Chapter 90: The Truth
The carriage of the Guogong Mansion swayed, and finally arrived at the gate of the palace.
Rong Fangfang got out of the carriage with a twist, and hummed softly: "You haven't participated in such a big banquet before, have you?" Don't show your cowardice for a while, make people laugh at the fact that the people of our country have not seen the world. ”
As soon as Rong Fangfang's words fell, she saw a figure of flowers and branches flying over, directly squeezing Rong Fangfang away.
"Why did you come, I waited for a while!"
The voice was slightly reproachful, but it sounded coquettish.
Wei Qingqing looked at the county lord Chi Yang, who was crowded with people like the stars holding the moon, smiled decently, and listened to Lan Zhi say: "Young lady, the second master is waiting in front." ”
Wei Qingqing saw that Rong Che was really standing at the gate of the palace and waiting for her, so he said to Chi Yang: "Let's go to the palace first." ”
"Okay." Chi Yang's face was flushed, his eyes were round and bright, several times Rong Fangfang wanted to come up to talk, but she was lukewarmly ridiculed back, until he walked to Rong Che, Chi Yang said to Rong Che quite angrily: "We will be a family in the future." ”
Rong Che smiled: "Yes." ”
Chi Yang looked at Rong Che, and then looked at Wei Qingqing with a smile: "Don't stick together all the time, I'll come to you again when you enter the palace in a while, let's go to the Imperial Garden." After that, he left with his little sisters.
Rong Fangfang looked at it with a blank eye, and it wasn't until Chi Yang walked away that she said to Wei Qingqing with envy: "You are really lucky, if I have an elder brother who marries the county lord, it will be good, and it will save the county lord such a flower to be inserted in the cow dung." ”
Wei Qingqing didn't bother to pay attention to the sour water that she bubbled up all the way. Glancing at Rong Che.
Rong Che held back a smile, and naturally took her hand and went to the palace.
On the way there, all the eyes that fell on the two of them were envious.
Rong Che Feng is handsome, elegant and noble, Wei Qingqing is wearing a lotus lotus color pearl dress, which is as elegant and beautiful as a summer lotus.
The two of them walked within the palace walls like this. Is there any reason to be unsightly?
Especially along the way, Rong Che took great care of Wei Qingqing, and walked slowly, afraid that Wei Qingqing would be in a hurry, so that the women along the way looked at it, either jealous of Wei Qingqing and secretly scolding her for being a fox spirit, or so envious that they forgot about God.
Behind the two, Rong Ruizhang walked quietly alone.
Once upon a time, he remembered, such envious eyes also fell on him. That was before Wei Qingqing was disfigured, and she was so beautiful that she was trembling......
But how did she get disfigured later? He didn't remember, he only remembered that during that time, Wei Qingqing seemed to be crazy and nested in the room all day long, looking for all kinds of medicines, crying in front of him, and no longer had the beauty and delicacy he had at the beginning.
"Xiangye, it's ...... outside"
Someone whispered beside Rong Ruizhang and said something about Zhang Jiao.
Rong Ruizhang squinted his eyes and looked at Wei Qingqing's back. It must have been a game set up by her.
Does she just look down on herself so much, thinking that a small trick can make him suffer? She really thinks that her glory step by step is all due to her?
"Keep watching." Rong Ruizhang didn't care, he still had a trick.
The people below wanted to speak and stopped, and in front, Wei Qingqing noticed the gaze on his back, and looked back at Rong Ruizhang.
The moment Rong Ruizhang met her gaze, he lost his mind.
"Wei Qingqing ......"
He remembered the time when he was summoned to her, unlike now, when she snuggled up to other men, and looked at her with cold eyes.
Wei Qingqing saw the regret in Rong Ruizhang's eyes, but what about regret?
The corners of Wei Qingqing's mouth were hooked up in ridicule, and Rong Che on the side also noticed the abnormality behind him, so he naturally raised his hand to wrap his hand around Wei Qingqing's waist, and deliberately leaned over her ear and asked softly: "What kind of wild man are you looking at by the master's side?" ”
Wei Qingqing's ears turned red, and he turned his head and pushed him: "Second master, this is in the palace." ”
"So what?" Rong Che's tone suddenly became a little sad: "If it weren't for the rules of the world, when you called me second uncle, I would have taken you captive and had a cave with me." ”
Wei Qingqing's face turned red, glaring at him without holding back, Rong Che noticed Rong Ruizhang's angry gaze behind him, the corners of his mouth hooked, and then he took Wei Qingqing's hand and continued to move forward as usual.
Rong Ruizhang only looked at Wei Qingqing's coquettish and charming appearance, his whole body was hot, and his heart was even more angry like pouring strong oil.
Until we arrived at the Imperial Garden, where the banquet was held.
Before the hour came, the emperor would not come out, and the princes and ministers went to the Yangxin Palace one after another, and congratulated the emperor on his birthday through the screen.
Rong Che and Rong Ruizhang were naturally left by the emperor to speak, and the ladies all went to the queen mother.
The Duchess of Guo sat in the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace with the other ladies early, and it was because of her family affairs with the Wei Mansion, Princess Ruyang specially asked the Duchess and the Duchess to talk together.
Chi Yang also pulled Wei Qingqing to whisper early, until the Queen Mother came out and followed the eldest princess by her side.
The eldest princess looked much better, and her dress was more gorgeous than usual, and she looked like she was four or five years younger, radiant, but when she saw the Duchess of the Kingdom, her eyes dimmed a little.
"Duchess of the Kingdom."
Princess Ruyang also looked at the Duchess of Guo worriedly, but the Duchess of Guo got up very generously and saluted with a smile.
The Queen Mother looked at it and couldn't help sighing: "Get up, don't be restrained." "Such a good mother-in-law, where else can the eldest princess find in the future.
"Chi Yang, Qingqing, you all go out to play, you don't have to accompany the mourning family here." The Queen Mother smiled kindly, and patted the eldest princess's hand by the way: "You also go out, just leave a few of our old wives here to kill time." ”
"Yes."
The eldest princess complied. And he withdrew.
Chi Yang was a little timid of the eldest princess, and when she came out all the way, she obediently followed behind and did not speak, but after the eldest princess walked for a while, she deliberately stopped and looked at Wei Qingqing.
Wei Qingqing knew that she had something to say to herself, so she broke away from Chi Yang.
"Do all the people in the house hate me so much?"
The eldest princess asked Wei Qingqing as she walked towards the lake.
Wei Qingqing was surprised how she could have such an idea, and replied; "A courtier has never heard such a thing."
"Really?" The eldest princess laughed at herself: "I know, you will be resentful, after all, I am the one who has ruined your reputation." ”
Wei Qingqing saw her talking to herself, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.
After a period of silence, the eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the lake and smiled: "But no matter what you think, I'm very happy because I'm finally free." ”
Wei Qingqing thought of the silent and elegant Rong Hai, paused, and looked at her: "Does the eldest princess really think that leaving is freedom?" ”
The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Wei Qingqing contemptuously: "What do you know?" ”
Wei Qingqing only smiled lightly: "The courtiers don't know anything, but after a long time, if the eldest princess feels that leaving is freedom, the courtiers can only congratulate the eldest princess." ”
"If you had an experience like mine." The eldest princess's face turned slightly pale, but she quickly recovered: "You will also feel that this marriage is just a shackle." I don't blame you for not knowing anything, you don't know the best, which means that they still have to nod their faces and don't make a big splash. ”
That's a bit ugly. Wei Qingqing frowned, and before she could speak, she saw a man coming not far away.
That man Wei Qingqing knows, that shameless dog man who is obviously looking for flowers and willows outside, but expressing his love in front of the eldest princess!
As soon as the dog man came, his eyes fell on Wei Qingqing, and it was self-evident that he was amazed, but the eldest princess called 'Yulang' as if she hadn't seen it.
Li Yu immediately came back to his senses, looked at the eldest princess quietly, and praised: "The princess is like a heavenly person today, and I didn't recognize it for a while." I don't know who this is......"
Li Yu looked at Wei Qingqing.
Wei Qingqing's eyes were slightly cold, but it was not good to brush her face in front of the eldest princess, and only lowered her eyes to speak, but she heard the eldest princess say: "It's the young lady of the Guogong Mansion." ”
"It turned out to be a young lady."
Li Yu's eyes were full of pity, and he quickly moved his gaze back to the eldest princess, and said with a smile: "I see that a flower in front of me is blooming just right, and the scenery in the pavilion is good, can Her Royal Highness the princess go and sit?" ”
"It's fine."
"This young lady should also go with you, accompany the eldest princess to relieve her boredom......" Li Yu looked at Wei Qingqing again, Wei Qingqing could see his desire for himself at a glance, and refused coldly: "The words of the eldest princess and the courtiers have been finished......"
"If you want to follow, you'll follow." The eldest princess seemed to be a different person, and after speaking coldly, she looked at Li Yu again: "Yulang, let's go." ”
Wei Qingqing frowned, it was impossible for the eldest princess not to see Li Yu's evil thoughts about herself, why did she still ask herself to follow. Is it to curry favor with Li Yu?
She is the eldest princess, even if she is reconciled, does she need to be so humble in front of a man like Li Yu, who has no family background and has little ability?
"Young lady, please come here."
Li Yu smiled, and as he spoke, he reached out to touch Wei Qingqing, but as soon as his hand was stretched out, he heard a sneer: "If you dare to touch her, I guarantee that your limbs will be broken tonight!" ”
Li Yu's hand shook instantly, and he retracted and looked at the person who came: "It's the sixth prince." ”
"Let's go, hurry up." Qin Liangye glanced at Li Yu coldly, and then looked at the eldest princess with complicated eyes: "The imperial sister doesn't want Rong Che to sue him in front of his father for a while, right?" It would be much easier for Juncher to kill him than it would be for an ant to die. ”
The eldest princess looked at Qin Liangye with a gloomy face, and then turned around and left, Li Yu naturally hurriedly followed, and did not dare to look at Wei Qingqing again.
Qin Liangye watched the two leave, only then did he gather the coldness of Fang Cai, and looked back at Wei Qingqing: "I met the ugly monster again." ”
"Thank you, Your Highness." Wei Qingqing saluted.
"Thank you for what I did, it's the imperial sister who is confused. The man ......" Qin Liangye secretly gritted his teeth: "That's it, tell you what to do, I saw that Fang Cai Chi Yang was looking for you, and I will take you to meet her." ”
"No need, I know the way, I can go through it myself." Wei Qingqing didn't want to have anything to do with His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, so he saluted and turned around and left.
Qin Liangye wanted to stop her, and then looked back at Li Yu, who was also following the imperial sister, who was about to leave with the eldest princess, but saw a sneaky figure in front of him.
Qin Liangye thought about it and hid in the shadows.
Wei Qingqing knew that the palace was in danger, so naturally he would not wander around alone, but aimed at the road where the palace maids were standing and prepared to go back to Cining Palace.
"You're avoiding me?" Rong Ruizhang looked at Wei Qingqing, and now she is as beautiful as a painting, but there is no place for herself in her eyes.
"Wei Qingqing, do you hate me, hate me for watching them burn you to death, hate me for snubbing you for so many years?" Rong Ruizhang took a step forward, and he wanted Wei Qingqing to have him in his eyes: "What if I tell you that I already regret it, I regret losing you, Wei Qingqing, are you still willing to return to me?" ”
Wei Qingqing listened to him say words of regret. I just feel like laughing.
"What does Xiangye think of me? A pet that comes and goes when it is called? Wei Qingqing asked Rong Ruizhang with a smile.
The more affectionate and regretful Rong Ruizhang shows now, the more calm she becomes.
But Qin Liangye, who was in the shadows, saw that Wei Qingqing actually accepted Rong Ruizhang's words, and his eyes widened suddenly, what does it mean to 'burn you to death with a fire', isn't there only one Rong Ruizhang's former wife who was burned to death in the Prime Minister's Mansion?
By the way, that lady seems to be also called Wei Qingqing.
Qin Liangye looked at Wei Qingqing, who was standing in front of the imposing Rong Ruizhang, hesitated, and decided to go out. But before he could walk out, Rong Che had already appeared on the other side of the plank road.
"Ruizhang's nephew is looking for me? In this case, why don't you go directly to the Heart Cultivation Palace, but ask your aunt here? ”
Rong Che came slowly, with a smile on his face, but his gaze was cold and terrifying.
Rong Ruizhang stared at Wei Qingqing, but Wei Qingqing directly ignored his eyes and saluted Rong Che, while Rong Che came over. took her hand directly, and affectionately brushed the broken hair next to her ear: "It's hot outside, if you want to go out to visit the garden, you should also ask someone to fan you." ”
"Yes."
Wei Qingqing smiled lightly.
Rong Che took her and turned her head to ask Rong Ruizhang: "Is there anything else with Ruizhang's nephew?" ”
Rong Ruizhang looked at Rong Che, and the unspeakable hatred in his heart, this man who claimed to be his elder, but he was eyeing his nephew and daughter-in-law, didn't he feel ashamed!
"The second uncle already knew Wei Qingqing's identity when he thought about it!" Rong Ruizhang used a very affirmative tone, and Rong Che looked at him condescendingly: "You should be happy, if it weren't for Qingqing, you should be the son of a criminal minister now." ”
Without Qingqing, he wouldn't have secretly helped many times back then, did he really think that with his little tricks, he was enough to sit in the position of prime minister?
"Shame on you!" Rong Ruizhang saw that he was still shamelessly admitting, and blurted out scolding.
Rong Che looked at him as if he were a joke: "If I had the shamelessness of Ruizhang's nephew, I wouldn't have let Qingqing suffer so many crimes." ”
After speaking, Rong Che glanced at Qin Liangye's hiding place, smiled, and took Wei Qingqing away.
Qin Liangye only felt that the soles of his feet were cold, and the glance that Rong Che glanced at him made him feel like falling into an ice cellar in an instant, and then seeing that Rong Che dared to talk to Rong Ruizhang like this, could it be that Rong Hai's brother-in-law was right, this Rong Che was the one who really controlled everything?
Qin Liangye walked back for a while, and then saw a palace maid who came over and saluted.
"Your Highness Six."
"Is something wrong with the imperial sister?" Qin Liangye asked.
The palace maid nodded, but when Qin Liangye was in a hurry to run over, she reminded: "Your Highness might as well go quietly." ”
Qin Liangye looked at this palace maid who was obviously arranged by someone, and glanced back in the direction of Rong Che, slowing down.
And at this time, the eldest princess has a love affair with Li Yu.
"Yulang, what's wrong with you?" The eldest princess looked at her former lover drinking water cup by cup, and there was a lot of sweat on her forehead, so she asked strangely.
Li Yu didn't know what was wrong with him, since he came, he was very hot all over. But he knew very well that this was the Imperial Palace, but it was ......
The eldest princess was worried that he was too hot, so she took her own handkerchief and wanted to come forward to wipe his sweat for him, but her hand was grabbed by Li Yu and stuck to his face.
Originally, such ambiguity would make the eldest princess feel shy, but she turned white in an instant.
"Yulang ......" The eldest princess's tone trembled, but Li Yu didn't notice it, and a familiar feeling swept over, making him greedy for the fragrance on the eldest princess.
"It's been a long time since I've smelled it, princess, you are so fragrant, what petals did you use to soak in the bath?"
Li Yu's hand slowly got into the eldest princess's wide sleeve, although the eldest princess is no longer a beautiful girl, her skin is still delicate and smooth, but Li Yu didn't see it, the eldest princess froze in place, and her eyes were full of fear.
On that night when the queen mother was critically ill decades ago, she was dragged into a corner by a drunken man. The man did not speak, but he sniffed her fragrance greedily like a wild beast, and his hand slipped into her sleeve, bullying her inch by inch, as he did now......
"Sister Huang!"
In the dark, Qin Liangye saw that the imperial sister was frightened, and he couldn't hold back any longer, and kicked Li Yu into the lake with one kick.
Li Yu was choked by the lake water, and only then did he come to his senses, and he also reflected what he had just done, and couldn't help shouting: "Eldest princess, I didn't mean to, you believe me......"
"Sister Huang, are you okay......"
Before Qin Liangye finished speaking, the eldest princess had already staggered away.
After that night, the other ladies in the palace wanted to beg to be strangled in front of their critically ill mother, but Rong Hai came out to admit that he had despised himself and asked to marry him.
So she hated Rong Hai for a lifetime, she thought, if it weren't for Rong Hai who underestimated herself, she wouldn't be separated from Li Yu, who was in love with each other, the queen mother wouldn't die alone without anyone around to take care of her, and she wouldn't have been driven to Saibei by her father for decades without returning, and she also affected Liangye......
But Ronghai never told her that it wasn't him that night.
"Second master, does the eldest princess know the truth?"
Under the corridor not far away, Wei Qingqing looked at the eldest princess who had lost her soul and asked Rong Che.
Rong Che gently rubbed her head: "You really guessed, you can guess in just a few days, why can't she guess after decades with her eldest brother?" ”
Rong Che's tone was filled with a slight pity, Wei Qingqing knew that he was distressing Rong Hai, and now he told the eldest princess the truth, was he angry for Rong Hai?
Wei Qingqing looked up at Rong Che and gently tugged at his sleeve: "Isn't the second master hoping that the eldest brother can hit the south wall?" ”
"Hmm."
Rong Che bent his lips and smiled, looked at the well-behaved and lovely Wei Qingqing, raised his hand and hugged her into his arms, blocking the cold gaze that Wei Susu cast not far away.