Chapter 109: Invitation
Zhao Xiao is even smarter than Jiang Xian imagined.
Jiang Xian stared at his eyes and perfunctory him unequivocally: "What did the prince say? I don't understand!"
Zhao Xiao laughed, but the laughter only overflowed a few times, he probably remembered that this was the Forbidden City, not the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, and hurriedly swallowed the laughter, but the smile still couldn't stop flowing on his face.
"Lord Jianan. Someone stumbled and shouted at her.
Jiang Xian turned around and saw Deng Chenglu.
Her voice softened suddenly, and she said, "What's the matter with the prince looking for me?"
Deng Chenglu's face turned red, shook his head and said, "It's okay, just see if the county lord has any place for me to help!"
"I have a bunch of palace maids here, and I don't need help from others. Jiang Xian felt that he was gentle to Deng Chenglu, but he still had to say it clearly, so as not to misunderstand, "Shouldn't the prince serve the emperor? Let's hurry back to the Dongnuan Pavilion, lest the emperor be unhappy if he can't see anyone. ”
Deng Chenglu's face turned even redder, and Ai Ai didn't say a word for a long time, but listened to her words and returned to Dongnuan Pavilion.
Zhao Xiao laughed beside him.
Jiang Xian was unhappy.
He may not have loved anyone in his life to laugh at others so mercilessly.
She passed him without squinting.
Zhao Xiao looked at her slender willow-like back, and couldn't help but show an interesting look.
The Empress Dowager is old and an elder, so everyone is not so clear, and a banquet was set up in the living room of the Dongnuan Pavilion, Jiang Xian and Bai Su are relatively young girls, especially Bai Su, who is considered to be close to Cao Xuan, and the two are not as close to the Empress Dowager as they were when they were young. I went back to the East Three Institutes to have dinner together.
Bai Su talked about Zhao Xiaolai: "Will the emperor really let him stay in the capital?"
"Even if the emperor wants to, it depends on whether the Marquis of Jinghai is willing or not!" Jiang Xian was thinking about the Empress Dowager Cao, Li Qian and Cao Xuan of Wanshou Mountain, and he couldn't help but speak a little carelessly. "Zhao Xiao is the son-in-law of the Zhao family, and the other two sons of Jinghaihou are concubines. And one is ten years younger than Zhao Xiao. A little thirteen years old. Marquis Jinghai would not let Zhao Xiao stay in the capital. ”
Bai Su's eyes widened when he listened, and he said, "Boryeong, how do you know so much? We ...... together every day."
If they were just married to a hereditary commander, they naturally didn't need to know so much. But Bai Su is married to Cao Xuan, and he is also jealous of Cao Xuan, who is jealous of the emperor, and may even be afraid of Cao Xuan for a lifetime, Bai Su must know these exploits and the secrets of the family of powerful ministers.
Jiang Xian smiled: "Didn't I find out slowly? I'm only afraid of someone who has a heart, and you haven't reached it yet." Mrs. Beidinghou will definitely not let you marry very early, I estimate that it will be next year at the earliest, you can use this time to learn more, if you don't understand, you can ask the Empress Dowager, you can also ask me, even Meng Fangling!"
Bai Su nodded repeatedly.
The two ate silently.
Jiang Xian's mind turned to Wanshou Mountain again.
Today, Zhao Yi invited all the heirs of some powerful people, Li Qian and Cao Xuan didn't know what happened in Wanshou Mountain?
This is the first New Year after Empress Dowager Cao lost power, and I don't know if Cao Xuan can adapt?
The Li family has always wanted to go back to Shanxi, and now Zhao Yi is slowly cleaning up the people left behind by the Empress Dowager Cao, like the Li family, who still do not abandon the Empress Dowager Cao's life and death. is completely a loyal minister of the Empress Dowager Cao, and Zhao Yi will never tolerate it. After the New Year, it is the time for officials to adjust. But there is no way to adjust, the Jiang family has been operating in the capital for so many generations. Jingwei must be in the hands of the Jiang family, the king of Liao is not a vegetarian, and Liaodong must not be able to move, the emperor is suspicious by nature, and he must install his own people, he can only move Hebei, Shanxi, the closest defense to the capital, only by grasping the guards in these places in his hands, can he prevent Jingwei from making chaos.
She understands this truth, and Empress Dowager Cao understands it even more.
Next, Empress Dowager Cao was likely to compete with Zhao Yi for the command of Hebei and Shanxi Wei.
Hebei is closer to the capital. Zhao Yi will never give up.
Let Empress Dowager Cao's people take charge of Shanxi...... Zhao Yi is not stupid enough to do this.
Do you want to meddle yourself?
Jiang Xian was a little undecided.
It was easy for the Li family to go, but the Li family was gone. What about Cao Xuan?
If the Li family doesn't leave, it will take a long time. The Li family will be trapped in the capital and become a clawless wolf, and Cao Xuan will be even more dangerous.
Jiang Xian was in a dilemma, the chopsticks poked the blue stalk rice in the bowl, and the rice grains were scattered on the dining table.
Bai Su reminded her softly: "Bao Ning!"
Jiang Xian came back to his senses, only to find that the dishes were a little cold, and he hadn't eaten two bites of food.
But she had already practiced the skills of seven emotions and six desires, and handed the bowl to the little palace maid standing beside her without changing her face, and said, "Bring me a bowl again." The dishes have also been replaced. ”
The little palace maid respectfully agreed and went to the imperial dining room to deliver food.
Bai Su smiled and shook his head.
The two of them had dinner, and sent the little palace maid to Dongnuan Pavilion to ask if there was anything wrong, they were going to take a nap, they slept too late yesterday, and they had already begun to fall asleep when they sat in Dongnuan Pavilion just now.
The little palace maid left in response, and Jiang Xian and Bai Su were talking crookedly on the big kang near the window.
There was a lot of noise outside.
Jiang Xian and Bai Su hadn't gotten up yet, and the little palace maid had already said loudly: "County lord, county monarch, the emperor is here." ”
The two were stunned.
Zhao Yi opened the curtain by himself, followed by Jiang Lu who was not worried and Zhao Xiao who seemed to be smiling.
What's going on?
Even Jiang Xian was a little confused.
But she still got up quietly and greeted everyone to sit down in the room, and ordered the little palace maids to serve refreshments.
Zhao Yi was not polite, took off his shoes and got on the kang, sat cross-legged where Jiang Xian was sitting before, picked up Jiang Xian's unfinished dim sum and tasted a piece, and said: "What is this? Don't you like the smell of osmanthus the most? How can there be an osmanthus flavored dim sum?"
Jiang Xian knew that Jiang Lu and Zhao Yi had never been close, and when there was no one, they would abide by the courtesy of the monarch and stand by Zhao Yi's side, unless Zhao Yi ordered him to sit, so she was not polite, got on the kang, sat opposite Zhao Yi, and said: "I haven't eaten it yet, I don't know what kind of dim sum it is, the imperial dining room sent it, is it osmanthus flavored? I didn't smell the fragrance of osmanthus flowers." ”
Zhao Yi threw the dim sum in the box in disgust, and said, "I got a few bottles of rose dew two days ago, and I'll let Xiaodouzi send it to you later." ”
Jiang Xian has many habits that are different from those of the noblewomen in the capital, including putting perfume in the food like putting sugar. Coupled with the Fang family's matter, she didn't like Zhao Yi to give her these little things even more.
"You'd better keep it for someone else!" she said, "and I don't use it often, and it's a waste to me." Speaking of which, she suddenly wanted to ask for those perfumes for Bai Su, but then she thought that Bai Su didn't like to use them as much as herself, and the Cao family didn't have any relatives who needed Bai Su to help, so don't do it.
Zhao Yi felt that Jiang Xian had always been a true temperament in front of him, liking is liking, and disliking is disliking, so such a rejection did not make him feel anything bad.
He simply said: "Then I'll ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make some incense for you! Don't you have to accompany the imperial grandmother to the Big Buddha Hall every day to worship the Buddha?"
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is short, and no one's incense dares to shorten the incense of Cining Palace!
Jiang Xian bowed his head disapprerovingly.
※
Dear friends, the monthly pass is 1500 plus more!
o(n_n)o~
ps: The question of that sister-in-law will be explained later.
The Needlework Bureau was written by me and has been changed to the Raccoon Clothes Bureau.
Please keep catching bugs for me.
※(To be continued.) )