auspicious time has come

Chapter 79
Princess Yongyang looked at him and didn't speak for a while.

Apart from the emperor's slightly heavy breathing, there was only silence in the hall.

After a while, the emperor said: "Yongyang, you don't even want to agree with me... Do you also think that it's me who persecuted Zhongliang, betrayed me... and wronged him?"

Princess Yongyang lowered her eyes: "Brother Huang has his own thoughts when doing things."

The emperor closed his eyes when he heard the words, and smiled weakly: "I know, you have always been the one who values ​​the most affection... I still remember that when the emperor chose your son-in-law for you, you refused to agree in every possible way at first, but after getting married , but gradually developed a true relationship with him, and even after many years of death, you still couldn't get out, and it was hard to heal because of this... You are always like this, keeping everything in your heart, but even if you don't talk about it, I know it ..."

Princess Yongyang's eyelashes trembled, and she suppressed the fluctuations in her voice: "Brother Huang said it's far away."

"Yeah, it's far away...it's all old things." When the emperor opened his eyes again, the cloudy eyes were changing: "But this old thing has always haunted me...he died for eight years, and I was haunted by nightmares." It's been entangled for eight years!"

"I want to know why he betrayed the country...I want to know the reason!" The emperor tensed up all over, and said: "That's why I want to escort Xuanpu to Beijing. I originally wanted to ask about the past by myself... But Xuan Pu is dead... not even the heavens gave me a chance to ask the truth!"

Princess Yongyang finally slowly raised her eyes, looked at the emperor who was trapped in the demons of the past, and asked slowly: "If the emperor really finds out that the elder brother was framed back then, what should we do?"

These words were like a nail piercing the emperor's heart, causing his tense body to tremble slightly.

He fixedly looked at Zhijin Xiangyun's bed tent, as if he didn't know how much effort he had expended, and said word by word: "If he was wronged, I will naturally give him justice and get rid of his name! I will... ...I will definitely!"

is it?

But when we clearly had the opportunity to know the truth back then, why didn't we try to investigate further?

The so-called ironclad evidence is just in front of you, and you are eager to convict——

At the moment, he claimed that he wanted to ask about what happened back then, but why didn't he even have the courage to meet that person in person and listen to the other person's explanation?

Now, instead, he is obsessed with the truth that Xuanpu said——

No matter how it sounded, she felt that she was just deceiving herself.

Princess Yongyang closed her eyes and said with sarcasm: "Times have changed, and the key people are no longer alive. It will be extremely difficult to go back to the past."

When the emperor heard this, the corners of his drooping eyes trembled, and a drop of muddy tear slowly fell down.

The emperor, who showed a sense of twilight, almost choked up and whispered: "Zhen...Zhen probably shouldn't be this emperor..."

He asked again: "Yongyang, do you hate me?"

Princess Yongyang sighed lightly: "Brother Huang is my only elder brother..."

The emperor's voice became lower and lower, and his sanity gradually became more and more drowsy.

Princess Yongyang couldn't hear his ravings clearly, so she called the eunuch in charge.

"How can you be so drowsy?" Princess Yongyang put down the bed curtain for the emperor herself, and turned to the eunuch in charge and asked in a low voice: "Have you taken the medicine? What does the imperial doctor say?"

"The medicine is for taking... The imperial physician only said that His Majesty is currently weak and can no longer use heavy medicines. He can only try his best to take care of him..." Facing the eldest princess, the eunuch in charge revealed a trace of worry and said: "His Royal Highness has also ordered people to secretly search for famous doctors among the people..."

Princess Yongyang frowned and nodded lightly.

She looked back at the dragon tent, only said: "Be careful and serve."

"Yes, I must take care of Your Majesty carefully."

The eunuch in charge personally sent the eldest princess out of the inner hall.

"Aunt." The prince who was waiting outside the palace gate greeted her.

"Why haven't you returned yet?"

"My nephew wants to send my aunt off."

The aunt and nephew have always been close, and when the crown prince accompanied Princess Yongyang down the stone steps, he asked in a low voice with worry: "According to my aunt, my father..."

Although his aunt has not been on the battlefield for many years, and has long been out of the war and political affairs, his admiration and trust for his aunt have always been there.

"It's hard to say..." Princess Yongyang shook her head lightly, looked at the vermilion wall corridor with palace lanterns hanging in front of her, and said, "You are the prince, make preparations for everything early in the morning."

The prince's back tensed slightly, and he responded, "Chang'er understands."

The person with the lamp beside him is the prince's most trusted confidant internal eunuch, and the emperor's bedroom is getting farther and farther behind, and Princess Yongyang whispered again: "Aunt knows, you have never let go of the affairs of the old family...but since ancient times From now on, the time when the old and the new are replaced is the most critical time. At this juncture, it is better for you to put this matter aside, so as not to be caught by others and make a big fuss in front of your father..."

The prince was slightly surprised.

My aunt has always known, is he looking into the old affairs of the Shi family?
"Your mother left early, and you were brought up by your aunt... How could your aunt not know what kind of child you are?" To explain his thoughts, Princess Yongyang looked ahead into the deep night, and there was a faint smile on her weak face. With a touch of tenacity: "The truth will not be buried forever, it is just always held in the hands of the real power."

The night was extremely cold, and the biting coldness soaked in the eyes, which made the prince's eyes turn slightly red: "Yes, Chang'er, remember."

A gust of wind came, and Princess Yongyang coughed for a while.

The prince was quite worried and said: "I heard that there is a doctor in my aunt's house who is staying temporarily. After being recuperated, is there still no improvement?"

After coughing for a while, the Eldest Princess' voice was a little hoarse: "No problem...these are just minor illnesses not worth mentioning."

Aunt Qizhen beside her sighed silently, and tightened her cloak a little more for her.

The prince immediately ordered the inner eunuch to prepare a soft sedan chair to see him off.

Watching the sedan chair leave, the prince confessed to the people around him: "My aunt is weak, and when she goes in and out of the palace, she can change to a soft sedan chair outside the forbidden palace, and there is no need to walk into the palace again—by ​​my order, this matter will be passed on." Arrange it as soon as possible."

The internal supervisor should come down immediately.

The eldest princess Yongyang left the Forbidden Palace in a sedan chair, and took her mother into the carriage of the eldest princess mansion.

The eldest princess Yongyang took the hot tea handed over by the mother, sighed and said: "This foolish brother of the palace, he has been cowardly and evasive since he was a child. This look."

The mother said in a low voice: "At the court today, Mr. Jiang and all the ministers impeached Dingbeihou... Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came forward to refute, so that the trouble did not become unmanageable..."

"Write to him and tell him to be more vigilant both publicly and secretly." Princess Yongyang said: "Jiang Zhengfu will definitely not let it go."

"Yes."

"The situation in the Northland is becoming more and more tense..." Princess Yongyang opened one side of the car curtain with emotion, and looked into the deep cold night: "I don't know what that cat is doing now, I really miss her. It's tight... Tomorrow will be the twelfth lunar month, without her making noises, I really can't even smell the lively smell of the new year."

"That's right, usually when Mrs. Liheng is here, I sometimes feel a little noisy. After leaving, it seems to have calmed down, and life is much more boring." The nanny said: "But don't worry, Your Highness, Miss Heng is so smart and sensitive... Ding I can return to Beijing safely as soon as possible."

Princess Yongyang nodded slightly.

"I am also looking forward to my Ah Heng's safe return as soon as possible day and night..."

……

On the day of Laba, the ice and snow inside and outside Yingzhou City had not yet melted, but it was also a fine day to see the sun.

It was early in the morning, in the governor's mansion, Pei Ding, the governor of Yingzhou, was standing in front of the bookshelf, opening a secret letter he had just received.

The doors and windows were closed and there was no one else around, Pei Ding didn't dare to carelessly read the contents of the letter word by word.

"Squeak-"

The sound of the door being pushed open suddenly came from behind. Pei Ding, who was contemplating, was startled, and hastily stuffed the secret letter into his sleeve.

A girl walked in.

"It's Shuanger...why didn't anyone tell me when I came in?"

"I told them that it was my mother who asked me to come, so they didn't dare to ask for a biography." Pei Wushuang walked in and looked at his father with a suspicious expression: "Father, don't you think so?" Did you do something wrong again? Did you go out to gamble secretly again?"

"Gambling?" Pei Ding sighed, spread his hands and asked back: "You might as well read your father's name first...how can I dare to gamble now?"

A long time ago, he didn't believe in evil, until he lost more and more...

"That's true."

"Why did your mother ask you to find me?" Pei Ding settled down and sat down in the chair.

"Today, I am going to visit Mrs. Xiao in the Dingbei Hou Mansion with my mother, and my mother asked me to ask, is there anything that my father needs to convey to the Hou Mansion from her?"

A Niang said that the Marquis of Dingbei was appointed as Jiedushi, and now he is in charge of the entire Northland. As the governor of Yingzhou, my father is also under the jurisdiction of Marquis Dingbei. ——It is not good for men to communicate too frequently on the surface, and it is more appropriate to let the women in the back house communicate with each other.

"Go to the Marquis' Mansion..." Pei Ding thought for a while, and said, "In that case, please send me an invitation card. On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, I just want to invite Xiaohou to the mansion for a banquet..."

Pei Wushuang stretched out his hand: "Give me the invitation."

The mansion held a banquet on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to celebrate Father's birthday, so it was normal to invite Beihou to come on such an occasion—but whether the other party will come or not is hard to say.

"Since it's for Master Xiao, it should be more sincere if I invite you with my own handwriting... Shuang'er, wait a minute." Pei Ding came to the book case with a smile, and did not hide his flattery at all.

Pei Wushuang was obviously used to it, and sat down to the side to drink tea and wait.

"I'm here to help dad grind ink..." Pei Ding looked at his daughter dissatisfied.

"You'd better do it yourself or call the boy. In case you get your fingers dirty, it's extremely difficult to wash. I'm going to be a guest at the Hou Mansion later." The girl said, holding tea with one hand and stretching out the other. He looked out, looked at the fingers on the back of his hand, and turned over to look at the palm of his hand, showing a very satisfied expression.

Pei Ding glanced at it, and immediately said defensively: "Father, please explain clearly to you first, you can go to the Hou's Mansion, but see the monk——No!"

"What kind of monk? He has never been ordained. He just grew up in a temple when he was young... Now he is a lieutenant general Yin with an official position!" When Pei Wushuang corrected him, he sighed again: "I don't know. I want to see him, but where can I see him? He avoids me all day, like a mouse hiding from a cat..."

Pei Ding snorted softly: "That means he still has some self-knowledge, knowing that he is not good enough for my daughter, Pei Ding."

Looking at the wicked girl, he said earnestly, "Shuang'er, why do you insist on being so obsessed with him...Look at you, if you want to have a family background, if you want to go out to a famous family, if you want to look good, you can follow suit." Daddy, you have such a pretty face——Father only has you as a daughter, and raised you to such a big age, but he only counts on you to climb the dragon and the phoenix in the future!"

"...You are really my own father, how can you say such inhumane words?"

Seeing his father's loving smile, Pei Wushuang also showed a false smile: "But you have to think carefully, I can't be your little puppet with my temperament, and it's not my thing to gain power. It should be a very easy job for him to have a job and a future..."

Pei Ding looked at his daughter expectantly: "It's okay, Dad believes that you will grow up."

The girl has lost her knowledge, and her expression at this time is a bit suspicious of life: "Can you stop being so philistine? Even if it is a little more tactful?"

"Father doesn't like to hear that. Between you and my father and daughter, what is there to see? Father has never been such a hypocritical person." Pei Ding said with a smile: "Besides, it's human nature to hope that a daughter will become a phoenix." .”

Pei Wushuang just felt that these words sounded wrong, but he couldn't refute them for a while——

"Are you still writing about the invitation? If you don't, I'll be leaving! Be careful, Auntie is waiting in a hurry, and you will be the one who will be scolded later!"

"Write, write, write..."

When Pei Wushuang left the study with the invitation, his face was filled with joy.

Finally, I can go to the Hou Mansion again!

As for the bad things my father said just now? ——Just say it, anyway, she has never heard the words of this old man who is open to money!
……

In Dingbeihou's mansion, Mrs. Xiao was eating melon seeds in the house, flipping through the booklet in her hand, Chunjuan stood behind her and gently rubbed her shoulders, and couldn't resist the temptation to poke her head to read the words on the booklet.

"This paragraph is well written...!" Mrs. Xiao laughed so hard that her eyes almost disappeared, she pointed at the previous paragraph with a melon seed, and said, "It is vivid and fits well!"

"Yeah!" Chunjuan's eyes lit up and he nodded his head, his face full of intoxication.

While the master and servant were staring at the booklet, Green Wax walked in to pass it on.

"If it's not important, let's talk about it later, don't delay my business..." Mrs. Xiao smiled and turned another page, she had no time to pay attention.

Looking at the madam who was "playing with things and losing her mind", Lu Wa seemed to think about it seriously: "It's not really important, it's just that Master Ji came to say hello to madam...Then, maidservant, will you tell someone to go back?"

Ah Heng is here?

Mrs. Xiao's expression changed immediately, and she took a look at Lu Wa: "Are you a fool? It's so cold outside, why don't you invite people in!"

Now that the master is here, what brochure does she still care about!

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