Chapter 271: Waiting for the Moment
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As the most handsome and beautiful son-in-law in Chang'an City, after the news that the "high-powered" King of Xin'an County was about to get married, many little ladies were extremely heartbroken, and even shed tears in their dreams. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ Although there have been rumors that the king of Sin'an has a marriage contract before, after all, the edict has not yet been announced, and Du Garan was once considered to be an ominous person. Therefore, many young ladies have secretly hoped that there will be an accident in this marriage.
Many high-ranking official families are also waiting for Pu Wangfu to find an excuse to dissolve the marriage contract, and then find the opportunity, so they immediately pushed their little lady out to be the princess of Xin'an County. After all, this young King of Xin'an County is by no means an ordinary clan, and he will at least stop at Zong Zhengqing in the future, which is much more interesting than those idle kings who are far away.
Unexpectedly, the Pu Wangfu kept its promise, and immediately began to celebrate the six ceremonies after receiving the edict, obviously having been preparing for a long time. Moreover, it is said that even a few geese were hunted and shot by the king of Xin'an County, and each one was raised to be exceptionally fat, which is an excellent omen. Du Jiaxu is to dilute the so-called Du Jialan's "hard life", and he is also very cooperative. The three salutes of Nacai, asking for names, and Najib are all replaced by brothers and fathers, and they are very thoughtful.
At the beginning of November, new snow began to fall, and the inside and outside of Chang'an City were white. When the snow is first clear, the blue sky is thousands of miles, and the jade tree is an auspicious day for marriage.
On the second floor of a restaurant in Pingkangfang, several distinguished guests sat by the window, looking at the pedestrians coming and going outside the wall with great interest. Pedestrians and carriages and horses naturally have nothing unique, and when a team of honor guards slowly approached in the distance, a young man with a particularly delicate appearance immediately clapped his hands and smiled: "It's finally here." The voice is crisp and tactful, obviously a beautiful Jiao'e pretending to be a man.
Hearing this, two other little ladies who were also dressed as men also leaned over and looked: sure enough, they saw two young men dressed in purple regular clothes in front of them, holding a delicate nanmu box containing a marriage book and decorated with jade beads in their arms, and they were smiling between their left and right eyes. Behind them was a huge dowry, dazzling enough to dazzle onlookers.
Although the weather is cold, there are obviously not many ordinary people or children of official families who come to see the excitement in the cold wind. On both sides of the street, all kinds of horse-drawn carts and ox carts are parked, and they are crowded with people, like a festival. The two messengers, who were obviously very high-status, also got a lot of little ladies' sachets, and when they looked at them inadvertently, they caused bursts of laughter.
"Brother, I also thought about who should be the envoy and deputy envoy. After all, it is not easy to find a suitable sect disciple. Princess Changning couldn't help laughing, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, but she couldn't hide her mocking, "Who knew that you actually invited someone from Uncle Lu's grandfather's family...... Anyway, how much money did you pay to get them to agree to this mission? β
"At least a thousand dollars per person is now gone." Li Hui replied helplessly, "After the matter is completed, you have to give a generous gift to thank you." β
The two messengers who give dowry gifts at the time of recruitment should usually be good sons and daughters of the relatives who are outstanding in their talents and official positions, and they can also be regarded as the "face" of the clan. Unfortunately, although there are many children of the clan in Chang'an City, there are very few people who can meet the two conditions of "outstanding talent" and "official position" at the same time, and are enough to make Li Hui or Yan look down on them. Not to mention the many gentlemen, they are serious with titles, and they can't find a few characters who can be called "faΓ§ades".
At this time, Li Hui naturally misses Li Jing and Li Wei, as well as Li Ju. If these cousins were there, why would he not be able to find even a suitable messenger? I really couldn't, so I had to lower the conditions and continue to search. The children of the Jing Wang family are good, but at the moment, the two mansions are almost in a state of hostility, and they can't invite them even if they want to. So, he had to retreat and go to find the children and grandchildren of the Lu family. And King Lu's family loves money, if you want to invite them, you must naturally prepare heavy gifts.
By the way, the king of Jiangxia was quite interested in this matter, and he also recommended himself. However, after the winter, his body could not hold his bones and he fell ill early. Originally, Li Hui didn't want to have a deep friendship with him, so when he saw this, he politely rejected him in the name of having a good birth and raising himself. The king of Jiangxia County still refused to give up, and insisted on being his concubine. With such good intentions, it was inappropriate to refuse forcefully, and Li Hui had to agree temporarily.
"When you reply to the letter, you can earn thousands of gold, and you think that King Lu's family must be vying to be the brother's concubine?" Princess Changning shook her head, "They are so enthusiastic, if Brother doesn't choose one or two of them to give himself a strong momentum, it seems that he will be a little unhappy." β
"If I can find someone else to replace me, I don't want to invite them again." Li Hui sighed, "It's a pity that there is no one in the sect, so I have to do it." "In an ordinary wedding, there must be at least two or three bridesmaids. Even if the king of Jiangxia County can come back with his sick body at that time, he doesn't dare to seriously let this person carry the killing stick for him, lest there be terrible rumors such as "the bride was beaten to death by the bride's heavy stick". Even if it is for the sake of the royal wedding, it is better to have more than the waiter.
"I'll be your courtier." The prince, who had been silent, took a sip of warm soju, "I can not only recite poetry for you, but also block the killing rod for you." No matter how difficult the Du family is, it will definitely be difficult for you and me. He said this with a nonchalant smile on his face, as if he were just a true close friend.
Li Hui was stunned and did not agree immediately. Princess Changning and the sisters of the Wang family quietly glanced at the two of them, and suddenly felt that the private room was so cold that it was chilling to the spine, so they tacitly closed the window, and closed the long dowry procession, the lively crowd, and the beautiful scenery after the snow.
"What? Xuan Qi, don't you want to? Wang Buque, who seemed to be smiling, narrowed his eyes.
"......" King Xin'an was still silent.
Princess Changning and Sister Wang both pretended that they did not exist, and sat in the farthest corner from the two, whispering in a low voice. Of course, they were all a little absent-minded, and from time to time they raised their heads to watch the changes in their expressions, and their ears were also extremely alert, not letting go of any suspicious statements.
"Xuan Qi, don't think about it." Then I heard the prince say again, "I just want to see you all the time." Because it's your wedding, I don't want you to be out of my sight. For him, instead of hiding his ears and pretending to be guests attending the wedding feast, it is better to see how they complete the ceremony step by step.
"It's fine." Li Hui bowed slightly, "Everyone in the world knows that you are my close friend, if you are not a good minister, it will arouse suspicion." At this moment, he probably expected the wedding sooner than anyone else. Otherwise, mentioning marriage again and again is like hurting again and again, making him, the perpetrator, feel extremely tormented in his heart. Perhaps, only after the wedding can everything be as comfortable as in the past? They will not fall into an inexplicable silence from time to time because they mention it.
In an instant, the interior of the private room seemed to freeze for a moment, and then the back gradually returned to normal. Not long after, an inconspicuous man sent Cheng Qing's secret letter, counting the various suitable or peculiar ideas that the beauty beside him had given him recently. Of course, that beauty also knew that it would be impossible to gain his trust just like this, so she revealed a lot of news about Princess An Xing's secret cultivation of power.
The so-called secret forces are nothing more than the fact that Princess An Xing has taken advantage of the Yang family and King Peng for many years to win over some low- and middle-grade officials for her own use, as well as her trusted servants and maids, and the secret chess that has been installed over the years. The officials she confessed to before were not people she trusted, so it was not a pity to abandon them. And these officials are her henchmen, and they are very deeply hidden, and so far the rebel king has only been able to find out a thing or two.
However, now that the eldest princess of Anxing has lost most of her help, she should be extra cautious about keeping her remaining forces. Even if she only destroys one or two percent of her henchmen, it should be enough to make her angry. As for her servants and maids, dark chess, etc., after she was trapped in the princess's mansion, they were like her eyes and ears. There was no way she would allow anyone to cut off these ties, or she would be in prison, with no control over everything.
"If you dig it out slowly and dig it out one by one, it will inevitably be too slow, and it will inevitably give rise to variables." The prince said, "It is better to have some evidence and then crush her with thunder." As for her henchmen, if they lose their backbone, they will definitely not be a big deal. A truly smart person has bad intentions, and he will never choose a master like An Xing to be loyal. As long as she falls, these people want revenge, and they have to weigh one or two. We just need to catch them all when they have something wrong. β
"Yes, but the evidence is not strong at the moment. Moreover, if we can get more news from the rebel king, it will be beneficial for us to act in the future. Li Hui continued, "Of course, we can't be too greedy for this profit. It's good to use Anxing as bait to use the rebel king, but to miss the right time for this is to put the cart before the horse. After all, the most important thing for us at the moment is to sit back and thrive. β
Princess Changning thought for a moment: "I suddenly remembered that when we tried San Lang's case before, we destroyed a lot of An Xing's eyeliner buried in the palace. But there were a few suspicious people, but A-Niang specially ordered me to stay. At present, their whereabouts are under the control of A-Niang, and they dare not act rashly. Maybe if they loosen up a little, they won't be able to bear it? When they contacted An Xing, it would be enough to confirm her bad intentions. "Watching the palace is like rebellion, and the saint will never allow anyone to put his hand into the Taiji Palace.
"These eyeliners are calm and not necessarily easy to deceive." Li Hui groaned slightly, "We have to release some news that is not conducive to An Xing first, and they are dedicated to the Lord before they may reveal their flaws." β
"Then in the next two days, we will discuss with A-Niang when to act." Princess Changning smiled and said, "If my uncle can pry out some suitable 'evidence' from the mouth of the rebel king's subordinates, maybe we can completely get rid of An Xing before my brother gets married." Otherwise, she has been watching from the side, and the elder brother can't say that he can still see the congratulatory gifts she sent, and even the joy of the wedding is a little less. When she got married, she also received a generous makeup from An Xing, and she was also very uncomfortable.
The prince glanced at her, smiling without saying a word.