The Wife is First

Chapter 115
King Huainan was quite famous in the south of the Yangtze River. When the people heard that it was King Huainan who attacked the city, they were not very frightened. On the contrary, when they heard that King Cheng was coming to lead the troops, they were very nervous for a while.

"Tomorrow Laba, you arrange for people to set up a porridge shed outside the city." After checking the account books, Mu Hanzhang said to the housekeeper of Ruoshui Garden.

The housekeeper is a native of Pingjiang, and he knows a lot about the affairs of Pingjiang City: "Yes, Lord Hou. However, usually the wealthy businessmen in the city will set up porridge sheds in front of their houses. Why should our house be located outside the city?"

Mu Hanzhang glanced at him: "The people who fled to Pingjiang due to the war are all outside the city."

The butler immediately understood what the princess meant, and turned around to go to do it.In the past six months, the common people have noticed Chengwang's behavior, and with Mu Hanzhang's deliberate maintenance, people's views on Chengwang have changed a lot.

"Porridge tomorrow, I'll go get a bowl too." A clear and pleasant voice came from behind, and before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by another familiar voice.

"If you want to drink, pay first." Jing Shao glared at the man who wandered towards his princess without looking at him for a moment.

The man smiled and sat down casually at Mu Hanzhang's table. He was the King Huainan who was supposed to be fighting King Cheng.

"The food and grass money allocated by Beijing Central has arrived. I wonder if my share is enough to buy a bowl of porridge?" Gu Huaiqing picked up an account book and flipped through it, saying with a half-smile.

"It should be enough," Jing Shao took the account book away, and said to his princess, "Transfer the account directly, and refund him ten taels of silver."

Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips and smiled lightly: "You guys are staying here so blatantly, be careful not to be seen by others."

"I'll pick this kid up to the wading garden." Gu Huaiqing rubbed Xiao Huang, who was listless lying beside the stove. Ever since the weather turned cold, the tiger who was afraid of the cold was reluctant to leave the stove for half a step.

When Xiao Huang came to the warm pavilion in the Wading Garden, he immediately became energetic. He walked around the garden filled with hot spring water, and then hopped to find the little lion sleeping in the middle of the garden.

Lions grow slower than tigers. Now Xiao Huang is a circle bigger than cubs. The whole tiger lies on top of the lions. The thick fur completely covers the short-haired lions, leaving only the head of the lion outside. Xiao Huang couldn't stop chewing on it.In autumn, Jing Shao sent him here to learn to hunt. Xiao Huang didn't learn it in the end, but he learned to sleep more and more with the lion.

Gu Huaiqing watched the two balls of hair rolling around in the garden, but did not accept the bank note that Mu Hanzhang handed over: "I heard that my son-in-law is going to do business at sea in the spring?"

Mu Hanzhang and Jing Shao looked at each other, and said slowly: "Not really, I just opened a Wanbao Pavilion to help those foreigners exchange goods." It has taken countless time for the Fan people to travel across mountains and rivers, and they are not familiar with the place where they live and do not know how to exchange goods. However, most of the people doing sea business in the south of the Yangtze River are small businessmen, and they cannot buy a boatload of things in a short period of time, so he plans to invest in Luzhou. Open a Wanbao Pavilion, which is dedicated to exchanging a large amount of goods from Fanren, and then sell them to merchants in Chen Dynasty at a higher price.

"I'll take a share of this year's money, okay?" Gu Huaiqing said with a smile.

Mu Hanzhang was worried that Jing Shao's share was not enough, and he wanted to take out the 10 taels of silver that his mother gave him, but Gu Huaiqing's move relieved his urgent need: "Brother can trust me, so naturally I can't ask for it. "

"By the way, has there been a letter from Jingchen recently?" Gu Huaiqing said casually.

"Brother sends letters every ten days." Jing Shao glanced at him, pretending to be ignorant and asked his princess, "The nearest one should arrive today, right?"

Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips and suppressed a smile: "I arrived early this morning." Saying so, he took out a letter from his sleeve.

"Show me!" Gu Huaiqing immediately reached out to snatch it, but Jing Shao quickly took it away.

"I haven't watched it yet!" Jing Shao jumped onto the stone table in two or three steps, standing tall.

Jingchen's letters never contain a word of nonsense, and they simply talk about the situation in the capital.

Although the eldest prince was not implicated in the incident in Jiangzhou in the end when he "killed his relatives with righteousness", he was actually rejected by the emperor, and he was a lot more honest in the court.The fourth prince was thrown to the ancestral temple for self-reflection. He has been self-reflection for several months. Emperor Hongzheng seems to have no intention of taking him back, and Jing Yu has been absent from the court, but his henchmen have been dragged out one by one. At the end of the year, another group of people were disposed of.

"Why did the father become suspicious of Jing Yu?" Jing Shao frowned and looked at it again. At first he thought that Emperor Hongzheng was just beating and beating the fourth prince, but judging from the situation, it seemed that he wanted to kill them all.

"The cause is Zhao Jiulin, the Minister of Rites," Mu Hanzhang thought for a while, then turned to Gu Huaiqing and asked, "Brother, is there anything special about this Zhao Jiulin?

"It's nothing special, it's just a grass on the wall." Gu Huaiqing took advantage of Jing Shao's unpreparedness and snatched the letter. "Once this thing of doubt is born, it can't be stopped."

Once doubt arises, it cannot be stopped... once it is born... then it cannot be stopped...

Jing Shao was stunned for a while, then smiled wryly.In his previous life, he was only found out about Yanyin because he made a small mistake, and then it got out of hand. He didn't know when he committed many crimes.

In Fengyi Palace.

"The concubines have made new clothes for the princes, but Jing Yu is not in the palace, so I can't let him try them on, and I don't know if they fit." The queen showed Emperor Hongzheng a man's clothes, and said melancholy .

Emperor Hongzheng glanced at her, but did not answer.

Afterwards, she got bored, worried secretly, but said with an apologetic smile on her face: "Your Majesty, the Chinese New Year is almost here, and the concubine is thinking whether to bring Jing Yu back, at least to spend the new year in the palace before going. "

"Jing Shao can't celebrate the new year in the palace, why don't you say bring him back?" Emperor Hongzheng snorted coldly.

"King Cheng fought for the country, so of course he can't go back." The queen gritted her teeth secretly, how did Jing Shao be pulled out, can her son be the same as that trash who can't inherit the rule?

"I have my own discretion in this matter, and I don't need you to point fingers." Hearing this, Emperor Hongzheng got up and walked out. The Fengyi Palace is becoming more and more boring the more you sit, the former court is political affairs, and the harem is also political affairs. .

Watching the emperor walk out of Fengyi Palace, he clenched the silk handkerchief tightly in his hand. Recently, the emperor became more and more impatient to listen to her, and pointed to a person and said, "You, go and find out where the emperor has gone. palace."

"Yes!" The little eunuch beside him answered in a low voice, ran out quickly, and came back after a while, "Go back to your mother, the emperor has gone to Jiaolan Palace."

"Zhuo Shulan is a slut!" The queen looked sharply, raised her hand and dropped the exquisite white jade cup, "The slut who has been out of favor for many years, dares to come out to be seductive again!"

In Jiaolan Palace, Concubine Shu was watching the news delivered by Prince Rui, her beautiful eyes curled up with a smile.It was only learned last month that Zhuo Yunji, her natal nephew, turned out to be Tanhualang Ma Zhuo. Since the Zhuo family was convicted, she has been depressed. Now that the Zhuo family has a successor, she is hopeful.

"Mother Concubine!" The seventh prince, Jing Yi, left the school and ran into Mother Concubine's palace. The little fat man jumped into his mother's arms.

"Naughty again!" Concubine Shu burned the letter paper in her hand on the candle, then lowered her head and wiped the little fat man's face with a handkerchief.

"Mother and Concubine, I also want to go to the south of the Yangtze River to fight with Brother Three Emperors!" Ever since Jing Yi met Jing Shao in the study, the little fat man has been fascinated by his brother's heroic demeanor, and vowed to become a hero like Cheng Wang.

"The emperor is here!" Suddenly there was a loud chorus from outside the door, Concubine Shu hastily dragged Jing Yi to kneel down to receive him.

"Jing Yi wants to be a great general?" Emperor Hongzheng walked in with a smile.

"Since I met King Cheng once, I have been clamoring to go to war every day, and my concubine has been a headache from the quarrel." Concubine Shu stood up with a smile, put the hand stove in her arms into the hands of Emperor Hongzheng, and she tiptoed to shave off his hair cloak.

Emperor Hongzheng felt comfortable being served, and his complexion improved a little bit. Looking at the still young and gentle Concubine Shu, he couldn't help but think of the Yuan Empress back then. The Fengyi Palace at that time was also so warm and pleasant: "Concubine Shu Ah, can you blame me for the matter of the Zhuo family?"

The movements in Concubine Shu's hands paused, and she smiled and said: "The rise and fall of honor and disgrace are all the grace of God. The emperor did not consign his concubine to the concubine because of the Zhuo family's affairs. The concubine is already grateful, so where is the blame?"

In the 14th year of Hongzheng, the palace lived in peace.At least, it is peaceful on the surface.The fourth prince was not taken back to the palace by Emperor Hongzheng in the end, and it was rumored in the court that the fourth prince Jing Yu had completely lost his sacred heart, and I am afraid that he would have no hope of being with the great throne.

(End of this chapter)