"Mother, calm down, eat a piece of pear to reduce the fire!"
Chunyu Yu took a piece from the bowl of pear soup on the table and put it on the Empress Dowager's plate.
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan was taken care of by her son, half of her anger disappeared immediately, but there was still a sullen look on her face, "The Ai family said long ago that Rong Jia was spoiled by your imperial grandmother, she was just blindly domineering, arrogant, and a bit arrogant. The gentleness and magnanimity that women should have are gone, so how can she teach her daughter well?"
Chunyuzhen heard that there was something in the words, and said calmly: "What does the queen mother mean by this?"
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan said: "The Ai family is thinking, will An An be as jealous as her mother? She is also a man of the city and scheming. If she is really like Rong Jia, the queen mother is really worried about letting him Be your Princess Zhan!"
Chun Yuxuan glanced at the queen mother, and said lightly: "Does the queen mother want her son to marry someone else?"
"That's not true. The queen mother didn't want you to marry someone else. It's just that I feel a little bit stuck when I hear what Rong Jia did. I'm afraid that An An will inherit her mother's jealous temperament. Then your future backyard will still be good." Do you have a quiet life? How can you concentrate on fighting on the front line?"
Chun Yuxuan chuckled, "So what if that's the case? In this world, the strong eat the weak and the fittest survive. If a woman who wants to be a son doesn't even have the ability to survive in the backyard, it won't be a pity to be eliminated."
The queen mother frowned, "Even if you like it, the queen mother thinks it's wrong. A woman values virtue the most. Isn't it better to marry someone who is gentle, magnanimous, and knowledgeable than that sinister, cunning, and scheming one?"
The queen mother doesn't like jealous women, and she doesn't like those who are too scheming. An An'an took these two points, and her dissatisfaction and grudge against Princess Rongjia made her want to marry An'an as her daughter-in-law. shaken.
However, Chunyu Yu didn't seem to think that way. He glanced at the mahogany and mother-of-pearl inlaid screen with three lions, and said: "My son doesn't like those dull and well-behaved women, but likes quick-witted, resourceful, and capable women." If An An has the ability to eliminate dissidents and make her son only like her, that is her ability, and the son will not interfere."
"Besides, An'an is unparalleled in beauty. Just based on her appearance and manners, even if she has no virtue, she can still be a princess who can afford a son."
"Hey, it's said that marrying a wife, marrying a virtuous, concubine and seductive, An An has such a good life, let her be your concubine, the queen mother always feels a bit inappropriate." The queen mother sighed.
Chun Yuxuan said, "Mother, don't forget my imperial grandmother's last will. Could it be that you want your son to be that treacherous, unfaithful and unfilial person?"
The queen mother couldn't refute anymore, she put down her chopsticks, stared at her son solemnly and said, "So, even if Rong Jia and her son-in-law are convicted, even if An Anshan is jealous, you must marry her?"
At this moment, Chun Yuyu's answer will directly affect the fate of Princess Rongjia's mansion. If he answers 'yes', Princess Rongjia and his wife will not be able to move. As her in-laws, how could she let them be punished? They could only think of an excuse to cover up what they had been accused of.
However, if he answered 'no' and he didn't want to marry An An, then she was welcome to follow the laws of Chu State and deal with the matter fairly.
Chunyu Yu also put down his chopsticks, looked back at his mother, and said unhurriedly, "Yes!"
He expressed his attitude that no matter what, he would marry An An.
Seeing him like this, the Empress Dowager knew how to deal with this matter. Although she was displeased, she didn't persuade him anymore, because she understood his temper and knew that persuasion was in vain, and this bastard would not listen.
After some questioning and answering, the mother and son finished their dinner, and Chunyu Jue rinsed his mouth with tea, said a few words with the Queen Mother, and got up to leave.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan watched her son go away, and said to the mahogany and mother-of-pearl screen with three lions inlaid with mother-of-pearl: "He is gone, come out."
Behind the screen, Chunxi pouted her small mouth, walked out aggrieved, rubbed against the Queen Mother, and called out in a crying voice, "Aunt—"
The queen mother felt distressed when she saw her appearance, took her hand and said angrily: "Look at you, what are you crying for, you are about to get married, why are you still acting like a child?"
Chunxi said tearfully: "Auntie, I'm afraid, the eldest princess is too scary, will An An be as ruthless as her? If she is so ruthless, will I still have a good life in the future? I just now Listen to what my cousin said, even if An An is as vicious as the eldest princess, he won't care, I'm so scared... "
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. My aunt is here. No matter how powerful she is, my aunt can cure her."
Seeing her niece crying sadly, the queen mother pulled her to sit beside her and patted her on the back lightly, just like she hugged and coaxed her when she was a child.
However, her reassurance still failed to dispel the tension in Chun Xi's heart. She said sobbingly, "Auntie, I think my cousin doesn't like me at all. Could it be that An Anchang is just because of his good looks? Do you favor her so much?"
Hearing this, the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan sighed softly, lovingly touched the tear-stained cheek of her niece, and said, "Xi'er, my aunt can only help you win the position of side concubine, so as to protect you from the future Princess Zhan." Bullying, as for the affairs in the room, Auntie can't control it, it can only depend on the fate between you and Lao Qi."
Chun Xi pursed her lips in grievance, and gently snuggled into the Empress Dowager's arms, and said, "Auntie, otherwise, I won't get married, so I can stay with you in this palace."
"How can I do that? My aunt is still waiting to hear you call my aunt the queen mother." The queen mother patted her lightly, as if to comfort her, "Don't think too much, even if he favors An'an more, it's for my aunt's sake." , and I will definitely not neglect you, my aunt is here, so there is nothing to be afraid of."
Chun Xi's eyes flickered twice, then she nodded obediently: "Well, I listen to my aunt, with my aunt around, Xi'er is not afraid of anything."
"That's right, don't worry, my aunt is the queen mother, and you are my aunt's only niece, who would be crazy to fight against you..."
**
Princess Rongjia's Mansion
Deng Yulang returned home with his head covered in blood. As soon as he entered the door, he was hit by a teacup lid that flew over. Fortunately, it was only his body that was hit, not his face. Otherwise, his face probably wouldn’t be used. wanted!
"You're crazy!"
Deng Yulang was startled, he covered his bleeding forehead with one hand, and his chest that was hit with the other, his eyes overflowed with anger, and he stared closely at the woman who attacked him.
"Yes, I am crazy, I was driven crazy by you, I was mad by you!"
The Eldest Princess Rongjia cursed, but the movement of her hands didn't stop. After throwing the lid of the teacup, even the teacup was thrown over.
"Deng Yulang, I'm really blind to marry you, a shameless bastard and a white-eyed wolf. I have been wronged by you all these years, and now I am old and old, and I have to be accused by the people along with you , Being laughed at by people all over the world, if it was me alone, I would recognize it, who made me marry you? But now, even my daughter will be implicated by you, Deng Yulang, listen to me, if An An's marriage I won't let you go because your previous affair has turned dirty!"
This time Deng Yulang was already on guard. He dodged the teacup that was thrown at him, looked at his hysterical wife, and said with a sarcasm, "Don't let me go? After all these years, when will you let me go? Every day changes The sarcasm and ridicule of the law made me lose face in front of the children and servants at home, and cruelly cut off my official career in the court. Your Royal Highness, have you done all these things one by one? Isn’t that enough? Is it not letting go?"
"I did that to you, you found it yourself—"
Eldest Princess Rongjia cried out hysterically, tears streaming down her cheeks, "Who told you that you are lukewarm to me every day, and you only think about her wholeheartedly? Since you like her so much, why did you promise my father at that time?" Marriage? Wouldn't it be good for you to marry her? Why bother to waste my life... "
Deng Yulang covered his head and said with a wry smile: "Don't you understand the late emperor's temper better than me? If I dare to say no to marrying, I will have no head to cover now..."
"You bastard, you bastard, you married me just because you were afraid of death. Are you still a man? Also, since you married me, why don't you love me? Golden branches and jade leaves, how can you not be as good as that bitch? Why do you still think about her... "
The sound of smashing and noise in the room has already alarmed the servants, and someone has already run to inform Princess An'an,
When An An arrived, her mother was sitting on Babu's bed, crying and cursing, her father was standing aside with his head down, expressionless, his expression was numb, his eyes were empty, like a soulless body .
"Father, mother, what's the matter with you..."
Just as An An was about to persuade him, when he saw the wound on Deng Yulang's forehead, he exclaimed, "Oh, why is father injured? Quick, come here, please go to the imperial doctor—"
She stepped forward to support Deng Yulang, let him sit on a chair, wiped off the blood on his forehead with a handkerchief, and carefully cleaned the wound for him.
Princess Rongjia saw her daughter's gentle and sensible appearance, her heart became even more sour, and she cried: "You white-eyed wolf, look at how sensible and considerate our An An is, this is your own daughter, but she is now How can you bear to ruin it because of your vixen?"
Deng Yulang glanced at An An, turned his head, and said lightly: "How can I blame me? If you weren't aggressive and insisted on putting people to death, why are you in such an embarrassing situation now?"
"Oh, so you're blaming me?"
When Princess Rongjia heard Deng Yulang's words, she stopped crying, and laughed eccentrically.
Deng Yulang sneered and said, "How dare I blame you, I can only blame myself for my bad luck and bad fate."
"After marrying a princess, you still dare to say that your life is not good. You are really good!" Princess Rongjia stood up, approached Deng Yulang step by step, and said with a sneer, "Do you think that I am domineering and jealous, not enough?" Virtuous and virtuous, she is not a good wife. I shouldn't have killed her back then, but should have helped you marry her back to my princess mansion? Provide delicious food and drink, and be raised by gold slaves and maidservants, and then see Seeing your love and love, and the flowers before the moon, you have to laugh and applaud, so that you can tell your fortune well, and it will be your luck, right?"
Deng Yulang looked at her eccentric, mean and sharp look, knowing that he couldn't tell her what to do, so he stood up with the armrest of the chair, and said to An An: "An An, take care of your mother, dad first gone back."
"Stop, don't go, where are you going?"
From the moment Princess Rongjia found out that she was being sued in the street, she held back her anger and just waited for him to come back to vent her anger. How can she let him leave like this before the anger is over? Ah, she rushed over and blocked the door with her back tightly pressed against the door, not allowing him to go out.
"As soon as you talk about her, you have to leave. This is to go back and cry to mourn her, right? Hehe, Deng Yulang, you are really an infatuated seed. Since you love her so much, why don't you die with her? How about? How about I beat you to death, Shen Tang? How about making the two of you a couple of life and death?"
The sharp and harsh voice lingered in his ears, like a very blunt knife, slowly cutting his heart, Deng Yulang closed his eyes, and curled up his fists under his sleeves, as if seeing the old man many years ago again. That evening, she was beaten to pieces, and when her flesh and blood were bloody, she looked like she was sunk in the pond...
Although he knew that she was fine and that she was still alive, the pain and hatred in his heart could no longer be controlled, especially the hatred, which swept in like a tide and drowned his reason in an instant.
He lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said to Eldest Princess Rongjia, "Don't dare to work, princess, don't worry, we will be together sooner or later."
After finishing speaking, he pushed her away, opened the door and strode away.
Listening to her father's inexplicable words and looking at her father's determined back, An An suddenly felt a sense of doubt. She didn't know what she was wondering about just now, and she always felt that there was something she should grab quickly Thoughts are quickly lost again!
Princess Rongjia was pushed and fell to the ground, she was stunned for a while, she never dreamed that Deng Yulang would dare to be rough on her, and it took a long time to think of crying: "Presumptuous, you are presumptuous, okay , Deng Yulang, how dare you treat me like this, I will go to the emperor to sue you..."
Hearing her mother's crying, An An came back to her senses, hurried up to help her mother up, and comforted her softly, "Mother, please don't do this, father is injured, please ask him to heal the injury first, then say okay good?"
"No, come here, let me change my clothes, I have to enter the palace..."
**
For a while, the princess mansion was in a state of restlessness, but Shen Ruolan's side went smoothly.
She had negotiated a price with the owner of the oilcloth workshop, and finally settled the deal at a price of one hundred and twenty taels. The transaction date was set to be today, one month later.
After setting up the greenhouse, she went to choose vegetable seeds, farm tools, and prepare for farming.
In Nong’an County, there is a place that specializes in selling agricultural tools, seeds, and livestock. It is called Machang. It is located in the southern suburbs of the county.
At the edge of the market, there are several dilapidated adobe houses that sell seeds and agricultural tools. Although they look dilapidated, common agricultural tools and seeds can be bought here, just turn around here , All the things needed for the greenhouse are fully furnished.
Her greenhouse planting area this time is not large, so she can probably plant an area the size of her front garden. This year, the main thing is to do experiments first. If the effect of this year’s experiment is good and a bumper harvest is obtained, it will not be difficult to expand the scale next year. Late!
She plans to mainly grow cucumbers, persimmons, spinach, water radishes, Chinese cabbage, parsley, eggplants and beans this year. Among them, cucumbers and persimmons are planted in large quantities, each of which is planted in a greenhouse. Others are planted slightly less, and she plans to plant a few more ridges Corn, she likes to eat green corn the most. Whether it’s baked corn cakes or steamed corn buns, or uncooked corn porridge or almost corn, she likes everything. This year, I will plant less. I don’t plan to sell it. I keep it for myself. That's good, if it grows well, it will be planted on a large scale in the coming year.
The seeds of this period are all carefully selected from the grain collected by the family. The seeds are full and big, and the price is higher than the normal grain price.
Shen Ruolan is not short of this seed money. According to her own plan, she bought all the seeds she needed without much bargaining; she also bought a few farm tools and some ropes, and saved them for when she was farming and building a greenhouse. After buying, I was about to go back when I heard a burst of heartbroken crying.
Not far away, a monk came from nowhere, and suddenly knelt down in front of a man who sold a cow, crying loudly, saying that the man’s cow was born under his father’s care, and begging the man to show mercy and give him the cow as alms, so that He can do his filial piety to 'his father' and take care of him until the end of his life.
The man who sells the cow is a poor man, how can he afford a cow for alms? Don't say that you don't believe in this monk, even if you believe in him, you can't afford to offend him. If you really donate the cattle, their family will not survive!
Seeing that the bull seller refused to agree, the monk rushed over and hugged the old bull's head and wept bitterly. He cried and said, "Father, my son is not filial. I have no money to redeem you. I see you suffering so much but there is nothing I can do. My son can only do it with your own money." Apologize to death."
Strange to say, when the old cow saw the monk crying miserably, he also wept, and licked his head while weeping.
The people around were stunned by this scene, and immediately thought that what the monk said was true! Otherwise, it is impossible for this old cow to cry while licking his head. He must know it in his heart but can't say it. This cow must be his father in his previous life!
So, everyone persuaded the man who sold the cow to give the cow to the monk, and the monk also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the man who sold the cow.
Just as they were making a fuss, someone suddenly shouted: "Hurry up, Mr. Duan is here, give way, give way!"
As soon as everyone heard that Mr. Duan was coming, the chaotic crowd immediately fell silent, and the onlookers automatically gave way. After a while, Mr. Duan, who was dressed in a beautiful body and a jade face, walked in.
Duan Yuanhuan walked into the crowd, looked at the monk who was kneeling on the ground crying almost to death, and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter, just now I heard someone say that someone here recognizes a cow as their father, and it was you?"
The monk wiped his tears with his sleeve, and cried loudly: "Young master, the monk came all the way from the capital, and this trip is just to find my old father."
"A month ago, the little monk came across a dream in the monastery. He dreamed that his late father had consigned a cow to be sold here today. If I didn't come to rescue him, he would die at the hands of the butcher. After the little monk woke up Don't dare to slack off, and came here day and night, and happened to see the old cow in the dream, and when I met him, I met him."
"It's just that the little monk is a monk, and there are no yellow and white things around him. I can't do anything if I want to redeem my father. I want to ask this benefactor who sells cattle to give me alms from my old father. However, the benefactor's family is short and he can't afford it. The little monk sees that there is no hope of saving my father. I was so sad that I cried."
Duan Yuanhuan looked at the old cow, and saw that the cow was licking the monk's bald head with tears in his eyes, and he was moved by it.
He said, "This brother who sells cattle seems to be a poor man. How can he afford a cow for you? Why don't I buy it for you, and you can take it back to make a living as a living offering!"
When the monk heard this, he immediately kowtowed to Duan Yuanhuan excitedly, and said loudly: "The benefactor is so kind, the Buddha and Bodhisattva will surely bless you with a long life and prosperous descendants. I thank you here and kowtow to you! "
Duan Yuanhuan asked the cow seller, "How much do you sell this cow for?"
The cow seller honestly replied: "The villain originally planned to sell it for twenty taels, but this little master is pitiful, so I let him have two taels. "
Duan Yuanhuan looked at the cow seller, then at the cow, and said, "You are not rich, so don't give up. This cow is very good, and it's worth twenty taels. Twenty taels is up to you. Take it." Let's go." Then, he took out twenty taels of silver from his pocket and handed it over.
The cattle seller took the money, thanked Duan Yuanhuan, and handed the reins of the cattle to the monk, saying: "Little master, take your father back quickly!"
The monk took the reins gratefully, thanked Duan Yuanhuan a thousand times, and then took the reins to leave.
The old cow licked the monk's head as he walked, and everyone was moved to see it, and even those who were soft-hearted were moved to tears.
Shen Ruolan witnessed all this and almost laughed out loud. She had read this story in a book in her previous life, and she said that someone else wrote it for fun. Unexpectedly, there really was such a person, and he really gave it to him. It's really interesting to cheat!
She is not a nosy person, and she doesn't want to cause trouble. In the past, she probably left after watching the excitement, and she didn't talk much. But today, the monk who lied to the bull was very familiar, and she stared at it for a while. Suddenly she recognized him, so she resolutely decided to take action and teach this liar a lesson.
"Monk, go slowly, you haven't rescued your old lady, why are you only saving your father?"
Everyone followed the sound and saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing on a carriage outside the crowd watching the excitement. She had two loose braids and a furry sable cloak. Hands on hips, looking bad.
Seeing this posture, the monk hurriedly said, "What do you mean by this girl?"
Shen Ruolan smiled and said, "It doesn't mean anything, it's just that I dreamed last night that the donkey next to me was your old lady, if you don't believe me, put your head in front of it and touch its eyes to see if it sheds tears ? Lick your head or not?"
"There's also that mule, that's your second uncle, and that horse, that's your old uncle. You might as well try them one by one to see if they can all lick you!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they seemed to realize something, and they huffed and surrounded the monk, saying: "Monk, you can't leave first, let's talk about it after clarifying the matter."
The monk also panicked, clapped his hands together and said to Shen Ruolan, "Female benefactor, I have no grievances or enmities with you, why do you bother to instigate everyone to harm me?"
Shen Ruolan sneered and said, "Whether I hurt you or you lied, you will know once you try it, please bring another animal over, let him touch the animal's eyes with both hands, and let him put his head close to see what happens. What consequences."
The monk panicked and let go of the ox's rein and was about to run away. Seeing his guilty look, the crowd knew what was going on. They rushed up and grabbed him, twisting him in front of a donkey, and someone grabbed her by the hands. Touching the donkey's eyes, someone pressed his head to the donkey's mouth.
Sure enough, after the donkey was touched by him, his eyes immediately shed tears, and he stuck out his tongue to lick his head non-stop.
"Oh, that's really what happened!"
"This bald donkey is actually lying to us!"
"Hit him, yes, hit him hard..."
The fake monk was knocked down to the ground, and everyone rushed up, punched and kicked the fake monk, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and his crap flowed out.
Shen Ruolan laughed loudly, and said, "Liu Shunzi, do you think that sister won't know you after you shaved your head? When did you move from Xiushui Village to the capital? And when did you become a monk? Remember last winter you wanted to kill I was still a bandit, how come I became a monk in just two months?"
That's right, this fake monk is the rascal Liu Shunzi who robbed and murdered Shen Ruolan last winter. At the beginning, Shen Ruolan didn't recognize him, and it took a while to recognize him. Pass him!