[Chapter 3, Volume 3]

Section 311 Chapter 180 Behind the Scenes

When the imperial capital Taifu Mansion was full of guests, thousands of miles away, Fengzhou.

Ruiyu Hall is also colorful and prosperously decorated. Entering, but seeing that the hall is full of friends, the sound of silk and bamboo under the hall, the singing prostitutes relax their throats, the dancing girls pull their sleeves, and between the singing and dancing, the water and land eight treasures are endlessly presented, and it is very lively.

As the host, Wei Huan, but at the moment when the voice of silk and bamboo was the most prosperous and the dancing girl was the most charming, he excused himself from the wine, quietly retired to the people on the left and right tables, and handed over the errand of presiding over the banquet to the third son, Wei Shengnian.

Back in the back hall, a servant had already handed over a hot handkerchief, Wei Huan took it and wiped his face, sighed, the drunkenness that he had stumbled before had disappeared, and asked the servant: "What about people?" ”

"According to the previous instructions of the valve owner, the little one led him around most of the courtyard, avoiding everyone's eyes and ears, and invited him to the back study to entertain." The servant said softly.

Wei Huan nodded, took a step, remembered something, and asked again: "Did he come alone, or did he bring an entourage?" ”

"I only brought a scholar, and I heard him call the scholar a tiger slave."

"Well, that's really his scholar." Wei Huan stroked his long beard under his chin, but he didn't rush to the study to see this hidden guest, but first went to the upper room to change his robe, and said a few words to Mrs. Song, who also left the table early, before passing.

Pushing open the door of the study, I saw that there was a table of exquisite wine and food on the long wenge wood table outside, and now it was probably at the bottom. A handsome man in his twenties, with a frosty face on his face, was sitting upright on the back of the desk, holding a toothbrush, and was being served by a young man in Tsing Yi.

Although this man has a weathered face, his temperament is like a bright moon and snow, and he is a big abnormality. Seeing Wei Huan come in, he put down his toothbrush unhurriedly, took the embroidered handkerchief handed by the young man in Tsing Yi and wiped the corners of his mouth, before shaking his robe and getting up to salute: "Xin Yong has seen the valve master!" ”

"Virtuous nephews don't have to be polite." Although he knew what Wei Xinyong had done the year before last, Wei Huan didn't have a angry face when he saw him at this moment, but smiled and helped him up, and said kindly, "The old man heard that the virtuous nephew was coming, but he was afraid of snubbing the virtuous nephew, so he came immediately after changing his clothes." I don't want to come unfortunate and disturb my nephew's meal. "Just let him not be polite, although he continued to use it.

Wei Xinyong smiled lightly and said, "Thank you, the new wing has been used almost." ”

The two exchanged two more words, and Wei Huan asked someone to remove the food table and replace it with tea.

After being polite as usual, Wei Huan asked why Wei Xinyong suddenly came: "But what's wrong with Chaoyun County?" ”

"There is a labor lord who asks, Chaoyun County is just a small deserted county, even if there is wind and rain, the place is small, it is difficult to become a climate, how can it be said that it is worth hearing about it with the valve owner?" Wei Xinyong smiled indifferently and denied Wei Huan's speculation.

Wei Huan smiled and asked, "That virtuous nephew suddenly came...... Isn't it specifically for the full moon of the old man's great-grandson? ”

"Xinyong didn't expect such a coincidence." Wei Xinyong picked up the tea bowl, lifted the lid and skimmed the tea foam, seemed to be a little embarrassed, and said, "I remember that when I saw my niece last time, she had not yet left the cabinet, and now the eldest son is also full moon, which is really gratifying." ”

He said "gratifying, congratulations", but his tone was very flat, obviously just a casual remark to the occasion.

Wei Huan didn't care, he stroked his beard with a smile, and said: "The old man is old, and he is not as agile as you young people, and the virtuous nephew has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"The niece of the clan is deeply blessed." Wei Xinyong smiled lightly and said, "Of course, the valve owner has a sharp eye and chooses a good family for her." ”

"Chang Ying's blessing is still a little shallow." Wei Huan smiled kindly, "If she could win the favor of her nephew and help her the year before last, then she would be truly blessed." ”

Wei Xinyong said: "Emperor Xinyong was born and raised, and he only left the year before last, so Shen Zangfeng is so famous in the valve reading, compared with Xinyong, it is like the glowing fire and the bright moon." Shen Zangfeng doesn't know the new song, how can the new song not know Shen Zangfeng? If the niece of the clan is a bystander, Xin Yong will not stand idly by, but since he is this person, why should Xin Yong have many things? After going through the wind and rain together, and seeing more sincerity, what does the valve owner think? ”

Wei Huan knew that he was quibbling, but anyway, the matter had passed, and the news that his granddaughter Wei Changying had sent back since she left the cabinet was not bad in the Shen family. Especially now that Shen Zangfeng's eldest son has been born, there is still no concubine in the backyard, in Wei Huan's opinion, this granddaughter is very nourishing - even if a person like him loves his juniors, he will not care about the trivial matters of his children, and he will be regarded as a one-size-fits-all, and said: "The virtuous nephew is really well-intentioned." ”

Wei Xinyong pretended not to hear the ridicule in these words, and said with a light smile: "It's a pity that the blessing of the clan nephew Changfeng is weaker than his sister." ”

"Oh?" Wei Huan was surprised, "The virtuous nephew said this, the old man is very different!" Although Changfeng is not sensitive, far inferior to his nephew, he has always been studious and motivated. Yongshi often praised him to the old man, not to mention, even the marriage, recently the saint personally intervened, and gave the daughter of the Su family in Qingzhou as his wife, isn't this a deep blessing? ”

"The lord of the valve clearly sees thousands of miles, what is the intention of the saint to give this marriage, and how can he need the explanation of the axe of the new Yongban Gate?" Wei Xinyong smiled lightly and said, "Chaoyun County is really remote, and Xinyong only learned about it recently, so he hurriedly disposed of the affairs at hand and rushed over, wanting to share the worries of the valve owner." ”

He smiled meaningfully, "Xin Yong thought that the valve owner was also waiting for Xin Yong." ”

Wei Huan said quietly: "The old man didn't expect that the virtuous nephew cared so much about Changfeng...... Since the virtuous nephew is here, why not talk to the old man and say a few words? Seeing that Wei Xinyong was about to say something like "I don't dare to get an axe in front of the valve owner", Wei Huan waved his hand and said, "Virtuous nephew, the old man knows very well that there are no outsiders at this moment, so why be so humble?" ”

He also said, "The old man drank a few more glasses at the banquet, and now he is feeling that his mind is in chaos, if he can listen to the high opinions of the virtuous nephew, it would be good to be refreshed." Why should the virtuous nephew refuse? ”

Wei Xinyong no longer shirked when he heard this, and said with a light smile: "The saint was still on the throne and diligent for a while, but there were frequent border troubles, bandits, and the punishment of corrupt officials and corrupt officials was inexhaustible, and there was a lot of bad news, so the saint didn't bother to look at political affairs anymore." After that, the political affairs were entrusted to the hands of the Valve Reading Family, but the Holy Lord was afraid that we would wait for the Valve Reading Tree to have deep roots......"

"Previously, the Liu family was the saint of the Yuan, when he was still alive, because of the love of the hair, the eldest son of the emperor was naturally His Royal Highness the Prince, and then Liu Hou was ill, and the money was established, and the eldest son of the emperor was abandoned." Wei Xinyong said indifferently, "It is true that the queen of money is selfish and selfish, and he is framed by slander, but the reason why the saint 'listens to slander' is that he doesn't feel that the Liu family is powerful, one is the hereditary Marquis of Weiyuan, the other is the captain, and the eldest son of the emperor is also close to the foreign family, so he is afraid that the throne is unstable?" After all, there is a precedent for the Rongcheng Deng clan to rely on the mother of the saint, the Empress Dowager Deng, and the lintel is glorious and does not allow the valve to read for more than ten years. The Deng family is just a mere family, not to mention that the Donghu Liu family is one of the six valves in China? ”

Wei Huan stroked his long beard with his hand, his expression calm, but he didn't say anything about it.

Wei Xinyong continued: "It is customary in this dynasty that Wenchen is headed by Taishi, and Wu General is headed by Taifu [Note]. After the eldest son of the emperor committed suicide, the fourth son of the emperor after the East Palace was established after the money, the Xinghe Qian family is a family, even if it is prominent after the money, it is expected to be just similar to the Deng family. However, the concubine of the fourth son of the emperor is the daughter of the splendid Duanmu and the eldest granddaughter of the Taishi Duanmu Xing! What's more, the fourth son of the emperor loves the concubine, and the couple is extremely affectionate! ”

"The virtuous nephew thinks that the fourth son of the emperor lost his position because he favored the concubine?" Wei Huan smiled and said.

"The fourth son of the emperor lost his position, one is the success of the money, the defeat of the money; The second is that the Taishi has been in charge of the government for many years, and the saint is a little worried. Wei Xinyong said lightly, "Otherwise, it will be a big deal and involve the country." How could the Holy One be dragged into trouble by the words of the harem woman and by the queen of money? It must be a secret order to commit suicide after the money, in order to protect the fourth son of the emperor! When the fourth son of the emperor chose a concubine, the concubine was from the Duanmu family, didn't everyone take it for granted at that time? However, after the fourth son of the emperor lost his position, Duanmu Xing immediately claimed to be old and frail, and handed over nearly half of the political affairs and the saint...... Didn't the Holy One encourage him and make a decision with the ministers? The descendants of the splendid Duanmu sect have prospered, but in the past few years, the children of the clan, except for Duanmu Wuwu, who has a slight reputation in the imperial capital because of the imperial martial arts, there are no other children who can be called outstanding - is it that there is no more outstanding child of Splendid Duanmu than Duanmu Wuwu? It's just that he is afraid of the saint, and he doesn't dare to publicize the reputation of Jiamei's disciples, lest the saint be jealous of the Duanmu clan again! ”

Speaking of this, Wei Xinyong smiled lightly and said, "It is said that not long ago, Song Yuwang's second son abandoned his wife Duanmu, although this matter is very embarrassing for Jinxiu Duanmu, but I'm afraid Duanmu Xing is relieved in private!" ”

"The lintels of the Song family and the Duanmu family are in line, and the Song family forcibly divorced the daughter of the Duanmu family regardless of the previous friendship. It is true that the Duanmu clan has no female virtue, but it can also be seen that the splendid Duanmu is no longer the original trend of coercing the princess and the princess, and Xuanxuan is magnificent, so that the other five valves do not dare to take it lightly. Wei Huan touched his beard and said with a smile, "Of course Duanmu Xing has to breathe a sigh of relief." And the current heirs of the Song clan in the south of the Yangtze River are thin, even if Song Yuwang is under his knees, now he is only two sons and one grandson, Queen Gu...... Gu Zhaoyi was really good at eye back then, and she chose the old man's niece and granddaughter at once. With the help of the Song family, the Hongzhou Gu family, who was also in Jiangnan, also benefited, and did not dislike the saint. ”

Wei Xinyong smiled lightly and said: "The Liu family first lost Liu Hou, and then lost the emperor's eldest son, and now the infighting is very fierce, even if there is another princess now, but it is said that the prince does not like this princess very much, and the surname of Donghu should not attract the eyes of the saint for the time being." The saint was afraid that he would punish the Liu family, so the Taiwei and the Marquis of Weiyuan worked together. Empress Gu felt the emperor's heart deeply, so she chose another princess surnamed Liu to help Burning Quinoa fight more powerfully; Looking at the loss of a crown princess in the Duanmu clan, and the frequent teaching of the children in no way, it seems that there is a river and a sunset, and the saint is about to temporarily let go of them; The Qingzhou Su clan and the Jiangnan Song clan have always been obscure in the valve reading, and they are not dazzling. The rest is my Fengzhou Wei family, and the husband's family of my niece, Xiliang Shen family. ”

Wei Huan smiled kindly: "Although Chaoyun County is a small place, but the virtuous nephew is also a county's order, and now he can deliberately run this trip in person, so he must have prepared a lot before leaving...... The old man thought that when the virtuous nephew received the news that His Royal Highness King Ji had returned to Beijing with Princess Ji to accompany him, he would think about coming to Fengzhou to go this way? ”

Note: The author's concept of bureaucracy is very mushy...... Anyway, it's an overhead, and the author has the final say.