Emperor's Trophy

Afraid of Ji Huaisu's attack, Yun Zhen sent Jiang Ning away, but in fact he was struggling hard.

He hasn't accomplished many things in his life, so that when it comes to such an important decision, he still walks according to his own feelings, but he is not confident, and his heart is churning.But I saw someone coming from the door, saying that Dali Temple Qing had sent someone to invite Lord Hou to come over, and there was a decree to do an errand.

Yunzhen had no choice but to change his official uniform and went to the yamen of Dali Temple. Dali Temple Minister Luo Rui saw him and said, "You were just on a business trip, so I shouldn't bother you anymore, but this is the emperor's order, and Lu Guogong Li Kena handed it over to you." Foreign officials, with foreign contacts, bullying the weak, conspiring to seize people's property, minting coins privately, plotting against the law, committing multiple crimes, and investigating the family property at Dali Temple. You are ordered to search the Duke of Lu's mansion, because you are involved in nobles and have connections with the clan Dear, Taichang Temple also sent a county king to pass an order to investigate and deal with it."

Yun Zhen asked casually: "Which county king?"

Luo Rui glanced at him: "Hejian County King."

Yun Zhen's face changed slightly, and Luo Rui smiled and said: "Brother, brother, our business is the top priority, you must not be arrogant, this is to do errands according to orders, step by step, I will let a few veteran officers take care of it for you, you some You don't need to work hard, just sit in the town, don't disappoint the emperor's heart."

It is usually a tacit errand to ransack the house according to the order.Yun Zhen scolded Ji Huaisu a few words in his heart, but he still took the file, read the mission, ordered the officers, the book office and other staff, and also transferred the soldiers from the Xishan Camp, and dispatched them a lot. He took the officials to Lu Guogong's mansion, and waited there for Ji Huaisu to take the decree and pass it on.

However, Duke Lu's mansion is holding a [-]th birthday banquet for Mrs. Lu Guogong.There are heavy doors and openings, carved couplets and green thresholds, lanterns and festoons everywhere, high cars and gorgeous clothes, and guests come like clouds.

Tan Zhen from Cheng En Bo's Mansion also accompanied the two brothers to the banquet today, and is now chatting and socializing with other ladies in Beijing at the waterside pavilion in the back garden.But there are many flowers on the waterside pavilion, the paving is gorgeous, and the wine is boiling and the tea is fragrant.There are all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, fresh melons and fruits on the table, and the servants are also dressed in silk, satin and silk shoes, wearing gold and silver, with different bearings.Comparing secretly in my heart, but I also feel that as expected in the south of the Yangtze River, the Cheng Enbo Mansion is much more low-key, and the weather in Beijing is indeed different.

Since she entered Beijing, countless invitations have been received at the door, and countless clan wives of Xungui Mansions personally sent invitations to her, welcomed her, and treated her as a distinguished guest.There are also many daughters of noble families who have invited her to participate in literary and poetry meetings. These days, she is also a little flattered by people, and has long forgotten the unpleasant things on the road.

Now several ladies from Duke Lu's mansion are accompanying her to enjoy the scenery on the waterside pavilion.There are some strange things about this waterside pavilion for women. You can see the stage opposite the island in the center of the lake. Outside the corridor, the water surface is covered with green clothes and red clothes are fragrant. Three sighs.

The eldest among the waiting girls in the Duke's mansion is Li Fuying, the third lady of the long room, who is chatting with Tan Zhen: "Sister Tan is a newcomer, I think she has never heard of our little drama in the north, although it is not comparable to the gentleness and beauty of Jiangnan. , but has its own flavor.”

The Fourth Young Lady from the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion at the side has already jokingly said: "This little opera raised by Duke Lu's mansion is well-known in Beijing. We are here for the banquet today, and many people are eager to watch this play to enjoy the show." .”

Tan Zhen smiled and said, "I look at them, but they all look very young, don't they?"

Li Fuying said: "Yes, but they all bought boys with a clear and talented voice since they were young, hired a teacher and taught them slowly for several years, and when they were eight or nine years old, they could dress up and try to sing."

The young lady from the Marquis of Gao'an's mansion on the side joked and said, "Only the Duke of Lu's mansion has such financial resources. Nowadays, many mansions can't even afford to hire a lot of theater troupes."

Li Fuying looked pale, but still smiled and said: "It's too vulgar to have money or not, and this is also a matter of elegance."

Tan Zhen smiled and said: "I was talking about Fengya, but I remembered it. Why didn't I see the younger sister of Qu's family in Taifu Qu's house today? She won the head of the literary meeting last time. With today's grand occasion, why don't we let her write it down?" How many poems are good?"

Li Fuying smiled slightly: "I heard that it is because of the cold, there are no female relatives in the emperor's mansion today, I just sent someone to bring some gifts."

Tan Zhen was slightly disappointed. After all, in this capital, Miss Qu's family is really very talented, her family is noble, and she is an outstanding person. When Tan Zhen saw her the day before yesterday, she was very impressed. This young lady of the Qu family is still young, if the family of the Qu family can seek love with the emperor in the future and ask to marry her brother as his official wife, it will be very, very safe.

There was a young lady from the noble family on the side, but she smiled softly: "Are you ashamed to see others?"

Li Fuying coughed lightly: "Say something else?"

Tan Zhen's curiosity arose, and she knew that there must be something hidden. After the scene was over, some of the ladies got up to relieve themselves, and some walked around to enjoy the flowers. Tan Zhen took the opportunity to ask Li Fuying quietly: "What's wrong, little sister?

Li Fuying turned her head to see that there was no one around, and said with a soft smile: "You shouldn't talk too much about reasoning, after all, it involves boudoir reputation, and there is no definite news. It's just that you will probably know in the future, after all, the person above is your cousin. This matter is a secret, it turned out that Qu Taifu picked a son-in-law for his granddaughter, and specifically entered the palace to ask the emperor to marry him, but the next day he heard that the emperor invited the emperor's teacher to enter the palace , rewarded a lot of things, but the Taifu didn’t talk about it when he came back, he just said that the child is still young, and he will look at it for a few more years.”

Li Fuying laughed softly: "There is a cousin in my family who married her family, and I only vaguely guessed that the emperor didn't agree, and things didn't work out."

Tan Zhen was taken aback and laughed: "Which one is he looking at? Taifu Qu has such a family, the emperor hasn't responded yet?"

Li Fuying quietly pointed to the clouds in the blue sky: "But that family fell in love."

Tan Zhen thought for a while but couldn't figure out which noble family in the capital it was, and said in surprise: "Which one is it? Maybe it's not necessarily because the emperor doesn't allow it, but I still need to find time to discuss it with the other party? I think sister Qu is young." You're still young, so you're not in a hurry, are you?"

Li Fuying shook her head and said with a smile: "Not to mention, this one's parents are both dead, and everyone knows that his marriage must be decided by the emperor. Besides, Qu Taifu is interested in him, no, it is still because he has no elders in his family." If you want to serve, do you want to be favored by the emperor?"

It was only now that Tan Zhen came to her senses: "You mean Yun...Marquis Zhaoxin? Taifu Qu actually fell in love with him? Isn't that a bandit? Miss Qu, you are so talented, is this... Xiangyi? Why don't you find a Fengya?" People, you usually get paid for singing poems, which is considered harmonious." She thought of Zhao Xinhou's cold and arrogant look back then, and Miss Qu's intelligent character, and couldn't help feeling slightly aggrieved for Miss Qu, Taifu Qu is also the emperor's teacher, here It's not a big deal to pick on the grandson-in-law.

Li Fuying smiled lightly and said: "You don't know about this. Heroes don't care about their roots. Zhaoxinhou's mansion is still rich and long-term. My father told my mother a few days ago that the brothers should also find a way to reconcile. Marquis Zhaoxin made friends with each other. Think about it, there is no in-laws to wait on. Marquis Zhaoxin himself has a very outstanding character, and the emperor has worked hard to cultivate him. It is no problem to pass on the title to another three generations. Hey sister, you are in front of people in Beijing You are the same as you, so you can choose a good son-in-law? This one is already beyond the reach of many high-ranking ladies. It is a fact that he has inherited a title. His family is rich, handsome, and outstanding in martial arts. In the past few years, he has done it A few things, the future is very good, and now I went to Dali Temple again, seeing the skyrocketing, unstoppable."

"Emperor Master's vision, can it be wrong?"

Tan Zhen blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "Sister Li, don't joke, I just can't figure it out, isn't this one heard to be arrogant and domineering, so arrogant that even the county king dares to kick him?"

Li Fuying said with a smile: "You don't know now, among our honorable clansmen, which family has no temper? It's really arrogant and domineering, which family doesn't have many such children? It's just that this one is too eye-catching. It’s all just being stared at by the censor. This is because the emperor favors him so he has such confidence? Even the king of Hejian County wrote a letter saying that he was drunk and confused. Wearing firecrackers, saved a lot of people, why no one said it. In fact, this Marquis, I heard that he was disciplined and raised by the emperor himself. Although he is a bit pampered, he actually behaves very decently, and he doesn't touch those unclean places. "

She glanced at Tan Zhen again, and confided to her in a low voice: "Look at those sons and wits who are well-known in the capital, they publish "Ten Fang Pu" and "Pin Xiang Jian" from time to time, and send those famous prostitutes in the Goulan yard Famous opera singers, who commented on strong words and erotic poems one by one, and invited those girls to accompany them for wine at the essay meeting. It is popular in Beijing, so what is it called a romantic talent? If you marry into such a family, you will be with them every day Fans outside are angry, and this is the day I can't live."

Tan Zhenfang wanted to continue chatting with her, but suddenly heard screams, but saw a group of soldiers rushing in from outside, with long guns in their hands, chasing away the female relatives.

The ladies all screamed and shouted, and a servant woman rushed in all the way and shouted: "It's not good, old lady! There are a lot of people coming in front, pushing and chasing! They only said that our house was searched according to the order! "

The old lady above was sitting high on the main seat, when she heard this shout and saw so many soldiers rushing in, with fierce faces, she rolled her eyes and fell down.Panicked, the daughters-in-law and grandmothers beside her rushed up to help her, but they saw the soldiers coming in all the way, and drove all the female relatives into the flower hall with orders. The people led the people and began to check the valuable utensils, bowls and chopsticks on the banquet.

Just now it was full of flowers and beams of joy, but now the stage is scattered, the banquet is half broken, everyone's face is earthy and full of fear.

Tan Zhen looked at this scene in astonishment, she was very terrified, she turned her head and saw Li Fuying's face was like gold paper, her body was trembling, but she couldn't care less about comforting her, because there were many maids and servants brought by the lady who were already at the door with that The guard general said: "We are from Changle Hou's mansion to entertain guests, but we are not from Lu Guogong's mansion. Please inform the generals and let me go back to the mansion."

The guard was just being rude, and when there were too many people asking questions, he said in a rough voice: "I was ordered to detain and search Duke Lu's mansion, and the guards are not allowed to wander around! If one escapes, they will be punished by military law! The female relatives should take good care of themselves, when the time comes, the Shangguan will have his own reason, if he walks around indiscriminately, then he will only give and receive privately, and send information to ask for punishment!"