Chapter 44: Who Are the Pawns?
"Father, the general and his wife are all cousins, I will call you Miss Situ, how about I call you a cousin?" As soon as he sat down in the wing, An Yang and Situ Ningbing had a relationship.
Situ Ningbing smiled modestly and politely, "Thanks to the princess not giving up, it is a blessing for the courtiers." "There has been a generational marriage between the royal family and the big family, the Situ family is the head of the eight major clans, and almost all the number one people in the world are related to each other, and anyone who catches Situ Ningbing can scream from his cousin, cousin, niece and aunt.
Tasting the fragrant tea brought by the maid, Situ Ningbing sighed leisurely: "It's really good tea, I can't imagine that the princess also loves to drink Lushan clouds." A pair of eyes stared at Anyang with a smile on her face, and she felt uncomfortable.
Anyang is the eldest daughter of the emperor and one of the four concubines, the concubine De, can be described as a noble status, how many thousands of gold ladies in front of her are either flattering or trembling, how can there ever be such an embarrassment of being seen through? It seems that my cousin and I are not ordinary, and I can meet this little-known nunnery, not to mention, even the preferences are similar. ”
Situ Ningbing didn't say anything, just lowered his head to taste tea and waited for the following, Anyang saw that she didn't say anything, but he could only continue to smile, "By the way, I heard that the mother concubine sent you a night pearl to make auspiciousness, I don't know if you like it?"
It's just nonsense! Can she still say that she doesn't like the things that Concubine De sent? Wen Ran opened his mouth and Situ Ningbing looked sincere, "Concubine De's heart is even if it's just a feather, I am grateful, not to mention the priceless treasure of Chen Guo's treasure Water Moon Pearl? Niangniang loves me so much, I am really afraid, I really don't know how to repay it." "The shelf is enough, it's time to give Anyang a step down.
An Yang was secretly happy when he heard this, but he smiled quietly: "Cousin's words can be seen, no matter how precious Shui Yue is, it is just an object, and the mother concubine keeps it and locks it in the box, it is better to add some joy to my cousin, isn't this the reason why the so-called pearl is not secretly invested?"
Situ Ning Bing smiled clearly, "A good pearl is not secretly cast, what the princess said is very true." It's just..."The water eyes looked at An Yang quietly with a hesitant expression, "I'm afraid that the princess will make a wedding dress for someone else after some hard work." Although it is just a piece of clothing, it is a world of difference between life and death, and I hope that the princess will think clearly, and when you figure it out, it is not too late to come to me for tea, and the courtiers will meet each other. With that, Situ Ningbing got up slowly, bowed leisurely and walked out of the room without looking back.
Seeing that he followed behind Situ Ningbing and secretly observed for a while, seeing that there was no one around, he whispered: "Miss, do you say that Princess Anyang will understand what you mean?" It's not that she underestimates Anyang, it's just that the eldest prince has always done things without leakage, and it is not so easy to want to cause trouble just by two words from Miss.
"She doesn't care if she doesn't understand, Concubine De and King Wei are clear. A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Situ Ningbing's lips, "Since you want to fight for power and profit, sooner or later people will notice it, and now that the prince is out, a mere King Wei will not take it seriously if he wants to come." ”
"The young lady is confident, it is the slave maid who asks more. ”
"You're saying that too early. Looking at the dead leaves scattered by the cold wind outside the corridor, Situ Ningbing said quietly: "The chess game has just begun, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer." ”
"Miss is unparalleled in the world of chess, and the slave believes that you will win in the end. Jianlian said very firmly, and in her eyes it seemed that her young lady was omnipotent like a fairy in the sky.
Situ Ningbing suddenly stopped when he heard this, and slowly turned around and smiled at Jian Lianran, "Well, you're right. ”
Seeing that Pian was dazzled by that smile, he was stunned in place, and when he came back to his senses, Situ Ningbing's figure had already turned the corridor and disappeared. Seeing that he was surprised, he hurriedly chased after him, "Miss, you are waiting for the slave!"
Outside the Shuiyue Nunnery, Situ Jihua waited in the scorching cold wind, although he stood still and looked towards the mountain gate of the Shuiyue Nunnery from time to time. Originally, the court dispute over family honor and disgrace was something that men should worry about, and as the eldest son in the family, it was even more of a duty, but now he asked his little sister to be involved for no reason, and Situ Jihua was inevitably uneasy in his heart.
Therefore, when a slender figure in a silver-white crane dress came from Shuiyue Nunnery, Situ Jihua changed his previous image of a gentle and elegant son, and trotted up in three steps and two steps.
"Little sister, are you okay?
Situ Ningbing glanced at his brother sideways, and suddenly laughed, "Big brother should wipe the sweat on his head before asking, this winter is cold." As he spoke, he handed over a handkerchief.
Situ Jihua was shocked to realize that Fang Cai was too nervous, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and the image of his calm and dignified brother was suddenly broken, but fortunately, he adjusted quickly, and took the handkerchief casually, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and said with a smile: "I have eaten too much of the things that have been on fire recently, you see that it is hot for me." ”
Situ Ningbing didn't poke him either, and when he finished wiping his sweat and was about to continue walking, he didn't want Situ Jihua to instinctively take her hand, and said seriously: "The road on this mountain is slippery, you should be careful and follow your brother." Situ Ningbing looked at him with a serious look, and was in a trance, the face of the handsome man in front of him merged with the general horn boy more than ten years ago, and his childish face was old-fashioned, "My sister is slippery on a snowy day, and my brother is leading you." ”
The dusty memories poured out like a tide, and his eyes were sour, as if there was a stream of heat about to come out, but he was forced back by Situ Ningbing. She can't cry, at least not yet!
"Sister, why are your hands so cold!" Situ Jihua didn't notice the strangeness of his little sister, his attention was all focused on Situ Ning's hands that were as cold as ice. "I've been taking this medicine for more than half a year, why hasn't it improved at all?" The two handsome eyebrows wrinkled into a Sichuan character, "Feelings Zhen Zheng, this old horseman, has been perfunctory to our family in the past, and it doesn't matter if you are so afraid of the cold, and he dares to say anything unashamedly? What a quack!"
"Big brother, you can't say that, my cold body has accumulated for more than ten years, and it can't be eradicated in a while, no wonder Imperial Doctor Zhen. Situ Ningbing felt that Imperial Doctor Zhen was really wronged, there was no problem with his medical skills, and he did his best to cooperate with her family to raise her for nothing, but it was a pity that her own body was not a medicine stone that could be repaired.
Situ Jihua also knew that Zhen Zheng was the first person in the Tai Hospital if he talked about the way of health care and tonic, and in the past half a year, he had come to the house every once in a while to ask for peace and rain, so dedicated, it could not be said that he was careless, and he was concerned about it, and when he thought that his little sister had been away from home alone for ten years, and the little girl who was originally white and chubby porcelain doll-like pink and lovely was now a pale and weak beauty lamp that would burst when the wind blew, how could he not be anxious? Sister, you don't care about the affairs of the family, taking good care of your body is the right thing, and my father and I will stand on it when the sky falls!"
Situ Ningbing tilted his head slightly to avoid his serious and concerned gaze, and said lightly: "It's too late, the chess game has begun to fall without regrets, does the eldest brother think I can stay out of the matter?" besides..."Situ Ningbing held his brother's hand back, turned his head to look at him, his eyes were full of determination, "There are no eggs under the nest, since I am the daughter of the Situ family, the rise and fall of the family is related to the glory and disgrace, how can I blindly hide in the shadow of my father and brother and enjoy the glory and favor without thinking about paying?" She shook her head, "I don't want to be like this, I don't want to be a useless Siro!" Even if you can't become a towering tree like your father and brother, at least you should be able to withstand the wind and rain alone!"
Situ Jihua looked at her for a long time, but after all, she was defeated, shook her head helplessly, and sighed lightly: "Big brother knows, I won't stop you in the future." But you also have to promise me, take care of your body and don't think too much, Longxi is not as good as the capital, but there is no imperial doctor who can come to the house from time to time to diagnose your pulse, you don't want to think about yourself or not, you have to think about your mother. After opening his mouth, Situ Jihua wanted to say a few more words, but he was afraid that his sister would think he would be verbose, so he didn't say more, and changed the topic and said, "You have been in for so long, what did Princess Anyang say to you?"
"What can you say? It's just a courtship. They think that if they overthrow the crown prince, they will have the victory in their hands?" Situ Ning snorted coldly, "How can it be so easy! There is only one supreme throne in the world, how many people are greedy! If you want to use our family as a chess piece, you have to see if you are qualified enough!"
"I can't complain about King Wei, His Majesty's heirs are thin, there are only three princes, King Qi has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he has been away from Beijing for many years without any foundation. ”
"So I poured a basin of cold water on them to make them sober and sober, they want to die, our family can't be buried together!"
Situ Jihua shook his head slightly, "Now that King Wei is proud of the spring breeze, I'm afraid that my sister, your basin of cold water may not be able to wake him up, in case he annoys him, he doesn't dare to offend our family openly, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will not secretly stumble on you." I heard that the eldest son of Duke An Guo is married to a woman from the Cui family of Qinghe, and is related to Cui Ruren of the side family of King Wei, no matter how you say that you are also going to call Cui's sister-in-law, I am worried about ......" He was interrupted by Situ Ningbing before he finished speaking, "Big brother don't worry, although I have been away from the inner house for ten years, my mother has given me several grandmothers who have seen big scenes, and I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with a Cui family? The eldest son's three words are all broken rules in her eyes, and Cui's just to deal with her is too busy to take care of herself, so how can she have spare time to pit me?"
Situ Jihua saw that she knew more clearly about the situation in the Li family's house than she knew, so she guessed that her little sister had prepared in advance, and half of her heart was relieved, and she only told a few words like "don't take it lightly" and stopped being verbose.