Chapter 3: The Conspiracy Behind the Marriage
In the past few days since Chen Wanqing returned to Chen's mansion, Chen Xikang did not go out to fool around again, but An An accompanied his sister in the mansion for a few days.
It's just that Chen Xikang doesn't go out, but those sycophants in Muping City, who sell poems and pictures to him to beg for a living, are all complaining, humming that life is unsustainable and can't go on, and the flower branches and leaders in the green buildings are looking forward to it, and they haven't seen the jade-faced Langjun for a few days, and these Hongchen women are also a little lonely in their hearts.
In the past, when others entered the Qinglou, they only regarded the women in the Qinglou as a precious jade plaything, but Chen Xikang was different, just with a group of Fenghua people to make poetry and wine, more to listen to his finger piano and watch his dance, although he often made jokes, but he never did barbaric things, and this is also a regret in the hearts of a lot of Oiran, after all, Chen Xikang is not much like a jade-faced gentleman, and people in the world say that he is a mediocre person, but they like it very much.
Chen Xikang stayed at home for four or five days, and the people in the entire Muping City were a little unaccustomed to it.
"Sister, is the second princess of Song really as ugly as you say?"
After returning home for five days, Chen Xikang asked Chen Wanqing, who was about to return to Chang'an, and as soon as her sister came back, she told her that the princess Tutu, who was going to marry him by the Han Emperor, was an ugly monster, not to mention that her facial features were not good, and her canine teeth were high and convex. When he was a child, he also went to Chang'an with his father to participate in the Chaoyuan meeting a few times, and he saw the rabbit princess a few times, shouldn't he grow like this?
"When did my sister lie to you, if you don't believe it, you will know when you see it in Chang'an after the crown. ”
Before reaching the age of the crown, you are not allowed to enter Chang'an, this is what Chen Xikang's teacher Guo Yi said, as for why, Guo Yi never said, but Chen Xikang never doubted his teacher.
"Princess Tutu is so ugly, and the Han Emperor wants to marry her, and the 500,000 fierce generals under my father are so worthless? ”
After respectfully sending his sister away, Chen Xikang pondered and chattered, if this is the case, then these two family affairs will not be able to agree!
"Dad, you have to think of a way, you don't want our old Chen family's incense to grow longer and more crooked, come to me to finally improve something, don't waste it." ”
"Stinky boy, you can get such a good look, and your father also has three points of credit for it back then, I want to ...... back then"
"Come on, Dad, I'm tired of hearing the world's things back then. I went to the teacher to listen to the lesson, but I didn't go for so many days, and I almost forgot what the teacher said before. ”
"This stinky boy!" Looking at Chen Xikang, who didn't pay attention to his leisurely departure, Chen Tangshan was angry, and his heart moved, the broom in the hand of the maid in front of the hall flew out of thin air, "a hundred steps through Yang", and accurately hit Chen Xikang's head under the frightened gaze of the sweeping maid.
When Chen Tangshan was smiling proudly because of Chen Xikang's ugliness, Chen Xitan, who had already gone away, turned back the same way, walked as fast as flying, and helped jump when he was about to get in front of Chen Tangshan, kicking him away!
Soon, there was a noisy sound of the father and son "competing with each other" in the courtyard of the Chen Mansion.
Seeing that his lord and the prince were fighting together, even the servants who had become accustomed to this still came to the two of them in a panic, but although the servants were anxious, they didn't dare to really come forward to persuade them, so they had to keep persuading each other while being anxious.
"Master, lord, the county lord hasn't gone far yet!" When all the servants were anxious, Hongdou, the most clever maid in the Chen Mansion, shouted loudly, and after hearing his voice, the father and son finally stopped tearing!
"Haoshou Horseman, I'm too lazy to meet you in general! Hongdou, follow me to the Rishen Pavilion to listen to the book. ”
After finishing his clothes, Chen Xikang left with red beans, and the servants finally breathed a sigh of relief, especially the maid who swept the floor with a broom just now, trotted all the way to the master's side and picked up the broom, and then knelt down together, burying their heads on the ground, the lord and the prince were fighting just now because of her broom!
"Xiaohuan, don't kneel, it's okay, it's okay, just change the stick to a soft broom next time. This kid is older, and he is also capable of fighting, and the few knocks just now hurt strangely. Chen Tangshang said as he walked away, over the years, as Xikang acted more and more, the father and son had strange problems, and they had to "fight" at a glance.
The maid named Xiaohuan got up in fear, looked left and right at the lord and the prince who were leaving in two directions, patted her chest in shock, and secretly rejoiced in her heart that she was in the Chen Mansion, and the lord and the prince were kind and kind.
In the Rishen Pavilion, Chen Xikang, who arrived with red beans, left the red beans in the first-floor pavilion to copy books and read words, and he went to the highest floor, and the Rishen Pavilion was a forbidden place in Chen's mansion, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter, but as Chen Xikang's teacher, Guo Yi almost never left the Rishen Pavilion.
"Teacher, Emperor Han personally said that he wanted me to marry Princess Tutu, and Empress Taiwu also took the opportunity to intervene, which is forcing my father to make a choice and stand in the camp. Now, even if my father is the founding father of the Han Dynasty, I am afraid that I will not be able to refuse the Han Emperor. ”
"With the friendship between Emperor Han and your father, he will definitely not be like this, and he proposed such a marriage, I am afraid that it is Li Rui, the prime minister in the Qinglong Hall of Daming Palace, or the idea given by Taiwei, what I want is to bind your father and force the army of 500,000 Western Regions to be used by the tyrants. As for Taiwu, it's just a plan, disgusting. ”
"If you want me to say that this time it's probably the meaning of the Taiwei, doesn't Queen Yan regard the 500,000 Western Frontier Army as a thorn in her side. With the virtue of a group of ministers in the Daming Palace, whose hearts are like the abyss of a secluded pool, marrying Princess Tutu is only afraid that it is the first step to restrain my father, and this trick cannot be accepted. ”
Although he said that he came to listen to the study in the Shen Pavilion, Chen Xikang, who came here, talked about the world's government with Guo Yi, who was called the great strategist of Fulong by the courtiers of Daming Palace, and the profound knowledge, the viciousness of his vision, and the accuracy of his vision, he was not weak Guo Yi much, and the unwise mediocre people and wine-colored sons in the mouths of ordinary people are far away, and the temperament on his body has also changed, there are tigers walking in the forest, and the dragon is rising in the clouds!
Eighteen years ago, the enlightened people of Buddhism and the real Taoists said that the sky was killing, and the dragon and snake rose from the land, which made Emperor Dehan and Empress Taiwu uneasy.
This plan is vicious, not only for your father, but also for the temptation of you. The temperament of the Taiwei and the prime minister is categorically not to believe that the dignified Chen Tangshan Yoshiko is an incompetent person who has no courage and no strategy. ”
"I'm a little curious that these two people are up, and the teacher is so stretched that he must visit if he has the opportunity. However, I have been doing nothing for more than ten years, and I have never leaked any clues to outsiders, and the two of them still have concerns about me, and it seems that the old prime minister and the captain are also like teachers, and they are all people who don't see things. ”
"The troubled times are coming, and the 500,000 founding generals in the west are the tigers and wolves who can move mountains and reclaim the sea, and the people of the world will never let you be alone. But fortunately, there are many people who have tigers and wolves in their hearts, and you don't have to rush to make a decision before Xia Huaiying's incident in Tangling. ”
"King Huai? That's right, compared to my father's forbearance, King Huai is enough for Emperor Han to have a headache. ”
Speaking of Huaiwang Xia Huaiying, Chen Xikang was also a little embarrassed, this is not an ordinary king. Twenty years ago, after his son was born, he was named Chunqiu.
The surname Xia is named Chunqiu, and the people of the world do not feel any difference, but a group of martial arts immortals can see their ambitions clearly, and Jiang Shenzi, who sits firmly in martial arts and is detached in martial arts, has bluntly warned the Han Emperor to be cautious of King Huai of Dongyue. Lin Jiang Xian, the sword immortal who entered the Shangxian in one fell swoop on the edge of the Han River, also ridiculed King Huai, saying that he was too frivolous.
In the summer, spring and autumn, there are only a few seasons in a year, and the sons of the king of Huai account for three, leaving only one in the world. Sitting high and looking low, the land of the world, except for the strong man and Taiwu, the rest of the land is just some barbarian land, and King Huai wants to account for eight or nine out of ten, isn't this to destroy the strong man and Taiwu and become the co-master of the world?
After a long time, Hongdou, who had abandoned his distractions and concentrated on practicing calligraphy, got up gently after hearing the gurgling sound coming from the corridor, and greeted him with a smile when he saw the prince appear. As always, every time the prince appeared from the top floor of the Sunsink Pavilion, it always made her feel strange and a little strange.
Although there is some curiosity in my heart, but Hongdou has always known what she should do as a maid and what she should not be contaminated, five years ago the prince picked her up back to the Chen Mansion, although she let herself live in the Chen Mansion as a maid, but she has always been very kind and gentle to herself, and what she has now is given by the prince.
"What's the matter? I'm not tired of watching it in the house for so many years, like a nymphomaniac. ”
"The prince is good-looking, and the strong man knows it. And I heard the lord say that the name of the prince often appears in the poems of the ink bucket writers, and there are many people in Chang'an City who propose that the next time you choose the rouge bucket, you should also list the prince in and out. ”
"As far as you know, I listen to my dad talk about boring things all day. The rouge bucket chooses all the beauties of the world, what does it matter to me as a man. My sister brought some good things back from Chang'an, and I gave them all to Aunt Xue, so go and divide them all. There is also a box of mellow pear cakes, which I specially left for you. I'm not going. ”
After Chen Xikang finished speaking, he smiled, showed an expression you know, and then strode away, like a rooster with a red crown.
"Remember to eat it secretly alone, but don't share it with others, that's what I saved for you!"
When Hongdou, who knew that his son-in-law was going to Muping City again, had a helpless face, a happy smile appeared on his face after hearing the voice of the prince who was gradually moving away.
"What the prince left me, I am reluctant to share with the other sisters. ”
Although Chen Xikang said to Hongdou that he left some good things with Aunt Xue, Hongdou knew that most of them must be precious jade playthings and some rouge fans brought back from Chang'an by the county lord.
Although he knew that what the county lord brought back from Chang'an must be precious things, the red beans were still not interested, and after five years in the Chen Mansion, he never decorated his eyebrows with rouge, nor did he wear luxurious dresses and red lips, but he honestly followed Chen Xikang's side, but even so, he could still appreciate the beauty from his eyebrows, nose and nose.
In addition to an inch of gold, the most thing that follows Chen Xikang is the red bean, not so much a little maid picked up by Chen Xikang, but a little wild cat by Chen Xikang's side.
"Wanqing, why do you want to say to Xikang that Princess Tutu is extremely ugly, I have seen a lot of them in Daming Palace, that is a complete beauty. ”
On the way back to Chang'an, Wang Ma asked his niece in the car next to him with a puzzled expression. He is not a good woman, and he doesn't have much feeling about what is beautiful or not, but based on what he has seen and heard in Daming Palace, Princess Tutu is indeed a beauty.
"Second Brother Wang, after so many years in the Daming Palace, why are you still so inflexible. I told Xikang that Princess Tutu was ugly, so that he would not have crooked thoughts. If I say how beautiful Princess Tutu is, Xikang still can't be happy? With his character, even if he doesn't want to accept the will of the Han Emperor, he is afraid that he will be chic in front of Princess Tutu. ”
On the tall black horse, Wang Ma was so confused that he didn't bother to ask again after he couldn't figure it out.