Value peace

Chapter 77

Old Lord Jiang had eight sons and thirteen daughters. He couldn't remember how many grandchildren he had, but Jiang Xinglin had always been his favorite.One is because Jiang Xinglin was born on the same day as him in the same month, and he is a year younger than him; the other is that Jiang Xinglin's mother is the legitimate daughter of Lord Fang Hou, she is quiet and elegant, honest and gentle, and is a proud marriage; Xinglin has a cheerful and generous personality, he is informal and can keep his duty, which is very much in the temper of Lord Jiang.Therefore, Jiang Xinglin's status in the Jiang family has always been a bit detached, and he has always been able to speak in front of Jiang Laohou, and his relationship with Jiang Laohou is naturally very close.

Hearing his grandfather's question, Jiang Xinglin couldn't help but look sad: "You probably don't know yet, the second girl of the Gu family is engaged to Zuo Xiaoyu, and the day of Nazheng is set on the tenth day of August."

Old Master Jiang was stunned: "There are still four days, how many rituals have been completed out of the six rituals?"

Jiang Xinglin was a little dejected: "I have already completed Nacai, asking names, and Najib."

"So fast!" Mr. Jiang Laohou was very well-informed, so he couldn't help being very surprised.

Jiang Xinglin sighed, "I knew this before, so why bother. I thought it was a sure thing, but now it's better, and I offended Mei Qin."

Old Master Jiang's eyes were burning, his face was no longer the kindness he had seen when he first met, but full of majesty, he said in a deep voice, "Where did you get the news from?"

Jiang Xinglin hesitated for a moment, and told his grandfather about the meeting with Gu Xiyan today.

Old Master Jiang slowly got up from the grand teacher's chair, with his hands behind his back, and paced in the spacious study room step by step.Every time he took a step forward, his stature seemed to grow taller, and his aura seemed to become fiercer. When he stopped, Jiang Xinglin felt aggressive and mighty.

"You said Miss Gu family asked you to buy her personal maid?" Mr. Jiang asked suspiciously.

"It's not for me to buy her personal maid." Jiang Xinglin replied respectfully, "It's for me to find someone to come forward and buy a girl named Mo Ju beside her, and put her in the Qixia Temple for foster care."

Old Master Jiang stood in the center of the study with his hands behind his hands and his head bowed in thought, and the room fell into silence.

Jiang Xinglin didn't dare to win over his grandfather, so he stood quietly by the side with his hands down.

After a long time, Master Jiang raised his head and asked Jiang Xinglin, "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Xinglin said: "I'm planning to find Mei Qin today. Before the news spreads, I will explain to him, and then I will mention Eighth Sister's marriage to him. I will say that it is because Eighth Sister has taken a fancy to him. People don't know about him and the second daughter of the Gu family, that's why I had this misunderstanding. I was concerned about the reputation of the eighth younger sister, and I also hoped that we could become uncles in my heart, so I didn't explain it to my family..."

Old Master Jiang's long silver-white eyebrows trembled: "I asked you if you agreed to the second girl of the Gu family!"

Jiang Xinglin blushed, and murmured: "At that time, at that time..."

Old Master Jiang smiled meaningfully and said, "The second girl of the Gu family is very beautiful!"

Jiang Xinglin was so speechless that he couldn't speak.

In fact, Jiang Xinglin didn't say anything, Gu Xiyan not only asked him to buy the girl named Mo Ju, but also asked him to help Mo Ju get the household registration and road guide.Household registration and directions are very difficult for others, but for Jiang Xinglin, the old friends of the Jiang family are all over the government and the public, as easy as picking up a piece of rice paper in his father's study.He wanted to explain it to his grandfather, but he was embarrassed by his grandfather's teasing.

Seeing this, Old Master Jiang laughed loudly: "You are a young man who is not romantic! Since you have agreed, then help him to do things well!"

Jiang Xinglin breathed a sigh of relief, and said "yes" briskly.

Old Master Jiang smiled again.

Jiang Xinglin blushed even more.

Old Master Jiang smiled and sighed: "Very good, very good. Your first thought is how to make up for your mistakes, which is very good."

Jiang Xinglin lowered his head in shame: "It's because of my grandson's fault that I let my grandfather go for nothing..."

"No!" The smile on Old Master Jiang's face gradually faded, "You didn't let me run in vain, until I understand what the eldest princess means."

Jiang Xinglin erupted.

Old Master Jiang's eyes turned on the face of his favorite grandson, showing a rare expression of hesitation.

This silly boy, was taken advantage of by the second girl of the Gu family, and he still eats it like he wants!

Jiang Xinglin felt the gaze of Old Master Jiang, and said cautiously: "Grandfather, if you have anything to say, just tell your grandson to do it, and your grandson will try his best to do it."

Forget it, I'm getting old too, so don't ignore some things that are not related to life and death!
Old Master Jiang sighed, walked to the armchair beside him and sat down, beckoned to Jiang Xinglin, motioning him to sit beside him.

Jiang Xinglin hurried over to sit down, and even handed over Master Jiang's hookah.

Old Master Jiang took the hookah and put it on the small table beside him, and said with a smile: "Xinglin, you are still young, I am going to wait for you to grow up and experience more things in the world before slowly mentioning you, but now it seems , wait for me!"

Jiang Xinglin became emotional: "Grandson is dull, and grandfather is worried!"

Old Master Jiang smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, just chat with grandfather as usual, eh!"

Having said that, Jiang Xinglin did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Old Master Jiang paused, straightened his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Since the third year of Xizhao 270, no one has ever refuted the edict of Kunning Palace, not the previous emperor, nor the current emperor. Especially the emperor, before You are still young, everything is decided by the queen mother, but now the emperor is over 40 years old, and has been in power for almost 30 years, and he has never expressed any opinions in the court..."

Jiang Xinglin nodded, this is a miracle that everyone in the Xizhao Dynasty knows.

"When Mrs. Gu entered the palace, she was very appreciated by the Queen Mother. In less than a year, she was promoted from a female official of the seventh rank to a bachelor of the second rank, and was in charge of delivering the memorials of the Kunning Palace. Xizhao 290 12 In [-], the No. [-] military campaign against Wujun City by the Governor's Mansion of Liangdi, the Gu family represented the Kunning Palace and the Ministry of Households to mediate the army, horses, food and grass. At that time..."

Mr. Jiang Lao Hou smiled, his expression was a little dazed, and there was a look of leisurely fascination on his face, as if he had fallen into some kind of sweet memory: "Oh! It's a real beauty. Mei Gongqing'ah..."

It's the imperial concubine Gu Chaorong, right?

Jiang Xinglin sat there quietly and didn't dare to disturb her.

After a while, Mr. Jiang sighed, and said with infinite regret: "But now it's only seven or eight years, but the facts are already different. First, the emperor ignored the objection of the empress dowager and brought the Gu family into the harem. The Qian Palace began to intervene in the government from the household department..."

The young officials who have just entered the officialdom are not full of ambitions.

Hearing this, Jiang Xinglin thought of some emotion when his congenial colleagues discussed the court affairs together in recent years, and couldn't help saying: "Although the emperor doesn't speak, but the imperial concubine and empress are allowed to do this, so everyone touches it. I don't know whether the imperial concubine represents himself or the emperor... In those years, the empress dowager was still in good health, but in the past few years, several imperial doctors in the imperial hospital stayed behind closed doors and even their relatives did not leave. Thinking about what to do next..."

Mr. Jiang's white and tender hands, which were maintained like a baby, gently stroked his silver beard, and his eyes showed admiration.Encouraged, Jiang Xinglin speculated more boldly, saying: "So whether it is the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Criminal Justice or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they all began to think about the meaning of Chengqian Palace. The civil servants went to make a fuss. But in the past few years, the Fang family was so prosperous that it first intervened in the ocean trade in the south, and then formed an alliance with the Wu family to participate in the Jiangnan weaving business, and took over the gold mining rights of Liang Guogong's three states. The rich people began to feel that life was difficult, and the court officials also felt that the country was fundamentally damaged, and they were all eager to try, or wanted to get a piece of the pie, or wanted to fill up some empty treasury. Grandpa used the marriage of the second girl Gu to test the elder The attitude of the princess and other clans, but Zuo Xiaoyu represents the Ministry of War to Chengqian Palace or to the emperor..."

"Not bad, not bad. At your age, it's pretty good to be able to think of these things." Master Jiang showed a bossy smile of relief, "However, you have to think more deeply. For example, whether Zuo Xiaoyu represents the Ministry of War or Himself? Why did the Empress Dowager allow the Fang family to extend their hands so far? Why did the Fang family manage the household department for 30 years, but Gu Chaorong used the household department as the first battle to interfere in the government?"

Jiang Xinglin was startled, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and his brows gradually became clear: "If my grandson is wrong, please ask my grandfather to teach me!"

Old Master Jiang gave him an encouraging smile.

Jiang Xinglin said sternly: "The profits from these so-called businesses of the Fang family actually went to the inner palace and became the empress dowager's private treasury. If the situation is different, you can borrow money from the private treasury of Kunning Palace, and return it when the financial resources are eased. Of course, the Fang family has also benefited a lot from it. Therefore, Fang Jixian cannot be replaced in public or private. Starting from the household department, I actually told the officials of the six departments and the three courts that even Fang Jixian's household department can still command and show her strength. Whether Xiaoyu represents herself or the Ministry of War, grandson has no way of judging!"

"Ruzi can be taught! Ruzi can be taught!" Old Master Jiang looked very pleased: "If you can even figure out Zuo Xiaoyu's thoughts, I can let you sit in my seat!"

Jiang Xinglin's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately stood up and said, "Grandson dare not..."

"Sit, sit, sit!" Old Master Jiang laughed, "Our grandparents and grandchildren are chatting, why are you so stiff?"

Jiang Xinglin smiled wryly.

If this word reaches the ears of several uncles, there will be good fruit for me to eat!
He changed his mind, and suddenly thought of a question, his face became serious: "Grandfather, if this is what the emperor meant, then it's okay to say, but if it's actually just what the imperial concubine wanted, then, what should I do?" ah!"

"So we have to open our eyes and have a look." Master Jiang showed a profound smile, "Let's see how the inner palace reacts to this marriage!"

Jiang Xinglin was slightly startled.

He thought of Gu Xiyan's sweet and gentle smile.

Such a beautiful woman!
Would it be different if we were not in this position?
Jiang Xinglin smiled wryly.

If you weren't in such a position, you wouldn't know each other at all... wouldn't you?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinglin felt as if something was stuck in his chest, and he couldn't breathe well.

"Go!" Old Master Jiang squinted his eyes slightly, "Invite Mei Qin to Mingyue Tower, there is wine and women, even men will calm down first..."

Jiang Xinglin hurriedly restrained her thoughts, stood up and said "yes" respectfully.

(End of this chapter)