Chapter 39: Intrigue Inside and Outside the Court - Moon Young Reminds

Of course, there are many, many books in Yunxi's study. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info These books are classified according to the traditional way of classifying scriptures, histories, sub-books, and collections on the four walls of the study. Opera scripts that do not belong to these four types of books, novels, etc., which are not elegant in this era, and books that are not good for others to see are all placed in the cabinet below. The books on the bookshelf leaning against the south wall are history books.

Wen Ying came in and rolled her eyes to know how the books in Yun Xi's room were placed, walked to the bookshelf in front of the south wall, looked around, took out a copy of "Han Shu", and said to Yun Xi: "Third brother usually likes to read "Han Shu"? ”

Yun Xi didn't care about her words at this time, and said: "You also know that I didn't read much before, and the history books I have read a lot recently are "Yuan History", as well as "Zizhi Tongjian", and Hanshu only roughly read the 'Gaozu Benji' and 'Lu Hou Benji' in the early Han Dynasty. There are also 'Huaiyin Marquis Biography' and so on, not much to see. At this time, he suddenly found that there was still a novel on the table on the east side that had not been put in the cabinet below, and hurriedly walked over.

After Wen Ying heard him say that he had seen 'Lu Hou Benji', his eyes rolled again, and he said, "Third brother, do you still remember how Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, died?" ”

Yun Xi was secretly stuffing the novel into the cabinet below, and when he heard Wen Ying's words, he didn't have time to think about it, and replied: "I was poisoned by Empress Lu." ”

"Then why did Empress Lu poison Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao?" Moon Young is like a good teacher.

"It's because Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi once ......" said this, Yun Xi was stunned. If he couldn't hear what Moon Young was trying to say now, then he would be too stupid. Although Yun Xi is not very smart, he will definitely not be able to keep up with Yun Xi in terms of IQ, but he is not stupid, he turned his head and looked at Wen Ying.

As if she knew he was staring at her, Wen Ying just kept her head down and didn't look up. Yun Xi reacted that she reminded her in such an indirect way, and she would definitely not answer directly. However, does Concubine Lu really want to poison herself? Isn't she afraid of Lao Zhu's earth-shattering wrath?

In fact, Concubine Li also had no evidence to prove that Concubine Lu wanted to kill Yun Xi, so she used this euphemism to remind Yun Xi. And Concubine Li and Concubine Lu were not sure whether they wanted to deal with Yun Xi by poisoning, but after repeated consideration, they thought that the most likely way was to poison and remind Yun Xi to pay attention.

Yun Xi had an idea and continued: "It is because Mrs. Qi, the mother of Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, once sinned against Empress Lu, so Empress Lu hates the house and Wu, and wants to get rid of Liu Ruyi to vent her anger. ”

After all, Wen Ying was only a fourteen-year-old girl, and she was only a fourteen-year-old girl, so she didn't react for a while, raised her head and said anxiously: "No, Liu Ruyi was obviously poisoned by Empress Lu because he once fought with Emperor Hui for the crown prince." Then, he saw Yoon-hee's inquiring expression.

Wen Ying immediately understood that Yun Xi was tricking her words, and suddenly showed an angry look on her face and said, "You ......", but immediately thought of her mother's instructions, turned her head sideways and did not look at Yun Xi, and replied to her emotions.

Of course, Yun Xi would not be angry with Wen Ying because of her little temper, after all, she was the first to flirt. But seeing Wen Ying's immediate reaction, he suddenly felt a pity, and kept thinking about how else he could use Wen Ying's words. His eyes unconsciously glanced around, and inadvertently saw the hourglass on the table, and saw that the time had reached more than two o'clock (more than 6 o'clock in the afternoon), and it was time to eat! He then said: "Wenying, it's two o'clock now, our brother and sister haven't eaten together for many years, can you stay and have a meal with me today?" Yun Xi wanted to delay for a while to see if he could make a statement at the dinner table.

Of course Wen Ying is not very willing, her mother is still waiting for her to go back to eat in Xinuan Pavilion! But because his mother told him not to offend Yunxi, he reluctantly agreed. But she was determined not to be talked about.

Yun Xi had been observing Wen Ying's expression, of course, he found out that Wen Ying was not very happy for the first time, but now he couldn't care about it, and forcibly pulled Wen Ying to the side hall where he was eating.

In fact, the ancients, except for the emperor who would have a relatively separate place to eat, other families, including the prince and other families, did not have a separate place to eat. Most of the families of the powerful eat in the main hall of the elders' house or the outer room of their own bedroom suite, and eat with the guests in the living room; Most of the ordinary people eat in the bedroom or directly in the stove house (kitchen), and the reception of guests is also in the living room. Yun Xi was not used to this situation, and it happened that he had a lot of rooms, and he didn't care about one and a half rooms, so he set aside a separate room as a place to eat.

When they arrived at the side hall, the two sat down, and Wang Bu, who was now in charge of the food, hurriedly stepped forward to salute Yunxi and Wenying, and when he saw Yunxi, he said to Wenying: "Your Highness, what do you want to eat?" I'll call the dining room to do it right away. "At this time, there is a dining room in the Wenhua Palace, and Yun Xi does not have a separate dining room, but all the eunuchs know that Yun Xi is an ironclad prince, and the big guys are also trying to beat him up.

Wen Ying just wanted to order food, but when she thought of what her mother said to her, she suddenly didn't dare to order: What if Concubine Lu happened to poison herself tonight? Then how wronged I am, it is completely unjustified.

So Wen Ying said: "Brother is the greatest. In order according to the eldest and youngest, please ask the third brother to order first. “

Yun Xi of course excused himself: "Here I am the main house, you are the guest, of course please order the guest first." “

Wen Ying replied resolutely: "The guest is as he pleases, and please ask the third brother to order first,"

Yun Xi was very strange to see her so resolute prevarication, but he didn't think much about it for the time being, and said, "Then the third brother is disrespectful." “

He was about to order food, and suddenly thought of it with Wen Ying: What if Concubine Lu happened to poison me tonight? Then he also understood why Wen Ying resolutely resigned just now.

And there are some magical things in ancient things, there are many things, such as some witchcraft or something, and in the 21st century, people still "know it but don't know why". There are also some parasites or something, which cannot be detected at all with the existing drug testing methods, and it will not work if the person who tests the poison eats it first. After all, that's not poison at all.

That's why Yun Xi is also scared. Yun Xi had an idea, remembered that he still had food brought back from outside the palace, and hurriedly said: "Wenying, I still have buns brought back from outside the palace, meat filling, why don't we eat buns today." “

Wen Ying said suspiciously: "Buns? What is a bun? “

Yun Xi remembered that there was no such thing as 'steamed bun' at this time, and the general name of steamed buns at this time was 'steamed bread', and the common name of steamed buns in later generations was 'cooking cake' or 'steamed cake'.

So he hurriedly said, "Oh, it's steamed buns." ”

Wen Ying thought that no matter how powerful Concubine Lu was, it would be impossible for her to poison the 'steamed buns' that Yun Xi brought back from outside the palace in such a short period of time, because if something happened to Yun Xi, according to the precedent of Zhu Biao's death, the eunuchs under Yun Xi's hands, except for the outermost miscellaneous eunuchs, would all be executed and buried, so there would be basically no eunuch rebellion. Busy agreed: "Okay, just eat steamed buns." ”

As a result, the brother and sister had a very simple meal together, only the dinner of the 'steamed buns' that Yunxi brought back from outside the palace. However, the 'steamed bun' is quite delicious, and Wen Ying, who eats this kind of thing for the first time, thinks it is not bad, but he has no complaints.

During the meal, Yun Xi also tested Wen Ying several times, but Wen Ying, who was doubly guarded, was very cautious, and in the face of Yun Xi's various temptations, he didn't accept it at all, just adhering to the principle of 'let you change.' I don't move' attitude, just chewing and eating 'steamed buns' slowly. Yun Xi, who was uneasy, gave up his plan to talk to Wen Ying here, and sent Wen Ying back to Xinuan Pavilion after dinner.