Chapter 35: Moving Out of the Palace
However, two days later, Li Hui took the prince to see the new house.
The two rode their horses slowly, and walked all the way along the street where the Pu Wangfu was located, and soon arrived in front of a neat mansion. Turn over and dismount, push the door in, you can see the lintel shadow wall engraved with nature, the shade of the trees, the flowers are elegant, and the wisteria stands that bloom like a waterfall are placed under the stone table and stone bench. Obviously, the owner of this mansion was also quite elegant and decorated the house very carefully. Even the not very wide back garden is quite wild, and you can feel a bit of life when you stand in it.
"How's this house? It's both delicate and ingenious, and it's all around you. Li Hui bypassed the octagonal pavilion by the lotus pond, looked at the lotus leaves stretched out in the water, and imagined the beautiful scenery of the lotus flowers reflecting the sun, and felt more and more like. If it weren't for the servants' careful inquiry, even he wouldn't know that there was such an exquisite little mansion in Yankang Fang.
Wang Zixian looked at the surrounding scenery and said, "This mansion is indeed excellent, and the small garden has a total of three entrances, and it is also quite spacious. Even if the three of us brothers live together, it should be more than enough. However, such an exquisite mansion must not be cheap to rent. I am now strapped for money, and I have no income, how can I rent such a good house? ”
Li Hui glanced at him and hooked the corners of his mouth: "You don't have to pay any rental money-"
"This matter is not proper, and I must not let the king rent the money for me." The prince shook his head and refused his kindness. In fact, he had a hundred gold and a hundred horses of silk from the saint in his hand, which was not only enough to pay for the rent, but also more than enough to buy this house. However, this money cannot be lightly exposed to the family, so it cannot be used at will. He just had to pretend to be poor, and of course he couldn't receive Li Hui's help safely.
Li Hui added unhurriedly: "I have already bought this mansion, even if it is lent to you to live." Although there is a saying that his parents have no private property, he has been named the king of the county, so naturally he cannot be compared with ordinary people. He not only has his own fiefdom, but also a group of long-term family orders who take care of the fiefdom for him, and it is just a matter of one sentence to buy a mansion and garden. Of course, he has always been a filial son, and he has already crossed the road in front of his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law.
"......" Wang Zixian smiled helplessly, "I understand the king's kindness." I understand that the king chose this mansion because he couldn't bear to let me live in a humble room. However, if I borrow the king's private house to let my uneasy family know, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a sense of inadequacy in my heart. They have always been greedy people who do not know how to be satisfied, and they will definitely do everything possible to disturb the peace of the king, and they can't stop it. If so, what is the difference between continuing to live in the Puwang Mansion? ”
Li Hui was stunned and snorted lightly: "Because of them, you have suffered so many grievances, and now you can't even live in a good house!" But blood relatives are all lost, and it is difficult to deal with them...... It's disgusting! He understood the difficulty of the prince's sacrifice very well: as a son of man, if there is anything wrong with it, it can be completely destroyed in the name of "unfilial piety". Getting along with such a greedy and stupid family member is not just frightening?
Seeing him frowning and angry for himself, the prince's heart suddenly warmed up—as if he was surrounded by a bonfire on a cold day, and it was almost warm to the marrow. Thinking about it from another angle, it seems that the survival of that group of family members is not entirely harmful. At least, with them in the way, he can meet this person who treats him wholeheartedly, and he can understand what is called "sincerity" and what is called "care".
"Don't worry, the king, I can survive in the hands of my stepmother until now, and I will definitely not only suffer hardships and grievances." If he only wronged himself and only trusted others, he would have been dead long ago. Now that most of the Wang family's tribals are in his hands, and he can control half of what happened in the old mansion, what are these stupid things afraid of? Wang Chang and the Yang family probably don't have the ability and guts to commit another big crime that will affect the whole family.
As for the two younger brothers, perhaps they did not enter Beijing just to study, but they didn't know who to believe, and they were ambitiously "planning" to take the initiative to get involved in various turmoil and disputes. If this is the case, he can't drag Li Hui and King Pu into the trap, and he can't give Wang Ziling any chance to make friends with the children of the high family.
Li Hui thought for a while, thinking back on his self-indulgent behavior so far, and felt that he was indeed a little too anxious: "When the time is right, let's think about it again, and we will definitely suppress them for the rest of our lives to the point that they can't hold their heads up at all." Otherwise, you will work hard in front of you, and they will stumble in the back, when will you be able to live a peaceful life? ”
The prince nodded and looked around: "It's a pity that this good mansion is a pity, maybe I really don't have a fate with it." However, if you are looking for a quiet place to drink in the unknown area, it is the perfect place to drink. When the green lotus is in full bloom, how about we come over to enjoy the scenery? ”
"Now that the wisteria flowers are in full bloom, it is better to go under the trellis and drink it." Li Hui said with a smile, and after hearing his response, his footsteps turned around and went to the rockery in the corner of the garden.
His pace was extremely fast, and his back soon disappeared between the rocks. When the prince chased after him, he was nowhere to be seen, and his heart couldn't help but tighten slightly. However, he quickly calmed down, and after careful discernment, he found a cave on the side of the rockery. As I meandered along the cave, I only walked a few dozen steps, and my eyes suddenly opened up.
Li Hui stood in front of a small remote door, looked back at him with a smile, and pushed the door open.
The door was so narrow that the two had to bend down and reluctantly get through. Just passing through a door is like entering another house. Wang Zixian looked at the small courtyard he entered: the main house, the left and right wings, and the inverted seat room were all complete, and they had obviously been slightly repaired, but they were extremely ordinary and very cramped. Compared with Fang Cai's three-entry mansion, it is like the difference between the main courtyard of the master's house and the servant's room.
"Well, you should be satisfied with this yard." Li Hui stood under the pomegranate tree in the center of the courtyard, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I don't lack this money if I rent 1,500 yuan a month, whether I give it or not." ”
The prince looked back at the inconspicuous door in the corner of the firewood room, and couldn't help laughing: "The king is really prepared, and he has no last resort!" Smiling and smiling, his gaze became extremely gentle: "The only person who will consider me so carefully is the king in this world." ”
Li Hui did so many things, originally to make him smile. But after hearing him say this, while being happy, he vaguely felt a little uncomfortable: "It's just that I ordered a few words from the servants, and I don't deserve your praise like this." Let's go back to the wisteria trellis for a drink, which can be regarded as a celebration of your housewarming. Tomorrow you will ask Qingsuo to carry all the luggage, and I will give you a few more servants and maids that you can use, and you can just say that they are hired......"
Listening to his detailed arrangement, Wang Zixian only smiled and agreed. Naturally, he was able to take care of the mansion properly, but he obeyed his friend's arrangement in everything, and he seemed to have a strange sense of satisfaction. It turns out that the feeling of not having to do everything yourself, and the feeling of entrusting everything around you to others is so happy. I just hope that the years will be quiet and that they will continue forever as they are today.
So, the two got drunk in the new mansion and stayed overnight in the new house named "Vine Garden".
The next day was the time of rest, Li Hui entered the palace as usual to relieve the boredom of Empress Qin, and Wang Zixian was busy moving.
When he came to Chang'an, his outfit was extremely simple, and he only needed one or two quilt bags (large leather bags) to take with him. But after living in King Pu's Mansion for more than half a month, he unconsciously added a lot of things.
Qingsuo and Cao Shilang packed up a pile of bamboo box cages, and the servants of the Pu Wangfu diligently loaded and transported them away, which was enough for three or four carts.
The master and servant followed behind on horseback, Cao Shilang wiped the sweat on his head and muttered, "When did Ah Lang have so much luggage?" I don't usually see anything used, but when I put it in before leaving, everything looks like Ah Lang's things. ”
Qing Su glanced at him, lowered his voice and said, "Every day, the little county king will come over, and he will never come back empty-handed. It's not uncommon to add up to a lot. What's more, the two kings and princesses also sent a lot of things over, and everything was accumulated. and the 100 gold and 100 horses of silk rewarded by the saint have not been moved, and they have been deposited with the little king. ”
When Cao Shilang heard this, he couldn't help but be happy: "Those two rewards alone are almost better than the entire Wang family!" "One hundred gold means five thousand yuan of money - spending one thousand yuan is enough to buy a five-entry luxury mansion in Shangzhou, and the remaining four thousand yuan is used to buy land, which is enough to buy four or five large farms! Not to mention that there are a hundred horses of silk, which are said to be of the highest quality, and the price is five or six times, and the total price is five or six percent.
Qingsuo's expression was also slightly relieved: "With these here, Ah Lang finally doesn't have to worry about family resources in the future." ”
"yes." Cao Shilang immediately agreed, "Give all these to the little county king, even if it will be another ten or twenty years, don't worry!" I can't say that Ah Lang's future wife can also be hired from these! The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he smiled, as if he could already see the future with his eyebrows raised.
Wang Zixian originally just listened to the two of them chatting with a smile, but at this time, he squinted his eyes for some reason, and gently slapped him with a horsewhip as a warning: "In front of the public, Hugh is talking nonsense. ”
Cao Shilang scratched his head and didn't dare to say more. Qingsuo just smiled, and secretly said in his heart: Ah Lang has also reached the age where he is uncomfortable when talking about marriage. It's just that I don't know which little lady can adapt to Ah Lang? If it weren't for the daughters of the well-informed people, they would be those who were servants of the tribe, and they would also feel wronged for Ah Lang.
The housewarming may indeed be a happy event. But on the first night after moving to a new house, Wang Zixian tossed and turned, unable to sleep. In the Pu Wang's Mansion one street away, Li Hui looked at the dark courtyard next door through the window, and he was also lost.