Ninefold above

Chapter 38
Xie Jiuxiao is a very contradictory existence.

Lu Chengfeng thought to himself.

She looked at him without any trace, and met those extremely beautiful eyes. The smile in his eyes remained undiminished, as if he was waiting for her to speak.

Lu Chengfeng smiled and said, "It's useless."

Regardless of whether the previous emperor left a will to establish Su Wang as the new emperor, all of this was brought into the coffin following Meng Fanzhong's suicide. Now that the East Palace has ascended the throne, there is no need to discuss all of this.

Compared with Meng Fanzhong's suicide, the hidden place that is more difficult to detect is here.If the late emperor had not left a will, then the Donggong ascended to the throne would be a matter of course, but Meng Fanzhong seemed to belong to the Suwang sect but was actually a member of the Donggong. Why did he make such a risky move when the situation in the Donggong was favorable?

Unless the emperor left an edict, and the person on the edict is not the prince.

The big picture is set.

Xie Jiuxiao was about to speak, when Hu Rong saw Xie Jiuxiao sneaking around at the door, he was displeased, and said slightly annoyed: "Chengfeng, come and ride with me."

Lu Chengfeng stepped forward as he said, leaving Xie Jiuxiao behind to stay with Tan Chengyi.

After the carriage turned onto the main street, Hu Rong felt relieved when he saw Xie Jiuxiao, and said, "...Why is this Xie Cen always following you?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "He has always remembered Wanchunlou for your help, and today I want to thank you in person."

Hu Rong snorted, and said, "Thank God, he is the greatest thank you to me for not wandering in front of my eyes."

Lu Chengfeng was surprised, thought for a while, and said, "Uncle Hu, why do you dislike him so much?"

Hu Rong sighed heavily, then squinted his eyes and thought seriously: "If you think about it carefully, the things he did are not big things, but every time he bumped into me, he spent a lot of money for an unknown object two years ago. , not sympathetic to the sufferings of the people, and fought in the street and beat the son of the Han family until he cried for his father and mother, and burned down a building last spring..."

Lu Chengfeng nodded and said: "Not to mention anything else, I heard people talking about the burning of the building. It was the building that was engaged in the business of buying and selling people. Someone in the building colluded with the government and has not been seized for a long time. Xie Jiuxiao took advantage of the night Burning the building, so he was punished by the late emperor."

Hu Rong pondered for a while, and said: "Chengfeng, Uncle Hu doesn't understand, why do you defend him? Xie's family..."

Thinking of Xie Yi's passing, Hu Rong paused, and said: "The Xie family is too powerful. With Xie Yi's death, the power of the cabinet may not be the same as before. You said Xie Cen last time. You have been allowed to leave the house, this matter needs to be done as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated innocently."

The carriage drove out of Chengnan Street.

Inside the car, Lu Chengfeng said: "Uncle Hu, what do you mean? The new emperor wants to attack the Xie family?"

Hu Rong shook his head: "It's not against the Xie family, it's against the cabinet. The cabinet has been centralized for too long. When the first emperor was sick, the East Palace should have thought about it when he was temporarily in charge. May I ask which king would be willing to see the papers he reviewed and send them to the cabinet first?" It is true that Xie Yigong is high, but it is true that the power of the Xie family has been at its peak for a hundred years. You also understand the truth that if the new emperor can have someone like Meng Fanzhong by his side, how can his methods be so docile as usual? As an emperor, No one will be soft-hearted."

Lu Chengfeng pondered.

After a while, Hu Rong sighed, then smiled slightly: "I don't like Xie Cen, there is another reason."

After a pause, Hu Rong said, "When I see Xie Cen, I can always think of you in the past."

Lu Chengfeng smiled suddenly and said, "Uncle Hu, don't you like me too?"

Hu Rong hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's strange to say that the absurd things you did in Subei are even worse than Xie Cen's, but I can't always like them, but you... Chengfeng , to be honest, is it because you are so protective of him because he is a bit like you before?"

The former her?

Lu Chengfeng showed a weird smile.

My former self would not cry so wronged.

In her cognition, only blood is shed on the battlefield but not tears, and tears are something only the weak have.

Lu Chengfeng didn't answer, but Hu Rong said to himself: "To be honest, you were more aggressive than him back then. The young masters and young ladies of the big families in Subei trembled when they heard your name. Your father, the garrison, can't control you." You, it is only now that a message has been sent across thousands of miles to send you to the barracks."

The past cannot be remembered, otherwise it will only disturb the mind.

Lu Chengfeng said with a smile: "When I was young, I didn't know how to measure. After seven years in the military camp, my temperament has improved a lot."

Hu Rong looked reminiscent, and said: "Thinking back then, you were also at the age of fresh clothes and angry horses, which made me dislike that kid even more."

Lu Chengfeng smiled softly, but didn't say anything else.

The meal was quite enjoyable, and after the meal they chatted for a while, and everyone went back home.

Lu Chengfeng and Xie Jiuxiao were waiting for the Xie family's carriage in the lobby. They were bored in the hall. It happened that there was a market at the intersection of this street, so she stepped out the door.

Xie Jiuxiao was instructing the waiter: "Give me two servings of the dim sum just now."

"Okay, sir, please wait a moment."

Lu Chengfeng walked to a candy seller's stall, she knelt down and said with a smile, "Boss, just give me one."

The stall owner was an old woman with gray hair, she smiled and agreed, and started to draw sugar figurines.

As soon as he turned around after paying the money, two people came down from a gorgeous and luxurious carriage behind him.

As soon as the three of them met each other, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was slightly surprised, and said to the people beside her, "Yingqing, isn't this Lu Chengfeng?"

Lu Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief, unexpected and reasonable, Yanjing City is very big, but Desheng Restaurant has excellent dishes, it is the favorite place of most aristocratic families, if you can't meet it today, tomorrow or a certain day Always meet.

Xue Yingqing looked at the person arrogantly.

The girl next to her said: "Unexpectedly, I have become such a virtuous person now. Fortunately, your brother and the Lu family divorced at the beginning, otherwise it would be really bad luck to marry such a person."

Xue Yingqing didn't respond, she took two steps forward and said, "Why are you here?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "Here, of course it's for dinner."

"You come here to eat?" Xue Yingqing frowned: "Can you afford the food here?"

The arrogance and sarcasm couldn't be stopped in the tone.

Lu Chengfeng smiled slightly: "Affordable."

Xue Yingqing looked her up and down, and said suspiciously for a while: "Could it be that you knew my brother was coming here and came here to stalk her?"

Lu Chengfeng wasn't sure if there was something wrong with her head, and the corners of his lips curled slightly, watching her.

Seeing that she was silent, Xue Yingqing only thought that what he said was right, and immediately became slightly angry: "Lu Chengfeng, please show some face, my brother has already divorced you, you are so pestering... pestering... Mr. Tan?"

Lu Chengfeng followed her gaze, not knowing when Tan Chengyi left and returned, and was walking towards her.

Tan Chengyi is dressed in a green robe, perhaps because he has been influenced by pen, ink, poetry and books all year round, he has a kind of calm and elegant, this handsome aura is completely different from Xie Jiuxiao, Xie Jiuxiao's beauty is shocking and eye-catching And flamboyant, like the most precious and unapproachable flower on the high mountains, but Tan Chengyi is different, his demeanor makes it easier to ignore his face, it is inexplicably good for people when they see it The presence.

For example, he is standing beside Lu Chengfeng now.

Tan Chengyi went back and forth, obviously did not hear what the three of them said just now, nodded slightly to Lu Chengfeng, and said: "Miss Lu, I left in a hurry at the moment, this is an invitation card."

He took out an invitation card from his pocket and handed it over.

Tan Chengyi said: "Two days later it will be my mother's birthday, because it is not appropriate to hold a big national funeral, so I simply held a banquet in the mansion and invited a few close relatives to come."

Lu Chengfeng took it and said, "If I'm free, I'll go to congratulate you later."

Tan Chengyi smiled and said: "I also invited Mr. Hu, Mr. Hu and my father know each other, you will not be restrained when he is around."

Lu Chengfeng nodded, and Xue Yingqing, who had been neglected for a long time, looked extremely ugly: "Lu Chengfeng, I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person! You can hook up with court officials while remembering my brother's old love!"

Lu Chengfeng's smile faded, looked at the arrogant person, and said slowly, "A person like me?"

She glanced around and smiled mockingly: "I will never forget my old love for Xue Feng?"

"Miss Xue, at the beginning, Xue's family came all the way to Subei to be engaged to my family. How can I talk about the relationship between Xue Feng and me? It's your mother, and I praised him for everything. Marriage, and why you divorced later, you know very well!"

Lu Chengfeng looked indifferent: "The news of Subei's defeat has not yet reached Yanjing, the Xue family is afraid of being implicated, and they returned and retreated within two days of being engaged. I recognize all of these! Who let the Lu family be destroyed? But now that you are in Yanjing, you should pretend that you don’t know me when you meet me, but if you insist on finding fault with me, don’t blame me for not giving You look so good!"

Xue Yingqing's forehead was buzzing with anger from her words, and a stuffy air was clogged in his chest.

Lu Chengfeng didn't allow her to intervene, and sneered: "I didn't like Xue Feng at the beginning, but now even though I'm down to this point, I still don't like him!"

Xue Yingqing was angry: "...you!"

At this moment, a man suddenly came down from the carriage behind him, his expression was a little lonely, and he said, "So that's how it is."

Seeing him, Xue Yingqing immediately felt wronged: "Brother..."

But Xue Feng didn't seem to be able to hear him, he looked past her and met Lu Chengfeng, and said, "So you didn't fall in love with me at the beginning?"

Lu Chengfeng had a headache. She really didn't read the almanac when she went out today, and bumped into this pair of brothers and sisters.

At this moment, another voice sounded: "Didn't she make it very clear just now, she didn't like it."

A few people stood in this street, all dressed in gorgeous clothes, which inevitably attracted a lot of attention from others.

Xie Jiuxiao walked up to Lu Chengfeng with the wrapped snacks, and said, "I saw you liked it during the meal, so I bought some."

Lu Chengfeng's eyes twitched, even if he took a bite, would he like it?

After he finished speaking, he looked up, as if he couldn't see Tan Chengyi and these few living people, he saw that the coachman had parked the carriage to one side, and said: "The carriage is here, shall we go back home?"

Lu Chengfeng didn't want to argue about this on the street, so he nodded to Tan Chengyi and said, "Mr. Tan, goodbye."

Xie Jiuxiao's eyes changed slightly, but without saying anything, he led Lu Chengfeng directly into the carriage.

(End of this chapter)