Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 146
Here in Duke Qing's mansion, Mrs. Mei stood at the door of the main room, furious, and said angrily, "Stop him!"

Several servants stepped forward one after another, but they were beaten to the ground by Fu Shaoyun within a few blows.Fu Shaoyun tightly pursed the corners of his mouth, his face was unprecedentedly cold, but there was a trace of anxiety in his eyes, he pulled the horse's bridle, stood upright in front of him, looked at Mei and said, "Mother, what's wrong with Miss Xi?" , why don't you agree to me marrying her? If you don't agree, I will take her out of the capital and go to Jiangnan and Yuedong, so I won't hinder your eyes."

Mei Shi was almost mad at him, thinking that he was obsessed with ghosts. "The Su family has already been engaged to the Marquis of Luyang. Where do you want to take her? Hire her as a wife and Ben as a concubine. If you really dare to take her away, I will never admit that there is such a daughter-in-law in the family! There is no word from the parents." , the fate of a matchmaker, you can only be regarded as a matchmaker..."

Mei was impatient for a while, and she didn't choose what to say, but as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Fu Shaoyun's face darkened.She immediately shut up, fearing that Fu Shaoyun would really run away from home on impulse, so she softened her voice and persuaded: "Brother Yun, think about it carefully, isn't the marriage that mother told you not good? The daughter of the Minister of Rites is dignified and beautiful, Standing with you is a perfect match, Bina Suxi..."

Fu Shaoyun had replaced her many times before, and asked her to go to the Su family to propose marriage. The Mei family had always looked down on Su Xi, thinking that Su Xi had neither good looks nor talent, how could he be worthy of his son?Not to mention being round and chubby, her mother, Yin Shi, and I don't deal with each other. If we really get married, wouldn't we be making ourselves unhappy?
The Mei family procrastinated again and again, but the news spread that Su Xi had been engaged to Li Yan from the Marquis of Luyang just before.She thought it was just right, and now her son should give up.Unexpectedly, when Fu Shaoyun heard the news, he was greatly shocked. He didn't eat for three days and three nights. This morning he said that he would take the Su family's daughter and leave the capital, not even his parents.

Before Mei's words were finished, Fu Shaoyun suddenly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed three times to her, then got on his horse without saying a word, and before everyone could react, he rode out of Duke Qing's mansion.

"elder brother!"

It wasn't until Fu Yi's voice sounded that Mei came back to her senses. She only felt her energy and blood rushing up, dizzy and dizzy, "Brother Yun!"

Fu Shaoyun left Duke Qing's mansion and went directly to the back door of Su's mansion.

Just when people from the Luyang Marquis' Mansion came to hire, one by one, the things were brought into the Su's house. The chief steward had a beaming face and directed the servants to do things.The old master Su Qingbo and the eldest master Su Zhen were both smiling and talking to the people from the Luyang Marquis Mansion.

Fu Shaoyun stopped abruptly, looked at the offering of the dowry, and suddenly remembered what Mei said just now - "hiring as a wife, running as a concubine."

If he impulsively took away Youyou, then she would never have a place in her life.Besides, she was already engaged, and he never asked her wishes, would she go with him?What does she think of him?What if, she and Li Yan are in love?

Fu Shaoyun gradually calmed down, he was absolutely unwilling to let Xiaoyou suffer wronged for his own selfish desires.But when she thought of her marrying someone else, she was filled with unwillingness.

The sky was dark and twilight merged, Fu Shaoyun stood from dawn to dark, the place was hidden, but no one found him.

Until the dowry presenters left, the door of Su Mansion closed with a "bang", his heart also shook along with the door, and then fell heavily.

Fu Shaoyun stood outside the gate of the Su Mansion for a day and a night, and the next morning, he rode away alone without disturbing anyone.He didn't go back to Duke Qing's mansion, nor did he leave Beijing. He just walked through all the places he had taken Su Xi to. Zhang has a pink apple face and a round figure, she is not a beauty in the eyes of the people of the time, but Fu Shaoyun thinks she looks the best, especially when she smiles, her big eyes bend into a pair of crescent moons, it is so sweet that his heart will melt.

Ten days later, people from the Duke of Qing's mansion finally found Fu Shaoyun.He was sitting in a tavern, out of wine, but not sober.

The servants of Duke Qing's mansion went up to help him, but he stood up staggeringly, his face was as white as paper, and he passed out after walking a few steps.Fu Shaoyun's illness has lasted for more than half a month. The doctor said that alcoholism hurt his spleen and stomach, and he needs to be taken care of, so he can't drink anymore in the future.But Fu Shaoyun turned a deaf ear to it, and continued to drink the wine as water. Mei was so anxious that she cried and cursed, almost knelt down and begged him.

Half a year later, when Fu Shaoyun heard the news that Su Xi and Li Yan were married, he touched the area on his chest, only to feel that it was empty, that a piece had been dug away.Later Mei forced him to marry Bai Tan, the daughter of Minister of Rites, but he nodded, but he was numb.

On the wedding day, he was wearing a red wedding gown, and he was leading the bride by the wedding silk, which was out of tune with the festivities around him. The wedding ceremony was all done under the guidance of Quanfu people.Fu Shaoyun forgot how he spent that night, only felt it was long, hopeless, and had no thoughts.

Let's talk about Jinwangfu.

Wei Fen has also reached the age of marriage. Jin Wang Wei Liankun and the chief minister of the cabinet Yin Zhouxing have known each other for many years. After discussing, they decided to make an engagement for Wei Fen and Yin Qiqi, the second daughter of the Yin family.

Wei Feng thought for a long time before he remembered who Yin Qiqi was.He doesn't have any special thoughts about women, he just thinks that they are a need like dressing and eating.If it wasn't for Yin Qiqi who touched his Ni Lin, he might have married her.

The conversation between Wei Yan and Yin Zhouxing was overheard by Yin Qiqi outside the door, and Yin Qiqi used this to blackmail him. If he didn't make an engagement with her, she would tell the people in Prince Yu's mansion about it.Who doesn't know that in the past two years, Prince Yu's Mansion and Prince Jin's Mansion have been fighting fiercely. If Wei Yuan, the heir son of Prince Yu, takes advantage of Wei Fen, it will be a great threat to Wei Fen.

When Yin Qiqi said this, she raised her face, her brows showed firmness, and there was a hint of cunning to succeed.

However, the slightly trembling arm betrayed her.After all, he was too young, and everything he wanted was written on his face.

Wei Yan's complexion remained the same as usual, his thin lips slowly revealed a slight smile, the darkness in his eyes was deeply hidden, he raised his hand, pinched her chin, and said in an unhurried voice, "You want to marry me so much?"

Yin Qiqi pursed her lips tightly and stared at him without saying a word.

Wei Feng thought for a while, and said for a while, "It's not impossible."

Yin Qiqi opened her eyes wide, her heart was beating rapidly, and she looked at the person in front of her in disbelief.

But Yin Qiqi didn't know that there was still half a sentence behind Wei Yan's sentence——

"See if you are blessed."

So Yin Qiqi and Wei Yan's marriage was settled, and the date was set in the spring and March of the next year.Yin Qiqi seemed to be in a dream, she never expected to convince Wei Yan so easily, with a smile on her face every day, she began to prepare her wedding dress and dowry.

She couldn't hold back her joy when she thought that the handsome and handsome Jin Wang Shizi was about to become her husband.The person whom all noble ladies in Beijing yearn for will be her husband alone in the future... However, the good times didn't last long. Not long after, when Yin Qiqi was swimming in the lake in her backyard to pick lotus pods, the boat suddenly stopped in the middle of the lake. The maid jumped into the water and swam away, and the deck of the boat began to leak, sinking bit by bit.

Yin Qiqi yelled for help, but in the middle of the lake, surrounded by lotus pods that were half a person tall, she yelled for a long time, but no one came.

In such despair, Yin Qiqi sank into the water and drowned.

When the news reached Wei Yan's ears, Wei Yan turned a page of the book without changing his face, without raising his eyebrows, "Take care of it and don't leave any clues."

Li Hong should be, backed out.

As a result, the marriage between the Prince Jin's Mansion and the Yin Mansion will naturally come to an end.Not long after, Princess Yuan of Jin was busy looking after another marriage for him. The other party was Han Yufu, the daughter of a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.Wei Wei knew what the Yuan family was planning. The Han family and the Yuan family were related. After Han Yufu married into the Prince Jin's mansion, the Yuan family could reach out to Yunjinzhai to replace her two sons. The son seeks a way out.

Wei Yan leaned on the iron wood chair, looked at the carved beams above his head, and suddenly thought of Nine Girls from the Su family.

That girl with a round face, delicate features, and a sweet voice, I heard that she seems to have married into the Luyang Marquis Mansion?Luyang Marquis' Mansion is not a good place, it has gradually declined over the years, and now it only lives on the shade of the ancestors, it is undoubtedly a grievance for the daughter of the Su family to marry there.

Why did he suddenly think of her?Wei Wei raised his hand to pinch the center of his brows, and closed his eyes. Even if he had any thoughts, the other party was already married, so he wouldn't be so deviant and take other people's wives forcibly.Besides, when the girl saw him, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. Before he could say a word, she ran away far away.Is he scary?Wei Yan stroked his chin, thoughtful, maybe.

This thought just passed by in a flash. Afterwards, Wei Jie's life continued as before, and he never saw Miss Su Jiajiu again.

It's just that he didn't expect to see Su Xi again when she was dying.

Wei Wei was appointed by Emperor Zhaoyuan to go to the northwest for disaster relief. On the way back, he passed Chong'an Mountain and saw a carriage lying on the side of the road.There were two servant girls in the carriage, unconscious, and there seemed to be people under the cliff. Wei Yan went to check and saw a snow-blue figure lying in the forest.

Walking up to him, Wei Yan was taken aback when he looked at the apple's face covered with blood.

Su Xi hit her head when she fell off the cliff, and there were many wounds on her body. Wei Yan went to check it out. His left leg was broken, his heart and lungs were broken, and he might not be able to save him.He didn't let anyone move Su Xi, and immediately ordered someone to investigate the matter, and someone notified the Su Mansion and the Luyang Hou Mansion.

"Cough..." Su Xi only felt a sharp pain in her chest, and when she coughed, blood gushed out of her mouth.Consciousness was sluggish, and she couldn't see who the person in front of her was. She grabbed the sleeve of the incoming person consciously, opened her mouth, and her voice was so weak that she could hardly hear it, "The top of the mountain... Li Yan..."

Wei Wei thought she wanted to see her husband, so he paused for a moment, without breaking away from her hand, and said patiently: "I have ordered someone to inform him, he will come right away."

But Su Xi shook her head, the more she wanted to speak, the more speechless she became.A tear spilled from the corner of her eye, she sniffled, and finally let go of his sleeves, slowly closed her eyes, and never opened them again.

In half an hour, people from Su Mansion and Luyang Hou Mansion all came.The Yin family hugged Su Xi's body and wept uncontrollably, the elder Su Yang also showed grief, but Su Xi's nominal husband Li Yan stood beside him without saying a word.

The members of the Su family took Su Xi back, vowing to find out the cause and effect of this matter.It was later found out that Su Xi went up the mountain with Li Yan that day, and later Li Yan disappeared, but Su Xi was lying at the bottom of the cliff alone.Now how can the Su family let it go, they will definitely ask the Li family to give an explanation.

Later, although Li Yan admitted his mistake, he admitted that he did not take good care of Su Xi, which was why she fell off the cliff by accident.

However, Wei Yan felt that the matter was not as simple as that, so he secretly asked Li Hong and Chang Hu to investigate, and within a long time, he knew what was going on.

Apart from Su Xi and Li Yan, Fu Yi, the wife of King Yu's son, also went to Daci Temple that day.On the way back, Su Xi and Fu Yi's carriage lost control at the same time. The horses pulling the carriage slammed forward, and there was a cliff below. In desperation, Li Yan jumped into Fu Yi's carriage without hesitation, grabbed the reins, and turned the carriage around. direction.

Su Xi was not so lucky. The coachman was not as quick as Li Yan, and he turned over the cliff with the carriage.

That's why there was the scene that Wei Yan saw before.

In order to protect Fu Yi, Li Yan secretly sent her back to Prince Yu's Mansion, and then came back to look for Su Xi.

"Master..." After Li Hong finished speaking, seeing his master's face sinking like water, he couldn't help calling out.

Wei Yan withdrew his sanity, tapped the desktop, "Go and find out what happened to Li Yan and Fu Yi."

"Yes." Li Hong said.

With this breakthrough, the matter of Li Yan and Fu Yi will be much easier to investigate.Li Yan adores Fu Yi, and there is a portrait of Fu Yi in his study, and he even keeps getting involved with Fu Yi in private, and has never consummated the marriage with his wife Su Xi after two years of marriage.Back then when Li Yan married Su Xi, he just used the Su family as a springboard and wanted to take the opportunity to rise to power.Now that something like this happened, the relationship between the Li family and the Su family could not be maintained, and the face was completely torn apart.

Wei Wei thought for a while, and ordered someone to send the evidence of Li Yan's private collusion with Fu Yi to Wei Yuan.Within a few days, news spread that the prince Yu's son had divorced his wife.

Fu Yi disobeyed women's morals, her reputation was ruined, and she was sent to Jingyuan Nunnery.

Half a year later, Emperor Zhao Yuan abdicated and Wei Wei ascended the throne as the new emperor. The first one to be rectified was the Li family of the Marquis of Luyang.

The Marquis of Luyang intends to ask his son to be crowned heir and inherit the position of Marquis of Luyang, but Wei Yan completely deprives the Li family of the Marquis position on the grounds that Li Yan's "virtuous behavior is too corrupt to be written down", relegates the family to common people, and drives him back to his hometown. .

Not long after, it was reported that Li Yan was assassinated on the way back to Yuzhou and died on the spot.

And Fu Yi of Jingyuan Nunnery also committed suicide not long after.

After Wei Yan ascended the throne, he spent a lot of time wearing clothes and eating food, sleeps all night long, and quickly disposed of the old stalls left by Emperor Zhaoyuan.In my spare time, I would occasionally think of the girl at the bottom of the cliff, with a cut in her forehead, a stream of blood flowing down her cheek to her chin, looking at him with clear and black eyes, with a pitiful voice.Just like the little girl in Mingjue Temple back then, she raised her head and looked at him eagerly, her voice was sweet and sticky, and she carefully called him "brother".

Wei Yan was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the memorial on the case hadn't been turned over for a long time.

Why didn't he stop at the beginning?If he took the emerald jade bean cake in her hand, would she still die?

The next day, after the morning court, Wei Feng did not return to the imperial study, but ordered someone to prepare a carriage and headed to the foot of Qingshui Mountain.

——Su Xi was buried in this place.

Wei Yan tightened the reins and told everyone to stay where they were, and he drove forward.Looking at the tombstone in front of him from a distance, there was a line of characters written on it, which he couldn't read clearly. He guessed it was "Tomb of Su Xi, the youngest daughter of the Su family".The tomb is not big, so it should be because people often come to it. The surrounding area is well kept and light yellow flowers and plants are planted.In front of the tombstone, there are three dishes of dim sum, including lotus root starch osmanthus cake, jujube paste yam cake, and emerald jade bean cake. The tops are clean, maybe someone put them on today.

Wei Wei stood here and watched for a long time, until the sun rose above his head, he stood for two full hours.The eunuch behind waited impatiently, but dared not go forward when he wanted to, so he walked up to the tombstone, bent down to pick a handful of yellow flowers, and placed them gently next to the three plates of snacks.He got up and looked at the words on the inscription, reached out his hand, and wanted to touch the word "Su Xi", but stopped in the air.

He turned around, strode away, rode his horse to meet the waiter who was waiting behind, swung his whip and left without looking back.

(End of this chapter)