Volume II-17 A Trip to Luoyang (III) (Part II)
++++++++++++++++++ the dividing line of the trip to Luoyang (III) (above).
While speaking, Xinjie had already ordered a few acupoints on Gao Yunhe's body, and his luck opened his Yu Sai, although he was still in a coma, it was estimated that he would wake up after two teas.
"That's it? After a while, your people will bring those two girls, what will be the end? Yifeng watched with envy as Xinjie quickly completed all this. In terms of intelligence and hard work, he is not as good as this distant cousin.
Xinjie ignored him, took Lian'er and walked out.
Yifeng hurriedly chased all the way out: "Brother, before you finish speaking, you just leave, I don't care if you leave my brother, is there anyone like you?" Anyway, I saved Wanning once, otherwise with her strong temperament..."
"You don't want to leave because you want to stay here and wait to pick up a woman and go back to be the princess, right? The old lady has been worried about your marriage for the past two years, and it's just right to pick one up. And the lintel is not low. ”
"Brother, let's spare me, this kind of woman is by my side, I don't dare to close my eyes when I sleep at night."
"Did you grow up with your eyes open?"
"Those few in the palace are easy to do, they are nothing more than people's eyes, have you ever seen eyes that kill people? But this one is different, it's a knife, and it's easy to get out of control. ”
"You'd better be careful, don't be thrown into mass graves again, I don't know who did it."
"Hey, this world is why you still care about my brother. In that case, why don't you give me two of your people, just the one just now. Is it from the Tang family or from the Aoki Society? ”
"You look like a prince like this, you want other people's good things when you see them."
"That's not because you can do it, brother, the people you bring out are all superior."
Xinjie ignored him and took Lian'er towards the mountain forest outside Meilin.
"Brother, don't be so stingy, I miss you in the capital as a brother, I finally waited for this errand to pass through Kansai, and I want to come, don't I just want to see you?"
"Prince Feng, Cousin Feng," stopped behind a wood, Merlin couldn't see them, and Xinjie spoke: "We haven't known each other for a day or two, we don't know who you are?" Are you short of money or are you in trouble in the capital and are you hiding? ”
"Brother, can you save some face for my brother in front of the immortals in my mind?"
"You also know that she is a fairy, and she is untouchable to you, this is my lady, and you don't have to save that little face. What's more, your face in the palace for so many years is long gone, so you don't need to stay. ”
Lian'er pursed her lips and smiled, Prince Feng's reputation in the palace has always been that of a gangster who has achieved nothing, a scoundrel, who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, and is the worst prince in the south study, and is often punished by the master and reprimanded by the emperor.
"Okay, okay, brother, I'm scared of you. One is that the old lady's uncle from the hometown of Hejian Mansion suddenly got up for some reason, and took his granddaughter into the palace, wanting the old lady to match the two of us, I have long wanted to get some errands with my father. I can't just come to see you, so I'll come out. How dare he say that it is to confirm that Wan Ning is still alive, brother of twenty years, Of course he understands that people like Xinjie spend a lot of time on the surface, but once they deliver in their hearts, they are extremely affectionate and sexually devoted. When you are not tempted, a woman is an ornament, no matter how you play and how you give it to others, it doesn't matter, but once someone gets into their hearts, they will be single-minded, they will be domineering, they will be taboo, and they will not tolerate prying eyes. Because he himself is that kind of person.
"What about the two?" Xinjie smiled clearly, just now he received a call from his subordinates, and when he got out of Gao Shitao, he heard the words of this person who said to Lian'er that as long as he saw that she was okay. If it were him, he would also want to come and see it from the capital, and since he didn't mention it for the sake of brotherhood, he was naturally willing to ignore it.
"The second is that my father is always worried about Gao Shitao's matter, he is willing to hand over his power, my father discussed with Yiyi, Yiyi said that Gao Shitao's matter is complicated, it is better to wait for the New Year to be handed over to you after you enter Beijing. However, some people said in front of his father that it would be more auspicious for the court for this kind of character to leave Beijing as soon as possible, and they also sued you in front of his father, saying that Gao Shitao has a broken sleeve for you, and if he hands over his original power to you, I am afraid that you will become the next Marquis of Xiangyang. Although my father reprimanded the other party for nonsense and suspicion, but his old man's heart was still not steady, and I happened to be in my father's palace that day, so I deliberately followed them and said a few words that were not painful, and asked his old man to send me, an uncle who did not love my grandmother, to follow me all the way. ”
Over the years, on the surface, he only cared about filial piety to the old lady and the emperor, and he did errands for the emperor in a down-to-earth manner. Except for Xinjie and Chen Mulu Chen Biyan, almost no one knew that he was once a disciple of Bai Baihua's outer chamber, and that he had been taught martial arts by Tang Lan. The magnificence of the palace could not hide the coldness and cruelty there, and it was difficult for a prince who was born lowly and had no maternal protection to survive alone if he was not attached to a certain force. Although he was fostered by the old lady, it was also acquiesced by the Queen Mother. They are all their own grandsons, and outsiders look at the difference between relatives and aliens, but the blood relationship is constantly erased, otherwise Chen Mulu would not let the old lady take care of him. Three years ago, he told the Empress Dowager Chen Biyan that he knew that he was inferior to Yiyi and his brothers in terms of mind and ability, and that he only wanted to do something practical for the imperial court, and had no intention of becoming a big man. Fighting the tiger brothers, since he has made a stand, that is, he will sincerely do things for the court and think about the royal family. In the past few years, he has continued to be troubled on the surface, and in the circle of noble sons in the capital, he and Xinjie are still jealous because of women's rivalry, and they are not pleasing to each other, but they have already taken over some tasks to secretly assist the court to stabilize the situation and secretly visit heretics. There are many cooperation with Xinjie in ordinary affairs.
"Recently, there have been a lot of twists and turns in the impeachment army, and on the surface, no people from the Tang Sect have been affected, but they are all people who have nothing to do with the Tang Sect. The Queen Mother asked me to compile a summary of the relevant memoranda and impeacher, and let me copy a copy to bring to you. Her old man is not only afraid that someone is targeting them, but that someone wants to provoke civil strife in the army, so let you and several generals of the Tang family discuss prevention as soon as possible. ”
"How many days are you going to stay here?" For a sensitive person like Gao Shitao, the travel route and time are arranged in advance, and the slightest mistake will cause countless troubles.
"They originally arranged two days, and my father meant to give him a few more days to talk to you more. Special approvals range from three to five days. Father still wants you to help those people take a long look and see if there is anything missing or hidden. ”
Xinjie shook his head: "Why don't you help me push this hot yam out." "Although the current emperor is the queen mother's own child, he has inherited many weaknesses in the personality of the previous emperor, and suspicion and suspicion are one of them. This is also the reason why Chen Mural is always at ease, lest he go to the extreme without knowing what to do for a while, ruining her years of hard work.
"You know your father's temper very well, if he has the slightest suspicion, it will become bigger and bigger if he doesn't handle it properly, rather than handing it over to others and letting you carry the black pot when the time comes, let's deal with it ourselves."
"What do you want to do?"
"I didn't think about it when I came. There is a good thing at this moment, didn't they say that you have broken sleeves with Gao Shitao? Let's just don't know that the Lan family did this, and push it on Gao Shitao's head. ”
"I already owe him a favor, and I don't want to get involved."
"Even if you don't want to be involved, outsiders have already pulled you together, so why not add more."
"It's not easy for him already, he's been through so much lately, why let him suffer unnecessary crazy talk." Xinjie was a little unbearable, although that person had thoughts about him and made him feel uncomfortable, but he still admired his talent. What's more, that person has recently experienced a lot of ups and downs in his life, from the heir appointed by the noble royal blood emperor to the unexplained illegitimate descendant, why should he rub salt in his wounds?
"Brother, he's right, for the foolish brother, it's not much. It's already dark anyway, and it's like that if you touch it again. "Gao Shitao climbed over from a daughter wall next to a bamboo forest, just now Prince Feng found someone to deliver a letter to him, and he has already made arrangements." What's more, even if I want to do something for you in the future, I may not have a chance, so I will make my wish. ”
"It's unwise for you to provoke the Lan family now."
"The last man does not care whether he is wise or unwise." Gao Shitao smiled helplessly, In fact, whether it is the royal family or the big position, he really doesn't have much interest. But in his position, in the face of a grandmother like Liu Zhizhi, he had to do it again.
"Actually, it's not a good thing for him, so the Lan family and the queen have to take care of him." Prince Feng is also a very successful person. His suggestion Xinjie also understood that tying up the Lan family like this might annoy the other party, but it was also possible that the other party would have to take action to protect him, at least he wouldn't fall into the well to hurt him. He sighed and didn't speak.
"Don't feel like you owe me, you don't owe me anything. Cherish the people in front of you. Gao Shitao glanced at Lian'er with a smile, then turned around and walked towards the chess house.
++++++++++++++++++ the dividing line of Luoyang (III) (middle).
Gao Shitao's departure made Xinjie a little depressed, and he glanced at Prince Feng impatiently. Prince Feng touched his nose and came to him leisurely: "Brother, you should be able to see it, people are killing several birds with one stone, if you take responsibility, it will be difficult to break the situation, and it will also involve Miss Ning." Such a powerful means, and the people who dare to use the Lan family, show that he is not afraid of the descendants. dragged you into the water, that is, to make people outside feel that the Tang family is not afraid of the Lan family, and turning it over means that the Tang family does not respect the descendants. Why? Because the Tang family has the support of the queen mother and the support of the army, they can be disrespectful to the future monarch. Although the crown prince and the queen mother will still believe that you value you, but after all, it is the queen's maternal family, the prince's uncle's family, they will not do anything to you now, but it is difficult to guarantee that no one will remember it and make you stumble in the future. It is far away, it is near, and those who are impeached in the army are all in the Tang family's lineage, whether they will really be convicted or not, it will make people feel that the Tang family is arrogant and has high merit. If something happens to the Tang family, I don't care about you kid, I don't want Miss Ning to follow you to worry. ”
Xinjie directly ignored his last sentence: "I also know that this matter is very troublesome, but after all, he is in a worrying situation now, so why should I make it worse." ”
"Actually, have you thought about it, and maybe it's a good thing with him. Although he has a special status, he has always been a talent, and when I came, the Queen Mother instructed me to convey to you, Don't look at his blood, don't remember the grievances between Liu Zhizhi and her old man on his head. Although Gao Shitao is filial but not pedantic, he has no special identity, he has a normal heart, and he treats him well, and he may be a usable person. The prince allowed him to take a detour, naturally not for the sake of the wind and snow. Asking him to give what he had in his hands to his Shinna would have left room for goodbye in the future. Even if the Lan family and the Liu family can't understand it now, the future leaders may not understand it, and the people at the helm of the palace understand it. And that Miss Lan is also a smart person, she reached the age of saying that she was married, but she was hidden in Luoyang by the family, which shows that she is an important chess piece that the Lan family wants to retain, they naturally don't want to abolish her, rather than let her be ugly, the Lan family is of course more willing to change her from a waste chess to a hidden chess. ”
"You talked to him?"
"Miss Ning, can I say that you don't pick your husband's gaze very much?" Prince Feng looked at Lian'er jokingly: "Is it because he lacks heart and eyes when he encounters a love affair?" Or is he too nervous because you're around? ”
Lian'er smiled and didn't speak, Xinjie also smiled, in fact, he knew in his heart that with Gao Shitao's cleverness and wisdom, he would also figure it out without being prompted. It's just that what he wants to know more is how much Prince Feng is involved in. This wise cousin is actually very meticulous, and seems to be very attentive to Lian'er's affairs, he doesn't want Lian'er to feel that someone is more meticulous and thoughtful to her than him.
Lan Ruoxue woke up in the faint scent of orchids, and the voice she had heard outside her father's aunt's window was indeed heard in her ears, and she suddenly felt her face red and her heart beating, and she herself felt that it was expanding. It was a novel and strange feeling, but it was terrifying to open her eyes and see the unfamiliar environment.
The woman's voice sounded familiar, and as she looked at it, she was surprised to see that one of the people who was shaking and screaming three feet away was a paper kite that was not wearing an inch. She knew that she should not look at it, and she should flee quickly, but she could not help but look at it in amazement, and her feet were weak, and she could not stand up, and she could neither pull away the paper kite, nor could she walk herself.
A faint scent of orchids wafted again, and she found that the Xiangyang Hou she had seen before was standing in front of her, At this moment, he looked extremely handsome and majestic, her heart was like a deer, and there were evil thoughts in her head, and she couldn't fit anything else.
"Think it's pretty?"
She opened her mouth and bit her lower lip, not knowing what to answer.
"Do you want to make a plaything for the luthier and play with your maidservant? Or come with me? I can make you Mrs. Xiangyang Hou. ”
Her mind was finally able to think a little, she shook her head, although the Xiangyang Hou Mansion had not fallen, it was not the center of power, and it was not the target of the Lan family.
"You don't have a choice, you can only choose one of the two, Mrs. Xiangyang Hou, the plaything of the pianist. You only have a cup of tea, and after a cup of tea, there will be a lot of people outside, and there will be a lot of people who like such a fragrant scene, and if you want to join, I'm willing to stay and see. But I can take you away, but only quietly. To be watched or to be taken away? ”
"Leave!"
"I forgot to tell you, the person who asked you to drug Gao Yunhe also drugged you, you walked into this house, and the incense here induced the medicine on you, and if you haven't become a woman in two quarters of an hour, you'll be paralyzed in bed for the rest of your life."
Seeing her staring in fear, he just sighed softly, and came out to find trouble without being frightened: "The only antidote is to turn yourself into a woman." ”
"Will you help me?" Lan Ruoxue is much clearer now.
"Yes, even though you are not my favorite, you will be able to get by."
"Take me away first, and cure me for me." As for whether to be Mrs. Xiangyang Hou, Lan Ruoxue is really not interested. That can be said later. Didn't he say she wasn't his favorite? As long as he is coaxed, as long as she doesn't say it, he doesn't tell others, who will know?! She can marry someone else in the future.
Gao Shitao hooked the corners of his mouth, this woman is interesting, and it may be much better to use it as a medicine furnace than Yihua, who was straightforward at the beginning.
"Have you made up your mind to give yourself to me?" He took her hand, gently hooked her little finger, and slowly traced it along the edge of the hand to the palm of his hand, gently turning it in a circle. She suddenly felt the feeling of swelling hit again, making her unable to think normally, and she just wanted to keep her fingers going.
"I do."
In the evening of this day, the hot topic of discussion in the teahouse and restaurant in Xianyang City is naturally the grand event of today's Hanfang Poetry Club. This event is naturally not about what good stories have been produced this year, which talent has won the championship. It was the maidservant girl who followed Miss Lan's side because she admired Gao Yunhe, a talented man in Shuzhong, and promised each other with her body. This literati gathers elegantly, and some people come out to confess their hearts when they gather, and even make a private agreement for life in the open Great Zhou Dynasty is nothing, but it is rare to stage a two-person battle and completely destroy the chess room of the academy. In addition to saying how bold the paper kite girl is, it is the amazing physical strength of this high cloud crane.
The Lan family and the Liu family had such slaves and maids, and they felt that their faces were gloomy, and Mr. Liu, who paid attention to science, was immediately furious. Immediately asked Gao Yunhe to take the paper kite away, and said that he would let people send the paper kite to the Lan family. And in order for Miss Lan not to be spoiled by these filthy people, the Liu family immediately sent her back to her home in Luoyang. Mr. Liu no longer mentioned the marriage with the Tang family.
However, three days later, when the Marquis of Xiangyang and the prince of Pingnan left, another version came out, saying that it was not to send Miss Lan back to Luoyang, but that Miss Lan had fallen in love with the Marquis of Xiangyang at the poetry meeting and followed him to southern Xinjiang.
At this time, Lan Banghua in Beijing was suffering the wrath of Queen Lan in the palace. For the sake of her son, she wholeheartedly wooed Xinjie and the Tang family, but the family was not angry, and a young lady and a maidservant dared to get an axe to drug people. Although it seems that it is the young lady and the maidservant of the Lan family who are at a loss, it is far better than his monstrous anger caused by the woman who defiled the third young woman.
"Let you teach her for so many years, how can she be so ignorant of the seriousness, and dare to take the medicine given by an unknown person, and don't want to think about what the purpose of the other person is? I don't know it. ”
Lan Banghua didn't speak, lowered his head and listened to his sister's count, it was his biological daughter who suffered, he was distressed, but his sister was the queen and the prince's biological mother, and he couldn't disobey.
"She is young and ignorant, this time the lesson is deep, when she comes back from southern Xinjiang, I will definitely let her mother discipline her well."
"Coming back from southern Xinjiang? You still want to get her back? ”
"Could it be that she followed Gao Shitao? Although the Xiangyang Hou Mansion is still there, what is the difference between it and the distribution, how can we let Xue'er follow him for the rest of his life. ”
"If you don't follow him, do you still want to marry her?"
The answer in Lan Banghua's heart is of course, with her as the queen's aunt, it is not a problem for Xue'er to marry a good family. He thought to himself, and his face was just humble: "Although Xue'er was reckless this time, she didn't want to get things done yet, she was just inexperienced and was taken advantage of." After this time, maybe she can do things better well. Let her come back and arrange a good place for her to go, and do something for you, right? Although she and the paper kite fell for someone else's inexperience this time, Weichen felt that the third young master of the Tang family was also responsible. Knowing that Xue'er went to Xianyang for him, he didn't take action to protect her, but held his cousin who had no relatives and no reason in the palm of his hand, which was obviously not taking our Lan family in his eyes. Their Tang family has relied on the support of the queen mother in the past few years, when has you been the queen in their eyes. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, it's not easy for him to follow Yi'er before and after the saddle in the past few years."
"Serving the crown prince and the future new monarch is what his subordinates should do. I mean, he's been at a loss for a few years, and I've tried so many ways to get close to him, but it doesn't work. Our Xue'er is a good girl of the first class, if he was interested, he should have taken the initiative to take care of her, begging her. If he had taken the initiative, Cher would not have made a move, so where would something happen? He made it clear that he didn't care about the Lan family. ”
"That's not necessarily, the Tang family's foothold in this dynasty is loyal and upright, and it is fought by the Tang family's army. Although they are related to the Queen Mother, they have never been arrogant in recent years, the Tang family also cherishes feathers, the old lady of the Tang family is even more cautious, and the in-laws of several sons of the Tang family try to avoid marrying important ministers in the court. We sent Cher there earlier, maybe it was a mistake. ”
"My Queen, how can you believe that people are doing superficial things? Now they have the queen mother, although the sons of the second and third rooms are not married to the daughters of important ministers, but the serious sons of the big houses have not yet decided on a marriage. Now although we Jing'an like the boss of the Tang family, but people don't say anything, Xue'er has this incident again, isn't this a clear way to tell the world, People don't want to get close to you? You are the queen, you are the prince's mother, why did you show favor to them and not take it? That's not because the Tang family has another backer, so I don't think we need it. Yi'er doesn't have a crown princess and concubine now, if they join forces with others behind your back and choose a concubine for Yi'er, and the Tang family joins forces with them again, your mother-in-law will have no weight in speaking in the future, and you have to look at the eyes of the queen mother's old man. Maybe the Queen Mother would have greeted them a long time ago? ”
The queen didn't speak, although the queen mother has controlled the harem and interfered a lot in court politics over the years, but it is still good for her and Yi'er. Speaking from the heart, she felt that she didn't have the ability of the queen mother, and she felt very happy that her old man could protect Yi'er. If it weren't for her old man sitting in this harem, with the emperor's character, I don't know how many women there will be in this palace, whether she, the queen, can do it today, and whether she can keep Yi'er is unknown. But she could not say this to her brother, and she knew what the family hoped for her.
"I also know that you value the loyalty of the Tang family for the sake of righteousness, but you also have to think about whether their loyalty is just the surface? You may not know in the harem that many people in the army have been impeached recently, and these people have no fear, no respect, and lawlessness. If we have to think about the country of Yi'er, we can't stay in these people, but we can't move these people, do you know why? ”
"Why?"
"Because these people are all from the Tang family. In the future, it will be Yi'er, but if the army is surnamed Tang, do you say it will be good for our Yi'er? ”
"Do you know this?"
"The crown prince is in charge of the dynasty, how do you not know. But he didn't stay in the middle. If he has other plans, I'm afraid that he will be bewitched by the third child of the Tang family and be taken advantage of, and when the Tang family becomes bigger, he will not be able to clean up the situation. We are his family, so we have to prepare for him in advance. It's best to take advantage of Xue'er's matter, you analyze the crisis with him clearly, and don't rely too much on the Tang family, especially the third child. Whatever Xue'er says, it's his own cousin, and if something like this happens, it is a matter of course for him to hold the Tang family and Tang Xinjie accountable. It is best to take this opportunity to transfer the third child away from him to prevent future troubles.