A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 127
Ten fingers connected to the heart.

This time, the stabbed Yang family didn't respond at all.

It wasn't until the blood dripped out of her fingertips and slipped into the gap between her fingers that she quickly pulled out the veil to wrap it up.

When Qi Huan mentioned the matter of Concubine Wen to her, he didn't have any preconceived position, he was just curious and just asking around.

So, I didn't pay attention to her reaction the whole time.

It's just that after she finished speaking, she didn't hear Yang's answer for a long time, so she raised her eyes and looked at the other party.

Under the shadow of the lamp, Yang took advantage of the night to cover her hands so that Qi Huan did not see the strangeness in her hands.

She just asked her daughter: "Why are you asking her again? Did you meet me in the palace today?"

"That's not true." Qi Huan said, "It's just... I don't think I'm supercilious, that Yu Feifei made things difficult for me, I always feel like another girl from Concubine Wen's family, named Yang Pan'er, was instigating."

This time, she looked at Yang seriously.

Yang also frowned: "What do you mean?"

Qi Huan told her the basis of his suspicion.

After hearing this, Yang frowned even more tightly.

Qi Huan became serious: "So I think, if it is not a coincidence that my cousin lost something in the palace on the day of the palace examination, could it be related to this pair of sisters? At the luncheon, I tried to ask Gao Yunmiao about it. She said that the previous two terms of the Patriarch of the Yang family were out of town, and that Yang Pan'er had only recently returned to the capital, and was temporarily living in Concubine Wen's Chengde Palace."

She imagined it imaginatively: "What a coincidence, their family is also surnamed Yang..."

This brain hole is really a bit big, and Qi Huan started to joke when he said it himself: "Their Yang, there is no relationship with you and uncle Yang, right?"

Yang is now very familiar with her daughter's character and behavior style.

Qi Huan's expression and tone were indeed casual jokes.

Knowing that she was not lying to her, Yang's heart was always at ease, after a little deliberation, she decided to admit it.

"Well." She said, "Before we moved to Beijing, our two families were from the same hometown."

Qi Huan: ...

I thought I was out of my mind and made up an illogical novel, but in the end, my mother, you came up and gave me an official certification?
Qi Huan really didn't expect to have such a hidden feeling, his whole face didn't know what expression to make for a moment, and he couldn't help but froze for a while.

She was not in the mood to drink tea anymore, so she put down the teacup and went to Yang's side.

He dragged a brocade tree and sat down.

"So, there won't be any festivals between our two families, right?" If there are traces to follow, then it's even more unlikely that Yang Qingyun's incident was just a coincidence.

Yang quietly lowered her hand, pinching her injured finger while covering it with her sleeve.

The lines of her face became resolute and cold, and it was as if she had once again admitted: "Well. His family joined the government many years before us. When your uncle was still there...the two families were not harmonious, and there were signs of separation. It means... After all these years, I thought that everything should have disappeared long ago."

According to the current indications, all of Qi Huan's guesses are on point.

Even if they don't remember the past, the family never thought of coexisting with them.

So, she can't tell her daughter not to know anything.

If he is unprepared, there are people in the palace, and there are people in the court, who want to plot against a little girl like Qi Huan, there are opportunities everywhere.

but--

Similarly, for the time being, Yang did not dare to reveal all the truth rashly.

She herself has been worrying about the existence of this family for the past few decades, and it is hard to live in fear. If one more person knows, there will only be one more person who will be troubled.

Yang tried her best to keep her attitude calm, and continued: "According to what you said, there are indeed strange things that happened in the palace these two times. It is not impossible to say that the family was behind it. I will say something else for the time being." It's not good, but there is one thing...they will never watch our family, you juniors, be successful."

Qi Huan felt that Yang's words were somewhat contradictory.

She said that the two families are not on good terms, are they different from each other?

But if it's just an ordinary sign of separation, how can it make the other party hold grudges so much that they can't see their own family get ahead?

The Yang family is an upright married woman, and Yang Qingyun also passed the imperial examination to become an official based on her real skills.

As long as it is not separated by the hatred of killing the father, the hatred of taking the wife...

Why is the Yang family so domineering, that they can't see their juniors working hard to get ahead?
but--

Qi Huan knew Yang Shi well. Since Yang Shi deliberately said this, it was because she didn't want to tell her more detailed inside information.

What she didn't give up was still tempting: "Then their family is too domineering, right? My cousin is a Jinshi who passed the examination based on his real skills, but they might be trying to make trouble secretly and ruin his future? How bad is it to ruin people like this? Also, I was in the palace today, and seeing that it was my first time entering the palace, I wanted to take advantage of my ignorance of the rules to instigate me to make trouble. If I break the palace rules or offend the nobles in the palace, my life may be over What kind of enmity and resentment is this?"

Yang's eyes couldn't be controlled, and the more he saw them, the more condensed they became.

She even knew better than Qi Huan that once the two of their cousins ​​got involved, they would end up ruined and ruined.

"He is domineering, so naturally he has the capital and support of being domineering." But when she spoke again, she still chose to ignore Qi Huan's question, suppressing her anger and said: "His family entered the officialdom nearly twenty years earlier than us, not only The old man is going back to Beijing soon to fulfill his duties as the first-rank Yushi of Youdu, and he has a daughter who has become a concubine and gave birth to a prince."

Qi Huan was speechless for a while because of her choking.

Gao Yunmiao is just a boudoir girl, it is amazing for her to know about the Concubine Wen and her sisters. During the daytime chat, she never said that "that Yang family" is so arrogant!

When Yang said these words, she gritted her teeth with somewhat resentful anger and anger.

Qi Huan couldn't tell, not only "that Yang family" was not kind to them, but her own mother also looked like she wanted to tear the other party up and swallow them alive.

No matter how you look at it, this is a posture of bitterness and hatred!

Yang's mood was not right, so she sensibly didn't pick up on it for the time being.

Yang Shi calmed down, seeing her daughter looked at her cautiously, and suddenly felt annoyed that she shouldn't be so impatient.

She managed to gather herself together, softened her tone and told Qi Huan: "Anyway, we have a bad relationship with his family. There is no evidence for the things you said earlier, so don't say anything, just go out in the future, how much do you care?" Be very careful, but it's always right to be extra cautious when you meet someone from his family."

Fortunately, Yang Qingyun entered the officialdom and lived under the eyes of the emperor.

And the three of them, mother and son, are temporarily blocked by the facade signboard of the Marquis of Changning.

That family also has their own concerns and shortcomings, and they are wary of rats, so they don't dare to take it easy.

At this moment, you have to be cautious in your words and deeds, and try not to let the other party find an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Well, then I get it." Qi Huan agreed with her intention, thought for a while, and then said: "What about my cousin? Does he know that we have an old feud with this family? Should I also mention it to him? Wake up?"

Yang's eyes dodged for a while, but it was not too obvious under the cover of the light.

She said: "He knows that there is such a family. I will remind him again when I find a chance later. Just take care of yourself."

"Oh." Qi Huan shrugged, seeing that Yang was in a bad mood, he approached him with a smile again, "Then how about I sleep with you tonight?"

Mrs. Yang was not in the mood to deal with her tonight, so she just chased her away with a cold face: "Go and go, there are always people who want to get married, and you still sleep in my room all the time. What is it like? Go back to yourself to the yard."

"Okay..." Qi Huan then stood up calmly, "If you drive me away, then I will leave."

He lowered his head and patted the folds of the skirt, and suddenly remembered about "that Yang family", and couldn't help asking: "Mother, Concubine Wen's Yang family, besides theirs, is there any other family in her family?" People with the same surname? Also, Concubine Wen and her sisters are only sixteen years apart, and her father must be very old to be in this official position, right? What do Concubine Wen's brothers do? Are you an official?"

Yang refused to reveal all the cards for her, so she had to learn as much about the enemy's cards as possible.

Whether self-defense or retaliation——

Knowing yourself and the enemy are basic skills!

"That old man, he turned sixty last year." Mrs. Yang obviously disliked that family very much, and she seemed to feel dirty when mentioning that Lord Youdu Censor.

only--

At this moment, her expression was inexplicably full of malicious joy, and she said coolly: "His family has no other branches, only a sister who is a few years younger than him, and she was originally married to a local salt merchant's family. , and later became a widow, brought a pair of children to the capital to join him, and married a widower to fill in the house. A few years ago, she was widowed again, but her husband’s family was not in a high position, and she was a fourth-rank official. As for Yang Huaili herself...these Niantong concubine's concubine's room is carried out one room after another, and the daughters have given birth to more than a dozen daughters..."

When she said this, she almost laughed out loud.

Qi Huan was embarrassed: "So, he is tirelessly trying to have a daughter, but he doesn't have a son?"

Qi Huan personally hates the patriarchal feudal ideology, but he has to admit the reality, under the current social environment...

Not being able to give birth to a son is really the biggest failure in a man's and a woman's life.

The patriarch of "that Yang family" has become the right capital censor from the first rank.

This is a high-spirited official who should pay the most attention to personal integrity, but he is still not exempt from vulgarity.

In order to give birth to a son, one concubine after another did not constitute a stain on the official reputation.

after all--

There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no descendants is the greatest. He is doing his filial piety for his own ancestors!
An old man in his sixties, still racing against time to give birth to a son...

No matter what Qi Huan thought, he thought this matter was funny and funny.

However, Yang sneered directly: "I have done too many things that are harmful to nature, maybe God can't stand it, and wants to punish them to cut off their children and grandchildren, and they are too busy."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she immediately thought of something bad, bit her lips in a little panic, and didn't want to say any more to Qi Huan: "You go back quickly, I'm going to sleep too."

Her mood tonight was always not right, and Qi Huan didn't think much about what happened in the end, he just told her to take a good rest and left.

Yang Shi was sitting in front of the makeup mirror, looking a little apprehensive and apprehensive for a while.

The blood from her fingertips had naturally stopped at this moment, but her mood became calmer, but the pain became more and more obvious.

She didn't bother, and threw the blood-stained handkerchief on the table.

With his left hand covering a gold ring inlaid with old jade on his right hand, he closed his eyes and muttered for a long time.

And the palace at that time.

In Concubine Wen's Chengde Palace, taking advantage of the dead of night, the two sisters of "that Yang family" also sat in Concubine Wen's bedroom and whispered.

During the day, when Qi Huan went to paint, he took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and asked Yang Paner about the origin of his name. Yang Paner was always worried, lest she knew something inside, and would find fault with him later.

But after the second half of the journey, Qi Huan never took the initiative to have any contact with her...

She also felt that maybe she had a guilty conscience and was overthinking.

after all--

She knew the details of Qi Huan.

A sick child who has been raised in a boudoir for more than ten years, even if she is the eldest granddaughter of the Marquis of Changning, is just a canary kept in a cage, how shrewd and sharp can she be?
It's just that Yang Pan'er didn't dare to hide it from her own sister when the matter happened in the palace.

When Concubine Wen dismissed the palace servants at night, she told about the day's affairs.

The looks of their sisters are about the same level, and Concubine Wen can barely dress up like a middle-aged man. She was selected into the palace purely on the basis of talent, fame and virtuousness.

When she heard this, she frowned in displeasure: "You didn't discuss it with me in advance when you did this? How can you be so courageous and dare to make a good idea?"

"It wasn't a big deal at first." Yang Pan'er bit her lip, lowered her eyelids and grabbed her handkerchief, "I just told Yu Feifei that she was the eldest girl from the Changning Hou Mansion, just chatting... I just didn't expect that Qi Huanhui noticed me, and even approached me to ask for my name."

She knew that the eldest daughter of the Changning Marquis Mansion was also on the list of entering the palace today, so after arriving at Fengming Palace, she had been very careful to find out which one was Qi Huan.

Later, she set her sights on the target, and because she knew that Yu Feifei had been rejected by Qi Wenyan, she felt very resentful...

The two "talented girls" of them had a private friendship, and she took the initiative to chat with each other, and only mentioned one sentence during the "chat", saying that she was a daughter from the Changning Houfu, and she had a third uncle who was outstanding in literary talent. Not bad either.

The so-called speaker has no heart...

As for finding faults and making trouble afterwards, Yu Feifei did it on her own initiative, and she didn't help out a word on the surface.

Even if something happened at that time and the queen pursued it, she was not afraid to confront it face to face.

only--

After all, such thoughts and actions are obscure and even vile. She is a little girl, and she can't do it without any psychological burden.

Concubine Wen didn't dare to take it lightly, and asked her about Qi Huan's specific expression and tone at that time.

Yang Pan'er felt uneasy and didn't dare to hide anything, so she said everything in detail.

After hearing this, Concubine Wen pondered for a long time, and she came to the same conclusion as Yang Paner: "According to what you said, that girl should be an ordinary flirt? Didn't you say that her paintings are not bad, or maybe she just watched you draw them?" Okay, I want to get to know each other well. This girl from the Qi family has been ill all these years, and Mrs. Changning Hou Shizi raised her delicately, and she was afraid of falling when holding her in her hand... The old grievances between our two families, I want to I won't tell her casually, for fear of scaring her precious daughter."

It's just that what my sister did this time is really wrong.

She paused for a moment, and asked again with a calm face: "You don't want to make good decisions in the future, especially this is still in the palace. If there is any mistake or trouble, I will not be able to protect you. You What did grandma tell you before returning to Beijing?"

When mentioning the elders in the family, Yang Pan'er's expression shrank even more.

"I was reckless today." She said in a low voice, and asked again: "Sister, how many days will it take for father and grandmother to arrive in Beijing?"

"For the itinerary, it's only three or two days." Concubine Wen said.

Seeing her sister's guilty look, she finally couldn't bear it, so she calmed down and comforted her: "I won't tell them what you did today, but you will never act on your own again in the future, you know?"

"I just want to share your worries." With this reassurance, Yang Pan'er finally smiled with relief, "Sister, what old grievances do we have with Mrs. Changning Hou Shizi's natal family? Can't stand them?"

My family and the Yang family in Changting Town are incompatible enemies, but it is a big taboo in officialdom to use power for personal gain to trip up the other party, so for the sake of father's official reputation, grandmother and father are also very strict about this matter.

However, as the only second daughter in the family, the two sisters were warned.

Therefore, Yang Pan'er has kept this point in mind since she was sensible——

The wife of the eldest son of the Marquis of Changning has a life-and-death relationship with her family. When you meet her and the people around her, you must be extra cautious.

"I don't know the details." On this matter, Concubine Wen knew about the same as her, "Anyway, it's a life-and-death position, don't push them down as soon as possible, once they rise up, it's our turn to be manipulated gone."

Fortunately, although Yang's marriage is good, she is only a back house girl, and none of the Qi family in Changning Hou's mansion is willing to work for her.

In the early years, Yang's status as the wife of the eldest son of the Hou Mansion really weighed down the family for a long time.

but now--

Feng Shui turns around!
Their father is already a first-rank official, and she also has the status of imperial concubine, and she is next to the prince.

Nowadays, no matter whether it is the court and harem, only my own family can control and suppress Yang and others with ease!
At this time, Concubine Wen, with a high expression on her face, even the Yang family can no longer pose a threat to her, let alone——

She was just a bratty yellow-haired girl in her family.

What Yang Pan'er thought of was the limelight that Qi Huan made during the day in Fengming Palace: "But during the day, the portrait of Princess Zhaoyang she painted won the praise and favor of His Majesty and Empress... "

At that time, when Qi Huan was painting, Yang Pan'er was originally by the side, but she couldn't stay with him for a moment when she felt guilty, so she ran away later.

And at that banquet, she was naturally not qualified to join in to see the contents of Qi Huan's scroll.

but--

Concubine Wen's sixth prince brought back the exact news.

Because of Princess Zhaoyang's physical defects, her appearance was disfigured when she was young, she usually doesn't like to stay in the palace, the emperor and empress also pampered and protected her to the utmost, letting her do everything.

It is said that the princess is not in good health and has been living in the hot spring palace for many years to recuperate.

The concubines and their confidantes in the palace knew the princess, but His Majesty the Emperor issued a ban, forbidding anyone to talk about the princess.

Two years ago, one of His Majesty's happy concubines and his confidants talked about the princess in private, but His Majesty stripped her of her title on the spot, turned her bedroom into a cold palace, and ordered her to stop and think about her mistakes.

After the empress got the news, she directly led people to kill her.

And then……

Happy concubine is gone.

Afterwards, instead of reprimanding the queen, His Majesty the Emperor personally took care of the aftermath for her, and the husband and wife perfectly settled the matter perfectly.

That is, since then, all concubines and princes, including Concubine Wen, have deeply realized——

The emperor and the empress are the right couple, and their children are the unique orthodox!

Therefore, Concubine Wen has been more cautious and low-key in her actions in the harem these years.

"Just a casual compliment. Your Majesty and the empress are busy with their affairs, so you forget about it when you turn around. And my father also said that he is getting older, and our current priority is not to compete with that family." Concubine Wen pressed Get rid of the fear and discomfort in my heart, and continue to teach my younger sister, "Now is not the time for unexpected events. The girl in the Changning Hou Mansion is surnamed Qi. Even if she gets a few chances, it doesn't matter if she is in the limelight for a few days. Don't hold on to these things again." Don't let go of the minutiae."

Yang Pan'er is still young and she doesn't understand some things, but Concubine Wen is clear in her heart——

Their father had no son, but she gave birth to the prince for the emperor.

Although the status of the empress and prince is stable at present, who knows who will be the winner until the last step? !
(End of this chapter)