concubine leisurely

Chapter 48

"What's wrong with the situation in the court?" Aunt Rui asked lazily with a pair of soft, white, tender and slender catkins wrapped around Zhong Yuan's waist.

"Undercurrents are raging." Zhong Yuan smiled wryly. The Holy One is getting older and his heart is getting softer. King Wu and the crown prince are gradually fighting each other, but the Holy One is still fighting with each other, which makes a group of officials not know what to do.If you want to pass on the crown prince, the king of Wu should be a vassal early; if you want to pass on the crown prince, you should abandon the prince.However, the crown prince is also reluctant to part with the emperor, and the king of Wu is also reluctant, so he just procrastinates blindly.

The posture put on by the emperor was a bit of a rascal, and he was simply saying, "I don't care, I will see that my two sons are all right while I am alive; as for what happens after my death, let it be fate, whoever fights for it will be theirs." For an emperor, this kind of attitude is really irresponsible. With such an indecisive temperament, it is no wonder that the first emperor wanted to abolish him several times when he was still the prince.

The Holy One is the eldest son of the first emperor, who after all occupied the title of the first and the eldest, and has a generous and virtuous name, so he was supported and loved by a group of civil servants. King Lu is his mother and brother, brave and good at fighting, with a resolute temperament, regardless of appearance or temperament. Like the first emperor, the first emperor also favored young sons, but the civil officials of this dynasty most valued loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and orderly seniority.The generals supported the king of Lu who took the lead on the battlefield, and the civil officials supported the prince who respected the virtuous and moral. In the end, the civil officials won.

This dynasty ruled the military with civil affairs, and the status of civil officials was much higher than that of military generals. Fortunately, I was born as a son of a noble family and had a deep foundation.Thinking of this, Zhong Yuan felt a little proud, and said with a smile, "Actually, it doesn't matter. The founding fathers of the Zhong family never intervened in the battle for the reserve position. Let them go. I just don't want to get involved in this matter." The ancestor of the Zhong family was a Careful, so that the children of the family are not allowed to intervene in the battle for the reserve position, and the Zhong family only pledges allegiance to the person who finally ascends to the position.

"Master Hou is lying." Aunt Rui said angrily, "If this matter can be avoided easily, everyone needn't worry about it. Maybe they let us avoid it?"

Zhong Yuan was so happy that he dragged Aunt Rui to spank her, "Little goblin, you are the smartest." The two laughed and quarreled for a while, and Aunt Rui said seriously, "The whole family depends on Master Hou, so Master Hou must be careful. "Bo Yun above the court is treacherous, and a little carelessness may cause disasters. Are there not many noble families who are accused of various crimes, confiscated their homes, and exiled them?"

If there is no skin, there will be no hair. Zhong Ling is still young, so the Zhong family must be safe.

Zhong Yuan hugged Aunt Rui and kissed her fiercely, and praised, "My family, A Rui, is really sensible. Don't worry, I know it well." King Wu asked people to win him over several times, but they were all beaten and distracted. People who are over [-] years old, who can't play Tai Chi?
Since the founding of this dynasty, there have been four emperors, and the land laid down by Emperor Taizu was passed on to Emperor Taizong. He is a dragon among men, he did not encounter any resistance in inheriting the Great Treasure, and no one had any objections.

As for the throne of the first emperor, ahem, as we all know, it was snatched from his elder brother.The first emperor was a general on horseback, and his elder brother was a gentleman who could only read. The first emperor was a feudal lord in Jizhou. After Emperor Taizong died, he drove his troops south and pointed directly at the capital. The dragon chair has been sitting steadily for 30 years.

With this precedent, many people supported the King of Lu in the later years of the late emperor, including the brothers of the founding fathers such as the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Wei. To everyone's surprise, before the death of the late emperor, the King of Lu hurriedly ordered the King of Lu to take over Tai'an and take the throne. passed on to today.

There are too many variables in the battle for the reserve position. The ancestors of the Zhong family were cautious and justified. The Zhong family has never been convicted of crimes, unlike the Duke of Wei, who seized the title and confiscated the house and exiled, and there is no possibility of turning over; it is not like the Duke of Wei, who was once panic Urgent, in the end Princess Qingchuan can save it.

Aunt Rui's beautiful eyes looked forward, "What does the situation in the court have to do with our Ling'er?"

Zhong Yuan sighed, "It doesn't matter. I saw a good son-in-law for Ling'er. Although he is a few years older than Ling'er, he is a good man with responsibility and courage. Today, I heard something from my wife. But it’s not going to work, so I’m not happy.”

Aunt Rui suppressed her smile, and said, "Ling'er is still young. Before she was ten years old, Lord Hou was thinking about sending her out?" Zhong Yuan also laughed, "A good son-in-law is hard to find, isn't it because you want to prepare for it early?" Going down? So as not to delay the child." The two teased for a while, then hugged each other and fell asleep. Aunt Rui lay in Zhong Yuan's arms and thought about things in the middle of the night, and only fell asleep at four drums.

When Yueran returned home, she looked shy and radiant. It was obvious that her newlywed life was very happy. Mrs. Zhong took her eldest daughter's little hand, looked her up and down, and then smiled with satisfaction.Du Peng, son of the Marquis of Changxing, is a cheerful young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although he has a bold temper, he looks very gentle when he sees his newlywed wife. Meng Lai is also happy when he looks at his daughter and son-in-law with a smile.

Within two days, Mrs. Wang came to the mansion to look for Mrs. Zhong, and the two talked closely for a long time. At night, when Meng Lai went down to the yamen, Mrs. Zhong helped Meng Lai change his clothes while talking about the matter excitedly. He was stretching out his arms to let Zhong Shi take off his clothes. Hearing this, his face darkened, and he brushed away Zhong Shi's hand. He stared at Zhong Shi sharply, making Zhong Shi's heart shudder. Dear brother, my master, why..."

Meng Lai said coldly, "If you marry a child who is only eleven or twelve years old, it won't work to use my daughter as a child bride? If you are talking about six girls, can you be willing! If the love is not your own, it won't hurt?"

Mrs. Zhong was stunned, "No, why don't I love her anymore, what I said is that the house will be consummated." If you don't consummate the house, there's nothing wrong with it.

"No!" Meng Lai said decisively, "My daughter will not go out until later. If he can wait, he will come to propose marriage after my daughter and Ji. If you can't wait, ask another lady as soon as possible."

Mrs. Zhong wanted to say more, but Meng Lai put on his clothes again and went to sleep in the study.Zhong was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night.

Leisurely went to Meng Lai's study to look for books, saw Meng Lai's face was not hesitant, volunteered to play chess with Meng Lai to relieve boredom, Meng Lai was so frightened that he shook his hands repeatedly, "It's very unnecessary." Playing chess with this girl can make people angry vomiting blood.You said that such a smart-looking child, how can he not be good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?
After leisurely leaving, Meng Lai sat alone for a long time. Alas, Zhang Bing is really a courageous and insightful man. If he really set up his own family, it would be a good marriage. If he married into Wei Guogong's mansion, But absolutely impossible.

Leisurely opened her eyes wide and looked at Mo Huai who lowered her eyebrows, puzzled.This girl Mo Huai with strong martial arts was originally very arrogant, Mo Lian was a little uncomfortable with it, thinking that being a girl should act like a girl, how decent is she to be so big?Lei Ran felt that talents should be respected, since they have real skills, they are entitled to be proud.I don't want to think that Mo Huai suddenly became extremely respectful these few days, which frightened Youran quite a bit.

"Miss Mo Huai, you don't need to call yourself a servant girl or a maidservant. No matter who you are in our Meng family, we will all call ourselves me." You Ran explained with a smile. In other words, the tradition of the Meng family is really good, otherwise I would hear people calling themselves something all day long. "Slaves" and "concubines" are annoying to death.

"Yes, maidservant..., no, I know." Mo Huai changed his words obediently.Nodding leisurely and satisfied, that's right.This is in one's own home, peers can call each other "you and me", juniors call elders, subordinates call superiors (maids call young lady), of course they should be called respectfully, but when calling themselves "I" is fine, in Dream of the Red Chamber Isn't that the way it is.

"Molly, Mo Huai, pack your luggage when you have time these days, we will go to the western suburbs to escape the summer heat in a few days." Youran's small team has introduced high-level talents and experts, and is very willing to give some preferential treatment. This, Even if it's a holiday, the weather is getting hotter and I can't stay in the city anymore.

To say that these two professionals are really not covered, Hu Fei "met" Youran in the garden a few days ago, entangled and left Youran, and even wanted to pull Youran's sleeves, but was punished by Mo Li, gently Hu Fei fell a somersault, and Hu Fei's nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Afterwards, Ding yelled and pulled Hu Fei to reason with You Ran.With a close-fitting beauty bodyguard, the safety factor has been greatly improved. After leisurely satisfaction, she really felt that professionals should be given material rewards and spiritual rewards. Sure enough, after Meng Lai returned home at night, he praised Mo Li and Mo Huai severely. Another big reward was given, but Mo Huai was still calm, and Mo Li's face was flushed red by the praise.

This time, I will take them to the western suburbs for a vacation. Well, the reward is very good.

"Where to the western suburbs?" Molly asked boldly.Smiling leisurely, "The elder sister of the Shui family just set up a villa in the western suburbs, called Ruoshui Villa, that's where we're going."

Mo Li and Mo Huai looked at each other and smiled, Ruoshui Villa is the neighbor of Luohu Villa, isn't it?
Meng Lai rested for a day, and personally sent Youran to the western suburbs of the Shui family. The father and daughter stayed with Shui Shangshu for a whole day. Afterwards, Shui Shangshu and Meng Lai returned to the city, and Shui Bingxin and Youran stayed in Zhuangzi "to avoid the heat".

In a quiet and elegant courtyard of the Meng Residence, Hu Xiaoli was thinking hard on the lamp alone. The maid Lian Er approached lightly and advised, "It's late at night, girl, let's rest early." Hu Xiaoli shook his head, "Where can I sleep?" Lian'er wanted to persuade her again, but Hu Xiaoli grabbed her hand and smiled wryly, "Lian'er, you have served me since childhood, we are like sisters, I can only talk to you if I have something to say. Do you know, The five girls from the Meng family went to the western suburbs to escape the summer heat?"

Lian'er thought that Hu Xiaoli had a heart for comparison, so she hurriedly persuaded, "Girl, we can't compare with the five girls of the Meng family..."

Hu Xiaoli smiled softly and tiredly, "No, Lian'er, why would I want to compare myself with others, how can I compare?" Although Lian'er is smart, she is just a maid after all, how did she know that before she came to Beijing, her mother wanted to compare herself to others? Married into the Meng family, the old lady Meng also had the same thoughts, and she still felt that there was hope for her life.Unexpectedly, after entering Beijing, his elder brother Hu Fei fell in love with the girls of the Meng family, saying that all the girls of the Meng family were beautiful, and he would be content to marry any one of them to go home. Mother has always been partial to her son, and now she completely forgets about herself , determined to help his son marry a girl from the Meng family.

No matter how poor the family is, there is no marriage exchange. If Hu Fei really marries a girl from the Meng family, he will be finished, and he will never want to marry.Being a daughter is really hard life. If you have good things, you will always give way to the boys in the family.

"Lian'er, you have also seen, what is the day in Beijing, and what is the day at home, I really don't want to go home again." Hu Xiaoli said softly and firmly.

(End of this chapter)