imperial psychologist

Chapter 46

Baoyuan's eyes darkened slightly, and she sighed, "Don't ask that... If the empress hears it, she will be sad."

"I'm just surprised, how could she use such a drastic method to clear up the rumors about the empress..." Bai Ling's voice was also very low, she turned around, looking at Bao Yuan's still red and swollen cheeks, "Bao Yuan Is your sister still hurting?"

Baoyuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, shook her head and said, "I don't feel the pain anymore, don't look at the bloodstains on my face, it's all bleeding... It's much better now than in the morning. Hey , to be honest, the old lady will do this, and she also has her own difficulties."

Bai Ling's eyebrows moved slightly, meeting Bao Yuan's eyes, waiting for her to continue.

Baoyuan scooped up another ladle of water, poured it on Bai Ling's exposed shoulders, and said with downcast eyes, "Our old lady's surname is Chang, have you heard the story of 'Pingjing Chang's daughter' before?"

Burling shook his head.

Baoyuan didn't seem to expect that, she blinked her eyes, and asked again, "You must have heard about the Zhenyuan General's Mansion, right?"

Bo Ling still shook his head, "I don't go out much on weekdays, is this... a famous story?"

"You..." Bao Yuan frowned, "Hey, let me start from the beginning."

Bo Ling looked at Bao Yuan and nodded, indicating that he was listening.

"If you want to talk about the Chang family in Pingjing, it is actually more prominent than our Qu family's background. Because from the time when Emperor Taizu ruled the world, the Chang family has always been the emperor's right-hand man. Guarding the southwest. Almost all the sons of the Chang family have practiced martial arts since childhood. They followed their elders to the battlefield to practice at the age of eleven or twelve. So far, among the 23 generations of the Chang family, there have been six princes, ten The three generals, as for seniors like major generals and vanguards, there are countless..."

"The six princes?" Bo Ling was a little puzzled, "Aren't their titles hereditary?"

"Of course not." Baoyuan gave her a strange look, "I don't understand the rules set by the great grandfather, saying that 'generals are appointed, and the second generation will die', but anyway, if you If you want the younger generation to enjoy peace forever, you must not slack off in the slightest."

Bai Ling nodded thoughtfully.

"After all, the old lady is a newcomer to the No. 20th generation of the Chang family. At that time, the Chang family had been passed down for several generations, but in the old lady's generation, it suddenly sprang up - there were five people on her head. What a brother! The Chang family has never been so prosperous, and everyone thinks it is a good sign."

Bo Ling looked at Baoyuan with regretful eyes, knowing that she would probably say a "but" next.

"However," Baoyuan's eyes were slightly sad, "in the 24th year of Taiping, Xidi suddenly attacked the southwest area of ​​our Great Zhou. The old lady's older brothers went to the front line with her father, and they were... No one came back alive."

Bo Ling was startled, and suddenly remembered what Bai Yi said to himself earlier.

This is... an extinct household.

"At that time, the old lady had two sisters-in-laws who were pregnant, but when the news came back, the two sisters-in-laws couldn't bear it, and they had miscarriages within a month. At that time, everyone thought that the Chang family was over. !"

Bao Yuan's eyes lit up again, and Bo Ling knew that she would probably say another "but" next.

"But!" Bao Yuan's voice suddenly turned higher, "No one thought that the old lady would go to the house of the then cabinet minister, that is, our master, by herself. She neither sought a matchmaker nor brought a Servant, I came to Qu's mansion alone, and I don't know what I said to our old man. Anyway, the news that the two families are getting married was released the next day."

Bo Ling thought for a while, and said in a low voice, "The old lady... found a backer for the Chang family."

"Isn't it?" Bao Yuan couldn't help scratching Bo Ling's back with more force, "You don't know, the old lady's sister-in-law's natal family is not a thing, and the Chang family is around a hundred acres away. The fertile fields and forests here, the bones of the people here are still not cold, they have already calculated how they will eat up these property once the filial piety period is over in the future!"

Bai Ling nodded with inspiration, and said, "But the person just passed away, even if the old lady wants to get married, doesn't she have to observe filial piety first?"

"How else can we say that our old lady is amazing? She prepared her own dowry, put on a phoenix coronet, and hired a group of people to beat and beat, and carried the sedan chair around the west and south of the city, the east and the north of the city, and finally went around to the palace. In front of the door, kneel down and beg to see the first emperor.

"The first emperor was heartbroken for what happened to the Chang family. He couldn't eat or sleep well for several days. As soon as our old lady begged to see her, he immediately sent her into the palace. But our old lady didn't move. She, from the sleeve Li slowly took out the booklet that he had written earlier, handed it to the father-in-law who came out to greet him at that time, and in front of everyone, he said loudly, "I beseech you to give me your approval!"!"

Baoyuan spoke with radiance, and described more and more details, as if she was watching at the scene.

"Do you know what is written in that notebook?" Bao Yuan asked in a low voice.

Bai Ling shook his head cooperatively.

"She wrote in the booklet, begging the emperor to issue a decree to marry her and our master immediately!"

Bao Yuan looked at Bo Ling, and almost wrote "You didn't expect that?" on his face, but Bo Ling still tilted his head slightly, listening as before.

"In the second year, our old lady gave birth to the uncle, who was immediately adopted by the eldest sister-in-law of the Chang family. At that time, the late emperor issued a decree to inherit the title of the old lady of the Chang family to our uncle. The Chang family is considered to have successors. ! Those villains who are about to make a move are all empty plans, do you think our old lady is powerful?"

Burling nodded.

Baoyuan told a story of good and bad, good and good ending.

But the situation at that time was probably more complicated and critical than what she described.

Baoyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Later, the old lady gave birth to the second master and our mother. It is also for this reason that the old lady knows how to repay her kindness. Over the years, she has devoted herself to the Qu family's family business. The second master can stand out, and she repays the kindness of the Qu family to her back then. But now the second master is like that, I will not say anything, our mother is really up to date, she has been excellent at riding and shooting since she was a child , exactly the same as when our old lady was young.

"One year when hunting in the autumn field, the emperor went on a tour in disguise. Seeing that our empress was beautiful and heroic, he deliberately rode on a horse and snatched her sleeve handkerchief. As a result, our empress shot an arrow backhand. Before the emperor could react, the sleeve handkerchief was already taken off. hand, was shot on a tree not far away! At that time, our mother was only fourteen... I didn’t know she was 15 years old!"

"Oh..." Bo Ling couldn't help being amazed this time.

"We're scared when we think about it! But it was a blessing in disguise. The emperor fell in love with our mother at first sight, and welcomed her into the palace the next year." Bao Yuan sighed, "It's a pity that our old lady took off her armor and returned to the field early, sir. He is also a fun-loving person. At the moment when our second master is here, the Qu family is no longer able to do it. I followed the mother when she got married. I made a heavy oath, saying that I would help the Qu family return to glory... Hey, I didn't understand anything at the time, everyone was crying watching this scene, and I really couldn't say anything..."

Baoyuan was still talking about it, with nostalgia for the past shining in her eyes, "...the old lady is really a hard-working person."

Bai Ling closed his eyes slightly and sighed in a low voice.

People who have suffered, sometimes their hearts are hard.

(End of this chapter)