Since the king of Wei returned to Beijing, he returned to the household department.

But this time it has been moved up. He used to be a sixth-rank principal, but now he has been promoted to a fifth-rank doctor.

There are thirteen provinces in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are 13 provinces in the household department. The official of the Qingli department is Langzhong. Now there is an additional doctor in the household department, but there is no exact name, and I don’t know why Emperor Jianping is. meaning. But since the promotion order has been issued from above, the following will just listen to it.

Because he had nothing else to do, King Wei relaxed.

Even though he was at leisure, he still went to the hall on time, but he didn't sit on duty. When he was free, he spent time with Feng Sheng and the children in the mansion.

Of course, this was only on the surface, but Feng Sheng didn't feel that Wei Wang was leisurely in private, he was still busy every day, and he didn't know what he was busy with.

However, after observing for a few days, she found that he met many people, most of whom were court officials.

Regarding what King Wei is busy with, Feng Sheng doesn't always ask about every detail, so her news will be quite behind him. Especially with the return of King Wei to Beijing, Zuo Yi and others would report to Feng Sheng anything in the past, but now they naturally report to King Wei.

Therefore, when Feng Sheng knew that the new chief assistant had been selected, it was Ji Zhongnian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Chen Qinghua did not take the vacated position, but was taken by Ji Chunde, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. What did King Wei do behind his back?

This is really a knife for me, and I stab someone ten times.

Feng Sheng thought about Chen Qinghua's vow to return to Beijing, and thought that he would successfully enter the cabinet, but was disturbed by others, and he didn't know how the other party felt.

She didn't ask in detail how King Wei disturbed Huang's affairs, or later she found out that Prince Wei's house was doing business, and the internal treasury of King Wei's house gave a gift. .

Generally, high-ranking and wealthy households have several ledgers. The ledgers in the outer courtyard and the dark ledgers in the backyard are divided into several places. In the past, Dequan was in charge of the secret accounts of Prince Wei's mansion. After Feng Sheng came in, she didn't take over the donations from the mansion, and let Dequan take care of them, but King Wei handed over the secret accounts to her.

In fact, Dequan is still in charge, but every once in a while Feng Sheng will take a look at the accounts.

Some things can't be seen from the open accounts, but they are clear from the dark accounts. It's like the connection between Wei Wang's Mansion and Ji's Mansion, outsiders absolutely don't know about it.

Looking at things this way, it became clear that Wei Wang must have joined forces with Ji Zhongnian to arrange Zhao Shujie, so not only did Zhao Shujie not take the position of chief assistant, but he also messed up Chen Qinghua's affairs.

Afterwards, Feng Sheng asked Wei Wang, and the matter was almost like this.

Why do you say about the same?

Because King Wei didn't use any bright means, he did join forces with Ji Zhongnian, and even sold one of Ji's family. The Ji Chunde who filled the vacancy was Ji Zhongnian's man.

As for the details, Feng Sheng didn't ask further.

King Wei is neither a gentleman nor a villain, he does things with the attitude of not asking about the means but only about the results, he neither took the initiative to say anything, but also said that it was not some bright means, even if there was no need to say it, Feng Sheng didn't ask, Husband and wife still need to leave some space between each other.

However, Feng Sheng was quite puzzled, so it didn't mean that he had completely quarreled with the Chen family.

The King of Wei asked back: "Didn't there be a stalemate before, what you want is a stalemate."

Feng Sheng had an epiphany.

Emperor Jianping knew about the connection between Imperial Concubine Li and the Chen family, and the reason why he was afraid of King Hui in the past was precisely because King Hui had the Chen family behind him. The Chen family has a profound heritage, and there are many talents in the family. The most important thing is that people are smart and know how to advance and retreat. It is because they are too smart and know how to advance and retreat, which makes people even more afraid.

The reason why Emperor Jianping was not afraid of King Wei even though he was also a grandson was precisely because of the disharmony between Imperial Concubine Li and the Chen family.

There was an irreconcilable conflict between the two, and Imperial Concubine Li never played any tricks on the Chen family.

Changing places, if Wei Wang knew that the Chen family was behind the trouble, but he was soft-hearted because he still wanted to repair the relationship with the other party, what would it be in the eyes of Emperor Jianping?

It may be that this son also flirts with the Chen family, and maybe the next King Hui will be King Wei.

King Wei is destined to embark on a lonely road, only in this way will he not be jealous of the emperor. After watching for so long, Feng Sheng could see some of Emperor Jianping's thoughts, King Hui's resurgence was not because Emperor Jianping still favored him, but it was just a target and a whetstone.

It was King Wei's knife that was sharpened, or it might be King Wu and King Zhao, but from the current point of view, it's okay for King Wu and King Zhao to do some small tricks, but it's not as good as King Wei for doing big things on the wheel.

She suddenly had a feeling that her husband was walking towards the Emperor's Road. This feeling was very strange to her, and she couldn't get back to her senses for several days.

But on second thought, isn't King Wei always going this way?

It has been like this since the two met, the silence after the wedding is just a temporary need, and sooner or later he will take off. At this time, he was taking off, what she wanted to do was not to worry about gains and losses, but to let him fly even higher.

Feng Sheng didn't tell Wei Wang about these mental journeys, but just settled down silently.

Sure enough, her guess was correct. When the year was approaching, Emperor Jianping proposed to set up a sea-clearing department in the Ministry of Households to take charge of the maritime trade matters of Dazhou.

It just so happened that Wei Wang, a doctor who did not belong to him, could be removed for temporary use.

Recently, the Ministry of Households has been busy with this matter. There was a shortage of food in the Great Week, and Ji Zhongnian had already disregarded the dignity of the country. He brought it to the table and said that the batch of grain obtained from overseas just opened up many officials in the Ministry of Households. train of thought.

For this matter, the Ministry of Household Affairs and several other ministries have often filed lawsuits. It seems to be a matter of the Ministry of Accounting, but in fact it involves too many aspects. In addition, there is no one in charge, so that things are not efficient, and the bottom is chaotic, and the progress is naturally unsatisfactory.

Now that Emperor Jianping made this move suddenly, Feng Sheng realized that the promotion of Ji Zhongnian as chief assistant had been decided a long time ago, even without Wei Wang's intervention, Ji Zhongnian could still be the chief assistant.

Without him, this matter is his push.

Whenever a certain national policy is implemented, there must be officials who have worked hard for it, and its voice must be needed in the cabinet, so that this national policy can be implemented unimpeded.

Maritime trade is hugely profitable, and this is something that even Feng Sheng, a woman in the back house, knows. Emperor Jianping probably thought about this a long time ago, and the use of the Ministry of Households to cry out for food shortages is just an introduction.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

The king of Wei is the shareholder. It seems that the king of Wei will not stay in Beijing for a long time, and he will probably go to the coast again.

Feng Sheng got it right again this time.

This matter caused numerous controversies, and the charter was finally determined after the first year of the year. The king of Wei went to the coastal area with the holy order, in the name of presiding over the business and purchase of grain, but in fact everyone knew what he was going to do.

The husband and wife are facing separation again. This trip is not like the last time they went to Shanxi for disaster relief. It only took a year or two for disaster relief, but this matter can be completed overnight.

But this time Wei Wang said that he planned to wait for the past to stabilize, so he picked up Feng Sheng and the two children and went with them, so they wouldn't just stay apart like this.

Because of this promise, Feng Sheng thought a lot in his heart, and no longer worried about when he would return, but calculated how long it would take before he could pick him up.

If spring goes and summer comes, it is the midsummer of the year again.

Feng Sheng's life is uneventful, every day besides various trivial matters in the mansion, he would occasionally go to the academy for a stroll, of course, he would go to the palace every now and then. And as Brother Xuan has started to walk and run, she has started a new trouble.

Back then, brother Xuan was skinny enough, he was a walking bully, now brother Xuan doesn't give in, Feng Sheng couldn't help but sigh why she didn't have a daughter back then.

If it's a daughter, she must be cute and cute now, and she won't be as dirty as a mud monkey every day like Brother Xuan.

On the contrary, Concubine Li Huang felt that it was good for boys to be like this, and children with sufficient energy were healthy. Probably because she has seen those sickly children in the palace, the primary concern of Imperial Concubine Li for the children is their health.

After thinking about it, this kind of thinking is actually correct. Only a healthy body can dare to say whether a child will become a talent in the future. If you don’t even have a healthy body, is it important to become a talent?

While Feng Sheng was living her life leisurely, she also felt a little abnormality in the atmosphere.

Since she was a woman, she usually couldn't go to the banquets that could only be attended by court halls and even men, so that she missed many scenes that were brewing. The reason why she felt that the atmosphere was not right was because of the information collected privately by Prince Wei's residence.

These messages are very trivial and have no clear direction, but it makes people feel a little unusual. Feng Sheng also couldn't tell the truth, it was just an inexplicable feeling, she also chatted with Zuo Yi several times, not only did not talk about the reason, but instead created a tense atmosphere for no reason.

Feng Sheng also felt that she was thinking too much, but she soon had no time to think about it because she was pregnant.

This pregnancy was completely beyond Feng Sheng's expectation, it was less than two months since King Wei left, which means she was conceived before King Wei left.

But she had a menstrual event in the middle, so she didn't connect the two things at all. It was still hot and she was suffering from summer again. The imperial doctor came to ask for pulse and found out.

She couldn't tell the imperial physician clearly, so she asked Taozhi to ask the imperial physician.

Tao Zhi invited the imperial physician to talk aside, she came back after a while, and whispered a few words in Feng Sheng's ear.

It turns out that the imperial doctor said that this kind of thing is not unusual, and some women have menstruation in the first month or two of pregnancy. This is not menstruation, nor is it unstable fetal image, it is a normal situation.

After hearing this, Feng Sheng finally felt relieved, and finally found the reason for her abnormal mood, which turned out to be because she was pregnant. She had given birth to two before, and knew that pregnant women occasionally had wild thoughts.

Originally, the imperial physician wanted to prescribe Feng Sheng a prescription to treat bitter summer, but now that she has a body, she can only skip it and ask her to eat more fruits and vegetables on weekdays, and try to eat as much as possible, the fetus needs enough food. Nutrition.

When the news spread to the palace, Imperial Concubine Li was very happy. Hearing that Fengsheng was bitter in summer, she sent a basket of fresh melons and fruits from the palace to Wei Wangfu.

Brother Ping heard that his mother was pregnant with a little sister, so he came back and studied Feng Sheng's stomach for a long time, and finally came to a very depressing conclusion, maybe he was still a little brother.

Because of this kind of thinking, Brother Xuan didn't feel too warm towards Feng Sheng's belly, and changed from the way before Brother Xuan was born, he talked about his little sister all day long. Feng Sheng can't help but lament that his son has grown up and is sensible, but he is not as cute as when he was a child.

Fortunately, there is brother Hyun.

Feng Sheng instilled in his youngest son the hope of having a daughter, so Brother Xuan stared at his mother's belly when he was free, thinking every day when his mother would give birth to a little sister so that he could play with him.

Speaking of which, Brother Xuan is also quite lonely. Younger children like to play with older children, but Brother Xuan thinks he is noisy, and Prince Sixteen is several years older than him. Now Brother Xuan and Sixteen The two are inseparable from Mengmeng, but brother Xuan is left.

There are children of the same age as Brother Xuan in other palaces, but now the Wei Palace has become the target of public criticism. Apart from the superficial friendship, there is no other friendship in private.

Feng Sheng has a good relationship with Princess Liang, but now Prince Liang's mansion is in a mess, Princess Liang is too busy to take care of herself, and Feng Sheng doesn't like every time she sees Princess Liang, she always hears about the woman in the backyard and the eldest son, so naturally He will not take the initiative to bring brother Xuan to visit him.

So now the mother and son have the same idea, and they both want to have a daughter (sister) to accompany them (play).

The weather is getting hotter every day, and Feng Sheng's bitter summer has not improved.

Not to mention the heat in Prince Wei's mansion, the Forbidden City is even hotter. The houses in the palace are all neatly built, there are not many flowers, plants and trees, and there is no water. The stuffy heat can be imagined. Seeing that there was nothing important in the court, and seeing that the imperial concubine had not eaten much these days, Emperor Jianping ordered people to arrange to move to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat.

This Xiyuan is in the imperial city, facing the imperial palace, and it is a place specially used by the royal family to escape from the summer heat.

Since Emperor Jianping came to the throne, he has been very busy with government affairs. He seldom went to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat. The last time was five years ago. He suddenly heard such an edict from his superiors. Let alone this time, he can follow the servants who served in the past. Yes, including the concubines in the harem who are worthy enough to go, are very happy.

Move as soon as you say, the weather is so hot that people panic, the upper level waits to see the result, and the lower level works quickly, and it only takes four or five days, and the arrangements are made everywhere.

There were not many people who could accompany them this time, except for Empress Chen, Concubine Li Huang, and Concubine Hu Gui, the rest were the fourth concubine and several concubines who raised heirs.

Imperial Concubine Li Huang sent someone to send a letter to the Wei Palace in advance, telling Feng Sheng to get ready, and followed her to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat.