urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 4 Pregnancy
In recent years, the Daqing Dynasty can also be said to be a rare country with peace and prosperity, although it can also be heard that there are droughts or floods, as well as some natural and man-made disasters.

However, officials in various places are not vegetarians, and the governance was timely, which did not cause the people to live in poverty.

Even if the local officials themselves lack a little, they are the children of rich families who don't distinguish between five grains, and they will bring a few people to do practical things.

The previous Emperor Qing'an used talents and talents, was good at fighting with power and strategy, and improved internal affairs.

It is forbidden for the royal family and princes to have independent land, and can only enjoy food and titles.

Furthermore, minimizing the power and influence of the family and clan paved the way for the son who was going to take over.

What's even more rare is that there are no three thousand beauties in the harem of Emperor Qing'an, only one queen, two concubines and three concubines, which is considered simple.

The succeeding Emperor Qinghe, above the temple, was good at governing the people, and his only bad taste was to directly kill corrupt people who violated the law.

It is now the 14th year of Qinghe.

Although there were occasional frictions on the borders around Qing Kingdom, no large-scale war broke out. The world was peaceful, and the national treasury was naturally full.

In addition, his harem is only a dozen or so concubines, the queen mother is respectful to the world, wise and graceful, and the harem will not be like the previous dynasty more than a hundred years ago, where people died every now and then.

Emperor Qinghe himself lived a comfortable life, and he did not forget to insinuate himself to his lovers, you all should learn from me, don't be too obsessed with Wenrouxiang, there are too many concubines in the family, it will cost money, and you will be short of money, Just want to corrupt the law.

The ministers can only say bitterly that they must be obedient, and all the beauties are just clouds.

No wonder, it was hard to get on top of the temple, and if you have a reputation, you naturally want to benefit.

But the emperor couldn't understand them accumulating money, and would catch a hapless corrupt official and ransack his house every now and then, so that they didn't dare to reach out and collect too much, fearing that they would be the next one.

In the end, even if they want to invite some beauties to relax, they have to worry about it. I feel that I am too aggrieved to be an official.

But there are policies and there are countermeasures. The emperor doesn't want to see the beauties in the backyard of the courtier's house, so the courtier's house becomes popular.

In addition, there are those who are stingy, so they put Tongfang in the study as a maid, which kills two birds with one stone.

In this way, the backyard is indeed much cleaner. Unexpectedly, the business of the brothel is booming.

However, there are also officials who are Qingliu, like the adults of a certain family who have only one wife in their lives and never dye two colors in their lives.

But there are not many such good men among officials.

On the other hand, people like Mu Youde, who are petty officials and historians in the yamen, see that their boss's family doesn't have many wives and concubines, so they don't dare to add people to their family.

Mu Youde didn't pass the exam, and he didn't have the heart to study hard. Later, he found a position as a clerk in the county's yamen. These years, he became an old fritter, and he was squeezed into the position of chief secretary the year before last. Now I have a few coins, and some people flatter me.

He also has no ambitions now, and he thinks that this little life is indeed very good.

But what he felt regretful was that his heirs were a little less, not to mention not having any legitimate sons, and even few concubines and concubines.

But his boss only has one wife, one concubine and two concubines, so he dare not go past his boss.

It is said that Tongfang can be bought and sold, but the two Tongfang in the family are for their own children, so they cannot be sold at will for the sake of their children's dignity.

However, after all these years, he has no interest in the two common rooms at home.

Although they were pretty and lovely back then, they were not well-educated, and they had nothing in common with him. Furthermore, after watching them for ten years, he got tired of watching them.

At this time, he was very much looking forward to meeting a confidante who was able to write and paint, and who was well educated, so that he could take her home as a concubine.

This is also his real intention of not turning the couple's house into a concubine, because he didn't want to waste the concubine's position in vain.

In the early spring of this year, I met Xiao Xiuzhu who had returned to her natal family. She was literate and sensible, gentle and amiable, dignified and beautiful, especially when she looked at herself, her eyes seemed to be hooked, and her little thoughts All hooked up.

It's a pity that she doesn't want to be a concubine for herself, and when she heard herself talking about this, she said with red eyes that she couldn't be sorry for Wanniang.

However, he was so indifferent to himself that he couldn't bear to let go just for a while.

This morning, when he entered the yamen, the woman serving Xiao Xiuzhu over there came to invite him, and said in a panic, "Master, my lady invites you to come over."

Mu Youde hesitated for a moment: "Is there anything urgent? If it's not urgent, I'll go there again at noon or afternoon?"

Just at this time, the master secretary also came over. Hearing what they said, he said with a smile on his face: "Brother Mu, there is nothing to do in the yamen recently. If you have something to do in your house, just go first."

In Dahe County and the nearby ten miles and eight townships, there are more than [-] households, so there is a county magistrate to assist the county magistrate to take care of some trivial matters.

Because the master book is the right-hand man brought by the magistrate himself, the magistrate does not rely as much on him as the county magistrate.

But on the surface everyone gets along well, even if the county magistrate and chief secretary are re-elected, they will only stay in this county for three years, as long as Mu Youde is sensible, he won't make things difficult for him.

When Mu Youde heard his words, he was also worried about what the mother-in-law would say, but he heard that he was looking for his confidante outside, so he clasped his fists gratefully: "Then thank you, Brother He."

Xiao Xiuzhu said that she returned home only after her husband died, but her natal family also has two older brothers who said that they smell far away and near smelly, so she simply bought a small courtyard outside, and she usually lives here.

When she saw Mu Youde come in, she sat there without moving, and after signaling the servant girl to leave with her eyes, she cried with red eyes: "Mu Lang, I have it, what do you think should I do? What kind of face do you have to show people? Huuuuuuuuuuu..."

Mu Youde didn't react immediately: "Don't cry, first explain what happened?"

The main reason was that he hadn't heard the good news for many years, so he couldn't react all at once.

Xiao Xiuzhu almost couldn't cry anymore, a little suspicious that he was pretending to be stupid, and cried even more aggrieved: "You still don't admit it? Who do you think I am? Could it be that you forgot to drink too much to find me more than a month ago? I…"

As soon as she said this, Mu Youde understood instantly, and stared eagerly at her slender waist: "You, are you pregnant?"

Seeing her crying and nodding aggrievedly, Mu Youde excitedly stepped forward to support her shoulders and said: "It's all my fault, don't cry, I'll let people watch the good life and let you in."

(End of this chapter)