Chapter 715: The Beginning of the Incident in Handan
『PS: I only had dinner at my relatives' house at around 2 noon, and I fell asleep when I got home. I started to write without eating dinner. It wasn't it Qingming Festival. There were so many people on the mountain. Fortunately, I went there early. In addition, I was so confused when I wrote yesterday that I wrote Xiang Xuan as Guan Shuo, which has been revised.
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In mid-April, when Xue Ao, Zhang Jing, and Wang Su were busy encircling and suppressing the Taishan bandits in Mount Tai, Zhao Yu was waiting for news about Li Feng and Li Qin in Yingchuan County.
According to the plan that the two brothers conspired with Zhao Yu during the first month of the year, Li Feng went to the royal capital Handan again in late February this year.
Li Feng has entered the capital several times in the past two years, basically for the sake of his sister Princess Xiangrui's attack in Yingchuan County. Therefore, he learned that the prince, the prince of Yecheng, came to the capital again, and the ministers in the court also speculated whether the prince would cause another storm.
After all, the court officials also knew that the emperor's favorite princess Xiangrui was attacked in Yingchuan County two years ago. The "sixth tiger" of the Chenmen Five Tigers, and the Yingchuan Commander Zhou Hu also sent the emperor a testimony that was extremely unfavorable to the East Palace and the Third Prince, confirming that behind the incident was the two princes of the East Palace and the Third Prince, which made the emperor angry. Not only was the court silent, but the East Palace and the Third Prince were also scolded by the emperor.
After that incident, many people were confused: What is the relationship between Zhou Hu and the Hou family in Yecheng? Why was he not afraid of offending the East Palace and the Third Prince, and dared to "speak for the Hou family in Yecheng?"
Of course, Zhou Hu is indeed not afraid of the Eastern Palace and the Third Prince. After all, the former is also the adopted son of Grand Master Chen, and he calls each other brothers with the Five Hus of Chen's family.
I have to say that although Zhao Yu has not yet set foot in Handan, his pseudonym "Zhou Hu" is not unfamiliar with Handan. From the palace to the servants of the court, anyone who can have some connection with the court basically knows the deeds of the general Huwei.
Even Zhou Hu's deeds of becoming the commander of Yingchuan with the help of the rebellion in previous years became a topic of revelation and relishing many people after dinner.
Of course, just like not daring to say what happened to the East Palace and the Third Prince in the past two years when they tried to plot against Princess Xiangrui, for the sake of the old teacher and the five tigers of Chen Men, everyone did not dare to talk about the previous experience of the Huwei General when he was "a thief" to avoid causing the old teacher's displeasure.
Compared to this matter, the court is more curious about what the relationship between the General Huwei and the Hou of Yecheng family. Zhou Hu had previously spoken for the Hou of Yecheng family out of "revenge" for the Hou of Yecheng, or what the relationship between the two families really had?
Don’t underestimate these ministers in the court. They have a good news. Naturally, they know that the Xiangrui princess is now living in Xuchang, Yingchuan, and in the mansion of Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan.
The unmarried princess actually moved to the mansion of a strange man, which was naturally a striking thing.
At the end of February, Li Feng arrived in Handan to meet the emperor on behalf of his father, Marquis of Yecheng.
To be honest, the emperor actually didn't want to see Li Feng at the beginning. After all, Li Feng came to see him a few times ago, and started crying without saying a word, accusing the Eastern Palace and the Third Prince of the Trying to frame his sister in tears. At first, the emperor was naturally frightened and angry, but after many times, the emperor was also annoyed - after all, Princess Xiangrui had been closely protected by Zhou Hu at that time, and Li Feng's purpose was to allow the East Palace and the Third Prince to be punished.
But if we don’t see each other, the other party will be his own grandson after all. Even though the emperor has not been so close to the sixth son of Yecheng Marquis Li Liang, and there is even a little friction.
After thinking about it, the emperor finally summoned Li Feng.
With the permission of the emperor, Li Feng met the emperor's grandfather. On behalf of his father and mother, he presented supplements to the emperor's grandfather with longevity, such as ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, etc.
There is also a piece of fox fur and a portion of bear gall, which was one of the harvests that Princess Xiangrui hunted in Yingshan last winter.
This surprised the emperor. Why did he send these things to him if he was not in the New Year or the Festival?
So he asked Li Feng, "Why did Zicheng send these? Did your father ask you to come?"
Li Feng saluted respectfully and replied with an excuse that he had already thought of: "Reply to Your Majesty, these are the wishes of the father and mother, and also the wishes of auspiciousness..."
After saying that, he did not wait for the emperor to ask questions, and explained with a smile: "Last month, my mother cared about Xiangrui in Yingchuan, so she ordered her grandson and her second brother to bring a few cargoes of food and food to visit Xiangrui. At that time, my brother and two of us talked about Your Majesty. Xiangrui thought of Your Majesty's dragon body, so she specially asked her home to prepare some nourishing items and offer them to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will take care of the dragon body..."
"oh?"
The emperor was very happy when he heard that Long Yan was.
As the emperor of Jin, he naturally didn't care about the supplements sent by Li Feng this time, and it was okay to collect them or not. But since these supplements were the wishes of his most beloved granddaughter Princess Xiangrui, it would be a different matter.
I have to say that although the family of Yecheng Hou was dissatisfied with the emperor treating Princess Xiangrui as a "auspicious" to prolong life and add blessings, it is precisely for this reason that the emperor sincerely loves this granddaughter and is more pampering than any child. Look at Princess Xiangrui's personality, you can know what this girl is spoiled in the palace.
While happy, the emperor deliberately said, "Oh? Is that girl still thinking about me? Since that's the case, why don't you come back to the palace?"
"This..." Li Feng smiled embarrassedly without losing his manners at the right time.
Seeing this, the emperor also realized something. After nodding slightly, he turned to ask: "How is Xiangrui living in Yingchuan?"
Li Feng chuckled and said, "Xiangrui lived a very happy life in Yingchuan. The officials of Yingchuan regarded her as a guest of honor. Zhou Hu also took special care of her. In the winter of the New Year, Xiangrui also brought Zhou Hu's old subordinates to hunt in Yingshan... That piece of fox fur was specially entrusted by Xiangrui to offer her to His Majesty."
"Oh?" The emperor was very surprised when he heard this.
At first he wondered why Li Feng sent an ordinary fox skin. After all, as the emperor of Jin State, he did not lack such things at all, and even nothing was qualified to offer him.
It would be reasonable if Li Feng offered a rare piece of white fox skin, and to be honest, this kind of ordinary fox skin can only be locked into the warehouse in the palace to eat ashes until the decay is finally disposed of.
But the same thing is said, if this is the granddaughter's auspicious intention, it would be a different matter.
"Haha, that girl really cares about me..."
The emperor became happier.
Looking at the emperor's smile, Li Feng laughed with him, but he was secretly amused in his heart, which was funny. The so-called "girl" is too big to stay.
You should know that in the winter of last year, Princess Xiangrui went to the mountains to hunt, except for some fragmented prey, she only caught a bear, a tiger, and a fox.
The tiger skin was naturally the most expensive, and the girl gave Zhou Hu a chair cushion in his study without hesitation.
Because of this, even his father, Yecheng Hou, was a little confused after learning about this, lamenting that his daughter, who had been raising for more than 10 or 20 years, was so "heartless" that she actually left the best to her lover instead of her parents - although their family is actually not short of things like tiger skin.
"Zi Feng, accompany me outside for a walk."
"Yes, your Majesty."
The emperor, who was in a very happy mood, took Li Feng to the garden outside the hall and asked the latter about Princess Xiangrui's recent situation in Yingchuan County.
Of course, Li Feng would prefer his brother-in-law to talk to Yingchuan County. When he replied to the emperor, he said that his sister was in Yingchuan County and how she could not be unable to do anything in Yingchuan County, and how she would make Yingchuan County officials and the commander Zhou Hu very troubled.
As expected, the emperor did not accept the trouble caused by his doting granddaughter to Yingchuan County at all, and expelled his granddaughter with a calm expression: "Xiang Rui has been in the palace for a long time, and he is indeed a little willful and arrogant, which is not surprising..."
Not just a little willful and arrogant?
Li Feng muttered secretly, but on the surface, he naturally wanted to cater to the emperor.
As they were chatting, the emperor suddenly asked, "Zicheng, what do you think of Zhou Hu as a man?"
Li Feng smiled and said, "Although Zhou Hu had made mistakes for a while, he was attracted by the Grand Master. I believe that this person is naturally well-behaved..."
The emperor glanced at Li Feng and asked again: "I'm asking what you think of Zhou Hu... As far as I know, last year, Zhou Hu led his army to Jiyin to quell the rebellion, and your father and mother invited him to the mansion as a guest?"
"Yes." Li Feng nodded with a smile: "That time, Zhou Hu and General Xue Aoxue went with him."
"Well." The emperor nodded slightly, indicating that he already knew about this.
Seeing this, Li Feng thought for a moment and said, "I want to hide it from Your Majesty. In fact, not only your grandson, but even your father and mother have a good impression of Zhou Hu. As far as the child knows, the mother discussed with his father privately that if he could recruit Zhou Hu as his son-in-law, Xiangrui could have a good home... Of course, this matter is subject to Your Majesty, and he must also obtain the permission of Grand Master Chen."
Hearing this, the emperor looked at Li Feng deeply, with a playful smile on his face. He saw his lips slightly open as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he just asked calmly: "Xiangrui is willing to stay in Zhou Hu's mansion, not afraid of rumors. It can be seen that she has no bad impression of Zhou Hu... But there is no need to worry about this."
"Yes..." Li Feng lowered his head.
Naturally, he couldn't accept this in his heart. After all, most of the women in this world got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and his sister is 20 years old this year. How could his family not be in a hurry?
But even if he doesn't accept it in his heart, Li Feng would not be so stupid as to disobey the emperor's grandfather in person. Anyway, his family had already made a marriage with that brother Zhou in private, so there was no need to worry.
However, the emperor's deep glance just now made Li Feng care a little - Could it be that the emperor's grandfather learned about his family's private engagement with that brother Zhou?
The two walked in the garden for a moment, and the emperor asked Li Feng again: "Zifeng, do you have anything else to stay in Handan except to see me?"
Li Feng thought for a moment after hearing this and said respectfully: "I dare not hide it from Your Majesty. This time, my grandson came to Handan. In addition to meeting Your Majesty, he also wanted to meet the prince..."
"Hmm?" The emperor frowned immediately and asked with a little displeasure: "What are you doing when you see the prince?"
Li Feng seemed not to notice the unhappiness on the emperor's face, lowered his head and explained, "It's the father's intention. He hoped his grandson would bring some gifts to see the prince..." After a pause, he pretended to be embarrassed and said, "In the last two years, my family has been disrespectful to the prince for the sake of auspiciousness..."
"oh……"
The emperor looked at Li Feng in surprise.
He thought that his sixth son, Li Liang, the Marquis of Yecheng, sent his son Li Feng this time to make a fuss about Princess Xiangrui two years ago, but he didn't expect that the other party wanted to reconcile with the prince...
Thinking about it carefully, the East Palace did not do anything about Princess Xiangrui, but after learning about the intention of the third prince, it just added fuel to the fire.
In this case, it was not surprising that the six sons, the Hou and his family of Yecheng decided to reconcile with the East Palace.
The question is, where is the third prince? What is the Liuzi family planning to do?
I have to say that when the emperor thinks of the Eastern Palace and the Third Prince, the emperor is in a bad mood. After all, as the emperor of a country, what he cannot tolerate the most is the concealment of the subordinates, even his son.
If he hadn't only had a few sons, if the prince was not the prince, and the third prince had the strong support of his mother and family, just after the last incident with Princess Xiangrui, the emperor would never have scolded him.
On that day, the emperor left Li Feng for dinner in the palace. During this period, he asked about Li Feng for some things, and Li Feng then said goodbye and left.
The so-called secrets cannot be hidden in the deep palace. Before Li Feng stepped out of the palace, his intention to "intentionally seek to see the Eastern Palace and reconcile with the Eastern Palace" reached the ears of the Prince Li Xu of the Eastern Palace, which surprised the prince.
The prince said to the staff of the East Palace: "The third brother wanted to murder Xiangrui that day, and I also helped the fire behind it. Unexpectedly, the sixth brother decided to reconcile with me. Could it be that there was any trick?"
The aides around the prince were naturally talented and quick-witted. He smiled and said, "The Marquis of Yecheng is just a two-monarch who takes the least harm. Last time when the princess was in the princess, the third prince was the third prince. In addition to providing some convenience for the third prince, the prince did nothing to the prince... I believe that the Marquis of Yecheng's hatred for the Prince is far less than that of his third prince. This time, the Marquis of Yecheng hopes to reconcile with the Prince, and I guess he may not have no intention of using the Prince's hands to revenge the Third Prince."
"Um."
Prince Li Wu nodded slightly.
It is undeniable that Jin Xun, the Hu Ben Zhonglang, was sent to Yingchuan by him. His purpose at that time was to see if he could "remedy". After all, Princess Xiangrui was also a huge threat to him.
Fortunately, under the surveillance and alertness of Yingchuan Commander Zhou Hu, Jin Xun finally dared to act rashly.
The prince felt a little regretful at that time, but now it seems that this is a blessing.
Seeing that the prince was thinking without saying a word, his staff whispered: "I would like to suggest that the prince reconcile with the Hou of Yecheng. There is no need to say much about Princess Xiangrui's weight, and now there is another Zhou Hu who has a unclear relationship with the Hou of Yecheng... This person's weight may not be inferior to the princess."
“Um…”
The prince nodded deeply in agreement.
Behind Zhou Hu are Chen Jun Wuhu, who is the Grand Master Chen. Even as the Eastern Palace, he doesn't want to provoke him. Therefore, Zhou Hu was indifferent to the testimony that Zhou Hu had bluntly stated that he wrote a letter to him inappropriately for the Hou family of Yecheng.
Of course, the same is true for his cunning brother, the third prince Li Qian. In short, it was just that this incident had never happened.
"Xiangrui, do you really live in Zhou Hu's mansion?" the prince asked in surprise.
"It should be impossible to be wrong." The staff member nodded and lowered his voice, "Maybe the relationship between the princess and Zhou Hu is not only so, otherwise how could the couple of Yecheng Hou let their daughter live in the home of a strange man? I think that the princess lived in the Zhou Hu mansion, and must have obtained the permission of the couple of Yecheng Hou... If she could recruit Chenmen Wuhu as her son-in-law, how could the couple of Yecheng Hou refuse?"
After a pause, he whispered: "If we could reconcile with the Marquis of Yecheng this time, perhaps the Crown Prince could not only reconcile with Zhou Hu, but also get the support of the latter..."
“Um…”
The prince nodded thoughtfully.
He actually didn't care about Zhou Hu, he cared about the other five tigers, such as Xue Ao, Zhang Jing, and especially Zou Zan.
Of course, the most important thing is Taishi Chen.
Thinking of this, he did not wait for Li Feng to come to pay a visit, and immediately sent someone to invite Li Feng to the East Palace for a banquet and took the initiative to release his goodwill.
Chapter completed!