Chapter 95

Lin Chengyou scolded Wu Yuanluo in his heart, and when he was about to answer, he could not help but pause again, strange, Wu Yuanluo is talking nonsense, why no one questioned tonight.

From the night of his birthday to tonight, only twelve days have passed. During this period, he only mentioned Teng Yuyi to his master and aunt, and the failure of the heartless Gu, and even the uncle and crown prince were kept in the dark.

It’s only been so long, why do these people seem to know that he can be tempted by the little lady?

Not quite right.

It was absolutely impossible for Master Shi to publicize this matter, and Auntie didn’t even dare to show her concern for Teng Yuyi in front of others.

So this was spread by someone else?

When these rumors of the royal family reach the public, they will fly all over the city like catkins in spring. After fermenting these days, I don’t know how many people’s mouths and ears have passed through them, so tonight I heard that he fell in love with a certain little lady, and there will be no one. doubt.

There are only two places where the wind can leak: Qingyun Temple and the palace.

Qingyunguan only has the master and the younger brother, so it can only be in the palace.

Lin Chengyou took a sip of tea calmly, remembering that Teng Yuyi used Xiaoya’s mouth to say that someone would be bad for him in the future. He didn’t take it seriously in the past, but now it seems that the person may not be in the so-called “barracks three years later” at all. But always by his side.

Did he pretend that he didn’t know how to wait for the other party to reveal more clues, or did he follow the clues to find the person right away?

If you really want to investigate, rumors have always been extremely difficult to trace to the source. It has been these days. It is not easy to find the source again.

What’s more interesting is Wu Yuanluo’s reaction.

Wu Yuanluo has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. No matter whether he is fighting wit or poetry, he claims to have never met an opponent. He involved his second sister with him just to fight against him?

The grandfather of the Wu brothers and sisters is Wu Ruyun, the imperial censor of Zhongcheng, Tongzhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi, an important minister of the country, and currently one of the only prime ministers in the court who can compete with Deng Zhiyao and Zheng Pushe.

These old foxes often fight back and forth in the courtroom, and they haven’t stopped for years.

If he remembered correctly, Deng Zhiyao, the waiter, took the lead in pushing his granddaughter in front of his uncle when he was discussing the list of prince concubines a few days ago.

Not to be outdone, Wu Ruyun immediately praised her second daughter to the sky.

In the end, the uncle naturally adhered to the consistent policy of equality and added the names of the two ladies.

Wu Yuanluo is here tonight, is he not afraid that his sister’s candidacy for the crown princess will be ruined?

Oh yes.

Wu Yuanluo also has an older sister, Wu Zhang.

Wu Zhang was engaged to Zheng Yanrang, the eldest son of Zheng Pushe, since he was a child. A while ago, the two families were supposed to have a formal dowry, but Zheng Yanrang had an affair with Duan Qingying, the daughter of the Duan family. Duan Qingying refused to have an abortion because she was pregnant, so Zheng Yanrang naturally did not dare to marry Wu Zhang again.

Because of this, Zheng Pushe and Wu Zhongcheng almost tore their faces.

So the Wu family is planning to switch to Wu Zhang to run for the crown princess?

I heard that this lady of Wu Da is better than her younger sister in talent and appearance. It was only because she had a marriage since she was a child that the Wu family had to push their second daughter out. Now, because of the fault of the Zheng family, the marriage has been withdrawn. In order to secure the victory, the Wu family has Naturally, Mrs. Wu will be reconsidered.

Once Wu Zhang was selected, Zheng Pushe’s father and son were the first to be beaten in the face, and the Wu family would be able to express their ill-will.

And if Wu Rujun really does a future national battle, his prestige in the court will gradually surpass that of Zheng Pushe and all the disciples of the Zheng family in the court.

It’s just that there has never been a precedent for the two sisters to run for the crown princess at the same time in this dynasty. The eldest daughter has been found. In order to compensate the younger daughter, the Wu family might choose a similar marriage for the younger daughter.

It seemed that the Wu family planned to tie Wu Zhang to him.

Heh, as expected of Wu Yuanluo, he probably knew the family’s plan, so he simply took advantage of the previous attack against him.

Dare to provoke him with such a thing, this kid is probably tired and crooked.

“Look at him.” The prince took the initiative to speak. “I’ve been stunned at every turn recently. Every time I say something to him, don’t expect him to respond immediately. Does this mean I’m suffering from lovesickness?”

Gu Xian: “You don’t really like Second Lady Wu, do you?”

Lin Chengyou made up his mind in his heart, and sighed: “I haven’t lost my Gu mark, how can I look down on someone’s wife, I kindly help, but Wu Yuanluo has such a big misunderstanding.”

Prince Chun’an looked at Lin Chengyou meaningfully, but said nothing.

“Really?” The prince expressed his disbelief, got up and looked behind Lin Chengyou, stunned for a moment, then sat back in regret, “Uncle and I were happy after hearing the news. Da, you too Don’t worry, this time the master is back, maybe there is a way to think about it.”

Lin Chengyou knew that the prince was loyal and honest, how could he bear to worry about him, so he hurriedly winked at the prince and thought, “Aqi, I’ll explain to you later.

Gu Xian asked curiously: “Can’t you be emotional if you don’t understand the poison, Shizi, have you ever felt a little strange to a certain little lady? For example, when you see her, your heart will be shaken, and if you don’t see her for a few days, you will be worried. When I see her and other gentlemen, I feel jealous and think about what she is doing every day.”

In the middle of the middle, Lin Chengyou said 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 going to marry the Crown Princess?”

Gu Xian paused for a while, then changed the subject with a light smile: “I heard that there will be hunting and horses tomorrow, do you still have a headache? Can you come? It won’t be so fun without you.”

“Come on.” Lin Chengyou couldn’t hear Gu Xian’s intention to change the subject, so Gu Xian really has a sweetheart. He is going to deal with Wu Yuanluo, so he can’t admit it for the time being, Gu Xian has nothing to worry about.

The Prince of Chun’an County seemed to remember something: “By the way, Azhi asked me quietly a couple of months ago, and asked me if there were guests from Yangzhou in my house, please send them back to their hometown to help you inquire about you. That little benefactor. I guess this child wanted to secretly surprise my brother, so I agreed to her. This time, the guests like me have come back one after another, and I have written down all the news they have inquired, and haven’t given it to me yet. Azhi, look, you can see if there are any worthy ones.”

Lin Chengyou was stunned. In the past two months, because of the constant weirdness in Chang’an, he almost put this matter aside. If the little girl hadn’t rescued him back then, he would have had an accident long ago. He was thinking about this life-saving. The grace, these years have not given up inquiring about the whereabouts of that person.

The prince looked at the clear and neat handwriting on the record book, and nodded with a smile: “Uncle Azhi and Ada have always been on the top of his mind.”

Lin Chengyou took the booklet and said with a smile, “I won’t say thank you to the uncle.”

The Duke of Chun’an said indifferently: “I’m not trying to help you, but I can’t do anything if I promise Azhi.”

“Yes, Uncle Huang is nothing more than teaching me and Ah Shuang to recognize the rhythm and rhythm, and teach Azhi to write and write, so he doesn’t bother to care about our juniors.”

The prince smiled and explained to Gu Xian: “You don’t have to think it strange, these uncles and nephews are bickering, but their relationship is very good. The uncle’s ability to recognize sounds is the best in the world. Teach it yourself.”

Gu Xian raised his glass: “Speaking of melody, when a certain first came to Chang’an that year, he was fortunate to hear the ensemble “Si Guiyin” by His Royal Highness the King of the County and His Royal Highness. It also left a bad problem, in the future, when I listen to other people’s piano and flute, I will feel hard to hear, and I don’t know when I will be fortunate enough to listen to the two ensemble again.”

Lin Chengyou said: “I have passed the prize. I was busy a while ago, and I was on the mountain tonight. It’s not easy to listen to this. I happen to have a jade flute with me. If it is convenient for my uncle, I can ask someone to bring my uncle’s qin. already.”

The Prince of Chun’an put down the tea cup, turned his head and instructed the palace servant, “Go get it.”

Gu Xian was naturally surprised and delighted. While waiting for the palace servant to bring the qin, Lin Chengyou flipped through the book. There were more than 30 Yangzhou ladies who came to Chang’an in the early years. The age is either too old or too young, and they are basically incompatible.

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Early the next morning, the palace servants went to Xiangluan Pavilion to pass the decree.

It is said that the Queen is going to summon the ladies in the Jinglan Pavilion in the back mountain. There are 40 seats in the pavilion. Please seat the ladies in the order of first come, last arrival. be late.

As soon as this decree was passed down, Xiangluan Pavilion suddenly burst into chaos, one by one busy dressing and changing clothes, lest the queen be displeased by being late.

Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan packed up and came out. They happened to meet Li Huaigu and others on the porch. Li Huaigu was like a peach blossom, and his complexion was much better than the previous two days.

Even Aunt Peng and Erniang Peng saw this: “Li Sanniang, did you hear something interesting? Tell us so that we can also listen.”

“Yes, it looks much better than those days in Dayin Temple.”

Li Huaigu said in surprise, “Is there? Maybe it’s because I slept so soundly last night. The air in Mount Li is beautiful, and I feel a lot more comfortable after going up the mountain.”

Wu Qi quietly pulled Teng Yuyi over: “I was wrong about what happened yesterday, my brother said he wanted to know you, I thought that there were people around, even if we met, there would be nothing wrong with me, I just—I just I promised to cooperate with him, and I regretted it most of the night after I went back, Ayu, don’t be angry, I was confused for a while, and I won’t help my brother to do such a thing next time.”

Her face was full of shame, as if she could not wait to get into the crack of the ground.

Teng Yuyi had a smile on her face, and her eyes were bright and clear.

“Just explain it to me, I don’t care. If I had a brother, maybe I would agree to help. It’s just this time, I’ll be annoyed next time.”

Wu Qi looked slightly sullen, hugged Teng Yuyi, made sure that Teng Yuyi was not sullen, and then said apologetically: “I promise, there will never be another time.”

Someone looked back and jokingly said to Wu Qi: “I heard that you sprained your foot yesterday, and Prince Cheng went to invite Yu Fengyu himself in a hurry?”

Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan were both stunned. They were there yesterday, but it didn’t seem to be the case.

Wu Qi was stunned: “Nonsense. Last night, Prince Cheng just happened to pass by. The imperial doctor who was hired for the sake of my brother’s face left without saying a word. Don’t talk nonsense. Besides, you forgot. , Prince Cheng’s unfeeling Gu, how can you say that you will like whoever you like.”

She said that she pulled Zheng Shuangyin who was beside her, and whispered: “Look at these people, they dare to spread such words, don’t say what happened yesterday was just a misunderstanding, even if it is true, I can’t marry these royal families. My son, in the future, I must find a gentleman who listens to me everywhere.”

Jinglan Pavilion is on the mountainside at the back, and there are several palaces and gardens in the middle. The palace people lead the way in front, and just after passing through a bamboo forest, several female relatives of foreign officials approached.

Someone asked in surprise, “Agu?”

Everyone looked around and saw that it was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. The girl was dressed in Qiluo, and her demeanor was a little naive.

The palace man whispered: “This is the daughter of General Jiangnan Dongdao Wang.”

Li Huaigu also seemed a little surprised, smiled: “Wang Siniang.”

Wang Siniang took Li Huaigu’s hand and said, “We haven’t seen each other for five or six years since we left Hangzhou. Ah Gu, your appearance hasn’t changed much, and you’re still as beautiful as you were when you were young.”

Li Huaigu looked left and right, his expression seemed a little embarrassed.

The maid next to Wang Siniang gently reminded her wife: “Siniang, you forgot, the third wife of the Li family doesn’t like to call her by her nickname outside.”

Wang Siniang smiled embarrassedly: “Yes, I almost forgot.”

Li Huaigu grabbed Wang Siniang’s hand, and said bluntly, “I’m a weird little name, it’s better not to be known, you’ve come to Chang’an too? Great, why didn’t I see you in the first few days, come back to Let’s play in the house.”

The leading palace servant coughed: “Miss Li, the queen is still waiting to summon you all.”

Li Huaigu didn’t dare to greet him any more, he nodded at Wang Siniang with a blushing face, and continued on with the palace servants.

Passing through the bamboo forest and bypassing a stream, the surroundings became more and more quiet, and there were fewer and fewer people.

The palace people said: “In front of you, you will pass a flower field. There are some peasant women and gardeners in the field. They are basically local orphans and widows. The queen takes pity on them and they are lonely and have no support. Be careful not to be bumped into, and when you pass by later, just follow the slaves and go faster.”

After a while, a large flower field appeared in front of you, and the strange flowers bloomed in it, making it dizzying. Along the way, I saw a few peasant women burying their heads in the flower field and working with hoes, and they did not dare to look around when they heard someone passing by.

Seeing that he was about to cross the flower field, a child’s cry suddenly came from the side. Teng Yuyi followed the sound and saw a peasant woman in her thirties lying in the ditch under the ridge. The woman’s feet were bloody. It was dripping, and at a glance, it was obvious that it was injured by a flower hoe.

On the ridge stood a little girl of two or three years old. She seemed to be frightened. She stretched out her two fat arms to the woman at a loss, only to cry loudly, and the woman was so frightened that she handed her hand to the child: Cry, I’m going to disturb the ladies later, hurry up, hurry up and pull A-Niang up.”

Seeing this, Du Tinglan and Zheng Shuangyin stopped at the same time.

Seeing this scene, the little lady next to her also showed an unbearable look, knowing that most of the woman’s husband had died, and the mother and daughter depended on each other for life. The child is so small, and the mother can’t help if she falls and hurts.

The palace servant Yijing urged in front: “It’s almost the time of the hour, the ladies walk a little faster.”

The girls jumped in their hearts and had to step up.

The forty seats have not been ranked. Whoever gets there early will be able to get closer to the Queen, and the closer he is to the Queen, it means that the Queen may leave a deeper impression on himself, so that both himself and his father and brother will be better. There are countless benefits.

Although Du Tinglan walked forward, he couldn’t help but turn back frequently. Although Teng Yuyi didn’t look back, he could hear the little girl’s cry. The cry reminded her of herself when she lost her aunt when she was young. After her hesitation, Du Tinglan immediately made up her mind, pulled Teng Yuyi over, and walked back without saying a word.

“Pull them, it won’t take long.”

As he spoke, he walked to the field and grabbed the woman’s arm with his hand wrapped in a handkerchief: “Come.”

The woman was overjoyed and said repeatedly, “Thank you little lady.”

Teng Yuyi supported the woman’s shoulder and the other arm, and the two sisters worked together to drag the woman up.

“Okay.” Du Tinglan breathed a sigh of relief.

With tears in his eyes, the child stared blankly at this scene.

The woman thanked her repeatedly, it was too late, Teng Yuyi pulled her sister to leave, looked at the blood on the woman’s dress, and took out a small packet of the usual golden medicine from her sleeve: “This can stop the bleeding, take it. ”

The woman was even more grateful. The little girl put her arms around her neck to help her “wheeze”. Seeing this, she thought she had gotten a packet of candy, so she couldn’t help but burst into laughter, clapping her fat hands and giggling.

The sisters walked for a while, and met Zheng Shuangyin who was returning. It turned out that Zheng Shuangyin was worried and found it back in the end. The two sisters told what happened before, and the three of them rushed back together.

The delay of the three naturally fell far behind the others. When they arrived at Jinglan Pavilion, there were only three seats left in the hall farthest from the Empress. They were located in the corners, and there were pillars in front of them. If they did not attend , the queen could not see them at all.

Li Huaigu and the others sat in the front seat, and the queen asked Li Huaigu and Wu Han and Wu Qi who answered the best questions. After the meeting was over, the queen left Li Huaigu and the Wu sisters alone to ask questions. .

The palace people said to the rest of the people: “There are many exotic flowers and plants here. Before it’s time to eat, ladies may wish to go nearby and enjoy the scenery.”

At this time, a few men suddenly passed by the court, talking and laughing, it was the Crown Prince, Lin Chengyou and others.

The palace people bowed their heads and saluted several people, and knelt on the ground.

The girls are also busy bowing their heads.

The prince’s smile was warm and clear, and when he turned his head, his eyes stayed on Du Tinglan for a moment, as if a little curious, but also a little appreciative, then he glanced at Teng Yuyi next to Du Tinglan, and then he withdrew his gaze.

Teng Yuyi lowered her eyes and stood still for a moment, but couldn’t help but quietly raised her eyes to look at Lin Chengyou’s back.

Thinking about last night, because Lin Chengyou didn’t tell her what she said, he almost turned her face on the spot in a fit of anger. Don’t talk to her after that, he didn’t even give her a glance.

She guessed that he had decided to trouble her, and wondered what he would do next.

She tossed and turned on the bed like pancakes all night, for a while thinking about joining the five ways to find the caliber, and for a while worried that Lin Chengyou would investigate too fast and she would not be able to accumulate enough merit. sleep.

Judging by Lin Chengyou’s indifferent attitude, he almost didn’t intend to care about her anymore, and the friendship was not deep enough. If he turned his face, he would turn his face. The purple jade saddle, which he was extremely satisfied with, couldn’t stop him from checking her.

At this moment, Li Huaigu and others also withdrew, and the girls were both envious and curious, and they all gathered around.

Li Huaigu shook his head humbly, but his eyes looked at Lin Chengyou and Teng Yuyi over there. Seeing that the two of them looked colder than the other, Yingying couldn’t help but smile: “I’m very stupid, the queen only asked me one question, and I’ll answer it. If it’s not good, the rest of the Queen is asking Aunt Wu and the others.”

Teng Yuyi left the vestibule with Du Tinglan bored. Du Tinglan said, “I haven’t seen you smile since last night. What are you worrying about? Didn’t the monster be beaten away?”

What else can she worry about, the matter of taking her life is about to be hidden, she just wants to save her merits before Lin Chengyou finds out the truth, and now she feels anxious when she thinks of it. If it weren’t for the fact that she couldn’t go down the mountain now, she would like to put her wings on and fly to Dongming Temple, and then took out the contract and forced Wu Dao to accompany her to find Chi Kuo.

The two sisters walked along the flower path for a long time. When they looked up, they realized that the palace servant was right. The mountains and fields were full of all kinds of flowers. To Teng Yuyi’s surprise, there were actually rose bushes among them. The roses she had seen in the past were better. She was greedy all of a sudden, and hurriedly said to her sister, “There are roses over there, let’s go and enjoy the flowers.”

As it got closer, Teng Yuyi loved it more and more as he looked at it. Such good petals are of top quality whether they are used for incense or making cakes. Now the pear blossoms are already withered, but fortunately there are still roses. The molds in the house are about to be made, so take them back. Just making a flower cake.

She glanced at the front, the palace people were far away, and the queen did not stipulate that they could not pick flowers. Just because of the temperament of my sister, I would never pick flowers with her. She pretended to go to the back of the flower bush to see, and when she turned a corner, she took out the handkerchief from her sleeve, then bent down and quickly took off a pocket and put it in the handkerchief.

Repeated this several times, but also successfully picked a dozen flowers.

Soon the veil was no longer able to fit. These petals were only enough to make a box of flower cakes. Teng Yuyi lowered her head and took out another spare veil from her sleeve, and suddenly heard someone say lightly, “What are you doing here?”

Teng Yuyi was so frightened that her hands shook, and the handkerchief fell to the edge of her skirt, and the delicate roses rolled on the ground.

Teng Yuyi glanced at Lin Chengyou, he was wearing an elegant cyan brocade robe, the clear color made his eyes darker and darker, there was no smile on his face, but neither was he annoyed.

This was already a bad face for Lin Chengyou, so she also said in a low voice, “Pick flowers.”

Lin Chengyou really said “the visitor is not good”, and said proudly: “Do you have this flower in your Teng Mansion?”

Teng Yuyi snorted lightly, sat down on a stone beside him, bent down and put the flowers one by one into the veil: “Our manor is not so good. Although the prince has turned his face against me, I am a serious person. The people of Noah, promised to send flower cakes to the two little Taoist priests and the prince, and of course you have to choose the best petals.”

Lin Chengyou’s heart fluttered slightly, and he couldn’t help but look at her sideways, her brows were light, and it seemed that she had never shown a smile today. So he also lifted his robe and sat down on another stone in front of the flowers: “It’s a coincidence, I’m also a man of great promises. I’ve agreed to help you find the wicked person, and I don’t want to give up halfway.”