dhibooks Chapter 26 26
Chapter 26 26
Yan Yutang's basin of cold water can be regarded as extinguishing all Xie Fanghan's enthusiasm, and it really poured a chill into his heart.Xie Fanghan suppressed his emotions and tried his best not to show his feet, so much so that he even forgot about Concubine Shu and the hidden guard that he originally wanted to ask.
When Wei Nanyan and Li Zhe came to Tangyuan, Xie Fanghan had already hidden his emotions, and was very happy after learning that the two who had quarreled were back together.
I don't know if it's because of the general's mansion, or because he doesn't want to cause trouble at the end of the year. Xie Fanghan didn't wait for the revenge of the princes and their subordinates. Xie Fanghan didn't bother to find out what they were thinking. task.
She also asked the secret guard if she knew about the group of Concubine Shu's subordinates in the palace, and the reply she received surprised her.
Concubine Shu knew it.
Knowing that in addition to her hands, there are also a group of hidden guards hiding in the dark.What made Xie Fanghan even more puzzled was that after getting a positive answer from the dark guard, the dark guard sent news from Concubine Shu the next night. tongue.
These things are not something that can be obtained casually, and they have obviously been collected for many years.Xie Fanghan had an idea in his mind, since it was sent by Concubine Shu, concubine Shu hadn't done anything in recent years. Apart from protecting their wives, those hidden guards were probably sent out to collect information.
What puzzled Xie Fanghan was why Concubine Shu would share such valuable information with her?Is it because of the group of hidden guards in his hands?Or because of... her mother?
Xie Fanghan had a feeling that Concubine Shu knew a lot of things, and she might get answers to many of her doubts.But at present, she has no chance to see Concubine Shu.
The winter in Xijing is very cold. Since Xie Fanghan went to the General's Mansion, he has never returned to Xie's Mansion. The old man's body is strong, and he goes out for a walk every day. old man.
Xie Fanghan practiced martial arts since he was a child, his body is not bad, and he is not so afraid of the cold, he just huddled in the room all day to prepare a birthday present for Yan Yutang.
Yan Yutang is fifteen this year, and his birthday is also Jiji's day.
Since it was Jiji, gifts had to be properly measured. Xie Fanghan was already in business and had just inherited a bank, so it was not that she couldn't afford expensive gifts, but after much deliberation, she felt that they were not enough.
Back and forth to pick and choose, when she came to her senses, there was only half a month left before Yan Yutang's birthday.
Yan Yutang has been in the limelight this year, and she is a princess of the royal family. Even if she can't keep up with the three princesses, she should not be too simple, but to Xie Fanghan's surprise, Yan Yutang actually told her that the palace does not plan to hold a ceremony for her. During the banquet, the secret guard inquired about the news, saying that it was the queen's order, and the reason was that it was not appropriate to make a fuss as the end of the year was approaching.
Xie Fanghan knew that the queen was targeting the two girls. Although he was angry, he had no choice but to do anything. Moreover, Emperor Yan's attitude was also confusing. While acquiescing to the queen's actions, he bestowed a very generous gift on the same day. reward...
As the princess' companion, Xie Fanghan and the others naturally had to express themselves.
The four of them were close, and Yan Yutang didn't have so many taboos. After receiving the gift on his birthday, he directly opened it in person.
What Wei Nanyan sent was a set of exquisitely embroidered pictures of the Moon Immortal. The whole picture is not small, but the stitches are extremely delicate. It looks like it took a lot of time and effort.
It is rare for Li Zhe to have an online EQ. He did not directly send Yan Yutang a set of sea charts or books on marine objects. Instead, he sent some exquisite gadgets from Yuanyang. It is said that his cousin brought them back from the sea, although not very much. It is valuable, but it is also very rare in Xijing.
The two offered gifts back and forth, and then silently turned their attention to Xie Fanghan.
Even Yan Yutang stared at her eagerly, his eyes full of anticipation. Since Yan Yutang told her about his heart that day, he has gotten closer to her on weekdays. Thanks to her, Xie Fanghan has been both happy and sad during this time... …
Seen by the three of them like this, Xie Fanghan felt a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a long time before handing over the thing he was clutching.
is a painting.
Xingxing and Mingchen stepped forward to help unfold the painting, and Wei Nanyan just glanced at it before putting on a meaningful smile on his face.
Looking at Xie Fanghan, Li Zhe also shook his head and clicked his tongue, "Unexpectedly, Yizhi, I didn't expect you to be such a person!"
Xie Fanghan blushed when they teased him, and he didn't blame them for their reaction. The gift she gave was a bit imaginative.
It took her half a month and lost countless sheets of paper to get such a picture of a lady that she thought was okay.
Before writing, she thought about many scenes, and finally finalized the scene where she and Yan Yutang met in Tangyuan.
In the painting, the begonias are in full bloom, and the woman beside her is raising her hand to gently touch the petals of the begonias...
In Dayan, gifted scholars all express their affection for women euphemistically by giving them pictures of ladies drawn by themselves.
It's not that Xie Fanghan didn't know the implication, but he was obsessed at the time, and he wanted to tell the other party what he wanted, but he was full of complexities after the painting was finished.
She is Xie Fanghan, but not Xie Fanghan.
...she is a liar.
Before going out today, she looked at the painting on the table and thought about it for a long time, and finally wrote a poem on it as if avoiding herself:
The branches are full of fresh green, and the small buds hide a few spots of red.Cherish your heart and don't vomit lightly, and teach peaches and plums to make spring breeze.
……
Yan Yutang has not spoken since the painting was unfolded, and a pair of beautiful eyes flowed back and forth between the painting and the poem.
Wei Nanyan and Li Zhe also saw that poem.The conversation that was still teasing Xie Fanghan suddenly turned to poetry.
Li Zhe: "What a poem!" Li Zhe praised without hesitation, and at the end he joked with Xie Fanghan, "Yizhi's writing poems is much better than painting. Next time, I might as well send poems directly."
Although Wei Nanyan didn't speak, after Li Zhe finished speaking, he nodded in approval.
Xie Fanghan twitched the corners of his mouth, smiling bitterly.
Yan Yutang finally moved his eyes away from the painting, and looked up at Xie Fanghan. Xie Fanghan suppressed the emotion that was piling up in his chest, and looked at her with a smile. The two looked at her for a long time. Just when Xie Fanghan was about to collapse, Yan Yutang He looked away first, and said with a smile, "I like Yizhi's gift very much."
Wei Nanyan looked at his friend with a playful face, Xie Fanghan looked away as if nothing had happened, and replied softly, "It's as long as His Highness likes it."
……
It was night, and Yan Yutang sat in her room staring at the painting on the table for a long time.
The star walked in from outside the house and whispered: "Your Highness, Concubine Shu is here."
Hearing the sound, Yan Yutang put away the painting in her hand and got up to greet her.
"Mother Concubine." Yan Yutang bowed and saluted, but she was thinking about the reason why Concubine Shu came here. Her mother and concubine rarely went out, let alone came to her Tangyuan in person.
Yan Yutang: "Is the mother concubine here at this hour for something?"
Concubine Shu sat down at the main seat, without answering her question, her eyes stopped on the painting that Yan Yutang had put away.
"I have something to tell you." Concubine Shu said, turning her eyes to the star standing beside her.
Yan Yutang understood what she meant, and told the star, "You go down first."
The star bowed his head and retreated respectfully.
"What does my concubine want to tell me?" Yan Yutang approached and poured tea for her concubine.
Concubine Shu still didn't answer, pointing to the painting on the table, "Is this the birthday present you received today?"
Yan Yutang nodded lightly, without concealing it: "It was given by Yizhi."
"Can I have a look?" Concubine Shu continued after listening.
Yan Yutang didn't think much, and stepped forward to unfold the painting again.
Concubine Shu is looking at the painting here, Yan Yutang hesitated for a moment, and then said, "What does Concubine Mother think?"
Concubine Shu's expression was flat and she didn't answer, but instead asked, "I want to hear your thoughts."
"Although the painting is not high-quality, but it is very hard..." Although the person on the painting is himself, Yan Yutang's evaluation did not become tactful, "The poem inscribed is very good, I didn't expect him to guess what you gave me. Take what the word wants to express."
"But I always feel that something is weird..." Yan Yutang frowned, looking at the painting in her hand with a puzzled expression.
Concubine Shu's face remained unchanged, but she sighed heavily in her heart. Yan Yutang was exactly the same as her former self, smart and sensitive, especially when it came to dealing with feelings.
On the contrary, that child is not as bold as her mother, and even the birthday gift is carefully hidden from her own thoughts...
Concubine Shu shook her head slightly, took out something from her bosom and handed it to Yan Yutang.
Yan Yutang was still pondering over the painting, when she saw Concubine Shu handing something over, she subconsciously reached out to take it.
It is a piece of fine jade with warmth.Her mother and concubine have always disliked these accessories, but this jade is worn close to her body, which shows its importance.
Concubine Shu saw that she took it before she said: "This piece of jade is a token of ordering the hidden guards. Since you are old enough, I will give this to you. What you want to do in the future is up to you. .”
Looking at the jade in his hand, Yan Yutang's expression changed several times, from surprise at the beginning to surprise later on, and when Concubine Shu finished speaking, Yan Yutang was only puzzled.
"Mother Concubine, is this Jade Jue yours?" Yan Yutang hesitated for a long time before asking.
"No." Concubine Shu shook her head, and replied simply, "I know what you want to ask, but I can't tell you yet."
Yan Yutang originally wanted to ask if this jade was given to her by her "sweetheart", but seeing her mother and concubine's unwillingness to say more, she knew that she would not be able to ask any more questions today, so she dismissed it in her heart After thinking about it, I stopped talking.
As the sky got darker, Concubine Shu got up and planned to go back to her bedroom, but when she reached the door, she stopped suddenly. Seeing this, Yan Yutang behind her called out in confusion: "Concubine mother?"
Concubine Shu turned around, with a rare hesitation on her brows, she didn't know what she was hesitating for, she sighed after a long time, turned and left without saying a word.
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so why should she talk too much.
Yan Yutang watched Concubine Shu slowly disappear into the night, then turned around and sat back in her seat, staring at the painting and unconsciously stroking Yu Jue with her fingers.
Almost at the same time, Xie Fanghan, who was in the general's mansion, received the news that Yu Jue was in Yan Yutang's hands.
Xie Fanghan quickly asked, "When did this happen?"
The secret guard replied: "Not long ago, Concubine Shu personally went to Tangyuan to hand it over to His Highness the Fifth Highness."
Xie Fanghan tapped his temples and asked again: "Does the princess know you exist?"
The secret guard replied decisively: "Your Highness doesn't know, according to the news from over there, Concubine Shu ordered them not to tell His Highness about your affairs before going to Tangyuan."
Did you hand over the initiative to her...
Xie Fanghan frowned, thinking that if she had the chance, she must meet this Concubine Shu.
Seeing that Xie Fanghan was in a trance, the dark guard knew that she should not be interrupted, but considering the importance of the other news, he still called out: "Little master."
Xie Fanghan returned to his senses when he heard this address and looked at the dark guard.Xie Fanghan always felt that this title seemed to have other meanings, but then he thought that these hidden guards were originally her mother's people, so there was nothing wrong with calling her that, but he thought he was thinking too much.
The hidden guard didn't know what Xie Fanghan was thinking, so he reported the news in a straightforward manner: "The matter you asked us to investigate earlier has some clues."
Hearing this, Xie Fanghan's eyes lit up, and his words were filled with joy, "Found it?"
The secret guard shook his head to extinguish the spark that had just sprung up in Xie Fanghan's heart, "I didn't find it, but we compared the news sent by Concubine Shu, and we have locked down the people who participated in this incident back then, and I have sent someone to collect evidence .”
Xie Fanghan nodded, and she had to eat one bite at a time. It was not easy to find out what happened more than ten years ago. She was already satisfied with such a big progress, and immediately ordered, "Priority, when there is news, Don’t ask me any more, just arrange someone to go.”
Xie Fanghan said that his expression was quite serious, and he thought for a long time before continuing, "If you find it, don't bother, unless it's a matter of life and death, don't interfere."
The dark guard responded in a low voice, "Yes!"
……
Yan Yutang's birthday was over, and half of the twelfth lunar month had passed. According to Dayan's rules, the emperor would not be in court from the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and did not start to deal with state affairs until after the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.
The court was on holiday, so the princes and princesses naturally didn't have to continue to attend classes, and Xie Fanghan and the others didn't have to accompany them anymore.The Xie family still didn't send anyone to look for her, Xie Fanghan was happy staying in the general's mansion, went out for a horse race with the old man in the morning, and spent the rest of his time sorting out the news sent by Concubine Shu.
In the blink of an eye and half a month, New Year's Eve is approaching, and the 17th year of Jiahe is coming.
"There is still one year until the heroine's appearance, and three years before the Xie family is destroyed." Xie Fanghan calculated the timeline, closed his eyes and fell asleep in the light of Xi Wei's morning light.