Zhang Bi said that he came to Ji Qingling to thank him, but after he came, he refused to leave again. When he arrived, it was a late day, and he had been tinkering for so long that he had eaten a few Lantern Festivals, and it was already getting dark outside.

The servants who followed were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, and pushed the woman in to urge.

How could Zhang Bi be willing to pay attention.

After experiencing the snake in the palace, his temperament was greater, at this time he only waved his head, didn't even bother to say a word, took a spoon in his hand to pound the Lantern Festival, pounded the whole bowl into a slimy black, and turned his head to talk to Ji Qingling coquettishly, as if no one on the side existed.

The woman didn't dare to step forward and use force, and it was not good to force herself into the two to grab the conversation, so she could only stand awkwardly, and she really couldn't advance or retreat.

Ji Qingling said to Zhang Bi: "It's getting dark, it's better to go back early, walking at night, the carriage is not easy to run, I'm afraid I will hurt my legs." ”

Zhang Biman said nonchalantly: "I'm the only one in the house, and my brother doesn't know when he will come back, so I won't go back!" ”

said to Ji Qingling obediently: "Sister Ji, I see that the eldest brother will not come back so late, are you afraid of being alone at home?" Shall I sleep with you at night? I'm warm! ”

As he spoke, as soon as he put the bowl in his hand, he jumped down by the side of the small few, put his hands next to Ji Qingling's hand, and said with a smile: "Is it warm?" ”

He can only hold Ji Qingling's one hand with one hand, and he has to rub it up and down, left and right, and he doesn't know where he learned it, and he is very obedient.

Ji Qingling couldn't help but smile: "It's warm, it's warm, it's just that you haven't gone home yet, your brother can't see you, and I don't know how anxious I have to be." ”

Zhang Bi pursed his mouth and said, "He's not in a hurry!" He never cared about me, he only knew how to scold me! ”

When he said this, he was still angry in front of him, but when he said it in the back, he was aggrieved, his whole face was gray, he took his hand back, picked up a few by himself, and sat down next to Ji Qingling's feet, I didn't know what I thought, I lowered my head and hugged my knees, and never spoke again.

Seeing him like this, Ji Qingling first sent the people in the room out, followed him half-squatting on the ground, and whispered, "What's wrong?" If you don't want to stay at home, ask someone to send you over tomorrow, okay? ”

Zhang Bi shook his head, put his head on his knees again, and didn't speak for a long time.

Ji Qingling was not in a hurry, nor did he urge him, he picked up a futon and sat on the ground with him.

The room was quiet, but gradually I could hear the chirping of birds outside, and it was very lively.

Zhang Bi is a child in the end, although he is unhappy in his heart, he can hear the cry, and think of the two fat birds that he hasn't seen for a long time, and he couldn't bear it at first, and after a while, he couldn't help but be led to raise his head, but he saw Ji Qingling sitting next to him, with a worried face, and suddenly became even more aggrieved.

Although he is young, he knows how to measure proportions, hesitated, even in front of Ji Qingling, he only clasped his hands and said: "Sister Ji, Mr. said that the ring is knotted with grass and dripping water gushes from spring, and my brother also taught me the same, but his own actions are completely different, obviously ...... Take care of him like that, and take care of my father and me, and he doesn't tell me to talk to my big sister, and he scolds me, and I don't want to talk to him anymore. ”

This little girl said vaguely, but Ji Qingling heard a little meaning, she didn't want to talk from the child's mouth, thought for a moment in her heart, and said softly: "Your brother is used to feeling sorry for you, do you know it?" ”

Zhang Bi pouted and refused to speak.

Ji Qingling smiled slightly: "Your brother's character is so bad, he still has to scold people......

She spoke slowly, looking at the child's face as she spoke.

Sure enough, Zhang Bi's mouth closed for a while, and after enduring it for a while, he couldn't help but stop again: "Although he is scolding, his character is not so bad......" As he was speaking, as soon as he raised his head, he saw Ji Qingling looking at him with a smile.

Zhang Bi didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, so he was a little at a loss and shouted, "Sister Ji......"

Ji Qingling said: "Your brother is used to acting for a reason, you are thinking nonsense here, it is better to ask him well." ”

Zhang Bi said dejectedly: "I asked, but he didn't say anything, and he still had to discipline me, and he was unreasonable...... It's hateful! ”

Ji Qingling said: "Is he really an unreasonable person?" Do you know why he should not tell you? ”

Zhang Bi heard Ji Qingling's question, and was about to mumble in a low voice, "How do I know what he thinks", when he raised his eyes, he saw that the other party was very close to him, and the two were only half an arm's length apart, and the pair of eyes on the other side looked at him gently, with a smile on his face.

He is young and can't understand people's expressions and emotions very well, he only feels that he is looked at like this, as if he can be tolerated and understood no matter what he does, but because of this, he doesn't want to contradict the other party.

Zhang Bi couldn't help but say: "Brother is for my good...... He's afraid of me......"

At this point, he suddenly shut up.

Ji Qingling didn't ask, but said: "He thinks you are young and doesn't want you to know too much, so you have to let people know that you are different from before, and this morning is reasonable, so he won't hide everything important from you." ”

Zhang Bi was displeased, raised his head and said, "Sister Ji, I'm already an adult!" ”

Ji Qingling said softly: "I know that you are an adult, but it is useless for me to believe it, does your brother know, and is he willing to believe it?" If he refuses to believe, how will you make him believe? ”

Zhang Bi was speechless for a while, and only sat blankly.

***

It was getting dark soon.

When it was almost time, Zhang Hu finally came to the door in person, because it was late, he didn't stay long after thanking him, and left with his younger brother.

When Gu Yanzhang returned to the house with wind and frost, he saw candles lit in the house, and the room was bright.

Ji Qingling was sitting at the table and waiting, welcomed him into the door, and asked, "Fifth brother, what's going on in the yamen?" ”

As she spoke, she hurriedly lifted the copper kettle simmering on the small stove and poured a cup of hot water.

Gu Yanzhang took off his cloak and stood for a while, waiting until his body was warmed up, before he sat down next to Ji Qingling, took the teacup and said, "According to this momentum, King Wei may not be able to get out." ”

Ji Qingling heard him say Qin Huifang's confession, so he also studied the rumors outside, and said: "The words are conclusive, as if everyone saw with their own eyes that King Wei poisoned King Ji." ”

Compared with his brother Zhao Hao, Zhao Duo, the king of Wei, is often ignored, his intelligence is mediocre, and he is not favored.

However, overnight, the wind in Beijing changed.

"In today's situation, even if King Ji can wake up tomorrow and speak for King Wei in person, I'm afraid no one will believe it." Gu Yanzhang took a few sips of the cup, feeling the slightly hot water slide down his throat, and the warmth spread from his stomach to his limbs, dissipating the chill and tiredness.

Zhao Duo is just a powerless vassal king, he is not the Emperor Taizong of the sword and axe night shadow, and he can't afford to kill his brother at all. The three of them become tigers, no matter whether King Ji is dead or alive, once the rumors settle, half of the ministers in the court who are down-to-head will no longer stand on his side with moral flaws.

Ji Qingling shook his head and said, "Even if King Wei is a fool, he won't choose to poison King Ji at this time?" was impeached so badly in the palace, and at this time, isn't it picking up and looking for a beating? ”

Gu Yanzhang exhaled.

By now, it doesn't matter who poisoned them.

There are too many people fishing in troubled waters, and everyone has their own intentions. It is impossible to spread the remarks of King Wei's poisoning of his brother all over the capital in one day, if there is no one behind to help the trouble.

"I heard that King Ji is already very auspicious, if he is gone this time, it will be impossible for King Wei to inherit the great treasure, in this way, who will benefit?" Ji Qingling thought for a while and asked, "I'm afraid it's really going to be passed?" In the past, it was said that His Majesty had left an edict to succeed the King of Qin, but I don't know if the sage would agree or not......"

***

What Ji Qingling wants, all the officials in the DPRK and China who have a little bit of vision can naturally see it, but the current situation is unclear, and everyone only dares to stir up the wind and rain behind their backs, and they are not willing to act rashly on the surface.

Huang Zhaoliang suffered a big loss because of the succession to the throne in the past, he was forced to go to Quanzhou to eat the sea breeze for a few years, so he woke up his brain a little, and this time he hit back into the hands of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and he had already made up his mind not to touch this mold;

Fan Yaochen has deep roots, and he is still pressed by Chen Hao's faction, and he moves his whole body with a hair, and he also cleverly learns to be quails and buries his head;

A cadre in the Privy Council once held a soldier, and it was a matter of time, the whip who was far away could not reach, and everyone who was close knew that the Empress Dowager Zhang was powerful, and this time she was the most closely watched, and she even had to be quiet when she went to the toilet at night when she was on duty, lest the sound of the trickling sound provoke the ears of those who cared about it, where would she want to be troublesome.

Only Sun Bian, this person was born rich, and he was on the rise, and then he was just the official when the Empress Dowager Zhang hung the curtain, and he was put aside for a few years according to the exception, and when he returned to the dynasty, Zhao Rui had already sat in a stable position, so he didn't go through that year.

He was so easy to hold the power, the stove was not hot, and he was unfortunate enough to return to his hometown for nearly three years. As soon as the person left, the tea was cold, and after returning to the Chinese book, Sun Bian was hung by Zhao Rui, and sat on the cold bench for two years.

He saw the changes in the situation between the DPRK and China, and knew that his family was not as good as Fan and Huang, nor as well as the old foxes who were thickly planted and nurtured in Zhongshu.

The Sun family has many heirs, and Sun Bian is the prime minister, whether it is a cousin or a brother, or an old friend, but if he is talented, he will try his best to carry it. With this one person taking the lead, the whole family is working together, and now is the right time, there are those reliable people who listen to the instructions and act in private.

Sun Bian ruled the family very strictly, and when he was riding the wind, everyone in the clan was actively running. It's just that his father, Sun Ning, although he is senior and old, acts debauched, and others avoid it.

As far as Sun Ning is concerned, his own family has a lot of money, and he has just got a beautiful concubine, how his family is, how he is in the court, and it has nothing to do with him.

has worked hard all his life, and he has sown so many children for the Sun family, which is enough hard work.

Besides, it all depends on his own planting, the eldest son can become a talent, and now is the time to be a father's happiness.

This idea is not only Sun Ning, but also the new entrant in his courtyard.

Chen Huiniang entered Sun's house since she entered the house, like a mouse falling into a rice bowl.

Although Sun Ning is useless, there are still seven or eight concubines in the backyard, but everyone knows that he is unreliable, and he may still have a little bit of a desire to compete for favor when he was young, but after watching it for a long time, he figured it out. Everyone is either busy burning the hot stove of Sun Bian's wife Li every day, or staring at the children, so smart, knowing that there is Sun Bian's big tree to shade, the children will never be left unattended, so they simply try to rely on the Sun family to get some oil and water, and they are very thoughtful and only put three or two points on the old man at most, and Chen Huiniang, who has been trained in the market for more than 30 years, shows his skills.

Hui Niangzi also did not dislike Sun Ning half of her body into the ground, compared to the past every day ushered in, the smelly and fishy had to be pulled in, and now she only needs to serve this one, it is already a great luck. Besides, Sun Ning is always a little old, but he is generous and generous, and he has a good temper, and he feels even more painful for his old son.

Chen Huiniang is accustomed to seeing three religions and nine streams, and she has a scale in her heart, and the longer she stays here, the more she realizes that this old man is good, and she really doesn't want to leave.

She thought that Sun Ning was no longer the same as before, so she no longer was a charming woman, she only treated the other party as an old man, and asked for warmth every day, taking advantage of the winter, she had to add or subtract seven or eight rounds of clothes to Sun Ning a day, make shoes, and cook soup.

Everything comes and goes, Sun Ning has reached this age, on the one hand, he really can't move, on the other hand, how can he not see who is really good to himself, so he took a little heart, and took the concubine and the child to live a hot life.

Chen Huiniang washed all the lead, had a son, and had a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and even got a lot of Sun Ning's private rooms, comfortable, it was really a day when a god did not change, and when she was proud, she was repeatedly asked to come to the house to find out, and she was asked to help listen to this for a while, and asked her to help like that for a while.

At the beginning, it was all a trivial matter, but at the end of the day, it became more and more dangerous, even the business done in the clan, who was in charge of what kind of business, and even borrowed Sun Bian's post, and even the paper, pen and ink, and small seals commonly used in his study had to make her either inquire or find out.

On the evening of this day, the old man and concubine were teasing his son in a place, and a room of girls followed him to make fun, this said, "The eyebrows and eyes of the little master look like the old man, carved out of a mold!" The one who said, "The little young master laughs like the wise lady, but when he doesn't laugh, he looks like the old man!" is really good at choosing, and he is handsome, serious, and really looks like a big official! ”

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