Chapter 442: Mutual Purpose
In the court, Dongfang Yi was accused of being in danger, not only in danger, but also relieved those officials who attended the family banquet together.
This also increases the number of people who are attached to Zhao Wenlu to know more clearly that he is a person, insidious and vicious, and unscrupulous in order to achieve his own goals.
These officials slowly alienated Zhao Wenlu, and even returned the benefits they had received from him to Zhao Wenlu little by little.
In the last dynasty, Zhao Wenlu was looked down upon by other officials, and even the old emperor, who usually had a little good impression of him, felt that Zhao Wenlu was not enterprising, and he was seriously injured in Tongliao.
When he returned home, Zhao Wenlu wanted to do the same, and also invited those officials to his house in the form of a family banquet, and also prepared gifts for everyone.
Those gifts are all rewards from the old emperor, and there will be some things that are tributed by Fanbang, all of which are priceless, and it can be said that one can live the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing.
Then, the delicacies were cold on the dinner table without a trace of heat, and the dance was tossed and turned several times, and the singer's legs and feet were sore, and not a single official arrived.
Xiao Si, who was waiting next to him, stood motionless in place, and kept napping.
Zhao Wenlu was a little impatient waiting, and even the anger in his heart kept accumulating.
"Beat him out, beat him fifty boards, and dare to slump under the king's nose." Zhao Wenlu pointed casually, and Xiao Si next to him suffered.
"The prince spares his life, spares his life, the little one knows that he is wrong, the prince, ah!"
With Xiao Si's pleading, there was a screaming roar, followed by the sound of sticks hitting again and again, followed by the sound of drums, which was very in tune.
However, the singer looked at the beaten Xiao Si, everyone was in danger, and a few scared singers also made subtle and imperceptible wrong movements.
Fortunately, they got along with each other and cooperated quite closely, and they were corrected by their companions in a few clicks.
"Master, drink a cup of tea to dissipate your anger." The housekeeper waited cautiously for Zhao Wenlu.
"Drink! Drink! How much tea has this king drunk while sitting here, you say it yourself, you know that you drink tea, you have been here for so long, there is no one, if you don't buy this king's face, no one can think about it! ”
Zhao Wenlu stood up and kicked over the table in front of him with one kick, and the singer quickly stepped aside in fright, bowing her head and serving carefully.
"There may be something delayed, wait." The butler waved his hand for the singer to step back.
"Delay? Do you even think that this king is a fool! Zhao Wenlu yelled at the housekeeper.
The butler lowered his head and took a deep breath, not daring to refute again, he knew that as long as he said one more word, the next person to be hit by fifty boards must be him.
The air around him suddenly became suffocating, making people feel oppressed, and at this time, the family came in a hurry.
"Lord Wang, someone is coming." The family sighed for a long time.
"Master, someone finally came, so it was delayed, right?" The housekeeper also looked at Zhao Wenlu with joy.
"Humph! When this king is a vegetarian, come to this king and say! Zhao Wenlu held the shelf and looked down at the family.
Everyone was full of joy and waited for someone to come to the door, only to see an old bearded old man's butler walk in.
"Lord Wang, my lord can't come even if he feels the cold, so let me come to apologize." The housekeeper lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Wenlu.
Click!
The teacup in Zhao Wenlu's hand was pinched into a cold salad, and after waiting for a long time, it didn't matter if there was no one, and now he sent an inconsequential subordinate to perfunctory.
The housekeeper was worried that Zhao Wenlu would make trouble, so he hurriedly let the old man leave.
Zhao Wenlu stared at the housekeeper, and then at the people around him who were staring at him, and he instantly felt that all the people were waiting to see his joke with bad intentions.
"Look what! Do you even think that this king is being played like a monkey, get out! Throw away all these eyesores for the king. ”
Zhao Wenlu returned to the Peony Garden with a belly full of anger, and lost his temper with the peony when he entered the door, and the corners of the peony's mouth were oozing blood with a slap.
"Master, what did I do wrong?" Peony covered her face and hid her anger under her grievances.
"It's you! Tell this king that everything has been arranged in Nalan Mansion, and in the end, it is this king who listens to your words and lets someone calculate this king, and it is you who partners with others to calculate this king! Zhao Wenlu was full of anger, and all of it was vented on Peony's body.
Only then did Peony understand that it was Zhao Wenlu's frustration in officialdom and the fire in the front yard, so he would sprinkle all the fire on the woman in the backyard.
"Master, wronged me. I really mean it for you, and that's how you treat me. Peony pointed to the slap print on his face and asked, the tears on his face made Zhao Wenlu a little flustered.
"In short, no matter what method you use, let Shen Caiyi create contradictions as soon as possible, the bigger the contradictions in Nalan Mansion, the better." Zhao Wenlu ordered Peony loudly.
Although Peony was angry, she still endured all the pain alone in her own attention.
She didn't want to stay with the violent Zhao Wenlu, so she casually asked her subordinates to send Zhao Wenlu to the concubine.
Shen Caiyi was indecisive before, which made Peony suffer a lot of losses.
Therefore, eat a trench and grow a wisdom.
Peony was very careful with Shen Caiyi in the future, and he was also cautious in doing things.
The housekeeper of Nalan Mansion felt that Shen Caiyi seemed to be very enthusiastic recently, and he was in a hurry to do what Dongfang Yi liked.
The so-called chromophobia also. No one can guarantee that there are no cats that don't steal fishy and bad men.
The housekeeper is worried that if this continues, there will be a dark horse of gold-swallowing beasts in this mansion.
The housekeeper who sighed and sighed remembered that Peony had asked him to do something before, and it was a good opportunity to use it at this time.
"Thank you for the side concubine's face and willingness to see the villain." Courtesy greeting from the housekeeper.
"If there's anything to say directly, I don't have much time to waste with someone like you." Peony glanced at the butler with disdain.
"Of course, I'm also embarrassed to trouble the concubine. I can give an answer to the concubine now, but the premise is that after the matter is completed, I want the entire Nalan Mansion, and I must ensure that I can't hurt the young lady's family. "The housekeeper is still a little compassionate.
Peony suddenly sneered, turned his head to look at the housekeeper, and really underestimated the person in front of him.
"You don't have a small appetite, the entire Nalan Mansion, do you know what that concept is? Whimsical, wishful thinking! Mu Dan snorted disdainfully.
Peony spared no expense, just to find Nalan Jin for revenge, but in the end, Nalan Jin's family of three was happy for a lifetime. This is absolutely unacceptable to Peony, so the housekeeper's proposal is simply redundant.
"Whether it's whimsical or delusional, exchanging a Nalan Mansion for the future of the third prince is a very cost-effective deal, don't be in a hurry to answer the concubine, you can think about it." The housekeeper looked at the peony with a winning hand.
"If you die early, I won't agree to your request." Peony refused the housekeeper without thinking about it.
The housekeeper originally wanted to bargain with Peony and continue to do some negotiations, but Peony didn't give the housekeeper a chance at all, but chose to leave the atmosphere.
The cooperation between the two was stillborn before it began, and the housekeeper couldn't give up his own interests and kept negotiating with Peony.
But it is impossible for Peony to give up her original intention, go against her own principles, and make Nalan Jin happy again and again.
Both of them are constantly looking for opportunities, hoping to find a combination point to contain each other, and finally achieve their goals.
The housekeeper was in a daze all day long, as if he was enchanted, and even the Liu'er who followed him could see that the housekeeper was a little stunned, and naturally Nalan Jin could also notice the changes in the housekeeper.
"Cui'er, has there been anything going on with the housekeeper lately? I think he looks like he's not going to give up. Nalan Jin stared at the key in the distance for a long time.
"I don't know, I also noticed that the housekeeper has been a little abnormal lately, and I have seen him talking to himself several times." Cui'er was also confused and confused.
"Is there something going on in the housekeeper's house?" Nalan Jin thought for a moment and said.
"Shouldn't it, there is no one in the housekeeper's house anymore, and the rest are some distant relatives, even if there is something, it won't make the housekeeper worry about being like this, right?" Cui'er frowned and expressed her opinion.
"Anyway, you still have to care about the situation of the housekeeper, you send someone to keep an eye on what is going on and tell me in time."
Nalan Jin always felt that things were not so simple, it had been a while since the last family banquet, and the matter of forming a party in the court was still spreading in private.
It's hard to guarantee that Zhao Wenlu won't put his minions into Nalan Mansion, and it is indispensable to guard against people, so it's better to be careful.
"How's it going, is there an echo?" When the housekeeper saw Liu'er coming back, he hurriedly went up to ask.
"There is no news at all, when I went before, they also let me see the side concubine, and after I went this time, they said that the side concubine was unwell, otherwise I would have blasted me out when I entered the door." Liu'er hugged his arm aggrievedly, he should have been beaten by Peony.
"It's too much, you go down and rest first, in that case, then don't come to me to do things again." The butler gritted his teeth and said cruel words.
Liu'er didn't know the housekeeper's idea, so he hurried back to the house to clean up the bruises on his body.
Fortunately, although the injury was very serious, it did not hurt critically.
Dongfang Yi returned to the mansion and bought a lot of pastries that Nalan Jin likes to eat, and saw her sitting in the yard sullenly in a daze, as if she had gone up to surprise her.
"Guess who I am?" Dongfang Yi covered Nalan Jin's eyes.
"Touhou, stop playing." Nalan Jin guessed it at once.
"Did Qi'er you off? So unhappy, look what I brought back to you. Dongfang Yi took the pastry to Nalan Jin.
"It's okay, you have a heart, it's all what I like and like." A smile slowly appeared on Nalan Jin's face.
Dongfang Qi came over and saw that Nalan Jin and his wife were getting tired of being naughty, "You have each other, I am a superfluous person, I better walk away alone." ”
"You little trick-or-treater, whatever you want to eat, I'll take you to the street to buy it." Dongfang Yi pinched Dongfang Qi's nose.