At night......

Yan Shouzhan rested in the room of Mrs. Chen.

Chan took the opportunity to take eye medicine.

"I don't know what Madame thinks. She is a member of the royal family after the dignified 'Zhangyi' prince. obviously has news from the palace, but he refuses to reveal a word to the Hou Ye. Could it be that she is looking forward to Hou Ye's accident, and she will be able to return to the capital? ”

Yan Shouzhan closed his eyes and kept silent.

Mrs. Chen was apprehensive in her heart, and carefully observed his reaction, "With the concubine's body, I'm afraid that Madame doesn't have a Hou Ye in her heart at all." However, she doesn't think about Hou Ye, she should always think about a few children. Several children are surnamed Yan, not Xiao. ”

Yan Shouzhan frowned slightly, slightly dissatisfied.

Mrs. Chen's heart was happy, and she made persistent efforts, "The key is the three thousand East Palace guards." They ate the food of the Hou Mansion, but they were so focused on the lady that even the Hou Ye couldn't send them. If you want me to say, these people should have been cut off and all their children should have been thrown out. ”

"Are you finished?" Yan Shouzhan's face suddenly sank.

Mrs. Chen was nervous, and asked timidly, "Did the concubine say the wrong thing?" ”

"Cutting off the three thousand East Palace guards beside Madame, was your brother gave you the idea?"

"No, it's not!"

Chen shook her head again and again, how dare she admit it.

You must not harm your brother, you must take your brother out.

Yan Shouzhan laughed, he didn't believe a word of Chen's words.

He said: "Tell your eldest brother, if you dare to meddle in the internal affairs of Benhou's backyard, you will go to the mountains and station, and don't come back for three or two years." ”

Chen's face turned pale with fright, and he nodded again and again.

Yan Shouzhan snorted coldly, "Ben Hou has already reminded you, if you don't ask for anything, you can just mention it, and Ben Hou will give you whatever you want, as long as Ben Hou has it." Only three thousand East Palace guards, Ben Hou doesn't want to hear a word from your mouth. ”

Chen's aggrieved Baba and his eyes were red.

"The concubines all listen to the Hou Ye."

She looked timid, and she stopped talking.

Yan Shouzhan glanced at her, "What else do you want to say?" ”

The concubine dared to ask, why? Why can't you mention that ......?"

Yan Shouzhan snorted coldly, "Ask your eldest brother to go." ”

This, this, this......

Mrs. Chen looked confused.

……

The next day, Mrs. Chen made an appointment to meet her eldest brother, General Chen.

"Hou Ye didn't allow me to mention the three thousand guards of the East Palace, I asked why, and Hou Ye asked me to ask you. Big brother, tell me, what's going on here? ”

Chen's eldest brother, Chen Moran, is a Confucian general.

He studied for many years, but because his family was poor, he was not allowed to go out of office, so he turned to the army halfway.

In those years, the most correct thing he did was to send his sister to the Hou Mansion and make a side room for Yan Shouzhan.

Since then, the Chen family chicken dog has ascended to heaven.

Because of the Chen family, Chen Moran was also reused by Yan Shouzhan, repeatedly made military exploits, and grew into a fierce general.

The brother and sister supported each other, and only then did they have today's status and glory.

After listening to his sister Chen's words, he frowned and pondered for a moment, "Master Hou has ambitions, and his eyes are not only staring at Shanggu County, staring at Youzhou, but also staring at the capital. Madame is the eyes and ears of the Hou Ye staring at the capital. ”

Chen was full of doubts and puzzled, "But Xiao never admitted that she had connections and eyeliner in the capital." Nor did she admit that she could receive news from the palace. ”

Chen Mo smiled clearly, "Why do you need connections and eyeliner." As long as her surname is Xiao, she is the daughter of the prince of 'Zhang Yi', which is enough! Hou Ye can borrow her identity to carry out an operation layout in the capital. Lord Hou and Mrs., the husband and wife, are well aware of this situation. You see that Madame never admits that she has news channels in the capital, nor does she want to release the news, has Master Hou ever felt sorry for her in this matter? ”

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that Yan Shouzhan really didn't feel sorry for Xiao in this matter.

Every time it was thunder and rain.

Chen Moran continued: "Don't look at the embarrassment of Madame's identity, but she has three thousand East Palace guards, these guards have spread over the years, and the three thousand guards have become four thousand guards. She is the daughter of a 'rebellious and rehabilitated Prince Zhangyi', how can she hold thousands of heavy soldiers?

It was not Emperor Zhongzong yet, and he felt that he owed them the Donggong family, so he acquiesced to this matter. The first emperor succeeded to the throne, obviously dissatisfied with Emperor Zhongzong's arrangement, and under the pretext that she was getting older, he promised her to the marquis with a marriage will.

The first emperor decided on her marriage, but he didn't take the opportunity to take away the three thousand East Palace guards in her hands, why? I guess that there must have been someone in the capital and palace to protect her back then. Maybe she has a copy of Emperor Zhongzong's edict in her hand. The first emperor threw a rat into a trap, so he didn't dare to touch her, so he could only give her a marriage, send her to Shanggu County, and marry Hou Ye as his wife. ”

Chen exclaimed, "Where did the eldest brother know these things? ”

Chen Moran said casually, "Guess! Guanhou Ye's attitude, combined with some measures in the capital and the palace over the years, made a bold guess. may have guessed wrong, but what is certain is that the three thousand East Palace guards are Mrs. Xiao's bargaining chips. Whoever dares to touch this group of guards, Xiao will definitely turn his face. If she turns her face, how can Master Hou be beneficial? You just listen to Hou Ye's words, from now on, don't mention a word of the three thousand East Palace guards. Cultivate Yun Quan well, he is your hope. ”

Mrs. Chen nodded again and again, "I listen to the eldest brother." However, since the eldest brother knew that the three thousand East Palace guards couldn't move, why did he ask me to mention them in the Hou Ye's ear? ”

Chen Moran smiled, "Naturally, it's to test Lord Hou's attitude." ”

"What did you find out?" Chen asked curiously.

Chen Moran said selectively: "Wait first, and then make a decision when the will of the palace arrives." What to do then, I'll send someone to tell you. ”

……

A few days later, the messenger of the Son of Heaven arrived in Shanggu County.

The Marquis of Guangning opened the middle door to greet him.

The team of hundreds of people is a eunuch named Ding Yi, who is a regular attendant in the official position.

"Lord Chang Shi came from afar, Ben Hou set up a table of wine and food, and I hope that Lord Chang Shi will appreciate his face."

"Hou Ye is polite! It's better for our family to be respectful, and we will wait for Ming'er to talk about it. ”

"It's up to the Waiter-sama to decide."

Yan Shouzhan personally accompanied him and invited Ding Changzhi to drink.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Ding Changshou suddenly asked about Xiao, "When our family left the palace, His Majesty repeatedly told our family to visit Mrs. Zun to see if she was doing well or not." ”

"I didn't know that His Majesty cared so much about Neiko. How can Weichen be virtuous? I can't go to the Jinluan Palace, meet the holy face, kowtow and thank you. Only in this way can we express the excitement in Ben Hou's heart. ”

Yan Shouzhan sang and composed well, his expression was sincere, and he was almost in tears.

He was a little worse crying, he didn't hold back his tears for a long time, and he had to practice again.

Ding Changshou seemed to smile, "Why don't you see Mrs. Zun today?" ”

"The attendant wants to see Uchiko?"

"Is it inconvenient for Master Hou?"

"Convenient, convenient! Come, go and invite the lady. ”

The subordinate took the command and went away.

Yan Shouzhan began to persuade him to drink again.

In about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Shi, surrounded by his subordinates, came to the flower hall of the outer courtyard.

When Ding Changshi saw her, his expression changed slightly, and his eyes flickered.

He slowly stood up, his head held high, and smiled sarcastically.

"I haven't seen you for many years, and my wife is old."

Xiao Shi looked at him, "This father-in-law looks familiar, but we have seen it in the palace?" ”

Ding Changshou laughed, "Madame is really a noble person who forgets things." At that time, our family was still a small Zhonghuangmen, and we worked as an errand in the Queen Mother's palace, and we had met my wife a few times, and I also served my wife tea. ”

Xiao Shi said "oh", "It's hard for my father-in-law to remember what happened twenty years ago so clearly." ”

Ding Changshi smiled strangely, "Feng Shui takes turns, who would have thought that the noble eldest granddaughter of the East Palace Emperor would marry in such a bitter cold place as Shanggu County." ”

Xiao Shi's face was calm, "Ding Gong is fair, and he has been promoted from Zhonghuangmen to Zhongchang, congratulations!" ”

Yan Shouzhan's gaze moved back and forth between the two of them.

Ding Changzhi has a grudge against the Xiao family?

Or, are the two acting?

……