A Thousand Hills

Chapter 309

In fact, there has always been a question in the elite circle of the imperial capital, they don't know how the Fifth Prince lived with Xie Moru.The key is to live a smooth and prosperous life.

One must know that Xie Moru's temperament is one of the most famous in the imperial capital, even the Fourth Prince Concubine who suddenly became aggressive and made a splash a few days ago is slightly inferior to Princess Xie back then.When Princess Xie was impatient, the sixth prince slapped her twice.As a result, many people privately thought that with such a wife, the fifth prince might live a miserable life at home.

But who would have expected that people would live in this way!

"Your Highness protects the family and the country, Your Highness is the most beautiful."

"The princess respects my parents, caresses my children, and presides over the gifts for me. The princess is the most beautiful."

I am a god, it can numb people to death!

The eldest prince thought to himself, fifth child, I have never known you before.

Even the Third Prince couldn't help the corners of his lips twitching again and again, thinking that cousin Xie's family wasn't just overbearing, she was very cunning.Wei Dao can hold Lao Wu in his heart, but he knows that Lao Wu went to Jiangnan to fight for several years, but there is no woman around him to serve him.

The fourth prince is fine, he has always been close to the fifth prince, and his wife has a good relationship with Xie Moru, knowing that the relationship between the couple is very good.Even if some nasty things are said, between husband and wife, the fourth prince has said more nasty things to his wife than this.Fuss!
As for the sixth prince, today, when he heard Xie Moru utter such nasty words, such as "Your Highness is the most beautiful", I felt my cheeks were slightly numb, and I don't know why.

But the seventh prince is young, thinking, the fifth sister-in-law is not as rumored.

The happiest thing is not to go over to Concubine Su. Concubine Su has always been a person who doesn't talk much in the Palace of Mercy, but she couldn't help smiling at this moment, and said to Emperor Mu Yuan, "A beautiful son and a beautiful wife." Xing, enduring the goosebumps all over the fifth son and his wife's numbness, smiling, and deep in his heart: Fifth son, you were taken down by your wife like this!Hey, Xie Moru is really good at coaxing people.

Xie Moru and the Fifth Prince had been numb for a while, Bian'er Shangxin couldn't bear it any longer, she went up to see her father, she always had a sweet mouth, and said, "Yesterday I thought about my father and king all night, I'll be here early this morning Get up. Father, you are becoming more and more extraordinary." She was also very good at flattering her father, and praised her father's magnificence to his beard.

The fifth prince's eyes moved away from his wife's cheeks, and happily hugged his daughter up and turned around. Sister Xin hurriedly called out, "Oh, my hairpin has fallen." The whole room laughed, and the atmosphere was tense for a while. for easy.

The next step is the family banquet in the Palace of Mercy, where everyone sits, eats and talks together.After the family banquet, the Fifth Prince Fang resigned from Emperor Mu Yuan and Empress Dowager Hu, and took his wife and children to Concubine Su's palace to talk. Concubine Su was happy for her son's return and felt sorry for his son's hard work in Jiangnan in the past few years. Cheek said, "I still have two good ginseng here. Take them back and ask your wife to mend them for you. Now that you're back, don't be busy with your mission. Take care of your body when you are busy. The body is tired, but the gain outweighs the loss." He told his son to take good care of himself.

The five princes all responded obediently, and said, "Mother and concubine have never been to the south, the summer heat kills me, and I will lose weight in summer, and I will make up for it in winter."

Concubine Su knew that the man was careless, and it was useless to say it, so she told Xie Moru again and let the whole family go back to the mansion.

The palace was already getting ready, the officials at the front had all arrived, and the side concubines at the back were all dressed up and waiting.The fifth prince, who was dressed in golden light, saw him one after another, said a few words, and explained that he would hold a banquet and drink tomorrow. This busy work will be in the second half of the day.The fifth prince was full of things to say to his wife, but before he had time to say it, it was time to enter the palace to participate in the palace banquet. The fifth prince asked, "Do you think my beard is a bit old-fashioned?"

Xie Moru touched it with a smile, and was very understanding, "Outside, you have to be more mature. In the past, King Jingjiang was in his seventies and eighties, and those surrendering subjects under his hands were used to seeing King Jingjiang's face. Your Highness is too young and handsome, and you can't just look down on His Highness."

"I think so too." The fifth prince had this problem since he was a child. When he was a child, he was afraid of being looked down upon by the servants in the palace, so he liked to put on a strict face and show off his grandeur.Habits developed over decades are hard to change.However, the fifth prince thought of his prestige when he was in Jingjiang, and smiled, "They dare not despise me." He gave the three-foot-thick gift list to his daughter-in-law, and said, "This is from Jiangnan, and it is kept in our private room. Curry, I will make you a private room."

Xie Moru was not in the mood to read it now, so Ziteng accepted the list and said, "I heard that it is easy to get rich by fighting, and it is true." , or you wrote me a letter to remind me. This is half, and the other half, I want to dedicate it to my father."

Xie Moru has never been a petty person, and said, "That's good. I think that the children will grow up and get married and have children. Although there is a royal order, we have to subsidize them after all, so that their children's family can live a better life." This is quite a lot. Besides, His Highness brought back dozens of carts, and I am afraid that someone will be watching. It is also necessary to honor the father and emperor. For the members of our family, I will pick some high-quality ones Come out, honor your mother and concubine first."

The fifth prince thought for a while and said, "Let's prepare a copy at the Palace of Mercy too." Since the ambition is far away, the Palace of Mercy cannot be ignored.

"Don't worry, there are all of them. Not only the Palace of Mercy, but also the palaces of princes and princesses, it is better to prepare a copy of Jiangnan's local etiquette."

Xie Moru was thoughtful, the fifth prince was about to say a few sweet words, Wisteria came over to remind him to go to the palace, the fifth prince said, "I'll shave my beard first."

Xie Moru was in a good mood, and said, "Let me shave for you." Apart from being a princess, Xie Moru also has other skills, such as this kind of shaving, she saw that the servants in the mansion would give it to her. After the fifth prince scraped it a few times, he learned it by himself.Mainly, Xie Moru is steady.She had been scratched by the fifth prince in the past, and the fifth prince was also happy to hear it.The couple were not in a hurry to enter the palace, and first shaved off the short beard on the Fifth Prince's chin, and Xie Moru left a line on his lips, which not only showed the stability of a man who was over the age, but also showed the handsomeness of the Fifth Prince's facial features.The fifth prince said straight to the mirror, "It's still you women who have a good vision."

Xie Moru asked the fifth prince to change into a small sapphire blue dark-pattern quilted sweater robe, the rhino horn jade belt inlaid with more than a dozen pieces of jade was replaced with a black brocade belt, and even the half-jin gold threaded dragon crown on his head was changed. The simple little golden crown, after this one pass, the whole person is more than ten years younger.

The fifth prince himself said, "This body is still comfortable." Then he was worried, "Will it be obvious that he is not dignified?" He still has to go to the banquet in a while.

Xie Moru said, "It's not going to the Zhaode Hall to listen to the announcement, it's going to the palace to eat wine, it's easier to be easy-going." Xie Moru ordered someone to bring a bowl of three delicacies dumplings and a few side dishes, and said to the fifth prince , "Seeing that you drank a lot of wine at noon, I heard from the people outside that when you enter the door, you should eat the dumplings first and the noodles when you leave the door. The palace banquet at night must be lively, but this time they are all back, and other things are not in a hurry. One is to eat less wine, and the other is to spend more time with His Majesty. I haven't seen you for several years, and His Majesty misses you too."

The fifth prince had eaten dumplings, and the children had come over early to wait to enter the palace with their parents. On the way, you talked to your father one by one, it was very lively.

The fifth prince's family got on the carriage, those on the horse, and sister Xin was a girl, and asked to ride with her parents in the same car, Xie Moru also agreed to her.As soon as the carriage of the Fifth Prince's Mansion left the gate, it turned a corner at the intersection and met Jiang Xingyun's carriage. Jiang Xingyun was waiting for Xie Moru.Xie Moru said to the Fifth Prince, "Sit with Sister Xin, I'll go and see Xingyun." It's been many years since I saw Xingyun.

Fifth Prince: I've never seen such a robbing person, but he had offended Jiang Xingyun once in the south of the Yangtze River, so it's not easy to offend her this time.Seeing this, he showed the masculinity of a man, waved his hands and said, "Go. Mr. Jiang is thinking of you."

Dalang dismounted and helped his mother over. Sanlang couldn't sit still on the horse, so he ran to Jiang Xingyun's carriage and greeted him with a smile, "Hello, Aunt Jiang."

Jiang Xingyun obviously has a good memory. She has met the men of the Fifth Prince's Mansion a long time ago. Although San Lang has grown up, he still has some shadows when he was young. Jiang Xingyun smiled and said, "Hello, third son. It's grown so big."

"Yes, you said that I have grown up so much, Aunt Jiang, you are still the same as before, just like my mother, you don't look old at all." Jiang Xingyun is dressed in red and has a golden crown, even if his face is only exposed through the window, Saburo can't help but After a few more glances, I feel that Aunt Jiang has become more beautiful in the past few years. Of course, for Saburo, this kind of beauty is a kind of mature beauty of an elder.However, everyone loves beauty. Even Da Lang, who has always been prudent, took a few more glances at this Aunt Jiang who hadn’t seen him for a long time. Adding a sentence, said, "Aunt Jiang, you call me Saburo."

Jiang Xingyun found it funny, the fifth prince is not such a familiar temperament, Xie Moru changed the car to ride with Jiang Xingyun, Saburo said hello and went back to himself immediately, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xingyun's car, feeling overwhelmed Surgingly, he said to Da Lang, "Brother, did you see, that is Aunt Jiang!"

Da Lang also greeted Jiang Xingyun, saying, "Why didn't I see this." That is to say, Jiang Xingyun has been seen less and less in the south these years, and it used to be common.

"I heard that Aunt Jiang's martial arts skills are very high. She shakes the sword in her hand casually, and a mountain collapses." Saburo admired him, and he also had his own dubbing. He talked about Jiang Xingyun's Jianghu legend with his brother. .

Da Lang saw through his younger brother's mind at a glance, and said, "If you want to learn martial arts from Aunt Jiang, you can ask her to teach you a thing or two."

San Lang immediately smiled, scratched his head and said to his elder brother, "I think so too."

Xie Moru and Jiang Xingyun haven't seen each other for three years. Naturally, there are many things to say. Jiang Xingyun leaned on the soft couch in the car and said, "It's a pity that Feng Feiyu was not caught."

Xie Moru said, "The world is so big, the sea arrest document has also been issued, and a huge reward is offered, there are not many places where he can go."

"It should have gone to sea." Jiang Xingyun put one hand on his knee, tapped his knee lightly, and said, "I put a secret soul-chasing incense on him, and the mastiff chased him all the way to the seaside, and he disappeared." Jiang Xingyun regretted not being able to dismantle Feng Feiyu.

Xie Moru said, "There is no need to rush. Like Duan Sihai and his ilk, they have been at sea for many years, and they still have to deal with my court. Even if Feng Feiyu leaves, he will come back one day."

The two talked about Jiangnan affairs. Under the decision of the cabinet, Ning Zhiyuan finally returned it to Duan Sihai. Jiang Xingyun said, "Jingjiang still has a fortune overseas, but it's a pity that Duan Sihai is cheaper."

The two said, and went to the palace to have a banquet in the same car.

Although Jiang Xingyun has the title of earl, is it a female family member or sits in the harem of Mercy Palace.In the morning, Emperor Mu Yuan said that if Jiang Xingyun married and had a son, his title can be passed on to his descendants. These words were the golden words of Emperor Mu Yuan, and they spread all over the powerful circle in the evening.As a result, Jiang Xingyun became a popular figure as soon as he arrived at the Charity Palace. Even the Queen Mother Hu was eager to marry Jiang Xingyun when she heard about it.There is only one title in Duke Cheng'en's mansion, but there are many descendants. Zongjiang Xingyun is a few years older, but in the future, his descendants will be able to inherit the same title, so no one will dislike Jiang Xingyun's age.

Although the Empress Dowager Hu is an old fool, she has also heard about Jiang Xingyun's fierce reputation, but when she saw Jiang Xingyun's beautiful appearance and high spirits, she couldn't help feeling a little fond of her, and took her by the hand and said, "Good boy, you are such a good boy!" Good looking, this young girl of seventeen or eighteen is still young, why bother to do those hard jobs like a man, you are already a person with a title, why don't you find a good husband in An An's life, and enjoy the blessings of your children and grandchildren in the future? What you said was so speechless, even Princess Wenkang wanted to divert her mother's words away.

Jiang Xingyun saw the Empress Dowager Hu for the first time, but she is Xie Moru's close friend, so she has heard about the mood of the Empress Dowager Hu for a long time.Seeing that what Queen Mother Hu said didn't look like her, she didn't look a little bit moved, she didn't see joy or anger, she just smiled lightly, her voice was neither high nor low, very sweet, "Maybe I just want to beat you." I will kill you, to tell you the truth, I really don't have the ability to be a husband and a child, so I took this road. In the four years in the south of the Yangtze River, the most enjoyable thing for me was the assassination of Zhao Yang. I went down with a sword, Zhao Yang's neck There was a line of blood first, and then the blood spurted out, which wet my hair..." Jiang Xingyun said with a smile, and naturally raised his hand to stroke the temples, as if he was stroking away the blood stains on the temples generally.Facing Jiang Xingyun's beautiful smiling face, Empress Dowager Hu shuddered subconsciously, and her heart of being a matchmaker for Jiang Xingyun had gone somewhere.

The fourth concubine saw that the Empress Dowager Hu was a little frightened, she answered the words and said with a smile to Jiang Xingyun, "My grandmother often said that when she was young, her martial arts peak was not as good as yours."

Jiang Xingyun smiled, "That's Mrs. An's politeness, how can I be real. Besides, I am only a brave man, and I only have the ability to be an assassin in my spare time. Mrs. An is the commander-in-chief of thousands of troops, so how can I compare them?"

Jiang Xingyun joked about killing people like this, which really discouraged many people.Zong Jiang Xingyun has a title to attack after him, and everyone has to weigh it. Marrying Jiang Xingyun is different from marrying another woman, not to mention three wives and four concubines.In case you offend her badly and hack your whole family to death, you might have to say, "I accidentally wet my hair." This is not a joke at all.

Everyone turned to talk about Jiangnan customs and dressing up. As for Jiang Xingyun's marriage, let's think about it with each other.

Women are nothing more than gossip here, men are just...

First, when Emperor Mu Yuan saw that the fifth son was ten years younger after two hours, especially when facing the bald chin of the fifth son, Emperor Mu Yuan looked away with great difficulty and asked, "Your wife asked you to shave it?"

The corners of the fifth prince's lips curled up, he touched his chin, sat down next to his father, and asked instead, "Father, is your son so handsome?"

Emperor Mu Yuan said with difficulty, "Very handsome."

The fifth prince smirked twice, leaned closer and whispered to his father, "Above all, it's better to be a woman's eye."

Emperor Mu Yuan: ...

The change in the appearance of the fifth prince was very eye-catching. When the eldest prince came over, he would all make fun of him, "Look at the fifth prince, he even dressed up when he came back."

The fifth prince smiled, "Where is that, I said it on purpose, you can't make it too handsome, otherwise you won't be able to compare with big brother."

The eldest prince thought to himself, looking at your black face, you can still compare me!But he said in his mouth, "Where is it, fifth brother, you have always been handsome."

Not to mention that the ancestors of the old Mu family had beautiful male blood, you must know that the late emperor's father, Mu Yuandi's grandfather was a rare handsome man in the world, and since the late emperor conquered the country, there has not been a single ugly one, so don't Not to mention, the princes are very good looking.Including the fifth prince, who still has a beard in his head and looks like an uncle. After a little tidying up, he can immediately see his good looks with long eyebrows, deep eyes, high nose and thin lips.Even though his skin is slightly dark, it can be matched with the fifth prince's whole body, but it only makes him more resolute and reliable.

For a moment, seeing the crown prince bringing the grandson Mu Tan over, everyone has met the ceremony, the fifth prince deliberately said a few words to the grandson, not mentioning the injury on the grandson's leg, just talking about the relationship between uncle and nephew. The prince also said, "It's a coincidence that I came back to eat your wedding wine."

The grandson laughed, "This year I will have my nephew's wedding wine, next year my nephew will have my cousin's wedding wine."

Everyone was talking, and when it was time for the palace banquet, Emperor Mu Yuan drove to Xuanwen Hall with his prince and grandson.

Today is the home court of Jiangnan officials and generals, the fifth prince, especially the leading figures, as long as everyone is here to participate in the palace banquet, there is no one who does not want to have a chat with the fifth prince.The fifth prince only walked around at the beginning of the banquet, and then went to talk to Emperor Mu Yuan.The fifth prince has such benefits, he listens to people's persuasion very much, Xie Moru reminded him to stay with Emperor Mu Yuan more, he will understand the meaning of this, he will not mingle with the officials at the palace banquet, and come out as if the world is at heart .

Emperor Mu Yuan hadn't seen his fifth son for a long time, and he had a lot to say to his fifth son. Emperor Mu Yuan asked casually, "I ordered you to drive back to the imperial capital, why are you still a vassal king along the way?"

The fifth prince said, "The royal guard of honor is too grand, and even half of the royal guard of honor has to be lined up for half a mile. If you put out the guard of honor, you can't walk fast. My son thought, and no one was watching on the road. When I entered the imperial capital, I asked them to put up the guard of honor. Come out, there are many people in Zhuque Street, very lively."

Emperor Mu Yuan had no choice but to say, "You are so stupid. Telling you to display the guard of honor on the road is also to let the people along the road take a look at the royal majesty."

The fifth prince was stunned for a while, and said, "The son won't come back until next year, how can we wait."

The fifth prince's natural tone made Emperor Mu Yuan very happy. Emperor Mu Yuan shook his head and smiled, and asked about many things in Jingjiang City. When it came to this, the fifth prince talked a lot. He first ate the green bamboo shoots with chopsticks, and said, " In the past, when my son was in the feudal land, his son Zhuo Jiang and Zhang Changshi went to Jingjiang. At that time, his son’s feudal palace was also newly built, and his son felt that he could see it well. But when Earl Jiang came back, he told his son However, compared with the Jingjiang Palace, my palace is like a vegetable garden. I didn’t believe it at the time, I thought my palace was quite magnificent, but when I returned to the Jingjiang Palace, tsk tsk, it really is It is beautiful and exquisite. Compared with other people's palaces, my palace is not as good as a vegetable garden."

Emperor Mu Yuan smiled, "So what, I will give you the Jingjiang Palace."

The fifth prince waved his hands again and again, "Don't worry, one son's domain is in Fujian; the other is such a good place, to be honest, it's easy to break the bones after staying for a long time."

Emperor Mu Yuan smiled slightly, his smile was full of conceit, no matter how beautiful the Jingjiang Palace was, it was still in his hands.In fact, Emperor Mu Yuan did not pay any compensation in this Jiangnan battle. Except for the things in King Jingjiang's treasury confiscated by the fifth prince, there are also King Jingjiang's Huangzhuang, pavement, gold and silver mines and other things.Emperor Mu Yuan asked again, "What happened to you when you were attacked in Min'an City?" At that time, the fifth prince's words were ominous, but Emperor Mu Yuan was worried for a long time.

The fifth prince was also very emotional when he said it. Now that he is safe, the fifth prince explained the matter to his father in detail, "At the beginning, I thought that Min'an City had been overhauled as a whole, and there were 5000 troops stationed in the city. Mrs. An brought five thousand soldiers, and there are still some people outside the city, I will defend the city wholeheartedly, even if a hundred thousand troops besiege the city, I will be safe for a month."

Although Emperor Mu Yuan had never fought a war, he did not lack common sense. He agreed with the fifth son's statement. The fifth prince said, "Feng Feiyu led fifteen thousand cavalry, and his method of building stacked bridges is very different." Explained the method of building the stacked bridge with the emperor, "Then use gunpowder to blow up the city wall." Speaking of this, the fifth prince was extremely indignant, "Jingjiang Committee has been planning for a long time, and I have overhauled the city wall of Min'an City as a whole. Yes. As a result, after checking, there was a hollow brick inside, otherwise it wouldn’t collapse when someone blows it up, like tofu residue.” After scolding Jingjiang for planning for a long time, the fifth prince turned his indignation into emotion , said, "My son is in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has really heard of Feng Feiyu's reputation. To be honest, in order to get Feng Feiyu down, my son thought of any way. When he took the opportunity to take down Zhejiang, it was just to drive a wedge between Feng Feiyu and Jingjiang. Then he handed over the land of Zhejiang to Zhao Bin. However, seeing it with his own eyes, he knew that Feng Feiyu was brave. If Duke Jiang hadn't stopped Feng Feiyu halfway, and the Marquis of Nan'an had led his troops to help him in time, his son would rather die for his country than fall into the hands of a rebellious minister. hands."

Emperor Mu Yuan sternly reprimanded, "Don't say such ominous words, you are my dragon son, you have the blessing of heaven, how can you be a mortal." But he was very fortunate in his heart, fortunately, the fifth son's luck was not bad!

The fifth prince told Emperor Mu Yuan about Feng Feiyu's escape overseas, and the fifth prince said again and again, "Feng Feiyu is really a pity, if he can be captured and tamed, he can train a navy for us, and we will clear up the pirates in the future. Don’t worry about having no one to use.”

Emperor Mu Yuan didn't take it seriously, "The world is so big, there is not only one Feng Feiyu, like Peng Dalang, he is also a young hero." Looking down, Peng Dalang is now a newcomer, but there are not many people around him, so he is bored Vegetables are only vegetarian.Emperor Mu Yuan asked the Fifth Prince, "Can Uncle Zhongyong have a wife?"

"Not yet." Fifth Prince asked, "Father is going to be a matchmaker for Uncle Zhongyong?"

Although the censor of the imperial court had a lot of opinions on Peng Dalang's massacre of the city, Emperor Mu Yuan had no prejudice. Besides, Emperor Mu Yuan really liked Peng Dalang's appearance. The five princesses in the palace were getting married, but Peng Dalang had no father. Without a mother, there are some suspicions of hard life.Emperor Mu Yuan prided himself on being a peerless father. Seeing his fifth son asking, he finally couldn't bear to marry his daughter to the fateful Peng Dalang. He smiled and said, "You should watch more about Uncle Zhongyong's marriage. With me, I marry him."

The fifth prince hastily thanked Peng Dalang for his father's kindness.

Today was originally the fifth prince's home court, but the fifth prince just took a walk around during the banquet, and then sat on the side of the imperial couch and talked with His Majesty with all his heart.

Especially when the eldest prince returned to the mansion, he would inevitably say to his wife, "This fifth son is becoming more and more treacherous." As soon as he came back, he hugged his father's thick leg and clung to it.Anyway, the first prince is only one thousand, and the fifth prince is not up to the mark!

The First Prince and Concubine said indifferently, "As far as I'm concerned, His Highness Fifth is a sensible person." She sighed again, "Although the fifth sibling didn't raise a son and a half for His Highness Fifth, she is not considered unlucky."

"If you are sensible, you will know how to say those nasty words." The eldest prince was very disdainful, and he pinched his nose to learn a lesson, "The princess respects my parents, caresses my children, and presides over the concubine. The princess is the most beautiful. "After speaking, I first burst out laughing, thinking that the fifth prince is really ridiculous, that the dignified prince should flatter a woman like this.

The First Prince Concubine said indifferently, "It's just that it's gross, and I haven't heard His Highness tell me that once."

The eldest prince said "ah", looked at his wife, and asked, "Could it be that you want me to tell you something beautiful or not!"

The eldest concubine cast a sideways glance at her husband, and sneered, "I didn't honor your parents, caress your children, or preside over your highness. I have no shortage of people to talk to, and I don't even deserve to hear it!"

The eldest prince stared blankly at his wife: What, what's going on?

Therefore, because the fifth prince's husband and wife showed their love, it actually caused the first prince's husband and wife to discord, which was unexpected by the fifth prince.

(End of this chapter)