Yutai Bi

Chapter 306 Luoyang
King Teng returned to his bedroom, waved back and forth, and lay on the bed exhausted.

The sound of fine footsteps approached slowly, and stopped outside the hanging curtain.Mrs. Xu's gentle voice sounded immediately: "My lord, drink a bowl of bird's nest to moisten your throat."

King Teng could feel the pain when he swallowed his saliva, and secretly scolded the damn Du Yansui, but he didn't know how to take it lightly.Said: "Put it on the table."

He got up, lifted the curtain and went out, sat at the table and ate the sweet bird's nest slowly.

"The letter from the palace has been delivered. The emperor had a headache and the pain was unbearable. Eunuch Hu happened to bring tea and poured it on the emperor. The emperor was furious and regretted it afterwards." Mrs. Xu reported sadly.

King Teng snorted, threw the spoon down, and the porcelain bowl made a crisp sound when it touched: "He is dizzy and can't recognize things, and he is afraid of the Wu family. He knows that Hu Gonggong is mine, so he directly vents his anger on him. I don't want any more."

Mrs. Xu knew that he was very angry.Wen Yan said: "Then Eunuch Liu..."

"Wu's family is full of wings. The emperor killed Eunuch Hu, but he had no choice but to let her man become the chief executive. He couldn't do without her. The emperor wanted to fight her, so he could only rely on the old minister again. It's a pity that the old minister was demoted and retired. Yes, those who retired, scattered all over the place. Most of the high-ranking officials in the court are newly promoted officials, and the poor family accounted for the majority. It is the empress who handles government affairs, and the new officials will naturally fall to the empress. The emperor thought It's hard to fight her. The wine she gave is not poisonous wine, but I have an attitude. What if I don't drink it? Is it possible that I can still stand on the side of the emperor?" Teng Wang said, thinking of Du Yan again Sui Zeng was ordered by the first emperor to kill the Wu family.Du Yansui denied that there was a will, obviously not wanting to get involved.What should he do?Waiting for the Wu family to defeat the emperor and secure power, tease him when he is in a bad mood, and let him go when he is in a good mood?
The more King Teng thought about it, the angrier he became. He could definitely hold Cen Sanniang and the two children to force Du Yansui to give him the will.But he couldn't bear it.Only Du Yansui and he knew about the late emperor's death order to kill the Wu family.Once the wind comes out.Du Yansui's family is on the cusp again.Neither the emperor nor the Wu family will let him go.

He held his breath and gave Cheng Qian an explanation.Push yourself into a dilemma.He once loved Mei Niang so much, and hated her so much.Up to now, love and hatred are gone, only fear and defense remain.He slowly fell in love with Cen Sanniang again.But love too late.All her people and her heart were given to Du Yansui.Give yourself only gratitude.If he plotted against her again, she didn't even give him a gentle smile.

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and the look in his eyes gradually dissipated.There was a throbbing pain in his heart, and he said weakly: "Go and see Concubine Cen and tell her that it is disrespectful not to drink the wine given by the queen. Send it directly to the nunnery."

"Yes." Mrs. Xu cleaned up the bowl, and walked out slowly.

Early the next morning, I heard from Chang Shi that Eunuch Liu had left.Only then did Du Yansui and Cen Sanniang pack their bags and bid farewell to King Teng.

Just outside the hall, I heard the woman's cry.The two stopped.

Seeing them coming, Madam Xu persuaded Cen Liuniang again in a low voice: "The side concubine, please go back, the prince is ill."

Cen Liuniang burst into tears: "I just don't want to die! What did I do wrong? I didn't drink that wine, and the nuns and maids in the palace didn't force me either."

She cried and saw Cen Sanniang, and stopped crying, pointing to her eyes and shining: "Ha! You are not dead! You are bullying the emperor!"

Seeming to have found a reason and an excuse, Cen Liuniang cheered up and shouted into the room with her head held high: "My lord! You don't want to send me to the nunnery! Otherwise, I'll tell the emperor in a memorial!"

Mrs. Xu looked at her like she was a fool.The emperor knew it clearly, and so did the generals of the Western Army.The emperor who handed over the Zhezi would only keep it.If you still want to mention it if you don't have a long-term mind, you should be careful not to provoke the emperor and drag you out to suffer the court rod.

"My lord is ill, so we won't go in and disturb you. Let's leave now." Du Yansui didn't bother to talk to Cen Liuniang, and after speaking to Madam Xu, she took Cen Sanniang and left.

Cen Liuniang quit, and rushed to pull Cen Sanniang.

Mrs. Xu narrowed her eyes slightly: "The side concubine is suffering from hysteria, please send her back to the palace."

The maids on both sides stepped forward and grabbed Cen Liuniang's arms.

Cen Liuniang was furious: "I am a side concubine, how dare you..."

With a veil stuffed in his mouth, he stared at Mrs. Xu speechlessly, and was dragged down.

"Why did the lord suddenly get sick? Did you miss Liu Niang on purpose?" Cen Sanniang looked back, a little unbearable: "Mrs. Xu said that Liu Niang had hysteria, do you think Liu Niang will be caught by the lord..."

"She is stupid, but she can survive." Du Yansui said lightly, and was afraid that Cen Sanniang would have a shadow in her heart: "Since the queen is a temptation, Cen Liuniang refuses to obey and drink. No matter how beautiful this stupid person who is afraid of death and ignores the prince won't like it."

He was startled, and sighed: "The empress is not completely ruthless to the prince."

Coming to this conclusion, I couldn't help turning my head to look at Cen Sanniang.My heart is tight.The prince likes Sanniang, and the queen even wants to try Cen Liuniang. Will she miss Sanniang?
Thinking of this, Du Yansui wished to leave Longzhou immediately, and quickened his pace: "Don't worry about other people's affairs. By the way, what is the second child's name?"

"Wheat noodles!" Cen Sanniang's thoughts quickly shifted to her second son.When I was born, I didn't cry or fuss.Right now, the eldest and the third love to laugh and cry, what will the second boy look like?I don't know if Ah Qiu's family raised him well.

Du Yansui was speechless: "It's really ugly."

Cen Sanniang glared at him: "Grandmother thinks it's good."

Du Yansui made up her mind: "I'll take the name. It must be majestic!"

A group of people packed their luggage and went down the mountain, and took a boat down the river from the pier.

Longzhou City gradually drifted away, Cen Sanniang thought, probably in this life, she will never come again.

In late autumn, at dusk, smoke rises from the copper camels in Luoyang City.The curling smoke is like mist like yarn, against the white walls and black eaves, the garden is like a picture.

Two black-painted cabs stopped outside a house.

Looking at the smoke rising from the house from a distance.Cen Sanniang was overjoyed, and got out of the carriage with Du Yansui's men: "Is this the place?"

Hei Qi stepped forward and knocked the brass ring on the door.

After a while, footsteps sounded inside the door, the door was pulled open, and an old man with white hair and straight back walked out.Seeing Hei Qi, before he could be shocked, he saw Du Yansui in a soap-colored gown and Cen Sanniang in a veiled hat at the door.

"Master Sun!" The old man shouted excitedly, and quickly opened the door, "Come in quickly! Ah Qiu, come out quickly!"

Du Yansui walked in holding Cen Sanniang's hand.

Bypassing the screen wall, a young woman with a big belly came to meet her.The hair is simply pulled into a single bun, with a golden hairpin inserted.Holding the hand of an eleven or twelve-year-old girl.

"Aqiu!" Cen Sanniang raised her veil, her eyes fell on her stomach, "You have it?"

"Young Madam!" Aqiu stopped in his tracks, mixed with sorrow and joy, stretched out his hand towards Cen Sanniang, turned his head and said to the little girl, "Go ask the nanny to bring the young master here!"

Cen Sanniang held her hand, and Aqiu smiled embarrassedly: "It should be the second young master!" He bowed his knees and saluted Du Yansui, "Mantou has gone to the store. Tell someone to call him back."

After entering the main room and sitting down, Feng Chun and Nuan Dong carried the two boys into the room.The nanny also entered the house with wheat noodles.Cen Sanniang couldn't wait to go up to pick it up.

Mai Mian wore a jacket, shaved her fetal hair, and left a small patch on her forehead, and was hugged by Cen Sanniang without crying or fussing.

"This kid was born quiet." Cen Sanniang said happily.

Up to now, she can't hold the eldest and third child in her arms. She didn't expect the second boy to be hugged so easily by her, and she didn't recognize him at all.

Du Yansui was annoyed by the eldest brother, and when he heard the third child cry and had a headache, he took over the second child, and immediately felt that he was very cute: "This one looks like me!"

Everyone in the room laughed.

Put the three boys on the kang to play, and was chatting with Ah Qiu about the scene after the farewell, when they saw buckwheat crawling over the wheat noodles, and probably wanted to reach out to play with the wheat noodles again.

Everyone's eyes were drawn to it again, wondering if wheat noodles would cry like rice cakes.I saw Buckwheat giggling and crawling to Mai Mian, before he slapped, Mai Mian rushed over, pressed Buckwheat under his body, and spat his face full of saliva.

Mi Gao stared blankly at the huddled brother in front of him, and giggled.

There was a sudden burst of laughter in the room.

The women teased the children in the back room.Du Yansui and Hei Qijingchu went to the main hall of the front yard, and Mantou came back not long after.Just as he was talking, Grandpa Mantou came in nervously, holding a post in his hand: "Young Master Sun, someone sent it, and it was stated that it was for you and your wife."

Several people in the main room suddenly became tense.It had only been half an hour since they came in, and someone actually sent a post.

Du Yansui took the post and opened it, looked at it, thought for a while and told Jing Chu: "Go and find out if Shengjia has arrived in Luoyang."

"Nothing, probably the emperor wants an explanation." Du Yansui smiled and said, "Old Liu, go and arrange dinner. There are more than a dozen people here, and they are all tired from walking. Boil more hot water at night."

Mantou and his grandfather went to the kitchen.

Only then did Du Yansui frowned and said to Hei Qi: "This house was prepared by my grandfather back then. If the emperor knew about it a long time ago, he probably wouldn't let the Mantou family live here for so long. It is estimated that when they entered the city, someone I recognize you and Jing Chu. The post is the emperor's imperial pen, let me meet you at the White Horse Temple in two days. Go and find out how many posts are nearby. Prepare early."

Hei Qi hummed and went out.

(End of this chapter)