boudoir

Chapter 310 The Holy Will is Unpredictable
Liuli is relieved when Qi Yunhao can go to investigate Haicang Temple, although she can also transfer Ye and Liu Wei to investigate, but Zhongyonghou's mansion is a relative of the prince's mansion after all, and no one knows how to do such a thing I feel that Qi Yunhao is much more proficient than her.

There are quite a lot of visitors to the palace these days. As the court's favored officials, in addition to the subordinates in the camp, the old man and Qi Yunhao's court colleagues also came a lot. Naturally, Liuli will entertain the female guests together with the Mei family. And there is no reason for guests to eat in the two courtyards, so whenever they come, they will eat together in the main courtyard, male guests in the outer courtyard, and female guests in the inner courtyard.

Sometimes there are more than one group of guests, and even the dinner is reserved. There are also some places where Liuli needs to give New Year's gifts, such as Prince Yu's Mansion, Ning Prince's Mansion, and Song Mansion.Here are all Liuli's relatives, and Qi Yunhao went with her.There is also Ma Weiqing's mansion, Ma Weiqing and Min Hua came here on the fifth day of the fifth day, and because of Su's dying entrustment, Liuli also went there in person.

Ma's mansion is a three-entry mansion, and it is exquisitely tidied up, like Min Hua's temperament, but it is a bit reluctant to call such a small mansion a mansion.When Ma Weiqing first proposed to marry Min Hua, the Su family was being favored by the old lady, and the old lady didn't agree with it, but the old lady nodded her head when she saw Ma Weiqing.Perhaps the Su family had never been to the Ma's mansion until his death, otherwise, even if she was a concubine, she was a daughter of a daughter who came from a second-rank official's mansion, so how could she be willing to marry a low-rank official from a poor family?
When Min Hua's mother-in-law heard that Liuli was coming, she immediately came out to welcome her.Liuli took a look and saw a thin woman, like Ma Weiqing, who was good at observing words and expressions.When Liuli came, he served tea by himself, without any respect that a mistress should have.There was also a maidservant with a red and swollen left cheek standing under the hall, obviously she had just been beaten.Seeing Liu Li looking at the beaten maid, Mrs. Ma hastily scolded her down.Turning his head and laughing with Liuli: "Our family is not as well-behaved as the Prince's Mansion, I made my concubine laugh at me."

She doesn't call Mrs. Liuli here, but she calls her concubine, who seems to be close. Because of Ma Weiqing's incident of beating Min Hua, Liuli has always dismissed the people of the Ma family, so she took the opportunity to say: "Speaking of rules. It's nothing, it's just that there is no problem with beating people casually in our mansion." After speaking, he smiled and went to see Ma Weiqing.

Ma Weiqing froze, and hurriedly got up to ask for tea.

But Liuli turned her head and took Min Hua's hand, saying: "Bring the child to meet, it's been a long time." Min Hua looked at Mrs. Ma, and Mrs. Ma immediately turned her head and asked someone to take the little brother Son, Liuli hugged him and asked a few words, then gave him a pure gold collar with a gold lock.Min Hua smiled, asked the child to call his aunt, and didn't say much else.

Liuli sat for a long time without any food, so she went back home.

It's not that she looks down on Ma Wei's low official rank, it's that she looks down on him, but because Min Hua is always a relative, as long as Min Hua is still around, she will always have to make a few trips.

After the tenth day of the lunar new year, life gradually got back on track. Ji Xiaoquan had a lot of experience in being a sophomore in Lianxiang Tower. He came back two nights ago, reported to Liuli, and shared some of what he saw and knew. Recorded it and showed it to Liuli.At the same time, the construction of Osmanthus Hutong is also in progress. It is estimated that the ditches in the whole yard will be dug by the end of the month, and it will be repaired in another month.

When Fan Yun showed Liuli the modified drawings of the elegant room, he also reminded, "Should the tables, chairs and benches in the shop be the original ones, or should they be repurchased?"

Liuli had thought about this problem a long time ago, but she forgot to explain it because of too many things, so she immediately said: "Rearrange. Since the place is not too small, and the chef comes from the West Lake Tower, let's make it better and take your time." Put out the signboard. It turns out that when we built this palace, it was designed and built by people from the Ministry of Industry. You can go find someone again and ask their experts to point out the way to make our restaurant a high-end and elegant way. Walk."

After hearing this, Fan Yun said, "If this is the case, the cost will inevitably increase."

Liuli said: "I'm not afraid of this. The 500 taels saved by the top shop is more than enough to repair a ditch and renovate a elegant room. You use it first, and then don't talk if you don't have enough." Originally, she had prepared several thousand taels of silver for renovation, even if it was The sum of all these expenses is still within the budget, so money is not an issue, what matters is getting it done as soon as possible.

Fan Yun wrote it down, and said: "Then I have to ask my grandma to draw up the name of the restaurant. I have to have an idea whether it is wood carving and gold painting or direct writing and then rubbing it on."

Liuli thought for a while and said, "I'll give it to you in the next few days. For the signboard, it's better to carve wood and paint it with gold, and then nail it on the door lintel. Write the couplet with lacquer. You can cut the board and bring it back when the time comes. Just write it down."

Fan Yun nodded and asked if he had anything else to say, so he went down to do it without mentioning it.

When I woke up at noon, Kikyo was talking here again.

"Grandma, I found the way in Qingque Hutong. It turns out that the shop has been open for six or seven years. Every afternoon on the [-]th or [-]th, the eunuch would come to the embroidery shop. There are other people sending news there. The young one has followed two, one of them is in Lord Song Pi's residence, and the other is in the residence of Guo Ding, the current Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province."

"Are you sure?"

Liuli sat up straight, the people in the embroidery thread shop were not only serving Hanxue, but also delivering news to several other important ministers, who is hiding behind this shop?

Ji Jiaoer said: "It's absolutely certain! The little one not only followed them, but also bribed a thief halfway, stole the note on their body and let the scholar who wrote the letter on the street read it, that is to say, the inner house of Song Mansion and Guo Mansion There is no doubt about it. They also mentioned the relationship between Mr. Song and the fourth uncle, but Mr. Guo wrote about his relationship with Guo Jing, the servant of the Ministry of War. Guo Ding and Guo Jing are uncles and brothers of the same grandfather."

The more Liuli listened, the more depressed she felt. Separately, it seemed that this was a private matter of each family, but looking at it together, the Song Mansion, the Guo Mansion, and the Qi Mansion were all important officials in the court. Song Ziyu, Guo Jing, These children of the Qi Mansion are all officials in the court, and the news delivered to the embroidery thread shop by the various mansions seems to be related to the government.

The prince is narrow-minded, so it is inevitable that people will be placed in various houses to monitor them.But does he have the ability?That shop has been able to operate for so long without changing people. Obviously, it was used as a contact point to deliver news to the palace early in the morning. Although the prince was also a prince seven or eight years ago, he should have been more reckless and ignorant at that time. He could really set a point In the middle of the capital, has no one noticed?
But if not him, who would it be?Queen?
Liuli pondered for a moment, then said: "Next time, you will go and stare at that eunuch and find out which palace he is from."

Kikyo nodded and went down.

Liuli sat on the couch for another half a day, finally sighed, got up and entered the room.

The current situation cannot be settled down, making the inner house uneasy.Sometimes Liuli really doesn't understand what the Holy Majesty thinks, he clearly established the crown prince, but he pampered Concubine Luo and King Qing, and loved Concubine Luo for many years. Give him the crown prince.If he just passed out in a daze, but he managed to stabilize the country from the bloody scramble back then, and he didn't have any strategy, how could he have the current prosperity?

But if you have a plan and a vision, why not cut the mess quickly and end all these disputes?
When Qi Yunhao came back, Liuli told him about the confusion.He looked at her and said, "You don't understand, but I don't understand either. But I know one thing. The day when the overall situation is settled is the day when I pray for the government to hand over military power. We are not real royal family, but He is just a favored subject. There is no emperor who is not afraid of his ministers' achievements and military power. Zhongyong Hou also made great achievements when he supported the Holy Majesty's enthronement, but after the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, their military power was handed over. We Without military power in hand, it will fall into a situation where it can only be manipulated by others, just like the Zhongyonghou Mansion today."

Liu Li was speechless, and said for a long time: "Then what if Lu Zhao ascends the throne? Will he treat you like this?"

Qi Yunhao put her arms around her, resting her chin on the top of her head, "Maybe, maybe not. I chose this path myself. Even if I do, I don't blame others. It's just that you may suffer a little because of it."

Liuli shook her head, "Follow you down, I chose this path too, and I don't blame anyone. I just wonder what the sage thinks. He doesn't order to punish either the prince or Lu Zhao, but let them fight and go. Disturb the government. At this time, apart from the military power in the hands of the Dingbei Palace, who else has the ability to protect the court? Listen to what you said, why do I feel that the Holy One is deliberately maintaining the status and status of the Dingbei Palace in the court? Prestige?"

Qi Yunhao paused, and said: "The Holy Majesty didn't stop him, but he himself didn't have time to take care of it. Besides, I also think he deliberately disrupted the court situation. Another possibility is that he is forcing these people to stand in line and wait for them They are all standing up, knowing who will protect whom, and no matter who ascends the throne in the future, they will have confidence when they use people."

Liuli looked up at him, and asked, "Don't you really think that the Holy Majesty is in Baoding North Palace?"

Qi Yunhao paused, turned his face away, "Impossible."

Liuli sighed, she knew it was impossible.The Holy Majesty is the emperor, his surname is Lu but not Qi, and now that the Qi government has made such a big contribution, how could it be possible not to prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos to make trouble?But the Holy One didn't do that, instead he showed favor to Dingbei Prince's Mansion, which is unreasonable no matter how you look at it.

However, the holy will is unpredictable, and she has never met him twice, so it is difficult to really guess what.But when it comes to the meritorious service of the Zhongyonghou Mansion——she sat up, turned to face him and said, "By the way, what meritorious service did the Zhongyonghou Mansion make in those years?"

(End of this chapter)