"It's getting late, let's go!" Wang Junlin stuffed the last green pear into the blood-maned horse's mouth, clapped his hands and continued to the Jin Palace with the blood-maned horse.
When Wang Junlin arrived in front of Prince Jin's Mansion, a group of more than a hundred guards happened to drive out of Prince Jin's Mansion on a carriage with a purple triangular flag on the roof and the word "Jin" written on it. This was Jin.
The king's carriage.
"King's Landing!"
Jin Wang Yang Zhao saw Wang Junlin from afar and stuck his head out of the car window to wave to him.
Wang Junlin urged his horse to come forward and bowed deeply to him: "See His Majesty the King of Jin!"
Yang Zhao waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "The last time you held a banquet, the dishes you cooked were so delicious, especially the braised pig's trotters. I have been thinking about it these days. You can do it some other time.
You must make it for me to eat again."
Wang Junlin chuckled and said: "As long as the prince wants to eat it, I can cook it for him at any time. However, if the prince wants to eat braised pig's trotters often, he can send the cook of the house to study in my house. My cook has been taught by me.
How to do it."
"Uh! By the way, your mansion has been burned to ruins by thieves. It cannot be built in a short time. I suggest that you don't build it anymore. You can just sell the land and buy another mansion.
." Yang Zhao said with concern.
Wang Junlin nodded and said: "Last night..."
"Stop talking, I know what happened. Just get in the car and talk to me!" Yang Zhao said directly before Wang Junlin could finish his words.
Although Yang Zhao was the king of Jin, he was enthusiastic and cheerful. He was similar in age to him. Wang Junlin liked the feeling of being with him very much. Knowing that he had something to say to him, he smiled happily and said: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey."
Already."
He handed over the blood-maned horse, the treasure tree, and the Longque knife to Niu Jinda, and got into Yang Zhao's carriage. The blood-maned horse is like a child. Whoever treats it well and feeds it will be remembered.
Well, Niu Jinda's previous move of selling a basket of green pears had successfully won its favor, at least getting him closer.
Wang Junlin entered the carriage and found that the interior of Yang Zhao's carriage was unusually spacious, like a room, with a desk and bookshelf, and a little book boy of eight or nine years old sitting there. The carriage was very comfortable and covered with thick carpets.
There are two calligraphy and paintings of celebrities from the Wei and Jin Dynasties hung on the wall. The carriage traveled along without feeling any bumps.
“Sit wherever you want!”
Yang Zhao smiled and asked Wang Junlin to sit down, and then told the little book boy, "Pour a cup of tea for Qin Anhou."
Wang Junlin sat down opposite Yang Zhao and asked with a smile: "How did your Highness know that I was coming today?"
There was a hint of cunning in Yang Zhao's smile, and he said with a smile: "Not only do I know that you are back, I also know what happened in your house last night!"
Wang Junlin smiled slightly and knew that Yang Guang had probably called Yang Zhao over to ask about his relationship, and by the way told Yang Zhao what happened last night, so he also smiled and said: "Since Your Highness knows the whole story,
I won’t say any more.”
Yang Zhao nodded, his smile disappeared, his expression became serious, he looked at Wang Junlin and said solemnly: "However, given Yang Su's character, since he has broken the convention and will not use official methods to deal with you, you must be careful yourself.
Don't be tricked by others, Yang Su has countless capable people under his command, and those people can do any sinister thing."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will definitely take care of it." Wang Junlin said with a cold light in his eyes and a grateful expression on his face.
Yang Zhao knew that Wang Junlin knew what he was thinking, but he still continued to speak earnestly: "You should have tried to understand it after coming to the capital. The power structure in the capital is very complicated. Although your methods are powerful, they are just because your enemies were worried about the emperor before.
Grandpa, I only want to use official methods to deal with you. Now because of the murder at the Dayun Restaurant and what happened last night, this tacit understanding has completely lost control. At least your enemies will no longer care about these rules when they deal with you again.
.”
After a pause, Yang Zhao sighed again: "Last year, the emperor wanted to implement the imperial examination to recruit talents and promote talented people from poor families in order to weaken the power of the wealthy families. Unexpectedly, the Guanlong nobles and the Zhongxing family strongly opposed it in the court. Even the emperor wanted to do so.
Forced to compromise, I had no choice but to endure this tone. For this reason, Grandpa Huang has been furious about this matter over the past year, but there is nothing he can do."
Wang Junlin nodded silently. Almost 90% of the civil and military officials in the imperial court came from aristocratic families. The emperor wanted to use the imperial examination system to replace the system of recommending officials from aristocratic families, which directly harmed the most fundamental interests of these aristocratic families. It would be strange if he did not object!
Wang Junlin has consciously understood a lot of the things here these days, but now that he has the opportunity to listen to a royal family member he trusts, he naturally will not let go of this opportunity, and immediately asked: "Your Highness, can you simply give me some advice?"
Shall I tell you something?"
"I really want to give you a brief explanation. The relationship here is too complicated."
Yang Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, the entire Sui Dynasty is a world of powerful families. There are so many large and small aristocratic families in the world, at least thousands of them, but the only ones that can truly be called powerful are those twenty or so. In the upper-level power structure
Inside, there are actually only three major factions..."
The two talked all the way, and Wang Junlin didn't ask Yang Zhao where he was going. Unknowingly, the carriage slowly stopped, and the guard outside said: "Your Majesty, we are here!"
Wang Junlin looked out through the car window and saw them parked in front of an extremely vast mansion. Wang Junlin couldn't help but be startled. Although it was night when he came last time, he would certainly not forget what this was because of his memory.
place, but he asked in his mouth: "Your Highness, this is..."
Yang Zhao smiled slightly and said: "This is the residence of my royal aunt. The royal aunt specially told me this morning to bring you here to have dinner with me in the evening."
Wang Junlin looked surprised and flattered, but felt bitter in his heart. Yang Zhao had only one imperial aunt, and that was Princess Yang Lihua of Leping.
In the past few days, he was worried that Yang Su would send experts into the house to hurt Yu Zimo, so he didn't dare to run around at night. He had not yet done what he promised Princess Leping to have an affair through the window. He didn't want the other party to wait any longer and let his nephew take the initiative.
Bring Wang Junlin over.
No matter what Wang Junlin thought, the carriage had stopped by the side door, and several eunuchs were already waiting at the door. They stepped forward and saluted: "Your Highness, Prince of Jin, Marquis of Qin An, the princess has been waiting for a long time."
Yang Zhao didn't notice Wang Junlin's strange expression, and said with a smile: "Junlin, follow me."
Yang Zhao was very fat, and the weather was hot and muggy at this time. He was sweating profusely after not walking for long, and Wang Junlin felt exhausted just looking at him.
The last time I sneaked in at night, I couldn't appreciate the true appearance of the eldest princess's mansion. Now I followed Yang Zhao into the mansion and discovered that the mansion occupies a huge area, but there are not many buildings and not many precious flowers and trees, but everywhere
You can see large tracts of woods, it is the last summer at this time, but the trees here are full of green and it is obviously cooler than outside the house.
A series of exquisite small buildings are hidden in the dense shade of trees, and the gurgling river gives Wang Junlin the illusion of being in a forest park of later generations.
After walking across a small bridge, they entered the inner house. The inner house was still densely shaded and connected with the outside, but the trees had become much more precious, such as rosewood and camphor from the south, sweet apples from the Western Regions, white vines, etc. The inner house
You can see it everywhere.
"This woman has taken care of the place where she lives to be beautiful." Wang Junlin couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
They walked across a white stone flat bridge and slowly stopped. The eunuchs were very careful and kept their footsteps light, lest the sound of footsteps disturb the people ahead.
In front is a white jade platform, surrounded by beautifully carved railings. Under the platform is a lake, in which groups of red carps are writhing up and down fighting for food.
There was a woman standing on the platform, tall and tall, wearing a snow-white wide-body gauze skirt, her black hair spread over her shoulders, like a waterfall, without any jewelry on her body, although her clothes were simple, she gave her a sense of elegance and elegance.
, her temperament blends in with the surrounding forest lake, as if she were a fairy in the forest.
She had a piece of wheat cake in her hand. She crushed the wheat cake into pieces with her long white fingers and threw it into the lake water, letting the fish compete for food.
Yang Zhao stepped forward, bowed, and said softly: "Imperial aunt, the nephew of the Marquis of Qin'an, King Junlin, has brought you."
Wang Junlin bravely stepped forward and saluted: "Wang Junlin, a humble official, has met Her Royal Highness the eldest princess."
Yang Lihua slowly turned around. Compared with the last time they met, she was still more elegant and refined, without a trace of makeup, but her pale face had a touch of healthy rosiness.
"The Marquis of Qin An is here, but he is a rare visitor!" Yang Lihua bit her silver teeth and looked at Wang Junlin and said, which made Yang Zhao confused and Wang Junlin secretly complained in his heart.
Her eyes were fixed on Wang Junlin's face. There was a smile on his face, but there was a hint of resentment in his eyes.
Wang Junlin lowered his head and said: "On the day when Beizi opened the banquet, His Highness came in person. Beizi should have returned the favor and paid a visit to His Highness. But these days, Beizi had enmity with others and the other party was powerful. Beizi didn't have many guards around him, and there were juniors in the family.
Yu Zimo is injured and needs someone to take care of him, and the younger generation dare not leave easily."
Perhaps thinking that Wang Junlin was telling the truth, the resentment in Yang Lihua's eyes dissipated a lot. She nodded slightly, turned around and walked towards the end of the white jade platform, where there was a small building hidden in a green bamboo forest, surrounded by a white wall.
A high wall of black tiles surrounds the small building. This is where Yang Lihua lives and where Wang Junlin climbed over that night. There is a plaque on the courtyard door with the words "Le Ping Xuan" written on it.
.
It was already dusk, and the setting sun shone through the branches and leaves on the small yellow building, giving the building a magnificent golden color, giving Wang Junlin a strange feeling.
Wang Junlin and Yang Zhao followed Yang Lihua to the downstairs of Lepingxuan, only to discover that there was an independent small courtyard in front of the building, which was filled with various exotic flowers and herbs. A stone path led to a white jade stone pavilion. Behind the stone pavilion was a
A towering old willow tree with a canopy like a canopy covers the pavilion.