Chapter Twenty-Six: The Phoenix Pavilion
"It's also a trouble to keep this mask," Ji Ran said softly, "I'll deal with it for my son." β
Feng Yan nodded, "There is Lord Lao Ji." β
"Where, gladly." Ji Ran replied, "Son, please go back, I'm bothering you today." β
"Master Ji, wait a minute......," Feng Yan raised her sleeves, "Is it enough to ask me alone?" β
"If Childe wants to ask Lord Wei about the situation, then you don't need to," Ji Ran replied fluently, "Early this morning, our colleagues directly raided the official office for questioning, and Lord Wei's testimony should have been collected earlier than Childe." β
"......I see," Feng Yan nodded, "Master Na Ji walks slowly." β
Ji Ran saluted Feng Yan again, like a junior bidding farewell to a respected senior.
Feng Yan stood at the door and watched everyone go away, and then ordered someone to close the west gate of the Wei Mansion.
"You are all descendants of the Wei Mansion?" She looked at the six young men in front of her, one of them was very young, and the other five were about his age, about the early twenties.
"Yes." The crowd replied in unison.
Feng Yan said softly, "What's your name?" β
"Go very far." "Go to luxury." "Go to Thailand."
"Nope." "No." "Don't slaughter."
"It's all Wei Xingzhen's name for you?"
"Yes!"
Feng Yan smiled.
Wei Xingzhen learned the Tao Te Ching quite well.
The strong man didn't want to ask something earlier, but at this time he finally couldn't help it, and he said sullenly, "Madam, why are you so polite to those soldiers?" That mask...... Just give it to them? β
"It's not a big deal," Feng Yan said softly, "It's really troublesome to keep it." β
"Then it's not their turn to rob it."
"Don't be sassy," said Go-shi, "Mrs. doesn't care, what you're dancing here,"
Feng Yan looked at him, "Why didn't you let them search for their luggage?" β
"Because, Mrs. has not yet sorted out these luggage," replied Bu Shu, "I am afraid that there will be something in it that Mrs. will not be convenient for outsiders to look through, so I have been waiting for you here." β
Feng Yan looked at the stupid big man in front of her, "It's loyal...... But don't be so reckless in the future. β
"Butβ"
"Don't do it, Mrs. is clever," he couldn't help but interject when he went to the side, "This Ji Ran, known as Ji Ran outside, goes up to the royal family, down to the squire and ruffian, there is no one he doesn't dare to come forward to call the board...... You see how polite he is to his wife, and he needs you to be here to do a lot of things. β
He frowned and thought for a while, and then came to his senses, "Oh." β
"That's all for the day." Feng Yan said softly, "If such a big mansion as Lord Wei can be inspected calmly, so should my little luggage...... It just so happens that there are all the people now, and you can help me move all these things to the main house. β
"Okay!" Several people replied at the same time.
Feng Yan followed behind everyone and slowly walked towards the main house, and when she climbed the high steps, she couldn't help but look west.
As the sun sets, the entire city of Luoyang is immersed in the golden orange sunset.
Feng Yan narrowed her eyes slightly,
Wei Xingzhen...... I should be back soon.
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On one of the roofs of the Feng family, Feng Yishu and Feng Xiaoqi sat reclining.
"How so...... I feel that now Lord Yin and Sister Ah don't even have to be friends. Feng Yishu reclined and sighed, "What bad idea did you come up with?" β
Feng Xiaoqi held the grass in his mouth, looking at a small rockery in the southwest from a distanceβthat was the highest corner of Wei Xingzhen's mansion, thinking that Feng Yan should be around there at the moment, Feng Xiaoqi couldn't help laughing.
"You're still laughing!"
"Sister handled it so simply today, not dragging the mud and water at all, isn't it very good." Feng Xiaoqi gave a thumbs up, "If everything can be like this in the future, who can bully her." β
"Okay?" Feng Yishu could only worry alone, "She doesn't really like Wei Xingzhen, right?" β
Feng Xiaoqi thought for a while, "Sister Ah did say something similar before she got married...... She should have a good impression of Wei Xingzhen. β
ββ¦β¦ What's so good about Wei Xingzhen? β
Feng Xiaoqi glanced at the fifth brother, "Anyway, I wanted to ask for a long time, I feel that the 'First Auxiliary Minister' sounds like a big official, why don't you seem to think very much?" β
"That's a long story......"
"You make a long story short."
Feng Yishu stretched his legs.
ββ¦β¦ In the past, on the first day of each month, some scholars would go to the Zichen Hall to meet the emperor and discuss government affairs. Because the Zichen Hall is behind the Xuanzheng Palace, it is called entering the cabinet. These scholars were the early cabinet ministers, and the first bachelor, the first minister, the prime minister, was indeed very respected. β
"Hmm." Feng Xiaoqi nodded, "I know this." β
"However, after His Majesty ascended the throne, the opinions of the ministers disagreed with her several times, and in the autumn of the fourteenth year of Chengping, there was a big conflict between the ministers on a hunger strike outside the Zichen Palace, and the following year His Majesty reorganized the cabinet and renamed the cabinet 'Fengge', and the year name was changed from 'Chengping' to 'Tianfu'.
"In the first year of Tianfu, in order to reduce the power of the head and assistant, His Majesty split the Shangshu Order into the left and right servants of Shangshu - in fact, it is equivalent to adding the left prime minister and the right prime minister. To this day, although the first assistant is still an important position, it is no longer as beautiful as before. β
"So one Fengge Shoufu is equal to 1/3 of a prime minister...... Can I understand that? β
ββ¦β¦ What kind of conversion is this," Feng Yishu twisted his neck and thought about it, "Forget it, you just understand it like that, it doesn't matter anyway."
"Before Wei Xingzhen, the first assistant of the Feng Pavilion had been changed twice, and those two were respected ministers, whenever there was a disagreement between His Majesty and the ministers, they came forward to mediate and mediate...... Until Wei Xingzhen was here, it was completely a fox and a fake tiger, and he was flattered on his knees. β
Feng Yishu was angry when he said this, "How can such a person be worthy of Sister A!" β
"Fifth brother or do you mean that Luo Du has no shadow?"
"Hmm." Feng Yishu nodded.
ββI feel that Your Majesty is getting older and more stubborn, and he is not as able to listen to advice as before, so he will let people like Wei Xingzhen wait for the opportunity to take the position.
"Strange." Feng Xiaoqi muttered.
"What's weird?"
"If that's the case, why would my aunt support the marriage between Sister Ah and Wei Xingzhen." Feng Xiaoqi looked at Feng Yishu, "It's not like it, even the fifth brother you can understand things, but my aunt can't understand it?" β
Feng Yishu smacked this sentence for a while, and then reacted, "...... Are you hurting me again? β
Feng Xiaoqi laughed, "Anyway, this Lord Wei is already a hot figure in the court now...... Since we are sure that this person is not unusual. Then I'll have to find a time to talk to Sister Ah directly-"
Before the words fell, Feng Yishu suddenly stabbed Feng Xiaoqi's arm.
"Look there, that's ...... Daddy? β
Feng Xiaoqi looked in the direction that Feng Yishu was pointing, and saw that in the outer courtyard of the sunset, Feng Yuandao was wearing an official uniform and was slowly walking out, and outside the gate of the mansion not far away, the carriage and horse were waiting-he was obviously going out.
It's all this time, where is my father going to change his official uniform alone?
Feng Xiaoqi was a little strange, she narrowed her eyes and tried her best to look at the servants near the carriage not far away, among which there were several red-robed people, who looked like fathers-in-law in the palace.
She suddenly reacted, "Dad, this is ...... Want to enter the palace? β
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At the same time, in the small building of the Wei Mansion, Feng Yan heard a small sound coming from the windowsill.
She didn't have to look up to know who was comingβHuai Qing grabbed the window edge and gently swung into the house.
"Sister Yan, something happened in the palace."