"Wang Guard, you..."
In a brightly lit hall of Heshuoding Nangege Mansion, a tall young man with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a face like a crown of jade, and a gentle and elegant look was looking at Wang Zhongxiao, who had visited overnight, with suspicion.
This young man's name is Sun Jiqing. He is the only son born to Guangxi general Sun Yanling and Kong Sizhen. He is also the person most qualified to inherit the Guangxi Dingfan passed down by Kong Youde.
However, his character is not like Kong Sizhen at all, but a bit similar to his father Sun Yanling, both of whom are a bit submissive.
In addition, although he is very tall, he has no interest in practicing martial arts and leading soldiers. Instead, he likes to read and write essays. He just wants to be a scholar and take the imperial examination. So Sun Yanling did not take him to Guangxi, but asked him to stay in Beijing to study.
And the reason why he looked at Wang Zhongxiao like this now was because... Wang Zhongxiao's appearance was 70% similar to what he saw in the mirror! It's just that Wang Zhongxiao was born a little rougher and looked like a martial artist, while Sun Jiqing looked more like a white-faced scholar.
So Sun Jiqing even doubted that the guard Wang in front of him was his long-lost brother, and now he came back to recognize his relatives!
But he had never heard that his mother and mother had another son and that he was lost... No, he must find out!
Thinking of this, Sun Jiqing asked: "Where are you from?"
"Me? I'm from Beijing," Wang Zhongxiao didn't expect Kong Sizhen's son to ask this question, but he still answered smoothly, "I'm from the Zhengbai Banner Han Army."
From Beijing, Zaiqi...really lost?
Sun Jiqing frowned and asked, "Then you are very familiar with my mother-in-law?"
"Yes, I have known Princess since I was a child."
When you were a kid...before you got lost?
Sun Jiqing's heartbeat accelerated! He originally thought he was an only child, but now, he has a brother out of thin air, and he doesn't know who is older and who is younger!
"Wang Guard, do you value Geng?"
"I...eighteen." Wang Zhongxiao was also a little confused by Sun Jiqing's question.
What does this mean? Want to introduce yourself to someone?
"Eighteen?" Sun Jiqing was already a little dumbfounded - he is fourteen this year (virtual age)! Is Wang Zhongxiao his eldest brother? That's not right. His parents got married in the twelfth year of Shunzhi, which was fourteen years ago... Could it be that his parents were already secretly married before they got married?
At this moment, an elderly maid suddenly walked in. She first bowed to the somewhat dumbfounded Master Sun, and then said to Wang Zhongxiao: "Wang Guard, Gege is admiring the moon in the back garden. I’ll let you go and meet me, please come with me.”
Wang Zhongxiao quickly stood up, gave Sun Jiqing a fist, said goodbye, left Mr. Sun who was looking a little confused, and followed the maid out of the hall of Gege Mansion and walked to the back garden.
Kong Sizhen's Gege Mansion was almost the size of a prince's palace. It was much larger than Wang Fuchen's title in Dafu Alley. Moreover, the location here was better than that in Dafu Alley, almost outside Dong'an Gate at the east gate of the imperial city. The pavilions and pavilions in the mansion also look extremely luxurious and exquisite, and they are all made with great effort and thought. It can be seen that Kong Sizhen still holds great weight in the hearts of Shunzhi and Bumubutai. I wonder how close her relationship with Wang Fuchen is?
Thinking about these things, Wang Zhongxiao had already followed the maid around the twists and turns in the Gege Mansion, and finally passed through a moon gate guarded by several female guards holding swords, and entered a large garden covering an area of more than twenty acres. , not to mention the flowers, trees, rockeries and rocks in the garden, as well as a pond in the middle of the garden, but this area is more than ten times larger than the land granted by Wang Fuchen!
The maid stopped in front of a rockery, then turned to Wang Zhongxiao and said, "Wang Guard, Gege is admiring the moon in the pavilion behind the rockery."
Watching the moon?
Wang Zhongxiao looked up at the sky, and there was indeed a thin and crescent moon.
At this time, a very nice female voice came from behind the rockery: "But Shikai is here, come here quickly and enjoy the moon with your Aunt Zhen!"
Hearing the sound, Wang Zhongxiao walked around the rockery and arrived outside an octagonal pavilion where lanterns were hung and a banquet was laid out.
There was only one Kong Sizhen in the pavilion who had changed into a flag uniform, and there was no Wang Zhongxiao's unreliable father Wang Fuchen - this guy must be hiding!
Wang Zhongxiao was not busy looking for his father. Instead, he first asked Kong Sizhen to say hello, then took out an envelope from his sleeve pocket, walked to the pavilion, and presented it with both hands: "Aunt Zhen, this is my nephew's letter from Aobai." I copied it from home.”
"Copied from Ao Bai's house?" Kong Sizhen frowned, took the envelope, looked at the handwriting and signature on the envelope, and his face darkened.
Because this was written by his husband Sun Yanling to Obai!
Kong Sizhen immediately took out the letter paper inside, unfolded it, and read it word by word under the light. At the end, his brows were knitted together.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with writing letters to Obai. I’m afraid even those who were better off in the official circles of the Qing Dynasty wrote them! But the content of Sun Yanling's letter was a bit out of line - Sun Yanling expressed his gratitude to Obai for supporting him in becoming the Southern King!
The leader of Dingfan is Kong Sizhen!
Sun Yanling relied on the grace of Kong Sizhen to become the general of Guangxi (actually the agent of King Dingnan). Now he actually wants to take the position of King Dingnan. This is to replace him with Kong Sizhen!
What shocked Kong Sizhen even more was that Sun Yanling actually sought the position of King of the South by seeking refuge with Ao Bai, and...Obai seemed to have agreed to Sun Yanling!
But how could Obai force her, Kong Sizhen, to hand over her position as feudal lord?
The lord of the feudal lord is not an official who can be replaced simply by issuing an edict. The feudal lord is a feudal lord. If there is no normal handover, someone may die. And the best way for Ao Bai to help Sun Yanling rise to power is to kill Kong Sizhen who is in Beijing...
And since Obai agreed to help Sun Yanling kill her, Kong Sizhen, did he want to show that Sun Yanling was Obai's best friend? Ao Bai...won't go to Guangxi, right?
Thinking of this, Kong Sizhen was trembling all over.
An unknown amount of time passed before I heard him whispering through gritted silver teeth: "How many more letters like this are there?"
"I don't know," Wang Zhongxiao said. "There are so many letters and notes copied from Ao Bai's house that they fit into fifteen large boxes. They are all now stored in Prince Yu's palace! This one was copied from Ao Bai's study by his nephew. found."
Kong Sizhen stuffed the letter into the envelope and gave it back to Wang Zhongxiao, "Give this letter to the emperor... Before handing in other letters from Sun Yanling, please make a copy and bring them to me!"
"Hey!" Wang Zhongxiao agreed without saying a word, and then said to Kong Sizhen in a comforting tone, "Aunt Zhen, don't be angry with my uncle. In fact, one of the four vassals wants to use Grand Master Ao to I’m afraid my uncle is not the only one who supports the rise.”
"Really?" Kong Sizhen asked, "Who else?"
"The Crown Prince of Pingxi, the Crown Prince of Pingnan, and the Crown Prince of Jingnan all wrote letters to Master Ao."
"About the content?" Kong Sizhen asked, "Where's the letter? Can you show it to me?"
Wang Zhongxiao took out three more envelopes, which were the three letters Wu Yingxiong wrote this morning, and handed them to Kong Sizhen: "Aunt Zhen, these three letters are all letters from Prince Pingxi... As for Ping, My nephew didn’t have time to pick up the letter from the Crown Prince of Jing Er Domain.”
Kong Sizhen took the three envelopes handed over by Wang Zhongxiao, took out the letters contained inside, and read them one by one. After reading, she returned the letters and letters to Wang Zhongxiao, sighed and said: "Prince Pingxi wanted to The reason for inheriting the throne as soon as possible is to be a loyal minister and a filial son... I wonder what those two people think? If they both have the same thoughts as Wu Yingxiong, it will be a blessing to the country."
"Aunt Zhen, those two are probably loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty...Having you and the three princes in the Qing Dynasty is really a blessing to the country. There will definitely be no disasters in the future."
Kong Sizhen nodded lightly and coughed: "Brother Wang... stop hiding, come out quickly, we have something serious to discuss!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Fuchen swaggered out from behind a rockery. When he saw his son, he smiled and said, "Shikai, what a coincidence. It's so late at night that you came to your aunt Zhen to discuss the matter of serving the country." Already?"
Wang Zhongxiao smiled and greeted Wang Fuchen, and then said with a smile: "Dad, you haven't been home for the past two days. You must have been discussing with Aunt Zhen how to be loyal to the emperor and the court, right?"
"Of course... I have been studying the whereabouts of Obai with your Aunt Zhen these two days! This is the emperor's messenger sent by the emperor and the empress dowager!" Wang Fuchen replied shamelessly.
He did not greet Kong Sizhen, but stroked his beard and sat down on the chair next to Kong Sizhen. He smiled and asked: "Tell me, are there any letters seized from Obai?" Did you discover the possible whereabouts of Obai?"
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