long live the queen

Chapter 40

"Sister Yunqing, if you don't want to, you don't have to see him." Seeing that Wei Yunqing also looked hesitant, Yang Yi gritted his teeth.

Wei Yunqing calmed down: "It's okay, let's see each other."

Yang Yi also knew the old man's stubbornness, seeing that Wei Yunqing did not object, he said to the servant: "Let Sun Chengji come in."

The servant hurriedly withdrew, but after a while, he came back dejectedly, with a embarrassed expression as if he wanted to die, and said bitterly: "Go back to the emperor, Mr. Sun said... Please go out and meet Miss Wei."

"This! He's still putting on airs!" Yang Yi said angrily, "Sister Yunqing, let's go together and see if I don't scold him!"

Wei Yunqing hurriedly stopped Yang Yi: "Sit here and calm down, I'll come back when I go." She suddenly realized that what Mr. Sun meant was that he wanted to see her alone.

"I'll accompany you." Yang Yi refused.

Wei Yunqing coaxed: "If you go out and quarrel with Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun will definitely blame me. I don't want to make Mr. Sun angry..." Seeing that Yang Yi wanted to speak, she immediately said, "I know you are not afraid of Mr. Sun My lord, but you see he is so old, we have to respect the old and love the young, so why not obey his wishes? Sit down quickly, I will be back soon."

Wei Yunqing pressed Yang Yi on the seat, and after hearing what she said, Yang Yi thought it made sense, so he sat inside, how could Sun Chengji bully Sister Yunqing?If he dares, he will not spare him!

"Sister Yunqing, you go, I'll wait for you here, if he bullies you, call me." Yang Yi said angrily.

Wei Yunqing nodded with a smile, turned and walked out.

Sun Chengji, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was waiting outside. Seeing Wei Yunqing coming out, his eyes flickered slightly. After confirming that she came out alone, a little smile appeared on his face, which softened his original majestic appearance a little. .

"Master Sun, I don't know what you want from me?" Wei Yunqing asked straight to the point.The sense of oppression that Mr. Sun gave her is not weak, but she has a clear conscience, and has no conflict of interest with him, and her attitude is neither humble nor overbearing.

"Miss Wei," Sun Chengji cupped his hands, "I have long heard that Miss Wei took the risk to rescue the emperor, and I just got to see her today. It really lives up to its reputation."

"Uh...Master Sun has praised you..." Wei Yunqing felt a little guilty.She found that her first impression was wrong. This Lord Sun seems to be quite kind.

Sun Chengji smiled slightly: "Miss Wei deserves it."

He deliberately said that he hoped she would come out to see her, implying that she could come out alone, but she understood and appeared alone.This shows that Miss Wei is not only smart enough to understand what he means, but also brave enough to come to see him, a veteran of the three dynasties, alone.He was very satisfied with the result of this first trial.

"Miss Wei, you might as well guess why the old man wants to see you." Sun Chengji threw back the question Wei Yunqing had just come out.

"This..." Wei Yunqing looked troubled.She wanted to say something and don't pretend to be aggressive, but facing this old minister, she really didn't have the guts to say that.

Sun Chengji looked at Wei Yunqing, looking very patient.

Wei Yunqing sighed inwardly, and said, "Probably... Master Sun wants to see what kind of person I am."

Wei Yunqing had always known Sun Chengji from the side.This old man has gone through three dynasties. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, he is in control of the power and has unlimited glory. He even dared to propose a new king when Yang Yi's life and death were unknown. In the entire court, he is the real one in power. Yang Yi It's just a puppet that can only play.She thought that he should be a traitorous figure, but when she saw him today, she found that there was a faint sense of righteousness in him, and maybe everything he did was worthy of his conscience.If it is true as Wen Huai said, at that time he wanted to establish another new monarch, but it was only for the stability of Daliang, and he had no selfish intentions.

Now that he insisted on seeing her, after much deliberation, she could only think that he knew that she was good at talking with Yang Yi, and wanted to find out if she was a treacherous villain.If he finds out that she may have a bad influence on Yang Yi, maybe he will start to deal with her.

After thinking about it, Wei Yunqing was somewhat moved by the veteran's good intentions.Before she heard that he disagreed with Yang Yili making Concubine Zhuang a queen, and thought that he might want his own daughter or a relative's daughter to be a queen. After seeing him and Concubine Zhuang, she realized that he might not have those selfish intentions , he simply thought that Concubine Zhuang was not suitable to be a queen, so he objected.It's just that Yang Yi probably doesn't think so, so he won't have a good impression of the chief assistant.

Sun Chengji nodded slightly, with a happy expression on his face: "The old man already understands."

"The so-called knowing people and faces but not knowing the heart, Mr. Sun is not afraid that I will hide something?" Wei Yunqing was puzzled.

Sun Chengji smiled and said: "The old man has lived for such a long time, so he is still accurate. Miss Wei, the emperor will trouble you."

"Master Sun, I might let you down." Wei Yunqing said seriously, "I will leave the palace in a few days. I really can't control how the emperor will behave."

Sun Chengji was slightly startled: "The emperor agrees with you to go?"

"Why don't you agree?" Wei Yunqing felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this, "I have already agreed with him that I will leave the palace after staying in the palace for a few more days. I would like to ask Mr. Sun to take care of your Majesty's affairs." Teaching The emperor is the chief assistant's business, anyway, she can't control it in the future.

Sun Chengji looked at Wei Yunqing, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he only sighed softly: "In the future, if Miss Wei has something to do, you can come to Sun's residence, and the old man may help out a little bit."

"Then I'll thank Master Sun in advance." Wei Yunqing said, it would be a good thing to have a good relationship with a powerful official, and she would naturally not object.

"Miss Wei, please go back, I'm leaving." Sun Chengji said, turned and left.Just now when the ministers were discussing with the emperor, when he heard that Miss Wei had something to do, the emperor hurried away, and then he had the idea of ​​seeing her.Now it seems that having her by her side is at least not a bad thing, but... Will the emperor really let her out of the palace?

After watching the old and vigorous back for a while, Wei Yunqing turned and went back.Yang Yi was fidgeting, seeing her coming back, he immediately greeted her: "Sister Yunqing, did the old man bully you?"

Wei Yunqing shook his head: "Master Sun is very nice, he even praised me."

Yang Yi looked puzzled. For so many years, as long as he wanted to do what he wanted to do, Sun Chengji was never satisfied with the people he brought with him. How did he change his sex now?

He thought for a while, and suddenly realized that Sister Yunqing was different from others, she was a fairy in the sky, although Sun Chengji didn't know her identity, but he must have felt something, so naturally he was polite to Sister Yunqing .

After Yang Yi figured it out, he didn't bother anymore, and left Sun Chengji behind, then said happily: "Sister Yunqing, let's continue to look around."

In the rest of the time, Yang Yi led Wei Yunqing around most of the palace, and both of them had a good time.

The next day, Wei Yunqing planned to say goodbye to Yang Yi. It was enough to see the palace once, but the temptation of masculinity outside the palace was great.However, when she went to find someone, she was told that Yang Yi had been invited by Concubine Zhuang early in the morning, saying that she had found a lot of new gadgets there, and invited Yang Yi to go and enjoy them together.

Wei Yunqing sat in Qianqing Palace for a whole morning, during which time Xu Guier led people to bring a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, saying that it was a reward from the emperor.This was the promised reward. Wei Yunqing looked at it for a long time like a money fan, but she didn't see Yang Yi coming back after lunch. She couldn't sit still, and took Lu Cui and Lan Tian to Jingren Palace.

As soon as the three of them arrived, they were stopped by two servants.

"The emperor and Concubine Zhuang are inside, what are you doing here?" the little servant said arrogantly, preventing the three of them from entering.

But Wei Yunqing didn't want to enter either, just pretending that he didn't see the expressions of the two, he smiled and said: "Please pass it on to the two father-in-laws, I want to see the emperor."

"How can you see the emperor if you want?" One of the servants sneered, "Go back, don't press the door, the emperor is having fun with Concubine Zhuang, so he won't come out easily."

Lu Cui couldn't see it, and scolded: "This is Miss Wei, you go and tell the emperor, he will definitely come out to see you."

"Whether it's Miss Wei or Miss Li, no one can come in." The servant refused to let go at all.

Wei Yunqing was also helpless, and asked the next best thing: "When will the emperor come out?"

The other party rolled his eyes: "Then how can I know? How can the holy will be something we servants can speculate at will?"

"You!" Lu Cui had a quick temper, and she didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the emperor and the concubine, but the two servants didn't pay attention, and immediately became angry.

Lan Tian quickly grabs Lu Cui.

Wei Yunqing faintly heard the continuous sound of silk and bamboo, mixed with laughter and laughter, and frowned.As expected, Yang Yi is still playful, and he started playing as soon as he came back. I don't know how long it will take to play.Master Sun will have a lot of hard work in the future.

"Please tell the emperor for me, I will leave the palace tomorrow." Wei Yunqing said.If Yang Yi would go back to Qianqing Palace today, she would say goodbye to him. She originally wanted to leave today, which was already a buffer time. If she couldn't come back, she didn't care. Anyway, the reward was given to her. She still has that jade pendant to enter and leave the palace at will, so let's go.

The two servants snorted a few times, and didn't say whether they knew how to communicate.

Lu Cui is very hot, but this time Wei Yunqing stopped her. Anyway, she has already come to say goodbye. Whether Yang Yi can receive it has nothing to do with her. It's fine if he can't receive it in time, otherwise he will keep her in the palace Living here is troublesome.

After returning to Qianqing Palace, Wei Yunqing began to pack his things.She didn't have many clothes, she brought them all, and the rest was the pile of rewards.As for Lucui and Lantian, it is estimated that she will say goodbye to these two girls.

"Girl, this servant is reluctant to part with you." When helping Wei Yunqing pack his things, Lu Cui felt the sadness of parting, and her eyes were red.

"I will come to the palace to see you often in the future, don't miss me too much." Wei Yunqing was not too sad, she had the jade pendant in her hand to freely enter and leave the palace, and she didn't think it was a long distance.

"Girl, can you really not stay in the palace?" Lu Cui asked, wiping away her tears, "The servant still wants to serve the girl."

These words come from the heart.Although she and Lan Tian are maids of the Qianqing Palace, they have the lowest status, and anyone can order them around, and they are always angry, but after joining Wei Yunqing, they have food and drink, and they are often rewarded, and Wei Yunqing never beats and scolds them, so No matter how hard it is to find a good master in the palace, she is naturally reluctant.

"What am I doing in the palace?" Wei Yunqing said casually, "The world outside is wonderful, I can't waste my life."

Lan Tian also quietly wiped her tears, she looked at Lu Cui, the two looked at each other, and fell silent again.They actually wanted to go out of the palace with Wei Yunqing, but she might not be willing to have them, and the two of them couldn't say anything for a while.

"Okay, there is always a banquet in the world. It is also fate that we met once. Don't be sour." Wei Yunqing smiled and grabbed a handful from the pile of rewards and handed them to the two, "Come on, you're welcome , Thank you both for taking care of me during this time."

The two waved their hands again and again, they didn't dare to ask for so much.However, Wei Yunqing is now a rich man, so he doesn't pay attention to these small things at all, and just stuffs them into the arms of the two as parting gifts.

After tidying up messily for a while, Wei Yunqing finally packed up everything, and then got into trouble.There are two boxes for all the rewards and clothes, how can she get them out?

Lan Tian said: "Girl, you can ask the palace servants to help carry it out. We also know a few people who are easy to talk to."

"That's good, do you want to take care of it?" Wei Yunqing said and was about to dig through the reward box.

Lan Tian quickly waved his hands: "No need, the ones the girl gave us just now are more than enough!"

Wei Yunqing did not insist any longer, and said with a smile: "Then I will trouble you."

But thinking about what to do after going out, Wei Yunqing was in a bit of trouble again.She is not familiar with the place here, if she leaves now, will she be robbed?She is carrying a huge sum of money, she is not afraid of [-], just in case.

Then she thought of what Master Sun said to her yesterday, and she immediately smiled.See, know someone big, and that's about to come in handy.

In fact, she knew Yan Rusong better, and she and him were boyfriend and girlfriend, so she should ask him for help, but she also had selfish intentions, and she wanted to clean things up before going to him—she hoped to be with him forever. All are equals.It's really nothing to ask him for help, but the more you care about it, the easier it is to think too much. In the end, she would rather trouble the chief assistant.She had thought about it, in case Mr. Sun and Yang Yi had a quarrel in the future, if Yang Yi could still give her some face, she would say a few words for Mr. Sun, which would be regarded as reciprocating.

Thinking about leaving with a lot of things tomorrow, Wei Yunqing is going to try that jade pendant to see if it works.She took the jade pendant, refused the company of Lan Tian and Lu Cui, and walked out.I have visited the palace before, and I will not get lost now.

Xu Gui'er said before that palace people usually go through the Xuanwu Gate, so she went in that direction.Naturally, there were many guards stopping at Xuanwu Gate, and she showed the jade pendant with a guilty conscience. The guard who blocked the way looked at it for a long time and asked, "Is it Miss Wei?"

"Exactly." Wei Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Yang Yi had indeed given the order.

The guard immediately laughed and said, "Miss Wei going out of the palace alone? You have a noble status, and if you go out alone, I'm afraid that someone who doesn't have eyes will bump into you."

Wei Yunqing's heart skipped a beat. Could this mean that she was not allowed to go out?

Then the guard said: "Where is Miss Wei going? If you don't mind, my brothers can escort you there."

Hearing this, Wei Yunqing heaved a sigh of relief, just as she didn't know the way, she smiled and said, "Then I'll take care of you, my lord, I want to go to Mrs. Chief Assistant Sun's residence."

As she spoke, she handed out a piece of silver.

The guard's face immediately burst into a smile: "Where is it, Miss Wei is really polite, please wait here for a while, I will arrange it right away."

His superiors had ordered him to be respectful to Miss Wei who was holding a jade pendant with dragon patterns, so he naturally didn't dare to neglect her, even if she didn't give her any favors, he would try his best to arrange it, but who doesn't like a generous master?At that moment, his impression of her skyrocketed.

Wei Yunqing waited for a while, and the guard found her a carriage. The driver was also a guard, and there were eight guards on horseback beside the carriage, guarding the carriage.

The corners of Wei Yunqing's mouth twitched at the sight of this grand occasion, she felt that the favor fee she gave shouldn't be able to hire so many guards...

"My lord, this... there is no need for so many people." Wei Yunqing said.

"If you want it, Miss Wei's identity is not ordinary. Only with more guards can your safety be guaranteed." The guard laughed.

Wei Yunqing thought, I am walking on the road alone, no one will take a second look, so it must be so motivating to attract people's attention.

But she didn't say much, she still has confidence in the law and order in Shangjing, and with so many guards, who would dare to come here to find it uncomfortable?
Thanks again to this enthusiastic guard brother, Wei Yunqing got into the carriage.

When we arrived at the Sun Mansion, Wei Yunqing didn't need to get out of the car, and his own guards stepped forward to inform him.Soon, a middle-aged man who claimed to be the housekeeper of the Sun House came out and welcomed Wei Yunqing in, while the guards were resting in the gatehouse.

Although the Sun Mansion is the first and auxiliary residence, it is not considered magnificent, and it is full of grandeur and simplicity along the way.Steward Sun took Wei Yunqing to the living room and sat down, saying that Mr. Sun would be here soon, and asked Wei Yunqing to sit down for a while.She drank the tea served by the servants, and slowly looked around the living room.

When her absent-minded eyes fell on the screen beside the living room, she suddenly stopped... Wait, why are there a pair of feet under the screen? !
Wei Yunqing was startled, the feet behind the screen suddenly took a step to the side, and a petite figure fell out.

"Ah, pain, pain..." The figure seemed to be a little girl, and she got up while screaming in pain.

Wei Yunqing: "..." What the hell is this!

The servants standing beside him were also taken aback. Just as they were about to step forward, the little girl glared, "Don't come over!"

The servant retreated immediately, not daring to say anything more.

The little girl patted the dust off her body, and her big watery eyes looked straight at Wei Yunqing, full of curiosity.

Wei Yunqing looked at the little girl of unknown origin, and didn't speak for a while.

This little girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was petite, but she was a beauty. Those beautiful eyes watched Wei Yunqing turn around, looking like a ghost.

"Are you Miss Wei, the heroine who saved the emperor?" The little girl asked first.

"...My surname is Wei, and I also saved the emperor. I dare not be a heroine." Wei Yunqing coughed.

The little girl walked over briskly, and said with a smile: "Sister Wei, my name is Sun Sisi, and I am my grandfather's granddaughter!"

Who is your grandfather, kid!
Looking at her appearance and age, Wei Yunqing guessed that she should be Sun Chengji's granddaughter, but Sun Chengji's granddaughter is not like a lady, but so lively, which is beyond her expectations.

"Hi, Miss Sisi." Wei Yunqing said politely.

But Sun Sisi didn't like her being so alienated, she pouted and said, "I already called your sister, why are you being so polite to me?"

You are young and familiar, no one will think that you are not polite, but I am a round older than you, how rude would it be to imitate you?
Wei Yunqing felt a little tired, he laughed twice, but said nothing.

Sun Sisi walked around Wei Yunqing blinking her big bright eyes, nodded as she walked, and finally returned to Wei Yunqing with a smile: "Sister Wei, you really deserve your reputation, no wonder my grandfather praises you so much!"

"……you flatter me."

Sun Sisi didn't care about Wei Yunqing's indifferent attitude, and continued to smile: "Sister Wei, can you tell me something interesting about the time you saved the emperor? I asked everywhere, but no one would tell me. "

Wei Yunqing laughed as usual, it wasn't that they didn't want to talk about it but they didn't know about it. She and Yang Yi didn't tell anyone about those things.

"Sister Wei, stop laughing all the time. I'm so flustered when I laugh, I always feel like you're saying something wrong about me." Sun Sisi frowned delicately.

Wei Yunqing couldn't stop laughing, this girl's intuition...was so accurate!

"Look! If you are really scolding me, you won't laugh when I say it." Sun Sisi frowned and complained.

It's not true that Wei Yunqing smiled immediately, and it's not true if he didn't smile.

"Sisi, don't make trouble for no reason!" At the critical moment, Sun Chengji arrived in time and reprimanded his granddaughter, who also caused him a headache.

"Grandfather, Sisi didn't make trouble for no reason!" Seeing her grandfather coming, Sun Sisi rushed over, took Sun Chengji's arm, and looked at Wei Yunqing, "Sister Wei, do you think so?"

Wei Yunqing coughed: "Miss Sisi is so innocent and cute."

Hearing her praise, Sun Sisi immediately smiled: "Grandfather, listen, sister Wei also said that I am very cute!"

Wei Yunqing: ... No, there is no "beautiful".

Sun Chengji also knew how eccentric his granddaughter was, so he coaxed: "Sisi, grandfather has some important discussions with Miss Wei, so you go back first."

Sun Sisi pouted dissatisfiedly, but did not disobey Sun Chengji, said goodbye to Wei Yunqing, turned and left.

Only then did Sun Chengji look at Wei Yunqing in embarrassment and said, "Miss Wei, I made you laugh."

"It's okay, Mr. Sun's granddaughter is innocent and clever, and she looks very cute." Wei Yunqing smiled.This is not a polite word, although the little girl Sun Sisi is a little familiar, she is indeed quite likable.

Sun Chengji smiled, and he was also happy when he heard this praise for his granddaughter.

"I don't know Miss Wei is here..." Sun Chengji didn't say much, and asked directly.

Wei Yunqing said: "I have decided to leave the palace tomorrow, but I am really not familiar with Shangjing. I wonder if Master Sun knows if there is a suitable small courtyard for sale nearby?"

Sun Chengji was a little surprised: "So fast?" This girl is also true, he only said yesterday that he had something to come to find her, and today she came.

"Compared to the palace, I still prefer going outside." Wei Yunqing said.

Sun Chengji stroked his beard and said for a while, "Sun Butler can help you find one or two."

Butler Sun came here with Sun Chengji. He had been installing the background board at the side. When Sun Chengji mentioned himself, he smiled and said: "The villain has some connections here in Shangjing. If Miss Wei believes in the villain, she is for sale. The small courtyard, as well as the hired servants, the villain can do it for Miss Wei."

Wei Yunqing was overjoyed: "Then there will be Butler Laosun!"

She has a lot of money now, so naturally she doesn't want to endure hardships after leaving the palace. The right way is to have a small courtyard with two or three entrances, hire some people, and live a comfortable life of a wealthy landowner.Naturally, the hired people should be careful. With Butler Sun helping Changyan, she doesn't have to worry at all.

"Miss Wei, you're being polite." Butler Sun said with a smile.

Wei Yunqing directly took out a stack of banknotes and handed them over: "Steward Steward Sun will take these banknotes first, and then come to me if they are not enough. I want to leave the palace tomorrow. I am in a hurry. It doesn't matter if the price of the small courtyard is higher."

Steward Sun took a look at Sun Chengji, took the bank note and looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is enough. Before tomorrow, the villain will definitely finish this matter."

"Thank you, Steward Sun."

"Miss Wei, is there anything else I need the old man for?" Sun Chengji said.

Wei Yunqing shook his head: "Not for the time being."

Sun Chengji stopped stroking his beard, this little girl...was really rude to him.But her temper also appeals to him.He is not that kind of pedantic person, otherwise his granddaughter would not be what she is now.

He pondered for a long time, and asked: "Miss Wei, I wonder if you have thought about staying with the emperor so that he will not be deceived by the villains around him, and help him become a wise king?"

(End of this chapter)