"Order of the King of Yan. Canonize Li Ruolan as Lady Hanhai, canonize Li Yuanzhuo as Marquis of Mingsha,..." After reading all the way, except for Li Ruolan who was canonized as Lady Hanhai, and Li Yuanzhuo who was canonized as Marquis of Mingsha, the rest of the royal family were canonized. a lower-level title. Everyone was overjoyed and thanked King Yan for his kindness. Li Ruolan needs no introduction. As for Li Yuanzhuo, he is the eldest elder of the Xixia royal family, the same old guy who just flattered Yang Peng.
Li Tongren continued: "King Yan has given special grace to each of you to have a residence in Tianjing New City." Everyone once again kowtowed to Long En. Li Tongren said: "Since you have been ennobled as Yanyun nobles, you will return to Tianjing New City with King Yan in the future!" Everyone happily agreed. A few people felt that this seemed to be a means of house arrest, but this idea It just flashed through my mind and I didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Li Tongren bowed to Yang Peng and stepped aside. Yang Peng said loudly: "The business is over, let's have a drink now!" Everyone bowed together and said: "Thank you, King Yan!" and then returned to their seats one after another. Li Ruolan picked up the wine glass and toasted to Chen Xiao, her beautiful eyes were flowing, she was charming and seductive. When Yang Peng, a veteran of flowers, saw her like this, he couldn't help but feel a surge in his heart, and he picked up his glass of wine and drank first as a sign of respect. Li Ruolan's beautiful eyes lit up, she raised her head and drank from the glass of wine, and glanced at Yang Peng with burning eyes.
Following Li Yuanzhuo, he stood up to toast, and then one after another, members of the Xixia royal family rushed to toast Yang Peng. All kinds of flattering words came and went, and Yang Peng was praised as being comparable to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors! The atmosphere of the banquet was undoubtedly pleasant, but Li Qingxia remained frowning and silent. She neither drank, ate or talked. She seemed to be outside the noisy hall. …
Unknowingly, when the wine stalls were lit and the lights were on, everyone sent Yang Peng out of the hall. Yang Peng walked towards the palace gate, his face was blown by the night wind, and he immediately sobered up a lot.
Seeing that Yang Peng had gone far away, Li Tongren straightened up, turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone must remember the grace of King Yan, and must not have any thoughts of exceeding it!" Everyone agreed one after another, and Li Yuanzhuo even vowed: "King Yan You have received such great kindness from me, and I will naturally die in repayment!" Others agreed one after another. Li Tongren smiled and said: "This is a blessing for you all!" At this moment, a cold and sarcastic voice came over: "A dog wears human skin and swaggers through the market!" Everyone changed their colors and quickly followed the sound, only to see Li Qingxia walked out of the hall with a calm face.
Li Yuanzhuo and others couldn't help being very angry, and said to himself: "You are no longer the emperor, and King Yan has not given you a title, but we are the nobles canonized by King Yan. You actually dare to be rude to us, you are really disgusting!" As soon as he thought of this, Li Yuanzhuo snorted coldly and shouted: "We are all nobles canonized by King Yan, and Mr. Li is a stayer of Xingqing Mansion. Now you are just a white man, how dare you be rude to us!" Many others People also started shouting. Li Qingxia looked at these guys who were not ashamed but proud, and her heart was filled with sadness and anger.
Li Tongren quickly thrust between the two parties, glared at Li Yuanzhuo and others, and said meaningfully: "King Yan did not confer a title on the princess. That is because King Yan has greater grace for the princess. You must not be rude!" Everyone was stunned for a moment, then understood the meaning of his words, and couldn't help but feel frightened and embarrassed. Li Ruolan didn't want to believe that she was filled with jealousy, while Li Qingxia glared at Li Tongren with a red face and yelled: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Li Tongren chuckled, bowed to Li Qingxia and said: "Yes, yes, this official is talking nonsense. Princess, please don't take offense!"
Seeing that if she continued talking, Li Qingxia was afraid that the picture would get darker and darker, so she snorted angrily and turned around to head towards the harem. Li Tongren hurriedly bowed and said: "Farewell to the princess!" Li Yuanzhuo, Li Ruolan and others saw that Li Tongren was so respectful to Li Qingxia, and they couldn't help but confirm their suspicions. For a moment, all kinds of thoughts lingered in their hearts.
After Li Qingxia walked away, Li Yuanzhuo hurriedly asked Li Tongren: "Sir, what do you mean by what you just said? Could it be that King Yan actually intends to canonize her as a princess?"
Li Tongren smiled and said: "I don't know the specifics, but I heard some rumors today." Suddenly he felt that the following words were not easy to say to others, so he said: "In short, King Yan has a favor for the princess. Everyone should be aware of it and don't neglect the princess, otherwise you will have to walk around without food, but don't blame me for not reminding you!" Everyone quickly agreed, and couldn't help but regret that they had dared to accuse Li Qingxia just now. They were all here. I had to quickly think of a way to apologize to Li Qingxia, but I also felt that no one else should know about this, otherwise there would be no place for this face.
Li Tongren bowed his hands to everyone and said, "It's getting late. Everyone, please go back and rest early. I'll take my leave." Everyone quickly bowed and said, "Farewell, Your Majesty!" Li Tongren saw that these royal nobles who were previously high and mighty were now Kneeling in front of him, a sense of satisfaction that he had never felt before came to his heart. He nodded and turned around.
However, not far away, there were rapid footsteps behind him, and at the same time, a moving female voice shouted: "My lord, please stay!" Li Tongren stopped and turned around, only to see Li Ruolan catching up quickly. , I couldn't help but feel a little strange. Li Ruolan rushed to Li Tongren and bowed with the etiquette of a Han lady from the Central Plains. Li Tongren was flattered and quickly returned the greeting: "I don't dare to be such a big gift as a madam!" Li Ruolan had just been canonized as Madam Hanhai, so Li Tongren called her madam.
Li Ruolan smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, you're welcome!" Then he bowed apologetically and said, "I have offended you so much before!" Although Li Ruolan is no longer the Queen Mother, the habits she developed before are temporarily unavailable. But he couldn't change it, and he actually called himself me.
Li Tongren knew that what Li Ruolan was talking about was that she had left him to guard Xingqing Mansion before. It could be said that she intended to kill him. The depth of hatred was self-evident. However, things are unpredictable. Not only did he not die, but As Yan Yun's Xingqing Mansion stay-at-home, she suddenly became the most noble person among the party members, but she, Li Ruolan, became a prisoner. Although she was named Mrs. Hanhai, how could that false title be compared with his Xingqing Mansion stay-at-home order? Comparable? Nowadays, the strengths and weaknesses are interchanged. It is really a fate that manipulates people!
Li Tongren felt a little proud, smiled slightly, and nodded: "Madam, you are serious, what happened in the past has long passed!" He only said that it had passed long ago, but he did not say that he had forgotten it. It can be seen that he still remembered that thing. In my heart.
Li Ruolan sighed, "I know that the hatred in your heart will never go away, and I don't dare to beg for your forgiveness! But there are some things I still want to explain clearly!" She glanced at Li Tongren and said, "Let Master Li stay at that time. , actually what Ao Daochong meant. Your Excellency may not know, but before we discussed the matter together, Ao Daochong came to me alone and told me about this matter. He proposed to leave you to guard Xingqing Mansion, which I originally disagreed with. , because your lord is a minister of humerus to me, and you should stay by your side to ask for advice from time to time, but Ao Daochong persisted, and I couldn’t resist his persuasion and agreed, so that’s what happened next. Alas, now Come to think of it, I really feel sorry for you, sir!"
Li Tongren thought to himself: "I'm afraid this woman is shirking responsibility, but what she said may be true. After the new emperor was established, Ao Daochong and I were both heroes in supporting the new emperor. We have equal credit and equal power. For him In other words, I am a constraint on him, making him unable to do many things as he pleases. This will definitely be as fast as getting rid of it. Therefore, it was a matter of course that he went to the Empress Dowager to offer slanderous words in order to get rid of me, the thorn in his side. 'After thinking about this, my hatred for Li Ruolan couldn't help but fade a lot.
Seeing the change in the expression on Li Tongren's face, Li Ruolan couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Sir, we are all of the Dangxiang lineage. Now that we have submitted to King Yan, we should naturally be loyal and loyal without any dissent!"
Li Tongren raised his eyebrows and said, "This is natural!"
Li Ruolan frowned and said, "But have you ever thought about how we can gain a foothold under King Yan? Under King Yan, there is a group of old brothers who were the first to follow him, including the Khitan system, the Song system, and the Jurchen system. Each of these forces is very powerful. Not only are there people in the military and government, but most importantly, there is also a woman, Princess Yan. We party members are an emerging force, and I am afraid that we will inevitably be suppressed by them!"
Li Tongren couldn't help but frown and nodded. Li Ruolan said: "If we want to truly gain a foothold under King Yan, we must be like those forces and have made achievements in military and political affairs. More importantly, we must have people in King Yan's harem."
Li Tongren understood what Li Ruolan meant, glanced at her, and said, "What Madam said is very good. Naturally, we party ministers must do our best to serve King Yan. As for the harem, I think Princess Qingxia is the best choice. King Yan himself also has that intention!"
Li Ruolan didn't mean this. After hearing this, she was startled and said anxiously: "Princess Qingxia thinks she is noble, but I'm afraid she is not a suitable candidate. I think she will never enter Queen Yan's harem!"
Li Tongren felt that what Li Ruolan said was reasonable and couldn't help but frowned. Then his heart moved. He glanced at Li Ruolan and couldn't help but said, "Could it be that Madam has this intention?"
Li Ruolan's pretty face turned slightly red, and under the moonlight, she was really beautiful. Li Tongren has reached the age where he is no longer disturbed by external things, but he can't help but feel a surge in his heart. He can't help but secretly thought: This woman is naturally charming, and she seems to be more able to win the favor of men than Li Qingxia.
After coming back to his senses, he said with some embarrassment: "It's a pity that King Yan didn't show a different attitude towards his wife!" Li Ruolan felt annoyed and said quickly: "Sometimes we can just let nature take its course, but sometimes we need to do it ourselves. Create opportunities. If you can help me realize this dream, I will never forget your kindness!"
Li Tongren couldn't help but feel that although Li Qingxia was more favored by King Yan, Li Qingxia would definitely not want to enter King Yan's harem, but this Li Ruolan was different. In addition, even if Li Qingxia enters the harem, I am afraid that she will not play the role she hopes for. At least she will never help her speak good words in front of King Yan; and if Li Ruolan enters the harem, she will definitely On the other hand, if I helped her, she would definitely spare no effort to speak kindly to King Yan. Having such an ally beside King Yan would be an unimaginable disaster for her future career development. After all, from ancient times to the present, no matter how wise the king is, he cannot resist the gentle wind of the beauty beside his pillow.
As soon as he thought about this, Li Tongren made a decision in his heart. She glanced at Li Ruolan, bowed and said, "Madam's words made me suddenly enlightened!" Li Ruolan saw that Li Tongren's attitude suddenly became extremely respectful, and his title also changed. He immediately understood what he meant, and couldn't help but be greatly surprised. He said happily and excitedly: "As long as we help each other, we will definitely occupy a place in Prince Yan's palace!" Li Tongren nodded.
Li Ruolan took out a brocade handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Li Tongren. She blushed slightly and said, "Sir, please give this to King Yan on your behalf."
Li Tongren took the brocade handkerchief and smelled a faint fragrance, which made his heart skip a beat. Looking at the brocade handkerchief in her hand, she saw a pair of peonies embroidered on the moon-white brocade handkerchief. The branches, leaves and petals of the pair of peonies were tightly intertwined together, just like the entangled limbs of a man and a woman. The petals leaning on each other look like a man and a woman kissing. Li Tongren couldn't help but swallowed, his mind was a little dazed, and when he came to his senses, he quickly put the brocade handkerchief into his sleeve. He bowed to Li Ruolan and left in a hurry.
Li Ruolan looked at Li Tongren's back, smiled slightly, and murmured: "Men like charming women, not prude women like you!" Then she turned around and headed towards the harem, where the two men who were waiting for her were standing in the distance. A maid came over quickly.
Li Tongren rushed to King Yan's temporary camp and asked the guard: "Where is King Yan?" The guard said: "King Yan has gone to the study!" Li Tongren thanked him and ran towards the study at the back. Yang Peng's temporary camp is not the Xingqing government office, but the former residence of Ao Daochong. It is large in scale. It is a landscape garden built by Ao Daochong after his boss took great pains to ask Jiangnan craftsmen to supervise the construction. Every three steps is a scene, and every five steps is a landscape garden. At first glance, there are small bridges, flowing water, and waves of bamboo seas. Every place has a different scenery, and every courtyard has its charm. When people are in this landscape garden, there will be surprises all the time.
Li Tongren was very familiar with the path here, and he quickly arrived outside the study room without anyone's guidance. Seeing Yang Peng sitting behind the desk and reading official documents, he didn't dare to go in rashly. He cupped his fists and said to Wang Kai who was standing outside the study: "General, please inform me that I have something important to ask for!" Wang Kai turned around and went in, walking up to Yang Peng. Next to him, Li Tongren clasped his fists and said a few words. Then Li Tongren saw Yang Peng raising his head and looking this way from a distance. He was startled and quickly stood solemnly and respectfully. Then I saw Yang Peng saying a few words to Wang Kai. Wang Kai clasped his fists in agreement, ran out and said, "King Yan lets you in."
Li Tongren quickly thanked him and walked into the study quickly. He came to the middle of the study room and paid homage with a big salute: "Wei minister pays homage to King Yan!" Yang Peng put down the official document, glanced at the respectful Li Tongren, smiled and said: "Get up and speak." Li Tongren paid homage: "Thank you, King Yan!" and then stood up. He stood up, took out the brocade handkerchief that Li Ruolan gave him from his sleeve, took two steps forward, and presented it to Yang Peng with both hands.
Yang Peng took the brocade handkerchief and felt a fragrant fragrance unique to women. Seeing that the brocade handkerchief clearly belonged to a woman, he couldn't help but feel surprised. He looked at Li Tongren and asked with a half-smile: "This What means?"
Li Tongren hurriedly said: "This is what Mrs. Hanhai asked me to pass on to King Yan!" Yang Peng was stunned, "Mrs. Hanhai?" "Exactly!"
Yang Peng lowered his head and looked at the brocade handkerchief in his hand. He saw two peony branches and leaves intertwined with each other, with an ambiguous temperament, as if a man and a woman were fighting each other to death. He thought that this brocade handkerchief belonged to Li Ruolan, and his heart skipped a beat. Then I saw a famous poem by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty written in the blank space next to the two peonies: Red beans are born in the southern country. When spring comes, a few branches will appear. I hope you will pick more. This is the most lovesick thing.
Yang Peng's heart moved, he put down the brocade handkerchief and asked Li Tongren: "Is there anything else?" Seeing that Yang Peng didn't express anything, Li Tongren felt a little strange in his heart and did not dare to ask, so he hurriedly said: "Wei Chen wants to ask the King of Yan for instructions." , those local people who came back, will their property be returned to them?" Li Tongren talked about another thing, lest King Yan think that he came to see him specifically to deliver the brocade handkerchief.
Yang Peng said: "Of course. But they must be able to provide proof. It is best to have a house deed. If there is no house deed, it is okay if there is a witness that can prove it." Li Tongren bowed and said: "Yes, Wei Chen understands." Chen Xiao Xiao glanced at Li Tongren and reminded: "We in Yanyun are different from any other country. We have no room for bargaining on the issue of corruption and perversion of the law. Soon, people from the Supervisory Yuan will be stationed in various places in Ningxia. If they investigate If something goes wrong, even I can't protect you!" Li Tongren's heart was frightened, and he quickly bowed and said: "We ministers must remember the teachings of King Yan. We ministers will never dare to take bribes and bend the law. We ministers will also take the initiative to supervise the behavior of their subordinates. If there is any problem with integrity, we will never tolerate it!"
Yang Peng nodded and said: "What's the point of being corrupt and perverting the law? A person can only eat so much in a day and sleep three feet away. Too much money will not be taken with him in life or death, so why bother?" So greedy? Moreover, those families who are corrupt and bend the law have very few decent descendants. This is called a crooked upper beam and a crooked lower beam. The father is greedy and the son is squandering. In the end, they still have nothing. They are not as good as those who are honest, diligent and thrifty. Good luck to you!"
Li Tongren felt cold sweat dripping down his back and bowed: "King Yan, what King Yan said is timely!"
Yang Peng glanced at Li Tongren and said, "I know you have accepted some bribes in the past." Li Tongren felt his legs go weak, and he knelt down with a plop. He kowtowed in great fear and said, "Wei Chen is guilty, Wei Chen." Convicted!!"
Yang Peng said: "That was when you were still the Prime Minister of Xixia, not under my rule, Yan Yun. I can forget about it. But from now on, I don't want to hear any bad news about you!"
Li Tongren said with great gratitude: "Thank you so much, King Yan, for your kindness! Thank you so much, King Yan for your kindness!"
Yang Peng stood up and walked to Li Tongren, stretched out his hand to help him up, patted his shoulder, and encouraged: "I have great expectations for you, please don't disappoint me!" Li Tongren only felt that King Yan was so generous. He said excitedly: "Weichen, I will never let down King Yan!" Yang Peng nodded with a smile and patted his shoulder, "I believe you!" Four simple words This word made Li Tongren couldn't help but have the impulse that "a scholar who is a confidant will die".
Yang Peng said: "It's getting late, you should go down and rest!"
Li Tongren responded quickly, bowed to Yang Peng, and bowed out of the study. Yang Peng looked outside the study room with a thoughtful look on his face. After returning to the desk and sitting down, I saw the brocade handkerchief again, and I couldn't help but feel an impulse in my heart. Yang Peng picked up the brocade handkerchief, put it on the end of his nose, and took a deep breath. The touching fragrance penetrated into his nose and spread to his limbs, making him feel even more excited. Yang Peng smiled self-deprecatingly and murmured: "No wonder people often say, 'A wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a steal.' This 'stealing' is really exciting!"
Yang Peng thought for a while, put the brocade handkerchief into his arms, left the study and came to the back yard, and walked straight towards Yang Erya's yard. Yang Peng's raging love was stoked by the brocade handkerchief, and now he urgently needs to put out the fire. He quickly came to Yang Erya's courtyard and saw that the wooden building was completely dark without lights. He couldn't help but feel surprised. He quickly asked a Feifeng female guard at the door of the courtyard: "Where is Madam?" The female guard quickly said: "Madam, go. I’m in the kitchen, and I said I’m going to make a pot of chicken soup for King Yan!”
Yang Peng felt warm in his heart and walked towards the kitchen. Before reaching the cupboard, I saw a light on the other side of the cupboard from a distance. The light illuminated a graceful figure. Sure enough, it was Yang Erya who was busy on the stove. Among the three women currently around Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu was born in a noble family. She has always had others take care of her, but she has never taken care of others. Therefore, she has no awareness that as a wife, she should take care of her husband. And Yang Jiumei, who was born in Jiangmen He had a carefree personality and could not think of anything to do. Yang Erya was the only one with a wise and thoughtful mind. Thinking that his eldest brother must be very tired while dealing with official duties so late at night, he should cook him a pot of chicken soup to replenish his body, so he led a few A female guard came to the cupboard and got busy.
Yang Peng couldn't help but smile, and walked over there. When they came to the door, the female guard guarding the door lit up when she saw Yang Peng, and she immediately wanted to salute. Yang Peng quickly put his middle finger on his lips to signal her to be silent. The female guard swallowed back the words that came to her lips. She only cupped her fists and saluted, then pursed her lips and smiled.
Yang Peng walked into the cupboard and saw a pot of chicken soup simmering on a stove. It made a gurgling sound and the aroma in the air made people want to eat. Yang Peng sat in front of the stove and watched the stew attentively. The pot of chicken soup was being cooked as if something might go wrong; the two female guards who were helping him saw Yang Peng and were about to salute, but were stopped by Yang Peng with gestures.
Yang Peng pointed outside, and the two female guards understood, smiled, glanced at Qiong Ying, who was focused on nothing, and left quietly.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
