Volume 2 The turbulent darkening, the storm is still unsettled, the 168th chapter, the undercurrent of calm
The Lehou Mansion is not far from the palace city. There is a two-story building in the mansion. The railings are located in the distance from the palace gate. When you are lucky, you can see the eunuchs entering and leaving the palace gate.
Qu Yuanshen stood on the railing in the cold wind. He didn't know how long he had stood there, even the tip of his nose was frozen red. The room behind him was covered with charcoal basins, and the red flames licked the fat fish, and the fragrance was scented. After a long time, he didn't look back: "Longjiang, why can't you see it?"
Yun Liangjiang was warming a pot of wine. When she heard Qu Yuanshen's words, she sighed: "Are you crazy? I can only see the palace gate here, but I can't see the inner courtyard of the deep palace."
Qu Yuansan sighed quietly, but he was unable to calm down.
Yun Liangjiang held a handful of wintersweet and put it in a bottle. He looked left and right and felt dissatisfied. He picked up the flower cutters on the side and cut off the excess flower branches in a few seconds. Then he nodded with satisfaction: "It's only a month after she entered the palace that she has enthroned the noble man. It shows how much Your Majesty is pampering her. It's not that easy to do anything at this time. Your Majesty will be suspicious. Yuan Shen, I won't ask you to seek death."
Qu Yuan stood in the wind, his clothes were like a banished immortal, as if he was about to fly into the deep palace in an instant. After a long time of silence, he spoke in a hoarse voice: "I know that there is no perfect solution, you should not act without any action. It's just that she is simple in her mind, and I'm afraid she will suffer."
Yun Liangjiang turned the fish over and saw that the two sides of the fish were browned, so she quickly sprinkled some salt seasoning on it, and then roasted it slightly, so she took it down and handed it to Qu Yuanshen: "With her aunt here, who dares to give her a loss? Even my aunt will give her three points."
Everyone loves to hear the rumors, especially such secrets in the deep palace, which are rare to see once a thousand years. How could it be missed? Qu Yuansan suddenly laughed and clapped his hands repeatedly and said, "Long Jiang, guess, if your aunt and her aunt fight, who will His Majesty help?"
Yun Liangjiang choked out in a sip of wine and coughed repeatedly: "It's not that I haven't beaten, so don't guess."
As soon as he heard the battle in the deep palace, Qu Yuanshen immediately felt energetic. He wanted to listen more and know more, as he was with her, and to go forward and back together. He flashed into the house and took a cup and drank it himself: "Tell me, tell me, tell me, what's going on."
Yun Liangjiang knew that he had lost his words. If he said a few more words, he would be more likely to lose words. He took a sip of wine and shook his head and said, "You can't say it, you can't say it, you can't say it. If my father knew that I was talking to outsiders about the right and wrong of my elders, I would have to beat me to death."
The cold wind blew, whirling the thin red silk curtain of water, the red color was extremely bright, like the trumpet flowers climbing on the wall in summer, adding a rich and colorful color to the bleak winter.
Qu Yuangan's eyes turned, and there were countless ideas. He blinked at Yun Liangjiang, and said with a smile in his words: "Longjiang, do you know that the princess got a can of good tea a few days ago and brought some for me to try."
Yun Liangjiang also became interested and asked urgently: "Is that right? Luo Kui
What I got must be good tea, and I won’t give it to me to taste any tea.”
It was the tribute tea sent by Junshan Mansion." Yun Liangjiang deliberately lowered his voice, for fear that others would hear it.
But Yun Liangjiang still heard it clearly, leaned over and pretended to be angry and said, "What are you saying? I won't drink Junshan tribute tea."
Qu Yuan glanced at him and said seriously: "If the princess asked me to give the tea she gave to outsiders, she would not spare me."
Yun Liangjiang choked, was stunned for a while with his neck hard, and then slapped the table: "Forget it, I'll endure it for ten years to get a can of Junshan tribute tea." He pointed to Qu Yuansan and repeatedly told him: "You, don't go out and talk nonsense."
Qu Yuansan pinched his lips and made a silence: "Don't worry, don't worry, I will never go out to disperse your Yunhou Mansion to your virtues."
The cold wind in winter passes through the bones, which makes people feel the most clear.
Yun Liangjiang closed the door and drank a cup of tea to clear his throat, and then whispered: "It was about two years ago. I went to the palace to pay my respects to my aunt. When Concubine Xu was about to make a big fuss with him, he said that King Lin had ruined their second young master. He was so angry that he even started to take action and pulled his aunt's earrings, which made him bleed. Later, when the emperor came down, he did not scold Concubine Xu, but just persuaded him a few words in an understatement, and let it go."
Qu Yuansan was stunned immediately. Yun Liangjiang's aunt was the queen. Although she was the queen, she was once the best person in His Majesty's heart, so she was named the queen. Over the years, her age has grown, her beauty has faded and her love has gone. Although her favors are not as much as before, even though Concubine Xu is so fond of the six palaces, the queen's majesty is still there, so why is Your Majesty so much that she is so private?
After drinking half a cup of tea, Qu Yuanshen seized the important point in Yun Liangjiang's words and asked: "How can King Lin get involved with the second young master of the Xu family? Even if it is involved, how can his aunt be furious? He is willing to take the risk of being the best to go to your aunt to seek punishment."
Yun Liangjiang looked around carefully, and his voice was heavy and low: "I asked, I later asked in private and said that King Lin's chief supervisor Indigo Blue gave the Second Young Master a disaster. The Second Young Master was reluctant to eat and left all the concubines in the mansion behind."
"The second young master is famous for being lustful, and he must be a beauty." Qu Yuansan raised his hand, tapped the Eight Immortals' birthday carved rosewood table with two fingers, and laughed.
The wine the two of them drank today was Xuepo wine, which was clear in the mouth, sweet in the throat, and burning in the heart. The wine blew in the cold air for a long time, adding to the coldness and shocking.
Yun Liangjiang quietly held the top-quality crabapple jar, and the pale white cold mist was smoky on her face. Countless thoughts turned into her heart, and she shook her head with a serious expression: "No, if the one who gave her a beauty, how could Concubine Xu go crazy?"
"Well, this is reasonable." Qu Yuanshen said: "What is the one I gave?"
Yunliang
Jiang Gunny narrowed his eyes mysteriously: "I was not a beauty, but a handsome boy who had practiced the art of furnace and cauldron, looking about eleven or twelve years old."
"What? Liangjiang, do you mean that Indigo sent a furnace and cauldron to the second young master. Practicing the furnace and cauldron technique is a big taboo among immortals. Indigo has lived enough." In the eyes of others, Qu Yuansan has always been calm and stern, and rarely panics, and he was happy and angry. Only in front of someone close enough can he be willing enough. Now that he heard such news that he had always wanted to confirm, he was so surprised that he couldn't stop talking about his ears, and a cup of wine splashed out, and a faint white cold mist rose on the ground.
Yun Liangjiang was startled by Qu Yuansan's exclamation, and hurriedly covered his mouth, but smiled seriously: "Wow, what's wrong with you? Are you scared like this? Is it a pity that you have become like this? It's a pity that there is a furnace and cauldron that has not been given one to you."
Qu Yuansan took his hand hard, spat at him, frowned and shook his head, fearing that he would not choose to clean himself: "Bao, you really can't spit out ivory from your mouth, why am I such a shameless and despicable person?"
Seeing his fearful look as if he was busy clearing himself, Yun Liangjiang laughed in silence: "Yes, yes, I know you are a gentleman, but, have you never heard of the unhealthy trend of practicing the furnace and cauldron technique among high-ranking officials and nobles?"
Qu Yuansan immediately lowered his smile, his face was upright, and he looked like a gentleman: "Long Jiang, I dare not say this casually."
Yun Liangjiang straightened her collar with a solemn expression on her face: "You have always been upright and can't stand this dirty thing, so no one is looking for this bad luck. Please go and learn more about this kind of practice method. However, about half of the high-ranking officials and nobles in Qingzhou City cannot get rid of it." He drank a cup of tea and continued slowly: "Don't ask me where I learned it, I will know it."
Qu Yuansan drank a bite of wine and thoughtfully said: "I always thought that these things that were originally empty are groundless. After hearing what you said, it turns out that it is true." He paused slightly: "This unhealthy trend is too severe, and I am afraid it will defile the clear sky."
Yun Liangjiang suddenly raised his eyebrows: "Yun Liangjiang, this is not what you said. I sounded like the princess's tone." He looked solemn, took a sip of wine, and said slowly: "It's important, Yuanshen, you and the princess must not be involved in it, otherwise it will only affect yourself."
Qu Yuansan held the cup and rubbed it gently, thinking quietly that half of them were so many. The last time he went back to Yongzhou, he offended many court officials. Now that this happened, he had to deal with it carefully. If he had a mistake in the chess move, he would not only not be able to save others, but would harm himself. He thought again, it was common for Luo Kui to stay in the cold winter, but why did Su Zi disappear? He couldn't help but wonder: "Is there something wrong in the princess's mansion? Why are the princess and Su Zi missing?"
Yun Liangjiang shook his head and said, "Su Zi left Qingzhou to do business."
Then, you were on the mountain to worship Buddha on the day he left. As for Luo Kui, my father ordered me not to meet her, so I may not have seen her for a long time.”
The fish meat on the charcoal basin was plump, with the fresh aroma of oil, falling onto the red carbon that was burning, making a sizzling sound. Qu Yuansan picked up a small pinch of salt and sprinkled it evenly on the fish. He choked for a moment, his face showed a difficult look, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.
"Then." Qu Yuansan thought about it and said, "Recently, there are rumors in the market that the county chief broke the engagement with Jing Mo. You have heard of it."
Yun Liangjiang nodded and said, "I heard that I have some hope after I retired from the marriage."
Qu Yuansan drank a cup of wine, raised his chin, but shook his head with a smile: "It's not true, although the Shui family is not a high-ranking family, they have their own pride. If they don't care about their relatives, they only look at the true heart. If there is no true heart, even if the Heavenly King comes to ask for marriage, their Shui family's daughter will not marry."
After hearing this, Yun Liangjiang felt that although he was not the King of Heaven, he was an old person with old feelings at least. He immediately felt hope in his heart. He quickly drank the Xuepo wine, put down the cup and high-high, and there was a happier look in his eyebrows and eyes: "Isn't this just right?"
Qu Yuansan shook his head and sneered: "I will not marry you even if I retire from marriage. If you become a turtle in your head, you should know that you will never be able to get to the princess in this life."
Yun Liangjiang was immediately filled with mixed feelings, but he was speechless and just raised his glass to drink.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!