"My Lords, please take a look at the memorial issued today." The officer on duty opened the memorial issued by the palace, and his expression became a little subtle: "It seems... that the prince wrote it again?"
Your Majesty did not specify which prince reviewed the memorial, so even if they now suspect it was the Prince of Chen, they cannot say it out loud.
After a moment's silence, a minister spoke.
"The article is clear and meaningful. This prince...did a good job."
"Well, handwriting conveys character. Judging a person by his handwriting, this prince should be... someone who has done something."
Several ministers looked at each other. Everyone knew who each other was praising, but no one said it.
After all, he was once criticized, and it would be embarrassing if he was praised too bluntly.
But if I don't exaggerate a few words, I will feel guilty.
Most scholars still attach great importance to propriety, morality and virtue.
"The proposal to increase silkworm cultivation in the southwestern states is also very good. The southwestern states are mostly mountainous, and satin cloth is expensive and not easily damaged, making it easier to transport to other places for sale than ceramics, fruits and vegetables."
"Adapting to local conditions and caring about people's livelihood, if he can change his idleness, it will be a great blessing for me."
The ministers looked at the official who was speaking, their expressions... hard to describe.
Everyone has been speaking in a very cryptic way. Although you didn't mention the ban directly, your suggestion is too obvious.
For a moment, the six duty rooms became quiet again.
After a long while, Official A spoke in a low voice: "I think that the princes and princesses have been living in the palace for many days. Should we report to His Majesty and ask a few princes to return to the court?"
The fourth prince has been deposed, but are there still hopes for the other princes?
For example... this prince who helps His Majesty review memorials.
"Your Majesty has his own decision on this matter, we cannot rashly report it." Official B shook his head: "This may seem like a national affair, but in fact it is also your Majesty's family affair."
The five princes are all adults. If they make the whole court turbulent because of their ambitions, it will harm the people of the world.
"Forget it." Official A sighed: "Brother Wang is right. The older a person is, the bigger his heart is."
Although these ministers all had their own selfish motives, none of them wanted to cause a repeat of the events that occurred at the end of the Xian De period, with countless casualties and unrest among the people of the world.
Just one day after the imperial edict for the special examination was issued, poems praising the emperor, empress, and prince began to appear in the streets of the capital.
After all, he was a scholar living in the capital, and his political awareness was very high. Even when he wrote poems praising people, he would not leave out any important figures.
"Your Highness." Jiuzhu was sitting in the carriage and heard the children on the street singing a jingle. The content seemed to be praising his father, the queen, and His Highness: "Listen to what they are singing."
"You clap once, I clap once, His Majesty Longfeng Shou Tianqi."
"You clap twice, I clap twice, the Queen is as beautiful as a painting."
"You clap three times, I clap three times, Your Highness Prince Chen is as strong as a mountain."
"Tsk." Prince Chen was looking at those little brats who were playing the clapping song. When they were praising their father, the emperor and their mother, it was all sky and paintings, but how come when it came to him, it became a mountain?
"You clap eight, I clap eight, brother number four is the bad boy."
"Your Highness, do you feel that there is something wrong with this clapping song?"
"Yeah." Prince Chen put down the curtain: "Someone is deliberately making trouble."
The first half of the clapping song was all about praising his father, the emperor, his mother, and himself, but in the second half, it started to scold Yun Yanze, and as for the other princes, they were not even mentioned.
What could these kids know? Maybe they don’t even know the royal family’s surnames or how many princes there are. How could they know the order of precedence among the princes?
"These people are so mean, using children as weapons." Jiuzhu frowned, "Fortunately, my father is a wise ruler who loves his people like his own children, otherwise such rumors would harm these children."
When it comes to the royal family, many things are not trivial.
"Hmm." Jiuzhu touched his chin and said, "How about we write nursery rhymes as well?"
"What are you making up?"
"Something more interesting, such as the most popular one in the capital, the domineering prince..."
"Hmm?" Prince Chen looked at her.
"Your Highness, it is well known that the stories are all false." Jiuzhu quickly comforted him: "We don't need to take it seriously."
Prince Chen stroked his forehead silently. Ever since he heard some outrageous stories about overbearing princes, he would feel uncomfortable whenever he heard the words "overbearing prince".
If the storytellers continue to make up stories, he in the story will soon grow a few pairs of wings on his back.
Elsewhere on the street, there was an inconspicuous horse-drawn carriage parked.
"Your Highness, these are just children's nonsense, don't take it to heart." Sun Caiyao listened to the songs outside and called the eunuchs: "You can take some food to coax those children and make them stop singing."
“No need.” Yun Yanze sat quietly in the carriage: “There are countless children in the capital. Even if we stop them today, there are still others.”
"Your Highness..." Sun Caiyao looked at him worriedly.
"It's okay. I won't take the children's jokes to heart." Yun Yanze smiled at her tenderly and said, "In a few days, when these children have new songs, they will forget about this."
The gentler his smile, the more uncomfortable Sun Caiyao felt. She knew in her heart that these things were not so easy. When the nursery rhymes spread more and more, the image of His Highness in the hearts of these children could no longer be changed.
"Prince Chen's actions... are too much." She couldn't help but say: "He has already won the favor of scholars all over the world, why does he still want to slander Your Highness like this?"
Yun Yanze smiled and shook his head.
Yun Duqing, who was born with everything, is arrogant by nature and would never resort to such means.
As for the other three brothers, any one of them could be the possibility.
He did not explain to Sun Caiyao that he needed the support of the Sun family now. The more Sun Caiyao stood up for him, the more she would persuade the Sun family to help him.
"Your Highness, the Crown Princess." The eunuch sent by Sun Caiyao came back soon.
"Have those children left?" Sun Caiyao lifted the curtain and saw that the children were holding some candied haws in their hands and indeed they were not singing the nursery rhyme anymore.
"My dear Princess, when I went there just now, I met Yang Yiduo."
"Yang Yiduo?" Sun Caiyao thought the name sounded familiar. "The eunuch in charge of Qilin Palace?"
"That's him."
"Why is he here?"
The eunuch secretly looked up at her and said, "Yang Yiduo said that he was following the orders of Prince Chen and Princess Chen to tell those children not to sing the nursery rhyme just now."
Sun Caiyao was a little surprised. The carriage they were riding today was very ordinary and had no special markings. Yun Duqing and Ming Jiuzhu probably didn't know they were nearby, so there was no possibility that they were deliberately putting on a show for them.
"Could it be that this matter has nothing to do with Prince Chen?" Sun Caiyao calmed down and thought for a long time: "Your Highness, could it be that someone is deliberately trying to sow discord between you and Prince Chen?"
Yun Duqing is very powerful now. If Your Highness gets into a fight with Yun Duqing, Your Highness will be the only one who suffers.
"Fifth brother really doesn't look like someone who would resort to such tactics." Yun Yanze looked through the car window at the children who were chewing candied haws with their heads down, their faces covered with sugar residue. "Now that I have lost my power, I have neither my mother to rely on nor my father's favor. Anyone could come and step on me."
"Your Highness, you still have me." Sun Caiyao held his hand and said, "That day, I was on a tall building and saw you from afar in a white dress, on horseback, reaching out to catch a child that fell from the window. I knew that I would never marry anyone but you."
Yun Yanze looked at her quietly for a moment with his gentle and affectionate eyes, then pulled his hand out of her palm: "That was so long ago, I actually forgot."
"It doesn't matter if Your Highness forgets, I just remember it."
Yun Yanze smiled.
"Your Highness, I just went to comfort a child and met the eunuch from Zhangliu Palace." Yang Yiduo came back after finishing his work and said to Prince Chen, "He didn't say which prince he came out with."
"Let him go." Prince Chen said nonchalantly, "Let the driver continue on his way and get to the princess's parents' home as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Highness."
No matter who he is, he cannot delay his princess from eating flower cakes.
Half an hour later, Jiuzhu was sitting at the Ming family's table eating sweet and delicious flower cakes, while His Royal Highness Prince Chen... was endorsing under the caring gaze of his father-in-law and the Ming family's uncle.
He didn't want to carry it at first, but when he thought of Ming Xiaozhu who was less than five steps away from him, he carried it anyway.
Listening to Ming Xiaozhu's clapping and admiring cheers, Prince Chen straightened his back silently.
Men always have to pay a price for the boasts they made.
But whenever he saw her sparkling eyes, Prince Chen felt that he could still stick to his boast.
Fortunately, the two elders of the Ming family knew what it meant to relax and work in moderation. After letting him recite a few paragraphs, they changed their proposal.
"It's no use just memorizing. Let's play leaf cards."
Prince Chen: “…”
In fact, endorsement is also quite interesting.
After all, memorizing only requires the use of the brain, but playing mahjong with the Ming family requires not only the brain but also the facial features, and even the eyes must be sincere.
"Your Highness." Jiuzhu sat next to him holding a plate of fresh flower cakes: "Play well, you have to win the game."
"Okay." Prince Chen looked up at the men of the Ming family and began to exert his best strength.
Half an hour later, Ming Cunfu was the first to throw away his cards because he had no money to lose.
"My Lord, why are you so lucky today?" He couldn't help but ask, "My luck is much better than last time."
"Maybe it's because Jiuzhu sat next to me?" Seeing that his cousin had lost all his money, Prince Chen divided the winnings into several equal parts: "When family members play cards, we don't care about winning or losing. Let's divide the money together."
"Your Highness, why is there still a share for me?" Jiuzhu saw His Highness grab two handfuls of copper coins and put them in front of him.
"If you hadn't been sitting next to me, I wouldn't have won at all." Prince Chen said seriously, "So our little Fuzhu must have a share."
"Really?" Jiuzhu asked curiously as she put the money into her purse, "Is it really my credit?"
"Of course." Prince Chen smiled and helped her tie up her purse bag. "If you don't believe me, ask my cousin. I was always losing last time."
Ming Cunfu, who had lost all his money, was very happy now and nodded, saying, "Your Highness is right. He was the one who lost the game last time."
"See, I didn't lie to you." Prince Chen whispered in her ear, "Ming Xiaozhu, you must never stay too far away from me in the future."
He chuckled, and Jiuzhu's ears felt tingling.
"I'm afraid that if you stay away from me, my luck will be bad."
"Don't be afraid, Your Highness." Jiuzhu held his hand: "I will always be with you."
The men in the Ming family threw away their cards with stern faces, stood up silently and walked away.
Oh, we are all men, and we all understand men’s thoughts.
But their daughter and son-in-law have a good relationship, which is a good thing. What can they do?
Of course I can only pretend not to see it.
"Yes." Prince Chen took advantage of the Ming family not paying attention and secretly pecked Jiuzhu on the back of her hand: "I believe you."
"Father, what is the Prince doing..."
Ming Jingzhou covered his mouth.
Ming Cunfu shook his head: "Third brother, there really is a reason why you can't get married."
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