Chapter Ninety-Nine: Self-Defeat

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Just like Aunt Zeng said, you can't be too willful when you're big, Yan Hao and Fu Zhixing said a few words, and then came out of the study with him, she is the host, and she can't snub other guests too much.

As soon as the two returned to the living room of Yi Nian Courtyard, Yan Tongan came, he came to give Yan Hagi a birthday gift, "Twelfth sister, this is a gift prepared for you by your second sister-in-law." โ€

Yan Hagi opened the small brocade box, and inside was a bracelet made of thumb-sized nasturtiums, delicate and chic, "It's so beautiful!" He turned around and handed the bracelet to Fu Zhixing, "Cousin Fu, help me put it on." โ€

Fu Zhixing helped her put the bracelet on, Yan Hagi raised his hand and asked, "Is it good-looking?" โ€

"Beautiful." Fu Zhixing smiled and bowed.

Yan Hao turned back to Yan Tongan and smiled, "Thank you, second brother and second sister-in-law." โ€

Yan Tongan touched her head, "Little Fuxing doesn't need to be so polite. โ€

"Second brother, you can't be favoritistic, and when our sisters are on their birthdays, you have to give gifts." Yan Qian said with a smile.

Ma once told Yan Tongan that the sixth sister's heart was not right, and his wife didn't need to say bad things about the sister-in-law in the next room, Yan Tongan naturally believed what his wife said, so he didn't answer Yan Qian's words, and said to Yan Hao with a smile: "Twelfth sister, the gift has been delivered, I should go back and tell your second sister-in-law." โ€

"Second brother walk slowly." Yan Hagi smiled.

Seeing Yan Tong'an away, Yan Tongzhu greeted: "Shizi, no blame, Brother Zhang, Brother Ze, go to Ming, everyone go to the front yard to drink." โ€

Fu Zhixing, Tang Wei and others followed Yan Tongzhu and left, after all, this is the inner courtyard, a place where girls gather.

After Yu Fangfei saw Tang Wei leave, she deliberately walked to Yan Qian's side and whispered: "Extremely stupid, I can't do anything." "I want the same treatment as Yan Hao, and I don't weigh my identity.

Yan Qian was angry and wanted to fight back, but saw that Yu Fangfei had already walked towards Yan Hao, "Twelfth sister, this is my birthday gift to you, I hope you like it." โ€

Yu Fangfei's gift to Yan Hagi was a table screen of flowers and butterflies embroidered by herself, and a small poem was embroidered on it: The corridor of the small courtyard is getting wester, and the two are fascinated by the drama and shadows. The spring breeze loves idle flowers and plants, and the butterflies have chosen arborealus.

"I like it very much, thank you, Sister Yu." Yan Hagi accepted the gift.

The sisters all had gifts, but Yan Qian said: "There are a bunch of good things in the twelfth sister's treasury, and I can't buy good things with my little monthly money, so I won't give them away." โ€

The Yan sisters and the Wei sisters both knew that Yan Xiang and Yan Hao had a falling out, and Yan Qian did not give gifts, so they were not surprised; And Yan Zhi, who can control Yan Qian, did not come because her mother-in-law was sick and wanted to serve at home. Yan Rong is her youngest son is sick, and she stays at home; Yan Qi and Yan Wei went to other places with their husbands to be officials, but they all sent people back to Yan Hagi for their birthdays.

The upright Qiao Huaiqing didn't know the inside story, "This gift is about the heart, and it doesn't talk about the value, the gift is light and affectionate is important, right, Xiaoxiao?" โ€

Yan Hagi smiled and said, "Yes, if you want to receive it, you have to accept affectionate gifts." The implication is that the gift given by Yan Qian is unwilling, even if she is willing to give it, Yan Hao still refuses to accept it.

"Xiaoxiao, does my gift have any affection?" The county lord of Heyi leaned over and asked.

Yan Hagi smiled: "You send a goose feather, I will be a baby, do you say there is affection?" โ€

"Yes, yes, yes, too much." The county lord of Heyi said with a smile.

Talking and laughing at noon, the maidservants brought in the wine and food, Yan Qian looked at the dishes on the table, and said sour words again, "In the end, the twelfth sister, this banquet is so well prepared." โ€

Doesn't the meaning of the words mean that the people in the kitchen are stammering Yan Hagi, hoping that everyone will be jealous of Yan Hagi. Yan Hao looked at Yan Qian, as if smiling, "I know that the sixth sister is frugal and loves to eat pickles and radishes, but today is my birthday banquet after all, and there are so many guests, please take care of the sixth sister, and the host is as you please." โ€

Lord Heyi's eyes widened, and he shouted: "There are still people who don't like to eat meat, they love to eat pickles and radish, Miss Yan Liu, you have nothing wrong with your brain, right?" โ€

If it weren't for the identity of the county lord of Heyi, Yan Qian was afraid that he would turn his face on the spot. Yan Qian couldn't help the county lord of Heyi, so he could only use the eye knife to rip Yan Hagi; Yan Hagi ignored her and beckoned everyone, "Do you want to drink some fruit wine?" โ€

The county lord of Heyi and Qiao Huaiqing responded at the same time, "I want to drink." โ€

Yan Hao asked Almond to take four pots of fruit wine, one for one table, and the county lord of Heyi was not satisfied, "Just one pot, it's not enough for me to drink alone." โ€

"Don't you know how much you drink? I'm embarrassed to boast about this Haikou, and when you get drunk and play drunk, I'll put you in the pond to sober up. Yan Hagi threatened her.

"Xiaoxiao, why do you like to throw people into the pond like your sixth brother?" Qiao Huaiqing asked curiously.

Yan Hao smiled, "Sister Qiao, is my sixth brother so unsympathetic?" I'm going to throw you in the pond. โ€

"Yes, yes, it's so unsympathetic." Qiao Huaiqing pouted.

"Beat him." The county lord of Heyi said with a fist.

Qiao Huaiqing pouted, "I can't beat it." โ€

Yan Hagi asked curiously, "Have you beaten it?" โ€

Qiao Huaiqing thought for a while, and tilted his head, "I won't tell you." โ€

"Don't do that, tell me about it." Yan Hagi said in a coquettish voice.

"Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it." Qiao Huaiqing poured fruit wine from the pot, "Come on, come on, let's raise a glass to wish Xiaoxiao a happy birthday!" โ€

Except for Yan Qian, everyone raised their glasses, "I wish Xiaoxiao a happy birthday and everything goes well." โ€

"Thank you, thank you." Yan Hagi drank tea, she didn't want to get drunk and sleep at the birthday banquet and be rude.

After a round of wine, Yan Rui smiled and said, "It's boring to sit down, why don't we make an order." โ€

"It's okay to make an order, but it's simple, it's too complicated, and it's poetic, I won't." The county lord of Heyi immediately took a stand.

Yan Rui was very interested in poetry, and originally wanted to make poetry or words, but as soon as the county lord of Heyi said this, she was embarrassed to say what kind of order.

Yu Qingqing said in a low voice: "Let you read more poems, you just don't want to, now show your timidity." โ€

The county lord of Heyi playfully stuck out his tongue.

"You can make a punch, it's easy." Qiao Huaiqing proposed.

Yan Rui frowned, "This is too vulgar." โ€

Yu Fangfei said with a smile: "It's good to play with numbers, knock on the bowl every seven days, and the wrong person will be punished with a glass of wine, and then tell jokes, or recite birthday poems, or sing songs, how about it?" โ€

"Yes, this one does." Everyone is right.

"Then start with the birthday star, go around from left to right, twelve sisters, you start counting, you don't need to start from the beginning." Yan Rui said with a smile.

Yan Hao's eyes flickered, "That's nine, it's a long time." โ€

Sitting on her left hand side was the county lord of Heyi, and she said loudly, "Ten." โ€

When she counted all the way to fourteen, Wei Liniang knocked down the bowl with chopsticks while saying "fourteen" in her mouth.

"It's wrong, it's wrong, it's fine." Yan Rui coaxed.

Wei Liniang drank happily, "I can't memorize poems, and I can't sing small songs, so I'll tell you a joke." Wei Liniang thought for a while, "There is an old man who is rich and rich, and he is full of children and grandchildren. On the occasion of his 100th birthday, the birthday guests crowded the house, but the old man was very unhappy. They asked him, 'You are so blessed, what do you have to worry about?' The old man replied: 'I don't worry about anything, I am afraid that when I celebrate my two hundredth birthday, the number of people who come to congratulate me will increase by several hundred thousands, so how can I remember them all?' โ€™โ€

This joke is not funny, but the meaning is good, this is wishing Yan Hagi a long life. Everyone laughed and continued to order. It's just that this number makes it a little cold to play, and after a while, Qiao Huaiqing and Wei Liniang got together and drew a fist.

The county lord of Heyi pulled Yu Qingqing to play with the stick tiger chicken, the hall was noisy, very lively, Yu Fangfei quietly got up and left the table, everyone else was having fun, they didn't notice her, only Yan Xiang, who had been staring at her, found out, and Yan Xiang followed.

Yu Fangfei didn't take the maid, she went out of the Yinian Courtyard and walked to a remote place in a dodgy way, and Yan Qian also followed behind in a dodgy manner. Yu Fangfei reached a pink wall separating the outer courtyard from the inner house, and she stood behind a clump of bamboo. Yan Qian didn't dare to get too close for fear of being discovered by her, so she hid behind an elm tree and stared at her.

It didn't take long for Yan Qian to see someone coming, and when she saw the person coming clearly, she covered her mouth before she exclaimed. It was Tang Wei, the son of the King of Chu, who walked towards Yu Fangfei. Yu Fangfei's face was full of joy, and she called softly, "Shizi." โ€

Yan Qian saw Yu Fangfei throw herself into Tang Wei's arms, her eyes widened, they had already progressed to this point! It's just that after all, there is some distance, Yan Qian can't hear the conversation between the two clearly, only occasionally a word or two floats over, "...... Think...... Think about it. This is what Yu Fangfei said.

โ€œโ€ฆโ€ฆ Think...... It's a lot of ...... My mother's ...... Once...... Enter ......" This is Tang Wei's answer.

Yu Fangfei said again: "...... Thinking...... Satisfy...... Stay with ......"

"Qiao's family...... Tong Liang ......," Tang Wei asked.

โ€œโ€ฆโ€ฆ Consensus...... Wait...... It will ...... Shizi ...... As long as...... I do. Yu Fangfei's expression was a little gloomy.

"Grievance...... Beloved ......," Tang Wei reassured her.

The two hugged and hugged each other to finish their relationship, Tang Wei left first, Yu Fangfei looked at him obsessively, until she couldn't see his back, she came out of the bamboo bushes and returned along the same road, Yan Qian waited for her to walk by, and coughed lightly.

Yu Fangfei was startled, and asked sharply, "Who?" Who's where? Come out. โ€

Yan Qian walked out from behind the tree, and Yu Fangfei squinted, "Yan Liu, why are you here?" You stalk me. โ€

Yan Qian sneered: "The young lady of the scholarly family actually had a tryst with a man in private. โ€

"It's my business, it's none of your business." Yu Fangfei said coldly.

"Don't forget that you live in the Yan family, my surname is Yan, why has nothing to do with me?" Yan Qian slowly walked in front of her, "An orphan girl, living a restless life, but wanting to cling to the prince of the palace, should I say that your courage is commendable, or do you not measure your strength?" โ€

Yu Fangfei snorted lightly and said, "We are each other. โ€

Yan Qian sneered, "Yu Fangfei, you look down on yourself too much, what do you have to do with me?" I am Miss Yan, my grandfather is a Taifu, my father's official rank is not high, but I am also an official eunuch, what about you, an orphan girl with no father, no mother, and no foundation. โ€

"I have no father, no mother, no foundation, but it is precisely because I have no father, no mother, and no foundation that I can have no scruples, and you, because you are the Yan family, are impossible, stupid." Yu Fangfei turned around and walked away.

Yan Qian was stunned for a moment before she understood what Yu Fangfei meant; An orphan girl is a concubine for the prince of the palace, which is a good way for many people; But it is impossible for the daughter of the Yan family to be a concubine, even if she is born in a concubine, the Yan family can't afford to lose that face.

Yan Qian spat heavily in the direction Yu Fangfei left, "I'm not as cheap as you, I won't be a concubine, I must be the wife of his famous matchmaker." โ€

Yu Fangfei and Yan Qian returned to the living room of Yi Nian Courtyard one after another, everyone was having a good time, and no one noticed that the two went out and came back.

After Yan Hagi's birthday, it rained three or four times in a row, and the weather became colder and colder. Because it has been raining, it is inconvenient to salvage. The carriage had been soaked in the river for a day and a night, and there was little chance that Princess Yijia would survive.

When the King of Chu learned about it, he said hatefully: "This is a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy against our Chu Palace. "How can a horse under the protection of the guards be frightened?

"I found out that Yijia used the little eunuch beside Tang Li to send a letter to Yan Tongzhu and coaxed Yan Tongzhu to Wanchun Garden, but unfortunately her plan did not succeed." Tang Wei didn't care about Princess Yijia's life and death, especially after finding out that Princess Yijia wanted to use Yan Tongzhu to destroy her innocence so that she could stay in Beijing, but she didn't succeed, he wanted to strangle her. Even if this matter is successful, the Yan family is afraid that he will hate the Chu Wangfu even more, and no matter how hard he tries, he is afraid that he will not be able to win it over.

King Chu frowned, "You mean that Yi Jia offended Tang Li, and Tang Li would poison Yi Jia." โ€

"Whether Tang Li's people did it or not, we have to check to find out, because Yijia used some people to expose them, and we have lost several eyeliners inserted in the East Palace." Tang Wei said in a deep voice.

King Chu looked embarrassed, and agreed that it was him who agreed that Duke Yijia took the initiative to use the eyeliner of the East Palace, and he didn't expect Princess Yijia to be so bold, so he coughed lightly and said, "I have to go to the place where the incident happened." "The older the saint gets, the more he cares about family affection, and the king of Chu can only cooperate to play the role of a loving father, so as to win the favor of the saint.

"Father, take more people with you, so that the East Palace will not be mad and do something to you." Tang Wei cares about the authenticity and seizes the throne, the king of Chu is the key, if the king of Chu is gone, he will not be qualified to take the throne.

King Chu touched his chin and said, "If the East Palace dares to make a move, it will be a good thing, and we can take the opportunity to bring down the East Palace." โ€

"Father, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, there is no need to take this risk with your body as bait." Tang Wei persuaded.

"Okay, then bring more people to it, so that the East Palace doesn't have a chance." The king of Chu listened to Tang Wei's persuasion.

The life and death of Princess Yijia and whether the King of Chu left Beijing or not had nothing to do with the daughters of the Yan family, and they didn't care, and even in order to avoid Princess Yijia's funeral, Mrs. Yan asked Mrs. Yan to send someone to clean up the hot spring Zhuangzi near Shunjing County.

Mrs. Yan smiled, "I have been saying that I want to go to the hot springs, but I have been talking for two or three years, but I have not been able to make the trip, and I will go to the hot springs this year, and I will live for half a month, and soak in the hot springs." โ€

Just after Mrs. Yan decided, the sun came out for two consecutive days, and the temperature also rose, Mrs. Yan, accompanied by Mrs. Yan's second wife, Mrs. Yan's third wife, the county lord of Nanping and Mrs. Yan's fifth wife, took nine granddaughters, and a group of maids under the escort of Yan Wuye and his entourage, and set off for Shunjing County.

The reason why Yu Fangfei couldn't accompany her was that she suddenly had her menarche the night before she left. Mrs. Yan asked her to stay at home to recuperate, and asked Mrs. Yan to take good care of her.

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Note: The poem embroidered by Yu Fangfei on the table screen borrows the "Butterfly Words" written by Qian Qianyi in the Ming Dynasty, please forgive me, my energy is limited, and I really don't want to write poems by myself.