Li En returned to the Ministry of Rites in a trance. Seeing Ming Jingzhou holding a few books, he subconsciously asked, "Jingzhou, what are these books?"
"Oh, I found some books for the prince to copy." Ming Jingzhou dusted off 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 already had the intention of appointing a crown prince. He was worried that his good friend would offend the Prince of Chen and bring trouble upon himself.
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 because he wanted the future emperor to copy books.
"The prince is young and unstable. He didn't put his mind on studying when he was young. Letting him copy more books now will not only help him 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 precisely 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 Prince Chen was able to 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 am worried that he will feel 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 because he understood this that he insisted on letting Prince Chen copy books to temper his character.
This is the character of the Ming family.
Ming Jingzhou entered the palace. The Qilin Palace had a special status and significance. It was much easier for the princess's daughter to see him than for the 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 available, 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 waiting for the princess to get up." Yang Yiduo said with a smile, "The princess used to have the habit of taking a nap. When she heard that you were here, she refused to sleep for a moment longer."
"Thank you for telling me, sir." Ming Jingzhou thanked Yang Yidu.
Yang Yidu repeatedly said he dared not, and did not dare to slack off in his behavior.
Ming Jingzhou could tell from the expressions of these palace servants that his daughter had 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 entering 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.
"Don't be in a hurry." In front of so many palace servants, Ming Jingzhou stood up and wanted to salute Jiuzhu.
"Father." Jiuzhu held his wrist and said, "Please sit down. We shouldn't be so particular about this 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.
"People in Qilin Palace seem to be very respectful 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 maids naturally respect her." Chunfen paid great respect to Ming Jingzhou.
"That's fine." Ming Jingzhou nodded: "You are the princess now, you can't be too strict in controlling your subordinates, but you can't be too gentle either."
Being too strict lacks human touch.
Being too gentle can easily give people below you inappropriate thoughts.
"Before I got married, my mother told me a lot about how to control my subordinates, 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?"
"The two immortals sent it to me through someone else." Ming Jingzhou handed the letter to Jiuzhu: "Your mother is a great woman, so you can be right by following her in the art of driving."
Jiuzhu nodded with a smile. She tilted her head to look at Ming Jingzhou and decided not to tell him that when her mother told him about various control techniques, she used her father as an example.
A woman should not only know how to control her subordinates, but also how to control her husband.
After opening the letter, Jiuzhu confirmed that the handwriting belonged to the two masters and began to 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 the two masters saw through his plan." 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 method. The two masters have raised her for many years. She knew that the masters didn't like the capital, so how could 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 long and sigh at the moon.
"How can you describe His Highness so badly!" Jiuzhu angrily slammed the letter on the table, "When did my Highness become obsessed with women? I live with him all day, and he doesn't even look at other girls."
"And this, what arrogance, insulting me at every turn, His Highness is so gentle and considerate, he has never said harsh words to me, how could he scold me?" Jiuzhu exhaled heavily in anger: "I think this person is clearly deliberately smearing His Highness's reputation in front of Master."
Ming Jingzhou looked at his daughter and wanted to tell her that Prince Chen did not have such a thing.
After being married for so long, the daughter still hasn't seen through the true nature of Prince Chen. Is it because her eyesight is not good, or is Prince Chen more restrained in front of her?
"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: "Is there anything wrong with this?"
My father and mother also live in the same yard.
There are so many things wrong with this.
According to royal rules, the prince is the male owner and the princess is the female owner, and they should both have their own houses. Even officials with certain status have their own courtyards for couples. The Qilin Palace is so spacious and has more than one courtyard. It is impossible that the Palace Department does not even understand these rules.
Unless, all this was Prince Chen's intention.
"Nothing is wrong." Ming Jingzhou glanced at the sky outside: "His Royal Highness Prince Chen is 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 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 tricks, you have to understand her habits before pretending to be her and writing to the master.
"I didn't expect that Master had extorted a large sum of money from the scammer. Not only did he renovate the Taoist temple, but he even painted the statues with gold." Jiuzhu shook his head: "With such a small brain, he dared to cheat the two masters."
"People who are in desperate situations often act with a desperate madness." 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 mentally ill, 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 go and harm Your Highness?" Jiuzhu stood up.
"Come back, even if you are a real madman, you will know who you can and cannot mess with, 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 right away."
Bring it back to me?
Ming Jingzhou: “…”
Was that for him?
He did not tell Jiuzhu that His Majesty had arranged secret guards around Prince Chen, and the palace was heavily guarded. It would be harder than climbing to the sky to assassinate Prince Chen.
The best opportunity to assassinate was the time when Prince Chen was at the Royal Stables.
That failure meant that there would be countless people around Prince Chen to protect him.
The Royal Stables 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. Will I have to memorize the prayers?" Prince Chen pushed the memorial a little further away. "I can't do two things at once. I can't do two things at once."
"You mean, you are willing to go to the memorial service 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 don't have to approve 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 thigh when his father had made up his mind.
"Wait." Emperor Longfeng stopped him. "There are a few people in Qilin Palace that I have 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. Now I am married and have 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, your son?" After spending a long time with Jiuzhu, the Prince of Chen was also influenced and started to make plans.
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 an expert.
But it would be different if he was sent by his father. He wouldn’t need to pay a penny.
If he doesn't take advantage of such a good opportunity to recruit a few more experts, Ming Xiaozhu will find out when he gets back and will definitely despise him for being a spendthrift.
Seeing that Emperor Longfeng didn't speak, 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 that 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 face, Emperor Longfeng shook his head and chuckled, "You are such a grown-up, but you are still not in good shape. You are still thinking about saving money from me."
"Your Majesty, the entire Dacheng belongs to you, 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 back to the imperial desk and said, "You can't blame Your Royal Highness for this."
After Emperor Longfeng finished laughing, he suddenly said with emotion: "I told him that Qilin Palace had planted my people. I didn't want him to have a grudge against me after he found out."
Liu Zhongbao put the memorials neatly away and didn't dare to respond.
"I think too much." Emperor Longfeng smiled calmly and contentedly: "Some officials say my son is not good, but how could they know how kind my son is."
When Prince Chen walked out of Taiyang Palace, he saw Ming Xiaozhu standing at the white marble handrail.
Seeing him come out, Jiuzhu ran to him holding up 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 feel at ease."
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 rampant for so many years?
"Yes, father brought you a lot of books and is waiting for you in Qilin Palace."
Prince Chen'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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