A Collection of Old Sayings by Fourth Sister You

Chapter 133: Family (35)
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He said no, "You are my dear Ama."

Shuming looked up at him with difficulty, and walked slowly towards the House of Internal Affairs with his hands behind his back, saying as he walked, "You Han people don't care if your father-in-law is called Ama."

He followed him step by step, "I'll follow Song Yin, and I'll call you whatever he calls you. Last time, you went south to control the water, and I haven't kowtowed to you yet!"

Shuming said, "Stop knocking, my daughter can't even give you."

The pain of a father who lost his beloved daughter was no less than his own.He lowered his hands and said, "Don't be discouraged, you will find a way to get her out."

"What else can I do?" Shu Ming shook his head, "I saw the emperor just now, he was so tyrannical... the official wouldn't give up his resignation, and my daughter wouldn't return it to me, I dare say he is the emperor, we can't do anything to him. How can a person be like this, there is no human touch at all, isn't it a white-eyed wolf who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge? I used to bully Songyin and force her to do this and that. Now it is better, after the squeeze is over, I will be brought into the palace, and I won't even give her a place. Really think our Tong family is easy to bully."

Rong Shi felt a little sad, "You still want to earn a position for her? What should I do if she has a position?"

Shuming was stunned for a moment, "She's already living in Hongde Hall, what else can she do?" He stopped and patted him on the shoulder, "Forget it, don't wait for her, you can look at other houses, I am also looking for someone, if you have a good relative, I will protect you as a matchmaker."

The Tong family felt ashamed, and sent all the betrothal gifts back to the Rong family a while ago.He happened to be there that day, and the old lady and his wife planned to accept him, but when he refused to agree, the old lady cried: "The cuckold is three feet tall, can't you be a human being!"

He doesn't care about these things, he knows what will happen to her with the emperor.If the relationship is really unreliable, she knows all about their plans, as long as she reveals a word to the emperor, they will have no chance to stand up.He can't say the reason for this now, only when things are done and everything is back on track, they will naturally know the benefits of Songyin.

The family can be perfunctory, but the Tong family, they have lived cautiously for generations, never thinking of overthrowing the emperor.The daughter entered the palace, but had no choice but to withdraw the engagement.But Songyin Ama's behavior was beyond his expectation. He never thought that he would ask the emperor to resign from office to ask for someone. This is an unprecedented feat.There has never been a precedent for a daughter who has entered the palace to be brought back. Tong Shuming is going all out this time, and struggling to the death is better than lying still.

Rong Shi was instantly in awe of this father-in-law, no matter whether his starting point was really wanting to return his daughter, or to get Song Yin promoted.But Tan still has to probe, "Why did the emperor tell Ama? Don't you plan to promote Song Yin?"

"No, Songyin doesn't want to, she has to wait for the empress to get married before giving her the title of noble concubine." Shuming gritted his teeth and smiled, "What's so great about a noble concubine, isn't it just an official among women Well, our Songyin is going to be an official among the men! And my big family business, there will really be no successors in the future."

He almost cried when he said that he was sad. The children who worked so hard to teach him first became Jinmo and then Songyin. It took him more than ten years for the two sisters to end up like this in the end.The eldest died and the second entered the palace as a concubine. He was as busy as a spinning top, what the hell was he planning!
So he was not willing to let Song Yin fill the harem, Rong Shi had confidence in his heart, so he could rest assured to explain to him.

Talking here is afraid that the walls have ears, so he lowered his voice and said, "Ama, I'm going to visit the old lady and the wife tonight. You must be here. I have something to say to you."

Shuming hesitantly said, "The old lady has been sad for several days, you can go home to comfort her."

After night duty, I took some preserved fruit and snacks, went straight to Bu'er Alley, and went to the old lady's yard to greet the old lady. The old lady was very uncomfortable seeing him, "It's really hard for you to come and see me now. It's really embarrassing. Right now, our second girl... well, what can I say, she is also trying to protect the family, so don't hold her grudges. I can see the relationship between the two of you, and I know that you are sincere, but good luck tricks people. Encountered so many things, she is desperate. You are a good boy, and you can't talk about it when you don't announce your marriage. Hurry up and find a good girl, and nothing will delay you. "

Rong Shi forced a smile and said: "Our matter has caused the old lady to worry. It is my fault. Song Yin and I can't say a word or two, and we are not in any way responsible for each other. If she can leave the palace, I will marry her, and she will marry her." If you can't come out, I will wait for her forever."

The old lady was very surprised, and thought that the second master really couldn't tell, he was still an infatuated kind.However, those who can enter Song Yin's eyes are definitely not bad, but his determination is a little too big, he is the only son in the Rong family, if he guards Song Yin for a lifetime, then Song Yin's karma will be too deep.

If I tried to persuade him a few more words, he didn't seem like he would listen.The old lady could only sigh, "The adults in the family still have to take care of it. Don't just focus on it and make the adults feel sad."

In fact, the answer was, "Old lady, rest, I will talk to Ama for a while."

This has already followed Song Yin to call someone, it sounds really poignant.The old lady nodded and said, "Go home and take it to your old lady and wife."

He hit a thousand children and retreated from the upper room.

Shuming prepared a banquet in the flower hall, half-lao Weng and his son-in-law sat under the window to have a drink.

"This is the first time for us to sit at the same table, right? Everyone is busy, so we can't meet." Shuming poured wine for him, and he hurriedly stood up to thank him. He pressed his hand, "Sit down, there's nothing to be polite about , are all my own people. To be honest, when your family came to propose marriage to your brother, I just wanted the girl below to allocate it to you. It was just a wish. It is not a must. Later you and the second The girl is in love with each other, and the crooked fight is on the right track. I am very happy. They say that Second Master Rong is not easy to rely on. I know people are sure, and I know that you are confused in small things, but reliable in big things. It was the last time you two were in Rehe, and you cheated me. Come back, I'm not angry either. My daughter always has her own ideas when she grows up. I have to consider her situation when I forcefully bring her into the House of Internal Affairs. Back to her and the emperor, even if there is a grandson, I can't hug her. Brother Huang, the roots of the Tian family have nothing to do with our Tong family."

He was frightened last time, and he was very sentimental, Rong Shi looked at him tearfully, it was very unpleasant.It’s hard to say anything, I just poured wine for him, "It’s not at the end of the mountain... To tell you the truth, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and I don’t know whether I should tell you the truth. I just want to ask, are you willing to praise the silver Leave the palace, or do you want her to be a concubine in the palace?"

Shuming poked his neck and said, "I like to find an unfilial son-in-law? He pushed me to the execution ground and made me watch others behead his head, splashing blood all over my face! If you can leave the palace, of course we will. The Tong family is not short of food and drink for her, the family business is all hers, how rare is the title of a poor imperial concubine? No matter how amazing, she is not the second wife, isn't it amazing?"

With his few words, Rong Shi felt at ease, and told him long and short from the beginning, and Shu Ming was dumbfounded.

"Is this true?" He stared blankly at Rong Shi, "Is it this girl's idea that the elder brother went out of the palace?" He patted his forehead as he said, "My aunt, you are so courageous, you don't want to talk to me about anything. Discuss at home, just make up your own mind like this?"

Rong Shi said: "Ama, don't blame her, she is here to help me. Let Jiangshan return to orthodoxy, to put it more beautifully, is to follow the late emperor's last wish, and to put it bluntly, it is the means we have to use to protect ourselves. Military Aircraft Department Let’s put it aside, the cabinet is full of people from the late emperor, who more or less helped to suppress him. Last month he dismissed the University of the Wenhua Palace. This is an introduction. Who doesn’t feel cold? This will If you can hide, you can hide, but what if you can't? If there is no will and eldest brother in this matter, there is no place to start, and no one can do anything about him. Now that eldest brother is in Wuye's mansion, as long as he can show the will , the grand ceremony in the second year of the junior high school, and the third banquet of the emperor's relatives and ministers. When the palace gates are opened, all the mouths and eyes of the whole Daqin will be here, so that everyone can decide whether to obey the late emperor's edict, or the empress dowager's edict? "

Shuming calmed down and thought carefully, "It stands to reason that as long as there is a will, the empress dowager's words are meaningless and useless. At the beginning, the first emperor said that brothers would end up with younger brothers, but it was just lip service and there was no edict. It doesn't count. At that time, there was no son, so there was no way. Now that I have a son, if I can really come up with the imperial edict, I don't have to worry about not being able to abdicate the emperor. But there is one thing to think about. The elder brother is young, how to provoke the country Come? What do the civil, military, and clan of the Manchu Dynasty say? Is it a minister of Gu Ming, or a regent?"

Rong Shi pulled his lips, "Minister Gu Ming wants to set it up, and the regent also wants to set it up. Anyway, according to the current momentum, as long as Jiangshan is not the old ghost, anyone can be replaced. My idea is very simple, no Xitu is a high official, as long as he is with Songyin. If Ama loves us, she will help us. Songyin doesn't love the emperor, so letting her stay in the palace will kill her? I know her temper , Don’t hum, I’m fighting a war in my stomach. At that time, I really can’t think about it, and we will all regret it.”

The Imperial Household Office plays a vital role in the emperor's wedding and the next day's banquet. Except for the dispatch of the guards, the rest of the palace is under the control of the Yamen. How to gather scattered people and expose the emperor to the public eye? Everything has to be arranged through him.They didn't rebel this time, they secretly changed all the gatekeepers, just in case, not to force the palace.The four princes, together with the elders and ministers of the late emperor, raised doubts, and the emperor had to face them in order to justify his accession to the throne.Not to mention other things, just the private possession of the will is enough for him to drink a pot.

If it was possible to hesitate in the first place, after learning that the elder brother's adoption was at the hands of Song Yin, he would have no choice.

Shuming took a sip of his drink, and put the wine cup heavily on the table, "I'm trying to drive you kids to the point of nowhere. He deserves to step down from the stage! If that’s the case, if you stick your head out, it’s also a knife to shrink your head, so let’s do it!”

A Forbidden City is basically composed of four aspects, a small number of military ministers and empresses and concubines, and the rest are countless guards and court ladies and eunuchs.At the peak of Gaozu's period, there were [-] eunuchs alone, and these people were all under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the back door yamen was not only in charge of court expenses, but to a certain extent, the power even surpassed that of the former court department.

To achieve great things, you need the right time, place and people.People and harmony are there, and then just wait.As for the emperor, probably after reaching that position, he felt safe and relaxed, instead.The desires or desires accumulated when I was a prince in the past, once there is a platform to display them, they will be realized like no one else.It was also because of his arrogance that he gave others an opportunity. He had only been on the throne for only half a year, and he hadn't even had time to change his year name.

In a blink of an eye, June has arrived. June is a prosperous and lively season, and everything is prosperous and hopeful.It's just hotter, but enjoying the lotus on the fence, there is a gust of lake wind, and the wind is cool, which is quite refreshing.

The emperor was in a good mood, and insisted on taking her to the garden of the Compassion Palace after lunch.Linxi Pavilion straddles a white marble stone bridge, looking north at Xianruo Pavilion, and to the south is the stacked rocks in Taihu Mountain where Songyin snooped on Prince Yu's conspiracy.

Because of an accident, that stack of rocks was once her most taboo place.It's been a long time since I've been here, and it seems like a lifetime away when I'm right in front of my eyes.

"I want to ask when I fell in love with you." He smiled and pointed to the south, "That's where it started. You thought I couldn't see you, hiding behind that rock, but in fact I saw you as soon as you showed up. You are here We are bound to be involved in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Don’t you think that marriage is predestined? At that time, my generation actually exchanged a post with you, and there was some guidance in the dark. I will eventually have a relationship with you. Even if you pay only With me, if you can't escape, you can't escape. Tomorrow is my big wedding, but I still want to marry you. It doesn't matter if I miss this process, there will be opportunities to praise you in the future."

When he said this, she had no expression on her face, and only when her eyes collided, she smiled at him perfunctorily.He just felt sad in his heart. He had tried his best to treat her well, and she didn't miss him at all.

He went up to hold her hands, those hands were slender and white, but there were calluses at the base of the fingers, just like what the eunuchs said, she was a girl in charge.He rubbed it on the callus, and then his fingertips ran across her palm, she raised her eyes to look at him, with beautiful green eyes, she murmured and called Master.

"Empress Ming'er has entered the palace, don't you have any ideas?"

She thought for a while, "I regret that I can't take care of the master, and I can't help you at all."

She is a hard worker, but she doesn't know what to do when she is idle.Some people are like this. They are used to being tense, and when they relax, they start to get sick.During the more than a month she stayed in Hongde Hall, she had two colds, three headaches, and sprained her ankle once because of climbing a height.Always sick, always let him get close.Even though he was accompanied every night, he was still lonely in his heart. He was so close to the water, but he couldn't do anything to her, what was going on!
He sighed, "Er Yin, I will pass by your place tonight."

She was taken aback, "What are you doing there?"

He looked at her sullenly, "Don't pretend to be confused, how long are you going to escape? Are you still hoping to go back to Rongshi?"

Song Yin's mind was spinning quickly, and he said with a smile: "After entering the inner court, is there still a chance to go out? Will the emperor let me go? I mean, tomorrow is your happy day. When the queen comes to the palace, you will have the wedding ceremony Go in person? That's your serious daughter-in-law, you can't treat her poorly."

He frowned slightly, "Do you think I should recharge my batteries? I know to take care of myself, but this can't be the reason for you to reject me several times."

She lowered her head and thought, "After you get married, you and the queen will stay together for three nights, and you will come to my place on the fourth night, is that okay?"

Although we are still evading, there is hope when there is a certain date.A smile floated on the emperor's face, "You must have been moved by my sincerity, right?" He bent down to look at her with both hands on her shoulders, "You are a rock, and you can get hot sometimes, yes wrong?"

He pulled her into his arms, and she sighed in her heart, she was already approaching the city, and he didn't seem to notice it at all.

She put her hand on his shoulder and asked tentatively, "Should we step up our guard on the day of the wedding? Have you increased the number of people around the inner city?"

He hummed, "It's [-]% more than usual, and there's more than one minister in charge of the bodyguard, and he has all the power to dispatch. Isn't it just a joke with my life!"

Song Yin's heart skipped a beat, "Master, it's good to take precautions before they happen, but Rongshi has always been a person with evil intentions but no courage..."

He snorted softly, "You still don't understand him. Back then he practiced courage on the sticky pole, like more than a dozen condemned prisoners chopping melons and vegetables. The blood jumped high, and he swung his knife in the sea of ​​blood. Like a blood gourd, he is still smiling. He is really a heartless person. If he pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger in front of you, you really think he is incompetent? This person is very smart, not a fool. "

She wanted to push him away, but he held on tightly and would not let go, so she had to give up, and tried again: "Since you ordered other ministers to dispatch the guards, the master should rest assured. Being bold is one thing, and being rebellious is another." Zong, you can't suspect him because of me."

He stroked her temples, smiled and said he knew, "I guess he wouldn't dare, unless he doesn't want the whole family to die."

Perhaps all he could think of was assassination. Rong Shi and the princes communicated with each other very secretly, except that night when he went to Prince Gong's mansion to invite Wu Ye as a lobbyist, the usual contacts were all in the teahouse Bird Market.There are too many people with mixed eyes, and a note is inserted between the servants and the servants pass a word. Even if the emperor puts eyeliner on this situation, there is no evidence for it.

Song Yin breathed a sigh of relief, struggled again, and complained in a low voice: "It's so hot."

He didn't force it, he withdrew his hand, turned around to look at the lotus on the lake, squinted his eyes and raised his chin slightly, with a gesture of looking down on the world.

Song Yin let go of her clenched fist for a long time, and a cool breeze passed through her fingers.Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, there will always be a saying about what the fate will be.

The big wedding of the emperor and empress is celebrated all over the world.There are lanterns and festoons inside and outside the Forbidden City, and the inner court has been as bright as day since the lanterns were held.If you usually only use one thousand, you will need to spend five thousand today. Song Yin stood under the eaves and looked out, from the Qianqing Palace to the Jiaotai Palace, and then to the Kunning Palace, countless poke lights were erected on this straight line.Although you can't see the scene outside the Qianqing Gate, you can imagine how grand and complicated the ceremonial book is.

The emperor didn't know what was in his mind, was he afraid that she would be sad or something strange?A few female officials were deliberately left to accompany her in Hongde Hall.After a long time of contact, everyone is familiar with each other. Five or six people moved the bamboo baskets and sat in front of the palace gate waiting to see the bride.

The queen's treatment in the palace is better than anyone else's. The Forbidden City is too big. If you have to walk, half the imperial city will take two cups of tea time.The phoenix chariot can go through the left door to the Qianqing Gate and stop in front of Majesty Dan. The Empress will walk through Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Hall, and then to the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace with the support of others.Looking sideways from where they are, they can be roughly seen, just like the moment the bride enters the door at a folk wedding. Even if the people I have met before are dressed up on the day of the wedding, they are full of strange freshness, which is very worthwhile. expect.

Sheng Xiao Suona went into battle together, the sound wave moved over and gradually amplified, everyone stood up and spoke.Sneaking along the verandah, I soon saw two rows of eunuchs wearing tuanshou uniforms, holding high red lanterns, walking through the royal road in front of Jiaotai Hall.Surrounded by the queen, she walked in the red light. She wore a collar on her gown, and her head was covered with an embroidered dragon and phoenix gold silk handkerchief. Swaying lightly, the ears are like a bright moon, and the face is like a silver lotus.The imperial road was only so long, and it was over in a short time. The team entered the gate of the Tai Palace and went straight to Kunning Palace.

Several female officials had never seen the queen before, knowing that the general election was held by Song Yin at that time, they chased her and asked her about the queen.She recalled with a smile, "The mistress is very beautiful, with big eyes, a high nose bridge, and two dimples when she smiles." She pointed her finger at the corner of her mouth, "It's right here. She speaks in a soft voice, without the boldness of the Mongolians. Maybe You're used to staying in Middle-earth, she's quiet and gentle, like a lady from the south of the Yangtze River."

When everyone heard it, they immediately felt admiration, "It's not easy for a Mongolian to grow up like this. The Queen Mother, Lafayette, loves the Lord Long Live. Of course, he has to choose the best girl to be his queen."

There were also people who cared about her feelings, looked at her and said, "If Master Xiao Tong had nodded earlier, maybe that person would have been replaced by you."

She shook her head with a smile, "I, Ama, often say how many hats you wear on your big head. You can't force things that don't belong to you. I don't have that life, and I can't envy you." After talking for a while, I asked, "Tomorrow There is a grand banquet in the Ergong, when will it start, have you inquired?"

The female officials said: "The guests enter the palace before nightfall, and the banquet begins at [-]:[-] o'clock. There are too many people, and it will take some effort to check each one."

She smiled ambiguously, "I don't know if there will be a banquet for the concubines, I feel lonely here by myself, it would be nice if I could be their company..."

She was trapped in the Hongde Palace, and she couldn't move around without the emperor's approval. She didn't even have a chance to meet Master Guo.She made the calculations, today is a big gift, tomorrow the emperor will host a banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for civil and military officials and foreign envoys, and the empress dowager will also entertain the empress' parents and family in the palace of compassion.If you can find Master Guo, even if you can't go to the front hall, you have to wait together.Tomorrow is a crucial day to decide their life and death. If it happens, Master Guo will be the Queen Mother, and the fate of her and Rongshi will be rewritten by then.

She was secretly trembling with excitement, like a warrior's ambition and blood rushing before going to the battlefield.The female official on the tea said, "I heard from Lu Zhangyin and Cai Si that the banquets for the concubines are held in the Yanchun Pavilion. The empress dowager is a considerate person, and the toffees are all widows, so eating at the same table is afraid of offending the empress." Congratulations. So hold a banquet in the imperial garden, far away, out of sight, out of mind!"

This female official was straightforward, and everyone knew it in their hearts, so they couldn't agree, so they all covered their mouths and smiled.

Song Yin said: "Tomorrow, I'll ask Lord Long Live to let me go out to eat! It's not a solution to trap me all the time. I haven't done anything bad, and I'm not a prisoner."

Looking in the direction of Kunning Palace, the majestic palace was covered with a layer of rouge by the water-red lanterns, looking chaotic and annoying.

Emperor Yan'er is newly married, and she is proud of the spring breeze. She will have to work hard to find him.I couldn't find him, so I had to find Lu Run, and asked him to convey it on my behalf, saying that I wanted to see Rang Yu and Master Hui and the others, and begged the emperor to help.

"I used to run all over the Forbidden City, but now I'm trapped in such a small place, like a confinement, with my head up to the sky and my head down to the ground. It is inappropriate for Ning Gong to go to a big banquet, and those who are of insignificant status are not welcome. It is better to go to Yanchun Pavilion, when I was on a job, I got acquainted with the concubines, and we have something to say when we meet each other."

Lu Run nodded after listening, "I will issue the imperial edict in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and announce it to the world. When the court is over, I will send a message for you immediately."

She pursed her lips and smiled sadly, "Lu Run, how is the emperor treating you?"

He didn't expect her to ask this question, so he thought about it seriously, "Whether it's good or not, different people have different opinions. It's good for him to keep me and let me sit at the top of the eunuchs!"

Song Yin looked at him sympathetically, "But you have paid too much. For ten years, you would rather be a steward in the lower yamen than go to the imperial court. I remember that time when the Queen Mother beat you up, and you hid it well. She was deceived and almost lost her life. Thinking about it now, if the queen mother really wanted to execute you at that time, and the emperor couldn't show up to save you immediately, would you still survive?"

He moved the corners of his lips bleakly, and looked at her deeply, "Fortunately, I have you, otherwise tomorrow would be my death day."

It's been a year, and it will be a whole year until tomorrow.She sighed deeply: "So I hope you can live comfortably, in fact, this court is not suitable for you at all." She didn't want to say too much, she just reminded him, "Take care of yourself, leave if you can, The sky and the earth are big outside, and I am much more comfortable than in this cage with golden tiles and red walls."

She said this out of nowhere, although Lu Run was suspicious, he still thought she was hurting herself, and expressed her feelings.He tucked his hands and looked at her, "If you want to go out, I can help you. But what happens after you go out, does the family ignore it? Does the Rong family also care about it? We have all been sewn with wings, so we can't fly gone."

She sighed softly, and now there is only regret, such a good person, but so cowardly and stubborn.

But he asked for an order for her, and the emperor readily agreed when there was a happy event.

Marrying a queen is not a marriage in the ordinary sense. A virtuous housemate representing one side's power is a prerequisite for stabilizing the court.Since the head of the country is the prince of Horqin, intermarriage between the two clans is tantamount to forming an alliance.Mongolia is not easy to control outside the customs. With the help of this prince, Daqin can expand its territory and achieve another prosperous dynasty.Therefore, the emperor's joy is not the joy of Xiao Dengke, but the achievement of political foresight, and the joy of an emperor's macro control.He was busy and didn't have time to see her, so he ordered Lu Run to release her and remind her to fulfill the previous promise in three days.

Three days later—what will it be like three days later, who knows!

Song Yin finally left the Hongde Hall alone, and stepped out from the Fengcai Gate. Even if she was still in the Forbidden City, she still had the feeling of escape.He trotted briskly all the way to Shou'an Palace, the distance was not far, but due to long-term idleness, his physical strength dropped sharply, and he became short of breath after walking a few steps.

(End of this chapter)