MTL - Feng Xing-Chapter 143
The people from Cheng En Gong's mansion left on their front feet, and there were bursts of crackling sounds from the back of King Hui's study.
In the huge study room, the porcelain ornaments on the Bogu shelves were smashed and the floor was in a mess.
"Be careful and be patient, and wait for the funeral? It's time like this, and you still want me to be patient?!" Hui Wang changed his usual gentle appearance in front of others, his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, and his face was full of ferociousness.
At this time, the door suddenly rang, and a person walked in from the outside.
At such a time, the servants who were waiting in the study did not dare to disturb him. Who would have thought that someone would dare to touch the tiger's whiskers? King Hui stared at it, but when he saw the person coming, he frowned, and he went to the desk and sat down.
"Why is Mr. Lu here at this time?"
The other party didn't answer and asked instead: "Your Highness is still angry about the matter of Cheng'en Gongfu?"
This person is in his sixtieth year, with gray hair and beard, a handsome face, a thin figure, wearing a straight gray gown, stroking his beard when he speaks, he looks like a counselor.
He is King Hui's staff, known as Mr. Lu, since he turned Hui Wang's prodigal son back, he has advised him and done a lot of things, so he is deeply trusted by Hui Wang.
Cheng Engong's mansion sent someone to Hui Wang's mansion to spread the word, maybe other people didn't know, but Mr. Lu couldn't hide it, so no one dared to come to the study, but he came.
Hui Wang did not speak.
Mr. Lu squeezed his beard and said again: "The matter is obvious. Back then, Mr. Lu suggested to Your Highness that it would be advisable to strike before he would enter the capital that week, but the Chen family was pushing back and forth. It was not until people entered the capital and entered the Dali Temple that they began to silence them, and now that they are on the cusp of the storm, it is not wrong for the Chen family to ask His Highness to be careful and patient."
There is nothing wrong with these words literally, but they are quite meaningful when they come out of Mr. Lu's mouth. King Hui is not a fool, so he immediately asked: "What does Mr. Lu mean?"
"Lu has no other intentions, but just wants to remind His Highness to prevent the Chen family from making two-handed preparations."
"What do you mean?!" King Hui's expression froze.
"Back then, the Chen family ordered people to contact the King of Wei, but the King of Wei never paid any attention to them. Although the Chen family had entrusted the Chen family of Cheng'en Gong's mansion to do this, there is no trace of the Jiangxi Chen family behind it. This shows that the Chen family is actually not optimistic about His Highness, just because the Chen family is His Highness's family on the surface, so naturally they want to help His Highness.
"But on the surface, it really means that they have no other ideas. Otherwise, why bother to contact King Wei? After this matter was deliberately messed up by His Highness, King Wei and Imperial Concubine Li didn't miss the opportunity, and took the opportunity to bite the empress and you. See It seems that you have been hit hard, but in fact it just cut off the connection between them, cut off the Chen family's back, and let the Chen family can only be used by you.
"Times have changed. In the early years, King Wei always kept a low profile, and he didn't seem to have any ideas about his position. But now he first entered the court, and he seemed to be forced to go to Shanxi, and then stepped into the situation that everyone set for him. See It seems to be in danger, but in fact it is not his opportunity.
"Sure enough, although King Wei's trip to Shanxi was not without some small twists and turns, everything went smoothly, and because of his effectiveness in fighting disasters and controlling locusts, he became famous for a while. Although he is not in the court, the court is full of his legend. Presumably When the Shanxi affairs are over and he returns with success, his prestige in the court will be unmatched by others. Under such circumstances, it is normal for the Chen family to have other ideas."
Mr. Lu's words were very long, but Hui Wang kept holding his breath and listened quietly, and as he gradually listened, Hui Wang also understood Mr. Lu's meaning, and his face twisted.
There are always people who stand on the wall and look on both sides of the court. Just like King Wei's trip to Shanxi, those local officials are more or less members of other factions. Even the people above them can't control it.
To put it bluntly, the relationship between the prince and the courtiers is not so much a vassal, but a mutual use. When their official position is in danger, they will not do it knowing that they can't do it, otherwise the official position will be lost, and everything they have now will be gone.
Everyone thinks of Conglong Zhigong, but the premise is to save their lives and official positions.
Earlier, there was news from Shanxi that King Hui met King Zhao and King Wu by chance. Seeing their gloomy faces, he couldn't help but feel a little mocking in his heart. Now when his biggest reliance—the Chen family, was also suspected of doing this, he couldn't laugh anymore.
"Your Highness, don't forget that the Chen family in Jiangxi is the Chen family in Jiangxi, and the Chen family in the Cheng'en mansion is the Cheng'en mansion's family. If the Chen family hadn't made a second-hand plan back then, how could the Jiangxi Chen family have separated from the Cheng'en mansion? , They have their own schemes and plans, and others can't say anything. They just judge the situation and don't want to put their eggs in one basket. But in the past, this was just an act of being careful to preserve their strength. At this time, it doesn't matter It's His Majesty's business."
If the Chen family really had two-handed plans, they would definitely not help King Hui wholeheartedly. King Hui's current power in the court was all due to Jiangxi Chen's secret mobilization of power. Only count on the Chen family of Duke Cheng'en's mansion, he is still the eldest prince who has lost power, not King Hui.
Now he is still weak against the king of Wei. If Jiangxi Chen has reservations, what will happen to him?
King Hui felt shuddering, and his face was like a dyeing workshop, unpredictable.
"Then Mr. Lu, what should I do now?"
Mr. Lu came prepared, so naturally he has something to say.
"Your Highness, you can do what you did back then, and let the Shanxi Chen family and Wei Wang completely form a deadly feud. Presumably in this way, the Jiangxi Chen family will never find another way out."
King Hui's eyes lit up, "Mr. Lu is very wise, he is really the beam of the country that this king relies on."
This is a good sign, Guoliang? With King Hui's current status, it is natural that Guoliang cannot be used to refer to the staff around him. This is to imply to Mr. Lu that after he has to wait for the big treasure, Mr. Lu will be his minister.
And Mr. Lu is exactly what he seeks.
As long as he is around King Hui, he cannot avoid the behemoth of the Chen family, but if there is a rift between King Hui and the Chen family, he will naturally jump up and become the first person.
Afterwards, the two discussed how to make Shanxi Chen and the king of Wei an enemy, and they didn't come up with a general policy until the moon was on the branch.
Feng Sheng wants to go to Shanxi.
This idea has been moving since Daoist Qingfeng returned to Beijing, but she always hesitated when she saw Brother Xuan and Brother Xuan who got bigger and more mischievous.
She thought that King Wei would be able to return to Beijing after the autumn harvest, and it would not be a few months, but these few months reminded her that it was extremely long.
Now everything is going well, Feng Sheng also has time to spend with brother Xuan.
This child is not as happy as his elder brother back then, who was taught by Wei Wang and Feng Sheng. Seeing him grow up day by day, he can now go to the study to study. But brother Xuan's father left Beijing when he was less than one year old, and then his mother also went out. At this time, the child saw the wind, and when Feng Sheng returned, the child's appearance changed drastically.
I can't bear to look at it any more.
Especially now that brother Xuan is very clingy to Feng Sheng, howling and crying if he can't see the wrong eye, Feng Sheng will not think that brother Xuan is out of habit, but only thinks that the child left his mother for a while when he was young. I was afraid that my mother would leave home again.
Thinking about how far the capital is from the high mountains and rivers in Shanxi, she couldn't bring Brother Xuan with her, and this idea gradually dissipated.
The weather is gradually changing from hot to cool in the morning and evening. It is almost autumn.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, Feng Sheng brought her two children into the palace to attend the palace banquet.
Because he wanted to be with the imperial concubine, he didn't sit with Hui Wangfei and Wu Wangfei, so he didn't have to get involved in the drama between those women, Feng Sheng felt very comfortable physically and mentally.
But soon she couldn't be happy because she saw her former mother-in-law, Mrs. Song.
Such a person who had disappeared from her memory suddenly appeared in front of her, Feng Sheng couldn't help frowning.
Thinking about it again, Sun Wencheng's father, Sun Qinghua, had long been a fourth-rank magistrate of Shaoxing, and if he was further promoted, he would either be an official of one side of the frontier, or enter Beijing as an official of the six ministries. Sun Qinghua was originally a fourth grade, and the lowest level when transferred to the capital was also a fourth grade. The rank of a married woman follows her husband or son, so the Song family is qualified to enter the palace to participate in the palace banquet.
He couldn't help but think of Sun Wencheng again.
Back then when she let Sun Wencheng go, she intended to let him go. Fearing that King Wei would be jealous, she did not inquire about his whereabouts, but later she heard that he was released from the Imperial Academy, and she did not know where he was released.
After thinking wildly for a while, Feng Sheng finally calmed down.
Now that the two sides have long since lost their involvement, if the Sun family is smart, there should be no complications.
At the same time Feng Sheng saw Song Shi, Song Shi also saw her.
Even a little earlier than her.
This is Song's first time participating in a palace banquet. Her husband, Sun Qinghua, returned to Beijing to report on his duties at the beginning of this year after serving as the magistrate of Shaoxing. He thought that the family had no connections, and it was probably the result of being released. Unexpectedly, he was left in Beijing and promoted. The right servant of the Ministry of punishment.
This can be regarded as a great happy event for the Sun family. It is also a house purchase and resettlement, and the family moves to the capital. After all this business is over, it will be summer.
Song's spirit is refreshed on happy occasions, never expecting that the person who has long been wiped out of memory will appear in front of him again.
Only then did Song remember that that woman, her former daughter-in-law, became Princess Wei.
The Sun family has known about this for a long time. King Wei got married and who is the concubine. Maybe others don't know, but they know it all too well. But they didn't dare to say it, and they didn't dare to mention it. Even since then, the Sun family has kept a low profile outside, for fear of reminding King Wei that there would be a quarrel between the two sides and they would be retaliated against.
Unexpectedly, King Wei has remained silent all this time, he seems to have forgotten about that incident long ago, so a few years have passed peacefully, and everyone in the Sun family has forgotten that there was a Fourth Young Mistress in the family.
At this moment, I saw Concubine Wei sitting next to Concubine Lihuang in full dress, she was extraordinarily glamorous, dignified yet charming, completely different from the face in memory, but there was still a bit of familiarity between her eyebrows and eyes.
The kind of eyes that see everything calmly, and the attitude of not being surprised.
According to Song's rank, she could only sit in the middle and back of this hall. She lowered her head desperately, trembling uncontrollably, for fear of being seen by the other party.
But at the same time, she also had a feeling of anger in her heart. Why did she feel guilty when she saw this woman? The guilty person should be the other party. As someone else's wife, she had an affair with the king of Wei, and finally became a prince and concubine grandiosely.
She is her mother-in-law, even her ex-mother-in-law is still her mother-in-law.
Relying on this aura, Song raised her head again, and she remained calm during the banquet afterwards, but she didn't move forward.
Now that the Empress is sick, the first person in the palace is Concubine Li. Everyone knows that Concubine Li is now in charge of the palace and is almost exclusively favored by Emperor Jianping. I don't know what rewards they will receive, many royal relatives and nobles and female family members of important court ministers' families rarely come forward to flatter them.
Even Feng Sheng who was by the side also became the focus of attention.
Originally entering the palace and having a banquet was an eye-opening event, but at this moment, Mrs. Song was totally unconcerned, and kept going tremblingly until she left the palace after the banquet, and only after getting into her own carriage did she collapse limply in the carriage.
After returning home, he told Sun Qinghua about this immediately.
Maybe women and Taoists are not sensitive to the affairs of the court, how could Sun Qinghua not know who that Princess Wei is, and what kind of momentum Wei Wang is now. But so what if he knows, unless he doesn't want to be an official anymore, unless he doesn't go to Beijing for the rest of his life, he will meet him one day.
In fact, in his heart, Sun Qinghua had already fabricated this situation countless times, and now he was quite calm after hearing it.
Apart from telling Mrs. Song not to talk nonsense outside, as if he never knew each other, he couldn't say anything else. For this reason, the next day he specifically told his family members that the Sun family was facing a big enemy, and they thought of many ways, but finally decided to do as Sun Qinghua said, as if they had never known each other.
Because the newly appointed Right Minister of the Ministry of Justice and his family are so low-key, Sun Qinghua also received verbal praise from his superiors, so I won't go into details.
On the other side, Feng Sheng didn't think too much about it, she didn't know that there was an uproar waiting for her ahead.
