"Yes, Emperor Taizu of Great Qi was born recklessly, and the meritorious ministers who followed him, that is, the marquis who were later divided, most of them were also from humble backgrounds and had no background at all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is still the first generation of Weibeihou who followed Taizu to fight the world, and after making great achievements, he was named Weibeihou and became a high-ranking gate, but such a high-ranking gate, in the eyes of the family, is vulgar and useless. In order to change the situation, the first generation of Wei Beihou found a way to beg Emperor Taizu, and insisted on pointing out a woman from the Cui family in Qinghe to his eldest son as his wife, and let the eldest son accept the daughter of a giant in Jiangnan as a concubine. ”

"Because Emperor Taizu was forced out of the house by his younger brother and father's concubine in his early years, he hated concubines and concubines very much, and all his subordinates who spoiled concubines and killed their wives must be belittled. ”

After being passed down for several generations, the rules brought in by the Cui family and the wealth brought by the rich concubine have become the foundation of the husband's family, and there are also the people brought into the husband's family by this wife and concubine - the servant in the room, the shopkeeper in the shop, the shrewd steward, and the loyal account room. The daughter of the Cui family was born in a family, and she has the means and power of her husband's family, coupled with the sons and slaves who are more capable than ordinary people, which have been passed down from generation to generation, and finally make the Xu family, an originally declining family, prosperous day by day, and there is no shortage of power. Those ministers from the dragon in the capital also followed suit, and only now there are today's so-called high-ranking families. ”

Bai Chenghuan said slowly, as if she was afraid that she wouldn't understand, Li didn't know how her daughter knew this, but she wouldn't think about it anymore.

Li Shi was surprised by another thing: "That concubine has no children in her life, shouldn't her dowry be returned to her mother's family?"

"How is it possible, concubines are bought and sold, except for the royal concubines, all the concubines in the world are considered half slaves, and the family of the merchants, sending women into the high gate as concubines, is actually to find a proper reason to be involved with the high gate for protection, and the money is impossible to recover no matter what. Otherwise, have you ever heard of the fact that the concubines of our Great Qi Dynasty have dowries?"

Li suddenly realized, nodded and said, "That's right, but what does this have to do with us?"

"Mother, compared with the Xu family, we are naturally not qualified, but the reason is the same. Now the Bai family has no power background, and the only ones who can rely on it are themselves and the people in their hands. Don't even think about making a fortune by relying on your father's fortune, it's a little feasible for us to find another way ourselves. What were the requirements for my mother to buy slaves in the past?"

Bai Chenghuan lowered his eyes and said, but his expression was a little abrupt.

The Xu family is the home she misses, and the Cui family girl in her mouth is her great-grandmother. It's just pitiful, the concubine who was sent to the Houfu by her family spent her life in vain, and the only reward she got in the end was to make an exception after her death and enter the ancestral hall of the Xu family as a flat wife to enjoy the incense of the next generation.

"Of course it's obedient, honest, and able to work. Lee didn't hesitate.

Bai Chenghuan shook his head: "Of course, such a person is excellent for work, but a person who is too honest is not worthy of a big responsibility." Mother may wish to buy a few more people who have to use, do not have to be too picky about the character, but seek to be shrewd and clever, with a broad vision, it is best to have a skill, although the price will be more expensive, but the usefulness is also greater. ”

Capable and loyal people are not cultivated in a day or two, and in today's Bai family, seeking useful manpower is the first place.

Li nodded again and again: "Huan Niang is reasonable, when my mother picks someone again, I will do what you say." ”

Bai Chenghuan said this, felt a little thirsty, took out the teapot and teacup, poured a cup of tea, took a sip in his hand, and remembered something again.

"My mother said that there is a Zhuangzi shop on the Bai family's side, right?"

Speaking of this, the Li family was extremely angry: "But no, when I came here to marry far, your grandfather's livelihood was also difficult, so I didn't marry any shop Zhuangzi, only gave me more silver, in order to be better off in my husband's family, but after a few years, the silver was almost wiped out by your grandmother, and the rest of the jewelry and clothing were also sold after the separation, and the Zhuangzi shop over there was not a share at all for our family!"

Bai Chenghuan naturally knew that this was Li's heart disease, and comforted: "Mother doesn't have to be angry, this time is different from the past, you go back and explain to your father, if your grandmother has any excessive requirements for our family in the future, then at least take a Zhuangzi and a shop in exchange." ”

There are ready-made ones, and she won't wait slowly, so this is what Bai Bingxiong and the Li family originally deserved.

"Just someone like your grandmother, she, how can she let go?" Even if Li listened to his daughter's words, he felt that this was a fantasy.

Bai Chenghuan looked at Li with a kind of certainty in his smile.

"Yes, as long as what she wants from us is important enough, she will be willing, and even if she refuses, someone will definitely make her willing. ”

The Bai family of three plus the servants of the family returned home when it was already dark, and although they came and went by carriage or horseback, they were still tired.

The servant woman who stayed at home quickly fetched hot water and came over to serve the dusty family to wash, and Bai Chenghuan also went back to the east chamber to wash and change clothes.

When the family sat down together again and started to have dinner, before they had eaten a few bites, Xiao Wu, who was watching the door, ran in again.

"Madam, there is a young man outside the door, with an attendant, saying that it is your nephew, do you want to go out and have a look?"

"My nephew?" Li Shi was surprised, and then his face darkened: "Drive me away, it must be a fake!"

She really has a nephew, but in Jiangzhou, nine out of ten people are the scoundrels during the day!

Bai Xianghuan didn't know what to do, stood up and said in surprise: "Could it be Cousin Li Hong?

"Don't worry, I'm going to get that kid in and beat him up!"

Bai Bingxiong also got up and picked up his chopsticks.

Bai Chenghuan's hand shook, and the chopsticks fell on the table: "Father, don't do it!"

Bai Bingxiong looked solemnly at his daughter, who was very abnormal when he met that kid today.

"Huan Niang, what the hell is going on?"

"Father, he is the king of Jin. ”

The little woman who stood up said calmly.

The room was silent for a while, Bai Bingxiong only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he was dying, it was actually King Jin!

He looked left and right, and was very glad that since his daughter gave him an idea last time, the family had a habit of not waiting for anyone to wait for him.

Bai Xianghuan was still confused: "Isn't it my cousin, why did you become the king of Jin again? Shouldn't the king of Jin be in Hedong......

Saying that, he also changed his face, no matter how nerdy he was, he knew that this vassal king left the fiefdom without permission and ran to a military attaché's house, if it was known, what kind of turmoil would it cause!

Bai Chenghuan saw that the family was like a great enemy, and bowed his head and left the table.

"Father, brother, wait a minute, I'll send him. ”

Li hurriedly grabbed her: "You are a girl's house, what are you going to do to see him, or do you want your mother to go...... Huan Niang, how do you know that person is the King of Jin?

Bai Chenghuan bent down and saluted the Li family: "It's my daughter who is willful during the day, but I was thinking at the time, if we don't help him enter the city, in case he is found out, so many people will look at us and pull with him, it's not good after all, as for his identity, the pair of dragon-patterned soap boots on his feet are enough to prove it." ”

"Look at the pattern on the boots, only the prince with the title of prince can wear it, and at this age, the only one who can match the entire Great Qi is the King of Jin!"

Bai Xianghuan and his father's understanding were different, and he gasped straight away, is this his sister? How can she be so wicked?