When I got back to the city, it was getting late, so I went home for the night, and by the way, I took care of the recent home. There are Song Fuyou and Liu Houde, the entry and exit of goods and goods, personnel and other things are properly arranged, Liu Houde also wrote an additional list of recent contacts for me, including all kinds of gifts and posts, and those who came to the assassin are listed in another volume, I specially paid attention to the name of the assassin, and I didn't see anyone familiar - This time, Enke, took a Jinshi, surnamed Chen, the big number of Ang, my mother paid special attention, and also called him and several other outstanding people to ask a few words, personally awarded the post of Lintai orthography, I was outside, not allowed to attend, and my mother did not let me pass by, and I have not been allowed to meet, it is really embarrassing - it is that I have specially ordered again, where there are literati to come to the door, it is necessary to be entertained, Liu Houde implemented this very thoroughly, where the door to the assassin, everyone has tea and wine money to give away.

The housework was complicated, and I was afraid that they would deceive me, so I checked everything carefully and didn't sleep until late at night. The next day, I got up early in the morning, got up lazily in the afternoon, and was just about to enter the palace, and heard a report from the door, saying that it was Wei Qing, the brother of the princess of Luling and the chief of the examination, to meet him.

He obviously didn't expect me to be so solemn, and when he came in, he looked cramped, and when he saw him, he bowed down, and I hurriedly ordered someone to support him: "Director Wei is my sister-in-law's brother and brother, just like my brother, if you don't mind, please take brotherhood." And he ordered the curtains to be removed as a gift to his family.

The last time I saw Wushengren, Ah Huan was not married to Li Rui, at that time he was still as tall and strong as I was when I first met, and his skin was beautiful wheat-colored, but now he is blessed and bearded, and he has a little more official bearing, less handsome of the handsomeness of a teenager, fortunately, his stomach is not very prominent, and his face is not cross-meat, and half of it can be regarded as a beautiful man. The Tuyi of the same state brought by him, talking about his heart, is not worth mentioning. As he spoke, he presented the gift list.

I caught a glimpse of the list of wrinkles Jimo, musk and other things, which are quite valuable in the same state tribute, although it is nothing to me, but he has spent a lot of effort to buy it, and the first thing he thinks about is his material - although the heavenly official is clear, there are not many materials, and he is the head of the nine products, not to mention, if he is empty, it is better to make up for him a little. The second thing is thinking about Ah Huan, she doesn't say it, she actually misses this brother a lot in her heart, even if she can't let them meet, it's good to pass on a message for her.

After paying attention to his heart, his face became more and more relaxed, and Wen Yan chatted with Wusheng and asked him about the current situation at home. He now has a son and a daughter, all of whom were born to the Lu family, speaking of children, the eyebrows are full of joy, and asked me how Ah Huan is, listen to me talk about keeping etiquette, Fang said that he has some gifts that he wants to entrust someone to bring to Ah Huan, I don't know if I can trouble me, I naturally have to admit it, see that he ordered his family to take a big box, which is a trivial children's utensils, Xijing and Tongzhou's Tuyi hairpin ring, although it is not valuable, but everything has been carefully selected, obviously it took a lot of effort, the things were solemnly collected, and said to him: " In the same Beijing, Brother Wang's brother did not hesitate to see each other. "Personally sent him to the middle gate, and gave additional instructions to the door, if Wei Qing has come, be sure to report it, if I am not there, I will be entertained by the family order, and then bring the things that I can't bear to enter the palace.

Mother has been very busy this year, in the afternoon is not to discuss with the minister, or to listen to all kinds of scriptures, although the scriptures are the most Buddhist, Taoism, Confucianism is also a lot, I thought she was so busy, when I would not pay attention to such a small thing as I went out of the palace, who knew that she was called by her when she entered the palace, and asked a few words about the price of people outside, Fang leisurely asked: "Dugu Yuankang is still healthy?"

I said: "Luo Nangong went out of the city to visit friends, and I didn't see each other, but I heard Dugu Shao say that he can also ride a horse and shoot deer, eat three plates of meat at a time, and drink two catties of wine, which should not be bad." ”

The mother nodded slightly, squinted her eyes and said, "Dugu Yuankang was retired the year before last?"

Wan'er naturally added a sentence on the side: "Ren Shennian will retire, saying that the country will be peaceful, and he will not be a veteran, at that time, Luonan Gong was sixty and three, and this year there should be sixty-nine." ”

The mother seemed to show a little envy, and chuckled: "It's rare to be able to hunt at the age of sixty-nine. ”

I smiled and said: "A-Niang is good at self-care, not to mention that when she is sixty-nine years old, she is seventy-nine or eighty-nine, and she can still lead a bow and shoot deer, and she will be happy with the hearts of the people of the world." ”

This sycophant seems to be a little excessive, my mother glanced at me, did not answer, the index finger and thumb of the right hand twisted each other for a long time, half talking to herself and half inquiring: "What do you think of the Dugu Yuankang of Luonan County as the general of Zuo Yingyang and the general of Hebei Province?"

Wan'er and I glanced at each other, and each other's eyes showed some surprise, and they bowed down together and said: "Military affairs, concubines/concubines and others dare not talk about it." ”

The mother chuckled and said, "If you don't do what you say right away, why not talk about it?"

Wan'er looked at me, and I hurriedly said: "If A-Niang asks about taxes, merit examinations and other affairs, my son has been quite accustomed recently, and she will definitely speak freely, but this matter in the army, I really don't understand it, and I dare not discuss it." "So far, I have only memorized all the military attachés and other ranks, and I know a little about the origins and lives of several famous generals in the DPRK, in addition, let me talk about military affairs, which is really impossible to say, although Wan'er is smart, I am afraid that these things will be a mess, otherwise she has taught me for a long time, so that I will not mention it at all - sure enough, when my mother went to see Wan'er again, she had already lowered her head and bowed her body low: "The concubine is also not clear." ”

My mother sighed as if she was a little disappointed, and said to me half-reproachfully, "You always say that women are not inferior to men, and at the end of the day, there are some things that you still have to ask those men. ”

I was in a panic, and I immediately wanted to refute my mother, but when I opened my mouth, I found that there were no refutable words - and today, not to mention famous generals such as Heiya Changzhi, Cheng Wuting, Liu Renliang, etc., just Liu Yizhi, Pei Yan and others, can say one, two, or three on how to lead the troops, how to use generals, how to garrison, grain and grass, and morale and city preparation, but this matter has to be asked to any woman, even if it is a talented little lady like Dugu Shao or Cui Mingde, most of them can only be vague, at most they can say a rough idea, and what they can do in practice is extremely limited. However, women cannot be blamed for this. There is always experience accumulation in everything, such as Liu Renliang, who are all veterans who have led the army for many years and fought in the south and the north, Liu Yizhi and Pei Yan are slightly younger, but they are also characters who have been in the center for twenty or thirty years.

My mother didn't have time to pay attention to my careful thoughts, and after a little silence, she ordered someone to pass Cui Qiao, Liu Yizhi, Wei Siqian and others in. I knew that she was going to discuss with others, so she withdrew sullenly, and her good mood when she left the palace was completely gone, and she walked to Ah Huan with kicks and feet, and when she saw her coming back from outside, she asked her where she went, but she raised her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth: "Guess." ”

I said, "You didn't take Da Lang, you definitely didn't go to the garden, most of you just went to study the scriptures and listen to the scriptures?"

She smiled and shook her head: "Guess again." ”

I couldn't guess, so I walked into the hall side by side with her, took her in one hand and said, "Good sister-in-law, tell me." ”

She pushed me: "I don't even want to guess, are you lazy?"

I smiled and said, "If you're lazy, you're lazy, isn't my sister-in-law telling me because I'm lazy?"

She gave me a blank look: "I don't tell you, what are you going to do?"

Someone is on the side, I really can't do anything to her, I can only roll coquettishly and beg her to say, the funny thing is that Shouli ran out of it, saw that I was coquettish, and learned to pull his mother's skirt exactly the same, and learned to talk while pulling back: "Say, say, say." ”

Ah Huan couldn't be entangled by us, so he first picked up Shouli and coaxed for a while, sat on the couch with me, sent others away, and said, "Go to Cui Er." ”

I was a little surprised: "How did you remember to go to see her?"

She smiled a little proudly: "She sits there all day, she doesn't go out, she shouldn't run errands, but the supply is laid out, and the equipment is good, aren't you surprised?"

I said: "You see that she is idle, in fact, maybe she does a lot of things for A-Niang, don't let you know, besides, she is the grandson of the prime minister and the son of a family, and it is natural that the palace does not dare to snub her." ”

Ah Huan just laughed and didn't answer me, she was in a very happy mood, while teasing Shouli, after a while, Fang asked me how I persuaded Dugu Shao yesterday. I told her everything about yesterday one by one, and I was worried that she would blame me for not being able to speak, but she only smiled lightly: "A family has been in politics for many years, familiar with court affairs, and there are more ministers, but they are not very involved in military affairs, Liu, Cheng, Heiya and other generals are all promoted by the first emperor, although they are loyal saints, but they may not be loyal to the queen mother, and they are more willing to use Dugu Yuankang, who has been suspended for many years, is also natural - the original use of Dugu Shao, isn't it just to show favor to him?"

I said: "That's the truth, but Yuan Kanggong is willing to serve the Queen Mother, but he may not be willing to serve my aunt - do you understand?"

I have vaguely revealed my mother's ambition to her many times, Ah Huan is not surprised, only smiled: "So I asked you to persuade Dugu Shao, everyone knows that she wants to keep the heir, although she is a daughter, in fact, she is like an heir, if she serves the A family, her father will not serve the family." ”

I don't need her to say this, I know it, but yesterday I went to persuade Dugu Shao, but it wasn't for this.

Ah Shao not only has the ambition of Lingyun, but also unswervingly moves towards her ambition from beginning to end. I've always admired her for that. Moreover, although I am a useless person, unable to rectify the society and clarify the bad customs, there are people who are willing to be such pioneers, and I am willing to do my part for her. Although the motives of this strength are really very mixed, and when you study it carefully, it is even a little unbearable.

I looked at Ah Huan, she has always had no special likes and dislikes for Dugu Shao and Cui Mingde, but yesterday she deliberately mentioned Dugu Shao's dismissal, which caused me to discuss the situation with her, discuss countermeasures, and coax me to go out in the rain to persuade Dugu Shao. In his own thoughts, I am still worried that these two people will hold our shortcomings, and we must drag them into the water.

If it had been a few months earlier, I would have been a little hesitant in my heart, not only because I don't like such calculations by nature, but also because Ah Huan hit the abacus on my head again. But yesterday when she came to talk to me with Shou Li, I almost did not hesitate to obey her.

After all, I'm not alone now, I think of Shouli's timid sentence "Queen Mother" a few months ago, and when I think of Dugu Shao's home, the pretending to be crazy and cynical face, for some reason, a little confused. 166 Reading Network