Loyalty Hou Tiansheng rebellious

On the third day of March, Chang'an approved a batch of lists for Jiangnan, and on the tenth day of March, the execution ground was executed.

Su Heng, a master of poetry and prose, personally wrote a call to action, detailing the top ten crimes committed by the aristocratic family in the Jiangnan officialdom.

There are not many Xu family members involved this time, but after all, all the big families are prosperous and all are prosperous, and all are harmed by each other. The Xu family has not seen any guests recently.

Not only Xu Xing, the censor who has been ill since the beginning of spring, but also Xu Xie, the right minister who used to have power in the government, all stayed behind closed doors.

Xu Xing's yard in Xu's mansion is always closed, and he has his own kitchen in his yard for the convenience of decocting medicine.People in his yard don't go out very often if there are no other things to do.

His body has been better for a long time, but it was because Xu Xing pretended to be seriously ill in order to reject his marriage with the third girl from the Zhang family of the Ministry of War.

Now that the wind is gathering and the clouds are scattered, he simply pretended to be sick to the end.

Taking a nap in the afternoon, leaning on the couch by the window and reading poems, it is indeed very comfortable.

The servant brought the medicinal soup for recuperation to his hand: "My lord."

Xu Xing didn't raise his head: "Leave it alone."

The boy lowered his voice and said, "My lord, there are people outside our yard."

Xu Xing put together his collection of poems and said with a serious expression, "Huh?"

"Not many." The boy picked up a few grasshoppers woven from bamboo leaves on the small case, and laid them out on the case, four on each side of the north and south, and two on each side of the east.

"Don't worry about it." Xu Xing opened the collection of poems again, "That's Xu Xie's person. He's going to turn his back on him. He's afraid that I'll find out, and I'll drink Zhiyun again, so he sent some people to look at it."

"But……"

"Talk to him?" Xu Xing said again, turned around, leaned on the couch and was about to fall asleep.

"My lord, I haven't taken the medicine yet."

"Don't drink anymore."

"Mr. Zhang said that if you want to be treated by the end of this year, you should start taking medicine now."

Xu Xing was startled, got up halfway, and asked, "Who told old doctor Zhang that I will be treated at the end of the year?"

"Chen Liting said it." The young man said, "I think it's the same. When the master's business is over, the young master should start to treat the illness. It's not an option to procrastinate like this."

Xu Xing flicked his sleeves, used his hands as pillows, and closed his eyes.

The boy sighed, and said, "Sir, you should drink the medicine? If you don't drink it, you will be cold."

Xu Xing sat up propping himself up with one hand, took the medicine bowl with the other, and drank it in small sips.

The medicine at this time is worse than any other medicine.

The young man took the empty medicine bowl and said: "I just took the medicine, my lord should read the book for a while before going to sleep."

"Don't read it, you clean it up."

Spring began in March, and the red and white trees in the yard were in full bloom. Xu Xing turned around and opened the small window on the couch. The east wind was blowing in, still carrying the fragrance of the branches and flowers.

The young man put the medicine bowl aside, and as soon as he bent down, he was ready to move all the small cases to the side.

Xu Xing said, "Don't touch anything else."

The other thing he said was the bamboo leaf grasshopper on the case.It was painted, but it has gradually withered.Some dark spots appeared on the bamboo leaves, and then gradually faded, showing a withered yellow color that is out of place in the spring.

At this time, he also saw that the life of this thing was not long, so Xu Xing picked one up casually, as if he held it in his hand to play with it many times.

Suddenly he coughed twice, and put the grasshopper back with his backhand.

"Hang it on a tree."

In order not to arouse the suspicion of others, Xu Xing always hid in his room by pretending that he was really seriously ill.This time I went out, it was just a stroll in the yard, and it was the first time in several months.

In the middle of March, the aristocratic sons and sons of Chang’an City all changed into thin spring shirts, with willow branches and apricot flowers embroidered on the skirts, and ran out of the city one after another, preparing to blow their heads with apricot blossoms and fold willows to send off the sunset.

Du Xu Xing was wearing a half-worn coat that covered the frost and dew, and he was fascinated by looking at a few fake grasshoppers in his yard.

After standing for too long, the servant urged him to go back.After returning, he lowered his head, pinched and rubbed his thumb and index finger, as if he had made up his mind: "Let Dr. Zhang come over tomorrow, and I'll ask him what he needs to pay attention to in order to treat the disease."

On the tenth day of March, Princess Changqing, who practiced on Mount Sanqing all the year round, brought Princess Ruoning back to the palace.

Princess Ruoning is only sixteen years old, and she is the biological sister of Prince Shun Li Yu.Their mother and concubine died early, and they grew up under the imperial concubine's knees. The imperial concubine was domineering, and their lives were not good.As a result, the relationship between siblings is also better.

Princess Ruoning used to practice on Mount Sanqing with her imperial sister, Princess Changqing, if it wasn't for meeting her elder brother, she would not have come down the mountain, let alone Princess Changqing personally brought her down the mountain.

The carriage from Mount Sanqing went straight into the palace, Princess Changqing dressed in plain clothes, and led her royal sister up the steps of the Yangju Palace.

After Fushen paid a visit to Li Yan, Princess Changqing turned to Princess Ruoning and said, "The affairs in the palace are not ready yet, and you can't sit still here, why don't you go and have a look."

Princess Ruoning answered yes, stepped back and went down.Chen Henyuan was waiting on the pen and ink, at this time he sent her out, and when he came back, he closed the inner door behind him.

After drinking another cup of tea, Li Yan called out: "Sister Huang."

Princess Changqing put down the teacup in her hand, smiled at him kindly, and replied again: "Huh?"

"Why do you suddenly want to come down the mountain?"

"Ruoning is only sixteen." Seeing the change in his face, Princess Changqing smiled again, and said, "But she grew up with a noble concubine, so it's not like she doesn't understand everything. You have to send someone to watch her, what kind of court lady?" The guards are not good either."

Li Yan would not agree to her, he just said again: "Sister Huang."

Princess Changqing deliberately asked him: "Is it true that the emperor's sister is thinking wrong? In fact, you never thought of taking care of her brother, Prince Shun?"

"no……"

"Okay, it's not a big deal, sister Huang will look after her for you, okay?"

At this time Li Yan turned to look at Chen Hen and asked what he meant.

Chen Hen murmured: "It is naturally more convenient for the princess to handle this matter. It's just that the situation will be unpredictable..."

"When I arrived in Jiuyuan, I just pretended to be sick and choked her. If her brother Li Yu wanted to take her to Fujian, he wouldn't let her go. It will be your business at that time. I'm careful Some, just play by ear."

Chen Hen bowed to her: "Princess, please think twice."

Princess Changqing also got up and returned a salute: "It's a matter of duty. I have already considered it. I'm afraid it will be more troublesome to send Li Yu back to Fujian. We only have Ruoning here, so we have to catch it." It is."

Here, indeed, there is only one line.

If it wasn't for Princess Ruoning, perhaps Li Yu would never have entered Chang'an at all, and would have established himself as king in central Fujian long ago.

"Let's settle this matter like this. I'll just be careful." Princess Changqing said to Chen Hen with a smile, "I still have something to say to Ah Yan, go down to Liting to rest first, okay?"

Chen Hen cupped his hands and went out.

As soon as the palace door was closed, Eunuch Gao, who was waiting outside, pointed to the outside for him to see.

Princess Ruoning hid behind the pillar, poked her head out, saw him looking over, and waved to him again.

Chen Hen nodded to Bandit Jian, who was also waiting under the eaves, and he said hello. He gathered up his clothes and walked towards Princess Ruoning: "Princess Ruoning."

Princess Ruoning smiled and blessed him, and said: "I still want to thank you."

"I dare not."

"He Xing said that I have to thank you for mentioning it to the emperor before I can go to the spring hunting, so—" Princess Ruoning greeted him again, "I still have to thank you."

Chen Hen returned the courtesy: "I don't dare to be a slave, it's just a little effort."

"Why are you always so alienated? In a few days, I will be able to see my brother often. A few days ago, my brother came to see me, and he was so happy." She talked for a while, and suddenly Patting his head, he remembered something, "A few days ago, elder brother He Xing came to see me, and He Xing asked me to bring you something as a thank you gift."

She touched her sleeve, and took out a small bundle of red string from the sleeve.

"Here, this." Princess Ruoning tilted her head and thought for a while, "It's quite strange for a man to give a man a red thread. But He Xing didn't seem to have thought of this. He said he saw it in Jiangnan. Are you people from Jiangnan? Don’t you all like to play with weaving rope? Can you play?”

Chen Hen replied: "I don't know how to play."

In fact, Chen Hen knows how to play, and he does it quite well.Weaving wormwood and bamboo leaves was taught by his mother when he was young.

It's just that he couldn't figure out what He Xing meant at this time, so Chen Hen didn't dare to accept this thing casually.

"You don't know how to play?" Princess Ruoning looked at him with probing eyes, and as soon as she raised her hand, she stuffed the bundle of red string into his hand, "Then you keep it, don't give it away, I can't do business with He Xing."

"slave……"

"Don't be a slave all day long, aren't you angry that Brother Huang treats you like this?"

Chen Hen lowered his eyes, and said coldly: "Princess be careful with your words."

After saying this, he saluted again and then left.

Not knowing what to do with the red rope stuffed into his hand, he held it in a daze for a while, and it happened that Eunuch Gao passed by at this time, and he stuffed it to him casually: "Eunuch Gao, please help me put it away."

"Li Ting, this old slave will keep this kind of thing for you..." Eunuch Gao quickly realized, "Oh, the emperor didn't give it to you."

Chen Hen took another look, and there was no difference between this rope and other ropes in Jiangnan: "It doesn't mean anything else, it's a common thing in Jiangnan."

"That was probably intended to test you, you just need to avoid it."

Chen Hen smiled helplessly, and responded again.

Could it be that He Xing regarded him as Xu Shu?Are you trying to buy him off?Then you are not afraid that he is in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han?

In the Yangju Palace, Princess Changqing and Li Yan talked about things alone, and they came out after a while.

Chen Hen brushed his robe, but still went in to serve him.

First tried the temperature of the tea on the test case, it was still warm, and thought about the time when the tea was added last time, before I went out to call for someone, I heard Li Yan say: "Don't bother, they will come later, don't go out gone."

Chen Hen studied ink before going back to the case: "Yes."

Li Yan mentioned it to him like gossip: "Emperor sister just said that after March, I want to resume your position as Marquis of Zhongyi."

"Actually, I don't care about slaves." Chen Hen put down the ink ingot in his hand, "Now I probably know about it. The noble title was abolished on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. One is that the emperor was angry at that time; I'm just planning for March, and I don't want to involve the slaves in it."

"Yeah." Li Yan sighed, "But I still have to pay you what I owe you, and it will be in August, okay?"

"it is good."

"Then how am I?"

Chen Hen smiled helplessly, and replied, "Okay."

Li Yan tugged at his sleeve again: "How about a bite?"

"Okay..." After three consecutive sentences, Chen Hen was almost tricked by him.