Chapter Twenty-Six: Ji Yue
That night, Nie Yuansheng listened to Mu Biwei's relays of the fruitless discussion with Yun Mengru, and smiled slightly: "The most urgent thing in this matter may not be you. ”
Mu Bi was slightly stunned, but saw Nie Yuansheng pointing in the direction of the cold palace, and said with a light smile, "The Qu family has waited for such an opportunity so easily...... Do you think that they were prominent in the past to a few years ago, and no one else could match them, so it was really not easy to fall? If you don't seize this opportunity to return to the ranks of important ministers, don't even think about it if you want to get a piece of the pie in the future! This is the best opportunity, according to my understanding of the Qu family, Princess Tongchang suddenly returned to the capital, probably just to send the Queen Mother on this journey! ”
"But what Princess Tongchang said about the first emperor's dream......," Mu Bi frowned slightly, "Isn't it to prepare for the things of the next few days?" If she murdered the Queen Mother, how could Your Majesty believe what was going on? What's more, the Queen Mother doesn't like her, I don't think that princess is smart, and I really don't think she can do anything to the Queen Mother. ”
Nie Yuansheng smiled lightly: "Of course, this crime has nothing to do with the princess, Princess Tongchang is weak, where did she do such a big thing?" However, Qu has its own arrangements. ”
"How can you be so sure?" Mu Bi said suspiciously, "But you have met her, she said so?" ”
Nie Yuansheng hurriedly said: "I'm so busy now, I came to find Chenguang who was hard squeezed out of you, how can I have the kung fu to talk to her?" It's just that the Qu family has been quiet and well-behaved now, if you are not sure, where do you think the Qu family can be quiet? ”
Mu Bi frowned slightly and said: "I don't understand, it is said that such news, even if it is not immediately reported to the imperial front, it is impossible to leak it to the family, but the royal family does not know?" ”
"The news was first known to me." Nie Yuansheng said casually, "Does the family know...... I sold it! ”
"You sold it?" Mu Bi was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and said, "Are you going to act with the hands of the family?" ”
Nie Yuansheng said calmly: "This is natural, but the first thing I told was the Qu family, the whole plan was originally discussed by her and me, of course, you also know that behind her, is the entire Qu family, behind me, it is you, Qi Lang and our two families, although the general purpose is similar, but the details are different, so each has a spare hand...... Now I don't have the time to explain to you in detail, after all, it's hard to say whether Qu will suddenly change his mind...... If she changes, I'll have to deal with it too...... All in all, when the water is clear, there are no fish......"
He said meaningfully, "You can only fish in mixed water!" ”
"A few days ago, someone visited the Chenglian Hall at night...... Mu Bi muttered slightly, "Did you go to see her later, but what happened to the plan?" ”
Nie Yuansheng smiled and stroked her cheeks, but only said, "Rest in peace, Ming'er still has something." ”
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Something happened the next day, and Princess Tongchang asked to continue to go back to pray for Daliang, the monarch and the queen mother.
She is so interested, not only the Empress Dowager Gao was surprised, even Ji Shen was also surprised, although there were some doubts, but the Empress Dowager and Ji Shen were impatient with her in the palace - the best knowledge, the Queen Mother kept a few words at the moment, the princess insisted, and a few words of encouragement were indispensable.
Just encouraging nature seems that the royal family is too ruthless, and the queen mother issued a formal edict to praise, and ordered the six palaces to bathe and change clothes for three days, and also set up a family banquet in the palace to say goodbye.
Mu Biwei listened to Yi's decree, pondered for a long time and couldn't guess Qu's plan, originally she thought that Qu had arranged for Princess Tongchang to attack the Queen Mother while she was left in the Heyi Palace by the Queen Mother, but Princess Tongchang was not a person who could start at all, this Royal Highness looked like she was obedient, I was afraid that she wouldn't even dare to kill chickens, and now it seems that Qu had already told the princess that the princess had already been told that the princess was going to retreat...... So what should the Queen Mother do?
Three days of bathing and changing, to the family banquet in the Heyi Palace, Mu Biwei still didn't figure it out, at the banquet, the queen mother is very affectionate and loving to Princess Tongchang, and the left and right are not so pretentious Chenguang, three years have not seen, Tongchang has become more and more beautiful, but it looks more silent, but always maintains a humble to timid appearance.
The Queen Mother and the princess exchanged pleasantries for a long time, looked at the slightly restrained hall and said with a pleasant face: "Don't you come up to pay homage to Siniang?" ”
Since it is a family banquet, King Anping, King Guangling and Princess, Princess Xuanning, King Gaoyang, and Princess Gaoyang certainly have no reason not to come.
King Anping looks a lot older recently, he came alone, like the eldest princess of Xuanning, Lou Wangu can't get away from Yingzhou, but he still has the eldest son and the second son, only the king of Anping only brought a beautiful inner servant into the palace, the prince of Anping hurriedly married a woman before the princess of Anping prayed for blessings, after the request of the Empress Dowager Gao, was sent to a place not far from Ye to do the Taishou, the eldest daughter of the king of Anping, Ji Kai, was known to everyone a few years ago "violent death", On such an occasion, it is impossible for King Anping to bring his concubine in...... Besides, after Bao Ji was given death, King Anping didn't even care much about women, and after the princess left, although two concubines entered the palace one after another, they were not as proud as Bao Ji before.
He looked really sad when he was alone at a table, in the end, he was his own son, the Empress Dowager Gao felt a little uncomfortable, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with insisting on giving death to Bao Ji back then, and now she suddenly mentioned that the toast was expected to be answered by King Anping, but in the end, the family banquet was orderly - I don't want King Anping to know what god he is walking, the Queen Mother mentioned it, and everyone else was waiting for him to answer, but he looked at the cup in his hand in a daze and didn't speak.
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become embarrassing, He smiled and said: "Seeing the appearance of the Queen Mother hurting Princess Tongchang, the concubines and others are afraid that the princess will drink too much and the Queen Mother will resentful of the concubines!" ”
"I can still drink a few glasses in this palace." Tongchang has never dared to refuse others, and he is timid when he hears it.
The Queen Mother glared at King Anping secretly, and also smiled: "There are more people, Siniang uses a small cup." ”
So the He family got up and took the lead in toasting, and they had to say some words of gratitude and praise to Tongchang, there were not many concubines at the family banquet, if it weren't for the dignity of the imperial heirs, before the birth of Princess Xiping, the family banquet with the Yi Palace, only two or three concubines from the Qu family and the Ouyang family could participate.
This time, there are only five people, including the He family, Mu Biwei, Jiao family, Da Gao Fei and Xiao Gao Fei, and the others are all without a share, and Xiao He Shiwei, the biological mother of the eldest prince and Princess Changkang, is still not qualified to take a few glances at her children, let alone come to the banquet.
After the concubine, she was the heir of the emperor, and now the fourth daughter of the three-year-old emperor Yaoguang took a milk name with her sisters, and there was no serious name, and she also learned from her fourth brother Ji Wei to celebrate her aunt's birthday, but when she drank it, she splashed herself, she didn't cry, and returned to the big concubine with a smile, and the big concubine looked angry and funny, so she asked the queen mother to take her down to change clothes.
Empress Dowager Gao could see clearly in the palace, so she was naturally accurate.
Because of the toast, the atmosphere gradually warmed up, Princess Guangling and Princess Gaoyang each concentrated on taking care of their children, and from time to time they also laughed with each other or with the eldest princess of Xuanning.
Mu Biwei stared at Ji Wei not to be greedy for cold food, and coaxed him to eat some dishes, Ji Yue, the prince of Guangling Wang, suddenly came over, smiled and saluted Mu Biwei, and asked about Ji Kai's injury: "I couldn't go with my father because of the wind and cold, but I didn't want to hear that my cousin was injured, I don't know if I'm okay now?" ”
Ji Kai had already put down his toothbrush when he came, and at this moment he got up and thanked him: "Tell my cousin to worry, I don't have a big deal." He stretched out the back of his hand again, and sure enough, only a small scar had scabbed, and he said, "But the fourth brother was frightened a lot." ”
Ji Yue nodded and said kindly: "It's a blessing to be like this." But he didn't say much, and then went to the banquet on He's side to comfort Ji Wei.
Mu Bi pursed her lips slightly, and looked at Princess Guangling's seat, but saw that she was talking to the eldest princess of Xuanning with a smile, and she didn't seem to pay attention to her son's behavior - but Ji Yue is different from the lord of Aiyang County. The son is gentle, and there are not many juniors in the clan in the past few years, Princess Xiping is the oldest princess in this generation, and she is nine years younger than Aiyang, Aiyang is not very old, and when she enters the palace, she is impatient to accompany the elders, and it is not strange to play with Xiping and Xintai.
Ji Yue is not someone who likes to move around......
Did Princess Guangling specifically ask him to greet him?
Mu Biwei was thinking about it, and Ji Yue didn't know what to say to Ji Wei over there, so she saw Ji Wei walking over alone and said, "Shepherd Princess!" ”
"Shiro?" Mu Bi asked kindly.
Ji Wei smiled and said: "Mu Mu Concubine, the second cousin said that the cousin of the Lou family just came back from Yingzhou, there are many stories, and the son wants to hear it, I don't know if the third brother is interested?" ”
Before Mu Biwei could reply, Ji Kai's eyes lit up and shouted, "Mother, the son is going!" ”
Mu Bi smiled softly, glanced at Ji Wei, and shut him up, before he said: "Shiro is really polite, and he even came to ask Lang in person, in fact, it is so close, just let a waiter say it." ”
Ji Wei didn't seem to hear the meaning of her words at all, and continued to smile and said: "The shepherd mother is here, and there are not a few steps to go, and the son himself came over and said that the third brother is the elder brother, and the concubine said that the brother is a brother and a brother, that is, the younger brother should respect the elder brother!" How can you call a waiter and not invite it yourself? Oh, it was also Erchen who asked the second cousin some questions about riding and shooting, and the second cousin recommended the cousin of the Lou family, and only then did he talk about the matter of pestering the cousin of the Lou family to tell us the story...... It's not that the second cousin just came over and forgot to tell the third brother, the third brother should not take it to heart. ”
His words were high-sounding, but he was intent on reminding Ji Yue to hate Ji Yue, and even instigated Mu Biwei, these tricks, Mu Biwei didn't care, and smiled indifferently: "The eldest Langjun of the Lou family in this palace is still with his wife to accompany the eldest princess of Xuanning, why are you going to listen to the two of you?" ”
Ji Wei was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Erchen thinks that the elder sisters and the fourth sister don't know if they like it or not......"
"Your cousin Lou has been trained in the barracks, don't just listen to the story." Mu Biwei and Ji Wei said these few words, Ji Wei pulled her clothes vigorously, Mu Biwei had no choice but to say a word to him, and then continued to say to the two, "Yutong and they are all with the county lord of Aiyang now, so there is no need to disturb their interest, it just so happens that the two of you went to invite your eldest brother and second brother together." ”
Ji Wei smiled and said: "What the shepherd concubine said is very true, and the sons have no intention of leaving the two brothers. He said slowly, "I just don't know if the two brothers are willing to go, after all, the two brothers are not very familiar with the cousin of the Lou family, this is ......."
"I'll leave this to your third brother." Mu Bi smiled slightly and told Ji Wei, "Anyway, you are young, and there is no shame in playing tricks in front of your brother......"
Half of the words are said Ji Kai already understands it by heart, coquettish and tricky, isn't this what he is best at? What is it to drag two brothers who are not used to contact with living people to find Lou Xun?
As for why the concubine wanted him to do this...... Ji Kai has always been open-minded, and he is now thinking about listening to the story, so he doesn't have time to think about it.