The Imperial Palace was restricted, other than being opened during morning court, no one was allowed to enter during the rest of the time without being summoned. For those officials who had left court, if they had matters to attend to, they would go to the Political Hall to deal with it. Those who did not have matters to attend to, as long as they left the Imperial Palace, they could forget about returning on the same day. Even the princes were not an exception, wanting to visit their Imperial Concubine Mothers in the Imperial Harem was a delusion.
These matters, Xuan Tianyi had already heard a little about them on the way back to the capital, but he did not believe it! Based on his understanding of Emperor Tianwu, this was something impossible. With Emperor Tianwu's personality, he hoped that his sons would enter the Imperial Palace to visit him every day. Although there were good and bad sons, each with their own ulterior motives, as a parent, he still hoped to enjoy himself to the fullest. He was most happy to see a scene of many children and grandchildren. Therefore, Xuan Tianyi did not take the reports from the servants regarding the Imperial Palace seriously, riding his horse straight to Deyang Gate.
However, the Imperial Palace's gates that were tightly shut in the day stopped him from entering the Imperial Palace.
Xuan Tianyi frowned as he looked at the large gates in front of him. Sitting on his horse, he listened to the Imperial Guard below reporting to him: "The time for morning court has passed, the restriction of the Imperial Palace has begun, if Your Highness the Fourth Prince wishes to enter the Imperial Palace, please enter during morning court tomorrow."
He lowered his head to look at those Imperial Guards, unfamiliar faces, with arrogance on their faces, they were even more arrogant than him, a prince. After saying that, another Imperial Guard added: "Your Highness the Fourth Prince, please go back!"
He was filled with anger and really wanted to copy Xuan Tian Ming's whip and whip them to death. Unfortunately, he did not have Xuan Tianming's confidence in the end. He did not have it in the past, and it was even more impossible now. He was still a prince, but he no longer had the throne, in addition to his dark history of participating in Old Third's attempt to force the abdication, his status in the capital had plummeted over the years, if not for his magnanimity, he would not have been able to continue living.
But in the end, there were still some questions that he felt uncomfortable holding in his heart, he asked the two Imperial Guards: "Why is there a restriction of the Imperial Palace? Who gave this order? "
One of them replied, "Replying to the Fourth Prince, the order to ban the palace was given by the Emperor. As for why the palace is banned, please forgive this subordinate for not daring to question the Emperor's will."
"Imperial decree?" Xuan Tian Yi snorted coldly, "I'm afraid that it's not the Imperial decree. It's your master's intention, right?"
The Imperial Guard replied fluently, "Our subordinates are guarding the Imperial Palace. The Emperor is our master. This is naturally the Emperor's will."
"Hmph!" Xuan Tian Yi had no intention of speaking any further with these servants. Swinging his horsewhip, he left through the snow, "Forget it, I will come again tomorrow."
Seeing Xuan Tianyi's horse run far away, the two Imperial Guards looked at each other and saw the contempt in each other's eyes. One of them said, "You're just a crippled prince, what are you trying to show off here?"
Another person chimed in, "That's right. Does he think that we've forgotten about his rebellion?"
Xuan Tianyi's horse ran further and further away, only stopping when it reached the entrance of the Ping Palace. The worry that he had felt on the way back to the capital finally reached its peak at this moment. His instincts told him that there was going to be a change in the Imperial Palace, and this change would continue until it was irreversible. He suddenly felt a bit of regret for returning to the capital. If he knew earlier, he would have kept Xiang Rong in Ji An Prefecture no matter what. Living happily over there was better than being swept up in this storm. That girl was Feng Yu Heng's younger sister, and Feng Yu Heng was now married to Old Ninth. He felt that this matter would affect a large group of people sooner or later. Even Xiang Rong would not be able to escape.
"If there's really no other way, I'll just persuade that girl to go back tomorrow!" Xuan Tianyi muttered. At the same time, he said in a self-deprecating manner: "A prince who has been stripped of his position, what else can I do in the capital? Morning court? I don't even have a chance to attend morning court. "
In the Imperial Palace Yu, Xuan Tianming had not returned yet. Xiang Rong was talking about the matters in Ji 'an Prefecture. She told Feng Yu Heng: "Ever since His Highness the Sixth Prince left, Prefect Qian has taken care of the major matters over there. As for the minor matters, Mother and I have taken care of them. Now, Ji 'an Prefecture is developing very well. It's more like it than Yu Zhou and Hai Zhou. Prefect Qian also said that after being an official for so many years, he could not compare to the few short months that Princess Ji' an lived here. He said that he had never seen such good governance in Ji 'an Prefecture in his life, especially those public horse carriages. It made it very convenient for people to travel between the counties. And because the price was reasonable, many people who did not have the money to hire horse carriages in the past but wanted to visit relatives and friends could now come out from time to time for a walk. "
Xiang Rong was very excited as she spoke, from the public horse carriages to the governance in Ji 'an Prefecture, she even talked about the school opened by the Sixth Prince, as well as the Hundred Herb Hall and the jade mine there. Every place was thriving and developing. In the end, she concluded and said: "In the past, I had always lived in the capital and felt that the outside was all barbarian land. No matter what, it could not compare to the prosperity of the capital. But after that, Ji 'an Prefecture was created. Now, I feel that compared to the capital, Ji' an Prefecture is the best place in our Dashun. Now, everyone's hearts are in the same place and their efforts are in the same place. Everyone hopes that the prefecture can develop even better. Second Sister, when can you go back? Everyone misses you very much. "
Hearing Xiang Rong talk about Ji 'an Prefecture, Feng Yu Heng's heart was also filled with excitement. It could be said that developing Ji 'an Prefecture was an experiment that she carried out in the Dashun Dynasty based on the social structure of the modern era. The success of Ji 'an Prefecture allowed her to see hope. When that kind of governance method was promoted further one day, it would truly benefit the people. But, would such a day really come? Thinking about the current political situation, she could not help but feel worried.
At this time, Lady Zhou's voice was heard from outside the door: "Princess, this old servant has something to report."
Wang Chuan quickly went to open the door, and Feng Yu Heng quickly followed up: "I said long ago that Madam does not need to refer to herself as an old servant in the manor. His Ninth Highness and I have never treated you as a servant."
Lady Zhou went forward with a smile and saluted, saying at the same time: "That is the Masters' concern, this old servant must know what is good for her." As she spoke, she saluted towards Xiang Rong and said: "Greetings to Third Young Miss."
Xiang Rong quickly stood up and returned the salute, saying in a flattered tone: "Lady Zhou is a first rank noble lady, Xiang Rong is just a commoner's daughter. This salute from Zhou is too much for Xiang Rong."
Lady Zhou looked at Xiang Rong and said with a smile: "Third Young Miss has really grown up. This old servant remembers that when I went to Feng manor to deliver the betrothal gifts, the first time I saw Third Young Miss, you were still a timid little girl hiding behind her family."
Xiang Rong's face turned red, and she also thought of her own state at that time. She could not help but smile bitterly, "That's right, why was I so timid at that time?" These words caused everyone to laugh.
Lady Zhou then said to Feng Yu Heng: "His Highness sent someone to pass along a message, saying that he went directly to the Chun Palace after coming out of the palace. He also said that he would invite Princess to go over there in the afternoon and accompany Consort Yun for dinner." After saying this, she handed over an invitation and said: "This is an invitation sent by the palace. It was sent for the banquet on the first day of the new year. Not only did they invite Princess, they also invited Third Young Miss. "
"Invited me?" Xiang Rong was extremely shocked, "How could I be invited? Now that the Feng family is gone, I am just a commoner's daughter. Why would they invite me? Also, I only just returned to the capital today! How did the palace know that I returned? "
Feng Yu Heng received the invitation and did not feel that it was too strange, only saying: "See, we can't even avoid it. Every time there is a palace banquet, some sort of incident will occur. This time, who knows what sort of trouble will occur. As for you returning to the capital, I fear that before you even enter the city gates, they will already know about it. "As she spoke, she looked at Xiang Rong:" Because you are my younger sister. Do you understand? "
Xiang Rong nodded. Her mind was currently working quite well. With just one sentence from Feng Yu Heng, she was able to understand what was going on. Because of Feng Yu Heng's special position, even her younger sister would be paid attention to. In fact, during this palace banquet, who knew if something unexpected would happen to her. But Xiang Rong was not afraid. Being able to fight side by side with her second sister was something that she had always hoped for. She told Feng Yu Heng: "Since they invited me, I will go. I will accompany second sister and see what sort of trouble they will cause."
"Good." Feng Yu Heng was very satisfied with Xiang Rong's attitude, "That's more like my younger sister, Feng Yu Heng. Let me tell you, no matter what happens, don't be afraid. We'll deal with whatever comes our way. Those troublemakers can't do anything to me. " After saying this, she rubbed Xiang Rong's head, warming her heart as if she was protecting a child, "Come with me to Chun Palace later. We can pay a visit to Consort Yun."
Hearing that they were going to Chun Palace, Xiang Rong who finally became strong withered again. Her two small hands subconsciously pinched the corners of her clothes, causing a smile to appear on Lady Zhou's face when she saw this. She thought that this Feng family's Third Miss was still a child in the end and could not hide her thoughts. It was just that she did not know what kind of result would be exchanged for her feelings towards His Highness the Seventh Prince.
Feng Yu Heng brought Xiang Rong to Chun Palace, using the excuse of paying a visit to Consort Yun. When Xiang Rong returned from Ji 'an Prefecture, she brought along a number of embroidery that she had personally embroidered. She originally wanted to give it to some of her sisters after returning to the capital, including Xuan Tiange, Feng Tianyu and Ren Xifeng. But on the way back, she heard that Ren Xifeng had gone to Ji 'an Prefecture to visit Bai Fu Rong. The two of them did not walk on the same path and missed each other, saving a gift. Today, she could give it to Consort Yun. Although the gift was light, she knew that Consort Yun had everything. Anything she gave would be unnecessary. It was just a token of her sincerity. Luckily, this embroidery was unique and had not appeared in the capital before.
The two of them arrived at Imperial Palace Yu but heard that Xuan Tianming had just left and went to the Ministry of Justice to discuss some matters with Xu Jingyuan. Before he left, he even instructed Feng Yu Heng to wait for him at Chun Palace and that he would return for dinner.
Feng Yu Heng did not mind. She was a frequent visitor to Chun Palace. In addition, Consort Yun was living here now. As a daughter-in-law, coming to visit her mother-in-law was even more justified. It was just that Xiang Rong was a little uneasy when she saw Consort Yun. After giving her a greeting gift, she hid behind Feng Yu Heng and instantly returned to how she was a few years ago.
Feng Yu Heng smiled bitterly and said to Consort Yun: "Daughter-in-law's Third Sister is nervous when she sees Imperial Concubine Mother!"
Consort Yun said disapprovingly: "Why is she nervous when she sees me? I don't eat people. This is not the imperial palace. It's just a meeting between family members. There are no rules. Third Girl, have a seat too! " She left the palace and did not refer to herself as This One. That wild nature of hers was revealed again. She gestured for Xiang Rong to sit while looking at the embroidery. As she looked, she clicked her tongue in wonder: "It's really good stuff! Not only is the embroidery work good, I have never seen this embroidered pattern before. This … … what exactly is this thing? "
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