Not long after the end of the year, it was the day of Liu Ling and Sima Zun's wedding. Because of the illustrious family backgrounds of these two people, the wedding was naturally lively. Sima Zun is a royal child, and his wedding was given a lot of things by the emperor, and Liu Ling is the sister of Yang Xianrong and Jin Lan, naturally, the queen also rewarded a lot of dowry. The emperor and queen gave gifts respectively, which really made the guests at the scene envious.

Xianyang Hall came to give gifts to a big eunuch next to Yang Xianrong, called Zhang Hui, before Jia Nanfeng was still the queen, he was on duty in Xianyang Palace, and later Yang Xianrong entered the palace, he became a eunuch in charge of affairs by virtue of his qualifications, and because of his sweet mouth, he was also quite liked by Yang Xianrong.

In Chengdu Palace, after he presented the gift from the queen in public, he invited the maid beside Liu Ling to the side, and took out a piece of crystal clear jade from his arms, which was somewhat similar to the jade that Liu Ling gave to Yang Xianrong, but it was not the same, this jade was slightly larger, and only one side was engraved with the word "Fu". Zhang Hui handed over the jade to the maid and explained: "Niangniang said, when she married Jinlan with Miss Liu, Miss gave her jade, and the jade Niangniang still wears it close to her body and protects her." Now that Miss is getting married, she returns it with jade, and the word blessing is engraved on the jade, praying that God will bless Miss Liu with a hundred blessings, such as the blessing of the sky, and she will be blessed with a long life in the future. ”

The maid took the jade and knelt down to thank her. Then she took the jade into the house, handed it to Liu Ling, and brought the words to her, Liu Ling hurriedly asked people to take two taels of silver and send it to Zhang Hui, which was regarded as an expression of gratitude.

"Miss, the queen mother has a heart." The maid said.

Liu Ling smiled softly, put away the jade properly, and then said: "Of course, the heart of a sister is sincere, I only want a long road, and this sincerity can never change." ”

Zhang Hui sent things and was ready to return to the palace, before he went out, he was blocked by a person, Zhang looked back, that person and Yang Xianrong looked a little similar, I think it was the queen's mother's family, but he sent rewards to the sheep family many times, but he had never seen this person, thought about it, this person was afraid that the sheep family was the second young master who was on an errand beside General Liu.

Zhang Hui immediately lowered his body, bowed, and said, "Uncle Guo." ”

Yang Ting smiled, sure enough, he was an errand man in the palace, and this brain was the light. He took out a silver ingot from his arms, which weighed five taels, and he stuffed the silver into Zhang Hui's hand, and said, "I don't know what my father-in-law is called?" ”

"The slave's surname is Zhang, and the single name is a Huizi." Zhang Hui didn't know what Yang Ting was going to do, he was holding the ingot of silver in his hand, and he didn't dare to put it up, and he couldn't go back if he retreated.

"Grandpa Zhang." Yang Ting asked slightly: "I just want to ask about the current situation of the queen mother, you know that I am a brother all the year round, I have not seen her since she entered the palace, the queen mother was brought up by me, how is she doing now, of course I am worried about being a brother." ”

"The mother is very good." Zhang replied: "Niangniang is naturally also concerned about the family, and often tells the minions about interesting things at home before. ”

"That's good, that's good." Yang Ting patted Zhang Hui on the shoulder, took him and led him to a corner with few people, and asked a little mysteriously: "I want to ask my father-in-law about something, I don't know if my father-in-law is convenient or not?" ”

"Uncle Guo, please speak." Zhang replied.

Yang Ting hesitated again and again, and said: "I have been away for many years, and I don't know much about things at home, so I want to ask, every time I communicate with the queen at home, is it my eldest brother who comes forward?" ”

Zhang Hui's eyes rolled, although he didn't know what Yang Ting meant, but he still said: "Every time the slave goes to Yangfu to spread the decree and send the seal."

The rewards are all received by the head of the Yang family, Lord Xuanzhi personally, and as for the eldest young master of the Yang family, there are not many slaves. ”

Yang Ting scratched his head and said, "I don't mean this, I mean, the private message exchange between the mother and the family." ”

Zhang Hui frowned, not quite understanding and asked, "Private message?" Then he suddenly realized that he said: "Everything sent into the palace from outside the palace must be carefully screened, and the private message you are talking about is a family letter, right?" Well, the slave seems to have heard that it was indeed done by the eldest young master himself, after all, it is not convenient for Lord Yang and Mrs. Yang to travel so far, and the family is afraid that the next person will lose the letter, so this matter is done by the eldest young master himself. ”

Yang Ting was a little anxious, his hand gestured twice in the air, and said, "It's not a family letter, it's a ......" He lowered his voice a little more, and said, "Private message, understand?" It's the kind that can't be checked. ”

Zhang Hui was taken aback, he took a step back, waved his hand again and again, and said: "The second young master doesn't dare to joke and send letters privately, that's a great crime, there was a beauty who found someone else to communicate with her mother's family in the past, and was discovered by Queen Jia, and the beauty and her family were sentenced to death." ”

Seeing Zhang Hui's appearance, Yang Ting knew that he couldn't ask anything, he pointed to the ingot of silver given to him, and said: "It's a small meaning, it's not a respect, and I ask my father-in-law to laugh at it, as for what I asked my father-in-law about recently, I also ask my father-in-law to keep it secret for me." ”

Zhang replied "yes" and left.

Yang Ting sighed and continued to eat the wedding wine. The reason why he had doubts about Yang Xiang and Yang Xianrong was because the two days in Fuzhong were different from the past, he had been in the army for many years and had developed a skill, among them, his observation became more and more keen. After the Shangyuan Festival, Yangfu was obviously busy, and he also saw him burn a letter on the candle flame with his own eyes, and after that, he secretly followed him, only to find that he did not go anywhere else except to teach at the academy, which made his suspicions even greater.

Back at the banquet, Yang Xuanzhi asked curiously, "Where did you go?" ”

Yang Ting responded: "I met an acquaintance." ”

Yang Xuanzhi immediately said: "You are now half of the people in the court, the people who came to the wedding banquet today are all nobles, you don't have to lose your manners, I always feel that you are not a matter by Liu Yuan's side, to put it nicely, you are a deputy general, but the grade is not in the stream, your identity is different now, return to Beijing earlier, you can always get a good errand, and the five and four grades are not a problem." ”

Why doesn't Yang Ting want to go back to Beijing? used to shoot Sun Xiu's sycophants, and there was finally some hope for returning to Beijing, but Sima Lun actually stepped down, and now Sima doesn't take the sheep family seriously at all, his father once visited in person, Sima closed the door, and he also prepared a heavy gift to ask to see him after returning to Beijing, and people directly released the words, if it is for the Hanguang townsman to come to see him, he is welcome, if he comes by himself, he will go back. Naturally, the sheep returned home in a gloomy and gray manner. Yang Ting didn't like King Qi, and King Qi's reign made him feel deeply worried, afraid that at some point, the Yang family would suddenly fall into ruin.

"Father," Yang Ting asked in a low voice: "The king of Chengdu is the son of the first emperor, and he is the younger brother of His Majesty the dynasty. ”

"The strength of the king of Chengdu is not enough, and the popularity of the king of Hejian is not enough." Yang Xuanzhi said: "Only the king of Qi has the blessing of his father's shadow and has a high prestige, so he ascended to the position of auxiliary government." ”

"But his prestige is almost lost now, and no one wants to replace him?" Yang Ting asked.

Yang Xuanzhi suddenly glared at Yang Ting fiercely and scolded: "This is."

On what occasion, how dare you say such a rebellious thing? ”

Yang Ting looked around, and no one paid attention to them, who still takes their Yang family seriously among the powerful people now? Yang Ting glanced at Yang Xuanzhi, he didn't feel anything wrong because of today's cold treatment, in his mind, he was the head of the dynasty and a member of the first class, although it was just a false position, but he could also comfort the ancestors and ancestors, the Yang family not only did not collapse in his hands, but really revived.

Yang Ting looked down on such a Yang Xuanzhi, in the past, Yang Xuanzhi worried about the Yang family every day, he still felt that his father was at least an ambitious person, such a person, once he got the opportunity, he would soar and soar into the sky. But now it seems that Yang Xuanzhi just has a vanity, and he doesn't mention it.

was thinking about the things inside and outside here, the groom official came to toast, Yang Xuanzhi was very happy, raised his wine glass, nodded at Sima Zun, and bowed respectfully. Yang Ting was disgusted again, Sima Zun was just a gentleman with no royal status, with neither power nor any future, and there was no need for his father to be so inferior.

Yang Ting was angry, and when Sima Zun left, he left the wine table again under the pretext of convenience. When they reached the edge of the hut, three or four people came out surrounded by one of them, and the man was very drunk, but his mouth shouted, "You fools, what do you care about me?" It's not me getting married, it's not me going into the cave room, taking care of my brother, let him take it easy tonight. With that, he burst out laughing.

"Lord Shizi, you take it easy." A minion next to him tightly held the master who was about to fall.

Yang Ting knew who this person was, he was Sima Pu, the son of the king of Chengdu. He wanted to go up to say hello, but he saw that the person was so drunk that he forgot to say hello when he woke up, so he ignored him and walked to the hut by himself.

"Why don't you salute when you see this king?" Sima Pu stopped Yang Ting and scolded: "Do you know who I am? ”

Yang was very patient, gave Sima Pu a salute, and said obediently: "I have seen the prince of the world." ”

Sima Pu was amused, he raised his hand, made the sheep stand up, and continued to say with a big tongue: "Who are you?" Tell me? I like you, when my father becomes the crown prince, he will be able to become the emperor, and when he becomes the emperor, I will let him promote you and make you a big official. Sima Pu opened his teeth and claws and said, "Waiting? How about a product in the morning? ”

Sima Pu was drunk, and the people around him covered his mouth, and one of them glared at Yang Ting: "What are you looking at?" Why don't you get out of here? ”

Yang Ting nodded, forgot to go to the hut, turned his head and walked away. The so-called drunken talk is usually drunk and spit out the truth, and then looking at the nervous appearance of the people around Sima Pu, Yang Ting basically believes that Sima Pu's words about his father going to be the prince are true.

Today's prince of the East Palace is a child set up by Sima, and the child's father is an idle clan with no power and power, and Sima made him the prince of course in order to be able to control him, and the court has been in his hands since then. And Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, and the king of Qi may not be of the same mind, how can the king of Qi be stupid enough to replace the current prince and let a person who is a threat to him enter the East Palace?

Yang Ting keenly felt that something was going to happen in the palace Xu is going to happen, maybe as he wished, the King of Qi would soon be ousted from power, and the King of Chengdu would become an auxiliary government, and he wanted to be the prince and the prince, and even learn from Sima Lun again, and it was not impossible to abolish the emperor and ascend the throne himself.

Yang Ting glanced at Yang Xuanzhi, who was calm and relaxed, from a distance, and turned his head out of the Chengdu Palace.