In the palace of King Jin, Jiang Mingwei leaned on the Luohan bed, and after listening to the report of the maid, she angrily knocked the tea cup in her hand on the table.
"Busy, busy again. I have time to greet the Queen Mother, and even have time to deliver things next door. I just don't have time to go home anyway."
Mrs. Jiang frowned when she heard this. She glanced at Jiang Mingwei angrily, and raised her eyebrows slightly to look at the maids serving around her. All the maids understood, tied their hands, and retreated in unison.
After the people left, Mrs. Jiang sighed and said to Jiang Mingwei, "Mingwei, my husband's name is in the early days, and facing so many people, how can you say such a thing to King Jin?"
"Mother, is what I said wrong?" Jiang Mingwei also looked extremely aggrieved, holding the handkerchief tightly, complaining to Mrs. Jiang, "On the wedding day, he didn't lift his hijab, he just heard the news. I went out with Mu Mingtang. After that, he didn't come back all night. I heard that he stayed in the Qiyang Palace until late, and then entered the palace to see the emperor. I'm not unreasonable, I know the day of the wedding. When the incident happened suddenly, he had no choice but to take care of the lunatic. If he just neglected me for a day or two, I could understand him. But is he only neglecting for a day or two? It's been seven days since we got married, mother, you ask Ask the servant of the palace, has he even asked me a word in these seven days?"
Jiang Mingwei's grievances made Mrs. Jiang feel distressed. Indeed, the daughter was newly married, and the uncle was not home for seven days. This is really not a pleasant thing. If it was an ordinary person, Mrs. Jiang's mother-in-law would have to say it properly, but their uncle is not an ordinary person.
Mrs. Jiang couldn't say whether King Jin was wrong, so she could only use a different method to free her daughter: "Mingwei, mother knows that it is not easy for you, but getting married is different from being a daughter in her mother's house. Forbearance is forbearance. King Jin has official business, and he is not going to the street to visit Hualou. As a princess, you have to show the bearing of a mistress, and share your worries for the King of Jin. "
"Why don't I want to?" Jiang Mingwei said, her eyes were red, and she couldn't help wiping her tears with a handkerchief, "Why don't I want to be a princess. However, he won't be home for seven days, I sleep in the new house alone, and go home alone, I meet the servants alone, I’m still newly married! Mother, you don’t know what people outside say about me, the servants of the palace, they don’t mention it, but in their hearts, they are laughing at me that I can’t keep the prince, I’ve been married for seven days and nights Staying alone at night in an empty boudoir."
This... Mrs. Jiang was also surprised when she heard it, and couldn't help asking: "He never came back to sleep in these seven days?"
"No!" Jiang Mingwei angrily hid on her feet, embarrassed and angry, "Otherwise, am I so angry?"
Mrs. Jiang was stunned. After a while, Mrs. Jiang lowered her voice and asked quietly, "Then you guys, have you completed the house?"
Jiang Mingwei held the veil, lowered her head and refused to raise her face. Seeing this reaction, Mrs. Jiang understood.
Mrs. Jiang was completely speechless. She was stunned for a while, and then murmured: "There is no consummation yet. Your father and I only thought that King Jin was running out all day these few days, and came back to sleep at night. So, is there not? ?"
Jiang Mingwei turned her face away and refused to speak, so she wiped away tears. Mrs. Jiang also felt distressed. She received a message from the companion room in the morning, saying that Jiang Mingwei was not in a good mood these days. It happened that Jiang Honghao also had something to say to Jiang Mingwei. Mrs. Jiang took the car and left Jiang's house after noon. Set off and come to Jin Wangfu to visit her daughter. Mrs. Jiang only thought that Jiang Mingwei's new marriage was neglected, and she was angry with King Jin. She never expected that their husband and wife had never even married.
Such treatment is humiliating. If Mrs. Jiang hadn't known that Jiang Mingwei had been begged for marriage by King Jin several times, Mrs. Jiang would have thought that the royal family was deliberately humiliating Jiang Mingwei.
These private words are not easy to tell to outsiders. Mrs. Jiang lowered her voice and asked, "What about your mother-in-law? Does King Jin have nothing to say to you if she doesn't go home?"
"The family is the queen, and King Jin is her own son. What can you expect the queen to say to me?" Jiang Mingwei complained, "If he is really too busy to get away, I will endure it. But within the past few days, He went to the Qiyang Palace several times, and he even followed the imperial edict that the palace sent to the next door. I was ready to shamelessly and sent someone to the Qiyang Palace to invite the prince back, but my people hadn't gone. , he left the house."
Jiang Mingwei said with a sneer, and said bitterly: "Three times the sage has passed the house and will not enter. I think King Jin is almost reaching the level of the sage."
"You child, how do you talk?" Mrs. Jiang scolded Jiang Mingwei softly and said slowly, "Is it still called Qiyang Wangfu? Now, it should be called An Wangfu. Do you think Jin Wang went to An Wangfu to be a guest or play What trouble? He was running errands for the sage. Nowadays, it is inconvenient for several masters in the palace to leave the palace. Inside and outside, it all depends on the king of Jin to pass on his attitude. This is the importance of the sage to the king of Jin. You are not happy for your husband and son-in-law. , how can you still complain?"
Jiang Mingwei was scolded by Mrs. Jiang, and her face slowly turned around. She let out a sigh of relief and said to Mrs. Jiang: "Mother, you are right, I just got dizzy. But I just can't get over it, why should the impostor sit with me? Mother, you know that today's rumors What did the people of the decree say? The Holy Master actually said that King An is no different from the direct prince in the palace. King An is older than King Jin, and he is taller than King Jin’s mansion in all aspects! This, this…”
Jiang Mingwei was so angry that she was speechless. Mrs. Jiang knew about these things at noon today. Jiang Honghao came out of the palace in the morning and told Mrs. Jiang the meaning of the saint at home. It didn't take long for the imperial edict and reward to be issued.
Mrs. Jiang's intention to come today is exactly what it is for. Mrs. Jiang said: "Mingwei, your father told me that this time the reward of King An was the will of the sage himself, and the palace attached great importance to it. Why do you think King Jin made this trip in person? Does he really care about King An? No, he did it to please the saint and show it to outsiders. The palace raised that fief as a prince, and it has its own meaning. You don't know these things yet, you just need to remember that in the future Please go to the next door, and be patient with everything."
"I'm going to greet her?" Jiang Mingwei was surprised when she heard it, "I am the daughter-in-law of the emperor and the empress. I have always been the only one who has the right to greet me. Why should I ask others to do so? Is it worthy of her? "
"Mingwei!" Mrs. Jiang's tone also became stern, "Now that you are a princess, you are very promising, don't you even listen to your father's words?"
Jiang Mingwei Nuonuo, bowed his head and said, "I didn't mean that."
"Then do as your father said. This is not just what your father means, but also what the palace means." Seeing her daughter's sad face, Mrs. Jiang softened her heart. This is her only daughter who was lost and found. How could Mrs. Jiang be willing to speak harshly to Jiang Mingwei? Mrs. Jiang couldn't bear it, and despite Jiang Honghao's warning, she quietly pointed out: "Mingwei, please bear with me for a while, no matter what she says, you should be Now. How long can the villain be arrogant, and the one with the most will not survive this winter."
Jiang Mingwei's eyes widened when she heard the shock: "Mother, is what you said true?"
Mrs. Jiang did not speak, but nodded slowly. Jiang Mingwei was both startled and frightened, but thinking about it slowly, she was not surprised.
No wonder the palace suddenly gave Xie Xuanchen a reward, Xie Xuanji ran to the next door at every turn, and even the emperor said everything that Xie Xuanchen said was like his own son. It turned out that it wasn't that Mu Mingtang's luck came, but that Xie Xuanchen couldn't survive this winter.
Jiang Mingwei recalled what happened in her previous life. Although she seldom heard news about the Ye Dynasty after she went to Beirong, Yeluyan and others initially looked at the Ye Dynasty, but they never dared to attack. It wasn't until a few years later that the border was calm, and Yelu's family seemed to have confirmed some news before they brazenly tore up the contract and violated it aggressively. Come to think of it, the news of Xie Xuanchen's death was what reassured the Yelu royal family.
At first, the Yelu family didn't believe it, so they tried it carefully. They went to Tokyo several times to confirm the news. After they confirmed that Xie Xuanchen was indeed dead, they were relieved to tear up the contract with the Ye Dynasty, revealing Beirong's unaltered expansion ambitions.
Jiang Mingwei remembered that Yeluyan led the army to attack the Ye Dynasty in the eighteenth year of Tianxian, which was the fifth year of Suihe. Yeluyan made military exploits in the war and accumulated enough capital to compete with several older brothers for the throne.
Jiang Mingwei remembered it so clearly, not only because this was the beginning of Yeluyan's fortune, but also when her suffering began.
It was also because of this war that Yeluyan urgently needed the support of the forces in the army, so she married the daughter of a nobleman from Beirong. The princess was extremely jealous and brought many disasters to Jiang Mingwei. No matter what Jiang Mingwei remembers wrongly, she will never forget the year Yeluyan and the princess got married.
If the Yelu family started a war in the fifth year of Suihe, it would at least show that in the fifth year of Suihe, Xie Xuanchen had been dead for a long time, long enough to reassure the Yelu family. This year is Suihe three years. If Xie Xuanchen died this winter, Suihe four years Beirong kept sending people to Tokyo to spy on the news. Suihe five years Beirong confirmed the situation and officially raised the battle flag, which would make perfect sense. .
The events of the previous life were intertwined, and within a moment of effort, Jiang Mingwei already had nine levels of certainty that Xie Xuanchen would die this winter.
Mrs. Jiang didn't know that Jiang Mingwei had already decided Xie Xuanchen's death, and she was still trying to persuade Jiang Mingwei: "Mother knows that you are always careful, but you can't look at the present, but look at the long-term. The one next door will not live long. How about a few days of her pride? She won't be mad for a long time, why do you have to fight with a dead person? It's better to take advantage of these few days to look good. The more arrogant she is, the more outsiders will praise you for your generosity. If you are famous, you can also gain the favor of the palace. If you do well and gain the high opinion of the sage, it may be of great help to the future of King Jin."
Mrs. Jiang had expected to spend a lot of time and effort, but Jiang Mingwei did not expect Jiang Mingwei to respond to the resistance just now: "Mother, you don't need to say it, I understand it. I understand the painstaking efforts of the lord and father, and after that, I will I often go there. If there is something in the future, I will let Mu Mingtang take a double copy first. If not, then I will give it all to her. Mother, look at this, head office, right?"
Mrs. Jiang was overjoyed, holding Jiang Mingwei's hand and sighing: "You just want to understand, as expected, your father is right, marrying a wife should be a virtuous one, you are born to be a virtuous inner helper. Today is that side. On the day of the award, after all, she has the reputation of your father's adopted daughter, we have not heard of it, and we can't justify it. Why don't my mother accompany you to visit the Prince An's mansion?"
Jiang Mingwei sneered in her heart, and said that she came here today for her, and her mother had clearly arranged everything. In her opinion, I'm afraid it's fake to visit her today, but it's real to go to Prince An's mansion to congratulate her.
After all, they are her biological parents. Jiang Mingwei held back and said with a smile, "Okay. Mother, I'll come when I change my clothes."
"Come on." Mrs. Jiang didn't know what Jiang Mingwei was thinking, and watched Jiang Mingwei go out with a smile. Jiang Mingwei slowly walked away, and Mrs. Jiang looked at Jiang Mingwei's back and suddenly felt emotional.
That girl really imitated Jiang Mingwei very much. When Mrs. Jiang met Mu Mingtang for the first time, she was only twelve years old, her brows and eyes had not yet opened, and because she was starving to escape, she was black and thin, and just looking at those eyes, she really had Jiang Mingwei's stubbornness. . However, after taking it home and raising it for a few months, Mu Mingtang became fair and clean, and with the food he could keep up with, his figure gradually became thinner. Just looking at the facial features, in fact, the two are not alike.
But Mu Mingtang is really hardworking and obedient. No matter what Mrs. Jiang says, as long as he mentions it once, Mu Mingtang will never commit a second crime. The more than one year that Mu Mingtang was in the Jiang family was really the most comfortable year for Mrs. Jiang. Mu Mingtang behaves like a lost daughter, but her temperament is much more sensible than her real daughter.
That might be the perfect daughter in Mrs. Jiang's imagination. Taking Jiang Mingwei's strengths, but without Jiang Mingwei's arrogance and willfulness, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help thinking that if Mu Mingtang was sitting here today, Mrs. Jiang would never have to spend so long to convince her daughter. The business has not yet started, and it takes a lot of words just to comfort her daughter.
Mrs. Jiang didn't know why, and sighed softly. She thought of the mansion next door, the woman who was also the princess and her "daughter", and couldn't help but sighed at the good fortune.
When she decided to bring Mu Mingtang back to Beijing, a big factor was that Mrs. Jiang was overwhelmed by grief and heartache, so she came up with a solution that was not a solution. After returning, Mrs. Jiang was almost calm. She even thought about giving Mu Mingtang some silver taels and sending her back. Who knows that Mu Mingtang actually took the test arranged for her by the Jiang family, and insisted on it under the harsh conditions that Mrs. Jiang felt.
If it wasn't for Mu Mingtang's outburst of temper when he learned that he was stuffed into the living dead later, even Mrs. Jiang felt that Mu Mingtang had been completely transformed. Mrs. Jiang shook her head with a wry smile. A 14th-fifth-year-old child could actually act to such a level. She didn't know whether to lament her and Jiang Honghao's deteriorating eyesight, or lament that Mu Mingtang had an extraordinary heart.
It is said that three points are destined, and seven points depend on hard work. Things in this world are really embarrassing. Mu Mingtang was originally only the daughter of a merchant, and could not even enter the elegant hall, but now she has become the number one princess in the capital. If Xie Xuanchen was not destined to live long, Mu Mingtang's fortune, I don't know how many women should be hated.
After thinking about it, Mrs. Jiang thought it was ridiculous. She lost her head, how could she think about these things. Even if you can work hard for seven points, but if God doesn't give you that thirty percent, nothing will be accomplished. Like Mingwei, 50% of the road is paved by God, and 30% of the way is paved by her parents. Jiang Mingwei only needs to walk two achievements by herself.
As for Mu Mingtang, even with this astonishing good fortune, it was only one point away from one hundred percent. The remaining ninety-nine percent, she is destined to be unable to cross.
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In Yulin Hall, Mu Mingtang helped Xie Xuanchen to stand up from the bed. Xie Xuanchen was in a drowsiness for most of the day. Before, he could wake up for two hours a day, and Xie Xuanchen could walk for a stick of incense with the help of Mu Mingtang. However, due to a second illness a few days ago, Xie Xuanchen's physical strength was greatly exhausted, and he returned to the time when he was just awake.
Mu Mingtang helped him walk slowly, Xie Xuanchen heard the voice outside and asked, "Who is here today, why is it so noisy?"
Mu Mingtang glanced outside and said, "Oh, you said outside. A reward was sent from the palace today."
Mu Mingtang deliberately sold off, but did not continue when it came to the important points. She waited for Xie Xuanchen to ask questions, but she held it back for a long time, only to hear Xie Xuanchen's "oh" sound.
Mu Mingtang endured it for a while, but couldn't hold it any longer, and asked, "Why don't you ask why you sent the reward?"
Xie Xuanchen also looked at Mu Mingtang strangely: "Is there anything you need to ask? That family is going to suffer for face, anyway, I only have one breath left. Before I swallow this breath, they must have enough face, To show his magnanimity."
After Xie Xuanchen finished speaking, he snorted and made no secret of his sarcasm: "boring."
Mu Mingtang was discouraged, it turned out that from beginning to end, she was the only one who was rare and strange. Seeing that the emperor and the queen mother took the initiative to show her favor to Xie Xuanchen, she thought she had encountered something rare, and rushed over to share it with Xie Xuanchen, but Xie Xuanchen had already expected it.
What he dared to do before was absolutely right from the very beginning, right from the beginning of the emperor's mind.
Mu Mingtang was a little down, since Xie Xuanchen already knew, she said other things along the way: "In addition to the reward, the palace also sent five imperial doctors to watch you around the clock. By the way, the father-in-law also sent a king. The imperial edict, when you didn't wake up, I took the edict on your behalf."
"The imperial decree?" Xie Xuanchen frowned and asked, "What did he seal?"
"The emperor named you King An. The emperor said that everything about you is like his parent and son. From now on, our palace and the palace of the prince of Jin will be on an equal footing. Because you are older, we have to rank ahead of the prince of Jin."
"King An?" Xie Xuanchen chewed the word silently. There is a lot of knowledge in the title, and the stronger the country is, the better, such as Qin and Han.
But there is another situation in the title, that is, in the name of Ji, such as Kang Ping Shourong and so on. Ann, this word has a lot of meaning.
Xie Xuanchen smiled coldly and did not speak. Mu Mingtang looked at him with a wrong expression and asked, "My lord, is there anything wrong with this title?"
"An, it can be interpreted as peace, or it can be interpreted as peace. Count on me to be peaceful, in the next life." Xie Xuanchen said, "I first named the Marquis of Wu'an, and then the King of Qiyang, all based on my own merits. Thank you. Rui wanted to smear my credit with just one sentence, and his mind was too obvious."
Mu Mingtang frowned when he heard it: "Then, the imperial decree and the reward..."
"The imperial decree has been sent. If you don't accept the decree, don't you give them a ready-made handle?" Xie Xuanchen said, "As for the reward, why should you push out the money that entered the house? Keep it all."
Xie Xuanchen's open attitude, Mu Mingtang liked it very much, and immediately said: "Isn't it, I feel the same way. The rewards are still piled up outside, I'll take care of how many things I have, and move them to the warehouse together. By the way, you Do you know where the warehouse roster is kept?"
Xie Xuanchen hesitated when he heard the term: "Roster?"
Seeing his expression, Mu Mingtang had an ominous premonition. With her last hope, she carefully probed: "Then, there is always a registration form for entering and leaving the warehouse, right?"
Xie Xuanchen thought for a while, then looked at Mu Mingtang, his eyes frank and innocent: "I don't know."
I don't know... Mu Mingtang gritted her back molars secretly, she felt that this person was unreliable, and sure enough, she didn't wrong him at all! Mu Mingtang was so angry that he said, "What a hands-off shopkeeper, do you have no idea how many things you have to enter and leave every day in such a big palace?"
Xie Xuanchen is of course completely uncountable. He has never been short of money since he was a child, and has no concept of money at all. Looking at his eyes, Mu Mingtang knew the answer. Mu Mingtang was very angry, and scolded: "You are still the prince, that's how you are in charge?"
Xie Xuanchen knew how much he weighed and he was not annoyed by being scolded. He understood that it was not the material for this, but he was very open to it, and he casually said, "Isn't this because of you?"
Mu Mingtang was full of words, but was blocked by his words. Xie Xuanchen immediately said as it should be: "It's enough to have one person in the family who can manage money. It used to be my mother, but now it's you. Isn't that just right."
Mu Mingtang held back for a long time, but didn't say a word. Sure enough, Xie Xuanchen's temper is something people are used to.
The two of them walked while talking, and they walked for a long time without knowing it. Mu Mingtang helped Xie Xuanchen to go back, and just sat on the bed of Luohan in the dormitory, the maid spread the word from outside the door: "Prince, Princess, Princess Jin and Mrs. Jiang are here."
"Jiang Mingwei?" Mu Mingtang frowned subconsciously, "Why is she here?"
Xie Xuanchen didn't plan to meet, but when he heard the surname Jiang, he suddenly became interested.
"This Jiang, is it the Jiang family who adopted you?"
Mu Mingtang nodded, and his eyebrows unknowingly fell into a low voice: "Yes, it's them."
Xie Xuanchen was interested, he raised his eyebrows, and there was a hint of inquiry in his eyes: "It turned out to be them. Call in."
He said and was about to stand up: "Change clothes, I want to meet this family in person."