Chapter 113

It's getting colder and colder. In a twinkling of an eye, the leaves of the Forbidden City turn yellow. Autumn wind blowing, falling trees Xiaoxiao, in the background of the red wall is particularly sparse.

Another month, the first snow fell in the capital. Red walls and white tiles make the palace quiet and solemn.

Cheng Yujin also put on her fur collar clothes. The light was getting dim. She stared at the small characters for a long time and felt dizzy. She put down the book, rested her eyes and asked, "what time is it?"

"It's time to go back to the crown princess."

"It's time." Cheng Yujin turned to look out of the window and said to herself, "it's time for your highness to come back."

Forsythia came in to light the lamp. Hearing this, she said, "now your highness is valued, and the people who come back are getting later and later. Fortunately, the crown princess is taking care of her. Otherwise, your highness will be tired and thin after such hard work? "

Cheng Yujin gave her a cool glance: "if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute."

Du Ruo was waiting beside him. When he heard this, he burst out laughing. Forsythia is not afraid of the failure of flattery. She makes a face at Du Ruo, and then comes up to talk and laugh like nobody else: "princess, you've read the gift book all afternoon. It's dark. It's bad for your eyes to stare at things. You might as well put it down and loosen your muscles and bones."

But Cheng Yujin shook her head and said, "there's not much left. There's another arrangement tomorrow. It's all settled today."

Forsythia know not to move, also no longer talkative. She quickly picked up things and quickly put things together. She said, "slaves know that Kwai Fei is very helpful. She has a broken tongue. There is a reason why the princess will listen. You can't be funny. Now, who doesn't know that the crown princess is extremely virtuous and capable. Inside and outside the palace, no one can say anything bad about you. I've heard that people outside the palace regard you as the standard to teach their daughters. "

Du Ruo heard here and said softly, "the crown princess is a model lady in Beijing before she comes out. Now she is praised by the ladies. What's so strange about that?"

"That's not the same." Forsythia said in a quick voice, "in the past, high-ranking wives used to regard the crown princess as their daughter-in-law standard, but now, it's the standard of their daughters. How can it be the same? "

When the two maids joined together to amuse her, Cheng Yujin could not help but smile, and the boredom of the afternoon was swept away: "OK, one can speak better than the other. Parrots can't compare with you. Stop it. "

Although these two servant girls are willing to make Cheng Yujin happy, they are right in saying one thing, that is, since this period of time, the crown prince and the Crown Princess of the East Palace have a very good reputation. When the outer court and the inner court mention it, everyone should say "benevolence of the East Palace".

Cheng Yujin and Li Chengjing are people who come out on the way. They have no achievements, no name and no hope. Li Chengjing is better than Cheng Yujin. He returned to the throne half a year earlier, but it is still too shallow to replace the second prince's ten years of momentum only by half a year.

Fortunately, both of them are extremely restrained and rational, and both of them are good-looking. When they go there, they will be the image of the prince and his concubine. Because the foundation is not stable, they are not suitable to make too much publicity, but every time Donggong shows up, it is very effective.

At first, people thought that they were pretending to do it, and they took a wait-and-see attitude. However, since their marriage for half a year, their behavior has never been improper. The couple's strong alliance between the two immortals swept the social circle of Beijing. Slowly, both the former dynasty and the later palace accepted the setting of the perfect couple, and the reputation of the eastern palace was growing.

After Cheng Yujin's surprise at the Mid Autumn Festival banquet, empress Yang was on guard and never gave Cheng Yujin a chance to be a director. Cheng Yujin also doesn't care. It's not the responsibility of the crown princess to govern the harem. She's light and relaxed. Why fight with empress Yang?

However, during this period of time, Li Chengjing's progress in Chaozhong was much smoother than Cheng Yujin's. Li Chengjing was "found back" for a year. During this year, there was nothing wrong with his assistant politics. He didn't ask for credit, but when the emperor asked him, he was able to put forward some crucial opinions. Although it is not convenient for the cabinet to make a statement, most of the cabinet elders, except Yang Shoufu, are satisfied when they mention the crown prince.

During his half year in the Ministry of industry, all the projects were in good order, and the old files that had been squeezed for many years were sorted out. The Minister of the Ministry of industry praised the crown prince most and praised him in private.

Since people don't believe it, they will prove it a little bit. Donggong never strives for merit, but they can do well whatever is handed over to Donggong.

Li Chengjing can be said to be the ideal prince of all people. As the eldest son, he is gentle, elegant and noble. He is also a kind-hearted prince. He is open-minded and does not have his own opinions. At the same time, he was clean, not greedy for money, not lustful, had a dignified and virtuous princess, and the emperor's father was kind and filial, and the second prince's brother and sister were respectful. His reputation is right, his morality is impeccable, and the most important thing is the emperor's support.

Such a prince is impeccable. The court officials changed their positions unconsciously.

At the beginning, the emperor spared no public opinion and did not set up another crown prince for 14 years. When the crown prince came back, he directly took him to listen to the government. Actually, it was quite obvious who the emperor was facing.

That's what matters. It is the origin of the troubles of many dynasties that the monarch and his officials avoid each other and fight for the throne. Now the emperor and the prince get along well, which is a good thing that many officials can't expect. It's true that the Yang family is powerful, but in this world, it's Li after all.To be more blunt, how long can empress dowager Yang live, but how long can the prince live? Not to mention that the crown prince has the support of the emperor, it is not obvious who he should turn to.

The courtiers had an idea in their hearts, but Li Chengjing, the prince, was almost perfect, but there was something wrong.

Under his knees, he has no children yet.

After all, the crown prince is the crown prince. For the sake of national stability, the emperor should set up a successor early, that is, the crown prince. Similarly, the crown prince should prepare for the continuation of the next imperial power.

Only half a year ago, all kinds of people asked Cheng Yujin if she was pregnant. Both Cheng Yujin and Li Chengjing must be under more pressure. What's more, it's not a couple's private affair. Whether the prince has a son or not can be discussed in the morning as a major event of the imperial court.

Giving birth to children is really all-round without dead ends. Now Cheng Yujin has a headache as soon as she hears these words. She would like to, but pregnancy is not something she can arrange.

Cheng Yujin thinks that the new year will be in another month. At that time, there will be banquets one after another in the capital. Many long-lived women will gather together, and she will be born again.

It's a headache just to think about it.

Cheng Yujin doesn't think about these worrying things. She has finished reading the gift list. She puts the pen away and arranges the gift list one by one. In the middle, you can hear the palace people singing outside. When Cheng Yujin got up, Li Chengjing had already come in.

"Your Highness."

Li Chengjing raised her hand and motioned her to get up. He was covered with a heavy cloak, with snow grains on it. It was snowy all the way. Cheng Yujin comes forward, pats the snow on Li Chengjing's shoulder, unties the tie, takes off his cloak for him, turns around and gives it to the palace maid behind him.

Li Chengjing unties his heavy body. He holds Cheng Yujin's hand and takes her to walk in: "there is a leak at the door. Your clothes are thin. Don't stand at the air outlet."

Li chenglijing along the other side of the road, she tried to walk with a hand like this

"Well." Li Chengjing nodded, "I met the Minister of war outside the Qianqing palace, so I said two more words."

Cheng Yujin realized that she was the Minister of the Ministry of war. At this time, the maid of honor has changed into hot tea. Cheng Yujin and Li Chengjing are sitting on the bed of rosewood carved lotus. Cheng Yujin takes an orange and peels it while asking, "is your highness worried?"

Li Chengjing sighs. Sure enough, Cheng Yujin knows him best. After he came in, he just mentioned it, and Cheng Yujin guessed it.

Li Chengjing said: "I'm thinking about the DPRK and China. I've been absent for too long. It's not enough to have the support of the Ministry of industry. "

This, of course, is far from enough. Among the six departments, the Ministry of official was the most expensive, followed by the Ministry of household and the Ministry of war, and the Ministry of work was the lowest, which was regarded as the place of promotion and demotion by civil servants. It is true that Li Chengjing has accumulated a reputation in the Ministry of industry, but for the whole court, he still has no say.

Under Yang Fucheng's control of the cabinet, Li Chengjing can't become a fat man at once. He has to start with six departments first, and then slowly win over the support of other cabinet elders. However, in the six departments, the official department is Yang Fucheng's headquarters, and the household department is also firmly controlled by the Yang family. The Ministry of rites is not very important, and the Ministry of punishment is empty. Li Chengjing's best and only entry point is in the Ministry of war.

However, he is the prince, this identity is dependent on, but also shackles. As the crown prince, although he can take part in politics, he also has many concerns in his actions. For example, it is taboo to form a clique for personal gain, such as recruiting troops and horses.

Therefore, it is very difficult to make friends with people from the Ministry of war.

Cheng Yujin put down the orange peel and carefully picked the white orange on it. She said gently, "Your Highness, you might as well change your angle and follow it roundly."

"What do you say?"

"It's not convenient to make friends with ministers. It's always OK to make friends with their wives."

Li Chengmei said, "you are..."

"That's right." Cheng Yujin peeled an orange to her satisfaction, handed it to Li Chengjing, and said, "although Yichun Marquis's mansion has not been very prosperous these years, at first, it was granted Marquis with military merit. Nobility is different from Qingliu. Qingliu was elected by imperial examination, but princes made their fortune by military achievements. In recent years, Yang Shoufu vigorously promoted his own people and elevated his old reputation. There have long been complaints among many government officials. I'm the daughter of nobility. I'm not from a scholarly family. That's a statement in itself. "

Yang Fucheng was a minister of literature. He made his fortune by relying on empress dowager Yang and occupied the first and second place. He also cultivated his students for many years. Of course, he echoed in civil servants, but he was not involved in military power at all.

The literati who came from the imperial examination were afraid of him, but the soldiers who marched and fought were not.

And the family of nobility is the hereditary military service from generation to generation. Of course, up to now, there are not many xungui who still follow the way of their ancestors and have a good experience in the army, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the appeal of the old xungui is still strong in the army, such as the Jingyong Marquis's house and the Caiguo Mansion.

Cheng Yujin out of selfishness, reluctantly linked to Yichun marquis.

Huo Changyuan and Zhai Yanlin are still in charge of the army. Not to mention the sons of other princes active in the army. Cheng Yujin was born in xungui's background, which is a natural advantage. One is the Yang family, who has always stressed culture and suppressed martial arts, and the other is the daughter of the Cheng family, whose ancestors had a close relationship. It is self-evident who xungui are close to.The powerful generals have a lot to do with the military department, which can be used as a breakthrough to break the deadlock. Li Chengjing wants to make friends with people in the army. Don't those xungui want to contribute to the dragon? It's just that it's not convenient for each other to come out because they can't form a party for personal gain. However, it was not convenient for Cheng and his wife to get married.

Not to mention, she is the first lady of Hou Fu in Yichun, and her social circle is already among the nobility.

Li Chengjing was a little transparent. He looked at Cheng Yujin and was very surprised: "the words of the princess awakened the dreamer. It seems that I will rely on the princess in the future."

"Don't give me a high hat, I don't believe you didn't think of it." Cheng Yujin held out her hand for a long time. Seeing that Li Chengjing didn't answer, she wondered, "don't you eat oranges?"

Li Chengjing is still sitting on the ground: "send Buddha to the west, is that the sincerity of the crown princess to feed people?"

Cheng Yujin didn't bother to pay attention to him. She put it on the plate, whether she liked it or not.

Li Chengjing sighed and picked it up as if he had accepted his life: "you really don't talk about any interest."

"I've always been like this. Did the prince know it today?"