Chapter 179

The drastic change of events came one day in mid-May. That day, the old emperor suddenly fell headlong again in the court, but this time, he never woke up again.

Naturally, such an old emperor can no longer govern. But the country can't be without a king for a day, who is the regent, but it makes the ministers of the court quarrel. The four princes naturally wanted to push the four princes to the throne, but the crown prince was locked up by the old emperor, and he was still the monarch of the country. In the end, it was the old queen mother in the palace who lost her temper and ordered someone to release the prince from the East Palace.

It's just that the Queen Mother also secretly warned the prince, saying that she didn't want to see the family fratricidal. So, although the crown prince returned to power, he did not dare to make any big moves. For a while, the situation seemed unusually calm.

And this calm, simply the terrible calm before the storm. Everyone knows that now the first line of the crown prince and the first line of the four princes have reached the point of life and death, and the key to a qiē depends on when the old emperor dies and whether he can wake up before he dies...... Yuan Changqing once quietly told Shanniang that if it really came to that critical juncture, I was afraid that the prince would also do some bad things. On the other hand, if things do not go as well as the Four Princes intended, and those who are afraid of making waves will make waves, it should be the Four Princes. In short, I am afraid that an accident will not be able to escape.

Then, one day at the end of May, sure enough, the sky changed.

In the evening of that day, a chamberlain suddenly came to Yuan Changqing's house with a team of guards to announce the decree, ordering Yuan Changqing to enter the palace immediately. Yuan Changqing, who had never said much, rarely asked the chamberlain a few more words, and then he knew that it was the old emperor who woke up and ordered all the officials in the court to go to the palace gate to listen to the announcement. After speaking, the waiter urged Yuan Changqing vigorously.

Yuan Changqing's eyes sank slightly, and he didn't say anything more, and turned around and followed the chamberlain to get on the horse and prepare to enter the palace. Before leaving, he deliberately glanced back at Shanniang.

Husband and wife for many years, they no longer need words to understand each other's meaning. Shanniang looked at him and nodded vigorously, then blinked again. So Yuan Changqing also nodded hard at her, and then shook the reins to urge the horse forward.

Here, Yuan Changqing's back had just disappeared at the entrance of the alley, and Shanniang immediately ordered to go down, while sending people to the various families she had made friends with to deliver the news, and at the same time ordered Mao Da to guard the door, and she took Yuan Yi to the small second floor at the back of the courtyard.

Standing at the window on the second floor, Shanniang looked under the window and saw that there was suddenly no boat shadow in the Jinshui River where boats came and went in the past, and she knew that she was afraid that something was going to happen today.

The one who came to announce the decree was an unknown chamberlain, and there was a team of murderous guards behind him, but there was no Yuan Changqing to explain to her at this time, and Shanniang also knew that it should not be the prince's family if there was a move.

At this time, Shanniang can only comfort herself, since Yuan Changqing was poisoned, the prince has sent him a secret guard, thinking that if those people want to plot misdeeds halfway, the secret guard can always protect Yuan Changqing's thoughtfulness. What's more, few people in Beijing know that Yuan Changqing is actually both civil and military, and if he wants to save his life, his kung fu should not be bad.

Just as she was thinking wildly, Mother Li ran upstairs to report that the fifth master was here with his wife and the two masters.

Before Shanniang went out, the fifth master and the fifth wife, as well as Hou Jue's whole brother, all went upstairs. Shanniang was surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

The fifth old man frowned and said: "Changsheng entered the palace, you are the only one in the family, I don't worry about you, I wanted to take you over, but my wife said that your body is heavy and inconvenient, I think it would be cheaper for us to come." ”

Shanniang thought about it, nodded and said "It's okay", and then saw that it was dark, and was just about to order someone to pass dinner, but only then did she realize that it was not that it was dark, but that it seemed that a rainstorm was coming.

After a while, people who had gone elsewhere to deliver the news also returned. It turned out that not only Yuan Changqing, but also Lin Ruting and the eldest princess were all announced into the palace. As for Fangfu, it happened that the end of the month was Zhongsubo's seventieth birthday, and the eldest wife took her two children to celebrate her birthday outside the gates, but she was not in Beijing.

It was cloudy until dinnertime, when the rain fell silently. It wasn't until the rain soaked the ground that the sky rolled over a muffled thunder. And this torrential rain only fell in the middle of dinner. No sooner had they finished their dinner than the rain suddenly stopped.

At this time, the light in the house had already been turned on, Shanniang sat by the window, looking out of the dark window, and couldn't help but think about what Yuan Changqing was doing at this time, whether it was raining before, probably no one would care about his food...... Thinking about it like this, she couldn't help but hold her forehead and laugh.

Behind her, the fifth master and the fifth wife were whispering, looking at her cautiously. Seeing that she suddenly smiled, the wife pulled the sleeve of the old man's shirt and whispered, "Look, I told you not to worry." Shan'er is not the kind of person who can't bear it. ”

When Shanniang heard this, she glanced back at the old lady and said with a smile, "Let's all stay upstairs tonight." If the lord is tired, there is still a couch in the room. ”

Although there is also a bed in Yuan Changqing's study downstairs, she is not good for people to enter at will. God knows what secrets are inside, although Yuan Changqing didn't guard against her, and now she herself refuses to go in.

The old man said: "It's okay, it's ......."

As he spoke, the floor suddenly rang loudly.

The fifth master frowned for a while, and when he got up to go out to look, he saw that Wufu had a big belly for nearly seven months, and he rushed upstairs with the agility that ordinary pot-bellied women did not have. Behind her, Sanhe Liu'an was so anxious that he shouted: "Slow down, slow down!" ”

When Shanniang saw Wufu, she couldn't help but be surprised, "Why are you here?" ”

Wufu is now almost seven months old, and she went home early to raise the baby - although in fact, she and Yanfeng also live in the lower courtyard behind, not far away.

Lu'an couldn't outrun a woman who was seven months pregnant, so she ran into the house panting at this time, and just heard Shanniang asking Wufu's words, so she hurriedly replied: "Yanfeng sent her in, saying that there was no one to take care of her at home, and he was not at ease." ”

Shanniang knew that Yan Feng must have received Yuan Changqing's order to strictly guard the family and not be distracted, so she sent Wufu to her.

The five blessings rushed upstairs only to see the five old men and five wives, who were smiling embarrassedly at the old lady. Shanniang beckoned to her, pointed to the chair next to her and sat down, and laughed quietly: "When can I change this quick temper?" In case you bump into it, you have to say that your family's hot wind has put a 'tightening spell' on you. ”

If you want to say that among a few maids, Wufu is the most eloquent one, Yuan Changqing, who is the same as the Yan Feng, looks calm and introverted, and if he really wants to fight with others, Wufu can't resist it at all.

Seeing that Wufu looked back at the door, and Lu'an pursed his mouth unhappily, Shanniang knew it in her heart, but deliberately asked Lu'an, "Who is outside?" ”

Lu'an pouted and said, "It's a gale." And he said, "I told him to keep watch downstairs, and he was not allowed to go upstairs." ”

When Shanniang heard this, she and Wufu looked at each other.

In fact, on the day Yuan Changqing was poisoned, Lu'an and Jufeng were stripped of their clothes and stacked together. Lu'an was knocked unconscious and didn't know anything; The gale, but he was only drugged, but he was still sane. Although Hua's mother later reorganized Lu'an, Jufeng's old-fashioned child felt that he had "tarnished" Lu'an's innocence, and followed Lu'an around Lu'an like a puppy all day long. Bi Lu'an is now fourteen or fifteen years old, which is the age when love first opens, and Lin Ruxuan's little guy circled around her, and she didn't understand what she meant, and the wind of prejudice circled around her, but she misunderstood, and she quietly moved her heart. And when she accidentally learned the inside story, Jufeng clumsily said that he was just trying to apologize to her by circling around her, and the little girl became angry and refused to pay attention to Jufeng again.

In fact, do you want to say that Jufeng has no mind for her? I'm afraid that it may not be, but the gale is almost twenty, and Lu'an is only fourteen, and I am afraid that I feel that this is an old cow eating tender grass, so I didn't dare to think in that direction......

Just like she didn't meddle in the affairs of Sanhe Wufu at the beginning, Shanniang didn't plan to meddle in the affairs of Lu'an, but when she had nothing to do, she looked at the matter of Lu'an and Jufeng as a pastime and watched the joke very unconscionably. It's just that at this time, she didn't have the heart to look at the jokes of these two people anymore, so she said to Lu'an: "Call him up." Standing high here and seeing far away, he has good eyesight, and he can see any movement outside first. ”

And not long after Lu'an went out, he came in very unhappily and said, "How can I still tell my wife, I didn't find him after looking around, it turned out that people were on the roof in the morning!" He pouted and muttered in a low voice: "I'm not afraid of falling!" ”

Wufu grinned and tugged at Sanhe's sleeve. Sanhe laughed at her in a low voice, "You know how to watch her liveliness at this time, but I don't know how I saw you and Yanfeng at the beginning." ”

As he was talking, a cannon rang out out of nowhere, startling everyone to jump.

The fifth old man rushed out of the room in three or two steps, stood on the front porch and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that there was a fire burning in the high imperial city walls, and he didn't know where the fire was.

Shanniang followed, looked at the red in the sky and said secretly: It's started.

"Here we go." Suddenly, a whisper rang in her ear. When she looked back, it was Hou Jue.

Hou Jue held the railing and leaned out half of his body to look in the direction of the imperial city.

Shanniang's eyes flashed slightly, and she nodded secretly in her heart.

Hou Jue seems to have recognized Yuan Changqing as his target, and he has learned from him everywhere, and now he has been the leader of Xinglin Academy for two consecutive years. Listening to the fifth wife, he also erected an arrow target in his yard and practiced archery every day, and he actually wanted to be like Yuan Changqing, becoming both civil and military.

It's good. Shanniang thought, there are two brothers in the family, one from Wen and the other from Wu, which is very good. As for the whole brother, the five-year-old brother has just figured out the difference between his brother and his uncle, and he can't expect him to know too much for the time being, and let him grow up slowly, don't worry.

She was not in a hurry because Yuan Changqing had a thorough understanding of the bottom in her heart, but the fifth master had no bottom in her heart, and she was anxious when she looked at the movement in the imperial city, and said, "What's wrong?" Who is going to rebel? ”

Shanniang also held the railing and said, "Someone wants to rebel." It's just that at the moment, she doesn't know whether the rebel is the fourth prince or the crown prince......

She soon found out, though.

They were watching the movement in the imperial city from the front porch when suddenly a sharp whistle sounded overhead. Shanniang was startled, and when she looked up, she saw the wind turning over and hanging upside down under the eaves, and said to Shanniang and the fifth master: "Madame, please go in, someone is coming." ”

Shanniang raised her eyes, and sure enough, she saw a torch outside the mouth of the alley, hurrying in the direction of their house, and the sound of horses' hooves and shouting of killing could be faintly heard in the wind.

When she still wanted to see it, Hou Jue had already come over and grabbed her arm, leaned into her ear and whispered, "It seems that it is the four princes who rebelled." ”

Shanniang looked at the young Hou Jue in surprise and said with a smile: "It seems that you have learned a lot from your brother-in-law." ”

"It's nothing," Hou Jue said with a smile, "it's just that my brother-in-law has shown me a lot of books." ”

Shanniang's eyebrows were raised, and she smiled: "Do you plan to take a career in the future?" ”

Hou Jue shook his head, "I can't do it." He looked at Shanniang again and said, "I don't have as many eyes as my brother-in-law." I would like to be like my husband, a gentleman who teaches and solves doubts. ”

At this time, hearing the excitement outside, Xiao Quan'er and Ah Hao made a fuss inside, and they also wanted to come out to see the excitement. Hou Jue snorted at the little brother in the middle and said with a smile: "That is the material for the career." My sister didn't see it, and the delicious food in Ah Hao's hand was deceived by Brother Quan. ”

Because she believed that Yuan Changqing was surrounded by rebels, Shanniang never felt a little frightened, and only acted as a referee between Xiao Yuan Yi and Quan Ge'er, who found out that she had been fooled and opened her mouth to howl.

The fifth master is not as big as her, and only runs to the front porch from time to time to watch the movement. A moment came in and said, "I'm going to bang on the door." After a while, he came in again and said, "This Yuan Da actually installed a capstone in the door!" "After a while, they came in again, "They released the rocket." Shocked, Shanniang and Mrs. were just about to go out to see, when he came in again and said, "It's a shame that the rain just fell was not lit." ”

After so many times, his wife was so annoyed that he grabbed him by the arm and pulled him into the house, pressed him on the chair farthest from the door, and said angrily: "Don't go out again!" In vain! ”

Only then did the fifth master realize that he shouldn't be like this, and hurriedly shut up.

In this way, the rebels surrounded Tanhua Mansion until the second half of the night, and did not break a front door, but asked Yan Feng to lead the old Yuan family soldiers who were missing arms and legs at home to shoot several rebels with cold arrows.

Just when Quan Ge'er and Ah Hao had already adapted to the noise and fell asleep, the fifth master suddenly stood up, pointed to the back window and whispered, "Look! ”

Shanniang leaned over to take a look, but saw a boat floating down from the upper reaches of the Jinshui River. The ship was brightly lit, and from a distance, you could see the people on the boat holding bright steel knives in their hands.

"Be careful." The fifth master shouted, but it was a rare reliable time, and ordered Mother Li to extinguish all the lights upstairs.

So, with bated breath, the boat actually leaned downstairs in the small building.

"Is this it?" In the silence, Shanniang heard someone on the boat ask loudly.

"This is it." A voice replied.

Shanniang's eyebrows twisted suddenly. She recognized this voice, it was Yuan Er and Yuan Changxing!