The county owner is happy, and the scenery is remarried

Chapter 214 Cousins ​​are all relatives

"I don't know the Holy Lord Xuanchen, what's your order?"

"King Wu, tell me first, why did you enter the palace?"

Jing Yannian hesitated for a moment, Li Tai asked him to speak first, it seems that the matter to be ordered to him should not be a big deal, "I would like to ask the Holy Majesty to leave the capital. I have spent most of my life in Chang'an, and I am used to seeing the Northwest desert. The lonely smoke, the sunset on the long river. I want to see the night rain on the plantains in the south of the Yangtze River, and the flowing water on the small bridge."

Li Tai stared at him.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will leave with only my wife and mother, not a single soldier." Jing Yannian bowed his hands.

Li Tai smiled, "Do you still remember King Ji?"

Jing Yannian was taken aback for a moment, and he looked at Li Tai in confusion.

Why are you talking about King Ji all of a sudden now?
King Ji had long been deposed as a prince and demoted to a commoner. In order to prevent him from becoming the second Li Ke, he was not even released and kept in Dali Temple.

If it wasn't for the warning from civil servants, Li Tai might have poisoned him to death long ago.

"There is no longer King Ji in this world." Jing Yannian said.

Li Tai smiled, "King Wu doesn't need to think too much, I didn't mean to compare you to King Ji. I'm not afraid of the instability of the country, anyway, I will pass it on to the prince."

Jing Yannian bowed quickly.

"It's just that the descendants of King Ji have returned to Chang'an City, so King Wu may not be able to leave for a while?" Li Tai said with narrowed eyes.

Jing Yannian was even more confused now.

It is not unreasonable to say that the king's heart is unpredictable. Whoever sits on the throne will become unfathomable, right?
In the past, Li Tai was not such a puzzling person.

Now the more I say it, the more I can't understand it.

"Wasn't King Ji's family exiled to the south of the Five Ridges? How could it be possible for them to return to Chang'an over a distance of more than 2000 li?
And even if he came back, what would he do with the minister?The minister is just an idle prince now, whether the minister is going or not, what is going on with Queen Qianji? "

Jing Yannian cupped his hands and asked.

Li Tai touched his chin, as if he was considering what to say next.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and Jing Yannian became more and more at a loss in the silence.

"How old is Chongwu this year? After the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be thirteen?" Li Tai asked.

Jing Yannian nodded, "Yes."

"I still remember that in the palace, the thirteen or fourteen-year-old son of the royal family was already assigned to guide his aunt." Li Tai narrowed his eyes and said.

Jing Yannian looked up at him.

To teach and guide the aunt, in fact, to put it bluntly, she is the maid who enlightens the prince about sex.

In ordinary people's homes, it is called Tongfang maid.

In the royal family, it is called Aunt Jiaoyin.

It was the parents who selected a witty woman who was beautiful, well-built, and slightly older than the prince, to guide the prince to know the beauty of intercourse.

In the future, it is good to spread the branches and leaves for the royal family, so as to cultivate more and harvest more.

After all, in Daxia's view, having more children and grandchildren is a blessing, especially for the royal family.

"Chongwu is still young, so there is no rush." ​​Jing Yannian said hastily.

Li Tai nodded, "I don't think I'm in a hurry, but someone is obviously in a hurry, and they acted too early. By the time I know it, it's too late..."

Jing Yannian's expression changed in shock, and he quickly guessed the meaning of Li Tai's words.

"I don't know how to tell Chongwu about this, so please trouble King Wu to go." Li Tai ordered the eunuchs to take King Wu to the East Palace.

Along the way, countless possibilities flashed in Jing Yannian's mind.

But he rejected them one by one.

It's only thirteen after the Dragon Boat Festival, what does he know?Men and women?That's impossible!

I remember when I jumped into the river to save Yuyu, I didn't know about men and women.

Hugging her limp body—that was the closest he was to a girl—he didn't have any evil thoughts at all!

How old was he then?There should be seventeen or eighteen, right?

Jing Yannian finally concluded that it must be Li Tai who deceived him!

But the inner servant beside him grabbed him, "Your Highness, Your Highness King Wu!"

Following the finger of the attendant, he looked through the gaps of the green vines outside the corridor surrounded by clusters of branches and leaves, and saw a gazebo in the middle of the lake.

In the gazebo, there was a young girl holding the prince's hand on her chest.

The prince sat on the futon on the stone bench.

The girl knelt at the prince's feet, straightening her upper body.

Jing Yannian narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyesight was excellent, from a distance not too far away, he could vaguely see that the girl had developed slightly.

The dress wrapped around the chest, the snow mountain is half exposed, and the prince's hand is covering the snow mountain.

Jing Yannian was about to break through the green vine and fly over.

Nei Chang Shi grabbed him, "My lord, don't be impulsive!"

Jing Yannian's face flushed red, he didn't know if it was from shame or anger.

The prince's face seemed to be faintly red, and he withdrew his hand after a while.

The woman leaned her face on his lap, and her hands even went under the hem of his clothes.

"Don't stop me!" Jing Yannian kicked the servant away.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has always been strong-tempered and good-faced. If the Holy Majesty wanted to punish that court lady, one hundred lives would have been ruined long ago!" Nei Changshi said hastily.

Jing Yannian stopped walking when he heard this.

"Your Majesty is afraid of hurting the prince's dignity, and the prince is sensitive..." Nei Changshi persuaded in a low voice.

Jing Yannian took a few breaths.

Only then did the inner servant come forward and take a step closer to him, fearing that he would kick him suddenly again, he made a posture to run away at any time, "Actually, what the Holy Majesty is worried about is not that the prince's heart will germinate, the Holy Majesty said, it will be a matter of time , if the crown prince is enlightened early, there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that this woman is said to be a descendant of His Royal Highness Ji Wang."

"What did you say?!" Jing Yannian turned around suddenly, looking at the servant like a sword.

Nei Changshi was stared at by him, and his legs were almost weak, "So the Holy One thinks this matter...is not easy to handle..."

Jing Yannian took another look at the pavilion in the middle of the lake through the green vines.

Although spring is warm and flowers are blooming, it will still be cold after sitting in the gazebo in the middle of the lake for a long time.

The prince and the woman had already stood up, the woman held the prince's hand in both hands, with her head down, chasing after the prince in small steps.

When the girl stood up, she could see her figure more clearly.

She is really well developed, almost as tall as the prince, with a protruding front and back, and a waist as thin as a willow.

The girl must have learned to dance, and her walking posture is charming, which is rare among girls of her age.

Jing Yannian's face was gloomy, just like every father who sees his worthless son and becomes angry from embarrassment.

Jing Yannian didn't calm down until the prince and the court lady left holding hands and could no longer see him.

"You said she is a descendant of King Ji? What kind of descendant is King Ji?"

"This maid came from Meiling."

Jing Yannian's heart skipped a beat, "I remember that there were not many people implicated when the incident happened in King Ji's time. Those who were exiled in Meiling were all direct relatives of Prince Ji's mansion."

"Returning to the prince, that's exactly the case. I heard that there is a daughter of a concubine in Prince Ji's mansion. She is both talented in sex and art. If she hadn't died, she would be about sixteen or seventeen years old now."

Jing Yannian frowned into a pimple.

Ji Wangshu's daughter, that and Chongwu are cousins.

His face was dark, "Who knows about this?"

"Not many people know about it, and His Majesty found out about it by accident. Didn't you tell the prince immediately?" Nei Chang waiter bowed and said, "The Holy Majesty is worried that telling His Highness the Crown Prince directly will hurt His Highness's face, so ...Please ask the king of Wu and the concubine to persuade me gently."

Jing Yannian narrowed his eyes, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for this king!"

He asked Nei Changshi to express his gratitude on his behalf, and immediately left the palace.

Xiao Yuzhuo was at home, looking at the little flowers Mrs. Jing had prepared for her unborn child in Mrs. Jing's yard, when she heard that Jing Yannian was looking for her.

She put down her pretense, bid farewell to her mother, and when she returned to the main courtyard, she saw Jing Yannian's gloomy face.

"What's wrong with you? Your Majesty disagrees with your resignation?" Xiao Yuzhuo asked in surprise.

Jing Yannian took a deep look at her.

Xiao Yuzhuo, who had complex eyes, always had a bad feeling in his heart, "Is he still worried about you?"

"It's not Li Tai, it's Chongwu..." Jing Yannian said in a deep voice.

Xiao Yuzhuo's face froze, "Chong Wu? What happened to Chong Wu?"

Jing Yannian's face was troubled, and he kept his mouth shut for a long while, as if he hesitated how to speak.

Xiao Yuzhuo waved his hand and told all the maids in the room to retreat, leaving only the husband and wife, "What happened to Chongwu? Does Li Tai want to abolish him?"

Jing Yannian sighed, "I don't have such an idea yet, but if this matter is not handled properly, it will be a matter of time before he is abolished."

Xiao Yuzhuo's heart skipped a beat, "Now? What happened now? You don't understand why you are frowning like this, but do you know how anxious people are?"

Jing Yannian felt the taste in his mouth was very uncomfortable, "I can't say this..."

Xiao Yuzhuo became more and more anxious, wishing to reach out and hit him.If it didn't hit him, he wouldn't hurt, but her hand hurt, she would have done it long ago, "Say it?"

"Aunt Jiao Yin appeared next to him." After Jing Yannian finished speaking, the roots of his ears turned red.

Xiao Yuzhuo was stunned for a while, but he didn't understand the deep meaning of his words.

"There was a maid who seduced Chongwu, she didn't learn well at such a young age... I saw him and that maid..." Jing Yannian finally opened his mouth.

Xiao Yuzhuo was stunned for a while, then smiled suddenly, "That's impossible, he's not yet 14 years old, he hasn't developed at all!"

"Yes! A toddler without long hair! How dare you think about sex between men and women! Do such shameless acts!" Jing Yannian became more and more angry.

Xiao Yuzhuo frowned, "Perhaps you read it wrong? Or did you misunderstand something? Even when three or five-year-old boys and daughters are playing together, adults will misunderstand some behaviors. But in reality? Children's hearts, they may not As filthy as grown-ups think!"

"Yuyu, I think you won't protect your children without principle like other women!"

Jing Yannian's words were a little heavy.

Xiao Yuzhuo was stunned immediately, she frowned and looked at Jing Yannian for a while.

"I don't know anything. I'm just saying something to be fair. Is this considered protecting my child?"

When Jing Yannian came out of the palace, his face was full of anger.

Seeing that he had angered his wife now, he let out a breath, and submissively held Xiao Yuzhuo's hand.

"I'm not angry with you, I'm just angry with Chong Wu. You know, he shuns everyone else, leaving only the maid to serve him, and puts his hand into the skirt of the maid..."

Xiao Yuzhuo was taken aback.

"It's fine if the maid is from a good family. You know, the maid is most likely the daughter of King Ji!"

When Jing Yannian's words fell to the ground, Xiao Yuzhuo immediately gasped.

No wonder he was so unhappy when he came back.

This is no small matter.Don't say that the palace lady is really the daughter of King Ji, if it is possible, she will become a target for others to attack Chong Wu in the future.

Is incest a good name?
Thinking of this, Xiao Yuzhuo suddenly gave Jing Yannian a strange expression.

Jing Yannian was surprised by her look, "Why does Yuyu look at me like that?"

"Speaking of which, you are still my cousin..." Xiao Yuzhuo muttered.

Jing Yanyou sneered, "It's just a cousin, and it's an uncle's cousin. We have been married since ancient times. This is a close relationship. I never heard that people would laugh at you! Besides, you are not...not her."

Jing Yannian held her hand in his palm and looked at her deeply.

Xiao Yuzhuo twitched the corner of his mouth.

In Daxia, uncles and cousins ​​can get married.

But according to modern medicine, aunts, cousins, and cousins ​​are all blood relatives within three generations!

With such a combination, the child born is likely to have a genetic defect, right?

Chongwu seems to be good everywhere, but he has such an unethical relationship with his "cousin"-could it be heredity?

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Xiao Yuzhuo's unpredictable expression, Jing Yannian couldn't help but squeeze her hand.

Xiao Yuzhuo came back to his senses, "Since the Holy Majesty told you this matter, he just hoped that this matter would be dealt with by us. He is still thinking about the princess and Chongwu."

Jing Yannian narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly.

"Well, the crabapple flowers in the palace garden will bloom in two days. Please come to the palace to enjoy the crabapple flowers. If he is really close to the maid, he will definitely bring the lady. I will see what it is then. If the situation is right, it’s good to persuade you.”

Jing Yannian nodded in agreement.

Many crabapple flowers were planted in the garden of King Wu's Mansion.

Mrs. Jing likes to play with flowers and plants, and she takes care of those crabapple flowers by herself.

Within two days, the garden was full of blooms, and they bloomed extremely gorgeously under the bright sunshine.

Xiao Yuzhuo ordered someone to invite His Royal Highness to visit the house to enjoy the flowers.

After Chongwu asked Li Tai for instructions, he brought his servants and maidservants and came here in a simple manner.

He greeted his father and mother with a smile on his lips, but Jing Yannian and Xiao Yuzhuo seemed to have to salute the prince.

Both sides are a little awkward.

Chong Wu hurriedly waved his hands, "Forget it, since I came to the garden to enjoy the flowers, I don't care about the etiquette, and I'm all my family."

It is more comfortable for each other to save this etiquette.

With so many attendants staring at him, Chong Wu felt more restrained in his words and deeds than in the East Palace.

"You all retreat! You are alone in Wu Wang's mansion, there is no need to guard so carefully." Chong Wu said with a smile.

When the servants and servants around him bowed their heads and retreated.

But he said again: "Meng Yan stay and serve."

A graceful court lady stopped in her tracks.

Xiao Yuzhuo and Jing Yannian immediately looked at each other, and saw slight worry in each other's eyes.

Chongwu didn't see the expressions of his parents, and looked up at the crabapple flowers blooming in the garden, "This must be the concubine who asked someone to take care of it? Except for the concubine, no one can raise the flowers and plants so well!"

Jing Yannian hummed casually, obviously not paying attention to the crabapple flowers.

"I lived in the Concubine's Palace for a while. At that time, I found that the flowers, plants and trees all over the palace were beautiful. But to say it was the best, it belonged to the Concubine's Palace at that time. It was clearly the same. The species, the same vegetation, but the one raised by Empress Defei is the most beautiful." Chongwu said with a smile, "Why don't you see the concubine?"

Xiao Yuzhuo didn't pay attention to Jing Yannian's answer.

All her attention was on the maid.

This palace lady named Meng Yan stood two steps behind Chong Wu with her head bowed, she was very quiet, as if she was doing her duty.

Chong Wu talked to Jing Yannian, but she never looked up.

I don't know if she felt Xiao Yuzhuo's scrutinizing gaze, but she turned her head slightly to Xiao Yuzhuo's side, and her movements were extremely small.

The father and son talked for a while, Xiao Yuzhuo took a look at Jing Yannian.

Jing Yannian immediately understood, "I don't know if Your Highness has fallen behind in bow and arrow riding and shooting?"

"Absolutely not! The Holy Majesty is very strict with me!" Chong Wu raised his chin confidently.

"Let's go, you and I will try it too. I haven't seen His Highness's kung fu for a long time, and I feel very itchy." Jing Yannian got up and took Chong Wu to the school field to compete in salvo.

In fact, it was to give Xiao Yuzhuo some time to be alone with the maid.

Seeing that the prince was about to leave, the court lady quickly chased after him.

"The sun is shining in the school grounds. After riding and shooting for a while, you must be hungry and thirsty. Come and get some crabapple cakes with me to prepare for His Royal Highness and the prince." Xiao Yuzhuo stood up and looked at the maid and said.

The maid stopped, turned around suspiciously, and glanced at Xiao Yuzhuo.

"Is the princess called a maid?" She asked softly.

"Go ahead and ask my aunt for advice. My aunt's skill in making dim sum is the best in the world!" Chong Wu said with a smile.

The maid hurriedly nodded her head in agreement.

Xiao Yuzhuo did not miss the anxiety on her face.

"Begonia cakes are not difficult. Just like other flowers, fresh budding flowers should be collected before the morning dew recedes, and pickled with sugar to remove the astringent smell in the petals. Add it to the prepared shortbread dough..."

The prince hadn't gone far, Xiao Yuzhuo said to the maid with a smile.

When Jing Yannian and his party were too far away to be heard, Xiao Yuzhuo got up and walked along the corridor without haste.

The court lady followed closely behind.

With the finished Begonia flower cake, how can the princess go there in person?Just assign a maid at will.

Naturally, the maid had learned a lot of rules in the palace, and now she understood that the princess must have ulterior motives for calling her.

So Xiao Yuzhuo suddenly stopped in the corridor, and when she looked back at her, there was not much surprise on her face.

"What is the princess' order?" Her voice was very calm.

Xiao Yuzhuo smiled with the corners of his mouth curled up, "The palace has just added a servant girl, so you can serve in the East Palace, you must be very smart and clever, and have something special."

Everyone loves to listen to good words.

When the palace maid heard this, she couldn't help but straighten her back.

She was out of the palace today, her clothes were more conservative, but it still couldn't cover up the half-exposed Xuefeng on her chest.

It is white and round, and the spring is beautiful.

Don't say it's the middle of the afternoon when you are young and unsure.

Even when Xiao Yuzhuo saw it, he couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it.

"Where is your hometown?" Xiao Yuzhuo asked.

The maid was startled, "My servant is... from Yuzhang County."

"Yuzhang County is such a big place." Xiao Yuzhuo narrowed his eyes.

"It's Meiling in Yuzhang County."

"Meiling? Isn't Meiling the place where Prince Ji's relatives were exiled?"

The maid trembled when she heard the words, her face changed slightly.

"What's your name?"

"The servant girl's surname is Liu, and her name is Meng Yan."

"Liu Mengyan? But I heard that you are just the daughter adopted by the Liu family, not the Liu family's own birth?"

This is what Li Tai's servant told Jing Yannian.

It is very common for wealthy families in Daxia or gentry and local tyrants to adopt their daughters.

Especially girls with outstanding looks or talents.

If you want to climb up the official career smoothly, not to mention the adopted daughter, it is your own daughter, or a beautiful wife, as long as it can be exchanged for benefits.The men in Daxia are also willing to show their hands.

Liu Mengyan's face was a little nervous, "It's... the servant girl's family is poor, but she is definitely the daughter of a good family. After being adopted by Liu's house, her parents raised her as her own daughter, and she never left behind the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting."

This is natural, adopting a daughter is not for nothing, it will be given to a high-ranking official's home when she is done.

The country gentry and wealthy households are not stingy in cultivating beautiful and talented daughters.

If the initial investment is well done, the future returns will be rich.

"What year did the Liu family adopt you?" Xiao Yuzhuo asked.

Liu Mengyan frowned, and whispered, "When I was 12 years old..."

"Are you fifteen this year?"

"The servant girl is sixteen." Liu Mengyan's voice became softer.

It was the time when Ji Wang's family was exiled to Meiling.

The suspicion in Xiao Yuzhuo's eyes deepened, "As far as I know, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is not something you can do in a day or two. You have to learn it from an early age. If you were adopted by the Liu family at the age of 12, and you were raised delicately, you must have learned it before entering the Liu family." These?"

Liu Mengyan's face froze, she pursed her lips and did not speak.

"But you said that before you were adopted by the Liu family, you were a son of a good family and your family was poor. I have seen people from poor families, and there are very few who can read, let alone piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." Xiao Yuzhuo snorted coldly.

She hadn't been too strict yet, but Liu Mengyan knelt down on the ground with a plop, "Princess forgive me, princess forgive me... This servant never lied to the princess, my servant's family was in decline, and my servant's mother was also from a scholarly family, so The servant girl has learned a lot from reading and seeing at home since she was a child. Later, the Liu family valued the maidservant and asked her to be taught by famous teachers. The maidservant dared not live up to her expectations, she studied hard and practiced hard, and only then did she have such a little bit of incompetent ability today... I absolutely dare not lie to the princess!"

As she spoke, she burst into tears with grievances, and I felt pity for her.

Xiao Yuzhuo didn't like this the most, she hadn't said anything yet, the other party seemed to have been wronged so much, and she seemed so domineering.

She snorted softly, ready to reprimand.

But suddenly a shadow stepped in from the corridor and grabbed Liu Mengyan's shoulder.

"Don't be afraid." The boy's voice was gentle and considerate.

Xiao Yuzhuo's eyelids twitched, looking at her son who was sweating on his forehead and showing warmth in his eyes, she felt a little headache.

"I don't hate girls with scheming," Xiao Yuzhuo said softly, "but it also depends on where these scheming is used."

"Aniang...what does Princess Wu mean by this?" Chong Wu asked, thinking of his current status, he quickly changed his title.

Xiao Yuzhuo glanced at Chongwu, hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell the truth.

"Do you know the identity of this woman?"

Chong Wu looked at the court lady, "She was born in Liu's family, a squire in Yuzhang County."

"The Liu family is just her adoptive father's family." Xiao Yuzhuo looked calmly, "The Holy Majesty learned that she is a descendant of King Ji, and it is very likely that she is the concubine daughter of King Ji."

Chong Wu's face froze suddenly.

Ji Wang concubine, of course he understands what this means.

Not only is this court lady the daughter of a sinner, but with such an identity, she cannot enter the palace to serve him.

If he gets too close to this court lady, he will be criticized.

"No maidservant! How could maidservant be a relative of the emperor, maidservant doesn't come from that kind of background...The maidservant's mother is from the Baoding Lin family, and her father is from the Liu family of Pengcheng, the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty. It used to be glorious in the old days, but the family has fallen into ruin long ago. , who has a noble surname, but is poor and poor, and his life is not as good as that of ordinary merchants..."

Liu Mengyan was talking, tears streaming down her face in embarrassment.

Such a little lady who has been cultivated with political intentions has practiced even crying.

The eyelashes fluttered slightly, tears fell like beads, bright eyes and lips, a small face like pear blossoms with rain.

Don't say that Chongwu, who is indifferent to human affairs, will feel distressed after watching it.

Even Xiao Yuzhuo couldn't help sighing "I feel sorry for you".

If it was a woman beside her, she would not care about this nonsense, and was born beside her son.

"Where did the concubine hear the story? How could she be a descendant of King Ji? When the palace selected a son from a good family, wouldn't she even check her background? If it was possible, how could she be a little girl?" Do you have the ability to sneak into the palace?" Chongwu half-hid the maid behind her back, looked at her mother and said.

Xiao Yuzhuo sighed, "Since she was adopted by the Liu family and selected by the palace, there were more than a thousand people at once, so it's enough to find out that she is from the Liu family in Yuzhang County. What else can be found?"

"Since we couldn't find out at the time of selection, how do we know that she is a descendant of King Ji now? Don't you think it's inconsistent, Aunt?" Chong Wu's tone was calm.

Even though he wanted to protect the maid, his face was not restless and sullen.

It seems that he has lived in the Eastern Palace for so long, and it is not for nothing, he has learned a little bit of the ability to hide his emotions and anger.

"She is smart and smart. Since she was assigned to serve in the East Palace, she has devoted herself to serving Gu. She is even more understanding and delights Gu. Gu admits that he looks at her more than anyone else." Chong Wu looked behind him. The court lady who was weeping silently, "Is it possible that someone was jealous of her and deliberately used her background to slander her?"

Xiao Yuzhuo frowned.

Liu Mengyan tugged at the corner of Chong Wu's clothes, with a cute and aggrieved expression.

Such a weak expression is especially easy to touch the hearts of boys, especially the hearts of youths like Chong Wu who are young and ignorant.

Xiao Yuzhuo clearly saw the pity in Chongwu's eyes.

She sighed, "If it's just a slander, how could it be such a coincidence? The time, place, and age are all the same?"

"It's not that there are no coincidences, you can't judge a person's life experience by coincidence!" Chong Wu stepped forward, softened his tone, and begged Xiao Yuzhuo, "Auntie has always been wise, don't wrong her? "

"Aren't you riding and archery with King Wu on the school field, why did you come here? Are you afraid that I won't succeed if I eat her?" Xiao Yuzhuo deliberately changed the topic.

(End of this chapter)