Chapter 176: Several reversals
The capital has been very lively in the past few days, and it seems that it has been discussed, first the second prince was beaten with a sack on the street and had a blue nose and swollen face, and then the lady of King An's Mansion broke her leg and crooked her nose when she danced in the Smoke and Rain Alley, and then King An's most beloved son was accidentally trampled by a horse when he went out of the city to hunt with people, and was accidentally shot by the son of the Hou family of Jing'an, and the person is not in big trouble, but it is a small injury that can be healed with a little care, or it will not be able to die, but King An's Mansion seems to have suffered a curse. Within two or three days, King An was injured on the street for molesting a people's girl as a disciple. Such a humiliating thing, he wanted to hide it, not to mention that in fact, he had never molested the folk girl at all, it was the woman who accidentally broke her foot when she was walking, and he helped him, but accidentally touched the woman's xiong, and the woman slapped him as a disciple.
He only regarded it as a misunderstanding, although he was beaten by civilians as a prince, but in the final analysis, women's names are important, and it is natural to have such a reaction when someone touches that kind of place.
Therefore, he did not hold the woman responsible, but let the woman go after explaining it clearly.
I thought that this was the end of the day, but who knew that two days later, the capital began to spread that he was insulting the people on the street, causing the people to commit suicide without hanging the beam, and left a unique letter before committing suicide, and the letter was still excusing King Na'an, only saying that he accidentally touched her in order to help her, which was really not his fault. It's just that she was already unclean and couldn't live in the world, so she chose to commit suicide, hoping that her family would not doubt her innocence. Although she was touched by a man, her heart was still pure. For a while, the family of the girl was furious and made a fuss. But fortunately, the woman was finally rescued, and things didn't get out of control any further.
This incident even alarmed the emperor, summoned King An into the palace and scolded him, and then in order to calm the situation, he asked King An to make a statement on the matter as soon as possible. In the end, in order for the people's daughter to have a place to settle her mind and not seek death for this matter, King An decided to take the people's daughter as a concubine. For the time being, I will not seal the side concubine, just for my wife, and I will serve him around.
Although it seemed that King An expressed his strong rejection of this matter, King An was shocked to find that he had no disgust for the people in his heart. He didn't handle the matter properly. Forgetting the woman's name is important, even if he touched the woman's xiong, it was just an accident, but it was a great shame for a woman who loved herself since she was a child.
What's more, he didn't tell the woman about his identity at the beginning, so the woman didn't pretend to commit suicide in order to cling to him. But I really feel that my reputation is not guaranteed, so I look for death in tears, which is really pitiful.
Besides, the woman was born beautiful, her face was as pure as water, and her eyes were full of joy, even if she was his concubine, it was not an exaggeration, but she was not from a high background, so she decided to ask her to be a wife for the time being.
But as soon as this decision came out, it was followed by a violent storm.
When Li Suqing and Concubine Li heard about this, they were angry and fell to the ground. There are almost no maids in her house who have not been beaten and scolded by her. If she really went to the girl's house and scolded her, she might not be able to count her jealousy in the next few days.
What's more, she is not a wife, but a side concubine, and she is nominally not qualified to stop the prince from taking a concubine.
Over the years, there have been no concubines in the house except for a few concubines. Although she is just a side concubine, after Jian An's death, she is a veritable hostess in this mansion. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the invisible Princess An. If it weren't for the emperor's refusal to straighten her up, with the prince's favor for her, how could she have to condescend to the side concubine just to not be able to advance an inch?
But now, the prince is actually going to take a concubine!
Although the other party was just a lady. Far less advanced than the side concubine, but she still felt threatened. Originally, the prince's agreement to take a concubine was already a dangerous signal in itself.
King An was fooling left and right, and said enough good things to Li Suqing, saying that the woman was just a concubine who had to do it for the sake of the overall situation, and it was easy to coax Li Suqing to leave. But in fact, King An was a little tired of Li Suqing's noise.
When Jian An was still there, he hated her, and it happened that Li Suqing at that time was white-skinned and beautiful, and he knew how to please him, and he could always make him feel happy, so after listening to Li Suqing's pillow wind, he became more and more disgusted with Jian An who didn't know how to please him.
But after Jian An's death, maybe there was no restraint in the mansion, and Li Suqing gradually became less careful to please him as before than before, and she was like An Wang's Mansion was in her hands, which made him feel bored.
He thinks he likes Li Suqing, so he still has some nostalgia for her, so he loves the son and daughter born with her very much. But the more he doted on her, the more she swelled, and gradually began to lose her former meaning, which made his heart waver.
If it was in the past, let alone taking a concubine, even if it was a girl in the room, he felt sorry for Su Qing, and every time he saw her secretly weeping and sighing, he felt distressed.
But now, he wants to accept the woman named Su Hongsu as a concubine, not only is he not very repulsed in his heart, but he has some expectations, this is really the first time that the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair.
It's not that I like it, I just want to pursue something new. Over the years, he felt a little tired of Li Suqing's face every day.
The so-called affection is just that there is no one who can make you cross the line one step yet.
An Xiang finally calmed down the situation, but there was another big incident in the capital.
Fang Xiaoyu, the eldest lady of the Zhenyuan General's Mansion, was stabbed on the way out to worship the Buddha in the Buddhist temple. Fortunately, she was strong in martial arts, and she still saved her life in the face of the enemy's sneak attack, and then Master Xuyun of Kuzen Temple happened to pass by here, rescued her, and sent her back to the General's Mansion, but Miss Fang was seriously injured and unconscious, and she never woke up until this moment.
When the emperor learned of this, Long Yan was furious, and in a fit of anger, he actually announced Fang Xiaoyu's so-called 'Buddha girl' identity to the outside world, which immediately caused an uproar.
Later, it was confirmed by Master Xuyun, and Fang Xiaoyu's identity changed dramatically in an instant.
Regarding the joint statement of Master Xuyun and the emperor, those who also believe in the Buddha have a great change in their attitude towards Fang Xiaoyu, and many of those who originally treated this matter with the mentality of watching the excitement have become angry, clamoring to track down the murderer and punish him, otherwise it will be blasphemy against the Buddha and will be punished by the Buddha.
There are believers in all eras, and they believe in something that makes them feel the value of being alive. Whether it's Buddhism, Taoism, or those small sects that can't be named. But once they do give their faith for it, the power of that faith becomes terrifying.
Arguably. Under the emperor's deliberate packaging, and under the deliberate praise of the Xuyun Master, Fang Xiaoyu was 'unconscious', but there were already many believers.
It is no secret that there is some affection between Fang Xiaoyu and Prince An in the capital. At the beginning, the solemn temple of Baoxiang Mountain was a line. Most of the ministers of various families and their backyard ladies were present, and they all had a little understanding of Ye Xici's attitude towards Fang Xiaoyu.
But most people are sympathetic to Fang Xiaoyu, and it may not be a good thing to be remembered by a person like Ye Xici who recklessly recklessly his wife. There are also many people who have been waiting to see the joke, and now the joke has come true. There was immediately another wave of rumors in the capital about Ye Xi's resignation.
Li Suqing has been in a bad mood and irritable for the past few days, but fortunately, Canglan Haige finally handed her a satisfactory result, although she couldn't kill Fang Xiaoyu, she could accept her serious injuries.
The important thing is that Fang Xiaoyu's injury directly confirmed the rumors of Ye Xici's little beast and wife from the other side, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Ye Xici didn't care about the rumors of this wife, he didn't know Fang Xiaoyu's plan, he only heard Fang Xiaoyu seriously injured. His heart was immediately anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and he had to go to General Zhenyuan's Mansion to visit Fang Xiaoyu, but he was stopped by Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu's meaning, it was rumored that Fang Xiaoyu was injured because of Ye Xi's resignation, they naturally knew that this was not the case, but what would others think?
His daughter was injured and unconscious, General Fang must have been very anxious, at this moment, after hearing the rumors about his wife, what should General Fang feel in his heart?
If you break into the General's Mansion directly now, you will definitely be swept out of the house by General Fang. If General Fang listened to the rumors. insisted on refusing to let him see Fang and laugh again, and things were in trouble. That being the case, it is better to sneak into the general's mansion quietly at night, and first find Moji and others to ask for clarification. Visit again.
What's more, at this moment, Ye Xici is 'not in the capital', and if he suddenly appears, he will inevitably be accused of plotting against him, and all his efforts will be wasted.
Ye Xici also calmed down at this time, and silently waited until the night to secretly visit Fang Xiaoyu.
And in the process of Ye Xici waiting. The direction of the wind in the capital has changed again.
Originally, Fang Xiaoyu's serious injury reminded everyone of the unfortunate death of Ye Xici's first two fiancées, so most people believed the rumors of King An's wife, and even mentioning his name was a little more unnatural. But at this time, another theory suddenly came out in the capital, saying that Fang Xiaoyu's serious injury was caused by the murderous concubine Li in King An's Mansion.
At first, people were skeptical, but things were reversed again and again in just two hours, and the person who assassinated Fang Xiaoyu personally stood up, and openly sought out Concubine Li, accusing her of not keeping her promises, and only gave half of the silver that he had promised, but he was unwilling to pay the rest of the silver, and intimidated him in the name of An Wangfu, wanting him to retreat.
But they, the people of the rivers and lakes, don't have an easy time on weekdays, their heads are pinned to the waistband of their pants to beg for a living, and they can sacrifice a qiē for silver.
What's more, he didn't know that the person he assassinated was the eldest lady of the Zhenyuan General's Mansion, so he only got half of the deposit of the entrusted person, got the itinerary of the person to be assassinated, ambushed halfway, and took the opportunity to sneak attack. The other party has kung fu and cannot be underestimated, this is also the person who entrusted him to tell him, he formulated a series of assassination plans, and successfully stabbed that Miss Fang into a serious injury and fell unconscious.
However, he tried so hard to offend General Fang, the other party refused to pay the rest of the silver, threatened him, and pressed him with his identity, how could he swallow this breath?
As soon as this person stood up, the capital suddenly boiled.
There are those who are angry, there are those who watch the excitement, and there are those who gloat.
Li Suqing was angry that Canglan Haige was not trustworthy, not only did he not keep her identity secret, but he also wronged her for not paying off the silver taels. She paid so much price, even the dowry was used, and she paid all the silver taels at once, when did she owe someone money and not pay it back?
Li Suqing immediately asked the person in charge of the Canglan Pavilion in the capital for an explanation, but the Canglan Pavilion refused to admit that they had done it, and after some investigation, it was found that the person who claimed to have assassinated Fang Xiaoyu was just an ordinary Jianghu ronin and had nothing to do with the Canglan Pavilion.
And it didn't take long for another rumor to spread in the capital.
It is rumored that the wife of Ye Xici, the son of King An, has a lot of water. And listed the possibilities one by one.
Among the many possibilities, the crowd prefers one or the other. This qiē is all from the hand of Li Suqing, the side concubine of King An.
Think about the rumors about Fang Xiaoyu's assassination, if the rumors are true, it is really Concubine Li who hired a killer to assassinate Miss Fang, so what is the reason?
Everyone thought of the rumors between Miss Fang and Prince An.
It is rumored that there has been a relationship between them for a long time, and it is even rumored that the prince of An wants to propose to General Fang, but General Fang is still injured, so the matter has been delayed.
As soon as Prince An had the intention of proposing marriage, Miss Fang was immediately stabbed and seriously injured, and the culprit behind the scenes was likely to be Concubine Li of King An's Mansion. Thinking of the fiancées of the first two generations of King An's son who died before they passed through the door, the answer began to surface.
Most people know all the dirty things in the backyard. Especially for those who come from a family, men are the pioneers of the backyard competition for favor, and women are the participants in the deceit. Almost every one of them has experienced such a thing, and when they think of Li Suqing, they have a son and are deeply favored by King An, but they are a concubine and have no right to inherit King An's mansion. On the contrary, Wang An has no mother since he was a child, and he can't be loved by his father, but because he is valued by the emperor and occupies the name of Wang An's son, how can Concubine Li be willing?
Most people can imagine the significance of the rumors that Li Suqing gave such a wife to the prince just by relying on their brains, and they all sighed that it was extremely vicious, and the matter of King An's favored concubine and killing his wife was mentioned again, not only that, but also carried the irresponsible pot for his son-in-law on his back.
If Li Suqing didn't know that she was being calculated at the moment, she would be really stupid. But she couldn't figure out who was behind her.
It is said that the most likely is Fang Xiaoyu alive Ye Xici.
However, if Ye Xi resigned, he could have done it a few years earlier, so why wait until now?
But if it is Fang Xiaoyu, the fact that she was seriously injured is true. This smile will never be deliberately stabbed in order to frame her, right? She thinks that people are life-saving, and Fang Xiaoyu doesn't have to do it for Ye Xici. What's more, the news from Canglan Sea Pavilion that Fang Xiaoyu had indeed been seriously injured by their people, so he couldn't fake it.
Li Suqing scratched her hair and couldn't figure out who was designing her.
If she knew that the Canglan Sea Pavilion was originally a force established by Fang Xiaoyu, and if she knew that the mysterious pavilion master of the Canglan Sea Pavilion who had never shown up was the Miss Fang who was now unconscious in her mouth, then this Qiē question would be easily solved. (To be continued.) )
PS: Thank you [Tang Shen] for the peace charm~