Strange Tale of Qingluan

As soon as the woman left, Liu Yinghe's tense face suddenly changed drastically, she smiled again, and was very polite to Su Zhongming, inviting them to sit and rest, as if they were a different person.

He apologized to Su Zhongming and others, "I'm really sorry just now, the queen has messed up the etiquette for a while, and I hope you don't care." Su Zhongming was also polite, and replied: "Where, the king of Guang should not be so serious."

Gong'e brought the tea, and Liu Yinghe ordered them to pass it to the distinguished guests one by one. You all picked up the cups and drank the hot tea at the same time, and finally got back to business.

The host, Liu Yinghe, opened the conversation, "To be honest, I was really surprised when I heard that City Lord Su wanted to discuss something important with me. Responsibility, so, if City Master Su has any requests, just ask for it, so that I can make up for my mistakes."

What he said made Su Zhongming feel a little sorry, but it was about Qingluan City, so he had no choice but to say cheekily: "King Guang should know that as the city lord, it is my duty to keep Qingluan City, and Qingluan City is currently short of silver. The only way to raise money soon is to borrow money, so I hope that King Guang can generously donate to Qingluan City and lend a little, and when Qingluan City has successfully passed this urgent need, I will definitely repay this debt one day."

Liu Yinghe had already prepared in her heart, her face was very calm, she opened her lips, and said calmly: "How much is the main borrower of Su Cheng? Just ask." Su Zhongming has never been sure about how much to borrow, he never thought of it The Lord Guangling in front of him was so polite and frank, he hesitated for a moment, and then replied, "King Guang should give the number according to his own wishes! Because you are the master, and we are the guests."

Liu Yinghe smiled lightly for a while, but didn't answer, just raised her right hand and opened five fingers to everyone.Su Zhongming looked at it and guessed, "500 taels?" Liu Yinghe shook her head calmly, and blurted out: "It's 5000 taels." Everyone immediately widened their eyes, shocked, and after a while, Yi Yeqing leaned over to Su Zhongming, Whispering in his ear, "My lord, King Guang must have other plans in his mind for such a generous move. It would be even worse if he used this to contain Qingluan City. Please consider carefully..."

Su Zhongming frowned slightly, and hesitated for a moment before expressing his opinion, "King Guang is really polite. Even if I am willing to accept such a large number generously, the disciples of Qingluan City may not be willing to accept it. I should ask King Guang to consider it again?"

Liu Yinghe had already seen the whispering of the two of them, and guessed that they had some worries in their hearts, and said with a smile: "City Master Su is afraid that the 5000 taels are too heavy to carry? It doesn't matter, I will send someone to deliver it to you." Those from Qingluan City don’t need to be delivered by City Lord Su himself.”

"That's not what it means..." Su Zhongming was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so he hurriedly explained.Before he finished speaking, Liu Yinghe interrupted his words, "City Master Su, you also know the phrase 'You have no jokes', don't you?" Su Zhongming retorted speechlessly, so he had to accept it respectfully rather than obediently.

Gong He got up, walked to Liu Yinghe's seat, bowed, and thanked: "Then, I will thank the Lord of Guangling for his generosity and generosity for the upper floor of Qingluan City—Xiang Xuanzhu. , it will be returned in full in the future.”

Liu Yinghe smiled, nodded lightly, and drank the second cup of hot tea with everyone.At this time, an eunuch came into the hall and told him, "Your Majesty, Master Yu is asking to see you." Hearing this, he became happy and hurriedly waved his right hand, "Let him in quickly, don't make him wait too long! "

"Who is this Mr. Yu?" Seeing that he was very happy, Su Zhongming couldn't help being puzzled.Yang Bin smiled and explained for Liu Yinghe, "Master Yu... is His Majesty's mentor! All along, the Four Books and Five Classics were taught by him alone, and the King of Guang respects him very much. !"

Pointing at Yang Bin, Liu Yinghe replied, "Brother bastard, you should understate what you said about taking me away, but your words about taking me away are more wordy than what I wanted to say. Next time, if others ask As for the things I have to do with you, I'll just... I'll just talk about your family background!"

Yang Bin laughed and shrugged, "I don't care. Anyway, since we became friends, we have hurt each other more than once or twice. If you really want to tell others about my family background, then Just say it!"

Liu Yinghe slapped the table and said to him, "Then you wait, this is my home, and I will use the best wine to get you drunk tonight!" Yang Bin was very happy and immediately felt happy. Accept, "Yeah! Wish I could!"

Both of their one-on-one answers were full of 'damage'. After talking, the eunuch just happened to lead an elderly minister in. The minister slowly bowed his knees to Liu Yinghe, and said in his mouth: "Old minister Yu Guangpu sees... Without saying a word, Liu Yinghe walked quickly into the audience room, supported him, and said, "Men, didn't I say that you have to kneel when you see the Queen Mother, but on such occasions you have to kneel." Gu, there is no need to kneel."

Yu Guangpu straightened up and said with a smile: "That's impossible, you are the ruler of the country with one person above ten thousand people, if the old minister doesn't kneel down, I'm afraid he will be despised by his colleagues..." Liu Yinghe sighed softly Sighing, "But I'm afraid of losing my life!" Yu Guangpu assured him with a serious face, "You are a benevolent king, and the King of Hades will definitely keep your life."

Liu Yinghe helped him to sit down at the banquet, "Where could it be? It's all because of your mentor, you taught him well." Once Yu Guangpu sat down, he asked him, "The old minister asks you, how many times have you taught me?" What did you do when you left Miyagi?" Liu Yinghe replied, "It's hard to explain, Gu brought friends back."

"Then let the old ministers see which path they are from," Yu Guangpu said, and then glanced at everyone at the table, "Are they all young children..." Everyone couldn't laugh or cry when they heard the words, and Liu Yinghe also Couldn't help but let out a 'poof', he said helplessly to Yu Guangpu: "You always see everyone saying that, if you can't stop it, you will really get old and confused."

Yu Guangpu sighed, "If the old minister was really foolish, he wouldn't be rushing over here today." Liu Yinghe saw that his expression turned sad in an instant, and couldn't help but be taken aback, "What happened?"

"Do you still remember what Your Majesty told the old minister before he left the palace?" Yu Guangpu asked, and kowtowed to him again, "The old minister is guilty! He didn't take good care of Concubine Chu!" Liu Yinghe was shocked and asked, "Yin What's wrong with Yin?!" Yu Guangpu truthfully reported, "After His Majesty left the palace, guards came to Huai Garden, saying that he took Concubine Chu away in accordance with the order, and the old minister couldn't stop him."

"By order? Whose order!" Liu Yinghe's heart was anxious and confused, she couldn't help grabbing Yu Guangpu's skirt, and blurted out.Yu Guangpu was extremely ashamed, and replied: "The old ministers don't know, they only said that they were acting according to the order, and they didn't say where the order came from. The old ministers are old and weak, so they can't stop them, they can only watch them take away the noble concubine Chu."

Liu Yinghe became depressed and stopped answering.Seeing this, Su Zhongming said: "King Guang, it seems that our trip is unlucky, your family affairs..." Liu Yinghe stood up and turned around, "I'm sorry, I have an extremely important thing to do right away, and I will take care of it when I get back. Before, if City Lord Su felt bored, let my benefactor take you around the palace."

Before Su Zhongming nodded and agreed, Liu Yinghe immediately stepped out of the hall, and walked in a hurry.Then Yu Guangpu stood up and sighed, Su Zhongming turned his head and looked at him, seized the opportunity to ask him: "Mr., there is one thing I don't understand, so I want to ask you, I wonder if you would like to show respect? "

"Just ask." Yu Guangpu replied generously.Su Zhongming was not polite, and asked: "I heard from others before that the queen of Guangling Kingdom is Chu Yinyin. She was originally a young lady who was taken to Qinglou by Mai because of the decline of her family business. Noble concubine, and let someone else be the queen?"

"This is a matter of His Majesty's family, and it is inconvenient to tell outsiders." Yu Guangpu hesitated for a moment, but finally refused to tell.Su Zhongming said: "Mr., the King of Guang generously offered to lend us 5000 taels just now. We are ashamed to accept it, so I want to take this opportunity to repay the favor."

Yu Guangpu sighed, and said affirmatively: "You are always distinguished guests, you can't help him!" Su Zhongming could no longer follow the rules, so he had to give up, "That's right, it's his family business..."

After a while, Yu Guangpu suddenly changed his mind for some reason, "You can't help him, but you can persuade him. I'll tell you what you asked just now: You are right, the former queen was indeed Concubine Chu." At that time, His Majesty brought her back and asked the Queen Mother to give her a marriage, but the Queen Mother despised her from Qinglou, so she refused at first."

"No? Then why did you agree later?" Wen Qian asked with great interest.Yu Guangpu said, "The Empress Dowager had long intended to make Ms. Changsun her empress. If Her Majesty agreed to marry Ms. Changsun, she could only make a concession. Her Majesty had no choice but to agree. Later, the Queen Mother wanted to repay her great-great-grandson. Queen Chu It's been a long time since she was pregnant, but the eldest grandson Guifei is pregnant..."

"So, the Empress Dowager, who was not pleasing to the eyes of the Queen of Chu, disliked her even more. With this incident, she was abolished as a queen and demoted to a noble concubine, and the eldest grandson noble concubine was promoted to a queen?" Wen Qian Before Yu Guangpu finished speaking slowly, he couldn't wait to express his guess.

Yu Guangpu was slightly taken aback, and replied: "Yes, yes, that's it." Yang Bin took the opportunity to praise Wen Qian, "Miss Wen Qian is so smart! She guessed it right!" Wen Qian immediately showed her pride Looking back at his words, "Of course!"

"No matter how you look at it, it's a troublesome thing. If outsiders intervene, it will be even more troublesome." Gong He opened his mouth and sighed, and it was just a boring sigh purely out of boredom.Of all the people in the hall, only Su Zhongming crossed his arms, thinking about a crucial question, and murmured to himself, "It seems that King Guang loves Chu Yinyin a little more. If so, why is it that the eldest grandson queen is the one who is pregnant?" Isn't it Chu Yinyin? Where is the problem?"

"What's there to think about? Of course, Concubine Chu's deep son can't do it. She used to be a girl from Qinglou, who knows how many guests she received! I'm a daughter's family, and I know that girls from Qinglou can't get pregnant." Wen Wen Qian interrupted again, completely ignoring etiquette and saying what she wanted to say.

Su Zhongming glared at her, and said dissatisfied: "Hugh must be talking nonsense here."

Wen Qian immediately retorted: "This is a very obvious thing! If the problem lies with King Guang, how can Queen Changsun get pregnant?"

Su Zhongming sighed softly, and never pursued this troublesome issue again. After a long time, Liu Yinghe really disappeared forever. Yu Guangpu followed his instructions and took everyone to visit Miyagi for an afternoon. It just passed, and in return, it was also a dark night and a bright moon.

In the Liuguang house, several women and children were playing around in the room, only the men were sitting or standing in the corridor.Looking at the moon wheel hanging in the sky, Su Zhongming sighed for no reason, "It seems that we have intentions but are powerless, and we can't help King Guang anymore." As soon as the voice fell, no one spoke, only Fei'er answered him. singing.

Yang Bin couldn't help but close his ears, and blurted out: "Who is this? The song is worse than a crow." He just finished speaking, and Ye Shuangshuang's singing came from the room again, and Su Zhongming finally couldn't help but close his ears, "This one sounds worse than the last one!"

Gong He couldn't resist, walked into the room, and interrupted their voices, "How can you sing better than me? I, I have the voice of a lark!" .The woman in the room hurriedly closed her ears and ran away, complaining, "It's killing me... Uncle, you should shut up."

Yan Ying was very calm, she rubbed her chin, and said: "It seems that we can have a competition, and who can sing worse!" Wen Qian stomped her feet when she heard this, and said unhappily: "Not at all. Good! It’s not good at all! Isn’t the ugliest thing better than ‘quack quack quack, woo woo woo’?” Yan Ying replied calmly, “Because it’s more practical.”

Wen Qian opened her mouth and was about to speak when suddenly, a humming tune came from outside the room, accompanied by rhythmic applause. It sounded very pleasant and made the room quiet. Everyone in the room turned their heads and looked curious.who is it?Who hummed such a nice tune at this time?who is it?