A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

"Where did you hear it? Is this news reliable?" Qi Huan held his breath slightly.

"It seems to be true. It's been rumored outside, even in the palace. I heard it from my brother." Gao Yunmiao said, "At my house two days ago, Qin Shuo said that he thought those Grown-ups are harboring evil intentions, under the guise of negotiating peace, maybe they are holding back something behind their backs. He even wrote a letter to ask Young Master Qin, telling him not to relax his vigilance, lest someone take advantage of his loopholes."

The so-called abnormal things must have demons.

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It's Dacheng's Emperor Yu Wencang, an ambitious bloodthirsty man, how could he suddenly change his temper and even take the initiative to seek peace?

But in terms of facts, Qin Shuo has made some progress now, he has begun to know how to judge the situation in the world, and he knows how to care about his brother's situation.

When he came back to his senses, Qi Huan found that his thoughts had wandered too far, so he quickly gathered his mind: "It is reasonable to say that Dacheng will never negotiate peace with me, and things are abnormal... Although the family and the country are not in the turn People like us come to intervene, but it is still important to be cautious in extraordinary times. Cousin is now serving in the Imperial Forest Army, and you especially remind him that before Dacheng’s intentions are fully exposed, he must be cautious in his affairs.”

After coming out of mourning, Gao Yunze went to the booklet and asked for Yin Feng, hoping to find a job in the capital.

His family was born as a general, so the emperor still didn't want to use his talents for nothing, so he just perfunctory him. In addition, although he couldn't say it on the surface, the emperor himself knew that Gao Changjie was originally implicated by the princes' selfish desire to fight for the position. The one who was calculated to death was regarded as compensation to the Gao family, so he was directly assigned a job as a lieutenant of the Yulin Army.

He took office a few days ago.

Gao Yunmiao blinked, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Qi Huan said: "If Dacheng really has envoys coming to Beijing, and if they really have bad intentions, I'm afraid they will move the minds of the emperor, empress, princes and others in the palace."

Gao Yunmiao suddenly realized, and suddenly his heart suddenly rose, and he said solemnly: "Yes, then I really have to remind my brother."

Because this matter is only a rumor for the time being, and the court has not sent out a clear signal, and everything has not been counted, so this topic will be closed for the time being.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, this is not something we should worry about." Qi Huan saw that Gao Yunmiao was still optimistic and cheerful, and joked with her: "After the new year, I will be one year older soon. Now, is your marriage settled yet?"

Gao Yunmiao was embarrassed, thinking that there were no outsiders here, and then he didn't twitch: "I'm still early, if we want to talk about it, we have to start with my brother, he is not young."

"So there is already a candidate for a cousin?" Qi Huan became really curious.

Gao Yunmiao said: "She is the second daughter of Ouyang, the servant of the household department."

Qi Huan thought about it carefully, but he had no impression, so he frowned slightly.

When Gao Yunmiao saw this, she knew it and explained with a smile: "She is also the granddaughter of Mrs. Lu, a former university scholar. After Mrs. Ouyang passed away, she went to Mrs. Lu's hometown to accompany Mrs. Lu during the funeral. Returning to Beijing. This is a marriage that my mother dreamed of. The elders on both sides have talked to each other and are very satisfied with each other. They said that they will find an opportunity to meet each other in a few days. Generally speaking, there is no problem It's settled."

Marriage between a man and a woman is about the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Qi Wenjing is a very planned person. She will definitely be cautious when choosing a daughter-in-law. The mother must have seen it first, and the girl should be able to handle every aspect.

When Gao Yunmiao said this, he was just being humble. Basically, the so-called meeting between Gao Yunze and the girl was just a formality, and there should be no suspense in this marriage.

"Well! Make it up early. Once it's done, Auntie will be free to pick a husband for you." Qi Huan was still joking.

Gao Yunmiao finally couldn't help but blushed slightly, and said angrily: "Cousin, I found that you are really thick-skinned, and you haven't married yourself yet, so why don't you just tease me about this all day long?"

"I'm so bored at home all day!" Qi Huan sighed pretending to be bored.

Gao Yunmiao also thought of something serious, and glanced around her room: "I have been here a few times recently, and I don't seem to see any stretched flower frames in your room, and your dowry has already been embroidered Have you put it away? Because of the filial piety for your grandfather, you and Gu Shizi's marriage has been delayed for a long time, and when the new year comes, you will be busy with things before the funeral is over?"

Qi Zhengyu's funeral came at an inopportune time. Originally, Qi Huan was delayed until he was sixteen due to illness and did not get married. Later, he broke off the engagement and got engaged again. Seeing that it was about to happen...

It was disturbed by the old man's funeral affairs again.

In the next year, Qi Huan will be in his twenties.

There are very few daughters of high-ranking and wealthy families in the capital who do not get married until the eighteenth or nineteenth, which is really rare for her.

"Don't look for it, I haven't embroidered." Qi Huan waved his hand in front of her, interrupting her search, "But my mother told me to do it for the sewing room at home and the embroidery shop outside, so it won't delay. "

Gao Yunmiao is careless and restless, not good at needlework. In the past two years as a filial piety at home, she gritted her teeth and embroidered a hijab by herself. The wedding dress was handed over to the sewing room to do, but she didn't expect this to be more inconspicuous than her Unreliable.

Gao Yunmiao was dumbfounded, her face collapsed, and she tentatively asked: "Is it really okay for you to be like this? Isn't it... a bit too careless about...?"

Qi Huan picked up the teapot and poured some water into her cup again, and said disapprovingly, "It's not that Gu Zhan doesn't know that I can't do needlework well, and I don't like to do it. If I embroider by myself, I'll embroider sloppily." Isn’t he the one who lost his wedding gown and covered his head? I made him lose face after making troubles, why bother?”

Bad embroidery can be practiced, this is clearly a fallacy!
Gao Yunmiao stared at her for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence with deep emotion: "Gu Zhan has such a good temper!"

She obviously felt so deeply that she couldn't put it into words, but she didn't want to, but Qi Huan showed a proud expression and accepted the words: "That is!"

Gao Yunmiao: ...

I mean, luckily there is Gu Zhan in this world, otherwise you might not be able to get married! ! !

When Mrs. Yang heard that Gao Yunmiao was coming, she called someone to pass the message and asked her to have dinner at home at noon.

Gao Yunmiao happily agreed.

After seeing off Gao Yunmiao in the afternoon, Qi Huan came back from the gate and went to find Wei Feng on the way: "I heard from Gao's cousin in the morning that Emperor Dacheng handed over his credentials to Beijing, and it seems that he intends to send envoys to me to pay homage to the New Year." ? Do you know about this?"

Wei Feng was called out from the guard's room by her, and the two stood under a pine tree in the yard to talk.

"I have heard the news, but the exact subordinates are not very clear." Wei Feng explained, "After the son returned to the northwest, the most important matters in the court are basically His Royal Highness directly exchanging secret letters with him. And the hands of the subordinates, so the subordinates are not very sure about the specific movements of the court."

Since Qi Huan came here on purpose to ask, he knew that Qi Huan was interested, so he paused for a moment, and then tried to discuss it quickly: "If Miss wants some accurate information, then my subordinates should go to the East Palace. "

As long as it is not a particularly confidential matter, if he comes forward to ask for Qi Huan, His Highness the Crown Prince will tell the truth.

"Yeah!" Qi Huan nodded, "Then you can ask."

At this moment, she felt a sense of urgency in her heart.

Yun Heng is cautious enough to do things. In the past few years, he has been following the rules in the court, honestly doing what a prince and prince should do, not top-notch, as if he had completely given up after the last disaster. The idea of ​​seizing the throne.

But the more he looks silent and uncontested, the more determined Qi Huan is——

He must have made a big move behind his back!
His wings among the courtiers had already been cut off in an accident last time, and he didn't dare to re-cultivate them in order to hide people's eyes and ears after he came back, and the three frontier troops are far from his ability to move, and now he must plan big things. Have something to rely on.

From the forces he has access to so far, the only thing that can help him succeed is the line of Dacheng Yuwencang that Ye Xunyi is pinching!

Since it cannot be disintegrated from the inside——

Then he can only break through from the outside with the help of external force, first get what he wants first!
Therefore, this time there was a sudden change in Dacheng's side, and Qi Huan immediately realized that Ye Xunyi's move that they deliberately left behind should have played a role.

Even though everyone didn't notice any clues on the surface, Yunheng must have reached some kind of interest alliance with Yu Wencang, and after planning, he was ready to attack the Great Hajj.

She went back to the backyard, still a little uneasy.

Unable to sit still, he simply paced back and forth in the room.

It was already an hour later when Wei Feng came back.

Xing Luo, who was waiting at the entrance of Qixia Garden, brought him directly.

"How?" Qi Huan called him into the room, and impatiently walked up to him.

Wei Feng cupped his hands and said: "This subordinate is lucky. His Royal Highness just happened to be at home, and this subordinate has met him. His Royal Highness said that four days ago, he did receive a letter from the head of Yanling Pass with a memorial from Dacheng According to the letter of credence, the situation between the two countries has been anxious for many years, and it is not an option to continue like this, so Emperor Dacheng is willing to take the initiative to make concessions, and wants to send a team of envoys to Beijing to celebrate the new year at the end of the year, and discuss specific solutions."

When he said this, Qi Huan had an idea.

The relationship between the two countries is not harmonious, the border is strictly guarded all the year round, and the people in the nearby border towns do not trade with each other. It is no exaggeration to say——

The southern border of Dajin is to ensure that even a Dacheng carrier pigeon cannot fly over!

In the past, when Dongfang Mu's spies came over, they took the dangerous trails with thousands of walls, and it was not for those who had some skills or experience in outdoor rock climbing that they couldn't walk at all.

Is it—

If Dacheng wanted to deliver the news to the emperor, he had to go through official channels and forward it through the commander of the southern frontier army.

"You said that Dacheng's letter of credence went to Beijing four days ago?" Qi Huan confirmed and turned around, only to find that the letter from Qin Song that she had put on the table before was not there.

"It was four days ago." Wei Feng answered with suspicion at her actions.

Qi Huan's gaze directly bypassed him and asked Xing Luo who was standing at the door: "Where's the letter on this table before?"

"Miss and Miss Gao's Biao went to Anxuetang, and the servants helped you receive the inner room." Xing Luo said, and hurried into the room.

After a while, she took out the letter from the back room and handed it to Qi Huan.

Qi Huan took out the letter paper again, put aside the thick dozen accounts and read the last page.

In the morning, because it was Qin Song's private letter to her, although Gao Yunmiao roughly flipped through it, but only glanced at this page, and returned it without daring to read the content at all, while Qi Huan returned it directly. I didn't bother to look.

Looking closely at this moment, Qin Song still has a distant attitude and doesn’t say much, but he really mentioned this matter on purpose, and didn’t write anything else. But Qi Huan understood, and this reminded himself to be careful.

After putting away the letter paper again, Qi Huan asked Wei Feng again: "Then what does His Majesty mean? Are they allowed to come?"

"Yes!" Wei Feng didn't know what mystery was on Qi Huan's letter, but when he heard her voice, he immediately captured his mind, "I have already replied to the letter, and said whether to turn hostility into jade or not, but if Dacheng is sincere, It’s okay to send envoys to celebrate the New Year.”

"This is a storm that is coming. If this happens, the situation in Beijing will become tense." Qi Huan murmured.

Wei Feng also calmed down his expression: "His Royal Highness asked if he wanted to take you into the palace. Would you like to stay with the empress for a while?"

Qi Huan was puzzled, and gave him a questioning look.

Thinking of Yun Zhan's original words, Wei Feng was obviously in a dilemma. He was a little embarrassed to speak, but in the end he relayed the truth: "Your Highness said that you contributed a lot to the fate between King Rui and Yu Wencang, Miss. Although he didn't I know how amazing your words were in the prison that day, but it must be a big excuse to convince King Rui to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor to protect the Ye family. King Rui will never allow such an excuse to remain in the world, if they I'm really going to put all my eggs in one basket and make a big commotion..."

When Yun Zhan said these words, he had a sarcastic tone.

But he is the prince, he can say whatever he likes, it would be a bit presumptuous to ask Wei Feng to repeat the original words, Wei Feng felt uncomfortable.

Qi Huan listened to him, but couldn't help laughing——

This His Royal Highness is beating around the bush to inquire about things, and he really has the temper of a curious baby.

She didn't even tell Gu Zhan what she said in the prison, and Yun Zhan probably didn't find out the reason from Gu Zhan.

Qi Huan interrupted him: "No need. You thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for me. King Rui should indeed silence me, but he dare not attack me rashly before he is in power. Instead, if I hide in the palace Only then will he be alerted, thinking that I am a guilty conscience."

The things she said to Ye Xunyi were all strange nonsense. With Yun Heng's knowledge, he also knew that it was impossible for Qi Huan to say these words to people other than Ye Xunyi, otherwise she would It is possible to be tied up and burned as a monster.

Therefore, Yun Heng will be very reassuring about her, and will not kill her in advance.

But in order not to let such an unbelievable story spread, he will definitely not let Qi Huan go after he achieves his goal and is in power.

Wei Feng couldn't understand where she got such firm confidence, but he still promised: "Yes, then the subordinate will go to the East Palace again."

"Wait!" Qi Huan temporarily changed his mind, and stopped him again, "Well...you tell His Highness the Crown Prince, if there are Dacheng envoys coming to Beijing, I still want to go and see this year's New Year's Eve state banquet on the spot If he is not too troublesome, can he say hello to the empress, and follow me as a female officer next to the empress?"

"Yes! Subordinates go down and ask."

For Yun Zhan and Queen Gu, this kind of thing is not even a trivial matter, but His Royal Highness took Qiao and Wei Feng to ask questions, but when he came back, His Highness was a little embarrassed, and I tried to do it for you. Ambiguous reply.

Qi Huan knew that the little prince was still a child at heart, and wanted to trick her into exchanging the secrets in the dungeon with him if she was in a hurry, but she would not be fooled, and patiently kept silent, waiting for him to do it.

Then, it wasn't until after noon on New Year's Eve that Yun Zhan specially sent chariots and horses from the East Palace to pick her up.

Qi Huan went to say hello to Qi Wenjing and his wife, saying that Empress Gu wanted to see her and followed her out.

The people from the East Palace originally wanted to send her directly to the palace, but before getting into the car, Qi Huan changed his mind temporarily, and said to the prince's attendant who came to pick her up: "My lord, can I trouble you to take a detour and follow the usual route?" Kangfang passed by, and my father asked me to send a letter to inform my third uncle to go home tomorrow for the New Year's dinner."

The servant was not very old, and he was not mean, so he nodded immediately in agreement: "It was in one direction, so it's not a detour, it's from the residence of Master Qi, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, right?"

Qi Huan nodded.

The waiter said: "Miss, please get in the car, our family knows."

Going to the gate of Qi Mansion, Qi Huan asked the servant to wait for her for a while and then went in alone to meet Qi Wenyan.

At that time, Qi Wenyan was in the study room, holding a chess book and playing chess with himself without hearing anything outside the window. When he saw Qi Huan coming in, he just glanced lightly: "You are not at home during the Chinese New Year, what are you doing here? "

"Dacheng sent envoys to celebrate the new year, and I plan to go to the palace to have a look." Qi Huan was not as knowledgeable as him, and went straight to the point, "Did you hear anything about the purpose of their trip in advance?"

Hearing this, Qi Wenyan couldn't help turning his head, and gave her a strange look: "Why do I have the ability to escape from the sky? Should I know?"

Qi Huan was stunned.

It was only later that I realized that I was a little eager for quick success and took it for granted.

In her subconscious mind, Qi Wenyan is the male protagonist of the original book who is connecting Dacheng and Dajin, and looking down at the chess game in the world, so she takes it for granted that he has all-hands and eyes, and must have grasped the intention and purpose of Dacheng's trip.

"Didn't I mean that?" Qi Huan quickly corrected himself after realizing that he had made a slip of the tongue, "It's just that I've been a little too nervous these days after I learned that Dacheng has made some moves. Since you haven't heard anything for the time being... then forget it. I'm going to the palace, and I'll communicate with you if I have any news."

She turned to go.

Qi Wenyan saw that she was quite absent-minded, probably because of his conscience, he felt that what he said just now might not be very pleasant, so he hurriedly added: "There is nothing to be nervous about, there is no situation in this world that cannot be broken. It doesn't matter what the opponent's tricks are, but it's just soldiers coming to cover up the water and the earth. You are a little girl, don't worry about nothing, and don't think about what you have. "

"Well, good!" The big conspiracy between the two countries is a matter of life and death for countless people, Qi Huan really didn't have such a big heart, he just complied with him perfunctorily and left.

The servant invited her into the carriage again, this time without getting out of the carriage, directly drove into the palace gate in the name of the East Palace, and sent her outside Fengming Palace.

Yun Zhan said hello to Empress Gu in advance, and Empress Gu is also very busy today, so she doesn't take much care of her.

Qi Huan greeted her when they met.

Empress Gu said: "You don't need to pretend to be a female official anymore. Anyone who knows you will know you, and say that I haven't seen you for a while, and I specially sent you to the palace to meet you. When you turn around, you will follow me at the banquet." This palace is."

"Yes!" Qi Huan agreed.

Since she didn't plan to show up in public when she came out, she didn't dress up grandly today, but she is in the filial period, and it is not appropriate to dress up too much, so she kept this plain and low-key dress.

Empress Gu asked someone to take her to the side hall to rest first. At nightfall, the emperor's chariot came to pick up Empress Gu in person, and Qi Huan accompanied them to the banquet.

This year's state banquet was still held in the Chengtian Palace, except for Yun Cheng who Qi Huan was familiar with in the royal family, Concubine Sheng Xian also did not come due to illness.

The emperor and empress sat together at the head, and it was inconvenient to add another seat for Qi Huan next to Empress Gu, so Qi Huan stood by Empress Gu's side.

It is true that she is just a little-known little person, and it is only because she is valued by Gu Zhan that she can get close to Queen Gu. Others just look at her and don't take it seriously.

But I didn't want to - a big mess happened at the beginning of the state banquet!
The envoy of Dacheng went to the palace, and after seeing the auspicious words of New Year's greetings, he mentioned that the main purpose of this trip was to ask for the marriage of Princess Zhaoyang, and the marriage and friendship between the two countries!