The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

King Jin invites an invitation, Fang Yiai has to give face.

He took his two younger brothers up, followed by Xiao Qi, the dumb lady, and other servants were waiting on the first floor.

Xiaoqi and the dumb lady followed on the second floor to listen. King Jin did not want to reveal his identity outside, so Fang Yiai took Fang Yize and Fang Yiyi to perform simple etiquette, and asked the dumb lady to take her two younger brothers to another room. At the same table, he sat facing the king of Jin to eat snacks and tea.

"Why did Your Highness leave the palace today?" Fang Yiai asked curiously.

King Jin knew that the other party was asking him why the emperor was willing to let him out at ease.

Li Zhi blinked, "I just came out from sister." Naturally, it was an excuse to see Princess Changle's name leaving the palace, and when she came out, she would take a walk and go back later, presumably Aye would not say that something.

"Brother-in-law did you feel sorry for that girl just now?" Li Zhi asked back, his eyes were searching, and he almost asked Fang Yiai if he fell in love with her beauty.

Fang Yiai shook her head and snorted disdainfully, "Prince Jin was joking, the tricks of that girl must be so smart that Prince Jin would understand—"

Li Zhi couldn't help laughing, "It's not necessarily true, there are still poor people in the Tang Dynasty." After finishing speaking, he sighed with emotion.

Fang Yiai could see that Li Zhi was really "concerned about the country and the people", which was in line with the evaluation of his "benevolence" by later generations, and he felt a little good in his heart.

No one doesn't like a good guy, even if that guy is a bad guy.

What's more, Fang Yiai thinks that he is not a bad person. He admits that he is a dude, but he does not bully the people.

Sometimes, he can't understand why his future self can commit the crime of "rebellion". He has never even killed anyone when he grows up.

Fang Yiai was stunned, Fang Yize and Fang Yiyi over there had already eaten a plate of dim sum at this time, but Fang Yize wiped out almost all of them, and Fang Yiyi couldn't eat.

Fang Yiyi came over shyly, looking under the window porch, he was still looking at the little girl.

"Shiro?" Fang Yiai frowned.

"...Brother, why don't you just buy her." Fang Yiyi pointed at the girl, and deliberately added: "If you don't buy the big one, buy the small one. That big sister is not a good person!"

"How do you know?" King Jin asked with interest, but he didn't notice a little girl who looked like a beggar, following the direction of Fang Yiyi's finger, Li Zhi's eyes fell over——

Suddenly, he froze for a moment.

As soon as King Jin changed his nature, he asked someone to bring the little girl up, and the older girl insisted on following up to take care of his younger sister. Li Zhi heard the voices of disputation below, and asked his attendants to let them go upstairs.

"Please be respected." The girl Yingying lowered her eyes and bowed down.

The little girl beside her didn't move, but she turned her head and pulled her. She could only salute, but didn't say hello.

Li Zhi waved his hand, he didn't mind, and asked the dumb woman next to Fang Yiai to wash the girl's face.

... After a long while, the mute walked back in disorder, leading the girl.

The girl exclaimed, it turned out that the dumb woman held the girl's wrist too hard.

"Mute?" Fang Yiai frowned at her.

The dumb girl came to her senses, and threw the little girl away as if she was burning her hands.

Fang Yiai's eyes were heavy, but she didn't look at the big and small girls, her eyes were fixed on the fierce-looking dumb girl who was flustered at this moment.

At this time, however, Jin Wang Li Zhi was silent for a long time, his gaze fell on the freshly washed little face, and the girl lowered her head in panic, her calves trembling slightly.

——This girl is about seven or eight years old, with a round face that is not extremely beautiful, full forehead, black eyes like pearls, and a thin body that is a bit weak, but when she looks at people, she looks very cute... This King Jin thought of someone.

A person only in memory.

"S... son..."

Fang Yiai listened to King Jin's whispers, his eyes suddenly became serious, and his eyes shot at the big and small opposite.

I really didn't expect that this "immortal jump" trick was not aimed at himself, but at His Royal Highness Jin Wang.

Fang Yiai understood everything at this moment.

Just don't know who is behind this? !

Also, the dumb girl's reaction...

Also very strange.

Fang Yi remembers this matter lovingly, it is not easy to ask the dumb woman in this Yunlai restaurant for a while.

In the end, as expected, King Jin ordered someone to buy the little girl and take the older girl with him.

However, Li Zhi looked at Fang Yiai in embarrassment, and said, "It's not convenient for me to take them back—"

He pondered, and the words were not finished, obviously the meaning inside was very clear.

Li Zhi waited for Fang Yiai to answer, Fang Yiai glanced at the dumb girl out of the corner of her eye, and agreed very "kindly": "The Fang family is short of two maids..."

"That's just right." Jin Wang smiled, "These two people will be my best friend."

Actually got cheap and behaved well——

Fang Yiai curled his lips, if it wasn't for something strange, he wouldn't be bothered to be such a "good guy".

……

In Concubine Wei's palace, there was a charcoal brazier under Wei Guifei's feet. She threw a few letters into it, and flames burst into the charcoal basin. In an instant, the paper and ink turned to ashes, leaving a little bit of dust behind.

"Sweep it up, and then send a message to Gao Yang—" Concubine Wei Gui's face was very ugly.

……

After Gao Yang received the letter, she was very irritable.

"Zhen'er, go call Zhang Niang over—"

Zhang Niang is Gao Yang's wet nurse, she has been raised with Princess Gao Yang in the Princess Mansion, she has no worries about eating and drinking, and she also takes care of some things.

"Princess." Zhang Niang came over and saluted with a smile.

When Gao Yang saw the wet nurse, his expression eased, and he asked her to sit down, the two dismissed Zhen'er and others, and talked in secret for a long time.

Two hours later, Zhang Niang left the princess mansion, but went to the house with gifts.

It was very strange for Mrs. Lu to hear that Princess Gaoyang came here to "honor" their Wenggu by giving presents indiscriminately.

She ignored the strange feeling in her heart and met Zhang Niang and others.

The maids behind Zhang Niang held gift boxes in their hands and arranged them specially. Mrs. Lu glanced at them, and saw that they were full of high-quality satin clothes in the palace, as well as some fragrant powder and red hairpins, which were all given to the female relatives of the Fangfu. It is actually suitable for half of Lu's age, and the other half is also thoughtful for the aunt and the second mother. It is a pink and fresh color that suits them.

Zhang Niang took the opportunity to exchange a few words with Lu Shi, and then inadvertently mentioned the incident of Fangfu's entry many years ago...

Lu Shi was surprised, responded with a few words, and dismissed the other party.

A few years ago, there were no women in the mansion?

Lu's heart suddenly tightened, thinking of the dumb lady.

……

Fang Yiai took the younger brothers back to the mansion, and the mute returned to Lu's place after returning the things the gentlemen bought.

Lu Shi looked deeply at the dumb lady for a moment, and under her gestures, he knew that Fang Yiai had brought back two people.

Because it was a gift from the King of Jin, Lu Shite had an opinion at first sight, but like Fang Yiyi, he liked the little girl very much.

Lu asked the dumb lady to teach him the rules, so that she could be arranged to serve Shiro in the future.

Fang Yiai just asked Xiaoqi to take care of the two people, and did not let the prostitution girl she bought serve her, and directly separated the two "sisters", and directly asked Lu Shi to send this person to the farm to cultivate the land.

"There's a shortage of autumn harvests there, and there's also a shortage of cooking women. You can figure it out, Aunt." Fang Yiai didn't care, and directly pushed it all on Lu Shi.

King Jin did this kind deed, and sure enough, he still didn't forget to send something, all of which were for the little girl.

Fang Yiyi also named her "Four Girls".

"I am Shiro from Fangfu, and she is my maid, wouldn't it be appropriate to be called 'Four Girls'?"

Fang Yiyi said it as a matter of course.

The names of the four daughters were determined in this way, Fang Yiai thought about it, and wrote a letter specially to inform King Jin in the palace.

After Li Zhi received the letter, he remained silent for a while and did not express any objection, but his concern for the four girls remained undiminished.

The origins of the fourth daughter and her older sister are still suspicious. Li Zhi didn't know about it, so he put them in the house, but he still couldn't help but think of the appearance of the fourth daughter in his mind - she looked very much like Si Zi when he was young.

Li Zhi's complexion was a bit grim at this time, if the people behind him were really picky, they must be targeting him, or targeting the emperor.

Li Zhi knew how much Aye loved Sizi.

But if Aye sees the four daughters, how will he react? Even Li Zhi, the favored youngest son, can't predict for sure.

……

The printing technique that Fang Yiai dedicates to the East Palace has achieved initial results. The books printed by the Prince’s presiding officer have begun to be sold in Chang’an City. The price is very reasonable and cheap. For a home with a few acres of paddy fields, you can buy a few books with a little accumulation. .

If children from poor families want to go to school, books are no longer the most difficult thing.

When Li Shimin heard about this, he lavishly praised the prince's ability and benevolence in the court. Of course, His Majesty himself deserved the most credit.

Fang Yiai's reward has also come down, the crown prince mentioned Fang Yiai's official position this time, Li Shimin did not deny and refuse, not only restored Fang Yiai's position as a servant in the East Palace, but also allowed Fang Yiai to listen to it at any time , and he was required to cooperate with Li Chunfeng's research to manufacture a large number of explosive kits——

Just waiting for the beginning of spring next year, the Eastern Expedition will begin.

From now on, the imperial court continued to move, but they didn't say anything clearly. The upper court officials and generals knew each other well about the emperor's plan.

Finally, one day, the emperor summoned several important ministers and had a heated debate and discussion alone in the Ganlu Hall for a day and a night, setting the tone.

In the winter, Fang Yiai held Li Chunfeng's newly invented mirror and was very happy.

He was wearing a fox fur, which made him look like he was unparalleled in wealth and style - of course he thought that Fang Yiai was standing in front of the full-length mirror.

He raised his arm, and himself in the mirror raised his arm.

Just like a real person.

Fang Yiai sighed, and naturally the crown prince has it, the emperor has it, the Fang family's parents have it, the concubines have it, and the noble lords in the palace have it——

In the princess mansion, Gao Yang looked at his own yellowish image in the bronze mirror, and dropped the mirror angrily.

"Changle and Chengyang, those two bastards!"

These few times in the palace, when I met Changle and Chengyang, every time they were there, when they saw her, they would take out a small enamel and gold mirror from their sleeves, and purposely arrange their makeup in front of her, while Gao Yang could only watch helplessly. watch.

"Princess, why don't you ask the son-in-law to present some mirrors?" Zhen'er asked tentatively.

"He—" Gao Yang curled his lips, never wanting her to beg him.

but--

"I am the king, and he is the minister. He made the mirror, shouldn't he take the initiative to send it over, Zhen'er?" Gao Yang squinted and smiled.

Zhen'er bowed her head, then nodded and said "yes".

The corners of Gao Yang's lips twitched, and he suddenly remembered that incident again.

"What signs are there around that girl in Fangfu?"

"According to the news from Shu'er, the four daughters were sent to wait on Fang Jiashiro... Also, our people said that the housekeeper Mute took good care of the four daughters."

"Mute?" Gao Yang frowned.

When Shu'er secretly came to the princess mansion, Gao Yang summoned her and asked about it.

"The dumb lady is only following Mrs. Lu's orders. It must be because of this reason that she takes care of the fourth daughter."

……

In the East Palace, Fang Yi'ai, a casual cook, still comes here to eat and drink from time to time, and the cooking here is authentic, after all, the cooks here are all mastered by him.

What's more, he is still thinking about the safety of Xinxin.

Especially when Fang Yi'ai found out later, the prince actually transferred Xin Xin into the study to wait on him, he felt a little anxious.

Fang Yiai persuaded herself that it was just not enough time, not to worry about eating radishes, worrying that the crown prince and Xinxin would get together, and then be taken over by the emperor, betrayed and dethroned——

It is by no means worried about the future of the prince.

Fang Yiai warns Xin, please wait carefully, but don't wait too much.

In short, the prince is not easy to serve——

It made this apprentice feel depressed, and sometimes the prince's attitude towards him was also very strange.

One day, Fang Yiai was at the Dianshan Bureau, and suddenly received a note from Xinxin—it said the appointment time.