Chapter 216 Melancholy

In King Jing's Mansion, there are a lot of flowers blooming in bloom, even the lotus in the lake is not willing to give in. The emerald green lotus leaf is like a big disc, rolling with elf-like dewdrops. There are several lotus flowers standing among the layers of lotus leaves, some are already in full bloom, and some are just about to bloom, which is so beautiful.

Standing in the Qinghe Pavilion with her maid, Yuchen looked at the lotus leaves blown up and down by the wind, and said with some melancholy: "I remember that every time this season comes, Yuxi will ask people to use lotus leaves to make all kinds of good things. To eat, now she just wants to eat and has nothing to eat." Yuchen will remember Yuxi like this, and it was also when the lotus outside Tingyun Pavilion was in full bloom, he would always invite Yuxi to enjoy the lotus painting together. But Yuxi is not interested in painting, so she just thinks about how to eat. Usually at this time, she would cook lotus leaf rice, lotus leaf japonica rice porridge, lotus ayu, lotus leaf kite meat, and lotus leaf chicken. Let her follow and have a real treat.

Nanny Gui had something to do, so she didn't follow, and Shiqin was next to her. Shi Qin smiled and said: "[UUReading Book 00ks] When the fourth aunt's nǎinǎi returns to the capital, she will have everything she wants to eat." The emperor has issued an imperial decree that all the family members of the frontier ministers will come to Beijing.

Yuchen didn't respond to these words, but sprinkled the fish food in his hand into the lake water. Watching those fish scrambling for food, a faint smile appeared on his face.

Seeing that Yuchen didn't respond to her words, Shi Qin guessed that what she said just now made the princess unhappy. I dare not speak anymore. The concubine's mind is becoming more and more difficult to guess now, and she has to think carefully when she speaks!

Back in the backyard, Nanny Gui came over with a cup of hot tea. Yuchen took it, but didn't drink, his eyes fell on the blue and white lotus teacup in his hand. This teacup has a thin body and even coloring, with lotus flowers wrapped around the cup wall. The delicate and vivid drawing is quite skillful and clear: "Why did you change to such a set of teacups?" Yuchen loved the previous set. A teacup was broken by Zhou Yan. These teacups come as a set, and if one is broken, the others cannot be used again.

Nanny Gui said: "This set of teacups was given to the concubine by the prince." It was also because of the special meaning that Nanny Gui took it out for use.

Hearing this, Yuchen looked pale.

Nanny Gui is a little worried. Apart from the eldest son and the princess, her own princess spends all her time on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is indifferent to the prince. She worries that if things go on like this, there will be cracks in the relationship between husband and wife. Although it is said that his own princess is all over the country, there are so many beauties of all colors in this world, the prince does not worry about the company of beauties at all.

Knowing Nanny Gui's worry, Yuchen smiled, and said, "My lord is in the period of filial piety, your worries are completely unnecessary." During the period of filial piety, the emperor and the queen mother will definitely not give beauties again, as for the beauties in the mansion , the prince is not in the mansion, it is also a decoration. Furthermore, even if the prince favors them, he will not allow them to conceive in the past two years, so there is really nothing to worry about.

Nanny Gui felt that Yuchen was acting weird today, so she went out of the house to find Shiqin and asked, "Did something happen today?" She felt that Madam was in a particularly bad mood today.

Shi Qin talked about what happened to Yuchen in the pavilion.

Nanny Gui smiled wryly, her own princess is better than Fourth Aunt's nǎinǎi in everything, and has always been smooth sailing, but compared with Fourth Aunt's nǎinǎi, she is not as good. That is Yunqing's wholeheartedness towards the fourth aunt's mother, this wholeheartedness is not just lip service like the prince's, but Yunqing put it into practice.

When I went back to the house, I saw that Yuchen was not there, and after asking, I found out that the princess had gone to the studio to paint. Nanny Gui sighed leisurely. , people are most afraid of comparisons, if there is no example of the fourth aunt's nǎinǎi, the princess's heart must not be so sour, after all, all the noble ladies in the capital live like this.

Just as he was sighing, he saw King Jing came back. Nanny Gui bowed forward and said, "My lord, my concubine is painting in the studio."

King Jing hummed,

Sitting tiredly on the arhat couch with walnut wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and marble, he leaned against the couch with a flower-like cushion on his back.

Seeing this situation, Nanny Gui hurried into the studio, and said to Yuchen who was seriously painting, "Princess, the lord is back, with a tired look on his face." King Jing is very busy now.

When Yuchen entered the room, he found that King Jing was asleep. It must be so exhausting that you can fall asleep as soon as you sit down. Yuchen took a thin quilt and covered King Jing, walked out of the house, called King Jing's personal attendant, and asked, "Did your lord not sleep well last night?"

The entourage said: "My lord has only slept for an hour or two every day for the past few days." There are too many things, and the emperor doesn't trust other people, so King Jing is so busy that he doesn't have time to take a breather.

Yuchen's expression was not very good-looking, but she didn't ask too much. King Jing didn't want to tell her about the court affairs, so she naturally wouldn't do things that King Jing didn't like, at least on the face of it.

King Jing didn't sleep for long, because the emperor summoned him, and Yuchen couldn't wake him up even if he didn't want to. Yuchen tidied King Jing's clothes and said, "My lord, you have to take care of your health." King Jing is the pillar of the palace, if something happens to King Jing, the whole family will have nothing to rely on.

King Jing put his hand on Yuchen's face as white as jade, and said with a light smile, "Don't worry, I will take care of myself." He also felt guilty for leaving his lovely wife at home in the cold.

Yuchen held King Jing's outstretched hand in his palm, and said softly: "I will take care of Yan'er and Xia'er, and you don't have to worry about family matters." In front of King Jing, Yuchen is gentle and virtuous, always Remember the husband's good wife.

After King Jing left, Yuchen asked: "Go and ask, what happened to the court?" He couldn't sleep well, and he didn't know what was important.

Soon after getting the news, Nanny Gui said: "Ma'am, Yunqing's booklet has arrived. Yunqing sent people to Taiyuan to buy grain, but the grain was robbed by bandits. Yunqing sent 600 elite soldiers to recover the grain. Uncle said that Yunqing should be punished for the serious crime of not dispatching troops without authorization."

Yuchen is now tired of hearing about the Empress Dowager Song and the Song family, but she will not express her opinion in front of others: "Why are the bandits so rampant now?" Miscalculate. But these bandits even dared to rob the food and grass of the Northwest Army. This is a problem, and it is a big problem.

Nanny Gui was also a little worried, and said, "Yes! Bandits and bandits are rampant in the Northwest. I didn't expect the same in Shanxi. If things go on like this, the country and the country will definitely be in danger." If Yuxi was here, she would definitely say that there is no need to wait for the future. It's too bad.

But Yuchen said: "Yuxi said that there will be a drought this year, so she just said it casually." Up to now, the weather has been smooth, where did the drought come from.

Nanny Gui said: "It's a good thing that there is no drought." If there is a drought, then the Fourth Aunt's mother-in-law will definitely not have a safe life. With the friendship that my princess has for the fourth aunt's nǎinǎi, she will definitely not stand by and watch. Therefore, Nanny Gui felt that it was better for Yuxi to be safe and sound.

Yuchen agreed with this statement: "It is indeed a good thing." Once there is a natural disaster, the court will be in a state of distress, and the prince will be very busy. By then, I won't see anyone for a month.

Nanny Gui mentioned what Shiqin had said before: "The emperor's imperial decree has already been issued, but I don't know how the fourth aunt will think of ways to avoid it." The emperor's imperial decree is not the same as the empress dowager's imperial decree. Dare to disobey the imperial decree, that is the crime of killing the clan. Although the emperor didn't have any real power, as long as he caught the handle, Uncle Song Guo would have a target.

Yuchen was not worried, and said, "Yuxi will take care of this matter." The emperor was far away, so he found a good reason to avoid it. But this is just a stopgap measure, and it is not so easy to find a way to cut the root.

Han Jianming got the news earlier than Yuchen, so he wasn't worried about Yunqing sending troops to recover the rations. Sending people to recover the robbed food was all right, even if uncle Song Guo pestered him, it was useless, the emperor could not punish Yun Qing for this incident.

Mr. Zhao said: "I'm not worried about General Yun's dispatch of troops. I'm worried about Ji Xuan. Before the bandits were suppressed, he asked for the army's salary, and it was a million dollars. How could the court have so much money to pay?" Ji Xuan is too dangerous, if he is not careful, there will be riots in the northwest.

Han Jianming said: "Let's see how the court handles this matter!"

Regarding the matter of Yunqing sending troops to recover the food, Uncle Song Guo advocated severely punishing Yunqing, but Prime Minister Yu kept silent, and the emperor didn't want to go into it, so in the end the emperor issued an imperial decree and reprimanded Yunqing. Said it was painless.

Yu Xiangping always had the same look in the court every day, making it impossible to see his depth, and it is the same today. But when he got home, Yu Xiang showed a dignified expression: "Northwest, I'm afraid it's going to die."

Mr. Yu was not surprised by this, and said: "Father, Ji Xuan not only increased taxes privately, levied violently, but also bought and sold official positions, and mined ores in private." Clearer than the emperor. Regarding the Northwest Council's death, in fact, everyone in Yu's family knew very well that it was only a matter of time.

Yu Xiang shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about Ji Xuan." Ji Xuan is not a person who can accomplish things, otherwise he would not let Ji Xuan do whatever he wants in the northwest without interfering.

Master Yu immediately understood, and said, "Father is worried about Yunqing? But didn't dad say that Yunqing is not a person who has no ambitions, only knows how to fight and is not good at planning, and is not a dangerous person?" Otherwise, they would not Support Yunqing to become the general of Yucheng.

There was a sharp look in Yu Xiang's eyes, and he said: "One moment and another moment." Yunqing used to have no ambitions, but now he may not. If Yunqing had no ambition, he wouldn't have made so many troubles. People's hearts are changeable, but I didn't expect it to change so quickly.

Thinking about this, Yu Xiang shook his head and said, "It's because I underestimated this woman, Mrs. Han." He didn't expect that Mrs. Han's influence on Yunqing would be so great that it could change Yunqing's way of doing things. Yun Qing is not the same as Ji Xuan, Yun Qing has a heavy army in his hands, once his ambition is born, the consequences will be disastrous. At that point, no one can control the situation, and neither does he.

Master Yu asked: "Father, the emperor has issued an imperial edict, and the Han family will return to the capital soon." As long as the Han family returns to the capital, there will be no threat.

Yu Xiang said: "Just wait and see what happens!" (To be continued)