Chapter 122: Retribution is coming
Minyang's words not only puzzled Cui Jingshi, but the rest of the people also showed puzzled expressions and looked at it.
Cui Jingshi got up and saluted Minyang, and then asked, "The eldest princess's words are profound, and the courtiers don't understand what she means. ”
Minyang looked at Cui Jingshi puzzled, and then suddenly realized, covered his mouth and smiled: "Look at this palace's mouth." ”
Minyang said, raising his glass to Cui Jingshi to apologize.
But her words were only half said, and they were not clear, making people think that Cui Jingshi had already looked at each other and decided on someone, why didn't anyone hear about it?
Cui Jingshi is the granddaughter of Cui Gelao, with a profound family background, talent and appearance, and is the best choice for daughter-in-law in the eyes of many ladies.
Because of this, her marriage has attracted much attention.
The ladies whispered that Cui Jingshi had promised to that family, which made her embarrassed and indignant.
Mrs. Cui couldn't bear her daughter being embarrassed, but she didn't dare to accuse Minyang, so she could only ask in a kind voice: "Didn't the eldest princess misunderstand something?" ”
Minyang said with a smile: "Oh, I heard that some time ago, the second prince gave Miss Cui a lotus flower as a token of love. If these two children are in love, why don't they be happy and let the Holy Lord give them marriage? ”
Xiao Zun, who was trying his best to shrink his sense of existence, heard this, and suddenly felt like a frightened bird.
Without waiting for the Cui family to say anything, he quickly got up and explained: "Aunt Minyang misunderstood, the lotus flower that day was not given to Miss Cui by her nephew, but by Aunt Roujia to Miss Cui. ”
The lotus flower that Xiao Zun picked that day was actually intended to be given to Yan Ran.
Unexpectedly, he was asked by Xiao Sejie to go over first, and rewarded Cui Jingshi as the master.
Although Xiao Zun is indeed interested in Cui Jingshi, after all, the Cui family behind her is powerful and can be a great help to him, but it is precisely because of this that he does not dare to show this in front of Emperor Sheng.
Now that Emperor Sheng is alive and the prince is well, Xiao Zunruo has exposed his ambitions too obviously, and he is easily suspicious of Emperor Sheng.
Therefore, he could only tease Cui Jingshi in private, using her budding girlish heart to delay the marriage for the time being.
When the time is ripe in the future, he will take down the Cui family in one fell swoop.
But Minyang suddenly mentioned this in public, as if his mind had also been exposed in front of everyone, which made him feel embarrassed and very frightened.
Sure enough, Emperor Sheng saw that Xiao Zun, who had just made a mistake, was involved in a peach-colored scandal again, and his face was displeased.
He didn't look at Xiao Zun, but asked Xiao Se for confirmation: "Rou Jia, is there such a thing?" ”
Xiao Se was squinting at Shen Yu dismantling the crab for her, amused and moved by his clumsy and focused actions.
Suddenly named by Emperor Sheng, she hurriedly returned to her senses and said: "Back to the emperor, the courtiers and ladies were enjoying the lotus in the Ailian Pavilion with all the nobles that day, and the second prince and the horse, as well as the little grandfather Wen and the prince Su, arrived together. The second prince picked a lotus flower and claimed to give it to the most beautiful woman in the pavilion. The courtiers were cheeky, so they asked the second prince for this lotus. And because the courtiers promised to give Miss Cui a poem of color, but there was no suitable object, she borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and gave this lotus flower to Miss Cui. ”
Xiao Se recounted the cause and effect unhurriedly, and it seemed that the ins and outs of the future were explained clearly, but there were many mechanisms left in the words.
For example, the word "begging" made it clear that Xiao Zun did not take the initiative to give the lotus to Xiao Se, and as for who Xiao Zun originally wanted to give the lotus, it left a lot of room for everyone's imagination.
Minyang was naturally able to understand the meaning of Xiao Se's words, covered his lips and smiled: "So that's the case, this palace still thinks that the second prince and Miss Cui's sachet embroidered with the same type of lotus flower is a pair!" ”
As soon as Minyang said this, Cui Jingshi's face suddenly lost blood, and she hurriedly lowered her head, so as not to be seen as unusual.
Xiao Zun's face flashed with a look of annoyance, blame, and impatience.
The sachet that Xiao Zun was wearing was indeed given to him by Cui Jingshi, and because he still wanted to hang Cui Jingshi, he wore the sachet with him to make her happy.
Unexpectedly, Cui Jingshi was so bold that she embroidered her sachet with the same pattern, which made people suspicious.
Cui Jingshi has had a good impression of him since she was designed by the county lord of Jinluan in public, but was relieved by Xiao Zun.
Since then, the two have often corresponded, and their feelings have gradually emerged.
Cui Jingshi knew that with Xiao Zun's current situation, the two could not engage openly for the time being.
But she still couldn't hold back her little daughter's thoughts, and wanted to use the same thing with her beloved, and secretly prodded and proclaimed sovereignty in this way.
In fact, Cui Jingshi has been very careful.
There is nothing wrong with the two sachets alone, but the style is just a lotus, which is not suspicious, and only when they are put together can they be combined into a complete pattern, like a lotus.
It's just that she didn't expect that such a secret thing would be discovered by Minyang.
Xiao Zun once again explained sincerely: "Aunt Minyang misunderstood, the lotus flower is not stained by the mud, it is a symbol of noble character, there are not a few people who want to love the lotus, and there are not a few people who paint with its patterns. Therefore, it is not surprising that the embroidery style is the same, it is just a coincidence. Miss Cui was born in a famous family and has a seven-step talent, but she must not miss the marriage because of this kind of unwarranted thing. ”
Xiao Zun's words cleared up the relationship with Cui Jingshi, which made Cui Jingshi very sad.
But Xiao Zun couldn't care so much, he was eager to show Emperor Sheng that he was not trying to win over power and covet the throne.
Although Xiao Zun's explanation also makes sense, except for Emperor Sheng and unrelated people, those ladies don't feel that there is no greasy relationship between these two people.
Minyang didn't continue to delve in, raised his glass and said: "Okay, okay, it's the palace that said the wrong thing, and the palace will punish itself with three cups!" ”
Emperor Sheng laughed and said: "With the amount of the imperial sister, three cups is not enough to punish, and you have to add three more cups!" ”
Minyang smiled heartily: "Today is an auspicious day for the emperor, and the emperor will punish him as he says!" ”
The feast once again restored the scene of harmony and happiness.
Yan Ran was used as a tool man by Minyang and watched a big drama from the side.
Through Minyang's sudden action against Cui Jingshi, who she has always been optimistic about, Yan Ran gradually understood why Cui Jingshi was eager to design the county lord of Min'an, who had always had nothing to do with her.
Thinking about it, it should be Minyang who is interested in Cui Jingshi being her daughter-in-law, and has revealed this idea to her.
But Cui Jingshi already had a place in her heart, and she didn't want to agree, and it was not good to refuse directly, so she thought of this roundabout method - to design a private meeting between the county lord of Min'an and Wen Chengyan, and send Minyang a daughter-in-law with the same family background as her.
In this way, Cui Jingshi was able to get out, and Minyang could also get her wish, because the identity of the county lord of Min'an met Minyang's expectations, and Minyang would not blame Cui Jingshi too much.
Yan Ran's guess was right.
Minyang does have the intention to marry Wen Chengyan and let Yan Ran be a concubine, if Yan Ran is unwilling to withdraw from the marriage, it will be exactly what she wants.
Therefore, Minyang once vaguely expressed this meaning to Cui Jingshi, and hoped that Cui Jingshi could join forces with her to rectify Yan Ran together.
Who knew that Cui Jingshi didn't dare to refuse in person, but she designed Wen Chengyan and the county lord of Min'an without doing anything behind her back, and let Yan Ran see it.
According to Cui Jingshi's expectations, Yan Ran, like her, is a person who can't tolerate sand in her eyes, she and Wen Chengyan are already engaged, and they will definitely not tolerate this matter and will definitely withdraw from the marriage.
What's more, even if she endured it, the county lord of Min'an would not give up.
Cui Jingshi still has a little selfishness, maybe this matter will definitely break out, Wen Chengyan's reputation will plummet, and she will no longer have to be forced by the power of Minyang; Yan Ran can't please either, there will be a thorn in the stalk between her and Wen Chengyan, and the county lord of Min'an will also be strangers.
In this matter, Minyang and Yan Ran each have their own losses, and only Cui Jingshi is the biggest winner.
It's just that although Cui Jingshi's abacus is good, she ignores the most important point, that is, Minyang will never tolerate Wen Chengyan being calculated, so there is this scene today.
Today, Minyang didn't hold on to the sachet.
If she asks to verify the sachets of the two, it is easy to find that the two sachets not only have the same pattern, but also the material, embroidery thread, and workmanship are almost the same, and it is obvious that they are made of the same piece of cloth and are made by the same person.
But if she does this, I think the marriage between Xiao Zun and Cui Jingshi can be decided today.
But Minyang didn't want to offend Xiao Zun, let alone fulfill Cui Jingshi, so he stopped at the point.
That's what she wants, an ambiguous, talkative situation.
She wanted to see and release the smoke bomb that Cui Jingshi and Xiao Zun had an affair, no one dared to propose to her, but Xiao Zun broke off the relationship with her, what will she do in the future!
The Thousand Autumn Festival was spent without danger.
When he arrived at the school hall on the second day, Yan Ran reported the malicious cutting of the bell mallet to Xu Fuzi.
Xu Fuzi was very angry, although this matter was obviously aimed at Yan Ran, but if she really made a mistake in the sacrificial music performance and messed up the ceremony, the entire academy from the curator to the master would be jointly and severally responsible.
Xu Fuzi promised Yan Ran that he would report the matter to the curator, and he would definitely find out who did it.
But several days passed, and the matter was not resolved.
Zhen Yu said: "Sister Yan, why don't I ask my grandfather to inquire about the curator?" ”
Yan Ran shook her head: "No need, I already know who it is." ”
Zhen Yu was curious: "Who is it?" ”
Yan Ran slowly spit out two words: "Yan Yao." ”
When Yan Ran was learning to ride and shoot before, the horse she was riding was poisoned by the drunken heart flower and almost died.
This matter was extremely sensational, and the curator also said that he would investigate thoroughly, but after checking and checking, there was no news and it became an unsolved case.
The same is true for the severance of the bell hammer this time, the curator must have known who did it, but due to pressure, he could only stop tracking it.
Because, behind these two things, there is a huge force that he can't provoke, and that is Minyang.
The startling of the horse was done by Minyang, but now that Yan Ran has made a marriage contract with Wen Chengyan, Minyang will definitely not use this kind of means that may implicate them to deal with Yan Ran.
After all, sacrifice is an extremely solemn thing, and there is no room for the slightest mistake.
Therefore, this incident should be done by Yan Yao, and the Wen family knew that Yan Yao's deeds were exposed, so they went to ask Minyang to suppress this matter.
Qingxuan said angrily: "Is the second girl crazy? If there is any mistake in the sacrificial music, not only you will be punished, but the entire Yan Mansion will suffer! Girl, you must tell your lord about this! ”
Although this matter is serious, it has been resolved by Yan Ran in the end, and it has not caused any consequences.
Yan Ran said: "Don't worry, Yan Yao's retribution is coming soon." ”