high official

Chapter 390 Sliced ​​Noodles
When we left Jinwang Palace, it was already dark and it was snowing. This was the first snow this winter, and the white flakes fell silently, as if we were mourning the old princess who had just passed away.

The guard opened a big umbrella for the three adults, Zhang Fantai stretched out his hand, caught a snowflake like a goose feather, and sighed: "The old princess is benevolent, God is so sad."

"Good people don't get rewarded," Zhou Dutai also sighed, "This Taiyuan city was built by the old concubine's father, protecting hundreds of thousands of people, what a kindness! It's a pity that the two generations of father and daughter have... No reward."

Wang Xian vaguely remembered that the old concubine's father was involved in a big case concocted by the Taizu and was given to death. Now that she died so inexplicably and suffered so much torture, God is really ruthless!
The three of them walked out of Donghua Gate in silence, Wang Xian declined the invitation of the two officials and returned to the imperial envoy.

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When he returned to the mansion, the lights were still brightly lit, but Wang Xian saw that the original luxurious decorations and the charming maids had disappeared, he couldn't help sighing secretly, this time is too unlike Lao Tzu's style!

Feeling lost, a timid voice sounded, "The servant waits for the adult to change clothes."

Wang Xian turned his head and saw that it was Yan'er, the maid from last night. He couldn't help being a little surprised, but said lightly, "Are you still there?"

"Steward Zhou said that you must leave someone to serve you." Yan'er said weakly, "If your lord doesn't like it, I will go back to Housekeeper Zhou tomorrow."

"Forget it, that's it." Wang Xian shook his head slightly.

"Yes!" The pretty maid replied crisply, suppressing her joy, and hurriedly stepped forward to untie the belt of the Tsing Yi for him, then knelt down at his feet, took off his official boots soaked in snow, and put him I put my cold feet in my arms to warm them, and then I put on a pair of warm slippers. The room is as warm as spring, and wearing too much is pure heat.

Wang Xian was enjoying the considerate service from the pretty maid, when he suddenly heard intermittent crying from outside, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Who is outside?"

"It's me, my lord," Erhei's voice sounded outside, and he paused, "There's also Miss Long."

"Why did you make Miss Long angry?" Wang Xian walked to the door with his hands behind his back, and the guard opened the door.

"How dare I provoke her? Oh no, how could I provoke her." Er Hei frowned and said, "It was she who heard that the old concubine had passed away, so she started crying endlessly."

Wang Xian looked at Miss Long who had changed into plain clothes and was crying tears. In fact, he didn't intend to use her for anything when he brought her here. .It was only now that she remembered that she grew up in the palace.

"My sister's condolences," Wang Xian sighed softly: "The deceased is dead, I definitely don't want to see you so sad." He gave Er Hei a wink, and didn't help Miss Long in!
Erhei nodded hurriedly, stretched out his hand to carefully support Miss Long's arm, and then invited her into the main room.

Wang Xian asked someone to serve her hot soup, and when she calmed down, he said slowly, "I'm going to mourn today."

"My lord, do you know what kind of disease your empress is suffering from?" Miss Long is the daughter of a scholar, and she also has a big size—one named Yao, Long Yao.Sure enough, he was drawn to speak by this sentence.

"The inside story is complicated, and it is not appropriate to jump to conclusions before investigating clearly." Wang Xian shook his head and said, "But I can tell you, the old concubine died very strangely."

"Hey..." Long Yao burst into tears and said, "The old prince and the empress are a pair of living Bodhisattvas, how come there is no good reward!"

"The things in this world, after all, are watched by heaven and done by people." Wang Xian sighed and said, "How much do you know about the affairs in the palace?"

"I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and my mother treated me like her own daughter, and she once said that she would kill me..." Long Yao blushed and stopped talking: "In short, I am still very concerned about the things in the palace. Make it clear, otherwise I wouldn’t have invited you.”

"En." Wang Xian nodded and said, "I saw Prince Jin and King Guangchang today."

Hearing this, Long Yao's tender body trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, is he alright?"

Hearing her words, Er Hei was also shocked. This is so fucking tragic... This is why Miss Long insisted on returning to Shanxi!

Wang Xian was also quite surprised, originally only intending to inquire about some information, but who knows that he got Miss Long's old lover out.Looking at Erhei and Shaoan without impatience, Wang Xian said: "He, it's not very good."

"What's wrong?" Long Yao asked, biting her red lips tightly.

Wang Xian then told her what he saw today, and Long Yao turned pale and said: "He is such a person, he has been spoiled since he was a child, and he doesn't know what forbearance is."

Just for this sentence, Wang Xian also gave her a high look, and asked softly: "How is his relationship with King Jin?"

"Naturally it's not good." Long Yao said softly: "The old prince had seven sons in total, one has passed away, and the remaining six His Royal Highnesses, two legitimate sons, and four concubine sons, have always been distinct." After a pause, he said : "When His Royal Highness was the King of Jin, the two sides could still live in peace, but now His Royal Highness has been abolished and banned, His Seventh Highness has become a lonely family, and the four elder brothers have not swallowed him alive!"

"What kind of person is the current Prince Jin?" Although he has heard the evaluation several times and has seen it with his own eyes, he still wants to hear what Zhu Jixuan's acquaintances have to say, "You must tell the truth, otherwise it will affect this person. Judge's judgment."

"Yes." Long Yao replied, her eyes were a little confused and said: "Actually, I don't know what kind of person the Third Highness is. I had a good impression of him at first. He is modest, studious, polite, and treats his parents well." The brother is also very filial, and sometimes it feels like he is more like an elder brother than the Grand Highness."

"En." Wang Xian nodded, feeling this way himself too, so she continued: "But later, I heard from my father that he is a very insidious person, and that everything His Highness will be abolished is because he took away everything around His Highness. All the people bought him off, and everyone was talking bad things about His Highness, and his younger brothers kept writing letters to the emperor to expose His Highness, saying that His Highness sympathized with Jianwen Jun, and often said some outrageous things...My lord, think, After such a long time, can the emperor stop hating His Royal Highness? Then depose him." As he spoke, his voice became weaker and weaker: "I also heard rumors from the palace people that he likes a side concubine of the old King Jin named Ji Xiang, I don't know Is it true or not..."

"You heard all these?" Wang Xian shook his head and said, "I need real evidence, not hearsay."

"Mostly I heard what my father said, but my father has no proof." Long Yao shook her head lightly and said: "Actually, His Highness the Third Highness has a very good reputation in Shanxi, and most people don't believe it until now. Your Highness."

"En." Wang Xian nodded and said, "What about the relationship between King Jin and the concubine?"

"The concubine is the concubine of Jin, and the concubine is bigger than the biological mother, so he naturally didn't say anything to the concubine." Long Yao said: "When I was in the palace, he greeted the concubine every morning and evening, and served the concubine better than the concubine. thoughtful."

"What about his biological mother?" Wang Xian asked again.

"Birth mother Ji has passed away." Long Yao sighed: "Speaking of which, she is also a hard-working person. The two sons were hugged to the empress dowager after they were born, and she never called her mother until she died."

"How did you die?"

"The one who died of illness, the old prince passed away a few years ago, and she also went." Long Yao said softly.

"Oh." Wang Xian nodded, and asked a few more words, seeing that Longyao was a little out of spirits, he asked Erhei to take her back to rest first.

At this time, Zhou Yong brought a few bowls of sliced ​​noodles. Unlike the south where they mainly eat rice, people in Shanxi mainly eat various kinds of noodles, and the accomplishment of noodles is incomparable elsewhere.Authentic Shanxi knife-cut noodles, the noodles are cut out with a knife, thick in the middle and thin in the sides.Sharp edges and sharp edges, shaped like willow leaves, smooth on the outside and tendons on the inside, soft but not sticky, the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.Wang Xian snorted and ate two large bowls, took a white towel to wipe his mouth, and sighed comfortably: "Who says food must be delicious? I think it can't compare to a bowl of sliced ​​noodles."

Zhou Yong and Erhei, who had gone back and forth, also began to eat with a snort. They shook their heads and said, "That's the adults who are tired of delicacies from mountains and seas."

"Hehe." Wang Xian took a bowl, drank a few sips of noodle soup, and asked with a smile, "How do you feel today?"

"I feel very sad." Er Hei said.

"I can't stand your ugly face the most!" Wang Xianbai said with a glance: "A man should never say defeat, and Xiaoqian is going to compete with the grandson, and you just compete with a county king, so you don't have confidence? "

"I'm confident, but thinking that the person in Yao'er's heart is not me, I feel uncomfortable." Er Hei said in a muffled voice.

But Zhou Yong let out a snort, and the noodles sprayed out from his nostrils, and he laughed strangely: "Yao'er..."

"Okay, okay," Wang Xian scolded with a smile: "Stop laughing at him, let's talk about something serious, what do you think of what happened from yesterday to today?"

"My lord, I don't think it's simple." Erhei quickly took the words and said with a serious face.

"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded, wanting to hear his opinion, so Erhei had no choice but to begrudgingly said: "Judging from the attitude of the Shanxi government to the adults along the way, it was quite flattering. But they should know yesterday that the old princess has passed away. Dead, why are you still making such a big show, it looks like you have no good intentions."

"Why don't you have good intentions?" Erhei was thick and careful, and his plan was quite serious. Zhou Yong was relatively simple, and asked strangely: "Isn't it just a meal?"

"You have to think about how they entertained your lord last night, a dozen beauties, you really didn't touch any of them, my lord?" Erhei said in disbelief, "When did you become so virtuous?"

"Nonsense, I've always been full of integrity." Wang Xianbai said with a glance: "You want to be with me, and I also feel that they are dragging me into the water, so that I can't be serious with them." He remembers Song Dynasty When Wen Yanbo was a high-ranking official in Sichuan, someone reported that he had a bad life style, and the imperial court sent a censor down to investigate him. When the censor was about to arrive in Sichuan, he met a beautiful prostitute at the post station, and the two quickly struck off. , It was not until Chengdu that they reluctantly left, but at the banquet where Wen Yanbo greeted him, the imperial censor found out in horror that the prostitute invited to cheer him up was actually his 'Ludao Qingyuan'!Only then did the censor know that he had been tricked, and he knew he was wronged, so he could not investigate Wen Yanbo any more, so he had to report that this man had a decent style of work, and the impeachment was purely a false accusation!

This kind of method has been seen frequently for thousands of years, but it has been tried and tested repeatedly, because men cannot resist the temptation of sex and wealth!
(End of this chapter)