Wishful Things

"Is it all my fault! Since I was a child, no matter what I do, you always use those inexplicable reasons to control me. It is extremely difficult for the father to come back from the military camp. You don't allow me to 'disturb' him I was born on my birthday when I was young, and my father didn’t know what I really liked. I didn’t like the birthday gift I gave you, but you wanted me to pretend to like it! Even if I just made some small mistakes that children would make, you still have to scare me I have to cover it up and down, and I dare not let my father know about it!"

"I secretly went to the military camp to find my father, my father never scolded me, but you punished me to kneel in the Buddhist hall for a day and a night without telling my father!"

"You don't allow me to pester the emperor, to act like a baby in front of him, and even less to lose my temper in front of him, not even to cry!"

"I didn't understand it when I was young, but when I got older, I realized that not everyone is like me..."

"You are timid, you look down on yourself, and you don't look like a husband and wife with your husband! You still force me to look down on myself, so that my father and I don't look like father and daughter at all!"

"It was you who forbade me to get close to my father, but now you are blaming me for not knowing how to please my father!"

"Are you really blaming me for what you have today? It's because you are not up to date that you are underestimated! Even the Empress Dowager is quite dissatisfied with you, implying that you are bored in this Yukun Palace all day long." , doesn't look like a queen at all!"

"Father is the first to ascend the throne, and everything is still in a hurry. When everything is settled in the future and a concubine is added to the harem, then there will really be no room for you!"

"You asked for this all by yourself!"

"Don't say that you can't get into the eyes of the emperor, even I don't want to see your face at all!"

"..."

After saying this, Princess Yongjia ran out of Yukun Palace crying.

"She blames me for restraining her everywhere... But others are blaming me for being incapable of teaching girls..." Hai Shi closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were full of bitterness: "What should I do right?"

The nanny sighed beside her, and could only persuade her: "Princess doesn't know your difficulties, the child feels that he has been wronged and will inevitably say some angry words..."

"No." Hai Shi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Nurse, did you hear that just now? She said that even the queen mother thinks I'm not worthy to be a queen..."

"Words often change when they are passed on... The Empress Dowager may not mean that." Mammy comforted her, paused, and said, "But what you did tonight may indeed be a bit inappropriate... "

Hai Shi opened a pair of tearful eyes and looked at her: "Even you think I was wrong? I just want to make amends to that girl Xu and expose this matter so that she will not target Sang'er in the future. I am also thinking about His Majesty and the Crown Prince." , I don’t want to have any more disputes..."

"..." Mammy hesitated to speak.

She didn't know what to say.

But if someone apologized to her like this, without mentioning fear or panic, she would probably vomit to death.

"Over the years, I have been thinking about how to avoid causing trouble for His Majesty... After I came to the capital, I never had a single day of sleep, for fear of losing his face, but no matter what I did It's futile..."

Haishi burst into tears, and laughed at himself: "It's useless to say these things now, he still wants to drive me away."

Mammy was startled.

"Your Majesty, this... His Majesty said it himself?!"

Just now in the Deyue Tower, His Majesty talked to the Empress alone, and she felt that something was wrong!

But at most, I thought that His Majesty might remind and blame the Empress, how could...

"That's right, he said that his agreement with me was originally limited to Yanwang's Mansion in Mizhou... Now that he is the emperor, he doesn't need to use me as a trick anymore." Haishi burst into tears, feeling every word. Cui Xin: "If it wasn't because of his promise, if I wanted to, he would give Sonny a legal status and let her get married safely and gracefully. I'm afraid I don't deserve to come to this capital at all."

Mammy was a little flustered.

How could this be so?

The emperor is benevolent, he is clearly not such a person!

wrong……

It's really impossible to say that...

The original agreement was indeed that each takes what they need, and the prince only promised to ensure that their mother and daughter are safe and sound. As for the position of queen...it is indeed not within the promise.

No one thought that the prince would become the emperor!

And judging from these days, in the eyes of the emperor and the empress dowager, the empress may indeed not be suitable for this position, and it is very difficult...

Thinking of this, Mammy became more and more flustered.

She has always believed that the emperor is kind enough, but she forgot that being a queen in the capital is far from being as simple as being a princess in Mizhou. This probably involves many things that they couldn't think of...

But...if you leave the capital, what should the empress do?

What should she do with the empress?

His Majesty's character is here, of course he will ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, but if they want to have the glory at this time, they will definitely not be able to...

What's more, others may not know it, but she can't see the empress very clearly. If she really leaves the emperor, will the empress...can live a good life?

Thinking of this, the nanny asked anxiously: "What does the empress think? Do you have any plans...or do you deal with it?"

"I don't want to leave, I just want to stay by his side, I don't want to go anywhere..." Haishi's eyes were a little distracted, and he asked in a dazed way: "Nurse, do you think...do I still have a chance?"

The nanny squatted down in front of her and grabbed her hand: "Otherwise, you will explain the truth to the princess... and then go with the princess to beg His Majesty for a try? After all, Your Majesty is nostalgic..."

"No...no way!" Hai Shi suddenly looked at her and shook off her hand: "Sang'er must not let Sonny know! She can't hide her words, and everyone will know about her trouble!"

At that time, there is really no way out!

"That……"

Haishi's eyes struggled repeatedly for a moment, then he stared closely at the nanny, and asked in a low voice: "When you were in Mizhou, you mentioned to me... but did you bring it with you?"

Mammy couldn't understand for a moment.

After staring at Haishi for a while, he finally understood what she meant.

Ma'am, this is going to...

"My maidservant has never brought it to the capital... but it shouldn't be hard to find this thing." Mammy had mixed feelings in her heart, and asked uncertainly, "But have you really thought it through? If His Majesty finds out..."

Today is different from the past, and she gradually sees how deeply the emperor's obsession with Empress Yuanxian is.

Even if the Empress succeeds, there is no guarantee that she will be as sensitive as the emperor and not notice it afterwards...

"According to his conduct, even if he despises me and even hates me...but I can at least stay, can't I?" Hai Shi's tone was hoarse and weak, but almost paranoid: "I don't want anything, anyway. It's impossible for me to get his sincerity... I just need to stay by his side, watch him accompany him, and live my whole life like this is enough..."

Mammy wanted to persuade her, but she couldn't say anything.

Outside the carved window lattice, the full moon hangs quietly in the sky, and the bright moonlight is hard to calm the noisy and disturbing hearts of the world.

...

Princess Yongjia has not been out of Yucui Palace for five days.

Until this day, the maid in charge of Yukun Palace came to deliver the message in person and brought several scrolls of portraits.

After the maid in charge left, Princess Yongjia tore the portraits to pieces.

"They deserve it too!"

"What did you say that I can be the master of my own marriage, why don't I still be used as a pawn to win people's hearts now!" The girl was wronged and indignant, bent over and waved the booklets filled with the family background and temperament of those candidates to the ground.

She doesn't want to marry these people!

Others don't know, but the emperor clearly knew what she had in mind, was it because he was afraid that she would not change her mind, and was eager to make her give up, so as to avoid future troubles!

That day in Deyue Tower, every bite was clear, eyes full of admiration, thinking about everything for the other party, how could there be her daughter in the eyes?

Recently, she couldn't help asking people to investigate the things that she had made clear, but the more she knew, the more she couldn't control the jealousy in her heart.

Her grandfather, her father, and even her stepmother all regard her as a jewel, and this love is a well-known preference!

Obviously she already has so much, but she still wants to rob her elder brother, father, and even the emperor's grandmother!

The girl who has been deprived of emotion since childhood regards all this as robbery.

She threw herself on the couch and cried, and threw out all the pillows and thin blankets on the couch.

The personal maid who grew up with her was persuading her, but the girl couldn't understand a word.

All the palace maids guarding the corridor bowed their heads, as if they had never heard the girl's cry, and no one dared to go forward.

After several days of sunny days, it was time for the emperor to leave the palace for autumn hunting.

The entourage marched through the long street, out of the city gate, and headed for the Quanhe Palace, a hundred miles away in the suburbs of Beijing.

Passing through the official road along the way, people can be seen everywhere. Some people dressed in plain clothes are leading oxen and driving mules. Seeing such a big battle, they don't know who is going, so they just avoid one side in a panic.

Hearing the noise of people outside the car, Xu Mingyi slightly lifted the curtain to look.

On both sides of the road, there were people who were evading. Some knelt down to salute, and some were dragged to kneel down even if they didn't understand the situation. While quietly watching the passing team, they were talking in a low voice.

"...Is it really Yujia?"

"What is this going to do?"

"Is there going to be another war?"

"What kind of battle did you fight? It's the time of autumn hunting recently..."

Xu Mingyi looked at those people who were dressed in different clothes but mostly had simple faces, and saw the most fear in their eyes.

Although the succession of the emperor was relatively peaceful, for these people who had just been deprived by the imperial court, it would take time and tangible benevolence to establish true trust in the new emperor.

She thought, there must be such a day.

The reason why the Dao has not been fully cleared a day earlier this time is the emperor's will for a hundred years.

It is the time of autumn harvest, and it is rare to have sunny days, and the rice cannot be delayed in the fields. Although autumn hunting is an ancestral system, it is not suitable for laboring the people and disturbing the livelihood of the people.

The imperial chariot and horses moved forward slowly, about tens of miles away from the city, a team stopped on the side of the official road.

"Why don't you leave?"

Inside the carriage, Princess Yongjia frowned and asked.

The weather has been particularly dry recently, and under the days of high autumn sun, there is a bit of heat rushing back. She had to stop when she met the people's convoy along the way, and she was sweating from sitting in the carriage.

The maid hurriedly asked the inner eunuch who was driving the carriage.

The eunuch replied: "It's His Majesty's intention to get out of the car to enjoy the scenery, so stay here for a while."

Enjoy the scenery?

Princess Yongjia opened the curtain of the car and looked out, and all she could see was a large rice field. There were many people in the field bending over and wielding sickles to cut rice. There were even men carrying rice bundles across the ridge with bare arms.

What is there to see here?

When Princess Yongjia was about to put down the curtain of the carriage, she saw that Emperor Zhaozhen was walking towards the rice field with a group of people.

Accompanying her were her elder brother, Prince Jing, King Dongyang... and Xu Mingyi!

Why is she everywhere!

A person who is clearly going to be a princess, but shows her face in front of people from time to time, how can she be so-called a lady from a high family?

Princess Yongjia threw down the curtain of the car with a sullen face, unwilling to take another look.

The personal maid looked at her quietly, and then swallowed the suggestion of "Princess should get out of the car to take a breath" that came to her lips.

"This year, God rewards food. If it wants rain, it will give it rain, and if it wants sun, it will give it enough sun..." Between the fields, Jiang Taifu said with a smile: "It is a harvest year."

Emperor Zhaozhen nodded with a smile, looked at the golden rice fields, and said: "This is the most magnificent scene in the world."

Compared with the so-called miracles that are true and false spread everywhere, and there is a suspicion of flattery, this scene is the real auspicious sign. It means that the people here have food to eat and no longer need to go hungry .

Wu Chao bent over, picked off an ear of rice, and handed it to Xu Mingyi.

Xu Mingyi took it, and held the full ears of rice in his hands, which made people feel hopeful.

She also looked at the bent rice field.

Your Majesty is right, this is the most magnificent scene in the world.

May there be more scenes like this in the world.

"At the foot of the mountain is Yunyao Academy..." Xu Mingyi pointed in a direction and whispered to Wu Chao.

Wu Chao looked over and saw the white walls and blue tiles at the foot of the Banyin Mountain, and said, "It's also where the grand scene is."

The implementation of the New Deal to relax the bondage of women is only the first step. Later, when the time is right, the female officer system may be introduced.

Zhaozhao is unique in this world, but there are still many women in this world who are like Zhaozhao.

This was the case with the birth mother of Shanzhang and Zhaozhao who built this Yunyao Academy.

What Zhaozhao said is absolutely right—women should not study and learn literature just to get a good marriage and take care of the affairs of the rear house. They should also have more choices and a wider world.

It will take time, and more importantly, it will need to break through the old system that is as strong as a mountain, but as long as you do it with heart, you will always move forward slowly.

King Jing's son on the side looked at the boys and girls standing side by side, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

It's okay, okay, after half a day of his close observation, the prince's cousin didn't intend to settle the old score with him.

Speaking of which, the world is really unpredictable...

His eldest uncle suddenly became the abolished emperor, and his second uncle was replaced as emperor, and the former grandson of King Dingnan suddenly became His Royal Highness, and even betrothed to Miss Xu, which inevitably made him envious... Cough, panic Extreme!

After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also faintly knew that he coveted Miss Xu in the past.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Prince does not remember the faults of villains, and has not had the same knowledge as him.

Prince Jing finally put his heart back in his stomach.

...

When Shengjia arrived at the Quanhe Palace, it was already dusk.

After resettling in various places, they rested overnight in the palace, and the next day began a three-day autumn hunt.