The princess' little concubine wants to reconcile [Rebirth]
Chapter 67 [Ten Thousand Words 1 Update]
The oil-paper umbrella covered most of the two people's bodies, forming a small world like a natural one.
The rain fell on the umbrella surface with a muffled sound, and the cold wind blew Liu Meier's thin clothes fluttering.
Liu Meier, who was completely immobile, said with red ears, "Sister Dai, you are still outside."
Jiang Changdai turned her head to look at the shy person, pinched her face with her fingertips and smiled: "You were so enthusiastic last night, why are you feeling ashamed now?"
After all, Jiang Changdai led her to the tent of the barracks, only when she saw the soldiers watching in the dark did she realize that her behavior was indeed inappropriate.
After all, she is the eldest princess of a country, and her words and deeds will inevitably attract people's attention.
After the two of them entered the tent, Liu Meier took down the umbrella and put it aside, her cheeks were still flushed, and the strands of black hair falling from her ears made her skin white and tender.
Jiang Changdai put the long sword aside and took a seat, took the tea she handed her and said loudly, "I thought you would sleep until the afternoon before waking up."
After all, she must have been tired last night.
"There are a lot of people in the military camp, so wake up early."
Liu Meier poured herself a cup of tea and held it in her palm, "By the way, Miss Yue came to me in a hurry to ask me where Sister Dai and General Rong are going."
"Don't worry, they are together now." Jiang Changdai frowned involuntarily.
Before dawn today, Jiang Changdai suddenly received Rong Yue's sword practice competition, so she agreed.
But who would have thought that Rong Yue would be so drunk, and even say such insulting words like being a general in a gaffe.
After decades of training, Jiang Changdai treated Rong Yue like a brother and sister, and even trusted her with her black armor army.
If Rong Yue said that she wanted to leave, Jiang Changdai would not really agree.
After all, Rong Yue knows too much.
"Is sister Dai bothered?" Liu Meier saw that sister Dai frowned slightly, and her expression became more and more irritable.
Jiang Changdai calmed down and said with thin lips: "The current situation in the court is not good. I think the timing of the emperor's illness is too coincidental."
Jiang Changdai didn't want Liu Meier to know about Rong Yue.
Even if Rong Yue betrayed her because of this, she would not regret the choice she made today.
For Rongyue, Jiang Changdai just regarded her as her own knife from the beginning.
The knife can give trust, but there will be no more love.
What's more, Jiang Changdai has always believed that women are not easy to be sentimental, otherwise they will be easily restrained.
The girl in front of her is already an extremely special exception to herself, and Jiang Changdai also understands that her heart can no longer hold other people.
And Jiang Changdai didn't want to let her down, just like she couldn't let her down herself.
Liu Meier took a sip of her tea and thought about it: "Sister Dai means that His Majesty's illness is intentional?"
"Well, this possibility cannot be ruled out." Jiang Changdai remembered the secret communication between the Wu family brothers and the envoys from the Mo Kingdom, so she was naturally a little wary of what happened now.
Jiang Guo's army had already gathered at the border, Rong Yue, Yue Wu and other generals were transferred away from the capital, and he had been away from the capital for more than a month on the pretext that he was ill and would not go to court.
I am afraid that no one in the court would dare to fight for power with the brothers of the Wu family. If the emperor died of illness at this time, and the young prince took advantage of the situation, no courtier would dare to criticize him.
This is an excellent opportunity for the samurai brothers to usurp the throne.
"But why does Your Majesty pretend to be sick?" Liu Mei'er had seen the scene where the army of the Mo country was crushing the border before, and the soldiers of the Jiang country needed the emperor to cheer them up most at this time.
The emperor will never run away.
Jiang Changdai took a sip of her tea and didn't say anything immediately. I'm afraid it's still uncertain whether this deliberate disease was intentional by the emperor or by the brothers of the Wu family.
After all, if the emperor intentionally set a trap against himself, it is not impossible.
"Let's go back to the capital first." Jiang Changdai said with some worry as she put down her tea.
There is no news about many things far away at the border, and it is hard to guarantee that the brothers of the Wu family are already planning to use the crown prince to seize power.
From one night until dawn, the army was ready to go. Seeing that sister Dai was eager to return to the capital, Liu Meier couldn't even ask about the group of missing women.
Pulling out the big black horse from the stable, Liu Meier walked towards Sister Dai hesitantly.
"But what can't be done if everything is not ready?" Jiang Changdai saw her look embarrassed, and thought that she was ignoring her because she was concerned about the affairs of the court.
"Princess Moyang and the Mo people left in a hurry, and they didn't take away the big boxes. I was thinking that there is no news about the whereabouts of those missing girls in the capital." Liu Meier was also a little confused for a moment.
There was a little light in the distant sky, and the cold wind blew her hairband and it fell in front of her. Jiang Changdai reached out and pulled the hairband behind her back and replied: "Because those girls did not go out of Changyang Pass with Princess Moguo, Hidden in a box containing cotton and other goods, it was originally planned to leave through the waterway trade route between Jiangguo and Moguo."
Liu Meier was full of surprise and said, "How could Sister Dai know?"
"Those Mo people who transported people were arrested, so I know the details." Jiang Changdai originally didn't want to destroy the stability with Mo country, but Liu Meier was so concerned that she had to send someone to secretly investigate the goods transported to Mo country. .
Because she didn't want to make matters worse, Jiang Changdai asked people to suppress the news, and only drove out those deserted people, while Jiang Guo's accomplices ordered them to be executed in secret.
"It's as long as they're fine." Liu Mei'er slowly put down the boulder hanging in her heart, and even the melancholy on her face dissipated.
Jiang Changdai caressed her face lightly with her palm. Seeing that she cared so much about someone she didn't know, she felt a little disgusted. She pinched her earlobe with her fingertips and said, "But Meier will be punished for leaving the capital without authorization."
"Huh?" Liu Meier looked blankly.
Sister Dai withdrew her hand leisurely, and said with a serious face: "If you don't want to be punished, you don't have to come to the princess mansion in the future."
Liu Meier immediately responded, "I am willing to be punished."
The barracks became more and more lit up, Yue Yue was about to escort the eldest princess back to the capital on horseback.
Before leaving, Yue Yue went to Rong Yue's tent, and saw that she was still very depressed.
"I'm about to leave, don't you have anything to say to me?"
Rong Yue didn't bother to talk to this puzzling little girl, she casually turned around and responded: "If you want to go, go quickly, don't bother me."
"You bastard!" Yue Yue was confused, and then kicked the foot of the crude wooden bed.
The patrolling guards outside heard a bang, and then they saw the beautiful young lady of the Yue family come out of the tent in a hurry.
Yue Yue angrily ran up to the soldiers who were looking at him and replied: "Whatever you are looking at, turn around for me!"
The soldiers were so frightened that they immediately turned around, pretending not to see, bowed their heads and went about their own business.
When the team passed through Changyuan and almost lost sight of the flag, Rong Yue got up from the collapsed wooden bed and gritted her teeth, saying, "This little girl doesn't know how bad her legs are. It's not easy to have a good bed in the barracks!"
Although Rong Yue said that she would be dismissed and returned to the field, she was still an official ordered by the court, so naturally she could not easily resign verbally.
At least he had to go back to the capital at the end of the year to submit his resignation papers, and he had to get the approval of the eldest princess.
Alas, Rong Yue looked at this wooden bed that was so broken that he couldn't even put it together, and his heart tightened even more.
This little girl Yue Yue is really good at torturing people!
In the late autumn, the cold wind continued unabated. In order to speed up the journey, the team rushing to the capital did not stop during the day.
In the evening, Liu Meier was feeding the big black horse with grain and grass, and she saw that Miss Yue seemed to be reprimanding people.
"You stupid donkey, you are so blind to look down on this girl!"
Where did the donkey come from?
And there was only one horse in front of Miss Yue, Liu Meier asked in puzzlement, "Why is Miss Yue so angry?"
"Hmph, am I angry?" Yue Yue looked at the slender son-in-law Liu, and the person who looked at him with anger in his eyes panicked.
Liu Meier asked hesitantly: "But didn't you scold the horse just because you were angry?"
Yue Yue approached with a long sword in hand and said seriously: "Prince Liu, this girl is scolding a stinky donkey, don't get me wrong."
"There are only horses here, where did the donkey come from?"
"I can scold if I want, can't I?" Yue Yue can't wait to run back to the barracks now and scold Rong Yue again.
Liu Meier looked at Miss Yue leaving the stable angrily with some confusion.
Did I say something wrong?
It was already the beginning of November by the time the team rushed all the way to the capital.
It was snowing intermittently that day, and the streets were a bit slippery, because sister Dai had an urgent matter and did not go back to the mansion to rest, so Liu Meier went back to the consort's mansion first.
When Chang saw the child returning from abroad, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and muttered: "You child left the capital without saying a word, how did you become so thin in just two months?"
Liu Meier's face was held tightly by Chang's and she couldn't break free, and Aunt Chang beside her was all smiles.
"Young master doesn't even know how worried the old lady is. She eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha's name every day for fear that the young master will be in danger."
It was not until Liu Meier was able to drink some hot tea that she heard from Chang's mouth that many things had happened in the capital.
First, the palace caught fire, and many concubines and princes were burned to death in strange ways.
Subsequently, many officials from the DPRK and China were arrested.
The Wu family brothers have become more rampant since the emperor became seriously ill, wantonly arresting a large number of officials.
Everyone in the capital is in danger for a while, and everyone who sees the Wu brothers' chariots and horses during the day will run away.
But after learning that the army of the Mo country had withdrawn from the border and the eldest princess returned to the capital, the brothers of the Wu family in the palace were running around like ants on a hot pot.
"Brother, the Eldest Princess mainly found that something is wrong with the emperor, so don't we..." Wu Di said impatiently.
Wu Feng drank the wine calmly on the surface, but in reality he responded in a panic: "Why are you panicking? Anyway, the prince fed the poisonous soup himself. Will it be possible to grow into a princess and depose the prince?"
Originally, according to the agreed plan, the army of the Mo country was putting pressure on the outside, and the eldest princess happened to be unable to go to court due to illness. With the young prince in hand, the Wu family brothers naturally wanted wind and rain.
Who would have thought that the eldest princess would suddenly appear at the border, and the army of the Mo country would retreat immediately, and now the emperor had already taken the poison.
"But the eldest princess has soldiers in her hands. If she really leads the soldiers into the palace, it is not impossible to abolish the crown prince."
"No matter how capable the eldest princess is, she is still just a woman, and now that the emperor has not given up, it is a serious crime for her to bring troops into the palace without authorization!" Wu Feng's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
With [-] imperial guards in hand, Wu Feng thought it was really urgent, even the eldest princess would be killed together!
Hearing this, Wu Di calmed down a bit and said: "Big brother said, as long as we don't show our feet, the eldest princess has no reason to abolish the prince."
The emperor won't live long, and the rest of the princes have already been killed. When the young prince succeeds to the throne, the power will be in his hands, and it won't be too late to abolish the eldest princess.
In the dead of night, the carriage stopped at the entrance of a narrow alleyway in the capital.
Jiang Changdai went in and saw Concubine Song Xian and the eldest prince Jiang Hui who had settled down.
"Auntie." Jiang Hui was pushed by her mother Song to salute the eldest princess who entered.
"Get up."
Concubine Song Xian looked at the married eldest princess with tears in her eyes and said, "Fortunately, Hui'er was protected by secret guards that night, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to leave the palace."
Jiang Changdai really underestimated the murderous intent of the Wu family brothers, to eradicate dissidents so blatantly, even the emperor and princes were not spared.
When the long night came to dawn, Jiang Changdai changed into court clothes and went to the palace.
Officials in the early court today were talking about the eldest princess returning to the court.
When the main hall was opened, the young prince was protected by the Wu family brothers and sat on the dragon chair, but his face was full of fear.
How could the young prince think that the soup he fed his father that night was poisonous.
Coupled with the intimidation and coercion of the Wu family brothers, the prince was even more afraid that he would be accused of patricide, so he could only obey the Wu family brothers' faces in everything.
The morning court was held as usual, and the ministers reported on the government affairs with their own thoughts, and the brothers of the Wu family did not intervene in politics without speaking too much.
This morning was unexpectedly calm, and countless people in the hall were waiting to see how the Eldest Princess would mention His Majesty's serious illness.
But until the end of the early dynasty, the eldest princess did not mention the emperor.
The Wu family brothers were so frightened that their backs felt chills, and they were not relieved until the eldest princess left the palace in the evening.
"Brother, do you think the eldest princess has found out, or hasn't?" Wu Di once heard that the eldest princess has secret guards all over the Jiang country, and the news is very close.
"I don't know." Wu Feng couldn't see through the woman's mind, and it was because he couldn't see through that that he was more worried.
The cold wind continued unabated, and when the winter snow fell one night, the bricks and tiles of the royal palace were covered with thin ice and snow.
As the end of the year approaches, the capital gradually returns to bustle.
The eldest princess' actions made the Wu family brothers very vigilant, so they restrained their actions a little bit.
At this time, Chang Yue had already led the black-armored army and was ordered to go to the capital overnight.
When Yue Wu and other generals received the secret order, they also waited for the opportunity to move.
Jiang Changdai looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window, the brush between her fingers fell lightly on the rice paper and moved, and the ink flowed like water.
New Year's Eve dinner is the best time.
Jiang Changdai just stopped writing when the big characters like the blade of a knife leaped onto the paper.
Killing is beyond delay.
The capital restaurant is just like in the past, singing and dancing, and the guests coming and going are drunk.
The Wu family brothers are all addicted to alcohol, and now the court officials are even more eager to curry favor because they are afraid of the imperial guards in the hands of the Wu family brothers.
All of a sudden, chariots and horses gathered in front of the Wu family's gate blocked the long road, but there was an endless stream.
Originally, Wu Feng was still worried, and planned to write a letter with the envoy of Mo Kingdom again to plan to borrow troops.
Unexpectedly, Mo State was busy mobilizing troops to attack Feng State, and had no intention of dealing with Wu Feng.
At night, Jiang Changdai intercepted the news of the pigeons flying out from Wu's house, and her eyes fell on the words that Wu Feng was eager to borrow soldiers from the Mo Kingdom.
Thirty thousand Imperial Guards were scattered throughout the capital, but in order to deal with the former army of the Mo State, a full 20 Jiang State troops gathered at the border, of which Yue Wu had 26 elite soldiers in his hands, and the rest were raised by local generals from [-] prefectures made.
The 20 troops alone are enough to make Wu Feng fearful, and the black-armored army that was mentioned by Jiang Changdai also has a number of [-].
The superiority of troops is so great, so Jiang Changdai is not worried about losing.
It's just that Wufeng is afraid that Wufeng will collude with Moguo to wait for an opportunity to attack from both inside and outside. Even if the civil strife among the Wu family brothers can be suppressed, Jiangguo will be in danger of Moguo's attack again.
Secondly, the brothers of the Wu family are the auxiliary ministers personally appointed by the emperor, and they are also the uncles of the prince. If the prince is coerced by them and ordered to attack the army as a rebel army, then he will be designated as the master of rebellion and usurpation of power.
After all, the prince was personally appointed by the emperor, so there is no guarantee that the prince will not be guaranteed at that time. The hearts of the army will be unstable and they will turn against each other.
Jiang Changdai was worried that greater turmoil would be caused, and Jiang Guo's hard-won stable foundation would collapse in an instant.
This is not the situation that Jiang Changdai wants, so she can only choose the smallest means to seek the greatest benefit.
As New Year's Eve drew closer, the Wu family brothers also relaxed their vigilance a little.
Wu Di is no more cautious than his elder brother Wu Feng, he is domineering, greedy and lustful on weekdays.
Officials had no choice but to collect more rare treasures to offer.
In order to make the Wu family brothers relax their vigilance, Jiang Changdai sent someone to reward him with an eight-foot-high exquisite jade carving.
Wu Feng was very happy to see this, and even Wu Feng, who was always cautious, relaxed a little.
"Brother, you see that the eldest princess is only a woman. Isn't she submissive now?" Wu Feng exultedly praised the exquisite jade carvings to his brother, and even held a large banquet to invite all the officials to appreciate it, so as to show off his prestige.
There are also more official banquets at the end of the year, and the officials dare not not attend the banquet held by the Wu family brothers.
And Liu Meier was invited by Song Yuanshan to the banquet, there was no drinking in the garden, and the officials all flattered Wudi.
Song Yuanshan was originally a man of both sides, but seeing the Wu family brothers being so ostentatious, he knew that their lives were about to end.
The murderous intent surging in the dark of the court was like the calm before the storm.
Sometimes the safer you are, the more dangerous you are.
"Brother Liu, why don't you go watch the jade carvings?" Song Yuanshan asked while pouring wine.
"Teacher, you are being polite. I only know how to read and write, and rewarding jade is not so capable." Liu Meier tried her best to talk to the officials, but she couldn't open her eyes and tell nonsense.
Especially Wu Di, one of the brothers of the Wu family, was in such a miserable situation as the colleague who was killed last time, Liu Meier was unwilling but helpless.
Naturally, Liu Meier also didn't understand why Sister Dai gave the jade carvings to the brothers of the Wu family.
It is obvious that the brothers of the Wu family are so blatantly forming a clique for personal gain, how could sister Dai take the initiative to show their favor by giving gifts.
Isn't this helping the evildoers?
When Song Yuanshan saw this willow son-in-law with fine skin and white flesh, he even guessed that he was a manly man, and his suspicion and guard against him were much less in his heart.
"Brother Liu, do you know why the eldest princess gave this jade carving?"
"I don't know either." Liu Meier wanted to ask, but seeing that Sister Dai was busy these days, she naturally didn't bother.
Song Yuanshan originally wanted to find out what the eldest princess was thinking from him, but now it seems that the eldest princess is just playing tricks on him.
In the evening, Liu Meier returned home smelling of alcohol, and when she got out of the sedan chair, she raised her head to look at the sky.
Well, luckily it's not dark yet.
Entering the room from the corridor to take a bath and change clothes, Liu Meier accompanied Mrs. Chang for dinner.
Although the banquet was sumptuous, the courteous words and deeds of those officials made it difficult for Liu Meier to swallow the delicious food.
After dinner, Liu Meier went to the Princess Mansion with the lamp, and the fluttering snowflakes fell on the long road, and there was still some rustling when stepped on.
Liu Meier, who entered from the outside, took off her outer robe, her face was a little red from the wind and snow.
In the house, sister Dai sat at the desk reviewing the papers, and she had never touched the food on the side.
"Sister Dai, the food should be cold." Liu Meier touched the bowl wall with the back of her hand lightly.
Only then did Jiang Changdai come back to her senses and respond: "Well, here we come."
Liu Meier sat on the soft side, only to see Sister Dai watched it for a while before she got up and left the desk.
The food was barely warm, Jiang Changdai took a few mouthfuls, and vaguely sensed that Meier seemed to have something to say, so she met her gaze and asked, "What's the matter?"
"No, no." Liu Meier knew that she shouldn't question Sister Dai.
Sister Dai must have seen more deeply than what happened in the court.
How could Jiang Changdai fail to see her troubled face.
It's just that he didn't ask, but asked instead: "Is today's martial arts banquet fun?"
Liu Meier shook her head truthfully and replied: "It's not fun, they are all boasting about how exquisite the jade carvings are."
"It seems that Mei'er thinks that jade carving is not good-looking?"
"I don't think it looks bad."
"Really?" Jiang Changdai stared at the guilty dodger.
"It's really not bad." Liu Meier looked down, "I just don't think sister Dai should give jade carvings."
Jiang Changdai nodded happily: "Well, I really shouldn't give it away."
Liu Meier raised her head in confusion and asked, "Then why..."
"You want to ask why I still send it when I know I shouldn't, right?"
"Ah."
Jiang Changdai picked up the chicken on the plate with her chopsticks and handed it to the bewildered human: "Meier, eat it."
The trusting Liu Meier opened her mouth obediently, but the chicken beside her mouth was removed.
"Sometimes the more you want something, the more you have to hold back, otherwise people will see your thoughts at a glance, and you will not be able to eat this piece of chicken." Jiang Changdai handed the chicken over again with a smile on her face, "Meier , do you still want to eat?"
Liu Meier's cheeks became hot from being teased, and she shyly pressed her cherry red lips together, "I don't want to eat."
"Really don't want to eat?" Jiang Changdai couldn't help laughing when she saw her serious face, "I can't eat, so you can help me eat."
"I..." Liu Meier felt that it might be Sister Dai's scheme again, so she wanted to refuse again.
But suddenly a piece of chicken was stuffed into her mouth, Sister Dai looked at it with a slight smile and asked, "Is it delicious?"
Liu Meier chewed carefully and replied, "It's delicious."
Looking at her bulging cheeks, Jiang Changdai smiled and said, "You can just eat it when others think you don't want to eat it."
Liu Meier, who seems to understand but half understands, does not understand the relationship between chicken and jade carving.
"What does Sister Dai want?" Liu Meier asked after swallowing the chicken.
"I'm naturally thinking about the great cause of Jiang Guo." Jiang Changdai put down the wooden chopsticks in her hands, her eyes and brows no longer smiled, and her eyes were full of seriousness.
Liu Meier was not surprised to hear the answer, but she still didn't quite understand it.
"But indulging the brothers of the Wu family in this way will definitely destroy Jiang Guo's court, and won't it destroy the foundation of Jiang Guo?"
"Did you forget the chicken I just fed?" Jiang Changdai reached out and pinched Liu Meier's face, "Think about it when you have time."
Liu Meier stared blankly at Sister Dai getting up and returning to the desk, holding her face with her hands and looking at the chicken on the plate in front of her.
In the middle of the night, Liu Meier was resting on the couch, still remembering that piece of chicken in her mind.
Although she didn't think it through thoroughly, Liu Meier vaguely felt that sister Dai's jade carving might just confuse the brothers of the Wu family.
In the next few days, the snow fell harder and harder, and the capital was buried in white snow, and the officials of the court successively took their annual leave.
In the past, the court prohibited officials from forming parties for personal gain, so private drinking and gatherings were strictly prohibited.
But now that the Wu family brothers are breaking the rules, there are more and more official banquets, and the most are Wu family banquets.
The other family's banquet was just gathering people to drink and have fun, but the Wu family's two brothers' banquet took the opportunity to ask for money, and the guests who received the post couldn't postpone it.
All the guests who came to the banquet came to the banquet with rare treasures, but Liu Meier, who was empty-handed, was stopped by the servants of the Wu family outside the gate of the house.
"Brother Liu, come in with me." Seeing Concubine Liu coming empty-handed and being stopped outside, Song Yuanshan had no choice but to speak out for him.
"Could it be that brother Liu is short of cash?" Song Yuanshan knew that Liu Meier was born in a prefecture and county, and his family background was very common in a capital city full of gold.
"En." Liu Meier handed over her monthly salary to Chang's, and her pocket money was only a few taels of silver.
As for the martial arts banquet, Liu Meier was reluctant to waste money trying to curry favor.
Just now she was stopped by the evil servant, Liu Meier didn't want to go to the appointment anymore.
Unexpectedly, she met Song Yuanshan's care. Liu Meier seriously suspected that he might like men, otherwise she shouldn't be so enthusiastic about her.
Because of the confusion in her heart, Liu Meier deliberately kept a distance from Song Yuanshan at the banquet.
Back home at night Liu Meier soaked her feet and talked about Song Yuanshan with Sister Dai.
Sister Dai doesn't have time to read the diary now, so naturally Liu Meier can only report daily by herself.
And this is sister Dai's punishment.
Jiang Changdai sat on the bed and listened to Liu Meier's words, she tilted her head in surprise and said, "Why do you think so?"
"He used to be very cold to me, but now he is too warm to me, and I'm really not used to it." Liu Meier picked up a handkerchief and wiped her feet.
"Maybe he wants to ask you something." Jiang Changdai knew a little about Song Yuanshan's temperament.
This person is thoughtful and extremely good at disguising, if the brothers of the Wu family lose power, I am afraid that he will turn against him immediately.
Liu Mei'er was puzzled and said, "I'm just a small servant of the Ministry of Industry. He is the imperial tutor. Is there anything worth asking me for?"
"It's not because I'm Sister Dai's son-in-law that I want to get news." Liu Mei'er picked up the basin and got up. She just said it casually, but it seems to make sense after thinking about it.
Seeing her turn around, Jiang Changdai responded, "Fortunately, you are not too dull."
Liu Meier's feet were still a little cold from the wooden clogs, and when she returned to the bed, she hurriedly got into bed.
Only the round head of the whole person was exposed outside the quilt and said: "Then I have to be careful about him."
"You seem to have always been on guard against him?" Jiang Changdai seldom saw Liu Meier care so much about a person.
Even if Wu Di almost hurt her that day, Jiang Changdai never heard her complain to herself once.
But only Song Yuanshan and Liu Meier mentioned it too diligently.
"I think he is a bit hard to guard against, as if he is hidden in the fog." Liu Meier has seen Song Yuanshan socializing in the officialdom.
Song Yuanshan seems to be in close contact with everyone, but in fact no one can know his thoughts.
This feeling is very similar to sister Dai.
Jiang Changdai scratched her nose lightly with her hand and said with a smile: "He is not a flower in the mist, but a needle in the cotton."
Liu Meier reached out and took Sister Dai's hand and put it under the quilt and replied, "Yes, yes."
Mianli needles, Song Yuanshan looks gentle like a ball of harmless cotton flowers, but in fact, he has hidden needles protruding out of him, and his hands are probably covered with blood.
Which of the gentry officials and the Yuan family was not a bloody lesson.
When the heavy snow accumulated on the roof tiles and brick walls was getting thicker and thicker, the day of the New Year's Eve banquet was approaching. Jiang Changdai dressed up as gorgeously as possible to ease the defense of the Wu family brothers.
Liu Meier in the princess mansion looked at the gorgeously dressed sister Dai and asked in a low voice, "I really can't go?"
Sitting on the soft seat, Jiang Changdai met Liu Meier's soft eyes, her heart was also soft in a mess.
It's just that tonight is not an ordinary banquet, and the danger of swords and swords is inevitable, and Jiang Changdai doesn't want to put Meier in danger.
"You have always disliked the complexity of banquets, so it would be more comfortable for Haosheng to accompany Mrs. Chang to watch the New Year." Jiang Changdai looked away from the other party and deliberately ignored her thoughts.
Liu Meier hesitated to speak and looked at Sister Dai who was drinking tea, and didn't say anything for a while.
The wind outside the house has subsided a little, leaving only the sound of snowflakes falling on the eaves.
"I'll come back to accompany you earlier, okay?" Jiang Changdai couldn't bear to see her lost, turned her head to look at the person lying on the low table, and touched her face with her fingertips.
Liu Meier was made very shy by such coaxing words, she was no longer a child, how could she need someone to accompany her.
But Liu Meier couldn't refuse Sister Dai's gentleness, her bright eyes greeted Sister Dai who was painted with exquisite makeup, and said, "Okay."
Jiang Changdai felt a little guilty when she saw her obediently responding.
I am too busy.
The political affairs of the court will never end, Jiang Changdai is reluctant to paint her face with her fingertips, as if in the blink of an eye, she has changed from a little powder ball that can only babble to the slim and beautiful flower that she is now.
Year after year, how many years can I be with her in my life?
"Sister Dai?" Liu Meier faintly felt the change in Sister Dai's mind.
Jiang Changdai calmed down and responded: "What's wrong?"
Liu Meier sat by her side, looked at her carefully and said, "Just now I thought sister Dai was thinking about other important things."
"Well, it is indeed a very important matter." Jiang Changdai has been working hard for the great cause of Jiang Guo for two lifetimes, but now that she has her, she feels a little bit of retreat in her heart.
She is in her prime, if she is always busy with political affairs, she will miss her best time again.
The day that passes away cannot be traced back.
"What is that?" Liu Meier asked curiously.
Sister Dai's eyes are like deep caves, mysterious but one can't help but take a second look.
"I'm thinking about Meier's future." Jiang Changdai felt that she might be getting old.
Otherwise, why would I miss the past time even more.
Liu Meier's heart trembled wildly at the sight of those deep eyes, and she was still a little dazed.
Was the important thing Sister Dai said just now referring to herself?
"If Meier doesn't become an official, what do you want to do?"
"I think..." Liu Mei'er looked at Sister Dai who was sitting upright shyly, and said with some embarrassment, "As long as I can stay with Sister Dai and Mother forever, it would be great."
"Is that all?" Although Jiang Changdai knew that Liu Meier had always been innocent, she didn't expect her to be so simple.
Liu Meier nodded in response: "En."
As the window became a bit dark, the sound of firecrackers also sounded, Jiang Changdai looked out of the window and retracted her hand and said quietly: "I should go."
The chariots and horses coming out of the princess' mansion drove slowly, Liu Meier saw them off in front of the mansion gate, it was still a bit cool when the snowflakes all over the sky fell onto her clothes.
Until the carriages and horses could not be seen, Liu Meier walked back to the Consort's Mansion slowly with an umbrella in hand.
I thought it would be nice if sister Dai was not so busy.
On New Year's Eve, there will be a banquet for all the officials, Liu Meier is distressed and worried.
The night enveloped the capital city, the sound of firecrackers became more and more resounding, and the accompanying carriages and horses passed through the street. Jiang Changdai stood upright and Shen Bei sat in the carriage, raised her hand and opened the curtain to look at the fireworks blooming in the night sky.
The seven-color fireworks are specially ordered by Jiang Changdai tonight.
The palace banquet unfolded as usual, Jiang Changdai found that the emperor was not present, and the young prince was sitting on the other side.
The Wu family brothers followed the prince's side, and many court ministers congratulated and toasted each other.
When the singing and dancing are on the rise, it is a lively scene.
Jiang Changdai looked at the fireworks blooming not far away, and vaguely heard the prince being coaxed by the Wu family brothers to laugh non-stop, as if he completely forgot that the emperor was still seriously ill at the moment.
The imperial guards around the banquet were heavily guarded. It seemed that Wu Feng was still very vigilant and prepared for any accidents.
"Auntie, Ping'er hereby toasts you." The prince walked forward respectfully holding the wine, but the hand holding the wine cup couldn't stop shaking.
Jiang Changdai took the wine cup with her hand, and looked at the Wu family brothers not far away with deep eyes.
"The prince has a heart." Jiang Changdai put the wine cup in front of her, "It's just that my aunt has been unwell recently, so I can skip this glass of wine."
Now I am the last obstacle for the Wu family brothers to seize power. If I can kill myself, everything will be a matter of course.
Probably this move was beyond the prince's imagination, and the prince looked back at the Wu family brothers in a daze.
Wu Feng had no choice but to walk towards him and said with a smile: "The eldest princess has devoted herself to the Jiang Dynasty all these years. The prince is now sensible, so why not let him be in power?"
"What did Commander Wu mean?" Jiang Changdai observed the expressions of the court ministers sensitively.
"Your Majesty is seriously ill and can no longer govern, and the crown prince has my two brothers assisting him. The eldest princess must be tired after years of assisting the government." Wu Feng's words already revealed a little murderous intent.
Jiang Changdai looked at the prince hiding behind Wu Feng and said, "Tired, I am indeed a little tired."
Wu Feng's brows and eyes were a little loose, and he mistakenly thought that the eldest princess was going to compromise and delegate power.
"I want to go to see His Majesty, would the prince accompany you?"
"Of course." Wu Feng was worried that he would not have the chance to kill the eldest princess.
The prince was pushed along like this, and the three of them left the banquet together. The ministers looked at the guards around them, and they were all worried.
Looks like tonight is going to change.
The palace where the emperor lived was right in the center of the palace, the long palace road passed straight through, and when heavy snow fell profusely.
When the last touch of purple fireworks bloomed, the sound of firecrackers was more violent than ever, and the dancer wearing a mask pulled the sword into front of the dancer wearing a mask, and the white jade wine cup in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
The ministers panicked and did not dare to move, and the guards around them all fell down quickly.
Yue Yue took off his mask with his hands, drew out a long knife full of blood, looked sideways at Rong Yue, who was counting the number of people not far away, and said with a smile: "I was dancing just now, right?"
Rong Yue looked at Yue Yueying whose side face was stained with blood: "Let's be so-so."
Xiao Nizi looks very juicy, but unfortunately her temper is too bad.
"Hey, I'm so nice, you still despise me!" Yue Yue chased after Rong Yue angrily.
"Are you annoying!" Rong Yue only felt that her ears hurt from the noise, and she didn't want to talk to Yue Yue.
The ministers at the banquet were stunned, only Song Yuanshan sat in the banquet and poured himself a drink without paying attention to the corpses in the room.
Song Yuanshan really never tires of seeing the eldest princess' thunderous tricks.
Jiang Changdai, who was inside the palace road, looked sideways at the fireworks. When the curtain ended, the palace fell into deathly silence.
The palace where the emperor lived was closely guarded by the imperial guards, and Wu Feng ordered the three of them to enter.
The sick emperor's complexion was pale, his lips were even bluer, his thin cheeks were sunken, but his eyes could still move, so he was paralyzed and unable to move.
"Prince, why don't you dare to come and see His Majesty?" Jiang Changdai looked at the prince who was hiding in Wufeng in puzzlement.
However, Wu Feng had changed his previous expression, and instead reached out his hand and drew his knife to force the Prince's neck, and then blood spilled all over the ground.
young child lying in a pool of blood
The rain fell on the umbrella surface with a muffled sound, and the cold wind blew Liu Meier's thin clothes fluttering.
Liu Meier, who was completely immobile, said with red ears, "Sister Dai, you are still outside."
Jiang Changdai turned her head to look at the shy person, pinched her face with her fingertips and smiled: "You were so enthusiastic last night, why are you feeling ashamed now?"
After all, Jiang Changdai led her to the tent of the barracks, only when she saw the soldiers watching in the dark did she realize that her behavior was indeed inappropriate.
After all, she is the eldest princess of a country, and her words and deeds will inevitably attract people's attention.
After the two of them entered the tent, Liu Meier took down the umbrella and put it aside, her cheeks were still flushed, and the strands of black hair falling from her ears made her skin white and tender.
Jiang Changdai put the long sword aside and took a seat, took the tea she handed her and said loudly, "I thought you would sleep until the afternoon before waking up."
After all, she must have been tired last night.
"There are a lot of people in the military camp, so wake up early."
Liu Meier poured herself a cup of tea and held it in her palm, "By the way, Miss Yue came to me in a hurry to ask me where Sister Dai and General Rong are going."
"Don't worry, they are together now." Jiang Changdai frowned involuntarily.
Before dawn today, Jiang Changdai suddenly received Rong Yue's sword practice competition, so she agreed.
But who would have thought that Rong Yue would be so drunk, and even say such insulting words like being a general in a gaffe.
After decades of training, Jiang Changdai treated Rong Yue like a brother and sister, and even trusted her with her black armor army.
If Rong Yue said that she wanted to leave, Jiang Changdai would not really agree.
After all, Rong Yue knows too much.
"Is sister Dai bothered?" Liu Meier saw that sister Dai frowned slightly, and her expression became more and more irritable.
Jiang Changdai calmed down and said with thin lips: "The current situation in the court is not good. I think the timing of the emperor's illness is too coincidental."
Jiang Changdai didn't want Liu Meier to know about Rong Yue.
Even if Rong Yue betrayed her because of this, she would not regret the choice she made today.
For Rongyue, Jiang Changdai just regarded her as her own knife from the beginning.
The knife can give trust, but there will be no more love.
What's more, Jiang Changdai has always believed that women are not easy to be sentimental, otherwise they will be easily restrained.
The girl in front of her is already an extremely special exception to herself, and Jiang Changdai also understands that her heart can no longer hold other people.
And Jiang Changdai didn't want to let her down, just like she couldn't let her down herself.
Liu Meier took a sip of her tea and thought about it: "Sister Dai means that His Majesty's illness is intentional?"
"Well, this possibility cannot be ruled out." Jiang Changdai remembered the secret communication between the Wu family brothers and the envoys from the Mo Kingdom, so she was naturally a little wary of what happened now.
Jiang Guo's army had already gathered at the border, Rong Yue, Yue Wu and other generals were transferred away from the capital, and he had been away from the capital for more than a month on the pretext that he was ill and would not go to court.
I am afraid that no one in the court would dare to fight for power with the brothers of the Wu family. If the emperor died of illness at this time, and the young prince took advantage of the situation, no courtier would dare to criticize him.
This is an excellent opportunity for the samurai brothers to usurp the throne.
"But why does Your Majesty pretend to be sick?" Liu Mei'er had seen the scene where the army of the Mo country was crushing the border before, and the soldiers of the Jiang country needed the emperor to cheer them up most at this time.
The emperor will never run away.
Jiang Changdai took a sip of her tea and didn't say anything immediately. I'm afraid it's still uncertain whether this deliberate disease was intentional by the emperor or by the brothers of the Wu family.
After all, if the emperor intentionally set a trap against himself, it is not impossible.
"Let's go back to the capital first." Jiang Changdai said with some worry as she put down her tea.
There is no news about many things far away at the border, and it is hard to guarantee that the brothers of the Wu family are already planning to use the crown prince to seize power.
From one night until dawn, the army was ready to go. Seeing that sister Dai was eager to return to the capital, Liu Meier couldn't even ask about the group of missing women.
Pulling out the big black horse from the stable, Liu Meier walked towards Sister Dai hesitantly.
"But what can't be done if everything is not ready?" Jiang Changdai saw her look embarrassed, and thought that she was ignoring her because she was concerned about the affairs of the court.
"Princess Moyang and the Mo people left in a hurry, and they didn't take away the big boxes. I was thinking that there is no news about the whereabouts of those missing girls in the capital." Liu Meier was also a little confused for a moment.
There was a little light in the distant sky, and the cold wind blew her hairband and it fell in front of her. Jiang Changdai reached out and pulled the hairband behind her back and replied: "Because those girls did not go out of Changyang Pass with Princess Moguo, Hidden in a box containing cotton and other goods, it was originally planned to leave through the waterway trade route between Jiangguo and Moguo."
Liu Meier was full of surprise and said, "How could Sister Dai know?"
"Those Mo people who transported people were arrested, so I know the details." Jiang Changdai originally didn't want to destroy the stability with Mo country, but Liu Meier was so concerned that she had to send someone to secretly investigate the goods transported to Mo country. .
Because she didn't want to make matters worse, Jiang Changdai asked people to suppress the news, and only drove out those deserted people, while Jiang Guo's accomplices ordered them to be executed in secret.
"It's as long as they're fine." Liu Mei'er slowly put down the boulder hanging in her heart, and even the melancholy on her face dissipated.
Jiang Changdai caressed her face lightly with her palm. Seeing that she cared so much about someone she didn't know, she felt a little disgusted. She pinched her earlobe with her fingertips and said, "But Meier will be punished for leaving the capital without authorization."
"Huh?" Liu Meier looked blankly.
Sister Dai withdrew her hand leisurely, and said with a serious face: "If you don't want to be punished, you don't have to come to the princess mansion in the future."
Liu Meier immediately responded, "I am willing to be punished."
The barracks became more and more lit up, Yue Yue was about to escort the eldest princess back to the capital on horseback.
Before leaving, Yue Yue went to Rong Yue's tent, and saw that she was still very depressed.
"I'm about to leave, don't you have anything to say to me?"
Rong Yue didn't bother to talk to this puzzling little girl, she casually turned around and responded: "If you want to go, go quickly, don't bother me."
"You bastard!" Yue Yue was confused, and then kicked the foot of the crude wooden bed.
The patrolling guards outside heard a bang, and then they saw the beautiful young lady of the Yue family come out of the tent in a hurry.
Yue Yue angrily ran up to the soldiers who were looking at him and replied: "Whatever you are looking at, turn around for me!"
The soldiers were so frightened that they immediately turned around, pretending not to see, bowed their heads and went about their own business.
When the team passed through Changyuan and almost lost sight of the flag, Rong Yue got up from the collapsed wooden bed and gritted her teeth, saying, "This little girl doesn't know how bad her legs are. It's not easy to have a good bed in the barracks!"
Although Rong Yue said that she would be dismissed and returned to the field, she was still an official ordered by the court, so naturally she could not easily resign verbally.
At least he had to go back to the capital at the end of the year to submit his resignation papers, and he had to get the approval of the eldest princess.
Alas, Rong Yue looked at this wooden bed that was so broken that he couldn't even put it together, and his heart tightened even more.
This little girl Yue Yue is really good at torturing people!
In the late autumn, the cold wind continued unabated. In order to speed up the journey, the team rushing to the capital did not stop during the day.
In the evening, Liu Meier was feeding the big black horse with grain and grass, and she saw that Miss Yue seemed to be reprimanding people.
"You stupid donkey, you are so blind to look down on this girl!"
Where did the donkey come from?
And there was only one horse in front of Miss Yue, Liu Meier asked in puzzlement, "Why is Miss Yue so angry?"
"Hmph, am I angry?" Yue Yue looked at the slender son-in-law Liu, and the person who looked at him with anger in his eyes panicked.
Liu Meier asked hesitantly: "But didn't you scold the horse just because you were angry?"
Yue Yue approached with a long sword in hand and said seriously: "Prince Liu, this girl is scolding a stinky donkey, don't get me wrong."
"There are only horses here, where did the donkey come from?"
"I can scold if I want, can't I?" Yue Yue can't wait to run back to the barracks now and scold Rong Yue again.
Liu Meier looked at Miss Yue leaving the stable angrily with some confusion.
Did I say something wrong?
It was already the beginning of November by the time the team rushed all the way to the capital.
It was snowing intermittently that day, and the streets were a bit slippery, because sister Dai had an urgent matter and did not go back to the mansion to rest, so Liu Meier went back to the consort's mansion first.
When Chang saw the child returning from abroad, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and muttered: "You child left the capital without saying a word, how did you become so thin in just two months?"
Liu Meier's face was held tightly by Chang's and she couldn't break free, and Aunt Chang beside her was all smiles.
"Young master doesn't even know how worried the old lady is. She eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha's name every day for fear that the young master will be in danger."
It was not until Liu Meier was able to drink some hot tea that she heard from Chang's mouth that many things had happened in the capital.
First, the palace caught fire, and many concubines and princes were burned to death in strange ways.
Subsequently, many officials from the DPRK and China were arrested.
The Wu family brothers have become more rampant since the emperor became seriously ill, wantonly arresting a large number of officials.
Everyone in the capital is in danger for a while, and everyone who sees the Wu brothers' chariots and horses during the day will run away.
But after learning that the army of the Mo country had withdrawn from the border and the eldest princess returned to the capital, the brothers of the Wu family in the palace were running around like ants on a hot pot.
"Brother, the Eldest Princess mainly found that something is wrong with the emperor, so don't we..." Wu Di said impatiently.
Wu Feng drank the wine calmly on the surface, but in reality he responded in a panic: "Why are you panicking? Anyway, the prince fed the poisonous soup himself. Will it be possible to grow into a princess and depose the prince?"
Originally, according to the agreed plan, the army of the Mo country was putting pressure on the outside, and the eldest princess happened to be unable to go to court due to illness. With the young prince in hand, the Wu family brothers naturally wanted wind and rain.
Who would have thought that the eldest princess would suddenly appear at the border, and the army of the Mo country would retreat immediately, and now the emperor had already taken the poison.
"But the eldest princess has soldiers in her hands. If she really leads the soldiers into the palace, it is not impossible to abolish the crown prince."
"No matter how capable the eldest princess is, she is still just a woman, and now that the emperor has not given up, it is a serious crime for her to bring troops into the palace without authorization!" Wu Feng's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
With [-] imperial guards in hand, Wu Feng thought it was really urgent, even the eldest princess would be killed together!
Hearing this, Wu Di calmed down a bit and said: "Big brother said, as long as we don't show our feet, the eldest princess has no reason to abolish the prince."
The emperor won't live long, and the rest of the princes have already been killed. When the young prince succeeds to the throne, the power will be in his hands, and it won't be too late to abolish the eldest princess.
In the dead of night, the carriage stopped at the entrance of a narrow alleyway in the capital.
Jiang Changdai went in and saw Concubine Song Xian and the eldest prince Jiang Hui who had settled down.
"Auntie." Jiang Hui was pushed by her mother Song to salute the eldest princess who entered.
"Get up."
Concubine Song Xian looked at the married eldest princess with tears in her eyes and said, "Fortunately, Hui'er was protected by secret guards that night, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to leave the palace."
Jiang Changdai really underestimated the murderous intent of the Wu family brothers, to eradicate dissidents so blatantly, even the emperor and princes were not spared.
When the long night came to dawn, Jiang Changdai changed into court clothes and went to the palace.
Officials in the early court today were talking about the eldest princess returning to the court.
When the main hall was opened, the young prince was protected by the Wu family brothers and sat on the dragon chair, but his face was full of fear.
How could the young prince think that the soup he fed his father that night was poisonous.
Coupled with the intimidation and coercion of the Wu family brothers, the prince was even more afraid that he would be accused of patricide, so he could only obey the Wu family brothers' faces in everything.
The morning court was held as usual, and the ministers reported on the government affairs with their own thoughts, and the brothers of the Wu family did not intervene in politics without speaking too much.
This morning was unexpectedly calm, and countless people in the hall were waiting to see how the Eldest Princess would mention His Majesty's serious illness.
But until the end of the early dynasty, the eldest princess did not mention the emperor.
The Wu family brothers were so frightened that their backs felt chills, and they were not relieved until the eldest princess left the palace in the evening.
"Brother, do you think the eldest princess has found out, or hasn't?" Wu Di once heard that the eldest princess has secret guards all over the Jiang country, and the news is very close.
"I don't know." Wu Feng couldn't see through the woman's mind, and it was because he couldn't see through that that he was more worried.
The cold wind continued unabated, and when the winter snow fell one night, the bricks and tiles of the royal palace were covered with thin ice and snow.
As the end of the year approaches, the capital gradually returns to bustle.
The eldest princess' actions made the Wu family brothers very vigilant, so they restrained their actions a little bit.
At this time, Chang Yue had already led the black-armored army and was ordered to go to the capital overnight.
When Yue Wu and other generals received the secret order, they also waited for the opportunity to move.
Jiang Changdai looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window, the brush between her fingers fell lightly on the rice paper and moved, and the ink flowed like water.
New Year's Eve dinner is the best time.
Jiang Changdai just stopped writing when the big characters like the blade of a knife leaped onto the paper.
Killing is beyond delay.
The capital restaurant is just like in the past, singing and dancing, and the guests coming and going are drunk.
The Wu family brothers are all addicted to alcohol, and now the court officials are even more eager to curry favor because they are afraid of the imperial guards in the hands of the Wu family brothers.
All of a sudden, chariots and horses gathered in front of the Wu family's gate blocked the long road, but there was an endless stream.
Originally, Wu Feng was still worried, and planned to write a letter with the envoy of Mo Kingdom again to plan to borrow troops.
Unexpectedly, Mo State was busy mobilizing troops to attack Feng State, and had no intention of dealing with Wu Feng.
At night, Jiang Changdai intercepted the news of the pigeons flying out from Wu's house, and her eyes fell on the words that Wu Feng was eager to borrow soldiers from the Mo Kingdom.
Thirty thousand Imperial Guards were scattered throughout the capital, but in order to deal with the former army of the Mo State, a full 20 Jiang State troops gathered at the border, of which Yue Wu had 26 elite soldiers in his hands, and the rest were raised by local generals from [-] prefectures made.
The 20 troops alone are enough to make Wu Feng fearful, and the black-armored army that was mentioned by Jiang Changdai also has a number of [-].
The superiority of troops is so great, so Jiang Changdai is not worried about losing.
It's just that Wufeng is afraid that Wufeng will collude with Moguo to wait for an opportunity to attack from both inside and outside. Even if the civil strife among the Wu family brothers can be suppressed, Jiangguo will be in danger of Moguo's attack again.
Secondly, the brothers of the Wu family are the auxiliary ministers personally appointed by the emperor, and they are also the uncles of the prince. If the prince is coerced by them and ordered to attack the army as a rebel army, then he will be designated as the master of rebellion and usurpation of power.
After all, the prince was personally appointed by the emperor, so there is no guarantee that the prince will not be guaranteed at that time. The hearts of the army will be unstable and they will turn against each other.
Jiang Changdai was worried that greater turmoil would be caused, and Jiang Guo's hard-won stable foundation would collapse in an instant.
This is not the situation that Jiang Changdai wants, so she can only choose the smallest means to seek the greatest benefit.
As New Year's Eve drew closer, the Wu family brothers also relaxed their vigilance a little.
Wu Di is no more cautious than his elder brother Wu Feng, he is domineering, greedy and lustful on weekdays.
Officials had no choice but to collect more rare treasures to offer.
In order to make the Wu family brothers relax their vigilance, Jiang Changdai sent someone to reward him with an eight-foot-high exquisite jade carving.
Wu Feng was very happy to see this, and even Wu Feng, who was always cautious, relaxed a little.
"Brother, you see that the eldest princess is only a woman. Isn't she submissive now?" Wu Feng exultedly praised the exquisite jade carvings to his brother, and even held a large banquet to invite all the officials to appreciate it, so as to show off his prestige.
There are also more official banquets at the end of the year, and the officials dare not not attend the banquet held by the Wu family brothers.
And Liu Meier was invited by Song Yuanshan to the banquet, there was no drinking in the garden, and the officials all flattered Wudi.
Song Yuanshan was originally a man of both sides, but seeing the Wu family brothers being so ostentatious, he knew that their lives were about to end.
The murderous intent surging in the dark of the court was like the calm before the storm.
Sometimes the safer you are, the more dangerous you are.
"Brother Liu, why don't you go watch the jade carvings?" Song Yuanshan asked while pouring wine.
"Teacher, you are being polite. I only know how to read and write, and rewarding jade is not so capable." Liu Meier tried her best to talk to the officials, but she couldn't open her eyes and tell nonsense.
Especially Wu Di, one of the brothers of the Wu family, was in such a miserable situation as the colleague who was killed last time, Liu Meier was unwilling but helpless.
Naturally, Liu Meier also didn't understand why Sister Dai gave the jade carvings to the brothers of the Wu family.
It is obvious that the brothers of the Wu family are so blatantly forming a clique for personal gain, how could sister Dai take the initiative to show their favor by giving gifts.
Isn't this helping the evildoers?
When Song Yuanshan saw this willow son-in-law with fine skin and white flesh, he even guessed that he was a manly man, and his suspicion and guard against him were much less in his heart.
"Brother Liu, do you know why the eldest princess gave this jade carving?"
"I don't know either." Liu Meier wanted to ask, but seeing that Sister Dai was busy these days, she naturally didn't bother.
Song Yuanshan originally wanted to find out what the eldest princess was thinking from him, but now it seems that the eldest princess is just playing tricks on him.
In the evening, Liu Meier returned home smelling of alcohol, and when she got out of the sedan chair, she raised her head to look at the sky.
Well, luckily it's not dark yet.
Entering the room from the corridor to take a bath and change clothes, Liu Meier accompanied Mrs. Chang for dinner.
Although the banquet was sumptuous, the courteous words and deeds of those officials made it difficult for Liu Meier to swallow the delicious food.
After dinner, Liu Meier went to the Princess Mansion with the lamp, and the fluttering snowflakes fell on the long road, and there was still some rustling when stepped on.
Liu Meier, who entered from the outside, took off her outer robe, her face was a little red from the wind and snow.
In the house, sister Dai sat at the desk reviewing the papers, and she had never touched the food on the side.
"Sister Dai, the food should be cold." Liu Meier touched the bowl wall with the back of her hand lightly.
Only then did Jiang Changdai come back to her senses and respond: "Well, here we come."
Liu Meier sat on the soft side, only to see Sister Dai watched it for a while before she got up and left the desk.
The food was barely warm, Jiang Changdai took a few mouthfuls, and vaguely sensed that Meier seemed to have something to say, so she met her gaze and asked, "What's the matter?"
"No, no." Liu Meier knew that she shouldn't question Sister Dai.
Sister Dai must have seen more deeply than what happened in the court.
How could Jiang Changdai fail to see her troubled face.
It's just that he didn't ask, but asked instead: "Is today's martial arts banquet fun?"
Liu Meier shook her head truthfully and replied: "It's not fun, they are all boasting about how exquisite the jade carvings are."
"It seems that Mei'er thinks that jade carving is not good-looking?"
"I don't think it looks bad."
"Really?" Jiang Changdai stared at the guilty dodger.
"It's really not bad." Liu Meier looked down, "I just don't think sister Dai should give jade carvings."
Jiang Changdai nodded happily: "Well, I really shouldn't give it away."
Liu Meier raised her head in confusion and asked, "Then why..."
"You want to ask why I still send it when I know I shouldn't, right?"
"Ah."
Jiang Changdai picked up the chicken on the plate with her chopsticks and handed it to the bewildered human: "Meier, eat it."
The trusting Liu Meier opened her mouth obediently, but the chicken beside her mouth was removed.
"Sometimes the more you want something, the more you have to hold back, otherwise people will see your thoughts at a glance, and you will not be able to eat this piece of chicken." Jiang Changdai handed the chicken over again with a smile on her face, "Meier , do you still want to eat?"
Liu Meier's cheeks became hot from being teased, and she shyly pressed her cherry red lips together, "I don't want to eat."
"Really don't want to eat?" Jiang Changdai couldn't help laughing when she saw her serious face, "I can't eat, so you can help me eat."
"I..." Liu Meier felt that it might be Sister Dai's scheme again, so she wanted to refuse again.
But suddenly a piece of chicken was stuffed into her mouth, Sister Dai looked at it with a slight smile and asked, "Is it delicious?"
Liu Meier chewed carefully and replied, "It's delicious."
Looking at her bulging cheeks, Jiang Changdai smiled and said, "You can just eat it when others think you don't want to eat it."
Liu Meier, who seems to understand but half understands, does not understand the relationship between chicken and jade carving.
"What does Sister Dai want?" Liu Meier asked after swallowing the chicken.
"I'm naturally thinking about the great cause of Jiang Guo." Jiang Changdai put down the wooden chopsticks in her hands, her eyes and brows no longer smiled, and her eyes were full of seriousness.
Liu Meier was not surprised to hear the answer, but she still didn't quite understand it.
"But indulging the brothers of the Wu family in this way will definitely destroy Jiang Guo's court, and won't it destroy the foundation of Jiang Guo?"
"Did you forget the chicken I just fed?" Jiang Changdai reached out and pinched Liu Meier's face, "Think about it when you have time."
Liu Meier stared blankly at Sister Dai getting up and returning to the desk, holding her face with her hands and looking at the chicken on the plate in front of her.
In the middle of the night, Liu Meier was resting on the couch, still remembering that piece of chicken in her mind.
Although she didn't think it through thoroughly, Liu Meier vaguely felt that sister Dai's jade carving might just confuse the brothers of the Wu family.
In the next few days, the snow fell harder and harder, and the capital was buried in white snow, and the officials of the court successively took their annual leave.
In the past, the court prohibited officials from forming parties for personal gain, so private drinking and gatherings were strictly prohibited.
But now that the Wu family brothers are breaking the rules, there are more and more official banquets, and the most are Wu family banquets.
The other family's banquet was just gathering people to drink and have fun, but the Wu family's two brothers' banquet took the opportunity to ask for money, and the guests who received the post couldn't postpone it.
All the guests who came to the banquet came to the banquet with rare treasures, but Liu Meier, who was empty-handed, was stopped by the servants of the Wu family outside the gate of the house.
"Brother Liu, come in with me." Seeing Concubine Liu coming empty-handed and being stopped outside, Song Yuanshan had no choice but to speak out for him.
"Could it be that brother Liu is short of cash?" Song Yuanshan knew that Liu Meier was born in a prefecture and county, and his family background was very common in a capital city full of gold.
"En." Liu Meier handed over her monthly salary to Chang's, and her pocket money was only a few taels of silver.
As for the martial arts banquet, Liu Meier was reluctant to waste money trying to curry favor.
Just now she was stopped by the evil servant, Liu Meier didn't want to go to the appointment anymore.
Unexpectedly, she met Song Yuanshan's care. Liu Meier seriously suspected that he might like men, otherwise she shouldn't be so enthusiastic about her.
Because of the confusion in her heart, Liu Meier deliberately kept a distance from Song Yuanshan at the banquet.
Back home at night Liu Meier soaked her feet and talked about Song Yuanshan with Sister Dai.
Sister Dai doesn't have time to read the diary now, so naturally Liu Meier can only report daily by herself.
And this is sister Dai's punishment.
Jiang Changdai sat on the bed and listened to Liu Meier's words, she tilted her head in surprise and said, "Why do you think so?"
"He used to be very cold to me, but now he is too warm to me, and I'm really not used to it." Liu Meier picked up a handkerchief and wiped her feet.
"Maybe he wants to ask you something." Jiang Changdai knew a little about Song Yuanshan's temperament.
This person is thoughtful and extremely good at disguising, if the brothers of the Wu family lose power, I am afraid that he will turn against him immediately.
Liu Mei'er was puzzled and said, "I'm just a small servant of the Ministry of Industry. He is the imperial tutor. Is there anything worth asking me for?"
"It's not because I'm Sister Dai's son-in-law that I want to get news." Liu Mei'er picked up the basin and got up. She just said it casually, but it seems to make sense after thinking about it.
Seeing her turn around, Jiang Changdai responded, "Fortunately, you are not too dull."
Liu Meier's feet were still a little cold from the wooden clogs, and when she returned to the bed, she hurriedly got into bed.
Only the round head of the whole person was exposed outside the quilt and said: "Then I have to be careful about him."
"You seem to have always been on guard against him?" Jiang Changdai seldom saw Liu Meier care so much about a person.
Even if Wu Di almost hurt her that day, Jiang Changdai never heard her complain to herself once.
But only Song Yuanshan and Liu Meier mentioned it too diligently.
"I think he is a bit hard to guard against, as if he is hidden in the fog." Liu Meier has seen Song Yuanshan socializing in the officialdom.
Song Yuanshan seems to be in close contact with everyone, but in fact no one can know his thoughts.
This feeling is very similar to sister Dai.
Jiang Changdai scratched her nose lightly with her hand and said with a smile: "He is not a flower in the mist, but a needle in the cotton."
Liu Meier reached out and took Sister Dai's hand and put it under the quilt and replied, "Yes, yes."
Mianli needles, Song Yuanshan looks gentle like a ball of harmless cotton flowers, but in fact, he has hidden needles protruding out of him, and his hands are probably covered with blood.
Which of the gentry officials and the Yuan family was not a bloody lesson.
When the heavy snow accumulated on the roof tiles and brick walls was getting thicker and thicker, the day of the New Year's Eve banquet was approaching. Jiang Changdai dressed up as gorgeously as possible to ease the defense of the Wu family brothers.
Liu Meier in the princess mansion looked at the gorgeously dressed sister Dai and asked in a low voice, "I really can't go?"
Sitting on the soft seat, Jiang Changdai met Liu Meier's soft eyes, her heart was also soft in a mess.
It's just that tonight is not an ordinary banquet, and the danger of swords and swords is inevitable, and Jiang Changdai doesn't want to put Meier in danger.
"You have always disliked the complexity of banquets, so it would be more comfortable for Haosheng to accompany Mrs. Chang to watch the New Year." Jiang Changdai looked away from the other party and deliberately ignored her thoughts.
Liu Meier hesitated to speak and looked at Sister Dai who was drinking tea, and didn't say anything for a while.
The wind outside the house has subsided a little, leaving only the sound of snowflakes falling on the eaves.
"I'll come back to accompany you earlier, okay?" Jiang Changdai couldn't bear to see her lost, turned her head to look at the person lying on the low table, and touched her face with her fingertips.
Liu Meier was made very shy by such coaxing words, she was no longer a child, how could she need someone to accompany her.
But Liu Meier couldn't refuse Sister Dai's gentleness, her bright eyes greeted Sister Dai who was painted with exquisite makeup, and said, "Okay."
Jiang Changdai felt a little guilty when she saw her obediently responding.
I am too busy.
The political affairs of the court will never end, Jiang Changdai is reluctant to paint her face with her fingertips, as if in the blink of an eye, she has changed from a little powder ball that can only babble to the slim and beautiful flower that she is now.
Year after year, how many years can I be with her in my life?
"Sister Dai?" Liu Meier faintly felt the change in Sister Dai's mind.
Jiang Changdai calmed down and responded: "What's wrong?"
Liu Meier sat by her side, looked at her carefully and said, "Just now I thought sister Dai was thinking about other important things."
"Well, it is indeed a very important matter." Jiang Changdai has been working hard for the great cause of Jiang Guo for two lifetimes, but now that she has her, she feels a little bit of retreat in her heart.
She is in her prime, if she is always busy with political affairs, she will miss her best time again.
The day that passes away cannot be traced back.
"What is that?" Liu Meier asked curiously.
Sister Dai's eyes are like deep caves, mysterious but one can't help but take a second look.
"I'm thinking about Meier's future." Jiang Changdai felt that she might be getting old.
Otherwise, why would I miss the past time even more.
Liu Meier's heart trembled wildly at the sight of those deep eyes, and she was still a little dazed.
Was the important thing Sister Dai said just now referring to herself?
"If Meier doesn't become an official, what do you want to do?"
"I think..." Liu Mei'er looked at Sister Dai who was sitting upright shyly, and said with some embarrassment, "As long as I can stay with Sister Dai and Mother forever, it would be great."
"Is that all?" Although Jiang Changdai knew that Liu Meier had always been innocent, she didn't expect her to be so simple.
Liu Meier nodded in response: "En."
As the window became a bit dark, the sound of firecrackers also sounded, Jiang Changdai looked out of the window and retracted her hand and said quietly: "I should go."
The chariots and horses coming out of the princess' mansion drove slowly, Liu Meier saw them off in front of the mansion gate, it was still a bit cool when the snowflakes all over the sky fell onto her clothes.
Until the carriages and horses could not be seen, Liu Meier walked back to the Consort's Mansion slowly with an umbrella in hand.
I thought it would be nice if sister Dai was not so busy.
On New Year's Eve, there will be a banquet for all the officials, Liu Meier is distressed and worried.
The night enveloped the capital city, the sound of firecrackers became more and more resounding, and the accompanying carriages and horses passed through the street. Jiang Changdai stood upright and Shen Bei sat in the carriage, raised her hand and opened the curtain to look at the fireworks blooming in the night sky.
The seven-color fireworks are specially ordered by Jiang Changdai tonight.
The palace banquet unfolded as usual, Jiang Changdai found that the emperor was not present, and the young prince was sitting on the other side.
The Wu family brothers followed the prince's side, and many court ministers congratulated and toasted each other.
When the singing and dancing are on the rise, it is a lively scene.
Jiang Changdai looked at the fireworks blooming not far away, and vaguely heard the prince being coaxed by the Wu family brothers to laugh non-stop, as if he completely forgot that the emperor was still seriously ill at the moment.
The imperial guards around the banquet were heavily guarded. It seemed that Wu Feng was still very vigilant and prepared for any accidents.
"Auntie, Ping'er hereby toasts you." The prince walked forward respectfully holding the wine, but the hand holding the wine cup couldn't stop shaking.
Jiang Changdai took the wine cup with her hand, and looked at the Wu family brothers not far away with deep eyes.
"The prince has a heart." Jiang Changdai put the wine cup in front of her, "It's just that my aunt has been unwell recently, so I can skip this glass of wine."
Now I am the last obstacle for the Wu family brothers to seize power. If I can kill myself, everything will be a matter of course.
Probably this move was beyond the prince's imagination, and the prince looked back at the Wu family brothers in a daze.
Wu Feng had no choice but to walk towards him and said with a smile: "The eldest princess has devoted herself to the Jiang Dynasty all these years. The prince is now sensible, so why not let him be in power?"
"What did Commander Wu mean?" Jiang Changdai observed the expressions of the court ministers sensitively.
"Your Majesty is seriously ill and can no longer govern, and the crown prince has my two brothers assisting him. The eldest princess must be tired after years of assisting the government." Wu Feng's words already revealed a little murderous intent.
Jiang Changdai looked at the prince hiding behind Wu Feng and said, "Tired, I am indeed a little tired."
Wu Feng's brows and eyes were a little loose, and he mistakenly thought that the eldest princess was going to compromise and delegate power.
"I want to go to see His Majesty, would the prince accompany you?"
"Of course." Wu Feng was worried that he would not have the chance to kill the eldest princess.
The prince was pushed along like this, and the three of them left the banquet together. The ministers looked at the guards around them, and they were all worried.
Looks like tonight is going to change.
The palace where the emperor lived was right in the center of the palace, the long palace road passed straight through, and when heavy snow fell profusely.
When the last touch of purple fireworks bloomed, the sound of firecrackers was more violent than ever, and the dancer wearing a mask pulled the sword into front of the dancer wearing a mask, and the white jade wine cup in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
The ministers panicked and did not dare to move, and the guards around them all fell down quickly.
Yue Yue took off his mask with his hands, drew out a long knife full of blood, looked sideways at Rong Yue, who was counting the number of people not far away, and said with a smile: "I was dancing just now, right?"
Rong Yue looked at Yue Yueying whose side face was stained with blood: "Let's be so-so."
Xiao Nizi looks very juicy, but unfortunately her temper is too bad.
"Hey, I'm so nice, you still despise me!" Yue Yue chased after Rong Yue angrily.
"Are you annoying!" Rong Yue only felt that her ears hurt from the noise, and she didn't want to talk to Yue Yue.
The ministers at the banquet were stunned, only Song Yuanshan sat in the banquet and poured himself a drink without paying attention to the corpses in the room.
Song Yuanshan really never tires of seeing the eldest princess' thunderous tricks.
Jiang Changdai, who was inside the palace road, looked sideways at the fireworks. When the curtain ended, the palace fell into deathly silence.
The palace where the emperor lived was closely guarded by the imperial guards, and Wu Feng ordered the three of them to enter.
The sick emperor's complexion was pale, his lips were even bluer, his thin cheeks were sunken, but his eyes could still move, so he was paralyzed and unable to move.
"Prince, why don't you dare to come and see His Majesty?" Jiang Changdai looked at the prince who was hiding in Wufeng in puzzlement.
However, Wu Feng had changed his previous expression, and instead reached out his hand and drew his knife to force the Prince's neck, and then blood spilled all over the ground.
young child lying in a pool of blood
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