Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 168: The expedient

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Qin Mubai thought for a while: Concubine Yin said "I entrusted Ling'er to you" just now, plus Li Shimin's sentence "I beg you, take good care of Gao Yang"... I mean, Li Shimin and Concubine Yin seemed to have discussed in private, and they were going to give Princess Gaoyang... to me!

Frozen, Qin Mubai felt a little dumbfounded, and he didn't know whether it was happiness or worry.

What kind of situation is this? Previously, the marriage was given to the Fang family, and the city was full of storms and scandals. Then Fang Yiai was expelled from the house, and Princess Gaoyang went crazy. Now things are out of control. Seeing that I can make Princess Gao Yang's condition better, Li Shimin and Concubine Yin finally compromised, and in turn they are willing to marry Princess Gao Yang to me...

Thinking about it, Qin Mubai always feels a little awkward, feeling like a substitute. But when I changed my mind, I thought of the princess Gao Yang, who was deeply affectionate for myself and now is miserable and pitiful, and this little thought disappeared again.

"What's the matter?" Qin Mubai smiled frankly, "If they really want to marry Princess Gaoyang to me, I will definitely accept it. It's just... what about Mei Niang? Let’s go one step at a time, this matter has not yet been determined. Let’s take a look at Gao Yang first!"

Back outside the hut, Qin Mubai knocked on the door: "Gao Yang, I am here."

"Mubai!" There was an exclamation inside, Princess Gao Yang stumbled out of the bed to open the door, plunged into Qin Mubai's arms, crying, "I'm so scared, where did you go?"

"I'm not afraid, am I back?" Qin Mubai stroked her back comfortably, and said, "I just saw you sleeping soundly, afraid that playing the pipa might disturb you. You didn't mean to see your mother concubine I just took the time to visit Xianju Hall."

"Yeah, I'm not afraid of you when you come back." Princess Gao Yang raised her head, still with tears on her face, but she smiled, "With you here, I'm not afraid of anything-the mother will return Okay?"

"Okay." Qin Mubai smiled slightly, reached out and wiped the tears on her face, and said, "Look at you, now you know crying all day long, like a tabby cat. How about dressing now? Now, let's meet your mother and concubine together?"

"Okay!" Princess Gao Yang burst into tears and laughed, and jumped into the room with two claws, jumping around, making a face and shouting, "I am the cat, the cat, catch you Mouse, hee hee!"

Qin Mubai laughed loudly: "You are really a child!"

"Who said that, I am not allowed to say that I am a child, I am angry!" Princess Gao Yang was displeased, raised two small paws and rushed forward angrily to tear people, but then burst into his arms with a smile Li coquettishly said, "Actually, being a child in front of you is not bad, hehe!"

"Okay, don't be naughty. Put on clothes and dress up, I will take you to see your mother and concubine."

"Hmm!"

After dressing up in the room for a while, Qin Mubai still brushed her eyebrows and combed her hair, and deliberately asked her to say a lot. During the conversation, Qin Mubai felt that this princess Gaoyang was not at all abnormal, except that she was a little more eccentric and naughty when facing him. There seemed to be no big change.

Qin Mubai became more and more suspicious that Princess Gao Yang was acting crazy. There are many strange things in this, it is not convenient to ask now that you must find out later. Princess Gao Yang returned to Beijing with Li Ke, and Li Ke must have known it.

Half an hour later, Qin Mubai and Princess Gao Yang walked out of the hut together. When she just came out, Princess Gao Yang couldn't help covering her eyes. Having stayed in the dark cabin for too long, her eyes couldn't adapt to such a strong light for a while. When the two walked in the palace, Princess Gao Yang insisted on holding Qin Mubai's elbow. Qin Mubai's persuasion was useless, so she had no choice but to let her. Princess Gao Yang snickered for a long while, very tricky.

Xianju Hall, outside the palace. Qin Mubai saw that the two maidservants he had called before were standing outside the door waiting, and the door was closed tightly. So he asked in a low voice, and the maidservant promised that the emperor had come and was discussing matters with the concubine Yin.

Princess Gao Yang's face suddenly changed, and she couldn't help but drag Qin Mubai to run. Qin Mubai tried to persuade her, and took her to hide in a room on the sidelines. After waiting for Li Shimin to leave for a long time, the two of them went to visit Concubine Yin.

"Hey, there are still too many shadows in Princess Gao Yang's heart. She used to like to cling to her father, but now treats him like a demon..." Qin Mubai couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart. .

Concubine Yin had obviously cleaned up, and the embarrassment after hanging herself was gone. Except for her silver hair which was different from the past, she had restored her former noble grace.

"Mother..." Princess Gao Yang lowered her head and curled her mouth, and stepped forward a few steps, standing in front of Concubine Yin like a kid who had done something wrong, with her hands on her side and pinching the corner of her clothes.

"Ling'er be good, it's okay." Concubine Yin smiled softly, stretched out her hands to embrace Princess Gao Yang into her arms, two rows of clear tears shed silently in her beautiful eyes.

Princess Gao Yang was also in love with the scene and burst into tears again in her mother's arms.

Qin Mubai took a few steps back, ready to go behind the screen.

"Mu Bai, don't go, come here." Concubine Yin called.

"Yes..." Qin Mubai had to walk over.

"Sit down and talk." Concubine Yin patted Princess Gao Yang again, "Ling'er, please sit down with Mu Bai, and Wei Niang has something to say to you."

"Oh..." Princess Gao Yang wiped her eyes and sat down tightly next to Qin Mubai.

Concubine Yin turned around to take out an embroidered handkerchief and wiped her tears, then turned around and smiled and said: "Mu Bai, we will be a family soon, and our mothers are not afraid of you. I'm making a fool of myself."

A flash of lightning flashed across Qin Mubai's heart--really? !

"Do you understand what I mean?" Concubine Yin was smiling.

"Weichen understands." Qin Mubai nodded.

"This...is it too hasty and hasty?" Concubine Yin asked.

"Mother!" Princess Gao Yang exclaimed with joy, "Could it be that... you and your father agreed to marry me to Mu Bai?"

The curved, round lips of Concubine Yin moved lightly and lifted slightly, revealing a relieved and sure smile, and nodded.

"Wow! Wow! Wow haha!" Princess Gao Yang suddenly jumped up from the couch, rushed to the Concubine Yin with joy and shook her hand, "Mother, isn't it? Really, I heard it right? You didn't coax me, did you?"

"It's true, silly boy..." Concubine Yin stroked her head and smiled, "But don't be too happy. If you want to marry, do you know if Mu Bai wants to marry?"

Princess Gao Yang was startled, suddenly turned her head and stared at Qin Mubai fiercely: "He dare!"

"If he dares not marry, I will die to him!"

"Shut up!" Concubine Yin pretended to be furious and raised her slap as if she was going to pump Princess Gao Yang's mouth, and cursed, "You are not ashamed, and where is there such a forced marriage as you? Now, what a dead word for a great thing?"

"Hey, I know it's wrong, mother..." Princess Gao Yang spit out her tongue at Qin Mubai and made a grimace, and then hugged Concubine Yin's arm tightly, like a good kitten He sat cross-legged next to her, humming, "Then I won't say it, I won't threaten him to scare him, I see if he is sincere or fake."

Qin Mubai smiled slightly: "I am willing."

"Haha! Mother, did you hear that?" Princess Gao Yang laughed loudly, her pale face turned red with excitement, and tears came in her eyes again.

"Be reserved, Ling'er, you stupid boy, you really forget about it. If this is passed, how can the royal majesty survive?..." The concubine Yin shook her head and smiled helplessly, but she was mixed with some relief and Happy.

"Hmph, don't talk to me about royal prestige anymore, I'm going to be married!" Princess Gao Yang curled her lips and said triumphantly, "When I marry me, I will be the wife of the Qin family. Only follow the rules of the Qin family."

"Don't you want your father and concubine?" Concubine Yin scolded with a smile.

"Hey, of course the mother concubine wants it!" Princess Gao Yang rolled her eyes, "He...I'll consider it!"

"No nonsense, palm mouth!"

"Okay, I won't say it." Princess Gao Yang gave a weird laugh, then ran back to Qin Mubai and sat down, saying, "Mu Bai, I didn't force you, it's you Willingly?"

"Yes, yes, how can it be?" Qin Mubai couldn't laugh or cry.

"Hey, I know, you also have me in your heart." Princess Gao Yang ignored her mother's presence, and leaned on Qin Mubai's shoulder with joy, closing her eyes with a happy smirk.

"Cough!" Concubine Yin coughed slightly, Princess Gao Yang was startled, her face flushed and she hurriedly walked away, lowered her head and stuck her tongue out, and giggled alone.

"Ling'er, there is a jewellery box next to my mother's bed, which contains some jewellery prepared for your marriage, and no one else can find it. Go and fetch it." Yin Fei said.

"Oh..." Princess Gao Yang got up and walked towards the concubine Yin's bedroom, blinking her eyes and looking back at Concubine Yin and Qin Mubai, muttering: "It is clearly intentional. Cut me off, and you have to hide something from me... Okay, let you say secretly."

Concubine Yin turned her head and glanced at Princess Gao Yang, and saw that she had turned around the corridor and disappeared. She was relieved, turned her head and smiled apologetically at Qin Mubai, and said, "Mu Bai, some things are not necessary. Say, I think you understand it in your heart. We promised Gao Yang to marry you at this time, do you feel wronged?"

Qin Mubai smiled slightly to himself, and said: "My mother has been worried, I don't feel this way here."

"You don't have to force yourself, I just want to have a frank talk with you." Concubine Yin said, "You are not only Gao Yang's favorite, but also my savior. I don't want anything to hide between us. His Majesty has just passed, and he told me that in this situation and circumstances, for the sake of Gao Yang, she can only marry you. In fact, no matter how your Majesty is angry with the Emperor, how he hates iron for steel, he She always loved this daughter in her heart. The female congress did not stay, this time the gift of marriage can be said to have caused a lot of trouble in the city, and His Majesty the emperor was so upset and exhausted."

"It's all the fault of the Weichen, the Weichen should die." Qin Mubai said.

"No, it's actually none of your business." Concubine Yin sighed and said, "His Majesty said it, but he was wrong. He was too wishful thinking, and ignored Gao Yang's feelings. Gao Yang has been since childhood. The temperament is stubborn, and her father is like carved out of the same mold. Knowing the daughter is more than the father, the emperor is actually very clear in his heart. But he really can't let go of the emperor's frame, so as early as two years ago when the grandson of the queen was still alive, In the presence of the queen and Fang Xuanling, he verbally promised to marry Fang Xuanling and appointed Gao Yang at that time. It’s just that Gao Yang didn’t know about it."

"I understand." Qin Mubai nodded, "One is that the emperor has no joking, and the other is that the emperor has a word on his deathbed, let the emperor treat Fang Xuanling kindly, this I know. His Majesty is not good for the emperor. Soon after his death, he tore up the promise he had made in front of the Queen’s grandson."

"Exactly." Yin Fei said, "So, the emperor also has the emperor's problems, don't blame him. Also, you have to persuade Gao Yang to let her not resent her father. "

"I will." Qin Mubai nodded.

Concubine Yin shook her head and sighed: "This child, now I don't listen to anyone, I only listen to you... From now on, I really hope you can take good care of her."

"Hmm..." Qin Mubai nodded, and said nothing.

Yin Concubine said again: "I know, you also have your unspeakable secrets. It's just this situation, it's not convenient for you to say it, right?"

Qin Mubai was startled slightly, and nodded: "The empress is wise and kind."

"This is why I want to leave Gao Yang and talk to you alone. Come, accompany me to the outside of the temple. I haven't seen the sun for many days." Concubine Yin stood up and said money. Walking outwards.

Qin Mubai followed her behind her, vaguely smelling the offensive fragrance on her body, and seeing the strangulation marks on her neck that had not completely receded. "This is really a strong, forbearing and resilient woman. She was hanging herself just now, and now she has a clear mind to arrange her daughter's marriage..." Qin Mubai thought to himself.

The two walked to the outside of the hall and came to the place where the jade white stone pavilion stood on the railing. Looking towards the wind, Concubine Yin had to squint her eyes and murmured: "It's a great river and mountain, where the wind is beautiful!..."

"Is your mother's mood lighter?" Qin Mubai couldn't help but asked with concern.

Concubine Yin turned her head and smiled slightly at Qin Mubai: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine. I just talked about your unspeakable concealment. Can you tell me now? I'm out of your mouth and into my ears. I know."

"Yeah..." Qin Mubai nodded and said, "In fact, the biggest secret is my wife, Wu Meiniang, who has never been through the door. I think I know this matter too."

"Of course I know that the emperor just talked to me about her for a long time." Concubine Yin said, "There can only be one master’s wife in a family of one husband. If the emperor gives you Gao Yang to marry you, according to the custom, the royal family The princess can only be a regular wife, and there is no possibility of being a concubine. In this way, Wu Meiniang will inevitably be wronged, and it will also make you very embarrassed. Before that, the emperor had recruited Wu Meiniang into the palace, but unexpectedly she had a marriage contract with you, so the emperor I am happy to be a good friend and give her marriage to you, and your marriage date has been determined, and it will be a year later. In that sense, Wu Meiniang was preconceived and the emperor gave her the marriage, and she should be a regular wife. Here, it is a contradiction. "

Qin Mubai nodded: "From the standpoint of the emperor and the empress, the dispute between the righteous wife is indeed a distressing matter. But in the eyes of Weichen, what really troubles me is not here."

"Oh, what is that?" Concubine Yin asked curiously.

Qin Mubai wrinkled her brows and said, "I don't know what the mother has. Wu Meiniang, the Weichen minister... is also agreeable, and I have already promised her first. Your Royal Highness... Weichen did not deny it and was also She was touched by her affection and sincerity, but the reason why she agreed to marry the princess at this moment is because one cannot bear to let her down, and the other is that she does not want her to be disappointed and collapsed again."

"In other words, your feeling for Gao Yang is not as good as Wu Meiniang?" Concubine Yin couldn't help being a little surprised.

"To tell the truth, it is true." Qin Mubai said frankly, "Gao Yang needs me, I can't bear to leave her; and Wu Meiniang is really happy with me. Niangniang, it's you, me What should I do? I can't live up to these two women!"

"Understood..." Concubine Yin nodded slowly and sighed, "In fact, both the emperor and I know in their hearts that Gao Yang has always taken the initiative to love you and wishful thinking about you. Therefore, the emperor. There is no thought of blaming you. Nowadays, under the circumstances of Gao Yang, you are still resolute and willing to accept her, which is enough to show that you are indeed a good man who values ​​love and righteousness. To put it harshly, even the emperor Daughter, who wants to marry a woman who has been crazy?"

"My mother, don't have to talk like that." Qin Mubai said hurriedly, "Gao Yang has never changed in my eyes, and is still the same as before. I can't resist her passionate feelings for me, and she is sincere. She was moved. I will not let her down, but I can't bear to let down Wu Meiniang... Therefore, I hope that the emperor and Niangniang can give the ministers some time. At least, I will talk face to face with Princess Gaoyang and Wu Meiniang. Be clear and talk clearly, so as to avoid discord in the future."

"It makes sense. In fact, your Majesty and I mean exactly this." Concubine Yin said, "Your Majesty said, under the gift of marriage, it will be hidden temporarily, as long as you and Gao Yang are clear in their hearts. In fact, this is also a temporary stopgap. Everything now is for the sake of Gao Yang’s illness. If one day her illness is completely cured and you really don’t want to marry Gao Yang, we will never force you."

"The mother said so, I understand." Qin Mubai nodded, "Your Majesty's move is very appropriate. After all, Princess Gaoyang's marriage has just ended, and the city is full of rumors about her. That's it. In the limelight, your Majesty is really hard to change and announce the re-marriage. Let Princess Gaoyang live a peaceful life quietly, and let her calm and satisfy her illness. This is the most important thing right now."

"Exactly." Concubine Yin nodded, "But speaking of it, although it is an expedient measure, your majesty is absolutely no joke. He promised to marry Gao Yang to you, he will definitely not regret it. But , He gave you the power to repent. Mu Bai, His Majesty the emperor really favors you. Since the Tang Dynasty, no one has had such power."

Qin Mubai smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is also out of helplessness, he is afraid that I will not agree now. In fact, your Majesty is really worried, Qin Mubai is such a kind of innocence. A disciple? Your Majesty has great grace for me, and the princess has a deep love for me. It can be said that I am obsessed with it... If I never agree to it, or I regret betraying the princess afterwards, how is it different from an animal?"

"My palace knows that you are a **** man who values ​​love and righteousness, so I can rest assured that Gao Yang is entrusted to you." Concubine Yin looked at Qin Mubai gratefully and tenderly with a smile, nodded slightly, and said, "Mu Bai, from today onwards, we are a family. No matter if Gao Yang will be married to your Qin family, or when he will become your wife, in my eyes, you are like my relatives. .Because you are my daughter’s favorite man. Gao Yang is my greatest sustenance and support in this life."

Qin Mubai smiled and nodded: "Thanks to the concubine Yin's trust."

"No thanks." Concubine Yin Waner smiled, "If I say thank you, I haven't thanked you for saving my life. You are right, Gao Yang is really getting better. If she recovers but loses Madam...that must be the biggest mistake I have ever made. At that time, I was so selfish."

Qin Mubai politely persuaded: "Manny, you don’t have to say that. People live not only for others. Sometimes, they should also have their own attachments and thoughts. Always live in other people’s world. To the value of one's support and existence, you will indeed live a miserable life."

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Concubine Yin smiled, turned and walked towards the hall.

Qin Mubai stared at the shadow of Concubine Yin, muttering in his heart: Are you used to...?