Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 100 The nobleman in the capital

At that time, the city gate was also crowded, the weather was already very cold, and everyone was waiting impatiently.

Then, the carriage that marked the magistrate's mansion drove over and wanted to go straight into the city, but was blocked by the queue.

The second lady also opened the curtain of the car to let the servants at home chase them away.

She is already thirteen or fourteen years old, and her facial features are fully developed. Although her temperament is cold and mean, she has a really good-looking face.

On the pendant fairy bun on her head, there are two gold hairpins inlaid with several rubies, but when she opened the curtain, two golden lights appeared.

The ruby ​​on it is not big, but it is of excellent quality, especially the luster.

Let Su Yue recognize it instantly, aren't they the rubies that she picked out to give Xie Jue as a gift?

Didn't Xie Jue say to give it to the magistrate's wife?
According to the time, the prefect's wife's daughter will get married next year.

This kind of ruby ​​is also expensive in the Song Dynasty. When she first picked it, she selected it according to the number of gems needed for a pair of heads. It was a very decent thing to make it as a dowry for the prostitute.

Then why is the magistrate's wife willing to send two golden hairpins to this one at once?

It was strange in his heart that the people in the magistrate's mansion had already driven away the people in front, and Rong Shan also moved the carriage aside.

Then the magistrate's carriage passed by slowly.

The curtain of the carriage was raised, revealing the person sitting opposite the second lady.

Su Yue shrank her head subconsciously.

But Rong Shan glanced at it lightly, then looked away expressionlessly.

It wasn't until the carriage entered the gate of Quanzhou that he took another look at the carriage.

That night, Rong Shan took two guards out for a trip.

When she came back in the middle of the night, she saw that the light was still on in Su Yue's room, she hesitated for a while, but obediently entered the room.

Su Yue was dressed neatly and was sitting at the table reading a book. When she saw him coming in, she smiled and said, "I asked Mrs. Li to make porridge, and Uncle Rong has some."

Rong Shan looked at her with a helpless smile, sat on the chair and finished the bowl of porridge, and said: "The cousin of the magistrate's family, oh, it's the second young lady now."

Su Yue looked at him brightly.

Seeing that Rong Shan's voice paused for a moment, he thought for a while and said, "Miss, can you see the person who is in the same car with that second lady today?"

Su Yue thought, I naturally saw that Yun Qinghong's elder brother had a look of embarrassment on his face.

Rong Shan smiled and said: "At that time, there were two people in the same car with the second lady, one was the eldest son of the servant of the household department, and the other was the eldest son of the Zhen Guogong family."

Su Yue raised her eyebrows suddenly.

Prince Zhen Guogong!
In her previous life, she had heard of this man not long after crossing.

The Duke of Zhen’s surname is Zhao, who was the founding general of the Song Dynasty. In fact, it was Zhao Kuangyin in her history, who had a very close relationship with the ancestors of the Jun family. He was responsible for half of the Song Dynasty. He was named the Lord of the Town, and there have always been children who hold the military power to guard the north.

There is a family motto in Zhen Guogong's mansion, the children of the Zhao family should only protect their family and the country, be loyal to the emperor, and will never participate in any competition for the succession of the throne.

In addition, the Zhao family has handsome talent from generation to generation, so its status has always been standing.

But when it came to this son of the Duke of Zhen, he said that he was weak since he was a child, so he could not become a martial artist. He is in his 20s, and he can only go around and play with dogs and go to brothels all day long. If you win one, you carry it directly to your home.

This made Duke Zhen very much want to replace his eldest son, and let his second wife's youngest son inherit the title.

It's a pity that this son is a useless waste, but he has a favored concubine and aunt.

The first wife of Lord Zhen Guo and this concubine Wu Gui are both the daughters-in-law of the Huaiyuan Hou Mansion. Mrs. Wu is the eldest sister, and Mrs. Zhen Guogong is the younger sister. The two have been close since childhood. Can this Miss Wu marry? Zhen Guogong was also given the marriage by the old emperor because Wu Guifei was favored at that time, blowing the pillow wind.

Who knows that Miss Wu's fate is not as good as that of her elder sister. Not long after her elder sister entered the palace, she gave birth to the third prince, and three years later gave birth to the sixth prince. The old emperor's favor continued. The first face.

But Miss Wu was only pregnant five years after her marriage, and she was injured when she gave birth to her son. After three years of lingering illness, she left her son and died.

Concubine Wu felt sorry for her sister, so she took her nephew into the palace and did not allow Duke Zhen to remarry. It was not until her nephew was 11 years old and the old emperor was invited to directly canonize her as the eldest son that she let Duke Zhen remarry.

Duke Zhen's continuation wife gave birth to his youngest son two years later. The eldest son was 15 years old. After marrying the eldest son, Duke Zhen simply took his wife and youngest son to the border to guard.

Therefore, this son is the third prince who can't be more determined.

However, when the fight for the throne was the most intense, Duke Zhen didn't move at all, and he didn't help the third prince at all.

So this prince took the risk together with the third prince.

Unexpectedly, the old emperor was told by a secret letter from Zhen Guogong.

After the defeat, the eldest son was executed by Ling Chi, but Duke Zhen didn't suffer any loss.

But at this time, it should be when the son of Duke Zhen Guo is following the third prince alive and kicking, why did he come to Quanzhou?

In the memory of Yue Yue'er in her previous life, she didn't have any impression of this one!

Also, didn't Yun Qinghong's father belong to the one who secretly supported the Fifth Prince to the throne?Why did his elder brother get mixed up with Duke Zheng's son again?
Puzzled all over her head, Su Yue smiled at Rong Shan: Please explain!

Rong Shan looked at her puzzled and bewildered face, chuckled lightly, and said: "This second young lady is not a simple person, she ran into Liu Qi last time, and almost hurt you, Liu Qi told the magistrate But our master gave gifts to the prefect's wife to trip her up. At that time, she changed from a young lady to a cousin, but she was really willing to lose face, and used obscene means to win back the prefect's sympathy , and this summer, she was also agreed to go to Jinhua with the magistrate's wife to celebrate the birthday of the magistrate's grandmother."

Su Yue's heart jumped, that's right, the magistrate's wife came from the Jinhua family, and her grandmother was a princess, a well-known old birthday star in the Jun family, and many nobles attended her birthday banquet.

The second lady in the previous life also wanted to go, but the magistrate's wife just didn't agree. This time, did she succeed?

"This second young lady was spotted by Duke Zhen's son at the birthday banquet, and she learned that Madam Fu invited her to come to Quanzhou as a guest." Rong Shan said with a calm expression.

The second lady thought that she had climbed a high branch, but she didn't expect that the prince of Zhen Guogong had already married a wife. Even if she liked this second lady, she was just a good concubine, so the magistrate was happy to see her Cheng, simply agreed to bring him back.

Not to mention that the second young lady has shamelessly had an intimate relationship with the crown prince, but if the magistrate does not want to offend the third prince and Lord Zhen Guo, and even clings to these two, he will definitely agree to this marriage.

However, how can the daughter of a state magistrate have any reason to be a concubine?
Therefore, in the end, the magistrate will still marry that lady as a cousin.

Thinking of Guanshi Wang's disdain when he was drinking, Rong Shan said with a smile: "That second young lady has a bad heart, and she chooses her own path in whatever she does. In the future, the girl will just watch jokes."

The most important thing now is to inform the young master quickly, and come back after the bastard is gone!

"That's right." Rong Shan frowned and said, "Miss, can you give me some more rubies?"

Su Yue blinked her eyes.

"Today, the steward of the magistrate's mansion came to our people, and asked the third master if he still had good gems, and said that the wife gave the second girl the set of ruby ​​heads in the dowry jewelry of her own daughter. " Rong Shan said.

In fact, before he took people to find out today, Guanshi Wang approached their people and asked directly, because he also knew that Xie Jue was not in Quanzhou, so he took the initiative to send the son of Zhen Guogong and his second son The lady said it.

Of course, Guanshi Wang was playing for Xie Jue's good name, and he only said that the son of the Duke of Zhen is a very noble person from the capital. A generous gift naturally caught the eyes of Duke Zhen's son, and in the future, he would have an extra reliance.

The person Xie Jue left behind was originally Guanshi Gong's deputy, and he was very clever, and in a few sentences, he got the following words out of Guanshi Wang.

In fact, in order to show respect for the second lady, the magistrate directly asked his wife to share some of his aunt's jewelry with the second lady, and then the second lady shamelessly took away a set of ruby ​​hair from the aunt.

Although the rubies on the head are medium in size, they are of excellent quality and each one is about the same size. Only the gems returned from Fanwai have such good ones. It is very rare. You can’t find them in the silver building in Quanzhou. A daughter-in-law is most proud of her dignity.

But now it was taken away by the second lady, and the ones that Xie Jue gave back were just enough for a set of heads. Even if you want to spend money to buy them again, you can't find such gems. The prostitute was so angry that she didn't do anything for three days eat.

Madam Zhifu felt sorry for her daughter, thinking that this gem was given by Xie Jue, and Xie Jue might still have it here, that's why Wang Guanshi made such a move.

The gemstone Xie Jue gave away from Steward Wang, she can naturally accept it directly, and then tell Xie Jue's people that the set of clothes was given by Xie Jue, anyway, when the prince of Zhen Guogong leaves, who will know about it? ?

Xie Jue is a sea merchant, so it is impossible for him to go to the capital and tell the prince of Zhen Guogong, I gave you something, did you receive it?
The magistrate's wife even spoke about this matter, but the deputy of Gong Shi was not good and directly refused and said no, only that our master was not there, he had to find a way to find it, and it happened that Rong Shan went to find the deputy of Gong Shi, and the man told the matter.

Among the treasures brought back from Baghdad, the rare and valuable ones were taken away by Xie Jue, and the others were also sold to Hangzhou. Last year, Manager Gong did not bring back many treasures (they were all spices), and the best ones were all Xie Jue. Jue took it, and there were no gems at all (never went to Zhuli).

So I told Rong Shan to ask him to go back and have a look, and if the third master left some in the storeroom, he would just find some and give them to the magistrate's wife.

When Xie Jue gave the gift, Rong Shan wasn't there, and he didn't know what quality gemstone it was.

Moreover, Xie Jue clearly stated that all the gems brought back from Baghdad Ceylon belonged to Su Yue.

(The one from Ceylon was dug out by Su Yue herself)

Therefore, if you want to send gems, you have to get Su Yue's consent.

"Well, wait a minute, I'll look for it." Su Yue nodded.

When I went to Baghdad back then, I harvested not only polished gems from Baghdad, but also gems dug by Ceylon himself, and gems bought with Xie Jue's money. The total amount was very large.

It's just that except for the small box she carried with her, and the relatively low-grade rough stones that were not taken off the ship, the rest were disembarked in advance, and then transported to the small village, and then directly transferred to the secret villa.

Those who stayed in Quanzhou were just the batch of rough stones smuggled down by Xie Qi for tax evasion.

In that batch, she also sorted. When she went to Hangzhou, it was Xie Qi who picked up a box, and what was in that box basically became the things in her two big jewelry boxes now.

However, there are still some left here in Quanzhou.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to find the one that is as big and neat as the one I gave Xie Jue last time.

Seeing Su Yue take out those gemstones one by one for comparison and selection, Rong Shan glanced at the rest of the box, his heart moved slightly, thinking that after Xie Jue came back, he still had to say something.

Since it is said that those gems are for girls, it is better not to put them in the secret villa.

There, in some people's eyes, belonged to Xie Jue's warehouse.

Su Yue picked out more than a dozen sapphires, added some small but excellent quality sapphires, and said to Rong Shan: "These are not as good as the ones sent earlier. When you send them, let people say that the third master is not here." , These are going to be sold to Hangzhou, they are not worth anything, they are given to the magistrate's wife to play with, and for the prince of Zhen Guogong, we should wait for the third master to come back before preparing a gift."

Anyway, Shizi is useless, and there is no need to please him at all.

Rong Shan looked at the gems and nodded.

I gave another compliment to Su Yue in my heart: My girl is smart.

These gems are not big, but they are of excellent quality and very rare. The most important thing is what Su Yue said.

That is to say, we thank Madam Prefect for showing kindness, but, without Xie Jue, the people below are incapable of doing so. Therefore, it is better to please Madam Prefect directly than to please Mrs. Zhen.

Su Yue thought for a while, then took some pink pearls from the box, and said: "At that time, I will add another sentence, and say that the third master will definitely add makeup to the eldest girl when he comes back. Of course, if you give these things It's best to let the second lady know about it."

Pearls are not uncommon in Quanzhou, but pink pearls are very rare, and the color is festive, which is most suitable for brides to wear.

The second lady was extremely greedy, and it was okay for the second lady to send these gems and pearls over, she must be jealous if she knew.

If the second young lady robbed her again, she would be on the shoulders with the magistrate's wife and sister-in-law.

If there are the following words, the magistrate's wife will try every means to let the son of Zhen Guogong take the second lady away quickly.

In her previous life, the son of Duke Zhen did not go to Quanzhou, so she did not want other changes due to the change of the second lady this time.

You should hurry back to the capital, son, and take it with your third prince!
"Okay!" Rong Shan thought about it for a moment, then understood the meaning behind Su Yue's words, and said yes with a smile.

Just to show that the gems were not easy to come by, they were handed over to Guanshi Gong's deputy three days later, and then to the prefect's wife.

At that time, it happened that the magistrate agreed to the marriage proposal of the prince of Zhen Guogong, and decided to marry the second lady to the prince as a good concubine.

The second miss didn't expect that she would become a hall lady again, and then she heard someone say that the sister-in-law got another good thing, she rushed to the room of the sister-in-law angrily, and took away all the gems and pearls that the sister-in-law hadn't warmed up , Said thank you cousin for adding makeup.

The sister-in-law was so angry that she fell on her back.

Within three days, the son of the Duke of Zhen took the second lady, who was not in the sedan chair, back to Beijing.

(End of this chapter)