Chapter 176: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada and the Yellow Sparrow Follows
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is quickly cold, the rice fields on the outskirts of Beijing have begun to put on new golden clothes, the leaves of the locust trees and plane trees in the capital have begun to lose their leaves, accumulating a thick layer, and in the early morning, there will be people who get up early to sweep and keep the streets clean. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The palace is even more exquisite, in addition to cleaning, it will also sprinkle a little water on the corner of the wall, especially in the palace of those favored little masters, some good smell of rose dew will be sprinkled everywhere in the corner, on the one hand, it is to keep the fragrance of the air, on the other hand, let the originally dry autumn air be a little moister, so as not to make the skin of the little masters too dry.
In Jiahe Xuan, a marquee slowly rotates under the eaves, flowing out of the beautiful peony flowers and begonia flowers, today the emperor rarely did not come here to spend the night, but in Hui Zhaorong's persuasion went to Chuxiu Palace a new show girl, Hui Zhaorong can also have a rare night's rest.
It's not that she will be tired of accompanying Mu Yuanan every day, after all, she is pregnant now, every day Mu Yuanan comes over, she can only accompany her to talk, but this is more tiring than anything else, the so-called companion is like a tiger, if there is a slight mistake, it will be the crime of the Jiu clan, she has always been cautious and cautious, and she has never missed a word since she served Mu Yuanan for so long.
This is also the reason why Mu Yuanan especially likes to come to her to talk to her, but it is also the reason why she feels extremely tired.
"Ah Xin, go add some more tea rice. The fruit comes. "Hui Zhaorong loves to eat this tea rice very much since she was pregnant. Fruit, there is Mu Yuanan on weekdays, and she will always deliberately accommodate Mu Yuanan's taste, they are all snacks that Mu Yuanan likes to eat, and she has to pretend that she also happens to like to eat, but now that Mu Yuanan is not here, she can finally eat happily.
Ah Xin looked down at the empty plates, the master really ate a little too much today, so he couldn't help but persuade: "Master, you have already eaten three plates today, although the tea and rice in the small kitchen of Jiahexuan." The fruit is not as greasy as the outside, and it tastes very refreshing, but it is better to eat less if it is sweet and greasy. ”
When Hui Zhaorong heard this, the mood that he was looking forward to this fourth plate of dim sum disappeared all of a sudden, and his originally shining eyes were also full of gloom.
Ah Xin knew that she had said something that would ruin her master's mood, so she said softly: "Is it that the slave and maid are wrong, if the master wants to eat, the slave and maid will go to ...... immediately." ”
"No need," Hui Zhaorong said, waving his hand, "You're right, Ying." If it is full, it will be a loss, and those who can't bear it will not be able to survive in this harem after all. Hui Zhaorong's face showed a very demure temperament, like a begonia flower blooming quietly in this moonlight, since she was pregnant, her food and clothing in this palace has always been the best, the best blood bird's nest, even the new pearl powder in the East China Sea is the first to be selected by her, she is now, but it can really be regarded as a pamper.
"You're right, you can't eat any more. Hui Zhaorong pinched the wet handkerchief on the table and slowly wiped his fingers little by little, and said while wiping it carefully: "Is there any news over there?"
Ah Xin limped to clean up the dishes for Hui Zhaorong, and from outside the palace gate, he received a cup of tea sent by the little palace maid, carefully closed the door, and said: "The news that came this morning said that the fourth princess has entered Longhu Mountain, but whether the fourth princess has contacted the mantis, I don't know yet, it should be contacted, according to the character of the mantis, eager for quick success, will always ignore the danger, and will definitely pass the news to the fourth princess immediately." ”
In order to hide people's eyes, Hui Zhaorong and Ah Xin both use code words when they speak, but this code language is also very good, the praying mantis sounds very domineering, but there is a good saying, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, what Hui Zhaorong wants to do is this yellow finch.
Now my father is also very prosperous in the officialdom, after all, my father was able to help Zhou Guogong succeed back then, and he naturally had some ability, and more of it was his own foil in the palace who was his daughter, but unfortunately, his father was much less ambitious than before, and now although he has been promoted, he is just a thorn in Gyeonggi, which is far from enough for Hui Zhaorong.
Think about Concubine Xi back then, it was because of Yuan Zishan's support that she could be rampant and domineering in the palace, she didn't ask her father to be like Yuan Zishan, if he has merit, he will be famous for thousands of years, and if he has a stench, she doesn't need such a famous father, but at least, she has to provide her with some help, but now, she is constantly helping her mother's family, and even her father's current position of assassination is also given by her.
Hui Zhaorong knows very well that if he wants to climb all the way, he must be related to the people of the previous dynasty, and how to choose his backer is very important.
For this, Ah Xin is always full of worries, although she used to be the person of the fourth princess, but the third princess trapped her in injustice back then, and pushed all the sins on her head, she hated the fourth princess very much, especially knowing the news that the fourth princess was going to come back from Lingnan, she hated it even more.
I only hated myself for giving cold medicine to the fourth princess in the first place, and didn't directly give the fourth princess arsenic and frost, let her die on the road, and left her a dog to live, so that she could continue to survive.
And now she's back alive, but now that she's back, don't go back alive.
"Master, do you really think that person is reliable? But that person has always been suppressed by the praying mantis, and he doesn't look like an ambitious person, although he has some talent, but he has always restrained his light, and his performance is just a mediocre person, and he is only afraid of ....... ”
"Are you afraid that he doesn't have the guts? Are you afraid that he won't be able to do anything?" Hui Zhaorong knew very well what Ah Xin wanted to say, and what Ah Xin wanted to say was all written on her face, and she could see it at a glance.
Hui Zhaorong looked at Ah Xin and acquiesced, and suddenly said in a somewhat coquettish tone: "Ah Xin, have you ever heard of a sentence that this dog that doesn't bark is the best at biting." He has always looked the most inconspicuous, do you remember when he was on the polo field, that ** insulted him like that, instructed him, he could actually endure it, do you think he lost? Do you think he didn't fight back immediately because he was cowardly? No, what he won was better than that** He won the sympathy and pity of everyone, although sometimes sympathy is a real thing that hurts people's self-esteem, but if compared with what he will do in the future, these sympathies are very useful, at least, when we do it, no one will suspect that he has a motive, of course, I also have my ability, and people will not suspect me. ”
Ah Xinzai listened carefully, although he still didn't understand the master's approach, but the master's choice and decision has always been correct, the master is an extremely wise person, like the praying mantis, are very good at forbearance, in the court bureau, the master repeatedly told himself, everything has to look at the future, although the present is important, but if it is for the present and lose the future benefits, it is always worth the loss.
The wind in the night carries some water vapor, and occasionally some indescribable sounds, at night, it seems that there is a woman's cry with the wind has been transmitted to Jiahexuan, although Jiahexuan is next to Jinglan Palace, but it is closer to the cold palace, this is because Hui Zhaorong came out of the court bureau at that time, and he didn't want to hide people's eyes and ears too much, so when choosing the palace, he deliberately chose the smallest and oldest palace to live in.
During this period, Mu Yuanan also repeatedly proposed to change to a more magnificent palace for Hui Zhaorong and closer to the Jinluan Palace, but Hui Zhaorong refused, using the reason that she was pregnant and didn't want to toss, and she was used to living in Jiahexuan, plus the previous Dashun campaign, and now she is confronting Beiliang, and the military salary is urgent, where is there still extra silver to repair the new palace, even if there is, Mu Yuanan is letting her move now, wouldn't it cause the admonition of those officials of the Imperial Historical Tower, she doesn't want to be the demon concubine of the country.
Every time Hui Zhaorong said this, he could still make Mu Yuanan laugh, and after a long time, he didn't continue to mention this matter.
But the woman's cry that comes every night still makes the people of Jiahexuan a little chilling, but it is also strange to say, if the emperor comes, this cry is nothing, only when the emperor does not come, the sometimes or terrible cry will come one after another, sometimes can cry all night, so the people of Jiahexuan say that in the end, it is the emperor Longwei who can deter those demons and monsters.
Hui Zhaorong just smiled softly when he heard it, what kind of dragon might, what kind of demons and monsters, it's just that the crazy woman in the Hall of Forgetting Worries knows, if she lets the emperor know, she can't even save her last little life.
"How long has she been crying today?" Hui Zhaorong was a little impatient, even if she cried on weekdays, but today she was a little more and more irritable.
Ah Xin looked up at Tiandao: "I've been crying since I went down the mountain in the afternoon." ”
Oh, it just so happened that Mu Yuanan left after dinner in Jiahexuan, and it happened to be when the sun set in the West Mountain, Hui Zhaorong couldn't help but chuckle: "She can calculate the time." Fu said, "I'm tired of listening today, you go and deal with it, whether it's to block her mouth, or follow the previous practice, use a small silver needle to sew her mouth with a fishing line, you have good craftsmanship, and the stitches that are sewn up are always dense, and you can't disassemble them." ”
Hui Zhaorong said as he lowered his head to drink tea, with an approving smile on his face, as if what he wanted Ah Xin to sew was just a piece of clothing, not a person's mouth.
Ah Xin nodded and said, "The slave knows." With that, he disappeared into the night. ... Friends who read books, you can search for "", you can find this site as soon as possible.