Wanfu, the Reborn Empress

Chapter 163 Are You Smart Or Stupid?

The scandal caused by Li Rou and Li Qian's brothers and sisters spread in the Royal Manor within an hour.

The news that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess left the venue early due to anger also spread to everyone's ears.

In Lingshuang Courtyard, the young masters who came to the banquet naturally heard about this scandal, and everyone talked about it for a while. When they mentioned Li Qian, their words were full of contempt, and when they talked about Li Rou, they couldn't help it. Shocked, no one thought that Li Qian was an absurd bastard, even with Li Rou, he was not as generous and dignified as he appeared on the surface, otherwise, how could he do something against human ethics with his elder brother? !

In the courtyard, Lin Zigui was still playing the unfinished game of chess with Wu Jie. After hearing the news from the servant beside him, Wu Jie and Lin Zigui raised their heads and looked at each other in tacit understanding, and followed He turned his attention to the chessboard again.

Wu Jie first opened his mouth and said: "It seems that we have missed a good show by not going out. Who would have thought that such a shameful scandal would happen at the feet of the emperor. Let alone Li Rou and Li Qian's brothers and sisters Now that the two of you are together, I'm afraid the entire Shangshu Mansion will be dragged down by their brothers and sisters."

For Li Shangshu, Lin Zigui is not familiar with him, only occasionally heard his grandfather and father talk about this person at home, today's emperor ascended the throne by conspiracy, although after ascending the throne, he spent a lot of energy to whitewash his seizing the throne , but it is true that he killed his brother and forced the palace, and it is true that he tried to usurp the throne. In the face of such truth, any whitewashing will become a joke; the reason why the people in Daliang dare not mention this matter is nothing more than fear of today's narrow thought.

Today's emperor does not have real talents of great wisdom. Compared with the virtuous and famous Prince Zhaowen, he is really far behind; Daliang has such a lord. To put it boldly, it is really the suffering of the people of Daliang.

However, Li Shangshu has been following the current emperor for many years. He obviously holds an important position, but in order to show his face in front of the emperor, he never exercised the power of his courtiers to persuade him. Many courtiers in the DPRK were devoting themselves to the welfare of the Liang Dynasty, but Li Shangshu was lucky, and instead sent a memorial last year to persuade the emperor to select a wide range of beautiful women from all over the world to enrich the harem.

One must know that today's harem is full of beauties, and there is no need to use national power to recruit girls.At this time, Li Shangshu did what he did in response to the flattery, which is really embarrassing.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Mrs. Gu stood up in time and severely reprimanded Li Shangshu's behavior in front of all the officials, which stopped the current day and prevented him from making any more ridiculous actions.

Right now, Lin Zigui was surprised to hear that Li Shangshu's sons and daughters did such an outrageous thing at the banquet hosted by Princess Wen Xian, but he was not really worried about the future of the Shangshu Mansion; in his opinion, Li Shangshu This person spent his whole life in flattering the monarch, and naturally neglected to discipline a pair of children.

Hearing what Wu Jie said, Lin Zigui said calmly, "Let's not watch this kind of good show, after all, it's not a wonderful show. Watching this kind of show will actually spoil your mood and see more ugliness."

Wu Jie seemed to have expected that Lin Zigui would say this, slowly put down the chess pieces in his hand, and joked with him with a smile: "It's a good thing that your Lin family doesn't value the way of being an official, otherwise, judging by your temperament, it would be really difficult. In the officialdom, it is very prosperous."

Lin Zigui naturally knew why Wu Jie said that. He naturally didn't like to be a vassal to anyone. What he pursued was to be free and easy. Now he went to the capital to catch the scientific examination because he had to do so as the son of the Lin family.

When he gets the honor, he will return to his hometown and help his grandfather and father manage the family business. When he has time, he will study in the private school at home. Occasionally, he will go fishing in the lotus pond when he is free.

As for the wealth, glory, and treacherous situation in the capital, he was born to be at odds with it, so he never thought about letting himself stay here. For him, only his hometown is his real peace of mind.

It's just that when Wu Jie mentioned the Li family brother and sister, Lin Zigui had some thoughts, "Brother Wu, do you think the Li family brother and sister would have the guts to mess around at Princess Wen Xian's banquet?" ?"

Wu Jie looked at Lin Zigui who didn't gossip, but was suspicious of the whole thing, and said, "Zigui, I know what you're thinking, but listen to me, this thing has already happened, Princess Wen Xian personally built the coffin It is concluded that Li Rou and Li Qian have been sent to Jingzhao Yin, and the brothers and sisters will be arrested within two days, and it is self-evident what the situation of the Li family will be in the capital in the future. When everything has been arranged, no matter how many doubts we find, we can't raise them rashly. After all, there are too many important figures involved in this matter. I heard that even the Tang Mansion was almost involved, so ah , Didn't you hear? Everyone is talking about gossip at this moment, not whether the whole thing happened reasonably."

Lin Zigui looked at Wu Jie. In fact, even he himself sometimes admired this little friend who had played with him since he was a child; Wu Jie's intelligence was not inferior to his, but he was able to make countermeasures after he noticed doubts. One's own most favorable judgment and choice; this ability is not possessed by everyone, at least not him.

That's why he firmly believed in what his grandfather said, that this generation of the Wu family might be about to produce a great court figure, and this court figure... looked at him and sat opposite him playing chess Wu Jie, self-evident.

After playing chess with Wu Jie for a while, Lin Zigui gave up and surrendered, "Brother Wu, your chess skills are really getting better and better. No matter how you look at it, I lost this game."

Wu Jie is still very aware of his own weight. Hearing what Lin Zigui said, he smiled and said: "Zigui, don't laugh at me. My chess skills may be considered a master in front of others, but when I play chess with you, how much do you see me?" Won this time? You, you are obviously throwing water on me, no, no, let's play another game."

As he said that, Wu Jie began to pick up chess pieces, as if he was eager to continue.

Lin Zigui said: "Brother Wu, let's go down here today; now that Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has left, many people in the manor must be packing up and preparing to leave. This is the time when Meilin should be the cleanest, which is rare. Come to this beautiful place once, if I don’t appreciate it, it would be a pity.”

As he said that, Lin Zigui stretched out his inviting hand towards Wu Jie, and said, "Brother Wu, are you interested in going to enjoy the magnificent scenery of the snowy sea together?"

Wu Jie laughed twice, and said: "Zigui, don't make fun of me, don't you understand my personality? I have no interest in this kind of flowers and plants since I was a child. It's okay, I'll wait for you here. You go to enjoy the scenery. Remember not to run too far, and we can't stay here for too long, we will go back later."

"Understood, I'll be back when I go."

After finishing speaking, Lin Zigui left with the servants beside him, and got a clear and thin back, which looked like a tall and straight bamboo.

Lin Zigui, who gives people such a feeling, is indeed worthy of the praise of a gentle and elegant young master.

Jiang Xuexuanzhong
Gu Yanxi looked left and right, as if he was looking for someone. Seeing Gu Yanxi's movements, Luo Mei hurried up and asked, "Girl, what's the matter? Do you need a servant to do it?"

Gu Yanxi asked, "Luo Mei, did you see the second sister? I saw her here just now, why did she disappear in the blink of an eye?"

Luo Mei smiled and said: "The second young lady saw that the young lady was talking to Princess Huayi, so she didn't bother her, so she took Cuizhi out, saying that she wanted to enjoy the scenery in the courtyard, and she would be back soon .”

It's not that Gu Yanxi is worried about Gu Yanling, it's that she is really worried about Gu Yanling. This Snow Sea Feast seems to be a beautiful and prosperous place, but the more beautiful it is, the more hidden secrets and conspiracies are hidden, just like what happened to Li Rou just now. If it wasn't for relying on the memories of her previous life for Li Qian's matter, the brother and sister would probably have succeeded by this time.

So, after hearing the words of Gu Yanling leaving to enjoy the scenery, Gu Yanxi immediately became nervous, stood up and said, "Luo Mei, why didn't you tell me earlier? No, I'm going to find my second sister."

Luo Mei hurriedly said, "Miss, don't worry, Second Miss will be fine with Cui Zhi."

"Yeah Jiaojiao, you are too defensive and nervous. Those who know will understand that the reason you take care of Gu Yanling is because she is the first time to attend a banquet and doesn't understand anything. You care about her, so you always look at her; no Those who knew thought you were Gu Yanling's older sister, and you actually protected her so tightly."

While drinking tea, Lu Yingying said to Gu Yanxi, "Okay, those people with ulterior motives have been arrested, and there is no danger around us now, so it's okay to let the second girl go out for a walk; come, come, Drink some tea and relax, our nerves have been tense just now because of Li Rou, now we have finally solved her trouble, and we can breathe a sigh of relief."

Listening to Lu Yingying's persuasion, Gu Yanxi sat down hesitantly, "Yingying, you don't understand, my second sister is timid, and I'm worried that if she goes out like this, she may encounter accidents, what if she is bullied ?”

"Jiaojiao, sometimes I really doubt, are you really smart or really stupid?"

Gu Yanxi was taken aback, "What does Yingying mean by that?"

Lu Yingying smiled, "It doesn't mean anything else, I just feel that although you have grown a lot during this time, you still treat the people around you with a foolishness, just like before."

(End of this chapter)