Chapter 105: Goodbye to the Third Prince
Ye understood and smiled without saying a word. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Entering the gate of the twilight moon return, Anyang Hou was playing chess with Nangong Yufeng. As soon as Ye saw Anyang Hou, he immediately cried and trotted over, threw himself into Anyang Hou's arms and said, "Master Hou, think of a way, Princess Li knows, she said in a fit of anger that she would hand over this matter to the government to deal with!" ”
"What is it to the government that you are still in such a hurry?" An Yanghou hurriedly held her stomach, "You better take care of yourself first, although it is stable now, you still have to be careful." ”
"No, Master Hou, that's it! We were kidnapped, and the Liwang Mansion has found relevant evidence, and the princess has personally asked people to send them to the government! I know that although Master Hou is heartbroken about this matter, Rong Yao is our child in the end, Master Hou, you still have to think of a way. Ye's performance opened Xi Cui's eyes, this woman really underestimated her, being a good person at this time can not only smooth her heart but also take this favor for nothing.
When Anyang Hou heard this, he immediately panicked and hurriedly asked Yu Feng for help. Yu Feng knew that this matter must be related to Xi Cui, so he could only respond indiscriminately first and stabilize Anyang Hou, but he didn't really mean to help in his heart.
This matter quickly spread in the capital, and for a while, all kinds of rumors about He Rongyao were overwhelming, even surpassing Xi Cui's limelight back then.
Seeing that there was no news from Yufeng's side, the Marquis of Anyang had to visit Prince Li in person, but Prince Li received him but said that he did not know about this matter, and the princess did not mention it. The Marquis of Anyang couldn't ask to see the princess, so he could only return in a huff.
Besides, this Marquis of Anyang is actually not a meritorious general, and he can get the title of such a marquis, purely because his sister married the first emperor and gave birth to four princes. When the first emperor was alive, the Anyang Hou Mansion was also once prosperous, but since the death of the first emperor, the Anyang Hou Mansion immediately lowered its profile, and now the killing of the second prince is in front, and the expulsion of the third prince is in the back, if it is not for the four princes and they are still young, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape, without the four princes, who can they count on in the Anyang Hou Mansion? So even if the four princes are not doing well now, they still have to be careful not to cause trouble to the four princes, and they are comfortable in a corner of peace. But he didn't want to give birth to such an uncompetitive daughter, so that he still has to walk around with a shy face, just to save He Rongyao's life.
Xi Cui is also generous, not to mention helping Anyang Hou find a relationship, this time Xi Cui didn't even blink his eyes. Through the relationship between Anyang Hou, Xi Cui also got to know a lot of officials in the capital, and whose nepotism these officials relied on, and what interests and hobbies they had, Xi Cui also knew a lot with Anyang Hou. Of course, Xi Cui did these things by putting on makeup and pretending to be the housekeeper next to An Yanghou.
In the end, Anyang Hou rescued He Rongyao from the prison, but He Rongyao was already delirious at this time, and then Xi Cui sent them back to Anyang.
This is the end of the matter.
Next, Xi Cui spent three days sorting out the information of the people he had known in the past few days, and checked it with the news in the VIP building.
But I didn't want to receive a message from Hanyan on this day, asking her to go to Ruyi Pavilion.
Xi Cui changed her costume and went to Ruyi Pavilion to find Hanyan, but saw the third prince in Hanyan's room. At this time, although the third prince's face was a little pale, his expression and temperament were very different from the gentlemanly appearance he had seen before. Although he still has a merry smile and still sits there casually, he always feels that something has changed.
Seeing Xi Cui, the third prince smiled and picked up the wine jug in his hand and handed it to Han Yan, and by the way, he also touched Han Yan's little hand, and said with an evil smile, "Beauty, pour wine for this young master, I have wanted to see this young master for a long time......"
Han Yan twisted his waist and poured Xi Cui a glass of wine, and handed it to Xi Cui, "Don't say that you don't know this master." But as soon as they entered my door, they asked me to notify you in the usual way. How come I didn't know that you had such trustworthy friends besides Qi Yu and Nangong Yufeng! She was telling Xi Cui that she didn't know the identity of the three princes, but the three princes knew the relationship between the two of them, so she thought he was Xi Cui's trusted friend, so she called Xi Cui according to his wishes.
Xi Cui took the wine glass, but didn't drink it, but found a seat to sit down, "Master Zhou, don't come to harm!" Before he was sure whether the third prince really wanted others to tell his true identity, Xi Cui felt that it was better not to expose him first.
Seeing that she didn't expose herself, the third prince couldn't help but be a little satisfied with Xi Cui. He didn't notice her when he saw her in the palace for the first time, although her identity was special enough at that time, but he only cared about looking at the glamorous and beautiful Xi Yunting at the time, but he didn't know that it had only been less than a year, and this Xi Cui was so slender and moving.
At that time, I thought that no matter how good her life was, she was just Wang Shaoyan's concubine, and then passed incense to the Wang family for her own young lady, but she didn't expect that now she has become Nangong Yufeng's unfinished wife. And Prince Li admires her even more, even people like Master Zhang are full of praise when they talk about Xi Cuilai. Thinking of this period of time, Nangong Yufeng always mentioned her intentionally or unintentionally, which made the third prince even more curious about Xi Cui. What these **** followed Anyang Hou did made the people of the three princes see it clearly, but they didn't understand why she did it. Today, it is rare to have a chance to come out to breathe, the third prince thought of the cold smoke in the Ruyi Pavilion, and then found Xi Cui through the cold smoke, he really wanted to know what Xi Cui's purpose was in the past few days.
"Do you think I'm okay?" The third prince continued to joke with Xi Cui, "I heard that you have been very busy lately, since you are an old friend, I wonder if you can tell me what you are busy with?" ”
He actually saw that these **** had other plans with Anyang Hou! But do you want to tell him? With Xiao Yi's help, Xi Cui knew the inner thoughts of the three princes, and judging by the situation, he had always been in contact with the princes of Li, Master Zhang, and it was certain that these old foxes had actually made up their minds to assist the three princes. But is this person really reliable? Xi Cui looked at the cynical face of the third prince, and now it seems that there is no other choice, right? Yu Feng has obviously stood on the same line with the three princes, and he and Yu Feng have long been worn together!
Han Yan saw that Xi Cui didn't speak for a long time, thinking that she was taking care of herself, so she was about to withdraw. was gently pulled by Xi Cui, "It's not that I'm guarding against you, but knowing some things is not necessarily a good thing for you." ”
Han Yan smiled and nodded, "After so many things, I can still distinguish the benefits and harms!" Don't worry, I'll go next door to play the piano for you, and I'll order you to go down and don't let people get close! ”
Xi Cui gave her a light smile back, and Han Yan pulled out his hand and went out to close the door.
Soon the next door remembered the melodious sound of the piano, this was the first time Xi Cui heard the cold smoke play the piano. When she was in the Hou Mansion before, every time Yun Ting played the piano, she always liked to accompany her, Xi Cui thought she was trying to be lazy and not do things, but later when she saw her secretly flipping through Yun Ting's piano score, she knew that she liked to play the piano, but unfortunately they were all slaves and maids and had no chance to learn. I didn't expect that Hanyan would really have the opportunity to play the piano now......
"I've heard about the relationship between you and her, I really didn't expect you to become such a close friend now." After pouring himself a drink, the third prince sighed, "Sometimes the relationship between you women is really strange, you can become incompatible because of a man, but you can laugh and grudge after that man disappears. The women who came out of the Hou Mansion of Huai'an are all characters! ”
Xi Cui didn't ask him how he knew Hanyan's true identity, because it didn't matter how he knew, the important thing was that he could know. As long as he has this ability, it means that this person is still worth betting. Besides, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing, in case he really becomes an emperor in the future, he should be worried if he knows too much.
"Let's get down to business, these **** didn't do anything else, but sorted out the relationship between these officials who got acquainted with Anyang Hou, as well as their preferences, so that it is convenient to move around when doing business in the future. Something you want to see? "Xi Cui doesn't like to be alone with people like the third prince, and thinks it's better to make a long story short and get straight to the point.
"Oh...... So that's the case, I'll just say, your relationship with Anyang Hou is not so good that way...... I'm more curious about you than those. Yu Feng told me that you are difficult to approach, and he always can't figure out what you're thinking, so he doesn't know how to get along with you. In my opinion, Nangong Yufeng is the most difficult person in the world, okay? Why don't you tell me what kind of person you think Nangong Yufeng is? The third prince said that he took the wine jug and went to Xi Cui, and was about to fill Xi Cui with wine, but found that the wine glass in Xi Cui's hand was full, and he was immediately dissatisfied, "Why don't you drink it?" Do you know how hard it is for me to sneak out for a drink? As a result, you still don't appreciate it, it's really hurtful! ”
Xi Cui had no choice but to drink the wine glass in his hand, and the third prince saw the opportunity to quickly fill it up, and smiled while pouring the wine, "Alas, that's right, don't follow Nangong Yufeng to learn, that guy is simply an unkind stone." ”
"Third prince, you didn't come to me today to talk to me about Nangong Yufeng, right?" Xi Cui pressed the wine glass with her hand, and then moved her body to the side. The third prince smiled meaningfully, continued to pour himself a drink, but suddenly stopped again, shook the wine glass, and asked, "So have you really decided to follow Nangong Yufeng now?" ”
"The third prince said something strange, the emperor's decree has been issued, I have no other choice?" Xi Cui saw that his face was a little hazy, thinking that he had drunk too much, so he casually perfunctory his question, and it was best to end this conversation quickly.
The third prince suddenly laughed, put down the wine glass and looked at Xi Cui, squinting his eyes so that people couldn't see his eyes, "Holy decree? I didn't expect you to even tell such a lie...... Xi Cui...... You are a person who understands that I am not stupid, you respect his words as holy decrees, and use this to deceive me, are you really not afraid that I will then turn over old accounts? ”
He knows the secret!
Xi Cui found that in addition to this, what really shocked him was that he actually knew that he also knew that secret! How did he know? There are only two people in this world who know that she knows this secret, one is Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi will never tell the third prince about this. The other one is Wang Li's! Could it be her? But why did this old lady tell the third prince about this?
"Hahaha, scared, right? I'm kidding you, I might have a way to shut him up forever if anyone in the world knows this secret, but it's just you, I can't move...... Who made me owe you my life! However, we have to make it clear today, and I pretended to be deaf and dumb in this matter, and I can be regarded as paying back your life! I don't owe you anything anymore! The third prince slanted the corners of his mouth and pulled an evil and scoundrel smile.
"When did I save your life? The third prince laughed...... "Xi Cui said this, but secretly said in his heart, fortunately, I didn't really save your life, otherwise I would be so aggrieved in my heart, the grace of saving my life, just such a sentence will be repaid!" It's a shame that you are the third prince, if you are replaced by any random person, dare to say such ungrateful words, see if I don't ask Duan San to ruin your kid!
"You really didn't take that to heart!" The third prince drank another glass and continued, "That's the incident where you asked Duan San to take me into Beijing!" If I didn't have those people with Duan San, even if I barely saved my life, the most important chips in my hand would have to be put in, I'm afraid that my Zhou family's world would really be over at that time! It's just a pity for those heroes who died for me......"
Oh...... It turned out to be about that. Xi Cui was indeed negligent, Duan San came back and told him what had happened, but there were too many things at that time, so she didn't care too much. Now that I think about it, it should have been very dangerous at the beginning, right?
"Speaking of this, I finally remembered what I was going to say to you tonight......" The third prince leaned over again, and said to Xi Cui with a hippie smile, "Can that Duan San let him follow me?" I heard that he was the person Xi Yunjian gave you, you can't take him to marry into the Nangong family, right? Besides, you're always surrounded by an irrelevant man in a girl's house, so it's not good to say it, right? ”
"No way!" Xi Cui decisively refused, "First, the third brother is not my subordinate, I have no right to give him to or to whom, and secondly, the third brother and I are like brothers and sisters, even if I have a reason to leave him, I will only let the third brother decide where to go by himself, instead of making any choice for him behind his back." ”
The third prince was probably shocked by Xi Cui's categorical attitude, and he didn't react for a long time.
And Duan San, who had been guarding outside of their conversation, could hear it clearly, and although Xi Cui's answer was expected by Duan San, he still felt warm in his heart after listening to it.
Xi Cui probably also felt that his attitude was a little too much, and just as he wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, he heard the third prince say sharply, "In this way, the life-saving grace is not on your head, so I have no reason to keep you, after all, you know too many things, and your existence is a great threat to our royal family!" ”
Although Xiao Yi had already told Xi Cui that this was just a bluff by the third prince, he didn't really want to do anything to Xi Cui, because he was afraid that Nangong Yufeng would turn his face against him. But Xi Cui is still hairy in his heart, even if he takes care of Nangong Yufeng at this time and endures this breath, who knows if he will always keep this matter in his heart? One day he really became the emperor, would he hold a grudge against the Nangong family for today's events?
Xi Cui suddenly found that this was simply a cycle of strange circles, no matter who assisted and who sat in that position, this kind of conspiracy and calculation caused by power would not end at all. Even if the third prince sits on the throne, will the Nangong family become the next Lao family?
Thinking about Xi Cui, he knelt down for some reason, looking down at his skirt, the third prince thought that Xi Cui was frightened by his jokes, but he didn't know that Xi Cui was kneeling not him, but a predictable but inescapable fate......
Xi Cui didn't hear what the third prince said later, and her mind kept repeating the broken bricks and tiles of the Huai'an Marquis Mansion, as well as the corpses piled up together beyond recognition...... Could it be that she tried every means to take revenge on the Lao family, and even let herself enter this power struggle for this reason for such an ending? If she really put the Nangong family in such a desperate situation, who should she go to for revenge? But is there any other choice now?
When she came back to her senses, Duan San had already squatted in front of her at some point, one hand on her shoulder, the expression on her face was very worried, and the sound of the cold smoke in the next room was still melodious, but it had changed to another tune......
The third prince was obviously frightened, and sat cross-legged directly opposite Xi Cui, his cheeks glowing red, and it was more appropriate to say that he was overfrightened than the smell of wine, because what he was holding in his hand was no longer a wine cup but a teacup......
Seeing that Xi Cui's consciousness seemed to have recovered, Duan San hurriedly tried to scream, "Xi Cui......"
Xi Cui glanced at Duan San when he heard the voice, "Third brother, why did you come in?" ”
Duan San glanced back at the third prince and continued to face Xi Cui, "I heard that the movement inside was not quite right, so I came in and took a look...... What happened to you just now? The third prince, if you are embarrassed to hand him over to Nangong Yufeng, why ......"
The third prince stared at Duan San with wide eyes, what do you mean? Will the master be afraid of him Nangong Yufeng? It seems that you were too polite to you during that time, and even you kid has learned to use Nangong Yufeng to suppress the master!
Xi Cui's gaze slowly fell on the third prince, staying for about a quarter of an hour before slowly returning to Duan San, "Third brother, I was thinking too much about what happened just now, the third prince was just joking, so don't tell Yu Feng." Let's go back......" He smiled at the third prince again, and said softly, "Third prince, I won't say goodbye to Hanyan, you can help me talk to her." As for that list, I wonder how I should give it to you. ”
The third prince nodded, putting away the cynical appearance, "You keep it first, and I will naturally look for you when the time comes." But if you want to find me, you can find Miss Hanyan, I have always lingered on beauties. ”
Xi Cui nodded, and said goodbye.
On the way back, Xi Cui didn't take a sedan chair, and she still hadn't walked through these streets and alleys on foot for a long time, and she almost forgot when the last time she walked like this......
Sometimes people are so busy that they always stretch their necks to look ahead, and they don't even have time to remember the way they have come. Today, I walked here and suddenly found that I had only cared about catching up and fighting along the way, but I had not been able to prepare a safe way out for myself...... (To be continued.) )