Chapter 51 Chapter 50 Crazy, greedy, foolish and angry

Chenji Palace.

Since Emperor Yonghe entrusted the political affairs to King Duan and Princess Jiarou, there will soon be another King Rong. He only needs to check and balance behind the scenes and rely on the supervision of Xuan Yusi to control the court. It is more than ten times more leisurely than before when he worked conscientiously in court.

So he became obsessed with the way to immortality. Although he was not obsessed with elixirs like the previous emperors, he often summoned monks to the palace to discuss the art of health preservation.

While Wei Huaien was waiting for the announcement outside the hall, monk Budu came out of the hall and made a gesture to Wei Huaien to invite him in:

"Your Majesty sends you in."

"Huh, demon monk."

Wei Huai'en hated these people very much. Although she was keen on power, she did not appreciate these people confusing the king of the country.

"Amitabha. What His Highness said is true."

Budu heard her slander in a low voice, so he just clasped his hands and recited a Buddhist verse, as if it was a normal sentence, and walked in front to lead her in.

Emperor Yonghe was sitting on a futon. After Wei Huai'en saluted and greeted him, he asked softly:

"Is your body feeling better?"

"Well, it's rare that I can rest for such a long time. My body is better than before."

Wei Huai'en pulled a futon over and sat cross-legged beside Emperor Yonghe. She knew that what he loved most now was a loving father and a filial daughter.

"My father asked me to come here. You should be relieved to see it with your own eyes, right?"

Emperor Yonghe squeezed her shoulder:

"It's true that your complexion has improved a lot. The imperial doctor should reward you."

After a somewhat sincere conversation, Emperor Yonghe revealed the true purpose of sending her to the palace this time.

"I heard from your imperial brother that you saved Xing'er that time. Is it because he owed you a favor?"

Wei Huaien had been waiting for him to mention this matter for a long time, and his expression showed just the right amount of disdain and ridicule.

"What's wrong with a child? Even if it's a child who is neither a relative nor an acquaintance, my sons and ministers will save me, but I can't afford the favor of my eldest brother."

"What words."

As expected, Emperor Yonghe's face darkened, and Wei Huaien knelt stubbornly in front of him, holding his neck and saying nothing.

But it was another test and game. Emperor Yonghe asked Wei Huaien not to show any signs of favoring anyone, and Wei Huaien also answered with Wei Huaide's previous enmity.

Even if this would make Emperor Yonghe feel that Wei Huai'en was still dissatisfied with him for letting Prince Duan go, it would also make Emperor Yonghe believe that there was no possibility of her and Prince Duan joining forces.

What Emperor Yonghe wanted was her disregard for family ties, but he also thought she was too vengeful and suspected that she blamed his father, the emperor, for the concessions and sacrifices she had to make as an emperor.

This is why he retreated behind the scenes and wanted to repair his relationship with his children.

Although he is an emperor, he is also a human being, and he also yearns for the happiness of ordinary people's family.

But he also knew that personal relationships were corrosive to imperial power, and he had to treat his children as opposing pawns in order to stabilize the overall situation.

It was this contradictory mentality that allowed him to allow Wei Huai'en to enter the court as a woman.

It seems that he acquiesces to his eldest daughter and supports her male favorite after getting married, and it seems that giving power to a younger daughter who should not have interfered with the previous court can prove that he is a loving father who loves his children very much and treats everyone equally.

Wei Huaien clearly saw his hypocrisy, so she knew how to deal with his temptation.

After the silence, Emperor Yonghe mentioned something else:

"Next month, let's go to Mingzhou."

"Mingzhou?"

Wei Huai'en raised his head pretending to be puzzled, letting Emperor Yonghe see the confusion in his eyes:

"Why does the father want his son to go to Mingzhou?"

"The banditry in Mingzhou continues, and it's time to completely solve it. Only when you go can I rest assured."

Ah, that's it. Wei Huai'en understood that Emperor Yonghe was sure that the "unkindness" in her words was not enough. She had to do something substantial to offend King Duan and let him suffer the loss. Only then could the so-called kindness be evened out.

rest assured.

Asking her to clean up the bandits in Mingzhou was a slap in the face of King Duan. First, Marquis Dingyuan colluded with the Mingzhou Prefecture, and then sent her enemy to Mingzhou, which made it clear that he did not trust King Duan.

Wei Huaien fell to the ground and received the order: "My son, I obey the order."

"Go ahead. Whatever you need, let Le Wuyou help you. Be careful on the road and go back early."

"yes."

Emperor Yonghe closed his eyes again, Budu came over and extended his hand to Wei Huai'en to help her get up, but Wei Huai'en did not appreciate it and lifted up the complicated skirt of the palace dress and stood up on his own.

Budu watched her back leave the Chenji Palace, until the beautiful red figure melted outside the palace wall, and she was everywhere like a red wall and gold tiles.

"Little monk, what is your name?"

"Not crossing? Which one is not crossing? The spring breeze is not crossing or the light boat is not crossing?"

"Who am I? I won't tell you. Anyway, you have to play with me, otherwise I will bully you like them."

"I don't know when I will come to Huang'en Temple next time, but as long as I come, I will play with you, pull the hook."

She clearly liked him before, but now why does she hate even looking at him?

Amitabha, Amitabha.

Even before going to court, it would not take an hour for the news from the palace walls to reach all the palaces in the capital.

Princess Jiarou wanted to take the Xuanyu Division's men to Mingzhou to recruit local soldiers to suppress the bandits, and the grain and grass supplies in the northwest and north that she had been handling were also handed over to Prince Duan.

The two parties had a draw at the beginning of the 43rd year of Yonghe. This winter, the capital city had snowed several times, and the white disasters in Fucheng in the north were also in urgent need of rescue. Beizhai was even more difficult. If preparations were not made early,

There is no guarantee that the border will not be disturbed.

King Duan's errand was important, but it was like walking on thin ice. Although Jiarou was transferred out of the capital, she stepped on King Duan's base camp, Mingzhou.

Emperor Yonghe's arrangements have always been so balanced. In addition, Prince Rong's period of confinement is about to end, and a new force is ready to move.

Some courtiers were running around in the snow privately, while others were watching from the sidelines. In any case, everyone felt that the future was about to change, but no one could tell where to place their bets.

After Wei Huai'en returned home, he closed the door and thanked guests on the pretext of preparing to leave. He just waited for the sun to shine in the past few days and the snow on the road to melt before setting off.

Except for Shangguan Luming, who came to visit once, the others only needed Shui Jing to deliver letters, or use secret messages to issue instructions. No one knew what Wei Huaien was thinking, because she locked herself in the dormitory all day long

, no one is allowed to enter.

The atmosphere in the princess's mansion was gloomy. Only the free guards from the outer courtyard were practicing vigorously on the school grounds every day, looking forward to making some achievements during their trip to Mingzhou. The inner courtyard was filled with gloom and mist, and even the liveliest Qiong'er couldn't muster the energy to talk to her sisters.

It's a joke.

Eunuch Le was easy to talk to and gave Xiao Qi the task of accompanying him, but Xiao Qi still didn't have the courage to talk to Wei Huai'en.

There is no other reason. Wei Huai'en is very good when she gets better. Even the most ordinary palace people miss her. But after all, she has been accustomed to being arrogant and proud in the palace walls since she was a child. If someone really arises,

He was so angry that even a corner of his clothes showed boredom.

Dongqing went to Xiao Qi for a few more drinks, and finally one time Xiao Qi went out and drank the whole bottle. Under the instigation of the brothers, he knocked on Wei Huaien's door alone with a face full of alcohol.

But after just two knocks, he lost all his energy, and even became a little worried, fearing that he would make her unhappy even more.

After calculating the time, maybe she had already rested? There seemed to be no sound in the palace, so he had the intention of running away.

"Who did I think it was? It turned out to be you."

He turned around, and the palace door behind him was opened. It turned out that he had drunk too much and his senses were numb, so he couldn't hear the footsteps of her bare feet.

Wei Huaien's expression was calm and she looked very tired. Her eyes were a little green and black. It seemed that no one had dared to persuade her in the past few days.

Xiao Qi did not salute for the first time, but squeezed into the hall and closed the door, fearing that she would blow the wind and cause the cold to break out again.

"I have something to say to you..."

Wei Huaien just raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, while Xiao Qi slumped and hesitated for a long time without saying anything. He couldn't remember a word of the witticisms that Dongqing's dog-headed military advisors made up.

Whenever he saw her, he couldn't help but think of what happened that night, which made him clench his fists in embarrassment.

Wei Huaien lost his patience and turned around and walked towards the desk:

"If you can't speak, get out of here."

In fact, Wei Huai'en was just too tired so he forgot to use "this palace", but Xiao Qi caught her choice of words keenly.

Such close "you and me" gave him courage again. Not only did he not go out, he also took off his cloak and followed Wei Huaien to the desk, where he diligently helped her grind ink.

It is difficult for a shameless person to get angry with a shameless person. Xiao Qi's behavior of following the stick made Wei Huai'en speechless.

However, he had been left out in the cold, alienated and alienated, and he had been told to let him out. This person just refused to leave, and Wei Huai'en didn't bother to chase him away anymore, and simply treated him as if he didn't exist.

but……

"you've been drinking?"

Wei Huaien wrinkled his nose when he smelled the smell of alcohol on him.

Xiao Qi quickly took a few steps back and knelt down to apologize:

"Yes, slave, get out right now."
To be continued...