Niu Youdao raised his hand and touched his forehead. It was the first time that someone from Shang Chaozong dared to do this to him.
Just a servant, the prince's concubine spoke again, and several guards immediately came like wolves and tigers.
However, the leading guard noticed something was wrong and thought Niu Youdao looked familiar. Seeing Niu Youdao's calm look, his heart trembled suddenly and he called out urgently to stop him: "Stop!"
Someone among the guards had already reached out and pressed down on Niu Youdao. The leading guard waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't be rude!"
The two beauties frowned and looked at the leader.
A monk from Dazen Mountain appeared in the distance. They were startled by the two beauties saying "Come". However, after seeing that it was Niu Youdao, they did not come over. They just watched from a distance and were a little curious about Niu Youdao. What does it mean to look like a servant
The leading guard stepped forward and tried to ask Niu Youdao, "Are you Taoist?"
Niu Youdao looked at his clothes and asked, "Can you still recognize me when you are dressed like this?"
He thought it was a bigger deal, but he didn't expect to be recognized.
The leading guard immediately broke into sweat and hurriedly handed over his hand to apologize, "Master Tao, it's our fault that we were blind."
Master Tao, there are still a few Tao masters in this palace. Many people have admired him for a long time, but have never seen him. They only heard that he came yesterday.
In fact, Niu Youdao and Shang Chaozong didn't live together much. Most of the time, they lived separately from Shang Chaozong. Niu Youdao didn't make much public appearances with Shang Chaozong.
If they were the old people around Shang Chaozong and the personal guards who followed him from the capital, they would definitely know Niu Youdao when they saw him.
After all these years, it is impossible for those personal guards to stay with Shang Chaozong as personal guards until they grow old.
Some of those personal guards were killed, and when it was time for Shang Chaozong to employ people, most of them had already been promoted and were sent to serve as officials in various places in Nanzhou. They controlled the subordinates for Shang Chaozong, and they were all confidant officers under Shang Chaozong.
Only a small number of people are still responsible for the palace's security affairs. These people are now prominent figures in the palace. If they leave the palace, everyone on the ground in Nanzhou will have to give some face, and they are unlikely to guard the garden. This way.
In short, those old people who followed Shang Chaozong finally followed the wrong person, and the price paid was worth it. They all followed Shang Chaozong and the tide rose.
The farther the Shang Chaozong goes and the higher they climb, the better their future will be. If the Shang Chaozong falls, they will be the first to be purged. Their interests are tied together, so they are all die-hard loyalists of the Shang Chaozong.
The two beauties were shocked, Master Dao? Could this be Niu Youdao
The two of them have never met before, and they never have the chance to meet each other. For example, at yesterday's banquet, they were not qualified to attend.
Although they are all women from the Shang Dynasty clan, the main wife is the main wife, and the concubines are the concubines. The title determines many things.
What is a title? In short, it makes sense!
In a formal occasion, no matter whether you are good-looking or not, the person who is on an equal footing with the distinguished guests must be the hostess. People with status will definitely pay attention to this, and concubines can only be used as foils in informal situations.
What's more, the two of them are not actually Shang Chaozong's concubines. Although they are almost the same as Shang Chaozong's concubines, Shang Chaozong has not officially married after all.
For Shang Chaozong, his sights are not limited to Nanzhou. He is not yet in the time to take concubines for pleasure, and the influence will be bad.
But this is what the two women strive for.
Knowing that this person might be the person behind the legendary prince, the two of them came over in a panic. Yu Niang tried to ask uneasily, "Are you Niu Youdao, Master Dao?"
Niu Youdao: "I don't dare to be a Taoist, but I am Niu Youdao. I have never seen you two in the palace before. May I ask who you are?"
The two girls felt like they were about to cry. Why are you, such a big shot, wearing the clothes of a servant? He quickly said, "Yu Niang, Wan Niang, pay your respects to Master Tao."
"Yu Niang, Wan Niang?" Niu Youdao muttered suspiciously, seeming a little confused. He turned around and asked the leading guard, "I haven't heard of it. Who is it?"
The leading guard was also embarrassed. It was a bit difficult to explain. She was said to be the prince's concubine but it didn't count. He hesitated and reminded, "The prince's people are two young ladies."
"Oh!" Niu Youdao suddenly realized, "That's quite offensive."
"No, no, it was my humble concubine who offended the Taoist Master." The two women hurriedly apologized.
Niu Youdao ignored him and said to the leading guard: "Please ask the princess to come over."
"Yes!" The leading guard ran away quickly and quickly informed Feng Ruonan to go.
After a while, Feng Ruonan arrived and saw Niu Youdao and the two frightened women together. He didn't know what happened, so he stepped forward to greet him.
Niu Youdao also told what happened just now and apologized to Feng Ruonan, the hostess.
Feng Ruonan couldn't talk about those two women, so he didn't say much to express his position. Instead, the two beauties apologized again and again.
Seeing this situation, Feng Ruonan's attitude left Niu Youdao with nowhere to exert his strength. Niu Youdao didn't say anything more, and lost interest in continuing to wander in the garden, so he left.
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In the small courtyard, Meng Shanming propped up his arms on his wheelchair and exercised his arm strength.
Luo Daan brought a bucket of hot water from outside, quickly came to the wheelchair, and reported: "Master, something happened. I heard that there was a conflict between the two concubines of the Taoist Master and the Prince in the garden just now, and the Prince and Mr. Lan We have already rushed there after hearing the news, do you want to go and have a look?"
Meng Shanming slowly relieved his arm and sat back in the wheelchair. He was silent for a moment and shook his head, "I won't go. You go and find out what's going on."
"Okay!" Luo Daan nodded and ran away. Young people like to have fun and are interested in this kind of thing.
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When Niu Youdao slowly wandered back to the guest house, Guan Fangyi was reminiscing with Shang Shuqing.
Seeing Niu Youdao coming back dressed like this, Shang Shuqing was surprised, and Guan Fangyi was even more delighted, "I said, Master, what kind of drama are you acting in?"
"Don't mention it." Niu Youdao waved his hand.
The three of them walked to the pavilion and just sat down when Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting were already walking over in a hurry.
Seeing the people in the pavilion, the two people came quickly. Shang Chaozong was surprised and said: "Master Tao, why are you dressed like this?"
Niu Youdao smiled bitterly: "When I came back here, I found that the governor's mansion was quite big, so I walked around. I was impatient with the endless politeness along the way, so I asked the servants in the mansion to get some clothes to change into, but accidentally It’s really embarrassing to bump into the prince’s woman in the garden!”
Shang Shuqing's face was full of surprise, what happened
Guan Fangyi glanced at Niu Youdao with a half-smile.
The people here have already heard about the matter, otherwise they would not have come. Shang Chaozong said hurriedly: "Master Tao is serious. Master Dao did not offend him in any way. It was the two of them who did not know Master Dao and made rude remarks that offended Master Dao. Master Dao Don't take it personally, I'll let the two of them apologize."
We have been waiting for Niu Youdao to come, but finally he came, only to be taught a lesson by two unreliable women here. What the hell is this
"Don't dare!" Niu Youdao waved his hand to stop him, "I can see it. Even the princess didn't dare to say a word in front of the two of them just now. How can I have a temper? I'm surprised. I know the princess's temperament. , I think back then even the prince dared to beat her up, and those two people who could intimidate the princess’s temper must not be easy to mess with, and nothing will happen to her, so let’s forget it.”
Hearing that her sister-in-law did not dare to say anything in front of the two women, Shang Shuqing pursed her lips and looked sideways at her brother.
Guan Fangyi had a faint smile on her lips.
Lan Ruoting, who was here to help ease the situation, also fell silent. It was not easy for outsiders to interfere in this kind of family matter.
Shang Chaozong looked embarrassed, "Master Tao, it's not that serious. I'll let them come over now."
Niu Youdao waved his hand again, "Your Majesty, stop looking for trouble. Women are petty. The way you two look at me is wrong. They hide murderous intent! If you bring them together again and lose face, this feud will be over." Now, once they gain power in the future, I don’t know what will happen. I can’t afford to offend them, so I’ll stop if I can, so let’s forget it!”
Even the word "hidden murderous intent" came out, which shocked Shang Chaozong and others.
"Huang Lie should be arriving soon. I'm going to change my clothes and meet someone." Niu Youdao turned around and left the pavilion, heading into the house.
Guan Fangyi bowed slightly, smiled apologetically at the others, and followed.
Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting left in silence.
After such an incident happened, Shang Shuqing did not stay any longer to find out what was going on.
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In the courtyard, Meng Shanming poured hot water to wash his face. Luo Daan, who was inquiring about the news, did not come back. Lan Ruoting, who had separated from Shang Chaozong, did come, sighing.
"What's wrong? It feels like I'm going to die." Meng Shanming asked with a hot towel on his face.
"Something happened..." Lan Ruoting explained the situation.
With the towel in his hand crumpled into a ball, Meng Shanming asked, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Lan Ruoting smiled bitterly: "What else can it mean? Master Dao mentioned his friendship with the princess in front of Huang Tong yesterday, and this happened this morning. Master Dao said he was impatient with the courtesy of the people in the house and changed his servant. He accidentally bumped into the prince's woman in the garden, Meng Shuai, do you believe it? The prince is not stupid, the Taoist master is clearly supporting the princess! Just because it is the prince's family matter, he does not want to talk about it. It’s just clear.”
"We can't say anything about this kind of thing. Let the prince take care of it himself." Meng Shanming sighed.
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Shang Chaozong walked into the hall and sat down.
Two beauties, Yu Niang served tea, and Wan Niang asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, did the Taoist Master not say anything?"
Shang Chaozong had no expression on his face and said nothing.
Yuniang said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, we didn't actually say anything. We really didn't know each other at first. We sisters have never seen him before. He was wearing the clothes of a servant. It was difficult not to misunderstand him. We all apologized." , What else does he want to do?"
Wan Niang also helped: "We are the prince's women after all, and we have nothing to do. If he doesn't finish it, he will be too disrespectful to the prince."
Shang Chaozong turned around and looked at her coldly, then stood up and left.
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Feng Ruonan actually didn't understand what happened. It wasn't until Shang Shuqing came to ask that she realized that Niu Youdao was deliberately looking for trouble and came to support her. She really didn't expect that Niu Youdao could go out of his way to support her now. I was really touched that I spent so much thought on her and cried silently.
Shang Shuqing hugged her head and cried together, "Sister-in-law, why are you so stupid? Why didn't you tell me if something happened?"
It was only after listening to Niu Youdao that she realized that Feng Ruonan, as the royal princess, did not even dare to speak in front of the two women.
Even Niu Youdao, an outsider, found out and came to stand out. She, who had been with her sister-in-law for a long time, looked like a fool.
In the past, I only thought that my sister-in-law couldn't let go of her grudges with the Feng family, but now I realized that my sister-in-law had suffered so much injustice silently, which made her so remorseful that she burst into tears.