This day is the carnival of the Ni family. Their Ni family now has two generals!
The Ni family deliberately posted a dinner to invite guests to celebrate, and the crowd was crowded for a while.
Mingle is not happy, and Ni Zhan is not happy either.
Ni Zhan stood in the corridor by the door, watching the various gifts from various guests to congratulate his younger brother Ni Shun, just like when he returned with glory.
Then everyone walked past him and no one noticed him.
Not even Ni's father and Ni's mother.
Father Ni himself only has five ranks, but he has two fourth-rank martial general sons.
After singing and dancing all night, the three-bedroom daughter-in-law put on the most gorgeous dress and had a banquet with Ni Shun.
The second daughter-in-law sneered, walked up to Ni Zhan and said strangely: "Brother, this Princess Mingle is your daughter-in-law. Why didn't you ask for a higher position, but instead fulfilled the third brother?"
"This is the arrangement of my father and mother."
Arrange a fart!
The second wife's daughter-in-law was holding a lot of anger in her chest. Her husband, Ni Gonggang, went out to suppress bandits. He didn't know if he would be able to come back and be promoted.
Four grades!
How much credit does it take to earn that
Even if Ni Gong killed the leader of the bandit in the bandit suppression, he wouldn't be able to get back a fourth rank!
Why is he Ni Shun
Why is that bitch in the third room showing off her power in front of her
The second daughter-in-law continued to provoke: "Brother, I heard that the third brother's position was exchanged for your military merits. What the father-in-law in Yina Palace revealed was that the emperor is grateful to eldest brother for your military merits to remove Mingle from the palace. He was rescued and gave the third brother a fourth rank, and the kindness of this military merit was written off."
Ni Zhan's eyes flickered, "Really?"
"If you don't believe me, eldest brother, just ask Princess Mingle." The second daughter-in-law continued, "Brother, I'm really not worth it for you. My military success has been accomplished by others."
At this moment, the third wife came over with her chin raised, "Big brother, second sister-in-law, I was taken care of by you in the past. If you need my family Ah Shun in the future, just tell me."
The daughter-in-law of the second room looked at the red dress with gold embroidery on the daughter-in-law of the third room, "Oh! My sister's dress is so beautiful."
"Ashun has been promoted, I can't be ashamed of him." The third-bedroom daughter-in-law looked at the second-bedroom daughter-in-law in high spirits, "My mother ordered this dress for me at Jinxiu Zhai the day before yesterday, and it cost twenty taels of silver."
"Hehe, sister be careful, don't lose the dentures."
Ni Zhan listened to the annoyance of the two people sneering and sarcastic, and simply turned around and left. He went back to the yard to find Mingle but couldn't find it. Only after asking the next person did he know that Mingle had gone to the stable.
There was no one in the stable, and Ni Zhan came to the training exercise again.
Under the light of the torches, Mingle, dressed in a red uniform, silently rode the snow-white Bailiu, her red lips pursed tightly under the cold moonlight.
The firelight, the moonlight, and the changing light and dark make people feel the depression in the silence even though they can't see the emotions in her eyes.
"Mingle."
Ni Zhan called out.
Mingle's horseback riding was stiff, and he rode Bailiu to Ni Zhan's front. Ni Zhan reached out to help her off the horse, but Bailiu bent his limbs, Mingle turned over, and got off the horse briskly.
How long has it been since she came into contact with horse riding until now, she was able to fully master the skills of horse riding.
Mingle, was she so smart before
Ni Zhan tried his best to dig out the previous Mingle from his mind, and finally came to the conclusion that he didn't know.
Since they got married, he has a lot of things to do, army, parents, brothers.
I heard that the emperor is now teaching Mingle to write, and I heard that he has made a lot of progress.
So since the year they got married, why hasn't he thought about hiring Mingle as a teacher
"Azhan." Mingle called to him, "Is there something wrong with my mother and siblings?"
Ni Zhan was shocked, "Is there nothing else we can talk about besides them?"
Eerie silence.
"Azhan, you don't seem to tell me much about what you met outside." Mingle smiled lightly, "Before, it seemed that I was talking and you were listening."
Ni Zhan opened his mouth and wanted to tell Mingle, but he didn't know where to start.
He is probably the darling of the family since he was a child. All resources are around him. He only needs to focus on his heart, which also makes him not a person who is good at communicating with others.
Another moment of silence.
Ni Zhan asked: "What about you? Recently, I learned to read with the emperor in the palace, and I heard that I have made rapid progress."
Obviously they are husband and wife, but the news of each other has to be heard from others.
Isn't that sad
Ming Le nodded, "Brother Huang has taught me a lot. When I come out of the palace, I will go to talk to my elder sister, and Tingyun will also go shopping with me. Yesterday, we happened to meet Prince Rui and Prince Ming. Well, the four of you will go to the temple fair tomorrow for a walk."
"You have many more friends."
"Prince Rui is my younger brother, and Duke Ming is considered a distant brother."
"I didn't seem to take you out for a walk before."
"Ok."
"Mingle, are you angry?"
"Azhan, the emperor really loves me and loves me, I don't want you to take advantage of his feelings for me." Mingle looked at Ni Zhan seriously, "It's like I know that you really love me too, you take I am also really grateful for the military merit exchange for me, and I will not let others take advantage of your feelings for me. Do you understand?"
The logic is clear and the expression is straightforward and clear.
Ni Zhan looked at Mingle in amazement, and read her heart from it. He suddenly understood that this time he had to be considerate of Mingle, otherwise, one day, they would go further and further. … will lose Mingle…
"Mingle, I will have a good talk with my parents and I won't force you in the future."
Mingle looked at him eagerly, the corners of his mouth moved, but in the end he didn't say anything.
In fact, the more she looked at the eldest sister and the eldest brother-in-law, the more she understood one thing. In fact, the one who really forced her was not Mother Ni, but Ah Zhan.
The person who has always forced her is A Zhan.
Humans are very strange beings. When they are confused, they will continue to be confused, and once they are awake, they will become more and more sober.
The temple fair was in the south of the city. Early in the morning, Sun Tingyun came to pick her up in a carriage.
The first thing we met, Sun Tingyun handed over a few copybooks with both hands, "I heard that my sister is practicing calligraphy. This is my brother's collection of calligraphy copybooks before, and my sister will definitely like it."
Mingle is now accustomed to Sun Tingyun's behavior of giving things as soon as they meet, and took out the sachet he prepared and gave it to her, "I embroidered it, the handwork is very rough, don't dislike it."
"My sister's embroidery is naturally excellent, how can I dislike it?"
Sun Tingyun took the sachet in his hand, looked at it carefully, and sighed, "It's so beautiful, this butterfly is alive and well, sister, you can teach me another day, my brother often says I'm clumsy, and I don't look like a man at all. girl."
"Okay." Mingle smiled shyly. This was the first time someone had praised her for doing well and wanted her to be a master.
Moreover, she knew that Sun Tingyun was telling the truth.
It was because she was sincere that she was happier.
The carriage came to the temple fair, Prince Rui and Prince Ming had already arrived early, and Prince Rui had a lot of candied haws in his hand.
Sun Tingyun smiled and said, "Is this little prince changing his business to sell candied haws?"
"Hmph! I have money, little prince, I want to spend it how I want." Little Prince Rui said arrogantly.
Prince Ming put his hands behind his back and said, "Just now, a child bumped into a hawker selling candied haws. The hawker beat the child, and our little prince got angry and robbed others of the candied haws, saying it was to be distributed to others. Later, after thinking about it, I sent someone to send the money eagerly."
"Humph!" Rui Xiaowang turned his head.
Mingle and Sun Tingyun looked at each other, covered their mouths and smiled.
After Ni Zhan and Ni Shun came back from the court, Ni Shun talked about the royal style, which really made the second room itch with jealousy.
And Mother Ni took Ni Zhan to the study, "Azhan, how are you and the princess?"
Ni Zhan frowned, "Mother, Mingle and I are very good."
Ni Zhan couldn't say anything about the affairs in the boudoir.
Mother Ni was very happy when she heard it, "Since you and the princess have a good relationship now, let's talk to the princess to let her give you a few good words in front of the emperor, look, your brother is already a fourth-grade, When your second brother comes back and has made meritorious deeds, most of them will also be promoted. You are the eldest son and grandson of our Ni family, and this position is also the highest. And your father, his son is all fourth-rank, and his father is only fifth-rank. Nothing can be said."
"Mother, one has to work hard to get military merit in exchange for an official position, so what is the difference between relying on a woman and begging?" Ni Zhan is a soldier, and he is still proud in his bones.
When Ni's mother heard this, she refused, "You know now that the official position requires military merit? You exchanged military merit for Mingle without saying hello to your family. How many times has your father been ill? Military merit, military merit is so easy to earn. Now that the world is level, how can there be a battle? If you don't fight, do you want to be a fourth-rank military general for life? You don't even look at how many fourth-rank military generals there are in the entire court. the soldier's drill officer?"
Ni Zhan was silent again. Yes, he was a general, but he was only one of many generals.
Now that there is no battle to fight, how can he be a military general to make a fortune
"And your father, who has worked so hard to raise two fourth-rank generals in his life, but he is still a fifth-rank, and when you meet your two brothers in the future, you will be a little shorter. Even if you really don't think about yourself, you are a child. Do you want to think about your father?"
Seeing that Ni Zhan's expression had not softened, Mother Ni decided to help Father Ni to a high position first, "Azhan, you are no longer a child, your father worked hard to raise you, all the expenses of the family are on you, How much did it cost to arrange you into the army, and how much did it cost to support your meritorious deeds
It's time for you to repay him. Do you want to see that he is old and a little shorter than his son? If you ask for Mingle, you will be promoted to your father's official position, just a little bit, just a little bit higher than you and your brother, even if it is an idle job. "
Father Ni's current official position was originally an idle position, and he did not have any real power, but Ni's mother described it like this, and it hit Ni Zhan's weakness again.
The corners of Ni Zhan's mouth moved, but after all, he couldn't say anything to refuse. During his growth, the family's resources were indeed given to him alone.
And father is old, just an idle job, shouldn't affect anything, right
Ni Zhan thought for a long time and said, "Mother, I can promise you, but this is the last time."
"this… "
"Mother, if you don't promise me, I won't ask Mingle."
Seeing that Ni Zhan was persistent, Mother Ni gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, my mother promises you that this is the last time for you to ask Mingle."
When Mingle came back, she talked reluctantly with Sun Tingyun at the door for a long time. The world she saw was wider, and she yearned for the bigger world that Sun Tingyun said.
Mingle returned to the yard and was very tired. Jin Fu Jinxi packed up the things he bought one by one.
Ni Zhan hesitated for a while, let Jin Fujin rejoice, and sat down beside Mingle, "Mingle, I talked with my mother today."
"Huh?" Ming Le frowned and looked at him.
I don't know when, when she saw him again, she was not as happy as she used to be.
"Mother said that this is the last time." Ni Zhan looked into Mingle's eyes seriously, "I know this is very embarrassing for you, but this is really the last time. What mother means is that my third brother and I The rank is higher than that of my father, which makes my father very shameless, I hope you can talk to the emperor about whether you can change your father to a higher rank idle job."
Seeing Mingle's frown deepening, Ni Zhan hurriedly added: "It's just an idle job, without real power, it's not that difficult for the emperor to mobilize."
Mingle looked at him in disappointment, "You promised me that you would not let me make excessive demands of the emperor again."
"This is the last time." Ni Zhan emphasized: "Mingle, when I beg you, considering our relationship as husband and wife, I promise this is really the last time."
"Mingle!"
Finally, under Ni Zhan's earnest call, Mingle nodded slightly, and Ni Zhan happily hugged her into his arms, "Mingle, I swear, I will love you more and more and protect you in the future. "
Mingle's eyes hurt slightly.
Having seen the love between the eldest princess and the great concubine, and felt the deepest, truest and most selfless love of the emperor's brother for her, the oath Ni Zhan said now seems so illusory.
After Mingle came out of the palace, the imperial decree fell on the Ni family again, and Ni's father was promoted to the third grade. Although it was an idle position in the Ministry of Rites, it had already made countless people in the court jealous.
After all, how many years have they been conscientious and dedicated, and they have spent countless efforts in exchange for a promotion in rank, and as a result, Father Ni has gone up like this
The jealousy and jealousy of countless people brought countless people staring at the Ni family, eager to find out the flaws of the Ni family immediately and put the Ni family into hell.
And Father Ni didn't know anything about it, and the Ni family actually held a banquet again.
This time, even Sun Tingyun felt Mingle's pain.
She hugged Mingle, "Sister, I'm so uncomfortable."
Mingle stroked her head and asked gently, "What's wrong?"
"Because my elder sister is uncomfortable." Sun Tingyun raised her head and looked at her with red eyes. "Sister, how can I make you happy? I really really really hope that my elder sister is happy."
"Sister, do you love the concubine?"
Mingle shook her head, she really didn't know.
What is love
She can feel the elder sister to the elder brother-in-law.
However, she really didn't know about Ah Zhan.
After all, if Ah Zhan hadn't rescued her from the cold palace, she might have died in the cold palace now.
After all, she was really reluctant to fight Ah Zhan when she was a husband and wife.
However, she made the royal brother sad.
Although the emperor kept saying that it was okay, she knew that she had done something wrong.
She said silently in her heart, believe in Ah Zhan, this is the last time, and there will never be another time.
"Sister, don't be sad, okay?" Sun Tingyun looked at Mingle, "If the concubine's family makes you sad again, you don't want them, okay?"
Mingle's heart was hot, "Okay."
Father Ni was promoted and held a banquet, and Sun Tingyun angrily went to find the eldest princess, the prince of Mingjun and the young prince Rui.
The three families jointly held a big banquet, and all the guests from the Ni family were invited away.
But because the promotion of the Ni family was too crooked, no one notified him.
The Ni family's banquet was left out in the cold, and there really wasn't a single guest at the door!
Father Ni angrily smashed a house of wine and vegetables, and went home angrily.
It was probably because the eldest princess, Duke Ming and little prince Rui gave very serious warnings, and the Ni family was separated for two months.
In winter, the snow is thick.
One day a year ago, Ni Gong was carried back.
Ni Gong was slashed in the leg by a bandit while he was fighting the bandits, and he was injured.
The Ni family suddenly fell into grief.
Mother Ni broke her eyes from crying, and Father Ni was silent for a long time.
On the other side of the third room, there was no sign at all.
The daughter-in-law of the third room was quick to tell the truth, "Second brother, look at you too, what kind of official position does Princess Mingle have in our family that can't be earned? What are you doing to toss and suppress bandits, now it's good, credit Didn't catch it, did you have a lame leg?"
Snapped!
The second daughter-in-law slapped her face with a slap, and slapped the denture inlaid by the third daughter-in-law again, "Are you speaking human words?"
Protecting his wife, Ni Shun pushed the second daughter-in-law, "Second sister-in-law, please restrain your temper, she is my wife, my grade is higher than that of the second brother, it is not what it used to be, I Your wife is no longer the one you used to beat and scold at will!"
"you!"
Father Ni left with Mother Ni, who was crying, and no one dared to stop him at this moment.
The second daughter-in-law's chest hurt, she looked at Ni Gong who was still lying on the bed, "Look, look, this is your good brother and sister-in-law, they have gained power now, and they climbed on your head, even You look down on it!"
Ni Gong looked at Ni Shun viciously and ordered, "Apologize to your sister-in-law."
"Should I apologize to her?" Ni Shun smiled disdainfully, "Second brother, don't be confused, don't say that you didn't make a contribution in suppressing the bandits, even if you did, you are now lame, can you still be an official? The emperor finally I will also reward you with some money to comfort and comfort you, your future has been ruined, and now I have a bright future. In the future, you will rely on us to live, so I advise you to be more peaceful."
"You you—" Ni Gong was out of breath.
"Apologize to your second brother!" As soon as Ni Zhan walked to the door, he heard Ni Shun's bastard words and kicked him to his knees on the ground, "He is your second brother!"
Ni Shun got up from the ground, "Big brother, I'll call you big brother, don't think that you are really amazing, now that I and you are both in the fourth rank, you are not qualified to point fingers at me!"
"you!"
"What are you!" Ni Shun said angrily: "Why are you born the eldest son and grandson, I was only born two years late, why should all the resources of the family be given to you?"
"You..." Ni Zhan looked at this obedient younger brother in disbelief and changed his face, "You look at me like this?"
"Big brother, I respect you as big brother, it is for the sake of parents, now we are on an equal footing, don't put on the prestige of big brother, to put it bluntly, our family relies on big sister-in-law, not all women? Don't pretend to be amazing!"
"You! I'll beat you to death today!" Ni Zhan said, grabbed Ni Shun and beat him to death.
Ni Zhan is really qualified to go to the battlefield. Ni Shun even practiced by himself for three days and two days of fishing and netting. Where is Ni Zhan's opponent.
Soon, Ni Shun started crying and begging for mercy.
Ni Zhan beat Ni Shun, but Ni Shun didn't dare to go to his parents to complain, so he secretly took this hatred to heart.
But when he made such a fuss, Ni Gong felt even more unbalanced.
That's right, why did he go out to fight bandits and work hard to earn military merit, only to be injured and get no benefits!
And what about the third brother
Without doing anything, he coaxed his father and mother to force Princess Mingle to go to the emperor to say a few words, and as a result, he was promoted to the fourth-rank martial arts general!
Why!
Ni Gong felt unbalanced and smashed the medicine bowl directly, without taking any medicine all day.
Ni's mother and Ni's father were anxious, and the two sat on the bedside to persuade him.
Mother Ni said while crying: "Mother's son, what's wrong with you? Why don't you take medicine? If you don't take medicine, you will be really lame!"
There were some things that Ni Gong couldn't say, but the second wife said what happened between Ni Shun and the third wife.
The second wife's daughter-in-law said all her dissatisfaction, "Father and mother, both are your sons, how can you be so partial to the third wife? Now that my husband is injured, the third wife is still angry with us. Is this justified? I don't care, the husband's slaying the bandits is also considered a credit, and he is much better than the third brother who does nothing, the elder sister must give my husband a higher official position than the third brother! Otherwise, the husband will not be able to take this medicine!"
"Okay, mother, go to Mingle, my son, you must not stop taking medicine. If your legs are lame, your career will be lost."
Father Ni also comforted a few words and handed everything over to Mother Ni.
In short, he habitually handed over all the evil people and evil things to Mother Ni.
Mother Ni brought her maid and maid to Mingle's yard. At this time, Mingle was not there, only Ni Zhan was there.
Mother Ni held Ni Zhan while crying, "Azhan, you must save your brother, he is your own brother, you can't watch him lame and destroy yourself."
Ni Zhan was confused and hurriedly asked, "Mother, what's the matter?"
Mother Ni cried and said everything.
Ni Zhan was stunned, "Mother, what did you say?"
Mother Ni cried: "Go and ask Mingle, ask her to find the emperor, and give your second brother a higher official position than the fourth rank, otherwise... Otherwise, if your second brother refuses to take medicine, there will be no cure for your legs. ."
"Mother, you promised me that father's time was the last time."
"Then are you watching your second brother ruin yourself? You are his older brother, you are both born of a mother, can't you save your younger brother?"
Mother Ni grabbed Ni Zhan's clothes and cried.
Ni Zhan was silent again.
Yes, he is the elder brother, and they are the brothers of the same mother. Does he really want to watch the second brother lame