A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

After Ming Jinghai finished his meal at the third brother's house, washed and changed his clothes, the carriage sent by the palace to pick him up had already stopped outside the gate of Ming Shilang's mansion.

Passing by the official office of the Ministry of Rites, Ming Jinghai saw the red paint on the door of the Ministry of Rites, and the majestic stone lions on both sides of the door asked the horseman who drove the cart: "Eight months ago, when I left the capital, the Ministry of Rites did not look like this?"

"My lord, the Ministry of Ritual is being repaired recently." The groom explained: "The stone lion and the floor in front of the door are all newly replaced."

The wheel ran over the stone road in front of the official office of the Ministry of Etiquette, Ming Jinghai glanced at the newly built wall and was silent.

"My lord is curious, why did the Ministry of Etiquette change so much?"

Ming Jinghai looked up at the groom sent by the royal family and asked with a smile, "This officer is indeed a little curious."

"A few days ago, His Majesty King Chen was sent to the Ministry of Ritual. His Royal Highness saw that the Ministry of Ritual was broken and could not bear to be on duty in this bitter cold environment, so he asked your Majesty to repair the Ministry of Ritual." The horseman was holding the whip and tapped the horse gently Back: "It didn't take long for the official bureau of the Ministry of Etiquette to undergo earth-shaking changes."

"Thank you, brother for telling me." Ming Jinghai lowered the curtain and touched his clean beard chin. There are three roads to enter the palace from the third brother's house, and only the farthest road will bypass the main entrance of the Ministry of Rites, and finally enter the palace through the Suzaku Gate.

The groom deliberately let him discover the difference in the Ministry of Ritual. I don't know if it is his own opinion or his majesty's intention?

After seeing Emperor Longfeng, Ming Jinghai handed him the secret evaluation list of officials and talked about what he had seen and heard along the way.

"Aiqing has worked hard." Emperor Longfeng helped Ming Jinghai sit down: "With Aiqing and other humeral ministers, I haven't been the faint king on the dragon chair..."

"Your Majesty's remarks, smash the evil ministers." Ming Jinghai's eyes are reddish: "If you can win your Majesty's trust, the ministers will die."

Emperor Longfeng patted Ming Jinghai on the shoulder with emotion, "Okay, okay, okay."

After saying three good words, Emperor Longfeng turned to the daily routine and asked about Ming Jinghai’s health and what difficulties he encountered on the road: "I know that you have a deep relationship with Mrs. Zun, but Mrs. Zun has been here for a long time. It’s not appropriate for Aiqing’s back house to be left unattended. Why would I choose a good wife for you and take care of your daily life?"

"Your Majesty's kindness leads the little ministers. The little ministers are now in the age of knowing what is wrong. How can they delay other people's good women?" Ming Jinghai refused: "A woman is like a flower, marry you. Half a hundred men like me who have two sons are already wronged. How can I let her take care of my back house and take care of the whole family?"

"I love both civil and military, how can I belittle myself?"

"Your Majesty." Ming Jinghai smiled and shook his head: "Weichen met Zhuo Jing at a young age, and when he first asked to marry her, he vowed to never give her a second heart. She passed away early, and the Weichen was still alive. Breaching the original promise, after a hundred years, what face is there to see her?"

Knowing that Ming Jinghai is not an excuse, Emperor Longfeng no longer persuades: "You and me, the monarch and ministers have not seen you for such a long time, tonight you and I have a happy drink and talk in the night."

Ming Jinghai smiled and stood up and arched his hands: "Weichen takes the command."

"Niang, your majesty sent someone to say that you can't come to see you with Master Ming Jinghai Bingzhuye tonight. Your majesty also said that it's cold at night, and the empress should not kick the quilt and fall asleep earlier." Xiangjian walked to Su Guifei: "What do you want to pass to your majesty?"

"Ming Jinghai?" Concubine Su Gui's beautiful eyes swept, "He returned to Beijing?"

Xiangjuan nodded: "Gonggong Liu said, Master Ming just returned to Beijing today."

"He is Jiuzhu's uncle, that is, my son's uncle." Su Guifei thought for a while: "Send some cakes newly made in the small kitchen to Taiyang Palace, and just say... let your Majesty and Master Ming try something new. ."

XiangJian looked at Concubine Su Gui in amazement. In the past, when her Majesty banquets for ministers, the empress would never give food.

"The Ming family is different from the others." Su Guifei smiled: "Just do what I want."

"Okay, Niang Niang." Xiangjuan personally went to the small kitchen to fetch a snack and delivered it to Liu Zhongbao: "Gonggong Liu, you have work."

"Aunty, you are welcome." Liu Zhongbao took the food box and didn't even look at what was in it: "Farewell, old slave."

"Father-in-law, go slowly." Sending away Liu Zhongbao, Xiangjian returned to the inner hall. Seeing that Niangniang was in a daze at the mirror, she stepped forward and gently kneaded her shoulders: "Niangniang, did you miss the girl?"

Concubine Su was amused by her: "Don't tease me anymore, I'm afraid the Ming family suspects that I will **** their daughter."

"The weather is very gloomy today. I remembered something a long time ago." Concubine Su took off the phoenix hairpin by the side of her temple, and leaned gently on the soft couch: "Do you remember that I accompanied me on the ferry eight years ago? Qing took a painting boat to fish on the river in Lingzhou, and Du Qing rescued a little girl about nine years old?"

"How did the empress think of this?" Xiangjian packed the Pian Fengchai into the jewelry box, and the little palace lady brought the embroidered stool. She took the opportunity to sit down beside the soft couch: "Didn't you ask your Highness not to mention this to the outside world? "

"I don't know what's going on. Recently, I always think of the little girl who was rescued, she was crying silently and did not cry." Su Guifei laughed at herself: "Could it be that my palace is old?"

"The empress is not old, she is the twenty-eighth girl, less than half of you." Xiang Jian smiled: "Yinu maidservant, it is the empress who is soft-hearted and sympathizes with that little girl."

"I remember that day, I originally planned to take Duqing to eat a famous local fish dish. After saving the little girl, the Lingzhou fish was not eaten in her mouth after all." Su Guifei closed her eyes and smiled: "But it's a good deal to save the little girl's life with a burnt fish."

"A good person has a reward, and a mother is kind, and there will be a blessing." Seeing that the mother was sleepy, Xiang Jian took the brocade and was covered by Concubine Su, and sat quietly by her side.

Of course, she remembers what happened that year. Her Majesty originally planned to visit the famous roast fish in Lingzhou with his majesty in a private visit. Who knew that there was an urgent report from Beijing, and his Majesty had to stay on the dragon boat.

The empress couldn't bear to be disappointed, and accompanied her to take a boat ride to enjoy the scenery and fish. Who knows that her highness did not catch the fish, and caught a little girl with her limbs tied up.

The little girl is not thin and tender, she looks white and tender, as if she was carefully raised by an adult in the family. Perhaps it was because the little girl was wearing a thick cotton-padded coat and could not struggle with her hands and feet, so she did not sink to the bottom of the river.

When she was picked up, her body was frozen stiff, her mouth was blocked by rags, and she couldn't even make a sound. It wasn't until His Royal Highness took off the cloth from her mouth and put her fox fur cloak on her body that she began to tremble and cry.

After the clean clothes were changed, His Royal Highness fed the little girl a few candies, and the little girl slowly spoke, even though she didn't want to tell her own life experience.

Later, she couldn't remember exactly what the little girl said. She only remembered that the little girl gave the empress and performed a gift like a Taoist practitioner, saying that she would repay the empress and her highness in the future. When she said this, her eyes were astonishingly clear, as if she wanted to remember the empress and her highness in her heart.

Afterwards, Niangniang sent someone to Lingzhou City to conduct a secret investigation. She learned that there was a child abduction case in Lingzhou. The local officers and soldiers were tracking the kidnappers. Along the way, she found several children who had been thrown down by the kidnappers.

The little girl who wanted to come was also dropped by the kidnapper.

Where did the little girl know that the world is the biggest, and the empress is not an ordinary lady, I am afraid that she will never see the empress again for the rest of her life.

"I had known that the little girl was only taken away by a kidnapper, so I wouldn't be so serious with her." Before leaving Lingzhou, the empress was worried that the little girl would listen to her and would really not say anything to her family.

Thinking of these past events, Xiang Jian shook her head. At that time, the empress, who had just experienced the struggle between the princes for a few years, was frightened by various assassinations, conspiracy and trickery, and acted extra cautiously.

If it is the current empress, she must have sent someone on the spot to conduct a thorough investigation, and by the way, she has to complain to her majesty.

"Oh." She sighed, and walked out the door to look at the exquisite and gorgeous palace. In this palace, how many people were the victims of the imperial power struggle?

Your Majesty, the empress, and the other concubines in the harem, seem to be victors after the struggle, but the haze left by the **** struggle that year has not dissipated from this palace.

Maybe……

She retracted her gaze and turned to look at the mother who was already asleep.

Maybe it will continue.

During dinner, the palace people arranged the food, and Liu Zhongbao put the dim sum on the table: "Your Majesty, this is the new dim sum from the imperial concubine's palace. The lady asked the old slave to bring it for you and Master Ming."

"Ai Concubine has a heart." Emperor Longfeng's expression was slightly surprised, and then returned to normal, and said to Mingjinghai: "Aiqing, Mingyue Palace's dim sum has always been delicious, can Aiqing taste it?"

"Your Majesty Xie." As soon as Ming Jinghai picked up a snack, he heard a report from the palace and His Royal Highness Chen arrived.

He glanced at Emperor Longfeng, put down his chopsticks and prepared to salute.

"Hey." Emperor Longfeng held him down: "This is a private banquet between me and you. There is no need to pay attention to the courtesy of monarchs and ministers."

Ming Jinghai noticed that his Majesty was holding his hand and exerted seven points of strength, knowing that he was not joking, and really sat down with peace of mind.

"Father." Wang Chen walked into the inner hall, bowed his hands to Emperor Longfeng, and gave Ming Jinghai a junior salute: "Master Ming."

"His Royal Highness." Ming Jinghai bowed his hands in return.

"It's all from my own family, sit down and eat." Emperor Longfeng beckoned King Chen to sit down, "Your uncle Ming traveled all over the Dacheng rivers and mountains, Wenneng calmed the people, and Wuneng lined up troops. You should learn more from him."

Ming Jinghai looked at Emperor Longfeng silently and saw how his Majesty said this. If he didn't agree with him, he would have a nephew of the prince. Even if his Majesty dared to say so, he would not dare to admit it.

Wang Chen nodded, and the chopsticks had reached the food on the table.

"Father, how is this pigeon soup made? It seems to be extra delicious?" Wang Chen took two more bites: "You let the royal chef write the recipe to the son, and son let the chef of the palace learn to make it."

"I remember you didn't love these soups and waters before." Emperor Longfeng raised his eyebrows: "The taste has changed recently?"

"The pigeon soup replenishes the brain." Chen Wang said confidently and confidently: "My son has been working hard recently in reading and writing, so I want to make up for it."

By the way, Ming Xiaozhu also made up for it. He is very embarrassed to eat his fiancee’s meals every day.

"Your Royal Highness is so wise and clever, you don't need these foreign objects." Ming Jinghai put down his chopsticks and said, seeing that the royal fathers and sons are not paying attention to the rules of eating and speaking. When you’re bored, if your Royal Highness doesn’t dislike the things you think out, you can pick a free time and take it back to watch and play."

Not long ago, Ming Jingzhou told him the same.

Wang Chen tried his best to smile: "Thank you, sir, the younger generation will come to your house to borrow books tomorrow."

"It's just being personally clumsy. Your Highness doesn't need to be so solemn."

"It is an honor for the younger generation to be able to take a look at the calligraphy of an adult." Wang Chen continued to work hard to smile: "With the talent of an adult, every word is the essence, how can it be a clumsy work."

They are all Ming Xiaozhu's elders, Ming Xiaozhu's elders, be polite and polite.

"It is the luck of the ministers to be valued by His Highness. Tomorrow morning, the ministers will be waiting for His Highness to drive." Ming Jinghai smiled slightly and said to Emperor Longfeng: "Your Majesty, the ministers look down at the hall, with great air and great manners. , A bit like your Majesty when he was young."

When Emperor Longfeng heard this, he suddenly laughed.

"With your Ming family looking at this careless kid, I feel more relieved." Emperor Longfeng patted Ming Jinghai on the shoulder: "Aiqing, he will be your Ming family son-in-law in the future, so bother. ."

Ming Jinghai got up and tumbled to the end: "Your Majesty's mind, the minister understands."

After standing up, he looked at Wang Chen, showing a loving smile unique to his elders.

It's just that his rough eyebrows and big eyes, and the appearance of his smile, abruptly slowed Wang Chen's heartbeat a few times. The last time I had this feeling, it was when he gave Ming Xiaozhu silver and was discovered on the spot by Ming Jingzhou.

The next morning, when Ming Jinghai returned home, he changed his clothes and practiced Wu Qin Xi in the courtyard. Ming Cunfu who woke up in the morning yawned and walked to the main courtyard in a daze. He was startled when he saw Ming Jinghai: "Father, why did you come back from the palace so early?"

"The plan for a day lies in the morning." Ming Jinghai saw that he was well dressed: "Where to go?"

"Son, my son gave Miss Zhou a collection of poems." Ming Cunfu blushed and lowered his head.

"Well, I know to please the future daughter-in-law, like a man." Ming Jinghai took out a silver ticket and gave him: "Go, in front of the little girl, don't be stingy."

Ming Cunfu looked at the denomination, forty taels!

Father is so generous!

"Uncle Fu, Brother Fu." Jiuzhu poked her head in outside the courtyard: "Mother asked me to give the uncle a hot snack."

The yards of the two brothers are closely adjacent, only separated by a yard wall. Ming Cunfu glanced at the courtyards of the two houses: "Sister, did you climb the wall again?"

No wonder he didn't hear the report from the next person.

"My family doesn't talk about politeness." Jiuzhu smiled embarrassedly. The courtyard wall between the two families is so short, isn't it convenient for my family to climb?

"Zhuzhu come in quickly." Ming Jinghai greeted Jiuzhu into the yard. After washing his hands, he picked up a snack and tasted: "Do you like to climb walls, too?"

Ming Cunfu: "..."

As an elder, is it inappropriate to add the word "also" to this sentence?

My uncle and nephew walked to the stone table and sat down. Ming Jinghai greeted Jiuzhu to have a snack with him: "When your father is at home, I don't like to detour to the front door."

"It's no wonder that someone has climbed on the wall for a long time. It turned out to be the uncle." Just after eating Chaoshi, Jiuzhu could barely eat two snacks with Ming Jinghai: "This will save a lot of roads."

"If it weren't for fear of outsiders' gossip, I would also like to build a door directly on the wall." Ming Jinghai shook his head: "It's a pity that people say that they are terrible. We laymen in the world, even if we are not afraid of rumors, we must consider something for others.

"It doesn't matter whether there is a door or not. Anyway, the wall is so short, you can turn it over." Jiuzhu drank two sips of tea: "Mother said, Uncle has been to many interesting places, is it true?"

"Of course." The elderly elders, in front of the favorite juniors, will inevitably have a little boasting of the past. Seeing Jiuzhu asked this, Uncle Ming suddenly came to his spirits.

Ming Cunfu sighed silently when he saw these two people, one talked excitedly, and the other was intently listening, completely forgetting his existence.

"Master, His Royal Highness Chen Wang is visiting."

"His Royal Highness?" Jiuzhu, who was on her head, was stunned when she heard the words of His Royal Highness Chen Wang, and then stood up, carrying her skirt and ran to the gate of the courtyard: "Where is His Royal Highness?"

Seeing the appearance of his little niece, Ming Jinghai stretched out his hand to recruit his son to his side, and whispered: "Zhuzhu likes Wang Chen very much?"

Ming Cunfu nodded: "Not only does he like it, but he also hates others who say that King Chen is not."

Ming Jinghai thought for a moment, nodded and said: "With the appearance of King Chen, you can also have this ability to confuse women."

No, can you say that?

When he stepped into the gate of Mingjinghai, Wang Chen's heart was heavy, but when he saw Jiuzhu on the steps of the courtyard gate, he walked quickly to her.

"Ming Xiaozhu, why are you here?"

"I'm listening to my uncle about the customs and customs outside. I didn't expect to wait until your Highness. It's a coincidence." Jiuzhu smiled and asked, "Are you here to see the uncle?"

Chen Wang nodded silently.

"I'll take you in. Uncle tells a good story." Jiuzhu pulled Wang Wang's sleeve into the yard. Just two steps away, Ming Jinghai and Ming Cunfu greeted him.

"Participate in Your Royal Highness Chen Wang, the subordinates have missed a long way to welcome you, please forgive your Highness."

"Master Ming is polite." Wang Chen stretched out his other hand to help Ming Jinghai: "This king interrupted."

Ming Jinghai stood up and watched his niece grabbing Wang Wang's sleeve. Wang Chen handed the sleeve to his niece. Then he glanced at his blushing son when he mentioned Zhou's girl, and silently disgusted him.

This is the gap.

Ming Cunfu was seen inexplicably, what does father mean?

"His Royal Highness, please sit down and speak." Ming Jinghai greeted King Chen to sit down at the stone table. He saw King Chen sweep the stone bench twice with his wide sleeves, and let his niece sit down.

And his niece put a plate of snacks in the food box and put it in front of King Chen.

Everything is beautiful, but he seems to be a little redundant.

"Uncle." Jiuzhu held his face and looked at him with scorching eyes: "You can tell me the story just now."

Ming Jinghai and Wang Chen's eyes met in the air, which seemed a little embarrassing.

You know, men, when telling stories occasionally, there will be a little bit of fiction and exaggeration in it. Should he be dismantled by Wang Chen, wouldn't his tall image in front of his niece be affected?