The soldiers of the two battalions of the infantry have disappeared completely.
The streets were finally restored, and the surrounding vehicles and horses began to pass gradually. The passers-by and merchants who were blocked and dared not walk finally dared to walk along both sides of Changshun Street with a sigh of relief.
The eldest Princess Yongning stood tall in the car, watched for a while, stared at the group of Liu Jin who had gone away, her eyes narrowed, and she just said "Go back to the car", and then turned back.
Lu Jinxi also withdrew his gaze, and then re-entered the gentle and rich car.
"It's fortunate that you are still here today, otherwise it will be ugly at that time."
Leaning on the big lead pillow, Princess Yongning's long armor slid across the golden phoenix pierced on her cuff, and glanced at Lu Jinxi.
"You've lived in the house for a long time and don't walk outside. I'm afraid you still don't know the dangerous situation in the DPRK."
Only then did Lu Jinxi sit down long, and did not dare to lean against the wall of the car, but instead looked a little cautious and sat upright.
Hearing what Princess Yongning said, her heart moved slightly.
The eldest princess Yongning said: "The one in the white robe beside Liu Jin is the one who has been the most in the limelight these days and the one with the most troubles. His surname is Fang and Shaoxing. In the past, he was a young general beside your husband. He is brave and staunch, but also has a arrogant arrogance, which often makes the enemy stunned."
This point, you can see a thing or two by looking at the relaxed appearance of the other party playing with the blue steel sword.
Lu Jinxi nodded: "My niece just saw him standing next to Master Liu, but it seems that the relationship is very similar, and she is also thinking, if it weren't for the feelings handed over on the battlefield, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so thick, and she would feel injustice for this person. , making such a big thing happen."
Princess Yongning nodded, looking at her eyes, she couldn't help but change.
"You're also a smart person, and you weren't afraid in the scene just now. I just pulled you out, but it was just a stopgap measure, I just wanted to tell them to restrain themselves. I didn't expect your words to move Liu Jin. Such an obvious method, I didn't think about it for a while when I was in a rage just now."
"… "
These words came out of the mouths of others as a compliment, but from the mouth of Princess Yongning, they brought a bit of a taste that made Lu Jinxi's heart tremble.
She didn't dare to accept the compliment, so she lowered her head and said, "You took your niece out just now, and her niece was so frightened that she was talking nonsense. I didn't dare to think about what I said for a while, and now I still have it in my hand. It's sweat."
"You don't have to be humble, Mr. Lu has taught you very well, but you didn't suffer at home in the end, and your temperament is weaker after all. But it's a good thing now that you've come through it. "
Eldest Princess Yongning knew everything about Lu Shi's life experience and even her situation at home.
It's just that she didn't say much, and quickly pulled the topic back.
"The battle of Hanshan Pass has been over for many years. After the war, Fang Shaoxing continued to guard Hanshan Pass. He was a general of Hanshan Pass."
"Last year, the courtiers thought that when he was guarding, there was a lot of trouble on the border, which made all the Central Plains and Western Regions uneasy, so they wrote a letter together to ask him to return to the capital, and he enjoyed the good fortune at a young age. , as the envoy of Yun Hui."
"This is the guard next to the emperor. Once he has the emperor's green eyes, what high-ranking officials are there?"
"He's good. He is often seen flirting with the maids and officials around the emperor, and he has never been formal. The emperor knows that he is young and bloody, and I heard that when he was at the border, he was a romantic child in his bones, so he didn't mind. , I think he is a talent, and he will be able to restrain him soon."
Having said that, Princess Yongning glanced at Lu Jinxi and laughed.
Angry.
Lu Jinxi was already a little curious, and was slightly surprised: "As you say, the emperor loves talent and can't bear to blame him, isn't it good? How can the ministers refer to him?"
"Who told him to do something wrong?" Princess Yongning shook her head and sneered, "A few days ago, I heard that he really restrained a little bit. Unexpectedly, he was caught that night and made him frivolous. The maid next to the concubine, the girl is in her twenties, and she is about to be released from the palace when she is old. When this happened, she was unbearably humiliated and died in a well."
Lu Jinxi was surprised.
"You also know Wei Yi, and you know that it's a temper that can't be humiliated. She is favored in the palace, and even the queen is a little bit arrogant. How can I swallow this sigh of relief? I will look for it now. The emperor wants an explanation."
Princess Yongning's eyes flickered with a little sigh.
"I can't cover up such scandals. Within two days, everyone in the court and the public knew about it. Even if Fang Shaoxing is young and promising, he can't stand this life lawsuit, so the emperor has no choice but to remove him now. I haven't figured out a way to deal with it yet."
This…
Is there a reason for such twists and turns
But Lu Jinxi thought about it and felt that it was not quite right.
Liu Jin, the Admiral of the Nine Sects, she has not had much contact with.
Only because the other party had given her a centennial ginseng when she was seriously ill, which was particularly prominent on the gift list, that she remembered the name and deduced that the other party attached great importance to the General's Mansion.
That's why she only said that when she told Pan Quan'er to invite Guishou Zhang.
I just communicated with this person. Although there are not many words, I can know that this person has a clear mind and is not as rude as he seems.
And how can someone who has reached this position not even have the ability to distinguish right from wrong
But he happened to come out to toss like this, and he had to force Fang Shaoxing to get ahead...
It shouldn't.
Lu Jinxi looked at Eldest Princess Yongning, and had doubts in her heart, but did not ask.
Princess Yongning could see that she didn't ask, but she admired her smartness in the bottom of her heart, so she couldn't help but squinted and laughed, put her forehead lazily, and squinted at her porcelain white face.
"On the other hand, it looks like this. There is no secret in it, but there is no evidence of death."
"Fang Shaoxing is too young, and the edges and corners are too heavy. Although it is not as arrogant as Gu Juefei's back then, it is not far away."
After Lu Jinxi heard it, he hesitated: "But they are making trouble like this, won't something happen?"
And kneeling to her "Mrs. General" in the street, would it be too much
Princess Yongning was not worried at all.
Thinking of the changes in this group of people over the past six years, her eyes dimmed, and she only said: "They are smarter than you think. When Xue Kuang was still there, he was careful everywhere, for fear that Xue Kuang would be branded as the master of power. Head. Now that Xue Kuang is gone, I don’t have this worry, so I respect you a little more. You don’t have to be afraid, the emperor knows it all, and you know that these rude people are not happy.”
"Not happy?"
Lu Jinxi remembered the sentence that Princess Yongning had just mentioned when she said Fang Shaoxing, "The courtiers thought that when he was guarding, there was a lot of trouble on the border, which caused all the troubles in the Central Plains and Western Regions", and there was speculation for a while.
The answer of Princess Yongning also confirmed her guess, and she only gave three words: "Negotiated."
Negotiated...
Daxia and the Western Regions, after fighting for so many years, actually negotiated peace
Lu Jinxi became a little dazed, and said, "The soldiers in the infantry barracks that were all over the street just now, my niece looked dignified and tidy, not as loose as other capital garrison..."
"They're all from the Hanshan Pass battle."
Princess Yongning let out a long sigh, but she didn't want to say any more, she just said, "These are all matters of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with you. I tell you, just to make you feel more in your heart, lest he When we meet each day, we are blinded by both eyes."
"My niece can save it."
Lu Jinxi nodded, thoughtfully and respectfully thanked him.
At this time, the car had already entered Changshun Street, and it took about a minute or so.
After the incident just now, everyone knew that this car belonged to Princess Yongning, and that the general's wife, Lu Jinxi, was sitting in it, so everyone fled.
The eldest princess' car drove unimpeded and ran all the way.
After a short while, they had come to the end of the long street on the side of Tiehuangcheng. From a distance, they could see that the carriages and horses in front had stopped, and the officials in fancy clothes came down and greeted each other.
The two large stone lions on the north side of the street were squatting, and the three doors in the front were all opened.
Many servants were waiting outside, watching the invitations, receiving the stream of guests, and another person recording the gift list at the door.
"Princess, here we are."
The driver in black threw his whip and got out of the car, and waited beside the car.
Lu Jinxi was sitting outside, but at this moment she took the hand that the maid next to her handed over, and came out and stood aside for a while.
At this moment, the surroundings were quiet for a while.
One is because of the car driving, and the other is because of this master who got out from here—
Many people didn't witness what happened on Changshun Street just now, and the people who have been stuck here all wiped their eyes with fright: the facial features are so delicate, they seem to be gifted by God, and there are not many people in the capital. !
I was still in the car of the princess...
The identity of the person in front of him is self-evident!
It was the widow wife of General Xue Kuang!
Didn't she go out
Many people were surprised and couldn't help looking at each other.
Of course, Lu Jinxi also felt those gazes, and felt amused in his heart, but he felt as if he had come out of a zoo.
In the car, Princess Yongning has already leaned out.
The low stool had already been set up beside the car, but it was not any of the palace maids who just handed over to help her, but a cold-faced man standing beside him with his hands down.
Lu Jinxi was startled for a moment, her eyelids twitched.
However, Princess Yongning put her hand in his hands very naturally, and he helped him down steadily, and her feet fell to the ground.
He just said to him: "Lao you are the driver for me. Can you also go to the birthday banquet in the Grand Master's Mansion?"
"I still have to go back to the palace. It is not convenient to show up at the birthday banquet of the Grand Master's Mansion." The man's face did not change in the slightest, but he was still cold, and his voice was even more solemn, "I'm afraid I won't be able to go."
"Alright."
Princess Yongning didn't mind, but when she looked up and saw Lu Jinxi's gaze, she laughed for a while. He just waved his hand at will and let the man in black go, while he walked to Lu Jinxi's side, slightly ahead of him by two steps.
"He is the first-class bodyguard by the emperor's side. Ben Gong finds him pleasing to the eye, so he called him to be a coachman once, but he can't be considered wronged."
…
A first-class guard, a coachman.
Although Lu Jinxi saw that this man was extraordinary before, he didn't expect that he was actually a third-rank military officer, and only felt in a trance.
Listening to what Princess Yongning said, of course she didn't say anything and nodded in agreement.
Many people around saw the Yongning eldest princess, and those who were close to them all came forward to salute.
"Xiaguan greets the eldest princess."
"Greetings to the eldest princess."
"The eldest princess is here too, I'm relying on you a lot on the road."
…
Today's birthday banquet at the Grand Master's Mansion, it is rare to have the front door open.
Because there was the Taishi's wife, Mrs. Tang, who also held a banquet in the back garden, most of the officials who came and went brought their relatives, which seemed to be harmonious and lively.
Most of the people who came up to greet the eldest Princess Yongning were civil servants, and the women who stayed with them only saluted and didn't dare to say more.
Even though many people saw Lu Jinxi next to him, they were all surprised, but no one stepped forward to say hello.
After all, Princess Yongning is there. If you accidentally say the wrong thing and overstep, it will be a disaster.
Therefore, Lu Jinxi kept a bit of purity, and in this intensive chat, he went to the main entrance with the eldest princess Yongning.
"Ouch, Princess Yongning, you are here too!"
At the table where the gift list was recorded at the entrance, Wan Baochang, the chief butler of the Grand Master's Mansion, was wearing a light brown brocade round neck robe. When he saw someone coming, he immediately bent down to three points, his smile became more sincere, and he came forward to greet him in person.
Princess Yongning smiled and said, "It's rare for the old lady to hold a birthday banquet, and she is also half of my mentor. How dare I not come? But I didn't bring any generous gifts. Come, the gift list is here."
The palace maid who followed behind immediately presented an exquisite gift list and stepped aside, allowing the person behind to send the gift in as well.
Wan Baochang took it with both hands, respectfully, and only complimented: "Eldest Princess, you are here, even if you are empty-handed, our master will definitely welcome you, I'm afraid we will have a few more days of fun."
After he finished speaking, he handed over the gift list to the person below, and then hurriedly instructed the waiting servant.
"Come here quickly and lead the eldest princess inside."
"Don't worry, Ben Gong and his niece are here today, so we have to wait." Princess Yongning looked at Lu Jinxi and nodded.
Lu Jinxiyuan didn't fall behind, so she stepped up and handed over the invitation first.
Wan Baochang actually noticed Lu Jinxi just now, but Princess Yongning didn't speak, so it's not good to say hello.
He served as the chief butler of the Gu family for some years, and he was not the housekeeper in charge of internal affairs, but a long-sleeved and good dancer.
Therefore, today, it is only to stand at this door and personally greet the guests who are celebrating their birthdays from far and near, just to express the courtesy and grandeur of the Grand Master's Mansion.
After more than ten years of experience, Wan Baochang's pair of eyes are already extremely old.
There are hundreds of people entering and leaving the door today, and he can name each of them. Even the official rank and experience of the other party are clear.
When he heard Eldest Princess Yongning say "niece-in-law", he immediately knew the identity of the person in front of him. He didn't show any surprise on his face, and he also put on a smile, no different from when he welcomed Eldest Princess Yongning.
"Greetings to Mrs. General, you are also a rare guest. Master Ling Zunlu also came early in the morning. He is chatting with my master in the study, and the villain orders someone to help you spread the word."
Lord Lu...
That was Lu's father.
Lu Jinxi had thought about it before she came, so she was not surprised, but thanked the well-rounded butler: "That's really helpful to you, and I came here to meet you. This is today. gift receipt."
Having said that, he also called someone to bring it up.
A gift list is accompanied by two brocade boxes, one is long and narrow, one can see that it contains auspicious things such as jade Ruyi, and the other is a boxy box.
Wan Baochang didn't dare to look at Lu Jinxi very much. Even though she knew that she was amazingly beautiful, she only lowered her eyebrows and took the gift list.
His eyes swept along the brocade box held by the person next to him.
When he saw the special copper lock in front of the brocade box, his eyelids trembled, and he almost suspected that he was blind!
The eight long and narrow leaves stretched out in eight directions, in the shape of the leaf crown of the "Arena star" commonly found in drugstores, and at the center was the lock that could be opened with a twist.
Such a brocade box, with a lock of this shape, can only be found in the Huishengtang Medical Center in the east of the outer city!
At the beginning, the old lady and teacher Gu Chengqian always struggled with the problem of the old cold legs.
Even the emperor sent several famous doctors from the Taiyuan Hospital, who were called "medicine to cure the disease", but they were not optimistic. When the weather was cold, it was still painful, and he was always sweating in the house.
How could he, an elderly man, stand such torture
Wan Baochang once took the servants up and down the house, contacted the Xinglin Holy Hand all over the north and south of the river, and saw the old master one by one, but he was helpless.
In the end, he did everything possible to seek the return to Shengtang.
At the beginning, it was hard-hearted, hoping to impress this eccentric old doctor.
Unexpectedly, people rolled their eyes and drove them away, and when they didn't leave, they almost threw them with a pestle.
Afterwards, they thought, if it doesn't make sense, it's better to break the jar and smash it, give gold and silver, Xu senior officials come here, give whatever they want, even in the winter, a group of people knelt to the door of Huishengtang for him, just begging Zhang Yuanzhi Be soft-hearted and see the old lady once.
In the end, the only response to them was a pot of warm foot-washing water...
Wan Baochang will never forget that smell in this life.
Now that he saw the Tiannan star pattern lock that had been branded in his heart and hated for several years, he couldn't even react.
Seeing that the ignorant little servant was about to put this brocade box together with many brocade boxes, Wan Baochang actually shouted out of his composure: "Silly things! Can that be placed in disorder?"
This sudden sound really shocked many people.
Even Lu Jinxi and Princess Yongning, who had already been led to the gate after handing over the gift list, were taken aback.
At this time, Wan Baochang realized his gaffe, and coughed quickly, but said to the surrounding: "It's okay, it's okay, let's teach the ignorant servants."
Although the crowd was strange, they didn't ask much.
Princess Yongning glanced at the box, showed a clear smile, and brought Lu Jinxi into the door, bypassing the front shadow wall.
"You're really capable. You know, Taishi Gu has a leg problem, and he hasn't invited Guishou Zhang in thirteen years."
Thirteen years
Lu Jinxi was stunned for a moment. He only felt that although Guishou Zhang had a bad temper, it wasn't that the big family invited him to watch it. He just complained a little more.
Grand Master Gu had a high position in the court, but he was also a good official for the people.
The court and the public, the people inside and outside, when they mention it, there are many words of praise, the ghost hand Zhang Lian is in charge of the general's mansion, and he will not ignore Gu Taishi for thirteen years, right
She originally thought that the Taishi Mansion had never invited it.
Unexpectedly, it was Guishouzhang who was invited, and they didn't go.
The kindhearted...
Lu Jinxi frowned, "Ghost Zhang... That's not the case, is it?"
"Who knows?"
Princess Yongning shook her head.
"Anyway, everyone said that it must have been the Taishi's mansion that offended him. Although this person is highly skilled in medicine, he is a man who must be vindictive. It seems that he once said that the 'Tanding into Mu' promoted by Taishi Gu in his early years forced his family to death. There are two people, so even if the old lady was in pain, he wouldn't go to the doctor. He also said, 'What are you afraid of when it hurts, it only takes half your life'."
It is a decree that is beneficial to the people at the bottom who are farming.
Lu Jinxi still knew this.
This isn't going to kill anyone, is it? Only those who occupy a lot of fields will donadine silver, and it is not unaffordable.
"Doctor Zhang, is it possible that you just don't want to treat and make up excuses at will?"
Listen, why do you feel so uneasy
Princess Yongning could only sigh: "It doesn't matter if he made it up or not, anyway, just don't deal with Gu Taishi. You have the ability to ask for medicine from him now, which is the first time in history, or you have the ability. …”
Princess Yongning has praised her several times along the way.
Lu Jinxi couldn't help but think about whether he did a good job in this matter or whether he passed it, and he could only say: "It's just a random thought, it's up to you to point it out. I hope the old lady will get better after using the medicine."
After she finished speaking, she thought of Pan Quan'er.
This matter is due to the efforts behind him.
Wasn't Guishou Zhang unwilling to give it at first
Such a difficult thing, the Grand Master's Mansion could not do it, and he, a servant with no status and no status, actually did it. Thinking about it, it's kind of incredible.
Lu Jinxi pondered, if he was really impressed by his ability, he would give him a high look. It's just that I didn't have time to inquire about the situation before, so I don't know more specific details now.
She turned her thoughts around in her heart, and stopped talking, and only went inside with Princess Yongning.
When Princess Yongning had always dealt with officials in the DPRK and China, she did not go to the backyard to entertain female guests, but in the front hall. So he separated from her when he reached the fork in the road, and said only: "You relax and go to the banquet. After a while, you will definitely invite a troupe to sing, and we will come at that time. You can pay attention to see if you can see it. Shangyan likes it. On the other hand, if something happens, just send someone to come back to me."
Lu Jinxi was ashamed to hear this.
Is this asking her to take the opportunity of watching a play to find a "next home"
She couldn't respond well, so she could only respond, and after thanking her, another little girl with double buns led her into the back garden.
At the gate of the mansion, there are still people coming and going.
Wan Baochang, the big butler who lost his temper, reacted early and only told the servant to put the box aside and open it by himself.
There is a prescription in it and several medicines, and even the doctor's order.
This handwriting is in a mess, and it looks like the ghost who told him to drink foot wash!
For a while, Wan Baochang felt that his old heart was jumping up, and he couldn't help but want to tear it apart while holding the doctor's order, like tearing up the face of that bastard!
It's hatred and joy!
This feeling is really complicated.
He stood at the door for a while before he came to his senses and said, "I have to take it to see the master once. You can take care of the guests' affairs at the door first, and then go and ask the housekeeper Bai Baosheng to come and hold him down. hurry up!"
After he finished speaking, he didn't even look at the reaction of the servants, so he took the brocade box and walked all the way into the front yard. He ran along the hand porch, and an old heart jumped. Finally, he arrived at the imperial court. Teacher Gu Chengqian's study outside.
Gu Chengqian is nearly sixty years old, his temples are white, and he wears a brocade round neck robe. He is sitting on a chair against the wall in the study, drinking tea and talking with Lu Jiuling, the current Minister of Rites and Cabinet Bachelor.
The two have been classmates and friends for decades, and they are Jinshi in the same department. Although their official positions are different, they have always had an excellent relationship.
After returning from the Jokhang Temple that night, Gu Chengqian's legs were so painful that he couldn't go to the ground, and he couldn't even go to court.
The weather has gotten warmer these past few days, and his legs seem to be much better.
Seeing the snow outside, it disappeared little by little, and even the mood seemed to have some changes.
It's just that Gu Chengqian couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.
The news passed down by the abbot Shangjueyuan at the Jokhang Temple is clear to him, and he knows that there are countless eyes, and Baba is attached to the snow-green top.
But what can be done
As a father, he can only be like all outsiders, in the uncertain answer, hesitant, tossing, expecting, and even...
fear.
"Master Gu? Master Gu?"
Lu Jiuling, who was talking to Gu Chengqian, saw him in a trance, and finally shouted twice.
Gu Chengqian's eyes were recovered from the little begonia flower bud that was poking out of the branch outside the window, and he sighed: "I'm old, and I'm lost again. Brother Lu, what did you just ask me?"
"I didn't ask you anything."
When Lu Jiuling saw him, a man in his fifties, he was even more embarrassing than the old man in his waning years outside. He also had mixed feelings. Thinking of his daughter who had been wronged in many ways in the General's Mansion, his heart was full of mixed feelings.
He only said: "It's the housekeeper Wan outside, saying that he wants to see you."
Wanbaochang
Gu Chengqian's recovered appearance is already calm, but he is just holding his knee with one hand and resting the other hand on the smooth armrest of the red sandalwood inlaid enamel armchair. Come see me, guest. Pass him in."
Wan Baochang, who had been waiting outside for a long time, then bowed in, gave a salute, held up the brocade box in his hand, and said, "Master, today the madam of the General's House has brought you a birthday present. , is a prescription for expelling cold, dehumidifying and relieving pain from Huishengtang, please take a look!"