Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 186 The Big Wedding

"You're already sitting here, eat something right now, and you're leaving." Ma Min'er almost said 'you can get out'.

The Duke of Luoyang stared angrily.

Ma Min'er was amused by his little act of staring.

The little fairy laughed, and the Duke of Luoyang was no longer angry. Shan Xiaodan handed him a bowl of jelly jelly, and he happily picked it up and ate it, "Wow, what is it, it's so delicious."

While talking, he finished a small bowl, asked for another bowl, and asked for a third bowl, but was stopped by Ma Miner, "I can't eat more, my stomach hurts."

"Oh." Just when Ma Min'er thought he was going to make a fuss, he put down the bowl obediently, which surprised her a bit.

The Duke of Luoyang grinned at her, baring his teeth, "There's ice cream too!"

No wonder, Ma Min'er laughed: "You take this to eat on the road."

"You drove me away?" Liu Zaicheng stared again.

"Yeah." Ma Min'er stood up, "I'll take you to the door."

"Really?" The little fairy wanted to see her off, but Liu Zaicheng, who was staring angrily, lost his anger in an instant, and stood up happily from his chair: "Then I'll come to see you tomorrow."

"Come back in three days."

"Oh, then three days." Feeling that three days was acceptable, Liu Zaicheng happily left with ice cream.

Standing behind Ma Min'er, Shan Xiaodan said softly, "In three days, the King of Beijun will come over."

"When he comes over, let them meet and let Xia Zhen deal with him."

Shan Xiaodan felt that the master was playing tricks, so he lowered his head and smiled.

Humming a ditty, the king of Luoyang County entered a quiet private mansion, opened the sliding door: "Brother Zaili, you are looking for me."

Liu Zaili was half leaning on the bamboo chair, and when he heard the door knock, he turned his gaze away from the outside, "Yeah."

Liu Zaicheng casually found a chair and sat down, "Brother Zaili, you haven't played with me for a long time."

Liu Zaili sat up, reached for the teapot, and poured him a cup.

"I don't drink tea, I eat ice cream." Luoyang County King said while opening the insulated box, took out an ice cream with a painted face from it, and took a sip, "It's sweet and cold, it's really delicious."

"Have you been to Ma'er's mother's house?" Liu Zaili's brows barely twitched.

"Hey, brother Zaili, how do you know?"

Liu Zaili lowered his eyes, "Only her family has this thing."

"That's right, the cold pottery we make in Beijing is not like this." Luoyang Junwang said: "Just now I thought it was the same cake as sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but I didn't expect it to be cooler than cold pottery. It's so delicious."

Liu Zaili raised his eyes, "Give me one."

"No." The king of Luoyang ate ice cream with one hand, and hurriedly protected the incubator with the other, but there was Liu Zaili who moved quickly, so he snatched one, "Brother Zaili, what are you doing?" Grab the ice cream that the little fairy gave me."

"Little fairy?"

"Yeah, it's like flying down from the sky." The Duke of Luoyang's eyes sparkled, as if he had returned to that night again.

Liu Zaili's eyes suddenly changed.

The big wedding is about to happen, Qiu Baiyan began to tidy up and wipe Ma Miner's dowry. There are a lot of dowries, some big ones can only be scrubbed in the yard, otherwise it is really hard to get away, but the yard is closed even if it is closed The door is still a little eye-catching in the open air, but unlike some time ago, he sent people to guard it tightly and dared not move it. Now that the King of Beijun is in the capital, whoever moves it will try.

The people in the yard next door finally saw that the yard next to it was full of high-quality furniture. After a closer look, it seemed that it was all dowry, so they rushed to report the news.

"Boss, boss, the sealed door of the yard next door has finally been opened, and the things inside have been taken to the yard to dry."

"What is it?"

"It's a dowry, and it's all good things."

"Have you inquired, whose family is it?"

Xiao Xiao said: "I saw someone today, it seems to be Qiu Baiyan, the chief housekeeper of Anlong Commercial Bank."

"What, it's him?" The middle-aged man known as the boss stood up in shock.

"Yes, boss."

The boss looked uncertain, and rolled his eyes: "Okay, I see."

"Boss, what should we do next?" Xiao Min's hands were itchy.

The boss reminded: "Don't move, I will go to the superior and ask the superior's opinion."

"Oh, then just ask, they are all good things, and they are worth a lot of money." The little boy eagerly wanted to reach out and hug him.

"Don't move."

"Oh, don't move around!" The little boy's eyes kept rolling back and forth, the boss must have not seen something good, if he saw it, he would definitely not be able to resist.

When Qiu Baiyan was about to leave, the guard reminded: "Master Qiu, it seems that someone from the next door has gone out just now."

Qiu Baiyan looked to the next door, "I see."

"Do you want to send some more people over?"

"I'll figure it out." When Qiu Baiyan passed by the next door, he deliberately took a look and knew it.

Feng Zhiping was on duty at Wucheng Bingma Division. Because of his father, he met Qiu Baiyan twice. Although he didn't like businessmen, his father had friendship with his small boss, so he still gave face. I had two meals with him, but I didn't expect to find the yamen now.

"Is something wrong?"

Qiu Baiyan cupped his hands and smiled, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I have something to do."

"Oh." Feng Zhiping turned around and said to his subordinates, "I have something to say to Shopkeeper Qiu." The subordinates consciously moved away from him a few steps away.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Qiu Baiyan said: "My little boss's house has some dowry in the courtyard of Yanglou Lane, and it has been moved out for cleaning in the past two days..."

Before he finished speaking, Feng Zhiping understood what he meant, "Okay, I understand, I will send more people over there."

"Master Feng, can you send the fire brigade?"

"Fire brigade?"

Qiu Baiyan nodded and smiled.

Although Feng Zhiping was puzzled, he still sold this favor.

In a certain room somewhere in the capital, the middle-aged man known as the 'boss' was already standing in front of the owner, "Master, we have been staring at it for so long, but we didn't expect it to be the dowry of Ma Erniang, the young owner of Anlong Trading Company."

"It's her again?"

"Master, do you still have to do it?"

The noble young man known as 'Master' raised his head and sighed.

"Master also thinks it's a pity, doesn't it?" The middle-aged man said, "When I came here just now, Thief Six seemed unwilling to give up and wanted to do it privately."

The noble young master looked straight at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man is also a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so he immediately understood what he meant, "Master, I understand, if the thief is successful, then I will recognize him, if he fails, it is his own fault." .”

The young master lowered his eyes, and went to play with the turquoise in his hand.

The middle-aged man backed away quietly.

The tiring day was finally over, and Ma Min'er, who climbed into bed, felt extremely tired, old lady, why is it so troublesome to marry an ancient prince, it made me lose two catties.

Stretching out her hand to touch her small waist, which was already less than one foot nine, it is probably only one foot eight now, so Ma Miner hurriedly put herself to sleep to gain weight.

In the middle of the night, he was woken up.

"What's wrong?" She jumped up in fright.

Shan Xiaodan replied: "Master Qiu sent someone to say that the place where the dowry was placed was stolen by thieves."

"Have you caught the thief?"

"Caught."

"I caught it, then he can deal with it. I'm going to sleep." Hearing that it's okay, Ma Min'er is going to lie down and sleep.

"Little boss, Jing Zhaoyin's pusher wants you, the dowry party, to sign and pledge."

"Oh, it's so annoying!" Ma Min'er rumpled her hair into a chicken coop.

When Ma Min'er arrived at Yanglou Alley, it was already daylight, and the alley was completely surrounded, so the Shan Xiaoshan brothers had to open the way one by one and call for the road, and the two cooperated to bring Ma Miner to Jing Zhaoyin's investigators.

"Why are you here?" Ma Min'er looked at Xia Zhen.

"I was notified."

"Oh."

"Are you the party involved in these dowry?" Jing Zhaojun asked the official as if it was a matter of routine.

"Yes, my lord."

If it wasn't for the high status of the person involved, or the fact that the value of the stolen items was too high, it would take him to get up in the middle of the night to handle petty theft cases. send.

Holding his breath, Wang Tuiguan said: "I have asked your steward just now, and he said that a pair of amphora jade neck vases, a big emerald cabbage, and a piece of "Han Gan Ye Zhaobai" are missing. The little thief was found, but as a testimony in court, your dowry has to go through the government office, please sign it."

Who wouldn't be angry, someone came to sign in the middle of the night, and Ma Min'er held back her anger: "Just let me sign in charge, he can represent me."

"These three items are worth nearly 60 taels. He can't replace you, so you have to sign and pledge yourself." Wang Tuiguan glanced at the little lady who was said to be the granddaughter of Emperor Ma's concubine.

Everyone in the capital knows that the Ma family is down and out. The money she brought to buy these valuables costs 60 taels for three small samples. Damn, I don’t even have that much money as a pusher. I’m so angry. He unconsciously looked at Xia Zhen, and heard that he had a gold mine, sure enough!

Xia Zhen took a look at the Tuiguan, and he really wanted to say, I am wronged, Min'er never reached out to ask me for a tael of silver, even when I was eating and drinking at her house and never gave money, I wanted to I know, the little daughter-in-law has so much money, she is even richer than me who owns the mine, and he even bought "Han Gan Ye Zhaobai", how much money is that!

"Ah, are the three things so expensive?" Ma Min'er turned her head and asked Qiu Baiyan, she really never asked about her dowry, it was because her father asked him to watch and buy it, and she was also surprised in her heart.

Qiu Baiyan nodded. "Yes, little boss, this is your treasure of makeup." The big boss asked him to buy it, saying that he picked the expensive ones, so he picked three affordable ones, two big jade pieces, and the little boss kept them for himself. For the family heirloom, one was bought according to Xia Zhen's preference - a "Han Gan Ye Zhaobai".

"What kind of thief, you have such a good eye, you can pick all the expensive ones." Ma Min'er's interest was hooked, and she looked at the little thief: "You really have a hand." After walking a few steps, she squatted on the ground, "Hey, little thief, these things are all at the bottom of the lock box, how did you steal them?"

Thieves Six raised his eyelids, it was the first time he missed in front of outsiders, he didn't even want to hum, this time he went in, it might take some time before he came out.

"Prefer not to say?"

The sixth thief didn't even want to lift his eyelids this time.

"Hey!" Ma Min'er stood up, "Let's go, my lord, finish your work early and go home early!"

Who doesn't want to go home, Wang Tuiguan wanted to scold people, but he didn't dare. He continued to pretend to be a grandson, and laughed along with him, "Jun Wang, this way please——" Beijun Wang, I heard that he is a tyrannical lord, so it's better not to provoke him.

Ma Min'er, who was already famous, became famous again. The three dowries are worth 60 yuan, which is nothing. The most amazing thing is that she actually bought "Han Gan Yezhaobai", which was the most famous horse painting in the previous dynasty. That's right, the collector doesn't want to have it, but it's in his dowry.

The streets and alleys of the capital are discussing, even the mansions and flower fairs of the princes and nobles are talking about the dowry of the future wife of the King of Beijun. I know, they were very surprised, "Didn't it mean that the Ma family has no money, how could there be so much money for dowry?"

"You don't understand this without me."

"You know, tell me quickly."

"According to my inquiries, Ma Erniang who married the King of Beijun is the daughter of the sixth son of the Ma family, and the Ma family's sons have long separated from the Ma family in Beijing, and have already established their own house."

"So, the money for the dowry has nothing to do with Ma Tong Feng's family."

"Yes, it's okay."

"I didn't expect the six sons of the Ma family to be so capable and have so much money."

"I also inquired about it. I heard that Ma Liuzi has mediocre qualifications and no ability to make money at all."

"Could it be that the dowry was posted by the king of Beijun?"

-

Emperor Yuantai looked at the dark guard in front of him, unexpectedly, Xia Zian and his future daughter-in-law would have another moth, and continued to listen with heavy eyelids.

"My lord, I went to inquire about it. The money was not posted by the king of Beijun."

Well, Yuan Taishang raised his eyes suddenly, "What's going on?"

"Returning to the Holy Lord, the six sons of the Ma family gave birth to a capable daughter. Since she arrived in exile, this little lady has bought fields and shops, and bought shops to do business. In just a few years, she has made a lot of money. Our people estimate that there are no less than ten million taels."

"Ten thousand taels?"

"Yes, my lord!"

"What kind of business can you earn so much?" Emperor Yuan Tai was surprised.

The dark guard replied: "Returning to the Holy One, it is mainly food and vegetable seeds, the second is cotton, cotton cloth and ready-made clothes, the third is various snack shops, and the last is grocery stores. Everything makes money, and the business is very large."

"So capable!" Emperor Yuantai narrowed his eyes and said, "No wonder Xia Zian doesn't like the little lady in Beijing. It turns out that the little lady he likes is a living gold mine."

"Your Majesty's description is too correct, she is a living gold mine."

-

When Emperor Yuantai heard about this, Liu Zaili also knew about it. He knew that Ma Erniang was capable, but he didn't know that she was capable. Could it be Qiu Baiyan?
He has every reason to think so. He met Ma Erniang because of this person. He was too capable in Beijing and was pushed away by others, but he became Ma Erniang. For some reason, thinking of this, he seemed to have an affair with Ma Erniang. The common place, the heart softens instantly, we still have fate.

"Someone-"

"Jun Wang—" A hidden guard immediately jumped in front of him.

"Help me with something." Liu Zaili said while waving, the dark guard leaned over to him, and after hearing his words, his eyes nearly fell out of his eyes.

"Your Majesty, this...this...isn't right.!"

Liu Zaili said coldly, "There is nothing wrong with it."

"The king of the county, he is not a commoner, once..."

"I can't control that much, you just do as I want."

"county……"

Liu Zaili's eyes were tight, "If you don't do it, people will do it."

The dark guard pursed his lips tightly, and after a pause, he replied: "Yes, the king of the county!"

When there was a lot of discussion in Beijing, the people in Beijun Palace also knew about it. The father and son of the Xia family were sitting in the main hall waiting for their grandson (son) to come back. When they saw the above, they dragged him to the study, "Zian, what's going on?"

"Grandfather, do you also think it's my money?"

"Isn't it?" Xia Shiyong said.

Xia Zhen shook her head: "Grandfather, after thinking about it carefully, I realized that I have never spent a penny on Min'er."

"How is it possible?" Xia Shiyong asked in surprise.

"Grandfather, really." Xia Zhen said with a helpless smile: "According to the calculations, I have been eating and drinking for nothing for several years."

Xia Shiyong was puzzled: "How could this happen?"

"Min'er never mentioned money, and I didn't think about it. She traveled with me. I thought the army gave her money, but she didn't ask the steward to pay her. She used her own money. "

"This..." Xia Shiyong and his son looked at each other and sighed.

Xia Zhen said worriedly: "Grandfather thinks so, I think His Majesty must have sent someone to check on Min'er."

Xia Shiyong said: "Let him investigate, it would be better if he investigates, at least he won't be suspicious of gold mines all day long."

Xia Zhen shook her head: "Jing Mo checked just now, and Min'er is worth tens of millions."

"What, ten thousand?"

"Yeah." Xia Zhen nodded.

Xia Shiyong had always believed that the Ma family was in decline and a small family. He never thought that he would be the granddaughter of a court official, and wanted money-ten million taels, which was not inferior at all.

Xia Shiyong sighed for a long time, "It's not easy to investigate our Xia family, everyone starts with your fiancée. I didn't expect them to find out such a capable granddaughter-in-law."

Xia Zhen smiled, "Grandfather, after all this trouble, we have gained a firm foothold in Beijing."

Xia Shiyong nodded, "Yes, if it wasn't for your daughter-in-law's ability, I don't know what kind of storms will be caused. If a Dou who can't support her, she might be swallowed by the storms."

Xia Zetao felt that the old father's words seemed to be talking about himself, and he lowered his head. Although he was disappointed, he had to admit that if Su Xin encountered these problems, he would have been swallowed by the wind and waves long ago.

-

Feng Zhiping returned home and told his father about Qiu Baiyan asking him for help and the theft at night, "Father, is Ma Erniang really that capable?"

"Well, it does."

"But she is only 16 years old now, just a little lady."

Feng Jiangyi said: "Since ancient times, heroes have been born in youth, so what about being young, if a person is promising, no matter how young he is, he can make a fortune."

Feng Zhiping was full of emotions: "My Yaoer is still ignorant and doesn't know anything. She has already made thousands of fortunes, but it is really incomparable."

Feng Jiangyi continued: "The most powerful thing about Ma Erniang is not making money."

"Where is that?" Feng Zhiping asked curiously.

Feng Jiangyi praised: "Knowing people and employing them are her greatest strengths. Not to mention women, even men may not have her knowledge of people."

"Father, you often tell us that the highest level of authority is to control people."

Feng Jiangyi nodded: "That's right, Ma Erniang's shopkeepers and servants are all good at doing things."

Feng Zhiping nodded sincerely, "Just take the boy who came to ask you to borrow someone a few days ago. He is only in his teens, but he is already very sophisticated in his work."

Feng Jiangyi smiled and said: "And this is not his boss who asked him to come here, he took the initiative to find me, what does this mean, first, he has a heart, and second, he dares to do it."

"Father, I understand."

Feng Jiangyi said: "Do things well, don't think that the capital is the world, and never forget, 'There is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people'"

"Yes, father, the son is taught."

-

Ma Qimeng couldn't sit still any longer, ran home from the teahouse, and ran to his old father in one breath, "Father, father, the old six family has thousands of wealth, thousands..."

Ma Chengzu raised his eyes, "So what?"

"Ah..." The howling Ma Qimeng was stopped by the old father's question, yes, they have separated a long time ago, no matter how much money they have, it doesn't matter to him, "But... but..."

Ma Chengzu snorted coldly: "Everyone has their own destiny, so go to your teahouse, drink your wine, and don't think about what you have and what you don't have."

"me……"

"Go out, don't interfere with my reading."

Ma Qimeng said with a straight face: "Father, you must let Lao Liu respect you a little bit."

"Then, this money fell into your pocket, so you can go to a high-quality tea house and drink high-quality tea?"

"What's for my father, isn't it for me."

Ma Chengzu didn't even have a sneer: "Poverty is not terrible, what is terrible is a brazen person like you."

"Father, you actually scolded me?" Ma Qimeng was about to cry with red eyes like a child.

Ma Chengzu lowered his head to read the book, his heart was extremely cold. The useful eldest son was killed by the late emperor, leaving behind an incompetent second son, concubine and concubines... His eyes were gray, and he could no longer see the shadow of the Dongping royal family. , extremely depressed for a while.

-

Shan Xiaosan brought the outside news home, and Ma Qifeng was so worried that he couldn't eat, "Min'er, the capital is a place that eats people and doesn't spit out bones. Our family, Lu Bai, will..."

"Father, you forgot, your son-in-law is the king of Beijun." Ma Min'er didn't think about it either, this hateful little thief.

"There are people who are taller than King Beijun!"

Ma Min'er comforted: "Father, your son-in-law is an unreasonable bastard. If someone provokes him, he will kill him. What are you afraid of?"

"Ah...then...then if the emperor..."

"Father, don't talk nonsense, the whole world is the emperor, and our things are of course the emperor's." Ma Min'er quickly interrupted him, not afraid of anything, but afraid of being dragged into the royal authority by people's hearts. , But if you don't know clearly, if you say beheading, beheading, you should be cautious.

-

Unknowingly, more than half of August has passed, it is almost the end of August, and the day of the big wedding is getting closer day by day. The Beijun Palace and the Ma family are very busy. What are you busy with? I can't say what I'm busy with, anyway, it's just one word - busy.

The people borrowed from Fengfu did a good job and worked hard, but Mo Wanyi didn't feel relaxed. On the contrary, she was a little worried. Things happened one after another, and there was no time to settle them. She wanted to find Er Niang, but was afraid that she would trouble her, so she hesitated.

-

The last time I met Xia Zhen at Ma'er's mother's house, he took him to a restaurant and was so drunk that Liu Zaicheng woke up after three days of sleep, and the first thing he said when he woke up was: "Fuck you, do you treat your friends like this? "I was so angry that I smashed a lot of things at home.

Liu Zaicheng wanted to settle the score with Xia Zhen, and turned back when he walked to the gate of the mansion, "For the sake of the little fairy, I will forgive you once, if there is another time, I will definitely fight with you."

"Then... the king of the county, are you still going to Ma Erniang's house?" The little prince is lawless, and Xia Zhen is a northerner, and the servant is afraid that the fight between the two will not end, but unexpectedly the little prince stopped, and hurriedly Follow up.

"Go, why don't you go?" Liu Zaicheng swung his arms high, "But I'm not in the mood. I'll go when I'm in the mood."

Oh my god, the little servant was secretly relieved, it was the first time he saw his master let someone go, the reputation of the king of the North County as a wolf and tiger is really not built.

-

Ma Min'er also sensed the problem, so there was no problem.Hey, what kind of words is this, what kind of problem is 'no problem'.

For example, it is said that N years ago, a certain scientist proved an advanced mathematical formula and applied this formula to actual production. As a result, there were problems with the products produced. The manufacturer approached the scientist, and the scientist put his own The formula was proved to them. Of course, the manufacturer didn’t understand it, but they invited many people from the academic circle to listen to his proof. As a result, everyone thought the formula was okay, but one of the high school students who was watching raised his hand and asked the formula. One of the details in, 'Where did this come from? 'The scientist was questioned, and the question was found. It turned out that the scientist himself made up a small formula and applied it.

Of course, Ma Min'er does not want such a 'high school student', on the contrary, she needs the most knowledgeable people to point out the hidden dangers in these seemingly perfect wedding procedures.

"Small order—"

"Little boss..."

Ma Min'er wanted someone to find Xia Zhen, "Forget it, he's busy too."

"The little boss wants someone to go to the prince?"

"Not going, wait until he comes."

"Oh."

Liu Zaicheng's mood soon improved, and he came to Ma Min'er's house again. The concierge had already received Xia Zhen's order, so he didn't dare to let him in casually, and put a few guards at the door.

The concierge couldn't stop him, but the guards stopped him, "I'm sorry, Duke of Luoyang, our lord said that my wife is going to get married soon, and it's not appropriate to see foreign men. He said you understand this rule."

"I don't know shit, I just know that I can see whoever I want." Liu Zaicheng threw a tantrum at the door of Ma's house, and the guards only listened to orders to stop them, and they couldn't do anything else, and they didn't dare to do anything else.

"Er Niang...Er Niang..." Liu Zaicheng yelled loudly when he was stopped.

The concierge hurried into the inner courtyard and told Ma Erniang what happened, which was really a headache: "Let him go back."

"Ma'am, how can we persuade him to go back?" The porter shrank his head and dared not go.

Really, he is a well-known bully in Beijing, Ma Miner stood up, "I'll go with you."

"Ma'am, it's not right." Yuemei and other girls stopped her.

The mother-in-law and girl from Feng's family also stopped.

Ma Min'er glanced at them, "I know what's in my heart." After speaking, she gave them a cold look, and continued to walk outside, when a woman stepped forward to stop them.

"Xiao Dan, pull her to the side, lest I can't help but beat her like a king of Luoyang County, and maim her."

"Yes, ma'am."

Hit... Hit disabled!The woman who was blocking people moved away with Shan Xiaodan's hand, but the corners of her mouth twitched, which was an expression of dissatisfaction.

Ma Min'er didn't care, when she reached the door, "Little Prince—"

When the King of Luoyang saw her, he called out, "These people don't let me in. If it wasn't for your wedding, I would have killed them with a knife."

Ma Min'er smiled slightly, and saluted him, "That's really thanks to the little prince, thank you for thinking about me."

Out of the overwhelming anger, the little fairy saluted and said a kind word, and tidied things up properly, "Er Niang, let them get out of the way."

Ma Min'er shook her head, "You said just now that you can't kill people for the sake of my wedding, so you should also think about my wedding, you can't come in!"

"..." Liu Zaicheng was buried in the hole he dug, "But I'm your friend, your guest, you won't let me in, it's justified!"

Ma Min'er understands that Liu Zaicheng's behavior at this time is already the most polite to him, if he is not allowed to come in, he might turn his face against him, it is not fun for the little bully to turn his face against him, how can he be fooled away?

Suddenly, she thought of it, and said with a smile: "Little prince, can I ask you a favor?"

"Okay?" Hearing this, Liu Zaicheng's eyes lit up, it would be great to be able to do things for the little fairy.

"My lord, can you help me find two good bridesmaids?"

"That's it!" Liu Zaicheng disagreed.

"Yes!" Ma Min'er smiled brightly, making it irresistible.

"No problem, I'll go back and ask my grandmother to ask for two for you, and I'll give them to you." After speaking, Liu Zaicheng disappeared like a gust of wind.

Really... Ma Miner laughed.

When Liu Zaicheng returned to the mansion, he called: "Grandmother...grandmother..."

When the old Princess Liang heard her precious grandson calling, she quickly stood up from her chair, "Cheng'er...Cheng'er, what's the matter with calling grandma?"

"Grandma, give me two of the best wedding wives."

The old Princess Liang thought what his name was, which made her heart ache. When she heard this, she put her heart in her stomach, "Why do you want Xi Po?"

"it works."

"What's the use?"

Liu Zaicheng said impatiently: "Grandmother, why are you asking so many questions? Is there anyone? If you don't give it to me, don't you let me find my mother and concubine to go."

"Give it up..." The old Concubine Liang had no temper with her precious grandson, so she quickly stopped asking, and said to the nurse in charge, "Choose the two best ones, and give the deed of sale to the young prince together."

"Yes, old princess."

"Thank you, grandma!" Liu Zaicheng waited for the two women to come, and waved his hand, "Come with me!" After speaking, he disappeared in front of the old Princess Liang like a gust of wind.

"Is this child bewildered?"

Old Liang Wang came in from the outside, "Cheng'er, what are you doing, you saw me turning into another corridor and running away."

"This child..." the old Concubine Liang smiled, "I asked for two wedding wives from me just now, and I thought they were probably sent to the second wife of the Ma family."

"Have you really made friends?" The old Liang Dynasty looked outside, and the eldest grandson had long since disappeared.

"Yeah, I heard that I drank a few days ago and didn't wake up for three days. It scared me to death."

"It's really..." The old Liang King had a feeling that he hated iron and steel, "That reckless man surnamed Xia, what is there to make friends with?"

"It's better than having one more enemy." Old Princess Liang said.

The old Liang Wang was unwilling: "That's true, but as long as I think of that kid who has stolen money from my family, I will panic."

"Come on, you're not the only one who was blackmailed by him, what do you want to do?"

Old Liang Wang sat in the main seat, and the girl served some tea, and he drank a few sips, "But recently, Cheng'er hasn't been out fooling around and causing trouble, and my ears are much quieter."

"Me too. No one has come to me to complain these days."

The old couple looked at each other and smiled, "Haha...those two wives did well."

Liu Zaicheng came to Ma's house for a dinner, and the table was full of people. He was really not used to it, but he insisted on staying, so there was nothing he could do, so he had to pretend to like it.

Ma Yue'er felt that he was smirking, so she rolled her eyes secretly, and scooped up some unsalted custard for Xiao Wu, "Xiao Wu, Xiao Zui came over and breathed out, yes, slow down, don't burn it."

Although Mo Wanyi was sitting on the table with chopsticks in her hands, the servants around her never stopped. Either she came to ask questions, or you came to ask questions, and she was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat.

Ma Min'er glanced at Xiao Dan.

Shan Xiaodan immediately arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, and stopped the people who wanted to come in, "Come back after Madam has finished eating."

"But things..."

"Wait no matter how urgent you are."

"Oh." A few women at the door were stopped. If you look closely, most of them are people from Fengfu. When they were asked to pick things up, almost all of them picked things up, so they always come to trouble.

Mo Wanyi saw Xiao Dan coming to stop people at the door, she smiled embarrassedly at Erniang, "I don't have much experience, I'm in a hurry."

Ma Min'er smiled and said: "The little prince has brought Xipo here, and I will work with you later, if there is anything wrong, they will talk about it."

Liu Zaicheng heard that the people he brought here would come in handy immediately, and said happily, "That's right, they are my grandmother's capable mother-in-law, and they will take care of you as you wish."

"Thank you, little prince."

"Guess...you are welcome." The bully, who has always been annoying, will have a day of being thanked by others, and he is quite excited.

"Eat vegetables, little prince." Ma Min'er said with a smile.

"Oh." When Liu Zaicheng was still embarrassed, he didn't realize that Ma's food was different from theirs, so he ignored it.

Ma Sanlang and Ma Dalang looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders secretly, the second sister was capable, and another irritable son was smoothed by him.

For some reason, although he was not used to it, Liu Zaicheng felt that Ma's food was very delicious, and he ate three small bowls before putting down his chopsticks.

After the meal, Ma Yueer asked Wanyi to rest, and she took care of the rest. Ma Miner still had to practice some details of the big wedding, and said to the younger sister: "I'll go to work first, big brother and third brother, you guys Help me deliver my little prince!"

"Okay!" Ma Dalang replied with a smile.

"Ah, won't you send me off?" Liu Zaicheng was extremely surprised, thinking that I am only friends with you, not your brother!
"I'm really busy, I'm sorry, little prince." Ma Min'er saluted him and entered the inner courtyard.

"..."

Ma Yue'er saw him standing still, with a decent smile on her face, "My lord, please—"

Liu Zaicheng came back to his senses, "Who are you?"

"Ma Erniang's younger sister, Ma Siniang!" Ma Yueer secretly cursed again as an idiot.

"You..." Liu Zaicheng almost missed the nature of the little overlord, and was stared back by the little lady. Hey, why did she stare like a little fairy? Could it be that she is also a little fairy?

Ma Yue'er was also busy, looked at his elder brother, and said, send this man away quickly.

Ma Dalang nodded invisibly, and stretched out his hand to ask: "Little prince, please—"

Liu Zaicheng said in his heart that he must have owed the Ma family in his previous life, who dared to treat him like this, and whoever was not careful to accompany the smiling face, but their family was rude to him.

After getting into the carriage, the long follower asked cautiously: "My lord, shall we come again in the future?"

"Come on, why don't you come? I have become friends with Ma Erniang and Xia Zian, so I will definitely come." Liu Zaicheng said plausibly.

The long follower shrank his head secretly, he was driven like this by others, and he still wants to come up, it's really... .

In the evening, Mo Wanyi held the deeds of sale of the two wives, and asked them a few words. The two wives understood their situation very well. The former owner had already given the deed of sale to the current owner. Only by working hard can there be a way out.

The two women took turns to talk about the wedding process of the princes and nobles in the capital all night, especially some of the twists and turns. Mo Wanyi felt refreshed and understood a lot.

Early the next morning, Mo Wanyi put the two wives by her side and listened to the people below. Not long after, the two wives lowered their heads and reminded, "Master, the peach cakes with the fruits you just mentioned You don’t need to buy so much, you just need to put it on the makeup bag, so you can put a few more eye-catching makeup dowry, which is both beautiful and affordable.”

"Will it be called showing off if you put on the dowry?"

"Ma'am, in Beijing, you should show off what you should show off."

Mo Wanyi nodded, "Okay, I see."

Only then did the girl and woman from Feng's family notice that the mistress actually used the woman sent by Luoyang County King, and they looked at each other with unclear eyes.

Seeing their changing expressions, Mo Wanyi finally understood that she really regarded herself as a countryman!While breathing a sigh of relief, she was worried that these girls would go back and say that it would make it difficult for Ma and Feng to get along.

In fact, there were girls and women who went back and said, but when Mrs. Feng told Feng Jiangyi about the Ma family's behavior, he immediately understood the truth and rolled his eyes indifferently, "Er Niang It's because she doesn't understand the rules in the capital, but she is not a person who will fool people, they are dishonest and dare to come back to chew their tongues, such people don't matter, you can sell a few of them."

Mrs. Feng did not expect the old man to say this, "You just believe in that second mother?"

"I've been in the officialdom for decades. I still can't tell what kind of eyebrows these girls and women have?"

What can Mrs. Feng do, "Got it!"

The two or three girls who went back to report to the old lady failed to return to Ma's house, but sent a few new people over, which made the girls who stayed in Ma's house tremble with fear. They didn't expect that the master would not deal with it. The little-known Ma family sincerely helped, and everyone was so frightened that they no longer dared to show off their talents and were lazy and slippery.

Mo Wanyi breathed a sigh of relief, Xin Daofeng's family is still reasonable and sincerely wants to help our family, so she told Er Niang about the matter.

Ma Min'er also said, "Master Jiang is a sensible person."

"At that time, I was really afraid that Feng and Ma would not get along well."

"Aunt Wan, relax now."

Mo Wanyi nodded, "Well, now there are girls and women from three places, and one is no longer the only one, so it's easier to do a lot of things."

Ma Min'er laughed and said, "Why does our family look like the Three Kingdoms?"

"It's just like this. It turns out that a big family and a big business are not all good things." Mo Wanyi said with emotion: "It's better to be a little rich and be safe than to work hard."

"I also like Xiao Fu Ji An." Ma Min'er said.

At the end of August and the beginning of September, the weather in the capital gradually cooled down, and some people on the street began to wear jackets. Xia Zhen finished her business in a hurry, and went to Ma's house in a carriage before she even had time to change her clothes. He hadn't seen her for several days. Seeing the little daughter-in-law, it's weird.Not daring to enter through the front door, she walked through the back door and sneaked into Ma Min'er's wing.

Ma Min'er is trying on the dress for her big wedding. It has been modified several times, and this time there seems to be no problem. "Okay, that's it, put it away."

"Yes, ma'am." Yuemei hurriedly led the little girls to straighten the gowns. They could not be folded or wrinkled, and they had to be hung on a special hanger for the special little girls to take care of.

Xing'er has been standing behind Ma Min'er, silently looking at the girls coming and going in the room, if anyone makes a mistake, remind them, and keep in mind what should be kept in mind, no rush.

Shan Xiaodan came in from the outside and whispered in Ma Min'er's ear: "The prince is here."

Ma Min'er glanced at the girls in the room, then at Xing'er, and then walked out.

Xing'er nodded slightly, indicating that she understood, and after a while, she said to another big girl: "Sister Dongmei, I will leave this place to you."

Dongmei nodded and watched Xing'er leave with a few girls.

After Xing'er left, the little girls continued to do their own things, and no one slacked off because of the master's departure. Dongmei walked to Yuemei's side, "Be careful about dresses and embroidery, and don't make mistakes."

Yuemei said: "I know."

In the small study next to the bedroom, Ma Miner sat in Xia Zhen's arms, "How are you doing?"

"It's almost there, but there are still some posts. Grandpa is pouring the spoon."

"I don't have many relatives or friends here, and all the posts have been delivered!"

"That's good."

Ma Min'er rubbed Xia Zhen's fingers: "I don't know why, I'm getting more and more nervous."

"Me too."

"Ah, you too!" Ma Min'er raised her face in surprise.

"Yeah." Xia Zhen lowered her head, "I hope that September [-] will come soon, but I'm also worried that I'm not ready yet, whether I'm not doing well enough."

"Haha..." Ma Miner was delighted, "It turns out that everyone is the same!"

"Are you like that too?"

"Yeah, I think the same as you."

Xia Zhen hugged the little daughter-in-law tighter with both arms, "Then hurry up, I can't wait."

"Hee hee, no, I want to live my last days alone."

"You are the only one who has so many tricks." Xia Zhen said while lowering her head... The word N will be omitted below!
-

Mrs. Ma San was in a really good mood, of course this was good. Before she saw the brothers and sisters of the Ma family, when she saw them, her face immediately turned cold, and she looked like a daughter-in-law.

"Hey, why does the third sister-in-law stop laughing when she sees us? Does she look down on people when life is easier?" Ma Wu's daughter-in-law spoke in a high-pitched voice, looking very mean.

"Mother's in the backyard."

"Sister-in-law, don't make it so obvious that you don't welcome us. We only came here after receiving a post from the old Liu's family."

"I received a post from Lao Liu's house, you go to Lao Liu's house, what are you doing here?"

"Third sister-in-law, what you said, how much money is paid, is not something that you, the eldest daughter-in-law, should take everyone to consider."

Mrs. Ma San raised her eyes, "That's what I said, I'm the first daughter-in-law, so the gift money must be more. Your concubine brother and concubine brother discuss it, and you can pay as much as you should. Isn't it useless to ask me?"

Mrs. Ma Er said: "Third brother and sister, I heard that you have benefited from the old sixth family, right?"

"What do you mean by that, I don't understand."

"I heard that the old Liu's family gave you the frozen grass jelly, and within a month, you will have five or six thousand taels of silver in your account, right?"

Mrs. Ma San was shocked when she heard this. They knew how much money they made and how they knew, but they didn't show it on the surface: "Yeah, I happened to happen. Min'er sent me some food recipes, which slowed down my family. Min Er is not like some people who know that I am going to borrow money, but she is at home and locks the door, pretending not to be at home!"

Mrs. Ma Si's face turns pale and turns pale. Among the brothers, her family has the best life. One is because her daughter is still in Yunshui, helping them manage the shop and fields, so that they have income, and the other is that the man of the family is good at making money. The little days are indeed going well. The last time my uncle was blackmailed by someone, Mrs. Ma couldn't afford to go from house to house to borrow money. After she heard about it, she closed the door secretly. She never thought that she had the help of the old Liu's family. , the days are getting better again.

Mrs. Ma San sneered: "No matter how poor our family is, the old man's monthly salary can still be enough to eat. I was just in a hurry to make a turnaround. In the end, all of you...Really, I don't even want to talk about it."

The sisters-in-law of the Ma family smiled shyly, and the men were not much better. With the money, Ma Qimeng had to sleep again, with his eyes turned to the sky, and he ignored these brothers and sisters, "You have to go and see Father, go and see, there is no food for you today."

"Third brother, you can do this kind of thing?"

"I can't do it. If you Ma Lao Wu can avoid borrowing money, my brother-in-law can do things without food."

"I... I don't have any money."

"I've heard people say, you partnered with someone to open a tofu shop and made a lot of soy products, why are you out of money?"

"I……"

Ma Laoqi sneered: "I know where his money went, and he gambled away."

Ma Qimeng snorted, "It's better to take those money for tea and wine than to lose it all."

Ma Laowu remained silent like the bum.

The elders are intriguing, and the younger generation is not much better. After returning to the capital, life is difficult. Several cousins ​​are married, some are merchants, and some are small officials without rank. Finally, they all settled down, and life is also not good. It's okay, it's all chicken and dog jumping.

"Cousin Sister, the golden hairpin on your head is quite big, but it's outdated." Ma Rou'er still spoke so irritatingly.

Ma Jianer sneered, "Your situation is not much better."

"Mine is the golden hairpin, big and bright." Ma Rou'er said while supporting the golden hairpin. She had seen it, and among the few cousins ​​who came, hers was the biggest and the prettiest.

Ma Zhier sneered: "Cousin Mei is probably coming soon."

"You..." Before Ma Rou'er could choke out, Ma Meier really came.

The couple, each hugging each other, one in front and one behind, are in harmony, making people jealous, not to mention being well-dressed and extravagant.

Mrs. Ma San saw her eldest niece, and hurried forward to meet her, "Mei'er, you are here, why don't you let me know so that I can go to meet you." Among the 3000 taels last time, there was 1000 taels for Ma Meier. Why can't she go up to meet her in person, man, it's either from the money department or a heart-to-heart exchange, it has to be the same.

"Third Aunt, you are too polite. The road was blocked just now and we were late. I'm sorry to keep everyone waiting." Ma Meier hugged her one-year-old daughter to the girl next to her, and greeted everyone politely.

Zhao Yuyan put down the three-year-old son in his arms and asked him to greet the elders. The little guy saluted in a dignified manner, "Greetings to uncle and uncle."

"This fat boy is cute..."

"cute……"

……

The stalemate was eased because of a child, "Let's go see grandfather." Although Zhao Yuyan is young, he may have been immersed in the officialdom all year round, and he appears to be stable and steady. With a slight smile, he shows his sophistication and inadvertently, showing his own style Gorgeous.

Everyone went to Ma Chengzu's yard together, Mrs. Ma already knew they were coming, so she asked the girl to move the stools and make tea, "Sit down!"

Everyone sat down in groups.

"father--"

"father……"

……

Everyone shouted politely.

Ma Chengzu nodded slightly, "Have you all received the post?"

"Yes, father!"

"Well, that's good." Ma Chengzu looked at the children and grandchildren in front of him, and finally had the opportunity to get together. At his age, it was really rare to see him once, and he felt a little emotional for a while.

However, the sons and great-grandchildren sitting in front of him did not feel such emotion. They lost their affection in the days of chaos, and the rare reunion did not make them happy, and even made them want to escape. They did not want to let themselves down Presenting themselves to people in their day, it will make them themselves obsolete.

Mrs. Ma Er couldn't help but said: "Father, can you ask Lao Liu to give us some food recipes, so that we can also have a profitable camp so that we can live on."

Mrs. Ma looked at the second daughter-in-law for a moment, and then quickly looked away, as if she just glanced at her casually.

Ma Chengzu's face was normal, and he couldn't see any changes, "For this kind of thing, you go to Lao Liu yourself, it has nothing to do with me."

"Father, let's go and say that it's useful. Only you, the sixth son, are willing to give some face." Master Ma Er saw that his wife had started, and he also begged with a cheeky face.

Ma Chengzu shook his head: "The last prescription was requested by the third daughter-in-law herself. If you are embarrassed, go by yourself. I won't interfere."

These men and women all know what kind of temper Ma Chengzu has, and it is useless to say anything, the room was silent for a while.

After a while, Zhao Yuyan cupped his hands and said, "Grandfather, I haven't played chess with you for a long time, I wonder if I can play chess with you."

Ma Chengzu nodded, "Yes!"

Seeing that their grandparents and grandchildren were going to play chess, everyone stood up and went to the living room. The third daughter-in-law said that the gift money was different, and the concubines had to discuss it by themselves. After discussing for more than half an hour, they decided on how much to accompany the gift.

"The third brother said that there is no food, so let's go."

"Let's go."

Madam Ma heard that the concubines were going to leave, so she hurried out and gave a lesson to the youngest couple, "What's the matter with you, hurry up and make dinner."

"Mother……"

"And give me a whole table of good food."

"Yes, mother." The mother-in-law spoke, and Mrs. Ma San had no choice but to arrange the kitchen to cook, and cooked a few good dishes. Thinking that she had money in the account, forget it, don't bother with them, it's just a meal.

-

Qiu Baiyan was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, he didn't expect that the former master Yancheng County King would look for him, so he had to find a quiet wine shop.

"It's rude to let the king of the county sit in such a small restaurant."

Liu Zaili sneered: "You don't need to use an official accent in front of me."

Qiu Baiyan smiled and didn't answer his words.

Liu Zaili continued: "I never expected that you would earn tens of thousands of dollars for Ma Erniang."

When Qiu Baiyan heard what he said, he still had a smile on his face, "The world really thinks highly of me."

"what for?"

"The king of the county thinks I earned all this wealth?" Qiu Baiyan asked back.

"Isn't it you?"

Qiu Baiyan chuckled lightly: "I have a good business talent, but compared to Ma Erniang, I'm still inferior."

"..." Although Liu Zaili felt that it was Erniang Ma, he was still shocked when Xixia's subordinates said that, but he didn't show it.

Qiu Baiyan said, "Of course, besides the talents of the two of us, there is another person who is very valuable. I don't say it, the county king should know who I am talking about."

Liu Zaili leaned lightly on the back of the chair, narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean, Xia Zi'an is covering Ma Erniang, Ma Erniang is a genius, you are talented, and the three of you have earned tens of thousands of taels of silver together." ?”

"The king of the county is indeed the king of the county. That's right, that's the fact. Without one, the Ma family wouldn't be where they are today."

How can a person who was born in a wealthy family not understand the truth of this? Liu Zaili's eyes were blurred, he squinted at the wine, and did not speak for a long time.

Once upon a time, the king of Yancheng County was the sky high in his heart, seeing him would make Qiu Baiyan happy for a long time, but now... Looking at the king of Yancheng sitting in a daze in front of him, Qiu Baiyan unexpectedly There is a feeling that I am equal to you, and I am nothing more than that.

He thought about it carefully, it was Ma Min'er who taught him how to look up to the world, don't be overbearing when you meet the rich and powerful;

"Are you... married?"

Qiu Baiyan didn't prevent Yancheng County King from asking about such a personal matter, although he was reckless, he still returned, shaking his head lightly: "No."

"Why not?"

"I didn't find a suitable one."

"What is suitable?" Liu Zaili asked one sentence after another.

Qiu Baiyan laughed: "That's a feeling, if you feel it, it will naturally feel appropriate."

After Liu Zaili heard his words, he didn't say anything for a long time.

King Yancheng had something on his mind, Qiu Baiyan could faintly feel that his mind was related to his little master, so he couldn't help pursing his lips, subconsciously picked up the bowl and began to plan the rice.

"If you don't know Ma Erniang, I won't say anything, and you will definitely not pick up a bowl to eat casually."

Qiu Baiyan stopped in mid-air with a bowl in his hand. Yes, if he hadn't met Ma Min'er and worked with her, he would have kept his dignity strictly. The nobles didn't eat with chopsticks, how could he, a commoner, eat with chopsticks first.

"I'm sorry, the king, I'm rude."

"Ma Erniang never cared about these etiquettes, did she?"

Qiu Baiyan nodded, "She always calls me Big Brother Qiu."

Liu Zaili raised his head slightly and took a long breath. He felt more and more that his heart was about to become empty.

-

Throughout August, the emperor turned over Ma Hui'er's brand three times. For a third-class Jieyu, it was already very favored. For my son, the clouds are really clearing and the fog is clearing, and wealth and honor are coming.

While watching the emperor's movements, the other concubines inquired about Ma Jieyu's natal family, and what caused the emperor to turn over the sign three times a month.

"It turns out that she has a cousin who is going to marry the king of Beijun."

"I heard that this cousin has a lot of money, and the three small dowries are worth five or six million taels."

"real or fake?"

"of course it's true."

"How did you know?"

"Of course the fathers-in-law have eyes and ears outside, and they passed it on."

"That seems to be true." The beauty said, "But why doesn't Ma Jieyu have any money to pay for it? If she can throw away a lot of money, she might be flopped."

"I heard that this cousin has separated from her family."

"So, it's the cousin's business that the cousin has money, and it has nothing to do with her?"

"That's not it."

"What do you mean by that?"

The beauty hooked her lips into a smile, "This kind of meaning can only be felt, not spoken out."

"Boring." Another beauty pouted.

"Would you like to congratulate Ma Jieyu?"

"I'm not going!"

"I'm not going either."

……

"If you don't go, then I will go by myself. When I have a chance to get close to the emperor, don't blame me for not calling you."

"I go!"

"I'll go as well……"

……

"Gou Meiren, why don't you go?"

"What am I going to do?" Gou Meiren twisted uncomfortably.

"To congratulate, of course."

"Don't go."

"Gou Meiren, can you give up such an opportunity?"

Gou Meiren pursed her lips, everyone could see the unwillingness on her face.

"Let's go." Jiang Meiren pulled Meiren Gou and said with a smile, "If we want to gain the favor of the Holy Majesty, we must not miss any chance, understand?"

Gou Meiren looked unnatural and said nothing.

Ma Hui'er was sitting at the entrance of the palace basking in the sun, making autumn dresses while drying, the voices of the concubines playing in her ears, she didn't even lift her eyes, she was still doing her own work.

Others are afraid of the sun, the dark, and not being pretty, but Ma Huier is not afraid of the dark. Even after being exposed to the sun, she feels that her body is much better and she has strength to walk.

"Ma Jieyu, you are already making autumn clothes, so fast."

"Why is Ma Jieyu sitting at the entrance of the hall? The afternoon sun is quite hot."

"Yes, Ma Jieyu, we are here to congratulate you, are you happy..."

……

Amidst the chattering, Ma Huier finally put down the needle and thread in her hand, raised her eyes to look at the beauties under the steps, and said coldly: "Thank you very much!" After finishing speaking, she stood up, "Lu Yi, take the needle and thread back, And a stool."

"Yes, ma'am." Lu Yi quickly tidied up.

"Sister Ma, what are you doing? We came here to congratulate you with good intentions?" Jiang Meiren walked up the steps with a trembling voice and waving her handkerchief.

Ma Hui'er turned around and took a look, ignored her, and stepped into the hall.

"Hey, sister Ma, do you still remember what happened last time!" After a few steps, Jiang Meiren walked behind Ma Hui'er.

Ma Hui'er simply stopped, turned around and looked back, her face was cold.

"Sister Ma, you see that all the sisters have come to talk and chat with you, so that you will not be lonely, how wonderful." Jiang Meiren smiled at the other concubines who went up the steps.

The concubines nodded.

Ma Hui'er didn't say a word, watching them crowded up the steps, and they were all standing at the entrance of the hall in a short while, she kept thinking of the phrase, "If you don't attack me, I won't attack you. If someone attacks me, I will attack you." '

Ma Hui'er has been staying in the Bijiao Palace for two years. At the beginning, she also walked around with everyone, but as the family's money became less and less, these concubines also went farther and farther away from her, and even had no contact with her, so they had to Live here alone with a few court ladies.

She knew that the world was cold, but she never expected that when she faced it, the cold reality would be crueler than she imagined. What's more, the palace where people were climbing up everywhere was more like silent killings.

The men in the Ma family are not very good, but the women are more decisive and assertive.

Seeing the crowd coming up, and the beauty Gou standing behind the crowd, looking like she wanted to come up but didn't want to come up, Ma Huier pulled out the beauties who were blocking her, walked down a step, and looked at her with a smile. look over.

"Ma...Ma Jieyu..."

"Pa..." With a flick of the left hand, "Pa..." With a flick of the right hand, the strength is stronger than that of the left, and the sound is clearer.

Gou Meiren didn't even react, the slap had already been slapped, and there was still traces of blood on the corner of her mouth.

Ma Hui'er raised her head, "If you offend me, pay back double."

The chattering beauties were frightened by her behavior, they all went down the steps in the blink of an eye, and stood behind Gou Meiren, Jiang Meiren was grabbed by Ma Huier and gave her a slap in the face.

"I didn't hit you that day?" Jiang Meiren yelled angrily, covering her cheeks.

Ma Hui'er smiled, and returned her words: "That's fine, I'll cut you off the chance to go to my palace, so that you can wake up early, so you don't have to dream, once the dream wakes up, there is nothing, then The taste is even more painful, don't you think?"

"you……"

Ma Hui'er turned around and went up the steps, turned her head and said to everyone: "If I fall out of favor, you can beat me back." After speaking, she turned her head and entered the palace with her head held high.

All the concubines were frightened by this woman. They didn't expect that Mami, who is usually taciturn and weak, would be so fierce and ruthless, and dare to say such provocative words, which means that she will never fall out of favor, and it is impossible to give them The opportunity to call back, why should she?Ma Tongfeng, King of Beijun?

Lu Qi has been standing at the gate of the palace, watching the concubines leave before turning around, worried: "My lady, what should we do now?"

Ma Hui'er sat on the round stool, her eyes narrowed slightly: "From what you've asked, I should have a chance to give birth to a dragon son in the past two years."

"Your Majesty..." Lu Qi hurriedly closed the door behind her happily, "Your Majesty, do you mean that the Holy Majesty will turn over your brand to favor you in the past two years?"

"kindness!"

"Why?" Lu Qi asked curiously.

"I can't tell you the specifics, but I have this feeling." Ma Huier replied leisurely.

Feel?What it is?Lu Qi couldn't figure it out.

On the sixth day of September, ten days before the big wedding, all the red lanterns at the gate of Beijun Wangfu have been hung up, and a red silk has been tied on the stone lion of the town gate. Passers-by, just by looking at it, will know that this family is going to have a big wedding .

No matter whether it is Beijun Wangjun in the east inner city or Majia in Dangui Lane in the south inner city, the entire back door street is crowded with vendors carrying loads or pushing carts, and baskets and baskets of ingredients flow through the back door. When I arrived at the big kitchen where the wedding was held, there was a constant flow, from morning to night.

By the side door, all kinds of managers or things, or reporting things, or posting posts for the master... kept coming in and out, and at the same time, the guards and the porter carefully checked the people who came in and out, and they didn't dare at all. careless.

Apart from going to court, Xia Zhen didn't go out very much. At home, she either tried on dresses, or practiced all kinds of etiquette for weddings and entering the palace. Men and women are different, and they don't go so carefully. After only two passes, all the ritual procedures were memorized in my heart.

Without a competent hostess, Xia Zetao not only felt no inconvenience, but also felt tired. If it wasn't for his son, he would be so tired that he wanted to go back to Anxing Mansion in Yizhou.

Mrs. Xia looked at her haggard son, what else could she say besides helping him with entertainment and reception, she could only hope that her eldest grandson would marry a capable daughter-in-law and let her live a relaxed old age.

Xia and Ma are preparing for the big wedding in an orderly manner, but some people in the capital are anxious, hey, who are some people, and what are they anxious about?

Someone quietly inquired that the servant Fang Yuyuan was here, but Fang Yuyuan and his little father-in-laws dared not accept the money and reply to the message.

why?Even Fang Yuyuan, who is old and mature, has not been able to figure out the Holy Majesty's attitude towards Xia Zhen. If the Holy Majesty does not express his opinion, he will not dare to release the wind. If he does not let the wind go, many high-ranking officials in the capital will not dare to send congratulatory gifts to the Beijun Palace. .

What?Didn't you post the post of Beijun Prince's Mansion? What's the matter if you post the post and don't send He Yi?No, of course the people who received the post would send congratulatory gifts, and it would be ridiculous not to.

So what does this 'attitude' mean?Of course, there is no post to see the dignitaries who are at the helm. If the emperor sends a congratulatory gift, of course they will follow, but until now, the emperor has not moved yet?

In the quiet of the night, in the small study of the Beijun Prince's Mansion, the three generations of the Xia family's grandparents, as well as the aides were also sitting, and they were all trying to figure out what the emperor meant.

Wei Ren said: "Under normal circumstances, the emperor's conferment will arrive on the wedding day, so will the congratulatory ceremony come with the conferment?"

"It's possible." Zhuang Hao said, "I've been in Beijing for nearly three years. There are generally three situations for congratulations. For favored ministers with real power, congratulations and rewards are separate, and they will arrive half a month before the wedding. ; The second is the imperial family, the congratulations with the ceremony and the reward are together, and the third is that if there is any happy event in the family of the concubine who is favored in the palace, there is only a reward and no congratulations with the ceremony."

Needless to say the third situation, Xia Zhen's current situation is between the first and the second. The title of county king is generally only given to the clan, and very few people with foreign surnames get this title, so I don't know that he is a favorite. It's still the clan, it's really hard to guess what the Holy Majesty meant.

Xia Zhen said indifferently: "I really hope that the congratulatory discussion will be accompanied by the conferment of the day, so as to save the trouble of dealing with these officials in Beijing."

Xia Shiyong said, "Now that we have come to this point, we still hope to separate the congratulations from the rewards, otherwise we will be very passive."

Xia Zhen didn't think so, but he didn't refute his grandfather's words either, he just kept silent.

"If the Holy Majesty doesn't give our Xia family face, there's nothing we can do about it." Xia Zetao sighed.

Xia Shiyong is no longer able to guess the holy will. He really can't understand what kind of attitude Emperor Yuantai has towards the Xia family.

Xia Zhen didn't care about these, and stood up, "You guys discuss it, let's go back to sleep." After speaking, he saluted his grandfather and father and left the small study.

Ning Wangfu, Liu Zaili was called back by Ning Wang, "Did you send Xia Zhen's wedding gift?"

"Ah."

"I thought he gave it to Prince Ning's Mansion. There is no subdivision, so he gave it to you unexpectedly."

Liu Zaili said: "After all, we fought for the Holy One together."

"That's right." King Ning said casually like a parent: "Many officials in Beijing are holding a wait-and-see attitude. Some people hope to pay the money, and some hope to save the money. Zili, what do you think the emperor will do to Xia? Zhen?"

"I can't guess what His Majesty is thinking."

"Can't guess or can't figure it out?" King Ning asked.

Liu Zaili raised his eyelids, "Father, I can't answer your question."

King Ning laughed, "Understood, I won't inquire about it for my father."

Liu Gongli looked very dull sitting in the chair.

"Zi Li, have you been too tired lately? I see that you are not in a good mood. Are you anxious when you see someone else getting married?" King Ning said to his parents, if he wanted to set his son up, he had thought, he would immediately Standing up, "Father, I have something else to do, so I won't stay in the mansion today." After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands, turned around and left.

"This child..." The hurried and impolite son surprised King Ning, "What's the matter!"

what's wrong?No one can answer Ning Wang's words, even Liu Zaili, he often asks himself, what's wrong with him!Every time he was alone in the middle of the night, he persuaded himself to let go, but the next day, when he woke up, he saw the shadow of Ma Erniang again, and he was attached again, and he was persistent, letting go. wandering in.

After leaving Prince Ning's mansion, Liu Zaili just got into the carriage when the hidden guard entered the carriage, "Prince Jun, we have found an excellent opportunity."

Liu Zaili raised his eyes, "Excellent?"

"Yes, the king of the county."

Liu Zaili narrowed his eyes slightly, "Take me to Master Fakong."

"Yes, the king of the county."

Liu Zaili's carriage sped along the capital avenue, and soon disappeared into the night.

In a certain courtyard in a certain house in the capital city, in front of a certain nobleman stood two people who were talking about something, "Master, those two have already moved."

The young master squinted his eyes and smiled: "This time it won't be yellow again."

"Grandpa, shouldn't it be?"

"Yes, Lord, the Ma family boy has been in Beijing for more than two years. Many people know him well. He is not as smart and capable as his younger sister."

Your son lowered his eyes, "It's really strange, men are not as good as women. Could it be that the Dongping Wang family changed their surnames and changed their temperament, becoming yin and yang?"

"Father..."

"Don't call me, do things well, I don't want you to carry me any more."

"Yes, sir, I will do it right away."

Ma Dalang seldom goes out to drink with his colleagues, and now that his family is here, he even has an excuse to decline various invitations, "I'm really sorry, I won't go."

"Ma Yichu, do you have a brother-in-law of the king of the Northern Qun who looks down on us humble children?"

"Everyone, nothing, nothing."

"Then we invite you to a wine shop for a glass of wine, why don't you go?"

"I'm sorry, the main reason is that my sister is going to get married, and there are only a few days left..."

The colleague looked coldly and slanted his eyebrows: "Speaking of which, Ma Zichu, you just look down on us petty officials who have been admitted from poor families."

"No, no, absolutely not, everyone." Ma Yichu waved his hands again and again, how could he have such an idea, it's impossible.

"Since there is no one, you can go have a glass of wine with us."

"Really... really not, my eldest sister is getting married in five days, I have to go back and help."

"There are still five days, that would be better, we should find a chance to have a glass of wine, and congratulate your sister on marrying Chenglong Kuai's son-in-law, everyone agrees."

"That's right... Ma Zichu, if you don't buy us a drink tonight, you're looking down on us..."

"Yes, just look down on us..."

……

Alas, there are rivers and lakes and small groups everywhere. Ma Yichu's position in the Imperial Academy is a bit embarrassing, why is it embarrassing?
Upwards are the children of wealthy families. They are in the Hanlin Academy, that is, they have experienced experience. Through the springboard of the Imperial Academy, they can adapt to government affairs, deepen their experience and continuously accumulate knowledge and experience, so as to prepare for entering the three provinces and the center in the future;
Next, there are these humble children in front of him. Although they are also in the Imperial Academy, they are only enshrined in the Imperial Academy and have no real power, and they have no access to matters such as drafting and edict drafting. They have no chance to enter the three provinces and six ministries. Or participate in the compilation of official records.

Although he is also a Hanlin bachelor waiting to be released, because of Feng Jiangyi, he has been exposed to drafting edicts and other matters, learned about many major national events, and the ins and outs of handling these events, and accumulated a lot of experience for his future official career.

He doesn't belong to the aristocratic faction, nor the poor family faction. Ma Yichu is both awkward and free. Embarrassment, as long as he knows what he needs, he doesn't care about embarrassment, but he likes this kind of freedom, and he doesn't need to be with a small group. Today he treats guests, Treating guests tomorrow, I am too tired.

Unexpectedly, these people still caught the opportunity to invite guests, and it's all about this, what can I do?Ma Yichu had no choice but to invite them.

"I'll let the servant go home and let me know."

"Oh, Ma Yichu, why do you look like a child who hasn't grown up, you have to tell your family after drinking, it's interesting."

"Yeah, it looks like it's not broken."

"that is……"

Ma Yichu was dragged to drink by seven or eight colleagues.

The Ma family waited for Ma Dalang to come back for dinner. After waiting for half an hour, Ma Qifeng was a little worried: "Dalang seldom entertains!"

Ma Sanlang said: "If my elder brother attended the banquet, he didn't say anything to me last night or this morning. There must be something temporary."

Mo Wanyi said: "I'll send someone to meet me on the road."

Ma Qifeng nodded: "If you want, send someone to take a look."

Mo Wanyi sent the Chen family to go, and the Chen family met Peng Xiaohe when they walked half a street out of the alley, "Xiaohe, where is Mr. Da Lang?"

"I was dragged to drink by my colleagues, so I took the time to report back."

"Oh." The Chen family said, "Then you hurry back and take care of Mr. Dalang, and I will go back and deliver a letter to my master."

Peng Xiaohe said: "Tell the owner that Dalang was in Yipinxian Winery, he was dragged to drink by some colleagues, and he was not allowed to leave. If you are worried, you can ask someone to come and we can get away."

"Okay, I got it!" The Chen family hurriedly turned back for fear of delaying the matter.

Xia Shiyong has been waiting for Emperor Yuantai's congratulatory ceremony. Seeing that the wedding day is approaching, he may not be able to wait. After dinner, he finally had time to sigh, "That's fine, just like Zi'an said, to save trouble .”

Xia Zhen said: "Grandfather, at least let us understand the meaning of the Holy One."

"Zian is right, at least he understands what His Majesty meant."

Xia Zetao frowned, "I can finally take a break these two days."

"Father, you are tired."

Xia Zetao smiled and said: "Zhen'er, being a father is just a word of emotion, don't filter too much."

Xia Zhen also smiled, "Father, don't tell me you're tired, I can't take it either."

Xia Zetao's brows were loosened by his son's relaxed words, "That's good, your mother hasn't eaten much these two days, I'll go over and see if she's doing well today."

"Should I find a doctor..."

"Don't...don't, she's always had a bad appetite, she's fine." On this happy day, Xia Zetao didn't let his son see a doctor, which was unlucky, "You talk to grandfather, I'll go first."

"Okay, father."

They didn't talk for long, they were really tired during this time, Xia Zhen wanted to rest early, but Ma's family came.

"What did you just say?" On a September day, Xia Zhen was shivering from the cold.

Shan Xiaosan knelt in front of Xia Zhen and trembled, "Mr. Da Lang is gone, and so is Xiao Dong."

"there?"

"Yipin Fresh."

Seeing that his grandson was going to eat people, Xia Shiyong grabbed him, "Zhen'er, you'd better recite the Analects before going out."

"Grandfather..." Xia Zhen struggled to get out, her eyes were bloodshot: "It must be Liu Zaili."

"Him?" Xia Shiyong was puzzled, "Why did he kidnap Ma's family?"

"He's not from the Luoma family, he's from the Lumin'er." Xia Zhen wanted to kill someone out of distress.

Xia Shiyong seemed to understand something, but he didn't understand the young man, "Ma Erniang is going to marry you soon, what's the point of him taking her away?"

"I...I'm going to kill that guy." Xia Zhen drew out her saber.

"Zian, I don't understand what's going on between you young people, but if you kill Liu Zaili, our Xia family will lose its skin even if we don't die."

"Grandfather——" Xia Zhen looked at him sadly: "But Min'er is my daughter-in-law, mine...my..."

"I know, I know..." Xia Shiyong was in a hurry, "Can you think of a way to protect Ma Erniang and let you marry her smoothly?"

That's right, if I rushed out to kill people, wouldn't everyone know that my Min'er was gone? No, no, I can't let Min'er's reputation be damaged in the slightest.

Xia Zhen put the knife back into the scabbard, closed his eyes, and began to recite the Analects of Confucius over and over again. He didn't open his eyes until his heart was as calm as a mirror.

"Someone-"

"My lord!"

"After half a quarter of an hour, I want to know the cause and effect of Ma Dalang's disappearance."

"Yes, my lord." Jing Mo took his sword and walked away.

(End of this chapter)