Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

Chapter 112 Weiyi Wang Shunzi Enters the Capital Pan Chiqing Treats His Brother to Host a Fish Feast

In the spring of February again, the snow is replaced by misty rain, the apricot blossoms are replaced by fragrant plums, and the palace walls are red bricks and green tiles. People who only enjoy the scenery are not the same as before.

"My lord, the old prince is less than thirty miles away from Beijing."

Liji stood beside the palace wall with a pot of daylilies in his arms, admiring the pink apricot tree, but he didn't respond.

"Master, there are already thirty thousand troops gathered near the capital. The vanguard hussar battalion is only ten miles away from the old prince, and the army is also tightening up here in the capital. Do you think you want to beat them?" The attendant stepped forward. whisper back.

"Your vanguard has also gone to pick it up. Let the father and king march for twenty miles. The rest of the ministries also have imperial edicts. Don't dare to act rashly. What's there to panic about?"

Liji withdrew his expression, tightened the cloud-digging goose-yellow cloak on his body, and walked outside the imperial garden.

"Returning to the master, the various ministries in the capital are restless and have sent people to stare at the old prince. Because of the large number of people, they are so covetous."

"Their main force is only allowed to camp thirty miles away, and the vanguard is only allowed to camp twenty miles away. The number of people cannot exceed five thousand. No matter who dares to move forward an inch, the capital will naturally have the means to punish him."

As Liji was talking, he somehow made a detour and came here.Seeing half of early cherry blossoms protruding from the palace wall in the distance, he slowed down his steps. Yonghe Palace, he has never stepped into this palace, and every time he looks from a distance, he only passes by in a hurry.

"Let Aunt Shuchou enter the palace to listen to the empress's training."

"Yes."

Li Ji went to Panchi Terrace to change his court clothes, and then went to Zichen Hall to meet him.Bi Xin had already changed into a shining dragon robe, and seeing Li Ji came to bow down, he only said: "Let's go."

As soon as the king of Weiyi entered the city gate, the suspension bridge outside was raised, all the gates around the city were sealed, and the doors and windows of every house were tightly closed. During the daytime, there was no one except the patrolling guards.The emperor personally greeted the King of Weiyi inside the Meridian Gate. Zhan Shi, the aide of the King of Weiyi, and dozens of his followers all stopped outside the Meridian Gate, and none of the emperor's servants could get out of the Meridian Gate.

Liji personally went out of the Meridian Gate to greet his father and elder brother with a big salute. The King of Weiyi was not overjoyed, he just looked at Liji with an intriguing expression, and slightly raised his hand for him to follow.

When the emperor met the king of Weiyi, the monarch and his ministers were very respectful and polite. They met each other kindly and chatted freely, and finally entered the palace hand in hand.

"Jin Fan, you should take your father and king to have a rest, and then walk around the palace. The boat is exhausting, so don't rush to talk about other things at once." Bi Xin shook Li Ji, tightened his hand, and said with a smile.

"Sir, take orders."

"Emperor, this old minister's son is thoughtful and very sensible. He is always reassuring. With him around, the old minister and His Majesty will naturally have a good talk." The King of Weiyi patted Liji on the shoulder and said.

"The son is preparing a residence for the father, and now I will take you there to rest."

Bi Xin pulled Li Ji and said with a smile: "Jin Fan is filial, I am very relieved of you, go quickly, I am waiting for your return."

The king of Weiyi saluted briefly, then watched the emperor's guard of honor go to Zichen Hall.Liji asked the king of Weiyi and his two elder brothers to go in another direction with a big gift.

"Liji, where are you taking father and king?" Second Master Yi asked first.

Liji glanced at the somewhat cold faces of the two elder brothers, then returned to the king of Weiyi and said, "Go back to the father, the son has prepared a fasting palace for the father to rest."

"Oh, what a grand occasion, are you afraid that the emperor is not jealous enough of the Yi family?" the uncle of the Yi family asked urgently.

"Liji didn't dare, it's just that those in the palace who are worthy of the status of father and king are only in this palace."

King Weiyi's expression became a little playful again, and he said with his hands behind his back: "The Zhai Palace has always been only inhabited by the emperor when offering sacrifices. According to your opinion, the father also has this status?"

"My son can arrange for you to live here, it is due to the etiquette, you can rest at ease." Li Ji replied sincerely.

"Liji, you seem to have the winning ticket." The second master of the Yi family smiled, and he waved his sleeves again: "That's right, now that the world is in power, life and death of the world are in your hands alone. Whoever you want to sit on the throne, you can do it." Let someone sit."

"Second brother, Liji would not dare." Liji saluted.

"Second brother, he would not dare to have his father around, and his father will decide what to say." Uncle Yi also said.

"Okay, have my brothers started to be jealous too? As my father usually teaches, you need to know how to be respectful to brothers and sisters, and you must pay attention to the dignity of the concubine. You talk too much."

"My sons respectfully obey the instruction." The three saluted.

It didn't take long to arrive at the gate of the fasting palace. The magnificent building was the place where the emperor bathed and fasted, comparable to a small palace.

"The son will not go in. If the father has something to do, he will tell him." Liji said, and he turned to his brothers and said, "You two brothers, let's rest at Panchi Terrace with my brother. I still have a lot to say to my brothers." explain."

The two elder brothers of the Yi family hesitated for a moment, and the king of Weiyi said: "You just go, brothers should talk about their feelings, our family's rules are no different than others, and it is better to respect this bloodline."

The three are called yes.

"Just because the father and the emperor still have a lot of important things to discuss, I'm afraid the night will be full of dreams, Li Ji, you should arrange it earlier." Wei Yi Wang said.

"My son understands that after dinner, it's time to gather all the ministers to discuss matters in the Qing Palace, and the gentlemen in the mansion will also be arranged to enter the palace at that time."

King Weiyi nodded, stood at the gate of the palace for a while, and then said to Li Ji: "It's all over, why don't you ask about being a father?"

"Father makes his own decision, sons don't need to ask."

"If you really think so, fine."

"Father, don't worry, there are all the most trusted soldiers in the fasting palace, you just need to rest in peace."

The king of Weiyi patted Liji on the shoulder again, and said meaningfully: "My good boy, my father trusts you very much, and you will be worthy of great responsibility in the future."

The three of them saluted and watched the King of Weiyi enter the fasting palace.

"Our good younger brother is very capable. He sent us to Beijing without bloodshed." The second master of the Yi family shook his head.

The uncle of the Yi family said to Li Ji: "There is no need to hide between you and my brothers, and your thoughts are not only on being a king who participates in politics. If you want to make progress, you have to help your father. If you want to help outsiders again, Our brothers can't agree either."

"What my elder brother taught is that Li Ji still observes the festival of ministers, and the current situation is for peace talks. If there is a slight change in the palace, news from the school affairs office can still pass through the city wall and fly to the tents of the troops in the capital. Brother I really dare not act rashly."

The second master of the Yi family approached Li Ji, and said, "Why don't you tell me the truth, my father wants to stay in Beijing to assist the government, so my elder brother and I will naturally stay to help. As for you, the affairs of the Chu land are complicated, and we still need a son-in-law like you." It's only right for the young master to take care of you." He smiled disdainfully, put Liji's shoulders on his shoulders and said, "There is our fourth brother waiting for you to go back and take care of him, it's not fair and everyone is happy."

"Hey, second brother, don't say this so categorically, the father still has a decision. If you can let the king of Yu enter the capital, maybe it won't be long before we don't need to go back to Chu." Uncle Yi said to Li Ji again. He said: "Father means that he wants King Yu to come to Beijing to be the ruler of the government. As for that Prince Xuan, it is safer to find him as soon as possible and hold it in our hands."

Li Ji thought it was ridiculous, so he said: "How old is Yu Wang, how can he be the king of discussing politics, he is just a puppet."

"The little emperor has to agree if he doesn't agree. He thinks those soldiers in the capital can scare us off? The dog army is not a vegetarian, without us, who can hold it back?" said the second master of the Yi family.

Uncle Yi's family sneered and said: "The emperor is also ridiculous, that Junjun Qiu'an actually became the concubine of the father, I heard that you are the mediator."

Li Ji said calmly: "Your Majesty only thinks that it should be given to the Yi family. It was originally selected from our brothers. Only the eldest brother and the second brother have regular wives, and the younger brother is not worthy of this noble daughter, so His Majesty pointed it out to the father. "

"Are you laughing at us for being unworthy? I am your elder brother after all, don't be too arrogant." The Yi family uncle heard that this meant that the two of them were concubines, their names were not right, and they were not worthy of such a woman.

"Liji dare not."

Looking at the ceremony, Ji Jin bowed to salute, and the second master of the Yi family said: "It's also fortunate that this woman stayed in our house, and it took a lot of effort to build a bridge with Quan Rong. When you come home, you can hide books and earthen things, which can be regarded as You did something for our family."

Li Ji's body trembled, his teeth chattered uncontrollably, and he felt a chill in the misty rain.

"Brothers, the Panchi Terrace is ahead. Li Ji prepared a table to wash the dust for the two elder brothers. I have been thinking about Chudi for a long time. Brothers must miss fish soup. My younger brother specially prepared it."

The second master of the Yi family shook his hand and said: "The products in the north are barren, how can they compare with the scenery of Chu land? What are the fish here to eat?"

Liji smiled slightly and said, "It's not an ordinary fish. It's a carp that Liji personally caught from the Imperial Lake. Even His Majesty has never tasted it before."

"It's interesting, you should try it out." The Yi family uncle said with a smile.

Liji first went to the Zichen Palace to return to his orders, and then held a banquet to entertain the two elder brothers well.

After dinner, Li Ji went back to the main hall to rest alone, and the two elder brothers were arranged to go to the East and West Wings, but after a while, someone came in to report.

"Back to the master, our second master went to the harem to find the empress, saying that he wanted to find justice for sister Rouyan."

"His mother is the eldest sister of Rouyan's mother. They had some friendship when they were young. His mother left again, thinking that there was also a sister in his heart. Just let him make trouble, but the king ordered Shuchou, and no one can." Breaking the palace rules."

"Master means..." The attendant was still a little puzzled.

Liji personally scraped a tree of agarwood and took some incense to burn. He just turned his back to the man and said, "You don't have to worry about it. The Yonghe Palace will naturally have a decision. Let's all go down."

"Follow the words of the master."

Liji twisted a piece of mica to press down the incense ash before he put the charcoal in, but there were people coming back and forth outside.

"Our second master was beaten by Yonghe Palace."

"What?" Jiang Shenzheng entered from the gate of the hall, and was shocked when he heard these words.

Liji didn't seem to care at all, and continued to burn incense slowly.

"Master, this is a slap in the face of our Yi family, we can't let the Yonghe Palace mess around!" Jiang Shen saluted.

"Who can do it?" Liji asked.

"An aunt."

"If you want to heal your sorrow, then you have obeyed this king's order. The current situation is delicate, whoever dares to make trouble out of nothing will just make himself uncomfortable."

Jiang Shen frowned, feeling weird, and said: "Master, the two masters are not reckless people. The old minister just saw something strange in the east wing, and I always feel something is wrong."

"Perhaps the elder brothers are impetuous when they go to Beijing, so don't talk about it after calling the second elder brother back."

"The old minister understands."