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Chapter 226

"It's not as good as Jiangnan." Shaokang said, "If Liaodong in the northwest is stable, there is no need to worry."

"Is Liaodong not peaceful?" Changying asked.

"It's not so peaceful." Shaokang said, "It's just that the old concubine Liao died a few months ago. When she was in power, the concubine Liao was relatively strong, and she had a lot of dramas under her command. Several county kings in the palace had a few encounters with the Liao king. strife."

When Changying heard this, she couldn't help but think of Xu Lan's father, Xu Yao, who was transferred to Liaodong earlier. She still doesn't know why.

Could it be that the emperor transferred Xu Yao because of internal disputes in Liao Palace?

Liaodong is the territory of the Liao king. Although the relationship with the imperial court is no longer close, it is ultimately controlled by the imperial power.

The king of Liao did not show any obvious intention in the matter of seizing the heir, and in fact he was beyond his reach. It is not easy to return to the capital to seize food when the Central Plains is stable.

Secondly, there is no foundation. The prince of Zhiguo seldom returns to the court according to the order, and he can't get the help of the officials in the court.

But this does not prevent him from becoming a helper for a certain party.

If so, there must be some changes in Liaodong.

When the court situation was not stable, in order to prevent further incidents, it made sense for the emperor to send generals from the south to suppress the formation. At least the possibility of the generals going to the south colluding with the Liaodong Army would be greatly reduced.

Zhou Liang sent a letter saying that Xu Lan had also come to Yanjing, which camp did he go to?
"...Change! Who ordered this show?! It's so fun!"

Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly heard Shaoqing angrily pointing at the stage and yelling, those who slapped tables and chairs did not know what kind of majesty he was showing off.

Chang Ying looked left and right, but saw that everyone present looked a little embarrassed, and Ling Yuan's face was ashen. She asked Fu Rong: "What's wrong?"

Fu Rong's expression was also very strange. He glanced at her, took a cup and drank the tea, got up and said, "It's getting late, let's stop here today."

Feng Shaoyin and the others stood up tacitly, waiting for Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan sat silently for a while with a gloomy face, raised his eyes to scan the stage, and stood up slowly.

Changying had a hunch that something was wrong, but it was a pity that she was distracted and didn't see it.

Huang Ji walked up to her, tugged at her sleeves, motioned to turn around and said, and she settled down.

A group of people walked out of the theater, and the moon was just in the sky, but the atmosphere was obviously down.

Chang Ying said goodbye, but Fu Rong and the others didn't stay, just nodded and left with Ling Yuan and the others.

Turning out of the corner, Huang Ji couldn't help but said: "For some reason, there have been several plays in succession praising the great achievements of the old Wu Ninghou in his lifetime."

Changying stopped.

No wonder Ling Yuan looked ugly before, she, the "father murderer", was watching a play with him, but what she watched was a play about his father, how could she not be embarrassed or angry?
The point is that he still has no way to stop it. Outsiders praise the deceased father, so shouldn't the sons be allowed to praise it?

From this point of view, Fu Rong and the others hurriedly left because they were afraid of embarrassing her.

In this way, Changying should be even more angry, but as long as he thinks that this incident is unusual, he can't think about anything else.

It has been four years since Ling Yan passed away, and suddenly he was widely praised. Could it be that someone manipulated him with a heart?
"Long Ying!"

Just as he was thinking about it, Shaoqing came up again on his horse: "I just found out that there are rumors about Second Uncle Ling in the streets and alleys these days!

"A lot of restaurant storytellers, including those in the theatre, have made up his plays in turn! The rumors that dissipated a while ago are now revived because of these plays!"

Chang Ying frowned: "When did it spread?"

"I asked just now, it was spread suddenly in the past two days, just now in front of Brother Ling.

"Forget it, some foolish people are even discussing where you live, and even said to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue you, saying that people like you are not worthy of being an official or general! They want scholars to write a petition to stop you official position!"

"Isn't this nonsense!" Huang Ji said, "The chief's general title was obtained with all his life, and he didn't get it from the Ling family, so why not deserve it! Are they allowed to be worthy if they say they are worthy, or unworthy if they are not worthy?"

Changying thought for a while, then turned her horse's head: "Go back to the mansion first."

Shaoqing also followed.

When they arrived at Shen's house, Changying handed over the horsewhip and said, "Huang Ji will call for a guard, see where the rumors are mainly concentrated, and then inquire about the source."

Huang Ji left.

Ling Yuan and Fu Rong parted ways and returned to the mansion.

Ling Song also greeted him, and followed him into the main courtyard: "What are the rumors on the street?"

Ling Yuan stopped by the door: "You also know?"

"At noon, I went to Jiaofang to do business, and I heard many people talking about it."

Ling Yuan frowned and entered the room, and said: "Someone is making trouble, and it cannot be ruled out that it is the East Palace."

He untied his sword, and then said: "In Nankangwei, someone in the Water Transportation Department used the Bell incident to create a disturbance. It was only later that Yang Ji found out that she was in Huzhou, and then targeted... Huo Rong. The Ling family is here. This time, the method has become more serious, and it is very likely that he is the one."

Ling Song said: "He wants to use the bell to force us?"

He was surprised: "Even if he did this and caused you and Ling Dang to fall into a vortex, it doesn't mean we have to have him, Yang Ji, come forward to rescue him. How can he be so confident in accepting his love?"

"It's not necessarily because I want to accept it now." Ling Yuan said, "According to this posture, he is afraid that I will be involved with the Jin Palace."

He called Guo Jiao: "Open the cage I brought back from Nankangwei."

Waking up early in the morning, Changying received a message from the guard Tan Yi.

"After asking around, the details are all from major theaters. The people in the neighborhood are spontaneously inciting, but no one is manipulating it.

"The subordinates inquired about it for two more rounds, and finally found out that the script written by the Jiaofang Division was spread to the theater and sung."

Hearing this, Chang Ying already knew it.

If Yang Ji didn't do this, she could swear on her head!
But Yang Ji didn't talk about her, instead he brought up Ling Yan. This was not only to silence the Ling family with public opinion, but also to put her on the knife's edge.

And they even compiled a playbook and sang it, probably planning to spread it all over the country.

She recalled the matter of being followed by the eunuch of the Eastern Palace during the previous uterine banquet, so it seems that he has followed up, but it should be impossible for him to plan to match her and Ling Yuan again.

He carried Ling Yan out this time, only to prevent the Ling family from getting involved with the Jin Palace because of her.

She got close to Prince Jin's Mansion, and according to the common people's thinking, Ling Yuan would not be able to have anything to do with Prince Jin's Mansion anyway.

Originally, the emperor's opponent was the Gu family, but Yang Ji was still the prince. Without the Gu family, it would be easy to deal with him.

If it hadn't been for Dongting Marquis Gu Zhe's resignation to force him to support him, and the emperor's hatred for his relatives, he would have never been able to get this reserve position.

It is also because of this that even though he is in charge of the East Palace, he is still anxious, not only making moves upward, but also in the harem, constantly trying to rely on nepotism to stabilize and expand his power.

(End of this chapter)