Chapter 9 Entering Beijing

Zong Zhenglin hurried back to Shengjing, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. He felt that as long as he left Qingzhou, where he was embarrassed, he would soon be able to act meticulously and calmly. And I will never feel uncomfortable because of that guilt again. Those strange emotions will never disturb his purity again.

The facts were just as he had imagined, and in the next few days, Zong Zhenglin really calmed down and acted in a calm manner. Therefore, the sixth prince, Zong Zhenglin, was even more strict with himself, thinking that it was his own unrighteous thoughts that caused the absurdity, and his mood was shaken. Therefore, when Zong Zhenglin has free time on weekdays, he has a little more preference for calligraphy and painting that help self-cultivation.

Concubine Shu's mood is completely different from that of His Highness the Sixth Highness. Compared to Zong Zhenglin's calmness and comfort, Concubine Shu was extremely anxious. After my youngest son returned to Beijing, after listening to Tian Fushan's report, his temper seemed to be a little weaker, what should I do? So Concubine Shu put all her energy into blowing pillow wind in Emperor Yuan Cheng's ear.

This time Concubine Shu begged softly, but Emperor Yuan Cheng took it to heart. People secretly investigated the situation in the backyards of the princes, but it was not only Zong Zhenglin who found something wrong!

The eldest prince, Zong Zhengchun, neglected his concubine, and doted on a concubine from a businessman, and the pepper house had been the only favorite for three months. The prince is even more of an asshole! He actually feeds a young man! The four princes and their husbands live in harmony, but their offspring are weak, and they only have one son and one daughter. The fifth prince, Zong Zhengming, already had two sons and a daughter, but he also pampered the concubine in the backyard too much, and even indulged a mere concubine over the two side concubines who had entered the imperial clan. How decent is this matter! Since the sixth prince is not yet married, there are no ones in the back house who don't understand the rules. On the contrary, the inner house was so cold that it almost became a family temple!

Emperor Cheng of the Yuan Dynasty was busy with political affairs all day long, and when he was free, he was accompanied by beautiful women, and rarely asked about the affairs of the prince's inner house. Looking at it now, I was so angry that I immediately threw the teacup. After pacing in the imperial study for a while, he directly delivered an imperial decree to the states.

The next day, everyone was announced to enter the imperial study, reprimanded, and strictly ordered to manage their back houses and raise their children carefully. Very tough attitude. He left the prince in particular, and got very angry.

As a result, Zong Zhenglin's face will not look good when he returns to the prince's residence.

Forced by Emperor Yuan Cheng's will, Zong Zhenglin summoned the Kong family and the Wu family to speak for the first time. When the two came to get the edict, they only looked at them in silence for a moment, and ordered coldly: From today on, abide by your duty, be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't provoke right and wrong. After saying that, he walked away.

Kong Shi and Wu Shi were admonished by His Royal Highness for no reason, and after carefully thinking about the meaning of the words, they couldn't figure it out at all.

Tian Fushan was dumbfounded when he listened to His Highness's admonition to the two women.

When Zong Zhenglin got the decree from Emperor Yuan Cheng, he didn't think much about it, and automatically focused on managing the back house. He just listened to the words about paying attention to the heirs and raising them well.

Emperor Yuan Cheng was extremely helpless when he heard the reprimand from the secret guard to the concubine after the sixth prince returned.

This son is really too disciplined. This is contrary to his original intention. Do you want to announce him in again, pointing at his nose, Your old man told you to sleep with a woman? Emperor Yuan Cheng still couldn't bear this face!

But fortunately, the order of drafting girls has been issued to all states, and the general election is coming soon. When the time comes, it will be useful to choose some of the six emperors who have outstanding character, appearance and family background. He also blamed Concubine Shu for being suspicious of others, and picked two crooked melons and dates for her son, and she was extremely disgusted with those two concubines.

The next day, Zong Zhenglin was slightly startled when he first heard the order to advance the draft. When I paid my respects to Concubine Shu, and heard that Emperor Yuan Cheng would personally point out some virtuous and outstanding women to enter the back house, I felt a little more impatient.

It's a pity that the emperor's order cannot be disobeyed, and Concubine Shu is eagerly looking forward to it. Zong Zhenglin only wanted to keep his mouth shut a few more times, and the house was idle, after all, he didn't disobey Concubine Shu's wishes for these little things, and responded with a deep voice.

In March of the eleventh year of Zhang He, Mu Xiyao bid farewell to Mrs. Mu and the Yu family, and bid farewell to Mu Xicheng. She led her concubine sister Mu Xiting and boarded the carriage to Shengjing.

After traveling on the road for more than a month, they arrived in Shengjing. Instruct Zhao Qing to drive directly to Mu Xiyao's ancestral home, and tell Huilan Molan to be ready to greet everyone later.

Mu Xiyao's grandfather, before becoming an official, worshiped as the third-rank Taichang Temple Minister. Grandmother passed away at an early age. The two uncles also work in Shengjing. The eldest uncle is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple of the fourth rank, and the second uncle is the counselor of the General Administration Department of the fifth rank. The two cousins ​​are still studying abroad, preparing for next year's Spring Festival. There is only one cousin who has not left the cabinet, only eight months older than Mu Xiyao. She is also a show girl in the same period, and will enter the palace together to participate in the election later.

Mu Xiyao took Mu Xiting to visit her grandfather's family, and then ordered Mo Lan to give her a gift and present the Qingzhou specialties prepared by the Yu family. The whole family rejoiced and had dinner in an amicable manner. They just rested for a while, talked for a while, and then went back to their residences. Only half a month before the primary election, the Mu sisters temporarily lived in the same courtyard, saving a lot of trouble. Next door is cousin Mu Xiyao's single courtyard.

In the next few days, the three cousins ​​Mu Xiyao became acquainted and often talked and drank tea together.

A few days later, an unexpected letter made Mu Xiyao very happy. It turned out that Fifth Yuying found out that she had come to Shengjing, so she invited her to the flower viewing party the next day. This flower viewing party is very famous, and now it is the end of spring and early summer, which is a good time for viewing flowers. Xi Yao agreed immediately. Knowing that the fifth dynasty has become the sixth prince Zong Zhenglin's staff, Mu Xiyao is in a very good mood, and feels that her thoughts are not in vain.

On that day, Fifth Yuying and her maid arrived at the agreed gazebo early on. When Mu Xiyao's soft sedan arrived, she saw her stretching her neck and looking around, so she smiled slightly. He also ordered Zhao Qing to lead a group of guards and go to the teahouse to wait.

After making introductions for everyone, Mu Xiyao laughed and joked that Fifth Yuying was more and more beautiful. The four talked and laughed, and it was quite lively. There are a lot of flowers in the garden, and there are many rare and famous products. The vivid flowers of various colors are very gratifying to look at. At this time, it was just in time for Xiu Nu to enter Beijing, and along the way, he met several groups of young women, all in twos and threes, whispering. Just in response to that sentence, people are more delicate than flowers.

Having had a good time, and saying goodbye to Fifth Yuying, Mu Xiyao proposed to drop by the fragrance shop to buy incense. So the three cousins ​​walked together in a sedan chair.

For incense, Mu Xiyao herself has no preference. I bought Tingzhi only to cover up the body fragrance given by the elixir when I was outside. After all, for men, there are some wonderful things that can only be enjoyed privately in the boudoir. To share with others, but it is absolutely difficult to agree. Therefore, when it comes to these details, Mu Xiyao has always been careful, and has long thought of a way to deal with it.

After about one stick of incense, I arrived at the entrance of the fragrance hall. Mu Xiyao stepped out of Xiaojiao, and when she looked up, she saw that the Shengjing Perfumery Hall had four connected facades, which was more impressive than the Qingzhou Branch Hall. There are people coming and going in the museum, all young women shuttle among them, so lively. The door is also greeted and sent, and the business is very prosperous. The store also deliberately set up a spacious shed seat at the back of the store, for female customers to bring the guards to rest or suspend the frame soft sedan, which is very thoughtful.

All the girls went in by themselves, each picked out the incense, and was sent out of the gate by the shopkeeper. They only waited for the soft sedan chair to come over, picked up the people and set off to return home.

Suddenly there was the neighing of galloping horses and the cry of the crowd from the other side of the street. Mu Xiyao's sense of thinking is sharper than that of ordinary people, so she immediately turned her head and saw a crazy horse rushing out from the corner of the street, galloping towards the female customers outside the perfume shop.

Mu Xiting and her maid stood at the front and bore the brunt.

Xiting! Mu Xiyao exclaimed.

Mu Xiting was already stunned, her legs and feet were so frightened that her legs went limp. The maid beside her also turned pale and didn't respond at all. Mu Xiyao didn't care about other things, she ran two steps quickly, holding one hand in each hand, and fled quickly into the hall while dragging her. While running, he beckoned the surrounding female relatives to enter the door to escape.

As soon as they stepped into the shop, Mu Xiting and the two fell to the ground, gasping for breath, so frightened that they couldn't get up. At this time, Cousin Mu Xiyao's exclamation sounded outside. It turned out that the frightened crowd on the street scattered and fled in all directions, and a stampede happened. Cousin Xi Yao was pushed to the ground, with someone on top of her. It seems that he can't get up.

Seeing that the crazy horse was getting closer, Mu Xiyao let go of Mu Xiting's master and servant, and rushed out of the shop again, but was blocked by the rush of people, which delayed her time. He only had time to push away the maid who was pressing on his cousin, but saw the frightened horse getting closer, and there was no time to escape safely. He was very anxious, but he saw Zhao Qing avoiding the flow of people from the backyard, rushing into the street, and running towards him.

Mu Xiyao reluctantly supported her cousin, turned her head and shouted: Zhao Qing, step forward and kill the horse!

Zhao Qing got the order, directly pulled out his saber, rushed out, and slashed at the galloping horse's leg with all his strength. Another arrow shot from behind and hit the horse's head. The startled horse crashed down. The splattered blood was shocking, infecting the hem of Mu Xiyao's skirt.

Seeing that the danger was over, Mu Xiyao didn't have time to relax, but found that her cousin was so frightened that she passed out. Hurriedly, he lifted her up and leaned against him.

At this time, Mo Lan Huilan, who was scattered by people, came back crying, and only reprimanded: Miss, how can you leave us and rush out to save people! But she was so shocked that she didn't even care about her dignity.

Mu Xiyao calmed down the anxiety of the two orchids, and asked them to quickly help their cousin into the sedan chair. Then I went back to find Mu Xiting and her party, and it took another gentle comfort to coax them into going out.

The street outside also gradually calmed down. Around the place where Crazy Horse fell to the ground, there was a strong smell of blood, and no one dared to approach it.

Mu Xiyao was anxious about her cousin's situation, so she led her away in a hurry. Just tell Zhao Qing that he must find the owner of the arrow, thank you very much. I hope that person can be considerate, since she and her party are all women, and the incident happened suddenly, so don't worry about the family's rudeness. He also said that he would come to the door to thank him in the future.

Only then did he take the people to rush home.

After returning to the house, he was quite busy, and when everything was over, when he went to bed, the moon was already in the sky. Mu Xiyao was so tired that she fell asleep directly.

But he said that the owner of the arrow, the fifth prince Zong Zhengming, reviewed the Crazy Horse incident in the evening, and went to the Ministry of Households to deal with the aftermath. When I returned to the Prince's Mansion at night, I finally had some free time, and then I remembered that woman, it was truly amazing.

Judging by her age and dress, she might be the show girl of this year. It is a pity that I am far away today, I can't see it clearly, and I don't know what such a courageous woman will look like. I also thought that the woman said she would come to the door to thank her, wouldn't it be just right? This is exactly what Zong Zhengming wanted. I just don't know, how long is this future?