Turbulent Times Chapter 159: Yang Lihua’s resentment

"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 took the blood-maned horse with him to continue to King Jin's Mansion.

When Wang Junlin arrived in front of Prince Jin's Mansion, a carriage surrounded by hundreds of guards drove out of Prince Jin's Mansion. On the roof of the car was a purple pennant with the word 'Jin' written on it. This is King Jin's carriage.

"King's Landing!"

Jin Wang Yang Zhao saw Wang Junlin from a long distance away, poked his head out of the car window and waved to him.

Wang Junlin urged him to come forward and salute him deeply: "See His Royal Highness King Jin!"

Yang Zhao waved his hand casually, and said with a chuckle, "The last time you had a banquet at the Lifu, the dishes you cooked were so delicious, especially the braised pig's trotters. This king has been thinking about it these days. , you must make it again for this king some other day."

Wang Junlin smiled and said: "As long as the prince wants to eat, I can make it for the prince at any time. However, if the prince wants to eat braised pig's trotters often, he can send the cook in my house to study. My cook in the house has already I taught you how to do it."

"Ugh! By the way, your mansion has been burnt to ruins by thieves, and it can't be built in a short time. I suggest that you don't have to build it anymore. You should sell that piece of land and buy another one directly." That's the mansion." Yang Zhao said with concern.

Wang Junlin nodded and said, "Last night..."

"Stop talking, I know what happened, you can just get in the car and talk to me!" Yang Zhao said without waiting for Wang Junlin to finish speaking.

Although Yang Zhao is the king of Jin, he is enthusiastic and forthright. He is about the same age as him. Wang Junlin likes the feeling of being with him very much. Knowing that he has something to say to him, he smiled happily: "Then Respect is worse than obedience.”

He gave Niu Jinda the blood-maned horse, Baochao and Longquedao, and got into Yang Zhao's carriage by himself. The blood-maned horse is like a child, whoever treats it well and feeds it will remember who is kind. Niu Jinda's previous act of selling a basket of green pears has successfully won its favor, at least it can get close to it.

When Wang Junlin got into the carriage, he realized that Yang Zhao's carriage was very spacious, like a room, with desks and bookshelves, and an eight or nine-year-old boy sitting in the carriage. Carpet, two calligraphy and paintings of famous people in the Wei and Jin Dynasties hung on the wall of the carriage, and the carriage traveled all the way without feeling bumpy.

"Just sit down!"

Yang Zhao asked Wang Junlin to sit down with a smile, and then told the little book boy, "Pour a cup of tea for Marquis Qin An."

Wang Junlin sat down opposite Yang Zhao, and asked with a smile, "How does Your Highness know that I'm coming today?"

Yang Zhao showed a hint of cunning in his smile, and said with a smile: "Not only does this king know that you are back, but this king also knows what happened at your house last night!"

Wang Junlin smiled a little, and knew that Yang Guang had probably called Yang Zhao over to ask about his relationship with him, and told Yang Zhao what happened last night by the way, so he also smiled and said: "Since Your Highness knows I will not say more about the whole story."

Yang Zhao nodded, his smile disappeared, his expression became serious, he stared at Wang Junlin, and said solemnly: "But with Yang Su's character, since he has broken the convention and doesn't use official means to deal with you, you must Be careful, don't be plotted by others, Yang Su has countless capable people and masters, and those people can do all sorts of vicious things."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will definitely be careful." A cold light flashed in Wang Junlin's eyes, and he said gratefully.

Yang Zhao knew that Wang Junlin knew what was in his heart, but he continued to speak earnestly: "You should have found a way to understand it after you came to the capital. The power structure in the capital is very complicated. Although your methods are powerful, they are only your enemies. Before, I was concerned about Grandpa Huang, and only wanted to use official means to deal with you, but now because of the murder at the Universiade Restaurant and what happened last night, this kind of tacit understanding is completely out of control. Care about these rules."

After a pause, Yang Zhao sighed again: "The emperor's grandfather wanted to conduct the imperial examination last year to select talents from poor families in order to weaken the power of the powerful families. Unexpectedly, the Guanlong nobles and the Zhongxing family strongly opposed it in the court. Grandpa Huang was also forced to compromise, so he had no choice but to hold back, for this reason, Grandpa Huang has been furious about this matter for a long time, but there is nothing he can do."

Wang Junlin nodded silently. More than 90% of the civil and military officials in the court came from aristocratic families. The emperor wanted to use the imperial examination system to replace the system of nominations for officials from aristocratic families, which directly damaged the most fundamental interests of these aristocratic families. Strange!

Wang Junlin has consciously learned a lot about these things these days, but now that he has the opportunity to listen to a royal family member he trusts, he naturally will not let this opportunity pass, and immediately asks: "His Royal Highness can you Can't you tell me simply?"

"I really want to tell you briefly, the relationship is too complicated."

Yang Zhao smiled wryly and said: "Actually, the entire Sui Dynasty is a world of powerful families. There are as many families, large and small, as a cow's hair. There are at least a thousand of them. In the upper power structure, there are actually three major factions..."

The two talked all the way, and Wang Junlin didn't ask Yang Zhao where he was going. Unknowingly, the carriage stopped slowly, and the guards said outside: "My lord, we're here!"

Wang Junlin looked out through the car window, and saw them parked in front of an extremely spacious mansion, Wang Junlin couldn't help being stunned, the last time he came was at night, but with his memory, of course he would never forget What is this place, but he asked in his mouth: "Your Highness, this is..."

Yang Zhao smiled slightly and said, "This is the residence of my aunt, my aunt. My aunt told me this morning to bring you over for dinner."

Wang Junlin looked surprised and flattered, but felt bitter in his heart. There was only one aunt of Yang Zhao, and that was Princess Leping Yang Lihua.

In the past few days, he was worried that Yang Su would send masters into the mansion and hurt Yu Zimo, so he didn't dare to run around at night, and he hadn't done the thing that he promised Princess Leping to cheat through the window. The nephew took the initiative to bring Wang Junlin over.

No matter what Wang Junlin thought, the carriage had already stopped by the side door, and several eunuchs were already waiting at the door. They stepped forward to salute: "His Royal Highness, 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's body was very fat, and the weather was hot and stuffy at this time, and he was sweating profusely after walking for a long time, Wang Junlin felt exhausted even looking at it.

The last time I sneaked in at night, I couldn't appreciate the real appearance of the Princess's mansion. Now I followed Yang Zhao into the mansion, only to find that the mansion occupies a huge area, but there are not many buildings, and there are not many precious flowers and trees. , but there are large forests everywhere, and it is the end of summer, but the trees here are full of greenery, and it is obviously cooler than outside the mansion.

The exquisite small buildings are hidden in the dense shade of trees, and the gurgling river gives Wang Junlin the illusion of being in the forest park of later generations.

Passing a small bridge, they entered the inner house. The inner house is still densely shaded and connected to the outside, but the trees have become much more precious, such as pears and camphor trees in the south, rose apples and white basil in the west. Wait, you can see it in the inner house.

"This woman manages the place she lives beautifully." Wang Junlin couldn't help but slander inwardly.

They walked across a white stone flat bridge, and slowly stopped. The eunuchs were very careful, and their steps were light, lest the sound of footsteps would disturb the front.

In front is a white jade platform surrounded by beautifully carved railings. Under the platform is a pool of water, where groups of red carp wrestle up and down for food.

Standing on the platform is a woman, tall and tall, wearing a snow-white wide gauze dress, her black hair is scattered on her shoulders, like a waterfall, without any jewelry on her body, although her clothes are simple, she gives a kind of elegant beauty. With a sense of elegance, her temperament blends with the surrounding forest and lake water, as if she is a fairy in the forest.

There was a piece of wheat cake in her hand, and she crushed the wheat cake with her slender, white fingers, and sprinkled it into the lake water, allowing the fish to compete for food.

Yang Zhao stepped forward to give a salute, and said softly, "Aunt Huang, the nephew of Qin Anhou Wang Junlin brought it here."

Wang Junlin bit the bullet and stepped forward to salute: "The humble Wang Junlin has met His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

Yang Lihua turned around slowly. Compared with the last time the two met, she was still beautiful and refined, without a trace of makeup, but her pale face had a healthy rosy glow.

"The Marquis of Qin An is here, but he is a rare visitor!" Yang Lihua gritted her silver teeth lightly, looked at Wang Junlin and said, Yang Zhao couldn't understand what he heard, and Wang Junlin groaned inwardly.

Her eyes were fixed on Wang Junlin's face, with a smile on her face, but there was a kind of resentment in her eyes.

Wang Junlin lowered his head and said: "On the day when the banquet was held in the humble office, His Highness came in person. The humble should have paid back and paid a visit to His Highness long ago. And the younger Yu Zimo is injured and needs to be taken care of, and the younger 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. The small building is surrounded by a high wall of white walls and black tiles. This is where Yang Lihua lives and where Wang Junlin climbed and climbed that night. There is a plaque on the gate of the courtyard, which says "Le Ping Xuan" three words.

It was dusk at this time, and the setting sun shone on the small yellow building through the branches and leaves, dyeing the small building with a magnificent golden color, which gave Wang Junlin a strange feeling.

Wang Junlin and Yang Zhao followed Yang Lihua to the downstairs of Le Pingxuan, only to find that there is a small independent courtyard in front of the building, which is full of various exotic flowers and plants, and a stone path leads to a white jade pavilion. Behind it is a towering old willow tree with a canopy like a canopy covering the pavilion.