Chapter 51

Qi Xuan found Qi Zhengyang, and the father and son sat in the pavilion in the garden. Qi Xuan personally poured tea for Qi Zhengyang and delivered it to Qi Zhengyang. Qi Zhengyang looked at his son and was a little flattered for a moment, holding the tea bowl and sighed:

"Since you were fourteen years old, I have never poured tea for me. Today is..."

Qi Xuan smiled slightly: "It's my fault. I will definitely pour tea for my father in the future."

Qi Zhengyang took a sip and asked, "You asked Qian Ping to check something today? Do you have anything to tell me?"

Qi Xuan nodded: "Father is wise. I asked Qian Ping to check the Salt Gang, and I gained something."

"Salt Gang?" Qi Zhengyang stopped drinking tea and said with confusion: "You have someone check what you are doing there."

"Last night, the people from the Salt Gang kidnapped six or seven officials' children and locked them up in Tianxiang Tower. Chu Liu came to me this morning and asked me what to do. After I asked Qian Ping to check, I found that Sun Jinliang, the leader of the Salt Gang, had a group of merchants from the northwest. Can my father guess who they were?"

Qi Xuan had a superb gaze and agile mind, which was completely different from the sloppy appearance he used to be. This time, he took him to the battlefield, and he seemed to be washed away and was shining and restrained.

"The deputy general Zhou Yongming, who is beside the Marquis of Beiyang, is known as Master Zhou Liu."

When Qi Xuan said this, Qi Zhengyang had to calm down and frowned: "What are he here to do?"

"The Marquis of Beiyang has been in the northwest for enough, so I want to go back to Beijing. But those old scholars and sour and pedantic civil officials in the capital are not in the way of dealing with the Marquis of Beiyang. The Marquis of Beiyang has been keeping a low profile for so many years. Since he comes back, he will naturally make a comeback and let the descendants of the civil officials lose their faces in Tianxianglou. The Marquis of Beiyang feels relieved."

Qi Zhengyang thought to himself: "If what you said is true, then there will be a good show in Beijing."

The Marquis of Wu'an is also the residence of the general. Some people want to deal with civil officials. He doesn't want to interfere, just watch the show.

"Does my father want to see a bigger show?" Qi Xuan asked mysteriously.

Qi Zhengyang was surprised: "How can I explain this?"

"It is interesting to embarrass the civil officials in the capital, but it would be a pity if you let the opportunity go. My father thought about why the Beiyang Marquis asked for his order to return to Beijing at this time? Because it was Pingbei and he returned with great success, but the Beiyang Marquis has been in the northwest for so many years. The forces in the capital are like big cakes that everyone is fighting for. The emperor has been in charge of more than ten years. Now the cakes that should be divided have been divided. After returning to Beijing, what are the remaining rice left over from His Majesty? So he must have returned to Beijing to seek refuge." Qi Xuan stood up from his position, paced back and forth in the pavilion, and decomposed what he thought with Qi Zhengyang:

"The eldest prince has the prefect Lu and Xu Cifu, and the prince has our Marquis Mansion in Wu'an, and the third prince has only one mansion to support him. He Rongzhang looked smart, but it was not necessarily the case that he was bluffing and was born in the marquis's mansion, but he was doing something that was famous but not real. If the Marquis of Beiyang wanted to find a force that could value him and surrender to him, where would his father think he would surrender?" Qi Xuan smiled confidently.

Qi Zhengyang seemed to have some understanding: "He wants to surrender to the third prince."

"No, the third prince. But there is already a He family around the third prince. If two tigers fight, there will be some injuries. My father thinks it is better to see the two tigers bite, or to see the embarrassment of the civil servants? If we can take this opportunity to make the Tan family and the He family rebelliously accelerate, what does my father think?"

Qi Xuan threw the problem to Qi Zhengyang. After thinking for a while, Qi Zhengyang asked with a smile: "What does the two tigers have to do with us? It is also the power of the third prince who is fighting."

"Dad think about it, if the Tan family and the He family fight, which one has a better chance of winning?" Qi Xuan held his hands on the edge of the stone table, his eyes filled with an enthusiastic light.

"Of course it's the Tan family. You have also said that Chonghenghou is a fancy, and I think so too."

Qi Zhengyang's words did not get Qi Xuan's approval: "Father, I just said that I respect Hou He Rongzhang as a fancy, but I didn't say that the He family would definitely lose."

"Can they win?" Qi Zhengyang seemed to have different opinions: "You underestimate Beiyang Marquis too much. He is a cheetah. As long as the prey he is targeting, few people will run away. In my opinion, the He family does not have the ability to escape."

"If it were a few years later, the He family would indeed be at a disadvantage, but now it is different. My sister first ascended the throne and the power in her hands was unstable. The concubines in the harem will still subconsciously respect the older Concubine De and Concubine Xian. This is a habit of power formed in the harem for many years. It cannot be changed in a short period of time or a tough imperial edict. It can only be achieved after being subtly influenced for a period of time."

After spending a lifetime, Qi Xuan thought about things very differently.

"Since that's the case, why bother to hurry up? When they are equal in a few years, let them fight by themselves, we will save our efforts."

Qi Xuan shook his head and smiled, "But at that time, he missed the opportunity to suppress the Beiyang Marquis Mansion. If many years later, the Beiyang Marquis Mansion and Chongjing Marquis Mansion were defeated, and the Beiyang Marquis Mansion successfully boarded the third prince's ship. At that time, the third prince had the help of the Beiyang Marquis, which was like a tiger with the help of the tiger. Chongjing Marquis Mansion would inevitably be dissatisfied with the third prince and turned to the eldest prince, giving the eldest prince another help. At that time, the prince and our Wu'an Marquis Mansion would be attacked from both sides."

Qi Zhengyang narrowed his eyes, a little scared. He did not expect such a far-reaching place.

"So, my father now thinks it's a good idea to let them fight ahead of time?"

If the Beiyang Marquis Mansion cannot be among the third prince, the He family will not break with the third prince, and will not fall into the arms of the eldest prince. Then, He Shaojing and Zhang Lianqing will be their opponents in the future. The two foxes are together, which is too difficult to deal with. If they attack them separately, they will have a lot of confidence.

Qi Zhengyang couldn't tell whether this idea was good or bad, but he couldn't deny some of the truths that Qi Xuan speculated.

"What do you want to do?" Qi Zhengyang really felt that his son had grown up. If it were the past, what he was most annoyed was this kind of conspiracy and intrigue, and now he would think about the Marquis's Mansion.

Qi Xuan didn't say anything, but Qi Zhengyang knew that he had already had a scheming in his heart. So he let him go. In the past, he tried every means to ask him to deal with various things, but he was very ruthless. Now that he wants to do it, he will let him go, no matter whether it is done or not, with his father, there will be no big trouble.

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Gu Qingzhu was thinking about a few prescriptions and wanted to change them, so she came early. Yunsheng and Liangfu opened the door and were cleaning.

Gu Qingzhu was holding her clothes and was about to enter. When she saw that there seemed to be something different next to the shop. The hairpin shop next door had not opened yet, and the door panel was closed. There was a breakfast stall outside the door panel. She was anxious when she went out in the morning, so she ate two pieces of pastries, drank some water, looked at it, and walked over.

Only then did I realize that the breakfast stall sold tofu brain.

The stall owner was a gray-haired old man. When he saw Gu Qingzhu coming, he smiled and said, "Young Master, can you have a bowl?"

Gu Qingzhu didn't think much about it, so he nodded: "Come on four bowls, add spicy food, peanuts and coriander to my bowl. I'll ask how they want to eat it."

After the old man responded, Gu Qingzhu returned to Ren'en Hall. The three people inside were all happy when they heard that there were tofus. They put down their work and ran out. They saw Gu Qingzhu already took her bowl and sat on the table and chair to eat. They also ordered two pieces of fried glutinous rice cakes, the golden glutinous rice cakes and spicy tofu brains. This is Gu Qingzhu's favorite combination.

After taking a sip of the steaming tofu brain, the hot and spicy fragrance spread in the mouth. Gu Qingzhu closed his eyes with satisfaction, pulled out chopsticks, and picked up the glutinous rice cake to eat. It was crispy, salty and fragrant, and the taste was amazing.

Hongqu and others also came over with their own tofu, and after eating, they all praised them all. Yunsheng likes to eat. Although his family is not rich, he is also a gourmet eater all over the streets and alleys. He praised them in just one bite:

"Well, this tofu tastes extraordinary. It doesn't look like it was made from a stall, but it looks more like the skills of a restaurant and a restaurant. It's so delicious." After eating several bites in a row, Yunsheng turned around and asked the old man selling tofu:

"Old man, where do you usually set up a stall? I shouldn't have eaten such delicious tofu."

The old man was there kneading and replied with a smile when he heard the words:

"It's delicious, and the little old man has only this skill. To be honest, I haven't set up a stall before. This is the first time when guests feel that it's the right taste, so the little old man sets it up here. Make a morning market and go home."

When Hongqu heard this, he quickly put down the glutinous rice cake in his hand and nodded repeatedly:

"Okay, okay, old man, you can just put it here every day. My little boy... I like to eat bean flowers the most."

Yunsheng and Liangfu looked at each other. Liangfu didn't like to speak, but always liked to squeeze the red channel: "I don't think your son likes to eat, but you like to eat."

"Where is it?" Hongqu naturally would not admit: "Although I like eating very much, I definitely don't like it if my young master is. Yes, my young master?"

Gu Qingzhu was just concerned about eating and had no time to pay attention to Hongqu. Seeing this, Yunsheng and Liangfu couldn't help laughing at her. Hongqu snorted at them and continued to snort happily.

Because it was so delicious, Gu Qingzhu ordered the second bowl for the first time. Hongqu was amazed. Her lady had always been very control over her food, but she didn't expect that she broke the rules today.

Gu Qingzhu was having fun. There were already some pedestrians on the streets in front and behind. The sun was rising and the air was fresh. On such a beautiful day, if you could eat such delicious tofu, you would be in a good mood all day.

She had been thinking about the mouth from Beijing for many years. In those years in Mobei, she wanted to eat but couldn't. Over time, she felt weaker, but she didn't expect that she would be attracted to her appetite again today.

On the small building diagonally opposite Ren'en Hall, a window was half open, and behind the window was a person sitting, lowering his head to stir the tofu in his hand, looking downstairs while eating. He seemed to have never seen Qingzhu's satisfied expression before. After marrying him, Qingzhu was never happy. He used to think Qingzhu was a greedy and powerful woman with vicious means, but later he gradually realized that she really wanted very little. Under her shrewd and strong appearance, she was a simple and beautiful little girl. She was not born strong, but life forced her to this point.
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