54. The struggle for power

Jinghua shook her head, "The slave didn't see it, or you can ask Mama Yu." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" paused, "However, Mama Yu has already moved out of Su Mansion. ”

"Where did you move to?" Su Sanyuan asked.

"I heard that she was staying at her brother's house. However, the slave knows Mama Yu's brother's house, and if the young lady wants to find Mama Yu, the slave can show you the way. Jinghua said.

"Tomorrow."

"Then the slave and maid go and get ready." Jinghua said.

The rain outside the house for days stopped in the evening. There were several small pits in the courtyard that were filled with water, and the wind blew through them, causing ripples layer by layer, and if a few white petals fell, they would sink into the water little by little, and be covered by a few leaves.

In the dark blue night sky, a few thin clouds slowly drifted by, and a round of bright moonlight, sprinkling a cold afterglow, setting off the entire courtyard in extraordinary silence.

Su Sanyuan stood by the lotus pavilion, looking at a few carps in the pond, as if she hadn't heard the sound of approaching footsteps on the side.

"Sister Yuan."

Su Sanyuan slowly turned her head and looked towards the comer.

Su Zhi's voice was melancholy, he walked to Su Sanyuan's side, looked at the pool side by side, and the lines in the corners of his eyes were carved by the years to show signs of old age. In his eyes, there is no longer a bright smile when he was a teenager. In the changes of the years, there is only a depth left in his eyes, which is unpredictable, and he reads: "The son is said on the river, and the deceased is like a husband."

"Yes, life changes so quickly that it's hard to grasp." Su Sanyuan said lightly.

Su Zhi listened, pursed his lips and smiled, stretched out his hand and patted Su Sanyuan's head, and said in a dull voice: "King Yu has already agreed to marry Yue'er, but ...... He clearly said that he would marry you, but the emperor did not agree to this. ”

Su Sanyuan did not speak.

"If you don't want to marry King Yu, Dad will help you find other good families. You sisters in the province serve a husband together, and it makes people laugh. ”

Su Sanyuan pursed her lips and smiled shallowly, with a somewhat bitter taste, "Dad, I want to keep filial piety for my grandmother for three years." I don't want to talk about marriage now. ”

"It's really not urgent." Su Zhi said, his eyes drifting away, as if he saw the familiar Shen family through Su Sanyuan, and said lonely: "What Dad is afraid of is that if you drag it out for another year or two, when you become an old girl, who will dare to marry you?" And King Yu, I don't dare to marry more daughters to him. After all, in the past few years, the court has been in a mess, and it has not been the same. ”

"Dad, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, how is it now?"

"The emperor asked the prince to investigate the case, and not long after, Xue Xuan was acquitted." Su Zhi sighed, his hands behind his back, "Probably thanks to the blessing of King Yu, those turmoil in the court has subsided...... However, I'm afraid that I have also offended King Yu. ”

Saying that, Su Zhi's eyes looked at Su Sanyuan, and he hesitated for a long time before he said: "Sister Yuan, for so many years, my father has been able to occupy a place in the imperial court, because he understands the truth that the moon is full and the moon is lost. Do you understand what Daddy means?"

"Dad refers to the fact that Su Fu does not marry the second daughter to the king of Yu?" Su Sanyuan asked tentatively.

Su Zhi closed his eyes and said slowly: "A few days ago, I heard that Empress Dowager Sun intended to marry her niece to King Yu as a concubine. Recalling that King Yu wanted to ask for a holy decree in front of the emperor to marry you as a concubine, I was really worried, worried that in the future, our Su Mansion would be involved in the battle for imperial power because of these things. ”

Clearly knowing the development trend behind this period of history in the Ming Dynasty, Su Sanyuan naturally understood that his father's worries would not be too much, with so many officialdom things that his father had experienced, maybe this was his father's intuition. If he didn't really love his eldest daughter, he wouldn't have said these things so bluntly.

"Dad, I understand." Su Sanyuan muttered: "Tomorrow I want to go out of the house to relax, and by the way, I will go to the nunnery to burn incense and pray for blessings, is it okay?"

"If you want to relax, then go, who else dares to stop you?" Su Zhi said with a smile. It was obviously a joke, but it fell in the ears, but it became the hottest words, warming the softest part of the heart.

The night gradually covered the whole land, and the lanterns swayed in the wind, and the wind was cold and lonely.

Two distant figures accompanied each other in the night, and the light of the lantern burned warmly and wantonly.

"Sister Yuan, Dad sent you here, you can go in by yourself. Recently, I have been looking haggard, I have a good rest, and my father is here for everything. ”

"Yes."

Su Sanyuan nodded and walked into Hua'an Courtyard.

The night was silent and silent. The moon outside the window was exceptionally cold.

The wind blew in through the gaps in the panes, bringing a touch of tiredness with it, so that the person on the bed could not resist the sleepiness and fell into a deeper sleep.

Palace.

"Brother Huang, you and the queen mother are too strong." The man's soft sigh rang out. In the night, he sat on the beam with one leg bent, his eyes as bright as stars, looking at the moonlight, drinking wine in one gulp, and sighing.

Zhu Qizhen's expression was calm, and he said lightly: "Queen Mother, she is even greedy for my throne, do I still have to indulge her?" What a joke. ”

"What does the imperial brother want to do?" Zhu Qiyu hooked the corners of his lips, "Continue to make trouble with the queen mother?" Are you satisfied that the vassal kings of all over the world are eyeing the capital?"

Zhu Qizhen laughed when he heard this, his eyes were smiling, he looked at Zhu Qiyu with a cynical prodigal appearance, and said: "The vassal kings of all over the world will follow them to watch them, at least there is still your servant king, which is worthy of my trust."

Zhu Qiyu stood up, his eyes a little sad, "Brother Chen doesn't want to provoke these big rebellions all the time. I hope that the imperial brother will issue a holy decree as soon as possible and give Su Sanyuan to his younger brother, and the younger brother can stay away from this court dispute with peace of mind. Otherwise, these days, it is really a headache for my mother to find her brother later. ”

Zhu Qizhen patted Zhu Qiyu on the shoulder and said, "In this matter, unless you can persuade Su Zhi, I'm afraid that even I won't be able to make it difficult." On the one hand, the mourning period of Su Mansion has not yet passed, and on the other hand, you have had a ridiculous thing with Miss Su Er. Although Su Zhi promised you to let Miss Su Er be the side concubine. ”

After a pause, "But you have to understand that Su Zhi has always been neutral in officialdom and doesn't like to be too ostentatious, if he is allowed to clash head-on with Wang Guogong and others." What do you think he'll do?"

"The younger brother is also worried about this matter." Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said helplessly: "Brother Huang, maybe let the younger brother return to the fiefdom first, and wait until these turmoil in the capital has passed......"

didn't give Zhu Qiyu a chance to finish speaking, Zhu Qizhen smiled indifferently, and said: "Since you came to this capital, accompany me to complete this play, and when I find evidence that the Queen Mother instigated the vassal king to seek power and usurp the throne, pull the Queen Mother and her henchmen off the horse, and then naturally let you leave."

Following.

This is the most solid sleep Su Sanyuan has slept in the past few days, and when she woke up, Cuixiang and Jinghua helped her dress up. Looking at the haggard face in the bronze mirror, Su Sanyuan was at a loss several times. Some people say that the mirror can connect two worlds, but it's a pity that the person in the mirror is always this face.