A Thousand Hills

Chapter 146

There were some small twists and turns all the way to Yulinyuan. The palace of Yulinyuan is spacious, far from being comparable to Tangquan Palace. Even the Queen Mother Hu said, "Oh, if I knew it was so good, we would come here in summer."

Emperor Mu Yuan smiled, "My mother likes it, and I will serve her mother next year to escape the summer heat." He just pretended not to know that he wanted to come over this summer, because of his old mother's crooked house.

The place where Empress Dowager Hu lives is very good, the area of ​​the palace is not smaller than the Palace of Mercy, and because it is a temporary palace, the flowers and trees are quite lush, which is very refreshing.Unmarried princes naturally lived in the palace with Emperor Mu Yuan, and each married prince had a separate courtyard near the palace, which was not bought by the family, but rewarded by Emperor Mu Yuan.In fact, it is not the things of the old Mu's family, they are all robbed from the previous dynasty.The old Mu's family snatched all the land from the previous dynasty, and naturally all the property of the former royal family also belonged to the old Mu's family.A large object like the palace belongs to the emperor, and there are many other courtyards around the palace. In addition to rewarding his own son, there are also relatives and important officials who are quite sacred.But, think about it, this palace has to be rebuilt after war and wind and rain, and the other courtyards are naturally in disarray, to be exact, it is the land of an old house.However, the fifth prince's mansion is very convenient. When the fifth prince was in the practice palace, he took it upon himself to renovate all the other courtyards of his house, and he didn't use the money from his own house. The fifth prince used some materials left in the practice palace to repair it. The fifth prince also told his father about this matter, and the fifth prince said, "Let's pay for my son's hard work."

Emperor Mu Yuan just laughed and scolded him a few words, and didn't take it seriously at all.The main thing is that the fifth prince built a palace for him. He always does things beautifully with little money. As for the repair of the fifth prince's mansion along the way, even if the fifth prince doesn't say anything, Emperor Mu Yuan knows about it. Don't worry about it, the fifth prince even specifically told him that Emperor Mu Yuan didn't care about those things, but he felt that this son was real, and he had to talk to his father about everything.

As for the other palaces of the princes and princesses, when the fifth prince was repairing the Yulinyuan palace, he sent stewards to repair his own courtyards, as well as relatives and noble ministers, all heard the news, and repaired the courtyards in advance, so that they can be used when driving. .It is that some ministers who are not of the same rank as those rewarded by Emperor Mu Yuan of other courts, those with rich financial resources have sent their family members to buy houses near the palace, and those with limited financial resources or other people have other calculations, they have obtained the letter of escort, In advance, the manager and others came to rent a private house for temporary use.

In short, the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each with their own supernatural powers.

The fifth prince's public utensils are used for private use, and he has repaired his own courtyard very well.Xie Moru sent male and female stewards to clean up in advance, so when he arrived at the other courtyard, everything was in order, he and his wife lived in the main courtyard, and the children were placed in the small courtyard connected to the main courtyard.

After the two of them had changed their clothes and the children had washed their faces, Xie Moru asked with a smile, "Have you seen your house?"

Da Lang is an older brother, so he replied first, "Mother and Concubine, I have read it."

Erlang was a slow person, and said, "There are still bamboos in the yard."

Saburo is a talkative guy, so he was the third one, and he had to wait until the two elder brothers finished speaking before he could speak. He was too anxious now, and when Erlang said something, Saburo said quickly, "There are also green vines, and rockery, mother. Concubine, can we go and have a look in the garden?"

Xie Moru smiled, "Go, be careful, don't climb rockery, and don't go near the water."

The three of them responded in chorus, and Xie Moru ordered their maid and nanny to follow.After the children went out to play, the fifth prince said, "It's okay, I have built dense railings by the water."

Xie Moru smiled and sipped tea, "You have to be careful, the children are very active. The fourth sister-in-law said that because Brother Xu is old, she is afraid that he will run around and play around. Railings have also been installed on the lakeside of his house. Where can it be guarded against, Brother Xu often climbs up."

"Boys are active." The fifth prince has his own way, "When they are older next year, I will teach them how to swim."

Xie Moru asked with a smile, "Your Highness can swim?"

"That's it!" The fifth prince was proud, "Father taught us, I can learn it immediately, the most stupid is the third brother, he has not learned it for several years, and he still doesn't know it. He will sink to the bottom when he hits the water."

Xie Moru listened directly to music.

The couple talked about their children. They just arrived at the palace today, and Emperor Mu Yuan was also tired, so there was no dinner, and they all ate at their own homes.After dinner in the evening, the husband and wife went to bed early.

On the second day, men, women and children went to the forest farm for hunting by horses and carts. They camped near the forest farm first, and then the men went to Mingjiao to hunt. These were no women's business.The women all went to sit in the queen mother's camp to talk and flatter. Of course, this must be decent enough for a woman of sufficient level.Xie Moru has this level of status, but she didn't go, she has always been at odds with Queen Mother Hu, and she hates Queen Mother Hu telling folk ghost stories to her sons, so she took the children outside her tent to teach a few children. The guy is holding a small bow and arrow and aiming at a small target to shoot arrows in a decent manner.

Xie Moru can ride a horse, and his accuracy in archery is also very good, it is more than enough to teach a few little guys.

Xie Moru didn't want to be unlucky to the Queen Mother, the main reason is that Xie Moru lived so old, even the clever Aunt Ning of Xie's family was a lovely person compared to Queen Mother Hu.Xie Mo lived like this, he has never seen such a dazed, stupid and headstrong person like Queen Mother Hu.For example, Empress Dowager Hu despises Xie Moru, and Xie Moru has no good comments on Empress Dowager Hu. Empress Dowager Hu is high-ranking, and Xie Moru is domineering.

Xie Moru didn't like to show up in front of Empress Dowager Hu, and Empress Dowager Hu didn't like Xie Moru either. From Xie Moru's bloodline to Xie Moru's actions, Empress Dowager Hu didn't like anything.But Empress Dowager Hu likes the three great-grandchildren of the fifth prince's family, especially this time the fifth prince's family brought their children here. The children are at an innocent and lovely age, and their childish talk is quite interesting.Although Empress Dowager Hu was persuaded by her daughter about telling ghost stories to her great-grandson last time, it was rare for Empress Dowager Hu to wake up. Those ghost things.Empress Dowager Hu reflected on herself, and now she was with her ex-concubines, daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law. The annoying Xie Moru didn't come over wisely. Then, Empress Dowager Hu thought of three babies.

Empress Dowager Hu and Princess Wenkang said, "You haven't seen the three boys from Lao Wu's family, they are very likable." Then they ordered someone to bring the children.

Xie Moru was worried about the children, so he followed them.

Seeing Xie Moru, Empress Dowager Hu couldn't ask, "Why are you here?" Restraining the words, Empress Dowager Hu changed it into a light sentence, "Oh, the fifth daughter-in-law is here too, Aijia thought you were I’m not coming.” What are you doing!Nothing annoying!
Xie Moru made a salute, and the third prince and concubine sat down first, and said calmly, "I didn't dare to come here to disturb the quietness of the empress dowager, but I heard that the empress dowager summoned Dalang and the others, so I came along."

The conversation between Empress Dowager Hu and Xie Moru greatly cooled the atmosphere in the tent. Concubine Xie was afraid that the two would fight, even though she didn't like Xie Moru, she hurriedly said to Princess Wenkang, "This is the fifth prince. There are three children in the family, look at how cute they are born in such a small appearance." Changed the topic.

Princess Wenkang called the three children to talk to her, and asked them what their names were, what they had learned, and what did they do at home?

All the children answered, and the atmosphere became more lively when you said something to each other.Princess Wenkang heard they said that she was learning archery outside the tent, and said, "You know how to archery at such a young age? Oh, you guys are good at martial arts!"

Xie Moru did not expect that Princess Wenkang would be able to tease children with such a temper, in fact, Princess Wenkang did not expect that Xie Moru would be so good at teaching children with such a temper.As soon as Princess Wenkang said that their martial arts were good, the children would take it seriously, Da Lang straightened his chest and said with a straight face, "It's okay! I'll find a ghost to shoot tonight !"

Princess Wenkang glanced at her mother, and Empress Dowager Hu hurriedly said, "Where are there ghosts! There are no ghosts in the world!"

Erlang looked at Queen Mother Hu suspiciously and said, "Great-grandmother, didn't you say there are ghosts?"

Empress Dowager Hu coaxed him with a smile, "That's my great-grandmother teasing you, don't take it seriously, there are no ghosts in the world." Again, although she hated Xie Moru, she still liked her great-grandchildren very much, especially these great-grandchildren It's not Xie Mo Rusheng.

After hearing this, Saburo said loudly, "Great-grandmother, you are lying!"

Erlang said, "It's not good to lie."

Da Lang nodded his head upright, agreeing with his brother's point of view, "It's not good to lie."

Saburo was very talkative, and he was talkative, so he summed it up and said, "Great-grandmother, you are uneducated and lie!"

Xie Moru's heart sank.

Empress Dowager Hu didn't know that Xie Moru gave her the comment of "uneducated". Now when it came from her great-grandson, she was not angry and said with a smile, "Great-grandmother is not a scholar." It's not a bad review, so what, is there any culture, her old man is the queen mother!
Saburo looked up at his great-grandmother, Empress Dowager Hu, and said seriously, "Great-grandmother, you must not lie in the future."

Empress Dowager Hu laughed and nodded, "Stop talking!"

Saburo was very satisfied with his education, and pretended to say a few words in Mandarin, "If you make mistakes, you can change it. There is nothing good about it." In Sanlang's heart, he felt that his great-grandmother was uneducated, so he asked, "Great-grandmother, do you know what these two sentences are? mean?"

Even if Empress Dowager Hu is uneducated, she has heard these two sentences before. Empress Dowager Hu frowned as if thinking, and shook her head, "I don't know, does Saburo know?"

"That is to say, if you know that you are wrong and can correct it, you are a good boy."

"Oh, great-grandmother will know as soon as Saburo said it." Queen Mother Hu narrowed her eyes with a smile.

Seeing that he had taught his illiterate great-grandmother to understand, Saburo took out a piece of candy from his purse, stuffed it into Queen Mother Hu's hand, and said, "Give this to great-grandmother."

Empress Dowager Hu almost collapsed on the throne with a smile.

Everyone also laughed, and Empress Dowager Hu teased them again.Xie Moru also felt relieved.

In the evening of the same day, Emperor Mu Yuan brought his sons back from hunting, and the game that was hunted that day was eaten for dinner.Because a few little fellows kept Queen Mother Hu amused for a whole day, and the female relatives were having a banquet here, Xie Moru didn't dare to tell the children to eat too much meat, and said to the Queen Mother, "It's not good to eat meat at night. Your mother has some meat here." No vegetables?"

If Xie Moru wanted to eat it, it would be good for Empress Dowager Hu not to give her rat poison, but seeing Xie Moru looking at the little guys, Empress Dowager Hu changed her mind and said, "Yes, I dare not give the children too much at night. If you don’t eat meat, children’s stomachs are weak.” He ordered the chef to cook some small dishes suitable for children.

After returning home from the dinner, the fifth prince and Xie Moru talked about his prestige during hunting, and Xie Moru asked, "His Highness has got so many prey, does anyone send some back to honor mother and concubine?"

The fifth prince said, "Third brother and I both presented the first day's prey, one is to honor the mother and concubine, and the other is to give to the East Palace. The eldest brother, the fourth brother, the sixth younger brother and the seventh younger brother also have something to offer, and the father said that it will be dealt with first." , and send them back to the imperial capital together." The fifth prince took advantage of the situation to teach his sons to know how to respect their elders, and so on, the children responded with their little milk, and urged their father to tell the story of hunting.The little ones were fascinated by the listening. At other times, they should be sleeping. Now they are not sleepy when they hear their father talk about how to shoot a deer and beat a bear. Da Lang also said, "Father, tomorrow Son, son, go with the father! The grandson can protect the father!"

Erlang was surprised, and said, "I didn't eat bear meat tonight!" What about the bear his father beat?What about bear meat?Where's the bear's paw?
Sanlang said to Erlang, "Second brother, didn't you listen to the father, the bear was sent back to grandma!" Then he said to the fifth prince, "Father, I will go hunting with my father tomorrow! I want to kill one Give the bear to the second brother!"

The fifth prince said, "I know kung fu, do you know it? I'll take you there after you learn kung fu!"

The older the children, the harder it is to fool them, Da Lang said, "Today I learned bow and arrow from my concubine."

Saburo said, "Great-grandmother and great-aunt said we are good at martial arts!"

The fifth prince was delighted to hear it, and said, "I learned from your mother and concubine, so I guess I won't be able to hunt prey in this life."

Da Lang said, "The concubine's shots are very accurate."

The fifth prince smiled, "I'll teach you someday when I'm free." He coaxed the children a few words and sent them to bed.

In fact, Da Lang felt very sorry. He learned the bow and arrow, and was about to shoot a ghost to show off his heroism, but he didn't want his great-grandmother to be a liar. It turns out that there are really no ghosts in the world.

The fifth prince had no time to teach his sons bow and arrow in person, but on the fourth day, Emperor Mu Yuan ordered his servants to pick up his grandsons. He went to the forest farm to hunt for three consecutive days, combining work and rest. On the fourth day, he ordered the princes to continue Hunting and having fun, he himself had a heart to play with his grandchildren. These days, he heard his old mother, Queen Mother Hu, talking about the children of the fifth son's family learning bow and arrow. Emperor Mu Yuan simply brought the emperor's grandchildren to teach him a lesson. .

The three of them practiced bow and arrow for a while, Dalang asked him about his grandfather's hunting and wanted to hear his grandfather tell stories, so Emperor Mu Yuan talked about the animals in the forest farm, such as rabbits, pheasants, raccoons, roe deer, lynx, sheep, Deer, muntjacs, bears, and even tigers and leopards.The three listened with gusto, and Da Lang asked, "Grandfather, when can grandson go hunting!"

Erlang said, "Grandson wants to eat bear and tiger meat." The main reason is that he has never eaten it.

Saburo said, "I also want to go hunting, grandpa, can't I?"

Of course, Emperor Mu Yuan ordered the guards to get some rabbits and pheasants to surround them, and asked his grandsons to shoot them with small bows and arrows. Tone, just to make the children happy.Coupled with the density of rabbits and pheasants, it is estimated that a blind man can hit an arrow.In the evening, the three confident little guys brought back the spoils, which were specially reserved for their parents. They also gave Empress Dowager Hu two chickens and two rabbits. Empress Dowager Hu especially ordered, "Pheasant stewed soup, rabbits braised in soy sauce." Take out The great-grandson was rewarded with a thousand times more valuable good things.

Even Concubine Zhao Gui said, "I used to see the fifth prince's upright and generous temperament, and after getting married, he became more amiable, and the children are also so sensible." Empress Dowager Hu is angry here.

Empress Dowager Hu was just happy, and said with a smile, "Yeah, it's fine for the fifth son to be on errand, especially for teaching children." Of course, Empress Dowager Hu prefers the East Palace the most, but the other princes are her grandsons, and she also loves it.And now that the East Palace is not here, the little ones from the fifth prince's family are just at a cute age, and the Queen Mother Hu naturally likes childish speech.Empress Dowager Hu and Xie Moru had always been at odds, so they naturally gave the fifth prince the credit for raising the children.

Concubine Zhao thought in her stomach that it is really a prosperous family with a good wife and husband.In fact, to say that Xie Moru is a virtuous wife, it is estimated that [-]% of the people in the imperial capital would have to laugh. For the few famous things Xie Moru did, [-]% of the people would have a headache for the fifth prince, thinking that the fifth prince was guarding the palace. With such a tigress, the days are uncertain, how sad it is.But Concubine Zhao can be a concubine who has been in charge of the harem for many years, and Concubine Xie's talent must be given three points to her. Therefore, Concubine Zhao, although she does not have all kinds of tricks like Concubine Xie, is absolutely capable.Concubine Zhao is not what ninety-nine percent of people think. Just compare how the fifth prince was so transparent before he got married, and then look at the scene of the fifth prince in front of the imperial court, what position he has in the court, and what relationship he has with the East Palace. How prosperous the children are, you can know whether the fifth prince's wife is good or not!
Xie Moru was at odds with the Mercy Palace, so Empress Dowager Hu assigned all the benefits of Xie Moru to the fifth prince, so the fifth prince became a perfectly good person in the eccentric mouth of Empress Hu.Don't worry that Empress Dowager Hu just said this to repel Xie Moru, let alone why Empress Dowager Hu said that, she said it and people heard it, so everyone has to say that the fifth prince can teach children.I'm afraid Empress Dowager Hu herself didn't realize that in her old man's mouth, besides the habitual praise of the prince, the fifth prince was praised the most.

As for Xie Moru's credit being transferred to the Fifth Prince by the Empress Dowager Hu so lightly, will Xie Moru be angry and dissatisfied... Concubine Zhao Gui sighed herself, a wife is more expensive than a husband, the Fifth Prince is fine, Xie Moru has nothing to worry about.It can't be said that Xie Moru is just happy to see this, otherwise, how could Xie Moru teach the bastards so outstandingly.

Thinking of the three children of the Fifth Prince's family, Concubine Zhao was very dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law, Cui Shi. Cui Shi was unable to give birth to a son-in-law. Although Concubine Zhao was anxious, she knew that this matter could not be rushed.As a mother-in-law, Concubine Zhao Gui is not the one who is not open-eyed, and always protects the status of her daughter-in-law in front of her son.But what about the bastards of the Great Prince's Mansion?She has learned the rules and etiquette, but she is obedient. Concubine Zhao does not blame Cui Shi for learning things before entering school. , just an honest one.It stands to reason that it's fine for the bastards to be like this, but people are afraid of being compared with each other. With the bastards taught by Xie Moru comparing here, Cui's dereliction of duty in the bastards.Even Zhao Guifei has to say that someone like Xie Moru is the demeanor of a aunt.

Although Concubine Zhao herself is not someone like Xie Moru, when Concubine Zhao inspected her son Neiwei, she realized that what she needed was such a daughter-in-law.

The fifth prince is really lucky.

Concubine Zhao Gui sighed again.

Concubine Zhao was very emotional because of the five princes who got married, the first four had legitimate sons in their houses, and only the fifth prince's house had only concubine sons.Although he is the son of a concubine, a son of a son is a son of a son.Therefore, according to the ranking of the emperor's grandchildren, regardless of the emperor's grandsons in the East Palace, the sons of the eldest prince's mansion, the third prince's mansion, and the fourth prince's mansion are theoretically more noble than the concubine sons of the fifth prince's mansion, but this time the fifth prince's mansion Fu Jian took a slanted front, and everyone was inexperienced in driving, fearing that they would not take good care of the children, so they didn't take the children with them. The Fifth Prince's House brought three, so the Fifth Prince's House became a big show.

See, the bastards are the same when they are taught.

According to Concubine Zhao's thinking, Xie Moru puts his heart into the concubines. In the future, he will give birth to a concubine, and the concubine will live in harmony. Even if the concubine is younger, the concubines will remember the kindness taught by the concubine, and they will not be inferior to the younger brother. To do otherwise is to forget one's duty.

If Xie Moru has never had a son, Xie Moru does not have any concubine under his knees now, when the concubines grow up, they can take care of them slowly, first have affection, no matter which one Xie Moru wants to promote, Xie Moru will also be in the future Can't have a bad time.

This smart man is really comprehensive in everything he does.At this time, in Concubine Zhao's heart, Xie Moru was a first-class smart person.

Concubine Zhao's status and status all have this feeling, the rest of the people are more or less, either jealous or thinking, each has his own thoughts.

The fourth prince has a good relationship with the fifth prince. He is not jealous of the fifth prince. What the fourth prince thinks is that next year when the second son is older, he can bring his wife and son with him.The key is to see the laughter of the fifth prince's family, he is greedy.

The third prince said to the third concubine Chu, "Next year we will bring the children too." Looking at the children of the third prince's family these days, Chu has already had this intention, but next time or everyone It was time to bring the children, and Chu secretly sighed that the good time was gone.

The eldest prince gave a heartfelt incense to Zigu God in his heart, and please please Zigu God, Xiangu, open your eyes, don't let the villain be proud!

If Concubine Zhao knew that her son was thinking like this, she would probably vomit a mouthful of old blood!The princes have their own thoughts, but the princesses are more open-minded. Most of them are watching the children of the fifth prince's family playing well. Open your eyes and don't be afraid of not having a playmate.

The royal family is like this, and the relatives and dignitaries who are driving outside have occasionally heard a few news, Xie Shangshu is the most at ease, Xie Moru has never been pregnant, Xie's family is very anxious.Later Emperor Mu Yuan bestowed three side concubines, the Xie family was worried that Xie Moru would be unhappy, and how many people were waiting to see Xie Moru's jokes, how is it now?

Those who waited to see the joke were all slapped in the face!

Although many people would say such things, "The queen mother is also boasting, and she directly praised the fifth prince for teaching the emperor's grandson."

Xie Shangshu was even happier, alas, your old lady has a good vision, and the fifth prince is good. Not only can you be an errand, but you can also teach children like this.The fifth prince is really good, the fifth prince is well, can Xie Moru be good?His old man's family fun was just secretly fun, as if he didn't know anything, and he was still diligently acting like an old scalper in front of Emperor Mu Yuan.

As for the future, the future is still far away!
Emperor Mu Yuan left the prince to preside over the political affairs in the imperial capital, and he didn't know everything in the Yulinyuan Palace. When people were happy and happy, Emperor Mu Yuan received the good news from the prince, and the prince of Yongding was eight hundred lijia An urgent note, Fujian's defense against pirates, a small victory.

Although it was a small victory, it was enough for Emperor Mu Yuan to be happy.The main reason is that Marquis Yongding didn't go to Fujian to train for a long time. This small victory is at least a good start.Emperor Mu Yuan ordered the cabinet to discuss rewards. Because of this happy event, Emperor Mu Yuan decided to go hunting again tomorrow.

Xie Moru took his sons to study in his own tent, and the queen mother sent her servants over as usual to announce a few little grandchildren to go over to talk, Xie Moru was just about to take the children there, when suddenly there was a sudden shaking, the time was very short, and then outside There was chaos, there were screams and crying, and the servant turned pale with fright, screaming, "The ground is shaking! The ground is moving!"

Xie Moru tilted her body. She had a good relationship with Jiang Xingyun and had learned some rough martial arts. At this moment, she twisted her waist and took a step back, but she didn't fall down. She whispered to the screaming servants and palace servants, "Shut up!"

Ling Xiao stepped forward to help the fallen children. The children didn't understand anything, but they were not afraid. Saburo patted the floating dirt on his clothes, and said, "The ground just moved!"

Xie Moru calmed down, and said softly, "Yeah, it's already healed, no more movement, right?"

Dalang said, "Mom, someone is crying outside."

Xie Moru waved his hand, "Don't pay attention to them, only the timid cry."

The three children immediately expressed that they were very brave. Xie Moru saw that his tent was still safe, so Ling Xiao took the children and went out of the tent by himself. This is the camp area of ​​the royal family and nobles, with the big royal tent as the center, forming a radiating circle Distribution, the higher the status, the closer to the royal family.At this time, the tents collapsed, the ground cracked, the sky was covered with dark clouds, horses neighed and people screamed, and a torrential rain came in a blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)