A Collection of Old Sayings by Fourth Sister You

Chapter 227 Meeting the Best Him: Red Dust (62)
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With a sweep of his sleeves, he respectfully took the booklet without turning it over, and respectfully put it aside again.With a calm expression on his face and a calm voice, he called out to Brother Huang and gestured for him to sit down.

The two brothers sat down across a table of incense, and the emperor looked at him hesitantly, wondering, "What's the matter? I went to the north, did something happen?"

He raised his eyes to look at the sky, quickly lowered his eyelids, shook his head and nodded again, making the emperor confused.

"A person who was quite neat before, why did he suddenly become confused? What's the meaning of shaking his head and nodding again?"

He also laughed himself, "I'm sick and confused, and it's a sin to keep you in the circle. I talked to Brother Six this morning, and I heard that I'm going to point him at Fujin?"

The emperor leaned against the fence and stretched his muscles and bones, and said with a smile: "There is such a thing, blame him for not making progress, not doing well in schoolwork, and he would bark his teeth when he taught him a few words, making him so angry It’s not light, say you can drive him out, find a wife to take care of him, that’s how you talk about marriage. If you’re still young, what kind of responsibility does a 13-year-old know? Playing a Fujin is like playing house with a child .Returning to make trouble every day, and then going to the palace to complain, I have a headache when I think about it. You are also getting old. It used to be an excuse to be busy with errands, but now it is no longer possible. Changchun Garden is pressing hard. This year, Jiaochun will send a message, Let the good ones choose, all the assignments are fully assigned, the old man is willing to see you in pairs." Speaking of getting up, he turned to the fish tank to look at the two koi carp, pinched the food with his fingertips and tossed it to see the fish mouth Hesitating on the surface of the water, he said in a slow voice, "You know the temper of the old thirteen, like a calf, it's the opposite if you say you want to marry him, you have to choose by yourself. If you don't like it in the minister's house, please don't restrain him , He wants to go outside to look for it. The old man will definitely not do it when he hears it, saying that you find a fool and go home to get it, and the jade certificate has become a story book, and the two of you later got into a fight, and the old man was so angry that he didn't eat for two days. "

Hong Ce was a little surprised, "It won't work if you don't eat or drink for two days, your body can't bear it."

The emperor waved his hand, "If you don't eat and have snacks, you won't be hungry, but it's just to show an attitude and force the old thirteen to submit."

"Then what did Hong Xun say?"

"I'm not happy with life or death." The emperor sighed, "If the old man is interested, he can take him into Changchun Garden by himself, don't take him along. There's nothing you can do about him, it's up to you now."

Hong Zhizhi twitched the corner of his mouth, and he dared to do it openly and honestly only when he was confident. He had a mother and no father since he was a child, and he referred to marriage as a kindness. Everyone expected that he would not refuse, right?

He slowly stroked the corner of the Buddha beads with his fingers, and he didn't seem to be smiling. He just said: "I'm afraid I will disappoint the emperor. I thought I would play it in the scriptures in two days. Now that I mentioned it, I will understand it more quickly! I I met a woman I like, and I want to grow old with her. I can't accept this marriage. One is that I don't want to lose her, and the other is that the girl is the heart of my parents. Come to me and get a place. It’s like outsiders, it’s difficult for each other, why bother!”

He spoke directly, and the emperor understood.Originally, a man is a man who stands upright, but when he reaches the emotional level, his temper completely disappears, which is not something to be ashamed of.He is someone who has experienced it and can understand the mind of the old twelve. He and the queen had a twists and turns at the beginning, so when it comes to who is in love with whom, he always has an attitude of being willing to make things happen.

"That's fine, but the girl's background is second to none. As long as her character and appearance are decent, please ask the queen to hold her hand. Make a decision!" He asked again, "Whose girl is it? From the capital or from outside?" Thinking After thinking about it, I added, "How old is this year? What does it belong to? The zodiac sign is important. Two people can't get along with each other. If a woman is prosperous, the man can only go smoothly when he is outside. Don't say that I believe in those people, but think about it carefully. , somewhat makes sense."

Needless to say, his theory came from the mouth of the queen.The emperor was a pragmatic person at the beginning, and he believed in a pair of iron fists to rule the world. He disdained those illusory things, but he couldn't stand someone whispering in your ears every day.Women like to study numerology, divination, make plans, and pull fifty or so yarrow stalks to separate and reunite.Sometimes he stood on the sidelines and watched, but he didn't see any tricks, he just knew that his queen liked to play with this.Anyway, she managed the harem in an orderly manner, and she was regarded as a virtuous housemate. This virtuous queen said that it was because of the matching zodiac sign that the couple lived so comfortably, so he believed it and copied this to educate his brother.

Hongce pondered one question after another, not because he couldn't answer it, but because he felt it was difficult to speak.Dingyi posed a problem for him, others can easily say, the absence of people is the most difficult hurdle to overcome.

He thought for a while, sucked his lips and said: "She is eighteen years old, she is a sheep, and she is from the capital. She is from an official family, but her family has fallen, and she has lived a hard life alone for more than ten years. I have traveled so many places. , I have never seen such a girl who never complains no matter how big the setbacks are, she is optimistic, open-minded and capable, far from being comparable to those rich ladies."

When the emperor heard this description, he felt familiar, it was simply a copy of Queen Su.He likes girls who are capable. Back when the Queen was the auntie, Wen Neng played Chongwu and knew how to tame eagles. Even the death of Queen Kun's father was a funeral that she helped take care of.The woman looks attractive without being pretentious or pretentious, and she slammed into his heart right away.After all, they are brothers, although they are not the same mother, the blood rushing in their veins is the same.He felt that Hongce had a good eye and was very flattering, and he could not be compared with anyone else like the emperor, so how many detours he had to avoid, he was lucky.

There was a slight smile on the emperor's face, "It sounds like a good girl. If you say she is capable, what can she do?"

He thought of her skills, the pride flowed from his eyes, and he counted them one by one, "I can be a trumpeter, I can play the trumpet for weddings and funerals, I can push a wheelbarrow to transport food, I can train birds, I can pick mulberries from trees. Son...there are even more daring ones, serving as an apprentice to the executioner with a knife, cleaning the execution ground, covering the blood and removing the corpses, there is nothing she can't do."

The emperor was dumbfounded. He thought that the empress's taste was more extraordinary, but he didn't expect the old twelve's taste to be so special.After thinking about it, it was wrong, "So the background is not bad, it is quite bad. Where did you find such a person, how can you be an apprentice to be an executioner? The laws of Great Britain cannot be profaned. If a woman is mixed in, the people above are all dead?"

In fact, it was really hard for outsiders to accept it. Seeing that the emperor was going to get angry, he hurriedly said: "The emperor is a man of nature. There are people in this world who live a miserable life, which is far beyond our imagination. We were born in the emperor's family, so we don't need rich clothes and good food." Said, as for her, after the family collapsed, her relatives thought it was a burden, and no one was willing to take her in. She had no father or mother and lived with a nanny since she was a child. It's a bit of a drag. Since she bears the name of a boy, she is naturally doing a man's work. She has to live no matter how unwilling she is. She did nothing wrong. I'm telling you frankly today that I rely on my second brother in my heart. I... There is no way." He lowered his head, choked up slightly when he talked about the sad part, "I want to treat her well and let her live a more relaxed life in the future. I will not marry anyone else, as long as it is to welcome Fujin, the candidate must be her. This time not Because the finger marriage is imminent, I would also like to ask the emperor to point her out to me as a Fujin, and we will be grateful for the emperor's kindness forever and ever."

How is this possible? It's simply fantastic!No matter how considerate the emperor was, he could not allow such a lowly person to confuse the royal blood.That's right, I said earlier that I don't care about his background, but the minimum for him is that his net worth is innocent.It's okay to be poor, the prince doesn't point to Fujin to bring a dowry to help, even if the father at home is a junior official of the sixth or seventh rank, it doesn't matter, at least it's a gift to others.What is the old twelve matched with now?Is it good for a girl to grow up among men from a young age?I don't know how many bad habits she has been infected with in the market. The more difficult her life is, the more her mind becomes more serious.

He frowned coldly, "The marriage of two surnames is not your own business. You say that heroes don't ask where they come from, and you are not so far-fetched. If you marry an executioner, do you want the dignity and face of the Tian family? In front of Huang Ama, How do you plan to explain to the imperial concubine?"

Hong Ce still said the same thing, "I beg my second brother to be fulfilled. My brother didn't intend to hide it from you. Otherwise, I would create an identity for her privately, and most of the court officials would be willing to recognize her."

"Then you are making me trouble?" The emperor's voice was a little higher, scaring the eunuchs and maids on duty into silence.

Hong Ce was just helpless, in all fairness, if she was by his side right now, he wouldn't need to confess those things to the emperor.Recognizing her as a wealthy relative means that the marriage will be smooth sailing.What now?The aunt who was raised in the boudoir suddenly disappeared, it was really unreasonable, there was no other way but to pick and choose the truth.

Just as he was about to explain again, a man came in from the door, wearing a cheongsam embroidered with stone blue embroidered with golden phoenix and trimmed with a golden phoenix, with a tourmaline eighteen-child bracelet hanging on the right lapel button on his chest. The man in his 30s has raised two sons, and his complexion is still not old, with dignified eyebrows and eyes, like a young girl.

Hongce condescended to give Qian'er a slap, "Greetings to the empress."

The queen smiled, and said softly: "Master Twelfth is back? It's hard work outside, I prepared some snacks, you and Lord Long Live can use some." Then she turned to the emperor, "I just heard your loud voice outside , my brother, why don't you say anything, you want to be so anxious?"

The emperor glanced at her, and said to himself that you have been listening to her for a long time, and you couldn't hold back, so you brought in some refreshments.Unwilling to expose her, he pointed at Hongce, "Ask him."

Hong Ce looked embarrassed, after all, she was his sister-in-law, so some things were not convenient for her to say.

The queen waited for a long time, but the two brothers didn't say a word. It's not a problem if this goes on. She turned around and poured tea, holding the plate and said: "Actually, it was windy outside just now, and the sound was blown over. I also heard a little... yes Didn't you say that the twelfth master pointed out the marriage?"

Hong Ce took the teacup handed over by the Queen, thanked him, and said yes.

The queen poured another one to the emperor, and said to herself: "I have also seen those twenty Xiuxiu. I don't know if they are just entering the palace and restrained, or if they invite the same Western-style banquet, they don't care about face. You can’t tell who’s who by how you talk and behave. We, Daying, teach our daughters this way now? It’s not too profound, it’s just not frivolous, not grinning. It’s as if all the ladies are carved out of the same mold. It doesn't make much sense. What's the name of the girl Twelfth Lord mentioned?"

Hongce said: "Ding Yi, called Ding Yi."

"Look, what a great name, it sounds like you're in trouble, or should it be called Chunlan Qiuju. A girl in trouble is so sweet, she knows that life is hard, she works harder than anyone else, and she becomes a family more than anyone else Cherish the blessing." With a kind smile on her face, the queen asked the emperor without haste, "Are you worried about Lord Twelfth's eyes? He has handled so many cases, which one makes you feel uneasy? You are 24 years old, no? Son, can’t you tell the difference between good and bad? We haven’t seen anyone, and we only speculate about others behind their backs. If you don’t think well, why do you judge people so badly? The two of them have been together for a long time. It takes a bit of effort to pretend for months or years. You don’t need to judge whether a person’s character is good or not, you just need to look at her subtleties, and sometimes you can see it with a look and an expression.” She sat under the sill window, planted in the corner of the wall. A few green bamboos, the bamboo leaves stretched out to the window, she reached out and picked a piece, and fiddled with it back and forth in her hand, feeling, "Young lady, it's not easy. I'd be scared if I had to do this job." She can't die. She still needs to be cleaned up, let alone a girl, and men are embarrassed. It seems that she has been wronged for something, but she still has to be misinterpreted. If you want to ask her about her sins, wouldn't this add insult to injury? The emperor is a holy master, You can't do something like that, can you?"

The emperor was gagged by her, knowing that she had a good heart, but it was about the dignity of the emperor's family, so he could do it, and there were elders above him, so was it fun to blame her?
He nodded frequently, "Let people poke the spine and say, 'Prince Jin's Fujin pretended to be a man at that time, and ran in the alley in public. But if you ask Sijiucheng, it's all a joke', so good? There are so many women in the world, she must be it." ?”

It's not your fault, let's just persuade and persuade, just change someone, it's actually not that easy!Do you identify a person, just throw it away in a few words?The queen felt that the emperor hadn't talked about his relationship for many years, and she forgot how she and the empress dowager got into trouble at the beginning.

She drawled and said, "Don't do to others what you don't want to be done to you..." Glancing at Hongce, although he didn't argue, the melancholy and firmness in his eyes could be seen.Men from the Yuwen family are good at this. They can spend their hearts in a unique way, but their infatuations are the same.Since Emperor Gaozu, as long as you meet the right person, you will plunge into a dead end and refuse to come out.Those who can be consummated are counted as good fortune, those who cannot be consummated are willing to die, with a sense of loneliness and desolation.Knowing that there is a root cause of this disease, she should avoid it no matter what. The empress is kind-hearted and always feels that it is convenient for others, so why not do it.There is no standard for things like marriage. As long as the person is right, the foundation of the family is secondary, so I persuaded the emperor, "Don't beat people to death with a stick. Let's talk about it! Long live God is not free, I am free, I like seeing sisters-in-law the most, so leave it to me."

The emperor glanced at her, thinking about it, he couldn't do anything, and he was as eloquent as the queen, but the father and mother were arguing about other people's affairs, so they lost their temper, patted his knee and said: "Her father has been out." Are you an official? What kind of officials did your ancestors have? Let’s do it according to the Queen’s wishes, bring people in and have a look, if it’s good, leave it in the palace to be plated with gold, and it will be smoother to marry later.”

Hongce has his schemes, Dingyi's real identity can't be said for the time being, but the emperor will inevitably suspect that he is partial in handling the Wen Lu case, if he surrenders his rights, when will the black hands behind the scenes be found out?But this did not prevent him from being grateful to the empress, and he got up and bowed down, "Thank you for your forgiveness, the empress's heart, my brother is deeply grateful... It's just that she is not here at the moment, so I can't enter the palace to meet the empress. I want to ask first One place, give her a home, and when she comes back in the future, she won't have to wander anymore."

After talking for a long time, it turned out that no one was there at all, and the dissatisfied emperor frowned again, pointing at the old twelve and yelling at the empress, "Look what kind of bastard this is! Now my imperial orders are so worthless I have never heard of this kind of thing in 800 years! I can’t make sense with him, so I advise you not to bother, just pick one of the batch and finish drafting. , when he has a score, the sky will be bright!"

The queen had another idea, and said sadly: "I guess it's like this. They don't want to make things difficult for you. They know that they are not good enough for you, and they don't want to watch you marry someone else. Think about it or not." Let's go, don't delay your future, isn't that the case? Alas, women are so pitiful, they are willing to suffer even the greatest grievances for the sake of their sweetheart. Such a good girl is hard to find even with a lantern."

The emperor couldn't stand it anymore, no matter how sensational the queen was, this matter was absolutely unacceptable.Not happy to hear them sing the oboe, he snorted and walked away.

(End of this chapter)