Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 152 New faction

At night, Daxi Yingying took a bath, lay down in the clean boudoir, and sighed comfortably.

The strange thing is that after leaving the prison, she didn't sleep very well, and she didn't fall asleep after lying down for a long time, thinking in a daze, in fact, the Jingzhao Mansion Prison is also very good. Xue Bai and Du Quan, two outstanding men.

It's a pity that after being released from prison, Xue Lang will never belong to her. He can only coax powerful and beautiful women, so don't even think about it.

Wait... why is Du Wulang included?Outstanding?

Thinking of this in a daze, Daxi Yingying woke up with a start, and then felt a little melancholy, and then felt that the Jingzhao Mansion Prison was pretty good, and could bridge the gap between people.

All in all, the adventure of being in prison is over, and I don't know what kind of woman Xue Lang will marry when he returns to this mundane world?It must be either the Royal Princess or Wu Mingshu.

The next day, Daozhengfang and Fengweilou.

Daxi Yingying had already thrown away those boring thoughts, and sat in the small pavilion to sort out accounts.

"Lady." Shi Zhong stepped forward and whispered, "Xue Lang is here."

"But something happened?" Daxi Yingying got up quickly, "Or come and see how the recovery is done after being searched?"

"No, I just came to eat."

"Have a meal?"

Daxi Yingying couldn't help being curious, so she rushed to the hall, looked around, and saw that Xue Bai came with several brothers from the Yan family, Yan Quanming and Yan Jiming were there, and they brought a child and a beautiful porcelain doll with them. girl.

"A private room."

"Brother, how about sitting in the lobby?"

The girl looked around curiously for a while and made a request.

"Okay." Xue Bai nodded in agreement.

"Is it okay to sit there?"

"can."

After a while, Du Wulang brought the brothers and sisters of the Xue family over, and Daxi Yingying took a chance to pull him over, and asked softly: "Is that Mrs. Yan San? It seems that she has an unusual relationship with Xue Lang?"

Although Du Wulang wanted to escape, he still persisted, saying: "Is my relationship with Xue Bai just normal?"

"I think Xue Lang always follows her wishes."

"If I make a request, he will most likely agree."

"It's different. Xue Lang seems easy-going, but he is actually majestic. Few people dare to order him around. Even Erniang, I have never seen her dare to be arrogant in front of him."

"Miss Yan San is not proud of being favored. Wait, what happened to the second sister?"

"It's nothing, it's about feeling."

"I know what you want to say." Du Wulang became interested, and whispered: "But let me tell you, you misunderstood, Xue Bai is probably going to marry a sect girl."

In fact, he always knew that Miss Zong was the daughter of the Xiangfu, so he didn't say anything.

But now the East Palace and the Right Prime Minister invited Xue Bai to the banquet, all with the intention of marrying a daughter. Xue Bai rejected the East Palace and accepted the invitation from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. In his opinion, the meaning was obvious...

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"Xue Bai promised to come?"

Li Xiu was a little surprised, he thought it would be difficult for Xue Bai to invite him.

Unexpectedly, he only handed over a letter of invitation, and before he came to invite him, Xue Bai had already replied that he would come to the banquet on time.

"He's not afraid of danger in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, so he just agreed to come over? It's very courageous... You guys, hurry up and make arrangements."

It went smoothly unexpectedly, and Li Xiu instantly gained a lot of confidence in the matter of getting married.

So he excitedly went to report to Li Linfu.

"Really?"

"Yes. My child's thoughts come and go. The only reason is that Xue Bai still has affection for Shiqi Niang."

"Okay."

Li Linfu stroked his beard and sighed, as if his strong beards had softened a lot, and asked, "When is the banquet arranged?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay." Li Linfu recruited someone and ordered, "Tell Chen Xilie that I won't have time to see him tomorrow, so let him come over this evening."

He actually squeezed out time from his busy schedule and was ready to personally receive Xue Bai.

Then he said to Li Xiu: "The guards at the banquet must be good, don't let the son of Xue Ru find an opportunity to assassinate."

"Grandpa, don't worry, the boy said during the Lantern Festival that he was attracted to Seventeen Niang."

"Make it grand, let's go."

In the evening, Chen Xilie came obediently.

In the impression of the world, everyone thinks that the stamped left prime minister must be timid, but no, Chen Xilie is over fifty years old, but looks more than 20 years younger than Li Linfu.

He is a handsome man with a long beard. Although he is a prime minister, he has no official air, and he has the spirit of immortality.At first glance, there is a sense of erudition, elegance, and gentleness like jade.

If the prime minister is there to look at, he is a good-looking prime minister.

Before Chen Xilie was single-handedly promoted by Li Linfu to be Zuo Xiang and concurrently served as Minister of the Ministry of War, he was also given the title of "Minister's Minister Tongping Zhangshi".In other words, Yang Li is walking the path he walked.

"I have met the right minister, please be safe."

As soon as Chen Xilie entered the hall, he saluted hastily, and hurriedly said: "Yang Li has already pushed behind the lower official, and when he takes the position of the lower official, I'm afraid he will have to deal with the right minister!"

Of course he was anxious, although he sat and dozed under the door of Zhongshu every day, he was actually ambitious.As long as you take good care of your health, when Li Linfu dies, he will be the ruler of the world.

Who would have thought that Yang Li would suddenly jump up to fight.

"What are you panicking about?"

Li Linfu scolded lightly, calmly, and said: "The truth is being resolved."

"The Right Prime Minister is also a god." Chen Xilie immediately felt relieved.

However, Li Linfu did not tell him that his solution was not to get rid of his uncle Yang Zhen, but to turn Yang Zhen into the next Chen Xilie.

This is the easiest way, Yang Li has no talent at all, he just needs to win over Xue Bai.

"The truth is that I invited you here to ask you, why did you demote Lu Qiwai?"

"Lu Qi?" Chen Xilie was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Lu Huaishen, the ancestor of Lu Qi, was kind to the lower officials; his father, Lu Yi, was also a doctor under the lower officials. He came to plead with me, saying that since Lu Qi was demoted, I hope Can you not be degraded. The lower officials have indeed followed their own interests, and changed him from ninth-rank Shuofang army secretary to eighth-rank supervisor."

"Lu Qi was demoted? Who demoted it? Why?"

Chen Xilie was also confused, and said: "The quarterly relegation list of the Ministry of War must have been sent by Yushitai. When Lu Yi handed it to me, he saw his son's name on it."

"Wang Chi? He didn't relegate Lu Qi."

"This..." Chen Xilie neither took power nor assumed such responsibilities, and replied, "I don't know about this."

Li Linfu was not happy.

He knew in his heart that if he checked this matter, Wang Hao would definitely think that the Right Prime Minister's Mansion didn't trust him;

After all, it is a power field, friends and enemies are always changing...

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At night, Li Tengkong took a bath, lay down in the boudoir at home, and sighed helplessly.

Leaving Yuzhenguan and going home, she has been unable to sleep these nights, her mind is in a mess... disturbed by the nonsense of her family, especially Li Shiniang.

"Xue Bai is fascinated by you, otherwise we are political enemies, why did he come over as soon as you invited him?"

"At tomorrow's banquet, you will dress up beautifully, fascinate him, and make him the son-in-law of the prime minister's family."

"..."

Li Tengkong turned over and silently recited Taoist scriptures in his heart.

"You can't see it, you can't hear it, you can't follow it..."

After chanting silently, when she read "a woman who misses a wife but becomes pregnant, and a woman who misses a wife but becomes pregnant", some horrible images suddenly appeared in her mind, and she turned over again.

The whole night passed in a daze like this, and I didn't bother to get up the next day.

Until I heard a noisy knock on the door, it was Li Shiniang who kept knocking on the door.

"Seventeen Niang, are you up? Hurry up and dress up, Xue Bai is coming soon, don't wear Taoist robes today..."

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After a lapse of nine months, Xue Bai once again stepped into the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

It is the sweet-scented osmanthus season, and the whole mansion has a faint fragrance.

It was Mian'er who led him through the corridor, and she still greeted him with a smile all the way, occasionally looking at him with a bit of resentment, and finally couldn't help complaining.

"Mian'er has grown into a big girl too, she grew up in a Taoist temple."

There are always such beauty traps on the way forward, and it is impossible for Xue Bai to fall into it.

He only coaxes women who are beautiful and helpful to him.

In front, Li Xiu came out with a smile on his face, like a friend for many years.

"Xue Lang hasn't been here for a long time, I'm sorry to welcome you, take your seat quickly."

"Juro is too polite."

Jiaonu was also dressed in colorful clothes today, she put on rouge, and stood by the banquet hall waiting, Xue Bai didn't even recognize her.

Seeing Xue Bai arrived, she stepped forward to greet him, followed behind him in a submissive manner, and even gave Mian'er a look, as if asking Mian'er if she had seduced him.

Mian'er nodded vigorously, expressing that she has seduced him severely.

When Xue Bai entered the hall, Li Xiu laughed loudly: "Today is a family feast, Xue Lang should only be in his own house."

Behind the soft wall, Li Linfu had been waiting for a long time. Hearing this, he turned into the hall surrounded by servants.

Not only arrived later than Xue Bai, but also did not keep the guests waiting for a long time.

Such an attitude seems to be too important, but after all, it is still much lower than the reception of Gao Lishi.It was far worse than his previous attitude towards Jiang Jiao, Yuan Qianyao, Yu Wenrong, Wu Huifei and others.

More than ten years of high position and authority, envy of the virtuous and capable, made the world forget that he started his fortune by currying favor with the powerful.In fact, flattery is his forte, but there are not many people who can witness it now.

In addition, Li Linfu used to be a master of nepotism. Although he was ignorant when he was young, he was handsome and good at rhythm.

In this way, Xue Bai is similar to him.

"Xue Bai hasn't come to the old man's house for a long time, sit down, don't be restrained." Li Linfu smiled brightly, with Li Longji's [-]% charm, "You and I must not be alienated."

"Your Prime Minister is too polite." Xue Bai sat down calmly.

Neither of them said anything more about the previous grievances, and they met smoothly without any grudges.

Jiao Nu was so shocked that he forgot to pour Xue Bai an osmanthus drink.

She was young, and she had never seen Li Linfu like this since she came to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. She almost thought that the Right Prime Minister had been replaced by someone.

"The sage wants to give you a house. This old man will take care of it. I will buy a house for you near Dongshi. Xuanyang and Pingkang two squares, where do you like?"

"It all depends on the arrangement of the right minister."

"The location of these two workshops is good because they are close to Xingqing Palace, the Imperial City, and Dongshi. Next year, you will be the No. [-] Scholar and appointed as an official. It will be convenient for you." Li Linfu said, "It is also convenient for visiting Mrs. Guo."

He didn't smile too much, but the comparison of his gentle attitude and his previous brutality made people feel very comfortable.

It should be known that few people in Chang'an City can enjoy the good looks of the cockfighting cock.

The house, the number one scholar, and the official position are all given, and it is easier for Xue Bai and Yang Yuyao to get in touch with each other. Such kindness is a sign of reconciliation... To put it bluntly, he is afraid of being beaten.

"Thank you." Xue Bai was much more blunt, and got to the point when he opened his mouth, "You know, Shangzhu Guo Zhang Quyi also wants to entertain me?"

"Don't go to the banquet of the father-in-law of the East Palace. If you go, you will cause trouble."

"I came here because the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has already paid the price. I don't go to Duke Zhang's Mansion because the East Palace has not yet paid the price."

Hearing this, Li Linfu secretly thought that this son was talking too wildly, so he waved his hand and signaled his accompanying sons and sons-in-law to go out.Li Xiu didn't leave, and even gave Jiaonu a look, asking her to pour Xue Bai a drink.

"You still want Donggong to pay the price?"

"What do you think, Prime Minister Right?" Xue Bai asked back.

Li Linfu's expression remained unchanged, his eyes flickered, and he said with a smile, "No hurry, no hurry. Eat the dishes first, and try more dishes from the old man's house."

He was both pleasantly surprised and disappointed.

The surprise is that Xue Bai is still willing to cooperate with Donggong, but the disappointment is that Xue Bai may not come here for the purpose of getting married.

With the East Palace, we can talk about it at any time, and if the marriage is finalized, everything will be a matter of course... Thinking this way, he gestured to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu understood and hurried to arrange the dishes.

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In the boudoir in the backyard, Li Tengkong picked up a piece of clothing and looked at it for a moment, then threw it back again.

She just wore that Taoist robe and sat on the couch in a daze.

After a long time, the door was pushed open, and Li Shiniang rushed in excitedly.

"I just took a closer look at Xue Bai. He is really handsome. It is even more rare that he dares to talk to Grandpa like that. He is a character. No wonder you like it."

"I don't like it."

"Why don't you change your clothes and go there? My brother has made arrangements, let you find Mian'er as an excuse to meet him in the hall."

Li Tengkong shook his head and said, "I can't wear that clothes, and I don't want to go there either."

"What's the point of pretending, you don't want to go, what are you doing at home?"

Li Tengkong didn't want to answer her. The reason why she was at home was to urge Grandpa and Xue Bai to reconcile, and to protect Grandpa from killing him.Do you want to put on such clothes to tease him?

Li Shiniang tried a few more words of persuasion, and was quite disappointed with this unresponsive younger sister. She shook her head and her tone became increasingly annoyed.

"Now it's not a matter of whether you like it or not. If grandpa wants to win him over, he has to be the son-in-law of the right minister's mansion. It doesn't matter if you are the one who gets married. If you don't want to, there are eighteen mothers and nineteen mothers. Think about it yourself!"

She didn't know that what Li Tengkong objected to was never the matter of marrying Xue Bai, but the arrogance and taking it for granted of the right prime minister's mansion.

"Seventeen Niang, you also grew up in rich clothes and fine food, but what have you done for your family? Just look at how capable Yang Yuyao is, she is so fascinated by Xue Bai that she puts her brother on the throne within a year. How about you? What a big deal, Twitching like that, if I know I'm not enough, I'll just go..."

Li Tengkong was taken aback for a moment, and looked up, only to see that Li Shiniang had leaned over to the bronze mirror to touch up her rouge, arrange her hair bun, adjust her corset, then smiled charmingly with satisfaction, and walked out.

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at the banquet.

"I won't eat the food. I'll come and talk to Prime Minister Right about a few things." Xue Bai didn't take his chopsticks, and said, "Nowadays, the uncle of the country pays homage to the prime minister, and the sage has expectations of him."

Li Linfu frowned, a little dissatisfied with Xue Bai's authoritative tone, but he still listened carefully.

Xue Bai said: "There are some things that the right minister has not done well, such as checking and balancing the East Palace, the crown prince's righteous brother Wang Zhongsi is also the Jiedu envoy of the four towns."

"If you hadn't stopped me this time, Wang Zhongsi would have been punished by the truth." Li Linfu was displeased, and he simply said bluntly, "The little Bolu Kingdom is about to be destroyed, and the little Shibao City has not yet been captured. The foreign war Unfavorable, but internally dispatched Hu merchants to secretly communicate with the East Palace, and after the matter was revealed, the old soldiers were used to kill people. It is not you, it is him."

"Does the right minister only get rid of it?" Xue Bai said: "So, the sage has to use the uncle. Because what the sage wants in his heart is not to get rid of the adopted son. It is to make the East Palace and Wang Zhongsi no longer connected."

Li Linfu had already seen through Xue Bai's intentions in an instant, and said with a sneer, "You want to win Wang Zhongsi over by taking death!"

"Then please sit back and watch us die."

The hall fell silent.

Li Xiu glanced at Li Linfu and saw that he was thinking about it.

After a while, Li Linfu pointed to the maidservants who were serving wine, and said, "You all step back."

He only left his servant who could protect him. After that, he tapped his knee lightly with his fingers and asked slowly, "What do you mean?"

"Pei Mian case, who does the right minister think is the murderer?"

"The truth has already been said, either you or Wang Zhongsi."

Xue Bai pondered for a while, and asked, "Have all the evidence been concocted?"

Li Linfu didn't answer.

The answer is already obvious, since Xue Bai cannot be eliminated with the truth, then Wang Zhongsi should be framed to eliminate him.Xue Bai was able to escape disaster by making bamboo paper, what can Wang Zhongsi do?Take Shibao City and die again.

"It's not Wang Zhongsi." Xue Bai said slowly: "Uncle Guo promises that after paying homage to Prime Minister, he will only do two things. One is to promote bamboo paper, and the other is to deal with the issue between the East Palace and Wang Zhongsi, and never make things difficult for the right minister."

With a sullen face, Li Linfu said coldly: "How can we not investigate such a big case and find out the truth?"

"Can't find it."

"Ah."

"The right minister should report back to the saint. This case was not done by Hu Er, Xue Bai, or Wang Zhongsi. It is true that no evidence can be found." Xue Bai said: "This time, the opponent did it so cleanly that the right minister couldn't even find it." clue."

Li Linfu narrowed his eyes, fixed his gaze, and thought again.

Thinking about it carefully, the most terrifying thing is that Donggong killed people and could do it seamlessly without leaving any clues.

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Li Tengkong never changed into a colorful skirt, but rushed down the attic in her Taoist robe.

She couldn't tell what she was worried about, maybe she was afraid that Eleven Niang and Xue Bai, who had been bold since childhood, were like in the picture.

She didn't dare to think about it.

After rushing past the Houyi Gate, a voice was suddenly heard in front of him.

She turned around the path, and through the flowers and trees, she saw Li Shiniang teaching Mian'er and Jiaonu a lesson.

"You guys are so stupid, post him, do you understand if you post it?"

"Eleven Niang, I don't know how to do it."

"Do you still want me to teach you?"

Li Shiniang was quite annoyed, and she was about to step forward to break into the banquet hall, but Li Xiu walked out and stopped her.

"Don't disturb Grandpa talking to Xue Bai."

"Okay." Li Shiniang said: "Seventeen is useless, will there be any trouble?"

Li Xiu frowned, dispersed all the maidservants around, and said in a low voice: "You don't have to be too anxious, Grandpa may change his mind and not get married."

"Why?"

"You can do what you say, do you want to know everything?" Li Xiu finally couldn't help scolding the younger sister.

He already had some guesses about Li Linfu's thoughts, and knew that he might be moved by Xue Bai's persuasion.

It is actually an acceptable condition for Yang Zhenruo to promote bamboo paper wholeheartedly, to win over Wang Zhongsi, and not to oppose the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, because those two things are the way to death.

Although the promotion of bamboo paper can get the support of poor families, it will inevitably offend the powerful families, and it will also win over Wang Zhongsi, who is already suspected by the saints.

To put it simply, Yang Dang wanted to avoid the sharp edge of the right minister, took a dangerous path, and slowly accumulated reputation, counting on the distant future... until the children of poor families benefited, at least ten years of hard work.

But if you can't get there, you have to die on the road.

It must be Xue Bai who gave Yang Zhen such an adventurous idea, this is a young man who likes to gamble his life.

Li Xiu guessed that Li Linfu had already withdrawn from the matter of marrying a daughter, so as not to cause trouble for the Li family.

Although it is impossible to marry a daughter, the two sides can reach a tacit understanding and work together to deal with Donggong, but the method has changed, let Yang Zhen go to win over Wang Zhongsi.

The military rations, general books, and battle reports of the four towns in the northwest all came from the Youxiang Mansion, and the Youxiang Mansion knew how to win over the generals of the four towns in the Northwest.

At that time, even if Yang Dang can accomplish this matter, he will find that after spending countless efforts, he will only get Wang Zhongsi who has no military power...

　Today's two chapters are mainly to bury some threads of the following plot~~ Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a monthly ticket~~
　　
　
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