"Xiang Gongzi, you often run outside, what interesting news did you hear in the capital?" Hunt Qi sat opposite Xiangyang, picked up a large bowl, and took a few sips of wine. With a smile in his eyes, he asked casually.

"The royal affairs are so secretive, how can ordinary people know? What does this have to do with the county lord's travels?" Xiang Yang was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes to look at the smiling elegant face, and didn't understand why he had taken the topic away.

"Yes!"

Xiang Yang tilted his head, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, recalled some scenes in the wine shop, turned up some gossip news from the hearsay, shook it open and told Jia Qi:

"A few days ago, when I was drinking in the wine shop, I heard people in the capital get together to discuss, there was a happy event in the palace, the queen mother was going to celebrate her sixtieth birthday, and the princes and ministers took this opportunity to tie up with the royal family, and sent some people in the palace to come out to procure, buy strange treasures at a high price, and enter the palace to celebrate the queen mother's birthday."

As he spoke, he spoke, his eyes sank, the wine jug was held in the air and did not move, and a pair of puzzled eyes looked at a trace of glazed brilliance flashing in his black eyes: "Young Master Qi, the biggest thing in the capital is to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother and travel far away with the county lord, and the eight poles can't go together, is it related?" ”

"Yes." Hunt Qi smiled faintly, picked up a piece of cut beef from the plate with chopsticks, lowered his head and took a bite gently, very elegantly ate one bite at a time, eating very calmly, after swallowing the last piece of meat, he took out a handkerchief from the sleeve of his robe, gently wiped it at the corner of his mouth, put the handkerchief on the low table casually, and glanced at a pair of round eyes that were fiery.

Xiang Yang looked at Jia Qi like this, his movements were elegant, he calmly ate the beef on the plate, and then waited patiently for the following, and waited for a while, except for squeezing out the word "yes", it was silenced.

Xiang Yang was so angry that he couldn't bear it anymore, reached out and grabbed the uneaten plate of beef in front of him, and said the words in his heart directly: "Qi Gongzi, what do you mean by slowing down?" I'm an anxious person, you have something to say earlier, why do you say half and leave half, let me guess, you know that I can't tell hexagrams, why do you keep teasing me? Tell me honestly, is there any other deep meaning for the Queen Mother's birthday in the palace? ”

"Hehehe, Xiang Gongzi is becoming more and more intelligent, the drunkard does not mean to drink, but cares about the mountains and rivers." The slender jade finger tapped on the low table, and Xiang Yang followed the guidance of the jade finger and saw the two men and a woman on the low table gradually fading. Some things that were missed in my heart slowly picked up: "You mean, the prince and the king of Yu are both vying for the lord of the county, and this matter has alarmed the government and the opposition." ”

The prince said that the emperor was married to the prince. Who knew that the prince didn't know the true face of Lushan and openly refused to marry. King Yu took advantage of the fact that the prince had not yet understood, and immediately rushed to the imperial study to ask the emperor for marriage. Give him the lord of the county to be the princess of Yu. Originally, King Yu's request was understandable. But the emperor must consider the feelings of the prince, he is waiting for the right opportunity to eliminate the negative impact of the prince's refusal to marry, and after people forget the prince's refusal to marry, he will give the county lord to King Yu to be the princess of Yu, which is also a good thing for the royal family. ”

Seeing that Xiang Yang heard it with relish, Jia Qi changed his tone and continued: "Who knew that something happened halfway, and the prince realized that he had missed the county lord, so he rushed to the imperial study to ask the emperor for marriage. The prince refused to marry first, and King Yu proposed later, followed by the prince and proposed again, disrupting all the emperor's plans. It is not good for the county lord to marry anyone, it will inevitably cause disagreement between the two brothers, bury hidden dangers for the enlightenment of the country, and shake the country's foundation, which the emperors of all dynasties are unwilling to see. ”

"The crown prince is the future prince, how can King Yu fight for him. As long as the prince insists on what he has seen, the prince will inevitably win. Xiang Yang felt that what Jia Qi said made sense, but there was always a residual memory in his mind, that is, the crown prince was more competitive than King Yu, and he asked with a big tongue.

"You, if you drink too much wine and your brain is not bright, how can anyone who is in a high position not think about a higher position? King Yu was studious and versatile since he was a child, and he was a good prince who was likable, and left an excellent reputation inside and outside the court, both in the court and in the opposition. Many ministers around him are full of praise for him, there must be people who encourage King Yu to aspire, King Yu is not an idle person, there are many righteous people in his house, become his disciples, meteor is the most outstanding adviser in his house, for a long time for him to give advice, the interaction between the two is very tacit. It is enough to show that King Yu has ambitions, if he can marry the county lord, he will get the support of the prince, like a tiger with wings, and he will definitely have great ambitions in the near future. This is the purpose of King Yu's show of love to the county lord. ”

"A conversation with you is better than reading ten years of books, I have been taught, I have been taught, and I admire Mr. Qi for his foresight and insight into everything." Xiang Yang gave a thumbs up, took a few sips of wine, picked up a chicken leg from the plate, nibbled on it, nibbled the chicken leg of the chicken, and threw the chicken bone out the window.

You should now understand why the emperor was angry and punished King Yu for grounding, and sent the prince away from the capital to inspect the disaster, the emperor adopted the method of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, not giving the prince and King Yu the opportunity to contact the county lord, cut off their thoughts, and took advantage of the queen mother's 60th birthday to marry them, perhaps, when the county lord returned to Beijing, it was the time when the prince and King Yu got married. The emperor's move is actually killing three birds with one stone, not to offend the prince, and at the same time to avoid the prince and King Yu from hurting the peace. ”

"If the county lord doesn't enter the palace, he won't hurt his brother's harmony, I understand, but what you just said about the county lord doesn't enter the palace, the emperor won't offend the prince? I don't understand. ”

"The prince is the Great Wall of Qiguo, holding military power, two-thirds of Qiguo's troops are under the command of the prince, the emperor has to respect the prince for three points, the prince is a beloved daughter of the county lord, if anyone treats the county lord as a pawn and hurts her, the prince will be desperate."

"Oh, I see, the prince is afraid of others beating the county lord's idea, and he doesn't want the county lord to become a pawn and be manipulated, so the prince doesn't want the county lord to enter the palace, he just wants the county lord to live an ordinary life, but the county lord is destined not to be ordinary, and her body will inevitably be earth-shattering."

"Why do you know you can't do it? What message did King Yu want to convey when he came to see off the county lord? ”

"King Yu is testing the bottom line of all parties, so as to show his attitude, he wants to marry the county lord as a concubine, hoping that his sincerity can impress the county lord, make the county lord grateful, and seek the help and protection of the prince, as long as the prince is willing to stretch out his hand, his wish can be realized."

"How does the prince stretch out his hand? You forget, there is a rule in the palace, that is, all the unmarried daughters of officials above the third rank can participate in the birthday celebration of the queen mother, and the county lord has a husband, she does not belong to the scope of this invitation, which implies that the county lord does not meet the criteria for entering the palace to choose a concubine. ”

"Oh, I see, the prince didn't want the county lord to become pawns, but he treated us as his pawns, and recruited the five of us into the mansion since we were young, and became the county lord's Chongxi husband. Now that we have grown up under the training of the prince, the prince has not spoken to tell us when to have a round with the county lord. There is a foreshadowing here, we will all become the chess pieces of the prince, but how to use our chess pieces, the prince will not move for the time being, I can't understand the mind of the prince. ”

"Yes! If the prince is willing to enter the palace, he will dismiss the husband in the house, we will all leave the house and go our separate ways, the prince's refusal to marry annoys the prince, the prince will definitely not like the prince, if the county lord becomes the princess of Yu, the prince will definitely feel threatened, and guard against the king of Yu at any time, and even look for opportunities to be unfavorable to him, if things come to this point, the prince will inevitably make a move, and the prince will undoubtedly lose. ”

"At that time, the emperor will have a bad impression of the prince and slowly alienate him, King Yu will take advantage of this opportunity to regain confidence and gain the emperor's favor, and he will follow his own design and achieve his goal step by step."

"I guess, the prince won't be fooled!"

"The prince has already taken this into account, hehe, so King Yu's thoughts are in vain."

"There is no other way but temptation, or temptation."

The two drank wine, chatted, deduced all possible situations one by one, and then looked at each other and smiled.

They don't know whether things will develop according to the results of their deduction, so they can only wait and see how things develop and watch step by step.

The car continued to travel, climbed a hillside, and walked through the mountains, which were filled with dense fog, winding mountain paths loomed, and layers of terraced rice fields stretched down from the top of the mountain, divided into different shapes of color blocks, like a beautiful oil painting. From time to time, the figure of a running animal appears, which makes the movement and stillness present a sense of peace.

Occasionally, a few rays of sunlight came out of the clouds, like pillars of light surrounding a mountain peak in the distance, and Hunt Qi suddenly felt as if there were gods living there, so he watched for a long time, hoping that there would be a miracle. However, everything was in vain, when the clouds moved, the pillar of light disappeared abruptly, the mountain was still a mountain, and it was still shrouded in thick fog, maybe the immortals flew away.

At this time, the mountains and rocks along the road also have more to see, moist and show their respective textures, some like staggered waterways, some like desert smoke, some like Qianmo vertical and horizontal, some like clusters of flowers, some like people, like animals, all kinds of patterns are lined up, as if entering the gallery. I am afraid that these scenes can only be witnessed after the rain has washed away the mud and dust.

The wheels are still moving forward, and everything outside the window is still retreating in an orderly manner.

It's getting farther and farther away from the capital, it's getting closer and closer to Liancheng, Hunt Qi's mind is making a fuss about Liancheng again, and his thoughts are gradually opened, and the desolation in his eyes has become full of vitality: "I understand, the emperor is very annoyed by the disaster in Liancheng, but because of the face of the prince of the south, he did not openly reprimand him, and invisibly borrowed the hand of the county lord to find out the dirty things that the prince was hiding behind his back, and gave him a warning. I must come to the aid of the county lord, and when this is done, perhaps when we leave the palace. ”

The evil men of the county lord:

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