Chapter 114: The Empress Arrives
Cai Wei talked to her mother for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, Du Shi said: "You rest, mother, go back to sleep first, Ming'er has to go to Liguo Mansion to celebrate her birthday!" ”
Cai Wei said: "I have already sent someone to get that ginseng, and I can get it back early tomorrow, so I can't delay it...... lwxs520”
Du Shi nodded reassuringly and went out with a sigh.
As soon as the mother left, her window opened, and Nangong Yifei flashed in.
Cai Wei leaned on the pillow and whispered: "You are getting more and more bold, in case my mother kills a horse pistol and suddenly kills back, see what you do?" ”
Nangong Yi walked over and got on the bed while going to his boots: "That's right, let's get married next month, so I have to run for more than two months!" As he spoke, he leaned over and rubbed it on Cai Wei's delicate and smooth cheeks, and couldn't put it down.
Cai Wei obediently leaned into his arms and asked in a low voice: "Let me ask you, where did you get so much wealth and such a heavy dowry, did you bring all your family resources to the next job!" ”
"Hmm!" The man replied honestly, "I also borrowed some from my father, queen mother, and grandmother." ”
"You fool!"
Cai Wei poked his forehead and said coquettishly: "You know that I don't lack these, why do you put so much effort into it?" ”
The man buried his head in her neck socket, rubbed it, and said in a low voice, "Then what do you lack?" Say it, and I'll find it for you. ”
Cai Wei was moved in her heart, hugged his sturdy waist casually, and muttered, "I don't lack anything......"
Otherwise, she thought of Aunt Liao's family who bought in Yahang yesterday, and said, "Have all the people in Anguo Mansion been executed?" ”
"Not yet, according to the laws of the Great Jin Kingdom, the execution of prisoners needs to be after the autumn, so we have to wait for a few months, is there anything wrong with the lady?" Although it was a bit embarrassing to say these things at this time, Cai Wei asked, and he still answered patiently.
Cai Wei turned over, lay flat in his arms, looked at his Junyan, and said, "I want to save someone, is it convenient?" ”
Nangong Yi asked curiously, "Who do you want to save?" ”
Cai Wei said: "An Guogong has a son, I forgot what his name is, he is a cripple man in his twenties, his wife and little mother have been bought back by me, if it is convenient for you, then rescue him too, so that their family can be reunited, so that they can rely on the old and the young, and besides, it is still useful for me to save them." ”
Nangong Yi said: "It's not difficult, but after being rescued, he has to live incognito in a remote and isolated place to avoid being discovered." ”
Cai Wei said: "It's just right, I originally wanted their family to go to Lingbei, Lingbei is remote and barren, and the lame concubine doesn't go out to make friends on weekdays, so few people know him, and when they get to Lingbei, no one will recognize their ......."
The two talked for a while, and when they were tired, they hugged each other and fell asleep......
At the fourth watch, Nangong Yi left.
After he left, Cai Wei entered the space, found a thousand-year-old ginseng in the woods, and dug it out.
Boy! This thousand-year-old thing is different from ordinary things, I saw that the old ginseng was more than a foot long, human-shaped, all limbs, and the facial features were vaguely recognizable.
Such a good ginseng can never find a second tree in the entire Great Jin Kingdom, and using it as a birthday gift is definitely more valuable than a gift from any guest!
She found a moderately sized brocade box and put the old ginseng up, the old lady was kind and kind, approachable, and treated their sisters very well, so she willingly gave her this old ginseng!
After loading the ginseng, Cai Wei went to the warehouse, and among the items that had been looted by Li Zhixian and the Lu family in the past, she found two satin shirts that looked decent and rich for Mu Liankui and Mu Bai's respectively, and also found some valuable head and face jewelry for Mu Bai's family, but I didn't know that these heads were worn by that lady or that favored concubine!
After leaving the space, she called Qiuqiu and asked her to send two sets of clothes and a few pieces of head jewelry to the backyard, while she washed and dressed herself and went outside for breakfast.
Mu Zhongqing and Du Shi had already gotten up, and they had also gotten up the two little babies, and they were going to go to the Liguo Mansion for a banquet later, so everyone's expressions were very excited, only Mu Zhongqing's eyes were a little uneasy.
During the meal, Mu Zhongqing glanced at Cai Wei and said tentatively: "Later, I have to let Zhang Darttou go to the set first to hire two cars, otherwise I will go to Liguo Gong today, we are such a big family, plus the maids you brought or something, one car can't fit!" ”
Cai Wei lowered her eyes, drank porridge, and said: "In addition to me, these few people in our family, plus the old man and the old lady and a few maids, two cars are enough, and you can't use three cars!" ”
Mu Zhongqing coughed, and said sneeringly: "Wei'er, what does my father mean is to let your uncle and his family also go to the Liguo Mansion to see and understand, after all, the old lady also invited them at that time, besides, your uncle and they all know that they were wrong in the past, and they are also reforming, haven't you seen it?" These days, they just work hard in our Zhuangzi, and they don't cause any trouble, so we can't ignore people, right? ”
Cai Wei put down the bowl, looked at Mu Zhongqing, and said coldly: "Dad, you have read books all your life, haven't you heard the sentence that the nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change?" The reason why they didn't have anything to do was because they didn't have the courage at that time, and the reason why they reformed was because they were forced to do something at that time. I never believed that they could change for the better, letting the old man and the old lady participate in the birthday banquet was already my limit, the old lady sincerely invited, and had to let them go to the two of them, as for others, or obediently stay at home and be practical, don't forget, the Liguo Mansion is Fei'er's future in-law's family, in case they have something embarrassing there, Yu Fei'er's future is very disadvantageous. ”
mentioned Fei'er's future, Mu Zhongqing obviously lacked confidence, but he still reluctantly said: "No, what kind of place is the Liguo Mansion, your uncle and your aunt are not fools, how dare they make trouble there?" ”
Cai Wei sneered: "It's about Fei'er's happiness in the future, I advise my father not to take risks!" ”
After that, he stood up, "I'm full, I'm going to go to the city, the old lady's birthday gift is on the desk in my room, you can go and get it yourself." ”
Zhang Darttou wanted to go to the city to hire a car, and he also had to go to the Bafu dim sum shop to deliver dim sum, so Cai Wei took Zhao Qiu and followed his carriage.
Because Cai Wei has already set a wedding date, according to the rules of the Great Jin Dynasty, the daughters who have set the wedding date cannot participate in the banquet activities of various mansions at will, so she can't participate in the birthday banquet of the Liguo Mansion today, and it just so happens that she still has some things to deal with, so she went into the city before her family.
Du Shi looked at his daughter's cold back, and said uneasily: "Xianggong, is Wei'er angry?" Or don't let them ......."
"Beautiful girl!"
Mu Zhongqing sighed, put down his chopsticks and said: "I promised my father and eldest brother last night, let them go this time, yesterday Wei'er didn't let my father and eldest brother participate, my father and mother were sad and cried, if I refuse them today, I really can't bear it!" ”
Du Shi saw that Mu Zhongqing was embarrassed between his daughter and her father, and he was very distressed, so he whispered: "This meeting will follow Dafang's thoughts, Wei'er will definitely be unhappy in her heart, remember, there is no next time!" ”
Mu Zhongqing solemnly agreed, got up and went to the backyard......
Mu Liankui and his wife received the clothes and jewelry from Cai Wei early in the morning, and they couldn't close their happy mouths!
Especially Mu Baishi, she has never brought gold jewelry in her life, a few days ago she secretly sold Cai Wei's furniture, gritted her teeth and bought a silver-gilded hairpin, the size is not big, the style is not good, she is still rare or something, today I got these red gold gem-inlaid head jewelry, it is rare to the tip of the heart.
There is also a set of lake-blue brocade gowns embroidered with chrysanthemums, which are much more comfortable than the dead silk clothes they bought in the pawnshop last time, and they are full of luxury when they wear them, and then they wear a head full of pearls and emeralds, which really looks like an old man from a rich and noble family.
It's good to still have money!
Mu Zhongli and his wife and Mu Chongfu brothers were unhappy, because Cai Wei only gave the old man and the old lady's clothes and accessories, but they didn't have a share of their family, didn't they know why they didn't want their family to go?
Therefore, as soon as Mu Zhongqing entered the door, Mu Chongcai called out aggrievedly: "Second uncle, what you said yesterday was proper, let us all go today, but the eldest sister only gave grandma's clothes, and she didn't have our share, what does this mean?" ”
Mu Zhongli also said in a low voice: "Second child, is it that Wei Yatou looks down on us, afraid that we will embarrass her if we go, if this is the case, we will not go, and it will save you embarrassment." ”
said, called the two sons: "You two will embarrass your second uncle, we are croppers, when we arrive at the Houmen Mansion, we will not embarrass your two sisters, so let's obediently go to work in the field with your father." ”
Li Shi tied up his apron and said with a sad face: "You chat, I'll feed the chickens first..." ”
Mu Zhongqing hurriedly said: "Big brother, sister-in-law, what are you talking about?" I'm just here to tell you, let you freshen up, and then Zhang Darttou hired a car, let's go to the Anguo Mansion together! ”
"Really?"
The family all showed expressions of disbelief, and Mu Zhongqing said: "Of course it's true, I'll wait in front first, and when you're done cleaning later, let's go to the front yard!" ”
After Mu Zhongqing finished speaking, he left, and the generous family blossomed, and Mu Zhongli said to his two sons: "Do you know why Dad has to let you attend this birthday banquet?" ”
Mu Chongcai and Mu Chongfu shook their heads, looking dazed. Mu Zhongli said: "It's just to take advantage of the fact that there are many people today, so that the dignitaries and dignitaries of the Great Jin Kingdom know our family, and when the time comes, it will be helpful for your two brothers to become officials in the future, and everyone knows that we live in the second child's house, so they are embarrassed to drive us away again, hehe..." ”
Mu Baishi smiled: "It's still your brain!" ”
Mu Zhongli said: "No way, that dead girl has gained momentum and refuses to recognize us, so we have to find another way, and want to find another way to establish a foothold here, how good the capital is, I am reluctant to go!" ”
"Yes, yes, we are reluctant to go." Mu Chongcai and Mu Chongfu echoed, the capital is full of flowers, much more lively than Mujia Village and Qingyun Town, especially here where the big fish and meat are hard to eat, and they also need to go out to work, they are naturally happy!
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In the city, in a dilapidated old mansion
Du Yongqi, the concubine of Anguo, has been sent by Nangong Yi, and is reuniting with the old lady's wife and children, after Cai Wei entered, the family knelt in front of her, crying bitterly, Du Yongqi said: "Miss Mu, Du Yongqi can leave this life and come back to reunite with his wife and children, all thanks to Miss Mu's righteous rescue, although Du Yongqi is a lame, but he is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, if there is anything to Miss in the future, just tell Yongqi, Yongqi will definitely be dead and dead!" ”
His Hun's Liu family also cried: "I thought that this family was going to be torn apart, the dead died, the sold sold, there is no day in this life, Miss Meng Mu pulled out the rescue, so that our family has no flesh and blood separation, in the future, we will all be Miss's people, heaven and earth, only Miss said a word." ”
Aunt Liao hugged her son and cried and laughed, she couldn't say a complete word, Yueniang and the seven or eight-year-old little Nizi were whimpering, looking at Cai Wei's eyes full of gratitude.
Cai Wei helped them up and said, "Last time I was in the Fangfei Pavilion, I told you that if you want you to cooperate with me, I will definitely give you a chance to turn over, so that you can leave here safely, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, I don't know if you still remember?" ”
"Remember, I don't know what Miss means?"
Cai Wei said: "I made a deal with the Great Khan Tuoba Kui of Monnu to buy the glass produced by Monnu, but I don't have a trustworthy person stationed there, so. ”
"Let's go, we'll go as a family." Without waiting for Cai Wei to finish speaking, Aunt Liao took the lead in wiping her eyes and tears, and Du Yongqi and the Hunjia Liu also said that they were willing to go and could go at any time.
As he spoke, Zhao Qiu had already led Sun Bao and Sun Hu in, and Chaoyun followed behind them.
Cai Wei said: "It's just a few of you, how to divide the labor, Chaoyun told you, in the future, you all have to obey Zhao Yun's arrangement, after arriving in Lingbei, if something happens, you can find a pair of sisters named Dunzhu and Danzhu, they are my people, and I will try my best to help you." ”
Sun Hu said, "Miss, when are we leaving?" ”
Cai Wei said: "Let's leave today, when you arrive in Lin'an, you can invite your eldest brother to go with you, he was rescued by King Qin a few days ago, and now he is still in Lin'an Mansion." ”
"Really?"
The Sun brothers' eyes widened in surprise, and Cai Wei smiled: "It's really fake, you will naturally know it when you arrive at Lin'an Mansion, hurry up and pack up this and get ready to go!" ”
"Yes!"
Several people answered together.
Cai Wei pulled Chaoyun and said, "I'll work hard for you in Lingbei in the future, and when the situation opens up over there, I'll transfer it back in the bar!" ”
Chaoyun said: "Miss don't have to worry too much, Chaoyun is alone, it's the same everywhere, at this time, there are so many people listening to my dispatch arrangement, Chaoyun is too late to be happy, whether you want to come back or not!" ”
Hearing her say this, Cai Wei relieved herself and handed over a stack of silver tickets to Chaoyun as the funds for their activities in Lingbei, and gave them fifty taels of silver per person, which was reserved for their private expenses!
The Sun brothers were originally living here, and Chaoyun didn't have anything to worry about, Aunt Liao's family was guilty and wanted to leave early, so soon after Cai Wei ordered, the group hired two carriages and went straight to the north......
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At this time, Mu Zhongqing's family and Dafang's family came to the Liguo Mansion in a mighty way.
At this time, in front of the Liguo Mansion, there was already a lot of traffic, people were boiling, and the ladies of the court and the ladies of the various mansions who came to celebrate their birthday entered the mansion in an endless stream, and the eldest grandson of the old lady, Mo Zijing, and the eldest son of the second room, Mo Zili, stood at the door to greet the guests who came to celebrate their birthday.
As soon as the people of the Mu family got out of the car, the eyes of the Dafang family were not enough to arouse it, the Liguo Mansion was an ancient mansion of hundreds of years, there were four old locusts at the door, there were upper and lower horse stones, and the stakes for tying horses, and the opposite was a grinding brick and a seam eight-character shadow wall; The vermilion gate is full of ancient rhyme, and there is an ebony plaque hanging on it, with four big characters of 'Liguo Gongfu' written on it, and a gold hook and iron painting.
Through the open gate, you can see two century-old frangipani trees in the courtyard canopy like an umbrella, staggered growth, verdant broad-needled leaves pressing the beautiful branches, the top of the tree holding a cluster of red flowers, corolla funnel, lobes whirl, elegant and dignified, fragrant. Under the tree, the guests in gorgeous clothes and brocade clothes are bustling, the river is endless, everyone is talking about the high and wide in the courtyard, laughing and laughing, a scene of harmony and joy.
The Mu family walked to the door, and although the old lady went to the Mu family's little house to recognize them that day, she secretly told their identities to the two sons at the door, Mo Zijing greeted them with a smile, called the seniors, and welcomed the Mu family into the mansion with humility and courtesy.
A servant who had been ordered to lead them into the house led them into the courtyard, through the cloister, and towards the back.
Mu Zhongqing's family had lived in Huo Yuan's Bishui Villa for a period of time before, and had also stayed in the Qin Wang's Mansion for a few days, so they were no longer surprised by this kind of majestic, luxurious and magnificent mansion, but the Dafang family had never seen such a magnificent mansion, one by one with their mouths open, their heads shaking back and forth like rattles, looking east and west, endlessly.
Entering the second gate, a smiling short and fat woman greeted her, led the women, and continued back from the verandah on the left, and the men were invited to the right by the little maid, and went in the direction of the garden along the weeping flower gate on the right.
Because of their young age, the two little babies stayed with their mothers, and several women entered the courtyard of Sanjin in the house surrounded by all the maids.
There are pairs of flower pots, pomegranate trees, fish tanks at the end of tea leaves, nine-foot high oleanders, spring, spring, gardenias, cypresses, sycamore trees, all kinds of flowers, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, beautiful, there are really four flowers that are not grateful, eight sections of Changchun grass. The main room is five rooms on top, the colored glazed tiles on the roof reflect the brilliant brilliance, the front out of the corridor, the back out of the building, the east and west wings, the east and west with the room, spacious and wide, extending in all directions.
Li Shi saw it, and secretly applauded in his heart, such a family, how can Fei'er, a little hoof who is not on the stage, be worthy of marrying in, and how good it would be if her bottle could marry in!
Thinking about it, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter in the main room. The mother-in-law who led the way said to a few girls at the door: "Go in and report it, and say that the daughter of the Mu family has arrived!" ”
The little girl "eh", smiled and went in, after a while, the door curtain opened, the eldest lady Wu and the eldest daughter-in-law Yang personally greeted out, Wu affectionately took Du's hand, and said: "Sister Du is here, the old lady is chattering, come in!" ”
As he spoke, he let the family in.
Entering the hall, I saw Mrs. An sitting on the rosewood inlaid ivory carved landscape with a red face, talking and laughing with a group of gorgeously dressed ladies.
Fortunately, this is a very spacious room, the middle hall is only set up with a screen, the guest room is in the left and right rooms, the east and west rooms and the bright rooms are separated by floor-to-ceiling flower covers, and the west and east rooms are two rooms that are opened, which are extremely spacious and bright. If it weren't for this design, it would really be impossible to accommodate so many people, and if it weren't for that, the room would be a little crowded!
Du Shi took the family to say hello to the old lady, and then pulled out Wen'er and Wu'er from behind to kowtow to the old lady.
The two little babies are wearing bright red spike gowns, combing round cupola mustaches, with gold locks around their necks, and white and tender faces, with a pair of big black grape-like eyes, very cute!
The old lady is like something, and she shouts for reward. Immediately, a big girl dressed in powder blue armor stepped forward and took out two gold bills from her purse and gave them to the two little babies. Wen'er and Wu'er immediately held a pair of small fists and bowed to the old lady to thank them, just like a pair of dolls on a New Year's painting.
After a while, the purses of the two little babies couldn't fit it, so they had to ask Sister-in-law Liu to help take it, and the old lady was still angry, blaming Du for hiding the two little babies and tucking them, and they couldn't see them when they went last time.
When Du Shi first entered the house, she was still a little nervous, but when she saw that everyone was so amiable, her nervous mood calmed down, and she smiled gently: "These two leather monkeys are very naughty, last time they were afraid of bumping into the old lady, so they didn't dare to let them come forward, today is the old lady's birthday, I don't pull them to kowtow to the old lady, I feel uneasy, so I pulled them here." ”
Prime Minister Ning's wife saw that the old lady liked these two little babies tightly, so she smiled and quipped: "The old sister doesn't need to look at other people's babies with a full stomach, and when your granddaughter-in-law marries home, she can still give birth to such two little great-grandchildren of jade carving!" ”
The old lady said with a smile: "In this case, when I turn around, I will ask the boy to go to the Jian'an Hou Mansion to propose marriage, and marry Xiangyun back as much as possible, maybe the child will be born next year." ”
Mrs. Jian'anhou laughed at herself: "Hey, the old lady looks down on that girl, that girl is very scalped, and she can't give birth to such a well-behaved baby, and it's okay if you don't give birth to two live monkeys to make trouble!" ”
As soon as he spoke, everyone laughed, and the people from the Jian'an Hou Mansion continued: "If the old lady wants such a great-grandson, she has to beg the person in front of her!" ”
When Fei'er heard this, she understood that she was talking about her, and immediately blushed, rubbing her handkerchief crampedly, and didn't dare to raise her eyes.
The old lady said: "Look at you people who are not doing right, you all say that the faces of others and girls are red, you really deserve to be beaten!" ”
"Yo, look, look, this hasn't passed the door yet, the old lady has protected it, we are not good people!" Mrs. Ning laughed.
Everyone was also laughing and having fun, and the housekeeper suddenly ran in panting, and said, "Old lady, the queen's Luan is about to arrive at the gate of the mansion, you should prepare to meet it!" ”
"The queen is here?"
The old lady hurriedly stood up, "Why didn't the palace report in advance?" There is a lot of coaxing here, and there is nothing to prepare, how can I pick up the mother's phoenix? ”
All the ladies got up one after another and persuaded: "Old lady, the lady must be sympathetic to you, I am afraid that you will be tired, so I didn't notify the house in advance, you go and greet you!" ”
"Yes, old lady, maybe my mother wants to surprise you!"
The old lady is really happy in her heart, although this daughter has a cold temperament, but after all, it is the meat that fell from her body, a few months ago because she was reprimanded by the emperor, grounded, the old lady is not worried that she can't sleep, she can't eat fragrant food, and now she has been lifted, and she is released home to celebrate her birthday, she is really pleased!
Mu Bai and Li were also like dreams, never dreaming that they would one day see the queen mother, they followed the ladies and came to the gate in the clouds, waiting to greet the queen mother.
About a cup of tea, a dozen eunuchs panted and ran to clap their hands, everyone knew that it was the queen's mother's phoenix, and they only stood according to their directions.
Li Guogong led the children of the He clan and the ministers and guests to stand outside the west gate, the old lady led the women and female guests with armor to stand outside the gate to greet, half a day quiet, faintly the sound of drum music, when young, a pair of young palace maids dressed in palace clothes, holding pheasant feather palace fan, and there is a gold furnace burning incense, and then a crank nine phoenix golden umbrella came over, it is the crown robe with shoes, and there are eunuchs on duty holding incense towels, embroidered handkerchiefs, gargles, dust and other things, a pair of pairs of finishes, behind is eight eunuchs carrying a gold-topped bright yellow embroidered phoenix Luanyu, Walk slowly.
The old lady hurriedly led everyone to kneel.
"Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose-"
The ladies bowed their heads and saluted, only the Li family was curious about what the queen looked like, whether it was like the storyteller, with a human head and a phoenix tail, and a pair of wings.
Therefore, he secretly raised his eyes and glanced at Feng Yu.
But I saw a noble woman with a very beautiful appearance, wearing an eight-treasure phoenix crown and a phoenix robe, looking coldly at the ladies on the ground.
As if sensing her attention, Queen Mo's sharp gaze swept towards her coldly, making Li shrink her neck in fright, and hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look up again.
"Mother, please get up quickly, ladies are alive!"
Queen Mo said coldly, a eunuch had already come over, helped up the old lady, and several elderly ladies and others!
"Thank you, Queen Mother!"
Everyone got up and quietly followed Feng Bao.
The eunuchs carried the phoenix into a courtyard to the east of the gate, which was the courtyard where Queen Mo lived when she was a girl, and Queen Mo has been locked since she entered the palace, and there are fixed people to clean it every day, and every time Queen Mo comes back to save her relatives, she has to go back to that courtyard to stay.
After the phoenix fell to the ground, the eunuch knelt down to ask for a change of clothes, and Queen Mo got off the phoenix and ordered: "Only the mother and sister-in-law will be left to talk, and the rest will go to the table!" ”
So, the old lady and the Wu family entered the courtyard respectfully, and the rest of the ladies, led by the second lady Bai and the eldest grandmother Yang, went to the verandah in the garden to take their seats.
Entering the main room, Queen Mo wanted to perform family etiquette, the old lady and the Wu family hurriedly knelt down, Queen Mo helped her mother and sister-in-law with her own hands, and said: "It's easy to come out today, I just want to talk to my mother and sister-in-law, let's not be restrained, otherwise don't be awkward, and we will be divided." ”
The old lady said: "Niangniang's words are bad, as the saying goes: etiquette can not be abolished, although Niangniang has now lifted the ban, Yi'er's family affairs have also been set, and the days ahead are getting better day by day, but how many pairs of eyes are staring at it, it is always good to be careful!" ”
As he was talking, the eunuch outside came to report, and the grandfather of the country led the children and ministers of the mansion to visit Niangniang and greet Niangniang.
Queen Mo said: "Let them all step down, they should eat the banquet, they should watch the play, they don't have to remember the palace, the palace is returning to Ning today, it is to celebrate their mother's birthday, and they don't see others." ”
The eunuch received the decree and was just about to retreat, but Queen Mo suddenly said: "Let the child come to see the palace, and the rest will retreat!" ”
"Yes!"
The eunuch retreated, and a moment later, Mo Ziqi walked in.
He wore a rose-purple round-necked robe today, with high black hair, tied with a hollow purple jade crown, the festive color, lining his cold face, more and more his elegant peerless elegance.
The more Empress Mo looked at it, the more happy she became, and when she saw Mo Ziqi kneeling down for her to perform a state salute, she hurriedly asked Chen Shangxi to help him up, and said with a smile: "Time flies, it's so old for a while, I remember that when I came back to the palace last time, he was still a half-grown child!" ”
The old lady said: "It's not what's wrong, it was all eight years ago, and for a while, the mother hasn't been home for eight years." ”
Queen Mo said: "Yes, I remember that when I came back eight years ago, Chaoyang was naughty and accidentally fell into the lotus pond, or Ziqi jumped down desperately to fish her up, it was late autumn at that time, and Ziqi was sick for this!" ”
Mo Ziqi said: "The princess had an accident in the Liguo Mansion, and Ziqi, as the son and grandson of the Liguo Mansion, should naturally do her best to keep the princess safe!" ”
"Look, when you grow up, you can say these high-sounding scenes, you didn't say that when you were a child!"
Empress Mo laughed, and her always cold face was a little softer.
"At that time, you said that Cousin Chaoyang was beautiful like a fairy daughter, what a pity it was to be drowned, and later, this palace asked you what reward you wanted, and you said, the reward you want is to be able to see Cousin Chaoyang every day, Zi Period, I don't know if you remember this?"
Mo Ziqi paused for a moment and said, "If you go back to the queen's mother, Ziqi remembers." ”
Queen Mo said: "Okay, since you remember, my aunt has fulfilled your wish, what do you think?" ”
Before she could say a word, the old lady Liu, the eldest lady Wu and Mo Ziqi all looked at her in surprise, with a puzzled expression.
Empress Mo took a breath, turned to the old lady, and said slowly: "Mother, I came here just for Chaoyang's business, and my daughter thinks that it would be the best thing if Chaoyang and Ziqi could kiss each other." ”
The old lady was stunned, the eldest lady Wu was also cracked, Chaoyang was willful and rude, everyone in the aristocratic circle of the Great Jin Kingdom was well known, no one was willing to marry such an aunt and grandmother to go home for her, not to mention that she was also broken by Saknu, her reputation has long been stinky, even if she is married to an ordinary family, ordinary people may not be willing to marry her, let alone the illustrious Liguo Mansion!
"Queen Mother!" Mo Ziqi arched his hand and was about to speak. Queen Mo gently interrupted him: "Call me aunt, among these nephews, your aunt hurts you the most, because our mother's temperament is the most similar, but you are the one who has the most separation with your aunt." ”
Mo Ziqi pursed his cool lips slightly, and was not moved by Queen Mo's deliberate pull, he arched his hand again: "If you go back to your aunt, you are afraid that you will live up to your aunt's love, Ziqi has already proposed to the second lady of the Mu family, exchanged Geng posts, and will go to the Mu family to hire in the near future, if there is no accident, when the king of Qin goes to the eldest lady of the Mu family, the nephew will go to marry the second lady back." ”
Queen Mo's face turned cold, and said: "Don't mention the Mu family to the palace again, speaking of which, the palace has already regretted the proposal to the Mu family, the palace has already checked last night, the women of the Mu family are not inappropriate from top to bottom, but they all have a good skin, this kind of humble woman is not worthy of our family's sons at all!" ”
The old lady smiled reluctantly and said, "Why did the queen mother say this, when you wrote to me that day and asked me to go to the Mu family to ask for marriage, didn't you say that the Cai Wei girl of the Mu family was chivalrous and courageous?" ”
"Mother!"
Queen Mo said angrily: "Mother, don't talk about it, at that time, the daughter was misled by the rebel, and she was confused for a while to do that stupid thing, and now she is already remorseful, the sisters of the Mu family are only suitable to be concubines of Israel, not suitable to be regular wives at all." ”
The doctor said weakly: "However, when we proposed marriage that day, we explained that we would marry someone else's daughter as a wife, and now we want to let someone's daughter be a concubine, I'm afraid that people won't agree." ”
"Will they say yes or not?"
Empress Mo sneered, "Even if it is the daughter of the Houmen Mansion, it is not a grievance to be a concubine for our Yi son, what kind of thing are they, and they dare not agree?" ”
"Auntie, let Fei'er be a concubine, I won't agree." Mo Ziqi suddenly spoke, Mo Ziqi's indifferent face did not have too much expression, he stood with his hands in his hands, looking like he was not in the air.
Queen Mo was surprised and said, "You don't agree to her being a concubine?" Do you want Chaoyang to be a concubine? She is the princess of the Great Jin Kingdom! ”
Mo Ziqi said bluntly: "My nephew never said that he wanted to marry Chaoyang, and he didn't want to marry her. ”
Queen Mo pursed her lips, was silent for a long time, sighed, and said: "Ziji, my aunt knows, you are the one who was in Chaoyang's past, and any man will mind this kind of thing, but Chaoyang is also a victim, my aunt is such a daughter, I really don't worry about marrying her to someone else's aunt, only by marrying your own family, my aunt can put her mind at ease." Don't worry, you like the daughter of the Mu family, and your aunt won't stop you, so let her marry you with Chaoyang, if the Mu family doesn't agree, the aunt will tell them. ”
After that, he said to the eldest lady Wu: "Sister-in-law, send someone to call the people of the Mu family in, and the palace will tell them personally!" ”
Wu pulled his lips, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Yes!" ”
Then he called the big girl next to her and asked her to go to the banquet to call the ladies of the Mu family in.
After the girl left, the old lady pondered for a while, and said: "Queen, Chaoyang's temperament will not tolerate her husband having other women, according to the old man's opinion, it is better to find her a one-on-one master, so as not to make the husband and wife turn against each other, which will be bad!" ”
Queen Mo said: "After that incident, Chaoyang's temperament has changed a lot, and he will never make trouble out of thin air, the mother should only pity this child, and pity the poor daughter, she is not a scheming person, if she suffers such a thing, if she goes to another house, how can it be good if others don't treat her?" Only when you marry into our own family, with you and your sister-in-law to take care of, and you are a sincere gentleman in the child's period, then Mu's status is low, and I dare not have anything to do, I can rest assured. ”
While speaking, the maid had already led Du Shi, Mu Baishi, Li Shi and Fei'er in. Seeing Queen Mo, the mothers knelt down nervously and kowtowed.
"Meet the Queen Mother, Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose!"
Empress Mo's eyes were first fixed on Fei'er's face, and when she saw the delicate face that resembled Mu Caiwei, her eyebrows couldn't help frowning, and then she opened her eyes in disgust, and saw the stupid woman who had just peeped at her, Queen Mo's eyes stayed on Li's body for four or five seconds, and suddenly found an unusual phenomenon.
There is a big gap between the clothes of these four women, and the mother and daughter of the Mu family are all wearing very expensive clothes made of floating brocade, and they are wearing priceless jewelry on their heads. The little hoof named Fei'er actually wore a set of diamond head jewelry, and this set of jewelry alone was worth eight thousand silver, while Fei'er's mother stayed in a set of amethyst jewelry, and the full set of jewelry added up was not worth 10,000, but also worth 8,000, and the old woman, one was wearing an ordinary silk dress, although there were a few pieces of gold and gem-encrusted jewelry, but compared with the mother and daughter, there was still a big gap, and the woman who peeped at her was even worse, a half-new silk dress was wrinkled, What he wore on his head was actually a gold-plated hairpin.
Empress Mo didn't ask Fei'er if she was willing to surrender herself to a concubine, but asked directly: "Du, what is your relationship with this old lady?" ”
Du Shi said cautiously: "If you go back to your mother's words, it's the little woman's mother-in-law!" ”
"What about this lady, who is you?"
"Qi Yu Niangniang, it's the little woman's sister-in-law!"
"Smack!"
Queen Mo slapped the case violently, and said angrily: "Bold Du Shi, I have always ruled the world with filial piety, you poisonous woman is so rebellious, treating your mother-in-law and sister-in-law harshly, wearing gold and silver, but letting your mother-in-law and sister-in-law wear such goods, are you guilty?" ”
Du Shi was startled, and said forcefully: "Back to the mother's words, the little woman does not dare to treat her mother-in-law harshly, the mother-in-law lives in the little woman's house, three meals a day, and there is no one who is not thoughtful." ”
"Shut up, the evidence is conclusive, you still dare to be hard-mouthed, do you want this palace to send you to Yingtianfu for a trial to see if what you say is true or false?"
Du Shi was already timid and afraid, but when he was so frightened by Queen Mo, he couldn't help but tremble with fright, and he didn't know what to do.
Seeing that her mother was frightened like this, Fei'er leaned close to her mother and helped her to prevent her from falling.
Queen Mo glanced at the Du family, then swept to the Mu Bai family and the Li family, and said: "You two don't have to hide it for her, say, how she treats you harshly, say it This palace will definitely listen to you, if you dare to expire half a word in this palace, this palace will deal with you according to the crime of bullying the king!" ”
As soon as the Li family heard that Queen Mo said that if she wanted to conceal it and deal with them according to the crime of bullying the monarch, she was immediately afraid, and besides, she really couldn't get used to the fake noble lady of the Du family, so she immediately kowtowed and said loudly: "Queen Mother, the women dare not expire their mothers, the women said." ”
As he spoke, he told them how Cai Wei treated them and how to design them, so that their family was in the way of Mrs. Law, and now they were not allowed to go to the front yard, and they were going to give them three thousand taels of silver to drive them away.
Mu Baishi heard his daughter-in-law say this, and also remembered Cai Wei's disrespect to them, and also snorted and cried, and when it came to the sad place, he also patted his thigh and cried......