Qin Zhuen didn't know how he got out of the Yan family. In a trance, he seemed to hear that Yan Wenkuan was staying with him for one night. He didn't know how to answer. He suddenly woke up and realized that he had already left the city on a horse.
Sanshou forcibly grabbed Qin Zhuen's reins and dragged him off his horse with his hands. Otherwise, Qin Zhuen might just keep riding and galloping. In the end, either the horse would be exhausted by him, or he would be dragged down by the horse.
It was already dark now, and the inn the master and servant stayed in was the inn owned by the father and son of the Qiu family, whom Yan Tian first met that day.
Shopkeeper Qiu immediately recognized Master Qin, and while calling his son to bring some hot soup and rice, he personally went to serve him, and asked with a smile: "I don't want to see Mr. Qin again after last time. I don't know. What happened to that little brother Tian? Thanks to your help last time, Qiu has been thinking about him..."
Brother Tian? Isn't it Yan Tian who was in disguise? Sanshou hurriedly went to see Qin Zhuen, and sure enough, he saw that his master's face gradually turned mournful, and his eyebrows and eyes were almost drooping to the ground.
"Boss Qiu, prepare two upper rooms for us and make them hot."
As soon as Sanshou said these words, Boss Qiu immediately slapped his head and apologized: "I'm confused. It's freezing out here, so I should have lit the charcoal basin earlier." After saying that, he hurried down to prepare.
After all, his ears were clean, but it couldn't change Qin Zhuen's mood as if he was going to a funeral.
Sanshou sighed, reached out and grabbed the largest chicken drumstick on the table, and started to chew on it melancholy.
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After Qin Zhuen walked out of Yan's house in despair, Yan Wenkuan wanted to say something to his daughter. But for a moment I didn't know how to speak. He is the father. For some girls, it is more convenient for the mother to speak. But Yan Tian has no mother, she has grown up like this since she was a child. Yan Wenkuan didn't quite understand his daughter's mentality as a girl. He would feel a deep powerlessness every time. That comes from the powerlessness of an old father who wants to protect his daughter but discovers that he is not omnipotent.
Yan Tian's face remained calm, and she even wore a smile that was calmer than usual. She bid farewell to her father politely. Under the hesitant and worried gaze of her old father, Shi Shiran turned back to the small courtyard where she lived. .
In her opinion, Qin Zhuen's marriage proposal today was nothing more than an outrageous nonsense. The son of the eldest princess, the nephew of the emperor, a person who wants wind and rain, and has been accustomed to seeing noble ladies in the capital with low eyebrows and submissive eyes since childhood. Suddenly, when he met her, he didn't follow suit. The wild girl felt fresh.
As Yan Tian walked, he lowered his eyes and laughed at himself. The upright young man under the moon that night might be exactly the same as Qin Zhuen's eyes. They were just illusions...
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Capital, Princess Mansion.
Princess Xiangning looked carefully at a painting under the lamp. The green grass is golden, and a woman in red is holding a sword and waving a silk ribbon as if she is flying into the sky.
"Princess, are you looking at this portrait again?" Aunt Jin came in with a bowl of milk, "I just came out of the palace. I have been with the Queen Mother these days, and I haven't said much about resting since I came back."
"What's so tiring about accompanying your own mother?!" The princess took the milk and drank it all in one gulp, then turned to look at the portrait, "It is said that this was painted by the great-grandfather of the Qi family, the first Lord Ning Guo. In the painting The woman is Queen Shengzhi when she was young. At that time, Queen Shengzhi was just a princess, and her title was too peaceful."
"Queen Shengzhi is a person of great wisdom." Aunt Jin put away the bowl and said with a smile.
"Not only did she have great wisdom, but she also had the right time, place, and people! Only then could she achieve great things as a woman. Unfortunately, fate is unpredictable. She died of illness before she could enter the capital. Later, her great-grandfather, Emperor Shengwu, died of grief. , died a few days later. His eldest son, my imperial grandfather, the late Emperor Xingwu, came to Beijing to ascend the throne.
"Speaking of it, this can be regarded as the great luck of the Qi family! It is said that Emperor Shengwu had a great enmity with the great ancestor of the Qi family, and Queen Shengzhi even shot him with an arrow. If Emperor Shengwu had not died midway, and He directly took control of the capital, but he didn't know if the Qi family would be granted the title of First Grade Duke's Mansion at that time?
"If I hadn't been able to get the seal, maybe I wouldn't have ended up like this... Oh, good fortune lies in the misfortune, and misfortune lies in the blessing. It's a blessing in disguise, but I can't tell whether it is a blessing or a misfortune..."
"Princess!" Aunt Jin frowned and said, "It's been so many years, why do you still mention it?"
Princess Xiangning smiled and said nothing, looking up at the painting.
Aunt Jin sighed: "I know, princess, you have worshiped Queen Shengzhi since you were a child..."
"More than just admiration, I also wanted to imitate him for a time. Unfortunately... I used myself as a pawn and as a bait... but it turns out that it is really something that no one can do!"
"A woman with such great wisdom must be favored by God and have the right time, place and people. After all, she is very rare..."
"Of course I know. It's a pity that I have the right place at the right time and the right people, but I don't have the same opportunity!"
"How could the princess say that! Now is the Holy Age of Peace, what a wonderful time..."
"My great-grandmother was born in troubled times. There were Rongdi in the north, Uighurs in the west, relatives at home, and thieves running rampant. But she didn't know that heroes emerge from troubled times. This is the best time!"
"The princess was born in the palace, a place of great wealth and nobility in the world. The geographical location is unparalleled."
"Haha..." Xiang Ning sneered, "But it is also the ultimate prison in the world, from which you can't escape for the rest of your life. But my great-grandmother can roam freely in the capital, northwest, and Liaodong."
"The princess still has the love of the Queen Mother! This man and..."
"How do you know that you don't have the heart to be on guard?"
"Princess!" Aunt Jin's voice suddenly rose, her eyes full of fear.
Princess Xiangning lowered her eyes, knowing that she was so excited that she forgot her form. Then the momentum subsided, and the sharp-sharp woman just now completely disappeared. Instead, a graceful and peaceful beauty sat quietly where she was.
Her eyes wandered, and she looked at the portrait of Queen Shengzhi, and then asked Aunt Jin another matter with a smile: "Aen really told you that he wanted to move to Luozhou?" It seemed that the cynical woman just now There has never been a general.
"It's not just that he wants to move to Luozhou!" Aunt Jin deliberately concealed the shocking conversation just now, so she smiled a hundred times more brightly, "He also said that he would take you and me to Luozhou, so that We are retiring there..."
As she said this, Grandma Jin couldn't help but laugh. Even the princess couldn't help laughing.
"You want to provide for us two in Luozhou?"
"No! I'm an old man. I can afford to support myself in old age. But Princess, you are in your prime, and this Ah En can actually say something about providing for you in old age?!"
The princess looked at Aunt Jin who was overjoyed. She laughed to herself for a while and then lowered her eyes and sighed softly: "This silly kid! He has been a solid person since he was a child. He looks smart and weird, but he is actually the most simple and kind-hearted person. Child. To be able to say such words this time, it seems that Luozhou City has really moved his heart. And he is so serious..."
"Is it a girl who made him serious?"
Xiang Ning nodded.
"Can't you?" Aunt Jin was a little surprised, "A few years ago, I told him to find a decent girl with an innocent family background to marry. He actually supported me. And the second girl from Ding'an Hou Mansion, although she was a concubine "My status is a little lower, but I think I look good and talk well, and I am infatuated with Arn. But he just doesn't like her. All day long..." Aunt Jin suddenly stopped talking and glanced at the princess.
"You just hang around the flower streets and willow alleys all day, hanging out with prostitutes? You don't have to cover up for him, he himself has never thought about covering up. The eldest princess's only son eats, drinks, has fun, is a lustful playboy, and is the first-class bully on the streets of the capital. …Not to mention me, even the Emperor and Queen Mother have heard about this…”
"You can rest assured of this. No matter how much Arn is acting nonsense on the surface, he knows it in his heart. He will definitely not make any stories or bring back some unworthy people to make you angry. If it is really because of a person this time Any girl is bound to have an innocent family background. Even if she is from a small family...it doesn't matter. In this country, who's family is not a small family in front of the eldest princess's mansion?"
"You don't have to say good things for him yet." The princess smiled, "It's as if he can bring people back as soon as he leaves. They may not be willing yet."
"Hey! The eldest princess's only son, who among the ladies from all the families in the capital can't catch up? What's more, the girls from the countryside in Luozhou Prefecture?"
After hearing this, the princess lowered her eyes so that her emotions could not be seen: "But she is not a small girl..."
Aunt Jin couldn't help but be surprised: "So...has the emperor already gained the trust?"
The princess raised her lips, but she didn't know whether it was a smile or a mockery: "Arn wants to take us to Luozhou to retire, but this can't be done. But they say that my mother-in-law is older, so his mother-in-law will naturally make plans for him... "
Three days later, Luozhou magistrate's office. Yan Wenkuan received the imperial decree and promoted him to the fourth rank of Jing Zhaoyin. Within a month, he brought his family to Beijing to thoroughly investigate Fang Yuting's case...
Promotion, entering the capital, being appointed by the Holy Spirit... everything seems to be a great honor. But Yan Wenkuan frowned, seeming to be vaguely aware of the impending storm...
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The eldest princess just talked casually, but she didn't expect that her son, a master of love affairs, would be rejected by that girl from Luozhou. Seeing Sanshou carrying back the half-dead Qin Zhuen like a piece of wood, with his eyes full of decadence and his face covered with a long beard, like a porcupine with its quills exploded, the princess secretly sighed.
Although my son is a weirdo, as a parent, I should save him.
She sat opposite Qin Zhu'en, smoothed the oily and frizzy dog's head from not washing for several days, and said only one sentence: "The emperor has issued an order, ordering Yan Wenkuan to come to Beijing with his family in the near future to replace Bao Yingbai." , appointed as Jing Zhaoyin."
Sure enough, Qin Zhuen's eyes slowly focused, and then his eyes finally became bright. Suddenly, he suddenly came to life again.
"Mom, are you telling the truth?"
The princess thought: Otherwise, there is no way to save her...
