==Chapter 79==

I have to say that Duchess An Guo has played this abacus very well.

Jiuniang is ignorant and ignorant, and has a life-saving grace with the King of Chu, at the night banquet in Furong Garden, it can be seen that the King of Chu still has a little different eyes on Xiao Jiuniang, at least not as indifferent as the rest of the Xiao family. Therefore, when the rest of the Xiao family comes to the door, they will be turned away by the King of Chu, but the Duchess of Anguo is sure that the King of Chu will at least not turn Xiao Jiuniang away.

Not to mention that the relationship between the two is cousins, and that layer of life-saving grace is on the side, if Xiao Jiuniang is turned away and passed to the ears of Emperor Chengyuan, what will Emperor Chengyuan think, and when it reaches the ears of others, what will others think of King Chu?

If Jiuniang is not turned away, the Duchess of Anguo will achieve half of her purpose. Through the mouth of 'ignorant and ignorant' Jiu Niang, he passed his words into the ears of the King of Chu, and the King of Chu believed that everything was fine, and it was also the first step to eliminate the estrangement.

As long as Xiao Jiuniang enters the gate of the Chu Wangfu, because of this Xiao surname, it is inevitable that the two sides will be pulled together, and the people in the Xiao family know the secret edge of their own family and the King of Chu, but outsiders don't know, and King Zhao doesn't know either, this is where it can be used.

And before An Guogong and his wife suspected that the king of Chu was attacked during the trip to Lanling, Emperor Chengyuan or the king of Chu learned about it, but this is just speculation after all. Because of this speculation, the Xiao family will be weak-hearted, but the Xiao family has also figured it out, whether they know it or not, anyway, things have happened, and they can just take this opportunity to test the attitude of the King of Chu, even if they can't be tempted, it is a good thing for the Xiao family and the King of Chu to be pulled together.

The Xiao family is happy to see the beneficial and harmless behavior.

And the key figure in this is this Xiao Jiuniang.

But will Jiu Niang let them get their wish?

At this moment, Jiu Niang has already analyzed most of the mysteries. According to what she thought, she naturally couldn't add trouble to the King of Chu, and the door of the King of Chu's mansion could never be opened.

But where would the Duchess of Anguo give her the opportunity to refuse, the so-called ginger is old and spicy, this sentence is not wrong. Without waiting for Jiu Niang's refusal to exit, she beckoned to call Aunt Hu and asked her to arrange for Jiu Niang to leave the house. And earnestly instructed the other maids and servants to prepare all kinds of precious medicinal materials for door-to-door gifts, looking really busy and very attentive, but they left Jiuniang aside, let alone let her say anything to refuse.

It's a duck catch!

This is indeed to catch ducks on the shelves, but Duchess An Guo has this qualification, but if Jiuniang dares to say a word, she will become the target of public criticism.

In this case, Jiu Niang can't say anything to refuse, the word 'no' is easy to say, but how should she round the words next? Could it be that he has lived two lifetimes, so he knows that the Xiao family doesn't have any good ideas, or that he has already 'secretly communicated with the King of Chu'?

No matter which one it is, it must not be said to outsiders.

Mrs. Hu's speed was extremely fast, and she was soon ready to invite Jiu Niang.

Seeing this, Jiuniang could only suppress her grievances, bent her knees and retired with Duchess Anguo, and went out with Aunt Hu.

She came to invite An Ben to bring lotus branches, and Aunt Hu said that there was only one maidservant, and it was a little unsightly to go out. Jiu Niang originally wanted to call another one from Cuiyun Pavilion, but was stopped by Aunt Hu with a smile on her face, and randomly pointed out a maid from An Rong Courtyard to accompany her.

Don't think about it, this is naturally here to spy on Jiuniang.

This Duchess of Anguo is not a good stubble, and the people around her are not simple, and they do things without leakage, so that Jiu Niang can't be convinced.

Jiuniang found an excuse to go back to Cuiyun Pavilion to change her clothes, but Aunt Hu smiled and pointed out that the clothes she was wearing at this time were not bad. It is also conceivable that Jiu Niang had already come back from An Rong Yuan, so she went out to find the king of Chu, and she had already prepared a qiē.

The aqua-red brocade jacket she was wearing at this time, with a moon white six-piece Luo skirt, and a white fox fur coat, if she went to some big occasions, it was a little insufficient, but if she went to meet guests, it was enough.

No, Jiu Niang had to get into the carriage with the support of the lotus branch.

Going to the Chu Palace, as a guest, is naturally unusual.

In addition to the car that Jiu Niang was sitting in, there was also a carriage in the front and back, one sitting on the outer courtyard housekeeper who came with him, one carrying gifts to bring with him, and a number of guards, etc., which can be described as huge.

Jiuniang sat in the warm carriage, but her heart was very blocked.

It was a common practice to ask for peace, but by the way, I wanted to find a way to go out of the house for two days, but I didn't know that I was driven to the shelf. Although she was going to come to find the King of Chu, this 'finding' is not better than 'finding'. It's not like I'm looking for trouble, and I don't know if my cousin will order someone to kick her out with a big stick in order to make a show.

Jiu Niang couldn't help but think of this kind of scene, the King of Chu wanted to draw a line with the Xiao family, and she also knew it, so her idea was really not untargeted.

The Chu Wangfu was not far from the Xiao family, and it was only two or three Fang City, and the Xiao family and his party soon arrived in front of the gate of the Chu Wangfu. Steward Mao took the lead in getting out of the carriage and went to the concierge to hand over the prayer post.

Jiu Niang sat in the car and was a little uncomfortable, that is, she was afraid of making trouble for the King of Chu, and she was afraid that she would be rejected by the King of Chu or look at her coldly.

She understands very well that at this time, she has been difficult to ride a tiger, if she is rejected this time, it will be equivalent to missing the backer of the king of Chu on the bright face, and the lord of Chaoxia County already regards herself as a thorn in her side, and the reason why she will endure is nothing more than because she has a 'big trend' in the house, and there is also a suspected king of Chu who is a backer. If she loses the value of being 'used', even if she hides in the Guozi Prison every day, I am afraid that her life in the Anguo Mansion will not be easy in the future.

Beat the water dogs, no one understands the stakes better than Jiu Niang, especially the group of people in the Xiao family who have never seen rabbits and eagles. Without dependence, all kinds of troubles will follow one after another in the future, even if Jiu Niang is not afraid of this qiē, but she is used to living a peaceful life, and suddenly she is stuck in a fight, and Jiu Niang is also difficult to get used to.

Especially since she is not young, and she will be married in another year, so the Xiao family will definitely not give up the opportunity to sell her for a good price......

Returning to Chang'an from Lanling, except for the garden injury, Jiuniang has been hiding under the wings of the king of Chu, the wind does not blow and the rain does not hit, even if there is a great enemy Chaoxia County Lord, Jiuniang is not afraid in her heart. It was also at this time that she suddenly discovered that the reason why she was able to live the peaceful life she had sought in her previous life was because of the King of Chu, without the King of Chu, she was still in infinite troubles and crises.

In fact, many things are not unexistent, but they are just isolated from the scope of her being. After a long time, I couldn't help but ignore it. She couldn't help but wonder if she had lost the agility she should have had after a peaceful life for too long......

She shouldn't have come, at least not in front of the Chu Palace, she should have had some accident before or on the way here, and stopped this matter, instead of approaching the door, she reacted.

Jiuniang regretted and was annoyed, but she also understood that no matter what she did, even if there was no today, there would be tomorrow, and she would always be unable to escape......

Seeing that the steward had not come out of the porter, she even wanted to say that she had to go home, but she knew that she could not say it.

Jiu Niang is difficult to ride a tiger at this time.

The reason why the Mao steward was delayed at the porter for so long was that he was embarrassed.

Before, he didn't send things or bring words to the Chu Wangfu on behalf of the Xiao family, but every time he was turned away, the porter knew him, so when he saw him, his face was a little bad at first.

The so-called seven officials in front of the prime minister's door, with the rise of the king of Chu, the gate of the palace of the king of Chu is not so easy to board, it should be polite or not, the porter has an account in his heart.

As for the people of the Xiao family, they are on the list that should not be polite, as early as when the King of Chu built the mansion, there were some clues on it, and those who could be the porters in the Chu Wangfu were all astute and very discerning, and naturally they would not be idle and have nothing to make the master unhappy, so before the greeting post was handed over, the porter pulled down his smiling face and started to make an official tone.

The words he said were that the master was not in the house or something like that, and he didn't even take the post, who made Steward Mao a 'familiar' face.

Steward Mao smiled with a face, obviously the weather was cold but he was sweating profusely, as one of the stewards of the outer courtyard of the Anguo Mansion, he was deeply trusted by several masters in the mansion, and no one looked down when he went out, but unfortunately this routine was repeatedly broken in the Chu Palace.

changed to an arrogant person who was narrow-minded and short-breathed, so he went back to add fuel and vinegar to complain in front of his master, so as to win the mercy of the above, and by the way, the Xiao family had a bad feeling for the king of Chu. But Steward Mao, the steward of the outer court, is not fake, since he can win the trust of the master of the house, he naturally has his ability. First of all, it is necessary to be calm and cautious, and he is very good at judging the situation, especially when he is in charge of affairs in the outer court, and he also knows a little about some things in the court, so he understands that it is not the King of Chu who is begging the Xiao family, but the Xiao family is begging the King of Chu, so every time he comes to the Chu Palace, his figure is extremely low.

Today, the old lady in the backyard came with a message, and when Steward Mao heard that he was coming to the Chu Palace, he only called bad luck in his heart. But the master spoke, and he naturally only had to run errands as a subordinate. Before going out, Aunt Hu specially nodded a few words to him, but he had some confidence in entering the gate of the Chu Palace.

I vaguely remember that more than half a year ago, he brought Jiu Niangzi back from Lanling, so Steward Mao also paid attention to Jiu Niangzi in Fuzhong, and naturally knew that the King of Chu and this Xiao Jiuniang had a little bit of love when they were young.

With the stepping stone of Nine Niangzi, I guess I will be able to complete the task this time.

It's a pity that the lame porter in front of him refused without even answering the post, you must know that what he took today was not the Xiao family's post, but Xiao Jiuniang's personal post.

Steward Mao almost uncheckably straightened up his half-bent waist, the smile on his face was also pulled down, and he squinted his eyes and hummed: "It's not the first time we've met, I think there is always a little bit of eye edge, and I don't want to embarrass you." But you are really a dog's eye, today I am not here to play with you and talk nonsense, I am here to send a message on behalf of my lady. Do you know who my lady is? It is the cousin of your master, and the county lord of Yirong who is enshrined by the Holy Emperor, when my lady accompanied His Royal Highness the King of Chu to Lanling, you kid didn't know where he was! You didn't even look at this post, so you turned it away, and carefully let His Royal Highness the King of Chu know that he wanted your boy's dog's life! ”

The posture of the butler was very large, and the doorman was stunned.

I really can't complain about the fox and the fake tiger, but there has always been a king of Hades who is good at seeing little ghosts, and this gatehouse guards the gate of the palace, and whoever wants to enter through the gate must first get through this pass. But because the Xiao family is not on good terms with the King of Chu, every time they have not yet entered, they are blocked in the gatehouse, and it is difficult for the big steward of Mao to look like a dog.

The porter involuntarily took the worship post, and opened it to see that it did indeed have the words of the county lord of Yirong written on it.

He looked puzzled, whether he was frightened by the Mao steward, and invited another porter to let him watch the Mao steward, and he took the letter of worship to the house.

It wasn't until he was almost outside King Chu's study that he realized that whether this was the county lord of Yirong or not, she was also a member of the Xiao family, and he suddenly felt that he had fallen into the evil role of the Mao steward. But it happened that Chang obediently walked out of the study, and was seen by him, and when he saw this, he could only pinch the letter of worship with a bitter face and approached.

The porter was ready to be scolded, but Chang Shun was shocked after listening to his story.

King Chu made an appointment with Jiu Niang, who was going to go to the private house at this time, Chang Shun came out to arrange the frame, but he didn't expect this Jiu Niang to come to the house.

Chang Shun has always been by the side of King Chu for a moment, and he also knows many clues, so it stands to reason that Jiu Niangzi will not be such an ignorant character. Thinking of what the porter said about the Mao steward and the huge formation of the Xiao family, Chang Shun asked the porter to wait with a solemn face, and he turned around and entered the study again.

The king of Chu was sitting in front of the desk drinking tea, and when he saw Chang Shun so quickly, he raised his eyes and glanced at him, but he didn't think much about it. Chang Shun approached, handed the prayer note respectfully, and recounted the information he heard from the porter in full.

The king of Chu put down the teacup, took the post and looked at it, calmed down for a moment, and tapped his slender fingers on the table.

What kind of character is the King of Chu, it is not an exaggeration to say that he gave birth to a pair of seven-trick exquisite hearts, and he analyzed the general situation with just a few words.

Now there are two paths in front of him, refuse or not.

In the case of King Chu more than half a year ago, how to save trouble and how to come, how to benefit himself, just like when Jiuniang just came back from Lanling, he felt that he drew a clear line with Xiao Jiuniang, and it was very good for himself and her, so he did it without hesitation.

This is his instinct, this is the instinct he practiced after the death of his mother concubine, carefully surviving in the palace under the shadow of Empress Xiao and King Cheng. As long as it is beneficial to his body, he does not mind taking advantage of anyone, not even himself.

Step by step, he went from the little transparent five princes who endured humiliation and relied on others to live on others, to the king of Chu, who was deeply favored by Emperor Chengyuan and feared by everyone, the price he paid was beyond the imagination of others, but he was willing to do it. Because he knew that if he was given some time, he didn't need to rely on anyone, even if that person was the supreme emperor, his father, he could intimidate everyone, he would stand on the supreme place and look down on the vast and vast world.

This is the long-hidden ambition of the king of Chu.

No one knew that the crippled King of Chu, who was crippled in the eyes of outsiders, would hide such ambitions.

When the ambition was born, the king of Chu did not know, he only knew that when he had this idea, he had been working hard for it.

For this reason, others block and kill, and the Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha.

Everyone said that the King of Chu was indifferent and ruthless, and his methods were very ruthless, and he was a quick knife in the hands of Emperor Chengyuan. Everyone is so proclaiming, it seems that the higher they hold themselves, the suspicious Emperor Chengyuan will be jealous of him, dislike him, and don't use him. But the king of Chu also knew that there was another side to himself, which only Emperor Chengyuan knew, and he was also a son who lacked father's love and longed for his father's approval.

And he's a cripple.

The king of Chu must have weaknesses, at least in front of Emperor Chengyuan.

The king of Chu has always known that he is not an upright person, and many of his actions and behaviors are very different from those of a righteous gentleman, but the king of Chu does not mind this, as he said earlier, he has always been a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

And the only exception is Xiao Jiuniang.

I had already thought about the plan, but it was repeatedly broken.

From the small punishment and big admonition to King Zhao, from using the nails planted in the palace to make Emperor Chengyuan feel disgusted with Meng Changxi, from that time when King Zhao and others looked at her differently, he gave up thinking from the Meng family from the beginning......

It seems that these are inconspicuous, but in fact, no one knows how much effort he has put into it. In his opinion, this kind of behavior is extremely intolerable, and it is not suitable for him to distract himself from the extraordinary times, but he has done many 'thankless' things.

It's not that King Chu hasn't analyzed his mentality, he knows that it may be related to that dream, but more than that, he wants to do it.

There was no reason, no reason, I thought about it, and I did it.

It's like no one could have imagined that the king of Chu, who should have been thinking behind closed doors in the mansion, would stay in a private house and do tutoring for a young girl.

Then the problem he faced at this time came back to his eyes again.

To refuse or not to refuse?

As far as the general trend is concerned, he should not be involved with the Xiao family at this time, once he is involved with the Xiao family, although it will not cause much obstacle to himself, it means that he is in endless trouble.

His intellect thought so, but he subconsciously dismissed it.

He remembered what happened to her after the incident in the garden of the Anguo Mansion; He remembered the indifferent man in his dream, ignoring the difficult situation she was facing, and the qiē that had happened to her......

A strange sensation suddenly spread across his chest.

The king of Chu stretched out his finger and pressed it on his heart, but it did not disappear.

Is that reluctance?