Time unconsciously turns to the first month, and tomorrow is the annual Lantern Festival. To this day, the hottest topic in Kyoto is still that Lin Zhimeng, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, is accused of being the side concubine of the Seventh Prince's Mansion, and many people are speculating about who the Seventh Highness's favorite woman is.

"The favorite person of the Seventh Highness, could it be Ye Manwen, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War? It is rumored that this Miss Ye family is also a peerless lady who does not lose to Miss Lin Family! In the lobby of the Joy Building, a man in a yellow robe said to his companion.

The person next to him heard the words and replied: "I think it should be the noble daughter of the Yongxing Hou Mansion, this Miss Kang of the Yongxing Hou Mansion and His Royal Highness the Seventh are cousins and sisters, and the two are almost childhood sweethearts who grew up together!" If it is said that the Seventh Highness has a favorite woman, it must be this Miss Kang family. ”

Hearing this, the yellow-robed man nodded and said, "Brother Tai is reasonable!" ”

Kang Ling called Rong Guifei an aunt, and was called to Chaoyang Palace by Rong Guifei all the year round to talk to relieve her boredom. Before the seventh prince Zhao Ziqian set up a mansion for leaving the palace, among all the nobles in Kyoto, he really had the most contact with Kang Ling of the Yongxing Marquis Mansion, so it was logical to speculate.

In the peony room on the second floor of the Xile Building, Zhao Zixiu's fingers were brushing the peony petals, and he only heard him say: "This Xile Building is really interesting, and peony flowers are specially cultivated to decorate this peony room in this season." ”

His eyes looked at the streamer vase on the table in front of him, and it was the peony flower with purple and red on it, which was gorgeous in color and fragrant with jade smiles.

The flowering period of the peony is May, and now it is the middle of winter, so Zhao Zixiu will say this.

Yu Wenhua, who was sitting on the carved wreath chair, stood up when he heard this, walked to a peony flower painting and stopped to admire it, and replied: "It is said that the owner of their family used special techniques to cultivate, in order to decorate this private room of the same name, but it is also a waste of thought!" ”

Yu Wenhua, the grandson of the general Yu Wenqi, is also the cousin of the fourth prince Zhao Zixiu.

After Zhao Zixiu turned around, he sat in the circle chair by the window and asked, "Have you checked it out?" Why did the father point out the eldest lady of the Lin family to the seventh brother? How on earth did he convince his father? ”

Regarding the fact that the Holy Lord Zhao Zheng directly matched Lin Zhimeng to Zhao Ziqian at the palace banquet, everyone had doubts in their hearts. If this is worthy of being a concubine, it is just a side concubine, and it is a concubine to say that it is ugly. The saint used this to humiliate the Lin family, and stuffed people into the Seven Princes' Mansion, but I don't know whether he was biased against Zhao Ziqian, or used this to express his dissatisfaction with Zhao Ziqian.

If it is partial, it is directly pointed out as the concubine, why deliberately humiliate the Lin family? If it weren't for favoritism, the Lin family's momentum would have been drawn to the seventh brother? Zhao Zixiu was really puzzled by this.

Of course, no matter what the reason for this matter was, it was a slap in the face of the second prince Zhao Ziyu and him, the fourth prince Zhao Zixiu.

"No definite news has come out! After the Seventh Prince returned to Beijing from Tongzhou, he was only scolded, which shows that the Holy Lord was not really annoyed with him! And although he was kicked out of Chaoyang Palace by the saint the night before the palace banquet, the saint still stayed in Chaoyang Palace that night. Yu Wenhua held the jade bone painting fan in his hand and said to Zhao Zixiu.

Chaoyang Palace, the bedroom of Concubine Rong. Although Zhao Zixiu and the others did not know why Zhao Ziqian was expelled from Chaoyang Palace by the Holy Lord the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, if the Holy Lord was really dissatisfied with Zhao Ziqian, he would definitely not stay in Chaoyang Palace that day.

Zhao Zixiu tapped his fingers on the desktop: "Could it be that the seventh brother ...... Gave that thing to my father? ”

Zhao Ziqian was not punished in any way, which made Zhao Zixiu have to guess whether he used something to curry favor with their father.

Yu Wenhua was taken aback when he heard this, he naturally knew what "that thing" Zhao Zixiu was talking about, but while he felt that Zhao Ziqian was not so stupid, he felt that there seemed to be no other explanation except this.

He pondered for a moment and said:

"It's not impossible! Maybe the saint assigned the Lin family to the Seven Princes because he offered that thing. Also, he deliberately revealed his whereabouts and said that he went to Tongzhou, and clearly told us that he took the things. Now, if he gives it to the Holy One, we will not be able to get it back. It's just that I still can't figure it out, why did he reveal his identity and deliberately live in the little-known Yi family? Your Highness, you have also been to the Yi family, have you found any differences? ”

Although the fact that the two princes entered and exited Tongzhou Yifu one after another, although it was not known to everyone in Kyoto, they were the people who were dying each other, and they naturally kept an eye on the opponent's movements. It was Zhao Ziqian who entered Yifu to live, and Zhao Zixiu and others also knew about it.

Zhao Zixiu recalled, shook his head and said, "I didn't find anything special, but at that time they saved a man in black, and now I think about it, it is very likely to be the seventh brother!" It's just that now it's impossible to confirm whether the Yi family deliberately helped him hide, or if he really escaped after waking up! If this matter is not clear, someone has to be sent to continue to investigate. ”

The purpose of his entry and exit from Yi's house at that time was to find out if the man in black was still in the mansion, and at that time he made an excuse to almost visit the Yi mansion, but he didn't find anything suspicious. But later, Zhao Ziqian deliberately exposed his identity to promote the Yi Mansion, which made him wonder what role the Yi family played in the middle.

Yu Wenhua did not recommend that he dedicate people to visit the Yi family again at this time, this small Tongzhou Governor's Mansion, he didn't pay attention to it at all, in his opinion, maybe the Seventh Prince was trying to distract them, so he said:

"Tongzhou is too far away, and maybe the Seven Princes deliberately disturbed our vision and planted smoke bombs, and now is not the time to confirm the truth and reality. Now it's the spring season and the draft, and the focus has to be shifted to these two things. ”

Zhao Zixiu's handsome brows furrowed, he also knew that the matter in front of him was indeed more urgent now, but he always felt that he might have missed something. I saw him ponder for a while and suddenly asked:

"Seventh Brother...... The woman you like can be investigated? Is it someone else, or is he playing some tricks? ”

Zhao Ziqian said at the palace banquet that he already had a favorite woman and wanted to leave the position of concubine for her, which also caused waves in Kyoto. Most people are speculating about what kind of charming appearance that woman should have, which can make the Seventh Prince say that she is unusual, and even make him reject Lin Zhimeng, the first beauty in Kyoto.

If it weren't for the saint coming to make Lin Zhimeng the concubine of the Seventh Prince, Zhao Ziqian's words at the palace banquet could indeed be regarded as rejecting Lin Zhimeng.

The rejection of the first beauty in Kyoto is really incredible.

Yu Wenhua knocked on the jade bone fan in his hand and shook his head: "There have been no obvious clues, but he asked the officials who selected the show girls to add a name, and Kang Rui also beckoned various departments and bureaus to secretly take care of them." ”

"Which lady is it?" Zhao Zixiu asked with interest.

"It's not a daughter, her father is white, and her uncle is an official, but he is also a petty official. Speaking of which, Your Highness should have seen this man, too! Yu Wenhua said.

Zhao Zixiu heard this and asked, "Who?" ”

"Tongzhou Zhizhou Yi Xixi's niece, Yi Ruonan!" Yu Wenhua said with a smile, and he was also very interested in this woman.

Oh? Is it Yijia again? Zhao Zixiu pondered.

Yu Wenhua saw that Zhao Zixiu didn't speak, so he continued: "I have specially checked this woman, and now in Tongzhou, although there are people who praise her for her talent and good looks, there are also private rumors that she secretly designs her aunt, what the truth is, it is a bit difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood." ”

He is really a little interested, he has also seen this portrait of Yi Ruonan, and he is not a woman with outstanding complexion, and he can be famous in Tongzhou because those people have not seen it, if this is in Kyoto, even Lin Zhimeng's toes are not comparable. Is it why she is favored by the Seven Princes? Yu Wenhua was puzzled.

Yi Ruonan, who was far away in Tongzhou, sneezed continuously, guessing who was scolding her behind her back.

When Zhao Zixiu heard this, he carefully recalled this woman named Yi Ruonan, as if there was such a person in the Yi family at that time to greet the female guests who came to the door, but there was nothing outstanding, and his seventh brother with eyes above the top would take a fancy to such an ordinary woman? He, like Yu Wenhua, was skeptical.

"In that case, go back and pass the word to the concubine and leave this person's brand!" Zhao Zixiu turned the jade wrench on his hand and said.

In this draft, because of the selection of concubines and side concubines for several princes, Concubine Yirong, Concubine De, and Concubine Shu will accompany the queen to select the show girl, if there is a consensus, they can all leave the show girl's brand.

Yu Wenhua naturally knew what Zhao Zixiu meant, no matter if Zhao Ziqian wanted this person or not, he would snatch the person first. After the two decided on this matter, they began to talk about this year's spring move, intending to find a few people who could be used.

In the peony room of the Xile Building, Zhao Zixiu and Yu Wenhua decided to stay and go for Yi Ruonan, and in the Fusheng Pavilion in the building, Zhao Ziqian, Kang Rui and Xiong Wei were also discussing the matter.

Why were Zhao Ziqian and the others able to enter the Fusheng Pavilion, where only the Yi family could feast?

Naturally, money can make ghosts grind!

Yi Xiangxiang had already secretly said hello, if the private room in the Joy Building was full, and the Fusheng Pavilion happened to be vacant, as long as the guest paid twice the amount of other private rooms, it could be booked.

Yi Hanxi returned to Tongzhou for the New Year, and the current manager of Xile Building felt that the Fusheng Pavilion had been vacant recently, so he accepted the heavy money paid by Kang Rui and opened the door of the Fusheng Pavilion.

"Don't let Yi Ruonan enter the house? This...... Your Highness, you don't like it......" Kang Rui looked at Zhao Ziqian, who was sitting above, with a puzzled expression.

"The main hall doesn't like her!" Zhao Ziqian denied it with a cold face, and was very dissatisfied with Kang Rui's speculation.

Kang Rui was embarrassed, His Royal Highness asked him to instruct the draft officer to take care of Yi Ruonan, he thought that this person was the favorite person of His Royal Highness! In the past two days, he didn't know how many times he had slandered His Highness, saying that His Highness's vision was not good, and the identity of the other party was not qualified to be a concubine at all, so he was thinking about the intention to advise! I didn't expect His Highness to say that he would not let this woman enter the house today! Kang Rui admits that he is confused now.

Xiong Wei next to him let out a sullen smile when he saw this, and hurriedly restrained himself after being glared at by Zhao Ziqian.

"That's whatever? Which one to choose? But isn't His Highness trying to win over the Yi family? If this pushes Yi Ruonan away, will the Yi family turn against each other? Kang Rui confirmed with affection, he didn't know his Royal Highness's thoughts, he said that he was very passive, just like he didn't know why His Highness was wooing the Yi family, is it really like Xiong Wei said, is it to repay the grace of saving his life? If it is really to repay the gratitude, shouldn't it be better to choose Yi Ruonan to lift?

Kang Rui's words made Zhao Ziqian entangled, he knew that Yi Xiangxiang would not let the Yi family participate in the party struggle because of Yi Ruonan, but Yi Xiangxiang's attitude towards Yi Ruonan was not completely indifferent, it was because he didn't know how to arrange it!

"Or else...... Just arrange for her to enter the palace? Conrex spoke cautiously again.

It is most appropriate to enter the palace, and the harem can let the concubine take care of it, which can be regarded as helping the Yi family. But this person is not His Highness's favorite, so who does His Highness like? Or is that just a pretext? Kang Rui glared at Xiong Wei next to him, intending to make him say something, but unfortunately the latter didn't look at him.

Xiong Wei, who didn't look at Kang Rui, was eating and laughing at this time, and Kang Rui, who thought he was being ridiculed, raised his leg and gave him a kick: "What are you laughing at, you have the ability to arrange it!" ”

This Yi Ruonan is really a hot potato for him, looking at the performance of His Royal Highness, it means to take care of it, but he is not allowed to be taken care of in the Seven Princes' Mansion! Eh, don't guess Your Highness's thoughts, you don't understand if you guess!

Xiong Wei, who was kicked and hurt, shouted wrongly: "I'm not laughing at you!" I thought of Sister Xiangxiang's words and thought it was funny! ”

Xiong Wei followed Zhao Ziqian to live in Yi Mansion for a while, he is a bold and hearty person, he is liked, and he is also a brother with Yi Luochuan on weekdays, and it is logical that he is also familiar with Yi Luochuan's sister Yi Xiangxiang. And he thinks that this eighth lady of the Yi family is very interesting, and dares to often throw their Royal Highness's face, which makes him admire it very much! Xiong Wei often chatted and talked with Yi Xiangxiang, and he, like Jiang Xuanrui and others, called Yi Xiangxiang his sister!

Zhao Ziqian had already served the celadon tea cup and was tasting tea at this time, and when he heard the words, he asked, "What did she say?" ”

"This ...... I don't dare to say that. Xiong Wei was stunned.

Now Kang Rui is curious, what did this Eighth Miss say that Xiong Wei didn't dare to mention? After Zhao Ziqian, who was at the top, heard Xiong Wei's words, he also guessed that what Yi Xiangxiang said should not be a good thing.

"This temple forgives you for your innocence, say!" Zhao Ziqian ordered.

What can make Xiong Wei frightened may be something to rob the family and destroy the clan.

I saw Xiong Wei kneeling down on one knee, his head almost touching the floor, and he said slowly: "She, she...... She said...... Said that the saint is a lot old, learn what old cows eat tender grass! ”

Kang Rui next to him originally saw that Zhao Ziqian was drinking tea, so he also took a sip, but when he heard the words, he squirted out with a "poof", and then he said while sorting out his clothes: "This eighth young lady...... It's really open-mouthed......"

Hearing this, Zhao Ziqian said helplessly to Kang Rui: "This Yi Ruonan...... Except for the harem and the main hall, any of the rest will do! ”

Kang Rui on the side was speechless, this means to protect Yi Ruonan from being gnawed by the old cow?

Phew, what an old cow! Kang Rui gave himself two slaps in the face.

Kang Rui tried to calm himself down, and then asked Zhao Ziqian: "Now the Lin family can only lean on His Highness's side, His Highness really doesn't need to be the concubine to woo Lord Ye again?" Now everyone wants to know, who can surpass Lin Zhimeng, with this pearl and jade in front, the Ye family must be willing to become His Highness's right-hand man! ”

Being able to step on Lin Zhimeng indirectly surpassed the Prime Minister's Mansion, and many people were paying attention to the concubine candidates of the Seven Princes.

And Ye Huaizhi of the Ye family is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and his daughter Ye Manwen is also one of the draft girls. Kang Rui felt that if his Royal Highness said that the person he liked was Ye Manwen, and then used the position of the concubine to win over the Ye family, it would definitely not be a problem.

"Too much! The father will point out Miss Lin to the main hall as a side concubine, which is also unexpected in the main hall! And Kang Rui, you remember, the temple said that this draft let them fight, this is serious! You also know that the second and fourth brothers both went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the main hall did nothing, but people were pointed into the main palace! The father's move is to deter, no matter what the princes have in private, the final word is the father! So we don't have to do any more useless work! The sacred heart is unpredictable, and we should not act rashly this time! Zhao Ziqian said very seriously to Kang Rui.

A generation of emperors must be all over the audience. Zhao Ziqian has really understood these days, what does the supremacy represent!

It was the first time for Kang Rui to see His Royal Highness so solemn, and he was slightly surprised. His Highness is right, this matter has been discussed before, but he has tried to change His Highness's mind three times and twice, which really shouldn't be.

"Kang Rui understands that he will arrange for everyone to hibernate!" He listened to him.

A few days ago, Zhao Ziqian instructed that in the future, the Seven Princes' Mansion will gather its edge, because of what, Kang Rui understands it.

After the three of them finished speaking, they walked out of the Fusheng Pavilion, and when they went downstairs, they happened to meet Zhao Zixiu and Yu Wenhua coming out of the peony room, followed by the guard Pang Qi.

"Seventh brother, what a coincidence! You also come to this Joy House for dinner? Zhao Zixiu asked with a smile.

There were few people coming and going at the door of the private room, and there was no one to watch when a few people met unexpectedly. Zhao Zixiu was very puzzled when he saw that Zhao Ziqian and his party had come down from upstairs. As far as he knew, this upstairs was the guest's wing, but there was a floating pavilion in the corner, could it be that Zhao Ziqian came from there?

Zhao Zixiu's doubts were quickly solved, because Zhao Ziqian replied: "I knew that the fourth brother was in the peony room, and the main hall would not let Kang Ruiding this floating pavilion, and spent an extra sum of silver in vain." ”

Although Zhao Ziqian's face was expressionless, his tone was extremely sincere, which surprised Zhao Zixiu. What kind of virtue is his seventh brother, Zhao Zixiu himself is clear. doesn't say anything every day, and when he sees someone, he looks like the other party owes him money, but today he talks to him, which is really rare!

"What the seventh brother said is that if you come to Xile Building for dinner next time, you can go with the fourth brother!" Zhao Zixiu was still polite and said to Zhao Ziqian, and the two brothers and brothers were so respectful that the people next to them were silent.

Zhao Ziqian also realized that he had just been overheated, in fact, he only subconsciously cleared up his relationship with the Yi family, lest Yi Xiangxiang blame him for causing trouble to the Yi family, so he deliberately explained the reason why he appeared in the Fusheng Pavilion. Of course, as soon as he said it, he found that there was no need for this, because as long as Zhao Zixiu investigated a little, he could know that they had been determined by the Floating Life Pavilion through normal channels.

So, Zhao Ziqian replied expressionlessly: "Okay." ”

Zhao Zixiu was stunned when he heard this, and he was also surprised by Zhao Ziqian's inexplicable change in attitude, but he didn't feel embarrassed, but said more enthusiastically: "I haven't congratulated the seventh brother on holding the beauty!" ”

This beauty is naturally the Lin family's Miss Lin Zhimeng.

"Invite the fourth brother to come to the house for a wedding wine another day!" Zhao Ziqian said this, but there was still no expression on his face.

"This seventh brother doesn't know, right? The side concubine enters the house, and there is no banquet to place! Zhao Zi tightened the cloak on his body and told Zhao Ziqian with a smile.

The rules of the Rite Dynasty are that guests are not allowed to entertain outside the entrance to the main room, even if it is the side concubine of the prince's mansion, it is the same!

Zhao Ziqian suddenly realized after an "oh" sound, only to hear him say again: "Then when the concubine of the main hall enters the mansion, I will invite the fourth brother to come over for dinner!" ”

Kang Rui and Xiong Wei followed behind Zhao Ziqian, and they both wanted to laugh when they heard the words. Because they always feel that their Royal Highness is deliberately pretending not to know, intending to ridicule Zhao Zixiu, like saying "You wish to welcome the person who enters the door with the concubine courtesy, but I am just a side concubine"!

It's infuriating!

However, Zhao Zixiu did not break the merit, he has always been willing to face the facts, if he loses, he will only become more and more frustrated, so he said with a smile: "This relationship is good, but at the palace banquet, I heard that the seventh brother already has a favorite woman, and it is a good thing to come?" I take the liberty of asking for my brother, I don't know which family's daughter the seventh brother said about the girl's favorite family? ”

Zhao Zixiu's words were asked, and several people present pricked up their ears to listen, no matter which side they were on. Even Kang Rui and Xiong Wei were looking forward to their Royal Highness's reply, because even they really didn't know who this woman was!

And Zhao Ziqian, when he heard this, he said again: "There is no such thing, at that time, it was fabricated to prevent my father from choosing a concubine for the palace at random!" ”

These people all participated in the palace banquet, and even Pang Qi was at the palace banquet because he was serving Zhao Zixiu. Now Zhao Ziqian said that he would choose a concubine at will? They remembered that the Holy Lord had already said Lin Zhimeng's name at that time, and the Seven Highnesses meant it...... Lin Zhimeng is just a casual?

This! It's so arrogant!

"Oh? Seventh brother, this is ...... Bully? Zhao Zixiu asked coldly, and the atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing.

Zhao Ziqian smiled, and his expressionless face instantly bloomed: "Fourth brother's words are serious, but I don't want to choose the concubine yet!" Or is the fourth brother going to sue the palace for bullying the king? ”

The eyes of the two were met, and there were no less than twenty rounds of killing in the firelight!

"Hahahahaha! How could it be! The seventh brother is also a temperamental, it's just a small excuse, what's there to complain about? Rest assured! Zhao Zixiu's sudden words broke the current antagonism, and he smiled even more like a spring breeze, and the tense atmosphere was swept away.

"Fourth Brother Xie!" Zhao Ziqian was still concise and to the point.

Several people exchanged pleasantries, and then left the Joy Building together. The two sides shook each other at the door, and then left and right.

Zhao Zixiu, who was halfway through, looked back at Zhao Ziqian's back, his expression was dark and uncertain, Yu Wenhua saw this and asked, "Do we still want that girl from the Yi family?" ”

Zhao Zixiu nodded coldly.

Turning forward again, he returned to his elegant appearance.

It's not a good life

Non-red-faced, not thin-hearted, cool-hearted