The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 227. Nervous

Mingyue said: “His Royal Highness, today Wang Ge Lao and Qiu Prime Minister’s Mansion have sent people to the Eighth Prince’s Mansion. It takes a full hour to leave the mansion. This is the second time.”

Xuan Pei gave an “en” and continued to write his own words in the ink without paying attention. Chaoyang and Mingyue looked at each other. Although the maid should not talk about the master’s affairs, it was Xiao Shao who both Mingyue and Chaoyang sent to help Xuanpei. Yes, one is also an old man in the palace. Sometimes it’s not just a battle between two princes, it’s a battle between two forces, but if one person loses, there are those who support him behind the scenes, so the battle for the righteousness often comes. In the end, blood flowed into a river, and the sacrifice and cruelty were only for that position. Since it is the person next to Xuanpei, the battle with Xuanli will be fought sooner or later, and the two are vying for the day that will come sooner or later. What we have to do now is to give myself more bargaining chips before that day. That’s it. Xuan Pei’s attitude is not related to his high-hanging attitude. In the eyes of people who don’t know, he will feel that this person is unreliable and not worthy of following. Compared with Xuanli’s large number of customers and staff, Xuanpei’s method of recruiting talents…. It should be said that he has never taken the initiative to recruit talents at all.

No, this old man Wang and Prime Minister Qiu had always secretly supported Xuan Pei, but now the emperor treats the two princes in the cold, Xuan Li’s team is getting bigger and bigger, but Xuan Pei has nothing to do with him. The ministers who defected never offered any profit temptation. Once they came and went, those people were gradually lost. Elder Wang and Prime Minister Qiu were also big forces, and they looked like they had already taken refuge in Xuanli. More and more people walked on their side, but Xuanli was not in a hurry.

“His Royal Highness,” Chaoyang felt a little anxious: “Wang Ge Lao and Qiu Prime Minister are obviously yours, but they still leave like this. This is too much to cross the river to tear down the bridge.”

Xuan Pei smiled, but was unmoved. Although Mingyue was very confused in her heart, she knew that this young man was definitely not a dull person. His scheming and forbearance surpassed ordinary people’s imagination. There must be a purpose in doing this, so she said: “His Royal Highness does not seem to be worried at all.”

Xuan Pei finally finished writing the last stroke, and then he took a long breath, put aside the pen, looked at Mingyue and said, “Do you have any doubts?”

Xuanli’s attitude towards her is a bit harsher than towards Chaoyang, because she is Xiao Shao’s person, but is more important than towards Chaoyang, because she has many things to do. She is agile and can do more. good. Hearing this, Mingyue knelt down and said, “The slave and maidservant didn’t understand why the maidservant didn’t take the initiative to recruit talented people. Stay in the house and don’t take action.”

“You have too many questions.” Xuan Pei watched her slowly. He played with the fingers of his hand and suddenly smiled: “But the main hall is in a good mood today, but I can answer you. It’s just that Xiao Shao’s people are even I don’t know anything about this, and it’s really eye-opening for me.” Xuan Pei always changed his method to hurt Xiao Shao as soon as he caught the opportunity. Really take it to heart.

Xuan Pei saw that Mingyue’s expression remained unchanged, and was not irritated. It seemed that he also felt a little boring, so he coughed and coughed his throat and said: “Xiancai was not actively recruited. You think that if I want to contend with Xuanli, I need support most behind me. Who is it, a talented person?”

Mingyue didn’t say anything. At any time, whether or not he won the protagonist, a Mingjun would always try his best to choose the talents, a talented person, naturally the monarchs competed for it. Xuan Pei smiled faintly: “That’s wrong, a talented person, the reason why a talented person is a talented person must be appreciated by Mingjun. This is not a peaceful and prosperous age, nor is it governing the world. This is a struggle for survival. A gamble of losing all games, I think that talents are important, but they are far from ambition.”

“Ambition?” Mingyue asked silently.

“Ambition.” Xuan Pei sat on a chair. He was thin and not fully developed. Sitting on a large chair was a bit crappy. However, the corners of the long sleeves and robe ran down from the chair and covered the ground. The endless laziness caused Mingyue to be in a daze for a moment. He felt that the person sitting in front of him was not a young man who was not yet ready, but an adult wise man.

“A thin hungry wolf and a well-trained hunting dog,” Xuan Pei said lightly: “In the days when there is no need to fight for the peace and happiness, smart hunting dogs are good, but when it comes to snatching, killing, and overstocking. , I’m afraid it’s much better to bring a thin hungry wolf. Your so-called talent is a hound, and an ambitious person is a hungry wolf. What I have to face is the battle of life and death. Fierceness is more beneficial to me. You can use meat to solicit hounds, but the hungry wolf, you can never use meat to solicit, because what it wants is to cause the opponent and death.”

Mingyue was silent for a while and asked: “Hungry wolves are ferocious, but they will inevitably develop animality in the future and swallow their masters.”

“There won’t be that chance.” Xuan Pei said.

Mingyue was stunned, only to hear Xuan Pei’s voice from above his head: “After the prey dies, there is no need for hungry wolves to exist. Naturally, they have to find a chance to kill.”

Hearing this, Mingyue couldn’t help her body trembling, she didn’t expect this young man to be so decisive, and so easy to say something sly rabbit. Although these words are despicable and cruel, they are indeed the best beginning of an emperor’s road. Xuan Pei’s courage has surprised her, and she is still so decisive. Xuan Pei glanced at the bewildered Mingyue and said, “Ambition is only used to deal with enemies. If you have ambitions about my things and covet them secretly, you must wipe out his ambitions forever.”

Chaoyang stood far away, and Xuan Pei’s words fell in her ears without fail, and she couldn’t help but feel tight in her heart. She forced herself to hold back the depression in her heart. She always knew that the thirteenth prince was not simple, but not easy. Knowing that his mind and wrist have far reached the point of a future prince, his age is no longer a defect at all, and it will even become an excellent cover.

“Then why your Highness doesn’t issue a bid code?” Mingyue said: “If there is a price code, wouldn’t it be easier for careerists to be recruited?”

“How do you think I compare with Xuanli’s forces?” Xuan Pei asked.

Mingyue was stunned, and soon recovered. She knew that Xuan Pei was a clear-hearted person, and it was meaningless to tell lies, so she honestly said: “The power of the eight princes is even better.”

“That’s right, his power is even better. I will open a bid code. Once he knows the price, just mention it up and it will naturally be fine. With his power, he can also do this. Those are my price codes. People who are tempted will surely follow the higher prices. On the contrary, it is better to buy priceless treasures?” Xuan Pei smiled slightly, “Let them never know their value, and they will never know their value for the future. If you have an expectation, you will work harder. Those who buy for priceless treasures cannot be bought by Xuanli forever at a tangible price.”

Mingyue seemed to understand but not understand, only Xuan Pei said, “You think there is more and more following behind Xuan Li, do you know that this is not a good thing for him?”

Mingyue nodded, then shook his head.

“With the same bargaining chip, the benefits of sharing between two people are much greater than those of individuals. There are more people behind Xuanli, but the more people, when Xuanli gets what he wants, the more credit each person will get. Small. On the contrary, there are not many people behind me. If I succeed in the future, those people will get more benefits. In other words, the people standing behind me are all driven by big interests, and these are big ones. People who are driven by interests will never be moved by the small interests that are declared to be separated. Because there is no price tag, instead, they will have a gambling mind because of their own efforts. Have you ever seen a gambling stop halfway through People? Generally not, the people behind me, everyone has a gambling mind, so they are the most stable part.”

Mingyue heard the initiation, but was a little surprised and faintly confused. She looked at Xuan Pei and said, “Wang Ge Lao and Qiu Prime Minister…”

“This is a person driven by small interests. Today is not to leave. One day, I will be disadvantaged because of the immediate interests. It is better to kick out early. Such a short-sighted blade, I believe, declares. Li is not very happy even if I hold it in my hand.” Xuan Pei suddenly thought of something, and suddenly laughed: “Besides, you think there are more and more people behind Xuan Li. This is really a good thing? Want to come to the palace? The middle father is really full of anger now, and the wrath of the emperor is not something that everyone can bear.”

“Your Majesty…” Mingyue was startled. The emperor now seems to have not cared much about the two princes, and he doesn’t have much to say about changing the prince. Is it possible that he still secretly paid attention to this matter?

Mingyue thought for a while, and said: “Since your Majesty is paying attention to this matter, the incident in Qing’an County a few days ago has been widely impeached. The slaves and servants listened to Li’s words, and the impeachment was endless. Your Majesty was very angry. , I am afraid that my heart is more or less unpleasant towards Your Highness, do you want to refute it, or find a chance to impeach the Eighth Prince?”

Before Xuanhua was born, the emperor paid great attention to Xuanpei for a while, but he would tentatively ask Xuanpei’s opinions whenever there were major events in the dynasty. The snow disaster in Qing’an County was severe. At that time, the emperor asked Xuan Pei, and Xuan Pei wrote a zhezi to prevent the snow disaster. The zhezi was also quite satisfactory. There were some novelties, but it was not too talented. It was finally adopted by the emperor. No, there was news from Qing’an County a few days ago, but Xuanpei’s method did not play a big role. As a result, the people under the Eighth Prince immediately took this opportunity to take Xuanpei’s youth for fun and take the people’s livelihood. I came to joke, but I was impeaching him. Naturally, among the ministers, there were veterans who had been with the emperor for many years. Every one of them was very heartbroken, and those who didn’t know thought that Xuan Pei had committed some heinous mistake. However, being impeached by so many people inevitably left a bad impression on the emperor. Mingyue thought about this, still a little uneasy.

“Go and arrange a few people. If you tell the people on my side to go down, you will also give me the upper hand.” Xuan Pei shook his sleeves indifferently.

“Are you going to impeach the Eighth Prince?” Chaoyang couldn’t help but said, with a look of joy. In her opinion, the Eighth Prince’s people had done too badly, so they should fight back fiercely. He didn’t want to Xuan Pei but shook his head and said, “Impeach me.”

“What?” Chaoyang exclaimed, and then found that he had gone over. He knelt down to plead guilty, Mingyue also frowned, not understanding why Xuan Pei did it.

Xuan Pei smiled slightly and moved her lips slowly. Mingyue was taken aback, and then she felt a little cold. She raised her eyes again to look at the young man who was a good man. Half of the young man’s body was sunk in the soft cushion, and he carelessly supported his chin. The sunlight outside the window was gloomy in a timely manner, and half of the young man fell into it. In the shadow, like a silent stone statue, solid and heavy, like a lonely and cruel emperor sitting on a high throne with blue tiles and glaze across the curtain.

A true emperor.

He smiled and said: “Everyone is attached to Xuanli, let him see, whose world is this world?”

The sun slanted westward in the blink of an eye, the early spring was dark and early, and in a blink of an eye it was already dark. Jiang Ruan and Qi Feng left the small shop on the street before heading back to the palace. Today, Xu is Jiang Ruanguo, it’s been a long time since he went out, and it’s also that Qi Feng is a humorous master. The two get along very well. Not only did they visit Yibao Pavilion, but they also visited other shops by the way. visit. I also visited the shop Xuan Pei gave her at the wedding. Jiang Ruan had no other thoughts. Although Xuan Pei sent these shops to her, she still does not lack the money now. Just thinking about managing it well, and returning it to Xuanpei in the future. If Xuan Pei really sat in that position one day, he would not sit in that position. The environment he was in was also destined to need these things more than Jiang Ruan. In Jiang Ruan’s eyes, Xuan Pei will always be her child.

I visited the shop with Qi Feng, bought some more things, and even ate something in the shop outside before returning. When he returned to the gate of the mansion, it was getting late, and Qi Feng held a bunch of trivial things, all of which Jiang Ruan bought outside today. The two of them did not ride the carriage to avoid suspicion. Jiang Ruan was in high spirits again for some reason. He bought a lot of things. He has to say that he is really happy when he does not lack money to buy things. In this way, all the heavy work fell on Qi Feng. Qi Feng hugged him, and when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, Jiang Ruan smiled and said: “Give it to me, you have worked hard today.”

Qi Feng smiled bitterly: “It doesn’t work, Sansao told me that I don’t dare to refuse to be a cow or a horse. If I don’t do it, I will be scolded by my third brother.”

Jiang Ruan was startled, Qi Feng also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and suddenly stood there a little at a loss. Jiang Ruan stretched out his hand to take what Qi Feng held, but he didn’t want to slip on his feet. Feng rushed to help her, things crackled and fell to the ground, but people helped him, Qi Feng grabbed Jiang Ruan’s hand, but looked at the woman in front of her with a little lost.

The departure these days is not an escape, just because he is afraid that he will sink deeper and deeper. Jiang Ruan can be as calm as he wants, but he can’t do it anyway. Such close contact is only a time. Some are dazed, this kind of picture is unintentional, but it seems a bit too ambiguous in the eyes of others.

Only a familiar “Young Master is back” was heard. With the sound of the door opening, Steward Lin’s head was also stretched out. After seeing Jiang Ruan and Qi Feng also, he couldn’t help being surprised. Xu Ye made him even more shocked. What was surprised was the posture of Jiang Ruan and Qi Feng. Jiang Ruan raised his eyes and saw Xiao Shao standing a few feet away, quietly looking at this side. The sky was gloomy, and the lantern at the gate of the mansion was swaying, reflecting his expression not very bright or dark, not very clear. Qi Feng took a step back and smiled: “Sansao, don’t be careful next time, it’s done, now that the third brother is back, I’m leaving too.” After saying that, he waved his hand and turned away.

Jiang Ruan glanced at Xiao Shao, but Steward Lin’s expression was stiff, Jiang Ruan pushed the door and walked in. When passing by Steward Lin, he said, “Pick up things and send them to the house. I’ll trouble Steward Lin.”

After Jiang Ruan left, the steward Lin ordered the servants to pick up the things that fell on the ground. He was about to step forward to meet Xiao Shao and say a few reassuring words, but Xiao Shao didn’t say a word from him. Passing by, the coldness on his body is really amazing. Naturally, this is not the chill brought by the frost and snow outside. Butler Lin shivered, a little bit eager to cry but no tears. This is good, how can the young lady who usually treats others be so good with Qi Feng? This Qi Feng does it. Isn’t it authentic, isn’t it possible that you don’t know the truth that a friend’s wife can’t play with it? No, no, Qi Feng is the master’s senior, so naturally he wouldn’t do such awkward things, he must have misunderstood. But, how come you just happened to meet him by such a damn thing.

This was the first time the husband and wife met at night since the Cold War. On weekdays, Xiao Shao went out and returned at night when Jiang Ruan had already rested. Naturally, there was no chance to speak. Who knew Xiao Shao came back so early today. After Jiang Ruan freshened up, he didn’t see Xiao Shao in the room. He asked Tianzhu, and Tianzhu said Xiao Shao was in the study.

Xiao Shao didn’t know what he was working on these days, maybe something was really going on in the study room, but this happened again today, and Xiao Shao went to the study room at this time, it seemed a little strange. It was probably Xiao Shao who was sulking. If it was usual, Jiang Ruan thought Xiao Shao like this would be a little cute, but after experiencing Jin Er and Dew Zhu, he would subconsciously think about Xiao Shao not believing him. No woman can accept that her husband doubts her, especially her innocence. Jiang Ruan is also a stubborn temper. He just hummed and fell asleep first. He had no intention of going to the study to talk about it. It was hopeful that Steward Lin waited outside the house for reconciliation, and waited all night for nothing.

It was night, above the Yao family mansion in the capital, double curtains, bamboo and wood faint, but the melodious piano sound floated in Miss Yao’s yard. Every decoration in this courtyard is gorgeous and exquisite, and it shows elegance everywhere. It is a sculpture of koi by the pond, which strives to be as lifelike as possible. This courtyard was originally created by Yao family’s Miss Yao Niannian, and Master Yao clearly demanded excellence from the craftsmen. This was the result of this ingenious courtyard, but it also showed from the side that Yao Niannian must be Governor Yao’s jewel in the palm of his hand. She satisfies her long-cherished wish.

At this moment, the sound of the piano in the courtyard is also worthy of the scenery in the courtyard. Yao Nian-nian is very clever, and is a master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he is not very proficient. If Jiang Susu was the talented woman in Beijing, Yao Niannian would be the wisest woman in everyone’s hearts. The wisest woman might not be the best, but she was inexplicably more respectable than that talented woman.

The two maidservants standing far away whispered: “This tune is so good, why haven’t I heard the young lady play it before.”

“Stupid,” another maid whispered: “It must be my own creation. Our young lady is already smart. If the sound of the piano is spread outside, I think the title of the first piano girl in Beijing will also be made by others. NS.”

“What nonsense, what is the status of the Qin Niang, how can she be compared with our young lady,” the smaller maid said: “Miss Jin Lai is more and more fond of playing the piano in the yard, and I don’t know why. Could it be…” She thought of something, and she kept her mouth busy, but her expression was a little worried.

In the pavilion on the side of the courtyard, the woman with long sleeves is fluttering, the corners of her robe are turned up with small dazzling delicate silk patterns, a pair of slender hands are flying up and down the strings, the sound is like spring water, and it seems to be able to play. Into the heart of others.

A moment later, when the song ended, Yao Niannian did not withdraw her hands. Her stuttering hands were still on the strings. Her eyebrows were light, but there was something inexplicable in her eyes, which seemed to be able to penetrate. People’s minds go general. She curled her lips and looked at the strings in front of her, but she seemed to think of something else. Among the remaining ashes on the ground, there are papers used to practice calligraphy-Yao Niannian has always treated herself for perfection, and in the ashes, there seems to be some other things, but those strange handwritings are mixed in the ashes, together with the fire. It turned into nothing, but nothing remained.

Yao Niannian spoke slowly, not knowing whether to tell others or to himself: “The heart is like a rock, the heart is like a rock, two rocks collide, and two hundred are hurt. Jiang Ruan, the person who guesses the heart?” She smiled. Then gradually came a contemptuous meaning: “Joke.”

There are indeed people in the world who can play with people’s hearts. Originally, I thought that since Jiang Ruan was quite famous, he naturally had a special place. Now it seems that it is just an error. The woman is vulnerable. It is really not enough to be afraid. There are many dark places in people’s hearts, which may be harmless, but those dark places are infinitely magnified, and at the right opportunity, it will cause irreparable mistakes.

“The bait is cast, and the shrimp is hanging up,” Yao Niannian stretched out a hand and lightly stroked the string, but when he stroked the last string, his hand suddenly applied force, and the string made a sharp cry , Broke off. Yao Niannian twisted the short string unhurriedly, and said with a light smile: “It’s time to start.”