Chapter Seventy-Three: The New Xixi, a Strong Succession

"Xiao Ye plays the shadow of the sun, helps the west wind, stands on the black clothes stone, and the red sleeves come from the wall."

Rib held a cup of medicinal food in his hand, and then stepped into the atrium from the Gongyue Gate in the next courtyard, and saw Qingtian shaking his head and shaking his hands behind his back, pacing in the hand-copying verandah, while saying these four sentences, his two eyes staring at himself intently, and the corners of his lips still carried the self-style elegance that was not pumped.

"A few days ago, it was like a frosted eggplant, why did I follow the prince out of the door yesterday with a dead face, it was like beating chicken blood, and I would recite poems again." Rib smiled and looked at the clear sky: "Don't let it go yet, it's cold carefully, and the prince is still waiting to use it." ”

Standing on the bluestone on the side, the gray cross, his figure flickered, and he came in a moment: "The son of the world got up?" I drank so much wine in Peach Blossom Lake yesterday, and I didn't feel any discomfort, right? ”

Rib glared at Gray Du: "I'm embarrassed to mention that the two of you will go out with the prince of the world, and you won't persuade you." ”

Gray Du grabbed a handful of necks, and moved aside in a witty way, yesterday and Qingtian only cared about the interaction between the prince and Wu Niang, and didn't pay attention to the wine of Najia Dalang, and even poured seven or eight lamps of the son, to say that with the ability of the son, he wanted to resign, and ten Jia Wenxiang was not a problem, but yesterday the one who came did not refuse, and it was also the result of love......

"I have something important to report, and when the prince takes the medicinal diet, you remember to say a word." Gray Du was in a trance for a while, and finally thought of the right thing, and chased after Rib and reminded.

On the side of the koi pond, Yu Feng was wearing a jade white dress, watching the brocade tail frolicking, grabbing the floating flowers on the water, the corners of his lips were like a spring breeze, and there was no hangover at all. Rib put the porcelain cup on the dining table in the porch, and then stepped forward to report: "Shizi, the medicinal diet has come up, let's take it while it's hot, I drank too much wine yesterday, I'm afraid I will feel thirsty today, and the slave maid specially added white ginseng licorice." ”

After the prince sat down, Rib Fang opened the lid of the cup, handed over the porcelain spoon, and supervised the prince to use up a cup of medicinal food before he sighed.

"The slave maid put Ah Wei's letter in the study yesterday, has the prince seen it?" Rib asked.

Yu Feng bowed slightly: "I've seen it, it's some dietary therapy prescriptions, you can put it away later." ”

"It's hard for Ah Wei to keep in mind, although the residual poison of the son has been resolved, but in the end it hurts the spleen and lungs, and it must be relieved by monthly injections, and the medicinal diet cannot be broken. Rib said with a smile again.

"Thanks to you, if you hadn't pestered Jiang Han to learn how to apply needles, I would have suffered a lot." Yu Feng smiled.

Rib blushed slightly: "This is all the duty of slaves." ”

"The Jiang family's medical skills have always been unpopular." Yu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly.

Ribbing's face turned even redder, and he coughed shallowly: "Jiang Han, he ...... It must have been approved by the husband, all for the sake of your face. ”

"I can't wait long, Jiang Han will also return to Beijing with Mr." Yu Feng was thoughtful.

Rib suddenly dimmed: "He said in his letter that he did not want to stay in Kyoto for a long time, and when his husband was settled, he still wanted to travel abroad." ”

Yu Feng frowned slightly, looked at the rib line, and seemed to sigh: "You don't have to worry, Mr. also said that after ten years of recuperation, I will be considered fully recovered, and then I will ...... You should be given freedom. ”

The ribbed eyes burned, and he stomped his feet: "What do the slaves and maids have to worry about, the slaves and maids are the slaves of the palace, how can there be such extravagant expectations......" But he finally didn't want to say more, and neatly cleaned up the case: "Gray Du has something important to report, and the slave and maid will let him come over." "The pace was so hurried that he fled in the wilderness.

Yu Feng smiled lightly, half a sound, and then shook his head.

Suddenly, the gray man dressed in black strode over, first looked at the complexion of the prince, and grinned at the corners of his lips: "Congratulations to the son." ”

Yu Feng raised his eyebrows, and suddenly said, "Du, what are you...... Hangover and not waking up? ”

Gray Du grinned again: "The subordinates congratulate you...... The property is returned to its rightful owner. ”

Yu Feng rubbed the corners of his forehead, he knew that when the clear sky saw the beautiful scenery, it would inevitably be such a result, although Gray Du was extremely curious about the beautiful scenery at first, he didn't make fun of it in person, but now, it can be regarded as ......

"Tell me about your business." Yu Feng pretended to be serious.

Gray Du Fang restrained his joking mood, but the corners of his lips did not return to their usual tightness: "The subordinates found that Xie Sanniang bought off Zhao Si's family, a few days ago, the old woman looked for Mingyue many times, this morning, Mingyue finally met with Xie Sanniang, although I don't know what they both said, but Xie Sanniang smiled when she left, thinking that the plan had been decided." ”

Yu Feng snorted slightly, and said in his heart that the Xie family's Sanniang was not stupid to the point of being stubborn, and knew that he would buy Mingyue's family first, instead of taking the silver directly to buy Yu Zhou's maids.

"And then there'...... I think the next son already knows, tomorrow Erlang and An Hui made an appointment with a few ladies of the Weiguo Mansion to enjoy the flowers, and the location is the water lotus pond near the water lotus hermitage. Gray Du said again.

Yu Feng nodded: "Her strategy also makes it possible to break through the selfishness between Zhen Mo and the prince, but not to make things too big." ”

Gray Du was slightly puzzled, there is a group of people who will go to enjoy the flowers tomorrow, and most of them are women, others don't say it, just an Anhui, it is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp, and it has broken through such "secrets", and it is not widely publicized?

Yu Feng squinted his eyes, saw through Ash Du's doubts, and said with a smile: "This is a big deal, even if An Hui doesn't know what to do, Yu Zhou is not a fool, where can he dare to offend the prince, at most he will only report it to the second uncle, once the second uncle knows, he will warn An Hui to keep silent, as for the Weiguo Mansion, whether it is the eldest princess or the Wei Guogong, they all know that it is powerful, and it will not be preached." ”

Gray Du suddenly realized: "In this way, the eldest princess will know Zhen Mo's nature, and she will not let such a woman enter no matter what, and the prince's secret will not be spread...... Su Wu Niang is just a cardamom year, and she can come up with such a way to get the best of both worlds, it is really ice and snow smart, and you ...... with the son of the world."

Yu Feng coughed lightly in time.

Shizi was still full of aura when he was majestic, and Ash Du was immediately silenced: "There is one more thing, the matter that Shizi explained earlier has been properly explained, and the people arranged by his subordinates have already contacted the old bustard of Qianrao Pavilion, and she still held this cash cow to death at first, but when the rich merchant raised the ransom to two hundred taels of gold, the old bustard immediately nodded." ”

"It seems that in these two or three days, the third prince will go to see Hongyi." Yu Feng got up suddenly: "Be cautious, be sure to be foolproof, and get the jade seal given by the emperor." ”

"Yes." Gray Du firmly promised.

"The maids of Qianrao Pavilion also have to be protected, as soon as this matter is settled, transfer her to a safe place, away from Kyoto......" Yu Feng instructed again: "Before this, let her take that jade seal to the 'Nine Streams Secret Dang'." ”

"Huh?" Seeing the prince leave with his hands in his hands, Gray Du didn't come back to his senses for a while, and became a black-faced root carving.

Jiuliu Dark Dang is an underground pawnshop all over the world, whose roots can be traced back to the Western Wei Dynasty and lasted for thousands of years.

This royal jade seal, the general pawnshop will never dare to accept it, who dares to rashly take it to pawn, it is undoubtedly self-throwing, but this nine-rate secret is different, not to mention the private seal of a prince, even the jade seal of the Son of Heaven They dare to take it into their pockets, and auction it in the dark pile, but ...... What is the purpose of the prince, he tried his best to "steal" the private seal of the third prince, but handed it over to the ninth stream secretly......

Although this jade seal is important to the three princes, it has no practical effect, and other people will not spend a lot of money to buy this useless thing, so it will become a deposit, besides, the three princes are not fools, if they lose the jade seal, they will inevitably find it in many ways, and when the auction is opened, the three princes must have the ability to redeem it, and the prince will not return it to its original owner?

Under the scorching sun, Gray Du was completely confused this time.

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Because of Mr. Wei's resignation, Fufeng Hall, which had been silent for a while, finally ushered in a new commotion on July 14.

Before the reopening of the class, in the main hall of Fufeng Hall, a small apprenticeship ceremony was held, and the little ladies were all wearing cardigan shirts with large sleeves and plain skirts, and each prepared a bamboo basket containing the "Six Rites and Bundles", that is, celery, lotus, beans, dates, longan, and dried meat, and offered them in turn, and bowed to them, and served tea with both hands.

In this process, the eldest princess arranged for Mama Song to supervise the whole process, so the little ladies also followed the rules, but there were still many people who looked forward to it, curiously looking at the famous gentleman in front of her, and secretly compared it with Wei Yuan.

Li Jihe today wears a plain white round-necked large-sleeved shirt, his hair is tied with a scarf, and his waist is tied with a soap belt, sitting upright as the chief, with a serious expression, which is very different from the style of the scribes who stroked their beards and smiled lightly and drank tea with their eyes closed, so that some little ladies were quite disappointed.

An Hui raised her eyebrows and whispered to An Ran: "The same teacher is famous, but Mr. Li looks much more stereotyped. ”

Erniang also took advantage of the unpreparedness, bit Sanniang's ear and said, "Mr. Li is too serious, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

Yijing deliberately observed Mama Song, and when she saw her standing aside, she didn't seem to pay too much attention to Li Jihe, and once again affirmed Mama Song's judgment that she didn't know Li Jihe.

Because Yichen has been married, and is discussing relatives, this time is busy with learning affairs, so he completely said goodbye to the female school, and did not appear in the Fufeng Hall today, the disciples only have the six golden flowers of the Weiguo Mansion, and the three sisters of the Chu Wangfu Hui, Ran, and Jin, and after everyone finished serving tea, they were replaced by Li Jihe to give the disciples a salute.

Compared with Wei Yuan's casualness of one person and one inkstone, Li Jihe obviously did his homework, and the answer and "admonition" made many people "shocked".

Li Jihe's reply was not given one by one in order of age, but by name.

Yijing was the first to step forward and got a set of thread-bound books, Siniang and Liuniang glanced at it curiously, and found that it was the advice offered by the scholars of Songhe when they came out of the school, and their eyes suddenly lit up, and they were all waiting for Mr. to be named.

Siniang followed forward and got a set of famous calligraphy, and then Liuniang, who got a set of Zihao, and the admonitions were all one sentence, and then make persistent efforts.

The two sisters were quite encouraged, their little faces were dyed with excitement, and they already admired Mr. Li very much in their hearts.

At least this newly appointed Xixi knows what the disciples are interested in and what they are good at, and his serious attitude is still highly admired by the disciples.

Yijing didn't pay much attention to it at first, until Sanniang stepped forward-

Li Jihe's gift is also a set of Zihao, which is no different from Liuniang, but that admonition ......

"Your handwriting has a bit of a backbone, but the heart is impetuous, there is a competitive heart, see that the success is not as good as others, and finally give up halfway, for the teacher hopes that you will nourish your heart and pleasure in the future, hold the pen for quiet, guard against arrogance and rashness, in order to make progress in calligraphy and temperament."

Yi Jing admired these words a lot, and gave Li Jihe countless thumbs up in his heart.

In the end, only An Hui and Er Niang replied.

When An Hui stepped forward, Erniang's face was completely like ashes.

According to her observation, this Mr. Li is obviously in the order of talent and learning, although she is self-aware, she does not dare to compete with Yijing, Siniang, and Liuniang, but she is conceited to be stronger than An Jin, the daughter of the Lingren who has not been enrolled for a long time, and she doesn't want to become the bottom now.

An Hui is actually a set of women's four books, for the current women's compulsory courses, in the early years, everyone was already familiar with their chests, and then Li Ji and that merciless admonition: "The so-called talent and virtue are both, regardless of talent, this word of virtue is the basic, I hope you are good at it." ”

Although she has always been domineering, An Hui had to be silent at this time, holding the fourth female book and returning to her seat, gritting her teeth non-stop.

All the little ladies are paying attention to the second lady who stepped forward at the end, and what kind of reward they will get.

And Erniang naturally didn't have time to be happy about An Hui's encounter, kneeling on the mat nervously, waiting to lose face.

But seeing Li Jihe lowering his eyes and sighing, he suddenly sighed, and then asked a few scholars to carry a long wooden case, but there was a lyre, a set of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, two boxes of chess pieces, and danqing for painting.

Over the years, Erniang has lived a very free and uninhibited life in her studies, so that the four arts are unfamiliar - in musical instruments, they can probably only distinguish different types; In calligraphy, it is limited to the words written that can be recognized; In the game, whether the rules are rough has always been a curious mystery; Yu Painting ...... Well, since a few years ago, she painted a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water, which was commented by Mr. Wei as a "fat wild duck", and she has never seen Erniang pick up a paintbrush.

In view of Mr. Wei's also free and uninhibited, for many years of Erniang's studies only adhering to the basic teaching her literacy and hyphenation, when Er Niang finished reading the fourth female book, he let it develop, as long as he did not make trouble in school, did not sleep in class, Mr. Wei was satisfied, and Er Niang has been free and easy to mix in Fufeng Hall.

Facing the piano, chess, books, and paintings on the case, Erniang was very confused at this time.

"Second lady, you...... Choose one of the arts, and strive to achieve something within a year. Li Jihe probably knew that the task was very difficult, so he frowned and looked a little more serious.

Sanniang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

caused Erniang to look back and glare, and her gaze was like an arrow.

Yi Jing noticed that Mama Song bowed slightly, and seemed to agree with Li Jihe.

Erniang looked at the answer on the case sadly, hesitated for a long time, and finally chose pen, ink, paper and inkstone - in contrast, she is finally good at calligraphy, and she will not have to start from holding a pen.

After the apprenticeship ceremony, the teachers and students went to the water pavilion and started the first class.

"Do you think that Mr. Li seems to be a little kind-hearted, and I always have a feeling of déjà vu." Siniang whispered to Yijing and Liuniang.

Yijing was very surprised, when she first saw Li Jihe, she also had this feeling, and thought that she had met in her previous life, but she didn't pay attention to it, and she didn't want Siniang to feel like this.

Liu Niang raised her eyes slightly, as if she looked at Li Jihe a few times intently, thought for a while, and nodded: "It's weird." ”

Yijing noticed Li Ji and in front of the negative hand, looking far away.

Following that gaze, it was Mama Song who was going far away.

Thinking of what Du Yuniang asked Sanshun to bring, he said that Li Jihe's details had been clarified, and invited himself to meet in the market and talk in detail......

The beautiful scenery is looking forward to that day.

When Mama Song returned to Yuanying Hall and told the scene just now, the eldest princess also felt very comforted: "Although Wei Yuan's talent is good, he is really a little laissez-faire to the students, it all depends on everyone's consciousness, this Li Jihe seems to be a strict teacher, I am actually looking forward to it, I don't know if Sanniang's temperament can be restrained a little, and after a year, Erniang will have any attainments in calligraphy." ”

"The slave and maid look at it too." Mama Song said with a smile, and then talked about the little ladies enjoying the flowers the next day: "Although there is Wang Fu Erlang together, the ladies are still young, and they have to arrange a few weighty mothers-in-law to follow." ”

The eldest princess nodded: "I have already explained to the Huang family, let her choose, compared to the servants, the guards are more important, in the end it is on the outskirts of the city, although it is not out of Jinyang Jing, but it can't be careless." ”

"That's not it, the serial murder case that occurred on the outskirts of the city a few years ago has not yet been found, although the gangsters are all villagers in the mountains, but they can't be too careless." Mama Song said again: "There is also a big lady, now is a critical time, and you have to go out more carefully." ”

The eldest princess raised her eyes and glanced at Mama Song, and then said, "You have always been cautious, remember to give me a reminder, but Chen'er won't join in the excitement this time." ”

Mama Song was slightly stunned, and immediately agreed: "It's still the princess, you think about it." ”

In fact, she was really a little confused in her heart.

Since finding the orchid hairpin, Mama Song immediately took it to the Huang family in front of the "ask for credit", although she knew who was the thief, but did not say it clearly, only thought that the Huang family would investigate, but waited for a while, but it was calm, according to Yuzhi said, Yichen's orchid hairpin has still not been recovered, and the thief has not yet been revealed.

Mama Song thought about it and guessed that the Huang family had other plans.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Huang family to call her to speak, and the implication was that she knew that Yuzhi Lao Ziniang had frequent contacts with her.

Of course, Mama Song didn't pretend to be confused, so she told the truth.

Although the Huang family did not say it explicitly, he reminded Mama Song that if this matter came out, the eldest princess would inevitably be annoyed, and the maids of Zhilanxuan would all be responsible, especially those first-class maids, who might not be able to protect anyone.

Mama Song immediately understood it, so she asked Yuzhi to persuade Yichen not to poke this matter away for the time being.

But in her heart, she couldn't figure out Huang's intentions.

Mama Song doesn't believe that the Huang family is as virtuous as it seems, but because the eldest princess is too protective of her, if there is something wrong with Yichen and the prince, the first unlucky one will definitely be the Huang family, the son is Langjun, and the Huang family is powerless to intervene in the management, but over the years, it has ...... Isn't the eldest lady educated into a stereotypical temperament? Although the eldest princess is a heroine, she has a temperament and doesn't know much about the selfish methods of those inner houses.

The old prince has only one wife in his life, and there are no concubines in the inner house who are jealous and make waves, how can the eldest princess understand the ruthlessness of this inner house woman.

Yichen is virtuous and good, and he doesn't know how to be flexible, if he gets a good son-in-law from an ordinary background, it's just a good man.

But how could the princes have only one concubine? Not to mention the three princes, who are from a noble background and look like that...... In addition, the queen will never hope that the three princes and Yichen will be harmonious, once Yichen enters the prince's mansion, with that kind of temperament, even if he has the support of the Weiguo Mansion and has a firm position, he can't prevent the viciousness of the inner house, and sooner or later he will suffer.

Mama Song had expected that Yichen would not die well......

Come to think of it, this is also as Huang wishes.

But the Huang family is now withholding the orchid hairpin, is it because he wants to completely ruin Yichen's marriage?

If this is the case, Mama Song feels that the Huang family can't hold her breath, with the power of the Weiguo Mansion, even if someone takes the orchid hairpin to make waves, the eldest princess will not let Yichen's reputation be ruined, and marry this eldest daughter casually.

But the orchid hairpin has already been given to the Huang family, and Mama Song can only give up.

I can only keep an eye on the other side of Zhilanxuan...... A few days ago, the thief Ah Qing actually made a mistake and was sent out, or the eldest princess was in her own hands, Mama Song felt unsteady, but no matter how she investigated, she couldn't find out where Ah Qing's family was sent to, and she didn't know why she made a mistake, and the Huang family didn't seem to care much.

Mama Song also reminded the Huang family that perhaps the eldest princess had already realized it.

The Huang family just told that it turned out that this Ah Qing was greedy again, this time he actually stole Yuanying Hall, and hit a gold bracelet at Linglong, and the eldest princess asked, only to know that her brother was a gambler, so he sent the family away, but the matter of the orchid hairpin was not revealed.

Mama Song thought about it again, thinking that if the eldest princess knew that Yichen had lost the hairpin, she would not be so calm, so she put her heart down slightly.

But he is still worried about Huang's arbitrary behavior and implicating himself.

Seeking a backer is to leave a way back, but you can't let this backer collapse and bury yourself in it, so Mama Song "cautiously reminded" in front of the eldest princess to show her loyalty, and tactfully reminded the Huang family that it is imperative for Yichen to marry the royal family.

Huang was also particularly surprised, and said with a smile that she had too much heart, only saying that she would endure this matter, nothing more than worrying about stabbing in front of the eldest princess and being punished, and she also wanted to find a time to clean up Ah Qing first, but she didn't expect her to take the blame for herself, but at this time, it was not good to suddenly return the hairpin to Yichen, after all, it was not her own daughter, and Yichen himself did not mention this ballast, if she returned the hairpin like this, I was afraid that Yichen would misunderstand and put her eyes and ears beside her, and there was a mustard between mother and daughter.

I have to find an opportunity to let Yichen bring it up first, so that he can return the hairpin.

This remark naturally will not make Mama Song believe that she is a ruthless person, and she has a very keen sense of "malice", the Huang family is by no means a good wife and mother, and Mama Song can be sure.

Fortunately, Mama Song trusts her adopted son Song Hui a lot, and knows that he will not leave any traces in the pawnshop, so that people can track down his upper body, and for the Huang family...... I have to believe that she is such a city government and will not do anything to set herself on fire.

In short, Mama Song didn't realize that the eldest princess already knew about the orchid hairpin, and she had already suspected that the Huang family was on her head, and the reason why she couldn't bear it was to see who the clown who jumped off the beam in the future was.