Chapter 242 Water and Fire

In front of Tang Wanzhuang, Zhao Changhe could only deny his relationship with the imperial concubine: "What are you thinking? It's natural to look at her twice because she's pretty. It's human nature, human nature..."

Tang Wanzhuang stared at him without saying anything.

Zhao Changhe said carefully: "In fact, I stared at you longer at the beginning, didn't you feel it..."

Tang Wanzhuang subconsciously glanced around, and then said expressionlessly: "Remember what you said."

It means to remind him that everyone agreed not to be interested in the marriage, so don't go back on your word.

Zhao Changhe rolled his eyes. They could flirt with each other in Gusu before, but they started again in Beijing. She is so tender-skinned, and she is unwilling to find someone else.

Tang Wanzhuang ignored his expression and continued to ask: "Forget about looking at her a few times. It's human nature for you to stay in the Huangfu family?"

"I have no place to live, can I live here?"

Tang Wanzhuang: "..."

She found that she had no position to fight, so she could only say: "Anyway, no matter whether you admit your identity or not, it is still a concubine. Even if you are just an ordinary commoner, you can't covet it, be careful of your head. And according to that identity, it's even more..."

Zhao Changhe felt a little guilty and said helplessly: "What are you talking about? What's wrong with you today? You talk about this kind of thing every sentence. Isn't it just a few more glances? Isn't this the angle that our Tang leader should look at things from?"

Tang Wanzhuang also felt that she had lost her composure. She lowered her head and sipped tea to adjust her mood, and then slowly said: "Because I know that she, the so-called concubine, doesn't take it seriously, and your majesty doesn't take it seriously either. So I'm a little suspicious."

Zhao Changhe became interested: "What do you mean?"

Tang Wanzhuang hesitated for a while. Of course, this kind of thing can't be told to others casually, but if this person is Zhao Changhe, is it a family matter in some sense? Or is it better to let him know?

After hesitating for a long time, he finally said: "The Huangfu family is a family of generals in the northwest, and they didn't live in the capital. Since several sons died in battle, His Majesty asked Jingyuan Hou to return to the capital to retire, and he was treated with great kindness..."

Zhao Changhe said: "Are you afraid that your achievements will shock the emperor? Or are you afraid that General Huangfu will lose too many sons and his mentality will explode? He said he was going back to the capital to retire, but in fact he retired and took away the military power, and also asked people to leave their ancestral residence and be kept in the capital."

"Maybe... a little." Tang Wanzhuang said that it didn't sound good, and she tried to save the emperor's face: "But Your Majesty has not killed any meritorious officials so far, which is rare in history. It is indeed not good for a family of generals to stay in the border for a long time... and the Huangfu family is a surrendered minister of the previous dynasty, so it is understandable that the monarch should be on guard."

Previous dynasty... Zhao Changhe remembered for the first time that there was such a concept. Daxia has been established for decades, and the concept of the previous dynasty has long been diluted among the people. There is no trace of it. I haven't heard of it for so long.

Having said that, it is quite normal for Miss Huangfu Qing to have rebellious thoughts in the face of the Huangfu family, but I don’t know what the family thinks. So she joined the Four Symbols Sect herself? I wonder if her father knows... Anyway, at present, at least the Demon Suppression Division doesn’t know, otherwise Tang Wanzhuang would not have this attitude.

He did not comment: "Then what?"

"The Huangfu family entered the capital more than ten years ago. At that time, Huangfu Shaozong was still wearing open-crotch pants, and Huangfu Qing was in her prime. At that time, she was really famous in the capital..."

"Where were you at that time?"

"..." This question was indeed the precise entry point for solving several cases.

Tang Wanzhuang didn't want to answer, but could only answer expressionlessly: "Traveling around the world... studying in Beijing."

Zhao Changhe urgently suppressed his smile.

About the same age, about the same beauty, and about the same family background, it is estimated that the talent is not much different, maybe you are better at martial arts than her... Zhao Changhe didn't expect that the Winged Fire Snake was the Vermillion Bird, otherwise even the martial arts are similar.

A waterside girl is gentle and elegant, serious; a general's daughter is impetuous and may be a little bit of a goblin.

One is a pillar of the court, and the other is a traitor behind the scenes.

They are simply incompatible, with both light and dark sides. It would be strange if these two people didn't like each other since they were girls. It is likely that this quarrel has become natural, and the whole capital is used to watching the fun.

Time flies, one became the first seat, and the other became a concubine, and they are still quarreling out of habit...

If Zhao Changhe can connect Zhuque, he will know that when he thinks back to Luojiazhuang, in the atmosphere of massacre and extermination, the first sentence Zhuque said when he saw Tang Wanzhuang was: "The name of Chunshui Swordsmanship is a bit vulgar, but it is still beautiful."

The little taste in that sentence is really not worth telling to outsiders.

Tang Wanzhuang looked unhappy: "What's your expression? Do you think I told you not to get close to her because you don't like her?"

Isn't it?

Zhao Changhe sat obediently and lowered his head to drink tea.

Tang Wanzhuang knocked on the table: "What does this have to do with me? It's about the Huangfu family entering the capital! Don't change the subject!"

"Yeah, then what?"

Tang Wanzhuang stared at him for a long time, and finally got back to the point: "In general, the court lost many battles with the Hu people, and many elite border troops were killed. The so-called stupid moves of your majesty in his later years led to chaos in the world, which can also be counted as one of them. Jingyuan Hou really couldn't sit still and repeatedly asked to go to war."

Zhao Changhe said: "So sending his daughter to the palace is considered to reassure him? What kind of reassurance can a daughter give? It's useless. It's better to keep Huangfu Shaozong in the capital."

"Obviously, the real hostage is Huangfu Shaozong himself, not Huangfu Qing. I don't know if Huangfu Shaozong himself understands it."

"... In other words, there is no need for Huangfu Qing to enter the palace."

"Yes, it's unnecessary and meaningless. In this matter, it is very likely that Huangfu Qing and the Marquis Jingyuan family are treated separately... At most, it would be nicer to let Marquis Jingyuan use his relatives to lead the troops, which is better than holding others captive. My son is in Beijing, but I still think it’s Huangfu Qing’s own business.”

"Is it because Lao Xia was guilty of sexual misconduct and forced her to enter the palace?"

"No, His Majesty has not been flirting with women for at least ten years, maybe even longer. He has not even chosen a beautiful girl in twenty years." Tang Wanzhuang said seriously: "In fact, your Majesty's cultivation has reached such a level that the unity of heaven and man is achieved. At this level, I will no longer be interested in these things. I have never seen anyone in the Tianban who is interested, such as Cui Wenjing. Since Cui Yuanyang was born, he has never touched his wife or concubines. The reason why His Majesty only has one. Prince, for this reason, according to my secret information in the inner palace, His Majesty has not touched Queen Wang for at least fifteen years. Maybe the Luo family matter is his last interest..."

"..." Although it matched Huangfu's judgment of his virginity, Zhao Changhe's CPU was about to burn out again.

Since entering the palace has no meaning to the Huangfu family, then why does she enter the palace? To seduce the emperor? The emperor is no longer flirting with women, and he seems to know a lot of people. It makes no sense that you don't know, and you still want to hook up with a hammer? And this kind of thing doesn't seem like something the Winged Fire Snake would do with its temperament.

It makes sense to deliberately enter the palace to cause trouble for a certain purpose, such as plotting to assassinate the emperor. But Xia Longyuan couldn't make sense. Since he didn't even choose a beautiful girl, why would he find a noble concubine if he thought he didn't have enough things to do? Maybe she killed your son and you didn’t care?

But fortunately, this matter probably doesn't require any brain-burning. If I ask Huangfu Qing directly later, she should be able to tell.

Damn it, the worst possible outcome would be to join a religion in exchange.

Tang Wanzhuang said: "In short, the relationship between your Majesty and Huangfu is definitely not the relationship between the emperor and the concubine. It must be just a name, and they are cooperating for a certain thing. Your Majesty's idea may be barely explained as promoting a noble concubine to beat the king and empress. , but I really don’t understand Huangfu Qing’s purpose, and it’s impossible to have a son. What is she trying to do? In short, this woman is very dangerous, especially your identity..."

She paused, frowned and said: "You shouldn't have entered the capital. There is no big difference between your entering the capital and announcing that you will succeed to the throne. What does the Queen think, what does Huangfu Qing think, the attitude of the officials... His Majesty's own attitude. Here I can’t deduce the trouble I’ve been involved in for a while, why is it not the right time to come to Beijing?”

The shadow of Xia Chichi flashed through Zhao Changhe's heart, and he knew that his entry into Beijing this time was not entirely the result of a few words from Yi Fire Snake. The reason for entering Beijing was not that important.

The real reason was that Xia Chichi sighed. She felt that her father was going to die, but she didn't even know the situation.

Zhao Changhe took a deep breath: "The Wang family is in turmoil. I feel that Queen Wang has revealed some serious information to the Wang family. I want to know your majesty's true current situation. Once I know, I will leave. You said you have a hidden secret in the palace, can you? Give me a letter?"

Tang Wanzhuang shook her head: "According to my information, His Majesty's complexion is obviously fine. I don't know how the Wang family judged it. Even this morning he went to court and sent additional troops south, and there was no problem at all. "

Zhao Changhe scratched his head and thought to himself that if you don't let me get in touch with Huangfu Qing, I'm afraid it won't be possible. I have to ask Huangfu Qing about this anyway...

Just as he was thinking this, the announcement from the Demon Suppression Department personnel came from outside: "First Officer, Mr. Huangfu is outside and invites Zhao Changhe to a banquet."

Zhao Changhe looked at Tang Wanzhuang pitifully. Tang Wanzhuang glared at him angrily, then shook his head and laughed: "Go, go, you're here, how long can you hide? Let's see if the smoke and clouds in Beijing are as good as you." wish.”