Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 85 The Smiling Prince
Liu Fang's death involved a lot, not only the Nie family paid close attention to the matter, but even the princes had to talk about it.

In the Second Prince's Mansion in Chaoxiang Lane, Shen Yuxing was admiring an exquisite statue of Hetian Yuyaochi Goddess.This statue of the goddess is stunningly beautiful and beautiful, it is obviously just a dead thing, but there is a vivid image of the goddess about to break free from the shell of the jade statue.

He squinted at Qin An, the bodyguard who had just entered the hall, and smiled cheerfully, his tone seemed to be excited for a good show: "The Nie family really hasn't asked Father for mercy yet?"

Qin An lowered his eyes, not daring to look up at Shen Yuxing.

Everyone in the palace knew that although the several dragon sons under Emperor Xiaowen were brothers, their personalities were very different.

The third prince is cowardly and moderate, the fourth prince is arrogant and indifferent, the fifth prince is domineering and mean, and the sixth prince is impulsive and brave.As for the seventh prince, except for the empress and the queen mother who can get along with him to some extent, the rest of the people can't even see his face, and everyone only has a vague impression of him as a quiet and secluded man.

In contrast, the second prince is approachable and has a gentle temperament, even the maids in the palace will not be cold-faced when they talk to him.

However, only he knows that Shen Yuxing is an out-and-out smiling tiger.If someone offends him, he will put on a magnanimous attitude on the surface, but secretly kills someone secretly, which is hard to guard against.

Qin Ang paused, then said seriously: "Seriously. This time His Majesty was furious. The Liu family regarded the eldest son Liu as an abandoned son, and the Nie family was even less likely to come to the rescue. According to the subordinates sent out, The eyeliners have reported back, but the Nie family has not made any move so far. Mr. Nie also said that he is sick at home and cannot leave the house."

Shen Yuxing nodded in satisfaction: "It seems that this king really overestimated the friendship between the Nie family and the Liu family. According to this king, this time is an excellent opportunity to provoke the Nie and Liu families."

Shen Yuxing's mother and concubine are concubines Shun.Speaking of which, Concubine Shun also received grace in the early years.But she gave birth to a prince, but she still lived in the concubine for many years. In the final analysis, it was because of her insufficient background.

The not-so-prominent mother clan has always been Shen Yuxing's heart disease.After all, if you want to sit on the dragon chair, the influence of the mother clan is especially critical.He has no one to rely on, but the fourth prince has the Nie and Liu families as his right-hand men.

Now that the Liu family is unlucky, in a sense it means that the fourth prince is unlucky, and Shen Yuxing is naturally happy to see it succeed.If the Nie and Liu families turned against each other, he would only feel better.

"Your Highness is very right. Speaking of which, this time, this subordinate also heard some unusual things." Qin An said.

"Oh? Let's hear it." Shen Yuxing fiddled with the jade statue in his hand.

"This time something happened to Liu Fang, Mr. Nie did nothing, but Mrs. Nie sent spies to inquire about Miss Huo's whereabouts." Qin Ang paused, and his expression became more serious, "It was Mr. Liu who was inquiring about the incident. That day, Mrs. Nie seemed to suspect that the matter was related to Miss Huo, but she had no evidence in her hand."

"Huo Qi? Isn't that an old acquaintance?" Shen Yuxing's eyes rarely showed a little interest, it was a look of looking at prey.

Qin An said decisively: "That's right. Last time... in Dongyanling... Miss Huo's family killed our people, and this time she provoked the Nie's family. The subordinates think that Miss Huo should not be underestimated."

The Dongyanling incident before was in the final analysis for the seal of the Zhenyuanhou Mansion.Shen Yuxing had long wanted to use the army of the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion for his own use, but he was afraid of making a fool of himself, so he didn't do it for a long time, but he never expected that Huo Qi would take the lead.

Qin Ang arranged for Huo Qi to be kidnapped on the orders of Shen Yuxing. He originally wanted to find out the whereabouts of the seal, but he didn't expect that the seemingly weak Huo Qi was so ferocious and just killed their people with his bare hands. He actually walked out of Dongyan unscathed. ridge.

At that time, Qin An was afraid that the battle would be too big to attract attention, so he only sent one of his subordinates there, which led to the failure of his success and almost revealed his true identity.But in the final analysis, they also underestimated Huo Qi's methods.

Seeing that Shen Yuxing didn't say a word, Qin An went on to say: "My subordinates heard some gossip that the farce between Miss Nie's family and Mr. Liu was planned by Miss Huo's family a few days ago. Maybe it's because of this, Did Mrs. Nie suspect Miss Huo?"

"Ning Guogong's daughter is quite interesting." Shen Yuxing rubbed the jade statue with his fingers.

Qin An hesitated and said: "Your Highness, this woman is insidious and only afraid of bad things. Do you want to find a way to get rid of her?"

Shen Yuxing shook his head and laughed: "Last time in Dongyan Ridge, Huo Qi didn't know the inside story. She killed our people. She didn't mean to be against this king, but to protect herself. This king thinks that this Huo Da Miss has a city in her chest, which is very valuable. Her performance in the last sacrificial ceremony was also remarkable. If she can be included in the king's wings, it will definitely be of great benefit."

Shen Yuxing did not have the support of his mother's family. If he became the son-in-law of Ning Guogong, it would be equivalent to having the support of half of the civil servants in the court.What's more, Huo Qi has both talent and appearance, even without the father Ning Guogong, it is enough to attract men to be fascinated by her.

Qin An hesitated for a while, remembering that Concubine Shun was planning to find a concubine for Shen Yuxing recently, he suddenly understood.

He said: "Your Highness is wise. It's just that although His Highness is outstanding, I'm afraid Duke Ning, a stubborn old man...would not be willing to let his daughter take the position of side concubine."

Shen Yuxing laughed heartily: "Duke Ning certainly doesn't like the position of side concubine, but if it's a noble concubine, would Duke Ning still look down on it?"

Qin Ang was horrified, lowered his head, and performed the standard courtesy of a monarch and his ministers: "Your Highness is wise. What should we do next? Please give me your signal."

Shen Yuxing threw the jade statue into the wooden box beside him, wrapped it in bright yellow soft cloth, and handed it to Qin Ang: "Send this jade statue to Ning Guo Gong's mansion some day, and check with Ning Guo Gong first. attitude, wait until the Lantern Festival, and find a way to invite Miss Huo to come and see her."

Qin An nodded, quickly put the wooden box on and backed out.

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Time flies, and it is almost the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

Recently, there are only two things that people in the streets of the capital city are talking about. The first thing is the beheading of the eldest son of the Liu family a few days ago.Emperor Xiaowen became angry because of Prince Liu's private execution of court officials. Lord Liu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, did not intercede for Prince Liu at all. Instead, he demanded that Prince Liu be removed from the family tree, which made people lament the lack of family ties among high-ranking families.

The other issue is that Bai Xiao Troupe, which used to be famous in the capital, was disbanded overnight. The formerly respected old troupe leader Bai said that he had drunk something wrong and his voice was broken, and he could no longer sing, so he closed Qingyin Pavilion and went back to his hometown to cultivate.

For a while, there were many discussions among the people.Some people speculated that it was because of the murder case in Qingyin Pavilion that they couldn't do business.Some people thought about it a little bit more, thinking that Bai Zhusheng packed up and left in order to avoid the Liu family's assassination.

However, these rumors were eventually overshadowed by the atmosphere of the New Year, just like the snow in the capital winter covered the bootprints left by passers-by, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

On this day, Huo Qi went to the main courtyard to roast sweet potatoes.

Maybe the winter wind was getting more and more annoying, so Huo Qi deliberately wore an extra rabbit fur scarf. His pink face nestled against the scarf, making him look approachable and approachable.

Huo Ruhai fiddled with the silver charcoal carefully, built two pieces of charcoal into a nest, and put the roasted sweet potatoes in it.While doing these things, he smiled and said, "This winter is extremely cold, and roasted sweet potatoes taste more delicious."

Speaking of which, most wealthy people always look down on such vulgar things as roasted sweet potatoes, but Huo Ruhai often talks to the Huo brothers and sisters about "sweet potatoes competing with ginseng", and does not let the servants do it, and roasts it himself. .

"Shangyuan Festival is coming soon. I heard that there will be lion and dragon dances on the streets of Shangyuan Festival this year. I'm afraid it will be very lively! I think of swimming with my brothers and sisters last year, and I met..."

Wang Qin was smiling, but in the middle of speaking, she suddenly remembered that the first and second bedrooms had already torn apart and separated, so she stopped abruptly.

Huo Ruhai seemed to be open-minded. He shook Wang Qin's hand comfortingly: "Let the past be bygones. After all, Xian'er is back this year, and the house is also lively."

Huo Xian took out the roasted sweet potatoes and rolled them on the ground a few times. After letting them cool for a while, he picked them up, patted the ashes, broke them in half and handed them to Huo Qi beside him: "Sister, this year's school On the Yuan Festival, let’s go as a family and join in the fun, what do you think?”

Huo Qi wanted to refuse, after all, now that Liu Fang has just died, I am afraid that the Nie family will stare at her.But seeing Huo Xian's hopeful eyes, and remembering how hard Huo Xian had finally gone home to reunite with his family, she could no longer say no.

She nodded happily: "Okay, I am also very happy."

The joy on Huo Xian's face became even more apparent: "I knew my sister would agree!"

"Since Qiqi has spoken, let's join in the fun!" Huo Ruhai also echoed with a smile.

The whole family gathered around the charcoal basin, happily roasting sweet potatoes, and said some jokes from time to time, all immersed in plain happiness.At this time, the old housekeeper, Uncle Zhang, hurried into the yard from the door, holding a wooden box in his hand, and said, "My lord, the second prince has brought a rare item."

　Happy Valentine's Day everyone!The most important thing is to love yourself ()
　　
　
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