A Thousand Hills

Chapter 138

The fifth prince was not very happy when he heard that his wife had given him two side concubines.

Xie Moru pulled the fifth prince to sit down, and said, "I didn't have any children in the past few years, and I was very anxious. Now that we have changed our luck on the children, Your Highness should take advantage of the situation and give me more children."

The fifth prince laughed angrily, and said, "Instead, I gave birth to your children."

Xie Moru raised his eyebrows, "The children of His Highness are of course my children, am I wrong?"

The fifth prince got down to business, and said, "I thought, if the Su family gives birth to a son, you should take care of it."

Xie Moru immediately silenced the fifth prince, cast a stern glance at the maid in the room, and said coldly, "This is just a joke from His Highness! None of you are allowed to mention a single word! Go down!" Send the maid, thank you Mo Rufang said, "How can you say such a thing, Your Highness? Su Shi is young and is the first child, so she is not supercilious when she hears this."

"What's so extravagant about this? I think she's sensible too. It's no better for the child to be taught by you than by her." The fifth prince knew his wife's insight.

"It's okay for the child himself. What do children know? Now they don't understand anything. Whoever raises them can kiss whoever raises them. But how is it the same with mothers? How does His Highness know the heart of being a mother? Last time the fourth sister-in-law came to talk, I Seeing what scratched her hand, and asked her, it turns out that the fourth sister-in-law loves cats, and her cat gave birth to kittens, and now no one is allowed to come near, fearing that people will hurt its kittens, The fourth sister-in-law just went to look at the cat, and she was scratched. Although this metaphor is not very appropriate, but all mothers agree with it. Su Shi is young, and she will rely on her for the rest of her life when she has a child. I want to say hug her She dared not refuse to support her, but who has no parents and who has no children? Besides, there will be more children in our house in the future, and no one should be called my mother. Educate the children well. You have to be filial, it's better than anything else." Xie Moru said, "Your Highness, don't mention this again, people who are pregnant think a lot, and giving birth safely is better than anything else."

The fifth prince said, "I'm only worried that you will be wronged in the future."

Xie Moru smiled, "It's too early to say this. If we don't count longevity, we both have to live to be 80 years old. Where are we now? There are still 60 years to live. Besides, sons and heirs It's also for the sake of inheritance. In the future, we will pass on the family business to sensible children. Besides, when the law of fate arrives, will I definitely not be able to have a son? The late emperor only had His Majesty when he was fifty."

The fifth prince laughed and hugged Xie Moru, "Well, let's have a good son."

The husband and wife chatted and laughed for a while, then packed up and had dinner, Xie Moru pointed out two Caiming Palace servants to send them over to Su Shi, had dinner with the Fifth Prince, and then went to bed early.

The two side concubines this time were selected by Emperor Mu Yuan for the Fifth Prince, one was the daughter of Xu Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, and the other was the daughter of Zheng Yurang of Dali Temple.The two daughters are both 17 years old, and Xu's daughter is two months older. Xie Moru chose an auspicious day and let Xu's daughter enter the house first.

The side concubine in Xie Moru's hands can basically conceive within two months, and the side concubine's natal family is so happy that Xie Moru's reputation in the city has improved a lot.Of course, there are also those who secretly ridiculed Xie Moru who was rampant at first, but now he has fallen out of favor.What?Not out of favor or down?Can the concubines be given to concubines one by one without falling out of favor, and then concubines conceived one after another?
Xie Moru really didn't have the problem of falling out of favor, on the contrary, the feelings of the concubines were: the pregnancy came so fast.In fact, the fifth prince didn't come a few times at all, and they all had them.

Xie Moru is really good to them, all kinds of new materials and new jewelry, dress up the side concubines glamorously, Xie Moru's famous saying is, "You are also the face of the palace, everyone is ashamed, I am not afraid of others saying I am mean, I'm afraid that others will be able to help our house to eat." Before the baby was born, she ordered a batch of children's toys early, and ordered the palace people to tidy up the concubine's room. The place was either wrapped up or changed to a safe place, and I couldn't help but let the side concubine's natal family come to visit the mansion, and said to the wives, "Just come over if you have time, and all the mothers in my mansion have to use it, it's just who? I can't replace anyone, my mother is different."

For example, Yu's family is an errand in Dali Temple, so they are very careful. Mrs. Yu quietly asked her daughter if she had taken ginseng, etc., and so on. It is stable, and the supplements should be used sparingly, otherwise, if the nourishment is overdone, it will not be beneficial to the child. Now I eat bird’s nest porridge every day, and the bird’s nest is warm and tonic, so it’s okay to eat it on weekdays.”

Mrs. Yu recited the Buddha's name, and whispered, "I used to hear people say that the concubine is a powerful concubine, and the rumors are misleading." His family is not the Su family, and they are rushing to make their daughter a side concubine.It's just that the imperial decree has been issued, and his family can't say they are not happy.What's more, the Su family was in a hurry, and when they heard that the girl was allocated to the fifth prince's mansion as a side concubine, they still felt anxious, let alone the Yu family.Mrs. Yu couldn't sleep peacefully for many days, until her daughter entered the mansion and soon became pregnant, Mrs. Yu made up her mind.

Concubine Yu also said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is very kind, she has never been mean to anyone." Naturally, the enjoyment of the palace is not comparable to that of the main palace of the small Dali Temple.What's more, Concubine Yu is not stupid, so she can feel it naturally whether the boss is really forgiving or not.

"Then you must abide by the rules, and don't be arrogant because you are favored. Once you have a child, you should live in peace." Speaking of the girl's body, Mrs. Yu said with a smile, "You can see that you are a blessed one."

After all, Concubine Yu is young, and she conceived within two months of entering the mansion. She, Concubine Su, and Concubine Xu were all pregnant before they had time to cultivate any relationship with the fifth prince. For women in the palace, sons are more important than husbands.Thus, the attention is completely diverted.According to the rules, of course, if you are pregnant, you cannot be a pet.The fifth prince is not idle all day long, he is a person who stays at home to look after his wife every day, he has to get up early in the morning to go to court, he has to work in the daytime, and he cannot get close to pregnant women when he returns home at night, not to mention that the fifth prince and Xie Moru have been together for the past few years. Language, there are three pregnant concubines at home, so what else to worry about.

Therefore, the fifth prince is still with his wife.

Xie Moru devoted himself to the side concubine and the side concubine's belly, the side concubine of the fifth prince's mansion became pregnant so quickly, even Li side concubine in the eldest son's mansion was envious when she heard about it, thinking about her own luck. Xun, it would have been nice if he had entered the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

Not only Concubine Li thinks this way, but Concubine Li's family also thinks so.

Hearing his daughter-in-law's whispered complaints, Li Zhongnan sighed, "We are not in charge of this matter." If he had a choice, the eldest prince and the fifth prince, he would choose the fifth prince, not for anyone else, although he is just a The little magistrate, these days in the imperial capital, also feels that at least the fifth prince has a clearer mind than the eldest prince.

In fact, the eldest concubine Cui Shi is definitely not a mean person. Although Cui Shi beat a concubine to death, it was that bitch who killed herself.The Cui family also treats the side concubine bestowed by the imperial court with courtesy.It's just that there is no harm if there is no comparison, even if Cui is not mean, Concubine Li obviously cannot compare with Concubine Su who has a body in the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

Therefore, the Li family felt that their luck was not enough.

On the contrary, Li and Yu's two families were married, and Li Jiashilang was studying in the imperial capital Guozijian. Moreover, Li and Yu's two families met in the imperial capital. They were both fellow villagers and old friends.Therefore, the engagement and marriage ceremony was decided to be held in the imperial capital.

When the two families were engaged to get married, Xie Moru's status made it difficult for him to go there in person, so he sent the steward to give a rich congratulatory gift.

Mrs. Xie Gu told her in-laws, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Chu, "The princess couldn't be more kind. I took Ayao back to the imperial capital the year before last. This girl fell in love with the princess. The princess often took her to talk to her." There is such a generous prince and concubine in the imperial palace.

Mrs. Li smiled, "Ah Yao, who doesn't like her?"

Aunt Xie smiled, "That's our own family, we all look after our own children."

The two in-laws are naturally close when they talk, and the two families will continue to go out in the future. However, Mrs. Li's natal Chu Guogong's mansion is a big family in the imperial capital, and Mrs. Xie's natal Shangshu's mansion is not easy to mess with.Because the emperor has important and reliable relatives, it is safe to let the young couple live in the emperor's capital.

Yu and Li's two families took care of their children's marriage, and then went to their respective posts.After Xie Bo's reassignment, he brought Princess Yi'an to continue his mission in Xining Prefecture, so a farewell was naturally necessary.

Xie Bai went to the fifth prince to meet Xie Moru, the uncle and nephew talked about things in Xining Prefecture, but nothing else.When Xie Bo said goodbye, Xie Moru sent him to Yimen, Xie Bo opened his mouth, and finally only said two words, "Take care." You should take care.

"I know."

Xie Moru's birthday was not held this year, Li Qiao sent a scroll of paintings to celebrate his birthday, Li Xuan and others also sent birthday gifts in advance, so it would be a good idea not to have a day's wine.On the contrary, the fifth prince was considered to be a weak year, Xie Moru made a speech for the fifth prince, and the fifth prince's mansion was very lively for three days.The gifts from the palace were quite generous, not to mention the gifts from the East Palace. Because the crown prince was close to the fifth prince, he told Emperor Mu Yuan that he came to the fifth prince's mansion to eat the fifth prince's birthday wine in person.Emperor Mu Yuan was also happy to get close to his sons, and he agreed with a smile.

The prince also said to the princess, "Before, there was no son in the old fifth mansion, and I was worried. Now it seems that the fifth sibling is also a virtuous one."

The princess smiled, "The fifth younger siblings are not bad, but what those people say is not accurate. We are the only ones who know our own family."

Thinking of the first prince complaining about Xie Moru, the prince couldn't help laughing, "You're right."

The concubine's heart was relieved, just now when the prince mentioned that, she thought the prince would accept him.She is not Xie Moru, she already has the eldest son and the second son. Don't say that the relationship between husband and wife is good, even if the relationship between husband and wife is not good, if there are many concubines, it is inevitable that there will be many things.

Xie Moru didn't know what the princess was thinking, if he knew, Xie Moru would have laughed.Although the Crown Princess is obsessed with it, she just needs to see what kind of family the old Mu family is. This family has been frightened by the fact that the late emperor has had no children for decades and the country has changed hands.The fifth prince will be a vassal king in a place like this, even Emperor Mu Yuan can't watch the fifth prince lose his heir, let alone the East Palace!For Donggong, it is of course good to have sons-in-law, but only two sons-in-law are far from enough.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Concubine Su gave birth to a son.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xie Moru and the five princes entered the palace together to announce the good news. Emperor Mu Yuan praised the five princes, "This is true."

Concubine Su asked Xie Moru if she intended to embrace the eldest son, Xie Moru told Concubine Su what she had said to the fifth prince, and Concubine Su sighed, "Your heart is bright, you will not lose the fifth son, and It won't be a loss to the child. It's just that it's better to love yourself a little more."

Xie Moru smiled, "Mother and concubine, don't worry, Your Highness's children are still my children. I still say that teaching children to be sensible is better than anything else. There is a way in the world, just go straight."

"That's good."

The Fifth Prince's Mansion finally got a son, and the Su family made a good start. Therefore, on the twelfth of February and the seventh day of March in the second year, the Fifth Prince's Mansion had sons one after another.Emperor Mu Yuan, a daughter-in-law who is a little expert in adding blocks, compared the situation of the heirs of the princes' mansions, and found that the fifth prince was the last one. Emperor Mu Yuan raised his hand to add a concubine to the East Palace.

(End of this chapter)