Chapter 51: Prevention before it happens
After Murong Zhao finished reading the thick stack of reports, he couldn't help but smile playfully, and said, "Many of these dark shops are really doing business with the Yang family.
If it's not a coincidence, it's intentional. Does she not know her origins, or does she know something? Murong Zhao spoke softly, as if asking himself.
"The slave asked people to check whether there was a girl born in the Yuguo Mansion in the second year of Yonghui, and there was one thing that was very interesting." Then, An Liang told all the things that the Wen family had harmed the Li family's miscarriage and was abandoned by the Duke of Yu, and the Wen family was seized because of their involvement in the rebellion of the Three Kings. Later, because Wen was pregnant, he was assigned to Lingnan, and before he could reach the distribution place, he died on the way, and the child was gone. Reasoning, Miss Yang should not be this child, then she can only be the illegitimate daughter of Yu Guogong or the third room master! ”
Murong Zhao didn't say anything, but looked at the paper in his hand carefully.
"The illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Yuguo, in order to take revenge on the Duke of Yuguo or the master of the third room for abandoning their mother and daughter, so they did so many things, and also used Zhuo Gongzi, you say, will there be such a thing!"
Murong Zhao couldn't help laughing, a pair of eyes, good-looking soul-snatching, "You would think!" ”
"But, there's another thing, it's not quite easy!" An Liang frowned, his expression was quite incomprehensible, "Before, the eldest princess of Yicheng tested whether the Yang family had a daughter who was outcast, and the slave pondered, what kind of character is the eldest princess of Yicheng, even if Miss Yang is Uncle Zhuo's junior sister, she may not be willing to help with words." But the princess of Yicheng would bother to help the temptation so much, which is another story. The slave also found out that Wen's biological mother was the eldest princess of Nangong, that is, Wen was the niece of the eldest princess Wanchun. Not only that, Wen and the eldest princess of Yicheng were close friends who grew up together, and they often corresponded before the second year of Yonghui. If this Yang girl is the daughter of the Wen family, it makes sense for the eldest princess of Yicheng to bother so much. But back then, Wen's mother and son died on the way to distribution, which doesn't make sense! ”
Murong Zhao smiled slightly, and said with a look of indifference: "Whose daughter is it, sooner or later there will be a certain number, I just asked you to check, but I didn't let you worry about it." ”
An Hao asked curiously, "Your Highness, why are we investigating Miss Yang?" ”
Murong Zhao turned his head and threw the stack of paper into the brazier at hand, took out a piece of paper and lit it with a candle, threw it into the copper basin, and with a snort, the paper in the basin burned and burned, and the firelight reflected Murong Zhao's continuous light and turned a little red. With an indescribable cunning on his handsome face, he said lightly: "She is a person that Cousin Zhuo trusts very much, and she has entered the Liang State Mansion again, so it doesn't hurt to be careful!" Let people stare a little more. ”
An Liang pursed his lips and asked, "Gone?" ”
Seeing that the paper in the brazier was burned to ashes, Murong Zhao stretched out his arm, stood up and walked to the window. Pushing open the window, a bright moon hung high, his handsome face was illuminated by the moonlight, and he raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "What else can there be?" ”
An Liang shook his head, and at this time, a person in the guard uniform entered the door and said, "Your Highness, just now Yu Guogong took Mrs. Li to the Liang Guogong Mansion, I don't know what to say, but when Mrs. Li went out, she seemed to be crying." ”
Murong Zhao snorted, waved his hand to order the attendant to retreat, and couldn't help but smile lightly: "Interesting." ”
Almost at the same time, there were also attendants in the Rui Wang's Mansion who entered the door and reported that the Duke of Yu led Mrs. Li to the Mansion of the Duke of Liang.
Murong Shi thought for a while, and said with a shadow in his eyes: "Then this Yang Qiqi is the person in the second room." If it is an ordinary concubine, Yu Guogong, Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Cui will not go to the Liang Guogong Mansion overnight, then Yang Qiqi is a sure concubine. ”
Gao Ling, the personal attendant, couldn't help but remind him: "Maybe it's a three-room one." ”
Murong Shi smiled and said, "If it is the daughter of the third room, it is naturally the people of the third room who followed the Duke of Yu Guo." Besides, if it is an irrelevant person, what should Mrs. Li do to cry? ”
Gao Ling nodded yes again and again, and said with some doubts: "But Mrs. Li also has a daughter, and there was not even a little rumor about such a thing before!" ”
"Regardless of the past, just look at what identity Ming'er entered the mansion." Murong Shi rubbed the obsidian bracelet, and a little light flashed in his eyes.
Gao Ling said: "If it is really Mrs. Li's daughter-in-law? ”
Murong Shi sneered: "Then their Yang family is going to have fun, the fifth girl Yang is already the concubine of the Nine Emperors, and the Li family intends to tell the third girl to me, and the concubine has repeatedly spoken through it." So who is praised by the Queen Mother as a confidant, and has the same friendship with Liang Guogong, Yu Guogong, and E Guogong, who should be the future husband? ”
Gao Ling then figured out why Murong Shi paid so much attention to Miss Yang, and he said with a sigh: "I heard that the senior brother above Gongzi Zhuo, one is the young master of Mantuo Villa, and the other is the heir of the rich He family in Jiangnan. The forces behind Miss Yang are really eye-catching! ”
Ying Chun, who was waiting on the side, heard this, and couldn't help but sigh: "Your Highness, if Concubine Li Guifei lets you marry this Yang girl, wouldn't it be possible to get the help of the two families of Yu Guogong and E Guogong for nothing, and maybe you can also use the martial arts forces and the wealth of the He family." ”
Murong Shi hummed noncommittally, and Yang Qiqi's pure and delicate face suddenly appeared in front of him, no more beautiful than Yang Yuyan, not more graceful than Yang Qinghuan. But it is like an iceberg snow lotus, fresh and refined. The sorrow between the eyebrows and eyes is faint from time to time, and it is like a nine-day immortal, transcendent, beautiful without fireworks, thrilling.
He couldn't help but think, if the Yang family is in such a big formation, what are the plans for Yang Qiqi in the future?
On the second day, the eldest princess of Wanchun and the eldest princess of Yicheng personally took Yang Qiqi to the Baifu Palace.
Unexpectedly, the Yang family's seventy-year-old ancestor, the emperor's aunt and grandmother, Pingyang Taizu, also came to the Baifu Palace.
When Mrs. Li saw Yang Qiqi, she rushed over regardless of it, and held her in her arms with tears, and her daughter shouted long and short. Tears soaked the spring shirt on Yang Qiqi's shoulders.
The eldest princess of Yicheng who was angry at this scene had a headache and a liver ache.
The princess of Pingyang walked at the back, and when she saw Mrs. Li's gaffe, she shouted in a deep voice: "Okay, when you go home in the future, you can see enough and be close enough!" Lord Pingyang's expression was a little reluctant and unconscious disgust.
The eldest princess of Wanchun guessed that Yu Guogong and the Li family did this, and the princess of Pingyang should also dislike it very much. I thought that Wen's daughter-in-law was the first time, but she personally selected it. But now that there is such an insulting sect and wife, the Taizhu of Pingyang is also very uncomfortable, but there is no way to do it in the end. Where there are no ditches and ditches, often the face of a clan is to fold the arms and hide them in the sleeves, knock out the teeth and swallow the blood, which is to maintain the honor on the surface.
Thinking like this, she couldn't help but sympathize with the ancient years of the Taizhu of Pingyang, and still have to take care of these messy things. The eldest princess of Wanchun respectfully stepped forward to help the princess of Pingyang and said, "Auntie, why are you here!" ”
Lord Pingyang leaned on the dragon's head crutches and snorted: "It's not your Zhuo family who said it, flesh and blood are a big deal, you can't be sloppy?" If my wife doesn't come in person, I'm afraid that your Liang Guogong Mansion will not let me go! ”
The eldest princess Wanchun and the others didn't dare to contradict it, so they had to respond perfunctorily. Later, in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, the rhetoric of the Yuguo Mansion was still exactly the same as what was said yesterday in the Liang State Mansion.
The emperor didn't say anything, but the queen mother praised Yang Qiqi a lot to the princess of Pingyang and others, and said that after the saint drove to Luoyang, the women's school would be built, and when the time came, let Yang Qiqi go to school to be a female princess, and really go to teach a lot of noble girls.
When Yang Qiqi heard this, he suddenly lost all his thoughts, not to mention how heavy his mood was.
Until she left the Hundred Blessing Temple, she still couldn't get back to her senses.
Let Yang Qiqi return to the Yang family to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and he will open an ancestral hall. Among them, the etiquette is cumbersome and there are many rules.
Seeing that the holy car was about to leave for Luoyang Palace, and this time Emperor Yonghui made a clear decree that he was ready to stay in Luoyang for 20 years. Therefore, all the noble families and civil and military courtiers in Chang'an City began to prepare to set off with the holy car to Luoyang.
Therefore, the day when Yang Qiqi returned home was also set on the Duanyang Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May after the Yang family arrived in Luoyang.
Mrs. Li kept holding Yang Qiqi's hand and said that she would take Yang Qiqi back to Yang's house immediately.
Where can Yang Qiqi agree, she still has a lot of things to deal with, so she will go back to Yang's house immediately, but she is afraid that she will enter Mrs. Li's surveillance, where can she arrange to deal with it again?
She was very bored with Mrs. Li in her heart, but she explained to Mrs. Li very gently and obediently: "Originally, Qiqi should have gone home immediately to Chenghuan's knees." But in a few days, the master will return to Ulsan, and the master has taken care of Qiqi for so many years, and Qiqi can only accompany him for a few more days. Please forgive your ancestors, grandmothers, fathers, and mothers. When you arrive in Luoyang, Qiqi will definitely be filial piety in front of you every day! ”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was full of praise and said: "What a filial daughter! It's good for the mourning family to look at this! ”
"When Qiqi goes home, his father, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother understand Qiqi's suffering outside, and must carefully prepare and make proper arrangements for Qiqi. However, Qiqi was terrified and asked his father and mother not to work for his daughter. Qiqi has long been accustomed to a clean life in Ulsan, and he is used to doing many things by himself, and now there are three or two maids and servants around him, and there are also small maids walking around, and Qiqi will take them back to the house together. But please don't arrange extra manpower to serve your mother, which makes Qiqi feel uneasy. The house you live in doesn't have to be too luxurious, it's good to be ordinary or in a remote courtyard in the house. If it is earth-shattering because Qiqi goes home, Qiqi is afraid that he will not be able to sleep well when he goes home. Yang Qiqi lowered his eyebrows and said these words very respectfully. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Lord Pingyang nodded with satisfaction.
The queen made up the interest of the Queen Mother, and sighed again and again: "This palace is really envious of Mrs. Li and has found such a caring daughter!" Look at these words, I really can't be more sensible! Qiqi, you have suffered a lot outside, and it is understandable that your father and mother have prepared arrangements for you with all their hearts. ”
Yang Qiqi knelt down solemnly and said: "Qiqi has followed the master for many years, and he has not suffered much. Thanks to the master's earnest teachings, I am already very accustomed to life in Ulsan, so it is better to take everything slowly! ”
The Queen Mother nodded yes, "That's the same reason, you will fulfill the child's wishes, don't be too extravagant, everything is simple." ”
Yang Fu and Mrs. Cui and others did not agree.
Yang Qiqi let out a long breath.
Sitting in the carriage of the Cui family, the eldest princess of Yicheng couldn't help but smile and hugged Yang Qiqi, and sighed to the eldest princess of Wanchun: "I'm still worried that this girl will suffer a loss when she returns to the Yang family!" Look at the cleverness, and know that prevention is better than prevention! ”