Tranquility

In the early morning, the capital, Princess Kangle's mansion.

Inside the window lattice carved with curly grass patterns, a delicate and charming rose leans in a hollowed-out carved plum vase with white glaze. The diorama mounted on the dressing table next to it reflects a beautiful, noble temperament and gorgeous clothes. middle-aged woman.

"Be more solemn today, I'm going to see the new gentleman, don't bully my good grandson." Princess Kangle was in a very good mood, with a bit of brisk tone in her majesty, she immediately It is the owner who got the hairpin seven years ago.

"Look at what you said, Xiao Shizi has only been in school for one year, and he has changed four teachers. Now who in the capital doesn't know how much you love Xiao Shizi, who else dares to bully him?" Tian Xiang spent a lot of time with the eldest princess. After a long time, she was no longer an ordinary maid, so she naturally lost some scruples when speaking.

"Hmph, for a child without father's love, I will naturally love it more." Princess Kang Le didn't know what to think of, and she became a little unhappy again.

"His Royal Highness has been busy in the past two years, and has not cared about the young prince. Thinking about the poor health when the young prince was born, His Royal Highness was not less anxious, and kept guarding day and night. It can be seen that His Royal Highness is also sincere. Love the little prince." Tian Xiang quickly comforted him.

"What has he been busy with recently? He hasn't been home for several years, and he is still in Cangping County? Mr. Zhan didn't even know. He came back last year with great difficulty, and he only cared about getting rid of those pets. I heard that he started to be a good girl. color?"

"The letter from Weihai said that he has been staying in Cangping County. A few days ago, there was an auspicious sign of a white tortoise. It turned out that the white tortoise landed in Mr. Cheng's house. His Royal Highness should be escorting Mr. Cheng. On the way to Beijing." Tian Xiang hurriedly shared the news he received last night.

"Is he really interested in that kid from the Tang family?" Princess Kang Le stopped holding the earring.

"It should be. I heard that Mr. Tang's appearance and demeanor are exactly the same as Mr. Wan's. Who wouldn't like it." Tian Xiang was also thoughtful.

Princess Kang Le didn't answer, slowly put down the earrings, and said to herself: "According to Cheng Dingru's temperament, he shouldn't have come to the capital for this matter, is it because of his status as an official slave?"

Speaking of this, she suddenly sneered and said: "Who came up with such a bad idea? It must be my incompetent son-in-law. His thoughts are all in crooked ways. Fortunately, he can figure it out. Is it true that the emperor agreed to everything after offering a turtle?" ?”

"According to the online report from Weihai, His Royal Highness has checked everything up and down, including the Qin Tianjian, the Ministry of Rites, and the escort officials."

Princess Kang Le shook her head, chuckled a few times, and said, "It's still too tender, let me help."

In an ordinary three-entry house at the root of the imperial city of the capital.

Shi Dinghong, the head of the Kangle Princess Mansion, has been waiting in the main hall for two hours, but he is still blowing the tea powder leisurely. As the chief housekeeper of the Tangtang Princess Mansion, the princess's confidant, how can he not have this patience, let alone him waiting These people are the emperor's confidantes.

Finally, the candlelight in the main hall illuminated a Qingjuan figure walking out of the night, and that person's face was gradually revealed as he approached.I saw that he had a white face and no beard, although his appearance was ordinary, his eyes were dark and deep, his temperament was elegant, like a young son of an aristocratic family.

Seeing that person approaching, Ding Hong immediately stood up and saluted, "Eunuch Yu."

Yu Yan helped him up with a smile, "Your Majesty Ding, you don't need to be polite. Unfortunately, our family was caught up in something, and we didn't have time to go out of the palace until now, so we have kept you waiting for a long time. Your Majesty Ding came to the humble house. It is His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess." What order?"

Ding Hong took out an exquisite sandalwood box from his sleeve, "To be honest, I came here to ask my father-in-law for help on a private matter."

That's what they said, but both of them knew well that the eldest princess had something to ask for.Ordinarily, with the status of the eldest princess, if you want to find an eunuch to do something, you don't have to be so condescending, but the person in front of you is different, firstly, he is the emperor's confidant, and secondly, he is rare among eunuchs with good academic performance He is indeed worthy of respect, especially when most eunuchs are illiterate.

When Jing Le was imprisoned in Concubine Rong's bedroom, no one could find her. Only an old eunuch who was sweeping up and down accidentally bumped into the maid who delivered food, found Jing Le's whereabouts. It was a critical moment, Concubine Rong was afraid Ye Chang had many dreams, and ordered the maid to kill Jing Le, but the old eunuch broke the news. Since the matter was secret and killing a ten-year-old child who was dying was effortless, Concubine Rong only ordered a confidant maid to do it, and the old eunuch The eunuch broke in through the window, attacked the maid, rescued Jing Le, and took her back to Concubine Shu's palace secretly.

Concubine Shu was overjoyed when she saw her son. Since the harem was controlled by the noble concubine, she had to quietly order someone to go to the court to inform the cabinet. But at that time, all the cabinet members were discussing secretly, and the little eunuch couldn't touch the elders in the cabinet. When it came to Gaopu, there was a follow-up.

As a result, the old eunuch became Emperor Jing Le's first confidant. At his most critical moment, the old eunuch beat to death the terrible maid who tortured him every day, and then took him away from the land of nightmares. The impression of that moment It has already been engraved in Jing Le's heart, how could he not hold an important weight in Emperor Jing Le's heart, this weight is even more important than Concubine Shu.

And Yu Yan entered the palace when Emperor Jing Le took office at the age of 16. At that time, he was only eight years old. As soon as Fu entered the palace, the old eunuch took a fancy to him and took him by his side to teach him.It can be said that Emperor Jing Le watched Yu Yan grow up, so after the death of the old eunuch, Yu Yan became the emperor's number one confidant.

There was Gao Pu on the outside, and Yu Yan on the inside. Both of them had extremely important positions in front of the emperor. There were many people who fawned on them, and even more people begged them to do things.

When Gao Pu encounters this kind of thing, he often refuses everyone who comes. He needs to accept gifts for fawning, and even more for doing things.

Yu Yan is not the case. He is cautious and kind-hearted, and he does not easily help others. It is not easy to ask him for help. This is one of the reasons why Ding Hong is willing to wait until now.

However, Yu Yan is worthy of being Yu Yan. Even if the eldest princess begged, he would not back down. He pushed the box back and said, "I don't know if I can help Mr. Ding. How can I accept the gift? Mr. Ding still wants to accept the gift." Tell me what you want first?"

Ding Hong pushed the box forward again, and said, "I wonder if Eunuch Yu remembers the appearance of the tortoise a few days ago?"

"Remember, there is such a thing. His Majesty ordered the turtle to enter the palace. This meeting should be on the way."

"Then Eunuch Yu remembers Jingle's four-year official fraud case?"

Yu Yan's hand that was pushing the box trembled imperceptibly, he quickly calmed down, and said calmly: "I remember, how could I not remember, that year was the year when our family entered the palace, how could Mr. Ding Mention this?"

"Hey, it's hateful that the head of the Xu family committed the crime back then, but the women and children of the Xu family who were implicated by it were also pitiful. They were all punished as official slaves, and even infants were not spared." Ding Hong leaned closer again as he said. Some, "Eunuch Yu knows that the person who presented the tortoise was the eldest son of the Cheng family, with a noble status, but now he lives in the market and can only be a rural teacher. Why do you think?"

"Why?" Yu Yan was fascinated by what he heard, and moved forward.

Seeing Yu Yan taking the bait, Ding Hong was secretly complacent, and quickly told the story of the year and the recent case.

It caused Yu Yan to regret when he heard Mrs. Cheng's death, lament when he heard sister Cheng's death, and even more resentful when he heard that the court could not get justice because of his status as an official slave. He was more involved than Ding Hong, the explainer.

Ding Hong didn't think too much about it. Yu Yan was kind and he planned to win his sympathy. Seeing that the timing was just right, he took the opportunity and said, "Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road. God opened his eyes and let the turtle come down." His family's house gave him the opportunity to get this credit, but, after all, this Cheng Dingru was once a son of a family, and he was wild and unruly, so he might not put down his pride and ask His Majesty for a reward..."

Yu Yan came back to his senses, wiped the corners of his eyes, and pushed the box back: "I've taken over this matter, and I will definitely make peace with it. I must persuade His Majesty to pardon the female family members of the Xu family. It's just that I did this out of my heart. This gift is unnecessary."

"Grandpa Yu did it out of his heart, and the next official is out of sympathy. If Eunuch Yu doesn't accept this gift, where will he put the next official?" Ding Hong hurriedly made up a nonsense and politely went back, and suddenly he lowered his head again and put He said in a soft voice: "The tortoise came from the sky after all, so it's not good to show it to people often. If it is polluted by the world after a few years..."

Yu Yan nodded knowingly, "Master Ding, don't worry, our family will handle this matter thoroughly." Speaking of this, Yu Yan knew that if he didn't accept the gift, Ding Hong wouldn't be at ease, so he didn't refuse any more and accepted it. A gift, a see-off.

In the 27th year of Jingle, on April [-]th, Daji, Emperor Jingle met the tortoise in the imperial garden. He saw the tortoise's skin was like white jade, and his body was glowing with rays of light. It was renamed Bixia Pond and given to the turtle to live.

Later, the emperor wanted to reward the person who presented the turtle, but he refused to accept it, and the emperor praised his sincerity.

After Mr. Cheng retired, Emperor Jing Le was still full of praise for him, so he wanted to reward him for his magnanimity and strength, but gold, silver and treasures are not wanted by others, and he can't give them away, and fame and fortune are not rare , not to mention that he just likes the temperament of other people who are floating in the world.

Seeing that the timing was just right, Yu Yan went forward and reported the life of Mr. Cheng that he had found out to the emperor as a matter of routine. Before offering the tortoise, the emperor thought that the person offering the tortoise was a countryman and didn't care, but now it's different , he has a good impression of Mr. Cheng, so he naturally listened with great interest.

After Emperor Jing Le listened to it, Yu Yan carefully brought up the topic of pardon.That case was handled by Yu Ying back then, and Emperor Jing Le was always willing to disrupt everything that Yu Ying did. Besides, it has been more than 20 years, and there are probably not many female relatives who are still alive, so it doesn't matter if they are pardoned.

Sure enough, Emperor Jing Le gave a decree to pardon the female family members of the Xu family after a little thought.

The next day, Mr. Cheng accepted the order and was very grateful in front of Emperor Jing Le. As we all know, Emperor Jing Le is very masculine. Although Mr. Cheng is old and his appearance and figure are not his type, he likes Mr. Cheng's character and is loved by him. Thanks to Mr. Cheng, it is still very useful in my heart, and at the same time, I am more satisfied with Yu Yan.

In addition to thanking the emperor, before leaving Beijing, Mr. Cheng also quietly went to Princess Chang’s mansion to thank Princess Kangle: At the beginning, he only received a letter from the princess telling him not to make any demands.

"You don't have to thank me, and I don't want Wan'er's grandson to be an official slave." Princess Kangle looked at the only bright light in the dark room, and sighed in her heart that things were right and wrong. In the blink of an eye, after more than 20 years, the people they knew were gone. Only the two of them, who were not very familiar with each other at the beginning, were left speechless.

"Although the eldest princess said so, Zi'an is my disciple and my son-in-law, and the incident happened because of me. If I hadn't married my daughter to him, why would he suffer so much? I still want to thank Your Highness for your help. " Cheng Dingru bowed, straightened up and continued: "The princess should know about the current situation. In less than three years, it will be time for Zi An to go to Beijing for the exam. At that time, I will have to trouble the princess to take care of her. Thank you so much.” Saying this, he bowed again.

"It seems that Zian is really important to you. If it was 20 years ago, you would definitely not bow down to me. Although I have never met Tang Zian, I will protect him to the end as long as he is Wan'er's son."

Mr. Cheng felt relieved when he heard the eldest princess's promise. Anyway, the two of them had nothing to say, as if they were saying goodbye. Suddenly, he remembered something again and asked: "Min Zhijiu has not been involved in the court for a long time, and some things are not clear. The princess knows your majesty. Why do you want to behead Yu Ge, with His Majesty's temperament, no matter how much he hates Yu Ge, he will at most let Yu Ge dismiss from office and return to his hometown, and he will definitely not behead him."

Princess Kangle's calm face suddenly showed extreme contempt and disgust. Even under the dim light, Mr. Cheng who was opposite could see clearly, "It's not that Gao Pu who actually killed the 16-year-old in order to eradicate Yu Ying. Dedicated to the emperor's eldest grandson as a pamper..." At this point, she couldn't continue.

And Mr. Cheng couldn't listen, he was so shocked that he didn't know how to speak, Gao Pu was also a serious literati with an imperial examination background, how could he do such a thing without a lower limit, he was the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson was the whole family How could he give it away as soon as he said it, or give it to the emperor as a male favorite. Gao Pu is no longer a sycophant, and all the sycophants are flattering him. He has abandoned the bottom line of being a man and has completely become a slave to power.

"This, this, how can it be...that's his own grandson..." Mr. Cheng couldn't stand still, feeling that there was darkness in front of him. He could do this to his own eldest grandson. Wouldn't it be more cruel to Tang Ning? If such people dominate, the country is in danger.

"Hey, I'm so pitiful for that child, who was in the same class as Zi'an, and was admitted to Juren at the age of 15. Compared with Zi'an, he was not much better than Zi'an. Just like this, his grandfather ruined his bright future. Heir to a good family, he turned into what he is today. "

"This, this is impossible. Didn't Yushi impeach him for doing this? There is also the father and mother of the child. This is not a matter of one person. Besides, since the child is so talented, it is not a problem to be admitted to Jinshi. In the future The help to the family is even greater, how much influence an excellent heir has on the family, can he not know? That child is not dead, even if he is favored, he must hate his own family first, right? "

"Hmph, Gao's family is a mess. It's so easy to have a promising descendant, and they ruined it. This matter has not been spread yet. The harem and the previous court are taboo against each other. Gao Pu colluded with the imperial concubine again. If I didn't have some influence in the palace, I'm afraid I wouldn't know the truth. Bah, I might as well not know. In their hearts, how can a child's future be compared to bringing down the elders of the three dynasties and becoming a prince? The chief minister of the cabinet? A group of beasts grabbed the child's biological mother to coerce him and make him obey orders."

Mr. Cheng felt something stuck in his chest, he couldn't spit it out or swallow it, he was so uncomfortable, he grabbed the teacup, took a sip, and said: "The noble concubine and Gao Pu are allied, and Zi'an is the noble concubine's nephew. I wonder if Gao Pu will let him go because of this?"

"Crack!" Princess Kang Le jumped at the table, "They are not good things. If it weren't for Zi'an's appearance, I couldn't hide it. I wouldn't let them recognize each other. Lin Qingyu is not a good thing either. Maybe Zi'an just arrived in the capital in the morning. They sold it off."

"Fengyu is not that kind of person. With him around, the noble concubine will be fine." Mr. Cheng was somewhat skeptical. Although he was disgusted with Gao Pu, for Tangning's sake, he still managed to persuade himself not to fight against them. Shameless people are invincible. .

Princess Kang Le took a deep breath, and was about to start scolding, but she swallowed the words again, she sat back on the chair in frustration, waved her hands, and the two broke up unhappy.

A few days later, Mr. Cheng returned home and told Tangning about the incident. At that time, Tangning was suffering from tortoise nausea. When she first applied it, she didn't feel it. After she calmed down, she felt sick until now. But now, he The tortoise's nausea can be cured without medicine, which shows that fighting poison with poison is very effective.

The author has something to say: one or two o'clock, I caught bugs again, if there are any more, please forgive me

[-]. Yu Yan did not call himself "our family" in a passage because he would be emotional.

[-]. Princess Kangle didn't call herself my own palace in front of Mr. Cheng. I set it up, after all, she is an old friend.

[-]. The emperor came to power in the autumn of the fourth year of Jingle, and the imperial examinations were held in the spring, so Mr. Yu Ge presided over them. In fact, I didn’t count the intervals of the imperial examinations. Let’s just watch.

39. Princess Kangle is only a few months older than the emperor.The emperor is 31 years old, and Yu Yan is [-] years old. Eunuchs always look younger.