Chapter 261 Before the Wedding (Part 1)

After saying this, Su Changan looked at the tablets. Just like before, he had thought of a lot of things he wanted to say on the way here, but when he really arrived in front of the two tablets, he didn't dare to say it.

He opened his mouth several times, swallowed the words back several times, and finally smiled foolishly.

He gently wiped the tablet and picked it up carefully.

But when he took it, Su Changan's expression was slightly stunned.

Because he remembered that when he traveled through time, he was seriously ill and it was his brother and mother who carried him around.

On the way, mother always said, "It's not heavy, it's okay, don't look so sad, to me you will always be like a newborn, a little thing weighing 6.52 kilograms." '

Thinking of this, Su Changan's hands trembled, the corners of his mouth turned down, and his voice trembled: "Not sinking, not at all."

When he said this, Su Changan pursed his lips, then carefully put down the tablet in his hand, and said helplessly: "That's why I dare not say more."

As he spoke, Su Changan smiled helplessly, then gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

He said nothing more, but lowered his head and took out the two steamed buns he had brought, and also took out some clean water.

It was not placed in front of the tablet, but was just eaten.

I didn’t dare look up at the tablet while eating. A bite of steamed bun and a sip of water.

After he finished eating the two steamed buns, he drank all the water.

Su Changan stood up and packed up briefly, then stood up and looked at the two tablets: "Mom, brother, let's go, I'll come again next time, next time I'll bring my wife to eat steamed buns for you to see."

After saying this, Su Changan didn't dare to look at the tablet again, for if he did he would start crying like a woman again.

After leaving the ancestral temple, Su Changan saw Yan Ruyu and the other two waiting at the door. He smiled and said, "Let's go back. We still have a lot of things to do."

Yan Ruyu and the others naturally didn't say much, they just looked at Su Changan.

The three of them understood each other tacitly.

Because I saw that Su Changan's eyes were a little red.

There are not many people in this hall, or to be more precise, apart from Su Changan and the others, there are no more than two other people, who are Taoist priests from Yuqing Temple.

The winter wind and snow blew into the cool palace.

The hem of Su Changan's skirt was slightly blown up, and her long hair was also blown up. The "Acacia Seed" and "Under the Bright Moon" hanging on her waist behind her were clearly visible, and she looked very graceful.

But Su Changan did not look at the wind and snow outside the palace.

His mother said that in her heart, he had always been a little thing weighing 6.5 jin, and it was not heavy.

However, he was holding the tablet and didn't know whether his mother weighed 6.5 jin.

…

On the way back, Su Changan sat in the carriage, as if he had returned to his usual self, looking at the cat and then at the people outside.

At this time, perhaps because the snow had become much lighter and had gradually stopped, many people took to the streets.

Those who are sweeping snow are sweeping snow, and those who are shopping are shopping.

But without exception, Su Changan heard everyone talking about his marriage with Xia Fengxiang.

but

Just as the carriage passed by a shop selling lanterns, Su Changan heard some things about the Cui family.

Su Changan knew about it.

In fact, it was about someone going to Cui’s house to propose to Cui Yuer.

Cui Yuer ranked sixth in the palace examination, which was very good.

Moreover, the officials appointed were to stay in the capital and serve as compilers in the Hanlin Academy.

At that age, coupled with the influence of the Cui family, he has a bright future.

She is as popular as Su Linhan, and is considered a hot commodity in the eyes of many people in Beijing who are thinking of proposing marriage to their families.

It’s just that Cui Yuer herself was unwilling to talk about this, and Cui Yu didn’t want to interfere in this matter, so it never came to fruition.

Even an old man who was most worried about his son asked someone to ask Su Changan for help.

I want to talk to Queen Su Changan.

Su Changan naturally didn't care about this, so he just replied with a polite word saying that it depends on Cui Yuer's feelings and declined the matter.

Just thinking of the Cui family

Su Changan looked at the cat sitting in the carriage.

Although there was a medical book on its legs, the cat had its head tilted and was dozing off little by little.

Su Changan saw this and thought that this girl had been woken up by Sun Shanggong and the others before dawn this morning. He smiled and picked up the blanket at hand.

But just cover it with the blanket.

The carriage suddenly jolted.

Maomao then opened his eyes and looked at Su Changan, but the next moment, he yawned sleepily.

Su Changan saw this and threw the blanket to the cat: "Go to sleep if you are tired. It will take more than half an hour to get back."

Maomao rubbed his eyes with his hands, nodded, then lay on his side in the carriage, pulled the blanket around him, and curled up in it.

Su Changan looked at the cat, thought about it and said softly: "Cat, find time to talk to Cui Yu."

The cat didn't say anything, but just kicked its legs to express its dissatisfaction.

Su Changan didn't say much, but just smiled and turned to look outside the carriage.

But at this time.

A "hmm" sound came out of the cat's mouth.

Su Changan looked back.

Then I saw the cat completely covered itself in the blanket.

Su Changan smiled again, but was about to say a few jokes. However, after thinking about it carefully, he decided not to say anything.

but

Just as Su Changan looked outside, his expression suddenly realized and he couldn't help but smile because he saw the Yang Mansion.

At the Yang Mansion.

Many people can clearly feel that the Yang family has been too low-key this year.

After all, at this time of year in previous years, the Yang Mansion was always crowded with people, and many people who came to send gifts and New Year's goods lined up all the way to Zhuque Street.

But this year

The door of Yang Mansion was closed.

but.

No one thought that the Yang Mansion would fall into decline, even though many members of the Yang Party were involved in the crackdown on gangsters and evil, and there were strict words. After Wei Xuancheng and others returned, their homes were confiscated and some were exiled.

But the mountain of Yang Mansion is still there, which means that Yang Mansion has not collapsed. Although the remaining members of Yang Party are trembling with fear and have lost their former arrogance, they still have the old Mount Tai in their hearts.

and

At this point, everyone in the Yang Party also knew that His Majesty had stopped taking any actions against them.

One of the signals was that Yang Guofu was ordered by the empress to be transferred to the position of Shao Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, which was actually a promotion.

After all, he was promoted from the original Langzhong of the Ministry of Works to the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Prefecture, which was a promotion from the fifth rank to the fourth rank.

The empress's meaning is very simple. You, Yang Guofu, have done a good job in helping the empress to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, so why don't you take over completely.

Yang Guofu dared not disobey.

Even though he knew that it was the Empress who asked him to offend people to the end, there was nothing he could do now.

Next, Your Majesty ignored the memorial submitted by Wei Xuancheng and others impeaching the remaining members of the Yang Party.

This is also a signal.

Although things have come to this

The so-called Yang Party's power has been reduced to one-tenth of what it used to be, but it's okay at least.

Those who are barely alive are lucky.

Those who have their homes confiscated and are exiled should just consider themselves unlucky. What else can they do?

In the Shiqing Courtyard of the Yang Mansion, a heavy snowfall made the courtyard look quite different.

The heavy snowfall before turned into light snow. A figure walked on the small bridge covered with a layer of white snow towards Zhiqin Pavilion.

In Zhiqin Pavilion, Yang Shanchang squinted his eyes and covered himself with a blanket.

Yang Guofu fiddled with the charcoal fire in the stove.

at this time

The door opened, Yang Shanchang and Yang Guofu looked over and saw that it was Yan Jingqing.

Yang Shanchang immediately said with a smile: "Come over and roast some."

Yan Jingqing responded and immediately took off his coat, then walked to the stove and said, "It's snowing heavily today. The snow on the street is over my feet."

Yang Guofu poured Yan Jingqing a cup of hot tea and asked, "Is everything ready for the wedding?"

Yan Jingqing nodded: "It's all ready, we can just start the ceremony tomorrow."

Yang Shanchang nodded, pointed to the naan bread baking on the stove, motioned Yan Jingqing to eat, then he leaned back and said, "It's all right, it's all right. Tomorrow is the most important day for Daxia."

Yan Jingqing nodded, picked up the baked naan, hesitated for a moment, and looked at Yang Guofu.

Yang Guofu nodded.

Yan Jingqing then looked at Yang Shanchang and said, "Teacher, Dao Ji has been in Beijing for six days, and you haven't seen me yet? I heard that he wants to see you every day at the post station. And you have been closed to visitors for a month, just to avoid seeing the princess of the Shu Palace, the foreign countries outside, the barbarians, and the Eighth Prince. But Dao Ji must see you."

After saying this, Yan Jingqing picked up the steamed bread slice and took a bite. It was crispy.

Yang Guofu nodded at the side: "Dad, it's time to meet him."

Yang Shanchang opened his eyes and looked at Yan Jingqing and Yang Guofu: "Have you met Dao Ji?"

Hearing this, Yang Guofu immediately shook his head: "If you don't allow us to meet, we wouldn't dare to meet."

Yang Shanchang sat up and answered the question irrelevantly: "Another group of people from the Shu Wang family has arrived."

Yang Guofu nodded: "Yes, it is Shen Yue who came. In name, he is the governor of Yizhou, but he should be sent by the King of Shu to do something. And he has met Dao Ji several times. At this juncture, although my son knows that Dao Ji has a plan, if something happens to Dao Ji..."

Having said that, Yang Guofu didn't say anything, but looked at Yang Shanchang with a serious face.

Yang Shanchang reached out to pick up the cup, but just as he was about to drink, he looked at Yang Guofu: "Chen Yue, you were a shy scholar back then, but now you have been entrusted with an important task by the King of Shu."

After saying this, Yang Shanchang drank a sip of tea and said, "I remember that Dao Ji and I were classmates and friends. It's only natural for us to meet each other. Don't think too much. We just need to do our own thing."

Yang Guofu and Yan Jingqing looked at each other.

Yang Guofu pursed his lips and said, "Dad, you misunderstood what my son and Jing Qing meant. We just want to understand some things and see if we can do anything."

Yang Shanchang still ignored Yang Guofu, and continued to ask: "Who is coming from the Northern Barbarians? I remember you mentioned it to me, but I'm too lazy to remember those little people."

Yan Jingqing said, "It's Queen Mother Man's younger brother, Shulü'an."

Yang Shanchang didn't say anything, just looked at Yan Jingqing.

Yan Jingqing continued, "It's the King of the Southern Courtyard of the barbarians. The Queen Mother now controls the whole country. Her son is a puppet king. This time, she sent her brother here, saying that she has a gift for your Majesty, but we don't know what it is. When I had a banquet with Li Chunfang and others last night, I took a closer look at him. He is extremely arrogant and a good-for-nothing. The Queen Mother sounds like a powerful figure, but she let such a brother be the King of the Southern Courtyard. It's a bit..."

At this point, Yan Jingqing shook his head and smiled awkwardly: "It's a bit overrated."

Yang Shanchang raised his eyes to look at Yan Jingqing: "Have you told His Majesty?"

Yan Jingqing nodded and said, "The students and Li Chunfang have already reported this this morning."

Yang Shanchang nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he was stunned, but the next moment he laughed: "What a powerful character."

After saying that, Yang Shanchang sighed. It was not a good thing that the other side was powerful.

Hearing this, Yan Jingqing was stunned for a moment, but before he could speak, he looked at Yang Guofu.

Yang Guofu frowned in surprise, thinking about the meaning of his father's words.

However, Yang Shanchang did not ask any more questions and said, "Didn't the Eighth Prince say he was sick? How is he?"

Hearing this, Yang Guofu said, "It's said to be a cold. I saw that he looked much better yesterday morning."

Yang Shanchang smiled and was unwilling to waste any more words on the Eighth Prince.

Because it seems unnecessary.

Yang Guofu thought for a while and said, "Dad, the Western Regions and Tubo are probably already in close contact with the King of Shu. Although it's just a guess,..."

When Yang Guofu said this.

Yang Shanchang said, "Guofu, what did you just say? Are you going to do something?"

Hearing this, Yang Guofu pursed his lips, then looked at his father and said directly: "Dad, we have to do something in this situation. I am really scared! His Majesty seems to have spared us, but... but it doesn't look like forgiveness."

On the other side, Yan Jingqing also frowned and looked at Yang Shanchang.

Now there are only a few people left in Yang's party.

Without exception, all of them are working hard, mainly because they have seen the fate of other Yang party members and are scared!

Especially Yang Guofu, who personally raided many families’ homes. Every time he raided their homes, he became more nervous, wondering what would happen if the same thing happened to him in the future!

Things are done step by step, and the mentality changes step by step.

After going through so many things, Yang Guofu's mood has changed a lot.

And the more he personally led people to search the house, the more afraid and panicked he became!

The same was naturally true for Yan Jingqing. It was he who led people to confiscate the properties of the officials involved in the previous imperial examination!

It might not seem like a big deal if you just hear about it, but when they do it themselves, and the person they do it to is the one who used to obey them, how can they not think about the knife falling over their heads?

so.

Although Yang Guofu and Yan Jingqing knew that Yang Shanchang was there and the knife would not fall, but with a knife hanging over their heads, who wouldn't be worried?

Yang Shanchang glanced at the two of them and said, "If you don't do anything, you will do it."

The two were stunned for a moment.

Yang Shanchang looked at the two and sighed, "I know what you two are worried about. You are just worried that there are many people with evil intentions in the capital now, and you are afraid that we will be implicated and cause trouble again."

"I just thought you two had done a good job over the past month, but you couldn't help it after just one month? You just did your own things this month, and something went wrong? His Majesty is looking for trouble? Hey. You two."

As he said this, Yang Shanchang reached out to take the naan that was baking by the stove. Yan Jingqing saw it and immediately took a piece and handed it to Yang Shanchang.

Yang Shanchang took a bite and then looked at his son, his student, and could not help scolding him: "The great roc spreads its wings for nine thousand miles, but it cannot see the ants on the ground. You guys have always taken yourselves too seriously, so you jump around. Now that you are at peace, everything is fine. In your majesty's eyes, there are only wedding matters and other things happening at the moment. Do you two think you are more important than the queen? Or more important than the fact that most of Jiaodong is about to be controlled by the Eighth Prince? Or do you think you are more important than the King of Shu who is colluding with foreign tribes and is about to rebel openly? Or are you more important than those clean people in the south who are twisted into a rope and pretend to obey the court but secretly disobey it?"

"Take a piss and look at yourself! Even I am not worthy of His Majesty in these matters! I don't know what you two are thinking every day. His Majesty doesn't have to wait so long to deal with you. He has already taken action several times before. I have told you before that you are not qualified. Why can't you figure it out?"

Hearing this, Yang Guofu and Yan Jingqing looked at each other.

Yan Jingqing smiled bitterly.

Yang Guofu thought for a while and said, "Dad, it's true..."

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Yang Guofu looked at the expression on Yang Shanchang's face when he looked at him, and Yang Guofu closed his mouth.

Yang Shanchang put the naan back on the stove and said, "The capable will rise, the mediocre will fall, the incompetent will retreat, the complacent will be defeated by the weak, the complacent will be defeated by the ignorant. In a world of great contention, only strength will prevail. We have things we need to do, and before that, doing nothing is like doing something. Send someone to deliver the jeweled gold hairpin with a deer and crane in spring and the sandalwood konghou hairpin in the storeroom to Su Liushi of the Su Mansion, and say that we in the Yang Mansion congratulate Madam Su. Send some other things as well, saying that we congratulate the whole Su Mansion on the New Year."

Yang Guofu immediately bowed and said, "Yes."

But Yang Shanchang seemed to remember something, and then asked: "Oh, by the way, that young man named Li Hun, I talked to him for a while, I remember he was quite talented, and he was awarded an official title."

Hearing this, Yang Guofu shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with us. Even if we pass the exam and get the first place, we can't be appointed to any official position. We are only a reserve. Even if we are hired in the future, we will probably be thrown into some corner to be a county magistrate."

Yang Shanchang shook his head: "Oh, what a pity! I will talk to Su Wenqing about it some other day. But speaking of this Li Hun, I remember the one who used to be with the prince of the Eighth Prince was called An."

Yan Jingqing immediately said, "Meng Shaoan is now the magistrate of Yan. Xia Zhixu has given him a lot of power and said he is good at pacifying the people."

Yang Shanchang shook his head again: "It's a pity. If he has the ability, why can't he see anything? Hey, he is just a bookworm."

Afterwards, Yang Shanchang didn't say much. After all, they were just two people he suddenly remembered.

After leaning back, Yang Shanchang looked at Yan Jingqing and said, "Jingqing, tell me again about the entire process of tomorrow and what the queen has changed. There can't be any mistakes tomorrow."

Yan Jingqing responded immediately.

Tomorrow, your majesty and the queen will be married, and there must be no mistakes.

It wasn't just Yang Shanchang who thought so.

(End of this chapter)