A Thousand Hills

Chapter 168

When Xie Moru was talking about business with Jiang Xingyun, the fifth prince was talking to the fourth prince about the construction of Nanshan, Mr. Beiling's temper, and the specifications of Nanshan's house. Said, "You have a long way to go, you have to be careful in everything."

The fifth prince smiled, "Fujian is my fiefdom, and I will stay there for a lifetime. I thought I would leave tomorrow, but the matter is really unfinished. It seems that I will stay for two more days."

The fourth prince You Qi said, "Go to the East Palace to have a look, I must resign from the prince." The fifth prince is protecting the Marquis of Yongding in front of the imperial court, the prince may not be very happy.

The fifth prince would not ignore the rear even if he was a fan, and said seriously, "What the fourth brother said is true."

Sending off the fourth prince, Xie Moru's place ended earlier, the couple were about to have dinner, and the eldest prince and concubine came.Xie Moru and the fifth prince knew the reason for the visit of the eldest prince and his wife, even if they didn't ask, if it was not for anyone else, the navy that Yongding Hou had trained for two years was defeated, how could the eldest prince and concubine be able to sit still.

The eldest prince still has a good impression of the fifth prince. Even if they used to be jealous and spread gossip, the two of them were awkward. But in recent years, the eldest prince has been helped by Zhao Lin. , the IQ level has been rising all the way, and the relationship with the younger brothers is not bad.Especially when the fifth prince met today, he directly said that he had inquired about the Fujian region with the eldest prince.The eldest prince is in charge of the Ministry of War. Although the defeat in Fujian has nothing to do with him, but with the words of the fifth prince, the eldest prince is much better in front of the imperial court, and the fifth prince even interceded with Yongdinghou.Who is Yongdinghou? That is the biological father of the eldest prince and concubine, the biological father-in-law of the eldest prince.At this moment, the eldest prince felt that Zhao Lin was really far-sighted in persuading him to befriend the younger brothers all the time, and the fifth prince was indeed a good younger brother.

The eldest prince said, "I expected you to be busy these two days, so I didn't choose a time to come here."

The Fifth Prince asked the Eldest Prince to go to the study to talk, while saying, "I was also thinking of looking for Eldest Brother, but Eldest Brother came to visit my younger brother first."

"You come and I'm not the same."

The Fifth Prince saved Yongding Hou, and said good things about the First Prince in front of the emperor. Of course, one is that the First Prince did help him, and he just told the truth.Second, the fifth prince has this temper. If you have helped me, I will definitely repay you.As for keeping Marquis Yongding, it was because Marquis Yongding was not badly rated by the imperial court and was the father-in-law of the eldest prince. The fifth prince indeed looked at the face of the eldest prince.

When he was summoned to enter the palace, the fifth prince knew about the defeat of Fujian, and he knew in his heart that he was going to surrender.Since he is a vassal, he will have to deal with the Ministry of War in the future, so he must first show his favor to the First Prince.The fifth prince was clear in his heart, he thought that if the eldest prince didn't come, he would go there too.Since the eldest prince is here, that's even better.

The Fifth Prince and the Eldest Prince went to the study to say some heart-to-heart words between brothers, Xie Moru comforted the Eldest Prince Concubine, without him, the Eldest Prince Concubine's eyes were swollen, she thought she had cried at home knowing that her father was defeated.

The maid served tea, Xie Moru sent them down and said slowly, "Although I don't understand military affairs, I also know that victory and defeat are common matters in the military. Sister-in-law has to be at ease, otherwise, if you are like this, let Madam Yongding see you, and you will not be able to change it." For being sad?"

The eldest princess suppressed her tears, "What my younger siblings said is true. Since my father went to Fujian, I have not been worried for a day. This time, I heard from His Highness that His Highness Fifth Highness should intercede with my father. I would like to thank my younger siblings first." I'm done." As he was about to stand up and salute, Xie Moru hurriedly sat her down, and said sincerely, "Sister-in-law is heretic. Let me be fair, Lord Hou has been in Fujian for the past two years. It's just that pirates are rampant. It's not a day. If you want to deal with it really well, why do you need to train soldiers? Don't worry, sister-in-law. As long as Lord Hou is still in Fujian, there will be a chance to start again. You have to be good, sister-in-law, so Lord Hou can rest assured , let's see what the future holds."

The eldest concubine knew the importance of her status to the family. She nodded and sighed, "If you want to live a life, there are indeed ups and downs. The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to shed tears. This time, I still have something to ask my fifth sibling. "

"Sister-in-law just say it, why use asking words." Xie Moru had already guessed in his heart and was very straightforward.

The eldest prince concubine said, "At the beginning of the military training in Fujian, everyone felt that it was a rare and fat job. How many people went in to get close to others, my father was upright, and I didn't bring many of my own children. Now that I am defeated, I want everyone to avoid it." Fujian is too late, and there are a few brothers in my natal family who can be used. If the younger siblings and the fifth younger brother look at them, it is better to take them along, and it is good to follow along with some effort."

This is the aristocratic family, how quick the response is, don't watch the eldest prince and concubine crying, the Cui family has already taken care of it, and reacted quickly.Xie Moru said, "Even if my sister-in-law doesn't tell me, I still want to ask my sister-in-law for someone to ask for. My sister-in-law's natal family started with military exploits, and the children in the clan are also familiar with soldiers and horses. Our own family is always reliable."

Xie Moru said it kindly, the First Imperial Concubine was a little relieved, Xie Moru asked again, "How many people are there in total, what is the situation, can sister-in-law tell me, I also have a plan in my heart."

The first concubine talked about her natal brothers with Xie Moru, not only the brothers of the first concubine, but also the brothers and cousins ​​of the family, of course they are all strong people.

Xie Moru didn't streamline one, but wanted everything.However, Xie Moru also made an ugly remark, "This time, the list of those killed in the war in Fujian, I think my sister-in-law has seen it too. All the direct descendants of Duke Wu's mansion Chu State's mansion were killed in battle, and the people selected by Yongding Hou's mansion are naturally good. Yes, there must be room to show my talents. If it doesn't work, I'll tell my sister-in-law first, I don't show affection."

The First Prince and Concubine said seriously, "This is what it should be. The fifth younger siblings don't care about anyone's face, not to mention the military, even in the officialdom. If everything is based on affection, things can't be done. They have to use it, and the fifth younger siblings can only use it. If it’s unusable, letting them come back is also for their own good.”

The eldest concubine was always sensible, Xie Moru was just taking precautions, at this time the Marquis of Yongding sent naturally capable children, but because of this, since they were employing people, they couldn't be too talkative.

The two reached a tacit agreement on this, and the eldest princess asked Xie Moru when he would become a fan.

Xie Moru said, "I have already packed everything here. See what Your Highness means. In the past few days, we will hand over the matters at hand clearly, and we will leave immediately. In just three or two days, I am afraid that we will not be able to catch up with the Sixth Highness. married."

The eldest concubine is not a procrastinator, besides what is more important than the matter of Fujian at this time, she immediately said, "Naturally, it is a big matter. His Highness is also a person who knows great gifts, so he must understand. It is the sixth brother and sister." There, brothers and sisters just need to rest assured that there will be me in the future. At my mother’s house, they have already packed up, and when they leave, just send me a letter from my brothers and sisters, and I will ask them to come over.”

Thank you Moru for everything.

This is the benefit of having a prince and concubine in her natal family. In such a fiasco as Marquis Yongding, if a daughter becomes a concubine, the eldest prince would not want to see something happen to Yue's family. What's more, there are fifth princes who want to win over the eldest prince, and Marquis Yongding will live forever. Fujian stood still.

The eldest concubine pulls her natal family in every possible way, Xie Moru is also quite tempted, it is true that she is not very close to her natal family, but it must be used when it should be used.Xie Moru discussed with the fifth prince, "I don't know what Azhi's plan is, do you want Qiu Wei next year, otherwise it would be good to go to Fujian with us to experience for a few years."

The fifth prince has no one in his own mother's family, and he also attaches great importance to Yue's family, so he said, "I was so busy today that I forgot to ask the old Shangshu. There is not only one way in the world, Zhu Yan also won the Jinshi, the same is from four It’s time for the prefect. We don’t need to worry about this matter. The old minister will come over tomorrow, so let’s ask the old minister what he means.” The brothers-in-law are all young and have no fame, and the fifth prince is not a small weapon if they can support them. Yes, it is Mrs. Xie's son Yu Fan, such a distant relative, the fifth prince did not give him less chances in the Ministry of Rites.Yu Fan is doing well in the Ministry of Rites now, so the fifth prince didn't touch him.

Xie Moru said, "That's also good. His Highness will ask his grandfather tomorrow. Such an opportunity is not easy to come by."

Xie Moru intends to support the children of her natal family. Xie Moru's surname is Xie. The Xie family is more than one Shangshufu. She thought about it. Xie Moru, the third wife of the Xie family, will not be in Xie Moru's eyes again, but Xie Jing, the second wife of the Xie family, still has The two younger brothers are only young, and the eldest Xie Yun is only sixteen.On the contrary, the eldest son of the household servant Zhang’s family married by Xie Jing was born in Juren... and the third son of Qi Guogong’s mansion married by Xie Moyou... Yu Yao’s husband Li Silang has entered the Imperial Academy...

Xie Moru said, "Your Highness and Li Shizi are cousins, and Li Shizi and I have known each other since we were young. The Marquis of Yong'an is also the home of martial arts. Li Shizi is in the Imperial Guard. I heard that Li Shizi's two younger brothers, Li Yu Li Qiong is getting older now, but I don't see them very often, is Your Highness familiar with them?"

"Cousin Yu's marriage will worry Aunt Wenkang to death. Cousin Qiong wants to take the imperial examination."

Xie Moru knew this. Li Yu was a normal child when he was a child. After growing up, he somehow refused to get married. Marriageist, in order to resist his mother's proposal of marriage to him, it is said that he ran away from home.Of course, Princess Wenkang wanted to save face, and the Marquis of Yong'an was also very powerful, so he quickly found Li Yu back. Not many people knew about it, but Li Yu was still unmarried, which really caused Princess Wenkang a lot of headaches.

Xie Moru thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow I will ask Li Shizi."

The fifth prince couldn't wish for it, even if Li Yu and Li Qiong didn't do anything, he would be happy to go to Fujian with him.

The news of Fujian's defeat in the war cannot be concealed, and the news of the fifth prince's departure from the feudal domain cannot be concealed either. In this imperial capital, everyone who should know knows it.Xie Feng, the second wife of the Xie family in the imperial capital, also discussed with his wife, Su Shi, after finding out about it, "I am afraid that the princess will join the feudal domain with His Royal Highness. I will go to my uncle first to see what the regulations are. If the princess goes together, what shall we do?" I'm going to give it away too."

Su Shi said, "The Marquis of Yongding has lost the battle, and now Fujian is in a mess, the concubine is a woman, do you want to go to the domain with Your Highness?"

Xie Feng thought about Xie Moru's temperament, and said, "Yuemo is going."

Su family was very worried, Xie Moru has always been very friendly to the second room, especially Xie Jing's marriage, Xie Moru gave generous gifts, even after Xie Jing got married, Xie Moru would invite Xie Jing to the palace to talk from time to time, not to talk The closeness between the sisters, Xie Moru's attitude helped Xie Jing gain a firm foothold in her husband's house.The Zhang family's servant's mansion is neither high nor low, but Xie Feng's official position is not high, so he and the Zhang family are considered to be well-matched.Xie Feng's official position is limited, fortunately there is an uncle who is a minister in the family, and there is Xie Moru, a cousin who is willing to take care of Xie Jing, so the Zhang family naturally dare not treat Xie Jing badly.Therefore, these years, the Su family has always been very grateful to Xie Moru. Hearing about this, he couldn't help but worry for Xie Moru, and thought, the mountains in Fujian are high and the roads are far away. go.

Su hurriedly sent her husband out, and ordered someone to deliver a letter to Xie Jing at Zhang's house, asking Xie Jing to go back to her mother's house tomorrow, and sent her servants to pack up the medicinal materials.

Zhang Shilang's mansion got the news of Xie's family, even if the Su family didn't send someone over, Zhang Shilang still knew that the fifth prince was going to surrender.Zhang Shilang asked his wife to talk to his daughter-in-law, and he called his son to the study. His eldest daughter-in-law has a great cousin of the princess. Zhang Shilang said to his son, "The fifth prince's residence must be busy these two days. Tomorrow morning After breakfast, I will go to your Yue's house with your daughter-in-law, and the fifth prince will probably not be able to return to the imperial capital for some years."

Zhang Dalang agreed.

Mrs. Zhang first comforted her daughter-in-law for a while, and then ordered the maid to pack some things for her to take with her. Her daughter-in-law's family background is limited, but the daughter-in-law's natal family is very close.Of course, Mrs. Zhang is not bored because of this. The daughter-in-law has already married into the family, and she is not unreasonable. Mrs. Zhang is not mean to her daughter-in-law. , she naturally hoped that her in-laws would be more prosperous.

Zhang Shilang's family understood, but Qi Guogong's mansion was clearer than his. Qi Guogong walked back and forth several times, and said to his wife, "Pack up Sanlang's things."

"What is this going to do?" Madam Qi was shocked.

Qi Guogong said, "The fifth prince is a vassal in Fujian. In the current situation in Fujian, it is time for the fifth prince to employ people. Sanlang and the fifth prince are serious brother-in-law. He is also at this age. Let him follow the fifth prince to come. It’s also good to experience one or two in Fujian.”

Let's not talk about how dangerous Fujian is now. Before the Marquis of Yongding trained his troops, there was no need to mention all kinds of people looking for connections. Once the dynasty was defeated, many relatives and precious children died in Fujian.Mrs. Qi is her own son, her face turned pale when she heard this, and said, "Is this successful? Sanlang's martial arts are mediocre."

Qi Guogong said, "Wealth and wealth are in danger, if he is not willing, let Erlang go." If he is not old and has the status of the Duke of the country, Qi Guogong himself would like to go.Since Emperor Mu Yuan didn't express his political stance in time when he was in charge, the Qi State Public Committee has not been very happy these years. That is, when the earthquake last year, he got the job of protecting the palace maids when Emperor Mu Yuan's life and death were uncertain, and it was a little easier in the front of the imperial court.How the mission came, Qi Guogong understood very well, it was just a word from Xie Moru.

At that time, the royal men did not know their whereabouts. Empress Dowager Hu was an unknown person. She could no longer be counted on for important matters. The royal family was Xie Moru and Princess Wenkang who were in charge. At that time, Princess Wenkang was injured and her energy was inevitably low. Even if Princess Wenkang's phoenix body is healthy, she is not as good as Xie Moru in terms of political wisdom.

I bet on the wrong treasure last time, this time I have to bet on the right one.

Qi Guogong was able to marry the Xie family's concubine daughter to his son because he liked the Xie family's power in the court at this time, so he naturally had the intention of turning over.

Qi Guogong first asked the third son to discuss it. Qi Sanlang was not stupid, so he agreed immediately. He hesitated, "Is there any shortage of people for the fifth prince?" He was willing to go, but would he?
Qi Guogong was naturally prepared and said, "Tomorrow you will come with me to the Fifth Prince's Mansion, let your wife go with you, and talk to her about it in the evening, so that she can be relieved. Don't think too much about it. You have a future. She His face is also radiant." There are many relatives in the court, Qi Guogong is not very proud in the court, and his sons don't have very good official positions, but fortunately he is smooth, even if he didn't stand well at the beginning, the title is still there all these years .But Qi Guogong had waited too long for an opportunity, so naturally he would not miss it.

Qi Sanlang understood everything, and Qi Guogong ordered him to go back to his room earlier.Speaking of which, Qi Guogong is not so satisfied with the third daughter-in-law, not because he dislikes Xie Moyou's status as a concubine, if he dislikes Xie Moyou's concubine, Qi Guogong will not marry his son at all.Qi Guogong felt that this third daughter-in-law was really not smart enough, her natal family's Shangshu's house was always on the move, and the fifth prince's concubine was very indifferent.

silly!

How silly!

Qi Guogong knew that Xie Moru was fine, and even the second cousin of Xie's family took special care of him. Xie Mo was worried that his identity was closer than Xie Jing's. In the end, the two of them were like this.If you ask Qi Guogong to say that it is normal for the concubines to have some quarrels, but as long as there is no major event that cannot be overcome, they will all get married. After all, Xie Moru is a prince and concubine. Give her face?Even if Xie Moru didn't think highly of Xie Moyou, he would give Qi Guogong's family this face.

In the end, his daughter-in-law was so stupid that she didn't know how to get close to Princess Xie.

How can Qi Guogong be the father-in-law alone?

You have to be able to be Xie Wangfei, you want airs and face, and that's all.Unborn and no one has that kind of ability, hey...

Qi Guogong couldn't help feeling extremely sad when he thought of his third daughter-in-law.

Tonight, Qi Guogong is not the only one who is melancholy.

In the East Palace, Ning Jijiu also left at night.

What I discussed with the crown prince today was nothing else but the matter of the fifth prince with regard to the vassal and Fujian.But who would have expected that when the Fifth Prince met, he would first pull out the First Prince and say that the First Prince had given him his opinion on the matter of Fujian before, which made the First Prince very fond of him.What the prince didn't expect was that when Emperor Mu Yuan was furious and wanted to replace Yongdinghou, the fifth prince personally interceded with Yongdinghou and saved Yongdinghou.At this time, even the eldest prince's intercession may not be useful, but the fifth prince's pleading, Mu Yuan Emperor will give the fifth prince this face, because the fifth prince will take over the military and political power of Fujian directly, and the fifth prince will try his best to protect Yongdinghou. It shows that in the heart of the fifth prince, the Marquis of Yongding is still worthy of use.In addition, Yongdinghou was a general selected by Emperor Mu Yuan himself, so Yongdinghou was demoted and retained.

Throughout the night, the prince's mood was extremely gloomy, he didn't eat dinner and discussed with Ning Jijiu for an hour.Ning Jijiu's idea is, "The fifth prince is just employing people, so your highness might as well recommend a few people for the fifth prince to use."

The prince deeply felt that Ning's words of sacrificing wine were justified, and also, what did the fifth prince mean? He was very suspicious of whether he was loyal to Dong Gongzhong.

From this, we can see how busy the Fifth Prince Xie Moru and his wife will face tomorrow.Alright, let’s not be in a hurry tomorrow, send the eldest prince and his wife away, Xie Moru, the fifth prince’s dinner is already at the beginning of the Xu Dynasty, after clearing the scene with some light meals, Xie Morufang had time to ask the fifth prince, “Your Majesty, the scout secretary from Fujian Have you given it to Your Highness?"

The fifth prince said, "Scout the marquis back to the army, and my father said that Marquis Yongding knew about it."

It's not too heartless, I know to talk to the fifth prince.However, what Xie Moru was talking about was not a scout in the army, Xie Moru said in a low voice, "Besides the army, His Majesty must have a separate spy. Since we are going to Fujian, if Fujian is too peaceful, we should not mention these things. If you want to reverse the situation in Fujian, you have to ask Your Majesty to be honest with you now that you are in such a mess."

The fifth prince knew what his wife meant, and he said, "Father will not hide it from me."

No, your father must be hiding it from you.

Now is the opportunity for him to confess.

Xie Moru looked at the Fifth Prince, "How about Fujian? We still hold it in our hands. What matters is the intelligence of the Jingjiang Palace over the years. This time it appears that the Marquis of Yongding was defeated by pirates, but what happened in reality? , We all know it well. Others can pretend to be confused, but we can't. The officials in Jingjiang and the general configuration of the army. We need to know who are the famous gentry and great merchants in Jingjiang."

The fifth prince is not enough to deceive himself, he said, "Then I will ask my father tomorrow."

Xie Moru said, "You should also tell His Majesty about the fact that we are going to Jingjiang Prince's Mansion. This is a big matter, so it is better not to let His Majesty know."

The fifth prince was startled, it wasn't that his daughter-in-law asked him to tell his father about it and he didn't like it, it's just that telling his father about the spy network in Jingjiang and Minzhou together with this matter obviously aggravated the matter The weight of the matter required his father to hand over the intelligence network.After thinking about it again and again, the Fifth Prince said, "Then I will tell the truth."

Xie Moru smiled, "I wanted His Highness to tell the truth. In this world, there are many people who like to pretend to be smart, and they insist on making simple things 180 circles, which is annoying. It would be better to go straight. Your Highness and His Majesty's close father and son , what can't be said? Your majesty, the king of the country, if I don't have some means, I don't believe it. It's just that the Jingjiang Palace is extraordinary. If it is easy to give, the delay will not be here. Since our goal is the Jingjiang Palace, we must Let’s be honest with each other.”

The daughter-in-law was really good at talking, and the fifth prince felt relieved, and smiled, "You are right."

The Fifth Prince still has something to do, and said, "I was thinking, please ask Mr. Beiling to recommend a few people for me."

"That's true." Xie Moru smiled, "How about letting Li Jiujiang go with His Highness?"

The fifth prince smiled, "Jiujiang is very talented, you should have recommended him to me long ago."

"At that time Li Jiujiang was not Li Jiujiang today."

(End of this chapter)