The room was lit with tranquil ambergris, I looked at the faint green smoke curling out of the black pottery furnace, my mind was suddenly a little trance, wrapped in Yun Zheng's favorite fragrance, vaguely recalled the first time I saw Yun Zheng in Cangdu Lifang Courtyard, he raised his head from the pavilion, his elegant eyes were deep and hazy, and said gently: "Miss Ye......"

...... "Ye girl, you're here......" The old man suddenly said in a loud voice.

I came back to my senses, walked to the old man who was on the recliner in the room and closed his eyes, and said with a smile: "I am arguing that grandpa is resting?" ”

"I wasn't asleep." The old man opened his eyes and smiled faintly, "Come and sit." ”

I sat on the round stool next to the chaise longue, and the old man asked softly, "Are all the people in the second room gone?" ”

"Yes." I had a calm face. The old man looked at me and said with a smile: "I have wronged you today." ”

"It's okay for me to be wronged, but I can't let Noel be wronged. Grandpa, I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I said coldly, "She's damned!" ”

"She's damned!" The old man looked at me meaningfully, "Who said you didn't do it right?" Since you are the head of the Yun family, it is your right to dispose of housework and take charge of family law, who dares to say that yours is not? ”

I looked at the old man quietly, and in my heart I weighed his real surname. Having said that, it really doesn't matter if I killed an inconsequential subordinate today, but a concubine who married the second cousin to the door?

"All the while, I was a little worried. I handed over the Yun family to you, in fact, it was also a helpless move with a good fortune. The old man looked at me and smiled slightly, and sighed lightly, "Girl, you don't lack anything of calmness, composure, sensitivity, bearing, and strategy, but if you want to be the head of the Yun family, you still lack one thing alone, ruthless!" ”

I frowned slightly, only to hear the old man continue: "But after today, I am really completely relieved, even if grandpa is not there in the future, there is no need to be afraid that you and Nuo'er will be bullied......"

"Grandpa, don't say that......" I couldn't speak, every time I heard the old man say such things, I always felt scared, as if I was giving my last words. The old man patted the back of my hand with a smile and said, "Dealing with clan affairs sometimes requires you to be so ruthless and courageous, and quickly deal with the incident with a knife. You did a great job today, far beyond my imagination. ”

I didn't say anything, and the old man continued: "This incident made the second room disgraced, originally they wanted to find fault with you, but it turned out to make you stand up in front of them, and it will be much easier for you to do things in the future." ”

"Grandpa, the second room came to the door this time, and I am afraid that it is just a pretext to tolerate that incident, and their real purpose is not this, right?" I raised an eyebrow. The old man said with a smile: "Then what do you think their purpose is?" ”

"Remove me from the position of head of the house, or you won't go to the trouble of thoroughly investigating my origins." I smiled, looked at the old man and said, "If it weren't for Aunt Fei's stupidity and wrong method, they would have a fifty percent chance of winning." ”

"Oh? Why do you think so? The old man asked with a smile. I smiled: "Grandpa, those ladies dare to make trouble in front of me, they must have something to rely on, see that I am out, and still don't take the opportunity to speak to you?" ”

"You girl!" The old man laughed, "Do you want to know what they told me?" ”

"Grandpa, why don't you talk about it, see if Ye'er guesses right." I said.

"They said that they just let Qi'er marry a wife, and they didn't gossip, so it was better to take a salary from the bottom of the kettle......" The old man's eyes swept over and said lightly, "Find a good family for you." ”

I pursed my lips, and sure enough, it was a good idea. First of all, talk about the relationship between me and An Yuanxi, and then expose the origin of my Qinglou woman, saying that I am not worthy of the position of the Yun family's housemother, maybe I will also beat the old man, if people know that Nuo'er, the little son, has a mother who used to be a Qinglou woman, the Yun family can't afford to lose this person, it is best to drive me out of the Yun family and send me away. Asking me to marry was probably the most merciful idea they could have come up with. The corners of my lips lifted slightly: "So, did they even choose someone for me?" ”

"Uh-huh." The old man snorted, "The third prince of Yaoyue Country, Ulei, is the most suitable target. ”

"So clear?" I sneered, "I'm afraid it's the master behind them, right?" ”

The old man's eyes flashed: "You also thought of it?" ”

"Since the second room could cooperate with King Jing back then, and now King Jing is gaining power, how can they not stick it upside down?" I said lightly, "Actually, it's obvious that King Jing can't go through the road with his grandfather, and he may not be able to go through it with others." ”

"So you think it was King Jing's idea to let you marry Yaoyue Kingdom far away?" The old man said with an unpredictable expression, "What benefits can he get by doing this?" ”

I had to think about this before I could answer, I thought for a moment and said, "First, win over Ulei; second, to divide the Yun family; There is a third possibility that it is...... Use this as a bargaining chip for the asking price, so that the Yun family supports him in seizing power, even if he doesn't support him, at least, don't oppose him. ”

The old man drooped his eyelashes, and when he heard me say that the first two had no special reaction, he raised his eyelids and looked at me quietly, with a smile in his eyes: "Why do you think this is a bargaining chip for him?" ”

"Because in the current situation of the imperial court, it is in the interests of the family for the Yun family to support King Jing." My thoughts became clearer and clearer, and I gushed out, "We already know that he is our enemy, but King Jing doesn't know. It is estimated that King Jing came to the Hou Mansion twice to take the initiative to show his goodwill, but he didn't get a response from his grandfather, and he must have been very puzzled himself, or he still speculated about his grandfather's intentions in his heart. But at most, he would only think that his grandfather was hoarding goods, and wanted to save it until the end to raise a good price. Although now he turned around and looked for the second room, he also knew that the second room had no real power at all, and the power of the Yun family was concentrated in the Changfang Hou Mansion, and he colluded with the second room, just to force his grandfather to cooperate with him. ”

"Then how do you think it's just a bargaining chip for him?" The corners of the old man's lips hooked. I looked at the old man, and the corners of my lips also raised: "Because his asking price is too high." I have the emperor's golden mouth and jade words to protect me, and he can't force me to marry. Now that he's checked me, he should know that I'm not going to marry Uray. Therefore, at most, he can only use this to knock on the Yun family to see if he can negotiate a more suitable and mutually acceptable condition. ”

"But now the people in the second room have messed things up." The old man looked at me with a smile, "What will King Jing do?" ”

"Or King Jing didn't expect the second room to be able to do this at the beginning, he just asked the people in the second room to be this stepping stone, reminding grandpa not to be too cold to him. He is not a fool, he will not know that with the power of the Yun family, it is easy to create an innocent background for me, and those so-called scandals and tricks will eventually turn into real rumors. I said slowly, "King Jing sent me a post to go to the state banquet for Wu Lei Yang after three days, grandpa, do you know?" Seeing that the old man nodded slightly, I smiled, and then said, "So, he has to do this himself." ”

"Looks like you've got an idea of what to do with him." The old man touched his beard, his eyes were crooked into a crescent moon, and he smiled very deceitfully. I curled the corners of my mouth like his: "I'll show him a good show." ”

When I returned to the room, the Stygian Flame was waiting in the house, and when she saw me coming back, she rushed to me with a worried expression: "Sister, why did you make such a big fuss?" What do the people of Zeyun Mansion want? It's hateful, why didn't I ...... at the time"

I smiled and said, "It's all right, where have you been today?" ”

Stygian Flame said with annoyance: "It's not that Qiqi is pestering me, I didn't want to pay attention to her, but she said that she wants to apologize for what happened that day, if I am at home, I will definitely not let the people of Zeyun Mansion bully my sister......"

"Princess Qiqige actually apologized to you?" I looked at him with a smile, the girl actually put down her body to find the Stygian Flame, which was a little strange, it seemed that the Stygian Flame still had a bit of a status in her heart. Wraiflame let out a muffled "hmm". I smiled and pulled him to sit on the stool and smiled, "Just an apology?" ”

Stygian's face was slightly embarrassed: "Hmm." ”

"Really?" I don't believe him like that. Stygian Flame raised his eyes and saw me looking at him with a smirk, and his face flushed, "Really." Don't talk about her, I've never seen such an annoying woman. ”

When I saw him like this, I knew that he was looking for him, and I must have talked about asking Stygian Flame to return to the Dawn Moon Country with her. I sighed, looked at the Dark Flame, and said seriously: "The Dark Flame, the surname of the children of the grassland is upright and bold, if you really don't like the princess Qige, don't procrastinate, let people misunderstand, you must explain it to her clearly, you know?" ”

Stygian looked at me and nodded, "I see, sister." ”

"However, if you have a little bit of interest in people......" Before I could finish my sentence, Stygian Flame was already annoyed and stood up, "I didn't!" I really don't like her! ”

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything......" I quickly reassured him. Stygian Flame pursed her lips and glanced at me, and was about to speak, when Ning Er came in and said, "Young lady, the second young master said that there is something waiting for you in the study, please go." Stygian Flame listened and said to me, "Sister, then I'll go first!" ”

(To be continued)