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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 had a tacit understanding.
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 this.
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 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 before he was about to drink, he looked at Yang Guofu: "Shen 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?"