Chapter 265: Quelling the Rumors and Accepting a Concubine
In order to eliminate the rumors, the Guogong Mansion made Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine extraordinarily grand, in addition to the banquet for the local rich gentry, Ma Shixiong, Li Jie and other cheap father-in-law also participated in the banquet, the two did not expect that they would climb the relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang Weng son-in-law, and they were so happy that they grinned behind their ears, and they said how good this son-in-law was and how lucky the little girl was......
When these words spread to the community, some people naturally began to refute the rumors that were unfavorable to Zhu Yuanzhang in the past. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info soon the servants of the Guogong Mansion also came forward to tell each other, telling that they had lived in the mansion for so many years, and they had never seen Zhu Yuanzhang rob the people's daughters, nor did they wantonly ravage the maids. Some people even leaked the information about how many maids there were in the house, when they entered the house, and what positions they were currently in, so as to prove that the maids were alive and well, and there was no such thing as hiding corpses in dry wells.
In the face of all kinds of factual evidence, the people's public opinion immediately changed its direction.
"I heard that a corrupt official tried to marry his daughter to Wu Guogong, but Wu Guogong found out, not only did he not marry his daughter, but also punished him. Maybe these words are the rumors made by the corrupt official. ”
"Wu Guogong walks around the Qinglou, there are always people who see it with their own eyes, right?"
"House flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers, man, who hasn't been to these places? However, I heard that Wu Guogong just went to take a look, and it is estimated that he is just trying to be fresh, after all, any of his wives and concubines are more beautiful than the women of Qinglou. ”
"It is said that he really got a Qinglou woman back to his house."
"Haha, it must be that prostitute with a dead face pestering Wu Guogong, aren't these kiln sisters just looking for a powerful backer?"
"That's right, people are begging and shouting to marry their daughters to Wu Guogong as concubines, does Wu Guogong still need to rob the people's daughters and ravage slaves? I didn't believe these words from the beginning. ”
"It's just that you didn't see today's scene, the fathers of those concubines couldn't close their mouths happily. Could it be that these fathers are pushing their daughters into the fire pit? It must be a good thing. ”
"Wu Guogong's concubine is more beautiful than us marrying a wife, which father is unwilling? If I had a daughter, I would be willing to hire such a son-in-law. ”
"I don't know if Wu Guogong still wants a woman, I also want to send my daughter to the Guogong Mansion!"
"So many women are rushing to marry him, so envious."
"Don't talk nonsense here. Without Wu Guogong, how can we live a peaceful and good life. Whoever speaks ill of Wu Guogong in the future, I will be the first to spare him! ”
"Yes, whoever talks nonsense in the future, we won't spare him!"
Envious, jealous, and lively, all kinds of discussions continued, and people gradually forgot that a few days ago they still regarded Zhu Yuanzhang as a hungry ghost and the Guogong Mansion as a forbidden place. Under the guidance of Zhu Wei, the atmosphere gradually turned positive, and more and more people spoke out to support Zhu Yuanzhang.
It was lively outside, and it was even more lively in the house, and the flowing water banquet was carried out from noon to evening.
In fact, the so-called large-scale concubinage ceremony was seen by the people, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang was just a concubine and not a wife, how could he really mess up the specifications. If the concubine's wedding banquet is comparable to a formal ceremony, it will make Ma Xiuying, Guo Ninglian, and Guo Hui unable to get off the stage, so the three concubines have not even shown their faces, and have been staying in their new houses since they put on red hijabs.
The guests who came were not a person with a head and a face, Ma Xiuying on the female side was not invited, and Li Shanchang and others on the male side did not appear, most of them were squires and businessmen from Yingtianfu and some elderly people, to put it bluntly, this is just a friendship between Zhu Yuanzhang and the local forces, and it is not the same as Zhu Biao's trial ceremony.
Guo Ninglian and Guo Hui were still unwilling, gathered in Ma Xiuying's house, and said angrily: "It's a shame that the master didn't let that cheap maid give us tea, otherwise I would have splashed the tea on her face!" ”
Ma Xiuying knew that they were scolding Li Guihua, and sighed silently, when this is over, she has to correct Li Guihua's name, otherwise Li Guihua has always had the reputation of seducing her master to climb into bed, and don't want to have a good life in the house in the future.
Xun Ying looked at the sky, there will be serious things to do, these two women are still running to complain, it's really annoying! She said to Ma Xiuying: "Madam, the house is too noisy, do you want to go and see Biao Gongzi." ”
Ma Xiuying didn't want to waste time and continued to listen to Guo Ninglian and Guo Hui's complaints, and said lightly: "Biao'er can't be frightened, I'll accompany him, and the two sisters will talk about it another day." ”
Guo Ninglian hurriedly stood up and said goodbye, "Sister, go and accompany Biao Gongzi, don't worry about us." I'll go and tell the servant to keep the movement quiet. ”
Guo Hui didn't say anything, and thought resentfully: It's good to kill Zhu Biao, what qualifications does a sick body have to be the eldest prince of the Guogong Mansion.
As the night darkens, the lights come on, the guests say goodbye one after another, and the hustle and bustle of the Guogong Mansion slowly quiets down.
The servant helped the crooked Zhu Yuanzhang to Li Guihua's room. This was discussed by Yu Suxue and them, and let Li Guihua serve Zhu Yuanzhang first.
"Guogong ......" Li Guihua closed the door and shouted nervously, except that she knew in her heart that Sun and Yu Suxue didn't know the true purpose of today's wedding banquet. She was also scared, not knowing what was going to happen tonight.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who should have been drunk, opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, and he was not drunk, he put his index finger on his mouth, signaling Li Guihua not to speak. After listening quietly for a while, he suddenly closed his eyes, leaned against the head of the bed and snored loudly.
At the same time, there was a knock on the door, Li Guihua opened the door uneasily, and saw the cook Wang holding a bowl of soup, and said with a smile: "Aunt Li, Madame heard that Guogong was drunk, and she was afraid of delaying the candle night in your cave room, so she specially asked the slave maid to bring a bowl of sobering soup, you should drink it while it is hot." After speaking, he looked in and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had not even taken off his wedding robe and fell asleep.
"Thank you, Aunt Wang." Li Guihua took the soup bowl and gave her a few rewards by the way.
Chef Wang just lowered her head to count the money, and didn't notice that Li Guihua's hands were trembling slightly. She squinted and saw Li Guihua shyly lifting Zhu Yuanzhang's head, gently pressing it against her chest, and carefully feeding the sobering soup. It wasn't until the soup was empty that she smiled and took the plate and said goodbye.
In fact, not a drop of the soup entered Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, Li Guihua deliberately turned sideways slightly to block her vision, and quietly poured the soup into the futon.
Hearing the footsteps in the distance, Zhu Yuanzhang turned over and got out of bed, "If anyone comes in the future, don't open the door, just say that I have fallen asleep, and if necessary, you can make some noise yourself." Then he blew out the candle, quietly opened the door, and went out while it was dark.
Chef Wang didn't go back to the kitchen directly with the empty bowl, but walked to the new room where Yu Suxue was and knocked on the door.
Yu Suxue opened a crack in the door, and before she could speak, she said with a smile: "Aunt Yu, Guogong really slept unconscious in Aunt Li's room, and the slave maid has already brought the decanting soup you prepared to Aunt Li." ”
"Has Guogong ever drunk it?" Yu Suxue asked as she looked behind her, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to this, a smile slowly appeared on her face.