Chapter Seventy-One: No Grievances
"I don't need you to breathe this for me......"
"I'm not breathing this out for you! I'm for myself! Cheng Jin interrupted her, "It's not easy for people to live for a lifetime, what is the point of shrinking back if you are afraid of everything?" What's the difference between living in this courtyard for the rest of my life, as I used to be? ”
"You!" Cheng Chan was angry with her, she did something wrong, and she was reasonable.
"Eldest sister, I didn't live this life to be wronged."
She has endured enough of the grievances of her previous life, praised by the world, and admired by the world? She has never been happy in her life, and she lives in vain, and it is she who loses it.
"How can anyone live in the world without being wronged?" Cheng Zhan pressed her temples, feeling that the current Cheng Jin gave her a headache even more, "Even if we are Zhong Mingding's family, even if A-Niang takes care of us carefully, we will always be wronged, even the queen mother's aunt and the emperor's cousin in the palace have also been wronged, how can anyone not be wronged for a lifetime?" ”
"Some grievances are worth it, some grievances are not worth it, and being wronged for a beast is not worth it. Xiao Qingming ruined your reputation, you have to pay the price, the eldest sister's blind forbearance in exchange for may not be the respect of others, and when necessary, she will show her claws, so as to save those people from thinking that our family is allowed to be rubbed and flattened. ”
"Then this matter should also be considered in the long run, carefully planned, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the three of you run over so recklessly, it is to hurt the enemy by a thousand, and what is the use of losing yourself by 800?"
"The three of us used to explore the bottom of that Xiao Qingming, how to deal with this Xiao Qingming, naturally we have to think long-term and plan carefully, and today's matter is not over." Cheng Jin squinted his eyes, like a lazy cat.
"What do you mean by that?"
"We have already formed a grudge with Xiao Qingming, and when we meet on a narrow road in the future, he will not let us go, so it is better to strike first."
Cheng Chan was shocked, "Are you going to assassinate him?" Don't mess around......"
"Naturally, I won't be so reckless, it takes a lot of work to assassinate him, if he dies unclearly, it will give King Qi an excuse to rebel, if nothing else, even the emperor's cousin will try his best to ensure that he doesn't die, so Xiao Qingming can't die."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Naturally, he can't be the prince of Qi, even if he continues to be the prince of Qi, he will have to live a trembling life and not be at peace."
What is more terrible than death is to live in fear for the rest of your life.
Cheng Chan was even more puzzled, "Xiao Qingming has been the son of the world for more than ten years, he is a serious descendant, as long as Princess Qi is still there, he is the son of the world, not to mention that the prince is a hostage, you also know that King Qi favors Xiao Qinglang, how can he let Xiao Qinglang come to Beijing as a hostage?" At present, Xiao Qingming is still King Qi's best shield, and he will not abolish him. ”
"Eldest sister, you also said that this is 'right now'." Cheng Jin smiled meaningfully, "How long do you think this 'right now' can last?" King Qi is standing in the south, how can the emperor's cousin's couch allow others to sleep soundly? ”
Cheng Chan is not an ordinary boudoir woman, she didn't make a fuss because Cheng Jin was talking about political affairs, and she also thought about it carefully, "When the queen mother's aunt listened to the government, she couldn't do anything with King Qi, whether it was Su Xiang or Cui Xiang, they tried their best, but in exchange for the current situation, even if the emperor's cousin wanted to do something to King Qi after he was in power, but there was no suitable general in the court, King Qi had been operating in the south for many years, I am afraid it was ...... in the south."
Cheng Chan stopped here when he said this, Cheng Enhou is not in the center of power, he is indifferent to Di Bao, and naturally there are no such things at home, but Cheng Chan is studying in the women's school of Guozijian, and his classmates and friends are all famous eunuchs, although he rarely discusses political affairs, but he knows which girl went out of Beijing with his parents to serve, and which girl stayed in Beijing......
After thinking about it so carefully, I suddenly found that since the beginning of this year, there have been a lot of officials who have left Beijing for the south, and many officials from the south have been promoted back to Beijing.
This discovery surprised her, "The emperor's cousin is going to do something to King Qi?" ”
"King Qi and the emperor's cousin have been facing each other for many years, it seems that a balance has been formed, no one will break it, but in fact, they have been wary of each other for so many years, they have long lost patience, and they are planning the final blow, even we all perceive that the emperor's cousin wants to do it, King Qi can not know, the 'fire man' I saw in Dali Temple today died very miserably, the fire was ignited in his abdomen, it was very strange, I heard someone next to me say that it was a Gu worm."
Cheng Chan's hair stood on end when he heard this, but he was not as frightened as an ordinary boudoir woman, "That Gu worm is a thing of the Southern Barbarians, I heard that the Eighteen Veins take Gu worms very seriously, and they often pour the strength of one clan to raise a Gu worm, so they refuse to spread it easily, how can they appear in the capital for no reason?" Isn't it because of King Qi? ”
"The emperor's cousin frequently moves to the south, and King Qi will probably not sit still, and the muddy water in the capital is getting muddier and muddy."
"I also heard rumors before, there are Jiangyang thieves who provoked the government, killed several people in a row, and the deaths were extremely miserable, and I also heard rumors that people often die violently for no reason recently, it is a warning from God, the young master is not virtuous, and I think it is all King Qi who is behind him."
The Chengenhou Mansion relied on the Empress Dowager Cheng and Emperor Longqing to start, one is prosperous, one is lost, if it really makes King Qi gain power, they are afraid that they will be beheaded by the whole family, so they naturally stand on the side of Emperor Longqing and hate King Qi.
"I think if there is really a Gu worm in Beijing, there will definitely not be only one, and I am afraid that this kind of thing will happen in the future."
"Do you think A-Niang's illness is related to Gu worms?" Cheng Chan had a whim, but inadvertently touched the truth.
"It's not impossible, you just said that A-Niang had diarrhea when she came back from the wine fairy, but it was because the food was unclean?"
Cheng Chan nodded, "That's what the doctor said, so A-Niang was very angry, and attacked the shopkeeper fiercely, the Yan shopkeeper is the lady's companion, and he has always been very respected, but because of this matter, he was sent to Zhuangzi, so he was replaced by the current shopkeeper." After all, the wine fairy is a restaurant, if there are guests who have diarrhea in it, then this reputation will be completely smashed. ”
"Eldest sister, do you remember who else went to the wine fairy with A-Niang that day?"
"I," Cheng Chan will remember so clearly, because she has always been by Mrs. Cheng's side, "and Mama Hu, and a few maids in charge, we went to check the accounts, and by the way, we had a meal in the wine fairy." ”
"Then you also used unclean food? Have you ever had diarrhea? ”
Cheng Chan shook his head, "Only A-Niang has diarrhea, that day we also specially brought the specialty dishes of the wine fairy back to the house for you and A-Yuan, A-Yuan didn't have time to use it, A-Niang was sick, we naturally didn't dare to let him use those dishes anymore, but you used the food clean in the morning, and we specially invited a doctor to give you a pulse, you are as good as us." ”