"I went to inquire yesterday. King Jin'an has only come back once in the past few years, and it was on the occasion of the emperor's fiftieth birthday." Aunt Yue lowered her eyebrows and replied, "Three years have passed since that time. "
The Queen Mother held the rosary beads, her eyes slightly dark: "The boss left the imperial city and went to the fiefdom when he was a teenager. He has only come back once in so many years. Has the emperor forgotten him, or does he not want him to come back at all?"
Aunt Yue sighed in a low voice: "Maybe the emperor also wants to protect His Highness."
"Protect?" The Queen Mother smiled coldly, "It seems to Yi Ai that he has completely forgotten his deep love for Concubine Hui back then, and also that the eldest son is Concubine Hui's only son."
Grandma Yue said nothing.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and thought for a moment: "Let's wait until evening. After the Emperor has finished his official duties, send someone to invite the Emperor to come over. Tell him that the Ai family wants him to have dinner together."
"yes."
The sunshine is mild today, a rare sunny day, but the air is still very hot.
Emperor Mu had a rare moment of free time, and was sitting with Prince Rong in the palace to play chess, probably because he wanted to relieve the frustration that had accumulated in his heart for the past few days.
"When will the marriage between Huai Shu and the girl from the Qin family be decided?" Emperor Mu looked up at King Rong opposite him as if he was chatting away at home, "I granted them a marriage, but I didn't set a date for it. To give you enough time to prepare, but don’t delay too long.”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know what I know." Prince Rong nodded respectfully, "There has been a lot of rain these days, and it will be too hot next month. I have already made arrangements with Grand Tutor Qin to arrange their marriage in August. "
Emperor Mu hummed, stared at the chessboard and pondered for a moment, then calmly placed a piece.
"Huai Shu has been going out a lot these days." Prince Rong sighed, feeling quite like a grown-up son in my family. "Before, I only knew how to stay at home and study. I was really worried that he would become a fool when he studied. Recently, Probably because I was given a marriage, and suddenly I felt that I had grown up. Occasionally, when invited by the young master, I would go to some poetry gatherings and flower appreciation banquets... By the way, I was even invited by the eldest princess today."
"The eldest princess?" Emperor Mu was stunned for a moment, and then he finally remembered, "The eldest princess Chun'an?"
King Rong nodded: "Yes."
Emperor Mu was puzzled: "Why did she suddenly invite Huai Shu?"
"Isn't it summer? I heard that the lotus flowers in the eldest princess's mansion are blooming well." Prince Rong looked outside. "It's rare that it's sunny today, so the eldest princess has time to invite some young people to accompany her to enjoy the flowers."
Princess Chun'an is the eldest sister of Emperor Mu and Prince Rong. She is nearly 60 years old. When she was young, she was a wealthy member of the royal family. She was beautiful and talented. She married the most talented number one scholar at that time. Her appearance is a legend. .
Unfortunately, the consort's life was not good and he died young. The two of them did not even leave a child.
After the death of the consort, the late emperor intended to give her another marriage, but Princess Chun'an always disagreed. The late emperor pitied her for being alone and gave her thousands of hectares of fertile land, thousands of taels of gold, her own fiefdom and village.
After Emperor Mu came to the throne, he treated her the same as when the previous emperor was on the throne.
Although the eldest princess Chun'an has not married for many years and has been living alone in the eldest princess' mansion, her life is not bad, and she has never been short of glory and wealth.
It's just that she likes quietness and loves lotus flowers, so she holds a lotus appreciation party every summer, inviting the young men and ladies she likes to go to the eldest princess's mansion to enjoy the flowers. The number of people is usually not large, seven or eight people are enough, and more Noisy.
"I heard that the eldest princess wants to set up a school for girls in the imperial city." King Rong smiled, "At such an old age, she is still as young as she was when she thought about it."
Emperor Mu's eyebrows moved slightly: "Female school?"
"Yes." Prince Rong nodded slowly, "I also heard Huai Shu say this last night. It was probably the eldest princess who revealed this meaning."
"This is a good idea." Emperor Mu pondered for a moment, "Misses from the families of high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing have books to read since childhood, but they always ask their wives to teach them at home. Daughters from ordinary families rarely have the opportunity to study. If the eldest princess supports the establishment of a girls' school, it will be a good thing for some girls."
King Rong was surprised: "The emperor supports?"
"Support it, why don't you support it?" Emperor Mu looked at him strangely, and then asked, "But why did she never mention it when she was young, and now she suddenly has such an idea at such an old age?"
King Rong shook his head: "Who knows, she has always done whatever she wants. Maybe she was reminded by someone?"
"Your Majesty, Prince Rong." Yang Dexi hurriedly walked in from outside the palace, bowed and saluted, his face looked unhappy, "There has just been news from the eldest princess's residence."
As soon as we talked about the eldest princess, news came from the eldest princess's mansion.
King Rong held Heizi's hand for a moment. For some reason, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart: "What's wrong?"
Yang Dexi glanced at Emperor Mu and then looked at Prince Rong: "It is said that the girl from the Xie family fell into the water at the eldest princess's residence and was rescued by the prince."
After the words fell, the chess piece in King Rong's hand fell on the chessboard with a "dong" sound. His expression was stunned: "How could it be?"
"Princess Chun'an sent the nun of the palace into the palace with a sign and asked the old slave to pass the message on her behalf. If the emperor and the prince want to know the cause and effect of the matter, the old slave will call the nun in now."
Emperor Mu raised his hand: "Let her come over."
"yes."
Prince Rong felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. He stood up and was about to kneel down: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. This matter is really ridiculous..."
"You get up first." Emperor Mu frowned slightly, "I will understand the situation first before I speak."
"Yes." King Rong stood aside uneasily, his heart was agitated, and he had no idea that Huai Shu rarely left the house once, so how could he encounter such a thing?
The girl from the Xie family is the queen's niece, and Yunying is still unmarried.
Men and women do not have sex...what should we do?
"Old slave, see you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!" A forty-year-old nanny entered the palace and knelt down. "Old slave, on the order of the eldest princess, came to inform the Emperor and Your Majesty that Miss Xie fell into the water."
Emperor Mu frowned: "Why did Miss Xie fall into the water?"
"When Miss Qin and Miss Xie were enjoying flowers and chatting by the lake, for some unknown reason, Miss Xie suddenly fell into the water. Miss Qin shouted for help in a hurry. The Crown Prince of Prince Rong thought it was Miss Qin who had fallen into the water, so he ran over without thinking, and then jumped Went down to the lake and rescued Miss Xie." Mammy said, "According to Prince Huaishu, he only found out it was Miss Xie after he rescued Miss Xie."
Neither Emperor Mu nor King Rong spoke.
The palace was unusually quiet, and there was an aura of imminent rain.
Emperor Mu slowly messed up the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, and said in an indifferent tone: "In that case, you should go back and see how to deal with this matter."
After that, he stood up and walked out, "I'm going to see the Queen."
