Chapter 147: This is Suda Ji.

The year of Kui Si was really a bad year for Marquis Wei Yan of Xian An and Marquis Wei Jun of Feng An.

First, Wei Jun was repeatedly assassinated, the assassin did not catch, but hurt Prince Yu, the Prince, he also lost an arm. Want to take harboring assassins Su twelve out of anger, and even involved his brother Wei Yan together by the emperor’s decree public reprimand.

A whole month, the capital’s busy streets and alleys echoed between the eunuchs of the Secretary of the Eunuchs of the flood of rebuke, if it is not the Empress Dowager can not see past, and then begged several times please, so that the emperor reluctantly agreed to take back the order, their face still do not know to lose to the monkey years and months to go.

The Wei family has been unable to raise its head inside and outside the court for more than half a year. Wei Yan simply become deaf and dumb, after the court left, do not dare to put a fart. Wei Jun left half a life, will recuperate for a long time is still lingering in the sickbed, more likely to go back to do those evil deeds of bullying men and women.

The state of the world is cold, the usual traffic in front of the marquis house, suddenly depressed a lot. Also see in Mrs. Qin still from time to time to accompany the Empress Dowager’s share, Wei family reputation downturn, but not so bad as to fall.

This is not, through the festivities of the New Year, coupled with Wei Guifei’s provincial relatives, Xian’an Marquis House began to be decorated with lights and colors, once again filled with laughter.

Wei Guifei brought the hope of revitalization to the whole family, but she herself was not in much of a good mood.

She left the maid under the court, just entered her mother’s room, took off the sable fur piping peach color embroidered flower and bird pattern cloak on her body, just like when she was a child to her mother’s arms, and complained bitterly: “Mom, your daughter is old and stifled, the days of this life are …… People see me as a glamorous person, but which one of them knows how bad I am? I’m not sure how bad I am! The family man, the whole day can not even see the face, tossed me that called a five spine six beasts, like a lost soul. Really old bitter, mom you see my face this wilted ……”.

“Aigoo my eldest son–” Mrs. Qin was just about to be heartbroken, suddenly coughed heavily, “Do not say Qingzhou language! Before you entered the palace, my mother urged you to speak the official language, or you will be looked down upon!”

Wei Guifei in the heat of the moment dialect straight, this also reacted, ashamed of the red face, mouth hard: “Anyway, no one heard …… to say the right thing, mother, sit down and say.”

After the mother and daughter were seated, Mrs. Qin eagerly asked, “What’s going on, isn’t the Imperial Master quite fond of you, and you’ve just added a little prince haven’t you?”

Wei Guifei looked resentful: “What favor ah love ah, are false, the most ruthless emperor family!”

“Tsk, speak properly, don’t have a belly full of grievances, what can you solve?” Mrs. Qin advised.

Wei Guifei slightly calmed down, will be the last few months by the cold, and even the holy face can not see the situation, and the mother said in detail a pass.

Mrs. Qin frowned deeply, “It can’t be. Mother saw that even after giving birth to a child, you still look as good as ever, and the Imperial Master didn’t dislike it long ago, so how come you suddenly dislike it?”

She blushed, looked oddly close to her daughter s ear, and asked in a low voice, “Is that …… not working?”

“…… Which way?” Wei Guifei looked at her blankly.

“Ahem! Just which – aspect chant! Men, to this age ……” Mrs. Qin is very embarrassed. This gossip can be more than her son-in-law and nephew, but also the king of a country, it is inevitable that the heart is weak and terrified, if it is not a person in the secret room alone to the daughter, she is determined to ask not to export.

Wei Guifei understood, more embarrassed than her mother, “aiya mother, what nonsense, the emperor line very!” Turning to think and reluctantly bit his silver teeth, added: “is the nature of cold, do not come to things. I don’t know how to describe …… anyway, is the mind is not in the harem.”

“The Imperial Master has a lot of work to do day in and day out and is not like an ordinary husband, as a consort, you have to look away.” Mrs. Qin said.

Wei Guifei sighed: “Indeed day-to-day, but at least in the past a month can still come to Yongning Palace two or three times, do not care whether to stay overnight, at least the facade has to be done out, I can only raise my head in the palace. But nowadays, even to see Zhao’er, are called to the Sister to carry to the Palace of Nourishing Heart.”

“Where are the other concubines? And is there a new person in the palace?”

“Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Hui are even colder there than I am. As for the newcomers, where are the newcomers to come from, since no showgirls have been chosen in the past few years?”

Mrs. Qin also had no choice but to persuade her daughter again: “Some men are like this, ambition can not tolerate the love of children, do not love beauty love mountains. Especially as the son of heaven, to shepherd the people, willing to share more energy in the harem, that is the consort’s blessing; can not be divided, consorts can only suffer, simmering.”

Noble Consort Wei choked, “How long will this have to last! When I was first sent to the palace, Mother and the Empress Dowager’s aunt did not say so. You said that I was young and beautiful, and would surely be in great favor, lifting up the Wei clan to soar; Auntie also said that as long as I listened to her in the palace, she would be more helpful, allowing me to give birth to a dragon heir ……”

“Have you not already given birth to a dragon heir. This is the first and only imperial son in the palace since Zhu He Lin was born!” Lady Qin’s face instead calmed down a lot, “The most important purpose has already been achieved, sister and I didn’t waste our efforts, you shouldn’t have a single, half-hearted complaint against us.

“Also, if you are favored, it is called icing on the cake. Even if the emperor no longer favors you, but also did not favor other concubines, so look at it you did not lose anything, still a beautiful scenery when your noble consort. You can only be obedient to the Emperor, and try to serve him well, don’t get carried away, understand?”

Wei Guifei pouted her lips and nodded unhappily.

Mrs. Qin comfortably patted the back of her hand. Noble Consort Wei thought about it and then reluctantly said, “I pondered that the one the Imperial Master wants to favor may not be a concubine, or even any woman inside or outside the palace.”

Mrs. Qin was surprised, “What?”

Wei Guifei bristled and said, “Two days ago, the emperor’s head disease attack, I thought I could take the opportunity to serve the disease to invite favor, the results of the Blue Hei to come to ask for peace of the concubines are invited back, I even the emperor’s face have not seen. Later, I bought a small palace maid to pass the message said, the emperor even the doctor are driven out of the Yangxin Palace to go, only to see a Su Yan!”

“See …… who?”

“Su Yan! Mother forgot, the one who put Uncle Two in a bad light, Su XII!”

Mrs. Qin’s face sank, frowning, “It’s him! Didn’t he say that he had been thrown out of the capital, but how did he come back?”

“Not only came back, but also the scenery is very, before the foot just served the disease, I do not know what evil spells, so that the master’s head inexplicably does not hurt. After the foot to the East Palace to go, live a night. Mother you say, Zhu He Lin that boy at least fourteen or fifteen know personnel, and then one or two years to be married, so with a young foreign minister of the Hu Li demon hanging out, the emperor does not care about it?”

Mrs. Qin pondered for a moment and slapped the table and concluded, “This is more than a scourge. It’s a demon, it’s Sudaji!”

Noble Consort Wei couldn’t agree more, “I also feel that he is a calamity, the day we don’t get rid of him, the day our Wei family won’t have peace.”

“But the problem is, the emperor and the crown prince are protecting him. Openly clean up the bar, outside the depreciation and come back, secretly do it, look at your second uncle now that look.”

“Could it be that we, the three dukes and marquises of the Hall, really can’t do anything about a yellow-lipped child?”

After Mrs. Qin mused, she said, “This is something Mother still needs to discuss with your father.”

Noble Consort Wei revealed a hint of imperceptible contempt, “My father? What can be discussed with him.”

Mrs. Qin said, “Although your father can’t come up with any ideas, a while ago your eldest brother found him a military advisor, a gentleman with extreme tactics, who is well known over in Qingzhou.”

Old family members, naturally more than a few points of reliability, Mrs. Qin and personally tested him a few times, more than satisfied, simply brilliant, astronomy and geography know everything, the hundred schools of thought everything, but also good at using the scheme.

Noble Consort Wei was a bit unimpressed, “Big Brother’s man is naive and naive, what kind of good help can he find.”

Wei Xique, the son of Wei Yan’s late ex-wife, is Wei Guifei’s stepbrother, and the relationship between the two is not close. Wei Guifei is proud of her intelligence and beauty, and she can’t stand her older brother’s honesty.

“But it is true that he has done right in this matter.” Lady Qin rose and said, “I will tell your father what you have said, and also consult with Mr. Crane.”

“Mr. Crane?”

“Yes, that gentleman believed in Buddhism at home and called himself Cloud Crane Jushi, known as ‘White Crane in the Clouds’, so he was also called Mr. Crane.”

Wei Guifei heard the ear even, did not put on the heart, got up and said, “Then mother and father slowly discuss, I go back to the house to rest.”

Mrs. Qin smiled, “Later on, Mother will have her maidservant lead someone to your house.”

Noble Consort Wei was startled: “Who? Not that Mr. Crane!”

“What nonsense! Doesn’t my mother know the importance of protecting men and women at her age? It’s Ruan Hongjiao, a famous prostitute in the capital, let her teach you some internal charm techniques so that you can win back the Emperor’s heart again.”

As Lady Qin left, Noble Consort Wei muttered behind her, “A noblewoman of the hall, a future Empress, learning some whore’s tricks, it’s not too embarrassing.” But in the end, there was still some heartbeat, and took her maid back to her room.

–

At dusk, King Yu returned from the Heavenly Worker’s Courtyard and ordered the meal to be passed around.

Cui Da Da, the chief historian of Yu Wang House, saw that the master looked soothing, and even had a bit of spring in his step, and took the opportunity to ask him for instructions on the many matters such as the offerings to the palace, Chen Xie, and the external banquets during the New Year’s Eve in the house.

King Yu was impatient to hear about these trivial matters and waved his hand, “You left and right chief historians discuss the matter yourselves.”

Cui Da Da nodded his head in response and added, “The New Year was tight and a group of servants were recruited, among them there were practiced men who requested to be guards or guards. It just so happens that a few of the guards have retired sick and dinged up, so it’s just the right time to fill the vacancies.”

The royal palace guards quota is limited, after cutting down year by year, nowadays the feudal king guards at most 300 people, the prince guards 500 people. The court also set up the “Commanding Division of Guards” to unify the guards of the royal residences, in order to prevent the tail from getting too big for the tail.

Compared to the Zhenbian King’s Army that moved tens of thousands of armored soldiers at the beginning of the founding of the country, it was like heaven and earth.

When King Yu left his fiefdom Datong and returned to the capital for captivity, the 60,000-strong Jingbei army, egged on by a portion of the middle-ranking generals, nearly mutinied because of their anger on behalf of their commander-in-chief. Fortunately, King Yu found out in time and quickly extinguished the fire before it started, and the news did not reach the court.

Otherwise, I’m afraid that I won’t even be able to keep my place in these five hundred guards.

In the end, King Yu also only took a few hundred soldiers under his account who were dead set on following him, and returned to the capital, becoming an idle prince for ten years. One of them, Han Ben, had been the messenger soldier he saved from the dead, and later became the commander of the royal guards.

It was also this Han Ben who stopped his horse dead in front of him when he almost lost his mind and wanted to recklessly rush out of the Kyoto Boundary Monument.

King Yu said, “Leave it to Han Ben to sift through the people. Pass on a message for this king, ‘Raise the threshold, prefer the lack to the abundance’.”

Cui Da Da led the order to retreat.

After the evening meal, King Yu is ready to go to the martial arts training ground, far away, I saw a large circle of people surrounded, and when I approached, I also heard the guards commenting on it.

“This kid, looking so clean and pretty, can be ruthless in his strikes, and was even able to fight with Commander Han.”

“Bullshit, it’s obvious that Commander Han let go of the water.”

“Why, to see someone young and good-looking? Hahaha.”

“You’re the one who’s bullshitting, is Han Tiemian the kind of person who pities his wife? It’s more like you.”

“Tch, you also do not say, I always feel that the water release is actually the new recruits of that kid, what is called …… there are a few moves he obviously can take advantage of the victory, directly determine the victory, but he wasted a great opportunity, is not afraid of winning, so that the commander has no face?”

“Where, I think that boy is using the old power old, new power too late to be born, only to miss the opportunity.”

“…… Quite a sight?” King Yu asked, standing behind the guards.

One of the guards naturally replied, “Yes, it’s quite interesting. I’m betting on Commander Han to win, what about you?”

King Yu laughed, “I’m not betting on anyone, because no one can win.”

“How is it possible–” the guards who spoke turned around and saw that it was His Highness King Yu, startled and rushed to salute, “Your Highness …… “

King Yu rested a hand on his arm to keep him from bending his knees, and then he put his arm on the shoulders of the two guards and watched the fun with them.

On the field, Han Ben and the newly recruited young man exchanged solid palms, each stomping backward and withdrawing ten feet away. Han Ben stroked his hand over his chest, laughing, “Good boy, good hands.”

That young man is just the age of the weak crown, moderate stature, long a clean doll face, left cheek has a crescent-shaped dimple, the appearance of a smile is quite pleasing to the eye. He bowed and cupped his fists and said, “It is the commander who is kind and afraid of hurting the little one, so that the little one can luckily hold out for a while longer.”

Han Ben asked, “What’s your name?”

The youth replied, “Back to the commander, my name is Yin Fu.”

“What are the usual weapons?”

“Back to the Commander, the one I practiced is the family’s Five Ding Open Mountain Palm.”

“-No, it’s swords you’re used to.” A low, muffled voice said from among the onlookers, the tall figure lined up, “A short sword about a foot long.”

Han Ben nodded on one knee and respectfully said, “Greetings, Your Highness.”

Yin Fu seemed to be a bit stunned, quickly reacted and followed suit, “My humble servant kowtows to His Highness King Yu.”

King Yu instructed Han Ben, “Bring him a short sword.”

He also drew a whistle stick from the guards’ hands at random, and said to Yin Fu, “Do your best, no holding back, if you can’t hold out for three strokes, then get lost yourself, this king doesn’t recruit waste.”

Han Ben heard know, Yu Wang can see Yin Fu just stay hand, this is to force each other to do their best, so to three strokes for the appointment – their highness if the real thing, hanging on the horse, holding a long lance, estimates that no one present can go through three strokes. This is also in the martial arts field to try each other’s bottom.

Yin Fu took the sword, his face became serious, and he did his best to block ten moves, and at the eleventh move, the short sword flew out of his hand.

King Yu basically figured out his martial arts path and asked drily, “You may have learned palm at a young age, but you switched to learning the sword halfway through, and it’s a murderous sword at that. What exactly is your origin?”

Yin Fu covered the shock wound tiger’s mouth, face turned to pain, kneeling said: “grass people come from a family of martial arts, early childhood home changes, both parents died in the hands of the hidden sword door assassins, had no choice but to join another school to learn the sword, just for one day to be able to avenge the family. Before my wish was realized, the Hidden Sword Sect had been annihilated by the imperial court, and I had already left my master’s school after my revenge was avenged, but I had no means to earn a living and had no means of food and clothing, so I came to join the Royal Household, and I wanted to find a place to settle down and make a living.”

Saying that, he reported the name of the sect and its master, a second-rate sword-using sect in the Jianghu.

The Yu Dynasty nodded to Han Ben. Han Ben knew that this was for him to investigate and verify Yin Fu’s identity and confirm that what the other party said was true before he would be admitted to the royal palace.

Yin Fu poured out his head, “I beg Your Highness to take me in.”

King Yu threw his whistling rod into the crowd and said faintly, “The person stays first, and if his identity is true, he’ll let you be a courtyard guard.”

Yin Fu was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

“The boy is yours.” King Yu said to Han Ben.

He also turned his head to scold a group of guards: “Do what you need to do! What are you doing here? Bunch of yakuza!”

The guards were scolded in a gracious and soothing manner, and dispersed in all directions, smiling, to their respective posts.

King Yu stood alone in the empty martial arts practice field.

Han Ben led Yin Fu away.

Yin Fu walked to the moon gate of the courtyard wall, and suddenly looked back at the center of the practice field: the former primus stood alone in the bright light of the fire pit, pulling out a long, abyssal black shadow behind him.

Yin Fu gently pressed the corners of his mouth, turned his head back to his feet and disappeared in the blink of an eye outside the Moon Cave Gate.