Jiangshan Ji

In the letter to Yu Wensu, I mentioned these scruples, implying that I wanted to prevent this matter from going forward.

Yu Wensu's reply letter only had one line: Those who achieve great things don't stick to small details.

I silently recited these eight words several times, and I finally convinced myself to continue this matter.

It's just that the father seems to have noticed something, and suddenly delivered an order, asking me to immediately choose the princess among the three princesses of Emperor Xiaohuiming.

I looked left and right for the imperial edict representing the meaning of my father, but I still couldn't find Huaijin's name on it.

Originally thought that my father ordered me to choose a concubine for me in Jiang Country, and Emperor Xiaohuiming should at least present the candidates for the princesses of the royal family one by one. Unexpectedly, in his heart, Huai Jin, who was fostered outside the palace, could not be regarded as a princess of the royal family at all. was excluded from the list.

I had to do it myself.

Under my instruction, Yu Wensu adopted Fang He, the famous fortune-teller who was said to be famous all over the world, and asked him to fabricate the fact that the three princesses of the Jiang family did not match my horoscope.

According to Yu Wensu later, the fortune teller was very easy to buy, just a few bags of gold.Just obediently do as we asked.

After I knew it, I became even more disapproving of these alchemy claims.

Since such people have no integrity, how can the prophecies spoken from their mouths be taken seriously?

On the night of my wedding with Huaijin, I gave her a piece of valuable Huangtian jade.

At that time, I was not sure that she would exchange the jade pendant in her hand with me.After all, it was a token handed to her by her mother herself. I have only known her so little, and she has no reason to trust me completely.

I was mentally prepared that I might not get what I wanted tonight.But this silly girl believed me without hesitation.In a few words, he gave me the jade pendant.

When she put on the jade pendant for me, I said silently in my heart: "Silly girl, you just trust me so much, aren't you afraid that I will lie to you?"

On the second day, I accompanied her to visit the empress father and queen.

When my mother saw her, she actually said that she was somewhat similar to Luyao in front of my father and me.

My heart trembled, and I went to see my father's reaction. Sure enough, he was not very happy.

Going to see Huaijin again, she was a little dazed, not knowing who the Luyao the queen mother was talking about.

In fact, in my heart, I never thought of linking Huaijin and Luyao together.At this moment, when the queen mother mentioned it like this, I couldn't help being a little dazed, and I unconsciously began to compare them.

Do they look alike?

I thought about it in my heart for a long time, and finally came to the answer: not like, not at all.

Huaijin is a lively and bright mountain lily, carefree and unrestrained; Luyao is a pampered peony, more than flirtatious but lacking in aura.

I still prefer mountain lilies to green house peonies.

After seeing my father and mother, my mother sent someone to send a message, inviting me to the Daye Hall to talk.

At first, I thought it was just asking me to leave Beijing, but later, my mother gradually shifted the topic to other things.Every time she said something, my heart became heavier.

For the first time in her life, she asked me sternly: "Ayong, in your heart, do you regard Huaijin as Luyao's substitute?"

substitute?

I secretly laughed at my mother's random speculation.

I know better than anyone else that Luyao is now the emperor's favorite concubine, and Huaijin is the concubine of King Jin who I am marrying, how could I regard her as someone else's substitute?

That was so unfair to her.

I will never do that.

The queen mother didn't believe my explanation, and believed that the reason why I asked my father to marry Huai Jin was because of her similar face to Luyao.

We had a big fight, and finally, when I turned to leave, the queen mother pointed at me and scolded: "One day will come. You will regret your decision today for the rest of your life!"

The queen mother has never been so harsh to me, and I was quite unhappy when I heard it.Back to the dormitory where I lived, I was still depressed.

Huai Jin sat down beside me, and wanted to say something, but maybe she saw that I was in a bad mood.Did not say it.

I remembered one thing and asked her if she was thinking about Emperor Guangyunwen?

She said yes.

Seeing her worried about her imperial brother made me feel a little strange.

After the emperor summoned Zhang Yizhi to Yecheng, he killed all the servants he brought, and now those who stay by his side to serve are all specially arranged by the emperor.

The spies I sent out once reported that what Zhang Yizhi drank and ate every day was the most inferior swill and rotten rice, and he lived in a dilapidated thatched hut.

Living in such an environment for a long time, his mind will inevitably be tortured. Over time, even if he does not die, it will be more uncomfortable than death.

and.At this time, the purpose of his father's leaving his life was to warn the subordinate countries in the south not to act rashly. Once all the subordinate countries surrender one by one in the future, Zhang Yizhi's life will inevitably be lost.

I dare not tell Huai Jin these things, lest she worry about it.At that moment, he had no choice but to say some nice words to comfort her, and promised her that one day, he would definitely arrange for her to meet the emperor brother.

Thinking about it later, at that time, I couldn't even control my own future destiny, but I dared to make such a big promise to her.I really don't know where the confidence comes from.

On the other hand, because I have already obtained the jade pendant, after discussing with Yu Wensu, I was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so I immediately decided to investigate the whereabouts of the treasure.

I asked my father to resign, but my father happened to be unwilling to keep me in Beijing.So I left Yecheng very smoothly.

On the way, Shen Yanzhi sent me a letter to see me.

He is the eldest son of Zuo Lingwei General Shen Wenshu. He grew up with me, and we have many contacts on weekdays.He knew something about my relationship with Luyao back then.

despite this.I still didn't expect that he came here this time for the sake of Luyao.

He brought me a painting, unfolded it, and it was the one he collaborated with Luyao before his first expedition.The painting was drawn by myself, and the words were inscribed by her. It was a testimony of our love when we were young.

Shen Yanzhi told me that Luyao took this painting as a token and asked him to arrange for us to meet.

I refused without thinking.

Now, I have married a wife, Huaijin is my only wife, I can't do anything to feel sorry for her.

Shen Yanzhi persuaded me for a long time, seeing that I was not moved at all, he rolled up the painting angrily, and said coldly: "Now she is His Majesty's favorite concubine, offending her will do you no good."

I laughed it off, just thought he was talking angry.

He was still relentless, repeatedly urging me to see Luyao.

In my impression, he has never been a troublesome person, and it is very rare for him to force me to do one thing like this.Looking at him carefully for a while, I couldn't help but suspect his motives.

Think about it.Still have no clue.

He doesn't have a deep friendship with Luyao, so he doesn't need to help her like this, so what is his reason?

Suddenly, thinking of the look in his eyes when he first saw Huai Jin, I felt a little anxious for no reason.

Could it be that he was playing Huai Jin's idea?

If it is, I will never give him a chance.

Before I knew Shen Yanzhi's intentions for Huai Jin, Huai Jin asked me about Luyao.

That day, when I was braiding her hair, she suddenly asked, "Who is Mrs. Luyao?"

I was startled at the time, and I didn't have time to prepare a response, so I had to use Mrs. Li Hua as a prevarication, and she almost found out.

Fortunately, she believed me wholeheartedly at the time, and she didn't suspect it afterwards.

But this incident made me more sure that I will completely cut off contact with Luyao in the future, lest Huaijin misunderstand anything.

Although I intend to.But what happened later was intertwined with chance and necessity, and finally pushed the relationship between the three of us to an irreparable point.

On the second day after Huaijin asked me about Luyao, we continued our journey and returned to Bingzhou.

Because I was afraid that she would ask Luyao again, I didn't dare to ride with her in the car, so I found an excuse to avoid her, and rode behind Shen Yanzhi far behind the car.

Shen Yanzhi once again suggested to me that maintaining a good relationship with Luyao can help me in the future.

I shook my head and refused, he fell silent and stopped persuading me.

After we returned to Bingzhou, Wang Shu told me that Huaijin had written several letters home and wanted to send them back to Jiang, but he secretly detained them.

I praised Wang Shu for her reliable work, and without telling Huai Jin, I found Qing He and told her not to send any more letters to Jiang Guo.

Qinghe was puzzled and asked me why?

I didn't have time to explain to her in detail, and instead pointed out her identity as Jiang Guoxiozuo, she was so frightened that she knelt down with a "plop", no matter what I told her, she didn't dare to resist.

In fact, from the first day she entered the mansion, I knew that she was Zhang Jingzhi, the fourth prince of the Jiang Kingdom, who was placed in Min Kingdom's eyeliner.The reason why I didn't expose her was because she was Huai Jin's personal maid in name, and I didn't want others to suspect Huai Jin because of her.

It is difficult for me to determine whether the family letters she sent to Jiang Guo on behalf of Huaijin contained confidential information related to the military affairs of Min State, so I can only withhold all those family letters and prevent them from being passed back to Jiang State.

I am ashamed of Huai Jin for this matter, but the matter is so important that it must be so.

Not long after this incident happened, the royal father also came to Bingzhou quietly to find out the reality of the Prince Jin's mansion.Fortunately, the queen mother sent someone to inform in advance that this test was passed without any danger.

Since I was a child, my mother has always favored me slightly.Maybe it's because I'm more like her, maybe it's because my elder brother has already won the double favor of my father, or maybe it's because of other reasons, she always favors me more, and she has expressed her attitude in private, supporting me to seize power and ascend to the position of ninety-five supreme .

I am grateful to my mother, and secretly swear in my heart that when I ascend the Great Treasure, I will serve my mother wholeheartedly and never let her down.

At this time, I didn't know that I would disappoint her so thoroughly that she left me so resolutely.

A secret letter came from the Daxing Palace that the prince doted on his concubine and killed his wife, causing rumors to spread everywhere. The ministers jointly signed a letter requesting that the prince be deposed, and the emperor hurried back to the palace to deal with the matter.

At that time, the matter of the treasure had been further settled. Seeing that the time had come, I discussed with Yu Wensu and decided to strike while the iron was hot and bring down the prince in one fell swoop.

Huaijin asked about this, and I told her that someone had been arranged to advance.Without even thinking about it, she asked me if the person I arranged was Shen Yanzhi?

I'm a little unhappy, I don't understand when did she pay so much attention to Shen Yanzhi?

She sensed my displeasure and turned the conversation away.

Although I didn't say anything more about this matter, I know that I have already doubted the relationship between them.

The matter of bringing down the prince eventually failed.

I didn't lose in strategy, but in three yellow-mouthed children.

The three children born to the crown prince and that concubine knelt in front of their father and mother, begging his father to let his father and mother go.Seeing the young grandson crying so much, the emperor's father softened for a moment, so he spared the prince.

I was unhappy, and thinking that I and Huaijin had been married for more than half a year and had nothing to do so far, I couldn't help feeling even more depressed.