Chapter Seventy-Seven: Qi Yu was stunned
That's right, Qi Yu thought about being a really good person from now on, but he wanted to at least watch Xi Cui be good before that. If he www.biquge.info after ruining Xi Cui, he would leave everything in the past and start a new life, he would feel guilty for the rest of his life. Qi Yu has always been a person who likes to do everything perfectly, since he wants to say goodbye to his past self completely and completely, then he must be upright and clean into a new life, leaving no regrets and no guilt.
Xi Cui didn't expect Qi Yu to say this, is he using his future to pay off his debts? You must know that if the things he presents to the emperor are not satisfactory to the emperor, the first thing that will be destroyed is the emperor's trust in him!
And for a newcomer like him who has no foundation in the court, once he loses the trust of the emperor, there will be only one way waiting for him, and that is a useless outcast.
"Actually, you don't have to do that." Xi Cui could tell him that it was not his fault, but that too many accidents and misunderstandings had caused such a result, and this result made her look more miserable. She doesn't need to use other people's futures to bury her own misery, and this person is still Qi Yu.
But Qi Yu was still very relieved to do this, and said rationally that Xi Cui needed to use all the forces around her to strengthen herself, and Qi Yu was undoubtedly the most reliable among them. He felt guilty about her, and he didn't know how long it would last, but at least for this moment he was willing to use it for her.
What she needs to do now is to let this relationship continue, so that Qi Yu can only stand on the same line with herself. Of course, this should not be rushed. Some things are not done quickly, and she needs to discourage him more, "Wouldn't it be too risky for you to do this?" ...... like this"
"I have my own plan for what to do, you just need to tell me, what do you think of the Wang family?" Qi Yu's gaze was very resolute, and he could step on the throne of the Wang family with the trust of the emperor. This is the best way he preset for himself, as soon as he came up, he aimed at the Wang family, and the Lao family was happy to watch from the wall, muddy the water in the pool of households, and catch a few big fish, and he could take the position. has always been friendly with the Lao family, which will naturally make the Wang family think that they are all instructed by the Lao family to do this, and the Wang family will only use the means on the Lao family if they want to retaliate, and use the power of the Lao family to gain a firm foothold and then further plot against the Lao family.
But this was something he had set for himself before, and when he envisioned this plan, he didn't know that his mind would change, and he would pick up his original ideals again. So he is willing to make adjustments, in his opinion, the current son of heaven, not to mention that he still really values talents like him. As long as he sincerely works for the emperor, he can become famous without those means.
It's just that he doesn't know that all his thoughts, whether he says it or not, are directly exposed to the sun in front of Xi Cui's eyes, and he can't hide it at all.
Xi Cui didn't know that there was such a deep trust between him and the emperor, and it seemed that this emperor was not as suspicious as the legend said. Otherwise, how could he go to great lengths to lay a good future for Qi Yu like this? On this point, Qi Yu Xicui must grasp it.
She thought that if she told him the truth now, then just by knowing this secret, Qi Yu and the Lao family would never be able to stand together. Because whether the emperor knows his identity or not, the Lao family is in danger. When he didn't know it, the emperor was afraid of the high achievements of the Lao family and sought to usurp the throne. It was even worse when he knew, how could an emperor allow his identity as an illegitimate child to be made public, I am afraid that he will regard the Lao family as a stain that must be erased, and he can't wait to get rid of it as soon as possible. At that time, anyone who knew the secret could imagine the fate.
So as long as Qi Yu knows this secret, Qi Yu can only be the enemy of the Lao family. He can choose to continue to follow the current emperor, in order to keep this secret for the emperor, he can't let the Lao family exist, and more importantly, he can't let the emperor know that he knows about it himself. Of course, he can also choose to support the true royal family, but he must also oppose the Lao family in order to show loyalty to his new master.
So this matter must be said, but how to say it is still a difficult problem.
The first question to face is that if Qi Yu asks how she knows, how should she answer? This involves too many people and things, but she can't make it clear to him.
"Is that a difficult question to answer?" Qi Yu stood up and wanted to leave, "Okay, maybe I rashly said these words to catch you off guard, it's not convenient for me to stay here for too long, I'll go back first today, if it really comes to that time, you can ask Duan San to bring me a message." ”
Seeing him turn around and say goodbye, Xi Cui was still hesitating, until he had walked out more than ten steps, Xi Cui finally made up his mind, clenched his fists and asked, "What do you really want to be loyal to the current emperor, or the seat where the emperor sits?" She had to act very impulsively, as if she had to say it in her heart, but she didn't know how to say it, and she couldn't even care about it in a hurry.
Qi Yu really fell for the trick, only to see him turn around suddenly, walk quickly to her, cover her mouth, and glared at her, "Are you looking for death?" Dare to say such a thing? ”
Xi Cui pulled his hand away, looked at the child in his arms, fortunately he was not frightened by him, lowered his voice and continued to ask, "You haven't answered my question yet." You have to think about this question before you think about it, it is a matter of life and death for many people! ”
She wanted to make the atmosphere as relaxed as possible, and even teased the child to relax herself, but cold sweat continued to break out in her palms.
Qi Yu stared at her for a long time, and Xi Cui's question was not difficult to understand. But it's not easy to answer. No matter how he answered, it could not reach the ears of the emperor. said that he valued the emperor himself, and those who had a heart could say that he was suspected of being respectful and inferior, saying that he was loyal to the emperor's identity, and he should be dissatisfied without others explaining the emperor. How could Xi Cui ask such a question?
But at this moment, he is willing to believe Xi Cui once, tell her what he thinks in his heart, or that reason, if everyone in this world does not understand what he is doing, he hopes that one person can understand his true thoughts, not to understand but to understand. And this person he always hoped to be Xi Cui, because she was the first person to share his original dream with him.
"Believe it or not, what I really want to protect is not someone, but a dream. But obviously that is unlikely to be realized, so I retreat to the next best thing, I want to be a good official, do my best to do something for the people of the world, not to be known in the world, but to be worthy of my heart. God is pitiful, the emperor is a good master, and he trusts me more, I just need to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country. So I can't give you the answer you want to your question. What Qi Yu said in his mouth was what he thought in his heart, it was the first time Xi Cui had met such an honest person in such a long time, although this person was an acquaintance, he was still a little unaccustomed to it.
"I know one thing, because this incident has killed a lot of people, I don't know if I should tell you or not......" Xi Cui knew that Qi Yu had shown his greatest honesty and that what he wanted to say could only be at this time, although using Qi Yu like this made her unbearable, but as long as she thought of so many people who died in vain, she could only tell herself that she had to do it. Although I was very excited, I still had to show fear and hesitation on my face.
Seeing her embarrassment, Qi Yu shook his head, "Xi Cui, in the past, you boasted that you didn't dare to say anything to others, why don't you even dare to say it to me now?" He was also curious about what kind of secret could make Xi Cui so entangled.
"It's about ...... Today's emperor, do you dare to listen? Xi Cui hugged the child on his shoulder, straightened the child's clothes, and gritted his teeth, "That's it, I'll just say it." The current emperor is not from the previous emperor, but the illegitimate son of Uncle Lao and the imperial concubine Qi. After she finished speaking, she didn't dare to look at Qi Yu's expression, so she quickly sat down with the child in her arms, and drank it clean with the teacup, as if she was very thirsty.
Qi Yu didn't move, standing there dumbfounded, his mind was in a mess, he hoped that Xi Cui was joking with himself, but no one in the world dared to make such a joke, Xi Cui was not such a disproportionate person. So what Xi Cui said can only be the truth, but how can he accept such a fact?
Duan San didn't know when he came in, and it was inevitable that it was a little strange to see that the two of them were far away, one sitting and the other standing, and they didn't speak to each other.
He passed by Qi Yu and found that Qi Yu was ignoring him, so he walked up to Xi Cui and whispered, "What's wrong with him?" It was as if I had been stimulated by something. ”
Xi Cui nodded, wasn't she stimulated? It's still a big thrill.
The child seemed to be a little tired, and began to nod his head for a while, Xi Cui handed him over to Duan San, and asked him to send the child back to rest, she still had more important things to do. The first step has been successful, and the next step is to see what Qi Yu says.
After Duan San left, Xi Cui walked to Qi Yu's side and patted Qi Yu's shoulder, "The top and bottom of the Huai'an Hou Mansion, Xi Yunjian, and Mama Wu all died because of this incident, and I even suspect that the death of General Sun Lao is also related to this matter." I'm not sure who else knows about this, but I'm sure the emperor doesn't know. I deliberately distanced myself from you, as you must remember, and the reason for this is actually precisely because of this. First, I'm afraid that I won't be able to keep this secret if you accidentally see through it, because it will be more dangerous if you know about it, and secondly, I don't know what you think, I only know that you are the emperor's person, and I'm afraid that if you find something...... But during this time I thought about everything that had happened between us, and what you had said to me today, that I realized that I should trust you as much as you trusted me. Besides, I don't want to watch you sink into the mud, there is no impermeable wall in the world, the power of the Lao family is monstrous, Uncle Lao is even more ambitious, and Lao Keqin is a ruthless person, even if others don't say it, Uncle Lao Guo himself can't help it. At that time, if you are still loyal to the current emperor, I am afraid that the encounter will be even more unpredictable. So I have to remind you that no matter what choice you make, it's better to be prepared. ”
Qi Yu's scattered pupils began to gather at this time, and the things in front of him gradually took shape, he grabbed Xi Cui's hand, his voice was a little hoarse, with eagerness and anxiety, "Where did you know about this?" How do you know that this is not a rumor spread by others? ”
Xi Cui didn't break free of his hand, but instead held him hard, and patted the back of his hand with his backhand, "How do I know, I will naturally tell you in the future, this matter is very complicated and I can't say it at all now." But I am sure that this matter is definitely not a rumor, your vision is so accurate, you can see at a glance that the child just now is the blood and blood of the Wang family, why not take a closer look at the appearance of the emperor and Uncle Lao Guo's father and son? Blood is the most real and cruel, and it is also very straightforward, yes, it can't be hidden at all. She paused and comforted him, "I know that you value the current emperor, and it is not impossible to defend him, as long as you find a way to destroy the Lao family before Uncle Lao tells the truth." With your talents, this is not impossible. ”
Qi Yu let go of her hand and leaned on the big flower pot next to her, but her body was still soft and couldn't stand up, "You let me think about it...... Think again......" he said, and staggered away from Twilight.
When I went out, I happened to meet Nangong Yufeng who was about to enter the door, and there was another person who was accompanied by Nangong Yufeng, who Qi Yu was not even in the mood to watch, but he just gave Nangong Yufeng a salute absentmindedly and hurriedly got into his carriage.
Nangong Yufeng and the red-clothed eunuch standing beside him looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.
The eunuch reacted quickly, quickly put on a smiling face, and said to Nangong Yufeng, "That person just now looks very familiar, a little like Lord Qi, the champion handpicked by our Long Live Lord!" But looking at the clothes, they don't look like them, Lord Qi should be busy socializing, how can he have time to come out and wander around......"
Make it up, I'll let you make it up again, Nangong Yufeng looked at the smile on the face of the red-clothed eunuch getting more and more ugly, as if he wanted to round out the matter of Qi Yu coming out of the twilight moon, but found that it was far-fetched no matter how he said it. So he glanced at him and said coldly, "Father-in-law has good eyesight, that person is Lord Qi, and this Lord Qi and Xi Cui also know each other." It may be that the day of Xi Cui's family's funeral happened to be the day of the palace test, and he chose to come over today to mourn because he couldn't come in person. ”
"Oh...... I see, no wonder it's no wonder ......" The red-clothed eunuch laughed with him, bowed over and followed Nangong Yufeng into the courtyard.
As soon as he entered the door, the male duck shouted, "The holy decree has arrived, Xi Cui will take the decree......" After his yin and yang strange "decree" word landed, Twilight Yuegui let out a child's cry. Obviously woken up by his voice, Duan San didn't take the holy decree, and when he saw Nangong Yufeng coming in, he was standing in the courtyard with a yin and yang strange person shouting and yelling, and he suddenly got angry, and ran out with the child in his arms, "Nangong Yufeng, what are you doing?" The child was woken up by you as soon as he fell asleep! Do you know how hard this kid is to coax? ”
Xi Cui had already run out of it, hurriedly grabbed him, and whispered, "Third brother, that is the eunuch in front of the emperor, who came here to issue a holy decree, if you are disrespectful to the holy decree, you are disrespectful to the emperor, and you want to kill your head!" Get on your knees! So he pulled Duan San to kneel. Fortunately, she had received such training in the Huai'an Hou Mansion before, and she thought she wouldn't need it, but she didn't expect to use it today.
Xi Cui knelt on his knees and shouted long live, and then listened to the eunuch's male duck chanting loudly, because the child had been crying, and the holy decree was a little verbose, and Xi Cui hardly listened carefully. But in the end, she still understood a very important sentence, "Special General Xi Cui gave marriage to the hussar general Nangong Yufeng, and the marriage will be completed on a day after Xi Cui's filial piety, and I will ...... it."
What does that mean? Give her a drink of Nangong Yufeng for marriage? Why? What did the emperor really think?
After waiting for a long time, she didn't see Xi Cui Xie En's order, and the eunuch was anxious, coughed lightly, and reminded her. Only then did Xi Cui hurriedly shout long live and take the holy decree.
After issuing the holy decree, the red-clothed eunuch said goodbye with a smile, and Nangong Yufeng gave him a purse, which was hard-earned money.
Xi Cui held the holy decree and looked at Duan San at each other.
Nangong Yufeng came over with a smile and teased the child, the child also wondered that he wouldn't cry as soon as the eunuch left, which would be teased by Nangong Yufeng and laughed.
"What's going on? How could the emperor make such a holy decree? Did you ask the emperor for it? Xi Cui waited for Nangong Yufeng with an angry face.
Does marrying me Nangong Yufeng make you so unhappy? Nangong Yufeng looked at the anger on her face, and there was anger in her heart, "It doesn't matter if I ask for it anymore, now the result is that you are already my Nangong Yufeng's wife who has not passed the door, and the holy decree has been accepted, you can't regret it!" Besides, if you marry me, can you still be wronged? The emperor gave you a marriage, you are my wife, not a concubine, what are you not satisfied with? ”
"You...... How can you not discuss such a big matter with me? Xi Cui's voice was louder than his, "How did I make an appointment with you before?" Why did you rebel? ”
"Am I going back on my word? What does Wang Shangshu have to do with what he told the emperor? Why did I go back on my word? "Nangong Yufeng is really aggrieved, firstly, this matter was indeed mentioned by Wang Shangshu to the emperor in private, he didn't know at all, and secondly, even if he asked for something, how could she Xi Cui be unhappy?
"Wang Shangshu mentioned?" Xi Cui's voice was lowered, which made Nangong Yufeng a little uncomfortable.
"Well, when I entered the palace, I heard that there was a holy decree for you, and I went to inquire about it, only to know that Wang Shangshu specially told the emperor last night that he was going to make this holy decree for an hour. They all said that Secretary Wang Shang hated me for getting the tiger talisman, holding military power, and deliberately made me ugly. Thanks to me, I still happily accompanied the eunuch to come over, but I didn't expect you to be unhappy! Nangong Yufeng really felt wronged, but he couldn't do it when the dignified old man coquetted in front of women.
Wang Shangshu's purpose in doing this is definitely not so simple. Xi Cui's eyebrows were tightly locked, thinking about any possibility, but she was no longer in the Wang family after all, and she couldn't know what happened to the Wang family at the first time, it seemed that this matter still needed to be investigated.
Nangong Yufeng was feeling aggrieved, and suddenly remembered something, glaring at Xi Cui, "Was it Qi Yu who went out from here just now?" What is he doing here? He turned his head to look at Duan San, "Duan San, you know, right?" ”
Duan San shook his head, "I don't know, it's always the two of them talking in the courtyard, and I'm in the room." Xi Cui glanced at Duan San fiercely, you really don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement, you are honest at this time, is this not clear to ask Nangong Yufeng to play on the topic? (To be continued.) )