Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 86 Careful Testing
"The second prince sent a rare thing." Uncle Zhang said.

Wang Qin wondered: "Second prince? The second prince and the Huo family have always been very different, but now this is..."

Huo Ruhai remained calm, took the wooden box that Uncle Zhang handed over and opened it to have a look.Inside the wooden box lies a top-quality jade statue, the whole body is shiny and white, and the carving is fine, it will cost ten thousand gold at a glance.Even if Huo Ruhai is used to seeing good things, he also knows that this thing is rare.

Seeing such a precious thing, instead of showing any joy on Huo Ruhai's face, the original smile quickly fell silent, and he turned serious and asked, "Did the Second Prince leave any words?"

Uncle Zhang did not dare to hide anything and said word by word: "The people sent by the second prince said that this goddess statue is somewhat similar to the lady's description. It seems to be a fate, so I gave it to you. Please don't have any other things." idea."

Before Huo Ruhai could speak, Huo Xian stood up abruptly, his handsome face flushed red: "What's the second prince's idea? What does it matter to him who my sister looks like? Send this Laoshizi jade statue away." What are you doing here! It spreads for no reason, and people who don’t know it think that my sister is secretly giving and receiving with a foreigner!”

Wang Qin interrupted sharply: "Xian'er, speak carefully!"

Huo Xian has been outside the Great Wall for many years, and he is not familiar with the twists and turns of the capital's speech, and has always said something.Although the Huo family also hope that their son can walk upright and sit upright.But the capital's eyeliner is so dense, who knows if Huo Xian's unintentional words will be heard by others and make a big fuss?

Huo Xian knew that he had crossed the line, he fiddled with the charcoal for a while, and stopped talking.

Huo Ruhai also thought of this, narrowed his eyes and said wisely: "No reward for no merit, Zhang An, find an opportunity tomorrow to return this jade statue."

Uncle Zhang glanced at Huo Ruhai in embarrassment: "Master, the second prince seems to have expected that you would not accept it. The person sent by the second prince's house to give gifts said that there is no reason to take back gifts after giving them to him. . This jade statue is not worth much money, so I hope you will accept it. If you really don’t accept it, just throw it out of the house."

This move undoubtedly made it difficult for Huo Ruhai to ride a tiger. Now it is inappropriate to accept it, and it is also inappropriate not to accept it.Accepting the gift is like promising something to the second prince, but if you throw it out directly, it is contemptuous of the royal family, and you will be punished if you say it.

"I think this second prince has no good intentions." Huo Xian only muttered, but he was quietly murmuring in his heart.He thought that if he wanted to give a gift sincerely, it would naturally go to the heart of the recipient, but the second prince acted like a robber, which was not very popular.

Huo Qi has been gnawing on the roasted sweet potato that Huo Xian handed over just now, this matter was most related to her, but now she has become the calmest person here.

She said nonchalantly: "Since the second prince is allowed to be accepted by the Huo family, he has fulfilled his wish. We don't know what kind of riddle the second prince is playing, but now he is messing up, which is not beautiful."

Huo Qi's calm and sensible attitude made Huo Ruhai and his wife feel a lot of worry.In the end, what they were most worried about was not that the second prince was plotting the Huo family to do things for him, but that they were afraid that he would bring his ideas to Huo Qi's marriage.

After all, marrying into the royal family is just a beauty in the eyes of outsiders.Only those who are involved in the strife and calculations behind the royal family will understand how helpless it is. Duke Ningguo's mansion does not want this kind of glory.On this point, Huo Ruhai and Wang Qin have long agreed that they do not want their daughter to be rich and powerful, but only want her daughter to live a safe life.

"Qi Qi, you are still young and don't know the deep meaning of the second prince's move. Mom and your father are afraid..." Wang Qin held Huo Qi's hand and said worriedly.

Huo Qi returned with a relieved smile, and took the initiative to snuggle his body into Wang Qin's arms: "Mother, why worry about things that haven't happened yet? Even if the innocence is about to collapse, then we will use soldiers to block it, and cover it with water. No matter what happens , don’t parents still make decisions for their daughters?”

When these words reached Wang Qin's heart, his originally gloomy heart was relieved, and Huo Ruhai's face also looked much better.

Huo Qi got up from Wang Qin's arms, and the innocence on his face was swept away, replaced by a flash of sternness in his eyes: "Father, my daughter remembers that there seems to be a white jade statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in the storeroom? It was sent to the second prince's mansion, saying that admiring jade wares is a great pleasure in life, and the Huo family would like to reciprocate and give something back. In this way, it doesn't seem that the Huo family accepted the gift from the second prince, it was just a discussion of hobbies, and In order not to give up the truth and make outsiders think that the Huo family is in collusion with the second prince."

Huo Ruhai stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then said: "This is the best, let's do as you say."

……

In the Fuyun Hall of Jing'an Palace, there were no eunuchs or maids. Only Shen Yuning was sitting on the steps of His Highness, playing a nine-section purple bamboo flute.In the silent night sky, the sound of the flute is endless, sad and melodious.It's just that although the music is sad, the flute player's self-pity can't be heard.

Cheng Chang stepped into the palace, paused, and waited for Shen Yuning to stop before he bowed his hands and said, "Your Highness, the Queen Mother has sent you a New Year's gift."

Although Shen Yuning was not close to Emperor Xiaowen, he was raised by the Queen Mother since he was a child, and he regarded him as a relative.Every year, the Empress Dowager will send new year gifts to the princes and princesses according to the proportion, and the one given to Jing'an Palace must be the most generous.

Therefore, although Shen Yuning in the eyes of outsiders is not valued by Emperor Xiaowen, he is the most important person in the Empress Dowager's heart, so no one dares to bully her.

"What happened to the Queen Mother?" Shen Yuning frowned.

Because Shen Yuning likes to be quiet, doesn't like to deal with strangers, and has never had any work to be done by slaves, so there are no extra maids and eunuchs in Jing'an Palace, and Cheng Chang takes care of everything about money rewards, and Shen Yuning never asks about these things .But Cheng Chang suddenly came to report to the Queen Mother to reward the New Year's ceremony tonight, and he must have received other orders.

"Your Highness is wise. The national teacher Yuanjing said that next year will be a dangerous year. If the Queen Mother can meditate for a day during the Shangyuan Festival, eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha, it will be able to save Daqi from danger. So this year on the Shangyuan Festival, the Queen Mother will be in the West Buddhist Hall. With retreat, His Highness does not need to go to Shouan Palace to pay his respects." Cheng Chang came together one by one.

"Understood." Shen Yuning responded lightly.

Cheng Chang hesitated for a while and then continued: "The Queen Mother also asked her subordinates to tell them that the dead are gone and those who come can be chased, so that Your Highness will not suffer anymore. This year's Shangyuan Festival, you don't have to go to Shou'an Palace, go to Xingqing It’s always good for the palace to meet His Majesty, so that he won’t be a lonely person again.”

Shen Yuning's face showed a lazy sarcasm: "I understand what the Queen Mother means, but it's a pity that the Queen Mother doesn't understand what I mean."

Although the Empress Dowager loved him dearly, she still couldn't understand why he couldn't forgive Emperor Xiaowen, and she was still focused on restoring the father-son relationship between the emperor and him.

Although the human heart is fleshy, it is not a simple match that can be warmed up instantly with just one stroke.Although he and Emperor Xiaowen have the reality of father and son, they don't have the fate of father and son.Those thoughts of admiration had long since been wasted in the time when he was licking blood at the edge of the palace and fighting openly and secretly.

Being in a crowded place is not necessarily lively, and being alone is not necessarily lonely.After 20 years of fighting alone, he has already gotten used to it and learned to enjoy this loneliness.

Seeing that Shen Yuning didn't want to say more, Cheng Chang couldn't bear it, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, Your Highness, Gouyue said that the Millennium Blood Ganoderma lucidum you ordered to find for the queen mother has already taken shape. I'm afraid you have to go to Yihua in person. A trip to the Fragrant House."

"Then on the day of Shangyuan Festival." Shen Yuning lazily left behind a sentence, got up and went to the bedroom in the palace.

　There will be a small orgasm in the next two days ()
　　
　
(End of this chapter)