Chapter 3: Surge
Three years ago, when the marriage contract was decreed to Du Fu, everyone was shocked. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Lizun Wang has made countless achievements on the battlefield since he was a child, and he is a god-like existence in the hearts of the people of Tingyuan Kingdom, and a high-ranking prince actually has a marriage contract with Du Weiwei, which is something that some people in Du Mansion can't figure out. What's more, the third lady and the fourth lady both hoped that their daughter could marry the Lizun king, and it was from then on that Du Weiwei had a deep resentment other than that of his daughter.
Because of the return of the king, all the important officials in the capital were urgently summoned to the palace, and after a complicated welcome ceremony, they returned to their homes in twos and threes.
In the evening, Du Yunshi returned to the house, his face was a little helpless, his brows were tightly locked, and he sat in his cloud courtyard for a long time before calling the housekeeper: "Lin Ruo, go and call the eldest lady, I have something important to tell her." ”
"Yes." The old butler bowed down and took the order.
After a while, Lin Ruo came back to the Cloud Courtyard, but it was only one person: "Master, eldest lady, she is not in the courtyard, she should have gone out on the street." ”
For a long time, Du Yunshi didn't make a sound, waved his hand to signal the housekeeper to go down, turned his back and entered the back room, and the vicissitudes of life looked very lonely.
Lin Ruo sighed, master, in fact, I still feel very sorry for the eldest lady in my heart.
At this time, Du Weiwei was swaying towards the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zikou and Shenmu followed behind her, and the atmosphere was extremely low for a while.
Du walked with his head bowed slightly, what lingered in his mind was He Xiao's unfathomable eyes, and the words he said kept ringing in his ears, upset. What is a reasonable reason to withdraw from the marriage?
"Miss, don't be upset. He is a talented person and a great general, so maybe he is also a good person. There are many young ladies from rich and noble families in the capital who are blessed to be able to marry the king of Lizun. Seeing the young lady's appearance, Zikou was really worried, and opened her mouth to comfort.
Pausing suddenly, Du turned his head slightly to look at Zikou, his eyes were resentful, and his voice was a little threatening: "People, very, good?" You, sure, sure? ”
Zikou was so frightened that she covered her mouth with one hand and stopped talking. Indeed, judging from the situation of leaving the king and returning to Beijing, he is an extremely cold person.
When I returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the sunset just set on the horizon, and a little afterglow dyed the sky beautifully, as beautiful as a picture.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Lin Ruo appeared in front of Du Weiwei: "Miss, the master asked you to come over and say that there is something important to tell you." Lin Ruo bent down slightly, he also liked this eldest lady very much as an elder.
Du lowered his eyes slightly and nodded: "Okay Lin Bo, I know." ”
When Du Weiwei was ten years old, his biological mother Mu Dai left the Xiangfu and went to a suburban courtyard. There is only one thing left for Du Weiwei, the dark pavilion. An organization known for selling intelligence. Although life in the Prime Minister's Mansion is comfortable and comfortable, Du Weiwei knows that his mother is worried about the various dangers she will face once she leaves the Prime Minister's Mansion. Mother has led the dark pavilion for ten years, and even Du Yunshi doesn't know about it.
I have to say that Du Weiwei is very talented and intelligent, and in five years, the Dark Pavilion has become the largest intelligence agency on the rivers and lakes. It was also when he first took over the Dark Pavilion that Du Weiwei took in Zikou and Shenmu.
Do you still want to marry He Xiao? Du Weiwei's heart darkened, and he didn't take anyone with him, and went to Du Yunshi's courtyard.
Here, He Xiao had just come out of the palace and returned to his mansion. He began to arrange his secret guards to protect the palace.
Today, there are a total of four princes in Ting Yuan Kingdom, namely the eldest prince Mu Yungu, the third prince Mu Yunxin, the fourth prince Mu Yunjin and the thirteenth prince Mu Yunji. Mu Tiande, the monarch of Tingyuan State, is already over half a hundred years old, and under the advice of the courtiers, it is finally time to establish the crown prince.
In order to prevent someone from plotting against him, Mu Tiande deliberately transferred the Lizun King, who had guarded the monarch for generations, back to the capital.
He Xiao sat at the desk, leaning on the back of the chair, with endless thoughts in her starry eyes, knocking on the table with one finger, again and again, thinking about something.
Kneeling in front of them were the two people of heaven and earth waiting for orders, and the two Xuanhuang and the secret guards they had trained had already been arranged to enter the palace to protect the emperor's safety.
"Land, go and find out what the Prime Minister's Mansion has done in the past few years." Stopping suddenly, He Xiao spoke coldly.
Di almost didn't react, He Xiao didn't hear the usual voice of command, and his voice suddenly dropped a few degrees: "What, there's a problem?" There was a hint of coldness in his eyes when he looked at the ground.
Di reacted instantly, and scolded himself in his heart for why he was suddenly distracted at this time: "Yes, master." ”
Heaven and earth exited the room at the same time, and they glanced at each other, and their hearts were full of doubts.
"What's wrong with you, why did you suddenly investigate a woman?" The earth's voice was very low, but it still couldn't hide his confusion.
"Master asked you to investigate, you will investigate well, how can there be so many doubts." Compared to the surprise of the earth, the sky is much calmer.
"But—" Ground seemed to have something else to say. He Xiaoxiao's cold voice came from the study: "Di, it seems that there are too few tasks assigned to you." ”
The ground was shocked, and he hurriedly took up light work and left the palace. Tian looked at the back of the earth leaving in a hurry, and couldn't help laughing, this guy.
"Dad, I don't want to get married." In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Du Weiwei was talking to Du Yunshi about his thoughts, with a reluctant expression on his fair face, and there seemed to be a little tear in his eyes, which made people extremely distressed.
Du Yunshi sighed deeply and said seriously: "Weiwei, you tell Dad." Do you not want to marry the Lizun King or do you not want to marry at all? ”
"Dad, it's still small." Du Weiwei lowered his head, and very cleverly avoided Du Yunshi's question.
"It's not small, in two months, it's time for you to make a ceremony, and it's time to consider getting married at this age." Du Yunshi made some remarks and directly blocked Du Weiwei's words.
"But..."Du Weiwei thought of the man's eyes again, "I don't want to marry King Lizun." ”
This time, Du Yunshi didn't speak for a long time.
"Weiwei, what Dad is going to say next. It's about seeing you as a child who has grown up and is sensible. Having made up his mind, Du Yunshi still opened his mouth.
Du Weiwei clutched his sleeves tightly, as smart as her, she naturally knew what Du Yunshi was going to say, after all, with the intelligence of the Dark Pavilion, she still knew the situation in Ting Yuan Kingdom very well.
Du Yunshi stood up, turned his back to Du Weiwei, and slowly said in a slightly old voice: "The emperor is now over half a hundred years old, and the matter of establishing a prince is urgent." Among the four princes, the eldest prince and the fourth prince are the most likely to ascend to the crown prince. ”
Du Yunshi turned to look at his daughter, hoping to see her reaction.
But Du Weiwei lowered his head at this time, and couldn't see her expression clearly for a while, Du Yunshi felt distressed for a while, and then said: "However, there has never been such a thing as absolute in royal affairs. Even if the crown prince is established, it cannot be ruled out that there will be a competition for the throne. And King Lizun has always been a role in guarding the monarch since ancient times, so if you can marry him, no matter what happens, the Du family can keep it. In this way, Dad doesn't have to make difficult choices among these princes. ”
Du slowed down slightly, word by word, and said in a low voice: "What about the younger sisters, what if one of them marries the prince?" ”
"You, you're a concubine."
After Du Yunshi said all the words, he only felt that he was extremely cruel, yes, he was exchanging the happiness of his daughter's life for the peace of Du Mansion.
Du Weiwei didn't speak, still lowered her head, couldn't see the expression of her eye, the hand in her sleeve was tightly clenched, and for a while, she looked at Du Yunshi, without any emotion in her eyes: "Dad, are you sacrificing the happiness of your daughter's life?" ”
Du Yunshi choked and couldn't speak for a while.
Before Du Yunshi could speak again, Du Weiwei had already stood up and blessed his body to him, but his eyebrows didn't look at him again: "Dad, my daughter understands." With that, he turned around and left.
Du Yunshi sat down on the wooden bench all of a sudden, his old eyes were full of remorse, since then, this daughter is afraid that she will never be able to get close to her again.
The next day, the prefectures in the capital received an invitation from the palace, saying that they would hold a dust-washing banquet for the Lizun King in three days, and asked the confidential ministers to bring their respective children to wash the dust for the Lizun King, but everyone who understands knows that this is a preliminary decision on the selection of concubines for each prince. Obviously, once selected, it means which side a mansion has taken refuge into.
A bloodless war is finally about to begin.
Wei Yuan, Du Weiwei has been looking at the information sent by the Dark Pavilion recently, his brows are tightly locked, and the information in his hand clearly shows that all the princes are pulling forces for themselves. But what made Du Wei slightly puzzled was, why didn't anyone win over King Lizun? You must know that King Lizun, as a general, has a huge army in his hands, and if any prince can get his support, it is estimated that half of the world is confirmed.
The more I thought about it, the more confused I became, and the more I thought about it, the more strange it became, Du Weiwei didn't think about it directly, raised his eyes to look at Zikou, who had been busy in the house, and rubbed his temples: "Zikou, don't be so positive." ”
Zi Ko looked serious: "Miss, tomorrow is the palace banquet that the ladies of all the provinces will go to." You are also going to be a young lady, and the dress of the female doll in previous years is naturally incomparable, of course, you have to dress up beautifully. ”
"I'm not here to choose a concubine." Du Wei leaned on the table with a frustrated face and complained quietly.
Zi Ko didn't agree, and hurriedly ran to Du Weiwei: "Miss! Even if you don't want to marry King Lizun, even if you don't choose a concubine, you can't lose face in the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”
Zikou looked serious, as if Du Weiwei was going to be anxious with her if she didn't do this, "Miss, I don't know what the third and fourth misses are going to dress up like now, and they can't compare to what they say!" ”
As if to get to the point, Du Weixing's eyes lit up and agreed with Zikou's actions: "That's right." But it's better to keep it simple, you know me, I'm most afraid of trouble. ”
Seeing that the young lady finally affirmed her behavior, Zikou smiled with a smile on her face: "Zikou knows, you, just leave it to me." Miss, hurry up and go to rest. ”
Du Wei looked at the information in his hand, and felt that he still couldn't figure it out, so he finally gave up the idea of figuring it out, and went into the back room to sleep.
Leave the royal palace.
Di Zheng reported the situation about Du Weiwei to King Lizun: "Du Weiwei, the eldest lady of Du Mansion, is fifteen this year, and there will be two more months. Before the age of ten, he lived in the same house with his biological mother Mu Dai. When she was ten years old, her mother Mu Dai moved out of the Xiangfu for personal reasons and went to live in the Xiangfu Annex. Forehead ......"
"What, stumbling in front of me?" He Xiao's eyes swept across the ground.
"No, it's just ......" Di Di still can't accept the situation about Du Weiwei that he has investigated in the past two days.
He Xiao was extremely dissatisfied with such a place, and the coldness came up little by little: "Go on!" ”
"When he was ten years old, Du Weiwei took over the dark pavilion and obtained benefits by selling intelligence...... "This is unimaginable, a ten-year-old girl can do this." And it took a lot of effort and expense for me to find out about it.
"Gone?" He Xiao raised his voice.
Di buried his head: "The subordinates are incompetent and have not been able to find out more information." I thought that the master would definitely punish himself, but I didn't expect He Xiao to laugh.
"Ho-ho." The angular face was a sense of rise that could not be concealed, and the enthusiasm in the eyebrows and eyes slowly emerged, "It's really interesting." ”
I don't understand such a prince, after investigating such a situation, the first reaction is shock, and the second reaction is joy, if Du Weiwei marries the prince, wouldn't it be possible to get a lot of useful information? You must know that a lot of information on the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Quartet was also bought from the Dark Pavilion.
"Go to bed, tomorrow is going to be a fun day." He Xiao got up and went back to the inner room, and the evil face had a look as if he had seen his prey.
The night is silent, and under the darkness, there are undercurrents surging everywhere.