The mansion of the university scholar Suo Etu is located in the Xizhi Gate of Jiucheng, Suo Etu's late father Sonny was the head of the four auxiliary ministers, and there are 100,000 snowflakes of silver in the Qing Governor's Mansion in the past three years, not to mention the first assistant of the dynasty, so Suo Etu now lives in this mansion is not only luxurious and extravagant, but the number and area of the fine house are not comparable to the general princes and ministers. Not to mention anything else, just the back garden full of pavilions and rockeries covers an area of 18 acres.

Su Malagu carefully carried a delicate food box, along the winding garden path, the clam shell paved path stepped on it creaked, crisp and pleasant, breathing the fresh air that makes people feel happy after the snow, looking at the rockery pavilion covered in silver, as well as the green and clear lake water and bright red plum blossoms, as beautiful as a picture, several times let Su Malagu greedy to see the scenery and forget to walk, but the scene often thinks. It wasn't until the sound of Ding Ding Dongdong's piano in the depths of the rockery that Su Malagu woke up from her first dream, quickly quickened her pace, bypassed a pressurized water arch bridge, and came to a delicate and elegant study.

"It's coming, it's coming." Su Malagu's pretty face was a little hot, and she pushed open the door of the study that was deliberately surrounded by green vines, and said angrily to the young scholar who stroked the piano in the study: "I know that you are hungry, but people are just greedy for a while, and you don't need to play the piano to urge others, right?" ”

"Wan Niang, why did I urge you?" Wu Ciyou stopped stroking the qin, smiled and asked in surprise: "I just played the piano to relax my chest, you eavesdropped on my piano, I haven't blamed you, why did you blame me first?" ”

"Hmph, I know that you barbarian scholars have a stake in your mouth, and I don't fight with you." Su Malagu glanced at the charming Hengwu Ciyou, put the food box on the table, took out four exquisite side dishes and a pot of warm rice wine, and greeted: "Come and eat, I will personally cook four side dishes for you, try my craftsmanship." As she spoke, Su Malagu lifted the ivory chopsticks inlaid with gold, took a fragrant side dish and fed it to Wu Ciyou's mouth, and asked softly, "Is it delicious?" ”

"It's delicious." Wu Ciyou tasted the dish carefully, and felt that the dish was delicate and fragrant, and it was extremely delicious, but when he tasted it again, he found that the main ingredient of the dish turned out to be an ordinary eggplant, and he couldn't help but admire: "Wan Niang's cooking skills, it is really unparalleled in the world, and it is unparalleled in the world, I can't imagine that this ordinary eggplant is so delicious." Wan Niang, how do you cook, can you teach Xiaosheng a lesson or two? ”

"As far as your mouth is sweet, this is just a home-cooked eggplant, have you ever eaten it in Lord Suo's mansion?" Su Malagu glanced at her sweetheart again, but she couldn't help but say: "Actually, this dish is not difficult to make, take off the new eggplant buds in April and May, remove the skin and pulp, as long as the meat is clean, cut into hair-thin silks, dry it, take a fat hen, rely on the old soup, put the chicken soup steamed in the steamer on this eggplant into the flavor, and then take it out to dry." In this way, nine steamed and nine dried, it must be crispy, and it is tightly sealed in a porcelain jar, and when you want to eat, take out a plate and mix it with fried chicken and melon seeds (Note 1). ”

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful." Wu Ciyou was born in a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, and he does often eat such home-cooked dishes, but in order to please his lover, Wu Ciyou still applauded and praised: "Cooking small and fresh is like governing a big country, light and heavy, salty and light, the most difficult to tidy, Wan Niang is proficient in cooking fresh and governing the country, and she is really a heroine among women." Today, long live to have a strange woman like Wan Niang to complement it, it is really a blessing to live and a blessing to the world. ”

"you, the more you talk about it, the more unkind it becomes." Su Malagu was praised by Wu Ciyou so sweetly that she was happy, but she raised chopsticks in her hand to fight. While the lovers were playing, the frightened voice of the Suofu slave suddenly came from outside the house, "The grass people knock to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou knew that Kangxi must have come, so they hurriedly left their seats and knelt down, sure enough, the door was pushed open, and a cold wind blew in first, and then Kangxi appeared angrily in front of Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou, followed by Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch of Da Nei, and Cao Yin, another confidant of Kangxi.

"The grass people (slaves and maids) knock on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live." Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou bowed to Kangxi respectfully, and Kangxi pursed his lips without saying a word, and even forgot to call Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou flat, after a long time, Kangxi finally squeezed out a voice mixed with yin wind from between his teeth, "Wu Yingxiong, I swear to kill you!" ”

"Last night's rescue failed!" Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou were both extremely smart people, and they immediately guessed that Wei Dongting and the others' operation to rescue Shi Jianmei had failed. Aunt Su Mala boldly asked, "Your Majesty, how is your little Wei Zi and their situation?" Is there any loss of manpower? ”

"Shi Longbiao and the twenty good fighters of the good fighting camp are all broken." Kangxi gritted his teeth and said: "The others, including Hu Gongshan and Xiao Weizi, were all injured a lot, the donkey broke his right hand, and Mu Zixu's kidney was severely damaged, and I am afraid it will be difficult to have children in this life." Speaking of this, Kangxi finally couldn't contain the anger in his heart, kicked Wu Ciyou's dinner table over, and roared angrily: "The most hateful thing is that Wu Yingxiong's traitor actually used Hu Gongshan's junior sister to protect him and seriously injured my henchmen!" Over the years, I have spent countless efforts and financial resources, and I have painstakingly cultivated a good hand to balance Aobai, but I almost wiped out the whole army overnight! ”

Kangxi is indeed about to explode, since he ascended the throne for eight years, he has been working hard to overthrow the power of Aobai, and even the princes and ministers of the rivers and lakes have been entangled in the back house of Aobai, and it is not easy to gain the upper hand this year, just waiting for the last blow to completely knock down Aobai and lead the dynasty! But in one day and one night, because of Wu Yingxiong's sudden defection to Aobai, Aobai's strength increased greatly and Kangxi's hands and feet were damaged, and Kangxi's internal line was also wiped out, so that the strength comparison between Kangxi and Aobai returned to the original point, and I don't know how much effort and money it would take to establish a force, how can Kangxi not be angry?

"You're all on the safe side." Kangxi sighed and said to Wu Ciyou: "Mr. Wu, I feel very uncomfortable, let Cao Yin tell you the details of last night, you can give me an idea, and see what I should do next." Kangxi shook his head and sighed: "I used to underestimate this Wu Yingxiong too much, I haven't even met him over the years, and I was deceived by his timid appearance, but I didn't expect him to be so powerful, it was I who killed Shi Daxia and them." ”

"The emperor should not be angry." When Wu Ciyou listened to Cao Yin's introduction, he thought for a moment and then said slowly: "The anger of the Son of Heaven is bleeding. If the emperor is angry with Wu Yingxiong, he will take his life, if he is angry and does not kill, his subordinates will follow suit, what is the king? What is a minister? Besides, Wu Yingxiong is treacherous and incomparable, and everything is expected to be the first thing, if such a person is not killed, it will become a big disaster in the future. ”

"Why don't I want to cut him with a thousand knives?" Kangxi gritted his teeth and said: "But killing Wu Yingxiong is tantamount to forcing Wu Sangui to rebel, the current dynasty is sluggish, and the court is controlled by the traitor, if Wu Sangui suddenly rebels against the sky, how can such a court quell the rebellion?" Kangxi gritted his teeth and added: "And the ancestor is also against killing Wu Yingxiong now, thinking that Wu Yingxiong still has the value of enveloping." ”

"The emperor must not hesitate, Wu Ying is resourceful, and he is backed by Wu Sangui's big tree, if he is not removed as soon as possible, he is afraid that the damage will be even greater in the future." Wu Ciyou blinked his delicate eyes, but what came out of his mouth was a ruthless voice, "Of course, the emperor doesn't have to personally order Wu Yingxiong to be killed, last night's battle, Wu Yingxiong used Li Yuliang to prevent trouble for himself, although he was ingenious, he had offended Hu Gongshan's brothers and sisters, and Wu Yingxiong's refuge was the mortal enemy of Heaven and Earth, and Heaven and Earth would have a huge power in the rivers and lakes, and there would be many dead soldiers in the meeting, so it was no problem to clean up Wu Yingxiong." If the emperor asks Hu Gongshan and Li Yuliang to come forward to organize and get rid of Wu Yingxiong with the help of the chivalrous warriors of the rivers and lakes or the Tiandihui, he can not only blame others, but also take the opportunity to encircle some martial arts warriors who are interested in the Celestial Empire, and he will definitely be able to make up for last night's losses. ”

"This ......." Kangxi was a little moved, if according to what Wu Ciyou said, it is indeed not difficult to remove Wu Yingxiong, and the good players who were good at fighting the camp last night can also make up for it, and even strengthen it, the real best of both worlds. Seeing Kangxi's hesitation, Wu Ciyou misunderstood Kangxi's meaning, and said with a smile: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, although most of the people in the rivers and lakes are dissatisfied with the Celestial Empire, their hatred for Wu Sangui is far above their hatred of the Celestial Empire. ”

"Rong Zhen think about this matter again, Su Ma, you can take Mr. Wu to meet Hu Gongshan and Li Yuliang first, and test their tone." Kangxi gritted his teeth and replied. Although Kangxi did not agree with Wu Ciyou's suggestion, Kangxi knew Wu Ciyou's character of doing what he said, as long as Wu Ciyou went to see the two of them, he would definitely incite Hu Gongshan's brothers and sisters to do so, which was tantamount to secretly agreeing to Wu Ciyou's idea.

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"Ahh Ahh Wu Yuanming sneezed twice in a row, and the snot and saliva that spewed out suddenly splashed the dishes on the table, and Princess Jianning, who was busy drinking for Wu Yuanming, took out a handkerchief, wiped off the snot for Wu Yuanming in person, and said gently: "E, did you catch a cold when you walked in the cold wind just now?" Do you want the concubine to send you a few imperial doctors to diagnose and treat? After that, Princess Jianning instructed her personal maid Linghe again: "Go, let the kitchen make a few more dishes and change these dishes." ”

"No, no." Wu Yuanming waved his hand, "You don't need to change the dishes, just settle for it." The imperial doctor doesn't need to pass it on, this son is not a cold, someone is calculating this son behind his back, and his sixth sense is very smart. Speaking of this, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but teach Princess Jianning a lesson: "Princess, it's not that the prince of this world said you, although the imperial court has regulations that the princess's meal is sixty-four dishes, but in our family, there is no need to be so pompous, save some if you can." There are so many flowers in Beijing, you can save one dish at a meal, and you can make the family eat a full meal. ”

"The concubine respects her husband's life." Princess Jianning replied with low eyebrows, and then ordered: "Linghe, you go and arrange, from today onwards, the number of dishes in the palace will be reduced to sixteen, and the money saved will buy some house slaves for the family, and buy those who are dying of hunger." ”

"Huh? So obedient? There is pubic hair! Wu Yuanming was confused by Princess Jianning's attitude, and said that Lao Tzu wanted to save some money and call Huazi because Lao Tzu had received a humane education in the 21st century, and the women of the Xinjue Luo family who love Xinjue Luo will also feel sorry for the people? Is the sun coming out of the west? Wu Yuanming was indeed confused, originally he came to Princess Jianning's room to prepare to welcome Princess Jianning to cry, make trouble and hang herself, who knew that Princess Jianning not only did not mention the fact that she was beaten by Wu Yuanming yesterday, but instead asked the pretty maids to prepare a table of wine and food to entertain Wu Yuanming according to court etiquette, this is also the first time in fifteen years of marriage that Wu Yuanming has eaten at the same table with Princess Jianning, which makes Wu Yuanming even more sure that there is pubic hair in it!

Wu Yuanming and Princess Jianning didn't have much appetite, and when they were full, there were still more than nine-tenths of the sixty-four dishes left, and many dishes had not been moved, and Princess Jianning asked her subordinates to reward the food to the newly bought poor slaves, so she asked Wu Yuanming softly: "Efu, today I suddenly invited the concubine to your study, do you have anything to tell the concubine?" ”

"There are a few little things I want to discuss with you." Wu Yuanming picked his teeth with a toothpick, and said in a big way: "The first thing is the matter of red peony, that little girl likes it very much and decided to take her in." ”

"Since the prince has taken a fancy to the red peony, it is also her blessing." Princess Jianning played with her handkerchief and said: "But the appearance of the girl in the red peony is very good, and she can look at her eyes, and she will feel distressed, the prince accepts her as a concubine, she can help the concubine take care of the forehead attachment more, and the concubine is also relieved." ”

"Yikes!" The toothpick in Wu Yuanming's hand immediately fell to the ground, and it took a while to pick up the teacup, taste the tea and say: "This second thing is related to the princess, your other three girls, Xiangzhu, Linghe and Yunsleeve are not young, and it just so happens that there are three family slaves under the son of this world, that is, Wu Lu, Wu Shou and Wu Xi, and they have also reached the age of marriage." According to the prince of this world, let them be rationed to the three brothers of the Wu family in turn, what does the princess think? ”

"No problem." Princess Jianning agreed: "Wu Lu and his three brothers are also Han army bannermen, as long as they do not violate the law that Manchu and Han cannot intermarry, you have to say it." Princess Jianning turned to the three pretty maids who were already red-faced, and shouted: "The prince personally acts as a matchmaker for you, why are you three so unruly?" Still not thanking the son? ”

"Pu! Ahem, ahem! Although Wu Yuanming quickly squirted out a mouthful of tea, a lot of water still flowed into the trachea, and he suddenly coughed out of breath. Princess Jianning hurried over, and personally leaned on her back for Wu Yuanming and said softly: "Shizi, drink slowly, don't choke." ”

"Ahem, I'm fine, I'm fine, cough." Wu Yuanming finally coughed up the tea, and looked suspiciously at Princess Jianning, who was mediocre but trying to pretend to be charming, and said in his heart that this Tyrannosaurus rex must have pubic hair, but what exactly is she going to do? And Princess Jianning tried to smile coquettishly, and said softly: "Shizi, apart from these two things, is there anything else to order?" ”

"And one last thing." Wu Yuanming slapped his palms, and the three brothers of the Wu family, who were smiling, immediately went out, and after a while, the three brothers escorted Shi Jianmei in. Because Ao Bai knew that Wu Yuanming was a soft-footed chicken who didn't know any martial arts, so before sending Shi Jianmei to Wu Yuanming's house for detention, Ao Bai had forced Shi Jianmei to take the loose gong of the Great Inner Secret Transmission, and temporarily dispersed Shi Jianmei's martial arts. Therefore, although Shi Jianmei struggled repeatedly, she could not break free from the rope all over her body, and could only scold Wu Yuanming, "Little traitor, dog traitor, you actually killed my father-in-law, you can't die well!" ”

"You scolded this son of the world as a traitor, then your father-in-law Shi Longbiao was originally a detective in Nanming, but later took refuge in the imperial court, isn't he a traitor? Your stepfather is a traitor, so what are you? Wu Yuanming's question made Shi Jianmei speechless. Wu Yuanming snorted coldly, then turned to Princess Jianning and said, "Princess, please look, this is the fiancée of Lord Wei Dongting Wei, Miss Shi Jianmei." ”

"She's Shi Jianmei?" Princess Jianning has long heard of the name of this woman who disturbed the two families of Ao Bai and Wu Yingxiong, and when she looked at Shi Jianmei's appearance carefully, Princess Jianning couldn't help but feel sour, this Shi Da girl's facial features are far better than Princess Jianning, not to mention, compared to the most beautiful red peony around Princess Jianning, although the skin is not as white and tender as the average lady, but it is a healthy and smooth wheat color. And Shi Jianmei's fiery figure with a forehead higher than Wu Yuanming is even more attractive, just that pair of slender and straight legs is enough to make any man's heart move, even Wu Yuanming, who is not lustful, swallowed his saliva when he saw it, and said that it was too cheap Wei Dongting's kid.

"Princess, I think you know what happened last night." Wu Yuanming sighed and said: "I don't want to say more, in short, just because this son didn't know that Miss Jianmei was an undercover agent of Lord Wei Dongting who was ambushed by Lord Ao Xiangye, so he casually asked Jianmei, but he didn't expect to break into such a monstrous disaster, and he blamed this son for not being good." ”

"Do you want to be shameless?" Including the three brothers Wu Lu and Princess Jianning, everyone sneered at Wu Yuanming's shameless defense, but everyone else despised Wu Yuanming in their hearts, only Shi Jianmei scolded, "Shameless dog thief!" Despicable and indecent! Yesterday you were my Dongting brother, so you ran to Aobai to expose my identity, and later killed my father-in-law, you still have the face to say that you are unintentional, how thick is your cheek? ”

"It's a little thicker than the walls." Wu Yuanming replied in his heart, pretended to be distressed, shook his head and said: "Miss Shi, whether you believe it or not, in short, your father-in-law's death has nothing to do with me, the gunpowder was prepared by Ao Xiangye, forcing your father-in-law to save you is also Ao Xiangye's idea, if you want to take revenge, you can go to find Ao Xiangye." Speaking of this, Wu Yuanming tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Princess, in order to compensate for the mistakes of this son, I have already asked Jianmei from Ao Xiangye. From today onwards, I will hand over Jianmei to you, if you want, let her replace the lack of red peony and be your personal maid. ”

"What?" Now Princess Jianning and Shi Jianmei are confused, Wu Yuanming has already formed an enmity with Wei Dongting, and now Shi Jianmei is handed over to Princess Jianning intact, what does this mean? Not only Princess Jianning, but even the three brothers of the Wu family were confused, and said in their hearts, is our master dizzy and handed over this scourge to Princess Jianning? Isn't it tantamount to letting this scourge go?

"Shit, idiot!" Wu Yuanming got angry when he saw Princess Jianning's stupid appearance, and said in his heart, "Don't you see that Lao Tzu wants to ease relations with your emperor's nephew?" Do you really want your honorary husband and your nephew to fight to the death, so that Ao Bai and Bambur can take advantage of it? Wu Yuanming said in his heart that Princess Jianning was stupid, and her nephew should not be so stupid, and coughed and said, "Princess, don't you want to accept her?" Wu Yuanming turned to Shi Jianmei again and asked, "Miss Jianmei, are you willing to be the princess's maid?" ”

"Yes." Shi Jianmei replied categorically, although Shi Jianmei didn't know what medicine Wu Yuanming was selling in his gourd, it was always better to be a maid to the royal princess than to be raped by the pro-soldiers who worshiped him in turn, so Shi Jianmei readily agreed to Wu Yuanming's request. And Princess Jianning also nodded and said: "Since this is the kindness of the prince, the concubine can't refuse, so let her stay." ”

Things have come to this point, Wu Yuanming only needs to let the wind out, and he said that he was afraid of his wife, so he gave Shi Jianmei to Princess Jianning as a maid, so Ao Bai, who is also afraid of his wife like a tiger, will not suspect that he has another deep meaning, and Kangxi and Xiaozhuang will immediately understand that they want to step on two boats, and their hostility towards themselves will not deepen again, so Wu Yuanming immediately said goodbye and prepared to leave. Who knew that Princess Jianning stopped Wu Yuanming and said: "The prince, please stay, the concubine still has something to say to the prince." ”

"You all go out." Princess Jianning drove out the three pretty maids such as the three brothers of the Wu family and Xiangzhu, and since she had promised to marry the three pretty maids to the three brothers of the Wu family, Princess Jianning also wanted to give them a little time to be alone. Princess Jianning said to Shi Jianmei, who had just been untied: "Jianmei, I have a wooden box at the head of my bed, and there are two brocade bags in the middle, you bring the pink one, and then you can go and rest." ”

"That's the case, the concubine wants to invite the prince to appreciate a treasure together." Princess Jianning blushed and explained to Wu Yuanming, who was full of suspicion: "That treasure was personally rewarded by the queen mother to the concubine when she entered the palace yesterday, and it is very precious and rare. ”

"What treasure?" Wu Yuanming knew Princess Jianning's plans, but he was just waiting suspiciously for Princess Jianning's tricks. At this time, Shi Jianmei came out of the bedroom, but Shi Jianmei did not only take out the pink bag as Princess Jianning ordered, but put the pink bag and the flat yellow bag in front of Wu Yuanming. Shi Jianmei said embarrassedly: "Princess, forgive me, the slave maid was born colorblind and can't tell the color of these two tips." ”

"You shit!" Princess Jianning was so angry that she scolded, and before Princess Jianning put away the flat yellow bag, Wu Yuanming had already opened the flat yellow bag first, took out a blue handkerchief, shook it in front of Shi Jianmei, and wondered: "What kind of treasure is this?" It's just that the fragrance is heavier, what's the use? ”

"Jianmei, get out quickly! Get out of here! Princess Jianning's face changed greatly, and she was sweating profusely and rushed out to catch Shi Jianmei. Wu Yuanming was even more confused now, "Princess, you scolded Miss Jianmei for being a ......, Miss Jianmei, what are you doing without your clothes?" It's not hot...... Woo! ”

"Sao hooves, how dare you grab the amount with this palace?" Seeing Shi Jianmei hugging Wu Yuanming and kissing wildly, Princess Jianning was suddenly so angry that her eyes burst into flames, and she hurriedly went to pull Wu Yuanming and Shi Jianmei apart, who knew that Shi Jianmei had become a complete tigress at the moment, while hurriedly tearing Wu Yuanming's clothes, she put her small mouth on Wu Yuanming's face and kissed wildly, Princess Jianning pulled her to move? In a hurry, Shi Jianmei also pushed Princess Jianning heavily with her backhand, pushing Princess Jianning to stand unsteadily and fall to the ground, and what is even more coincidental is that Princess Jianning's forehead happened to hit the corner of the table when she fell, and she immediately knocked out.

"Someone! You are all outside the door to listen to me, and you will testify to me in the future that this son was lost by Shi Jianmei**——! ”

Note 1: Chicken melon seeds, finely chopped chicken breast.