Chapter 121: Casting a Net in the Sky
Liu Fan immediately got up and said, "Miss Qiuhua, don't be polite, we are friends, what is there to include or not, when I have time after a while, I will invite Miss Qiuhua back." ”
At this time, the Yunshen girl of Piaoxiang Courtyard stepped forward and said, "The concubine respectfully invites the prince, Yang Gongzi, General Liu and his entourage, as well as Hou Gongzi and others to go to Piaoxiang Courtyard to enjoy the plum and eat fish, so that the little woman can enter the friendship of the landlord." As he spoke, he casually cast a light glance at the third prince.
Liu Fan was wondering how the three princes were in the middle of the banquet and suddenly remembered to change places, at this time, he caught a trace of affection from the eyes of the Yunshen girl to the third prince, and immediately another doubt appeared in his mind, could it be that this Yunshen girl is also the friend of the third prince? Hehe, if that's the case, this person is merciful everywhere, and he is definitely a thief who relies on money and power to pick flowers everywhere.
No, relying on his power and status, what kind of girl can't be found, then he needs to secretly communicate in the Qinglou, in doubt, a bold guess suddenly appeared in Liu Fan's mind, if it is to deploy the idle chess to assassinate the second prince, just lay down a Narcissus Girl's idle chess, the chance of success is too small, and there is no meaning, if you empathize with yourself to let yourself layout, you must deploy idle chess in most of the famous Qinglou Chu Pavilion in the capital......
This idea immediately shocked him into a cold sweat, if so, this kind of practice of casting a net all over the sky and arranging chess everywhere is difficult for people to guard against, so that the second prince inadvertently fell into a plot, a vicious plan, a good ingenious design, and killing two birds with one stone, not only laying out a game of assassination, but also harvesting the hearts of many beauties. It seems that he should go to the palace as a guest at the invitation of the second prince as soon as possible, meet General Lu of the palace, and find out if the second prince also has any bad customs.
"General Liu, General Xiaomin, then let's leave for Piaoxiang Courtyard now?"
"Oh, okay, that subordinate person has thanked the third prince first."
"What does General Liu think, it seems to be a thoughtful picture?"
"It's just that I think I'm already a little too drunk, and I'm going to vomit on the horse later."
"General Liu is too humble, from my point of view, you are far from drinking high."
"The prince thinks too highly of me, I'm really a little top, but I guess I can still hold on to Piaoxiang Courtyard."
"That's very good, General Liu, General Xiaomin, please!"
"Wang Ye and Yang Gongzi first, please!" Because the rescuers have not come for a long time, now they can only follow the third prince to Piaoxiang Courtyard, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the third prince, and then I can only see the move. Seeing that Li Min and Ling Han both cast inquiring glances at him, he immediately nodded slightly.
The group just walked out of the gate of Qunfang Pavilion under the congratulations of the Qiuhua girl, and was blocked at the door by a four-carrying sedan chair, Liu Fan saw the sedan chair with a silver top and yellow cover, made of crimson satin curtains, and there were two guards with knives on each side, and said secretly in his heart, "Is it the rescue coming."
This time, he guessed correctly, a little boy estimated to be only thirteen or fourteen years old next to the sedan chair helped an old man with white hair out of the sedan chair, the third prince was stunned when he saw this person, and then walked quickly to the sedan chair and held the old man's arm with both hands, and said respectfully, "Grandpa Gu, what kind of wind blew you here?" ”
"Ouch, it's the third prince! You're killing an old slave. As he spoke, he immediately knelt down and bowed to the third prince.
Unexpectedly, the third prince held his arms tightly and said, "I don't dare to accept your old courtesy, what else do you need to go out of the palace in person?" Why don't you just send a kid out? ”
"Hey, I can't toss my old arms and legs for a few years, and I haven't been out of the palace for a few days, no, I just happened to have something today, so I asked Xiao Feizi to help me out to breathe."
"Don't say that, your body is healthy, it's no problem to live another twenty or thirty years, is there anything important about coming out today?"
"What's the matter, it's the master in the palace who wants to see General Liu and General Li from Liangzhou, so I didn't want to look for it all the way."
"Oh, how do you know that this General Liu and General Li are in this group of Fang Pavilions?"
"Look at what the prince said, although the old slave has stayed in the palace for many years and has not gone out, he also knows that the third prince rarely patronizes this group of Fang Pavilion, didn't you also find it here today?"
"That's, that's!" The third prince said with an embarrassed face.
"However, I'm going to give you advice on behalf of Miss Qiu, and you should also come over once in a while to take care of this group of Fang Pavilion's business!"
"Certainly, definitely, I used to do this a little inappropriately!"
Listening to Father-in-law Gu's words, Miss Qiuhua immediately stepped forward and saluted, and said respectfully, "The little girl is polite, thank you Grandpa Gu for speaking for me as a dusty woman." ”
"What kind of dust is not dusty, who on the ground in this capital still doesn't know the situation of your autumn girl. Okay, this is General Liu and General Li, let's follow our family now! ”
Since Father-in-law Gu was helped out of the sedan chair by the little eunuch called Xiao Feizi, Liu Fan, Li Min and others have been standing aside respectfully listening to Father-in-law Gu and the third prince talking, and when they heard Father-in-law Gu's public call, the two immediately stepped forward to salute Father-in-law Gu, and said in unison, "Shence Army (Shenwu Army) Sima Duwei Liu Fan (Li Min) has seen Father-in-law Gu. Seeing that the three princes all paid great respect to Gu Gonggong, the two of them did not dare to have the slightest disrespect or neglect for this person.
"Okay, okay, I'm just a messenger, and the two generals don't need to give me any official names at all."
"Yes, Grandpa Gu, let's call you grandpa like Sister Qiuhua, it's more than enough for me and Liu Fan to be a grandfather at your age!" Li Min stepped forward to help Gu Gonggong and said.
"Hehe, you are Li Xiang's daughter, yes, yes, Li Xiang's family has been guarding the northern border for the Great Qi for a long time, and the first emperor praised the Li family when he was alive, and now even the daughter of the Li family has taken off her red clothes and wore military uniforms, you call your grandfather an old slave but I am happy from the bottom of my heart!"
"Then Grandpa Gu, I'll help you get into the sedan chair, let's go back!"
"Hey, okay, let's go back to our lives, otherwise the master of the palace will complain about my old man."
When the group walked out of the land of a stone's throw, Liu Fan also saw the third prince and Yang Yu and others at the door of Qunfang Pavilion, as if they were congratulating Father-in-law Gu, but Liu Fan still found a trace of annoyance in his eyes, the designed plan was disrupted by the old eunuch for no reason, and there must be extreme resentment hidden under a kind face.
For Liu Fan, Li Min and others, they were deeply relieved, especially Ling Han, since she saw Xu Pan, she had been worried that her cousin would make trouble with the power of the third prince, and she was even more worried that the third prince himself was secretly dealing with Liu Fan, especially the third prince proposed to change to Piaoxiang Courtyard, Ling Han and Li Min thought that the third prince must have set up a situation in Piaoxiang Courtyard to be unfavorable to Liu Fan.
But although the two of them were extremely anxious, they couldn't think of any way at all, so they could only watch the third prince force Liu Fan to obediently follow him to Piaoxiang Courtyard, but in the end, it was a mountain and a heavy water with no way out, and another village was bright, and an old eunuch was killed halfway to stir up the situation, and now I really don't know how happy I am.
Turning around an intersection in front of him, Liu Fan saw that he was out of the sight of the third prince and the others, and after stepping forward to report to Gu Gonggong, he immediately arranged for Dong Zi and the three of them to escort Ling Han home, and asked Li Shoujing to quickly bring over the remaining six jars of wine.
Liu Fan and Li Min went all the way north under the guidance of the four sedan chairs, and entered the imperial city from the Hanguang Gate on the right hand, because it was led by the proud son of Gu Gonggong, the four guards with knives guarding the door let the group pass without asking, and continued to the north along Anfumen Street and entered the Taiji Palace from the Chengtian Gate.
Liu Fan felt that only the imperial part was larger than the ancient palace of later generations, not to mention the palace part and the emperor's office Daming Palace, as for the architectural scale and luxury of each palace, it was incomparable to the ancient palaces of later generations.
Although it is now the early spring, ten thousand trees are depressed, but the Taiji Palace does not seem to be a winter scene at all, the luxurious and exquisite design of the palace is hidden between the tall and straight pines and cypresses and the colorful plums, the clear pond water is like the source of the Yellow River Haizi dotted between the palaces, the pond is surrounded by a tree and weeping willows on all sides, each pond is connected with other ponds and waterways, the waterways are equipped with arched stone bridges, there are eunuchs and palace maids rowing small yachts in the pond from time to time, from Liu Fan's point of view, It is not an exaggeration to say that this scene is a fairy scene in the world, but at this time, Wei Xiaobao's famous sentence suddenly popped up in his mind - oh, what a big brothel!