my wife is queen

Chapter 12

Princess Changping walked to the jade pot and spring vase, looked at the loquat tree in the courtyard through the half-opened wicker lattice window, and chatted about Li Mian's daily life: "The son-in-law used to live in the mountain temple. Luo Temple, or Baoguo Temple."

Li Mian is a scholar who has never been in contact with courts, but has thought-provoking insights. He must have received the teachings of great virtuous monks when he lived in a mountain temple.

Hongluo Temple was called Huguozifu Zen Temple during Yingzong's time, and its incense was very strong. The abbot was a famous eminent monk. It is reasonable for Li Mian to have such insight after being taught by this eminent monk.

Compared with Hongluo Temple, Baoguo Temple can only be said to be incense. When Emperor Xianzong was in power, Zhou Jixiang, the uncle of the country, became a monk, and the palace allocated money and food to expand Baoguo Temple into Ciren Temple. The relationship is quite deep.

The abbot of Baoguo Temple understood all kinds of situations in the palace, and taught Li Mian some knowledge in the palace, which would also make him more proficient.

When Hongqiao heard that the princess had asked about his uncle Li Mian's past, he had a kind smile on his face, thinking that he would go back to the temple to burn more incense, and bless the two of them.

"Ah, not at all. The mountain temple where I live is a small temple called Jing'an Temple in Tongzhou. There are only a few monks' houses. There are only three monks in the temple, including the abbot. Oh, there are only two left now. My uncle has left Jing'an temple."

Hongqiao only cared about being happy for the young master, and didn't respond for a long time. Seeing Princess Changping turned her hairpin to look at her, she quickly told the details of Li Mian's past with her extraordinary memory.

Princess Changping frowned again. For some reason, Li Mian gradually cast a layer of mystery because of her two opinions, which caught her attention.

Without the teachings of the elders, I used to live in a mountain temple to study, and I didn't have any classmates and friends. Where did I get the deep knowledge of the world.

It caused Princess Changping to become more and more curious about him, and she kept trying to solve the mystery.

Princess Changping recalled that he often went out for a stroll during this period, and met two old men near the Yinding Bridge. It is possible that he learned about the situation in the DPRK and China from the chats of the two old men.

But how much insight can an old man who can only eat cold food from street vendors have.

Princess Changping asked casually: "The two old men my son-in-law met at Yinding Bridge are the elders of two officials in the court, the head of the Department of Cleaning Officials of the Ministry of Households, or the city patrolling censor."

The head of the Thirteenth Officials Division of the Ministry of Officials is no more than the sixth rank, and the Xuncheng Yushi is only the seventh rank. In Princess Changping's mind, the descendants of those two old men are only minor officials of the sixth or seventh rank.

Hongqiao's face became serious: "Grandfather Sun and Lord Yuan."

Princess Changping suddenly twisted the hanging cloud bun, her beautiful face was full of solemnity, she never expected that it was these two old supervisors.

Sun Gong is the old supervisor Sun Chengzong, who built the Ningjin defense line single-handedly, expanded the territory for thousands of miles, and pinched the northern Tartars and Jianzhou slaves to death.

Today, Li Chengliang, the governor of Liaodong, and Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaoxi, are mostly selected by Sun Chengzong. Although he has free gifts at home, his influence on the border of Liaodong has not diminished in the slightest, and is growing day by day.

What is rare and valuable is that Sun Gong never formed a party, and he was not fake about the Yan Party, Donglin Party, and even Qingliu, and was deeply trusted by Emperor Jiazhen.

Bianguan Jingqi rides out of Liaodong, and the world's navy goes out of Dongjiang.

Yuan Gong is Yuan Keli, the former minister of the Ministry of War. He built Dongjiang Town on Pidao, an isolated island overseas, which changed the weak situation of the Dazhu Navy. Wanshuishi guards Dongjiang Town, which is dominated by Phi Island and supplemented by many islands.

Yuan Keli managed Dongjiang Town, and also set an unprecedented precedent, collecting taxes from Lee's Korea and Japan.

Dongjiang Town strangled the overseas business routes of Dazhu, Lee's Korea, and Wa Kingdom. The Zhuyin ships of Lee's Korea and Wa Kingdom had to pay taxes if they wanted to do business, otherwise they would only end up with ship destruction and death.

Sun Gong Yuan Gong has a very high vision, he has never had anything to do with the party members in the capital, and he has never heard of any son of a ministerial family.

Who would have thought that they would become acquaintances with Li Mian.

Princess Changping stood by the window lattice, silent, the winter wind blew into the second floor of the embroidery room, and the red silk beanie was blown, bringing a slight chill, but there was no reaction at all.

He remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Hongqiao looked at Princess Changping with a smile, and sure enough, just as she had imagined, the princess fell silent when she learned that the two old men at Leng Tao's stall were Yuan Gong and Sun Gong.

Princess Changping wants the hen Sichen, and she cannot do without the support of two people.

These two people are Sun Gong and Yuan Gong.

In the past, when Princess Changping learned that her son-in-law knew Sun Gong and Yuan Gong, regardless of her character or appearance, she would officially meet today, and she could even have a wedding in the bridal chamber tonight.

However, since Li Mian felt the harmony of the violin and the violin, he didn't want the relationship between the two to be mixed with anything.

Princess Changping closed the window lattice that let in the winter wind, went to sit on the embroidered pier, and talked about another thing: "This year's Yulan Festival, send people to Jing'an Temple to send ten bolts of Ningsi and ten pieces of silver. The incense money, after all, the son-in-law has lived and lived in Jing'an Temple for nothing, and now that he is rich, he always wants to return home."

"Really?" Hongqiao asked in surprise, and then added on purpose: "Isn't the incense money for ten bolts of Ning silk and ten envelopes of silver a little too much?"

Ning silk was produced by the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, and was personally managed by the weaving eunuch in the palace. It has always been the royal satin of the palace, and it cannot be bought in the market.

Officials' wives in the capital want to use Ning silk to cut a suit, but they can only get a reward from the emperor. Most of the officials who can have this kind of favor are high-ranking ministers.

Ning silk has become a rare item in the capital, and Ning silk beanies are deeply loved by officials and wives.

Songjiang purple cloth is only five taels of silver a piece, the double red silk and satin produced in Suzhou is only about two taels of silver, but a piece of Ning silk can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver, which is the silver price of the big velvet.

One letter of silver is 100 taels, and ten letters of silver is 1000 taels.

Counting the ten bolts of Ning silk, the money for incense sticks to Jing'an Temple reached 2000 taels of silver, which was still a huge expense for the mansion.

Princess Changping glanced at Hongqiao, since she had a son-in-law in the mansion, Xiaonizi has become more and more unruly, she dared to tease her as a princess.

He wanted to blame Hongqiao, but couldn't bear it.

Because since Li Mian entered the mansion, the former personal female official and now the personal servant girl Chinu and Hong Qiao have become more energetic, and the mansion has become more human.

It is no longer the cold mansion of the past, dull and lonely, like a cold palace in a deep palace.

Princess Changping's red lips took another sip of Kudingcha, slowly returned to her sweetness, got up and walked out of the mansion: "I'm going to visit the three gates, it's time to meet your majesty, let the dog slave Liu Jin know about my palace. temper."

The three gates refer to the Dagaoxuan Hall built by Emperor Jiazhen for advocating Taoism. The south wall of the Taoist temple faces the street, and the main entrance is a yellow glazed tile archway with three rooms and four pillars.

The triple eaves, the cross ridge of the Xieshan Mountain, and the rafters of the square eaves are all decorated with yellow and green carved glazed ornaments. .

When Princess Changping called Emperor Jiazhen, she called her Majesty, not her close father.

When calling Da Gaoxuan Hall, it also uses the common name of the three gates, not the official Da Gaoxuan Hall.

Hongqiao looked at Princess Changping's stubborn and lonely back, his heart was already soft, and he almost burst into tears: "It's all the fault of the coquettish and bitch Zheng Guifei. If she hadn't bewitched His Majesty, she wouldn't have abandoned her, causing the princess and His Majesty to fall into trouble." The relationship between them is alienated. So what if you become a queen, you are not a hen that can't lay eggs, let alone a prince, you haven't even given birth to a princess, hmph, if your servant is Your Majesty, you will be deposed."

Bronze crane holds incense, ocher curtains.

Princess Changping walked into the Taoist hall, as usual, she didn't see the real face of Emperor Jiazhen, only a figure in a blue Taoist robe with a large breast, sitting on a futon with her back facing meditation.

There are also a few acquaintances in the Taoist Palace, Cao Jian eunuch Liu Jin, Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Panlong, and the unexpected Sun Gong and Yuan Gong.

Princess Changping was standing in the hall wearing a red robe, her body was thin and she looked rather weak and deceitful.

All the central officials in the Dao Palace looked at Princess Changping differently.

Liu Jin, the eunuch of the Cao Supervisor, Wang Zhen, the eunuch of the Supervisory Army, and several eunuchs, now have the new mistress Zheng Guifei who has entered the harem, and most of them look at contempt and disgust. The eldest princess who used to need to make up for her smile is now just the eldest princess .

In the eyes of Quan Eunuch, Princess Changping is a random concubine. Liu Jin has repeatedly made inroads in tributes, but Princess Changping has not seen any resistance, which further fueled the arrogance of Liu Jin and others. The eldest princess paid attention to it.

At present, the tribute is only gradually cut off. When the time is right, Princess Changping will be driven away from the capital and sent to Jinling in the south of the Yangtze River to stay away from the center of the court together with her mother.

Yan Song's eyes were cold, a concubine could not attract his attention, only Xu Jie, the leader of the Qingliu, and Gao Panlong, the leader of the Donglin Party in the court, were in his eyes.

Gao Panlong only had Xu Jie and Yan Song in his eyes, and the arrival of Princess Changping was like a little eunuch carrying Taoism scriptures, which was not worthy of his attention.

Xu Jie glanced at Princess Changping a few more times, not because he valued her too much, but because he regretted that the virtuous and virtuous queen had become a deposed queen, allowing the narrow-minded Concubine Zheng to take charge of the harem.

Only Sun Gong and Yuan Gong sighed, and they looked at Princess Changping with a little more pity. If they were in the cold shopping stall where they could speak freely, they couldn't help but sigh with emotion why they were born in the emperor's house.

However, Sun Gong and Yuan Gong suddenly felt that Princess Changping was different today.

Princess Changping didn't sink down, she accepted her fate with self-pity and self-pity, but she was like a wintersweet blooming in winter.

I don't know.

Is it an illusion.

(End of this chapter)