Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 179

This day was the day when King Ji entered the palace to guard the spirit of the prince. When he just entered the palace of the prince, he saw Geng Jie standing in the garden not far away.King Ji looked around, and although there were people staring at him, the most important King Ping was not there, so he nodded with Geng Jieqing, and walked with him to a corner of the corridor.

It was already the twelfth lunar month, and it was still snowing in the morning, and the whistling north wind was blowing heavy snow and flying towards the corridor.When Geng Jieqing put away the umbrella, a thin layer of snow had already accumulated on it, and he shivered when he brushed the snow outside the corridor.King Ji watched coldly, and tightened his cloak.

"Do you have something to ask me? In this cold weather, it's the same if you go indoors and wait for me. Anyway, in the past few days, every prince in your family has asked me. It's okay to ask me more." Glancing to the side, he whispered: "Xiao Qi won't know that we have friendship."

Your Xiao Qi knew about it a long time ago, Geng Jie said with a clear heart, nodding his face in agreement, and said: "There is one thing, I want to ask Prince Ji to clear up my doubts."

"What's the matter, you can ask." Ji Wang said calmly.

"Earlier, did you mention it to anyone?"

"You suspect the princess?" King Ji asked in surprise, looked around, cleared his throat and said, "I really didn't tell anyone. How can I tell such an important matter before the case is finalized? If it leaks What if the wind blows?"

"Even Princess Ji, Concubine Shu and Princess Changle didn't say anything?"

"I didn't say it."

"Princess Changle and Concubine Zeng went to offer incense together..."

"She and the concubines of the various families have all gone to offer incense, and it is not considered that they went together. It should have happened by chance. Even Princess Huo, she has met by chance. The emperor dotes on her, and the concubines of the various families think of her when they look at her. To win her over, I told her not to associate with them, especially the people from the Huo Palace..."

King Ji and King Huo have had a grudge since King Ping bestowed a marriage for the first time, and this knot has not been resolved until now.King Ji didn't like King Huo, so he forbade the people around him to associate with the people in King Huo's mansion.Concubine Ji had no friendship with Concubine Huo in the first place, so she followed his will and basically wouldn't talk to her when she met Concubine Huo at the banquet, but Zhuhua would return the same smile to Concubine Huo who was facing her with a smiling face, and pretended I don't know about the deep feud between the two families.

After all, Mr. Ji couldn't manage her, so he told Ping Wang not to let Zhuhua be too soft, so as not to be bullied by others like him.King Ping replied but never said a word to Zhuhua. He never thought that Zhuhua would be bullied by others.

"I'm just asking, Your Highness didn't say that?" Geng Jieqing interrupted him.

"No." Ji Wang repeated.

"That's good. If I don't ask about it, the Holy Majesty will come to ask about it." Geng Jie smiled lightly. In fact, he also asked the crying Princess Changle before that, and Princess Changle also said that he didn't know.

King Ji nodded and said, "I'm just waiting for you to ask me. I have also solved major cases."

"Yes, it would be great if His Royal Highness would investigate the case with the minister."

"Come on, I don't want to touch this matter. You should also be careful, remember to protect Xiao Qi."

"I understand." Geng Jieqing said.

After the two finished talking, King Ji went back to guard the spirit.Wang He, who was waiting at the side, came over with an umbrella, and Wang Ji walked under the umbrella and walked towards the mourning hall, which was paler than snow.Geng Jieqing looked at his figure covered by the wind and snow until he could no longer see him, then turned his head to look at a hidden figure in the corner.The man nodded to him, then went to report to the Holy Spirit.

After the snowstorm, the dazzlingly bright sun hangs in the sky again. Taking advantage of the rare good weather, the streets are bustling again, and even the various prefectures secretly have a New Year's atmosphere.Zhuhua inquired about the situation in other mansions, and decided to keep Ping Wang's mansion plainly decorated without any red.Tuantuan's small room in Minghui Courtyard was originally decorated in an ocean style, but later Zhuhua found out that before Tuantuan grew up, she probably had to live in her yard, so she arranged a pink one in her yard. A small room with a dreamy forest style.Only this room still retains a little red.

Yuan Tai still lives in Prince Ping's Mansion. Seeing that he is still young, Zhuhua lets him continue to live in the main courtyard, and transfers Qiu Shi to serve as a marquis.Everyone in the mansion knew that he was the prince's concubine, and they treated him carefully.After waiting for the prince's Sanqi, it is already the 29th of the new year, and the palace has also reached a conclusion about the cause of his death.King Ping quietly told Zhuhua about the matter. She heard that the Holy Master had already determined that it was the concubine Xiao who did it, and she was still worried about Yuan Tai. The day seems to be nowhere in sight, and the Holy One said that King Ping would take care of him temporarily.

But Zhuhua never underestimated him because of what his mother might do. As a modern person, she doesn't have the idea of ​​paying off her mother's debts. Everyone is an individual. Besides, Yuantai is really very sensible. Qiu Shi, who took care of him, said that he was also pleasant to his servants, and he was not at all like the prince's son.You must know that the prince's son may be a prince in the future, and the general prince must have a lot of airs.However, when Zhuhua retorted using King Ping as an example, Qiu Shi and the other servants in the mansion had nothing to say.

On the day of the crown prince's funeral, it was New Year's Eve.The whole process had to be completed before noon, which also meant that the prince's coffin could not be sent to the royal cemetery newly selected by Li Tianshi.For this, Li Tianshi found another cemetery near Chang'an, and temporarily buried the prince. After a hundred years in the future, his coffin can be moved to the edge of Yang Chengjian's cemetery at an optional date.This was determined by Yang Chengjian. The three princes, King Lai and the first queen, who died at birth, will also be moved to the imperial mausoleum to be buried with Yang Chengjian in the future.

All the military officials in the court and Chinese came here, and Zhuhua also took Yuantai to the East Palace first, and then followed the prince's coffin out of the city.The time of the funeral and the time of the burial were a little close together, and in order to complete it on time, the mourners had to trot behind the coffin.The Crown Princess and the people from the palaces still have bullock carts to ride in, otherwise they might not be able to hold on to the cemetery if they ran all the way.A few of the officials who were close to the prince really trotted for several hours to the outside of the cemetery, and most of the officials stopped at the gate of the city.

After the prince was buried, the princess cried again holding him with the tombstone, and Yuan Tai also cried so hard.After it was over, he went to talk to the princess, but the princess ignored him.Although Yuan Heng didn't know the reason, but he always didn't like this younger brother who caused him to be scolded, so he stretched out his hand and pushed him.

"We don't want you anymore in our house, don't come back!"

"Brother Wang." Yuan Tai stood there crying helplessly, not knowing what to do.

Zhuhua hurriedly stepped forward and pulled him into her arms, took out a handkerchief and wiped his face.

"It's windy today, my face is going to be blown off, and I have to drink a bowl full of hot soup when I go back home."

"Hmm..." Yuan Tai choked with sobs and nodded, and said, "Thank you, Aunt Seventh King."

"Be polite, just treat it as if you were at your own home." She gently comforted her, and met the princess's dark eyes without fear.

It's okay to say that she is snobbish, now that there is no crown prince, there is nothing terrible about the crown princess, unless she can teach a grandson of the emperor, but with her son's temperament, and the princes who are eyeing each other, I am afraid that this is not possible .

The Crown Princess knew how to assess the situation and did not say anything to Zhuhua.

On the way back, everyone walked very slowly, and Yuantai, who had been crying all the time, finally fell asleep in Zhuhua's arms.Today she brought Tuantuan here, but Tuantuan was very obedient, and fell asleep in her baby basket after eating complementary food in the middle.Concubine Ji also used the same baby basket, and someone on the road saw it and was secretly amazed.

After returning to the mansion, everyone took a rest and changed their clothes to go to the palace to accompany Yang Chengjian to the New Year's Eve banquet. Naturally, no one would put on bright clothes to attract attention at this time.Zhuhua saw that Tuantuan was sleeping soundly, so she didn't bring her into the palace, even Princess Ji only brought the big goose.

This meal was extremely dull, even if there was meat in the dish, they ate it tremblingly.The few children brought along were no longer as noisy as before, they all sat and ate obediently, and no one went up to try to please Yang Chengjian.Soon, the meal was over, King Ping and King Ji returned to the mansion without staying at Concubine Shu's place, and had another New Year's Eve dinner in the mansion.

After the food was served, Zhu Hua looked at Qiu Chu and said, "Go and ask Mr. Tang out for dinner."

"Master Tang seems to have gone to bed early." Qiu Chu said.

After hearing this, Zhuhua hesitated for a while, then went to the innermost room of Yuantai, and saw that the lights inside were indeed dimmed.Trying to knock on the door, Qiu Shi inside opened the door, and after saluting, he whispered: "Master Tang went to bed after dinner."

"Do you need much for dinner?"

"I just drank a little porridge."

Zhu Hua frowned slightly, entered the room, and Qiu Shi followed behind her holding a candlestick.Zhuhua went up to see Yuan Taizhen lying quietly on the bed, but he was stuck motionless under the quilt.Zhuhua went up and pulled his quilt, revealing his face full of tears, his eyes were still tightly closed, but his eyelashes were trembling.

"Get up, go eat, how can you cry if you're not full?" Zhuhua patted his shoulder and said.

He didn't move, as if he didn't hear it.

"They're all big kids, don't you want your aunt to take you out?"

He sniffed, opened his eyes and looked at Zhuhua with some grievances, but under Zhuhua's smiling gaze, he put on his clothes and went out with her helplessly.King Ping was already waiting for them in the dining room, and when he saw Yuan Tai coming out, he smiled at him.

"We still have to eat. Today is New Year's Eve. From now on, this place will be like your home. You can live here with peace of mind."

Hearing this, Yuan Tai sniffed and nodded, not knowing whether he wanted to or not.

Although the Holy Majesty said that Yuan Tai lived in Prince Ping's Mansion temporarily, this temporary period should be longer than others thought.Zhuhua doesn't mind raising one more person, anyway, such a big palace can't be overwhelmed, she is just worried that raising the crown prince's son is such a heavy responsibility, it cannot be taken care of by Prince Ping's palace, but Prince Ping is responsible for the death of the prince It shouldn't be a big deal to take on other things, right?

Looking back on the past year, Zhuhua always felt that her mind was a bit confused, counting that she had several palaces that had children, Jinhua also gave birth to a child, Princess Changle got married, and the prince passed away.It seemed that a lot of things happened at once, she didn't know the connection among them, she just wanted to live her life quietly.

No matter what the world is like, after the new year, the exciting spring is still here.It seems that there are not many people in the world who still miss the prince. The former princelings also began to find another new master. At this time, Yang Chengjian issued another thought-provoking order. Qin San, the eldest son-in-law of the loyal prince, was named the third rank. The governor and governor of Liangzhou, the emperor also gave Qin San the name Qin Xin to show his honor and favor.

Qin Xin was promoted last time after the Jishui Canal and other projects were completed. Although he has not been promoted again in these years, his position in the army has become more and more important.After Cheng Dashan became Marquis, he was basically in a semi-retired state, and his important tasks in the army were all discussed with Qin Xin.Yang Chengjian saw it, but didn't say anything.Now that the post of governor of Liangzhou is full of vacancies, Yang Chengjian finally chose Qin Xin after discussing with Uncle Zhang Guo.

After the establishment of the Kang Dynasty, Liangzhou was managed by Uncle Zhang's side. It was originally the place where Wu Xiangxiang stationed his army.

Every state in the Kang Dynasty would have a governor and a governor, one in charge of the army and the other in charge of the people's livelihood.However, in a state capital like Liangzhou with a small population and a strategically important place, the governor and the governor are concurrently served by one person, so as to avoid poor communication between the two sides in the war and delays in the war.

The person who took over Liangzhou from Wu Xiangxiang was surnamed Chang, and he was a cousin of the Crown Princess.The Crown Princess was appointed by the former Empress herself when she was a teenager. Even if her family withered later and she had to live in her natal family, which was the Chang family, the marriage did not go away.The Chang family was kind to the Crown Princess, and compared to the main family who wanted to get rid of her, the Crown Princess was also closer to the Chang family.

After the establishment of the Kang Dynasty, the Chang family, who had been on good terms with Uncle Zhang Guo, finally won the position of governor of Liangzhou. Their presence also meant that Yang Chengjian would not easily move the prince.Perhaps it was this heavy identity that gave them a sense of superiority. In recent years, they have become the local emperors in Liangzhou. The people of Liangzhou don't even know the emperor but only the governor.The case investigated by the king last year was that the regular assassin sent people to hunt down and kill the people who wanted to go to Beijing to file a complaint.Sixteen men died tragically on the avenue, and those who came did not even cover up their crimes. This is also a contempt for imperial power.

It's not that Yang Chengjian didn't know anything about the Chang family's behavior in Liangzhou. If it wasn't too much, he would just turn a blind eye and close one eye to continue to maintain an inward balance.However, in recent years, the Chang family has even selected strong men, and in the name of hard labor, assembled them into an army and secretly trained them.This is not something he can tolerate.He originally planned to take advantage of the expiry of the term of governor of Liangzhou this year, and change to Zhang Guoshu and someone he can approve, and then slowly clean up after the people from the Chang family come back.But as soon as the prince's incident happened, he gave up on this idea, and wanted to choose someone who was not involved in any parties to be the governor of Liangzhou.

For such a candidate, it is best to choose from Wu Xiangxiang, but Wu Xiangxiang is unwilling to take over.She gave this Liangzhou to Yang Chengjian, so she didn't want to touch it anymore. The Wu family army has already occupied the two states on the edge of Liangzhou as strongholds to guard the border. This is enough. If that area becomes the Wu family, let alone Yang Chengjian There will be doubts in the future, even she is worried that there will be a Chang family in her army.

In this way, among many generals, Wu Xiangxiang recommended Qin San.

One of the prince's orphans is now being raised in Prince Ping's Mansion. Even if Yang Chengjian will no longer show concern for this child, there is no guarantee that he will be in the way of others. At this time, he also needs Prince Ping's Mansion to be more intimidating to others.With the relationship between Princess Ping and Wu Xiangxiang, it is true that some people can be scared away, but there are still some people who forget that she holds a lot of power and need to rely on the imperial power to mention something.

(End of this chapter)