Li En returned to the Ministry of Rites in a trance and saw Ming Jingzhou holding several books. He subconsciously asked, "Jingzhou, what are these books?"
"Oh, I found some books for the prince to copy." Ming Jingzhou brushed off the dust on the books and saw Li En's strange expression: "Sir Shangshu, what's wrong with you?"
"Jingzhou, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen has already married your daughter, isn't it inappropriate to ask him to copy books?" Li En really wanted to tell Ming Jingzhou that the emperor had already intended to appoint a crown prince. He was worried that his good friend would offend the Prince of Chen and bring trouble to him.
The most complicated thing in the world is the heart of the emperor. As for the loyal ministers of the Ming family, he could not bear to see the Ming family fall so that future emperors could copy his books.
"The prince is young and unstable. He didn't put his mind on studying when he was young. Now let him copy more books. Not only can he cultivate his character, but also deepen his memory. It's a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. Why not let him copy?" Ming Jingzhou bowed and smiled, "It is because he is getting married to my daughter that I found books for him to copy."
For a moment, Li En didn't know whether Ming Jingzhou had any opinion about Prince Chen or not.
"The fact that the Prince of Chen could recite the entire "Nongsang Ji" in five days is enough to prove his intelligence." Ming Jingzhou smiled: "It would be a pity if such a good seedling didn't read more books and copy more books."
"Jingzhou." Li En saw Ming Jingzhou bowing to him and preparing to leave, and hurriedly called him: "You also know that Prince Chen has never liked studying since he was a child. If you do this, I'm worried that he will be resentful."
Ming Jingzhou smiled, and his smile was very carefree: "I act with a clear conscience."
Li En was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Ming Jingzhou's departing back and sighed with mixed feelings.
He was confused. With the sharpness of the Ming family, how could they not guess the emperor's thoughts? Perhaps it was precisely because he understood that he insisted on letting the prince copy books to temper his temper.
This is the character of the Ming family.
Ming Jingzhou entered the palace. Qilin Palace had a special status and significance. It was much easier for the princess's daughter to see him than for concubines in the harem to see their family members.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Qilin Palace, eunuchs and palace maids welcomed him into the main hall. Tea, snacks and fruits were provided, and the palace servants bowed and nodded to him, and their attitude could not be more attentive.
"Master Ming, please sit for a moment. Miss Chunfen is already helping the princess get up." Yang Yiduo said with a smile, "The princess used to have a nap. When she heard that you were here, she refused to sleep for a moment longer."
"Thank you for telling me, father-in-law." Ming Jingzhou thanked Yang Yidu.
Yang Yiduo even said that he dared not slack off in his actions.
Ming Jingzhou could tell from the expressions of these palace maids that his daughter held a very high status in Qilin Palace. They were not trying to please him, but were using him to please his daughter.
He heard hurried footsteps outside the door. He looked up and saw his daughter hurriedly stepping into the room. Her long black hair was casually tied up and fixed with a few gold hairpins. It was obvious that she had gotten up in a hurry and rushed in.
"Don't be in a hurry." In front of so many palace ladies, Ming Jingzhou stood up and wanted to salute Jiuzhu.
"Father." Jiuzhu held his wrist and said, "Please sit down. We should not discuss these matters between father and daughter."
Yang Yidu replaced the tea for Jiuzhu, bowed and left the hall, leaving only Chunfen in the room to serve him.
"Everyone in Qilin Palace seems to be in awe of you?" Ming Jingzhou felt around in his arms and took out a letter.
"Master, the young lady has the final say in Qilin Palace, so the palace people naturally respect her." Chunfen paid great tribute to Ming Jingzhou.
"That's fine." Ming Jingzhou nodded: "You are the princess now, you can't be too strict, but you can't be too gentle either."
Too strict, lacks human touch.
Being too gentle can easily give people below you inappropriate thoughts.
"Before we got married, my mother told me a lot about how to be humble, and I have always remembered it well." Jiuzhu saw that her father was holding an unopened letter in his hand: "Father, who is this letter from?"
"Two immortals sent it to me through someone else." Ming Jingzhou handed the letter to Jiuzhu, "Your mother is a great woman, so it's no problem to listen to her about driving techniques."
Jiuzhu nodded with a smile. She tilted her head to look at Ming Jingzhou and decided not to tell him that when her mother talked to him about various magic techniques, she used her father as an example.
A woman should not only know how to control her husband, but also how to control her husband.
After opening the letter, Jiuzhu confirmed that the handwriting belonged to the two masters and read it carefully.
Noticing that his daughter's expression was becoming increasingly strange, Ming Jingzhou asked, "What happened?"
"Someone pretended to be me and wrote letters to the masters, trying to trick them into coming to the capital, but was discovered by the two masters." Princess Roude told her a few days ago that someone was asking about her previous residence, and she didn't expect it to be this place.
What a ridiculous move. The two masters raised her for many years. She knew that the masters didn't like the capital, so why would they invite them to this place of trouble just for some trivial matters?
What's even more outrageous is that this person actually told the masters that the prince treated her harshly, favored other women, left her alone in an empty room, and threatened her with the Ming family. She could only cry all day and sigh at the moon.
"How can you describe His Highness so badly!" Jiuzhu angrily slammed the letter on the table, "When did my Prince become obsessed with women? I live with him all day, and he doesn't even look at other girls."
"And this, how arrogant and domineering, insulting me at every turn, Your Highness is so gentle and considerate, he has never said harsh words to me, why would he scold me?" Jiuzhu exhaled heavily in anger: "I think this person is deliberately trying to discredit Your Highness in front of Master."
Ming Jingzhou looked at his daughter and wanted to tell her that Prince Chen did not have such a thing.
Even after being married for so long, the daughter still hasn't seen through the true nature of Prince Chen. Is it because the daughter's eyesight is not good, or is Prince Chen much more restrained in front of the daughter?
"You just said that you live with His Highness?" Ming Jingzhou looked at his daughter in surprise: "After getting married, have you always lived in the same courtyard?"
Jiuzhu nodded: "What's wrong with this?"
My father and mother also live in the same yard.
There is so much that is wrong.
According to the royal family rules, the prince is the male owner and the princess is the female owner, and they should have their own houses. Even officials of some status have their own courtyards. The Qilin Palace is so spacious and has more than one courtyard. It is impossible that the Palace Department does not understand this rule.
Unless, all this is the King Chen's intention.
"Nothing is wrong." Ming Jingzhou glanced at the sky outside: "Is His Royal Highness Prince Chen not here?"
"The Taiyang Palace just invited him over." Jiuzhu folded up the letter and told Ming Jingzhou what Princess Roude had told her: "Do they want to use me to deal with His Highness?"
As a father, Ming Jingzhou did not want his daughter to be exposed to the shameful conspiracies and intrigues in the palace, but things often go against one's wishes: "Yes."
"Some people in the capital have really dirty hearts." Jiuzhu thought for a moment and added, "It's just that their brains are not very good."
Even if you want to play a trick, you have to understand her habits before pretending to be her and writing a letter to the master.
"I didn't expect that the master would extort a large sum of money from the scammer. Not only did he renovate the temple, but he even painted the statues with gold." Jiuzhu shook her head: "With such a small brain, he dared to cheat the two masters."
"People who are in desperate situations often act like crazy and desperate." Ming Jingzhou did not read the content of the letter, but based on Jiuzhu's words, he had already deduced what happened: "Maybe he is not stupid, but he is desperate. A drowning person will reach out to grab even a straw. Such a person is no different from a madman."
"If his plan fails, will he harm Your Highness?" Jiuzhu stood up.
"Come back, even a real lunatic knows who to offend and who not to offend, not to mention the mastermind behind the scenes." Ming Jingzhou said: "In the entire imperial palace, there is no place safer than Taiyang Palace."
"So, the road from Taiyang Palace back to Qilin Palace is not very safe?" Jiuzhu walked faster: "Father, please sit here for a while, your daughter will bring His Highness back to you."
Bring it back to me?
Ming Jingzhou: “…”
Was that for him?
He did not tell Jiuzhu that His Majesty had already arranged secret guards around Prince Chen. The palace was heavily guarded, and it would be harder than climbing to heaven to assassinate Prince Chen.
The best assassination opportunity was when Prince Chen was at the Royal Stables.
That failure meant that Prince Chen would have countless people around him to protect him.
The Royal Racecourse was their last chance, but unfortunately those people were unlucky.
No, it should be said that Prince Chen is too lucky.
He did not stop Jiuzhu anymore, but drank tea leisurely.
As elders, we must learn to turn a blind eye to the fun among young people, so that we can live to be a hundred years old.
In Taiyang Palace, Prince Chen rejected the pile of imperial edicts sent by Emperor Longfeng.
"Father, you asked me to go and worship the gods and ancestors, but I have to memorize the prayers." Prince Chen pushed the memorial away: "I can't do two things at once. I can't do two things at once."
"You mean you are willing to pay homage on my behalf?" Emperor Longfeng nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, you don't need to review these memorials for the time being."
Prince Chen stood up and said, "Then I will take my leave."
The matter of paying homage cannot be avoided, so it would be better if I could not review the memorial.
Although his father doted on him since he was a child, it was useless for him to kneel on the ground and hug his thighs when his father had really made up his mind about something.
"Wait." Emperor Longfeng stopped him. "There are several people in Qilin Palace that I specially arranged. They are not sent by your father to monitor you, but for your safety."
If there is suspicion between the father and son of the royal family, it will be difficult to eliminate it.
"Are you talking about Yang Yiduo, or the eunuch serving tea in my courtyard?" Prince Chen rubbed his hands and said, "Father, you also know my temper. I am most likely to offend people with my words, and now I am married with a princess."
When Emperor Longfeng heard this, he sighed in his heart. The child had grown up and began to care about such things.
"What do you think? Do you want to assign a few more people to me?" After spending a long time with Jiuzhu, the Prince of Chen was also influenced and started to make calculations.
The people arranged by his father must be masters in various fields. With them around, he and Ming Xiaozhu will be safer.
More importantly, it is very expensive to support such a master.
But it would be different if it was someone sent by his father. He wouldn’t need to pay a penny.
Such a good opportunity, if he doesn't take advantage of it to recruit a few more experts, Ming Xiaozhu will find out when he gets back and will definitely despise him for wasting money.
Seeing that Emperor Longfeng didn't say anything, Prince Chen looked at him suspiciously: "Father, you won't be reluctant, right?"
"Okay, for your princess' sake, I'll arrange a few more for you." Emperor Longfeng smiled and said, "Do you want me to arrange two more palace maids who know medical knowledge for you?"
"Thank you, father." Prince Chen nodded quickly and emphasized: "But now I have been fined by you, and I have a princess to support. The salaries and expenses of these people are still... hehehe."
"Go away." Emperor Longfeng scolded with a smile, "So you were waiting here."
Seeing his son running away with a frivolous smile, Emperor Longfeng shook his head and chuckled: "You are such a grown man, but you are still not well behaved. You are even thinking of saving money here with me."
"Your Majesty, the entire Dacheng is yours, and His Royal Highness Prince Chen is your child. As a child, it is only natural for you to eat and use what your father gives you, isn't it?" Liu Zhongbao took the memorial on the table and brought it back to the desk: "You can't blame Your Royal Highness for this."
After Emperor Longfeng laughed, he suddenly sighed, "I told him that Qilin Palace had planted my people. I didn't want him to find out and have a grudge against me."
Liu Zhongbao put the memorials in order and did not dare to answer.
"I think too much." Emperor Longfeng smiled calmly and contentedly: "Some officials say that my son is not good, but how can they know how pure and kind my son is."
When Prince Chen walked out of Taiyang Palace, he saw Ming Xiaozhu standing at the white marble handrail.
Seeing him coming out, Jiuzhu ran to him holding the hem of her skirt and said, "Your Highness, I'm here to take you back to the palace."
"Take me back to the palace?"
Jiuzhu nodded and whispered in his ear: "Something happened. I will take you back to rest assured."
His father arranged secret guards for him, and Jiuzhu came to take him back to the palace.
How fragile is he in the eyes of his father and princess after being so arrogant for so many years?
"Yes, father brought you a lot of books and is waiting for you in Qilin Palace."
The prince's steps became heavy.
You can escape from reviewing memorials, but you can't escape from copying books.
Is this the fate of a mature prince?
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