No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 538

In the Marquis of Yueyang's mansion, Jiang Che knelt in front of his mother, said with red eyes: "Mother, don't worry, the child will definitely study hard and practice martial arts, and strive to make achievements as soon as possible. I will definitely earn back my mother's imperial title."

Mrs. Jiang touched her son's head and said, "Silly boy, just don't blame your mother."

Jiang Che lay on his mother's lap and said, "Why should I blame you?"

Mrs. Jiang said: "After today, what happened in our family... I'm afraid it will spread throughout Shangyong. Wouldn't you feel sad if you heard other people gossip? If mother is more patient..."

Jiang Che firmly interrupted his mother, saying: "The child did nothing wrong, neither did the mother, it was the father who did something wrong! Since we have done nothing wrong, why should we be afraid of what others will say?"

"Besides, the Tai Tuo taught that a man is established in the world by making meritorious deeds. I don't care what others say."

Speaking of this, Jiang Che felt a little depressed again, "Mother, the child will grow up quickly." He is still young now, and he can't make meritorious service on the battlefield, and he can't be his mother's reliance and pride.

Mrs. Jiang said happily: "Don't worry, mother believes that my son will be a man of indomitable spirit in the future."

Jiang Che said solemnly: "I will not be like my father."

From the bottom of his heart, Jiang Che couldn't agree with his father's actions. Not only did he hurt his mother, but it was also not a good thing for Han's mother and son.

Otherwise, why did the Han family commit suicide yesterday?

Even though there is an element of acting, if possible, who would want to slit his own wrist when he has nothing to do?
And those two children, they were doomed from the moment they stepped into Shangyong, and they would never get rid of the name of illegitimate children for the rest of their lives.

Although they were young and didn't understand anything, Jiang Che didn't sympathize with them.

Because their existence hurt his mother, and their misfortune was caused by his father, who had opposed him from the very beginning.

"Of course, Ah Che is mother's son." Mrs. Jiang laughed.

The mother and son are happy and harmonious here, but in the bedroom in the guest courtyard on the other side, the atmosphere is very gloomy.

Jiang Guanmu went out early in the morning, but was carried back.

For fear of scaring the children, Han asked someone to hug the two children away early.

Looking at Jiang Guanmu's bloody back from the beating, Han Shi sat on the bedside and burst into tears.

"Doctor, how is Lord Hou's injury?"

The old doctor took out a few bottles of medicine from the medicine box and put them on the table. He sighed and said, "The club wounds in this palace are not serious. The medicine is changed every morning, noon and evening. The old man has another set of medicine for internal use, Lord Hou Take it for a few days in a row. As long as there is no fever and no inflammation in the wound within these seven days, the problem will not be serious. It’s just that for the first half month, Lord Hou may have to just lie on his stomach like this.”

Look at the wound, it was merciful not to break the bone.

This Marquis of Yue Yang just returned to Beijing yesterday, he either committed suicide or was beaten, nothing stopped.

"Thank you doctor."

Han ordered someone to send the doctor out, and seeing Jiang Guanmu's pale face, he sobbed in distress, "Master, what happened? Who is so cruel to beat you like this?"

Jiang Guanmu lay on the bed with his head tilted, looking at the woman sitting beside him, his mood was also very complicated at this moment.

When kneeling in the palace to be tortured, he couldn't help recalling many things.

Why did you hide the matter from your wife Han in the first place?
Because he and Mrs. Xu were also in love at the beginning, when he met Mrs. Han, his feelings for Mrs. Xu have not faded away. He has the same thoughts as many soldiers stationed at the border.

The frontier areas don't pay much attention to those things, even if the Han family has been with her for a few years, she can still marry in the future.

Gradually, his feelings for the Han family became deeper and deeper, and he felt more and more sorry for his wife in his heart.

Every time he looked at the miss in Xu's letter, his hand holding the pen felt more and more heavy.

After he fell in love with Han Shi completely, and after the twins were born, his more thoughts became that he didn't want to wrong Han Shi.

Han's background, and the fact that her concubine gave birth to a child when her identity was unknown, destined that the elders of the Jiang family would be very dissatisfied with her.

He also couldn't predict what Xu's reaction would be when he found out about this.
Will she go to Yanzhou?Will it embarrass the Han family?Will he take the two children away and bring them to him to raise, as Han Shi worried about?

In the end, he thought... so that's it, everyone lives in peace, and it's a year that they can live together.

Later, he didn't know when he had the absurd idea of ​​wanting to marry Han as his wife.

At this moment, looking at the weeping woman in front of him, Jiang Guanmu closed his eyes and said in his heart: "Forget it, that's it. He still loves her, and they have two well-behaved children. Xu got what she wanted. Yes, Ah Che inherited the title, he will accompany her and the two children, so let's go on like this.

Jiang Guanmu stretched out his hand to hold Han's hand, and said in a low voice: "You and the two children are staying in this yard these days, and don't go out. When I recover from my injury, we will move out."

"What?" Han looked at Jiang Guanmu in astonishment, thinking she had heard wrong.

move out?Why are they moving out?
Moreover, according to Lord Hou, he moved out with them?

Jiang Guanmu took a deep breath because of the injury on his back, and said: "I have already told the regent... to pass on the title to Ah Che. Husband... Mrs. Xu, I don't agree with you to enter the house. From now on, Ah Che will be the master of Yueyang Houfu No, you won't get any good if you stay here. Let's move out and live our own lives."

Thinking that Mrs. Han was worried about their future life, Jiang Guanmu said: "Don't worry, although the Yueyang Hou Mansion was given to Ah Che, I still have a lot of private property, which is enough for us to live on."

Han's eyes were red, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "Then... the marriage between Master Hou and his wife..."

Jiang Guanmu said in a deep voice: "I will not reconcile, nor will I divorce my wife. Ah Che is still a child, since she has won the title for him, she can't even think about leaving Yueyanghou's mansion and living happily alone!"

He never thought of reconciling or even divorcing his wife. He did love Han Shi more, but that didn't mean he could tolerate Xu Shi leaving him and remarrying.

It is true that women's second marriage is not as popular as it was when the country was first founded these days, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, let alone it can't.

Mrs. Xu has a good reputation in Luodu, and she can be regarded as a well-known expert in managing the family.

She also has a large dowry and a son who inherits the title. After the reconciliation, no one may have the desire to marry her.

Jiang Guanmu wanted to completely eliminate this possibility.

Han lowered her head and remained silent.

Tears fell silently on Jiang Guanmu's back drop by drop.

She felt that her bandaged wrist was getting more and more painful, and her eyes were full of bewilderment and unwillingness.

So... what did she get?
The woman's son had already inherited the title at the age of ten.

Her child is still an illegitimate child?She still doesn't even have a title?
Before Han Shi entered Beijing, she thought about many possibilities. She even thought about how she would be tortured by Xu Shi, how she would endure it, and how to hold Master Hou's heart tightly.

But she never thought that Mrs. Xu didn't even bother to compete with her for a man, so she drove her and Jiang Guanmu out of the Hou Mansion together.

No matter what Han thinks, things will not change according to her will.

Three days later, Jiang Guanmu, who was still lying on the bed, received the imperial court's order.

Canonize Jiang Che, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yueyang, as the new Marquis of Yueyang.

A child who is only ten years old, succeeding the marquis to become the youngest marquis in Dasheng, is naturally enough to shake the government and the public.

Along with it, the story of Jiang Guanmu stopping his wife and remarrying at the border and forcing his original wife to accept the second wife as an ordinary wife, and the story of Mrs. Jiang abandoning her first-class wife and ordering her title to go to the palace to file a lawsuit spread throughout Shangyong, and it spread very quickly. The ground speed is transmitted to places other than Shangyong.

When Jiang Guanmu embraced Mei and rode his horse across the street before, there were rumors in Shangyong City.

Now that the news came out, some people criticized Mrs. Jiang for being jealous and cruel, while others praised Mrs. Jiang for being strong and forthright, a hero among women.

There are also people who are worried about the future of Yueyanghou Mansion, thinking that a child cannot support the door of Yueyanghou Mansion.

Some people also commented on the Prince Regent's handling of this matter. Some people thought that the Prince Regent's punishment was too much, while others thought it was just right and even quite humane.

After all, the mistake was made by Jiang Guanmu himself. The regent neither confiscated the title nor imprisoned him. He just beat him with a hundred sticks and dropped him. Isn't that magnanimous enough?
Even the regent wanted the Jiang family not to be degraded to the rank of nobility because of the merits of the Jiang family's ancestors and Jiang Guanmu.

If the normal inheritance of titles is followed, the Marquis of Yueyang's Mansion will be reduced to the Earl's Mansion in Jiang Che's generation.

This kind of grace is definitely enough to make up for Jiang Guanmu's hard work and military exploits in these years, and even surpasses it.

Of course, most of them mocked Jiang Guanmu.

What is the tomb of heroes in the beauty town, what is the love of sons and daughters and the heroes are short of breath.There are even some good people who promote Jiang Guanmu as the number one infatuated man in Dasheng.

Of course, on the other hand, Jiang Guanmu was rated by some women and most men as the representative figure of Dasheng's first color, making people stunned.

The Han family surpassed all the beauties on Shangyong's list of beauties in one fell swoop, and has the potential to win the championship.

In short, there is everything to say for a while.

Even the regent's task of quelling the Qingzhou rebellion and defeating Gao Yu's invasion within a few months had to be delayed.

After all, where is the fragrance of romance and gossip in the affairs of the court?

In the Prince Regent's Mansion, after the martial arts training, several children surrounded Jiang Che to greet him.

Even Zheng Jingfeng, the usual silly little fat man, looked at Jiang Che cautiously, as if he was afraid that Jiang Che would cry suddenly.

Xie Cheng sat beside Jiang Che and said, "Ache, how are you...?"

Jiang Che said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, I'm fine."

Xie Cheng frowned and said: "Didn't you say that we are friends. In the uncle's mansion, don't call me Your Majesty, call me Ah Cheng."

Jiang Che smiled, nodded and said, "Thank you, Cheng, for your concern, and thank you both."

He knew that several friends cared about him very much.

Su Xuan said: "Don't take it to heart, my great-grandfather said that General Mu Jie will definitely regret it."

Although Su Xuan is smart, he still can't fully comprehend the meaning of great-grandfather.

I just think what the old man said is right, and Ah Che and Mrs. Jiang are much better than the women and children raised outside, Jiang Guanmu will definitely regret it.

Jiang Che said: "Thank you, Ah Xuan, I didn't take it to heart. I just want...to grow up quickly."

"I think so too!" Zheng Jingfeng raised his chubby hands and said, "However, Ah Che, you are now a marquis, so you have to grow up to be more imposing." He also made a self-important expression, which attracted everyone They all laughed.

Xie Cheng patted Jiang Che's shoulder quite maturely and said, "My emperor uncle said that it's not good to pull a seedling to encourage growth. You should do what you should do at any age, don't worry."

"Okay." Jiang Che said with a faint smile.

"Let's go." Luo Junyao looked at the children sitting on the edge of the martial arts field and chatting and laughing, then turned to Linglan behind him and said, "It seems that Ache doesn't need us to worry."

Linglan said: "Princess, I heard that some people in the court are talking about it, so I should change a companion for Your Majesty."

As for who to replace, it is obvious.

Luo Jun sneered, "It's up to them whether to change or not? Ah Cheng and the children get along very well, so don't change."

"Yes. The servant will let people reveal the meaning of the princess." Ling Lan said.

While the people of Yueyang were chatting about the affairs of the Marquis of Yueyang after dinner, there was not a single thing missing in the court.

The Wuwei army who went to Qingzhou escorted the prisoners of the Cao family back to the court, but the Zhen Guojun stayed in Qingzhou and did not go with them.

Xie Xiao, Chen Xun, Ye Feng and others came back with Wu Weijun, as well as Xu Chengyu and Zheng Jingchuan.

That was directly transferred from Jiazhou to Qingzhou, and Luo Junyao didn't even see him, Mr. Shi Dai, the head of the palace, was also left in Qingzhou to deal with the aftermath.

After Xu Chengyu and Zheng Jingchuan played an exciting game with Luo Junyao, they improved a lot.

Being thrown into the army by Luo Junyao, he is no longer coquettish, and has made some military exploits to some extent, which is worthy of Xie Yan taking them to the expedition this time.

The imperial court tried the case of the Cao family's treason in a vigorous and resolute manner.

In one day, hundreds of heads fell to the ground.

Fortunately, there were not many officials implicated in Shangyong this time, and it did not cause another bloodbath in Shangyong's officialdom.

After all, Bai Tu's diary was handed over by Cao Mian.

I don't know if it's because people are going to see death, Cao Mian used this notebook to exchange his newborn grandson for a free body.

It must be known that even if the imperial court lenients and does not kill young children who have not yet reached the age of dancing elephants, these people will still be punished as slaves or even sent to the frontiers.

Along with Cao Mian, Ruan Ting went to Huangquan with a glass of poisoned wine.

It can be regarded as saving the last bit of decency for these two people who used to be important in Dasheng.

By the time everything was done, even the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet had passed, and it was already the end of August.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather in Shangyong has been very good, and the air is filled with the strong aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus.

Xie Yan was sitting in the study flipping through a handbook, Luo Jun came in briskly from the outside, and asked curiously, "Are you still in the handbook?"

Xie Yan pulled her into his arms and sat down, and said softly, "Where did you go?"

Luo Jun said: "I went to Anlan Academy once, and then went to the Weaving Workshop and the Military Weapons Research Department when I came back."

Xie Yan smiled and said, "Is Yao Yao busier than me?"

Luo Junyao leaned into his arms and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been busy since the beginning of the year, so he should take a few days off. You read the notes every day these days, have you seen any tricks?"

As soon as Bai Tu's notes arrived, Luo Junyao read them.

But a little disappointed, in Luo Junyao's opinion, this thing is more like a diary of a cool man.

Although the hero of this cool article did not end well in the end, but because the diary stopped long before his death, it was really a great cool article with a happy ending.

Xie Yan said: "It's interesting."

"What's the point?" Luo Junyao asked.

Xie Yan said: "Although Cao Mian's rebellion has something to do with him, this notebook can be regarded as an indispensable contribution."

Luo Junyao thought for a while, "Did you see the entrepreneurial history of Emperor Chen Wu, so you were inspired and decided to create a grand hegemony yourself?"

It's similar to the kind of people who read the entrepreneurial stories or autobiographies of big guys in previous lives and asked to resign and start a business.

Xie Yan chuckled, raised his hand to rub her hair and said, "Maybe there are reasons for this, but it's more... There are many people who have secret friendship with Bai Tu, and there are even many They are inhumane secrets. Based on the above clues, Cao Mian gathered these people together, so he plotted in Qingzhou, and no one informed him."

"Then he is quite powerful." Cao Mian, a local official, naturally cannot have the specific information and scheduling power of so many people.It is indeed a skill to gather people together without showing any traces in this way.

Not to mention, he can still make people like Ruan Ting work for him.

"That's all?" Luo Junyao asked, "Aren't there any treasures and Bai Jingrong's secrets?"

Xie Yan said: "We came a bit late. Most of the places where Bai Tu stored money and food recorded above were moved by Cao Mian. I will let people have a look at the remaining places. As for Bai Jingrong, do you remember this?" There are a lot of smears in the notes? I suspect that it may be related to Bai Jingrong."

"Those smear marks are from many years ago."

Luo Junyao was a little disappointed, "I don't know if it was Bai Tu himself or Cao Mian who painted it out."

Xie Yan said: "Bai Tuo's own is probably the most, Cao Mian has no need for this. Moreover, Cao Mian is not very familiar with Bai Jingrong, obviously his knowledge of Bai Jingrong is limited."

Luo Junyao's interest has faded, "So, this thing is useless."

Xie Yan threw the letter on the table and said, "You can return it to Bai Xu, Bai Xu is still waiting."

Luo Jun shook his head, "Maybe he can see something, after all, he is Bai Tu's biological son."

Xie Yan said: "As long as it has nothing to do with the overall situation, you don't have to worry too much about small things." Bai Xu is indeed different from Bai Tu and Bai Jingrong, Xie Yan is not worried that he will cause any turmoil to Dasheng.

As long as it has nothing to do with the overall situation, he doesn't want to be in control of everything.

"Report to the prince, Mr. Bai is here."

"Please come in."

"Yes, my lord."

After a while, Bai Xu walked in from the outside.

"Prince Regent, Princess."

Xie Yan nodded, and threw the letter on the table to Bai Xu.

"Young Master Bai can see if this is your father's relic."

Bai Xu took it in his hand, turned over slightly and couldn't help showing a bit of joy on his face, and said: "Thank you, my lord, it is the relic of my late father."

Xie Yan said: "Master Bai can take the things away."

Bai Xu was also polite, carefully looked at the cover of the book, and put it into the bottom of his sleeve.

He knew that the letter had been in Xie Yan's hands for many days, so he didn't care.After all, if Xie Yan gave it to him without even looking at it, that would be a strange thing.

"Thank you, my lord. Now that I have taken back my father's belongings, I will take my leave and leave Shangyong in the next few days. See you later."

Luo Junyao asked: "Where does Mr. Bai plan to go after leaving Shangyong?"

Bai Xu didn't hide anything, and said in a deep voice, "Beyond the Great Wall."

Luo Junyao raised his eyebrows in surprise. Could Bai Xu be single-handedly planning to seek revenge on Bai Jingrong?

Xie Yan didn't ask any more questions, but said: "So, Mr. Bai has a smooth journey."

"Thank you, my lord." Bai Xu cupped his hands and said, "Farewell."

Originally, there was nothing to say. Although Bai Xu didn't hate the Xie family, the two families were fighting for the world after all, and his father did die at the hands of Da Sheng.

In the future, it is better to go on each side of the road facing the sky.

After sending Bai Xu away, Luo Jun shook his head and looked at Xie Yan and asked, "Is he really going to let him go like this?"

Xie Yan smiled lightly: "Don't worry, if he really went beyond the Great Wall, someone will watch."

"Okay." Luo Jun shook his head, leaned into his arms and said, "The date for sending the Empress Dowager to the Imperial Mausoleum has also stopped. It seems that there is nothing going on recently?"

Xie Yan said: "Shangyong really has nothing to do recently, and Yaoyao has worked hard for half a year. When the coffin of the Empress Dowager enters the imperial mausoleum, shall I accompany Yaoyao for a walk?"

"Okay." Luo Junyao happily replied.

"Princess." Ling Lan begged to see her outside.

"What's the matter?" Luo Junyao asked.

Linglan said: "Didn't the concubine let the servants watch Yueyanghou's mansion before? Yueyang... no, it was General Jiang and Mrs. Jiang who made up."

　From Jiang Guanmu and Han's point of view, this story is: "The Overbearing General's Wife", or "The Years I Became the General's Wife".It's just that I didn't expect that the cannon fodder's original partner didn't abuse the heroine and didn't want to die, and directly flipped the table.

　　
　
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