Chapter 72

Fu Nianjia's expression remained the same, but she said, "I'm just curious. Besides, I can't ask anyone else about this kind of thing, I can only ask my concubine."

Fu Changxi became a vassal when he was young, and he rarely returned to Beijing after that. I am afraid that few people in Beijing now know about him. Even in the royal family, there are probably not many people who know him. But Princess Yan was different. When she married into the palace, Fu Changxi had not yet left the capital, and she and the eldest princess Huiguo had always been on good terms. There must be some private words between aunts and sisters, and she knew the royal affairs well.

When Princess Yan heard the words, her expression softened a little, and she patted the back of her son's hand again to comfort her. However, her tone was still cold and vigilant: "It's just some old things, and there's nothing to say."

Fu Nianjia lowered her eyes, lowered her voice, and called softly, "Mother..."

He has been sensible and prudent since he was a child, and has always called Princess Yan the "mother concubine", which is why such a soft "mother" is the most subtle coquettish and pleading of his son for Princess Yan.

Princess Yan has only one son, and she is the most precious, so how can she stand his coquetry and pleading.

Hearing his call, Princess Yan's heart softened, she sighed, and her tone softened, but she still had to say something first: "I only know a little about this, half of it was heard from your father. Yes, half of what your aunt said, and some of it was guessed by me... So, I'll just say it, you only hear it, and don't spread it out."

Fu Nianjia nodded in response.

Princess Yan did not speak immediately, but pondered for a while, as if thinking about how to say it. After a while, I heard her speak slowly: "You should know that Emperor Xiaozong has a total of four sons and two daughters. The eldest son died early, and he was named Prince Xiaoan; the second son is your father and king; and then your two aunts Huiguo The eldest princess and the eldest princess of Ningguo; the last emperor and Su Wang... Emperor Xiaozong has only these few children. One son and one daughter of Wu Huanggui's concubine accounted for a small half of them, which shows that he is favored. ."

"It is said that the Wu family originally entered the palace with the successor Wang's family. She is amazing in beauty but has a humble background. It was only the Wang family's plan to favor the queen. It's just that Emperor Xiaozong fell in love with her at first sight, despite the opposition of the civil and military of the Manchu dynasty. , pushed her to the position of the noble concubine. Since then, the Wu family has favored the harem, the six palaces have lost their color, and even the queen has not seen her face for several days, and she deeply regrets that she led the wolf into the room."

"At that time, Prince Xiao'an died young, your father was stubborn since childhood, Princess Huiguo was just a princess, and both the court and the outside world were worried that there would be no successor to the royal family. For this reason, Emperor Xiaozong still stood up to the full court. Under pressure, he only favored Mrs. Wu. When Mrs. Wu was pregnant, he even named her as the imperial concubine. Yi Tong, the deputy queen, wholeheartedly hoped that the imperial concubine Wu would give birth to a prince for him. Unfortunately, the imperial concubine Wu became pregnant in October. Once giving birth, the one who gave birth was the eldest princess of Ningguo. It is said that something happened to the concubine Wu Huanggui during childbirth, which may have been an accident or an accident. In short, it was difficult to give birth. The imperial physician asserted that she would have difficulty getting pregnant again. Emperor Xiaozong angered the harem and the imperial hospital for this, and killed many people, causing a river of blood."

"However, when something like this happened, even if Emperor Xiaozong loved Wu Huanggui's heart, he had to carefully consider the succession of his heirs, and he was close to the Queen again, so that the first emperor was born. Who knows, not long after the first emperor was born, Wu The imperial concubine became pregnant again, and immediately gave birth to King Su. Although the first emperor was a direct son, he was frail since childhood, and King Su was the youngest son, but was born of his favorite concubine. Talented and intelligent since childhood, it is inevitable that he will be biased when it comes to stockpiling..."

"However, it was at this time that a major event happened - the northern barbarians knocked on the side, the flames rose again, the northern border lost several cities, and the people inside and outside the court were panicked. In the end, the two armies stopped at the Wujin River, and the stalemate could not stand. That is to say, at this time, the Beiman Khan reiterated the matter of reconciliation, begged to marry the princess of my dynasty, and was willing to rebuild with my dynasty. You can't fool the fake princess, but Emperor Xiaozong has only two daughters, and the eldest daughter, Princess Huiguo, has already married, so it is impossible for her and Li to remarry Beiman, so only the eldest princess of Ningguo remains."

"You should have seen your Uncle Su's appearance. Many people say that he looks like the imperial concubine Wu, and his appearance is amazing, but in fact, the eldest princess of Ningguo is more like the imperial concubine Wu than him." Speaking of this, Princess Yan He couldn't help sighing again, and recalled with his son, "Princess Ningguo was very favored by the two emperors and concubine from birth, but she was gentle and generous, sensible since she was a child, never arrogant and domineering because of her favor. The old palace people in the palace can remember a few things when they talk about her now. They all say that she is lenient and considerate of others. Such a person, Emperor Xiaozong treats her like a pearl in his palm, Wu The imperial concubine loves her like her life, and even your uncle Su respects and loves her very much - they say that the elder sister is like a mother, and the imperial concubine Wu is already weak, so she really can't take care of a pair of children. Follow this sister."

However, even so, the eldest princess of Ningguo ended up with a pro-beiman - this is the ending that Fu Nianjia also knew.

"It's just that the most important thing in the family of emperors is the mountains. Even if Emperor Xiaozong loves this young girl very much, even if Wu Huanggui and a pair of children knelt in front of Qianyuan Palace and begged, Emperor Xiaozong still gritted his teeth and wrote the edict. For this reason. , Emperor Wu's concubine suffered a serious illness. Although King Su was young, he had a bit of a temper, and he was short-tempered. At that time, he ran to question Emperor Xiaozong's offer of his daughter to ask for peace. How many daughters does the father have? How many years can we get peace?'. Within a few years, the eldest princess of Ningguo passed away in Beiman, and Wu Huanggui died of illness. After that, Emperor Xiaozong would cry every time he thought about Wu Huanggui. If I can't see this young son of King Su again, I simply sent him to Queen Wang to be raised by Queen Wang."

Here, the story has come to an end.

However, Princess Yan's expression changed slightly, and she whispered to her son: "You should have heard about the latter. However, I have heard another saying: It is said that when Emperor Wu's concubine died, Emperor Xiaozong died. The emperor was very sad. He once held her hand and wept and said, "Ning Guo's sacrifice will not be in vain. This ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains will be passed on to my son in the future" - this is what Emperor Xiaozong and Wu Huanggui said. , The 'my son' here refers to King Su. During the Xiaozong Dynasty, the Zheng family was extremely holy. There were rumors at one time that Emperor Xiaozong had promised to make the Zheng family an empress..."

"At that time, your father and king married me, and the first emperor married the cousin of the Wang family. Only King Su was young, and the marriage had not been discussed yet. But later, King Su suddenly went to the northern border, and Emperor Xiaozong made up for his imperial edict on the northern border after a few months. After that, King Su was in the northern border, sharpening his sword and going to the northern border. The war of soldiers forced Beiman to retreat year after year, but he himself rarely returned to Beijing. And Emperor Xiaozong's favor for the Zheng family gradually declined in his later years, and Zheng Shoufu even had to abdicate. When the late emperor mentioned Pei Ge Lao, he was obviously remorseful about the relationship between the eldest princess of Ningguo and his relatives. Later, when the late emperor ascended the throne, the Yuan empress passed away, and the current Empress Dowager Zheng was established as his successor, and then there was another Zheng Cifu, the Zheng family. It also followed the revival of the family voice, which can be considered to have rounded up the rumors at the beginning."

"I can only say so much about the matter here. If you are careful and think about it a little, you can probably guess eight or nine points."

Indeed, Princess Yan has almost made it clear what happened before and after. Emperor Xiaozong should have intended to pass on the position of the youngest son from the very beginning. In order to add help to the youngest son, he also thought of giving him the first assistant daughter. But Fu Changxi obviously hated the relationship between the eldest princess of Ningguo and his relatives. He not only hated Emperor Xiaozong, the father who was always good, but also said that he was the most important father at critical moments. He also hated Zheng Shoufu, the first assistant who pushed for the relationship. Therefore, he rejected Emperor Xiaozong's offer of marriage, and also rejected Emperor Xiaozong's throne and the country, and went to northern Xinjiang to fight Beiman.

Even Fu Nianjia couldn't help but sigh after hearing such a thing: "Uncle Su's temperament... is really powerful."

If Fu Changxi only persisted in this kind of thing for a year or two, others would probably laugh at him for being young and arrogant. It's nothing else, it's this ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, it's the throne everyone yearns for, and it's the supreme authority in the world.

However, from the memory of Fu Nianjia's previous life, Fu Changxi really insisted on it all his life. Even Fu Nianjia couldn't find the right words for a while, and could only sigh with emotion, "It's really amazing."

When Princess Yan heard the words, she nodded slightly and agreed: "Yes, your uncle Su Wang is indeed a very powerful person."

Fu Nianjia closed his eyes slightly, as if thinking about something, then he got up from the couch, lifted the corner of his robe, and knelt down.

Princess Yan was taken aback and said quickly, "What is this? Get up!"

It stands to reason that it is summer now, and the ground is not as cold as it used to be, but this is the only son that Princess Yan has loved for more than ten years. On weekdays, it hurts to lose a hair, so how can he be willing to see him kneeling on the ground.

Fu Nianjia knelt on the ground, looked up at her, and said solemnly, word by word, "I also ask my mother to marry the daughter of the Zhen family for me."

"The Zhen family?" Princess Yan frowned without realizing it, and couldn't help but say, "Although Zhen Yiyun is good, but today is still..."

"I'm not talking about Zhen Yiyun." Fu Nianjia knelt on the ground, but his back was straight. He looked up at Princess Yan and said seriously, "Mother, the one I want to marry is the young daughter of the Zhen family, Zhen Tingyun. "

He has missed it twice, and this time, no matter what Uncle Su's intentions are for Zhen Tingyun, he still has to try again.

Otherwise, it will never be reconciled.

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At this time, Zhen Tingyun was still sitting in the carriage.

Zhen Tingyun was still a little stunned when he got into the car. He thought about what Fu Nianjia said, and then wondered how her husband would come to pick her up. He was confused and didn't know what to say.

Fu Changxi sat leaning against the cushion, seeing that she was still a little stunned, he couldn't help but reached out and pinched her cheek.

The fingertips were soft and smooth to the touch, and his heart moved without realizing it, but Fu Changxi still had a calm expression on his face, and he teased: "I was stupid, why is it even more stupid now."

Zhen Tingyun: "..."

After being tossed by him like this, Zhen Tingyun didn't stay there, so he could only ask honestly, "Sir, why are you here?"

This is not the right question to ask.

I remembered that I learned yesterday that she was going to attend the lotus viewing banquet, and I couldn't sleep all night. This morning, I couldn't even read the official documents. After wandering in the palace for a long time, I decided to come to the palace to pick her up. As a result, he hesitated and thought about it in every possible way, and when he came to her, he only said "Sir, why are you here".

For a while, Fu Changxi seemed to be choking on something, and his face changed, but he reacted very quickly, and immediately turned his back on the offensive, so he asked her in a leisurely manner: "I haven't asked you yet—you met in the palace. What are you doing, why do you still look dumb when you go out?"

Hearing this, Zhen Tingyun remembered those troubles again, he couldn't help frowning, and sighed very worriedly.

Fu Changxi really couldn't get used to her appearance, and said to her: "You are a little girl, you are a little big, where is the trouble? You are still sighing like others..."

As he said that, he raised his hand and smoothed the crease between her brows for her.

The fingertips touched Zhen Tingyun's eyebrows, with thin calluses, as if the heat was amazing.

Zhen Tingyun just reacted, his face couldn't help burning hot, he quickly turned his head away, only to feel that the skin he touched between his eyebrows was still hot and numb. After a while, she answered, "It was my eldest sister who had an accident in the palace."

Zhen Tingyun actually didn't want to talk about Fu Nianjia's affairs he was heart-to-heart. Even Zhen Tingyun himself was reluctant to tell others about her dream before coming to Beijing. Of course, he couldn't tell others about Fu Nianjia's affairs. As for Zhen Yiyun's matter, although it is a family scandal that cannot be made public, Zhen Tingyun has always trusted Mr. Fu Changxi, and he didn't hide it after thinking about it. After hiding the matter of Fu Nianjia, he told him vaguely.

After that, Zhen Tingyun was really worried again, opened his eyes to look at Fu Changxi, put his cheeks again, and sighed: "I don't even dare to go home now - if something like this happens, I don't know what's going on at home. ."

Fu Changxi found it funny: "The person who can enter the backyard of the palace must not be an easy person, and if you think about it, he is worthy of your sister. After her marriage is decided, this matter is over, and it is impossible to say that it is still in the mouths of others. What a good story."

But Zhen Tingyun didn't agree: "My eldest sister has always been arrogant and arrogant, so she probably despised that man and would never want to marry like this." What's more, the man was arranged by Fu Nianjia. The cold disgust towards Zhen Yiyun in her tone may mean that she has arranged some messy people, and Zhen Yiyun will not marry even if she is successful.

Zhen Tingyun was thinking about how to end this matter, but Fu Changxi's thoughts moved and suddenly said, "How do you say it so clearly, as if you saw it with your own eyes?"

According to Zhen Tingyun's words, there was a banquet at the time, and Zhen Yiyun was able to get out of the banquet because he won the first prize in poetry. Even if something happened to Zhen Yiyun after that, and the Yan Wangfu covered her up and sent her back, and explained something to Zhen Tingyun, her younger sister, but Zhen Tingyun shouldn't have known it so clearly, as if he happened to see it at the time.

Zhen Tingyun didn't know much about lying, but when he was blocked by him, he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing her expression, Fu Changxi already guessed: "So, you really saw it with your own eyes?"

Zhen Tingyun glanced at him and stopped talking.

Fu Changxi confirmed his guess. After a moment of silence, his tone suddenly became colder, and he asked, "Did Fu Nianjia invite you to see it?"

Zhen Tingyun felt that her husband was amazing - in order to hide Fu Nianjia's affairs, she obviously didn't mention him at all, but her husband could pick out Fu Nianjia from the mess.

Of course, Zhen Tingyun didn't know that it was the vinegar vat falling down. He just thought that Fu Changxi was really a clever plan, so he had to argue: "How is this possible? Where did you think about..."

Fu Changxi had already guessed most of it, and couldn't help sneering: "As far as I know, your elder sister is a selfish and snobby person. Ordinary people are afraid that they can't tell her to self-destruct and willingly dive into the water to save her. It is estimated that she At that time, I thought it was Prince Yan who fell into the water, so I jumped down by myself. But, the real Prince Yan pulled you and watched from the side..."

Seeing that Fu Changxi had already guessed everything, Zhen Tingyun couldn't hide it any longer, so he had to change his mouth and flatter the other party with a bitter face: "I knew I couldn't hide it from Mr.

Thinking of Fu Nianjia and Zhen Tingyun being alone, Fu Changxi couldn't help but sunk his face, snorted coldly, and stopped talking.

Zhen Tingyun didn't know what he was angry about, so he straightened up and leaned over to please, "Sir, don't be angry. How about I slap you on the shoulders?"

Seeing her dark eyes staring at him, Fu Changxi seemed to be begging, and he felt a little soft-hearted for a while.

Of course, being soft-hearted, Fu Changxi still had to put on an air and say to her: "I'm afraid that this matter about your sister is also the calculation of the Prince of Yan, which shows that he has a deep scheming; he still wants to take you on the sidelines for such a thing. , it shows that he has a bad heart."

Although he was speaking ill of his most important nephew, Fu Changxi did not blushed or was out of breath, and spoke very calmly, and he could even say that he was sincere: "Such a person with deep scheming and evil intentions, you will still leave in the future. He should be farther away."

Zhen Tingyun: "...Well, I see."

In fact, after knowing about Fu Nianjia, Zhen Tingyun's first thought was to stay away from the other party - Fu Nianjia's past is too complicated, and now she just wants to live her own life, and doesn't want to get involved in those so-called in the past.

If possible, Zhen Tingyun also hopes that Fu Nianjia can forget those things and live his life well.

Seeing Zhen Tingyun being so obedient, he deserved to be straightforward, Fu Changxi was also very relieved, raised his hand and stroked the top of her hair, showing a smile.

The two master and apprentice were talking, but the carriage stopped at the door of Zhen's house very quickly. Although Zhen Tingyun was upset about the things at home, he couldn't help but go home. Xiao and Fu Changxi said: "Sir, then I'll go back first?"

Fu Changxi can guess the truth of Zhen Yiyun's affairs, and naturally he can also guess the current situation of the Zhen family. For a while, he was a little reluctant to ask Zhen Tingyun to get out of the car, and after a pause, he said, "Well, be careful yourself."

Zhen Tingyun no longer had the frowning and sighing look that he had at first, and looked at Fu Changxi with a full smile: "I know."

After a pause, she said again: "I know that you are worried about me, sir, so you took time out of your busy schedule to come to the palace to pick me up. At such a time, I feel a lot better when I can see and talk to you, sir. "

Sometimes, Zhen Tingyun really felt that his husband seemed to be a god who could answer every request on the altar, and would always appear in front of him when he was in distress.

When they first met, of course he saved him first, but it was he who taught her how to read and blow the flute, which enabled her to successfully enter the women's school.

After that, no matter what difficulties she encountered, he always appeared in time and just right to solve her problems.

Because of this, when she came out of the palace with a chaotic heart today, and watched him lift the curtain, smile at her, and wave at her, her heart was inexplicably settled.

After all, this is her husband.

Zhen Tingyun was very calm for a moment, smiled and bowed to Fu Changxi, then grabbed his skirt and got out of the car and walked towards the gate of Zhen's house.

As soon as she got to the door, she saw the concierge greet her, and said in a loud voice, "Second girl is back!"

Zhen Tingyun had already suppressed the smile on his face at this time, and when he heard the words, he raised his eyelashes and glanced at him.

When the concierge saw her, she burst into tears of joy, and quickly explained: "The man from the palace sent the eldest girl back, and when the wife saw the eldest girl's appearance, she immediately fainted, and the person who asked the doctor for medicine was in chaos again. However, the people from the palace only said a few words and left, and the master had no choice but to tell the old slave to look after the door. If the second girl comes back, you will report back immediately. But the second girl, you are not riding in the carriage at home today. , the old slave is also panicking here..."

Having said that, the concierge also had some doubts in his heart: My girl didn't ride in the family's carriage, and whose carriage did she come back?

Listening to the concierge's broken thoughts, Zhen Tingyun had a bad premonition in his heart, but he raised his hand, stopped the concierge's voice, and said calmly, "Don't say it, I'll go see my father and others. Mother."

The author has something to say: Emperor Xiaozong and Fu Changxi are considered different fathers and sons, so they quarreled.

Emperor Xiaozong's idea was: Your sister sacrificed for the country, and I will pass the throne to you in the future. If you become a good emperor and manage the country well, your sister will not be sacrificed in vain.

Fu Changxi said, "Everything upstairs is false, I won't listen to it!" You still want me to marry the daughter of the old man who gave my sister a kiss? ! Forget it, I can't tell with a person like you, I will fight Beiman myself, and I will tell you that Taiping was beaten and not sent to my daughter to ask for it! Anyway, I will not marry a wife and have children, nor will I inherit your country, and I will never let you wish.

Of course, in the end, Emperor Xiaozong really regretted it, so he would revive Mrs. Pei who had spoken against the marriage.