Chapter 340: The Gentleman's Revenge
Thinking of the past, Rui Chengwang's face was a little red, Xiuwen's matter he was ashamed of Mu's, at that time he felt that Mu's was also old, he hadn't entered Mu's room for many years, Mu's could not have any more pregnant women, so it didn't hurt to keep his daughter in her name, and it was good for Mu's to have an extra daughter under his knees. Sure enough, Mu Shi didn't say anything more after Mu was already in the boat, but where everything needed to be discussed between the two, Mu Shi said that it would be good for him to decide, he was very cold, he was afraid that Mu Shi would be angry, although Xiuwen was recorded in Mu Shi's name, but he was raised by another concubine.
Now this Xiuwen is in trouble, he really has no face to say to Mu Shi, he wants her to find a way to clean up the mess for her daughter, I heard that in recent years, Mu Shi has gradually handed over the middle feed to the princess, he is just reading and writing, tending to flowers and plants, but this matter can not let him discuss with the princess, he has to come to Mu Shi, for Xiuwen alone, he said that he will not come back to trouble Mu Shi, but now for the inheritance of the entire Ruicheng Palace, the throne left by the ancestors must not be lost.
Compared with the anxious King Ruicheng, Mu Shi was not in a hurry or impatient, and said lightly: "Lord Wang, this kind of matter has its own conclusion in the palace, and it is useless for us to be anxious."
"However, something has to be done, you know that there have been many rumors outside recently, which are very unfavorable to my Ruicheng Palace." Seeing Mu Shi's relaxed and leisurely appearance, King Rui Cheng was even more anxious, and couldn't help complaining, "Why aren't you in a hurry at all."
Mu Shi smiled, his expression was calm, "Lord Wang, you have also come through strong winds and waves, I have never seen you so flustered in the past, what is wrong with you today?"
King Ruicheng was asked, yes, since he inherited the throne of Ruicheng, the court has changed several times, and he almost can't even keep the palace of Ruicheng.
In order to hide his embarrassment, King Ruicheng sighed. If it were me, of course I wouldn't be so anxious, but isn't it for the sake of the son now?
Mu Shi said: "Lord, this matter is not a big deal, I have thought about it, at most the title will be lowered by one level, it doesn't matter."
"It doesn't matter if you demote the knight?" King Rui Cheng almost wanted to jump up and ask, is Mu Shi still the biological mother of the prince?
Mu Shi said lightly: "In other words, the prince came in a little carelessly, relying on the throne is about to arrive, the errand is not easy to handle, and drinking and having fun all day long is really not like words."
"Is there such a thing?" King Ruicheng didn't know the recent situation of the son, and he put all his thoughts on his youngest son Zhenyun.
Mu Shi nodded, "A few years ago, when the succession was fierce, the prince was worried about being implicated, but he was very restrained, but in recent years, there has been no major incident, and it is a little scattered, but Zhenyuan This kid is good, the outside officials have done a good job, they have worked hard, and the people and Shangguan are quite appreciative, I heard that the boss intends to transfer him back to Yancheng, but he is still unwilling, saying that he hopes to experience a few more years outside."
Zhenyuan, King Ruicheng almost forgot that he had this son, and when he heard Mu mention it, his face suddenly became a little scornful, Zhenyuan was his second son, he was drunk and born to a servant girl, that handmaid was nothing special, if he wasn't pregnant with a child, he would have been left behind, Rao is giving birth to a son, he just left the mother and son aside for Mu to take care of, never cared, this child studied and became a family and embarked on a career is handled by Mu Shi.
Since Mu Shi mentioned it, King Rui Cheng couldn't help but say: "Is Zhenyuan still a county official in Fengming County?"
Mu said: "Fengming County has long been transferred to Wuyang after the expiration of the term of office, a few days ago I sent a letter, saying that I will return to Yancheng next month, about the beginning of next month, this time Jiao Niang can be reunited with mother and son, Zhenyuan's daughter-in-law was in office, and she gave birth to a daughter, the distance is far away and it is inconvenient to bring it back, and she has not seen her granddaughter, and she is chattering all day long."
Who is Jiao Niang, King Rui Cheng has no impression at all, fortunately, Mu Shi said that it is a mother and son reunion, and then he remembered that it was probably the name of the second son's biological mother, and he thought that the second son had been transferred to the general judgment of him as a father but he didn't know, and he couldn't help but sneer again, "This Zhenyuan now has two two and one daughters, okay, okay...... The family is reunited."
Thinking that his second son didn't seem to have written to him, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Mu Shi guessed his thoughts, and said gently: "Zhenyuan is busy with affairs in office, and ordinary family letters are written by his daughter-in-law, but from time to time he asks someone to send back a lot of local specialties, which is considered to be a heart."
"Yes, this kid is still very filial to you." King Rui Cheng said this in a curt, and couldn't help but say, "You just said that Zhenyuan still wants to practice outside for a few more years? How can this work, since he is back, he will stay in Yancheng, I will find a good shortage for him, it is not better for the family to stay together and enjoy the joy of family, why bother running outside."
Mu Shi looked at King Rui Cheng calmly.
I can see that King Ruicheng has filial piety in his heart, and I don't know what I said wrong?
After a long time, Mu Shi said: "Enjoy the joy of family, I'm afraid that it is you, the prince who really enjoys, have you really thought about Zhenyuan?"
"Of course I'm thinking about Zhenyuan, there are officials who don't want to go back to Yancheng." King Rui Cheng said it rightly.
Mu Shi said lightly: "You haven't really considered Zhenyuan's situation, what will happen if Zhenyuan returns to live with his family? He is also your son, how has the prince treated him over the years?
"Xiuwen is Zhenyuan's sister, what's there to fight about?" King Rui Cheng was a little lacking in confidence when he said it, but in the final analysis, he also understood that Zhenyuan's son was ignored by himself.
Mu Shi smiled indifferently and did not argue, only said: "Back to the palace, Zhenyuan is the second son of the palace, young and old, but he is incomparable with Zhenyun...... Even the people in the palace will compare, and the sons and daughters of the nobles in the city like to sow discord, even if they have no ideas, they will be picked out by others.
King Rui Cheng couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, but still said: "In the past, I was busy with affairs, and there was a place to ignore Zhenyuan, but this time I will definitely find a good errand for Zhenyuan in the city."
Mu shook his head. Lord Wang, now is an eventful autumn, and the sons of the world have been reprimanded one after another.Zhenyuan If he wants to be really good, it is inevitable that there will be red-eyed troubles, Yancheng is a place where the relationship is complicated, and the errand is not easy to handle...... In addition, do you still want to ask Zhenyun to be crowned the king of the county?"
King Rui Cheng was suddenly asked, and opened his mouth for a long time.
Mu Shi didn't force him, but said: "Even if the mansion has passed the pass now, if Zhenyun asks for the title of county king, Zhenyuan will get a good errand again, and our Ruicheng Wangfu will be too conspicuous.
King Rui Cheng stopped talking, he had to admit that Mu's analysis was very reasonable.
Mu Shi said again: "Don't mention the things outside, even if it is in the house, the ladies are together, and it is difficult for several concubines to get along with each other, the princess doesn't need to say, the concubine of the high family, everything is good, but the temperament is a little arrogant, Zhenyun's daughter-in-law is not very good, she can live her own life before, and she has nothing to do, but if Zhenyuan's daughter-in-law comes back, where is her position? How will others compare when they go out to socialize?
King Rui Cheng thought for a long time before asking, "That's why you encouraged Zhenyuan to go out in the first place?"
Mu Shi said frankly, "Yes, since Zhenyuan was very young, I have always asked Jiao Niang to watch Zhenyuan study, educate him, no matter when, people have to fight for their own strength, not to mention Zhenyuan, it is the son of the world, I read and practice martial arts like that, I will watch it tightly, and I will not let him relax in the slightest, because I can tell you the truth, I don't care about the throne, even if it is a demotion, you can also let the prince earn it back with his own efforts, and it is the real ability that is not obtained by relying on the shadow of the ancestors."
King Ruicheng was stunned for a long time, and blurted out a sentence, "Then why did you marry this king back then?"
Mu Shi seemed to hear a joke, and said lightly: "The marriage event is naturally the words of the matchmaker at the behest of the parents, not what I want."
Rui Cheng Wang is like being drunk in the head, Mu Shi's words are to say again, she doesn't want to marry him, but she can't help it because of her parents' orders, no wonder for so many years, she doesn't care about her coldness at all, because she doesn't care.
"It turns out that you have always been ......" As a man, King Rui Cheng really couldn't say those three words, he was amorous for half his life, and a man's self-esteem was hit by Yan zhòng at this moment.
"Lord Wang, you and I are both at this age, and it is no longer appropriate to discuss this." Mu Shi pursed his lips and smiled, he didn't care about King Ruicheng's reaction at all, and said, "Forget it, don't talk about Zhenyuan them, they won't come back until next month, and it won't be enough to find a vacancy for a while, marry your husband, if the prince cares about the throne so much, I have a way to get through the current difficulties, I don't know if the prince is reluctant?"
"What's the method?" Rui Cheng Wang was in good spirits.
Mu Shi said slowly: "Show the Holy Lord that our royal palace will never escape harmony for a daughter."
"How?" King Ruicheng asked eagerly.
Mu's face turned cold, "Shang Song Zhe took the initiative to request that Xiuwen's county lord title be removed?"
"Ahh King Ruicheng thought of his daughter's future, and felt distressed again, cutting off the title showed that there was a problem with the woman's character, which was much more than never having a title.
Mu Shi's voice became even colder, "She, send it to the Zongmiao, and from then on, the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha will pray for the blessings of the ancestors."
"This, this Xiuwen is your daughter in the end, how can she be so ruthless?" King Rui Cheng was angry, and immediately stood up and glared at Mu Shi.
Mu Shi said lightly: "This is a once and for all method, and it is also the most effective, Xiuwen fell this time, whether it was done by herself, only she knows in her heart, your daughter, you also know this kind of thing she did, of course, you want to say that you don't believe me, I can't help it, it's just what I want to say, in order to clear up the relationship, Ruicheng Wangfu has already offended the Hu family, the Hu family is also a big family, and there are countless protégés and former officials, for such a trivial matter, is it worth it to make such a mortal enemy?"
"It's indeed possible that Miss Hu tweeted Xiuwen, and we didn't wronged her." King Ruicheng's dead duck has a hard mouth, but his words reveal a sense of emptiness.
Mu Shi said: "I don't know if Miss Hu has tweeted Xiuwen, but I don't approve of the way the princess and the palace handle this matter, the prince thinks it's okay and I have nothing to say, but there are some things, I don't think the prince knows."
"What's the matter?" King Rui Cheng's mood became more and more irritable, especially when he saw that Mu Shi was not in a hurry, and his heart was even more angry.
Mu Shi said slowly: "Xiuwen participated in the birthday banquet of Hufu, and met the sisters of Princess Ding who was still Miss Meng's family at the banquet, Xiuwen gave Princess Ding a good faceless, and after the eldest lady of the Hu family was a peacemaker and led Princess Ding away. [,!] is a pine nut wine that Miss Meng San can't touch, and Miss Meng San is so drunk that she doesn't know who is after drinking it...... Afterwards, there were some rumors, saying that Miss Hu Jiasan and the famous gentleman Hong Ergongzi were privately teaching and receiving each other, and it happened at the birthday banquet.
"And this kind of thing, why no one tells this king?" King Rui Cheng thought of what Guo Gang said about Princess Ding's relationship in this incident, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Mu Shi sneered. What about the prince who has no wind and no waves? It's not that there has been no such thing in the past, Xiuwen has not bullied and teased other noble girls once or twice with his title, what did the prince say, it didn't mean that the little girl was messing around? Your child bullies people, of course you think it's a child messing around, but whether the bullied person thinks so, it is unknown, don't bully the young and poor, today's inconspicuous little girl, maybe that day she will marry your son-in-law and fly on the branch to become a phoenix, I don't know what Xiuwen thinks, others just give it back, Miss Meng is about to become the princess of Ding, and her status is about to be a lot higher than her, what should she do for no reason?"
"Why don't you discipline well?" King Ruicheng was a little annoyed and angry.
Mu Shi's tone was even more disdainful, "I want to discipline? It's not that I was born or raised? How to discipline it? I persuaded the prince at the beginning, don't rush to ask Xiuwen for a seal, it's not trivial to ask for a county lord, Xiuwen is not a good thing for her to get the county lord, do you know that when you go out to socialize, do you really disdain to be with Xiuwen? Those lowly people will only hold her when they see Xiuwen's generosity, and there are maids and women in the house, etc., in this environment, how can you raise children well? Just look at Zhenyun, you can know that you don't study or practice martial arts seriously, I was looking forward to waiting for the king of the county to live a lifetime, but now I see that there is no hope for the title, this is like a headless fly running around, but Zhenyuan, I knew from the beginning that the family could not count on it, but said that I studied hard to earn my own future, if the son of the world can be half as diligent as Zhenyuan, I will not be so upset now."
As he spoke, Mu Shi seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "By the way, there is one more thing, presumably no one will tell the prince, right? Zhenyun's daughter-in-law's maiden family, the Ning family, sent a woman into the Dingwang Mansion, it is said that she looks a little similar to the former Dingwang Mansion, your son and his family are looking forward to this woman being able to get the favor of the prince, the mother's sister is sent to the palace without a name and no share, and the relatives are not relatives, and the concubines are not concubines, and others are panicked, and it is too late to avoid suspicion. It's not a shame, the princess reminded her twice, but she was blocked back by Zhenyun's daughter-in-law, and that's right, now we don't have the ability to earn a knighthood for Zhenyun to come back, naturally it doesn't matter, everything we say is cool words, standing without backache, prince, you have to have a heart, just talk about it yourself, I remind the prince, the princess is not simple, at this critical moment, I really want to offend her, she insisted that Xiuwen fell down the hill by herself, it is really indescribable."
Hearing these things, King Ruicheng's whole body became cold, how many things were still hidden from him in the mansion? He couldn't help but roar, "How did you act as a mistress? Why don't you care about the mess in the mansion?"
Mu Shi said lightly, "Even if there is a prince and a concubine, the children are already so old, and in two years, the granddaughter-in-law will enter the door, and she will have to take care of the east and west, like words? Why do you have to be disgusted when you are old? Roughly without making mistakes, just like Zhenyuan, no one helps to manage a qiē, but can grow up more, as for Zhenyun and his wife and Xiuwen, I didn't raise them when I was a child, and it is even more difficult to point fingers when I grow up, so as not to make them disgusted, but they will act against the grain, the prince thinks that persuasion is useful, so he will persuade himself, The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, the prince still has a throne to inherit, what Zhenyun will do in the future, it depends on themselves, I will remind the prince of many things, Zhenyun's hope for the throne of the county is really slim, let them recognize the reality as soon as possible and plan for the future is good for them, don't think about it again."
In front of Mu Shi, he was angry, and King Ruicheng walked out of the Yu Courtyard with anger.
After thinking about it, he walked to the Qianyunju where the third son lived, and walked all the way, only to see the withered scene of the courtyard outside the Qianyunju.
I didn't expect it to become so fast, I moved a lot of soil, and I had a lot of luxury.The plants and trees and so on seem to be new, and the flowers and plants that Concubine Liu likes are gone.,I think it was replaced by Zhenyun and his wife.It's really not like that.,This Zhenyun Suri often tells him that he misses his mother.Every time he talks about emotion, he still sheds tears like a child.,Is it so missed?
In anger, King Rui Cheng accelerated his pace and went straight in, until he entered the flower hall, but he heard a sound of frolicking and silk bamboo.
The little maid who was napping at the door lazily opened her eyes when she heard the footsteps, and when she saw that it was King Ruicheng, she was stunned for a while, and even forgot to salute.
King Rui Cheng snorted coldly, ignoring this stupid little girl, she should have broken in.
With the entry of King Ruicheng, all the voices inside disappeared in an instant, and everyone showed a look of surprise on their faces, looking frightened, and after a while, it was the third prince Peng Zhenyun who reacted first, and hurriedly ran over to salute, "Father, why are you here?"
King Rui Cheng glanced at Yingying Yanyan on the seat, and found that the third daughter-in-law Ning was actually among them, this Ning was dressed up in bells and whistles, wearing a cheesy red dress, and if she didn't know it, she thought she was a concubine and a singer.
Too lazy to look any further, King Rui Cheng threw up his sleeves and left in a hurry.
Peng Zhenyun hurriedly chased out
Along the way, no matter how Peng Zhenyun apologized, he just didn't speak, Peng Zhenyun chased him all the way to the study in the outer courtyard, and Ruicheng Wang walked all the way, thinking of this mess now, he slowly had an idea in his heart.
Entering the study, he closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, then he opened it, looking at Peng Zhenyun, who was a little disheveled, and there was a faint lipid mark on his neck, and he made up his mind and said: "Don't say anything, I think I doted on you too much before, and I said that my mother is more than Baier, you are spoiled by me and your mother, how long has your mother been dead?
According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the son of the side concubine does not need to keep filial piety for three years according to the rules of the mother-in-law, but only needs to be kept for one year, but it is easy to be criticized for frolicking and enjoying himself as soon as he is full of filial piety.
Look at the third son again, this son is not only born to the woman he loves, but also the one that is most like him when he was young, in contrast, the son is more like his biological mother Mushi, more than calm, but not handsome, and the second son is more like the concubine, there is nothing extraordinary, and he forgets it at a glance, so he has always loved this son the most.
But now that I look closely, my son, who has just turned thirty, has gradually become filial piety, and his face is a little swollen.
"Father, I'm just, just depressed...... Father, forgive me, I don't dare anymore." Peng Zhenyun knelt down as he spoke, kowtowing desperately.
Such a spineless and irresponsible appearance disappointed King Rui Cheng even more, and said coldly: "Needless to say, I have already made a decision, I will give you a vacancy in the field later, you can take your daughter-in-law and children to the post together."
"Father's ......" Peng Zhenyun was shocked, isn't this a disguised way to expel him from Yancheng, his title has not yet been settled, this expulsion, where is there any hope, even if King Ruicheng stretches his legs in the future, he will not take advantage of the family property when he is far away.
King Rui Cheng waved his hand and said: "I will order someone to seal the property that I gave to your mother before, and this is your family property in the future, don't think about it, he has a presence in the foreign office, I will naturally plan for you, if you don't fight yourself, these are your family's pension money."
"Father, I really know it's wrong." Peng Zhenyun screamed heartbreakingly, he really didn't understand, why did it suddenly become so fast, King Ruicheng kept comforting him, the coming day is long, there is no need to rush about the title, wait for Xiuwen's matter to pass, and then plan with him well, even if he can't get the county king, he has to be a second-class title, how can it become so fast?
"Do you know what's wrong with you?" King Rui Cheng asked lightly.
"Son, son shouldn't drink for fun, really shouldn't, son shouldn't forget his mother." Peng Zhenyun wept bitterly.
King Ruicheng closed his eyes, "It's just a trivial matter, I won't be sloppy with you, the most wrong thing about you is that you don't know how to be motivated, I can bear it, the most unbearable thing is that you actually go the wrong way, the son of a dignified prince, like those treacherous businessmen, please those disgraceful women in other people's back houses, and connive at his wife to exchange sisterhood with a plaything who doesn't even have the title of a concubine? Could it be that you think that your title can be obtained by such a woman? It's been gnawed to the point that there are no bones left, and it's ridiculous that the husband and wife are so stupid that they don't know how to offend people." (To be continued)
ps: I'm tired, I'm more than 12,000 today, ask for the pink of May.