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Chapter 71

Chapter 63

As soon as Xie Zuiqiao exited the imperial study, he saw Pei Taizhi still standing beside the black cypress tree beside the white jade railing, talking in a low voice with the prince who was serving by Zhengde's side, and from afar, he seemed to frown slightly, and paused for a moment Step down.

Seeing Xie Zuiqiao come out, Pei Taizhi smiled at him.Wang Gonggong hurriedly greeted the two of them, and hurried to the study.The two brothers walked side by side along the corridor to the Yuntai Gate of the palace.At this time, there was no one on the road, it was nothing more than a few palace people sweeping the path.

"Just now you and the prince were talking about the emperor's body? I see that you seem a little worried."

Xie Zuiqiao lowered his voice and asked.

Pei Taizhi's unfurled eyebrows frowned slightly again, and said: "The emperor is trusting Li Tongfu more and more now, it doesn't count if he set up a fairy palace to serve that Taoist, he must go there to meditate for two hours every day, and Taking those elixirs that I don't know the number of ways. I just saw that instead of nourishing his body, his complexion has deteriorated a lot this year."

Li Tongfu used to be a Taoist priest in the Xianxia Temple in the suburbs of Beijing. He claimed to be over 50 years old, but his teeth were black and his skin was moist.A few years ago, Zhengde felt that his health was not as good as before, and the nourishing medicine in the Tai Hospital did not work much.Generally, the most feared thing for an emperor is old age and infirmity. Once he heard the reputation of this Taoist from Concubine Yan by chance, and it spread to the palace.After meeting him for a while, I saw that Li Tongfu had a sense of immortality, and he claimed to be the best at keeping in good health. Only then did he maintain his youthful appearance, and he was kept in the palace as if he had found a treasure.Until the beginning of this year, in the harem that had been silent for many years, there was another talented person who reported the good news that she was pregnant with a dragon species. Although she had a miscarriage due to congenital insufficiency a few months later, Zhengde was also happy enough, and felt that she was no less than ten years younger. He is even more fond of Li Tongfu.

Xie Zuiqiao naturally knew this, and said: "I remember that Li Tongfu was co-signed by the censor in the past, saying that he used to rape women in the Xianxia Temple. Only the emperor suppressed it, so there is nothing I can do. Cousin Worried about the emperor's health, why don't you give him some advice?"

Pei Taizhi's face was a little gloomy, and he said after a while: "I mentioned it once before, but he refuted it. Although he is a ninety-five-year-old man, he only lives and dies, so let him go."

Although Pei Taizhi is a close minister of the emperor, it is extremely disrespectful to mention the current emperor in such a tone.It was also the first time Xie Zuiqiao saw him like this, so he was a little surprised.A strange thought suddenly flashed in his heart, recalling the rumors he had faintly heard before, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and remained silent.

Pei Taizhi probably also felt that he had lost his composure, shook his head and smiled, changed the subject, looked at Xie Zuiqiao and said, "What does the emperor say about the matter between you and Miss Ruan's family?"

When Xie Zuiqiao heard him ask this, he couldn't help but smile, and said: "The emperor said that the marriage will be granted in the spring of next year."

Pei Taizhi glanced at him, and sighed with a smile: "Zuiqiao, you are getting more and more courageous, and you dare to use such a method. Fortunately, this accidental collision turned out to be a problem, and your grandfather is always fooled by you." .Just wait until my uncle comes back to find out, I guess you have nothing to eat, boy!"

Xie Zuiqiao laughed, and said: "It's just a matter of closing the door and being beaten a few times by the servants of the family law. My father can really take my head and go to the imperial court to plead guilty?"

Pei Taizhi saw that he was in high spirits when he spoke, and it was obvious that he loved the daughter in the Hall of Glory so much that he did such a disgrace, and he didn't know where the touch came from in his heart, he suddenly felt a little disappointed, and he quickly suppressed it Go down, and said with a smile: "Brother, I congratulate you for fulfilling your wish." He lowered his voice and said, "The third highness is stubborn, and he is not such a person who is easy to admit defeat. You have to be careful every day before you get married."

Xie Zuiqiao smiled, nodded and said: "I really wish I could marry her right away so I can rest assured. Now that it's like this, it's much smoother than I originally expected, and I should be satisfied. Even if you didn't remind me, I know it myself."

While the two were talking, they had already left the palace gate, and then they parted ways, took the reins from the guard of the palace gate and got on their horses.

The Xie family's General Zhaowu's mansion is on the side of Yingtianmen in the east of the city, and it was bestowed by the great-grandfather when he was great-grandfather.Facing the street in the south, the high gate is deep in the sky, and a gold plaque bestowed by Gaozu is hung on the lintel of the main entrance.Although it looks a little old because it hasn't been repainted for many years, its grandeur is still there.Xie's grandparents and Xie's mother have both passed away, the second wife of Xie's family is now in Jiangzhou, and Xie Zuiqiao's father is not in Beijing, so in this huge mansion, only Xie Zuiqiao's brother and sister, Gao Ling and other family members live.

As soon as Xie Zuiqiao returned to the mansion, he first went to see his sister Xie Jingzhu.When he found her, he saw that he was sewing with his wet nurse, Mama Xu, and a few maids, and they drove them away, leaving only two brothers and sisters. That's why it was mentioned that Mingyu had already entered the capital, and now he was in Yu County.

After Xie Jingzhu was overjoyed, she complained: "What a brother, you kept me so tight. Sister Ruan has been here for so many days, and now I know about it!"

Xie Zuiqiao chuckled and said, "If I tell you again, she will become your sister-in-law in the future?"

Xie Jingzhu was stunned, and said: "I'm just your brother, where did the other brother come from..." He suddenly closed his mouth, looking at Xie Zuiqiao in front of him in surprise, and said in disbelief: "Brother, what did you say, you and Sister Ruan actually……"

Xie Zuiqiao couldn't help but reached out and rubbed her forehead hair, nodded and said: "Grandfather has already agreed, and the emperor has also sent a message. The marriage will be granted in a few months. Didn't you wish you could be successful in the past?" Is she a sister? Now she is going to be your sister-in-law."

Xie Jingzhu never dreamed that her elder brother would arrange such a happy event quietly, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law is better! Brother, help me prepare a car, I want to go to see her, call her sister-in-law early That's good!"

Xie Zuiqiao hurriedly said: "She is thin-skinned, I'm afraid you'll embarrass her. You can call her enough when you really pass the door, and now she's still called Sister Ruan. There is a funeral at her uncle's house, you go over there Sorry for the inconvenience, I will send you there after the funeral in a few days."

Xie Jingzhu smiled and said: "Okay. Listen to my brother! I will ask Wenying to go with me at that time. She will be happy if she knows."

In the high mansion of Yu County, the seven-day mourning has passed.Ming Yu's health also improved.At first she was just angry and angry, but now she couldn't hold back the sickness into her body.Now that most of his heart disease is gone, his body will naturally heal quickly.Ruan Hongtian stayed for a few more days, but because he missed his wife and mother in Jiangzhou, he wanted to go south, but Mingyu wanted to stay.Because it is the end of October now, and next spring in more than three months, it will be the choice of the palace's most beautiful girls.If he followed Ruan Hongtian back to Jiangzhou at this time, he would still come back.Excluding the more than two months of back and forth on the road, the stay at home will only last for more than [-] days at most. It is better to stay and wait, which also saves the fatigue of traveling back and forth on the road.After making such a decision, Ruan Hongtian chose a day and entrusted his daughter to the head of the Gao family, Mrs. Gu. After saying goodbye to Xie Zuiqiao who came here specially to see her off, Ruan Hongtian took An Mo southward.

As soon as his father and younger brother left, Ming Yu felt empty for a while.I have nothing to do, every day I do some needlework with Gao's two sisters of the same age who have not yet left the pavilion, gossiping a few words, or reading and painting by myself, with Chun Yuan and the other two sisters from my family that I brought with me when I went north. With the little girl by my side, the days passed quickly.

"Girl, a letter from Beijing."

In the afternoon of this day, Chun Yuan handed over another letter, pursing her lips and laughing non-stop.

Ruan Hongtian had been away for four or five days, although Xie Zuiqiao had no family members, he kept sending letters, and this was the third letter sent by his messenger.

Ming Yu took it over, with a hint of sweetness in her heart.

The first two letters from him actually didn't have much content, they were just diaries and miscellaneous journals.For example, after practicing in the big camp today, I was very hungry and ate three bowls of rice; I saw a newly opened bookstore on the street, what book do you want, copy the list, and I will find it for you. Come and take it around so that you can entertain yourself in your spare time and all that kind of gossip.Today's letter is the same. It first reported his whereabouts yesterday in a journal-like way. Compared with the previous two letters, he added a sentence at the end, saying that he suddenly dreamed of you last night, but he couldn't see you when he woke up. He tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. , I just got up and wrote this letter again by the light, and asked the post office early in the morning to send it to you as quickly as possible.It will be two days after you receive it, and I'm probably on my way to Yu County by then, because my sister and cousin are clamoring to come to see you, and I, the older brother, can't refuse, so I have to send them over.

He actually wanted to send Xie Jingzhu and Pei Wenying here to visit him!

Ming Yu was a little happy, but a little nervous at the same time.I don't know if it's because the two ladies are coming, or because he is also coming.Look at the date of payment on the letter, it was two days ago.Presumably they set off on the same day, because there was a girl on the road with them, they had to settle down for the night, and it would be the day after tomorrow at the earliest.After making up his mind, he hurriedly told his cousin Gu Shi.

Gu knows that Mingyu's status is different now, and she will soon become the daughter-in-law of General Zhaowu's mansion. After getting married, it will be of great benefit to her children in the future, especially for Mingyu these days. Hush and ask for warmth, and take care of him very thoughtfully.At this time, I heard that the young ladies from the Hou Mansion and the General's Mansion were going to visit the door in person, so I was both happy and terrified.Thinking that my two daughters might accompany the guests when the guests came, I was afraid of being looked down upon by Miss Gaomen in Beijing. Even if I found a tailor and told me to rush to make new clothes overnight, the hall where I saw the guests was even more crowded. The newly moved brand-new utensils and antique porcelain are good for decoration.

Mingyu saw that the servants of the Yifu were sent to the ground by her, the two sisters of the Gao family were trained in fear by her, and her boudoir and the places that guests could see were decorated like nouveau riche by her. Holding back her laughter, she said that the two young ladies are easy-going people, and they would never judge a person by their appearance, so please rest assured, auntie.Only then did Mrs. Gu calm down a little, and specially sent a young man to guard the intersection, and told him to report immediately if anyone came towards his house, so that he could go out to meet him.

(End of this chapter)