Chapter 132

After Chen Tingjian discussed with Empress Dowager Qi, he quickly formulated a new work and rest plan for Emperor Yuanyou. From then on, on days when there was no court meeting, Emperor Yuanyou could not only sleep for an extra half an hour, but also had three quarters of an hour of free time every day.Disposal, or reading and painting self-cultivation, or going to the imperial garden to enjoy yourself, or playing Cuju with the eunuchs to stretch your muscles and bones. In short, as long as they do not violate the etiquette and do not deviate from the scriptures, Chen Tingjian and the Empress Dowager Qi will not interfere too muchconstraint.

Of course, Emperor Yuanyou did not spend less time studying and studying politics. This is what he should learn and devote his energy to as an emperor.

Hua Yang only lived in the palace at the beginning of June, and she hasn't been in the palace recently, but she heard about the changes in the imperial court from Chen Jingzong.

She asked Chen Jingzong: "Do you think this is good?"

Chen Jingzong looked at her meaningfully: "This question is not easy to answer, I'm afraid you will punish me."

Hua Yang glared at him.

Everyone in the world may be afraid of her long princess, but Chen Jingzong never regarded her as a long princess in awe, and now he pretends to be cautious.

Chen Jingzong sat on the couch, eating slowly.

Hua Yang wanted to hear what he meant, but seeing that he really didn't intend to speak, he had no choice but to say: "You just say it, no matter what you say, I will treat it as if you never said it."

Chen Jingzong glanced out the window, and then patted the place next to him.

Hua Yang didn't know if he was putting on airs, or if he was really afraid that the wall would have ears, but thinking that this matter was really big or small, Hua Yang put down the book in his hand, walked around the low table, and sat beside him.

Chen Jingzong raised the wine bowl and handed it to her.

Hua Yang raised his face: "If you don't say anything, I'm leaving."

Chen Jingzong took a sip by himself, and then said: "The emperor must go to court every morning. This is stipulated by your grandpa."

Hua Yang nodded, indeed.

Chen Jingzong: "The ancestors in front of your family all practiced this training and continued to go to court for no reason, but the ones behind...you know it yourself."

Hua Yang lowered his eyes.

Later, one by one started to be lazy, the laziest was her grandpa, who had not been in court for decades, and her father, besides being diligent for a while when he first ascended the throne, also became lazy later on, only better than grandpa.At any rate, will go to court twice a month.

Why did the queen mother and the father-in-law want the younger brother to insist on early court at a young age? It was not because they were afraid that the younger brother would learn from the emperor's grandfather and father.

The issue is……

As soon as she excused her younger brother in her heart, Chen Jingzong said: "But your younger brother is still young, and he has never suffered since he was a child. If you push him too hard all of a sudden, I can't stand it."

In previous dynasties, young emperors aged three, four, seven or eight were very common, and the age at which Emperor Yuanyou succeeded to the throne was not uncommon.

But Emperor Yuanyou should be the most fateful of these little emperors. He was born soon after he became the crown prince, so he didn't have to compete with the princes for the position of crown prince. King Yu even went to the feudal domain early, and there was a powerful queen mother Qi in the harem.No one dared to murder the prince.The first emperor was just lazy, not muddle-headed, and appointed wise ministers to manage the country in an orderly manner, so that Emperor Yuanyou didn't have to worry about foreign aggression.

Only Emperor Yuanyou, who was born in the Fuwo, had the opportunity to complain about not getting enough sleep.

After he had said everything, Hua Yang could only sigh softly.

When she was reborn and came back, it was only the twelfth lunar month of the third year of Yuanyou, and her younger brother was only sixteen years old, and he still insisted on going to court nine times a month, but Hua Yang didn't know how long his younger brother persisted and what kind of emperor he became.Know.

She helped her younger brother pretend to be sick to win the idea of reducing court meetings, all because she knew that his younger brother would really be sick, and father-in-law would compromise anyway, why not take this as an opportunity to ease the relationship between the monarch and his ministers?

Forget it, one step at a time, as a sister, she could only try her best to guide her younger brother on the road to Mingjun, but whether she can become a Mingjun depends on her younger brother herself.

In July, the weather is still hot.

Hua Yang stayed in the palace for two nights first, and went to Chen's mansion after leaving the palace on the third day of junior high school.

At night Chen Jingzong asked her: "How long do you plan to stay at home this time?"

Hua Yang: "Let's finish the Qixi Festival."

Chen Jingzong: "Qixi is not a serious festival, why do you want to celebrate it here?"

Hua Yang felt that something was wrong: "Are you in such a hurry to go back? With you like this, it's no wonder mother always teases you."

Chen Jingzong half-pressed her, looked at her and said, "It's been a long time since we went out for a stroll. There is no curfew in the city on the night of Qixi Festival. I want to take you for a walk on the street."

Living in the Princess's mansion, the couple can go out for as long as they want. Living here, the old man and mother can know when to go out and when to come back.

It's rare that a rough man like him still has such a romantic interest, but this year's Qixi Father-in-law will encounter a "flying disaster", and Hua Yang must stay in the Chen family to help resolve it.

"There are too many people in the city, I think it's too crowded, why don't we go to Hongfu Temple to stay for one night on the ninth day of the lunar new year, and the next day you take a rest and just play outside for a day."

Hua Yang suggested.

Chen Jingzong: "The ninth day is the ninth day, and the seventh day is the seventh day."

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Qixi Festival, and the men and women who are good friends in the world will also meet. After dusk, Chen Jingzong wants to go outside with her for a "private meeting".

Hua Yang understood: "Do you want to be a cowherd?"

Chen Jingzong said nothing, just looked at her.

Hua Yang: "You don't think it's bad luck, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can only see each other once a year, you might as well continue to be the rabbit in the Moon Palace."

At least the Jade Rabbit can always be by Chang'e's side.

Chen Jingzong: ...

Hua Yang: "Besides, I promised Wan Yi Wan Qing that I will accompany them to beg for luck on Qixi night."

Can Chen Jingzong let the long princess be the villain who broke his promise?

He had no choice but to give up going out at night on Qixi Festival.

On the evening of the sixth day of July, after Sun and Chen Tingjian lay down, they said to their husband, "Tomorrow, on Qixi Festival, the two granddaughters at home will be begging for a coincidence. Would you like to come back early to accompany them?"

Chen Tingjian: "Women are only begging for cleverness, and you can do it well."

With that time, he might as well read more memorials and write more documents.

Sun sneered: "I didn't know who it was back then, but they said they would accompany me every Qixi Festival in the future."

Chen Tingjian: ...

It turned out that it was false to ask him to accompany his granddaughter, but it was true to accompany her.

But both of them are more than a hundred years old together, so why celebrate the Qixi Festival, let the children know that it is a joke.

Mrs. Sun lay with her back to him, and continued to mutter: "I come back so late every day, I say I am busy with business, who knows if I have a concubine outside."

Chen Tingjian laughed angrily: "The granddaughter is about to get married, and I still have a wife."

Sun: "Who knows, men are not old at heart, and it's not uncommon for men in their 70s and 80s to hold young children."

Chen Tingjian was silent for a moment, then hugged his wife silently.

Sun: ...

The next morning, Chen Tingjian still went to the Inner Pavilion early, and he also wanted to go home early, but there were so many things in the court, and sometimes he forgot when he was busy.

When he arrived at the Inner Pavilion, Chen Tingjian found that Mr. Zeng Ge had handed over another letter of resignation.

Chen Tingjian shook his head when he saw the words he could memorize.

Now there are four elders in the Inner Pavilion. Except for him and Pavilion Elder Lu who are still working hard, there are two remaining. The 75-year-old Yin Ge is really old, and he can enter the palace two or three times a monthIt's all too much.The other is Elder Zeng Ge, who is sixty-one years old and originally in good health, but in the past two years, he was afraid of him. He was afraid of getting sick, and begged the emperor to let him go back to his hometown to retire.

Chen Tingjian really didn't like Mr. Zeng Ge, because Mr. Zeng Ge was on the same boat with his predecessor, Chief-of-Staff Gao Ge, who had left Beijing, and he had opposed him in the court.But now Inner Pavilion Chen Tingjian has the final say, as long as Mr. Zeng Ge supports his reforms, or if he does not support but does not make trouble, Chen Tingjian does not have to deal with Mr. Zeng Ge.

Now Mr. Zeng Ge puts on an appearance of worrying about being persecuted by him every day, and he is simply treating the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

He handed the booklet to Emperor Yuanyou and Empress Dowager Qi.

Emperor Yuanyou didn't take it seriously, old man Zeng could leave as long as he wanted, since it's useless to keep it anyway.

Empress Dowager Qi knew that things were not that simple, and Zeng Ge's departure from Beijing would only make other ministers who opposed the reform criticize Chen Tingjian for being intolerant.

"Old Zeng Ge was a minister of the first emperor's dynasty. Now that he is ill, elder Ge can go and visit with the emperor on my behalf. Tell him to recuperate in peace and not worry too much."

Putting down the notes, Empress Dowager Qi said to Chen Tingjian.

Chen Tingjian nodded: "I also have that intention."

The visit was supposed to be a visit, but after being on duty, Chen Tingjian stayed in the Inner Pavilion for an extra three quarters of an hour before leaving the palace with his entourage.

Just after leaving the imperial city, Chen Tingjian saw a family steward standing beside the carriage, looking eager to see through.

Chen Tingjian: "But something happened at home?"

The steward said worriedly: "It's Eldest Young Lady. She was playing in the garden just now, and she accidentally twisted her foot and cried in pain. At that time, only the long princess was by her side, and the long princess blamed herself very much for this."

Chen Tingjian asked in surprise, "What did the doctor say?"

The steward: "I don't know. When Madam called me over, the doctor hadn't arrived yet."

Chen Tingjian got into the car immediately and ordered the driver to drive home as soon as possible.

Whether it is the granddaughter's foot injury or the self-blame of the long princess, they are more important than Mr. Zeng Ge's illness. Chen Tingjian has even suspected that Mr. Zeng Ge's illness is faking, so it doesn't matter if he visits him tomorrow.

Chen family.

At this time, the masters of each house gathered in Guanhe Hall Wan Yi's room, watching the doctor who had just been invited gently lift Wan Yi's ankle.

Wan Yi didn't cry, but bit her lips tightly, with a look of enduring pain, with two unshed tears in her eyes.

Yu Xiu was so distressed, but she knew that the long princess was blaming herself, so she didn't dare to show it.

Holding the veil in his hand, Hua Yang sat beside Wan Yi's bed, looking at Langzhong with self-blame and concern.

This doctor is Mr. Wang from Deyuantang. In order to prevent his father from jumping into an ice hole and pretending to be sick, Hua Yang really had a nightmare after leaving the palace. Chen Jingzong was worried about her and didn't want to disturb the whole family, so he oncePretending to have twisted his foot, he asked Mr. Wang to run for a while.

Mr. Wang pinched Wan Yi's slender ankle, and he wondered in his heart, are the Chen family members so delicate? It's obviously nothing serious, but they have to be surprised?

Look at Wan Yi's pear-blossoming little face, and look at the long princess who cares but is chaotic. Mr. Wang is not good at showing it, so he said some words of comfort, and then prescribed a plaster for Wan Yi to treat bruises.

Chen Bozong personally sent the old man out.

Wan Yi quietly exchanged glances with her fourth aunt.

The fourth aunt said that the fourth uncle wanted to go out for a walk tonight, but the fourth aunt felt that the crowds on the street were not interesting, and she didn't want to disappoint the fourth uncle by pouring cold water on the fourth uncle, so she asked her to pretend to be injured to cover up.

The fourth aunt is so kind to her, of course Wan Yi is willing to help. As for the fourth uncle, let's spend the holidays at home with the fourth aunt honestly.

For the sake of acting, Wan Yi even applied pepper water on her sleeves!

When there were not enough tears, she gently rubbed her eyes.

When Chen Tingjian came over in a hurry, he saw his eldest granddaughter's eye circles were red from crying, so how could he be suspicious?

He cared about the eldest granddaughter first, and then persuaded the long princess daughter-in-law not to blame herself.

Hua Yang responded, looking at Wan Yi still full of remorse.

When night fell, Wan Yi suddenly announced that her feet were no longer hurting, and happily ran to Si Yitang to invite her fourth aunt to accompany them to the garden to beg for cleverness.

Of course Hua Yang gave his niece face and took Chen Jingzong with him.

Not only their husband and wife, Chen Bozong Yu Xiu, Chen Xiaozong Luo Yuyan, even Chen Tingjian and Mrs. Sun also came, watching the children fiddling with needlework and laughing happily at the Milky Way in the sky.

It was rare for Chen Tingjian to calm down and enjoy this kind of family happiness. Sitting on the rattan chair at this time, his long beard fluttering in the wind could not hide his smile.

Seeing that her father-in-law is in a good mood, Hua Yang is also in a good mood.

In the previous life, father-in-law was very unlucky. He went to visit Zeng Ge's old mansion in the evening of Qixi Festival. On that night, Zeng Ge's old man's condition worsened and he died.

The imperial physicians went to see him, and it was true that Mr. Zeng Ge had his own fate and passed away due to illness.

But when the father-in-law died, when the new Chief-of-Staff wrote the seven deadly crimes against the father-in-law, the fourth of the seven crimes was to accuse the father-in-law of eliminating dissidents!

My father-in-law has served as Chief-of-Staff for many years. He demoted and punished corrupt and mediocre officials. He also demoted and punished some officials who refused to cooperate in order to implement reforms. However, the number of these local officials was not enough, so Mr. Zeng Ge was elected.After she came out, she became a big sufferer for her father-in-law to "deliberately piss him off" by eliminating his dissidents!

Hua Yang can't interfere with her father's appointment of officials, and she doesn't know which officials her father has demoted and punished. The only thing she can do for this crime is to prevent her father from visiting Mr. Zeng Ge.

The plan was successful, and Hua Yang looked satisfied.

Suddenly, someone coughed lightly in her ear.

Hua Yang tilted his head, and met Chen Jingzong's big black face, his eyes clearly said - "You refused to accompany me for the festival, but stared at the old man and smiled, what do you mean?"

Hua Yang: ...

In fact, she can completely ignore Chen Jingzong's blind eating vinegar, but who makes her feel good?

This night, although the bright moon was only half round, Hua Yang let Chen Jingzong carry her to the window, and accompany him arty.