Blessed

Chapter 76

Shen Xian caressed the jade finger on his thumb, the plain finger made of purple jadeite was the same piece of jade as the purple jadeite bracelet that was given to Yuzhu back then. It became more transparent and clear.He couldn't help playing with the jade wrench when he was thinking about it. Now when he heard Emperor Ruiwu's words, he caressed it subconsciously and thought for a while before saying, "I think that with Du Jian's temperament, he wouldn't trust Zhang Dao easily. He It took dozens of months to get involved, and it will take at least half a year to gain Du Jian's trust."

"Du Jian is very cautious on weekdays. Even in the stockade, there are fixed people who buy drinks and eat food on weekdays, and the rest are not allowed to enter." Shen Xian continued, "My idea is to gain Du Jian's trust by Zhang Dao. Only by being able to get into the back kitchen and tamper with food, drink and water can we catch everything in one go."

Du Jian was very careful, otherwise he wouldn't be able to escape the pursuit of officers and soldiers and live well after killing hundreds of people.

After Emperor Ruiwu knew that the leader was Du Jian, he also understood that these bandits were more assassins than any serious criminals, and they really needed to plan carefully, so that he could not be given another chance to escape. There is currently no one in charge of the Commander and Tongzhi, and I declare you as the Commander of the Jinyiwei, and the Jinyiwei is under your command, and I hope that Aiqing will not disappoint my expectations of you."

The Jinyiwei is the personal guard of Emperor Ruiwu. They directly drive the guards, inspect and arrest them, and have great power. Many officials in the court will fear the Jinyiwei. In the case of a great injustice, Emperor Ruiwu beheaded and executed the commander in order to appease the anger of the public. Since then, the position of the commander has been vacant, and Jin Yiwei directly obeyed Emperor Ruiwu.

Commander is a third-rank official position, and commander Tongzhi is from the third rank. It is not easy to achieve this official position at Shen Xian's age, even the original Zhen Guogong Shen Wei never had it.

Also because the commander had too much power, Emperor Ruiwu didn't dare to delegate power easily, and he really admired Shen Xian, so he gave him the position of commander and acquaintance.What's more, the guards in Jinyiwei are all good at martial arts, much better than ordinary soldiers. It will be much easier for them to suppress the bandits. To Shen Xian, let him lead.

As soon as the imperial decree was read out, many officials in the capital, princes and nobles, became agitated. They wrote a letter to advise the emperor not to act recklessly, saying that Jin Yiwei has too much power, and that even a commanding officer should choose carefully. One should not climb to the position of Cong Sanpin in one step.

Emperor Ruiwu paid no attention to these memorials, every day these officials knelt down to force him, and he let them kneel down, and he did what he had to do. After a few days, perhaps he knew that Emperor Ruiwu had made up his mind. These people finally stopped.

The 17-year-old Tongzhi, the commander of the third-rank Jinyiwei, is afraid that his future will be unmatched. This kind of honor makes the threshold of the Duke's Mansion almost collapsed. Many people secretly asked Mrs. Liu if her parents and sons were engaged. , like what kind.

Everyone in the capital knew that the princess was not in charge of the Duke's family, and would not go out to socialize. They thought it was normal for Madam Liu to decide the marriage of the children.Mrs. Liu was asked so many times that her face froze, "I'm really joking, the marriage between the prince and the princess is determined by the Duke and the princess, and I'm just their aunt, so I can't be the master." She didn't want to get involved. Taking on this thankless job, and the son has a very cold temper, how dare she intervene, she was frightened by the incident of Shen Yan falling into the pond.

The princess does not leave the mansion, and the Duke is thousands of miles away, so it is impossible to say goodbye to Shen Xian.

It took several days for Yuzhu to know about this, and she said with a smile to the maids in the house, "If it wasn't for the busy year, I should go to congratulate Brother Shen. Send it over, and congratulate Big Brother Shen for me."

Wild game is also rare in winter, not to mention that the Duke's mansion is not short of gold and silver, and he is not satisfied with any congratulatory gifts. It happened that the princess wanted to eat muntjac meat a few days ago, so she asked the old hunter to hunt it in the mountains.

After this twelfth lunar month, Yuzhu was nine years old, a half-grown girl, and she became more and more sensible. The Mu family gradually began to teach her some common chores. A decent girl not only needs to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but these common chores are the most important.

Yuzhu is smart and quick to learn, she already has a way of looking after accounts and managing affairs, and it is enough for Mrs. Mu to give her a few words.

It was not until after the year that Yuzhu loosened up. The Mu family thought about her daughter, and at this year's end, all the general affairs of the third house were handed over to Yuzhu.Although the mansion is given by the Lin family, there are relatives and friends in every house, and if they need to give gifts and favors during the year, the mistresses of each house have to make a list and send them to the main house. Years later, half of the mistakes have not been made.

Yuzhu has grown taller again. Children of this age grow fast. It is not surprising that they change clothes twice a year. They pick out new styles and ask the tailor to do them.

Jiang Jin and Jiang Jin in the mansion are all of marriageable age. Jiang Jin is Yuzhu's eldest brother, and the Mu family is not in a hurry to find a relative for him at this moment, and plans to choose carefully.Jiang Yu is the concubine of the second room, one year older than Jiang Jin, in fact, only seventeen years old, but Aunt Hong was in a hurry, and begged Tao to arrange a good marriage for her son.

Jiang Yu has a weird personality. At the beginning, he refused to go to the imperial examination and hid outside for a few days, making Aunt Hong very ill. Now Aunt Hong is looking forward to finding a good marriage for him. She told Tao, "Ma'am, our elder brother is also seventeen. We should tell him about the marriage. I think the youngest daughter of Prince Zhan Shi's family is pretty good, or the third girl of Yongning Hou's family is also pretty good. Madam, or Get someone to come and talk."

Yuzhu happened to be playing with Yuxiang in the next room, and when she heard this, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak. Yuxiang was also quite helpless, and couldn't help muttering, "She thinks so beautifully."

No, the prince Zhan Shi is a fat errand, Zhan Shi is in charge of the government, the workshop, the bureau's political affairs, a senior official of the third rank, and the little girl in the family is also born of a serious mistress and raised up.The other Yongning Hou Mansion is a prince and marquis, a second-class title, which is higher than their Yongyi uncle's mansion. Several elder brothers of Yongning Hou Mansion are also officials in the court, and the third girl is also a daughter-in-law.

Other people's families marry low-ranking daughter-in-laws. She is good, but she chose a high-ranking family, who is still so much higher. Their Jiang family is also in full swing, but after all, it will take ten years for several brothers to survive.If Jiang Yan is capable, it’s okay to come to the door to propose marriage. He doesn’t have any fame and can accomplish nothing. If he goes to the door to propose marriage like this, the Jiang family will become a joke in the whole capital the next day.

Xu Shi could see that Tao's face was very ugly, Aunt Hong stepped back and said a few more, at least they were lower than the two families just now, but they were all favored daughters of serious officials, and the mistress Certainly not happy.

Tao Shi probably couldn't bear it any longer, and asked Aunt Hong, "If the fourth son of Uncle Zhongqin's family came to propose marriage to Yulan, would you be willing to marry Yulan to him?"

Aunt Hong's complexion is not very good, "This is absolutely unacceptable, Madam, why do you want to abuse Yulan like this, the fourth son of Uncle Zhongqin's mansion doesn't even have any fame, he is ignorant all day long, just wandering around."

Dow smiled coldly, "Brother Yu doesn't have the slightest fame, so why would someone else's spoiled girl agree to tell Brother Zhu?"

Aunt Hong understood now, and her face became even more ugly.

Yuxiang in the next room couldn't help laughing out loud, and secretly said to Yuzhu, "You should treat her like this, it will save you a toad who wants to eat swan meat. I don't mean that third brother is bad, but I think people should treat her like this." With self-knowledge, Mother originally looked at several families, no matter whether they are concubine daughters or daughters of small families, but she wants someone who is gentle and honest, and she wants to marry someone from a high family."

Yuzhu believes in the eyes of the second aunt, seeing how good the second sister-in-law is, and her family background is not so prominent.However, Aunt Hong couldn't see clearly, she always wanted to pick the best one, but she didn't have the ability.

Over there, Dow said, "I have my own opinion about Brother Zhu's marriage, so don't worry about it, I will find a good one for Brother Zhu."

Aunt Hong wanted to say something more, but Tao said she was not feeling well and wanted to rest, so she asked her to invite her out.

Dow intends to choose carefully, Brother Yu is not too old, he will spend half a year looking for it, and it will take about half a year to prepare, so it is just right for him to get married.

Yuzhu went back to the third room and told Mu about this matter, and Mu also laughed, "You really have a heart higher than the sky. Your second aunt is a good one. In some families, the mistress doesn't know how to be a concubine. I Look at the girls your second aunt chose, they are all of good character, I hope Aunt Hong will cherish them."

"I'm afraid that Aunt Hong will do something wrong." Yuzhu couldn't help sighing.

This is really guessed by Yuzhu. Aunt Hong is not willing to let her son marry such a small family. She doesn't care about Tao's painstaking efforts. Proposal.

Aunt Hong is a little disgusted, she knows how to advise a doctor, but the official position of the fifth grade, there is only one concubine son in the family, and there are three concubine daughters left, these two girls are naturally born in the aunt's belly.

Seeing Aunt Hong's disgusted look, the matchmaker whispered to her, "Auntie, don't dislike her being a concubine. Let me tell you the truth, your brother has no fame. If you want to take the daughter of a high family, I'm afraid No, no mistress is willing, and people look down on Brother Yu. Don't look at the admonishing doctor who is only a fifth-rank official, and the second girl is also a concubine, but she was raised under the name of her aunt since she was a child, and the girl's dowry is still generous Incredible."

Seeing that Aunt Hong was still frowning, the matchmaker's voice became lower and lower, "You also know that the wife of the doctor's family is a big merchant in Yunzhou. The dowries prepared by the concubine girls are all this amount..." He said and stretched out two fingers.

Aunt Hong asked hesitantly, "2000 taels?"

(End of this chapter)