The rumors of Princess Shanfu are getting stronger and stronger, Ji Shen doesn't care about anything, and he doesn't care about the reputation of a foreign princess, because he doesn't convince him, he wants to send the messenger to return to the south as soon as possible, so that the rumors will calm down.

The envoy is naturally unwilling, if it is just a marriage that fails, it will be returned, and now even the reputation of Princess Shanfu has been lost, and when he returns to Nanqi, can Concubine Feng let him go? It's a pity that although Beiliang is interested in provoking the Southern Qi to compete for the crown, Ji Shen refuses to nod, and no one wants to force him to make an order.

In the end, when it came to the reputation of Princess Shanfu, no matter how frightened the envoy was, seeing that the rumors were spreading from Yedu to all directions, he couldn't help but be cautious, and on the one hand, he sent his entourage back to Nanqi overnight to ask for instructions from Concubine Feng, and on the other hand, he tried to see Ji Shen again.

Zuo Zhaoyi was reprimanded before, and Ji Shen openly expressed his suspicion that the Qu family intended to take the back position, so this time it was the Qu family who tried their best to promote this matter in order to prove that they had no ambition to covet the back position, but Nie Yuansheng said: "The Qu family knows that Zuo Zhaoyi's promotion is hopeless, so it is good to retreat and show in front of the queen." ”

Will Lebber was so angry that he scuffled with Nie Yuansheng!

Nie Yuansheng has been reading Ji Shen since he was a child, and he is skilled in bows and horses, and he is in his prime, and the two of them are equal, and they separated the two of them when they were swarmed by Feihewei, but no one took advantage of it, but Ji Shen was furious and scolded Wei for making trouble in front of the palace, and despised the king! He only understated Nie Yuansheng and said: "Zikai lost his honor today. ”

Eccentric to this, Wei Libo said with a pale face: "The matter of Princess Shanfu of Nanqi, the Qu family does not dare to say anything more to prove his innocence!" After saying that, he resigned angrily, went back and wrote a plea, and from then on he said that he was sick and did not go to the court—this is a later story.

With the example of the Qu family, the courtiers who originally agreed with this marriage were afraid of being charged with "wanting to show themselves in front of the queen, and even having the suspicion or hope of fornicating with the Southern Qi", and refused to speak for the envoy again.

The envoy of the Southern Qi Dynasty was helpless, and heard in the market that Concubine Wen was dignified in front of the Queen Mother, and even if the Queen Mother accepted the order to meet the wife, she could also receive the gift on the side, so she made a lot of money to ask to see the concubine.

In the end, the national book is to greet the concubine, and the Empress Dowager Gao wanted to give Concubine Wen a decent face, and after asking her what she meant, she agreed to announce the envoy to the Le Nian Hall and talk to Concubine Wen alone.

Concubine Wen had already prepared, the envoy entered the hall, after the ceremony, she sent back left and right, leaving only Xie Yu to serve, and cried: "When I was young, I was ignorant, I was displaced, and I knew that my parents and relatives were gone at the age of seven, but only one aunt was still in the world, and she was a mound woman in Zuoqiu. ”

The envoy was originally anxious, and when he saw this situation, he couldn't help but accompany her to say a few words about Empress Yuanyu, under the pretext that the queen was busy and frail, so she didn't care about Concubine Wen.

Concubine Wen was sad and sad at his words, and she had been talking for more than an hour, and the messenger almost wanted to see through it, so it was easy for Concubine Wen to ask: "I heard that you are coming back, and there are other things?" ”

"Back to the concubine." The messenger almost wiped a cold sweat, and almost burst into tears, saying, "Empress Yuanyu's mother has a lady who is liked by us, and she is a concubine, and the concubine has a beloved daughter, and she is also loved like a pearl in the palm of her hand, that is, the princess of Shanfu of the country, with a beautiful appearance, dignified and beautiful, which is beyond the reach of the princesses!" Now that Princess Shanfu is old, I want to take a good son-in-law for her, I heard that the king of the Liang Dynasty has no queen so far, thinking that Princess Shanfu is close to the age of the princess, and she is also the prince and grandson, which is the right person, so I ordered the lower officials to greet the concubine and discuss this matter! I don't want to, the matter has spread out, and now the city is full of storms, and the lower officials don't know what to do, so they have to come to ask the concubine for help! ”

This messenger is also anxious to go crazy, and he can't think about it, and the ins and outs of the future have been explained, Concubine Wen heard this, and deliberately showed a look of surprise, and said: "Your Majesty has no queen, Guilu Palace has no owner so far, left to the lady of the high gate, there are golden branches and jade leaves to match, this is a good thing, the matter is spread, what does it matter?" ”

"This ......," the messenger choked for a moment and said in surprise, "doesn't the concubine know?" ”

Concubine Wen said deliberately: "What do you know?" ”

"Concubine, if Liang Guo agrees to this matter and the news leaks, the lower officials will not be so worried, but ......" the envoy said with shame, "Liang Guo is unwilling, now Ye is talking about Princess Shanfu is about to marry Liang Hou, I don't want the marriage to be successful, if this matter is what Liang Guo asked Qi Guo, it would be returned, but it was discussed by Xia Guan first to Yedu, and the news leaked if the matter was not successful, this ...... The reputation of the princess of our country...... Xia Guan had no explanation, and begged the concubine to save Xia Guan's life! ”

As he spoke, the envoy got up from the table, bowed down, and begged bitterly: "Although the lower official saw the concubine for the first time, but the grandmother tasted it in the Wei Palace in the past, and knew that the concubine's biological mother, Hua Shinu, was a benevolent person, and I expected the concubine to be the same!" I also begged the concubine to save the official from this little affection of the ancestors! ”

Here he bowed down to Concubine Liang Guo for help regardless of decency, but he didn't see Concubine Wen's gentle face, but her eyes were condensed like ice, and she said softly and slowly: "What is the messenger doing?" I'm just a lonely old concubine, and I'm not His Majesty's biological mother, guarding the life of King Gaoyang, how can I be worthy of the bow of a country's envoy? ”

The envoy was blushing by what she said, although his official position in Qi was not very high, but this return to Beiliang is also a serious envoy, representing the dignity of a country, even if he sees Ji Shen, there is no need to bow to the ceremony and the official audience, and now he is also forced to be in a hurry, thinking about impressing Concubine Wen to make a big gift, and when Concubine Wen said it, he also felt ashamed in his heart, and hurriedly returned to his seat, and arched his hand: "Ask the concubine for help!" ”

Concubine Wen slowly wiped the corners of her eyes, and her kind eyebrows were kind: "Since you are the old man of my mother and concubine, I haven't seen the old man for many years, and I am naturally kind to look at you, but Your Majesty has already made a holy decision, this queen candidate, of course, is related to the harem, but it is also closely related to the previous dynasty, and I will not hide it from the messenger......"

Her voice was low, "I think the envoy also knows that His Majesty is not the eldest son of the first emperor, but the youngest son!" Therefore, the first emperor in order to prevent his brothers from fighting the wall, has never given the King of Anping and the King of Guangling real power, although I have a son, is the younger brother of His Majesty, in the end he is not a few years younger, not to mention, the Queen Mother is still here, the Gao family is powerful, His Majesty's half-brother has never had real power, how can my son speak? This favor, I'm not not not helping, really, it's powerless! ”

The messenger wiped his cold sweat and said in despair: "But this ...... Xia Guan heard that King Anping was the left minister of the central government? ”

"Well, you don't know what's going on here!" Concubine Wen wanted to speak and stopped, and the messenger hurriedly urged: "Ask the concubine for advice!" ”

Xie Yu suddenly interjected from the side: "Concubine, how can such a big thing be said? Although the concubine and Queen Yuanyu are aunts and nephews, they have been thinking about Queen Yuanyu over the years, but now they are the concubines of Liang Kingdom, for the sake of King Gaoyang, the concubines should also be cautious! ”

As if reminded by her, Concubine Wen's face turned pale, and she was afraid after being busy: "Forget it, it's all in the past, what am I going to do here?" ”

When the messenger listened to the voice of the master and servant, he secretly said that there seemed to be a turning point in these words, where would he let it go? Bitterly begging, but Concubine Wen refused to let go, the envoy saw this, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I don't want the concubine to live in Liang all these years is not completely satisfactory, I think that since Emperor Liang's two brothers of the same mother have been repeatedly suppressed, King Gaoyang must be the same, this time the official envoy is to congratulate King Gaoyang's wedding, but the congratulatory gift prepared before, is because King Gaoyang is the only brother of Emperor Liang, and Emperor Liang should be especially loved...... However, before the lower official left, Feng Guifei prepared another gift, originally the lower official planned to say goodbye to the concubine before leaving, and then offered, but now the rumors of Princess Shanfu are fierce, it is not easy for the lower official to enter the palace, it is better to offer it to the concubine now! ”

Concubine Wen was not happy and angry when she heard this, and reprimanded: "I saw you, this is because I am thinking about my aunt's deceased, what you said is as if I and King Gaoyang can't live a good life?" Your Majesty and the Queen Mother treat me and King Gaoyang with dignity in the end! ”

The messenger hurriedly said: "Concubine, please calm your anger!" That's not what Xia Guan meant! I didn't dare to hide it from the concubine, and the gift of the concubine was indeed the concubine's personal advice before the official left, but it was just to congratulate King Gaoyang in private! The concubine is the former princess of Wei, and she is the concubine of the Liang Kingdom, and the king of Gaoyang is also a noble prince, where is the turn of others to help? ”

As he spoke, he took out a small and delicate jade box from his arms and respectfully handed it to Xie Yu.

Xie Yu didn't answer, but looked at Concubine Wen, and Concubine Wen said: "You put things away, one, I'm afraid that Concubine Feng is my junior, how can there be a reason for the elders to want things from the juniors?" Second, I can't help you with what you said, I have already received your congratulatory gift, which is to congratulate my son's wedding, and I will take it for him, but now, what is the reason for this gratuitous gift? ”

The envoy said cautiously: "Just because Concubine Feng is the younger generation of the concubine, it is a matter of course for this younger generation to respect the elders, and Concubine Feng has to go down to the official to ask for the guilt on her behalf, saying that she has been working hard and inconvenient all these years, so she has only greeted the concubine until now. ”

Concubine Wen sighed and said, "I'm an elder, I can't give anything to my juniors, I'm already very ashamed, I can't accept this thing." ”

"Don't dare to hide it from the concubine, this thing is also the concubine's share." The envoy said implicitly, "Back then, Wei died...... When Empress Yuanyu hurriedly evacuated Yedu with the Taizu of the Dynasty, she buried a batch of hairpin rings, all of which were the things of the Wei Palace, which was liked by Empress Yuanyu, and she had to hide it because she couldn't carry it. ”

Concubine Wen then said: "It turned out to be my aunt's legacy - then I will accept it, but I don't dare to take it all, in the end, my aunt still has children!" I'll take a few of them for thought, and the rest will be for you to take back to your aunt's children and grandchildren! ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "Although Empress Yuanyu buried this batch of hairpin rings, she brought some of her favorites to Nanqi, and now they are all in the palace. ”

In this way, the envoy coaxed and persuaded him, so that Concubine Wen nodded and asked Xie Yu to take it.

The envoy secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to continue to inquire about King Anping, but he didn't want to be knocked on the door of the palace outside, and someone told him outside: "Concubine, the Queen Mother has something to do, and I want to ask the concubine to come over and talk." He added, "It's been some time since the envoy of Southern Qi entered the palace, and according to the rules, the envoy should leave the palace!" ”

Concubine Wen frowned and sighed lightly: "Alas...... This ......"

Seeing the extremely reluctant envoy leave, Concubine Wen suddenly swept away the gentle and sad look on her face, snorted coldly, and said: "I said that since the Feng clan took me as a pretext to come to propose marriage, I will not bring less things to get through the minister, and if I don't want to use the things buried by Empress Yuanyu before, I will perfunctory!" What a waste of time! If I knew, I asked the Queen Mother to return to him directly, and I didn't have to call him to see him in the future! ”

"Fei'er's voice is just right, the slave and maid must be suspicious that she has been listening to the corner outside, the princess wants to see what is inside?" Xie Yu opened the jade box with a smile, but saw that there was a silk picture inside, she glanced at it a few times, and said, "The place is coincidental, it is a palace that no one lives in yet, while the newcomers have not yet been canonized and moved out of the Suihu Palace, why don't we do it first?" ”

Concubine Wen snorted: "In the end, it is a hairpin ring, it has been buried for decades, the yin qi is heavy, it can't be used, and it is inconvenient to buy and sell, it's really stingy!" Just for this amount of energy, I also bet that this Feng clan can't fight the Queen of Naqiu! ”

"Don't be angry, princess, it's for the king! As the messenger said, these things should have belonged to the princess, so why not send them to the door? Xie Yu said with a smile, "The slave and maid wonder why this messenger is so stupid, so that the princess is so easy to talk to?" I gave it in a few words! ”

Concubine Wen sneered and said, "What's so strange about this? How old was I when I was taken out of the Wei Palace? The sender is displaced under the fence, and she is a woman, and it is very common to develop a weak and can't help but cry first! Under such circumstances, how can you not be excited to hear the news of your loved ones? But I don't want to be excited, but it's not joy but resentment! ”

She snorted, "This messenger is indeed stupid, and even when I mentioned the so-called aunt, he said several times that Empress Yuanyu was not my aunt, and he didn't even realize it! After thinking about it, he said with satisfaction, "I have already revealed the news that King Anping and King Guangling are speechless, and I expect that he will not dare to trust these two kings too much...... Lest there be any more waves! ”

The courtiers of the family were lightly buttoned by Nie Yuansheng, and they were already unwilling to promise anything to the southern envoy, if the clan did not speak, then the southern envoy was unwilling, and he could only go back to the house.