Chapter Seventy-Two: Who Will Support Me?
"Uncle Huang, come to me for something?" Zheng Luoting saw that there was only one tea bowl on the small table, which was Ye Jiaojiao's, but Rong Xiu had just used it.
A trace of subtlety crossed Rong Xiu's face, "Luo Ting, you really don't remember anything?" "He is really ruthless to himself, which he admires in his heart.
"What do you remember?" Zheng Luoting looked at the imperial uncle who was the same age as himself, and the fire in his heart never stopped.
I really don't remember! Rong Xiu looked up at the sycamore tree, an old tree that covered half of the yard. "You always don't allow yourself to make a little mistake, you haven't changed at all!"
This is indeed Luo Ting's character, serious and cautious, "This is how things should be done!" ”
"That's right!" Rong Xiu smiled slightly.
The relationship between Zheng Luoting, the king of Xi, and Chen Lingyin was officially decided, as Qingruo said before, the two got married in February after the year.
In the end, the hard work of her own princess was exchanged for a bamboo basket to fetch water, Ani felt sorry for her own princess, secretly scolded men are not good things, and unconsciously thought of Qiu Gongzi of Chu State.
"Princess, why don't we go out for a walk?" These days, Zheng Luoting rarely comes, and originally thought that the relationship between the two would go further.
Ye Jiaojiao has never been able to let go of the fact that she has suffered a loss, she has never been wronged like this since she was a child, she wants to avenge this arrow, but it is not easy to say, looking at it, no one will help her say a word.
"Ani, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, are there any arrangements in the house?" According to royal etiquette, Mid-Autumn Festival will definitely be at the palace.
"I heard from the housekeeper that every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the princes will accompany the emperor in the palace for the festival!" Ani replied, a little worried, "The princesses are going too." ”
Nodding, the corners of Ye Jiaojiao's mouth curled, "It should be very lively!" ”
As he was talking, Zheng Luoting walked in, and Ye Jiaojiao just glanced at him expressionlessly.
"Your Highness, are you here?" The tone is flat and unwavering.
Seeing Ye Jiaojiao's attitude, Zheng Luoting remembered Rong Xiu's intimacy with her that day, "A few days later, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will enter the palace together, don't forget!" ”
"Got it!" Ye Jiaojiao looked at the canopy above her head on the chaise longue, and saw that Zheng Luoting had not left, and knew what else he wanted to say, so she deliberately did not speak.
finally walked to Ye Jiaojiao's side, "Over there in the Chu State, there is news here again!" ”
Isn't it true that the state of Chu is dead? Ye Jiaojiao's heart couldn't help but rise, why was his road so bumpy? I rubbed my forehead involuntarily.
Thinking that Ye Jiaojiao was worried about his country again, Zheng Luoting felt that it was a bit cruel to say this, but he couldn't help but continue, "The rebellion of the Bian Beishou General is said to be controlled by someone behind the scenes, and that person's surname is Qiu!" He observed Ye Jiaojiao's face.
"These rebels and thieves!" Ye Jiaojiao hated and said, can't An An be born? What a rebellion has to be!
"Qiu Peize, he is the person behind the scenes!" Zheng Luoting knew that this was Ye Jiaojiao's Chu Guolang.
"Whoever it is, shouldn't rebel!" Ye Jiaojiao completely lost the impression of the name Qiu Peize, "Catch it, all five horses will be divided!" ”
This reaction was unexpected by Zheng Luoting, and it stands to reason that Ye Jiaojiao should be nervous, "Five horses split the corpse?" "She's so cruel to her lover!
Finally seeing the strangeness on Zheng Luoting's face, Ye Jiaojiao felt that she was talking too much? "Is there any other punishment for rebellion?"
"Qiu Peize, the princess forgot about him?"
Should I know him? Ye Jiaojiao looked dazed, glanced at Ani, and saw her nervous hands clasped together. "Remember him, is it any good for me?" Zhao Jiaojiao's former lover? What is this? "His Royal Highness just came to tell Kyaukyao, is this man coming back?"
"Just a casual mention!" Zheng Luoting returned to normal.
"The surname you said is Qiu, and it has nothing to do with me." Ye Jiaojiao stood up, "Your Highness, please!" ”
Is there really none? Why was she martyred on the day of marriage? If everything goes well that day, will she and she raise their eyebrows and respect each other like ordinary couples?
The Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, the lanterns are hung all over the streets of Sui'an, and there are many tourists in the night, and there are many lovers who take advantage of the night to travel and date.
The sound of drums in the hall, the graceful posture of the dancing queen, dancing a section of Chang'e to the moon. Emperor Jin and the queen sat at the top, and below were the princes ranked by seniority, all of whom brought their own princesses.
Looking at it, it is all a piece of joy, the two of them are cooking for each other, pouring wine, it is really in response to the sentence that only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals. Only Ye Jiaojiao knew that it was all fake, because she and Leng were sitting in the same thing.
Obviously with a closed face, looking at Fluttershy in front of him, a few pieces of venison were placed on it, Ye Jiaojiao smiled sweetly back at Zheng Luoting, "Your Highness Xie, Jiaojiao will pour you wine!" ”
"Is it time for Eleven to marry a princess?" Empress Chen spoke, "You see that your nephews have all run ahead of you." ”
"I want to too!" Rong Xiu sat alone behind a table, "It should be good to see someone pouring wine for themselves!" ”
"It's time to do it!" Emperor Ye of Jin felt that it was feasible at this time, and turned to Empress Chen and asked her to pay attention to which young lady was suitable.
Rong Xiu only said, "Two years later!" I'm past twenty-one! ”
His words reminded Ye Jiaojiao of the events of that day, Rong Xiu said that he would help her protect Zheng Luoting over the age of twenty-one, would it be true? Who the hell is he?
Maybe she wanted to prove how powerful she was or something else, Chen Lingyin appeared at this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, she sat behind Queen Chen obediently, but her eyes never left Zheng Luoting for a moment.
That look was too hot, Ye Jiaojiao naturally wouldn't let Chen Lingyin down, and stretched out her jade hand to sort the tassel on Li Luoting's crown, with tenderness and sweetness in her eyes.
Zheng Luoting was in a trance for a while, she never cared about the details of her body......
"Bang", a wine glass rolled down into the hall, everyone looked at Zheng Rongxiu, only to see that his robe was wet with wine, and turned around and walked out of the hall.
"It's still like a child!" Zheng Dingye should love this younger brother, after all, he has been sick since he was a child, and he has also suffered a lot of crimes.
Chen Lingyin's hands were so tight that she couldn't wait to step forward and slap Ye Jiaojiao! It seems that she didn't repair it last time, and there can only be one person in the seat of Princess Xi, and that person is her Chen Lingyin!
The palace also hung all kinds of lanterns to suit the occasion, and even wrote lantern riddles, which attracted a group of royal children to be happy and run around in the imperial garden.
The full moon of the fifteenth was bright and bright, Ye Jiaojiao sat down in the corridor, and turned around to see a figure coming this way.
"Your Highness, I'm tired, go by yourself!" Ye Jiaojiao looked not far away, "Besides, guessing lantern riddles is not my forte!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Tion saw the sweet crisp, "Brother Ting! ”
What a good timing! Ye Jiaojiao looked at the visitor with a smile, "Miss Chen can just go with you, I'm lazy, so I won't join in the fun!" ”
Since he made a family appointment with Zheng Luoting, Chen Lingyin found that he had alienated himself a lot, and when he saw Ye Jiaojiao say this, he hurriedly replied: "Okay! ”
Looking at a pair of figures walking away, Ye Jiaojiao snorted coldly, stood up and walked to the side path.
Ye Jiaojiao knew that Zheng Luoting's temperament was not like to be lively, so she would definitely not crowd into the crowd to guess the lantern riddles, and she thought even more that the lonely men and widows would definitely find a quiet place to go at night. Don't ask her how she knows this, that's what is written in the drawing book.
Things were just as Ye Jiaojiao expected, Zheng Luoting found a secluded lakeside pavilion and wanted to wake up from his wine, Chen Lingyin naturally followed him empathetically. Looking at it this way, it can indeed be regarded as a pair of beautiful people.
Ye Jiaojiao, who was hiding in the bushes, was miserable, and the mosquitoes found her blood bank that fell from the sky, and greeted her unceremoniously. You can't shoot mosquitoes to make a sound, you can only catch them, so you won't be sucked into a dry corpse?
But what is written in front of me is different from what is written in the book! Isn't it said that you can't love yourself in the depths? This cold person didn't let the flower-like girl Chen start, but why? If he doesn't do it, how can he grab the bag and make Chen Lingyin lose face?
One hand silently lifted Ye Jiaojiao, who was squatting in the bushes, and when she reacted, the person hung on the tree again. Opening his mouth and biting his hand, the man snorted.
"You're ruthless!" Rong Xiu withdrew his hand and shook it.
"You let me go!" When did this monster follow? Ye Jiaojiao hurriedly looked at the gazebo, fortunately, the couple was still immersed in the world of the two, and they didn't notice the tension here!
"Don't let it go!" Rong Xiu sat next to Ye Jiaojiao, watching her hug the trunk tightly, with a nervous expression. "You have the ability to jump!"
It's really a teacher who dies before he can get along, "I really don't understand, why can't you get along with me all the time?" Ye Jiaojiao really couldn't figure it out.
Rong Xiu thought for a while, "Because it's pleasing to the eye!" Reaching out and hooking a strand of Ye Jiaojiao's sleeping hair, it was wrapped around his fingertips.
What is this called? Ye Jiaojiao looked down and saw that he was more than three feet away from the ground, and he didn't fall if he jumped down! "What the hell do you want to do?"
"You are not allowed to smile like that at Luo Ting in the future!" It's annoying when I think about it, and I blame her for laughing, causing him to lose his temper and spill wine!
Ye Jiaojiao didn't understand more and more, what's wrong with her laughter? If you don't laugh, do you cry? "I remember! Let me go! ”
"The attitude is not sincere!" The green silk in the hand is smooth as silk, faintly revealing the fragrance of roses, sweet.
This is completely different from what she thought, originally tonight Ye Jiaojiao wanted to take revenge, "How can I be sincere?" ”
Rong Xiu smiled and leaned over the scoundrel, "Let me kiss you!" ”
"Push me down!" Isn't it to catch the bags of cold people and water ducks? Now Ye Jiaojiao feels that she has also become the bag that will be caught.
Rong Xiu rubbed Ye Jiaojiao's head and shook his head with a smile: "It's really interesting to tease you!" ”
Tease her! "Your Excellency, let me go, I'm really in trouble!"
"Revenge!" Rong Xiu stood on the branch and clapped his hands, "I'll help you!" ”
This monster is so big that he is not afraid that the pair of mandarin ducks will find out? Ye Jiaojiao was thinking about it, when the person was picked up by the waist, and then fell to the ground gently, the action was done in one go, and she didn't have time to react.
Standing on the ground, the first thought in Ye Jiaojiao's heart - he must learn to climb trees in the future!
"Ahh Rong Xiu shouted.
Ye Jiaojiao wanted to cry without tears, this monster was obviously afraid that others would not find them. In a blink of an eye, I saw Zheng Luoting walking this way.
"What are you doing?" Rong Xiu sat on the ground and pushed Ye Jiaojiao, "Act when you see the opportunity, a tooth for a tooth!" Also, hide your face. ”
"What?" Ye Jiaojiao looked confused.
This little half-fairy is really silly and cute sometimes, "You can do whatever you want!" ”
Watching Ye Jiaojiao's thief head and thief head hide in the bushes, Rong Xiu secretly laughed in his heart when did he become like this?
Zheng Luoting followed the sound and walked towards Rong Xiu's side, Chen Lingyin looked at the dark bushes and hesitated, but after thinking about it, he gently followed.
"Brother Ting, where are you going?" Chen Lingyin shouted with laughter, as if he was a little scared in the dark alone!
Zheng Luoting turned around, "You go and wait in the pavilion, don't come along!" ”
Chen Lingyin didn't know the pavilion, but stood by the water, which was brighter. He looked down at the water at his feet, and looked up again to find Zheng Luoting's figure.
"Oops!" Rong Xiu rubbed his feet and sat on the ground.
"Uncle Huang, what's wrong with you?" Zheng Luoting stretched out his hand to support Zheng Rongxiu.
"I just scratched my foot!" Rong Xiu looked behind Zheng Luoting, could that careless little half-immortal succeed?
"Chen Lingyin, Chen Lingyin, Miss Ben will turn you into a water duck today!" Ye Jiaojiao moved a few steps away from Chen Lingyin, took a deep breath, and used the greatest strength in his life to hit Chen Lingyin.
"Poof", followed by a frightened scream from the woman's scream in the lake, breaking the warm reunion night.
Ye Jiaojiao hurriedly burrowed into the bushes again, and the cat hurried back. "If you don't drown, you will be scared to death! Tell you to harm me! Looking back, sure enough, Leng Man entered the lake again to save the beauty.
The children were still running around in the garden, and the royal ladies were chatting together. Ye Jiaojiao sat back on the bench in the original corridor again, looking at the children playing in the garden.
"Third Imperial Sister-in-law, aren't you going to see the lights?" Qingruo walked over and sat down.
"I don't know the way in this palace, I'm afraid I'll get lost!" His niece always shows up at the right time.
"I'll show you the way later!" Qing Ruo wants to be warm-hearted, and she is still the imperial sister-in-law she likes.
Looking at her niece's smiling face, the tension in Ye Jiaojiao's heart dissipated a little, "Did you guess a few riddles correctly?" ”
Qingruo was a little frustrated, "Just a few, it's too difficult." ”
After a while, the scene became chaotic, and Ye Jiaojiao knew that it was because of Chen Lingyin's matter. In the Inner Palace, someone dared to push the prime minister's daughter into the lake, and Zheng Dingye and Empress Chen both arrived at the scene.
In a hall, the dying Chen Lingyin sat on a chair, covered with a cloak, his little face was pale, and his whole body was shaking.
"Who is so bold as to dare to commit murder in the palace?" Empress Chen stepped forward and held Chen Lingyin's hand.
Everyone whispered, and their eyes naturally looked at Ye Jiaojiao, how long has it been since the last incident in the East Palace, and now the palace has come again.
"Luo Ting, what's going on?" Zheng Dingye glanced at Ye Jiaojiao, and turned to ask his son.
"Back to my father, I didn't pay attention at the time!" Chen Lingyin was behind him at that time, and of course he wouldn't know what was going on.
"Ahem!" Chen Lingyin covered her mouth as if trying to hold back her cough.
Empress Chen frowned and snorted coldly: "This matter must be revealed tonight, and no one present is allowed to leave!" ”
Ye Jiaojiao saw Queen Chen's domineering, and her heart trembled, and she was not worried about the consequences of the matter being revealed. Unconsciously looked for Rong Xiu's figure in the crowd.
No matter how nervous others were, Rong Xiu sat comfortably in the chair and looked at his good-looking fingers.
"Eleven, you were there at the time?" Zheng Dingye was a little dissatisfied with Empress Chen's direct order, and asked Rong Xiu next to him.
Putting down his good-looking hand, raising his better-looking face, Rong Xiu said lazily: "Here!" ”
"You didn't notice anything?" Zheng Dingye asked again.
Rong Xiu thought for a moment, "At that time, Luo Ting and Miss Chen were in the small pavilion, I just walked around blindly, and I didn't see anything!" ”
These words can't help but make people wonder if he saw something he shouldn't see, everyone looked at Chen Lingyin, a lady followed a man to be alone in the night, it was really unseemly, although the two had a marriage contract, they should also be measured.
"Lingyin, didn't you see the person pushing you at the time?" It's still Queen Chen's deep thoughts, as long as Chen Lingyin says that person, no matter who it is, she can't spare her.
Chen Lingyin's eyes were pitiful, "I don't think the person who pushed me is big, it should be a woman." ”
Needless to say? The person who has an enmity with Chen Lingyin is none other than Ye Jiaojiao, and her woman has already been determined to be Ye Jiaojiao.
As the saying goes, don't go unpunished, and see what else this water duck wants to do? Ye Jiaojiao sneered in her heart.
"Woman?" Empress Chen walked up to Zheng Dingye's side, "Your Majesty, what do you think should be done?" ”
The people of the Chen family are always so aggressive, the court is the prime minister, the harem is the queen, and they can't live in peace for a moment. "What does the queen think?" It's just that she is so sure that this matter was done by the princess of the Chu Kingdom?
"The concubines think that committing murder in the palace is regarded as a great rebellion, and they should be severely punished to set an example!" The killing intent in Empress Chen's eyes was obvious.
Ye Jiaojiao's legs began to tremble, and they still forced their spirits to brake quietly, relying on the fact that they had no evidence.
"Lingyin, you really didn't see who that person was?" Empress Chen spoke again, "Tell the truth, don't be afraid!" ”
Chen Lingyin naturally received her aunt's meaning, and thought that she would take this opportunity to get rid of Ye Jiaojiao. "I fell into the water and saw a figure running into the trees......" she hesitated.
Discovered? Ye Jiaojiao clenched her hands tightly, no, Chen Lingyin just wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of herself.
"I think that back image is Princess Xi!" Chen Lingyin said as thin as a mosquito, as if he was a little worried.
"I didn't!" Ye Jiaojiao replied loudly, emotional, showing that he had been wronged, "I really didn't!" ”
Empress Chen glanced at Ye Jiaojiao, "Where was Princess Naxi at that time?" ”
No one has proven this, "I didn't push her!" Ye Jiaojiao's tears couldn't stop pouring out, "There is no East Palace either!" ”
Zheng Dingye frowned, this princess of Chu is also incompetent, she only knows how to cry, even if she is framed, she is a ghost who succumbs to death. "Don't cry yet, no one will convict you until the matter is found out!"
Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Ye Jiaojiao thought extremely aggrieved, "I just sat in the corridor and watched the children play in the yard, and I didn't go anywhere!" I don't know the way, and I don't dare to walk around! ”
"No one with you?" Zheng Dingye asked.
"Father, I'm with the third emperor's sister-in-law!" Qingruo stood up, "The third emperor brother is too, why did you leave the imperial sister-in-law here alone?" ”
What Qing Ruo said is not unreasonable, King Xi should indeed accompany his princess, instead of going to private meetings with other women.
Empress Chen didn't expect that there would be such a variable as Qingruo, "This matter is getting more and more strange!" ”
"Actually, it's not strange!" Rong Xiu said lazily on the side, "Maybe Miss Chen accidentally fell into the water!" However, fortunately, he was rescued by Luo Ting every time! ”
Chen Lingyin's face changed, and she glanced at her aunt, "No! ”
Empress Chen is a little iron-clad, what's the use of this niece saying to her? Isn't this telling everyone that the two of them are doing tricks? He immediately turned around.
"Miss Chen said again that I pushed you into the water, am I Zhao Jiaojiao so stupid?" Now it's her turn to appear on the stage, "One way to do it twice, I'm afraid that others won't know that I did it?" ”
"It's you!" Chen Lingyin, who had suffered a loss, lost the weakness just now, and stretched out his hand to Ye Jiaojiao.
"Yes!" Ye Jiaojiao smiled miserably, "I came to the Jin Kingdom alone, who will support me in the whole Sui'an?" Even if I'm arrogant, I'll be stupid enough to calculate you in the East Palace? ”
The crown prince is Chen Lingyin's cousin, everyone knows this, so there are indeed many doubts about the affairs of the East Palace that day, and there is nothing to find out afterwards. However, Chen Lingyin got his wish and set up a marriage with Zheng Luoting, which seemed to be a blessing in disguise on the surface, but in fact, it may have been premeditated.
"Princess Xi is saying that I designed all this?" Chen Lingyin trembled with anger, "You are too vicious!" ”
"I never wanted to destroy the two of you, but my marriage with King Xi was decided by the two countries." Ye Jiaojiao sighed, "You will also get married in February after the next year, and I will move to Xiyuan to live then!" ”
Zheng Luoting looked at Ye Jiaojiao incredulously, she was definitely acting, she gave up Wutong Garden so easily?
"Enough!" Zheng Dingye felt that it would only become more and more chaotic if it went on like this, how could there be a concubine who was so low to the side concubine who had not yet entered the door? The people of the Chen family are really strong! What else is not understood in this situation? Donggong Falling into the Lake must be directed by Chen Lingyin, and today's incident must be to take advantage of the civil strife in Chu, except for the princess of Chu.
The scene fell silent, except for the low chirping of grass insects outside.
"Maybe Lingyin was a little frightened by falling into the water, so she was a little excited!" Empress Chen looked at Zheng Dingye's face, "This matter will be talked about in a few days!" ”
When it comes to something that is not good for the Chen family, she always says that she will talk about it in a few days, and after a few days, who remembers? Zheng Dingye did not speak.
"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, it should be harmonious and beautiful, don't let this disturb the fun!" Empress Chen smiled gently, and the ruthlessness of Fang Cai was completely gone, "I heard that the lights outside the palace are beautiful, you should all go and take a look!" ”
And that's it? Ye Jiaojiao was a little incredulous, she had prepared a lot of rhetoric that didn't work, and she wanted to sell it miserably!
"Imperial sister-in-law!" Qingruo tugged Ye Jiaojiao's sleeve, "Don't be angry, the queen must be towards Chen Lingyin, but you have suffered some wrongs in vain!" ”
"Qingruo, the queen is very powerful, isn't she?" The momentum just now is really not something that ordinary people can bear.
Qingruo whispered to Ye Jiaojiao's ear: "It's her who hides the knife in the smile!" ”