After a few days of gloomy weather, the temperature suddenly rose, and the cicadas hid in the trees of Cheng'en Hall and made noisy noises.
Mrs. Xihua was lying lazily on the couch in the hall, her gauze half removed.
"Mother, my lord is here."
The personal maid Ming Cui took the fan and fanned her while saying.
Mrs. Xihua sneered coldly: "This Master Xie is really crazy. He ran into the harem and concubines in broad daylight."
Ming Cui raised her eyelids and said softly: "The people on duty along the road today are all Taifu's people."
After Mrs. Xihua gave her a meaningful look, she walked barefoot to the outer hall. The tulle hanging on her body fluttered on her arms, revealing her white shoulders. The pearls on her head swayed rhythmically with her steps. .
When Taifu Xie heard the sound of footsteps, he stopped serving tea. He stared at Xihua intently, with a slightly contemptuous expression on his face: "Stop acting like you are in front of Emperor Zhou, I won't eat this." Set.”
Xihua chuckled twice, sat at his feet as if no one else was around, and lifted up his belt with his hands: "When Master Taifu was at Sister Lan'er's place, he was not so unattractive to women."< br>
Taifu Xie lowered his eyebrows and asked in a low voice: "Are you threatening me?"
Xihua smiled tenderly: "I don't dare, sir. Why do you take time out of your busy schedule to look for me?" As he said this, he put his hand on his leg.
Mr. Xie turned away with an unhappy expression: "Let's talk about business, it's about your son."
Upon hearing this, Xihua calmed down his coquettish manner and collected the gauze that had fallen to the ground: "I am all ears~"
"The Observation Bureau sent me news this morning, saying that there will be a severe drought in Qian'an this year."
As Taifu Xie was talking, Xihua interrupted in a hurry: "Sir, my son is still young, so this matter will have to be postponed for a few years. Besides, Prince Zhou can't find a chance to make a move. Yu Guifei That bitch surrounded the East Palace like an iron bucket.”
Taifu Xie's patience was obviously about to run out. He pushed Xihua, who was clinging to him, and said, "Can you let me finish my sentence? I need you to tell me these things?"
Xihua's lips trembled slightly and he immediately buried his head, as if he was all ears.
"If there is a severe drought in Qian'an, there will definitely be a disaster. When the time comes, let Prince An exhort all the feudal states in the name of the Crown Prince of Wu State, and ask each feudal state to write a letter requesting the Emperor of Zhou to contribute funds for disaster relief. I have been working on the relief materials. When I get there At that time, the whole Qian'an will definitely be full of resentment and resentment, and you will ask the people you sent back to various places to recruit refugees to revolt. "
Xihua's face was full of resistance: "Sir, my son is still young. If he revolts too early, I'm afraid he won't be able to succeed."
Taifu Xie glared at her: "Do you think the uprising can be accomplished overnight? When there are rebel armies in various places, the first to be suppressed are the major families. If you don't hone the strength of their soldiers like this, what will happen even if your son succeeds to the throne? Use it? Shouldn’t I just pull it off for you?”
After listening to this, Xihua was thoughtful and no longer dwelled on this topic. She asked a very crucial question: "That Prince Zhou."
Taifu Xie sneered: "What can I do no matter how well I take care of my concubine? Prince Zhou has already reached the age of taking a concubine."
He didn't say it clearly, and Xihua didn't want to hear it exactly. She was afraid that she would laugh out loud at the thought of Yu Guibi's carefully raised and cared-for son falling on top of a woman.
Looking at the smile on her lips, Taifu Xie couldn't help but ask: "I've been here for half an hour, and you haven't thought of asking your daughter?"
Only then did Xihua bring Zhou Shuyi out of her mind. She was a little dumbfounded, but she still followed his words and asked: "Sir, can you tell me about this? If it hinders what you are doing, I don't have to listen." ”
Taifu Xie looked at her and smiled coldly: "If you don't pay attention to her so much, why did you run away with her after killing your husband?"
The past events were brought up so unexpectedly, Xihua's face darkened for a moment, and then disappeared in an instant.
She raised her face and said pitifully: "I don't dare to forget your life-saving grace. Even my biological daughter has to come after your important affairs." After saying that, she leaned against Taifu Xie aggrievedly. At feet.
In the Cheng'en Palace, one is humble and the other is noble, and in Liu Qinglan's Yuhua Palace, there are also scenes of one humble and one noble, but here the scene is reversed.
Xie Lingyun knelt with his back straight. There were tea stains of different shades on his robe, and there were a few soaked tea leaves on his forehead. But even with such an embarrassed appearance, under that Qingjun's winding face, he looked particularly stubborn and strong. .
"The son begged his mother to agree to send Yue'er away!"
He said a word and knocked his head to the ground.
"The son begged his mother to agree to send Yue'er away!"
"The son begged his mother to agree to send Yue'er away!"
"The son begged his mother to agree to send Yue'er away!"
Liu Qinglan turned her back and clutched the lapel of her chest tightly, with tears all over her cheeks.
There is a son on one side and a daughter on the other. The palms and backs of her hands are full of flesh. She can't let go of either side. Her moon finally came to Shengjing from Wu Palace thousands of miles away. Although she can't see it from time to time now, she can just think about it. She was not far away, and Liu Qinglan felt content in her heart.
But this incompetent scoundrel actually wanted to send her sister away!
She calmed down and kowtowed to the sound of "bang bang": "She is your biological sister. She is my only biological sister who is related to you in this world a hundred years later. She has sacrificed for your grand plan." After this, can’t you let her live a peaceful life for a while? Do you want her to die?”
At the end of the sentence, Liu Qinglan almost shouted, and her tears burst again.
Xie Lingyun's expression was tangled for several times, and finally turned into a long sigh: "Then the mother is willing to die after her son is defeated? My sister is your biological child, so I am not? Is it just because I am the son of an adulterer, so Doesn’t my mother love me anymore? ”
As soon as these words came out, the place fell silent for an instant, as if even the screaming cicadas outside had stopped their voices.
Liu Qinglan turned around in disbelief: "You...that's how you miss me? Do you have any conscience when you say these things? Why am I here? Your sister doesn't know, don't you?"
After Xie Lingyun said what he said, he felt that it was a bit too much. He made up for it and said: "Mother, you know that's not what I meant. I just think that sending Yue'er away is the best choice. She is also in Shengjing now. She has no close friends and is surrounded by noble ladies from rich families. She is from a small Xiaopei County, so she will definitely not be able to talk to them. In this case, it is better to send her back to her hometown in Pei County. "
Look at Liu Qinglan thinking.
Xie Lingyun once again added fuel to the fire: "My sister is stubborn and withdrawn. She will definitely be hated by other girls in Shengjing. Mother doesn't want my sister to suffer again. She offended Princess Ya just after she arrived. I have used it these days." I tried my best to prevent Princess Ya from taking revenge, but I am busy with business after all, and I am just afraid that if I accidentally fail to stop her, my sister will suffer a lot in vain.”
The amount of information in this chapter is a bit large, so I’m afraid it will be too cryptic, so I’ll explain it a little bit.
Mrs. Xihua fled after killing her husband. Thanks to Taifu Xie, she became a spy.
It was mentioned earlier that Xihua and Liu Qinglan were neighbors, so it can be inferred that they were sent by Taifu Xie.
Later, because Emperor Zhou went on a visit incognito, Taifu Xie sent the nearest spy, Mrs. Xihua, to go there.
Mrs. Xihua wanted her son to succeed to the throne, and Wu Guogong's son An also wanted to take the throne. But in fact, Taifu Xie wanted to support his illegitimate son Xie Lingyun to succeed in troubled times.
In this way, the power of the aristocratic family will not be reduced, and the Xie family will replace the Wang family and become the first noble family in the Qian'an Dynasty.