Gongsun Lan entered the palace to see Li Jing and reported that Yang Fuguang had arrived. Originally, she also needed to make a trip to this matter, she just gave birth to her second child not long ago, and she was a son, and it was not long after giving birth. It's just that Yang Fuguang's secret discussion is still a secret, so Gongsun Lan personally went on this trip. Who knew that when he arrived at the south study, he was gone, and after asking the Yiwei squad on duty, he knew that Lu Dao went to Li's mother to say hello. Gongsun Lan heard this, and then went out of the south study and went to Cining Palace, where Li's mother lived, and just entered the palace gate, I saw Han's personal female official Jin Yan'er was standing in the palace wall with her sister Wan'er's girl who had just left her head to play, and when she saw Gongsun Lan coming over, she didn't see outside, knowing that she must have come to find Li Jing, so she smiled and snuggled her mouth.

Gongsun Lan smiled and nodded to Jin Yan'er, and then walked straight to the hall, only to see Li Jing being with Li's mother, in addition, Xiaomen Han also came over today, Xiao Yulou was by her side, in addition to the four of them, Wan'er and Wang Guiniang were also there, and Zhengshu's three wives and concubines were each with their own children. A few people sat there, just gossiping about the parents. Gongsun Lan was not in a hurry to go in for a while, and stood outside and asked a familiar palace maid: "Why didn't you see Concubine Yu and the third lady?" ”

About thirty or so female officials were widows, who were originally homeless and had been serving by Han's side since then, and Han had originally planned to find a man for her to remarry. However, the days with the Han family were comfortable, and her children were all in their teens and entered the military academy to board the books, so they simply saved the heart of remarrying and stayed in the palace. In fact, in today's Forbidden Palace, there are generally two kinds of palace people, one is the young palace maid. Generally, he was elected to the palace at the age of fifteen. After reaching the age of five or twenty in the palace, he was released from the palace. And in the five years in the palace, they are also paid, and when they are in the palace, they will also be taught some skills. For many peasant girls, they can enter the palace for five years, and after they come out, their worth will increase greatly, and they can often find a good family to marry. And another kind of palace people. Most of them are women over 30 years old, most of them are widows, and most of them are people with good backgrounds, good looks, and literacy, who voluntarily enter the palace as female officials, and like palace maids, they not only have salaries, but also can be exempted from some taxes and servitude in the family. Generally, women who enter the palace are rarely willing to work for only a few years and leave, for them. After working until they are 50 years old, the palace will also send them to a newly built rest home on the outskirts of Beijing for retirement.

This female official is no stranger to Gongsun Lan. Zhilu said that she is not only the outer chamber of King Qin, but also the intelligence director of King Qin, and her position is important. So he explained with a smile: "Maybe it's cold, Concubine Yu and the third lady have not been feeling well recently, and they haven't been here for a long time, the old princess understands them, so she saves them from asking for peace in the morning and evening, and only lets them recuperate in peace." ”

"What's uncomfortable?" Gongsun Lan asked, "What's uncomfortable, you should also invite the little doctor to come over as soon as possible, and take a few doses of medicine to treat it early and have a good morning." ”

The female official is also smart, in fact, now the palace up and down does not know where Concubine Yu and Mrs. Wang are uncomfortable, they are all heart disease. Previously, the eldest princess had no son-in-law, the third lady gave birth to the eldest son, and Concubine Yu gave birth to a son-in-law. As a result, the strength of the two mothers is not small, and as a result, the two sides began to fight openly and secretly, and fought the law. It was better at first, but it got better and worse later. Who knows, King Qin, who has been holding back without making a sound, suddenly made a move, and Mrs. Wang's uncle and several cousins were imprisoned for smuggling and other crimes, and several families allied with the Wang family were also beaten. On the other hand, the Yu family was also hit, Tianping Town, which was controlled by Concubine Yu's father, was incorporated into Shandong Province, Yu's father was transferred to Anton, and Yu Cong, who was originally in the political hall, was also transferred out of Yanjing.

Of course, this is not the biggest blow, the biggest blow is that the eldest princess Wang Guiniang, who was already almost a monk, suddenly gave birth to a son, and gave birth to two at once.

Both the Yu and Wang families were greatly threatened, because it is said that these two children looked very much like Li Jing, and they were very much loved by the old lady. The two families began to treat Wang Guiniang and her two children as a threat, and secretly acted, after all, in their opinion, Wang Guiniang did not have the strength of her mother's family, and it was easiest to fight their mother and son first.

Soon, a rumor began to circulate in the Yenching Market that the twins were unknown. faintly pointed to Wang Guiniang and her two sons. But what no one expected was that as soon as the rumors spread this time, Li Jing immediately took action. And he moved extremely quickly, he did not track down the rumors that spread them, nor did he look for any evidence, although Li Jing, who has a powerful supervision office, may have already had this evidence. Li Jing's counterattack was very quick and fierce, and he directly issued a series of orders.

As many as 100 officials of the two families were transferred, from important positions and localities, especially in the provincial cabinets, courts, departments and other important ministries and offices in Yanjing of the Qin Domain, almost all of them were transferred, although they were transferred to other places to take up other positions, and their grades were not reduced, from the central to the local, which was obviously a demotion. This is also a naked warning, and it is Li Jing's anger.

Li Jing didn't explain why he did this, but both families understood where the anger came from.

The rumors quickly disappeared, and the two families did not have any complaints, they knew that they had crossed the realm this time.

Even from this day on, Li Jing did not set foot in the palace of the little princess and the Wang family for a long time after that. It's been a long time, it's been a long time, partly a warning, partly because it's busy. Li Jing was too busy before the expedition to the Bohai Sea, but it took nearly two years to go on the expedition, and after he came back, he was even more busy every day. The Yu family and the Wang family are waiting for Li Jing to be pampered, waiting for Li Jing to re-enter their palace, who knows that Li Jing has been back for a few months, but he has not been to them once, which makes the two of them "sick" all of a sudden.

"Not to mention taking medicine, recently, the little doctor fairy has entered the palace almost every once in a while, but with a female bodhisattva goddess like the little doctor fairy, it doesn't work at all."

Gongsun Lan smiled, it seems that Li Jing is ready to impress the two of them this time. However, according to her understanding of Li Jing, she also knew that Li Jing deliberately left out the two of them at most. It's probably really too heartless. Anyway. Regardless of the feelings of the husband and wife. But the power of the two major families of Yu Wang is not small, even if it is Li Jing, the king of Qin today, it is impossible to ignore the influence of these two top gate valves. But Li Jing won't let them go too much, otherwise, they will be overconfident in their own strength and do something they regret.

The two were still talking, but they saw that Li Jing had already walked out of it and asked, "Why did the eldest lady come over?" Is there a hurry? ”

"Tianjin's guests have arrived!" Gongsun Lan hurriedly replied.

Li Jing nodded, "It's almost time to calculate, let's go, let's go to the meeting." ”

At this time, Han Mu also came out and shouted from behind: "San Lang, stand still, I have something for you." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned the female officer to come over, and after a while, the female officer took a few things, but they were a few boxes and opened them. In each box, there are twelve peony flowers of different colors and blooms.

Han said: "This is cultivated in the greenhouse in the flower garden. There are also such fresh flowers in the wax moon, which is really a rare thing. Gui Niang and Wan'er and Yulou I just gave twelve branches, and there are some more, you take it back and divide it, just give the eldest lady a box, and Megan and Julie are not at home in the barracks all day, you also bring them over. Then there are Yun Niang outside and the eldest princess, and they all send a box over. ”

Li Jing looked at the five women that his mother said, but there were seven boxes here.

Sure enough, after a pause, Mother Li took Li Jing's hand and said softly: "Where the young lady is there and where you are sorry, you can also go over and send them over in person." You haven't been in their door for almost two years since you went out and you came back, what is that? No matter what happens, it's almost okay, if you don't look at anything else, you have to look at the faces of the sons they gave birth to you. ”

Han patted Li Jing's hand, "As for the other rooms, you don't have to worry about it, I'll ask someone to send them a box later." ”

Li Jing nodded, although Li Jing had married so many wives and concubines, and most of them were married by his own ideas, without the consent of the Han family. But Mother Li treats these daughters-in-law basically like a bowl of water, neither valuing a few points because of which one is noble, nor looking down on a few points because of which one is ordinary. She saw her son's indifference to Wang Liangfang, and she also knew the reason for the matter. But as a mother, she also persuaded Li Jing to accept it when she saw it, otherwise, the husband and wife would be sad and would have a share.

"The children know, it's not that they are deliberately neglected, but they have been too busy lately, so I will send them personally in a while."

Leaving Cining Palace, Li Jing didn't really send flowers, he called the guards, "Send these flowers to a few ladies!" The guard took it, asked which ladies he wanted to send, and left. Li Jing turned his head to Gongsun and said, "Let's go, let's see Yang Fuguang." ”

Several guards each took a box and sent it to various places, and sent it to Wang Haojun, and the female official at the palace gate hurriedly came in with a box and said with a smile: "Madam, the king sent someone to send flowers to Madame!" ”

Wang Haojun is lying on the bed, a lot of weight thin, Li Jing has been back to Beijing for more than two months, but has not stepped into her palace half a step, my father has written several times, saying that he has now been dismissed from the military department and participated in political affairs, although he has become the governor of a province in the local area, but this governor is too idle, and it is very different from when he was in Beijing. Moreover, his uncle Wang Gai and several cousins are still locked up, and after hearing that after the Chinese New Year, they will be demoted to the Bohai Frontier. Her father asked her to find a way to regain King Qin's favor, but how could this favor be so well invited. Before, I didn't feel it. Now that he has been deliberately snubbed, he even felt the warmth and coldness of the people in the palace immediately. Regret, self-blame, self-sigh, and self-pity made this smart woman get into the horns of the bull and become depressed all day long.

Hearing that Li Jing sent flowers, her originally somewhat gray eyes suddenly shone brightly, and she suddenly lifted the quilt from the bed and got up, "What flowers, bring them to me." I stretched out my hand to take it, opened the box, and saw that it was not an ordinary yarn palace flower, but a fresh hibiscus flower, and they were all precious varieties, and I couldn't help but smile on my face on the spot.

Wang Haojun walked to the dressing mirror and sat down, asked the palace people to dress her up, and then took the flower and stuck it on her head.

"Is this a gift for me or does anyone else have it?"

The female officer replied: "This flower was given by the old princess, and all the ladies have it." The eldest princess and Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Jin were all in Cining Palace, so they were given directly. The old princess gave the king seven boxes, and asked him to give them to Mrs. Gongsun, Mrs. Liu and the eldest princess of the East China Sea, as well as the two female generals of the navy, and then to the lady and the little princess, and the other ladies, and the old princess sent someone to send them. ”

Wang Haojun's smile disappeared on his face suddenly, and he looked at the flowers in his hand with some loss, thinking that it was given to her by King Qin, but she didn't expect that everyone had a copy.

"What is the king busy with, why don't you have half a little time to come here?"

"I heard that it seems that there is some guest from Tianjin, so I am in a hurry to meet the guest. As for who came from Tianjin, it is not clear. ”

Wang Haojun's personal female official Lu Wu looked anxious on the side, "Madam, you are such a smart person, why are you suddenly confused." This time, how to say that we are at the fault first, it is normal for the king to be angry. But you can't sit like that all the time, you have to take the initiative. ”

"Active?"

"Madam, you are a fan of the authorities, and if you care, you will be chaotic. Who is King Qin, that is a hero that the world looks up to, and we have to bow our heads first. Now that the king has returned to Beijing, he sees that the New Year is coming, so he has to untie this knot. Since the king refuses to take the initiative to come, whether he is really busy or fake, and doesn't care about him, then we will always be free. If the king does not come, can't the lady go to see the king in person? Could it be that Madame went, and the king still pushed you out of the door? Besides, in fact, it doesn't have to be the lady to go in person, the king will also come. ”

"Oh, Green, what's your plan?"

"If the lady can't let go, she can actually ask the county king and the two county lords and the little county lord to invite it." Lu Wu has followed Wang Haojun for many years, and he can be regarded as smart and clever, seeing that his wife is haggard day by day, he can't help but be anxious, and finally came up with a good idea at this time.

Wang Haojun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy. Indeed, maybe King Qin is still angry with her, but he will never be angry with the child. In particular, the eldest son, Tokuaki, was an excellent prince who was praised by many scholars, and if he took his younger siblings to invite his father to see his sick mother and reunite the family, he would not have refused.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly nodded, "Go and see if Dezhao and they are out of school, go and pick them up!" ”

"Hongqin, serve me to bathe and change clothes!" (To be continued......)