dhibooks Chapter 71 Requirements
Chapter 71 Requirements
The imperial palace in winter is still not lonely, as far as the eye can see, there are maids and eunuchs in a hurry, in such a cold weather, only this imperial city is still busy tirelessly, seeing Jingli, the palace people all stopped to salute , Jing Li smiled and nodded.
"Master Xiang, is this going to meet the emperor?"
Jing Li shook his head, "I'm going to Shoukang Palace."
Before entering the Shoukang Palace, there are more than a dozen snow-sweeping eunuchs on the periphery, and a few chipmunks looking for food are parked on the dry branches. Make the air feel oppressive too.
Jing Li looked at it for a while, then turned around and said to Fei Hua behind him, "Let's go."
Jing Li didn't sleep all night, her eyeballs were covered with bloodshot eyes, Feihua applied a hot towel to her before going out, the bloodshotness barely subsided, but there was still some redness and swelling.
Feihua couldn't help but ask, "Master Xiang, what are you going to do?"
Jing Li smiled: "Of course it is to save Madam."
"But...a mouse-snatching device."
"Shocking rats." Jing Li chewed the word carefully, something in his eyes widened, "So what, no matter what, I will definitely save Wei Young, it doesn't matter if the world is in chaos."
While speaking, a palace maid came up to welcome her.
"I'm here to see the Queen Mother."
"Master Xiang, come with me."
Huihou seemed to be in a good mood. When Jingli entered the room, she was pruning plum branches with scissors.
"Ziyuan is here." Huihou heard the sound of Jingli entering the door, and the movements of her hands did not stop, "Today's plum blossoms are blooming well, Aijia asked the maids to pick some back, come and see Aijia How did you cut it?"
Jing Li walked slowly to Queen Hui's side, took a closer look at the plum blossoms in the vase, and praised: "Sparse shadows slant horizontally, water is clear and shallow, dark fragrance floats in the moon and dusk, this is a beauty, after the empress's hands, it is even more patchwork. , beautiful and moving."
Huihou smiled, "You are the only one with sweet lips."
After finishing speaking, Huihou cut off a section of plum branch and stuck it in Jingli's temple, "Ziyuan looks good, and with this red plum, he will look more like a girl."
Jing Li didn't avoid Hui Hou's actions, and smiled back, "Your Majesty, don't make fun of Ziyuan. Ziyuan came here today, Your Majesty should know what's going on."
Hui Hou hinted that she knew Jing Li's identity, and Jing Li was certainly not stupid, and understood that there was no need to beat around the bush between the two of them.
Empress Hui ordered to the Qinshu behind her: "The Ai family and Xiangye have something to say, you go and watch outside the door."
Jing Li smiled and said nothing, and waited until Qin Shu closed the door before speaking, "Your Majesty, there are always new faces around, and this court lady seems to be a smart one."
Huihou's temper became more and more brutal, but she didn't beat people blatantly like Chu Huairou, but the people around her always changed one after another.
Huihou took off the gloves on her hands, put the scissors back on the tray, and sat down next to Jingli, "It's not surprising that you will be punished if you do something wrong."
Jing Li took the teapot from the table, poured a cup of tea for Hui Hou, and filled another cup for herself. Her eyes circled around the plum blossom just now, and said, "I thought the empress would like other flowers. .”
Hui Hou took a sip of tea and asked, "Oh? How do you say that?"
"Ling Han blooms alone, apart from plum blossoms, there are also cyclamen, Christmas red, red maple, poinsettia, black orchid, crab claw orchid, and Clivia. Ziyuan thought that plum blossoms are too common, and the empress must like unique ones."
Queen Hui laughed, "Although even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, the flowers never rest and want to compete in the snow-covered sky, but what else can represent winter except plum blossoms, and other flowers are just beyond their limits."
Jing Li lowered his head and smiled, and did not refute, "Ziyuan heard that the empress invited the lady to come over as a guest, and the prime minister's house needs a hostess, I wonder if the empress can make it easier for me."
Huihou frowned, put down the teacup calmly, and replied: "Weiyang, Aijia likes this child very much. When we first met, Aijia also asked her to come and accompany Aijia more. , why? Is Ziyuan reluctant to part with it?"
Jing Li smiled but didn't laugh, he was too lazy to practice Tai Chi with Queen Hui, and said bluntly, "What does the empress want Ziyuan to do, just tell me."
The smile on Huihou's face faded in an instant, and she grasped the teacup more and more forcefully, "What if Aijia said, I'll kill you?"
Jing Li looked straight at Hui Hou, without any unnatural expression on her face, and she said, "Yes."
After getting the answer, Huihou suddenly laughed loudly. She covered her chest and patted the table lightly with one hand, "Song Yaosheng, should I say you are infatuated, or should I say you are stupid."
Jing Li didn't seem to notice Hui Hou's gaffe, and took a sip of tea on his own, "Compared to this, I am more worried about your majesty. Your majesty is so confident, she must have made a plan to bring down your majesty. To get the support of the Ouyang family, you should have a trump card in your hand. This trump card may be the future emperor. But even if the empress removes me and your majesty, will the throne be secure? The Ouyang family is as long as the hidden danger is one day , Ouyang Yi is not a fuel-efficient lamp, now he is as obedient as a dog, and in the future it will be inevitable that the lion will open his mouth, and the empress is just seeking skin from a tiger."
Huihou smiled contemptuously, "You don't need to sow discord here anymore, so what if you seek skin from a tiger, once you die, the Chu family will have no backing, right... Maybe you don't know yet, Chu Qin fell ill, just this morning, the Chu family did not Chu and Qin are like a mess, and Chu Huairou can't make any big waves. A mere Ouyang Yi, the Ai family doesn't take it seriously."
Jing Li didn't retort, "In that case, Song Yaosheng wishes the empress to get what she wants."
After finishing speaking, Jing Li bid farewell to Queen Hui.
Before leaving, Jing Li said a word, "Mother, what you want is my life, Wei Young is innocent, you should also know that if Wei Young dies, you can get nothing, before sunset, I want to get it Proof that Wei Young is alive."
After Jing Li left, Queen Hui called Qin Shu.
"Go and tell Mrs. Ouyang to take good care of that one, don't kill her, and ask her to write a few words and send them to the Xiangfu."
……
Xiangfu.
study.
"Master, Mr. Chu, please see me."
The Master Chu that Feihua spoke of was not Chu Qin, but Chu Qin's grandson, Chu Yang.
Chu Yang is the youngest member of the Chu family's direct line. He was weak and sick in his early years, and was sent to the countryside to recuperate. Yang took it back to help Jingli.Chu Yang has not been influenced by the officialdom, and has been taught by Chu Qin, and Chu Qin also intends to pass on the position of his family to Chu Yang.
"Master Xiang."
As soon as Chu Yang entered the door, he saluted first.
Jing Li nodded and went up to meet him, "Master Chu, how is it?"
Chu Yang smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiang, it's done!"
Jing Li breathed a sigh of relief, and his aura eased, "Very good, Mr. Chu is truly a godsend, and he deserves to be the next Patriarch of the Chu family."
There was a shy smile on Chu Yang's face, "Where, the Chu family has gone through three dynasties and two generations, and there are still some ways to do it. It's thanks to the introduction of the Prime Minister."
Jing Li took a deep breath, and suddenly remembered what Queen Hui said about Chu Qin's serious illness, "By the way, how is Lord Chu Qin's illness?"
Speaking of this, Chu Yang's smile froze in an instant, "Grandpa's illness is strange, probably caused by Ouyang's family, and the doctor said that grandpa... more than luck."
Jing Li sighed, "The ghost doctor is at my house, I will ask her to show Master Chu Qin later, but even if Master Chu Qin is gone, the agreement between the Chu family and me will still count."
Chu Yang nodded, "I know. Grandpa said that the Chu family is rotten from the inside. If you want the Chu family to survive, you can only remove the festering part. I will trouble the Prime Minister when the time comes."
At the beginning, Jing Li just said casually, hoping that Chu Qin would give up the idea of forming an alliance, but she never thought that Chu Qin would be so determined to really agree to get rid of those moths in the Chu family after the matter was over.
"Fortunately...the direct lineage of the Chu family is quite safe."
This is also the condition given by Chu Qin. Except for the direct descendants, all treacherous and evil people will be killed without mercy.
at sunset.
A beggar in front of the prime minister's mansion handed the concierge a letter, which was signed by my wife, Ziyuan.
The concierge delivered the things to Jing Li, and Jing Li opened it to see that it was empty.
Jing Li opened the envelope, carefully caressing the words my husband had personally signed, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Chu Yang did it.
Wei Young doesn't know how to write, but the handwriting on the envelope is the handwriting that Jing Li wrote poems to Wei Young with his left hand on Queen Hui's birthday.This is a signal to Jingli, a signal that Wei Young is safe.Naturally, she couldn't sit still and rest assured that Wei Young was in Queen Hui's hands, and foolishly believed that Queen Hui's nonsense would not hurt Wei Young.
Jing Li put the letter on the candlelight and said to Fei Hua, "Go and tell the beggar who delivered the letter to keep his word."
……
Shoukang Palace.
Ouyang Yi: "Your Majesty, Jing Li has sent you a message and I agree."
Huihou smiled, "Her beloved is in our hands, of course she will not disagree, by the way... nothing unusual on your way to see Ye Weiyang?"
"No." Ouyang Yi shook his head, "I just didn't expect Ye Weiyang to be so stubborn that day, she wouldn't even cooperate with writing a few words."
Empress Hui comforted: "Didn't Ai's family send someone to send her handwriting to you for copying. There is no movement in Xiang's mansion."
"Yes, Jing Li dismissed the servants in the mansion."
"Very good, it seems that she has resigned to her fate. From now on, you just need to be optimistic about Ye Weiyang. In order to avoid Ye Chang's dream, Ai's family will hear the news of Jing Li's imprisonment in two days."
"Yes, what do you plan to do after that?"
Empress Hui's eyes lit up, "Jingli's imprisonment will not be a good thing, and then naturally the emperor's grandson of Ai's family will be assisted. Then Ouyang will be a great hero."