Chapter 10: Marriage (1)
"Three hundred lashes?!" I stood up suddenly, my eyes were dizzy, Qu Zhong hurriedly supported me, and hurriedly continued: "Don't worry about Di Ji, we have already taken a spot, it's not very heavy, but we also need to recuperate." ”
Seeing my puzzled appearance, she suddenly patted her head: "It's the slave who can't speak clearly." Lan Tang is fine, but he has been lying in bed for two days, and now he is afraid that he has not rested. ”
I breathed a sigh of relief and let out a strange cry of "you". I felt that something was wrong, and I looked at it carefully, and suddenly found that it was wrong: "At the end of the song, when did I come back?" ”
Qu Zhongzheng poured water for me, put down the teapot and thought about it: "Hmm...... You have been gone for about two days, last night, and you have returned about Hake. ”
Two days? I was stunned by Lan Tang on the first morning, and I woke up at the Prime Minister's Mansion at noon that day, and after lunch, I began to discuss with Zong Zhengxu and Huan Ke, and then drank medicinal tea...... How was it that I had been in a coma all day? But even if the method of sending me back to the palace is inconvenient for me to know, why did Zong Zhengxu let me be unconscious for so long?
I pondered it, and I didn't dare to interrupt at the end of the song, but the newly brewed Dongting Biluochun was about to get cold soon, so I had to call me timidly.
Before I took the teacup and put it to my lips, I remembered something again: "At the end of the song, I heard that in the past few days, the reason why no one has been looking for me is that I am suspected of diphtheria." At the end of the song, I continued, "You are the person I brought, and the night will naturally not punish you." What about the others in this Lin Feng Palace? In addition to Lan Tang's punishment of whipping, how about the rest of the people, can they be injured? ”
was slightly stunned, and Qu Zhong's expression was also puzzled: "Speaking of which, Emperor Ji may not believe it yet." Lan Tang was punished very severely because she was the palace maid, and the rest of the subordinates were only fined for a year's monthly money, and there was no other punishment. ”
"Is there such a thing?" I frowned unconsciously, and my heart swelled with strangeness. Although I am a hostage, I represent Liang Hong, and I will not dare or perfunctory such a major event as diphtheria. But just the monthly punishment is not even a punishment. If it is said that his attitude is contemptuous, Lan Tang, who is the queen behind him, was whipped and punished heavily.
What is Monden's intention, and what is his intention?
It was another three days before I saw Lan Tang. Her face was bloodless, she was dressed in duck egg green clothes, and there were no more gorgeous flowers pinned to her hair, and her whole person was almost faded into the dust, and there was no one who was fresh when she first saw her. I knew that whether it was the medicinal tea that caused me to fall into a coma before, or the whipping she personally tried the Fa, both must have been instructed by Zong Zhengxu, so there was no need to apologize or thank you, as if nothing had happened to me when I was facing her. But when Qu finally saw that I was indifferent to Lan Tang, he thought that I was ashamed, and he was a little more polite to Lan Tang openly and secretly.
Ten days have passed. There is no news from Huan Ke's side, and I am not in a hurry, but it was Zong Zhengxu who wrote to me, saying that Hu Ru Guojun did not agree to a full-scale attack on Lianghong, and the matter was still being mediated.
Although he is concise and understated, the difficulties and obstacles are all outlined in a few simple strokes. This was to be expected, so I only skimmed the passage hastily, but was intrigued by the few words that remained:
“…… It is the Emperor who still needs to wait for some time. In addition, it is unknown whether the emperor still remembers the emperor of the night. It is difficult to explain here that Cozy shot a hound at last year's pan-night autumn hunting paddock party, which seems to have caused some trouble. If the emperor is interested in knowing, you can ask Lan Tang. Emperor Ji Laomu, ten thousand prayers for peace. Zong Zhengxu respectfully. ”
From the Fanjin Emperor Ji suddenly turned his pen to the banquet of the ministers, his tone was helpless, and the trouble must be Fanjin. I chuckled and shook my head, it turned out that Zong Zhengxu didn't expect everything, and it was inevitable to interfere with the private affairs of his children.
called Lan Tang at the moment, and there was some ridicule in his words: "A letter from the son of Zongzheng mentioned a Fanjin Emperor." Who is she, and what kind of affair is she with the son of Zongzheng? ”
Lan Tang's expression froze when I said the word "Fanjin", even if it was soon as usual, there was a trace of unnaturalness in his eyes. I thought to myself, I didn't take this joke seriously, and I was about to explain, but she opened her mouth calmly, and her tone was blunt: "Emperor Ji is smart." Emperor Fanjin is indeed obsessed with Zongzheng Gongzi, but," she looked at me with a dark look in her eyes, "Gongzi absolutely has nothing else to think about Emperor Fanjin." ”
Fanjin is the concubine of the lord of the Snow Calyx Palace, who is fourteen years old and the second daughter of Meng Deng. Last year, I caught a white rabbit alive in the autumn hunting paddock, and Fanjin loved it very much, and I always took it with me. After the hunt, the ministers feasted, and Fanjin put the white rabbit on his lap as usual, but out of nowhere, a hunting dog ran out of nowhere, following the smell of the rabbit and coming straight to Fanjin.
Fanjin sits among the women, all of them are warm and fragrant nephrite, and they have no power to bind the chicken; Meng Deng sat on a high platform, and the figures of the people blocked the invisible; The soldiers in the vicinity wanted to shoot arrows, but they were afraid of accidentally injuring Fanjin, so they couldn't catch them with their bare hands. But it was Zong Zhengxu who snatched the bow and arrow, and didn't even inform Fanjin of it, and after aiming, he let go of his hand and killed the hound with an arrow.
Putting away his bow and arrows and nodding lightly at the frightened Fanjin, Zong Zhengxu turned around and knelt on the ground to beg Meng Deng for his audacious crime. Not to mention that Zong Zhenggeng paid power to the government and the opposition, this result alone was already dangerous, and Meng Deng could not fail to praise Zong Zhengxu's courage and commendability, but he rewarded him greatly. Fan Jinyuan hugged the white rabbit tightly on the side from beginning to end, but at this time he unconsciously let go, and he didn't know that the rabbit had escaped, and he only looked straight at Zong Zhengxu.
"Zongzheng Gongzi suddenly mentioned this matter, firstly, the autumn paddock hunting will start again, and secondly, a few days ago, Emperor Fanjin asked the emperor to marry into the Zongzheng Prime Minister's Mansion."
"Oh? It's a lot of fun. I listened with great interest, put down the hand supporting the cheek, and went to turn the exquisite topaz bracelet on my wrist: "Then according to what you see, the son of Zongzheng wants this emperor to meet this brocade emperor for a while, does he want to push the boat down the river to win the beautiful woman into his arms, or do he want to use this emperor as a shield, but push it with hospitality?" ”
Lan Tang was silent, and it took a while before he held back a sentence: "Childe's thoughts, Lan Tang doesn't dare to be more suspicious." Presumably the emperor already has a plan in mind? ”
I raised my eyebrows and asked for a handkerchief with a thin grass embroidered on it, which was exactly what I wanted. Under the pen book, "there are flowers that can be folded and must be folded", and turned to Lan Tang, who did not know why, and said: "When the ink is dry, you want to give this handkerchief to Zongzheng Gongzi to see, and he will definitely return the handkerchief." ”
Lan Tang took the letter suspiciously, but still didn't ask anything, and retreated after blessing his body. I flipped through the wooden box, picked out the pearl tassel peacock sent by Concubine Zhi, and flicked the pearl jade on it.
No matter how Zong Zhengxu responds, I must meet this lady.