Princess Xianyi's purpose in coming to see Zhang Yu was not only to reminisce about the old days and enhance the relationship between the sisters in the boudoir, but also to find out Zhang Jiuling's reaction to her poems that day.

It's rare to perform well in front of the old scholar Zhang Jiuling, no matter how the opportunity was obtained, and no matter who wrote the poem, the limelight was recorded on her, but it just made Zhang Jiuling lose face for a short time, which always made her feel that she was not beautiful enough, and she still needed to have a following.

Who knew that Zhang Yu was unusually respectful to her, just like a courtier facing the lord, and there was no sisterhood at all.

"Sister Yu is too outside, and when she comes here today, she will treat it as a return to her home, don't treat me as a princess, you can exchange any family affairs and interesting anecdotes in the boudoir."

Princess Xianyi tried her best to make Zhang Yu let her guard down.

Zhang Yu stood up seriously and looked respectful: "The princess has a noble status, how can a folk girl have an equal rotation with the princess?" If the princess has something to teach, just say it. ”

Princess Xianyi didn't understand what was going on, and thought: "I saw her before, but it's not like this, why is this meeting so exciting?" Could it be that I wrote poems that day, which offended Zhang Jiuling's old husband, so that her family objected to her continuing to associate with me? ”

"Sister Yu......"

Princess Xianyi wanted to continue to get closer, but saw Zhang Yu take a step back evasively, without any sense of affection.

Zhang Yu said: "The princess still calls the people's daughter the ...... of the Zhang family."

Princess Xianyi smiled bitterly: "Let's sit down and talk." ”

In this way, Zhang Yu sat down again.

"Sister Yu, actually...... I didn't think about it, is there a misunderstanding in the middle of suddenly being so indifferent today? Zhang Lao Linggong, how is he doing lately? ”

After all, Princess Xianyi is a child, and she feels that she may have offended Zhang Jiuling, and even Zhang Yu, a good sister, deliberately kept a distance from her, so she couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt, and quickly explained.

Who knew that Zhang Yu heard Princess Xianyi mention her grandfather, and hurriedly said: "My ancestor has been fulfilling his duties recently, going out early and returning late every day, doing things for the court carefully, not daring to have the slightest recklessness, and returning home to be busy until late ......at night."

"Huh?"

Princess Xianyi was stunned.

Let me ask you if Zhang Jiuling is in good health, how can you answer me this?

"Zhang Lao Linggong is conscientious in his duties, I know this."

Princess Xianyi's second monk was puzzled and said with a confused face.

Zhang Yu lowered his head: "The ancestor does not forget the teachings of the saint, in addition to handling the court affairs with due diligence every day, he no longer sees irrelevant people, etc., and there are no visitors to the house recently. ”

"Really? This...... Zhang Lao Ling has a heart. ”

Princess Xianyi originally wanted to ask Zhang Jiuling what advice she had for the poem that day, but when she heard Zhang Yu say this, she knew that it was difficult to learn the details from her good sisters.

She was full of puzzlement, but she knew very well that even if she continued to ask, Zhang Yu would not give a clear answer, but her attitude would be more restrained.

Zhang Yu is still explaining: "The ancestor of the family was ready to return to Chang'an, so he demolished the Dongshan Hall. ”

"Huh? Why was Dongshan Hall demolished? Isn't there that feng shui is not good? Princess Xianyi asked in shock.

Zhang Yu said: "Dongshan Hall is located outside Chang'an City, my grandfather is busy with government affairs, he goes out early and returns late every day, and he has no time to go to rest. Instead of pointing fingers at outsiders, it is better to dismantle it earlier, on the one hand, to block the mouths of the people, and on the other hand, to stay in the DPRK and take care of the government and share the worries of His Majesty. ”

Princess Xianyi thought to herself: "Zhang Jiuling wants to demolish Dongshan Hall, it won't have anything to do with the poem I wrote that day, right?" What is the deep meaning of that poem, and why is the Zhang family so jealous? ”

"Ah...... This...... This kind of thing can only be decided by Zhang Linggong's wishes...... Sister Yu, it's almost time for the banquet to begin, why don't we tidy up a little and go to the banquet hall together? ”

Princess Xianyi kindly extended the invitation.

Zhang Yu shook his head: "The folk girl still goes by herself, and if Her Royal Highness the princess wants to see others, please do it yourself." ”

Princess Xianyi felt that she had made a big mistake, the key was that she didn't know what was wrong, seeing Zhang Yu's indifferent attitude, she was very annoyed in her heart, but even if she was confused, she could only hide it in her heart, and said goodbye and left the flower hall.

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……

Yang Yun waited in a small hall for a quarter of an hour, and Princess Xianyi suddenly walked into the house.

At this time, Princess Xianyi's face was depressed, completely different from the smug expression when she came.

"Princess, but it's time for the feast?" Yang Yun didn't want to ask Princess Xianyi's heart, even if the princess had any knots, it had nothing to do with him.

Princess Xianyi nodded: "Come on, I'm here to call you......"

She didn't even plan to sit down and talk to Yang Yun, she turned to leave, suddenly remembered something, looked sideways at Yang Yun, and asked, "I haven't figured out something, you are smart and witty, can you try to relieve my doubts?" ”

Yang Yun guessed that the matter might be related to the person Princess Xianyi had just seen, who made her have such great doubts, and Yang Yun could draw conclusions by guessing.

"Princess, please speak." Yang Yundao.

"That's right, I have a good sister, with whom I used to have a good relationship, and since I was eleven or twelve years old, I often invited her into the palace, and we talked almost nothing, and got along very well. But this time, she seemed very angry and hardly gave me any chance to get close......"

Princess Xianyi did not reveal the identity of the "good sister", and roughly stated what happened.

Yang Yun heard the crux of the problem, and asked rhetorically: "The young lady the princess said, I don't know which daughter it is?" ”

Princess Xianyi sighed: "I won't hide it from you, but the third lady of Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's house, she is the granddaughter of Prime Minister Zhang Cheng, this time I was going to ask her about Zhang Cheng's reaction to my recitation of poems at the banquet that day, who knew that she didn't answer the question, and always said how Prime Minister Zhang Cheng did things in a discreet manner......

Princess Xianyi really didn't treat Yang Yun as an outsider, and told her about the meeting with Zhang Yu just now.

Yang Yun understood the problem as soon as he heard it-

Zhang Jiuling thought that the poem was written by the emperor, and read it in public through your mouth, the purpose was to warn him not to form a party for personal gain, let alone recruit disciples and use it as a wing. This time, you invited Zhang Jiuling's granddaughter to come for questioning, and people took it for granted that you were responsible for "after-sales service" and probing the truth for the emperor, so of course there was only a stereotypical reply.

Yang Yunxin said: "Zhang Jiuling is very politically sensitive, so why didn't he open his mind in history and commit the taboo of forming a party?" ”

Yang Yun couldn't pick out the words, so he pretended to be contemplative, and his answer at the end was also plausible: "Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is loyal to the country, he has done his best, and under the busy schedule of official business, some decisions made should be, as for Miss Zhang...... She obviously didn't want to cause gossip, after all, after the princess came, she was only seen alone......"

"Really?"

Princess Xianyi was skeptical, and then she seemed to understand something, looked at Yang Yun and asked, "Wouldn't it be the poems you made that day that caused these changes?" I can't even be friends with Miss Zhang? ”

Yang Yun said with a smile: "Prime Minister Zhang Cheng can hold the boat in his belly, and he is very magnanimous, even if the poem recited by the princess that day offended him, how could he have a small belly and worry about it?" ”

"That's right."

Princess Xianyi thought about it carefully, couldn't help nodding, and suddenly there was a look of wisdom in her eyes, as if she had thought of some "conspiracy".

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The banquet is about to begin.

Princess Xianyi asked Yang Yun to follow her and attend the banquet together.

On the way to the banquet room, Princess Xianyi roughly commented on the identity of the guests.

"Today I invited, there are no royal relatives and daughters, all of them are unmarried ladies in the families of officials above the fifth rank of the imperial court, mainly the daughters of local families in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and there are many who participated in the banquet when I first came to Luoyang last year, but there are also a few celebrities like Miss Zhang who came from Chang'an, in addition to Miss Zhang, there is another person you have to remember, there is the daughter of Li Linfu and Li Xilang's family......"

Li Linfu still has an unmarried daughter?

Li Linfu is now in his fifties, how can he have a teenage daughter? But thinking about Li Linfu's many concubines, a pear flower pressing begonias, it is not unusual for a concubine to occasionally give birth to a daughter.

Yang Yun asked, "The princess and Miss Li ...... How's the relationship? ”

"Well, it's not good, but it's not bad, in short, I don't have a deep relationship with Miss Li, she rarely attended palace banquets before, and she was not active in attending the gatherings of sisters in the circle, I don't know her very well, and I can't compare with my relationship with Miss Zhang at all."

Princess Xianyi replied with a serious face, "However, the mother concubine wants me to get closer to this Miss Li, now Li Xilang is very appreciated by his father, and he may become the prime minister in the future......"

Princess Xianyi suddenly paused when she said this, obviously realizing that she had missed her mouth again.

Yang Yun knew that Concubine Wu Hui intended to win over the powerful people in Chang'an and Luoyang, especially an excellent "rising star" like Li Linfu, who was the target of key cultivation.

"That's the one over there."

Without entering the banquet hall, Princess Xianyi pointed to a woman standing at the door of the banquet hall from a distance.

This woman was wearing a purple skirt and a slender figure, and she was talking to some celebrities who were also standing at the door, even if she was facing sideways, Yang Yun could still feel that this woman had a good demeanor.

But Yang Yun didn't know whether this woman was Miss Zhang or Miss Li.

"Her Royal Highness the princess has come down."

Someone reminded the woman.

The woman turned to look, but she didn't look at Princess Xianyi first, but looked at Yang Yun, and then the woman showed a friendly smile on her face, which was extremely charming.

Yang Yun vaguely saw a trace of Yang Yuhuan's shadow from this woman.

"See Her Royal Highness the Princess."

A group of women took the initiative to come out to greet and hire Ting.

Princess Xianyi smiled and said: "You are polite, the banquet is about to start, have all the people invited by the palace have arrived?" ”

The charming woman replied: "It's almost there, but the third lady of Zhang's mansion hasn't come over yet." ”

Saying this, Yang Yun understood that this should be Li Linfu's daughter.

Sharp words, with an aggressive momentum, as if she is the leader of a group of women, even if her father is not yet a very popular minister in the court, but she has vaguely become a person in the circle of celebrities in the two capitals.

Princess Xianyi nodded happily: "She is playing chess in the East Chamber, and the palace will send someone to urge." ”

A woman next to her said: "This Miss Zhang's shelf is a little too big, obviously set the opening time, Her Royal Highness the princess is here as scheduled, and let people wait for her?" ”

It seems that the women in Qingliu's family will always be excluded, and Miss Li has also learned Li Linfu's tricks of drilling camp relations, and she has established a good relationship with the two celebrities in a short period of time.

Or maybe some big families are aware of some wind directions in the court, and feel that the Zhang family is now under the suspicion of the emperor, and the evaluation of Zhang Jiuling's granddaughter also has a hint of provocation.

In short, in Yang Yun's opinion, the smell of gunpowder seems to be slightly stronger in this kind of banquet in the celebrity circle.

He, as the only man present, is likely to act as cannon fodder.