. The two sisters took Little Gege to the flower garden, ordered the maids to pick many roses and Chinese roses, planted little Gege's head and body, and put colorful petals into fragrant flower strings, and put them on Little Gege's head. neck.After a while, flowers and petals piled up around them, attracting bees and butterflies to fly around the three girls.Little Gege refused to leave Menggu, and always held her hand, or leaned in her arms, as if this made her laugh more happily and shout more happily.Playing until the sun was flat and the sky was getting late, she actually lay in Menggu's arms, pressed her cute little head against Menggu's heart, and fell asleep peacefully, sleeping very sweetly. The nanny came to pick up Little Gege.When Meng Gu stretched out her hand to hand out the child, she felt sad for a while, and her arms trembled unconsciously. Little Gege suddenly opened her eyes, looked at the nanny, then turned to look around, saw Meng Gu, and immediately leaned out and rushed towards her. Going over, shouting: "Mommy! I want Mommy! I want Mommy!" Meng Gu had no choice but to catch her, and she hugged Meng Gu and never let go.All soft and hard methods were used, but none of them worked. Little Gege burst into tears, shouted and screamed, and moved his body wildly, making everyone bewildered.An Wangfujin and Jian Wangfujin rushed to hear the news, but they couldn't make Little Gege leave Menggu.All of a sudden, the child was crying, the adults were yelling, cursing the maid, Ah Chou, and the ignorant little Gege. It was a mess, no one could hear what others said, and no one could do anything about this two-year-old noble princess. "What are you shouting about!" the majestic voice shouted impatiently, the chaotic noise immediately subsided, and the servants hurriedly fell to their knees.This is Prince An who is returning to the palace.Fujin went up to him and nagged again, Yue Le shrugged his brows in surprise, walked up to Meng Gu himself, and said affectionately: "Bingyue, good boy, look who I am?" Little Gege held on to Meng Gu With both hands on his neck, he turned his face to see Prince An, smiled with tears in his eyes, and shouted aggrievedly in a hoarse voice: "Ama..." "Go back to the house with Ama, it's time to eat." "I don't!" The sobbing little Gege hugged the female slave of Prince Jane's mansion even more tightly. Yue Le sighed softly and imperceptibly, and said: "Ama brought you a pair of little white rabbits, why don't you go and have a look? Come, Ama hug you!" Little Gege hesitated: Xiaobai How cute is a rabbit? ...It must be very happy to be hugged by the tall and big Ama! ... "Come on, Bingyue." Yue Le really stretched out both hands.These were two strong, noble hands that had never held a child. Little Gege pressed close to Ah Chou's face, and said lovingly: "Nurse, I came to see you after I went to see the little white rabbit. Don't leave!" Chou, agree quickly, answer quickly!" A Chou could only nod his head.Little Gege threw herself into the hands of Prince An with confidence.But this pair of sword-wielding and archery hands couldn't stand the weight of a two-year-old doll, and almost dropped Little Gege.Ah Chou let out an "ah" in panic, and quickly squatted down to pick it up with both hands.Only then did Yue Le see the face of the slave girl who had been bowing her head in silence: high cheekbones, deep eye sockets, thin cheeks, and a chin as sharp as a nail, no wonder it was called Ah Chou.Only the eyes are black and bright, not too ugly... Yue Le said to Prince Jane, side Fujin: "Sister and sister, this little girl has disturbed you enough, I'm really sorry. I want to take her back as soon as possible, I can't see you off, Please don't be offended." Prince Jane said with a smile on his side Fujin: "Brother Wang, don't be polite, my relatives, what are you talking about? Please go back quickly, I have a sister-in-law to send me off!" King An Fujin sent me away After relatives and friends returned to her exquisite and beautiful bedroom, Yue Le had already taken off her court clothes and was only wearing a golden moon-sprinkled white shirt, walking around the room with a cup of tea in her hand, with a look on her face. The group is irritable.From a distance, little Gege could be heard crying, and she probably had been carried to the backyard. Nala smiled intentionally: "Listen, this little girl is still crying. Is this also a fate from a previous life?" Yue Le glanced at her, frowned, and didn't answer. "Just now, King Jian Fujin promised to give A Chou to me. She also said that A Chou's advantage is ugliness, and he can't separate a man's heart. Look how interesting she said! I have to find a way to return her a gift... ...Give her a piece of silk, okay?" Yue Le glanced at her again, but still didn't speak. Nala was in a hurry.She is the stepmother, and she can be Yue Le's daughter according to her age.At this time, she stared: "Why don't you talk? You..." "Okay! Stop shouting!" Yue Le immediately said: "It's a waste of effort! Tell you, within half a month, this The child will be sent to the palace." "Ah? Are you crazy?" Nala's face turned pale with shock. "What nonsense are you talking about!" Yue Le's face was ugly, and he scolded Fujin: "This is the emperor's personal decree. After the imperial concubine lost her son, she wanted to adopt a few young princesses by her side, so as to alleviate her grief and have something to sustenance." Lashi burst into tears: "She sent my child to mourn, where should I put my grief?" Yue Le sighed and said, "Why are you confused? This is the emperor's grace, someone else's family I still can't think of it! Besides, it's not your biological daughter..." "It's not your biological daughter, it's your own! You don't know how cute this little thing is? I really can't bear her! ... Why do you only want our family's Princess? "There are two from the Prince Jian's family, one from the Shuncheng Prince's family, and one from our family. The imperial concubine will take care of her, and she will get the title of princess in the future and eat the princess' salary. Isn't this a great thing?... Besides, Bingyue entered the palace, you It's good to go to the palace to pay respects to the empress dowager and imperial concubine, they are extraordinary women from Manchuria, learn their knowledge and mind!" Hearing these words, Nala's excitement calmed down a little.In fact, no wonder she.She got this jade daughter-like little princess in the sad and empty situation of her first child Shang, and her love was no less than her own.Her husband pointed out the critical point in a few words, and she could only accept this unchangeable decision.She looked at her husband's preoccupied face with frowning eyebrows, sighed, and said comfortingly, "Don't be so worried. Can someone bring you some snacks?" She said, and handed it to him. A fan: "For your birthday, the emperor called you into the palace for this reason?" Yue Le didn't look at Fujin, and didn't answer, he opened the folding fan for no reason, closed it, opened it, and closed it again , absent-mindedly slapped his chest twice, and said, "I'm going to sit in the study for a while, and don't let anyone bother me!" Then he walked away slowly step by step with his hands behind his back. Compared with the big event that Yue Le was worried about, what was sending Bingyue into the palace? Is the emperor having a childish temper again?The emperor was on a whim?Not like.He seemed to have considered it carefully, and regarded Yue Le as the first person who could accept his idea, and urgently called him into the palace for consultation. The sky was getting dark, and the west had collected the last ray of twilight. In the sky as deep and endless as the sea, stars were vying to flash out.Yue Le stared at the brightest one, it was a big star with a bit of blue in the light, it was looking at the earth from the high sky, it made people's heart tremble slightly.Isn't this the emperor's eyes that Yue Le felt today?When the emperor expounded his "New Deal", didn't he also have such a heart-pounding light in his eyes? The emperor pushed away the letters, volumes, "Ming Shilu", "Documents General Examination", and "Minghui Dian" on the desk, and said very excitedly: "Brother Wang, I am determined to review the past and the present, remove the old and update it, and do my best. Rectify the system! The most important thing is to expand the inner three courts into the cabinet, set up the palace bachelor, and set up the Hanlin academy and the head academy, which are of the same rank as the six departments. The most important thing," he paused, his eyes widened. Shining brightly, he said firmly: "It is to get rid of the reputation of the political conference, and the six departments of the cabinet are directly ordered by me!" "This...isn't this completely imitating the Ming system?" Yue Le stuttered badly, suddenly felt flustered and short of breath. "If the Ming system is effective, why can't we imitate it?" The emperor didn't care, and continued to say brightly: "Minister Baylor, the king of politics, is old and accomplished, but short-sighted, and governing the country is often out of date. Pamper yourself, but you must be knowledgeable and far-sighted to be a politician. Otherwise, governing the country and the world will be easier said than done!..." The emperor also talked about many of his ideas: inspecting officials, banning corruption, rewarding land reclamation, recruiting talents, collecting books scattered among the people, supporting the old Ming clan, bestowing posthumous titles and sacrifices on the martyred officials at the end of Ming Dynasty, and even setting up a day Lecturer, serving the emperor every day to study books, classics, history, etc.But Yue Le could no longer listen quietly.The abolishment of the political system and the transformation of the inner three courts into the cabinet, these two major events are so amazing that they overwhelm everything else!It is conceivable that once it is announced, it will be a major earthquake in the government and the public. Not only will the ministers and princes and nobles be furious, but they will also... I can't imagine the consequences! ..." O young emperor!The death of the crown prince in the first month, everyone said that it was God's punishment for violating the ancestral system and close to the customs of the Han Dynasty. Could it be that he was not vigilant?It's only May, and the mourning for the loss of a son has not yet passed, yet he wants to risk the disapproval of the world by abolishing the Dafa established by the ancient ancestors of Yizheng!What's wrong with this! ... Among the Manchu nobles, Yue Le is often ridiculed as a "new school". Isn't he still talking to Ji Du today, advocating "considering the past and the present, and establishing a system"?Unexpectedly, the emperor went further than him and wanted to attack the political system!This is hard for even Yue Le to accept, let alone others? Only then did Yue Le understand the imperial concubine's intention to adopt the four princesses.This is a show of favor to relatives and nobles.Jidu will be the most resolute opponent, so he has the highest favor and adopts two.She is really the emperor's virtuous wife! Thinking about it for the emperor, Yue Le can understand all this.The young and promising emperor wanted a whole country, but he chose to discuss the administration of the king and the ministers to hinder the separation of powers and repeatedly obstruct the emperor's administration. With a person with such a strong personality, how could he bear it?But think about it for the king and ministers, including himself, if the power in his hands is suddenly deprived, even if he is living a leisurely and pampered life, can he be calm? ...the lights in the study stayed on until dawn.Prince An Yue Le spent his birthday night in anxiety.