Chapter 408
With the end of the two rounds of war, the world has been settled, and the people of Daliang have returned to a peaceful life.

After accompanying Fu Xuan to perform the homecoming ceremony, Xie Zhan's wedding leave ended and he returned to the court.Because the battle between Da Zhou and Daliang was successfully resolved under his leadership, he made great achievements and was originally a position of authority. Therefore, Emperor Mu An paid more and more attention to the battle, and the matter of power inevitably became more important.

The most direct manifestation is that Emperor Mu Andi arranged for him to be responsible for two things—preparing to negotiate with the defeated Zhou Dynasty; and finding out why Zuomin had previously allocated an unusually small amount of money, food and supplies to the border.

The two incidents were both unusual and deeply involved, and Xie Zhan started a new round of busy work.But fortunately, one had the assistance of his former colleague Dali Temple, and the other had a beautiful wife who waited at home every day, no matter how late he came home, there was still a soft body in his arms that could relieve his fatigue.

And his Yue family - Fu family is also in the limelight.

First, the royal princess married a mere Secretary Lang, and then a sage bestowed marriage on the daughter of the son of the country who learned a great deal of Confucianism to the Duke of Nanjun. In addition, the Duke of Nanjun turned the rebellious Rouran country into a subordinate country of Daliang in one fell swoop this year. After Daliang Derouran Kingdom paid countless tributes, the Fu family once again became the focus family.

Except for Fuxuan, the other gentlemen are not far behind, and their performances are remarkable.Fu Xiao and Fu Qian re-entered the government due to their excellent performance in the imperial examinations. Fu Lian and Fu You were originally nephews of Emperor Mu'an, but now that they are old enough, they are assigned to serve in the court.

Xie and Fu are two families connected by in-laws, one represents the aristocratic family, the other represents the new noble family, neither should be underestimated.

Xie Yuan, the former patriarch of the Xie family who had resigned from all official positions, was delighted to hear this.

In his heart, he was satisfied with his Liulang's ability and vision, and praised him for being able to truly stand alone, live up to his great trust, and keep and develop the Xie family business; he also lamented his unique vision, although the family he married was a mere new gentry, but the family did not stick to one pattern, Can do great things.Rejoiced, he was relaxed and ready to go on a long trip with his good friend Wang Chengyi.

Xie Yuan is so relaxed and at ease, his wife who continues to manage the housework of the huge house is not as chic as him.

Among other things, the "Tingfengyuan" place has made her more angry recently.

According to the report of the servants, there is a lot of movement in the "Tingfeng Garden" at night every day, and the water is often poured several times. constantly.

Reminiscent of the first day when the bride entered the house, she only mentioned about "lotus seeds", and the daughter-in-law there drank Bizi soup on the second day, Mrs. Xie put down the herbal tea in her hand, and said to Xie Yuan: "Before you leave, please mention Xialiulang Well, it looks like you are going to be twenty-five, but you have no children under your knees, this is not a problem! In the past, when you were his age, we all had Saburo, and now he is the head of the family, How can you not pay attention to your heirs?"

Xie Yuan stopped drinking tea.

Household matters such as sons and heirs have always been handled by the female relatives. If his wife hadn't insisted on interfering in Xie Zhan's marriage, causing mother-child quarrels and even tense swords, he would not have bothered to intervene.Although he has resigned from his official position now and has nothing to do, at least as a man, he doesn't want to stretch his hand too far to interfere with these matters between the young couple.

Xie Yuan stroked his beard, comforted Mrs. Xie and said: "Do you think he really wants a stepbrother's child? No, just wait and see, he will give birth from time to time. He has only been married for more than a month now, why are you in a hurry?"

Mrs. Xie thought to herself, just the two of them have been avoiding their children, and using such a way of hurting their bodies, let alone more than a month, more than a year, there will be no shadow of half a grandson.

She was depressed, and it was not easy to directly talk about the Bizitang that she found out, so she glared at Xie Yuan, "Who would have expected him to go to a battlefield halfway? You scared half of my life away. Now that I have returned safely and got married, it is natural to put the matter of children on the agenda. If I tell you to talk, so what? If he can listen If you enter me, your children will already be around your knees, so why should I worry?"

Mrs. Xie was talking about the fact that she wanted Xie Zhan to marry the daughter of the Wang family. Xie Yuan said sternly, "Don't talk nonsense! Don't you just look at the current reputation of that girl? At that time, she really wanted to marry her, but she didn't know How to make a fuss about this house."

Xie Yuan persuaded again: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so don't worry too much, let alone interfere."

Mrs. Xie retorted: "That's because Gu Er was not greedy enough to swallow like a snake. He took a concubine not long after he married a wife. If he took a wife, he had two concubines. As a result, the concubine's room had children before the wife's room. Isn't this just pampering the concubine and destroying the wife?" Well? It’s definitely not going to feel good if you leave it at someone’s place.”

Xie Yuan twitched the corner of his mouth, "It means our family doesn't take concubines, look at the other family..."

Mrs. Xie stood up abruptly, and interrupted him loudly: "Xie Ru'an, what do I care about the other family? I married your Xie family, not someone else. I spent most of my life for your Xie family and gave birth to seven sons for you. Are two daughters not enough? The children under my knees are all outstanding, just looking at Liu Lang is several times stronger than you before, who wouldn't praise me for "teaching children well"?"

After a slight pause, Mrs. Xie sneered, "What's the matter? Regret that you didn't take concubines? I won't stop you. If you have the ability, you can take ten or eight concubines. I'll wait to drink the tea offered by my sisters."

Apparently, although Xie Yuan has experienced the turmoil in the officialdom and has held power for many years, he is not good at bickering with women.After Madam Xie caught him writing a poem to Jiayang when he was drunk, Xie Yuan was firmly grasped, and he has been weak for many years since then.As soon as Mrs. Xie's aura of accusing him of being ignorant of good and bad got stronger, his aura of wanting to argue that taking a concubine is a common thing instantly dissipated.

Xie Yuan said dejectedly, "Where did it go?"

Taking a concubine is nothing more than a man's greed in the final analysis.That is to say, a woman with a soft temper and a weak family background can suffer this kind of embarrassment, but whoever really cares about the husband in his heart, how can he be willing to share the reason of the husband with other women?

Even if they are willing to bear it, it is only for some purpose - either for a good reputation;

However, aristocratic families usually pay attention to face. When a man accepts a concubine, he also needs to communicate with the wife who is formally married in with three books and six ceremonies. No matter how bad it is, he will notify in advance. in the eyes.Even a girl who has no feelings for her husband will definitely not willingly suffer such humiliation.

This is what Xie Yuan and his wife said about Wang Zhiyi.

Since Gu Erlang took in two noble concubines without telling her, Wang Zhiyi felt her face was humiliated.

She originally wanted to take this opportunity to establish the prestige of the first wife, but it turned out to be the opposite.

First, she was reprimanded by her father, Wang Chenghong, for making a fuss out of a molehill and disregarding the seriousness. The purpose of the family marriage was only for political purposes. The Wang family won't fall out with the Gu family, and beat him up, saying that the daughter of the Wang family has bad morals and is jealous. Not only does she not want to have children, but she also abuses the concubine's new concubine inside the house.

Originally, because of provoking Fuxuan on the cruise ship, Fuxuan revealed in public that she drugged and seduced people, causing a bad reputation among noble girls, and then being splashed with dirty water by the Gu family this time, right and wrong fermented It can be said that Wang Zhiyi's reputation in Jiankang City has been hit one after another, and the image of the "gentlemanly and talented woman" has been greatly frustrated.

Those people who previously admired Wang Zhiyi because of her talent and excellent moral character inevitably felt a kind of resentment of "being let down" because of her lack of moral character at the moment, and then condemned her, and even doubted her talent.

People's hearts are ugly at times, so why would those who have fallen into trouble be absent from this "carnival" of condemnation?Because Wang Zhiyi's talent shined too brightly before, some people who brought out their mediocrity, many of them seized the opportunity this time, and then publicized it after embellishing it.

After coming and going, Wang Zhiyi's reputation was not good, even a man like Xie Yuan who didn't care about the affairs of the inner house had heard about it, which is not to say that it is embarrassing.

Both her natal family and her husband's family were wronged, and Wang Zhiyi was filled with anger, but she had already returned to her natal family, and Gu Erlang never came to greet her or send someone to ease the relationship, so she could only hold her breath and continue to rely on the only place of support of the Wang family .

But his father, Wang Chenghong, has always been strong and ruthless, focusing on family power in the court.

Although the Wang family is a prosperous family, as the Xie family did not agree to a marriage cooperation and Xie Zhan became the head of the family, the relationship between the two fell to a freezing point. At the same time, the Liu family who was close to the Xie family also gradually alienated from the Wang family.In the past few years, several families that worked closely with the Wang family have collapsed one after another. The Yu family is ruined, and the Xiao and Yang families are weak. Great changes have taken place, and the original stable cooperative relationship between the aristocratic families is showing signs of disintegration, and they have begun to form alliances with each other. At the same time, the status of the royal family is constantly being challenged by the royal family.

Unavoidably, Wang Chenghong felt a little powerless, and urgently needed to find another partner to join forces. Looking at Jiankang City, the Gu family was one of the few powerful families that could cooperate deeply with the Wang family, and Wang Chenghong absolutely did not want to miss it.

Wang Zhiyi's marriage was originally based on interests, and her "chess piece" could not play its role obediently, which was a situation her father did not want to see.Therefore, after Wang Zhiyi lived in Wang's house for a full month, Wang Chenghong forced Wang Zhiyi to go back to Gu's house even though no one came to pick her up.

Wang Zhiyi was already proud and aggrieved, and immediately proposed to reconcile with the Gu family, but was strongly rejected by Wang Chenghong.Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Yu, wanted to intercede for her own daughter-in-law, but was reprimanded by Wang Chenghong for not being able to raise children properly and not doing enough.The Yu family was already in ruins, Madam Wang had no help behind her, so she had to let Wang Chenghong arrange, and found a decent excuse to let Wang Zhiyi return to the Gu family.

Looking back at home, one can imagine what a "good life" Wang Zhiyi can live.

Naturally, if she is really smart and sensitive, she should cherish the current life in Gu's family, at least maintain a good relationship with her husband on the surface, and try her best to turn the situation around.

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The pain and torment of the Gu family's wife Wang Zhiyi is still like a fish in water. The Xie family's wife Fuxuan is not very interested in her own little life. She heard the rumors, but she just smiled and sighed "30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi" give up.

After entering the dog days, people feel the anxious feeling of "the red sun is all over the sky, and the fire clouds form mountains", and no matter how light the clothes are, they feel heavy.

Yuanlu Academy entered the summer vacation, the students returned home one after another, and the lecturers also got free time. Fuxuan, who had nothing to do all day, stayed in "Tingfengyuan", unwilling to go out even a step.

After taking a nap that day, she, who was only wearing a light veil, slumped on the soft pillow on the cattail mat, with Linglong fanning her side, chatting with her casually.

The cicadas were singing on the tree, and the breeze was blowing gently from the cattail fan beside her. Just as she opened her mouth to hold a piece of chilled red bayberry in her mouth, a clear and pleasant voice came from behind her: "Tsk tsk tsk, tsk tsk, How can you take care of your body while taking medicine and eating such cold food?"

 Wang Zhiyi was not at her worst yet.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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