Chang Anqing

Chapter 241
At the hour of the next day, Chang'an City was already shrouded in the vast night. Looking around, every household had set up strings of silk lanterns. Although they were dazzling and bright, they were not as noisy and prosperous as before. It is much deserted.

Compared with Anxingfang and Shengyefang, where the nobles come and go, Pingkangfang has a mixed population of Chinese and Chinese, and has lived in and traveled to many business travelers from various countries. Therefore, although there are no singing and dancing scenes in the past, the atmosphere is much more relaxed.

As the passers-by shuttled back and forth, the sound of a carriage getting closer and closer sounded. As the crowd made way, a very ordinary carriage could be seen coming here, and it stopped slowly at the entrance of the alley. down.

"Mr. Lang, we are here."

Hearing the partridge's words from outside the curtain, Yang Jin, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, raised the curtain and followed the partridge's eyes to look in through the alley.

It is quiet and quiet, and there is no hole in the sky.

With the rustling of clothes, Yang Jin got out of the carriage, stared at the long alleyway and said: "Park the carriage and horse in a place far away that is not eye-catching."

Hearing this, the man driving the car immediately responded, flicked the reins and drove away slowly.

Just as Yang Jin was arranging his clothes, carefully looking around and about to walk towards the alley, he was attracted by a familiar face across the alley.

"Mr. Lang, we're here."

Niannu, who was dressed as a servant, glanced at the four big green-painted characters "Orchid Wine Shop" hanging above his head, and turned to look down respectfully at the thin gentleman, who was dressed in plain clothes and with a hairpin in a bun, as he stepped down from the carriage. He nodded lightly and waited for the next show.

Li Sui stood in front of the carriage, looked at it for a while with one hand behind his back, and then said: "Park the carriage to the next alley."

As the carriage left quietly, Li Sui stared silently at the surroundings, and when he found nothing unusual, he led Nian Nu and Yu Nu, who were dressed as servants, towards the wine shop.

Yang Jin, who just took advantage of the opportunity to hide in the alley, glanced at the plaque on the opposite side, and then fell a pair of exploring eyes on the three masters and servants who entered, but fell into deep thought.

What did Ah Man come to this restaurant for?
It would not be surprising if it is normal, but now is the elder sister's funeral, and with the inseparable family relationship between Ah Man and elder sister, Ah Man will definitely not be contaminated by these things at this time, especially when I heard that Ah Man is very upset about the death of elder sister Yu Huai, still still cultivating in Yuqing Temple, how could he suddenly appear in such a place tonight.

In particular, it turned into men's clothing.

At this moment, Yang Jin quietly looked at the seemingly ordinary wine shop in front of him, but a cloud of fog gradually formed in his heart, which made him feel a little strange.

"Mr. Da Lang, wasn't that the princess just now?"

Hearing the partridge's whispered question behind him, Yang Jin frowned silently, and then said, "You don't need to follow me."

Before the partridge could understand the sound, Yang Jin looked back and said to him solemnly: "Send a stranger to the opposite side to check and see if the princess is looking for someone or what. If you are looking for someone, you don't know." To make a statement, I just went out of the wine shop to find a remote place to wait, and see who is meeting the princess."

"Be careful."

Hearing Yang Jin's special advice, Partridge immediately realized that his husband was suspicious, so he nodded seriously and said, "Yes."

Looking at the steady partridge in front of him, Yang Jinfu looked at the wine shop again, then turned around and walked slowly towards the alley.

In this room, as soon as Li Suifang entered, there was a handsome maid waiting there. When their eyes met, the maid came over lightly, bowed to her and said: "Mr. Please enter the second floor."

The Orchid Restaurant was originally famous for Orchid singing and dancing, but now Yanle dance is banned during the national mourning period, so there are only a few people sitting in the restaurant at this moment, and there is no hustle and bustle in the past.

When he got to the depths of the second floor, Li Sui could sense that not to mention the second floor, even the first floor of this restaurant had many who should be Peng Cheng's eyeliner.

Pengcheng's cautiousness was evident.

As the door was slowly pushed open, Li Sui glanced at the elegant house furnished by Hu Feng in the Western Regions, and only lightly and Nian Nu made eye contact, and walked in alone.

With the faint scent of melon and fruit wine, Li Sui saw the charming figure of the woman behind the veil through the silver-red veil.

"The eldest princess is very elegant."

Leaning lazily on the seat beside the bed, with his right hand bent on the armrest, holding a luminous cup, his eyes fell on the crowd outside the window. Princess Pengcheng, who was looking unpredictable, smiled leisurely when she heard this, and turned her head to hold it on her left hand cup. He raised his hands on his knees and said, "Sister, please take a seat."

"I'm about to leave Chang'an, and I don't know if I can set foot in this haunted homeland in this life, so—"

Peng Cheng looked at Li Sui, who was separated from the case, and smiled deeply, while pouring her a glass of mellow rose peach wine, he said, "It's better to have fun in time, without leaving any regrets."

Hearing the sound of the cups, Li Sui silently lowered his eyes to look at the blood-red nectar in the luminous cup, and said unmoved: "During the national funeral, there is no need for wine."

After all, Li Sui raised his eyes to look at Peng Cheng, and said somewhat alienated: "What's more, today's eldest princess invited me here wholeheartedly, and it's not as simple as tasting wine."

Regarding Li Sui's coldness and unhappiness, Pengcheng naturally knew why. At this moment, she shook the wine in her hand, and lightly landed on the case with a smile. Her eyes were intoxicated on Li Sui, and she said with emotion : "Not real sisters, but better than real sisters."

"Compared to my sister, those clansmen who claim to be queens, what face do relatives have to face her spirit in heaven?"

Hearing the insinuating words, Li Sui's expression remained unchanged, he just looked at Pengcheng indifferently, reached out to take out the written note and said, "The eldest princess should know why I came today."

Seeing the familiar font, Pengcheng smiled lightly, and when he looked at Li Sui in silence, the smile at the end of his eyes gradually faded and became more profound.

"Sister has always been smart, she must have had her own answer when she saw it."

Aware of the imperceptible seriousness between Li Sui's eyebrows, Peng Cheng opened his eyes as if he hadn't seen them, and looked out the window deeply, like a god and Buddha overlooking all living beings.

"In less than a year, King Qi had no chance of succeeding to the throne. The imperial concubine, mother and son passed away, and now the queen and prince have also left one after another. Shiro is already 27, but he doesn't even have a heir to inherit the throne. , Can't my sister see that behind the dredging of the bottom line, who is actually taking advantage of this fisherman?"

Hearing Pengcheng's question, Li Sui smiled calmly, stared at Pengcheng and said, "I'm here, the eldest princess won't just use such sloppy speculation to prevaricate me?"

"Prevarication?"

Peng Cheng smiled when he heard the words, and reached out to take out an envelope-sized wooden box from under the seat beside him and put it on the desk. With a light push, a stack of papers was exposed inside the wooden box.

As the wooden box touched the low case, Peng Cheng had already pushed the wooden box in front of Li Sui.

Under Peng Cheng's signal, Li Sui frowned and picked up the page to read.

Seeing that Li Sui's expression became more and more serious every time he read a page, Peng Cheng said slowly: "Prince Wenhui's death was not as simple as a congenital deficiency. In the final analysis, it was the queen who was drugged by Jim Naima. To."

After all, Peng Cheng said calmly: "Indeed, we don't have any evidence pointing to Yang Chongyuan, but it clearly states that before and after the Empress' dystocia, Yang Chongyuan had secretly contacted the ministers around King Liang—"

At this moment, Pengcheng met Li Sui's deep gaze and said calmly: "Yang Chongyuan is the helm of the Yang family, but he has a close relationship with King Liang and Silang, who are only six years old, cowardly, and useless nephews. You Say, what is he plotting?"

Speaking of this, Pengcheng smiled and shook his head, but the next moment his eyes turned cold, and his words were full of sarcasm: "One is a useless collateral descendant of the Chen family, and the other is the son of his own daughter. Prince, who is easier to control, who won't bear the eternal infamy if you seize the throne from whom, as it should be, who is less likely to become a roadblock, sister, don't you know?"

After the words fell, Li Sui's eyes sank in front of him, but he let go of his hand after a long silence, despite all the evidences falling on the case, he calmly got up and stroked his skirt and said, "I have to say, the eldest princess' plan to divorce , even I was almost shaken—”

Speaking of this, Li Sui smiled indifferently, and said with a bit of disapproval: "But I, I still don't know the truth of being close to each other without distinguishing between right and wrong."

After all, Li Sui didn't salute, just nodded and turned to leave mercilessly.

"Does my sister feel that the evidence is insufficient, or is she afraid to admit it, unwilling to admit it?"

Hearing the sound coming from behind, Li Sui stopped silently.

"On the second day after the Queen's death, Yang Chongyuan couldn't wait any longer to imprison the imperial physician Ling Sun Zhong in a place under his control, and easily charged him with a crime and quietly executed him."

Peng Cheng quietly looked at the back of the person in front of him and said: "Sun Zhong is a confidant of his Yang family, could he really lose his life because of ineffective medical treatment? Or is it that Yang Chongyuan is simply eager to hide an unknown truth."

Seeing that Li Sui was unmoved by the words and continued to move forward, Pengcheng knew that there was not much time left for them. Even if the death of Empress Yang could not completely win Li Sui over this time, at least they would have to be in Yangzhou. A seed of doubt was planted between the Li family.

Otherwise, the situation they face is ultimately unstable.

"The cunning rabbit is dead, the running dogs are cooked, the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden. You have lived in the Taiwei Mansion for many years. I am afraid you can't understand what kind of person Yang Chongyuan is. There are powerful enemies in front of you. Your Li family still needs to win. But if In the future, when the Yang family really dominates the world, will it really hold your Li family to the top? Give you infinite respect? Have you really never worried about this?"

Hearing these words, Li Sui, who had already reached the veil, finally stopped again. Looking back, his profile was full of deep and cold.

"According to what the eldest princess said, the Yang family is not good for me. Could it be that the Chen family will be as close to me as the Li family in the future?"

The words were indifferent and full of doubts, but Pengcheng could still hear the looseness from it, and immediately got up and said solemnly: "Aman, my aunt watched me and Shiro grow up in the past, as I said, we are a family from beginning to end. Compared with Yang family, you have the same blood as us, don't you?"

Speaking of this, Peng Cheng slowly walked out from behind the case, and when he was two steps away from Li Sui, Li Sui heard the slight rustle of his dress.

And the next moment, what surprised her was that the always proud princess of the Tian family knelt down without warning.

Aware of Li Sui's surprise and stagnation, Peng Cheng did not feel humiliated at all, his back was still straight, even if he was kneeling there, people could see her arrogance and seriousness of not admitting defeat.

"Aman, Yang Chongyuan is sensitive, suspicious and unscrupulous. He is definitely not someone the Li family can ally with for a long time. The current decline of the royal family is all forced by the Yang family. If it were not for him, the Yang family would not have given birth to my aunt, and the Duke's mansion would not have been dispersed. You will not be forced to be raised in the Taiwei's mansion since you were a child, and become a pawn in Yang Chongyuan's hands, and you are almost framed and committed to Yang Jin."

"The Yang family has been domineering for many years, and has suppressed the Li family and my Chen family for many years. Why can't we fight back together and smash the knife hanging above our heads?"

Speaking of this, Peng Cheng stared at Li Sui quietly, with unprecedented sincerity in his words, and the eagerness in his eyes almost leaked out of his pupils.

"As you said, if you and I can work together, and when Yang Chongyuan is eradicated, you and Zhao Yi will be the heroes of our Great Zhou Dynasty. Zhao Yi will be the new Taiwei of our dynasty, and you will also It’s Mrs. Zhen Guo from my dynasty, at that time we will personally pick up my aunt back to Chang’an, reunite with you and my uncle’s family, and never be separated again, wouldn’t it be good.”

After finishing speaking, Peng Cheng slowly got up, took out a volume of edict from his sleeve, and unfolded it in front of Li Sui.

Look at the canonization decree written by Emperor Yuancheng himself above, and look at the seal of the jade seal in the lower left corner.

Li Sui silently looked at Pengcheng who was in front of him.

"My sincerity lies in this, I hope you can understand."

After a long silence, when Li Sui looked at Peng Cheng with a worried expression, he could see expectations, even begging, from her eyes.

At this moment, Li Sui turned his back and said slowly: "Aniang has the same heart for you and my cousin as she does for me. I hope you will do what you said just now and don't hurt her."

Watching Li Sui disappear in front of her eyes, Peng Cheng, who was pinching the decree, finally had a deep and dark light in his eyes. She knew that although Li Sui in front of her didn't agree, she was already shaken by her.

After all, it is the home of a 17-year-old pampered daughter.

No matter how smart you are, you can face the complicated and pressing situation, the safety and life of your loved ones, and the hatred of your loved ones.It is impossible to think and weigh calmly.

At this moment, Peng Cheng slowly raised his jaw, and the color of his eyes had already changed like an undercurrent.

As long as there is Zhao Yi's support, there will be internal and external attacks from Turkic forces.

Yang Chongyuan was doomed to die without a burial place.

At that time, Shiro will be able to truly become the lord of the world, and she will easily control Turkic internal affairs.

Whether it is the Shangguan family or the Li family, they are just pawns that they can easily overturn.

And Zhao Yi,
Pengcheng looked down at every word and every sentence in the decree.

Having already learned from the past by Yang Chongyuan, of course they will not tolerate a second one.

But if you want to take it, you should give it first, she is well versed in it.

When Li Sui left the wine shop and got into the carriage, he rested his head on his back leisurely and closed his eyes.

Indeed, as Pengcheng imagined.

If she didn't know that it was Emperor Yuan Cheng who drugged Sister, if she didn't know that Emperor Yuan Cheng was already dying of illness under Yang Chongyuan's design, if she didn't know Peng Cheng's plot and method to kill with a knife.

She might really be moved by this touching and heartfelt words.

Perhaps for the safety of Aye, Aniang, and Zhao Yi's lives, he would really want to join forces with Pengcheng.

But there is no if in this world.

Yang Chongyuan is unscrupulous, ruthless, and Pengcheng is not a kind person.

Her desire for power and her use of intrigue far surpassed the men in this world.

Don't say that Emperor Yuan Cheng's fate is not long, and there are not many results in this struggle.

Even if he survived, with Peng Cheng's scheming, he would never keep Li Shi and Zhao Yi and treat him with courtesy.

It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others.

Today's Li family and Zhao Yi are like the weight between Chen and Yang's confrontational scales. Whoever tends to win will have a better chance of winning.

That being the case, why didn't she make good use of it.

Change from passive to active.

Force them to show their sincerity, make choices, and benefit from it.

(End of this chapter)