dhibooks Chapter 29 29
Chapter 29 29
The emperor left soon after Xie Fanghan returned to his seat.
On New Year's Eve, the monarch and his ministers had fun together, the emperor had already left the venue, and the ministers did not impose too much restraint. The three of them, Taishi Xie, were the first to leave. There was still a family in the Taishi's mansion waiting for them to go back for the banquet.
Xie's New Year's Eve has always been celebrated by the whole family. Without her this year, maybe they will have a happier time?
Yanhuang left, the queen and other concubines also left one by one, and the remaining princes presided over the overall situation. They said they were in charge, but you came and I fought openly and secretly. Wei Baili was surrounded by several generals. Xie Fanghan didn't bother, nor did he Dare to leave early, he simply picked up the jade pot on the table, and walked out of the hall quietly by himself.
Anyway, he is someone who has stayed in the palace for more than half a year. Although he doesn't come to the front hall very often, he is not too numb. He wandered around to find a secluded corridor to wind down and sober up.
Most of the winter in Xijing is foggy. Today, it is probably because of the mercy of the heavens. At night, the sky is rarely clear. The black clouds are watching the clean sky not far away, and it is quite rainy. a feeling of.
Xie Fanghan took a sip of his wine, heard the increasingly obvious footsteps behind him, and said first, "Your Highness Fifth came to look for me?"
The footsteps stopped when they were three feet away from her, and Xie Fanghan waited for a long time before he heard the voice behind him.With a word in my heart, I raised my head and took another sip of wine. After gaining courage, I turned around and faced forward gracefully, and said unforgivingly: "What? Didn't the Fifth Highness come..."
Xie Fanghan couldn't continue speaking halfway through, she felt dissatisfied and wanted to talk to the visitor, but the visitor was not Yan Yutang.
How could it not be Yan Yutang?
She was accompanied by a hidden guard, and if someone else came, the hidden guard would definitely remind her...
Xie Fanghan looked complicated, frowned, put down the jug and stood up to salute: "See Concubine Shu." The hidden guard could remind her silently that apart from Yan Yutang, there is only one Concubine Shu.
"Get up." Concubine Shu's voice was gentle, not as indifferent as the outside world said.
Xie Fanghan stood up as he said, secretly thinking about Concubine Shu's purpose in coming to see her.
Concubine Shu stared at her eyebrows and said softly: "You are very similar to Wei Xun..."
Xie Fanghan stood there expressionless, without interjecting, but also confirmed in his heart that the gaze she felt at the banquet before was from Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu's gaze at her became more tender and tender, Xie Fanghan moved her gaze away without a trace, she did not dare to look at each other with the burning eyes in those eyes, Concubine Shu saw her avert her gaze, her eyes darkened, but she was very nervous. Almost hung up on the previous mildness.
——After all, he is not from the past.
Xie Fanghan knew that Concubine Shu was not looking at her.
And Concubine Shu...
The person engraved in my heart, the eyebrows and eyes that can only be held in dreams year after year suddenly appear in front of my eyes. Is there anything more beautiful and cruel than this?
"You know about me and Wei Xun."
Xie Fanghan didn't expect Concubine Shu to zoom in. The woman in front of her had gentle eyes, and there seemed to be a smile on her lips, but there was no doubt in what she said, and it was full of certainty.
Xie Fanghan hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I guessed it roughly."
Concubine Shu walked to the other side of the corridor, looked at the mountain scenery in the distance, and recalled: "I was also your age when I met her. She is the only daughter of the general's mansion. Although you and her have similar features, But the character is much worse."
When Concubine Shu said this, she turned her head and glanced at the "young man" in the light green robe. Somehow she thought of something, her brows and eyes became more gentle: "This is prepared by Housekeeper Hu."
Xie Fanghan nodded in response: "Butler Hu said this is my mother's favorite color."
Concubine Shu smiled even more when she heard this, she shook her head and said softly: "She likes red the most."
red?
Xie Fanghan frowned.
Concubine Shu covered her eyes full of smiles, and gently explained Xie Fanghan's confusion: "She, just like her name, no one in Xijing back then knew that the lady of the General's Mansion was dressed in red, wandering around, and He is good at riding and shooting, and no one in Xijing can match his style in terms of demeanor."
"Then why did Steward Hu say that my mother likes blue?" Xie Fanghan asked in confusion.
"Hmm..." Concubine Shu smiled as if thinking of something happy: "Because I said I like cyan."
Xie Fanghan: "..."
Suddenly, I felt like I was being fed.
Concubine Shu didn't pay attention to Xie Fanghan's reaction and continued: "At that time we had just met, she suddenly came to ask me what color I like, I said blue casually, I didn't want her to come to me wearing blue the next day."
"I thought she was a little strange at the time, but I can't interfere with what other people like to wear. Later, I gradually got used to her wearing a green dress. But in my heart, she still looks the best when she wears a red dress."
Xie Fanghan: "..."
belch.
"Did you come here specifically to feed me food?" Xie Fanghan felt that if he didn't say anything, he would be stuffed to death with dog food.
"What is feeding food?" Concubine Shu was at a loss.
Xie Fanghan didn't explain, instead he said: "That's not important, the important thing is why did the empress come to me, and why did you tell me these things?"
Concubine Shu was fascinated by the familiar eyebrows. In her impression, it seemed that she had never seen these eyes so calm. Most of the time, what she saw from those eyes were joy, enthusiasm and love.
"After all, I'm not alone..." Concubine Shu murmured in a voice that only she could hear.
Xie Fanghan breathed out a breath of white air, the wind in the winter night was bitterly cold, she was fine with practicing martial arts for many years, but Concubine Shu at the side might not be able to bear it, after all, she was Yan Yutang's mother, Xie Fanghan no longer entangled with Concubine Shu's purpose today, Hastily said: "It's cold, the empress should go back to rest earlier."
Concubine Shu looked at Xie Fanghan, and the two stood there looking at each other for a long time, and finally Concubine Shu was defeated first and opened her mouth.
"I originally wanted to tell you something." Concubine Shu did not deny this, "But after seeing you, I gave up on this idea, you are different from us..."
"The road we will take in the future will be different from ours."
Concubine Shu said something vaguely, then turned and left, Xie Fanghan was puzzled, but did not continue to ask.
and many more!
So she came out to have a blast and was fed food?
One of the parties was her mother.
The other party is not her father yet.
Xie Fanghan sat down in the corridor again, took a few sips of wine with the jug, and then her body, which was almost frozen by the wine, burned up, and her reason was also burned at the same time.
Alcohol is not intoxicating, people are self-intoxicating.
Half-dream and half-awake, she seemed to see Xijing more than 20 years ago. The woman in red was galloping unstoppably, and she also seemed to see two women in a small courtyard, one in green and the other in white, cuddling together and drinking tea. flower……
"...Yizhi?"
"...Yizhi."
"Xie Fanghan..."
When Xie Fanghan heard someone calling his name, he frowned and opened his eyes suddenly, revealing a pair of dark eyes.
It was Yan Yutang.
Xie Fanghan turned his head subconsciously, and only then did he realize where he was when the cold wind blew.
"Your Highness Fifth." Xie Fanghan called out dryly.
Yan Yutang looked at the person in front of her with a complicated expression, and there were five mixed feelings in her heart, joy, worry, anger, and a little bit of distress mixed together, all of which were bitter.
She was just dealing with a glass of wine, and when she was free, the people sitting by the side disappeared, and there were still people staring at her, so she had to signal to the hidden guards to find someone, and finally found a chance to slip out, but found someone Fell asleep in the cold wind.
Originally, the question of accountability could not be asked after the person on the other side woke up and looked away. He opened his mouth a few times and finally said it, but he unconsciously turned into concern: "Why are you sleeping here?"
Xie Fanghan was still drunk, and there was a string called "truth" in his mind, and he kept yelling at her, asking her to tell Yan Yutang what happened between their respective mothers.
"Come out to get some fresh air, I didn't expect to fall asleep." She still restrained herself.
The evil factor in the subconscious is activated by the strength of alcohol, knowing what Yan Yutang hates the most, but still wants to poke her wound:
Tell her, drive her into the abyss, and pull her up...
Even if she doesn't say it now, sooner or later she will know about Concubine Shu and Mother. Since she has to know sooner or later, it's okay to say it sooner...
If you say so, she will be vulnerable, and you will have the opportunity to sneak in...
……
"Fang Han?" Yan Yutang sensed that something was wrong with Xie Fanghan. Normally, she was like a distant mountain under the haze of mist and rain, stable and clean, but now she was the opposite, as if she was suppressing something, impetuous and muddy.
Xie Fanghan lowered his eyelids and pressed all the lights in his eyes, and when he opened them again, it was clear again.
"The emperor wants to touch the queen?" Xie Fanghan leaned against the pillar and instinctively started other topics.
When Yan Yutang heard the words, the worry that was originally on his face suddenly stopped, and when he spoke again, he had returned to his usual calm and self-possessed.
"Yes."
Xie Fanghan pressed his temples with one hand, and supported the pillars with the other to stand up: "The younger brother of the current empress controls the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, and he is completely counting on his prince's nephew, who is the best card in the hands of the eldest prince. Recently, the camp in the suburbs of Beijing has been transferred. Frequently, what did the First Prince do?"
Yan Yutang said without hesitation: "Yes".
Xie Fanghan closed her eyes tightly, recalling some details, she thought of her grandfather's words again, and said with some uncertainty: "This... my grandfather also knows?"
Yan Yutang nodded: "Yes."
The emperor and the empress have worked together for so many years, and the well water does not interfere with the river water, so a sudden attack must be a big deal, plus her grandfather knew about this matter and combined with the transfer of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing...
Xie Fanghan: "Did the First Prince attack the Northern Army?"
Yan Yutang's eyes flashed brightly, but her tone remained steady: "Yes."
Xie Fanghan recounted what happened just now, from Emperor Yan's sudden mention of Yan Yutang and Ji, to the secret confrontation between the two princesses afterwards.
Kill the chickens to warn the monkeys.
Ginger is still old and spicy.
Hit a snake to hit seven inches, the eldest prince dared to stretch his hand to the frontier army, and Emperor Yan dared to touch the empress's most beloved third princess. Yan Yutang was just an introduction to the topic, and he was the spokesperson of the imperial power in this confrontation.
I just don't know if the emperor knows that his queen's favorite is his concubine.
But it doesn't matter.
At least in the eyes of those who should know, the queen cares most about the third princess.
What about Yan Yutang?
Did she take the initiative to look for Yan Huang?
It's not like her style of doing things.
But she had a premonition that this matter was initiated by Yan Yutang.
Xie Fanghan took the initiative to look at Yan Yutang, and asked her silently with her eyes. She was very conflicted now, and felt that her guess was right, but also hoped that she was wrong.
Yan Yutang's eyes remained calm, and she still gave a concise and firm answer to Xie Fanghan's question: "Yes."
Xie Fanghan smiled.
Just like the plum blossoms blooming in the garden, they are so beautiful that people can't bear to look away.
But Yan Yutang, who was standing across from her, felt her heart tugging for no reason.
Xie Fanghan smiled slowly, and said slowly: "So, everyone who should know knows what is going to happen tonight, even the queen knows that you are going to make trouble tonight, but I shouldn't know Yes, you came out to disrupt the situation, and almost made you unable to sing this play, did you?"
Yan Yutang clenched her hands in front of her body, she kept answering with a clang, and she finally fell silent when faced with this question.
call.
Xie Fanghan took a deep breath, raised his hand in salute and said, "It's late at night, I'll take my leave first."
After all, regardless of Yan Yutang's reaction, she turned around and walked back along the way she came.
Yan Yutang stood where she was, watching the light blue color melt into the night until she couldn't see it at all. After a long time, she looked at the palm with nail marks on her pinched fingernails with complicated eyes, and replied softly: "Yes..."
"But you are also the only one who stands up for me."
When Xie Fanghan returned to the main hall, half of the ministers were still present at the palace banquet. The eunuch guarding the door stopped her and told her that Wei Baili had left first.
Xie Fanghan thanked him, turned his head and walked out of the palace.
On the way back to the General’s Mansion, there was snowflakes again, Xie Fanghan was not in a hurry, she shook the horse slowly, her heart was sour, she felt like a fool, she only cared about her hot head, and felt bored, she had clearly lived two lifetimes , but still losing his temper like a child, thinking back to Yan Yutang's five things just now, and feeling that he is bad, he obviously said before that he should protect others well, but in the end he didn't know anything and almost messed up the situation...
The more I think about it, the more depressed I am, I almost have the word autism written on my face.
Back at the General's Mansion, the hidden guards who reported routinely delivered a secret report. Xie Fanghan looked at the letter with a blank expression on the changes of the First Prince and the Zhenbei Army, feeling neither sad nor happy.
"Master." The dark guard called.
"Say." Xie Fanghan responded.
The secret guard: "The one who came to look for the old general today is Cheng Qi, the top general of the Zhenbei Army. It is the eyes of the old general who stayed in the Zhenbei Army."
After reading the secret report, Xie Fanghan raised his head solemnly: "You mean, the old man only knew about this news half a day earlier than me?"
The dark guard didn't speak, but just lowered his head.
long time.
Xie Fanghan pursed his lips. He watched the general leave, and then she and the old man entered the palace. Emperor Yan probably had no chance to explain anything to the old man alone, so the old man said those words to her on purpose. , She didn't react.
Yanhuang knew that Wei Baili also knew about the Zhenbei Army. After all, he was the soldier he had led, so it was impossible that he had no backup.
Wei Baili knew about Zhenbei Army, and at the same time he was sure that Emperor Yan would not tolerate it, so he not only took her to the banquet, but also reminded her of what happened next.
This is a tacit cooperation, a special transaction between the monarch and his ministers.One consolidates military power, the other consolidates imperial power, and each takes what it needs.
Only her, not thinking thoroughly, not in place.
Then when did Yan Yutang know about it?Thinking about it, it should be earlier than her, or maybe, she was the one who "led" this transaction.
Thinking of this, Xie Fanghan turned his attention to the table and looked at the hidden guard and said: "Where do you rank among the spies in the hands of each family in Xijing?"
The dark guard's voice was calm, neither humble nor overbearing: "You can enter the top three."
"Counting the royal family?" Xie Fanghan asked.
"Yes." The dark guard replied.
Xie Fanghan nodded thoughtfully: "The information network set up earlier may not be able to cover it for a while. Since there is a ready-made one, let's grab it."
Dark Guard: "..."
Is it the robber he understood?
Seeing the puzzled eyes of the hidden guards, Xie Fanghan explained with a smile: "Since the eldest prince took such a big risk to attack the Zhenbei army, he was either extremely prepared, or he was in a hurry, or he was transferred away from the mountain. No matter what it is, he came up with this head, the fire in the open place has been lit tonight, and we will set the fire in the dark place."
The dark guard swallowed what he was going to say, "to startle the snake", and respectfully took his orders and retreated.
It is true that cutting grass will scare snakes, but his master is rushing to burn the forest, and there will be no snakes after the forest is burned.
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The author has something to say:
I have indigestion writing this chapter.
Sad.
I also want to write about Xiao Xie and the fish pond, you and me.
Check out the outline.
Go to bed early, there is everything in the dream.