Remember when Nantang moved trees
Yi Weiyang couldn't figure out which step she had revealed? Why would Shangguan Tianyuan suspect her? She was obviously cautious in every step, but she still couldn't escape his eyes? This is because of her qualifications, even if she can calculate and hide, she can only be regarded as a fledgling junior in front of Elder Tianyuan, and the depth of Elder Tianyuan's scheming and ruthlessness of his eyes should definitely not be underestimated.
That night, Tang Jianyi came to contact Weiyang, conveyed Jianing's instructions to her, and brought very important information - Zhou Meiren's origin.
Speaking of Elder Tianyuan's surveillance of her, a cold glow appeared in Weiyang's eyes, and he said softly: "It's not difficult to lurk around Xun Shaoling, Shangguan Tianyuan is the biggest threat, with him and Xun Shaoling interacting and guarding, it is difficult for us to act." If you want to deal with Xun Shaoling, you have to deal with Shangguan Tianyuan first, and it is best to have some strategy to separate them and keep them both in isolation......"
The two of them stood opposite each other across a wall, Tang Jian outside the window smiled, and he didn't even control the suppression of his voice for a while, Weiyang asked, "Why are you laughing?"
Tang Jianyi: "How can it be, if your knowledge is shallow, then the knowledge of the head of Luoyun Sect is also shallow." ”
"What do you mean?"
"Your thoughts coincide with those of Her Royal Highness the Princess. I just received the order from Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness asked us to try to make a divisive plan, so that Shangguan Tianyuan could lose his trust in Xun Shaoling, so that it would be best for their master and apprentice to turn against him. Tang Jian replied.
"She thinks so too......" Weiyang said again: "In that case, let's do this, Qinglong, have you ever thought about how to act?"
Tang Jianyi groaned, "En...... At first, I didn't know where to start, but after finding out Zhou Jinse's origin, I was thinking that it would be better to start with her. I've figured out the general direction of action, but it's up to you to take action. ”
"Okay, you can tell me more. ”
After Tang Jian told Weiyang about the general plan, Weiyang praised it again and again, but he was a little dignified in his heart.
After the discussion, Tang Jianyi withdrew safely, and Ruyi canceled his guard, and when Malvac returned, the Splendid Palace had returned to normal.
Weiyang opened the window to look south, the moon was bright tonight, there were no stars in the sky, she wanted to see the dark shadows under every night light, but she found herself also standing in the shadows.
At the beginning of the month, the prince of Jingcheng entered the palace to meet the Empress Dowager Wei, and the Empress Dowager Wei enjoyed the chrysanthemum tea in the Luanfeng Palace. Prince Jingcheng asked, "The Queen Mother seems to be worried?"
Empress Dowager Wei came back to her senses and said, "Yes, recently, the mourning family has indeed been worried about a matter, and it is really difficult to decide......
"Dare to ask what is the matter, can the Queen Mother tell me?"
Empress Dowager Wei said clearly: "It's also a family matter, it's okay to inform my brother......" She waved her hand and retreated to the palace maid, and then said: "Now Your Majesty loves Concubine Yan the most, speaking of which, the mourning family also loves Concubine Yan in the heart, she is dignified and demure, considerate and intimate to the palace, and she is filial and virtuous, and she has the skill of saving the arrow with her body, but ......" Empress Dowager Wei paused and sighed softly.
King Jingcheng asked puzzledly, "Could it be that Concubine Fei made any mistakes?"
"No, she's not guilty...... At least it seems to be ......" Empress Dowager Wei said: "But, brother, you also know, but anyone who is too close to His Majesty, how can anyone not be suspected by Wan Chaozong? It is because when His Majesty revealed her true body, she was already favored by His Majesty, so Elder Tianyuan was suspicious of her, suspecting that she was Nan Ke's meticulous work, and guessing that she caused His Majesty to lose stability step by step and expose her identity step by step, eh, what do you say is this called? The mourning family is also becoming more and more incomprehensible. Empress Dowager Wei stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, and said with a wry smile.
King Jingcheng thought about it, and muttered inexplicably: "I shouldn't think about it...... When Concubine Yan entered the palace, I also met once, she was indeed kind and virtuous, and she was born in the Wei family, her father Wei Ru Shenwei Lord is a well-known upright and good minister, and has a reputation for innocence...... How could it be suspected by Elder Tian Yuan that it was a fine work?"
He asked, "Does the Queen Mother also think that she is suspected of being meticulous?"
Empress Dowager Wei shook her head and said, "The mourning family didn't see anything suspicious about her, but the mourning family also believed that Elder Tianyuan would not be suspicious, after all, the elder had never looked away in the careful judgment, but this time, the mourning family believed in both Concubine Yan and Elder Tianyuan, so it was difficult to ......."
"Today, Your Majesty is the most favored concubine, but Concubine Niangniang is suspected of being meticulous, Queen Mother, on the one hand, you are worried that Concubine Lang is really harmful to Your Majesty, and on the other hand, you are worried that you have misunderstood Concubine Lang and mistaken a good person, eh, you are indeed caught between two dilemmas. King Jingcheng thought about this question, and he began to frown, and he had no intention of appreciating chrysanthemums.
Empress Dowager Wei said: "Brother, you have always been wise, now the mourning family will be sincerely revealed, and please brother, you also think about the mourning family, how is it good......?
"I would like to share the worries for the Queen Mother, but ......" he slowly lowered his head and pondered, and only raised his head after a long time, and said: "The Queen Mother has a very right word, that is, this is really difficult to complete the four words, the royal affairs have always been like this, so, I think, although the Queen Mother and Her Majesty both love Concubine Niangniang, but also should not ignore the warning of Elder Tianyuan, after all, the harem is one thing, and the safety of the king is another thing, if the two are in a dilemma, you must take one from one and give up the other, the Queen Mother has to be cautious." ”
"Yes. Empress Dowager Wei bowed her head: "My brother has broken the key point in one word." In this way, the mourning family should sacrifice human affection to protect the security of the country......"
After Prince Jingcheng took a sip of fragrant tea, his eyebrows moved slightly, and he seemed to suddenly open up, and said: "Queen Mother, I have a word, if you are not careful, please forgive the Queen Mother." ”
Mrs. Wei looked a little gloomy behind her and said, "Brother, it's okay to say it." ”
King Jingcheng said: "According to the suspicion and speculation of Elder Tianyuan, now Concubine Yan is the most favored by the emperor, and she is the only one among the concubines, Your Majesty is too close to her, so there are too many dangers, but if Your Majesty is alienated from her, won't it be perfect? Queen Mother, you have lived in the harem for many years, and you know the rules, isn't the harem the most afraid of being favored? Your Majesty's exclusive favor, whether the concubine is meticulous or not, is not conducive to the stability of the harem, but if Your Majesty's rain and dew are stained, you will divert attention......"
After hearing what Prince Jingcheng said, Empress Dowager Wei, who was still sympathetic to Concubine Jingcheng's suspicions, stretched her eyebrows and eyes, and her eyes were full of joy: "Yes, what my brother said is very true! Exclusive favor is the root of the problem! The mourning family also advised His Majesty not to favor one person exclusively, but now Concubine Yan is the most favored by His Majesty, and the other beauties are really not very happy, and it is difficult for His Majesty to pay attention to them......" Empress Dowager Wei looked at Prince Jingcheng with a smile and said: "Since my brother has put forward this statement, there must be a way to solve this difficulty, right? ”
Prince Jingcheng nodded slightly, and said with a light smile: "The Queen Mother said that it is difficult for other beauties to be favored, so it is difficult to distract Your Majesty's attention from Concubine Yan, which is indeed true, but Queen Mother, there is not no one in the harem who can compete with Concubine Yan for favor, and it is also our own family member of the same clan as the Wei family, why don't you bring more of it, Queen Mother?"
Empress Dowager Wei was a little surprised: "Is there such a person in the same clan as our Wei family?"
Prince Jingcheng said carefully: "Eh, it is among the beauties who were selected to enter the palace in the primary, Queen Mother, don't you know that the Zhou family, who is married to our Wei family, also has a daughter enter the palace?"
"Brother Zhou, you mean that you married our Wei family in the previous generation...... The Zhou family who married our aunt?"
"Yes, yes! When you and I were young, I also saw the third aunt get married, and the marriage was the then official Zhou Yuanming, the aunt gave birth to two boys and a girl, and then Zhou Shangshu died, the Zhou family never entered the court as an official but started a tea merchant, and some of the younger generations had a bad relationship with our Wei family, so the Wei and Zhou families rarely had contacts, and the last time they chose a concubine, the Zhou family also sent a daughter into the palace, named Zhou Jinse, the granddaughter of the third aunt, speaking of, or the queen mother, your niece, why don't you know?"
Empress Dowager Wei then understood: "Oh, brother, you are talking about Zhou Meiren, if it weren't for my brother's reminder, the mourning family really didn't expect this stubble, I have been in the palace for many years, these maiden relatives have indeed been estranged, and this Zhou beauty has been particularly low-key since entering the palace, it seems that there is no intention of competing for favor, and she is silent, except for the courtesy to ask for peace, she has never intersected with the mourning family, the mourning family really doesn't know her, I didn't expect her to be our relatives, and she is indeed her own family." ”
"Eh! Sure enough, it was the indifferent temperament of the Zhou family, and when they entered the palace, they neither deliberately curried favor with the queen mother and the emperor, nor deliberately competed for favor, but they came to the palace to meet the quota. Now that the Queen Mother has understood, she might as well take care of her more in the future...... While there are no outsiders, we brothers and sisters say a selfish thing, it's better for the emperor's favor to fall to his own family than for others to be proud, right?"
Prince Jingcheng's words really made Empress Dowager Wei feel like an empowered, and she was worried about it.
After Prince Jingcheng retired, the Empress Dowager Wei summoned Zhou Jinse, shared her kinship, and asked her if she knew that she and the Empress Dowager were relatives, Zhou Jinse hesitantly replied the truth, she knew it.
Empress Dowager Wei asked her why she never mentioned it, but Zhou Jinse was in trouble and didn't know how to answer, Empress Dowager Wei didn't care about her, but appreciated her unintentional temperament. She has always been inconspicuous in front of the Queen Mother after entering the palace for so long, and now the Empress Dowager Wei noticed that she was a clever and backbone woman, and she became more and more fond of her, and hinted that she should learn to please the emperor and win the emperor's favor.
Zhou Jinse was difficult to decide about this and had the intention of prevarication, and later he was afraid that the Empress Dowager Wei would be angry, so he agreed.
Jiayi didn't agree with Shen Huayin's entry into Luoyunmen, no matter how Jiayi persuaded her with good words, she was always stubborn, from the unwillingness to enter Luoyunmen to the pure anger towards Jiayi, her mood became more and more uncomfortable, and even doubted the meaning of her coming to Chang'an, and even had the heart to return to Youzhou.
In the past few days, she has been closed in Yilan Garden, the Prime Minister's Mansion, refusing to see Jiayi, and Changle who went on a hunger strike in the mansion to protest against the eldest grandson and Prime Minister has become a pair of difficult brothers and sisters, and the two get along a lot, but helplessly, Changle can complain to her about what Cheng has done to him and Mo Li, but she can't pour out her bitterness and anger.
Changle and Huayin are idlers, they can be noisy and noisy, they can be angry everywhere, but Jiayi can't, he is in the palace on the one hand to seriously complete the homework given to him by Mr. Tan and the princesses, on the other hand, he has to be careful of the calculations and exclusion of several imperial brothers, and he has been thinking about Huayin in his heart, busy all day long, and his heart is uneasy all day long.
If Changle, Huayin and Jiayi are the most bitter in their hearts, it is really difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.
After eating a closed door soup in Yilan Garden again, Jiayi dragged Changle, who was dying at home, out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, saying that he had rare leisure today, and wanted to go with Changle to find their masked and elusive master Ji Chang'an, hoping that Ji Chang'an's whimsical ideas might be able to unravel the two of them.
They looked for Fengyuntang, Yunlai Inn, and Wangyue Tower, and even looked around the riverside outside the city that they hadn't been to for a long time, but they didn't see Ji Chang'an's figure. Later, they went back to the city, and Changle said, "Master won't go to Yuqiongju, right?"
The upright Jiayi shook his head: "I don't think so, the master promised the imperial sister to quit drinking, and he hasn't been drunk for a long time......"
Changle didn't believe it, so he had to go to Yuqiongju to take a look, and Jiayi had to go with him.
As a result, as soon as the two of them stopped at the gate of Yuqiongju, they saw their most unreliable master.
Ji Changan sat at the wine table alone, without any movement, the mask blocked half of his face, and he couldn't tell whether he was drunk or asleep.
Jiayi and Changle walked up to him, Changle poked him, he was in a trance, he was startled by the two of them, and glanced at them resentfully. Changle said proudly to Jiayi: "Look! I'll just say that Master is here." If you hadn't listened, you would have known that we wouldn't have to take so many unjust paths. ”
Jiayi complained a little and asked, "Master, didn't you say that you promised the imperial sister to quit drinking? Why did you drink again?"
Ji Changan slumped on the table irritably, saying that he didn't want to deal with the two apprentices, "You two dead boys, which eye saw me drinking? I just came here to sit and sit?
"But you ......" Jiayi still wanted to say, but saw that the wine in the wine bowl in front of him seemed to have really not been moved, and the wine jar next to him was almost full, and sniffed, Ji Changan did not have the strong smell of wine when he was indulging.
Changle sat down across from him and asked him, "Then what are you doing here, Master, are you quibbling! The wine has been poured and you still say you don't want to drink it? You were caught by us before you could drink it?"
"What do you know?" Ji Changan propped himself up, looked at the bowl of wine, and said with great pity: "I don't drink, I just take a look! Just look at it to relieve my cravings! No, since I promised Jianing, I will never break my promise! Quit drinking, quit drinking! Think I'm like you, so I don't care?"
Jiayi and Changle glanced at each other helplessly, and said in unison: "Yes, you are the most out of tune......"
Ji Changan suddenly felt that the whole jar of wine in front of him couldn't get rid of the depression in his heart: "Why did I accept you two dead boys as apprentices?"
"Because we ......," Changle replied.
But he stopped: "Stop! I'm not asking you, I'm asking myself!"
The two of them were speechless and condensed, and their hearts were already depressed, Changle didn't talk to Ji Changan anymore, and wanted to take the wine in front of Ji Changan to drink, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he was beaten by Ji Changan, the master and apprentice fought a few moves, but the wine bowl was directly taken away by Jiayi, and under the gaze of the two of them, Jiayi directly dried up a bowl of wine.
Changle didn't have the heart to make trouble, he lowered his head, and the two of them had a sad face, sighing, very pitiful.
Ji Changan looked at their wilting appearance: "Yo, what's the matter? Both of them look dead like this? Come to the master and pretend to be pitiful? Wait, let me guess, what's wrong with you." ”
He became interested, approached Jiayi, and asked him, "Huayin is having trouble with you, isn't it?"
Jiayi buried her head embarrassedly, remained silent, and acquiesced.
Seeing Jiayi like this, he knew that he had guessed correctly, snorted and smiled, then turned his head to Changle and asked, "Mo Li ignored you, right?"
Changle didn't say a word, and twisted his head.
Ji Changan guessed accurately, knocked on the heads of the two of them with hatred, and sighed, "Look at the two of you, it's really useless, a prince, a prince and a prince of the prime minister, because two girls are like this, it's really embarrassing!
Jiayi was even more ashamed and speechless by his training, Changle pouted unconvinced, was silent for a moment, turned his head and asked Ji Changan: "Then Master, why are you worried about wine here?"
His question choked Ji Changan, Ji Changan's face immediately darkened, glared at him, and said in frustration: "Because Jianing doesn't care about me......"
Jiayi and Changle immediately cast contemptuous glances at him, and Changle said, "Master, you are fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter." ”
Ji Changan couldn't hang up when he saw him, and defended with a headache: "You imperial sister, you don't know, I can't figure out her excusable feelings, okay?
"You're justified anyway......" Jiayi muttered.
Anyway, he is idle now, and it is rare for the three masters and apprentices who are suffering at the same time to get together, Ji Changan changed the topic and asked them: "Then let's talk about it, how did you do it?" Changle, you talk about it first. ”
Changle muttered: "It's not all my father's fault, he didn't allow me to be with Mo Li, and he went to the imperial sister to complain! Mo Li said that he wanted to cut off contact with me! Now the imperial sister doesn't allow me to approach the Zhaoming Palace! It's so ruthless!"
"This sister and brother are not easy to talk about, right? It's just that you provoke Mo Li, you deserve it!" Ji Changan laughed at him.
Changle's resentment came to his heart again, and he said, "What's wrong with Mo Li? What if she's a palace maid? Master, why are you so rigid like my father? Why do you judge the nobility with your identity? I just like Mo Li!"
Hearing him say this, he didn't know Mo Li's identity as a fine worker, so he misunderstood Ji Changan's words, Jiayi actually knew it in his heart, but it was difficult to explain, and he silently felt sorry for Changle and hung his head silently.
Ji Changan said: "I'm not discriminating against her identity, I mean that her personality is tricky and tough, and it's not easy to provoke, okay?
"Where is she tricky, where is she tough? Mo Li is the gentleest, most virtuous, and most considerate, okay?" Changle was unconvinced.
Ji Changan pretended to vomit: "Come on, I think she is gentle to you, since I met her, she has never given your master and me a good look, it's really enough, you treat her as a treasure!"
When he said this, Changle was proud, "She is only gentle with me? really?"
Ji Changan glanced at him, "You are hopeless!"
Jiayi, who had never spoken, couldn't help but tell the truth at this time: "Actually...... Master, Sister Mo is very gentle with everyone, but she doesn't want to see you......"
"Why?" Ji Changan felt inexplicable.
Jiayi was surprised that he was so puzzled, and replied honestly: "Because...... You're the most rude...... You don't respect the royal sister...... You tease the royal sister...... And you flirted with the palace maid in Zhaoming Palace...... I think that's probably because of that. ”
Ji Changan was angry, "Yo, you know very well, dead boy, you don't know how to speak for me, Master taught you in vain." How well-behaved is Xiao Huayin, who follows you all day long, why don't you even pay attention to you?"
Jiayi really couldn't say it, it was about the secret of Huayin, it was about Luoyunmen, he couldn't even confide, he hung his head again in a sullen manner, and endured Ji Changan's ridicule, "I...... I can't say. ”
Ji Changfei forced him to say, Changle interjected, "What about you, Master? Why did you provoke the imperial sister? Wasn't it good?"
Ji Changan was silent for a moment, and his eyes were hundreds of times more bored when he looked at Changle. He was as depressed as Jiayi, shook his head, couldn't say anything, tilted his head to Jiayi, and muttered: "Jiayi, you are really ten thousand times better than that dead boy...... Damn the eldest grandson Changle, sooner or later I will be choked to death by your words......"
The depressed and troubled master and apprentice gathered in the tavern for an afternoon, facing a jar of wine, no one drank it, resented each other, loved and killed each other.
Later in the evening, Ji Changan went from the secret passage to Luoyunmen to ask Elder Qingyuan for routine greetings, and when he left, he happened to run into Mo Li coming over to ask for peace, so he pestered Mo Li to talk about Changle, making fun of her and Changle in every way, which made Mo Li angry and annoyed. Ji Changan asked Mo Li: "Didn't the eldest grandson and prime minister look down on you as a palace maid and oppose you and Changle, right?
He ignored Mo Li's cold and resentful gaze, and continued to persuade: "Eh, I said Mo Li, isn't it the opposite, right, what's the matter? The matter between you and Changle is between the two of you, what does it matter to him? Why should he break off the relationship with Changle if he opposes you? Aren't you quite tough? What's wrong with sister and brother love? Can't you have true love if you work carefully? Take some rebellious spirit out! Mo Li, my stupid apprentice is crying, making trouble and hanging yourself for you at home, why don't you be so ruthless, why don't you think ......about it again?"
He stopped Mo Li from chattering, Mo Li couldn't bear it anymore, raised his hand and hit him with a row of dark darts, he didn't really want to hurt him, he just wanted to scare him, all of them were stuck on the pillar next to him, only a stone's throw away from his face, and sure enough, he was calmed.
"What's the matter with you, don't you know good people, aren't you, just as ruthless as your princess!" he grumbled.
Mo Li said angrily: "You are a good person? I think you are too idle! If you can't do it well, the matchmaker is very good! I want you to be nosy? I have nothing with Changle Gongzi, you better take care of yourself! Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't want to look at you now, and you are still here to match others?"
"Sooner or later, I'll be able to coax Jianing to change his mind! Just wait and see!" Ji Changan was provoked by her and said with an oath.
Mo Li sneered at him: "Impossible! You and Your Highness are the most unlikely!"
"What if I do it? Then you will reconcile with Changle? Why don't we make a bet? If you can really break off with Changle, I will never entangle Jianing again, if I coax Jianing back, you will reconcile with Changle, how about it?" He was angry for a while, and he didn't even think about it, these words blurted out.
Mo Li opened his arm and walked forward, smiling bitterly on his back, "Then you will definitely only lose this bet." ”
She looked cold, she made her heart hard, she thought she could really do it.
At night, she went to Changsun's mansion, sneaked into Changle's room, and finally met him.