Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 95
On this side, the disaster in Luoyang is serious.After Wei Yan arrived at the place, he not only had to control the disaster, but also consolidated the embankment and diverted the river. He was so busy that he didn't touch the ground for a while, and he could only sit down and rest for a while when the night was quiet.

An oil lamp was burning on the table, Wei Feng leaned back, leaning on the huanghuali armchair, rubbed between his brows, and said, "Have you received your reply from Madam?"

The guard in indigo clothes said: "Report to the son, I haven't received it yet."

This person's name is Chang Hu, and he comes from the same school as Li Hong, and they are a group of loyal bodyguards trained by Wei Yan.

In the past few days, Wei Yan had to ask the question just now every day, no matter how busy he was, he didn't forget to read the letter.Chang Hu couldn't help thinking that the letter sent by the son of the elder son should have arrived in the capital at this time. Even if the wife wrote a reply immediately, it should have been sent here several days later.It's not like the son of the world to be so impatient.

Wei Yan closed his eyes and rested for a while, and didn't say any more.Just as he was about to continue looking through disaster reports from various places, a person knocked on the door and entered. He was wearing a pine-colored round-neck robe. It was Wang Di, the prefect of Luozhou.

Wei Feng is staying at the home of Wang Zhifu these days.When Wang Di heard that Wei Feng was here to investigate the waterways along the Yellow River, he was extremely attentive. Seeing that the lights in his room were still on, he came in with a smile on his face and said, "My lord, are you still not resting at this late hour?"

Wei Yan lifted his eyes to look at him, flipped a page of the book, and said straight to the point: "What's the matter with Wang Zhifu?"

"I am afraid that my son will be tired, so I came to see you." Wang Di smiled kindly, and took two steps forward, revealing a person behind him, "It just so happens that my daughter made some cakes, and my son returned late at night. If you have to deal with official business, you must be hungry by now. My little girl has no other skills, but this dessert is good, why don't you try it?"

This Wang Di looked potbellied, but the daughter he gave birth to was a delicate and beautiful woman.I saw the girl behind him wearing a blue skirt, with a graceful figure and a beautiful appearance, she walked two steps forward with her head down, put the food box in her hand on the table, and whispered softly: "My lord, please!" Slow use."

Wei Yan glanced at the food box, then at the girl in front of him, his eyes were calm and his expression remained unchanged.

Wang Shiyu, the daughter of Wang Zhifu, quietly raised her eyes to look at Wei Yan, and then lowered her head in embarrassment.Originally, she thought that the people appointed by the emperor were gray-haired old men who were over half a century old. Unexpectedly, Jin Wang's son was not only young and beautiful, Zhilan Yushu, but also talented. It was only a few days. State rivers are managed in an orderly manner.Her heart was throbbing, and while putting the cakes on the table on her own initiative, she said shyly and timidly: "Master, you might as well try it, these are Luozhou's special dim sum. The little girl is not good at cooking, so please don't dislike me. "

Wei Yan picked up the book again, bent his index finger and tapped on the table in a leisurely manner, "Put it down."

Wang Shiyu was startled, and looked at him: "Master..."

Wei Yan said softly: "I don't want anyone to come in and disturb me when I'm reading." The words were addressed to Wang Zhifu behind him, his brows were clear and cold, with some indisputable, "Chang Hu, send Mr. Wang out. Next If someone breaks into the study again, I will ask you to blame."

Chang Hu made a gesture of "please go out" to Wang Di and Wang Shiyu.

Wang Di wanted to say something else, but Chang Hu put his thumb up and pulled out a saber from his waist. He immediately fell silent, and led his daughter Wang Shiyu out awkwardly.

After the two left, Wei Yan turned his gaze to the food box on the table, and after a while, lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Take it and throw it away."

Since Su Xi received Wei Feng's first letter, a letter from his family has been sent every two days since then.

Su Xi didn't know if her reply letter was delivered to Wei Feng, anyway, there was nothing about the two maidservants in his letter.The weather is getting colder, and the ginkgo leaves in the yard have fallen all over the ground, and the ground is golden, and the autumn is strong.

Calculating the time, Wei Yan has been gone for more than a month.

Su Xi was idle and bored by herself, so she went to the backyard of Prince Jin's Mansion for a walk.It was windy outside, and after she had only walked for a while, her little face was slightly pale by the wind.Back in Yunjinzhai, she tightened the cherry-colored Suzhou embroidered peony cloak around her body, and was about to enter the house when she saw two people standing on the porch, one was Ting Yan, and the other was the painted beads sent by Yuan's not long ago.

Ting Yan looked sullen and stern, and was reprimanding Hui Zhu.

As for Huizhu... There is an obvious slap mark on her cheek, and she is lowering her head at the moment, unable to see the expression clearly.

Seeing Su Xi coming forward, Ting Yan hurriedly stopped lecturing and called "Miss".

Su Xi said, "What's going on?"

At this time, we could see how well Wei Yan managed Yunjinzhai. Even if there was such a big commotion, no one came up to watch, and everyone was immersed in their own business.Ting Yan glared at Huizhu and said: "When the girl went out just now, this bitch said that she was ordered by you to move the newly opened pot of black chrysanthemum into your house. The servant was not there at that time, it was General Yuan Chun She put it in. The servant girl felt something was wrong when she heard about it, so she hurried into the room and saw her flipping through your desk."

There are only a few idle books on Su Xi's desk, and there is nothing important. Why did Huizhu turn over her desk?
She frowned and said, "What is she looking for?"

Ting Yan said: "The servant girl just asked, but this cheap hoof refuses to say."

Su Xi pulled her skirt into the room and took a look. The books on the desk were messed up a bit, it wasn't obvious, and there was nothing unusual about other places.She asked Tingyan to look at Huizhu for a while, and called the maid who had been watching Huizhu and Huachuan for the past few days, and asked, "What have they been doing these past few days, and who have they met?"

The servant girl said: "Mrs. Hui, Hui Zhu and Hua Chuan have been working in the flower shed these days, and they haven't found anything unusual." After that, she thought for a while and said, "However, Hui Zhu met Mrs. Liu who guards the second gate. several times."

Su Xi kept an eye out, and immediately asked Ting Li to inquire about Mrs. Liu who was guarding the second gate.In less than half a day, I found out that Mrs. Liu was a member of Jin Wangfei Yuan's family.

Su Xi soon realized that Yuan's arrangement of two maids to Yunjinzhai was probably not to put people around Wei Feng, but to inquire about Yunjinzhai's news.

But what exactly are they looking for?Su Xi couldn't figure it out, so she asked Ting Yan to interrogate Hui Zhu and Hua Chuan, but the two were tight-lipped and refused to say anything.Ting Yan had someone beat them twenty times, until they both closed their eyes and pouted, but they still didn't say a word.

Su Xi didn't know if Hui Zhu had heard anything, so just in case, and to prevent her from revealing the news, she locked her and Hua Chuan into a room across the courtyard, and no one was allowed to go in to see, let alone let them out.After a few days, it was pretty calm.

On Ji'antang's side, someone was in a hurry to get angry.

Before Wei Yan left, he arranged the inside and outside of Yunjin Zhai so perfectly that not even a mosquito could fly in.That's why the Yuan family used such a tough attitude to hand over the painted beads and the painted bracelets to Su Xi, but now the two are locked up by Su Xi, not to mention whether they have read Wei Wei's letter or not. I saw it, but I couldn't spread it out, and people outside couldn't get in.Wei Xun waited four or five days for no news. Seeing that Wei Fen was about to return to Beijing, he grabbed the small ink-colored clock on the table of the Eight Immortals in a rage and threw it on the ground.

"Trash!" he said.

Yuan Shi kicked out all the maids in the room, and said coldly: "I didn't expect that girl to have a bit of brains."

Wei Xun squeezed the armrest.

Yuan Shi thought for a moment, and then said: "Why don't I go to Yunjinzhai personally and get him out."

Wei Xun shook his head and said, "Mother gave them to Yunjinzhai back then, and now she is going to ask for them again, it will definitely make them suspicious."

Yuan Shi asked: "Then what are you going to do... I heard from the prince that Wei Yan will return to Beijing in a few days."

Wei Xun's face was heavy, and he thought for a while and said, "It's a big deal to arrange more people to ambush him on the only way he must pass back to Beijing. I don't believe that he can't take his life this time."

The two were talking in the room, but no one noticed that there was a person standing outside the door at some point.

Wei Yang came to pay his respects to Mrs. Yuan. Seeing that there was no one at the gate of Ji'an Hall, and there was no maid, he became curious and walked to the door lightly, wanting to hear what the people inside said, but he did not expect to hear it. This conversation.He froze, and heard Wei Xun's voice saying goodbye to his mother inside, he hurriedly turned around and left the place without making a sound.

Wei Yang walked in a hurry, as if afraid of being discovered by the people behind.

He hurried back to his yard, the conversation between his mother and second brother echoing in his ears.He was so shocked that his mother and second brother actually wanted to take his eldest brother's life?Although the eldest brother was born to the former princess Xue, and has not been close to them, Wei Yang has always respected Wei Yan, the elder brother.He always thought that his mother was just a little unfamiliar with his elder brother, but now he heard the news suddenly, and he couldn't digest it for a long time.

In a panic, Wei Yang knocked down the rattan-faced square table on the side, and only heard a "boom" before he calmed down slowly.

The maid asked anxiously: "Third Master, what's wrong with you..."

Wei Yang waved his hand and said, "Go out, you all go out."

Right now his mind is in a mess and he doesn't know what to do.Wei Yang sat in the chair of the Eight Immortals and thought for a while, why did the mother and the second brother treat the elder brother Wei Wei badly?Could it be for his position as the son of the world?His heart sank, and he knew that he had guessed very well.

Without the eldest brother, the second brother is the eldest son, and the position of the son will naturally fall to him...

Wei Yang shook the handrail, feeling confused.Yuan Shi never told him about this matter, perhaps because he thought that he was still young and only turned sixteen after the new year, and he would not understand these things even if he was told.He sat alone in the room for several hours, even if the servant girl came in and asked him to eat, he was indifferent.

Su Xi was afraid of the cold, so a charcoal basin was lit early in the house.After the weather changed from autumn to winter, it became colder every day, and now she was too lazy to go out, and sat on the couch by the window every day with a stove in her hand, drowsy.She counted on her fingers, the day after tomorrow is Wei Feng's return to Beijing, and he has been away for almost two months in the blink of an eye.I don't know where he is going?How is the river management in Luozhou?
At first, Su Xi felt that time was very slow, and she couldn't finish it no matter how she passed it.Later, she gradually got used to it. When Qianer received a letter from Wei Feng saying that she would return to Beijing, she was still surprised. Why did she come back so soon?She yawned lazily, maybe because of the coming of winter, she always felt sleepy these days, as if she couldn't wake up no matter what.

When Su Xi was falling asleep, Long Chun came in from outside and said, "Girl, the third master outside wants to see you."

Su Xi was a little slow, and after thinking about it for a while, she remembered that the third master was Wei Yang, the third master of the Wei family. "Why does he want to see me?"

Long Chun tucked his hands together and said, "Third Master said he has something to tell you."

Su Xi and Wei Yang, the third master of Wei, had very little contact. They met in the mansion on weekdays, and they didn't talk much. What does he have to say to himself?After thinking about it, she still put on a piping cloak, put on embroidered shoes, and walked out the door.I saw Wei Yang standing outside the door in a dignified manner, wearing a dark green brocade robe, frowning, and looking a little anxious.

When he came to the front, before Su Xi could speak, Wei Yang said, "Sister-in-law, can I take a step to speak?"

Su Xi looked at him, thought for a moment, and said, "Sir, if you have anything to say, just say it here."

Wei Yang pursed his lips, and looked at the maid next to Su Xi in embarrassment.

Su Xi saw that they were standing at the door of Yunjinzhai, Wei Yang should not dare to do anything, so he asked Tingyan and the others to step back a few steps.She looked at Wei Yang, "Can Uncle San speak this time?"

Wei Yang thought about this for several days, wondering if he should tell Su Xi.If he said it, he would be sorry for his mother and second brother, because he was unfilial and unrighteous; if he didn't say it, then he would be sorry for his own conscience.After struggling for three days, he finally decided to tell Su Xi the truth. "That day when I went to Ji'an Hall, Tingniang and the second brother were discussing things..."

Soon.

After hearing Wei Yang's words, Su Xi opened her eyes in disbelief.

Wei Yang said: "If sister-in-law can contact elder brother, let him be careful on the way. It would be great if there is nothing wrong, if it is true..." He paused for a long time before continuing: "I just ask sister-in-law Don’t say I told you about it afterwards, I don’t want my mother and my second brother to know that I tipped off the news.”

Su Xi didn't care about the content behind him, she just looked at him fixedly, "What you said is true?"

Wei Yang nodded, "It's absolutely true."

After digesting this matter, Su Xi finally figured out the ins and outs.It turned out that Yuan Shi placed two people beside her to act as their eyeliner, not to fill in the room for Wei Feng.As for what Ri Huizhu was looking for that day, it must be Wei Feng's letter.It's just that Ezhu didn't know that after reading the letter, he usually wouldn't put it on the desk, but locked it in the rosewood chest of drawers beside him.

Now when she heard that Wei Xun was going to be unfavorable to Wei Feng on the road, her heart skipped a beat for a few moments, and she didn't have time to talk to Wei Yang, so she had to go to the front yard to look for Li Hong.

Yunjinzhai is not far from the front yard, walk through a hand-painted corridor, walk out of the hanging flower gate, and then walk a little further.As soon as Su Xi walked out of the hanging flower gate and stepped onto the cobblestone path to the front yard, she saw Wei Xun coming in a navy blue brocade robe.

Su Xi stopped abruptly, pursed her pink lips slightly, and looked at him without blinking.

I saw Wei Xun walking towards her slowly, finally stopped in front of her, and asked, "Where are you going, sister-in-law, in such a hurry?"

(End of this chapter)