Taohua was in the room at the moment while making literacy cards for Jiang Bohua, and at the same time talking to Jiang Xi: "...... Dad, after my uncle's birthday, let's go home early. ”

"Why, you don't want to stay and sort out the manuscript for your uncle and grandfather?" Jiang Xi flipped through the finished card and casually replied to his daughter's words.

"The two aunts are intriguing every day, and I don't want to stay and listen to this anymore." Taohua was blunt. She has also read Mrs. Jiang's manuscripts, and there are indeed some interesting things in them, but for her, it is more important to hurry back to Wuxi to live a quiet and worry-free life.

Jiang Xi couldn't help but sigh. Although he didn't know how the two sisters-in-law were at odds on weekdays, he was still clear about the relationship between Jiang Jun and Jiang Zhu: "It's all a family, and they should be watching and helping each other, so why bother—"

"Dad, you're wrong." Taohua was annoyed a lot today, and accidentally said the truth for a while, "It's not from the same mother at all, isn't it ridiculous to say anything about watching and helping each other?" Can Grandmother Uncle and Aunt Zhu help each other? In the past, the eldest uncle was in the officialdom, and the second uncle was in the shopping mall, and everyone had nothing to do with each other, but now that they have entered the official career, how can there be no conflict? ”

"This, what is this......" Jiang Xi was a little confused by his daughter's answer, "What's wrong with your uncle and grandmother and Aunt Zhu?" ”

Taohua found that she was a little speechless, but since the words had already come out of her mouth, she simply didn't hide it: "The two are fighting, what do you say, Dad?" ”

"What are the two competing for?" Jiang Xi frowned, "A wife is a wife, and a concubine is a concubine, how can there be any reason to fight?" ”

Taohua scoffed: "Dad, you can't help but think too beautifully." Aren't concubines human? If she is selfish, even if she does not fight for herself, she must fight for her children. If the two uncles are both members of the Jiang family, then why are their statuses different just because their biological mothers are different? If there is a difference between the concubines and the concubines, then since they are already different, how can they be expected to have nothing to do with each other and help each other? That's why it is said that concubines are the source of chaos, hugging left and right, everyone is their own, and it is natural that the family will be in turmoil. ”

Jiang Xi was stunned by his daughter's words, and it took him a long time to speak: "This, what is this!" How can you speak so vainly about your elders? Your uncle and grandfather-" He was about to say that Mrs. Jiang had a good way of governing the family, and the Jiang family had always had a harmonious wife and concubine, but thinking of these turmoil after Jiang Zhu came back, he couldn't say it again.

"I'm not talking about my uncle and grandfather, but the whole world is the truth." Taohua sneered, "Let's just talk about the eldest uncle, where is the harmony between the fourth sister and the fifth sister?" If according to my father's statement, they are all sisters, and they should be in the same breath and help each other, why did the fourth sister fall into the water and almost die? ”

"That's, that's Sister Dan'er's ignorant ......," Jiang Xi explained with difficulty.

"Why is the fifth sister ignorant? Didn't the grandmother and the aunt teach her this? ”

Jiang Xi had nothing to say. He did think that Jiang Danhua was ignorant, but if he continued according to his logic, first of all, Yu and Xiao were not sensible, so he did not teach Jiang Danhua well.

"Forget it, Daddy, let's not talk about that." Taohua said that she was happy, and felt that it was a little too far, "Didn't you just say about going home...... "How did it come to the concubine."

"Oh-" Jiang Xi was also dizzy by his daughter, and only after thinking about it did he come back, "Your uncle and grandfather mean that let's stay in Beijing for a few more days." ”

Taohua's face suddenly collapsed: "Why? "She's finished reading the manuscript, and there's really nothing left in this house that will attract her to stay.

Jiang Xi sighed: "You are fourteen years old, and your father is careless, I didn't expect it for a while-your uncle and grandfather mean that it is better to let your aunt take you out and walk around more, and find a family in the capital than in Wuxi." ”

Taohua was startled: "Dad, I'm still young!" ”

"It's still small." Jiang Xiyan ssymmeth, "Dad just listened to you talk about being small all day long, so he neglected this matter." The girls in the capital should be looking for relatives at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and when the time comes, they will be married, have six ceremonies, prepare a dowry, and be seventeen or eighteen years old when they get married. You are fourteen this year, if you don't hurry up, and your good relatives are decided by others, what should you do? ”

In this matter, he is indeed negligent as a father. Originally, this matter should have been decided by the female dependents, but the Cao family was a fool and had never mentioned it, if it weren't for the old lady Jiang talking to him about Taohua's family affairs a few days ago, he probably wouldn't have thought of it.

When Jiang Xi thought of this, he felt that he was very sorry for his deceased wife. He hasn't taken much care of his daughter over the years, but his daughter has taken care of the whole family, and now even his daughter's relatives are so negligent, and his deceased wife knows about it, and she will definitely blame him.

"Listen to your uncle and grandfather. After all, your eldest uncle is an official, and he can pick a better family in the capital. Jiang Xi made up his mind rarely.

Taohua flattened her mouth: "What is a good family matter, is it a good family affair to marry into an official eunuch's family?" ”

Jiang Xi sighed: "People go to high places." After all, Dad is just a showman, and the people who come and go are also ordinary people, and he is always inferior to your eldest uncle. "Who doesn't want his daughter to marry someone with a higher lintel, and he is not exempt from vulgarity.

Taohua shook her head: "Dad, the family is not talking about fun, the big family may not be a good family, even if the daughter does not read much, she also knows that Qi Dafei is not a couple." What's more-"What's more, Xiaoshi is not her mother, will she really carefully choose a really suitable family for her?"

"It's not like your aunt is up to you." Jiang Xi hurriedly said, "Your uncle and grandfather just want you to show up more, and your uncle and father will naturally have to consider it carefully when the time comes." ”

Taohua was not very interested in this guarantee: "Dad, can't I marry and marry with others?" ”

"Hey-" Jiang Xi finally realized that his conversation with his daughter seemed to be out of line, "This, what are you talking about...... What is the total ...... Taohua, you, who did you learn this from...... "Is there a girl who has not been out of the cabinet to say this?" However, it seems that no father will talk about her own family affairs with his daughter who is not out of the cabinet......

Taohua lowered her head and stuck out her tongue: "Dad, I just think that there is a dispute between wives and concubines in the official eunuchs' family, look at the uncle's family, Dad, do you really think this is a good family matter?" ”

"Hey, this, how can this be ......" Jiang Xi had nothing to say again, he could not say that Jiang's family room was not good, and he could not say that it was very good with his conscience, so he could only open his mouth.

Taohua laughed and hugged Jiang Xi's arm: "So, Dad, let's go home early." Besides, go home early, I think it's good for my wife and Yanhua. ”

"What's wrong with them?" Jiang Xi frowned, "Haven't you been out these days?" ”

"Today, the eldest aunt mentioned the Jinghai Hou Mansion, I think my wife and Yan Hua are very enthusiastic." Taohua sighed, "Dad, Yan Hua's temperament is getting bigger and bigger. It's just that she doesn't have any means, if she goes back to Wuxi, she won't have any chances, and she will pass smoothly. But in the capital...... "There are not many others in the capital, that is, there are too many dignitaries and dignitaries, and there are too many temptations."

Jiang Xi coughed lightly: "It turned out that it was for this - what your uncle and grandfather meant, let me take my wife, Yanhua and Bai Ge'er back first......" Old lady Jiang is willing to plan a marriage for Taohua, one is to love Taohua, and the other is to make some compensation for Jiang Danhua's overthrow of Taohua back then, after all, Li died of illness in Wuxi, and it cannot be said that it has something to do with Taohua's stupidity back then. And even if Jiang Yanhua changed her surname, she was just an outsider, and Mrs. Jiang could treat her and the girls of the Jiang family equally in the face, but it was impossible for her to bother with anything.

"Does Dad want me to stay in the capital alone?" Momoka shouted, "I don't want it!" ”

Of course, Jiang Xi was reluctant: "Your uncle and grandfather are also for your good." ”

"Dad-" Taohua shook Jiang Xi's arm vigorously with a bitter face, "Look at the month we have been in the capital, we have only been out once in total, Dad, do you want to suffocate your daughter to death in the capital?" ”

"Nonsense! What is not dead, how unlucky......" Jiang Xi was in a dilemma. Leaving Taohua behind will naturally have a better chance of finding a good family than going back to Wuxi, but Taohua is free and easy when she is in Wuxi, and if she stays in the capital, she will inevitably be subject to many restrictions, Jiang Xi is reluctant, and after thinking for a long time, he reluctantly said: "Anyway, let's talk about your uncle's birthday first." ”

This is a sign of softening. Taohua understood in her heart, but she still made a look of grievance and depression on her face, and lowered her head and did not speak. Jiang Xi looked at her like this, and his voice couldn't help but soften a little: "Actually, it's not that the capital is not forbidden to go out, it's just that your eldest aunt cares about your eldest sister these days, and she doesn't have the heart to take you out, and when your eldest sister is well, you will naturally be able to go out, and maybe you can go to the palace to see your eldest sister." "The capital is not as good as Wuxi, there are no elders to take with him, and even he doesn't dare to let Taohua go out by himself.

Taohua wrinkled her nose, she didn't want to enter any palace: "Dad, it's been almost half a year since the eldest sister had a miscarriage, and her body hasn't been adjusted yet?" ”

Jiang Xi couldn't help but sigh again: "Your uncle and grandfather asked the old acquaintance in the former Tai Hospital to inquire, and now the person who diagnoses your eldest sister's pulse is a new imperial doctor, who did not know your uncle and grandfather in the past, and I can't inquire about the situation, but I know that it is still not very good-the pulse cases of the nobles in the palace are not allowed to be passed on." ”

"Someone deliberately arranged this imperial doctor for the eldest sister, right?" Taohua whispered, "I really can't figure out why the eldest uncle let the eldest sister enter the palace." The harem is like a battlefield, what kind of life is the big sister going to live, hasn't the eldest uncle thought about it? "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, but there is only one emperor, how can he not fight. If it is really a harmonious atmosphere, what is the matter with the emperor who has not had a son for so many years?

Jiang Xi also disagreed with Jiang Meihua's entry into the palace, but this was a family matter of his cousin in the next room, and he was not good at criticizing, so he had to sigh: "It would be nice if your uncle and grandfather could go to check your eldest sister's pulse......" But foreign men are not allowed to enter the harem, Jiang Meihua can only see the female relatives of the family, but he will never see his grandfather.

"The eldest aunt can enter the palace, and she can ask the eldest sister about the situation in detail, and come back to report to the uncle." Although it is not as accurate as the pulse diagnosis in person, if you do a good job of "looking" and "asking" the second diagnosis, the condition can be much clearer.

Jiang Xi shook his head: "Your eldest aunt doesn't understand this, she has asked before, but she can't say it clearly...... "It's true to say that, you let a layman observe the patient's face, and when you come back, you have to say it in detail, it's really too difficult for a strong person."

"Hey-" Jiang Xi suddenly remembered, "Taohua, why don't you go with your eldest aunt next time you enter the palace?" Go check your big sister's pulse, and come back to tell your uncle and grandfather. ”

Taohua hesitated: "Hasn't the eldest aunt been able to enter the palace...... Actually, she doesn't really want to go, but Jiang Meihua is always a cousin, the family is a whole these years, pay attention to both prosperity and loss, no matter what you make at home, you always have to help each other externally.

Jiang Xi felt that his idea was very good, if Taohua could diagnose Jiang Meihua's pulse, and then the old lady Jiang would prescribe a prescription for Jiang Meihua's body, Xiao's family would at least accept Taohua's affection, and he would help Taohua choose a good family affair more carefully.

"It's said that the draft palace is too busy these days, so the concubines are not allowed to see their families, and now the draft has also been selected, and it should be allowed in a few days." If it is an ordinary low-ranking concubine, it is probably not good, but Jiang Meihua has been pregnant with the dragon seed after all, and the reason for the miscarriage is that it is always different from other concubines.

"Depends on what my grandfather means." Taohua didn't want to enter the palace, "Dad, don't mention this to your uncle and grandfather, after all, it's the eldest uncle's daughter, so it's not good for us to meddle casually." If my uncle and grandfather bring it up, of course I have to listen, but if my uncle doesn't mention it, then forget it. In fact, she could think that Jiang Meihua's so-called failure to adjust well was mostly because of the sudden miscarriage and the depression there, so it has not been good. If this breath can't be relieved, no panacea will work.

Jiang Xi felt that what her daughter said was also very reasonable: "Okay, dad listens to you." ”

"Listen to me? Then I said don't stay in the capital, will my father listen? Taohua immediately shook Jiang Xi's arm.

Jiang Xi was helpless: "This ...... Hey, let's talk about this, let's talk about it......"

Basically, Jiang Xi said "say it again", and the next time it comes to it, it will probably be Taohua's final say. So Taohua was satisfied, took her father's arm and smiled: "Dad, you can go out to play since you came to the capital, and you won't tell me anything interesting when you come back...... Of course, she can also hear some things from Xiao's or Jing's mouth, but seven out of ten sentences from these two people are always playing a sharp game, which is really boring.

Jiang Xi unconsciously felt a little guilty. He is used to going out often, and it is convenient for a man to do things, even if he comes to the capital, he doesn't feel that it is much different from in Wuxi, but ignores the fact that his daughter can no longer go out at will.

"Well--the West Market is very prosperous, otherwise Dad will take you for a walk tomorrow?"

Since the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an has had the East Market and the West Market, which are mostly handicraft workshops, and the West Market is a place of trading. The capital of this dynasty was established in Chang'an, and this east and west city was naturally rebuilt, and it is said that its prosperity is not inferior to that of the previous dynasty. Taohua has long wanted to go and see it, but the place is mixed, and the Xiaoshi will never take them there, and now that Jiang Xi spoke, Taohua was of course happy: "Okay, good!" ”

Jiang Xi watched his daughter's eyebrows flutter, and the whole person seemed to glow, and couldn't help but be amused and apologetic: "It's my father who has neglected these days, and the interesting places in Chang'an City, my father will take you to see them." ”

"Dad is the best...... "Tao Hua smiled and poured the soup, "If there is anything interesting, Dad will tell us when he hears it." Although Jiang Xi boasted about Haikou, some places are not suitable for women to go after all, and some places are not enough to enter, so Taohua didn't expect to really be able to go all over Chang'an, and it was enough to listen to Jiang Xi if there were any interesting stories.

"Hmm-" Jiang Xi thought back on what he had seen and heard in the past few days, and felt that some of them were too crude to tell his daughter, and he couldn't think of other interesting stories for a while, so he had to say casually, "Do you remember the four princes you met that day?" The emperor has already crowned him the king of Anjun. When he said this, he suddenly remembered, "Oh, you didn't see him that day when you were coaxing Brother Bai to take a nap in the carriage. ”

Actually, I saw it. Taohua muttered secretly in her heart, but said: "After a few glances from the carriage, isn't it the fourth prince who wants to marry Miss Cui, why is he only the king of the county?" "The son of the prince can be crowned the king of the county, and the fourth prince is the son of the first emperor, so he should be crowned the prince.

"It is the meaning of the queen mother, saying that the lord is the important weapon of the country, the four princes are still young, and it is not a blessing to be in a high position, if there is any meritorious service in the future, it is good to be crowned the prince."

Jiang Xi said with a look of disdain. The lord is indeed the most important weapon of the country and cannot be lightly sealed, but the prince relies on blood, and not the king with a different surname to rely on merit, and insists that the prince is crowned the king of the county, although the previous dynasty is not without this convention, but most of them are degraded by what mistakes they have made, otherwise they are extremely unliked by the emperor. The Queen Mother can't hide this fact if she comes up with a hundred more reasons.

Of course, the Queen Mother probably didn't want to hide it. Now that half of the court is born in the family, why should the queen mother hide her dissatisfaction with the late concubine. said that he was still young and was not fortunate to be in a high position, in other words, the folk would be more straightforward: he is not very old, and he is not afraid of breaking his blessing if the reward is too generous. The malice in this is simply about to come out.

"The emperor doesn't want to see this younger brother." Momoka shrugged. You must know that back then, someone proposed to make the son of Concubine Xian the crown prince, which emperor would like a brother who was a threat to him? Just look at the second prince, the current prince, he has the title of prince, but in the capital, he is not waiting for death? Speaking of which, it is fortunate that he has been sick since he was a child, and he is still weak when he becomes an adult, and he can neither learn literature nor practice martial arts, so although his biological mother's position is not low, no one has ever mentioned that he has been appointed as the crown prince. This may have seemed unfortunate at the time, but now it seems to be a great blessing.

Jiang Xi didn't think that his daughter was wrong: "The fourth prince-oh, the foreign family of King Anjun is the Hou Yin family of Dingbei, and now he is leading the troops in the northwest, so he naturally has to be more jealous." ”

Yu's family is half a court, but the Northwest Army has always been firmly held in the hands of Dingbei Hou, because this army was formed by the first generation of Dingbei Hou, and each generation of Dingbei Hou guards the northwest, this Northwest Army, it is said that it is the Yin family army of Dingbei Hou.

Such a person should have been the most feared by emperors of all generations, but the Yin family has never interfered in the abolition of the establishment of the prince, they only recognize the emperor's holy decree, and only serve the one who sits on the throne of the Nine Dragons, so they can firmly stand in the northwest to this day. Even many years ago, Concubine Xian died in childbirth, and the Dingbei Hou Mansion did not move at all, let alone ask the emperor to investigate the cause of Concubine Xian's death in detail.

Therefore, when the first emperor sent the four princes to the northwest to be raised by his maternal grandfather's family before his death, it was also a time to show the whole world that the four princes could not be the princes, and the queen mother, that is, the queen at that time, did not raise any objections.

Taohua thought back to the appearance of the fourth prince. To be honest, it was a little vague, but I remember that it was a tall young man - at that time she was only concerned with the legs of the guard, and the extra energy was used to get angry with the two maids, but she ignored the main master. After that, I looked at it from a distance a few times on the Shangsi Festival, and it was not so much that I recognized the four princes, but that I recognized the two maids.

"This King of Anjun won't trouble our family, right?" This is what Taohua is most concerned about.

Jiang Xi recalled the expressions of the four princes and his party on the day of the Shangsi Festival, and sighed for a while: "Actually, the death of the virtuous concubine back then...... King Anjun should also understand. What's more, your grandfather and grandmother died because of this, even if it is to pay for your life, our family will not owe anything. ”

"Although that's what I said...... Taohua also recalled the attitude of the maid named Dieyi in the medicine hall that day, and felt that King Anjun didn't seem to be a person who understood very well, or rather, even if you understand, but the departure of your loved ones still needs a target to vent. King Anjun may not be able to take revenge on the Queen Mother or the Emperor, but isn't the Jiang family a very suitable target?

Jiang Xi was silent. Jiang Jun has a daughter in the palace, Jiang Zhu has the reputation of donating medicine to save the city, and King Anjun, a prince who has no name and is feared by Jinshang, probably can't move these two people. But after all, the second room of the Jiang family has a lot of different identities, and it is difficult to say whether King An Jun will take into account that they are all surnamed Jiang, so he will not act rashly.

"Forget Daddy, it's useless to think about this now." Taohua shook Jiang Xi, "Maybe King Anjun will go back to the northwest when he becomes a relative." "When the time comes, you should not be able to find their trouble.

"This may not be ......" Jiang Xi remembered the news he heard from Jiang Zhu, and his brows furrowed a little, "The emperor and the queen mother may not let him go back to the northwest again." "In the past, he was put in the northwest because he was still young, in fact, a few years ago, the Queen Mother wanted to transfer him back to the capital, so as not to stay in the northwest for a long time and establish any forces in the northwest army. It's just that the Dingbei Hou Mansion is called the edict of the first emperor, and only when the marriage is completed can the four princes return to Beijing. Now that the person has finally come back, how can he let him go back again?

"I heard that after this title came down, Jingli has already chosen a site to build the county palace."