"Blushing?" Sizhen touched his face, not knowing how to explain. She was a little weak-hearted, after all, no matter what, she was planning to lure Ao Bai, even if there was no substantive contact, but the two met to eat and drink tea together, and she also received a few pieces of jewelry from Ao Bai, but it was true.

Although it is for the great cause, but in doing so, Sizhen is still weak-hearted. She has always felt that the confrontation between the two armies should be dignified and upright, and there should be no conspiracy and tricks, but now that the disparity between the strength of the two sides is too great, she has to use some tricks, some women's tricks, to make Ao Bai relax his vigilance.

She only said one sentence: "Erlang, you believe me." ”

Looking at Sizhen's Yingying eyes, Sun Yanling suddenly felt that he was inexplicably jealous, he had been married for seven or eight years, and he still couldn't believe in Zhenzhen's character? Faith, he firmly believed. It's just that he can't stop others from thinking about his daughter-in-law.

Twenty-seven or eight-year-old women are blooming flowers, and they have a charm that little girls don't have. When others look at it, will they have the idea of picking?

Besides, that person is worshipping, who did he pretend to say? Some people even said that on that day, he rode on a horse, served as a guard for Princess Kezhen, and escorted ten miles of long streets all the way to Xihuamen.

Also, Zhenzhen returned to the capital, every time she traveled, she could "meet" with that Aobai, in this world, are there so many coincidences? Zhenzhen is just a false promise, but she can't stop the other party from thinking more.

Ao Bai is now just a game of cat and mouse, so he will be so patient with Zhenzhen, if one day that patience is lost, Zhenzhen will be in danger. Worship such a person, a woman in the middle, will always treat each other with courtesy?

Sun Yanling felt that Sizhen was too confident, and he also underestimated men's bestial desires for women, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only lose his temper and say: "No matter, anyway, I don't allow you to contact him again." Are there any major national events that you need him to talk to you about? Although the Manchu people are not as good as our Han people, who guard the defense of men and women, but he is a courtier, and if he befriends you, the lord of the domain, he will not be subordinate, so that the empress dowager and the emperor know, what will he think? No matter what the reason is, don't associate with him in the future, if there is anything, I'll talk about it. ”

"Although the lord entered Beijing with the annual tribute to the imperial court, it is not appropriate to stay for a long time, so you should go back early." The truth of the matter can't be explained to Sun Yanling, and now he has to hide it from people, and if he can hide it, he has to hide it from one another, Sizhen smiled and said, "Even if you don't believe me, don't worry about me." Again, Ao Zhongtang is the number one loyal minister of our Manchu Qing Dynasty, how can you say that he has a heart of disobedience? ”

Sizhen said earnestly: "I think that when the regent Dolgon was in power, it was Ao Zhongtang who carried a knife to make a big fuss about the political council, which stopped the regent's ambition to seize the throne, for this matter, Ao Zhongtang was forced into a desperate situation by the regent twice, but he never gave in, never betrayed his master in exchange for glory and wealth, and the first emperor chose him as an auxiliary minister, isn't it for his loyalty?" The forehead is confused, how can you say such a thing? If you don't change your mind, I'm afraid that you and I will turn against each other sooner or later......"

Sun Yanling was stunned by Sizhen's words, he pointed at Sizhen and said: "You have changed, it has been less than half a year since you returned to the capital, you have changed, Kong Sizhen, you actually spoke for the traitor who killed our child, you, how can you be worthy of our child who did not land?" ”

"I-" Sizhen said.

"Yes, if you want to mess around, I'm not here to get in your way, I'll go back to Guilin, I'll take Chengze and my mother back to Guilin. Wait for one day to figure it out, I will wait for your result, either righteousness or harmony, and my Sun Yanling will never frown. Sun Yanling left angrily.

Sizhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Sun Yanling said this because she understood what she meant.

Right now, taking her mother-in-law and Chengze away from the capital with her in the capital and leaving this place is the top priority.

Fortunately, fortunately, Sun Yanling understands her.

She sat on the chair and thought for a while, before she instructed a maid beside her: "Go, reply to Ao Zhongtang, I will definitely go to the appointment on time as he said on the post." ”

It took a few months, and Ao Bai was finally willing to invite her to come over to talk about it, and this opportunity should not be missed.

Aobai's mansion is located in Dongtangzi Hutong, Jinbao Street, east of the capital, which belongs to the quiet area in the middle of the hustle and bustle.

To Sizhen's surprise, the Ao Mansion is not as luxurious and strict as she imagined, and the area is not large, not to mention compared with their Confucian family's Dingnan Mansion in Guilin, that is, her princess mansion is more magnificent than the Ao Mansion, and from the outside, the Ao Mansion really does not look like the mansion of a generation of powerful ministers.

If it weren't for the Aofu plaque hanging high above the lintel, Sizhen would have wondered if he had gone to the wrong place.

She didn't get off the carriage, Ao Bai stood at the bottom of the steps, and had already ordered the people to open the middle door to greet her personally, and when she got off the sedan chair, he personally helped her to the small sedan chair in the house, walked through the middle gate into the house, and then entered the inner house from the second gate.

"I wonder what my aunt's condition is? I asked the Empress Dowager to ask the old lady Zhang in the palace to come and see her. Sizhen came to the house this time, and the reason for the visit was to get off the sedan chair, and the first thing he said was to ask Mrs. Aobai's condition.

According to age, Ao Bai is a full thirty years older than Sizhen, which is almost her grandfather's generation, but Ao Bai doesn't like others to say that he is old, plus his appearance is fierce and powerful, and his muscles are not slackened at all, and he looks only forty as promised, so Sizhen treats him as only one generation older.

She is a princess, he is a powerful minister, and it is not impossible to discuss it from the same generation, but Sizhen is unwilling, even if she is tempted, she is not the kind of way to pounce, zigzag and loop, beauty is like a flower across the clouds, as soon as this generation is opened, as long as Ao Bai does not make a mistake, he has to think about the consequences of his shot.

Create a little ambiguity to let Ao Bai relax her vigilance, this is the purpose of Sizhen seduction, she doesn't want to get more into the tiger's mouth.

So far, everything is fine, and everything is going according to her plan.

"Princess Xie Kezhen is worried, that's what it looks like, take some good medicine to continue her life, I also asked Imperial Doctor Zhang to see it before, it's not worth anything, but the princess has this heart, Ao Mou keeps it in mind." Ao bowed respectfully and replied politely.

If it weren't for his undisguised overly burning eyes, it would indeed have been just a respectful courtier.

Sizhen had never seen his prey-like eyes, she never thought that Ao Bai had any love for her, those eyes were just full of desire to plunder and conquer.

Because the patient's condition is already very bad, the so-called visitation is just to sit outside and listen to the pulse of the doctor, greet a few words through the crystal curtain, and answer on behalf of the grandmother who is waiting for him, sit down for a while, and then leave the house.

Imperial Doctor Zhang and Sizhen came together and should have gone together, but when they got out of Mrs. Ao's courtyard, Ao Bai invited Sizhen to his study under the pretext of the matter of the three feudatories.

The study is full of official documents and books, the tables and chairs are wide, and the one-color golden silk nanmu has a luxurious atmosphere, which is not like the usual arrogant style of Aobai.

"What does the princess think of the three feudatories?" After taking his seat, Ao Bai asked straight to the point.

Sizhen was slightly stunned, she didn't expect that Ao Bai really invited her to talk about business.

"The vassal kings have repeatedly made military exploits in the troubled times, which is beneficial to the country, but when the country and the people are safe, it is inevitable that the tail will not fall, forming a trend of local separation. If you want to maintain peace and stability for a long time, you have to withdraw the feudal domain. After thinking about it, Sizhen decided to face it calmly, she wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

"The princess has extraordinary knowledge, and as a feudal lord, she can say this. It's just a matter of withdrawing the feudal domain, not at the moment. ”

Aobai's face was heavy, and he was worried about the country and the people: "I heard that Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan, was sick and lying in bed, and the son Geng Jingzhong is now in charge of the real power of Jingnan Mansion, and Geng Jingzhong is ambitious, in the seventeenth year of Shunzhi, the Geng family moved from Guangdong to Fuzhou, built a palace in Fuzhou, centered on Wangzhuang at that time, surrounded by more than 2,000 houses, and occupied more than 300 acres of farmland nearby, built a palace, and forcibly requisitioned a large number of private houses and fields as a garrison camp......"

"Geng Wangfu is very luxurious, even the pair of stone lions in front of his gate, are specially selected from the 'white stone' produced in Gaoyao County, Guangdong, not far from thousands of rivers and mountains from Guangzhou to Fuwuzhou, the wood used in the palace is divided into various government offices, the purchase of Huang Nan, boxwood, black pear, poplar and other precious varieties, employing thousands of craftsmen to work day and night...... The princess should still be impressed, right? ”

Sizhen nodded, regardless of the others, the two "white stone" made of stone lions, bright and delicate, incomparably white, looking at it like glass, it is said that at that time Yang Yong, the magistrate of Gaoyao County, selected the most superb craftsman according to the size, just a pair of stone lions cost a lot of money, talk about others. At that time, she was still in the palace, and Lord Shunzhi heard about it, and once said in private that the Geng family had passed, and then when the imperial history participated, he scolded the imperial history, saying that the vassal king fought bloodily for the country, even if there was some luxury enjoyment, it should be.

Shunzhi Ye did that at that time, it was nothing more than because the war in various places was not settled, and the vassal kings were needed to fight, so naturally he couldn't be offended, not only could he not be offended, but he also had to coax and appease, but if it was peaceful today, what was there to fear?

As if seeing the confusion in Sizhen's eyes, Ao Bai said: "King Jingnan is not the strongest among the three feudatories, he is still like this, the princess said that what will happen to Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi?" Nowadays, the three feudatories routinely ask the imperial court every year to ask for military salaries and grain and grass, in the past, it was better to say that they were going to fight, but now that the war is peaceful, they also point to the imperial court to support, which means that the imperial court is helping them to raise private soldiers, and if they don't give it, they will raise bandits for self-respect...... As the princess said, for the sake of the court's hundred-year plan, the three feudatories must be withdrawn. ”

Sizhen was shocked, Ao Bai was a traitorous minister, but what he said was all for the sake of the court, it was completely what the loyal monarch thought, and he was worried about the monarch.

Is he really a traitor?