A Thousand Hills

Chapter 263

After going to the reunion banquet in the palace, the next thing is the opera wine in the palaces.

The fifth prince was not in the imperial capital, so Xie Moru ordered Dalang to take Erlang Saburo to entertain his uncles and elders, and Silang Wulang and Liulang to entertain younger uncles and brothers. Of course, the children also arranged useful stewards.Xie Moru greeted the female relatives in the inner house, and Sister Xin entertained the cousins ​​who came from the place.

The fourth concubine Hu Shi laughed, "The children will grow up in a blink of an eye, and the Dalangs are also very useful."

Xie Moru said, "Yes, His Highness is not here, and Da Lang is the elder brother, so he has to be the one who takes care of the family."

The sixth prince and concubine Tie Shi said, "This child is sensible."

Everyone praised Da Lang one after another. Since Da Lang sat with the chief to have a New Year's wine, his worth has soared.And the third princess said, "Looking at Dalang's eyes, it's the age of our relatives. Fifth sister-in-law, you have to set up an iron threshold first, so as not to step down the threshold for the matchmaker."

"Dalang and Erlang have been in the same year for three years. Dalang's birthday is slightly older. If you are married or not, there is no rush. Your Highness and I will help to see which one is suitable. I still have to listen to Your Majesty." Xie Moru smiled, "The eldest son of my sister-in-law's family has reached his age."

The eldest concubine Cui Shi smiled, "That's right, I told His Highness last year that when the child grew up, it was time to get busy, and because there were a lot of things to do last year, I let it go." Tong is a concubine, and because the Cui family has a son, this concubine is not very conspicuous.

Speaking of which, they are all born out of concubines, so they really have different fates!Da Lang of the eldest prince's family, everyone knows about this child, but when he thinks about it, he has no impression of him.Needless to say, the Dalang of the Fifth Prince's Mansion sat at the royal banquet, in fact, even if he didn't go to accompany Emperor Mu Yuan to have a meal, everyone knew that this child, without him, since "His Royal Highness recuperates from illness", the Fifth Prince's Mansion has a personal sympathy Xie Moru sent his three older sons to come and go.Dalang Erlang Saburo, Dalang is one year older than Erlang Saburo, but in fact, Dalang was born at the end of the year, and Erlang Saburo was born at the beginning of the year, so it is said that he is one year older, but in fact, he is not older than a few months.A person is young and looks thin, and the three of them go together, and we can discuss a matter or two.Even when they went to the New Year ceremony a few years ago, Xie Moru accompanied them.Therefore, everyone in the prince and princess' mansion knows about these three men.At that time, I thought it would be interesting for a child to do big things at a young age, but thinking about it again, it might be that the child is sensible and capable.

In addition, Emperor Mu Yuan hand-picked Dalang for the New Year's wine, which is naturally a rare honor, but it is more to see the face of the fifth prince when he goes out to fight, but everyone thinks about Dalang himself, this child's quality, No one can say no.

Now Xie Moru took out all the children and talked about it, everyone thinks again, even if you feel a little awkward towards Xie Moru, you have to say that the children in the Fifth Prince's Mansion are all good.Although Da Lang takes the title of the eldest son, the other children are also very good at handling people and things.

When it comes to marriage, the children of the Fifth Prince's Mansion are still young, no, Mu Tong, the eldest son of the eldest son's mansion, Mu Tan, the grandson of the East Palace, and Mu Biao, the second son of the East Palace, are also old enough to be the eldest son of the Third Prince's Mansion. It is also appropriate to discuss relatives now.

As a result, everyone's topic was not enough to turn to children's affairs.

In this season, no one would not give face to the Fifth Prince's House.The wine went well, but there was one thing that made Xie Moru very angry. This damned eldest prince didn't look like an elder at all. He even drank Dalang two glasses of wine. Strong steamed wine, Da Lang was young, too strong to drink, and dizzy after eating, Xie Moru touched Da Lang's forehead, and hurriedly asked Da Lang to eat hangover soup to rest, and secretly scolded the eldest prince for being out of tune.

San Lang is a chicken thief. Seeing that the concubine's face is not very good, he smiled and said, "Concubine mother, don't be upset, we didn't suffer. I played dice and bet with uncle, and uncle was so drunk that he couldn't walk!"

Xie Moru saw that his child was not at a disadvantage, so he was also happy, and asked with a smile, "You still know how to guess dice?"

"Well, I have studied it a little bit, and there is a trick to this."

Xie Moru smiled, "It's just a joke once in a while, don't delay the business."

Saburo quickly agreed.

The first prince concubine was very angry, without him, the couple went to the fifth prince's mansion to have a drink, the first prince went in vertically, and came out horizontally, those who didn't know thought what happened to the first prince, but when the first prince inquired, It was a dice gamble that lost to the drunk.You said that you made the eldest concubine angry, but you just helped the nephews socialize and had a few more glasses of wine, it's decent to say it.He gambled with his nephew and got drunk!
Is there a more unreliable uncle in the world than this!

What's more, standing in front of those people is really embarrassing!
The first princess was angry with her husband once, and then angry with Xie Moru for not being able to teach children, how old is the child who can play dice and bet on alcohol, this is either her own birth or not!
Of course, the eldest prince concubine is also venting her anger. In fact, everyone has seen the matter of the eldest prince. The eldest prince insisted on asking Da Lang to accompany him to have a drink. Da Lang is a sincere child. First, he toasted his uncle with a cup of rice wine. The eldest prince insisted on changing to steamed wine, and the third and fourth princes advised him, "The fifth brother is not here, so we should take care of the children more. Dalang is still young, when will he be able to drink strong wine?"

The eldest prince mainly suffers from mental illness when he sees Da Lang, without him, wouldn't he have contributed to the court?Obviously his emperor's father was praised several times for his good work, but in the end, he went to the south of the Yangtze River because of his death. He went to the palace to have New Year's wine, and asked a concubine like Da Lang to sit by the king's side.At that time, the eldest prince really wanted to remind his father, father, you have a lot of grandchildren!For example, the eldest prince really wanted to send his own son to accompany his emperor father to have New Year's wine, but in the end, his emperor fell in love with Da Lang!
How dissatisfied!

How eye-catching!

How can I call Dalang to sit by your side!

Because of this matter, the eldest prince went back to the mansion that day and chatted with his wife for half a night, which annoyed the eldest prince and concubine so much!
Therefore, today when I went to the fifth prince's mansion to have New Year's wine, the eldest prince saw Dalang looking like a man with a few young guests to welcome guests, so the eldest prince poured the boy two glasses of strong wine!The Eldest Prince was proud of himself, but when San Lang saw that his brother didn't arrive, he stepped forward with a smile on his face. This kid was treacherous, and asked someone to use dice to gamble with his uncle. His uncle would disagree, and San Lang would still be violent. He smiled and said, "It's fine if uncle doesn't dare, but don't say that nephew is taking advantage of you."

The eldest prince has always been not afraid of even the fifth prince, how can the fifth prince's brat be forced to go.It's just that there is an emperor's father who is a "peerless good father", the education that the eldest prince has received since childhood is naturally first-class, such as swords, guns, swords and halberds, the eldest prince knows everything, the four books and five classics, the eldest prince also reads through It's been a long time, but this is the only thing. Emperor Mu Yuan hopes that the children will learn well before it's too late. The eldest prince is his son in the first year, and his expectations have been high since he was born. How can anyone dare to hook the eldest prince to play with this.Therefore, the first prince's dice skills are far inferior to Sanlang's.After losing more than a dozen times in a row, the First Prince went straight to bed.

Saburo also said, "Look at Uncle, he just takes care of me, a junior, and I'm sorry to win against me. Hurry up, help Uncle go down for a rest, sleep, wake up and it will be fine."

Erlang told his servants, "Ask the chef to make a bowl of thick hangover soup, and serve uncle to drink some." Thick hangover soup, add double the old vinegar!The eldest prince just told Saburo to get drunk.

The princes and sons-in-law were dumbfounded, hey, hey, San Lang is really bad~ Go home and have a drink, the third prince, who has always followed the gentle route, said, "Brother is too, at this age, he still loves to be with you!" The little ones are having fun."

The fourth prince was very pertinent, "Brother, this is really a steal!"

The sixth prince... Well, since he came back from the labor reform, the sixth prince spoke less and was more serious. This time, I don’t know whether he sympathized with his elder brother or felt a little bit more. The sixth prince sighed, "Brother didn't handle this well. The children were young and Fifth Brother wasn't here. Fifth Sister-in-law ordered them to come out to entertain their uncles and elders. The same goes for eldest brother. He went to Fifth Brother's house to bully the children. Luckily he was drunk, if he wasn't drunk Let fifth sister-in-law know, can she spare him?" The sixth prince has a personal experience of fifth sister-in-law's toughness.He thought to himself, it would be good for his elder brother to lose face in the hands of the child, otherwise he would get angry with Fifth Sister-in-Law, then it would not be a matter of embarrassment.

The sixth prince asked what was going on, and the sixth prince gave a rough explanation. The sixth prince: ...

Not only all the princes and concubines know about the embarrassing incident of the eldest prince, but the Princess House also knows about it.

There were princes and younger brothers who watched the fun, and naturally there were sons-in-law who watched the fun. The Wu family was in Xiaozhong, so Princess Yongfu's son-in-law did not come. The ones who came were Princess Changtai's son-in-law Li Xuan and the third princess's son-in-law.

The two sons-in-law saw something new and told the princess' daughter-in-law when they got home. Li Xuandao, "Your Highness, this matter is not authentic. You have to ask Da Lang to eat wine. It's okay to eat two cups of rice wine. How can you ask children to eat hard wine?" Yes? We can’t even persuade him, but Dalang’s kid is honest, and His Royal Highness is the same, so let’s accept it if it doesn’t get better.” Sanlang is no better than Dalang.

Princess Changtai said, "Brother's nature is that he never bumps into the south wall and doesn't look back."

The third princess has always been a quiet person, no more than the two sisters above who are descendants of the royal family, and she rarely cares about matters such as the royal family, so she rarely said, "Hey, big brother is not right."

Everyone eats New Year's wine, and this year is over.

Because Xie Moru is a popular figure in the imperial capital, and now she is getting more and more social, but what Xie Moru cares about is other things, the Spring Festival is coming, and she doesn't know if the food and grass in Fujian can still be supplied.

I just hope that Xue's reputation is not in vain.

The emperor's teacher surnamed Xue can be as famous as Jiang Beiling, and Jiang Beiling's age can shine in the defense of the imperial capital. The one surnamed Xue is dozens of years younger than the one surnamed Jiang, and it is not for nothing.

The fifth prince adopted Jiang Xingyun's suggestion. One was an open thread and one was a dark thread. One was Jiang Xingyun's general, Jiang Zhen, and the other was a carrier pigeon. He also arrived in Shuzhong smoothly and met Emperor Xue.Under his arrangement, Emperor Xue successfully transported the food and grass to Fujian. The thrills and dangers involved, the efforts and strategies used, the five princes only had a glimpse of it, and they were amazed.

At the same time, the fifth prince also received a letter from the prince. The prince was indeed in Shuzhong, and Li Yu was by his side to escort him.The crown prince gave the fifth prince earnest advice, telling the fifth prince to fight well, and he and the fifth prince would make peace with each other in Shu, and then they would recover Huguang together, which would also live up to the holy hope.At the same time, it also expressed high recognition and praise for the spirit of the fifth prince who went south without fear of hardships and dangers.

The prince's letter was written with sincerity, but for some reason, the fifth prince felt a little uncomfortable after reading it.

Liu Fufeng said, "How can the crown prince's body of ten thousand gold be allowed to be in a dangerous place? Your Highness is still the first one. Please send troops to welcome the East Palace back to the court, and it will also make the world feel at ease." Blind.

The fifth prince will naturally go to the book, but as long as the prince is not stupid, he can't go back to the imperial capital at this time!
The fifth prince had food and grass, but encountered new problems.Fortunately, the fifth prince is kind-hearted, and the prince will not come here in Sichuan. The fifth prince has food and grass, and he is ready to regain the territory steadily.

The news that the crown prince is safe in central Shu has also been officially confirmed by the imperial capital. The crown prince’s report of safety arrived earlier, and the fifth prince’s note came later. The crown prince’s note is nothing more than an apology. Father's expectations and whatnot, and expressed his determination to stay in Sichuan and recover Jiangnan.The fifth prince's note is very objective. He first wrote about the current construction of Fujian, and also talked about his plans for Jiangnan, how to fight the specific battle, the fifth prince did not write.Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and wars are unpredictable.First, I talked about some things in the south of the Yangtze River. The fifth prince talked about the prince. He affirmed the prince's goal. However, the fifth prince first reminded his father about one thing, and the fifth prince wrote directly, "The situation in the south of the Yangtze River is declining, and its safety is related to the country. My son is following his father's order to manage Fujian. As a rebellious minister, now that the East Palace is safe, if you ask the East Palace to take charge of the affairs of the south of the Yangtze River, I would like to be the arm of the East Palace."

Jiangnan was defeated first, and the defeat was due to internal friction. No matter whether it was a trick of King Jingjiang or not, anyway, it was his own people who choked him to death first. Can you blame others for not taking advantage of it?
Now that the crown prince insists on staying in Sichuan to grab merit, the fifth prince feels tired just thinking about it. It's not that he doesn't want to make contributions, but he doesn't want to compete with the crown prince to the death.If his father still told him to listen to the crown prince and Jiangnan affairs, he would just listen to the crown prince.If you can't keep going, it's a big deal to quit, and go back to the imperial capital for a family reunion.If his father still asks him to take care of the Jiangnan situation, he is a real person, and he won't do such tricks, then even if the crown prince wants to take credit, he has to listen to him, and he won't give in. Not to mention asking the prince to stir up trouble.

When the Fifth Prince’s memorial came to the imperial capital, Xie Moru had just paid a sum of money and donated it to the imperial court. The imperial court was short of money. Last year, several provinces in the north were ruined by King Jingjiang.In addition, Xining Pass was not peaceful last year, and the supply of food, grass and armaments in all aspects was also in place.What kind of money is not required!
Xie Moru is a hot topic now, she takes the lead in paying the money, and everyone dare not lose face.

In particular, Xie Moru never ate alone. She pulled Princess Wenkang, Princess Changtai, and the fourth concubine to do this together. All the big households were killed, and the slaves and servants were all pardoned to become commoners. The King of Jingjiang did not allow slaves and servants, and everyone allocated land according to their heads or households. Each household had a maximum of [-] mu of land. There is no more than one acre."

The third prince and concubine had also heard about this, but she was just curious, "Then each family has a hundred acres, what should I do if I have leftovers?"

"It is said that it belongs to King Jingjiang."

The third concubine pursed her lips and laughed, "Then King Jingjiang himself has exceeded the amount of a hundred acres of land, and no one will pursue it."

"He is the boss, so no one will hold him accountable."

The fourth prince concubine said, "I'm just curious about pardoning slaves and maidservants to be civilians. If slaves and maidservants are all pardoned, what about the servants in the Jingjiang palace? Are they also pardoned? Besides, the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is also quite wealthy. , Is this arrangement also made for the land and properties of these families? Each family reserves [-] acres, what can those families do?" The fourth prince and concubine laughed when she said that.

Everyone said something to each other, and what they said was lively.

Princess Changtai said, "This is to buy people's hearts, what kind of things can't be done."

The sixth prince and concubine said, "I don't know what happened to Jiangnan?"

Speaking of the war, Xie Moru said, "If you want to talk about these rebellious ministers, they are fine as ministers. They knelt down and surrendered. There are many people who live with the new king. It is our royal family. The former royal family was What's the end... I just thought, I'm not a noble person, and money has its uses, but people don't care about the country, and they have a way out. Our royal family is different. I haven't heard of any dynasty that has fallen. The life of the royal family is easy? So I said, other things are fine. The ministers of the court and China are bothered. The war is different. This matter, if you can help, you must help. It is not for any family. The righteousness of the country is only for the sake of our old Mu family's own stature, and we should also contribute our efforts."

Xie Moru has this kind of ability to unite people together, but it was Princess Yongfu who said, "We people can't do things without a leader. In the palace, apart from the emperor's grandmother, there is the princess. Years old, I am afraid that the matter of paying money is powerless. It is better to ask the princess to come forward, so we can handle this matter more decently."

After Princess Yongfu finished speaking, it was hard for everyone to answer, Xie Moru just smiled lightly, "I invited my sisters, sisters-in-law and younger brothers and sisters here, and I originally discussed a charter first, otherwise, I would go to the East Palace without a clue. It seems that we are being frivolous. We must inform the Crown Princess about this matter."

The fourth concubine smiled, "Yes, they are all sisters-in-law, how can we not tell the princess. I just want to say that we are all young, so we should ask Aunt Wenkang to help us check it out." Because of Nan Anhou's incident, the four The prince and concubine had long since turned against Donggong. His father’s life and death are unknown, but the prince had fled to Sichuan for refuge. The fourth concubine would be furious whenever she thought about it. Now that Princess Yongfu wants to grab credit, she will not let Donggong take advantage !
Princess Yongfu saw that the fourth concubine actually came forward to refute her, and she became angry, and said, "My aunt is also an elderly person, and my uncle is leading the army outside, so my aunt is thinking about it, how can I bother my aunt with these trivial matters."

Without waiting for others to speak, Princess Changtai smiled and said, "My aunt won't be afraid of getting tired and troubled if she is so dedicated to the court's good. Sister Huang, just don't worry, I will take care of this matter for my aunt!"

That is to say, now that she is getting older, Princess Yongfu can always restrain her temper a little bit, even so, she couldn't help but throw two jade cups to vent her anger when she returned home!So defiant!Go to the palace and talk to Empress Dowager Hu, "Everyone is busy now, but grandma's place is deserted."

Queen Mother Hu asked, "What are you all busy with?"

Princess Yongfu smiled, "It's nothing, the fifth brother and sister invite you to have tea and enjoy the flowers, her tea garden is very good."

Empress Dowager Hu was not very happy, and muttered, "It's really heartless, it's hard for Lao Wu to be outside, but she will be happy."

Princess Yongfu hurriedly persuaded, "Grandmother, don't say that outside, the fifth younger siblings often say, good is a day, bad is also a day, even if this is the case, we should live a comfortable life, this is not bad."

Empress Dowager Hu was even more displeased, saying, "Well, that's the case with heartless people!"

Xie Moru successfully received a sum of money. Princess Changtai also said to Princess Wenkang, her mother-in-law and aunt, "It's hard for the fifth brother and sister. The fifth brother is so far away in the south of the Yangtze River. How can we not worry about it. If she doesn't worry, she can't." This is how she paid money with all her heart. She is not a showy person in normal times, for the sake of money, she has so many exchanges, she only hopes that the fifth younger brother will go well in the south."

Princess Wenkang said, "The fifth daughter-in-law is caring, and the fifth is also a blessed one."

Princess Changtai dismissed the maid, and quietly discussed with Princess Wenkang, "Since I know that my second brother is in Sichuan, I think the son-in-law misses my second brother quite a bit. Do you want to find a way to send my second brother back to the imperial capital?"

Princess Wenkang was worried when she thought of her second son, she deeply felt that the luck of the second son was not very good, and Ping An was safe, but it was not a good position to be with the prince.Princess Wenkang thought for a while, and if she wanted to get her second son back, she could send her second son to her husband if she wanted to make military exploits. The husband also has more arms.

Princess Wenkang said, "I've been thinking about this these days too."

Princess Changtai said, "This is also my selfishness. No matter how I think about it, I feel that my second brother will make arrangements in the morning." The phrase "make arrangements early" quite made the eldest prince Wenkang take the initiative.

Yes, we should have made arrangements earlier.

Even if it is to return the capital to the prince, it is better than obstructing the eyes of the fifth prince in the south of the Yangtze River.

The fifth prince and the crown prince were about to fight against each other. The second son had worked under the fifth prince for a few years first, and was quite capable of making meritorious deeds.Coupled with the friendship between the eldest son and Xie Moru since they were young, Princess Wenkang has a good impression of the Fifth Prince's Mansion in the past few years.

But at that time, the storage position was still stable.

This moment, that moment.

The fifth prince went south to make meritorious deeds. The crown prince has been registered for many years. Even if Wu Guogong is lost, he still has his political status and power. As long as the prince is not stupid, he must win over Li Yu.

You can't ask your son to struggle in the contest between the fifth prince and the prince. It's not something ordinary people can do!

Princess Wenkang and Princess Changtai said, "I'd rather Ayu return to court, but at this time, I'm afraid the prince won't come back." If the prince doesn't return, Li Yu, as a general beside the prince, has to protect the prince's safety, so he moves no.

Princess Changtai thought for a moment, and said, "If the prince stays in the south of the Yangtze River, Jiangnan will inevitably fall into a battle between two tigers. The lessons learned from the past are still there. If you want me to say, no matter whether the prince or the fifth younger brother, one will come back. This is not true for others." It's easy to say, why don't Auntie remonstrate with Emperor Father in private."

Princess Wenkang sighed, "The prince shouldn't have gone to the south of the Yangtze River in the first place. Even if he did, he should have gone early and returned early." Otherwise, there would be so much right and wrong!
Princess Wenkang first handed over the money paid by the women to her imperial brother, and Emperor Mu Yuan said, "I won't be courteous to the imperial sister."

"What's the matter, our own country is in a difficult time right now, and it should be. I only come forward to answer the name, which is all picked up by the children." Princess Wenkang didn't directly talk about the prince and the fifth prince. She mentioned Xie Moru, "Look at her, although she was a generous person in the past, why did she do her best? In the past, she was only seen as aloof, and there were not many people who could catch her eyes. Now, in order to pay some money, she will be kind. Angrily talking and doing things. I think it's because I'm worried that the fifth child is worried."

Speaking of the fifth son, Emperor Mu Yuan could only be happy, "The fifth son is in the south of the Yangtze River, just rest assured."

Princess Wenkang laughed, "I just know that you can rest assured, but women are careful, and you can rest assured when you say that you can rest assured. The couple has always been in harmony these years."

Princess Wenkang spent half a day talking with her royal brother, without mentioning the prince. The next day, Emperor Mu Yuan issued a secret decree: order Li Yu to return the prince to court!
(End of this chapter)