Chapter 33: The Willow Catkins
Xiliu's expression changed slightly when she heard the word Xie, she took two deep breaths, her tone was choked, and said, "My mother is sorry for you, I will try my best to make amends, but let's not use this method, okay?" Tossing in the capital is equivalent to playing with fire and self-immolation. You should know that it is not easy for us to escape death. Now that you've survived, why don't you cherish the days you lived? ”
An Qingming smiled back: "It was you who escaped death, not me, why am I still surnamed An?" It's because I've always been the blood of the royal family, and this can never be changed, if it weren't for your father taking me away alive and hiding me in the Qin Fence Kingdom, do you think I would leave the palace?"
Xiliu clenched his fists, his voice was slightly hoarse, and asked, "So, Third Prince, may I ask why you are so weak and sick?" You wouldn't know that you were poisoned, would you? If it weren't for my father's death, do you think you would have survived until now? Did your father, who is related by blood, do anything to protect each other? ”
An Qingming replied: "Rescue? That's what your father owes me and my mother, and what your mother owes, and what your father does, it's not enough...... As for my father, the old emperor, what did he do and didn't do, and what does it have to do with you and me? I stayed in the capital, and I didn't want to be his son. ”
Xi Liuqi smiled, and she said in a hoarse voice: "My father saved you, thinking of the old relationship with your mother, but you also have to understand, if it wasn't for your mother's debt to my father, why would there be so many rights and wrongs?" If my mother is at fault, is your mother not? Tracing back to the roots, it's not necessarily anyone's fault. ”
An Qingming ignored it, and still said fiercely: "Your father is up to me, what can you do?" I still say the same thing, where do you like to go, anyway, I want to stay in the capital. ”
Xi was so angry that he had nothing to say, and finally had to turn around and leave.
What Que'er said was true, Shen Ting did come to the capital, and at this moment, he was waiting for her outside the courtyard.
Xiliu was too lazy to clean up, because she was in a really bad mood, she walked out directly with the finch with a gloomy face, and went to visit the capital with Shen Ting, she really needed to divert her attention at the moment, otherwise, she would really cry angrily.
An Qingming didn't want to go back, and she naturally couldn't go back, because the fate of the Xi family was connected with An Qingming's fate, how could she rest assured that he would stay in the capital alone. An Qingming also understands, so he has no fear.
The climate in the capital is very cold, and at the moment it is snow-capped everywhere and the streets are deserted. Shen Ting was dressed in a big red hat, buried his head in the collar, and walked quietly with her.
Xiliu asked: "Why did you come to the capital for the Chinese New Year?" ”
Shen listened and replied: "Aren't you too?" ”
Xiliu was noncommittal: "You and I are different, how can we be compared?" I put down my business, and I still have children at home. You're a busier person than I am...... It can't be hiding from Yun Sleeve, right? ”
Shen Ting coughed twice, and said unnaturally: "I said that I went to the capital to see you, do you believe it?" No one drank during the Chinese New Year, so it was really boring, so I came to Beijing. ”
Xiliu smiled: "Minister Shen will no one drink?" How dare I believe it, even if the owner of the mall doesn't accompany you, will the girls in Lanchun Building give you wine? ”
Shen listened to Xiliu and saw that he didn't have the slightest affection for him, pinched his nose, and told the truth: "My uncles urged me to look at each other on the New Year's Day, so I invited some old friends to come to the house as guests, and invited those old friends' ladies to come as guests, so Yun Sleeve went directly to the door to make trouble. I wasn't afraid of her making trouble, but I was worried that she would make too much trouble and provoke the Shen family, and it would be difficult for me to protect her at that time. ”
Xiliu nodded and said lightly: "Actually, there is a way, you marry her, or make it clear to her, marry someone else quickly, and there will be nothing to do." ”
Shen listened to silence: "You know, I don't want to get married. You also know that Yun Sleeve's mind is too sensitive, if I am ruthless, I am afraid that she will do something stupid......"
Xiliu pulled his own big coat and said helplessly: "Why do you say our lives are like this...... I'll stop talking, what do you say you're messed with? If you really don't want to marry, it's okay to marry her......"
Shen Ting glanced up at her and said disdainfully: "I won't, who would be as cowardly and incompetent as you?" ”
Xiliu replied with a smile: "I'm cowardly and incompetent, what's the matter with Shen Dagongzi fleeing to the capital?" ”
Shen listened and replied: "It's ridiculous that I fled to the capital, it's very decent for someone to be trapped in the capital and can't return home, right?" ”
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Shen Ting and Xiliu fought all the way, but they couldn't come up with a reason, just like they couldn't tell the difference between high and low when drinking, they couldn't even tell who was more ridiculous, and in the end they could only stop and smile relatively bitterly......
Seeing that they finally stopped arguing, Qi'er said cautiously: "Girl, I think we have to stay away from Shen Gongzi, otherwise next time, Miss Yunsleeve will trouble you again...... I've been splashed with tea before......"
Xiliu smiled, glanced at Shen Ting, whose face changed slightly, patted Que'er's shoulder, and comforted: "It's okay, how can you be the kind of person who is afraid of hot tea, I see that a certain son is lonely, too pitiful, and it just so happens that I am also very pitiful, so I will make a wine table." In this world, it's rare to find a drinking buddy like me......"
Shen Ting glared at Qi'er, and said to Xiliu: "In the future, I won't have this stinky girl, Xiliu, you can do it yourself." ”
Xiliu was helpless, so he had to comfort him again: "It's done, don't be stingy, what's wrong with what Que'er said?" She just cares about me, she just doesn't understand our friendship with each other, don't worry, this girl won't lose your friendship with me for these little things. But well...... You still have to find a way to solve this matter, but you can't, you run away every time...... Yun Sleeve, although I don't like her, but she ...... It's a poor person. ”
Shen Ting breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "I know, I don't need you to worry about it, but then again, I still have room for maneuver in this matter, but you ...... To what extent are you going to go? Do you really want to delay your life for the sake of peace and clarity? ”
Xiliu replied: "It just so happens that I don't have any extravagant hopes, since I don't have that life, so be it......"
Shen listened and stopped talking, the two of them walked a few laps with their hearts, and the snow fell in the sky, at first it was still goose feathers and light snow, but after a while, the amount of snow increased, and the big snow could no longer resist, so the two had to give up shopping, turned back, and planned to go back to the courtyard to cook wine and drink.
A few hours ago, in the courtyard of Jingbei, Xiliu had just gone out, and An Qingming received a reply from the secret guard, and at about noon, the national teacher car would rush back from the palace to the national teacher's mansion and pass through North Street.
An Qingming received the news and went through his plan twice in his mind: first change his clothes, and then go to the selected section of the road to wait, which is sparsely populated and will not be spread to other places soon. By the way, you have to bring the people you chose before, pretend to be a crowd of onlookers, and then play an unjust case and trick the national teacher into the courtyard. Tell him who you are, work with him and ask for help.
In the capital, especially in the imperial palace, how can you gain a foothold without a strong pillar?
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the court hall was not opened, and there was no need to listen to the court proceedings, Liu Zhixu visited the palace, but it was just to worship the New Year according to the routine, and make a show, in order to show the good of the palace and the national teacher's mansion. Liu Zhixu, that is, the national teacher who has just succeeded. Previously, the national teacher had many identities, one of which was Ji Liu, the son of the richest man in Nanshui.
He sat in the carriage and looked out the window of the carriage, the capital was covered with snow, and the sky was overcast. While thinking about what to do after returning home, others said that the New Year Festival was the most lively, but he felt that the New Year Festival was very boring. Even if Jiang Fengmian and Jiang Fengwan still live in the mansion, even if he grew up with them, he still feels that life is long and lonely. He didn't want to pay attention to it, but seeing that the person who shouted the grievance was sincere, and saw that there were many passers-by watching, so he forced his spirit and listened patiently. There were few people in this section, and it was useless for that person to pretend to be real, just looking at the crowd behind him, he knew what kind of goods he was, but seeing his intentions, he had some fun. This Chinese New Year, this person, has such idleness?