Chastity Layman

  Chapter 2 Protecting the calf

  Yiguo Mansion.

  Cui Dunli was still babbling, scolding Qin Lang for being ignorant of flattery, how muddy mud can't support a wall, how many people wish they could marry a woman with five surnames, but he, Qin San, was fine, and he actually refused the good offer that came to his door.

  Qin Qiong sat on the side with a solemn expression, her black hair tied meticulously.

   A few strands of silver have emerged from his neatly trimmed beard, and he looks a little haggard and old.

   "Anshang, Saburo was injured when he fell from a horse, and his mind was confused for a while. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."

  Qin Qiong apologized for his son, but Cui Dunli went too far.

   "A lowly maidservant gives birth to a son, foolish as hell!"

  Qin Qiong's face gradually darkened.

  His pupils slowly dilated, and a dangerous aura gradually exuded from his body. This is the aura of a famous general who has fought many battles before fighting on the battlefield.

  Everyone has reverse scales.

  Qin Qiong has taken off the face of the honest and honest prince, and put on the aura of being an enemy of thousands of people on the battlefield.

  Qin Lang also felt this change, he was a little surprised, and said that there was a difference between the concubine and the concubine, but it seemed that Qin Qiong valued him as a concubine.

  In the sweltering hall, the atmosphere became delicate, and Cui Dunli's voice finally faded, and he also felt his brother-in-law's anger.

Although Cui Dunli is Qin Qiong's brother-in-law and junior, but he considers himself the son of the Boling Cui family with five surnames and seven clans. He is a sixth-rank General Secretary of Zhongshu Province. Although his grade is not high, he is not among the fifth-rank Tonggui, let alone compared with the third-rank Qin Qiong, but this is also an important position. After the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, He will naturally be able to rise steadily.

Regarding brother-in-law Qin Qiong, Cui Dunli and Boling Cui did not look down on her brother-in-law Qin Qiong. At the beginning, they could not refuse the emperor's proposal of marriage in person, but they also valued Qin Qiong as a popular military upstart. And the delay in choosing a son with five surnames is nearly thirty years old. Cui married Qin Qiong. At that time, because of the big gap in family status, Qin Qiong took a fortune from Qin Qiong. A thousand acres of land, three thousand bolts of silk, can be said to have set a record for losing money at a sky-high price back then.

   Even so, Cui Dunli actually looks down on his upstart brother-in-law Qin Qiong, thinking that the Qin family is always from a poor family and cannot be compared with the centuries-old Boling Cui family.

  In the past, Cui Dunli liked to dictate matters about the Qin family, and even took advantage of the Qin family. Qin Qiong, brother-in-law, is honest and honest, and has always been generous.

  But today, he felt something different.

  Although Qin Qiong hadn't said a word yet, it already made him feel a chill.

  Finally, Cui Dunli shut up.

  The atmosphere is stagnant.

  The champion general of the Tang Dynasty, the general of Zuowei who inspected the school, the general of Jingzhou Daotianjie, the chief officer of Yanzhou Road, and the Duke of Shangzhu Guoyi, Qin Qiong, slowly stood up and looked down at Cui Dunli.

He said loudly: "Huailiang is indeed the son of a concubine, but he is also the son of my Qin Qiong. At the beginning, I abandoned Zheng and returned to Tang. I didn't make good arrangements for my wife and children. As a result, my wife, concubine and children were killed by Wang Shichong. Only Qin Yonghe Lao Huang escaped with Huailiang protecting him. He was only nine years old at that time. I have been fighting outside all these years and neglected to discipline Huailiang. It is my responsibility that Huailiang was rude to you. Anshang, please Accept my worship first, and I will apologize to you on Huailiang's behalf."

   After finishing speaking, he crossed his hands and bowed to Cui Dunli.

  Cui Dunli got up and let go awkwardly, not quite getting used to Qin Qiong's serious face.

  Qin Qiong went on to say, "Sanlang is always my son, so how to discipline it is my Qin Qiong's business. Whether or not to marry a daughter of the Zheng family is also the order of the parents. It is indeed not your turn to take care of this matter."

"You?" Cui Dunli didn't expect that Qin Qiong would turn against him when he said that. Ever since his sister married into the Qin family for several years, Qin Qiong has always respected him and the Cui family, and today he wants to turn against him because of a bastard. ?

"Qin Qiong, San'er's head was kicked by a horse and he is not sensible. Don't you know the situation? The Zheng family in Xingyang has five surnames and seven clans. The Zheng family is still the princess's natal family. Is there anything that can't be worthy of being born by a mere lowly maidservant?" Bastard?"

Qin Qiong said coldly, "The Cui family of Boling is also one of the five surnames and seven clans. It is a noble family for hundreds of years, the leader of the gentry, with strict family traditions and the most important etiquette. I married sister Ling, so you should call me respectfully." Brother-in-law, you of the younger generation directly address me by my first and last name, how is this polite? Isn’t it impolite?”

  Cui Dunli blushed when Qin Qiong said that he was Qin Qiong's brother-in-law, and his age was not too small. He really couldn't open his mouth and call Qin Qiong's name. He should respectfully call him brother-in-law, at least he should also call him Biao. But when he got excited just now, he didn't hide his superior attitude towards Qin Qiong and called out his name directly.

  Qin Qiong waved his hand.

   "Thank you Cui Sheren for coming to pass the decree today, and thank you for your kindness in delivering the message for the prince. The decree has been accepted and the message has been received. Qin will not keep Cui Sheren any more, please!"

  Qin Qiong drove them away directly.

  Cui Dunli was angry and annoyed, but just now he was impolite and called Qin Qiong's name, but now he couldn't get angry, so he could only throw up his sleeves in resentment, "Like a son, like a father, I don't know good and bad, so I leave!"

   "No delivery!"

  Qin Lang smiled and moved closer to Qin Qiong, "Your Excellency has offended Cui badly."

  Qin Qiong still had that serious expression on his face.

   "He is your uncle, don't be rude."

"He doesn't regard me as a nephew, how can I treat him as an uncle? My lord, have you ever seen such an uncle who is a nephew? His eyes are just thinking about how to curry favor with the prince. To him, this marriage is nothing but I just want to use my lord to help him gain more weight in front of the prince." Qin Lang said bluntly.

  Qin Qiong's face darkened.

   "Nizi, kneel down!"

  Qin Lang was caught off guard. He didn't know that Qin Qiong was still defending him outside just now and did not hesitate to turn against his brother-in-law Cui Sheren.

   "Kneel down."

   "The marriage of children has always been the order of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker. When will it be my turn to make my own decisions? The Zheng family of Xingyang, how can I not be worthy of you?"

  Qin Qiongyue became more and more angry when he said that, he re-patted several cases with his palm, and directly smashed a good case.

  He defended his son in front of outsiders, but behind closed doors, Qin Qiong would not indulge him blindly.

  Qin Lang raised his head, poked his neck, and replied with staring eyes, "The reason is very simple, because the daughter of the Zheng family is the niece of the crown princess, and the Zheng family of Xingyang is a princeling."

  Qin Qiong snorted angrily, "Which famous family is not married everywhere, and the roots are intertwined, so what about the niece of the crown princess?"

"Of course not. Marrying Zheng's daughter means that our Qin family in Qinrenfang is on the ship of the prince. Grandpa is obviously the number one general in the Qin Palace, why do you want to get involved with the prince now? Could it be that Grandpa wants to abandon King Qin?" And switch to the crown prince?" Qin Lang asked directly.

   This is what Qin Lang couldn't figure out after thinking about it for a long time just now. As the number one general in the Qin Palace, why did Qin Qiong get involved with the crown prince at this juncture? He remembered the historical records, it seems that Qin Qiong participated in the change of Xuanwumen, but the strange thing is that after Xuanwumen, Qin Qiong's rewards were not high, only 700 households, far less than Yu Chigong's 1,300 households, Even Hou Junji, who was far inferior to Qin Qiong in the Qin Palace at this time, had a higher reward than Qin Qiong.

What is even more puzzling is that for the next ten years, until Qin Qiong died of illness, Qin Qiong did not do anything in the Zhenguan court, and his official position remained unchanged for more than ten years. No troops have fought.

  Even in the books of the Tang Dynasty, there are many records of the descendants of the heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, such as Cheng Yaojin, Wei Chigong and other descendants, but there is no record of the Qin family.

  Could it be that Qin Qiong was hidden in the snow because of the current affair between Qin Qiong and the prince? As a result, the descendants of the Qin family were not reused?

   "After returning to the Tang Dynasty as my father, it was His Majesty's imperial decree to transfer me to the command of the King of Qin. Now I am transferred out of the Qin Palace, which is also an imperial decree. I am a minister of the Tang Dynasty, not a servant of the King of Qin."

  Qin Lang couldn't help being very disappointed. He didn't expect Qin Qiong to say that he was a minister of the Tang Dynasty and not a retainer of the King of Qin.

  At a time like this, this attitude and stance are unacceptable.

   "Grandpa, the crown prince is fighting with King Qin, I think Grandpa should firmly support King Qin!"

   "Presumptuous!"

  Qin Qiong was furious, and directly raised his slap, but he held back halfway through the slap, "How can you, a child, be able to participate in such a fight between gods and immortals?"

   "Grandpa, although this is a fight between gods and gods, our Qin family has been involved in it for a long time, and it is impossible to stay out of it. Besides, grandpa has been with King Qin for seven years, so don't you have any feelings?"

  Qin Qiong stared at his son, and Qin Lang also stared at Qin Qiong, the two of them were like bulls.

   After a long time, Qin Qiong let out a long sigh.

"I have been under King Qin for seven years. I don't have any feelings. It's just that... the crown prince's position has been decided early. After all, King Qin is only a courtier of the vassal king. Now, are you going to rebel against King Qin for your father? Since the end of the Sui Dynasty Since then, the world has been in great chaos, torn apart, and the common people have no means of living. After fighting for more than ten years, it was finally realized that the Great Tang will soon rule the world, and the world will return to peace. If there is another civil strife in the Great Tang at this time, how long will the world continue to be in chaos?"

   "Besides, the matter of brothers killing each other is the most tragic event in the world. I, Qin Qiong, don't want to see it, let alone participate in it."

  Wrong, big mistake.

  Qin Lang was about to stamp his feet angrily, you, Qin Qiong, fought so fiercely, how can you think about things so superficially. It's such a time, you still want to be neutral, it's naive.

   "But my lord has never thought about it. Even if you remain neutral, the prince and King Qin will not stop fighting because of this?"

  Qin Qiong's face was ugly, obviously this touched a sore spot in his heart.

"Your Majesty summoned me the day before yesterday and told me personally that he wanted to completely resolve the dispute between the King of Qin and the Eastern Palace. After the Turkic invasion was repelled this time, His Majesty will change the title of King of Qin to the King of Shu, move the land of Shu to build a country, and from then on, the monarchs and ministers will be at ease. There will never be any more disputes. There is no room for change in this matter, understand?"

  Qin Lang didn't know what to say for a while, Li Yuan's plan might be right, and the crown prince might also accept it, but the key was whether King Qin Li Shimin would accept it?

"Sanlang, don't get involved in those things in the court, and it's not your turn." Qin Qiong stretched out his hand and patted his son's shoulder, "It's rare to marry a woman with five surnames, this time the prince personally said Dear, this opportunity is rare, don't miss it."

   "Don't marry!" Qin Lang gritted his teeth and replied two words.

  Qin Qiong glared angrily, and almost couldn't help but want to beat him up.

"roll!"

   Seeing this, Qin Lang knew that he couldn't say anything to Qin Qiong now, so he had to get out in despair.

  Qin Qiong stayed alone in the study, sighing deeply. The emperor has made a decision about King Qin's affairs, he can't and doesn't want to take care of it, but he still has to find a way to deal with his son's affairs.

   After all, Qin Lang is only the **** son of a concubine. If he can seize this opportunity to marry a girl with five surnames, then the road ahead will be wide, but if he refuses to marry and offend the Zheng family, the road ahead will be even narrower.

  (end of this chapter)