The sound of rain continued, the mountain temple was cold, and there were constant pilgrims in Rao Shi Huguo Temple, but after the heavy rain in the past few days, it was all deserted.
Lu Qipei and Qi Yang are rarely free. Apart from the fixed time of chanting and praying for blessings, the rest of the day is very relaxed. Either drinking tea, enjoying the rain, or chatting with one another, half a day was spent in this leisure time.
This afternoon, Qi Yang and Lu Qipei sat by the window and played chess. The two sat opposite each other, and the two black and white pieces on the chessboard in front of them were criss-crossed, and they had filled most of the chessboard. Obviously, this game had been played for a long time.
Qi Yang held a sunspot and thought for a while, hesitating for a long time before he made a move.
Lu Qipei looked at her with a smile, took a sip from the tea cup in his hand, and turned his eyes a little, only to realize that the little dumpling watching chess had already fallen asleep on the armrest. After passing the Huguo Temple and his party, Lu Sheng was obviously closer to Qi Yang. So that you don't want to stick to it all the time. She's so well-behaved, she's not noisy or noisy when she's clinging to people, she just stares at you with big black eyes, and she has a hard heart.
Now Lu Sheng finally fell asleep from boredom, Lu Qipei was overjoyed, put down the tea cup, got up, picked her up, and then handed it out to the maid outside.
When he came back, he saw that the black spot in Qi Yang's hand was gone. Lu Qipei hurriedly went to see the chess game. It seemed that he couldn't find her move twice, so he had to ask, "Did Your Highness make a move before?"
Qi Yang, however, stirred the chess pieces in the box, shook his head and said, "It's too brain-consuming not to play with you."
Lu Qipei smiled when she heard the words, and went with her. He sealed the chess game and moved it away by himself. Then he sat down beside Qi Yang again: "If you don't play chess, you won't be able to. Then what do we do next?"
Qi Yang leaned slightly, rested his head on Lu Qipei's shoulder, and looked through the wide open window to see the fine raindrops falling outside: "This rain will never end. You said, Apei, we are hiding in this Huguo Temple. After leisure, can Beijing be so peaceful?"
Lu Qipei raised his hand and stroked her loose hair: "Don't worry, Your Highness, His Majesty's birthday is approaching, and there will be no trouble in Beijing."
Hearing this, Qi Yang grabbed her hand and looked at her sideways: "You know that's not what I said."
It has been two days since Lu Qipei came to Huguo Temple, and the two of them have been very leisurely these two days. Of course, this leisure is not only because the situation in Beijing is calm, but also because there is no one disturbed in the past two days - this is very unusual. Since Lu Qipei took over the power of the Lu family, news from all parties has been sent every day, but now it is continuous. There was no movement for two days, obviously it was not explained by the heavy rain blocking the road.
Qi Yang never asked about the power in Lu Qipei's hands, but Lu Qipei never avoided her when he was in trouble, including this trip to the bend, she also explained it to Qi Yang after her return. Because of this abnormality, Qi Yang was keenly aware of it.
The power that Lu Qipei only acquired after three years of hard work, will not scare everyone away because of those few words of temptation
Her Royal Highness was somewhat worried, but Lu Qipei, the party involved, didn't care. She stretched out her hand, took Qi Yang's whole body into her arms, and rubbed against the warm and fragrant nephrite jade before she said, "It's okay, it's only in the past two days, there should be news."
As soon as the words fell, the news from all parties came one after another without waiting for the two of her to return to Beijing.
Neither Qi Yang nor Lu Qipei could have imagined that a small wealthy household in the south of the Yangtze River had forces behind it that spread across almost the entire country of Liang. This is not something that one family or one generation can manage, and the Lu family was not just a wealthy family.
Lu Qipei flipped through all the letterheads he had sent, and after reading it, he was undecided, and handed it over to Qi Yang.
Qi Yang raised his eyebrows when he saw it, and then asked, "All of them are here to surrender. How much do these letters account for in the total?"
Lu Qipei stretched out his hand and made a "nine" gesture, and replied, "90% of the people who met me in Hequ this time, 90% of them have replied to me." After a short pause, he added, "There are also credible ones. Seven out of ten."
After all, there were actually quite a few people who were sincere. In the past three years, Lu Qipei had poached quite a lot of power from Qi Bo. By now, after Qi Bo knew her intentions, perhaps it was not that he did not want to restrain her, but that he had lost the ability to restrain her.
When Lu Qipei spoke, his face was calm and serious, but he only looked at Qi Yang with a vague sense of pride.
Qi Yang smiled slightly, hugged her, and praised: "A Pei is really amazing."
Two days later, the weather finally cleared up, and Qi Yang's fast at Huguo Temple ended.
After getting up in the morning, the servants packed their bags, and everyone had their last vegetarian breakfast in Huguo Temple, and then invited the Bodhisattva. In the end, Princess Qiyang's car, under the escort of a group of attendants, finally left the temple that had been lingering for a long time.
This time away from Beijing, it has been a little half a month, but everything is fine in the princess' mansion. Only the two masters came back, and a bunch of worship posts were collected from all parties. The disturbance of the King of Chu had just passed, and everyone was still alert. Even the content of the worship posts was three points more polite than before.
As soon as Qi Yang returned to Beijing, he was busy with these trivial matters for a few days, and then took time to enter the palace to visit the emperor and the prince. The emperor is as usual, and he is quite old and strong, and he doesn't care much about the upcoming 50th birthday. On the other hand, the prince, this time was not bad. Although the rain lasted for several days, it was summer after all, so he was careful not to fall ill again.
After visiting the two of them and getting the latest news of the court situation from the prince, Qi Yang left the palace and returned to his home. On the way, I met the eldest grandson, who was as obedient and courteous to her as ever.
The days that followed were very peaceful, except for the Yu Wei of the matter of the King of Chu, and as Lu Qipei said, the emperor's birthday was approaching, and no one dared to make trouble at this time.
Before you know it, the time has come to the middle of May, and the Emperor's Longevity Festival is finally approaching.
At this time, the Liang Kingdom occupied the Central Plains, with strong national strength, complete troops and horses, and ranked first among the countries in the Quartet. Because of Emperor Liang's 50th birthday, most of the small countries in the four directions sent envoys to Beijing to celebrate.
Qi Yang and Lu Qipei met the envoy Rong in their own princess mansion - the envoys sent by Rong Guo to Liang Guo this time were obviously more polite than four years ago. All have gifts.
Among the kings, except for the exiled King of Chu, everyone received a gift from the envoy, including the Prince's East Palace. Only Qi Yang was the first among the princesses.
Three or four years later, the newly built Rongguo has not recovered its vitality because of the war when the country was founded. There are not many good things on the grasslands of the Northland. This time, when the envoy came to visit, he sent two good horses, both white horses without a trace of variegation, and more than good-looking.
When the two tall horses were brought into the stables of the Princess' Mansion, the original horses in the stables subconsciously retreated a little, and did not dare to compete with the two horses, which shows that this alien is powerful.
Neither Qi Yang nor Lu Qipei were ignorant people. Seeing this scene, they also frowned inwardly. But this time, the envoy looked humble, and he didn't talk nonsense when he sent gifts. After a simple visit, he resigned.
After the people left, Qi Yang asked Lu Qipei, "Apei thinks, what does this horse mean?"
Lu Qipei looked at the white horse before approaching. This alien has a strong temper. Seeing that there is no meekness in the approach, he snorted at Lu Qipei, and he looked a bit fierce.
But Lu Qipei was not afraid of this, she stared at the two white horses for a while, and said, "This horse doesn't look abnormal, just keep it first. As for the alien species... Even if the envoy brought into the capital all these kinds of things. What can we say about the relative horse? Alien species are also unusual, so the grassland can't be full, right? It's nothing to deter."
After turning his head and seeing Qi Yang looking at her without a word, Lu Qipei smiled helplessly: "Okay, An Ning, don't be too arrogant. Rongguo is there, Xie Yuan is there, what should we do, let's see what we can do. "
It will never be the same as it was three years ago, not only can't do anything, but I don't even have the qualifications to enter the game.
Seeing her calm brows and eyes, Qi Yang was comforted by her words, and nodded lightly. Immediately remembering something, he frowned, and asked worriedly, "Will you contact these envoys of Rongguo again on Qi Bo's side?"
The events of that year are still fresh in my memory. Qi Bo can send the Rong envoy out of Beijing once, but it does not mean that there will be a second time. Since the incident, the emperor and the prince have realized that there is still a hidden force in the capital of the Rong Kingdom. Three or four. Tracking continued throughout the years. It's just that Qi Bo was cautious, plus there was no conflict between Liang and Rongguo in the past three years, and Qi Bo never made another move, so there was no flaw at all.
Qi Yang was very worried, afraid that Qi Bo could not think of what to do for a while, such as contacting Rong Envoy to plan something. When the emperor's people find out, Lu Qipei will be implicated, and their good days will come to an end.
Lu Qipei shook his head, and said firmly: "No. Qi Bo will not choose Xie Yuan unless it is a last resort." After speaking, he smiled: "Don't think too much, maybe this honorary envoy is just here to celebrate His Majesty's birthday. It's just that the current Rongguo can't stand the toss."
Seeing that she was determined and a little at ease, Qi Yang stopped talking. Later, I took the time to ask a few brothers, and found that the gifts that the kings received were all good horses of different breeds, even the Prince Donggong was no exception, so I was completely relieved.
What Qiyang didn't know was that one day, when Lu Qipei returned home from duty, he met the envoy Rong again on the way.
Envoy Rong still looked modest and polite, and when he saw Lu Qipei, he took the initiative to say hello to her. However, in order to avoid suspicion, the two of them didn't say much in public, they said hello and left. Only when the two of them parted and passed by, that Rong Envoy whispered in Lu Qipei's ear: "The concubine has a good appearance, but it looks familiar."
Lu Qipei was stagnant, and left without turning his head, as if he didn't hear anything. But she understood in her heart that Xie Yuan had already noticed her movements, and the appearance of Rong Envoy and the previous words were her warnings.
But a warning... If she was afraid of even warning, what would she do with this hand? !