The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 170. undercurrent

Ten days later, Xiao Shao led one hundred thousand Jinyiwei to the Tianjin. General Zhao Lao and the three sons of Zhao’s family also set off together, but Zhao Jiajun went to Xi Rong. Recently, Xi Rong people have had troubles in the border, and it is inevitable that they will have other thoughts. The emperor’s mind is elusive, and the Emperor’s intention to send the Zhao family out at this time is unknown. The Zhao family now has only three people, Zhao Yi, Zhao Yulong, and Zhao Feizhou. Someone fell into trouble with the Zhao family at this juncture, and the Zhao family was afraid that it would be overwhelmed.

However, no one dared to disobey the emperor’s will, and the Zhao family was loyal to the liver and courageous, and there was no reason to refuse. On that day, he left the city with Jin Yiwei led by Xiao Shao.

King Jinying is in command, but there is still a fiancee waiting to be married in the house. According to the custom of the Dajin Dynasty, the husband of an unmarried woman can live in the mansion of the future husband. The empress dowager pityed the host of Hong’an, and gave a will to allow the host of Hong’an to live in Jinying Prince’s Mansion.

Princess Hong’an’s family, Shangshufu, suffered several accidents one after another. First, Jiang Shangshu accidentally injured his aunt, who finally injured her body, and went there soon. Later, the second lady, who was lost, was found. She was taken away by bandits. The second lady committed suicide in order to protect her innocence. A generation of beautiful women died in this way. Although Jiang Susu’s reputation was not very good when he was alive, death can forgive everything, and people are always extra tolerant to beauties.

The most shocking thing is that Mrs. Jiang’s family was infected for a long time and finally died. And within three months, the eldest lady Xia’s natal family sent another distant cousin, Jiang Mansion, ushered in a new lady.

At first, people thought that after the death of Mrs. Jiang, the last contact between the Jiang family and the Xia family was also broken. They never thought that the Xia family personally sent a new lady over. The marriage between the Xia family and the Jiang family was maintained, and many people who watched the excitement suddenly became empty.

However, although the relationship between Xia Yan and the Jiang family did not break, Jiang Shangshu was criticized by the world for this, especially the impeachment of Yushi flew to the emperor’s desk one by one, all accusing Mrs. Jiang’s bones of dying. Jiang Shangshu ordered to marry a new couple, which is really not the practice of long-loving people.

For so many years, the Jiang family has stood firm in the court and its reputation among the people is pure and honest. Now, it has been a little bit corrupted. Now Jiang Quan’s practice of marrying a new wife has lost even the last trace of good reputation. . From then on, when people mentioned Shangshufu, they were no longer the upright and honest Qingliu noble family, but just a faint minister who was restless in his house.

These changes are infiltrating the environment bit by bit. Look, this does not attract people’s attention. It seems that even the owner did not realize this. But the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by the ant colony, all the seemingly inadvertent little things, Eventually, it will lead to a series of events, and now, it is just the beginning.

If there is something to be happy about in the capital, it is that the former harem structure has now been completely disrupted, the position of the three concubines is left empty, and the new batch of show girls are gradually promoted. Several people are now hot.

These three were Wang Lian’er, the first daughter of the Hanlin family, Mu Xirou, the prostitute from the upper house of the Yingwu Houfu, and Jiang Dan, the fourth daughter of the Jiang family.

When the foundation of the emperor was not stable, the number of women who favored them was related to the position of power behind them, representing the power of a certain mansion. When the emperor’s great cause has been accomplished, and nothing can shake his status and status, he will no longer favor women with prominent family backgrounds. On the contrary, the emperor will choose those women who have no foundation or even background as their pets, because they are weak and helpless, can’t set off any storms, and only rely on the emperor’s favor to survive in the palace. Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious, only such a woman is completely harmless, and will not give birth to other thoughts.

Either these people are just empty airs and have no real power, or they are just small concubines and they cannot be valued by the family. Therefore, for the emperor, it is the kind of person who is not threatening. And these three indeed stand out among the many show girls. Wang Lian’er understands poetry and painting best, she is the emperor’s interpretive flower, her personality is gentle and graceful, just like the graceful woman holding an umbrella in the mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, she is somewhat similar to the original concubine Chen Guifei.

Mu Xirou looks the best, as if the orchids blooming in the valley, but the temperament is too cold, and the emperor is just as cold as the emperor. But it was this cold and indifferent appearance that most attracted the emperor’s interest. It was the famous cold beauty in the palace today.

Among the three, Jiang Dan is the most unremarkable in appearance, and he does not seem to be blindly gentle. The encounter between her and the emperor was a bit of a coincidence. At night, she prayed to the moonlight in the yard, praying for the safety of her family, and her words were simple. The emperor was accustomed to seeing all kinds of beauties, but now he rarely sees such a naive and innocent woman, who has concealed her identity and talked with her all night. He even felt that this woman was bright and clean, and the next day he taught people to send her the decree for promotion.

Now these three people have all jumped from a small show girl to a fourth-grade beauty, which is indeed a step-by-step for the prostitute. The one who is most favored right now is Wang Lian’er. The emperor’s last interest is Mu Xirou. After Jiang Dan was promoted, she was not summoned by the emperor, but she did not feel discouraged at all, and she was still very happy. The servants in Jiang Dan’s palace are all anxious, hoping that their master can be favored, and persuaded her to think about seeing the emperor again, so as not to be taken away from favor, but Jiang Dan only does the unknown, and is still busy with his own affairs every day. The leisurely and contented, all the palace people watching are in a hurry.

On this day, Jiang Dan was enjoying the flowers in the garden of the palace. Maybe she was tired from watching, so she went to the pavilion and sat down to rest. She seemed to feel a little tired, and she suddenly became interested, and let the people stay there. Pick up some fallen flowers here and store them, and then see if you can collect some morning dew, and then make your own Baihua wine. Xu felt that it was unsatisfactory to watch the palace man himself, so he just stood up with the skirt on his own, and then got into the palace.

She was looking for joy, but she didn’t notice that at the other end of the garden, a person was standing far away, watching her movements closely.

Jiang Chao lowered his head and said to Xuanli who was standing in front of him: “His Royal Highness can think about it, is it really her?” He hesitated: “If Your Highness doesn’t change his personal choice, Jiang Dan is really…it’s too risky to use her. NS.”

Xuan Li narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly: “Oh? You said adventure, what do you think of her?”

Jiang Chao thought for a while, and seemed to be trying his best to recall things related to Jiang Dan, but his relationship with this fourth sister was also very weak, and he couldn’t think of anything. After a while, he shook his head and said: “My fourth sister-I am from a concubine’s room. I have been raised by my first wife since I was a child. I am also very cowardly. Even if I speak loudly in the house, I will be scared. It’s really useless to keep her.” After a pause, he said again: “And it’s not too smart. How could your Highness choose her to be our person?”

Xuan Li shook his head: “Jiang Chao, do you know that you have been with me for so long, why you still can’t achieve a better position repeatedly? Why can’t you hold fast to every opportunity I give you? Rebellion lets others take advantage of it. A head start?”

Jiang Chao’s heart was stunned, and he said sternly: “I beg your Highness for advice!”

“You are ruthless enough, and you have ways to do things, but unfortunately, you are too conceited.” Xuan Li shook his head: “You never observe people around you so seriously that you underestimate them. For example, you now underestimate the people in front of you. This Jiang Dan.”

“His Royal Highness, my subordinates don’t understand.” Jiang Chao said: “Even if my fourth sister enters the palace and becomes a beauty, it will be my father’s dealings with her and her own luck. But she has no ambitions. His Highness does not mean that she has no ambitions. Are people unbearable? My fourth sister, who has clearly obtained the emperor’s promotion, but does not know how to fight for it, wasted a good opportunity, so that among the three beauties, Wang Lian’er and Mu Xirou are more favored than her. ”

Xuan Li shook his head: “This is your fault. You only saw Jiang Shangshu sending Jiang Dan into the palace, but you didn’t see how much Jiang Dan exerted in it? Do you think that Jiang Dan and his father The encounter with the emperor, as others said, was just a coincidence. Is Jiang Dan lucky?”

Jiang Chao didn’t speak, he didn’t doubt it, but Jiang Dan was so useless in his heart that he couldn’t doubt her at all. With Jiang Dan’s temperament and skill, how can one count the king of a country?

“Look, this is what you are not.” Xuan Li sighed: “I think Jiang Shangshu is quite good at raising a daughter. The eldest and fourth ladies of the Jiang family are indeed one in a million.” He He glanced at Jiang Chao with a faint smile: “You fourth sister, you are a poisonous snake, I am afraid that you know better than you to tolerate dormancy. Look–” He nodded towards Jiang Dan.

Jiang Chao followed his gaze and saw that Jiang Dan was laughing with all the palace ladies. He looked at the shelf without a beauty in the palace, and there was no shelf. With a move in his heart, he saw Jiang Dan slowly walking behind him with a bright yellow Silhouette.

It is the emperor.

Today, the emperor was just passing through the garden at will, but he heard the woman’s laughter from far away. The sound was as clear as a silver bell, and it seemed to be infected by the happiness in it. When he thought about it, he walked over for a while, wanting to see who it was.

I was a little stunned at this sight. I saw a woman standing among the palace maids, holding a flower basket in one hand and a whole crabapple that had just fallen from the branch in the other, with a slight smile on her face, and her eyes all smiled. After the crescent moon, it is shining and lovely. She wears a peach-colored embroidered jacket skirt with a small emerald gown on top, which is vivid and has a unique youthful charm. Her appearance can only be regarded as delicate, but every move seems to be uniquely delicate, and that delicate but not artificial, natural and full of vitality. Even among the ladies of the court, people can notice her at a glance.

The emperor stepped forward and said, “What is your name?”

The woman seemed startled. She turned around and blushed the moment she saw the emperor. She might have been laughing for a long time, and there were some shiny beads of sweat on her forehead, which looked very cute. She lowered her head, seeming to be a little confused and flustered. After a pause, she said: “The concubine…the concubine calls Jiang Dan.”

“It’s you—” The emperor recognized her face as she spoke: “You are the one who spoke with me all night.”

The emperor has everything to do, and there are too many beauties he has seen on weekdays, and there are countless people with both sex and art. The seventy-two concubines of the six houses in the palace, three palaces and six courtyards, which one is not the best. Therefore, it is difficult for anyone to leave a trace in his heart. And the girl with a simple nature that night was just a glimpse of the emperor’s heart. He raised her rank but forgot this person in his head, and met suddenly today, but it was a surprise to him. feel. It was very difficult for the emperor to not pay attention to Jiang Dan at this time. If the previous time was only a preview, then Jiang Dan has left a unique impression among the emperors. This impression is completely different from Wang Meiren and Mu Meiren. Seeing the emperor who is used to understanding Yuhua and Bingmei, he will start to be fresh in this delicate and beautiful life at this moment.

He smiled and said, “Get up and walk with me.”

In the distance, Xuan Li raised his eyebrows: “Did you see it? This is your fourth sister’s method.”

Jiang Chao stared incredulously at Jiang Dan, who was walking side by side with the emperor in the distance. At that moment, she smiled cutely, and even he was shocked when he saw it. This fourth sister has only one expression in the mansion, that is, panic and timidity. But just now, he had to look at it, bewildered, and almost thought that Jiang Dan was not alone with the Jiang Dan he saw in his daily life.

“It’s not that she doesn’t fight, but is brewing.” Xuan Li smiled and said: “She is good at dormant and can’t do things, she won’t do it. Look at it, this Jiang Meiren will soon be favored. ”

“Yes,” Jiang Chao asked, holding back the shock in his heart, “How could she cooperate with us?”

“She has ambition in her eyes,” Xuanli said: “Anyone who is ambitious is not so courageous. Jiang Chao, when you have time, you should walk around with your fourth sister. She will definitely be tempted. Because she wants to achieve a higher position. And we also need someone who can speak in front of the father.”

When Concubine Chen was here, he did nothing to lose. Because Chen Guifei only needs to blow the pillow wind, the emperor will pity him a little bit in his heart. But now that the imperial concubine is losing power, it is impossible for the remaining queen and concubine to speak good things for him. The emperor’s attitude toward him is getting more and more alienated. He has always acted calmly, and he has a sense of anxiety in his heart.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Jiang Chao lowered his head: “The King Jinying and Zhao Guang have set off for more than two months, and they should all be on the battlefield now. The spies in front came to report yesterday that the battle has been controlled. Go on like this…” He didn’t say Going on, the smoother the battle ahead, the more disadvantaged it is for them. They can’t give this great feat to King Jinying. Xiao Shao has now almost made it clear that he will not stand on their side. Such people cannot be used, only destruction.

“Don’t worry,” Xuan Li said indifferently: “They can’t win this battle. They will lose. What do you pay attention to?” A murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he stroked his cuff: “Notify Xia Cheng, you can Do it.”

“His Royal Highness?” Jiang Chao was surprised: “So fast?”

“Ye Chang has many dreams.” Xuan Li sneered.

In the Jinying Palace, Jiang Ruanzheng is sitting in Xiao Shao’s study and reading.

I have been living in Jinying Palace for two months. The people here have changed the way to make her stay comfortable. Perhaps they are too comfortable to live here, and almost unconsciously they have to get used to the life here. In the past two or two months, she went back to the mansion to approve filial piety and hemp for Xia Yan and Jiang Susu. She also met Jiang’s new wife Xia Wei, a smiling tiger beauty. But now she doesn’t live in Jiang’s Mansion, and these things have nothing to do with her.

Xiao Shao’s study is like a treasure, with all kinds of books. Jiang Ruan’s most stunned place was Xiao Shao’s study. She had read Xiao Shao’s handwritten notes, and the more she looked at it, the more frustrated she became. Things that were originally suspected gradually began to emerge. But she did not continue to guess, everyone has their own secrets, and Xiao Shao also has them. Now what she cares more about is the battle of the Tianjin Kingdom.

At this time in her previous life, she was in the midst of a fiery battle in the palace, and did not pay too much attention to the battles of the Tianjin Kingdom. In the letter to Jiang Xinzhi, she was able to recall all the things that could help Jiang Xinzhi. Otherwise, she is really powerless.

But one thing that is certain now is that Xuan Li will definitely do it at this time. Now that the Zhao family is weak and Xiao Shao is not in Beijing, taking advantage of Xuanli’s temperament, he will definitely not let go of this good time. The pattern of the imperial court is at a sensitive time, as long as a small move will cause earth-shaking changes. She can probably guess what Xuanli is going to do.

While thinking about it, I heard the guard guarding the door outside: “Hey, the fourth son, the young lady is inside.”

A slightly low male voice: “Nothing, I’ll go in and take a look.”

The door was pushed open with a creak, and Jiang Ruan quietly looked at the incoming person. Suddenly, Ben was also a little curious about the rumored young lady. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a young girl sitting at the desk, looking at her quietly against the light. Her appearance was a little unreal against the sunlight, but she had a pair of clear and wise eyes, which seemed to contain some kind of mockery of reality, staring at him calmly and indifferently.

I was a little bit overwhelmed by those eyes. The visitor touched his nose and coughed: “Sansao? I’m Qi Si, and the third brother asked me to come.”

Jiang Ruan’s eyes flashed, and he also looked at the person on the other side. This is also a young man in his twenties, dressed in a purple embroidered lotus gown, and he is handsome and handsome, but he doesn’t know why he has a beard around his mouth. It seems that a beautiful young man has been ruined, a little abruptly. However, his smile was gentle, and his eyes were long and somewhat peach-eyed, but there was no frivolity in his eyes, and they looked upright.

This is Xiao Shao’s fellow apprentice brother Qi Feng, ranked fourth, and learned the imperial power in Canaan Mountain. It’s a pity that this skill is well learned but can’t be easily realized. Over the years, he has been secretly assisting Xiao Shao and assisting Jin Yiwei. It was an accident that Xiao Shao recalled him back to Beijing.

Qi Si seriously looked at Jiang Ruan, and suddenly smiled: “The third sister-in-law is indeed a beautiful country. I originally thought that the third brother called Xia Wu and I back to Beijing to protect the third sister-in-law, is it too fussy? Now it seems that it is the blessing of the fourth brother.”