Capture the Jade - Chapter 114

Eunuch Liu had been gone for half an hour, and Lin Chengyou was still sitting alone by the fish pond fishing.

Azhi and Chang Yiyuan wanted Lin Chengyou to take them to play, and they made a fuss for a while, but they were coaxed and dragged to the temple by Daoist Qing Xuzi.

Daoist Qingxuzi didn’t stay.

The prince also wisely dodged.

In a huge courtyard, Lin Chengyou was the only one left in the blink of an eye. The night wind blew humbly, indescribably depressing.

The queen asked people to come out to visit several times, but the palace maids and eunuchs were all light-hearted, as if they were afraid of attracting Lin Chengyou’s attention, they glanced at them from a distance, and then quietly retreated to the palace to report to the queen the movement of the pool.

Lin Chengyou had been fishing for a while, but not only could he not hear the slightest voice in his ears, nor did he even see a single figure swaying around in front of him.

This is exactly what he wants, and he urgently needs to be quiet now. This is not enough, he wished that the entire palace would disappear.

But no matter how quiet the surroundings were, he couldn’t calm down for a moment, and what was more exaggerated was that he had been fishing for half an hour, and the fishing rod never moved.

The fish in the pond seemed to sense something and hid aside collectively.

Lin Chengyou threw a handful of fish food, but it was useless.

Not only did the group of fish not take the bait, they kept blowing bubbles at him under the water. The string of bubbles reminded him of the string Teng Yuyi spat out at him before he passed out underwater.

Lin Chengyou closed his eyes, it was fine, even the fish were making fun of him.

This fish can’t be caught. He put down the fishing rod and tried to get up. He was alone and couldn’t figure it out. He planned to ask Teng Yuyi in person.

Some words can be recited by others, and some words must be clearly stated in person. What she thinks, he has to listen to her with his own ears.

Just as he was about to get up, someone walked over to the fish pond.

The hem of the man’s brocade robe was tattooed with a pair of pearls and fish, and when the breeze blew, the silver scales on the lines were bright and dim, and he only stood for a while, and the man sat down beside Lin Chengyou.

Prince Chun’an picked up the fishing rod that Lin Chengyou had just put down, looked at the water and said warmly, “I was drinking wine in the palace tonight, why did I suddenly think of asking for a kiss for myself?”

Lin Chengyou also looked at the pool, and smiled when he heard the words: “It’s just a coincidence. Tonight, the monarch and ministers are talking about the marriage of the clan’s children. It happened that the nephew has a sweetheart, so he will mention it casually.”

The Duke of Chun’an sighed, took something out of his arms and handed it to Lin Chengyou.

Lin Chengyou turned his head and saw that it was the Dance Immortal Lamp.

“Since you are openly begging to marry Mrs. Teng tonight, there is something that uncle can tell you in person.” The Prince of Chun’an pointed to the wine cup, “This is something belonging to the Teng mansion, and about five days ago, someone took it as a gift. It was sent to my house as a present.”

Lin Chengyou’s face was pale, and he picked up the wine cup and slowly rubbed it.

“I’ve had someone check it out. This dancing fairy cup was engraved by the court craftsman Wen Xianzhi back then. There were only two sets in the world. One set was kept in the palace, and the other set was given to General Teng who defeated Tubo by the saint. This thing is too rare, so in the first few days, it was found on General Teng’s head.”

After a pause, he added: “In addition to this set of imitation cups, my house also received several gifts from Teng House, including hand-made snacks, hand-made shoes and socks, and hand-made purses. The lacquer box is exactly the same as the lacquer box that Tengfu usually uses to give gifts. The silk cloth that wraps the shoes and socks is also a unique makeup and flower brocade in Tengfu. The gift-giver deliberately left various marks on the packaging, lest we guess these things. The thing was given by Mrs. Teng. Because it was too conspicuous, the steward in our house told me about it long ago when he received the first gift.”

Lin Chengyou looked at the wine cup in his hand, his eyes full of sarcasm: “This is clearly someone who is secretly ruining Madam Teng’s reputation. It takes a lot of effort to make shoes, socks and purses, but Madam Teng has no such patience. She was busy taking refuge a while ago. After studying in the academy all day long, how can you spare so much time?”

The Prince of Chun’an smiled slightly and said, “You always know everything. This is so clever that my uncle almost believed it. At first I didn’t understand why someone would do this, because as long as the Prince’s Mansion does not spread to the outside world, Mrs. Teng will be fine. Your reputation will not be damaged in the slightest. It is obviously useless to try to frame Mrs. Teng with this incident. It was not until the rumors that you had a sweetheart were spread in the womb and outside the palace before that I had a general understanding of what that person wanted to do. I want to confirm this to you face to face, but you are busy investigating the case all day and it is rare to see each other. Coincidentally, as soon as the rumor came out, that person started to give more gifts, just snacks a few times, and everything It was almost possible to find the Teng Mansion. It was so obvious that it was only necessary to attach a confession letter from Mrs. Teng. Since the timing was very coincidental, my uncle began to guess that the purpose of this person might not be on me, but on you, this person. Not only do you want me to misunderstand that the person who gave the gift is Lady Teng, but I also want you to think that the person Lady Teng likes is her uncle.”

Lin Chengyou nodded sarcastically: “Send such a conspicuous thing, but don’t leave a name, so that my uncle can’t ask Mrs. Teng face to face, this misunderstanding will always exist, if my uncle happens to have a crush on Mrs. Teng, there are As an encouragement for this matter, I will take the initiative to ask for marriage sooner or later. Even if my uncle doesn’t like Madam Teng, after all, I often go to the Prince’s Mansion. I have been there many times. One day, I will come across the scene of Madam Teng giving gifts to my uncle. Maybe that person I thought that as long as I misunderstood Madam Teng’s crush as my uncle, I would give up my thoughts on Madam Teng.

Didn’t that person almost succeed with that box of pear cakes last time?

It’s just that the man has done all the calculations, and he didn’t count that he has a problem – he likes to ask him face to face to understand everything.

Thinking of this, Lin Chengyou said clearly: “Did my uncle see that I like Madam Teng long ago? The gift-giving makes you suspicious, but you neither want to damage Madam Teng’s reputation, nor do you want me to misunderstand her, To beg in front of you tonight, just to provoke me?”

The Prince of Chun’an looked back at Lin Chengyou: “As early as in Ledao Villa, when you sent Madam Teng’s Chiyan Horse, I knew how you felt about her, not only this, but I also doubted that you had seen Madam Teng sent to the house. I was suspicious when the box of pear flower cake was delivered to the house last time. I wanted Liu Fu to check it out, but when I turned my head, the lacquer box disappeared. It was just you and Aqi. Did you take the lacquer box away in my house?”

Lin Chengyou smiled gracefully, admitting it.

“You.” Chun’an County King Xianxian pulled the fishing rod upwards, “This person who gave the gift is very clever, and when he came down, he almost pinched everyone, but my uncle doesn’t like to be treated as a gift. Target, after thinking about it, to break this situation, you have to do it yourself. A while ago, I saw your thoughts on Mrs. Teng. I thought that you would soon ask for marriage based on your temperament. In the evening, I lied that I had a crush on you, and that person’s plan was completely defeated. When you asked for a kiss, everyone in Chang’an knew that the person you liked was Mrs. Teng, and there was no way that two uncles and nephews would rob the same woman. , in the future, if that person wants to pull me to play these tricks, it will be superfluous.”

Lin Chengyou sighed in his heart, if he was in love with another girl, he might have asked for marriage long ago, but Teng Yu’s intention was different. She was wrongly cursed before she was born. Life is on the way.

He finally succeeded in borrowing his life, but because of his special physique, he attracted endless evil spirits.

Thinking about what happened to Teng Yuyi in the past few months, it was really not easy to survive.

After he guessed the truth, he felt sorry for her that it was too late, and because he knew that she was very careful, in order to help her save more merit, he didn’t show her his heart for a long time.

Thinking of this, his mind moved. Then again, as soon as Wu Qi’s case was solved, Teng Yuyi no longer seemed to be on guard like before. In the past, he was eager to bring dozens of guards with him when he went out. Last good luck.

After Wu Qi pleaded guilty in public last time, Teng Yuyi’s expression seemed to be like seeing a mortal enemy. Later, when confronted with Wu Qi in prison, Teng Yuyi’s gaffe could not be concealed.

This doubt has always lingered in his mind.

Suddenly I heard the uncle say: “There is still a doubt in this matter, because I suspected that someone was deliberately imitating the things of the Teng Mansion, I once had people take them out to inquire secretly, and asked all over Chang’an City the workshops that could make imitations. They all say that they haven’t taken up this kind of work in the past half a year, and once they are inspected, whether it is the lacquer box of the ‘Tengfu’ or the Wuxian lamp, they are all a few years old. This matter is very strange, since it has something to do with you and Mrs. Teng, you might as well check it out.”

Lin Chengyou picked up the dancing fairy lamp beside the robe with great interest: “Is there still such a thing? Your mind is vicious enough.”

Prince Chun’an: “Whether that person is here for Madam Teng or for you, this bureau has been arranged as early as the first few years. When you find out the truth, be sure to tell your uncle who that person is. , I also want to know what’s going on.”

Lin Chengyou stammered: “Okay, let her even dare to plot against her uncle, and I have to let her go.”

The Duke of Chun’an glanced at Lin Chengyou and teased, “Are you planning to fish here overnight?”

“No more fishing.”

Having said this to his uncle, Lin Chengyou’s brows stretched a lot, and he clapped his hands and stood up and said, “Is Uncle Huang returning to the mansion? Let’s go together.”

***

After the people in the palace left, Teng Yuyi turned over on the bed, overturned, and tossed for a long time before falling asleep.

Fortunately, if the academy doesn’t go to school tomorrow, she can sleep in comfortably.

Last time, the incident with the Wu sisters made Vice Dean Liu a big blow. He said that he, as the Dean, failed to detect the abnormality of the students in time. In a hurry, he suffered a heartache. The business was busy again, and the queen ordered a ten-day vacation in order to be sympathetic to Vice President Liu.

It seems that school will start later in the day.

She was sleeping soundly, and suddenly felt itchy nose, someone whispered in her ear: “Little lazy bug, get up quickly.”

Teng Yuyi frowned, and burrowed her head into the quilt: “Sister, don’t be noisy.”

“There are quite a few classmates here, are you going to keep them hanging out?”

Teng Yuyi’s sleepiness subsided: “Classmate?”

“Have you forgotten? On the night of Deng Shizhong’s birthday, everyone made an appointment to go to Ci’en Temple to hold an early summer poetry party. You set the day yourself. Deng Weili, Zheng Shuangyin, Liu Siniang and the others all came.”

When dressing, Teng Yuyi could feel the kind gaze from her sister from time to time.

Teng Yuyi naturally knew why her sister did this. It is estimated that Lin Chengyou’s request for marriage in front of the imperial family last night had already spread all over Chang’an.

She wanted to pretend that nothing happened, but she couldn’t help being stared at by her sister: “Sister?”

Du Tinglan patiently continued to wait for her sister to dress up, and then she asked quietly, “Why did Lin Chengyou suddenly beg for marriage?”

Teng Yuyi’s face turned red at once, but nothing happened in her mouth: “How, how do I know?”

“You really refuse to marry Lin Chengyou?”

Teng Yuyi’s eyes widened: “Why should I marry him?”

“You don’t like him at all?”

Teng Yuyi’s ears were hot, but her tone was decisive: “Of course.”

With his head held high, he walked towards the window.

Du Tinglan smiled: “If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. What are you anxious about?”

Teng Yuyi paused for a while. Sister A’s words sounded like she was making fun of her, but she knew very well that it was a fact that she didn’t like Lin Chengyou now. Look, she didn’t hesitate at all to reject the marriage last night. For her, a benefactor is a benefactor and a friend is a friend. If she wants her to do nothing for Lin Chengyou, she promises that she will have nothing to say, but she will not marry him.

There are few men in this world who are half-hearted. Lin Chengyou likes her today, and maybe he likes someone else tomorrow.

Besides, he never said that he liked her face to face.

So she didn’t regret refusing marriage, and she didn’t regret it at all.

Realizing that her sister was still watching her, Teng Yuyi raised her eyebrows, intending to emphasize her feelings a few more words. The maid in the corridor said, “There are a lot of little ladies outside. Madam, go out and entertain guests.”

The sisters had to stop talking.

About a dozen classmates came to Zhongtang, in addition to Deng, Zheng, Liu Sanniang, Chen Siniang, Li Huaigu and others.

The whole room is full of pearls and greens, Deng Weili is wearing a newly made summer dress, always smiling, Zheng Shuangyin is wearing a light yellow and silver silk skirt, the whole person is as bright as a frost chrysanthemum, Liu Siniang and others are laughing constantly, look She looked more happy than before. Among the classmates, Li Huaigu was the only one with a pale face, but she also deliberately dressed up. The light lotus embroidered white butterfly ru skirt on her body was exceptionally beautiful, which set her off as in the painting. Normal people.

“You finally figured it out.” Deng Weili greeted Teng Yuyi happily as soon as he saw Teng Yuyi, “It’s only the beginning of time, why don’t you sleep a little longer?”

Teng Yuyi instructed the servants to hurry up and get close, and said respectfully, “The classmate who can sleep the most has gone out in person. Do I dare to stay in the house again?”

Liu Siniang and Zheng Shuangyin smiled and took them apart: “You two don’t fight again. Let’s go, let’s go, today is a good day, you can have a good day.”

Perhaps knowing that Teng Yuyi would be embarrassed, no one took the initiative to mention Lin Chengyou’s proposal.

When they arrived at the Ci’en Temple by the Qujiang Pool, another group of classmates was already waiting.

The girls entered the temple together, first enjoying the flowers and fighting poems in the temple, eating vegetarian meals in the temple at noon, and going to the theater outside the temple in the afternoon to enjoy the scenery of the river.

Today, Teng Yuyi is the host. In order to let the classmates have a good time, Duan Fu and Chang Geng rented a few painting boats. Once the painting boats were moored on the bank of the Qujiang River, many girls got off the boat to fish and write poetry. There are also places to go. People have set up curtains and spread mats on the shore. If the girls are tired from shopping, they can play grass on the mats.

After settling these things, Teng Yuyi brought Duanfu to buy some food. Because they had gone too far, when they came back, the master and servant could only walk around a remote path by the river.

When passing by a curtain, I heard a few classmates talking: “Why don’t you see Aunt Peng and Erniang Peng today?”

“Don’t mention it. Last time Erniang Peng was almost framed by Lu Zhaoan’s villain. She was furious at the time. I heard that she fell ill after returning home. After that, no matter which classmate invited her, she never came out to play again.”

“What about Aunt Peng? Didn’t she agree to come out to play with us the day before yesterday?”

“Ah? You don’t know yet?”

Teng Yuyi’s ears perked up.

“Last night in front of the imperial palace, General Peng wanted to connect his granddaughter with Prince Cheng’s son. Unexpectedly, Prince Cheng not only refused the matter on the spot, but also asked to marry Mrs. Teng in front of everyone. My face has been swept away, I guess Aunt Peng feels shameless because of this, so she refuses to go out today.”

Teng Yuyi also heard about this last night, and felt strange at the time.

Peng Sishun has been shrewd and strong all his life, but when he is old, is he confused?

As an important official of the imperial court, it is not surprising to seek a favored marriage for his descendants, but with Peng Sishun’s scheming temperament, why didn’t he first explore the words of the royal mansion before asking for the imperial order? Not only did the Peng family have a sullen face, but also made the granddaughter shameless.

This is not right.

In addition to being brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, the Peng family can be today, and the court also has an unusual sharpness and calmness.

Could it be that Peng Sishun is dizzy? I don’t know if Peng Zhen is around or not. If Peng Zhen was there, he would definitely not let his old father commit such stupidity.

Thinking about it, Teng Yuyi felt a chill on the back of her neck.

Is it possible… the Peng family did this on purpose?

The last time Lu Zhaoan and Wu Qi tried to frame Erniang Peng, although Lin Chengyou dismantled it on the spot, the Peng family had antipathy and would definitely reconsider after returning.

There were so many people at the banquet that night. The master family behind Lu Zhaoan did not frame others, but the children of the Peng family. After thinking about it, in the end, the Peng family might suspect that they had exposed themselves, and they were afraid that the court would take action in advance, so there was someone behind. a series of moves.

After that, Peng Erniang said that she no longer went to the academy because of her illness.

In addition to the incident last night, even Aunt Peng had a reason to “close the door”.

But whether it is really “not staying due to illness” or quietly leaving the capital, it is unknown.

Only by doing this can we secretly send the Peng family’s female relatives back to Huaixi Road without revealing a trace.

Teng Yuyi began to feel uneasy in his heart. According to this, it is very likely that the Peng family will rebel in advance. Lin Chengyou was also in the hall last night. With his keen temperament, he would definitely be suspicious of the performance of the Peng family, but he could guess the Peng family’s intention so quickly because he knew that the Peng family wanted to rebel. I don’t know if the Peng family has evil intentions?

No, you have to tell Grandpa and Lin Chengyou about this as soon as possible. Both horizontal and vertical pens and paper are readily available. Later, she will write an urgent letter and ask Duanfu to send it to Grandpa in person. As for Lin Chengyou—

Those people said again: “Hey, speaking of this, do you know that Teng Yuyi refused to become the prince last night.”

“I know.” Another person said, “There were hundreds of courtiers in the palace last night, and this story has long since spread. In the morning, my aunt said that many people in Chang’an City want to marry Prince Cheng’s mansion, and Prince Cheng’s heir is another. Such a good talent, why didn’t Teng Yuyi agree?”

The few people in the tent probably expected that no one would come to this remote corner, so they spoke unscrupulously.

“I don’t know about this, but after this incident, Prince Cheng will never ask to marry Mrs. Teng again.”

Suddenly I heard another person say with a smile: “Oh, why do you say that?”

It was Li Huaigu.

“Sanniang, you only came to Chang’an. It’s no wonder that you don’t know the temperament of the Prince Cheng. When the Prince Cheng was a child, he kicked the sky, and when he grew up, he was suave and unruly. I heard that these children of the royal family were beaten and beaten. The most, although the most annoying, but also the most likable, the Taoist priest Qingxuzi and the sage love him very much. Unless he loves Madam Teng so much.”

Several people giggled, obviously in their opinion, this is impossible.

“Yeah, the ladies in Chang’an are like clouds, and Prince Cheng has never seen Mrs. Teng a few times. I guess it’s just a whim, and there will never be any more.”

Li Huaigu seemed to be in a very happy mood and said with a smile, “Aiya, let’s not talk about this. Look at this poem written by Mrs. Zheng. It’s really elegant in words. I don’t blame her for being famous.”

Teng Yuyi hummed in her heart, and walked forward with her head held high.

After a while, a high stage was set up in front of the Moon Lantern Pavilion. Several Hu people with eagle nose and harrier eyes jumped to the high place to perform tricks.

Teng Yuyi pulled her sister and Deng Weili to watch, when someone suddenly said, “Miss Teng.”

Teng Yuyi turned back happily, absolutely winning and abandoning wisdom.

“Little Daoist, why are you here?”

Juesheng and Qizhi’s round faces were full of sweat, and they were very happy to see Teng Yuyi, wiped the sweat and said, “It can be considered that we have found Mrs. Teng. Let’s go to Teng’s house to find Mrs. Teng, and Cheng Bo said you are here. I came near the Ci’en Temple, I didn’t expect that there are so many people by the Quchi today, and I almost didn’t find Mrs. Teng.”

Teng Yuyi pulled them aside: “Anything with me?”

All around were Teng Yuyi’s classmates.

Everyone was a little surprised when they saw the little Taoist priest at Qingyun Temple looking for Teng Yuyi.

Juesheng and Qizhi said solemnly, “I have something urgent. Lady Teng, you come with us.”

Teng Yuyi had no choice but to say to Du Tinglan, “I’ll come as soon as I go.”

Go to the other side with Jue Sage and Abandoned Wisdom. Duan Fu was busy and kept up silently.

Qizhi walked on the left of Teng Yuyi, and Juesheng walked on the right of Teng Yuyi.

Qizhi took a few steps, and when he turned around inadvertently, he saw a little lady staring at him in the crowd, her face was not good, and her eyes were cold.

Qizhi recognized the person and knew that her name was Li Sanniang, but Li Sanniang’s strange expression only lasted for a moment, and then she showed a quiet smile at Qizhi.

Juesheng and Qizhi led Teng Yuyi’s master and servant to the shore, and instructed the boatman to sail to the dock on the other side. They went ashore and walked for an unknown period of time. When they reached a quiet flower wall, Juesheng and Qizhi said : “Senior brother, Madam Teng is here.”

Teng Yuyi’s heartbeat accelerated inexplicably, and in the next instant, Lin Chengyou saw Lin Chengyou walking out from behind the wall. Lin Chengyou glanced up and down at Teng Yuyi, and dragged her back: “Ask you a few words.”

Jue Sheng and Qi Zhi blushed and stuck out their tongues, leading Duan Fu to avoid them far away.

Teng Yuyi allowed Lin Chengyou to drag her, but she said, “If the prince wanted to question me about what happened last night, I would also like to ask the prince in return. If you don’t have any brains, why did the prince suddenly beg in front of the royal family?”

Lin Chengyou paused and turned to look at her: “Why do you say?”

Teng Yuyi snorted and turned his head to the side: “If it was because of what happened in the water yesterday, the prince doesn’t have to do this. I know that the prince was trying to save me, so I wouldn’t take it to heart.”

Lin Chengyou’s face became hot, but a little smile appeared in his eyes. He stared at Teng Yuyi for a long time, and suddenly said, “Do you think I suddenly asked to marry you because of this?”

“Otherwise?” Teng Yuyi plausibly said.

Lin Chengyou raised his eyebrows: “What if I say no?”

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