Chapter 21 Tell each other boudoir

The news that Yang Wencong revealed in Cai Yi's bookstore certainly made Chen Zhenhui and his friends feel nervous, but when it came to Qian Qianyi, the shock caused was even stronger.Although, after repeated discussions by the decision-making core including Shi Kefa, it was believed that Lu Jiude was at best an eunuch, and the Jiangbei Fourth General Army, as a warrior, had no right to interfere in the government according to the system.Although they have an army in their hands, they lack the necessary appeal whether they are in the court or in the opposition in an attempt to control such a major event as the support of a new monarch.As long as Ma Shiying can stick to the established decision of Nanjing after returning to Fengyang, it is estimated that those people will not make a big name after all.To be on the safe side, Shi Kefa immediately wrote a letter, solemnly reiterating that there are "seven things that cannot be established" by King Fu, and urged Ma Shiying to keep his promise and not waver.In addition, Shi Kefa immediately went to Pukou in the north of the Yangtze River to prepare the military in case of accidents.However, even so, Qian Qianyi was still full of worries, terrified all day long, for fear that something might happen.Because it is very clear that he was the first to put forward the statement of "seven things that cannot be established", just as Lu Daqi pointed out at the beginning: If the troubles come to an end, the emperor's throne will still be inherited by King Fu, then Qian Qianyi, let alone reinstated and promoted , I'm afraid that even the eating utensil on the neck has to be prepared to move at any time.Therefore, for the next few days, Qian Qianyi could say that he was unwilling to eat, and could not sleep well.As for Shi Kefa's insistence on going all the way to welcome King Gui, and his refusal to take King Lu to Nanjing immediately, he gritted his teeth with resentment, and stomped the square brick floor again and again.

Right now, it's April 27th.Qian Qianyi had eaten breakfast, left the small courtyard where he was staying as usual, and walked through Lu Daqi's study.He found that the old friend had already put on the big clothes for going out, and was being helped by the servants, and finally straightened the black gauze hat on his head.Seeing Qian Qianyi walking in, Lu Daqi nodded and made a gesture of giving up his seat. "Yanlao, do you have any news today?" When he realized that he could not talk calmly, Qian Qianyi just cupped his hands and did not sit down. "No." Lu Daqi shook his head, "There is no new news."

"My brother is not talking about Jiangbei, but the city..." According to the information obtained, the movements of the four towns in Jiangbei are closely related to Liu Kongzhao, Bo Chengyi, and Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of Li, who live in Nanjing. Qian Qianyi has always advocated paying close attention. The movements of these "internal responses". "In the city? Not in the city—oh, just now, someone from Duke Wei's mansion came to ask my brother to go over to discuss matters. There may be some news at that time, and I don't know." "Discussion? Could it be Ma Yaocao—" Qian Qianyi immediately became sensitive.

Lu Daqi glanced at him: "The person who came didn't say anything, I'm afraid it won't happen, Ma Yaocao——hasn't he already replied to Shi Daolin, saying that he will keep his promise!" "What I'm worried about is exactly this matter! If Ma Yaocao really kept the promise, why didn't he reply the letter openly, and only ask someone to bring back the oral message? There must be fraud in it!" Lu Daqi stopped talking.They have actually discussed this issue several times in the past two days. Regarding Ma Shiying's practice of violating common etiquette, Qian Qianyi insists that there are major doubts. "The letter will be withheld as a handle in the future, so I deliberately use the unsubstantiated "keep the previous covenant" as a perfunctory excuse.If this judgment is true, then there is no need to ask, Ma Shiying must have betrayed his promise and completely swayed to the side of the "Fu" faction.However, Lu Daqi always had reservations about this kind of speculation, thinking that with Ma Shiying's usual stubbornness and conceit, it might not be so.

"Hmph, this matter is all due to Shi Daolin's lack of determination at the beginning, and he should have kept breaking up, which led to such a situation where Tai Ah is against each other!" Qian Qianyi said angrily.Because of worry, but also because of resentment, his facial features were twisted into a ball, becoming very ugly. Lu Daqi looked at his friend speechlessly.He obviously didn't want to argue anymore, so he just said lightly: "At present, Jiangbei hasn't heard of any abnormalities, or I don't know if I've been worrying too much. What's more--" He paused, pursed his lips tightly, and moved like a small shovel His chin became even more protruding, and then he continued, "Even if Ma Yaocao really broke his promise and wanted to change the Fufan, as long as all the gentlemen in my capital work together and refuse to accept it, he will not be able to succeed!"

"If you are afraid, you are afraid that things will come to an end. You may not have the courage to fight against it." "Hmph, bro, just watch!" Lu Daqi clenched his fists, his eyes flashed a firm light under his raised eyebrows.Immediately, he cupped his hands, "It's getting late, I'm going to pass now. Please do what you want, I'm sorry!" After speaking, he slightly lifted the hem of his official uniform, stepped over the threshold, and walked straight out. Qian Qianyi followed out of the courtyard as usual, and then stood still, watching Lu Daqi's thin and stubborn back hurried away, disappearing into the depths of the corridor lined with plantains and magnolias, and then he turned around silently.

Now, Qian Qianyi is a little relieved because of the firm guarantee from his old friend.He raised his face, looked at the shadow of the sun on the east roof, and then remembered that Liu Rushi had said that he was going out to visit friends today.Therefore, he temporarily put aside his current concerns, left the Moon Cave Gate, and walked back to the courtyard where he was staying. Liu Rushi came to Nanjing from Changshu four days ago with Hong Qing, Lu Yi and several male and female servants.She didn't ask her husband's permission beforehand, and she didn't tell her that she came here on her own because she was thinking about it at home and couldn't rest assured until they met.Qian Qianyi naturally understands Mrs. Ru's concern about his going out to seek business this time, but firstly, things are not going smoothly, and there is no achievement worth boasting about; Let the concubine dictate.Therefore, even though he pretended to be happy and arranged for Liu Rushi to stay, he still had a lot of inside information, so he couldn't tell her directly, let alone discuss it in depth.Naturally, she couldn't hide this kind of thinking from the extremely smart Liu Rushi, so she sneered and didn't ask any more questions. However, she refused to stay at home peacefully from then on.For two days in a row, she left the old man alone and ran outside with her servants, saying that she wanted to burn incense to fulfill her vows and also to visit relatives and friends.

As soon as Qian Qianyi stepped into the gate of the courtyard, he heard a woman's laughter coming from a pavilion on the left.Qian Qianyi knew that Liu Rushi was going to the Qinhuai River House today.Her handkerchief sister, Huixiang, came to Nanjing half a year ago and has been renting there.According to Liu Rushi, Hui Xiang had already visited yesterday, and made an appointment to pick her up in person today.Speaking of which, Qian Qianyi hadn't seen Huixiang since spending a few days together in Changshu the summer before last.However, the tenderness and charm of this young woman still left a fresh and beautiful impression in Qian Qianyi's heart.So, hearing that familiar laughter at this moment, he turned around involuntarily, passed through the shady flowers and trees, and walked straight to the pavilion.

Sure enough, Hui Xiang was sitting on a stone pier, quietly playing chess with the well-dressed Liu Rushi.Suddenly seeing Qian Qianyi walking in, she put down the chess pieces, stood up, folded her sleeves on one side of her waist, greeted him and said: "Brother-in-law..." Qian Qianyi blinked, temporarily ignoring the answer, and only eagerly looked at the other party. At the same time, realizing Liu Rushi's presence, he quickly moved his eyes away, feeling a little puzzled: Why, is she Hui Hui? fragrant?Why doesn't it look like it?Just as she was thinking, Liu Rushi's voice came over lightly:

"Master, they are saluting you!" Qian Qianyi let out an "oh", and quickly raised his head, and happened to meet Huixiang again.It was at this moment that he realized clearly that the one standing in front of him was indeed that Hui Xiang, but he hadn't seen her for two years, and she had obviously grown up and matured a lot.Although she was still so charming, she was less shy and more sophisticated.At this moment, she is squinting those slender eyes that resemble Liu Rushi, looking at herself kindly and calmly. "Hey, little lady, don't be too polite!" Qian Qianyi made a gesture and replied vaguely, and at the same time couldn't help but feel a little disappointed—as if he was looking for someone, but he found someone else.So, the original enthusiasm disappeared somehow.He hesitated for a moment, turned to Liu Rushi, and asked in a tone purely for fun:

"So, are you going to go here?" Liu Rushi was paying attention to her husband's movements, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth.At this time, she stretched out a hand, let Hongqing support her, and stood up. "If Mr. Qian thinks that our sisters are getting in the way here, it's okay to let it go." She said pretending not to care. "Oh, absolutely no such intention!" Qian Qianyi said hastily, "If Madam doesn't want to go out, then don't go, Miss Hui also don't go back, stay for two days, you sisters can get close." Liu Rushi curled her lips and snorted: "Let Hui Niang stay here, Mr. Xiang said so lightly! You must know that this is the yamen of the Ministry of War, not the Banye Hall! Besides, Hui Niang will be Li's admonisher sooner or later, and she is still willing to come Soak your nest in muddy water?" "Ah, Li admonished? Which Li admonished?" "How many Li remonstrances are here? The only one who can make my younger sister look up to is Li Ke!" When she said that, she was clearly referring to Li Zhan in the matter.This person can be regarded as a very active character in Nanjing, and a while ago, together with Liu Kongzhao and others, he advocated supporting the King of Fu, and there was a lot of trouble.So Qian Qianyi was quite surprised when he heard this, and quickly turned around and said to Huixiang: "It turns out that the little lady is going to be a good man. Congratulations!" Hui Xiang blushed, smiled coyly and said, "It's not sure yet, Mr. Qian, don't listen to my sister's teasing." "I didn't make a fuss!" Liu Rushi said, "Master Li has already agreed to register for her. Hmph, Mr. Li is a smart man, he doesn't need to beg his father to sue his mother, and he doesn't need to give poems or gifts. The honorable minister Da Dang and the governor Zong Rong all regarded him as a guest of honor and obeyed his words. Unlike a gentleman, he spent most of his life in the officialdom in vain, and until now he still can't get a few truly reliable ones. It's wasted all his efforts. I don't know yet. People buy it, don't buy it!" "You—" Qian Qianyi's gaze flickered.Being ridiculed by the concubine like this, and in front of outsiders, he felt a little embarrassed, but it was inconvenient to explain.Especially when I heard that Huixiang was going to marry Li Zhan, and Li Zhan was a core member of the "Fu" faction. The current situation was at a delicate and unpredictable moment, and any carelessness and gaffes must be absolutely avoided, so he had no choice but to look up Put your face up and make a haha: "Madam can really joke!" Then, after a little hesitation, he gestured again and said, "Well, keep going, keep going! Right now I still have some chores that need to be taken care of immediately, so excuse me for the time being!" After speaking, he turned around, left the pavilion, and hurried towards the study along the brick path full of broken shade. "Sister," Hui Xiang said with a smile as she sat down in front of the chessboard again, "I haven't seen you for two or three years, and it seems that my sister has become more and more docile to her brother-in-law!" Liu Rushi was picking up a chess piece with his slender fingers, looking for the location of the chess piece.She said indifferently: "Really, why didn't I feel it?" Hui Xiang snorted and said, "I didn't realize it! I couldn't bear to see my brother-in-law's face, and I was so panicked that I was afraid that he would explode on the spot. It doesn't matter if you two quarrel, but call me an outsider." How can I stay? It's okay, my brother-in-law's temper is so good that I sent it away with a haha!" Liu Rushi pressed the white chess piece firmly on the board, and snorted triumphantly: "It's just a better year this year! He wasn't like this at first. I remember at that time, he was a little He yelled at me for trivial matters, blew his beard and stared at me. Do you think my sister has ever suffered from such a useless attitude? Later, I really made him suffer a few times, and he gradually became honest!" "Oh? I don't know what trick my sister used to be so effective?" "What way? Ignore him! I don't have to argue with him, I don't have to argue with him, I just need to put him aside, don't talk to him, don't laugh at him. When I go to bed at night, no matter what he does, I don't care about it." Pick him up, pull off the quilt and just sleep with your head covered. After these few days, he will obediently turn upside down and beg me!" "This, but..." Liu Rushi waved his hand: "Listen to me—he begged me in a low voice, hmph, it won't work! I will definitely let him kneel on the bedside naked, and pull out his beards one by one. Don’t deny it one by one! Didn’t the ancients have a saying, “It’s hard to count”, I’ll let him count his beards! After so many times, the old man won’t dare to mess with me again—hey, don’t patronize Listen, now!" Hui Xiang was staring wide-eyed in a daze, when reminded by Liu Rushi, she let out an "ah", looked at the chessboard in a panic, and put a sunspot in her hand on the grid. Liu Rushi rolled her eyes, and said with a smile, "Aha, your move is not in the right place!" She immediately picked up a white chess piece and filled it in a gap that was about to be encircled, "You can see clearly , this piece is all mine!" As she said that, she stretched out her hand eagerly, and took out more than a dozen sunspots that had been surrounded to death in her abdomen one by one, and put them back into Huixiang's box. "By the way, I haven't finished talking just now!" Noticing that Huixiang was looking at the chessboard with an annoyed look on her face, Liu Rushi immediately changed the topic soothingly, "I was just about to ask you, your Mr. Li—yes Are you okay?" Hui Xiang was lowering her head, looking for a space to counterattack all over the chessboard, she was surprised when she was asked, she moved her lips slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she just lowered her eyes, and her pink cheeks turned red. "Hey, could it be that he is treating my sister badly?" Liu Rushi asked suspiciously. Hui Xiang shook her head, without taking her eyes off the chessboard. As a result, Liu Rushi's curiosity was even more aroused.She tilted her head, looked sideways at her female companion and said, "It's not because of my sister's talkativeness. In my opinion, my sister has spent all her years in vain! Man, isn't that the same thing? It depends on whether you have the means , can you control his temper accurately? Otherwise, how can there be any reason to let him down? Just take the method that my sister told you today, why not try it with my sister, maybe at least three Yue, half a year at most, your master Li is just like my old man, and I'm afraid it will be too late to please you!" "Please?" Hui Xiang sneered and shook her head, "It would be great if my sister really has the great blessing of her elder sister!" After a pause, she saw Liu Rushi opened her eyes suspiciously. As if she had made up her mind, she used a quick movement to push the left sleeve to her shoulder: "Hmph, sister, let's see!" "Ah, he pinched this out?" Seeing that Hui Xiang's snow-white and plump beautiful arm was covered with bruises and bruises, Liu Ru was startled. "Pinch and bite. That's what he likes! You don't want to, it's not okay." "Then, on the girl..." "On the body, it's the same." Hui Xiang replied expressionlessly.It seemed that what she was showing at this moment were limbs that had nothing to do with her. "But, how did this happen! How could my sister endure him?" Liu Rushi couldn't help shouting because she thought of this terrible abuse between the beds, which would continue endlessly with Huixiang in the future. Hui Xiang smiled lightly, and slowly put down her sleeves: "How can it be done, why can't it be done, can we still let us go? Didn't my sister hear that everything is in a mess now, and even the emperor was killed by a thief in Beijing?" Jiangnan may become chaotic someday. People like us, if we don’t find someone quickly and start a war at that time, what should we do? Mr. Li is also an official after all. I followed him. Escape, there is also a support, better than being a broken kite. Besides, he is like that at night, he loves me and cherishes me. Apart from this pain, he really has nothing to do to me. " Liu Rushi blinked, and wanted to persuade the other party to weigh more clearly before making up his mind, but Hui Xiang suddenly became excited: "Hey, don't care!" She waved her hand and said, "It's been like this all my life. Fortunately, I met my sister. My sister treats me so well, but please bless the Bodhisattva and let my sister come here." Turned into a male body, the younger sister and the elder sister will live a lifetime of love and affection, please come, let’s finish this game soon! Later, the elder sister will go to the river house with me!" Liu Rushi looked at her female companion who had a close friendship, and felt that her heart suddenly became a little confused. For a while, she didn't know what to say.