Chapter 56: The Truth About the South
Zhuo Zhaojie didn't know how long she had been asleep, and suddenly remembered in her daze that she didn't miss the send-off, and suddenly a 'excited' spirit woke up-she was still a little ignorant when she woke up, and she vaguely heard a voice talking-
ββ¦β¦ Senior brother doesn't know, it's not that I refuse to sell my senior brother's face, it's really a complicated situation in Chang'an, and the Marquis of Minping ......"
Hearing his grandfather's title, Zhuo Zhaojie was startled and suddenly sobered up, but as soon as he lost his mind, he missed a few words at the bottom, and heard the sound of You Ruoheng outside the window and Huifeng, and You Ruoheng's voice slowly sounded: "Senior Brother Cui, what do you mean, could it be that Zhaocui is going south, not just for his studies?" β
"Why did Senior Brother You say this?" Another calm and elegant voice said with a hint of surprise, "Could it be that Ling Ailing's son-in-law didn't tell Senior Brother You?" Now the eldest son of the East Palace, the king of Yanchang County, grew up, and married the concubine of the Marquis of Dunyuan at the beginning of the year, although the biological mother of the king of Yanchang County is not the crown princess, but before the senior brother was to the official, I think I have heard that the prince loves Lu Ji and is not in harmony with the princess, right? β
It turned out to be You Ruoheng and Cui Nanfeng talking secretly downstairs! You Ruoheng's birthday, Shi Hui, who was on the list of the same subject in the past and now has the power of the government and the opposition, naturally couldn't leave his body and came back from Chang'an to congratulate, but Cui Nanfeng arrived every year, he and the You family are good friends, and Zhuo Zhaojie is no stranger to his voice.
Zhuo Zhaojie was secretly surprised, and hurriedly slowed down his breathing, for fear of being discovered by them, although You Ruoheng would not do anything to her, after all, she also unintentionally bumped into this matter, so Cui Nanfeng thought of You Ruoheng's face, and he was even more embarrassed, but it was really embarrassing - not to mention that judging from the first sentence he heard after waking up, it seemed to ...... Is it also related to Zhuo Zhaocui's plot to apprentice?
She was in a state of shock, and Ruoheng had already said in a deep voice: "What is going on?" β
"Now in the court, the saint trusts Senior Brother Shi the most." Cui Nanfeng knew that You Ruoheng would not 'bother' about everything after Zhishi, and said patiently at the moment, "Secondly, it is the turn of the Duke of Qiguo, the Marquis of Minping, and the Marquis of Dunyuan, in addition, although Taishi Su has been retired for a long time, Yu Wei is still there - senior brother, please look, the Duke of Qiguo and the Marquis of Dunyuan are in-laws, and the current Duchess of Qiguo is the sister of the Marquis of Dunyuan, and his son has already established the son of the Duke of Qiguo!" The two families are not said to be one family, but the 'daughter' of the Marquis of Dunyuan married to the king of Yanchang County is a matchmaker made by the Duke of Qi Guo himself......
"As for the Marquis of Minping, he has taught the king of Yanchang County to 'shoot' for many years, and naturally he also supports the king of Yanchang County...... It's just that Su Taishi insisted that although the king of Yanchang County is the eldest son, he is not a descendant, because he is the first son of the prince, the sage was happy, and promised the prince to register him as the king of the county, which has broken the rules! Now he shouldn't marry a high-ranking 'family' and a noble 'girl'! If Master Su is like this, it will be nothing, but Senior Brother must know that Chunyu is ...... to the queen."
You Ruoheng groaned and said: "Queen Chunyu has always been a heavy heir. β
"Not bad." Cui Nanfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Queen Chunyu is not an ordinary heir!" Even the saint has no sons and concubines under his knees, and from the prince to the kings and princesses, they are all from the queen! Since this dynasty, anyone who spoils a concubine and destroys his wife, unless the queen does not know, once he knows, he will be investigated to the end, and he will not be spared! In fact, according to the news sent by Senior Brother Shi recently, the East Palace's favor of the King of Yanchang County has been punished by the queen several times, but the King of Jin and the King of Light are all in harmony with the princess Qin Se, and they are deeply favored by the queen...... Therefore, even if the Duke of Qiguo, the Marquis of Dunyuan, and the Marquis of Minping all stood on the side of the king of Yanchang County, even the prince himself preferred the eldest son of the concubine, and was indifferent to the Zhending County King from the crown princess, but as long as the queen was in one day...... Senior brother, you also know, how can the crown prince compete with the queen? It's a saint, and now there's no one here, and I'll say a word - a saint can't beat the queen many times. β
"In this way, Zhaocui went south, and he was actually instructed by Marquis Minping?" You Ruoheng muttered.
Cui Nanfeng said: "I can't ask directly about this matter, but when he arrived, Senior Brother Shi's letter chased after him, explaining the situation in Chang'an...... At present, Su Taishi relies on Queen Chunyu to suppress the king of Yanchang County everywhere, and wants to protect the position of the future prince of the county king, and the Duke of Qi Guo and the Marquis of Dunyuan, even the 'daughter' is married, of course, they are not reconciled...... Both sides want to drag Senior Brother Shi into the water! After all, the saint relied on Senior Brother Shi very much, and he had the influence of Princess Huarong in the clan...... The royal family is the most dangerous, when the King of Qi made a 'chaos', when the senior brother easily avoided the past, and relied on the intercession of the eldest princess of Huarong to enter the cabinet, and now the prince is more thrilling than the rebellion of the kings, not to mention that the senior brother has been very homesick recently, he is thinking about finding an opportunity to return to his hometown in a few years, and he has a drink with us, which can be regarded as the agreement when the teacher studied hard together...... I really don't want to be involved again, so Zhuo Zhaocui and I can't accept it, and I ask my senior brother to forgive me for this. β
You Ruoheng sighed and said, "How did I know that there are so many hidden secrets in this? I won't tell you the truth, if you hadn't mentioned the East Palace and mentioned the struggle for the prince, I would only say that this kid really went south to fight for his father! Take pity on him for this filial piety...... What's more, there is a concubine who is married to the daughter-in-law, but he has to pass over the young son who went to the step-room, which is really not true! The tone couldn't help but reveal a little sadness, "At the beginning, the junior brother was a matchmaker and promised Ji Niang to Zhuo Fangli, saying that he had a good character, but now it seems that he also has a time to look away, but it is also my own stupidity, not that you specially explained it today......
"Where did Senior Brother say this?" Cui Nanfeng said, "You and I share the same 'door', reminding each other that it should be, not allergic Pinghou now has a few great-grandchildren, and he still refuses to establish a son, no wonder Zhuo Fangli is in a hurry, Zhuo Zhaocui is still young, and he will not be able to go to the side of the 'door' with his heart and mind...... Besides, Marquis Min Ping is his grandfather, the elder ordered it, and he is also embarrassed by the junior, so don't blame him too much......"
The two sighed a few more words about this matter, and then talked about the homework of Ren Shenzhi, You Chi, and You Huan.
Upstairs, Zhuo Zhaojie's face was red and white, his hand pressed on his chest, he only felt his heart pounding, and a thousand thoughts hit his heart, but he had no idea!
She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that she was sleeping by the window, so You Ruoheng and Cui Nanfeng came in, although the window on the second floor was open, but she didn't find herself, but when she woke up at this moment, she naturally straightened up...... She didn't know when You Ruoheng and Cui Nanfeng would leave, so she carefully took off her clogs, barefoot, and prepared to retreat to the bookshelf so as not to be discovered.
I didn't want toβjust turned around, and what I saw in front of me, but I was suddenly startled, and I almost didn't scream on the spotβin contrast, Ning Shaobi was obviously prepared, and she didn't raise her head, she only raised her index finger lightly, and made a silent gesture on the side of her lipsβZhuo Zhaojie bit the tip of his tongue hard, and only then could he hold back the exclamation that came to his mouth, and settled down, only to see that he had also taken off his clogs, sitting cross-legged under the bookshelf not far away, and was flipping through an ancient book taken down from the shelf with extremely slow and gentle gestures.
In the middle of summer, the sun is sparsely filtered by the sparse bamboo leaves near the study, the small lotus pond under the window reflects the sunlight, the water 'color' ripples, and the second floor of the study is reflected in a grand picture, this grandeur, but seeing Ning Shaobi's face 'color' is surprisingly bright and bright, like 'jade' like porcelain, radiant, the rippling water light in front of his 'chest' and arms swaying with sparkling light, and dragging out a heavy black shadow under his long eyelashes from Hu blood, there is an indescribable handsomeness and luxury.
He didn't seem to be worried that Zhuo Zhaojie would alarm the people downstairs, and after signaling, he continued to look intently, and his posture was not at all like the person who trespassed into someone else's study and overheard the conversation of the elders, but more like this place was hisβso natural.
Zhuo Zhaojie looked at him in a daze for a long time, because now that the windows upstairs and downstairs were open, she could even hear the sighs of You Ruoheng and Cui Nanfeng clearly, and she didn't dare to venture to open her mouth at the moment, so she had to look at him blankly.
Ning Shaobi let her watch, patiently and attentively looked at the book in his hand, after a while, he turned the last page, closed the book, gently put it back, and also looked at Zhuo Zhaojie - that kind of undisguised and unscrupulous gaze saw Zhuo Zhaojie lose in a moment, her cheeks flushed, and she looked away.
It's just that Ning Shaobi didn't restrain because of this, he leaned back against the bookshelf, folded his hands as pillows, and stared at Zhuo Zhaojie intently-Zhuo Zhaojie is really sitting on pins and needles now, afraid of being discovered by You Ruoheng and Cui Nanfeng, so he didn't dare to open his mouth or leave-lest for fear of being heard from below when he left......
It's like a year, so the downstream An came in to urge, and the two went out together.
Watching their figures disappear behind the bamboo upstairs, Zhuo Zhaojie let out a sigh of relief and turned his head, but saw that Ning Shaobi was still looking at him with interest, her face was even redder, and she said angrily: "What does the prince do to me like this?" β
"You can look at this son, why can't this son look at you?" How do you know that Ning Shaobi is very arrogant, Zhuo Zhaojie thought about it...... As if she did look at him first, she was suddenly a little speechless, she didn't expect the words to go back and forth, Ning Shaobi had already continued, "Besides, you don't necessarily look better than this world." β
"......" Zhuo Zhaojie was a little annoyed and angry, "I'm a 'girl'!" β
Ning Shaobi nodded thoughtfully, Zhuo Zhaojie also said that he wanted to apologize, but he said: "That's right, the strength of the little lady's family will always be a little smaller, this son doesn't care about you being thin and thin, and the little lady still has to hate this son for looking at you a few times......" He shook his head and sighed, "In ancient times, the sages were honest and didn't deceive me!" β
β¦β¦ Thin! In an instant of Zhuo Zhaojie, his previous good impression of Ning Shaobi fell directly to the bottom!
She took a deep breath before stabilizing her tone and said, "I just looked at you...... No, I'm just looking at you...... No! We're just that! It's to ask, why are you here? β
"The banquet is boring, walk around at will to get here, before you take a closer look, someone came downstairs, this son didn't care, was trying to say hello, but turned his head and saw someone sleeping soundly by the window, for fear of gossip, causing misunderstanding, and could only hide, chatting a few books to pass the time." Ning Shaobi withdrew her arm as a pillow, moved her wrist, and said without hurrying or slowing.
Zhuo Zhaojie's face was slightly stunned, then embarrassed, then annoyed, and then speechless......
She only felt that she had never been so ashamed...... Hu 'Chao' said: "Then the son of the world, please continue to read." And he got up and waited to go.
How do you know that she has not moved since she woke up, half of her body has long been numb, this will get up and go to wear clogs, only as soon as she stepped on it, she screamed and fell down, Ning shook her eyes and quickly helped her, and said with a smile: "Just a few jokes, why is the little lady so afraid of this world?" β
ββ¦β¦ I am not afraid of you! Zhuo Zhaojie can't do it for the time being, so he can only sit down stupidly, press the 'leg', and said depressedly, "I just want to see off the guests outside, and I should go and 'show' my face." Suddenly remembered, "Shizi, you should also go, right?" β
Ning Shaobi said indifferently: "When you go out at this moment, it is inevitable that a group of people will come up and make noise, and when everyone is dispersed, this son only needs to greet You Lao Hanlin." β
Zhuo Zhaojie pursed his mouth, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Ning Shaobi chatted casually: "How many times have I met, but I still don't know the name of the little lady?" β
"My name is Zhaojie." The cool air is open, and the name of the 'girl' child's family doesn't matter, Zhuo Zhaojie said casually.
"Oh, Zhaojie is another name for 'spring', and the little lady was born on the day of 'spring'?" Ning Shaobi said.
Zhuo Zhao nodded, glanced at him, and said, "I know that the son of the world is called Shaobi, and most of them were born in the summer. β
"The idle water in Jintang shakes the blue ripples, and the old scenery is heavy and does not fly in shock." Ning Shaobi said with a smile, "The first thing that comes to everyone's mind when they hear this name is Li Changji's set of "Henan Mansion Test December Music Words and Leap Month", but in fact it is not. β
He said leisurely, "Yes...... Shake off the square to know the jade 'jade' deep. β
"Shake it off to know that the jade is deep?" Zhuo Zhaojie pursed his lips, "I've only read 'Shake Fang Zhi Song's jade 'sadness', but I don't know who wrote this sentence?" β
Ning Shaobi did not answer this question, but answered the question: "Your brother, the purpose of going south has been exposed. β
"......" Zhuo Zhaojie was bored for a moment, and then said, "Cui Shanchang and his grandfather don't want to do much, so Uncle Ling seems to be already in it, right?" β
"What does the life and death of the Duke of Qi Guo have to do with my Yongcheng Hou Mansion?" Ning Shaobi smiled and said, "So, you said that if I pass on what I heard today back to Chang'an, if Empress Chunyu knew that your Zhuo family is now doing so much for the king of Yanchang County, and even You Lao Hanlin has been coaxed...... Even the crown prince hasn't ascended the throne yet! What would the royal think? β
"You!" Zhuo Zhaojie's eyes widened, and it was difficult to speak!