Chapter 35 Thirty-fifth new look

"The recent scholars are very restless." In the Hundred Words Hall, Midori waved her fan and said slowly. When the other six sons heard this, they all laughed, very strangely. Jiang Chenyu, who was reviewing the memorial, raised her head when she heard the sound, and asked in puzzlement, "What's going on?" Lvzi finally caught the Queen's attention, and hurriedly put away her fan and replied, "Does the Empress know why Prime Minister Xue hasn't come to our regular meeting these days?" When he said that, Jiang Chenyu remembered.Xue Cai hadn't come to the study for seven full days. He only showed up briefly in the early morning, and then disappeared. Today was even worse, and he didn't even come to the early morning.

"What is he busy with? What does it have to do with the restlessness of the scholar?" "My lady, that's how it is." Brownie replied, "Although Prime Minister Xue became famous very early and is well known all over the world, after all, there was such a big change in the family before that he was demoted to slavery. Now that he has resumed his official status, but When he was too young, he became the prime minister who was above one person and under ten thousand people. There was a lot of discussion among the people, and two scholars, Wu Chun and Chen Long, took the lead in openly opposing. , and now hundreds of people come to listen every day."

Jiang Chenyu frowned slightly: "There is such a thing? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" "Uh, this..." Tanzi's voice dropped suddenly, "Xue Xiang said that the queen has a lot to do every day, so she shouldn't bother you with such a trivial matter, and he will take care of it..." "So did he handle it well?" As soon as this remark came out, the Seven Sons looked at each other and let out the weird laughter before. They reacted like this, it must be because the matter has been resolved, otherwise their expressions would not be so relaxed.Jiang Chenyu saw it clearly in his eyes, but his face sank: "Whatever he says, is he your master, or am I your master?"

The seven sons hurriedly left their seats and knelt down, saying in unison: "Queen, please forgive me!" Jiang Chenyu gave a slight warning, and accepted it when he saw it: "Get up. Tell Aijia what happened? Huazi, tell me." The person being named had been sitting in the seat all the time, dozing off with his head drooping. When he was called out suddenly, he was shocked and stood up in a daze: "Ah? What?" Jiang Chenyu couldn't help but laugh out loud. Seeing her smile, the Seven Sons all let go of their worries and laughed along with her. Seeing everyone laughing, Yi Fei didn't understand, looked at everyone in a very embarrassed and innocent way, and asked tentatively: "It's time to eat?"

The whole house roared with laughter. Jiang Chenyu smiled and said: "Forget it, you can sit down first. Zizi, you are the best eloquent, so you speak." "Yes." Zizi bowed and saluted without any fuss, "After Xue Xiang knew about this, he pretended to go and mingled in the crowd and listened to Wu Chun and Chen Long talking about it for a day. On the second day, when Wu Chun and Chen Long just posed When he went up to the stage and wanted to continue talking, Twelve Cavalry suddenly appeared, all angry horses in white clothes, and all the bridles were embroidered with the totem of Baize. Seeing this scene, the people onlookers were shocked and fearful, and scattered and knelt down one after another. Twelve The iron cavalry lined up in a fan shape when they arrived at the stage, and behind them was Xue Xiang riding a bloody horse."

"Getting the head start, this move is a good move." Jiang Chenyu smiled, that guy Xue Cai dared to show off the young master's totem everywhere, it is really getting more and more shameless!However, Bai Ze has a very high status in the hearts of the people of the country of Bi, and using it to appear, the effect is indeed very good, "What happened next?" "Xue Xiang glanced at Wu Chun and Chen Long's table, smiled coldly, took out a scroll from his arms, rode his horse to a restaurant on the side of the street, patted the horse's neck and flew up, shook the scroll, hung it on the He landed on the plaque, landed lightly, and stood firmly on the ground. The whole set of movements was done in one go. The agility of the body and the sharpness of the hands and feet are all amazing..."

Zizi still needs to be praised, Jiang Chenyu couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Enough is enough, Aijia praised you for your eloquence, you just added such a large string of modifiers, it's not really telling you to tell a story... Hurry up and get to the point!" "Yes yes yes. I made a slip of the tongue. I am correct." Zizi smiled embarrassedly, "Everyone looked up and saw the four characters 'Ding Cooking Talking Soup' written on the scroll." "Ah?" After Jiang Chenyu was startled, she sighed in admiration, "Could it be that he wants it?"

"After hanging up the banner, Prime Minister Xue turned around, glanced around coldly, and said loudly: "In ancient times, Prime Minister Yin carried a tripod on his back to cook for soup, using cooking and five flavors as an introduction to analyze the general trend of the world and the way of politics. King Tang From this we know that he has the talent to know the world, so he is exempted from slavery and regarded as the right minister. Since then, the Shang Dynasty has been prosperous and prosperous. Xue Cai is not talented, borrowing the allusions of the ancients to do the things of today - set up a stage here , within seven days, no matter who you are, as long as you feel that you are more powerful than me to be the prime minister of Bi Kingdom, you can challenge me and defeat me.

When Jiang Chenyu heard this, he didn't know whether it was amused or shocked.The six-year-old Xue Cai who dared to say to King Yan, "Yan is the best jade in the country, and I am the best jade among people, there is nothing wrong with the two getting along well"; Xue Cai, who is fighting against the phoenix; Xue Cai, who openly accepts the provocation of scholars on the street and puts on a ring to compare himself to Yi Yin... No matter how many setbacks he has experienced, Bing Li is still that Bing Li, with a strong and unyielding spirit. Nothing has changed... When Zizi said this, he showed admiration, and said with emotion: "Xue Xiang's move spread quickly, literati and wealthy guests from all over the world rushed to the imperial capital, and some bold people really stepped forward to challenge. Although Xue Xiang is young, but He is well-known, eloquent and eloquent, and he is eloquent in fighting against scholars. He calmly responds to everyone's questioning, speaks with eloquence, and makes everyone feel ashamed, especially Wu Chun and Chen Long. In the end, they are ashamed Said: "Even if you are talented and brilliant, so what? Don't forget, your father and your grandfather are traitors! They are traitors! They are traitors who committed rebellion! They are sinners through the ages who tried to overthrow Tubi Jiangshan! As a Their descendants are able to serve as the prime ministers of the country of Bi. Isn’t this to encourage all the people in the world to rebel? Anyway, even if the rebellion fails, their own children can still be officials. Let you be the prime minister, where will the law of Qianqiu be placed? ? Where will the face of the royal family be placed? Where will the country be placed?'”

After hearing this questioning, even Jiang Chenyu's expression changed.This move is indeed ruthless enough, to move out the old accounts, and then use the word "rebellion" to suppress it.You must know that rebellion is the most taboo thing for emperors throughout the ages, and rebellion is the most intolerable thing. Therefore, they have repeatedly warned and declared the consequences of rebellion and rebellion-rebels, who will implicate the nine clans, must die!Only in this way can the world be alerted, be obedient and not rebellious. But... Although she was surprised, she didn't feel worried.Because, if it was Xue Cai, he would definitely be able to solve this problem... I have such confidence in my heart.

Sure enough, Zizi's next words fully verified this point: "Xue Xiang didn't change his expression after hearing this, and said with a cold smile: "What do I have to do with the wrong things my father and my grandfather did?" Chen Long said: "Don't you know how to pay your father's debt?" Xue Xiang said, "If you insist on saying that, then your ancestors rebelled too, so what face do you have to live in this world?"" Jiang Chenyu was surprised: "What? Are they also the sons of rebels?" "Back to your mother, when Xue Xiang said this, all the audience were surprised and reacted like your mother. But Chen Long immediately jumped up and said angrily: 'You are talking nonsense! My ancestors have been innocent scholars for three generations. Where did you rebel? Don’t spit on people!’ Xiang Xue sneered, “Is there three generations of ancestors? What about ten generations? Twenty generations? Don’t forget that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang died in their hands.’” Jiang Chenyu closed her eyes - she knew... Even Chen Sheng and Wu Guang moved out... "Chen Long was even angrier when he heard this: 'What, what? What does Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and He have to do with us?' Xiang Xue said, 'You have the same surname, and you must have the same root if you go back thousands of generations.' He, they are doing justice for the heavens! Qin Er’s tyranny and harsh punishments have made the people’s lives difficult...” Xue Xiang interrupted him: “Oh? At this time, don’t you pay attention to the laws of the ages, the face of the royal family, and the country?” Chen Longdao :'you you you……'" At the end of the description, Jiang Chenyu sighed softly: "Zizi, you can just follow along, you don't even need to imitate their stuttering." There was another burst of laughter in Baiyan Hall. They are probably used to teasing on weekdays, so although Zizi was embarrassed, he was not ashamed, and still smiled and said with a good temper: "Yes. The humble minister changed. In short, Chen Long and others couldn't say that Xue Xiang was so angry. , and Xue Xiang finally looked around at the crowd and said slowly: "Through thousands of years, in every dynasty and every generation, there have been rebellious ministers and rebellious sons. They have done wrong and will be punished, but if they deprive their descendants It is really ridiculous! It is true that my father and my ancestors did wrong things, but everyone knows why they were wrong. Once the emperor and the courtiers, if you have to say that my Xue family is guilty, I will If the Xue clan owed Tubi, then, wouldn’t it be the best way to atone for sin by letting me be your chancellor? If you think that I, Xue Cai, is not capable enough to be a chancellor, then use facts to prove this point, but what other backgrounds do you have to talk about? , age and other superficial reasons, I am not convinced! Seven days are over, you have already lost. But I know you are still not convinced, it does not matter, I will give you another chance, every year today, I will hold a banquet here, Everyone in the world can try it. But it’s only for seven days. If at any other time and any place I hear someone talking about government affairs and slandering my reputation, behead me!’ The last word beheaded was loud and loud, upstairs and downstairs, No one dared to make a sound, and there was silence." Jiang Chenyu imagined the scene at that time, and couldn't help yearning: "It would be great if I was there, I really want to see Xue Cai's demeanor overpowering the crowd at that time." Zizi sighed: "Among the seven sons, I was the only one who went there in person yesterday. I saw the most crucial scene. I really felt...that it is really a blessing in the world to have Xiang Xue." Jiang Chenyu thought of a question: "Wait, you said you went to see it yesterday, that is to say, the seven-day period ended yesterday. Then why didn't Xue Cai come today?" Midori on the side burst out laughing with a "puchi", and everyone else showed that weird smile again. Hearing this, Jiang Chenyu finally understood. They laughed, not because of Xue Cai's triumphant return from fighting the Confucians, but because other things happened, and that thing must have caused Xue Cai's bad luck.Thinking of this, I couldn't help becoming more and more curious: "Quickly tell me! What's wrong with him?" Zizi said: "Go back to your mother, it's like this - the time for Xue Xiang to set up the stage is from noon to Xu time. Yesterday at Xu time, everything was over. Just when Chen Long and others were speechless, a jade face The scholar suddenly entered the restaurant with a qin in his arms, openly wanting to compete with Xue on the qin." "What?" Jiang Chenyu was stunned for a moment, and thought of a question: Can Xue Cai play the piano? Although Xue Cai is a child prodigy with excellent literary and martial arts skills, he is not proficient in everything, such as playing the piano, but I have never seen him play it. "Xue Xiang... he can't play the piano." Zizi said the answer. As expected...Jiang Chenyu vaguely guessed why everyone was laughing like this. "So, when the scholar said that he wanted to play the piano with him, not only Xue Xiang was startled, but everyone around him was also startled. Xue Xiang frowned and said, "What did you say?" The scholar said, "I want to play the piano with you. Isn't the prime minister Say, can anyone challenge you within these seven days? I will challenge you to see the prime minister's piano skills.'" Yi Fei, who hadn't dozed off after being awakened by the side, rolled his eyes when he heard this, said "Oh", and snickered, "Interesting, interesting, this is interesting! Out of style..." Jiang Chenyu glared at him: "You can tell this kind of nonsense? What the Ai family wants is a prime minister who can handle political affairs, not a musician." Zizi said: "Actually, everyone thought that way at the time. They all felt that the scholar was inexplicable, thinking that Xiang Xue would definitely not pay attention to such a boring request, but Xiang Xue glanced at the scholar and smiled coldly: 'it is good.'" "He agreed?" This time, it was really beyond Jiang Chenyu's expectation. "Yes. Xue Xiang agreed. Not only that, he also said: 'I know what you think in your heart. If I don't agree to you, you will definitely declare that there are loopholes in the ring I set up. Such a loophole game According to the regulations, if the comparison is made, it is impossible to be accurate and uncountable, so as to further obliterate all my brilliant achievements in the past seven days—right?" The scholar smiled slightly, neither admitting nor denying. Xue Xiang continued :'So, I will never do what you want. You want to compete with the violin, right? Come on! Then let's compete!'” Although Jiang Chenyu knew that Xue Cai would definitely win in the end, but hearing this, he couldn't help becoming nervous: "Isn't he good at playing the piano?" "My lady, Xue Xiang really doesn't know how to play the qin, and the other party must have figured out his point, so he dared to come to the door to provoke him without any fear. Therefore, the scholar sat down, set up the qin and said: "Let's talk about it first, the skill of the qin is as high as it is low." If the disparity is large, it is easy to judge, but if the level is similar, it is difficult to judge. How do you and I distinguish between the boundaries? "Xue Xiangdao: "Tell me." The scholar said: "Okay. My opinion is that there are seven people present. Nineteen people, let these seventy-nine people judge how well we played, and whoever has the most supporters in the end will win. How about it?" Xue Xiang said: "Yes." Jiang Chenyu sighed: "It's really hard for him, he agreed to this kind of conditions. Who doesn't know that those who went to watch the excitement, actually went with the mentality of watching him lose, even if he can really play like that scholar Well, I'm afraid everyone will still vote for him with the despicable mentality of watching a good show." "Yes, Weichen thought the same way, so he watched anxiously from the sidelines and stepped forward to dissuade me, but Xue Xiang ignored me at all, walked over and sat opposite the scholar, and said: 'There is no piano here, I will use yours too Is your piano good?" The scholar said: "Okay." Xue Xiang said: "Then you are a guest, you play first." The scholar answered and started playing..." "He must play very well." Jiang Chenyu concluded. Zizi shook his head. "Huh? Could it be that he doesn't play well?" Zizi shook his head again. When Jiang Chenyu was wondering, Zizi revealed the truth: "Actually...he couldn't play it at all. He just plucked two notes, and the feather string broke. So he had to change the strings and start again, but After plucking a few notes, the bowstring broke again. He changed the string again, and the corner string broke... In short, as long as he played three or four times, one string would definitely be broken, and at the end of the break, he slapped the table and said, "Xue Cai, what did you do to my qin?" Xue Xiang said, "This is your qin, and you brought the strings yourself." The scholar said, "But when I was playing, you secretly broke the qin with internal force. Xian, what is this?' Xiang Xue said with a smile: "It's just a competition. If you are not convinced, you can just shake it when I play." The scholar said angrily: "I don't know martial arts at all!" Xue Xiang said: "Very good , I don’t know how to play the piano either.” The scholar said: “Then you lost!” Xue Xiang said: “Why? Can you win if you can’t even play the piano?” The scholar said: “That’s because You are destroying it!" Xue Xiang said: "If I can make you unable to play the piano, I will win." The scholar shouted: "What kind of victory are you?" Xue Xiang suddenly slowed down his voice, and said word by word: 'This is the victory of strength.' The scholar was stunned and became quiet." Jiang Chenyu repeated: "Victory of strength?" "Yes. Xue Xiang said: 'There are many skills in this world, but only strength can suppress everything. No matter how good your piano skills are, I can make you unable to play. This is the performance of my superiority over you.' said At this point, he turned around, looked at the crowd, and raised his voice: "Listen to me, all of you. Others who want to take advantage of opportunities and take things out of context are free to come here, but before coming, you must be mentally prepared—maybe you You can beat me in a certain skill, but if you can't beat me in martial arts, it's useless. If martial arts is superior to me, don't forget that there are twelve cavalry behind me, 30,000 army horses, and the power of the whole country. You can challenge me Look!' The scholar said sharply: "Then what's fair about this competition?" Xue Xiang looked at him contemptuously, and smiled coldly: "Power is also a kind of strength. If you don't surpass my strength, why would you think To replace me?'" Jiang Chenyu chewed on the phrase "power is also a kind of strength", and couldn't help but feel a little crazy. Xue Cai... Xue Cai... So outstanding, so proud, and so domineering Xue Cai! Sometimes I can't help but wonder if he is really human?How could an eight-year-old child have such wisdom?However, in addition to wisdom, he was also born in a noble family, so he cultivated a character that is superior to the top and arrogant. In addition to character, he also experienced such an earth-shattering life change from the cloud to the bottom of the mud, and from the bottom of the mud back to the cloud. Under the arrogance, he has practiced the caution and thoughtfulness of ordinary people.His seemingly bold and desperate behavior is precisely his well-prepared and impeccable performance. Ordinary people, even if they have the same talent as him, don't have the same personality as him, and even if they have the same personality as him, they don't have the same experience as him... All these factors have created his domineering arrogance at the moment, and This kind of domineering is undoubtedly indispensable for a successful ruler. Maybe I should really be thankful-fortunately, he is on her side. If there is such an opponent, it is really terrible... Jiang Chenyu's eyes darkened slightly, and she made up her mind: In this life, Xue Cai will never be given any chance to be an enemy of her. Zi Zi said: "After Xiang Xue said such words, everyone present was silent, but the scholar stood trembling, his face turned red and white, just when everyone thought he was going to die of anger. , he suddenly took out something from the box next to him, and threw it at Xiang Xue. The guards were taken aback, thinking it was a hidden weapon, and just about to rush forward to protect it, Xiang Xue raised his arm and rolled up the thing with his sleeve ..." When the other seven sons heard this, they started to hold back their laughter.So Jiang Chenyu knew that he had finally described the key point, so he asked, "What is it?" "It's a hydrangea." Jiang Chenyu almost suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, so he couldn't help asking again: "What is it?" "Hydrangea." Zizi said solemnly, "It's made of colorful embroidery, and it's used for unmarried girls to get married..." "I know what a hydrangea is." Jiang Chenyu interrupted him, "I just want to ask - why did the scholar throw a hydrangea to Xue Cai?" "When we saw the hydrangea, we were all stunned. We suspected that there was something wrong with our eyes. I saw the scholar giggled, and his voice suddenly changed. If he was originally a sissy, then at this moment, he really became a sissy. He heard the woman's voice, and stretched out a finger to point at Xue Xiangdao: "Okay, you are indeed worthy of the world-famous Xiao Bingli! I am convinced. Therefore, I decided to marry you! This hydrangea is the object of love between you and me." , I know you are young, but it doesn't matter, I can wait for you. This girl is Hu Jiuxian's daughter, nicknamed Qianniang. Don't forget, he will come to marry me someday!' After that, holding Qin Fly away..." "Hu Jiuxian?" The name is so familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere. "He is from Yiguo. He is known as the number one merchant in the four kingdoms. He is the richest man in the world. His property can be found everywhere. And the imperial capital, the most famous Red Garden, belongs to him." Jiang Chenyu let out an "ah", no wonder she felt familiar, it turned out to be the owner of the Red Garden. "Hahahahaha, what a brave girl!" Yi Fei was overwhelmed when she heard that, "What a wonderful marriage! Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, your right-hand man is going to start a family soon, hahahaha..." Zizi suppressed his smile, and continued: "The sudden appearance of Miss Hu, no one expected, Xue Xiangshi's expression is really... I will never forget it in my life. This matter spread immediately Therefore, Xiang Xue originally wanted to come to the court today, but as soon as his sedan chair left the Marquis' Mansion, he found a group of people crowded outside, all of whom were young girls who had been waiting outside all night. Open the car curtain and look out, there are countless hydrangeas flying towards him... Those girls threw them back and shouted: "Master Prime Minister, we also want to marry you..." They blocked the road, the sedan chair I couldn't walk through at all, so I had to turn around and go back to the mansion, so, Xue Xiang couldn't come to court today..." Zizi hadn't finished speaking, and the hall was already staggering and laughing. There was only one person who didn't smile, and that was Jiang Chenyu. After everyone laughed for a while, they found that the queen didn't laugh, so they quickly stopped laughing and looked at her anxiously. Jiang Chenyu lowered his eyes, was silent for a while, then pushed away the memorial and said: "Today is here first, you all go back. Ai's family is also tired, so go back to the palace to rest first." After finishing speaking, she got up and left her seat. She walked out of Baiyan Hall very calmly, walked out of the study room very calmly, walked back to Enpei Palace very calmly, and said to the maid: "The Ai family wants to stay alone for a while, you all retreat." The maids left in response and closed the door. Jiang Chenyu walked to the bed, picked up the quilt and covered his head, then laughed loudly, rolling all over the bed, laughing until tears flowed: "Hahahahahaha...hahaha...hahahaha... " Xue Cai... married... Hahahahahahaha... Xue Cai, Xue Cai, you will have such a day too! Hahahahahaha... Her laughter faintly spread outside the hall, and Ju Yu asked curiously when she heard it: "Sister Huaijin, what's wrong with your mother? Is there any big event?" Huai Jin smiled faintly: "What do you care about so much? As servants, we just need to be happy for her. Miss, she...hasn't been this happy for a long time..." Yes, since the death of Qiaohou, except for the time when Prince Xinye was born, Miss, I have never been so happy... How good, how good it is to be able to laugh like this... On the morning of the second day, Xue Cai still did not show up.But when Jiang Chenyu was about to go into the study to discuss matters with the Seventh Son, he appeared again, and he didn't wear an official uniform, only a black cloak, covering himself from head to toe. Seeing him dressed like this, Jiang Chenyu couldn't help smiling: "Where did Prime Minister come from, and where are you going?" With a calm and plain face, Xue Cai didn't respond, and went straight into the Baiyan Hall, took off her cloak, sat down on a chair, and asked, "Did anything important happen yesterday and today?" Jiang Chenyu walked in slowly, and said leisurely: "Yes, the biggest event is that the prime minister of Bi Kingdom is getting married. Is it a big deal?" The corners of Xue Cai's eyes really started to twitch. Seven sons couldn't help but laugh too, and brown son was the first to break his merits and laughed: "I heard that since yesterday, all the unmarried girls in the imperial capital have lined up outside the Hou's mansion to stop our prime minister, A group of Yingying and Yanyan surrounded the Hou's mansion. Under such circumstances, the prime minister was able to escape, which is really amazing." Xue Cai let out a "hum". Lvzi on the side smiled and said: "I already know that the prime minister is using a golden cicada's trick to get out of his shell today, let his servants go out through the front door in his own sedan chair, and leave quietly through the back door in disguise, but because he wants to avoid people Because of eyes and ears, I arrived an hour late and missed the morning court." Jiang Chenyu smiled and said: "How is it, Mr. Prime Minister, do you want Aijia to give you a marriage?" Xue Cai forced a word between his teeth: "Don't bother your mother." "Ah, what is the prime minister talking about? The prime minister is a pillar of the country and an important minister of the court. The prime minister's marriage is a national event. Then Hu Qianniang is not an ordinary person. If the prime minister marries her, it can be said that he will gain both fame and fortune. , is even more joyful..." Jiang Chenyu said leisurely, "The most important thing is that the girls in front of the prime minister will give up. Being late, Aijia, is not allowed." Xue Cai's eyelids trembled, not knowing whether it was from anger or boredom, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, please don't worry, I have already figured out a solution, and within half a day, those boring women will all be gone." When Jiang Chenyu heard it, he was very interested: "Oh, I don't know what the prime minister's method is?" Before Xue Cai answered, a loud laugh came from outside, and then, the door of the dark room opened, and Luo Heng led Yi Fei in. Yi Fei's eyes lit up when he saw Xue Cai, he walked to him with a big smile, patted his shoulder and said, "So it is! So it is! Unexpectedly, our little Prime Minister Xue is actually an infatuated man. Hahahaha !" Everyone cast curious eyes on Yifei. Yi Fei covered his lips and smiled, and finally turned his gaze to Jiang Chenyu: "Madam, do you know what earth-shattering things your Prime Minister Xue Xiao did today?" Jiang Chenyu smiled and said: "As far as I know, Xue Aiqing does earth-shattering events every day." "That's right. It's just that today's one is the most out of line." Yi Fei patted Xue Cai's shoulder again, and sighed, "Even if you don't like those girls, you should save some face for them. How about beating them to death like this? What if they all hang themselves tomorrow?" Tanzi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said anxiously: "The third prince, don't want to betray me again, tell me quickly, what did the prime minister do?" "He... ordered someone to hang a portrait outside the gate of Qi'aohou's mansion, and declared: Since he, Xue Cai, is a hero who is rare in a century, he will naturally marry a peerless beauty who can match him well. Therefore, If you are not as beautiful as the girl in the portrait, then give up the idea of ​​marrying him..." Jiang Chenyu heard something wrong: "Wait! You said he hung a portrait? Could it be..." Only then did Xue Cai raise her head, her original gloomy expression disappeared, and the corners of her lips rose, revealing a treacherous smile: "Speaking of which, I would like to thank my lady. If it weren't for the lady's wonderful hand, I would still be worried about where to go Looking for a painting like that?" "You! Are you hanging that, that painting that Ai Jiawei painted for Xihe?" After saying this, the seven sons were also shocked-it turned out that Xue Cai hung the portrait of Mrs. Xihe? Xue Cai let out a "hmm". Jiang Chenyu stood up immediately: "How dare you steal Ai's painting!" "I just borrowed it for a few days, and I will return it when the matter is over." Xue Cai said confidently, "As your mother said, as a pillar of the country and an important minister of the court, if you are always surrounded by people, you will not be able to go to the court." In the early dynasty, this was a serious mistake. Therefore, for the sake of Tubi's country and society, the empress would not be stingy with a painting, would she?" Now, it was Jiang Chenyu's turn to be speechless. In this way, Xue used Mrs. Xihe's portrait to successfully drive away those ladies who wanted to marry him.But this move also left a very bad impact, that is—— "Ah, have you heard? Our prime minister has a sweetheart!" "How old is he, and he already has a sweetheart?" "What do you know, when it comes to Mr. Bingli, you can't deduce it with common sense. In short, he already has a sweetheart, and that sweetheart is not someone else, but the former wife of my dynasty." "You mean... Mrs. Xihe?" "Who else is there besides her! The number one beauty in the Four Kingdoms back then, tsk tsk, it's a pity that she died early." "Isn't he too courageous? He even dared to covet the emperor's concubine! Fortunately, Mrs. Xihe is dead, otherwise it would be a scandal!" "Always don't do ordinary things, and surprise the world in one fell swoop. You really deserve to be Mr. Bingli..." "Yeah yeah……" This matter spread more and more widely, and the final version is—— Xue Cai, the prime minister of Bi Kingdom, has been secretly in love with Mrs. Xihe since childhood, and even gave Mrs. Xihe the peerless beautiful jade ice glass that King Yan gave him.Helplessly, Mrs. Xihe's beauty was unlucky, and she died before he could make a fortune again.Therefore, Xue Cai was very sad, and declared to the outside world that he must marry a woman who looked like Xi He.This requirement is too difficult, so life events are delayed. At this point, Xue Cai finally had clean ears. The days are so occasionally stumbling, occasionally frolicking, occasionally thrilling, and occasionally rushing through.I don't know when, Xue Cai started to become more and more busy, often disappearing after the discussion, unlike before, she didn't want to go home, and stayed in the palace even if she had nothing to do.Sometimes Jiang Chenyu asked him, but he didn't answer, and as time passed, Jiang Chenyu stopped asking. In the spring of the sixth year of Tubi, a happy event happened. It is said to be a happy event, but it is not always the case. Some people think it is bad luck, and some people think that the person concerned is just happy.And the event that should attract widespread attention and discussion in the Bi Kingdom is—General Pan Fang, married a wife. As we all know, the general had a beloved fiancée, but she was defiled by Xue Su when he called her to tell a story in the mansion, and she committed suicide because she couldn't stand the humiliation.Later, although the general personally led the army to defeat Xue Huailing and the entire Xue family collapsed, it was considered revenge, but his lover was gone, and it was hard to recover.Afterwards, he went to Cheng Guo to marry the princess, but nothing happened... In short, speaking of the great general Pan Fang, apart from his bravery and skill in fighting, what is more talked about is his infatuation. Everyone thought that he would never get married again, but unexpectedly, he got married suddenly and without warning.Therefore, after the incident spread, the whole country was shocked. And what surprised everyone the most was that his wife... Regarding this matter, Jiang Chenyu only learned about it through the report of the Seven Sons.At that time, Zizi said: "Madam, something happened to General Pan." Jiang Chenyu was so frightened that her heart tightened: "What happened?" Pan Fang could be said to be her most reassuring subject. He is either working or staying at home, practicing martial arts, drinking, and rarely going out.What will happen to such a person?If it was someone else, it might be because of illness, and if Pan Fang fell ill, there would probably be no healthy person in this world anymore. Zizi sighed, and the other six sons also showed expressions of compassion. Therefore, Jiang Chenyu became more and more worried: "What happened to him?" "He was framed." "Who is so bold? How dare you frame Pan Aiqing?" "It's like this. There is an old man fishing in the suburbs of Beijing. He has a daughter named Fanggu under his knees. She is extremely ugly and deaf. Therefore, she is 26 years old this year and has not married yet. The old man is very worried. , I was thinking about what to do, and in the end, my mother guessed what happened?" "Is it related to Pan Aiqing?" "Didn't there be a heavy snowfall last month? The old man tricked Aunt Fang to the door of Pan's house and threw it there. When General Pan went out, he saw a person fainting from freezing in the snow, so he kindly rescued her." Go back and spend the night like this. The next day, he sent Aunt Fang who woke up to go home, but the old man said that they had spent the night together, their daughter’s innocence had been ruined, and she couldn’t get married, so he should be responsible. The girl didn't know what was going on at first, but when she found out, she ran out crying and jumped into the lake. The lake was frozen, and she jumped into a hole in the ice. , the old man just relied on him...then, General Pan married her." The seven sons sighed one after another: "It's too miserable!" "Yes, yes, this is General Pan. Others care whether you live or die..." "The old man must have also asked about his character, knowing that he will not treat you as a man." The power overwhelms others, so I rely on him." "It's good to be bullied..." "Actually, it's nothing, just take a concubine, the problem is, that woman is so ugly! "Ah, you've seen it too? I glanced at it a few days ago because I was too curious, and it turned out..." "When the man is alive, the worst thing happened to General Pan. It's so pitiful, pitiful..." Although Qizi's words were obviously masculine, Jiang Chenyu felt uncomfortable after hearing this. On the second day, she recruited Pan Fang into the palace, and said to him: "General Pan, if there are some things that you are embarrassed to refuse, how about Aijia help you refuse?" Pan Fang looked at her in surprise, after a while, he replied: "Mother, I have nothing to embarrass." "Don't hide it from the Ai family, the Ai family has already heard about it, your wife..." Pan Fang lowered his head. Seeing him like this, Jiang Chenyu felt even more pity in her heart, and she said angrily: "In broad daylight, there are unscrupulous people who blackmailed marriages, and they even blackmailed our generals, this kind of thing must not be tolerated, come here! Pass on the decree of the mourning family—” Before she finished speaking, Pan Fang plopped and knelt down. Jiang Chenyu said in shock: "Pan Aiqing, what are you doing?" Pan Fang kowtowed respectfully, raised his head, his eyes were bright and firm: "I thank my mother for her love for me, but the marriage is voluntary, not blackmail, so please calm down." "But... they clearly told me that the old man deliberately left his daughter in front of your house..." Pan Fang lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Regardless of the previous situation, the fact is that Weichen did hug that girl." "Pan Aiqing!" Jiang Chenyu didn't know why she cared so much, maybe it was because she had personally witnessed the tragedy of Pan Fang and Qin Niang, and she was always full of guilt towards him, so at this moment, someone suddenly stuffed a woman给潘方，就好像是在一手毁灭那段悲伤到了极致，却也美丽到了极致的情缘。她的内心深处，怎么也不能接受，于是深吸口气，沉声道：“总之，这门婚事，哀家不准！哀家不能眼睁睁地看着你跳火坑！” 潘方仰起脸庞，注视着她，然后，忽然笑了。 "why are you laughing?" “没什么……”潘方轻轻地叹了口气，目光里露出几分怀念，“只是觉得，娘娘还是当初的那个娘娘，微臣……很感动，也，很高兴。” 姜沉鱼脸上一红，知道他指的是当年出使程国的那个自己。害羞过后，则是慎重。 “那么这事你就听我的，好吗？” “娘娘……如果，微臣是真心想娶芳姑呢？” “什、什么？”姜沉鱼吃了一惊。潘方对秦娘如何，她可是亲眼目睹过的，这样的一个男人竟然会移情别恋？好吧，就算他会移情别恋，但是那个芳姑，在七子的描述里可是那么不堪的一个女人啊！how is this possible? 仿佛看出了她内心里的想法，潘方笑了笑，道：“芳姑是个好姑娘。微臣知道娘娘大概也听说了，她……耳朵听不见，长得也不好看。但是，除了这两点以外，她真的、真的是个很好的姑娘。” “潘将军……”一时间，姜沉鱼不知道该怎么说了。 “微臣知道在外人眼里，都觉得她配不上我，但是，微臣自己却觉得跟微臣成亲，反而委屈了芳姑……总之，这门婚事微臣是真心想要娶的，请娘娘成全。” 姜沉鱼定定地望着他，看了很长一段时间，最后什么都没说，让他回去了。 过几日，她微服出宫，在薛采的陪同下秘密去了趟潘府。潘方的府邸非常朴素，是个位于偏僻地段的小小院落，透过篱笆围墙，姜沉鱼看见一个女子在扫地。 地上残雪未消，她一点点地扫着，扫得很细致。 过了一会儿，潘方从屋里走了出来，将一袭披风披到她身上，她抬起头，对他眯眼而笑…… 姜沉鱼看到这里，命令车夫转身回宫。 回宫的马车上，她问了薛采一个问题：“你说潘将军和这个芳姑在一起，真的无憾么？” 薛采沉默了很久，才回答她：“无不无憾我不知道，但应该挺幸福的。”说着，横了她一眼，“你难道真希望他孤独终老么？不要太恶毒。” “等等，我哪里恶毒了？” “别以为我不知道你心里在想什么，你觉得潘方既然喜欢秦娘，那么就应该一辈子都为秦娘守身如玉，终身不娶……” “我没有这么想过！” “最好没有。你自己已经这样了，别盼望着别人跟你一样。” “等等，什么叫我自己已经这样了？难道你是说我在嫉妒潘方？嫉妒他终于从对秦娘的执著里得到了解脱，而我却还在泥潭里待着？” “这话是你自己说的，我可没说。” “你……”姜沉鱼气得要死，但又拿他丝毫没有办法，最后只好搬出第一千零一句杀手锏，“哀家不和小孩一般见识。” “我九岁了。” “那也是小孩。” "Humph." "Humph……"