Chapter 61: Xuan's Proposal
The maid named Qing'er said while helping Mrs. Zhen tie her clothes. "Does the lady want to go over today?"
"That's it, when he leaves, it's enough to carry the Jing clan into the palace, and when he comes back from training soldiers, I will talk to him, and then the Jing clan will be the king, and Ah Cheng will be reluctant to do so. What can he do?" Madame Zhen stroked the transparent jade bracelet on her wrist, and her eyes were shining. "Finally waiting for this great opportunity, when I call my son to succeed to the throne, this beam is mine, hehe. ”
"Zhao Gongzi is the son of the lady, and Cheng Gongzi is the son and nephew of the lady, one is the emperor, and the other guards the country for the lady, and when the time comes, the lady will be the most honorable person in the world. The maid Qing'er pursed her lips and smiled, took the bright purple robe on the side and put it on Mrs. Zhen, knelt on the ground respectfully, and saluted Mrs. Zhen. "Madame's delight!"
"That's right!" said Madame Zhen's eyes, as if she had really seen the scene of the worship of all the peoples, and she smiled proudly and muttered. "I want Ah Cheng to take this world for me, and then there will be only one king in this world, and everyone will only serve me as the Lord!"
"Madame's words are very true!" said Na Qing'er, bowing again. "May Madame be blessed and prosperous!
"Okay! Well said!hehehehehe......" Madame Zhen deliberately lowered her voice and smiled proudly, flicking the long hem of her gorgeous robe. "When the time comes, I'm going to let those sluts taste my awesomeness!"
"That's exactly how it should be!" Na Qing'er got up and grabbed Mrs. Zhen's arm, and the master and servant slowly walked through the uninhabited hall like an emperor on a trip, and walked straight towards the wide open palace door.
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On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Wuxu Day, the green dragon is suitable for sacrifice, consecration, and travel.
In winter, the river surface is sparkling and floating, reflecting the mist and the rising sun, like beautiful jade sprinkled with gold.
The rising sun reflected on the calm water, with the rippling deep blue water waves flickering and surging, the faint morning fog on the water surface has not yet dispersed, floating on the river surface among the reeds, a hazy.
Suddenly, several sharp-edged clippers with their bows wrapped in pig iron appeared in the mist, and the ships swept across the water like arrows, and the slender hull caused ripples in the misty water.
Ye Ziyi sat in the canopy, holding the boat gang on one side tightly, her eyes widened, staring closely at the small piece of light at the entrance of the canopy, and her little face turned pale.
She is still afraid of taking a boat, especially this kind of small boat with a canopy, as soon as she enters this cabin, she feels her hands and feet tremble, and cold sweat breaks out on her body, if it weren't for Yang Gongzicheng to remove the curtain, she is really afraid that she will be so nervous that she will faint inside.
Suddenly, the light in front of her dimmed, Ye Ziyi's heart jumped, she looked up at the person with a frightened face, and it was easy to tell that it was Gongzicheng, she breathed a sigh of relief, but the hand holding the boat gang was white with its knuckles, and she grasped it tighter.
"What's wrong?" Gongzi Cheng reached out to grab Ye Ziyi, but he didn't move, seeing that she just looked at him with frightened eyes, a pair of small hands grabbed the boat gang, his big hand gently covered her little hand, patted it twice, sat down beside her, and said in a low voice. "Come to me. ”
Ye Ziyi shook his head indifferently and shrank back, but he didn't let go.
"Jing Ji, are you afraid of taking a boat?" Gongzi Cheng looked at her eyes full of horror, very puzzled.
Ye Ziyi's eyes flickered and she lowered her head, she leaned back, and said in a low voice. "I wasn't afraid before, but I was on the lake three years ago...... I've been most afraid of riding on such a boat ever since. ”
Gongzi Cheng was stunned when he heard this, but then he understood, he leaned forward, hugged Ye Ziyi, and said with a little apology. "I was reckless. ”
Feeling the warmth and freshness of his body, Ye Ziyi calmed down her emotions a little, she let out a long breath, and her body, which had been stiff, slowly slowed down her strength. "I, I'll just bear with it, Childe go get busy, don't pay attention to me. ”
"I'll be with you. ”
Gongzicheng said, half-kneeling in front of Ye Ziyi, looking at her pale little face, with a light smile on the corner of his lips, he reached out to brush the thin sweat from her head, held her somewhat stiff neck and let her lean into his arms, and caressed her back with both hands, until she completely fell into his arms, the smile on Gongzicheng's face slowly faded, and there was a hint of pity in his eyes.
Gongzi Chengyi held Ye Ziyi like this, until the sun rose three poles, and Ye Ziyi, who was a little out of strength, finally let go of his hands and let him take her into his arms.
Carefully holding the paralyzed Ye Ziyi in his arms like a baby, Gongzicheng looked at her pale little face with sweaty and broken hair, and held her head close to his chest in annoyance.
The river was wet and cold, whistling from the mouth of the open canopy, Gongzi Cheng pulled his cloak over Ye Ziyi, seeing that she was drowsy, he lifted the cloak up, wrapped her whole person in the cloak, and sat on the board of the boat very carefully.
After this toss, Ye Ziyi leaned on Gongzi Cheng's arms and didn't want to move, her tense nerves suddenly eased, and the physical and mental exhaustion also attacked, and after a short time, she fell asleep.
"Childe, there is a big ship ahead to stop us and others. Outside the canopy, the sound of the right hand suddenly sounded, and the speed of the boat gradually slowed down.
Gongzi Cheng didn't raise his head to sort out the cloak wrapped around Ye Ziyi's head, looked at Ye Ziyi, whose breathing slowly became gentle, and said lightly. "Who is it?"
"I've sent someone to check it out, I'll be back later. ”
After waiting quietly for half a cup of tea, I heard the sound of a wooden oar driving the water to get closer and closer, and after a while, a low human voice came, and Fu You soon appeared at the entrance of the canopy, and bowed his head into the boat.
"Who stopped the boat?" Gongzi Cheng raised his eyes to look at Fu You, ignoring the strange eyes he stared at his own cloak.
"Someone just came with a sticker, it was Chen Guogongzixuan. Fu Right retracted his gaze and replied, and the dark color of his body was as if he had become one with the ship.
"Gongzixuan?" Gongzicheng thought for a moment and said lightly. "Let's go check it out. ”
"Yes. ”
On the wide river, two large passenger ships are staggered across the water, compared to Gongzi Cheng's group of sharp knife boats, the double-decker passenger boats that are several feet long are even more huge, and when the five sharp knife boats are close to the big boat, the big boat has put down a soft ladder from the side of the ship, the soft ladder goes straight to the water, Xuan stands on the bow of the big ship, arches his hand down, and speaks very politely.
Xuan took the liberty to invite him, and begged the son not to see the sin, and please go on the boat for a while. Xuan's voice was clear, his attitude was also modest, and he bowed his hand.
Gongzicheng did not come forward, stood on the head of the boat with his right hand, respectfully returned the salute, and replied loudly. "Childe is inconvenienced, Master Xuan can enter the boat to talk. ”
"In this way, Xuan Cong's fate is. Xuan said, stepped up the soft ladder, slowly descended to the bottom, there was already a small boat to meet the bottom, Xuan took the small boat to the sharp knife boat, slightly bowed to the right of the whirlwind standing in the bow of the boat, got on the boat and bent into the cabin.
The cabin was a little dim, Xuan barely recognized Gongzi Cheng who was sitting in the cabin with Ye Ziyi, he bowed, sat opposite Gongzi Cheng with his clothes, and looked at him calmly with his eyes.
"Why did Gongzi Xuan stop me from going?" Gongzi Cheng hugged Ye Ziyi, looking slightly bloated, and he looked at Xuan with a faint expression, with an indifferent expression.
"Xuan has something to ask Gongzi for, so he is waiting here, and he has no other intention to stop the boat, and he hopes that Gongzi will not be blamed. ”
"Please speak up. Gongzicheng didn't seem to be interested in Xuan's words, and there was no trace of ups and downs between his words.
Since Childe said so, he said it bluntly. The Qi Guo Xiang clan once slandered the son's biological mother with others, and now he intends to take the son's life, which is already known to everyone. I heard that the case of Xiang's smuggling of salt caused a lot of turmoil in the Qi country a few years ago, and it was Gongzi's handiwork, right? Now there is an opportunity to overthrow Xiang's family, I wonder if Gongzi is willing to help in the next arm?" Xuan calmly looked at Gongzi, and his words were concise and to the point.
"What does Gongzi Xuan want?" Gongzi Cheng still looked at Xuan with a faint expression, waiting for him to continue.
"Duke Qi is old, and in recent years, there have been frequent witch curses in the Qi Palace, and the King of Qi has been panicking all day long, and he has killed several courtiers because of this incident. Now, there is a loyal person around me, with a strange art, now the Xiang family, if there is a son to help, you and I plan together, we will be able to cure the Xiang family one by one witch curse crimes, now the king of Qi is investigating the witch curse, if the use is appropriate, it is difficult to protect the throne of the queen of Qi. ”
Gongzi Cheng looked at Xuan quietly for a while, and said lightly. "Why did Childe seek my help, and what benefit did I have?"
"If this matter wants to affect the palace, it is bound to have the help of Gongzi, besides, the witchcraft rebellion has reached the point of today, presumably Gongzi also has the merit of fueling the troubles, since you and I are all here to defeat the Xiang family, yes, Xuan is willing to talk to Gongzi on the water today, and I am willing to ally with Gongzi and help Gongzi with an arm!" Xuan said, he had already bowed to Gongzi, but he had some pleading meaning.
"Gongzi Xuan is a Chen person, why do you want to be the enemy of Empress Qi?" Gongzi Cheng did not respond to Chengxuan, and still looked at him with a cold expression.
"Childe should know that Qi Wang Xinna's wife is the princess of Chen Guo, right?" Xuan raised his head, his eyes were a little red, and he said astringently. "That's my mother's sister. Two months ago, Empress Qi accused her of cursing in the palace, strangled her, and threw her body out of the palace to hide from the clansmen that her little sister was pregnant.
Gongzi Cheng looked at Xuan for a while and nodded. "In this case, what is the clever plan of Xuan Gongzi, it can be said. ”
"Thank you for your help. Xuan arched his hand, restrained his emotions, and said in a low voice. "Half a month ago, I planted a detailed report to Xiangfu, saying that Xiangfu was looking for witches, and I happened to have a doorman who was good at witchcraft, so I sent him to Xiangfu ......"
Xuan briefly recounted how the man had entered the mansion, and the two talked for a long time, until three poles in the morning, Xuan got out of the sharp knife boat, got into the small boat and headed for the big boat.
On the calm river in winter, there were few boats, and the two large ships had been staggered and parked on the water, just covering the sharp knife boats docked between the two boats.