Blessed

Chapter 128 Unkind Invitation
The emperor and the empress appeared together in the main hall, and the ministers and all the family members sat down in front of the food table. The palace banquet began, and there were dancing girls entering in a file, dancing gracefully.Yuzhu sat beside Shen Xian and concentrated on eating.It's okay to say that she has a big heart. In this life, she has no worries about food and clothing, and her family loves her. As long as her family is healthy, she will have no worries.

The emperor seemed to be in a good mood. At the end of the day, the emperor smiled and said, "Today is not only the Queen Mother's birthday, but I have something to announce. The daughter of Zhen Yi is also my eldest granddaughter. She has won my heart and I bestowed upon her Lun's title."

Prince Zhao Zhenyi's daughter, Zhao Ling, was only born for more than eight months. She was nicknamed Tuanzi, and she was deeply loved by the emperor. She was given the title of Princess Yilun at a young age.

Yuning and the prince never thought that Emperor Ruiwu would confer the title on Xiaotuanzi at this time, which shows that the emperor likes Xiaotuanzi very much.

Yuzhu was also happy for her niece. After the eldest sister went through that catastrophe, her life in the palace became better and better.

All the ministers continued to congratulate, and the queen mother sat on a high position without much expression.After the palace banquet, Concubine Mu Gui and the third prince Zhao Min also returned to the bedroom. Concubine Mu Gui was very annoyed, and now she is getting more and more worried. The emperor has never thought of abolishing the crown prince these few years. After a few years, I am afraid it will be the crown prince. About to inherit the throne, she and Min Yi have done so many things secretly to deal with the queen and the prince. Even if they are careful, the queen and the prince should be aware of it. If the prince is allowed to inherit the throne, there will be no place for her and Min Yi in the future .

No, the crown prince must not be allowed to succeed.

Concubine Mu Gui sat down on the grand teacher's chair, asked the servant girl to give you a calming pill and took it with warm water, and then retreated the maids in the bedroom, and then said, "Min Yi, you should realize that your father has no intention of abolishing the prince. After doing so many things in these years, we must not give up halfway like this, let him inherit the throne and there will be no way for us to survive."

Zhao Min was also silent.

Concubine Mu Gui continued, "Min Yi, we have deployed so many these years, even if your father refuses to abolish the crown prince or make you the crown prince, it's fine. I still have other ways."

"Mother Concubine. What method are you going to use?" Zhao Min also opened his mouth.

Concubine Mu Gui said, "In recent years, besides attracting many important ministers, we have also gained a lot of popularity in the palace, but the matter is of great importance, so we can't make any mistakes. Although the relationship with the Queen Mother has become closer in recent years, the Queen Mother is still not counted. Our people. If this matter has the support of the Empress Dowager, it will be more secure. Not to mention anything else, the Empress Dowager’s natal brother is General Yubayashi Qianniu, who will seal the city gate at that time, and no one will be able to fly!"

"Mother Concubine, do you want to usurp the throne directly? Wouldn't it be unfair to the name?" Zhao Minyi was reluctant to go to this step in his heart.

Concubine Mu Gui said, "The winner will be the king and the loser will be the bandit. When you sit on the throne, you will have the final say in this world. Who would dare not follow?" After thinking for a while, she continued, "But such a thing is not to say If you can do it, you need at least one or two years of planning. There are still many people in the capital who need to be wooed. It would be best to be willing to abolish the crown prince, if he still refuses at that time, don't blame me for being cruel!"

Zhao Minyi has always been unwilling this year. He still remembers what the expert said back then. He always thinks that Yuzhu is the key person in it. What's more, he still misses Yuzhu.Seeing him like this, Concubine Mu knew that he was thinking about that Jiang Yuzhu, and said sharply, "Min Yi, you are a person who does great things, how can you be immersed in your children's affair, besides, Jiang Yuzhu is Shen Xian now. Wife, we can't afford to offend the Shen family right now! If you have the heart, you might as well get a few more concubines, what's the use of those concubines in your backyard! After all these years, you can't even give birth to a child!"

Zhao Min also pursed his lower lip and clenched his fists, "Mother and concubine, my servant knows."

"Well, you will go with me to meet the Queen Mother in a while. Today is the Queen Mother's birthday. You should spend more time with the Queen Mother."

The two of them specially went to accompany the Queen Mother for dinner, but the Queen Mother's expression was very calm, and she didn't say much, and asked the two of them to accompany her.The Empress Dowager knew the purpose of Concubine Mu Gui and the Third Prince in her heart. This may be the so-called onlooker. These two people are bound to win the throne, so only the Emperor thinks that their mother is sincere.

The empress dowager couldn't say that she was a failure or something in her whole life. She was married to the first emperor all her life, but she didn't leave any children. Only the empress dowager was lucky enough to give birth to Emperor Ruiwu. The Empress Dowager knew very well that Emperor Ruiwu's heart was in favor of the Empress Dowager.

But she also knew that being the queen mother in this life was the greatest honor, and it would be good to live the rest of her life like this. She didn't want to ask too much about other things.

Concubine Mu Gui and the third prince accompanied the queen mother to dinner and returned to the bedroom. The two of them could somewhat see that the queen mother had no intention of doing so, but there was still more than a year to go, so just persuade them slowly.Everyone has weaknesses, as long as you find the weakness of the Queen Mother.

In mid-December, the Wintersweet Garden in Shen's Mansion was in bloom, and Yuzhu invited people to the mansion to enjoy the flowers. This was almost a feature of Shen's Mansion. Every year, a flower viewing banquet was held to invite familiar relatives and friends to come and get together.

In the past, it was the Ji family who made the arrangements, but this year was the first time that Yuzhu came to do this kind of thing. She invited relatives and friends who were acquainted with the Shen family, as well as some wives and wives of the marquis' mansion or courtiers. The whole flower viewing banquet was very lively. of.

Ji's original plan was to watch Yuzhu's excitement, but who knows that this girl usually has a big heart, but she is unambiguous when she handles things. She makes these people happy and praises the Shen family for marrying a good daughter-in-law. Madam invited Yuzhu to play in the mansion in a few days.

Because of this flower viewing feast, Yuzhu's social circle has expanded, and she doesn't have to stay at home all day and go out to deal with those wives.

At the end of the year, Shen Xian became more and more busy, leaving early and returning late, and sometimes it took several days to go out. Yuzhu had developed the habit of seeing him off when he went far away. She hoped to see him leave with her own eyes, and hoped that he would return safely. .

Yuzhu began to be busy in the days of the new year, and there were a lot of things to be prepared in the mansion. At the end of the year, Shen's mansion had to audit the accounts, and her own jewelry shop also needed to be audited. It would take at least ten days to be busy, and Shen Xian was not around. He hides in the mansion every day to deal with things, and talks to Shen Mei when he is free.

After Shen Mei married into the Chu family, she lived a good life, and Chu Yunwei doted on her very much.

Yuzhu was busy here, and the emperor also summoned several officials back to the capital, among them was Xie Che, he did not expect that the emperor would call him back to Beijing after he had been in Youzhou for less than a year.The days when I just went to Youzhou were a bit bitter. The new official took office three times. Not only the officials at the bottom, but also him. The matter in Youzhou was related, and he happened to go back to see Yuzhu and his family.

Snow began to fall in many places, and the place in Youzhou was even bitingly cold. In such a cold weather, it was still snowing. It would definitely be impossible to rush back to the capital. Neither people nor horses could bear it.Xie Che found a carriage, drove on the road during the day, and looked for a post station to rest at night.

On this day, we arrived at the junction of Jizhou and Yanzhou, and the sky darkened. There was no snow in the past few days, and the snow began to melt. The weather became colder and we couldn't make it at night.Xie Che found an inn early and planned to rest, and set off again tomorrow morning.The post station officer saw that he was very handsome and was wearing a thick cloak, so he knew that he could not be neglected, so he led him up to find the room himself.

The young officer at the post station was quite eloquent, and while leading Xie Che upstairs, he talked to him, "This lord is from the north, isn't he going to the capital, lord? Returning to Beijing is to visit relatives."

Xie Che hummed and stopped talking.Hearing this, a girl in a white fox cloak who passed by him immediately Dunzhu went to look at Xie Che, seeing that he was handsome, tall and tall, with extraordinary appearance, and he did not look like a bad guy. Come on.

Xie Che entered the room, and the little official said, "Guests, wait a moment, hot water and food will be brought up in a while."

Xie Che nodded, and closed the door. The charcoal basin was burning in the room, which was very warm. He untied the thick cloak on his body and put it aside, took a sip of the already cold tea on the table.The officer at the station quickly brought up hot water and food. Xie Che washed up, finished his meal, and was about to rest when there was a knock on the door. He got up and opened the door. There was a man standing at the door Wearing a white fox cloak, a girl with big eyes, very agile, and a sweet smile, about fifteen or sixteen years old.

"What's the matter, girl?" Xie Che asked quietly.

The girl showed a pitiful look, "Brother, I just heard that you are returning to the capital. I have something unfeeling, so I want to trouble you."

Xie Che looked at her coldly and said nothing, her eyes were foggy, "Brother, I'm going back to Beijing to visit relatives, I don't want that unscrupulous driver on the road to take my money and escape, I really have no choice but to ask I beg my elder brother to take me a ride, and I will be grateful when I return to the capital."

Xie Che couldn't tell that this girl was telling lies, she was dressed richly, she was beautiful, and there were no calluses on her slender fingers. Why would a girl from such a wealthy family go on the road alone?Anything else should be true.The girl was afraid that she should lose her temper with her family, so she ran out alone and wanted to go to the capital. On the way, she hired a carriage. The driver probably saw that she was rich, and took her silver and fled.

Xie Che said, "If I see a girl, I might as well just wait here and wait for my family to find her, then I can discuss with my family where I want to go." As soon as he finished speaking, he slammed the door, leaving the girl outside the door stunned. Standing dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)