The little lady in the palace

Chapter 129 Portrait
Meng Junhuai was in Bashu when he followed Youshi's letter.Local people like spicy food, especially hot pot.

All the Jinyi guards were very tired from the journey, and when he arrived at the place, he said to take a rest, and they booed and said they wanted to taste the local flavor.

He also ate it, and was so hot that he almost burst into tears. When he saw Youshi's letter when his blood was surging, he burst into anger.

At first glance, You Shi didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, all he was talking about was the marriage between You Zexu and Princess Duanrou.The joy and excitement in the believable words are too obvious. He knows You Shi and knows that she is not only happy for the reason of "lover will get married eventually".

Still wanting to challenge the princess?
Meng Junhuai sneered.There were so many things at hand, he really didn't have time to bother with Youshi, so he didn't write a reply, he put the two pages of paper in an envelope, and handed it back to the messenger: "Send it back to the princess, and let her figure it out."

Yuyin is not stupid, she can understand everything he can understand in all likelihood.Meng Junhuai had made up his mind, this time Yuyin would do whatever she wanted to do with the You family and the You family, even if she wanted to take You Zexu into surgery, he would not say anything.

He knew that You Zexu was a sensible child, and he would definitely be able to practice in a few more years.But it's not worth it to raise the You family's heart for the sake of You Zexu.

Whether it's for A Zuo or A Li, he can't let the You family get up.He wants Ah Zuo to take over his position as Prince Yi calmly, and also wants Ah Li'an to stand on his own in a stable manner.If the You family gets up at this time, and then fights with the Xie family, it will not be a good thing for the two children.

After the messenger left, Meng Junhuai pondered for a while, and called someone again: "Catch up with the messenger, and tell him to take a message to the princess. Just say that if she feels something is wrong, you don't have to ask You Zexu to come to me. "

"Yes." The Jin Yiwei responded, and retreated to ride his horse away.Meng Junhuai asked Yang Enlu, "How long will it take to reach Jinguan City?"

Yang Enlu bowed and replied, "I can arrive before tomorrow night anyway."

Meng Junhuai nodded.

A while ago in Beijing, he was ordered to investigate the Fu family and Princess Duanrou's mansion as an introduction, and then thoroughly investigated all the family members, and also reviewed the current situation of the East and West factories, and finally confirmed that Beijing is indeed clean.

So he followed another line found by Xie Jiqing and touched it.Xie Jiqing said that Jinguan City is a good place, known as the "Land of Abundance", which is very nourishing for people. Nowadays, many wealthy families in Beijing will set up a house here to support their lives.

But not everyone will come.A family like the Xie family, which has been accumulated for generations, pays attention to returning fallen leaves to their ancestors' graves.Therefore, many people who come here are either rich but not particular, or have no family to care about—for example, eunuchs in the palace.

As time goes by, there are some interesting things here.For example, several wealthy streets and mansions in Jinguan City have been bought by eunuchs who retired from the palace. Disciples and grandchildren often travel thousands of miles here to fulfill their filial piety. , and when these apprentices and grandchildren are released from the palace, if they are capable enough, they will also be eligible to set up a house here, and live a life without worrying about food and clothing under the care of their descendants.

When Xie Jiqing told him these things at first, Meng Junhuai didn't quite understand, Xie Jiqing said again: "Your Highness, after the current emperor ascended the throne, he thoroughly investigated the east and west factories, and the eunuchs chopped down countless. Whose wishful thinking do you think is wrong?"

Meng Junhuai suddenly realized!
So many people died, and the power of the two factories was almost uprooted. The bad thing was naturally not the "wishful thinking" of Wei Yulin and others-the dead have no calculations at all.

What is bad is the calculation of these people who have returned to their hometowns when they are old, but have to rely on their disciples and grandchildren to support them.

With the power of Dongxichang, their disciples and grandchildren can make money in Beijing; only when their disciples and disciples can make money in Beijing can they live a life of luxury and lust in Jinguan City.

Brother Huang's investigation was so merciless, so naturally he had hurt the vitality of these people who were thousands of miles away.

Therefore, if they buy evil to poison the eldest son of the emperor, it makes sense.The emperor's brother ruined their "family happiness", and they wanted him to have no children or grandchildren.

Meng Junhuai laughed softly while thinking, and ordered: "Let everyone change into plain clothes, and conduct a secret investigation after entering the city, so as not to alarm others, and there is no need to notify the local officials in advance."

In Beijing, it was late autumn when Yuyin received the letter from Meng Junhuai's messenger.

When she saw that the letter was addressed to him, she thought it was strange, but after careful questioning, she found out that it was originally written by Youshi. After reading it, he asked to send it back, meaning to let her make up her mind.She also said that if she felt that something was wrong, there was no need to ask You Zexu to run errands with him.

Yuyin then rewarded the messenger, and opened the letter to read after he withdrew.She frowned after reading only two lines - Concubine You wrote this letter, and the taste of eagerness for quick success is too strong.

One mouthful, "Zexu's marriage to the princess is really a happy event in the world", saying as if the matter is a certainty, and the marriage is short of worship.

In fact, her concubine, Prince Meng Junhuai didn't say anything, You Zexu's parents and grandparents didn't say anything, and the emperor and empress didn't say anything.

All the "happy events" are just that You Zexu and Princess Duanrou are getting along fairly well now, and Princess Duanrou will come to Prince Yi's mansion every three to five days to say hello to her, and then go to see You Zexu. Zexu.

Princess Duanrou was also a little worried these two times.

Princess Duanrou told her that You Zexu said he had a sweetheart.But who this person was, he refused to say.She said that she actually didn't want to be a person who ruined marriages. The reason why she asked was because she wanted to know whether they were in love with each other or You Zexu's wishful thinking-if it was a mutual love, she would appoint him; She is trying.

Yuyin can understand Princess Duanrou's concern, but she really can't help her.She had never asked who this sweetheart was before, but You Zexu was very wary and it was difficult to find out.

Fortunately, the relationship between the two children had not yet understood what was going on, and You Shi came out and made a cross.

Every word in her letter is about matchmaking, but her matchmaking is tantamount to a disservice.

——Meng Junhuai will hand this letter back to her for processing, which already proves that he is not happy about it; and Yu Yuyin said that she doesn't want to see You Shi think about anything she shouldn't have because of this incident.

She thought for a while, and ordered Nanny Rui to call Concubine You, and then she didn't wait, but got up and went to the front house.

Youshi's heart is high, she can't let You Zexu make contributions in Jinyiwei to support Youshi's heart, at least not now.But looking at it these days, the child's conduct is really good, and Yuyin didn't want to let him down because of Concubine You, so she planned to inform him first, so that he would know that she had no dissatisfaction with him, so that he would not be dissatisfied. I feel uneasy.

When Yuyin walked into the small courtyard where You Zexu was recuperating, there was no one there.The eunuch waiting at the door saw that she was about to enter the room to report something, but she stopped her with a silent gesture.

Yu Yin stepped over the threshold and saw You Zexu sitting in front of the desk with his back to her, holding on to his pen, as if he was writing something.

After walking a few steps forward, I saw that the movement of the pen tip was not like writing, so I felt that I was drawing something.

"Zexu." Yu Yin called out, and the back of the person a few steps away suddenly stiffened.

Excessive nervousness made Yuyin frowned, she looked at it lightly, You Zexu hesitated for a while, then stood up abruptly and said, "Princess is well."

He bowed straightly, but moved half a step under his feet calmly, completely blocking the painting with his body.

Yu Yin felt something different, looked at him and asked, "Have you recovered from your injury?"

"Yes, it's nothing serious." You Zexu maintained his posture, "The doctor said that I'm still a little weak, so let me take care of it for another ten or eight days at most... then I can continue to help His Highness with errands. "

"There is no rush to do errands." Her eyes fell to the desk behind him, "What are you drawing, show me."

"Princess..." You Zexu was really flustered, and before he had time to think, he reached behind and pressed the painting, and then tried to calm down, "Draw something casually to relieve boredom, and it won't catch the eyes of the princess."

He's not good at hiding it at all.

Yuyin didn't talk too much nonsense, she walked steadily step by step, and said coldly when there were two steps left: "Get out of the way."

"Princess..." You Zexu was sweating profusely on his forehead, he held on to her gaze for a while, and finally had to step aside.

The paintings spread on the table appeared in front of my eyes. The girl in the painting was only thirteen or fourteen years old, with a pretty face and a charming smile.

For a moment, Yuyin's whole body was inexplicably covered with cold sweat, and she looked at You Zexu in astonishment: "The sweetheart you mentioned is..."

"It's Princess Duanrou." You Zexu bit the bullet and said, "The painting doesn't look like it, maybe..."

Yu Yin angrily pointed at the unfinished small characters on the painting: "Is Princess Duanrou's surname Xie!"

You Zexu's voice froze.

The room was suddenly silent, only the sound of panicked breathing sounded softly.The eunuch waiting at the door shrank his head involuntarily, collected himself, and slipped away again, vigilantly thinking that listening to the next sentence might kill him.

"You actually fell in love with Xizhen." As far as Yu Yuyin was concerned, she was not prepared at all.

She was just about to get rid of Youshi, when she realized that Youshi's nephew was in love with her niece.

Her mind was empty, and she was dazed for a long time before she said the next sentence: "You don't have to help the prince for now, take care of your injury."

"Princess, I..." You Zexu became nervous, "My injury has healed, and I will be able to..."

"I'll go back to your house when the injury is cured." Yu Yin was still staring at the painting, and the words she said were the only decisions she could make in the confusion of her thoughts, "Go back to You's house and stay, don't go to Jinyiwei, and don't let me go. Go see your master."

"Princess!" In an instant, You Zexu seemed to be hit hard.

His face was as white as paper, and unfaded sweat rolled down his forehead. After a moment of hesitation, he came back to his senses, and then suddenly knelt down: "Princess, I have never revealed anything to Miss Xie, and I will never reveal anything to Miss Xie." No... just pretend you didn't see this painting, please let me go to Jinyiwei!"

"No." With a cold face, Yu Yin paused for a moment before letting out a breath, and went out without looking at him, "There is no need to discuss this matter. I still have something to ask your aunt, so let's go first."

"Princess!" You Zexu wanted to stop her from explaining, but he couldn't get up in time because of his lack of strength.

Outside the courtyard, Yu Yin hurried all the way, and only slowly regained consciousness when she reached the back building between the front house and the back yard.

She doesn't seem to be angry that You Zexu likes Xizhen, and even at that moment just now, she didn't feel angry because of You's family's delusion to climb up to Xie's family.

It's just that this incident was too shocking for her.

She looked through the entire roster of the main courtyard, but she never expected that You Zexu would like Xizhen... Maybe the lintel of the You family was really too low for her, so she just looked more at the people who were born in the main courtyard. The age and appearance of a good handmaid.

That's right, more or less, she still looked down on You Zexu, and she didn't think he could match her niece from the bottom of her heart.

Maybe you should think about it the other way around.

Even Princess Duanrou likes him, he is really a nice person.She also knew that from Ah Li to Ah Zuo Ah You, everyone said that this brother was very good.

Now, the fact that You Zexu likes Xizhen is in front of her eyes... What should she do?

(End of this chapter)