The daily life of the bandits in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 140

During the whole process, Empress Xiao didn't even glance at Chu Yang, but Chu Yang looked at her carefully, she was much more beautiful than at night, full of charm.

The Hall of Peace, said to be called the Hall, is actually only a few rooms, not very big.

There is a small garden between the outer hall and the inner hall, and a small fish pond.

Chu Yang and Concubine Yang sat on the left side of the hall, with a small table in front, and Empress Xiao sat at the top.

After the three of them sat down, the maid brought goat milk tea, which was so strong that Chu Yang couldn't drink it, so he could only sip it.

After Empress Xiao took a sip of goat milk tea, she carefully looked at this concubine who hadn't seen her for ten years, feeling a lot of emotion in her heart.

The years not only left marks on his face, but also left marks on the face of the little girl he brought up.

The two were still relatively close for ten years, but after ten years, it felt like there were more barriers, and it was time for the two to become more distant.

Ten years ago, Yang Guang took Manchu Wenwu and Empress Xiao to Jiangdu for a visit.

Concubine Yang was left in Luoyang, Kyoto, along with Yang Guang's grandsons Yang Tong and Yang You.

Not long afterward, Concubine Yang and Yang You went to Chang'an to garrison, and Yang Tong stayed in Luoyang. No one thought that Yang Guang went to Jiangdu and stayed there for two years, and was finally killed by Yu Wenhuaji in Jiangdu.

Since then, Empress Xiao and Concubine Yang have never seen each other again.

At this time, Empress Xiao looked at Concubine Yang with a smile, and asked kindly: "Xuanxuan, how have you been these years?"

Concubine Yang heard Empress Xiao's inquiry, her hands under the table were tightly clutching her skirt.

When Concubine Yang was young, she called Empress Xiao her queen mother, but as she grew up, she knew that she was not Empress Xiao's own, and Yang Guang never gave her the title of princess, so she never called her queen mother again.

At first, when she called Empress Xiao Empress Empress, she probably couldn't come over, but after being heard by Yang Guang once, she reprimanded her and remembered it.

But in private, the two didn't pay much attention, and she sometimes called her queen mother.

It's been ten years since we saw each other, so naturally our relationship has faded a lot.

How about saying that the royal family is ruthless?

Generally, the concubine's children of the emperor cannot call the queen mother, unless they are given a title.

Hearing that Empress Xiao was still so kind, she hesitated, of course she wanted to call her queen mother, but she would think of Yang Guang's ruthless reprimand, and now she couldn't yell out.

Suddenly, she felt inexplicable, her heart was sour, and there was a slight mist in her eyes.

She pursed her lips and replied, "It's okay, how about you, empress?"

"I, that's it." Empress Xiao shook her head helplessly.

It is appropriate to use the impermanence of the world to describe what happened to the two daughters at this time.

Who would have thought that in the good times before, this would happen many years later.

Chu Yang sat on the side and had no chance to interrupt at all, so he could only look at the two of them.

Empress Xiao looked at Concubine Yang with reddened eyes, and her heart softened. After all, she was brought up by herself. Although she was not her own, she still had some feelings.

Thinking of this, she thought of her own children. The son is dead, and there is no news about her eldest daughter. She doesn't know if she is still alive.

She stood up with red eyes, looked at Concubine Yang and said, "Xuanxuan, let me go to the inner hall to chat."

After speaking, he turned around and left, perhaps because he was afraid of tears running out.

"En!" Concubine Yang nodded vigorously and followed.

Chu Yang looked at the two people who left before and after, and felt a little pain in his heart.

It felt like he was like air, being ignored the whole time. She brought Concubine Yang here to solve the issue of Chuanguo Yuxi.

Now he, the key figure in the negotiation, has been left behind like this.

I could only sip the goat milk tea painfully in the hall, and finally couldn't hold back and said to the maid outside the door: "Sister, can you give me a glass of water, I am not used to your goat milk tea."

The maid smiled at Chu Yang, her heart was very sweet, this handsome young master actually called her elder sister.

"Young master, wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, the maid walked away quickly.

Chu Yang looked at the performance of the court lady, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up. It turned out that it was so simple to bring happiness to others.

A sister can make her happy.

This meant that Chu Yang was good-looking, but if he was replaced by someone who was so stupid, the treatment would be different.

On the other side, Princess Yicheng's carriage was driving slowly on the street. At this time, when there were many people on the street, the carriage started to move as fast as it wanted.

Princess Yicheng in the car frowned and rolled her eyes slightly.

She seemed to have captured something, but it was blurry.

At this time, a burst of fragrance came.

"What scent is this?"

After muttering, she immediately opened the curtains and looked out.

His eyes instantly locked on the women who were five feet behind the carriage.

"Gao Lanfeng? Why is she here?"

Mother-in-law Gao, eldest grandson Wugou and others went out for shopping shortly after Chu Yang and Concubine Yang left.

Going shopping is a woman's nature. Regardless of their age, they always wear a calming perfume when they go out, which smells very good.

When Princess Yicheng's carriage passed by their side, Princess Yicheng with a sharp nose could smell it immediately.

She and her mother-in-law Gao were best friends when they were young, and her mother-in-law Gao was only two years older than her.

The two have not seen each other for more than 20 years. In terms of appearance, the two have not changed much, but the years have left marks on their faces, making them look mature.

When Princess Yicheng saw her mother-in-law Gao Shi, her mother-in-law also saw her and stopped suddenly.

"Mother, why did you stop?" Changsun Wugou was walking with his mother-in-law on his arm, but his mother-in-law suddenly stopped and pulled Changsun Wugou back.

Gao Mingyue and Qiu Yun, also arm in arm, walked behind and almost bumped into their mother-in-law.

"I seem to see an acquaintance."

Because there were too many people on the street, the mother-in-law stretched her neck to look at the people in the carriage.

After hearing this, Changsun Wugou and the others also followed their mother-in-law's gaze.

At this time, Princess Yicheng in the carriage suddenly shouted:

"parking"

call...

The carriage stopped.

Princess Yicheng quickly got off the carriage and walked towards her mother-in-law and the others.

When she came to her mother-in-law, she tentatively asked, "Are you Lanfeng?"

"Xunxun?" Mother-in-law looked at her and asked tentatively.

"it's me!"

"Sister Lanfeng, why are you here? Why haven't I seen you in Dingxiang before?"

Princess Yicheng took the initiative to hold her mother-in-law's hand, and a smile appeared on her glamorous face.

At this time, the mother-in-law was also smiling: "We just arrived in Dingxiang yesterday, and we came to accompany our daughter and son-in-law for a little bit."

"What about you Xunxun, how have you been these years, are you still used to being in the grassland?"

When two girlfriends met, they didn't hug each other, but they were just happy. After 27 years, no matter how strong the relationship is, it should be washed away by time.

"I'm still the same." When she finished answering this, she suddenly remembered that her mother-in-law's son-in-law was Li Er.

Princess Yicheng's eyebrows twitched, the smile on her face disappeared instantly, and she was shocked in her heart.

Is Li Er here?

This Li Er is too bold, dare to come to Dingxiang, what is his purpose?
Sensing the change in Princess Yicheng's face, Gao's mother-in-law carefully asked: "What's wrong, Xun Xun?"

Listening to the mother-in-law's question, Princess Yicheng smiled again.

"It's okay, Miss Lanfeng, isn't your son-in-law Li Er? What is he doing in Dingxiang?"

When she asked this, the mother-in-law was a little embarrassed to speak up. Her daughter was remarried, but it was still a bit unnatural to say it.

The mother-in-law glanced at the eldest grandson Wugou, hesitated and didn't know what to say.

At this time, Princess Yicheng turned her eyes to her eldest grandson Wugou, "Sister Lanfeng, could this be your daughter Wugou?"

The eldest grandson Wugou saw that Princess Yicheng looked at her, and made a wish, "Wugou met Aunt Yang."

"Wugou, you are so beautiful, then Li Er is really lucky."

Uh

The mother-in-law and the others looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

The eldest grandson Wugou pursed his lips and said, "Aunt Yang misunderstood, Li Er and I have already reconciled."

Princess Yicheng was very surprised when she heard this, why the spies didn't find out.

She immediately changed into a concerned expression, "Ah, why is this, then Wugou, you now..."

"I'm doing well now. This time I'm here to accompany my husband to Dingxiang to buy sheepskins and some horses."

"Aunt Yang, if you are not busy, go to the inn where we are staying and chat slowly. When my husband comes back, I will cook you some of his special dishes."

The eldest grandson Wugou's answer was very generous, without any negative impact from reconciling with Li Er, and at the same time, it meant to end the topic.

She asked Princess Yicheng to go to the inn, and the meaning in her words was, are you free to do, if you have something to do, hurry up and do your thing.

Princess Yicheng could hear what the eldest grandson Wugou said, and everyone had heard it from each other.

However, she was still a little happy about the reconciliation of grandson Wugou and Li Er, which was equivalent to losing a lot of help from Li Er's side.

When Changsun Wugou and Li Er were together, he did a lot to win the world for Li Er, such as winning people's hearts, his wife's diplomacy, logistics management, etc., all of which reflect the talents of Changsun Wugou.

Not to mention Changsun Wugou's persuasion when Li Er committed a crime.

Now Changsun Wugou no longer belongs to Li Er, she is Mrs. Chu Yang, which will make her shine brighter.

Princess Yicheng thought it was the eldest grandson Wugou who made a mistake, and Li Er divorced her, who knew that it was the eldest grandson Wugou who woke up halfway and decided not to arrange the marriage.

Because of what the eldest grandson Wugou said, it was impossible for Princess Yicheng to chat with them, so she found an excuse, said goodbye to each other, and returned to the carriage.

When she just got into the carriage and sat down, she had a flash of inspiration.

No, there must be a problem.

She felt something was wrong just now, since she was buying sheepskins and horses, why didn't Changsun Wugou and others follow.

If you say you haven't purchased yet, then why didn't you see her husband just now.

As soon as this group of people came yesterday, there were assassins in the evening, and today another handsome man entered the palace with Empress Xiao's badge.

What do these things have to do with each other?

Could it be the male pet raised by the second sister-in-law?
The more Princess Yicheng thought about it on the carriage, the more something went wrong. Just when she was about to figure it out, a name floated across her mind.

She immediately raised her eyebrows, "Send the order, go back to the Sui Palace."

……

Chu Yang walked back and forth in the Hall of Peace, and had already drank several glasses of water. Empress Xiao and Concubine Yang hadn't come out yet, so he was a little anxious to wait, and wanted to go to the inner hall several times.

Every time he went to the door of the inner hall and turned back, he walked around the room a few times before finally deciding to walk towards the inner hall.

At this moment, the maid's voice sounded outside the door.

"Meet Ke He Dun."

My Cao, why is this woman back?
Chu Yang felt guilty, and was about to find a place to hide, but there was still no hurry, Princess Yicheng had already walked in.

Hidden away, I didn't do anything wrong!

He looked calmly at Princess Yicheng who strode in.

"Where's the queen?" Princess Yicheng asked bluntly, then walked to the master's seat.

Chu Yang pretended not to know her, and said in a persistent tone, "I don't know."

Princess Yicheng sneered and looked at him with gloomy eyes.

"You were the assassin last night, right?"

Chu Yang was taken aback after hearing this.

How does she know?

deceive me?

"Speak, Chu Yang." Princess Yicheng said again.

This surprised Chu Yang even more.

Find out so quickly?
The efficiency is too fast.

I don't admit it, but fortunately he didn't look at Princess Yicheng, otherwise he would definitely be noticed.

Chu Yang was originally sitting cross-legged in front of a few desks, so he lay down on the wooden floor, with one leg bent and the other foot placed on the bent knee, as if crossing his legs.

He shook his leg on his knee and said:
"I don't know what barren eggs you are talking about, I don't understand."

Like the Second Lord, his eyes wandered wildly.

Listening to Chu Yang's strange words, Princess Yicheng frowned and stared at him. Although she didn't understand the meaning of Chu Yang's previous sentence, she did understand the latter.

"Chu Yang, you don't have to pretend you don't understand, you are the assassin last night and you are hiding under the bed."

"Beauty, you are joking around the world."

"Why am I such a thin and handsome man, why do I want to be an assassin, why do I hide under the bed, can't I sleep on the bed?"

Chu Yang squinted and glanced at Princess Yicheng.

She heard the word Chu Yang said again, but she still didn't ask, presumably it was a modal particle.

"I don't know if the village master of Chu recognizes it, Gao Lanfeng."

With a sinister look on her face, Princess Yicheng stretched out her fair hand, picked up the cold goat milk tea on the table, and slowly put it into her mouth.

"Cao Nima, what did you do to my mother-in-law?"

Chu Yang, who was lying down, jumped up, and instantly rushed to Princess Yicheng's side, grabbed her by the collar, and stretched her upright tightly.

Princess Yicheng felt a slight pain in her chest, and said proudly: "It really is you."

"My lord, stop, let He Dun go quickly."

The maid outside the palace heard the sound and ran in.

"Back off." Princess Yicheng said loudly.

"But." The maid hesitated.

"Don't understand what I say, get out." Princess Yicheng glared at the maid.

"Nuo" the maid glanced at Chu Yang, blushed and retreated.

The court lady also didn't want Chu Yang to be troubled, but his behavior was no different from death.

Seeing that the maid had left, Chu Yang lifted Princess Yicheng up, and put his face close to her.

The tips of their noses were about to touch each other, and Chu Yang looked at her bitterly.

"Say, what did you do to my mother-in-law?"

In fact, Princess Yicheng guessed all of this. She counted up the time when Chu Yang came, and it happened that she could arrive yesterday. Then, after a series of things, she suddenly had the idea of ​​testing Chu Yang.

Now she had found out Chu Yang, and looked at him with complacency.

"What do you say?"

(End of this chapter)