Chapter 17: Sadness

Rong Ping wanted to say something, but outside, Xiao Shi lowered his voice: "The prince, the prince, there is the prince's car in front." ”

King Anqing frowned, didn't care about anything else, and immediately ordered: "Pull aside, give way." ”

"Yes." The stones should be lowered and the coachman should pull aside.

Today's coachman is the strange young man, who has too many carriages back to his home, and he, the coachman, "makes up for his mistakes" and once again has the right to drive.

Hearing this, the man bowed his head slightly, and calmly parked the carriage to the side of the road.

King Anqing lifted the curtain and glanced outside, and quickly retracted it, his voice calm: "It's the second prince." ”

The sister-in-law is dead, and the second prince Pei Zheng is not only the longest, but also the son of the noble concubine, relatively noble, it can be said that he is currently the most popular candidate for the prince, and Prince Rong is supporting him.

The carriage came "da-da-da", but it did not stop, and passed directly by the side.

Rong Ping lowered his voice: "The second prince is very thoughtful, our Anqing palace is in turmoil, and he will not easily win us over, but will only avoid it from afar." ”

Rong Zhao nodded slightly.

This is a field that Rong Zhao has not been exposed to before, Rong Ping is willing to explain to her, and she listens very carefully.

As the carriage passed by, she lifted the curtain and looked out.

The prince's frame is indeed different, more luxurious and atmospheric, the frame is even higher, and four tall horses pull the carriage and slowly pass by.

And at the moment when Rong Zhao was about to put down the curtain, the curtain of the carriage next to him was also lifted in a corner.

She met a pair of piercing eyes, and just glanced at them hurriedly, and a handsome face with sharp edges and eyes like knives came into view.

Rong Zhao immediately lowered the curtain and lowered his eyes slightly.

Pei Zheng is Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, it is the moment when men's desire for power is at its highest in ancient times, and then look at him marrying the granddaughter of Taifu and accepting the daughter of Prince Rong's family and the daughter of Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's family as side concubines, you can know his plot for the throne.

Although Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is a neutral, he is obviously somewhat inclined to the current eldest prince.

In another carriage.

Pei Zheng frowned slightly: "Is there a young lady in the Anqing Palace?" ”

The entourage was stunned, and then immediately shook his head: "The youngest fifth girl is twenty years old, and she is married to Xu Mingzhi, the grandson of the Ministry of Officials, and the younger generation of Anqing Wangfu is now only Rong Zhao, the son of King Anqing, who is seventeen years old. ”

Pei Zheng nodded, closed his eyes, and said nothing more.

He thought of a face that he had just glimpsed at in shock, Pei Zheng hadn't seen a good look, but he was different from Lao Wu, he didn't value women, and naturally he didn't care about how the other party looked, his skin was just the outside.

The reason why that face made him remember it was not simply because it was good-looking, but because there was a pair of deep phoenix eyes that people couldn't see through on such a slightly pale and sick face......

The entourage lowered his voice: "Second prince, why don't we really say hello to King Anqing?" ”

Now is the critical moment, although the Anqing Royal Mansion is low-key, it has a great influence in the army, and it is not a useless force, at this moment, the princes should not give up any force.

Pei Zheng shook his head, his voice hoarse and cold: "No, the catastrophe of the Anqing Royal Mansion will be more than ten days later, I want to see how they deal with the four princes, if they don't deal with it well, the Anqing Royal Mansion is not worth wooing, now is not the time to add to the snake." ”

King Anqing is already old, and what is the future of Anqing Wangfu depends on how the prince of Anqing behaves.

The attendant understood, lowered his eyes, and stopped talking.

The carriage faded away.

Rong Ping exhaled lightly: "The overlapping thrones are the most troublesome time, I really hope that today can live a long life and make the dynasty more stable." ”

He shook his head: "These princes are not easy to get along with, you stay away from them." ”

After a pause, he added: "But after all, there is the next emperor among them, and it is best not to offend, and our Anqing Mansion can't have any more trouble." ”

Rong Zhao nodded.

She had no idea of getting involved in the struggle for the throne, but the more chaotic the situation, the more it would help her, a capitalist, to stir things up.

Rong Ping sighed again: "If the prince is still there, the dynasty will be stable ......"

This is the second time Rong Zhao has heard Rong Ping say this, she tilted her head: "I remember that the prince still has a son, and he is eighteen years old?" ”

Rong Ping was slightly stunned, and then shook his head: "It's okay to tell you, the son of the prince is ominous, and he doesn't live in the palace at all, but in the Taibei Temple in Beijing." ”

"Taibei Temple?" Rong Zhao was puzzled.

She didn't know anything about the original owner, and although she collected a lot of information after coming to this world, there was some information that couldn't be collected outside at all.

"Taibei Temple was built by the emperor to commemorate the prince, no one goes on weekdays, and naturally no one mentions it, I'm afraid many people have forgotten the existence of Taibei Temple."

He shook his head: "The prince is the prince who is most like the first emperor, he showed his edge when he was young, he can be civil and martial, and he has great insights into political affairs, the first emperor took it with him when he was there, he was able to go to the court at the age of thirteen, assist the emperor in handling court affairs, dare to control the water at the age of fifteen, and it was very effective, at the age of eighteen, he led the troops to go out to the army, and personally led the troops into the enemy camp at night and beheaded the enemy. ”

It's clear.

No wonder Rong Ping has always been obsessed with the first prince, Rong Ping is a war, and naturally admires the first prince who dared to lead troops at the age of eighteen.

Rong Ping sighed: "When the first emperor died, he said that he had this grandson, and the future of the Dayan Dynasty was worry-free. ”

Rong Zhao stopped knocking on the hand of the folding fan and asked, "How did the prince die?" ”

Rong Ping took a deep breath, squinted his eyes slightly, and when he opened it again, his voice was stunned: "Eighteen years ago, the first prince personally went to the Yellow River to control the water, and at this time, the crown princess gave birth to a difficult child, and she did not give birth for three days. ”

"Later, the crown princess desperately gave birth to the prince's son, and when the prince's son was born, the heavy rain poured down, and two days later, the news came that the Yellow River burst its embankment, the prince Xu, received the news, the emperor was seriously ill, and the queen vomited blood and died, less than three days, the queen mother."

Rong Zhao's hand stopped moving, and her eyes sank slightly.

This is ancient times, the Yellow River burst its banks, the prince, the queen, the queen mother, and the three very important people of the dynasty died together, no wonder the son of the prince is ominous.

"I see, no wonder the son of the prince will live in the Taibei Temple." It's clear.

What a stunning character the crown prince is, how brilliant he is, how bleak his son will be, and how much the emperor misses the first prince, how much he will dislike the prince's son.

Rong Ping asked, "Do you know the name of the prince's son?" ”

Rong Zhao shook his head.

Rong Ping slowly spit out a few words: "Huai Bei, Pei Huai Bei." ”

Sadness, with sorrow all your life?

Emperor Yongming did seem to be very disgusted and hated this grandson.

Outside, Xie Hong's scolding sounded: "Why don't you leave?!" Did a prince frame scare you silly? ”

"Yes." A low voice rang out.

Then the carriage began to move smoothly.

Xie Hong: "If there is a next time, you will get out of the palace." ”

Rong Ping was unhappy, he lifted the curtain and frowned: "What's the matter with this coachman?" This is the second time something has gone wrong, right? Swap it out when you go back. ”

"Wait." Rong Zhao spoke, she looked at the coachman, her eyes were bottomless, "What's your name?" ”

The man was driving, with his back to them, and his eyes were slightly lowered: "The kid is nameless." ”

Rongping became more and more unhappy.

Rong Zhao: "Father, keep him, this is the life-saving benefactor brought by Xun Daochang, you should give Xun Daochang a face." ”

She has a high regard for and respects senior technicians.

Hearing this, Rong Ping suppressed the fire: "There will be another time, get out." ”

He sat back.

Rong Zhao always looked at the thin figure, and his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

- There's definitely something wrong with this person.

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was interrupted by the prince's frame, and the two said a lot of digressions.

Now back on track, Rong Ping returned to the previous topic: "Since you know what the four princes might do to you, why are you still happy?" ”

Rong Zhao lowered the curtain and chuckled: "Father, because they are not enemies." ”

Rongping: "? ”

Rong Zhao smiled brightly, and his phoenix eyes crooked: "How can they be enemies?" Father, have you forgotten? They are good uncles who lent me 80,000 taels of silver in my time of crisis! ”

I don't know why, Rong Ping suddenly felt creepy.

He shook his shoulders, subconsciously rubbed the back of his hand, and snorted coldly: "I don't bother to care about you, anyway, don't cry to me if you are trapped, I won't help you." ”

Rong Zhao smiled silently, after getting along for so long, she knew how duplicitous this "father" was.

Rong Ping asked again: "What are you going to do next?" ”

Since you're not going to beg yourself, you have to think of a way for 80,000 taels, right?

Rong Zhao: "What to do?" Now the top priority must be to organize the birthday banquet of the fourth sister and grandmother in seven days, Fulu Village has just opened, the steward has not yet been selected, and now the person in charge of the village has no experience, I have to personally organize one and take them. ”

Screen: "......"

- So you're not in a hurry at all?!

Seven days later, when the banquet is held, isn't it only a few days before the day of repaying the debt?!

Thinking of this, Rong Ping gasped and clutched his chest, the whole person was not good.

He didn't understand, why wasn't Rong Zhao in a hurry?

Rong Zhao is really not in a hurry.

In the next few days, under the attention of many people in Beijing, she ran to Fuluzhuang every day, and she really prepared for the banquet seriously, as if she had completely forgotten that she still had a debt of 80,000 taels on her body.

This makes a lot of people incomprehensible.

Rong Ping was so anxious that the princess was even more pious when she recited the scriptures.

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Seven days later.

The second banquet of Fuluzhuang opened.

On that day, there were countless carriages and horses, and even many dignitaries and dignitaries who were not in the ranks of the invitations were present, and almost none of the people who were invited did not come, including the four princes and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng.

Mrs. Cui smiled from ear to ear.

Mrs. Cui, the host of today's birthday banquet, also smiled with wrinkles on her face.

She has lived so much, she has never had such a lively time, there are too many guests, and the ladies are all around her, which makes her very proud.

There were more people on this day than Rong Zhao on that day.

Of course, it is unknown how many of them came to observe the legendary "Fuluzhuang Banquet".

Mrs. Cui pulled Rong Xianghua throughout the whole process and was full of praise: "Or Xianghua set this Fuluzhuang banquet for me early, and this banquet was also organized by her and Rong Shizi herself, I can have such a virtuous granddaughter-in-law, it is really an honor for my Cui family." ”

Cui Mu echoed and was very satisfied.

Rong Xianghua lowered her head shyly, and she was faintly proud in her heart.

She didn't forget that seven days ago, when the banquet in Anqing Wangfu ended, she begged the old lady and Cui Mu to grovel, neither of them went to Fuluzhuang at that time, and they didn't know how good Fuluzhuang was.

So she was not happy that she supported her mother's brother, and she was very dissatisfied both inside and outside the words.

Although Rong Xianghua is the granddaughter-in-law of Mrs. Cui, her father-in-law is the second son of Mrs. Cui, and although the family is not separated, he is not as valued as the eldest son.

The second princess is the eldest concubine, and the second room is weak, and she has been extremely cautious over the years.

This is the first time she has begged the Cui family.

Originally, I was ready to be angry all the time, but I didn't expect Liuniang to be so angry, Fuluzhuang became popular all of a sudden, and today's banquet □□ be so good......

Although Rong Xianghua lowered his head, his face was red, excited and happy.

- This is the first time she knows what it feels like to be in her mother's family behind her.

- Although Liuniang is a woman, she is no worse than a man in doing things.

The banquet was very lively, the four gardens of spring, summer, autumn and winter were very different from before, but they were more gratifying, the scenery was more beautiful, there were more games set up, and there were many new tricks, and the guests were happier than last time.

Prime Minister Zhang avoided the crowd and lowered his voice: "What's the matter?" What about the people we bought? Why did the banquet go so smoothly?! ”

He was upset!

They had planned to ruin the feast today, how did it go so smoothly so far? No accidents at all?

What the hell is the person who bought it?!

Backyard.

Zhang Changyan commanded: "It's this dog thing, he is a spy who was bought to make trouble, if he succeeds, our Fuluzhuang will be finished!" ”

The people who were tied with their mouths covered were quite confused.

Wasn't it Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's Mansion who bought him?

Why was he caught by the people of Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's Mansion before he could do it?!

- What the hell is going on in this Zhang Mansion?

The food and drinks on this day were similar to the last time, but there were many new tricks.

"Sure enough, I didn't participate last time, but I finally caught up this time, it's worth it!"

"Hahaha, fortunately we have settled on Fuluzhuang."

"This menu is different from what I chose, and everyone will come to the banquet at my house to try the dishes I chose."

"Spicy hot pot must be picked, I want to die of that taste."

"I haven't eaten this dish before, try it."

"It's still Anniang's wisdom and decisiveness to settle on this Fuluzhuang."

"This banquet is really worth it, I can hold it here for my birthday, and I have no regrets!"

"This Rong Shizi is really capable of hosting banquets."

……

The guests and hosts of the birthday banquet enjoyed themselves, and when a double-layer cake was pushed up by the children of Cui Mansion after the meal, the atmosphere of the whole birthday banquet was pushed to a climax.

Rong Zhao didn't do anything about blowing out candles and making wishes, after all, this is ancient times, what if people can't accept it?

But it's such a cake that still caused a huge sensation.

A two-layer cake, Mrs. Cui, as the birthday star, was led by the steward of Fuluzhuang to cut it, and each table was divided into a piece.

In the spotlight, Mrs. Cui smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth, and the whole person seemed to be ten years younger, and the other old men and old ladies were simply envious, jealous and hateful, and they were more and more eager for the day of their birthday.

If you can also share a double cake in the limelight, you will really die without regrets!

The smile of the birthday is near, and the whole person is not good after the birthday.

"What is this?"

"Fuluzhuang said it was a cake, and it was delicious."

"Grandma, I still want to eat!"

"Mother, try it, it's very fluffy, and it's suitable for older people."

"Even the younger ones love to eat!"

"Hui Niang, remember to tell the people of Fuluzhuang that I must have this cake on my birthday."

"How do you make this cake? I want to eat it every day. ”

……

Eating cake is already the last part, and you can watch the fireworks show later, so many people have already moved around, and some children have finished eating the cake on their own table and run to other tables to find their relatives to continue to ask for it.

The four princes were at the main table, and they were also eating happily.

Rong Zhao walked over and greeted him with a smile: "Hello to the four uncles, are you still happy today?" ”

As soon as the four of them saw him, their expressions were a little complicated, and Prince Le pulled the corners of his mouth: "It's okay, your place is really good." ”

As she walked over, many people around her fell silent and pricked up their ears to listen.

This Rong Zhao owes money to the four princes, making them unhappy, and he dares to take the initiative to walk in front of them? Isn't it unpleasant to find!

Prince Yu snorted coldly: "Your business in Fuluzhuang is doing well, it seems that when the March period comes, you will be able to pay off the arrears." ”

Rong Zhao's smile remained unchanged, and his phoenix eyes were crooked: "This is exactly what Rong Zhao wants to say, tomorrow I want to ask four Uncle Wang to have dinner at Deshunxuan, the largest restaurant in Beijing, and by the way, talk about the return of silver." ”

The Four Princes: "!! ”

- I'll be able to pay it back tomorrow?!