The emperor wants to choose beauties
Ye Jiao thought for a while, then said, "Did you say you want to choose a concubine? It's like in the book."
Dong Shi is just an ordinary commoner, not to mention the emperor, even when she is in office, she has spoken to the magistrate at the most. What the emperor and concubines know about the emperor is only from the book, she heard the words and said: "Yes Well, that's about it."
It's not that Ye Jiao doesn't understand this. On the contrary, the villain sees in those novels. The emperor always has 3,000 people in the harem. He wished he could bring all the beauties in the world into it. Now it's just concubine selection, nothing strange.
Just changing to Chu Chengyun, Ye Jiao couldn't help remembering the stubborn third son who wanted to shake something on the Guanpu booth, and recalled how Chu Chengyun and Meng Shi got along, imagining the sudden sudden change behind them. A group of beautiful women appeared...
Suddenly I can't think of it.
Dong Shi didn't see Ye Jiao's thoughts, she just continued: "The eldest girl of the Shen family is arrogant and domineering, but their family has some skills, this time I don't know why people who are close to the officials and eunuchs are not willing to have a daughter, In a hurry to get her daughter married, the Shen family took the opportunity to put her daughter in, and it seems that they also used a lot of money."
Ye Jiao blinked: "When entering the palace, do you have to be an official?"
Mr. Dong didn't know much, so he could only pick what he knew and said, "Not really, if the female family members of the official family are naturally good, but if there is no suitable age, the royal family will not force the officials to carry their daughters out. It is also possible to choose good-looking ones from ordinary people.”
Ye Jiao nodded, then squeezed another piece of tea and stuffed it into her mouth.
However, Mr. Dong was a little indignant. Just now, he was thinking about holding on to this matter and not saying it. After all, it is not a happy thing. But since he asked and talked about it, then this sentence is like an open box, which is a bit fitting. not on.
Putting down the tea cup, Mrs. Dong gritted her teeth and said, "This big girl Shen is also unreliable. She originally set a marriage for my mother's family. The wedding date has already been agreed, and I will marry my mother's brother in a short time. I didn't say anything bad about her to my mother's family, and I didn't mention the dreadful things she did before, but in order to enter the palace, she abruptly ruined the marriage contract, which made my family feel ashamed."
There were also some gossip, which Dong did not say.
I heard that the newly appointed Lord Zhizhou was reluctant to bear his daughter, and also stopped the family members to send people to the palace, which gave the Shen family a chance. I also heard that recently there have been people talking about the deep relationship between the emperor and the empress in the palace, and others didn’t even have a chance to speak. No.
It's just that these are not counted, and it sounds a bit unbelievable, so Dong shi kept silent.
After all, what was left for the Dong family was only the anger brought by the Shen family's repentance.
Ye Jiao didn't know the consequences of regretting the marriage, but Xiao Su, who was beside her, covered her mouth in surprise.
After all, Mr. Dong couldn't control himself, and snorted coldly: "I want to see what kind of world she can make in the capital, that bad temper..." But Mrs. Dong soon became hoarse.
In the end, people want to go to Beijing, and it's fine if they don't get favored. In case the emperor is blind... Well, in case she accidentally gets favored, what she says now is based on truth.
Better be cautious.
Dong Shi angrily drank a few sips of tea, and only smiled again when he talked to Ye Jiao about the pharmacology.
Before leaving, Mrs. Dong warned again: "Jiao Niang, I have inquired before that the women sent from various places to enter the palace will be in the spring of next year, when you get there, be careful not to be entangled by her. That person... shameless."
Ye Jiao nodded and came down, ready to ask when Qi Yun came back.
But at the moment in the front hall, Qi Yun was looking at Uncle Seven with a few young people intimidating and enticing his father.
As Qi Yun expected, the seventh uncle of the Qi family really came to fight the autumn wind, but more importantly, there was a grandson in the family of the seventh uncle, who was usually a dandy. dredge.
However, the younger generation in the family is not promising. When the family split up, he actually kicked Qi Yun's grandfather out of the clan. Who would have thought that this one who was kicked out could be so capable
Now that something happened, and I found out that Father Qi was tempered and soft, Uncle Seven came to the door with a cane.
Father Qi is indeed a soft-hearted person, and he is docile and honest, but that doesn't mean he is stupid.
On the contrary, Father Qi's ability to marry Liu's family, who was far higher than him at the beginning, was enough to prove that Father Qi had his own plans in mind.
It's just that Father Qi's talent is not high, which is a disadvantage.
But he knew he wasn't talented enough, and he admitted that, that was the advantage.
When Qi Yun came, Qi Zhao and Qi Yun said a few words together and then separated. Father Qi knew in his heart that his two sons had plans.
So he just listened to Seventh Uncle's complaint, with a gentle smile on his face, but his eyes looked at Qi Zhao and Qi Yun from time to time.
Seeing him like this, Uncle Seven felt in his heart that this person, like his own father, was also honest and deceitful, so he felt even more aggrieved, sighing and saying, "My stupid grandson was deceived, You have been deceived and got into trouble for no reason. Nephew, you have to take care of them. After all, you are also related by blood. If you don't care, he really has no way to survive. already."
Father Qi didn't say anything, just sighed.
On the other hand, Qi Zhao frowned.
As a grandson, he can't actually go to the elders, even if it is Qi's father, Qishu's uncle is Qi's father's uncle, and he can't say no.
But this sentence shows that it is unreasonable.
The family was also separated, and there was no contact at all, but now he came over with a shy face and asked his family to help them settle things. How can there be such a cheap reason
Qi Zhao is not like the second brother and the third brother. He can't say so many great truths. Qi Zhao's most skillful thing is farming, but people in this kind of land also have their own way of dealing with the world.
Seventh Uncle's family is a poisonous weed, and when he grows up, it is a big poisonous weed, and it is not good to be left and right.
But now he has to destroy the crops and seedlings on his side, Qi Zhao is naturally not happy.
Qi Yun's expression was light, and he sat there quietly, without saying a word.
Seventh Uncle sold out the old face, and found that the family was still unmoved, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
He glanced at a young man he brought with him, and the man immediately fell to his knees and cried, "My brother is stupid and doesn't know it, uncle, please save him, we broke the bones. Relatives with tendons!"
At this moment, Tie Zi walked in quickly.
Just before Qi Yun came over, let him go outside to inquire about news.
The way to inquire was also simple. He went directly to the yamen, inquired about the file, and then ran back.
He walked quickly to Qi Yun's side and whispered a few words, and Qi Yun raised his brows slightly.
After that, Qi Erlang no longer kept his mouth shut, but stood up, bowed his hands slightly to everyone, coughed again, and said, "Junior Qi Yun, I have seen uncles, uncles, and cousins. ."
He spoke politely, his voice was calm, and he seemed to be easy to get along with.
Seventh Uncle naturally knew what Qi Yun was saying. It was the fact that the second young master, the sick young man, had changed too much recently. How terrible he was in the past, and how good he is now.
Seeing it now, Uncle Seven also thought that what outsiders said was true, and only hated that he didn't have such a grandson like the God of Wealth, otherwise why would he still be afraid for the family now.
But on the surface, Uncle Seven smiled and said, "Erlang, get up quickly."
Qi Yun just bent down slightly. Hearing the words, he propped up his waist, and then gently clasped his hands together and covered it with his sleeves. He was holding the stove that Ye Jiao had picked up two days ago. very.
His eyes turned to Father Qi, and he said slowly, "Father, my son has something to talk about."
Qi's father immediately said, "Go ahead."
Qi Yun bowed again, and then said in a calm voice: "Seven uncle just said that the cousin was only deceived by others to get into trouble, and the son turned the door to ask people to inquire, it seems that the matter is the same as what the seventh uncle said. Slightly different."
As soon as these words came out, Seventh Uncle's face froze slightly.
Tie Zi received Qi Yun's signal, took a step forward, and said loudly: "When I go back to the host, the people in the yamen said that the young master Qi was riding a horse on the street and hurting people in the front, beating and scolding passers-by in the back, and squatting. A few days in jail, and not long after, she was accused of raping a woman, causing a woman from a good family to commit suicide by biting her tongue…”
"Shut up!" Uncle Seven immediately tapped on his cane and stood up, "Whose servant are you? You don't know the rules!"
Tie Zi was not afraid of him, and even felt a little disgusted in his heart.
He has been following Qi Yun for a long time, and naturally he knows some of the twists and turns of the Qi family.
The old man in front of him ran against the owner when he was young and split up the family abruptly. Now that he is old, he will come to fight the autumn wind, and the owner and the whole family despise them.
Don't say that you are just telling the truth now, even if you point at their noses and scold the street, the owner will not say a bad thing about yourself.
Qi Yun didn't need Tie Zi to go out and be the bad guy, just nodded and Tie Zi stood aside.
And Qi Yun still looked at Father Qi with a flat expression and said, "Father, there is nothing we can do about such a thing."
Compared with Qi Yun's blandness, Qi Zhao's reaction was much stronger.
He was a straightforward temperament, and he despised those dirty things the most, but now hearing such disgusting things, his face was filled with righteous indignation, and he said loudly to Father Qi: "Father, the national law cannot tolerate such wicked people, everything depends on the court. With the yamen in charge, this is a life-threatening situation, who can take care of him
Seventh Uncle originally wanted to soften up and fool Qi's father. At that time, Seventh Uncle had the ability to pull Qi's family into tiger skins and scare the woman's family.
Even if Father Qi knew the truth later, when things were done, Father Qi could only hold his nose and admit that he was unlucky.
As a result, he was ripped off in front of others, and Uncle Seven's face turned red with anger.
The man who was lying on the ground and wept bitterly just now jumped up, supported Seventh Uncle, and scolded the Qi family: "What are you doing? The old man is old, so you can't say it properly. Do you have to be angry with him? If there is something good or bad, do you think you can get away with it!"
Qi Zhao glanced at him: "Why, go to court?"
The man's mouth choked.
Naturally, he didn't dare to go to court. He didn't know that the two families had long since lost their relationship. It was because of Uncle Seven's face that he could let them sit for so long. When he went to court, his stupid brother could only die even worse. .
So he can only use filial piety to suppress others: "It's a family after all, and you are like this, are you not afraid that outsiders will say that you are disobedient and unfilial?"
These words were stuck in the heart of Qi's father.
If it was usual, he would definitely refuse and never see him.
But now, Saburo has just been lifted, it is the most important time, and nothing can go wrong.
And Uncle Seven also held his heart very well, screaming in pain, and he was about to faint when he saw it.
For a while, Father Qi was speechless, but Qi Yun was already prepared and said to the door, "Carry in."
So, four servants came in carefully carrying a plaque covered with a red cloth.
Qi Yun put them on the table in front of him, and then stretched out his hand to lift off the red cloth.
On it, there are four golden "Zhi Gao Xing Jie".
The pen walks the dragon and the snake, it is an excellent character, and most importantly, it is a gift from the royal family.
Qi Yun knelt down first, and then Father Qi came back and pulled Qi Yun to kneel down, and the servants around him even knelt together.
Seventh Uncle also heard about the Qi family's golden plaque. Even though he hadn't seen it before, he now knew what it was when he saw their reaction.
He didn't dare to pretend to be sick, and hurriedly knelt down with him, and the people around him knelt together.
Qi Yun was the first to kneel and the first to get up.
He held the golden plaque, patted the dust that didn't exist on his knees, and said in a low voice, "The Holy One calls my home the home of Zhigao and Xingjie, that is, he told me to do things fairly and have a clear mind. Now the seventh uncle insists on forcing my father to do that illegal thing, that is, he wants me to resist the decree and disobey it, please forgive me if I do not agree."
As soon as these words came out, Seventh Uncle felt that his eyes were dark.
Before he came, he thought that this golden plaque was a good thing. After all, there is a golden plaque here, and he can give some face to any yamen family. Even if he talks about it, he can scare people and always save his grandson.
Who knows that this golden plaque has now become a big mountain pressing on his head, and it cannot be moved or moved.
The good calculus he played before has now become empty, how can he not be angry
Qi Zhao also understood the meaning inside, thinking that his second brother has a solution, and said indifferently: "Come on, go and invite Li Langzhong to come, saying that there is a guest in the house, and his body is not good. Let him take a good look, and if it doesn't work, I will give it a few more injections, and I can't make the guests feel uncomfortable.
These words made it clear that the family were treated as guests, not their own.
In fact, the truth is such a truth, even the servants of the Qi mansion on the side laughed at him.
On the contrary, Qi Yun looked at his eldest brother with some surprise. Before, he only knew that Qi Zhao was pure and kind, but he didn't know that the eldest brother was very good at choking people.
Seventh Uncle is too old, and he can't get angry when his face is slapped in front of him. If people say that one of them disobeys the holy will, it will affect the whole family.
I can't have a seizure, I feel suffocated in my heart, I just pretended to be dizzy, and now I'm really dizzy.
But he couldn't fall down yet, so he could only hold back his anger and force his way to leave, but as soon as he got on the carriage, he rolled his eyes and passed out.
It's just that these have nothing to do with the Qi family, and no one cares.
Qi's father instructed people to hang the golden plaque again. Qi Zhao and Qi Yun went to the front hall to receive guests and friends as if nothing had happened. He also had to spare some people to help Qi Ming, a half-year-old boy, to deal with others. In short, he was very busy.
When Qi Yun returned to the house, it was already sunset.
When he entered the door, he saw Ye Jiao sitting on the soft couch, smiling and teasing the child.
Xu Bao should be studying at the moment, so he was not there, only two little guys Ning Bao and Ruyi.
Ruyi is a lively person, and she is happy to play with herself. The little girl's round face is always smiling, her eyes are rolling around, and she can't always settle on one place.
Ning Bao is different. This child's eyes are not like Ye Jiao, but like Qi Yun. The ends of his eyes are slightly curved. When he is not crying or smiling, he just narrows his eyes quietly and doesn't move.
It's just that Ning Bao likes balls of yarn, and it's always good to tease him with this.
He didn't look around or make noise, he was extraordinarily quiet and attentive, with his little mouth closed, his little fist clenched, his head still, only his eyes stared at the ball back and forth.
This is very interesting. When Ye Jiao saw Qi Yun entering the door, she called him over: "Look, Ning Bao is finally awake."
But when Ye Jiao spoke, the ball was just held without shaking. Ning Bao only glanced at it and lost interest. He turned his head away and yawned before closing his eyes.
Seeing this, Ye Jiao leaned forward a little unconvinced and kissed Ning Bao's head.
When they were about to kiss for the second time, Ning Bao's small fleshy paws pressed onto Ye Jiao's lips precisely, frowning and holding his head up.
On the other hand, Ruyi was moving around in the swaddling clothes, waiting for Ye Jiao to kiss her too.
Madam Mo watched from the side and whispered, "Second Young Mistress, the young master and the girl are both sleepy. Just feed them and go to sleep."
Qi Yun added: "Mother misses them."
"Yes, I'll take them to see the madam."
Ye Jiao asked Xiao Su to pull over the screen. She fed the two children, hugged them one by one with Qi Yun, patted the back, and then handed it to Mrs. Mo when they burped the milk. take away.
Qi Yun's eyes twitched on the woman's neckline, and he was about to sit down.
Things that were not done during the day can now be made up for opportunities.
Ye Jiao didn't realize his intentions, she just said with a smile while tying the belt: "Chunlan just came and said two things, I want to ask you."
I could hear what Ye Jiao said was serious business, Qi Yun originally wanted to try his wife's tube top and put her hand on her waist in a bend, and asked with a serious face: " What's the matter?"
"One is that Chunlan said that the children were young, and I was afraid that they would forget me. I also wondered if I could bring them with me when I could go to Beijing."
This matter is not a big deal to Qi Yun. Whether or not to bring it is just a matter of one sentence. I didn't bring it before because I thought it would be a long journey and it would be inconvenient to take care of the children.
But now, with the help of Ye Pingrong and Princess Hua Ning, the house has been found, there are not so many twists and turns, and the child is brought along, Qi Yun nodded: "What she said also makes sense, when the time comes Let's take a few more wives to take care of Ning Bao Ruyi."
Ye Jiao smiled when she heard the words, probed over and kissed him on the face.
Qi Yun took the opportunity to turn his head and let the woman kiss him on the lips.
With a touch of sweetness, it is the sweet taste of coconut. It seems that the coconut cake sent by my mother has not been eaten yet.
After that, Ye Jiao leaned on his shoulder and continued, "There's one more thing, Chunlan told me to avoid the eldest girl of the Shen family and said she..." Little Ginseng is not good at summarizing, and after thinking about it for a long time, she can only hold back. In a word, "say she is not a good person."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Yun raised her eyebrows slightly and asked carefully, and Ye Jiao told Qi Yun what Dong shi told her just now.
As soon as Qi Yun heard it, he heard the doorway inside.
It's just that he didn't think that Lady Shen was lucky, but felt that she was stupid and didn't know it.
In fact, Qi Yun knew about Chu Chengyun's temperament before, and that person's temper was neither a lecherous person, nor a rambunctious one.
Qi Yun also speculated about Meng Shi.
Has a scheming, a city government, knows how to advance and retreat, and knows how to judge the situation.
Being able to stand alone on the outside and being gentle, virtuous and respectful on the inside, even a lot of men can't compare to her. Empress Meng's methods are by no means ordinary.
And the words on the book stand not long ago confirmed Qi Yun's thoughts.
The emperor wanted to choose a concubine, but all the ministers opposed it, but the outside world began to circulate the words of the husband and wife suspected of reflecting the emperor and empress. If it is a coincidence, only fools will believe it.
Moreover, Zhizhou's daughter didn't move, but she let the eldest girl of the Shen family take advantage of it.
As for the other big households, I don't know this, but as long as I think that Zhizhou's family has not moved, I'm afraid I can figure out some flavors.
That's because people know the deep roots of the state, see through it, know that they are not high enough and do not want to go to the camp, and guess that the person in the palace is not good with each other, so that their daughter will not suffer.
As for whether the Beijing official will be in a hurry to fight, it has nothing to do with him.
It happened that the Shen family gave money away, and Zhizhou pushed the boat along the way.
It looks like a pie from the sky, but it is unclear whether the pie is made of meat or iron lumps.
Qi Yun didn't know whether the Shen family was bad or not, but this foolishness could not escape.
It’s better to leave the marriage and rush to the palace... Even ordinary people know that in addition to concubines and maids, there are more servants than masters in the golden house surrounded by red bricks and green tiles.
But these inside stories are too complicated, and since it involves the family of heaven, it's always a hassle to say it out, so Qi Yun just kissed Ye Jiao's forehead and said softly, "It's okay, we'll just avoid her then. The right to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.”
After all, Mrs. Shen's suffering is behind her, so she doesn't need to pay attention to her.
Ye Jiaozhu listened to him and nodded.
But he heard Qi Yun say again: "It's just that the Shen family is the sister-in-law from the sister-in-law's family. It's better to talk to the sister-in-law about this."
After hearing this, the little ginseng pondered for a while before clarifying the relationship between relatives.
Fang's maiden's elder brother's wife is the Shen family, so the Shen family and the Fang family are closely related, so they are somewhat related to the Qi family.
Ye Jiao thought about the relationship between the Dong family and the Shen family today, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really not easy to be a human being, there are always many relatives."
Who is married to whom, who has broken up with whom, is always very troublesome.
However, the little ginseng is still in my heart, knowing that one thing and one thing, it is always right.
Qi Yun was about to remind Fang Shi.
Sister-in-law Fang may be stingy, but she has a good heart and is good to her family. She is never ambiguous about what she should do, so Qi Yun will naturally have something in return.
In the end, this kind of thing has something to do with her mother's family, Fang's family. After getting married, both prosperity and loss will be lost. Now that the Shen family is doing this stupidly, Qi Yun should let the Fang family know whether it is good or bad.
As for whether the Shen family would listen to the persuasion, that is like drinking water, knowing whether it is cold or warm.
Others, Qi Yun didn't like Ye Jiao to think too much. After dinner, he took Ye Jiao to study the book.
I haven't been intimate for a long time, and a little spark is like thunder and fire, and it's out of control.
Qi Yun was worried that Ye Jiao was still weak, so he didn't want to struggle too much, but Ye Jiao was pulling him all over the place, and he didn't know who was pulling who at the back.
The next day, Ye Jiao slept until the third day, and after breakfast, she thought about going to see Liu Shi.
But Xiao Su whispered: "Second Young Mistress, the First Young Mistress just went to Madam's yard, let's go later."
Ye Jiao was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Su looked left and right, and then whispered: "I heard that the eldest young lady wiped away her tears. No matter how she persuaded her, she couldn't persuade her."