A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 784 Li Jing’s warning

Chen Runniang brought Nie Yinniang to visit the eldest lady Xuan Fu.

Fan Xuanfu was the wife of the Jin Dynasty and the head wife of Wu Huaiyu. She was not only from a good family background, but also the daughter of Fan Xing, the king of the country. Shen also gave birth to three sons to Wu Huaiyu.

There were many wives and concubines in the Duke of Jin's house, but she was the only one who gave birth to three children.

Mrs. Fan is practicing calligraphy under the pomegranate tree in the courtyard.

Mrs. Fan's favorite thing in the past was dancing with swords and sticks. She was famous in Chang'an for beheading a horse. She even chased her lover thousands of miles away, and fought side by side with Wu Huaiyu on the battlefield in Longyou while carrying a beheaded horse.

It's just that now Mrs. Fan has three sons and her husband is not in Beijing. She is the head of the family and no longer likes to wield swords and guns.
  The fiery red pomegranate flowers are in full bloom,
  Fan Xuanfu is writing under the tree,

I learned from my husband Wu Huaiyu's thin gold body. After years of practice, it has begun to take shape and has great charm.

"Sister, are you writing "Thousand-Character Classics in Regular Script"?" Chen Runniang looked at the characters and praised them, "Sister, these characters are stretched and strong, and they are thinner."

Thin Gold Style is the calligraphy font of Xianggong Wu Huaiyu who founded the sect. It is particularly thin and straight. The horizontal strokes are closed with hooks, and the vertical strokes are closed with dots. The strokes are like daggers, and the strokes are like cutting knives. The vertical hooks are slender, and the combined strokes are like hairsprings. The lines are empty, almost running script.

Also known as crane body.

This font is very ornamental. It can be said that it has become popular in Shilin in recent years, especially the rich ladies like this font more.
  Compared with Wu Huaiyu's other martial style regular script, the strokes are light horizontally and heavy vertically. The strokes are powerful, round and thick, and the momentum is solemn and powerful. It can be said that they are two completely different styles.

Of course, Wu Huaiyu is known as a master on par with Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan in today's calligraphy circles. He also has a printing style, which was created for the convenience of printing. The strokes have varying thicknesses, thin horizontally and thick vertically, and have decorative footings at the end. And serifs, dots, strokes, strokes, hooks and other strokes have tips.

One person created three fonts, and they were all quite pioneering works. This also made Wu Huaiyu a calligraphy master in the world, as holy as his poetry, painting, and medicine.

Among the three fonts of Huaiyu, Fan Xuanfu likes the thin gold one best. It is very beautiful, extremely elegant and exquisite.

She has been studying in the past few years. With Wu Huaiyu's constant guidance and even copying from Huaiyu's copybooks, her thin gold body has become very good.

The Thousand-Character Regular Script she is writing now is a thin gold-style work left by Wu Huaiyu, and it is also an enlightenment book for the children at home.
  "Compared with Alang's crane body, mine is still far behind. The weather is nice today and I have nothing to do, so I copied a thousand-character essay and left it for Shibalang's enlightenment."

Chen Runniang introduced Nie Yinniang to Xuanfu, saying that she was the concubine of her second brother Xina.

Nie Yinniang used to be a famous woman in Pingkangfang. She was the most sociable. She was not timid in front of Fan Xuanfu. She also told her original origin very honestly, saying that she was originally from Nanqu in Pingkangfang, but now she was redeemed by Chen Erlang. I took her as my concubine and planned to go to Lingnan with Chen Erlang to Guangzhou in a while.

Xuanfu actually likes Nie Yinniang a little bit, and thinks it suits his taste.

Immediately, he asked his maid to fetch a gold comb as a greeting gift for her.
  "Sister, I also want to go to Lingnan with my brother."

Chen Runniang and Xuanfu proposed the plan to go to Lingnan to accompany Wu Huaiyu, hoping that Fan Xuanfu would agree. "Afu went to Lingnan with her husband, but she got pregnant halfway. Last year, she was raising children alone in Guangzhou. She just gave birth to twins this year, and she couldn't serve her husband."

Chen Runniang really wanted to go to Lingnan to follow Huaiyu.
  I have also finished writing the thousand-character text on Xuanfu. I have signed it and used the seal. I am quite satisfied with it. I have indeed made progress. Even if I had not signed it, it might have been a work that is fake and can be full of jade.

"I miss Alang too. If possible, I would also like to go to Lingnan." Fan Xuanfu felt helpless.

She was the head wife and the wife of the Jin Dynasty. She looked at the scenery, but she couldn't even go to Lingnan to accompany her husband. The court system did not allow it.

"It's a good thing that you are willing to go to Lingnan to accompany Alang. But what about Sanlang and Shiniang? They are five and three years old, and they are still young. We are not worried about taking them to Lingnan. You are not willing to stay in Chang'an, right? ?”

Chen Runniang had already thought about it, "My second brother said that it is actually very convenient to go to Lingnan now. If you leave Chang'an and take the Lanwu Road, you can take the waterway from Shangluo. First, you can go to Xiangyang by Danshui River, then from Hanshui River to Yangtze River, and then from Yangtze River to Yangtze River." From Zhouzhou, turn to the Ganjiang River and go all the way to Nanling. Then take the Meiguan Road and cross the Daquling Mountains. Then you can turn to the Zhushui Waterway in Shaozhou and go straight to Guangzhou.

Alang is now in Yongzhou, and it is very convenient to take the Xijiang Waterway from Guangzhou. It's May now, and the weather isn't too hot. If you're not in a hurry, it will be easy to take the two kids with you. "

Taking a boat by water is indeed easier than taking a land trip, at least it's not that bumpy. When Chen Runniang and the others travel, they will definitely bring a lot of attendants and servants with them, and with brother Chen Sheng accompanying them, they naturally don't have to worry about anything else.

"Why don't you take the two Pei's with you and have a companion on the way?"

Pei Xingnu and Pei Yunu, these two concubines only gave birth to a daughter, and the child was almost five years old. Of the two Peisi, one was good at playing the pipa and was once a merchant's wife. Later, she was robbed by the king of Lujiang, Li Yuan. Concubine, even the emperor fell in love with her,

A maid who was originally Xu Jingzong's wife was very beautiful and good at serving people.

With these two people, Fan Xuanfu doesn't have to worry about Huaiyu having no one to take care of him in Lingnan.

"If you are willing to give up, it is best to leave Sanlang in Chang'an. I will take him personally,"

Sanlang is his son, and Fan Xuanfu is reluctant to let him go to Lingnan. Although he is five years old, he is still young after all.

Although this seems a bit patriarchal, in fact, even in the prime minister's family, sons do have a higher status than daughters.

Chen Runniang was reluctant to leave her son behind.
  But I also know that Fan Xuanfu's request is not excessive. Originally, in other noble families, even if a concubine gave birth to a child, the son could not call the concubine the mother as the mother. He could only call the concubine or aunt, and the children born by the concubine You have to call your father’s legitimate wife your mother. If the wife is willing, the concubine is not even qualified to raise her own son.

The situation of the Wu family is much better. Wu Huaiyu has no such request, and Fan Xuanfu doesn't care. They will take care of their own children. The children born to concubines can also call me their mother.
  But in the final analysis, the concubine actually has no parental rights over the child. Fan Xuanfu said that if the child is kept, Chen Runniang cannot take it away.

"I also know that you must be reluctant to let go, but the child is only five years old after all, and Lingnan has always been a plague-ridden place," Fan Xuanfu said.

Chen Runniang hesitated again and again but nodded, "Then let Sanlang stay in Chang'an, and I will take Shiniang to Lingnan."

Fan Xuanfu sent someone to call the second concubine Pei Xingnu and Pei Yunu and asked them if they would like to go to Lingnan to serve Huaiyu. The two did not hesitate at all.
  They all only gave birth to a daughter. They are still young now and their children are not small anymore. Of course, they hope to have the opportunity to have more children. It would be best if they can give birth to a son. But Huaiyu is not in Chang'an, so where can this come from? opportunity to have children.

Even if Huaiyu is in Beijing, with so many concubines, it is rare for him to have the opportunity to serve him. Now I'm going to Lingnan with Chen Runniang. Although it's a bit far away, there aren't that many people around my husband.

That Foresta was just a foreigner before. She followed Huaiyu to the south. She didn't go to the water tower first to get the moon first. She got pregnant on the way. She was lucky enough to give birth to two children at once, a son and a daughter. I was so envious of her.

Once things were agreed upon, everyone started making preparations.

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  Chen Sheng and Li Dejiang met in a private room at Forresta Winery in Pingkangfang.

"Congratulations were killed,"

"Qin Ying, Wei Lingfu, and Zhu Lingxin were all executed."

"Xihua Temple and Huisheng Temple were also destroyed,"

The two of them were summarizing the latest information, both with solemn expressions. The mysterious veil had just been lifted, but the result was gone.
  "The prince has not shown his face for a long time."

"The sage spoke these words of Prince Shiwu in the Golden Palace."

The two of them are on the outside. Although they are both fourth- and fifth-grade officials and can serve Fei Peiyinbait, they want to investigate the things that are happening now, but they can't. They have no way to start, and they feel like they are seeing things in the fog.

"This morning, I received a message. Someone told me not to pursue the matter any further." Li Dejiang sighed.

The message obviously contained a warning, but he didn't know who sent it, so he wanted to check it through the person who brought the message, but it turned out that it was just a beggar who took two steamed cakes to bring him a message, and wanted to check it higher. The clue is broken.

"Before I came out, I, Aye, asked me to come to the study for a chat, and also hinted that I should not get involved in this matter again."

Chen Sheng was surprised that even Li Jing came forward. It seemed that this matter was indeed untouchable. It involved the East Palace and caused a big trouble. But now that Qin Ying and others were executed, their crimes had nothing to do with the East Palace.

If you think about it carefully, you will understand.

"That's it for now. Let's tell the Prime Minister everything we know and ignore the rest."

They couldn't control the current situation even if they wanted to.

The coffin is sealed and the case is closed.

"I believe the Prime Minister can also guess what happened," Chen Sheng said.

In fact, both of them can basically guess what happened in the East Palace, and they can also guess why the saint and the prince have the current relationship, but there are some things that can only be understood but not explained.

Li Dejiang poured a glass of wine for each of them.

"If that's the case, then you should pack up your things and leave Beijing quickly to return to Lingnan. Don't stay in Chang'an any longer."

Chen Sheng nodded, "Okay, I will take Yinniang with me to Guangzhou. What about you, has Chai Erfang Er been pestering you recently?"

Li Dejiang laughed, "Gongsun Sanniang is now my concubine. I have taken her back to the Duke Dai's mansion to meet my Aye and Aniang. Their household registrations have been registered in my family's household registration. Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu Even if you eat the heart of a bear or the courage of a leopard, you won’t dare to cause trouble with me.”

"Hahaha, it's true that you, Aye, are the prime minister of the dynasty, and you are still a fourth-rank left-guard general. Those two dudes really don't dare to provoke you."

Although Fang Yiai’s father was also the prime minister of the dynasty,
  But Gongsun Sanniang was already Li Dejiao's concubine, so Fang Yiai had no reason to dwell on this matter, otherwise it would be unreasonable.

Nothing can escape the word of reason, even if the young masters fight, they still have to be famous.

Chen Sheng sighed, "It's a pity that I can't meet the prince before leaving Beijing."

(End of this chapter)