Chapter 198: Qianxi
Xu Yourong was not afraid at all and smiled at Xu Ming, unscrupulously, but just when the two of them were about to get up, Wan'er covered her mouth with a handkerchief to avoid laughing, but after she swept a figure in the afterglow, she hurriedly stepped forward to stop Xu Yourong and Xu Mingxi, and said to them: "The eldest lady of the Wen family is here." ”
"What?" Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng were stunned, they hadn't heard that the Wen family would also come to the banquet today, otherwise how could they be so bored and relaxed. Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng quickly glanced at each other, and then looked at Wan'er's hand, and sure enough, in the crowd at this time, there was a girl wearing a light blue phoenix tail dark satin facing the placket, following behind a beautiful woman, saluting everyone.
"It's really gentle." Xu Yourong looked at the faint smile floating on the gentle and beautiful face, and there was a light snort in his nose, and then he turned his head and stopped looking over there. But Xu Yourong can be so simple, but Xu Mingcheng can't, so after carefully observing the movement over there for a while, Xu Mingcheng casually explained a few words to Xu Yourong, and the person walked in the direction of gentleness.
"Oh, this is not the princess of the king of Beiding, please come over."
I have to say that Xu Mingming's name for the princess of Beiding is very useful, as soon as she approaches, she doesn't wait for her to say something first, someone will hurriedly talk to her, and Xu Mingcheng also because of this, she easily blended into this small group with Mrs. Wen and Wen Ya.
"Princess, come, let me introduce you, this is the wife of Shangshu Zuo Pu Wen Rulin Wen, Mrs. Wen. Mrs. Wen. This is the princess of the Beiding Palace. People introduced Mrs. Wen to Xu Mingcheng, and Xu Mingcheng smiled very kindly and greeted Mrs. Wen. It's just that what is Xu Mingxi's identity? That's the princess of the Beiding Palace, and Mrs. Wen is not a tendon like her father-in-law. She was clear-minded, and when she saw Xu Mingming's friendly attitude, she showed a closer smile and hurriedly saluted Xu Mingcheng.
"I have heard of Mrs. Wen's name in the mouths of my ancestors and grandmothers for a long time, and when I see it today, it is really unusual." Xu Mingcheng smiled at Mrs. Wen.
It's just that Xu Mingming's smile is very friendly, but her words are not like this. As soon as the three words "Old Ancestor" came out, the faces of the people around him changed, which naturally included Mrs. Wen and Wen Ya.
The old princess of Beiding. In the Shendu, what she represents is not ordinary power, and even in the hearts of ordinary people, this old princess is a more noble person than the current Queen Mother, after all, the Queen Mother is not the biological mother of Emperor Zhou Hui. And the relationship with Emperor Zhou Hui is not very intimate. Then how can this be compared to the concubine of the old prince of Beiding, who has saved the crisis of the Great Zhou Dynasty several times-the old princess of Beiding.
What's more, the old princess of Beiding is not an ordinary aristocratic woman, she has stood behind the old prince of Beiding several times, supported the old prince through many difficulties together, and accompanied the old prince to support the strange woman of the Great Zhou Empire that was crumbling back then! Such a person has made tens of millions of people in Da Zhou admire. I'm afraid that in the prestige of the people, the old princess of Beiding is the most noble woman in the entire Great Zhou.
Or. This unique and huge prestige is not only among the people.
"The princess has praised it, and it is the greatest honor of the concubine to be praised by the old princess." In a short silence, Mrs. Wen was the first to react, and hurriedly saluted Xu Mingcheng with a straight expression, and then said solemnly.
"Mrs. Wen is modest, the ancestor has talked about Mrs. Wen more than once, if you are free another day, you will come to the palace to talk about it." Xu Mingcheng said with a smile, regardless of the change in the expressions of others, and the gaze that looked at Mrs. Wen in an instant was no longer the same as before. And Xu Mingxi's words are not nonsense, besides, as long as the ancestors are involved, who dares to talk nonsense? Xu Mingcheng was really in front of the old princess of Beiding, and heard her old man mention this Shangshu Zuo Pu Wen Rulin Wen more than once, and his Mrs. Wen.
Now the situation in the court can be said to be obvious, or it should be said that since Xie Yan married Princess Dongji, there is no suspense in this court, and Emperor Zhou Hui's dislike for Xie Jing is obvious to a certain extent. Except for Xie Jing, the only concubine, the rest of the other princes are concubines, and in addition to Xie Wen, the other ten or so princes are still young, and it is impossible for them to become Xie Wen's competitors.
Therefore, if you only look at it on the surface, Coco Xie's victory is almost a sure thing. But in such a situation, although there are still a few forces that are maintaining neutrality, such as the Beiding Palace. But Wen Rulin, who has also maintained neutrality until now, is different from the neutral forces of Beiding Wangfu.
Because forces like the Beiding Wangfu can remain neutral, it is because they themselves are behemoths, even if they don't stand in line at this time, then in the future, even if Xie Wen really becomes a great treasure, he will not dare to slander them.
But what about Wen Rulin and the Wen family?
Maybe in Anyang, the Wen family is the overlord, but in the Divine Capital, except for Wen Rulin, who is now at the top of the central centralized level, there is no Wen family child who can enter it. In other words, the Wen family is now in the Shendu, but it is just a "barefoot bachelor", if Wen Rulin falls down one day, then the Wen family will be finished, and they will be mercilessly thrown out of the land of the Shendu.
And it is in such an unoptimistic situation, in these years, Wen Rulin has no intention of expanding the power of the Wen family, although he will also promote the children of the Wen family, but it is not a big move, almost as long as he is not talented, he is exiled to the officials on the periphery of the divine capital, which is really a particularly peculiar phenomenon. But because of this phenomenon, it is destined that if Wen Rulin doesn't want the Wen family to fall, then he should go with the flow, at least don't offend Xie Wen, otherwise when Xie Wen finally ascends to the throne, how can he still let him go, a "barefoot bachelor"?
But it is such a simple truth, Wen Rulin not only does not do what the world thinks. On the contrary, Wen Rulin is not only as upright and straightforward as ever, no matter who broke the law. As long as it falls into his hands, then he will definitely not let go of these people, and it doesn't matter if he is a member of Xie Wen's family or something.
Especially recently, Wen Rulin directly got into a deal with Xie Wen, not only pointed out that Xie Wen was the biggest culprit in the exchange of military supplies, but also presented all the evidence in black and white to Emperor Zhou Huidi, leaving no way back for Xie Wen. Leave no way back for himself.
It's just a pity that no matter how much Wen Rulin regards death as home, the axiom and integrity that he must adhere to were finally ignored by Emperor Zhou Hui. And isn't Coco Xie okay now?
Xu Mingcheng looked at Mrs. Wen, who was also startled, and a strange light flashed in the depths of her eyes, she remembered that the old ancestor had said to her when he talked about Lord Wen Rulin. The woman behind such an upright and virtuous minister. is more worthy of admiration.
Yes, Lord Wen Rulin Wen is only concerned about moving forward in the court, but behind him, what kind of pressure should Mrs. Wen have to face? How many of the princes and nobles who were disposed of by Wen Rulin unceremoniously were inextricably related to the officials in the court? Lord Wen said that if you knock it down, you will bring it down, but Mrs. Wen should be so difficult in the social circle of Shendu.
It's just that in such a predicament, can you see how leisurely Mrs. Wen is strolling? That's it. Xu Mingcheng also felt amazing, so he was more gentle than Wen Ya. In fact, she is more interested in this elder.
But it's a pity that Xu Mingcheng only needs to think of Xu Youshan sending someone to remind her of what she wants to do every once in a while, and she can't delay, so Xu Mingcheng sighed secretly, and then said to Mrs. Wen, who still hadn't come back to her senses: "Presumably this is the eldest lady of the Wen family, it's really famous to meet, it's only recently returned to Shendu, right?" ”
"Oh, yes. A few years ago, the little girl served her mother in Anyang, and she only recently returned to Beijing, and the princess felt that it was not strange to be born. Mrs. Wen has also experienced many torrents and undercurrents, so at this time, under the strong self-stability, her expression is still as usual.
"No wonder, but how do I think Miss Wen is still a little familiar...... Ah, by the way, I remember attending a book tasting meeting with Miss Wen back then, and Miss Wen's performance at that time was really impressive. Xu Mingcheng looked at Wen Ya, who was still a little unresponsive, and suddenly looked like she suddenly realized. And when Wen Ya heard the words "a book tasting meeting that year", her eyes immediately condensed.
"Oh, and there is such a thing beforehand, so it's really fate." Mrs. Wen looked at her daughter with a smile, and when she saw her looking back at Xu Mingcheng intently, she knew that Xu Mingcheng was telling the truth.
"Yes, I didn't expect it to be so fateful, I don't know if Miss Wen still remembers." Xu Mingcheng said with a smile.
"The princess laughed, how could Wen Ya forget about that book tasting meeting." The gentle voice is also the same as her person, graceful and melodious, but the words she said when she looked at Xu Mingcheng at this time had some profound meaning: It turned out that she was also there at that time?
The princess of the king of Beiding in front of her is the eldest daughter of the second room of the Xu family in Jiangzuo, and she is also the cousin of Xu Yourong, of course this Wen Ya knows it, but unlike the-for-tat confrontation with Xu Yourong, Wen Ya has no dislike for Xu Mingcheng. And the book tasting meeting back then, how could she forget, it was the first and only time since she was born to be ridiculed like that, and the most hateful thing is that that person is not an embroidered pillow, but a nasty ghost with a talent that even she has to admire.
"It turns out that Miss Wen also remembers, that's great, why don't we go and get together alone?" Xu Mingcheng is still so clever and smiling, and her eyebrows and eyes are beautiful and her own charm makes her whole person extraordinarily different, and her beauty is a little dazzling.
And Wen Ya looked at Xu Mingcheng like this, but she was stunned, she didn't expect Xu Mingcheng to make this proposal, and she also felt that the girl in front of her who was very noble was a little familiar. But the next moment, she just turned her head to look at Mrs. Wen, and Mrs. Wen nodded to her, so Wen Ya chuckled at Xu Mingcheng and said, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, princess, please." ”
So just like that, Xu Mingcheng easily abducted Wen Ya out, and the two walked casually by the lotus pond, and neither of them said anything for a long time, Wen Ya couldn't figure out Xu Mingcheng's intentions, and Xu Mingcheng didn't know how to ask Wen Ya, so the two walked silently for a while.
"Miss Wen has not been in Shendu in recent years, so she must be a little unfamiliar with the changes in Shendu after coming back this time, right?" In the end, it was Xu Mingcheng who spoke first.
"It's true that there have been a lot of changes in the Divine Capital, but that's just the case, so I'm not too surprised." Wen Ya replied with a smile, the atmosphere between the two began to liven up, and Xu Mingcheng and Wen Ya are also well-informed people, when they chat, will they not know the difference between each other? Therefore, the next conversation is quite a bit of a late meeting.
But Xu Mingcheng and Wen Ya chatted more and more happily, but Xu Youshan asked her, she forgot all about it, if Qin Xin hadn't taken advantage of Wen Ya's lack of attention and quietly pulled Xu Mingsheng, it is estimated that Xu Mingcheng really forgot about Xu Youshan directly.
"Oh, by the way, Miss Wen, although you weren't in Shendu a few years ago, the girls in your mansion don't seem to come out and walk around often, and I've only seen them at a few banquets." Xu Mingcheng brought the topic to Wen Ya's sisters, and Wen Ya was not surprised by this, because the Wen family's girls did not appear very often at banquets in the divine capital.
"This ...... In fact, my sisters are not all quiet people like me, and there are a few who are very lively and active, and they also like to be lively. But the princess must also know that my father has always acted upright, and he is a little unsafe with many people, so my mother does not often take our sisters to the banquet together, for fear that we will be young and the disaster will come out of our mouths, so usually speaking, the mother of the family attends the banquet alone. Wen Ya said with a faint smile.
"I see, but Ling Tang is also very thoughtful, although Lord Wen's uprightness is appreciated by his grandfather, there are indeed many people, but recently, I have seen that my mother has taken Miss Wen out to the banquet a lot of times." Xu Ming's words changed sharply, and he looked at Wen Ya with a smile. (To be continued.) )