Part 1 Staggered Time and Space Chapter 4 The Journey of the Kingdom of Li

Section 336 Reconciliation Banquet (1)

picked up Yuxin and Yuting outside the school grounds, said goodbye to Shi Ying, and told her about today's dinner, after Shi Ying agreed, the Shi family's soldiers left with Shi Ying.

Seeing Shi Ying leave, Yueqing turned her head and asked Chang Song: "How is it, there is nothing going on here, right?" ”

Chang Song said: "It's nothing, but a group of people who came out just now stared at us for a long time." The leader looked like a nobleman, probably because he didn't know who he had lost to, and he was embarrassed. ”

Yueqing smiled: "Oh, I lost to us, looking for trouble inside, I let Qi Jiao teach them a lesson." ”

"I see, no wonder the people who came out from behind looked at us differently, some frightened, and some inexplicably hostile."

Yueqing smiled: "As long as you don't come forward to find trouble, don't pay attention to them." Let's go back. ”

Qi Jiao was ready to step on the stool.

Yueqing asked Yuxin, Yuting, Yuze and herself to ride in a carriage.

Chang Yuxiao naturally wanted to come in, and there were things that Yueqing used on weekdays in the car, so he was suddenly a little crowded.

So Cai'er and Zhu Wei only Cai'er came in, only kneeling there in a corner of the car, not daring to occupy many positions.

Yuxin saw that the curtain of the car was lowered, and after the convoy set off, she was a lot more relieved, and said angrily: "Yuqing is really, why did you go for so long, but let us wait outside." ”

Yueqing said with a smile: "I didn't want to stay long, I didn't just encounter trouble as soon as I entered, and dared to bully Yuze in front of me and scold us Yongjing Palace." Usually I didn't meet them, but I just caught them today, so of course I have to clean them up. I don't believe you asked Yuze, what he said is ugly. ”

Yu Ze nodded and said: "Yes, eldest sister, you don't go out on weekdays, I don't know what the outside says about us, but today the second sister helped us out, and it was the prince of Qin who was directly looking for us." ”

Yuting exclaimed: "Prince of Qin? Isn't that knighted? ”

Yueqing counted her down and said, "Yuting, Yongjing Wangfu is also a palace, what are you afraid of him doing?" ”

Yuting said: "However, how can our palace be compared with the Qin Palace, I heard my aunt say that other palaces are not like our palace, which are all powerful and powerful, unlike our palace, they just hold offerings, and the surface is just bright." ”

Yu Ze also said: "What Yu Ting said makes sense, this prince of Qin is the most famous person in Beijing, don't look at the sons of the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion who are freshly dressed and angry, and they are arrogant, and they dare not be presumptuous in front of him."

And although this person is not as meritorious as Dingyuan Marquis, he often goes out to suppress bandits and kill the enemy. I heard that he had just gone to quell a bandit a few days ago, and had just returned to Beijing. ”

Yuyu was also scared: "What? Bandits? Wouldn't it be a lot of deaths to go and pacify the bandits? ”

Yu Ze smiled: "Sister, don't be afraid, it's far away from us." ”

Yueqing looked at him, with an unclear expression on her face.

Of course, Chang Yuxiao noticed, "Yuze, there are girls in the car, don't say these words." ”

Yueqing turned her head to look at him.

Chang Yuxiao looked back at her: "These things are all men's things. ”

Yueqing hooked the corners of her mouth and didn't look at him.

Yuting said: "It sounds like this person is very powerful, so if we offend him, will it be troublesome?" ”

Yu Ze bowed his head.

Yueqing patted him, "What are you afraid of, I'm still here, Sister Yuxin and Sister Yuting don't go out in the palace on weekdays, and they can't encounter any trouble, as for Yuze, if anyone dares to trouble you, I will definitely make him pay a more painful price." The prince of Qin has already suffered a loss today, if he dares to come to find trouble, it will not be over so simply. ”

Yu Ze nodded: "Well, I believe in my sister, and I'm not afraid of them." ”

"That's right, no matter who is looking for trouble in the future, you have to tell me, as long as I am caught once, the people in the capital will take a good look at the attitude of our Yongjing Palace."

Yuxin smiled: "Yuqing too, what she said is like a man's body." ”

Yueqing said: "Is my sister saying that I am fierce?" ”

"Sister thinks you have momentum, and you have the momentum that nobles should have, and it is estimated that the ladies in the palace are like this."

Cai'er looked up, just wanted to teach a few words, turned her head to see Yueqing, and held back her words. The young lady has more and more ideas of her own, and her personality is uncertain, so it is better not to upset her.

Yuting laughed next to her: "That's what my sister said, I think so too." ”

Yueqing also laughed.

After laughing, Yuting asked curiously: "Second sister, I wanted to ask just now, who is the person tied to the back?" ”

Yueqing glanced through the back window of the car, only to see that the captive was tied to the back and dragged away. She was dressed in colorful clothes, and her face was also painted with exaggerated matchmaker makeup, and her hair was cut unevenly, probably because she had fallen while walking, and the flowers on her hair had almost fallen off. The rag on his mouth was gone, but there was no scolding at this time.

At this time, it was already on the street, because of his reasons, the convoy was more eye-catching than when he came. But most of the eyes were on the captive, pointing. Some children even thought it was fun and threw rocks. This person was unsteady on his feet, and he also had chains on his feet, because he was not walking honestly, he was pulled by Chang Liu in front, and Chang Bai was rushing behind, his face was full of resentment.

Yueqing smiled: "That's the trophy I won, he was given to me by those people in the school field, of course, and I robbed him, I heard that he was the general of the enemy country, and he was caught by King Bowei." ”

Yuting said: "He looks really strange. ”

Yueqing said: "Is it strange? I don't think it's just that the skin is darker, and there are such people around us, for example, if you look at Chang Yuxiao, his skin color is whiter than him. ”

Chang Yuxiao saw everyone looking at him, and coughed, "Why are you comparing me." ”

"You've been around them a lot, I've seen a lot of dark-skinned people, and there are a lot of dark-skinned people in our villa. You can see that Qi Jiao is also quite dark, but it is not as dark as them. ”

When she said this, Yuxin and Yuting were laughing there.

Yuxin said: "It's only you to observe their appearance carefully." ”

Yueqing smiled, "Okay, don't talk about this, don't go back to the palace for a few days." ”

Yuxin said: "This is not good, I have already told my father that I want to go back earlier." ”

"Oh, this little thing, haven't you already said it, I'm also your home here, my father is not here, my mother is here, you can't just take care of your father and not serve your mother."

Yuxin hesitated. "I'd like to stay, but in case Daddy gets angry."

"Don't worry, I won't be angry, I'll find someone to send a letter back, today I invited King Bowei, Marquis Dingyuan, Shi Rong, Shi Hu and their families to be guests, there will definitely be female dependents at that time, you can't let me face it alone, I don't understand the rules of the Li Kingdom, don't lose the face of the palace again."

Yueqing said in a high-sounding voice.

Chang Yuxiao burst into laughter.

Yuting said: "Invited King Bowei, Marquis Dingyuan and General Shi Rong?" ”

"yes, and their families."

Yuting pulled Yuxin and said, "Eldest sister, let's go, what my sister said makes sense, you know the etiquette best in the house, so you can help Sister Yuqing." ”

Yuxin hesitated: "This, hey, what Yuqing said also makes some sense, but in the end, it is a junior... ”

Yueqing interrupted him: "What juniors are, how many of them are not big, how can they reach the level of elders." Whoever dares to call himself an elder, I will blast him out. Besides, sister, you're not too young to stay in the yard all the time, you have to meet people to know what kind of man you like. Otherwise, just one person will cheat you away, even if your father points you to someone, you have to have some numbers in your heart. ”

Yuxin lowered her head and looked left and right: "Oh, what are you doing here?" ”

"What I said, I'm telling the truth. Didn't you stay at home all day just to get married? You dare to say that marriage is not your primary concern. And what are you shy about, there are no outsiders here, all of them are from our own family. ”

Jade heart pondered.

Yueqing shook her: "Sister, listen to me, yes, even if you can't be the master of your marriage, you can't be completely at the mercy of others." People must have some value of their own to live, otherwise they will live as a shadow of others.

An excellent girl like you, maybe you can really meet a suitable person when you see a lot of people, and when the time comes, the other party meets the conditions of your father, and you will not be considered to have lived your own way. ”

Jade Heart looked at her.

Yueqing's eyes finally changed a little when she saw her, and then looked at Yuting and said, "Although Yuting is still young now, it won't take a few years to encounter this incident, so it's better to prepare in advance, isn't there a saying that you should be prepared." ”

Yu Ting understood faster than Yu Xin, and immediately nodded: "I listen to the second sister." ”

Yuxin looked at her.

Yueqing went to persuade Yuxin again: "Eldest sister, you see how much Yuting understands things, let me tell you, a woman in the boudoir like you has two ways to decide her fate, one is to be born well, although Yongjing Mansion is not bad, but in fact, you also understand in your hearts that it is not too good." The second is to marry well, and if you marry well, you will not only be good for yourself, but you may also be able to help the palace.

Our family now has two boys, Yuze and Yuxian, you also know what Yuxian looks like, just rely on Yuze, eldest sister, are you reluctant to watch him in the future? You're his own sister. ”

Yuxin glared at her: "Of course I know this truth." But where is the fate of a woman so easy to control as you say? ”

"That's why I let you go out and walk more, and if you don't go out, the opportunity to come from is not. The more you go out, the more opportunities you have. Maybe one day that luck will come. ”

Yuxin said angrily: "It makes the most sense for you to speak, and you really have said anything good." ”

Yueqing smiled: "It's good that my sister thinks it makes sense, let's talk about today's matter, but you, the eldest sister, should do it for my younger sister." ”

Yuxin nodded: "Okay then, I'll listen to you." ”

Yueqing grinned, and the brothers and sisters began to chat.

Shi Rong's side, together with King Bowei and Shi Hu, pulled Shi Ying and hurried back to Shifu together.

Shi Ying complained as soon as she was in the inner courtyard: "Brother, what are you going to do in such a hurry?" ”

Shi Rong said: "Go to your room first." ”

Shi Ying complained: "What are you going to do in my room, what do you think of my room, you just go in, why do cousins and them have to go in?" ”

Shi Rong said: "Okay, okay, my good sister, it's important, Brother Hui will buy you the rouge you like." ”

"Hmph, a box of rouge wants to send me away, what the hell is going on? You have to come to my room to do it. ”

Shi Rong said: "The group leader said that he left a letter in your room. ”

Shi Ying's face was clouded: "Letter? What letter? How I don't know. ”

"That's what the county lord said, but he didn't say anything else, you ask me, how do I know. Why don't you go in and find it? ”

Shi Ying immediately said, "Oh, then go in and find it." ”

King Bowei asked Shi Hu to guard the door and not let people get close here, and the three of them entered Shi Ying's room.

Shi Ying looked around, but didn't see any letters, and was looking sad.

King Bowei also coughed and looked around the ground, whether it was good to look around presumptuously.

Shi Rong thought for a moment, "Where did the county lord sit?" ”

Shi Ying reacted: "Yes, yes, she hasn't been anywhere since she came, she just stood inside the door and looked around, praised a few words, and then sat with me at the small desk to talk." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the side of the small case, and looked around on the chair on the ground on the case, but he didn't see any letters.

"Nope."

King Bowei also Shi Rong also walked over, there was nothing on this small case, plus Shi Ying's room was not like other girls, there were many things in the room, there was nothing clean on the ground, and the chair was also a simple style.

King Bowei asked, "Where does the lord sit?" ”

Shi Ying pointed: "That." ”

King Bowei walked over, sat down in Yueqing's place, and looked down. Seeing that there was a carved texture on the side of the small case, he looked in the direction of the door, then looked at the small case, lifted the small case, changed the direction, turned the side of the inside to himself, looked at it and laughed.

Brother and sister Shi Rong went over, "Found it?" ”

King Bowei lifted the small case and showed them it, "Here it is." ”

Shi Ying took a look, only to see a paper ball not as big as a melon seed stuffed in the small slit.

said with a black face: "Cousin, you can find out such a small loss." ”

Shi Rong also laughed: "It's really a shame that she can think of it." ”

Shi Ying said curiously: "How does my cousin know that this is here." ”

"Since the county lord wants to secretly release this letter, he must not want the people of the villa to know. There have always been a lot of people around her, and she will inevitably carry people behind her back in order to hide people's eyes. The back of this small case is not easy for people to see, and it is easy to sneak in. What happened to you while you were in the room? ”

Shi Ying recalled: "There is nothing to do, oh yes, the county lord said that he was not used to drinking my tea here, so he arranged for the maid around him to get the tea in the villa, and said that he wanted me to taste the delicious fruit." ”

King Bowei said: "That's right, this time is enough for her to put this letter." ”

Shi Ying said: "Huh? But why did the county lord do this, was she coerced by the villa? And do these things on the back of the villa. It doesn't look like it, I see that those people in the villa are obedient to her, and let them do whatever they want? ”

Shi Rong said: "It seems that the county lord is not as good as he appears in the villa, and there is a dislike between them. ”

King Bowei said: "It's useless to think about it so much, just take it out and take a look." ”

Shi Ying took off the hairpin and picked out the paper ball from the crack.

King Bowei took it and opened it on the desk.

Although the paper ball is small, it is very solid and not small to unfold.

Shi Ying said with a smile: "The county lord is really interesting, he actually used this method to deliver news, who can notice such a small paper ball, what is written on it." ”

After saying that, he stepped forward to take a look.

"Brother, what kind of pen is this written in stone, it can be written so small, I didn't expect the county lord's writing skills to be not weak, and he can see it clearly when he writes so small."

Shi Rong said: "I guess it's probably not the soft luxury we usually use." It's like a hard object. ”

"Hard objects? What hard objects can be written. ”

"There are more hard objects that can be written, such as charcoal that has been burned."

"Where did a person of such a status as the lord of the county go to get the charcoal that had been burned? Besides, even if she takes it, the people around her will know. ”

King Bowei said: "It is useless to discuss this, but it is better to think about what this letter means." ”

Shi Ying said: "I don't understand, what can these simple words mean, is the county lord going to play dumb riddles with us?" ”

Shi Rong said: "Well, I really can't understand it. Opportunity, Leaving the Village, Control, Extraordinary, News, Yuechi, Password, Gift-giving. These are all simple words. It should be trying to express what it means, what does the prince think? ”

King Bowei put down the piece of paper.

"Opportunity, leaving the village should mean that we should create an opportunity for her to leave the village. As for this control and extraordinary, if this king guessed correctly, it should mean that her current actions are under the control of the villa, and these people in the villa are extraordinary. The first four words are not difficult to understand, and the king behind them can't guess for the time being. ”

Shi Rong looked at the paper and said, "What the palace said makes sense, the first two words represent what the county lord wants us to do, and the third and fourth words represent our own situation. It seems that today's competition of the county lord was deliberate, and it also let us know how powerful the other party is. ”

King Bowei frowned: "It's really powerful, and there are only four people on the field today, two of them didn't show their hands much, just Chang Liu and Chang Rong are not opponents, it seems that this is a reminder that we have to do what we can." ”

After speaking, he shook his head: "She will really give us problems." ”

Shi Rong said: "Although it is a problem, it is not a bad thing. Aren't we also worried that the mountain villa is an iron bucket and has no way to start? This is an opportunity to deliver to your door. ”

King Bowei nodded.

Shi Ying picked up the piece of paper and asked, "It's useless to just know the first four words, what do the last four words mean?" ”

Neither spoke.

Shi Ying said worriedly: "The county lord is really, what kind of dumb riddle to play, it would be good to write it clearly." ”

Shi Rong slapped her on the head, "It's good to be able to pass the information to me under the noses of so many people, what else do you want." Those people in the villa can't even do anything about the prince, not to mention getting close to the county lord, it's difficult to get close to the county lord's place. The fact that the county lord can think of this method shows that she is thoughtful, and she is many times stronger than you. ”

Shi Ying glared at him.

Shi Rong ignored her and continued: "The last four words are not completely clueless. ”

Shi Ying hurriedly asked, "What's the clue?" ”

Shi Rongxun her: "Why are you so curious." ”

"I'm curious, I usually stay in the house, where can I encounter such a fun thing, I like this county lord more and more. She's funny. ”

Shi Rong smiled: "If you spend a long time with her in the future, you will find it more and more interesting." ”

Shi Ying smiled: "Well, brother, you should quickly say the next four words, what is the clue?" ”

Shi Rong glanced at her helplessly. Then he said, "What do you think is special about the first four words? ”

Shi Ying glanced at it, but didn't see it. "What's so special?"

Shi Rong said: "You don't find that every two words represent one thing. ”

"Yes, you say that, indeed. Do you mean that the last four words also express one meaning for every two words? ”

"It's not too stupid."

Shi Ying looked at the paper: "Then this news and Yue Chi have the same meaning, and the code and gift giving are the same meaning." But what does that mean exactly? I've heard of Yue Chi as well, and I've heard that it's a big shot. Does that mean he has news in his hands too? ”

King Bowei said: "This may not be, but the county lord's intention does mean that we should find him." ”

Shi Rong said: "The Yue family is not also from the villa, since the county lord wants to leave the villa, why should he look for him, if he is looking for the Yue family, I think that Yue Ke should be closer to her." ”

King Bowei said: "This is also where I am confused, but I can talk to him and probe the tone." This person is very shrewd, and it is easy to do bad things if he doesn't say anything. ”

Shi Rong nodded.

"When is the prince going to look for him?"

"Don't worry, although I don't know the true intentions of the county lord, but I don't mean to be in a hurry on her face, so it can be seen that this matter is not in a hurry, take your time."

Shi Rong nodded.

Shi Ying asked, "What about the code and gifts?" What is the meaning? ”

Shi Rong squinted his eyes and smiled: "These two words are the most abrupt, and they are the most difficult to understand, but they are also the least difficult. ”

"What do you mean?"

Shi Rong looked at her and said, "Silly sister, there always need to be two parties to give gifts, one is the one who gives and the other is the one who is given, and we are probably one of them." ”

Shi Ying didn't understand too much.

Shi Rong looked at the prince and said, "It seems that there must be a play of gift-giving at today's reconciliation banquet, but I don't know if the county lord gave it to us, or if he wanted us to give it to her." ”

Shi Ying suddenly realized: "I see, this sentence is reminding us of what she wants to do tonight by inviting us to dinner." ”

Shi Rong nodded: "I finally understand." ”

Shi Ying covered her mouth and laughed: "It's so fun, this person with a slow brain will definitely not think of it." ”

Shi Rong looked at her strangely.

Shi Ying was only happy, and she didn't feel anything wrong with her words. Hurriedly dismantled the paper: "Such a fun thing, I have to keep it well, and it will be interesting to take it out and see it in the future." It can pass my time a lot. ”

Shi Rong shook his head.

King Bowei looked at the paper she had put away, "Okay, you guys should get ready, and this king will come and pick you up and go to the Qinghu Courtyard later." ”

Shi Rong nodded: "Okay, let's wait for the prince in Shifu." ”