Chapter 13: One Wrong Step
The aunt in charge felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Niangniang, what's wrong?" The concubine repeated the original words of Emperor Wu of Jin. The aunt in charge was shocked: "This, it has always been that the harem and the previous dynasty have no contact, and the emperor actually asked the mother to talk to the master?" So the emperor is telling Niangniang that he already knows about our secret contact with the master, so let Niangniang ......"
"Let Hongu be safe! The emperor should have known for a long time, just now he kept reminding me that it was he who gave us glory and gave us status, and if he wanted to, he could take it away at any time, including my position, my father's official position, and everything in our Hou Mansion. Nurse, I just took a wrong step, and I heard such cruel words, how can you make me willing! I won't give up, it was he who wanted to use me and the Hou family to restrain the queen and the Qi family to order me to enter the palace, but now he wants to cross the river and tear down the bridge. The concubine said through gritted teeth.
The aunt in charge was startled, hurriedly looked around, and whispered: "Niangniang, be careful that the wall has ears." ”
The concubine's heart was uneven, and her chest was also fluctuating, and she calmed down for a long time before she spoke: "Don't worry, I know it in my heart, but I have been suddenly treated like this for so many years. Let's go back to the palace. "What did I miss, I haven't done anything more unruly and excessive in the past, why did the emperor deliberately beat it this time? No matter what happened before that I didn't know, and no matter what the origin of this Qinglong Mountain was, I would never let myself be sacrificed in this political whirlpool in vain, I will definitely want my Ning'er to want my Hou family to be infinitely glorious, the concubine thought to herself, and the hand in her sleeve had unconsciously clenched into a fist. The aunt in charge looked at the concubine with hatred in her heart but had to work hard to maintain her calmness, and she was very distressed, but she could only sigh helplessly.
"She thought she had found a good excuse to dispel the emperor's doubts about her and her son, but she didn't expect that doing so would make the emperor even more displeased with them", the queen sat in the inner hall and sneered after hearing the return of the aunt in the palace, "Many people only know that the emperor went to Qinglong Mountain to study art, but they don't know the emperor's true purpose." This time, Hou Suying was in a hurry to climb the relationship with Qinglong Mountain, even if the emperor believed that she didn't have that kind of thought, he would be afraid from the bottom of his heart. ”
On a small slope on the outskirts of the Imperial City of the Jin Kingdom, Jiang Wei was lying on the ground, blocking his eyes with leaves, after smelling a burst of fragrance, Jiang Wei raised his head slightly, picked up the corner of the leaves with his fingers and lifted it, opened his right eye and saw that the young man who was with him was sitting with his back to him roasting a hare. Jiang Wei touched his stomach, half-propped himself up with his left hand, and pulled the young man's sleeve with his right hand. The young man was accustomed to Jiang Wei's rogue behavior, so he reluctantly tore off a rabbit leg, and threw the rabbit leg over his shoulder without looking back, Jiang Wei quickly caught it and lay down and gnawed it.
"Qinglong Villa has set off such a storm in just one day from Qinglong Villa to the Imperial City, you have the leisure to step into spring." The young people were somewhat dissatisfied.
Jiang Wei stilted up Erlang's leg and replied: "The spring is beautiful, how can you live up to it." As for the rest, it's none of my business, and I don't care about it. ”
"We have spent so much effort on deployment, if the concubine falls out of favor, it will inevitably cause changes in the pattern of the Jin Kingdom, then won't our deployment be in vain?"
"You just feel sorry for your money, Scrooge." Jiang Wei said disdainfully.
As soon as the young man heard that his temper had risen, he picked up the branch on one side and turned around and pumped it on Jiang Wei's leg. Jiang Wei hurriedly rolled away, hurried up to curry favor and beg for mercy, and quickly put away his unobtrusive look, "Don't worry, this concubine will not fall out of favor, Emperor Wu of Jin will use her to suppress the queen's family." Although Sima Guiji's family background is not low, the Sima family, like the Qi family, is a family that has been rooted here for hundreds of years, which is as easy to handle as the Hou family. Although this Hou family is now a very popular minister, but after all, he came from my Daxing country, the foundation is still shallow, and he still needs the protection of imperial power, so this Hou family, who is easy to control and is not afraid of his rebellion, is the best chess piece of Emperor Wu of Jin. ”
"This Hou Guifei's thoughts are obvious, are you sure that Emperor Jin Wu will not abolish this chess piece? It's not that she can't find someone whose family background is similar to her. The young man dusted off Jiang Wei's hand on his shoulder and continued to ask. His family has invested a huge amount of human and financial resources to gamble on a chance to make the family stand and thrive, so he can't help but be nervous.
"It's a prince who wants to be the emperor, isn't the throne of Emperor Wu of Jin also fighting, as long as the Hou family doesn't rebel against him, he can turn a blind eye. I don't think he can be sure who his son will be emperor in the end. This time, he deliberately snubbed Hou Guifei, firstly, to knock on the Hou family, and secondly, Hou Guifei should not have violated his taboo. Emperor Wu of Jin had ill intentions back then, entered Qinglong Villa in the name of apprenticeship, and did those things, which can be said to be a stain on his life. ”
"If it weren't for the things he did back then, why would my family have left their hometown, moved north, and been ostracized in Daxing." As the young man spoke, he tore another piece of meat for Jiang Wei to eat.
"But this time he deliberately snubbed Concubine Hou, but it gave me a new plan." Jiang Wei looked at the young man's puzzled eyes and said, "What do you say will happen when two women in similar circumstances meet each other?" ”
The young man was only confused for a moment, and then reacted: "Du Yingzi? The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they had reached some agreement.
"By the way," the young man remembered, "Are you sure the birthday feast day doesn't show up?" ”
"Yes, what are you going to do at that birthday banquet, I'm just here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and by the way, plan a big plan." Jiang Wei began to lose his mind again.
Suddenly, the two of them looked stunned, exchanged glances with each other, continued to talk to each other in a casual manner, and walked towards the forest behind them as if unintentionally. Walking somewhere, Jiang Wei suddenly made a move, and the palm wind slashed at the bushes next to him, and with a 'bang', Jiang Xunxue fell to the ground in response, her brows were wrinkled together, and she pressed her chest hard with her hand, which was very painful.
Jiang Wei and this young man secretly screamed badly. Jiang Wei stepped forward quickly, helped Jiang Xunxue up and leaned on himself, and checked her pulse, fortunately he only made a tentative move just now, otherwise it would have caused a catastrophe. Seeing Jiang Xunxue's appearance of enduring the pain with her eyes closed, Jiang Wei panicked in her heart, and felt angry inexplicably, looked around hard, and stood up, poor Jiang Xunxue slid directly to the ground and snorted. Jiang Wei said irritably: "She's fine, I'm not serious, you can send her back." Master will heal her. ”