Wrong on that point, Gongsun and Sheng Suihe had the same reason before: "They are so talented that the emperor's master couldn't bear to betray him secretly."
When Sheng Weiqiao didn't think about it carefully before, he knew that his words were true. After all, Sheng Suihe's talent was really good.
I am thinking about it, if I am just talented, it may not be enough to impress Huan Guanlan, right
After all...what kind of vision does Huan Guanlan have
When he was a first-rank official and his reputation as a great Confucian was recognized throughout the world, how many people traveled thousands of miles and knelt in front of doors, just to get a word of advice from him
To put it bluntly, a talent of Sheng Suihe's level is very rare for ordinary people. For Huan Guanlan, he would probably have long been used to it.
After all, before that man was in trouble, it could be said that Putiandong had as many talented people as his disciples who wanted to be his disciples. Even if they were not named disciples, they would all be overwhelmed.
The disciples he taught personally became even more outstanding in terms of talent, knowledge, vision, structure, etc.
In that case, when Huan Guanlan first saw Sheng Sleeping Crane on Tortoiseshell Island, he might have been surprised that there was a good scholar in such a gangster den... But, it was no surprise at most, right
After all, he has never seen the world. He is the kind of old Confucian scholar who bursts into tears when he sees a child who can buy something and doesn't forget to draw inferences. He thinks that his life's hard work has a successor.
To put it bluntly, he already has so many disciples and successors here and there, and he has learned so much throughout his life that he has no successors. Why did he want to accept a closed disciple at the end of his life
You must know that although literati are afraid of teaching apprentices to starve to death when they recruit apprentices, normal people cannot just hand over the hard work they have accumulated throughout their lives, right
In particular, Huan Guanlan's accumulation is not only about his knowledge, but also about his reputation, connections, political wisdom and experience from having held high positions... Where can I trust anyone with these
Should I entrust this to a bad person? Given the close relationship between master and disciple at that time, wouldn't it mean that my reputation would be implicated even after my death, and my family might even be in harm's way
"Is it because of his life experience?" Sheng Weiqiao thought silently, "However...it seems that the Imperial Master has always been wary of King Gaomi, right? If he knew that he was the son of King Gaomi, he would have been even more unwilling to teach him!"
While he was thinking about it, Wangyou had already been taken to Huan Yehe's boudoir.
Because I was distracted, I didn't realize it until I entered the door, but I didn't have time to look at the name of the place.
As the most famous noblewoman in Chang'an City in recent years, and also recognized as a talented woman, the place where Huan Ye lived was nothing special, just an ordinary ladylike setting.
So Sheng Weiqiao and the other three looked around for a moment, then withdrew their gaze and began to look at the ladies who arrived first in the room.
Two of them looked very familiar. Had they met at the birthday party of Zheng Guogong's mansion? The others were relatively unfamiliar. Sheng Weiqiao guessed that their father and brother were biased towards King Gaomi
Seeing Wangyou and the other five Sheng Weiqiao come in, the first arrivals got up one after another to greet Xu Caikui and asked about Sheng Weiqiao. After hearing Xu Caikui's introduction that she was a family friend of the Xu family, but was not the daughter of a high-ranking official, the interest of those people dropped by half. Because he was not familiar with Bu Nao, he had no grudges, so although his attitude was not very warm, nothing deliberately humiliating happened. He said a few polite words and walked back to his place.
Occasionally, they would ask Xu Caikui to shut up if a topic came up.
The situation made Xu Caikui feel very embarrassed, but she couldn't bring Sheng Weiqiao and the others in after several attempts. However, Sheng Weiqiao found a chance to comfort her: "I don't have to worry about them, they will just come and go. After all, they have passed by." I will go back to Nanfeng County after a few months. It doesn't matter whether I am intimate with them or not. But I will leave Chang'an temporarily after I leave the cabinet. I will have to deal with them for a long time, and that will not matter at that time. It’s better to keep talking and shut up.”
Xu Caikui saw that she really didn't care, so he stopped trying to get Sheng Weiqiao to join the circle.
Fortunately, the three members of the Sheng family were not left out for long before Huan Yehe walked across the threshold with a smile along with the first two arriving guests.
Gongsun Yingjiang was looking around idly, but when he raised his head and saw Huan Ye holding his left leg, his expression changed!
After all, she was that age. When something unexpected happened to her, although her expression was not perfect, she did not make a sound. Given the current situation where they were not taken seriously, that little bit of rudeness was not enough to attract attention. situation.
But Sheng Weiwu was young, but Fu Dong consciously blurted out: "I look a bit like his eldest brother, huh?"
At the same time, Sheng Weiqiao's heart suddenly sank!
In fact, the two guests who were brought in by Huan Yehe personally did not look at Sheng Weiqiao and the others at all.
After all, the place where Sheng Weiqiao and the three walked was not very eye-catching. In addition, the people around them had no intention of shutting up with them, so they naturally appeared to be left out and could not attract the attention of those who had just entered.
But when everyone saw the two coming, most of them either stopped talking or adjusted their clothes and got up to greet them. Even though Sheng Weiwu did not raise her voice intentionally, her words were clearly conveyed to the audience. In the ears of the people!
The six eyes that had just crossed the threshold suddenly turned and all landed on Sheng Weiwu!
"Eighth sister, I'm here again!" Sheng Weiqiao noticed Huan Yehe's look of "hurry up and think of a solution" and sighed secretly. He lightly squeezed his leg on Sheng Weiwu's arm, signaling the sister to pick up Donglai without asking for refutation. In his own words, he said, "Even if I think our eldest brother is good-looking, I won't compare myself to my beautiful sister when I see her! I have told you before that I need to pay attention to the lessons my husband teaches me. Look how lazy I am! When the elders find out later, they will be angry with me!"
After saying that, he stood up and made a blessing, "I would like to thank Huihe Princess Haihan!"
Hearing this, people around him suddenly wondered: Is it true that Sheng Weiwu is young and doesn't know how to describe beauty? Because she admires her elder brother's appearance, when she sees a good-looking one, she says she looks like her elder brother
Because those people didn't know about the affair, they actually didn't take Sheng Weiwu's words seriously at first. After that, they no longer cared about it. They all came forward to say, "Princess Huihe, are you really a rare guest?"
... Speaking of which, Sheng Weiqiao really didn't expect that Huan Ye and Mingyue would invite Princess Huihe and Zhao Taomei over: they were the last two guests to arrive at that time.
Sheng Weiqiao suddenly had a headache: Although Zhao Taomei had seen Sheng Suihe, maybe it was because Princess Gaomi had not seen outsiders, including her mother-in-law, for so long that the young Zhao Taomei didn't even know what her aunt looked like, so she followed her. Like Zhao Li, there was no doubt in Sheng Suihe's appearance.
Can Sheng Weiwu now say "like his elder brother", such a clear reminder that Princess Huihe is very present, will Zhao Taoyuan not be suspicious
It's very good. Zhao Taomei didn't know if she really didn't suspect it, but she knew that the matter was covered up. At this moment, she smiled and nodded at Sheng Weiqiao and the other three, then turned around with a calm expression, ignoring Sheng Weiqiao's apology and looking after herself. Princess Huihe, who was chatting with everyone, said: "Although the people say that beauty has its own merits in whether it is fat or thin, many of the features that are considered beautiful are not common, such as snow-muscular muscles and crow's temples. It's so beautiful that it looks like black charcoal... That sister Sheng Ba is young and doesn't know how to use many adjectives, so she compares her brother, Mr. Shanda, to me. Although it's a bit inappropriate, it's not true. That Shanda The young master met me last time when I went out to look at the lanterns with my fifth brother. If he is indeed a scholar with both talent and appearance, it wouldn't be an insult to my appearance."
Although they were actually cousins, Huihe and Princess were not sisters, and Zhao Taomei did not have a royal title, so those words were said to be a bit too casual.
However, probably because of the good relationship between the sisters, Princess Huihe frowned when he heard this, as if he was reluctant. After all, he nodded to Sheng Weiqiao and said calmly: "No, it's not a big deal. I don't need to make such a big effort." Fighting, causing misunderstanding!"
Although her tone was a little annoyed, it was not a big deal after all. Sheng Weiwu was still young, so the princess said it in front of so many people and it was over.
After Sheng Weiqiao thanked him, he gave Zhao Taomei a grateful look.
At this time, Zhao Taoyi and Princess Huihe were pushed by everyone to take their seats at the head, and the others also took their seats respectively. Due to the official positions of their relatives in the family, Sheng Weiqiao and the other three were naturally placed at the back, almost sitting at the end of the table. , so Zhao Taoyuan couldn't tell her anything at that moment, so she just blinked and said she didn't need to care.
After they exchanged glances, they heard Princess Huihe narrate a few words about the situation to the people around her, and then slowly said: "It was very cold at that time, and we also know that his mother and concubine have been in poor health in recent years. It was great, so he originally planned to stay with her at home and not go out. But since he rejected sister Jingshu’s post, he decided to leave anyway.”
Hearing this, Huan Yehe said with a smile: "Those words seemed to give him face. Look at it, 80% of the time, the princess loves me. I thought that Princess Qingfang has been out of the cabinet for many years, and I am the only daughter who has been with her for many years." , I was afraid that I would get bored, so that’s why you took the initiative to persuade me to come over!”
Everyone agreed: "The princess is very filial, but how can the princess not feel sorry for the princess?"
In fact, there should be no problem with that. After all, Princess Huihe is not Princess Deping, the concubine of the royal palace who was born by Concubine Mo. She is the biological daughter of Princess Gaomi, and she is not the youngest child.
Ordinarily, it is reasonable that Princess Gaomi would not forget to care about her little daughter even if she was in poor health.
But because Sheng Weiqiao had not yet withdrawn his gaze from Zhao Taoyuan, he noticed that when Zhao Taoyuan heard words such as "The princess loves me", the corner of her mouth curled up, as if she was smiling, but it was clearly... mocking
She was surprised and looked at Princess Huihe consciously. She saw that the princess was not very happy at the same time. Instead, she frowned unconsciously. Then she seemed to realize that such a reaction was not good, and quickly let go. The eyebrows and the corners of the mouth were raised, showing a smile... That expression was obviously fake.
She didn't know if it was because she had doubts in her heart, but when Sheng Weiqiao looked at Princess Huihe again, he not only felt that her smile was very forced, but also revealed a bit of sadness
"The Gaomi Prince's Palace is really weird!" Sheng Weiqiao was puzzled. "The concubine Princess Deping has been living in Xinshou Palace for many years. She has a home and cannot return. At the age of twenty... well, she is twenty-one years old. She is very shameless. It can be said that he was influenced by his biological mother, Concubine Mo, when he left the court. However, even though his second son Rong Qingzui was seriously injured, he could be fostered in his family's Zhao Mansion. His first son, Nv Hui, and the princess changed their faces when they mentioned that their mother loved her. ... Oh, there is a third son who died in infancy, what happened to that family?!"
"Furthermore, as the niece of Princess Gaomi, Zhao Taomei obviously knows something, otherwise she wouldn't have shown that mocking smile just now... But in her situation, she seemed to be gloating and indifferent... That one Miss Zhao San doesn’t seem to be the kind of sarcastic person, so what kind of affair is there???”