The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 274 Concubine ([-])
No matter whether everyone is happy or unhappy, Xiao Nan's birthday party ended smoothly.

Sending off all the guests with smiles on their faces, Xiao Nan and Cui Youbo were exhausted, after watching the last guest go away, the couple heaved a sigh of relief.After hearing the movement, the two looked at each other. Seeing their own tired reflections in each other's eyes, they couldn't help but smile, and the husband and wife walked into the yard together.

Back in Weirui Courtyard, Xiao Nan and his wife went to take a bath respectively, changed into comfortable home clothes, and came to the south window outside the main bedroom with wet hair, sat cross-legged, and let the servant girl help them She twisted her hair with a cotton towel while talking about what happened at today's banquet.

There was a copper Boshan stove on the small table in front of the two people's couch, and the hosta had just added a few pieces of spices into it, and now it was slowly emitting white mist, and a faint fragrance lingered in the room.

"The lady of the Wang family has always been a safe person, she came to our house as a guest today, and she didn't forget to go to the main hall to pay her respects to grandma." These were the words of Xiao Nan who worked hard to get along with Wang Ziqian and his wife.

"Well, Mrs. Wang's family is indeed a very well-behaved person. By the way, Lu Siqing saw that our parents were very fond of students today, and she only praised him for being smart and smart. He is a blessed child." A certain old man who is full is complacent.

"...It's just that for some reason, Junjun Hou also came. I vaguely remember that we didn't post a post for her, right?" Xiao Nan chatted a few words before starting to get to the point.

"Hou Junjun? Is it the wife of General Helan?" Cui Youbo tilted his head and thought for a while, and then said with certainty: "Well, I never wrote a post to her. Maybe she heard the wind and wanted to make friends with the lady, so -"

Cui Youbo couldn't continue, he didn't even believe this.

With a wry smile, he said, "What did Junjun Hou say to the lady? Are you complaining on behalf of Aye?"

The saint personally went to Liaodong, but he didn't let Hou Junji go to the battlefield. He would rather take Li Jing, a veteran who was much older than Hou Junji, and Xue Li, a young general who had only emerged in the past two years.

The meaning of the saint's move is obvious - Hou Junji made a big mistake during his expedition to Gaochang last time, the saint thought of his affection and did not punish him, but since then he will never use him again, at least not in the past ten years .

Hou Junji was originally a very proud and conceited person. He originally thought that those veterans who followed the sage in the early years were already old and would even go first.He is the youngest of all the old officials in the mansion, and he is also capable. He should be treated as a confidant by the saint.

Unexpectedly, in the battle of Gaochang, he just made a small mistake, and the sage obliterated his military exploits without any reward... Now, the sage would not allow him to participate in such a major event as the Liaodong campaign... Really, really too much It's not fair anymore.

For this reason, Hou Junji often complained in front of others, and even his family members often complained, only describing Hou Junji as a tragic hero who is jealous of talents.

When Cui Youbo was listening to gossip in Dali Temple, he also heard it mentioned by his colleagues, so when he heard that Lord Hou came to his wife's birthday banquet uninvited, he couldn't help but think of it.

Xiao Nan shook his head, with a troubled expression on his face, "It would be great if she said those things, but she didn't say anything, as if she just came to celebrate my birthday."

It's not that he thinks of people as bad, it's that Junjun Hou's record is too brilliant, anyway, Xiao Nan never believes that the other party is just saying congratulations.Hou Junjun must have a purpose in this trip.

But she couldn't think of anything, so she mentioned it to Cui Youbo obliquely. After all, Cui Youbo was in the officialdom and there were so many gossips to listen to every day, maybe he could really think of something.

Hearing this, Cui Youbo squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then raised his right hand and waved it, signaling the maid behind him who twisted his hair to step back.

Seeing this, Xiao Nan hurriedly winks at Yuzan.

Yuzan understood, and waved her hand to take all the maids out of the house. She walked in the back and was responsible for closing the door. After closing the door, Yuzan knelt and sat outside the door as usual, with lowered eyebrows and narrowed eyes, as if she was waiting for the master's order, but in fact she was helping the master. keep watch.

Seeing that they were the only couple left in the room, Uncle Cui lowered his voice and said, "Perhaps, this is what she wanted. Ma'am, the guests we invited today are all close friends of you and me, but Lord Hou appeared. Those who know the truth , saying that she came uninvited because she wanted to make friends; but I don’t know, maybe I thought she was also an invited guest.”

Xiao Nan thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized: It really is, the purpose of Junjun Hou's trip is to let people know (or misunderstand) that she has a good relationship with the princess of Xiangcheng. birthday party.

But Cui Youbo entered the official examination as a student of the Hongwen Museum, and the official position was also recommended by the prince. In the eyes of the world, he is a member of the prince's family.

As for Xiao Nan, although she did not expressly support the prince, her relationship with the kings of Wei and Wu was very cold, and people would misunderstand Xiao Nan when they met, thinking that Xiao Nan's husband and wife had also become a princeling.

'Knowingly' Xiao Nan is a princeling, but Hou Junjun, who has a good relationship with King Wu, came out like this, it was clearly a divorce.

Xiao Nan secretly hated, with the experience of her previous life, she knew who would ascend to the throne in the end, and it would be better for her to be mistaken for a princeling.

But it would be bad for the Prince Hou to cause any misunderstanding after such a toss.

Although it was just a trivial matter, Xiao Nan didn't want the prince to mistake her for a fence-sitter, and wanted to please both sides.

Thinking of this, Xiao Nan bit his lower lip lightly, looked at Cui Youbo in embarrassment, "Lang Jun, what should I do?"

Cui Youbo pondered for a moment, and said: "It's okay, my official position is small, and the crown prince probably doesn't think much of it. But the lady has a mother-in-law behind her. If someone misunderstands it, something is wrong."

Xiao Nan understands that Uncle Cui is speaking euphemistically, to put it bluntly: she Xiao Nan is really nothing in the eyes of those princes and uncles, the real value is her princess A Niang.

Even though the Eldest Princess does not participate in government affairs, she has a very close relationship with her clan. Whoever wins the support of the Eldest Princess will also gain the support of most of the clan in a disguised form. This is very important to the princes.

Xiao Nan nodded, and said: "What Lang Jun said is true, tomorrow I will go back to Qinrenfang and talk to A Niang."

After talking about the business, the atmosphere in the room was still a bit dignified, Cui Youbo smiled and said: "By the way, the lady received a lot of congratulatory gifts today, but she is short of being a husband."

Xiao Nan was slightly startled, "Gift? Didn't Mr. Lang give it to me early in the morning?" A white jade peony hairpin with sloppy carving.

Cui Youbo didn't say anything, just smiled, got up and went into the inner room of the dormitory, and came out holding a small box after a while.

Returning the box to Xiao Nan's bed, Cui Youbo nodded his chin: "Lady, this is my birthday present for my wife, I hope she likes it."

I hate it, it's still playing mystery at this time!
Xiao Nan pouted, and opened the box curiously. There were several contracts in the black lacquered wooden box six inches long and four inches wide. She reached out and picked up the top one, took a closer look, and said in surprise: "The lease of the restaurant?"

Then she took out the other items and looked at them one by one, "Is this the sales contract of the shopkeeper and the chef? And the 'flying money' from the Wuzhi Mansion? What is this money?"

Cui Youbo rubbed his half-dried hair, and said with some embarrassment: "This is a restaurant that my grandma gave me according to the rules of the Cui family after I was adopted in Rongshoutang. It is for me to practice my hands so that I can understand the hardships of running a house. "Secondly, it's the expenses for my outings. After all, I've become an official, and it's inevitable that I have to go out to drink and drink tea with my colleagues on weekdays. So, after I got this wine shop, I didn't tell my wife. My lady, you, you You won't blame me, will you?"

While talking, Cui Youbo peeked at Xiao Nan's face, and seeing that she was not dissatisfied, he continued: "This is indeed the flying money I kept in Wushi Mansion, and it is my salary since I became an official. In addition Some Lumi, I have asked the shopkeeper of the restaurant to help sell it, and the money I got has been deposited into the mansion shop."

Xiao Nan looked at the amount on the flying money, um, not much, but not too little either.She silently calculated Cui Youbo's salary for one year, the silk, copper money plus Lumi, the total was almost this amount.

Wait, Cui Youbo has saved his salary, where does his daily expenses come from?Is it only relying on that wine shop?
That's right, that's right, when Xiao Nan saw the deed of the restaurant, he was still puzzled, since Cui Youbo had this property, when he met Bai Shi that day, why didn't he pay for her to buy a house.

Only now did she realize that Uncle Cui spent a lot of money on weekdays, and he probably used up all the bonuses from that restaurant, and his only savings was his small salary.

According to the rules of the Cui family, any gentleman who has an errand must hand over the money he gets every month, and pay the money from the account when necessary.

The old lady would never ask for Cui Youbo's money, and Xiao Nan never asked about his salary, but Cui Youbo knew the rules of the family well, so he didn't dare to spend it recklessly, so he just saved it in the end.

Now, Uncle Cui handed over all these to Xiao Nan in the name of gifts. Xiao Nan thought, could she understand that this guy finally recognized her identity from the bottom of his heart, and then handed over all his personal wealth and salary? !

Regardless of Cui Youbo's purpose, Xiao Nan was very happy, because Cui Youbo's actions fully expressed his respect for his wife, so she happily accepted the box.

However, Xiao Nan never expected that just as she had a slight liking and expectation for Cui Youbo, Cui Youbo gave her another heavy blow with his backhand.

"What? You said you took the young lady of the Yang family to the Rongshou Hall? And let me treat her well?"

Xiao Nan looked at Cui Youbo in disbelief, as if he didn't understand what he said.

Cui Youbo didn't dare to look at Xiao Nan's accusing gaze, he looked around, and murmured: "Ma'am, I, I... this time I'm sorry for Ma'am, but I can't help it. Except for Sanlang and Sanlang in Liaodong, my uncle's family Cousin, all the others were buried in Liangzhou, my cousin is really pitiful... Also, I, I also did something wrong, if I don't take my cousin, she will have no way out..."

(End of this chapter)