As expected, although Aunt Yun tried her best to maintain a respectful smile on her face, her eyes were extremely complicated after hearing Zhu Sijia's words.
The corners of Yun's mouth twitched: "Yuan Xi definitely doesn't dare to think about the position of Crown Prince, so please don't worry about it, Jieyu."
She thought Zhu Sijia was being arrogant to get her to give up those unrealistic ideas.
After all, Zhu Yuancun is Zhu Sijia's biological brother. Now that she has become a beloved concubine, she naturally has the confidence to support Zhu Yuancun.
Who knows, I wish Scarlett sincerity:
"Aunt Yun, please don't misunderstand me. Why am I being so careless? Yuan Cun has been granted the title of uncle by His Majesty. Maybe he will be promoted to the Jin Dynasty after a few years of meritorious service on the battlefield. By then, the Crown Prince of Yan, It would be against the rules for him to sit on the seat any longer.”
"And I also heard about Yuan Cun's confrontation with his father." Zhu Sijia took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, "It's my fault that I failed to teach him well and made him become such a naughty and unfilial person."
"It's better for Yuan Xi to worry. Although Yuan Xi is young, he is knowledgeable about etiquette and full of economics. This is in line with his father's wish for his heir to be literary. If he hires famous people to teach him carefully, I believe that given time, Yuan Xi will be able to succeed. It’s done.”
Seeing that every word she spoke was sincere, Mrs. Yun smiled and said, "I know Jieyu's thoughts, so I will take my leave first."
Watching Yun's hastily fleeing from behind, I wish Sijia returned to her own courtyard.
Siying is very thoughtful, this Aunt Yun is really weird, so she has to find a way to continue to test her, so as not to have long nights and dreams.
…
The next day, Zhu Sijia wanted to go back to the palace directly, but it was difficult to have time to leave the palace. It didn't matter if she returned to the palace early or later, so she might as well take advantage of today's opportunity to do what she wanted to do.
Zhu Sijia didn't bother to eat the breakfast in Prince Yan's mansion. There were so many things she didn't want to see in the mansion, and there were so many people who didn't want to see her, so why bother asking for trouble at the dinner table?
After thinking about it, I wish Sijia to let the coachman take her to Chongling first.
Zhu Ya was still yawning: "Jieyu, why are you rushing to Chongling Yi this early in the morning?"
Chongling is so far away and the weather is still so cold.
Zhu Sijia: "You still don't know that when you went to Miao territory to discuss business, my unsatisfactory brother had an argument with his father and moved to Chongling in anger. This time I left the palace, I took this opportunity to see where he lived. Well, don't worry me."
The coachman was a dragon guard with strong martial arts skills in disguise, and Zhu Sijia didn't want to be caught out by him.
As early as when Yan Xiu went out to suppress bandits, he expected that with today's relationship between Zhaohua and Zhu Sijia, he would definitely send Zhu Sijia a message from the princess's mansion.
Therefore, he arranged in advance for his confidants to serve as Zhu Sijia's bodyguards during his departure from the palace.
Although it was for her own good, it also restricted what she wanted to do.
The carriage left the west city gate. Although the official road outside the city had been cleaned, the driver still drove leisurely on the road to Lingyi, for fear of an accident if the road slipped.
Every time he passed a Lingyi town, Zhu Ya would point out the window and ask excitedly, "Is this the Chongling town ahead?"
Zhu Sijia shook her head: "It's not here yet."
After walking for almost an hour, we still haven't arrived at Chongling.
Gradually, Zhu Ya lost interest. This time the journey was extremely long. No matter how comfortable the royal carriage was, it could not relieve the suffering of sitting in the carriage. She sighed:
"Chonglingyi is further away than I thought. I heard that Chiayi's uncle's family also lives in Chongling. I can't imagine how early they usually get up to go to court."
Zhu Sijia pointed to a bustling city not far away: "That's Chongling."
Zhu Ya's stomach growled with hunger: "It's finally here!"
The people living in the mausoleum were all rich and noble. As soon as the carriage stopped, some sharp-eyed people recognized it as a palace carriage.
Zhu Sijia did not go straight to Zhu Yuancun's residence. Instead, she got off the carriage in front of a restaurant and took Zhu Ya to satisfy her appetite first.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, he ran into Ren He who had just had a good meal.
While Yan Xiu was out suppressing bandits, he canceled the morning court and temporarily handed over the government affairs to Yan Wei. The ministers only had to send the memorial to the Prince of Xiang's palace.
Yan Wei obviously didn't have as much patience as Yan Xiu, so he ordered the generals to avoid reporting trivial matters.
In the past few days, Ren He could breathe a sigh of relief and wander around every day when he had nothing to do.
Ren He thought he was dazzled and squinted his eyes to look at her again and again. When he saw the falcon-like eyes of the dragon guard following Zhu Sijia, he was shocked: "The humble minister Ren He has seen Zhu Jieyu!"
Zhu Scarlett quickly excused herself and asked him to keep quiet.
Ren He touched his wallet and asked himself to be the host. Zhu Sijia did not refuse.
He walked up to the shopkeeper with his head held high, and eloquently announced the names of the dishes. He then ordered the shopkeeper to open the private room, and personally led Zhu Sijia and his party upstairs.
In the private room, Zhu Sijia took the opportunity to ask Ren He about Chongling City.
Ren He patted his chest: "Please rest assured, Jieyu, Chongling is a geomantic treasure known as Little Xijing. There are some in Chongling in Xijing, and there are also some in Chongling that are not in Xijing. Wei Chen thinks that Uncle Wu Xing lives well. So happy."
He vividly described the layout of Chongling City to Zhu Sijia. After the dinner, he was even willing to personally lead the way to Zhu Yuancun's courtyard.
In the small courtyard.
As Zhu Siying said, the courtyard is not big, and only Zhu Yuancun's personal servant He Er is cleaning the courtyard.
Seeing Zhu Sijia coming, He Er put down the broom in his hand and saluted: "Common people pay homage to Zhu Jieyu."
Zhu Sijia asked him to stand up and gave him a few ingots of silver. After walking around, she frowned slightly: "It's such a cold day, not to mention Earth Dragon. Even if your uncle is out and away from home, you can't even bear to leave the charcoal basin." Do you want to burn one to keep warm?"
He Er is only eighteen years old this year. He has a baby face and looks younger than Zhu Yuancun. His face is red from the cold and he is extremely pitiful.
"What Jieyu doesn't know is that every inch of land in Chongling is worth a lot of money. Most of my uncle's bounty was used to buy this small courtyard. Then he added a lot of things, and now there is not much left."
"Nowadays, it's hard to find a single charcoal in Chongling. Many merchants are raising their prices, and the little ones can only stay away. There are still a few boxes in the warehouse, and the little ones think they can save a little, so they only use it at night."
"It's hard to find a charcoal? How could this be?" Zhu Sijia turned around and asked Zhu Ya, "Where are the three hundred cars of charcoal that came to Beijing earlier? Your Majesty is not here, but I can also make the decision and sell those charcoal fires to the people at normal prices. .”
Zhu Ya slapped her head: "Oh! I almost forgot about this. The three hundred vehicles have been dispatched to the north by Your Majesty for disaster relief. Now... now I can only wait for Your Majesty to return from suppressing the bandits and see if I can How much can you bring back?”
Zhu Sijia gave He Er a lot of money before leaving Chongling.
It was almost evening when we returned to the palace. The sun sets early in winter, so the lanterns on both sides of the street were already lit, and the streets were also crowded with people, making the road back to the palace packed.
"What's going on outside?"
Zhu Ya asked.
The Dragon Guard replied in a low voice: "I heard that Prince Yi's Mansion is making a big fuss."
