A few days after Pei Wenxuan's arrest, Concubine Rou received a secret letter from Su Rongqing. She glanced at Su Rongqing's secret letter and frowned.
Cui Yulang was teaching King Su how to draw. Seeing that Concubine Rou seemed annoyed, he couldn't help asking, "What troubles do you encounter, Niangniang?"
"You said," Concubine Rou hesitated and asked Cui Yulang, "Can you be assured of Pei Wenxuan's work?"
When Cui Yulang heard the words, he quickly glanced at the letter in Concubine Rou's hand and guessed a few points. It should be someone who told Concubine Rou that Pei Wenxuan's actions were inappropriate. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, let's see the result. Isn't that right? As long as Pei Wenxuan uses it well, what is the lady worried about?"
Concubine Rou didn't speak, Cui Yulang took the boiled water from the side, poured it into the teapot, and said slowly: "Anyway, Pei Wenxuan is in the hands of the goddess. After all, he is not the inspector. Anyway, the people in the court have their own positions, and the empress is the one who moves the family." Cui Yulang poured the tea into the small tea bowl one by one, looked up at Concubine Rou, and smiled softly, "After all, someone can't stand it anymore."
After listening to Cui Yulang's words, Concubine Rou thought for a while.
Pei Wenxuan was inextricably linked to peace and happiness, she couldn't believe it, but Su Rongqing came from an aristocratic family, and now the change of the imperial examination system is clearly intended to weaken the family, so can Su Rongqing believe it again
"You should go back to your lord," Concubine Rou raised her eyes to look at the person who sent the message, and said indifferently, "Bengong has his own thoughts, thank you lord for reminding me."
When the messenger got the word, he immediately sent the news back to Su Mansion.
Su Rongqing was drinking tea in the courtyard, and when he heard the news from Concubine Rou, his expression remained unchanged and he stared at the tea soup in the bowl.
Su Zhizhu, the attendant beside him, couldn't help frowning: "Young Master, Concubine Rou doesn't listen to persuasion like this, then..."
"It's okay."
Su Rongqing raised her hand to stop Su Zhizhu's words, held up the teacup, and only asked, "Is the arrangement ready for the northwest side?"
"arranged."
Su Zhizhu's voice was calm: "Everything is done according to the instructions of the adults."
"Well." Su Rongqing nodded, her expression calm, "Then don't worry about it."
"But Concubine Roufei..."
"She wants to die," Su Rongqing turned to look at Su Zhizhu, "Isn't it better?"
Su Zhizhu was stunned for a while, and Su Rongqing changed the question: "Who is the aide by her side today?"
After hearing the question, Su Zhizhu reacted and said, "It's Cui Yulang."
"Let people stare at him." Su Rongqing took a sip of tea, "You don't have to do the rest."
Su Rongqing didn't bother, Pei Wenxuan had a good time. After he helped Concubine Rou to send all the people of Shangguan's family to the supervisory department, Concubine Rou's reputation in Huajing was unprecedentedly high.
This noble concubine who came from a commoner was not afraid of the powerful and asked for orders for the people. Suddenly, Concubine Rou and King Su became famous, and there were vague supporters of King Su in the countryside.
With prestige, Concubine Rou also began to withdraw, after all, she just wanted to eradicate dissidents, not really asking for the people's life.
At that time, people from various families flocked to Su Wang's mansion in an endless stream. The children of the aristocratic families who looked down on her on weekdays bowed down to her, spoke kindly, and the gold and silver treasures flowed in like flowing water. But it is somewhat difficult to control.
When they were in a good mood, they couldn't help but think about Pei Wenxuan, thinking that this person was indeed a good one.
Concubine Rou was thinking about how to stabilize Pei Wenxuan on her side. Hua Le thought about it and couldn't help but say, "Then why don't you marry Sister Wei to him."
When Concubine Rou heard this, she turned her head with a bit of surprise on her face.
Hua Le suddenly felt that he seemed to have said something wrong, and quickly said: "I'm joking, don't punish me."
"What are you punishing for?" Concubine Rou thought for a while, and couldn't help but laugh, "I think your idea is good."
Concubine Rou said, thinking about it: "If you can't marry a prince, it should be of some use."
The arrogance of Concubine Rou's mother and daughter also fell into Li Rong's ears to some extent. Li Rong was confined at home and listened to these things as a pleasure.
Concubine Rou was favored, so she told Li Ming that she was tired, so she was spared the gift of asking for peace, and it was fine if she didn’t invite the queen, not even the queen mother, and she didn’t say anything, but she gave Concubine Rou a ruler for special use. Let the maid who sent the message ask her, "Your maiden knows what to do?"
People who are rude to the Shangguan family don’t have to be. She also likes to show off. In a recent palace banquet, she told everyone in front of everyone that the grapes prepared by the queen were not of good quality, and she took the freshest grapes from the Western Regions on the spot and distributed them to everyone.
He talked about state affairs and focused on current affairs, which made everyone in the harem annoyed for a while.
Li Rong felt happy listening to this every day, and Jing Lan followed Li Rong to listen to Concubine Rou every day, but within a month or two, Concubine Rou felt like she had changed.
She couldn't help but be puzzled: "His Royal Highness, Concubine Rou is not a fool either. She has a good reputation in the palace for so many years, so why..."
Jinglan couldn't go on, Li Rong laughed, she took the freshly washed grapes from the plate next to her, and said slowly, "Do you know what is the most terrifying thing about power?"
As she said that, Li Rong raised her head, looked at her and smiled: "When it corrodes people's hearts, the person who is corroded to the point of rot, doesn't feel anything at all."
"Many people will suddenly have a little bit of power in their lives, become a petty official, make a fortune, be named in a gold medal list, or even become the leader in a private school. These will suddenly make them fall into an illusion, in this illusion, they He will indulge his actions, his speech, and feel that everything is acceptable."
"So, the easiest way to ruin a person is to let her suddenly get something far beyond what she can get."
Li Rong pushed the grapes into her lips with her fingers. She looked at the butterfly flying not far away with a smile on her face: "You don't have to shoot, she will kill herself."
Jinglan listened to Li Rong's words, but didn't say a word. Li Rong swallowed the grapes in her mouth and was about to lie back when she heard a message from the door: "Your Highness, Mrs. Pei's mother, Mrs. Wen, is asking to see you."
When Li Rong heard this, she couldn't help frowning.
What did Mrs Wen come to see her now? Could it be that he was still chasing and scolding from the Pei Mansion
Although Li Rong is currently grounded, the guards know that this is just a pretence, so although Li Rong cannot go out, others can come in at will.
Li Rong was silent for a while, then Jinglan said cautiously, "Your Highness, is it Xuan?"
This is Pei Wenxuan's mother. Naturally, she can't hang it outside. Li Rong nodded and said, "Then declare it."
After speaking, Li Rong stood up and went to the main hall.
When she got to the main hall, she saw that Wen was already sitting there.
When she met Li Rong, she was like a mouse meeting a cat. She sat cautiously on the side, trying to show the calm attitude of an elder, but she felt a little short of breath.
When Li Rong came in, she carefully and secretly adjusted the three sitting positions, and finally found one that she felt satisfied, and sat upright. After the two sides met each other and saluted, Li Rong sat down and said with a smile, "What is the old lady here today for?"
"His Royal Highness," Wen said with a sad expression, "I shouldn't have bothered you, but there are some things that I have to come over to clarify."
Wen raised his head, showing a very serious look, Li Rong nodded, and said casually, "You say it."
"Wen Xuan doesn't really want to part with you."
Wen Shi was the first to speak, and then said this sentence, Li Rong smiled bitterly, and lowered her head to pour the tea without saying much.
Wen treated Li Rong as giving up, and immediately said: "Wen Xuan, this child, didn't particularly like anything when he was a child. Only in this person, His Royal Highness, I can see what it is like for him to really like someone. Your Highness, he actually likes someone. I miss you."
"Yeah." Li Rong raised her head and said perfunctorily, "I know all this, does the old lady have other business?"
"I have to apologize for my son."
Wen's words were a little difficult: "My son has been bewitched by the fox spirit recently and hid a woman in the house."
Li Rong's hand shook, Wen continued to grit her teeth and said: "Fortunately, I found out early, and had a fierce fight with that woman, persuading Wen Xuan to return from the lost way, and sent the woman out early. It's just that the woman is really too Shameless, I've been kicked out, I still miss my son, and I just hang out outside Pei's house when I have nothing to do, and now it's even more excessive!"
Wen's words were filled with righteous indignation, and she took out a piece of paper from her sleeve: "She dared to write a letter of worship directly into the house and invited me to see her in the heart of the lake! Tell me, how shameless she is. !"
Li Rong felt a little strange when she heard this.
The woman who lives in the mansion is she, who is this woman who has been wandering outside and wrote a letter of worship to enter the mansion
"Old lady, is it convenient for me to take a look at the post?"
Li Rong stretched out her hand, trying to figure it out. Seeing that Li Rong wanted to take care of her, Wen hurriedly handed over the invitation: "Look at it, it's this vixen."
Li Rong took the invitation from Wen's and glanced hurriedly.
This prayer post was written quite well, but it was better than the good-looking font. Li Rong read this prayer post casually, and saw the word "Hua" at the end of the prayer post.
Li Rong paused.
At this time, Pei Wenxuan, who was secretly discussing the next step with Li Chuan, couldn't help but sneezed fiercely.
Seeing Pei Wenxuan sneezing suddenly, Li Chuan couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with you?"
Pei Wenxuan waved his hand: "It's okay, let's continue."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan continued with Li Chuan's words: "Concubine Rou is about to give up another part of the students. She has already collected the money from those people, and it is impossible to arrest them. In order to appease these students, she should Make some promises."
"At that time, she won't let you negotiate with the students, will she?" Li Chuan frowned, a little uneasy.
Pei Wenxuan smiled: "Of course she wants me to talk, but I've done so much, so it's time to take a break."
"Then how do you plan to rest?"
Li Chuan was a little strange, and Pei Wenxuan smiled and looked outside the mansion: "Of course, go to a place where she can't call me to rest."