Yilanxuan, in the study room in the west wing where Ouyang Rong left.
In front of a tea table.
It was surrounded by people at this moment.
But no one spoke to break the silence.
Li Xian stood there in despair, holding the tea table with his palms. The tea set on the table made "gurgle" sounds from time to time and was shaking.
Wei Mei stood next to her husband and held his arm. Her face looked a little sad, as if she was also reminded of some past memories.
Behind him, Su Dalang was silent.
Xie ordered Jiang Longxiu to stand quietly, also silent.
Su Guo'er silently walked to the door, clutching the fabric of her sleeves tightly with her bare hands, slightly raising her chin, and looked towards the courtyard door where Ouyang Rong left.
Su Guo'er could quite understand her father's mood.
My father had just ascended to the throne of emperor and respected his grandmother Wei as the empress dowager. However, my father's foundation was weak and his essence was neglected. All major affairs of the court depended on his fierce mother.
So my father had no choice but to reuse Wei's relatives and try to build his own power in the court. However, his grandmother Wei let it go. Just like Zheng Zhuanggong, he deliberately indulged and induced, which eventually led to the outbreak of conflicts.
At that time, my father made a series of personnel appointments and promoted the father-in-law of the Wei family quickly. Finally, he wanted to promote him to Shizhong, one of the prime ministerial positions in the political affairs hall, but he was opposed by the ministers of the court.
My father-in-law was the emperor, and when his decree was blocked, he was naturally furious. Impulsively, he blurted out that he would have given the world to his father-in-law, so how could he still begrudge the position of a servant?
Such angry and impulsive words naturally caused an uproar in the government and the public, and became a fuse. Grandmother Wei used the secret to conspire with all parties to depose her father as King of Xunyang and appoint her fourth son, Li Lun, as the new king.
emperor.
After that, all the government affairs fell into the hands of my grandmother Wei. Later, he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changing his name to Zhou...
Although more than ten years have passed since the incident that changed the fate of her family, it left a huge inner shadow on her father.
Su Guo'er once heard her mother-in-law mention that her father often woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, babbled in fear, threw herself into her mother's arms, and cried bitterly.
Su Guo'er didn't find it funny how cowardly her father was.
He may not have been a qualified emperor back then, but he was definitely a qualified husband and a qualified father.
Her grandmother, who had never been masked, was just the opposite.
Su Guo'er turned slightly and glanced at the note Li Xian was holding in his hand.
She stepped forward and took the note from Li Xian while Wei Mei and Su Dalang gathered to comfort her.
Xie Lingjiang glanced sideways at the maverick Su Guo'er.
Su Guo'er quietly lowered her eyes and paused for a short while on the line of handwriting belonging to Ouyang Rong.
"Then mother and son are as good as before... Is Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan... Is there really a person in this world who can predict events like a god and predict the future?"
The little girl with bright red plum blossom makeup on her forehead whispered softly in her heart:
"Ouyang Lianghan...is worthy of being the noble man in that proverb, and he is also...the noble man of my family now..."
Unlike her father's emphasis on leaving leisure, Su Guo'er, like Ouyang Rong, also feels that the line "the mother and son are as good as before" is the most subtle and expressive.
By the way, there is also the wonderful allusion "Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan".
If the subsequent situation develops, as Ouyang Lianghan said just now, it is exactly the same as what they overheard. Empress Wei will relax her mother and son, re-enable her family, return to Luoyang, divide the rebels, and ease the contradiction between the rebels and Wei...
So, her family's ups and downs are indeed very consistent with "Zheng Burke and Duan Yu Yan".
Because Empress Wei, like Zheng Zhuanggong who dominated the Spring and Autumn Period, was impeccable in imperial power.
But in terms of family affairs and family relations, he was shameless by historians and descendants.
No matter how much the two men with outstanding achievements exaggerated and publicized their younger brother Shu Duan, their son was arrogant and overbearing, and was not like a human king.
No matter how much you pretend to be innocent, you pretend that you have no choice but to take action.
Neither of them could explain why, as brothers and mothers, they didn't discipline and stop it in time.
If you don't change after being taught, then taking action is definitely the right thing to do.
But if you punish them without teaching them, you can learn from their minds.
In the final analysis, the two of them still regarded their brother and son as their enemies and rivals in their hearts, without any regard for the love between brothers and the affection between mother and son.
What the other party did to make people angry and resentful was in line with the wishes of Duke Zhuang and Empress Wei. If they played hard to get, they could get rid of their opponent in an honest and fair manner.
Brother is not brother, brother is not brother, mother is not mother, son is not son.
Nothing more than that.
And the word "ru" in the sentence at the end, "The mother and the child are as good as before" is even more wonderful.
Historical records record that Mrs. Jiang was frightened when she gave birth to Duke Zhuang.
Because Mr. Zhuang was born feet first, which was a typical dystocia, Mrs. Jiang named Mr. Zhuang Weisheng, which means upside down life. As you can imagine, she hated Mr. Zhuang since he was born.
As Zhuang Gong has been looked down upon since childhood, the relationship between mother and son is naturally one of disdain for each other. This is where the word "as before" is intriguing.
As for why Zhuang Gong went to such unnecessary lengths and came out of the underworld to see his mother, it showed that the conflict had eased, and he turned around and "mother and son are as good as ever".
For such a king, there is nothing more than "fame and fortune" behind him.
Perhaps it was due to consideration of filial piety after death, or perhaps it was based on the interests of the time. After all, royal marriages in various countries were common during the Spring and Autumn Period, and Mrs. Jiang naturally had a natal family from her homeland...
But just like now, Su Guo'er overheard Ouyang Lianghan's assertion that the grandmother would most likely send someone to pick up their family, return to Luoyang, and inherit the throne.
Just for her power and interests.
Empress Wei is so similar to Duke Zheng Zhuang from thousands of years ago.
Su Baoer repeatedly twisted the creases on the note with her fingers and remained silent.
My father also said not long ago that my grandmother had hated him since she was a child and loved Princess Changle and Prince Xiang Lilun because the fortune teller had said that my father looked good at Taizong, and my grandmother must have had very complicated feelings towards Taizong...
In any case, she didn't know about her father who valued emotions, but for her grandmother, if it was in her own interests, it would not be surprising at all for her to stage a "mother and son as before" in public after many years of separation.
Su Guo'er took a deep breath, constantly speculating on the thoughts of the grandmother who had never been masked before.
After all, the future fate of their family depends entirely on the wishes of this grandmother.
But Ouyang Lianghan's words just now made her heart, which was originally a little dead, rekindle with passion.
In front of the door, Li Xian commented that the little girl with plum blossom makeup looked like his mother, and suddenly he felt some curiosity:
What does it feel like for a woman to hold power? It can make that grandmother still hold on to it with gray hair and be mesmerized.
Do all the men in the world kowtow when they meet me, or do all the Qi practitioners in the world bow their eyebrows when they see me?
Su Guo'er turned her head and looked outside the door. A pair of slender autumn eyes looked north in the direction of Luoyang, which was also the direction of Meilu Garden.
It seemed that a certain dashing figure of "getting out of bed when it's over" appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart:
"I don't know how he found such a wonderful allusion. Did he really just look through it casually...
"No, it can't be such a coincidence.
"It seems that you have already understood everything, right? You were chatting with me before, but you didn't know anything about it.
"It seems that either they treat me as an outsider, or they treat me as a naive girl with inadequacies and inadequacy..."
Su Baoer clenched her teeth slightly, looking at the clouds in the sky, quietly slipping away under the dazzling sun above her head, a strange thought suddenly came to her mind:
"What would it be like if one day, such an outstanding man like him could fall under my skirt obediently and obey me without hesitation?
"Speaking of which, how much power do you need to bribe and convince him? Is my grandmother enough..."
The chest was obviously not tight, but Su Bao'er suddenly felt a little out of breath, and her cheeks were surprisingly hot.
As soon as a strange desire to win arose, it filled her chest uncontrollably.
I don’t know why, but at this moment, I suddenly want to prove something to a guy who loves to pretend to be confused and ignore her, and I want to see him be surprised or look downcast...
Su Guoer tasted power for the first time.
Even if it's just a distant thought.
…
Ouyang Rong didn't know that he had just left, but his junior sister's study was so busy and could hide so many people, including a stunning young girl with a mind and ambition as big as the sky.
Regarding the latter, if he knew about it, he would probably shake his head, smile, and say, "It's pretty good."
"Strange, what are these merits?"
Ouyang Rong returned to Meilin Courtyard with questions on his head.
When he was drinking tea in his junior sister's study, he was confused by the sudden increase in merit, so he left Yilanxuan and returned home.
Ouyang Rong did not say goodbye to Xie Lingjiang, mainly because he was afraid that his junior sister would keep him for tea again, act cute and coquettishly for the last time, and get a lot of words out of him.
Anyway, Ouyang Rong would go to her to discuss the case later in the evening, so he left without saying goodbye.
Meiluyuan, study room.
After dismissing Ye Weilai and other maids, Ouyang Rong closed the door tightly, lay on the armchair, frowned and muttered:
"Could it be said that the things I revealed to my junior sister will have a positive impact on her and the teacher, so I was rewarded with so many merits? It makes sense.
"But haven't these things happened in the short term? How come a merit has been reported so quickly? Could it be that it has already had some impact?
"But wasn't the junior sister there at that time? Could it be that my image in her heart was more powerful, so my merit increased? Junior sister, oh, junior sister, how can I be the same as an experience pack?"
Feeling that he had gained a lot of wool from his junior sister, Ouyang Rong smiled sheepishly and sighed again:
"Anyway, the increase in merit at least proves that what I said today that I shouldn't have said has some positive meaning, and it is not a waste of worry."
Ouyang Rong rubbed his face and his eyes brightened: "Go and see how much merit you have saved."
Just do it, Ouyang Rong went to lock the door, turned around and returned, closing his eyes and sinking into the lake of his heart.
After a while, he came to the familiar small tower in the clouds and entered the familiar space inside the tower.
The ancient bronze bell, the small wooden fish, and the white background all around are as old as ever.
Only the line of blue-gold fonts above the little wooden fish has become a little different from before - it has increased a lot:
[Merit: twenty thousand, three hundred and eighty-one]
"Hey, there are so many, it exceeds 20,000?"
Ouyang Rong lowered his head and calculated:
"Well, after I redeemed the wrong merits last time, I was left with 11,288, but I successfully blocked Yunmengze's rising water some days ago, and my merits suddenly increased to nearly 8,000.
"Also, I just performed a holy show in front of my little junior sister. After some predictions, my merits unexpectedly increased by six to seven hundred.
"Coupled with some other administrative measures to benefit the people in Longcheng County Government these days, these scattered things have also increased a lot...
"A total of 20,381? Then this wave is definitely stable. You can leave in the next two days. It will be more than enough to redeem the blessings from the Pure Land Palace."
Ouyang Rong nodded with satisfaction.
"Speaking of which, the strange pink-tinted blessing last time was simply a trap...
"After redeeming this blessing, I have been pestered by that little girl from the Su family for the past few days. I can see her wherever I go. She is really evil."
Ouyang Rong suddenly realized:
"Good guy, your fortune is pink? Your destiny is pink, right? Let's just call you a peach blossom. However, it's useless. It's so useless and wastes a lot of merit. In other words, it just caused that Su family
My little sister’s interest actually costs so much merit? How is this calculated, or is this girl not simple?”
In the lonely Tower of Merit, Ouyang Rong stood in front of the blue-gold font and muttered quietly for a while.
After a while, he shook his head, glanced at the still motionless fortune clock, turned around and left the Merit Tower.
Ouyang Rong opened his eyes, returned to reality, got up and left the study, and went to the Longcheng County Government Office.
In the evening, Ouyang Rong returned to Meiluyuan. As soon as he wiped his face, he met Su Dalang, who had been waiting for a long time, in the courtyard and invited him to a banquet at Su Mansion.
It was said that Uncle Su caught another big fish today, so he specially invited the neighbors to come and eat fish.
Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, I know, I know Uncle Su has caught a big fish, it's not easy..."
In the yard, it was dark, and Ouyang Rong did not notice the specific expression on Su Dalang's dark face.
Ouyang Rong took a familiar route to the Su Mansion, but he learned a very unexpected news on the way.
"What? Junior sister left in the afternoon, where did she go? Why didn't she say hello to me when she was out?"
Ouyang Rong frowned. He had planned to come over in the evening to find someone, but now his junior sister suddenly went out, which caught him off guard.
Su Dalang heard the sound and explained: "Lianghan, Miss Xie said that she wanted to go to Jiangzhou City, and then go to Longhu Mountain to do some errands."
"Longhu Mountain?" Ouyang Rong stopped and asked puzzledly: "Why are you going to Longhu Mountain?"
"I don't know." Su Dalang shook his head and looked at Ouyang Rong again.
Ouyang Rong hesitated to speak, but then he thought that the junior sister suddenly went to Jiangzhou City to see her mentor Xie Xun. It should be related to the things he said in the afternoon. She might not feel safe to send a letter, which is normal.
.
As for why he went to Longhu Mountain, Ouyang Rong didn't know. He might have done something along the way. He shook his head.
"By the way, although Miss Xie left in a hurry, she specifically told us to leave something for you."
"what?"
"Ms. Xie put them all in Yi Lanxuan's study... Let's go, Lianghan, we'll talk to you later. We'll pick them up after dinner. My father and the others are still waiting for us."
Ouyang Rong could only nod.
After a while, Ouyang Rong arrived at a spacious Su Mansion hall. As soon as he sat down, he suddenly felt something was wrong in the atmosphere.
Ouyang Rong looked around.
I saw Uncle Su being warm and hospitable, Mother Weber being gentle and generous, Su Dalang being honest and honest...and Miss Su holding a white cat in her arms, lowering her head and staring at the hem of her skirt, wondering what she was thinking in a daze.
In the empty hall, apart from fine wine, delicacies and an endless stream of maids, he and the Su family were the only ones.
Wait, why is Su Xiaomei here? The family members are present. Is this a private family dinner? But why invite an outsider like him?
Ouyang Rong asked calmly:
"Uncle Su family, your house has invited some important guests tonight, do you need to accompany them?"
I saw the master of the Su family waving his hands:
"No problem, everyone is here and the banquet can begin."
He cheerfully told the maid next to him, turned to Ouyang Rong and said with kind eyes:
"Suddenly I remembered that my nephew lived alone next door and was recovering from a serious illness. It was strangely deserted, so I invited him to have a meal with me. Don't worry, nephew, tonight is just a gathering of relatives and acquaintances, no outsiders are invited..."