Mrs. Xu had already learned the ins and outs from the maid's mouth, and when she heard that Cai's was gone, she only sneered slightly, so she smiled and pulled Shen Yan closer, grabbed a handful of hemp candy and gave it to her, and praised: "This child must be a promising person in the future." ”

Shen Yan didn't know where this wise Mrs. Xu saw that she would be promising, she had never heard this kind of thing from Hua's mouth, but since the old man praised her, of course she could only suffer from the shame of not having zài on the one hand, and on the other hand.

Here, the second grandmother Yu glanced at Grandma Chen, and when she went outside, she said, "Do you want to cover that matter?" ”

In order to prevent the Rongguo Mansion from misunderstanding, it is natural not to let them know that there is such a thing.

Grandma Chen was silent, but said: "So many people saw it, even if we covered it, it is difficult to guarantee that the Shen family will not spread it." If we cover up our words and finally reach the Rongguo Mansion, it will make us not human inside. - Well, don't worry about it, let them pass it on, so that outsiders can know what our attitude is towards this matter. ”

Grandma Yu Er thought for a moment and nodded.

Here, the Cai family acted recklessly in the Xu family regardless of their identity, and finally the matter of being embarrassed by the grandmother of the Xu family was quietly spread out on the street.

Without Cai's presence, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

It wasn't until after the meal that Mrs. Xu asked Chen Yu and the others to send Fahrenheit out.

Shen Yan was still thinking about Princess Chen, and in the carriage she asked Fahrenheit: "If King Chen is alive now, is he very old?" ”

Fahrenheit opened his eyes: "What did he do all of a sudden?" ”

Shen Yan told her what she had just heard from Cai, "I'm thinking that King Chen's two sons were already able to fight with the army at that time, so it can be seen that they are not young, and Princess Chen married in the past, isn't she going to be bullied by her stepsons?" "I can't blame her for being too gossipy, it's really as an inner house woman who has an instinctive interest in these things.

Hua Shi stretched his body slowly, and sighed: "No, Princess Chen is a female male." She used to be a female general under King Chen, not only beautiful, but also smart and kind. She was very good to Xiao Ke and the others. Where did so much open and secret fighting come from on the battlefield? Everyone's goal is only one, that is, to win this battle and establish a new dynasty, and there is no such thing as the complicated minds of these people today. ”

"Xiao Ke?" Shen Yan read the name, "Is King Chen's surname Xiao?" ”

"The surname is Xiao." Hua nodded, his gaze suddenly became a little distant, "Chen Wang's daughter is the same age as me, called Xiao Yu, we are the best friends, at that time we also secretly said that when we grew up, we would marry into the same family as concubines, but I didn't expect that before she grew up, she was destroyed along with King Chen's mansion." ”

Speaking of this, she looked at Shen Yan, "Although Princess Chen is a stepmother, because she has seen too many displaced people and countless homeless children since the war, she loves her three stepchildren very much, and they all treat her like a biological mother." Because of her beauty and kindness, there were also many generals who secretly liked her at that time. ”

Shen Yan was immediately attracted by her description, "That old Chen Wang is so much older than her, and he still has an oil bottle, how could he marry her?" ”

Fahrenheit paused for a moment and said, "I can't say a word. She paused for a moment, then continued: "I was still young at that time, and I didn't know much, many of them were just words that I heard later, but your uncle and aunt knew much more than I did. ”

Shen Yan was slightly disappointed, and his uncle didn't know when he would be able to enter Beijing.

Cai returned to the mansion, and An Ninghou heard that she was back and immediately entered the inner courtyard.

"How?" He asked, slightly eagerly.

Cai Shi took a sip of Chen, and then told him everything from beginning to end.

An Ninghou was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then couldn't help but become irritable: "Why can't you even hold a little girl?" Saying such things in front of other girls in someone's house, do you think life is too peaceful?! It's no wonder that the old man will not tear me apart when he sees him in the future, and the Gu family, this word will spread to the Rongguo Mansion, and we will have a feud with the Gu family in the future! You don't have a brain when you go out! ”

Cai's face was red from being scolded, and he stood up angrily and said, "Where did I think that girl was actually my evil star!" Not to mention that it got in my way, it also led me to the ditch! It's just that without this, do you think the Gu family will take us seriously? You don't know how Gu Zhicheng scolded us outside, but you are afraid of offending him! ”

"You know!" An Ninghou couldn't help but get angry, "Although the Gu family has a dislike for us, is this the time when you should ridicule people behind your back?" The queen and I are busy befriending the minister, you are good, for fear that people will not be able to make enemies with us, but it is just a gap to say a few words to Fahrenheit, if you can't do it, you have to drag Lao Tzu back! ”

Cai's was already full of anger, and when he scolded him like this, he suddenly said: "It's just a few words, it's easy to say!" It was in Xu Jingfang's house, do you think it was on the street? The old couple of the Xu family look kind, but they are shrewd like ghosts, you don't know! I'm a noble lady anyway, do you want me to drag someone Fahrenheit to talk or beg someone Fahrenheit to speak?! ”

An Ninghou was angry, snorted for a long time, and pointed at her angrily: "You shrew! Then he turned around and walked out of the hall door in a rage.

When he entered the study and kicked the door, he called someone over again: "Call Liu Kuo to me!" ”

The next person walked to the bottom of the corridor, and the scribes of about forty walked in quickly: "Liu Kuo is here, the younger brother is looking for the marquis!" ”

Thinking that he already knew about Fang Cai, Liu Kuo said and came to An Ning Hou, and shook his head and said: "Don't be impatient, the younger brother just heard a news, the younger brother heard that Shen Mi made a big nonsense in the cabinet a few days ago, and talked about the Eastern Liao war situation with Xu Jingfang and Guo Yunze, and I heard that Xu Guo and the others praised it. ”

Liu Kuo is the younger brother of Empress Liu, and he also read books for a few years when he was young, and he is one of the people who have more ink in the clan. Of course, there were many people who were attached to Queen Liu and the abolished prince, but as soon as the abolished prince fell, those people followed, and Liu Kuo survived because he was a relative.

"Shen Mi talking about the Eastern Liao war?" An Ninghou stared at him, "What does this have to do with me trying to win over Shen Mi?" ”

Liu Kuo paused and said, "Master Hou might as well think about it, Shen Mi is just a fifth-grade official, how can he be qualified to talk about the war situation in neighboring countries?" Not to mention whether he is worthy of the crime of arguing. only said that the reason why he was like this was that Xu Jingfang pulled him over, as long as the Hou Ye thought about the current situation, and then stabbed this matter to the emperor, could the emperor not insert a lever between the two of them? ”

When An Ninghou heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

At present, the situation looks peaceful, but in fact, in addition to the contradiction between the relatives and the nobles, as well as the beware of the emperor, there is also a tendency to become a climate with a dark tide, and this dark tide is the contradiction between the cabinet and the emperor.

After thirteen years of change, there are still four left, headed by Zhu Zhifei, Fang Wenzheng, Xu Jingfang and Guo Yunze, these are all great achievements for the Great Zhou, when Gaozu was alive, several of them had to get up and greet each other when they entered the palace, and they were quite important in front of the descendants of the Zhao family and even the queen mother in the palace.

In the eyes of the heroes, an emperor who has not made any achievements in the society is inevitably suspected of sitting back and enjoying his success. It is logical for the patriarchs to be arrogant in front of the emperor, and they still abide by the rules in front of the emperor on weekdays, but whenever it comes to decision-making, they often delay or neglect for various reasons.

As an emperor who goes up and can't be effective, it is a matter of opinion whether such a cabinet has so much respect.

These people are all descendants of the Zhao family, and they are in power to the government and the opposition, although the emperor has nothing to do with them, he may not necessarily let them go.

For example, Xu Jingfang, the ancestral shadow he earned for the Xu family is enough for his descendants to consume more than three generations, but what about after three generations? One of the two sons of the Xu family is serving as a feudal official abroad, and the other is serving as a Shaoqing in Dali Temple, it is said that the grade is not low, but no matter how high the rank is, it can not withstand the emperor's jealousy of the patriarchs, and after Xu Jingfang's death, it is impossible for the two sons of the Xu family to climb up again.

According to the emperor's narrow mind, I am afraid that it is possible to find a reason to suppress and suppress the imperial power at that time.

Under such circumstances, Xu Jingfang naturally hopes to seek some foreign assistance to help future generations maintain the court.

If the emperor knew that he had taken a fancy to Shen Mi, he would naturally try his best to stop it.

Thinking of this, An Ninghou suddenly felt that the haze in his heart widened a little, and he said: "You mean, I will send this news to the emperor, and then use the emperor's hand to block the contact between Xu Jingfang and Shen Mi, as long as the two of them can't join forces, I still have a chance?" ”

"There's a natural chance." Liu Kuo said, "Not only is there a chance, if the emperor knows about this, most of them will have a few reprimands for Shen Mi, if the Hou Ye takes advantage of Shen Mi's frustration to get in touch, most of them will have twice the result with half the effort." The Shen family is only now gaining a firm foothold in the imperial court, because Xu Jingfang has been hit by this matter, how could he not want to seek more backers? ”

When An Ninghou heard this, he was a little eager to try.

It's good that the Shen family has already gained a firm foothold because of Shen Guan Yuxiang, but Shen Mi still has a long way to go, doesn't he need to fight for the future? He hadn't forgotten that the emperor was still thinking about the Hua family. As long as he can have the opportunity to meet and talk to Shen Mi, he will naturally have a second and third time, and in the long run, why worry about him not being able to do it?

He raised his sleeves and said, "I'll enter the palace now!" ”

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