Chapter 64 Beauty Picture
The emperor suddenly asked, "Did the people from the Honglu Temple and Taifu Temple end up like this today?"
Li Yueyao shook her head.
"It seems that the Xie family has not been involved for the time being."
"Jiang Xing from Jingzhao Prefecture didn't make any moves today." Li Yueyao said.
"The four surnames of Jingzhao, Han, Jiang, Xue, and Yang, have always taken turns ruling Jingzhao Prefecture. Now, Jiang Xing has joined the Xie family..."
The emperor was halfway through his speech when he paused and stopped.
Li Yueyao said, "I think Jiang Xing is a fence-sitter and is not really committed to the Xie family.
I'll find a chance to try him out."
The emperor nodded after hearing this.
…
After leaving the court, Qi Zhuo, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, went to the residence of the Left Prime Minister.
Gao Hongchen has been gloomy ever since he discovered that his small treasury had been stolen before the New Year. The atmosphere in the mansion was very low even during the New Year.
At this moment, Qi Zhuo's face was full of panic, and he stood hunched over below Gao Hongchen.
"Prime Minister Gao, Huan Zi'an has already found Chunhui Garden. What should I do?"
"Do I need to teach you how to survive by cutting off your tail?"
"Prime Minister Gao, please calm down. We are already handling the matter.
But Huan Zi'an actually brought the deceased's family all the way from Weizhou to the capital.
Judging from the situation, he should have been prepared in advance, I am afraid he has other evidence in his hands..."
After hearing what Qi Zhuo said, Gao Hongchen's face became even uglier, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.
He rubbed his forehead and said, "In that case, let's quickly send someone to investigate and see what they have.
If necessary, the evidence in their hands can be destroyed.”
After hearing Gao Hongchen's words, Qi Zhuo wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied:
"Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
When Gao Hongchen saw Qi Zhuo leave, his face turned pale and he swept everything on the coffee table to the ground.
“Qi Zhuo is a fool, short-sighted, and only cares about the present.
I told him to close Chunhui Garden a long time ago, but he just wouldn't listen. A bunch of old men who can't control what's in their pants."
There was a person sitting below Gao Hongchen, who comforted him by saying:
"Prime Minister Gao, please don't be angry. For now, the first thing we need to do is figure out how to deal with the Right Prime Minister."
The man who spoke was dressed like a scholar, with a fair complexion and an air of immortality.
This person was none other than the imperial teacher who had refined the longevity elixir for the emperor, Taoist Qingyu.
Although Taoist Qingyu is now the head of the Sitianjian, his actual identity is a Taoist priest practicing at the foot of Mount Zhongnan.
Because he was too poor to survive, he came to the capital by deceiving others, but was discovered by Gao Hongchen and recommended to the emperor.
Because he knew a little about physiognomy and alchemy, he caught the eye of the imperial concubine and was recommended to the emperor to be appointed as the imperial teacher.
After listening to Qingyu's words, Gao Hongchen gradually calmed down his anger and looked at Qingyu and asked:
"What does the Imperial Master have to say?"
"I'm just confused. This Right Prime Minister has never been involved in the affairs of the court. Why would he suddenly attack you now, and with such brutal force?"
Gao Hongchen said angrily: "That's because of the Grand Princess Jinyang.
I heard that after the Grand Princess came down the mountain this time, the two of them have been very close recently. Maybe they have already reached some kind of agreement."
After hearing this, Master Qingyu nodded and said, "I see, that's how it is. I understand now.
After all, the recent change in the court's atmosphere is all due to the Grand Princess Jinyang."
Then, Master Qingyu tapped his palms with the feather fan in his hand and said:
"Then let's get to the heart of the matter and get rid of Princess Jinyang."
Gao Hongchen nodded and asked, "What's the plan?"
Master Qingyu stood up, approached Gao Hongchen and whispered a few words to him.
After hearing this, Gao Hongchen's expression eased a lot.
But he shook his head again: "No, this can only temporarily force Princess Jinyang back to the harem.
Feng Shenyu, however, was unaffected. He had been in the court for many years and held many cards in his hand, making him a formidable opponent.
When Qingyu saw that his proposal was rejected, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Gao Hongchen added, "But your plan is a good one. Keep it in mind for now. There will always be a day when it will be needed."
Qingyu frowned and thought for a while after hearing this, then said:
“Regarding the Right Prime Minister, hasn’t he been looking for a woman for many years?
As long as we spread the news about that woman, we will be able to lure him into the trap."
Gao Hongchen heard this and said, "This is a good plan. Maybe we can give it a try."
…
That night, Li Huaiyu stayed in the room of his concubine Chunniang. After making love, the two lay side by side and talked.
Chunniang suddenly changed the topic to Fengshenyu.
"Around the New Year, rumors spread throughout the capital that the Right Prime Minister was an extremely infatuated man, searching for a girl for over ten years."
Li Huaiyu heard this and laughed, "Who says he isn't? He's a romantic!"
“I heard that before the New Year, the Right Prime Minister turned the capital upside down and is still looking for that girl?
Did you find it or not?”
Li Huaiyu was about to answer when he suddenly remembered Feng Shenyu's instructions not to tell anyone else.
It doesn't matter if it's just a casual remark, but if the two of them don't end up together and it ruins my aunt's reputation, then I'll be in trouble.
So he said vaguely: "Well, I saw a similar one before the New Year, but I couldn't find it after searching for a long time."
After hearing this, Chunniang asked again, "I wonder who that woman is and what she looks like?"
Li Huaiyu smiled and said, "She is naturally very beautiful, the most beautiful woman in the world."
When Chunniang heard this, she turned to look at Li Huaiyu and said in surprise:
"Have you met my dear?"
"Well, there's a portrait of that man hanging in Ice Face's study. Of course I've seen it before."
On the first day of the new year, there was indeed a portrait of Li Yueyao hanging in Fengshenyu Study, and Li Huaiyu had seen it.
Chunniang heard this and said, "Alas, poor Right Prime Minister, he can only look at the painting and think of his lover."
Li Huaiyu grinned after hearing this.
"Your husband is lying next to you, why do you keep mentioning that icy face?"
Chunniang could tell that her husband was unhappy, so she quickly changed the subject and they started talking about something else.
The next morning, Li Huaiyu came to find Feng Shenyu and saw that the portrait in the study had turned into a profile picture of Li Yueyao.
In this picture, Li Yueyao has her hair loose, which makes her look less noble and more gentle and graceful.
If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that it's Li Yueyao.
Because this painting depicts Li Yueyao, whom Fengshenyu saw on the night he visited her boudoir.
The picture is dim and the artistic conception is distant.
Li Huaiyu stared at the painting for a while, then laughed.
"Last night my concubine asked me if I had found my beloved. I said I didn't know but it should be soon."
Feng Shenyu frowned when he heard this: "Why is your concubine asking about me?"
"It's because you made such a big fuss looking for someone before the New Year. Now everyone in the capital knows that you are the most infatuated man in our Great Jin."
Feng Shenyu became slightly unhappy when he saw Li Huaiyu staring at the painting, and stepped forward to put the painting away.
He randomly pulled out a picture of a beautiful woman from the jar and replaced it.
Li Huaiyu curled his lips and said, "Stingy. That's my aunt, and I'm her eldest nephew. Can't I see her?"
"Neither can my nephew." Feng Shenyu retorted.
"If you really marry my aunt like this, you will be a henpecked jealous man."
Feng Shenyu ignored him and continued with his work, hanging the painting.
The next day, Feng Shenyu asked the chef at home to make Li Yueyao's favorite sweet-scented osmanthus rice wine dumplings, and was preparing to deliver them to her personally.
Just after getting on the carriage and taking two steps, I heard Yu Zhan say sternly outside:
"who?"
Then I heard the sound of Yu Zhan drawing his sword and chopping something.
Then, Yu Zhan handed in a short arrow with a letter on the arrow head.
Feng Shenyu's face changed drastically after reading this. Just as he was about to stand up, he suddenly sat down again and asked anxiously:
"Yantai, are you sure that Princess Jinyang is in her residence right now?"
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