Chapter XXXVIII
Wu Shi listened to him speak for himself, his anger calmed down a little, wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and said, "I'm just annoyed with him!" An uncle came to point fingers at his sister-in-law! ”
Mo Jiao didn't understand what she was thinking about, and said: "Although the fourth child did something wrong, didn't he say anything about you?" It's just to send Mrs. Qin back to Fengyi Garden. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Wu glared at him: "He has already slapped me in the face by doing this, what else?" Could it be that he dragged Mrs. Qin to come to me for a theory? ”
Although Mo Jiao was good at drilling camps outside, he was not very good at the affairs of the inner house, and he still didn't understand what Wu's anger was, so he had to say: "Having said that, you can't easily fall out with him. The silk shop has been in deficit for many years, and the second husband and wife are greedy for the money in the public to get a private house, but the old lady not only doesn't care but helps him fill it, and she is afraid that her private room is about to be gone! You don't have much dowry left, and your daughter-in-law is not moving at the moment, and now only the fourth child in the house is the rich man, and I also mean that the old lady gets money from him for use. ”
Wu snorted: "I naturally know what you said. I'm just angry, the fourth step on me down, he's a lonely crutch, he's always used to being casual, and he doesn't think about doing things. But even the old lady helped him hide from me, I have been in the house for so many years, but I have become a thief!
To say that the fourth child was not like this before, he went to Huzhou and came back as if he had become a person, and it was very difficult to entangle. There are also seven girls, not only coaxing the fourth to listen to her, but even the old lady is about to be frightened by her. ”
Mo Jiao remembered that after Wu Zhao's death, he looked for Mo Jun several times, and secretly wanted to return the land deed in Wu Zhao's dowry to Mofu Gongzhong, but Mo Jun never took a stubble, so he said: "I don't know what tricks those lonely old men in the old mansion in Huzhou gave him, and the fourth child is worthy of different hearts." You must not force the fourth room to be too prosperous now, lest the fourth child mention the matter of splitting the family, which is not good. ”
"Separation? The old lady is still there, how can he split up? Wu shouted.
Song Zhao's big estate hasn't been gotten by her yet, how can she split up?
In the matter of coveting the property of the fourth room, Mo Jiao is of the same heart as her. When the eldest princess of Hui'an entered the door, although Mo Jiao didn't see the dowry list, both Mrs. Mo and the Wu family not only mentioned the dowry listed on the list to him: "In addition to the treasury, there are countless fields...... Paddy fields, mulberry fields, tea plantations in the south of the Yangtze River, several floors of large shops on Dongsi Street, and several large mansions in central Beijing......"
Old Mrs. Mo and the Wu family both said the same, and he naturally took it to heart.
Since those things were brought to the Mo Mansion by Wu Zhao, they belonged to their Mo family, and he was the eldest son, so he naturally wanted to give it to him.
But that's an afterthought, as long as the things are still in the Mo family, they won't be able to escape, and sooner or later they will be in his hands.
Mo Jiao has a more important matter to discuss with the Wu family at the moment, when his grandmother asked him to marry the Wu family, she once said to him: "Although the three girls of the Wu family are descendants, their appearance is extremely ugly, otherwise how would the Wu family's family agree to marry us!" ”
I remember that he said to his grandmother at that time: "Marry a wife and marry virtue, and my grandson needs a wife like the girl of the Wu family." ”
He was born when the Mo family was in decline, and since he began to read and write, Mrs. Mo has been telling him "Glory to the ancestors, revive the Mo family", and he also engraved these eight words deeply in his heart. He doesn't mind what his future wife looks like, he only asks her to be from a famous family, knowledgeable, educated, and can help him in his career and help him "glorify his ancestors and revive the Mo family".
Although Wu was not as good as he expected after entering the door, she was a young lady from a family after all, and occasionally he told her about the officialdom in the court, and she could also give her a suggestion or two.
So sometimes when Mo Jiao can't find someone to talk about something, he will also discuss it with her.
Especially today, he took advantage of Xiu Mu to find his son and wanted to talk to him about the affairs of the court, but he was choked back by Mo Shaosong's words: "My son is just a son now, where is he qualified to talk about the affairs of the court!" ”
After Mo Shaosong finished speaking, he threw up his sleeves and left, and then the Wu family quarreled with him, causing him to almost forget his business.
What Mo Jiao wanted to talk to the Wu family was about the current major events in the court about the rise and fall of the Mo family.
Since the abolition of the crown prince Song Chen was imprisoned in Nangong the year before last, followed by the death of the queen, the third prince Song Heng of Chu has been alienated by the emperor for two years, and the second prince Xu Wang Song Ke from Sun Guifei has gradually been reused by the emperor.
With the change of the pattern of the imperial court, the forces of several factions in the court have gradually become clear, there are orthodox factions who support the abolished prince Song Chen, there are Song Heng who support the concubine, there are meritocracy who support the rookie Song Ke, and the other four princes, King Jing, the fifth prince Chen, and even the eighth prince Gongwang, also have their own supporters, and there is a trend of various factions in the court. Among them, the most vocal is naturally Song Ke, who is now increasingly favored by the emperor.
A few days ago, Mo Jiao heard the rumor from He Youdao that the emperor Song Yuan's body was gradually getting worse, and some people in the court had already begun to mention the matter of canonizing the crown prince.
Mo Jun faintly felt that it was time for him to stand in line.
But becoming a king or defeating a king, it is not something that can be obtained casually from the dragon's skill, after all, this is a matter related to his family's life, and he needs the support of his family.
Mo Shaosong didn't want to listen to him, so he had to discuss with the Wu family.
Thinking of this, Mo Jiao said to Jin Yan, who had been pretending to be an invisible person next to him: "Go outside and guard, no one is allowed to come in!" Then he said to Wu, "You come with me." With that, he got up and walked to the inner room.
When Wu saw him enter the inner room, his face couldn't help but turn red, and his heart jumped suddenly, although he followed him, he whispered, "It's still daytime......"
Mo Jiao's face stiffened and he didn't speak.
Once in the bedroom, he walked over to the table and sat down, and motioned for Wu to sit in front of him.
Wu was embarrassed when he saw that he would be wrong, and pulled a chair and sat down beside him.
Mo Jiao didn't have the heart to pay attention to her emotions at this time, and when he saw her sitting down, he lowered his voice and said, "Listen to me, now instead of going to the fourth child to make trouble, we have to make friends with Fengyiyuan." Didn't the seventh girl say that the things found from Mrs. Qin's room were handed over by her for safekeeping? You follow these words and tell Mrs. Qin that you misunderstood her last time, and let her still go back to Fengyi Garden......"
"Why is that?" Wu didn't expect Mo Jiao to go around in such a big circle, and he actually asked her to make amends to Qin Pozi, so he couldn't help jumping up, "What is the truth of what you say?" Do you want me to go and talk to a mother-in-law? ”
Mo Jiao pressed her back into the chair and said, "Don't be annoyed first, listen to me carefully." ”
Seeing his solemn expression, Wu had no choice but to suppress the anger in his heart and asked, "Then what is your purpose in asking me to do that?" ”
Mo Jiao said: "Mrs. don't be impatient, and listen to me slowly." ”
“…… Today's emperor's two sons, the eldest prince was imprisoned in Nangong, the third prince Chu Wang lost the emperor's favor, and their foreign family Yasukuni Mansion is now even more defeated, and his uncle Li Ru disappeared in Northern Xinjiang many years ago, and there is no news so far, and now there is no male to inherit the title, although the emperor thinks that Empress Li has left a knight for the Yasukuni Mansion, I am afraid that there is no hope.
On the other hand, the second prince Xu Wang, but he is in the middle of the day, he was originally from Sun Guifei, who is second only to the queen, and now he has won the favor of the emperor, and he is appointed as the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Inspectorate. Sun Guifei was also in charge of the six palaces in the palace, and the maiden Wu'an Hou Mansion was even more in power, and the eldest brother Sun Gui served as the commander of the Jingwei Commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and sat in the capital; The second brother Sun Fu served as the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, holding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. ”
Wu gradually heard some eyebrows: "What does the master mean...... Want the Mo family to attach themselves to King Xu? ”
Mo Jun nodded inscrutablely: "That's what I mean." ”
Wu was a little puzzled: "It has only been two years since the emperor ascended the throne, is it too early to talk about the position of the prince now?" ”
Mo Jiao shook his head, and his voice was lowered: "The emperor's ascension to the throne is a brother-in-law, and the age difference between him and the first emperor is not too much, besides, he has always had an old disease, I was eating at He Shangshu's house that day, and Lord Shangshu talked about the emperor's illness......"
He whispered to Wu.
Wu Shi was confused at first, and gradually showed a frightened look, two years ago when the emperor died of the palace change, she still had palpitations in her heart when she remembered it, after Wu Zhao and the emperor broke up, she was even more panicked all day long, involving royal affairs......
"It's better to set up a prince as soon as possible." She said as if she had thought of something, and looked up at Mo Jiao, "Did the master already know that He Shangshu was King Xu's person, so he would let Song'er marry the daughter of the He family?" ”