The First Traitor [Rebirth]

Spring is cold.Just a few days after the cold spring, there was a torrential rain in the capital.The rain came and went quickly, but it brought a little rain and dew to the people who were busy with spring plowing, which made people happy.

And not long after, the inside and outside of the capital became lively again.It is precisely because the annual Flower Festival is here, and on this "Hundred Flowers Birthday" day, the flower growers are the happiest, carrying their burdens and selling them along the street, and they sell out all the flowers they picked in a short while.

On the bustling Flower Street, I saw a young man wearing a simple colorful shirt passing through the bustling crowd. He was followed by a strong man, holding a sword in one hand and holding a three-four in the other. Years old, a round and fat child, looking around.

"Uncle, bamboo!" The child suddenly called out.

The man stopped and turned his head to look sideways, only to see potted bamboo plants among thousands of flowers.And there was almost no one in front of the vendor, which was in stark contrast to the excitement next to him.

"Bamboo is good bamboo, but it appears at an inappropriate time, so business is naturally not good." The man subconsciously stroked the beard on his upper lip.

But the child didn't hear this, but ran up to him and said, "Mother likes bamboo, shall we buy bamboo for mother?"

Hearing this, the man showed a strange expression, he couldn't laugh or cry: "It's me who likes bamboo, not your mother."

"But mother planted and took care of the bamboo in her yard!" the child said seriously.

The man was so choked that he didn't know how to refute, but the man next to him said neither humble nor overbearing: "It seems inappropriate for the young master to go to see the princess empty-handed these days."

The man smiled and said, "Mai Ran, I didn't expect you to be enlightened too? All right, let's buy a bamboo and give it to the princess!"

Hearing this, the child broke free from the man's hand, went to the bamboo vendor, and asked, "Grandpa, I want bamboo!"

The old street vendor saw that he was cute and cute, so he chatted with him for a while, and he turned to the man and said, "Uncle, let's buy more! It's only twenty cents a plant!"

"Old man, delivery?" the man asked.

The old vendor thought for a while: "If you buy them all, you can deliver them to your house."

"He's pretty good at doing business, okay, then you can send it to Yuanfu!" The man said and gave the silver taels, and then broke another bamboo, enjoying the dozen or so bamboo leaves on it.

The old vendor was a little confused: "Yuanfu?"

"Yuan Shangshu's residence." The man explained again.

The old street vendor was startled when he heard the words, and looked at the two big ones and one small one in front of him again, his heart was slightly shocked: "Got it!"

The man looked down at the child: "Is this satisfactory?"

"Thank you uncle." The child happily thanked the man.

"Let's go, your mother and the others probably have to wait." The man said and walked away.The man behind him led the child and followed step by step.

The old street vendor came to his senses, thinking that he had only sold two bamboo plants after he came to the city from the village for half a day. He expected that the business would be bad and he would go back home, but he didn't expect that someone would kill him all at once. All the bamboos are sold out.And this person can know from their conversation that the young man with a little beard must be Yuan Shangshu's second son Yuan Jing and grandson Yuan Xu!

To many people, who Yuan Jing and Yuan Xu are, they don't know very well, but Yuan Ye is a celebrity in front of the emperor, which is known all over the world.

In the past year, the princes and lords have calmed down, and there have been no major disputes, but Yuan Ye has become more and more powerful.When the emperor was too ill to go to court, he handled the memorial and reported it to the emperor.

And Yuan Ye has only one son left now, although he is the Shaoqing of the Fifth Grade Shangbao Division, but that is also an important position in charge of jade seals, seals, etc. If a hundred officials want to successfully complete their official duties, they must ask her to help affix the seal.

For example, last year the Ministry of Industry wanted to repair the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, but Yuan refused to stamp it for a long time, so they were unable to start work for a day.In the end, it was Zhao Wang who came forward to make Yuan Jing seal this chapter.

"So young, what a pity..." the old vendor muttered to himself.

"There are a lot of bamboos in the house, why did you buy all his bamboos?" Yuan Jing asked.

"I chatted with him and learned that he is not actually a bamboo seller." Yuan Xu replied honestly.

"Oh?"

"His bamboo is freshly cut, but he obviously doesn't know how to plant bamboo. If he delays for another day, those bamboos will wither. It can be seen that he doesn't know how to take care of bamboo. And his hands have wounds, which is enough to prove that he I was injured when cutting bamboo. How can a person who grows bamboo all year round be so easily injured by bamboo? Besides, when I was close to him, he smelled medicine, and if he had been drinking medicine or taking medicine all year round, he would be injured. If there is contact, it will not leave such a smell. In the end, I saw that although he was old, he was asymptomatic. It was obviously not that he was sick, but that someone around him was sick and needed him to take care of him all the year round.”

Mai Ran was slightly surprised, but Yuan actually looked at him meaningfully: "Why don't you guess that he is a doctor?"

"Will the doctor come out to sell bamboo on this kind of day?" Yuan Xu asked, and then explained, "The clothes on his body are very old, and his nails have dirt that cannot be washed off, and the clay pots he uses are very rough. So I I thought, he should be a pottery craftsman, but he is old and no one can hire him. But he is in urgent need of money to buy medicine, so he can only take advantage of this day to cut some new bamboos in the bamboo forest and sell them.”

"You are smart." Yuan actually smiled.

"Grandpa said, Dad was so smart when he was a child!" Yuan Xu secretly glanced at Yuan Jing.

The original did not speak.Yuan Li was really smart when he was a child, he has always been smart, but no matter how smart he is, there are times when he sees the wrong person, takes the wrong path, or makes the wrong choice.It turned out that it was after living a whole life that his eyes were opened and his head was enlightened, but Yuan Li did not have such a chance.

Just as they were talking, the three of them arrived at the lake.On the shore of the lake, there are painting boats parked scatteredly, and bursts of joyful laughter are coming from the painting boats.

Yuan Xu looked around for a while, then suddenly ran to a two-story painting boat, and called out: "Mother!"

The boatman on the shore quickly hugged Yuan Xu onto the boat to prevent him from falling into the water.But Chuuyu came out from the painting boat and saw him shouting: "Young Master."

Yuan Xu greeted her, and got into the boat after finishing.

There is a round table in the huge painting boat, covered with a red silk tablecloth, and a figure in a lavender skirt and beige is sitting on the east side, shaking a fan in his hand, with a graceful and indifferent posture.Sitting opposite her was an equally elegant but quite gentle woman in a pink dress.

"Mother." Yuan Xu bowed to the woman in purple, and then to the woman in pink, "Second Aunt."

"Xu'er, come here." Nan Lian put down her fan and waved to him.

Yuan Xu ran to her side, saw her take out a sweat towel to wipe his face, and asked himself, "Why did you get your face dirty?"

He was overjoyed and replied, "I was walking along with my uncle, and we met an old man selling bamboo..."

When he was excitedly talking about what he had seen and heard along the way, Yuan had already walked into the boat, Luo Qijiao slightly nodded at her, while Nan Lian didn't look at her, but listened carefully to Yuan Xu's words.

Seeing that he was left to dry, Yuan cleared his throat in dissatisfaction, and put a few folded bamboo cranes on the table: "A gift from your son."

These words were extremely ironic to Nan Lian and Luo Qijiao, Nan Lian gave her a gouged look, while Yuan Xu looked at the folded bamboo crane, and then looked at Yuan Jing in confusion.Seeing everyone staring at her, she finally felt better, and sat down on her own: "Thirsty."

"The tea is right in front of you." Nan Lian said.

Yuan curled her lips, and poured tea by herself, the beard moved when she curled her lips, which was a little funny.She wanted to tear it off, but seeing Yuan Xu was there, she had to touch it and tighten it.

"Boater, start the boat." Hua Rui called out, and the boatman hurriedly sailed the boat away from the lake shore and headed for the center of the lake.

"It coincides with the Flower Festival on the [-]th day, when you are resting and bathing, otherwise how can you see the spring scenery!" Yuan Jing looked at the spring scenery of the lake outside the painting boat and sighed.

"Such good days may not be many." Nan Lian already pointed out.

Luo Qijiao listened to their conversation, although she didn't quite understand, she thought of some secrets that Princess Luohua had told her.

Two months ago, the Royal Party of Liang asked for the appointment of a crown prince, and the emperor was ill for a long time, so many things could only be conveyed through memorials.However, the emperor did not review the memorial, and turned a deaf ear to those who asked for the appointment of a prince.

After a long time, someone became anxious.During the winter solstice, the empress entertains the honored wives and wives in the harem, and Concubine Liang is among them.Because of drinking a lot, he speaks rudely.The queen didn't blame her, but ordered someone to put her on the couch.

When the banquet was over and the crowd dispersed, when the Queen returned to the palace and planned to have Princess Liang sent back, Princess Liang was not willing to go back.She hugged the queen, and asked the queen to speak well for King Liang in front of the emperor, and to make King Liang the crown prince.

The queen thought she was drunk and didn't blame her, but Princess Liang would not give up.Half encouraging and half intimidating: "Your Majesty, you can treat the King of Liang as your own son. When the Prince ascends the throne in the future, Your Majesty will be the Empress Dowager."

The queen became angrier when she heard this, and she reprimanded Princess Liang: "You are cursing the emperor?!"

Concubine Liang continued to play drunk, occupied the bed and refused to leave, and said: "Sooner or later this will be mine."

The queen was very angry, and others hurriedly invited the king of Liang.When King Liang heard what Princess Liang had done, he quickly confessed to the queen.It's just that the queen knew that if King Liang had such ambitions and gave Princess Liang so much hope, how could she have spoken the truth when she was drunk? !

The King of Liang kowtowed and bled to get the queen's forgiveness. When the emperor heard about it, he jumped up from his bed in anger, and almost made an order to abolish King Liang: He dared to threaten the queen before he was dead. Yet? !

Fortunately, the queen comforted him so that he would not be killed.It's just that Concubine Liang was almost abolished, and it didn't sound good to hear about it, so there was no reason to abolish Concubine Liang, so the emperor only let King Liang put her in confinement.

Whether this matter is big or small.The emperor has strictly ordered rumors to be spread, but some people still know about it, but the emperor does not want the matter to become a big deal, and Yuan Ye also knows how to figure out the holy will, so those rumors of impeachment of King Liang will not be heard by the emperor.

Liang Wangdang breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor didn't want to make this matter a big deal, so it meant that the emperor still intended to let Liang Wang be the prince!

Only a few people, including Princess Luohua who was beside the queen, knew that although the queen forgave Concubine Liang, she still hated her very much in her heart, and she was not even willing to let King Liang pay her respects.When Princess Luohua went to see the emperor, she consciously or unintentionally expressed the attitude of the empress. When the emperor heard the word "Liang Wang", his face turned pale.

"Why didn't the emperor let King Liang divorce Princess Liang?" Luo Qijiao was a little puzzled. If the emperor really liked King Liang, then Princess Liang would become one of his stains.If there is such a stain, the official will impeach him in the future, and his crown prince may not be guaranteed.

"The most impeachable ones are Prince Qi's brothers and party. Naturally, they will not miss this opportunity. It's just..." Princess Luohua revealed a secret smile.

"But what?" Luo Qijiao asked.

"Guess, Xiaojiao!"

Luo Qijiao thought for a while, then shook her head: "Forget it, we don't want to guess randomly when it comes to the secrets of the royal family." Princess Luohua is a princess, and she walks in front of the emperor and queen, so she naturally knows more than others.Things that can be known to her may not necessarily be known to outsiders like them, otherwise it will be a dead end.

Actually Luo Qijiao could get some clues from Nan Lian and Yuan Jing even if Princess Luo Hua didn't say anything.Combined, she found that the matter said that the emperor favored King Liang, rather, the emperor was just watching them fight.The so-called "snipe and clam fight, the fisherman wins", only if the king of Qi and the king of Liang fight, the remaining person can safely and smoothly inherit the throne of the emperor.

Luo Qijiao was taken aback by her own thoughts, and looking at the situation in the court, Qi Wang seemed to be fighting with Liang Wang.I used to think about dealing with Liang Wang and Zhao Wang, but in the past year, I only targeted Liang Wang; Liang Wang was attacked, and naturally he was not far behind, and he also fought openly and secretly with Qi Wang.

The two people who were fighting fiercely didn't know that the emperor had been disappointed with them after the various actions more than a year ago.Originally, he still had some expectations for King Liang, but something like this happened two months ago, and he completely stopped thinking about choosing King Liang, and instead reused Yuan Ye who supported King Zhao.

But Yuan Ye was very favored before, so many people didn't think about it.