Chapter 236 The Prince was assassinated
This year, the Haoming brothers will also celebrate the New Year at the Prince Ping's Mansion. When they knew they were going to celebrate the New Year at home, Zhuhua wrapped the Spring Festival couplets from the family to Yuan Tai and Haoming brothers. Tuan Duan Yuan is responsible for cutting window flowers, and every family goes to help Yuan Tai grind ink. She is responsible for the New Year's Eve dinner for the family. As for Ping Wang, Zhuhua asked him to rest in the academy on the grounds that Ping Wang worked hard for a year outside. However, Ping Wang took a moment to find Zhuhua in the kitchen, thinking about finding something to do.
Zhuhua thought about it and asked him to help cut vegetables and let the cook guide him. After trying to cut it a few times, Ping Wang also counted it. Even if the cut was not perfect, it would not hinder the taste it made.
In the evening, the family sat around the big table for a reunion dinner. Zhuhua didn't like to eat at a small table for each person and felt that she was not close to her.
The food in the Pingwang Mansion has always been good, and there is nothing particularly worth mentioning about the dishes. Except for some dishes that must be found in New Year's Eve banquets, such as fish and lotus roots, Zhuhua also made four dishes, mainly sweet, sweet, bitter and spicy. She told them that she could not eat the bitter dishes, but she didn't want to eat them anyway. But the children all tasted it curiously, and then swallowed it with their faces. Zhuhua did not allow them to spit out the food they put in their mouths again, which was dirty and rude.
"Mom, try it too." Yuanyuan said to Zhuhua with a distorted expression.
Zhuhua glanced at her second daughter and said, "I told you not to eat it, you have to try it. You know it's bitter and want to drag me into the water. I'm not stupid."
Yuanyuan looked at her with tears in her eyes and accused, "Mom, you actually said I was stupid!"
"Don't learn this trick from your brother. Don't I know you yet?"
Seeing that Zhuhua refused to eat, Yuanyuan looked at King Ping with tears in her eyes, "Dad, do you love me the most?"
King Ping hesitated for a moment and said seriously: "What I love the most is your mother."
Several older children raised their eyebrows, Yuanyuan was so angry that she bulged her mouth, and put several pieces of candy lotus root into the bowl.
After hearing this, every family next to him said proudly: "But the one who loves me the most, isn't it, mom?"
Ping Wang glanced at the family and looked at Zhuhua again. In fact, he also wanted to know the answer to this question. Zhuhua didn't expect that he would encounter such a problem, but the father and son seemed to have always loved to compete for favor in front of her.
She thought about it for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "Don't eat or sleep, everyone should eat well, otherwise the food will be cold."
After hearing this, Jiajia was not disappointed, but looked at King Ping with comfort, "Dad, I don't want you to cry, so I answered like this."
"I don't want to cry at home." Yuanyuan rushed to say. Every time she cried, she made her brain hurt and couldn't doze off properly.
Every family pouted unhappily and sobbed, "My second sister is a sleepy bug."
"You little crybag."
"Don't make trouble, otherwise there will be no New Year's money." Zhuhua said lightly.
The two of them stopped making trouble soon. New Year's money is very important to Yuanyuan. Even if Zhuhua doesn't want to give her children too much pocket money, she just wants to put a few silver peanuts at once, and the amount is not large.
Every family didn't know how to use the money, so he wanted to hand over the New Year's money he received to Zhuhua. He was a man and wanted to use it for his mother. After the meal, the King of Ping gave the New Year's money, and he gave the New Year's money to Zhuhua and received the praise from Zhuhua as he wished.
After dinner, everyone went to the next hall to sit and have tea and chat. Yuanyuan knew that she would stay up tonight and that everyone could set off firecrackers until midnight. But after standing for a while, she was sleepy.
"Then I'll catch you." Mu Lin said dissatisfiedly.
Yuanyuan heard this, her eyes turned and drew a big turtle on his left face. Even if Mu Lin didn't see it, she knew that she had drawn a big pattern.
"You're drawing too big!"
"Who made you lose?" Yuanyuan said, and couldn't help laughing when she saw the pattern on his face.
Zhuhua also asked the servants to take a mirror and let Mu Lin see it himself. When Mu Lin saw that she was painting a turtle, she felt like she had a fist.
The second game soon began. When everyone opened their eyes, they all said that Mu Lin was beaten, and he immediately looked at Yuanyuan.
"It must be you!"
"You think I'm as stupid as you. If I were a robber in this game, I would definitely not be able to hit you. It will be guessed immediately. I don't want to be painted with a face."
Everyone felt it was reasonable after hearing this, so they guessed it one by one. In the end, everyone said that the most likely thing was Hao Ming, who didn't speak much in this game. Hao Ming kept saying it was no, and even showed his identity as a constable, but they still didn't believe it. As a result, what he drew was really a constable, and the robber was indeed Yuanyuan.
"You really know how to play." Hao Ming sighed.
Yuanyuan smiled proudly, and then looked at Mu Lin who was frustrated in her heart. Mu Lin didn't know why she believed Yuanyuan's defense just now. He should persevere and convince everyone to vote for Yuanyuan. Because the robber won, the robber could choose a face among the crowd. Of course, she picked Mu Lin and drew a circle on his right eye.
Mu Lin saw everyone laughing, and he didn't want to look in the mirror to see. With these two games, everyone knew how to play. After that, the number of votes was too many, and the constable finally came in handy. Of course, some robbers guessed who framed him. After playing like this for several rounds, Zhuhua saw that the family was a little tired, so she hugged him and became the host for him.
After playing for one night, every child's face was painted, but Mu Lin was the one who was drawn the most. At midnight, he said he wanted to play again, but unfortunately, it was too late for everyone to be tired.
"Stop playing, there is no place to draw on your face." Haoming stood up and said.
Mu Lin had no choice but to endure the anger and agree. When everyone washed their faces, the sound of firecrackers had already come from afar. They also hurried out to set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year when the New Year came. It was lively here, and the prince's mansion was also busy there.
The emperor was sick. The prince came to preside over the dynasty meeting on the first day of this year. Everyone in the prince’s mansion attached great importance to this matter. After midnight, they started preparing. The prince drank a bowl of ginseng porridge and barely cheered up. When he went out, the people and children from the prince’s mansion were sleeping. The prince was also tilted in the bed for a while and was about to leave.
He did not interfere in today's affairs. There were too many people who wanted to show off, so he didn't need to move forward. The court had already moved before the New Year. If the position of the prince was still unstable, King Ping would start to worry about the future. As noon approached, King Ping and the prince returned home together. Many Gentiles came to see that the prince was presided over the grand dynasty meeting this year and wanted to have a good relationship with him. But the more this happened, the prince should be more low-key. He refused all invitations and went to the palace to reply to the emperor after the end. The emperor sent a few words to praise him, but did not let him in. The other princes who wanted to enter were also like this.
Seeing that the prince had settled down, they were also secretly anxious. If the prince went up at this time, the prince would inherit the throne with justification. They didn't know what he would do to their brothers at that time. They couldn't be sure of the saint's condition. Even if this year gets better, then next year and the next year, the saint is already fifty-seven years old, and this age is considered a long-lived among the emperors of all dynasties.
Yang Chengjian was seriously injured back then and has been busy with the government over the years. If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't relied on martial arts to strengthen his body, his body would have collapsed long ago.
Just when everyone was worried about his health, on the day of the eighth day of the lunar month, Yang Chengjian still came forward to the officials. He lost weight a lot, his head seemed to be much whiter, but people looked quite energetic. All officials were relieved, but they thought of something in their hearts.
Zhuhua doesn't need to bother with these things, and she doesn't understand them very much even if she has to worry about them.
After the Spring Festival, it means that Jinhua has to go back. She and several children agreed to let them live in the Marquis of Zhongguo. Cheng Dashan now has a lot of time, so they just want them to accompany their grandfather. Huanhuan and Lele will also go to the Imperial College for the New Year to study. Jinhua is not at ease, so she asked Zhuhua to come and see it more when she has time, for fear that they will be able to make trouble.
"Sister, I used to go to the Marquis of Zhongguo Mansion. Even if there is a brother and sister in the mansion now, I will still take care of you who are as shameless as me. But for your children, I think it is inevitable that you will get into some small troubles. Just say they will get into trouble, right?"
"As long as you don't beat him to death, you'll be a fool."
"It's a mess?"
"Cheng." Jinhua said without changing her face.
"You are too cruel. Don't say that now. If they are really disabled in the future, we will blame us for being too serious in discipline."
"Am I like this?" Jinhua said lightly.
It is hard to say that Zhuhua thought to herself, but smiled and concealed the past. In fact, at this time, Zhuhua hoped that the three children would not stay in Chang'an, for fear that they would be involved in something in no way. Even if they only caused a little disaster, it might become a big disaster in the future. However, these three children wanted to stay in Chang'an. Jinhua advised them a lot in Liangzhou at the beginning, but they refused to listen. Now when they came back, they saw that Chang'an was more lively than before, so they didn't want to leave.
Huan Huanxi has been with her grandparents since she was a child. Now she has to live in her grandparents’ house with her parents, and they don’t feel uncomfortable. On the day she left, the three of them sent Jinhua out of the city with a happy look on their faces, without feeling sad at all. For them, they finally don’t have to let Jinhua care about them in the future, so they don’t mention it’s so relaxed. Jinhua naturally cares about them, but when she sees them like this, she is even more worried about Yueyue, who is in love and sensible in Liangzhou.
Shortly after the Huanhuan brothers and Hao Ming brothers entered the school, the scientific examinations in Beijing began again. Even though they were not as old as the imperial examinations, they still curiously went to see the students who took the exam.
Yang Chengjian still asked the prince to take charge of the scientific examination. Although Yang Chengjian started to handle political affairs again, he did not do everything himself like before, and the prince presided over more affairs. Once there were too many things, even if no one was openly challenging the prince, he would still be incomplete. The emperor did not say much, but if the other princes who were qualified to compete for the throne made mistakes, he would scold them without hesitation.
Chapter completed!