Chapter 355 Who dares to say that he has violated the rules and let them come to me!
The imperial palace.
Empress Nie was dressed in purple uniform, holding a chess piece in her slender hands, playing chess with the Ninth Five Supreme Being across from her.
Empress Nie is 40 years old this year, but because she takes good care of herself, she looks only about 30. She has a beautiful face without a single wrinkle, and her eyes are full of life, like morning dew shining in the morning sun.
At this time, the side hall was very quiet. A faint aroma was wafting from the incense burner with inlaid gold beasts. It was not the sweet fragrance that the concubines in the harem were used to using, but instead it carried a deep and peaceful Zen incense.
"Mother."
The prince, dressed in a lavender four-clawed dragon robe, strode in, breaking the silence in the side hall. Before he arrived, a smiling voice had already come from the hall door:
"My son, please take care of what my second brother asked in the letter."
"real?"
Empress Nie stopped caring about the chess game with Emperor Jiazheng for a moment. She happily stood up and took a few steps to greet the prince, and then she saw him enter the inner hall. "What's going on?"
Emperor Jiazheng threw the chess piece into the chess pot beside him, looking unhappy.
The Crown Prince Wei Shiqing then hastily saluted to Emperor Jiazheng and said, "Father is here too. Your son pays his respects to you."
Emperor Jiazheng snorted.
Queen Nie pulled Wei Shiqing's arm and said, "Don't pay attention to your father. Ever since he found out that A Yan only wrote to you and not to him, he has been frowning and unable to move."
Wei Shiqing was too embarrassed to laugh too arrogantly in front of his father, so he just smiled subtly.
"…My second brother wrote to us before, asking us to take care of the Yu family. I went to the Ministry of War to check, and found that Yu Yonghuai, the eldest son of the Yu family of this generation, was the one who led the troops to break through the Xidi royal court and captured the Xidi prince alive! For this military achievement, it should not be excessive to reward him with a house. So I went to the Ministry of Works to look through the list of confiscated houses." Wei Shiqing said slowly, "It's just that some of the houses are too old and too small. Many of the larger and better houses were built by nobles or aristocratic families in the past. Some of the architectural styles are beyond the use of people of his rank even if Yu Yonghuai was rewarded for his military merits, which is somewhat excessive..."
Queen Nie listened attentively. She took her eldest son's hand and sat on the couch under the window. Her face was slightly sad. "This won't do. This is the first time in all these years that Ah Yan has written to us to ask us to do something. We must do this for Ah Yan... This house is too old and too small. How are we going to explain this to Ah Yan when he comes back from the mountains?"
Wei Shiqing thought the same. He nodded and was about to say something when Emperor Jiazheng came over with his hands behind his back and sat directly near the mother and son. He snorted, "What's there to be afraid of if it's against the rules? Yu Yonghuai is so young, but his military achievements are so outstanding. He is obviously a star general of Daxia! I will issue an imperial decree to give him the mansion. Who dares to say that he violated the rules? Let them come to me!"
Wei Shiqing smiled again: "Father is right. So I have already found a slightly larger house for the Yu family, and I am just waiting for your order."
As he spoke, Wei Shiqing pulled out a map from his sleeve. It was the drawing of the house he had his eyes on.
Emperor Jiazheng laughed angrily: "Well, you little brat are waiting for me here, right?"
Empress Nie stretched out her slender jade fingers and pinched Emperor Jiazheng's arm: "Aqing is always thinking about Ayan and is busy all the time. As a father, what's wrong with you issuing an imperial decree?"
Emperor Jiazheng coughed and said, "The Queen is absolutely right."
As he spoke, Emperor Jiazheng took the drawing from Wei Shiqing's hand and glanced at it.
The three characters "Wuyi Lane" are written in the upper right corner of the drawing.
"This building..."
Wei Shiqing said, "Yes, father, the Yu family is prosperous and has a large population. Even General Yu's third brother is this year's champion. And my second brother has a liking for the Yu family. I think this building with five entrances is better. When my second brother comes back to see us, he won't think that we don't pay attention to his instructions."
Emperor Jiazheng was slightly thoughtful.
He remembered that some time ago, Concubine Rou Guifei mentioned to him that her mother's brother had solved a major bribery case in the Jiangnan officialdom some time ago, and wanted to ask him for a reward... It seemed that the mansion mentioned was in Wuyi Lane.
Forget it. Emperor Jiazheng thought, let's put Concubine Rou aside for now, after all, we can give the gift to Concubine Rou's brother in another place, but his family's Ayan wrote a letter to ask them to take care of the Yu family, so this matter is more important.
"Then let's choose this one!" Emperor Jiazheng closed the drawing and made the final decision on the matter.
Queen Nie was delighted and curled her lips: "If Ah Yan knew, he would be very happy."
Wei Shiqing smiled and said, "When the time comes, I will write all of this down in my letter home. When Ah Yan sees it, he will definitely be deeply grateful for the kindness of his father, the emperor, and his mother, the empress."
Emperor Jiazheng felt pleased to hear this.
Queen Nie also said: "As long as Ah Yan is happy, that's all. This child has been alone outside with Qin Gongfeng for so many years..."
As she spoke, a hint of sadness appeared on Furong's face again.
Emperor Jiazheng felt a little uncomfortable. He hugged Empress Nie's shoulders and said in a deep voice, "In another two years and seven months, Ah Yan will be back. Then we can be reunited as a family."
Empress Nie leaned her head on Emperor Jiazheng's shoulder and hummed softly.
Wei Shiqing also sat aside with a smile on his face, rolled up his sleeves slightly, and poured himself a cup of tea.
There was a warm and affectionate atmosphere in the side hall, but Eunuch Chen stood at the door with an embarrassed look on his face, and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, someone came from Empress Yang Wanyi's palace and said that Empress Wanyi had a severe headache..."
Emperor Jiazheng said, "Yang Wanyi is not feeling well, so she should go to the imperial physician. I am not an imperial physician, so what use would it be for me to go?"
Empress Nie raised her head from Emperor Jiazheng's shoulder and urged, "Alright, go to Yang Wanyi's palace and take a look. When she came to pay her respects to me yesterday morning, I saw that her face looked a little off. The dark circles under her eyes were not even covered by her rouge and powder. I'm afraid she's really not feeling well."
Emperor Jiazheng heard that Yang Wanyi insisted on coming to pay respects to Empress Nie even though she was not feeling well, which showed that she was very respectful to Empress Nie. Emperor Jiazheng was quite satisfied with Yang Wanyi and ordered Chen Neijian: "Find a blood ginseng from my private storehouse to give to Yang Wanyi."
When Empress Nie saw that Emperor Jiazheng was unwilling to go over, she glared at him.
The beauty is breathtakingly beautiful.
"Your Majesty, you are staying with me just to kill time playing chess. What's wrong with visiting Yang Wanyi on the way?" Empress Nie was not very happy. She glanced at Emperor Jiazheng with her phoenix eyes. "Your Majesty, if you do this, it will be said that I, the queen, am bullying your Majesty. It's so boring... Your Majesty, hurry up!"
Emperor Jiazheng was ruthlessly driven out by Empress Nie.
Emperor Jiazheng looked at the closed palace door and shook his head helplessly, then glanced at Chen Neijian: "Okay, you better go find the blood ginseng, I will go take a look too."
"yes."
Emperor Jiazheng put his hands behind his back and went to Yang Wanyi's residence.
When Empress Nie saw that Emperor Jiazheng had left, she sat closer to Wei Shiqing and asked with interest, "Ah Qing, have you met the Yu family? Are they different? How could they win Ah Yan's favor?"