Chapter 186 The Doorway

Li Xiaonuan paused, thought for a while, turned his head to look at Lan Chu and ordered:

"Come in with you."

Lan Chu bent his knees and agreed, and accompanied Li Xiaonuan into the main house.

Li Xiaonuan sat on the couch, leaned on the pillow, took a small silver scissors from the couch and picked up the lacquer seal, shook off the letter, looked at it carefully, Lan Chu took the tea offered by the jade buckle, and carefully put it on the couch.

Li Xiaonuan read the letter carefully, frowned, put aside the paper with trivial and trivial nonsense about solar terms, diet, children and so on the previous pages, and only looked at the last one carefully, on the last one, Gu Yunshan wrote intermittently, vaguely, and bits and pieces: "...... Yunqing (Jin Zhiyang) accepted a concubine, who was tall and beautiful, and was the concubine of Zou Yingnian, the observation envoy of Jingnan Road...... Ru'e Empress Ying ......"

Li Xiaonuan wrinkled her brows, squinted her eyes and looked at the letter in her hand, like Ehuang Nuying, a big sister with a temperament, can she be effective for Empress E? is tall and beautiful, Zou observes that the concubine is a daughter, she must be a noble concubine, and she will serve the princess and the princess, I'm afraid it is Jin Zhiyang's meaning, right?

Li Xiaonuan unconsciously twisted the letter paper in his hand, lowered his eyes, and thought for a long time before raising his head, looking at Lan Chu and whispering:

"Jin Zhiyang accepted a concubine, the daughter of Zou Yingnian, the observation envoy of Jingnan Road, a beautiful and talented concubine, a concubine who is good at everything, and a big sister...... Very happy ......"

Li Xiaonuan's voice flickered and lowered, and he paused for a moment before continuing:

"You pack up, take a few mothers-in-law, and go to Changqing County, Jingnan Road, early tomorrow morning, to see the big sister."

Lan Chu's eyes became solemn, nodded, looked at Li Xiaonuan and asked:

"Do you want to bring some He Yi over?"

"With a congratulations? Congratulations on what? ”

Li Xiaonuan lowered his eyes, asked in a cold voice, Lan Chu's eyes flashed with clarity, thought about it, nodded and said:

"I know, young lady, don't worry."

"Hmm."

Li Xiaonuan let out a long sigh, closed the letter paper in his hand and the previous pages together, folded it up little by little, stuffed it back into the envelope, put it on the table upright, stared at the letter for a while, turned his head to look at Lan Chu and confessed:

"You go to see the eldest sister, you don't have to bring anything, just tell her, I sent you, nothing else, just my sister sent someone to see my sister, just say hello, go and go back quickly, leave directly tomorrow morning, you don't have to come in and resign."

Lan Chu listened attentively to the command, nodded and agreed:

"I know, young lady, don't worry."

Li Xiaonuan said "um" and agreed, Lan Chu looked at Li Xiaonuan, whose face was a little cold, sighed secretly, said goodbye, and went down to pack up his things.

Li Xiaonuan sat on the couch, looked at the letters on the table, and after a long time, he called Zhuqing in and ordered:

"I remember that this Zou Yingnian was also born as a Jinshi, it seems that he was only admitted to the exam in his thirties, go to check, see which year he is a Jinshi, and find out all the things related to him from the year he was a Jinshi to today's mansion copy, and call Zhuye to find it together, quietly, don't alarm people."

Zhuqing didn't ask much, and immediately agreed to retreat, called Zhuye, and went to the back warehouse to find a mansion together.

Li Xiaonuan took the book and read it for an afternoon, until Cheng Ke came back and ate with him, Cheng Ke gossiped with her with great interest, Li Xiaonuan listened absentmindedly, suddenly remembered something, pulled Cheng Ke's sleeve and asked:

"There is one thing, I wanted to ask you yesterday, but then I forgot it, why didn't I see Princess Min on the day of Chongyang?"

Cheng Ke was stunned by her question, and then said with a smile:

"Princess Min is sick, she hasn't been out for half a year, King Min and her husband have a deep relationship, and they have been living in a simple house with her, and rarely go out, this little half a year, that is, the day we got married, King Min went to the house to have a glass of wine, and I heard that he went back early."

"I heard?"

Li Xiaonuan was strange, Cheng Ke stretched out his hand to grab Li Xiaonuan, and said nonchalantly:

"I was thinking about you that day, how could I pay attention to this? But I came back after a few glasses of wine, and whoever was early and who was late naturally heard about it. ”

Li Xiaonuan laughed,

"You're so embarrassed"

Cheng Ke smiled and didn't answer, Li Xiaonuan looked up at him and asked:

"This King Min, there is no sound, it seems that there is no such person, he is also a prince, how can this be?"

"That's a long story."

Cheng Ke held Li Xiaonuan with one hand, put one hand under his head, and said slowly:

"King Min's biological mother, who was originally a palace maid in the Shangyi Bureau, heard that she was born very well, and later, she became pregnant with King Min."

Cheng Ke paused, his subordinates pulled Li Xiaonuan closer, and said in a low voice:

"About to get close to the emperor, I used means, but let the emperor see through it, although I was pregnant with the dragon species, but I have never been over-positioned, so I gave birth to King Min without a name, and a few days after giving birth, I contracted puerperal fever and died."

Cheng Ke turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan, hesitated, and explained in a low voice:

"King Min was born in July, and it was probably because the people who waited for him were careless that there was such a thing."

Li Xiaonuan squeezed into Cheng Ke's arms, nodded silently, Cheng Ke patted her gently, and then said:

"The emperor has nothing to do with King Min, he grew up like King Cheng and King Xin, but King Min has been a very cowardly character since he was a child, not to mention the good of the nurse, the waiter, and the palace maid, not to mention that he is six years older than Xiaojing, I and Xiaojing have only studied with him for two years, and when he is naughty, he paints a turtle with ink on him, he feels it, and laughs with it, and he has no temper at all."

Li Xiaonuan frowned, raised her head slightly, looked at Cheng Ke and asked:

"King Cheng, King Xin, about the same age as King Min, bullied him when he was a child?"

"Hmm. King Cheng has been extremely short-tempered since he was a child, he got angry, and smashed it out directly when he caught something, and there was a half-inch-long scar on the right forehead of King Min, which was smashed on the head by King Cheng with a jade paperweight when he was six years old. King Xin has a better temper, but he lets King Min take everything for him. ”

Cheng Ke said casually, Li Xiaonuan tilted his head to look at Cheng Ke, and then asked:

"You and King Jing often bully him?"

"What did Xiao Jing and I bully him for? Such a good old man who doesn't get angry, you draw a turtle on him, and he laughs with you, such a person, it's not interesting to bully, besides, there are many differences in age, and he's a ruthless and boring person, huh...... Except for the time when I drew the turtle, I didn't bully. ”

Cheng Ke thought about the old things, shook his head with a smile and said, Li Xiaonuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and patted Cheng Ke's chest, sighed and said:

"You people, who are used to smooth sailing, how do you know...... The clay man also has a clay temperament, how can he not be angry? It's just that there's no way, no matter how angry you are, you can only suffocate yourself, and you don't dare to come out."

Cheng Ke looked up at Li Xiaonuan, and was about to speak, Li Xiaonuan rested his chin on his chest, patted him and said:

"Let's talk about Princess Min."

"Princess Min has nothing to say, she is the second daughter of the Qian family, and she is also the same good character, these two are deaf and dumb, King Min and the princess have become relatives, and the relationship is excellent, in the palace of King Min, there is no side concubine, and there is no concubine, it is very quiet, it is the same, both of them are not in good health, either the princess is sick, or King Min himself is sick, all year round, there is almost no time when both of them are good."

Cheng Ke shook his head with a smile as he spoke. Li Xiaonuan listened intently, and also laughed,

"This is called Sickness?"

"Well, Xiao Jing also said the same, King Min has been sick for so many years since he became a family and opened the mansion, and no one remembers such a person when he is so sick."

Li Xiaonuan propped her arm on Cheng Ke's chest, held her chin and looked at him and said:

"It's a smart man, no matter what, he's always the third son of the emperor, look like this, behave and act, it's not the kind of person who really makes people look down on him, you have to respect him more."

Cheng Ke nodded,

"Among the four princes, except for Xiao Jing, I also think he is more pleasing to the eye, and Xiao Jing thinks so too."

"I'm afraid that King Cheng and King Xin also think so."

Li Xiaonuan said with a smile, Cheng Ke nodded, Li Xiaonuan thought about it, patted Cheng Ke, and asked in a low voice:

"Well, you say, should I go and see Princess Min? Anyway, she's sick. ”

Cheng Ke shook his head,

"Don't go, if you go, you can only make trouble for them, besides, she may not be willing to see you, when she first started sick, all the houses were in the way of face, and they all came to see her, but her illness, either wind and cold, or cough, is a disease that wants to pass people, this time, I heard that it is a lung disease."

Li Xiaonuan raised her eyebrows, looked at Cheng Ke and sighed,

"This is the real smart person, just get away with this princess Min, she must be a very interesting person."

Cheng Ke laughed out loud all of a sudden, stretched out his hand to hug Li Xiaonuan, and laughed for a long time before he spoke.

"The first time I heard this, this pair of wooden people, you can see the fun"

Li Xiaonuan looked at him with a smile, and after a long while, he asked in a low voice:

"Zou Yingnian, the observer of Jingnan Road, do you know him?"

Cheng Ke raised his head and glanced at Li Xiaonuan, nodded,

"I recognize it, I recognize it, I don't have a relationship, he has always been a foreign official, and his home is not from the capital, that is, when he reported on his work, he saw one or two sides from afar, well,"

Cheng Ke seemed to remember something, supported himself, half sat up, hugged Li Xiaonuan, and his face became solemn.

"His term of office expires next year, and the day before yesterday I heard from someone from the Ministry of Officials that he wants to enter Beijing and seek a position in the Sixth Department, why, find a way to find you here? Well, I remember, he is from Taizhou. ”

Li Xiaonuan's eyes narrowed,

"No, I received a letter from my eldest sister today, Zou Yingnian gave her daughter to Jin Zhiyang as a concubine."

Cheng Ke looked at Li Xiaonuan with a stunned face,

"Daughter-in-law?"

"Maid."

The next chapter, before two o'clock, cough, try to adjust over the weekend, kiss everyone