Yupo Yunhun and the Man-made King

Chapter 35 Remembering the Wife

Yan Luan said: "Who has he been in contact with?"

Lu Bingdao: "He stayed in Beijing for a total of half a month. Apart from living in the Hou Mansion every night, he met Xie Zihu three or four times, and each of the others two or three times." sheet.

Yan Luan looked at it, there were five or six names on the list, and one of them seemed familiar, so he asked, "Who are these people?"

Lu Bingdao: "It's a few small officials below the fifth rank, and they are all idle jobs."

Yan Luan thought for a while and said: "Let him go, if he really has some tricks, he will definitely make the next move, wait until he shows his feet."

Lu Bing answered yes, hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, forgive me. I couldn't find you a few days ago, and I have reported this matter directly to the emperor. I went to the palace today to ask for an audience. I heard Eunuch Yan say that the emperor is not in the palace. My lord Do you know where the emperor is? Do you want to ask the holy will?"

Before Yan Luan could answer, Zhao Ying's voice sounded from Dongnuan Pavilion: "Lu Bing, your errand should be better and better. Mr. Yan has already told you how to deal with it, but you said you want to ask me what I mean. If it were any other boss, just based on your words, the Wusha hat on your head would no longer be safe. I really don’t know how you, the third-rank General Jinyiwei, got into it.” While talking, Zhao Ying had already Opened the door and walked out.

Lu Bing was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Ying, and couldn't help saying: "I have disturbed the holy car, I deserve death for my crime."

Zhao Ying ignored Lu Bing, and only said to Yan Luan: "Are you trying to let Lie Er go?"

Yan Luan said: "The minister wants Lu Bing to investigate first, and then we can discuss after investigation."

Zhao Ying said: "That's fine." Then he said to Lu Bing: "Still leaving? Waiting for Master Yan to keep you for dinner?"

Lu Bing hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Yes, I will resign." Then he bowed deeply to Yan Luan and said, "Resign from the humble position."

Lu Bing was led out of the second door by the girl, and when he saw Lu Tong waiting there, he complained, "Brother Lu, why are you hurting me so much? Your Majesty is here, and you still let me in?"

Lu Tong laughed and said, "I wouldn't dare to harm Mr. Lu. You said that you had something urgent to ask the master, so I informed you. I think if the master doesn't want to see you, he will naturally not let you enter the inner courtyard."

Lu Bing smiled wryly and said: "Master Yan is the same, causing me to be scolded by the emperor again. By the way, brother Lu, you have been with the emperor for more than ten years. I just want to ask you, if there are some errands, what do the emperor and Lord Yan mean?" If not, then who wants to do it?"

Lu Tong said with a smile: "My lord Lu, you are General Jin Yiwei, the emperor's closest favorite, do you still need to ask me about this? If you think about it carefully, even if the emperor and our master start to disagree about something, the final The decision is based on whose will, haven't you seen it?"

Lu Bing thought for a while, and it seemed that everything was according to Yan Luan's idea in the end.He smiled and said, "Understood."

Lu Tongdao: "Actually, I'm also a little curious. In the past, when the late emperor had any political differences with our master, who would he listen to?"

Lu Bingdao: "No, in the past, the late Emperor listened to whatever Master Yan said. The two of them never had a dispute."

Lu Tong was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Lord Lu, if your words reach the emperor's ears..."

Lu Bing said anxiously: "Brother Lu, you asked me to tell me this, you can't harm me..."

Lu Tong said with a smile: "It's just a joke, why is Lord Lu so anxious? You are a close minister of the emperor, so timid."

After Lu Bing left, Yan Luan said to Zhao Ying, "Sleep for a while?"

Zhao Ying said: "No, I have something to do tonight and I have to go back to the palace. Will you go to court tomorrow?"

Yan Luan said: "Go to court, I will see you off."

At this moment, Feng Ming said: "I'll send it to the emperor."

Yan Luan said: "Alright."

Feng Ming put on Zhao Ying's outer shirt, straightened his clothes and trousers, checked the jade pendant sachet he was carrying with him, and sent Zhao Ying out.While walking, Feng Ming said: "You should treat him better."

Zhao Ying smiled and said, "When will I treat him badly?"

Feng Ming said: "You have a wife, children, and a country. What does he have? Apart from you, he has nothing. I heard that the empress is going to draft for you. In the future, you will have more and more concubines. You call him... ...Tell him to compete with those concubines?"

Zhao Ying said: "I said you were so fierce to me today, so that's why. The queen mentioned the draft, but I didn't agree. You know my heart best. It's been more than ten years. You still have What are you worried about?"

Feng Ming nodded and said: "I know, San Lang, you won't let him down."

Zhao Ying said: "It's hot outside, you can just send it here, go back."

Feng Ming returned to the courtyard, Ping'er said: "Master has something to look for sister."

Feng Ming entered the upper room and saw Yan Luan picking books from the bookshelves in the study, so he also entered the study.Seeing Fengming coming in, Yan Luan pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down."

After Feng Ming waited for Yan Luan to sit down, he only sat halfway on the chair.

Yan Luan said: "Talk to the kitchen to stew some nourishing soup suitable for pregnant women every day and send it to the grand prince's courtyard. In addition, Wen Po and nanny should be found in advance. There are also some children's bedding, underwear, shoes and socks... ..."

Feng Ming smiled and said: "I don't need to worry about these things, I will take care of them myself."

Yan Luan smiled and said: "I know you can take care of it, but I'm just telling you. By the way, how much money did the eldest son have every month?"

Feng Ming said: "When I was in the Beijing Palace, it was 100 taels per month. After returning to Wuhan, the cost was a bit more frugal, and it was 50 taels a month. Later, he got married, that is, 50 taels each with the young lady. Later, when I returned to Beijing and became a prince, I didn’t have to pay the monthly money, so I don’t know. But I heard it was 300 taels.”

Yan Luan said: "So many? We can't compare to the palace, you can just send 50 taels over every month. They leave the palace in a hurry, and they probably don't have any money on them, so you can send them over in a while."

Feng Ming said with a smile: "You still need the master to order, I just sent someone to send 100 taels over."

Yan Luan nodded and said: "Now I have paid for the expenses of the eldest son and his wife, if the money is not enough, you can tell me, don't pay any more."

Feng Ming said with a smile: "Master, why is he so stingy? Could it be that when his official position was low, his monthly salary was also low, so he was used to being careful and careful."

Yan Luan said: "When I first became an official, I was a sixth-rank editor, and my monthly salary was only ten taels of silver. At that time, I liked to drink, and I spent five or six taels of silver to socialize with my colleagues, and I took it home every month. It was only four taels. My wife at the time was very virtuous, so she used the four taels of silver to take care of everything inside and out. At that time, there were only two girls in the family, and she had to do her own needlework with a big belly. She never complained to me about the lack of money, now that I think about it, she probably filled it with her own dowry." Speaking of this, seeing Feng Ming's eyes were full of tears, he handed over a veil and said: "Why are you crying? It happened so long ago."

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Chinese New Year is approaching, and I wanted to write a New Year's episode. After two days of planning, I decided to write a story that was born at the time of the original text of "Rain Pond and Cloud Soul".

I remember that Jinjiang used to have a lot of book reviews of "Rain and Cloud Soul", and there was a building in it, one of which summarized the timeline of "Rain and Cloud Soul" very well. I have been using that as my reference, but I can't find it recently. .I can only try to find it in the original text, which may not be so rigorous. If there is any discrepancy in time, please correct me.

This story happened when Zhao Xuan had already seen Zhao Ying and Yan Luan in Goulanyuan, but Zhao Xuan hadn't attacked Yan Luan yet.

In the ninth year of Xintai, summer.This morning, Zhao Xuan was still sitting on the dragon chair, and Zhao Ying's big master chair was placed on Zhao Xuan's left side not far from the dragon chair.Yan Luan had just recently been promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Bachelor of Wenhua Pavilion. Among the civil servants, only the first assistant Yao Tinglin and the second assistant Xie Zihu had official positions higher than Yan Luan.Yao Tinglin took sick leave again these days, so Xie Zihu was the only one standing in front of Yan Luan in the early morning literature class.

Yan Luan stood at the bottom of the steps and looked at Zhao Xuan, who was growing taller on the dragon chair, with growing unwillingness and resentment on his young face.But Zhao Ying, who was sitting next to her, had the usual disdain and contempt on her expression.

Yan Luan came out of the class and bowed to play: "Your Majesty, my lord, Chen Wenying, the secretary of the Nanjing Imperial Academy, returned to Beijing to report on his duties. I have seen that he has been diligent, clean and honest, and has a good official reputation in Nanjing these years. Township, I would like to recommend Chen Wenying to be promoted to the post of Jijiu in Guozijian."

When Zhao Ying heard Yan Luan's words, she felt a little unhappy. No matter which minister wanted to recommend such an important position as the Guozijian Jijiu, he should have greeted Zhao Ying in advance.Yan Luan is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so he should know this rule even more.Zhao Ying slightly turned her head to look at Zhao Xuan's expression, seeing that Zhao Xuan was a little happy, obviously she knew about it early in the morning, and her heart became even more angry.

Sure enough, Zhao Xuan said: "What Yan Aiqing said is really..."

"Your Majesty, Yichen thinks Lord Yan's recommendation is a bit hasty. Chen Wenying was convicted and sent to the Nanjing Imperial Academy to be a secretary. In the past few years, she hasn't seen any achievements. How can she be promoted to Beijing to be an Imperial Academy priest? "Zhao Ying interrupted Zhao Xuan without waiting for Zhao Xuan to finish speaking.

Zhao Xuan said: "I think Chen Wenying has some talent..."

Zhao Ying interrupted again: "When Chen Wenying was transferred to Nanjing, how old was Your Majesty, do you remember what happened at that time?"

Zhao Xuan's face was flushed with anger and humiliation, his right hand was tightly holding the armrest of the dragon chair, and he said for a long time: "Then what does the emperor mean?"

Zhao Ying said: "It's better to ask your lords to mention a few candidates, so that I can compare with Your Majesty."

At this time, Xie Zihu was out of work and recommended a magistrate.Then half of the officials agreed.

Zhao Xuan looked at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the main hall of Qianqing Palace, and thought of the allusion of "pointing a deer into a horse".

Yan Luan watched Zhao Xuan's face getting worse and worse, and the feeling of pity in his heart surged up again.No matter how tall or strong this young man is now, in Yan Luan's heart, he is always the lonely and helpless child crying and throwing himself in his arms.

Yan Luan bowed and said: "Your Majesty, my lord, this matter is a matter of haste, why don't you ask me to do more investigations, and discuss the lack of sacrificial wine at the Imperial College for another day."

Zhao Xuan looked at Zhao Ying and said, "According to Uncle Huang's opinion?"

Zhao Ying said: "Let's talk about it another day."

Yan Luan knew that Zhao Xuan was not feeling well, so after coming down to court, he went directly to Zhaoren Hall where Zhao Xuan handled government affairs daily.Just as Yan Luan was about to see the ceremony, Zhao Xuan grabbed her and said, "Sir, there is no outsider, come and talk to me quickly, sir." As he spoke, he pulled Yan Luan onto the couch he usually sat next to himself sit down.

Yan Luan touched Zhao Xuan's hand which was a little cold, and said softly, "Is Your Majesty still angry?"

Zhao Xuan said angrily: "That man is becoming more and more domineering."

Yan Luan patted Zhao Xuan's hand and comforted him: "Your Majesty, please be patient for a while, and it will be fine after you take over the government."

Zhao Xuan looked at Yan Luan and said aggrievedly: "Mr. Chaoshang also saw it today. According to this situation, when will I be able to govern myself?"

Yan Luan said: "Your Majesty, remember that haste makes waste. When the time comes, everything will come to fruition. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and his name is justified. No one can despise your Majesty. Those who rely on the merits of support want to use power to the government, The so-called power ministers who control the government have always...will not succeed."

Zhao Xuan said: "I know that Mister will definitely help me plan." After hesitating for a while, he said: "Sir, I heard that Mister is also invited to the night banquet at the Palace of the Palace today, isn't it?"

Yan Luan knew that the power of Jin Yiwei had grown a lot recently, and he was not surprised that Zhao Xuan knew about it, so he said: "Yes, he probably sent a message to the minister out of courtesy."

Zhao Xuan said cautiously: "Recently, some people have been slandering me, saying that Mister often goes to Prince An's Mansion for banquets, and that he also often visits Mr. Yan's Mansion, and that he bought a lot of precious medicinal materials from Changbai Mountain to give to Mister."

Yan Luan lowered his head and said, "Does Your Majesty believe those words?"

Zhao Xuan hurriedly said: "Of course I don't believe it, this world belongs to me, no matter what rare treasures you want, I will try my best to find them for you. Of course, you don't want those things from him."

Yan Luan smiled and said: "Your Majesty said so." But he knew in his heart that if Zhao Xuan didn't believe it at all, he wouldn't have asked this question.

This day's night banquet in Prince An's Mansion was set up for Chang Yingqiu to go to Ningyuan to stay and practice, because there were many people invited and there was a table for each person, the banquet was placed in the main hall of the Prince's Mansion.When Yan Luan walked in, he saw many people had already arrived.Naturally, everyone wants to curry favor with this newly promoted Minister of the Ministry of Officials.In addition, all the people invited today were members of King An's party, everyone knew that Yan Luan was a celebrity in Prince An's mansion, so they were extra hospitable.Yan Luan went all the way to entertain the crowd and went to the seat she used to sit in.

At this time, the butler Lu Tong came over and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is now a minister, the lord told you to sit over there." As he spoke, he pointed to the first table on Zhao Ying's right.

Yan Luan hesitated for a while, knowing that apart from Xie Zihu, there was indeed no one with a higher official position than himself in today's banquet, so he walked over and sat down.

After everyone arrived, Zhao Ying came out from the inner hall.Everyone stood up and saluted.Zhao Ying sat down, smiled and asked everyone to sit down as well, and then opened the table.

Because this day is for Chang Yingqiu to practice, it is unavoidable for him to toast at each table.Chang Yingqiu left the table, holding the pot in one hand and the cup in the other, after toasting Zhao Ying and Xie Zihu, they came to Yan Luan's table.Chang Yingqiu said with a smile: "Master Yan strongly recommends Xiaguan to go to Ningyuan in front of His Majesty. He is very helpful to Xiaguan. Xiaguan must drink three glasses with Sir Yan." While talking, he took the wine The pot should pour wine for Yan Luan.

Yan Luan hurriedly got up, picked up the wine glass with both hands, at this moment Chang Yingqiu's wine jug left her hand, and a white jade wine jug with a full jug of wine fell on Yan Luan's table.The pot shattered immediately, and the wine spilled all over the table, and some splashed onto Yan Luan's clothes.

The servants of the palace rushed up to tidy up, Chang Yingqiu took a handkerchief to wipe Yan Luan's skirt, and said with a smile: "Master Yan, don't blame me, I think I drank too much."

At this time, most of the people in the seat saw that Chang Yingqiu did it on purpose, and there was no sound in the main hall, they were all watching how Yan Luan would respond.

Yan Luan lightly pushed away Chang Yingqiu's hand, took out his handkerchief, wiped it a little, and said with a smile: "General Chang kindly wants to drink with me, so why blame him?"

Zhao Ying's complexion was already not very good-looking, and she said to Lu Tongtong, "Go and get one of my king's outer shirts for Lord Yan to change into."

Yan Luan hurriedly said: "Don't bother the prince, it's just a few drops of wine, it's not dirty, it'll be fine after a while."

Seeing that Yan Luan's clothes were really just some wine and no oil stains, Zhao Ying didn't insist anymore.Then to Lu Tongtong: "Take a new set of cups and dishes and put them on my king's table. Master Yan will eat at the same table with me."

Yan Luan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said to Zhao Ying: "Although it is the prince's love, but this is really against the rules, you should sit here, if there are any dishes in the kitchen, you can just serve one or two to the lower official. "

Zhao Ying said with a smile: "Come and sit down. You can't invite Mr. Yan to eat in my palace without letting Mr. Yan get full. Lu Tong, remove Mr. Yan's table and see where he still sits?"

At this time, a servant had already placed a new set of cups, dishes and dishes behind Zhao Ying's table, and moved Yan Luan's chair over.Lu Tong smiled and helped Yan Luan's arm to Zhao Ying's table, Yan Luan had no choice but to sit down.

Chang Yingqiu and Xie Zihu exchanged glances, and they both thought of an idiom in their minds, "Beauty deceives the country."

On the other hand, Yan Luan was like a light on his back, and said to Zhao Ying in a low voice: "My lord is like this, it makes me uncomfortable." There was a bit of complaint in his tone.

Zhao Ying also said in a low voice: "If you feel uncomfortable, feel free to eat yours. I just want to let them know that as long as I'm around, no one will treat you slowly." Then, he took a piece of meat to Yan Luan's dish.

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After finally reaching the end of the banquet, Yan Luan also said goodbye and went out.At this time, Lu Tong walked up to Yan Luan, and said in a low voice: "Master Yan, my lord, please sit down a little longer."

Yan Luan also thought that after entering the palace, Zhao Ying would most likely stay with her, so she followed Lu Tong back in.When he reached the second gate of the palace, Yan Luan said, "Butler Lu, didn't the lord let me go to the study?"

Lu Tongdao: "I think the lord is happy today and got a little drunk, so he went directly to the inner courtyard to rest."

Yan Luan said: "But it's inconvenient for me to enter the palace's inner house, otherwise I'd better go back to the mansion first and come to visit the prince some other day."

Lu Tong hurriedly said: "Don't, Lord Yan, just now the lord specially ordered the lord to come in. Don't worry, lord, the lord lives in the same courtyard by himself, the wangfei and the side concubines are not with the lord."

Yan Luan couldn't push any further, so he had to follow Lu Tong in.

Yan Luan walked into the Nuan Pavilion connected to Zhao Ying's bedroom, and seeing Zhao Ying sitting on the couch with her eyes closed to rest, she didn't say anything, just sat on the other side of the couch, picked up the teapot on the couch and poured it for herself. a cup of tea.

Zhao Ying heard the sound of Yan Luan pouring water, so she opened her eyes and said, "You are so arrogant now, I have to invite you for a long time before you are willing to come."

Yan Luan took a sip of tea, hesitated for a moment, and said to Zhao Ying: "Shihuan..." After speaking, her face became hot.

Zhao Ying was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said, "What did you call me? Last time I even used candles, but you refused to call me, why are you willing to open your mouth today?"

Yan Luan looked at the pair of thick red candles on the candlestick, blushed even more, and whispered: "If you still want to use candles today, you can do so."

Zhao Ying snorted coldly, and said with a mocking smile: "Is Chen Wenying so important to you? You paid such a fortune. Last time you burned your chest with blisters, did you forget?"

Yan Luan raised her eyes to Zhao Ying, calmed herself down, and said, "It's not because of him. Shihuan, let's not talk about other people or government affairs today, shall we?" After speaking, she took the initiative to sit in Zhao Ying's arms, He whispered in Zhao Ying's ear: "I live in the palace these days, you and I haven't been together for a long time."

Zhao Ying's blood surged up after being teased by Yan Luan, and she stretched out her hand to pull Yan Luan's clothes and said: "Fairy, you are becoming more and more good at seducing people, and now you can even say these words. If you hurt you in a while, you can't do not blame me."

While talking, he took off Yan Luan's clothes and pants, picked up Yan Luan, and walked to the bedroom in the back room.Throwing Yan Luan on the bed, she hurriedly took off her clothes and pressed on it.

It must be done, Zhao Ying played with Yan Luan's hair and said: "Don't leave tonight, we will go to court together tomorrow. You and I haven't slept together for a night yet."

Yan Luan wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his lips, he saw the expectation in Zhao Ying's eyes, but couldn't express it, so he nodded.

Zhao Ying said to the outside: "Fengming, prepare two bathtubs."

A girl's voice outside the door agreed, and after a while, a girl who was extremely well dressed brought in two wooden barrels with five or six other girls.One is placed in the warm cabinet and the other is placed in the bedroom.

Zhao Ying got up, walked out of the bedroom without a trace, went to the Nuan Pavilion and sat in the bathtub, there were three maids holding hand towels, acacia and other things, came up to serve Zhao Ying to take a bath.

But the girl named Feng Ming walked to the bed and said to Yan Luan: "My lord, how about I serve you?"

Yan Luan pulled the quilt on her body, said with a blushing face, "Don't dare to bother the girls, please ask some girls to go out and close the door, I can wash it myself."

After being blessed, Feng Ming went out with those girls and closed the bedroom door.

Zhao Ying smiled at Yan Luan through the door, "Why are you ashamed in front of these girls."

Feng Ming brought two more sets of pajamas over, one set was placed on the couch in the Nuan Pavilion, the other was taken to the bedroom door, he knocked on the door and said, "Can I bring the pajamas in for you?"

Yan Luan said: "Don't bother, the girl is outside, let the prince bring it in."

After the two of them finished washing and put on their pajamas, Feng Ming brought someone in to change the bedding and sheets, and then they lay down again.

It was the first time for them to spend the night in the same bed, and both of them were not used to it.Zhao Ying saw Yan Luan shrunk herself to the innermost wall and said, "You don't recognize people when you put on your pants? What are you doing so far away from me? I have done everything I need to do, and I can't eat anymore." you."

Yan Luan said: "No, I don't sleep well all the time, I'm afraid I'll turn over and disturb you."

Zhao Ying said: "It's just one night, so what if you quarrel or not?" As she spoke, she wanted to reach out to hold Yan Luan's hand, but Yan Luan avoided it.

Zhao Ying was taken aback, then sneered and said, "What are you pretending for? I know, you have always regarded being with me as humiliation. If it wasn't for Chen Wenying today, you wouldn't call me."

Yan Luan whispered: "I have long since lost any dignity in front of you. You know that I can't live without you. Humiliation is not humiliation, I have no right to think about it."

Zhao Ying looked into Yan Luan's eyes and said seriously, "I never intended to insult you."

Yan Luan leaned herself towards Zhao Ying, and said: "I know, even if I don't know what is good or bad, I can see that you... are doing it for my own good."

Zhao Ying reached out to hold Yan Luan's hand, and Yan Luan did not refuse this time.

In the courtyard outside the house, Feng Ming faced the full moon and said silently in his heart: "If the two of them can hold hands and grow old together forever, I would rather reduce my life by 20 years, never marry and serve them."

When Zhao Ying woke up, seeing that there was no one around, she said to the door, "Fengming."

Feng Ming hurriedly brought people in, followed by a few little girls, some with washbasins and some with handkerchiefs.

Zhao Ying said, "When did he leave?"

Feng Ming pulled up the curtain of the bed, and said: "Let's leave just after dawn."

Seeing that Feng Ming seemed to have something on his mind, Zhao Ying asked, "What's wrong?"

Feng Ming sighed and said: "This person is really pitiful."

Zhao Ying smiled contemptuously: "He is pitiful? When I die in his hands, you will know who is pitiful."

Feng Ming hurriedly said: "He won't, I can see that he is not what you said."

Zhao Ying said with a smile: "You can see that? You see that he is as gentle as jade, elegant and handsome, young and promising, and has a bright future, which has moved your young girl's heart, right?"

Feng Ming was wiping Zhao Ying's face with a handkerchief, when he heard what Zhao Ying said, his face turned red.Throwing the handkerchief into the copper basin, regardless of the water splashing on Zhao Ying's face, she just said: "Let Ping'er serve the prince, the princess has something to ask me to come over." Then he ran out.