Chapter 257: Repaying Grievances with Virtue
After the palace was pacified, the Anyang army withdrew to the station, and Wen Rongan took back the tiger talisman and returned it to the queen.
Wen Rong'an and Yan Ran know that class hierarchies cannot be crossed, especially the ceiling in the class - the royal family.
If they want to fight against Xiao Zun, they must have forces behind them that can compete with them.
So they chose the crown prince at the beginning, but the prince was unreliable, so they could only rely on Emperor Sheng, who was unconscious.
But fortunately, compared to these two unreliable sons, Emperor Sheng trusted the queen more, and even told her where the tiger talisman was hidden.
Therefore, after Yan Ran pried open the mouth of the national teacher, he sent him and Mei Ji to the queen together, revealing Xiao Zun's true face, which made the queen wary of him.
Emperor Sheng has been in a coma, and in order to prevent Xiao Zun from taking the opportunity to make trouble, the queen handed over the tiger talisman to Wen Rong'an, and ordered him to suppress the rebellion with all his strength and protect Emperor Sheng's safety from political turmoil.
In this pacification of the palace change, Wen Rongan was the primary hero, and Emperor Sheng valued him even more, not only handed over the post of commander of the Praetorian Guard to him, but also crowned the crown prince and young master.
Wen Rong'an is talented and weak, and he is an official to the second rank, and he is full of surprise, and he doesn't dare to think where the end of his career will be.
But no one raised any objections, after all, when Xiao Ming had not yet recovered his status as a prince and was just a little fool, Wen Rongan was already his teacher.
Some people think that Wen Rong'an is lucky, and a person who was saved casually in the war will become the son of heaven in the future.
There are also conspiracy theories, thinking that Xiao Yu and Xiao Zun both lost this time, and Xiao Ming profited from it, all of which were planned by Wen Rong'an a long time ago.
Indeed, after being suspicious of Xiao Yu, Wen Rongan decided to make another plan, and even secretly contacted King Guangling.
It's just that no one thought that Emperor Sheng would make Xiao Ming the crown prince as he wanted.
In fact, Wen Rongan and Yan Ran didn't want Xiao Ming to get involved.
As far as the public is concerned, Xiao Ming is ignorant and difficult to assume the responsibility of governing the country, and the government needs to be controlled by Empress Zhen and auxiliary ministers in the future.
In the face of a puppet emperor like Xiao Ming, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will have different intentions in life, resulting in turmoil in the court.
Privately, the burden of the people of the family and country is too heavy, and they all hope that Xiao Ming can always be as simple and happy as he is now, instead of becoming a marionette.
But at this point, they could only do their best to protect him and continue to move forward.
Not only was Wen Rongan promoted and raised, but Yan Ran also replaced Su Yu's position as a doctor and officially entered the management of the Taiyi Department.
Su Yu traveled 3,000 miles because of his participation in Xiao Zun's rebellion.
Emperor Sheng saw the affection of the old lady Su and did not harm the rest of the Su family, but the Su family could no longer gain a foothold in Anyang, and the guests scattered and moved their families.
The Su family, which was once in its prime, just fell.
In the Imperial Doctor's Office, Yan Ran was sorting out the medical case.
Qingxuan came in and said, "Girl, there is a person outside who calls himself Su Yu's son's little servant who wants to see you." ”
Yan Ran was silent for a moment and said, "Let him come in." ”
After the little guy came in, he presented Yan Ran with a bag containing a few books and manuscripts: "Miss Yan, this is my son-in-law who asked the villain to transfer it to you." ”
Yan Ran looked through it and was surprised to find that this was a medical book written by Su Yu, which recorded the incurable diseases he had diagnosed and treated and the detailed changes in the patient's condition, which was very precious medical information.
Yan Ran asked, "What else did he say?" ”
The little girl shook his head: "Childe didn't say anything, just asked the villain to hand over this burden to the girl." ”
The little guy said goodbye and retired.
Yan Ran looked at the painstaking work left by Su Yu in front of her, and her heart was mixed.
She thought about it for a long time and found Wen Rong'an: "Cousin, I want to save Su Yu's life." ”
Wen Rongan didn't ask much, and agreed happily: "Okay, I'll send someone to do it." ”
The hardest part of exile is not to work in a difficult place all your life, but to travel thousands of miles along the way, eating and sleeping in the open.
Su Yu had just been tortured, dragging a sick and injured body, unable to eat enough and clothed, without good hygiene and medical conditions, and would die on the road if he could not keep his health.
What Wen Rongan has to do is to make a little bit up and down, let Su Yu fake his death, and then rescue him, and live incognito from now on.
It's not difficult, but it's a huge risk.
Yan Ran didn't expect Wen Rong'an to agree without thinking about it, and explained: "Cousin, I have no murderous enmity with Su Yu, the grudge between us has ended, I saved him just to save him, not to retaliate against him." ”
Wen Rong'an responded: "Well, I know. ”
He didn't misunderstand Yan Ran's intentions, thinking that she saved Su Yu to take revenge on him with her own hands, but what Yan Ran asked him to do, whether it was killing people or saving people, he had no hesitation.
Yan Ran boasted: "Cousin, I can be regarded as repaying my grievances with virtue, right?" Just based on what Su Yu did to me, it would not be an exaggeration for me to kill him. But if I think about it, I can learn this medical skill, and it is inseparable from the suffering he brought to me. Sometimes, I really don't know whether to hate him or not. Besides, he is indeed a medical wizard, and it would be a pity if he died like this. I hope that he will be able to carry forward his medical skills in the future and save more people. ”
Wen Rongan looked at Yan Ran with a gentle look and patted her head gently: "Well, my Ran is so kind." ”
You can't let Xiao Zun hear this, otherwise he will inevitably spit out a mouthful of old blood, I'm afraid you don't have any misunderstanding of kindness?!
With the successive downfalls of Xiao Yu and Xiao Zun, many officials were implicated, ranging from demotion to demotion, to non-security.
Among them, the most proud is Master Yan.
He was very glad that he was hesitant and indecisive when Xiao Yu and Xiao Zun were fighting.
Because of this wall-to-wall action, he became a representative of the neutral faction and was not implicated by either side.
Now, Xiao Ming has entered the East Palace, Wen Rongan and Yan Ran are in power, and he is naturally rising.
Master Yan is not only proud of officialdom, but also very happy in love.
Mrs. Yan was in charge and married him a beautiful lady as a continuation.
At first, Mrs. Yan wanted to find a girl from a big family in Anyang City, but then she thought about it repeatedly, this high-ranking lady in Anyang City was somewhat arrogant, and she didn't want to find a daughter-in-law like Wen's high-ranking daughter-in-law.
So, she asked someone to inquire about the right person in her hometown, but she didn't expect to be found.
The woman's surname was Du, and she was a fellow villager with them.
Du's father is a showman, and now he is a teacher in the county school, and he can be regarded as a scholar; Her mother's family is a merchant, and she has married a lot of shops and has a lot of money.
She had previously married a scholar who was a student of her father, and the two were in love.
It's a pity that the book has a thin life, and not long after the marriage, he was killed by a serious illness, and Du Shi was widowed.
The countrymen are superstitious, and the Tao is Du Shi Kefu, and no good family is willing to marry her, so she can only stay at home and waste for many years.
Old Madam Yan is not afraid, her son can see the saint's official every day, can't he suppress a little woman?
Besides, this Du family is rich and easy to handle, and Mrs. Yan is very satisfied, so she immediately asked a matchmaker to propose marriage.
Master Yan continued, he didn't want to make a big splash, but now there are many people who want to convince him so as to catch Wen Rong'an, and this wedding banquet is very lively.
Yan Ran didn't care about how lively it was outside, she went back to Qionghua Courtyard to rest, and instructed the small kitchen to make some light dishes, and warm the decanting soup, and wait for Wen Rong'an to come back to eat.
"What are you hiding?"
Yan Yao came uninvited, and questioned as soon as they met.
Yan Ran didn't hide, and even Mrs. Yan asked her to help entertain the guests.
Let the girl who has not yet left the cabinet give her father Zhang Luo's wedding banquet, Mrs. Yan doesn't feel ashamed, Yan Ran really can't do it.
But she still arranged everything, and just handed over the hospitality to the painting.
This kind of occasion called a wedding banquet is actually an official's wife's communication, Yan Ran can avoid it, but Wen Rongan can't avoid it, so she has to socialize.
Yan Ran didn't speak, Yan Yao was bored with herself, and she didn't speak anymore, just looked at her with a resentful expression.
Yan Ran was inexplicable, she and Yan Yao did not interfere with the river water, and they didn't know where to provoke her.
As soon as Yan Yao thought that Minyang asked her to have a good relationship with Yan Ran, she was angry, why did she please Yan Ran?
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and her face was naturally not good.
Not long after, Wen Rongan came back, followed by Li Qian, Yan Qiyou, and Wen Chengyan.
Wen Rongan drank a lot of wine, his face was red, and Li Qian and Wen Chengyan were not far behind.
Yan Ran hurriedly ordered someone to bring a few bowls of decanting soup and distributed them to them.
Li Qian and Wen Chengyan took the decanting soup and drank it all, but Wen Rongan looked at Yan Ran with blank eyes.
Yan Ran took the bowl and fed him the soup spoonful by spoonful.
Wen Chengyan looked at the empty bowl in his hand, and suddenly felt that the soup that Yan Ran had given him was not fragrant.
Li Qian saw that he had a toothache, so he simply sat down unceremoniously and begged Yan Ran for food: "Ran'er, do you have anything to eat?" I poured a stomach full of wine and had a stomachache. ”
Although Yan Qiyou was young and didn't drink, he didn't have a chance to eat, and now he was hungry, his stomach grunted a few times at the right time, and he lowered his head in shame.
Yan Ran had no choice but to take out the meal originally prepared for Wen Rongan and entertain everyone.
Wen Rongan was not hungry, but the wine was indeed a little upset, so he gave Yan Ran vegetables with chopsticks one after another.
Yan Ran smiled helplessly, ignored his childish actions, and turned to Li Qian and said, "Brother Qian, I went to Jialan Temple to ask for a peace charm, I wish you a smooth scientific expedition!" ”
Li Qian took the peace charm and said happily: "Thank you, Ran'er!" ”
Yan Qiyou waited for a while, and found that Yan Ran had no intention of giving him a peace charm, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
He hesitated, but he couldn't help but open his mouth weakly: "Eldest sister, I'm going to end up this time." ”
Yan Ran was stunned, took out another peace charm and handed it over.
Yan Qiyou saw that the eldest sister had also prepared a peace charm for him, and he was secretly happy in his heart, so he hurriedly took it and put it in his arms as if he had received a treasure.
Yan Yao looked at this scene coldly, and the resentment accumulated in her heart reached its peak, and she slapped the chopsticks on the table with a snap.
Before everyone could react, she suddenly pounced on Yan Qiyou, snatched the peace charm, and tore it to pieces.
As if she wasn't enough, she threw the crumbs on the ground and stomped on them a few times.