After watching the carriage of King Jin's Mansion leave, the wife of Shizi, Mrs. Qiao, returned to Zhen Guogong's mansion with her daughter in her arms.
The eldest son, Sun Meng, took his daughter and asked her in a low voice, "Did you thank the side concubine of Prince Jin's Mansion?"
Sun Meng originally planned to go there in person, but then he thought about it now that he was in the limelight, in order not to cause trouble for the family, and also did not want to add unnecessary suspicion to the other party, so he asked his wife to take the daughter with him. It is enough to express the meaning, presumably King Jin should be able to understand.
He is twenty-six now, and he was married to a man before, but unfortunately the other party was short-lived, and died within a year of entering the house. Later, Sun Meng went to the south of the Yangtze River on a business trip. He ran into the Qiao family who was going to offer incense in the temple. Even though he is a business woman supporting him, his status is a bit lower, but Sun Meng himself is also suffering from hard rumors, so he doesn't care about these.
Sun Meng went back to Beijing to persuade his family, so he married Qiao's family with three media and six cards. Since they got married, the husband and wife are loving and harmonious, and they have a son and a daughter. The eldest son, Sun Xing, is four years old now, and the second daughter is Yueyue, who is less than three years old now.
Sun Meng was born tall and tall, with high eyebrows and deep eyes, and a resolute appearance. And Qiao's is small and exquisite, with the unique soft temperament of Jiangnan women. At this time, Sun Meng, holding his daughter in one hand and protecting his wife in the other, walked towards a car behind, against the bright moon in the sky, it was really like a painting.
It's a pity that it fell into the eyes of Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife, but she didn't like it at all.
After seeing Mrs. Qiao into the carriage, Sun Meng got on his horse and led the way to the Duke of Zhen's mansion.
In the car, Mrs. Zhen Guogong looked at Yueyue with some disgust, and said to Qiao: "Girls, how dare you beat people, or beat the grandson, I really don't think it's enough to bring trouble to the family." !"
In this car are not only Mrs. Zhen Guogong, Mrs. Qiao and Yueyue, but also brother Xinger. But brother X was outside before, and when he knew that the children inside were fighting, the matter was over.
Mrs. Zhen Guogong's disgust was too obvious, not only Qiao's lowered her head, Yueyue also flinched in her mother's arms, brother Xing was already sensible, and wanted to explain to his sister, but he didn't say anything. Grandmother would scold mother and younger sister even more when she spoke, so she could only keep silent.
Sensing her daughter's fear, Mrs. Qiao touched her reassuringly, and said to Mrs. Zhenguo: "My daughter-in-law will definitely teach Yueyue well after she returns. The child is still young, and she is not sensible."
"She is not sensible, what do you eat?!"
Brother Xun couldn't bear it anymore, and said: "Grandmother, don't blame my sister. It was also the young master of Prince Jin's mansion who took the initiative to fight with the young master of Prince Lu's mansion, and they were also for Sister Zhuzhu of Prince Qing's mansion. Nothing to do with my sister."
"Brother Yu, don't explain it to your mother and this girl. It's not because your mother didn't teach her well. If this happens again in the future, let her move to the main courtyard and let me teach it myself."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qiao subconsciously tightened her hands holding her daughter.
The son was less than two years old when he was born, but was changed by his mother-in-law to leave, saying that he was raised by her and taught by her herself. After the daughter was born, the mother-in-law didn't mention this, she knew it was because Yueyue was a girl, and if it was a boy, she would definitely be asked to leave.
Filial piety comes first, and children and daughters-in-law should be filial to their elders. But Mrs. Qiao knew that her mother-in-law wanted to leave her child, not because she liked to love her child so much, but on purpose.
She suppressed the bitterness in her heart, and whispered: "Mother, my daughter-in-law must teach Yueyue well after she returns."
Mrs. Zhen Guogong snorted and did not speak again.
Soon after returning to Zhen Guogong's mansion, Sun Meng first welcomed his father, Zhen Guogong, off his horse, and then his mother. After the two elders left, he went to his wife's side.
Seeing his wife's gloomy expression, he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"
"Mother said, if I can't teach Yueyue well, I will ask Yueyue to go to the main courtyard. Manglang, brother Xun has already been sent to mother. If I really want Yueyue to go again, I..."
Sun Meng held his wife's hand and frowned: "Don't be afraid, I won't let my mother leave Yueyue again."
"Can… "
"Brother X is almost five years old. After the birth, I'll move him to the front yard. I'll talk to my mother, don't worry."
Even after her husband said that, Qiao could only nod with tears in his eyes.
The next day, Emperor Hongjing's imperial decree arrived at the Wang family.
When the news came out, everyone was shocked. What surprised everyone even more was that the Wang family accepted the order and did nothing else. No matter how outsiders asked, the Wang family kept silent.
For a while, rumors spread in the capital, most of them were talking about the fact that the three daughters of the Wang family were about to marry into the royal family. For someone who doesn't understand the situation, he would naturally admire the fact that the Wang family is about to prosper. For those who understand, it is inevitable that various thoughts will arise.
Or it could be that the Wang family was being coerced by others, or that the Wang family made a really good bet, except that the fiancée who was supposed to be the former son of Hui Wang is now remarried to Lao Tzu, which is extremely incomprehensible.
All in all, some of the rumors were particularly nasty.
The Wang family suffered from rumors, and Wang Ge complained to Emperor Hongjing about his illness, so he stayed behind closed doors to recuperate at home. The Wang family faded out of the eyes of the world overnight, but the impact of this incident was undoubtedly huge.
Seeing that the Wang Family Mansion was about to fall, it was natural that someone wanted to replace it, and the court entered a chaotic situation. The centipede of the Wang family is dead but not stiff, and now he is keeping a low profile just to avoid the limelight, but it is obvious that someone wants to make money, so it is naturally impossible for him to be beaten passively and not fight back.
This autumn is undoubtedly a chaotic autumn. The civil servants who have always been in a group crushed each other, attacked each other, divided into several factions, and countless people took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. The civil servants tore it up, but they were no better than the military officers. They rolled up their sleeves and took off their official hats. Once, they almost failed to fight in the court hall. It was only when Emperor Hongjing got angry that it stopped.
In the end, the vitality of the Wang family was seriously injured, and the elder Wang Ge wrote a letter to beg for the bones.
The Wang family, a behemoth that stood in the court for decades, finally collapsed. Naturally, there are rising stars. Maybe they will also stage the same experience as the Wang family, rising, developing, and growing, until one day they violated the imperial power and caused great disaster . But this is a matter of the future, even though they know that those who are officials to the extreme will inevitably cause backlash, but no one has ever been able to resist the sweetness of power.
And when there was a lot of disturbance and entanglement in the court, the situations of the princes were also different.
Since the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, King Hui began to stay behind closed doors, King Yong was also very low-key, and King Hui's son Zhao Zuo ran more and more frequently into the palace. On the contrary, Wang An changed his previous style, and suddenly became high-profile, with an appearance of vain, courteous corporals, and court officials gradually began to appear around him.
At the same time, there is another high-profile person who is King Jin. The high-profile person of King Jin is nothing but that he did something that made everyone dumbfounded.
Things have to start with King Jin ushering in his second errand.
The errand is related to Princess Anqing.
Speaking of Princess Anqing, I have to talk about it. Princess Anqing is an aunt today. Although she is not a direct aunt, among the brothers and sisters of the late emperor, only Princess Anqing is still here. She has a noble status and a high seniority, so Emperor Hongjing usually treats her quite favorably.
Earlier, when Princess Anqing was young, she was also a sensible person who knew right from wrong, but now I don't know if she is getting old, confused, or bullying others, and has done something that has caused a lot of criticism.
When a princess gets married, there is a princess mansion according to the system, and the construction of the princess mansion has regulations. But Princess Anqing's Princess Mansion, like herself, has existed for too long. Princess Anqing is now seventy-five. The Princess Mansion was built in the year she got married at eighteen, and it has been more than fifty years.
And as Princess Anqing got married with the concubine and gave birth to a son, the son gave birth to a grandson, and the grandson gave birth to a great-grandson. The key point is that Princess Anqing is very capable of giving birth. She alone gave birth to five sons and two daughters, not counting the son-in-law and two concubines. After these five sons grew up and got married, they were divided into five houses, each of which was a branch, and continued to reproduce.
Anyway, so far, there are no less than two hundred masters and sons in Princess Anqing's mansion, not to mention servants. The population is constantly increasing, but the mansion is so big, it is inevitable to face one thing, to expand the mansion.
The problem is that the son-in-law is not promising, and the descendants of Princess Anqing are not very promising, so they are counting on Princess Anqing's salary and land, as well as the titles on their heads to receive money for nothing. Usually, in order to maintain dignity, my own life is very tight, and Princess Anqing has to go to the palace from time to time to ask for rewards in order to maintain it, let alone expand the mansion.
Moreover, the location of the Princess Mansion is too good, and the neighbors are all with noble titles on their heads, or they are people with high official ranks, and others are unwilling to make room for her. In desperation, the Princess Mansion began to occupy the land of the neighbor's house intentionally or unintentionally.
At first, the public land was occupied. For example, there was an alleyway between the two houses before, and there were no residents in the alleyway, so the alleyway was occupied. Others naturally hate this kind of thing, whoever wants to live next to someone else's house, there is only a wall between them, and it's not the kind of cramped place where people live in the market. But the problem is that it is not their own land, and it is not worthwhile to offend a princess, so they all endured it.
He is also an official and a noble, and his fate is so bumpy. It is inevitable that someone will be deprived of his title and official title because of a crime. Without the title and official title, the mansion rewarded by the above will naturally be taken back, waiting for the next occupant. Whenever this time comes, it is the busiest time for the Princess Mansion.
First push the wall, and then rebuild it. The courtyard wall of the neighbor's house is tightened inward, and the courtyard wall of the house is expanded outward. The key is the concealment of the Princess Mansion, and it is not greedy, bit by bit, without people noticing.
It has been swallowed up for decades, but this year a family received a reward from the imperial court and moved into the house full of joy. The rewarded house is not as big as it said. Is it because I misunderstood the size of Wujin's house, or is the house of Shengshang Shang just so small
The owner of this house was also a stunned young man, so he immediately went to ask the Ministry of Works, and the people from the Ministry of Works personally visited the house and found out that the size of the house was indeed wrong.
Now that this family has made a fuss, several other families who have been suffocating for a long time have also started to make a fuss. One is on the left side of the Princess Mansion, and like the one on the right, the size of the house has shrunk greatly. The three households in the back were the worst. The road in front of the door was obviously much narrower than other places, and it was not convenient for a carriage to get in and out.
When the incident broke out, the whole city was shocked.
Can you still do this
But they just did it, not a day or two ago, probably someone discovered it before, but they didn't say it because of various reasons. The Ministry of Industry probably knew it well, but they pretended to be confused. Anyway, they didn't live in the house by themselves. What should be repaired and rectified should be repaired. As for the rest, it has nothing to do with them.
After the incident, Princess Anqing immediately entered the palace with a dragon head stick.
It's a pity that Emperor Hongjing was busy with government affairs and didn't see her. It was Empress Wei who entertained her. Empress Wei was respectful and cared about everything, and she was willing to hear Princess Anqing cry for pity. But when it comes to making promises, she just keeps silent, and just says that this matter is beyond her control as a woman, after all, it involves the previous dynasty.
Princess Anqing would like to see Emperor Hongjing, who is busy with government affairs every day. It was also Emperor Hongjing who was frightened by her. Since he was a child, he saw this aunt come to the palace every now and then to ask for things, rewards, and titles. Emperor Hongjing always thought that having many children and grandchildren was a blessing, and when he encountered such a situation, he really wanted to say why he couldn't support so many children.
Can the court control the princess, and can it control the princess's son, son, grandson, grandson, great-grandson, and such a big family? Emperor Hongjing blamed Gaozu many times in his heart for finding such an incompetent man for Princess Anqing.
It's not that the Zhao family can't afford to support Princess Anqing's family, it's just that they don't follow the rules, and there will be no rules after doing this.
Even though Emperor Hongjing didn't see him, Princess Anqing understood that no one would pay attention to her as an old thing, since she was going to be put into a coffin when she was old, she always wanted to bring some blessings to future generations.
I used to be secretive, but now I don't hide it anymore, I don't want to return the land, I have the ability to throw out this old thing like me
But who dares to throw her? She is no longer a married woman, but she is still a princess after all, and she is still the only princess with the highest seniority left.
If it were an ordinary person, he would consider himself unlucky when he encountered this incident, but the stunned Qing Zhongyonghou who caused this incident before would not do it.
Zhongyonghou is now forty-one years old, and it is rare to be a Marquis at such a young age. After all, he didn't engage in nepotism, and he didn't flatter him, but he was granted the title of Marquis because of his real ability and made great contributions to the court.
Zhongyong Hou was originally a small commander of the Fujian Navy, and the pirates along the coast caused the common people to live in poverty. The imperial court sent troops to suppress the bandits several times, but they all returned without success. It is also in recent years that the imperial court has directed all its main forces towards the grasslands, while neglecting to cultivate naval forces.
But at this moment, Zhongyonghou suddenly rose up, and when he was beaten by the Japanese pirates all over Fujian, he led his troops to win one after another.
It is simply a little red in the black!
In this way, Zhongyonghou was promoted to three ranks in a row, and he was promoted to the chief officer of the Fujian Navy's Anti-Japanese War, leading the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy to wipe out the Japanese pirates along the coast. They even attacked the Wa country, the home of the Japanese pirates, and forced several shoguns of the Wa country to bow their heads to the Dagan Dynasty and beg for mercy, and compensated a large amount of silver, promising that they would strictly control the island's vagrants going to sea in the future, and this matter would be considered as a matter of course.
When the victory came back, the whole country rejoiced.
And the scene of jubilation is still vivid in my mind, but now I want to make the heroes succumb to tears, how can I bear it!
Zhongyonghou went to look for Emperor Hongjing twice, and Emperor Hongjing passed a message to Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
In fact, although Emperor Hongjing didn't see Princess Anqing during this period of time, he was not out of ideas. Instead, he let the Ministry of Industry pretend to explain it, and wanted to move Princess Anqing's Mansion to the outer city, and the imperial court would pay money to rebuild the Princess Mansion.
But Princess Anqing didn't do it either. Princess Anqing said it, and she didn't say which princess mansion was built in the outer city. Isn't she a member of the royal family
In fact, to put it bluntly, she still cared about the last bit of decency, and if she was really thrown out, Princess Anqing would no longer be a human being, and would be laughed to death.
Since the land will not be moved, the problem is that the imperial city, that is, the inner city, really has no place to put it.
There is no choice but to demolish it by force!
Naturally, this matter fell on King Jin's head.
Knowing that King Jin was put on such an errand, Yaoniang cursed at such a gentle temper.
Scolding the minister of the Ministry of Industry as a bastard tortoise, he didn't come forward for such a thing, but he did it against the king of Jin. To scold Emperor Hongjing for not knowing how to feel sorry for his son is to disregard King Jin's reputation.
The nephew and grandson went to demolish the house of the aunt and grandmother. This is not to poke King Jin's spine. No matter how reasonable it is, people will not say that the minister of the Ministry of Industry is half a penny, or Hongjing Emperor, they will only say that King Jin is ruthless, has no seniority and inferiority, and violates the ethics of being a junior.
Emperor Hongjing obviously threw the pot to his son, and the key point is that King Jin didn't take it.
Yaoniang was worried and thought of several ways for King Jin.
For example, pretending to be sick, such as going back after going to the hospital, etc., have thought about it, but were refuted by King Jin one by one. Things have to be resolved, and besides, King Jin didn't intend to admit defeat.
Now that the matter was settled, King Jin prepared for several days and planned to go to Princess Anqing's mansion.
He came to the door by himself. Princess Anqing knew what he was here for, and she didn't want to see her.
Lao Tzu let her go, and she let her son go, one for one.
King Jin went three times in a row before seeing Princess Anqing.
"If there are too many words, I won't talk about it. If you want land, you can step on the corpse of this palace first." Princess Anqing is old, but her momentum and voice are not small. It can be seen that she is a long-lived person, and she probably lives again. Ten years is fine.
"My king didn't intend to ask for land when I came here today, but I just wanted to ask my aunt about her plans for this matter."
"Plan? I don't plan! I just want to ask the emperor if he doesn't plan to take care of me, a big-hearted eldest princess, and if he plans to throw me out as an aunt? If so, Bengong Let's go now, so as not to embarrass the emperor."
Princess Anqing has one emperor at a time, obviously using her seniority to overwhelm King Jin. The key is who dares to say yes? If so, with Princess Anqing's temperament, she really dared to lead the whole family to cry in the street, and the royal family would lose face.
"It seems that my aunt is still very excited. Since this is the case, I will take my leave first and come back tomorrow." After finishing speaking, King Jin left.
There is nothing to complain about his behavior, but it is too inexplicable, Princess Anqing thinks it is particularly inexplicable.
The next day, King Jin came again.
Still repeating what she said yesterday, Princess Anqing fell into 'excitement' while talking, and King Jin left again.
Then came the third day, the fourth day, until the fifth day.
Princess Anqing couldn't bear it any longer, "Are you kidding an old lady? I won't let you in again when you come to this Palace!"
The problem is that Princess Anqing dared to do this, other men in this mansion did not dare to do this, the consort died early, but Princess Anqing still has five sons, countless grandsons and great-grandsons. It's all right to suppress foreign officials, but King Jin is different from others. He is a prince himself, and he doesn't know what his future will be. In fact, just being a prince is enough to shock people.
After all, Princess Anqing is the only person in this huge mansion who can be regarded as the royal family.
King Jin has always been as calm as a mountain and indifferent, but he does not make people think he is being rude: "This king is not playing with my aunt, but I just want my aunt to calm down so that we can discuss this matter."
"I am very calm."
King Jin didn't speak, just looked at Princess Anqing. Obviously he didn't say a word, but it gave people a feeling of 'Look, you're excited again'.
"You can say whatever you want, don't care if Bengong is calm or not, just get the hell out of me after you finish speaking, and don't come here again."
King Jin nodded and began to say, "Auntie is already a rare age, let me see that it is inevitable to live to the old age, and it is not impossible to look forward to the old age."
As soon as this remark was mentioned, Princess Anqing laughed, she was always proud of her longevity, how many people lived as long as she did throughout the ages.
"However, there are always times when my aunt can't take care of me when I have the strength. Now that I am a father, I can understand the heart of my parents. I always want to protect and help, and I can protect you for a while. But when the child grows up, there will always be times when he spreads his wings and flies high. He is forced to protect him, but his wings are broken off, making him change from a big roc flying high to a bird's nest that only wants to eat. A little bird that eats. If one day, the big bird is not around, what will happen to the little bird?"
Following King Jin's words, Princess Anqing has long been lost in thought.
The son-in-law is worthless, and even his sons are also worthless. She had been whipped and beaten before, but unfortunately she couldn't bear it, so she thought it would be fine, as long as she was with her, she would be able to live on. But when she was proud of her longevity, she also felt that she was struggling with God every day.
She was afraid, she was afraid, but it was too late.
It's not like no one has told her what King Jin said, but as she gets older, people who dare to say such things to her gradually disappear. Either she died, or she felt that she would not listen if she said it. No one knew that she actually hoped that someone would say these things to herself.
"When I was young, I heard my father say that my aunt was also a reasonable person when she was young, so she naturally knew right from wrong. My aunt complained that my father didn't see you, but I didn't know that my father didn't miss you, but because he couldn't bear to hurt your heart. He is a respected elder, and on the other hand is a hero who has made great contributions to the country. It is wrong and unbearable to hurt anyone, so this villain was put on the table by his grandson. What I said before may be impolite, or it may be ugly, but the words are heartfelt. I hope my aunt can understand."
Princess Anqing remained silent, her expression sometimes dazed, suddenly stunned, recalling, extremely complicated.
"Grandmother, you need to know that when you can't protect you, why don't you let the younger generation earn and work hard by themselves. If the affection is gone, it will be gone. With this affection, all these cousins If you can do something, it is impossible for the emperor to treat you badly. At this time, the cousins are shining in the family, and you have a bright face, isn't it good?"
"Can-"
"Aunt and grandma are worried that the princess mansion will be moved, and you will lose face? In fact, there is no need to worry about this. How could the emperor have the heart to take away the mansion where you have lived all your life. And the outer city has a complicated environment, so you shouldn't live there. So my father ordered people to choose a place on the outskirts of the city where the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and to build a princess mansion that is more spacious and magnificent than here. You also keep this place. If you want to live in the imperial city, you want to live in the suburbs of Beijing. As for Cousins, if there is a suitable place, it is not impossible for this king to recommend one or two."
Princess Anqing was stunned, and sighed for a long while: "The emperor has a heart." He looked at King Jin again, with a complicated expression: "You also have a heart."
King Jin was embarrassed.
Soon after returning from here, he went to Rongxi Courtyard.
He looked calm and indifferent, Yaoniang was still wondering if it didn't work again, and she was still thinking about how to coax him so that he wouldn't be angry.
She groped around, found King Jin, and pretended to clean up the kang table in front of King Jin. Obviously the kang table had been cleaned up by the red silk and others, but she still moved the teacup, pretending that she was busy.
He thought in his heart that he should not be too deliberate, otherwise he would not be able to hold his face, and was thinking about how to speak, when suddenly he was grabbed onto the kang with his arms around his waist.
"How do you know it works?"
it works? That's it!
Yaoniang smiled a little embarrassedly: "They are all mothers. Although the eldest princess is getting old, she is also a mother. Children are the debts of their parents, and the more they are born, the more debts they will have."
Seeing that King Jin and Xiaobao were looking at her, she first explained to Xiaobao: "Mother doesn't think that I, Xiaobao, is a debt." Then she said to King Jin: "I didn't say this, it's what people in the market say."
After a pause, she said again: "For all the mothers in the world, talking about her children is the most touching thing. As long as you don't pretend to be empty and realistic, it shouldn't be too difficult."
So Jin Wang expanded along this line of thinking, and finally won Princess Anqing.
In fact, no one is a fool. You can actually feel whether you are sincere or not. So the people from the Ministry of Industry were beaten out as soon as they went, and even Princess Anqing stepped on her body when she threatened to tear it down.
That's why Jin Wang became the king.
While King Jin and Yaoniang were talking about this matter, Princess Anqing was also thinking quietly in the mansion.
She thought a lot, and when she thought about it clearly, she went to the palace again with the dragon head stick.
This time it was Shane's.
It is said that after Princess Anqing thanked Emperor Hongjing for her kindness, she cried and confessed her mistakes to Emperor Hongjing, and at the same time felt ashamed of Emperor Hongjing's tolerance.
In fact, the aunt and nephew sat together and talked, and it was okay to cry when they were emotional, the key was that several courtiers were there at the time.
These important ministers witnessed the aunt and nephew performing a grand drama of elders loving and filial piety to the younger generation. At the same time, the role of one of them cannot be ignored, that is King Jin.