Chapter 217: Dignity of the Red Face
Chapter 217: Dignity of the Red Face
"Concubine Wan, who did you just say about disrespecting the queen?" Qing Ruifan was a little angry, he drank a lot of wine at the banquet, and his mind was a little unconscious, but once he talked about Gu Lingge, he never calmed down.
"The Emperor Mingjian." Yang Li'er naturally added fuel and vinegar to amplify Wang Jingchen's words, and finally did not forget to defend her pretendically, "The concubine thought that Concubine Chen's sister didn't have much food at today's banquet, and she was worried that the concubine didn't do a good job, so she invited her sister to ask one or two. Who knew that my sister blamed the concubine in turn, saying that the concubine was from a humble background, and said...... also said that the queen mother is a child of the rivers and lakes, wandering around, and does not know the inspection. ”
The first few words are good, but I don't know the point, and in Qing Ruifan's ears, it is a clear humiliation of Gu Lingge. He looked around at everyone in this hall, Yang Li'er looked aggrieved, Wang Jingchen was all wooden, and the other palace maids and attendants all lowered their heads, as if they hadn't heard anything.
"Then you know how to check?" Qing Ruifan flicked his big sleeves and sat on the first place, and as soon as the question came out, the people in the entire palace knelt neatly. He didn't forget, last time he and Gu Lingge had a fierce quarrel because of their identity as children of the rivers and lakes, and this time there were still people talking about this, he was angry when he thought about it.
"Blue." Qing Ruifan didn't want to talk too much nonsense, so he directly called Lan Yi to lead Wang Jingchen to be grounded, and no one was allowed to visit or intercede without his own permission. His angry appearance made Wang Jingchen feel even more uncomfortable.
"The concubine is the order." She opened her arms and bowed, this bow had already broken all ties between them, and she would never have anything to do with life and death in the future.
On the way back to the palace, Lan Yi walked next to her, and she also sighed in her heart. Concubine Chen was the one he looked at, and he easily knew what she was thinking now. "That's fine, everything is just a matter of the mother's mind."
"Thank you, steward, this palace, I have no choice but to put it down." When Wang Jingchen came, she deliberately changed into a pair of light shoes, and the satin gold silk and black background moire patterns could not be seen at night, but those lines wrapped around Wang Jingchen's heart. She has fully realized that she has learned to accept it, whether it is bondage or cultivation.
"Niangniang has to take care of herself in the future, in this palace, being good to yourself is the last word." Lan Yi didn't have much to tell her, but she still felt melancholy.
He still remembered the time when Qing Ruifan was away, she was the most wanton master in this palace, daring to say and do, although she was short-tempered, she was simple-minded, and she was not a wicked person. It's just that there is no need for such a person in this harem, in front of Yang Li'er, she can only lose; In front of the Queen Mother, she could only shrink.
Seeing the beauty for life, she can have today, it is nothing more than a glance at Qing Ruifan in the imperial garden many years ago, plus the marriage of her mother's family, it is a strategy closely related to the overall situation, even that side is carefully planned by Qing Ruifan, she is not allowed to escape, and she is not allowed to refute, she fell in, and never went out.
Who can blame it? is nothing more than a road to death, Qing Ruifan led her here, but never let her out. He watched her wear away all her immature mind, and now her heart is like water, and she has cultivated her own way.
"What this palace is, this palace itself knows." Wang Jingchen raised her head with her chest up, staring at everything, and everything seemed to be nothing in front of her.
"Good or bad, that's it, no need to say more." She had already walked to the door, leaning against the palace wall, took one last look at the blue clothes, and said, "If possible, please ask the steward to ask for a favor from the emperor for this palace, and this palace wants the incense ashes in Ci'an Hall." ”
Lan Yi nodded in understanding, and Wang Jingchen nodded and crossed the threshold. The round palace gate is dotted with the morning star and the zhilan, but it will never be seen again, and everything is over.
Her life, wanton debauchery, daring to love and hate, the dust has settled, and it is all over.
Mujia Martial Arts Hall.
Just past Chinese New Year's Eve, the minister Xiu Mu, the civilians are at home, and the same is true for the martial arts hall. Mu Yi pulled Mu Er to play chess, and left Mu San aside to continue to settle the score, thinking that it was not a good choice to finally have a sun, so that Mu San would be moldy.
"Look at you, you haven't used your heart to play chess with me, how can you win me." What Mu Yi doesn't like the most is that someone doesn't play chess with him and doesn't do his best, which makes it not good for him to win, let alone lose. No matter how you say it, you can't win it.
"Hey, where did I not do my best, it was originally the eldest brother you are superb in chess, and you insist on blaming me for not doing my best, do you have to suppress me a few times before you are happy during the New Year?" Mu Er put away his white child, and felt a little headache when he looked at his eldest brother's trickery.
"Oh, I've learned to talk back, I'm going to see who's used to you." Mu Yi was about to knock him on the head as he spoke, to be honest, he and Mu Er didn't have much time to get together, and it was all thanks to Gu Lingge leaving, otherwise he might not have the opportunity for the three brothers to get together. Mu San looked at the two mentally handicapped brothers on the side, shook his head and continued to settle accounts.
"Boss, there's a man out there who wants to see you, and he looks like he's dressed like a rich man from a rich family." The little guy walked into the pavilion and replied respectfully.
The three brothers looked at each other, they didn't invite anyone today, and they only opened a side door for daily purchases, this sudden visitor, so that the three of them were unexpected, but the person who came was a guest, and this New Year could not let people go back. "Please come in."
So they received Prime Minister Ouyang. Because Ouyang was promoted by Gu Lingge, he was not familiar with the Mu family brothers, but he had some relationship. A few people didn't look at each other when they saw it, and they each sat down after a few greetings.
"Xiangye came very early, it's only the second day of the Lunar New Year, is there a big deal or just come out to have fun?" Mu Er was the one who had been in contact with Ouyang the longest among the three, so it was naturally up to him to ask this question. Ouyang is wearing regular clothes today, but because of the winter, it is natural that he is wrapped thickly.
"It's both, I'm the only one in the empty house, so it's better to come out and walk around." Ouyang avoided the important and light. He had a good impression of Mu Er, but the other two were not familiar with it, so he could only say a few polite words in an official tone.
"I forgot to introduce, this is my eldest brother, it's my third brother who is planning the abacus over there, and I'm the second oldest in the family." Mu Er introduced them one by one, and the precautions in Ouyang's eyes went down a little, and the gestures of making gestures and giving hands were another politeness of "looking up for a long time" and "not daring".
Asked people to bring melons and fruits to refreshments, Mu Yi looked at the sunspots that he hadn't had time to put away, and politely asked Ouyang the purpose of coming. He knew about Ouyang's existence, Mu Er told him when he was idle, and Gu Lingge also mentioned it. This person has become a prime minister in just a few months from a squire, and the city government must have a few taels of wrists.
"At the state banquet a few days ago, neither the queen mother nor the queen mother attended, which has not happened since the founding of the Han and Qin dynasties." Although the emperor explained, the more he thought about it when he returned home, the more wrong it became, and he always felt that he had missed something, coupled with Gu Lingge's temper, he didn't believe Qing Ruifan's high-sounding words.
"The queen mother is sick, isn't it right for the queen to be sick." Mu Yi picked up the teapot and mixed tea for Ouyang, and the wisps of aroma emanated, making people feel calm. Even if he is the person personally designated by Gu Lingge, he can't snoop on his master at will, this is an iron law.
"I just want to know if the queen has left Beijing." Ouyang didn't understand the hostility in Mu Yi's words, but he still explained his meaning humbly and gently.
Judging from his observations, Gu Lingge gives people the impression that she is cold and heroic, but it does not hinder her femininity at all, she can be decisive in killing, or gentle and kind, just right, he has seen both of them.
"So what? Isn't it? Mu Yi still didn't believe him, and there was room for him to speak, but he was not very polite. He doesn't have a good impression of this kind of person who comes up and asks about it.
"If I leave, I have to think about what I'm going to do next, if it's for other reasons, I'm desperate to save the queen." Although the words were ambiguous, Ouyang's face was full of righteousness, and there was no arrogance. Mu Yi looked at his determined appearance, and had an idea in his heart.
"I've heard that Xiangye's ancestral home is in Zhejiang?" Ouyang's information Mu Er had already been prepared, and now he has memorized it well, so he can grab it casually. Seeing his eldest brother's eyes, he fluently compared his mouth, and Mu Yi naturally asked.
"Yes, it's a small town, and the scenery is not bad." Ouyang smiled, he still liked his hometown.
"Then there is a reluctant request below, and I ask Brother Ou to consider one or two." As soon as Mu San heard this, he suddenly thought of something, put down the abacus in his hand, straightened out his clothes, stood up and walked to Ouyang and sat down.
Ouyang noticed this person as soon as he came in, but he had been settling accounts silently, and he was inconvenient to disturb. Who knows what he heard every word of their words in his ears, and what kind of scheme he came up with to cooperate with him? It's interesting. "But it doesn't hurt to say it."
"It's not a big deal, but I want to ask an adult to help investigate someone." Mu San tilted his head and thought for a moment, and then looked at Ouyang with a firm look in his eyes, the feeling was like Tuogu, which made Ouyang a little hairy.
"Brother Mu, I will definitely do my best to investigate." Ouyang picked up the teacup and took a sip, trying to block Mu San's gaze.
"It's a woman, the land of the order, and the dry of the night." Mu San waited for Ouyang's answer, and seeing Ouyang nodded, he returned to his place with the teacup and sat down, dug out the abacus and continued to crackle.
"However, does this Lu Yan girl have a portrait? Or what are the characteristics? So I can talk to them. Ouyang looked at Mu San's dashing way back, and he was a little bottomless in his heart. Since you want to find someone, it's a must to give a portrait, even if you don't, at least you have to say what it looks like, whether it's tall or short, fat or thin, don't talk about how to find it.
"Well......" Mu Er held back a smile, a little out of breath, panting several times, and told him, "You just go and look for it according to the master's appearance." ”
Ouyang understood, smiled shallowly, and nodded to show that he understood. "I'll tell you as soon as I have the news." He knew what he wanted to know, and hurried away.
When Ouyang left, Mu Er and Mu Yi began to force Mu San to confess, asking him how he thought of this stubble, obviously they didn't expect it.
"Master, isn't her life's wish to go to Jiangnan to see the willows?" Mu San was a little inexplicable, and he didn't forget to beat the hand wrapped around his neck with the abacus, but his two elder brothers were both practitioners, so the abacus felt very tickling.
Three days later, news came from Ouyang that Lu Yan's name was registered in the city register of Jiaxing Town.