Chapter 39 The Conspiracy Inside and Outside the Court - Wen Ying Reminder
Of course, there are many, many, many books in Yunxi's study. These books are placed on the four walls of the study according to the traditional classification of classics, history, zi, and collections. Opera scripts and novels that do not belong to these four categories of books are waiting in this era.
Books that are not dignified and not good for others to see are kept in the awkward cabinets below. The books on the bookshelf against the south wall are history books.
When Yunying came in, she knew how the books in Yunxi's room were arranged as soon as she rolled her eyes. She walked to the bookshelf in front of the south wall, looked around, pulled out a "Book of Han" and said to Yunxi:
"Third brother, do you usually like to read "Book of Han"?"
Yunxi still didn't pay attention to her words at this time and said: "You also know that I didn't read much before. The history books I have read more recently are "Yuan Shi" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", and I only took a cursory look at the Han books.
There are not many "The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozu", "The Chronicles of Empress Lu", and "Biographies of Marquis Huaiyin" from the early Han Dynasty." At this time, I suddenly discovered that there was a novel on the east table that had not been put into the cabinet below, and I was busy.
walk over.
After Yunying heard him say that she had read "The Chronicles of Empress Lu", she rolled her eyes again and said, "Third brother, do you still remember how King Zhao Liu Ruyi died?"
Yunxi was secretly stuffing novels and other things into the cabinet below. When he heard Yunying's words, he replied without thinking too much: "He was poisoned by Empress Lu."
"Then why did Empress Lu poison Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi?" Wenying was like a persuasive teacher.
"It's because Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi once..." After saying this, Yunxi paused. If he still can't hear what Yunying wants to say, then he is too stupid. Although Yunxi is not very smart, in terms of IQ, he is definitely not as smart as
Not as good as Yun Wen, but not stupid yet. He turned back and looked at Yunying.
Yunying seemed to know that he was staring at her, she just lowered her head to read without raising her head. Yunxi realized that she would definitely not answer directly after reminding her in such an indirect way. But, did Concubine Lu really want to poison herself?
?She’s not afraid of Lao Zhu’s overwhelming wrath?
In fact, Concubine Li had no evidence to prove that Concubine Lu wanted to kill Yunxi, so she used this euphemistic way to remind Yunxi. Moreover, Concubine Li was not sure whether Concubine Lu wanted to deal with Yunxi through poisoning.
After repeated consideration, I decided that the most likely way was to poison, so I reminded Yunxi to pay attention to poisoning.
Yunxi had an idea and continued: "It's because the mother-in-law of King Zhao Liu Ruyi once offended Empress Lu, so Empress Lu hated her so much that she wanted to get rid of Liu Ruyi to vent her anger."
After all, Yunying was only a fourteen-year-old girl. She was only fourteen years old. She didn't react for a moment. She raised her head and said anxiously: "No, Liu Ruyi was obviously defeated by Lu because she once competed with Emperor Hui for the crown prince."
He was poisoned to death." Then, he saw Yunxi's exploratory expression.
Yunying immediately understood that Yunxi was trying to trick her, and immediately showed an angry look on her face, saying: "You...", but immediately thought of her mother's instructions, turned her head away from Yunxi, and returned to her own emotions.
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Of course, Yunxi would not be angry with Yunying because of her little temper. After all, he was the one who teased her first. But when he saw Yunying reacting immediately, he felt a pity and kept thinking about other ways to trick Yunying.
if.
His eyes glanced around unconsciously, and he accidentally saw the hourglass on the table. He saw that the time had reached midnight and it was time to eat!
He then said: "Yunying, it's already midnight. We brothers and sisters haven't had a meal together for a long time. How about you stay and have a meal with me today?" Yunxi wanted to delay the time temporarily.
Can you come up with something to say at the dinner table?
Of course Yunying was not willing. Her mother was still waiting for her to go back to dinner in Xinuang Pavilion! But because her mother told her not to offend Yunxi, she reluctantly agreed. However, she was determined to be careful not to be talked into.
Yunxi had been observing Yunying's expression. Of course, he noticed that Yunying was not happy at the first time, but now he didn't care about it anymore and forced Yunying to the side hall where he was eating.
In fact, in ancient times, except for the emperor who had a relatively separate place to eat, other families, including princes, did not have a separate place to eat. The family members of the powerful family mostly ate in the main hall of the elders' house or in the outer room of their bedroom suite, with their guests.
Most of them are in the living room; ordinary people usually eat in their bedrooms or directly in the kitchen (kitchen), and they also receive guests for meals in the living room. Yunxi is not used to this situation. He happens to have a lot of rooms, and he doesn't care about one and a half rooms.
, so I set aside a separate room as a place to eat.
When they arrived at the side hall, the two of them sat down. Wang Bu, who was now in charge of the food, hurried forward to salute Yunxi and Yunying. Seeing Yunxi's signal, he said to Yunying: "Your Highness, what do you want to eat? I'll call the kitchen right away.
Do it. "At this time, the Wenhua Palace had a dining room, and Yunxi didn't have a separate dining room yet. However, all the eunuchs knew that Yunxi was the ironclad prince, and they all tried their best to fawn over him.
The dining room has never turned down requests for dishes these days.
Yunying was just about to order food, but thought of what her mother said to her, and she immediately didn't dare to order food: What if Concubine Lu happened to poison her tonight and killed herself? How unjust I am, it's a completely unfounded disaster.
So Yunying said: "Brother is the eldest. In order of elder and younger, please ask the third brother to order first."
Of course Yunxi declined: "I am the host here and you are the guest. Of course, the guest should order first."
Yunying replied resolutely: "It's up to the guest to do as he pleases. Third brother, please order first."
Yunxi found it strange that she refused so firmly, but he didn't think much about it for the time being and said, "Then the third brother will be disrespectful."
He was about to order food when he suddenly thought about it with Yunying: What if Concubine Lu happens to poison me tonight and kills me? Then he also understood why Yunying refused just now.
And there are some magical things in ancient times. There are many things, such as witchcraft and so on. In the 21st century, people still "know it but don't know why." There are also some parasites and other things.
The method of poisoning cannot be detected at all, and it will have no effect if the person testing the poison eats it first. After all, it is not poison at all.
So Yunxi was also afraid. Yunxi had an idea and remembered that he still had food brought back from outside the palace, so he hurriedly said: "Yunying, I also have some steamed buns brought back from outside the palace, stuffed with meat.
Why don't we eat steamed buns today?"
Yunying said doubtfully: "Baozi? What are Baozi?"
Only then did Yunxi remember that the term "baozi" did not exist at that time. The common name for steamed buns at this time was "mantou", and the common name for steamed buns in later generations was "Cuibing" or "Steamed Cake".
So he quickly said: "Oh, it's steamed buns."
Yunying thought that no matter how powerful Concubine Lu was, she would not be able to poison the steamed buns that Yun Xi brought back from outside the palace in such a short period of time; because if something unexpected happened to Yun Xi, according to the precedent of Zhu Biao's death, Yun Xi's subordinates would
Except for the outermost miscellaneous eunuchs, all the eunuchs will be executed and buried, so there will be basically no eunuchs to rebel. He hurriedly agreed: "Okay, let's eat steamed buns."
As a result, the brother and sister had a very simple dinner together. They only had the steamed buns that Yunxi brought back from outside the palace. However, the steamed buns were quite delicious. Yunying felt that it was the first time to eat such things.
Not bad, no complaints at all.
During the meal, Yunxi also tested Yunying several times, but Yunying, who was extra cautious, was very cautious. Faced with Yunxi's various temptations, he did not accept them at all. He just maintained the attitude of "I will let you change. I will stay still".
, just chewing the steamed buns slowly. Yunxi, who was restless, gave up his plan to talk to Yunying, and sent Yunying back to Xinuang Pavilion after dinner.