"The timing you chose is really clever. Now it's not just the Liu family who suspects that one person is trying to sidestep the situation, but even the Zheng family is afraid of thinking the same way."
Amidst the sound of rumbling water, the refreshing and pleasant-looking Guard Chief Ying, who was wearing a jade-colored narrow-sleeved undershirt and a lilac fairy skirt with cranes and birds in their mouths, took a sip of her black plum drink and said to Qiu Baoniang who came in disguise, "The Liu family He even offered to hope that the eldest prince would return to the capital as soon as possible, so that His Majesty would not ignore the death of the two legitimate sons of the Liu family with the excuse that he was in poor health and could not handle matters. "
The two of them were talking in the rain pavilion, and the water curtains kept falling on all sides of the pavilion, like bright curtains.
The people in the pavilion felt cool all over, and the sound of water muffled the sound of conversation. Even if there were people outside at the moment, they would never hear anything through the water curtain, so they spoke very casually.
Qiu Baoniang, dressed as an ordinary servant girl, slowly picked up the cherries in the glass bowl: "I have only been obsessed with this in my whole life, and I came across a good opportunity to calculate with intention and without intention. If I still can't succeed, I'm so stupid that I'll die. ." Then he sneered, "I don't know how Liu Ruowo feels now? When Zhang Shaoguang abused me, he was watching with great interest! Now it's my turn to laugh at him!"
Although Wei Changying secretly sympathized with Mrs. Zhou who lost her son innocently, she certainly would not say such words in front of Qiu Baoniang. She only said: "How is Liu Rong doing? Now the military power of the imperial capital is in his hands. His attitude cannot be ignored!”
Qiu Baoniang muttered: "He is a loyal minister. But now that one is dead, even if he knows the truth, can he still kill the queen?! Then the eldest prince will not be able to ascend the throne - how old is the second prince? By accident That one is extinct. Do you think Liu Rong did this to help that one get revenge or to make that one homeless? All in all, if Liu Rong is smart, he knows the truth, so it is best to pretend. You’re confused! You know... the second prince won’t live long.”
"Queen?" Wei Changying asked clearly.
Qiu Baoniang laughed sarcastically: "Isn't that right? The Queen has already endured it. Even when I tried to persuade her that if the Second Prince didn't exist at this time, it would arouse people's suspicion, the Queen couldn't help it. I tried hard to persuade her, and the Queen agreed to let him live. After the eldest prince returns to the imperial capital!"
Wei Changying thought that the second prince was the son of the concubine who poisoned Queen Qiu's own son and caused the Queen's only daughter, Princess Xian'an, to be infertile. Although he was innocent, there were few people involved who could Don't express anger
Especially when Wen Yaozi gave the child to Queen Qiu to raise, although this was used to force Queen Qiu to do everything possible to protect him, but now that the Queen is in power, over the years, the son of the enemy who killed his daughter has been raised by her every day. , God knows how the queen came here
It's no wonder that the queen listened to Qiu Baoniang even in matters such as regicide. But in this matter, Qiu Baoniang failed to persuade her.
"Actually, the current trend is for the best. Now no one has the ability to replace the Wenshi. If we continue to fight, it will be in vain. Instead, it will give foreign enemies the opportunity to invade. It is better to support the eldest prince." Wei Changying thought of her husband's words and sighed. A sound.
Qiu Baoniang's lips curled up: "Some people are short-sighted and may not be able to understand this truth! In short, when the eldest prince arrives in the imperial capital, even if the news of his death is revealed, he can still take some initiative. The best thing is to completely pacify the southwest. , announced this news during the return of the army!"
"My husband said that Zheng Sanya lived too comfortably in the imperial prison." Wei Changying said deeply, "This will chill the entire noble clan, especially if it is known in the future that he is not seriously ill, but is suffering from physical illness. Death, this target is going to be directed at the Queen and the First Prince these days! Secondly, Zheng Sanya is not doing well, and the old brothers who are with him are eager to return to the court to intercede for him, so they will definitely speed up their actions. Conquer the southwest!”
"And they are fast, how can the noble generals be willing to fall behind? After all, the shorter the time it takes to hide this kind of thing, the less likely it is to reveal flaws."
Qiu Baoniang thought about it seriously, nodded and said, "That's the truth, but you have to think carefully about what you say to Liu Rong."
Speaking of this, she suddenly said, "Actually, I have always had an idea."
Wei Changying said: "What?"
"Liu Rong asked your family to deliver snake medicine to Duanmu Xinmiao before?"
Wei Zhangying said: "That's what happened - so after that we didn't go to other people's houses very much."
"Do you remember what the box containing the snake medicine looks like?" Qiu Baoniang muttered, "I have been keeping a close eye on Liu Rong these past few days, but I found that he seems to like to do some handicrafts when he is upset. The one I asked you to hand over last time The box containing the snake medicine seems to have been made by him."
Wei Changying was stunned for a moment and said: "At this point, such romantic matters... it's not easy to talk nonsense!"
Qiu Baoniang said: "Do you think I am idle? Aren't you somewhat sure that I am so talkative? After Liu Rong found out which one was missing, in addition to being sad and frightened, I saw that he was also very disappointed - which one do you think is Liu? Rong's elders, it's normal to ask their elders for advice on this matter of marriage; but if the eldest prince were to take the throne, the eldest prince would reportedly call Liu Rong his brother! Wouldn't Liu Rong be embarrassed to tell the eldest prince about this? , if he wants to hint you not to visit randomly, why should he use Duanmu Xinmiao as a guise? "
"... There is a difference between scholars and common people." Wei Changying said after a long while, "I think Liu Rong seems to be a sensible person, so he is not second to Zheng Cuiye? Let's not say that Xin Miao was wronged by the second son of the Huo family, even if he didn't, She is not what Liu Rong Nengxiao wants."
"New rich people often have a kind of wishful thinking: they think that the Nine-Five Supreme Lord can always change some rules." Qiu Baoniang sneered, "In the past, Zheng Cuiye could also coax you to take you back to Wei's house and carry him in eight large sedan chairs. He gave her the idea of becoming the mistress of the Shen family!"
Wei Changying rubbed his forehead and said with a headache: "Xin Miao is young and has been single all her life. I feel really pitiful. It's just that if her marriage to the Huo family is not dissolved..."
"Actually, there is another way." Qiu Baoniang said coldly, "Aren't common people unmarried? Anyway, the Yunxia Huo family has been tortured to death by Huo Zhaoyu. Now it is still a noble family in name, but in fact it is as low as a common people. If The Shen family took the lead in proposing to revise the "Chronicles of the Gentlemen" and remove the Huo family from the gentry, so the marriage contract between Huo Chenyuan and Duanmu Xinmiao may not be established! "
Wei Changying's eyes lit up: "That's right! Scholars and common people don't get married! If the Huo family is no longer an aristocratic family, why do they still ask Xinmiao to observe the festival for their children?!"
"Especially now that it is proposed to revise "Shizuzhi", the Liu family will definitely be the first to respond. Even if other families are not as enthusiastic as the Liu family, they will definitely not refuse - because that person's death was mistakenly thought to be partial to the common people. At present, the gentry is I wish I could have a chance to show our strength!" Qiu Baoniang sneered, "It's a pity that the Liu family has so much background."
The implication in her words was that the Liu family was similar to the Huo family, and she wanted to trample the Liu family under its feet.
Wei Changying thought that the Liu family of Donghu was really guilty of causing the sect's legitimate daughter to hate the family like this - speaking of it, it was mainly Zhang Shaoguang's fault, but then again, it was not Liu Hai who indulged his step-wife and treated his own daughter coldly. It is impossible for Qiu Baoniang to have a favorable impression of anyone in her family except her cousin Liu Ruoyi, to the point of wishing that her family would be unlucky.
... It is estimated that she can come up with the idea of turning the Huo family into a common people to regret the marriage. She must have wanted to use similar methods to deal with the Liu family before.
It's just that Wenyue's background cannot be easily shaken by her alone.
As for the Yunxia Huo family, it would not have been so easy to deny the Huo family's aristocratic status if Huo Zhaoyu hadn't done so much on his own, especially if he had repeatedly angered the wealthy family.
"But my sixth younger brother and sister..." Wei Changying was overjoyed when he thought of a way to get Duanmu Xinmiao to remarry, but when he thought about it carefully, he found it difficult, "She is also the daughter of the Huo family!"
"Her parents and brothers are all dead, and she doesn't even have any nephews left." Qiu Baoniang said disapprovingly, "Whether the Huo family is an aristocratic family or not actually has no big impact on her vital interests. If your brother-in-law doesn't treat her well, Okay, could it be that the name of the Yunxia Huo family can scare the children of the Xiliang Shen family?"
"That's not it. Think about it, if the Duanmu family denies the marriage contract between Xinmiao and Huo Chenyuan because the Huo family is excluded from the gentry clan. What about the Huo family's daughters who have already left the cabinet? Do they have to divorce them and go home?" Wei Chang Ying felt a headache, "Look at one thing and miss the other!"
Qiu Baoniang's eyes flashed and she said: "That's what I said. Besides, even if the Huo family is in decline now, after all, it was still fine more than ten years ago. It can't be crossed out just because you want... This matter Let’s discuss it later.”
Then the two exchanged some information about the situation inside and outside the palace, and Qiu Baoniang said goodbye.
After exiting the corner gate of Shen's mansion, she got into an ordinary oil-walled car.
The weather was getting hot at this time, and the driver was wearing a curtain hat, with a gauze scarf hanging from the brim of the hat to his chest, covering his face.
The car drove for a while and saw no one on the road. Liu Rong's voice came into the car: "What did the Shen family say?"
"Do you want General Liu to listen to business matters first, or private matters?" In the carriage, Qiu Baoniang poured herself a cup of mint dew and asked happily.
"Of course it's business."
Qiu Baoniang said: "There is nothing to say about official matters. So far everything has gone smoothly, but it is better for Zheng Sanya to suffer a little while in prison. Otherwise, if the Liu family is really forced to rebel, it will be troublesome. Not to mention such a general. You might as well persuade Zheng San to write a letter to the southwest, asking the old people there to end the war as soon as possible and return to the court to intercede - the general should know that the nights are long and the dreams are many. "
Liu Rong was silent for a while and then said: "Issuing an edict in the name of His Majesty, otherwise I will suddenly become strict and arouse suspicion."
"The private matter is that Mrs. Wei is worried that Mrs. Huo of the Shen family will be implicated, and is very undecided." Qiu Baoniang said, "My maid advised you last time that it would be easier for you to discuss this kind of matter directly with Master Shen - as long as you issue If the conditions can impress Lord Shen, Lord Shen will never care about the mood of his sister-in-law, but not Mrs. Wei!" (To be continued)