A Thousand Hills

Chapter 133

Zhu Yan returned home at noon, the whole family was worried about him, and they hadn't eaten yet.

Mrs. Zhu hurriedly asked him, "The princess told you to go, but what's the matter?"

Zhu Yan said vaguely, "It's nothing." Then he told his mother and grandmother to shut up quickly and stop gossiping about him outside.Mrs. Zhu was shocked, "I told your aunt and wife, isn't it wrong with her seniority?" She really didn't like Jiang Xingyun's life without parents.Her grandson is so talented that he can be matched with a woman from a first-class family background.

Mrs. Zhu's grandma Hu moved her mouth, she couldn't say that she also went back to her mother and chatted with her own mother.

Zhu Yan said, "Don't talk about it anymore, how can it sound good if it spreads?"

Mrs. Zhu hurriedly said, "Don't talk anymore, don't talk about it anymore. The princess is too. Speaking of it, we are serious relatives, and she is more of an outsider."

Zhu Yan sighed, "It's kind of the princess to remind me."

Mrs. Zhu thought of her aunt and concubine, and Xie Moru had a reputation, even if she was at home, she couldn't complain about Xie Moru. Mrs. Zhu said, "The Chinese New Year is just around the corner. We will talk about it next year if we have something to do." The grandson is promising, Moreover, the marriage has not yet been married at this age, and this marriage cannot be forced on the grandson, so it has to be postponed for later discussion.

Chinese New Year is nothing more than a matter of communication, but the fifth prince knew that Xie Moru had called Zhu Yan to the mansion, and asked, "Why did you call Lord Zhu to come? He is now a celebrity in the imperial court, and the emperor summoned him several times in private. "

Xie Moru said, "It's nothing, tell him to restrain himself." He told about Zhu Yan's crush on Jiang Xingyun.

The fifth prince praised, "Your Majesty Zhu is worthy of being the one who defeated the pirates. You really have the guts."

Xie Moru scolded him, "You're talking about business, but you're joking again. You haven't heard any gossip outside, have you?"

"That's not true. If I had heard about it, I would have told you about it." Although the hand-chopping maniac is fiercer, he is his wife's friend, not to mention helping out with the business. If the fifth prince heard such gossip, he would not Will sit and watch.

The fifth prince said, "Miss Jiang and Mrs. An seem to have similar temperaments. I heard that they went out to hunt together in the city. Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. An are similar, and they went there together. It's just a little friendship. Don't worry, there are no more people outside." Gossip."

Xie Moru thought for a while and said, "That's good."

Years ago, Yu Fan came over to give a New Year's gift. Aunt Xie was worried about her husband, and took her daughter back to Beichang Mansion after arranging a house for her son last year. Now that Yu Fan came, Xie Moru smiled, "Gu Thinking about it, madam." Then he asked Yu Fan how busy he was with his errands, after Yu Fan left the museum, he was assigned to the Ritual Department, he was related to Xie Moru, and the Fifth Prince was in charge of the Ritual Department, so Yu Fan was very busy.The fifth prince's way of taking care of others is to give him more things to do.

Yu Fan smiled warmly, "Should have come here earlier, the imperial court has six departments, and the ritual department is the busiest at the end of the year. I just arrived at the ritual department and it's time to work, so I was delayed until now."

Xie Moru smiled, "We are close relatives, what happens sooner or later, the errands matter. My cousin has studied hard for many years, and now his official career has just started, so naturally he should focus on the errands. I heard that next year my uncle will return to the imperial capital to report on his work. Grandma said Second Uncle will come back next year, if it happens, it will be a family reunion."

Yu Fan listened to Xie Moru's words and made sense in everything, so he was allowed to have lunch at noon, which was really kind.However, the fifth prince was not at home, Yu Fan resigned despite his low official position and busy year.

Xie Moru is also familiar with these favors in the next year, and she doesn't feel how busy she is, she can still go to the palace to visit Concubine Su when she is free.Now that she enters the palace, she doesn't need to go to the Mercy Palace to report, it is better to go directly to Concubine Su's Shuren Palace, but Concubine Su is not there when she enters the palace today.The people who stayed behind said, "The empress dowager ordered someone to ask her to go to the Palace of Mercy to talk. The princess sits down a bit, and the servants are estimating that the empress will be back soon." He brought tea to Xie Moru.

Xie Moru sat down and ate tea, Empress Dowager Hu never liked Concubine Su, and Concubine Su was often ill, she seldom went to Mercy Palace, what's wrong today?
Concubine Su came back very quickly, it wasn't someone who went to the Palace of Mercy to notify Concubine Su's daughter-in-law to enter the palace, but Empress Dowager Hu sent her back, Concubine Su was also a little puzzled, and as soon as she returned to the palace, a small palace official said thank you Concubine Su was very happy when the princess came, she put aside her doubts for now, and smiled, "I thought you must be busy a year ago, and you said you might not have time to enter the palace." Xie Moru often went to the palace to greet her, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law The relationship is very good.

"A few years ago, I didn't know each other well, so I felt flustered, but now I'm familiar with it, so I don't feel anything. How is the mother concubine doing here?" Xie Moru got up to take two steps towards Concubine Su, and helped Concubine Su to sit on the warm couch Next, Concubine Su smiled, "Sit down. It's the same every year, and I don't have anything to do here."

Xie Moru said, "There is no master in the middle palace, so the affairs of the harem have to be supported by the empress dowager. I think the empress dowager must be busy. I came to the concubine mother just now, and the concubine is not here. Could it be that the empress dowager called her to help with palace affairs? ?”

Concubine Su dismissed the palace servants with a wave of her hand, and frowned, "It's strange, the Empress Dowager has never paid much attention to me, and the affairs of the palace are always handled by the two noble concubines, Zhao Xie. Now that there are many things going on this year, let me go over today. It turned out that the Empress Dowager went to several ladies and asked me..." As she was speaking, Concubine Su suddenly stopped talking, took a deep breath, and looked a little unhappy. She looked at Xie Moru and said, "How many families are ordered to bring My daughter enters the palace to pay her respects, and the queen mother asked me if the girl is okay?"

Xie Moru has always been astute, and after a little thought, he understood, "It seems that the Empress Dowager is going to accept His Highness's side." Otherwise, why ask Concubine Su's opinion?
Concubine Su asked anxiously, "How can this be good?"

"Mother and concubine, don't worry, I have discussed this matter with His Highness before." Xie Moru sighed, "To be honest, I have been married to Your Highness for two and a half years, and I have been silent, just thinking that I should give His Highness a favor." The room is straight through the side room, so it is easy to spread the branches and leaves."

Concubine Su and Xie Moru both came from great families, so it's commonplace for them to ask concubines to have children, and they don't think much of it.Concubine Su said, "I always think, it's better if you have a son first."

Xie Moru said, "The child is also God's will. I don't know when I will have it. It's just that His Highness's knees are empty now, and I feel uneasy."

Concubine Su sighed, "If the Empress Dowager is just trying to stop her anger, how can she really choose a good girl for Ah Chun with all her heart?"

Xie Moru smiled slightly, "Cheng'en Gong's mansion hates me so much, since they want to accomplish this, and the Empress Dowager is such an unprecedented way to say something from the concubine mother first, I think it's not because they are trying to make something difficult to get on the table. My son's lady. Besides, not everyone in our mansion accepts it, so I should be the gatekeeper for His Highness."

Concubine Su said, "If you say that, I have nothing to worry about. It's just one thing, don't pick honest children, and I have nothing else to tell you." Xie Moru understood everything, Concubine Su still Worried about the person chosen by the Queen Mother Hu, she said, "I was busy with things a year ago, so I have to wait until the next year to mention what happened to the Queen Mother. I will ask about the origins of those companies in a while, and you can also check outside to see these companies. How is the family style?"

Thank you Moru for everything.

When he returned home, Xie Moru mentioned this matter to the fifth prince, who was unhappy, "Didn't we agree, I am not a person who does not keep promises. Don't worry, I have my own opinion."

Xie Moru couldn't help it, she would not have a rift with the fifth prince because of this kind of thing, and there are many things to do as the Chinese New Year is approaching, so she simply didn't mention it for the time being.

Busy and busy, the new year has come, everyone has an extra expense this year, which is to go to the East Palace.When I was parting, I went back and forth with the second prince’s house to make a balance. Now I give the New Year’s gift to the East Palace. Of course, there are also comings and goings. It’s just that the prince’s mansions offer generous gifts, and the East Palace rewards three melons and two dates. far from spending.Even the eldest prince kept talking at home, saying how much the East Palace rewarded Tuo'er, and you said that you would annoy Cui Shi.Cui still had to persuade, "Donggong dare not stand shoulder to shoulder with father and grandmother."

The eldest prince groaned twice, and was just about to make another high-level commentary. He was also busy during the Chinese New Year, and there were guests outside, so the eldest prince hurried to go.

When Mrs. Cui went to the palace to receive the banquet, she still had a trace of bad intentions. Fortunately, the Queen Mother Hu only glanced at Xie Moru for a few times, and then spoke kindly to her granddaughters-in-law. one day.The rest of the families were eating New Year's wine and watching theatre, so naturally they could only laugh and laugh. During the Lantern Festival, the fifth prince even made a lantern for Xie Moru.

Just after the Lantern Festival, and the new year has passed, the Empress Dowager Hu mentioned the matter of the fifth prince's acceptance. The Empress Dowager Hu made it clear, "Even if the family is a small family, if there is no movement for three or four years after marriage, you have to give it to me." The child arranges a concubine. The family does not understand the country's major affairs, but the family knows that there are three unfilial piety, and no offspring is the greatest." Said Emperor Mu Yuan, "Your father suffered hardships and troubled the world, didn't he just do it for his children and grandchildren? You don’t feel sorry for Xiao Wu, Ai’s family still loves their grandson, you can’t watch the child die!” Said all the words of the die.

Emperor Mu Yuan hesitated for a while, and Empress Dowager Hu continued, "If she can give birth, even if she is like the eldest daughter-in-law, I will admit to giving birth to two daughters for our family. There has been no movement in the past four or five years, and you are also a biological father. Not urgent?"

Emperor Mu Yuan sighed inwardly, and asked, "Is there someone to choose the Queen Mother?"

Empress Dowager Hu certainly has someone to choose, and Empress Dowager Hu said, "At the beginning, the fifth daughter-in-law said that she doesn't want palace servants in her house. I think the palace servants are of low background. I like them all. They are all decent ladies. The Ai family knows , she looked down on the Ai family, and Cheng'en Gong's mansion also avoided suspicion, and did not choose girls from Cheng'en's mansion. Ai's family chose four, and a cousin girl from Jinning Hou's mansion was very good, and her father was still alive. At that time, the official lived in the sixth rank. Although her father died young, she devoted herself to taking care of the housework and serving her mother. She was the most filial. Also, among the Su Xiang clan, there was a magistrate who was in other places, and she was also the daughter of the fifth rank family. The surname is Su, and I think she is related to Concubine Su. Furthermore, the daughter of Xue Langzhong's family in the Ministry of Industry, Xue Langzhong is the same family as Yong Yihou. A distant relative of the Duke of Wei's mansion. I heard that he is also the magistrate now. The girl from Duke Chu’s mansion was the one who won the second place in the list with the surname Li..."

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Li Zhongnan."

"Yes, this is Li Zhongnan. Dad is the second place in the list, how can a girl be inferior? According to the requirements of the fifth daughter-in-law, all of them are from the first generation, and they are educated and educated." The four side concubines of the concubine, the fifth one is in his twenties, he is the only one who is miserable at the knees of the prince who got married and started the mansion, the Ai family can't wait, the emperor will give these ladies to the fifth one."

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "I also want to inform Lao Wu."

Empress Dowager Hu raised her eyebrows, "What do you know about him? Wouldn't it be good for him to marry him a wife? Children, when they were young, they were young and ignorant, so it's good to keep a crooked melon and a bad date. Then There are those who are foolish and sincere, why can't they make a lifetime oath. The fifth child, with a simple mind, is no match for Xie's methods. He has been coaxed by Xie's family for a long time. When the emperor went to inquire, how many of them A prince, who doesn't have many concubines, is there one in the fifth house? If she can give birth, Ai's family won't say anything. But she hasn't been able to give birth for several years. If she wants to be sensible, she will quietly arrange for the fifth child Now, we will turn a blind eye and close our eyes when we raise a son. What about her? She said so loudly at the beginning, how virtuous she is, I have never seen a virtuous man who will kill his man so virtuous that he will have no descendants."

"Emperor, why do you need to ask Lao Wu? Lao Wu is honest. If you ask him, he is young and energetic, but it caused your father and son to be at odds. What's more, Mrs. Xie has always been bold. She didn't pay attention to the imperial decrees back then. , Who else is in her eyes? If you are unnecessary, you will cause trouble to those ignorant people, and you will lose the face of the royal family." Empress Dowager Hu said, "These children have been seen by the Ai family, and also called Concubine Su. , she also said yes. Concubine Zhao Guifei and Concubine Xie Guifei said that she is a good boy, so is there anything the emperor can't believe?"

Emperor Mu Yuan always loved his children, not to mention that the fifth prince was serious about his errands and was extremely filial to him as the emperor's father, so he naturally didn't want his son to have no heirs.Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Even if you accept the side, you don't have to accept four at once."

Empress Dowager Hu endured for three years, and finally grasped the truth. She spoke in a particularly strong voice, and slapped the table, "It's so long-winded, you give me one, and the fifth daughter-in-law will not stop you. This woman's business, you are a big man." , how do you know? Besides, Chunlan Qiuju, everyone has their own love, who knows what the fifth child likes. I also need to prepare a few more for him. what?"

Based on what Empress Dowager Hu said out loud, Emperor Mu Yuan didn't make an order on the spot. Giving a side concubine is not a trivial matter, and Emperor Mu Yuan always has to think about it.

The matter of the side concubine has not yet reached a conclusion, so Zhu Yan took the opportunity to confess his thoughts to Jiang Xingyun. Jiang Xingyun lived in Wanmei Palace in his next year, and Zhu Yan also had the opportunity to glimpse the grandeur of this legendary other palace.The plum blossoms had already fallen, Jiang Xingyun stood in front of a plum tree, quietly listened to Zhu Yan's words, and rejected him without any hesitation, Zhu Yan thought that she was hindered by the reputation of cultivating hair, so he said, " Princess Xie said, as long as you are willing, she will take care of the matter of cultivation for you."

Jiang Xingyun raised his eyebrows, "It's not an exaggeration for her to say that, but even if I don't bring my hair to practice, I have no intentions of you."

Zhu Yan's face was serious, "I know I'm not good enough for a girl..."

"It's not a matter of being worthy or not. You have a good family background, and you can be regarded as a capable person. I said that I am just an orphan now, and it is unintentional or unintentional. It has nothing to do with family background, character and future." Jiang Xingyun said. I vowed never to marry for life. I don't have any difficulties or difficulties, Mr. Zhu, you have been smooth sailing, but you still don't understand what kind of person I am, and you don't understand what the princess means."

Just as Zhu Yan was about to speak, Jiang Xingyun said, "I don't like to hear words of deep affection and sweetness that will last forever, but you, you should think about it, what the princess has said to you."

Zhu Yan said, "Princess just told me to be cautious, not to spread rumors and ruin your reputation. She also said, if you want..."

Jiang Xingyun waved his hand, intercepted Zhu Yan's words, turned around and looked at the plum tree, and said, "Master Zhu, go back and think about it, you still don't understand."

Zhu Yan said urgently, "I'm not a fool if I ask myself, Miss Jiang might as well explain it to me."

Jiang Xingyun turned around suddenly, and a hideous face approached Zhu Yan. Zhu Yan's face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but leaned back.Jiang Xingyun reached out and took off the human skin mask that was as thin as silk paper on his face, revealing a perfect and charming face, smiling a little mischievously, and said, "If I was described as scary just now, would you still like me?"

Zhu Yan was angry and funny, although Jiang Xingyun sternly rejected her, but she couldn't get angry with her, Zhu Yan was also very demeanor, and sighed slowly, "Actually, the princess reprimanded me, saying that I am so abrupt, don't you?" I should, I know, it’s just that you are an extraordinary person, and you still have the name of cultivating hair. If I don’t get your approval, I don’t dare to take the liberty.” After a pause, Zhu Yanfang said, “You and I Although there is no fate, the princess is really kind to you."

Jiang Xingyun smiled, "It's natural."

No matter how good Zhu Yan's demeanor was, it was too late for a long conversation at this time, and he went down the mountain after a few words.

Within a few days, the Fifth Prince said to Xie Moru, "Outside I heard that Zhu Yan and Miss Jiang were having a tryst in Wanmei Palace."

Xie Moru said, "Zhu Yan is in trouble."

(End of this chapter)