Chapter 182: Let Your Ears and Eyes Speak for Me
Under the influence of the unusually fierce and civilized customs and human feelings of the Great Zhou, for everyone's ladies, marriage and children's private affairs are not taboo at all, and there are even civilized families, and even do the things of gathering Junxiu to let their daughters secretly choose a son-in-law, and it is not strange for friends in the boudoir to talk privately about such girls' hearts, and it is too normal to have a crush on and admire a Lang Jun, but with the friendship between Eleven Niang and Wei Yan, such a topic is obviously shallow and deep.
And when Wei Yan said this, he was too unscrewed, and his attitude was bright and impatient.
Even if Lu Li's favorite concubine killed his wife is nothing, and Lu Li's talent is impeccable, Wei Xiangguo will resolutely not approve of the eldest granddaughter marrying the Xue family at this head, with Wei Yan's consistent scheming temperament, how could he be so naΓ―ve and reckless, thinking that he could persuade the elders to allow the marriage by relying on the truth learned by Eleven Niang's inquiry?
That's a joke.
Wei Yan's purpose today should be to be entrusted by Wei Xiangguo to find her to verify those rumors, so as to judge the Xue family's "loyalty and traitor" and decide how to deal with it.
That arrangement, in the end, still had an effect, but Eleven Niang never expected that Wei Yuanping would leave He Zhan without asking, but let her granddaughter find such an excuse to start with her. Maybe Wei Xiang thinks that he is still young and what he says is more credible, or maybe he thinks that it is beneficial and harmless to understand through multiple channels, and it doesn't matter for what reason, what matters is how he should deal with it.
Eleven Niang quickly paid attention, but chuckled silently.
It seems that Wei Yuanping attaches great importance to Wei Xuan, the eldest granddaughter, and does not hesitate to tell him about the affairs of the court, and allows his granddaughter to participate in it, which is actually not surprising, there is Queen Duan Huiwen in front of the Wei family, and now there is such an ambitious Wei Haichi, and her daughter is more confident than the rest of the family.
Of course, Eleven Niang can follow Wei Yan's words and steer things in the direction of her plan, but in this way, she will confirm the impression of her own clumsiness and ignorance in Wei Yuanping's mind, seeing that Princess Tong'an is going to choose a companion to read, and she is expected to enter the palace, if she continues to hide in front of the Queen Mother in the future, it will be more and more difficult not to say, and it is not conducive to winning the favor of the Queen Mother.
Therefore, Eleven Niang decided to "debunk" Wei Yan.
The little girl's weird attitude finally made Wei Yan's heart "deer rambling", realizing that maybe she was too shy, and lowered her face slightly: "Eleventh sister is laughing at me?" β
"Sister Yan has something that makes me laugh, Sister Yan has no contact with Xue Liuge, where will she admire Xue Liuge, Sister Yan can no longer use the excuse of love at first sight to be tempted by the talent of the sixth brother, my sister herself is extraordinary, how can she be so stupid, just by one glance, you have no understanding of people, you will not marry." Eleven Niang covered her mouth and smiled: "If Sixth Brother Xue really makes my sister admire, my sister must believe that Sixth Brother Xue is not such an unkind and unrighteous person, so why do you need to ask me, is my sister's real intention ...... Do you want to express your heart to Sixth Brother Xue through my mouth, so that Sixth Brother Xue can take the initiative to come to the door to ask for marriage? β
That's a bad thing!
Where is Wei Yan willing to marry as a stepmother, not to mention that Xue Luli is still a sick and weak body, and there is a pampered concubine in the family who is dazzling, she originally planned to wait for the truth to be found out, and ask Eleven Niang to keep it secret for her, and then ask her parents to agree, and then push the elders to oppose it in two days, even if she copes with the past.
Being a general like Eleven Niang, Wei Mian was in a mess first, and poked Eleven Niang with a finger: "Just your ghost, don't talk nonsense, make me a laughing stock." β
Eleven Niang almost didn't get poked, but she wasn't annoyed, and wrapped her arms around Wei Yan: "Why is my sister curious about Sixth Brother Xue, can't it be...... Someone said bad things about Sixth Brother Xue in front of his uncle and grandfather? β
What's going on? It turned out that seven years ago, Pei Zheng rebelled against the case, and the Queen Mother was also hesitating whether to simply implicate the Xue family, for fear that implicating too wide would cause more questions, and Pei Banniang died of dystocia almost immediately, Xue Qian took the initiative to show sincerity to the Son of Heaven, claiming that he would never abolish the public for personal reasons, and then the Queen Mother tried to let Xue Zizhan worship the Prime Minister, although he said that he resigned, but he agreed with his son Xue Qian to lead the post of governor, which was also a gesture of goodwill, which dispelled the Queen Mother's doubts to a certain extent, and originally did not take the Xue family to heart. Just consider not reusing it and gradually weakening its momentum.
Xue Qian's worship of the prime minister undoubtedly expressed his belief in Pei Zheng's rebellion after listening to the decision of the Heavenly Family, and it was an effective counterattack to the world's questioning of Pei Zheng's injustice, and the Queen Mother would let Xue Qian be in a high position.
But four years ago, Xue Qian openly refuted Xie Raoping's support for the Empress Dowager to listen to the advice of the Empress Dowager at the Shuori Dynasty Conference, which of course made the Empress Dowager suspect that the Xue family endured humiliation and did not harbor attempts, and that she was fooled by the Xue family.
Only then did Wei Yuan be instructed to intervene in his ears and eyes - Xue Qian's concubine.
On the other hand, the Queen Mother's heart is not dead, and she also thinks that the Son of Heaven wants to thank and die, Xue Qian is heavy, and she is bound to reinstate the old Pei family, and the Queen Mother has long noticed that Feng Bozhang's ambition is not dead after hanging the crown and resigning, and secretly made friends with the courtiers and subordinates to inquire about the affairs of the court, and the Queen Mother knew that Feng Bozhang did not have the heart to overturn the case for Pei Zheng, but for personal gain, so she planned to use this person to implicate Xue Qian in the trap.
Among the people Feng Bozhang interacted with, there was a cold scribe, surnamed Yu Mingrang, which Yu Rang was a tribute from Tengzhou Township, who originally wanted to enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, but after coming to Chang'an, he was involved in a brawl, and was broken by someone who broke the bridge of his nose and ruined his appearance, completely cut off the opportunity to enter the office, so he made a living as a curtain master in a family with a large surname, and Yu Rang took refuge in the head of the house is in the household department, and he knows some court affairs, such as Xie Raoping was deposed four years ago, and it was Yu Rang who informed Feng Bozhang at the first time.
The Queen Mother instructed Wei Yuanping to buy Yu Rang and give advice to Feng Bozhang, while showing favor to Xue Qian and begging for his recommendation, while bribing the eunuch and finally catching up with Gu Huaien, from the mouth of the inner prison, he heard that the Son of Heaven suspected that Pei Zheng was framed by Xie Mao's party, so he decided to eradicate it.
Feng Bozhang, Xie and Mao are mortal enemies, of course, they have no doubt about letting Liu Du get rid of Xie Raoping.
And Xue Qian's concubine was also sent out through Feng Bozhang's hand.
Yu Rang persuaded Feng Bozhang: "Although Your Excellency is now ambitious to enter the political hall to discuss politics, but after all, the foundation is not as good as Xie Mao's two, you must work together with Xue Xiang, I heard that although Xue Xiang is upright, he likes to drink tea, and he has asked for a lot of money to buy tea. β
So the concubine was placed in the Xue Mansion.
But several years have passed, although Xue Qian is quite pampered by the concubine, but the temperament dictates, the news of the use has not been leaked at all, when Wei Yuanping is almost hopeless, the concubine suddenly has a word - Xue Qian was drunk, and finally couldn't help complaining, saying that the eldest son Xue Qiguang was stupid, was used by others, and fell out of harmony with him, and the concubine tried his best to tempt, Xue Qian said that his nephew Xue Lu was suspicious, suspecting that his uncle killed his wife Pei Banniang, and always believed that Pei Zheng was innocent, and Chu Xin had been plotting to ruin Xue Qian's reputation for several years, and flattered He Zhan to make friends with Yingyang real teachers and students, which was to pave the way for entering the government in the future, but once Xue Luli succeeded, he would inevitably instigate the Son of Heaven to review Pei Zheng's case!
The Xue family is really uneasy and kind, but it sounds like Xue Qian has no intention of overturning the case for Pei Zheng?
Wei Yuanping immediately informed Empress Dowager Wei of this great discovery.
However, a few days later, Wei Yuanping heard about Xue Qiguang's beating from Yuankang's side, and the ears and eyes went back to the Hou Mansion to invite the doctor to go to Xue Mansion together, Xue Luli was grateful, but Xue Qian turned him away, and he didn't even see Xue Qiguang's face.
Wei Yuanping thought at first that this was just the right time for the concubine to inquire about that, and Xue Qiguang and Xue Luli were on good terms, but they were instigated and fell out of harmony with Xue Qian's father and son, so they didn't pay much attention to it.
But three days later, the concubine sent a letter again - something had changed, her identity should have been discovered by Xue Qian, Xue Qiguang questioned her about what Xue Qian said after drinking, Xue Qian bumped into her, the father and son had a dispute again, Xue Qian did not hesitate to move the family law, until three days later, I think it was Xue Qian who persuaded Xue Qiguang, so he did not put his son under house arrest, however, Xue Qiguang looked at him very strangely, and the concubine suspected that Xue Qian had already learned that he was Wei Xiang's eyes and ears.
The concubine is also an alert person, and after knocking on the side, she realized that Xue Qian did not realize that she had insight into the inside story, so she dared to contact the tea shop set up by the Prime Minister outside the mansion with confidence.
In fact, as the concubine expected, not only Xue Qian had already seen her as her eyes and ears, but even Xue Luli and Liu Shiniang also learned her true identity.
Because of Yu Rang's many well-timed suggestions, he had already made the treacherous Feng Bozhang aware of the strangeness, and then let him try to send people to Xue's mansion through his hands, which made Feng Bozhang even more suspicious, in fact, Feng Bozhang had already noticed that Yu Rang had a private relationship with Wei Yuanping, and when he sent this concubine to Xue Qian, he told Xue Xiang that this person was Wei Yuanping's eyes and ears, and it was Feng Bozhang who was frank about this matter and further won Xue Qian's trust.
Xue Qian kept this concubine by his side, also to confuse Wei Yuanping, and he might have something to use in the future, but the existence of this concubine made Liu Shiniang have an idea and a plan.
Of course, although this plan is inseparable from the cooperation of everyone in the Xue family, Lu Li did not tell the elders that this plan was planned by Shi Niang, but claimed that he designed it.
The "facts" that Eleven Niang deliberately spread in the past four years can only allow Xue Luli to save her reputation to a certain extent, and it is not enough for the Queen Mother to believe that the Xue family is harmless to her.
On the basis of the battle between the Queen Mother and Mrs. Wei, the two sisters, Eleven Niang was greatly inspired and understood that if she wanted to make the Queen Mother believe it, the only way to lure the Queen Mother to visit secretly and find out the "truth" in person.
The concubine suspected that her identity had already been revealed, and the Queen Mother would inevitably suspect that the root cause was Feng Bozhang, and it was not difficult to verify.
As long as the Queen Mother was sure that Yu Rang's two eyes and ears had been exposed, then she would never believe what Xue Qian said through her concubine.
Xue Qian knew that his concubine had ghosts, but he also intended to let his opponent know that Lu Li had the intention to replace Pei Zheng Zhaoxue, for what reason?
Only by making the Queen Mother suspicious of Xue Qian's motives can the next plan be successfully achieved, He Zhan claims that Lu Li is innocent, and the "truth" that Xue Qian's uncle intends to frame and destroy his reputation can be corroborated with the Queen Mother's investigation.
Since Wei Yan has already been dispatched, it means that the Queen Mother has indeed noticed that Yu Rang has been exposed.
It's just that Eleven Niang didn't plan to "rehabilitate" Lu Li by herself, she said too much, but it was self-defeating.
The key words still need He Zhan to say.