The bet between the Shu people and the Northern Liang Palace soon spread throughout the Liyang Dynasty. Even in the end, many people in the Beimang Dynasty knew about it.
This incident really fulfills the saying: good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles! Xu Fengnian, who has been traveling around the world for nearly a year, is currently wandering around Jianzhou. When he learned the news from Wen Hua, a wooden sword ranger, he immediately became anxious. He was so angry that he yelled: "Xu Xiao, this old immortal. , in my hometown, I was bullied by outsiders!"
"Old Huang, tell me, isn't this Xu Xiao useless?" When the horseman Lao Huang heard his eldest son scolding his own father, he immediately looked bitter and resentful, and then scolded: "It's true that it's not Useful, so useless!”
"That's not right!" Xu Fengnian saw the horseman Lao Huang scolding him for a while, and quickly came to his senses: "Old Huang, you are also from Shu. Then Ye Song led people to kill Lu Qiu, Chen Zhibao, you shouldn't be very happy ?"
"Happy, you should be happy!" Seeing his motherland re-established and exerting pressure on the world, Lao Huang was naturally happy from ear to ear. He wished he could find a wine shop immediately, drink a few bowls of turbid wine, and get drunk!
However, Lao Huang is a good groom, and his mood is the same as that of his eldest son. Seeing Xu Fengnian jumping up and down with anger, Lao Huang could only smile awkwardly and hid aside, for fear of being implicated and scolded!
Xu Fengnian felt sulky for a while, and after scolding for a while, his eyes rolled around! Xu Xiao's face was pressed to the ground and rubbed. As Xu Xiao's son, Xu Fengnian's face did not have any brilliance!
So, after thinking for a moment, he was ready to go and make up his mind: "Old Huang, do you know this Ye Song?"
"I don't know. Old Huang has been in the palace for twenty years, and he doesn't know Ye Song at all." Old Huang tried his best to play his role as a groom and never said a word about the situation in Shu.
"Let's go back!"
"Go back to Beiliang?"
"Go back to Jinguan City!" Seeing that he couldn't get any news from Lao Huang, Xu Fengnian turned around and pulled Lao Huang back to Shu!
"Master, we finally left Sichuan, why do we have to go back?" The horseman Lao Huang was not happy to go back.
Before, when the people of Shu were suffering and being oppressed and exploited by the Liyang Dynasty, he did not go back. Now that Shu has reversed its fortunes and remade things, he has no shame in going back.
"Let's go. My eldest sister and second sister are going to marry the Emperor of Shu. As a younger brother, I have to give them away no matter what!" Xu Fengnian made up his mind. Even Xu Xiao, his own father, couldn't change it, let alone Lao Huang is the groom's servant.
Seeing that he could not be persuaded, Lao Huang was afraid that Xu Fengnian would go to Shu to cause trouble, so he could only find various ways to delay Xu Fengnian's trip.
The journey that could have been completed in more than a month took the two of them more than two months. Xu Fengnian hurriedly and slowly arrived at Jinguan City in early May.
By this time, Su Mingzhe's queen canonization ceremony for Jiang Ni had been completed for a month. After Xu Fengnian heard the news on the way, he was so angry that he blamed Lao Huang again: "Old Huang, I blame you for leading you the wrong way, causing me to go so far in vain, and I didn't even get my sister's wedding wine." Drink it!”
"Master, you can't blame me. I asked you to spend less money and save more. You have to reward the money to those courtesans, beggars and so on. If we still have money, we can charter a merchant ship. , go up the river. In that case, we would have arrived long ago!"
"Co-author, you still blame me for this matter?" Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang each found reasons and excuses, and finally arrived at the east gate of Jinguan City.
Seeing people coming and going at the city gate, it was very lively. The two of them followed the flow of people and walked towards the city gate.
At this time, the two of them were stopped by the city defense officer: "You two, Lu Yin!"
"Old Huang, Lu Yin!" Although Xu Fengnian was wearing rags, he had his hands behind his back, his head held high, and he still maintained the posture of a noble child of a noble family.
Lao Huang chuckled and took out two pitch-black bamboo tablets from his pocket. On them were written their names, place of origin, physical appearance, achievements, etc.
This is the path for the two of them. The city defense officer looked at Lu Yin, and his face immediately turned ugly. After returning Lu Yin, he stretched out his hand again and said in a cold tone: "People from Liyang need to pay a city gate tax of five hundred coins to enter our Jinguan City!" When Xu Fengnian heard Cai Guanqian, he waved his hands habitually: "Old Huang, give me the money!"
"Master, we have no money!" The horseman Lao Huang smiled bitterly and rummaged through his pocket. Ever since Xu Fengnian rewarded the last twenty taels of silver to a storyteller more than two months ago, his pocket was cleaner than his face and he had no money. Saved over one hundred pennies!
"That's right, I have no money!" When Xu Fengnian heard that he had no money, it didn't matter. He smiled at the city defense officer and said: "This official is invited. I am the brother-in-law of your Shu Emperor. I am coming to your Shu Kingdom this time. We are here to visit relatives. Please be accommodating and let us in!" After hearing what Xu Fengnian said, Lao Huang couldn't help but cover his face!
Ever since he had no money in his pocket, Xu Fengnian relied on all kinds of deceptions to get by. If you can succeed, then drink the spicy food that is popular.
If they don't succeed, the two of them will either have something to eat or simply steal! Two months have passed, and Xu Fengnian, the dignified prince of Beiliang, has almost turned into a rogue!
Just when Lao Huang thought that the city defense officer was going to drive Xu Fengnian away, the city defense officer was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened, and he looked at Xu Fengnian carefully.
After a while, the city defense officer suddenly took a step back, raised his hands and saluted: "Li Xian, the captain of the east city of Jinguan City, pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Huh? Do you know me?" Xu Fengnian was startled by Li Xian's sudden salute. Although Xu Fengnian opened his mouth and said that he was Emperor Shu's brother-in-law, he did not expect that what he said would be recognized by the city defense officer.
After all, his current attire is really nothing like that of a relative of the emperor! However, the city defense officer's reaction was somewhat beyond Xu Fengnian's expectations. He actually observed it carefully and then approved it.
This is so strange!
"Returning to His Majesty the Prince, Your Majesty once summoned the city defense officers of Jinguan City and said that you might come to Jinguan City as a guest recently. He specially asked Concubine Xiang to draw several portraits of you and give them to various gates of Jinguan City for safekeeping. ! I am fortunate enough to have seen the portrait of His Highness the Crown Prince, so I recognize His Highness!" Li Xian said, waving to his deputy, watching the city gate for him, he was about to take Xu Fengnian into the city and go to the Sifang Pavilion to rest.
Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang just entered Jinguan City, feeling both proud and moved. After passing through the deep and wide city gate, Xu Fengnian turned to the city defense officer and asked with a smile: "Is the Xiang Fei you are talking about my eldest sister or my second sister?"
"None of them!" The city defense officer was stunned, and his face suddenly turned stiff with a smile.
"No? Who is that?" Xu Fengnian also noticed that the city defense officer's expression was wrong, and immediately stopped and refused to move forward.
'Xiang Fei', the fragrance...could it be...Xu Fengnian thought of something, and then her face turned gloomy: "Is your Emperor Shu's Xiang Fei a red musk deer?"
"Say!" Hong De is the maid of Xu Fengnian's housekeeper in Wutong Garden, the prince's palace in Beiliang. She has had a strange fragrance since she was a child.
When Xu Fengnian was in Beiliang, he loved playing with the red musk deer the most.
"His Royal Highness, how can I know the name of Xiang Fei?" After Li Xian carefully answered a question, he remembered Emperor Shu's instructions and continued to answer: "I only know that Xiang Fei is the name of Xiang Fei." , originally from Your Highness the Crown Prince’s Wutong Garden in Beiliang..."
"You bastard! You bastard!"
"Xu Xiao, you old thief, you actually gave my woman to someone else!" Xu Fengnian had already guessed the result just now!
After it was confirmed now, he did not dare to scold Emperor Shu in front of the Shu people, so he could only scold his own father!
The city defense officer was even more shocked when he heard Xu Fengnian scolding Xu Xiao. Xu Fengnian scolded his own father for a while, then suddenly thought of something, his face turned pale, and he stretched out his hand to grab the city defense officer, asking him to take him to the palace quickly. He wanted to see Emperor Shu!
He had already guessed who 'Xiang Fei' was. But it doesn't matter. Although 'Xiang Fei' is the maid of the housekeeper of Wutong Garden, she is not his favorite.
Therefore, he now wants to go to Emperor Shu's palace to see if the one he likes the most has been sent away by that bastard Xu Xiao!
"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty has an order. If you arrive at Jinguan City, please go to Sifang Pavilion to bathe and change clothes first, and rest for a day before entering the palace!" The more the city defense officer saw Xu Fengnian's panic, the less he dared to take him in like this. palace.
Immediately, the city defense officer coaxed and tricked Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang into the Sifang Pavilion. After giving an explanation, they left immediately!
Half an hour later! Li Xian came to the imperial study and reported the news of Xu Fengnian's arrival to Su Mingzhe. When Su Mingzhe heard the news, he noticed that Xu Weixiong's eyes flickered as he was helping him handle the memorial.
Xu Fengnian's two sisters and more than twenty maids were all sent to Shu by Xu Xiao on his own initiative. Under Su Mingzhe's tricks, except for three women, Red Musk, Blue Bird, and Jiang Ni, who had the desire to die, the other women chose to be obedient and obedient.
Although the three women, Red Musk, Blue Bird, and Jiang Ni, had true feelings for Xu Fengnian. However, the three women each carry many secrets.
Su Mingzhe easily used their identities to get the three of them to accept their new identities as the imperial concubines of Shu.
These methods are somewhat shameless, despicable, and obscene! However, Su Mingzhe used it very smoothly and smoothly.
After a while, Su Mingzhe felt bored when he saw Xu Weixiong regained his composure and continued to correct the memorial. If it were maids like Sweet Potato, Blue Bird, Jiang Ni, and even Xu Zhihu, they would have become nervous when they heard the news about Xu Fengnian.
Xu Weixiong regained her composure so quickly, and Su Mingzhe could guess what she was thinking. But it doesn’t matter!
Isn't it just a competition to see who can keep calm? Su Mingzhe had already settled down on Diaoyutai, so naturally he didn't mind waiting a little longer.
Before I knew it, time came to the third quarter of the hour. Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the palace, brought dinner.
Su Mingzhe and Xu Weixiong ate some casually. When the dinner was gone, according to the past habit, Su Mingzhe did not ask Xu Weixiong to stay with him at night, so Xu Weixiong should take the initiative to resign.
However, Xu Weixiong's reaction was obviously slower today. After dinner, Xu Weixiong not only did not leave, but instead took the tea bowl from the palace maid's hand and began to make tea and light incense for Su Mingzhe.
Shu is a land of mountains and water, and naturally there are many mosquitoes, rats, and ants. Originally, wherever Su Mingzhe was, it would automatically attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gather, and there should not be any trouble from mosquitoes, rats, or ants.
However, the royal palace of Shu still maintained the folk custom of burning incense in the evening to repel insects. After waiting for some Haoxiang, Xu Weixiong saw that the emperor was still unwilling to chat, so he knew that he was being manipulated.
In desperation, Xu Weixiong could only bite the bullet, kneel in front of the man, and plead with his former brother Xu Fengnian: "Your Majesty, Xu Fengnian has been pampered and pampered by his parents and family since he was a child. He is just a dandy from the Liyang Dynasty. .he……"
