"Is that good news?" After a long time, everyone gradually calmed down, and Huan Yehe broke the silence. She smiled softly, and looked at the people in the seats one by one. She looked happy, but her eyes were cold, and she said , "We have to go to Duke Zheng's mansion to say congratulations when we turn around!"
"He won't join in the fun!" Hearing this, Zhao Taomei raised her eyebrows and said crisply, "Please, sister Jingshu, I will go over and congratulate Meng Shishi at that moment, and he will go back first!"
After saying that, he stood up and nodded to Huan Ye, intending to say goodbye.
Huan Yehe immediately said: "Is he going to ask for it? It's not like he said that Ma is going... Didn't he just say that? He will go later! After all, not to mention that he is holding a banquet there for entertainment. Everyone, how can you say that you should throw away the guests and go to their house to be a guest yourself? Furthermore, Meng’s fourteenth sister had just accepted Yi’s order at that time. The Meng family is not a rich family, so they must be asking for a conversation at this moment. Do it? If the outsider is banging on the door now, can you please disturb me?"
Zhao Taoyi then walked back, dusted off the light purple-bottomed fairy skirt she was wearing, and said with a slight smile: "Then he will continue to bother me!"
Upon seeing this, Sheng Weiqiao secretly said that Zhao Taomei was smart, because among the girls present, there were only a few whose families were in favor of King Gaomi, so they would not go to Zheng Guogong's Mansion to congratulate her.
However, the family's stance was in favor of the Meng family. After hearing the news, many people showed their thoughts, whether they planned to leave immediately and rush to Zheng Guogong's mansion to show their faces.
That can't be blamed on their power. After all, since they have chosen to be the vassal of the Meng family, the Meng family has such a happy event... There is a queen in the family, even if there is no successor, even if everyone knows that the successor is basically unfavorable, but the scene Now, it's all a happy event. At such a moment, a vassal should act like a vassal.
However, although the Yongyi House is neutral, if those girls leave now, it will at most ruin the reputation of Yongyi House and Huan Yehe, but it is wrong for the people on the Gaomi King's side, because at this moment, Gaomi If there is no such "good news" from Wang's side, it will inevitably appear that he has fallen behind.
At that time, Zhao Taoyi retreated and asked Huan Yehe to say something about the continuation of the banquet. Even though those people close to the Meng family would definitely disapprove later, they were still girls in their teens who had not yet left the court. In front of a group of people, Huan Yehe all said the reason, "Now that Meng Shiqi wants to talk to Meng Shishi about herself, it would be considerate of those outsiders to go later." I have the impression of being particularly flattering to Mengshi.
Most girls of that age are not that thick-skinned, so they looked at each other and hesitated for a while, but they all acquiesced in Liu Donglai.
Of course, at that time, Liu Donglai was inevitably thinking about it and was a little absent-minded.
Fortunately, Huan Ye understood what was going on. After saying a few words, he announced that the banquet would start in advance: "It's spring that day, but it's actually very cold! We are all acquaintances, even if there are a few strangers coming tomorrow. , as the saying goes, once is born, twice is familiar! After talking for so long, everyone has gotten to know each other... Let’s not play with the nonsense, and quickly teach people to get the antique pot. The hot food we eat will just keep the cold away. !”
Because some people don't eat mutton, Huan Yehe had someone prepare a beef-free soup, a milky red soup made from large bones, chopped green onions, and sprinkled with wolfberries. Just looking at it will tempt your appetite. Then, rinse the paper-thin slices of fish, red and tender tofu, and vegetables that are rare at that time, pick them up and put them into a bottom plate made of sesame oil and beef sauce. Originally, I was very worried about the people who had left early. Dong Dong consciously walked upright, and Dong consciously picked up the toothpicks.
Bu Nao, even though the cook in Yongyi's house is very good at cooking, and the host Huan Yehe is also very good at hospitality, after the meal, the attitude of the family is more Meng's side, and the girls can't help but find excuses to leave quickly. .
Naturally, Huan Yehe would not deliberately entertain guests. After all, she herself asked to go to Zheng Guogong's Mansion to congratulate Meng Bijun... Did everyone know this well? Zhao Taomei, Princess Huihe and other people from the Gaomi King's side also I didn't want to stay at Yongyi Bo's Mansion, so I said goodbye as well.
When Sheng Weiqiao and other pedestrians saw this, they wouldn't wait any longer.
Just when they were leaving, Huan Yehe saw the guests off at the door and, using the time to shut up, pinched Sheng Weiqiao's leg.
Sheng Weiqiao felt a small ball of paper in the palm of his hand, and remained silent at that time. When he got to the carriage, he saw that the curtain had been moved to the east, so he took it out and opened it, only to find Luo Zidai holding a snail on top and hurriedly writing a line of words, "No" The address of a nearby teahouse.
"Is County Master Jingshu going to ask him to meet there?" Sheng Wei asked Qiao Xin, "What else does she want to do with him?"
Because she didn't think about whether to beg or not, she immediately went to congratulate Meng Bijun. After thinking about it, she showed the note to Xu Caikui and said, "He doesn't know what the county chief means, but since he made an appointment with him , he thought it would be a good idea to go over and have a look, what do I think?"
Xu Caikui also felt baffled, and thought for a while and said: "Maybe she has news about the Meng family or the King of Gaomi and wants to tell us secretly? Isn't it true that the Gaomi Palace and the Meng family's second wife are plotting against my sister? Is the Lord Jingshu here? Chang'an has many contacts and is always well-informed. No matter how good a person you are, you may know something. Can you please tell us? In the small gathering just now, there were people from the King of Gaomi and the Meng family, so it is not convenient for her to tell."
When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, he thought: "The reputation of County Master Jingshu among the ladies of Chang'an is really good. It's no wonder that she is so well-fed."
She felt a little bit dumbfounded because she had made up a temporary excuse to hide her impatience with Princess Qingfang. Unexpectedly, in the imagination of Nan's mother and daughter, it turned out to be Huan Ye's contract to see her. explained.
After a while, they arrived at the tea house, looked for a private room and left. Not long after, Huan Yehe wearing a curtain hat pushed the door open and came in.
Seeing that Xu Caikui was there, she was not polite and said bluntly: "Sister Caikui, he has something urgent to ask, please tell Miss Sheng San. Can you please invite me to go next door for a walk?" She shut up and glanced at Gongsun Ying. Jiang and Sheng Weiwu, "Neither Miss Shengba nor Miss Ying Jiang."
Hearing this, the three of them all looked at Sheng Weiqiao, and when they saw her nodding, they stood up and avoided it.
"He was immediately begging to go to the Duke of Zheng's Mansion. He had no time to stay any longer, so he said so directly." When Huan Ye saw that everyone had gone out, and he came from the east, he said in a low voice and hastily, "On the month of Meng Shishi's birthday banquet... I and I What did my niece do after she entered the cave?"
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned when he heard this and asked instead, "Why do I ask that?"
"Zheng Guogong's favorite concubine was very coquettish. His daughter Meng Lijiang died in an unknown way. Do I know the cause of their death?" Huan Yehe narrowed his eyes, looked at her expression, and said, "Well, it seems that I also Got it? That’s right, he was killed by Sheng Suihe!”
"Shouldn't I be in a hurry to go to Zheng Guogong's Mansion to congratulate Miss Meng Shisi?" Sheng Weiqiao frowned, "At that time, he ran over vigorously and resolutely. What does it mean to say something like that?"
Huan Yehe glanced at her speechlessly: "What was I thinking? Did I think he wanted to harm me?!"
Such a sentence could not dispel Sheng Weiqiao's suspicion of wronging her: "Doesn't he understand the purpose of what I said?"
"Do I know why Jiaoyu is so favored by Duke Zheng that even Mrs. Xiang, the serious Mrs. Zheng, has to be angry with her, and Meng Lijiang is not the jewel that Duke Zheng has held in his lap for more than ten years. "Why did their mother-in-law die so miserably and at such a sensitive time... The Duke of Zheng's government quickly took the initiative to cover up the matter?" Huan Yehe took a deep breath and said, " This is not only because the Meng family is planning a successor, but also because they, including the Queen Mother, all believe that the prince Meng Boqin of Zheng Guogong did this matter! And Meng Boqin's position in the Meng family, whether emotional or not, The current power is very important! As for the coquettish words, he has always been wrong to please him, and he has no ambition to rely on pampering! "
Sheng Weiqiao said in shock: "What's going on?!"
"I came to Chang'an for a short period of time and don't go out much, so I don't know!" Huan Yehe said with a cold face, "In the month of Meng Shisi's birthday, don't I think many things are weird? She obviously has already She was kidnapped into a cave, but the people who caught her did not say anything. Later, she went to the small xuan where we were to clean up. It took such a long time before anyone came to pick her up. Even if she usually I don’t like handing over, but since it was her birthday that day, the banquet at Zheng Guogong’s Mansion was hosted by her alone...at least in name! So where is she? Before the banquet was over, she left the hall full of guests and ran to the palace to see the Queen Mother! I Don’t you think that she was frightened by the experience in the cave and went to the Queen Mother simply for help?”
"What do I mean, that day in the Duke Zheng's mansion, it was not only Madam Xiang and Jiaoyu who were fighting, but also the Crown Prince Zheng's legs were sandwiched between them?" Sheng Weiqiao thought for a moment and said, "No, they stopped Aunt Jiaoyu. Are you going to send someone to the cave to catch the traitor?"
Seeing Huan Ye nodded together, she sighed, "So, that morning, Jiaoyu and Meng Lijiang died. Meng thought that it was Meng Boqin who did it?"
"Otherwise?" Huan Ye snorted, "Meng Boqin is the only male heir of Zheng Guogong's original wife. His status in the Meng family has always been similar to that of your father in the Sheng family, and he has always been favored and protected by his elders. Say something. To put it bluntly, the reason why Mrs. Xiang was able to become a first-class wife as a female official, please thank him! Please do not say no! The Queen Mother was afraid that Zheng Guogong's step-in-law was too high-born, surpassing Meng Boqin's biological mother, and wronged Meng Boqin. What's the disadvantage? Even if he wants to marry Mrs. Xiang to Duke Zheng, he can't let her be his wife. So no matter how much Duke Zheng dotes on Jiao Yu and Meng Lijiang, if the mastermind who killed them is not Meng Boqin, then Duke Ji of Wei will remain silent. of."
"Not only the Duke, but also the Queen Mother will suppress the matter. Don't make it public!"
Her expression suddenly turned ugly, "The question is, although Meng Boqin is not in Chang'an, are there any of his people in Chang'an? If he really wanted to kill Jiaoyu and Meng Lijiang, how could those people not know? Those people realized that the Queen Mother Regarding the misunderstanding with Zheng Guogong, do they not doubt it and try to find out the truth?"
When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, his heart sank and he said, "Then I ask him what he and Ying Jiang did in the cave that day...?"