Chapter 169: Love at First Sight
The atmosphere in the entire Zhou Prime Minister's Mansion was unusually depressing.
First the lady suddenly fainted, and then the eldest princess came to visit, since the eldest princess left, Zhou Xiang's face can be contrasted with the finest ink.
The master is unhappy, and the subordinates are naturally nervous, for fear that a master who accidentally provokes the already unhappy master will be even more unhappy and suffer an unwarranted disaster, so the entire Zhou Xiangfu looks like a dead person, and he can't see a few smiles on his face along the way.
Zhou Xiang sat on the chair in the living room in a daze, the eldest princess had been away for a long time, but he was still sitting here, with a sad face and a faint anger between his eyebrows.
A bolt from the blue.
The words of the eldest princess were like a bolt from the blue to him.
He didn't expect that the eldest princess had come here to mend the knife.
He heard a story that seemed to be imaginative, but every link of the story had corresponding points.
If this qiē is true, it is equivalent to that from the very beginning, their great Zhou Xiangfu has become a pawn of the enemy. He lost his daughter, and he was lucky to get back and lose, and he tried to make up for the fatherly responsibilities he had not fulfilled all these years, but he became an accomplice of the enemy.
The woman in the painting used to smile happily like that. She is upright, kind, cares about her family and country, does not stick to the identity of a woman, and does what she thinks is free in her heart in her own way. She used to smile so happily, carefree, and her face was full of warmth, but at this moment, she was already lying in a cold coffin, buried deep in the ground. And she died so miserably, but the murderers who killed him still laughed so unscrupulously and coldly. Even he, for many years, still enjoys power and status, thinks that he has a happy life, and loves an imposter with all his might, but allows the person he should love the most in the coldest abyss.
He hurt his own daughter, but he was secretly happy that he had spoken out for the impostor. He is really stupid to be used like this!
"Master, Ah Song is back." The housekeeper didn't know what was going to make his master look like he was twenty years old for a moment. He served in the Zhou Prime Minister's Mansion when he was a child, and this is his home. He felt sorry for his master, but he couldn't do anything because he didn't know anything, so he could only do his best. The management of this week is in order.
"Let Ah Song come in and see me." Zhou Xiang didn't have any expression, and the housekeeper faintly saw the amazing killing intent on the old man's face. Just like when he was still a prime minister, he was in the court, high-spirited, and his every move was prestigious. It's heartbreaking.
Since Xiangye retired, he has put away his momentum on weekdays and is a kind old man with peace of mind. Except for the matter of meeting the concubine Niangniang, it is difficult to have something that will make the master show such a look.
The housekeeper had a hunch that something big might be happening. Perhaps, it has already happened.
The butler respectfully withdrew. The man known as Ah Song walked in quickly.
"How's it going?" Zhou Xiang's voice was a little tired.
"The subordinates have checked the matter before Princess An entered Beijing, and it is written here in great detail. And after she married into King An's Mansion, it seemed that she had a very difficult time. And her death back then was very suspicious, until now, Prince An seems to be investigating the real cause of Princess An's death. A few days ago, the prince of King An went to the country of Hayashu. Until now, he has not returned. And the eldest lady of the Fang family, who was very close to Wang Shizi, seemed to know something. ”
Ah Song handed a stack of papers to Zhou Xiang's hand. What was written on the paper was not much different from what he had heard from the eldest princess.
Here is written Jian An's voice, her past, and all the things that happened to her that can be remembered, are recorded here.
From the northwest, to the capital, from the carefree and bright girl, to the young woman who was calculated and framed everywhere in this miserable day. It's her daughter's life, but he's not involved. The only thing that intersects with her is to help his murderer clean up the mess. Let her not even look at death.
"What do you think of that Fang Xiaoyu?" Zhou Xiang gently put the stack of papers on the table, and the trembling of his hands betrayed his mood at the moment.
"Back to the master, the subordinates can't see through her." Ah Song replied hesitantly.
"Can't see through?" Zhou Xiang's brows were twisted together.
"Master. Although this Miss Fang is young, she doesn't play cards according to common sense. seems to want to play a play, and regardless of the identity of the other party, even in the face of the prince, she dares to speak out. There are many young ladies in this capital, and their subordinates have seen a lot, but they can do things so undisciplined. This is the first time his subordinates have seen it. Ah Song didn't know how to describe it. Fang Xiaoyu gave her a very uncomfortable impression, not the kind of discomfort that was not pleasing to the eye, but once she saw this person, she had a feeling of being firmly locked, unable to move, not daring to move, and being torn apart if she moved rashly, which made people very uncomfortable.
"How is her martial arts? How sure are you that you can beat her? Zhou Xiang squinted and thought about it, and then asked.
"Ten points." Ah Song replied very decisively, without a trace of hesitation.
"Oh?" Zhou Xiang seemed stunned.
"The subordinates are very sure, once they are hostile, they will definitely die at the hands of the other party, and they will never exceed ten moves." Ah Song seemed a little deflated. For people like them who have practiced martial arts since childhood, it is not difficult to admit that they are not as good as one person, but the gap is so obvious that there is almost no possibility of victory, this fact is indeed a bit cruel. What's more, the other party is still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, even if he starts practicing martial arts in his mother's womb, it is said that he can't be so powerful. But that's how he felt. Just looking at that person, there is an aura that absolutely suppresses you and makes people breathless. With his years of experience in fighting the enemy, even if he had never fought before, he could be sure that the opponent's martial arts were by no means idle. And she has a faint evil aura on her body, which will only be formed after killing many people. This is by no means an ordinary family woman, she has an absolute gap between her and those women of the family who will only be disease-free**.
"What? Is she really that powerful? Zhou Xiang was shocked.
From the beginning, he knew that Fang Xiaoyu's martial arts were not weak. As soon as you check these things, you can see that the other party doesn't seem to have any intention of hiding them.
He had already imagined that she was very strong, and she might even be able to fight against his own secret guards, but when he really heard from Ah Song's mouth the fact that he would be killed in less than ten moves in Fang Xiaoyu's hands, he couldn't help but feel a monstrous ripple in his heart.
"From this point of view, these old men are probably underestimating that Fang Jianzhang. He hid it deep enough that he could avoid the old man's eyes. Zhou Xiang imagined Fang Xiaoyu's strong martial arts as Fang Jianzhang's credit.
Ah Song instinctively felt that things might be different from what his master thought. It's just that he wasn't sure if that General Fang was really such a good person to hide, so he didn't dare to mention it.
"Such a woman stays by Xici's side, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse." Zhou Xiang has already begun to break his heart as his grandfather for Ye Xi.
"Master, my subordinates checked it all the way. I feel that the relationship between this Miss Fang and Prince An is not ordinary. Ah Song suddenly showed some gossip.
Although he received the master's order to check the news of Princess An and Prince An, he didn't know about Ye Xi's identity, and only thought that the two of them were to prepare for the second prince to be angry.
He also wanted to say that if he really wanted to be angry for the second prince. It's good to use someone the other party cares about to set up a game, but this matter is never suitable for Ye Xici.
Ye Xici's important people are nothing more than two or three. A prince, a seventh princess, plus a square smile.
The crown prince can't move lightly, and the emperor is not a vegetarian. will make people take a light action on his favorite son. And because the prince was infected with the plague, the emperor was already furious, and his defense of the East Palace was even more iron, and even a fly could not fly in.
As for the Seventh Princess, it is easy to say that she is also a royal noble, and she has been quite popular with the emperor recently because of her proximity to Miss Fang. The emperor has been angry lately, and if he can not flirt lightly, he must not act rashly.
And that Miss Fang is the most dangerous.
Generally speaking, if you want to use the person the other party cares about to set up a game, then the person he cares about should be weak. That's how easy it is to control. However, this Miss Fang, if she talks about martial arts, even if she adds up all the secret guards in the mansion, she may not be the opponent of the other party. And the identity of the other party is also special, General Fang has 500,000 troops in his hands, if he is really anxious, even if the master's influence in the court still exists, it may not hurt his muscles and bones.
To be honest, Ah Song doesn't like Ye Shucheng very much. He always felt that although the second prince looked gentle and elegant, he was a very difficult person to get along with. If he had to describe his feelings in one word, there were only two words that came to his mind - hypocrisy. If it weren't for the fact that His Royal Highness the Second Prince was the grandson of the master. He would probably be as far away as he could, and would never want to deal with such a person.
However, these things will only rot in his heart and will never say it. Even if he doesn't like the second prince anymore. That's also the master's relative. He is a subordinate, and he is not qualified to judge the quality of his master's relatives.
Zhou Xiang seemed to be thinking about something, and didn't notice the look on Ah Song's face. After being silent for nearly a cup of tea, Zhou Xiang suddenly said: "Ah Song, send someone to secretly protect the prince of King An, and you must not let anyone hurt him." ”
"Yes." Ah Song's mouth should be. But in my heart I was full of doubts.
Didn't you say that you want to vent your anger on the second prince? Why is this still protected? Do you want to be like a cat catching a mouse, play with it first and then make a move?
Ah Song's doubts were written on his face, but Zhou Xiang was not in the mood to explain at the moment. He is really mixed now, for Ye Xici, he is like seeing a transparent and fragile treasure, and wants to keep it for himself, but he is afraid that the action will be too big and he will break it.
To put it bluntly, I want to admit it but I don't dare to admit it. Afraid that the other party will say something rejected, afraid that the other party will look at him with hatred, afraid that he will tell the cruel truth that he also killed his mother.
He was extremely conflicted.
However, he has basically confirmed that this is his real grandson, and he must no longer ignore him as before, and let him be repeatedly hurt by King An's bastard thing and a lowly side concubine!
"Also, go and make arrangements, I'm going to see that smile again. You go to inform the housekeeper and send a post to Miss Fang, which means that the old man is waiting for the old man. ”
Zhou Xiang no longer dared to treat Fang Xiaoyu as an ordinary person. In his heart, Fang Xiaoyu has become a being who can face him on an equal footing. It's not just the other party who has that ability. The important thing is whether he can recognize Ye Xici's grandson, and whether he can get his grandson's forgiveness, maybe it will fall on this Fang Xiaoyu.
In order to be able to turn the conflict with his grandson, in order to have a chance to make up for his mistakes, don't talk to Fang Xiaoyu on an equal footing, even if he is a head lower, he doesn't care.
Once he can really get the forgiveness of his grandson, he can be reunited. One day, Fang Xiaoyu married his grandson, didn't he have to respectfully call himself grandfather?
When Zhou Xiang thought of this, he unconsciously smirked, but he was shocked by Ah Song's jaw.
He has followed his master for so many years, and he has never seen such a ...... Belch...... I don't know how to describe the master, but today is really an eye-opener.
At this moment, Fang Xiaoyu was playing with the sixteenth prince Ye Shuqing at home, the plague had just been resolved, and there was laughter and laughter outside, and Ye Xinrou sent the sixteenth prince to the general's mansion early in the morning, and said a word of advice, and then she disappeared as soon as she slipped away. Leaving the Sixteenth Prince alone, he kept pestering her to tell him stories.
Fang Xiaoyu could probably think of where Ye Xinrou had gone. In the past, as soon as she left the palace, she liked to run to the general's mansion the most, but now she can't even see a shadow, she knows that she probably went to peek at a beautiful man again.
It's funny to say. Ye Xinrou found his true destiny.
When she went to visit the people who were suffering from the plague and delivered food and medicine, she met a man who had been taking care of some people who had been infected with the disease.
This man is quite good-looking, not very handsome, but very manly. Dark-skinned, but looks very strong and healthy, the important thing is that such a person does not wield knives and guns, but is a weak scholar who holds a book and gnaws.
This person has a little impression with a smile, in his previous life, he was Ye Xinrou's husband. Since Ye Xinrou married him, the power in her hands was gradually handed over to the emperor, and then handed over to Ye Shucheng by the emperor.
This person's name is Cheng Yue, and he is from the capital. The family is not poor, but there is only one food and clothing.
A father and an old mother, two sisters and a younger brother, he is the eldest son in the family, intelligent since childhood, and he reads poetry and books hard in order to one day shine on the lintel and let the family live a good life.
But who knew that the plague was together, and the old people in the family were killed, except for a younger sister, their parents and a brother and sister were all infected with the plague and were forcibly isolated in this urban area.
If there is no one to take care of him, he can only wait for death, but fortunately, he still has some savings saved at home, which was originally reserved for scientific research, but now he has also taken them out and stayed here with his sister to take care of his family.
And Ye Xinrou had to follow Fang Xiaoyu to see the people one day, Fang Xiaoyu believed that he had medicine in his hand, but he was not afraid of contracting the plague, so he didn't refuse, but he didn't know that he met this Cheng Yue.
So, Ye Xinrou fell in love with Cheng Yue at first sight. (To be continued.) )
PS: I'm going to buy a lot of delicious food on Double 11. I seem to have made up my wallet with a look of lovelessness...... Thanks to the peace charm of [Chang Omen] and the pet "Single Wang Sauce" of [Midnight Shepherdessherdess"~