Qingchuan History

Chapter 780 Shallots
The three girls returned the salute with knowing smiles.Gu Xinglang said: "It's still the same as before. You can discuss the repertoire yourself. Once it's decided, just perform it."

Shangguan Yan knew that no matter whether it was about the aristocratic family or the country's salt and iron business, there was no way to tell it in front of the girls. Obviously, Gu Xinglang didn't want him to say it right now, so he simply shut up and enjoyed eating, drinking and having fun at ease.

After drinking for three rounds, he was close to being drunk but still far away from drunk. He suddenly remembered something. Just at the end of the song, he beckoned Wanwan.

"I heard you told Mrs. Pei, before Wen Qi, I was the one who found you first and sent you to the favorite building?"

Gu Xinglang didn't expect him to have this trick, and frowned slightly.

Wan Wan didn't expect that Ruan Xueyin would directly pass this on to Shangguan Yan, and she was silent for a long while—the panic was not shown on the face, and she only responded with silence, which was considered a good temper.

Then she replied, "Yes."

Shangguan Yan's smile remained undiminished, and he was still kind and coquettish, "Why do you slander me?"

"It's not slander. You know the truth."

She looked up.Candid and determined to appear sincere.

Shangguan Yan felt chills down his spine, and turned to Gu Xinglang with a dry smile: "One person identified, there is no other evidence, and the minister refuses to admit it to death, so we can only rely on the emperor's sanctification."

Gu Xinglang stayed out of the matter, waved his hand to let the girls back, and suddenly called Zhu Wanwan: "Have you finished writing the Liuqin music that you wrote every year?"

"Back to your majesty, not yet."

Ruan Xueyin insisted that this score contains the answers needed for the level of Jizhao Pavilion, just like the reminder of the endless summer held by the queen and side concubine.

"Haven't you ever thought of blowing it up?" Waiting for everyone to go out, there was a quiet voice from Shangguan Yan.

Gu Xinglang was stunned for a moment before he realized that he meant to blow up the Jizhao Pavilion.

Xu Yin felt that it was not unreasonable because he was drunk.

"It's not easy to explode. Unless there is a volt in the ground like Mingluan Palace." He answered half-seriously.

Shangguan Yan raised his eyebrows. "Actually, I don't really want to see it that much. You are already above [-] people, and you can call the wind and rain at will. With your first half of life without defeat, you don't need the blessing of any profound things at all. It's good to continue to be dusty."

Gu Xinglang didn't listen, poured wine for him, and filled it up for himself.The two raised their glasses to each other, and they all threw their hands together.

"Let's talk about it now. The observation tour of the two countries."

That night the official banquet didn't leave the palace until midnight.

Five days later, the Tianlong Festival came, and there was no special case of inviting aristocratic families into the palace for a banquet last year, and everything returned to the usual routine of morning celebrations and evening family banquets.

King Ning and King Yong ate fast in Zhenguo Temple for half a year, and they hadn't seen the sun outside for a long time. When they came to a family banquet, they sat on the table in the main hall with a somewhat sullen expression on their faces.

Ji Wanling has been touring the country to promote women's classes for a month, and came back last night. Although she has washed away the dust, she still has a look of elegance in her eyes-it is the high-spirited spirit of wandering around the world with things to do and dreams, appearing in her all year round. His face was extraordinarily bright.

So much so that during the dinner, Gu Xinglang looked at her a few more times, causing Chunfeng to tsk-tsk:

"Sister-in-law, you have done a good thing yourself to cultivate your rival in love like this."

Ruan Xueyin was paying attention to King Ning and King Yong opposite, and she only said that she admired Ji Wanling's changes, and smiled: "Mrs. Yu was originally excellent, but she just didn't get the way before. The word cultivation, it's over."

Chunfeng looked at her calm and calm, thought about it and smiled: "If I were Brother Nine, no matter how many beauties I see, I will definitely lock my heart firmly on sister-in-law in the end. You are really amazing, sister-in-law."

Ruan Xueyin turned to look at her: "That doesn't sound like a compliment."

"What a compliment."

Before Chunfeng finished speaking, Gu Xinglang announced at the Zhengbei banquet that the two princes had been worshiping Buddha for a long time, and they could return home after the Tianlong Festival.

The second king thanked him, and he was summoned to the Wanlan Hall to speak at the end of the banquet.

The next day, Ruan Xueyin and Ji Wanling were ordered to go to Zhenguo Temple to help the families of the two princes get ready—that is, the prestige first and the kindness later, to dispel the harsh treatment that was almost under house arrest for half a year.

Zhenguo Temple is to the west and south of the imperial palace. Except for Tianchang Festival and other local dignitaries who came to the country to stay under martial law, it has always been open to the public.Because it used to be a royal mansion, and the layout and landscape are different from ordinary temples, there is a long sycamore road to enter the gate, and then one enters, two enters and three enters a total of seven palaces. The two princes have lived in the depths of flowers for half a year.

Midsummer is here, and the flowers are blooming.

Ruan Xueyin intends to speak a few more words with the concubine Yongwang, and prepares to divide the work with Ji Wanling.Ji Wanling seemed to be deliberately avoiding suspicion, and she took the first step to greet the concubine supporting the concubine with the intention of handing over the other end of King Ning to Ruan Xueyin.

King Ning is unmarried, his only youngest daughter, Yunfan, is in Hezhou, and the person in charge of dressing up is an aunt of the palace.

"Don't bother Madam. The prince doesn't have a lot of luggage, and the villain packed it overnight, and it's ready."

There are a total of three boxes on the ground in front of them, two big and one small, really few.

"My aunt has served His Royal Highness King Ning for many years."

"Yes. The villain is Ning Meiren's dowry girl. She has been taking care of His Highness for more than twenty years."

Naturally speaking, King Ning's birth mother.Ruan Xueyin realized that King Ning's title followed her mother's. She was a little surprised, and quickly said with a smile: "Then His Highness treats his aunt like a family member, and his affection is no different than that of an ordinary master and servant."

The woman didn't expect Mrs. Pei to get along well, and when she was asked about her heart, she sighed for a while: "If his mother is there, it will be difficult for his eldest brother not to marry. The villain is a servant after all, and he can't criticize in matters of marriage. Every time I think that His Highness may end up alone, without anyone to accompany me, the villain—"

Speaking of this, she lost her composure and hurriedly apologized.

Ruan Xueyin didn't blame herself, she comforted Dao that if fate came, she would surely win a loving person, and being happy and well-behaved was indeed King Ning's blessing.

Le'er is Yunfan's baby name, and Ruan Xueyin had heard King Ning and Ji Wanling call her this way when she was in Xiling. 【1】

"Miss is filial, she is a good child." The woman spoke emotionally just now, with tears in her eyes, she wiped her eyes and nodded frequently, "The villain also thought about it at the beginning, although her mother came from a humble background, it is rare for His Highness to favor her, so she really wants to marry a gentleman. Concubine, it’s not impossible.”

"Le'er's mother—"

"Difficult childbirth, she passed away after giving birth."

If the mother and daughter are safe, will King Ning marry her as his concubine and hide Ji Wanling deeper in his heart?
Ruan Xueyin couldn't help thinking this way, she heard footsteps approaching, and soon Gu Xingyan appeared in front of the threshold.

Although there is an oracle, it is the concubine and the prince after all. The two of them are not good at talking indoors, so they go outside into the sky in tacit agreement.

"I went to the imperial palace yesterday, and looked at the street scene along the way. The prosperity of women's classes makes the whole country full of vitality. Ma'am is amazing."

King Ning is still as talkative as before, a palace change was implicated, and he was under house arrest in the temple for half a year, but his brows were a bit darker.

Ruan Xueyin thinks that deepness is also pretending—he doesn’t care about his own ups and downs, and describes restraint as the responsibility of his ministers—as a prince who has been forgiven by the emperor for “having done wrong”, he is ashamed and grateful, and does it to the courtiers and the world people watch.

"Your Majesty is amazing. With such courage, Rong Xueyin is trying new rules." Due to the recent public opinion, she was especially cautious in her wording, and she didn't want to put on airs of "my palace" when facing King Ning. "The new rules are gradually being formed. Many concepts and practices may also change accordingly.”

The last sentence is a supplement, if King Ning has the heart, he should understand it.

King Ning was indeed taken aback, and then smiled, "There are certain rules, no matter how they are changed from generation to generation, they cannot be broken."

Ruan Xueyin turned her head at this sentence, and saw a trace of pain from the corner of the other party's raised mouth.

To be so pessimistic about He Ji Wanling's future?
There was a voice, and the honey-colored skirt turned under the arched door at the other end of the courtyard. It was Gu Chunyue, with Ji Chen and two maids.

"Come here uninvited, no more trouble." When she got closer, Chunyue smiled, and Ji Chen crisply called "Aunt" and "Uncle Ning Wang".

Except for Gu Xinglang who directly called uncle, Ji Chen added prefixes to the several princes to distinguish them.The two-year-old boy was still childish in his mouth, Ruan Xueyin responded with a smile, and chatted with Chunyue, saying that he was always stupid in these matters, and that the elder sister would only be a helper, and would not make trouble.

Chunyue said that Ruan Xueyin had a few days to rule the harem, and she was determined to be more diligent than before, and she said to King Ning, "Nowadays, there are many things at home, and the elder sister may not be able to come to see you off when you leave. Today, you two are in Zhenguo Temple, so let's say goodbye." gone."

King Ning has returned to his usual spirit, and he is more carefree than when he was talking to Ruan Xueyin just now, he said with a smile: "Eldest sister, please take care. Actually, we will meet again in September, this time we didn't see you off, we will make up for it next time."

After the establishment of September, the important ceremony of the country, as a prince, will naturally come.

In less than two months, they were suddenly released to return to the city. Ruan Xueyin always felt that it had something to do with the aristocratic family in the second city, and it was very likely that it had something to do with Shangguan Yan's return to report.

King Ning lives in the Xiao family in Hezhou.

Linjin, where King Yong lives, is the Guo family.

"One family, each in one city, one visit is less than one visit, and one return is counted as one return. How can there be any reason to make up for it next time?" Chunyue smiled and replied, "everything prospers in family harmony, especially our royal family. Can rejuvenate the country."

As both sister and mother, Ruan Xueyin observed Gu Chunyue's Mianli needle more than once -- or should I say gentle tapping, the more she felt convinced.

She is only one or two years older than King Ning?

Obviously King Ning is very used to it, and he respects this half-sister very much, saying: "I have no second thoughts, don't worry, Eldest Sister."

The sunlight fell on Gu Chunyue's face after passing through the thick shade and the singing of cicadas, and it became extremely gentle, like moonlight. "Jiuyue, bring Yunfan here, a bunch of younger siblings, waiting for her to be the king of the children, let them play with them."

Gu Jiasheng and the entire Xinwang Mansion were exiled to the north, and the oldest of the next generation of the Gu family became Yunfan.

"Didn't you always want to ask for the title of princess for her? When Xueyin enters the main palace, there will be another round of amnesty. You can take this opportunity to ask for grace." Chunyue said again, looking at Ruan Xueyin.

Ruan Xueyin understood: "I see. I like Yunfan very much, and I would like to try my best to persuade you."

Chunyue smiled at King Ning: "She is willing to do her best, and it will be done."

King Ning shook his head with a smile, looking at Chunyue helplessly, he lowered his head to Ji Chen: "When the time comes, play with my sister, okay?"

Ji Chen had a round face, sparkling eyes, nodded his head, and his small mouth smiled into a crescent moon.

【1】624 Youth tour

(End of this chapter)