Hearing this, Miao Cuixiang hurriedly sat up straight, it was not easy to tell the empress that there was a lot of trouble in the family recently because of the idiot's marriage.
Without him, Miao Cuixiang was marrying a daughter-in-law for the first time, so she naturally wanted to find something good for her son.
She has to be outstanding in appearance, good in family background, preferably with big buttocks and be able to bear sons, just like her. Don't look at Miao Cuixiang always complaining that her mother-in-law always said that she only gave birth to sons and not daughters, but in fact she is quite proud of it.
This is also related to the fact that she gave birth to a son for Su Jiang when she was old and pregnant, so I won't go into details here. All in all, now that the conditions are available, the daughter-in-law is naturally not bad.
For this reason, Miao Cuixiang was repeatedly slapped in the face by Yao Jinzhi, starting with Su Zhaojia and Su Zhaoming, and then Su Jiang and Miao Cuixiang. The golden branches were buried and discarded so that they were worthless.
But did Yao Jinzhi say something wrong
It's true, Su Jiang himself is an idle official, Miao Cuixiang doesn't even know his wife, she's just a low-ranking official. The reason why they can travel unimpeded inside and outside the palace is because of the face of the empress and brother-in-law. What do they have
Nothing at all.
In fact, it is not pertinent to say so. After all, Su Jiang is the eldest son of Su Jiang, and the titles of his relatives are mostly only passed on to one generation. Passed down three generations.
If there is no accident, the title of Uncle Yongshun will fall on Su Jiang, the eldest son, but Su Jiang and Miao Cuixiang don't have this kind of self-awareness. They always feel that they have to eat with their parents to get everything they have now. The title is unthinkable.
So Miao Cuixiang immediately fell into reality after being scolded by Yao Jinzhi, so she didn't bother.
Later, the Su family discussed several times, and settled on a few families with low official positions and titles, but relatively speaking, the family style was decent, and the daughter's character was good.
Especially this family tradition, at the beginning Miao Cuixiang was very puzzled when Yao Jinzhi asked the Su family to inquire about each other's family tradition.
Yao Jinzhi's answer was very simple and rude, buy a pig and watch the pen.
Just because of this sentence, Miao Cuixiang was confused for a long time, what does marrying a wife have to do with buying a pig. Later, when lying on the couch with Su Jiang and his wife, Su Jiang explained to her.
"Think about what to look for when buying piglets. It must be whether the sow is fat or strong, and whether it is sick. The people who sell the pigs take good care of them. The sow is healthy, and the piglets are well-fed and fat. Naturally, it is not easy. Sick, that's probably what my mother meant when she said it."
Miao Cuixiang's face was wrinkled by her husband's words.
That is to say, her future daughter-in-law is a piglet, and her future mother-in-law is a sow? What is this
In fact, Miao Cuixiang still hasn't figured out the relationship between buying a pig and marrying a daughter-in-law, but she still told Pan'er like this, and even complained to her sister-in-law, saying that her mother-in-law treats her future granddaughter-in-law as a pig thing.
Pan'er couldn't help laughing when she heard it, and felt that the sister-in-law and mother must be a lot of drama together, but it's a pity that she couldn't see it, but it was good to hear.
After that, she left the brochure that Miao Cuixiang brought, and said she would give her an answer in a few days.
In fact, she was afraid that the Su family still had something that they hadn't considered, so she would think about it on her own, and let Feng Hai help her find out more at ease. In addition, this matter needs to be cleared up in front of Zong Cong.
Miao Cuixiang left without saying anything.
In the evening, when Pan'er and Zong Cong were lying on the couch and gossiping, she told about buying pigs and watching pens, and Zong Cong frowned.
After thinking about it, he said, "What my mother-in-law said is rough and unreasonable. If the family style is not right, the children raised will not be much better, especially daughters. Usually, many of them are Influenced by mother or family."
"Then according to this, we can also refer to this when we marry our daughter-in-law in the future?"
Zong Cong laughed, and squeezed her arm, "We'll talk about it later when you become a mother-in-law."
"It's not going to be a few years. Zong Yuewan and the others are all fourteen, and suddenly they realize that time flies so fast, more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye." Pan'er said with a little sigh.
"Are you lamenting that you are old too?" Zong Cong hummed.
"Also old? How could I be old?" Pan'er sat up all of a sudden, and said, "A few days ago, there was a banquet in the womb, and there were some dukes and wives, Mrs. Hou, who said that I was with Wanrong, not like a mother and daughter, but instead They look like sisters. How can they look like you, since you grew this beard, you can only be a father, not a brother."
"Just talking nonsense, I'm mature and stable." Zong Cong spanked her buttocks, stroked his beard with the other hand, and couldn't help wondering if he was really old.
I went to see her again,
I saw her long black and smooth hair falling down, covering her shoulders, and against her already slender figure, she looked even more girlish.
She is obviously the child's mother, and she will become a mother-in-law in a few years, but she still looks like a girl who hasn't left the court.
"Do you think I'm old?" He squinted at her.
In fact, this scene has been staged in recent years. Anyway, as long as Zong Cong utters this sentence, it is equivalent to winning the emperor's gold medal.
The same routine, the two are not too annoying, but a little bit reluctant to leave.
Tired for a while, Pan'er lay back in his original position and said, "Anyway, I've thought about it, and I don't want Zong Yue to get married too early. When his character is more mature and stable, he should know what kind of woman he likes. At that time, regardless of status or family background, just let him marry someone he likes."
"Regardless of status and family background, you can think about it quite openly." Zong Cong snorted again.
Pan'er turned her face to look at him, lay in his arms, and said face to face with him, "Isn't it right? Think about it, the father is the emperor, and there are no kings in the world, and why let my son find someone to marry him?" Naturally, you can marry whoever you like."
Zong Cong smiled and pinched her face, "I just thought you were flattering me. Well, yes, your mouth is so sweet. I am very happy to hear that. Come on, let me taste it. Did you wipe your mouth? Honey…”
Pan'er hides from him to kiss, of course it must be a fake hide.
Fu Lu heard the commotion outside, couldn't help sighing, and picked up his eyes to see Bai Shu standing beside him calmly.
After comparing the direction of the door, Bai Shu nodded, and he stepped back to rest.
During dinner the next morning, the two talked about the Su family's going to marry their daughter-in-law.
Regarding the object and the family, when Pan'er was gossiping last night, he told Zong Cong all about it, but he just got off topic while talking, so naturally there is no more content.
When Zong Cong was about to put the chopsticks away, he told Pan'er that he had set a date to tell him that he would always reward something, firstly to give the Su family face, and secondly to give the bride some respect.
This is the way to go.
Turning back, Pan'er asked Feng Hai to send someone to inquire, and then screened according to the memories of the previous life, and finally left three families.
As for the rest of the choice, let the Su family make their own decisions. She can't make all the decisions, and it doesn't look good.
After about ten days, Miao Cuixiang came to the palace to speak.
It is said that two families have been settled, one for Mao Dan and one for Tie Dan. It's hard to choose a daughter-in-law. Anyway, the two brothers are two years old, so it's better to make it together.
This made Pan'er a little surprised. She thought that she would do it for the eldest nephew first, and wait for a year after the older one got married before doing it for the younger one. She didn't expect that the Su family would save trouble.
Thinking about it again, Tie Dan is not young anymore, Mao Dan is nineteen years old this year, and Tie Dan is seventeen, both of them are of marriageable age, so it's okay to make a decision first and then do another one after a while.
Pressing no mention, the Su family quickly wrote to Datong, asking if Su Hai might come back this year.
Su Hai hasn't come back for a few years, and every time he always says he's coming back, but he's always delayed by something.
For this matter, Yao Jinzhi wiped away many tears, and felt that his son should be so high and responsible, and felt sorry for Su Hai who was old and didn't even have a wife.
If Jingli didn't need her to sit and watch, she would have gone to Datong a long time ago to suppress Su Hai and let him marry a daughter-in-law.
Su Hai quickly wrote back to the Su family, saying that his nephew was getting married, and he would definitely come back. He said that if he could come back in July, the Su family set the marriage in July.
It was a bit rushed, but the Su family didn't have any difficulties. Besides, the woman's family's family status was not as good as that of the Su family. At first, she was a little surprised that her daughter was picked by the Su family.
In addition, the Su family gave a lot of betrothal gifts, and the imperial concubine in the palace also rewarded things. In this way, the face was saved, and the woman's family even lost the last point of opinion. They had discussed and prepared with the Su family The marriage of two juniors.
Of course, this is off-topic, so I won't go into details.
It was May, and Zong Cong originally planned to take Pan'er to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat, but he didn't expect the news that the Jin people and the Tatars had changed at the border, so the matter was delayed.
In fact, for the frontier, there was a small battle every three years, and a big battle every ten years, but the weather was different in bad years and famine years, and there were always battles to be fought, and the court was used to it.
The year before last and last year, people in the Ministry of War were guessing that it was almost time for a big battle in ten years, why there was no movement outside the customs.
Of course, this kind of guessing is not gloating, let alone a fantasy of looking for trouble.
It has been confrontation with those nomads outside the pass for so many years. If it goes back to the previous dynasty, it will have a history of nearly a hundred years. The court has already figured out a certain pattern.
The weather outside the customs is extremely cold, the temperature difference between cold and hot is large, and there are no crops, so they only rely on grazing for a living. Of course, in recent years, the Jin people and the Tatars have also developed a set of planting methods suitable for their local area, but this set of planting methods is still young, and the other party does not have anyone proficient in this area, so the output is extremely low. So most of the time they still live by grazing and aggressing other people.
Therefore, whenever there is a severe drought or snow disaster, Dazhou is affected, and they will naturally be affected.
Under such circumstances, after finally surviving the harsh winter, these people who have been suffering from hunger and cold for a winter will definitely harass the border in the next spring, so as to obtain supplies for continued survival. If there is a drought, or if there is a war in the tribe, it is inevitable to come out to fight grass in autumn.
And wherever there are people, there are fights. Don't those aliens have internal fights? Listing the names of the various tribal groups would be enough to dazzle the people of Dazhou, so their infighting would also delay their attack on the border.
Zhou has thoroughly researched these things, and many important towns have sent spies deep into their stomachs. With all kinds of information gathered together, there is naturally a set of "prediction" methods, so that they can be dealt with with half the effort.
Therefore, various situations have shown that in the past two years, there will definitely be a big battle at the border, and it may not be limited to a certain border town.
For this reason, the imperial court has already started to make various preparations in secret, not to mention the military pay and rations, and the weapons and armaments have also been prepared.
This is also the reason why Zong Cong temporarily put down to Xiyuan to escape the heat as soon as he heard that there was a change in the border.
This year's weather is extremely hot. As soon as May entered, the palace began to use ice.
Empress Chen has never said that she will take over the palace affairs, so the palace affairs are still in charge, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already got through with her. Judging from this year's situation, I am afraid that there will be no ice left. not enough.
Pan'er arranged for them to go to Huangzhuang or Nanyuan, and bring some of the ice stored there back to the palace, so they must not miss the daily expenses of the various places.
On the other side, she also listened to complaints from the people below.
Isn't it a complaint? If it was the past, those of them who served by the master would have gone to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat, where gods can only stay. This year, it seems that they can only stay in the Forbidden City. The masters suffer, and the slaves naturally suffer along with them.
Of course, this is all just gossip.
In June, fighting broke out at the border.
Under such circumstances, Su Hai would naturally not be able to come back in July.
Pan'er guessed that Yao Jinzhi must be unhappy for a while, but she didn't know that the situation was more serious than she thought, and it was only after Miao Cuixiang went to the palace to tell her that she knew what was going on.
It turned out that Yao Jinzhi was thinking that his son would return to Beijing in July, so he thought of a way to force Su Hai to marry him, that is, kill him first and play later.
Anyway, as long as the person came back, she would naturally have the final say, so she decided on the last one for Su Hai.
Everyone in the Su family knew about it, and they were afraid that Pan'er would be unhappy if he found out, or would leak something, so even the palace kept it a secret. The outsiders only thought of it as a marriage for Su's family's son, and they never thought that there was Su Hai himself here.