Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 486

In a courtyard in the south of the city.

14-year-old Sister Wang Xi is looking at a thick book of "Rules of Etiquette".This book was made by Lord Hongwu, and it records the etiquette in the court in detail.

Sister Wang Xi's father, Wang Ba, has a photographic memory.Sister Wang Xi's brain is naturally not very stupid.It took her two days to memorize the contents of "Etiquette Forms" by heart.

Putting down the book, she turned to look at the bronze mirror beside her.The self in the bronze mirror, with red lips and white teeth, is dignified and beautiful.She asked herself in her heart: Am I really going to be the mother of Daming?That's true, Daming's national mother looks no different from ordinary people.

Sister Wang Xi remembered what her father said before she participated in the post-election: Daughter, once you enter the palace, it is as deep as the sea.If you want to wear a phoenix crown, you must first bear the weight of the phoenix crown.

Facing the mirror, Sister Wang Xi thought wildly for half an hour.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the boudoir door.

Bai Xiaoyan went into the boudoir: "Sister Xi."

Seeing Bai Xiaoyan, Sister Wang Xi called out affectionately: "Sixth Aunt, you are here. My father locked me up at home for the past two days and memorized the "Rules of Etiquette". I was almost suffocated to death."

Bai Xiaoyan said: "It's not that Sixth Aunt is scaring you. When you enter the palace, you will be ten thousand times more bored than at home."

Sister Wang Xi bit her lips lightly, and said: "Sixth Aunt, actually, I haven't figured it out until now, if I am really selected into the palace as a queen, it will be a good thing or a bad thing for me."

Bai Xiaoyan sat next to Sister Wang Xi, and chuckled softly: "Oh, my silly niece! If you can be the queen of Daming, it will be a great thing! Your Wang family will gain supreme glory and power because of you .”

After finishing speaking, Bai Xiaoyan yelled out the door: "Bring everything in."

The two servants took the two brocade boxes into the boudoir.

Bai Xiaoyan opened the brocade box, and there were hairpins, rings, jade bracelets and other jewelry inside.Without exception, these pieces are very elegant.There are no fancy gold and silver embellishments.

Bai Xiaoyan said: "Sister Xi, I gave you these two boxes of jewelry. Remember, Empress Dowager Li loves simple and elegant jewelry. When you enter the palace to meet the Empress Dowager, you must bring the jewelry in these two brocade boxes. This will win the favor of Empress Dowager Li." When Empress Dowager Li was the side concubine of King Yu, Bai Xiaoyan was her partner.She is very clear about Queen Mother Li's preferences.

Bai Xiaoyan said again: "Also, Sister Xi. When you enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother, you must not pretend to be a lady! Compared with those high-ranking officials and ladies from noble families, Queen Mother Li prefers Xiaojiabiyu from a decent family. If she When chatting with you, don't talk about the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. You should talk more about the little things that are short-lived by parents, such as embroidering women's reds and cooking home-cooked dishes."

Sister Wang Xi asked: "But if Empress Dowager Li asks about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I can't say I don't understand?"

Bai Xiaoyan smiled: "Even if you understand, you have to pretend not to understand, remember?"

Sister Wang Xi nodded: "Okay, Sixth Aunt, I will remember."

Recently, Bai Xiaoyan spent every day at Wang's house, teaching Sister Wang Xi about the affairs of the palace by precepts and deeds, which was naturally He Liu's order.

There are two reasons why He Liu is so concerned about Sister Wang Xi's post-election affairs.

Firstly, Wang Ba is He Liu's old brother.After the old brother's daughter participated in the election, he naturally had to help out.

Secondly, He Liu was trying to find another way out for himself.Having one more queen as a backer in the palace has only advantages and no disadvantages.

Cabinet value.

The first assistant Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao are at the table.The two are discussing several important government affairs.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Jizhou Town will hold a three-year autumn drill recently. As usual, the imperial court will send imperial envoys to inspect and labor the army on the nine sides. I don't know who Feng Gonggong has as a candidate?"

Feng Bao thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, in this matter, I would like to give a public benefit to my private interests. My god-niece Xiangxiang lives in Liaodong with her husband Li Rubai. My sixth brother also sees her for a year or so. Not on my daughter's side. Jizhou town will exercise troops in autumn, and as usual, three thousand Liaodong cavalry should be transferred to practice together. It is better to let Li Rubo take two battalions of Liaodong cavalry to Jizhou town. Then let my sixth brother be an imperial envoy for this point inspection. In this way , the Sixth Brother’s family will be able to reunite in Jizhou Town once.”

Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, and said: "He Liu and Qi Jiguang have a good relationship. If he serves as an imperial envoy, the officers and soldiers of Jizhou Town will be very happy. Whether it is public or private, it is appropriate to send him. Okay, that's it. Let’s finalize it. Our cabinet drafts a Taoist decree, and your supervisor of ceremonies approves it, and then announces it to He Liu.”

A few hours later, Feng Bao personally went to Jinyiwei to announce the decree to He Liu.

He Liu accepted the order and said to Feng Bao: "Brother Yi, is it your intention to let me go to Jizhou? Heh, you really miss me as a Yi brother, thank you!"

Feng Baodao: "Brother Six, the Ministry of War has issued a transfer order to my niece and son-in-law. Send someone to tell him to bring Xiangxiang and Xiao Hanjiao. As for you, bring Sister-in-law Six and Shizhong. This way Come, you can have a reunion in Jizhou Town for half a month!"

He Liu sighed: "Oh, the married daughter, the water that was thrown out. I want to have a family reunion, but I still have to use business as a cover."

Feng Bao turned his head and asked his little eunuch to bring up two food boxes.

Feng Baodao: "Of these two food boxes, one contains a donkey rolling. The other contains eight pieces of dim sum from Qinfangzhai. You can bring them to my little niece Xiangxiang."

He Liu laughed heartily: "Yidi, Yidi, Xiangxiang is already 23, do you still think she is that greedy little girl?"

Feng Baoyi said with a smile: "I still remember Xiangxiang seeing the donkey rolling when she was a child. It's like a cat seeing a fish."

He Liu went home and told Bai Xiaoyan and He Shizhong about going to Jizhou.

Bai Xiaoyan was overjoyed.Although Xiangxiang is not her own, it is better than her own.Is there any mother in the world who doesn't look forward to being reunited with her daughter's family?
He Shizhong was originally a hundred households of Fusi in Nanzhen.He Liu simply made him an imperial envoy and went to Jizhou together.

In October of the sixth year of Wanli, He Liu's family rushed to Jizhou Town under the escort of three hundred warriors from Jinyiwei.

Qi Jiguang led his soldiers to meet his old friend He Liu thirty miles out of Jizhou Town.

When old friends meet, they are naturally very cordial.

Qi Jiguang took He Liu's hand: "Master Liu, we meet again."

Today's Qi Jiguang is no longer the high-spirited young titan in his 30s when the Southeast was fighting against the Japanese.He was 50 years old.His temples have grown white hair.Wrinkles also unknowingly climbed up his face carved with knives and axes.

He Liu said in surprise, "Marshal Qi, I haven't seen you in a few years, why are you so old?"

Qi Jiguang laughed heartily: "My sixth master, I'm old, aren't you the same? Our two brothers, one fifty, one 58, are both buried up to their necks in the loess!"

(End of this chapter)