Chapter Eighty-Three: Laying a Trap
"Wechen thank the emperor for his kindness, but since the princess has no intention of getting married, the minister respects the princess's choice."
Xiao Yan got up and explained what he meant to the emperor, then looked at Feng Yu and said, "The princess doesn't have to take this matter to heart. ”
The atmosphere became a little subtle and a little ambiguous, Feng Yu looked at Xiao Yan and smiled, and Xiao Yan also lowered his head and smiled.
The emperor looked at the two of them and sighed: "Okay, since you are all unwilling, then I will not force it." ”
"Your Majesty." Xiao Yan bowed his head and saluted, and then said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, Weichen will retire first." ”
"Stand down."
Xiao Yan glanced at Feng Yu when he left, and Feng Yu also looked at him at this time, looking at each other, and the two of them were self-evident.
After Xiao Yan left, the emperor looked at Feng Yu who was sitting next to him and asked, "Qiluo, tell my father honestly, why don't you want to get married?" ”
Feng Yu showed a trace of grievance, looked at the emperor and said, "Is my father so anxious to let his son marry?" ”
"Although the sons often make their fathers angry, the sons still listen to their fathers most of the time, and the father can't drive his sons because of this."
After listening to what Feng Yu said, the emperor finally couldn't help laughing, raised his hand and touched Feng Yu's head, and said: "It seems that you also know that you often make your father angry, but your father wants you to get married, but it is for your own good." ”
"My father has loved you since I was a child, and I am determined to give you the best things in the world, including your future husband, and my father will also choose the best man in the world for you."
Speaking of this, the emperor sighed lightly and continued: "Although my father is the king of a country, he will not be able to protect you one day. So before you are here, your father must find someone for you who can protect you throughout your life. ”
"So far, in the eyes of my father, only Xiao Yan is the most suitable."
"Xiao Yan's temperament is similar to yours, and my father can see that he is dedicated to you, and he will definitely not fail you."
When the emperor spoke, Feng Yu listened very carefully, and when she heard the back, her nose was a little sour.
"Father." Feng Yu got up and hugged the emperor, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Thank you father for thinking so much about your son, your son will never let my father worry about his son in the future." ”
The emperor lovingly stroked Fengyu's head and said, "Father only hopes that you will be safe and worry-free for the rest of your life, if you have someone who can protect you for the rest of your life, your father will feel much more at ease." ”
"Father, my sons are really reluctant to let you go." Feng Yu leaned on the emperor's chest and said coquettishly: "If the son wants to stay with his father for a few more years, the father will stop urging the son to get married." ”
As usual, as long as Feng Yu is coquettish, the emperor will be defeated, and he looked at Feng Yu with doting eyes and said, "Okay, everything depends on you." ”
And on this side, after Xiao Yan came out of the palace and returned to the General's Mansion, he immediately saw his subordinate Xie Feng.
"Xie Feng, I have a task for you."
Xie Feng knelt on one knee, clenched his fists and said, "The general just orders, and his subordinates will do their best." ”
"I want you to take the imperial examination."
"Yes, my subordinates obey." Xie Feng said without hesitation.
Xiao Yan was silent with a serious expression, and after a while, he said, "You go to Li Chengdong's mansion tomorrow, there is something you need to do." ”
"Yes, General."
The emperor handed over the imperial examination to Li Chengdong to be in charge, and Li Chengdong was so happy, because this is simply an errand to make money and water, like this kind of beauty, no one will not like it.
On the other side, when the vassal king Xiao Qishan learned that Li Chengdong was in charge of the imperial examination in Beijing, he sent his subordinate Jiang Ye to find Li Chengdong with his handwritten letter.
"My lord, there is a person outside the door who asks to see him, saying that he is a friend of the adult."
Li Chengdong was writing in the study, and when he heard the housekeeper's words, he frowned and said, "My friend? After thinking for a while, Li Chengdong said, "Bring him to me." ”
"Yes, sir."
After a while, the housekeeper came in with a man in blue, and the man in blue bent down slightly to Li Chengdong and said, "Master Li, little Jiang Ye." ”
Li Chengdong looked at him a few times, frowned, and said, "Do you know this official?" ”
Jiang Ye chuckled, took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Li Chengdong, and said, "Adults will understand after reading this letter." ”
Suspiciously took the letter, Li Chengdong opened the letter, only glanced at it, and then closed the letter nervously.
Jiang Ye next to him had a smile on his face, Li Chengdong glanced at him, and then said to the housekeeper standing next to him: "You go out first, no one is allowed to come in without my orders." ”
"Yes, sir."
After the housekeeper went out, Li Chengdong looked at Jiang Ye and said, "Jiang Gongzi, please take a seat." ”
Jiang Ye chuckled lightly and said, "Master Li, let's read the letter first." ”
The smile on his face suddenly froze, and Li Chengdong looked at Jiang Ye with some embarrassment, and then lowered his head and unfolded the letter to read it carefully.
After reading the letter, Li Chengdong walked to the desk, burned the letter, and then walked back to Jiang Ye and said, "I understand what Prince Xiao meant. ”
"Jiang Gongzi, you can live in the capital with peace of mind, and I will arrange everything."
"If the adults are so happy, then I will be relieved." Jiang Ye said with a smile, in fact, to put it bluntly, this is also a test of Xiao Qishan to Li Chengdong.
"My lord, someone outside the door asked to see him, saying that he was here to visit him."
The voice of the subordinate came, Li Chengdong glanced at Jiang Ye and said, "Let him wait in the front hall." ”
"Yes."
Xie Feng followed the housekeeper to the front hall, and after waiting for a while, he saw Li Chengdong and a man in blue coming, and looked at the man in blue curiously, Xie Feng felt that this man was a little strange.
"You're going to see me?"
Li Chengdong sat on the chair and looked at Xie Feng, Xie Feng stepped forward and bowed, "Little Xie Feng, I've seen Master Li." ”
"Say, what's the matter with finding this official?" Li Chengdong said in a light tone.
"The little one came to the adult today because he had something to ask for." Xie Feng said respectfully, then took out two letters and stepped forward and handed them to Li Chengdong.
Li Chengdong took the letter and opened it, and when he read the letter, Xie Feng took out something from his arms.
"This is a small filial honor to you."
Looking up, Li Chengdong's eyes flashed, looking at the stack of silver tickets in Xie Feng's hand, and said with a serious face: "What are you doing here?" ”
Xie Feng bent down and approached, and said with a flattering face: "Lord Li relieves the worries of the people, and his hard work is high, this is a small little heart. ”
"Bold!" Li Chengdong slapped the table hard, looked at Xie Feng and said sharply: "Are you bribing this official?" Who are you as an official? ”
If it were in normal times, Li Chengdong would definitely pretend to prevaricate, and then give the silver ticket to his subordinates. But today, Jiang Ye was watching from the side, and he didn't want Jiang Ye to sue Xiao Qishan about his case.
Xie Feng was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head and said, "The adults are angry, but the small ones don't dare." ”
"The little one just thinks that the adults share the worries and solve the problems of the people, and they admire it very much, so they want to pay tribute to the beating people."
"This official has been an official for many years, and he has always been honest and honest, and if you do this, this official can punish you for your crimes." Li Chengdong said with a serious face, looking very dignified.
"The adults forgive their sins, but the little ones know their mistakes." Xie Feng hurriedly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
Li Chengdong waved his hand pretending to be irritated and said, "Okay, you can go." ”
"Yes, the little one."
Before leaving, Xie Feng glanced at Jiang Ye, who had been standing silently next to him, and Jiang Ye was looking at him with a smile.
Back at the General's Mansion, Xie Feng told Xiao Yan what happened in Li Chengdong's Mansion, and after Xiao Yan heard it, he felt very strange.
"Li Chengdong is not a good thing." Xiao Yan snorted, "But it's a little strange that he actually rejected you." ”
"General, his subordinates found a person beside him." Xie Feng looked at Xiao Yan and said with some hesitation: "That person ...... The subordinates always felt that something was wrong. ”
Xiao Yan frowned slightly and asked, "Have you seen him?" ”
Shaking his head, Xie Feng said, "No." ”
After being silent for a while, Xiao Yan said: "You go to Li Chengdong's mansion again tomorrow, and this time you will prepare a generous gift, I don't believe that Li Chengdong will not take the bait." ”
"Yes, my subordinates understand."
The next day, Xie Feng brought a generous gift and came to Li Chengdong's mansion again.
This time, Xie Feng didn't see Jiang Ye, and Li Chengdong's attitude was unexpectedly much better than yesterday.
Li Chengdong looked at Xie Feng with a serious face and asked, "Why are you here again?" Although Li Chengdong's expression was serious, his tone of voice was much lighter than before.
"Please forgive me for being presumptuous." Xie Feng bent down and saluted, "Yesterday was a small thoughtless thought, which made adults misunderstand the small." ”
"Today, the little one specially prepared a small gift to apologize to the adults."
As he spoke, Xie Feng opened the wooden box on the ground, and then said to Li Chengdong: "Master Li is dignified, upright and upright for the official, and thinks about everything for the sake of the people. ”
"This little thing is far less than what the adults do for the Northern Capital, and I hope that the adults can do it."
got up and walked to the wooden box to take a look, Li Chengdong instantly showed joy, and the next moment, he still pretended to refuse: "These things, this official can't accept them." ”
Xie Feng had already seen Li Chengdong's reaction, he approached Li Chengdong and whispered: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, no one has seen the little one come to the adult's mansion." ”
Li Chengdong raised his eyes to look at him, and the two glanced at each other and understood each other's thoughts.
"Okay, since you're so sincere, then take it."
Li Chengdong called the housekeeper, carried the things down, and then said to Xie Feng: "Yesterday, the official read your letter of recommendation, and the letter said that you are a talented person and want to take the imperial examination?" ”
"Yes, the little one really wants to participate in this imperial examination, and I ask the adults to give the little one a chance." Xie Feng said respectfully to Li Chengdong.
Li Chengdong pretended to think for a while, and then said: "This matter will be considered by the official, you go back and wait for the news first." ”
"The little one thanked the adults first." Xie Feng bent down to thank him, a triumphant smile flashing across his face.
When the goal was achieved, Xie Feng left the Li Mansion, and when he walked to the door, Xie Feng met Jiang Ye and saw that he was looking at himself.