Chapter 540: To Each His Heart
Hu Wenguang smiled a little unnaturally, "It's still thanks to my uncle's support." ”
Zhou Mengnan didn't talk nonsense to him, stretched out a white and tender palm, and looked at him with a smile, "Take it!" ”
"Take what?" Hu Wenguang's heart jumped suddenly.
"Official certificate," Zhou Mengnan raised her eyebrows slightly, "What's the matter, didn't the officials send you an official certificate?" ”
"This ......," Hu Wenguang suddenly became nervous, "I may have forgotten to bring it back." ”
"Forgot, how could you be so sloppy about something so important?"
"Yes, it was Wen Guang's negligence for a while......"
"Is that it?" Zhou Mengnan didn't wait for him to finish, and took out a piece of paper from his official uniform.
The eyes of the people in the room widened.
"This, this ......" Hu Wenguang was speechless in surprise, what Zhou Mengnan drew in his hand was a real official certificate, which was also stamped with the bright red seal of the ministry.
"Is this your official credentials, Wen Guang?" Zhou Mengnan's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Aunt......" Hu Wenguang knelt on the ground and touched the ground with his forehead, "It's my little uncle who won't let me tell my aunt about it." ”
"My lord, he doesn't want you to worry about the eldest lady," Mo Buyu also said: "It's not that we deliberately conceal it, and I ask the eldest lady for your forgiveness." ”
Zhou Mengnan's gaze swept around, and instructed the servants in the house, "You all go down, you don't need to wait here." ”
The servants answered in unison and withdrew. There were only four people left in the house: Zhou Mengnan, Yang Lan, Mo Buyu, and Hu Wenguang.
"Now there are no outsiders in the house, you can talk." Zhou Mengnan said.
Hu Wenguang and Mo Buyu glanced at each other, and stopped talking.
"What doesn't grow, don't talk about it quickly." Yang Lan shouted at Hu Wenguang.
Hu Wenguang shuddered, and then told what he knew.
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A horse-drawn carriage was speeding through the streets of the capital, and because it was getting late, there were not many pedestrians on the road.
In the carriage, a pretty face lifted the curtain and peeked out.
"Miss," Su Yue closed the curtain and turned to Zhou Mengnan and said, "Do you really want to go to that place?" ”
"Well," Zhou Mengnan bowed slightly, and said with a worried look in his eyes: "Xianggong, he must have encountered big trouble, otherwise why would the court belittle him to the end?" ”
"But miss," said Su Yue, "can't you go to the princess?" He is in power, there will definitely be a way to help the master, why do you have to go to that woman? ”
Zhou Mengnan glanced at her, "Which woman are you talking about?" It's been a few days, can't you call it well? ”
Su Yue had disdain on her face, "It's not that the maid is disrespectful, the lord has accepted her for several months, but she is still staying in the brothel of the Qinglou, which is not counting, I don't know where to hold a wild child under the name of the master, it is really shameless." Even this old man is not angry, and he is often with her, I think she is relying on her beauty to stun the old man. ”
"Is that what you think of her?" Zhou Mengnan smiled and shook her head slightly, "That's because you misunderstand her too much, Luoyuan is an industry under her name, and she can't take care of it." He knew the details of that child, and he didn't know where he came from. Also, I don't deny that Xianggong is attracted by her rare appearance in the world, but you think that she is only relying on her posture to tie up men, and you can't help but take her too lightly. ”
"Miss, don't you hate her at all?" Su Yue couldn't understand that the original wives of all big families were against her husband's admission of other women. Zhou Bo'an's wife sent Ning Xin to her daughter and son-in-law because her man fell in love with her personal maid.
"Why should I hate her, isn't it good for multiple people to help my husband?" Zhou Mengnan sighed lightly, "If I don't feel jealous at all, even I don't believe it, after all, it's my own man, and I don't want him to revolve around other women." ”
Su Yue sneered, "It turns out that Miss you also have times when you are not happy...... Miss, do you really think she can help the master? ”
"She can be regarded as a Xianggong who has entered the door, and if she can help Xianggong more, she will never hide half a point," Zhou Mengnan said:
"The prince and his body are troubled now, how can I come to the door again to beg him. It's Shiso, there is a big man in the palace behind him, and I heard that the authority is no less than that of the prince! ”
"Then if she can really help the master, won't she press Miss in the future?"
"If it can really help him, why bother with so much?" Zhou Mengnan said lightly: "I don't usually get along together, who can suppress whom?" ”
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Luoyuan is very lively here, and the business is much more prosperous than before, no wonder, now Qingyun Hall is tossed by the people of Dongchang, many guests dare not come to the door, and the signboard there "The First Beauty in Beijing" Liu Yunxi is nowhere to be found, there is nothing to say, some say that she is a chaotic party, some say that she offended the prince of Dongchang, and there is no opinion. In this way, many of the regulars of the Qingyun Pavilion came to the side of the Luoyuan, and the brothels of the Qinglou in the capital have become the dominant ones in the Luoyuan from the two sides. Yao's mother's face bloomed with joy, and just as she was greeting the guests, a little servant came over and whispered a few words in her ear. Yao's mother's face changed, and she asked other women to greet the guests, and she hurried with the little maid.
In the flower hall of the island in the center of the pond, Shiso is instructing a group of young girls to play and dance.
"How many times have I said it," Shiso rebuked one of the prettiest girls among them, "keep your legs straight, your waist swing like a willow branch in the wind, and your smile more charming...... Like you, with straight legs and a stiff face like a layer of frost, what man likes to look at? ”
The girl was trained by her and couldn't help but sob.
"Crying, you know crying," Zi Su said: "With such a good face, why can't you turn your brain around?" If it weren't for Qiqing being about to get married, I wouldn't have bothered to teach you. ”
"Okay, girl," Lian Yi and Zhi Xue stepped forward and persuaded, "Bi Rou has just learned to dance, how can she enter the country so quickly?" It's rare to be able to learn this far. ”
"You two are here to be good people again, aren't you?" Zi Su glanced at them, "There are not many days left before the New Year celebration in the palace at the end of the year, and when something goes wrong, who will bear the blame?" Do you guys? ”
"Girl......"
"You two are not strict with them in private, don't think I don't know," Shisu told the two of them to shut up first, and then turned to Bi Rou, "You think you look prettier than Qiqing, so you don't have to work hard, do you?" To tell you the truth, if you don't make any progress in three days, I will send you to Yao's mother. ”
Birou couldn't help but shudder when she heard this, and the sobbing immediately stopped. The other girls only felt a chill on their backs, and their heads hung low and did not dare to look at her.
"Alright, let's all disperse," Shisu waved his hand, "just be careful in what you do." ”
At this time, Yao's mother came over with two women wearing hoods.
Shisu frowned slightly when he saw Xiu's eyebrows.
"Girl......" Yao's mother came to her and bowed.
"How did you come to me," Shisu glanced at her, "is there something wrong with the front yard?" ”
"Girl," Yao's mother smiled, "Since the accident at the Qingyun Pavilion, our business here has been surprisingly good. ”
"Then you're here to show me credit?"
"The girl laughed," Yao's mother smiled: "How dare the old body, no matter how good the business of our yard is, it is all the girl's good scheduling, and the whole courtyard is impressed......
"Alright," Shiso cut off and looked at the two women behind her, their veils draped over their faces. "Who are they, and what are you bringing them here for?"
Yao's mother looked left and right, stepped forward and said softly.
Shisu's face turned different, stared at the two women for a moment, and said, "Then you let them come with me!" ”
......
"It's really a rare guest," Zi Su looked at Zhou Mengnan who took off his hat and said, "I didn't expect Sister Zhou to come to me in person." ”
Zhou Mengnan smiled indifferently and said to Su Yue, who took off her hat, "You go outside and wait for me first." ”
"Yes." Su Yue answered and retreated.
Only Zi Su and Zhou Mengnan were left in the room.
"My sister can deign to come to me, something must be wrong, right?" Shisu asked with a wink.
"My sister is a smart person, why do you have to ridicule it again and again?" Zhou Mengnan handed over a folded piece of paper, "Please take a look at this, sister." ”
Shisu stretched out his hand to take it and unfolded it to take a look, and it turned out to be an official certificate.
"Yang Muyun is hereby appointed as the ambassador of the Embassy, and he will take office with immediate effect." The official certificate was stamped with a large seal of the officials.
"Husband, he was sent to the guild hall as an ambassador?" Shiso's face changed after reading it.
"It seems that my sister also knows the weight of this official certificate." Zhou Mengnan looked at her and said leisurely.
"What about the husband, what did he say?" Shiso said urgently.
"Xianggong is drunk, and the drunk person doesn't know," Zhou Mengnan said: "So I came here to find you, see sister, do you know what happened to Xianggong?" ”
"He only said that the emperor personally summoned him and asked him to report to the Ministry of Rites," Zi Su thought for a moment and said, "But he didn't say what position he held for his husband." ”
"Xianggong has fallen from the fifth grade to the ninth grade," Zhou Mengnan looked at her and said, "What is the emperor's intention in doing this?" ”
Zi Su looked solemn, paced back and forth in the house for a few steps, and suddenly raised his head to look at Zhou Mengnan, "Let's go, I'll go back with my sister, and when my husband wakes up, ask him carefully." ”
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Yang Muyun had a dream, dreaming that he was back in the grassland, there was a lot of snow on the grassland, and it was white everywhere that he couldn't distinguish the direction. I walked aimlessly on the grassland, and I didn't know how far I had walked, and when I got there, suddenly the sky darkened, and it was pitch black all around. After walking for a while, two spectral lights suddenly appeared in front of him, and when the spectral light got closer, he realized that it was a pair of wolf eyes, and the wolf was approaching him step by step with a mouth full of fangs. He took a few steps back, and suddenly noticed wolves behind him, to the left and right. They formed a circle, and he was in the center of the circle.
The wolves were approaching step by step, and he was on guard, and his palms even broke out in a cold sweat.
A wolf whined a few times and suddenly pounced on him. He punched the wolf in the head, and suddenly his arm hurt, and he found that the other wolf had bitten his arm. And his legs, back and neck...... They were all bitten by wolves, and he felt a chill permeate his whole body, and he was about to struggle, and roared violently......
Yang Muyun opened his eyes sweating profusely and found himself lying on the bed with a thick quilt on his body.
"Xianggong, are you awake?"
"Husband, are you having a nightmare?"
Each of his two delicate white hands took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Two beautiful faces caught his eye.
"Zisu, Mengnan, is it you?" Yang Muyun was stunned.
"Otherwise, who do you think it is?" Zi Su Jiao said with a smile.
"Why are you all here?" Yang Muyun asked.
"Sister Zhou called me," Zi Su said, "She told me everything about you." ”
"Hmm, what's the matter?" Yang Muyun suddenly felt his head sink a little.
"You're going to the Ministry of Rites?" Zi Su asked, "What official position did the emperor give you?" ”
"What are you asking for?" Yang Muyun dodged her gaze.
"What, excuse me?" The corners of Shisu's lips hooked a faint arc, "The emperor gave you too big an official, are you afraid that you will scare us by saying it?" ”
"If you know, why are you so sarcastic?" Yang Muyun was a little annoyed.
"Sister, don't tease Xianggong anymore," Zhou Mengnan looked at him quietly: "Xianggong, why did the emperor do this?" ”
"The emperor has his own deep meaning in this arrangement." Yang Muyun's words are true, since the moment he met Sain Polo, he understood the emperor's intentions, and the emperor asked him to be optimistic about this prince from the grassland as an ambassador.
"What does it mean?" Zi Su said: "If you go deeper, will you be dismissed and return to your hometown?" ”
"Yes, it's not good to be unofficial and light?" Yang Muyun snorted and said.
"Xianggong, Sister Zisu, she also cares about you, so don't quarrel with her," Zhou Mengnan persuaded: "We all hope that Xianggong will ...... you well."
"Lady," Yang Muyun sighed: "You don't want to think about it, can a petty official who is not in the middle of the nine grades need the emperor to give an order himself?" ”