Chapter 79: Fighting Evil with Evil
The county lord of Mingzhu didn't expect Xiao Yu to really dare to let his subordinates do something with her, and seeing that the martial arts of those two ugly maids were far above her maids, Xiao Yu didn't take her identity seriously at all, and she couldn't get any benefits from Xiao Yu.
"You dare to take the initiative with this county?!" The county lord of Mingzhu turned pale with anger, and suddenly turned to Mrs. Yushi, "Mrs. Dong, this unruly thing doesn't understand etiquette, you come to teach her, she dares to despise the royal family and disrespect the clan, what crime should she be guilty of?!" β
Although Mrs. Dong is Mrs. Yushi, how can a woman in the house know any laws.
"This crime of disrespecting the clan can be big or ......small," Mrs. Dong stood up and said, "It's just a big disrespect to the county." But Miss Zaifeng is the future princess of the Yuan Palace, or is the big thing small, and harmony is precious, what does the county lord think? β
The county lord of Mingzhu did not answer, a pair of eyes stared at Xiao Yu deadly, disgust and hatred overflowing.
Xiao Yu frowned slightly. He didn't take any county lord and princess in his eyes, but he didn't take advantage of Xie Jingxiu's momentum, just looking at the absurd behavior of the emperor's eagerness to give marriage, could it be that the emperor really felt that he was a good match for Xie Shizi? It's not that he has a good reputation for being lowly and not virtuous, so he deliberately caused chaos in the Yuanwang Mansion.
Even if the county lord sued the emperor, how could the emperor be willing to give up his good "chess piece"?
He had nothing to fear.
It's just that kind of β‘β‘ and malicious eyes, which is really uncomfortable.
The guests who had been sitting on the wall looked at each other at this time, and the fool also noticed that the atmosphere seemed to become more tense.
The county lord of Mingzhu had been very unkind to the woman who dared to approach Xie Jingxiu before, not to mention that this was Xie Shizi's fiancΓ©e who summoned the world? Looking at her eyes, it was clear that she had a murderous intention.
If it weren't for the wrong timing, everyone would have wanted to say goodbye and leave. At this time, it is like sitting, and it is like sitting on pins and needles.
"The county lord, please dissipate your anger, just give me the host a face." The Lu family suddenly stood up, "The eldest girl has been raised in Huaiqian since she was a child, and she may not know the rules of our capital family, but a sincere heart is praised by everyone, and she is by no means deliberately disrespectful to the county lord." The county lord is also an informal heroine, so let the eldest girl replace the wine with tea and toast the county lord with a cup, so as to release the suspicions. β
Xiao Yu looked at Lu, who showed him a very faint smile and nodded slightly. He looked at the county lord of Mingzhu again, but saw that the county lord glared at him fiercely, and waved his hand to her maid: "Go and pour three glasses of wine for her!" β
It was a light yì that agreed to Lu's settlement.
Xiao Yu lowered his head slightly, and his fingertips tapped lightly on the placket of his clothes.
A glass of fragrant wine was handed to him, and Xiao Yu looked up at everyone in the pavilion.
The others didn't seem to expect a deadly conflict to disappear like this, but they were really convinced by the Lu family.
The county lord of Mingzhu has always been unreasonable, but he is willing to listen to Lu's advice.
The county lord of Mingzhu raised his head and looked at Xiao Yu: "Miss Feng, you don't respect the clan first, I don't care about you in Mrs. Lu's face." As long as you honestly toast these three glasses of wine to the lord of this county, today's events will be gone. I do what I say. β
Xiao Yu looked at Lu again, and Lu looked at him for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said, "The eldest girl can decide for herself." β
Such a momentum is surging, and it is so gently and skillfully revealed? Xiao Yu felt as if he had watched a top-heavy crappy drama.
Ah Liu stepped forward and picked up the wine glass and handed it to Xiao Yu with both hands.
"Doctor Feng, please drink."
Xiao Yu glanced at him, and Ah Liu just bent down in front of him with low eyebrows, holding the wine glass in both hands.
"Well, since the county lord of Mingzhu said so, I can't help but give the county lord a face." Xiao Yu smiled and said, picked up the wine, raised his head and drank it all, and gave the bottom of the cup to the county lord of Mingzhu, "I did it, the county lord is free." β
The county lord of Mingzhu looked at the other two cups and snorted: "There are two more cups, let the county lord see Miss Feng's sincerity." β
It was still Ah Liu handing over the wine, Xiao Yu didn't say much, drank the remaining two glasses of wine one by one, put the empty cups back on the tray, and left with Ah Liu Ah Shi saying goodbye.
The county lord of Mingzhu watched his back leave coldly, until the curtain was lowered, and the silent atmosphere in the pavilion became abrupt.
"The people who are disappointed are gone, so don't be stunned. With so much wine and food, how can we live up to Mrs. Lu's wishes? Mingzhu Jun said with a smile, poured himself a glass of fruit wine, and raised it to everyone from afar, "I'll do it first as a respect." β
She turned her face like a book, but no one dared not to cheer. A few young ladies sitting close to each other made witty remarks, and Lu asked people to take things to help them play by themselves, and after a while, there was laughter and laughter in the pavilion, and that little episode was deliberately forgotten by everyone.
A sedan chair stopped outside the south gate of the palace, and a noble lady dressed in costume and makeup entered through the south gate under the leadership of the inner supervisor, and came to a delicate and elegant palace through a narrow and quiet Yu'an Lane.
"Guifei Niangniang, Mrs. An Guohou came to greet Guifei Niangniang." The inner supervisor has a soft voice.
The two palace maids came out and led Feng Yunning in.
Feng Yunning lowered her eyebrows, respectfully followed behind the palace maid, and walked all the way towards the depths of the palace.
The bedroom of Concubine Li Guifei, who is the most favored by the emperor, is not as wide and ostentatious as the world imagines.
On the contrary, it is actually not big, and the layout decoration only occupies a clever word, and it is small and delicate everywhere. Compared with the dignified atmosphere of the queen's middle palace, it is more intimate, without a trace of condescending stiffness and arrogance. Just like the land south of the Yangtze River where Li Guifei was born, the spring drizzle moistens things in silence, and the light yì makes people indulge in it and forget to return.
Today's queen is also the sweetheart that Emperor Yongrong tried his best to marry when he was the crown prince, and there is even a good story among the people about the couple who did not have a name and surname.
What is the situation now?
Li Guifei can completely pull such a man's heart to herself, relying on more than just beauty.
"Niangniang, Mrs. An Guohou has arrived." The palace maid knelt down to pass the word, and Feng Yunning also bowed down meticulously.
"Why is Mrs. An Guohou so polite, please hurry up." A soft voice with a smile sounded, and Feng Yunning thanked her before standing up and looking at the woman who was leaning leisurely on the couch.
There were a few clothes scattered on the kang table in front of Concubine Li, and she also held an embroidery shed in her hand, just put down the needle in her hand, and smiled at Feng Yunning: "The palace embroidered a few patterns on the corners of His Majesty's regular clothes, and Mrs. Feng also came to palm the eyes of the palace." β
Feng Yunning stepped forward to take a look, and sure enough, it was just a few ordinary green bamboo and orchid grasses, with fine embroidery skills, but they were also elegant.
If someone else dares to embroider this kind of thing on the emperor's clothes, even if it is a regular service, it is possible to cure a big disrespectful sin, but Li Guifei came to do it, I am afraid that the emperor will only feel ironed in his heart.
Feng Yunning said with a smile: "Niangniang's hands are so skillful, this is secretly embroidered on the inside of the corner of the clothes, and it is painstaking and unassuming, if the emperor suddenly finds out, I am afraid that he will be very surprised." β
Concubine Li smiled and put the embroidery shed aside.
"An Guohou seems to have been very close to my brother recently."
Feng Yunning has been busy dealing with Feng Zhaoyu since the autumn, because she has won the trust of Concubine Li Guifei, and in the past, the Marquis of An also relied on her a lot, and the flattery made her more and more arrogant, so she didn't take the affairs of the Guogong Mansion to heart for a long time. At this time, when I heard Li Guifei mention An Guohou's matter, she didn't know anything about it.
"This ...... My Hou Ye has always respected his mother, respected Li Xiang, and Lord Li is young and promising, and Hou Ye has long wanted to have a relationship with Lord Li. Feng Yunning said with a smile.
Concubine Li glanced at her, as if she could see that her heart was weak.
"The palace is very envious of the deep love between Marquis An and his wife, and most of the friendship with his wife back then was for this reason. Mrs. can let An Guohou open the Ministry of Crime for you back then, and she must also enshrine the position of the main room in the hands of Mrs. Isn't it that now he is going to lose to the Lu clan? β
Feng Yunning was a little puzzled. She wasn't stupid enough to think that Li Guifei was fighting for her favor, but Li Guifei was too lenient when it came to the affairs between her and An Guohou......
"The concubine is right, our Hou Ye is a person who misses the old love, but some people are lawless. Niangniang just doesn't say it, I also have to remind Hou Ye. β
No matter what Li Guifei's purpose is, it is always beneficial and harmless for her to ask her to capture An Guohou's heart.
Besides, the Lu family has indeed become more and more arrogant recently, anyway, Feng Zhaoyu's matter has been resolved, and she should put her energy where she should be......
"It's good that Madame understands for herself." Concubine Li Guifei lowered her head and smiled, "In this life, don't we women rely on our husbands?" But a wise woman doesn't just know how to obey men. β
Feng Yunning's heart jumped, and he was also busy smiling.
Don't stop at obeying men, go further, but what do you want to do?
Concubine Li Guifei sighed leisurely and said, "The palace has not been clean in the past two days. The county lord of Mingzhu heard about Xie Shizi's marriage, and almost never overturned the palace, and even the emperor was afraid of her. I heard that Mingzhu also went to find Madame? β
Feng Yunning hurriedly said: "The princess is the niece of the courtier, and the lord of Mingzhu County came to find the courtier, but he just asked a few words about the princess. β
"Mingzhu has been in love with Xie Shizi for a long time, and she has a strong temperament, I am afraid that she will embarrass the future princess." Li Guifei lowered her eyelashes, picked up the tea lid and scraped the tea foam, "Don't make any trouble." β
Feng Yunning smiled reluctantly: "The county lord is just straightforward by nature, but he has always been extremely measured. Don't worry. β
"It's okay to make a little fuss. If someone dies, I'm afraid that the emperor will hurt her again, and he will punish her well. Concubine Li Guifei glanced at Feng Yunning, and said with a smile: "Forget it, it's all between children, why should this palace worry about them." β
Feng Yunning smiled and responded, and accompanied Li Guifei to talk some gossip, and seeing Li Guifei's tired face, she hurriedly got up to say goodbye.
When Feng Yunning's figure disappeared outside the palace gate, an old woman in her forties walked up with a cup of medicinal food.
"Niangniang, take a break, carefully burn your eyes." She folded the emperor's clothes into a pile and set them aside, placing the medicinal food on the table.
Li Guifei threw the embroidery shed casually, and scattered the affection between the gold and silver threads.
She was still young, and her beauty was more colorful and feminine than most cardamom maidens.
She was only four years older than the cold and handsome Xie Shizi, but she had to accompany an old and faint emperor every day, and the smell of decay on his body was disgusting.
Concubine Li drank the medicinal food and took Mama's hand to lie down with her.
"Mama, what do you mean when you say that Feng Yunning deliberately provoked her niece in front of Mingzhu?"
"Girl, no matter what she meant, her purpose is only to kill people with a knife."
"Mama, do you think she'll succeed?" Li Guifei is no longer a favorite concubine in front of her grandmother, but she is like a little girl with longing in her eyes.
"Yes." Mama patted Concubine Li lightly, "As long as it is what the girl wants, God will let the girl be satisfied." β
"I want my emperor to be a righteous crown prince, an emperor, and be admired by all the people." Concubine Li Guifei nestled into her grandmother's arms, closed her eyes, and muttered in a voice that was so light that she could barely hear it, "I am the queen mother...... He was a courtier...... If he doesn't marry, I won't marry again......"
In the middle of the night, Xiao Yu always felt a little unsteady, as if he was not asleep, and he felt even more tired.
There seemed to be something he had overlooked, but he couldn't remember.
There was a noise not far away, Xiao Yu woke up suddenly, and listened intently, but he couldn't hear anything, and there was silence.
Unable to sleep anymore, Xiao Yu simply got up and poured a glass of cold white to moisten his throat.
Before the glass of water was drunk, there was a sudden chaotic and hurried footsteps outside the courtyard, as if they were heading towards Lu's courtyard.
At first, it was just a low-pitched conversation, but the more the noise grew, and finally someone shouted at the top of their voices.
"Hurry, hurry! Go get a doctor again! Invite all the doctors you can to come over! β
Xiao Yu walked to the edge of the courtyard gate with some curiosity, and the sound outside became clearer.
"Please? How could it not be invited?! This is Feng Yunfei's voice.
Someone replied, "Master, I really can't invite you." Not only can't I invite it, but the housekeeper in the eldest princess's mansion also came to invite you, the lord, saying that the lord of Mingzhu County had a sudden emergency, and many doctors couldn't see a name! β
"Sirβsir! Someone from my aunt's house came up, and I was anxious to see the master. β
Feng Yunfei's voice was anxious and panicked: "Let them wait, and I'll go." Go and keep watch in Madame's yard, and I'll be back at once." β
As the group spoke, their voices gradually drifted away, Xiao Yu gathered his clothes, walked back to the house, and climbed into bed.
Both the Lu clan and the Mingzhu County Lord were in an emergency overnight, could it be such a coincidence? I don't know what's going on with Feng Yunning, can't she also have an emergency?
The scene of Ah Liu serving wine to him flashed in front of him, and Xiao Yu opened his eyes in the darkness and looked at the patterns on the tent.
It turns out that the one staged at today's banquet is for this purpose, and you want to use wine to poison it?
It's a pity that he was treated in the way of others.
In the Yuan Wang's Mansion, several black shadows swept through the shadows under the trees at the base of the wall, and came to a courtyard together.
The door of the hall was wide open, and a slender figure stood in the moonlight, and several black-clothed people fell to the ground in a hurry.
"Master, we are fortunate not to be dishonored!"
"None of them were left behind?" The slender fingers turned a small jade ring on the middle finger of his left hand, and his voice was as cold as the night breeze.
"There are five people involved in the conspiracy, and none of them have been left behind." A man in black said, "Doctor Feng seems to be tossing and turning at night, I don't know if he is frightened, maybe he needs the comfort of the prince." β
Erjiu, who was standing behind Xie Jingxiu, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
Will Dr. Feng be frightened? It was simply the funniest joke he'd ever heard.
Xie Shizi lowered his head slightly, and shook his head after thinking for a moment.
"No, it's best not to meet each other until you get married. This is an ancient rite, and it doesn't hurt for me to endure it for a while. β
"What the master said is extremely true!" The men in black said in unison.
Xie Jingxiu said again: "I will write a letter, and the sixth child will help me bring it to Doctor Feng, and I must hand it over to him personally." β
The maid Ah Liu during the day, and the current guard Lao Liu, responded sonorously.
As soon as Xiao Yu went out of the room the next morning, he saw Ah Liu waiting outside the door, and he was almost startled.
He couldn't bear to cover his eyes and look away.
"Ah Liu, you don't have to apply grease and powder in the future."
Ah Liu respectfully replied and handed over another letter.
"Doctor Feng, the prince asked the slave to hand it over to you."
Xiao Yu received the letter, and Ah Liu turned around and left.
Didn't you have it yesterday, but you will have a letter overnight? Xie Shizi and his guards are very busy at night.
Xiao Yu returned to the room and opened the envelope, which turned out to be a peach-colored scented letterhead, and the letter paper was sprinkled with small petals.
With a not-so-good premonition, Xiao Yu read on.
Yu'er I love Yajian.
Those who are respectful of the enlightenment, do not see each other for a day, such as every three autumns. I haven't seen it for five days, and my heart is full of thoughts. I don't know if your heart is the same as mine?
Ah Liu, Ah Ten is by your side, I am very relieved, and you can also rest assured. I didn't see you for a day, and I felt very lonely. Fortunately, Ah Liu passed on the news every day, which made me understand my lovesickness a little. Every time I think that you will marry me, I am overjoyed. Endure a moment of lovesickness can be a hundred years of sleep, I feel lovesick and sweet.
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The book is short and long, and it cannot be one by one. Revenge. Best wishes for the winter frustration.
Fu Jingxiu.
Xiao Yu: "......"
Ah Liu knocked on the door outside at the right time: "Doctor Feng, the prince said, please reply." β
Xiao Yu walked to the table, lifted the brush and dipped it in ink, waved it, and handed it to Ah Liu in an envelope.
"Let's go on a mission." Xiao Yu patted Ah Liu's chest.
Xie Jingxiu received the reply, stood on the edge of the half-snowed window lattice, and opened the envelope elegantly.
I saw a vernacular sentence written on the letterhead.
"The next time we meet, the prince will make a happy expression and take a look."
Xie Jingxiu: "......"
Although there was only one sentence, it was carefully folded and sandwiched into a book of poems.