"Brother Ping, I remember the day we first met when I was a child, it happened to be your birthday, Zhen'er didn't know how to cook at that time, and she was stupid and worked in the kitchen for a long time, but the cooked Shou noodles were not raw or cooked, and finally ......"

Huo Lezhen lowered his head, his eyes flickered, but his voice was full of smiles, "In the end, you did it yourself, and we ate it, so I was a little embarrassed to call Zhen'er." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Birthday?

Wang Yan twisted his eyebrows, and the hand that wanted to stop him paused, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he didn't say more.

When they first met, Huo Lezhen was thin and small, but for a moment his eyes were dark and bright, he was always smiling, and he was happy to look at everyone.

People can't be compared with people before, such as Huo Lezhen.

The same descendants of the Huo family.

Huo Yanqing spent his childhood in Zhuangzi in the countryside, and after all the eyes and ridicule, he wasted a lot of scheming and means before returning to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion step by step and becoming the commander of the Jinyi Guard beside the emperor.

Huo Lezhen is the stars holding the moon, the Jiang family's mother's background is deep, the status of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is decisive, and she is a little daughter, so she is naturally pampered.

Huo Lezhen was very well-behaved when she was a child, she didn't have the temper of the eldest lady at all, she smiled all day long, she was very patient, she was close to everyone, whether it was a subordinate or a relative or friend.

For example, she was obviously a little afraid of Huo Yanqing, but she always wanted to follow him, she said that it was her brother, she wanted to be with her brother, and her brother didn't dislike her, but he was just not good at talking.

When they first met, it happened that Wang Yan had just entered the palace and became a eunuch.

Huo Lezhen was wearing a peach-colored embroidered palace dress, combing a round bun, without powder, and a hairpin with delicate and blooming begonia flowers on her bun, followed Jiang into the palace to face the saint, respectfully and politely greeted the masters, and rewarded the eunuchs and palace maids.

For some reason, Wang Yan took a look through the garden.

At that time, he was still young and had a low status, and he couldn't even be called a father-in-law, but he was just running errands, and the emperor gave him a reward from the Marquis of Dingyuan's mansion, and he was also among the send-offs.

Her palace clothes are really good-looking, especially when she appeared in front of Wang Yan with pot ashes on her face, holding a bowl of half-baked longevity noodles, and her eyes were slightly red and she blamed herself, she was destined to be different.

is the same as the one who cried and wiped the blood from the corners of his eyes for him, knowing that he was afraid to death, but he kept comforting him not to be afraid.

That time was when Wang Yan was at his lowest, a bowl of longevity noodles was nothing, but it made him feel very warm, Wang Yan looked at Huo Lezhen, pursed his lips and went into the kitchen to make a bowl by himself, Huo Lezhen laughed.

Since then, Huo Lezhen has always developed this habit, even if he doesn't see her on weekdays, he will definitely make a bowl of cornmeal longevity noodles on his birthday, Wang Yan doesn't want it very much, but when he saw Huo Lezhen pleading with the palace people for this bowl of noodles with a smiling face, Wang Yan couldn't refuse.

He can be indifferent to everything, but sincerely.

Huo Lezhen is kind-hearted, no more than a bowl of longevity noodles, she is the person's sister and his sister.

"You remember. Wang Yan sighed.

Seeing that Wang Yan did not refuse on the spot, the corners of Huo Lezhen's lips were slightly raised, and the tidying up became more and more serious, she accepted it when she saw it, looked at Wang Yan with a smile, and returned to her original position, Fu Mingxian had already seen it, if she did too much, she would be disgusted by Wang Yan, and the gains outweighed the losses.

"How could I forget, it has become a habit for so many years, and Zhen'er's craftsmanship has improved a lot. Huo Lezhen smiled, "Mother always praised Zhen'er for growing up and being more sensible." ”

When she grows up and is sensible, she is not the child who will only call Brother Ping behind Wang Yan, she has been married last year, and when she is married, she can get married.

The family affairs of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion have always been the grandfather's decision, and the children's relatives have no choice for the sake of marriage to consolidate the status of the Hou Mansion, but she is the only one.

She has put a lot of effort into the Marquis of Dingyuan for so many years, and with the care of the eldest sister above, she can find an excuse to delay the Jiang family's family affairs, although it is not so urgent, but it will not be delayed for long.

Huo Lezhen's appearance is not outstanding among the noble girls of Yingtian, she can only work hard in other places, she is kind to the world, has a good relationship, and is even harder in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not a beauty, but she can be a talented woman.

There has to always be something convincing.

There must always be something that can make her worthy of this, so that she will not be judged by others.

Wang Yan's gaze swept to the food box in Pingting's hand.

Huo Lezhen lowered her head a little aggrieved, "I'm sorry, I wanted to celebrate your birthday, but I didn't expect it...... It's made like this. ”

"Otherwise, Zhen'er will go make another bowl. ”

"Lord Wang, Miss was already busy in the kitchen before dawn, who knew that someone knocked over when she came on the road, and Miss's thoughts were in vain......" Ping Ting flattened her mouth, "Miss is still kind-hearted and didn't get angry at the other party." ”

Huo Lezhen's thoughts about Wang Yan are clearer than those of the personal maid, although I don't know why the young lady would ...... The eunuch has a soft spot, but Ping Ting is not qualified to stop Huo Lezhen's thoughts.

Huo Lezhen's eyes moved, and he scolded softly, "Hire Ting, just talk too much." ”

Ping Ting stopped and muttered reluctantly, "Is the slave a distressed young lady?" ”

Wang Yan pursed his lips and was silent, but his sword eyebrows were tightly twisted, "It's okay, is Shou Mian okay?"

Huo Lezhen raised his head slowly, with a panicked surprise in his eyes, "It's still good." ”

"Hi Ting, take it out. ”

Huo Lezhen took the food box, fortunately she just protected the bowl, "Brother Ping, do you want to eat?"

"Look at me, I'm so happy and confused. Huo Lezhen glanced at Ping Ting, "How can I let you eat on the street!"

Wang Yan looked at the bowl of cornmeal ground longevity noodles with deep eyes, how long has it been since he had a birthday?

He hasn't been since his grandfather and father were killed.

For him, the New Year is just a shame, but there is one person, who usually rarely interacts, but every year on his birthday, he will cook a bowl of hot shou noodles for him, he likes to eat cornmeal.

It's also a birthday......

"Li Sheng, accompany Miss to the lobby. ”

Huo Lezhen was stunned, "That...... Brother Ping, do you still have some things to deal with?"

"Hmm. Wang Yan nodded in a deep voice, "You go and wait for me first." ”

Huo Lezhen's hands in his sleeves tightened, and he subconsciously felt that Wang Yan wanted to see Fu Mingxian.

"Good. She still smiled and said yes.

Huo Lezhen smiled easily and gently, Wang Yan was facing away from him, Fu Mingxian couldn't see his expression clearly, but his legs seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't move half a minute.

The picture of Huo Lezhen and Wang Yan together is very dazzling, which makes Fu Mingxian's heart feel sour.

Originally...... She cares about Wang Yan very much, and when she sees her with other women, she feels sad and wants to cry.

Fu Mingxian took a deep breath and turned around to leave, but was startled by Wang Yan who suddenly appeared in front of her.

"You ......"

When did it come?

Why not be silent.

She was going to the Governor's Mansion to find Wang Yan before, but Huo Lezhen wanted to be one step ahead of her, Fu Mingxian was a little embarrassed, so she hid on the path next to the Governor's Mansion, there was no one in this alley, Wang Yan's sudden appearance was not to startle people.

The corners of Wang Yan's lips rose slightly, and it was not difficult to hear the joy in his voice, "Since you are here, why are you leaving without seeing anyone." ”

Fu Mingxian began to care about him, this is his best birthday gift, it seems to be ...... Birthdays aren't that bad either.

"Lord Wang has a lot of things to do, and he is busy with affairs, so I'm afraid that it will delay Lord Wang's major affairs, not to mention ......" Fu Mingxian bit her lip and looked at the pharmacy behind Wang Yan, "Besides, I'm here to grab medicine for my fourth cousin." ”

Grabbing medicine for He Jiuyan, Wang Yan nodded, he had already seen He Jiuyan's in the cell that day, and it seemed that he was really uncomfortable.

Since he already intends to cooperate with the He family in Jiangnan, it is not a favor to help the He family brothers, throughout the ages, there are only mountains of gold and silver under the support of monstrous power.

The West Factory has been growing stronger and stronger under the support of Zhu Jianshen for so many years, but the sudden rise has a price, the internal emptiness, Wang Yan has seized the stolen money coefficient for so many years to fill the treasury, and today it has annexed the East Factory, and the power under its jurisdiction is even greater.

Silver is required everywhere.

Being able to cooperate with the He family is undoubtedly a big boost on the cake.

Wang Yan twisted his eyebrows and thought, "Take good care of your cousin's body, this prison disaster is really a partisan dispute between the DPRK and China, the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, your brother was implicated for no reason, and ......"

"Zhao Chenghao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, will not make any more difficulties, just wait for the news of the list at home. Wang Yan pursed her lips and looked at Fu Mingxian, and suddenly the topic changed, "Where did you learn this dejected appearance?"

Fu Mingxian drooped her head, pulling her cuffs with her hands idlely, Wang Yan said so many words, none of them answered her question, she thought Wang Yan was hesitating.

She didn't understand the major affairs of the DPRK and China, and she was not interested, but she didn't know that Wang Yan also said a few simple words about the powerful relationship between Fu Mingyuan and Fu Mingyuan's imprisonment.

She just came to ask Wang Yan if she had thought about it, but she took the initiative to ask Wang Yan to marry her.

"Where did you learn something? Looking at such a serious Wang Yan, Fu Mingxian felt a fire in her heart, and she didn't know if she was angry with herself, or if she was jealous of Wang Yan and Huo Lezhen's closeness.

Fu Mingxian turned around, but Wang Yanjing grabbed his wrist, fortunately, there were not too many people on the road, Wang Yan forced Fu Mingxian to look him in the eye, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Wang Yan's handsome face was close at hand, Fu Mingxian's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she seemed to be able to hear the frequency of Wang Yan's heartbeat.

"My brother has returned home safe and sound, thank you Lord Wang for your help. Fu Mingxian's face was slightly red, and she lowered her head and deliberately mentioned the events of the day.

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows, "I've already said it, you don't have to thank me." The Criminal Department will find out the truth about the imperial examination, and it will not wronged half a good person in vain. ”

"Nothing else to say?"

Fu Mingxian suddenly raised her head, and her dark eyes suddenly fell into Wang Yan's deep eyes, as if she could see her own shadow under his eyes.

Fu Mingxian's red lips opened slightly, and she was just about to open her mouth to say again, "I ......"

"What's going on with the skirt?" Wang Yan noticed Fu Mingxian's dirty skirt corners.

Huo Lezhen just said that the carefully prepared food box was knocked over, and the corners of Fu Mingxian's skirt were stained with vegetable juice again...... As far as he knew, Huo Lezhen and Fu Mingxian did not know each other, was it accidental...... Or ulterior motives.

Even after becoming close to Fu Mingxian, he will protect Fu Mingxian very well, and if he has no chance to see her after living, how can he recognize Ah Heng now?

Wang Yan has always been indifferent, Fu Mingxian thought that Wang Yan had a bad personality, but she could be so close to Huo Lezhen, Fu Mingxian was shocked, why did she not know that the two knew each other in the four years she was in the Overseer's Mansion.

Looking at Huo Lezhen's appearance, it doesn't seem like they've known each other for a short time.

She doesn't know Wang Yan, and she may really not even be able to compare to an outsider, "I accidentally bumped into Miss Guan." ”

Fu Mingxian's tone was a little rushed, "I knocked over all the food boxes and snacks that people had carefully prepared! It seems that some people can't eat them." ”

Fu Mingxian didn't see what the food in Huo Lezhen's food box was, and she didn't know that today was Wang Yan's birthday......

It's just that she doesn't like to see Wang Yan get close to other women, and she doesn't like other women to enter the governor's mansion, Wang Yan obviously said that she could only marry him, but he didn't answer when she opened her mouth.

All right...... Fu Mingxian is jealous.

This anger came so suddenly that even the far-sighted Lord Wang couldn't figure it out.

Fu Mingxian glared at Wang Yan and broke free, "Don't bother Lord Wang." ”

By the time Wang Yan spoke, Fu Mingxian had already gone far from Quezhi.

Ping Ting looked around outside the door of the overseer, Wang Yan looked at the skirt of Fu Mingxian's departing back, the juice standing on it was a little conspicuous, Wang Yan couldn't see his expression clearly, but there was a little more solemnity between his eyebrows, it seemed that there were some things to say.

Ping Ting whispered a few times in Huo Lezhen's ear, and then went to wait outside the door.

Huo Lezhen was a little flustered and wanted to serve Wang Yan for dinner.

"No need, I'll do it myself, and Li Sheng will send you back later. ”

Huo Lezhen's heart hurt inexplicably, she just went to Yuxian Pavilion, she wanted to see what the place where that person lived was like, couldn't even do this trivial matter, the longevity noodles had not been eaten yet, and the eviction order had already been issued.

Wang Yan was expressionless and put down a pair of chopsticks, "Zhen'er, your skills are indeed getting better and better, and you are more sensible." ”

Huo Lezhen's face turned pale.

Sensible, in the past, her most accomplished thing was that others praised her for being sensible and capable, but in front of Wang Yan, she suddenly felt that the word sensible was very ironic, these two words made her not willful, and she couldn't understand proportion.

"That'...... Brother Ping, you can rest well. The corners of Huo Lezhen's eyes were slightly moist, and she looked at Wang Yan who was eating with her head down, "I'll go back now, and I don't need Brother Li to send me off." ”

Huo Lezhen got up and left with Pingting.

Li Sheng hesitated a little, "Overseer......"

"Don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't do what you can't do. Wang Yan was already in no mood to eat, "Withdraw." ”

"It's been said a long time ago, she insists on not listening, it's going to make a big mess. ”

……

Fu Mingxian was a little annoyed, and when she returned to the door of Fu's house, she remembered that she originally wanted to tell Wang Yan that she might go to Jiangnan for a while, but was interrupted by Huo Lezhen.

She was also inexplicably angry with Wang Yan.

It's good to go to Jiangnan for a while, so as not to see each other again, Fu Mingxian doesn't know what to say.

However, if he didn't tell him, he didn't tell him, with the strength and status of the West Factory, it is not difficult for him to find out where he is, right?

Fu Mingxian thought as if she was angry with herself, just let Wang Yan be anxious!

In fact, she still hopes that Wang Yan can find out.

Fu Mingxian is an acute child, even if she has worked hard to get rid of her previous bad habits and habits, some things that go deep into the bone marrow can't be changed.

She has always been very bold about feelings, if she likes it, she likes it, and it is not her character to twist and pinch and hide.

"Miss, you've been standing here for a long time, can we get in?"

Magpie asked cautiously.

Fu Mingxian came back to her senses at this time, "Of course I went in." ”

"Don't you want to go home?"

Quezhi was a little aggrieved, "Isn't the slave going to follow the young lady." ”

Stepping into the door, Fu Mingxian was a little surprised, the Fu family's originally not very wealthy courtyard was even more empty, and everything seemed to have been half cleaned up.

"Mother's ......"

Mama Wang hurriedly stepped forward, "Miss, you are back, the fourth cousin young master suddenly became ill and coughed up blood, Madame is already packing up her things, we have to rush overnight." ”

……

The sky was bright.

The drums on the tower of the noon gate were beating, and the courtiers were already standing and waiting.

Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng stared at Wang Yan who stepped forward slowly, sneering and thinking deeply.

Wang Yan was originally a eunuch, but he gradually gained power after Zhu Jian's deep love, Cao Jixiang fell, so Wang Yan became dominant, and all the East Factory was under the name of the West Factory, and the position of the master of ceremonies held by Cao Jixiang was delayed.

Wang Yan, who should have been awarded the title together, because of Zhu Jianshen's hesitation and delay in seeing the edict, made people in the court speculate, could it be that the emperor was estranged from this henchman, or was he afraid that Wang Yan would become the second Cao Jixiang?

Emperor Chengzu established the Ming Dynasty, learned the lessons of the previous dynasty, and was afraid of the high power of the prime minister, so he abolished the prime minister and set up a cabinet, and then worried that the cabinet was dominant, and deliberately promoted the celebrant supervisor.

On the surface, the celebrant is just a eunuch next to the emperor, but in fact, he represents the power of one party.

The former Cao Jixiang was in such a high position.

His father-in-law, Wang Zhen, was once the celebrant beside the emperor, and it can be said that the power is deep-rooted, even if there are deep grievances for so many years, and the power is there, how can he lose so quickly?

In other words, the fall of Cao Jixiang was a victim of the confrontation between various forces.

In the early years, Cao Jixiang, Shi Heng, including Xu Youzhen, were the heroes who supported the restoration of Yingzong, and the heroes were naturally regarded as a party by others in the DPRK and China.

Even if any courtier is close to whom, he will be treated like this, not to mention the relationship between these personal opinions and cannot be said.

The power of the DPRK and China was once divided into four parts, the East Factory, the West Factory, the Cabinet and the Jinyi Guard.

are also heroes, only Shi Heng is a couple, Cao Jixiang and Xu Youzhen are both in important positions, covering the sky with one hand, how can they be convinced?

In the central system, the cabinet has the right to vote, and the celebrant has the right to approve Zhu, which is a dual-track system of internal and external maintenance, but it is always the ceremonial supervisor who wants to suppress the cabinet, how can Xu Youzhen be willing?

As for the West Factory, the East and West Factories are all governed by eunuchs, and one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and the decline of one side is inevitable.

The most important thing is what the emperor sitting on the high-powered dragon chair thinks.

He was followed by the brocade guard.

So Cao Jixiang was defeated, defeated so quickly, he died of betrayal by his colleagues, suppressed by his opponents, and the emperor became murderous.

The wall is down and everyone pushes it, that's the reason.

Today can be Cao Jixiang, who knows which minister will stand in the way tomorrow.

"Lord Wang didn't come early today, right?" Shi Heng suddenly blocked Wang Yan's way, "I really made Lord Wang busy last night." ”