A Thousand Hills

Chapter 193

After the Lantern Festival, after watching the Lantern Festival, everyone will be ready to read, and Dalang Erlang Saburo will officially go to school.

On the first day of school, the Fifth Prince specially taught his sons a few words after breakfast, nothing more than listening to the teacher's lecture carefully and studying hard.Because it was the day when the children were studying, several side concubines also came over early in the morning to send their sons to school...

The fifth prince told his son a few words, because it was the first day, he took his sons to the school in person, and the side concubines stayed in Changchun Palace to accompany Xie Moru to gossip, and those who didn't need to go to school, including Shiro, Goro, Xin, and Liulang, were also there Sister Xin and Liu Lang were raised at Xie Moru's place. Of course, the situation of the two is also different. Sister Xin is because there is only one girl in the family, and Xie Moru prefers her.In particular, Sister Xin is a girl, and she was brought up by Xie Moru for the sake of canonization in the future.Liu Lang is because Ling Xiao is not willing to raise children, and Xie Moru is his aunt, and the children are hers in name, so he let her raise them here.Xie Moru said to Sister Xin, "Go to your mother and talk to her."

Seeing her daughter approaching with small steps, Mrs. Xu held her daughter in her arms and said with a smile, "I see you every day." While stroking her daughter's cheek, it can be seen that she loves her very much.

Ling Xiao's face was indifferent, and he hadn't looked at Liu Lang since he entered the room, so Xie Moru didn't say anything.Su smiled and pointed to Ling Xiao, "Liulang, your mother is here."

Ling Xiao didn't seem to hear Su Shi's words, and didn't react at all, let alone give Liu Lang a look.

Liu Lang ranked last among the children, and he is only less than two years old now, and he is still at an ignorant age. He bit his finger, looked at Ling Xiao, and then at Xie Moru.Xie Moru hugged Liu Lang on his lap, touched his little face, Liu Lang's round face smiled at Xie Moru, and called her in a childish voice, "Mother."

Xie Moru smiled, "It's so cute."

Yu smiled, "The children will grow up in a blink of an eye. Dalang and the others are studying, and Shiro envies him so much that he babbled with me for several days."

Shiro was a little embarrassed, and said, "I think, I am also an adult."

Xie Moru was patient with the children, and said with a smile, "Your eldest brother and the others have gone to school, and the younger brothers and sisters need to be taken care of by an older brother. I watched and watched, and you are the only one who can do it."

Immediately, Shiro felt that his life had a new meaning, and he raised his head and said, "Mother and concubine, don't worry, I will definitely take care of my younger brothers and sisters."

Xie Moru said, "Then I will entrust them to Shiro."

"Well! Leave it to me!"

Xie Moru smiled, "Okay, then leave it to Shiro, you take your younger brothers and sisters to play with Mr. Ji."

Shiro took his younger brothers and sisters to play, although his brothers all went to study, which made Shiro feel a little lonely, but suddenly, he became the leader of the small group, and was entrusted with important tasks by his mother and concubine, which made Shiro's I was a little flattered in my heart, so I raised my head and chest, and took a bunch of younger siblings to play very high-spiritedly.

All the people couldn't help laughing.

Xie Moru just started talking about the business, Xie Moru said, "Next month will be my mother's memorial day, I thought, copy some scriptures to worship, but I don't believe in gods and Buddhas, so copying them may not be effective. I heard that Su Shi You are quite familiar with scriptures, so you can copy some for me."

Su's face turned pale, she got up quickly and said, "Yes." Then she asked, "I don't know what scriptures my mother wants to copy, and how much?"

"Just copy the Diamond Sutra, copy as much as you can, and don't tire you out, it makes my heart ache."

Su's complied meekly.

After a few words, Xie Moru sent them off.

Su's complexion was a little pale, and Xu's and Yu's were secretly glad that they were cautious and did not talk too much. The princess has always treated them kindly, and all the expenses are the best in the case, but the princess is not stupid. There is something that they don't understand about the current situation of their side concubines.Su Shi dared to provoke in front of the princess... Yu Shi quietly looked at Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao still had that indifferent look.

Xie Moru didn't take Su Shi seriously, but she wouldn't pretend that she didn't see it, if she didn't give a warning at this time, she was afraid that Su Shi's heart would be too big.

Xie Moru sent the side concubines away, and ordered Ziteng to give orders to prepare a small courtyard for Xie Zhi and Wu's to live in alone.Mrs. Xie said in the letter that Xie Zhi's age, the marriage can no longer be postponed, and discussed with Wu Guogong's mansion, to marry in the imperial capital, and send Wu's family over after they get married.Xie Zhi's rank is not high now, and she lives in the same hospital as others.If Mrs. Wu came, the young couple would have to have a separate yard.

Furthermore, mid-February is the birthday of Prince Jingjiang, so he also needs to prepare a congratulatory gift.

Xie Moru was busy with things all day long, the fifth prince didn't know about Su's copying scriptures, even if he knew, the fifth prince probably didn't respond.Originally, the wife had to take care of the affairs of the family and worry about the children, so there was no time to copy scriptures.Anyway, the side rooms are very free, so it doesn't matter if you copy them.

Well, this is the brain circuit of the Fifth Prince.

On the day when the dragon raised its head, the fifth prince took a bath and changed clothes, took the resident officials, officials of the palace and his wife to the temple to perform rituals for his mother-in-law.King Jingjiang still sent Chang Shi to pay homage, and Xie Moru still asked Qian Changshi to bring back the birthday gift for the son of Jingjiang.

After Long raised his head, at the end of February, Xie Zhi's new wife Wu Shi was sent to Fujian to reunite with her husband.

Before Wu came here, she was still a little apprehensive. She didn't know what the rules were in the feudal prince's mansion. She knew that her husband lived in the feudal prince's mansion, and she also knew that because of her rank, she lived with others in the feudal prince's mansion.Before Mrs. Wu came, her mother even quietly gave her some money, saying that if it is not cheap to live in the feudal prince's mansion, it would be the same if she stayed for a while and found a house outside without offending Princess Xie.Instead, the grandma told her that everything was arranged.

The Wu family was born in the Duke's Mansion, and her direct sister is the crown princess, so she is not short of money.The main reason is that Xie Moru is well-known, and her husband is a concubine after all. Fortunately, in this generation of her husband's family, there is only Concubine Xie as a sister-in-law, and there is no son-in-law. Otherwise, Duke Wu would not be able to mention this marriage again.Because of the situation of the Xie family, Duke Wu's mansion could also see clearly that it was impossible to have a son, and Xie Zhi, who was a concubine, had the status of a son.

Even because of Xie Moru and Xie Zhi's concubine and concubine, Wu's heart was also cautious.

Instead, when she came to the feudal prince's mansion, a maid led her to a small courtyard with two entrances. The courtyard was not big, facing south, the orientation was very straight, and there were five principal houses in a row, very clean and tidy.A peach blossom in the corridor has formed a little pink buds. When you enter the house, the furniture is all clear huanghuali.It can make people from the Wu family look elegant, so it can be seen that the house is really good.Mrs. Wu first thanked the maid, "Thank you, sister." Then she asked the maid to sit down.

"It's all a servant's job." Wisteria smiled, "When the lady received a letter from the wife at home, she ordered the servant to choose this yard. It is not far from Xue Changshi's yard. It is a corridor when you go out. The uncle is on errand. It's very cheap for the young mistress to talk to the empress. Knowing that the eldest mistress will bring her own things, the house has been tidied up a little, so the eldest mistress will take care of the arrangement." Then he introduced the two maids in the house, "Bitao , Chun Jiang was originally a maid at the empress's place, and the empress said that the youngest mistress is new here and is not familiar with the feudal prince's mansion, so she asked them to come over, and it would be the same to ask them to go back after the youngest mistress is familiar."

Mrs. Wu thanked Xie Moru for taking care of her, and when Wisteria was talking, Xie Zhi came.Xie Zhi and Ziteng are familiar, Ziteng is a girl of Xie family, she has been serving Xie Moru since she was a child, Xie Zhi smiled, "Sister Wisteria is here."

"I know the old man is busy, so I'll come to talk to the young mistress." Zi Teng got up to greet her, and since Xie Zhi came, Zi Teng left and said with a smile, "Your Majesty also remembers the hard work of the young mistress, so I will go back and talk to my mistress first." , the empress is relieved."

Xie Zhi got up to see her off, and said, "Tell Eldest Sister, we will go over to say hello to Eldest Sister in a while."

Wisteria responded and withdrew respectfully.

It's the first time the two have met.

Wu's face was reddish, but the maid had good eyesight, so she withdrew after drinking tea.Xie Zhi is older and his wife is younger, even though she is escorted by loyal servants, it is not easy for a woman.Xie Zhi asked, "Are you tired?"

"It's not bad, sir, is he still on duty today?" Mrs. Wu will also find topics to talk about, so the husband and wife can't sit still and not talk.

Xie Zhi smiled, "The imperial court also needs to have three days of marriage leave. I have already told Shangfeng, but I don't know when you will arrive. Otherwise, I will go out to meet you."

Mrs. Wu was also happy when she heard it. It is impossible for the two of them to say that they have any deep feelings at the moment, but they both want to get close together, and they have a close heart. Both of them have good personalities. When Xie Moru was there, there was something interesting in his demeanor.

For Mrs. Wu, Xie Moru was originally a big aunt, and when they met for the first time as newlyweds, they also had to greet her.After Mrs. Wu paid the salute, Xie Moru gave a generous meeting gift, and then asked about Mrs. Wu's journey and how many days he walked, but the journey was smooth, kind and friendly.

In the end, Xie Moru said, "This journey is tiring, you go back and rest first, come over tomorrow, let's have dinner together, in a few days it will be the Shangsi Festival, I have a banquet here, you come over too, and meet everyone in Min'an madam."

Xie Moru's arrangement was simply considerate and thoughtful.

When Wu Shi and Xie Zhi returned to their small courtyard, they both said, "Big Sister gave me such a precious thing." Such a set of ruby ​​red gold hair mask, Wu's background also felt precious.

Xie Zhi smiled, "Big sister here, you just keep it." Xie Mo has a good relationship with Xie Zhi and the others, Xie Zhi may not be aware of it when he was young, but when he grows up, Xie Moru has never been stingy with the opportunities he can give. Pass.As for the issue of the biological mother, when Ning was locked up, Xie Zhi was still young, Mrs. Xie Shangshu and Mrs. Xie were not fools, she would never leave such troubles, so she had already made it clear to him.Xie Zhi is a man, and unlike Xie Moyou, who keeps in touch with the Ning family and the Marquis of Jinning, he feels that his biological mother is a bit sorry for his sister-in-law.After all, it was the birth mother who thought about it first, and when it comes to identity, it was also the birth mother who was wrong first.

Xie Zhi is the eldest grandson and was taught very well.When he came to Fujian, the fifth prince, Xie Moru, was willing to take care of him, and it's not like he didn't know what to do.What's more, for a child of this class of background, it would be a fool for him not to get close to such a high-ranking elder sister.Xie Zhi is obviously not stupid, otherwise, the family would not be able to plan his marriage in every possible way, and give him a wife from the Duke's Mansion.

Xie Zhi is in his twenties, and already knows how to be considerate, not to mention his wife is young, Xie Zhi said, "Fujian is not as prosperous as the imperial capital, we are together, I have to work on weekdays, and I will not leave you alone at home." Don't worry. Now in the feudal prince's mansion, with the eldest sister, if you are bored, just go and talk to the eldest sister, she takes care of us very much."

Wu replied with a smile.

Naturally, she is no stranger to everyone's background and family contacts.

When the young couple met for the first time, they had a lot to say, and at night they consummated the room, but within two or three days, they became more and more intimate.Xie Zhi is also a good man, all the officials at the peak and the lower officials knew that his wife was coming, and Xie Zhi set up two tables of wine in his small courtyard when he was still taking a bath.These things are up to Mrs. Wu, everyone is willing to appreciate Xie Zhi's invitation, but there are not many women who come to Fujian with their husbands, and these wives and grandmas are really inferior to Wu's in terms of background.However, her husband's official position is usually higher than Xie Zhi's. Wu is very easy-going, and when meeting older women, she respects her very much and speaks politely.In addition, Xie Zhi and Wu's husband and wife are small relatives after all, so it is quite commendable to be able to behave like this.

About Wu's coming, Xie Moru also mentioned something to the fifth prince, who said, "Yes, Ah Zhi is not young."

"Speaking of which, his marriage has quite a lot of twists and turns." Xie Moru said, "He is the eldest grandson, and his family's expectations are higher. He originally wanted to learn first, and the marriage is not in a hurry. The second uncle got married too late, so Ah Zhi's marriage It was too late to make an appointment, originally it was the girl from Governor Wu's family in Jingjiang. Unfortunately, that girl's life was unlucky, and she passed away in the year of the earthquake. After all, there was a marriage contract. A Zhi guarded the girl from Governor Wu's family for a year Later, Duke Wu saw that Ah Zhi was kind and that the two families were also interested, so he settled on the present marriage."

Xie Moru handed a cup of tea to her husband, and said, "Siblings are younger, they come all the way here, and they are far away from their mother's family. On the contrary, Governor Wu is close to his uncle's house, so he should walk around more. Governor Wu It’s not easy for a senior official from a place to come to Fujian, and my younger siblings are also female dependents, so it’s not convenient to go to Jingjiang. I thought, let my younger siblings write a letter to Governor Wu, and tell Governor Wu, what does the prince think?”

When the fifth prince heard the last word, the corners of his lips twitched, and he almost squirted tea.Swallowing the tea in his mouth hurriedly, the fifth prince smiled, "My princess, if you have something to say, just speak up." This is a detour.

Xie Moru patted him and smiled, "I haven't finished yet."

The fifth prince cupped his hands and joked, "Please continue, please continue."

Xie Moru smiled, "I was thinking, firstly, I would let my younger siblings go out with my natal uncle for a while, and secondly, I would inquire with Governor Wu about something. It is said that King Jingjiang prefers the third son, although the eldest son was born early, he is not as good as the third son. He is even more favored by King Jingjiang. After all, Governor Wu has been in Jingjiang for some years, so no matter what happens, he should know about these things, right?"

"You mean to provoke the relationship between Prince Jingjiang and King Jingjiang."

"I don't know if it's true. If it's true, let Governor Wu have a try." Xie Moru said, "Jingjiang's eldest son was conferred by the imperial court, let him know that the imperial court supports him. No matter how much King Jingjiang favors the third son It's useless! He's well provoked, and it doesn't matter if he's not provoked."

"That's not bad, but I don't know if Governor Wu is happy or not?" After all, the Wu family is the family of the prince's wife.

Xie Moru smiled slightly, "If you want to talk about the Wu family, the first emperor was the most loyal. Later, when the first emperor died, they had a good relationship with Princess Fusheng. As long as your majesty is in charge, your majesty is willing to be in-laws with his family. Relationships are always complicated. Don’t forget, Your Highness, the first person to be married to my natal family was Governor Wu. It’s just something unfortunate that changed the current marriage. In fact, it’s all about the Wu family, isn’t it? .”

The fifth prince stopped talking nonsense and said, "Who will deliver the letter?"

"Let Xingyun go, she knows my heart best."

The fifth prince thought for a while, "May is King Jingjiang's birthday, wait a little longer, when Zhang Changshi goes in May, let Miss Jiang go with him."

Xie Moru has no opinion.

The fifth prince thought of something, and said to Xie Moru, "By the way, elder brother is coming to give us equipment, you ask someone to tidy up a good yard for elder brother to live in."

"The eldest prince is coming in person?"

The fifth prince was also helpless, "Yes. I just received a letter from my fourth brother." He took it out of his sleeve and showed it to his wife.

Xie Moru read the letter and was speechless for a moment.

The husband and wife looked at each other speechlessly, and it was really unexpected that they have become an existence that attracts people's favor in this day and age.

(End of this chapter)