Return to Capital (IX) (Part I)

"Father, I know that we are flawed, but we are not nothing, my son is capable, but your old man always thinks that we are inferior to others. It is because of your thinking that we have backed down for many years, and we will let the Queen Mother's party sit big. Let the people of the Chen family and the Tang family despise us. Even Tang Xinjie's unpopular dared to refuse Ruoxue. If he didn't have the support of the Queen Mother, don't say that we will send someone to the door to propose, but I am afraid that he will already rush over when he hears the wind. Even if Ruoxue loses his body, he can only endure marrying back, because Ruoxue is the prince's cousin. This time it's good, because he feels that he has the support of the Queen Mother, let's respectfully propose and he refuses. Don't you see it yet? What about our descendants? Without strength, people don't look down on us. ”

"Hey, just like you said yourself, you have to have the strength to make people look at it." Kang Ninghou impatiently interrupted Lan Banghua: "But do you and your sister have it?" Just by your means? What can you do well? Yi'er gave you a governor of Zhili, that's because you are his uncle. Otherwise, with your ability and relying on yourself, even a five-grade petty official may not be able to play. People have to be self-aware, you can't even play with a mace, and you still want to be a carpenter. ”

"Father, how can you say that about your son? I admit that my eunuch career over the years has been unsatisfactory, and I have to rely on Yi'er to promote, but that's not my fault, if it weren't for the Chen family and the Tang family occupying the imperial court, I believe Yi'er wouldn't have so many scruples, and there would definitely be a more important position for me. ”

"Giving you a more important position? Do you think you're superior or do you have a great command of your troops? ”

"Of course I won't fight for military power, but which of the six ministries and three secretaries of the civil service I can't do?"

"Just you?! Do everything according to your sister's trust, no opinion, no mind. ”

"Father, although this time my sister let me do it, but it's not that I don't have an opinion. It's because my sister's plan was right. The Tang family is already too strong, and Tang Xinjie is too arrogant, so he can't even look down on my family Ruoxue. Now that he, General Yutai, has not been known to anyone outside, if it is announced, he will be even more heavenly. Then we have one more opponent. It's better to lure him out of the capital now and dispose of it, and put Pingluan Pavilion in our hands. ”

"You mean to say that you want to get rid of Tang Xinjie and use your own people to be the general of Yutai to control Pingluan Pavilion?"

"Of course, what an important position Pingluan Pavilion is, how can it fall into the hands of outsiders."

"Do you know this?"

"Yi'er is too young, too naïve, and was fooled by Tang Xinjie, so naturally he can't tell him to know."

"Righteous childishness?!" Kang Ninghou looked at Lan Banghua sarcastically: "I think it's true that you are naïve." Kang Ninghou was angry when he thought about it, and he shook his head: "If you succeed, who will you come up with to be the general of Yutai?" ”

"Nature is our own people. Either I will transfer Bang Gu back, or I will take over myself. Pingluan Pavilion involves the safety of the royal family and the Great Zhou, how can it fall into the hands of outsiders. ”

"Even if we don't ask the Queen Mother if she agrees, can the emperor agree? Do you think you have what it takes to be a Yutai general? ”

"The emperor is in a coma a lot of times, and he is not at ease with Tang Xinjie, I am afraid that the emperor will be happier if he replaces him."

"That's what your sister told you?"

"Yes."

"Idiot!"

"If it weren't for the old man Qian of the Leopard Tower, who didn't know how to inform Tang Xinjie this time, we would have succeeded."

"Did you get it?"

"Don't you know all about it? Although our people took down Qian Mingxiang, and also controlled most of the people in the Leopard Tower, but the old man was cunning and sent someone to inform Tang Xinjie, not only did the people we sent not take down his woman, but also let Tang Xinjie's people take our people in the Leopard Tower. ”

"So it still failed. And after poking such a big basket, he didn't plan to tell me. ”

"I think that although we have lost the manpower and material resources that have been in ambush for so long in the Leopard Tower, it is not a big deal, that is, a small group of Jianghu people, so I don't want your old man to worry about it."

"A trifle? If even the Queen Mother is alarmed, do you still think it's a trivial matter? Old Kangninghou was angry, how could he have given birth to such a stupid son. At the flower-viewing banquet in the palace this afternoon, Concubine Chen knelt down in front of many courtiers and palace ladies and begged the Queen Mother to intercede with Tang Sangong for her, saying that she did not know that there was a hired murderer to kidnap his fiancée. It was the subordinates who were being used, hoping that Tang Gongzi would find out the truth and return Concubine Chen's innocence.

"What kind of calculation is there in the palace, she Concubine Chen took it out and said this, it wasn't Tang Xinjie who colluded with her, she deliberately slapped her sister in the face."

"Do you have the courage to do it, but are you afraid that people will say it? You all want to hurt people's lives, and you still don't want people to poke things out and vent their anger? ”

"This is where the Tang family is arrogant. They didn't have anything to lose, and the two people sent to tie up the woman were both injured by Tang Xinjie and sent to Shuntianfu. For the sake of the housework of a Jianghu sect, they actually instigated Concubine Chen's mother to make irresponsible remarks in front of the queen mother at the palace banquet, that is, they took themselves too seriously. ”

"If you don't interfere, it will be a housework of the Jianghu sect, but a dignified Kangning Hou Shizi actually joined forces with the second son of the Qingyang Bo family to plot a Jianghu sect, and through this Jianghu sect, on the surface, he hired someone to kidnap the courtier's fiancée in the name of Concubine Chen, do you think this is a family matter? Not to mention anything else, just take your marrying Concubine Chen as an example, this is no longer a housework of other people's rivers and lakes. ”

"This kind of thing, everyone knows it, it usually happens, everyone is secretly smoothing it out, Concubine Chen went to the palace banquet like that, it was either instigated by Tang Xinjie or instigated by the Queen Mother, who deliberately rectified her sister."

Old Kangninghou slapped the table angrily, and the teapot and bowl on the table fell crookedly, spilling a table of water, but no one dared to come forward to clean it. Just hide outside under the eaves and try not to make the master feel like he's heard something.

"Call you stupid, you still don't believe it. Do you calculate your own calculations, and expect them to sweep up the tail for you? Do you still want people who have been calculated to help you whitewash the peace? Are you his king, or do you think people are stupider than you? ”

"The son didn't mean that. Although he is now a general of Yutai, he is ostensibly Yi'er's staff, and his current and future honors are all given by Yi'er. He doesn't save face for our Lan family, he doesn't save face for the queen, he doesn't save face for Yi'er. shows that he is so arrogant that he doesn't even pay attention to the prince. Although we missed this time, this kind of person must be eliminated, otherwise my sister and Yi'er will be in a difficult situation in the future. I also asked my father to plan for us in Yi'er's face, smooth out this matter, and then get rid of Tang Xinjie and let Bang Gu come back to take over Pingluan Pavilion. ”

"No, you just have to rest on it. I honestly thought about it behind closed doors at home. ”

"Father, if you don't do it again, I'm afraid that my sister's future will be difficult to protect, and Yi'er's future will be worried."

"You'd better worry about yourself. Yi'er had a great future, but it was really worrying to be messed up like this by your brothers and sisters. ”

"Father, now is not the time to talk angry, we need to solve the problem first."

"Since you are so capable, solve it yourself."

"Father," although Lan Banghua was also angry, but the old man had to go out now, he had to lower his voice: "Let's not talk about that, let's break the deadlock in the palace first." At the time of the flower banquet, after Concubine Chen complained, she raised a testimony to insinuate the Lan family, and everyone present was not stupid, and they all heard the meaning. The Queen Mother did not deal with it, but said that it would be handed over to the Queen to deal with, and left the scene. It doesn't matter what the image of the parties is. Empress Lan was caught off guard, and she didn't even have a chance to defend herself in front of the Queen Mother.

Today's flower banquet was originally due to the emperor's lack of dragon health, and the queen suggested that in accordance with the customs of the Great Zhou, gather popularity, collectively worship the god of flowers, and seek the recovery of the emperor's dragon body, and the wind and rain of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be smooth. She originally planned to take advantage of the flower banquet to propose to pray for the emperor in Huafeng Temple in Jingnan, so that on the emperor's birthday in the same month, her second brother Lan Bangguo fasted in the temple for ten days for the emperor to eliminate disasters and prolong life. She has already discussed with the imperial doctor, and at that time, the emperor's essence will be stimulated with medicine, making the illusion of recovery, and at the same time, the emperor will reward the second brother. Although the kidnapping of the woman of the Bai family failed, she had already arranged another plan to get rid of Tang Xinjie, and she also made other arrangements, so that the emperor would have no choice when the time came, and she had to choose the second brother according to her requirements. As long as the second brother controls the Pingluan Pavilion, it is equivalent to controlling the largest guard and news network in the Great Zhou, and the palace, the capital and even half of the Great Zhou are under her supervision. After Yi'er ascended the throne, she had the capital to argue with the old woman. The Chan family has been in control of everything for decades, and it's time for them to change.

Unexpectedly, the worship ended, and not long after the flower banquet began, Concubine Chen was in trouble, and the Queen Mother left the scene, as the organizer, she was embarrassed on the spot. Not only were all the arrangements disrupted, but after the flower banquet was hurriedly over, he went to the Queen Mother's palace to ask for his guilt, but he was blocked out of the Queen Mother's palace. The Lan family is now in a dilemma, and if she leaves to admit her mistakes, it is equivalent to admitting Concubine Chen's accusations, so she is unwilling. But if you ignore it and don't admit it in front of the Queen Mother, no matter whether it is right or wrong, you will end up with a reputation of disrespecting the Queen Mother. With the current state of the Lan family, she doesn't have this strength.

"Father, you can't cower like this anymore, you always feel that you owe the Queen Mother a favor, so you blindly let the Queen Mother's people bully your sister. If we have enough strength, how can Tang Xinjie dare to be arrogant, for the sake of his future, he is too late, where will he dare to dislike Ruoxue? Where did you have the courage to instigate Concubine Chen to come out and stir up trouble? ”

Old Kang Ninghou didn't speak, just quietly looked at a painting on the wall, which was the pen and ink of Master Fan of the previous dynasty. Over the years, his daughter has been in the palace, and he has not thought of helping her, and as a father, he is indeed helping her. As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, his silence is the greatest loyalty under the Queen Mother. In front of a shrewd and capable person like the Queen Mother, if you don't fight, you fight, such a simple truth, He taught his children several times, why can't they understand it?