Chapter 497: Invitation
Zhong Qing was shy, but now Liang Cheng is not without weaknesses in the past, Zhong Qing glared at Liang Cheng with a red face and suddenly said such a sentence with a smile, and Zhong Qing really saw the latter's expression that immediately became unnatural.
"Ahem, Sister Zhong, didn't you just say something sudden? Did something happen?"
As soon as Chu Gu was mentioned, Liang Cheng immediately changed the topic, glancing at Gu left and right, and suddenly asked about other things, so that Zhong Qing looked at her with a smile and didn't speak.
But this made Liang Cheng more embarrassed than what Zhong Qing said, after all, Zhong Qing's "I understand" look is really embarrassing.
"Sister Zhong, if you look at me like this again, then I'd better go and take a nap first. Sister Zhong, you can do it yourself, I'll leave first. With that, Liang Cheng was about to get up and slip away.
But she had just taken a step, and before she even lifted her second foot, she was already dragged back by Zhong Qing, and said funny: "You now know how I felt when I teased me before, right? Okay, I can't say it, sit down quickly, I really have something to tell you." ”
Zhong Qing smiled and pulled Liang Cheng to sit down beside him, looking at the porcelain white translucent skin, a slight hint of unease and redness, dyed that little face as gorgeous as a rouge, the corners of Zhong Qing's mouth rose even more.
How could I not have found out before, it turns out that this girl is so shy, and she cares about Chu Gu like this.
I thought Mo Ke's temperament was also cold, but it seems that it was wrong.
"Sister Zhong, what exactly are you going to say? And Liang Cheng, who was more and more uncomfortable with Zhong Qing's smiling eyes, couldn't leave, and now she had to hurry up and urge Zhong Qing to get down to business.
"Okay, okay, I know. Zhong Qing no longer teased the girl who was about to reach the apex uncomfortably, and after clearing her throat, she said with a smile: "Mo Ke, have you received the invitation to the Ning family's banquet in a few days?"
"Ah, naturally not, I heard that the list of the Ning family's banquet in a few days was drawn up by Ning Zhi, the daughter of the Ning family, herself, and I am just a few sides of her, and I am not very familiar with her, so it is naturally impossible for her to send me an invitation at such a time. Liang Cheng explained to Zhong Qing 1510, but in the end, she suddenly stopped and turned her eyes to look at Zhong Qing, "Sister Zhong, could it be said that you received the post?"
Zhong Qing nodded helplessly, "Yes, I received it." ”
Liang Ming's eyes widened, "How is this possible, there is still no one in Jian'an who doesn't know that you and Qi Ling are related, how could Ning Zhi send you a post at this time and invite you to the Ning family for a banquet? ”
Although the lord of the East Palace has been decided, and Qi Heng has been the crown prince for a while, this does not mean that he can always be the prince of Xiyin! Whether Qi Heng can sit firmly in this position, and how long he can be stable, this is a matter of maybe.
At this time, it is the last bit of sunlight outside the house, and it is the warmest when it falls. The wind, blowing gently, blew the rustle of the leaves of the willows, and gently echoed in the ears, like the clear water of the tinkling dong.
And the peach trees in the middle of summer, now the peach blossoms have long withered, at this time only the dry branches remain, swaying slightly in the orange sun and wind, and it is also in this street full of dry peach trees, a peach tree that is already very old, and life is about to come to an end, the peach tree is full of fog and flowers, as if the peach blossoms are colorful.
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During the juvenile reign of Emperor Wen, a great war broke out between Xiyin and Houshu, and it was this great war that made Liang Hu, the general of Zhendong in Xiyin, begin to show his edge and amaze the world - Liang Hu led the only 100,000 troops left in Xiyin at that time, repelled the wolf army of Houshu, and invaded Shu nearly thousands of miles away, forcing Houshu to take the initiative to negotiate peace.
At that time, although Xiyin was like a rainbow at that time, but in fact, the national strength was extremely weak, and it was really a fantasy to take advantage of this to annex Houshu. Emperor Wen knew this very well, so this war between the two countries provoked by Hou Shu first, and finally ended with Hou Shu's initiative to negotiate peace. After many unequal treaties were signed in Houshu and a prince was sent to Xiyin as a proton, the war was completely quelled.
As for the lord of Dongyu, it was at that time that he came with the proton.
Concubine Meng is one of the four concubines of the first emperor, and the queen of the first emperor has only one in her life, and that is Empress Yuan Houzhen. After Empress Zhen's red face and early death, the first emperor did not establish a new one, and took charge of the power of the six palaces, but in the end, she was the favorite concubine of Emperor Cheng, Li Guifei.
Li Guifei is a person who is authoritarian and domineering, and has great ambitions, and has always wanted to meddle in national affairs, and when the first emperor was critically ill, she conspired with the imperial doctor to falsely announce the edict, and deceived all the adult princes into the Guangming Palace, and poisoned them all.
In the end, Li Guifei and her father and brother also launched the Chengdemen Mutiny, wanting to establish his three-year-old son as the emperor, if it weren't for the fact that at the last moment, Concubine Meng risked her life to rescue the widow of Empress Yuan Houzhen - Emperor Wen and King Li, who were only eleven years old at the time, and King Li, so that the three princes had a reason to fight back, then it is estimated that Li Guifei's poisonous plan would have been successful.
It's just that after everything was settled, people suddenly discovered that Concubine Meng's eldest son and youngest son had all died in the conspiracy in Guangming Palace.
And these are also so profound and clear in Liang Cheng's previous life, on the eve of his father and mother being beheaded.
Emperor Wen died, Emperor Huai ascended the throne, and compared with Emperor Wen's name of Mingjun, Emperor Huai's cruelty and mediocrity are even more ugly.
All those who had offended him were dismissed from office and sentenced to prison within a month, and none of them were spared.
Among them, although the worst cannot be regarded as the Liang family, after Liang Sixuan was convicted of capital crime and imprisoned, and the Shen family was also convicted of insulting Emperor Huai and Shen Yunchong's secret troublemakers, Liang Sixuan used the last strength of the Liang family to save their lives, and she knew everything.
And speaking of this, we can't help but talk about the King of England, Liang Cheng's appearance at this time is not very good, that is the King of England! He is one of the only three kings with different surnames in Xiyin today, although the power is not comparable to that of King Li, but the King of England is also the overlord of the defense line of the Xiyin Sea with 50,000 sea divisions in his hands, and he has blocked countless invasions of the sea invaders throughout the year for Xiyin, and he is the greatest contributor to the preservation of peace in the western territory.
Such a hero, no matter who it is, will not ignore it and cannot ignore it, Liang Cheng is naturally the same, but she looked at Zhong Qing in front of her, but she began to worry about her a little, after all, the daughter of the king, that is, the girl who is now being surrounded in the center of the field, almost became Qi Xuan's wife.
The British prince has a lot of heirs, but what he loves the most is his youngest daughter Tang Menglan, and Tang Menglan, as the daughter of the British king, is already the proud daughter of the sky, not to mention that she has been loved by the British king, and her personality has been raised a little rough since she was a child.
But anything that Tang Menglan likes and wants, whether it is a person or a thing, there is almost nothing that cannot be obtained.
And it is such a proud daughter of heaven who wants to be windy and rainy, and her personality is still a little rude, but in front of Emperor Wen and even Concubine Meng, she is quite loved, and her Chinese emperor will put it aside, after all, there are too many things to consider in the emperor's heart, in terms of the importance of the British king to the Xiyin Sea Realm, that Emperor Wen's love for Tang Menglan is only because of the British king.
But Concubine Meng is different.
In addition to Chu Gu and Liang Cheng, the juniors who can get into the eyes of Concubine Meng, now Liang Cheng only knows a Princess Changping and a Qi Jue, and the rest is only Tang Menglan, the youngest daughter of the British King.
After all, if Tang Menglan is really as the outside world says, she is just a proud girl with a noble status and a brutal personality, then how can she be favored by Concubine Meng and her old man? How can she make Concubine De and her old man have the idea of marrying Qi Ling and Tang Menglan?
Although in the end, Tang Menglan almost made Jian'an into trouble because of the words of the third princess Yang, and her relationship with Qi Ling failed to take shape in the end, but it only made Concubine Meng have such an idea, which can show that Tang Menglan is not what outsiders say at all.
It's just that Liang Cheng is very jealous of her, but the person who is even more jealous of her is Zhong Qing.
"Back then, the third princess said, 'This woman is a little rude', so that Tang Menglan, who had already nodded and agreed to have a relationship with His Royal Highness Qi Xuan, made Jian'an a storm overnight, not only ran to His Majesty to cry, but also 'coincidentally' met Princess Li, who has always been good friends with Princess Ying, in Xiaoyu Temple, and was so aggrieved that she cried bitterly on the spot, and then went into the palace with her mother, Princess Ying, to ask for peace to Concubine Feng, and she also cried in the palace of Concubine Feng......... It's just a short day, and the entire Jian'an is rumored that the third princess doesn't like Tang Menglan, and even bullies her as a mother-in-law, and finally makes Feng Guifei find a reason to have a seizure, and even Concubine Hui has been snubbed by Emperor Wen for a long time, and the third princess has not even taken another step out of the palace gate for a long time. ”
Liang Cheng looked at Zhong Qing, who was silent, and continued: "After that, if it weren't for the sudden swarming of the Haikou from the west, which caused the war in the sea to break out, Princess Ying and Tang Menglan would not have hurried back to the King of England, and the matter back then might not have been so simple to settle down." ”
This matter was something that even Liang Cheng, who was at the gate of the Liang family at that time, had heard of it, let alone Zhong Qing.
Compared with Liang Cheng, she was even fortunate to witness Tang Menglan's unscrupulousness even in front of the third princess Yang, in front of the third princess who made her feel so stressed in Zhong Qing's opinion, Tang Menglan could actually be so unscrupulous.
The scene at that time, even now, Zhong Qing still remembers it clearly.
Maybe Tang Menglan is the only person who can still make concessions like the Third Prince Princess Yang since Liang Cheng and Princess Changping, but no matter whether Liang Cheng or Princess Changping, they will not be able to tear their faces directly and completely like Tang Menglan and the Third Princess Yang.
Let's not mention that there is Emperor Wen behind Princess Changping, it is impossible for her to ignore Emperor Wen's face, even Liang Cheng has the entire Liang family behind her, even if she doesn't like the three princesses of the Yang family, it is also impossible for her to act like Tang Menglan.
In this way, in fact, Tang Menglan is an outlier in Jian'an.
In today's Jian'an, there will be no one who can be as noble as Tang Menglan, and his father is also a general who guards one side, so he has not been trapped in the intricate power network of Jian'an.
During the reign of Emperor Wen's youth, a great war broke out between Xiyin and Houshu, and it was this war that made Liang Hu, the general of Zhendong in Xiyin, begin to show his edge, stunning the world, Liang Hu led the only remaining 100,000 troops in Xiyin at that time, repelled the wolf army of Houshu, and invaded Shu nearly thousands of miles away, forcing Houshu at that time to take the initiative to negotiate peace.
At that time, although Xiyin was like a rainbow at that time, but in fact, the national strength was extremely weak, and it was really a fantasy to take advantage of this to annex Houshu. Emperor Wen knew this very well, so this war between the two countries provoked by Hou Shu first, and finally ended with Hou Shu's initiative to negotiate peace. After many unequal treaties were signed in Houshu and a prince was sent to Xiyin as a proton, the war was completely quelled.
As for the lord of Dongyu, it was at that time that he came with the proton.
No one can have anything to do with the King of England, and because the King of England is both a prince with a different surname and a general who guards one side, everyone in the court even deliberately keeps a distance from the King of England, so as not to make Emperor Dewen suspect that he has any bad intentions, then it is indefensible.
Even if Emperor Wen attached great importance to the British king, even the unwritten rule that the relatives and children of the generals guarding the border must stay in Jian'an as hidden hostages, Emperor Wen directly abolished it for the sake of the British king
But that's just a manifestation of Emperor Wen's favor to the King of England, Emperor Wen can use it, but if others dare to do this, waiting for their fate without thinking too much, they can know what it is, so everyone dare not approach this very special existence.
Therefore, wherever there is a British king, officials will subconsciously stay away from him, and most people are more afraid of the British king than respectful of him, let alone Tang Menglan?
The ability of the King of England to lead the sea division is well known to the whole country of Xiyin, but as long as the people of Xiyin are not unfamiliar with the King of England, that is, the King of England is extremely protective.