Chapter 207: 207 Great work
Chapter 207 Chapter 207 Great Contribution
The triangular-eyed boy also smiled and said, "Kang Hongda can't get anything he likes!"
As we all know, Kang Hongda has a habit of cutting off his sleeves. He was powerful and had children, so of course no one cared about his romantic affairs. Since he ascended the throne, he has used Kang Hongda in high regard. Kang Hongda used to hide it, but now he is unscrupulous and bullies men all the time. Some people are willing to be domineering men, such as Meng Mingsi, some people are half-hearted, and some people are chaste and fierce men.
No matter who they were, unless they came out of Kang's house sideways, they would never see anyone escape Kang Hongda's grasp.
Chu Yunyi is naturally no exception.
Shi Zice greeted the others cheerfully: "Come on, let's go horse racing out of Beijing!"
He glanced at Chu Yunyi again, who was more than a hundred feet away in front of him, and then turned the direction of his horse and drove it in another direction. He felt in his heart that Chu Yunyi's end was doomed. The man fell into Kang Hongda's hands. What future could there be? !
There is no way that the Imperial College would accept a student as good as Long Yang!
Chu Yunyi had long forgotten about scum like Shi Zice and felt that giving them any attention would be a waste of his time.
He went straight to Mu Guogong's mansion. Although he didn't submit the post in advance, he still met Shen smoothly.
Mrs. Shen was admiring flowers and drinking tea in the flower hall of the small garden. The leisurely and comfortable days in the Duke's Mansion had made her plumper than before. She looked good and her face was rosy.
As the distance between the two got closer, Chu Yunyi became more and more uneasy, unable to look directly into Shen's eyes.
Without saying a word, he lifted up his robe and knelt in front of Mrs. Shen. His absolute gesture shocked Nanny Chen and Dongmei.
Shen is a smart person. Just by looking at Chu Yunyi's expression, he is sure that he must also know about it.
Shen looked at Chu Yunyi three feet away with complicated emotions.
She has no ill feelings toward the child Chu Yunyi.
Before Chu Yunmu was born, Chu Yunyi was raised under her knees. Chu Lingxiao persuaded her time and time again to name Chu Yunyi as her eldest son. She never responded, but she did her best to educate her. Follow Chu Yunyi and do her duty as a legitimate mother.
After Chu Yunmu was born, Chu Yunyi was taken away from her by Chu Lingxiao on the grounds that he was old and should live in the front yard. Later, Chu Lingxiao tried every means to prevent her from intervening in Chu Yunyi's affairs. Mrs. Shen was too lazy to care about Chu Yunyi anymore, and Chu Lingxiao would not harm him.
Chu Yunyi was a good boy, he would come to greet her from time to time, and he also fell in love with Chu Qianhuang.
Thinking of Chu Qianhuang, Shen's eyes slightly rippled and disappeared in a flash.
She said seriously: "Brother Yi, you don't have to be like this, this matter has nothing to do with you."
Chu Yunyi raised his head and met Shen's eyes. The pupils were as black as ink jade, shining with an extremely determined light.
Mrs. Shen tasted something from his eyes, and with a thought in her mind, she followed her intuition and asked, "Have you gone to see your second sister?"
Chu Yunyi nodded and replied vaguely: "Yesterday, I went to Prince Chen's Mansion."
He also wanted to save face and didn't mention anything about the fourteenth floor.
Chu Yunyi calmed down and said again: "Mother, even if the Chu family is unreliable, I will work hard and support my second sister."
Shen was stunned, then pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes soft.
Even Grandma Chen was slightly moved when she heard this.
Because of Aunt Jiang, Grandma Chen has always disliked Chu Yunyi, but now she doesn't admit that bad bamboo can also produce good bamboo shoots.
Before Shen could say anything, a blue wind swept in from outside the flower hall. It was like Nezha riding on a hot wheel.
"It's wrong, it's wrong, I am the one who supports Chu Qianchen."
Chu Yunmu rushed to Chu Yunyi's side in one breath and said confidently.
He had just come back from school and wanted to have lunch with his mother. He happened to hear Chu Yunyi's heroic words just outside the hall and was not convinced.
"You're still young." Chu Yunyi raised his hand and rubbed Chu Yunmu's head. Even if he was kneeling on the ground at this moment, he was still a bit taller than the five-year-old Chu Yunmu. This action was like a declaration of sovereignty. the taste.
The implication is that Chu Yunmu is just a little kid. If Shen hadn't been here, he would have said the word "little kid".
Chu Yunmu felt that he had been humiliated, and he raised his chin and showed off emphatically: "I am Chu Qianchen's younger brother."
They were siblings from the same father and mother. Of course they were more closely related than the other siblings, so Chu Qianchen liked him the most.
If it were yesterday, Chu Yunyi might have been suppressed by Chu Yunmu's momentum, but after last night and this morning, he was like a new man and had figured it out.
"I am Chu Qianchen's younger brother and your eldest brother. Of course you listen to me!"
Chu Yunyi acted like an eldest brother and a father.
Chu Yunmu was not so easily deceived, and raised his chin higher, "Your eldest brother, Chu Qianchen is still the eldest sister!"
After a pause, he emphasized: "Your eldest sister!"
When it comes to the starting point, they all have to listen to Chu Qianchen.
Chu Yunmu was more energetic. He was Chu Qianchen's favorite brother Mu, and she would definitely be on his side.
Chu Yunmu thought confidently, and took Chu Yunyi's hand, "Get up, let's go find Chu Qianchen for comment."
He pulled Chu Yunyi and wanted to go out.
The two brothers left in such a hurry.
Grandma Chen and Dongmei looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Suddenly, they had a hunch that their wives would always be able to see the moonlight when the clouds cleared.
The future of the Chu family cannot depend on the Marquis, but on the generation of Chu Yunyi and Chu Yunmu.
Mrs. Shen smiled again, with a brisk smile, and watched the two children disappear into the small garden.
She whispered to herself: "It seems that Brother Mu will not have dinner with me."
Mrs. Shen decided to go to Mrs. Mu Guogong's place to have a meal, got up and headed towards the main courtyard.
The autumn wind is warm and fresh, and the wind carries the fragrance of flowers such as chrysanthemum, cinnamon, hibiscus, etc., and is overflowing with fragrance.
When you are in it, you can't help but relax.
Shen had a smile on her lips. When she was walking past a pond, she suddenly stopped and saw a familiar figure on the veranda across the pond.
The man in his thirties wore an azurite straight jacket. He had a slender and straight figure, a handsome face, a calm and determined look, and a somewhat unsmiling look.
The man seemed to feel Shen's gaze, turned around, and looked over with a sword-like gaze, and the two met each other's eyes.
Dongmei was slightly surprised and said: "It's Vice General Pei."
The next moment, Pei Linye in the veranda nodded to Mr. Shen, and his expression became softer.
Mrs. Shen smiled slightly, said hello to Pei Linye, and then left.
She left, completely unaware that Pei Linye stayed where he was, looking at her with deep and complicated eyes.
The grass and trees beside the verandah danced in the wind, casting swaying mottled light and shadow on his face.
It wasn't until her figure disappeared behind the rockery that Pei Linye withdrew his gaze and continued walking along the veranda.
He specially asked to see Duke Mu.
Mu Guogong was carving a small seal, holding a carving knife in one hand and holding a piece of Qingtian stone in the other. Only the rough shape of the seal was carved, and the branches and tree knots were vaguely visible.
Seeing Pei Linye coming, Mu Guogong put down the carving knife, handed him the Qingtian stone in his hand, and said: "I just got this Qingtian stone recently. I haven't carved it for a few days, so my hands are itchy."
Pei Linye smiled slightly, put the Qingtian stone seal button in the sun, played with it casually, and said with a smile: "The best light jelly."
This piece of Qingtian stone has a uniform light yellow color and a fine and warm texture. It is the best light jelly and a treasure among seals.
"My uncle is planning to carve plum blossoms?" Pei Linye guessed from the shape of the seal.
Duke Mu nodded and said with a smile, "You really have a sharp eye."
In the next sentence, Pei Linye changed the topic and got to the point: "There is news about Chu Lingxiao."
Pei Linye's eyes were deep and deep, like a bottomless black pool.
He came to the Duke's Mansion today just for Chu Lingxiao.
"..." Mu Guogong's eyes narrowed.
Although he did not tell the outside world about Chu Qianchen and Chu Qianhuang, he still asked someone to inquire about Chu Lingxiao to see when he would come back from the northwest. Pei Linye was from the Northland Army and was in the Northland and Westland They all had some connections. After much thought, Duke Mu asked Pei Linye.
Pei Linye said: "I just received a message from Fei Ge from the northwest. Chu Lingxiao suddenly left Nanyang a few days ago without saying goodbye."
Duke Mu was stunned, a little surprised.
Chu Lingxiao went to the northwest after receiving the imperial edict to find out the cause of King Nanyang's death. It was really unreasonable to suddenly leave without saying goodbye.
Duke Mu thought for a while and asked, "Did Chu Lingxiao find out the cause of King Nanyang's death?"
"After he arrived in Nanyang, Prince Nanyang ignored him for half a month and didn't see him at all." Pei Linye played with the Qingtian stone seal button in his hand.
Pei Linye also guessed that this seal was specially carved by Duke Mu for his daughter. The fragrance of plum blossoms came from the bitter cold. This was his father's hope for his daughter.
Under the sun, this Qingtian stone appears translucent and shines like a lamp.
Duke Mu: "..."
Pei Linye hesitated for a moment and then added: "It is said that in those days, there were spies from Fengmi Country lurking among the people in Nanyang..."
Duke Mu frowned and asked subconsciously: "Could it be Feng Miguo's spies who captured Chu Lingxiao..." As soon as the words came out, he vetoed them again, "No, it's unlikely. Spies." Even if we want to arrest someone, we should arrest Princess Nanyang.”
Logically speaking, only by capturing the Princess of Nanyang can we threaten the Prince of Nanyang, Qin Yao, to submit.
Duke Mu thought for a moment and guessed uncertainly: "Could it be that Chu Lingxiao was tricked by the Prince of Nanyang and thrown out of Nanyang?"
Pei Linye shook his head and handed the Qingtian stone seal button back to Mu Guogong, "I don't know about that."
Mu Guogong thought about it. Pei Linye was not in the northwest, and he only asked people to find out some news from the northwest. His knowledge was limited.
Duke Mu's old and wrinkled fingers rubbed the Qingtian stone seal, and then asked: "Do you know where Chu Lingxiao is now?" Pei Linye shook his head again, "I have asked someone to search for his whereabouts... He should There is no fear of life.”
Mu Guogong pursed his lips tightly, lowered his eyes, and fell silent.
From his standpoint, he certainly hoped that Chu Lingxiao would not have to worry about his life. If he died and the eldest daughter had not reconciled with him, wouldn't it mean that he would have to be a widow for the rest of his life? It was not worth it!
Duke Mu rubbed the Qingtian stone seal button with his fingertips and pondered.
Looking at Duke Mu's complicated eyes, Pei Linye frowned.
He didn't know why Duke Mu was in a hurry to find Chu Lingxiao. It was clear that Chu Lingxiao had accepted this errand before, and Duke Mu's government did not interfere. Therefore, Duke Mu should not be worried about Chu Lingxiao's errand this time. Won't mess it up.
A faint light flashed quickly in Pei Linye's eyes, and he took out a rectangular mahogany box and said, "Uncle Cousin, I heard that cousin Zhi was seriously ill a while ago, and it happened that a subordinate who used to serve in the Northern Army sent a drug from Liaodong. Come here and use it to replenish your cousin's health."
He opened the box, and what was placed on the red velvet cloth was a ginseng plant as thick as a baby's arm, with a thin and curved reed head and strong roots.
Duke Mu Guogong was a good judge of goods. His eyes lit up and he said, "This ginseng should be almost two hundred years old."
Wild ginseng grows very slowly. It would take hundreds of years to grow to this thickness.
Duke Mu was not polite to him and accepted it with a smile: "Lin Ye, you are serious."
The eldest daughter needs more nourishment. Although the Duke's family has a great business, good old ginseng is priceless and hard to come by.
Pei Linye smiled faintly.
Mu Guogong was a man who had his own plans and wanted to reciprocate the favor. He picked up the tea cup and asked, "Lin Ye, how did your recent errand go?"
Since returning to Beijing this spring, Pei Linye has been working at the Fifth Military Camp in the past few months.
"I will be transferred to Beizhen Fusi immediately to serve as the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards." Pei Linye replied calmly, as if he was talking about an insignificant matter.
Duke Mu was startled and almost choked on the tea in his mouth. He looked at Pei Linye with a complicated expression.
The game between Gu Jue and the emperor before he left the capital had long been rumored in the court. The emperor had lost his position as deputy commander of Fengtai Camp and Jinyiwei to Gu Jue.
Because of this matter, the emperor is still "sick" and has been temporarily deputized by the prince.
Mu Guogong originally thought that Gu Jue would transfer Su Mubai or Yun Zhan to Jin Yiwei, but unexpectedly he picked Pei Linye.
Thinking about the complicated government affairs nowadays, Duke Mu's heart felt heavy.
The emperor would never tolerate Gu Jue. Anyone could see that it was no longer possible for Gu Jue and the emperor to coexist peacefully. Originally, Duke Mu had planned to stand on a neutral stance and watch with cold eyes.
After all, no matter how unreliable the emperor is, he is still the successor chosen by the late emperor, and he is the legitimate emperor of Da Qi.
However, in the past few years, Mu Guogong had seen everything that had happened since the emperor ascended the throne, and he was somewhat disappointed with the emperor.
Duke Mu sighed deeply in his heart.
He knew in his heart that it was difficult for Duke Mu's family to stay out of the matter. After all, Chu Qianchen was married to King Chen and was Princess Chen's wife.
To put it bluntly, even if they wanted to be pure ministers, with the emperor's narrow-mindedness and suspicion, once they knew that Chu Qianchen was his direct granddaughter, they would not let go of Duke Mu's house.
If King Chen is really defeated, even if Duke Mu's palace does nothing, the outcome is foreseeable. At best, he will sit on the bench, and at worst, he will be deprived of his title and exiled.
The future of hundreds of members of the Shen family will also be ruined.
Just thinking about it made Duke Mu feel a dull pain in his forehead.
Duke Mu just asked Pei Linye how his errand was going, thinking that if his errand at the Fifth Army Camp did not go well, he could try to deal with it for him.
However, now that he heard that Pei Linye went to Jinyiwei on errands, Mu Guogong couldn't continue talking.
In the eyes of many people, the Jinyiwei is a good job. Being in the Jinyiwei means that you are the emperor's personal guard. Who is not afraid of the important ministers in the court?
The problem is, Pei Linye has been in the Northland for more than ten years. Since King Chen went to the Northland, Pei Linye has been under King Chen these years. Since King Chen transferred him to the Jinyi Guard, it is equivalent to telling others openly that Pei Linye is His cronies.
Under this premise, after Pei Linye joins Jinyiwei, he will definitely be targeted by Jinyiwei's people, and he will definitely have a difficult life in the future.
Even if Duke Mu knew this, there was nothing he could do.
King Chen valued Pei Linye so much and entrusted him with important responsibilities. Even if Mu Guogong wanted to help Pei Linye move to another place, Pei Linye would definitely not agree.
Duke Mu is a smart man, so he doesn't waste much time talking.
He left Pei Linye to have lunch at the Duke's Mansion, and Pei Linye did not leave the Duke's Mansion until the end of the day.
In the next few days, the capital was calm and the weather became cooler day by day.
On the fifth day of September, Pei Linye visited Duke Mu's mansion again, this time with news about Chu Lingxiao.
"Uncle Cousin, traces of Chu Lingxiao were found in the Ping County area of Sizhou two days ago. We should be at the border of Sizhou and Jizhou now. We should be able to reach the capital in three to five days."
"I heard that he was driving very fast all the way. He was described as embarrassed. He only had a boy with him, as if he was hiding from others."
Pei Linye was able to find out Chu Lingxiao's whereabouts because he had some contacts in the Jinyiwei. Although Lu Siji, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was on tight guard against him, there were so many people and so many distractions that Lu Siji couldn't guard him if he wanted to.
After Pei Linye finished speaking, he left, leaving Duke Mu curious and worried.
What is curious is how Chu Lingxiao, an imperial envoy, could torment himself like this.
What is worrying is that Chu Lingxiao was tormented by Qin Yao, the prince of Nanyang.
If this is the case, Chu Lingxiao will definitely complain to the emperor after returning to Beijing. Qin Yao and Gu Jue have always been on good terms, and when the time comes, the emperor will turn his anger on Gu Jue.
The more Duke Mu thought about it, the more worried he became, so he quickly called someone to call Ms. Shen over and talk to her about the matter.
Mrs. Shen was also anxious, so she immediately went out and took Nanny Chen to the Prince Chen's Mansion in person.
When Mrs. Shen arrived, Chu Qianchen was concentrating on making clothes in the East Room.
In her previous life, she had learned to be a nühong before she was fourteen years old. However, since she was kicked out of the Chu family, nühong was in disuse.
She never made any clothes for herself again. Except for mending the torn clothes when she was in the military camp, she hadn't picked up an embroidery needle for more than ten years. After her rebirth in this life, she devoted all her energy to medical skills and did not do much needlework at all.
In the end, it took Shen less than a cup of tea to talk about Chu Lingxiao's affairs, but it took a full hour to teach Chu Qianchen's needlework.
After Amber sent Mr. Shen away, she came back and saw Chu Qianchen holding the needle and thread and continuing to sew sleeves.
"..." Amber hesitated, thinking that Mr. Shen came here specially, and felt that this matter should not be simple.
Chu Qianchen threaded the needle slowly and appeared to be indifferent to Chu Lingxiao's affairs, but in fact he had already thought about this matter several times in his heart.
Others didn't know that Gu Jue secretly went to the northwest under the guise of seeing off Wuhejialou, but Chu Qianchen knew.
Even if Gu Jue didn't say much else, she could guess that he was playing a game of chess. Gu Jue must have something to do with Chu Lingxiao being in such an embarrassing situation.
Thinking about it, Chu Qianchen's lips curved into a faint smile.
Her smile was shallow, a little casual, a little wanton, and a little public.
In addition, there is still a little bit of regret.
She should have convinced the prince to bring her along as well.
She was multitasking, and accidentally stuck the needle on her finger.
A drop of bright red blood appeared on the pad of the **** of his left hand.
In the past few days, Chu Qianchen has pricked the five fingers of his left hand several times. Amber was a little panicked the first time, but now he is calm and calm. He quickly wiped Chu Qianchen's wounds with strong liquor, and then Wrap the wound with white cloth.
"Princess, be careful of your tired eyes, why not rest for a while?" Amber advised tactfully.
She thinks their princess is really amazing.
Obviously both her left and right hands are so flexible. She can write with both hands, give needles to patients, and shoot arrows with her left hand and right hand. But when she starts doing needlework, her hands seem to have changed hands and become clumsy. .
In the past few days, Amber watched helplessly as Chu Qianchen took out a needle and thread and worked hard to sew the clothes. She had been busy for several days, and the progress of the clothes was barely 20%.
It should be in time. Chu Qianchen thought to himself that the clothes had to be finished before the prince returned to the capital. If the "homework" assigned by the prince was not completed, he could at least use this as an offset.
Chu Qianchen put down the needle and thread, took two sips of tea, and Yun Danfeng said softly: "Jiang Yuan, let Su Mubai come to the palace."
Jiang Yuan agreed and hurried to find Su Mubai.
On this day, Su Mubai quietly entered Prince Chen's Mansion through the back door and stayed for half an hour before leaving.
After that, no one came in or out of Prince Chen's Mansion, whether it was the front door or the back door.
When Chu Lingxiao arrived in the capital, it was already the afternoon three days later.
Chu Lingxiao rushed back to the capital from the northwest and was in a miserable state. He had not changed the robe he had worn for seven or eight days. He had lost a lot of weight, his skin was tanned, and his hair was greasy and covered with dust. He looked like that Just like refugees fleeing famine.
Chu Lingxiao was extremely exhausted. He had never experienced such hardship in his life. Even if the old Hou Ye committed something and the Hou Mansion fell into decline, the Hou Mansion still had some foundation, and it would not be a problem to have good clothes and good food.
During the long journey back to the capital from the northwest, he lived like a rat in the gutter, bearing the humiliation and burden, not daring to keep a high profile or stay at the inn, for fear that people from the Nanyang Palace would catch up with him and kill him.
Most of the silver notes he and the boy had were left in Nanyang, and they didn't have much cash. Along the way, the money was spent like water. In the end, there was no money, so he had to use it as his hairpins, jade pendants, etc. Personal belongings.
As soon as he entered the capital, Chu Lingxiao didn't bother to go back to the Marquis Mansion to wash up, and went to the palace to see the emperor. He didn't care at all about Eunuch Ni's disgusted eyes.
It wasn't until the moment he saw the emperor in Yangxin Hall that Chu Lingxiao felt that he had really escaped from death, and he was relieved.
He knelt down in front of the emperor with a plop, and his first words were—
"Your Majesty, Gu Jue and Qin Yao are planning to rebel!"
Chu Lingxiao's voice was high-pitched, his face showed the indignation of a loyal king, his heartbeat was beating fast, and he was so excited that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.
He has made a great contribution this time!
(End of chapter)