A Thousand Hills

Chapter 307

Originally, Xie Moru was considered to be the most famous concubine in the royal family, and she spoke powerfully, so she was first class.

Now, everyone knows that the strong are more powerful than the strong. Xie Moru is very powerful, but he choked you to death with his mouth, at least he didn't make a move.The four princes and concubines were different, the four princes and concubines did not have the ability to choke others with their eloquence, but this move shocked the imperial capital.Without him, the fourth concubine took the guards and smashed the house of Hu's family's old lady Zhu's house, and ordered the talking mother-in-law to block the door of Hu's house and cursed for three days.

All of a sudden, the fourth concubine became famous.The two families who gave the marriage to Dalang Erlang of the fourth prince's mansion were a little worried about their daughter, fearing that the fourth prince's concubine was a powerful mother-in-law, and the daughter would be tortured when she married.

The fourth concubine peeled open an orange quite relieved, and said to Xie Moru, "Our Highness also said that I shouldn't do it. If I don't do it, I can't get out of this bad breath! I have never seen such a bully. A few years ago, my mother’s birthday was my mother’s birthday. In the past few years, there was no news from my father, and my mother’s birthday was never done. This year, the family is still in the grandma’s filial piety period, and there is no big reason. No post is posted. It’s just a family gathering It’s just a feast of vegetarian wine and a bowl of longevity noodles.” Xie Moru knew that the Fourth Prince’s concubine’s younger sister was the accompanying student of Xin’s son, and she asked for leave that day to go home.If it wasn't for Xiaozhong, Mrs. Nan'an's birthday banquet would definitely be posted.I heard the fourth princess continue, "I don't know what kind of misfortune my family suffered in my previous life, and I have such relatives. My younger siblings also know that because of the empress dowager, the Hu family has a title of Duke Cheng En. At first, it was not a duke, but Marquis. At the beginning, the title was not on the head of our second room. It was because the first room committed crimes, and the title was given to the second room. When my father went to Nan'an, it was because of such a shameful thing happened to the first room at home. I have no face to stay in the imperial capital."

Xie Moru smiled, "This is Hou Ye wanting face. I see Hu's family's family staying in the imperial capital well. It's very interesting."

"The family of relatives is just a prosperous scene for a while. My father doesn't talk much on weekdays, but he is the one who cares about face. When the accident happened to the eldest house, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he went to Nan'an behind his back. State. After returning to the imperial capital, my father gave me another mansion, and our house was divided from the mansion." The fourth prince and concubine sighed, "In these years, although the title is in the second house, my father is not the eldest son of the second house. Besides, Even my grandfather never treated the long house poorly, I wonder if it was owed to them in the previous life. My mother celebrated her birthday in a good manner, no one was invited, no one thought about it, so the old lady of the long house came uninvited. It was originally my mother's birthday, and she is an elder, so I didn't dare to disturb her. She came over with good intentions, but we just sat and talked, who knew that the rumors would come up after talking, maybe I would be interrupted at my house Talking unpleasantly, and yelling outside again, all the inside and outside of the words will be brought into my house, if I am a deaf person, how can I not know when I hear it now! This villain, looking at me My father is coming back, so I just hope that my natal family will have bad luck." The fourth prince and concubine said, eating two orange petals, and handing two more petals to Xie Moru.

Xie Moru ate oranges together, and said, "I think, Mrs. Zhu's ambition is not to spread rumors."

The fourth concubine raised her eyebrows, "What else is she going to do?" The fourth concubine is Mrs. An's granddaughter after all, and she is now a princess. The five sons of the fourth prince are all born to the fourth concubine, so she is not afraid of Mrs. Zhu , even if it was the house of Hu's parents, if he angered the fourth prince and concubine, he would smash it if he said it.

Xie Moru said, "You didn't know about Hu's parents' room back then?"

The fourth concubine frowned slightly, "I've also heard that it was the eldest room's fault."

Xie Moru said, "Sister-in-law, think about it, the matter of passing on the jade seal of the country, it was mentioned in Ning Guogong's legacy that the British Duke donated this treasure, but let me tell you, has Ning Guogong seen this thing? I'm afraid No. Of course, Duke Ningguo has a news channel for Duke Ningguo, but later the British government ransacked the house and did not find this treasure. After that, Princess Fusheng passed away, and although some of the things in her princess mansion were given to me later, but I think, I have counted everything beforehand. Therefore, after all, no one has seen this thing after all. Mrs. Zhu swore that there was indeed one, and I don’t believe she could have seen it. Cheng Engong just read it. The former Cheng Engong was executed for his crimes, so Mrs. Zhu may bring up the old story to reverse the former Cheng Engong's case."

The fourth prince's concubine's eyes widened, "How is this possible?" Isn't this just a dream? It's been an old case for many years.

"How is it impossible? If you want me, I will say that the former Duke Cheng En didn't seek refuge with the British Duke, but he just asked the court for information in order to gain the trust of the British Duke." Xie Moru said.

The fourth prince and concubine said, "Duke Ning's mansion was lost because of this incident."

Xie Moru said, "Although she wanted to turn over, she couldn't turn over. However, there is still going to be trouble."

As he said that, Xie Moru sneered slightly, "It's nothing more than taking advantage of the Empress Dowager." These years, Xie Moru had already grasped the Hu family's tricks very clearly.

The fourth concubine was worried when she thought of Queen Mother Hu. After all, Queen Mother Hu was also surnamed Hu, and Queen Mother Hu treated her very well.Xie Moru could sit back and watch Empress Dowager Hu be stupid, but the fourth concubine couldn't. She said, "The empress dowager has soft ears, but I can't see the empress dowager being used by others like this. She is old, and the younger generation Let us show filial piety to her old man, and it is right to make her happy, and we can use her as a weapon wherever there is anything to do." The fourth princess couldn't sit still, and wiped off the yellow juice stained by the orange peel on her hands with a handkerchief. Said, "I'll call Sister Changtai and say, hey, it's almost Chinese New Year, and there's no time to stop."

The fourth concubine went to Princess Changtai's mansion. Princess Changtai told Princess Wenkang again. Princess Wenkang went to the Palace of Mercy to guard the Queen Mother Hu. Princess Yongfu wanted to speak several times, but Princess Wenkang interrupted her. Go, and said Princess Yongfu, "Although you are the flesh and blood of the Tian family, you are a married person, a daughter-in-law. I heard that your mother-in-law is not safe, so you should go and see. The queen mother has us here, don't Ask outsiders to say that you have lost the etiquette of being a daughter-in-law." It made Princess Yongfu half dead.

Princess Yongfu couldn't open her mouth, and the Crown Princess gently lowered her eyes.

There was Princess Wenkang in the harem, but no one in the harem dared to mention the rumors, and the Queen Mother Hu was blind and deaf, and no one came to provoke her, so she naturally didn't know about it.

When Xie Moru heard the news, he had a good understanding with Emperor Mu Yuan. They both felt that although Queen Mother Hu was a confused person, fortunately, Princess Wenkang understood best. Only in this way can the harem be safe.

Xie Moru reminded the fourth prince and concubine, and pressed Zhu Shi who was about to move.

Xie Moru was reading the family letter written by the fifth prince sent by Emperor Mu Yuan. The fifth prince was worried about Ning Zhiyuan's arrangement, and Duan Sihai sent an envoy to ask for Ning Zhiyuan.Ning Zhiyuan colluded with King Jingjiang in private, the fifth prince didn't want to let people go like this, but he also knew that Jiangnan had just been pacified, and in a short time, the fifth prince didn't want Jiangnan to start another war, so he was a little undecided.

Xie Moru also felt that Ning Zhiyuan was really a worthless existence, it would be a pity to keep it tasteless and discard it.Xie Moru was thinking about Jiangnan affairs, so Xiao Tang came to her to report the letter, "It's really this moment and that moment!" Xiao Tang wrote an article with joy, "A few days ago, that kid Fu Yan was so happy Seeing that Tian'er's writing of poems and Fu has not stopped, he led a group of people to sing praises to the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom. What's going on today, I was beaten to disgrace by my little uncle Ouyang's "Fu of the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom". Madam, look at me Uncle Ouyang's literary talent, alas, I can't even explain it. How could someone be so good at writing articles? The heavens are so unfair. In fact, I wanted to write an article a long time ago, and I refuted Fu Yan. No. Empress, do you think I will be able to succeed in Chunwei in the next year?" People who talk a lot have a shortcoming, they tend to digress when talking.

Xie Moru took Ouyang Jing's "Refuting the State Yuxi Fu" and flipped through it, while answering Xiao Tang's off-topic question, "Well, ask Mr. Shen to come up with a topic. You write an article for Mr. Shen to read. , He has good eyesight." Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen Su of Jinshitang, a famous Juren cram school that all Emperors want to ask for money, the Juren cram school run by him is very famous. ask for money.However, the efficiency of their tutoring is not what ordinary tutoring schools can have, and the Guozijian is much worse than it.

Comparing Fu Yan's "Ode to the Jade Seal of Chuanguo" in my heart, the two are indeed not on the same level.Xie Moru said, "Mr. Ouyang's literary talents are extraordinary." Weidao can make an exception and let Jiangbeiling take back the closed disciples again.

"That's right! My master's eyesight can't be worse." Xiao Tang was quite proud of his master, but also a little worried, "I went to Wendaotang today, and I saw that Fu's complexion was not very good, so I just Afraid that he will use evil tricks."

Xie Moru smiled, "Don't worry, it's just an article, maybe only he is allowed to write it, and no one else is allowed to write it. Since he is also in the Wendaotang, it is absolutely impossible." Literati have the way of literati, and use the pen to reach higher Next, this is the way of literati.If you use dirty tricks, Fu Yan makes an exception, and Ouyang's family is not vegetarian.

However, the contest between literati is not so simple, because after being refuted by Ouyang Jing, Fu Yan immediately wrote an article "Re-discussing the Fu of Chuanguo Yuxi". He published the second article "Refuting the Fu of the Yuxi Seal of Chuan Kingdom".Afterwards, without waiting for Fu Yan to write "Three Discussions on the Ode to the Jade Seal of the Nation", Ouyang Jing set up a battle in the Wendao Hall, inviting all the big names in the literary world to debate the issue of the Jade Seal of the Nation.

Xiao Tang gave Xie Moru several bronzing posts, saying that it was better to sit in the front row, but he could watch the battle up close. Once Xie Moru passed, he asked Dalang to ask for a few. Sanlang said, "I have to go and see, I heard that Mr. Ouyang usually doesn't see people."

Erlang drank eight-treasure tea leisurely, "Little Brother Tang said that Mr. Ouyang is not in good health."

Saburo put the invitation in his arms, he still had further plans in mind, and said, "This time, I want Brother Tang to introduce one or two for us."

Silang obviously knew Ouyang Jing's name, and asked, "Is this going to work?"

"Why not." They are also the grandsons of the emperor, let alone someone recommending them.

The children were so lively, it reminded Xie Moru that when Jiang Beiling came to the imperial capital, she was just a little girl at that time, and she was so happy to hear that she could go to Jiang Beiling's lecture.Xie Moru couldn't help asking, "Mr. Ouyang is so famous?" Isn't he the closed disciple of Jiangbeiling.

Shiro stroked the invitation card in his hand, his eyes brightened, "Mother, Mr. Ouyang is a closed disciple of Mr. Beiling. I heard that the emperor's grandfather will invite him to give lectures in the palace."

Goro also said, "Mr. Ouyang's Ci is also very good." He shook his head and recited a few lines.

Sister Xin followed suit, "I knew before that he was good at writing poems, even if he didn't want to scold others. A few days ago, the emperor passed on Fu Yan's Fu. When Mr. Ouyang's Fu came out, no one read it at all." Fu Yan wrote it." She planned to dress up as a man and follow her brothers to join in the fun, and Liu Lang would also go, and San Lang said to him, "Do you understand when you go, they are all university students, talking about academic matters .”

Liu Lang didn't like the feeling of being looked down upon by his elder brother, so he said with a stern face, "Isn't it just a quarrel?"

"What a quarrel, that's called a debate." Saburo corrected.

Liu Lang said, "Almost the same."

Da Lang was the most stable, and asked, "Mother, are you going?"

Xie Moru smiled, "I won't go, you go, although you don't need to make a fuss, bring your guards with you."

Da Lang agreed, and planned to go to the fourth uncle's house to ask his cousins ​​if they wanted to go with him.

Wen Daotang's debate was so extravagant that even Emperor Mu Yuan sent the third prince to listen to it when he heard that Wen Daotang was going to hold a debate.Xie Moru didn't know the specific situation of the debate meeting that day, but after Sanlang went home beaming and gesticulating for more than half an hour, Sanlang looked up to the sky and said with emotion, "As expected, Mr. Ouyang is the one I like. , Hey, that eloquence, Mr. Ouyang defeated ten of them in one argument."

Erlang's eyes were also bright, but he spoke no faster than Sanlang, and he added, "It's too powerful, and there is another person called Mr. Ouyang who rolled his eyes for arguing."

"It's the one with the surname Fu." Saburo hated Fu Yan very much, seeing Fu Yan's misfortune now, Saburo felt a little gleeful, and said, "If you can't argue, you can't argue, there is no need to be so serious and pretend to be dizzy. "He would never admit that Fu Yan's family really made Ouyang Jing stunned by scolding. Saburo was sure that Fu Yan must be pretending to be stunned.

Xie Moru listened for a long time and saw that the children didn't get to the point, so he couldn't help asking, "What did Mr. Ouyang argue about?"

This really stopped Saburo, and Saburo said, "It's too much, mother, don't worry, let me think about it. I won't be able to say it for a while, but there is a record next to it. I will find a record of the debate tomorrow. Let's see, mother."

Xie Mo Ruxin said, I just went to watch the excitement with you.

Erlang said, "Several rounds were divided into several rounds. We debated for an hour at the first noon, and the one who fought against Mr. Ouyang changed three groups, but he still didn't finish the debate. After lunch, I heard that the side dishes in Daotang are good. Although it is not very delicate, it is clear and light, with the beauty of mountains, rivers and countryside. Especially the cold lotus root in honey juice, which tastes good regardless of the season. The honey is sweet-scented osmanthus honey from this autumn, and I know it when I taste it." This one is half a gourmet.

Shiro Goro studied later than his elder brothers. Both of them said, "I could understand at the beginning, but later on, the words became deeper and deeper, and I didn't know many allusions."

Dalang said, "Mr. Ouyang said that the Jade Seal of Chuanguo is just a stone. With it, virtue will not be increased, and without it, virtue will not be diminished. Today, there are short-sighted people who associate a stone with the great fortune of the country. , it's really ridiculous."

Liu Lang thought for a while, "I also said that the rulers of all kingdoms are those who win the hearts of the people. I have never heard that the one who wins the jade seal wins the world. The jade seal of the autobiographical country has been lost, hundreds of thousands of years, and several dynasties have changed. There is also a sage king. There is a faint lord, there is prosperity and there is famine, what the world is like, depends on whether a ruler can govern virtuously, and a minister can be loyal, not whether there is a stone in his hand."

San Lang asked his brother and his brother to remind him and he remembered it, and said quickly, "Yes, yes, Fu Yan said that it is not orthodox unless there is a Jade Seal passed down from the country, and that Jingjiang has no virtue, so this seal is lost. Ouyang Mr. asked him, how did he know that Jingjiang had this treasure? Fu Yan couldn't answer, so Mr. Ouyang said that he heard it, and his mouth was broken like a woman with a long tongue... Anyway, I said a lot to him. In such a cold day, the surname Fu He was sweating all over his brow, and suddenly he rolled his eyes and passed out. He must be faking it." Sanlang insisted that Fu Yan was faking it.

In short, it was Mr. Ouyang who showed his talents and won a complete victory with one against ten. His elegance and wisdom are simply hard to describe in words.However, because Mr. Ouyang was not in good health, according to Xiao Tang afterwards, ginseng soup was boiling on a small stove. Mr. Ouyang was afraid that he would not be able to hold on, so he prepared ginseng soup in advance to refresh himself.Xiao Tang sighed, "My little uncle is arguing with that guy with his life."

Ouyang Jing was depressed: This group of ignorant guys, that's called a debate, not a quarrel, okay?
In short, once Ouyang Jing became famous,
After all, Fu Yan's demeanor was short-lived, and Ouyang Jing became a celebrity in the imperial capital for a while.

Xiao Tang invited Ouyang Jing to the palace to visit Princess Xie's collection of books after getting permission from Princess Xie. Ouyang Jing borrowed a few books very bluntly, and praised Princess Xie for her collection of books. Princess Xie said, "It's okay for Mr. Ouyang to read this book. It’s not an insult to it.”

Ouyang Jing was very humble, Dalang and the others also met Ouyang Jing up close, and when it comes to talking, Ouyang Jing himself is very knowledgeable and quite interesting.The relationship between the children and Ouyang Jing, Xie Moru left it to the children to decide, Dalang and the others even hosted a decent banquet for Ouyang Jing to have dinner in the mansion.Xiao Tang explained to the cook very carefully, because Ouyang Jing was in poor health, there were a lot of food that could not be eaten.

The outcome of this debate about the Chuanguo Yuxi seems to indicate something in the dark.

After the winter solstice, the fifth prince led the army back to court.

The children got up early, and they all put on proper royal and grandchildren's costumes, and the oily hair combed in a bun was shiny. According to Xie Moru's observation, the most stinky Saburo must have used osmanthus oil. Then, the golden crown, jade belt, deer skin To boots.

Anyway, I haven't had breakfast yet, so I'm just tidying up one by one.

Without him, today they will go out of the city with Baiguan to meet their father and return to court!

Speaking of which, Emperor Mu Yuan was very particular about ostentation. Because it was a great event to pacify Jiangnan, he specially ordered the prince to lead a hundred officials to greet him in person, and even allowed the fifth prince to use a half-painted royal car. Thinking about it, he felt very majestic.The children haven't seen their father for several years, so it's time to get up early and get ready.Zong Xie Mo Ru said, "It's still early, let's have breakfast first, don't be in a hurry." All of them straightened their waists, held their heads high, and were indescribably full of energy.Even Saburo, who was the loudest in the past, didn't talk this morning.

Sister Xin and Xie Moru suppressed laughter and ate breakfast, fearing that they couldn't help laughing.

After eating a few mouthfuls of breakfast, Dalang and the others said they were full, Xie Moru waved his hand and said with a smile, "Go." Dalang took his younger brothers to resign from their mother, went to the palace by car to line up, and then set off with the large army Pick up their dad.

As soon as Dalang and the others left, Sister Xin couldn't help laughing out loud, and said, "I think they probably didn't sleep well last night, brother." She also whispered to her mother, "Liu Lang felt that he was short, so he was still a little bit older yesterday." I specially asked Yangmei in his room to find him thick-soled boots to wear."

Xie Moru smiled, "Dinner, we have to enter the palace after dinner."

After breakfast, the mother and daughter also had to dress up. Xie Moru was dressed in formal attire for a princess, with a flying bun on her hair and the seven-tailed big phoenix hairpin prescribed by a princess.Sister Xin had already changed into a bright gold dress, and was worrying about the jewelry. When she saw her mother coming, she couldn't help saying, "Mom, do you think I'm wearing this new set of red jewellery?" Sister Xin has a lot of jewelry, It's just that I often hate being young, my head can't be spread out, and my head can't be full of jewels. After all, I also have aesthetics since I was a child.

Xie Moru chose a small flower hairpin and a small step rocking hairpin for her. Sister Xin looked at herself in the mirror, and then at the bright phoenix hairpin on her mother's head, and couldn't help sighing, "When can I be with my mother?" Also use the big phoenix hairpin."

Xie Moru smiled, "What's the rush?"

After the mother and daughter packed up, several side concubines came in to pay their respects. Xie Moru was in a good mood, with a gentle face and a smile in his eyes, and said, "I will leave the mansion to you. His Highness is coming back today, and we will have a reunion dinner tonight."

Even though they were not favored, their faces were filled with joy when they heard that the Fifth Prince had returned.

Xie Moru brought Sister Xin into the palace by car, and their female relatives didn't have to line up, they just went to the Charity Palace and waited.However, it's not good to be late, especially since today is the return date of the Fifth Prince.

The embroidered curtains of the carriage fell, and there were palace lanterns on the left and right sides of the carriage. The carriage was walking steadily on the bluestone road, the palace lanterns shook slightly, and in the shadow of the palace lanterns, Xie Moru slowly showed an imperceptible smile.

(End of this chapter)