Chapter 8: Choosing the Lord as soon as possible
As soon as the two left, Xie Yaoguang lifted his eyes and looked at the slightly shaking door curtain, took a deep breath, but couldn't help coughing. When Su Wan saw it, he hurriedly patted Xie Yaoguang on the back, and Xiao Lingyu also helped pour a cup of tea. Finally relieved, Xie Yaoguang's pale face flushed crimson, and he leaned back in the chair tiredly.
Su Yu looked at Xie Yaoguang intently, and said with concern, "Miss Xie is okay, right?" Do you want me to go to His Royal Highness King Shou and ask the imperial doctor in the palace to take a look?"
"Su Gongzi's kindness, Yaoguang understands. I just think the incense here is too strong and it smells unpleasant."
Su Yu was stunned for a moment. The brocade shed is clearly lit with wood fragrance, and the taste is not strong. If you want to say that the fragrance is strong, it should also be the fragrance of King Shou and the prince, these two people's clothes are smoked with the special incense of the palace, and it is good to smell it, if you smell it for the first time, you will inevitably feel smoky. Xie Yaoguang had a clear guess about Su Yu's current thoughts, and after tonight, King Shou would know that she hated the incense on their bodies. But Xie Yaoguang was curious about the three father and son of the Su family, except for Su Yu, the other two were really non-party and non-factional?
No, she didn't believe it.
Xie Yaoguang had already sorted out the relationship between the major families in Gusu before entering Gusu. Xiao Lingyu and Xu Tianyue, who are good friends with Su Wan, one is the daughter of Xiao Qishan, Marquis of Ningyuan, and the other is the daughter of the eldest daughter of the Xu family, the queen's mother, whose father is Xu Mingyi, the Duke of Qin, as for the sister of Princess Xue Leyan last time. The Gusu family was originally honored by Emperor Gaozu as the head of the six Shangzhu countries, the Gu family. After the Gu clan was killed, the Su family became the head of the family. Xu, Yu, Xiao, and Lu went their separate ways. The remaining surnames Xue, Jiang, and Lin all want to be in the forefront and stand side by side with the Su family. Thinking of this, his eyes swept over the lips of several people, and the smile was shallow. Hehe, no one in the Su family knows the details of the Su family better than her, and Su Qing knows that he can't be a pure minister when he has a stain on his body. Once he dies, he will have to choose between the crown prince and the king, otherwise he will be rejected. However, looking at his current appearance, there is a lot of hope that the two are loyal to the emperor...... It's just that he blindly let Su Jue serve King Shou. What exactly does he want to do?
Although I knew early on that the news of the emperor's swallow sign would attract snooping from all sides, the person who came now was quite surprising. Su Wan, who often goes in and out of the palace, immediately got up and greeted politely when they saw it.
"Grandpa Lin, why are you here. Sit down and rest," Su Yu took a step forward and said.
The person who came bowed slightly with a smile on his face, shook his hand and saluted and said warmly: "A few nobles are polite, our family came to find Miss Xie at the behest of the county lord of Jingning."
As he spoke, his gaze naturally fell on Xie Yao's face. Xie Yaoguang has a little impression of this Lin Gonggong. Lin Gonggong's real name is Lin Tai, and he is an attendant who serves in front of the queen. Now he said that he had come to invite himself at the behest of the Lord of Jingning...... Tsk, I'm afraid that Queen Xu wanted to see that she happened to be present with the county lord of Jingning, so in order to prevent any further abnormal situations, she simply invited in the name of the county lord of Jingning to avoid being refused.
Figure out Empress Xu's calculations. Xie Yaoguang raised his eyebrows with deep meaning and smiled. Lin Tai has been crawling and rolling in the harem for many years, and he has seen many people who are afraid of the majesty of the heavenly family when they hear the nobles in the palace summon, and he has also seen people who are not calm on the surface, but their bodies tremble, but it is the first time that Xie Yaoguang is so calm and fearless. couldn't help but secretly admire Xie Yaoguang's courage, no wonder such a person could get the favor of Prince Shouwang and make the queen look at her differently.
"Please ask Grandpa Lin to lead the way"
Lin Tai led Xie Yaoguang out of the brocade shed and went all the way to Chaofeng Tower. On the road, families frequently looked sideways, thinking about Xie Yaoguang's identity. At this time, Xie Yaoguang stepped on the stairs and happened to be opposite Gu Qingzhi, taking advantage of the greeting of Gu Qingzhi and Xie Yaoguang, Gu Qingzhi and Xie Yaoguang's eyes briefly met, Xie Yaoguang's lips opened lightly and said silently, and the four words were not hindered. Then she turned sideways to let Gu Qingzhi pass, and when the plug-in passed, Gu Qingzhi stuffed a ball of paper into her palm.
One into the warm pavilion of Chaofeng Building. Sure enough, as she guessed, Empress Xu, Concubine Rong and Lord Jingning were all present. The woman in the middle with a red robe and a phoenix crown and a graceful bearing is the Queen Xu who has seen at the Spring Banquet. A little fine lines at the corners of the eyes can still see the beauty of youth. The woman in the finch blue skirt on the left has apricot eyes and willow eyebrows. It looks like she is only about forty years old, a few years younger than Queen Xu, and she is the mother of the crown prince, Concubine Rong. As for the young woman with beautiful makeup, it should be the county lord of Jingning.
It is indeed interesting to say that Concubine Rong is not the biological mother of the prince. The prince's biological mother is the Lu family after the current Shangyuan Dynasty. The Lu family blocked the sword for the present back then, so that the fetal gas was activated, and Ye Linyu was born early. A few days after the birth, he died, and now he was grief-stricken and grateful for Lu's sincerity, and then issued a decree to seal Ye Linyu who was still in his infancy as the prince, and if the prince has no big mistake from now on, it will never be easy to save. and handed over Ye Linyu to Concubine Rong to raise, and Rong was able to be promoted to concubine. It is said that it was because Xu Guifei was pregnant at that time, in order to avoid trouble, Ye Linyu was handed over to the Rong family to raise, and after the Rong family got Ye Linyu, he was also conscientious to raise and teach.
Xie Yaoguang smiled, knelt down and bowed.
"Miss Xie is here? Aunt Li still hasn't moved a mat for Miss Xie," Xu Hou looked at Xie Yaoguang with a smile, and nodded slowly, obviously extremely satisfied with Xie Yaoguang.
"This Miss Xie is worthy of being born into a big family. Looking at the grandeur and demeanor of the whole body, if you don't know, I'm afraid you will think that Miss Xie is a princess?" Concubine Rong raised her sleeves to cover her lips, her apricot eyes narrowed slightly, and said with a smile: "It's just a pity that I don't have a daughter, otherwise I would have to invite Miss Xie into the palace to teach her." Your Royal Highness, do you think so? ”
"Miss Xie is a good one, and the palace is also very happy," Xu Hou hooked his lips and looked at Xie Yaoguang with a smile.
Sensing Xu Hou's slightly cold gaze. Xie Yaoguang's eyes lifted slightly, and he looked at Xu Hou. He still lowered his head and just maintained his respect for the superior.
"Niangniang praised, Yaoguang naturally can't be compared with the golden branches and jade leaves," Xie Yaoguang bowed his head respectfully and whispered softly.
Rong Guifei smiled gently when she heard this, "Look at my foolishness." However, when the palace looked at Miss Xie, she always felt familiar at first sight, so she came to Miss Xie to sit in the palace. ”
Xie Yaoguang didn't move when he heard this, and raised his eyes to look at Concubine Rong. looked at Xu Hou again, and a smile flashed in his eyes.
"Her Royal Highness, the noble concubine. Jing Ning looked at this house, it was really a little boring, I wanted to take Miss Xie out for a walk, there were just some questions I wanted to ask her" Lord Jingning got up and smiled at Queen Xu and Concubine Rong in front of him, and he had the intention of relieving Xie Yaoguang.
The identity of the county lord of Jingning plays a pivotal role in the calendar, and he holds the power of the army, so he naturally cannot ignore it, and he will need to win over the place in the future. In addition, this time he borrowed the name of the county lord of Jingning to invite Xie Yaoguang, since the county lord of Jingning opened his mouth to relieve Xie Yaoguang, he could only agree.
Hearing this, Empress Xu chuckled and said, "Yes." The palace almost forgot that it was the lord of Jingning County who invited Miss Xie to come, alas, Miss Xie naturally didn't like to be with us when she was young. Come on, Jingning, you go out with Miss Xie."
Thank you, Xu. The county lord of Jingning walked out of the warm pavilion with Xie Yaoguang, and the two walked side by side on the corridor and finally stopped at the corner. Looking out at the high platform below, which is in full swing.
"Miss Xie and just now really judged the two of them," the Jingning County Lord looked sideways at Xie Yaoguang and raised his lips and chuckled.
"Thank you for helping me break the siege," Xie Yaoguang retracted his gaze and smiled: "As for judging the two of them, how dare I be rude if the two of them are noble." But I don't think the county lord cares about these courtesies."
"Miss Xie is really interesting. I heard that Aunt Li, who was beside the queen that day, visited you on the order of Yi, and you saw it, but she went back with annoyance to return to her life, "The eyes of the county lord of Jingning were sparkling and funny, as if she looked at Xie Yaoguang, and said, "Miss Xie, isn't she afraid of causing trouble?"
"Trouble? What's in trouble with me?" Xie Yaoguang turned his head with a puzzled face.
"Miss Xie is not me talking nonsense, believe it or not, you will be in big trouble." The lord of Jingning County said in a solemn tone: "Just now you also saw the attitude of Empress Xu and Concubine Rong towards you. If you had been invited to sit next to Concubine Rong just now, the queen would have let you leave the warm pavilion safely."
"How dare I not believe what the county lord said" Xie Yaoguang bowed slightly and said: "Please ask the county lord to solve my doubts"
"Miss Xie, don't you always think it's strange, why has everything changed since you came back from Hanshan Temple?" The lord of Jingning County stared at Xie Yaoguang intently: "Just by virtue of that signature and the identity of your Xie family's daughter-in-law?" No matter how financially powerful the Xie family is, in the final analysis, they are just civilians, and it is impossible to affect the situation of the court. How can the crown prince and the king of Shou be interested in you? ”
"I'll tell you the truth, in fact, before I came, I had already met the crown prince and His Royal Highness King Shou, and they were extremely courteous to me. In fact, I am also curious about me, Xie Yaoguang's qualifications are mediocre, he is not a shallow learner, and he is not a family of birth valves, but he has some money. How could He De be able to make the crown prince and His Royal Highness King Shou look at each other differently. Please take care of this trouble for me."
The county lord of Jingning took a deep look at Xie Yaoguang, and then turned his gaze to the increasingly lively high platform, and laughed loudly: "Miss Xie still needs to tie the bell to the bell." Your trouble is still from Hanshan Temple."
Hanshan Temple has always been prosperous with incense, and making a wish in it is also extremely effective. Of course, the most popular is the signature of Hanshan Temple, which is said to be extremely accurate and rarely flawed. Since the establishment of Hanshan Temple, the first presiding officer left a last word before his death, those who can get the emperor's swallow signature, the heavens will be the phoenix according to their orders, and they will get the world, and this sentence has naturally become a royal secret. However, it is the first time in so many years that someone has drawn a ...... As for whether the rumors are true or not, no one will delve into them.
You must know that the signatures of Hanshan Temple are extremely accurate.
"Oh? I thought that according to the wisdom of the county lord, you would not believe such folk rumors."
"I can disbelieve it, but can I guarantee that everyone will not believe it?"
Xie Yaoguang looked at the county lord of Jingning, and as she looked away, she landed in the misty Gusu City. She couldn't guarantee that everyone wouldn't believe it, but as long as the man in the high position didn't believe it. Then this sentence is empty talk.
"Looks like Miss Xie doesn't seem to care?" The corners of the Jingning County Lord's lips were lightly raised, and he admired the authenticity, "Miss Xie is so courageous." Even if the rumors are not credible. However, it is better to believe that there is something than to believe that it is not. If it's just the prince recruiting talents for himself, you can't shirk it, and they won't have any obsessions. It's just that there is a saying "Emperor Yan, you can get the world." You're in big trouble. ”
"Oh, I'm going to have some trouble," Xie Yaoguang turned around and stared at the Jingning County Lord with a curious expression.
"Until they get you, they'll all persevere. If one side gets you, then the losing side will naturally spare no effort to destroy you. If you can use it for me, you can, if you can't, you must get rid of it. In such a situation, Miss Xie doesn't want to feel it? ”
"I don't want to," Xie Yaoguang raised his lips and smiled, "So I'm still bothering the county lord not to add fuel to the fire."
"This fire has been burning more and more vigorously, Miss Xie should make a choice as soon as possible."
"Will you be hunted down by another one as soon as possible?"
"So at least one more will do everything in their power to protect you, or will Miss Xie want both to come and kill you? Or do you want to cause trouble for the Xie family? The tone of the Jingning County Lord suddenly became cold, "Does Miss Xie want to choose the crown prince or the longevity king?"
The corners of Xie Yao's lips hooked up a cold smile, but he didn't speak.
"I advise Miss Xie to choose earlier. Otherwise, the high position loses patience. It's not a good thing for Miss Xie," he said, and turned to leave.
Xie Yaoguang looked at the back of the departing county lord of Jingning, and an extremely cold look flashed between his eyebrows. The person she wants to choose, I'm afraid no one can guess.