Feng Xing - Chapter 86

If you talk about the most ornamental place in Yangzhou, it is the Slender West Lake.

Slender West Lake was formerly known as Baobao Lake. The center of the lake was silted up in the early years. Local salt merchants paid for the dredging and built many pavilions and pavilions on both sides. After several generations of accumulation, it now enjoys the prosperity of gardens and the reputation of being the best in the world.

Feng Sheng spent a lot of time in Yangzhou, but she had never been to Slender West Lake, but Wei Wang had been there many times. Back then, he stayed in Yangzhou as an excuse to go to Daming Temple to practice meditation. Slender West Lake has a waterway leading to Daming Temple, so he is very familiar with Slender West Lake.

The two went to Slender West Lake in a carriage, and changed boats when they got there.

The boats sailed slowly along the way, and the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait made people feel refreshed. When they reached Xiaojin Mountain, King Wei ordered the boat to dock, and took Feng Sheng up on foot.

This Xiaojin Mountain is actually a small island, which was built with the mounds dug from the river in order to dredge the Slender West Lake. The scenery on the mountain is extremely beautiful, anyway, Feng Sheng was very interested in seeing it along the way. Occasionally, the mountain road was difficult to walk, King Wei took the initiative to help her, and all the servants followed behind, so Feng Sheng didn’t feel embarrassed at all, she was not hypocritical in the first place.

Passing by a gazebo, there were people in the pavilion, the king of Wei signaled, and Dewang rushed forward to negotiate with the other party, but he didn’t know what he said, it seemed that he had stuffed money, and the other party let the pavilion out.

Feng Sheng didn’t think it was very good at first, but thinking about the identity of King Wei, he didn’t say much. In fact, she could tell that King Wei stopped for a rest because he saw that she was tired.

The two entered the pavilion and sat down. Dewang had already ordered someone to boil water and make tea.

I have to say that the lives of these Tianhuang nobles are really extravagant and lustful. When they come out to enjoy the scenery, they are followed by a group of servants who carry everything. When Feng Sheng sees someone burning a stove outside the pavilion, he has nothing to say .

What are you talking about, after all, she can also drink this tea, so it’s too hypocritical.

When the tea was served, Dewang brought a few more plates of dim sum. Feng Sheng tasted one, it was crispy and delicious, and it looked like it was just made before going out. She was eating with gusto, King Wei glanced at her, took the handkerchief from Dewang and wiped his hands, Feng Sheng was embarrassed.

He dislikes eating without wiping his hands. This habit is indeed not good, but ordinary Feng Sheng is used to walking outside, how can he be so delicate, thinking that everyone is like him, and there are a lot of guards when he goes out. ?

She was annoyed for a moment, so she picked up a piece of almond cake and stuffed it near his mouth.

Wei Wang was stunned for a moment, and glanced at her, just when Feng Sheng was regretting his behavior and wanted to take back his hand, Wei Wang opened his mouth, and it would be inappropriate to take it back at this time, Feng Sheng could only bite the bullet and wait for him After taking this bite, she wanted to take it back, but someone grabbed her wrist.

King Wei just finished eating a piece of almond cake in Feng Sheng’s hand. Feng Sheng withdrew his hand, pretended nothing happened, and drank the tea, only the reddened ears showed some clues.

At this time, someone outside the booth spoke.

“There are already people.” It was a woman’s voice, with some sighs.

Feng Sheng heard something familiar, followed the sound and looked over, but saw two unexpected people.

It was Fan Jinchuan who brought Man’er.

Man’er was dressed like a woman, demure and docile, if she hadn’t recognized Fan Jinchuan, Feng Sheng might not have recognized Fan Jinchuan at a glance. And Fan Jinchuan was tall and straight, and the two of them stood together, they were really a pair of lovers.

When Feng Sheng looked over, Fan Jinchuan was holding Man’er’s hand. When she looked here, he also looked over. Seeing Feng Sheng, he subconsciously threw away his hand.

Man’er clenched her fingertips tightly, lowered her head and smiled wryly, as if the goblins sang in the big play showed their true colors when they saw the mirror.

Just as she was thinking wildly, Fan Jinchuan had already stepped forward to speak. Even if there is no Fang Fengsheng, only Wei Wang, this cutscene has to go.

No one expected to meet in this kind of situation, or in this kind of situation, whether it was embarrassing or not could not be seen from the surface, but Man’er could still smile and nod to Feng Sheng, which made Feng Sheng feel good about her.

In order to take care of Maner, Feng Sheng took the initiative to give up the pavilion, and went to the side with Maner to enjoy the scenery and talk. There was a bamboo forest next to it, and there were stone tables and chairs under the forest. It was convenient for Feng Sheng and Man’er.

The two went there to sit down, and Dewang hurriedly prepared tea and refreshments.

“This tea is not bad.” Feng Sheng made a gesture of invitation, and also picked up the teacup.

The two drank tea quietly for a while, and they didn’t speak during the period. Feng Sheng didn’t know what to say, and Man’er wanted to say too much, but the words came to her mouth but she was at a loss for words.

“how are you recently?”

Feng Sheng didn’t expect Man’er to ask this, and gave her a surprised look: “Naturally.”

“If you think about it, people like you can naturally make themselves happy all the time.”

The words seemed to mean something, and Man’er seemed to have realized it, and hurriedly said: “That’s not what I mean, what I mean is that no matter what your personality is, you can make yourself live well.”

Saying it again, it was still full of meaning, Man’er panicked a little, Feng Sheng sighed, and patted her hand: “I understand, no need to explain.”

“That’s good.” Man’er smiled hastily.

“So how are you doing?”

Well, the embarrassing meeting is destined to make everyone a little abnormal, and Feng Sheng also feels that it is not very good when she said it, but she will not take it back, and what she said is what she said. After all, she still had some opinions on Man’er in her heart at the beginning. Her methods were too decisive, which pushed her and Fan Jinchuan to a point where they had to choose.

From the perspective of Feng Sheng at the beginning, she naturally had a good impression of Fan Jinchuan, but she understood the complexity of talking about feelings, so she was like a turtle, pretending not to understand Fan Jinchuan’s struggle and love. Ordinary people are always selfish. She didn’t want to change the situation at that time, but she couldn’t say the words of refusal. She once thought that if everything was settled, she and Fan Jinchuan would still be like this, maybe she would give him a result, but it’s a pity…

No pity, after all, her face is too ugly.

Thinking about it this way, Feng Sheng felt calm in his heart, looked at Man’er who looked dazed with a smile, and said: “No matter what, I hope you and Brother Fan can live happily.”

“how about you?”

“I’m fine. Your Highness treats me very well. In fact, when I met Your Highness, it was earlier than Brother Fan.”

Man’er breathed a sigh of relief: “This way I can feel at ease, I always feel that I ruined it…”

“Don’t say that, you and Brother Fan have been engaged for a long time, and you are a good match from heaven.” Feng Sheng interrupted. She stood up, she felt that she was still not suitable for such a conversation, maybe she and Man’er were destined not to be friends.

“I think they seem to have finished talking, I’ll go and have a look.”

Since the destination of both parties is the Daming Temple, the next journey will naturally go hand in hand.

This kind of walking together makes each other polite and restrained. If it is the only one that is not affected, it is probably the King of Wei. Maybe he was affected too, but others couldn’t see it.

The sun was just right, and the golden light sprinkled on the river surface. Feng Sheng stood leaning on the side of the boat, looking at the gentle lake below. King Wei came over, took her in his arms habitually, and asked, “What are you looking at?”

“I looked at the lake and there seemed to be fish in it.”

King Wei looked over and said, “Of course there are, and there are quite a few.”

He raised his chin to Dewang who was next to him, and Dewang immediately understood and went down. After a while, he brought two boatmen with fishing nets. King Wei pulled Feng Sheng to avoid it, and the two boatmen Familiarly throwing the net into the lake, Feng Sheng didn’t expect Wei Wang to be like this, a little surprised, jokingly said: “You are really a cow chewing peonies, such a beautiful scenery, you actually let people lower the net to catch fish.”

“Aren’t you wondering if there are any fish?”

“That’s what I said.”

“Wangfei wants to see it, and this king will naturally let you do what you want.”

“Then if I want to see what the stars in the sky look like, don’t tell me…” Feng Sheng felt that something was wrong when the words came out, and just about to interrupt, Wei Wang smiled and said: “Then the king is naturally looking for someone to build a ladder , Pick a few for the princess, to satisfy my curiosity.”

It may be that Wei Wang’s smile is too rare, or it may be that there are too many meanings in his eyes, Feng Sheng was speechless for a while, and just looked at him blankly.

In a daze, Wei Wang’s face came closer.

“Hey you…”

He nibbled on her lips, and said calmly, “Hey what?”

Feng Sheng would feel embarrassed and afraid of being seen, but she and Wei Wang stood in a special posture. He was tall and tall, and when he saw it from the boat, he covered her whole body. Naturally, he couldn’t see what he was doing. Only the ships outside came out.

So she immediately turned her head and looked out, and was relieved to see no one, and gave him a look: “You are not ashamed, you are in public.”

“What are you ashamed of? No one saw it.”

While talking here, the net over there has already been picked up, probably because the boatman wanted to show that he wanted to show rewards, and the fish he picked up were really quite a lot.

“Someone made it, just in time for lunch.”

On the other side, Fan Jinchuan and Maner were also looking at the lake view, but it was a pity that Jingmei’s heart was not here.

Man’er looked at Fan Jinchuan, with bitterness in her mouth, but she smiled softly on her face: “His Royal Highness Wei Wang and Princess Wang are really loving, and it’s great for me to look at them.”

Fan Jinchuan looked at her, his gaze was as sharp as a knife at that moment, but after seeing the wry smile on her face, he became disappointed, embarrassed and unbearable.

He didn’t speak, just looked away and looked overboard.

At noon, Feng Sheng and King Wei had a fish feast on the boat.

It was supposed to be the king of Wei who hosted a banquet in honor of Fan Jinchuan, but was held back by Feng Sheng. If King Wei went to accompany Fan Jinchuan, she would definitely go to accompany Man’er, she really didn’t want to. It was rare for her to take the initiative, and it happened that King Wei also had this intention, so the two had dinner alone.

As for Fan Jinchuan, it was naturally Dewang who went to talk, and served them the same meal. Dewang said that His Highness was used to eating with the princess, and he didn’t want to disturb Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Fan.

A meal with different thoughts, Feng Sheng is quite happy, she is happy that King Wei is naturally in a good mood. It’s Fan Jinchuan’s side. Anyway, Dewang looked at it. The prince and the princess are indeed a natural couple. They are naturally calm and composed, which is different from ordinary people.

Feng Sheng used to sleep for a while after dinner, but there were no beds on this boat, so she lay down on the imperial concubine’s couch for a while. Originally, the imperial concubine’s couch was not wide, and Wei Wang insisted on squeezing her, so Feng Sheng could only sleep two people in his arms.

Probably got up early in the morning, Feng Sheng was really sleepy and fell asleep in a daze. When he woke up, King Wei was no longer there, and the boat had arrived at Daming Temple.

Feng Sheng tidied himself up and went out to meet Wei Wangzheng and Fan Jinchuan for tea.

The people over there went to find Man’er, and the group got off the boat and started climbing the mountain on foot.

Fortunately, the Daming Temple is full of incense, and the mountain road is not difficult to walk. There are stone steps from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, which are very gentle. After a break in the middle, you can reach the top.

Here, the king of Wei is a regular visitor, and most of the monks in the temple know him.

At this point, Fan Jinchuan finally bid farewell to the king of Wei. They came here for other purposes, and I am afraid they cannot go together.

They came here to ask for a son. Bao Shi had talked to Fan Jinchuan many times, and he only found time today.

It is wonderful to say that another reason why this Daming Temple is so prosperous is that the Guanyin in one of the halls is particularly spiritual, especially in begging for children, so the people in the vicinity like to come here to beg for children.

Seeing the direction Fan Jinchuan was going in, King Wei knew what the two of them were going to do. Out of a certain gloomy state of mind, he asked Feng Sheng if he wanted to pay his respects too.

Feng Sheng glanced at him, and said: “You don’t want to see Master Huijing, why are you going to pay homage to Son-Song Guanyin again?”

King Wei said solemnly: “This is what my concubine ordered when I left Beijing. She is very concerned about this matter.”

“Let’s go then.”

King Wei was stunned for a moment, he didn’t expect Feng Sheng to agree so readily.

As for Feng Sheng, of course she knows what this narrow-minded man is thinking, if today’s meeting is not as good as his wish, she doesn’t know how long he will remember it.

Coming out of the hall, Man’er blushed and followed behind Fan Jinchuan. On the contrary, Fan Jinchuan frowned. She didn’t seem to notice all this, maybe she didn’t care.

As soon as he came out, he met King Wei walking towards him with Feng Sheng.

Fan Jinchuan paused, nodded to King Wei, and King Wei nodded to him, and the two sides passed each other.

Naturally, Feng Sheng did not miss Man’er’s expression. She actually admired this woman very much. She was stubborn, determined, flexible, and unyielding. She believed that one day she would be able to wait for what she wanted. Thinking of this, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. .

King Wei took the incense from Dewang, and distributed three sticks to Fengsheng.

She took it, and the two bowed down at the same time.

After staying in Yangzhou for a few more days, the two went to Hangzhou and Suzhou.

There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. Anyway, it is a pity not to visit.

Originally, Feng Sheng thought that the two of them would not return until at least before the New Year’s Eve, but something happened in the middle, King Wei took her back to the capital ahead of schedule.

Concubine Li is pregnant.

She is not young anymore, she is in her early forties, after King Wei left Beijing with Feng Sheng, it means that Concubine Li is responsible for everything alone. In this case, the two must go back.

Arrived in Beijing the night before, the two entered the palace the next day.

Concubine Li’s complexion was good, it could even be said to be excellent, seeing her son and daughter-in-law smiling, but there was a bit of embarrassment in the smile. They both have daughters-in-law, and suddenly they are pregnant with a child. Fortunately, Feng Sheng has not spread the good news, otherwise, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are pregnant at the same time, what is it called.

Because of this, Concubine Li didn’t have the nerve to care about Feng Sheng’s condition.

Ever since he entered the palace, King Wei had frowned, as if he was not very happy, Feng Sheng gave him winks several times, but he didn’t seem to notice.

Originally, everyone in the palace was very happy, but the maids and eunuchs below were all saying nice things, but Wei Wang was the only one with a cold face, which made the atmosphere very awkward.

Feng Sheng pulled Wei Wang out and asked someone to pour tea for him before entering the inner hall again.

“Mother Concubine, don’t blame him, he is just awkward.” She was still thinking about how to make the mother and son not separate, but Li Concubine laughed.

She beckoned, asked Feng Sheng to sit down on the edge of the couch, patted her hand and said: “My son, how can I not understand, this child has a dull personality since he was a child, in fact, it is also my fault, my background is not good Well, even if he was tired, he used to be bored, so he developed a temperament of keeping everything in his heart. He was actually worried about me, but he couldn’t express it. People who didn’t know thought he didn’t want to see me as a mother of.”

“Your Highness is really worried about your health. On the way back, he said that your mother’s health is not good, and he was afraid of you…”

Concubine Li sighed and said with a smile: “I know, you go back and tell him not to worry, mother knows what she is doing. In the palace, mothers are always more expensive than children. In the past, if you wanted to have children, you couldn’t have them. Now that you are here, Your Majesty will I like it, Mother will be born naturally, with His Majesty watching over it, nothing will happen.”

Feng Sheng could only listen to these words, and relayed the words to King Wei after returning home, who knew that instead of being happy, he seemed to have more worries.

It was not easy for Feng Sheng to ask, and she didn’t ask until she was lying on the bed at night and brought up the matter again.

“Mother and concubine wanted this child to please the emperor. It should be said that it was for me.”

No matter how much more, King Wei didn’t say anything, but Feng Sheng would think about it, and he couldn’t help feeling a little more embarrassed.

Although they were away from home this trip, both of them knew what happened in Beijing.

As King Wei thought before, King Wu, King Zhao, King Xiang and others did not benefit from overthrowing the prince. The crown prince was vacant, and everyone was staring at it, so the court, which had finally calmed down, was fighting fiercely for the establishment of the crown prince.

Emperor Jianping has always ignored this, but he often took care of these people in private.

Just like Wu Wang and Zhao Wang fought fiercely, after a series of fights, everyone suffered heavy losses and temporarily stopped. Maybe it stopped for a while, because it is accumulating some big moves again, no one knows all this.

After all, everyone is moving, moving so that people’s hearts are floating, this is the case in the palace, and it is also the same in the court. In contrast, the king of Wei was so silent that there was almost no such person. Concubine Li suddenly became pregnant. To put it bluntly, she was paving the way for the future of the king of Wei.

Concubine Li is getting old, she can’t guarantee that she will be pampered for a few more years, but it’s different if she has a child, parents love the youngest son, grandparents love the eldest grandson, everyone in the world is like this.

With this child, at least it can guarantee that in the next few years, even if King Wei sinks, he will not lose his sense of existence at all.

Even the children were calculated, although with a kind of helplessness, maybe this is the emperor’s family.

There was never a time like this time that Feng Sheng had such a thorough understanding, letting her understand what kind of place she was in and what she would face in the future.