A Thousand Hills

Chapter 299

Mrs. Xie knew that Xie Mo must have a lot of things today, so she didn't stay for lunch. She just confirmed the news that the fifth prince would return with a big victory, and brought the two granddaughters-in-law home happily.

Here, Xie Moru had just finished his lunch when Mrs. Wang and granddaughter-in-law Xiao Wang of the Pingguo Duke’s Mansion came. The grandparents and grandchildren are both related to Xie Moru. They also brought their eldest grandson Liu Dalang. Xie Moru was right This Liu Dalang is not unfamiliar, Liu Fufeng is not in the imperial capital, Ping Guogong is old, and his son is mediocre, no matter Mrs. Wang or Xiao Wang go out, Liu Dalang is most often taken with him.As praised by the two granddaughter-in-laws of the Xie family, Yu Shi and Song Shi, Liu Dalang is also a popular figure among unmarried children in the elite circle of the imperial capital. Fufeng has already been promoted to a powerful figure in the imperial capital, and Liu Dalang himself is good enough.The grandparents and grandchildren all had happy expressions on their faces, Mrs. Wang was already in her seventies, her hair was frosty and snowy, and her eyebrows were majestic. The grandparents and grandchildren greeted Xie Moru first, and Mrs. Wang sat down and smiled. He said, "It stands to reason that you shouldn't come to the door rashly after noon, but, knowing that the empress is kind, and hearing about such a happy event, I feel wronged that I can't wait until tomorrow, so I hurried over here."

Xie Moru saw that the grandparents and grandchildren were dressed in ordinary clothes, and they didn't dress luxuriously like they did when they went out, so he knew that the grandparents and grandson came here in a hurry after confirming the news, maybe they didn't expect to change their clothes.Xie Moru smiled, "Let's not talk about these clichés, what's not past noon, I expect you will come today."

Xiao Wang's age is slightly older than Xie Moru's, and the Pingguo Duke's mansion is not quiet, Xiao Wang's granddaughter-in-law is old, her mother-in-law is useless, so many things are on Xiao Wang's body, Xiao Wang's eyes are Fine lines were born early, but her husband was determined, and his life was ordered, and the sons were also promising, and they talked very cheerfully, and said with a smile, "Dalang went out of the city early in the morning to go to Wendaotang, and he didn't want to meet on the way to deliver the good news. The scout immediately went back to the mansion and told my grandmother and me. I was overjoyed for a moment, but I was afraid of making a mistake, so I was so happy that I hurriedly ordered someone to go out to inquire, otherwise I would have come here long ago."

Liu Dalang smiled, "Mom is afraid that I may have misheard on the way."

Xiao Wang smiled, "After the big victory last time, I also counted it. I think it will take another year or so, and maybe it will be the same. How dare you think so fast. It's all because of His Royal Highness's command and scheduling."

Xie Moru smiled, "You are praising Your Highness in vain. Your Highness doesn't know much about military strategy. General Liu is in charge of the war. This year, he has Nan'an Marquis to help. Both of them are famous generals in the dynasty. There are two of them. Now, the war that was supposed to be prolonged can end sooner." In fact, Xie Moru was a little surprised that the war ended so early, but she was used to being calm before, so what she said seemed to be within her expectations.

When Xiao Wang saw Xie Moru, she only said that her husband was outstanding. Knowing that this is the king of Fujian who would not take the military exploits of his ministers, Xiao Wang became more grateful, and said with a smile, "Your Highness is the king of the prince. There are generals in war and civil servants in government affairs. You can say Come back, if His Royal Highness did not manage properly and let everyone perform their duties, this great victory would not have been achieved."

Mrs. Wang also sighed, "Fufeng is a military commander, he can be today because he met His Highness."

Xie Moru said, "It must be that General Liu is the material. It is because of General Liu's talent and learning that he has achieved today's achievements."

Mrs. Wang waved her hand and said, "A thousand-mile horse always exists, but a Bole does not always exist. This is the case in the world. So I said, Fufeng's great fortune in this life is to meet His Highness, otherwise, no matter how talented he is, he may not be able to display it "The current unlucky representative figure, Nan'anhou, was born in the mother's family of the queen mother, and his majesty's confidants, his character and ability are well known in the court, but the result is that his luck is not good. When he meets the prince Wu Guogong and his son-in-law, Rao is Nan'anhou. All of his character and background were almost lost in the south of the Yangtze River. It cannot but be said that he was out of luck and did not meet the Lord of the Ming Dynasty.If the Marquis of Nan'an had met the fifth prince at that time, the glory of Liu Fufeng would have all been given up to Marquis of Nan'an today.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang became more and more grateful to Xie Moru. She said that she was able to bring her grandson to the fifth prince's residence because Xie Moru thought about her relationship with her.While talking, Mrs. Qi Guogong arrived.

Mrs. Qi Guogong’s opening remarks were similar to those of Mrs. Wang’s grandparents, and said with a smile, “Bodhisattva, it’s finally Jiangnan Jingping. I went there once, and they were not as well-informed in the yamen as we were at home, so they sent the boy back to ask me, and asked me to tell him when I had a letter, so I had to ask the boy to go out and ask again. What a waste of time." Mrs. Qi Guogong is wearing an autumn-colored dress, with ruby ​​jewelry on her head, she is already well maintained, her words are full of energy, her eyebrows are lively, as if she is 20 years younger.

Mrs. Wang laughed, "We all get the letters from the street, and the scout who delivered the good news can't go to the front of the yamen to shout."

Mrs. Qi Guogong smiled and said, "Isn't that right. I heard the letter and came here to congratulate the empress." Then she stood up and bowed solemnly to Xie Moru.

Xie Moru smiled, "Congratulations. I only hope that the world will be peaceful and there will be no more wars."

All the people here have a close relationship, although the men in the family have made great achievements in the army, so it is not necessary to mention the promotion, but only the family members know about the cares and worries of these years.Mrs. Qi Guogong spoke brightly, and said, "In my life, I have three sons and one daughter. The youngest son Sanlang and my girl are the ones who love me the most. In the end, they are the only two of them outside. I have to ask the empress for a while, I don't know. This time His Highness is still in court, can Saburo and the others come back together? There is also my youngest daughter-in-law, a virtuous person who can be counted in the entire emperor, who has been serving Saburo outside for seven or eight years. To tell you the truth, I miss you very much. "

Xie Moru said, "General Liu is going to return to the court with His Royal Highness. As for brother-in-law Qi, I can't tell. The army is returning to the court, but Jiangnan has been in chaos for several years, and it is necessary to leave elite soldiers to garrison. Here, the generals have to stay for a while. For the next batch, I don’t know if Sanlang will be among them. But don’t worry, Madam wants her, so I’ll send someone to write and ask her to come back with His Highness.”

Mrs. Qi laughed quickly, "It's okay, as long as the children are safe, it's the same everywhere. I have such a temper that I can't sit still. When I hear that Jingjiang has surrendered, I think of the children. Although I miss them, I have to use the errands as the main thing." It's Mo You, I know she is filial, she originally wanted to serve me at home, but I thought, all the maids and women in the whole family, as well as the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law, are all excellent, I am not that mean Mother-in-law, you have to keep your daughter-in-law by your side and set up rules to serve you. I thought, after all, it’s good for the young couple to be together, and it’s a great filial piety if the young couple is happy.” The youngest son won’t come back, although Mrs. Qi misses her son , but thinking that if his son stays in the south of the Yangtze River, he must really lack real power.Now that the Fifth Prince is employing people, Mrs. Qi is happy to ask her son to take care of him outside.In the future, when the fifth prince is well-off, although her youngest daughter-in-law is a bit stupid, she is from a good background and is the younger sister of Princess Xie. With this relationship, if she transfers her son back to the imperial capital, she will definitely be able to get a decent job.

Mrs. Qi was thinking like this, flattering Xie Moru once, and seeing Liu Dalang's gentle and bookish manner, she inevitably praised him again, and then she committed the matchmaker syndrome unique to this age woman, and asked Mrs. Wang, "Where did you go?" When Dalang was young, it was common for him to follow you or his mother. Now that he is older, he sees you less often. When you look at him, you can't take your eyes off him. This child is really good-looking. Listen to us Grandpa Guo said, this child is also very good at studying, how old is he? Is there any relationship?" Her family has a granddaughter of the right age, who was born on the same day, and she looks and has a temperament and family background. The notoriously chaotic camp, but Madam Qi was somewhat hesitant.

Mrs. Wang is also proud of her great-grandson, and said with a smile, "Eighteen, next autumn, he wants to try it out, and also his father is not in the imperial capital, so he hasn't discussed marriage yet."

Liu Dalang heard the elders mentioning his marriage, although he is not too young, he didn't like to listen too much, so he got up and said, "Ma'am, I, I'll talk to Brother Tang." He knew Xiao Tang very well, Even when he was young, he often came with his mother to greet Concubine Xie, and she was also very kind to see Concubine Xie Mo.

Xie Moru smiled slightly, "Go."

Liu Dalang hid quickly, and Madam Qi smiled even more cheerfully, "I didn't pay attention, and I made the child feel embarrassed."

Xie Moru's lips curled up, "Now eight out of ten people will mention Da Lang's marriage when they see him."

Xiao Wang also laughed, "I also hope that he will get married as soon as possible. With a daughter-in-law, I can also hand over some of the affairs in hand."

Mrs. Qi said, "I can't find any kind of daughter-in-law with Dalang's personality and appearance, because I'm afraid your vision is too high." Although Mrs. Qi doesn't like the Duke of Ping's mansion, the Liu family is about to flourish, and it's inevitable to be moved .

"As long as you have a dignified character, an open-minded personality, and can manage the house and manage affairs, I will never be unhappy." Xiao Wang said.

Mrs. Wang sighed, "We are not outsiders. There used to be some troubles in our house. It has been quiet for a few years. I have no control over other people's affairs. Our direct descendants are self-supporting. Ten no children, otherwise I won't accept the younger ones."

Hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Mrs. Qi quickly forgave her, "No one in Hedi knows that Mrs. Liu is upright, and Mrs. Liu is a virtuous child. Even your eldest son is a well-known good child. If you don't look at anything else, you can tell by looking at your descendants. , your good old fortune is still to come." Madam Qi persuaded like this, she also knew that the inner circle of the Duke of Ping's mansion was really shameful, if Liu Fufeng hadn't made such a great contribution, Madam Qi would never have thought of marrying his family again of.Don't talk about others, Lao Ping Guogong's indiscrimination between wives and concubines is famous even in Emperor He.Such as Liu Fufeng's son and grandson, Mrs. Wang tried her best to convince Xiao Wang to be her grandson's wife.Of course, the Xiao Wang family is also good, and now it proves that the family's blessings are unusual, but at the beginning, the Xiao Wang family was only the daughter of a fourth-rank official, but Liu Fufeng was the hereditary legal heir of the Duke's Mansion.Of course, Liu Fufeng's legs and feet are not very good, and he is not good at walking, which is also one of the reasons for his discount on marriage.But the mansion of a country's Duke can be so chaotic that the heirs of his sons and grandchildren can't do well. Who dares to tell his daughter to his family?Even Xiao Wang, if his mother hadn't died early and his stepmother was in charge of the family, he probably wouldn't be able to marry Liu Fufeng.Of course, Mrs. Wang made some mistakes. Apart from his bad behavior, Liu Fufeng was a born student, and he was far better than ordinary people in everything.A capable person like Liu Fufeng came out of the Liu family's direct line, and now even if the old Duke puts his heart into outer space, he can't shake the position of the direct line.Now hearing Mrs. Wang say that the Liu family's direct branch has added the rule of forty childless to accept concubines, Mrs. Qi is quite moved, and plans to discuss it with the old man when she returns home.

From Madam Qi's thoughts, we can also know the importance of family style and reputation to a family.

The news of King Jingjiang's surrender spread so quickly that even Mrs. Wu, who had gone back to her natal home to visit her mother, heard about it.Mrs. Wu's age is not too old, compared to Mrs. Xie, she is only in her fifties, maybe the family is not happy after her husband passed away.Mrs. Xie was always kind to her granddaughter-in-law, so she asked Mrs. Wu to get some medicine and supplements and go home to visit her mother. Since Xie Zhi was still on errands, she did not accompany Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu came with her eldest son and daughter.

Mrs. Wu was coughing and wheezing, it wasn't a serious problem. She looked at her grandson and granddaughter, but she was also very happy, and gently taught her daughter, "When you get married, you belong to someone else's family. You can't just go back to your natal family."

Mrs. Wu picked a bright yellow orange from the white jade plate, smiled, "Our two families are not far away, besides, do you know that mother is not comfortable and I won't come back? It's a pity that the uncle is on a job, otherwise we would have come together. "

"It's not a big problem with me." Mrs. Wu coughed a few times, she was very considerate of her son-in-law, and said, "The son-in-law is in the Prince of Fujian's mansion, and it's time for him to start his career, so don't delay him for some trivial things."

Wu pursed her lips and smiled, peeled off an orange petal and handed it to her mother, "He, he is more careless than being a servant in the court."

"It should be." Mrs. Wu took the orange and said to her daughter, "The son-in-law is a stable person, and he is the serious brother-in-law of His Royal Highness the King of Fujian. Even though he has put in a lot of effort, some villains still say that he is relying on nepotism. But if there is a slight mistake, it may not matter to others, but to him it is on the tongue of others. Although we are not afraid of these small words, we can deal with people, and it is not a bad thing to be cautious."

"I know." Mrs. Wu was talking to her mother when she saw the housekeeper's daughter-in-law come in and report, "Madam, aunt, it is said that King Jingjiang has surrendered."

The news reached Duke Wu's mansion in the same way. Because Duke Wu died in the south of the Yangtze River, the housekeeper's daughter-in-law who came in to spread the word was respectful and cautious, not daring to show any joy.When Mrs. Wu heard this, her body, which was leaning on the blue silk pillow with endless words, suddenly straightened up, and she asked repeatedly, "Is the news accurate?"

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law replied with lowered hands, "The boys outside saw the good news delivered by the scouts in soft armor on fast horses. They shouted a long way through Zhuque Street, and many people heard it."

Mrs. Wu put her hands together, said aloud to the Buddha, and immediately said to her little daughter, "Hurry up and go back to your in-law's house. Your in-law's house is so happy."

Mrs. Wu was very happy to hear this. Speaking of which, Mrs. Wu's position in her natal family is a bit strange. She didn't realize it in the past. Her direct sister is the Crown Princess. , there is only one Xie Moru who is a descendant, and the husband and brother are all descendants of a concubine. In this case, a concubine is equivalent to a concubine.Coupled with the fact that Xie's family is prominent and sincerely proposed to marry him, his parents agreed.The fifth prince (Min Wang) married by the elder sister Xie Moru had a very good relationship with the East Palace. As a result, the world is unpredictable, and the fifth prince gradually rose up, especially in this battle of Jiangnan. The chaos was settled by the fifth prince. Now that Jiangnan has won a great victory, even the Wu family knows that the fifth prince is irresistible.Hey, it’s okay if there is only one older sister who is the princess. The eldest brother of the Wu family is the princess Yongfu, the elder sister of the prince, and her father, Wu Guogong, is also a princeling. Unfortunately, he died in the south of the Yangtze River.However, Wu was married and followed her husband. The natural position of her husband's family is that of the five princes. Wu herself felt that her position in her natal family was somewhat split.She was thinking about her mother's family and her in-law's family in her heart. Mrs. Wu had already asked her maid to pack some seasonal melons and fruits for her daughter, and asked her to take them back to her in-law's house.

Not long after, Wu's second grandma and Wu's third grandma, who had heard the letter, came hand in hand. One of them was peach red and the other was pomegranate red. It was because I wanted my sister and mother to talk privately, and when I heard the news outside, I hurried over to congratulate my sister."

Third Grandma Wu also said, "His Royal Highness the King of Min has been on the expedition for four years. Now that Jingjiang has fallen, we are all so happy, not to mention Princess Min? Princess Min has always been very close to her younger sister, and she should go to congratulate her. Besides, if you want to come Xie's family's house was also full of excitement, the younger sister is the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xie is getting old, and the house needs to be taken care of by the younger sister." Both of them are understanding people, seeing that the East Palace is getting worse day by day, The Wu family was originally a serious princeling, but fortunately, there was a sister-in-law who was blessed with great blessings and married to Xie's family.The east palace does not turn the stove down, there is a crown prince, and the father-in-law's credit is recited, and life at home will not be sad.But once the East Palace is down, you have to count on this sister-in-law.At this time, the two grandmothers of the Wu family were especially grateful for the kindness of their father-in-law and mother-in-law, who married the two sisters-in-law well.

Mrs. Wu also knew the news that her natal family was coming. There was no reason why her in-law's family didn't know about it. There were many people in the in-law's family in the south of the Yangtze River. The family must be very lively these days.The grandma is getting old, and Mrs. Wu has taken over the family affairs a few years ago. She stood up and said with a smile, "Then I'll go back now. Mother's here, I have to help my sisters-in-law to pay more attention."

Second Grandma Wu smiled, "Why do you use my younger sister to explain it specially, just rest assured that I will take care of my mother properly."

Mrs. Wu treated her sisters-in-law very politely, and said with a smile, "It's just a waste of time."

Mrs. Wu couldn't see the small plans of the daughters-in-law, so she told the two daughters-in-law, "I won't get up, you take your sister out."

The two daughters-in-law couldn't wait for it, so they affectionately sent Mrs. Wu to the second door.

(End of this chapter)