No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 201 Six impurities (two chapters in one)
Being thrown out of the gate directly from the banquet, Cheng Enhou's mansion can be regarded as completely humiliated this time.

Because of the Empress Dowager Zhu's relationship, most of the nobles in Shangyong were very polite to the Zhu family.Even if he doesn't like the Zhu family, he won't show it directly.

Throwing people out directly like this time, probably no one except the Luo family and the Prince Regent's Mansion could do it.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou took Zhu Jin back home, so she couldn't help complaining and crying in front of Cheng Enhou.

Hearing his wife and daughter's words, Cheng Enhou's face suddenly became ugly as if stained with ink.

"Xie Yan, what does this mean?!" Cheng Enhou slapped the table with anger on his face.

Madam Cheng Enhou wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said: "What else do you mean? Now that the Prince Regent has set up with the Luo family, why would he put our family in his eyes? It was said earlier that the Prince Regent's House and the Luo family cannot be allowed to The Luo family is getting married, as it is now... In the future, let alone us, I am afraid that His Majesty will not take it seriously."

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Enhou's face changed again.

Don't they want to prevent the Luo family from getting married with the Prince Regent's House?It was because Xie Yan and the Luo family didn't give them a chance to stop it!
In the final analysis, the Chengenhou Mansion was able to gain a foothold in the capital after the death of Mrs. Zhu first because of the Empress Dowager Zhu, but now it is because of Xie Cheng, a nephew.

However, Xie Cheng is not yet seven years old, and it will be at least ten years before he wants to be in power.

If Xie Yan refuses to delegate power, even 20-year-old Xie Cheng may not be able to grasp real power.

And the worse result... they dare not even think about it.

Seeing his father's gloomy face and not speaking, Zhu Jin couldn't help but said, "Father, you must tell your aunt that you must not let that little bitch Luo Junyao go!"

Cheng Enhou raised his head, and cast a gloomy glance at his daughter, "You still have the nerve to say, if you weren't arrogant and domineering, why would Xie Yan look down on you? No matter how bad Luo Junyao is, Xie Yan can come to the door to ask for marriage in person !."

Obviously, even Cheng Enhou had to admit that Xie Yan was not someone who would force himself to marry the Luo family for the sake of power.Since he personally came to ask Luo Junyao to marry him, he must have taken a fancy to Miss Luo Er.

Zhu Jin's pretty face flushed instantly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "What does this have to do with me!"

Zhu Jin was also very wronged. She admitted that she was a little arrogant, but she had never been arrogant in front of the regent.

Cheng Enhou waved his hands with some headache and said: "Okay, you guys go back first, I'll think about it later."

"Where is my aunt..." Zhu Jin was still a little unwilling.

Cheng Enhou's eyes darkened, and he said coldly: "I told you to go back first!"

Zhu Jin was taken aback, and wanted to say something but was pulled back by her mother, so she swallowed the words abruptly, and silently followed her mother out of the study.

After the two women left, the study finally became quiet.

Cheng Enhou sighed, stood up and wanted to go out.

As the head of the family, who doesn't want to take the family to a higher level in their own hands?But the reality is that since the death of his father, even if there is a younger sister who became a queen and later became a queen mother, the power of the Zhu family in Shangyong is still declining.

When his father was still alive, he once said that Gaozu appointed his younger sister to be the concubine only to appease Shangyong's original nobles.And when the younger sister really became the crown princess, those original Dongling nobles in Shangyong had been almost demolished by Gao Zu.

Gaozu did not break the contract, and still let the then prince marry the Zhu family girl, which can be regarded as a reassurance for the rest of the people.Let them know that the Xie family will not drive people to death.

Later, Gaozu died and the previous emperor succeeded to the throne, and the method used was still the same as Gaozu.

Now, it has been more than 30 years since Dasheng established the country, and it has been nearly 20 years since the Central Plains were completely unified.
That is to say, the Su family is still in power, more prominent than before.

Rao is an old fox like old man Su, who has been suppressing his son and grandson all these years, and this is how the royal family and the regent value the grandchildren of the Su family.

The Zhu family did not have this condition.

Cheng Enhou thought about the juniors in Cheng Enhou's mansion, and secretly regretted that he did not obey his father's will.All the children in the family have been spoiled by relying on their status as the empress dowager these years.

"Bang bang."

Before Cheng Enhou reached the door, he heard two knocks on the door from outside.

After a pause, he frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

But there was no answer outside the door, Cheng Enhou couldn't help frowning a little more.

Walking a few steps to the door, he stretched out his hand and opened the door.

There was no one outside the door, and Cheng Enhou was about to call for someone, but he heard a male voice from his side, "Cheng Enhou, excuse me, someone wants me to send you a letter."

Cheng Enhou was shocked, only then did he realize that the man was standing with his back against the wall next to the gate.

He quickly took a step back and said sharply, "Who are you?!"

The man stood at the door and looked at the panicked middle-aged man in front of him with great interest.

"My name is Musa."

"You are not from the Central Plains!" Cheng Enhou said.

Musa looked around and said with a smile, "Mr. Cheng En, are you sure you want to talk to me here?"

Cheng Enhou was silent for a while, he didn't want to talk to this Qi tribe man of unknown origin in front of him at all.

But looking at him standing swaggeringly at the door, seemingly not worried about being discovered, he knew he had no choice.

After a while, he took two steps back and let the person in.

Musa gave a chuckle with unknown meaning, stepped into the study and closed the door smoothly.

Cheng Enhou stared at the leisurely youth of the foreign race in front of him, and said, "Who the hell are you? Who told you to send me a letter?"

Musa took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over, "Cheng Enhou, don't be nervous, I'm just an errand messenger, and I can't do anything except deliver letters."

Cheng Enhou took the envelope and did not open it in a hurry. He only glanced at the wax seal on the seal, and the corners of his eyes began to twitch uncontrollably.

He glanced at Musa quickly, as if he wanted to throw the letter in his hand.

Musa didn't care too much, and said: "How to deal with this letter, Cheng Enhou can figure it out for himself, I will take my leave first."

Cheng Enhou's lips trembled and he didn't speak. As expected, Musa stopped talking nonsense, turned around and opened the door, and disappeared at the gate after a while.

The outside of the study is still quiet and solemn, as if no one has ever been there.

Cheng Enhou's hand holding the envelope was trembling, and he looked down at the envelope in his hand, as if the phoenix pattern on the envelope was not wax paint but blood.

He was in a trance for a moment, as if there appeared in front of him a figure that he thought he had forgotten many years ago.

Regent's House
It was rare for Xie Yan to sit leisurely in the gazebo in Jingyuan and play chess alone.

The sky has gradually darkened, the busy people in Jingyuan during the day have dispersed, and the noisy Jingyuan has regained its original tranquility.

It's just that the quiet and solemn garden at first glance has changed its appearance now.

All kinds of flowers bloom quietly in the twilight that has just fallen, and the night wind brings a faint fragrance of flowers.Not long ago, rockery rocks of different shapes were delivered, and rockery with different postures were piled up in the garden.

Not far from the rockery, there are long flower walls and exquisitely carved corridors.

On the lake outside the gazebo, several pairs of mandarin ducks are swimming quietly in the lake, and on the other side of the lake, there are several white cranes hunting and playing by the water.

Farther away, next to the tall and rugged rockery is a small piece of pruning bamboo, and two peacocks are strolling leisurely with their long tail feathers beside the bamboo forest.

Xie Yan lowered his head lightly, and when he looked up, he saw the mandarin ducks swimming up and down the lake and was slightly taken aback.

Jingyuan has probably never been so lively and lively, so... she shouldn't feel too deserted after she comes here, right?
"My lord, Master Mingguang is here." Duoying quietly appeared outside the gazebo and said in a low voice.

Xie Yan frowned slightly, "What is he here for?"

"What? My nephew is getting married, so I, my uncle, can't come?" Without waiting for the master's permission, Master Ming Guang walked in ostentatiously.

He changed out of the solemn cassock that he had worn when he entered the palace that day, and only wore a gray monk's robe.

Xie Yan waved to Folding Ying to signal him to step back, and then he looked at Master Mingguang and said, "If you are willing to come, the Prince Regent's Palace will naturally treat you as the honored guest."

Master Mingguang didn't speak, walked into the gazebo and sat down, as if he was seriously thinking about Xie Yan's words.

After a long while, I shook my head and said, "Forget it, I'm already a monk. It's better not to see those people in the past, so as not to hinder my practice."

Xie Yan rarely said in his heart: "Even if you are a monk, you are still impure."

Xie Yan reached out and poured a cup of tea in front of him, "If that's the case, why are you here?"

Master Mingguang frowned and said, "The last time you came to Huguo Temple, you said..."

"Bai Jingrong." Before he finished speaking, Xie Yan had already understood the reason for his visit, "Since you have become a monk, you should cultivate your Buddha well. As for Bai Jingrong, it is the business of ordinary people. Do you want to be divided into five horses or smashed into ashes?" , I can do it for you."

"You're going to get married soon, don't you think it's unlucky for you to speak like this?" Master Ming Guang was rarely speechless.

Xie Yan didn't care, "Is there anything inauspicious for me when the enemy is crushed?"

Master Mingguang choked for a moment and was speechless for a moment.

After a long while, Master Mingguang sighed softly and said, "This person Bai Jingrong... You haven't seen her much, have you? You were not born when she left Shangyong, and she seldom comes out after you became the regent."

Xie Yan nodded and said, "I've seen her once. She was with Ji Sui in the border town seven or eight years ago."

"How does it feel?" Master Mingguang asked.

Xie Yan raised his eyes to look at him with a flat expression, "How should I feel?"

Master Mingguang paused for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "That's right, you looked at Yao Yun since you were a child, and there shouldn't be much difference in her."

"You have also looked at Yao Yun since you were a child, why can't you see him?"

Master Mingguang smiled wryly and said, "Do you want to say that she is a beautiful woman? It's different. You knew from the beginning that she was your enemy. She is different from Yao Yun. If you were born 20 years earlier, you might not think so."

Xie Yan said: "General Luo is nearly 20 years older than me, and his evaluation of Bai Jingrong may be completely different from yours."

Master Mingguang rarely rolled his eyes, "What does a bastard like Luo Yun know? He knows that his wife is the prettiest."

"What's wrong." Xie Yan said.

Master Mingguang lowered his eyes and said: "There is nothing wrong with it, people with no distracting thoughts are good."

Xie Yan frowned and said, "You suddenly came here to talk nonsense to me because you have lost your old love for her, and you want me to let her go?"

Master Mingguang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing.

After a while, he sighed and said, "Zhifei, if she was a man, it would be hard to say who would win and who would lose between the Bai family and the Xie family. Of course, I didn't come to you to let you let him go. "

Xie Yan frowned slightly and said nothing, Master Ming Guang said: "I want to solve her myself."

Xie Yan said: "You don't have to force yourself to do things you can't do."

Master Mingguang snorted coldly, "How do you know I can't do it?"

"If you could do it, she would have died 30 years ago." Xie Yan said.

There was silence in the gazebo.

After an unknown amount of time, Master Mingguang raised his head and looked at the peacock strolling by the bamboo forest in the distance, with a murderous look on his brows, "You're right, monks should practice hard. But... if you don't personally cut off the worldly grievances, It’s useless even if you cultivate for a lifetime.”

Xie Yan nodded and said, "I see."

Master Mingguang stood up, stretched out his hand and picked up a black stone from the chess box beside the table and landed it somewhere on the board.

"You have never lost anyone in terms of strategy, ability, and determination. The only shortcoming is that you are soft-hearted, and you place too much emphasis on friendship." After finishing speaking, Master Mingguang turned and walked outside.

Xie Yan didn't take it seriously, and calmly settled down again, and said lightly: "After knocking on the wooden fish for so many years, the evil spirit has become heavier. The scriptures you have recited all these years are indeed in vain."

Master Mingguang came and went, as if nothing was left behind.

As night fell and the lights came on, Cui Zheyu lazily leaned against the window on the second floor, looking at the noisy casino downstairs with a little tiredness in his eyes.

She was dressed in black, her hair was in a bun with strands of hair hanging casually, and there was a white flower in her hair.

The regular customers of the casino would occasionally couldn't help flirting with this beautiful and enchanting female boss, but almost no one dared to do anything to her.

"Boss, Mr. Xie is here." Outside the door, the manager of the gambling shop whispered.

Cui Zheyu turned around and asked, "Which Mr. Xie?"

The steward's expression was a little strange, "The prince of Ancheng's mansion."

"No see." Cui Zheyu waved his hand and said ruthlessly, "Send him away and say I'm not free."

"Yes." The steward bowed respectfully, turned around and went downstairs.

Cui Zheyu sighed lightly, playing with a delicate flower in his hand, a little bored.

There was a soft sound from the window on the other side behind her, and Cui Zheyu's originally slightly tired eyes flashed a sharp sharp edge. She turned around quickly but leaned back again when she saw the person coming.

Still lazy, soft and boneless.

"It's so late, why did the prince come to my small place?" Cui Zheyu laughed.

The voice was a bit hoarse, as if carrying a trace of inexplicable ambiguity.

Xie Yan was dressed in black, and stood in front of the window looking at her indifferently.

"Bai Jingrong has arrived at Shangyong." Xie Yan said.

Cui Zheyu, who was still lazily leaning against the window, sat up straight for a moment, and the presumptuous expression just now was no longer seen on his face, as indifferent as a statue carved from jade.

She raised her hand and closed the window behind her with a touch, and said coldly: "I haven't received any news, where did the prince get the news from?"

Xie Yan said: "You don't need to know where I got the news, I just came to inform you. Cui Zheyu, your intelligence network doesn't seem to be as sophisticated as you thought."

Cui Zheyu was silent for a while, the indifferent look on his face gradually faded, and he smiled wryly: "Don't say it's me, even the prince...can't you do nothing about her? Bai Jingrong is a monster." When Cui Zheyu said this, Cui Zheyu There was a bit of hatred in Zheyu's eyes.

Xie Yan said indifferently: "This king is not interested in what she is."

In a moment, Cui Zheyu had recovered her previous composure, and said with a sweet smile: "Of course the prince is not interested in her. An old woman of her age can't compare to the beauty and loveliness of the regent princess. In a few years, the regent princess It may not be much worse than her."

Xie Yan glanced at her warningly, Cui Zheyu sighed softly and said: "It's a pity...there are too few men in this world who are like the prince and General Luo. Even now, no one can say I know how many people in Shangyonghuang City used to be Bai Jingrong's servants. You know... If these people really existed, they would all be in high positions according to their age. Wang Ye, be careful."

Xie Yan said: "There is also a sexual appetite, but there may not be so many people who are willing to give everything for beauty. Otherwise, the Bai family would not have suffered a crushing defeat back then."

Cui Zheyu said with a smile: "The Bai family suffered a complete defeat because Bai Jingrong went overboard to provoke a man she couldn't afford, thinking that she could get everything by relying on her beauty. To be honest, although I hate her, I... really Some admire her. If she hadn't thought too highly of herself back then, thinking that no one could bear to hurt her, maybe she would have really succeeded."

Smiling and laughing, a tear fell from the corner of Cui Zheyu's eyes.

She looked at Xie Yan, and whispered softly: "My lord, I heard that when Bai Jingrong's appearance was the most beautiful, Emperor Gaozu ignored him. He...why was he seduced by a half-old lady...It's the difference between him and Gaozu. Is it too much, or is there too much difference between me and the Empress Dowager?"

Xie Yan said: "Since you treat him as dead, you don't have to worry about it."

Cui Zheyu gritted his teeth and said, "But, he's not dead yet!"

"You will die soon." Xie Yan glanced at the white flowers on her head, "You will be able to be a filial piety during this time next year."

Cui Zheyu was startled, and said in a deep voice: "He also came to Shangyong? He is so brave!"

Xie Yan said: "Bai Jingrong came to Shangyong, he will definitely follow."

The slender fingers slowly crushed the flowers in their hands, and the bright juice dyed the white fingertips like jade.

"I want to kill him with my own hands." Cui Zheyu said slowly.

Xie Yan was about to speak when there was a burst of noise outside.

"My lord, please stop!" The casino manager's voice was a little hasty and authentic, "Our boss is not here, please come again next time."

Xie Xiao said: "I know she's here, I just saw her! I have something important to talk to her, so get out of the way!"

"No!" The steward said urgently, "The boss has something to do, it's really inconvenient right now, please young master..."

"Believe it or not, this son has someone copied your gambling house?! Get out of the way!"

"Ouch! Young Master, don't..."

The door was slammed open from the outside, Xie Xiao stood at the door and saw the people in the room, the expression on his face changed from initial sullen and anxious to dazed and shocked.

"You! You..."

　We are going to get married soon~~(*￣3)(ε￣*)
　　It’s the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass~~(′｀)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)