Concubine Wu Hui did not beat around the bush, but asked such a question directly. Without waiting for Sima Chengzhen to answer, she sighed in a cordial tone: "Du Jiulang was named on the gold list when he was young, and then whether he went out or stayed in the court, he made remarkable achievements, and even San Lang said to me, as long as such talents are cultivated well, they will definitely be the pillars of the court in twenty years." Therefore, although many of the noble daughters of the clan are proud of their family background, and their temperament is more domineering, but there are also some families whose fathers and ancestors are not obvious, and some of them are gentle and steady, and they can be the daughters of virtuous helpers. For example......

"Concubine Hui really knows how to solve Bixia's worries." Sima Chengzhen yawned, as if he had just found out that he had interrupted Concubine Wu Hui's words, and immediately said apologetically, "Concubine Hui, I am used to the old way of idle clouds and wild cranes, and I am a little sleepy when I get drunk just now." The things mentioned by Concubine Hui Shicai are certainly not unavoidable, but why hasn't Bixia been married like this before? ”

Concubine Wu Hui is sure that the person she proposed is from the daughter of the Li Tang clan, and she does not have a title such as the county lord, and her net worth is innocent, at first glance, it has nothing to do with the Yang family of the martial family, and even if Li Longji knows it, she will not be suspicious, but Sima Chengzhen's protruding question made her have to examine this plan from the beginning. Li Longji wanted to marry Princess Xu Yi but didn't succeed, if he was promised to marry the daughter of the clan again, even if there were rumors of Du Shiyike's noble wife, but no one would say that the princess was not as good as the daughter of the ordinary clan?

"Moreover, although Du Shiyu is not a high-ranking official, the weight of the bixia weapon is obvious, if it is matched with a little-known daughter of the distant branch clan, won't others feel cheap?"

Concubine Wu Hui was speechless, but when she was about to ask Sima Chengzhen what kind of person she liked, she saw that the two princesses of Yuzhen and Jinxian had already turned around together, and the lady of Chu State Yang Shi in the back shook her head with a helpless expression, actually saying that she couldn't stop the two. She calmed down and greeted her with a smile.

"But it's hot weather, and Tao Guangyuan is so stuffy?"

Princess Yuzhen and Princess Jin Xian naturally would not snub Concubine Wu Hui, the favorite concubine of the Son of Heaven, Princess Jin Xian bowed her head and smiled: "I have always been friends with Yuan Yuan and Du Jiulang, but in the past few days, I have really been hung by Sect Master Sima and I can't keep my appetite up, so I am worried about whether his ability to be a person will be unreliable." ”

When she said this, Princess Yuzhen also squinted at Sima Chengzhen with a smile in her eyes: "That's it, Sect Master Sima's previous words made Du Jiulang drag out until now that four out of twenty are not married, now don't find someone to perfunctory, even if he is grateful to you for agreeing, we will not agree."

"Hey, is the old word so unreliable?" Sima Chengzhen pretended to be depressed and sighed, and then bent his fingers with great interest, "Well, look at the old way for you to calculate, where is Du Jiulang's intended person......

Rao is Concubine Wu Hui, she was amused by Sima Chengzhen's fortune-telling stick-like demeanor and tone on the streets, and at this moment, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a waiter not far away desperately gesticulating, and in an instant she knew that it was Li Longji who had arrived, and he was actually coming from behind her. Although she expected that the Son of Heaven would come over on a whim, she didn't expect it to be so early, and she smiled with Sima Chengzhen's tone as soon as she thought about it: "You must know that Sect Master Sima actually used this kind of calculation, why don't I just make a post and invite some school-age girls to let you pick and choose, after this news spreads, I don't know how many people have come to me to inquire......

Li Longji did not bring his entourage, he had already walked alone at this moment and came not far behind everyone, and when he heard these answers, he couldn't help frowning slightly. Gao Lishi has also blown some wind in his ears in the past few days, saying that many officials are looking at each other among his nieces and nieces, obviously because he learned Sima Chengzhen's words, which made him feel a little delicate. Even if Liu Jieyu has been sent to cultivate, but when he thought of the eldest daughter Princess Yongmu who was promised to marry, he was politely rejected for that reason, and now all the families are pushing out some fathers and ancestors who are not obvious, and the little unhappiness in his heart in recent years has also been eradicated.

In the early years, if he talked about marriage, Du Shiyi would not be able to be the son-in-law of heaven, the kings' sons-in-law, the princesses, the prime ministers' sons-in-law, and all kinds of other royal relatives and relatives, who would not be willing to recruit a son-in-law who is famous all over the world, how could they be reduced to the current situation, only second-class or even second-class girl candidates? Sima Chengzhen, a Taoist who is famous all over the world, is really deadly, fortunately, Sima Chengzhen has almost never criticized the number of lives for so many years, and he asked about the sons under his knees, Sima Chengzhen refused to only look at people's marriages, and did not shirk the blame, and the royal number of lives has always been blinded by heaven, and he can't guess in vain with the way of numbers, so he really can't do anything.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help coughing lightly to show his presence, and then after everyone looked back and saw him hurriedly saluting, he stretched out his hand to help Concubine Wu Hui up, and said again: "I heard that Concubine Hui summoned people to visit the garden, why didn't I listen to you talk about other things, and I was entangled in the marriage of a courtier here?" ”

Every man hears this in his ears, and every one tastes it differently. Concubine Wu Hui was heart chuckled, secretly thinking that fortunately Sima Chengzhen reminded her that she was not too involved, so she came to her senses in a moment, and said with a smile: "Bixia, isn't this the hottest topic in Luoyang City recently?" Since Sect Master Sima was here, the two masters couldn't hold back for a while, so they naturally asked a few questions, and Sect Master Sima raised his hand to calculate in a matter-of-fact manner, saying that it was just a joke with each other. ”

"Hey, the birth dates that have been sent to me these days are more than I have received in most of my previous lives." Sima Chengzhen spread his hands helplessly, but he complained angrily at Princess Yuzhen and Princess Jinxian, "It's all because the two golden branches and jade leaves are too loud, and now they are trying their best to ask for me, how can Lao Dao be worthy of Du Jiulang when the time comes?" ”

"Who knows that it's been so long, Du Jiulang has been out for three years, and he is still so memorable" Princess Yuzhen shrugged her shoulders in annoyance, and then snorted coldly, "Instead of cheapening those Shuyuan beauties who came out of nowhere, it is better to cheapen your own sister, your apprentice Yuyao is not bad, simply let Sect Master Sima give divination?" ”

"Okay, you Yuanyuan, you also brought a few apprentices, why don't you let Sect Master Sima also calculate? I am a capable apprentice in Yuyao, who will be by my side to fill in the gaps in the future after I get married? ”

The two sisters actually quarreled in front of themselves, Li Longji looked at it and couldn't help laughing, and Concubine Wu Hui couldn't help but laugh. Sima Chengzhen seemed to be a little helpless by these two golden branches and jade leaves, shook his head and said with a smile: "Since the two noble lords have cultivated the Tao, the civil and military officials have sent their daughters to accompany them. ”

"What is the pastime, hasn't Sect Master Sima seen people? The Yuyao beside my sister is the person I have always wanted to snatch so, Wang Shouyi, that bastard almost ruined her reputation back then, I can't wait to slaughter people to vent my anger" Princess Yuzhen snorted heavily, and then seemed to think that it was boring to plan with someone who was already dead, and she was a little interested for a while, "Speaking of which, if it weren't for me and my sister asking Du Jiulang to save people, maybe she would have died...... Forget it, let's not talk about her, my sister and I have been asking her to pray for us in various famous mountains for the past two years, I just hope that God can also bless her. ”

Concubine Wu Hui was careful, and at first she didn't notice who this Yuyao was, but when she heard Princess Yuzhen scolding Wang Shouyi, she immediately realized who this apprentice of Princess Jinxian was, and her heart couldn't help but move. Chang'an Wang Yuanbao is certainly the richest man in Guanzhong, famous all over the world, but he does not have much foundation in the officialdom, only heard that he is good at dancing with long sleeves, very good at doing business, and has a lot of praise among the princes and nobles.

Since the previous thoughts were obviously not practical, she simply smiled and suggested: "I forgot, in the past, the two masters of the temple often brought her with them, but I have seen it a few times, San Lang should not have seen it, right?" That Yuyao lady is the daughter of Wang Yuanbao of Chang'an, and she treats people generously and is very likable, otherwise why would Wang Shouyi also have a crooked heart for a while? ”

After many years, when he heard the name Wang Shouyi again, Li Longji was stunned, and when Princess Yuzhen and Concubine Wu Hui said it one after another, he finally vaguely remembered the rumors that Wang Shouyi had kidnapped people back then. Although the matter was finally closed with bandits, he hated Wang Shouyi, and this was the reason for it. And Wang Yuanbao started from scratch and created today's family business with a glazed workshop, and he is also a well-known figure in Liangjing. He was the only monarch's father, and it was impossible for him to summon people into the palace because he was curious, and now that he heard that his daughter was outside, he nodded happily.

"It's okay, Xuan come in and let me see what kind of character it is, so that all of you praise a good word."

Today's meeting in Taoguangyuan is different from the usual days when Princess Jinxian enters the concubine who can be on the side, and Wang Rong is also waiting outside with other entourages. The idle maidservants and others were waiting outside Taoguang Garden, while she and Huo Qing were at the entrance of the cloister, in addition to a daughter of the Yang clan who accompanied the wife of Chu State, a grandmother of the Yang family, a concubine of Princess Han who was born in a good people, and two female officials in King Ning's mansion. Most of the people don't know each other, so they are naturally in charge of each other, Huo Qing has won the trust of Princess Yuzhen, and after seeing Li Longji enter, he said softly: "Yuyao lady has to be prepared, I am afraid that she will announce it anytime and anywhere." ”

"I know." Wang Rong glanced at Huo Qing gratefully, and then held her outstretched hand. At a time like today, with a companion by her side, she is not too nervous, not to mention that Huo Qing has come and gone in the past, and she has also helped herself countless times. "Huo Qing, Xiexie, you."

"Where did the Jade Yao lady come from?" Huo Qing often went to the Du Mansion on the orders of Princess Yuzhen, and the person who traveled the most with her was Wang Rong, and she had always had a good impression of being gentle to people, and after thinking about it at the moment, she finally decided to remind, "The Lord of the Golden Immortal Guan has always had some minor illnesses and pains in the past two years, although the imperial doctor has been treated by the imperial doctor, and they are all safe and sound in the end, but it is always worrying." The viewer is about to be forty in an instant, and this time he spares no effort for the affairs of the Yuyao lady, and he almost has the intention of marrying his daughter, so he only hopes that the Yuyao lady will be smooth for a while.

The three words of marrying a daughter made Wang Rong's heart tighten, and then he gave birth to an indescribable shame. Earlier, when she said goodbye to Du Shiyi in Youzhou, she decided to worship the Golden Fairy Princess and enter the Taoist as the female crown, but that was just to dispel the covetousness of others, and she never even revealed her thoughts to the Golden Fairy Princess. But after four years of master-apprentice relationship, she naturally regarded Princess Jinxian as her mother when she was a child, and when she thought of Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen didn't know anything, and even matched her and Du Shiyi, she finally couldn't help but hang her head to hide the tears in the corners of her eyes.

has deceived them for many years, if this happens, should she give everything and everything?

"Who is the Jade Yao Lady? Bixia summons"

This sudden voice surprised all the people waiting here, and in front of everyone's eyes, Wang Rong hurriedly stepped forward and responded, "It's me." Dare to ask this chamberlain, did Bixia really summon me? ”

"That's still fake." The chamberlain was just an ordinary person beside Li Longji, and after looking at Wang Rong, he said politely, "Please also ask Yuyao Lady to come with me." ”

Although this corridor had been walked through before, Wang Rong's mood at this moment was completely different from before. As the small pavilion approached, she gradually showed her proper caution, and after entering, she bowed her head and bowed, "Meet Bixia." ”

"Flatten, keep your head up."

Today, since he has planned to face the saint, Wang Rong has also put in a lot of hard work in makeup. It is natural to be so plain and not apply fat powder on weekdays, but it is even more unfeasible to apply heavy makeup, so she just applied powder thinly, lightly swept the willow eyebrows, and applied the popular plum blossom flower in the palace between the eyebrows, focusing on the cheekbones and jaw to make some cover-up, which is not very outstanding at first glance. Sure enough, she was keenly aware that Li Longji's scrutiny did not reveal any other meaning, and she suddenly let go of a matter in her heart.

"Even when many officials saw me for the first time, there were still people who lost ground, but she was a woman, and she was indeed calm and generous." Li Longji took a closer look at Wang Rong's appearance, and only felt that his figure was tall and tall, but he was slightly thin, and although the contours of his facial features were beautiful, his cheekbones and jaw were too prominent, although he was better than most of the concubines in the palace, but he was not as charming and beautiful as Concubine Wu Hui, so his curiosity was much purer. He held his chin with great interest and asked with a smile, "Let me ask you, why do you want to worship under the Banniang Sect?" Your family is rich, don't you feel bitter in the Taoist temple? ”

As soon as these words came out, I don't know how many people present secretly slandered themselves.

Luoyang's Jinglong Female Taoist Temple, the north and south occupy half of the Daodaofang's land, as for the Jinxian Temple of Chang'an Fuxing Fang, it occupies less than the area, and Fuli is especially excessive, in such a Taoist temple cultivation is still quite bitter, what is there in the sky and where is there any wealth? The only thing worth agreeing with is that Wang Rong is good at letting go of the daughter of a rich family, and when he goes to the Golden Immortal Temple to serve the Golden Immortal Princess to cultivate, this gap is not small. Especially those daughters and noblewomen are mostly because of the political goals of their father and brother, and they returned home in a few months or a year, especially by the side of Princess Jinxian, which was like a flowing change, and Wang Rong stayed for a long time.

"Back to Bixia, although my father is now rich, in the early years, he was embarrassed until the night of the New Year's Day, and a bowl of broth still had to be eaten by the concubine and the two brothers. Now, even though there is no shortage of money in the family, the concubine is not so unbearable that she will not be lonely. Wang Rong cleverly changed the word Qingbitter to lonely, and paused before continuing, "As for why the concubine did not dare to hide it when he worshiped under the master's door, there are actually two major reasons. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it? ”

"One is that the father of the family is rich, and when others see that the concubine once patrolled the industry on behalf of the father, they can't help but feel that the strange goods are livable and can have both people and money. The concubine had to ask for a pure place to live. ”

Knowing this reason may offend many people who have asked to marry him, but it is far better to tell the truth in front of Li Longji than those beautiful words, after all, if the Son of Heaven wants to know about the past, it is only a matter of time. Seeing Li Longji's stunned face, she obviously expected this, so she continued: "The second is that I have read through the Tao Te Ching and many Taoist classics since I was a child. ”

"Then why is it the Golden Immortal Viewer and not the Jade True Viewer?" Concubine Wu Hui suddenly interjected with a smile and asked.

"The Jade True View is the main place, and the cultivators are all in harmony; The Golden Immortal is the main place, and there are few cultivators. When it comes to purity, it is self-evident where to choose. ”

"You, you, it's better to say that I am often full of guests here, and it is a poetry club and a literary meeting at every turn, you are noisy"

Princess Yuzhen chuckled, then looked at Sima Chengzhen and said, "Sect Master Sima, don't look at it, Yuyao is definitely not suitable, and my sister will not let go."

As she spoke, she waved her hand at Wang Rong and said, "Yuyao, just see Bixia, hurry up."

Li Longji was amused by Princess Yuzhen's jiashi who was in a hurry to catch people, and immediately looked at Princess Jinxian. Princess Jinxian glared at Princess Yuzhen angrily and said, "Brother dare to talk nonsense in front of her," but after she was angry, she smiled at Wang Rong with a pleasant face: "Yuyao retreat." ”

Seeing Wang Rong salute and leave, Li Longji asked thoughtfully: "Brother Dao has never pushed this woman's birthday."

"It's all pushed one hundred and eighty, how can she be missing?" Sima Chengzhen shrugged his shoulders relaxedly, and then said with a smile: "You know, whether this push is suitable, there are diviners on the street who can take responsibility, and they can't use the old way to rob other people's business." Among the one hundred and eighty people, if you just talk about the eight characters, there are at least dozens of people who are suitable for Du Jiulang, including her, of course. But Du Jiulang's life is special, if he didn't have a younger sister, he would almost be a lone star, and now he is too ......rigid in his life."

Sima Chengzhen's mouth is a long talk about the metaphysics of numerology, and the more he talks, the more he talks, the more he talks, and a lot of people are confused in their faces and even more confused in their hearts. However, Li Longji was quite familiar with these metaphysics, and when Sima Chengzhen finished speaking, he suddenly said thoughtfully: "Brother Dao, can you accompany me to visit Taoguang Garden?" ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven invited Sima Chengzhen to go, the rest of the people couldn't help but look at each other, and the wife of Chu State, Yang, was even more absent-minded, and her mind was full of her son's words before leaving today.

"Auntie, I know that you have always loved Concubine Hui and are close to her, but sometimes don't listen to everything about her grandfather who died unjustly, of course, it is no wonder that she is wronged, but if it is not because of her relationship, how can Grandpa be involved in calculations? And afterwards, she did have no way to save her, but what about uncles? Now, although my uncle is no longer in exile, his official position has not been returned, and he is still serving in those humble and petty foreign officials. Ah Niang, even if there is no Concubine Hui, Grandpa is still Bixia's minister, but with Concubine Hui, Grandpa lost his life instead. Auntie, even if it's for the sake of our children, you shouldn't blindly fall too deep."

Jiang Du, who said this, was sitting opposite Du Shiyi for a drink in a private room of a wine shop at the north gate of Shangshanfang in Luoyang Palace at this time. The north gate of Jishanfang is just an orchid wine shop owned by Wang Maozhong, and one of this Shangshanfang is owned by the Jiang family back then, Jiang Jiao died, and the rest of the Jiang family was implicated, and this place was once sold at a low price, and then Li Linfu gained power, and others gave it to him, he was happy to borrow flowers to offer Buddha to be a good person, and returned it to Jiang Du. Therefore, now that they meet in this kind of place, Jiang Du is not afraid that outsiders will hear him, so he will naturally speak arbitrarily.

"In a flash, you have been out for three years, the old appearance of the two capitals has been renewed, Zhang said that he stepped down, Yuan Weng still does not fight with others, Song Kaifu has been staying in front of his Xijing, and Du Li Doufa in the middle of the court, unless the officials below have a strong foundation, they still inevitably stand in line on both sides. As for the palace, Concubine Hui is dominant, and she is only one step away from the back position, but she can't jump over this step, so she can only watch that the prince even has a son. So, you become very important. ”

"It turns out that after three years of absence, am I still a sweetheart?" Du Shiyi raised her eyebrows with a smile

"Of course. When Yuwen Rong was the assassin of Weizhou, he was quite moved by your reminder. My cousin also said in secret, "You are righteous enough." ”

Jiang Du pursed his lips, and then said with a smile: "Song Kaifu also praised you for first appointing two tax envoys in Chengdu Ling, and then presiding over the affairs of the tea introduction division. Song Kaifu is good at everything, but he doesn't know much about financial plans, as long as you sit up straight, he will naturally support you in the future. As for Yuan Weng, you are the leader of his tenure in Jing Zhaoyin, and then several things have won him a lot of glory, who will he promote if he doesn't promote you? At your age, in such a position and with a bright future, can you find me a second person? Wang Maha, who got the shape a year later than you, has not been able to transfer it back yet."

"Okay, okay, don't talk about this, I want to hide out of the capital again because of what you say, forget your aunt, can you really be sure to make sense?"

"Of course. In addition to the clan girls she picked for you, Concubine Hui also found two daughters from the Hongnong Yang family, but her father and ancestor were only the ladies of the petty officials, both of whom were twenty-eight years old, beautiful and delicious, to be honest, I saw pity, so I raised them in my house. Jiang Du raised the wine cup in front of him angrily and drank it all, "Of course, these two Yang girls are not for you, they are for the prince." It is not to find out the truth of the prince, but to make the prince make mistakes by making mistakes. I'm already disgusted with these, so without what you said, I also plan to persuade A-Niang to pretend to be sick and can't be provoked, I can't hide? ”

Since the two met, you have a cup, I have a cup, and they have already drunk a lot, and at this moment Jiang Du has already curled his tongue a little. Fortunately, almost all the upstairs and downstairs were covered by their own people, and Du Shiyi was not afraid that this unscrupulous remark would be heard. He smiled slightly, and was about to pick up the conversation, but he saw that a group of people had already come out from Luoyang Palace, just looking at the scene of the chariot and horse entourage, he understood that this was the chariot and horse of Princess Yuzhen and Princess Jinxian and their group. Even from a distance, he could clearly recognize the person from one of the ox carts who was looking out with a curtain open.

When his eyes finally collided, he clearly saw her gently put her finger on her lips, and immediately showed a knowing smile.

Could it be...... Succeed with flying colors?