Chapter 272: King Li Yan

The banquet continued, and Li Linfu, Li Qing'an and Wang Gong were still having a deep conversation in the cottage. Danyi didn't like the noise in the hall, so she came to the yard.

It was early spring at this time, the night sky was clear, the stars were shining, and the breeze blew on her face, bringing a hint of coolness. Wuyi took a breath of the fresh air at night, and everything around her was so familiar. She still remembered that when Shiqin chased her when she was a child, she hid behind and shivered.

There is also the well next to the rockery rock. One of her pianos is still sinking at the bottom of the well. It was five years ago when Ba Niang was jealous of her piano skills and stole her piano and threw it into the well.

Wuyi looked at Mizui blankly and was stunned. She seemed to have returned to the past years. At this time, a burst of laughter came from the door in the distance, all of which were her familiar voices. Wuyi flashed and hid behind the rockery.

Li Linfu's three daughters, Twenty Niang, Twenty Niang and Twenty Sanniang, walked in from the small door. They had not seen each other for a few years. They were all married, but they were beautiful and arrogant.

"Did you see that woman? She is so arrogant that she thinks she is!" This was the voice of Twenty-Sanniang, and her tone was filled with sourness.

Twenty-second ladies also sneered in a tone of leaky mouth: "That's it! She is just a concubine. Li Qing'an's wife is not her turn. This person doesn't love herself. He actually dares to sit on the main table. If my husband's concubine dares to do this, I would have beaten her to death. This woman, relying on her beauty, made Li Qing'an confused. To be honest, I really sympathize with Dugu Mingyue!"

"How can she compare with us? She is a widow in the door, of course, the life of a concubine. Who are we? The daughter of a dignified prime minister, she is so humble. She said she was a humiliating us. Don't mention her anymore, go and have a look!"

The three women walked into the yard quickly, stood at the door and looked at the banquet in the small hall. Neither they nor their husbands were qualified to attend the banquet. After watching for a while, the three women walked through another small door in disappointment.

Wuyi walked out from behind the rockery and turned silently toward another small door. Although she had become accustomed to such ridicule and insults from childhood to adulthood, the words of the three women today still deeply stimulated her. The word "concubine" cut her heart like a knife. Mingyue's tolerance these two days moved her. She began to accept her fate and be Li Qing'an's second wife. For this reason, she dressed up carefully today and made up a woman, but reality told her that no matter how hard she tried, she was still just a concubine without status in the eyes of others.

Wuyi walked aimlessly, everything here was so familiar. She didn't have to tell the way. She naturally turned around and passed the door, walked through the path, and walked through the flowers and trees. Before she knew it, she came to a door, which was where she used to live, a small courtyard where she had lived for more than ten years.

The door of the courtyard was locked, and was locked coldly by a large copper lock. In the cold night light, the copper rust on it could be seen faintly. Wuyi sighed and was about to turn back when an old woman's voice came from behind, "Is it Miss Wuyi?"

"Auntie Wang!" Wuyi heard the voice of the person.

"It's me!"

A person walked quickly from the small path next to him, holding a lantern. It was Aunt Wang who used to be in charge of chores at the inner house. When she saw Wuyi, she saw a surprise flashing in her eyes, "It's really you. I felt like you in the yard just now, and I followed along all the way."

"I'm here to visit my uncle's mansion today, and by the way, I'll take a look at the old house. Aunt Wang, can I get into this small courtyard?"

"sure!"

Aunt Wang untied a bunch of keys from her waist, found one of them, and smiled while opening the door, "Miss Wuyi, where have you been there in the years? Last time you left, you said to go to Lingnan, but I heard that you went to Anxi again. Some people also said that you were married, and there were all kinds of statements."

"I'm married and become the second wife of a wealthy family."

Wuyi smiled, her smile full of bitterness: "Today I will come to visit my uncle's house with my husband."

Aunt Wang heard the sadness in Wuyi's tone. She looked back at Wuyi. Seeing that she did not have the joy of ordinary people when she talked about her husband, she sighed secretly and said, "Miss Wuyi, I grew up watching you since I was a child. There is a saying that I don't know whether to speak or not."

"Auntie Wang, tell me!"

"Miss Wuyi, do you know that Twenty-two Lady was abused at her husband's house?"

"Twenty-two ladies were abused at their husband's house?" Wuyi was stunned.

"You can't imagine it! It's still the daughter of the prime minister. She was so glorious when she got married. I heard that she was beaten on the face by her husband's concubine because she scolded her husband and concubine. She lost two teeth. She refused to admit it and said she had fallen while walking, but her maid said privately, "Hey! Now the prime minister's health is getting worse and worse, and she doesn't care about the family affairs anymore, and she is not as respected as before. Even the married daughter is starting to be bullied."

Wuyi was speechless. She thought of the viciousness that Twenty-second Lady had just ridiculed her. It turned out to vent her anger. She couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

Aunt Wang opened the lock, pushed open the door, and handed her the lantern in her hand, "Girl, go in! Just like when you left, you haven't moved."

"Thank you aunt!"

Wuyi walked into the courtyard, and Aunt Wang said behind her again: "Girl, I'll give you a word. Marriage is like wearing shoes. Only you know whether it fits. Your husband is willing to bring you to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which means that he values ​​you. Some people are jealous of you, so don't be influenced by them."

Wuyi nodded silently, pushed open the door, and with a creaking sound, the door opened, and a bad breath came to her face. She stood at the door for a while, then she raised the lantern and walked into the room.

In the dim light, the decorations of the room were still what she looked like before leaving. The copper basin stood beside the wall, and there was still half a piece of uncut clothes on the table. She was planning to make a skirt for herself and Yu Nu, with scissors on the side. All the past is vivid and the memory is clear, as if it happened yesterday, but two years have passed, and things are no longer the same as people.

Wuyi stared blankly for a long time and sighed softly.

"Why sigh?"

A very familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her. Wuyi suddenly turned around and saw Li Qingan leaning at the door, looking at her with a smile.

"Why are you here?" Wuyi asked in surprise.

Li Qingan stepped forward and smiled and said, "I can't find you, so I guess you are here. Why? Are you very moved?"

Wuyi said nothing, she slowly walked to the window and looked out the window at the crabapple plant she had planted with her own hands, which had grown particularly vigorously.

"Li Lang, I just heard my uncle's three daughters talking about me behind my back, and my heart was cold."

Li Qingan seemed to know her thoughts, and slowly walked to her side and whispered in her ear: "Wuyi, you shouldn't have the idea of ​​being inferior. You are my wife like Mingyue. You are equal. At least in my heart, there is no difference."

"I know, I know you love me."

Wuyi raised her head and said with tears in her eyes: "But, I don't want to be looked down upon. You didn't hear it. They scolded me for being so vicious, and they poked into my heart like a knife."

"No one dares to look down on you!"

Li Qing comforted her hair and murmured to herself, "Don't underestimate yourself. One day, you will be more noble than anyone else, believe me!"

Wuyi looked at Li Qing'an blankly, she didn't understand what Li Qing'an said.

At the hour of the 1990s, the rumbling drums sounded. After eight hundred drums, the city gates and the fangmen would slowly close. With the drums, the people on the streets ran and ran towards the neighbors where they lived. The streets and alleys were in chaos. In Yongfufang, a carriage rushed into the fangmen quickly and stopped in front of a wide giant house. There was a square in front of the giant house, surrounded by high walls, and nearly a hundred guards patrolled at the door. It could be seen that it was a noble family. This was Li Yan's Di Prince's Mansion. After Li Yan was assassinated, it became the center of the storm in Chang'an, with special defense.

He stopped immediately and rushed up to more than a dozen guards, raised their swords and shouted sternly: "Who is it?"

"You bastards, can't you even see my carriage?" A fat, white and middle-aged man came out of the carriage. He had no beard under his jaw and his voice was loud, and he could tell that he was a eunuch.

"Oh! It's Eunuch Zhang."

More than a dozen guards quickly put away their swords, bent down and smiled, "The night is dark, I didn't see clearly that it was Eunuch Zhang's carriage, please forgive me!"

"Hmph! You gangs of turtles are all soldiers. Will the real assassin park the carriage at the door?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! We are also routine and dare not slackew."

"I understand, it's not your fault. Did the prince go out today?"

"Eunuch Zhang was joking. The prince was injured in the arrow. How could he go out?"

"I asked him if he was out of the room?"

The eunuch glared at the guards fiercely and walked towards the gate. The eunuch was named Zhang Fengen, the eunuch who served Li Yan. These eunuchs were sent by the provincial eunuchs to serve every prince and princess. They usually raised them since childhood and had a deep relationship. However, Zhang Fengen was different. The eunuch who served Li Yan since childhood was originally surnamed Luo, died four years ago and Zhang Fengen took over.

Since Li Yan has always missed the old eunuch in the past, he has always had a bad relationship with this latecomer Zhang Fengen. The two are often in a cold war state. Zhang Fengen often says bad things about Li Yan in the report reported to the above, amplifying some minor mistakes and accumulating the small amount into a large amount. Gradually, Li Longji dislikes this fourth son, and Li Yan lost the score in this battle for the throne.

Zhang Fengen was usually too lazy to ask about Li Yan's affairs, but because of the assassination these days, his immediate boss Yu Chaoen specifically told him to pay more attention to Li Yan's movements. Today he was called into the palace again, and Li Longji personally asked him about Li Yan's physical condition.

Zhang Fengen did not feel that his father was concerned about his son in his tone, but instead felt that the emperor seemed to be suspicious of the real situation of King Di's injury. He also reported to the truth that King Di's injury was not as serious as he imagined. He also asked the sect to sleep with him last night.

Zhang Fengen walked up the steps, but met a few people coming out, and a group of maids surrounded Sun Ruren and came out of the mansion.

"The gate is already closed, where are the sluts going?"

Zhang Fengen asked with some displeasure that he did not like this Mrs. Sun. This woman was favored and always rude to him. From her, she could also see that King Di hated him.

Mrs. Sun didn't raise his eyelids or salute. She snorted, passed by him, and asked the guards, "Is my carriage ready?"

"Report to Mrs. Sun, it's already done. I'll let the carriage come here!"

‘Madam?’ Zhang Fengen was really angry. A little lady dared to let others call her wife. He snorted heavily and strode into the palace.

"I'm going to see the prince, take me there!"

Mrs. Sun glanced at this damn old eunuch, who was just an eggless slave, and dared to speak to herself in this tone?

At this time, a light carriage drove over, and Sun Ruren took her confidant maid into the carriage and ordered: "Go to Saluo Lane!"

The carriage started, drove in the opposite direction of the fangmen, walked out a hundred steps, and came out of the alley opposite, a man riding a horse came out of the alley opposite. He followed the carriage slowly, turned a corner, and headed south. Saluo Lane was in Yongfufang, not far from King Di, only about two miles apart.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley. Sun Ruren got out of the carriage. Her maid quickly walked to a small door and knocked on the door. After a moment, a crack was opened. Sun Ruren and the maid flashed into the door, and the door creaked and closed again.

The man riding a horse also walked into an alley across the street and hid in the darkness.

Although Zhang Fengen and Li Yan had a bad relationship, he did not wrongly accuse Li Yan this time. Although Li Yan was injured by an arrow, he was not as serious as he thought. He summoned Sun Ruren to have fun last night. At this moment, Li Yan was sitting in the study and writing a reply letter to Yang Guozhong. This afternoon, Yang Guozhong sent someone to inform him of what happened in the morning and told him that because Li Qing'an's alien force came out, the action of arresting Xing Jian was destroyed, and they were passive, and they had to give up their original plan.

Li Yan did not care about Yang Guozhong's plan to overthrow the king. He only cared about whether Yang Guozhong would fulfill his promise and supported him to enter the East Palace.

In the afternoon's notice, the people sent by Yang Guozhong did not mention this point, which made Li Yan's heart hang in the air. His concern was not from this afternoon, but from the time he was stabbed, his father did not come to visit him, but just sent Yu Chao Enlai to appease him. If the father intended to make him the crown prince, he would be furious about his assassination, and ordered the whole city to be martial law, arrested the murderer, and then visited him in person. This is the real importance to himself, rather than sending a eunuch around him to send him so casually, which made Li Yan feel endlessly disappointed and full of frustration.

Now Li Yan is worried that Yang Guozhong will use him for nothing, and then kick him away. Yang Guozhong is gradually becoming the most powerful minister in the court. If he can formally form an alliance with him, then with Yang Guozhong's help in the matter of becoming a crown prince, coupled with the concubine's pillow, he is still very likely. His most urgent task now is to hold Yang Guozhong's thigh tightly and not let him throw himself away.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a servant reported: "Prince, Eunuch Zhang is asking for a meeting!"

Li Yan was shocked and almost knocked over the inkstone. He felt guilty and hurriedly hid the letter he wrote to Yang Guozhong, sat upright and said, "Please come in!"

Li Yan hated Zhang Fengen very much, and even hated him, hating him for occupying the room of Luo Eunuch and throwing all his things. This made Li Yan unable to forgive Zhang Fengen. Since he was two years old, Luo Eunuch had been serving him, and was with him every day, bringing him up. Li Yan always regarded Luo Eunuch as his closest person in his heart. Luo Eunuch passed away four years ago, which gave Li Yan a heavy blow.

Although he hated Zhang Fengen, he had to pretend to get along well on the surface.

The door opened, and Zhang Fengen walked in. He did not kneel down, but just bowed and bowed, "See the prince!"

Li Yan was stunned. Why didn’t Zhang Fengen kneel down to himself today? He said a little displeased: “Eunuch Zhang, is there anything to ask me for so late?”

"Prince, I met Sun Ruren in front of the mansion just now. She was still out so late. The prince should be strictly disciplined!"

Li Yan's face slowly sank. He agreed to go out. Sun Ruren went to take medicine and pray for a child. This is his own private matter. What does it have to do with him? Li Yan could no longer hide his disgust. He asked coldly: "Is there anything else in Eunuch Zhang? There is nothing else, I want to rest."

Of course, Zhang Fengen could understand Li Yan's face. He sneered in his heart. This prince is still daydreaming!

He said slowly: "Prince, I'm going to see the Lord today."

Li Yan suddenly felt energetic, and he asked quickly: "What did the father say?"

Zhang Fengen glanced at him and said in a very slow and sarcastic tone: "The Lord asked me to bring you a word, so that you can keep your body well and prepare to go to Anxi to take office!"

"Anxi?" Li Yan was stunned, and the pen in his hand fell to the ground.
To be continued...