prince's rivers and lakes

Chapter 5 Vegetable Fields Under the Palace Wall

The Yuanxiang hall was silent again, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant. The serving maid came up to clear the tea tray.

Perhaps it was Qin Shouan's original murderous arrogance that kept the little maid silent and made a lot of trembling noises.

The eldest servant girl came over to offer new tea, small crispy meat and a fruit plate, and hurriedly pulled people back.

Qin Shouan is feeling extremely uncomfortable now.

Some couldn't laugh or cry, but they were distracted by this embarrassing emotion.

For a moment, the suppressed sadness came out, and he raised his hands and pressed the corners of his eyes, unable to say a word.

This is often the case with men. When a catastrophe occurs at home, there is no time to grieve and worry, so they have to stand up rationally and calmly, and prop up the fallen sky. Overwhelming emotions.

Qin Shou'an received the report and knew that the old prince Qin Heng had passed away, so he didn't delay for a moment.

After telling the teacher, he changed horses all the way and galloped for thousands of miles. He almost didn't think about anything in his mind, only knowing that he was rushing to Longyin City without sleep.

I met Liang Shisanniang on the road, and was stopped by her for a while, but I had no choice but to get some rest time.

Otherwise, he would have traveled such a long distance and exhausted all his energy to rush back to the Langya Prince's Mansion, and he would have been exhausted to deal with what Tang Wanrong had done, and he might have collapsed directly at the door.

Now that he knew the truth about his father's death, it broke his tightly held heart in an instant... In layman's terms, he just couldn't hold back and broke his defenses.

But after all, he didn't want his father to die just like this—didn't he agree that when Qin Shouan came back from practicing martial arts, they would go to the rivers and lakes to catch female heroes together?
"As for the simplicity of the funeral, that's what the Empress Dowager wants." Tang Wanrong broke the silence.

The Qin family belongs to the royal family, and there are many royal family members in Longyin City who are staring at the Langya Palace. Without the Queen Mother's order, even Tang Wanrong would not have the courage to keep things simple, and she would not take the blame.

After the death of the first emperor, the Empress Dowager gradually took back the power from the auxiliary ministers. She listened to the government behind a curtain for many years, and her majesty became stronger and stronger. Qin Shouan could go to her to make trouble if he had the ability.

"Oh, Empress Dowager." Qin Shouan nodded, it was not surprising that this one would intervene.

Then the father died and the funeral was simplified, so there weren't too many deliberate conspiracies against Langya Palace hidden in it?
"The Empress Dowager has kept herself safe and kept the festival for the late emperor for many years. There has never been any rumor of filth in the relationship between men and women. The palace is unprecedentedly clean..." Tang Wanrong said with a hint of indifference. Not difficult.

As long as you grow cucumbers in summer and eggplants in autumn, eat more vegetables and fruits, you will not get angry and feel dry, and you can sleep alone if you are pure and ascetic, and you will live a leisurely and comfortable life.

What's more, the palace wall is so high that passers-by outside the wall can't climb over it smelling the scent of red apricot blossoms, and it's not easy for the red apricots inside the wall to climb up the wall and flutter in the wind.

"So... now that my father has done such a big and unspeakable thing, if she doesn't give a warning, I'm afraid that my uncles and brothers who like to indulge themselves will follow suit and make even more absurd things. ?" Qin Shouan followed Tang Wanrong's words, trying to figure out the intentions of the empress dowager.

Telling this matter is really embarrassing to the palace, Tang Wanrong frowned like a gardenia, and then loosened:

"The empress dowager is not very old, but the elder sister-in-law is like a mother. She never relents in disciplining her brother-in-law. Mighty king... Shou'an, you have been away from Beijing for many years. This prince only returned to Beijing last year. I'm afraid he doesn't know him. Bar?"

"When my father writes, I often talk about what I have seen and heard in Beijing and people. I know the mighty king." Qin Shou'an has been in constant communication with his father, Qin Heng, for the past eight years.

Qin Heng had good intentions, and Qin Shouan was going to return to Beijing to inherit the throne after all.

If you don't know anything about the changes in Beijing and the new important people in the past eight years, you will have nowhere to go when you come back and face many things.

Qin Shouan also ordered Tang Wanrong a little bit, don't think that he is in the dark about the affairs in Jingzhong Mansion.

At the same time, it was easy for Tang Wanrong to wonder what Qin Heng had confessed to him all these years?Tang Wanrong, who was disturbed enough by the letter just now, was restless, and her hands and feet were in a mess.

The fingers that pinched a fruit were loosened, Tang Wanrong's drooping hair and the roots of her ears became slightly hot, what nonsense did that old bastard send to Qin Shouan in the letter?
"While King Mighty was fighting against the barbarians in the north, a piece of his skull was cut off. Since then, whenever his forehead is blown by the wind, he will feel extremely painful. If thousands of needles are pierced into his brain, he has to wear a felt hat regardless of the cold or heat... ...When he returned to Beijing, his barbarian-style felt hat caused a lot of criticism."

Tang Wanrong hurriedly continued, but in her heart she despised many people in Beijing.

They don't care about King Mighty's illustrious military exploits and how many barbarians' heads he cut off with long knives, but because his hat doesn't match the gorgeous clothes of the new Qin Dynasty, they go on talking, laughing and joking, it's really disgusting.

"I know about this... The reason why King Mighty Wu was dispatched to the frontier was that he molested the female officials in the empress dowager's palace, and was ordered by the empress dowager to return to Beijing after a hundred battles in the frontier."

When Qin Shouan was young, King Weiwu was assigned to the frontier. He only knew that his father had a good relationship with King Weiwu, but he didn't have a deep impression of this uncle.

"Now no one dares to covet those enchanting and charming female officials in the Empress Dowager's Palace anymore, because no one wants to wear a felt hat all day long like the Mighty King, and swing it when the wind blows."

Tang Wanrong recalled the appearance of Mighty King at the funeral, her body was still tall, but she was stooped, her expression was stiff, and her eyes were lifeless.

No matter how fierce and violent he was in the frontier, the king who frightened the barbarians could only be an idle prince after returning to Beijing.

Maybe the Mighty King is already regretting it, and it would be better to lead his son Lang to kill the enemy at the border.

"Now this matter is just a lowering of the funeral standard, and it is already a small punishment for the sake of the old prince's death."

Tang Wanrong sighed, it's a pity that the empress dowager had no intention of "inheriting the father's mistakes".

It would be good for him and her if Qin Shouan was also sent to the frontier for ten or eight years.

However, Qin Shouan remembered Qin Heng's letter from last year, in which he talked about King Mighty and made fun of King Mighty's felt hat.

Said that he, as the older brother, would help King Mighty Wu go to the Queen Mother to ask for an iron hat bestowed by the imperial concubine, and bring a small pocket that could hold two or three taels of herbal medicine called "Fengfeng"...

"Since it's the empress dowager's intention, I have nothing to say. During this period of time, my aunt has worked very hard in handling internal affairs and dealing with foreign affairs. Shou'an is very grateful."

After Qin Shouan finished speaking, he stood up and bowed deeply to Tang Wanrong.

"Where?"

Tang Wanrong sat down to accept the ceremony without any irritation, she got up and put her hands on her hands, "Since you call me aunt, these are just my duties."

Qin Shouan said a few words to Tang Wanrong again, using the excuse that he was exhausted from the long journey and was going to rest first.

Tang Wanrong had already ordered someone to tidy up the yard, and then stood on the steps of Yuanxiang Hall to see them off.

Looking at Qin Shouan's tired and dazed back from afar, he showed hope and concern.

The fingers holding the doorpost were a little extra forceful. He had learned some of Qin Heng's arrangements by accident, thinking that he was a little cold when he returned, and let him know that nothing could happen between the two of them.

Then just get along with Qin Heng as before... Tang Zhong made such a move, but it made him feel a thorn in his heart, and I am afraid that he will have to pay more attention to him in the future.

It seems that there is a feeling of motherly kindness and filial piety... Everyone played well. Qin Shouan could feel that Tang Wanrong's posture was impeccable without looking back, making people unable to say a word of gossip.

It's just that she has no status relationship with her father, but now the whole Longyin City has acquiesced that she is the mistress of Langya Palace, this situation is a bit wrong no matter how you look at it.

(End of this chapter)