Chapter 007: Shameless Calculation
"When it comes to the second wife of Qing, I have to talk about the second master of Qing, "Mother Feng knew that Gu Jialuo had not been back for a long time, and she was not very clear about some of the secrets of the Qi family's inner house, so she took the opportunity of this return to the matter to carefully explain the grievances of the two houses of the Qi family to Gu Jialuo. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"To say that this second master of Qing is also a poor man, he was originally a son-in-law's life, but he became a concubine by mistake......"
Mother Feng slowly told the Qi family an old case.
This matter has to start from sixty years ago, when Qi Ziru followed his grandfather to fight the world, and the court of the previous dynasty judged him to be a rebellious minister and thief, and sent officers and soldiers to arrest the Qi family.
Although Qi Ziru's original partner Qin was a peasant woman, she had a tenacious temperament and acted decisively, and after hearing the news, she directly sold the property, took her in-laws, sons, and uncles and nephews of the Qi family, called her mother's brothers, fled all the way, and went to Qi Gaozu according to the address given by Qi Ziru.
At that time, the world was in chaos, the rebels and bandits were everywhere, the Qi family was scattered by a group of rogues on the way to escape, and the Qin family was coerced by the rogues in order to save her in-laws, and she was accompanied by her son Qi Keng and the Qin family's eldest brother's family.
The eldest brother of the Qin family is a peasant man who is cautious on weekdays, but now he is implicated by his sister-in-law and has to leave his hometown and go into exile, and finally is caught by the rogue as a 'two-legged sheep'...... After all the hardships, Brother Qin did not anger his sister and nephew.
On the contrary, he also took care of the Qin family's mother and son everywhere, and in the end, in order to buy time for the Qin family and them to escape, he was hacked to death by the rogue.
The eldest brother of the Qin family died, the sister-in-law of the Qin family almost cried to death, and the family escaped easily, so the sister-in-law of Qin grabbed the placket of the Qin family and let her die. Qin blamed himself for the death of his eldest brother, looked at his widowed sister-in-law and only niece, and then at his son, and discussed with his sister-in-law in a good voice: "...... The eldest girl is five years younger than Niu Daner (Qi Keng's milk name), and she is the aunt and cousin of her sister-in-law. Sister-in-law, rest assured, the eldest girl is the only blood and blood of the eldest brother, and she is my dear niece, and I will not treat her badly if I marry in the future. ”
Sister-in-law Qin is the daughter of a pig slaughterer, she has little knowledge, but her brain is flexible. After they escaped from the ranks of the rogues, they entered Qi Gaozu's territory, although they had not yet found Qi Erniu (that is, Qi Ziru), but they got the news that Qi Erniu was a person valued by Qi Gaozu, and now he has been promoted to a general.
What kind of official position the general is, Sister-in-law Qin doesn't know, but she knows that the general is a big official, an official who is bigger than the county lord and the prefect. And in their family, Qin Da is just an ordinary farmer, and the eldest girl can marry the general's son, which is definitely a high marriage.
Moreover, as the Qin family said, the Qin family is Qin Daya's own aunt, and there is Qin Daya's life-saving grace in the middle, as long as the Qin family does not have a black heart, they will never treat Qin Daya badly.
Sister-in-law Qin and sister-in-law of the Qin family, knowing that the sister-in-law was not a villain who was untrustworthy and ruthless, agreed to Qin's proposal without even thinking about it.
However, Sister-in-law Qin can trust the Qin family, but she can't trust the Qi family - what if Qi Erniu is rich and rich, what if she doesn't want the eldest girl, a village girl, to be her daughter-in-law?
Qin's sister-in-law has a lot of eyes, and after agreeing with the Qin family, she found a literate person among the displaced people who fled together, asked him to help write a marriage letter, and exchanged tokens with the Qin family, officially finalizing the family affairs.
Qin's sister-in-law's wish is very good, and the Qin family is indeed not a treacherous person, but the world is impermanent, and the women and children of the two families met the original partner of Gaozu on the way to escape, and the Qin family also accidentally saved Liu's life.
Liu is not an ordinary peasant woman, she was born in a family of eunuchs and has some knowledge. Qi Gaozu raised the banner to rebel, and the Liu family sold all their family property to fully support it, and also formed a women's army to help the soldiers on the front line transport grain and grass.
This time, the Liu family personally supervised the escort, but he didn't want to encounter the encirclement and suppression of the former government, the women's army was scattered, and the Liu family escaped with injuries, and was rescued by the Qin family when he almost died.
Liu was grateful for Qin's life-saving grace, and then heard that Qin's husband was Qi Ziru (Qi Gaozu felt that the name Qi Erniu was too earthy, so he specially gave the name to the love general), and immediately had the idea of wooing.
Seeing that Qi Keng was young, he was clever and witty, so he proposed to give his daughter to Qi Keng.
After two or three years of fleeing, the Qin family is no longer the peasant woman who has little knowledge at the beginning, especially when she heard from the Liu family that her husband has married another noble wife, the Qin family secretly hated it, and became more and more determined to find a backer.
It just so happened that the Liu family revealed the intention of getting married, and after some thought, the Qin family agreed to this family business.
As for the sister-in-law and niece, the Qin family secretly persuaded her, "Sister-in-law, I also want the eldest girl to be a daughter-in-law, but Qi Erniu has changed his mind and has long left our mother and son aside, even if we find it, we may not be able to get any benefits." Maybe they'll be secretly cleaned up. If Niu Dan marries the daughter of a nobleman, it will be different, Qi Erniu will not dare to mess around, Niu Dan will be rich, and we can live a good life with him——"
Sister-in-law Qin thought about it, it was really this reason, but if she agreed to her sister-in-law's suggestion, she was unwilling, and muttered: "That's too wronged!" "From a good wife to an unsightly concubine, the more Sister-in-law Qin thinks about it, the more she feels pity for her daughter.
Qin Shi was even more straightforward and said directly: "Sister-in-law, we are all our own family, and we have shared weal and sorrow along the way, and our feelings are extraordinary. I won't tell you lies, there are two ways in front of us, either to earn face, but the wealth is not guaranteed, and even lose your life, or don't be famous, but get benefits. Look, which one do we choose? ”
Sister-in-law Qin hesitated.
Qin Shi said again: "Sister-in-law, the eldest girl is my niece, our mother and son owe the eldest brother a life, and now I owe your mother and daughter a big favor, I will definitely double the compensation for the eldest girl in the future." I swear that I will treat the eldest girl well in the future, except for the false name of a wife, I will not wronged her. If this oath is violated, my Qin clan will not die well, and my soul will be destroyed after death! ”
The Qin family was tempted again, and he swore a poisonous oath, and finally said that he moved Qin's sister-in-law.
A few years later, Qi Gaozu pacified the world, ascended the throne as the emperor, and personally ordered his beloved daughter Princess Ping'an to marry Qi Keng. The princess and Qi Keng are still harmonious, but for some reason, the two have been married for nearly ten years and have no children.
Seeing that Qi Qiang in the West Mansion had a son, the masters of the East Mansion, from the princess to the Qin family, were extremely anxious. The princess was even more secretly cheating, there were accidents in Xifu one after another, and Qi Qiang's two sons also died one after another.
But it will definitely not work like this, one or two 'accidents' can still be said, but there are too many times, and if the entire Xifu does not agree, even Qi Ziru will not agree - whether it is Dongfu or Xifu, they are all his descendants, and if there is an 'accident', he is distressed!
It just so happened that Aunt Qin was not small, and Sister-in-law Qin came to 'remind' the Qin family to fulfill her promise all day long, and when the Qin family thought about it, she begged Queen Liu on the grounds of her heir.
Empress Liu is not an ordinary woman, she will look at the problem more from a political point of view, she knows that Qi Keng cannot be childless, otherwise the title of Marquis of Pingxi is not guaranteed is a trivial matter, and the most important military power of the southwest battalion cannot be ceded to Xifu.
After weighing the pros and cons, Queen Liu summoned Ping'an and reasoned with her in person, Ping'an naturally disagreed with her husband's concubine, but she couldn't help but listen to her mother's words, so she had to respond with tears in the end.
In this way, Qin Daya passed the door and became Qi Keng's aunt. In the next few years, Qin Daya became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter at the end of the year.
The first child was not a son, and the Qin family was somewhat disappointed, but the family always had a child, which directly proved that Qi Keng could give birth.
The birth of the eldest daughter seemed to give Qi Keng encouragement, and he worked harder and harder in the backyard.
It's strange to say, not long after Aunt Qin gave birth to her daughter, Princess Ping'an, who had not moved in her belly for ten years, became pregnant, which caused jubilation in the Qi family's East Mansion, and Qi Keng alienated all the concubines and guarded the princess wholeheartedly.
Aunt Qin didn't dare to say anything on the surface, but she was very unconvinced, and took advantage of the princess's foetus to lure her cousin to her small courtyard several times under the pretext of her daughter. After some hard work, the princess has just given birth to her eldest son, Qi Lingyuan, and Aunt Qin is already six months pregnant.
On the day of Qi Lingyuan's full moon, Aunt Qin was 'unexpectedly' born prematurely, and gave birth to a son in nine lifetimes, and Qi Keng named him Qi Lingqing. Aunt Qin's birth was very noisy, which directly destroyed Qi Lingyuan's originally grand full moon banquet, and Princess Ping'an was annoyed.
The Qin family secretly protected Aunt Qin's mother and son, Qi Lingyuan also felt guilty about his cousin, and after discussion, the mother and son directly separated Aunt Qin's mother and son when Qi Lingqing was full moon, and opened a small mansion on the periphery of Dongfu, so that Aunt Qin and they moved over.
On the surface, Qi Keng's mother and son moved to maintain orthodoxy and ensure Qi Lingyuan's heir status.
In fact, Qi Keng is retreating as advancing, protecting Aunt Qin's mother and son in disguise. If Aunt Qin is allowed to live in the mansion, maybe when, Qi Lingqing will die 'accidentally'. Like now, preparing a thick family business and dividing people in advance will allow Qi Lingqing to escape the poisonous hands of Princess Ping'an.
Subsequent facts proved that Qi Keng's arrangement was very clever. Princess Ping'an saw that Qi Keng directly deprived Qi Lingqing of his inheritance, although she was very unkind to this concubine in her heart, she did not have the idea of killing him.
Of course, Ping'an didn't kill Qi Lingqing, it didn't mean that he would be allowed to grow up, on weekdays, Ping'an still gave Aunt Qin's mother and son a lot of trouble, and he couldn't see him study and make progress, let alone let him contact the military affairs of the southwest battalion.
For more than 40 years, Qi Lingqing has stumbled to grow up, marry a wife, have children, and hold grandchildren.
Before Qi Keng died, he wanted to ask the saint for a favor and plan a future for Qi Lingqing. Ping'an disagreed, Aunt Qin's mother and son were always a thorn in her heart, and she would never allow Qi Lingqing, a little, to have a chance to get ahead.
But she and Qi Keng have been married for decades, and they can't bear to see Qi Keng die without turning a blind eye, and finally compromised: Qi Lingqing is still the second master of the East Mansion, and their family can still live in the East Mansion of the Qi family. also guaranteed that as long as Qi Lingqing survived for one day, Qi Lingyuan would protect him for one day.
Ping An is keeping Qi Lingqing in captivity as a kitten and puppy, Qi Keng is very dissatisfied, but after thinking about it, he knows that this is Ping An's biggest concession, and he can't force it.
That's it, as long as you can keep your son rich and prosperous, you can be regarded as worthy of your cousin and son, as for your grandson and great-grandson, I'm sorry, Qi Keng can't take care of it for the time being!
Qi Keng died of illness, Ping An kept his promise, did not drive Qi Lingqing's family out, and still let them live in that small courtyard. But it doesn't stop there, under the suppression of Ping'an, Qi Lingqing's family is very aggrieved.
Until now!
"Alas, it's a pity that the second master of Qing is in his forties, and he is about to hold his grandson, but he still has to be tortured by the eldest princess," Feng's mother shook her head, with a little sympathy in her tone.
Gu Jialuo was noncommittal, Qi Lingqing was suppressed by the princess's mother-in-law, it was indeed pitiful, but he was not the most pitiful, at least he grew up safely, and he still had the private property given to him by the Qin family and Qi Kengsai, as long as he was a little more motivated, he would not be like this.
If you don't grow up, but you still have to complain about others, such a person is not worthy of sympathy!
"The second master of the Qing Dynasty married Xiao Qin, a relative of his grandfather's family, and the husband and wife had two sons and one daughter. The second master Qi Kezhi, the third master Qi Shenzhi, and the second lady Qi Jingzhi. Second Master Ke married his wife He, and Third Master Shen married his wife Luo, but Grandma Luo had already returned ......home a month ago."
Mother Feng slowly told the situation of the Qi family's East Mansion.
There is a princess as the housewife in the east mansion of the Qi family, and the inner house is quite clean, except for Aunt Qin, there are no concubines, and there are no concubines and concubines.
Ping An and Qi Keng have a son and a daughter, the eldest son Qi Lingyuan and the eldest daughter Qi Lingyu.
Qi Lingyuan married his wife Ning, and the couple had three sons and one daughter, the eldest uncle Qi Qinzhi, the fourth master Qi Mianzhi, the fifth master Qi Liangzhi, and the eldest lady Qi Huizhi.
As for the situation in Xifu, Gu Jialuo had already investigated it when he was in the Gu family.
Qi Qiang's mother, Wu, was born in the Liang State Mansion, and the Wu family was in charge and married Qi Qiang to the eldest daughter of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, Yuan.
Qi Qiang and Yuan had two sons, the eldest son Qi Lingxian and the second son Qi Lingyi.
Qi Ling was valued by Queen Ma first, and married his niece to Ma Shixu, the lord of Qinghe County, to him, and the couple had a total of two sons and a daughter: the eldest uncle Qi Jinzhi, the third master Qi Hengzhi, and the eldest lady Qi Minzhi.
Qi Lingyi likes to read and married the second daughter of the Song family, who was born in a scholarly family, Hu. The two gave birth to two sons and a daughter: the second master Qi Yanzi, the fourth master Qi Xinzhi, and the second lady Qi Pingzhi.
In addition to the three children, Qi Lingyi also has a concubine, Qi Aizhi, and the second sister in the family.
Qi Lingyi is different from his brother, he entered the imperial examination ten years ago, worked in Beijing for a few years, and three years ago he was released from a foreign post and took his wife and daughter to take office.
This time the Qi family had an accident, and the Song Guogong Mansion tried its best to maneuver, and the sage had a good impression of the Qi family's West Mansion, so he did not implicate Qi Lingyi, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, when Qi Lingyi is in office, he can't help his sister-in-law and nephew take care of housework.
Therefore, in the current Qi Mansion in Wenchang Hutong, although Dongfu eats rice, there are the most men in the family, and there are three adults. On the other hand, in Xifu, there is only one ten-year-old Qi Hengzhi in the family, barely half of it.
After Gu Jialuo knew the situation of the Qi family, he couldn't help but guess that the eldest princess and the Ning family were so arrogant, maybe there was also a reason for this.
“…… Miss Min and Miss Hui are only two years apart, and they have reached the age of saying kissing, and the fourth master will get married next year, and Uncle Qin and the third master Shen are divorced, and there can be no housemother in the room, so we must also discuss the ......"
Mother Feng crossed her fingers and told the current situation of the Qi family, and sighed: "Alas, so the Qi family is not easy to do." Grandma, you just came back, and nothing is clear, so don't wade into this muddy water for the time being. ”
Gu Jialuo was a little dizzy when he heard it, no one in the east and west mansions of the Qi family was convinced, and they were ranked on both sides, and every time a young master or young lady was mentioned, he had to add his name, and the number of circles fell down, which was very chaotic.
Rubbing the corners of his forehead, Gu Jialuo said, "There is still a mother-in-law at home, and it is not my turn." Even if the mother-in-law is not in good spirits, isn't there still two young ladies to be married, you can let them take care of it for a while. ”
Gu Jialuo is not stupid, at this time, the housekeeper is definitely using his dowry to make a hole.
Gu Jialuo's family is rich and he doesn't care about the money, but the money is worth it. If it weren't for Qi Jinzhi's pinching of her at the beginning, Gu Jialuo would not hesitate to take out the dowry.
Can...... As soon as he touched his neck, which had no longer hurt, Gu Jialuo swayed a little. This time I came to the Qi family, whitewashing reputation is the key, as for running a family and being a good daughter-in-law, I still need to wait.
Mother Feng nodded with a smile: "It's good that grandma understands in her heart." ”
Raising her eyes and looking at the sky outside the window, Feng's mother said, "It's not early, grandma, it's time to go and say hello to the county lord!" ”
Gu Jialuo snorted, looked in the mirror, and made sure that there was no problem with her makeup, so she got up, and Ziwei and Ziye hurriedly stepped forward and helped her straighten her clothes, and then hugged her and walked out of the Agarwood Courtyard together.
Out of the Agarwood Courtyard, through the cobblestone road, Gu Jialuo walked slowly all the way.
As we passed by a shallow pond, there was a faint sound of footsteps on the other side of the road.
Gu Jialuo's footsteps did not stop, but his ears moved, and the sound did not look like a woman's footsteps.
Sure enough, just as Gu Jialuo turned the pond and was about to walk towards the bluestone road group leading to Xuanrui Hall, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old handsome young man walked over, followed by a small servant, who was holding a long box in his arms.
Hey? How did he come here?
Gu Jialuo frowned slightly, and his heart secretly became vigilant, pretending not to see the other party, and subconsciously quickened his pace.
"Shenzhi has seen my sister-in-law!"
The young man walked a few steps quickly, grabbed Gu Jialuo close, and walked with his hands together.
Gu Jialuo had to pause, and responded with a light smile: "It's the third brother Shen who is polite." This son will enter the garden, but he has come to greet his mother? ”
The person who came was not someone else, it was Qi Shenzhi, the second son of Qi Lingqing, who was pitied by Feng's mother, and the third master who had just been dumped by his wife.
This is the first time Gu Jialuo has seen Qi Shenzhi, she glanced at the young man in front of her without a trace, not to mention, this guy has a good face.
Hearing that Luo was going to live and die with Qi Shenzhi and leave him, Gu Jialuo's mind couldn't help but have an image of a gentleman who was obscene and did not seek progress.
didn't want to see the real person, but Gu Jialuo found that Qi Shenzhi was very good-looking, with a long body, fair skin, eyes as bright as stars, a high nose bridge, lips without painting, and when he smiled, he gave people a feeling like a spring breeze.
For anyone who doesn't know the Qi family and doesn't know Qi Shenzhi's personality, when they see his appearance, they must think that he is a handsome and beautiful young man.
To put it mildly, Qi Shenzhi is a handsome and beautiful man rarely seen in the Qi family, even more handsome than Qi Mianzhi, who once had ** with 'Gu Jialuo'.
And Qi Shenzhi is also very aware of his capital, and every time he comes to people, he shows the most perfect side. In order to gain the attention and favor of others, in private, he even practiced in the mirror countless times, striving to find the most perfect angle for himself and exercise the most handsome eyes.
I saw him slightly sideways face, which can not only let people see the look in his eyes, but also highlight his three-dimensional facial features, with a smile on his lips, the pear socket is shallow, and he said in a soft tone: "So that my sister-in-law knows, I am here to find Brother Heng, a few days ago Brother Heng wanted to learn to paint, I stumbled upon a 'Snow Plum Pheasant Picture' from the shop, although it is not a famous work, but it has some artistic conception, so I want to give it to Brother Heng." ”
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and said softly, "Oh, my sister-in-law is going to ask my aunt for peace, so I won't disturb my sister-in-law." Sister-in-law walks slowly! ”
Gu Jialuo raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Third Master Shen has a heart." Don't leave it at that, Shen Sanye walks slowly! ”
When Qi Shenzhi heard this, he smiled a little shyly, his eyes were shining, and his clear eyes seemed to have a unique attraction, and several maids around Gu Jialuo couldn't help but be attracted, all of them were red-faced, and their eyes were shining with a strange light.
Gu Jialuo remained silent, bowed slightly, missed his body, and walked straight towards Xuanrui Hall.
Qi Shenzhi bowed down to cross the road, and when Gu Jialuo walked away, he turned around and walked to the other side, with an elegant posture and a calm step, with a flowing robe, he actually had the demeanor of a famous man of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
But when he got out of the courtyard and bypassed a hanging flower gate, Qi Shenzhi stopped, turned to look in the direction where Gu Jialuo disappeared, there was still a faint smile on his lips, but there was a little more greed and calculation in his eyes.
"Mother is right, Gu is a woman who is not easy in the room, and now Qi Jinzhi is leading the troops outside, Gu is lonely and sleepless, and he is not sure how to scratch the cat's paw and dog,"
Qi Shenzhi smiled a little obscenely, and secretly thought in his heart: "The Gu family can even look down on a good person like Qi Mianzhi, and he has always been a good person, hehe, just wait for me to show up in front of her more, just based on my appearance, just a Gu family, is it not easy to capture?" ”
The Qi family was defeated, and the eldest princess of the East Mansion had the iron rooster as the main mother, and the days of the various houses in the East Mansion were very hard. Qi Lingqing's room is particularly miserable, no matter how stingy the eldest princess is, she will still feel distressed about her own children and grandchildren, and as for the concubines and grandsons who are not related by blood, it is normal to be treated harshly.
Since he reconciled with Luo, Qi Shenzhi's life has plummeted, and he has been meanden by the Ning family for a month, and Qi Shenzhi finally came up with a way......
PS: Two in one, the update is unstable during the Chinese New Year, I'm really sorry for you. Tomorrow the holiday is over, and it is time for a certain Sa to rise up, come on! (To be continued.) )