Chapter Ninety-Eight: Three Female Paintings, Two Destroyed

Regarding the remarks that the queen mother was "sick" by Jin Liuniang, Yijing naturally laughed, and when she was at the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, since the two phases quarreled over a play, she felt that something unexpected would happen, and sure enough, in the previous life, because of the loss of honor in front of the emperor, Qin Sanniang, who lost the position of the prince's concubine, was intact, but Jin Liuniang, who was supposed to be the fourth princess, was rude in words and deeds, and became the target of public criticism.

In the ninth year of Yuanqing, Qin Xiang died of illness, but the saint did not let the Qin family continue to occupy the position of the right minister, which seems to show that the Qin family is yesterday's yellow flower, and the day is not safe.

But Yijing is very puzzled, in this life, she just used a little trick to reverse the marriage of her brother and sister, why did it lead to the subversion of court politics - the reason why Jin Liuniang ended up like this must have the role of the queen, I think I don't want Jin Liuniang to become the fourth princess, but it is also inseparable from the indulgence of the saint and the queen mother, otherwise, the queen mother will not pick this time to commit a "head wind". To say that it is a bit far-fetched to move the whole body, and Yijing can't understand the connection.

Of course, she never thought that behind this matter, Yu Feng played an important role.

It is true that in his previous life, the saint also had the determination to reform the system, but in the selection of the left and right phases, he still made the decision to take Qin Xiang first.

An important reason is that Qin Xiang is not as greedy as Jin Xiang, Jin Xiang uses power for personal gain, forms a wide range of party members, and huge interests make Jin Xiang's party members unite and be sincere, and the family headed by Qin Xiang still takes care of the family reputation and regards himself as high, and he can't be so blatant, and it seems relatively easy to disintegrate.

However, in the previous life, the choice of the saint was obviously improper, and it was not until the ninth year of Yuanqing that the Qin family completely lost power, but immediately afterwards, the prince was assassinated, and the sons competed for the prince, so that the saint did not have the strength to clean up the golden phase and implement the new policy.

But it can be seen from one point that the saint is wary of Jin Xiang - the prince was assassinated and died, and the courtiers led by Jin Xiang strongly promoted the four princes as the princes, which is natural, Jin Xiang's granddaughter was the fourth princess at that time.

However, the saint overrode public opinion and finally appointed the third prince as the prince.

But in this life, because of Yu Feng's advice, the saint made a completely different choice from the previous life, so although the queen in the previous life must not have wanted Jin Liuniang to be the fourth princess, no matter how much she tossed, she couldn't change the overall situation, but in this life, because of the acquiescence of the saint, the fate of the two boudoir daughters was completely subverted, which is of course not the most important.

I don't know why, but there is a faint feeling that she seems to be more and more difficult to grasp the fate of the future.

Her path from her previous life seems to have strayed too far.

This early morning, the west wind swept the rich aroma of osmanthus flowers, and the sunlight sprinkled on the window lattice was already a little weakly pale.

Because it was not a day to listen to school, Yijing naturally went to the horse farm to practice, returned and greeted his grandmother, and unsurprisingly met with Liuniang in Yuanying Hall, the two went to Luqing Garden together, and flipped through the mansion for a while in the study - compared to the illness of the Queen Mother, the saint in the people to find a good doctor's will, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the saint ordered the Imperial Inspectorate, and sent the Imperial History of the Imperial Court to investigate the assassination of Zheng Naining in southern Zhejiang, which attracted the attention of the courtiers.

can't help but remind people of Jin Liuniang's "gas illness" of the Queen Mother at the palace banquet, especially the Jinxiang party, who is even more vigilant.

What is puzzling is that at the same time, the saint also approved the performance of the Ministry of Officials, and promoted the order of Wachi County to the governor of Jiangzhou, but this person belongs to the Jinxiang party.

Liu Niang was very puzzled: "If the saint wants to strictly investigate the case of Zheng Zhizhou and crack down on the Jinxiang situation, why do you allow the Jinxiang henchmen to succeed to the post of Jiangzhou Zhizhou?" In this way, wouldn't it add resistance to the imperial history? ”

For this point, Yi Jing couldn't figure it out for the time being, and only guessed: "Maybe the Holy Lord is in a maze and makes Jin Xiang relax his vigilance?" ”

The two sisters frowned and thought for a while, and shook their heads in unison, if the Holy Lord really had this intention, even the two of them could figure it out, how could they confuse the scheming Jin Xiang and the courtiers?

Liuniang sighed: "It's a pity that because of Zhen Siniang's troubles that day, we had to go back to the house in advance, and we didn't see what turmoil Jin Liuniang had, and I don't know if the saint really wants to alienate Jin Xiang." ”

Yijing thinks that even if they don't leave in advance, they may still not know whether Jin Liuniang is innocent or not, and it is not easy to speculate on the holy will.

The two discussed for a while, but still didn't have a clue, but at this moment, a puzzle solver came.

First, Chun Du opened the curtain with a smile on his face, and then said: "Wu Niang, Hou Fu Qi Niang has come to see you." Before the words fell, a graceful girl flashed in behind the smoke purple ink chrysanthemum brocade curtain, Jiang Yue was draped in a cloud brocade cloak embroidered with five-color tangled branches and begonias on her shoulders, the bright color set off the cloud temples and delicate face, and she smiled like a flower at this time, and the whole person stood in the study, which was really a little brighter than the autumn sun.

"You naughty girl, I heard that you fell into Kunming Lake?" Huang Jiangyue was rude, stepped onto the platform, sat next to Yijingxun, put her arm around her shoulders, and looked at her with a smile in her eyes: "What is going on, the fifth sister and the sixth sister didn't tell me clearly, so I didn't think about it these days, so I easily asked my mother for permission to let me go out to visit you." ”

"Are you worried about me, or are you curious?" Yijing smiled and said to Liuniang: "Sixth sister is the judge, look at where Ah Yue is half worried." ”

Liu Niang really looked at Jiang Yue uprightly for a while, and judged fairly: "It looks like a schadenfreude." ”

Jiang Yue couldn't cry or laugh, leaned forward and rubbed Liuniang's serious little face: "Sixth sister is still so straightforward, it's really loved, not hated." ”

Liuniang didn't seem to be used to being so close to others, so she avoided herself, and only smiled perfunctorily.

Jiang Yue knew Liuniang's temperament, but she didn't care, she only chased after Yijing to ask about the fall into the water at the palace banquet, Yijing only said Yu Feng's words once, she and Jiang Yue, in the end, still couldn't talk about everything like in their previous lives.

Jiang Yue didn't doubt it, and only joked about the beautiful scene: "Why did Yu Erlang, the 'personal guard', derelict in his duties?" But you have to punish him well, why don't you let him be the host, and invite us to have a crab feast, right? ”

Yi Jing was a little troubled by this joke, and frowned slightly: "Ah Yue, Brother Zhou is the younger brother of the sect, when did he become my guard?" If you are greedy, why don't we blackmail my little aunt, I heard that the whole crab banquet in the osmanthus building on the bank of the Liuguang River is a must. ”

Jiang Yue didn't investigate Yijing's displeasure, and laughed out loud: "You are so short-sighted, saving money for Yu Erlang, but you are not afraid of eating your little aunt who is poor." ”

Yijing really felt a little helpless, so he stopped talking about this topic: "You're here alone?" The fifth cousin and the sixth cousin didn't come? ”

"During this time, rumors are spreading, and it is not allowed to be quiet, the eldest aunt is not worried about letting the fifth sister and the sixth sister go out at this juncture, even I have been implicated, if it is not for my grandmother to worry about you today, I persuaded my mother to let me come over and have a look, and I have to be grounded at home." said, of course, Jin Liuniang's business.

Because of the queen mother's illness, the relatives of several princes had to be delayed, considering that it was the critical time, and there was the experience of Jin's six mothers, Mrs. Jianning Hou was inevitably vigilant and restrained her daughter to sit at home, so that it was appropriate, and even Huang Jiangyue was worried about letting it out and causing trouble, implicating Wu Niang's reputation to be damaged, that is, to come to the Weiguo Mansion, and the elders allowed it.

Since Jin Liuniang had already been mentioned, Yijing casually asked what happened that day, but she didn't really care too much, but Liuniang listened attentively on the side.

"At that time, didn't the queen mother propose to let the fifth sister, Qin Sanniang, and Jin Liuniang paint the scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet? The queen mother was also in high spirits, so she promised who had the best painting, and she would be rewarded with a golden phoenix hairpin, and let the three princes do the review. Huang Jiangyue never entered the palace that day, and these words were naturally said by Huang Wuniang.

Yi Jing thought, looking at those noble girls, they seemed to be fascinated by the demons of the three highnesses, and the queen mother let the demons make comments, which inevitably made a few nobles think that this was the selection of the three princesses, you can imagine how the three candidate princesses did their best at that time.

The five sisters were ordered to go to the Miaoyin Pavilion to paint, first, the place is quiet, and second, the attic is condescending, which is also conducive to viewing the overall situation...... The third prince proposed that he needed a time limit, and agreed on half an hour. Huang Jiangyue continued: "The fifth sister and Qin Sanniang were the first to finish, and they went out of the Miaoyin Pavilion first, but Jin Liuniang was almost completed when the time limit was reached. ”

Huang Wuniang and Qin Sanniang are both ladies from a family, and their painting skills should be better than Jin Liuniang, and it is reasonable to finish it before her.

"Because the queen mother proposed before, in order to show fairness, let's not say who the painting was made from, and then reveal whose masterpiece it is."

Yijing and Liuniang bowed slightly, the queen mother has always upheld fairness and strictness, and it is not surprising to raise this.

"Therefore, although the fifth sister and Qin Sanniang came out of the Miaoyin Pavilion, the paintings were still in it, and it was not until Jin Liuniang finished that the palace maid entered and took out the three paintings."

Hearing Huang Jiangyue say this, Yijing and Liuniang both guessed what was going on, and said in unison: "The painting between the fifth cousin and Qin Sanniang has gone wrong?" ”

"It's not, except for Jin Liuniang's painting, my cousin and Qin Sanniang's paintings are all contaminated with ink."

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If something like this happens at the palace banquet, it will inevitably lead to a lot of discussions, and it is just that the skills are not as good as others, but if you don't think about it and ruin other people's paintings, the means are too dirty and simple.

"Jin Liuniang isn't so stupid, it's too obvious." Liu Niang shook her head.

"Because the fifth sister was the first to come out of the Miaoyin Pavilion, so there was no suspicion, Jin Liuniang and Qin Sanniang began to slander each other, one said that someone knew that he was invincible, so he had a bad heart; One said that some people had evil intentions and had ill intentions. Huang Jiangyue sighed.

Huang Wuniang was the first to go out of the attic, of course, it was impossible to destroy the paintings of the other two, Jin Liuniang's suspicion will not be mentioned, but Qin Sanniang may not be innocent. She is the second person to leave, of course, she can destroy her painting with Huang Wuniang first, and create the illusion that Jin Liuniang is bad.

Although Qin Sanniang is very noble and believes that her painting skills are superb, in fact, the choice of these three princesses is not just to look at a painting, and it is okay to lose a little in talent, but if this character is poor, it will definitely be eliminated.

Qin Sanniang may not be without suspicion.

Of course, it may also be that Jin Liuniang did it deliberately - most of the noblewomen present are the housemothers of a mansion, and they are intrigued all the year round, so naturally there is no shortage of mansions, and it is inevitable that they will suspect that Jin Liuniang is the last to come out of the cabinet, if the thing is really done by her, it is too obvious, and it will inevitably think of Qin Sanniang.

Liu Niang frowned slightly: "At that time, there was no one else in the attic? ”

"The three of them are painting on the third floor, and they each found a window, in order not to disturb each other, the palace maids are also separated by screens, and several palace maids are also waiting outside the pavilion, and no one pays attention to the situation in the attic."

There is no witness, no wonder Qin Sanniang and Jin Liuniang are arguing, no one wants to bear the stigma of being narrow-minded and virtuous.

Liuniang pondered for a while, and seemed to be unsure who had ruined the painting.

Yijing asked, "What happened later?" ”

"In the end, this is related to the reputation of the two prime ministers, and the queen mother is also extremely cautious, so she passed the second daughter of Qin and Jin into the Miaoyin Pavilion for questioning, and I don't know what happened, and then Qin Sanniang came out first, although her face was a little ugly, but her words and deeds were still natural, but when Jin Liuniang came out, her eyes were red and swollen, and she obviously cried." Huang Jiangyue said: "Because the fifth sister was not present, but I don't know what happened. ”

Next, the queen mother didn't show up, only let Aunt Ru come out to appease the two prime ministers, saying a few words, saying that it was a misunderstanding, everyone should not mention it again, but the golden phoenix hairpin was rewarded to Huang Wuniang, and said that the queen mother was a little tired, and had moved to the dormitory to rest, and the queen mother said that it was late at night and dispersed the palace banquet.

Two days later, there were rumors, and everyone said that Jin Liuniang was too domineering - she had a quarrel with the county lord of Pingle before, and then she cried in front of the queen mother.

That's the whole story, and it's quite confusing.