Chapter 125: Substitute Emperor
Six years ago, Xu Chunrong worshiped under the Yan Shi Domain, and soon got a good shortage, released to the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and made a county order in Yuyao. Only one year later www.biquge.info, he was appointed as the governor of Ningbo.
Xu Chunrong really has some skills, and after three years of political performance, he was directly promoted to the prefect of Shangyao. Of course, the Yan family's "help" is also indispensable, after all, Xu Chunrong gave all the savings accumulated in the past three years to Yan Shifan.
Yan Shifan was very satisfied, and Xu Chunrong's official position was naturally promoted quickly.
Shangyao, Guo Xiaoqing served as the county commander in Yiyang County under Shangyao's rule.
"What, just because my junior brother is unwilling to go along with her?" After getting along for a few years, Shu Qinglan still knows Guo Xiaoqing a little, she seems to be sleek and proficient in the world, but she is the most unruly in her bones.
"What's more~" Zhu Yuanjin stretched his waist leisurely, "He still refuses to marry." β
What the!?! "Xu Chunrong is not afraid of breaking his teeth!" Tut-tut, this old woman really dares to think about it!
"Where do you want to go?!" Zhu Yuanjin glanced at her.
Is that...?
"Xu Chunrong's daughter~"
Xu Chunrong has a son and a daughter, and his daughter Shao Jiajia is in her prime, and after meeting Guo Xiaoqing once, she secretly promised that she would be sick and wanted to marry Guo Xiaoqing.
"Her daughter? Shao Family... How can you let people go? β
Zhu Yuanjin sneered: "How dare the Shao family not let go? β
The Shao family is Xu Chunrong's original mother-in-law, and the daughter-in-law who was swept away has now become a high-ranking prefect, where does the Shao family dare to stop it? Of course, it can't be stopped, now the entire Shao family is clamping their tails and behaving, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a dog under Xu Chunrong.
"She likes my junior brother, so my junior brother has to marry her?" Why do you think you're a princess? No, even the princess didn't do this, Guo Xiaoqing had already made a marriage!
As far as Qinglan knows, Guo Xiaoqing's fiancΓ©e is the granddaughter of the master's old friend, what Ruyang Du family... The reason why she has not married for a long time is because this Miss Du is still young and will only turn 16 after the New Year. Now the Du family and the Guo family are in the capital, waiting for the two children to get married in February.
"Your junior brother..."Zhu Yuanjin recalled her husband's evaluation of Guo Xiaoqing, "There is a talent for worshipping the prime minister." β
"Poof~ When will you still look at your face." Qinglan leaned in front of Zhu Yuanjin with a face, "Do you see if I have a talent for worshipping the prime minister?" β
Zhu Yuanjin pushed Qinglan's head aside, "You still can't listen!?" β
"Listen, listen, you say." It's not easy to mess with pregnant women~
"Xu Chunrong naturally couldn't take the initiative to come to the door to say, so he euphemistically mentioned it to a staff member next to him..."
"Wait," Qinglan interrupted Zhu Yuanjin, "She still has staff?" Are these people merely 'staff'? β
This time, Zhu Yuanjin raised his hand directly, "How are you..."
"That's what she says about me!" Qinglan shouted while hiding, "Don't you want me to spend her with her?!" β
Zhu Yuanjin simply ignored Qinglan and ate braised melon seeds by herself.
"That's... Eat too many melon seeds and get on fire. β
Zhu Yuanjin still ignored her.
Qinglan felt like Zhu Yuanjin for a moment, "My junior brother has a marriage contract, and it stands to reason that it is natural to refuse her, so it can't be offended..."
Zhu Yuanjin spit out a piece of melon seed skin, "That depends on what Miss Shao thinks." β
Hehe, "It's not going to stage a 'one crying, two troubles, three hangings', right?" β
Zhu Yuanjin raised her eyebrows, "Miss Shao cut her wrists." β
"No ??? when you're dead" Qinglan pounced on Zhu Yuanjin's side, her eyes full of anticipation.
"Not dying is enough for her."
Does "she" refer to Xu Chunrong or Shao Jiajia? Qinglan thought it might be the former.
Xu Chunrong went from a widow and an unemployed woman to the current prefect, God knows how much she paid, and the two children can be said to be her lifeblood. Especially when she herself experienced the early death of her husband, she hopes that her only daughter will marry a good family.
The most important thing is that the Yan family also hopes to absorb Ji Zhaoya, a clear stream force that has huge influence inside and outside the court, and Guo Xiaoqing is an excellent breakthrough.
It's just that they didn't expect that Guo Xiaoqing was so hard at a young age, and he was also standing in line, so he didn't bird Xu Chunrong at all, let alone take the Yan family in his eyes.
Xu Chunrong was unwilling, and wrote to Ji Zhaoya again, this time directly stabbing and proposing.
It is conceivable that Ji Daru's scolding skills are so popular that most people want to die after reading it.
However, Xu Chunrong is not an ordinary person, and the thickness of her face can be glimpsed from her worship at the door of Yan's house.
"Shao Jiajia is dead?" Qinglan suddenly asked.
Zhu Yuanjin looked at her strangely, "You know? β
"If you don't die, why does Xu Chunrong bite people everywhere like a mad dog?"
"Hey~" Zhu Yuanjin shook her head indifferently, "It's more torturous than dead, she's crazy." β
Shao Jiajia couldn't help the torture of lovesickness, and ran to Guo Xiaoqing to confess, but the result can be imagined, Guo Xiaoqing not only refused with strong words, but also accused Shao Jiajia and Xu Chunrong of destroying other people's marriages for their own selfishness, etc.
Shao Jiajia couldn't stand the accusations of her sweetheart, and went crazy on the spot...
In fact, Guo Xiaoqing said those words on the one hand to confess his position, and on the other hand, to show the world, he will not compromise with the Yan family. To put it bluntly, it is to tell the Yan family's father and son and the Yan family's disciples: Our Ji family is unwilling to join the gang.
"So," Zhu Yuanjin spread his hands, "who are you going to fix if you don't fix it?" "It's best to stink you and the Jiangnan Ji clan, since you can't be allies, you can only die.
Hehe, I'll just say that if the Yan family didn't have interests, how could they do such a thing - pediatrics! But there are endless consequences.
"And guess what they're going to do next?" Qinglan hugged her arm.
"Hey~ It's not the literati yet."
This is the effect of the pen~~~ Sister can't sit still!
"Yuan Jin, you have to do me a favor!" Qinglan looked solemn.
"Say." Zhu Yuanjin also put down the melon seeds in his hand.
"You help me find someone."
"Who?" I didn't hear that Xu Chunrong had a concubine, of course, she didn't dare to be pressed by the Yan family.
Lanling smiled.
"Who?" What the hell, doesn't it sound like a serious person.
"Whoever writes a book!" What's that~ Count the book, right?
"What books did he write?"
"...... "Plum in the Golden Vase"
Zhu Yuanjin shook his head, I haven't heard of it, is it because I read too little?
Qinglan pursed her lips and whispered a few words in Zhu Yuanjin's ear.
"Shu Qinglan !!"
Suddenly, Xia He and the others who were serving under the corridor were all frightened by Zhu Yuanjin's voice, how did Master Shu provoke Miss...
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Yan Mansion
"Zhu Qing, let's go, and I won't be too late to say anything after I discuss with the children in the East Building."
After sending the staff, Yan Song and Yan Shifan's father and son sat opposite each other in the secret room.
"The emperor has sent the thirteen princes to Fujian." The secret room was dark, and Yan Shifan couldn't see his father's expression clearly.
"Father don't worry," Yan Shifan flicked the silk robe on his knee, although there was no dust on it, "that person didn't dare (to betray the Yan family)," besides, "The son never showed his face. β
Zhu Qi has four proud subordinates, namely Yunqi, Xiongfeng, Wu Ze and Chi Yan, Wu Ze died in the hands of Li Desheng a few years ago, and Zhu Qi also had to avoid Ryukyu Island.
Chiyan was mainly responsible for collecting intelligence in the capital, and he also planned the affairs of the big county lord at the beginning. After Li Desheng and Emperor Jingtai dispatched people from all walks of life to search for Chiyan, they were hidden in a separate courtyard of the Yan family by Yan Shifan's people, and later the maidservant who served Chiyan also gave birth to a son.
Not to mention women, if you want to come to Chiyan for the sake of his son, he doesn't dare to betray the Yan family, but "Zhu Qi is there..." Yan Shifan frowned, Zhu Qi had evidence of correspondence with the Yan family in his hand.
"It's okay," Yan Song had already guarded against this hand, when he joined forces with Zhu Qi, it was just for the sake of the face of the virtuous king Li Wenrui, and the pen and ink of his correspondence with Zhu Qi would gradually disappear after a hundred days. The most important thing at the moment is how to get rid of the deal with Li Wenrui.
"Zhang Duo is there..."Yan Shifan couldn't help but think of another ally, Zhang Duo was not as honest as he looked.
"If he wants to avenge his son, he won't dare to be our enemy." Although Yan Song's body is aging, his brain is still very useful, "Let's let your disciple (Xu Chunrong) flutter first, it's just a woman, and it depends on whether the emperor plans to keep Li Wenrui." β
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This year is destined not to be peaceful, four thousand miles away from the capital, in Fuzhou, Zhu Qi was proclaimed emperor on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the country name is "Nanming".
Sitting back on the dragon chair, Zhu Qi finally showed a satisfied smile, although he knew that Pei Qingzhi's troops were stationed thirty miles outside Fuzhou City.
For many years, my heart has never been so happy.
Once, he secretly sat on the dragon chair of Emperor Yuan Qi, when he was only seven years old.
Before knowing his background, he was proud of being a stand-in for a prince, although he was a stand-in, but the prince was not in good health, so there were many occasions when he actually participated in place of the prince.
Until one day, the apricot blossoms are slightly raining...
He fell in love with the prince's woman, Li Wenrui's biological mother, Concubine Rong Cen Xiuyu.
For the first time, he began to dislike the identity of a stand-in, and he desperately wanted to truly replace the crown prince.
It was during that time that he learned about his life experience - the seventh son of the emperor of the previous dynasty, Zhu Youlu.
If it weren't for Emperor Yuan Qi, he wouldn't have become a stand-in, a dispensable shadow. If it weren't for Emperor Yuan Qi, he wouldn't have been chased to the cliff by the secret guards, broke his legs, and became a waste that couldn't walk! If it weren't for Emperor Yuan Qi, maybe he would have the opportunity to become Cen Xiuyu's husband, and he would love him in this life.
However, if none of this happened, he Zhu Youlu, in the year of the Stick Dynasty, in exchange for this short, momentary dignity, and it took fifty years of hard work to exchange for this fleeting pleasure.
"Haha..."Zhu Youyu smiled and smiled, realizing that he had burst into tears, Xiu Yu, I'm sorry, I couldn't make your son emperor.
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Until the first day of the Lunar New Year, Qinglan didn't wait for Zhu Yuanjin to send a few words about Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng.
Don't... This benevolent brother hasn't started writing a book yet? What's the matter?
With a tangled mood, Qinglan took Brother Mingyu to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Ji.
Because of the low grade, Qinglan didn't need to participate in today's pilgrimage to the palace, but Mr. Ji had to participate, so the sister came near noon, and by the way, she brought a lot of cooked food prepared by Pan Erniang for Mr. Ji.
Not surprisingly, the three sisters and brothers met Guo Xiaoqing, who had returned to Beijing to resume his job, at the door.
"Senior sister." Guo Xiaoqing's smile was as warm as a spring breeze in the past, but Qinglan was keenly aware that Guo Xiaoqing's eyes were no longer as clear as before.
Sure enough, is officialdom a big dye vat?
"Wenye (Guo Xiaoqing's words), I haven't seen you for a long time. Senior sister has congratulated you in advance. Qinglan had received a wedding card from the Guo family three days ago, because Guo Xiaoqing was going to the Northeast after the New Year, and the wedding date was set for the twenty-second day of the first month.
"Congratulations~" Mingyu and Brother He also stepped forward to congratulate Guo Xiaoqing.
"Joy and joy~" Guo Xiaoqing smiled with deep meaning, thinking that he had also heard about Qinglan and Thirteen.
The four of them entered the house together to meet Mr. Ji.
Mr. Ji has always been very generous to his apprentices, he has neither a family nor children, so he has a lot of savings.
After receiving the heavy red envelope, Qinglan approached Mr. Ji, "Master, please have something?" β
Ji Zhaoya teased her eyelids, and continued to scrape the foam of the tea bowl with the lid without raising her head, "Let's hear it." β
He has heard rumors in Beijing recently, but he doesn't plan to come forward now, first, to see what attitude the emperor holds, and by the way, let the emperor see the prestige of the "Yan Half Dynasty"; Second, I also want to hone my apprentice, people's hearts are complicated, and this situation will definitely be indispensable in the future.
"Do you know the painter of the Yan Mansion?"
came, Ji Zhaoya knew in her heart, this is the apprentice who is going to fight back, but why do you want to find a painter from Yan Mansion? Could it be that I still want to draw a map of the Yan family, and then secretly... That's not a good idea.
Ji Zhaoya nodded in no hurry, "What if the teacher knows you?" β
Is that knowing or not knowing?
During the Qinglan period, Ai Ai told her plan, Ji Zhaoya was overwhelmed after hearing it, and she was still scheming, at best, it was just a prank.
"Poor understanding!" This is quite a hateful to iron does not become steel, and it is deeply meaningful.
Qinglan sat down on the chair next to her master, "Then what do you say!" "Anyway, I'm going to let out this evil breath, if you calm down, you don't have to open your mouth.
Ji Zhaoya realized again: Maybe marrying Qinglan to the royal family is not beneficial, look at this little bit of heart, it is estimated that it is all used to eat!
"Senior sister," Guo Xiaoqing, who had been listening, smiled slightly and said to Qinglan: "Senior brother has thought of a way, I don't know..."
Qinglan couldn't find her eyes with a smile after hearing this, "Senior brother..."Senior sister, you are the one who should contribute the most to this matter~!