Chapter 85: Bloodline
Li Fei's eyes flickered, nodded first, and then asked, "With you and me as my companion along the way, of course I am willing." It's just that you're dealing with Master Cheng for a while?"
This is three or four thousand miles to the capital, the mountains and rivers are heavy, Li Fei and Zhao Yanheng go all the way, then Song Duofu and Cheng Anguo are also going all the way, Song Duofu wants to take this road, Li Fei has to care about the progress of their pair. Li Feiyou remembered that the first time Cheng Anguo and Song Duofu met that day, Cheng Anguo was too calm, and later on Xiaomu Mountain, he always behaved decently.
Song Duofu's face was hot, and he whispered softly: "There are bandit gentlemen, such as gold and tin, and gui and bi. It's a man like Brother Cheng, since I have met him, I will try my best to catch him. ”
Li Fei's heart softened with Song Duofu's soft tone, how stable and reliable Cheng Anguo is, Li Fei knows too much in his heart, but then, there is a trace of indescribable regret on his face.
Song Duofu gritted his teeth, sat down in front of Li Fei, and said, "Fei Fei, let me talk to you a few words from my heart, don't laugh at me." ”
Li Fei was stunned for a moment, nodded slightly, dragged an elm chair, and sat down in front of Song Duofu.
Song Duofu put his hands on his knees, grabbed the skirt, and said: "Feifei, I can't compare to you everywhere, in terms of appearance, intelligence, background, and family wealth, I am far inferior to you, and now in terms of marriage, I can never compare with you." What I'm talking about is not the identity of Brother Cheng and His Royal Highness King Xiang, what I'm talking about is Brother Cheng's friendship with me and His Royal Highness King Xiang to you. When I was in Xiaomu Mountain, I also saw that His Royal Highness King Xiang was running behind you, and I was running behind Brother Cheng. These days, Brother Cheng is very busy, he is the confidant of King Xiang, he is in charge of a lot of things, I don't have the identity to ask him what he is busy with, I have met a few times, he has always been polite to me, I know that he is missing that little heartfelt heartbeat to me, so I want to go to the capital with you, I want to hang in front of him, so that he can see me. Sometimes this feeling, the mountain is not just me and I am the mountain, and it is the same. ”
Li Fei sighed in her heart, she seemed to know what that indescribable regret was, although in the marriage relationship of the parents' fate and the words of the matchmaker, Li Fei's little regret may not be a matter for both men and women. Zhao Yanheng's marriage line, Cheng Anguo will not refuse, if she becomes Princess Xiang, then her friend becomes the wife of Xiangwangfu Yi Weizheng, Yu public and private, it is a good arrangement for Li Fei, but the days are lived by Cheng Anguo and Song Duofu, the days have passed, Song Duofu has poured too much, in case Cheng Anguo has regrets for her wife, what will he do.
Song Duofu is a businesswoman in the borderlands, Cheng Anguo is already a young and promising official family, Zhao Yanheng can succeed in the future, Cheng Anguo will inevitably become the minister of the humerus, with a high position, if Cheng Anguo regrets his wife in the future, he is a man, he will have countless ways to solve it, and those who are trapped in place will only be women, I am afraid that it will be Song Duofu alone.
In a trance, Li Fei thought of her father, Xuan Guogong.
In a sense, they are the same kind of people, who can be loyal to the king at any cost, and then live in private, who are the hard people?
Song Duofu showed a smile and said: "Fei Fei, I can't think so much now, I can't think so far, I was born here, I grew up here, my family is the most ordinary and poor grass people, my ancestors are illiterate, until my father built a cave by handicraft, only a few years of rich life, but this rich day is often bullied, such as the incident in Chengjiang Mansion, such as Xu Zhonglian. Compared with those, Cheng Anguo is as far as I am concerned, and as for our Song family, it is an opportunity that I have never had. I know how many deficiencies I have, I go back to the capital this time, in addition to walking with him all the way, I also want to go to the feet of the Son of Heaven to see the world, he just needs to be a little more willing to marry me......"
Song Duofu paused, smiled shyly, and said, "I'm also satisfied." ”
Li Fei and Song Duofu sat opposite each other, Li Fei kept looking at Song Duofu's eyes, at this time Song Duofu faced the light, his dark brown pupils were clear and full, and he looked more and more sincere. Li Fei relaxed, leaned back on the elm chair and said: "Your business, it's good that you think clearly, I will tell you in advance here, now that the grandmother of the Zhu family has passed away, when I arrive in the capital, I will live in the Xuanguo Mansion, and I will not return to Kunming." ”
Now that the grandmother of the Zhu family has passed away, Li Fei said very peacefully. In the Xuanguo Mansion, only the Cai family can use her filial piety to suppress her, as for the Xuanguo Duchess Xu's etiquette, she is just an elder who serves her father, Li Fei's mother is Li, that one is not her mother, Xu has no right to use filial piety, and she can't put a score in front of Li Fei.
With the death of Cai, Li Fei's biggest worry in the Xuanguo Mansion has been solved, Zhao Yanheng is right, she doesn't want to live in fear, she has to stand on a high place and become the daughter of Xuanguo Gong, the beloved princess of King Xiang, the person who wants her to die will be unbearable again, and when the time comes, she will get rid of the troubles forever.
Song Duofu stared at Li Fei's indifferent expression and asked, "Are you saying that you are going to live in the Xuanguo Mansion, and if you don't go back to Kunming, you will marry in the Xuanguo Mansion?" Are you going back to be a girl of the Zhu family?"
"My surname is Li, and I am also a girl from the Zhu family!" Li Fei lowered his eyebrows and smiled, and said: "I sold the things that my father sent over in the past years, not because I complained about my father, but because I avoided it for the sake of peace and quietness, but now I can't ask for peace and tranquility by blindly avoiding it, I should emphasize that I am also the daughter of Xuanguo Gong......"
It's not a kitten or puppy pinched to death by someone casually, Li Fei gritted his teeth and didn't spit it out.
Song Duofu didn't know that Li Fei was in a dead end, and he didn't quite understand the power struggle between the Zhu family.
Li Fei's tone was soft, and he said, "Duofu, if you follow me to the capital, you'd better live with me in the Xuanguo Mansion." ”
"Is it okay?" Song Duofu could see the world more expansive than she wanted to see, Song Duofu was a little excited, and sighed: "Xuanguo Mansion, like Qianguo Mansion, is a first-class national mansion." ”
Li Fei stood up, walked to Song Duofu's side, put one hand on her shoulder, and said briskly: "That should be my home, but I haven't set foot in it for sixteen years, with the blood flowing in my body, it can also be called home, you are the guest I invited to the house, of course you can." ”
The next day, Li Fei personally prepared a thick sacrifice and ordered the people to carry it with great fanfare and go to the Qianguo Mansion.
According to the ceremony, Cai is Mrs. Zhu's stepmother, she died, Mrs. Zhu also had to express her grief, and sent people to the Xuanguo Mansion in the capital to pay respects, this kind of face-saving thing, Mrs. Zhu did a lot of work, and ordered Guo Kun's son Guo Shaocheng to go, in terms of name, Cai is Guo Shaocheng's great-grandmother.
When I met Mrs. Zhu, Mrs. Zhu also did enough in her son, with a plain face, full of silver jewelry, and the furnishings in the house were not brightly colored.
Ma Shi stood beside Mrs. Zhu, and did not laugh and talk in the past, took Li Fei's sacrificial list with a stiff face, called the people who went to the capital in, and solemnly instructed them to wrap all the sacrifices in thick oiled paper, be careful along the way, and not damage a little, Li Fei gave these people a reward for running errands.
For a while, the room was crowded, and Mrs. Zhu and Li Fei held hands and said, "I don't believe it, this horse shock is not a little boring." ”
Li Fei bowed his head and said: "This matter and my business, let's investigate it slowly in secret, I think it will be easier for me to investigate when I enter the capital." ”
Old Madam Zhu held Li Fei's hand, sometimes tight and sometimes loose, just like the words she held in her mouth, she wanted to say it several times but couldn't open her mouth, and finally asked, "Your mother, did you say when you will enter Beijing?"
Li Yueren is in Guangxi, as the former daughter-in-law of the former Xuanguo Gong and the daughter of Li Tai, and contacts the old department and old friends in Guangxi. There were officials*, military bandits, fierce people, and Li Yue's whereabouts were uncertain and secretive, but for this incident, Guo Kun's personal entourage still wrote a letter to Li Fei.
Li Fei shook his head and said, "My mother didn't say it, she just said that there is something going on in Guangxi, and she will enter Beijing." ”
Old Madam Zhu smiled bitterly and said, "She is also relieved of you, so she will let you go to the capital alone." ”
"It's not one person, there are hundreds of palace guards, dozens of them are in command of the envoys, and my mother has hired a team of dart masters. Li Fei smiled and said: "I'm also so old, I can take care of myself along the way, but it's just ......"
As he spoke, Li Fei smiled with tears.
Mrs. Zhu also had a reluctant look on her face.
Li Fei stood up, stood in front of Mrs. Zhu, bowed respectfully, and said, "My niece said goodbye to my aunt in advance today, and in the future, across thousands of mountains and rivers, my aunt should take care of her body and be healthy for a hundred years." ”
This farewell, Li Fei and Mrs. Zhu should have seen each other indefinitely.
"Okay, good!" Mrs. Zhu sat down and accepted the ceremony, and gave Li Fei a copy of the current genealogy of the Xuanguo Mansion, which wrote in detail Zhu Qin's current concubines and children, and some important family servants, and the rest of the notes of other noble families in the capital, and gave it to Li Fei, which was also a heartfelt guidance.
Li Fei stayed for nearly a whole day, and only resigned at sunset, and halfway through, he met Guo Liuguang who was in a trance, Guo Liuguang turned out to be the most beautiful girl of the same generation, but now his cheeks are sunken, his cheekbones are prominent, and he is too thin, and he has lost his youthful vigor first.
Mrs. Chen has been seriously ill, but in fact she is under house arrest, and Guo Liuguang is haunted by a sense of wandering and helplessness all day long.
As if there was no one next to Li Fei, he passed by Guo Liuguang.
"Mrs. Cai has passed away, and my cousin should be happy in her heart. Guo Liuguang suddenly said with a light sigh.
Li Fei's footsteps did not stop. She has always been vigilant about the surveillance of the Guo family's big house, so she has never taken the contempt of the Guo family's big house to her heart, and now Cai's death, whether she is happy or not, there is no need for her to stop and sigh with this four girls,
Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, now more than halfway, the world has risen and fallen, to mention, to exhort, or to sneer, there is no need, she has always regarded Guo Liuguang as a stranger.