Chapter 141: A One-Year Agreement

"What's the matter, Your Highness?" Yun Youke's family only came back to the Imperial Capital at the beginning of the year. Far, just a few words, leaving only a general impression that His Highness is not easy to serve.

It wasn't until after he returned to Beijing for a briefing, that although Tong Minghui was not in the same government, he was in the same city after all, and it was easy to spread rumors, so he realized that His Highness had basically never stopped looking for things for her husband's family since he entered the door.

Rao Yun Youke always believed that the matter of the back house should be settled in the back house, and that dignified men don't need to get involved, so he couldn't help frowning slightly at this moment, and said, "Could it be that you're mad at your mother again?"

Princess Minghui, as the only direct daughter of the first emperor, although she was raised a bit delicate in the early days, she was still innocent and lovely on the whole.

In the past two years, things have gone from bad to worse, especially after being relegated, he can't get along with his son-in-law Yunxike, and he finds faults everywhere.

Last year's son-in-law went out with the army and was no longer in the imperial capital. Everyone in the Yun family breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it would be calm for a while, but the eldest princess didn't think so!

She started to trouble the rest of the Yun family.

Her mother-in-law was especially unlucky, because when she quarreled with Yunxike earlier, she was too aggressive, her mother-in-law was eager to love her son, and she persuaded her twice tactfully, making Princess Minghui bear her grudge.

At that time, the eldest princess was crying and clamoring to go to the court meeting to be judged by the civil and military officials of the Manchu court. She thought that her mother-in-law was bullying her because of the fact that the Yun family was so fond of her. Grandma is getting old too! How dare the Yun family let her make such a fuss? In the end, Duke Yi, the patriarch, went out in person, scolded her mother-in-law in public, asked Yunxi Ke to make amends on behalf of his mother, served tea to the eldest princess, and promised that there would be no similar incidents in the future, so the matter was barely settled.

Afterwards, the parents-in-law didn't dare to say a word about Hui again. That's it, Minghui was still not satisfied, so she took someone to her mother-in-law if she had nothing to do, looking for trouble.

After making troubles, he was very confident, saying that Yunxike said at the beginning that it was a blessing to be able to honor the Lord. If this is the case, is there any problem with enduring some twists and turns now? Also in case Yun's Fuzuo's superficiality can't bear it, and she will be punished by cutting off her children and grandchildren later, just treat her as a good deed!

If it wasn't for the golden branches and jade leaves, and if it was the golden branches and jade leaves of Emperor Wuxi, the Yun family would not bear it no matter what.

But because of Minghui's special status, Yun not only had to endure, but also had to keep it tight-lipped and not spread it to the outside world.

Otherwise, although some people will explain that Hui's temperament is not the way to be a wife, how can she not suspect that Chunjia doesn't care about her step-sister and finds her a husband who doesn't get along with her?

The Yun family has stood in line since Chun Jiacai ascended the throne. It doesn't make sense that the relationship between the monarch and his ministers has been broken for many years because of such an incident, isn't it?

So even if Yun Youke and the others were deeply scheming, there was nothing they could do about Princess Minghui.

They can only let their wives and children go to the old lady to comfort them.

At this moment, Yun Youke held his forehead to discuss with his wife: "Why don't you find an excuse to let your mother go to another courtyard to live for a while."

Can't afford to provoke and hide.

"If those things happened before, you don't need to talk about them. We also want to persuade our mother to go out and live for a while." His wife sighed, "But do you know what is going on now? Your Highness, she... She said that the son-in-law was married not long after she got married. I've been away all the time, living alone in the Dachang Princess' mansion is very lonely, I want to..."

Yun Youke's wife is the daughter of a descendant of the Meng family. She is a decent lady. Although she has been married for many years and has grandchildren under her knees, she still feels a bit speechless when she mentions such a thing, "His Royal Highness wants to find some faces to raise in the mansion."

"...Ridiculous!!!" Yun Youke paused his fingers, his complexion quickly darkened, he subconsciously sat up straight, and sneered, "Who does she think she is?! It is true that the first emperor has no heirs, but it is sympathetic. In the final analysis, it has nothing to do with her mother, Ji Sheng! This is the mercy of the Son of Heaven. He didn't blame her and didn't say anything, but he was extra gracious! If it was an ordinary family, she would have been sent out at will, and she would still be like this now. Grace?!"

Although it is said that in the previous dynasty, it was common for the golden branches and jade leaves to raise, raise, molest, children, store their faces, and even communicate with people privately after their descent.

But there is no such thing in Guochao... Or, even if there is, it is tacitly understood by everyone, and it will not make a big fuss, and it is impossible to raise it openly: people are all pretending to be virtuous and virtuous on the scene, and discuss things in private. I have done it, and I often wear it with a headband under another name, anyway, it sounds like a grandiose one in broad daylight.

If Ming Hui did the same thing, it wouldn't be impossible for the Yun family to bear it. At worst, let Yun Xike find two concubines to have children. Anyway, now everyone doesn't expect them to become a loving couple.

I just hope that the eldest princess will stop looking for trouble, this is the blessing of their Yun family.

But this golden branch and jade leaf is good enough to openly make such a request. What is the difference between this and the glaring slap in the face of the Yun family?

"Who doesn't say that?" Meng said, "But the aunt next to Her Royal Highness persuaded Her Highness, saying that Her Highness was angry. In the final analysis, she missed the son-in-law. As long as the son-in-law comes back, the eldest princess Your Highness will definitely stop making trouble... now even dad can't stand it anymore."

After all, the Dingbei Army now has the upper hand. With such a good opportunity to make meritorious service, many people in the government and the opposition are beating their chests and stamping their feet. They only worry about their lack of seniority and relationship, so they can't get their children in. The Yun family is trusted by the emperor. The secret decree told them to play by ear and see if they could replace Uncle Zhaowu... How could Yunxi guest come back at this time?

"Just now we discussed with our parents. If His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess kills Missing Son-in-Law, if we don't call him back, we may suspect that His Majesty doesn't care about his sister-in-law. But if we call him back, fourth brother I just missed this opportunity, let’s not talk about it, and the fourth brother will do something in the future. If His Highness continues to do this, then tell me, what should I do? I can’t let the fourth brother not go out and watch the sky guard her? If she is sincere She is kind to the fourth brother, and we also recognize it. But she doesn't like the fourth brother at all, she just wants to find trouble."

Meng shi sighed, "I have never seen such a person... What's wrong with our fourth brother? In terms of background, talent, appearance, and character, it is enough to match golden branches and jade leaves. Whether it is your majesty or our family, sincerely no I have wronged her half a point! Let me put it bluntly, His Majesty's most beloved princess, Zhao Qing, will come of age in the future, and the son-in-law who can be said is probably the fourth brother."

Yun Youke frowned, and said: "I can't let her go on like this, I'll discuss it with my father later, and see if I can tell His Majesty!"

...Actually, they didn't need to report, Chunjia received the news. For this reason, he dropped something in the Xingxin Hall, turned around to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, and seldom yelled at Minghui for not being a thing: "What on earth does she want?! Could it be that she insists on keeping the commoner Ji Sheng, that vicious woman, and the tossing Lord Gongxiang to be gone, and then the sisters will be happy when they are really lonely and helpless!?"

Of course Yun Fenghuang added fuel to the flames: "Your Majesty, do you think that since the common man Ji Sheng spared no effort to murder Xiaozong's heir, how could a person with such a heart be able to teach a truly glorious daughter? Let me tell you However, if Her Royal Highness the eldest princess still has some sense, after knowing what the common man Ji Sheng has done, she should ask herself to become a monk to pray for the blessing of the country and atone for Ji Sheng! What about her? But she complains , To blame His Majesty on the contrary! What is the difference between this way of thinking and this way of thinking, and the common man Ji Sheng? How can such a person be worthy of His Majesty's love at all?!"

Seeing that Chunjia's face was livid, he slowed down his tone and comforted him, "Such a narrow-minded bastard who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong is not worth His Majesty's troubles for her! After all, she can't see clearly, but the civil and military men of the court are not everyone. They are all blind. Over the years, because of the love of Emperor Xiaozong, the government and the public have been very conniving to the eldest princess. But if this news gets out, who still doesn't know who the eldest princess is? She did it herself, and has nothing to do with Your Majesty. Please calm down, don’t compromise your body because of this stupid person who has lost his head because of this screwdriver!”

Minghui's operation before used up the legacy that Xiaozong left for her, and if she did this again, she simply felt that she didn't die fast enough.

While Yun Fenghuang was gloating, he even had some doubts about Yun's family.

If it hadn't been for Yun's being tired of the Eldest Princess Minghui because of Xiao Han's matter, and planting traitors around her, or inducing them in private, who would have thought that the Eldest Princess would do such a thing to put herself at a disadvantage thing?

"Get someone to investigate." After dismissing Chun Jia, Yun Fenghuang specifically called Chen Jing to him and told him, "See if the Yun family has done anything to Her Royal Highness, it doesn't make sense. Would she be so stupid? The village woman in the mountains was found to be having adultery with others, and she could still say that she was forced to survive. How could she be so stupid, she hadn't entered the mansion yet, but she yelled at her first. Husband’s parents-in-law and sister-in-law. Qin Wang and Zhaoqing ate an extra bowl of ice drink, and when they were discovered by this palace, their reactions were not so stupid.”

Before Chen Jing took the order and started to act, the Empress Dowager passed Ming Hui to her.

"What do you want to do?" Looking at her granddaughter who has lost more than a circle of weight and has three generations of phoenix masters in her outline, the Empress Dowager felt very tired, "The Ai family said, let you take care of yourself." Live your life, you..."

"Then you still said, after many years, give me an explanation." Minghui interrupted her with red eyes, "but the time has passed by now, have you ever mentioned it? I should have known , you just want to fool me!"

The Empress Dowager was silent for a while, and said lightly: "Even if it is to fool you, isn't it for your own good? The grievances and grievances between these elders are settled here at Ai's house, and it does not involve you, isn't it good? Although Chunjia You are cruel and merciless, and out of various considerations, you three sisters were not involved, and in order to silence the world, you even gave your sisters extra grace... But why do you have to get involved?"

Minghui choked up and said, "Of course you don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk. After all, the queen mother who was burned alive in front of you is only your niece, but my own mother!"

The Empress Dowager's eyes were sharp for an instant, she looked straight at Minghui, and Minghui looked at her without showing any weakness.

After a while, the Empress Dowager sighed, looked away, and said wearily, "You...you are such a child."

She ignored Minghui's angry face, and asked calmly, "Then what do you want now? You don't want to live anymore? But what are you doing? You can't get along with your husband's family. If you have nothing to do, I will go to you The troubles of mother-in-law and sister-in-law, these Yun family have suppressed you. Do you think they are really afraid of you? They did it for Chunjia to see. They helped Chunjia pay for your troubles, Chunjia is so shrewd I don’t know? But this time, they should ask Chunjia for an explanation out of emotion and reason. What do you think the courtiers and the people of the world will think after all this has been revealed? They will only think that Chunjia is really kind and that you , even Sheng'er, the Ai family and the Ji family are really not good, otherwise how could they have taught you such a shameless and disobedient junior?!"

"If I knew you didn't want to live, I might as well have advised you to go with Sheng'er."

The Empress Dowager said lightly, "Chunjia's step-mother and step-sister both died, so he can't explain it clearly. It must be recorded in the history books. It is suspected that he was ungrateful and forced to death the first emperor's wife and step-daughter. !"

"You now... now you think your death and life, what is the meaning to Chunjia?"

"His status is becoming more and more stable now, and the former court and the harem are less and less remembering the Ji family, or even the first emperor. Let alone you, it is the Ai family. Now that he is dead, what pressure do you think you can put on him? He can save some trouble Son, you don't have to come to greet Ai's family every year and festival!"

Seeing Minghui's unstoppable trembling, the Empress Dowager's eyes were calm, without pity or emotion, and she just said slowly: "You yourself, think about it carefully. They are both married for several years, don't be with a little girl. Just like a child. If you are unhappy, you will toss hard, and you don’t even know how to do it. You think that if you cry and make a fuss, the whole world will come to coax you... The late emperor and Sheng’er are gone, Ai’s family is getting old, Chunjia It's annoying too, who else is willing and should bear with you now?"

Princess Minghui burst into tears.

The Empress Dowager just listened quietly, and after a while, she gave orders to her left and right: "Send the eldest princess back."

The eldest princess refused to leave, she cried and questioned the empress dowager: "They all said that the empress mother murdered many of the emperor's heirs, I really didn't know about this before, but you are the empress dowager, don't you know? You didn't stop the queen mother back then, and you didn't protect her when the incident happened later, so why should you persuade me to calm down now?!"

"The Ai family has nothing to do with it." The Empress Dowager said calmly, "The Ai family really loves you, that's why they persuade you like this. Do you think the Ai family ever persuaded Yun'an and Sui'an like this?"

"You will say such things, but what's the use?" The eldest princess sobbed and cried, "When you should do something, you don't do anything, and when the matter is over, you just say something that doesn't matter Ready-made words! It’s no different if you are the empress dowager in the palace? It’s no different if the Ji family has a daughter like you?!”

The Empress Dowager looked at her indifferently: "Of course Aijia has nothing to do, what about you? You, the eldest princess, what do you want to do? What can you do?"

... Minghui didn't leave the palace that day, and the empress dowager said that she hadn't seen her granddaughter for many days and wanted to keep her here for a few days to talk.

Yun Shiba had to see such a daughter-in-law, so naturally he would not have any objections.

It was Yun Fenghuang, who found out the real reason why the eldest princess did not leave the palace: "It is said that His Royal Highness the eldest princess had a conflict with the empress dowager. They had never quarreled before, and even fainted from crying. The empress dowager did not Don't worry, I asked someone to stay in the palace for a few days to recuperate."

Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "The grandfather and grandson are also interesting."

Chen Jingdao: "I heard that Your Majesty is going to pay the Empress Dowager a visit, and I will give up after hearing about it. However, if Her Royal Highness is not obedient, and all kinds of troubles are going to happen, I am afraid that Your Majesty will invite you sooner or later." The Empress Dowager has disciplined Princess Minghui."

An emperor like Chunjia who has requirements for himself as a wise king will never play against Minghui unless it is absolutely necessary.

He has supported the Empress Dowager so far, to a large extent, to deal with a group of people who are closely related to Xiaozong.

As for whether the empress dowager is willing or not... the emperor doesn't care.

Anyway, the late emperor's daughters need to marry off, and the empress dowager can always live in the palace.

"I think the Empress Dowager is more and more interesting." Yun Fenghuang sighed softly, "Supposedly, the Shenzong Yuan Empress should not be mediocre, but the Empress Dowager's actions... are really not worthy of Shenzong's first emperor?"

Chen Jing figured out what she wanted, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, what do you mean...?"

"..." Yun Fenghuang turned the teacup in his hand, and smiled slightly, "His Royal Highness is so perverted, she may not be able to see it, or it doesn't matter if she sees it. But the many servants around her, don't they?" Is everyone like her?"

Putting the teacup on the table, he ordered in a slow voice, "Send someone to keep an eye on his valet, don't be stingy with money and future."