Chapter Ninety-Seven: Allegiance

Soon, there was a person who looked like a small guy came to open the 'door', his eyes swept the ordinary sedan chair, and a few people dressed up as small maids, and they didn't stand out, and they directly threw a sentence over: "There is a funeral in Chen's house, at this time, I will not see guests"

"Hmph" Xiao Xizi snorted coldly, he is a celebrity beside Emperor Yinxi, even the powerful concubines in the palace want to call him "father-in-law", why have you received such cold eyes, immediately took out a name card from the long sleeves, handed it over, and sneered, "Give this to Lord Chen, let's talk about it if you see it."

The famous post was also inconspicuous, but the little guy in the Chen Mansion didn't see who it was at a glance, so he could only hold the name card and rush away.

Chen Qingxuan didn't wait long, and soon, Chen Yuande greeted him.

"Greetings to Mrs. Chenrong" Chen Yuande knelt down in front of the inconspicuous sedan chair.

"No" Chen Qingxuan smiled faintly, "I'm here to pay tribute, so Lord Chen doesn't need to be polite."

"Yes" Chen Yuande hurriedly agreed, Xiao Xizi stepped forward, raised the sedan curtain, and helped Chen Qingxuan get off the sedan chair.

"Let's go, I'll go see the eldest lady," Chen Qingxuan said to Chen Yuande.

"Good" Chen Yuande spoke, bowed down and led Chen Qingxuan in, the hall was located in the west 'flower' hall, not a serious funeral, the Chen family invited a few monks, to the 'daughter' chanted the scriptures, and the other is the family's servants 'women' take turns to sit at night, have asked someone to see the date, five days later to be buried.

Seeing Chen Qingxuan coming in, inside, the little girl who accompanied Chen's family cried with sighs.

Chen Qingxuan was dressed in black, walked to the aura, Chen Yuande handed over a stick of incense, she took it, stared at the ranking, and after a long time, she said: "Sister is very good...... " Before she could say a word, she was also sad.

Xiao Xizi took the incense in her hand and 'inserted' it into the incense burner, Chen Yuande hurriedly said: "Madam, why don't you go to the front study and sit?" ”

"Where's your wife?" Chen Qingxuan asked suddenly.

"Madam, if you are rude to your clumsy wife, please forgive me, the courtier's 'wife' has lost her 'daughter', please raise your noble hand, don't worry about it" Chen Yuande only felt that the cold sweat on his head was about to break out, could it be that she was hanging the sacrifice under the guise of coming to trouble her 'woman'?

Chen Qingxuan shook his head and said, "Lord Chen, you misunderstood, I'll just ask." ”

"Please ask Mrs. to go to the study for tea" When Chen Yuande heard this, he was immediately relieved, and was busy inviting Chen Qingxuan over.

In the study, Chen Yuande asked her to be the first and personally brought the tea, Chen Qingxuan took it and put it aside, Chen Yuande asked cautiously: "Madame came to the cold house, I don't know what to order?" ”

"Lord Chen, I don't understand, your 'girl' child is fine, why don't you send her to Jiangnan?" Chen Qingxuan held back her worries and asked, "Which one are you playing?" ”

"After Madame entered the palace, she was favored by the saints, and her clumsy wife was unbalanced, and—and—" Chen Yuande said two words in succession, but he didn't dare to say the rest of the words.

"Today is just a 'private' chat, Master Chen can rest assured" Chen Qingxuan smiled lightly, she somewhat understood in her heart, she was afraid that Chen Yuande's 'wife' would have all kinds of complaints against her.

"Later, it was found out that the 'girl' was not pregnant, and the clumsy wife thought that it was you who did it, so she hated you to the bone" Chen Yuande sighed, "I make trouble with me every day, I want to send the 'girl' to the palace, and I want to clean up your ......"

"Hehe-" Chen Qingxuan chuckled, Mrs. Wang was really foolish, "Lord Chen, your wife's temper, you don't know it, do you think that you can control the rest of the development." ”

"Originally, there was no way at all" Chen Yuande shook his head and said, "I don't want to pay attention to it, but as a result, she ran back to her parents' house and cried to my old father-in-law, Zhenguogong......"

"Guogong is also involved?" Chen Qingxuan frowned slightly.

"Yes," Chen Yuande said, "I heard that my niece 'daughter' Yuhong is not favored when she enters the palace?" ”

"It's okay," Chen Qingxuan said lightly, "So, you want to unite with the Queen Mother, take the opportunity to get rid of me, and you can also send your daughter' into the palace, by the way, can you make Wang Yuhong favored by Your Majesty?" ”

Chen Yuande nodded, Chen Qingxuan sighed lightly, she knew that this thing was definitely not done by Chen Yuande alone.

"That's it" Chen Qingxuan sighed, "I'm also sorry for your family, after all, Miss Chen is because of me, so she has come to this point, and now, there will be a big event in the palace in the near future, for your family, but there is a great opportunity, I will also try my best to help you."

"Huh?" Chen Yuande was confused when he heard it, what a big opportunity? What other great opportunities could there be?

"Ling Gongzi is in the capital, right?" Chen Qingxuan asked.

"In," Chen Yuande said busily.

"It's good to be here, don't let Ling Gongzi go out recently," Chen Qingxuan chuckled.

"Please also ask Madame to make it clear" Chen Yuande stood up, bowed down and clenched his fists and asked.

"Heaven can't be revealed" Chen Qingxuan chuckled, "Besides, I don't dare to pack the ticket, saying that it will definitely be done, this depends on chance."

"Yes, yes, yes," Chen Yuande hurriedly agreed.

"It's not early, I'll go back too, you just prepare in advance," Chen Qingxuan said, "Tell your wife, don't make a fuss, otherwise, if you really 'make something' something, you know the consequences than well, I'm alone, and you are dragging the old and the young."

There are many warning elements in these words, Chen Qingxuan is afraid that Mrs. Wang will lose her 'daughter' and poke out her identity problem, which is true or false, but it will hinder her actions and be really unfavorable to her.

Mrs. Wang is just that, and there is no trouble yet, but Wang Yuhong, the granddaughter of Zhenguogong, is also in the palace, God knows if Zhenguogong is so old and confused, will something happen?

Once the matter is big, the pressure from the government and the opposition is too great, Yang Xi can't suppress those imperial historians, and her identity problem, which can't come to the stage, is a problem after all.

"Chen understands," Chen Yuande hurriedly agreed.

Seeing Chen Qingxuan get up and about to leave, Chen Yuande had been holding back the words in his heart, and couldn't hold back anymore, and asked, "Madame, please stay."

"Anything else?" Chen Qingxuan stopped, turned around and asked.

"Can the minister ask Madame, why is Madame eyeing the Chen family?" Chen Yuande said, "Since the beginning of Yangzhou, Jiangnan, Madame should have been scheming, but the minister doesn't understand, how do you know that after His Majesty ascends the throne, he will summon the 'daughter' of his subordinates into the palace?" ”

"I'm not an immortal, where can I think so much?" Chen Qingxuan sighed, "At the beginning, I just wanted to find an upright identity and enter the capital without being suspected, then, as a 'girl', the best cover is naturally to find a person from the capital to marry - and all the conditions of your family are suitable." ”

Chen Yuande was stunned, there was really something wrong with her identity, otherwise, why would she hide it? Just come to the capital openly.

"The second-grade officials are considered big officials in the local area, but in the capital, they are really nothing," Chen Qingxuan said lightly, "Therefore, this identity is used as a cover-up, which is the best, and the second-grade officials can just contact the high-level officialdom." ”

What is she going to do with the top echelons of officialdom? Chen Yuande began to think about this problem, he really underestimated her, if he had known that she had such a strategy, he would definitely not let his 'woman' come to him, she was in the Chen Mansion all these years, and their family was mean enough to her.

"Originally, your term in Yangzhou had not yet expired," Chen Qingxuan continued.

"Yes," Chen Yuande nodded busily, "But it just so happened that the minister cracked the Yangzhou 'private' salt case and seized 500,000 taels of silver, and because of this, His Majesty transferred me to Beijing in advance." ”

"My 500,000 taels of silver have paved the way for you," Chen Qingxuan said lightly, "And I just borrowed your way to enter Beijing, in fact, this is a 'transaction' that does not owe each other." ”

"What?" Chen Yuande opened his mouth and stammered, he knew that there was a problem with the 'private' salt case in Jiangnan, but he had already seized 500,000 taels of silver, and he couldn't think much about it for him who was in urgent need of political achievements, so he hurriedly asked for a performance and sent it to the capital urgently, but he didn't expect that all this was a bureau.

"In the area south of the Yangtze River, I just have some livelihood," Chen Qingxuan said lightly.

"Hmm......" Chen Yuande already knew it, in this way, what kind of Chen County Order was definitely not her father, and his original suspicion was not wrong.

"There are always a lot of things in this world that make people unsatisfactory," Chen Qingxuan sighed lightly, "Later, you know what happened after I entered Beijing." ”

"Yes" Chen Yuande thought of this, suddenly took a step forward, and knelt down again.

"Lord Chen, what is this doing, why do you need to make such a big gift?" Chen Qingxuan looked at him, knowing what he was thinking, but asked deliberately.

"The minister is willing to serve his wife" Chen Yuande kowtowed, counting on that father-in-law Zhenguogong, his official fortune has already been done, the second grade of the imperial history is already the limit, and there are many heirs of Zhenguo Gongzi, even if there is any good thing, it will not be his turn. Over the years, the town has been supported, but he has never worshiped him less.

Therefore, if he wants to prosper in his official fortune and get one step closer, he needs to find a more powerful backer - and Chen Qingxuan is now deeply favored by the saint, listening to her tone, between the government and the opposition, there are naturally quite a lot of forces, thinking that there is a plan, and now when it is not successful, it is naturally a critical moment to employ people.

As an official, it is natural to act at the opportunity, and it is necessary to figure out the intentions, he has no power in the palace, and climbing up to Chen Qingxuan at this time can be regarded as the best policy, the 'daughter' is dead, and people can't be resurrected after death, besides, the death of the 'daughter' really has nothing to do with her.

But Chen Yuande heard Chen Qingxuan's meaning, and between his words, he felt deep self-blame, at least he was much more generous than his father-in-law, Zhenguogong, maybe, in Zhenguogong's heart, what is the death of a 'girl' child? In comparison, he is naturally more inclined to Chen Qingxuan.