Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 158 Awakening
When Earl Ying woke up, it was already Xupai time that day. The bright moon was hanging high outside the house and the stars were shining brightly.

There was silence all around. It was surprisingly quiet between heaven and earth, even so quiet that it was disturbing.

Earl Ying rubbed his sleepy eyes and sat up from the bed. He saw three women, Pan Jinlian, Pang Chunmei, and Li Ping'er, sleeping peacefully beside him.

At this moment, Earl Ying saw a figure hurriedly passing by outside the window.

Earl Ying immediately recognized Huan'er's figure.

So, Earl Ying called softly: "Sister Huan'er, come in quickly."

Huan'er, who was passing by, heard Earl Ying calling her in the room and quickly opened the door and entered.

She saw that the three ladies at home were still sleeping, while Earl Ying had woken up.

He walked over quietly and asked softly: "Brother, what do you have to say?"

Earl Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "Brother, I don't know how long I have slept for. What time is it now?"

Huan'er looked at Earl Ying, then burst into laughter and said, "You four came back from the palace early this morning. After returning home, you fell asleep."

"A whole day has passed now. Take a good look outside. It's already dark."

Earl Ying slapped his thigh and quickly jumped out of bed. While getting dressed, he asked Huan'er to take him to the dining room.

At this time, Zhao Xiangzhu had just finished cleaning up the kitchen and was about to go back to his room to rest.

Earl Ying came in and ordered her to prepare a table of dinner for himself, and said that after dinner, he should go to the palace as soon as possible.

Zhao Xiangzhu quickly prepared dinner, and Earl Ying sat at the table and chewed slowly.

After eating for a while, he took Huan'er's hand and asked, "Sister, I have been out of town these days. Has anything happened at home?"

Huan'er's eyes lit up and she quickly said: "Brother, things are going well at home these days, but Ying'er... Ying'er..."

When Huan'er mentioned Ying'er, she suddenly became hesitant and hesitated to speak.

Earl Ying frowned and asked, "Ying'er? What's wrong with Ying'er?"

Huan'er raised her heart and said, "Brother, you haven't been at home these past few days. Ying'er, this child, seems to be possessed from time to time. His speech is also confusing and completely out of character."

When Earl Ying heard this, he felt very strange, so he immediately asked Huan'er to bring Ying'er over.

Soon, Huan'er pulled Ying'er over.

Earl Ying saw that Ying'er's expression was expressionless, her complexion was sallow, and she was listless.

It really does look wrong!
Earl Ying picked up Ying'er and placed her on his lap.

"Daughter, just now, dad heard that your aunt Huan'er said that you haven't been feeling well these past few days. Tell dad what exactly you are thinking."

Earl Ying spoke to Ying'er patiently.

"It's nothing, but..."

Ying'er's eyes did not dare to look directly at Earl Ying. Earl Ying could tell at a glance what was hidden in Ying'er's heart.

Earl Ying asked several times, but Ying'er never answered.

In desperation, Earl Ying had no choice but to tell Huan'er that he must take Ying'er with him on weekdays and never leave Ying'er.

Huan'er agreed.

After Earl Ying had dinner, he ordered someone to prepare the carriage and planned to go to the palace.

Unexpectedly, the carriage had just been prepared and he was about to step into the carriage when he suddenly saw two people walking in from outside the courtyard gate.

After walking in, he said softly: "Sir Ying, my prince wants to see you for something."

Earl Ying was about to get on the carriage. When he heard what the two of them said, he quickly asked: "Your prince? Which prince?"

The two men said in unison: "Kang Wang Zhao Gou." Earl Ying was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and hurriedly called them to the carriage and asked them to take him to find Zhao Gou.
Not long after, Earl Ying's carriage arrived in front of Prince Kang's Mansion.

At this time, everyone in Prince Kang's palace was busy.

Most of the servants and maids in the mansion are preparing for Zhao Gou's departure to Jinying tomorrow.

Zhao Gou was busy in the study, loading pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and cleaning long swords and daggers.

Suddenly he saw that the two servants in his house had returned, so he opened the window.

Just as he was about to ask the servant, he saw the simple Earl Ying walking down from the carriage.

"Sir Ying, come to my study quickly."

As soon as Zhao Gou finished speaking, Earl Ying followed the call and saw Zhao Gou sitting in front of the window in the study room, speaking anxiously to him.

Earl Ying quickly walked into Zhao Gou's study. When the two met, their moods were a bit complicated.

"Are you ready to go to Camp Gold?"

Earl Ying asked as soon as he saw Zhao Gou.

"Ah? Master Ying, you already know?"

Zhao Gou was stunned and looked at Earl Ying with surprise on his face.

Earl Ying smiled and nodded, with a mysterious smile on his face.

Zhao Gou felt very surprised because he had visited Yue Fei and Han Shizhong before going to the palace today.

I want to ask them both if Earl Ying is at home at this time.

At that time, Zhao Gou felt that if he took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Jinying, he should discuss it with Earl Ying first and consider the specific pros and cons.

But at that time Yue Fei and Han Shizhong told him that Earl Ying had been asleep since he returned home from the palace in the early morning.

In this way, Zhao Gou could only go to the palace first.

It was already so late, in the dead of night, it seemed that Earl Ying already knew about his trip to Jinying.

Zhao Gou naturally felt incredible.

He quickly grabbed Earl Ying's hand and asked urgently: "Brother Ying, it is extremely dangerous for Xiao Wang to go to Jinying as a hostage. In your opinion, Xiao Wang's decision is quite good." ?"

Earl Ying sat down slowly, picked up a cup of hot tea on the table, and took a sip.

He said categorically: "Of course it's very good. You just need to remember that after going to Jinying, you can do everything based on your intuition and feeling. That's fine."

"I can assure you, Prince Kang, that you will come back safe and sound from your trip to Jinying. After you come back, you will be a rising star in the Zhao royal family."

Zhao Gou heard what Earl Ying said, and Zhao Gou felt that his heart was filled with excitement, joy, and surprise.

"Really?"

Zhao Gou anxiously held Earl Ying's hand tightly and asked urgently.

Earl Ying said with a smile: "Before this Bianliang defense battle, King Kang drank all night long in my palace."

"At that time, Huan'er in the house said that I can do calculations. You were very surprised after reading it. You didn't believe it at first."

"That night, I deduced several things that will happen in Bianliang City next. What are the results? Did they all come true one by one?"

Zhao Gou nodded again and again, and said: "That's true! The few things you calculated for Xiao Wang that night, Big Brother Ying, have all come true afterwards. It's been tried and tested again and again!"

Earl Ying shrugged and said, "That's it. In fact, even if you take the initiative to go to Jin Camp as a hostage this time, it is also under my control."

(End of this chapter)