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

Chapter 181
On the hundredth day of the crown prince's death, it was already March, and there was a slight drizzle in the city of Chang'an.Passing through the stone road wet by the drizzle, and then walking on the slightly muddy mountain road, the princes and their families went to the prince's cemetery to offer incense and worship for him, and invited eminent monks to chant scriptures in a nearby temple.This time the princess did not come.

The news of the attack on the Chang family had just reached the capital a few days ago. The Crown Princess fainted immediately after hearing the news. After that, she fell ill.Yang Chengjian sent the imperial doctor there, saying that the princess had an emergency and needed rest.After that, she stayed alone in the East Palace to recuperate from her illness, and never saw her again, including her son.

Yuan Heng was taken into the palace by Yang Chengjian and raised under the knee of Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian's King Chu now has three sons, but none of them are descendants. She is not dissatisfied with her own daughter-in-law, she just hopes that when she thinks about it, she will choose one of the three to be raised under her name.King Chu's health deteriorated again after the severe funeral ceremony, and he stayed in the mansion for more than a month to recover from his illness. Princess Chu went to the palace to pay her respects as usual. The concubine mentioned that when the king of Chu is well, the concubine who gave birth to the eldest son of the king of Chu will be formally established as a side concubine, and then a side concubine will be selected from among the ladies in the capital.

Seeing that Princess Chu is so virtuous, Concubine Xian didn't know what to say, but she did not agree to the promotion of concubine concubine to side concubine. That one was originally a sinful slave, and it is already a great thing to be able to give birth to royal blood Fuze, there is no other way to occupy one of the two concubines.Concubine Chu always listened to Concubine Xian, and she didn't mention this matter to that Concubine Shu after she went back.

Now that the Holy Majesty has entrusted Concubine Xian with the matter of raising the crown prince's son, she can't take care of King Chu's backyard for a moment.Yuan Heng is very stubborn, she thinks about when King Chu was a child, and then looks at Yuan Heng now, she has a headache.She also complained to Concubine Chu in private, but it is a pity that Concubine Chu is not a good person to chat with, Concubine Xian can't say a few words, she can pull out Buddhist principles to persuade Concubine Xian to relax, Concubine Xian doesn't want to continue with her anymore go on.But if this is the case, she can't tell the rest of the palace.

On the day of Prince Hundred Days, Yuan Heng also came naturally.He probably also realized that the impact of the prince's death was not small, his eyes were full of sternness, and he saw that every uncle present had a bad face.Seeing that Yuan Tai also came to offer incense, he angrily stepped forward and snatched the incense from Yuan Tai's hand and threw it on the ground.

"You bastard, you are not worthy to offer incense to your father."

Yuan Tai stood quietly for a moment, then walked up to King Ping and stood there.Yuan Heng wanted to go up and talk about him, but was grabbed by someone. He looked up and saw Uncle Zhang Guo with gray hair.

"Uncle." He yelled.

When the crown prince was alive, he treated Uncle Zhang Guo with great courtesy. Sometimes when he made a wrong decision, Uncle Zhang Guo would come over to reprimand him personally, and even the people in the mansion were in awe of Uncle Zhang Guo.Yuan Heng was also most afraid of this uncle, even if Uncle Zhang Guo greeted him and called him "Your Highness", he didn't dare to look at Uncle Zhang Guo's face and talk to him.

Uncle Zhang Guo sighed secretly when he saw him so heartbroken, and turned his head to look at Yuan Tai who was hiding behind King Ping. He had seen this child before in the prince's mansion, and he didn't think he was timid at the time.

"Second son, please come and offer incense to His Highness." Uncle Zhang Guo said to him.

Yuan Tai came out from behind King Ping, gave a salute to Uncle Zhang Guo, and then went forward to light the incense again and went to worship in front of the prince's tomb.After the ceremony, a group of people went to the temple where the prince performed rituals and had a fast meal. While everyone was resting, Uncle Zhang Guo went to Yuan Tai and asked him about his knowledge, and asked whether King Ping planned to send Yuan Tai to him in the future. enter school.Prince Ping wanted to invite a famous teacher to teach Yuan Tai in the mansion, and send him to the Imperial College after a few years when his mind matured, but he couldn't find a suitable teacher for a while.

"I know quite a few well-educated people, but..." Uncle Zhang Guo stroked his beard in embarrassment, finally sighed, and said, "All right, Your Highness, don't dislike the person I chose as an unknown person." .”

"Don't dare." King Ping said hastily.

In fact, he originally wanted to entrust this matter to Uncle Zhang Guo. If Uncle Zhang Guo was not allowed to find a chance to find someone to watch over the palace, he was worried that he would find other ways to block people.Moreover, the person selected by Uncle Zhang Guo, even if he is really an unknown person, I believe he will be extraordinary.

Yuan Tai listened silently at the side, seeing that Uncle Zhang Guo could still invite a husband for him, he felt a little relieved.He has been to the cemetery of his mother and younger sister. The two were buried in a remote place. I am afraid that no one will burn incense for them except him.He didn't know why his sister died, but he knew that his sister was poisoned to death because she drank his porridge.King Ping didn't tell him who the poisoner was, but he just told him that the man who established the world was definitely not his parents by birth, but his own talents and learning.He knew that he had no one to rely on, and he could only think about how to make himself stronger. One day, he would find the murderer who killed his mother and sister to avenge them.

It was just that when he returned to Prince Ping's mansion in the evening, when he saw Aunt Qiwang came to welcome them at the door holding a group of umbrellas, he suddenly felt that he was not alone.

"Your daughter, you must come out with an umbrella." Zhuhua complained to King Chaoping.

At the beginning, she agreed with Prince Ping that she would be a loving mother and Prince Ping would be a strict father, but she tried a few times but she couldn't see King Ping speaking harshly to Tuantuan.It is true that the daughter is the little lover of her husband's previous life, Zhuhua thought to herself.Under the hint of Zhuhua's gaze, King Ping hugged Tuantuan.

"You can't go out on rainy days." He said with a straight face.

Tuantuan looked at him ignorantly, then pointed down at Yuan Tai and said, "Ah."

"My brother is an older child, so he can go out."

Tuantuan obviously didn't agree with him, and rushed towards Yuan Tai with the umbrella crooked, Yuan Tai quickly reached out to hug her, and was hit on the head by the umbrella in her hand.

"Does it hurt?" Zhuhua asked quickly.

"It doesn't hurt."

Zhuhua nodded, then looked at King Ping with a smile, "You are so fierce, your daughter doesn't want to talk to you anymore."

King Ping looked at her with a smirk helplessly, wishing he could come forward and pinch her face right now.

Yuan Tai is eight years old this year, and it is a bit difficult to hold Tuan Tuan, who is not short among his peers. This season, Tuan Tuan is still wearing several layers of clothes, and his hands are a bit heavy when holding him.But he still carried Tuantuan all the way back to the main courtyard, and he put her down only after entering the house.

Seeing that he was holding the child in a dignified manner, Zhuhua reached out and patted his head, "Yuan Tai is really a good brother."

Yuan Tai pursed his lips and smiled slightly, and was finally dragged by Tuantuan to help her read the storybook.King Ping took the opportunity to lean his head on Zhuhua's shoulder, and looked at Yuantai and Tuantuan with her.

"Do you think Tuantuan will be a good sister?"

"You wait until the mourning period is over before asking."

Because of the mourning, he couldn't eat meat for a year, but he could only endure it.But Zhuhua was very happy about it, and sometimes teased him deliberately on the bed, she didn't know that King Ping was already thinking about how to take care of her after the funeral.

A few days later, the gentleman invited by Uncle Zhang Guo for Yuan Tai came to Prince Ping's Mansion.This is a thin middle-aged man with simple clothes, surnamed Hong, with a gray beard and a few silver strands in his hair.After seeing Yuan Tai, he took the school exam and started to teach him.The place where the two of them taught was in the Zhuxuan Courtyard in the front yard. Mr. Hong didn't live in the mansion, so he had to be picked up by people from Prince Ping's mansion every day.Regarding his salary, King Ping did not disclose it either, but it is said that Uncle Zhang Guo has already.

Zhuhua once secretly listened to Mr. Hong's lectures. He spoke clearly and did not sound boring. At least a studious child like Yuan Tai would not fall asleep after listening to it.To her surprise, Tuantuan was taken by Qiudong to find Yuan Taishi. After eavesdropping on the class outside the courtyard for a while, Qiudong took her there every day.

Could it be that I gave birth to a child prodigy?Zhuhua thought happily.But the little child prodigy who was only thirteen months old couldn't even speak a word yet, King Ping was worried that something was wrong with her, and wanted the imperial doctor to come and see her, but it was Zhuhua who stopped him.After hearing that Mr. Tuantuan was giving lectures, King Ping began to "enlighten" Tuantuan excitedly. In fact, he was reading to her with Tuantuan in his arms, and sometimes Yuan Tai would also read to her.

Zhuhua is quite relieved to see that there is a daughter slave and a sister-controller in the family, and she will not be afraid that her daughter will be easily married by some boy in the future.

On this day, she took Tuantuan to Duke Wu's mansion, and told Mr. Wu that Tuantuan loved to read, and Mr. Wu really taught Tuantuan to recite, even though Tuantuan only knew how to babble, Mr. Wu still thought the child was smart.When Zhuhua was about to return home, Tuantuan had already fallen asleep, and Mrs. Wu Guogong asked someone to bring a box of things over.

"Look at it, if you like it, take it away."

"What is it?" Zhuhua asked, seeing a box of old books in the box, she was a little surprised.Of course she didn't think that the Wu Ying Guild would give her a cheap old book, so she picked one up, and she pretended to ask: "This is an antique, I don't want such a valuable thing."

"No one will look at it in my house, and besides, it's not for you."

It's really an antique, Zhuhua thought to herself, and quickly said: "Let's put it in the mansion of Mrs. Wu Ying, let her choose when Tuantuan grows up. Now there are many children in the mansion, if they are torn apart by the children, Tuantuan's future will be ruined." I will regret it."

Wu Guogong didn't insist on hearing this.After the two left, Yin Xi went into the room and put the box back in the vault, and said with a smile: "It's not that the master doesn't know that Princess Ping is a coward, so she naturally refuses to accept this generous gift from you."

"If you don't accept it, you don't accept it. You put it away, and let Tuantuan choose by himself in the future." After she finished speaking, she looked at Yin Xi, "Everything has been sent to the treasury."

"Yes." Yin Xi nodded, and said: "Master, this time we're looking for someone to pretend to be a horse thief, and we're going to Qing Shanzhai again. Why don't we keep some of the things that we got here?"

"He is poorer than me, so let's give it to him. If he doesn't give him any benefits, he may delay my request."

"Can he?"

Wu Yinggong chuckled, threw a peach over, and said: "Keep a low profile, let's not be too conspicuous. Then send a letter to Jingzhou to tell them not to be too lazy. A few horse thieves can cause so many casualties." , It would embarrass me if I said it."

"Isn't there a horse thief setting up an ambush on the mountain road?"

"Let's not mention this matter. This is the strength of General Wu. Could it be that they have thrown the ability to save their lives on women's bellies? I think we need to send some people to watch them, otherwise it's too shameful. They Have you forgotten who their master is?"

"Master, they dare not." Yin Xi said hastily.

"It would be great if that's true." Wu Yugong sighed, took a bite of a peach, swallowed her hand and said with a smile: "I also believe that there is true love in this world, but there are too many things that consume this love. "

Yin Xi backed away silently, sighing slightly in her heart.

The days were still passing peacefully. Although Chang'an City lacked the entertainment in the past because of the prince's funeral, there were laughter and laughter in every mansion.After several months of restlessness, the ministers found that there were no major changes in the city, and the only thing that could be said was Qin Xin's succession as governor of Liangzhou.The Chang family belonged to Uncle Zhang Guo. Does this mean that Uncle Zhang Guo's power in the court is not as good as before?It's no wonder that if Uncle Zhang Guo wants to make a comeback, he can only rely on the emperor's grandson Yuan Heng who was raised under the knee of the virtuous concubine. He is a sinner, and this position will never be passed on to him.

But even for Yuan Heng, there are still many years to wait for him to grow up, and the princes of various palaces will not wait patiently for him to grow up.King Huo, King Jiang, and King Qin, who used to fight against the crown prince in the court, are now divided into two factions. King Huo and King Qin are from the same mother. Yi faction had the intention of showing favor to him faintly.

The relationship between Uncle Zhang Guo and Mr. Shen has always been bad, and now it is impossible for the two to shake hands and make peace, so he naturally has to choose Jiang Wang's faction with which he has never had any direct conflicts.

King Jiang knew what was going on, he didn't mention the emperor's grandson in the palace at all, and immediately established a relationship with Uncle Zhang Guo, and also agreed that he would marry a daughter of Zhang's family as his side concubine after the prince's funeral.

The two side concubines in his mansion are already full. One is his childhood sweetheart who gave birth to his eldest daughter, the daughter of his nanny; the other is the daughter of an official he has made friends with. favorite.Concubine Jiang has always been magnanimous, and she lives in peace with these two in the mansion. She secretly heard that King Jiang wants to marry another concubine, and she also wants to see which of the two concubines he can give up now.

As she expected, in the end the side concubine who gave birth to the eldest daughter of King Jiang's concubine died of a sudden illness. Princess Jiang also knew that the so-called sudden illness was actually related to the untimely meat in her stomach.Back then she lost face for this woman, but today she abandoned her for the sake of power. This is her husband.Concubine Jiang was brought up by the nanny released from the palace since she was a child. She knew that she would become a prince and concubine in the future, whether it is King Jiang or Prince Ping, as long as the family chooses whoever she will marry.She was glad that she married King Jiang, at least she didn't have time to spend her life, so she could do more for the Wang family.If King Jiang can really get the supreme position in the future, the Wang family will be able to step on the Zhang family again.

Thinking about it, the Zhang family was only a third-rate family in Kangwang's fiefdom back then, but now, it has power over the government and the public, suppressing other families to the point where they have no place to speak in the court.If the Wang family can do the same one day, why would she be afraid of the Jiang Dynasty and Qin Muchu.

　From now on, the second shift will be resumed, from ten to six (not on the hour)

　　
　
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