Bai Fuling looked helplessly at Mr. Li, the sage of love, and almost wanted to roll her eyes at him: "Taking Miss Xu to meet Mr. Li is two different things from resolving the marriage of the twelve princesses. There are priorities. I think Mr. Li As far as I'm concerned, the latter is more urgent."
The fifth son-in-law and Mr. Li looked ashamed at the same time. It was not unexpected to them, but Li Yunxin always had to see that Miss Xu was safe and sound before he could rest assured. On the same day, the fifth son-in-law came back to describe the "buyer" of Xu's sisters. How can Li Yunxin be relieved of his terrible virtues and the fact that they failed to find out the whereabouts of the Xu family sisters after all their efforts
These days, his heart is fried day by day, he hates and hurts, thinking of what kind of bullying and torture his sweetheart is suffering, he wishes to slam his head against the wall to death. Fortunately, Yang Heng and the fifth son-in-law ran into Bai Shisan on the road by chance yesterday. The fifth son-in-law's subordinates recognized that he once walked with the ugly monster who bought the Xu sisters outside the city for a while, and then the ugly monster disappeared. People are familiar even if they are not accomplices.
Seeing that it was Bai Shisan, Yang Heng thought back to Bai Fuling's routine, and immediately guessed that the Xu sisters were actually bought by her!
Although Bai Fuling is a savage and bully little villain, she has always been very kind to the people she buys. In her hands, people will never suffer or be humiliated.
The fifth son-in-law wanted to send someone to chase after Bai Shisan, but he didn't expect to be discovered by Bai Shisan, and he disappeared after a few strokes. Yang Heng explained to him, but he was skeptical, so Yang Heng simply asked him to bring Li Yunxin to the Zhongguo Duke's mansion today to pick him up.
With Li Yunxin's appearance, Bai Fuling could tell at a glance that he was worried and wanted to see with his own eyes that his sweetheart was safe and sound, that's why he came to ask for her in such a hurry.
Today she wants to do good deeds and pretend to be a good person, so she can't hit the sufferer too much. Bai Fuling withdrew her contemptuous gaze, changed the subject and asked, "How does Mr. Li plan to solve the matter of the twelve princesses?"
Li Yunxin really has a countermeasure, but how dare he speak freely in front of Yang Heng? Seeing him hesitating, the fifth son-in-law knew that he was worried about Yang Heng, so he stood up and said in a deep voice: "Yun Xin, you can say it bluntly, His Highness the Sixth Highness is not that kind of person, since he is willing to make this special trip today, he will never do stick fights." The matter of mandarin ducks."
Lin Pingzi also mentioned that in the ancestral temple, he saw Yang Heng and the fifth son-in-law flirting with each other, saying that the two must have an "adultery affair". What did Heng do to make this Fifth Prince Consort trust him so much.
Yang Heng received the pleading eyes of the fifth son-in-law, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, it's okay to say, Twelve, she... really wronged you. Marriage should be a beautiful thing. If you need my help Where it is, I will definitely do my best.”
Li Yunxin is not a pure nerd either, Yang Heng's identity makes his family too simple, there is really no need to lie to him so hard.
"A family friend of my father once said that there was a girl next door who had been weak and sick since she was a child. She turned sixteen this year, and her condition became more and more serious. The doctor said that she could save her life for two months at most. Her parents were afraid that she would die young and become homeless. The lonely soul is looking for a husband-in-law for her. I, I can't think of it, so I welcome her in as my wife." Li Yunxin didn't need to say anything here.
Marrying a wife who is dying of illness in such a swift manner, and becoming a married man, the marriage of the Twelve Princesses will naturally fail, even if the wife does not have time to enter the door or dies the next day after entering the door, The twelve princesses would not be ashamed to marry a widower who "kept his wife" as a sequel.
Although Li Yunxin has the lowest status among the few people here, he is still a high-quality golden tortoise outside. If he is looking for a wife temporarily, he will not worry about finding a normal, healthy and beautiful one. He sincerely made himself a widower. "Observe the festival" for Miss Xu's family!
The fifth son-in-law was moved by his deep affection, but Yang Heng could only smile wryly: "Paper can't contain fire, and sooner or later your marriage will be spread, and it would be disrespectful to spread it to the ears of the emperor. Your official career has come to an end, Brother Li, have you ever thought about it?"
Li Yunxin was silent. Of course he had thought about it. In fact, his father came up with this idea. During this period of time, his father had experienced the innocence of his in-laws, the Xia party's advance and this rebellion, and he had long since thought of quitting. I just want to resign and go back to the countryside to live a peaceful life. His son vowed that he would not marry Miss Xu in this life, and the Xu family had such a dismal ending because of this marriage. He felt deeply ashamed of his in-laws, so he let the eldest son go.
Just now when Li Yunxin heard about Bai Fuling's arrangements for the Xu sisters, he felt that it would be better for the two sisters, and that they would be saved from a desperate situation. Not only did he have news about the Xu sisters, but he also hoped to be with his sweetheart forever. After thinking about the matter again, I decided to stay in the capital and go to the border town to stay with Miss Xu.
"Since the Sixth Highness is the elder brother of the Twelve Princesses, at least he is more familiar with the situation in the palace than we are. With his intelligence, as long as he is willing to imagine, he must have a way to solve this marriage for Mr. Li." Bai Fuling smiled. He kicked the ball to Yang Heng's side without hesitation.
Since he wanted to win over the fifth son-in-law, he couldn't just do favors and do nothing himself.
The fifth son-in-law had long wanted to ask Yang Heng for help, but thinking that he had no friendship with Li Yunxin, and it was a sensitive time, if Yang Heng made a slight mistake, it might ruin the good situation that he had won so hard. Now that Bai Fuling opened the mouth for him, he inevitably had some expectations, hoping that Yang Heng would agree to this.
Yang Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "I will do my best, but I can't tell you the details. I need to ask the county master to think about it. I don't know if the county master is willing to help Mr. Li with this favor?"
Bai Fuling knew that he would not come here simply to help others, and she also had some doubts and wanted to ask Yang Heng in private, so she readily agreed.
Before Yang Heng could be happy, Bai Fuling said with a smile: "Cousin, please greet the two distinguished guests. Your Highness Sixth, please wait in the side hall. I will come as soon as I go."
Yang Heng soon knew why Bai Fuling wanted to "come as soon as he went", and when he saw the little raccoon flower in her arms, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart—he was so tight against him!
After the dictation of the two little princes who were rescued, he finally understood why she was so jealous of him approaching in Yilan Palace last time. It turned out that the problem was indeed with Little Lihua. This cat is not only ferocious, but also unaware Why is there a strong poison on their bodies? Although Fang Hai tried his best to treat the eight dead men who hijacked them, the poison is still lingering, which shows how powerful the poison on Xiao Lihua's body is.
Bai Fuling caught the fleeting helplessness in his eyes, and she was immediately very proud and smiled very sweetly.
There were only the two of them in the side hall, and she was no longer polite, and asked straight to the point: "You are not like a kind person who is eager to help others, why did you come to my house today?"
Yang Heng sighed and said: "If possible, you can persuade Lord Bai to resign from office as soon as possible."
Bai Fuling raised her eyebrows: "Is this what you mean or the emperor's meaning?"
"I mean, but Father is also optimistic about his success."
"Master Bai has nothing to do with my family..."
"Okay, this matter only missed the last layer of window paper. Master Bai couldn't wait to recognize you. He only has your father and one son left. As long as your father or you are willing to speak, he will probably reject."
Bai Fuling reluctantly said: "Okay, I'll give it a try." For the emperor, the emperor has always done it very skillfully and without any psychological burden. As a courtier, Bai Fuling understands the truth that he can automatically resign before they make a move to get a good end
Although Yang Heng was kind enough to remind him, but it was his father who crossed the bridge and pulled the board, he was considered an "accomplice" now, so it was a bit embarrassing, but fortunately, Bai Fuling didn't have any intention of getting excited and complaining.
There was silence in the hall for a while, and Bai Fuling suddenly said: "You... If you feel that Pingzi makes you dissatisfied in the future, remind him like this, okay?"
Yang Heng's heart seemed to be blocked by something, and finally nodded stiffly: "Okay!"
"I have to say, you are really kind to my family." Bai Fuling smiled softly. If Yang Heng swore that he would never do anything to Lin Ziping, she would find it ridiculous. The position of the emperor is not so easy to sit on. You have to weigh the power and interests of all parties, and you must be ruthless at the right time. It is very kind to be able to gently use the method of "giving up military power with a glass of wine" like Zhao Kuangyin, hinting and reminding his subordinates to take the initiative to retire. up.
Bai Fuling didn't want to continue such a heavy topic, and she didn't want to make Yang Heng feel bad about the Zhongguo Palace because of something that hasn't happened or even won't happen, so she quickly changed the subject and asked: "Did the queen die just now?" In a few days, why did you suddenly mention the marriage of the twelve princesses?"
"In addition to the Queen Xia, there is also a nobleman Xia. This nobleman Xia is the daughter of an offshoot of the Xia family. She and the queen are distant cousins. They have been in the palace for ten years and have no children. They have been with the queen and the queen all the time. The twelve princesses have a close relationship," Yang Heng said.
"Oh, the queen has passed away. She has no children and no backer, so she wants to please the twelve princesses. While the emperor is ashamed of the queen's death, she can find an ideal husband for the twelve princesses. I hope that the twelve princesses will reciprocate in the future. Take care of her? This is really not a good way, but she probably has no other way." Bai Fuling guessed along his train of thought.
Before the empress was still alive, the second prince was the most popular candidate for the crown prince, and the Xia family was in power for a while, so the twelve princesses naturally did not have to worry about marriage. When she still felt a little sorry and pity, she decided to settle the matter as soon as possible, otherwise, after she had been mourning for the queen for a year, maybe the emperor had already forgotten her.
When the queen was alive, the twelve princesses were arrogant and domineering. I don’t know how many concubines they offended. Now that the queen is dead, these concubines are blowing pillow wind in the emperor’s ears every day. How can the twelve princesses resist
It is not that there are no princesses who fell out of favor in the palace and were still unmarried in their twenties. Some later married some ordinary officials casually, and some even died of old age in obscurity. How can the twelve princesses not be afraid
As long as Xia Guiren does her this favor, he will be her great benefactor, and she will have to repay her in the future. At the very least, if the emperor dies and noble Xia is not dead, the twelve princesses can take her to the princess mansion to raise her for the rest of her life, instead of being sent to the royal nunnery to die in confinement like other childless concubines.
"You do understand the thoughts of women in the harem. If that's the case... why don't you just marry me!" Yang Heng smiled half-feignedly, and Bai Fuling snorted coldly.
"You want to be bitten by a cat, don't you?" Bai Fuling held up the little raccoon flower and made a ferocious gesture towards Yang Heng.
Yang Heng grinned and made a bow: "Don't dare, sister Fuling, please forgive me."
"Speak well, don't always try to take advantage of me with your smooth tongue."
"I'm serious." Yang Heng smiled wryly.
"I'm serious too! I won't marry you just as seriously as you won't give up the throne." Bai Fuling said firmly while stroking the little raccoon with her head down.
"Even if I have my heart and soul for you? Absolutely no second heart?" It's not that Yang Heng doesn't understand the crux of the matter, but there was a precedent in the previous dynasty where there was only one queen in the harem. Bai Fuling was unwilling to share her husband with other women, so he can follow the example The former emperor only had her alone.
This is not impossible, especially now that apart from Bai Changshan's faction in the imperial court, there is no force capable of threatening the imperial power, and no one will easily point fingers at the affairs of the harem. As long as Bai Changshan resigns from office and returns to seclusion, his father's doubts about his relatives interfering in politics will naturally be greatly reduced. Perhaps Lu Ying and Lin Pingzi will be wronged to be noble ministers with positions but no powers, but with their feelings for Bai Fuling, they will inevitably end up with Her will comes first.
Bai Fuling looked up in surprise, she didn't do anything to Yang Heng, why did he give up the whole garden just for her one flower? Especially if this garden is to be abandoned, there will be a considerable price to pay.
Yang Heng looked at her fixedly, without the usual flirtatious smile on his face, and said seriously: "My concubine mother died of sudden illness for unknown reasons when I was young, what happened in the middle, you can guess without telling me , and I don't want the woman I really like to suffer such misfortune one day. I hope you can always be by my side happily like this."
Bai Fuling is most afraid of people taking her seriously, she can't bear it and has no way to repay her. She didn't answer Yang Heng's question directly, but instead asked: "If you were Li Yunxin, what would you do if you encountered such a thing? Or, your father asked you to choose between me and the throne, you What will happen?"
Yang Heng was stunned for a moment, he could claim sweetly that he loved Jiangshan more than beautiful women, but under the gaze of Bai Fuling's clear eyes, he couldn't utter a word, half-said: "It's not fair for you to do this, what Li Yunxin said How can what you have compare with the throne of the emperor?"
Bai Fuling nodded and said: "It's not fair. I heard a story before. There were two men who pursued the same woman. One was worth millions and the other was a craftsman whose monthly salary could only support his family. The rich took whatever they wanted." He offered a thousand taels of silver as a betrothal gift to marry this woman, and the craftsman went bankrupt with only ten taels of silver, so he was willing to use all his money as a false dowry in order to marry the woman he loves."
Yang Heng's complexion changed slightly: "You want to tell me that you would rather have the one who wholeheartedly and without reservation?"
Bai Fuling blinked and said, "I'm not sure, but I know very well that I prefer the free Beiguan City to this place."
Yang Heng stared at her for a while, and said: "You can think about it slowly, maybe you will change your mind."
"The choice of your concubine should have been decided years ago." Bai Fuling said innocently.
"Father has not officially announced the candidate. The concubine I selected is the daughter of Lord Mo, Minister of Rites. Lord Mo has a very deep relationship with the eldest prince..." Yang Heng said sullenly.
OK! This cunning guy, this was clearly intentional. Now that Mr. Mo has gone to eat in prison, even if he hugs his head, he is still a prisoner. How can the dignified prince marry the daughter of a prisoner as his concubine
No wonder he didn't care about the selection of the prince and concubine, it turned out that he had already prepared countermeasures, but how did he know that the eldest prince would rebel in the near future? The emperor clearly knew what was going on, but he let him do this. He didn't know what he was planning.
Bai Fuling didn't want to continue guessing the thoughts of these high-ranking people, so she simply returned to the main topic: "What are you going to do about the twelve princesses?"
"Du, Twelve can't afford to wait for her current situation. As long as you help Li Yunxin get some ills and spread the word, the partner of Twelve Fingers will definitely be replaced. When the candidate is confirmed and the decree is declared, Li Yunxin will recover slowly, about two or three months. During this period, evidence can be slowly collected to reverse Mr. Xu's case. Although the process is difficult and it may take a year or two, as long as Li Yunxin succeeds, Li Yunxin will be able to live with Miss Xu in an upright manner. Together." Sure enough, Yang Heng's thinking was much clearer than the outside two, and he grasped the point at once.
Bai Fuling was relieved when she heard it, isn't she just pretending to be sick, Fang Hai has some kind of sickness that he can't fake, it's better to get a disfigurement poison similar to ghost face Gu, to ensure that the twelve princesses will be scared to death when they see it, it's even more absolute I will not marry Li Yunxin.
"You seem to have a very good relationship with the fifth son-in-law. How did you trick him?" Bai Fuling pretended to be relaxed. After being rejected by her, Yang Heng was a little depressed. She felt ashamed and turned around without finishing her business. just go.
Yang Heng vaguely understood her intentions, and said with a smile: "What a trick, I solved the evil wife at home for him, so he will naturally make friends with me sincerely."
"Fifth princess? Uh, the accident of the fifth princess was you..." Bai Fuling was taken aback. She heard the news that the fifth princess fell from a horse and was seriously injured when she first came to Beijing. She didn't expect that it was Yang Heng's black hand. This guy is really kind. The black hand is ruthless, the fifth princess is said to be his half-sister! Although as far as the evil things she has done, she really has nothing to sympathize with.
Yang Heng put his finger in front of his lips, winked at her and said, "Don't say it, don't say it!"
No wonder the Fifth Son-in-law trusted him so much, it turned out that Yang Heng had done such a great thing for him! This move can be called killing two birds with one stone. It won over the five sons-in-law and added a blood debt between Concubine Mao and the Queen. Concubine Mao still believed that her daughter was killed by someone sent by the Queen in the palace that day.
"It's said that one night couples are in love for a hundred days. What kind of enmity does the fifth son-in-law have with the fifth princess to make this happen?" Bai Fuling really couldn't see that the fifth son-in-law was also ruthless.
Yang Heng said: "It's similar to Li Yunxin's matter. The fifth son-in-law originally had a private life-long beloved woman, but because she was too low-born, she was a maid in the fifth son-in-law's mansion, so she has never been named. The fifth son-in-law had already found her." A high-ranking official who has become an official intends to recognize this woman as his daughter so that he can form a marriage alliance. As a result, because the fifth princess is forced to marry, this woman has to continue to be unknown. The worst thing is that shortly after the fifth princess got married, she found out that This woman actually has the flesh and blood of the fifth son-in-law, and without saying a word, someone secretly kidnapped the woman outside the city, tied her on a horse and dragged her to death."
Bai Fuling was horrified when she heard that, this fifth princess was simply inhumane, she could do such a thing, no wonder the fifth son-in-law would be so ruthless to her. It is said that the Twelve Princesses beat eunuchs and maids to death more than once in the palace. These royal princesses are really few good people. It is normal for Li Yunxin to rather be a widower than marry a princess.
"The Fifth Son-in-law is because he shares the same illness with Li Yunxin, so he helps him so much?" Bai Fuling understood.
"Yes, the two families already had some friendship, and because of this incident, the two became very close."
"You helped Li Yunxin because of the fifth son-in-law?"
Yang Heng nodded, there is nothing to deny.
"Cunning! Snobbish!" Bai Fuling criticized mercilessly.
"Be polite." Yang Heng smiled easily, as if the unhappiness just now had passed without a trace.
After seeing off the three guests, Bai Fuling returned to the room, and Bai Guo approached with a serious face and said, "Miss, your question is so deep, to be honest, do you want the one with ten taels of silver or the one with one thousand taels of silver? Although the two silvers are wholehearted, one thousand taels of silver... a hundred times a hundred times..."
This guy was eavesdropping outside just now! Bai Fuling said unhappily: "Think for yourself, don't bother me."
After a while, Bai Guo raised his head with pain on his face and said, "Forget it, I want the one with ten taels of silver, at worst I can earn the one thousand taels by myself! Anyway, it's not impossible for me to earn it! I still want someone who likes me wholeheartedly." All right."
"I can't see it, you still have the consciousness to support your family and take care of your father." Bai Fuling said disapprovingly.
"Then... Then I want the one thousand taels of silver?" Bai Guo wavered again.
"Your redemption price is more than one thousand taels, isn't it worth selling yourself for such a small amount?" He mercilessly contemptuously disdainful.
Bai Guo resentfully said: "Isn't this a metaphor... Otherwise, miss, which one is better?"
Bai Fuling raised her head and puffed her chest out and said, "Both of them are bad. One has money but no sincerity, and the other has sincerity but no money. Think about it, although the former one has money, he will give you a very limited amount. Maybe it will be given to his family. There are more concubines, relatives and friends than those given to you, how depressed you are, and the latter one either you have to suffer with him, or you simply raise him together, which is also depressed!"
"If you say it, you don't say it..."
"Fool, why do you have to wait for other people to offer conditions? You can tell the one in front, give me all your net worth, and I will marry you! You can also tell the one in the back, you go find a way to earn a thousand taels, and I will marry you!" marry you!"
Bai Guo was dumbfounded, and finally concluded: "No wonder you can't get married, Miss..."