Chapter 66: A Double-Sided Banquet
"You mean the right prime minister Chen Ying?" Qian Fan was stunned when he heard Nalan Minhao's words.
"Yes, although the queen mother is dissatisfied with Yue Zhu'er's approach, she really can't withstand the prince's soft grinding and hard bubbles, so she handed a post to the Chen family and said goodbye to Yue Chongshan." Nalan Minhao nodded and said.
"Will the Chen family agree?" Qian Fan asked strangely: "The eldest uncle is not a squire now, Chen Ying is also the prime minister no matter what, how can he agree to such a thing?" ”
"Yue Chongshan made great contributions to the investigation and punishment of fraud cases in Laurang, and has been reinstated." Nalan Minhao smiled and nodded Qianfan's nose and said, "You nest in the mansion every day, and the news is blocked, right?" ”
"Is the official reinstated?" Qian Fan picked up the brush and drew casually on the paper, and said with a smile: "That's better, the higher the eldest uncle stands, the closer he is with the Chen family, that's good." ”
Qian Fan wrote the word Chen Ying on rice paper, and chuckled in his heart: "After the Qin family destroyed the door, didn't you feel that the blade was close to your neck?" This time, it seems that it is your Chen family's turn. ”
"You're going to deal with the Chen family?" When Nalan Minhao saw the words she wrote, he raised his eyes to Qian Fan and said: "The Chen family is one of the families of the Huangyuan Kingdom, these families are not comparable to the small families of the Qin family, you have to think clearly." ”
"yes, I know." Qian Fan put the paper on the candlestick and slowly burned it, his eyes were hazy and psychedelic against the background of the firelight, and Sakura lips moved slightly and said, "There are some things that have to be done." ”
Early the next morning, Leng came in a hurry, came in with a gilded post, and said to Qianfan with a smile: "Fan'er, the Prime Minister's Mansion sent a post, saying that the flowers in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing are blooming just right, and I want to invite you to come over the house to enjoy the flowers." ”
Qian Fan replied with a smile: "Mother, the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion have never had any contact, why did you suddenly think of inviting us to enjoy the flowers?" ”
"I heard that the queen mother went to the Chen family to say goodbye to your eldest uncle, and the Prime Minister's Mansion invited the girls from the Yue Mansion to come over to enjoy the flowers." Leng looked at Qianfan and said, "I'll go with you tomorrow." ”
"Mother, you are heavy now, it's better not to bump back and forth." Qian Fan touched Leng's stomach and said with a smile: "If you go to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, it will take several hours to go back and forth, in case you have a tire gas, it will not be good." ”
"Can you go by yourself?" Leng asked with some concern.
"Mother, don't worry, tomorrow I will bring Cuiyan and Cuiliu over, both of them can martial arts, and they will definitely protect me." Qian Fan replied with a smile.
Leng thought about it again and again, but he was still not at ease, Qianfan repeatedly assured, and had no choice but to follow Qianfan's intentions.
"Miss, the Prime Minister's Mansion is obviously the Yue family's big house, why do you want to send a post to Miss?" When the Leng clan left, Cui Yan asked strangely: "There is almost no one in the whole capital who does not know that the Yue family is now one of the Yue Shilang Mansion and the other is the Yue General Mansion. ”
"The soldiers will block, the water will cover the soil, let Fengyang go to find out, where the Prime Minister's Mansion is holding the flower viewing banquet." Qian Fan looked at the post and sneered.
"Yes, Miss!" Cui Yan was stunned for a moment, didn't ask much, and hurriedly walked out.
Qian Fan looked at the post silently, this post sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion today is problematic, if she is not mistaken, the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time in her previous life happened to be a post of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so it stands to reason that what was sent today should be a post of the Minister's Mansion.
Why did the Chen family do this? Is it because of Qin Xuan's wife Chen? The Qin family's demise had nothing to do with her in the eyes of those people outside, so how could the Chen family target the General's Mansion?
"Girl, Fengyang is back!" Feng Yang followed behind Cui Yan, hurriedly walked in, and said to Qian Fan: "Girl, the Prime Minister's Mansion will hold a banquet for the eldest lady tomorrow, not a flower viewing banquet!" ”
"Got it all figured out?" Qian Fan looked at Feng Yang and asked.
"Back to the girl's words, it's all clear." Feng Yang nodded and said, "Because many aristocratic families will receive the post tomorrow, and their subordinates will specially steal a copy back." As soon as the words fell, Feng Yang's face turned slightly red.
"Well done, Fengyang!" Seeing Feng Yang's slightly shy expression, Qian Fan couldn't help but smile heartily: "Where was the banquet held?" ”
"It's in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Feng Yang returned to his old unsmiling face and replied quietly.
Qian Fan got the news that Yue Chongnan had returned home, so he rushed to his father's study with Cuiyan and Cuiliu.
Yue Chongnan, who had just sat down to rest, looked at Qian Fan who walked in, wearing a green shirt and pleated skirt with a wooden hairpin, which lined her like a summer lotus, simple but with a unique quiet atmosphere, and suddenly a little stunned, as if her daughter had quietly grown up unconsciously.
"Fan'er is quite good-looking." Yue Chongnan looked at his beloved daughter approvingly, and suddenly remembered something and hurriedly spoke, "Daddy didn't say that Fan'er wasn't good-looking before, it's just that ......"
"Fan'er is her father's daughter, so she is naturally good-looking." Knowing that Yue Chongnan has always been not good at praising his children, thinking that he really felt that he was dressed well today, Qian Fan took over intimately, "Daddy, Fan'er came this time to discuss something with Daddy." ”
"Fan'er, are you accurate about this?" After listening to Qian Fan's words, Yue Chongnan looked at the post with a frown.
"Daddy, Fan'er was afraid of neglecting the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she asked Cuiliu to inquire about the rules of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but she didn't want to know that tomorrow would be Miss Chen's ceremony." It is natural that it will not be an ordinary person who can change the post under the pretense of the hand of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qian Fan raised his eyes and looked at Yue Chongnan and said, "Daddy, do you know who it is?" ”
Yue Chongnan thought for a while and said: "Maybe it's just that the Prime Minister's Mansion accidentally made a mistake, we just returned to the capital not long ago, and we haven't had a bad relationship with anyone, and who would deliberately make a mistake to deal with the Yue family?" ”
Qian Fan shook his head and said disapprovingly: "Daddy, although you are a general now, the emperor attaches great importance to you, Daddy, and now that the open and secret battles between the princes are intensifying, Daddy still needs to pay more attention." ”
"Yes." Yue Chongnan looked at his daughter approvingly, and nodded in a deep voice, "Then Fan'er has a countermeasure?" ”
"Whatever is planned!"
"Well, tell me about it?" Yue Chongnan looked at his daughter in surprise and said.
"Daddy, look." Qian Fan immediately took out another identical post from his sleeve, and the content on it was roughly the same, except that the word "appreciating chrysanthemums" became "and the flute", and the location became the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"What is this?" Yue Chongnan picked up the two invitations in surprise and found that the handwriting on them was exactly the same.
"This is written by Fan'er herself!" Qian Fan looked at Yue Chongnan with a smile, stuck out his tongue mischievously and said, "If it weren't for Fan'er's calligraphy being so exquisite, how could it be fake and true?" ”
"Good! Haha, it is worthy of being my Yue Chongnan's daughter! Yue Chongnan laughed and said, "Your mother can't accompany you tomorrow, do you want me to send someone to escort you?" ”
"That's not necessary, the people in Daddy's faction are all men, and they are also in the inner house, so it's good to have Cuiyan and Cuiliu with me." Qian Fan said with a smile.
Early in the morning, Qianfan, who has always been sleepy, was served by Chun'er and Dong'er to get up, bathe, change clothes, and sit in front of the bronze mirror, Dong'er combed her hair in a bun, and Qianfan was still groggy, as if she could fall asleep at any time, as soon as Cuiyan stepped into the door, she saw Qianfan sitting in front of the bronze mirror dozing off, and couldn't help laughing.
Feng Ye tied the carriage, saw Qianfan come out, and hurriedly said: "Girl, the prince will also go to the Prime Minister's Mansion today, it is said that the queen mother will personally be the praiser of the eldest lady of the Chen family." ”
"Really?" Qian Fan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The Chen family is a family, and it is also deserving of this honor, but you should hurry up on the road, you don't have to go so early, I am not in the mood to talk to those warblers and swallows." ”
"Yes, girl." Kaede Ye grinned and responded.
There is a special subordinate in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion who is looking at the post, and at the same time recording the identity of the visitor, after Qianfan signaled Cuiyan to hand over the post, Qianfan took it back and put the post in his sleeve, when the three of them were walking forward, Qianfan saw a middle-aged man about forty or fifty years old walking to the door and said, "Record carefully, don't miss any nobleman." ”
"Girl, is there something wrong?" Ever since Qianfan asked her to inquire about the ceremony, Cuiliu began to be vigilant, and when she saw Qianfan's footsteps pause, she immediately looked left and right.
"You don't have to be so nervous." Qian Fan couldn't help but smile when he saw Cuiliu's appearance of being a soldier, "It's not so alarming." She just thought the man was familiar, but she couldn't think of where she had seen it for a while.
"Since we know that someone is going to deal with us, Cuiliu naturally can't rest assured." Cuiliu still looked around vigilantly and answered softly
"It's a trick to see it." Qian Fan smiled slightly, everything is normal at the moment, but Luo Langyi saved her once at this banquet back then, so she was impressed.
"The ceremony is about to begin, please come to the front yard to watch the ceremony." A grandmother said loudly, and everyone walked towards the courtyard, the queen mother and the princes had already arrived, and Qianfan's late mix in the crowd did not attract attention.
Cui Yan and Qian Fan were talking, and suddenly a maid bumped into Qian Fan, and quickly knelt on the ground to apologize, "I'm sorry Miss, the slave was unintentional." ”
"It's fine." Qianfan's eyes flashed, smiled slightly, and continued to chat with Cui Yan and walked forward.
There are already people standing everywhere, but it is also distinct, the man is standing on the left, the woman and other relatives are standing on the right, the delicate face of Chen Lu, the eldest lady of the Chen family on the high platform, has a charming smile, and her eyes are unconsciously looking at the crowd, as if she is looking for someone
Qian Fan didn't care about those, he stood directly in an inconspicuous corner, glanced around, and sure enough, he saw Luo Langyi's figure, and a trace of cold hatred flashed in his eyes, but he quickly disappeared.
The ceremony announced that Chen Lu had officially entered the age of marriage, and every girl would go through this baptism, but there was nothing special about it, but Chen Lu had the queen mother as a praiser, which was naturally more eye-catching, and everyone said words of praise and blessings, and soon it ended, and everyone took their seats under the warm invitation of the prime minister, and began to send their congratulatory gifts.
When Qianfan arrived, Cuiliu took out the brocade box at Qianfan's signal, and when a maid was about to take it, she suddenly shook her hand and the brocade box fell to the ground, and the porcelain vase inside was shattered in response, and the hall was suddenly silent.