Chapter 43: In the end, it was a void
As if he couldn't hear what she said, Duan Wangchen hugged her waist tighter, letting her get closer to him, "Luo Gongzi is his own person, so he doesn't have to see outside." ”
Song Qingge reluctantly hooked the corners of his lips, and the force in his hand was a little heavier, "My cousin has something important to discuss with my son, so Ah Ge should go back first." ”
He grabbed her by the back of the neck, "You've just arrived, don't rush back, it's okay to stay a little longer." Then he glanced at Luo Jingsheng, "I think, Childe doesn't mind Ah Ge staying here, right?" ”
Clenched his fists, Luo Jingsheng slowly opened the corners of his lips, "This is in the Hou Ye's mansion, Jingsheng naturally won't mind." ”
He stared at her, the coolness in his eyes increased a little, "Did you hear that?" Childe doesn't mind, why are you in a hurry to go back. ”
"But—" She turned her face away, not letting him get too close to her.
"Turn around!"
Her attitude of resistance made Duan Wuchen very disgusted, and he directly reached out and twisted her face, "You are my concubine, what is there to avoid being so intimate in front of people?" ”
If she resisted him like this in front of others, she wouldn't be angry, but in front of Luo Jingsheng, she couldn't do this, let alone resist him!
"Master Hou, although the fourth prince believes your words, if you don't take advantage of this time to please him and take the opportunity to win him over, I am afraid that when you deal with Jiang Hechi in the future, he may not be on your side." Luo Jingsheng endured the anger in his heart, pretending to be calm in front of him and disturbing his mind.
Duan Wangchen let go of the hand that was pinching Song Qingge's cheeks, "Oh? What are the good tricks of the child? "Jiang Hechi is a big tree, he will have to pull it out sooner or later.
"Of course, there are good tricks, otherwise how would I have come here." He deliberately put on a shelf, and the brilliance between his eyes never faded.
Duan Wuchen knew the meaning of his words, and looked at Song Qingge, who was extremely nervous in front of him, he let go of his hand, "You go back first, and I'll look for you tonight." ”
The tone is full of gentleness.
Song Qingge nodded slightly, walked out, and when he passed by Luo Jingsheng, his eyes trembled.
"Childe, please speak."
At the moment, he can't get too stiff with Luo Jingsheng.
"Now the most feared thing by the four princes is Jiang Hechi, as long as he perceives that Jiang Hechi has the idea of betraying him, I am afraid that Jiang Hechi will lose his big Buddha."
He stood in front of Duan Wangchen, his eyes shining.
Duan Wangchen's eyes sank, "You mean, designing Jiang Hechi?" ”
He lowered his voice, and his face became a little more solemn, "Now everyone in the court wants to tie up Jiang Hechi, the time and place are all occupied by the Hou Ye, and the people will be missed, if the Hou Ye doesn't hurry up, he will miss the opportunity." ”
Duan Wangchen stared at him coldly, without a trace of gentleness in his eyes. But what Luo Jingsheng said is indeed right, at this time, Jiang Hechi and Xuanyuan Jing are indeed the best time.
He has been meeting with Bian Luo these days, and the matter of Luo Jingsheng and Song Qingge made him ignore Jiang Hechi's matter.
Then, he hooked the corners of his lips, "Okay, Ben Hou will listen to Gongzi." ”
Luo Jingsheng leaned towards him and retreated. Yufeng saw him walk out with a calm face, and put down the heart that was in his throat.
He walked forward as if nothing had happened, but the anger in his heart did not dissipate for a long time.
After the first time he met Song Qingge's garden in the Hou Gong's mansion, he hesitated for a moment, glanced at the garden, and then continued to walk forward.
Ah Ge, you have also been in dire straits all these years, and I will be freed from this dire situation.
"Miss, let's go back quickly, so as not to be discovered by Master Hou." Furou helped Song Qingge and reminded her softly in her ear.
"Hmm."
She withdrew her eyes from the falling mirror and turned back to Zhuyun Yuan.
In the middle of the study, he deliberately made him so embarrassed, just afraid that he wouldn't take it to heart. Otherwise, coupled with the matter of Yun Wu, I don't know how long he can endure it.
When the night darkened, Duan Wangchen came to her Zhuyun Garden. He hasn't been here since he injured Furou in the garden last time.
When Furou saw him, she had to add another pair of chopsticks to him.
"This is your favorite food, eat more." He stretched out his hand and took her a piece of meat, but it was not her favorite meat, he wanted to say that it was her favorite food.
"What? Don't want to eat? Seeing her look at the meat in the bowl, his expression was a little embarrassed, and he asked unhappily.
Song Qingge picked up the piece of meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit it slowly, before he could swallow it for a long time.
"That's right." As if he couldn't see the dissatisfaction on her face, he clipped her with another piece.
She didn't know how much she had eaten, she only felt that her stomach was tumbling uncomfortably, Duan Wangchen saw her frowning, stood up and told Furou, "Take good care of the second lady." ”
"Yes." Furou responded.
After that, he threw down his chopsticks and turned away.
As soon as Duan Wangchen left, Song Qingge covered his mouth and ran to the side to vomit.
Furou followed behind her and smoothed her body, her face full of worry.
"Furou, he makes me feel sick." She clutched Furou's arm tightly, her body shaking. Duan Wangchen has changed, and has completely become what she doesn't know.
Or did he always look like this, she didn't know, and she couldn't see clearly. She suddenly felt as if she had never known him.
"Miss, you drink saliva first." Furou poured her a glass of water, trying to calm her down first.
She took a sip of water, and her face softened slightly, and tears fell silently. Today's Duan Wangchen makes her feel cold.
When Jiang Wanyin was about to go to the soft couch to rest, Duan Wangchen suddenly grabbed her waist from behind, and her lips and teeth gnawed on her smooth and delicate throat.
She let out a mutter, "Husband." ”
"You've been resting a lot these days." His eyes were closed, and warm breaths spurted onto the back of her shoulder.
"If the husband doesn't like what Yin'er does, Yin'er won't do it, so as not to make the husband angry." She bit her lip, and her body slowly softened.
"And what about now, do you like it?"
His hand wandered around her waist little by little, and the words of heat lingered in her ear.
Her murmur grew stronger and stronger, and she replied to him, "Naturally, I like it." ”
He took off the belt around his waist, and the two bodies lay on the soft couch, he was very anxious tonight, and his strength was much greater than usual, but he refused to leave for a long time, and he was always attached to her body, and the two of them lingered all night.
On the second day, Jiang Wanyin woke up to find that she was still lying in the crook of his arm, and he rarely treated her like this, which made her wonder if she was dreaming.
Duan Wangchen opened his eyes and saw that she was looking at herself, "What are you looking at?" What's on my face? He scratched the tip of her nose with his hand.
She shook her head, "Yes, Yin'er has never been able to look at you so quietly as now. She is shallow and gentle, and her eyes are full of affection.
"In the future, you can always look at me quietly as you do now, and you can watch as long as you want." He seemed to be a different person, and he was satisfied with everything she said.
She lowered her eyes and asked softly, "What about my sister?" ”
"She's her, you're you, and the two of you can't be compared." Duan Wangchen tightened his grip on her hand, pressed his chin against the top of her head, and lowered his head to kiss her hair.
Jiang Wanyin's eyes were full of smiles, and she waited for a long time for the moment of warmth. Moreover, it was Duan Wangchen who was willing to give it to her, not what she forced.
"I heard that the emperor has recently rewarded his father-in-law, and many ministers in the court have come to the palace to congratulate him, do you want to go back and see your father-in-law?"
When Jiang Wanyin was dressing him, he suddenly asked her.
There was a hint of hesitation on her face, "Daddy is appreciated by the emperor, and Yin'er is naturally happy in her heart, but so many ministers in the DPRK and China shouldn't go to congratulate me, if I go back to say hello to my father so blatantly, isn't it good?" ”
She still understands some of these taboos in the court.
Duan Wuchen took her hand and wrapped it in the palm of his hand, "This is a happy event, and it won't cause distrust in life." Second, you are his only daughter, if you don't even go to congratulate you, then my father-in-law's heart is afraid that it will be uncomfortable. It is a good opportunity to ease the relationship between your father and daughter. ”
"Then will you go back with me?" Jiang Wanyin raised her head and looked at him with affection.
Duan Wangchen's eyes darkened, "I'm afraid that my father-in-law won't want to see me, so I won't go back with you." Seeing the look of loss on her face, he took out a box, opened the corners of his lips and said to her, "But I have a gift for you to bring him, and he will love it very much." ”
Jiang Wanyin took the box in his hand, "This is?" ”
He hooked the corners of his lips, "You give it to him first." ”
"Okay."
She nodded.
Duan Wangchen sent her to the gate of the mansion, and under his watch, she got into the carriage.
When he returned to the prime minister's mansion, Jiang Hechi was chatting and laughing with a few people in the court, and when he saw Jiang Wanyin coming back, those ministers all made excuses to leave first.
Their father and daughter are reminiscing, and it is inconvenient for them to stay for a long time.
"Is it really Duan Wangchen, that kid asked you to come back and say hello to me?" Jiang He didn't believe it for a long time, and glanced at her with suspicious eyes.
"yes, Daddy." Jiang Wanyin affectionately took his hand.
Then, she took out the box that Duan Wangchen handed her and handed it to him, "This is a gift from Brother Chen, and I specially asked Yin'er to bring it." ”
Jiang Hechi glanced at it, took the box over, opened the box, and inside was a delicate jade pendant. Although this jade pendant looks no different from ordinary jade ornaments, the figure carved on it is indeed a carved dragon and a phoenix. And as far as Jiang Hechi knew, this piece of jade pendant was unique in the world, and it was something that Xuanyuan Jing had always wanted to get his hands on.
"Where did he get it?" He opened his mouth and asked Jiang Wanyin.
She frowned, "This Yin'er didn't ask, the husband only said that you will like this jade pendant when you see it." ”
Jiang Hechi frowned, "Did he really say that?" ”
Faintly, Jiang Wanyin felt that something was not quite right, "This jade pendant, Daddy doesn't like it?" ”
"He gave it, and my father liked it very much." Jiang Hechi denied it and put away the jade pendant, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips that Jiang Wanyin couldn't understand.
She placed her eyes on the box, a hint of unease in her eyes.
didn't stay in the prime minister's mansion for too long, she rushed back to the Hou Mansion, Duan Wangchen was not in the mansion at that time, she asked a circle of people in the mansion, and they all said that they didn't know where the Hou Ye went.
That's right, he is the master of this house, where do you have to report it to these subordinates?
She could only wait for him in the Autumn Garden, no matter how uneasy she was, she had to wait. There was no other way for her.
As soon as Jiang Wanyin left, Jiang Hechi took the box and went to King Jing's Mansion, Xuanyuan Jing sat in the pavilion, and those peach blossom eyes stared at him tightly from the moment Jiang Hechi appeared in his sight.
Jiang Hechi walked up to him and saluted him slightly, "Fourth prince." As if nothing had happened, there was no trace of panic on his face.
"The prime minister has been very proud of the spring breeze recently." Xuanyuan Jing didn't let him sit down, and his words didn't carry a trace of warmth.
"Thanks to the emperor's appreciation, and also under the protection of the four princes, the old man was able to gain a firm foothold in the court." He bowed slightly, and his words were full of respect.
"This king doesn't dare to take this credit, all of this is due to the prime minister's service for his father for so many years."
He lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and when the lid of the cup fell on the cup, there was a crisp sound, and Jiang Hechi's leaning body moved.
"The grace of the four princes, the old man will never forget." He said something with a hint of restraint.
Xuanyuan Jing snorted coldly, and his fingertips tapped on the table, "Don't dare to forget?" When the ministers came to your house to discuss court affairs with you and congratulate you, why didn't you see you and say that you didn't dare to forget?! ”
"The Four Princes forgive their sins!"
Jiang Hechi immediately knelt on the ground, and he took out the box, "This is a traitorous villain who is framing the old man, and he sent such a jade pendant to the old man, wanting to separate the friendship between the old man and the four princes!" ”
Qi Yuanzhao stepped forward, took the box in his hand, and presented it to Xuanyuan Jing, "Fourth prince." ”
Xuanyuan Jing opened the box, and in front of him was the jade pendant he wanted to get. Even if Jiang Hechi is in a high position in the middle of the court, knowing that he wants to get this jade pendant and still take it for himself, his motives are really impure!
"This is given to the old man by Duan Wangchen, and the old man knows that the four princes have been looking for this jade pendant, and as soon as he gets it, he will give it to the four princes."
Xuanyuan Jing's mind is extremely difficult to guess, if it is easy to say at this moment that Duan Wangchen wants to separate the feelings of the two of them, I am afraid that he will not believe it.
"Really? Now that you are so beautiful in the court, where do you still need the protection of this king, even if you know that this is something that this king likes, I am afraid that you are tired of playing before you use it to present it to this king, right? ”
He took the jade pendant in his hand and rubbed his fingers against it.
"The fourth prince is aware of it, and the old man has no such intention!" Jiang He kowtowed his head chi, only by taking a stand at this moment could Xuanyuan Jing believe him.
For a long time, he didn't hear Xuanyuan Jing speak, only heard a sound of footsteps coming from the front. At the bottom of his eyes was a dark purple robe.
He slowly raised his head and saw that it was Duan Wangchen standing in front of him.
Jiang Hechi twisted his brows, "It's your hands and feet?" ”
"Father-in-law, Chen'er doesn't know what you're talking about." Duan Wangchen stared at him condescendingly, his eyes were cold, without a trace of temperature.
"It's you who are secretly obstructing the friendship between the old man and the four princes." Jiang Hechi looked at him almost through gritted teeth.
He spread his hands, his eyes were lukewarm, "I just told the truth to the four princes, where does the discord come from?" ”
"It's you, you asked Yin'er to give me the jade pendant, and then ran to the four princes to make a fuss! I was really blind at the beginning, and I actually asked Yin'er to marry you! ”
Jiang Hechi's anger was all piled up on his face, but he didn't notice that Xuanyuan Jing's face became more and more ugly, and his face turned black.
"That's not right, obviously Yin'er returned to the house and told me that I saw this jade pendant in your hand, so I came to inform the four princes. You were afraid that the matter would be exposed, and you were afraid that you would lose the backer of the four princes, so you hurried to confess. Duan Wangchen denied it and insisted on him.
"Traitorous villain, traitorous villain!" Jiang He knelt on the ground for a long time, and his usual high-minded image was gone.
Thinking about it, he had always been accusing Duan Wuchen before, he was a man who didn't even dare to gasp in front of him, how could it be reversed now?
At the bottom of my heart, a ridiculous meaning rose.
Duan Wangchen said unhurriedly: "I am truthfully reporting the truth to the four princes, don't you hang all those foul words on me." ”
"Fourth prince, don't believe what this traitor said, he must have taken to heart the words that the old man humiliated him in the past, so he framed the old man like this!"
At this moment, Jiang Hechi could only insist that Duan Wangchen framed him, and maybe he could have room for maneuver.
Xuanyuan Jing sitting, his fingers still rubbing the jade pendant in his hand back and forth, his face was still gloomy. He did not indicate his position on the words of either man.
"Fourth prince, think about it, if the prime minister really brought it to you as soon as he got the jade pendant, why didn't he say anything to you when many ministers came to his house to discuss court affairs, this is a big taboo in the court, he has been an official in the court for many years, and he will not understand this truth.
Moreover, he has been appreciated by the emperor many times, and he has only received blatant congratulations from everyone in the court, but he has never come to the house to thank you once, which shows that he does not take you to heart. ”
Duan Wangchen counted the taboos he committed in front of Xuanyuan Jing, Xuanyuan Jing's eyes gradually sank, and the hand rubbing the jade pendant made a subtle sound.
What emanated from his body was a terrifying and dignified aura.
"Fourth prince, the old man is wronged, the old man is loyal to you, and he has no intention of deceiving, if you really believe in this traitorous villain, you really fell into his trap!"
Jiang He was in a hurry, kneeling on the ground with an old red face and expressing grievances.
"Enough!"
Xuanyuan Jing slapped the jade pendant in his hand on the table, making a terrifying sound.
"You are appreciated by your father, not only have you not restrained your edge, but you are still so proud in front of people, this king really doesn't dare to expect you to do things for me again!"
Xuanyuan Jing looked at him with anger on his face, and his words were full of majesty.
"Fourth prince, the old man has been by your side for so many years, don't you know how to treat you?" Jiang Hechi's face also sank, he didn't expect that with this jade pendant and Duan Wangchen's words, he would be able to doubt his loyalty to him like this.
"How do you treat this king, this king really doesn't dare to speculate! At the beginning, you knew that it was not the king's wish to violate Yin'er, why did you refuse to marry Yin'er to this king? ”
Jiang Hechi personally suppressed that incident, but when he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to propose marriage, he was unwilling to agree to this family matter.
But when Duan Wangchen went to propose, why did he agree? Is this considered to be loyal to him? Or is it that after all these years, he has been looking for an opportunity, an opportunity to pull him down from the throne heir!
"It's not that the old man refused to marry his daughter to you, but she forced her to die, so the old man had to refuse your family affair."
Jiang Hechi's explanation was too pale.
Jiang Wanyin has been waiting in the Hou Mansion, and after waiting for a long time, she didn't wait for Duan Wangchen's figure, but only waited for someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion to come, who was sent by the Du family.
She said that Jiang He's late accident happened.
Because of the jade pendant, the relationship between him and the four princes fell out. In the future, without the protection of the four princes, it is equivalent to losing half an arm in the court.
When Duan Wangchen returned to the Hou Mansion with a tired face, under the orange lamp, Jiang Wanyin was waiting for him there.
"It's so windy at night, what are you doing standing here?" He stepped forward and wrapped her clothes tightly to keep the cool night breeze from pouring into her.
"A big drama has been played, I didn't expect my husband to work so hard." She sneered.
He stiffened his hand as she tugged at the hem of her dress, looked at her and asked, "You know everything." ”
"Daddy, what did he do wrong? You're going to use me against him? Jiang Wanyin raised her head and stared at her tightly with cold eyes.
The orange light on both sides of the door of the mansion sprinkled on her cold face, but there was no trace of tenderness.
"It's windy here, go home first." As if he hadn't heard what she said, he said lightly.
He stretched out his hand to take her hand, and she opened it, "I am my father's favorite daughter, and he has cared for me as a pearl in his palm since I was a child." At the beginning, the four princes went to the house many times to propose marriage, but I forced each other to die again and again, and did not let my father agree to this family business.
Later, when you went to the house to propose, even though my father strongly objected, I still insisted on marrying you. He loved me, and he didn't hesitate to risk the suspicion of having a dislike with the fourth prince, and promised you and me a family affair. That's how you used my feelings to deal with Daddy? ”
Jiang Wanyin only condensed at him, her eyes never moved from his face, and her words were full of loss.
"That's right, I took advantage of you, and even more used your feelings, just to bring down Jiang Hechi. If you really want to make it clear here, I'll make it clear with you here. ”
Duan Wangchen's last trace of patience was worn out by her, and he raised his face to stare at her, and there was no trace of warmth in his eyes.
She looked at Duan Wangchen in front of her and sneered, "Last night's warmth was all fake?" ”
"Isn't that what you've always wanted? I'm just taking advantage of you, I've got you covered, what else do you want? ”
He said it so justifiably, so lightly. Word by word, she slashed Jiang Wanyin's heart, making her feel that she had never felt so distressed at this moment.
She smiled, took a step back, and leaned against the threshold, "It turns out that what the fourth brother said is right. She looked up, and a cold tear ran down her cheek and dripped to the ground.
has been fighting with Song Qingge for so long, but in the end it was all in vain.