Capture the Jade:
Lin Chengyou scolded Wu Yuanluo in his heart, and when he was about to answer the conversation, he couldn’t help but paused again. It’s strange, Wu Yuanluo is talking nonsense, why no one questioned him tonight.
From the evening of his birthday to tonight, only 12 days have passed. During this period, he only mentioned the matter of Teng Yuyi and the failure of the unfeeling Gu to his master and aunt. in the drum.
How long has it been since then, why do these people seem to know that he can fall in love with the little lady?
Not quite right.
It is absolutely impossible for the master to publicize this matter, and the aunt did not even dare to show her concern for Teng Yuyi in front of others.
So someone spread the word about this?
When these rumors about the royal family come to the public, they will fly all over the city like catkins in spring. Some people expressed doubts.
There are not two places that can leak the wind: Qingyun Temple and Gongli.
There are only master and younger brother in Qingyun Temple, so why can they only stay in the palace.
Lin Chengyou took a sip of tea calmly, remembering that Teng Yuyi once used Xiaoya’s mouth to say that someone would harm him in the future. In the “military barracks in the future”, and I have been planting by my side.
Did he pretend not to know and wait for the other party to show more lies, or did he follow the clues to find him out immediately?
If you really want to investigate, things like rumors have always been extremely difficult to trace the source. These days have passed, and it may not be easy to find the source again.
More interesting is Wu Yuanluo’s reaction.
Wu Yuanluo has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. Whether it is fighting wits or poetry, he claims to have never met an opponent. He brought his second sister with him just to fight him?
The grandpa of the Wu brothers and sisters is Wu Ruyun, Yushi Chengcheng, the chief minister of Shumenxia Pingzhang, an important minister of the country, and currently one of the only prime ministers in the court who can compete with his servants Deng Zhiyao and Zheng Pushe.
This old fox often fights in court, and it hasn’t stopped in these years.
If he remembered correctly, when Zhong was discussing the list of concubines a few days ago, the attendant Deng Zhiyao took the lead in pushing his granddaughter to his uncle.
Wu Ruyun was not to be outdone, and immediately praised her second daughter to the sky and the earth.
In the end, my uncle naturally adhered to the usual policy of fairness and added the names of both wives.
Wu Yuanluo is here tonight, isn’t he afraid that his sister’s running for the crown princess will be ruined?
Oh, yes.
Wu Yuanluo also has an older sister, Wu Xiang.
Wu Xiang was betrothed to Zheng Yanrang, the eldest son of Zheng Pushe, since he was a child. At that time, Wu Xiangcheng was only a servant of the official department. A while ago, the two families were about to formally celebrate the dowry, but Zheng Yanrang had an affair with Duan Qingying, the daughter of the Duan family. Duan Qingying was pregnant and refused to have an abortion, so Zheng Yanrang naturally didn’t dare to marry Wu Xiang again.
On this matter, Zheng Pushe and Wu Yucheng almost tore their faces apart.
So the Wu family plans to change Wu Xiang to run for the crown princess?
I heard that this lady of Wu University is more talented and beautiful than her younger sister. It was only because of her relatives since she was a child that the Wu family had no choice but to push out the second daughter. Now, due to the fault of the Zheng family, the marriage has been divorced. The Wu family has a sure chance of winning, so they will naturally reconsider Mrs. Wu.
Once Wu Xiang is selected, Zheng Pushe and his son will be slapped severely in the face for the first time, so the Wu family will be able to vent their anger severely.
And if Wu Ruyun really wants to fight the future national battle, the prestige of Zhong Chaoyue will gradually overwhelm Zheng Pushe and all the disciples of Zhong Chaoyue in Zheng’s family.
It’s just that there has never been a precedent in this dynasty for two sisters to run for the crown princess at the same time. The eldest daughter has been settled, and the Wu family has to compensate the younger daughter. Maybe they will choose a similar marriage for the younger daughter.
It seems that the Wu family is planning to tie Wu Xiang with him.
Oh, as expected of Wu Yuanluo, he probably knew of the family’s plan, so he simply took advantage of the previous attack to turn him into an army.
Dare to provoke him with such a thing, this kid is probably tired of his job.
“Look at him.” The prince took the initiative to speak, “Recently, I’ve been in a daze at every turn. Every time I talk to him, I just hope that he will respond immediately. Isn’t this called lovesickness?”
Gu Xian: “You don’t really like Mrs. Wu Er, do you?”
Lin Chengyou made up his mind, and sighed: “My Gu seal has not disappeared, how can I look up to someone’s wife, I am kind enough to help, but it caused Wu Yuanluo to have such a big misunderstanding.” /
The king of Chun’an County looked at Lin Chengyou meaningfully, but said nothing.
“Really?” The crown prince expressed his disbelief. He got up and looked behind Lin Chengyou. , you are also in a hurry, this time the master is back, maybe there is something to think about.”
Lin Chengyou knew that the prince was loyal, so how could he bear him worrying about himself, he quickly winked at the prince, and thought: Ah Qi, I will explain to you later.
Gu Xian asked curiously: “If you don’t understand the poison, you can’t be emotional, my son, have you ever felt a little strange to a certain little lady? For example, when you see her, your heart will shake, and if you don’t see her every day, you will be heartbroken.” If you see her and your husband, you will feel jealous, thinking about what she is doing every day.”
All right, Lin Chengyou thought in his heart, and suddenly smiled: “I don’t know about this. But it seems that Prince Gu finally has a sweetheart. How about it, is Nanzhao Kingdom going to marry the Crown Princess?”
Gu Xian paused, then changed the subject with a faint smile: “I heard that there will be hunting and horse riding tomorrow, do you still have a headache? Can you come? It won’t be much fun without you. “
“Come on.” How could Lin Chengyou fail to hear that Gu Xian intended to change the subject, could it be that Gu Xian really has a sweetheart, and he has to deal with Wu Yuanluo, so he can’t admit it for the time being, Gu Xian has nothing to worry about.
The king of Chun’an County seemed to think of something: “By the way, two months ago, Azhi quietly asked me to ask me something. Is there any guest from Yangzhou in my mansion? Please send them back to the hometown to help. You ask about your little benefactor. I guess this child wanted to secretly surprise my elder brother, so I agreed to her. During this time, my disciples came back one after another, and I wrote down all the information they inquired. Haven’t shown it to Ah Zhi yet, you can see if there is anyone worthy of the title.”
Lin Chengyou was stunned. In the past two months, he had been bewitching frequently in An’an. , He was thinking about this life-saving grace, and he never gave up inquiring about the whereabouts of the woman all these years.
The crown prince looked at the clear and neat handwriting on the record book, and nodded with a smile: “Uncle Huang has always been the most concerned about the matter between A Zhi and A Da.”
Lin Chengyou took the booklet and said with a smile, “I won’t say thank you to the emperor.”
Chun’an County King said indifferently: “I don’t want to help you, I have no money if I promise Azhi.”
“Well, Uncle Huang must have taught Ah Shuang and me how to read music and how to write, so he didn’t bother to learn about us juniors.”
The crown prince explained to Gu Xian with a smile: “You don’t have to be surprised, the two uncles and nephews are bickering, but they have a very good relationship. Uncle Huang personally taught it.”
Gu Xian raised his glass: “Speaking of rhythm, when a certain person first came to Lu’an in that year, he was fortunate to hear His Royal Highness the Prince of the County and His Royal Highness the Son perform a piece “Si Gui Yin” together. I understand, but since then, I have left some bad problems, and I will feel hard to listen to the combination of the two people’s piano and flute in the future, and I don’t know when I will be lucky enough to listen to the two ensemble again.”
Lin Chengyou said: “Thank you. I was busy with things a while ago, and I planted them on the mountain tonight. It’s not easy to listen to this. Just bring the piano.”
Prince Chun’an put down the teacup, turned his head and told the palace servants: “Go and get it.”
Gu Xian was surprised and delighted from the start. While waiting for the palace servants to bring the piano, Lin Chengyou flipped through the book, which recorded more than a dozen ladies from Yangzhou who had been to Yangzhou in the early years, but one by one Looking at it, the age is either too old or too young, basically it doesn’t match up.
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Early the next morning, the palace officials went to Xiangluan Pavilion to deliver the decree.
It is said that the Queen wants to plant in Jinglan Pavilion of the back mountain to summon all the young ladies. There are a total of forty seats in the pavilion. Please take the seats in the order of first come, first come. The Queen will arrive around Chenshi. Ladies, don’t be late.
As soon as this decree was handed down, the Xiangluan Pavilion suddenly became chaotic, and they were busy dressing and changing clothes, lest they would displease the queen if they arrived late.
Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan came out after packing up, and happened to meet Li Huaigu and others on the corridor. Li Huaigu was as bright as a peach blossom, and his complexion was much better than the previous two days. Seeing Teng Yuyi’s appearance full of thoughts, his smile healed Fat and beautiful.
Even Aunt Peng and Erniang Peng could see this: “Ms. Li, have you heard something interesting, tell us so we can hear it too.”
“Hey, it looks much better than the days in Dayin Temple.”
Li Huaigu said in surprise: “Is there? Xu Yu slept very soundly last night. The air in Lishan Mountain is fresh and beautiful. After going up the mountain, I feel quite comfortable all over.”
Wu Qi quietly pulled Teng Yuyi: “I was wrong about what happened yesterday. My elder brother said he wanted to know you. I thought there were people around me. Even if I met you, there would be nothing wrong with it. I just ——I agreed to cooperate with him, and I regretted it for a long time after I went back, Ayu, you are so angry, I was confused for a while, and I will never help my brother do such a thing next time.”
Her face was full of shame, as if she wanted to dive into the cracks in the ground.
There was a smile on Teng Yuyi’s face, and her eyes were clear and bright.
“Just explain it to me, I won’t care about it. If I have a brother, maybe I will agree to help. It’s just this time, and I will be annoyed next time.”
Wu Qi’s expression was slightly pale, and she embraced Teng Yuyi, making sure that Teng Yuyi was not angry, and then said apologetically: “I promise, there will never be a next time.”
Someone looked back and teased Wu Qi: “I heard that you sprained your ankle yesterday, so Prince Cheng went to invite Yu Fengyu in person in a hurry?”
Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan were taken aback for a moment, they also planted farms yesterday, but it didn’t seem to be the case.
Wu Qi was dumbfounded: “Nonsense. Last night, Cheng Wang Shizi just happened to pass by and saw the imperial doctor who was only hired by my elder brother’s wife. He didn’t say a word. You guys are talking nonsense. Besides, you have forgotten that Prince Cheng is possessed of Unfeeling Gu, how can he say that he can fall in love with anyone he falls in love with.”
As she said, she took Zheng Shuangyin by her side, and said in a low voice: “Look at these people, they dare to spread such words indiscriminately, even if what happened yesterday was just a misunderstanding, even if it was true, I couldn’t possibly Marrying these royal children, I will definitely find a man who will listen to me everywhere in the future.”
After Jinglan Pavilion was planted on the hillside, it took a while to pass through many palaces and gardens. The palace people led the way before planting, and just passed through a bamboo forest to welcome a female family member of a foreign official.
Someone asked in surprise, “Agu?”
Everyone looked around and saw a girl of seventeen to eighteen years old. The girl was dressed in Qiluo and looked a little cute.
The palace man said in a low voice: “This is the daughter of the general king of Jiangnan Dongdao.”
Li Huaigu seemed a little surprised, and smiled: “Wang Siniang.”
Wang Siniang took Li Huaigu’s hand: “We haven’t seen each other for five or six years since we left Hangzhou. You, Agu, haven’t changed much. You are still as beautiful as when you were young.”
Looking around, Li Huaigu seemed a little embarrassed.
The servant girl next to Wang Siniang reminded her wife euphemistically: “Si Niang, you forgot, Li’s wife doesn’t like to be called by her nickname.”
Wang Siniang smiled embarrassedly: “Yes, I almost forgot.”
Li Huaigu grabbed Wang Siniang’s hand, and said embarrassingly: “I have a strange nickname, so it’s better to be known by others, and you are here too? That’s great, why didn’t you come here the other day?” See you, come back and play in our mansion.”
The leading palace man coughed next to him: “Miss Li, the queen is still waiting to summon you.”
Li Huaigu didn’t dare to exchange pleasantries anymore, blushed and nodded at Wang Siniang, and continued to move forward with the palace servants.
Passing through the bamboo forest and bypassing a stream, the surrounding area became quieter and there were fewer and fewer people.
The palace people said: “There will be a flower field ahead. There are some peasant women and gardeners in the field. They are basically local orphans and widows. Rude, ladies, be careful that you are being bumped into, and when you pass by later, just hurry up with your slaves.”
After a while, a large flower field suddenly appeared in front of it, and the strange flowers bloomed in it, making it dizzying for the eyes. Along the road, I saw a few peasant women buried in the flower fields and hoes. They didn’t dare to look around randomly when they heard someone passing by.
As soon as he was about to pass through the flower field, a child’s cry suddenly came from the side. Teng Yuyi looked around and saw a peasant woman in her teens lying in the ditch under the field ridge. His feet were dripping with blood, and he could tell he had been injured by a flower hoe.
A two-year-old girl stood on the ridge of the field, she seemed to be terrified, she stretched out her two fat arms at the woman in a panic, crying loudly, the woman was so frightened that she handed her hand to the child: ” The baby is crying, it will alarm the ladies later, hurry up, pull Aunt up quickly.”
Seeing this, Du Tinglan and Zheng Shuangyin stopped immediately.
When the little lady next to her saw this scene, she couldn’t bear it, knowing that the woman probably died of her husband, and the mother and daughter depended on each other for their lives. The child is so young, even if A Niang falls and hurts, she can’t help her.
The palace maid went straight ahead and urged: “It’s almost time, ladies, hurry up.”
The hearts of all the girls jumped, so they had to quicken their pace again.
The ranking of the forty seats has not yet been determined. The sooner whoever arrives, the closer to the queen, and the closer to the queen, it means that the queen may leave a deeper impression on herself. There are countless benefits to father and brother.
Although Du Tinglan moved forward, he couldn’t help turning his head back frequently. Although Teng Yuyi didn’t look back, she paid attention to the crying of a little girl in her ears. The crying reminded her of losing her mother when she was young With her own hesitation, Du Tinglan immediately made up her mind, pulled Teng Yuyi over, and turned her head without saying a word.
“Give them a hand, it won’t be long.”
As he spoke, he went to the edge of the field, wrapped his hand in a veil and grabbed the woman’s arm: “Come.”
The woman was overjoyed, and said repeatedly: “Thank you, little lady.”
Teng Yuyi supported the woman’s shoulder and other arm, and the two sisters worked together to pull the woman up.
“Okay.” Du Tinglan heaved a sigh of relief.
The child stared blankly at the scene with tears in his eyes.
The woman thanked her repeatedly, but it was too late. Teng Yuyi pulled her elder sister to leave. After looking at the blood on the woman’s skirt, she took out a small packet of the commonly used Jinchuang medicine from her sleeve: “This can stop the bleeding. Take it.”
The woman was even more grateful, and the little girl put her arms around A Niang’s neck to help A Niang “cry out the pain”. After seeing this, she got a bag of candies, couldn’t help but burst into tears, and patted her fat hands and giggled .
The two sisters walked for a while, and met Zheng Shuangyin who had returned. It turned out that Zheng Shuangyin was worried, so he finally found him. The two sisters talked about what happened earlier, and they rushed back together.
The delay of the queen naturally left everyone far away. When they arrived at the Jinglan Pavilion, there were only the seats farthest from the queen left in the palace. , if they don’t attend, the queen won’t be able to see them at all.
Li Huaigu and others sat in front of the banquet, and Li Huaigu and Wu Xiang Wuqi answered the questions of Queen A best. After the banquet was over, the queen left Li Huaigu and Wu Shi behind The sisters spoke alone.
The palace people said to the remaining people: “There are many exotic flowers and plants here. It’s not time to eat, ladies may wish to enjoy the scenery nearby.”
At this time, suddenly there were several men passing by the court talking and laughing, they were the crown prince, Lin Chengyou and others.
The palace people bowed their heads to salute the bride, and knelt down on the floor.
The girls are also busy bowing their heads.
The prince’s smile was warm and bright, and when he turned his head, his eyes stayed on Du Tinglan for a moment, as if he was a little curious, but also a little appreciative, and then he looked at Teng Yuyi beside Du Tinglan, and then he looked away.
Teng Yuyi stood quietly for a moment with lowered eyes, and couldn’t help but quietly raised her eyes to look at Lin Chengyou’s back.
Thinking about last night, because Lin Chengyou didn’t catch her words, he almost turned against her on the spot in a fit of anger, and then said to talk to her, without even giving her a wink.
She guessed that he had already decided to trouble her, so she didn’t know what he would do next.
All night, she tossed and turned on the bed like a pancake, pondering for a while the matter of uniting the five ways to find the ruler, and for a while worried that Lin Chengyou’s search was too fast and she would not be able to make enough merits, thinking about it like this until I fell asleep in the second half of the night.
Looking at Lin Chengyou’s indifferent attitude just now, he almost doesn’t intend to seduce her anymore.
Just at this time, Li Huaigu and others also withdrew, and all the girls were envious and curious, and surrounded them one after another.
Li Huaigu shook his head modestly, but his eyes looked at Lin Chengyou and Teng Yuyi beside him. Seeing that the two of them looked colder than the other, he couldn’t help but smile slightly: “I’m so stupid, the queen is just a fool.” I asked a question, but I didn’t answer well, and the rest of the empress would like Aunt Wu.”
Teng Yuyi sullenly asked Du Tinglan to leave the vestibule, Du Tinglan: “I haven’t seen you smiling since last night, so what are you worried about? Didn’t the monster get chased away?”
What else is there to worry about, the borrowing of life is almost impossible to hide, she just asks Zhong Lin Chengyou to finish accumulating merits before he finds out the truth, Xian Zhong feels anxious when he thinks about it. If she couldn’t go down the mountain now, she wished she could spread her wings and fly to Dongming Temple, and then took out a contract to force Wudao to accompany her to find Chikuo.
The two sisters walked along the flower path for a long time, and when they looked up, they realized that the palace servants were right. The mountains and plains were filled with all kinds of flowers. To Teng Yuyi’s surprise, there were actually rose bushes with strange buds Delicate and plump, it is better than the roses she has seen before. She was greedy all of a sudden, and hurriedly said to her sister: “There are roses around here, let’s go and enjoy the flowers.”
When I got closer, Teng Yuyi loved it more and more. Such a good petal, whether it is used for incense or for making cakes, is of top quality. Now the pear blossoms have faded, and there are still roses that are good. The mold in the house is about to be made. Yes, take it back and just make flower cakes.
She glanced ahead, the palace people were far away, besides, the empress did not stipulate that she could not pick flowers. Only because of my elder sister’s temperament, I would never ask her to pick flowers together. She pretended to go to the back of the flower bush to have a look, and took out the veil from her sleeve as soon as she turned a corner, then bent down and quickly picked a flower and pocketed it into the veil. .
After repeating this for several times, I picked a dozen or so flowers smoothly.
Soon the handkerchief couldn’t fit anymore, these petals were only enough to make a box of flower cakes, Teng Yuyi lowered her head and took out another spare handkerchief from her sleeve, when suddenly someone said indifferently: “Why are you planting this? “
Teng Yuyi was so frightened that her hands shook, the handkerchief fell to her skirt, and the delicate roses rolled all over the floor.
Teng Yuyi glanced at Lin Chengyou. He was wearing an elegant blue brocade robe. The translucent color made his eyes dark. There was no smile on his face, but he was not annoyed either.
This is already a bad face for Lin Chengyou, so she also said softly: “Pick the flowers.”
Lin Chengyou thought “the visitor is not kind”, and said proudly: “Do you have this flower in Tengfu?”
Teng Yuyi snorted softly, and found a stone beside him to sit down, bent over and put the flowers into the handkerchief one by one: “The ones in our house are not as good. Although the prince turned against me, but I am a person of great promise, and I promised to send flower cakes to the two young masters and the eldest son, and of course I had to pick the best petals.”
Lin Chengyou’s heart trembled slightly, and he couldn’t help but look sideways at her. Her brows and eyes were faint, and she didn’t seem to have smiled today. Feeling concerned, he sat down on another stone in front of the flowers in his robe and said, “Coincidentally, I am also a person who keeps my promise. I promised to help you find the villain. I don’t want to give up halfway.”