Traitor?!

At the beginning of the month, he secretly raised his eyebrows, remembering his appearance of fluttering clothes and playing the piano in the window, and was a little confused for a while.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, and it won't be long before it's time for Xia Yuan. A few days ago, the emperor's sudden illness is gradually healing. The Queen Mother has ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare, and the next Yuan Day will set up a water altar sacrifice at Fengtianmen. Have you heard of this? Yunli said.

"The Great Sacrifice?!" Yun Xiang was a little hesitant when he heard this, and said, "That's not to die of exhaustion."

The Xia Yuan Festival is one of the important festivals and activities of the Chu Dynasty. Every day, every household will set up an altar to pray for blessings and misfortunes, the sacrifice must first bathe and fast, and then bow and burn incense and chant sutras, often kneeling for half a day.

"But in half a day, you are tired, you are really too lazy." At the beginning of the month, he laughed after listening to it.

"Half a day? My queen mother, which is half a day? It's a day! Saying that, Yun Xiang broke his hand and said: "In the morning, the big sacrifice needs to be bowed by hundreds of officials, and in the afternoon, all temples and departments should also set up altars to worship, and when they go back in the evening, they will also set up altars to worship at home." At the end of the day, my knees are going to be blue."

Yunli nodded on the side and said: "In the past, taking into account the tiredness of praying for blessings, generally only let each temple set up its own altar to pray for blessings, and this year there will be a big sacrifice, and it is inevitable that people will be tired." ”

"Since it's to pray for the emperor, it's only one day, so there's nothing to complain about." Moon smiled and comforted.

Yun Xiang frowned, pursed his lips and said, "If you really pray for the emperor, forget it."

Hearing her say this at the beginning of the month, she was curious: "Yunxiang, how can you talk like this?" Didn't you say that the Queen Mother was just praying for the emperor to make a big sacrifice? That's weird to hear. ”

"At the beginning of the month, you didn't know anything. If it is a big sacrifice, it needs to be with hundreds of officials and relatives. Su Yunli's face on the side also darkened. On the surface, it is said to pray for the emperor, but in fact, the queen mother is to celebrate His Royal Highness. ”

"King Qing?" At the beginning of the month, Qing Wang Junchun is the younger brother of the current emperor, and he moved away because he was named a prince, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing without a call. "So the Queen Mother ordered the big sacrifice, just to see His Royal Highness King Qing, who is far away?"

"Well, King Qing has been deeply loved by the Queen Mother since childhood, it is said that when the first emperor passed the throne to the emperor, the Queen Mother was not satisfied for a while, and then the grandfather entered the palace to persuade for a long time before persuading him."

"So the relationship between the emperor and the queen mother is not very good?" The beginning of the month thought for a moment and asked.

"It's hard for me to say this, but it can be seen that the Queen Mother does prefer His Royal Highness King Qing to the emperor. Every year, there will always be people from the Inner Court Palace to send some rewards to His Royal Highness King Qing. Yunxiang, you often walk around the palace, do you think of the emperor? Saying that, Su Yunli looked at Yun Xiang.

"En, I also know that the queen mother doesn't like the emperor, the emperor is still a filial son, I heard the palace people say that he will go to Ci'an Palace every day before the end of the day to ask for peace, rain or shine, but the queen mother still doesn't want to see him." As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, "The affairs in this palace are very complicated. Therefore, it is better to ask less and know less. Knowing more is not necessarily a good thing. ”

After that, Yue Yue and Yunli couldn't help but nod, and the three of them changed their conversations and talked about other things.

An Lok Street, Min House.

Min Shuo is playing chess alone under the corridor, the courtyard is mottled with cinnamon shadows, and the garden is full of fragrance. At this moment, a gray shadow flashed into the courtyard.

"Sir, the news from the Twelve Fangs has arrived." The qin student beside him reminded him.

"Yes, bring it." He replied lightly, without looking up, still looking intently at the chessboard. When he heard this, he went to the backyard, and after a while he returned to the porch, holding a grey feather carrier pigeon in his hand.

"Sir, it's a letter from the warbler. said that King Qing had already left for Anyang. He handed over the note in his hand and said.

"King Qing has already left?" Min Shuo raised his head and said slightly, "So, King Qi should also come" He looked down at the chessboard, picked up a sunspot, and placed it on the chessboard.

"What's the recent movement on Xiao Ao's side?"

"Liu Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites went to Xiao Mansion two days ago, and it should be explained for this article." Qin Sheng pondered.

"What about Chen Yangshou of the Ministry of Industry? Have you been running to Xiao Mansion recently? And he took up another white seed.

"No, it's been a lot quieter since the last time I gave the gift money, but I think there's something wrong with it, sir?"

Gently twisting the chess pieces with his fingertips, Min Shuo paused and said: "It is impossible to give so much gift money for no reason, there should be something, let the people of the Twelve Fangs carefully check the recent construction of the Ministry of Works." After finishing speaking, Luozi grabbed another sunspot.

"Yes" He hesitated a little and did not leave.

"What? Anything else? Seeing that Qin Sheng hadn't left, Min Shuo raised his eyes to look at him, and the corners of his mouth rose with a cynical look: "Is it because you're afraid that I'm lonely and want to accompany me again?" ”

Qin Sheng's face darkened, and he said coldly: "Mr. has been playing here for half an hour, and Qin Sheng wants to ask if he still needs to change the tea." But I think Mr. shouldn't need it, so the Qin Sheng retired first. With that, he got up and left.

"Don't be angry~ I just kidded me." Min Shuo hurriedly explained.

"Qinsheng, did you talk to Shanjun like that?" At this moment, a voice came, and in an instant, a man dressed in black stood in front of the two of them.

Qin Sheng's face turned pale when he heard this, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and didn't dare to speak.

Compared with Qin Sheng, Min Shuo said with a smile on his face: "Huai Xu, you scared Qin Sheng." ”

The man who was called Huai Xu frowned again and turned to Min Shuo and said, "Shanjun is too. Qin Sheng has never liked others to laugh, and hopes that Shanjun can restrain one or two. ”

When Min Shuo heard this, he said, "I know, I'll pay attention to it in the future." How did you check the matter entrusted to you last time? ”

"It's an interesting girl, take a look." Huai Xu smiled when he talked about this, and took out a letter from his arms,

Min Shuo raised his eyebrows, took the letter and opened it to read it carefully.

Halfway, he raised his head and said in surprise: "There is no one named Hang Yue in Fuyuan County?" ”

Huai Xu nodded, "Well, not only in Fuyuan County, I have visited several nearby counties without a woman named Hang Yue. However, when I arrived in Shao'an City, I heard about one thing - a girl surnamed Xu ran away from marriage in order not to marry a local gentleman. ”

"What does that have to do with that? Wait, you're saying that Miss Xu has a relationship with her? ”

"Yes, the girl of the Xu family fled in May of this year, and the girl Hang arrived in Anyang in June, so the time is right. Moreover, the Hang family and the Qingyuan Xu family knew each other. So I checked that girl Xu again. Her family history is on the letter that follows. ”

When Min Shuo heard this, he lowered his head and looked at it carefully, "Hudong Academy? No wonder her literary brilliance, but that still doesn't explain why she should do it, there must be some other reason," he frowned.

"Shanjun, this Miss Hang's background is a little special, but there shouldn't be any problem, right?" Seeing Min Shuo's solemn expression, Huai Xu was a little curious.

"Yes, no problem, but I don't think she's a simple person." Min Shuo folded the letter and put it away.

"It seems that I should find a chance to talk to this Miss Hang in person," he finally said.