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Yang Jinyao, who are you going to marry

Although I had always known that listening to the corners of the wall was not a good habit, at this time, almost subconsciously, I hesitated, frowning slightly and listening intently to the voice coming from the hall.

Yang Jinyao continued: "At the beginning, you sent Sister Jin Qiao to Shangyang Palace just for yourself. Now that the eldest brother is gone, Sister Jin Qiao won't even go home to her father, mother, do you really think that marrying me to that person will be happier than Sister Jin Qiao?"

"You Shut Up"

Before Yang Wanyun could speak, Mrs. Yuerong next to her was obviously frightened by her words, her face turned pale, and she stopped her sharply.

I subconsciously turned my head, through the constantly shaking bead curtain, I saw that the family of three was silent, Mrs. Yuerong had an angry expression on her face, and reached out to pull Yang Jinyao back a few steps, Yang Jinyao still had a stubborn and unwilling expression to admit defeat.

The only thing I can't see is Yang Wanyun.

I could only see the old man sitting quietly in his seat, listening to Yang Jinyao's words, he didn't move, he didn't even say a word, I could only see that his shoulders seemed to collapse slightly, as if those words had become an invisible boulder, pressing on his body and his heart.

Mrs. Yuerong was obviously worried that he would be angry, so she hurriedly slapped Yang Jinyao twice, and then stepped forward eagerly and said, "Master, this girl is confused, don't be angry, Master."

I was still watching when I heard footsteps in front of me.

When I looked back, it was a group of maids walking over.

It would not be good if they saw me eavesdropping on their master's words, so I hurriedly pretended to be unintentional, and walked away, and the maids saw me passing by, and saluted me one after another, and I just nodded, and continued to walk towards the money.

After a while, I returned to the room I had arranged.

When I pushed the door open, Cai Wei was cleaning up the teacups on the table inside, looking preoccupied, and when she saw me coming back, she hurriedly said, "Madam, you are back." It's all right."

"Of course it's okay, it's just a matter of going over and talking to the master."

"That's good."

She breathed a sigh of relief, put away all the cups, then turned to look at me again, and asked in a low voice, "Madam, what did that Lord Yang say when he came to you?"

"It's just a few small talks. His sixtieth birthday is still three days away, and by then, there may be a lot of guests coming. ”

"Oh."

"Of course I'll be there, and you'll have to be clever then."

"I know"

This girl's cleverness actually doesn't have to worry about me, but when I think of Yang Wanyun's 60th birthday three days later, it always makes me a little worried that this is the capital after all, and he is the only imperial merchant in the Celestial Empire

I frowned.

But when I looked up, I saw that she was also frowning, as if she was also thinking about something, so I asked, "What's the matter, why are you so preoccupied?"

She glanced at me and whispered, "Madam, will you return to the emperor?"

“”

My face sank slightly.

She immediately sensed that I was angry and hurriedly took a step back, but I didn't vent my anger immediately, just asked in a suppressed voice, "Why do you ask me that?"

She hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Because this way back to the capital, many people are talking about the relationship between the lady and the emperor. I'm afraid, ma'am, that you're going back to the emperor. Then when the time comes, I, we"

“”

I suddenly understood something.

After all, she is the person next to Pei Yuanxiu, even if she has come out with me now, her background is still Jinling. Although the relationship between the imperial court and Jinling has not officially started the war now, anyone can see the undercurrent surging in it, she must be worried, if she follows me, if I really want to go back to the emperor's side, then her situation may not be so good.

I sighed.

Although I have always felt that there is no need to say that I am with an irrelevant person, but this girl followed me from Yangzhou to the capital, and she is really not an irrelevant person, and it is human nature that she is worried about her own safety.

So, I was silent for a while, and then said lightly: "No." ”

"Really," her eyes sparkled.

I said indifferently, "If I really wanted to go back, I wouldn't have had to run away in the first place." ”

She let out a long sigh of relief, and when she looked back at me looking at her with a smiling expression, she seemed a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Madame, don't blame you." I'm just worried about ma'am. Besides, we live in this Yang Mansion, they are imperial merchants, and the relationship with the emperor is so close, and we are about to marry the queen again. ”

“”

My heart pounded: "What marriage"

"That's right." She nodded and said seriously: "A young lady in their family is about to marry the queen's family. By the way, I just heard that she was going to escape today, but she was caught. ”

What she said should be Yang Jinyao, just now in the hall, I also heard Mrs. Yuerong reveal that Yang Jinyao was going to escape from marriage, but to my surprise, how did Cai Wei know I chatted with the owner of this house in the hall, but I didn't talk about these things, and it was not long before she came, so it was so clear

When I opened my mouth to ask, Cai Wei smiled with a little smug expression: "I just went to the lower room to chat with those people, and they got acquainted with me, so I said." And the guards who had caught their young lady eloping happened to come over to eat, I overheard. ”

“”

It seems that if you want to inquire about any news in this world, you really don't have to ask the big guys, it is enough to have those people who love to chew the root of their tongues in the family.

It's just that I didn't expect that the object of Yang Jinyao's marriage was actually the queen, that is, the Chang family

Who is it?

I asked Cai Wei: "Have you heard that Miss Yang is going to marry, which person in the queen's family is called Chang or something?"

Cai Wei tried her best to recall, and then said: "I remember, it seems that he is not surnamed Chang, but just a relative of the Chang family." It seems that I often ran to Jiangnan a while ago, and I heard that I had made meritorious contributions, so "

A familiar face immediately flashed through my mind.

Wu Yanqiu

Could it be that Yang Jinyao wants to marry him

And as soon as I heard me silently pronounce this name, Cai Wei thought about it and immediately said: "Yes, it seems to be this, surnamed Wu"

I couldn't help but gasp.

It's really Wu Yanqiu

It is also said that after Chang Qing's death, the Chang family has no marriageable children of other ages, except for this Wu Yanqiu, Chang Taishi's proud protégé, who previously sent an envoy to Xichuan, and later dealt with various affairs when the emperor went down to the south of the Yangtze River, it should be said that he made great contributions. Especially after Liu Qinghan was convicted and absconded, and Wen Fengxi stayed in Yangzhou, the more powerful person around the emperor should be him.

He wants to marry Yang Jinyao

I didn't know how to evaluate it for a while, but this matter didn't have much to do with me originally, but I was entangled in my heart for a while, and even when I was lying down to rest, Wu Yanqiu's pure, restrained eyes and Yang Jinyao's handsome but stubborn face kept flashing in my mind.

Later in the evening, it's time for dinner.

I was invited to the main hall and had dinner with Yang Wanyun and several of his wives.

Before that, Cai Wei went to mess with those subordinates for a while, naturally she also had ulterior motives, and she found out some news for me, so I was not too rude during the banquet. In addition to Yang Wanyun's wife, Mrs. Hanyu, there are also four concubines, among which I have seen Mrs. Yuerong, a son and a daughter, and two others, I heard that they were all given by others on the outside field, and they only raised one son, and the remaining one is the mother of Yang Jinqiao, who has passed away.

Speaking of which, there are not a few people in the Yang family, but one Yang Yunhui died, and one Yang Jinqiao left, the huge Yang Mansion seemed to be much empty, and the remaining two sons were also sent by Yang Wanyun to do business in other places, and they were not at home all the year round.

Of course, there are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas during the banquet, because I am a guest, and I specially opened a jar of wine that has been cellared for 40 years, which should be said to be kind to me, but the banquet was very quiet, Yang Wanyun had nothing to say, he didn't speak, and of course the ladies had nothing to say.

A meal, eaten in silence.

Finally, after eating, when everyone was rinsing their mouths with tea, Yang Wanyun took the silk handkerchief handed by the servant and wiped the corners of his mouth, and then said: "Miss Yan has come to our house as a guest these days, and she is really wronged. Don't bother Miss Yan, understand?"

When he said this, he obviously meant something.

However, Mrs. Hanyu didn't even change her face, and after she spoke, she took the tea offered by the maid and took a sip of it.

The other ladies looked at them, but they didn't speak.

Yang Wanyun smiled at me at this time: "Miss Yan must be tired all the way to Beijing, let's go to bed early today." ”

I smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm a little sleepy, so I'll go back first." ”

After saying that, he saluted a few of their ladies again, and then turned around and walked back with Cai Wei.

The capital is not quite the same as Jiangnan, after dinner, the sky is almost dark, a servant carrying a lantern to lead us back to the room, and specially instructed two words, and then left.

Cai Wei went to make my bed, and while making the bed, she chatted with me, and I sat on the couch by the window, talking to her with a match, but my mind was always a little messy.

Although it has been smooth since I returned to the capital, and there have been no accidents, it is precisely this that makes me a little uneasy.

The capital is not such a stable place for me.

In the end, is it really a qiē peace, or is it the calm before the storm

Just as I was distraught, and Cai Wei finally made the bed and was about to call me over to rest, suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the quiet night.

The footsteps were so soft that they were not noticeable, but they were so quiet that we could hear every step we took, until we heard the footsteps stop at our door.

Tuk-tuk.

There was a knock on the door outside

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