Chapter 570 Killing (for the Silver Alliance Lord Niema 12/21)
The night was getting a little late, and the banquet was still going on.
Another case was presented in the hall, and Zhao Yun and Jia Sidao began to fight with crickets. Li Xia stood behind Jia Sidao and watched.
It is more interesting than Li Xia expected, especially Jia Sidao, who is an expert, and his comments are interesting, making people enjoy watching it.
There were beautiful singers nearby to join in the fun, which was definitely more interesting than Cuju during the day.
Li Xia almost understood these monarchs and ministers.
If you are lazy about government affairs, who doesn't love beauty, entertainment, and singing and dancing to promote peace, at least you are not considered stupid.
If he talks about destroying the Great Wall, he, the Shu commander, Li Xia, does have objections. Even if he realizes it just out of intuition, he cannot let the tiger go back to the mountain.
Who will be the emperor of the Song Dynasty? How many people can do better...
But understanding is understanding, it’s useless.
What is needed is change.
Over there, Yan Rong was still sitting at the imperial desk, holding his forehead and gently shaking the wine glass in his hand.
Li Xia looked at the sky outside the palace.
"Your Majesty, minister..."
"Take him out of the palace." Zhao Yun waved his hand, holding a beautiful concubine in his other hand, and both stared at the two crickets that were fighting fiercely.
Xiao Huangmen came forward and led Li Xia to the clean room.
He went south, passed the Xuande Hall and the Water Hall, and walked towards the stadium.
Turning back inadvertently, I saw that Yan Rong's ceremonial driver had left the Chengbi Hall and was walking slowly towards the harem in the north.
…
"Please, Commander Li Jie."
After passing the stadium, Sun An walked quickly to meet Li Xia, looked around, and walked quickly towards Li Xia. There was a corridor in front of him.
The corridor is very long. When you walk to the end and climb over the railing, you will see a high wall.
Sun An pushed aside the weeds, revealing a small hole.
After a while, a charming voice sounded from the other side.
"Well, you bad-hearted person..."
Li Xia was stunned for a moment, then heard the other person say the next half of the sentence.
"Did you dig this dark hole to send money outside?"
Afterwards, a palace maid panicked and said, "I don't dare, it's only with great difficulty that I found it."
Sun An hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Li Jieshuai has arrived."
Yan Rong seemed to be smiling and said, "Everyone, please step aside."
"yes……"
Amidst the rustling noise, everyone else retreated.
After a while, Yan Rong said: "Sit down and talk. I can't hear you clearly through the wall."
Li Xia sat down by the wall and glanced into the small hole. She only saw the hem of her skirt swaying, revealing a pair of red crested shoes and some white stockings.
Yan Rong had sat down, put his toes together and stretched forward.
"Li Jieshuai, can you tell? The officials don't treat me as they used to, and they all blame you."
Li Xia said: "I only asked the imperial concubine to say something. I never thought that the imperial concubine would let Ji Xixi lie about being pregnant and be found out."
Yan Rongxiao asked: "Should I send her to Sichuan to be raised by Li Jieshuai?"
"The matter has come to this. Is there anything the noble concubine has to say that cannot be delivered to Guan De and must be said in person?"
"People say that you and I are comrades. How can we not see each other more often?" Yan Rong said, "If you come closer, I will reward you with something."
A token was thrown to the ground.
The crested shoe was pushed forward, pushing it this way.
"With this token, you can go to the wine warehouse in the north of the palace to find the chief merchant. He can help you deliver an urgent letter to me."
"Thank you, noble concubine." Li Xia collected the token and said, "I have an arrangement that allows me to continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of Shu, while also ensuring that the concubine's status is secure..."
"I'll say it first."
"That's fine."
Yan Rong said: "You come and think of a way to help me become the queen."
Li Xia was silent.
Yan Rong said again: "The official's intention is to make Zhao Fu the prince immediately. Once the matter is decided, we will both die. But if I can become the queen, you should know what benefits you will get..."
Li Xia didn't answer and asked: "When will the imperial concubine give me the information about Zhao Yu?"
"Guande will hand it to you within three days. Just promise me to help me, okay?"
"If your concubine wants to be the queen, she must talk to the officials."
"No kidding, do you want to hear some bad news?"
"Um?"
"Dong Songchen took refuge with Jia Sidao and formed a group with Xie Daoqing."
"Sure?"
"I've noticed it. You have to trust me. My intuition is always very accurate."
Li Xia nodded and said, "I believe this. Is Guan De still reliable?"
"Reliable." Yan Rong said, "However, our situation is very bad... I don't know how to tell you."
She said the last words while biting her lip, with a bit of embarrassment, and her aura could be seen even through the wall.
Li Xia was not in a hurry to answer.
There wasn't much time, but Yan Rong was obviously more anxious than him.
"The officials no longer treat me like they used to. Now they just keep me for Zhao Jin's sake, as if I have become a nanny taking care of their children..."
Li Xia said: "But as long as the official family is still there and Princess Rui is still there, nothing will happen to the noble concubine."
"Alas." Yan Rong sighed quietly, looking aggrieved, "You don't even know what I want?"
"I really don't understand the imperial concubine." Li Xia said lightly.
"Then...do you want to know?" Yan Rong asked softly.
"No," Li Xia responded directly, "Let's talk about the next plan..."
The crested shoes poked out from the hole in the wall and stepped lightly on Li Xia's boots.
"I don't want to hear it."
Yan Rong's voice was very nice and he was talking to himself.
"There are many beauties in the palace, but I am just an average-looking one among them. The officials have not touched me for a long time, but I know that he is taking medicine to cope with the beauties that Dong Songchen keeps sending. Feiyu should understand,
In a few years, you and I will be cornered. Unless I become the queen, you..."
Li Xia moved his feet and said: "This is what I want to say to the noble concubine. But if you can't be the queen, the officials will not agree and the courtiers will not agree."
"Feiyu, you are the only one who can help me."
"Then please, noble concubine, come according to my plan."
"No, I don't want to hear it either."
Yan Rongjiao snorted, but she put her feet back, and she seemed to have stood up.
"Li Xia, you have offended me, let's just break up."
A sentence that sounds like anger and laughter.
But after saying this, Yan Rong walked away.
Li Xia didn't take it seriously and was not worried about losing the help in the palace.
Yan Rong deliberately wanted to make him worry, so that he would keep thinking about this matter, panic and finally lose his judgment and agree to help her.
But he has spent half his life wandering among flowers, so how could he not know this method?
Li Xia then called Sun An and left the palace again.
I thought about Empress Dowager Yang's alliance with Shi Miyuan and Yi Chu again...
This method is not impossible.
But he, Li Xia, now has far less power than Shi Miyuan did back then, and is unable to control the government and the public at all.
Too far off.
No matter what, you still have to go back to Sichuan and Sichuan, that is your own foundation.
What's more, Empress Dowager Yang's skills back then were incomparable to Concubine Yan.
Apart from anything else, Concubine Yan's coquettish appearance obviously does not have the aura of her mother Yi Tianxia.
The resistance is too great.
As soon as he thought about this, the crested shoes came to mind again, and Li Xia also felt a little itchy on the instep of his feet.
He blew the cold night wind and thought about other things.
All the way back to Wushan Residence, Li Xia entered the study, spread out his pen and ink, and first wrote down the political affairs that Shi Jun had pointed out in his report.
Then put aside the document of the Public Land Law given by Jia Sidao.
After a while, someone knocked on the door.
"Enter."
"Alang." Yan Yunyun came in, put down the basin, and lit two more candles.
"Lin Zi came here in the evening."
"Have you found Li Yong?"
"No."
Li Xia frowned and said to himself: "He must be in Lin'an. If not at Wu Qian's place, where else could he be?"
Yan Yunyun didn't know either, so he only reported the information to Lin Zi in a low voice.
At the end, Li Xia nodded.
"If you find Li Yong, things will go smoothly, and you may be able to return to Sichuan soon. You go to Taojia Lane tomorrow and tell Li Zhaocheng my next arrangements. This matter is important. Help me keep an eye on them."
"yes."
Li Xia rubbed his forehead and recalled Zhao Yun's attitude tonight. He knew that most of the emperor's wariness had been dissipated. The best plan was achieved and only the last few steps were left.
When he looked up again, he saw Yan Yunyun still sitting there.
"Why don't you leave?"
"Alang wants a woman tonight?"
"Huh? Then I won't touch you. I told you not to have anything to do with your subordinates."
"What about arrangements for Alang? There are still those bought in the house..."
"No, I can't take it with me, trouble." Li Xia said, "Go ahead, business is important."
"yes."
Li Xia turned around and looked at Yan Yunyun's plump back, suddenly feeling that she was far less attractive than Yan Rong.
This thought in his mind was strange, but he muttered to himself.
"Let you know what will is."
Li Xia dreamed of many things that night. First, he and Jia Sidao were measuring the land in the fields... Sitting in the Imperial Academy studying, Wu Qian gave him a ruler... He packed his luggage and wanted to go back to Hanzhong, but he was assassinated on the way...
The gold and iron horses of Hanzhong, the prosperity and triviality of Lin'an faded away little by little... Finally, Gao Mingyue appeared in front of him, taking care of him tenderly, and then, it looked like Gao Mingyue, but it didn't seem like it...
Li Xia stood up and turned around to see that it was already dawn.
Lin'an City is wearing away people's will.
His method of coping is also very simple, that is, sweating.
"Alang, a carriage has arrived outside the house..."
Tang An'an walked into the Li Mansion holding a guqin, passed through the first floor of the house, and saw Li Xia getting up in the courtyard, taking a piece of cloth and wiping his body.
Such a body...
Tang Anan was in a daze for a while before coming back to his senses.
When he turned around again, he saw Nian'er still staring blankly, so he pulled the little girl.
Li Xia had put on her clothes and strode over.
Tang Anan lowered his head and hugged the piano tighter.
She is still beautiful, even more beautiful.
At this time, my mood became more complicated, and I didn't know how to face this old acquaintance at the moment.
"you……"
"The house has been arranged, you can go over first." Li Xia said.
Afterwards, he added another sentence.
"Stay here, maid, I have something to ask."
Tang Anan was stunned and glanced at Nian'er, a little worried.
But she didn't dare to disobey, so she had no choice but to follow the maid to the back compartment.
…
Nian'er raised her head and glanced at Li Xia. Li Xia's look made her a little embarrassed, and because she was a little angry, she lowered her head.
Then raise your head again and lower your head again.
"It's really... nice to see you." She muttered, then thought about it and remembered something important, "By the way, did they give you the girl's body bond?"
"You have everything in the house. I'll give it to you later."
Nian'er was very happy and said with a smile: "No, no, just keep it. You are really getting better. But why did you treat the girl like that just now?"
"I didn't mean to hurt her," Li Xia said.
"But but... okay... then why did you keep Nian'er? Do you want to ask me something? Don't worry, the girl has never married anyone else. This is also thanks to you. I heard that you are working for Jia Xianggong,
That’s why they take good care of the girl.”
"Huh? Is that what I told you?"
"Yeah." Nian'er was staring at Li Xia's lapel in trance. When he heard the words, he reacted and nodded vigorously, "I only heard a little bit, saying that he wanted you to do good things for Xianggong Jia."
"Okay, he still wants to take advantage." Li Xia said casually: "Huh? See what I do?"
"It's not like I haven't seen it before. I applied medicine to you at that time and watched it every day."
Li Xia smiled and felt happy.
He turned and walked toward the house.
After a while, Nian'er also came over, took a look at the luggage, took off his shoes, and tiptoed in.
Li Xia was originally looking for their identity, but turned around and saw that the girl had grown taller and was no longer as thin and delicate as before.
"How old are you?"
"Well, sixteen or seventeen? I don't know how old I am. The trafficker didn't tell me his age when he handed it to my mother. You should pull up your clothes well. You're sweating and catching a cold. I want to get water to wipe your sweat.
You just don’t know where the well is?”
Li Xia smiled, walked to the couch and sat down.
He had a lot to say, including taking Nian'er as his concubine, letting Tang An settle down, and so on.
But seeing that she was chirping and had already entered the role of a maid, and didn't look like she wanted to be with you at all, he didn't bother to scare her for a while.
So I lay down on the couch, resting my hands on my head and listened to her talk about her experiences in the past three years, which were nothing more than what the girl was doing.
He was not interested in Tang An'an, and responded to every flirtation, and felt relaxed listening to Nian'er's voice.
In the end, Nian'er stopped talking.
"Um?"
He looked up and saw Nian'er standing there secretly wiping tears.
"What's wrong? Were you happy just now?"
"Nian'er is not a good maid, and I am in your hands... I keep saying that I have no rules, I don't know how to do things, and you don't want me anymore... I don't know what to do, and I keep saying... you don't want me anymore..."
As long as you are a girl, how about driving Nian'er away? I scolded you and kicked you like that before... Nian'er was wrong..."
Li Xia was a little funny, but also a little helpless, so he had to get up and go over to coax her.
"Can you give me a hug? I've been worried about you for the past three years."
Nian'er was still sobbing, but when he heard this, he was shocked and dropped his luggage to the ground.