After hearing this, the Su family looked at each other, and then subconsciously went to see Yao Jinzhi.
This matter is a wound that Yao Jinzhi can't poke, whoever touches it will explode, and I don't know why Su Hai suddenly mentioned this at such a time.
"Why did you mention her?" In the end, Yao Jinzhi took the initiative to speak.
Su Hai glanced at his mother, thought it over and said: "You always need to know about this, the man Pan'er is not an ordinary person, he is the prince, and that time he was on the southern tour of the prince, and Pan'er was his concubine, Only then did they come to Yangzhou together. Now that the crown prince has ascended the throne, he has become the Lord of Longevity, and Pan Er is now the imperial concubine."
From the moment Su Hai started speaking, the Su family was in shock, until he finished speaking, everyone was stunned.
After staying for a long time, it was Yao Jinzhi who broke the silence.
"How did she become the prince's concubine?"
"The salt merchant who bought Pan'er back then has some relationship with the Chen family, the mother's family of the empress. He bought Pan'er in the first place in order to send it to the palace to be the favorite of the then Crown Princess. Now that Pan'er has become a concubine, you follow the rules It should be a foreign relative, but Pan'er has had a hard time these years, I said this not only to tell you about this, but also because you may be called into the palace in the near future, and I don't want you to cause any trouble for her."
Miao Cuixiang's heart was full of joy when she heard the words of 'empress', 'relatives', 'entering the palace', and the smile on her face became bigger and bigger, and she didn't know what beautiful things she thought of.
She didn't react until Su Jiang couldn't see her and tugged her. When she found that everyone was looking at her, she blushed immediately and said: "Then according to what my uncle said, our family should be more grateful to that salt Shang, and the empress, otherwise, how could we Pan'er have such good luck, we would all be empresses in the palace."
Although Miao Cuixiang was born in the market, she has never seen anything in the world, but she has never seen her. She has heard of operas. In the operas, it is said that the empresses in the palace are all delicious and hot, and all officials will kneel when they see it. .
She remembered that she had seen a play called "What Comes?", in which the imperial concubine said she wanted the head of a certain high official, so she chopped off the head of that high official, which was simply not too imposing.
Now that I have become a relative, a relative of my mother, can I be so majestic, and can eat and drink spicy food all day long, and when I go out, everyone will kneel and call Madam when they see me. In fact, Miao Cuixiang was thinking about this just now, and she said something random in a hurry, so that everyone would not look at her, but Su Hai's face turned gloomy.
"Brother and sister-in-law, I have something to tell my parents, can you avoid it first?"
"What's the matter, why don't you let us hear it?" Miao Cuixiang complained.
As soon as Su Jiang pulled her up, he called his two sons and went out: "The second child told us to avoid it, so you should avoid it. Where there is so much nonsense, it must be something you can't listen to."
"It's about the empress, it's really not suitable for elder brother and sister-in-law to listen to."
In fact, it is mainly Miao Cuixiang, Su Hai still knows Su Jiang's character, he is not very promising, he is also very mediocre, but his mouth is very tight, and he will never say what should not be said, but Miao Cuixiang just...
If the husband knows some things, the wife must also know, which is why Su Hai even keeps Su Jiang a secret.
Only Su Datian, Yao Jinzhi and Su Hai were left in the room.
"You don't need to tell me about her. I said at the beginning that I wouldn't touch her. Even if she became a concubine, I wouldn't touch her. Did your sister help you get this general of yours? Do you know about the crown prince? I didn’t tell my family about my identity at the time, but did I secretly follow Pan’er to the capital behind my family’s back?”
Yao Jinzhi was a bit awkward at first, but the more he said it, the more he felt that he was telling the truth, he jumped up on the spot, and subconsciously wanted to find a feather duster to hit Su Hai. But this is not the old house in Yangzhou, the feather duster that hit Su Hai and bald is gone long ago, and Yao Jinzhi put it at the bottom of the box when Su Hai left home, so naturally there is nothing to look for now, and the momentum suddenly faded Folded in half.
But who is Yao Jinzhi? As long as she is energetic, the Bodhisattvas in the temple dare to scold her. Without a feather duster, they just slap her.
Su Hai was also cast out of the shadow by his mother, and subconsciously covered his head to hide, so he didn't have the prestige he usually had when he was at the border.
"... I told you not to learn well, I told you not to listen to me, to harm your sister..."
It wasn't until he was hit several times that Su Hai realized that he grabbed his mother's hand, and at the same time he couldn't stop laughing.
"Mother, it's not what you think. How can I fight in the capital? I have been in Yulin, and I was not called to the capital until I made meritorious deeds this time."
He roughly talked about the capture of Tunuha alive, and it was inevitable that Datong was attacked. He found the enemy's trail while leading the patrol, and he attacked the enemy from behind, and solved the difficulty of Datong.
Yao Jinzhi is a woman, how can he understand these things, but Su Datian can understand, when he usually has a spare time from work, or when he is waiting for work, there will inevitably be some storytellers in the tea shop by the side of the road.
Storytellers often talk about fighting. No matter how wimpy a man is, he still has a bit of blood. He yearns for the heroism of this kind of horse leather shroud the most. Listening to it makes people's blood boil.
Now that his son actually joined this kind of scene that was only heard in storytelling, Su Datian asked in great detail, from how Su Hai found the enemy's trace, how he was feeling at the time, how well equipped he was, and so on. No big or small questions.
It was enough to ask a few questions, Yao Jinzhi was patient, who knew that the old man had so many nonsense questions, even if Su Hai had the patience to tell him, she was impatient, and immediately drove Su Datian aside and said he was talking nonsense.
Now Su Datian was stupefied, he didn't ask any more questions, and sat aside without talking, Su Hai could only say that he would talk to him when he was free, and Su Datian looked a little excited.
"Speaking of business, just now your sister-in-law mentioned that she would like to thank the empress, what's the matter with your face being so gloomy?" As expected of her own mother, even if she hasn't seen her for many years, she can still see her son's expression.
Su Hai immediately stopped laughing, and roughly talked about Pan'er's life experience and the current situation.
"Although Your Majesty didn't say it explicitly, I can imagine that he definitely doesn't want your empress to have any relationship with the Chen family. Father and mother, think about it, if the empress and the concubine who is rightly favored by you are a family, how can the Lord Long Live be safe? The eldest prince is the empress The second prince and the third prince were born by the empress. His majesty's heirs are thin, there are only five princes, and the empress and empress account for three.
"So I took you over from Yangzhou. Originally, I planned to come back this time or go back to Yangzhou, or take you to the border, but the current situation really doesn't allow it. We have to help my mother let the Long Live Lord Rest assured."
What Su Hai said is too difficult for people to digest. Pan'er is from the Chen family, and she is a half-sister with the current empress. There are some princes and ministers involved in it, but Yao Jinzhi and Su Datian don't listen. I understand it too well, but I also understand a truth, the emperor hopes that the empress is from their Su family, and not related to the Chen family.
"Since the Chen family is as powerful as you said, they can't find a lost daughter? How did they lose their child? Why are they not as good as a commoner?"
this-
This will involve the secrets of the back house, and Su Hai is not too clear about the details. After all, he has not been in Beijing for a long time, and there are many things that he can't find out at all. He only heard a few words from His Majesty and Fu Gonggong's advice. understand the current situation.
But he guessed that it should have something to do with the second wife of the Chen family, Pan'er's aunt.
"Then according to what you said, this second lady is really nothing. Even if she wasn't her own, why did she throw away the child with such a big family property that can lack the child's food?" Yao Jinzhi couldn't understand.
Thinking about it, she was born as a woman and child in the market, so she doesn't know anything about wives and concubines, and the secrets in the mansion. Not to mention that Su Datian couldn't afford to take a concubine, even if he could, he would probably eat him alive.
"The situation is like this for the time being. Mother, you just need to remember that the mother is a child of our Su family, and she is your own. You don't have to worry about the rest. I will buy someone tomorrow, and there may be someone from the palace in two days. , to teach you and sister-in-law some rules and so on, so as not to make jokes when you and sister-in-law enter the palace and embarrass your mother. And father, you have to follow suit, maybe your majesty will call you to see him at that time. "
As soon as he heard that he was going to enter the palace and see the emperor, Su Datian's legs suddenly went limp.
"Can I not go?"
"I only say it's possible." That's all Su Hai could say.
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Outside, Miao Cuixiang and Su Jiang dragged along behind the maid, heading for the yard arranged for them.
After entering, the servant girl led them to have a look around, and after talking about where and what they were used for, they withdrew.
After the maid left, Miao Cuixiang turned around the room, looking around, touching everything, and smacking her lips at everything she saw.
After reading and touching, she came to Su Jiang and said, "You said that we can't listen to what the second child said to his parents?"
"Don't talk about the second child, it's the empress's business."
"Why can't you let us hear about your empress? How can you say that you are also his elder brother and I am also his sister-in-law. The eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. Does he still respect us?" Miao Cuixiang said aggrievedly.
"You, why didn't you say it just now? Why didn't you say that your elder sister-in-law is like a mother in front of your mother? Look at how your mother treats you! Get up and drive, tired all the way, I'll go to sleep for a while."
Su Jiang went to the bedroom inside, and when he sat on the couch, he even touched the soft bedding underneath, and then fell down with a smile.
Unexpectedly, before she was safe for a while, Miao Cuixiang sent the two children to play in the yard outside, and followed them again.
"I say you're stupid all the time, but you still don't believe me. Look at the second child, no, how good your mother is. Now the general is in front of you, and you live in a big house. You're still a big brother, why is it your turn?" If you want to be the big brother and still want the younger brother, you won't plan for yourself?" Miao Cuixiang twisted the corner of her clothes while talking, feeling excited and impatient in her heart, like a cat scratching, wishing that everything in front of her was herself Yes, his own man is the general, and the second child should be relying on them.
She went to shake Sujiang: "Let me tell you, when you see your mother tomorrow, you should tell her more about the past, and let her make you a general."
"It's all right, your man is a man who can fight on the battlefield? You are not afraid that I will die on the battlefield, and you will become a widow?" Su Jiang was still a little self-aware, rolled his eyes and pushed her aside, telling her not to shake herself , and said: "The second child earned it by himself. I told you long ago that the second child must be promising in the future. You don't believe it, so believe it now."
"Whoever is promising but not promising, you don't count on the empress, and if you fawn on the empress, you can become a general..."
Before Miao Cuixiang finished speaking, she was pushed away by Su Jiang. This time it was not like before, the force was very light, and she almost fell off.
Su Jiang sat up and said with a sneer, "You want to go back to your mother's house again, right? Don't forget that you were the one who made a fuss about separating the family and forced the second child away. Now that the second child is promising, we are You can only come to the capital with your parents to enjoy the blessings, if you are blessed, you will not enjoy it, think about something messy, let alone whether your mother will clean up you, I will not spare you in the first place."
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and fell on the couch, ignoring Miao Cuixiang.
Miao Cuixiang was in a terrible situation, crying and pushing Su Jiang, Su Jiang just ignored her, she felt bored pushing and crying, wiped away her tears and sat there.
"I'm just jealous that my second child has become a general, and I want you to be successful." She muttered softly.
"Whether your man is that material, you don't know, I know it myself. Get up, don't hit me, let me sleep for a while."
In this way, the Su family settled down in the Su residence.
Su Hai buys people, buys things for the house, and buys clothes and jewelry for his family. He is extremely busy every day. The Su family has never been able to avoid making a fuss, and now it has become numb.
So when Pan'er heard from Zong Cong that the Su family had come to Beijing, and specially sent two nuns from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to teach the Su family how to behave, the Su family had already learned to be calm and at ease.
It can be seen that although their clothes and attire are no doubt like those of Beijing people, their behavior still reveals a kind of cramped, a kind of helplessness of the lower class who suddenly become rich.
There are several people in the palace who are idiots. Since the imperial concubine chose them to come, she gave them a special call before coming, probably to prevent such a situation from happening. The two nuns did not show contempt, but began to teach the Su family how to behave very seriously.
Not only the rules in the palace, but also some simple manners, and even how to dress, how to speak and do things.
It was the first time Yao Jinzhi had been taught as a daughter by a woman younger than her in most of her life.
She didn't want to learn it, but she was also afraid of going out and making jokes for her son and daughter. Maybe it was Su Hai's heart to help the empress and the Long Live God inspired her. She complained in private, but she was quite serious on the surface.
More than half a month has passed like this. Although the Su family is still far away from those nobles in Beijing, it is no problem to enter the palace to have an audience.
The news spread to the palace, and a car came to the palace the next day to pick up Yao Jinzhi and Miao Cuixiang into the palace.
As for Su Datian and Su Jiang, they are men after all, and this time they were beaten again in the name of the imperial concubine and empress to meet her family, so naturally it has nothing to do with them.