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Chapter 643: Calm and Unhurried Ms. Rong [asking for monthly votes! ]

"It was given by Princess Anhui."

Halfway through, Rong Zhen seemed to have noticed a gaze from behind him, and he suddenly spoke without looking back.

"what?"

Ouyang Rong asked curiously, moving his eyes away from the light purple palace skirt on Rong Zhen. He had just walked halfway when he realized that what Ms. Rong was wearing today was a little different.

Rong Zhen did not pause, her back still straight, her hands raised and her steps forward, she continued:
"I said I didn't want it, but the princess pulled me this morning and insisted on trying on this outfit as a gift to me... I was too late when I came here, so I didn't change it... Don't say anything, I know it looks weird, and I don't need you to remind me, and I didn't wear it for you to see..."

"Forehead."

Ouyang Rong realized that he was talking about this new palace dress and shook his head.

"No, actually I thought this one is pretty, it looks like violets..."

In front, Rong Zhen lowered his head slightly when he heard the praise, and then he heard the sudden question from the back:

"Who is Violet? Which girl do you know?"

Ouyang Rong realized that there seemed to be no such flower as violets in this era, and explained:

"It's a lavender flower. It's called differently in my hometown."

"Oh."

Rong Zhen responded calmly.

The atmosphere between the two gradually fell into silence.

Quietly walked forward for a while.

"Don't think too much about it, it's just a coincidence..."

"Ms. Rong and..."

The two people walking in front and behind spoke almost in unison.

The words collided.

"Ms. Rong, please speak first." Ouyang Rong said politely.

"Nothing to say. Just go ahead." Rong Zhen waved his hand impatiently, "Don't dilly-dally."

"Ah."

Ouyang Rong said calmly:

"Ms. Rong and Princess Anhui's relationship is getting better and better."

Rong Zhen pursed her lips, and after a while, she explained:
"Princess Anhui is your majesty's niece's granddaughter. She stayed in Jiangzhou to worship Buddha for your majesty and his family. Your majesty issued an oral decree, ordering us to take care of her. I have to go there every three days to visit her.

"I see."

Ouyang Rong nodded slightly.

The air between the two fell into silence again.

Walked for a while.

"Ouyang Lianghan."

"Ok?"

Rong Zhen shouted and explained one more sentence:

"Master Anhui is very good. She is well-known in Luojing for her kindness. She is different from the impression most people of the Wei family have."

Ouyang Rong glanced at her back and smiled calmly:

"Oh, why are you talking to me about this, Madam?"

Rong Zhen turned around and glanced at him:
"Being kind is not a reason to be bullied. You must keep an eye on Prince Xunyang and stop looking for her. It's not appropriate, especially since Deputy Supervisor Song still regards Princess Anhui as his beloved disciple's fiancée and goddaughter.

"Prince Xunyang is harassing Lin Cheng during his mourning period. This really hurts our goodwill. Deputy Supervisor Song doesn't have the good temper of Princess Anhui."

Ouyang Rong was somewhat speechless:
"The prince hasn't come back yet, why are you talking to me about this, Ms. Rong?"

Rong Zhen curled his lips: "Aren't we going back to the city in the next two days?"

Ouyang Rong was quiet for a moment, then asked, "How come Ms. Rong is more informed than I am?"

Rong Zhen retracted his gaze and looked straight ahead.

"If it was in the past, I would have turned a blind eye, but now is a critical moment. We must work together to build the Buddha and resist the rebels in the Tiannan Jianghu. We cannot allow any irreconcilable conflicts to arise within Xunyang City. We must put the overall situation first."

Ouyang Rong shook his head:
"There is another way. Ms. Rong, why don't you persuade Princess Anhui to leave Xunyang City and return to the capital first? She can worship Buddha anytime. Now the situation in Xunyang City is becoming increasingly tense, so the princess should avoid it."

Rong Zhen shook his head and explained:

"I heard from Princess Anhui that it was the intention of King Liang in the capital. Not only did they worship Buddha, but they also said that the daughter of the Wei family must remain faithful and chaste. Although the two of them are only engaged and have not yet married, Princess Anhui and Lin Cheng's birth dates have been exchanged, so she is considered his fiancée.

"Now that my fiancé has passed away, he sacrificed himself for the court and His Majesty. He died a heroic death. As a daughter of the Wei family, I cannot retreat. I should stay at the front line in Xunyang to mourn and observe my chastity.

"I don't want to wear mourning clothes like a real husband or relative, but I still have to wear minor mourning clothes. It's just right to mourn for her cousin Wei Shaoxuan at the same time. The civil and military officials of the court are watching. Princess Anhui represents the reputation of the Liang Palace and the Wei family.

"So, you can only return to the capital after this mourning period is over and find a good match for marriage."

There are five different levels of mourning clothes, namely, Zhansai, Qisai, Dagong, Xiaogong and Jiema, representing the closeness of the relationship between the mourner and the deceased, which are the so-called "five mourning clothes".

The mourning period is three years, the mourning period is one year, the great mourning period is nine months, the minor mourning period is five months, and the mourning period of hemp is three months.

Prince of Liang Wei Sixing ordered Princess Anhui to perform minor duties on Lin Cheng and Wei Shaoxuan, which meant staying for five months.

Ouyang Rong nodded:

"The Wei family really knows how to pay a fortune for horse bones. Once this matter gets out, the value of the Wei family daughter will definitely be even higher."

Rong Zhen sneered:

"Why, you are also interested, do you want me to help you matchmake and marry a girl from the Wei family?"

Ouyang Rong was helpless: "I am not popular with the two princes of the Wei family. I don't have this blessing anymore."

"You are quite self-aware." Rong Zhen nodded, thought for a moment, and looked as if he remembered something. He shook his head gently: "But it's not certain. After all, your last name is not Li."

Ouyang Rong teased: "Then the relationship is good, I have to ask for one, or Princess Anhui, you also said that the princess is kind and can take care of Brother Lin, I am willing to wait."

"You're just joking. You're becoming more and more slick."

Rong Zhen chuckled, but his smile was not real.

At this time, the two people who were joking came to the Supervisory Office in Xunyangfang.

As soon as he entered the room, Ouyang Rong saw a group of palace messengers hurriedly saying goodbye and leaving. They should be the envoys from Luoyang who delivered the imperial edict.

Walking into the hall, Rong Zhen indeed took out an imperial edict and handed it to Ouyang Rong:
"Look for yourself."

Ouyang Rong opened it and saw a bunch of difficult and pretentious words, but in fact it was just about a few simple personnel appointments.

There was no personnel change in Jiangzhou, but after discussion among the ministers of the Luojing Political Affairs Hall, His Majesty allowed the decision to draw two battalions each from the White Tiger Guard and the Black Tortoise Guard, totaling 4,000 elite soldiers, and transfer them to the southwest front to assist the Jiangzhou Supervisory Office and the front-line central military camp.

Ouyang Rong read the latest imperial edict calmly.

Didn't hand it back immediately.

His eyes focused on the names of the leading generals of the White Tiger Guard Battalion and the Black Tortoise Guard Battalion. There was no "Wei" character, but there was a familiar character: "Wei".

Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that the Wei family may have planted people in the Fourth Battalion.

But at least there are people from our family among them... "Ouyang Lianghan, how is it?"

Rong Zhen asked:

"I suggest to transfer the elite soldiers of Xuanwu Guard and Baihu Guard according to local conditions. These two guards are very good at dealing with Qigong practitioners, and they have their own special features. They can target this group of rebels in Tiannan Jianghu. There are also many powerful Qigong practitioners in the two guards. I know them...

"And there are a full 4,000 people. We have specially transferred more. Even if Marshal Qin needs it, we can transfer one battalion to the southwest front for support. The remaining three battalions are more than enough to defend Xunyang City."

Ouyang Rong nodded slightly. Previously, there was only one black-armored Xuanwu Camp in the front-line central army camp. This organized army targeting Qi Refiners had already crushed the heroes of the Hong and Jiang states.

"Okay." He said calmly, "And now the decree has been issued. Ms. Rong asked me what I suggest. Of course I will obey your order."

"If you have any objections, I can write a petition with you to request it again." Rong Zhen lowered his eyes and said softly.

Ouyang Rong shook his head and said, "It's probably too late. Let's just leave it like this. I've taken a look and it seems OK. The most important thing is whether it meets Ms. Rong's wishes. This reinforcement was also proposed by Ms. Rong."

"Sure." She raised her chin slightly.

"We have enough people to stabilize the situation in Xunyang. If these rebels from the south dare to come, we will make sure they never return. Ha, you are used to bullying the south, have you forgotten the power of the court? The focus of our dynasty is in the north, in Guanzhong, but it does not mean that the south is a lawless place."

After a while, Rong Zhen had something else to do, so Ouyang Rong said goodbye first.

Last time, Ouyang Rong reminded Rong Zhen that there was something fishy about these bronze Yunmeng Orders. I wonder if this lady historian listened to him.

Anyway, Ouyang Rong later saw that Ms. Rong ordered the female officials of the Supervisory Office to conduct a strict search for the Yunmeng Order as usual, and did not allow any scholar or citizen in Xunyang City to privately keep this item.

In addition, Ms. Rong seems to be busy recently, transferring the rebellious prisoners from the Jiuzhou Prison in Xunyangfang to the Xinzhou Prison near Shuangfengjian on the outskirts of the city.

That old man Yang also followed him over.

Judging from the current situation, Shuangfengjian Xunyang Grottoes must be strictly guarded. In recent days, Jiangzhou Hall has been asked to help issue an official document:
Xunyang citizens are prohibited from going near Shuangfengjian. Outsiders are not allowed to approach without a warrant from the government. Those who mistakenly enter will be detained. In addition, the Shuangfengjian Wharf will also stop foreign ships from docking...

In this way, the Xunyang Grottoes are semi-closed.

Ouyang Rong had been hesitating whether to emphasize Yunmeng Ling again, but seeing how she was proceeding in an orderly manner, he gave up. It would be deliberate to say anything more.

Leaving the Supervisory Office and on the way back.

Inside the carriage, he lowered his eyes slightly.

Among the generals of the Xuanwu and Baihu guards transferred this time, there are descendants of the Wei family, who are the family members of Princess Wei Mei.

Many of the Jingzhao Wei family's descendants entered officialdom and joined the military, and some of them held key positions in the imperial court.

This was also what Ouyang Rong valued, and it was something he had planned in advance before he and the Xunyang Palace decided to write a letter to ask for help.

The two of them discussed the matter via secret letters with Xie Xun, Shen Xisheng, Prince Xiang and others in Luoyang, and also informed Jingzhao Wei family through a letter from Princess Wei Mei.

In the end, the Baoli faction in Luoyang jointly fought for this appointment.

Although the imperial edict stated that the arrangement was discussed at a meeting in the Political Affairs Hall, the actual situation was that the candidates had already been discussed privately with all parties in advance and the decision was made, and it was just a formality.

Therefore, Ouyang Rong was not surprised when he saw the personnel arrangements in the imperial edict, but it was very interesting that Rong Zhen asked him one more question.

The request of Xunyang Wang Lixian, the request of Jiangzhou Governor Ouyang Lianghan, the request of Ms. Rongzhen, and the request of Deputy Supervisor Song... all of them have the right to make personnel recommendations, and this is a compromise plan that everyone can accept.

There are many twists and turns in it.

For example, the children of the Wei family are definitely not allowed to come and take up important positions anymore. Xunyang Palace and Ouyang Rong will definitely not agree to this. And Her Majesty the Queen and the Council of State Affairs must respect their opinions for now, after all, the Big Buddha is about to fall to the ground.

For example, there are actually several contingency plans that can be used as a second-best option, predicting the reactions of His Majesty or the two kings of the Wei family in advance, leaving room for them to reject or deny...

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips.

At this time, Yan Liulang boarded the carriage and whispered:

"Mingfu, according to your arrangement, the sentry post over there has been lifted, and all the personnel have been withdrawn, leaving only a few who are supposed to patrol the streets on schedule."

"How do the two sisters from the Fang family react?"

"The sentry post was withdrawn the afternoon before yesterday. They went out once after dinner the day before yesterday. They didn't walk far. They took a walk along the shore of Xingzi Lake and returned to the yard in less than an hour. It was the same yesterday. They didn't go out during the day. After dinner in the evening, they went out for a walk for an hour and returned as usual... It wasn't until this morning that they heard any movement. They went to Chengtian Temple early in the morning."

"Why did you go to Chengtian Temple and who did you meet?" Ouyang Rong asked calmly.

"I didn't notice anything strange. They seemed to be worshipping Buddha normally. Later, they met a few Zen masters from the temple. Other than that, I didn't see them seeing any foreign pilgrims."

"Is there a list of the Zen masters they have met?"

"Yes, I took a note of it and made some general inquiries. As for more in-depth information, I have already sent people to investigate." Yan Liulang seemed to be prepared and took out a stack of white paper from his arms and handed it over.

Ouyang Rong looked down and observed for a moment.

"Master Yizhi...what does this name with the red circle mean?"

Ouyang Rong suddenly pointed at a name and asked.

Yan Liulang nodded: "This Zen master is a little special, so I marked his disciple. The prefect may know him."

"Who?"

He asked with some curiosity.

"It's the chubby little novice monk, with the Dharma name of Juti. He was in the Beitian Nursing Home and took care of the embroiderer girl."

Ouyang Rong narrowed his eyes slightly, was silent for a while, and asked:
"Have the two sisters from the Fang family finished worshipping Buddha and left?"

"No, they went back to the yard. I haven't seen them come out all morning."

"Okay, Liu Lang, keep watching them. As long as they leave that yard, even if they go back to the south of the city, you must follow them."

"Yes, Mingfu."

Yan Liulang clasped his fists and retreated with a serious face.

Soon, the carriage arrived at a secluded spot under the shade of a tree near a quiet courtyard.

Ouyang Rong lowered his head to look at the list, sat for a while, put it in his sleeve, and closed his eyes to rest.

Just before Yan Liulang left, he reminded that Xiu Niang and Pei Shisan Niang had gone to the East Market to buy things in the morning and had not returned yet.

Less than half an hour later, Pei Shisanniang's luxurious carriage appeared at the end of the main road.

The luxurious carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the quiet courtyard. As the beautiful woman wearing a purple and gold cape looked on with a smile, the blindfolded and pretty girl lightly got off the carriage with a basket and walked towards the courtyard, her steps brisk with a cane...

Ouyang Rong sat alone in the carriage, waiting quietly under the shade of a tree in the distance.

Pei Shisanniang's luxurious carriage left, and Xiu Niang entered the courtyard welcomed by the Fang sisters, but he still did not move.

After a while, Pei Shisan Niang returned quietly, as if she had received the message. She got into the car alone and saluted gracefully.

"Son..."

Ouyang Rong opened his eyes, looked at her, and started asking about the embroiderer's situation. There are some things that women like Pei Shisan Niang are most sensitive to.

"Don't worry, sir. Miss Xiu Niang should be in a good mood recently. She doesn't seem to have any worries or dissatisfaction. Don't worry, sir."

"it is good."

After an incense stick of time, he watched Pei Shisan Niang leave. He looked up at the sky and saw that it was almost noon.

Ouyang Rong then got off the car and walked towards the quiet courtyard where smoke was curling...

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