Chapter 535
The car door had just opened, and before Dong Yan could come over, Princess Guantao jumped out of the car, her legs were weak and she almost fell to the ground. She pushed Chen Xu, who was serving the service forward, held the hem of her clothes, and hurried towards the gate.
Dou Ying, who was greeted, was shocked when he saw this scene and felt a cold air rushing to the back of his head. The last time he saw Princess Guantao so panicked, it was when King Liang Liu Wu and Emperor Xiaojing got into Chang'an when they were in trouble.
What big thing happened?
Dou Ying did not dare to be negligent, so he hurried forward, bowed and said without saying a word, and turned around to lead Princess Guantao into the door. The two of them came to the atrium. Before they could get into the hall, Princess Guantao slowed down and said breathlessly: "What's wrong."
"What's up?"
"Giao sent someone to come and asked me to go to the Liang family and buy land."
"Go to Liang's house to buy land?" Dou Ying raised her eyebrows and then snorted: "Is this what the emperor wants?"
Princess Guantao nodded repeatedly, her face pale. "Prince, have we done something wrong? How could Liang Xiao cause trouble so much? The emperor just gave him a jade ring to forgive his sins. Why did he again?" Princess Guantao beat his hands and stamped his feet, regretting it.
Dou Ying looked at Princess Guantao coldly, and looked unhappy. "What mistake Liang Xiao made? He just couldn't bear to see Shandong being affected by the disaster. However, the emperor built a large-scale construction in Ganquan Palace and wanted to make Yan Zhi advise. Shouldn't a minister do this?"
Princess Guantao was stunned and her face turned red. "This prince, I don't mean this, I."
"You don't have to hide it anymore. That's what you mean." Dou Ying did not show any mercy to Princess Guantao, and scolded: "When Liang Xiao and his wife needed help, what did you think of them? Almost all the Chief Gate Garden was sent out. If I hadn't stopped him at that time, would you still have to come here now?"
Princess Guantao was very embarrassed.
Dou Ying was so angry that he walked back and forth. He walked back and forth and said, "You are here to look for me today because you are afraid of being implicated by Liang Xiao?"
"No, that's not what I mean."
"You'd better not have this intention." Dou Ying frowned, his voice lowered, but his tone became even colder. "In my opinion, I'm afraid you were not implicated by Liang Xiao, but by Liang Xiao being implicated by you."
"Son Wang, aren't you flipped the black and white? I know you like Liang Xiao. But you can't be so ignorant of right and wrong, right?"
"Don't worry, I'm not so confused yet." Dou Ying glared at Princess Guantao, stroked her beard, and thought for a while. "If I guess correctly, Your Majesty may have the intention to establish an heir. The Chen family is a descendant of the hero, you are the emperor's aunt and the queen is of noble origin. If there is a general like Liang Xiao who has outstanding meritoriousness as a helper, it is likely that another foreign relative's force will be formed. You also know that the emperor has never had a good impression of the foreign relative."
Princess Guantao took a breath of cold air. Her expression changed, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or uneasy.
When she received the news from Queen Chen Ajiao, she felt strange, but she just felt that she could not face Liang Xiao at that time. After all, the Chen family could stop the decline and even show signs of re-emergence, which was inseparable from the help of Liang Xiao and his wife. If it weren't for the investigation by Liu Ling, Chen Ajiao's position as queen would have been gone long ago. However, after Dou Ying's analysis, she realized that the emperor's intention might be more profound.
If this is true, the Chen family is undoubtedly facing a major choice.
Should I want the prince or Liang Xiao?
This choice is not difficult. The reason why she made friends with Liang Xiao was to seek their help and keep the position of queen. Now that the purpose has been achieved, Liang Xiao has become an obstacle. How could she give up the position of prince for Liang Xiao?
Dou Ying watched coldly, saw Princess Guantao's expression change in her eyes, and shook her head disappointedly. Princess Guantao couldn't help but feel embarrassed when she saw it. Dou Ying had always been conceited and regarded herself as chivalrous. He must not be with his own way of going against her and turning against her ruthlessly. But how could he understand his own difficulties?
They have different evaluation criteria between family and loyalty.
The atmosphere became awkward. Princess Guantao stood in the courtyard, not sure whether it was time to climb the stairs or to end it, so she turned around and left.
Dou Ying didn't say anything, but just squinted his eyes and looked at Princess Guantao. Princess Guantao became more and more uncomfortable when he saw it. She frowned. "Prince Wangsun, what do you think I should do?"
"Would you like to listen?"
Princess Guantao hesitated for a moment. "I came to visit to you to listen to your opinions. If there is any way to achieve the best of both worlds, how can I not accept it?"
"There are no such ways to achieve the best of both worlds in the world." Dou Ying snorted, full of disdain.
Princess Guantao was even more embarrassed and a little helpless. She would definitely not want her to give up the position of prince for Liang Xiao. But if Dou Ying was disgusted, who else could the Chen family rely on in the future? This time she had a feud with Liang Xiao, and if she wanted to get their help in the future, she would probably never be able to do so.
"Son Wang, tell me what should I do." Princess Guantao was helpless and had to slow down her tone and beg for soft words.
"The Lord, in life, there are always things that must be done, and there are always things that must not be done. The Liang family has kindness to your family, but now they are implicated by your family. Even if you cannot help them, you cannot put in the wrong. You should not do this to acquire the Liang family's land at a low price."
Princess Guantao nodded. "Then can I buy it at a high price?"
Dou Ying waved his hand. "You can do it yourself. Just be worthy of your conscience." After saying that, he patted his forehead and sighed: "I still have something to do, so I won't keep you."
Princess Guantao's face was flushed. She knew that Dou Ying was very disappointed with her, so she drove her out. She was ashamed and went out alone, got into the car, and directly ordered the mansion. Chen Xu was puzzled and chased the car and asked, "Mother, what do you say?"
"I'll discuss it again."
Dou Ying sat alone in the room, facing the spread bamboo slips and brushes, closed his eyes and pondered. His chest was undulating, and his breath was a little rough and messy. He sighed from time to time. Mrs. Dou pushed the door and sighed quietly when she saw him.
Dou Ying opened her eyes, turned slowly, and looked at her wife's sad face.
"Husband. Do you want to go to the emperor and sue Liang Xiao for his injustice?"
Dou Ying nodded. "The two princes are too young. It is still unknown whether they can live to adulthood. The country is using people at the moment, and Liang Xiao is not selfish and denounced him, which is not good for the court. I was given the imperial edict of the late emperor and cannot watch the emperor make mistakes."
"After the will of the late emperor, he assisted the government?" Mrs. Dou walked forward and held Dou Ying's hand. "Husband, are you still the minister of the government now?"
Dou Ying was speechless and argued strongly: "Yes, I am indeed not a minister of the regent. Even the current official position was obtained by Liang Xiao. But because I can't sit idly by and watch others, I can't do anything to repay you with a drop of water, and I can't do anything to put the blame on you."
"Husband, how dare I let you get hurt? I just hope you can think about it and not burn your jade or stone."
Dou Ying shouted, "I will be satisfied with wealth and honor, and I will lose it myself."
Mrs. Dou was still waiting for it. Dou Ying lowered her face and turned her head. Mrs. Dou had no choice but to retreat, close the door of the room, lean against the wall, and cover her face and cry. Dou Ying picked up her pen, heard the sob outside the house, her eyebrows were raised, and she was hesitant. He thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said loudly: "A real man stands in the world, but I just want to be ashamed of my heart. What's there to worry about?" After saying that, he spread the bamboo slips and made his pen anxious.
Liang Xiao stood up, looked at the Chen Xu brothers who were walking quickly, and then looked at the big boxes that the accompanying slaves carried in. He was very surprised.
"Two, you guys are this"
Chen Xu squeezed out a few smiles. "Haha, today I am here to split up with Liang Junhou."
"Split up?" Liang Xiao guessed a few points and couldn't help but pick the corners of his eyes. The emperor asked him to move to Lushan to "rest". He had guessed that the emperor wanted to drive him to Chang'an, so he started to deal with the manor in Maoling. But he didn't expect that the emperor was so destined that even his shares in the Chen family had to be withdrawn. The manor is real estate, but the shares are living water. The dividend of hundreds of gold per year is a long-term income.
It seems that the situation is even more serious than I thought. The boat of friendship is indeed overturned as soon as possible. This is the case with the emperor, and so is the Chen brothers.
"Yes, the court intends to take my iron into the official camp, and this business cannot be done." Chen Xu waved his hand and asked the servants to lift the boxes up, put them in front of Liang Xiao, and went forward to open the lids one by one. Stacks of golden cakes were exposed, shining golden in the sun, dazzling.
"The principal is 1,000 yuan, and the dividend this year is 500 yuan, plus the 100 yuan, which is considered a compensation for my brother's breach of contract."
Liang Xiao glanced at it and smiled, "It's more than 2,500 gold here. What is the purpose of the remaining ones?"
Chen Xu rubbed his hands and turned his eyes to Chen Xu.
Chen Xiang laughed loudly, stepped forward and held Liang Xiao's hand, and said mysteriously: "I have heard that the vegetables grown by Junhou come from the Western Regions and are delicious. We brothers have been coveting for a long time, but we have never had the opportunity to taste them. Now Junhou is going to Lushan to recuperate, so we plan to take advantage of the situation and buy the hundreds of acres of vegetable fields in Maoling. Junhou, you can offer a price. No matter what price you offer, our brothers will set it."
Liang Xiao smiled. The Chen brothers smiled fakely, but they were very interesting. The best land in Chang'an, which is known as earth paste, is one acre and one gold. The land he owns now, including the 100 acres given by Wei Qing, has only 700 acres in total. The gold sent by the Chen brothers is at least 1,500 gold, which is very generous.
"Thank you Xian Kunzhong for your kindness. However, I can't sell those vegetable fields to you."
“Why?”
"First, those vegetable fields are not worth so much money. Second, I have sold those vegetable fields to others."
"Who did you sell it to?" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, but did not dare to reveal it. "Have you ever lost money in selling?"
"Zhao King Bin."
"Wang Bin, King Zhao?" The Chen brothers looked at each other and shook their heads. They didn't know who Wang Bin was.
"It's the brother of the beautiful prince in the palace."
When the Chen brothers heard this, their faces suddenly became unnatural. Wang Meiren was the beauty who Princess Yang Xin had just sent to the palace and was very favored by the emperor. Liang Xiao sold the land to her brother, probably not a transaction, but a gift. He wanted to plead with the emperor through Meiren, and also contempt for the Chen family's refusal to help at critical moments. He would rather save Meiren than ask the queen.
"How much did this sell?"
"I didn't ask for money, I gave it." Liang Xiao chuckled: "Money is something outside of my body. I will not bring it in my life or take it away when I die. I dare not expect too much now. I just want to rest in Lushan and not have any trouble. If I can buy peace with a few thousand gold, it will be worth it. Do you think so?"
The Chen brothers were relatively speechless. The slap was loud. They wanted to use two thousand gold to buy peace of mind, but was Liang Xiao missing these two thousand golds? He was indeed not as rich as the Chen family, but he was not poor, and he was not short of these two thousand golds at all.
"Sorry, you two are one step late." Liang Xiao looked at the Chen brothers with a smile. "I have received the principal and bonus. I deserve the compensation for breach of contract, and I have also accepted the others. You also want to take them with you. If you want to eat new dishes, you can go to the Wang family in the future. I think this day will not be too far away. I heard that beauty Wang seems to be pregnant."
After hearing this, the Chen brothers looked hot and ashamed.
The Chen brothers were not very interested in talking, so they said a few words without any nutrition and stood up to say goodbye. They wanted to leave the gold they bought for land, but Liang Xiao refused to accept it. The Chen brothers had no choice but to take the gold away with it.
Liang Xiao only took three or five days to deal with the industry in Chang'an and rushed to Yuzhang with his family. He didn't know that he had a lot of money if he didn't move. When he first came to Chang'an, he was the only one with his mother, Li Rongqing and Tu Niu'er, who had no food and clothing. Now he left Chang'an, there were more than fifty servants who were close to him. This was the result of giving a large number of serfs and fields to Wang Bin, otherwise the number would be greater.
A group of nearly two hundred people, more than three hundred horses, and more than one hundred carts left Chang'an in a mighty manner. Although Liang Xiao left very low-key, there were still many people receiving the news. Many rangers spontaneously rushed to the Chang'an outside the city to see Liang Xiao off.
The atmosphere was a little depressed. Once upon a time, Liang Xiao was their idol, inspiring them to join the army to fight and make merits and become a marquis. In a blink of an eye, Liang Xiao was driven out of Chang'an because of his rebellion and demoted to Yuzhang. Wealth is expected, but wealth is so fragile that they couldn't help but wonder if it is worth using life and freedom to exchange for this seemingly unreliable wealth.
Among the people who saw off, there were many Dou family members, and Dou Ying himself also visited the scene. In fact, there was a big reason why these Dou family members came to see Liang Xiao off because of Dou Ying.
Liang Xiao was very surprised by Dou Ying's arrival. "Wang Wei Qihou, how can I afford to be so grand?"
"I can afford it." Dou Ying picked up a glass of wine and chuckled softly: "Although you are far apart, you hit it off at first sight. I am not young anymore. I don't know if there is still a chance to see you again this farewell. Liang Boming, drink this cup."
Liang Xiao frowned, feeling that this sentence was a bit awkward, revealing an indescribable ominous feeling.
(To be continued.)
I want to visit it on my phone.
Chapter completed!