Chapter 366: The Fujiwara Family and Genji
Hangzhou, Anqing Temple.
Princess Zhende, who is known as Su Wan, pushed the door and entered a side room, and Lai Qing, who had been waiting inside for a long time, immediately stepped forward and closed the door.
"Is there anything wrong with calling me out in such a hurry?" Princess Zhende frowned.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, I'm afraid something big is going to happen." Lai Qing's face was a little ugly.
"What's the big deal?"
Lai Qing took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The Houfu guard we bought reported to me today that he heard a very terrible news. ”
"What the hell is going on?" Princess Zhende said impatiently.
"Master Hou plans to assassinate the king at the Qilin Conference!"
Princess Zhende was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, gritted her teeth and said, "He didn't tell me in advance about such a big thing." ”
Lai Qing sighed: "The eldest prince and Rong Gongzi are involved in this matter, which shows that in his mind, even the status of Rong Gongzi is higher than yours." ”
Princess Jindeok bit her lower lip tightly, this feeling of betrayal was not the first time she had experienced it.
Since Cai Gao didn't even tell himself about this kind of thing, it is conceivable that even if Cai Shu killed himself in the future, he would only reprimand him a few words at most.
She finally gave up on Cai Gao.
"Lai Qing, what do you think I should do?"
"The only thing you can rely on now is the True Star Princess."
"Yes, only she will never betray me." Zhende whispered.
Since she contacted her sister, the other party has been very enthusiastic about her, and often writes to her, and yesterday Su Liuying also sent someone to send her a letter, and by the way, she also brought a poem she wrote to her.
This made her long-sealed heart feel warm again.
"But the current situation of Princess Zhenxing is also very bad, the people I sent to Hui'an Mansion to inquire have returned, they said that although Princess Zhenxing is the third wife of Chu Anhou, the other two ladies have been sealed by Chu Anhou and hold heavy power, only Princess Zhenxing has nothing, and it is likely to be snubbed." Lai Qing said in a deep voice.
"And this?" Princess Zhende was taken aback: "But she didn't mention it at all in the letter she wrote to me, and said that she was doing well, so I had time to see her." ”
"Maybe she was just afraid that you would worry about her, so she didn't mention it." Lai Qing sighed.
Princess Zhendeok's heart ached, with her understanding of her sister, she could indeed do such a thing, could it be that the fate of her sisters was really cursed and destined to suffer constantly?
"Lai Qing, what should we do now?" Princess Zhende gritted her teeth.
"We don't have much chance here, but Princess True Star still has it, we can find a way to improve her status in the Chu Anhou Mansion!"
"Can it be done?"
Lai Qing smiled slightly, and said: "You may not know much about the situation outside, Hui'an Mansion and Wu Yueguo are hostile relations, as long as we reveal the news that Cai Gao is going to assassinate King Wu Yue to Princess Zhenxing, and then she tells Chu Anhou, I believe that this news must be useful to Chu Anhou, and Princess Zhenxing's status in his heart will naturally improve!" ”
Princess Zhende was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, as long as I can help Zhenxing!" ”
"That's right." Lai Qing suddenly said: "Today, Master Hou also saw someone in the secret room, and you also know that person." ”
"Who?"
"Yoshio Fujiwara!"
"I introduced Yoshio Fujiwara to him, I didn't expect them to hook up together, what did they talk about?" Princess Zhende said coldly.
"It's about Yoshian Minamoto, and Fujiwara Yoshio wants Cai Gao to help him catch this person."
"Who is Gen Yi'an?" Princess Jindeok frowned.
Lai Qing smiled slightly: "You may not know much about the situation in Japan, but now ......"
"The Fujiwara family holds power, and the emperor has become a puppet, right?" Princess Jindeok interrupted.
Lai Qing was stunned for a moment and said: "Yes, I didn't expect you to know that Emperor Murakami of Japan reused a famous lord named Yuan Gaoming in order to balance the Fujiwara family, but the Fujiwara family was too powerful, and Yuan Gaoming was framed by them and locked up, and Yuan Yian was the son of Yuan Gaoming, who fled to Wu Yue Kingdom. ”
"You know that very well." Princess Zhende snorted coldly.
"I'll just compliment me as if you were complimenting me." Lai Qing said with a smile: "Yuan Yi'an is very famous in Japan, and he studied under the Japanese No. 1 swordsman Kaga Somori, so the Fujiwara family is very jealous of him and has been sending people to hunt him down. ”
"So what? Did Cai Gao promise to help Fujiwara Yoshio capture Yoshian Minamoto? Princess Zhende said lightly.
"Yes, Yuan Yi'an also plans to participate in the Qilin Conference, he is an obstacle to Hou Ye, so Hou Ye also wants to get rid of this person, Yuan Yi'an is currently hiding in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hou Ye has already greeted Zhu Anming, and the Zhu family will not make a move at that time."
"What a prime minister Wu Yue, he actually betrayed his subordinates, in my opinion, there is no good thing in Wu Yueguo's officialdom." Princess Jinde sneered.
"Princess, should we tell this news to Princess Zhenxing as well?"
"What's the value of this kind of news? Chu Anhou shouldn't be interested, right? Princess Zhende frowned.
Lai Qing touched his nose and said with a smile: "Although the news is useless, it can make Chu Anhou feel something." ”
"What does it feel?"
"Chu Anhou will feel that Princess Zhenxing is very familiar with things in Japan, and he is likely to deal with Japan in the future, maybe he will remember Princess Zhenxing's strengths in this regard."
"Yes, you're very thoughtful." Princess Zhende praised that although Lai Qing had some minor problems, his mind was indeed very flexible and loyal to him.
"It just so happens that the person sent by Zhenxing to deliver the letter to me hasn't returned yet, so I'll write a letter right away and ask that person to bring it back, do you have anything else to report?"
"No, but you must be careful when you write to that person, and you must not let people know that we have a connection with Hui'an Mansion." Lai Qing reminded.
"Got it." Princess Zhende waved her hand impatiently, turned around and left the room.
……
Xingwen Street is the most popular street in Hangzhou, and after Hou Kaishan picked several cloth shops, he finally chose a children's clothing in a store called "Hongxiu Cloth Village".
This is the first dress he has bought for his daughter in a few years, and he hopes to choose the best one.
After paying the money, Hou Kaishan returned to the "Baiyun Pharmacy", and as he was walking, a short and thin man passed by him, Hou Kaishan frowned, this man was a little familiar.
Turning to look at the other party's back, he became more and more confused, quickly chased after him, and stretched out his hand to put his hand on the other party's shoulder.
The man reacted quickly, his shoulders sank, and he slid away Hou Kaishan's palm, but after turning around and seeing that it was Hou Kaishan who grabbed him, he exclaimed: "Commander Hou? ”
Hou Kaishan hurriedly made a silent movement, glanced left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention here, so he pulled the short and thin man to a corner.
"Wang Mi, why are you here?"
This short and thin man was a personal guard in the Rikuhara Guard, and had always served as a guard in the back house of Jiedu Mansion.
"It was Mrs. Su who asked me to help him with an errand." Wang Mi explained.
Hou Kaishan nodded and said, "Follow me." ”
took Wang Mi all the way to the "Baiyun Pharmacy", Hou Kaishan asked him to wait in the back hall, and he reported the matter to Lu Yuan.
Soon, Lu Yuan, Li Ruozhen and Lan Liuyi came to the back hall together.
Wang Mi looked shocked when he saw Lu Yuan: "Master Hou, have you also come to Hangzhou?" ”
Lu Yuan smiled and nodded: "I heard that Commander Hou said that you were ordered by Liuying to come to Hangzhou to be an envoy, can you tell me what kind of envoy you are doing?" ”
"The third lady asked me to help her deliver a letter to a courtyard in Wutongfang, Hangzhou." Wang Mi naturally didn't dare to hide it.
"Who is the recipient?"
"The owner of the courtyard is a woman."
"Isn't it a little tall and has big eyes?"
"Yes." Wang Mi nodded repeatedly.
When asked this, Lu Yuan knew that the woman must be Princess Zhende, and his wife seemed to have been in contact with her from time to time recently.
Originally, Su Liuying was in contact with her sister, which was a good thing, and Lu Yuan wouldn't care about it, but since the last time he saw Princess Zhende's words and deeds, Lu Yuan was always a little worried about her.
"Did the other party say anything?" Lu Yuan asked again.
"She asked me to write a letter back to the Third Lady." Wang Mi respectfully took out a letter.
Lu Yuan took the envelope, opened it and looked at it, if it was just a private matter of the sisters, he wouldn't look at it much, he was worried that Princess Zhende would bring danger to his wife.
His eyes kept scanning the letter, Lu Yuan's face changed several times, he really couldn't imagine that such an amazing news was hidden in such a letter, Cai Gao actually planned to assassinate King Wu Yue at the Qilin Conference!
"Lu Yuan, what's wrong?" Lan Liuyi noticed that there was something wrong with his appearance.
"I'll tell you later." Lu Yuan settled down and continued to watch.
The letter also mentions a strange incident, Cai Gao actually colluded with the Japanese to arrest another Japanese, who was still hiding in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and his name was Yuan Yi'an.
Wait, Xiangfu? Yuan Yi'an?
Could it be that the Japanese is Yuan An!
Yes, it must be him, Lu Yuan immediately figured out everything, Yuan An's various words and deeds, his hobby of cooking tea, saying that he was a Buddhist, and his somewhat mysterious behavior.
By the way, on the night of coming to Hangzhou, the passenger ship was attacked, and those men in black were very short, Lu Yuan thought it was strange at the time, and now it seems that they are all Japanese.
Judging from the contents of this letter, Yuan An is now in a very dangerous situation, Cai Gao wants to help his opponent deal with him, and the Prime Minister seems to be planning to stay out of the matter.
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