Chapter 14: The Mysterious Mr. Gao (I)
Wu Shasha and his entourage took a car to Xianyang City, although there were guards, but these people were obviously not particularly masters, and Boss Guo of the wine shop followed them from a distance but did not find out.
Entering the Wu Mansion in the city, Wu Shasha had someone to serve her to freshen up, and Qiaoping returned to her room. Although she is next to Wu Shasha on the surface like an ordinary big girl, her treatment and status are different.
Qiao Ping is one of the four clever characters cultivated by Wu Lao Taijun, these four people can only be regarded as delicate in appearance, but since childhood, they have been taught by Mr. to read and hyphenate words, and when they grow up, they follow Lao Taijun to deal with various matters and treat people and things. After Wu Shasha and the battle, the old lady assigned her and another elderly grandmother to follow this Wu Shasha, and in the future, she will also marry into her husband's family with Wu Shasha and give her advice and escort. Ordinary people are beautiful roommates for their daughters, but Mrs. Wu knows that it is not a good strategy to serve people in Israel, and may be able to help the master in a short time, but everyone has selfish intentions, let alone a woman, and it is difficult to guarantee that other ideas will be born after serving a husband and a son and a daughter.
It was already dark, thinking that Wu Shasha would not look for her again tonight, Qiao Ping changed into a neat outfit, quietly went out through the back corner door, passed through two alleys, and entered through the back corner door of another mansion. There was already a little guy waiting for her, and she followed her all the way to the master's study, where an old man with gray hair was sitting behind a desk and reading a book. This is the emperor's teacher, Mr. Gao.
"Mr. Subordinate Participation."
"Hmm."
As Mr. expected, Tang Xinjie didn't have any interest in talking to Wu Shasha today, although she was flirting in front of her and used special incense, but it didn't work. That person is really experienced in a hundred battles, and even his expression hasn't changed much. The only thing that is different from the ordinary nymphomaniac is that he still patiently said a few words to Wu Shasha, I think it is to give you and Wu Shangshu face. I couldn't tell if there was anything special about the married lady. Wu Shasha will ask Mrs. Wu to arrange for Ruyun Rufang to come over again to test it. However, judging from the observation of Tang Xinjie by his subordinates, Ruyun Rufang can't please him, and he can't try it. But my subordinates feel that this is an opportunity for us to explore the sincerity of the Wu family's cooperation with us this time. After all, Mrs. Wu's granddaughter is not only Wu Shasha, but also five of her granddaughters in the capital, The old lady knows that a good knife should be used in important places, That Ruyun Rufang is said to have made the former prince tempted when he was a child, if he was not an adult at that time, I am afraid that he would have followed the former prince to guard the imperial tomb. In the past two years, Ruyun's methods have been even more perfect, and if she is willing to send it, it shows that Mrs. Wu is really concerned. In front of the old gentleman, Qiao Ping looked much more cautious and smart. She knows very well that Wu Shasha is a narrow-minded and smug person, if a servant girl's wisdom is higher than her, naturally there will be no good fruit to eat, so most of the time in front of Wu Shasha, she says something that seems to be weaker than the master.
"The subordinates heard Wu Shasha discussing with her father yesterday, and she heard that Tang Xinjie was a prodigal, too preoccupied and uncontrollably. If she can't climb Tang Xinjie, she wants to try Tang Xinyuan. After all, Tang Xinyuan was in the Praetorian Guard and was stationed in the capital, and if the Wu family helped him, promotion would not be a problem. On the contrary, Tang Xintian, if she became the head of the Tang family, I am afraid that she would have to live in Xianyang, she still likes the days in the capital. If you don't succeed this time, she will most likely come to beg you to talk about your marriage with Tang Xinyuan again. She had seen Tang Xinyuan a few times when she was in the capital, and her impression was quite good. And it's good to be with Tang Xinyuan, and go over to make the third child of the Tang family smaller. ”
What does she know, let her rest her heart, Tang Xinjie is more useful than his other brothers. If it weren't for the fact that I don't have the right candidate on my hands now, I really don't want to use her, and her qualifications are limited. He let out a long sigh, "But there is no other better way to get close to the Tang family now, try to help her enter the Tang Gate first." You remember our purpose, whether she is making Tang Xinjie small, or other means, to be able to get close to him and let him take him back to the Tang family in the capital, even if it is to be a lover. If Wu Shasha can't do it, just use Ruyun Rufang, you know how to control them when the time comes. ”
"Yes." Qiao Ping felt a chill, but she still had to respond. The lives of these women may be a move by their masters, and they will be ruined once and of no other value. She didn't know the ultimate purpose of her master, she only knew that if she wanted them to get close to Tang Xinjie, she must spy on secrets or control him in disguise. Once their role is gone, they are worthless.
After Qiaoping left, a young girl walked over from behind the screen in her study, with a slender figure, a high bun of wisdom, and a pair of big eyes that seemed to be forever covered with mist, this is Mr. Gao's granddaughter, Gao Lingmo.
"Why does my grandfather have to marry into the Tang family, although Tang Xinjie is the prince's staff, it is not important in the court, and it is not so important for Brother Xiang's reset. If the Wu family takes refuge in the crown prince, we will lose even more. ”
"The Wu family is just a grass on the wall, in order to keep Yiping, they only turn to those in power, who is strong, they follow whom. The Tang family is different, especially Tang Xinjie, who not only has the trust of Yiyi, but also the person that Chen Biyan and Chen Bihua rely on. And it seems that the emperor also intends to reuse him, we know that the emperor secretly summoned him several times, and gave him a secret decree, but what it is, we have not yet found out. And there are now some new forces on the rivers and lakes that are also supporting Yiyi, I suspect that this has something to do with Tang Xinjie. Although his Yuehuaxuan and Aoki Tea Society are not affiliated with the Tang family, they have risen very quickly in recent years. And although the Baihuatang he is in charge of is just a bunch of women, his ability to search for information is not inferior to that of the emperor's secret agents. If he is taken down, the Tang family's strength will be lost by nearly half, and the queen mother will lose her arms. We are also less constrained when we do it. ”
"It's a pity that he is a person from Yiyi, if he can be used for us, it would be good to assist Brother Yixiang."
"If you talk about knowing and employing people, Yiyi is far more capable than Yixiang."
"He is more sleek than Brother Xiang and will please people. Brother Xiang is more honest than him. ”
"It's really not a good thing for people to sit in big seats. If it weren't for the edict of the first emperor to give me and let me assist Yixiang, I really don't want to wade into this troubled water. It won't delay your marriage, I really shouldn't have involved you in the first place, don't plan the position of the crown princess, maybe today you would have been... Alas"
"Grandfather, Ling'er has no regrets."
"Ling'er, grandfather knows that if you are persuaded to give up Yixiang now, you may still be very unhappy in your heart, but I still want to tell you that Yixiang is not a good choice in terms of character, personality or future. The emperor chose Yixiang because it was his first grandson, he watched him be born, babbling, had a special feeling as a grandfather, and more importantly, his maternal family was not controlled by the queen mother. The first emperor always had a knot in her heart because the queen mother was too strong back then. Although I tried my best to persuade the queen mother back then, although many of the queen mother's ways of acting were too strong and hurt the emperor's face, she was thinking about the country and the people of the world, not for the Chen family and her personal interests. But the first emperor didn't listen to it and was obsessed with paranoia, which made me want to assist Yixiang no matter what, and abolish the queen mother as a last resort. We haven't made a move all these years, not only because our strength is not enough, but also because I don't think Yixiang will be a good monarch. ”
"Grandfather, my father didn't tell me that back then, he said that Brother Xiang has an upright temperament and has the appreciation of the emperor, and he will definitely become a generation of Ming Jun. When we were in Yicheng back then, he also took great care of Ling Er when he was in the mansion to study. ”
"If your father is really able to understand people, he will not be betrayed by his subordinates, and he will rely on my old face to intercede with the emperor to keep the position of a border city official."
"You also said that Daddy was framed."
"If you want to be an important minister, you want to assist the new king, and you can't even control your subordinates, how can he succeed. For so many years, I have not allowed him to interfere in my affairs, and I have always relied on your Uncle Dong because your father is not suitable. ”
"Is it really my dad who is not suitable, or is it because Uncle Dong is the son of your sweetheart, and my dad is not?"
"What did you say?"
"Since childhood, my father and grandmother have warned us not to have conflicts with Uncle Dong and not to bully the two younger brothers of Uncle Dong's family. I've always wondered why Uncle Dong is just the orphan of your classmate, why do you care so much about him. Later, I learned that I overheard a conversation between my grandmother and my father, because Uncle Dong's mother was the fiancée of your childhood sweetheart. But my father is your own son, and I am your own granddaughter. ”
Mr. Gao looked at Gao Lingmo with disgust, and suddenly burst out laughing after a long time: "This is the most ridiculous story I have ever heard, how could your grandmother and your father make up such a ridiculous story?" Your uncle's mother has nothing to do with me, and I've never met her. Maybe your uncle's mother is the fiancée of someone's childhood sweetheart, but that person is not me, and there is no blood or in-law relationship with our family. As for who it is, you'd better not know, it's safer for you not to know. When she said this, her attitude was extremely cold, Gao Lingmo felt that she had never seen such a grandfather, and there was a great panic that she would be silenced if she asked again. Actually, she felt right, because it involved the first emperor, and the royal family erased two people for the glory of the royal family. He thought that maybe the old wife and son should be talking about saying that it was the former emperor's childhood sweetheart, but the former emperor fostered him in an outsider's house in order to keep this outer room and illegitimate child. This is also one of the reasons why the former emperor and the queen mother are incompatible. Now the Queen Mother doesn't know the existence of this person, or at least pretends not to know, if he knows about another contender for the throne, he doesn't know what kind of bloody storm will be.
Over the years, he has not told Gao Dong about his background. Another reason why he has not given up running for Yixiang's reinstatement is that he wants to have everything ready, if Yixiang really doesn't succeed, he can push Gao Dong to the top. After all, he has the blood of the first emperor in him, and he is also the love of the first emperor.
"The granddaughter doesn't mention it anymore." Gao Lingmo is smarter than her father in that he understands current affairs.
Mr. Gao nodded: "In the past two years, you have followed me and let you participate in these things, so that you can learn a little, be able to see the situation clearly, and give up the obsession of being the crown princess for Yixiang in the first place." Now what I hope most is to find you a good family affair and marry as soon as possible, if we don't get out of trouble by then, you are already a foreign married woman and will not be implicated. ”
"No, granddaughter waits for the day when Brother Xiang is reinstated." It is not her pursuit to marry an ordinary person, she is talented and beautiful, and she wants to be the most noble woman in the world.
Mr. Gao suddenly felt that he was ridiculous, the stupid blood of his old wife had affected his son, and his son was already stupid, how could he expect his granddaughter to be better than his son. A generation of good daughters-in-law, three generations of good sons and grandchildren, this is the family motto of the Gao family, but it is a pity that he chose the first emperor to marry because of interests, accepted a stupid official lady, and buried the blood of the wisdom of the Gao family.
"You go back first, the secret you should keep must not be revealed." He told wearily that she should go, and that it would be a fool to plan for her more. He felt discouraged.