A Thousand Hills

Chapter 253

It was also the first time for Xie Mo to experience martial law in the imperial capital, and since the Su family had been arrested, there was no need to send people to watch over him, so Du Juan returned to the mansion to help manage the affairs of the mansion.

Xie Moru has one advantage, she always thinks about the worst and always prepares for the worst.Therefore, even though she encountered martial law for the first time, she was also prepared.All the people going in and out of the mansion are replaced by old people who are in charge. Moreover, if there is a matter of going out, it is necessary to report back in advance. Xie Moru approved it before going out.At other times, the doors are closed.

As for daily purchases, it is also reduced to a minimum.Xie Moru had already prepared a large amount of dried vegetables, dried meat, salted fish, chicken, duck, mushrooms, fungus and other dry goods, as well as rice grains and charcoal, which could last a year.It's just that at this time, the people in the mansion don't have to think about the exquisite food in the past. Fortunately, Princess Xie is full, and that's all that Princess Xie eats!

Xie Moru sent back things to the palace again, such as tonics such as high-quality bird's nest, longan, snow clam and red ginseng, as well as some dried goods that can be stored for a long time, and Su Fei's usual rouge rice. Pocket here.

Concubine Su pulled Xie Moru to sit by her side, and said, "Why do you bring all these things here? It's cheaper here than yours." After all, Concubine Su is also one of the four concubines. Apart from the Empress Dowager and the two noble concubines, she is the only one in the harem. up.Even though she is not in charge of palace affairs, no one will be mean to her for the expenses in the palace.

Xie Moru smiled, "Now that the city is under martial law, there will be no shortage of things in the palace for the time being, but the supply may not be as good as before. I prepared these in advance, and there are still many in the palace."

"Thanks for having you." Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don't have to be pretentious, Concubine Su ordered the palace staff to put it away properly, and said, "Nowadays, the quota has been reduced from top to bottom. My quota is fine, and I don't need that much on weekdays. However, Qingning and the others have reduced by half."

Qing Ning, a member of the palace, smiled, "The servants can do whatever they want, but there are some things that are not suitable for the servants to say. Although the empress does not need the bird's nest in the palace now, except for the Palace of Mercy, that is, the palace of the two noble concubines is the upper class." Waiting for the Xueyan, the one sent to us by the previous son is not as good as before."

Concubine Su said, "Don't worry about this. All kinds of grains and miscellaneous grains support people. Didn't we live in the same way a few years ago? Let's get by. We don't lack this in the palace. You can quietly tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take care of it. The share in our palace is gone, and it’s good for other palaces.” Concubine Su was an invisible person in the past, but in recent years, because of her son’s success, her mother is more expensive than her son, and she has a terrible daughter-in-law. Those who are in charge here really dare not wrong Concubine Su, so the enshrinement will gradually come up.

In fact, in the past, when Concubine Su was invisible, I didn’t dare to defraud her in terms of status. , but quality declines.It's also a routine in the palace.

Concubine Su has had a good life and a bad one. Over the years, she has seen it through and seen it through.She cared more about the children's affairs than her own offerings, and asked how the Xie Moru's house was doing, knowing that Xie Moru had accumulated a lot of food and medicinal materials, so she was relieved.Looking at Xie Moru's thin face, Concubine Su was both distressed and emotional, "You child, no one has given you the slightest bit of worry."

Xie Moru smiled, "The time to worry is over."

Hearing this, Concubine Su couldn't shed tears. Seeing Concubine Su's sadness, Xie Moru persuaded, "What's the matter, in my life, I must first suffer from sweetness."

Concubine Su suppressed her tears and said, "As elders, I only hope that you will be safe and sound, that everything will go smoothly."

"Sometimes, I think the same way when I look at the children, but I feel that I have never seen such a person in the world." Xie Moru didn't feel that her life was bad, she was not born with material difficulties, Even the sad thing, it's long gone.What's more, according to the standards of this world, if she wants to say that her life is not good, there are not many people who can make her life better.Xie Moru said, "If you are as strong as Empress Shizu, I'm afraid there will be many unsatisfactory things." Xie Moru said, Empress Shizu is not good at picking men. Of course, she is capable, and she can change men if she is not good.But the future troubles that King Jingjiang has now are not all caused by her failure to pick a good man back then.

Concubine Su also didn't want to mention something that saddened Xie Moru, so she changed the subject, "Yes, Empress Shizu once said that there is no one who is unworthy in the world. This should be the biggest disappointment for her old man."

It's really a bull talk.

After lamenting the domineering demeanor of Empress Shizu back then, it was rare for Concubine Su to be willing to talk about ancient times. Xie Moru asked, "Then how did Empress Shizu fall in love with Shizu and King Jingjiang's biological father?"

If these things are to be put aside by others, they are mostly hearsay, or they have been extracted from history books.Concubine Su grew up in Princess Fusheng's mansion since she was a child, and her grandmother and Empress Shizu are cousins, so they are quite close in blood, so Concubine Su really knows some old things.Concubine Su said, "That's a long way to go. At that time, it was still the former dynasty. The Cheng family was originally a family of merchants. Later, when the children went to school, some people became scholars and changed their family status. The Su family in Huizhou. My grandmother was able to marry into the Su family. In fact, she married not the direct line of the Su family, but only a collateral branch. The Mu family is the family of officials and eunuchs who inherit poetry and books. His name is known all over the world. At that time, the Mu family committed a crime, and all the families were executed. Because the emperor Shizu was so beautiful, the previous emperors were not willing to kill him, so they gave him 100 taels of silver and let him go back to his hometown. At that time The Mu family has lost everything. After Emperor Shizu committed an official crime, he was homeless and jobless. He was born with luck. Empress Shizu fell in love with him at a glance. Empress Shizu has many capable people. Although she was only a small family at that time, she was also famous There are no people in the Mu family. There is a young lady from a small family like the Empress Shizu who is willing to marry, and the Emperor Shizu is not stupid, so the happy one will get married. Emperor Shizu took care of the children at home."

"Emperor Shizu wants to live in peace, and his whole life will be over. Later, their family business gradually prospered, and they also bought some properties in their hometown. Empress Shizu went to the imperial capital to do business, and Emperor Shizu took her children with her. In the suburbs, she met her predecessor Princess Chao Guangping, the eldest princess was the aunt of Emperor Dezong of the former dynasty, Xiang was powerful, and the two of them came together for some unknown reason. The people of the previous dynasty were conservative, not as good as they are now, and women at that time She can't even remarry, and even a powerful person like Princess Guangping doesn't dare to say anything. After winning the Emperor Shizu, she just kept silent. She was probably afraid that this matter would be leaked, so she wanted to attack the Empress Shizu The Empress Shizu and her children escaped with their lives, but they did not dare to return to their hometown, so they had to live elsewhere. After a very difficult time, they fell into grass. It was also lucky that the first emperor won the throne at the time of the change of dynasty. "

Xie Moru said, "It can be seen that the emperor Shizu is very beautiful!" Not only can the empress Shizu be married, but also the old widow Princess Guangping is crazy. Even the dizzy emperor of the previous dynasty can be pardoned because of his beauty. he!What's more, many years later, Empress Shizu was able to give birth to Princess Fusheng with him, which shows that this person is beautiful and has reached perfection!
Concubine Su agreed with Xie Mo's words, and said, "In the palace, I often heard people say that Su Buyu is a rare beauty in the city. Although I have never seen him, I think he is not as numerous as Emperor Shizu!"

Xie Moru asked, "Emperor Shizu is so good-looking, but I haven't heard how beautiful the late emperor and Princess Fusheng are?"

"It depends on who you are comparing with. Compared with the emperor Shizu, how inferior is it? But when the emperor went to the world, many daughters of wealthy families fell in love with him." Concubine Su's smile faded, "Even Princess Fusheng is also famous. They are beautiful. However, they all look more like ancestors and empresses."

"Then how did the ancestor emperor pass away?"

"I've only heard some people say that when the Emperor Shizu and the Empress Shizu met again, the late emperor was already a prince. It is rumored that the Emperor Shizu and Guangping also had a son. and later died in the rebellion." Concubine Su didn't know much about these things.

Xie Moru could come up with a thousand or eight hundred things that the ancestor emperor could do to offend the ancestor queen and the ancestors, because the identity of the ancestor emperor's biological father was too convenient.

Xie Moru was curious about Jingjiang's biological father again, and said, "I think Jingjiang's biological father is also very good-looking?"

"It is rumored that although it is not as good-looking as Emperor Shizu, it is still the first-class good-looking. I heard from Princess Fusheng that Jingjiang resembles his biological father."

Xie Moru sighed, "Empress Shizu entrusted King Jingjiang to Jingjiang with good intentions." Sealing King Jingjiang in the place where his ancestors were born, needless to say, those remaining Jiangnan kings will spontaneously seek King Jingjiang and strengthen Jingjiang King's strength.Empress Shizu's move was naturally to hope that King Jingjiang could hold some power and not be taken away by others.At the same time, Fujian is also the place where the British ancestors lived. With the prestige of the British public back then, Jingjiang would not dare to rebel, so a delicate balance was obtained.

However, even the Empress Shizu would not have expected the changes of things and people today.

"There are too many children, so I always want everyone to be fine." Concubine Su couldn't help sighing.

Xie Moru was full of gossip in Concubine Su's palace, had dinner with Concubine Su at noon, and left the palace with relish in the afternoon.

In the evening, the children also came back from school in the palace.

These days, the mansion in the city is extremely solemn. Although they don't do anything about the children, the more children they are, the more sensitive they seem. These days, no need to thank Moru for telling them, the children are more sensible.

Going home, I went to Xie Moru's courtyard to greet Ann first, and Da Lang first talked about the school, and said, "Mother, the master in the palace said that we don't have to go to school tomorrow, and asked everyone to rest at home for a few days. Wen Shu."

Xie Moru twitched his eyebrows, and asked with a smile, "Tomorrow is not a day off, why is it suddenly a holiday?"

Da Lang said, "The master said it was the emperor's grandfather."

Sanlang was talkative since he was a child, and he was a little gossip when he grew up. He liked to inquire on weekdays. He said mysteriously, "Mother and concubine, is it because of the war!"

Erlang said unhurriedly, "I heard from Uncle Tong's cousin that there has been a war outside."

"That's right." Sanlang said, "One time, Cousin Tong brought a small broken dagger to show off. The concubine didn't see it. It's just such a big dagger, inlaid with 88 red and emerald gems. People only see gems but don't see daggers!"

Shiro has always been very aesthetic, and said very pertinently, "I don't think that dagger looks good."

Wu Lang said, "Cousin Tong said he was going to fight the enemy with it. He also wore armor in school today."

Saburo was very envious of the armor and said, "Concubine Mother, can you make armor for us too? I want to wear it too."

"Okay, tomorrow I'll ask you to do it with needlework."

Saburo was overjoyed immediately, and he decided to practice martial arts in the rear, wearing a treasure armor and holding a steel knife, and went into battle to kill the enemy with majesty.Of course, what follows is Saburo's own imagination!

Liu Lang is the youngest, and he never competes with his brothers. Moreover, Liu Lang always likes to show a dignified face of "someone is thinking". Now that he has finally finished thinking, Fen'er asked distressedly, "Mom Concubine, if you don't go to school, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

Xie Moru smiled, "Come over tomorrow, and I will teach you how to read."

The children were very happy, mainly because the aunt's requirements were not strict, and she was allowed to rest for a quarter of an hour after speaking for half an hour, and it was more interesting than the master in the palace.

Knowing that the children will start their holiday tomorrow, Xie Moru asked the children to change their clothes, wash and do their homework. After a while, Xie Moru had to check the children's homework.

Sister Xin is a little depressed these days and doesn't like to talk. Her companion, Miss Wu, can no longer be her companion because of her grandfather's death.The little girl's house is having a good time, sister Xin is a little listless, Xie Moru said, "Anyway, you don't have to go to school now, if you want to miss Miss Wu's family, go and see her."

Sister Xin said, "Her family is having a funeral, and it doesn't seem too good for me to go. I'm afraid she won't have the energy to entertain me."

"Then it's better to give her something to comfort her."

Sister Xin thought for a while, and said, "Sister Wu likes sweet-scented osmanthus cake the most. Now that the lotus pods in the small lake in our house are ripe, why don't we make another lotus seed yam cake and send it to Sister Wu."

Xie Moru patted her back and said with a smile, "Go and make arrangements."

Sister Xin had something to do, so she happily went to see Wisteria.

Xie Moru leaned on the warm couch, propped his head on his palm, and thought carefully: It's so good, why did the class stop?Even if the whole city is under martial law, it has nothing to do with the children.

At least from Xie Moru's point of view, the suspension of classes is really unnecessary. Since martial law is to maintain stability, once classes are suspended, people's hearts will be unstable.

While thinking about it, Xie Moru ordered someone to call Xue Changshi, Xie Moru said, "When I was young, I saw an allusion in a book. It said that there was an old Mr. Xue Jiu and Xue Changhe in the previous dynasty. do you know?"

Recently, the fifth prince is recuperating from illness, and Xie Moru decides everything in the mansion.Fortunately, the officials of Prince Min's Mansion have long been accustomed to Xie Moru giving orders.Xie Moru asked about this, Xue Changshi bowed and said, "It is the ancestor." Xue Changshi was named Baihe, because his father respected the ancestor of Changhe, so he named his son Baihe.

"I heard that when the first emperor entered the city, the imperial capital was in chaos. At that time, Mr. Xue served as the Imperial Academy to offer wine, and he was not in chaos. When the dynasty changed, Mr. Xue was still giving lectures at the Imperial Academy. Is it true?"

"Your Majesty even knows about such old things?" Xue Changshi admired him very much, why did the subordinates get used to Xie Moru giving orders, if it was another woman, the subordinates would still be able to take care of her.One is that Xie Moru's status is valuable; the other is that Xie Moru's ability makes people have to be convinced.For example, the old affairs of the Xue family, now that the second emperor of the old Mu family is in power after the change of dynasty, how many people still know about the old affairs of the Xue family?Xue Changshi himself was very surprised that Xie Moru knew about this?
Xie Moru smiled, "Mr. Xue's demeanor was greatly admired by the late emperors. At that time, he ordered Mr. Xue to continue to be in charge of the Imperial Academy. It's a pity that Mr. Xue was loyal and noble, and he didn't want to serve two dynasties, but he also left this good story. Lin sets an example." Jiang Beiling wasn't the only one who didn't want to serve in the second dynasty, it's just that many people didn't have Jiang Beiling's ability.

Xie Moru continued, "The most admirable thing is that Mr. Xue can still stick to his heart and stick to his job in the face of chaos."

Xue Changshi was not a talkative person, but when it comes to ancestors, he is still willing to say a few more words. Xue Changshi said, "The ancestors were very stubborn. In fact, when the chaos reached the field, there were not many people in the Imperial College. At that time, there were only two people in the Guozi monitoring class, one was Prime Minister Su’s father, Lord Su Shensu, and the other was Lord Li Chunli, the father of the current Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, Governor-General Li.”

Xie Moru smiled, "The Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Governor-General Li, is also a high-ranking member of the court. It seems that the ancestors have a lot of predestined relationship."

Xue Changshi didn't say any more.

When Xue Changshi stepped back, Xie Moru tapped the armrest of the couch twice with his fingers. If Su Xiang's ancestors have experienced this, then the suspension of classes should not be attributed to Su Xiang.As for Emperor Mu Yuan, he has always had excellent concentration, let alone someone who would suspend the emperor's grandson from school.

Xie Moru told Wisteria to let Xiaotang come back to the house to meet at night.

Because of the martial law in the whole city, Xiao Tang came back earlier than usual, Xie Moru didn't ask anything else, just asked, "Did Mr. Beiling give a lecture today?"

Xiao Tang said, "I said it, but people can't understand it." Of course, it's normal for him to not understand it.

Xie Moru didn't ask any further questions, and ordered Xiao Tang to go down to rest.

Abnormality must be a demon. Emperor Mu Yuan, Su Xiang, and Jiang Beiling, not to mention the martial law in the imperial capital, I am afraid that Jingjiang Lincheng would not let the emperor's grandson suspend classes.But now there is no danger of Jingjiang Lincheng, how can the emperor and grandson be suspended from school?
This matter is really illogical!

There must be something wrong here!
But what happened, Xie Moru couldn't figure it out for a moment.However, the emperor and grandson were all ordered to suspend classes. If you think about it, something happened, just in the past few days.

Xie Moru had no choice but to order the mansion to strengthen the guard again, and the rules were stricter than before.

Until the third night, when it was already the second watch, Xie Moru heard Du Juan knock on the door to report, "Madam, there are slaves rebelling in the outer court, and they have taken them all!"

Xie Moru was served by the wisteria, put on his clothes and got up, took the list, and looked at the lamp carefully, there were not only servants from the mansion, but also members of the family members of the officials who lived in.Xie Moru asked, "How is it outside the residence?"

Du Juan said, "Just after the watch, there were shouts of swords and fire, saying that King Jingjiang had entered the city. These people failed to gain momentum, so they should have calmed down. All the places in and out of our mansion have been locked and guarded by guards. These people also started to fumble around at that time, so they didn't make a fuss. It's just, what do you want to do with it?"

Xie Moru said indifferently, "What should we do with these rebels? Just cut off their heads and send them to the incarnation field."

Du Juan answered and went down to do it.

On the second day, there seemed to be a faint smell of blood permeating the entire imperial capital.King Jingjiang's secret works, not to mention being wiped out in one go, will be wiped out in one night.

That day, it was not only the Prince of Min's Mansion that caused trouble in the mansion, but the Prince of Min's Mansion dealt with it the most silently.The children slept until dawn, unaffected in the slightest.For example, the fourth prince's mansion and the third prince's mansion did not sleep all night, not to mention the first prince's mansion, which was almost attacked by a group of people who were assembled carefully.The eldest prince and concubine fell ill from fright.

The most dangerous thing is in the palace. Even if Emperor Mu Yuan was prepared, he did not expect Jingjiang to buy such small works.What made Emperor Mu Yuan most distressed was that Mu Tan, the eldest son of the crown prince, was injured by an assassin.

Emperor Mu Yuan looked at the imperial doctor's pulse record again, and said softly, "Go to each mansion and tell the emperors and grandchildren to come back to class."

Zheng Jia respectfully replied, "Yes."

(End of this chapter)