Vol 2 Chapter 496: The Secret of the Chamber (2)

Ren Yaoqi thought, he was about to reach out to open the box, but Xiao Jingxi stopped him.
Xiao Jingxi took down the machine bracket lock and gently opened the lid of the box.
It was just an ordinary sandalwood box without any organs inside, but the things in the alley made Ren Yaoqi stunned.
It seemed to be a piece of clothing inside, and Ren Yaoqi was surprised that the color of this piece of clothing turned out to be bright yellow.
In the Zhou Dynasty, there was only one person who could dress in bright yellow, and that was the emperor to the south.
Ren Yaoqi gave Xiao Jingxi a surprised look.
Xiao Jingxi didn't look surprised. He reached out and took out the robe from the alley. It was really a dragon robe embroidered with a nine-claw golden dragon.
After taking a look, Xiao Jingxi put the dragon robe aside, and then picked up another boxy thing at the bottom of the box that was wrapped in bright yellow silk.
Ren Yaoqi leaned forward curiously: "What is this?"
Xiao Jingxi smiled helplessly: "I guess it might be something everyone wants... trouble."
Ren Yaoqi could not help but was stunned.
Xiao Jingxi put the things wrapped in silk cloth on the confession, but was not in a hurry to open it. Instead, he turned his head and asked Ren Yaoqi with a smile: "Do you remember the two edicts of the Emperor Wan Guifei?"
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "Naturally remember."
Concubine Wan's two edicts, one exiled King Xian's family to Yanbei for more than ten years, and one made King Xian become the king of the river.
"Guess whether these two edicts are true or false?" Xiao Jingxi blinked, his relaxed tone was like asking Ren Yaoqi whether I would hide the chess piece in the left hand or the right hand.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while, then said, "Fake."
Xiao Jingxi couldn't help laughing: "Oh? Why is it fake?"
Ren Yaoqi didn't answer Xiao Jingxi's words, but instead put his gaze on the object wrapped in bright yellow silk on the confession, and muttered: "This is a jade seal? And it's a true jade seal."
Xiao Jingxi couldn't help reaching out and scraping Ren Yaoqi's nose, and then opened the bright yellow silk, revealing the boxy objects wrapped underneath. The jade is gentle and moist, with a new shape and six sides. It really is a jade seal.
"Do you know why even the Pei family admits the two secret edicts in Concubine Wan's hand?" Xiao Jingxi took Yuxi in his hand and looked at it, and asked with a smile.
When King Xian took out the secret edict of the first emperor and became the king of Hezhong, things would not go so smoothly if even the Pei family believed that the edict was true.
"Even the Empress Dowager Yan and the emperor suspected that the Pei family was in collusion with Concubine Wan. In fact, this is not the case. The most loyal to the Li dynasty in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty is the Pei family." Xiao Jingxi smiled, "Pei Zhiyan may be with Concubine Wan has some personal relationships, but it is only private. The Pei family will not have any political involvement with Concubine Wan because of this. Even Pei Zhiyan himself, if the emperor gave him a death, he can still thank the Lord Longen without changing his face. Hit and die on the Golden Luang Temple."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help feeling stunned when she heard that. She knew that Xiao Jingxi's words were true. Although Mr. Pei seemed free and unrestrained and didn't care about anything, what he believed in his heart was "The king wants his minister to die, and the minister has to die." "
Ren Yaoqi sighed: "So the reason why the Pei family admits the two edicts is because of Yuxi?"
Xiao Jingxi nodded: "Actually, the real jade seal disappeared as early as Xia Weiming's death. This jade seal has been passed down for four dynasties. It is said that only those who have obtained the real jade seal are the true emperor of heaven. After the Yuxi disappeared, Gao Zu sent someone to secretly search for it, and at the same time let someone imitate a fake seal. The one used by the emperor now is a fake. Those who know this matter are afraid that only the Yanbei Palace, Xian Palace and The Patriarch of the Pei family, even the current emperor is kept in the dark, thinking that he is holding a real seal."
The current emperor was not established as a prince by the previous emperor, so he did not know that this period of royal secrets was also reasonable.
Xiao Jing paused for a while, and then said: "In fact, when the Emperor Gaozu made the fake seals, there were two of them. They were made of the same piece of jade, but because one was slightly flawed, it was ordered to be destroyed by the Gaozu, but he didn't want to take it. People don’t know why the jade seal was secretly kept, but in the end, they don’t know why it fell into the hands of Concubine Wan."
Xiao Jingxi talked about these things with ease as if he were telling a story, but Ren Yaoqi was sweating coldly.
"So the Pei family did not admit the will because of collusion with Concubine Wan, but because the Patriarch of the Pei family recognized that the seal on it was the fake seal, because he was afraid that the fake jade seal would ruin the royal face... …"
Xiao Jingxi smiled and said: "Except for the difference between the two fake jade seals on Chi Niu, the one in Wan Guifei's hand is slightly flawed, if it is printed on paper, there is no difference, so maybe the Pei family I can’t tell whether the two edicts are true or false, but I can’t tell the truth. It’s really wrong."
Speaking of this, Xiao Jingxi couldn't help sighing: "Your great-grandmother Wan Guifei is really an amazing woman. If she was born like the Empress Dowager Yan, the world would definitely be a different one."
Ren Yaoqi could not help but imagine another pattern that Xiao Jingxi had said in his mind.
If Concubine Wan had the family power of the Queen Mother, Xian Wang would definitely have no suspense when he ascended to the throne. Then there will definitely not be political disputes between the families behind the ministers to seize the power. The court will have enough energy to deal with the Yanbei Palace, so can the Yanbei Palace still have the current situation?
So from Xiao Jingxi's standpoint, he should be fortunate that Wan Guifei was a commoner. The southern court has fought for so many years, which gave the Yanbei Palace a good opportunity to rise rapidly.
However, Ren Yaoqi did not raise this sensitive question again, but asked curiously: "Where is the other fake jade seal...?"
Xiao Jingxi blinked: "Guess?"
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
Xiao Jingxi put the jade seal back in the box, holding Ren Yaoqi's hand with a smile: "Actually you should be able to guess it? The other jade seal is now in your grandfather's hands."
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
"The owner of this box is related to Xia Weiming?" Ren Yaoqi finally found his voice and asked.
Xiao Jingxi nodded: "It is said that Xia Weiming had a female subordinate who had a close relationship with him, and he gave him a daughter. Before Xia Weiming was killed, he noticed something was wrong and gave the real Yuxi to this female subordinate to let her. Take it out of the palace. Maybe the Zhai family has something to do with Xia Weiming's daughter."
Ren Yaoqi frowned: "It turned out to be related to the Xia family. No wonder the Feng Shui pattern of the entire house is so strange."
Presumably that female subordinate or her daughter still has some ambitions to make a comeback under the banner of Xia Weiming.
Thinking of this, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but glanced at Xiao Jingxi with a weird expression, and muttered: "It seems that a useful way for a high-ranking man to retain his blood is to use the outside room and cast more nets." Lei Family and Wu Family Isn't it all so?
Xiao Jingxi glanced at Ren Yaoqi with a smile but a smile: "Madam? What are you whispering? Aren't you talking bad about being a husband?"
Ren Yaoqi coughed lightly, and turned the subject away: "You guessed that this box is related to General Xia before opening this box?"
Xiao Jingxi stopped asking what she was muttering just now, but squeezed her face as a warning: "Didn’t we have seen the dozen or so boxes before, the first box? The famille rose General Zun was bestowed by Emperor Taizu to General Xia. The pair of luminous cups in the second box were offered to the palace by the Xiqiang people. I just took out the paintings and calligraphy in the fifth box. I took a look at the picture, and there was General Xia’s Tibetan seal on it. That’s why I determined that these things are related to him. As for the secret words of this lock, I guessed it three times, and finally guessed it was the Dashun Red Tiger Army. Shun is Xia Weiming's reign, and the Red Tiger Army is the name of the most famous army under his command."
Ren Yaoqi had known that Xiao Jingxi was thoughtful, but he did not expect that he would use these clues to infer the identity of the box owner, and finally guess the secret words of the lock, and he had to admire it.
"Okay, we have finished reading the rare treasures, we should go up. You can't stand it if you stay here for too long." Xiao Jingxi put the dragon robe back in the box and hung the lock, then pulled Ren Yaoqi's The hand is about to leave.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but glanced back at the box, then hesitated and asked, "That...you won't take it away?"
She was talking about the jade seal. According to Xiao Jingxi's words, the significance of passing on the national jade seal is not trivial. Doesn't Xiao Jingxi want it?
Xiao Jingxi looked back at Ren Yaoqi when he heard the words, with a smile in his eyes but with a seriousness: "Do you want it? I'll take it if you want."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help being stunned. She understood that what Xiao Jingxi asked was not just the jade seal, but what the jade seal symbolized...
Facing Xiao Jingxi's sight, Ren Yaoqi was silent for a moment, and then seriously replied: "If you want, I want you to take it."
Xiao Jingxi smiled and sighed, hugged Ren Yaoqi in his arms, and then pressed a solemn kiss on her eyebrows, but then said nothing, holding Ren Yaoqi's hands and leaving the secret room without looking back. .
It wasn't until the two of them were halfway up the steps that Xiao Jingxi smiled and said, "I want to hold you with one hand, and the other hand to see the road with the fire-folding paper. I don't have any extra hands to hold other insignificant things. For a while. Let Xiao Hua come down and take it."
Ren Yaoqi's eyes were somehow hot after hearing this, and then he held Xiao Jingxi's hand tightly.
Xiao Jingxi suddenly laughed and said, "Well, if it's the outer room that came with her, I would let her hold the fire fold in one hand and the box in the other to open the way. For her husband today, she is really misguided."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but grinned, and pinched Xiao Jingxi with the other hand.
After coming out of the secret room, Xiao Hua did his best to guard by the rockery. Xiao Jingxi ordered him to go down and bring up the locked box and the other box that had been filled with paintings and calligraphy. The second son Xiao never forgot to please himself. Father-in-law.
After the two got into the carriage together, Ren Yaoqi asked, "Have anyone from the Han family entered the secret room?"
Xiao Jingxi took Ren Yaoqi and leaned against the wall of the car, thought for a while, and said, "The other people in the Han family should have never been there, but Han Yunqian...I guess he has been to the secret room. He might have guessed Zhai. The family and Xia’s family are involved, but he has not opened the locked box, otherwise he will not be able to leave the stuff behind whether he wants it or not. And when I just opened the lock, I heard the sound of the machine. I realized that the lock had not been opened for many years."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words: "No wonder he gave everything in the secret room to the Yanbei Palace as a favor. He is smart."
Xiao Jingxi smiled and asked Ren Yaoqi: "Oh? What a clever way?"
Ren Yaoqi thoroughly analyzed and said: "Although those things are priceless, they are all hot potatoes. One carelessness will get your upper body angry. It's no wonder that the Zhai family didn't take them with them when they fled. The court has always been a taboo. The only people who dare to take over these things are the Yanbei Palace and the Xianwang Palace. Secondly, Han Yunqian's doing this is tantamount to personally handing his deadly handle to your hands, so that you will be You can use him with confidence. He exchanged a bunch of things that are no different from scrap copper and iron in exchange for the trust and support of the Yanbei Prince's Mansion. Is this sale worthwhile? Come on, he guessed the Zhai family After the relationship with Xia Weiming, he did not open the locked box out of curiosity. People who can restrain their curiosity at critical moments often have longer lives than ordinary people." Otherwise, if Han Yunqian really opened the box. , Because of the jade seal of the country, his life might not be saved.
Xiao Jingxi narrowed his eyes slightly, and then hugged Ren Yaoqi in his arms. Ren Yaoqi was startled by his sudden movement.
Xiao Jingxi gently touched the tip of Ren Yaoqi's nose with the tip of her nose, and kissed her lips, and murmured coquettishly: "Don't think about others so thoroughly, I will feel uncomfortable."
Ren Yaoqi's face blushed when he heard this, and he pushed him, but did not push away. Instead, Xiao Jingxi's lips were held, and the soft kiss quickly turned into a entanglement between lips and teeth.
Before the carriage drove into the Yanbei Palace, Ren Yaoqi had already sorted himself out with the help of Xiao Jingxi. Apart from the blush on his face, no one else could guess what happened in the carriage just now.
When the two returned, the sun was already slanting to the west, and when the sun came in.
Xiao Jingxi got out of the carriage alone in the front hall because of something to deal with, and Ren Yaoqi went back to the inner hall by himself. When I got off the carriage, I saw a group of people coming here.
Ren Yaoqi looked up and found that it was Zhao Yingqiu.
Zhao Yingqiu will still come to greet the old princess and the princess every few days. Sometimes he will stay in the Shou’an Hall for dinner. Most of the time, he will leave after the invitation. Although Ren Yaoqi doesn’t have a close relationship with her, they do. Often seen.
Zhao Yingqiu came up to meet Ren Yaoqi, glanced at the carriage that Ren Yaoqi had just gotten off, and smiled: "Did the young lady just go out with the second son?"
Ren Yaoqi smiled and turned the subject away: "I like to change the tea that Miss Zhao gave me last time. Thank you."
Zhao Yingqiu smiled and said, "My mother brought it from Beijing. It is not a precious thing. If the young lady likes it, I still have a lot of it. I will bring you some next time."
Ren Yaoqi thanked him politely.
Originally, the two of them had arrived here with a greeting, and then they should go their own way, but Zhao Yingqiu didn't mean to go immediately. Instead, he smiled and said: "Right, Ningshuang is coming in two months. The Yanbei Palace is about to have a happy event again."
Only after Ren Yaoqi heard the words did he remember that Yan Ningshuang had been promised by the Queen Mother to Xiao Jingyue, the third young master of the Xiao family. Before Ren Yaoqi heard Mother Xin mentioned that the wedding date was near, she didn’t care too much at the time. Now it seems that the wedding date is Next month is coming.
Therefore, Ren Yaoqi nodded and smiled: "It is indeed a happy event. The old princess and the princess are also very happy these days."
Ren Yaoqi is purely talking nonsense with his eyes open, not to mention that she rarely sees the old princess once and knows that the old princess is happy, angry, sad. When the old princess saw her close to Concubine Yun, every time she saw her, she would be like seeing something dirty, and she wouldn't bother. Even the princess's evaluation of this happy event could not be a delight.
It happened that Zhao Yingqiu could continue: "Yes, the old princess still has trouble today."
The two chatted a few more gossips before Zhao Yingqiu said goodbye politely.
Speaking of it, Zhao Yingqiu is a girl who thinks that she has a gentle temperament, and she is also interested in making friends with her, but I don't know why Ren Yaoqi always can't get close to her. Every time they meet, they just talk about irrelevant nonsense.
When Ren Yaoqi passed by Zhao Yingqiu, he accidentally saw a small Sophora japonica flower in her hair, raised her eyebrows, and left without saying anything.
After returning to Zhaoning Palace, Ren Yaoqi asked Apple to find out where Zhao Yingqiu went after coming to Yanbei Palace today.
Apple came back to report: "Miss Zhao invited the old princess and the princess to Ann, and sat in the old princess's Shou'an Hall for about half an hour, and did not go anywhere else."
"Did the princess meet her?" Ren Yaoqi asked.
I don’t know if it’s because King Yanbei rarely stayed in the mansion these days, and the princess of the Liao Kingdom rarely appeared in front of people. I heard that she reads and practiced in her study every day, because she heard that the prince likes to know the book Talented woman.
Apple said: "The princess happened to meet Miss Zhao who came out of the old princess on the way to the library today. The two just said hello, and didn't say much."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help thinking about it.
The reason she asked Apple to investigate the whereabouts of Zhao Yingqiu and the princess of the Liao Kingdom was because the entire Yanbei Palace only had locust trees in front of the Lengxiangyuan where Yelv Sage lived.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi just asked casually at a thought, and did not conclude that Yelvsage had anything to do with Zhao Yingqiu. The locust flower on Zhao Yingqiu's head might have been brought in from outside.
After asking, Ren Yaoqi put the matter down temporarily.
For the time being, the Yanbei Palace looked very peaceful, and Yelv Sage was a little more active when the Yanbei King was at home, and was usually very low-key and rarely went out.
On one day at the end of May, the Han family and the Yun family ushered in a long-lost happy event. The eldest master of the Han family Han Yunqian married Yun Qiuping, the second lady of the Yun family.
I heard that at the request of the Han family, the wedding date of the Han family elder and the Yun family's second lady was a little earlier, and the Yun family agreed because they were very satisfied with this uncle. Many people know that now the Han family is almost already in charge of the Han family. Because of the ill health of this period, the Han family has given most of the Han family's things to the Han family. Some people say it is Han. The father is about to die, the Han family and the Yun family are afraid that Han Yunqian will have to keep his filial piety when the father is gone.
Han Yunqian had set up a Sanjin mansion in Yunyang City a year earlier. His marriage affairs were done in this mansion, and he did not return to Baihe Town. Han Yunqian’s grandfather was unable to attend his wedding due to physical discomfort, and his grandmother did not come to take care of the old man. However, his stepmother Jiang brought Miss Han to Yunyang City a few days ago to help prepare for the wedding. Very dedicated, and soon the reputation of Jiang's virtuous and capable people spread.
On this day, both the Yun family and the Han family were full of lights and festivities, and it was a lively scene.
Young Master Han was sitting on a tall horse and went to the Yun family to meet his relatives. His handsome and calm appearance made the girls and young women in Yunyang City blush and blush.
Ren Yaoqi naturally also knew about Han Yunqian's marriage on this day. Out of gratitude to Han Yunqian, Ren Yaoqi also gave a generous gift in the name of himself and Xiao Jingxi, which was a great deal for the Han family. .
This is the first time that Han Yunqian's new house welcomed so many guests.
When he finished the banquet and walked calmly to his yard, he found his sister Han You was sitting alone on the railing of the porch leading to the main house.
Seeing Han Yunqian entered the yard, Han You quickly stood up, walked to Han Yunqian, and yelled, "Brother."
Han Yunqian was very cold when facing outsiders, but looked gentle at the only sister: "It's so late, why don't you go to bed? Be careful not to catch a cold."
Han You didn't know why his nose was sore, he slowly walked forward, took Han Yunqian's hand like he did when he was a child, and looked up at him: "Brother."
Han Yunqian did not hide from her hand, letting her pull it childishly, and her voice became more gentle: "What's wrong? Where did you get wronged?"
Han You shook his head unhappily, did not speak, just held her brother not to let go.
Han Yunqian was very patient, so he stood with her on the veranda without urging her.
After a long time, Han Youcai plucked up the courage to ask: "Brother, why do you want to advance your wedding date?"
Han Yunqian couldn't help but smiled and touched her head: "Because this time is more suitable. Why would you ask this? Are you afraid that your brother will leave you alone after getting married?"
Han You shook his head: "I'm not worried about this, I just... I just think you..." She took a peek at Han Yunqian, and then said in a barely audible voice, "You don't like Miss Yun Er."
Han Yunqian lowered his eyes slightly, then patted Han You's shoulder gently: "Nothing like this, you go back to sleep soon."
I promised to complete the replenishment at the end of the month. I hope it will be fulfilled. The author is working hard...〒_〒
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Climbing away with the lid...
.RS