The owner of the Flower Folding Club was naturally Sheng Chengxing, but Rong Tang had a question that needed to be answered urgently, but the person involved was not here, so he couldn't ask for an answer to his guess, so he felt inexplicably anxious, and even became annoyed when he heard Sheng Chengxing's voice.
Ke Hongxue enrolled in Linyuan Academy because of the wish of Grand Tutor Ke Wenrui, not his own will.
But he had studied in the academy for many years and never thought about taking the imperial examination. He had to wait until he was 24 years old to take the examination for the first time and won the title of Tanhua in one fell swoop
Emperor Renshou launched a military coup in the late summer of the 25th year of Yuanxing. It took three months to wipe out the previous emperor and his old party. After that, he spent some time compiling an imperial edict listing all the false atrocities committed by the previous emperor. It was not until after the Spring Festival of the following year that he officially held the coronation ceremony and changed the country's name to Qingzheng.
The first year of the Qingzheng reign was the first time that the new emperor held a special imperial examination after he ascended the throne. It was a time when the court was short of people as the old dynasty was replaced by the new one. Therefore, the examination papers that year were relatively simple. The purpose was to elect talented people to serve in the court and share the emperor's worries.
Ke Hongxue was eighteen years old at the time, in the prime of his life and full of talent. If he wanted to become an official, he might have won the top spot in the imperial examination that year.
But Rongtang also knew that Ke Hongxue didn't want to be an official.
According to Lu Jiaxi, he did not accompany Mu Jingxu to the Imperial Academy to take the examination until Mu Jingxu entered the school to take the imperial examination.
Did Ke Hongxue want to be an official at that time? Rong Tang thought not.
He was more inclined to believe that Ke Hongxue was there purely to accompany Mu Jingxu.
But in this case, he couldn't help but suspect that apart from the matter of taking sides with Sheng Chengli, Ke Hongxue and even the entire Ke family were actually following Mu Jingxu's steps in essence.
Why is this? What is so special about Mu Jingxu
Rong Tang knew the reason why Su Huaijing asked Lu Jiaxi the question. He wanted to use this to judge whether Ke Hongxue had the ambition to serve as an official in the court from the beginning. He reported his exact birthday to test Ke Hongxue, and the other party also tested him back. If Su Huaijing was sure that Ke Hongxue did not want to be a minister to Emperor Renshou, then he would most likely pull Ke Hongxue into his group.
But Rong Tang began to wonder and even reflect on every step Mu Jingxu took.
He found that he didn't even know why Mu Jingxu chose Sheng Chengli.
Mr. Ke’s words are three-tenths true and seven-tenths false. Was the explanation he gave at the beginning completely true
Rong Tang couldn't figure it out, but the noisy conversation of the crowd outside was getting closer. He turned his head to glance at Su Huaijing's expression, suppressed his doubts for the time being, and stood up and pulled open the screen.
Sheng Chengxing and others were leaning on the railing and chatting, each holding a wine glass or a folding fan, wearing Confucian robes with wide sleeves and long gowns, leaning on the railing to watch the show, looking a bit like the elegant demeanor of the literati of old times.
But Rong Tang had visited Song Garden these days and seen the traces left by the third prince. Now when he looked at Sheng Chengxing again, only four words came to his mind: aping someone ugly.
Dong Shi saw him coming out of the private room. Her eyes and brows were originally lazy, but after a moment they became lively again.
—Pretending. Rong Tang came to this conclusion.
Sheng Chengxing came over and asked considerately, "Is my cousin feeling better? The steward said that Prince Ning Xuan's old illness relapsed the day after he came to the garden. I was scared for a long time. I already have a younger brother recuperating with me, and I don't know how to explain to my father when I go back. If even my cousin is sick, I really won't have the face to pay respects to my mother."
He spoke passionately and sounded very concerned about Rong Tang, but the person concerned felt that he was being very hypocritical. Rong Tang led the two people behind him to pay their respects to Sheng Chengxing, and then said indifferently: "Thank you for your concern, Third Prince. I am not a big deal. I have a weak condition since I was a child. Although there are not many doctors in the garden, fortunately, Second Prince asked my brother to send me a lot of medicinal herbs and supplements. Long-term illness makes me a doctor. I boiled some medicinal soup and drank it. Now I am well."
As soon as he finished speaking, the area around Lanyue Pavilion fell silent. The people behind Sheng Chengxing couldn't help but look at Rong Yuan. The latter was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and blocked the knife for Sheng Chengxing.
Rong Yuan stepped forward, remembering the lesson from last time, and asked his brother and sister-in-law for permission first: "It's a blessing that my brother is well again."
Then he turned to the Third Prince and said in a fake tone, "Brother is always the most polite in the family. I guess he didn't want to trouble everyone when he was sick, so he didn't ask the servant to inform him. Otherwise, how could he not know that Your Highness specially invited dozens of famous doctors to live in the garden before the flower-picking party, because you were worried that someone would have an accident at the party and couldn't be treated in time? I hope Your Highness will not blame me and understand my brother's good intentions."
Sheng Chengxing's expression lightened up a bit. He was about to raise his hand to brush the matter off lightly and put the blame directly on Rong Tang, but he heard the Prince's Consort, who always had little presence beside Prince Ning Xuan, chuckled and said, "Third brother is very smart and clever. Not only did he know about His Highness's arrangements, he also knew that there was a doctor living in the garden. In that case—"
He changed the subject, with a smile on his lips, but his eyes were staring at Rong Yuan coldly: "Tangtang is not in good health while he is away from home. Father specifically told you and your second brother to take care of your eldest brother. Your second brother even knew to send some medicinal herbs to the courtyard in case of emergency. Third brother, have you come to ask about your health and pay your respects to your brother these days? If you had come, how could you not know that the prince's old illness had relapsed? Why didn't you personally invite a doctor for him, but instead spent every day drinking and listening to operas in Lanyue Pavilion?"
The smile on Su Huaijing's face gradually faded, and a sense of intimidation was faintly revealed: "Now you are apologizing to His Highness on behalf of Tangtang, but I don't know what crime the eldest grandson of Princess Duanyi, the eldest son of Ningxuan, who was personally appointed by the emperor, has committed by silently enduring illness because he doesn't want to trouble others?"
Apologize? You're crying at the wrong grave!
Su Huaijing spoke with great force. Since he joined the Zhehua Club, apart from his private interactions with Ke Mu, when others saw the couple from the Ningxuan Palace, they mostly saw the Crown Prince's Consort standing or sitting beside Rong Tang, pouring tea and water for him, scooping soup and picking up dishes for him. Whenever he looked over, he would always lower his head slightly, smiling, preparing snacks or fruits for Rong Tang to eat later, or walking beside him, paying attention to the road from time to time, to prevent his family's Crown Prince, who looked like a paper-made body, from accidentally stepping on air and falling and getting a bloody head.
Has anyone ever seen Su Huaijing like this
Even Rong Yuan, since Su Huaijing entered the mansion, they had not had much private contact, and he was just regarded as a male wife who served a dead man, who would not amount to anything. Unexpectedly, before Rong Tang could say anything, this eldest sister-in-law took the lead in attacking him in public
Rong Yuan opened his eyes in disbelief and looked at Su Huaijing for the first time.
Everyone present was silent for a moment, no one dared to speak, just glanced at Sheng Chengxing calmly with their eyes.
The matter was because Sheng Chengxing was too talkative and wanted to show off his concern and love for his brothers - even his cousins, but he didn't even put on a good show. He said he cared, but privately he knew that Rong Tang was sick, but he didn't even think of hiring a doctor for him. After he said the nice words, Rong Tang hit back clearly on the spot, and he also dragged the Second Prince into it, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Rong Yuan was a smart man. With just a few words, he directed the possible conflict between the two princes back to his own brother, gave him a good reputation, and then pretended to apologize, thus saving the third prince's face and making himself look good. Everyone should have been happy, except that Rong Tang suffered a little grievance.
Who knew that Prince Ningxuan's wife would jump out halfway.
This is really...
Everyone present didn't know what to say for a moment. They looked at each other, wishing they had never been here. For a moment, the only sound of opera downstairs was particularly deafening.
Su Huaijing did not look at Sheng Chengxing either. He only stared at Rong Yuan, using his eldest sister-in-law's power to pressure others. A long time passed, but it seemed like only two moments. A laugh came from behind everyone. The tone revealed a bold and happy tone, as if he had just let out a bad breath, but he was still holding it in his hands. He said loudly: "It's a good thing that cousin is in good health. The medicinal herbs were originally given by my father. It is their greatest blessing to be able to be used. There is no need to be concerned about who gave them."
Everyone looked back and saw Sheng Chengming coming up the stairs with a smile on his face. He didn't even look at Sheng Chengxing, but walked all the way to Rong Tang and Su Huaijing and said with a smile, "Cousin, have you finished eating the herbs? I still have some. If you don't mind, I'll ask Jingzhi to get them from me and send them to you later."
Rong Tang had been on guard against Sheng Chengxing suddenly attacking Su Huaijing, so he quietly moved in front of him to block him. When he saw Sheng Chengming, he let down his guard, stepped back two steps, coughed lightly, and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Second Prince. There are still some herbs left, but Huaijing and I will be returning home in a day, so we don't really need so many precious herbs."
Sheng Chengming nodded, turned around and looked at Sheng Chengxing.
He glanced at Rong Yuan lightly, his eyes as if he was looking at an ant, and then said to the Third Prince: "Third brother, why don't you go to Tuolan Temple to worship when you have time? If you are lucky enough to meet Master Huimian, ask him to tell your fortune. Ask him why you just left the palace to set up a government office and held a meeting, and then someone died and the distinguished guest fell ill. Did you do something wrong or was it because you were impolite and were punished by the ancestors in the garden?"
Songyuan was formerly a royal garden. Emperors and concubines throughout the dynasties came here to escape the summer heat or to play, and naturally there were also ancestral halls to worship the ancestors.
Sheng Chengming's words were full of sarcasm, clearly implying that there was something fishy about the theme arrangement of Sheng Chengxing's flower-picking party regarding peonies and peonies. Those who understood did not dare to respond, and those who did not understand did not dare to say a word and join in the verbal battle between the two princes.
However, some officials who had seen the Second Prince in the court were surprised. Compared with the time when Sheng Chengming first entered the court... he seemed to be much more eloquent and could even curse without using a single dirty word.
Rong Tang disappeared on the side, Su Huaijing came close to him, secretly put his hand into his sleeve, and held his hand in public.
Rong Tang raised his eyebrows and looked at his wife.
He didn't say anything. He didn't care whether Su Huaijing could understand the meaning in his eyes or not. But even if he did, given the villain's personality, there was no way he would tell him the truth.
Rong Tang was just a little surprised that Sheng Chengming took the initiative to show his kindness to him again and again, wondering if he was being a little too flattering.
Is it true that he doesn't have any adviser behind him, which is why he trusts Su Huaijing so much
That’s not right. I guess as long as the villain is willing to spend some effort and time, everyone will trust him wholeheartedly.
Even though he had the plot in his hands, wasn't he coaxed by Su Huaijing into giving him a house and a car
And when delivering those things, the villain didn't even try to comfort himself.
Rong Tang felt a little sad for some reason as he thought about it. He clenched his hands. The two princes were arguing in front of him. Rong Tang lowered his eyes, secretly exerted force, and pinched Su Huaijing. He couldn't tell whether he was venting his anger.
Su Huaijing was pinched by him, but a smile appeared on his face. He turned his head to look at Rong Tang, looking at him with an obedient look, without any of the fierceness that he had directed at Rong Yuan just now.
To be honest, he's a bit like a dog that you raise to guard the house. In front of his owner, all he does is act coquettishly and lick his owner with his tongue, and his whole body is filled with his own scent.
Rong Tang was defeated after being stared at by his beautiful eyes for two or three seconds. He sighed slightly in his heart, looked away, moved his fingers to the piece of skin that he had pinched just now, and touched it gently.
Su Huaijing couldn't hide his smile immediately, and his eyes and brows were full of tenderness.
Sheng Chengxing and Sheng Chengming no longer quarreled in private. After all, this was a public place, and it was not good for others to see the royal heir quarreling. After three or two exchanges, the two of them made peace in a friendly manner. Sheng Chengxing walked up to Rong Tang and bowed slightly: "I was inconsiderate. It's a rare trip for my cousin to go out for fun, but I didn't let him enjoy it. I will come to your house to apologize after I return to Beijing."
Rong Tang's eyes lit up, and he quietly made a "two" sign on Su Huaijing's hand, but his face was neither humble nor arrogant: "How dare I ask Your Highness to apologize? It's really that my body is useless. Your Highness, please don't say such words again, it will shorten my life."
Sheng Chengxing had just been tricked by Sheng Chengming, so how could he dare to agree? He refused several times, but finally decided to order his servants to go to Ningxuan Palace to deliver some precious medicinal materials and treasures after returning to Beijing. Only then did the matter come to an end.
Everyone around breathed a sigh of relief. Rong Tang brought Su Huaijing back to the private room. He happily stretched out his hand and made the "two" gesture again.
Su Huaijing found it funny, but he also spoiled him, pretending not to know, and asked, "What does Brother Tangtang mean?"
Rong Tang: "Two apology gifts! Huai Jing, we came out and got two apology gifts!"
He was very happy, and Su Huaijing was also in high spirits. He smiled and corrected: "It's four servings."
Rong Tang was slightly startled and blinked.
Su Huaijing counted on his fingers and said, "Qin Pengxuan, the Third Prince, Rong Zheng, and the one the Second Prince just mentioned."
Rong Tang: "Didn't you want Sheng Chengming's share?"
Su Huaijing smiled: "He will give it."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a light knock on the entrance of the screen, and Sheng Chengming asked from outside: "Cousin, can I come in?"
Rong Tang and Su Huaijing looked at each other, and the latter went over and opened the screen for Sheng Chengming himself.
The second prince, who was extremely noble in the world, stood outside the screen. After seeing who pulled the screen for him, a look of panic appeared on his face for a moment, which was then replaced by a feeling of flattery.
Sheng Chengming unconsciously took a step forward, then suddenly remembered the rules and silently moved to the side, saying, "Thank you... cousin."
Rong Tang noticed that he froze for a moment when addressing her, and found it somewhat funny. These two must have other names for each other in private, but now they had to pretend to be unfamiliar and distant in front of him, which was somewhat tiring.
Rong Tang stood up and asked, "Second Prince, do you have anything to tell me?"
Sheng Chengming went inside, and the screen closed again, separating this small piece of heaven and earth. He said hurriedly, "I don't have anything to explain, but just now outside, there were so many people and eyes, and it was hard to see what was going on. I wanted to say that I have a lot of precious supplements. If you think it's troublesome to bring so many things on the carriage from Songyuan back to the palace, I will have the servant pack them and send them to you after I go back."
Without waiting for Rong Tang to refuse, Sheng Chengming hurriedly said, "Cousin, please don't refuse anymore. My aunt has made indelible contributions to our Great Yu royal family, and you are the nephew of our mother. If you don't take care of yourself, the two elders will be sad, and even I will feel sad to see you."
Rong Tang: “…” You really know how to call for help.
He frowned slightly: "Even so—"
Before he finished speaking, Sheng Chengming seemed to be afraid that he would refuse again, and said, "Even if it's not for my mother and my aunt, Prince Ningxuan is a meritorious official of Dayu. He followed my father in the wars many years ago. You are the prince of Prince Ningxuan, and the burden of the palace will fall on you in the future. How can you not take good care of your body? Those medicinal tonics are really useless to me. If you don't accept them, they will be shelved in my palace. It's really a waste."
What he said was sincere and heartfelt, but Rong Tang's eyebrows twitched. He glanced at Su Huaijing's expression uncontrollably, but found that he was not abnormal at all. He even poured him a new cup of warm tea, as if he didn't hear what Sheng Chengming said, "Prince Ningxuan once followed Emperor Renshou in his campaigns."
He got along so well with Su Huaijing that he almost forgot about the tragic death of the previous emperor's family, in which his father played a significant role. Emperor Renshou was the culprit, and Rong Mingyu was the knife held by the executioner.
Rong Tang's emotions, which had finally risen, suddenly subsided, and an indescribable bitterness surged in his heart. He was worried that Sheng Chengming would say something that would ruin his life, so he coughed lightly to interrupt his thoughts and replied, "Then I will respectfully obey your command. Thank you, Second Prince."
Sheng Chengming breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned his gaze to Su Huaijing. The warmth in his eyes was much more sincere. "Then I'll arrange it after the flower picking party is over. I also ask my cousin's wife to take good care of him after returning home and watch my cousin take it. It always does no harm to strengthen his body."
Su Huaijing smiled and bowed his hands to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Second Prince. I will naturally take good care of Tangtang."
Sheng Chengming subconsciously wanted to return the gift, but he bent his waist a little and got stuck. Instead, he lightly supported Su Huaijing's arm and said, "Cousin, please don't be so polite. We are all family."
The fourth person in the private room, Lu Jiaxi, almost popped his eyes out when he heard this. He wanted to bow and greet Sheng Chengming from the moment he came in, but the Second Prince just kept talking nonstop and gave away a bunch of gifts as if he was performing a monologue. How did he sound like a proud and arrogant prince
He began to doubt the rumors about the royal family he had heard at the academy.
Rong Tang saw that he was embarrassed and led everyone to sit down. Su Huaijing also sat next to Rong Tang. Sheng Chengming didn't want to leave. He looked at Rong Tang and then at Su Huaijing, accurately found the person who could make the decision, pulled out a chair and sat opposite Rong Tang very familiarly, and then started to get close to him: "I heard from Jingzhi that my cousin has only been strolling in the garden these days and is too lazy to go out. Why do you have the elegance to come to Lanyue Pavilion today?"
Rong Tang thought that I seemed to be in the way. Should I just take Lu Jiaxi away and let the two of you guys plot something? But Su Huaijing was silently peeling nuts for him. Rong Tang didn't want to respond anymore and could only answer: "I heard that the Ziyu Troupe had rehearsed a new play this morning, which had never been performed outside. I was a little curious, so I took Huaijing with me."
"Ah... I see." Sheng Chengming was a little disappointed when he heard the answer, and his expression froze uncontrollably for a moment, but when he glanced at Su Huaijing's obedient look, he still introduced Rong Tang.
"It's not a good play at all. Although it's a new play, it's actually just a temporary arrangement made by the troupe owner to curry favor with my third brother. What's being performed now is just a warm-up. It won't be good until the evening."
Rong Tang knew what the play was about, and he also knew what Sheng Chengming meant by this, but he still pretended not to know, and showed just the right amount of confusion and interest: "What does this mean?"
Sheng Chengming asked: "Cousin, do you remember my fifth brother?"
Rong Tang sneered in his heart, thinking that in the end, the whole thing would eventually be linked to the male protagonist of Tian Dao. However, the moment Su Huaijing heard Sheng Chengming mention Sheng Chengli, he frowned unhappily and looked up at him.
Sheng Chengming was stunned, and he was able to notice with rare sensitivity that the young master he saw as Jiaoyue was in a bad mood. However, he didn't know whether he had offended him or what happened, so he didn't dare to speak for a while.
The topic was interrupted. Sheng Chengming looked around and asked cautiously, "But peeling almonds hurts your hands?"
Before Su Huaijing could say anything, Sheng Chengming called out, "Someone come."
A young eunuch suddenly walked in from behind the screen, hunched over: "Your Highness."
Sheng Chengming waved his hand and pointed at the nuts in the eight-treasure plate on the table: "Go, peel the nuts and bring them in. By the way, prepare some prepared fruits and snacks. The third brother is really not at all serious about his work. He just prepares some troublesome food."
As he spoke, he glanced at the teapot on the table and immediately asked Rong Tang eagerly, "Cousin, are you used to drinking this tea? I have the best pre-rain Longjing tea, which was just delivered from Jiangnan a few days ago. It is just suitable for this season—" As he spoke, he felt that this suggestion was really excellent. Without waiting for Rong Tang to answer, he directly ordered, "Go out and peel melon seeds and fruits, and ask Xiao Shunzi to go to my yard to get two cans of tea. Soak them in the mountain spring water and send them over. Remember, it must be warm, not too hot or too cold. The patient cannot drink those."
"Yes." The young eunuch responded respectfully, walked forward and took away the plate of dried fruits in front of Su Huaijing.
Sheng Chengming performed this set of movements smoothly, and Rong Tang was stunned. He looked at his innocent child and could not help but wake up the system from sleep mode: "Why did he choose someone like this?"
Rong Tang almost roared: "How can this be so unfair!!!"
Why was it that when Rong Tang came to him, he did his best to complete the mission and played tricks, but in the end he was stabbed to death by Sheng Chengli? ?
Young Master Rong's unbalanced psychology reached its peak at this moment, and he complained to the system angrily.
The system was silent for a long time, and then said: [No wonder he was only exiled.]
Rong Tang was stunned for a moment, then calmed down instantly.
In the ending tracked by the system, those who were related to Su Huaijing, Emperor Renshou was turned into a human pig and stuffed into a toilet. He was carried from the palace to outside the palace by eunuchs every day and hung on the wall of Yujing for exhibition.
—Every citizen of Dayu who stepped into the imperial capital could see that the emperor, to whom they once had to kneel and bow their heads and shout "Long live the emperor", had lost his limbs, mouth and nose, and was watching the people coming and going on the city wall without any dignity.
All 128 people in Wu Kangbo's mansion died, and Qin Pengxuan was stuffed into a secret brothel in a brothel, where he became addicted to sex and served men every night.
Sheng Chengli was wanted nationwide, and was killed extremely cruelly every time, either by slow slicing or dismemberment. Su Huaijing used almost all the methods recorded in the ancient and modern punishment books on him, as if he was the culprit who killed his entire family.
Even at the flower-picking party today, most of those people drinking, chatting and writing poetry outside will die tragically.
Su Huaijing is a tyrant. After he ascended the throne, more blood was shed in the capital of Dayu than when Emperor Renshou rebelled that year. This is the understanding the system gained after receiving information from the main brain.
However, Sheng Chengming, the first prince chosen by Su Huaijing after he came to Beijing, was stripped of his title and exiled by Emperor Renshou when the struggle for the throne in the capital had not yet evolved to its most intense, and was sent to a remote area to be a commoner.
And the prince, even if he is a commoner, can still enjoy a lifetime of wealth and glory, which is the envy of ordinary people.
The system's natural stance prevented it from having the slightest favorable impression on Su Huaijing. Turning a blind eye to the villain's actions because of Rong Tang's thoughts was already an act that violated its mission, but when it saw this scene today, its brain made up of data suddenly couldn't turn around.
Emperor Renshou was Su Huaijing's enemy, and his offspring robbed Su Huaijing of all the honors that should have been enjoyed by his brothers and sisters. Judging from the degree of his evil transformation from a villain to the end, he should have inhumanely dragged the Emperor Renshou out of the womb and strangled him even if he heard that Emperor Renshou had a posthumous child.
But he let Sheng Chengming go.
He let Sheng Chengming go? Is this the character setting of a villain
The system was silent for a long time after saying that. Rong Tang understood what it meant and paused for a moment before saying, "Even if he has turned evil, he is not a bad person at heart."
He just wanted revenge.
He was forced to become a villain by this heavenly law.
Rong Tang's heart moved slightly, and he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve as if possessed by a ghost. He walked to the corner to dip it in water, then came back and held the hand of his good child.
Su Huaijing slightly widened his eyes and called out in a somewhat happy and nervous voice: "Tangtang?"
Rong Tang lowered his head, his voice a little muffled: "Don't you hate dirt the most? I'll wipe it for you."
The handkerchief brushed across her fingertips, and all the dried fruit crumbs were wiped away. What appeared before her eyes was a pair of clean, beautiful white fingers that could even be used as a hand model in modern times.
Su Huaijing said nothing, his heart beating fast and excitedly. He curled his eyes and waited for Rong Tang to take away the handkerchief, then said very obediently, "Thank you, Brother Tangtang."
The voice was pleasant and clear. The other two people in the private room fell silent and looked at each other unconsciously. They all saw from each other's eyes that they should not be here.
Fortunately, Rong Tang quickly came to his senses, coughed lightly, and took the initiative to ask the topic that he already had the answer to: "Is this scene related to the Fifth Prince?"
Su Huaijing frowned when he heard that. The happiness that he had felt when Tangtang took the initiative to wipe his hands was greatly shattered. He glanced at him unhappily and resentfully, and gave the nuts he had just peeled to Rongtang to eat, suppressing the irritability rising in his heart.
Sheng Chengming looked at the two people, and inexplicably felt that this topic seemed to be able to continue. He cleared his throat and said, "The Ziyu Troupe is a famous opera troupe in Jiangnan. They came to the capital a few years ago. The operas they perform are much more gentle and delicate than those popular in Beijing, and some of the plays..."
He paused, glanced at Su Huaijing furtively, and then lowered his voice very low and very fast, to a level that was almost inaudible: "Some of the plays they sing are quite bold."
Rong Tang: “?”
The system ruthlessly reminded: [Dirty things.]
Rong Tang: “…”
He coughed and said nothing. He glanced at Su Huaijing guiltily, but found that the latter seemed not to understand what he and Sheng Chengming meant at all. Seeing them looking at him frequently, he blinked in confusion.
Rong Tang: “…” Forget it, don’t lead the child astray.
System: [Ha!]
Sheng Chengming said that in a muddled way, and then continued: "So many dignitaries and young masters and young ladies in the capital like to watch their plays, and it has become more and more popular like a snowball."
Rong Tang: "Your Highness, are you watching too?"
Sheng Chengming paused, a little embarrassed: "I go there occasionally when I meet up with friends."
The party even went to Fengyue Tower, and it seemed normal to go and listen to a play.
Rong Tang thought so, but still couldn't help but remind him: "Rong Zheng is still young."
The other people present were all stunned. Su Huaijing was the first to react and couldn't help laughing. Just then, the screen was knocked, and the eunuch who had just left with the fruit plate came back in and put the nuts and fruits on the table one by one: "Longjing is on the way. Your Highness and the Prince, please be patient and wait a little longer."
Rong Tang thought they were very efficient and raised his eyebrows: "Thank you."
The young eunuch was stunned, and looked at him with wide eyes in disbelief, but was quickly frightened away by Su Huaijing's cold eyes.
However, Lu Jiaxi's eyes became brighter as he looked at Rong Tang.
Sheng Chengming finally understood what Rong Tang meant at this time. His ears blushed as he said, "Brother, remember this."
Rong Tang: “…”
Well, now that his younger brother is out, he doesn’t dare to treat him as his real brother.
He picked up two orange halves and gave one to Su Huaijing. While eating, he listened to Sheng Chengming continue to say: "The Purple Jade Troupe basically puts on a new play every once in a while. Although tickets are hard to get on the opening night of a new play, you can always see it if you're willing to wait. And to be honest, dramas are basically the same over and over again. The reason why the Purple Jade Troupe is so popular is, firstly, because they act boldly, and secondly, there are a few famous actors in the troupe that everyone is willing to support."
"The focus of today's play is not the plot. It's nothing more than the fight for family property between rich and poor families." Sheng Chengming said lightly, but Rong Tang's eyes trembled and he looked at him in some confusion.
Isn't this the point? Aren't you and Sheng Chengxing just "rich people" fighting for the family property
But he followed up with a sentence: "The point is that in this play there is a prostitute in a brothel who was favored by the master and taken in, and gave birth to a son. However, she ended up having evil thoughts and doing evil things, and finally suffered the consequences and died."
Rong Tang took a sip of tea and thought to himself that it was indeed so.
No matter how many changes occur, no matter how much the development deviates from the plot line, it always comes back to the male protagonist in the end.
This incident happened in the original text and in the previous two lives. Sheng Chengxing invited a troupe to perform on stage. The Huadan who played the concubine from a brothel had a stunning appearance. Her light-colored pupils were quite exotic. Her every frown, smile, gesture, and movement were full of thousands of charms, which attracted everyone present. fascinated.
But only the masters in the palace knew the clues.
The reason is simple: the woman looks too much like the late Concubine Shu.
In the original story line, Sheng Chengming shines at this time, and there is no chance for the Shujishi at the flower-folding party. Although Sheng Chengxing gets all the limelight, he still feels resentful of being suppressed in his heart.
No one was suitable to be found, and he could not confront Sheng Chengming directly. The Sixth Prince was his younger brother, the Seventh Prince was young, and the Fourth Prince was on good terms with Sheng Chengming, so he should have been the most suitable choice, but he had committed a crime at the time and was under house arrest by Emperor Renshou.
After choosing and choosing, the choice naturally fell on Sheng Chengli.
—Although Rong Tang felt that all these reasons were just to add plot and create a harem for Sheng Chengli.
The actress portraying Concubine Shu was named Su Lian'er, and was of the same clan as Concubine Shu. She might not look like Concubine Shu without makeup, but with stage makeup and a veil covering her face, her pair of gentle and affectionate eyes looked 100% like Concubine Shu, not to mention that she had a very light teardrop mole at the left corner of her eye.
In the early stage of "The Emperor's Journey", Su Lian'er was once considered by readers to be the heroine.
And she successfully captured the male protagonist's heart as soon as she appeared with her appearance similar to that of Concubine Shu.
Sheng Chengli watched Sheng Chengxing use Su Lian'er to mock him, but what he thought in his heart was that this woman was really pitiful. Her body was like duckweed and her life was worthless. How could she not be similar to himself who grew up in the cold palace and had a hard time in the imperial palace
So he was laughed at and ridiculed, but before the flower-picking party ended, he gave Su Lian'er a token of love and promised that after he left the palace, he would find ways to help her get rid of her status as a prostitute and find her a good family to marry.
Naturally, the marriage was suggested to him.
And just as Sheng Chengming said, what the Zi Yu Squad has the most in Beijing is the support of high-ranking officials. In this way, Su Lian'er's role is very obvious - an intelligence officer.
The author really makes full use of the fact that the harem in upgrade novels are all pawns.
Rong Tang thought without any emotion, and then he heard Sheng Chengming lower his voice and say, "That actor just happens to look like Concubine Shu. Sheng Chengxing wants to embarrass my fifth brother."
In the original plot, Sheng Chengli was sent out of the cold palace because the fourth prince, who was on good terms with the second prince, went to the cold palace to bully him. When Emperor Renshou found out, he remembered that he had a son who was left in the cold palace to grow like weeds. He let him out with a wave of his hand, and at the same time put the fourth prince under house arrest and gave the second prince a warning.
In this way, Sheng Chengming knew what Sheng Chengxing was thinking, and not only did he not care, he even watched coldly with the mentality of watching a show.
And this time he originally wanted to report Sheng Chengxing. The more deaths he caused, the more it suited his heart, so Sheng Chengming naturally wouldn't care.
In the previous two lives, Rong Tang relied on the script to not only help Sheng Chengli avoid this difficulty, but also slapped Sheng Chengxing in the face. This time, he originally thought that with Mu Jingxu and Ke Hongxue around, even if they couldn't predict it in advance, they would not let Sheng Chengli get into trouble, but they were too lazy to even come to Lanyue Pavilion today, so it was obvious that they would not get involved in this matter.
When Lu Jiaxi heard about the royal scandal, he was a little panicked, but perhaps because he was young and brave, he saw that no one said anything, so he asked carefully: "But isn't the Fifth Prince recuperating? He hasn't attended any of the poetry gatherings these days."
Rong Tangyuan was still wondering what Sheng Chengming's attitude would be when he saw Lu Jiaxi, but he saw that he was like a rabbit seeing a carrot. Not only did he not blame Lu Jiaxi for interrupting, but his eyes revealed a kind of loving feeling, just like a teacher who encourages students to think when they are in school.
Rong Tang got goosebumps all over his body. He turned his head to glance at Su Huaijing, becoming more and more curious about what kind of magic potion he had fed Sheng Chengming.
Sheng Chengming said, "Fifth brother is indeed recovering from illness, but Sheng Chengxing is the owner of the Zhehua Club and his third brother. He has not eaten a single meal with us since he moved into Songyuan, which is unreasonable. If the eunuchs in Songyuan spread the news, they might say that he doesn't even care about his brother. What's more, Sheng Chengxing personally invited him, so he had to come even if he didn't want to."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Rong Tang with a somewhat uneasy expression, as if he had just remembered something: "Cousin, would you like to help my fifth brother?"
Rong Tang became annoyed when he heard Sheng Chengli's name, and said, "If I interfere in the royal family's affairs, it would be considered as overstepping the boundaries, and I will be punished by my father when I return. Even if I have the intention, I am powerless." What's more, I don't have the intention.
Sheng Chengming tried hard to understand his words, but couldn't figure out the meaning for a moment. He looked at Su Huaijing with concern.
Su Huaijing smiled and said, "Tangtang should just focus on me. I'll be jealous if you share it with others."
Sheng Chengming understood immediately! His eyes lit up and he said, "I said so too, I don't care about their business. Since we are here to play, just have fun."
He didn't care at all that he was the second brother. If he allowed his third brother to bully his fifth brother, he would be scolded by his father when he returned. Anyway, he would not help. If he helped, Su Huaijing would be unhappy and the loss would outweigh the gain.
Sheng Chengming, this dull-witted man, is particularly clear-headed about this matter.
Rong Tang was amused watching from the side. The four of them chatted for a while, tasted Longjing tea, and had a banquet together. Su Huaijing took him back to the room for a nap. When dusk fell, Ke Hongxue and Mu Jingxu went to play somewhere in Songyuan again. Rong Tang asked Su Huaijing: "Are you going to Lanyue Pavilion?"
Su Huaijing was decocting medicine. He frowned when he heard this and asked unhappily, "What is Tangtang going to do?"
Rong Tang sensed that he was a little unhappy, and immediately smoothed things over: "Watch the show."
Su Huaijing: “?”
Rong Tang: "Didn't the Second Prince say that tonight's show was very exciting? I think it would be a pity if I don't see it with my own eyes."
Su Huaijing stood there, looking at him solemnly for a long time, as if to confirm whether he was lying or not: "Wait until I finish boiling the medicine."
Rong Tang's eyebrows and face all wrinkled up at once, and there seemed to be a bitter taste in his mouth. He tried to negotiate: "Can I not take the medicine tonight?"
Su Huaijing said sternly: "No, the doctor said that this medicine must be taken for seven consecutive days and cannot be interrupted, otherwise it will not work."
Rong Tang looked particularly depressed. He sniffed the smell of medicine in the air and felt his stomach sour. He muttered quietly, "But the medicine you boiled is so bitter."
Su Huaijing was slightly startled, and almost thought he was hallucinating: "What?"
Rong Tang muttered softly: "You definitely didn't boil the medicine according to the prescription given by the doctor."
Su Huaijing: “… ?”
Rong Tang even felt that he had evidence: "The medicine I took at home was not so bitter. They were all prescriptions given by Doctor Chen. How could the difference be so big? Huai Jing, did you remember it wrong?"
He hesitated and advised: "Huai Jing, everyone has their own expertise, and you don't know medical skills. Let's go back to the palace and ask Doctor Chen to prescribe a new prescription and boil the medicine for us to drink, okay?"
Su Huaijing sat on a small stool, holding a small palm-leaf fan in his hand, fanning the fire in the medicine stove. After listening to Rong Tang's words, and seeing his bright and expectant eyes, he was silent for a long time and then smiled.
Industry specializing in surgery
No medical skills
Is the decocted medicine bitter
Young Master, why do you think you haven’t fainted during this period of time
Su Huaijing quietly fanned the medicine stove, always gentle and considerate, as if he would agree to whatever Rong Tang asked for: "Then I'll write a prescription after we get back. You still have to drink the medicine today. If you want to go to Lanyue Pavilion, you must drink the medicine first, otherwise I won't accompany you."
I'll make you pills when I get back! The kind as big as a fist!
It’s fine if you’re causing trouble at the hospital, but you’re also questioning the doctor’s medical skills. Do you have any conscience
(End of this chapter)