Chapter 186: The Tragedy Moves Forward with Retreat
When Jian Xubai came back, his face was not very good-looking.
Seeing his wife coming up, he only glanced at it, and after taking off his coat, he even deliberately avoided the hand that Song Yixiao wanted to take, but handed it to Ji Su behind him.
Ji Su shuddered when he saw this, and almost didn't throw his coat to the ground: Two ancestors, it's only been a few days, and the first month hasn't come out, is it possible that there will be trouble again? !
He was thinking of a mediation strategy in fear, who would have thought that Song Yixiao turned his head and smiled at him, and said with a pleasant face: "You are tired after running with your husband for a day, right?" This will let the maids wait, and you can go down and rest! β
Ji Su could only retire worriedly.
After he left, Song Yixiao hinted that the others would also go down, poured hot tea himself, brought his hands to Jian Xubai, and said respectfully: "Please punish the husband!" β
Jian Xubai's face was gloomy, and he didn't want to pay attention to it when he saw the tea, but he was stunned for a moment, but he still didn't answer, and only said lightly: "It turns out that you still know that I am your husband?" β
"If it weren't for the husband's mercy, how could my mother love the house and Wu and take care of the aftermath for me?" Song Yixiao knew that he was at a loss, he would not care about his attitude, Rou Yi held the ink color kuikou tea bowl steadily, lowered her head slightly, and said softly, "My mother and husband treat me like a mountain, but I act without permission for my own selfishness, so that it affects my husband's future, which is really unforgivable!" β
"Since the sin is unforgivable, then you say, what shall I do with you?" Jian Xubai lowered his eyes, and happened to see his wife's ten fingers slender, caressing the black glaze, like snow and jade, hesitated, took the tea bowl, but didn't drink it, just held it in his hand and played with it, and asked rhetorically without raising his head.
Hearing the coldness in his tone, Song Yixiao relieved himself: It is better to question in person than to have nothing to say!
This shows that although Jian Xubai is unhappy, she should be the same as the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, and she intends to give her a chance - not to give a chance, such as the former chief steward of the Yanguo Mansion......
She thought about it for a while, smiled a little bleakly, and said, "Sister Jiang came here just now, saying that there were rumors about the palace banquet last night. At this time, if there is anything bad about me, I am afraid that it will be bad for my husband's reputation, and when the time comes, Qiu Shuxia and others will have to block your husband again! β
Therefore, "Please let me stay in this house for ten days and half a month, and when the limelight passes, I can declare to the outside world that I need to go to Jiangnan due to illness and stay for a long time to recuperate!" When the time comes......"
"You thought of this beforehand?" Hearing this, Jian Xubai suddenly put the tea bowl that he hadn't drunk on a few bites, knocked his slender and white knuckles lightly, and asked without emotion, "After avenging your maid, take advantage of the situation to leave the Yanguo Mansion and go to Jiangnan?" β
Without waiting for Song Yixiao to answer, he said again, "At that time, the sea will be wide and the fish will jump, and the sky will be high for the birds to fly?" β
Raising his hand to stop what his wife was about to say, he continued, "Away from the whirlpool of contention, and leaving aside me, a husband who doesn't like youβand under the banner of thinking about me? β
Song Yi smiled: "......"
The conscience of heaven and earth, she just wants to retreat!
But Jian Xubai didn't think so, he leaned back, changed to a comfortable position, and said in a very leisurely tone: "Don't speak? Also, I've never poked through your careful thoughts before, so it's no wonder you think I'm so foolish! β
He chuckled, his demeanor was elegant, but there was frost and snow under his eyes, "This, I can't think of a reason to prevaricate for a while?" β
Manchu was a little smaller, and said in a gossipy tone, "How about I think of one for you?" You can immediately throw yourself into my arms and say that you really just wanted to retreat and never wanted to leave me...... Do you think this statement is good? β
Song Yi smiled: ".................."
What should she say? What should she say?! What should she say!!
"I'm curious, though." Jian looked at her stunned expression, and became more and more sure that he had said what she thought, the cold in the phoenix eyes was deep, but the thin lips were more and more hooked, and said gently, "When the chief steward was ambushed, you also saw the elite under my command with your own eyes." But I don't know, where do you know that you can cut off relations with me after leaving the imperial capital, and from then on you will be free and unrestrained? β
Song Yi smiled: "........................"
Forget it, you can say whatever you want, just be happy!
But Jian Xubai's next sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky: "Su Shaoge? It's him, isn't it? β
Song Yi was stunned for a long time before he said in disbelief: "What did you say?" β
"Su Shaoge promised that as long as you leave the imperial capital, he will help you!" Jian looked at her lightly, the emotions in her eyes were unpredictable, "Otherwise, with your caution, how could you not greet me before planning such a big thing?" β
"Why should Second Master Su help me?!" Song Yixiao took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and asked rhetorically, "Even if he is a political enemy with you, he doesn't care about offending you!" But spending manpower and material resources to help me a powerless woman's family, not to mention that it will damage his reputation if it is passed on, just say that what benefits can he get by doing this?! β
He also said, "What's more, the reason why this incident is so big is that the first reason is that Cui Jianpian is unkind to his mother, and he actually gave up the twins in his womb as a bargaining chip!" The second is that the warm lady accidentally pierced the matter! If I had known in advance that it would be so far, how could I go to the side hall?! β
Jian Xubai smiled, but the smile was not up to the eye: "Last year's banquet, there were many ladies in the Zhanchun Pavilion, why should I only give you admiration?" β
Song Yi smiled and wanted to say, "Because you're too lazy to waste time and pick slowly", but when the words came to her mouth, she instinctively swallowed them.
Seeing her silent, Jian Xubai also paused for a short time before he said lightly again, "This matter is not a secret, anyone will feel that you are extremely important to me - obviously Su Shaoge thinks that if I deceive you from me, I will definitely go to the poor Bi Huangquan to find you!" β
"But even if I am a prince of the country and a vast sea of people, how can I find you who are trying to avoid and have the cover of the Su family at will?"
"At that time, how much energy will I have to assist the crown prince?"
"Even if the elders interfere and let me put my mind back on the matter of seizing the reserve, how can I not be resentful?"
"Maybe, he'll anger the princeβ"
When he said this, he smiled sarcastically, "The crown prince and I are cousins, and we have had a deep relationship since childhood. If even I were separated from him, what would people outside think of the prince? When the time comes, King Zhao is still afraid that he will not have a chance? β
On the night when Zhuo Ping'an burned the Willow Building, and the county lord of Qingjiang temporarily lived in Lunong Pavilion with his younger brother and sister-in-law, Lu Qinghong intercepted Su Shaoge to warn him, how could Jian Xubai not know about Su Shaoge's entry into his wife's bedroom at night? However, there was no problem with the relationship between the two at that time, and he was afraid that his wife would be embarrassed, so he pretended to be confused.
As a result, this time Song Yixiao planned for so long, but she didn't say a word about his husband - but when she was angry before, she said that she would invite herself to leave the court, and now she is playing with retreat, how can Jian Xubai not suspect that she was instigated by Su Shaoge, and deliberately left after avenging Zhiqin?
He was furious in his heart, but his face became more and more calm, "As for the collision of the warm lady, it will be even more interesting!" β
"You also told your mother that Lady Nuan must have been lying on the door to hear your conversation - then she has nothing to do with you or Cui's, why should she eavesdrop on you?"
When Song Yixiao heard this, she couldn't help but say, "I want to know, can I still let her mess up?" β
"Because if it weren't for the Duke of Ji Guo, when the Wuhuan Kingdom was destroyed, she would have died in the chaos like her sisters!" Jian Xubai said coldly, "With her beauty, whether she arrived in the imperial capital or was included in the palace, she didn't cause any discussion in the government and the opposition, do you think it's a coincidence!?" β
"Is it the Su family?!" Song Yixiao was taken aback, "But the Queen Mother, Mother, and Aunt Daiguo don't like Lady Nuan, so Ji Guogong was arrested again, how dare he do this?" β
Jian Xubai sneered and said, "Otherwise, why do you think the emperor's grandmother doesn't support King Zhao?!" In fact, before this incident, the emperor's grandmother loved King Zhao and Changxing very much, after all, the emperor's grandmother suffered a lot in the hands of the favorite concubine, and the most taboo thing was that the concubine disrespected the middle palace! β
But King Zhao's foreign family presented a peerless beauty to Emperor Xianjia!
How could the queen mother not be disappointed in the Su family, and then alienate a son and a daughter from the middle palace?
Seeing his wife's stunned expression, Jian got up and said lightly: "Think about it!" β
Saying that, he walked to the screen and took off his coat, "Xuepei is in the study, you have to wait for me to discuss some things, you may not come back for dinner, you ask someone to send it directly!" β
"Wait!" Song Yixiao didn't know what mood he was in, but when he heard this, he hurriedly shouted to him, "Sister Jiang got some recipes that were useful to Bolinghou two days ago, and I wanted to entrust me to give them to Sister Yuan, since Bolinghou is in the front yard, why don't you give it to him directly?" β
Although she persuaded Jiang Muyao bitterly just now, Jiang Muyao still insisted on keeping the prescription. Song Yixiao was helpless, and she could only do this for her against her will.
Jian Xubai also said that she shouted what she was going to say, and then looked at the stack of prescriptions and sank her face, before she took it expressionlessly, and said coldly: "Got it!" β
He walked all the way through the corridor and courtroom, and when he arrived at the front study, he opened the door and saw that the indoor dragon was burning warm like spring, and Yuan Xuepei, who was only wearing a spring shirt, was sitting in a wheelchair, with a woven blanket on his lap, and was casually playing the score - when he saw him come in, he casually brushed the chess game and said with a smile: "You husband and wife won't be quarreling, right?" Why did you go for half a day and didn't change your clothes? β
"Forgot!" Jian Xubai was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk to him about this topic, so he put the stack of prescriptions in his hand and said briefly, "Miss Jiang wants to give it to your sister, I heard that you are here, so I will bring it back to you by the way." β
Yuan Xuepei thought that it had nothing to do with him when he heard this, so he took an ornament and pressed it, but he didn't even look at it, and went straight to business: "There is news from the palace that the queen is very worried about Concubine Cui's dystocia, so she decided to promote a group of low-level palace concubines to the throne, so as to give the concubine a rush!" β
"What is the position of the warm lady now?" Jian Xubai knew that Queen Su did this purely to reward and win over the warm lady, so he asked the point directly.
"It's a four-grade beauty." Yuan Xuepei said, "It seems that the queen still wants to change her place to live, but now she is still in the New Year, and she may not move for the time being." β
"The beauty is qualified to live in the side hall." Jian Xubai grew up in the palace, and naturally knew something about Darui's harem, so he said lightly, "But she was only a five-grade lady before, but this is a three-level jump in a row, and the emperor's grandmother actually agreed?" β
Yuan Xuepei said: "The queen originally planned to promote her to two levels, but the reason was that Concubine Cui was pregnant with twin sons, and only being promoted to one level was not enough insurance!" As a result, when Cui Guifei heard the news, she sent her confidant palace maid to Weiyang Palace to remind the queen in public: Lady Nuan was pregnant earlier, although she could not give birth, but according to the rules of the palace, pregnancy and childbirth below the third grade can be promoted, so she can't only be promoted to two levels this time, it should be three levels! β
In this way, it is no wonder that the lady of the fifth grade has become a beauty of the fourth grade.
"The concubine was the prince's biological mother, so she was choked by the imperial aunt, and she immediately choked back!" Jian Xubai frowned when he heard this, "It's just that they don't worry about the snipe and the clam competing for the benefit of the fisherman?" β
ββFrom the four-grade talent and the four-grade beauty, it seems that there is only one level of difference, and there seems to be no difference between the super queen and the concubine of the first grade.
However, those who know the rules of Darui Palace understand what this level difference means!