The next day, Xiao Tingting conferred the title of Princess Xianyue and set a date to marry Fang Yizhi. The people in the capital shouted that the emperor was wise, and Fang Yizhi and Xiao Tingting finally became a couple.
Xiao Tingting's mother and daughter were happily busy dressing up and entering the palace to meet the queen; on the other side, Xiao Yu's concubines, mother and son were depressed, needless to say.
In Prince Wei's Mansion, there was another clanging sound of broken porcelain hitting the ground, accompanied by Li Tai's cursing. Next to him stood Yu Le, who had a gloomy face and gritted his teeth.
Finally, Yu Le said darkly, "As long as they haven't gotten married yet, we will have the opportunity to instigate the eldest prince to see Xiao Tingting, but it will be more subtle than what we did before. After all, Jieli Khan and his party will be there tomorrow.
We are about to enter the capital, and when the time comes, all the prince needs to do is this."
After whispering to Yu Le for a while, Li Tai's gloomy face became sunny again.
It wasn't until noon that Fang Yiai, who was hungover, got a splitting headache and felt uncomfortable all over. She finally washed up, changed her clothes, and ate a bowl of white porridge, and then she felt a little better in her stomach.
After following Xin'er, Mrs. Fang, who was busy with Fang Yizhi's marriage, said hello. She remembered that she had made an appointment with Cheng Hualiang and others to meet at the old place last night, so she was about to take Fang Qi out, but she was worried about herself.
The young lady was entangled.
Seeing Qing Niang's uneasy look, Fang Yiai thought sadly, how miserable he was that a little girl over four years old was worried! He had no choice but to take Qing Niang with him.
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Lu Yi was also summoned from the Imperial College, and five masters and servants rode four horses to the outside of Anhua Gate.
When I walked to Anhua Gate, I saw the expected ones Cheng Huailiang, Qin Huaiyu, Changsun Huan, Du He and their accompanying book boy. I also saw the unexpected prince Li Chengqian in casual clothes, and three people on a carriage.
Your Majesty.
Fang Yiai looked at Cheng Hualiang and the others strangely, asking with his eyes what was going on?
As a result, all four of them gave him a blank look, and the meaning conveyed in their eyes was: You brought this on yourself, don't ask us!
Then, Fang Yiai, the confused monk, looked at Li Chengqian strangely, hoping to get the answer.
Looking at Fang Yiai's questioning eyes, Li Chengqian said dissatisfied, "Yesterday, your boy said in front of all the adults at the Tai Chi Palace that he would take Gu's younger brothers and sisters for an outing today, and even asked them to beg their father to let Gu take them.
Come here. Have you forgotten everything?"
The three young men on the carriage, who were surrounded by plainclothes guards, all looked at Fang Yiai aggrievedly, and nodded to express that what their eldest brother said was all the truth.
Fang Yiai, who was in the wrong, apologized to everyone, and then put Qing Niang who was sitting in front of him on the carriage, and then everyone set off to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the Cheng family.
After taking bows and arrows from the Cheng family's village, Cheng Hualiang and Qin Huaiyu took Li Chengqian and Lu Yi to hunt in the woods not far away. Fang Yiai, Changsun Huan and Du He stayed outside the woods with their four children.
By the small river, I set up a fishing rod and caught fish.
He ordered the guards who followed him and the bookboys around the three of them to keep an eye on the four children who were having a great time playing nearby, and to pick up some more firewood.
Fang Yiai, Changsun Huan and Du He sat side by side, carefully looking at the figures not far away, and started chatting.
"You said yesterday that the man was back, but is it true? When did you see him?" Du He asked strangely, his body still trembling involuntarily.
"Yesterday in Zuiran Building, before you guys came, I saw that man coming down from the third floor." Fang Yiai said.
"Didn't you say that all the people of King Xi and King Qi have been wiped out?" Changsun Huan frowned and said.
Shaking his head, Fang Yiai said, "It's impossible. Those who were killed back then were all the main personnel, and some of them should have escaped. Didn't you say before that you had seen from your father's study that he continued to pursue King Xi and King Qi?
A letter from someone?"
"I did see him, but," Changsun Huan took a deep breath and said with lingering fear, "I didn't expect that person to escape!"
"I wonder why that person came back to Chang'an again?" Du He said strangely, "Do you think that person will come to trouble us again?"
After being startled for a moment, Changsun Huan said uncertainly, "It's hard to say! After all, the deaths of King Xi and King Qi are closely related to our three fathers, otherwise the three of us would not have experienced that trick in the first place!"
The three of them thought of something and couldn't help but shudder at the same time.
"You didn't sleep well last night," Fang Yiai said.
"Nonsense!" Changsun Huan and Du He both rolled their eyes at Fang Yiai and said dissatisfiedly.
"If we can't get rid of that person, I'm afraid the three of us will have to carry this inner demon with us for the rest of our lives!" Fang Yiai reminded.
"But, can it be successful?" Du He said doubtfully, "What's more, we don't even know where he settled."
"How will you know if the three of us are not good enough if you don't try?" Changsun Huan said through gritted teeth, his eyes full of hatred.
"I'll draw a picture of that person's face later, and we'll ask someone in the capital. Maybe we can actually find him." Fang Yiai said.
"Then..." Du He opened his mouth to speak.
"Stop it," Changsun Huan interrupted Du He's words and waved his hand and said, "We are no longer the little ones we used to be. What's more, we can still ask Brother Cheng and Brother Qin for help, right?"
"What Huanhuan said is true." Fang Yiai said in agreement, and at the same time looked at Du He encouragingly.
"Okay, you just tell me how to do it." Du He, who finally plucked up the courage, nodded and said.
"By the way, why did you say you were careful about the fourth person yesterday?" Changsun Huan, who was thinking of something, asked Xiang Fang Yiai.
"I saw that man with someone from Lao Si's house yesterday, so I asked you to be careful." Fang Yiai continued, "He is a young staff member in Lao Si's house who is more trusted by Lao Si. He is less than eighteen years old.
He is 20 years old, has good features and beautiful eyes, he is a civil servant, and his name is Yu Le."
"Yu Le?" Changsun Huan was sure that he had never heard of this name before, and immediately said, "Okay, I will let people pay attention to this person when I go back."
"Leave it to you. I'll draw a portrait and send it to you later." Fang Yiai nodded in agreement. After all, Fang Mansion and Du Mansion, which are now full of secret guards, cannot hide this from the emperor.
Those who have eyes and ears to inquire can only be left to Changsun Huan.
"By the way, the four of you have to worry more about the inn and carriage house, especially Xiaohe."
"It's okay, I'm very interested in this matter anyway." Du He waved his hand casually and said.
"You will become a rich man in the future, but don't forget to subsidize the following brothers." Changsun Huan said jokingly.
"That's natural." Du He said.
"Oh. By the way, there are a few acquaintances at Lu Yi's side who will be entrusted to you. You can arrange a job as a waiter and driver." Fang Yiai said to Du He.
"No problem, just ask Yi Ge to bring someone here." Du He said cheerfully.
After talking about the business, the three of them were looking at the fishing rods in their hands relaxedly, when Li Zhi's happy voice came out, "Sister Seventeen, I have one too. Hehe."
Li Zhi said "Sister Seventeen", which frightened Fang Yiai to the point where she almost fell into the river. Fortunately, she was caught by Chang Sun Huan and Du He.
"What's wrong with you?" Changsun Huan asked strangely.
Fang Yiai's eyes changed as she looked at Shu'er, whom Li Zhi called the Seventeenth Sister. She didn't even know that she had hurt Changsun Huan when she held her, and asked in a trembling voice, "Shu'er is the emperor's seventeenth daughter?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Changsun Huan, who endured the pain, looked at Fang Yiai's changing face with confusion and asked with concern.
After taking two deep breaths, Fang Yiai calmed down, but Shu'er didn't look like a unruly and willful person. She looked at Shu'er twice more and said with a normal expression, "It's just strange that the Seventeenth Princess and the rumored
It just doesn’t match.”
"It doesn't match?" Zhangsun Huan curled his lips and said disapprovingly, "Because this girl looks a lot like Princess Pingyang Zhao, and because her biological mother has passed away, she is very favored by the emperor and is fostered like Princess Yuzhang.
In the name of the Queen, she is famous for being unruly and willful in the palace. It is only because she is more measured when she gets into trouble and is very well-behaved in front of the Emperor and Queen that she has never been punished."
"Don't you think Princess Hepu is very well-behaved today? It's a little different from usual." Du He asked strangely.
Du He and Changsun Huan looked at each other, their eyes lit up, and they turned to look at Qing Niang who was still smiling not far away. They said in unison and arrogantly, "Well, it seems that our sister Qing Niang is the best!" Completely impressed Shu.
The reason why his son is so well-behaved is attributed to his beloved Qing Niang.
Fang Yiai looked complicatedly at Shuer, who was having a lot of fun. Yesterday she almost became his wife, and she would probably still be his wife in the future. After struggling to the end, Fang Yiai decided to train Shuer well, no matter what.
Whether she will become his wife or not, Shu'er's dependence on him must be treated well, so that she can have a happy family in the future.