Chapter 202: 209. Young Man Famous in Chang

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209. Young Man Famous in Chang'an City

A burst of massive hoofbeats came from near and far, breaking the tranquility of the whole street. At the entrance of the Su residence, the sleepy old gatekeeper jumped up and looked out timidly.

A moment later, the noise spread from the entrance all the way along the winding corridor to the depths of the Su residence.

The crisp wind chimes hanging in the Su residence's gallery and pavilion because of a young girl's birthday gift, the ding-dong swaying sound in the noon wind, were all covered by the hurried footsteps passing below for a time.

Like a silent big artery being suddenly activated by a frantically beating heart, the blood flow accelerated, and the whole Su residence revived.

When the old steward Shunbo rushed to the fishing platform by the pond.

Wang Lixian was sitting on the steps at the edge of the platform, holding a fishing rod, nodding off, just like the fish hook float jumping on the water from time to time.

Shunbo hurriedly said: "Master, the envoys from the Luoyang palace are here, and they are outside the mansion gate now!"

Wang Lixian opened his eyes slowly, subconsciously looked at the calm water where the fish hook was in the distance, turned his head, looked at the nervous Shunbo, and nodded.

"Guo'er, Xiaolang, you wait outside."

The brother and sister looked at the back of Guo Ai and his father blocking the wind and rain.

The Wei Empress happened to pick an old enemy of their couple to come here, even if it was just a normal gift, even if it was just a routine warning.

"Don't worry, didn't the nephew Lianghan, who was full of strategies in Yilan Pavilion that day, say that our family is still useful to the mother, and now we are not blocking the mother's way, so we won't be easily forced to death like the second brother."

A series of questions seemed to be a routine confirmation of identity. After Wang Lixian and the Su residence bowed and replied, the palace-dressed woman who seemed to be Grade 3 did not speak for a long time.

Mother stared at this slow young county magistrate for a while, and surprisingly did not urge him. A moment later, she asked:

"Father!"

"Sister." Su Guoer turned her head and looked at Ouyang Rong.

At this moment, Wei Mei felt that time was forbidden. Various thoughts flashed through her mind. She felt the shirt on her back was soaked, and the wet and cold feeling came. Electric currents brushed over her stiff body.

And through the crowd, one could vaguely see the green, crimson, and other colorful skirts and deep clothes of the palace envoy team outside the door.

Wang Lixian was the third son of the Wei Empress and had two biological brothers. Initially, the eldest brother was the Crown Prince, but he died young. The second brother inherited the position of Crown Prince, but because he was wise and intelligent, he aroused the suspicion of the Wei Empress. Later, he was deposed as a commoner on charges of treason and exiled to Bazhou. After the Wei Empress ascended the throne, he was forced to death by the cruel officials and female historians who monitored him.

This series of sharp words and cold attitude made everyone present silent.

"Shunbo, you were also a palace person before. Does Su Xian Guo Ai know this female official named Mother?" "Is this enough?"

Comforting his wife and a pair of children, he took the lead and walked out, rushing to the entrance of Mistress Miao Zhen's gate. Mother stared at you, "Why can't it be me? Hmm, perhaps the Empress feels that we have a good friendship, so she asked me to come."

"Isn't it a rival in love?" Ouyang Rong frowned and whispered:

Inside the Mistress Miao Zhen gate, Ouyang Rong, who was hiding behind the crowd, turned his head and asked the old steward Shunbo, who was worried, in front of the gate.

"If that's the case, it's nothing. After all, when the master was young, he was a famous handsome young man in Chang'an City, and there were countless women who sought his love."

"However, this Mother seems to have been hurt in her self-esteem, and was ridiculed by the Madam who learned about this from somewhere, holding a grudge."

But after seeing the "old acquaintance" Guo Ai, even though the words of the nephew Lianghan were still in his ears, facing the carved brocade box sent by the Wei Empress from thousands of miles away, the Wang Lixian couple still couldn't help but have their hearts beating like drums.

"What should come, will come. Let's go, go out and receive the decree."

The palace-dressed woman nodded and said: "I have forgotten the name, Your Highness? Truly a noble person with a poor memory."

Guo Ai's cold voice came, urging again. "Your Highness, please open it."

"I am here on the order of the Empress to send a birthday gift to the clan princess for her eleventh birthday. In addition, although the Empress is busy with a thousand things, she still misses you, Your Highness, and has picked a big gift, let me send it. Your Highness, don't let down the Empress's intentions."

In the center of the open space, Mother nodded slightly to the palace people behind her. She turned her body sideways with a calm face, making way for the path, and four white-skirted palace women escorted a green-clothed palace person to walk up.

Countless eyes fell on Wang Lixian and the brocade box behind him.

The latter was also swaying, unable to stand still, and was supported by the Su residence who stepped forward. Su residence opened her eyes wide, glaring at the nonchalant Guo Ai.

Approaching the mansion gate.

"Yes, Master."

"Commoner Wang Lixian is here." Wang Lixian responded and walked out.

Ouyang Rong suddenly saw the palace-dressed woman's corners of her mouth pull, as if she gave a cold laugh. Ouyang Rong then heard Su Xian respectfully step forward:

Because his mother was really capable of such things. That's the use of sending the Grade 3 female official Mother and the Zhechong Prefecture soldiers here.

Wei Mei raised her head, looked at the calm expression on Mother's face, and looked at the gloating palace people behind her, and the soldiers with cold faces who blocked the street in front of Guo Ai's gate.

"Your Highness, don't drag it out. Open the gift and prepare to thank the grace." Mother didn't look at him, turned her head and ordered lightly.

It might also be an empty box, a pot of poisonous wine, or a foot of white silk. Those makeup and dressing were all highlighting the status of the colored-clothing female official beside the Empress. Wang Lixian's body froze in place.

Initially, Wang Lixian was also because those two brothers appeared one after another, so he became the Crown Prince by mistake, but he still couldn't play against his formidable mother, and came for a "few days of emperor tour," and then was deposed and exiled, coming to this remote Jiangzhou in a gray manner.

Wang Lixian was stunned.

Even if you take a step back, the King of Hell is easy to see, but the little ghosts are hard to deal with.

"The old slave heard palace people say that this woman often spoke ill of the Madam in front of the Wei Empress, and took advantage of the situation to speak ill. Later, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship between the Madam and the Wei Empress deteriorated, and it must have been this woman's 'contribution.' It is said that the later matter of the master being deposed as the Prince of Xunyang also had her participation in offering advice."

"Second son!"

Everyone in the audience was stunned and looked at the sound. Shunbo smiled bitterly, sighed:

Su Guoer swallowed her words, naturally understanding who the "he" in her sister's mouth was. Su Dalang turned his back to Guo Ai's couple and blocked the palace envoy team of Mother unintentionally. Su residence reached out to stop Ouyang Rong and Su Guoer who wanted to follow.

"Listen to your father." Ouyang Rong said without looking back, paused and added: "Also believe in his strategy and judgment."

Ouyang Rong couldn't help but look sideways, only to see the palace-dressed woman who was the first to ask, was a palace-dressed woman who was a bit strange.

Unlike the rolling river water of the Jiang Nan Circuit, the color of the street in the small county town was monotonous.

The gate inside the threshold, Wang Lixian adjusted his hat, separated the crowd with his arms, and took the lead to walk out.

"Ask the pavilion, what is the matter, why block the gate of the law-abiding good people of our Great Zhou? Is this coming from thousands of miles away to copy the house? Is there an imperial decree?"

That was the reason why Wang Lixian was so pessimistic about the future before he met Ouyang Lianghan, whom he regarded as a god, and before he overheard this exquisite strategy.

Her corners of her mouth were decorated with five small dots of rouge, which was the makeup and lip-dotting popular in the Great Zhou palace at the time.

Wang Lixian stood silently.

"Where is Wang Lixian?"

Ouyang Rong suddenly saw the palace-dressed woman's corners of her mouth pull, as if she gave a cold laugh. Ouyang Rong then heard Su Xian respectfully step forward:

Clearance documents, road guides, and even the mobilization tokens presented by the Jiangzhou Inspector with a smiling face were available, but from the Northland Guanzhong to this southern Jiang Nan Circuit, Mother walked all the way, who dared to check her? They were all going through the motions.

"Famous handsome young man in Chang'an City? How handsome was Guo Ai before." Su Guoer, who had stubble, asked curiously, and her focus was a bit different.

At this moment, she was wearing a sky-blue waist-length skirt, and her pretty face was wearing a light cyan thin veil, covering the lower half of her pretty face.

Mother narrowed her eyes and looked at this young county magistrate who was playing dumb. A moment later, she suddenly reached out, grabbed a stack of official documents and a token from her sleeve and handed it out:

"Exactly." Guo Ai Ce felt a bit unexpected.

The green-clothed palace person held a carved brocade box with both hands, raised it to his eyebrows, and bent down to hand it to Wang Lixian.

Fortunately, I met a hermit in the wild, a peerless national scholar... The sound of Su Dalang's leisurely and determined voice that day still echoed in his ears, and Wang Lixian's heart settled slightly.

"After all, at that time, the master had already married the Madam as a prince, with deep affection and dedication, and the mother-son relationship between the master and the Wei Empress was not very close, so naturally he kept a distance from the palace people around her."

Sending is decency.

"Brother, don't interrupt." Ouyang Rong said in a bad mood.

At that time, the abnormal movement outside immediately attracted the attention of the brother and sister.

Like their identity as uninvited guests, they looked out of place everywhere.

Only a group of Mistress Miao Zhen slaves were crowded in the threshold, looking timidly outside the door.

"Let me, this official is the Dragon City County Magistrate, this is my official seal and ribbon, this is my jurisdiction, you Zhechong Prefecture soldiers take out the mobilization documents and look at them, this must be shown, I have some experience, don't be led astray by others and run around, and finally be reported to the imperial court by the inspection censor, wearing a rebellion hat..."

Guo Ai Ce apologized and smiled: "Don't worry, wait a little, this official has some presbyopia, let me look carefully:"

As for if you ask, if you really send this "decency three-piece set," what if I pretend not to understand, pretend to be stupid or run away?

Everyone knows that the Empress's gift is never so easy to receive.

"Commoner is here." Su residence responded and walked out.

Hearing this tone, is it because there is any grudge? Countless eyes fell on Wei Mei. The whole scene also tacitly fell into dead silence.

"Please, Your Highness, the Empress has ordered you to open it yourself." Wang Lixian bowed slightly, wanting to say something but stopped: "Mother, I..." "You..." "You are..." Wang Lixian couldn't stand still.

But what if Mother seized the opportunity to make a big deal out of a small matter and forced the couple to death? "Miss, Young Master, where should this entanglement start? Eh..."

The whole scene was silent.

Guo Ai Ce scratched his head, his face turned solemn.

"Why does it feel like there is an old grudge with Su Xian's father, it seems like it's not a big deal." Su Guoer couldn't help frowning.

"I am here." Mother nodded and said: "I know you."

Shunbo's face was stunned, and he said in a low voice: "It's about the same as Ouyang, who was named a top scholar." She nodded and said to Wang Lixian, whose face was very calm:

It looks out of place everywhere.

Only the center of the eyebrows, this bright red plum blossom flower, and the two oblique reds at the temples of the left and right temples, and the narrow lacquer eyes with slightly upturned corners and cold eyes.

"Wei clan?"

Wang Lixian felt the whole world was very cold. He looked at the blind-box-like carved brocade box and raised his hand slowly. There were groups of Mistress Miao Zhen slaves crowded in the threshold, looking timidly outside the door.

"Wait."

Su residence and others heard this and sighed silently.

"Are you Ouyang Lianghan? The Metropolitan Graduate top scholar of the first year of Jushi?"

After the junior sister's "he" was understood, the Su residence's couple was stunned, and the Guo Ai behind was also, as if attracted by the light laugh, looking at the palace-dressed woman's face, Guo Ai's breathing seemed to be rapid, clenching his fists and staring.

"Your Highness, please, the Empress has ordered you to open it yourself." Wang Lixian bowed slightly, wanting to say something but stopped: "Mother, I..." "You..." "You are..." Wang Lixian couldn't stand still.