A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City

Chapter 25: They are the wife of the man and the mother of the man

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The wind was strong, the snow was cold, and the face of King Qi's attendant was also ugly.

King Chen is the younger brother of their lord, to actually ask their lord to give way, it's too deceiving! However, King Chen was moody, and he didn't even give the face of the prince of the Houfu. They were just a small prince and they could only be angry but didn't dare to say anything.

King Qi looked at King Chen and did not speak, nor did he move away.

"Why, fourth brother doesn't want to let it go?" King Chen looked at King Qi and sneered: "This king is unwell today and can't stand the cold. If there is something offended, fourth brother please forgive me!"

After speaking, he rode a horse and charged directly with a carriage.

The sound of horse hooves is getting faster and faster, and there is no sign of relaxation.

Looking at the horse and carriage rushing towards him, King Qi recalled that when he was a child, he and Yun Duqing had a fancy for a palace lantern at the same time. Yun Duqing brought the eunuch into a fight with him, grabbed the palace lantern and walked away.

"My lord, be careful!" The attendant pulled the horse under King Qi and avoided it.

The carriage passed by King Qi's shoulders, and the wind that brought it blew the fox fur on his cloak.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" The attendant looked at King Qi worriedly, and everyone could see that if he hadn't pulled it just now, King Chen's carriage and horse would really have collided.

"I'm fine." King Qi's face was sinking.

The carriage in front stopped, and King Chen, who was sitting high on the horse's back, turned his horse's head and bowed to King Qi with a smile: "Thank you fourth brother for caring about your brother's body."

"King Chen, don't deceive people too much!" One of the attendants couldn't bear it any longer: "You disrespect your elder brother, aren't you afraid that the world will laugh at you?"

"This king's elder brother voluntarily gives way, what does it have to do with you?" King Chen sneered: "The master hasn't spoken yet, but you, a servant, is here to provoke the royal brotherhood, and his heart can be punished."

"Fourth brother, you are just watching this kind of villain, provoking the brotherhood between you and me?" King Chen smiled lazily, "Look at the attendants around me, when are we talking boldly and talkatively? ?"

"Thank you fifth brother for your concern. When I go back, I will take care of the servants around me." King Qi said indifferently, "since fifth brother is unwell, go back earlier, so as not to be hurt by the wind and snow."

"The fourth brother is kind, but I have a bad temper. If I see this villain following the fourth brother again in the future, I will personally help the fourth brother teach him a lesson." King Chen glanced coldly at the attendant who just said: "We There is no room for such servants around the royal family."

The attendant's face was pale, and he knelt on one knee on the ground, daring not to say more.

"Thank you fifth brother for reminding me." King Qi squeezed the reins tightly, and then slowly loosened it: "Fifth brother, please slow down."

"That's right." King Chen patted the horse and turned away.

Watching the carriage disappear into the wind and snow, King Qi looked down at the attendant kneeling on the ground: "Get up."

"Your Highness, this subordinate is incompetent."

"It has nothing to do with you." King Qi's eyelids drooped slightly: "He is trying to find fault in Japan today."

From Prince Chen's mansion to Ming Shilang's mansion, he could not have taken this road. Yun Duqing deliberately took a long detour and forced him to give way, but he was resenting the fact that the Marquis of Pingyuan asked Ming Jiuzhu to avoid the way.

"King Chen, relying on the favor of the saint, is simply lawless..."

"No need to say any more." King Qi interrupted his attendant, "Go back."

As long as the emperor favored him, other princes and princesses had to avoid his edge.

"Your Highness." Jiuzhu stuck out her head from the carriage, "You quarreled with King Qi just now, will there be any trouble?"

"Is there any trouble?" King Chen pressed her head back again, "I always act like this, I don't care what other people think, it's a big deal to be said to be arrogant and domineering."

The old lady of the Zheng family took her family to bully his future princess, a little girl. He couldn't care about the old man and could only get it back from her grandson.

The little head he pressed back stuck out again, and King Chen glared at her.

"Don't press, don't press, I'll say two more words." Jiu Zhu stretched out two fingers: "First, His Highness is not arrogant at all."

Withdrawing a finger: "Second, Your Highness is not disrespecting your brother, he is helping me out, right?"

"What's right?" King Chen poked her on the forehead, "This matter has nothing to do with you, sit down in the carriage, it's almost time to reach the Shi Lang's mansion."

Jiu Zhu looked at King Chen with a smile, Your Highness is fine, even if she helped her, she didn't want to leave her name.

Shen Shi and Ming Jingzhou looked at their daughter happily, and walked into the house, pretending to be just passing by the door, and asked casually, "What would you like to eat at night?"

Jiuzhu touched her stomach: "I'm not too hungry, just eat a little bit."

Shen found that she had a bulging purse tied around her waist: "What is this?"

"This is the jerky from Prince Chen's Mansion." Jiuzhu grabbed a handful and handed it to Shen shi: "It's delicious, you can try it."

Shen Shi: "..."

Toothache, can't eat.

"Daughter, did you have a good time at Chen Wangfu?" Ming Jingzhou took a piece of dried meat into his mouth and chewed it a few times: "It's pretty good."

"It's delicious." Jiuzhu gave the jerky to Ming Jingzhou, smiled and rolled her eyes: "The people in the palace are all very good, and so is His Royal Highness."

The jerky, which was still delicious at first, suddenly became tasteless and tasteless, Ming Jingzhou took two bites.

Which father-in-law would like a stinky man who kidnapped his daughter

"My son has a conflict with the fourth child?" Emperor Longfeng closed the secret report in his hand and asked Liu Zhongbao: "What happened to the Ming family's girl from the Marquis of Pingyuan a few days ago?"

Liu Zhongbao recounted what happened.

"The old lady of the Zheng family is getting old." Emperor Longfeng stood up: "The elderly are demented, the younger generation is mediocre, and under the flowers, there is only a pool of mud."

With a sigh, Emperor Longfeng sighed with emotion: "When the old Marquis Pingyuan was still there, what kind of atmosphere was the Zheng family, the younger generation was incompetent, and it was a pity to lose the prestige of the ancestors."

Liu Zhongbao bent down and exchanged a cup of tea for Emperor Longfeng.

"I remember that Marquis Pingyuan made a presentation a few days ago and wanted to find a job for his son?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory, the old slave only vaguely remembers this."

"Take the memorial back, the Zheng family has such a family style, how can the younger generation serve in the court?" Emperor Longfeng found Zheng Wangnan's name on the list of the younger generation, and drew a cross on it with a red pen: "Marquis Pingyuan Although he is seriously ill, I should have been merciful, but as an official in the court, the most important thing is morality, and I cannot just take the country, mountains, and crops as a child’s play just because of temporary mercy.”

Liu Zhongbao looked at the bright red fork and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the world is blessed by you, and talented people will come forth in large numbers. Without the Zheng family, there are also the Sun family, Li family, Ming family, thousands of talents in the world, all for your use. ."

Emperor Longfeng chuckled softly. He glanced at the sky outside and put down his red pen: "It's snowing heavily today, go to Mingyue Palace to eat hot pot."

As for the secret report of the conflict between King Chen and King Qi, it was thrown into the stove by Emperor Longfeng.

Du Qing is young and vigorous, and it is human nature to vent her anger for her future daughter-in-law.

"His Royal Highness, King Chen is so aggressive, why don't you let the imperial censor take him into the crime of ignoring his brother?"

"No." King Qi categorically refused: "The father favors the fifth brother. Even if there is a royal court report, he will not punish him too much. On the contrary, he will feel that my brother is not ambitious enough to tolerate my brother."

"Even if His Majesty doesn't punish him, he can let the civil and military officials know that King Chen is unreasonable..."

"Could it be that the civil and military officials don't know his temperament?" King Qi sneered: "Who would dare to say no in front of him?"

The advisor fell silent. The prince was right. As long as His Majesty favored King Chen, it would be useless for them to do anything.

"Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty prefers King Chen again, he is still the Emperor." The advisor lowered his voice and reminded King Qi: "He acts so recklessly, and sooner or later will touch His Majesty's bottom line. When necessary, we can help fuel the flames..."

"Your Highness, your marriage is imminent. The most urgent task is to win over the Sun family as soon as possible and plan for the future." The advisor said: "Having the Sun family means having the support of countless literati in the world."

King Qi thought of the girl from the Sun family, who was a very smart woman who knew how to advance and retreat.

It snowed for two days, and on the morning of the third day, Jiuzhu got up and saw the sun hanging in the sky. She sighed, "The snow is about to melt."

"Don't worry, miss, it may snow again this year." The Spring Equinox smiled and comforted her: "Every winter in the future, you will be able to see beautiful snow scenes."

Jiuzhu was lying on the windowsill, looking at the ice lingering hanging on the branch: "It can't snow all the time, it will freeze people."

"Yeah, it's been snowing for too long, and it's the common people who suffer." The spring equinox used a comb to gently comb the long hair behind Jiuzhu: "I heard that some people were frozen to death before, since His Majesty ascended the throne, he built rescue centers in various places. After that, things like that happened a lot less.”

"Shang Shang is really an amazing emperor." Jiuzhu turned to look at the Spring Equinox: "Sister Spring Equinox, were you always by your mother's side before?"

"Yeah, I entered the mansion at the age of six and stayed in the mansion for twelve years." She looked at Jiuzhu's beautiful face and continued: "At that time, the master had just been rehabilitated, and there were very few servants in the mansion. Madam has a kind heart and has taken in several little girls who were abandoned by their parents, and I am one of them."

What the Spring Equinox didn't tell Jiuzhu was that the lady took them in back then because of the lady. Perhaps because seeing them pitiful, he thought of the young lady who was fostered in the hometown of the Lingzhou clan.

When the fake lady entered the mansion, although she was only eight years old, she still remembered how sad and desperate she cried when she found out the truth.

Fortunately, God blesses the young lady to return to the lady's side safely.

"Good sister, tell me about the past." Jiuzhu was very curious about the people in her family.

Spring Equinox smiled and continued to tell Jiuzhu interesting stories about the master, wife and young master. Seeing the light in Jiuzhu's eyes, she felt a little sad. If those so-called clansmen in Lingzhou did not abandon the young lady, how good would it be

In that case, the young lady can grow up by the side of the old man and his wife, be favored by her parents, and take care of by her elder brother.

"It turns out that my brother also liked to climb trees when he was a child?" Jiuzhu was very happy to hear the similarity between his brother and himself: "I also liked to climb trees when I was a child, and the masters always said that I should not belong to a dog, but a monkey, and only monkeys like it. Jump up and down."

"How can there be such a cute monkey as Miss." The Spring Equinox helped Jiuzhu to comb her hair: "The sun is so good, when the morning food is used up, Miss can go outside for a walk."

"Okay." Jiuzhu wanted to buy a new set of brushes to paint the snow scene for His Royal Highness King Chen.

The sun after the snow seemed to be extraordinarily bright. After Jiuzhu got off the carriage, she just looked up at the sky, and the sun hurt her eyes.

"Ms. Ming."

Hearing someone calling her, Jiuzhu looked back: "Miss Zhou?"

The person who came was Zhou Xiao, the daughter of Zhou Rui, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. Jiuzhu met Ming Cunfu for the first time when she was on the street. Later, although she met on other occasions, she did not have the opportunity to chat.

"I just looked a little like you from a distance." Zhou Xiao got out of the carriage, "But going to the teahouse to listen to books?"

Only then did Jiuzhu notice that there was a teahouse next to her.

"There's a female gentleman here who tells stories for female guests. If Miss Ming has nothing else to do, she will appreciate her face and come with me to listen to it." Zhou Xiao has a gentle appearance and speaks in a soft voice, and Jiuzhu can't help but order it. nodded.

"My father and Ling Zun are both colleagues and friends, and my mother and Ling Ci have been close friends for many years." Zhou Xiao took Jiuzhu to the teahouse: "There were other people there a few times before, so I can't talk to you in detail."

"Come on, come and sit here." Zhou Xiao picked a good seat and sat down, and gave the waiter money and money, and asked him to serve tea and snacks.

"Miss Zhou..."

"I'm a few years older than you, if you don't mind, just call me sister." Zhou Xiao whispered in Jiuzhu's ear: "I'm afraid you don't know, the sixth son of Ming is afraid that you will be bored when you go out, so ask me this morning. play with you."

Mentioning Ming Cunfu, Zhou Xiao's cheeks were a little red, and he hurriedly lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

Jiuzhu held her face and looked at the Zhou family girl, blinking her eyes.

The last time I saw Miss Zhou and Young Master Zhou, Brother Fu Liu and Miss Zhou didn't show anything different. I didn't expect...

Are men and women in the capital so good at covering up

"Sister Zhou and Brother Fu..." Jiuzhu showed a smile of "I understand": "Thank you, Sister Zhou, for going here for my sister."

Zhou Xiao's cheeks blushed: "Sister Ming, hurry up and listen to the book, don't think wildly."

Jiuzhu's big eyes blinked, she obviously didn't think of anything.

"Ladies and ladies, last time we said that the handsome prince and the ladies have made a deal." As soon as the lady knocked on the wooden table, everyone's attention was focused on her.

"Prince Junmei is dignified and graceful, and I don't know how many women in Beijing fall in love with him." The lady sighed: "However, there is one person who holds a grudge against Prince Mei, and is always embarrassed by him."

Jiuzhu lowered her head and peeled the peanuts. The peanuts in this teahouse are well fried.

"The evil prince is bullying others and embarrassing the beautiful prince in the street. It is extremely rude."

The more Jiuzhu listened, the more she felt that there was something wrong with the story. She frowned at the lady, who was still talking.

"The beautiful prince can't bear to hurt the friendship between brothers, and he doesn't care about the evil prince..."

"Wait." Jiuzhu interrupted the lady's story, "I don't like this story, you can change it."

"Girl, although I have few guests here, I can't change the story at will." The lady looked at Jiuzhu: "Girl should be here for the first time, I'm afraid I don't know how many girls like the story of this beautiful prince."

"I don't like a beautiful prince." Jiuzhu poured out the money in her purse: "Tell me a story about an evil prince who went well, surrounded by descendants, and loved by countless people."

"Girl, you..."

"Let's talk." Jiuzhu put the silver in front of the lady, and seeing that the lady didn't speak, she put a few more pieces of silver.

"Of course, meeting the requirements of the guests is what we storytellers should do." The lady put the money in her arms and changed her words: "Speaking of that, the evil prince seems to be arrogant and domineering, but in fact all this is his disguise. In fact, he has ravines in his chest and benevolence in his heart…”

In the palace, the palace maid whispered in Concubine Ning's ear: "Niangniang, the slave has already given the storybook to the female gentleman. Many female relatives like this story. I believe that soon, the good name of the prince will spread among countless female relatives. ."

"Well done." Concubine Ning smiled with satisfaction.

The world does not understand how powerful a woman's mouth and ears are. They are the wives of men and the mothers of men.

I believe that in the near future, King Chen's domineering and absurdity will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.