Chapter Seventy-Four: Gift-Giving Failure
It's the middle of November in a blink of an eye, less than half a month away from Nian'er's 100th birthday banquet, but Yang Xianrong asked several times, but Sima Zhen didn't say how his daughter should spend this important day. Nian'er is the only child born in the palace in the past ten years, whether it is for Sima Zhen or the entire royal family, it is of great significance, if it is not for Nian'er is a daughter's family, even the change of power of the entire Sima family may change. Although Nian'er is a princess, she is also the queen of Sima Zhen, which means that in the future, Sima Zhen may have more children, and it is not impossible to have another prince.
Sima Zhen also had no choice, of course he wanted to hold a lively 100-year-old banquet for his beloved daughter, but Sima Wang, the king of Qi, disagreed, on the grounds that the treasury was not full now, and it was really unnecessary to hold a meaningless 100-year-old banquet for a girl who didn't remember. Although Sima Zhen is the emperor, it can be said that it is Sima, who is unable to do anything in the face of the repeated refusals of the auxiliary king, and on the other hand, in the face of the queen's inevitability.
"King Qi has just set up a new prince, he didn't agree to hold a 100-year-old banquet for Nian'er, it was to tell the Manchu civil and military not to stand on the wrong team, and now he has the final say, no matter whether the queen is a princess or a prince, he has no ability to shake his auxiliary status." Sima Xuanhua came to visit Xiao Nian'er, looked at her sleeping little face, and said: "In my opinion, if Niangniang doesn't want to fight for Nian'er, it is better to show favor to King Qi and find out his attitude." ”
"Gestures?" Yang Xianrong thought for a while and said, "King Qi's eldest son Sima Chao got a son two days ago, and I have already asked someone to prepare a congratulatory gift," Yang Xianrong said and asked someone to send a gift list to Sima Xuanhua: "Look at it, what's wrong?" ”
Sima Xuanhua inspected the gift list, it was nothing more than ginseng, deer antler velvet and other tonic medicinal materials, although they were valuable, they were nothing outstanding.
"The King of Qi is romantic, I have heard before that he robbed the people's daughters in Beijing, ruined the family, and did not repent when he arrived in the fiefdom, which made him complain." Sima Xuanhua was by Jia Nanfeng's side back then, and heard a lot of the affairs of these princes, so he said: "He likes petite and delicate women, and he once sent people to Jiangnan to find beauties, but later because of the intervention of the princess, this matter did not work, and he regretted it very much." ”
"Gangnam people?" Yang Xianrong frowned and said, "Where am I going to get Jiangnan people now?" Besides, there is not enough time. ”
Sima Xuanhua smiled slyly and pointed at himself with his finger. When Jiafu was in full swing, Jia Mi was also lustful, and raised a lot of Maiko geisha in the house for their own enjoyment, after Jiafu was destroyed, Jia Mi a concubine named Xiao Yi escaped, she collected these Maiko, the older ones all found someone to marry, and the young ones did some private business for the pleasure of the dignitaries and nobles in the capital. There were also a few young and outstanding ones, and she hid them in case of an unexpected need in the coming year.
"This ...... You've been locked up in the palace for so long, how did you know about it? Yang Xianrong asked.
"My mother is too powerful, she knows in her heart that someone will overturn the world sooner or later, after my eldest sister got married, the second sister was relatively weak, so she gave me all the aftermath. Jia Mi's concubine was originally a female official of the Xianyang Palace, and she had the same temperament as me, and she was extremely loyal to her mother, and she lived in Jia because she was pregnant at the time
Before my mother was killed, I hadn't been locked up, she did her best to send me a message, telling me her plans, I wanted to find someone to rescue me, but I was taken a step ahead of Sima Lun, otherwise, now I can't stand in front of you. ”
Yang Xianrong was secretly surprised, when Empress Jia was abolished, the Jia family lost power instantly, the capital was turbulent, and some people even said that Jiafu was surrounded by a bloody atmosphere, but I didn't expect that in this case, this concubine actually left a queen for Jiafu, and could still save some forces to protect Empress Jia's daughter. If Sima Xuanhua didn't say this, Yang Xianrong would not have known, and now that she said it, she threw an olive branch to her, because she knew that Yang Xianrong would have to rely on her to protect Nian'er, and she didn't have much ability, so she could provide some help. And the reason why she chose Yang Xianrong is because there is no one else in the palace to choose from, she wants to seek a future for herself, so she can only find Yang Xianrong, who is also weak but has the heart to say something.
After the plan was decided, Yang Xianrong immediately asked people to go out of the palace to contact Yangfu, and Yangfu handed over Sima Xuanhua's handwriting and a token to Jia Mi, the concubine who had been renamed Nanxingyi. At this time, Nanxingyi lived in a large courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing, and there were three big black characters in the middle of the courtyard gate. This courtyard does not entertain guests, but only accepts the gifts of those dignitaries before dark, and then sends the girl they fancy to the carriage that comes to pick them up.
The arrival of the sheep made the servant in the porter stunned for a moment, he took the token, did not dare to delay for a moment, and went to find his master, and after a while, the man returned, handed the token back, and bowed and led him inside. Passing through the hall, the two came to a side courtyard, where the man nodded at him and turned away, and the sheep walked into the house with a hard head.
The room was warm and simplely furnished, and a woman in her twenties, unpowdered, was standing in the middle of the room, looking a little anxious and a little surprised.
The sheep attached a salute to the woman and said, "Under the sheep attached, I was entrusted by someone to come to deliver the letter." May I ask if you are Miss Nan? ”
The woman nodded: "I'm Nanxingyi." As he spoke, he took out a small seal from his body, flattened the white handkerchief in his hand, and after covering it, the four small words "Southbound Yiyin" appeared on the handkerchief.
The sheep took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to the woman's hands.
The woman read the letter, tears were already pouring down, her hands trembled slightly, and after reading the letter, she wiped her tears and said, "Let Your Excellency see and smile." Then he hurriedly asked the sheep to sit down, called someone to serve tea, and said, "If I am not mistaken, Your Excellency is the brother of the Queen of the Sheep." Yang Fu nodded, and Nanxing Yi said: "Then do you know the content of this letter?" ”
Sheep Fu shook his head, "I'm just a messenger. ”
Nan Xingyi smiled: "It was written in the letter that Queen Yang rescued the two daughters of the first queen, and the third princess knew how to repay her kindness and asked me to help the queen." ”
Yang Fu frowned slightly, he really didn't know what his sister was going to do, but he also trusted Yang Xianrong, no matter what she was going to do, he believed that she would not do anything wrong and would do her best to help, just like this time to send a letter, he didn't know what place this was, and he didn't know who this woman was, but he still didn't say anything
Saying that's the completion of this mission.
Nan Xingyi looked at Yang Fu, and said: "Uncle Yangguo, please also bring a reply letter to the queen's mother, the third princess asked in the letter, I am afraid that the slave family will definitely do their best to help." ”
This is also a great opportunity for Nanxingyi, before Sima Lun was in power, she swallowed all her hatred, gave him and Sun Xiu money and gave them away, coaxing the two of them to be happy, so that this little-known courtyard became the most remembered place for dignitaries and nobles. Now that Sima is in power, she is very afraid that he will turn over the old accounts of Xingyifang and Sima Lun, so she still entrusts a lot of money and silver to send to filial piety, but Sima doesn't eat her set, he accepts everything sent by others, but everything sent by Xingyifang is returned.
The two parties hit it off, and a few days later, one evening, the prison who set out from the palace took the sheep to offer great kindness, and went to the palace of the king of Qi with the precious medicinal materials of various flavors, and at the same time, the two fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls carefully selected by the king of Qi also set off from the suburbs of Beijing and were carried all the way to the palace of the king of Qi by a sedan chair.
I thought that Yang Xianrong's overture this time would allow King Qi to temporarily put aside his prejudices, but he didn't expect that King Qi still didn't accept anything they sent, and retreated back intact, and even the girl from the Xingyi Fang was happily sent back, so Yang Xianrong and Sima Xuanhua were confused.
"King Qi has no intention of befriending Niangniang, but I'm afraid that Niangniang's life will not be easy in the future." Sima Xuanhua is not worried, this gift is the advantages and disadvantages of half, if it is done well, the two parties are happy, if it is not done well, the king of Qi is not very concerned with the harem, and I am afraid that in the future, he will also focus on the Xianyang Palace, and in the future, the hundred officials in the court will no longer put the sheep in the eyes of the middle palace.
Sure enough, Sima once again rejected the little princess's 100-day banquet on the pretext that the treasury was not full, and hundreds of officials in the court seconded the proposal, and Shengsheng made a little baby's 100-year-old banquet a major event in the court.
Yang Xianrong is angry but there is nothing she can do, the dignified princess is just having a 100-year-old banquet but she has to look at other people's faces, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable, if one day, Sima is difficult to tolerate herself, the sins suffered by the second princess and the third princess in the past may become the sins that Nian'er will suffer in the future.
"Sima has only been in power for a few months," Sun said, "and it made the heavens angry and resentful, and you see that everyone in the court echoed him, but in fact, in his heart, I am afraid that he is not very convinced." He lived a luxurious life in the palace every day, and the affairs of the court and the central government were handled according to his preferences, and the courtiers relied on the soldiers in his hands, and they dared not speak out, but there was always a day when they broke out. ”
"Sima is not someone we can rely on," Sima Xuanhua also said: "Nian'er's 100th birthday banquet is just a trivial matter, but it is enough to see that he is not satisfied with you, and I am afraid that it will be a matter of his words after the abolition." It's one thing for someone to oppose him, but if Niangniang suffers miserably before he falls, wouldn't it be even more pitiful for Nian'er? ”
"In that case," Yang Xianrong exhaled faintly, and said heavily, "let's find a way to replace him." 2k reading network