Chapter 372: Settle accounts after the autumn
According to the recent experience, King Rui Cheng deduced that Mu Shi asked people to invite him, it must be for the sake of Fang Cai, and it would be good to deal with it according to the method Mu Shi said, what else should he discuss?
Thinking of this, King Ruicheng has a little numb scalp, but he can't go if he doesn't go, he is a big man, if he says that he is hiding from a woman, it will be embarrassing to spread it.
As a last resort, King Rui Cheng could only follow the maid to Mu's room.
The maids and mothers-in-law were waiting outside, and Mu Shi made a cup of tea for King Ruicheng with elegant demeanor, and his demeanor was gentle, which made King Ruicheng a little flattered.
Taking a sip of the mellow tea, King Rui Cheng decided to show favor first, and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, otherwise Ning Ya'er wouldn't know how long to quibble, I didn't expect that this little woman was soft and weak, and there were so many ghost eyes, so that this king looked away."
Mu Shi said lightly: "The more weak women are, the more likely they are to lie most of the time, and use their weak appearance as a cover, most ordinary men can be confused, of course, this can't be blamed on these weak women, this is their means of survival, who told you men to like this? Even if you are not weak, you have to pretend to be a little weak."
After a few words, King Rui Cheng was extremely embarrassed, and couldn't help but say, "Why have you been talking like this lately...... Mean, you weren't like that before."
Mu Shi smiled, "I have always been like this, the previous dignified and virtuous were all pretended, no way, I had to be like this in the past to live well in this Ruicheng Palace, women, most of the time I have to live with my head down, I have survived most of my life, and now my grandson is married to a daughter-in-law.
"As a woman, you naturally have a husband as your heaven." King Rui Cheng's face was a little unbearable, and there was a hint of anger in his voice, but because of his previous attitude towards Mu Shi and Mu Shi's methods in the last few things, he was a little frightened.
Mu Shi did not be angry or justified as King Ruicheng imagined, he just waved his hand, as if he disdained to quarrel, and said, "This time I invite the prince to come, there is something to discuss with the prince."
"What's the matter?" King Rui Cheng's heart was a little raised, for fear that Mu Shi would raise some problems.
Mu Shi's expression was cold, and he didn't care: "The princess came over and mentioned a family matter to me. Someone proposed to Xiuwen, after all, Xiuwen is the prince's biological daughter.
"Who's family is here to propose? The matter of harmony has not been cut by the saint, and now it is not good to say goodbye to Xiuwen?" King Rui Cheng was a little hesitant. He naturally hoped that his daughter could have a good home, and he didn't have to marry a foreigner, but he was even more afraid of angering Shengyan. Now a little bit of ink corruption is like this, and many courtiers are frightened, for fear that a little thing will anger Shengyan.
"This prince doesn't have to worry, the object of this advance is receiving the holy favor, and the saint will only be happy, and will not object." Mu Shi said, paused for a moment before saying, "It's Concubine Yang's mother's family."
"That Concubine Yang?" King Ruicheng's face suddenly turned ugly.
Mu Shi asked rhetorically: "How many concubines surnamed Yang are there in the palace?"
"Is the Yang family the son who courted Xiuwen?" King Rui Cheng asked with a glimmer of hope.
Mu Shi's words shattered all hopes of King Ruicheng, "It is Concubine Yang's own brother, the one that everyone knows."
Rui Chengwang's face was completely blackened, who didn't know that the younger brother of Concubine Yang was a fool, he fell from a tree when he was a child and broke his brain, half of his face was oblique, like a ghost, when Concubine Yang was first favored, many jealous concubines instigated her mother's family to speak, saying that Concubine Yang had such a younger brother, and there might be some illness in the bloodline, if the saint was close to Concubine Yang, there might be shortcomings and so on if the concubine was pregnant, until it was found out that Concubine Yang's younger brother was injured by a fall, not a disease from beating the mother's womb, everyone just stopped for a while.
It's just that there are still a lot of people who sneer behind their backs, but there are also maintenance, after all, Concubine Yang only has such a younger brother, the Yang family is mediocre, originally just a squire, even if Concubine Yang is favored, their parents have no official position, and the biggest official position of relatives within the five suits is only from the sixth grade, but there is no worry about relatives, even if the prince is born, there is no strong external support, there is no threat to the adult prince, and more importantly, at that time, there was Concubine Yan who had a better family background and was more favored by the saints, compared to Concubine Yang, she was weaker, Some of the concubines in the palace who are adult princes support Concubine Yang, hoping that she can suppress Concubine Yan.
Concubine Yan died in childbirth a few years ago, Concubine Yang had a bit of a posture of favoring the harem, and the Yang family was even more arrogant, saying that she would give her son a famous lady to be a daughter-in-law and look down on the side of the concubine, this matter was rumored to be a joke in Yancheng, but she was just a concubine, and she was favored for a while, so she dared to be so delusional? Don't say that she Concubine Yang was just favored for a while, even if she was lucky enough to give birth to a prince, whether she could grow up, and whether she would have a chance to grow up is also a question, the real Xungui will look at their family, even if she is a stepmother, No matter how you look at your stepdaughter like a thorn in your side, you won't be so shameless to agree to such a family affair to find such a son-in-law, so she proposed to marry a few families, and everyone refused.
I heard that Concubine Yang also made a fuss and asked the saint to give marriage, but now the saint is not so confused, and the minister's good daughter is promised to such a fool, which may add a lot of notoriety in the history of the future in the future.
Now Mu Shi said that the Yang family is Xiang Xiuwen. [,!] proposed, and was about to agree when he heard the meaning, and King Ruicheng's face naturally darkened.
Mu Shi sighed and explained: "Lord Wang, I know what you think, I am not shirking my responsibility, this family matter is said by your good daughter-in-law Tang Shi...... You were also worried before, the prince will not be able to inherit the throne for a long time, I am afraid that even if he can inherit the throne, he will be demoted, the people of the Yang family promised, as long as Xiuwen is allowed to their family, Concubine Yang can speak in front of the saint.
When King Rui Cheng heard this, he completely collapsed on the chair and wanted to complain about the Tang family.
Mu Shi said with some irrelevance: "Lord Wang, this is your own decision...... This Tang family is also embarrassed for her, there are constant things in the house, and she has to work alone for big and small things.
King Rui Cheng is even more deflated like a ball, but he can think of his daughter's delicate face.Well-behaved appearance, Xiuwen has been more sensible after the recent accident.He also offered to go to the nunnery to pray for his parents, how could he bear Xiuwen to marry a crippled fool like this? This is really not as good as Mu's original mention yì, cut into a nun, and the life of the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha can be quieter.
It's just that Mu's words also have some truth, after offending King Ding again, do you want to offend Concubine Yang, who is being favored?
The son and daughter are more important, ordinary people can measure it, and besides, it also involves the issue of title, if you really want to offend Concubine Yang, the heir to the throne is really far away.
The second son Zhenyuan did not come back during the New Year, but only sent a letter to Mu's family, saying that he would stay in the local area for the New Year, and they all came back in previous years, although he was busy, and he didn't have time to ask Zhenyuan about his appointment, which was tantamount to ignoring, and he didn't even know when Zhenyuan was sentenced by Wuyangtong, but if he really didn't come back, he felt empty-hearted.
Zhenyuan's letter this time, he read it carefully, the letter did not tell the grievances, but seemed to be a little fortunate to be able to stay in the general judgment, as if he was worried that he would not be able to do even a small general judgment, which made him extremely ashamed, and felt that he was really sorry for this son.
At present, the third son Zhenyun and that Ning Ya'er are still in trouble, at this time, if it is for Xiuwen to fall out with the prince and the princess Tang, I am afraid that the third son will not have a good life, on the contrary, if he agrees to the family affairs, the prince can inherit the throne smoothly, the Tang family has nothing to say, naturally they can treat Zhenyun and them well, otherwise it is reasonable to say that it is unreasonable, how can he choose? And marry a good daughter to a fool, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, how will relatives and friends view him?
After a long while, King Rui Cheng let out a long sigh, "Just promise the Yang family, it's just ...... Give Xiuwen more dowries, don't wronged her."
After weighing the pros and cons, he could only agree.
"Don't worry, I won't wronged Xiuwen in these little things." After Mu Shi finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and reminded Prince Ruicheng, "Xiuwen doesn't know about this matter yet, Tang is afraid that Xiuwen will make a fuss when he gets on the sedan chair, so he probably didn't tell Xiuwen the truth, Concubine Yang has only been favored in recent months, about their family, Xiuwen, a woman in the boudoir, may not know yet, don't say it in front of Xiuwen."
King Rui Cheng nodded, hesitated, and asked again: "If Xiuwen marries into the Yang family and knows the truth, what should I do if I make a fuss?"
According to Xiuwen's temper, he will definitely not be willing to marry a fool.
Mu Shi smiled, the corners of his lips showed a trace of disdain, "When I get to the Yang family, I can't help her, our family doesn't have a guarantee ticket, Xiuwen will happily marry over, as long as she quietly gets on the sedan chair and carries it to the Yang family, the rest is the Yang family's business, presumably the Yang family doesn't want the Ruicheng Mansion to ask too much."
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When the county lord of Xiuwen of Ruicheng Wangfu was about to marry Concubine Yang's younger brother, the nobles of Yancheng were shocked.
Princess Guojun, who was sad for her daughter Lewen to marry the son of a fourth-grade military attaché, was stunned for a long time and didn't speak, and then couldn't help but rejoice, other people's misfortunes can always more or less bring out their own happiness, compared to the county lord of Xiuwen, her daughter Lewen is not too aggrieved.
So he hurriedly went to his daughter's room, and told Lewen about it, so that his daughter was more sensible, and the holy decree of marriage had been given, and there was no possibility of change, so that her daughter should not be like the county lord of Xiuwen, too smart, and ended up like this.
And the Li family, who was flattered by Old Concubine Xue, couldn't help but cover his chest when he heard this, and said pity for the county lord of Xiuwen, what a girl's family, she wants to accompany a fool for a lifetime.
Old Concubine Xue didn't raise her eyelids, and said coldly: "This is all asked for by Xiuwen, this girl herself, what women are most afraid of is being smart but being mistaken by being smart."
Thinking of the past, the weak-hearted Li lowered her head, before she listened to the instigation of the princess of Guojun, she frequently ran to the Meng family to show goodwill, and went to Mrs. Meng, but the holy decree was given, but the Lewen from the princess of Guojun was given to the youngest son of the Meng family, and the princess of Guojun was sad, she couldn't help but be a little angry, and frequently asked her, and the words were hinting, did she say something, and the Meng family who led zhì fell in love with Lewen?
The Li family is very aggrieved, but there is no way to justify this kind of thing, and the result of the princess of Guojun doing everything possible to inquire is only that the saint heard that the Meng family and the Guojun palace were close, and misunderstood that the two families were going to get married.
But this is just an official statement, and Princess Guojun thinks that someone must be behind her. [,!] ghost, suspect that the Meng family fell in love with Lewen, and asked for the method that the king thought, and said that the holy god who moved gave marriage.
What is the true situation, they have no way of knowing, Princess Guojun hated them in one room, she had no choice but to come to Old Concubine Xue for help, finally under the words of Old Concubine Xue, Princess Guojun did not dare to do anything to them, so that they could take a breath.
Li regretted it very much, she shouldn't have agreed to Princess Guojun's instigation to take over such a family affair, but the family affair failed, she didn't blame the matchmaker, but Princess Guojun hated her, and she was really wronged.
Li is a little dull in some things, but it doesn't mean that there is no one around who can be used, a grandmother analyzed it for her, and felt that the most wrong thing for her was to put aside the old lady Xue who had always been good to her, and turned her head to get close to Princess Guojun, what kind of person is this Princess Guojun? How did she treat her before, she didn't know, how could Princess Guojun really treat her, naturally she was just using her, of course it was good to be able to use it, once she couldn't use it, it would be light to kick it away, and what she was most afraid of was to be angry like this.
As a last resort, she could only be cheeky to hug Old Concubine Xue's thighs, but no matter how diligent and careful she served, Old Concubine Xue was still amiable to her, but she didn't guide her and teach her how to do anything like before? (To be continued)