In the Taiji Palace, a talented person with five grades is really nothing. Not to mention Empress Du in the East Palace, Concubine Yuan Shu, who was deeply favored, Concubine Yang Xian, who became the fourth concubine by virtue of her child-rearing skills, and Zhang Zhaoyi, who was cautious - that is, three or two unknown old people in the East Palace are also Jieyu or beauties, and even the Zhou family, who was named Jieyu soon after entering the palace, is now enough to look down on Yang Banniang.

It's really just a good start. However, everyone in the Hongnong County Mansion believes that it is only a matter of time before Yang Banniang rises to the top of the ranks. After all, she is young and beautiful, and she has the Hongnong County Mansion as a support, whether it is Concubine Yuan Shu or Concubine Yang Xian, if she wants to move, she must weigh her in-law and grandfather Yang Shijing. As long as she is favored by the saints, position, children, what else can she not get?

The prince stood in the corner, looking at the joyful Yang family from afar. The smiles of Yang Shijing and Mrs. Wei were still a little reserved, but Yang Qian's joy was undisguised. The concubines and concubines were even more happy, and a group of warblers and swallows kept saying auspicious words, as if they were the ones who were sent to the palace to get glory and wealth.

Seeing this, Wang Zixian couldn't help but feel a little curious. From the news from the chess pieces he arranged in the Yang family, it can be seen that this Yang Banniang is not a smart and clever woman from the family. If the concubine Yang Xian in the palace is not only shallow and vain, but also very self-righteous, then Yang Banniang has a lot of problems. Carefully speaking, she is just a beautiful little lady who was raised by her parents.

So, the question arises - why can the Yang family be so sure, after she enters the palace, she will definitely be able to pass three levels and six will be favored?

Not to mention Concubine Yang Xian's jealousy, even if Concubine Yuan Shu used a little means, it was enough to teach this little lady to turn over completely. Moreover, is the saint the kind of king who loves a beautiful little lady at the sight? Judging from the fact that he was able to truly observe filial piety for three years, and from the fact that Empress Du still retained his holy grace despite being seriously ill and childless, he was by no means an emperor who would be shaken by beauty.

Or, these people in the Yang family have been carried away by the victories they have achieved before? Or, Yang Banniang's move was so important to them that they couldn't care about the danger she would encounter? Just hoping that she would bring the results they wanted?

Maybe so, after all, if the Yang family really has the ambition to usurp the throne as a foreign relative, first of all, they must have a queen who can completely control it, or have a young and ignorant prince or even a young emperor.

This night, the Yang family's celebration dinner lasted until midnight. As a guest on a happy occasion, Wang Zixian was also able to attend the celebration together. Under the pretext of knowing relatives, several young ladies of the Yang family came to call him a cousin in person and toasted with him to drink wine. He smiled slightly, drank the wine without hesitation, and when the corners of his eyes were raised, the little ladies couldn't help but blush.

Because the curfew had already begun, Yang Shijing left him at Yang's house to rest. Moreover, in order to show his closeness, he specially asked Yang Qian to place Wang Zixian in the study in the back garden: "I heard Ming Du mention that you are very interested in the books and ornaments in his study. And there are all kinds of things in his yard, and you can stay there." In the future, you will have to come often, and the old man will ask your aunt to make a special trip to clean up a yard for you. ”

"Thank you, uncle." The prince was embarrassed to hide his admiration, "Later, while he is sobering up, the child can borrow a few books from his cousin." ”

"You can read those books, you don't have to be polite to me." Yang Qian is also very generous, "If there is something that can be seen, it is okay to give it to you." Although the words were so nice, his heart was dripping blood: many of the books in the collection were rare and unique books, although he had memorized them, but how could the value of the unique books be estimated?

"My cousin treats me like this, how can I get an inch?" The prince hooked his lips and smiled, his demeanor was still elegant and dignified, "It's my great luck to be able to read those books." These books are supposed to be the cousin's beloved things, how can a gentleman take the favor of others? ”

Yang Shijing was really happy with this cheap nephew, and he wrote a letter that night, ordering his cronies to send it to the Pei family in Puzhou tomorrow. The Pei family is known as the Hedong Pei family, which is divided into several rooms such as the East Pei, the Middle Pei, the West Pei, the North Pei, and the South Pei, and several rooms have been moved to Chang'an, and even the Zongmiao has moved over. Only his sister Yang's married Nan Pei and a few small houses still remain in his hometown. At that time, Hedong County was now Puzhou, and it was only a day's journey from Chang'an.

Of course, he didn't know how colorful the cheap nephew's night was. In the first half of the night, in the name of sobering up, he flipped through dozens of solitary books and memorized them word for word. Then, he turned off the lights and lay down, and waited until the servants of the Yang family were tired and asleep, and then quietly turned out of the courtyard.

In the eyes of the Yang family, this tall young man still looks a little thin. Not only is he not as strong as an adult man, but he is more like the children of a family who are fair-skinned and sickly during the Wei and Jin dynasties. Moreover, I have never heard that he likes to hunt and play polo, and it seems that he spends all his time studying and attending literary meetings behind closed doors.

Therefore, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would definitely not believe that this young man's skill in climbing over the wall was so dexterous. The courtyard wall, which was nearly two feet high, seemed to be invisible, and he jumped lightly and disappeared without a trace. If they knew how many enemies he had killed with his bow and arrows just a few years ago, and he would not have changed color in the face of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, I am afraid that they would no longer underestimate his strength.

Although he has only been to the Yang family's back garden twice, and the tour is only a matter of sightseeing, Wang Zixian seems to know the structure and layout of this garden better than many Yang family servants. He walked briskly down the middle of nowhere, avoiding the staggering servants and maids who were patrolling about, and gradually came to the vicinity of a barren field.

It's really hard to imagine that there is such a small courtyard in the dignified Hongnong County Mansion. The courtyard is overgrown with wild grass, and the weeping vines of wild trees almost cover the courtyard wall, if you don't look carefully, in the night, maybe no one can find the existence of this small courtyard. At this moment, Wang Zixian felt as if he had passed through the entire Chang'an City and came to a small village on the outskirts.

He squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Who would believe that the eldest son of the Hongnong County Mansion actually lived in such a desolate courtyard? This scene also made him want to find out the bottom of it: what mistake did this Yang Dalang make? Locked up in a simple courtyard like a prison?

The Yang family claims to the outside world that he has been "recuperating", but what kind of eldest son of a big family will recuperate in such a place?! It is self-cultivation and self-cultivation, deliberately pursuing a return to the basics, and it is never such a down-and-out appearance!

Wang Zixian walked along the sheep intestine path in the wild grass, and soon arrived in front of the small courtyard. He found that the courtyard door was actually locked from the outside. Judging by the dust that fell from the heavy chains, it hadn't been opened for at least two or three months. And the courtyard wall, which is nearly two feet high, firmly imprisons the people inside.

If it weren't for the Yang family's several chess pieces swearing to him, the people in this courtyard were still alive, I'm afraid he would think that the Yang family's eldest man had already died in obscurity in this desolate courtyard.

Judging from the current situation, this Yang Dalang will never have a good impression of the Yang family - no matter who it is, after being imprisoned by his family as a sinner for decades, he will no longer be concerned about the pitiful family affection and so-called blood relationship. I can't say it, I don't need him to say much, I don't need him to sow discord, as long as Yang Dalang is allowed to exchange for freedom, he will readily agree to cooperate with him.

However, Wang Zixian still needs to consider another possibility. That is Yang Dalang is really sick, and he is terminally ill, without any reason. Such a person is naturally of no value to the Yang family, and there is no need for him to cooperate.

In any case, since he had already arrived, he had to go inside. As for whether Yang Dalang can cooperate, perhaps his existence alone is very likely to be the hidden pain of the Yang family. Otherwise, the Yang family would not have kept him locked up here, and almost never mentioned that there was an eldest son.

The neat king-like head fluttered over the high wall and landed in the courtyard. Compared to the desolation outside, the inside is very clean. The bluestone floor was spotless, and a peach tree stood silently in the corner, full of green fruits. The main house of the carved railing building is exquisite, and the wings on both sides are also newly renovated.

Yang Shangshu, who is busy every day, is of course unable to take care of this long-forgotten eldest son. He may only have Yang Qian, the only son, left in his heart. And the only one who can make the eldest son's life as comfortable as possible in the county mansion is the lady Wei who looks extraordinarily unsmiling. Not to send her son far away, but to let him live in the county mansion and under his nose, which is probably what this Mrs. Wei wants. Only in this way can she do her best to take care of her firstborn son.

It's really pitiful for the hearts of parents in the world-

However, no matter how delicate the yard is, it can't change the fact that this is a cage.

The prince stood in the middle of the courtyard, bowed to the main house, and said in a low voice: "A certain prince Xian, accidentally strayed into this place, and looked at his eldest cousin Haihan." ”

The next moment, the lights in the main room were lit, and a hoarse but warm voice replied: "Since you entered by mistake, why should Your Excellency disturb people's dreams and leave quietly...... King? A certain mother's surname is Wei, grandmother's surname is Pei, and aunt and aunt never seem to have married the Wang family, I don't know which family your Excellency is a cousin? ”

Wang Zixian raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "A certain is the younger brother of the Shangzhou house of the Langya Wang family, and the mother is the daughter of the sixth house of the Hongnong Yang family in Huazhou. Talking about it carefully, it is also appropriate for the son of Hongnong Yang's daughter to call your cousin. Just listening to the response, he felt that this Yang Dalang must be an interesting character. It's a pity to be locked up in such a square place.