The First Traitor [Rebirth]

Zhang Songwei hurried back to the mansion, changed his previous attitude of not wanting to see Zhang Jinhou's appearance, and went to look for Zhang Jinhou.The latter was half lying on the chair at this time and was being carried by the servants to tour the back garden of his home. His eyes rolled around, and after seeing Zhang Songwei from a distance, he babbled and babbled.

"Hou'er, I just want to ask you one thing. Have you ever mortgaged the land your grandfather gave you to Yuan Jing?" Zhang Songwei seemed a little uneasy.

Zhang Jinhou tried hard to make some voices to affirm Zhang Songwei's words, but in the end it was all in vain.But from his reaction, Zhang Songwei got the exact answer.

Zhang Songwei felt angry, so angry that his expression was distorted. He looked up to the sky and roared: "It turns out that I want to tear you into pieces!" He lowered his head, hugged Zhang Jinhou, tears streaming down his face, "Hou Son, father will avenge you. Now his Yuan family has committed too many crimes, the youngest daughter has been taken away, and the eldest son is dead. There is only one Yuan Jing left! Yuan Jing will go down to accompany Yuan Li in a short time. Make them all feel sorry for causing you to be like this!"

"Ahhh——" Zhang Jinhou was obviously very excited, and he was about to suffocate to death before he could tell that this was all caused by Yuan Jing.

"However, father will not let you become such the Qian family and Feng family. Feng Ying thinks that I can't see that he is being impeached by the censor now, and he wants to ask me for help because of the imminent disaster. Tell me the truth, and hope that I can help them get rid of the truth. How can father let him use it for nothing? So father proposed to let his granddaughter marry you as his wife. Only when our two families get married can father believe him There is a little sincerity, isn't it?"

Zhang Jinhou's eyes darkened, what's the use of having more wives now?Maybe Zhang Songwei still had some illusions about him, or maybe he wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate the Feng family.However, Zhang Songwei also knew that their Zhang family was going to have no heirs, so he prepared to adopt a child from a side branch to him, so as to continue the incense of the Zhang family.

"Yuan Ye and I have been separated into different camps since we became officials in the court, and have been fighting for decades. The irony is that now he is with the prince, and I am with the king of Qi. Our Zhang family will have no descendants, and I will not let them The Yuan family is better off, I want to get rid of Yuan Jing... No, before getting rid of Yuan Jing, I want Yuan Jing to have a taste of the past!"

With the emperor's pressure, Yuan actually had to run more frequently to Luo's mansion.Luo Lao Hanlin's attitude was still ambiguous, Yuan actually knew that his conditions had never changed.

Marry Luo Qijiao?She never thought about it.As a cover, Pingyao and the current Gong Liang are enough, she doesn't need to marry someone who is not in her plan to come back and interfere with her arrangement.

At the same time, the news of the marriage between the Feng family and the Zhang family spread like wildfire, and everyone was astonished. How did these two rivals, who were at odds with each other, become in-laws?Moreover, by marrying Feng Ying's granddaughter, Zhang Jinhou is trying to harm his own granddaughter!

Everyone didn't know what kind of collusion was behind them, but they felt sorry for Feng Ying's granddaughter who was going to be a widow at a young age.Perhaps in the future, if the relationship between the two families deteriorates again, she will undoubtedly be the first to be the victim.

When Luo Qilang heard the news, and also heard that his grandfather intends to betroth Luo Qijiao to Yuan Jing, he couldn't help feeling worried, and said to Old Luo Hanlin: "Grandfather, grandson hopes that Xiaojiao can marry a simple family. What's the matter? As an older brother, I can still take care of one or two. But the Yuan family..."

"Xu Xiaomen, Xiaojiao, it's unlikely that Xiaojiao will be bullied, but what if I'm not here? You are the Secretary of the Imperial College, what ability do you have to protect Xiaojiao?"

Luo Lao Hanlin has lived for more than 60 years, and he has never seen anything.He is too clear that everything Luo family has now is not only the reputation accumulated by his ancestors, but also depends on his group of students in the court.But if he is gone, this group of students will still respect him, but they may not treat his descendants kindly.

Luo Qilang is just a Si Ye, and he has no ambitions since he was a child, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed in Si Ye for two years without changing.If his father was still there, he could have let go, but his father was no longer there, and Luo Qilang was too young, it was really hard to find a way out without someone behind him to help.

Even if he can be the Imperial Academy in the future, he has no ambition and no power, and even if Luo Qijiao marries a small family, he will still be bullied.Luo Qijiao has a gentle temper, Luo Lao Hanlin knows very well that if she is being bullied, she will never let Luo Qilang know, how can Luo Qilang stand up for her?

After all these years of working under his nose, coupled with her previous reputation, Old Luo Hanlin knew that she might not be a good match for Luo Qijiao, but she would definitely treat Luo Qijiao kindly.

He had already made it clear to Yuan Ye, but Yuan Ye seemed a little hesitant, not to say that he was not moved, but because there was something unspeakable that made him forcefully dismiss the idea.He couldn't see the original attitude. According to the observation, she didn't seem to pay attention to the intention of his arrangement at all, maybe she noticed it, but she didn't intend it.

Luo Qilang was overwhelmed by Luo Lao Hanlin's questions, obviously he was also aware of these problems, so when facing Yuan Jing, he had to look at her with more complicated emotions than before.

"Qi Lang, but there's something on Ah Jing's face, otherwise why would you keep staring at her?" Pei Jijiu from the Imperial College was discussing with Yuan Jing and the others when he saw Luo Qilang's absent-minded appearance, and joked about it.

Yuan actually glanced at Luo Qilang, and didn't think much about it, but Luo Qilang smiled awkwardly.Recently, his behavior has been disrespectful, and his classmates and friends even laughed at whether he had broken sleeves, so he has not yet married.And the object of this broken sleeve naturally refers to Yuan Jing.

Luo Qilang was helpless, if he didn't want to end up with the reputation of breaking his sleeve, he could only use the excuse of his wife's restraint.And even though he was rude, he never showed any interest in men, so everyone just took it as a joke.

Now they are discussing such important matters as Zhongyue Exam, a freshman who is about to graduate, and he was distracted when he was actually listening carefully, it really shames him.Pei Jijiu smiled and said: "It's getting late, we'll discuss the rest tomorrow, let's all go back!"

After Yuan Jing and Luo Qilang left together, Luo Qilang and Yuan Jing discussed the matter discussed just now.Because Yuan came to Guozijian for a short time, and the time he became an official was also short, many things can only be known a little bit through Yuan Ye's narration.And Luo Qilang has been here for more than two years, so he is more aware of the affairs of the Imperial College.

The students of Guozijian take exams every year, and there is also a quiz every month.In order to allow the willful students who are not studying to adapt to official life better and faster, they will also be arranged to carry out "calendar events" to improve their ability to handle affairs.

In previous years, Si Ye was responsible for arranging them to go to various ministries and divisions to carry out some detailed and complicated work. Some students would be assigned to other places, and some would be assigned to the Six Ministries and other places where people would want to go if they were squeezed out. "Calendar" lasts for three months, and will be assessed by the yamen in which the event is performed, and those with excellent reviews will naturally have a much better future.

And this year, when the emperor promoted his own calligraphy, the ability of calligraphy was also required.The students who are eligible for "Calendar" need to be evaluated by the doctors of preaching and teaching in various academic disciplines, and then submit the roster to the secretary.

Those who come and go to Jijiu are mostly responsible for the internal affairs of the Guozijian, and they are not very clear about the quality of the students, so the roster set by Si Ye is basically the final roster.Therefore, Yuan Jing and Luo Qilang became the decision makers when it comes to important matters concerning the future of students.

Yuan and Luo Qilang have already selected from the roster presented the senior students with excellent conduct and knowledge, and the next thing they need to discuss is how to distribute them.

According to regulations, the order of distribution should be based on their merits. Although they are all superior, there are also superiors and inferiors among the superiors.But in recent years, the system has been relaxed, and the distribution is mostly determined according to human feelings.

Many of these apprentices were students from various places who came in after failing the imperial examinations, and there were also students from official families who were recruited by shadows.The children of the official family naturally hope to go to some yamen where they can have access to power and handle government affairs, but in this way, the children of the poor family will be dissatisfied.

vice versa.This is also a job that challenges the ability to deal with situations. Pei Jijiu threw this matter to the two of them. He is about to become an official, and he can still get a good reputation.

The two discussed things all the way and walked back to the same direction of the two families. Before parting, Luo Qilang asked: "I have a question, I don't know if I should ask it or not?"

"Why should Luo Siye be polite? You can ask, but the answer is up to me."

"Are you interested in my sister-in-law?" Luo Qilang asked this question quite straightforwardly, and he was also very embarrassed to ask himself, because he was afraid that Yuan would say that she had no intentions in Luo Qijiao, which would make both of them lose face.

Yuan was surprised, then smiled, and didn't answer, but asked instead: "Luo Siye's care and love for your younger sister is just like Yuan's care and love for his younger sister, so I always let her make the decisions in life. So Yuan wants to know, has Luo Siye asked Ling Mei if she is interested in Yuan?"

On the point of loving their sister, both of them coincided with each other.Luo Qilang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Yuan Jing's rhetorical question. He would naturally ask Luo Qijiao, but if Luo Qijiao said that she was interested in Yuan Jing, then what should I do?

Yuan Ye returned to the mansion, and rarely went to Yuan Jing to discuss political affairs.He hoped that he could repair the relationship with Yuan Jing, and their father and daughter could return to the past.And it just so happened that the Feng family and the Zhang family were so active recently, and the people in the court were agitated, not to mention how the memorials presented were all about reducing Feng Ying's crimes.

On Feng Ying's side, Jiang Guang was carrying many evidences and memorials for impeachment for him, and the Ministry of Household Affairs was in charge of the Land Taxation Department of Linjin Mansion to help hide the actual amount of the Feng family's land.The censor took the post of censor and went to Linjin Mansion to inspect, and all the top and bottom were united, which made it difficult for him to move a single step in Linjin Mansion.

The prince approached Yuan Ye, hoping that he would let Feng Ying go, after all, they might all be his right-hand men in the future.However, Yuan Ye was very aware of the emperor's determination to eliminate Feng Ying, and he could not ignore the emperor's will just because of the prince's promise.

On the one hand, he wanted to appease the prince, and at the same time, he wanted to share the worries of the emperor.But Old Luo Hanlin is someone who can effectively solve this matter, and he couldn't persuade him after several rounds of lobbying, so he had no choice but to consider Luo Old Hanlin's proposal.He didn't intend to betray Yuan Jing's lifelong event to achieve results, so he wanted to see Yuan Jing's plan.

It turned out that Yuan Ye knew about Luo Hanlin's conditions, so she asked, "Why didn't dad tell me about this at the beginning?"

"Because Dad doesn't intend to consider his request, and also believes that as long as he has the heart to return to the court, there will always be a way to persuade him." Yuan Ye did not intend to hide the truth on this point. After Hanlin's condition, he put it aside without thinking about it.

"But I can't convince you now, can I?" Yuan Jing said with a light smile.

Yuan Ye frowned, and sighed: "If he doesn't come back to the court, he won't come back. What happens to the Feng family has nothing to do with father!" On the emperor's side, he can only adapt to the situation.

What happened to the Feng family didn't have much influence on the Yuan family, but to Yuan Jing, it had a great influence.She was the target that the Feng family had sworn to eradicate. If the Feng family did not die this time, then she would be the one who died!Yuan Ye didn't know many things, but she knew that Luo Lao Hanlin's request was a double-edged sword for her.

Yuan, who had never considered agreeing to Luo Hanlin's proposal, was also slightly shaken at this time.

After being silent for a long time, Yuan suddenly laughed lightly.Yuan Ye looked at her inexplicably, and she said: "That's good too, so that I won't have to think about how to steal a dragon to become a phoenix in order to conceal my life experience. Since this is the best way, then I'll think about it."

"Although father can't cover the sky with one hand in court, he still has the ability to protect you comprehensively. You don't have to do this."

"I believe what father said about protecting me and being comprehensive, but it is nothing more than keeping me away from court. But this is not what I want, I will not give up halfway, and I will not easily give up everything I have achieved today through hard work."

Yuan Yuan's ambition and determination, even her ability to sacrifice her own happiness cruelly, she has already surpassed him.He can't protect her, and he has nothing to teach her...

"Heck heh..."

Xiao Xueli's laughter appeared within Yuan Jing's sight and hearing after a long absence.

When she came out of Yuan Ye's study, it was time to eat, and the Yuan family hadn't sat down to eat together for a long time, so the dinner prepared for her by the mansion had to go back to Jingxinyuan to eat.

She also thought that there might be some things that Nan Lian should know, so she changed her way to Xiuweiyuan.As soon as they entered, they saw Nan Lian, Gong Liang and Xiao Xueli playing on the edge of the newly erected swing in Xiuwei Garden.

Gong Liang's head was still wrapped in white gauze, while Xiaoxueli sat on the swing and was supported and rocked gently, making her forget the pain and laugh happily.

"Second Young Master." Gong Liang subconsciously called out when he saw Yuan Jing.

Xiaoxueli also saw her, and shook her hands at her, and was about to fall off the swing when she swayed, but fortunately, Yuan Jing quickly ran over to catch her.After placing her on the swing, she "giggled" at Yuan Jing again.

"You little guy, when your scar is healed, you forget the pain, so you're not afraid of falling?" Yuan Jing scolded with a smile.

Xiao Xueli couldn't understand, so she pulled the wooden handrail on the swing and looked at her.Yuan actually turned his gaze to Nan Lian, the latter was sitting on the stone stool gracefully and dignifiedly, when he saw her, there seemed to be a smile in the corner of his eyes, but he didn't move to welcome her.

"Is there any food?" Yuan Jing turned to ask Gong Liang.

"I haven't eaten yet. I wanted to see Xueli, so the Princess asked me to come..." Gong Liang replied.Since Xiaoxueli was taken over by Nan Lian to take care of her, except for Xiaoxueli who would be carried back to feed her when she was hungry, the rest of the time was spent sleeping and playing in the Xiuwei Garden.

However, after being taken care of by Nan Lian, Xiaoxueli's injury healed quickly, and she was very energetic.Sometimes their closeness makes Gong Liang think that they are mother and daughter, and she is just a nanny.

Yuan actually asked Gong Liang to carry Xiaoxue back to nurse, and let Hua Rui look after her from the side, lest Yuan Lu would come out of nowhere and hurt others.

"Why doesn't Jing'er go back to eat?" Nan Lian asked knowingly.

Yuan actually sat on the swing and said: "I heard that the food here is better, so I came here to eat."

"They're all vegetarian dishes, they're the same everywhere."

"With you here, the taste will be different, won't it?"

Nan Lian walked behind her, helped her gently push the swing, and said with a smile, "Jing'er's mouth is so sweet today, but if there's anything you can't tell me directly?"

"Could it be that in the eyes of the princess, I have to have something wrong with you to say sweet words of love?" Yuan Jing asked.

"Because I know you too well." Nan Lian said.

Yuan was dangling his feet on the swing, upon hearing this, he turned sideways and grabbed Nan Lian's hand, forcing the swing to stop.With both arms crossing Nan Lian's waist to embrace the Lord, the distance between the lips suddenly approached.

"Really?" Yuan actually breathed out, and licked his dry lips again.The tip of her tongue brushed Nan Lian's lips inadvertently, making Nan Lian's body tremble slightly.

The afterglow of the setting sun came from Nan Lian's back, illuminating Nan Lian's ears bright red.She distanced herself from Yuan Jing, cast a reproachful look at her, and said, "Let's eat first!"

While eating, Yuan suddenly mentioned political affairs: "I'm afraid the Feng family and the Zhang family are getting married, and it may be because of me."

Although Nan Lian had never interfered in the court affairs, she knew about the affairs of the court.

The impeachment of the Feng family was obviously done by her emperor's uncle, and because Yuan was almost forced to resign last time, in the eyes of outsiders, she must also bear hatred for the prince's party headed by the Feng family.Therefore, they believed that the impeachment of the Feng family had something to do with Yuan Jing, and the emperor was just bewitched by Yuan Jing's slander.

The prince had guessed that Feng Ying was suspected by the emperor, but he didn't want to lose such a big help, so he pretended to be confused.If the emperor keeps fighting the Feng family, he can also clear up the relationship with the Feng family. If the emperor can't fight the Feng family, he can continue to let the Feng family be his arm in the future.

As the reason why the emperor pushed her to be a target, she often went to Luo's mansion in private recently, and she didn't attract attention at first, but after a lot of times, people with a heart guessed something.All along, behind the party struggles are huge family forces. With the officials headed by the Feng family, naturally there cannot be no leaders on the other side.

The Feng family had to seize the time to recruit people who did not deal with Yuan Jing to deal with Yuan Jing before Yuan Jing thought of a way to eradicate the Feng family.The Feng family did not target the Yuan family, but only Yuan Jing, probably because what Yuan Jing did was already known to the Feng family, Zhang Songwei naturally knew about the marriage between the Zhang family and the Feng family.

After thinking about it, there may be only one thing that can make the two families unite to deal with Yuan Jing——Yuan Jing tricked Qian Ning and Feng Qiaozhou to beat Zhang Jinhou to a cripple.To the Zhang family, this is like killing a son or an heir, and it is impossible for them to let Yuan Jing go.

King Liang and King Zhao withdrew their edge in this situation, so let's not talk about their attitudes for the time being.Many people can see King Qi's attitude of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and he doesn't mind Zhang Songwei's marriage with the Feng family.

The only one who can save Yuan Jing is herself.

Nan Lian guessed that what she wanted to talk to her was about the Luo family.

"The emperor wants Mr. Luo to return to court. Mr. Luo's condition... Let me marry Luo Qijiao." Yuan actually stared at Nan Lian, the chopsticks in the latter's hand were loose and almost fell on the table, she reacted steadily grabbed the chopsticks.

Nan Lian's subtle movements still betrayed her mood at the moment, Yuan Jing said in her heart: It really will be like this.

Nan Lian understands Yuan Jing's situation, although this is not the only suitable way out, but it is the only way out of the way Yuan Jing wants to go.

She, the emperor, and Yuan Ye all have the ability to protect Yuan Jing comprehensively, but they only protect her comprehensively.In addition, she had to stay away from the court, stay away from disputes, live in anonymity, and had nothing else to do except reciting poems and making love all day long.

They can give Yuan Jing a day like this, but this is not what Yuan Jing wants.

She is very clear about the firm determination of the road she was going to take, and she is ready to accompany her through fire and water, to the underworld together, so in their hearts, there is no option to retreat.That being the case, then she has to face and accept the future of marrying another person.

Since she made up her mind to marry Yuan Li in order to come to Yuan Jing's side, she has already put her status aside.In her heart, she and Yuan are the only ones for each other, and they can already fulfill her little wish.

Whoever she wants to marry, she can tell herself that there are gains and losses, and she can let herself adapt.But why is that person Luo Qijiao? !

Yuan actually gave Nan Lian a spoonful of tofu, put it in her bowl, and said, "Your emperor's uncle also hopes that I can be his son-in-law. Tell me, if I marry Luo Qijiao, will Princess Luohua not care?" Will you kill me? If I marry Princess Luohua, she must also want to kill me, right?"

"You still want to marry Luo Hua?" Nan Lian recovered and glanced at her.Most of the loss and sadness in her heart were dissipated because of her lack of serious words.

"I don't want to marry anyone. In this life, there will only be you." Yuan Jing said again.

Nan Lian laughed and said, "But you can't stop the peach blossoms they want to send you."

"Goujian has been trying hard for 20 years. I am still young, so I can bear it for a while. What else can I not do?" When Yuan Jing faced Nan Lian, he was not as cold as Yuan Ye when he faced Nan Lian.Although doing so may cause the Feng family to still be able to control the prince and the future court, it also adds many unknown dangers to her road of revenge.But as long as she still has one life, why would it be so difficult to take revenge for decades?

It's just that the court is turbulent and unpredictable, and no one can predict what will happen.Even until she died, she still failed to eradicate King Qi as she wished, and climbed to the pinnacle of power!

No one talked about this topic again, and after finishing their meal, the two of them walked casually in the Xiuwei Garden.Gong Liang also carried Xiao Xueli back, seeing the two people who were close, although he had heard about their relationship for a long time, but seeing is believing for the first time.

"Just now I saw sister Pingyao enjoying the cool air in the painting boat..." Gong Liang chatted with them about Pingyao.Now another courtyard has been set up in Pingyao, and there are still many servants taking care of it carefully, which is much better than her treatment.She couldn't help thinking that maybe this was the difference between how Yuan actually treated a woman who was pregnant with her own flesh and blood, and the mother of a child who had passed her name!

The corner of Yuan Jing's mouth curled into an imperceptible sneer, and under Yuan Ye's care, Pingyao lived more and more like a housewife.The Yuan Lu family is not in the mood to take care of the Yuan family's affairs. Although Nan Lian is the wife of the eldest son, she has never taken care of the Yuan family's internal affairs.Yuan Jing is the only "son" of the Yuan family, and with Yuan Jing's "flesh and blood" in his heart, Pingyao's status naturally skyrockets.

Under such circumstances, Pingyao can get closer and closer to the power center of the Yuan family, and can grasp more information.Although she knew that King Qi was the one she wanted to take revenge on, but if she wanted to take revenge on King Qi and gain the qualifications to fight against him, she had to show that she had surrendered first.When necessary, she can trade some things from the Yuan family with Qi Wang according to the situation, without causing the Yuan family to suffer misfortune.

She knew her wishful thinking, Nan Lian naturally knew it, and Ping Yao knew their abilities even more.Therefore, she has no way out, and can only consolidate her position as much as possible when she has a bargaining chip.

"Are you reluctant to part with her, so..." Nan Lian asked while grabbing Yuan Jing.

"Princess, you know more things than me, and you came back earlier than me, why didn't you get rid of her back then?" Yuan Jing asked back.

"I didn't think you would come back at the time, so what I thought was, I can't just let her die like this..." Nan Lian smiled slightly.Only she knows what kind of mood is buried under her smile, no, maybe Yuan actually knows now.It's just that what she knew was far less than what she thought.

Nan Lian hated Pingyao even more than Yuan Jing, but she would not easily take their lives including Pingyao, she wanted to give them hope, and then crush them one by one when they were happy about it, so that Their hopes were dashed.

But Yuan Jing's rebirth was beyond her expectation, which forced her to change her plan.

"Are you reluctant?" Nan Lian asked.

The author has something to say:

Why is Pingyao still alive?The princess has already given the answer, haha!