A Thousand Hills

Chapter 113

The preparations for the small banquet at the Cui family's residence were quite successful, Xie Moru met Princess Yongfu, the two of them were just indifferent to each other, the rest was nothing else, all the sisters-in-law and aunts-in-law secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of Xie Moru's tea party, the royal family's sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law made an agreement. If you have free time, you will be the host today, and I will be the host tomorrow. It doesn't have to be a grand banquet, just get together and talk and laugh. Once or twice a month is fine.

When Empress Dowager Hu found out about this, she smiled and said, "They will be happy." Empress Dowager Hu was very happy, but the key was that she didn't know that the origin of this matter was Xie Moru's tea party. Empress Dowager Hu was happy that her grandson-in-law was harmonious.

Concubine Zhao Xie joined in the fun and laughed, "Your Majesty, why not hold a banquet too, and tell us to have fun too."

Empress Dowager Hu was very excited, "Success, call Wenkang Yongfu Changtai and the others into the palace." She also hosted a banquet and wine.It's the same, Empress Dowager Hu resolutely refuses to invite Xie Moru.

Xie Moru didn't go too rarely, she simply went to the palace to visit Concubine Su.Concubine Su often gets sick in winter, which is very worrying.Concubine Su was very happy to see Xie Moru, and smiled, "Why are you here? Didn't the Empress Dowager invite you to come in for dinner?" Concubine Su didn't know that Empress Dowager Hu had never invited Xie Moru.

Xie Moru was fine, and said, "The Empress Dowager didn't invite me. I thought, you haven't been in the palace to visit your mother and concubine for several days. Your health is better." Since the Empress Dowager was shaved, I have made some friends with the concubines a few times Afterwards, Xie Moru changed her previous attitude of "You don't care about me, and I don't care about entering the palace". She now visits Concubine Su in the palace every now and then, and entering the palace is no worse than entering her own back garden. .Anyway, she doesn't need any special request to enter the palace, she is a serious princess, she can enter the palace whenever she likes.In fact, the Empress Dowager would also embarrass Xie Moru very much. For example, when the Palace of Mercy hosted a banquet, the royal family and concubines would be invited all over, and everyone with a bit of dignity would be invited, but Xie Moru would not be invited.Fortunately, Xie Moru's psychological quality is not comparable to that of Queen Mother Hu, she doesn't care about it at all.

Concubine Su smiled, although she didn't know that Empress Dowager Hu invited all the people to leave Xie Moru behind, but she knew that it was Xie Moru who started the practice of taking turns to hold tea parties among the royal family.Concubine Su also stopped talking about the banquet held by the Charity Palace, and said with a smile, "I happen to have drunk crabs here, let's steam them for lunch."

Xie Moru smiled, "I really like crabs, but my concubine doesn't like crabs." Crabs are cold in nature, and Concubine Su is weak, so she has never been able to eat these, and Concubine Su was not seen eating them during the Double Ninth Festival, obviously it was prepared for her.

"Although I can't eat, I'm happy to see you eat."

"The last time I went to the suburbs with my highness to buy flowers, and when it was approaching Chongyang Festival, we ate outside, so I ate a few more crabs. His highness asked me several times, did I last?"

Concubine Su couldn't help laughing, "You are nothing, I have seen people eat twenty large crabs in one meal, but they only eat crab roe."

"Amitabha, it can be seen that there are still bosom friends in this world."

Concubine Su laughed and burst into tears. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law happily had dinner at noon, and Xie Moru was about to get up to leave. Concubine Su said that it is cold in winter, and it is not good to choke on the wind just after eating, so she was left to rest in the palace After a while, Fang ordered Xie Moru to go out of the palace and return to the mansion.

Xie Moru knew that Concubine Su's tears were not from laughter, she thought Concubine Su shed tears thinking about some past events.As for what happened in the past, Xie Moru didn't particularly want to know.What's the use of knowing those things?Those are not her life, her life can only go forward, forward.

forward--

Xie Moru walked forward and saw a group of chariots slowly approaching from a distance, Xie Moru recognized that it was Emperor Mu Yuan's chariot, so he stood by the road first.It was already winter, and the afternoon wind was chilly. Emperor Mu Yuan wore a lynx fur cloak and sat on a chariot. There were more than a dozen servants in the front and back of the chariot. Xie Moru bowed slightly, " His Majesty."

Emperor Mu Yuan ordered the chariot to stop for a while, and said condescendingly, "You are entering the palace." He heard that his mother invited all the royal family members, but she didn't thank Mo Ru, because the person who did this was his own mother, and Emperor Mu Yuan also Some helpless.

"Come and pay your respects to my concubine."

None of them are good stubble.Emperor Mu Yuan nodded his head and signaled the chariot to move on.

Waiting for Emperor Mu Yuan to walk first, Xie Morufang took his maid out of the palace without rushing.At that moment, two servants came carrying a goose-yellow sedan chair, saying that His Majesty gave it to the fifth prince and concubine.Xie Moru was not polite either, and sat comfortably in the sedan chair for a while.

The fifth prince only found out at night that his daughter-in-law was not invited to the banquet in the Palace of Mercy. He went home and asked Xie Moru once, and he was very dissatisfied with Queen Mother Hu. He shouldn't have left his daughter-in-law alone, isn't this obviously isolating his daughter-in-law?If it weren't for his daughter-in-law's strong psychological quality, this life would be impossible.Xie Moru didn't take it seriously, and said, "It's not interesting to eat in the Mercy Palace, it's better to eat with the concubine mother. I see that the concubine mother's complexion has improved a lot."

The fifth prince embraced his daughter-in-law's shoulders, and said, "Wait for me to rest, let's go into the palace to pay my respects to my mother and concubine." Thinking that her mother and concubine's body is improving day by day, he was very happy, and asked Xie Moru , "Why did you enter the palace today? I want to know that you will never be allowed to go today. Isn't this more obvious about the emperor's grandmother?" I don't want to see you.How ugly is his daughter-in-law.

Xie Moru was surprised, and asked, "Could it be that the imperial city belongs to the empress dowager? There is an empress dowager living in the Palace of Mercy, so I won't go there. Could it be that entering the palace also hinders her old man? The imperial city belongs to your majesty, and your majesty has no doubts." When I enter the palace, I can go when I like, and I can go whenever I like."

The fifth prince really convinced his daughter-in-law's high opinion.

Xie Moru can even ignore Queen Mother Hu, not to mention that Queen Mother Hu deliberately gave her shame, neglected her and so on. Xie Moru also entered the palace today, he felt displeased and asked, "Who let her enter the palace?"

No one allowed her to enter the palace, but there are no special rules for the princess to greet her when she enters the palace, just like when princesses are going to enter the palace, is it possible that they have to report in advance?Empress Dowager Hu immediately blamed Mo Ru for making a mistake, "Since you have entered the palace, why don't you come to greet me?"

Empress Dowager Hu wanted to complain about this matter to the emperor's son, but then she thought about it, she hosted a banquet today, but did not invite Xie Moru to let her son know, and she must have a heart-to-heart talk with her again.Empress Dowager Hu hated it for a while, but she didn't pursue it anymore.

Mrs. Xie entered the palace, but Concubine Xie talked to her mother in private, and sighed, "After all, the Queen Mother is an elder. She has such a temper. I'm afraid she won't listen if I tell her. It's better for mother to tell her. When you come to the palace, even if you want to visit Concubine Su, you should first go to the Palace of Mercy and greet the Empress Dowager."

Mrs. Xie specially came to the Fifth Prince's Mansion to inform Xie Moru, and Xie Moru listened, "The Empress Dowager is always used to doing whatever she wants. If she gets it right, why should the imperial concubine talk to the wife in private? I'm afraid the Empress Dowager will soon All the emperors who are yelling know about it. Don't worry, grandma, I know it well."

Mrs. Xie knew that Xie Moru had always had her own ideas in everything, and she came here just to remind Xie Moru, so she would not talk about it anymore.Then, Mrs. Xie talked about Xie Moyou leaving the cabinet, and asked Xie Moru if he wanted to go back and have fun.

Xie Moru asked, "Which day is the date?" Xie Moyou's marriage is good, the third son of Duke Qi's mansion, although Xijue does not have the role of the third son, this son is Mrs. Qi's descendant, has a family Help, as long as the character is normal, the future will be indispensable in the future.

"The auspicious day to go to Xishan Temple for divination, November 22."

Xie Moru said, "On the day when the makeup is added, Your Highness is afraid that you will not be free, so I will go by myself. When the second younger sister is on her day, I will go there with Your Highness."

Mrs. Xie beamed with joy, "That's great." I really didn't expect Xie Moru to be so supportive.

Mrs. Xie chatted about some family matters, except that Xie Moyou was about to get married, and Xie Zhi was about to start talking about marriage. Mrs. Xie mentioned a few ladies, and she seemed dissatisfied.Xie Moru didn't give Mrs. Xie any advice, Xie Zhi was not as good as his father and uncle in school, even though Xie Song spent many years in the fifth rank, Xie Song was a serious Jinshi.Xie Bo is better than his brother, he is serious, but Xie Zhi has not seen such spirituality.Moreover, the standards of the world are different for women marrying men and men marrying wives. Girls look more at temperament and background, while boys look at multiple careers and careers.Now Xie's family is still Shangshu's family, although Xie Moyou is a concubine, Ning's family is also a fourth-grade sacrificial wine.In addition, Princess Xie Bai Shangyi'an, Xie Moru also married into the royal family, so even if Xie Moyou was a concubine, it would not be difficult to get a first-class marriage, but Xie Zhi's marriage is not so easy to think about.

It's just that Mrs. Xie talked for a long while, and Xie Moru couldn't help but respond. Xie Moru said, "Azhi's daughter-in-law, after all, is the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law of the mansion. Regardless of family background, it is better to be a generous and understanding woman. Grandmother Yu, It can be the arm of the grandmother, helping to manage the housework. For Ah Zhi, it can also help take care of him from the inside. Even for future generations, a mother who understands everything will have a different influence on her children."

Mrs. Xie nodded as she listened, "I think the same way. As long as the girl is outstanding, even if the family background is ordinary, I am willing." Then there is another matter, "Our aunt, your aunt is going back to the imperial capital."

Xie Moru did know that this aunt was Xie Shangshu's younger sister, who married the Yu family on the south coast.The Yu family is also a big family, but the family is too far away from the imperial capital. At the beginning, it was Master Yu who came to the imperial capital Chunwei. He was famous on the list, young and talented, and the Xie family promised him his beloved daughter.Just got married and didn't return to the imperial capital for decades.

Xie Moru said, "In the past, I only heard about my aunt, but I haven't seen Yu's family in the south."

Mrs. Xie sighed, "Grandpa was released after three years in the imperial capital, and the officials who were originally released would always return to see His Majesty in the imperial capital, but my uncle was born as a foreigner not long ago, and then kept his filial piety for more than ten years. First, the grandmother in the family passed away. This is a year of filial piety. This year's filial piety has just been completed, and then my aunt's father passed away again. After the father's filial piety, the mother's body is not stable, so one after another, ten or so The time has passed. My aunt was already in her thirties when she recovered. Since the county magistrate and Tongzhi, she is now the magistrate in Beichang Prefecture. This time, his parents and sons are preparing to participate in next year's Spring Festival. My aunt has not been back for many years , I plan to come back with my eldest son to have a look.”

The ancestral home is so far away from the imperial capital, but it is still possible for the Xie family to promise to love a daughter. It is true that this aunt was also an outstanding figure when she was young, but the official career was not smooth.Xie Moru could always find a suitable topic, and said, "Auntie has traveled all over the world, so it can be seen that she has seen the world."

Mrs. Xie smiled, "That's right, my aunt also said in the letter that the life outside is not as comfortable as the imperial capital, but if you talk about the world, you really see a lot."

When Xie Moru got married, this aunt even sent someone from thousands of miles to give her makeup gifts, beads and medicinal materials, all good things.Now that I think about it, Yuemo is a special product of my aunt when she traveled with her husband.

Xie Moru smiled, "When my aunt arrives, my grandmother will send someone to tell me."

Mrs. Xie responded immediately, and at noon, Xie Moru stayed with Mrs. Xie for dinner. Mrs. Xie felt relieved when she saw that the dishes were all exquisite and tasted more delicious than the food at home.

In fact, Mrs. Xie still had something on her mind, she wanted to ask Xie Moru if there was any movement in her stomach, but thinking about Xie Moru's temperament, not to mention the short marriage period of the young couple, she didn't ask any more.

When Mrs. Xie came home in the afternoon, she told her husband how she met Xie Moru today, Xie Shangshu was relieved a little, it can be seen that Xie Moru still had the intention to associate with her natal family.As for the previous matter, Xie Shangshu thought, I am not going to die right now, there is always a chance to make amends.

Aunt Xie came to the imperial capital before Xie Moyou got married. She is seven or eight years younger than Mrs. Xie, but she is not as good as Mrs. Xie in terms of maintenance. However, Mrs. Xie is very energetic and speaks happily. She is likable and kind to others, and each child gave a generous meeting gift.

Shangshu's mansion also set up wine for two days, invited the clansmen to come and have a drink together, have a good time, and also recognize relatives, Xie Shangshu, Xie Song's father personally introduced the clan's children to Mrs. Xie's eldest son, Yu Fan.Aunt Xie had a short schedule to go back to the imperial capital, but before meeting Xie Moru, she had heard about Xie Moru.The main reason is that the third old lady complained to this niece crying, "The eldest niece also knows that I am a straight-hearted person. I think I have offended the princess and concubine before, so I can't be in the eyes of the concubine and concubine again."

Xie Feng's wife, Su Shi, said, "My concubine can't be more kind, let alone others, Ah Jing often goes to the palace, and the concubine takes good care of the sisters." When Xie Moyou is married, Xie Moru will also come to have a drink. It can well explain Xie Moru's heart.

Mrs. Xie said, "Auntie, just rest assured, the princess is sensible."

Aunt Xie met Xie Moru during Xie Moyou's make-up ceremony. Xie's family has lived in the imperial capital for a long time, and there are many relatives and friends. Therefore, Xie Moyou's make-up ceremony was quite lively.Concubine Xie Guifei also gave many things from the palace, Xie Moru came in person, the ostentation was not too big, except for ignoring the three old ladies and her party, he was kind to everyone, and especially said to Madam Xie, "I heard that my aunt wants When I came to the imperial capital, I prepared some things, which is not a respect."

Mrs. Xie got up quickly and said, "Princess Lao is thinking about it, how dare I be an old man."

"Auntie, sit down." Xie Moru waved his hand and said, "The whole family is flesh and blood, so there is no need to be too polite. Although I have never met my aunt, I often hear my grandmother mentioning you." Then I asked Mrs. Xie how she was.

While Aunt Xie was answering, she wondered how the third aunt had offended the concubine.Seeing that the concubine is really not unreasonable, what's more, to be a concubine, even if there is a reason for Mrs. Wei, at least Xie Moru's personal qualities must pass the test.If it was about the small nose and small eyes, it is estimated that the princess would not care about it with the third old lady.

Aunt Xie called her youngest daughter Yu Yao to greet Xie Moru, Xie Moru smiled, "Looking at the age of my little cousin, she seems to be similar to Ah Jing."

Xie Jing has often played with Xie Moru since she was a child, and when Xie Moru married the fifth prince, she also took her to the palace to play a few times, so she was very comfortable in front of Xie Moru, she smiled, "Sister Wangfei, Cousin is two months younger than me."

Xie Moru ordered the maid to give Yu Yao a gift, and said, "I don't know if my little cousin will come too, it's so simple." There was another gift for Yu Fan, and Yu Yao accepted it.

Yu Yao thanked her generously, and saluted her eldest brother, with good manners and manners.

Mrs. Xie suddenly thought of what Xie Moru said, a good mother and a foolish mother have completely different influences on their children.Look at Xie Jing who is talking and laughing freely in front of Xie Moru, then look at the generous and dignified Mrs Yu, then look at Sanfang who is full of discomfort... and think about the confused Ning, Mrs. Xie is deeply moved.

(End of this chapter)