Funing Hall

How did Yi Yu know about the close relationship between Zhao Shiqi and Qian Yuemo?

Yi Yu was trying to slander Zhao Shiqi's reputation, but he couldn't find a way.He can't send his younger sister to Zhao Shiqi's house, no matter how unscrupulous he is, he can't bear to use his own sister.

He returned to Kaifeng in a hurry this time, and Mrs. Qi's parents had nothing for him to bring back.

When he took over as the county magistrate of Baoying County, he found out that the original magistrate of Qi County was the father of Mrs. Qi, and Yi Yu was always calculating and calculating in everything.Whenever there are festivals, no matter how big or small, he will send gifts to the door.Over the years, Madam Qi's parents trusted him very much, and they often praised Yi Yu in their letters to Madam Qi, and Madam Qi also trusted Yi Yu.

When he sent things to the palace, the person he approached was Lady Qi's close maid.

Mrs. Qi's personal maid is just an ordinary court lady, promoted by Mrs. Qi herself, her temperament is very similar to her, a little too naive, just like Mrs. Qi, she trusts Yi Yu, the champion of the year.When the maid approached Yi Yu, the maid mentioned a few words about Concubine Shu, her tone was full of disdain.Yi Yu asked a few words through Huatou, the maid sneered and said: "Our Concubine Shu is not an ordinary person, everyone praises her, even Lord Eleven likes to talk to her."

The court lady didn't have any extra thoughts, so she just said it without going into details, but Yi Yu remembered it in her mind, and that's why she came up with the next few words.

Looking for Master Yu to have a drink and asking Chen Yushi to hear it was all done on purpose.

But he waited for some days, but he still didn't get any news from Chen Yushi, who was said to be the most rigid, and he couldn't go to court, let alone meet Chen Yushi face to face.

He still doesn't know whether Chen Yushi joined Zhao Shiqi or not.

Fortunately, Princess Baoning has been at home these days and has not gone out for a long time. He is really afraid that if he meets the princess on the street, he will be taken back to the princess mansion.His uncle and aunt asked him several times, asking him what His Majesty had said to him when he entered the palace.

He made up some random words to prevaricate.

His uncle and aunt were fine, and said happily: "This time, His Majesty won't ask you to leave Beijing, I'm afraid he really wants to recruit you to be a son-in-law. It's a good sign that your house is burning down, it's booming!"

Yi Yu was at a loss for words, the house was burned, could it be a good thing?He was in the middle of the capital, and he acted cautiously, and it was not easy to give gifts of gold and silver to people casually, so he could only do nothing.His uncle and aunt wanted him to be his son-in-law, so they offered to pay for him to repair the house. He was also bored living here, so he simply moved out, and lived in the half-burned house in the name of urging the house to be repaired.

In the palace, Zhao Cong took a special day to go out with Zhao Shiqi to the Princess Mansion, so as to talk about Sun Zhuyun.But before he left the palace, there was an urgent letter from the Yongxing Army, which was rumored to be related to Xixia's horses.Zhao Cong had no choice but to go to Chongzheng Hall first.

It turned out that after the Xixia envoy returned to the country, it happened to be the time to transport the horses to the Song Dynasty, so there was no mistake.It's just that this time the horses were given extraordinarily many.When Zhijun asked, it was the eldest prince's meaning.

Zhao Cong scolded secretly, the eldest prince is really an idiot.He kept a secret with Li Mingchun in private, and the eldest prince himself jumped out first, obviously because he guessed that he was afraid of inheriting the throne, he was embarrassed, and started to take good things to curry favor.

Qian Shang asked: "Your Majesty, what is this—"

Zhao Cong put down the letter and smiled, "I'm afraid there might be a mistake somewhere."

"It is said that the eldest prince is in charge of the matter of the horses this time." Qian Shang said quite happily, "Your Majesty, the eldest prince does not have great wisdom and is easy to control. If he can inherit the throne, it would be great. "

Li Mingchun worked so hard to cover up, isn't it just to save the lives of his sons?

Zhao Cong immediately said: "It's hard to talk about the throne, let's talk about the rest first."

"Actually, I am a little worried. This time when the Xixia envoy came to our Song Dynasty, did he discuss the contract with His Majesty? It will expire next year..."

Zhao Cong had a headache, and immediately knew that he would not be able to leave the palace today.

He called Zhao Shiqi aside, and said: "You go out of the palace, and explain to her clearly what I mean."

"Your Majesty, the money merchant—"

"Don't worry, I know it well."

Zhao Shiqi nodded, thinking of what he still had to do when he left the palace, was going out of the palace alone.

He went out of the palace by himself, so he didn't need to take a carriage, he rode straight to the princess mansion.

There were so many people on the street that he had to slow down.When approaching Suzaku Gate, he was about to turn the corner to go to the princess mansion, but he almost stepped on a little lady unexpectedly.

Zhao Shiqi quickly pulled the reins, and looked down at the panicked woman lying on the ground.

"Ten, Eleven Lord—"

Zhao Shiqi raised his eyebrows, but he still recognized him?But he didn't think much about it, he was famous outside, and he didn't leave the door, so how could he prevent others from getting to know him.After all, he was the one who bumped into people first, and many people knew him, he didn't want to get the reputation of bumping into people with a horse in a busy city, otherwise someone would interfere with him, Zhao Cong would be very unhappy.

He said to Ji Li who was behind him: "Ask which little lady it is, and give gifts to the door later."

"Yes." Ji Li stayed and dealt with it.

After Zhao Shiqi finished speaking, he rushed to the princess mansion.

Yi Yu stood up holding the hand of the envoy, and his heart beat when Ji Li asked which family he was from.

She muttered for a while, and said: "I, I am from Yangzhou, and I just came to Kaifeng not long ago..." She dared not say that she lived in Linfu, and she sent so many things to Zhao Shiqi. It would be too embarrassing to say so .She didn't dare to say that she was Yi Yu's younger sister, even though she didn't do it intentionally, it would be embarrassing to be like this in the downtown area, and she was afraid of hurting her brother.

Anyway, there are many houses in her house, and there are many under her name. She said something casually, and Ji Li remembered it in her heart, nodded and left.

After they left, Yi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and her maid whispered, "Third lady, we waited for Mr. Eleven at the place where Mr. Eleven passed by all day long. We finally met each other. Why don't you tell the truth! He is still I don't know who you are!"

"Shame, I don't want to hurt my brother either."

"Too."

"Let's go, let's find the book my brother said."

"Yes."

Yi Yu laughed again after finishing speaking: "However, it's good to see him! Although, he didn't wear the things I gave..."

The reason why Zhao Shiqi wore it once that day was also because it was rare to live outside the palace, and when he returned to the palace, his own maid prepared clothes for him.

The maid said with a smile: "I can always see it in the future, and the third lady will do more."

"Well! Brother gave me a lot of materials!"

Although the two of them were bumped, they left happily after all.

The scene at the Vermilion Bird Gate was seen by many people.Originally, a handsome man and a beautiful woman can be remembered by others, not to mention that the man is still Zhao Shiqi.

After Yi Yu found out about this, his coke broke, so he hurriedly found someone to release the news.He only hoped that Zhao Shiqi would catch up with his sister quickly, and as long as he did, he wouldn't have to be a son-in-law.

But these are for the time being.

After passing through the Vermilion Bird Gate, Zhao Shiqi went to the Princess Mansion, saw that Zhao Zongning could eat and drink, and looked very good, so he knew that the confinement would not affect her very much.

Seeing him coming, Zhao Zongning, who has a friendship of "sharing weal and woe", beckoned him to eat the freshly baked sponge cake together.

"Soft and sweet, it's delicious. Pair it with this fruit juice, try it!" Zhao Zongning pushed towards him.

Zhao Shiqi ate a few mouthfuls and said business: "Originally, His Majesty would come out together today."

Zhao Zongning's face darkened: "Brother didn't come, are you still angry with me?"

"The Yongxing Army has an urgent letter, and His Majesty didn't come because he had to deal with something. His Majesty was not angry with you for a long time, and he wanted to end your confinement when he left the palace today."

Zhao Zongning relaxed again.

"Besides that, there are other important things."

Zhao Zongning became nervous again.

Zhao Shiqi wanted to laugh when he saw Zhao Zongning who was not afraid of anything.

Like Zhao Zongning, he is only afraid of Zhao Cong.

He didn't keep things too close, and told Zhao Cong what he meant, and asked her, "What do you think?"

"Sun Zhuyun is my son-in-law?!" Zhao Zongning pointed at himself in surprise.

"Yes, your brother thinks he's a good fit."

"This—" Zhao Zongning bowed his head and did not speak.

"If you don't like it, then don't want him."

"Neither—"

"What the hell?"

Zhao Zongning sighed: "I only have ordinary thoughts about Sun Zhuyun, but he is indeed a very good person."

"It's really not easy to be called 'very good' by you. Since you think he is very good, you accept him?"

"Alas..." Zhao Zongning sighed again.

Zhao Shiqi took a sip of tea leisurely: "Think about it carefully, your brother should ask you in person later."

Zhao Zongning was silent for a while, and asked Zhao Shiqi, "What is it like to get married?"

how is it like?Zhao Shiqi had never been married, but when he thought of that day, his back hurt so much and his mind was in a mess, but Zhao Cong said he was in his heart.How should I say it?To be frank, he is willing to trade everything in two lifetimes for that moment, as long as that moment is enough.

If it's time to get married, I would like to change life after life.

"Forget it, you're younger than me, so what's the use of asking you." Zhao Zongning shrank back on the couch and said in a daze, "It's about getting married. I used to say that I wanted Jiang Qian to be my son-in-law, but I was just talking about it." , I really want to marry him, but I don't know how to get along with him. Sun Zhuyun? It doesn't seem to work, but I can't think of anything wrong, he speaks softly, and can still make me laugh."

Zhao Shiqi said softly: "Think hard, if you don't like it, no one will force you."

"En." Zhao Zongning's voice was a little limp.

Zhao Shiqi talked to her for a while before leaving.

After Zhao Shibing left the princess mansion, he immediately returned to his home, and Yin Mo had already taken out those books and handed them to him.

He took the books of Yi Yu's family that he took out of the palace from Ji Li's hand, compared with these books of Yang Yuan, they were exactly the same.Zhao Shiqi asked Ji Li to go to the backyard to watch the koi. Ji Li, who liked these, nodded and left happily.

Yin Mo leaned forward, looked at the two books carefully, and said in surprise: "Look, sir, this one, and this one, are exactly the same!"

No, Zhao Shiqi sat down at the table and couldn't help frowning.

He knew that Yi Yu's thoughts were deep, but he never thought that Yi Yu's thoughts were so deep.

Yan Mo said again: "According to this, the person who bribed Yang Yuan was indeed this person? He was also the one who joined forces with Zheng Qiao to frame Du Yu, Du Xianggong and Lin Bai's master and apprentice?" Yin Mo was puzzled, " It's just that the servant girl doesn't understand, what is Yi Yu doing? Zheng Qiao framed Du Xianggong, and the servant girl can understand that only by pulling down the high-ranking ones can he rise to the position. What about Yi Yu, what is he doing?"

Although it is a bit ridiculous, the only answer Zhao Shiqi can think of is: "There are people in the court who are good at doing things."

Yan Mo opened his lips slightly, and after a while he sighed: "He paved the way for himself, it's really early."

Zhao Shiqi sneered: "According to his plan, with his skills, he might think that His Majesty wants to keep him in the capital. If there are people in the court, if he "makes progress" by himself, and then becomes the number one scholar, he might not be able to take the position? It's just He miscalculated, His Majesty sent him to Yangzhou."

"Lang Jun, no wonder he wants to go back to Kaifeng!"

Zhao Shiqi also nodded, before he felt that Yi Yu's return was a bit too coincidental.

Zheng Qiao's sentence was extremely fast, and the killing was also fast. Yi Yu came back just in time for the news to reach Yangzhou, and he rushed back again.It can be seen that Yi Yu came back in a hurry because he was afraid of being exposed, and wanted to finish it himself.

"Money can turn ghosts around, how many people can not be blinded by gold and silver? I wonder if there are still people in the court who were bought by Yi Yu with money?" Yan Mo asked.

"Looking at his behavior these days, he is obviously panicked. There are so many prime ministers in the court and vice presidents. The reason why he looks up to Zheng Qiao is nothing more than Zheng Qiao's greed. He wants to bribe the rest of them." ? Except for the prime minister, Yi Yu probably doesn't bother to bribe anyone. This person's purpose is very clear."

Yin Mo asked curiously: "Will he also bribe the money merchant?"

Zhao Shiqi sneered again: "He doesn't have that ability, the background behind Qian Shang is bigger than him."

Yin Mo nodded: "What should we do now? Do you want to inform His Majesty?"

Zhao Shiqi sighed, when he was in Huainan, he concealed Yang Yuan's account books and boxes.How would he tell Zhao Cong now?

That's why I said that lies always get wider and wider, even if he actually doesn't want to lie anymore.

Seeing his troubled face, Yan Mo asked again: "Mr. Lang, the princess really has a crush on Yi Yu?"

"What? Is there someone passing it on outside?"

"Originally, there was a good story between the princess and the champion, and many little songs like to sing it. Now there is this ready-made, and you know that the people in the city of Tokyo like to drink tea and talk about it all day long. It's us In the teahouse at home, there are people talking about these things every day."

Having said that, Zhao Shiqi thought of another thing.

Zhao Shiqi originally thought that Yi Yu would be happy to be a son-in-law, but now that he knows this, Yi Yu is so eager to climb up, he must be very afraid of becoming a son-in-law.Now everyone in the city is spreading wild rumors that he is going to be a son-in-law, but what will he do?

"You tell the people in our teahouse not to spread the news about the son-in-law, and spend some money not to let other teahouses and restaurants do it again."

"Huh?" Yin Mo was puzzled.

"Yesterday there was a lot of fanfare, but today there is no one to spread it. Does he panic?"

Yan Mo smiled: "I'm afraid I'm going to panic even more, Mr. Lang wants to force him?"

"In a few days, the boat of his house in the south capsizes, and the news of being looted will spread to Beijing. Let's see what he does."

"Yes."

Zhao Shiqi got up, and ordered a few books on the table: "Put them all away, it will be useful to keep them."

"Is your husband alright in the palace?"

"Okay, I'm just busy with His Majesty's birthday ceremony recently."

"There's news from Uncle Mu, the maidservant will go to the palace gate to see Mr. Lang."

"It's the critical time, I can't take care of it, you have to send someone to watch Yi Yu."

"Lang Jun, the servant girl thinks, maybe the money merchant can share the same smell as Yi Yu?"

What Yi Yu is looking for is only a high position in the court, but it's just some small thoughts, if he can't get things done, money merchants are different.But just as Yin Mo said, nothing is 100% impossible.

He nodded: "Just stare at it."

Yin Mo sent him out, Zhao Shiqi paused, and said: "Since you know what kind of character Yi Yu is, you can't keep this kind of person, this is a small county magistrate, who can demote a prime minister and kill another. He has enough money, if he can really reach the fourth or fifth rank in the future, what will he be like? After a few days, he will know about the family affairs, if he still misses his family and rushes to Yangzhou, he will be killed on the way he."

Yan Mo nodded: "The servant girl knows, if he really went. The servant girl followed him personally and killed him. Don't worry."

At this point, even though Zhao Shiqi knew the truth, he still didn't take Yi Yu seriously.In his opinion, no matter how capable Yi Yu is, it's just a mental skill, what use can it be?He advocates violence.

But many times, it is often a little thought on these subtleties that can reverse the momentum of the whole thing.