24.24
The horse's hooves were wrapped in gauze, and they were well-trained war horses. They landed very lightly. In addition, Chu Feng, who was chasing the carriage, was skilled in dodging. The carriage rushed from Duan's Mansion to Chunxi Lane where the Marquis of Jingning, and did not alarm anyone.
"Just stop at the entrance of the alley." Madam Liu whispered to convey Tang Yu's meaning.
Chu Feng knew that the master and servant were worried about being seen, so he didn't persuade him. He quietly stopped the carriage and jumped down neatly, putting the wooden bench on the ground. This was the prince's new favorite. If he didn't serve him carefully, he turned around and blew the wind beside the prince's ear. What should he do if his master, who values color and rather than subordinates, really listened to it?
Standing aside and watching the little girl walk down tightly, Chu Feng felt a little sad.
"Please thank the prince on behalf of our girl." Madam Liu supported Tang Yu, lowered her head and said to Chu Feng, paused for a while before leaving.
Chu Feng touched his nose and looked at the slender figure that could not be hidden from the little girl's cloak. Inexplicably, he thought of the tender voices he heard in the prince's yard. His chest was hot, and Chu Feng shook his head and shook his thoughts away, jumped onto the carriage again, and watched the master and servant enter from a distance before he slapped his horse and returned along the same path.
In the marquis's mansion, Madam Liu helped Tang Yu back to her wing room. In order to cooperate with tonight's plan, Madam Liu found an excuse to send her new maid to live in another sister's place, quietly inside and out to facilitate conversation.
"Girl, wash your face first." Help Tang Yu sit down, Madam Liu went to pour water.
Tang Yu was having a lot of things in his mind. He heard Madam Liu say this and touched his face. After crying in the palace for so long, his face was dry. Suddenly, he realized that she was probably crying and was confused. As a result, Song Qin was not interested, so he had an explanation. But it was just a matter of time, and there was nothing to be grateful for.
After washing his face, Madam Liu brought another cup of tea and advised kindly: "Girl, let's moisten your throat first."
Tang Yu nodded, took the tea bowl and took a sip. The slightly hot tea moistened his throat. Tang Yu was indeed thirsty and drank two more sips. Madam Liu looked around and was halfway through her heart. The girl should not have much poison that she accidentally ate. Drink it tonight and use it tomorrow, and the poison in her body will be relieved. Although she was the queen mother who was inserted into the marquis's mansion, it was true that she served Tang Yu in recent years. She hoped that the little girl could survive. Compared with her life, what is the innocence?
"Girl, what's going on with the prince?" After putting the tea bowl, Madam Liu sat next to Tang Yu and asked in confusion: "Since the prince didn't touch the girl and promised to save the marquis, why is the girl still depressed?"
Tang Yu smiled bitterly and lowered his eyes and said, "Madam, he said he was in no mood tonight and asked me to accompany him for a month. I dare to repent. Even if he saves his father, he will find an excuse to cure his father's sin."
Madam Liu took a breath in shock and rubbed her hand with her hands, "One month?"
Tang Yu turned his head to look at the tea bowl on the table and whispered Song Qin's plan, "Madam, I have thought about it on the way. Don't tell anyone about this. Just the two of us know that tomorrow you will go to find a prescription for someone to have rashes on their faces. I will take it tonight and ask the doctor to come over the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow I will move to the village and say that the rash will be passed on, so you can only serve you in person."
When she went to the royal palace, she had to cooperate with her family to help her hide the truth. Madam Liu had prestige and even Rong did not dare to offend her. This was the most suitable one. Moreover, this was the person her aunt carefully chose for her and taught her how to deal with people and treat people. Tang Yu has always trusted her.
"Girl, this matter is too big, so let me tell you, right?" Madam Liu knelt in front of Tang Yu, begged sincerely, and looked at the little girl sympathetically, "Miss has suffered such a great grievance. You don't explain clearly. In the future, you will be alienated from the cousin for no reason. If the cousin does not understand the truth, you will blame you... My poor girl, why did God treat you like this..."
He leaned on Tang Yu's knees and started crying softly.
Tang Yu looked out the window numbly, tears had dried up, "Tell them that my aunt would not blame me, but she would feel sorry for her guilt. My cousin has always been impulsive, I am afraid that he will fight to the prince... I don't want to see anything. Instead of adding pain to them for nothing, it's better to carry it on me... Madam, you don't have to do this. It's better to be fine in a month. My father is back. Let's continue to live a leisurely life. Isn't it good? There are ways to get married, and there are ways to get married without marrying. You can always live."
"But the girl..."
Tang Yu bent down to help her, "I have decided, I don't need to persuade the nanny. This matter is related to whether the Tang family can continue to gain a foothold in the capital. I trust the nanny with all my heart and ask the nanny to keep the secret for me, otherwise I will die if it is spread..."
Madam Liu even sniffed and interrupted her, holding the girl's hands tightly, "Stop talking about it, girl, I promise you that you must be fine, don't be unable to live with your life."
Everything that should be arranged was arranged, and Tang Yu closed his eyes tiredly.
After returning to the room, Tang Yu changed back to the middle clothes he wore before going to bed, lay down for a while, and called Mo Lan.
"Girl?" Molan walked in with her eyes rubbed her eyes and yawned, holding a light in her left hand.
"I'm having a nightmare and I'm sweating all over. Go to the hot water room and make a sound and take a shower." Tang Yu lay on his side, rubbed his forehead with one hand, covering most of his face. Song Qin hugged and touched his feet. Tang Yu seemed to have a snake on his body, circling upwards along her ankles, which made her feel uncomfortable.
After the Marquis went to war, the girl was sleeping uneasy and had nightmares. Molan did not doubt that she had him, so she lit the lights in the inner room and went to pass the message. The mother and maid in the hot water room rested. The girl called Shui in the middle of the night. The servants muttered in their hearts, got up to do things well, and the firewood was burning well, and soon boiled the water. They carried it back and forth a few times, and returned to the water room to take a nap.
Molan wants to stay and serve.
"You go out, I'll take a while." Tang Yu said calmly.
Molan looked at her and saw that the girl was in a bad mood. She lowered her head and stepped out and brought the door with her.
After the person left, Tang Yu walked to the screen, slowly untied her clothes, and took off her clothes. She picked up the hairpin and tied her hair to the top of her head. The water temperature was just right, and Tang Yu stepped into the bathtub and felt the water temperature penetrated along the skin of her body, dispelling the bone-black cold left by Song Qin.
However, when he opened his eyes and saw his once proud body, Tang Yu felt a sarcasm again. No matter how clean it is, no matter how beautiful it is, it will eventually be criticized in his hands. The man who carefully likes her and cherishes her, the man she wants to marry, is no longer possible between the two.
~
Before dawn, the people were still sleeping soundly on their kangs. The civil and military ministers were already standing in the palace, waiting to attend court.
The little emperor has not arrived yet, but the regent has arrived. He stood alone in front, with his back upright, proud and cold.
A quarter of an hour later, the young emperor arrived on time. All officials followed the regent and stepped into the hall with heavy steps. They looked up quietly and found that the young emperor was in good spirits this morning, staring at his uncle nervously with his phoenix eyes. Everyone knows the relationship between the empress dowager and the Tang family, and naturally they know that the empress dowager is the least unwilling to have something to happen to the regent, but who lets the regent take power?
The ministers who insisted on continuing to fight with the Huns yesterday remained persistent in their own opinion this morning. Wei Zhao did not sleep all night, but his face was not haggard, and he was full of righteous indignation. In public and private, he could not sit still and watch these villains who were tempted by the enemy harmed his uncle and his future father-in-law. Thinking that his cousin was waiting at home with fear, Wei Zhao stared at Song Qin coldly, as if Song Qin dared not to replace others and he would fight Song Qin desperately.
The ministers below argued lively, and Song Qin leaned comfortably on the throne of the Regent, whose rank was only slightly inferior to the dragon throne, and closed his eyes to rest. The scenes of last night were still in front of him. The little girl pretended to be calm, and the little girl cried so hard that the pear blossoms were raining. The little girl twisted and struggled in his arms like fish, panting and begging him to let her go. When the person left, there was still a drunken fragrance on the bed.
"Enough, this matter has been decided by the king."
Opening his eyes, Song Qin slowly sat down, and glanced at the ministers who were blushing with their faces below. When he met Wei Zhao's eyes that he thought he was cold and ruthless, he was actually childish. The corners of Song Qin's mouth were slightly raised. A young man who was not dry and acted with a stinky impulse, and gave him a guard in the imperial court. He really thought he was as capable as he picked out any one from the barracks, which was better than Wei Zhao, and he was just a little better and could coax the shallow girl.
"Marquis Jingning is loyal to serving the country and repelling the Huns, and I am really unable to bear to see another powerful general in the Great Qi. Secondly, the battle with the Huns lasted for September. The loss of military pay and rations was too great. If the war continued, it might shake the national treasury and waste money. Therefore, he agreed to Wuwei's request for peace and ordered the Marquis Jingning to temporarily take the position of general Dingzhou and rectify the northern border defense."
As soon as this statement came out, no matter who was in charge of the battle and the peace, they were all shocked.
Liang Jing, the Minister of War, was a member of Song Qin. He never expressed his opinion on the capture of Tang Muyuan. At this time, he finally left the list and said: "What the prince said is very, the grassland is vast, and the Huns fled like rivers entering the sea. It is difficult for the Daqi to continue chasing and killing them all in one place. It consumes only the troops and the grassland is inconvenient to manage. It is better to accept the peace of Wuwei, but you have to add a few more points to Wuwei's conditions, so you can't be too cheap."
Song Qin nodded, "Then tell me, how should I write about the conditions for truce?"
With Liang Jing taking the lead, the ministers quickly accepted the truce and instead discussed what they should ask the Huns.
Wei Zhao stood aside, staring at Song Qin's sideways, feeling an unexplainable strange feeling in his heart. He should be happy when his uncle was saved, but all this came too easily. He had to doubt whether Song Qin had other plans for reputation, or... his cousin?
Thinking of his sweetheart, Wei Zhao frowned deeply.
~
At the Marquis of Jingning, Tang Yu received his happy aunt shortly after learning the news of the truce of the court.
"Yu'er, it must be the Queen Mother's persuasion that worked. Let's go to the palace to thank the Queen Mother." The younger brother was saved. Tang was so happy that he took his niece's little hand and said with care: "Look at your bad face, you didn't sleep well last night, right? Let's go to the palace first, turn around and cook your aunt and make soup to nourish you."
Tang Yu forced himself to smile and went back to the house to change his clothes. Now that things have come to this, his aunt can only feel that it is indeed the Queen Mother's credit.
Madam Liu stayed in the main hall to accompany the guests, happily as if nothing had happened last night. Then, while Tang was not paying attention, she quietly stuffed a note into the hands of the maid Bao Fei beside Tang. She was a maid, and Tang Yu did not take her in the palace. In order not to let the regent's secret guard spy discover clues, she and the palace could only convey the message in this way.
The treasure bottle hid the note without moving, but still smiled on his face.
Tang Yu quickly changed his clothes and returned. Before leaving, he gave a wink to Madam Liu. Madam Liu nodded slightly. As soon as Tang Yu left, she found a servant who was placed in the front yard of the Hou Mansion and asked him to go to a county near the capital to buy the rash recipe that Tang Yu needed. Each person had two masters, and no orders could be delayed.
On the other side, Tang Yu followed his aunt out of the carriage and walked from the palace gate to the Ci'an Palace. When he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Wei Zhao rushing out after hearing the news. His bright eyes fell directly on her, his eyes filled with worry. It was July, and the sun was still dazzling. He was gradually approaching in his brocade robe, but it seemed to be shrouded in a hazy halo, which made her unable to see clearly.
Like people in dreams, no matter how close they are, they cannot stay together forever.
Chapter completed!