The Favored Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(223)

Su Xiucai still has to sit in a hotel, so he is not willing to travel far away.

I have to say that although Su Yucheng is lazy and has no ability, he still has one redeeming feature, and that is his smooth talk. He coaxed Su Xiucai, the capital was at the feet of the emperor, and the king of Jin was the emperor's son. Dad, haven't you always wanted to be an official? Now your son-in-law is the biggest official in the world. With such a good son-in-law, why are you afraid that he won't be able to become an official? !

Failing to pass the examination has always been Su Xiucai's biggest regret. As for being a Jinshi, he didn't even dare to think about it. And becoming an official is his ultimate dream. What is the purpose of studying hard for ten years? To put it bluntly, it is not to become an official.

Su Xiucai was tempted, and the matter would be easy to handle. The family discussed it and went to find the Yao family.

In fact, they were looking for Yao Cheng. To put it bluntly, this family had lived their entire lives and had never gone beyond Linyun County. They didn't know the way to the capital even if they wanted to go.

From last year to this year, Hui Niang refused to agree, and Yao Cheng naturally did not dare to agree.

Later, Su Xiucai got angry and asked his son to let him go. Since his daughter and son-in-law didn't want to help, they would go on their own. Huiniang was helpless, she was also afraid that this group of people would go, and her sister was too soft-tempered to deal with it, so she had no choice but to agree.

And it was obvious that this was a big show, so Li was naturally unwilling to lag behind.

In the end, more than ten people from the two families went on the road together.

Yao Cheng was naturally in charge of the road trip. He was now the chief arrester of Linyun County, and the county magistrate had to give up some face. As soon as he heard that the Yao family was going to Beijing to visit his sister and nephew, the county magistrate helped to open up the joints and let the Su family follow the people at the inn.

This inn was originally a place for delivering government documents, boarding, lodging, and changing horses on the way between officials and their families. As long as there were documents issued by the government, not only was safety on the road guaranteed, but food and lodging were also free.

This method of walking is particularly slow, because they have to wait everywhere they go. Therefore, the Yao and Su families set out in March, and it was not until June.

Chapter 170

The day after the wedding, Zhao Zuo took Xiao Wu into the palace to express his gratitude.

As usual, Zhao Zuo went to Qianqing Palace first, and Xiao Wu went to Kunning Palace.

In Qianqing Palace, Emperor Hongjing had just left the court and had not yet changed out of his bright yellow court uniform.

"I'm finally relieved that you can get married."

"It is a grave sin for a grandson to let his grandfather worry about him."

Emperor Hongjing patted him on the shoulder: "You can't say that. I originally wanted to choose a good one for you. Who would have thought that your mother-in-law would be seriously ill? No matter what, you have done your part as a son of man." Filial piety means I have wronged you."

Both the grandfather and grandson understood what these words of grievance meant.

"Grandfather praises me, but my grandson deserves it, and he is not wronged either."

"Go to the Queen quickly, I won't keep you any longer."

Zhao Zuo nodded and bowed to leave. It could be seen that he seemed to be in a good mood.

Emperor Hongjing looked at his back, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

He suddenly stood up and walked back and forth, looking at the door of the palace with the narrow eyes unique to men of the Zhao family, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Go to the study, are you okay?"

"It's all good, it's all good. The little emperor's grandsons are all very diligent and hardworking. Especially Young Master Xiaobao. Lord Zong said he can move over there, but..." Li Dequan paused and then said: "But Young Master Xiaobao, he can't Yes, I just want to stay here.”

This side and that side are just a distinction between the upper study room. For example, that side refers to the formal upper study room, which is filled with the royal grandsons of the appropriate age in the palace. This side is where Emperor Hongjing originally proposed to give up because of King Lu. The younger children in the house also come, and a separate place is created.

The difference between the two is that the former has a certain number of masters, both are great scholars of the generation, knowledgeable people, and the teaching content is very broad and more rigorous. The latter is just playing around. Although the master is also from the Hanlin Academy, he is still one level behind.

Zong Mu said that Xiaobao can be moved over, which means that he thinks that his intelligence completely transcends the age limit. It would be a waste to continue to stay here and waste time.

It's a pity that Xiaobao doesn't want to.

Emperor Hongjing laughed after hearing this: "Is that child Xiaobao having a good relationship with other children from several families recently?"

Li Dequan nodded, with a smile on his face: "Master Xiaobao is a benevolent and righteous man. Although he is young, he can see that he has feelings and righteousness, and his future is limitless." Li Dequan will report to Li Dequan first what happens every day in the study room. Coming here, he naturally knows all this.

Seriously speaking, Xiaobao is now the leader in the study room here.

Obviously, among the emperor's grandsons, there are some who are much older than him, but they still believe in him. And Emperor Hongjing naturally knew all this.

"Well, if he is willing to stay, he will continue to stay and let Zong Mu Duoming give guidance from the side."

Li Dequan nodded in agreement.

Emperor Hongjing put his hands behind his back and took a few more steps back and forth: "As for Zuo'er..." He didn't say the rest, but sighed deeply.

But Li Dequan knew that His Majesty was disappointed with Prince Hui.

It is unclear when this disappointment started. Maybe it was because Prince Hui and his family moved out of the palace, and the prince kept running back to the palace. Maybe it was because people in the court were praising the prince more and more.

Most of this praise refers to filial piety. It is true to be filial to elders, but his filial piety is too much, and it feels like he has exerted too much force. Everyone also knows that the Crown Prince has suffered a lot of grievances because of His Royal Highness, but these emotions will fade over time, but the Crown Prince turns a deaf ear to it, and from time to time puts on a face of tolerating the grievances.

Once or twice is fine, but if it happens too many times, it will inevitably cause people's disgust.

How can a man who will rule the world in the future act like a woman? Even if he is filial to his elders, he should not spend all his thoughts on how to show filial piety to his grandparents every day.

Especially the matter of the former Crown Princess and the current Princess Hui, although there were not many people present at the time, it is not that no one knows about it. He just wanted to make a big fanfare to make a happy event. To put it bluntly, he deliberately did it for people to see, to show filial piety, and by the way, remind him that he had been wronged.

This reminder is naturally to Emperor Hongjing and Empress Wei.

He went astray, after all, he went astray.

Li Dequan remembered that the former Crown Prince was not like this. Was it the difference in status that caused the change in mentality? Or was there any other reason?

But no matter what it was, these became flaws in the eyes of His Majesty.

People's hearts and human nature change every day. Li Dequan boasted that he had lived a long life and witnessed many big scenes, but now he couldn't understand it.

Not to mention that His Majesty sighed, occasionally he would sigh when he thought too much.

Zhao Zuo and Xiao Wu had to go back to the mansion to serve tea to Prince Hui and his wife, so Queen Wei did not keep them for long.

As soon as the two left, Prince Dai came.

Of the two sons, Prince Hui was the most loved by Queen Wei, because Prince Hui was handsome since childhood and was the eldest son. On the contrary, the second son of the central palace was not very loved by the queen, because Prince Dai was taciturn and clumsy since childhood.

Unfortunately, it is unexpected that Prince Hui became fatter and more absurd when he grew up. Queen Wei had been worrying about him all her life, but in the end she lost the position of the prince. On the contrary, this second son who had not received much attention since childhood, since returning to Beijing, has come to the palace to visit her every two days.

When Prince Dai came in, Queen Wei's eyes were stunned, and she didn't know what she was thinking. It was not until Prince Dai greeted her that she came back to her senses.

"I told you, kid, don't worry about your mother. Everything is fine in this palace."

The King of Dai didn't say anything, just nodded.

In fact, Queen Wei said this to the King of Dai a lot, but she said it was up to her, and the King of Dai should do what he should do. But it must be said that Queen Wei was still happy in her heart. The prince didn't know to come to see her on his own initiative. It was not until Queen Wei sent people to urge him that he knew to come.

"Did Zuo'er just leave?" asked the King of Dai.

Queen Wei nodded and waved for the King of Dai to sit down. "Your eldest brother is really a sin. A good child was delayed by him."

What Queen Wei regretted, she understood and the King of Dai understood. Not to mention that among Queen Wei's several grandchildren, she liked Zhao Zuo the most. If it weren't for the prince's ignorance, she wouldn't have to worry so much now.

The movement in the court to let Emperor Hongjing establish a prince has never stopped. The Duke of Wei's Mansion was naturally anxious and urged the queen. But how could the queen be the master of Hongjing Emperor? As the head of Hongjing Emperor's family, her status was sensitive, so she couldn't say much about such things.

Duke Wei meant to make the King of Dai the heir, which was both logical and legitimate, but Queen Wei still valued Zhao Zuo selfishly. After all, she had watched him grow up, and this grandson was filial enough.

Thinking of her own selfishness, Queen Wei couldn't help but look at the King of Dai more.

Although the King of Dai drooped his eyelids and pretended to listen to Queen Wei's words seriously, he actually felt this gaze.

His mother was not thoughtful enough, like a headless puppet, and always did what his father said. Although she had been the queen for decades and had a majestic posture, she was just an empty frame. He naturally understood the meaning of his mother's eyes.

The King of Dai sneered in his heart, but his face was calmer. After listening to Queen Wei's chatter for a while, he said goodbye.

After walking out of Kunning Gate, he turned his head and looked at Kunning Palace behind him. It seemed that his grandfather should work harder. It was obvious that his father had changed his mind about bypassing his son, otherwise he would not have abolished the prince. So many brothers were eyeing him covetously. If he delayed any longer, he would be a fool.

Yao Niang received a message from the servant saying that her parents were coming, and she was still a little bit unbelievable.

She just received a letter from her sister, and the letter did not mention this matter. In order to confirm the truth of this matter, she asked Hongchou to take a look.

Not long after, Hongchou came back, and the people who came were indeed the Yao and Su families.

Although Hongchou did not know Su Xiucai and the others, she knew Hui Niang and Yao Cheng. Listen to Yuchan's description of the appearance and figure of the others, it was really her parents who came.