Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

"In the final analysis, Jinxianglou is a romantic place where the nobles deal with. Even if the master behind it has some means, if he can no longer get some information from the people in Jinxianglou to weigh the pros and cons of all parties, it probably can't exist like this. For a long time. So at first, I didn't have much doubt about my mother's approach."

"Until one morning, I woke up in a daze and felt unwell. Girls like us usually only get up in the afternoon or even in the evening, and there is nothing to do in the morning. I have a higher status in the building, and the girls who used to serve me dare not neglect , but I will also be lazy in the morning."

"I couldn't find my girl, so I was going to look for Yun'er. She is very likely to become the next head of Jinxiang Building. Others think that we often fight each other, and the relationship must be bad, but in fact, she and I are very good sisters. I was at that time Feeling unwell all over, I just thought of looking for her, "

"Unexpectedly, there was a man talking in her room. I thought it was because her guest hadn't left, and I didn't dare to go in to disturb her. I also thought that it was already this time, and the guest shouldn't stay for too long. I was tired and didn't want to move anymore. , simply hid aside and waited for the guests to leave."

"In the end, there was my mother's voice coming from inside. I heard my mother's name, and I knew that the man was Qu Xiangfeng, the grandson of Nan'an County King. He didn't come to Jinxiang Building through the door, but through the tunnel. The tunnel does not directly lead to the Nan'an County King's Mansion." , but his pawn shop near Jinxiang Building."

"Every time he went to Jinxiang Building, he would go into the pawnshop openly and aboveboard on the grounds of checking the accounts, and then come over quietly through the tunnel. There are many wealthy people in the pawnshop who pawn some rare treasures when their turnover is difficult, so If he stays inside for a longer period of time, others will not easily become suspicious."

"He used this to come to Jinxiang Building again and again, collecting all kinds of information that his mother collected from the women in the building, and occasionally even asked his mother to send some women who followed the rules of certain princes and grandchildren to go outside the building to collect information. .”

"Yun'er is different from me. She has a closer relationship with Nan'an County Prince's Mansion, and she has made some contributions. I only heard that she was close to Mr. Feng Ziying and others in the past, so I learned from them. A lot of secret information, even some conflicts between Mr. Feng and Mr. Chou, there is her shadow behind the scenes."

"I listened for a while, and realized that something was wrong, so I walked a little further away, and then stepped harder and coughed loudly as I walked, which at least alarmed them inside and asked Yun'er to come out to check." At this point, Xu Qingyan smiled wryly, "Although I didn't stop all the information they said, I didn't let them know anyway. I overheard a large part of what they said."

"Since then, I have paid more attention to the many anomalies in Jinxiang Building. In the past two years, there have been many more guests from foreign countries. And these guests prefer to find Yun'er and other women who are willing to go out with the guests. My number one card, On the contrary, they don’t take it very seriously.”

Chongyu frowned.He also heard about this.Because of this, more people in Beijing rumored that Yun'er would soon replace Yan'er in Jinxiang Tower.

Combined with the many information disclosed by Xu Qingyan today, Chongyu has to suspect that the King of Nan'an is in collusion with foreign countries.

Then I heard Xu Qingyan say: "I don't care about the position of the top card. But I'm not sure what the King of Nan'an is going to do. I'm afraid that if he dies, I won't be able to protect myself. Most of the wealthy children in Beijing who are interested in me are only Can give me the status of a concubine or a concubine. But I don't want to do that."

"Besides, they can enter and leave the Jinxiang Tower, and I don't know how deeply they will be involved in the plot of the King of Nan'an County. I long to leave Jinxiang Tower. Apart from not wanting to live this kind of life again, I also hope that the rest of my life will be stable so that I won't be involved again. Storm. I follow them, the risk is too great."

"Coincidentally, Xue Pan appeared at this time. Although he has many bad things, he is sincere to me. And based on my experience in dealing with men over the years, it is not difficult to grasp his mind. The Xue family has a small population, and my mother-in-law It seems to be fine. If I come in, I shouldn't have much trouble."

"Even if the situation of the Xue family is not as good as before, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Besides, he has relatives from the Lin family, and I have inquired about the reputation of the Lin family, and I know some things. If there are no children from the family to help me, I am afraid that I will not be able to live without Jinxiang." Lou. If I have to find someone to help me, I would rather be you."

"Before I left, I happened to hear that Qu Xiangfeng planned to let Yun'er and an actor who will enter Zhongshun Palace in the future investigate the news of various households. If the information I heard is correct, the actor should come from A certain troupe, the whole troupe is related to the royal family."

"The king of Nan'an County will try to distribute the actors of this troupe to various wealthy families in the capital. I don't know which one the Zhongshun Palace will go to. I am only sure that most of this person is a spy trained by the King of Nan'an County. I can't believe it , and be vigilant."

"I'm done talking. Mr. Lin, do you have anything else to ask? I'm sure I can tell you everything."

Xu Qingyan did confess everything that happened to her.

She knows very well that if she is straightforward, she can still get shelter.Based on the information she knows, she is not yet qualified to judge Chongyu and others.

"You sort out the other information you remember, write a copy and send it to me. I will take part of the information to verify, and after confirming the truth, I will send you and Brother Xue to leave the capital."

Nan'an County King doesn't care about Xu Qingyan who has left, but who knows what will happen in the future?It is the best choice to keep Xue Pan and Xu Qingyan away from the capital before solving Nan'an County King.

Anyway, the Xue family still has the status of an imperial merchant, and it is most normal for a merchant to travel around.Years ago, the Lin Family Commercial Bank had prepared to send people to distant places to do business this year, and it was reasonable for Xue Pan to continue to follow him this year.As a newlywed, it's not surprising that Xue Pan's idiot wants to bring his beloved wife with him.

Xu Qingyan felt relieved.

She smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, don't worry, I have already prepared the information you said, please sit down for a while, I will come when I go."

It didn't take long for Xu Qingyan to return with a thick booklet and a piece of paper with wet ink on it.

Chongyu took the booklet first and opened it.

Xu Qingyan opened her mouth slightly, her face flushed.

Chongyu's face was also hot, and he hurriedly closed the booklet and asked, "You... interlayer? It's not right, it's not so thick."

What he just opened and saw was clearly a picture of goblins fighting!Those postures are unsightly and excessive.

"It's the back side after cutting the paper." Xu Qingyan has recovered her composure, "I wrote with special ink, and I need to apply potion to see the writing. These pictures are drawn by myself, even this booklet is Before leaving, Yun'er looked at my binding."

I'm afraid everyone in Jinxiang knows that Miss Yan'er has the habit of drawing goblins to fight.Before finally leaving, Yun'er was still watching.The people in Jinxiang Tower really didn't expect that Xu Qingyan brought out the written information so openly and openly under their noses.

"This is the potion formula." Xu Qingyan pointed to another piece of paper.

Chongyu nodded, glanced at it a few times, and quickly remembered, and put it away when the ink marks dried a bit.

After a while, Xue Biao came back with the wine and shouted a few times from a distance. After entering the door, he heard the voice of discussing calligraphy and painting inside. After talking about the business, he didn't have to find any reason to avoid it.

Coming out of Xu Qingyan's house, Chongyu returned home, found Lin Ruhai, handed in the brochure, and told about the opera singer of Prince Zhongshun.

Lin Ruhai, who was tired from drinking and listening to dramas with Zhongshun Wang Li Longning last night, hurriedly pulled himself together.

He flipped through the booklet, blushing and hid it aside, even though he knew that Chongyu must have read it before bringing it, he was still too embarrassed to talk too much in front of his son.

It's about actors...

He pondered for a while and said: "Last night, the prince came back from the palace, and he did bring a little Dan Jiang Yuhan, nicknamed Qiguan, who was bestowed by the emperor. I also wondered why His Majesty would reward the actor suddenly. I only found out after asking the prince. It turned out that it was some time ago. There was a banquet in the palace, and there was an opera troupe at the banquet, because of its good singing, it caught the attention of the king of Xining."

"The king of Xining County privately asked the emperor to give him an actor to go home to listen to the opera. Later, he didn't know what else was going on. His Majesty decided to separate the actors in the troupe and reward them to the princes and marquises. King Zhongshun never mentioned it to His Majesty. There was an actor he liked very much, and he was finally rewarded by this noble official. Last night at the Lantern Festival banquet in the palace, another opera was sung, and all the actors in this troupe were sent to each family."

"It was the king of Xining County who spoke first?" Chongyu was surprised, "I thought it would be the king of Beijing County."

Everyone knows that Shui Rong only cares about sex and moon, ignores the government, and is a true uncle of the country.Why is it the king of Xining County who asked the emperor for clothes this time?And several other families asked for other actors to go... Chongyu was not sure whether most of the troupe were trained by Nan'an County King, or Jiang Yuhan was the only one.

Lin Ruhai sighed, "I'm afraid the King of Nan'an is thinking of supporting the bandits."

He paused for a while, then said: "No, it's fine if it's just this. He assisted the crown prince to ascend the throne, but left a border disaster so that the crown prince would not dare to deprive him of military power in the future. But what he wants is to become the emperor himself? "

If the usual situation is not good, it is difficult to say all kinds of accidental combinations.

The royal family does not have many heirs, once something happens to the crown prince and the third prince, and the two of them have no heirs... If you want to choose someone from the royal family to be the throne, you can only choose some distant relatives.Those distant relatives of the royal family who are not closely related to the noble families of Jingzhong may not be able to speak with the descendants of the four princes and eight princes.Even if they are supported to ascend the throne, they will most likely become puppets.

In this way, even if the king of Nan'an himself cannot ascend the throne logically, his descendants will most likely find a chance to add a yellow robe.

"But what about the prince? He..."

Chongyu's words were interrupted by Lin Ruhai with a sneer: "Prince? His position is too stable, but he is so spoiled that he doesn't even know the danger!"

The eldest son and grandson, isn't he talking about the prince Li Chongchen?There is also the support of the Supreme Emperor, except for those who secretly support the third prince, no one really doubts the status of the prince.

The prince and queen all agreed that this country will definitely fall into the hands of the prince in the future.

The King of Nan'an used to be a staunch princeling. They never suspected that the King of Nan'an had other ideas!

Especially after the third prince's party gradually showed its edge, even if the king of Nan'an went too far, the prince and others probably only thought that the king of Nan'an was only thinking of the prince, and they were afraid that the third prince would take the position of prince.

They may never have thought that the King of Nan'an has his own ambitions.

Under Lin Ruhai's gaze, Chongyu gradually understood.

He bowed his head silently.

Lin Ruhai rubbed his aching temples: "Let girl Dai go to the temple to see the number of enshrined offerings in Nan'an County Prince's Mansion. Then don't go overseas if you have your caravan, go to the north and west first, and have a look." There's a problem at the border there."

"Your second uncle is working for the princeling outside, and he also has a list in his hand. You can compare it and see how many people are still in the princeling party. These people think they are joining the princeling party, but in fact they may only be on behalf of the princeling party inadvertently." The king of Nan'an County has done something. I will stay in the court and follow this list to check."

After the father and son made up their minds again, Chongyu went to find Daiyu.

Coincidentally, Daiyu just left from Chen Xiaosheng, and she heard that this matter was related to Nan'an County King, so she had to ask more carefully.

Although Chongyu was afraid that Daiyu would be worried, but he knew that letting Daiyu think wildly would not benefit Daiyu's health, so he simply explained clearly first.

Since it was a major event, Daiyu was very concerned about it, and was already preparing to go to the temple tomorrow.