Chapter 39: Conversation
With a smile in his phoenix eyes, Chu Mo secretly returned to Beijing He had already received a secret letter from Xiao Changge yesterday, and only three were written on it, which made him think of Chu Mo.
And even the two princes and the prime ministers are in the imperial study, so it's just for one thing, to thoroughly investigate the official book!
In the past few days, the entire court has been disturbed by this incident, and the officials are not a fuel-efficient lamp, so it is not easy to investigate.
Seeing Chu Mo coming out of the imperial study, I was afraid that this matter fell on his shoulders.
As soon as the third prince came back, Emperor Chu handed over this matter to him to deal with, which shows that Emperor Chu has the intention to promote him, but it can't be too obvious, and he has to find a suitable excuse for him.
And if Chu Mo does this, it can just be a good excuse, so that those ministers will not dare to disagree, and the emperor can reuse Chu Mo openly.
"I was summoned into the palace by my father as soon as I returned, and as soon as I came back and knew that you liked wine, I bought a pot for you and rushed over immediately, but this other person doesn't have this treatment." Chu Mo smiled and handed the wine in his hand to Chu Yu, who hurriedly grabbed the wine like an addict and opened it, acting neatly and not pretending at all.
"You're still so impatient." Chu Mo shook his head with a smile and said with a smile, but Chu Yu couldn't listen to what Chu Mo said at all, opened the lid and smelled the wine, and guessed the name of the wine just by smelling it.
"This is bamboo leaf green, and it is brewed by Lao Li outside the city." Chu Yufeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he drank heartily regardless of Chu Mo's presence, making Chu Mo shake his head again and again.
He looked at Chu Yu now, his eyes narrowed, and his face looked like his mother's concubine.
Back then, when Emperor Chu saw his concubine for the first time, he only used one word to describe it: disaster country.
Being able to enter the eyes of Emperor Chu and make him say such things is enough to prove the beauty of the concubine, and Chu Yu was also favored by Emperor Chu at that time.
It's a pity that the good times don't last long, the most important thing in this harem is beauty, and this favor is only for a while, and then something like that happened, it was a fluke that Chu Yu could live, let alone let Emperor Chu reuse him.
"Your nose is really smart, it is Lao Li's family outside the city, but unfortunately Lao Li has passed away and now his son is making wine." When it came to birth, old age, sickness and death, Chu Mo just sighed.
"Third brother, you won't go back as soon as you come back, right?" Chu Yu took a sip and asked drunkenly, even burping had a smell of wine.
"Look at what I asked, even if you want to go back, your father shouldn't agree." Chu Yu patted his head and said, Chu Mo was lying in the corridor, his eyes looking at the sky, but unfortunately there were no stars tonight, only a cloud, and even the moon was a little hazy.
The floor was cold, but Chu Mo couldn't feel it.
Chu Yu was silent, after all, everyone knew it.
Don't look at Chu Mo holding a weapon in his hand, fighting a war and staying in the court, but his heart is like a mirror, and he knows it very well.
Emperor Chu will suddenly recall him, I am afraid that the situation in this court will begin to fall to one side, so Emperor Chu needs someone to bring the situation back to a balanced state, the second prince can't, he is too ambitious, if the situation is turned to the side of the second prince, I am afraid that the emperor of Chu himself is in danger, so he needs a person with high prestige, and Chu Mo is.
Emperor Chu will suddenly ask Chu Mo to investigate the matter of the Ministry of Shangshu, saying that it is a promotion, but he also wants to use him to bring the situation back to balance, to put it bluntly, Chu Mo is a chess piece in the hands of Emperor Chu.
Chu Mo understands, and Chu Yu also knows.
But no one wants to mention these words.
Among the many brothers, Chu Mo has the best relationship with Chu Yu, while the others get along with each other when they can get along but never have a deep friendship, he is afraid of getting involved in this dispute, but he is the prince of Chu State, he should have known that this would be the case, but he has always been delusional that it will not.
"I wonder if the fourth brother has heard Xiao Changge?"
"The daughter of the Xiao family."
"I met her yesterday and was sent to the ghost forest by the sedan chair man." Chu Mo looked at Chu Yu and said, he had just returned to the city, and he heard those people mention what Xiao Changge, the daughter of General Xiao, had done over the years, but no matter how he looked at it, he didn't think that Xiao Changge was that kind of woman.
"Oh, Ghost Grove, that's not a good place." Chu Yu said calmly, Chu Mo saw that Chu Yu was not interested, and he didn't say much, today he just wanted to find Chu Yu to catch up, he couldn't take care of other people's affairs, let alone General Xiao's family's affairs?
Don't talk about this kind of thing, there are a lot of people in the palace, don't they have to take care of it?
"Third brother, you're here for a good time, it's a begging festival in a few days, the women from all families can take this opportunity to go out and pick a wishful husband, why don't you go and find one?" Or maybe the fourth brother, I'll help you find one? Chu Yu said lightly, even with a slight smile in his eyes.
"You see you're poor again." The two looked at each other and smiled, and then drank again.
On Yanfeng Mountain, Xiao Changge had been chanting all night, and Xiao Yayan went to rest after a while.
She said that she was praying for the old lady and the Xiao family, but it was simply wishful thinking to let her kneel all night, as soon as she saw the lotus lying, she immediately remembered the matter of kneeling in the ancestral hall, so she was so frightened that she immediately lost her soul.
One night, when the host arrived at the temple, he saw that Xiao Changge had just gotten up, and when Xiao Changge saw the host, he also greeted politely: "Host." ”
"Miss Xiao, Amitabha." The host held the Buddhist beads in his hand and read it gently, and he had to admire Xiao Changge's courage in his heart.
With her legs bent, she looked like she had been on her knees all night.
There are very few people who can do this wholeheartedly for their own family, and even the host has to admire Xiao Changge.
"The host wants to read and recite the precepts, and the long song is inconvenient to disturb, so he will retire first." Xiao Changge said politely, and when the host saw Xiao Changge say this, he got out of the way for Xiao Changge to pass, and he was still chanting Amitabha Buddha in his mouth.
Outside the temple, no matter when the smell of incense is still permeating, Xiao Changge looked at the sunrise, and now should be the time when the rooster crows.
Red Sleeves was probably afraid that yesterday's incident would happen again, seeing Xiao Changge chanting in the temple, she was also waiting outside all night, and she walked to Xiao Changge's side when she saw Xiao Changge come out.
But the eyes were still swollen, and even the corners of the eyes were black.
"Miss, Red Sleeves will prepare water for you to wash up first." The red sleeves trembled, and even the lips turned purple, this little body must have been very cold after freezing all night.
"Well, next time you go back to the house first." Xiao Changge saw that Red Sleeves was shaking his body and said, Red Sleeves rubbed his hands together and exhaled a few hot breaths.
"This can't be done, how can there be a young lady, you are suffering here, and the slave maid goes to sleep in the house!" Red Sleeves pouted and retorted, never agreeing with what Xiao Changge said.
"But why doesn't Miss learn from Miss Four?" Red Sleeves was puzzled, as soon as the hour passed last night, and when the people were gone, Xiao Yayan casually found an excuse to leave, she just did it for those people, in order to earn back her reputation.
"You'll find out in a few days." At the mention of this, Xiao Changge smiled coldly, like a cold winter.
Seeing this, Red Sleeves didn't ask any more.
It's not for nothing that she's doing this, but she'll find out in a few days.
She came out of the ghost forest, how could Xiao Yayan let her go? So she definitely has the next move.
Xiao Changge is not skeptical but affirmed, as she said before, dogs can't change eating, Xiao Yayan can change her previous personality in just a few days? That's completely impossible!
She can pretend these days, and she will be exposed in a few days.
So she just had to wait quietly for the other party to come to the door.
There is a saying that is right, it is not friends but enemies who know you best, so she understands Xiao Yayan and will never give up so easily.
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.
"Sister Changge, did you just go back? Oops, it's all my fault for having this headache again, otherwise I wouldn't have left you alone last night, sister. Xiao Yayan carried her skirt to Xiao Changge, followed by two slaves and maids.
This Yanfeng Mountain is a temple with strong incense since the name of the Chu Emperor, and now when the rooster crows, some people have come here to offer incense one after another.
There is a rumor here that if you can grab the first incense stick every morning, then the other party will definitely be prosperous and have many children and grandchildren, so those people will come early to grab the first incense.
"Slave maid, see Fourth Miss." Seeing Xiao Yayan, Red Sleeves subconsciously hid behind Xiao Changge and said cautiously.
"Get up, sister, my sister left early yesterday, sister, you shouldn't blame your sister." Xiao Yayan stood in front of Xiao Changge like a child who had done something wrong, and those who walked past them would inevitably take a few more looks.
After all, the clothes of the two of them look like young ladies from rich families.
"My sister is not feeling well, and it's normal to go back to rest, but I've ordered Red Sleeves to find you a doctor, and I'll let him come and take a look at you later." Seeing Xiao Yayan's trembling body with clear eyes, Xiao Yayan laughed dryly a few times after hearing Xiao Changge say this, and a trace of weirdness flashed in her eyes.
"My sister is kind, my sister understands it, but my sister doesn't bother with this small problem, and my sister has no big problem after resting all night." Xiao Yayan rubbed her forehead with her hand, and all this went into Xiao Changge's eyes.
"If this minor illness is not treated early, I am afraid that it will become a serious illness if it drags on for a long time, and I will not be able to explain it to Erniang at that time, sister, you don't shirk it, I will go back to the room to wash up first, and let the red sleeves bring the doctor later, red sleeves, let's go." Xiao Changge didn't give Xiao Yayan a chance to refuse.
Xiao Yayan looked at the back of Xiao Changge leaving, with a gloomy face, and she was not even in a good mood.
On the way, Red Sleeves looked at Xiao Changge and asked puzzledly, "Miss, when did you ask Red Sleeves to ask for a doctor?" How come Red Sleeves doesn't know? ”
"Doctor, yes, that's it." Xiao Changge glanced at the monks who followed the incense back and forth, and finally landed his gaze on the man next to the tree.
"Miss, that's not a doctor, he has a problem here." Red Sleeves recognized the man, it was the child of the cooking woman in the temple, sixteen years old this year, but he was born with a little problem with his head, sometimes good and sometimes bad.
When it's good, it's a normal person, but when it's bad, it's a fool, and his intelligence is about three or four years old.
"I said yes, remember, you can do any kind of medicine, remember to keep a living." There was a hint of evil smile hidden in his clear eyes, and Red Sleeves suddenly understood what it meant.