451 Wang's Family
Since they used to study together in the upper study, Shu Yun has always looked down on Duanmufei, thinking that she is always a maverick and doesn't want to be a companion, but she wants to go to the study to show her face, and the "Ink and Bamboo Picture" sent by Wang Wanru......
Thinking of the situation that day, Shu Yun frowned.
Since Duanmu Fei found out that the painting was fake, he could tell himself quietly, but he wanted to grandstand, so he relied on himself that he couldn't understand the painting? !
not only stole the limelight, but also slapped himself in the face of the princess in public...... It's all like this, but the second emperor brother still let himself try to make friends with her!
Obviously they are all princesses, Duanmu Fei is friendly with the four emperor sisters, but he wants to let himself condescend to take the initiative to please a courtier?
Shu Yun clutched the horse rope in his hand tightly, his eyes were gloomy and deep, and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed.
She said to herself in her heart that it was okay to make friends, but she had to teach Duanmu Fei a lesson first, so that she could get out of this evil breath!
This way to Jiangnan, thousands of miles away, there are opportunities.
Shu Yun clamped the horse's belly, sped up the horse's speed, rushed out of the path, and made peace with the large army on the official road.
She was not in a hurry, but the second prince Mu Youchang was very anxious, and repeatedly urged in the next few days, which also made Shu Yun even more unhappy.
This was unhappy, Shu Yun got into Chu Qingyu's carriage, and couldn't help but complain a few words privately with his sister-in-law:
"Second imperial sister-in-law, this palace is a princess, and the second imperial brother actually wants this palace to be so low to please that Duanmu Fei!"
"I don't know what the second emperor brother thinks, Duanmu Fei is just Cen Yin's sister-in-law!"
"Cen Yin is powerful, but a righteous sister can still interfere with Cen Yin's preferences?!"
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Shu Yun gushed endlessly, pouting his lips in dissatisfaction.
"Third Emperor Sister, why bother to spoil your body for irrelevant popularity."
Chu Qingyu comforted Shu Yun in a gentle voice, but he thought in his heart: Even he was forced by Mu Youchang to curry favor with Duanmufei, let alone Shu Yun!
Chu Qingyu's eyes flashed slightly, his face was silent, his face was full of gentle and elegant smiles, and he had the demeanor of an eldest sister-in-law, "Third Emperor Sister, I also know this Duanmu Fourth Girl, her temperament is a little squeamish, and the past two years have been quite smooth, and the family is indulgent...... Duanmu Shousuke regards her as the pearl of his palm......"
"So what?!" Shu Yun listened to the feeling that his heart was even more unhappy, and he slapped his palm on the small square table in front of him, "Isn't this palace the pearl of my father's palm?!" "It is unreasonable for a Shousuke's granddaughter to want to cross the emperor's daughter!
Shu Yun's pretty face tightened, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he must teach this lawless Duanmu Fei a good lesson.
Chu Qingyu's eyes were half-drooping, her thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and she personally poured tea for Shu Yun, "Third Emperor Sister, drink some jasmine tea to quench the fire." This is my own blend of flower tea. β
The fragrance of jasmine tea spreads in the carriage with the sound of pouring tea, and the fresh and fragrant fragrance is refreshing.
Shu Yun picked up the teacup, sniffed it first, showed a satisfied smile, his eyebrows stretched a lot, and he felt that this second emperor's sister-in-law still loved herself, unlike the second emperor's brother......
After Shu Yun took a sip of the hot jasmine tea, he casually asked, "Second Emperor Sister-in-law, why didn't the Second Emperor Brother accompany you?" β
The gentle smile on the corner of Chu Qingyu's mouth froze for a moment, and then said casually: "Your second imperial brother has always disliked riding in the carriage, saying that the carriage is stuffy. β
Shu Yun continued to drink jasmine tea, and didn't notice the strangeness in Chu Qingyu's expression. The carriage was a little stuffy, but there was a lot of dust outside, which was also disturbing.
Thinking about it, she glanced out the window, and there were tall horses galloping outside, and the richly dressed and handsome young men were all in high spirits.
Shu Yun thought of something, moved his eyebrows, and said: "The second emperor brother has been with the second prince of the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion all day long, and he deliberately took him on a southern tour with him...... Could it be that this second prince is young and talented, so he has won the appreciation of the second emperor brother?"
"Maybe it's fate." Chu Qingyu replied casually.
Chu Qingyu also picked up the teacup and brought the teacup to her lips, the water light of the tea in the cup was reflected in her dark eyes, and her eyes flickered.
Wang Tingwei is just the second son of the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion, and he is not the prince, so he can't get into Chu Qingyu's eyes at all, and he didn't care about this person at all, until half a month ago, Wen Shufei specially called her into the palace and beat her, and the meaning of the words was to let her serve Mu Youchang well, and don't let Mu Youchang and Wang Tingwei get too close.
She actually didn't understand very much, and after returning home, she specially asked Mu Youchang, and Mu Youchang told her that it was because the military attaches of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion were making trouble in Beijing, and he happened to be discussing with Wang Tingwei, and was hit by those military generals, Wang Tingwei was also implicated by those generals because of this, and was dragged to the Jingzhao Mansion Prison for a few days, and Wen Shufei was also worried that she was implicated in the troubles of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion.
At that time, Chu Qingyu believed.
But now that she heard Shu Yun say this again, her intuition told her that something was strange.
After she absentmindedly took two sips of flower tea, she put down the teacup, picked up the curtain on the left side casually, and looked out the window for half a circle.
Chu Qingyu soon saw Mu Youchang and Wang Tingwei two or three zhang away in front of the left, their horses were side by side, the two of them were talking and laughing with each other, under the light of the sun, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy had bright eyebrows, and he smiled slightly, he looked radiant, and seemed to be quite agreeable.
Chu Qingyu was about to put down the curtains, but suddenly paused, and his eyes fell on the fan-shaped jade jade pendant on Wang Tingwei's waist. She remembered that Mu Youchang should have a similar one, and in the morning she also saw that he was wearing this jade pendant today......
Wang Tingwei's thin and straight figure fell along with the horse under his crotch, and the green and transparent jade pendant on his waist also trembled again and again.
Chu Qingyu's eyes were slightly condensed, and he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it.
At this moment, a respectful announcement came from outside the carriage: "Second princess, in five miles, you will arrive at Nanzhi City." β
Chu Qingyu came back from his trance, and a gentle smile appeared on his face again, as if he was wearing the most perfect mask, gentle and decent.
"Third Emperor Sister," she turned the topic back to Duanmu Fei, "This trip to Jiangnan is at least half a year old, and there is time to get along with that Duanmu Fourth Girl, so don't worry." β
As she spoke, her mind ran away again: In her previous life, the emperor also toured the south at this time, although she didn't go, she remembered it clearly......
Thinking about it, Chu Qingyu's deep eyes surged violently, and then they returned to calm, like a deep pool, cold and dark.
However, there are too many variables that have happened in the past few years, and she has no confidence anymore, will that incident still happen?!
Chu Qingyu's eyes gradually became confused, and his hands clenched the handkerchief in his hand. That uncertainty about the future made her dare not act rashly......
Unconsciously, the speed of the carriage began to slow down little by little, but it became more and more noisy outside, and from time to time you could hear words such as "Nanzhicheng", "City Gate", and "Jizhou Political Envoy" drifting into the carriage.
Shu Yun opened the curtains again with great interest, looked out, and in the distance, he could already see the city gate with the flag fluttering.
In order to welcome the holy car, the official road into the city had already been cleared in advance, and this road, not a single common man, was occupied by the emperor's convoy......
As the city gate got closer and closer, the speed of the chariots and horses became slower and slower, and I don't know how long it was, there was a uniform salute outside:
"See the emperor, long live the emperor, long live!"
After a series of ceremonies, the convoy began to slowly and leisurely enter the city, and by this time, the sun began to set in the west.
The curtains of most of the carriages were raised, and curious eyes were looking at both sides of the street, and many of the people accompanying them on this trip were coming to Nanzhi City in Jizhou for the first time, especially those female dependents, most of whom came in and out of the Gyeonggi area on weekdays.
Duanmufei is also looking at the streets outside, clean and tidy, with many shops, and there are people on both sides who welcome them, and they are prosperous.
Last year, several northern states were hit by snowstorms, and Jizhou was among them, including this Nanzhi city.
Duanmu Fei heard Duanmu Xian mention that the imperial court had subsidized one million taels of silver to Jizhou as a disaster relief ...... since last winter
Looking at it now, the walls of this street must have just been painted, the signs of the shops on both sides are also new, and the people in the middle of the street are wearing new clothes...... Obviously, the prosperity at this moment is just an appearance, and it is only because the officials here know that the emperor is coming, and in order to take over, they have piled up this piece of flowers.
Duanmu Fei's plain hand pinching the curtain subconsciously exerted his strength slightly, and thought that Duanmu Xian had desperately raised two million taels of silver for the emperor's expenses on the road, and now that he thought about it, if he added up all the expenses for the local driver, I am afraid that the silver taels that would cost him on the way out would be far more than one million taels...... There are also manpower and material resources.
Duanmu silently lowered the curtains, lowered his eyes and looked at his white fingers, and suddenly felt that this trip to Jiangnan was boring.
"Scarlet."
An Ping's bright and easy-going voice sounded in her ears, and she subconsciously raised her eyes to look at An Ping, who was sitting opposite her.
An Ping is wearing a pomegranate red woven gold peony pattern gown today, luxurious and gorgeous, lining her skin as delicate as petals, she just sat there so lazily, her whole body exuded a dazzling light, confident, noble and elegant.
"Next time, let Ah Yan accompany you to Jiangnan to play." An Ping said with a smile, looking at Duanmu Scarlet's phoenix eyes, there seemed to be countless starlight dotted under her eyes.
Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is so beautiful, and a woman should be like her. Duanmu Fei looked at An Ping and thought, and subconsciously said "um": "Your Highness, you also go with us!" β
An Ping's eyes were softer, the corners of his mouth were upturned, his smile was so bright and moving, and he said in his heart: My own stupid boy is so blessed! β¦β¦ I don't know what Scarlet owed him in his previous life, he was so worried about it, and he had to promise it by himself.
Duanmu crooked her little face, somehow, she always felt that An Ping looked at her with a touch of sympathy in her eyes.
It must be her delusion!
Without waiting for her to think about it, An Ping continued: "This time we will go from Zhinan City to Qingzhou, and then go down the canal from Tatecheng in Qingzhou, and take a boat all the way south along the river. β
Duanmu Fei nodded hurriedly: "Yes, it was Sister Dangui who taught me." β
The green pothos on the side lowered her head slightly when she listened, and said in her heart: The girl has never lost when she plays the leaf card...... How so? Leaf cards are fun to win and lose, and playing cards with girls is too boring!
Duanmufei is not afraid of boredom, but she feels that the days on this boat are very suitable for her, she doesn't need to go to school, she can sleep lazily in bed every day, play cards and read books when she has nothing to do...... Isn't that her favorite day? The eldest brother is not here, and no one cares about her, very good, very good!
Duanmufei began to hurry while counting the days, just looking forward to getting to Tateshi.
Occasionally, I would think about Feng Yan, and think about whether he was done with errands in the capital......
Feng Yan will not be able to leave the capital for a while, he looked at the blue sky and sighed.
"Hey!"
Calculate the time, Zhen Zhen is almost in Tateshi!
Feng Yan felt bored and lonely.
Originally, at this time, he could be with Zhen Zhen.
The running sky under his crotch also seemed to feel his depression, and he screamed twice, as if to appease him.
"Commander ......"
Jiang Chongce, who came out to patrol the street with Feng Yan, immediately took a few steps forward, parallel to Feng Yan, pointed forward, and reminded: "Is that Duanmu Shoufu?" β
As soon as he heard the word "Duanmu", Feng Yan suddenly perked up, looked in the direction pointed by Jiang Chong, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure walking out of the restaurant diagonally opposite.
Feng Yan hurriedly turned over and dismounted, striding forward.
"Grandfather." He respectfully and thoughtfully saluted Duanmu Xian.
Duanmu Xian stroked his beard and replied casually, not too enthusiastic, holding the shelf of the woman's elder.
For Feng Yan not going to the southern tour, Duanmu Xian was secretly happy in his heart, and he couldn't give this stinky boy a chance to be courteous to the four girls.
Not bad. Duanmu Xian felt that the emperor had finally done something that was barely reliable.
The smile on Feng Yan's face deepened, he looked at Duanmu Xian with burning eyes, and said, "Grandfather, Zhen Zhen has been on her journey for several days, have you ever sent a letter?" β
Duanmu Xian glanced at Feng Yan casually, his tail was almost cocked in pride, and he said reluctantly: "The four girls only came with a letter, which was sent from Nanzhi City......"
Feng Yan stared at Duanmu Xian without blinking, as if urging him to continue.
Duanmu Xian became more and more proud, casually summarized the content of Duanmu's letter and said a few words, and then said in a show-off tone: "...... The fourth girl also said that she had bought a few arithmetic books for me in Nanzhicheng. β
Duanmu Xian felt that his grandfather had a transcendent status in the hearts of the four girls, far from being comparable to a stinky boy like Feng Yan!
Feng Yan was even more envious, and thought sourly: Zhen Zhen likes arithmetic, but she bought it easily...... However, it's okay if you don't have fish or shrimp. I don't know if Zhen Zhen bought him anything......
His heart was sour, Feng Yan's face was still respectful and courteous, and he proposed very filtily: "Grandfather, where are you going, why don't I send you?" β
Feng Yan was counting on currying favor with Duanmu Xian, and next time he could share Zhen Zhen's letter with him.
"I'm going to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion." Duanmuxian did not shy away from it, and replied directly. For Feng Yan's flattery, Duanmu Xian accepted it as a matter of course. If you want to be your grandson-in-law, this little thing is naturally a matter of course.
Of course, Duanmuxian went to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, for the sake of the eight million taels of silver.
A few days ago, because the emperor left Beijing, Duanmuxian was so busy that he was dizzy, and he just wanted to break himself into several people, and the court affairs were important, so he had to temporarily delay the advance of looking for the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion to collect the money for a while.
Ji Lanzhou has moved to her county lord's mansion, two days ago, the officials of the household department went to the county lord's mansion to visit Ji Lanzhou, and learned that the land deeds, land deeds, house deeds, silver tickets, etc. brought when he returned to Beijing were still in the treasury of the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion.
Ji Lanzhou said that she was young and didn't know anything about these chores, so she couldn't do anything, so she could only ask the household department to help sort it out.
Most of these people in the household department have participated in the previous reconciliation, of course, they know the true meaning of Ji Lanzhou's "powerless" representative, and they also feel that it is not easy for Ji Lanzhou to meet a wolf-like relative like Xuanwu Houfu over the years.
Duanmuxian was still waiting for the eight million taels of silver to be exchanged for grain, grass, weapons, and military horses to be sent to Sun Nanwai, of course, he would not wait endlessly, and after giving several ultimatums to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion, he simply decided to come to the door in person.
After Feng Yan diligently sent Duanmu Xian, he took Jiang Chong and other younger brothers away, and continued to walk his horse and patrol the street by the way.
Hey, the days when Zhen Zhen is not here are really boring!
Feng Yan sighed in his heart, he let Ben Xiao wander around the city by himself if he had nothing to do, Ben Xiao's run was an hour, and he was tireless, or rather, it was not enjoyable, so he took Feng Yan to the gate of the south city on his own initiative, and wanted to go out of the city to enjoy a stroll, and the streets of this city were really unpleasant.
They were not tired of running into the sky, but Jiang Chong's horses were a little unbearable, and they were more than half a street behind, if it weren't for some blockages at the city gate, they wouldn't be able to catch up.
"Ahem...... Jiang Chong cleared his throat, "Commander, why don't we go out of Beijing for a walk?" He thought to himself: Didn't the commander say that he was here to patrol the streets? Why is this patrolling and going out of the city?!
Feng Yan really wanted to go out of Beijing, but he wanted to go to Jiangnan......
Heyβ
He let out a long sigh faintly, feeling like he was about to turn into a lookout stone.
Jiang Chong looked at Feng Yan's complaining look, he didn't know what he said wrong, and looked at the other people behind him.
At this moment, there was a messy and rapid sound of horses' hooves from the rear, Jiang Chong frowned, and his first reaction was who dared to ride horses in the downtown in front of their five city soldiers and horses......
"Commander, Feng Commander!" Someone rode his horse and shouted, "The Xuanwu Marquis Mansion is gone!" β
There are many responsibilities of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, coupled with the history of Dasheng for more than 100 years, the emperors of the past dynasties have changed and changed the laws of Dasheng, and the responsibilities of the Five Cities Terracotta Division have also increased and decreased from time to time, most people can't remember a lot of detailed rules, but there is one that has not changed, and the "fire ban" has always been subordinate to the authority of the Wucheng Terracotta Division.
This is also the main reason why people come to report the sealing inflammation.
The corners of Feng Yan's eyes were slightly raised, and those beautiful phoenix eyes shone like obsidian in the sun, he slowly pulled the horse rope and turned the direction, and ordered the people to go to the yamen to find some more people, and then he beckoned Jiang Chong and other six or seven younger brothers, "Let's go, let's go to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion to have a look!" β
They divided their soldiers into two routes, one went back to the yamen of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to find someone, and the other went directly to the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion with Feng Yan.
In the distance, a street away, wisps of gray smoke could be seen rising from the direction of the Xuanwu Marquis' Mansion, dyeing the originally blue sky with a gray ......
When Feng Yan came to the gate of the Hou Mansion, he saw a familiar figure pushing and shoving with the gatekeeper of the Hou Mansion.
Feng Yan recognized the other party at a glance, and called affectionately:
"Big brother!"
Jiang Chong and the others in the rear were stunned, and looked at the young boy in front of him who was almost the same age as Feng Yan but was called the eldest brother by Feng Yan.
The porter was a little impatient, waved his hand, and said, "Even if you are the eldest son of the Shoufu family, you can't force your way into our Hou Mansion!" β
Jiang Chong and the others suddenly realized that it was the eldest brother of the future sister-in-law, the eldest son of the Duanmu family!
"Ah Yan......" Duanmu Heng turned to look at Feng Yan, not surprised that he would appear here, with an anxious look on his face, "I just heard about the water here in Guozijian, so I came over to take a look." β
Guozijian is only two streets away from Xuanwu Hou's Mansion, and you can even faintly see the green smoke coming from Guozijian here, Duanmuxian heard his grandfather mention it last night, saying that he was going to come to Xuanwu Hou's Mansion in the afternoon, and he was a little worried, so he hurriedly came.
Feng Yan looked at the porter condescendingly, and said lightly: "We are the people of the Five Cities Terrach Division, and we won't open the door yet, let us in!" β
"Let's go!" The porter's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said angrily, "Our Hou Mansion didn't call the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to put out the fire!" β
In this regard, Feng Yan hooked the corners of his lips, smiled more and more brightly, and only gave one word: "Chuang!" β
"Yes, Commander!"
Jiang Chong and the other younger brothers responded to each other, and directly set up the gatehouse that they didn't know, while the others kicked open the vermilion door and broke in.
Their five-city soldiers and horses have always been the most reasonable, first salute and then soldiers, and after the number of salutes is sufficient, the other party still does not cooperate, so they have to do it.
Hehe, they can even break into the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and what can't they break into the little Xuanwu Marquis Mansion!
"Let go of me! Let me go! β
In the unyielding roar of the porter, Feng Yan greeted Mu Heng and entered the Xuanwu Marquis Mansion with a few younger brothers, and without bothering to ask for directions, he walked directly to the northwest of the Hou Mansion in the direction where the gray smoke rose.
The closer to the place where the fire was burning, the more people there were, of course the people in the house also saw Feng Yan and the others, and the people who looked like guards dared to stop them, and they didn't need Feng Yan to open their mouths, Jiang Chong and the others directly solved all the people who blocked the way, and beat the people to the ground, but the reason was high-sounding: "Our Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division suspect that there are thieves arson here, and whoever dares to stand in the way will be dealt with as the thieves' comrades!" β
Seeing that the guards were staggering and falling, some mothers-in-law hurriedly ran to the master.
Feng Yan and his party swaggered to a burning warehouse, the fire in front of them was fierce, the warehouse had long been ruthlessly engulfed by the flames, bathed in a sea of orange-red fire, thick smoke billowed out, and a hot wave of heat and smoke and dust could be felt from six or seven feet away.
The people who put out the fire came and went, and after a while, someone poured a bucket or two of water into the fire, but after such a bucket or two of water was splashed out, it was burned into a cloud of water vapor by the scorching flames......
Duanmuxian, Xuanwuhou, and several household officials were standing not far in front, all looking at the burning warehouse.
"Master Hou......" A mother-in-law panted and ran to Xuanwu Hou, and said intermittently, "Master Hou, the soldiers and horses of the five cities...... The people broke in! β
As soon as Duanmu Xian heard the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, he thought of Feng Yan, and subconsciously turned around to look, and sure enough, he saw Feng Yan leading people to stride towards this side.
To his surprise, in addition to Feng Yan, his grandson also came.
"Grandfather." Duanmu Heng stepped forward and saluted Duanmu Xian, feeling relieved. It's fine that grandfather is fine.
Xuanwu Hou was also a little surprised when he saw Feng Yan, took two steps forward, and arched his hand at Feng Yan apologetically, "Oh, it's really a sin to alarm the Feng Commander for the sake of our mansion." β
------Off topic------
emmm, Ji Lanzhou is not the protagonist, why do some people think that I should spend tens of thousands of words on the front to write how she tore up the house fight with the Wang family?
The main plot of suppressing the Duke of Weiguo, seizing military power, and supporting Jun Ran's ascension has become a word count?
After more than 200,000 words, I just met each other, and some people even said that they were maliciously sprinkling dog food and procrastinating...... Is this not even allowed to be written?