A courtyard of green trees, under the eaves and sandalwood pillars, on the drunkard chair set up in the pavilion, the lake blue robe was lifted by the breeze, and the man with two arms on the chair was staring, stilting Erlang's legs, as if looking at the clouds in the sky, the spring water on the purple sand tea stove was already bubbling sound, and the maid kneeling on the side held her breath and was waiting for the soup.

Chen Changshi came all the way, although he didn't bask in the sun much, but his head was full of sweat, and when he arrived in the pavilion, he gave a long bow to the four princes, and raised his face with a smile on duty.

"They bumped heads?" The voice of the fourth prince was still lazy and hoarse when he woke up with a small rest, but he sat upright, and just happened to see the maid rushing out a cup of tea and soup, and pointed at Chen Changshi: "Give Changshi a lamp and let him quench his thirst." ”

Lifted the robe, put down Erlang's legs, buckled the tea cup and tasted the fragrance first, slightly rolled the warm soup on the tip of his tongue, swallowed his throat comfortably, and listened to Chen Changshi say: "Today, His Royal Highness really made an appointment with Huang Tao to meet, and went to Yihong Street first, and then arrived at the prince's mansion." ”

The fourth prince raised his eyebrows, quite interested: "My third brother, for a woman, can be regarded as crazy......" and laughed again: "I trusted Qianpan so easily, she sent a message back, saying that Huang Tao was actually the third brother's person, I still can't believe it, the eldest and the third brother are brothers, and the queen treats the third brother as if he was her own ......" sighed twice: "It turns out that the third brother is pretending, I will say how to be an idle person, saying that he will be conscientious when he reforms his evil and return to righteousness, and his father actually handed over Shuntian Mansion to him." ”

Chen Changshi said with a smile: "The Holy Lord is still His Highness, and he will put the household department in charge for you." ”

"Don't underestimate Shuntian Mansion, the palm is only a non-Kyoto criminal name, the authority is comparable to the Yamen of the Infantry Army, and now the third brother is in charge, and he can even get involved in the affairs of the six ministries." Although the four princes said this, there was no caution between their eyebrows, he was the most Xiao Tianzi among several princes, that is, the arc of the phoenix eyes rising, and it was more obvious that Chen Guifei gave birth to this son back then, and he got the holy sentence "Xiao Zhen", Chen Guifei then had confidence, and always thought that if the prince did not occupy a concubine, he would not be more holy than the four princes.

Not long ago, the saint let several adult princes get involved in politics, the prince was in charge of the ministry of officials and the ministry of rites, and King Fu hung a title in the Ministry of Industry.

The four princes are still extremely satisfied with the household department assigned to them, but on the one hand, they are blushing at the three princes, thinking that he and the prince are in charge of the Ministry of Officials and Rites, and the other is in charge of the highest administration in Kyoto. I didn't know that I heard about the separation between the three princes and the crown prince.

"In the end, he is an unruly prodigal, if he really wants to use Huang Tao, why did he retaliate for a woman, and make things so obvious, Huang Tao can carry the prince, this time he suffered such a big loss...... Don't say that there is a green hat on his head, he is in addition to the clan and losing his official position, but he can be regarded as a failure, and he doesn't grit his teeth with hatred for the third child, should the third child be, thinking that he is the prince, Huang Tao doesn't dare to carry him anymore, right? The four princes were quite disdainful.

"Your Royal Highness, the third prince didn't know that you would take advantage of this matter, and he thought that Huang Tao had lost his official position in addition to the clan, so he had to rely on him." Chen Changshi reminded.

The fourth prince cocked his thumb, scratched his chin, and seemed to bow his head slightly: "Think about it, Huang Tao has reached this point, what can the third child use him for?" ”

"After all, the prince didn't hurt Huang Tao, and besides, Kong Jun and Huang Tao have a good relationship."

The fourth prince looked at him again and laughed: "Don't worry, how capable Huang Tao is, let's take a look first, the third child took a fancy to him at first, it should make sense...... The third child wants to act, there is always little money, the money allocated by the palace is not enough to squander, Huang Tao admitted that he had dealings with the Liao family, is it that he used the Liao family's money to support the third child? ”

The four princes are deeply troubled by money and silver, although the palace allocated a number of houses and Lutian when the palace was established, if you are a prince who shakes off your hands, of course, you will not be overstretched, but once you want to make a great cause, the dead have to be raised, of course, the henchmen have to be fed, and you have to make friends with the children of those wang clans, and buy courtiers and officials, he has the assistance of Chen and Kong, and it is still difficult, the three princes have no maiden family to rely on, and there is no wife to help, to try a great cause, where does this silver come from?

"It shouldn't be like this, if the Third Highness doesn't have this ability, how can he subdue Huang Tao." Chen Changshi slandered in his heart, the lord still had to let the subordinate officials take the silver to offer, how could there be such a black and white reversal: "In any case, at the moment, we know that the Huang Tao brothers and sisters have malicious intentions towards Jian Ninghou and the brothers and sisters of the Duke of Weiguo, and His Royal Highness is the princess of the king of Chu...... Even if Huang Tao is forced by the situation, he has to rely on the three highnesses, but he must be unwilling in his heart, as long as his highness pulls in, Huang Tao will inevitably defect, there is him outside, there is Qianpan inside, we are afraid that we don't know the calculations of the three highnesses, it is best to kill two birds with one stone, through the hands of the three highnesses in addition to the prince, and prove that he has long been ill-conceived, His Royal Highness can sit back and enjoy the benefits of the fisherman. ”

The fourth prince's eyebrows moved, and the corners of his lips smiled: "That's the reason, pay attention to Huang Tao first, even if you want to win him over, you have to find a suitable time." ”

On this day, in the palace of the king of Chu, there was also an angry visitor.

It was the lady of the prince of Zhenguo who had touched a gray nose in Wei Xiang's mansion earlier.

Xie Siniang has already reached the end of the line, although there is still Sanniang in front of the unresolved, Mrs. Xie did not slack off Siniang's marriage, she originally did not consider the Wei family - in the past, there was Jin Rongzhong, Wei Ji still has a position and no power, Mrs. Xie is completely indifferent, how do you know that Wei Ji abandoned the secret and turned to the light, and actually tied up with the Weiguo Mansion, the effect is obvious, there is a prominent worship of the prime minister, the Zhenguo Gong is far away from the court, and he didn't know that Wei Xiang was just a decoration, only thought that the Wei family would become an upstart, so he moved the idea of marriage.

Originally, I made friends with Mrs. Wei step by step, and finally mentioned the marriage of my children, looking at Mrs. Wei's expression, it seemed that she was also a little moved, Mrs. Xie was full of confidence, but it didn't take long for Mrs. Wei's attitude to turn around, and she even closed the door and disappeared, not to mention the marriage.

Mrs. Xie was confused, she didn't know which link went wrong, so she sorted out her relatives and relatives, only to find out that her sister-in-law's cousin was the brother-in-law who married Mrs. Wei's sister.

The Cao family returned with a sigh: "This is not done, Mrs. Wei didn't say it explicitly, but listening to her, it seems that you offended the eldest princess because of your aunt." ”

Mrs. Xie was shocked: "What do you say, who doesn't know that the eldest princess has a noble status, even if I meet it, I can only be respectful, and I can't welcome it, how dare I offend?" "I had doubts in my heart for a while, to talk about it, the pearl of the eldest princess is now the princess of the king of Chu, and she is also related to the Xie family, how can this matter be bad here?

Hurriedly asked her cronies to inquire privately if the eldest princess had any misunderstanding about her.

Each house accompanies the room, and there are also circles and contacts outside, and some gossip and private discussions are always inevitable, and there may be clues or not.

As a result, Mrs. Xie soon heard the truth, and the source turned out to be the Chu Palace-it turned out that the little Xie family actually provoked the old princess to go to the Weiguo Mansion, and the daughter of the family had not yet left the cabinet, so she begged the eldest princess to nod and accept the third mother of the Xie family as the concubine of the prince!

Mrs. Xie was so angry that she was upside down, it was Xie Shizi, and she was also angry, and she complained to Zhenguo Gong: "When my mother was alive, I was pampered with my sister, and before my mother died of illness, I also warned my son to take care of my sister, over the years, my sister has a request, and my son is duty-bound, but this time my sister is too much, Sanniang's reputation is bad in the hands of Yu Zhou, and the son even promised to let Erlang marry his wife and then welcome Sanniang to the door, so he even delayed Siniang's family affairs with several nieces, Who knew that the girl had no intention of welcoming Sanniang to the door, but forced Feng'er to ......"

Xie Shizi was so angry that his eyes widened: "How can Feng'er not know about Sanniang and Yuzhou, the girl can figure it out, how does the prince think of our Xie family, and the eldest princess, what should I think of our Zhenguo Mansion, no, even if there is a mother's last words, the son will not tolerate it this time, and he must ask the sister to give an explanation." ”

Therefore, Mrs. Xie went to the old princess and cried bitterly, and counted Xiao Xie well, until Xiao Xie and Yu Dong were forced to nod, pick a good day and an auspicious day, and set the day for Na Sanniang to enter the mansion.

Xiao Xie was so angry that he dropped two sets of teacups, complaining that Xie Shizi, the eldest brother, didn't care about her sister, for the sake of a mere concubine, completely ignoring Yu Zhou's position, the wife was undecided, there was such a noble concubine first, how could he marry a famous lady!

Yijing heard that Yuzhou's good day was set in September, but he was very enthusiastic to prepare a congratulatory gift, although the concubine is not as good as marrying a wife, it is not a serious happy event, but Xie Sanniang is also the grandnephew and granddaughter of the old princess, Xiao Xie has to force a few tables of wine banquets with a smile, invite relatives and friends to congratulate, the palace of Chu is happy, and of course she has to express it.

He also said that Huang Tao got the warning of the third prince, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately asked Yu Dong to come out, and the two of them pushed the cup to change the lamp, the wine was drunk, and the tongue was big, Huang Tao persuaded bitterly: "Yu Feng is a vigilant person, and now there is a virtuous helper, the general wants to find an opportunity to be more difficult, and he should focus on the overall situation, look to the future, don't startle the snake again, but let people pinch the handle, Yu Feng's holy family is thick, although the general is a clan, but if he really catches the evidence, the saint may not deal with it." He mentioned the third prince again: "Don't hide it from the general, His Royal Highness still doesn't change his affection for Jing'er, he looks at it coldly, as if he doesn't want to let go, the general thinks about it, you just don't do anything, and when His Royal Highness gets a big position in the future, how can you still tolerate Yu Feng?" ”

Yu Dong heard a stirring spirit, quite excited, and half suspicious: "At present, the people are like this, and the matter of remarriage is not uncommon, but after all, it is a clan, is it ...... It's too scary. ”

"Having said that, didn't that Gaozong of the previous dynasty set up his father's talented person as the queen? There was another Emperor Xuanzong who made his daughter-in-law a concubine, which shows that the word etiquette has a very limited constraint on the king. Huang Tao's words are sincere, with his understanding of the three princes, once he is in power, how can he be bound by those dead words, it is unbelievable, and he is afraid that he will do it.

Yu Dong is not as good as him, although he surrendered to the three princes, he always returned the title of a clan, listening to the meaning of the three princes, this person is still very useful, and he can't be too ruthless at the moment, so he has to persuade first, and he can't use forcible means, but the three princes have made it clear that if Yu Dong is still not interesting, he will take Yijing and open the knife, and the account will be counted on his Huang Tao.

"I also feel that there is a maid who acts voluntarily, and if I don't use it, I won't lose anything." Yu Dong didn't care.

"General, you underestimated the princess, for the sake of the winter rain, she even doubted my sister-in-law, I am afraid that I will be suspicious of you early, it is better not to act rashly, the wise man should be a fisherman, not a crane." Huang Tao became more and more bitter, and it was easy to persuade Yu Dong to agree to press it temporarily, and by the way, he mentioned Yu Zhou's marriage, and strongly recommended Huang Jiangyue - although he didn't dare to assassinate Yijing anymore, he still didn't forget to use the three rooms, and now he was expelled from the clan, and it would be inconvenient to act in the future, Huang San and his wife were muddy, but Huang Tao was very optimistic about Jiang Yue, and helped her marry into the Chu Palace, which not only enveloped the three rooms, but also strengthened the connection with Yu Dong - in fact, Huang Tao asked the idea of the three princes first, and the three princes did not take it to heart.

Yu Dong didn't know that Yi Jing had mastered his connection with the third master and one room at this time, but Huang Jiangyue was still Yi Jing's "good cousin", thinking that Jiang Yue's marriage to the Chu Wangfu could also play a role in easing the relationship between the King of Chu and Yu Dong's two rooms, maybe Jiang Yue played well, and could also dispel Yi Jing's suspicion and vigilance, although looking at Yi Jing is smart, Jiang Yue is also a strong opponent, and also has an advantage in the dark.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yue also hid it from him, not only did she not mention that Yi Jing was not as good as before, but also secretly decided that as long as she married to the Chu Palace, she would definitely give full play to her ability to help Yu Zhou win the title.

Huang Tao praised Huang Jiangyue for his unparalleled wisdom, and Yu Dong gradually moved his heart, and was poured a few glasses of wine by Huang Tao, and patted his chest at the moment to agree.

When I returned home on this day, I mentioned this matter to Xiao Xie, who was troubled by Yu Zhou's marriage and had a mouth full of poisonous sores.