Chapter 225: Huaiyuanhou's persuasion
Because there happened to be no one before and after at this time, Sheng Weiqiao saluted the lord of Qingfang County, and said directly: "Brother went to the stall opposite to buy us a few hydrangea lamps, and I will come back after a while." β
In fact, Sheng Weiqiao originally persuaded Sheng Sleeping Crane to focus on his studies and not come out with him because of the spring season, but Sheng Sleeping Crane was not worried that they would go out with the sisters, saying that it was because the spring season was imminent, and it would be useless to grind the gun again, so it was better to walk around, relax and relax, so relaxed, and more confident when they ended.
Sheng Weiqiao felt that it made sense when he heard it, but he couldn't stand Sheng Weiwei's entanglement, so he agreed to accompany him.
But I didn't expect that I would meet the county lord of Qingfang again, and I regretted it very much for a while.
When the county lord of Qingfang heard her words, he was clearly stunned for a moment, and his footsteps moved, as if he wanted to go down to see Sheng Sleeping Crane, but he only took a step and forced himself to stop, and said with a reluctant smile: "I'm a girl, what are you doing with the grand prince?" It's just that the private room booked by my family is also here, and I met you by chance, thinking about the fate of the last time, so I just said hello to you. β
"The county lord. Sheng Weiqiao patted Sheng Weiwei's head, motioned for her to follow her subordinates into the private room, and stayed outside alone, staring at the county lord of Qingfang's somewhat unrelenting expression, and said lightly, "Since the county lord remembers our relationship, he must also remember that my brother, at the beginning of February, he is going to participate in the Spring Festival?"
When the county lord of Qingfang heard this, his face turned pale, and he was at a loss, and then he said in a low voice: "I have no malice." β
Sheng Weiqiao also said in a low voice: "After tonight, even if we come out to see the lights again, we won't come here, after all, I don't want my brother's future to be damaged because of our playfulness...... Since the county lord can meet us here by chance twice, he should know that I have gone to the Zheng Guo Mansion to congratulate Miss Meng Fourteen!"
She was a little annoyed in her heart, because looking at the appearance of the county lord of Qingfang, it was clear that she regarded Sheng Sleeping Crane as a relative, even if she didn't fully confirm that Sheng Sleeping Crane was a brother-in-law, she was probably very suspicious.
Otherwise, the repeated "chance encounters", it can also be said that the people in the city are crowded in the sky street to watch the lights these days, the location of this restaurant, determines that the private room can be chartered here, either rich or expensive, it happens that the lord of Qingfang and the Sheng family are here as a base for enjoying the lanterns, it is inevitable to look up and not look down.
But every time the county lord of Qingfang met, he either took the initiative to catch up with Sheng Weiqiao to greet her, or stood outside and waited for Sheng Weiqiao to greet her...... The two have not been acquainted to this point, and the difference in identity also determines that the move of the county lord of Qingfang is abnormal, what does she mean by doing this?
Knowing that after Sheng Weiqiao and the others came to Chang'an, because of the Empress Dowager Meng, they were relatively close to the Meng family, and even the Meng family planned to open the door for Sheng Sleeping Crane in the spring festival......
As the biological daughter of King Gaomi, the county lord of Qingfang is not the kind of concubine who was disgusted by the Gaomi palace and Concubine Mo of the county lord of Deping, and has been in contact with the Sheng family three times and twice, is this when the Meng family is a fool? Or when the Meng family is blind?!
Moreover, this county lord has never been exiled, and even out of the pavilion is married in Chang'an, so this will still be a fluctuating heart, looking at it is not calm, why don't you want to think about it, if Sheng Sleeping Crane is really the heir of Gaomi Wangfu who is outcast...... On the eve of the exam, he bumped into the county lord of Qingfang again and again, how could he be calm in his heart?!
Isn't this deliberately not wanting the sleeping crane to play normally in the spring?!
If the county lord of Qingfang is the same age as Sheng Weiwei this year, Sheng Weiqiao can still say that she is young and easy to be impulsive.
But the children of this county lord are estimated to be older than Sheng Weiwei, people of this age, don't they still know the severity of their love? !
To say something unpleasant, Sheng Weiqiao believed that she did it on purpose!
The girl thought angrily: Such a family, no wonder Sheng Sleeping Crane didn't admit that he had anything to do with them!
ββ¦β¦ Before you enter the building, do you see the small stall opposite?" The county lord of Qingfang heard the suspicion and complaint in her words, his face was blue and red for a while, and he said astringently, "It was set up by my mother's concubine." β
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned when he heard this, and blurted out: "...... the third son of Gaomi Palace?"
"My generation of mother's brothers, all from 'Qing', his name is 'Qing', he ...... He used to like the deer tendons made by his mother herself. Tears appeared in the eyes of the county lord of Qingfang, and he said in an almost imperceptible voice, "Since fourteen years ago...... Every year before the Lantern Festival, the mother concubine will take out the silver money from her dowry, cook it herself, and give 10,000 cups of deer tendon at the Lantern Festival, just to keep him safe!"
"From purchasing, cooking, to sending out the people who are responsible for almsgiving, the mother concubine does it herself, and she will never use a single person or a penny from the palace!"
"It turns out that the deer tendon was actually made by the princess herself?" Sheng Weiqiao looked at the self-reliant Qingfang County Lord, and for a moment, he only said lightly, "Then we are really angry...... However, I have heard for a long time that the third son of the Gaomi Wangfu is no longer alive, and I still ask the princess to mourn on her mother's day!"
As he spoke, he no longer looked at the face of the county lord of Qingfang, turned his head and entered the private room.
Outside the private room, looking at the empty corridor, the county lord of Qingfang smiled self-deprecatingly, and was about to turn away, when he suddenly stared at the staircase on the side, and at some point, the sleeping crane with a few hydrangea lamps in his hand walked up quietly.
At this moment, the eyes of the two met, the county lord of Qingfang trembled all over, his mouth was open, and he didn't know where to start when he wanted to say something; Sheng Sleeping Crane looked calm as usual, arched his hand at her, and said lightly: "Hello county lord!"
also pushed open the door of the private room where Sheng Weiqiao's sisters were and entered.
The county lord of Qingfang on the cloister stood alone for a while before leaving in a daze.
"You're going to see him again?" A moment later, in a private room not far from the private room where Sheng Sleeping Crane and his party were, Huaiyuan Hou Yuan was wearing a stone blue brocade robe, holding iron gall, and was looking at the lights outside the window a little bored.
He is two years older than the lord of Qingfang, and this year is just the year of his establishment, and he can be a husband to the daughter of King Gaomi.
Seeing his wife come in, he waved back left and right, and said with some helplessness and displeasure, "The matter is serious, there are only a few pieces of evidence from Nanfeng County, and you are not sure at all! You are in contact with him so frequently now, wouldn't it be embarrassing if you find out that you have made a mistake in the future? Even if you are not mistaken, the ladies who came to Chang'an with him have nothing to do with us, but they have a lot of movement with the Meng family, so that the Meng family now regards him as a target that can be wooed, and is planning to encircle and cultivate...... Aren't you going to get him in trouble if you're going to run into it?"
"Why don't I know these truths?" Lord Qingfang listened, smiled bitterly, sat down beside him, turned over a set of tea sets with secret glaze depicting herons and lotus flowers on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, Fang Youyu sighed, and said, "But you also know what happened two days ago...... The one in the palace, the left and right are not born to the mother and concubine, and the father doesn't care, and I don't bother to care. But after all, he is my younger brother, and he has lived in the Zhao Mansion for so many years, even if his grandmother and uncle are not mean people, but the children of the dignified clan, his parents have been under the fence for many years, how can he not be bitter in his heart?"
"Before, I could still say ...... But now that people are fine, the Sheng family is said to be one of the powerful families in Nanfeng County, and they belong to the first-class rich and noble ...... in the local area."
Lord Qingfang put down the tea bowl, "Why can't you uncover those past events?"
"You only said that the second brother is a sojourner in Zhao Mansion, and the one you were waiting for outside just now is not a sojourn in Sheng Mansion?" Yuan Liuguang said disapprerovingly, "To say something unpleasant, Zhao Mansion is the mother's maiden family, and it was the spontaneous words of my maternal grandmother to take the second brother over to live for a long time." My grandmother is very strict with her old man, and her children and grandchildren are not respectful and filial, and her grandmother's attitude is there, what grievances can the second brother suffer?"
"It's the one who will be in the private room next to him, Sheng Fu is afraid that he doesn't know his background until now, and Sheng Lanci is a well-known person who loves the main room and his daughter, who knows how he has been treated over the years?"
Yuan Liuguang shook his head and called the name of the county lord of Qingfang, "Ling Xue, you are doing this partially, too biased to favor the second brother...... Of course, the second brother grew up with you, but that one is not, people's hearts are not a scale, and it is inevitable that you will not be absolutely fair. But you should know the attitude of the concubine, your move to find him in private this time is really not considered, if the concubine knows about it, I am afraid that it will not be spared!"
"......" Lord Qingfang was silent for a while before he said, "I just want to explain to him in advance some of the inside stories of the year." β
Yuan Liuguang was also silent for a while, and said lightly: "Ling Xue, to tell the truth: since you have already left the cabinet, now our children are almost the age of marriage, why do you insist on mixing so much about the affairs of the palace? It's not that I, as a son-in-law, don't want to worry about my father-in-law and mother-in-law, if I speak from the palace today, let us come here to guard, I have absolutely nothing to say!"
"But now, you are hiding from your father-in-law and mother-in-law, and you are making your own decisions......"
"Look at the eldest brother and sister-in-law, one of them is the prince of the palace, and the other is the wife of the family, and they are the heirs of the father-in-law and mother-in-law!
"It's all about what the father-in-law and mother-in-law say, listen to and do......"
"You...... I know that you have been very distressed about your second brother over the years, and I can't say anything as a son-in-law about what happened back then, but if I were the one in the private room next to me, I would be very disappointed in you. β
The master of Qingfang County shook his hand and almost turned the tea bowl on his skirt, but fortunately, Yuan Streamer quickly helped to hold it.
It's just that after she put the tea bowl back on the table, she didn't say anything for a long time in the face of Yuan Liuguang's earnest gaze.
When the atmosphere in this private room was heavy, in the private room where Sheng Sleeping Crane and his party were, Gongsun Ying Jiang was lazy and didn't want to go out, only Sheng Sleeping Crane, Sheng Weiqiao and Sheng Weiwei were there, and the same atmosphere was not very good.
From the moment Sheng Weiqiao saw Sheng Sleeping Crane come in, he asked Lu Jin to take Sheng Weiwei to the window to watch the light, and he sat next to Sheng Sleeping Crane.
At first, neither of them spoke.
A moment later, colorful fireworks bloomed in the night in the distance, Sheng Weiwei clapped her hands and cheered, and the servants waiting in the private room were also attracted to attention.
At this time, Sheng Sleeping Crane suddenly took the initiative to speak: "Good girl, you don't go to accompany the eighth sister to watch the fireworks, do you want to ask me about the county lord of Qingfang?"
Sheng Weiqiao let out a "hmm" and looked at him expectantly: "Will you tell me?"
"Good girl, I have always known everything about you!" Sheng Sleeping Crane took a sip of tea and said leisurely, "But I don't know this county lord at all, how do I know about her?"
"People are obviously coming for you!" Sheng Weiqiao snorted coldly, leaned into his ear, and lowered his voice, "On the night of the fifteenth, you have not been looking very good! At first, I thought it was because I bumped into the county lord of Qingfang...... But then I think about it, I'm afraid that from the moment when the eighth sister used the deer tendon stall as a snack to sell, you were in a bad mood, right?"
When she said this, she carefully observed the sleeping crane's face.
It's a pity that Sheng Sleeping Crane's expression was calm and waveless, and he smiled slightly, and said: "Good girl, it's normal for the county lord of Qingfang to come to me, after all, I am also Xie Yuan of Nanfeng County, maybe she sees me as talented and beautiful, and when I met in that house in a hurry, I admired it, and I will plan to take advantage of the opportunity to meet and ask me for Mobao or something? But don't worry, that county lord is a little older, where is there such a naΓ―ve and cute bully, no matter how much she admires me, I must also like the best girl!"
ββ¦β¦ You just prevaricate!!" Sheng Weiqiao gave him a punch hatefully, gritted his teeth and said, "You are naΓ―ve, you are cute, you are easy to bully!!"
This person was full of nonsense, she knew that she couldn't tell the truth if she stayed, so she got up and went to accompany Sheng Weiwei angrily, but she secretly thought in her heart, "When I go back today, I will call Sheng Xiang to buy sweat medicine...... I don't believe it, after the identity is verified, he can continue to deny it!!"