Chapter 123: Chunfeng Building

"His Royal Highness speaks so thoroughly, it's boring."
Listening to Li Rong’s words, Cui Yulang didn’t feel embarrassed. Shi Shiran stepped back, sat on a bench to the side, leaned against the railing, opened the fan in his hand, and said with a smile: "But your highness said That’s right, I really want to be attached to His Royal Highness, so this case was given to His Royal Highness."
"Send me?" Li Rong chuckled, "How to say?"
"I know your Royal Highness, I intend for Concubine Rou," Cui Yulang covered half of his face with a fan and lowered his voice. "This Xiao Pingzhang who has robbed the scholarship is a relative of Concubine Rou."
It is normal to have one or two evil relatives. It is not surprising that Concubine Rou has gained power from the maid, and her relatives are domineering in the countryside.
Just pull the tree and loosen the soil first. If Concubine Rou does not have a foundation, then this one thing is enough to crush her. But if Concubine Rou is well-loved, if this incident happens, not only will it go unnoticed, but the investigator will be punished secretly by Li Ming.
Li Rong believed that Cui Yulang knew this. She sat next to Cui Yulang, separated from Cui Yulang by the pillar of the pavilion, and said leisurely: "Master Cui said and laughed. What's the matter with Concubine Rou?"
Cui Yulang looked back at Li Rong with a smile.
Pei Wenxuan looked from a distance, and couldn't help but fold the branch again.
Being so close, Cui Yulang's eyes were all wrong. Why are these two people talking about business matters?
Li Rong caught the look in Cui Yulang's eyes, and knew that Cui Yulang knew everything in her heart. She looked at the sky and knew that the two of them didn't have much time to fight, and simply said: "Why are you helping me?"
"This, your Highness doesn't have to worry about it."
Cui Yulang lowered his head and touched the folding fan in his hand: "His Royal Highness only needs to know that Cui is committed to His Highness, even if he makes some sacrifices."
"If you don't make it clear, how dare I accept your kindness?"
"Then I said, because His Royal Highness looks better," Cui Yulang looked up at Li Rong and shook his fan. "Is this reason enough?"
"what do you mean?"
Li Rong was a little puzzled, Cui Yulang said with emotion: "His Royal Highness thinks, my father is just a master and can be admitted to the top prize. It is only because when I came to Huajing, the poetry was outstanding and appreciated by the nobles. I have no money, and No amazing talent, the only capital, isn't this face?"
As Cui Yulang said, he laughed quite confidently: "His dissatisfaction said that when he had just won the first prize, Princess Deyang had already handed him a branch, but Cui was so blessed that he did not dare to accept this great love, so he rejected it. Then he was put in the ceremonial department, doing nothing but trivial things."
Li Rong nodded. Princess Deyang is her aunt. She is now nearly fifty. Cui Yulang is almost as old as her grandchildren, and rejection is normal.
"I heard that His Royal Highness Ai Juncai has never dared to confirm. A few days ago, the princess was squeezed out of the crowd. Later, His Royal Highness went to the flower boat again, so I wanted to try it next time."
"That's a shame." Li Rong looked at the golden fan in her hand, knowing that he was not telling the truth, and said casually, "I'm not interested in this matter."
"That's really a pity." Cui Yulang sighed, "His Royal Highness invited me to come here. I thought His Highness agreed."
Li Rong waved her hand and stood up: "Since I don't tell the truth, that's it."
As she said, she planned to go out. Cui Yulang paused after listening to her. Hearing that Li Rong was about to walk out of the pavilion, he suddenly said, "His Royal Highness, the Minister is not as incompetent as His Royal Highness imagined. His Highness no longer thinks about it. A moment?"
"I don't doubt your ability." Li Rong's expression was calm. Although Cui Yulang resigned and left early in his previous life, he also experienced several struggles. He was almost unscathed. It can be seen that his mind and mind are very good after returning. Shun Tan, although he did not make achievements in the officialdom, he got a good death in his last life.
"I just can't think of the reason for your loyalty. I don't believe your reason. If your reason is true, I dare not use it for someone like you, and it's unnecessary."
After talking about Li Rong, he planned to leave. Cui Yulang finally stopped her: "I can say it, but I am afraid that I will say it. Your Highness does not believe it."
"Three sounds," Li Rong didn't want to talk nonsense with him, "three, two..."
"Because His Royal Highness handled the Qin's case." Cui Yulang finally spoke out. Li Rong turned her head around in confusion. She watched Cui Yulang turned her head and looked at the small river next to her. He said slowly, "I think Your Highness is a good person."
Li Rong did not speak, Cui Yulang laughed mockingly: "Look, I said, Your Highness won't believe it."
"I believe."
Li Rong said quietly, Cui Yulang raised his head in surprise, Li Rong calmly said: "I understand what you mean, then I'll just say it, I don't want to accept you directly."
Cui Yulang didn't speak. He waited for Li Rong. Li Rong stepped forward and said softly, "But I can arrange for you to go to Roufei."
Cui Yulang looked at Li Rong unexpectedly. After a while, he wanted to understand: "His Royal Highness wants me to be your informant?"
"You just need to respond or not."
"Since your Highness speaks, it is natural."
"Then to reassure me, you need to eat this." Li Rong took out the medicine bottle that had been prepared earlier, squatted down, and handed it to Cui Yulang, "From now on, on this day of every month, you come to me and I will give you. The antidote for the postponement. When I am in addition to Roufei, I will give you the antidote completely. Of course, I will also give you the corresponding benefits. If you have the ability, regardless of your origin, you will be in the same position as Pingzhang. It can be enough."
Cui Yulang listened to Li Rong's words, after thinking for a moment, he chuckled lightly, grabbed the bottle and poured the pill directly into his mouth, then threw the bottle into the lake, sighing with emotion: "Woman, Really suspicious."
Li Rong smiled and stood up straight: "If you have an urgent matter in the future, you can contact me directly at the mansion. You can go back now."
"Where is your Royal Highness's guards?" Cui Yulang asked this unexpectedly. Li Rong paused. Then she remembered that she was running by herself. She thought for a while and guessed: "The carriage is not easy to come in, they should Near the official road not far away."
"Your Royal Highness is wrong to stay," Cui Yulang shook his head, "Send your Royal Highness back."
Li Rong did not refuse, nodded, then turned and said, "Let's go."
When Cui Yulang heard something, he went forward, folded a branch from the side, walked ahead, and cleared the way for Li Rong.
He used a branch in advance to press over the thorns approaching nearby to facilitate Li Rong's walk.
As he walked, he talked to Li Rong. He talked witty and praised more. Putting aside the business, Li Rong laughed after a few words.
The two talked and laughed and walked away. Pei Wenxuan finally straightened up from the haystack. He patted his numb leg and threw the last branch in his hand. After a while, Tong Ye finally found it. Coming over, watching Pei Wenxuan standing at the gate of Changting Pavilion, Tong Ye hurried up and said cautiously: "My son, what are you looking at here?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak. After the last bit of numbness on his legs disappeared, he turned his head and said slowly: "Where is your Royal Highness?"
"His Royal Highness and Cui Yulang have just walked over. We should find their carriage now." Tong Ye answered very carefully. He knew his son's temperament too much, and looked calm at the moment, but what was going on in his mind was only Pei Wenxuan himself. understood.
"How did Cui Yulang come here?"
Pei Wenxuan heard Tong Ye’s words and turned around and followed Tong Ye towards the official road. Tong Ye hurriedly said,
I rented a carriage and just stopped by the road. I heard the coachman talking about it, saying he looks like a human. Well, I hired a carriage and bargained with them for almost half an hour. Don't tell me, Master Cui is really close to the people."
"That's because of poverty."
Pei Wenxuan has a deep understanding. He thought about it and said, "You wait and let someone leave a couple of silver on the carriage, and then think of a way to distract the driver and steal the wheel."
"Steal... steal the wheel?"
Tong Ye was a little shocked, and Pei Wenxuan frowned: "What do you think?"
"No, no." Tong Ye stammered, where would he dare to comment? He was just a little shocked.
In order not to let Pei Wenxuan's fire on himself, he quickly said, "The slave will do it now."
After Tong Ye finished speaking, he ran back all the way, and told the guards of Pei Wenxuan's order. Everyone discussed briefly, and while Cui Yulang was still sending Li Rong, Tong Ye ran directly to the side of the road and threw the copper plate, and started shouting: " Silver? Who lost the silver?"
With such a shout, the coachman sitting in the teahouse and resting quickly gathered around to watch the excitement. The guard ran to the side of the carriage, quietly pulled the carriage and walked away.
Pulling the carriage into the woods, one of the guards pulled the horse, and the two of them removed the wheels. After a while, they removed the wheels and hurriedly left the scene carrying the wheels.
At this time, Cui Yulang had already sent Li Rong to the carriage. The two had a good talk all the way. When they got on the carriage, Cui Yulang joked: "His Royal Highness, you really don't think about me? You have all made up with your husband, and I too Isn't it worse than the consort?"
Li Rong knew that he was joking, she smiled lightly, and only said, "Don't say this in front of others in the future, or someone will hate you."
"To be jealous for a beauty like a princess, Yu Lang feels worth it."
"Okay," Li Rong asked to lower the curtain, "Go back."
Cui Yulang smiled and retreated, watching Li Rong's carriage go far.
And Pei Wenxuan stood in the reed field not far away, staring at Cui Yulang who had sent Li Rong away.
The guard who came back with the wheel standing behind him, Tong Ye whispered: "My son, what about this wheel?"
"These coachmen will stay here for the night," Pei Wenxuan said lightly, "leave someone here, and the wheels will be put back by the coachman tomorrow."
"what?"
Tong Ye was a little confused, and then he heard Pei Wen preach: "Leave a couple of dollars for the coachman, which will be counted as their accommodation fee and compensation."
He just wanted to punish Cui Yulang, a disciple, and didn't want to hurt Yuchi.
In this sky, if you want to go back, you have to go until the evening. The coachman must stay here, but Cui Yulang will have to go to court tomorrow, so he can only choose to go back.
So after bargaining with the coachman and attempting to pay more for the trip, Cui Yulang had no other choice but to go back by himself.
In addition, it is not impossible to call a carriage, but at this time, he would not be worthwhile to go back halfway and take a ride.
After confirming that Cui Yulang was going back, Pei Wenxuan finally had a better time. He led the others back to the carriage. After getting on the carriage, he led people to happily ran past Cui Yulang.
When the carriage approached Cui Yulang, Pei Wenxuan specifically ordered: "Run faster."
The coachman was puzzled, but he ran a little faster as instructed. When passing by Cui Yulang, the road was dusty and dusted Cui Yulang's face.
Cui Yulang paused in the dust, holding his breath, and when the dust dissipated, he looked at the carriage that was running far away, and told himself first that the heavens will descend to the people...
But he was only halfway through the words. He couldn't help it anymore. There was no one around him, and he couldn't help but curse: "Is it so fast to reincarnate? It's great to have money!"
When Pei Wenxuan heard Cui Yulang cursing in the back, he finally relaxed in his heart, took a sip of tea from the side, and was quite happy.
Tong Ye looked at Pei Wenxuan's expression and couldn't help but said, "What is the son happy about?"
Pei Wenxuan held the tea, tilted his head, and praised, "Good tea."
After talking with Cui Yulang, Li Rong returned to the princess mansion. She sat in the room for a while and thought about the current situation.
It is now less than two years since Li Ming passed away.
In the last life, Li Ming abandoned Li Chuan and took three steps separately.
The first step was to abolish the Yang family and let Xiao Su go to the northwest to become the king of Zhenbei and obtain military power in the northwest.
The second step is to let Concubine Rou establish a Supervisory Department, and with the help of the Supervisory Department, Concubine Rou can obtain political capital, have the Han clan as a support, and have her own supporters in the court.
In the third step, the Supervisory Department began to rigorously investigate the people around Li Chuan, and pulled out the cases of the Shangguan family. However, Li Chuan's harem struggled constantly. He originally tried to use marriage to contact the family relationship, and finally became a few concubines. Behind the family's struggle in the East Palace. A puddle of mud was pulled out, finally giving Li Ming a reason to discard the prince.
Now the situation is very different.
The military power in the northwest, although it was Xiao Su on the face, she secretly arranged Qin Lin into the team in advance, and let Li Chuan go to the battlefield in person, and played the most difficult first half, even though it was because of the Qin’s case. I was aware of her relationship with the Qin family too early, but because Xiao Su relied on Qin Lin on the battlefield in the early days, the Qin family was able to take a firm position in the northwest as compensation after the Qin case was reversed.
Although Xiao Su controls the vast majority of the army in the northwest, these people come from the age of the Yang family and belong to their own families. They have no loyalty to Xiao Su, a low-level general who airborne in half of the war to grab credit. . As long as she cut off the support of Concubine Rou and Li Ming, and Xiao Su stopped money and food, those soldiers and horses would immediately be worthless.
Therefore, this move of military power has been offset by half with Qin Lin.
Then, the Supervisor Division's move was also snatched by her in advance.
What Li Ming wanted was for her to establish an inspection department first, and then transfer it to Concubine Roux when the time is right. But only what he spelled out was his own. Back then, the inspector general could become Roufei's political capital because everyone in it was a poor family that she led up, so the poor family trusted her. But now the Supervisor Division was created by her Li Rong alone, and her fame was also created by her. Even if Rou Fei was promoted directly to the Supervisor Division Director, she could quickly surpass Rou Fei.
So the Supervisor Division’s move is gone.
Finally, it was the disintegration of Li Chuan’s popular support and the use of the harem to support Li Chuan’s family. Now Li Chuan does not marry so many women, and Shangguan’s family is clean after Shangguanya’s self-examination. There is nothing wrong with Li Chuan himself. I fought the most difficult battle in the Northern Supervision Army. After that, it was almost impossible to use Li Chuan's reputation.
Now, as long as they walk steadily, Li Chuan's crown prince will be difficult to shake.
But the problem is that Su Rongqing is also back.
Li Rong is not sure when Su Rongqing will return, but at least he should have returned when she got married.
Since he is back, it is impossible for him to watch her layout without moving.
Other than that, at least Pei Wenxuan wanted to be the chief examiner of the imperial examination, but he stopped it.
If it weren't for him to play tricks behind, why would Wang Houwen take the initiative to take care of the imperial examination?
Li Rong was thinking about these chores, and she started to feel a little headache. She suddenly wanted Pei Wenxuan to be there. If the two of them talked together, they might have more ideas.
She watched the candle flame beating and did not speak. Jingmei slapped her feet, glanced at Li Rong, pursed her lips and smiled: "Is your Royal Highness thinking about being embarrassed?"
When Li Rong came back to her senses when she heard this, she chuckled slightly, not knowing what was wrong, she was so embarrassed subconsciously, she just said, "Is there anything to think about, don't you see it tomorrow?"
Jingmei smiled and did not speak, Li Rong intuitively felt that she was laughing at her, and she couldn't help but say, "What are you laughing at?"
Jingmei lowered her head to wash her feet, and reminded her in a low voice: "Today, the concierge asked you to meet. You failed to make it. The slave and maid thought you were in your heart."
Jingmei didn't say that Li Rong didn't want to. When Jingmei said, Li Rong wanted Pei Wenxuan even more.
She didn't show her face, but said: "You worry more than me."
Jingmei smiled and said nothing, Li Rong tried to make herself think more about business, lest she hung on Pei Wenxuan, could not restrain herself, and wanted to see him.
But now that he had just reconciled, he took the risk to see him.
How many years have you known a couple, where are so many hypocritical things?
Li Rong washed her feet and lay on the bed by herself. She tossed about on the bed, thinking about it, and finally decided.
She needs to see Pei Wenxuan.
Of course, it was not to see him. Li Rong comforted herself. She was not such an irrational person, but just wanted to talk to Pei Wenxuan about Cui Yulang.
Cui Yulang is to use it, and it takes a little effort to arrange him with Concubine Rou. The news brought by Cui Yulang, although it was useless to bring down Concubine Rou, was useful to trouble Wang Houwen.
Whether it's arranging Cui Yulang or designing Wang Houwen, the letter is not secure. She must have an interview with Pei Wenxuan, even if she takes some risks, she can see it.
Thinking of having to see Pei Wenxuan, Li Rong suddenly felt much better. She hugged the quilt sideways, closed her eyes, and fell asleep happily.
Waiting for the morning of the next day, Li Rong arrived at the palace at the usual time, and as soon as he got off the carriage, he saw Pei Wenxuan who had just arrived.
Taking advantage of the lack of people, she blinked at Pei Wenxuan in the still dark sky. Pei Wenxuan saw that she was "feasting" and pretending that she hadn't seen anything, turned around and walked in.
Li Rong was stunned. She looked around and confirmed that there were no people. She couldn't help being a little surprised. Pei Wenxuan did too much of this play, right?
But Pei Wenxuan squeezed the wat board and walked forward, feeling a little bored.
Because of Cui Yulang's troubles, I pushed back the meeting of him, and now it's okay for everyone to see him, I'm afraid I don't have any burden in my heart.
Li Rong was really heartless to get home.
The two of them were too early to take a glance, and when they returned to the princess mansion, Li Rong quickly asked Zhao Chongjiu to send Pei Wen a propaganda letter, asking him to meet.
When Pei Wenxuan received Li Rong's letter, he knew what Li Rong was going to say. He listened to her and Cui Yulang's words. Although they were intermittent, they still stayed true to each other. They just wanted to tell him about recruiting Cui Yulang and Wang Houwen.
He had arrangements for these, which were not important things, so he decisively asked people to reply: "Let your Royal Highness think about what you have done recently, and reflect on it. She wants to understand, we will meet again."
Zhao Chongjiu nodded, turned around and left without giving Pei Wenxuan any time to regret it.
Pei Wenxuan stood in the courtyard for a while after speaking. After a while, he still couldn't hold back. He turned to Tongye and said, "You go back to Zhao Chongjiu. If you said that you just don't pass on those words, just tell him, let Your Highness stay in the house at night. Dao, I'll go find her."
Tong Ye nodded and hurried to chase Zhao Chongjiu.
Pei Wenxuan stood in the yard and thought, Li Rong couldn't figure it out clearly, so he still had to talk to her in person.
But he didn't have time to pass on this idea. After Tong Ye went out for a while, he turned back and said anxiously: "Master, Master Zhao walked too fast to catch up."
Pei Wenxuan: "..."
Don't know why, he was a little scared.
I always feel that those words just now seem to be hardened.
Tong Ye glanced at Pei Wenxuan, he couldn't help but said, "Um, son, if you are scared, why don't you find someone to send a message back?"
When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he gave Tong Ye a cold stare: "What am I afraid of? Just forget it, let's see what she thinks."
Pei Wenxuan turned around and only said: "Who is hosting a banquet tonight?"
"Yes."
"Get ready for a dinner tonight."
"My son," Tong Ye cautiously, "are you really going?"
"Why can't I go?" Pei Wenxuan glanced at him lightly, and Tong Ye muttered, "Master He, set the location in the Chunfeng Building."
Pei Wenxuan: "..."
When Pei Wenxuan was still struggling whether to go to the banquet at night, Zhao Chongjiu returned to the princess mansion.
He returned Pei Wenxuan's words to Li Rong without fail.
Li Rong took a sip of tea and only said, "Is this what he said?"
"Yes." Zhao Chongjiu said calmly, "the original words."
Li Rong didn't speak, she put the tea on the table and said to Jingmei: "Go and change to chrysanthemum tea."
Jingmei hurried to change tea, Li Rong looked up at Zhao Chongjiu: "Do you know where he is going tonight?"
"I asked you earlier," Zhao Chongjiu took Li Rong's order in the morning, staring at Pei Wenxuan from time to time. He knew Pei Wenxuan's dinner every night, so he directly replied, "What a banquet."
"Okay," Li Rong nodded, "I'll wait for him."
With that, Li Rong stood up: "Where is the banquet set?"
"Chunfeng Tower."
Zhao Chongjiu said calmly, Li Rong suddenly widened his eyes: "You say it again?"
Zhao Chongjiu spoke very slowly this time, as if he was afraid that Li Rong would not be able to hear him, he said every word: "Hua, Jing, Most, Da, De, Feng, Yue, Suo"
"Spring, wind, building."