Chapter 57: Showing the Traces of the Heart

As the saying goes, a stone hit a thousand waves, and the seemingly calm outside the wall suddenly boiled like boiling water, although it returned to calm in an instant, it was enough to make Dongyun break out in a cold sweat.

Fanlou saw the change in her expression in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Do you want to go out?" ”

"This ......" Dongyun said with embarrassment, "If you don't mind, I want to spend the night and leave tomorrow." ”

"Okay." Fanlou readily agreed, took Dongyun to the room, and when he went out, he handed over a piece of Sujin handkerchief, on which were written two words - Sun Wu.

Dongyun said suspiciously: "What is this?" ”

Fanlou said indifferently: "One person should be able to help you." ”

Over the years, Dongyun has traveled around, and he can be regarded as a person who has seen a lot of shapes and shapes, but he can't see through the face in front of him that is more handsome than a woman.

Before tonight, she only thought that Fanlou was Bo Yao's lackey and their enemy, but now she was at a loss, Fanlou ...... What role does it play in these troubled times?

The next day, after making sure that the people outside had withdrawn, Dong Yun left quietly, Fan Li had been waiting in the house all night, and when he saw her come in, he hurriedly said: "Why did you go all night, but something happened?" ”

"Something almost happened." Dong Yun recounted what happened last night, and then handed over the handkerchief given by Fanlou, "He said that this person can help us." ”

"Sun Wu ......" When these two words were pronounced, a trace of surprise flashed in Fan Li's eyes, and he was seen by Dong Yun, and said curiously: "Do you know this person?" ”

Fan Li nodded and said, "I've heard that he is King Wu's teacher." ”

Dong Yun said suspiciously: "Isn't Teacher Wu Wang Wu Zixu?" ”

"When King Wu was young, there were two teachers, one was Wu Zixu, and the other was Sun Wu, both of whom were courtiers of Wu back then, and they were deeply relied on by King Wu at that time, that is, Lu Xuan, so that they could teach their husbands together; But soon after, Sun Wu resigned and left, and his whereabouts have been unknown for many years, and after he left, Wu Zixu became the only master of Fucha. ”

"I see." Dong Yun suddenly realized, and then said puzzledly: "Why did Fanlou say that Sun Wu could help us?" ”

Fan Li has also been thinking about this question, and after a while, he said: "It is very likely that Sun Wu's departure is not an accident. ”

Dong Yun's mind raced, "You mean, someone forced him?" ”

Fan Li said: "As the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, Sun Wu is proficient in the art of war, and has won the trust and respect of his husband, his existence should be a threat to Wu Zixu; Think about it, if Sun Wu hadn't left back then, would Wu Zixu still have today's status? ”

"That's just as well." Dong Yun nodded, suddenly thought about it, and blurted out: "Could it be that Fanlou wants us to use this matter to provoke the relationship between King Wu and Wu Zixu?" ”

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Fan Limo held the silk handkerchief, "To figure out what happened back then, you have to find Sun Wu." ”

When Dongyun heard this, he immediately said, "I'll go find it." ”

Fan Li nodded, and said: "I've been to see Wen Chong, and he really built a secret passage by building the Guanwa Palace." ”

"So, Zheng Meiren went to Guanwa Palace yesterday and he arranged it? But how did he communicate with Zheng Meiren? ”

"Yesterday was the second day of the new year, every fifteenth day of the new year, the water room would go out of the palace to get water, he used this incident to let Zhang Dali pass on the news, but somehow Wu Rong knew, which led to a bunch of things."

"This time it's really thanks to Miss Yiguang, otherwise disaster would have been." Dong Yun said with palpitations, and then said, "By the way, Mr. Wen is in a hurry to let Zheng Meiren go to the secret passage to meet, why is it?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Li's face turned cold, "He has never been willing to give up on the incident in Gongzi Mountain. ”

Dong Yun frowned two heroic long eyebrows, "So, he made up his mind to go right with Mr." ”

Fan Li sighed: "He has always disagreed with my plan, Gongzishan's love for Zheng Dan just gave him a chance; The good things and bad things have been said in the past few days, and he still refuses to look back. ”

Dong Yun thought for a moment and said, "Since Mr. Wen refuses to persuade him, the only way to do this is to start with Zheng Meiren and ask her not to obey Wen's arrangement." ”

Fan Li said: "I have the same idea, but you and I are outside the palace, it is difficult to interfere, and after thinking about it, I can only ask Yiguang to persuade me." After a pause, he said: "I asked Wen Chong to send a message to Yiguang on the fifteenth day, arrange a gathering in the secret passage, and you will go with me when the time comes." ”

Dong Yun would not refuse, and immediately agreed, "Okay." As she spoke, she remembered what happened before, and couldn't help asking, "Fanlou's identity, does Mr. really not know anything about it?" ”

"I don't know." Fan Li pondered: "It stands to reason that Fanlou was born in Gusu and grew up in Gusu, and it is impossible to have a relationship with the Yue State, unless it is ......."

Dongyun said curiously: "Unless what? ”

Fan Li's eyes flashed slightly, and he said word by word: "He is not a real Fanlou." ”

Dongyun was confused, and said suspiciously: "What does it mean that it is not a real Fanlou, could it be that someone is pretending, but if that is the case, it is impossible for Bo Yao not to recognize it?" ”

Fan Li himself couldn't say clearly, but said: "I'm just guessing, maybe it's right, but judging from last night's situation, he should be a friend and not an enemy, this is always a good thing for us, let's check the rest slowly." ”

Besides, Wu Rong's side, since she came back from the Guanwa Palace, she was confined to the Liuli Pavilion by her husband, and it was not until seven or eight years later that the Queen Mother was worried, and the husband reluctantly released her grounding.

As soon as Wu Rong arrived at the Baining Palace, he threw himself into the arms of the Queen Mother and cried bitterly, the Queen Mother was the most loved, seeing her crying like pear blossoms with rain, she was distressed, "Don't cry, grandmother's heart is going to be broken by your crying." ”

Under the comfort of the Queen Mother, Wu Rong stopped crying, opened a pair of red and swollen eyes and sobbed: "In this palace, only grandmother cherishes Rong'er." ”

The Queen Mother has lived a lifetime, how could she not see her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Still angry with the king?" ”

Speaking of her husband, Wu Rong's heart was sour, and she said angrily: "How dare Rong'er, aren't you afraid of being grounded again?" ”

The Queen Mother scraped the bridge of her small nose and scolded with a smile: "You, duplicity." Saying that, she sighed and persuaded: "Cha'er is the king after all, don't always be angry with him and mourn the family...... I don't know how long I can protect you. ”

Seeing that she was sad, Wu Rong hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother has a long life, and she can protect Rong'er for a lifetime." ”

"Long life and a thousand years of ......" the Queen Mother repeated these four words faintly, and said with a wry smile: "If this is the case, isn't it an old monster?" ”

"How can it be a monster, it's clearly an immortal." Faced with Wu Rong's flattering words, the Queen Mother said funny: "Since you were a child, this one of you is like smeared with honey, and it is sweet in the heart of the mourning family." ”

Wu Rong said gloomily: "The Queen Mother still loves Rong'er as much as she did when she was a child, but her husband's brother has changed, he only has the Yue girl surnamed Shi in his heart, and Rong'er heard that her husband's brother still wants to make her queen." ”

Hearing this, the queen dowager's complexion suddenly sank, "How can a Yue girl be my queen of Wu, it's just nonsense." ”

Wu Rong said sourly: "Brother Fucha has been dazzled by her, forgive Rong'er for saying something that doesn't matter, if it goes on like this, let alone the queen, even Wu Guojiangshan will have to be handed over." As she spoke, she took the Queen Mother's hand and begged: "Grandmother, you must persuade your husband to send your brother, and you must not mislead the country for beauty." ”

"Mourning the family...... Ahem! As soon as the Queen Mother said two words, she coughed violently, her face was flushed, her body was bowed like a shrimp, it looked very hard, and she coughed for a long time before she gradually calmed down, and when she had to take off the veil to cover her lips, Wu Rong suddenly saw a small piece of red on it, and exclaimed in shock, "Grandmother ...... Huang"

The Queen Mother folded her veil calmly to cover the red, "The mourning family is fine." ”

Wu Rong was willing to believe it, and said eagerly: "No, you obviously coughed up blood just now." As she spoke, she hurriedly said, "Rong'er, let's go and ask the imperial doctor to come over." ”

"Don't bother." The Queen Mother called her, shook her head and said, "The imperial doctor can't help the mourning family." ”

"How come, Imperial Doctor......" Halfway through the words, Wu Rong suddenly understood something, and said in a trembling voice: "Can't be cured?" ”

The Queen Mother stroked her pale cheeks and said, "After living for so many years, it's time to go and see the first king." “

"Don't!" Wu Rong shook her head desperately, and the next moment she hugged the Queen Mother tightly and cried: "Rong'er doesn't want grandmother to go, Rong'er won't agree to anything!" ”

"Silly boy." The Queen Mother said pityingly: "This is the meaning of God, and no one can change it." ”

"Rong'er doesn't care, anyway, no." Saying that, Wu Rong raised his head from the arms of the Queen Mother, and said with tears in his eyes: "If even my grandmother is gone, there will really be no one in this palace who loves Rong'er." ”

The Queen Mother didn't speak, just stroked Wu Rong's cheeks over and over again, her eyes were full of pity and reluctance, although she looked down on life and death, she still had people and things that she couldn't give up, one of which was Wu Rong.

The hall was silent, only Wu Rong's low sobbing voice, I don't know how long it took, the Queen Mother suddenly called the palace people, "Go and invite the king and Shi Nu to come over." ”

Soon after the palace people left, the husband walked in with Yiguang, he glanced at Wu Rong who was still a little tearful, and said: "Grandson greets grandmother, congratulations to grandmother for good health." ”

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, "Sit down." ”

"Thank you, grandmother." After sitting down, the husband said with concern: "Grandmother is in a hurry to summon her grandson and Yiguang over, but Feng is not feeling well?" Saying that, he was going to ask Yiguang to check the pulse of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "The mourning family is fine, I just want to talk to you about something." ”

Hearing this, the husband relieved his heart and said respectfully, "Grandmother, please speak." ”

"You're twenty-four, aren't you?" The Queen Mother's sudden question stunned her husband, and she said truthfully: "Back to my grandmother's words, it is exactly." ”

The Queen Mother smiled slightly and said, "When your father was as old as you, he had already married a wife, and even you and Gongzi Mountain came out. ”

Fucha's heart sank, and he said: "Now that the troubled times are in power, the people are not happy, and the grandson, as the king of a country, should be the most important thing in the country; After the world is pacified, it is not too late to start a family. ”

"Nonsense." The Queen Mother reprimanded: "According to what you say, if you don't settle down for ten years, you won't marry a wife for ten years?" ”

The husband smiled and said, "Grandmother has no confidence in her grandson like this, it will take ten years?" ”

"It's not that the mourning family has no confidence in you, it's that the mourning family is waiting for their granddaughter-in-law's tea until their necks are long." The Queen Mother glared at him, and couldn't help but say: "Take advantage of the mourning family to drink granddaughter-in-law's tea at this time, hurry up and get married." ”

The husband's eyes twitched, and he hurriedly said: "Grandmother is in a tough body, let alone ten years, even if it is another twenty or thirty years, this tea will be drunk correctly." Yiguang has already told her husband about the Queen Mother's illness, so what he is most afraid of hearing is this kind of unlucky words, but the Queen Mother herself said that if she wants to change someone, she must be scolded bloody.

The Queen Mother smiled gloomily, "Even if Yiguang and those Taitai don't talk about it, the mourning family itself knows that they won't live long." ”

The husband was shocked when he heard this, and got up and said, "Grandmother......"

The Queen Mother raised her hand to interrupt, "Listen to the mourners." After the husband sat down again, she said: "The mourning family followed the first king to fight in the south and the north, and they have seen all kinds of dangers, and they have already seen through life and death, but they only remember this cup of granddaughter-in-law's tea, if they can't drink it, the mourning family will not be blind." ”

The husband was sad when he heard this, and said with a forced smile: "Grandmother, don't always say such bad things, you will definitely live a long life." ”

"Don't digress from the conversation." The Queen Mother glared at him, took Wu Rong's hand and said, "Rong'er and your childhood sweetheart, and Wu Xiang's righteous daughter, are the most compatible with you; The mourning family has thought about it, hurry up, and should be able to get married before the year. ”

The husband was full of surprise, and even if he urged him to get married, he actually wanted to let himself marry Wu Rong, which was simply ...... Ridiculous.

After coming back to his senses, he hurriedly said: "Grandmother forgot, before the grandson has accepted her as a righteous sister, canonized the lord of Pingyang, and gave the marriage season, although the last two did not get married, but the marriage contract was not abolished, but it was just postponed, if the grandson married Wu Rong, it was a forcible wife, and it would attract infamy through the ages." ”

The Queen Mother expected that he would use this matter as a shield, and immediately said: "On the Ji family's side, the mourning family will handle it, you don't need to worry, as long as you wait for marriage with peace of mind." ”

The husband said eagerly: "Even if the Ji family doesn't pursue it, Sun Er and Wu Rong are both righteous brothers and sisters, and they can't get married." ”

The queen dowager's face sank, "Are you trying to make the mourning family die?" ”

"That's not what the grandson meant......" Without waiting for the husband to continue, the Queen Mother said: "Since it is not, then do it according to the words of the mourning family." ”

"Grandmother!" The Queen Mother's toughness made her husband almost unhappy, and he said in an accentuated tone: "No matter what you say, my grandson will not marry Wu Rong!" ”

Wu Rong listened sadly next to her, and was about to speak, when her hand was suddenly held down, and when she looked up, the Queen Mother was shaking her head at her slightly, so she had to swallow the words on her lips raw.

After appeasing Wu Rong, the Queen Mother raised her eyes and said, "Is Rong'er bad?" ”

The husband glanced at Yiguang, gritted his teeth and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, it's really that my grandson already has someone in mind." ”

The Queen Mother naturally knew who the intended person was in her husband's mouth, but she deliberately made no mistake, "Does she have a prominent family background?" ”

"Nope."

"The family is richer?"

"Nope."

"Can you help me unify the Central Plains by the Wu Kingdom?"

"I can't."

"Neither is she a famous family, nor does she have thousands of family wealth, nor can she help me unify the Central Plains of Wu State, how can such a woman be worthy of being the queen of Wu State."

The Queen Mother slammed the dragon head crutch in her hand, and said sharply: "I have no family background, and I am not a rich country, and I can't help my Wu Kingdom unify the Central Plains, so why does such a woman become the queen of my Wu Kingdom?" ”

"The reason is ......" The husband took a deep breath and said word by word: "The grandson loves her, and the grandson will only marry Yiguang as his wife in this life, and life and death are inseparable!" ”

Yiguang didn't expect him to say such affectionate words in front of so many people, which was both touching and bitter; What moved me was that my husband had a deep affection for him, and was even willing to promise him in the future; The bitter thing is that there has always been a national hatred and father's hatred between her and her husband.