A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 342
The cat didn't seem to like his closeness, it jumped out from Yun Cheng's arms, its fat body was exceptionally nimble, it jumped into the garden behind the screen wall and disappeared without a trace.

Yun Cheng is not a person who has much time to tease cats and walk dogs. Even after Qi Wenyan picked up this cat and came back, he randomly threw it in the mansion to raise it. She occasionally met it and teased it twice.

The cat ran away, but she didn't take it seriously, she just slapped the footprints on her sleeves casually.

Looking at her attire, Qi Wenyan couldn't help being surprised: "You didn't go to the yamen today?"

"I'm going to the palace." Yun Cheng said, "Isn't Father sick, go and talk to him and play chess to relieve boredom."

Qi Wenyan would not be so naive as to be jealous of the future father-in-law, but he still had a bit of a taste for it, and asked her: "You came back after dinner in the palace?"

Yun Cheng even took off a bit of cat hair on his sleeves, and then raised his head to meet his gaze again.

She shook her head: "No."

Then she smiled mischievously, and said in a low voice, "I'm actually not used to eating dishes cooked by the Imperial Dining Room in the palace."

It’s not that the dishes are bad, it’s that the imperial chefs show off their skills in different ways. I have no appetite.

Hearing this, Qi Wenyan's mood immediately improved silently, and he stepped sideways to make way: "Then let's go, the kitchen should be ready."

The two of them still ate at Qi Wenyan's dining room.

In the meantime, Qi Wenyan inevitably asked about the emperor's condition: "Your Majesty's condition has improved today?"

"Yeah." Yun Cheng nodded, "Actually, it's not a serious illness, it's just... he's getting older, and when he gets sick, it's very worrying."

People's birth, old age, sickness and death are all predestined by heaven, and it is the most helpless thing.

Qi Wenyan couldn't comfort her either.

After finishing their meal, they drank tea and ate some fruit together, and Qi Wenyan suddenly said seriously, "Will you attend this year's New Year's Eve palace banquet?"

In previous years, she had never appeared.

Yun Cheng couldn't help raising his eyes and gave him a questioning look.

Qi Wenyan said: "I just suddenly wondered where I should sit that day."

When he talked about these things between the two, he always had a serious and serious expression.

Sometimes Yun Cheng can't react well, and he has to think carefully to determine whether he is talking about business or private matters.

Dazed for a moment, after trying to understand what he was referring to, she pursed her lips and chuckled softly, also intentionally not answering him directly: "If you are in trouble, then I will take an errand to go, and it will be fine if I don't attend the state banquet .”

In fact, how can he have anything to embarrass?
Even if she goes, she sits in the warm pavilion as a royal princess, next to the empress, and he will follow the steps and sit in his proper position as the young minister of Dali Temple. Who can accuse him of doing something wrong?

He obviously wanted to ask the emperor if he had any letter or plan, and when he was going to issue a decree to rectify the names of the two of them...

But he wants to beat around the bush.

made—

It seems that he is so reserved.

When Yun Cheng said that, Qi Wenyan just smiled and didn't bother.

Although he didn't go to the yamen today, he could guess that the city must be full of wind and rain outside, full of voices talking about the matter between him and Yun Cheng, but to be honest, he didn't care.

As long as it can be confirmed that Yun Cheng's attitude is firm, that he has accepted him, and that he has the confidence to be with him, then...

He doesn't care whether the emperor gives the imperial decree of marriage, or when they can get married.

After drinking the tea, Yun Cheng went back to his side as usual.

Qi Wenyan went to the study again and continued to deal with his official duties.

At this time in the Marquis of Changning's mansion, although Guan Yusheng scolded the concierge's servants and forbade them from spreading rumors, Qi Zhengyu's rare gaffes alarmed the Yu family.

The old lady swallowed her humiliation and kept quiet for so long, waiting to catch the old man. When she found such an anomaly and loophole, she immediately sent Mama Gu to inquire.

Mama Gu was very afraid of the old man, but she held Yu's job and had to obey orders, so she tried to persuade her with bad words, so she didn't dare to act rashly that night, and stayed until Qi Zhengyu went out the next day before trying to act.

He spent some money, and acted both hard and soft...

The concierge was not anyone's confidant, and she pried his mouth open in the end.

"Old lady, you know about the return of the third master yesterday. She said that when she was leaving, she just met Hou Ye back to the mansion. The two met at the gate. They said some exaggerated words, which angered Hou Ye on the spot. It's gone." Mama Gu dismissed the maids in the house and reported to Shi Yu alone.

The Yu family would only dislike Qi Wenyan's existence even more than Qi Zhengyu, especially when they heard the news that Qi Wenyan was going to become the royal family yesterday, he was even more angry, hated and helpless.

"At the beginning, I said I wouldn't allow that wild species to be brought in, but he didn't listen." What Yu is most happy to say now is that the old man is unlucky, so he gloats, "Now it's all right, a white-eyed wolf is raised, he This is what he deserves. If that kid is really allowed to climb up to the royal family, maybe he, Qi Zhengyu, will also have to bow and bow in front of that kid in the future to serve him?"

Mother Gu thought to herself, if the old Hou Ye can't straighten up, then you will only be even more unable to straighten up in front of the third master. The husband and wife are both prosperous and the other is damaged...

It is also rare to live like the head of the family and the mistress.

But of course, she didn't dare to say or mention these words, so she just stood aside with lowered eyebrows.

Mrs. Yu, on the other hand, was very interested, and wanted to know about the old man's scandal. After the ridicule, she continued to ask the bottom line: "You mean that bastard choked with him face to face? What did you say?"

The old man is a man of the city. At that time, the big house challenged him face to face, but he was not as angry as he is today. He came back and smashed things fiercely to vent his anger.

Mama Gu looked distressed, hesitated for a while, and then whispered: "It's just too much to talk about... all the angry words, Master Hou said something wrong with the third master when we met, and the third master replied, saying... that he really remembered I hate the Lord Hou, I wish I could take the life of the Lord Hou and other radical words."

Yu's face turned pale with shock, and it took a long time before he murmured in disbelief: "Is he crazy?"

Is it permissible to say such things?
If it gets out and the officials read the book, Qi Wenyan might not even be an official to do it.

Yu Shi also hated Qi Zhengyu now, hating him so much that he wished that the other party would kick his legs early, but no matter how strong the thought was, it was just whispering in his heart.

Qi Wenyan's matter must have had a big impact on her, she sat there, and for a long time she was in a trance, without any reaction.

Yang's two confidantes in the concierge, one was originally out of duty yesterday, and the other went home on a temporary basis, and happened to miss the conflict between Qi Zhengyu and Qi Wenyan.

It was also a coincidence that Mama Gu showed her flaws when she went to inquire about the news. At this moment, Mama Wu, the concierge's mother-in-law, rushed to Qixia Garden immediately.

Mrs. Yang went to Yang Qingyun's house early this morning, because his hometown in Changting Town sent a lot of New Year's goods, and Yang Qingyun went out early every day and returned late every day, so he didn't have time to deal with it, so he sent a letter to ask Mrs. Yang to handle it for him.

So, the old woman went directly to Chun Yu Zhai.

At that time, Qi Huan was leading Qi Yuanchen to write in the study, so he directly called someone in.

The woman glanced at Qi Yuanchen, but hesitated to speak: "Eldest miss, you should move to the next door."

Although Qi Yuanchen might not be able to understand, Qi Huan really didn't want him to get involved in too many dirty things at home, so he let go of his hand and walked out from behind his chair: "You write it yourself first, and my sister has to deal with it first." Come back soon."

Qi Yuanchen was so absorbed in writing that he didn't lift his eyelids.

Qi Huan led the woman back to the bedroom next door, Xing Luo followed and stood on the porch to guard the door, and closed the door smoothly.

Qi Huan sat down on the chair and raised his chin at her directly: "Speak up if you have something to say."

"Early this morning, Mama Gu sneaked out to look for Chen Bajin, the porter who was on duty yesterday afternoon and evening, and said that there was a door in the old lady's courtyard that was not sounding properly. Chen Bajin was a carpenter in his ancestors. Yes, I asked him to go over and see what was going on. The servants were more careful, and secretly followed them, seeing that they hadn't gone to Fulin Garden at all, so Mama Gu called Bajin to a hidden place and stuffed a bag The thing should be silver, and I left after talking for a while." The woman directly revealed the information she had inquired about, "The servant was also afraid of alarming the old lady, so she didn't dare to look for Bajin rashly, and went to find it. Laishun, who was on duty with him yesterday, inquired about it. Laishun was brought out by a maidservant, so he told me the truth. He said that it was yesterday evening when the third master was out of the mansion, he had an argument with Lord Hou at the gate, saying Guan Yusheng warned them not to spread the word, but the slaves watched..."

How can there be absolute secrets between people?There are only absolute benefits.

Qi Huan understood: "What did Third Uncle say?"

This woman came here for this matter, anyway, there was no third person in the room, so she told Qi Huan the news of her inquiry.

Qi Wenyan would challenge Qi Zhengyu face to face, Qi Huan was not surprised, but she did not expect that her third uncle would be so arrogant and would not shy away from serving others.

Maybe he didn't care whether the word spread out or not, but since she knew it, she had to keep the matter in her hands.

"I see, you did the right thing. You should report this matter to me as soon as possible." After thinking for a while, Qi Huan called Xing Luo in, and gave the woman two taels of silver, "The matter is rotten in the stomach." Here, don’t tell anyone again, just pretend you don’t know about it, and I’ll handle it.”

The woman took the silver in her hand, but her expression was still very disturbed, and she faltered and said: "Miss, Laishun is an honest child, I..."

Qi Huan gave her a smile and comforted her: "I understand, I won't make this difficult for you."

The eldest lady in the mansion is considered a person, and she said she was right. The old woman was relieved when she got her promise, and she took the money and left.

Watching her leave, Qi Huan lowered his face slightly, and ordered Xingluo: "Go to the front yard immediately to find Wei Feng, and ask him to detain Chen Bajin and Laishun. Who did I tell, if it was just sold to Mama Gu, then I would beat them and send them to my mother’s village for a year and a half, and wait until the matter calmed down, but if they spread the word loosely... ..."

Guan Yusheng has already warned and reminded them face to face. If they still spread the word everywhere, then they must be dealt with severely to make an example of others.

"Yes." Xing Luo promised, not daring to delay for a moment to go to work.

But Mrs. Yu was thinking about it, and after thinking about it for a while, she came up with the idea of ​​detaining witnesses, and sent Mama Gu to find Chen Bajin.

Mama Gu went to the concierge, and when she learned that she had been taken away by Qi Huan's orders, she hurried back to Fulinyuan to report the letter: "Lady madam, the slaves are a step late, and the two boys were called by the eldest lady." Kidnapped away. Dafang and Sanye have always been close, this must be kept secret..."

At this time, it can be seen that Yu Shi, the so-called mistress of the house, is a useless person. She was caught by Qi Huan, but she didn't even have the confidence to fight with her granddaughter.

Mama Gu shrank her head like a quail, fearing that she would be on a whim again, and then confront Qi Huan to bring shame on herself.

But Mrs Yu was somewhat absent-minded today, smashed a teacup and cursed a few words, then fell quiet.

Chen Bajin and Lai Shun were still in their duties, one was because of favors and the concierge's Mama Wu had revealed the truth, and the other was because of Yu's identity and the reward from Mama Gu, but they did not reveal the secret again. Tell someone about it.

But for the sake of caution, Qi Huan sent them to Zhuangzi first to avoid the limelight.

When Mrs. Yang came back at night, she told Mrs. Yang what happened.

"They're all servants who have signed a death contract, and they've been warned, so there shouldn't be any problem." Yang nodded approvingly, but after thinking for a while, she asked, "Would you like to remind me about this?" Your third uncle?"

Qi Huan shrugged indifferently: "Forget it, he has a lot of eyes, but whatever he doesn't want to keep will not fall into the ears of the two servants at all, I think He didn't take it seriously at all, let's just do our best and obey the destiny, and we don't have to bother him with such trivial matters."

It's just an exaggerated statement, and the master of any family will have two outrageous remarks in private, so it's fine if you don't pass it on to the outside world, and it's not a big deal at all.

Mrs. Yang thinks about it too, and this matter will end here.

With Qi Wenyan, he really didn't take this so-called loophole to heart at all, and still went his own way, doing what he should.

Yun Cheng's conscience has been discovered these days, and she is determined to be a filial daughter. In the past few days after the emperor's dismissal, she has asked the yamen for leave, and goes to the palace every day. To relieve the boredom of the emperor, the meal is eaten at home as much as possible.

The relationship between her and Qi Wenyan has not been affected by the outside world at all, and the relationship is still the same as before——

Don't deliberately get close to anyone, and don't deliberately avoid suspicion.

At the same time, because of the emperor's sudden illness, Concubine Sheng Xian became an ant on the hot pot, restless for several days.

After Qi Huan came to look for her, she thought and weighed the whole night, and she had already made up her mind to meet the emperor the next day.

result--

In the early morning of the next day, the tonic soup that was to be brought over to serve as a stepping stone was all stewed together, but the news came that the emperor was ill, and he ordered the crown prince to take charge of the government for a few days, and he lived in the palace to recuperate.

Since the emperor has rarely visited the harem in recent years, even if he occasionally went to the concubines, it was basically a formality, saying that the rain and dew were all to appease the hearts of the harem, so gradually, these women in the harem also They basically lost their will to compete for favor.

The emperor was so ill this time, naturally all the palaces ran over, begging for the sickness to show their concern, but Eunuch Li treated everyone equally, saying that the emperor didn't need it, and blocked everyone back.

Although Concubine Sheng Xian was anxious to meet the saint, but thinking that Ye Xunyi, that insidious woman, was after her, she didn't dare to be too unique, and even tried to see her when the other concubines had withdrawn. In order not to arouse people's suspicion of her intentions, so these few days can only be suppressed, while sending people to inquire about the news of the emperor's palace every day.

This morning, Sang Yan went to inquire again and came back, and the master and servants were locked in the bedroom to talk.

"Is there still no one there, Your Majesty?" Concubine Sheng Xian asked anxiously.

"No." Sang Yan replied: "Concubine Hui and nobleman Wu also sent tonics over today, and Eunuch Li came forward to collect the tonics, but everyone was still blocked, and Miansheng was not allowed."

The people around the emperor are not easy to bribe. That Eunuch Li has been with the emperor since he was four or five years old. He has a deep friendship with his master and servant. With him in charge, let alone put eyeliner around the emperor, don't even think about a fly. Fly in front of him.

And this time after the emperor fell ill, his entire bedroom was like an iron bucket, and if he couldn't come out, no one else could get in.

Concubine Sheng Xian was very anxious: "Then what about the Tai Tai Hospital? What did you say when you came back today to ask for a pulse?"

Sang Yan said: "It's still an old saying, it's not a serious problem if you get a cold occasionally."

Lian Yu, who was serving tea at the side, was also relieved: "Your Majesty, please stay calm. According to the servants' observation, there should be nothing wrong with His Majesty. If it is really a serious illness, the Empress Dowager should leave him in Fengming. Gong has personally taken care of the sickness, how can he be allowed to live alone and go back to Qianhe Palace? Besides, didn’t Eunuch Li pass the decree to go to court for three days? Today is already the third day, and it’s already past noon now , and there is no new decree issued, it can only show that His Majesty's body is indeed fine, and you can find a chance to face the Holy Spirit after the restoration of the court tomorrow."

"But I just don't feel at ease." Concubine Sheng Xian was holding a bowl of ginseng tea in her hand, but she was not in the mood to drink it at all, "I want to send a letter to the emperor's son at the imperial mausoleum, but I dare not rush to say a few words to him. However, His Majesty is still ill at this juncture, why is it so untimely and unlucky?"

She had to admit that she was indeed frightened by Qi Huan's words.

How do you think these days? How do you feel that Ye Xunyi's existence is a malignant sore with unknown risks, and he will be killed by this woman at any time.

She was in the palace, and the palace was strictly forbidden, which was fine, but she was very worried about the safety of Yun Zheng who was far away in the imperial mausoleum.

But she didn't even dare to write to Yunzheng casually to remind him to be careful there, because she was worried that Ye Xunyi's confidants would be placed by Yunzheng's side. If she was told that her fox tail was exposed, she might be afraid It's not good for Yunzheng to do nothing.

Sang Yan and Lian Yu looked at each other.

Sang Yan could only try his best to continue persuading: "There is no way out, Your Majesty is not just refusing to see you, all the concubines in the whole palace have been blocked back. Except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, only Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang can enter and exit the Qianhe Palace at will."

It's good not to mention this episode, but Concubine Sheng Xian is even more disturbed when it is mentioned.

In the past, she was unconvinced and dragged her son to follow in Yun Heng's footsteps like the wind and embarked on the road of seizing the heir, but now that she thinks about it, she is really blind and a little reckless.

Although the emperor was benevolent and did not suppress any of his sons excessively, his preference for Queen Gu, mother and son was clear.

Not only did he bring the prince with him early on to govern, so that everyone in the court could see clearly the status of the prince, but he also delegated power to the harem to Queen Gu, and when it comes to favor...

The only one in the world who has received the emperor's grace belongs to that little girl Yun Cheng.

The three of them, the mother and the son, have taken advantage of the right time, place, and people, and behind them is the Pingguo Mansion who controls the military power. Now even Gu Zhan's fiancée is bold, careful and eloquent, not an ordinary role...

Taking all aspects together, what are the chances of winning for my mother and son?
especially--

It was after Yun Zheng lured the wolf into the house and "robbed" Ye Xunyi, who had ulterior motives, into the house.

Now because Yunzheng is not in the capital, although she is an elder, she can't just reach out to Prince Ning's mansion to eradicate this cancer for no reason, and I am even more afraid that Ye Xunyi has left behind her son. , the opponent will be disadvantageous to Yunzheng.

Therefore, after thinking about it, she could only go forward to ask the emperor to plead guilty in person.

anyway……

Asking the emperor to find a way to keep her son's life safe is the most important thing.

"This palace is very disturbed." Concubine Sheng Xian said, "I hope His Majesty can recover from illness and go to court tomorrow."

While talking, someone from the palace knocked on the door: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Ye from Prince Ning's Mansion has delivered a post."

(End of this chapter)