The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 762 Extra Story 02
Autumn goes to winter, flowers fall and flowers bloom, 15 years have passed by, and the pace of time has entered the 19th year of Yongchang.

It was another autumn, and the dignitaries of the Lishan Summer Resort moved back to the capital one after another, and the wheels were rolling along the way, which was very lively.

The capital city is also very lively, because according to the usual practice, after the fall, the imperial court will start a top-down performance appraisal. This kind of appraisal is held once a year, and it is a 'mini-examination'.

The quiz usually starts in July and August and ends in September. The specific assessment method is for the examinee to record the achievements and deeds of the year, which is equivalent to a self-identification. He will make a summary of his work in the past year and then report it to his superior In the yamen, there will be a review by the superior, and after the confirmation, the department or the governor of the state will read it out in public, discuss the merits of his political achievements, and finally determine the examination results and record the results in the book, which is called the "examination book".

Local officials' examination textbooks are usually brought into Beijing when officials report to Beijing at the end of the year, and then reported to the Minister of Ministers. This activity is also officially called "examination".

The performance appraisal of each yamen gate in the capital is directly reported to the Shangshu Province before October [-]st, and then the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Officials of the Shangshu Province is responsible for the examination of internal and external officials.

The excellent ones are encouraged to stay in office, or get promoted and get rich.

Those who are unqualified, or even inferior, will take it lightly when they go home and eat themselves, and they may even be convicted of crimes.

The quiz is related to the fate and future, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are more concerned.

And even more coincidentally, this year is still the year of the big exam.

Literally speaking, the big test is more important than the small test.

In fact it is.

The imperial court usually held nationwide official assessments every three or four years. It was a big exam. During the year of the big exam, officials not only had to conduct a self-assessment, but also went to Beijing to accept the personal assessment of the officials and even the saints.

This is far more formal and rigorous than the quiz, and it has the greatest impact on officials' careers.

It can be said that if you are lucky enough to meet the big exam in office and have excellent political performance, then the future will be smooth sailing.

And if the political performance is not good, or the member of the official department who is assessed (the part of the official staff is clear, Kao Gonglang is in charge of Beijing officials, and Yuan Wailang is a local official after the assessment) finds that the person being assessed looks crooked and his handwriting is not good. Mesa, will be sent home to eat their own.

Therefore, the major yamen in the capital are very concerned about it, and the local officials who have served outside also rush to the capital one after another as if they have migrated.

Coupled with the sackclothed scholars who came to Beijing ahead of schedule to take the exam, the huge capital was bustling with people coming and going.

There are also some families who have a rare family reunion because their relatives who have been released return to Beijing to report on their work, so they take this opportunity to hold a happy event or something.

As a result, the bustling index in the capital has reached new highs.

Among the many people who held weddings, the evening ceremony of the Xiao family in Kaihuafang attracted many people's attention.

There is no other reason, Xiao Zhen, one of the twins born to the eldest princess, the Saburo of the Xiao family, officially married the saint's beloved daughter, Princess Changping today.

Saying that she is the emperor's beloved daughter is not a flattering word, but a realistic one. The fifth sister of the princess, her biological mother Wu Zhaoyi, oh no, she is now Concubine Wu. Since entering the palace 17 years ago, she has been favored all the time Not bad, the sage loves Wujiu, and he also loves Changping very much.

There was a concubine Wang Guifei and Concubine Wei Shu who contended with her before, but during the Lishan Rebellion 16 years ago, the two conspired against each other, killed the king, and were bestowed to death by the saint. It was quite a turmoil, and it took nearly three years to stabilize before it stabilized.

And no matter how chaotic the harem was, Wu Zhaoyi looked on calmly and calmly.Of course, God also took care of her. When the palace was at its most chaotic, she wanted to have a baby. When the turmoil calmed down a little, she gave birth to her eldest daughter quietly.

When the harem caused another turmoil due to the incident of Princess An Tong, she stayed quietly in her own palace under the pretext of confinement and raising her daughter, no matter how noisy outside, she remained calm as before.

The sage was first betrayed by his eldest son and concubine, and then he suffered the schemes of his confidants (Hanwang father and son) and true love (Wang Guifei). Finally, the filial daughter who thought she was devoted to saving her father also had vicious thoughts of killing her father.

For a moment, the sage felt a sense of betrayal, being alone, and being in a cold place, how could he be so miserable.

Although the queen and the prince have been accompanying him, he still can't let go.

It was still Wu Zhaoyi's first move, starting with the cosplay business that the sage is most passionate about, and personally appeared on the stage, borrowing the past to explain the present, and tried to persuade him a lot.

Not to mention, the sage might not be able to listen to him if he tried to persuade him in a serious way, but the sage really took it to heart with this playful consolation.

The mood suddenly brightened, and then looked at the beauty on the stage, although she was not a young girl in her twenties, she was also an incomparably glamorous and soft beauty. Almost instantly, the saint transferred all his affection for Wang Guifei and Wei Shufei to Wu Zhaoyi body.

At this time, the sage seemed to have just remembered that, in the name of "merit for childbearing" (the eldest daughter of the Wu family is already one year old), Wu Zhaoyi was named a virtuous concubine, and she was a woman who entered the palace for the second time. The concubine was promoted to the fourth wife.

Although Concubine Xian is the last of the four wives, she is a serious concubine. For a woman of the Wu family who is over [-] years old, it is definitely not a small improvement.

However, this was just the beginning for Concubine Wuxian. In the next ten years, no matter how many young and beautiful women the harem adopted, she still firmly occupied the emperor's heart and became No. 1 in the harem.

However, Concubine Wu Xian is very smart. Although she is favored, she is not domineering, and she has never disrespected the queen, let alone compete with her. Instead, she abides by the rules and only devotes herself to the emperor and her children , not at all as domineering as Wang Guifei, nor as arrogant as Concubine Wei Shu, but she is very close to the maids and servants, except for some young concubines who are jealous of her, not many people really speak ill of her.

Even when the queen talked about Concubine Wu Xian, she had to praise her as 'smart'.

Can you be smart? On the surface, Concubine Wu Xian does not fight or snatch, and is very low-key, but look at the entire Taiji Palace, the few little princesses and little princes born after five years in Yongchang all crawled out of Concubine Wu Xian's belly. from.

The emperor was even more gracious to her, saying that she was worthy of the word "virtuous".

Whether Concubine Wu Xian is really "virtuous" is not well-received by outsiders, but it is a well-known fact that she is favored, but after a few years of hard work, she was directly promoted to a noble concubine.

Now that her eldest daughter has reached the age of marriage, more than a few dignitaries in Beijing secretly inquired, wanting to marry this fifth princess who is no less favored than the third princess.

Concubine Wu chose again and again, and finally settled on the Xiao family in Kaihuafang.

Firstly, the Xiao family is a noble family with a noble family background;
Second, the Xiao family has the eldest princess who is respected by the emperor three times, sitting in the town, which can protect the wealth and honor for three generations;
In the past three years, the Xiao family's in-laws have spread all over the government and the public, and any family can be picked up in the aristocratic circle, and they can become relatives with the Xiao family.

Now that the crown prince's status is stable, Concubine Wu Guifei has no intention of seizing the heir for the time being, but she has many children, so she hopes that they can all have a good home.

Of course, it would be even better if her eldest son could go one step further!
The Wu family is weak, and if they want their son to make further progress, they must need capable in-laws.

Comparing and comparing, Concubine Wu Gui still delineated Xiao Zhen from Changle Princess Chang's family.

Lord Shang, it might not be a good choice for other families.

The princess is tough these days, look, there was Princess Antong raising a pretty face, and Princess Pingan divorced her husband later, not to mention that the two even had a conspiracy, if it wasn't for the two of them, they would have broken up with their husband's family Well, maybe those two families will also be tied up, and it is possible to ransack the family and exterminate the family.

Isn't it the rhythm of bringing such a dangerous and domineering woman home to bring disaster to the whole clan?

If you take a wife, you will get a princess, if you have nothing to do, you will get the government.

Even if she is lucky enough to marry a princess who is not so capable, she still has the status of a monarch and minister.The princess is married to be a daughter-in-law, and she should be filial to her mother-in-law and love her elder sister-in-law, but the princess is a king, how dare you let her salute her mother-in-law and elder sister-in-law? !

And the most important point, although there is no restriction that consorts are not allowed to discuss politics these days, but if they really become consorts, their official career will be affected, and they don't even think about being admitted to the middle school or being a prime minister.

Look at the old parents of the Xiao family, how talented, quick-witted and wise they were back then, what happened?
To sum up, marrying a princess is really not worthwhile.

But these are not difficult problems for the Xiao family, at least for the eldest princess, the problems arising from marrying the princess are all small cases.

In terms of status, looking at the entire royal family, who can be more noble than the eldest princess?

In terms of seniority, Princess Changping is the aunt of Princess Changping.

Not to mention, Princess Changping is still a student of the Deyin Hall of Jiwei College, so she still calls Xiao Nan, the elder sister, the 'principal'.

Marrying Princess Changping as a bride, the eldest princess and the Xiao family collectively expressed that they have no pears, and the eldest princess has carefully observed this niece, and found that Changping is different from her two older sisters, she is a kind, gentle little lady, Although she was a little arrogant in her bones, the eldest princess was confident that she could subdue her.

In fact, even if the sage doesn't mention it, the eldest princess also has the heart to ask her son to marry the princess.

The reason is simple, the eldest princess is thinking about her son's future.

The Duke of Song's title has already been handed over to Xiao Bo. Xiao Zhen was recruited into the Yulin Army by his emperor's uncle and became a good general. Every day he wanders around with a gun in his pocket, which is called "study tour", but it is really just playing around.

Ten years ago, when Wang You'an, a giant businessman supported by Xiao Nan, led a caravan to sea, Xiao Zhen sneaked out of the capital with a small package after hearing about it, and went all the way to Guangzhou.

He was only 12 years old at the time.

After the eldest princess found out, she almost went crazy, sent out all the guards of the princess mansion, pointed guns at the heads of Jingzhao and Jinwu, and ordered them to send people to carry out carpet-like massacres in [-] squares in the capital. The search is the drainage ditch by the wall of the square, and she also ordered people to go down to look for it.

After frantically searching for a month, no one was found. Even Prince Xiao, who had perfected his energy-raising skills, became angry and ordered people to search everywhere for his son's whereabouts.

After being tossed about by the eldest princess and the Xiao family, even the Taiji Palace was alarmed, and the saint summoned Jing Zhao and Jin Wu into the palace overnight to inquire about the specific situation.

More than a month later, when Xiao Nanfei came back with a letter, the eldest princess knew that her son had arrived in Guangzhou and tried to sneak into the treasure ship that was going out to sea, but Li Rong saw it through and took her all the way to Cui's house in the back office of the Shibo Department by the collar.

When Xiao Nan saw his younger brother, he was anxious and angry, he didn't care about reprimanding him, he first reported a letter to Jingli, and then arranged for someone to send Xiao Zhen home.

As a result, the brat refused to leave, and even let go that if his sister insisted on sending him away, he would flee back halfway, and repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to go to sea, and he wanted to be a hero who galloped the sea.

Xiao Nan was so angry that she raised six children, except for the youngest, Changshou, who was a bit eccentric, all of them were obedient and well-behaved, how did she meet her younger brother, who was so worrying.

In the end, it was Li Rong, the bandit who understood the "man's heart" best. Hearing Xiao Zhen jumping and roaring, without saying a word, he picked up his collar again and dragged him to the seaside, kicked Xiao Zhen with ease. Into the sea.

Xiao Zhen knew how to swim, and he used to roll in hot spring pools and streams, but it was the first time he was thrown into the sea like this.

At first he was able to move his limbs and swim around in the sea, and when he got close to the shore, he gave a smug smile to Li Rong, Xiao Nan and others on the shore, but he lost his strength after swimming. , There is a faint feeling of cramping in the right leg.

Xiao Zhen was obstinate, so he persisted for another half an hour. After soaking in the sea for more than an hour, he finally turned pale and asked for help.

"Xiao Renxia, ​​do you still want to ride the sea?"

Li Rong ordered someone to drag him ashore, looked condescendingly at Xiao Zhen who was shivering in a quilt, and said in a cold voice: "Hmph, I can't stand this bit of suffering, you are still a hero, I think it's almost as good as a shrimp .Also, here is only a shallow sea, calm and calm, and there are no sea fish that eat people, but once you reach the deep sea and fall into the water, you will face countless dangers..."

"Even if we arrive at Fanbang land in a smooth sailing, it will not be a happy land without incident. The customs and customs are different, there are strong men and pirates infested, there are also diseases, wild animals... No matter what kind of situation you encounter, it will be enough for you to lose your life."

Li Rong explained in detail the dangers that he might encounter when going out to sea. In order to scare the brat, he deliberately exaggerated one or two, and finally asked coldly: "What, do you still want to go to sea?"

Xiao Zhen held the ginger soup brought by his sister, gulped it down, and then said firmly: "Go!" He murmured to himself, what's so scary about going to sea, cousin, you can do it, I, Xiao, am also a dignified man , why not?
Li Rong met Xiao Zhen's eyes, but Xiao Zhen didn't back away. The two of them looked at each other for a full cup of tea before Li Rong smiled and turned to Xiao Nan and said, "Since Ah Zhen doesn't want to go back to Beijing, let him Stay in Guangzhou. I still need a soldier in Zhechong Mansion, so let him take it with me."

Xiao Nan subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he seemed to understand Li Rong's meaning - for a child, blindly suppressing and refusing may not be a good thing, rather than making him rebellious, it is better to follow his will and let him If he suffers a little, maybe he will know how to turn around.

Of course, if Xiao Zhen really insists on going to sea, then let him learn more skills around him, and it will also allow him to calmly deal with crises in the vast sea and unpredictable journey.

"Okay, as my cousin said!"

In this way, Xiao Zhen stayed in Guangzhou and received professional training for sea guards with a group of government soldiers.

After staying in Zhechong Mansion in the South China Sea for two years, Xiao Zhen was tanned, his body grew taller, and his mind became tougher. Li Rong then said, "Okay, you can go to sea now!"

Later, Xiao Nan helped to be a lobbyist, and finally persuaded his parents to agree to Xiao Zhen's adventure at sea.

This trip lasted for three years. After returning, the little boy transformed into a Wei Erlang. Looking at the elder sister who was crying and laughing, Xiao Zhen actually patted the elder sister's shoulder and comforted her softly, with a calm expression. , Capable good man appearance.

When I left Beijing, I only brought a small baggage, but when I returned to Beijing, I brought a dozen or so carriages of rare goods, such as ivory, rhino horn, and precious stones, and the most eye-catching thing was a circle with a diameter of one foot. There are two colorful tropical fish swimming in the fish tank, which only amazed the well-informed people in Beijing.

After going out to sea, Xiao Zhen became much more stable. He no longer yelled and walked around the world with a sword, but obediently obeyed the eldest princess' orders, entered the palace and served as a guard for his uncle for two years, and then entered the Habayashi forest. Finally promoted to general.

Xiao Zhen is sensible, but the eldest princess feels a little distressed - woo woo, I don't know how much this child has suffered outside, how did he become like this.

With this guilt, the eldest princess indulged Xiao Zhen even more——

If he doesn't want to marry a wife, then don't marry;
He wants to practice martial arts, so she will pinch her brother's neck and make him a general;

Therefore, Xiao Zhen did not discuss marriage until he was 20 years old, which made the eldest princess a little restless. You must know that Xiao Zhi's son, who was born on the same day as him, will be one year old. Datang left men.

The eldest princess would never allow this to happen. She, who has always been pampering to her children, instantly turned into a strict mother, and asked Xiao Zhen to marry a wife with strict words.

Originally thought that Xiao Zhen would refuse, but unexpectedly he agreed, and gave the eldest princess a reference candidate for a daughter-in-law—the fifth princess.

"..." The eldest princess looked at her son's still steady face, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sourness. The son has grown up, and he has his own secrets, and he is no longer clinging to himself like he was when he was a child.

No matter how disappointed she was, the eldest princess still went to propose marriage in a hurry, arranged the marriage happily, and finally married the bride in the door.

On the second day after the bride entered the house, she washed her hands and made soup, served her parents-in-law tenderly and virtuously, and was also very kind to her sister-in-law who was born in a scholarly family.

The father is kind and the son is filial, the brothers and friends are respectful, the sisters-in-law are harmonious, and the grandchildren are playing around. The eldest princess, who is nearly [-] years old, feels that her life is complete.

This kind of happiness, even falling into a dream at midnight is still smiling.

It's just that for some reason, she has been having some strange dreams in the past year. In the dream, she only has Xiao Nan's daughter, and she doesn't have Brother Ah Zhen, and she doesn't have all the grandchildren.

Moreover, this daughter seemed to have changed after she got married. She was at odds with her in-laws' family and her mother's family. In the end, she even wanted to distance herself from the Xiao family who had a disaster.

Later, the strange person from Tianzhu named Luo Er Po Suo Mei said that that was not her daughter, her Qiao Mu had died a long time ago, and now the person occupying Qiao Mu's body was a lonely ghost from nowhere.

The eldest princess was frightened awake on the spot, and Prince Concubine Xiao who was beside her was also awakened, and asked with concern: "Lizhi, what's the matter? Did you have a nightmare?"

The eldest princess took out a handkerchief from the pillow and wiped the sweat from her forehead. After wiping the sweat, she realized that the handkerchief was embroidered for her by her daughter. The embroidery work was poor for 40 years, but it was full of sweat. mind.

Gently rubbing the embroidered patterns on the handkerchief with her fingers, she smiled, and said softly to the son-in-law: "It's nothing, maybe I'm too tired these days, it's getting late, and I have to go to Cui's house tomorrow, hehe, In a blink of an eye, our Qiao Mu will also be a grandmother..."

Nightmares, lonely ghosts, etc., whether it is true or not, the eldest princess doesn't care. What she cares about is the present, having both children and a happy family...

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