(xviii) Concubines
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She also knew that if she admitted it at this time, she was afraid that he would never want herself again, so she couldn't admit anything, and she couldn't admit it even if she was killed!
Chaoqing and Dong Yuma heard Chongwu say this, and they understood everything, but since he knew his daughter's means and was willing to come here, it proved that he still cared about the child in his daughter's belly, so the child was their only bargaining chip, as long as the child was in their hands, they were not afraid that he would not comply.
So, the eldest princess of Chaoqing said in a weird way: "Wan'er, don't tell others, since people treat you so cheaply, we can't be guilty of pestering others, it's a big deal, let's go back to Tongzhou District, and my mother will help you find a father for the child in your belly." β
Hearing this, Chongwu's expression immediately changed, and the hands on both sides couldn't help curling up.
That child is his, his first child, the child of the Mu family, how can he bear to let his child call someone else's father?
Dong Wan'er also saw Chongwu's sudden look, and immediately seized the opportunity and said heartbrokenly: "Mother, my daughter listens to you, and my daughter will go back to Tongzhou with you......"
After speaking, he looked at Chongwu with resentment, and said: "Since you don't believe me anymore, let's say goodbye, you have helped me a lot before, so even if you misunderstand me now, I won't resent you, Mu Gongzi, take care......"
Chongwu pursed his lips tightly, looking at her slightly bulging lower abdomen, his heart was very entangled, not that he was moved by Dong Wan'er's pretended pitiful expression and a few words, but he really couldn't bear the child in her belly, in his eyes, it was his flesh and blood!
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In the evening, when Mu Chongwu returned to Mu Mansion, his father and mother and eldest brother and sister-in-law had already prepared a banquet for him to receive the wind, and he had not seen him for a long time, Du Shi's longing for his son had reached the extreme, and as soon as he entered the house, Du Shi personally took a feather duster to help him sweep the snow on the cloak, and helped him take off the big coat, handed it to Sister-in-law Liu, and said with a smile: "Just now, your father and your brother and sister-in-law are still talking about you, but it happened that it came, Qiuyue, go and add a hand stove to the second son." (Okay", looking around, I saw that there was a charcoal fire burning in the flower hall, and everything was appropriate, so I smiled and talked to Su Jinghua. The two chatted about some trivial matters, and when the maid served tea and pastries, Yingluo held the stove and said with a smile: "I'll just talk to your young master, you all go down and rest for a while." β
"No need, mother, my son is not cold."
The hand stove is a woman's household thing, Chongwu will not use it even if it is cold, but Du Shi cherishes his son, and he doesn't know how to hurt him. There is a charcoal fire burning in the flower hall, and the wall is also a burning fire wall, and the room is as warm as spring.
After the establishment was made, Chongwu saluted his father, mother, brother and sister-in-law, and asked everyone for the crime of not saying goodbye, when he got up, his eyes inadvertently touched Yanran's big belly, and suddenly thought of Dong Wan'er, who was pregnant, and the excitement of seeing his relatives suddenly dimmed.
Du Shi was careful, and when he saw his son suddenly change color, he asked, "Wu'er, what's wrong?" Why do you suddenly have a bad face! β
Chongwu knew that he couldn't hide it from his family, and he didn't want to hide it, so he said in a deep voice: "Father, mother, my son is not filial, so that Dong Wan'er is pregnant." β
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As soon as the words fell, the room fell silent in an instant, and everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and they were all stunned.
What's going on? Dong Wan'er actually ...... Pregnant!
This...... It's so sudden!
Yan Ran was the first to come back to her senses, broke the silence in the room, and said, "Father, mother, even if Dong Wan'er is pregnant with the child of our Mu family, we must not let this kind of woman enter our family's house." β
"Yes, we can't let her enter our Mu family, otherwise I'm afraid that our family will have no peace from now on." Chongwen had a very bad impression of Dong Wan'er, even if he heard that the woman was pregnant with her younger brother, he didn't want to admit her.
Du Shi was stunned for a while, slowly accepted the news, and struggled for a moment: "However, we can't let our Mu family's children be left behind, that's your brother's first child!" Wu'er, what is your opinion? β
If Chongwu can come up with any good opinions, he won't have to be as entangled and painful as he is now, he hung his head weakly, and it took a long time to spit out a sentence: "I have found out what kind of person she is, I won't marry her..." β
Mu Zhongqing was silent for a long time, and said: "The bloodline of the Mu family naturally cannot be left outside, but the daughter of the eldest princess of Chaoqing, my family must not marry, but it is still okay to be accepted as a concubine." β
Although the Mu family has no precedent for taking concubines, it is treated special under special circumstances, and at present, this is the only way to keep their own 'flesh and blood'. Although the decision to let Dong Wan'er enter the mansion was a bit embarrassing, it was the only way he could think of at the moment.
Yan Ran didn't think so, "Dad, Dong Wan'er has always been arrogant, she is deliberately approaching her uncle, and now that she has a child by her side, she will never be willing to be a concubine." β
"She was unwilling, so she asked her to do whatever she liked, and when the child was born, our family had a way to get the child back."
Fei'er wore a floor-length cloak of red fox skin, held a stove, and walked in surrounded by a group of maids, followed by her baby son Mo Chengzu. I heard that Chongwu was going home today, so I rushed back to visit, but I didn't expect to hear this as soon as I entered the door.
Mo Chengzu was wearing a bright red tassel gown, gray squirrel-colored deerskin boots, and a tiger head hat with cat's eyes on his head, and followed his mother's side seriously, the little face was similar to his father's usual look, but his father was an adult man, and his indifferent look could add a lot of men's spirit.
Seeing Fei'er coming, Chongwen Chongwu and Yanran both got up to salute.
Fei'er hurriedly stepped up a few steps, held Yanran's hand and said, "Brother and sister, I said that you don't have to greet me, you are about to give birth, this one by one, if you get the fetal gas, my sin will be great!" β
As he spoke, he helped Yuwen Yanran to sit down.
Yanran smiled: "Even if my sister doesn't come, I often sit up, where is it so delicate?" Since my sister is here, it's just right, everyone is talking about Dong Wan'er's affairs, and my sister will also help with ideas. β
As soon as Yanran's little brother saw Chengzu, he ran over and said, "Little nephew, let's play together." β
Chengzu didn't like the title of 'little nephew' very much, because in his opinion, 'small' meant 'weak', which meant that he was a character who was protected and humbled by others, and he didn't like it very much.
The kid in front of me is obviously not much older than him, but every time I see him, I always scream 'little nephew, little nephew', it's really hateful!
"Humph!"
Mo Chengzu turned his head arrogantly, his face full of disdain: "Hmph! Children just want to play all day long! β
Yuwen's child said regretfully: "Yesterday, my brother-in-law gave me a beast that looks like a camel and a horse, with a gentle temperament and great fun, and I plan to wait for you to ride and play with you......"
After all, Mo Chengzu is a four or five-year-old baby, and when he heard that there was such a strange thing, he naturally couldn't help it.
He pursed his lips and said reluctantly: "Forget it, it's idle anyway, it's boring, it's better to play with you, let's go, let's see that beast..." β
The two little babies held hands, couldn't even care about eating, and went out happily.
Du Shi hurriedly instructed the maids and women to follow, take care of them well, and don't make any mistakes....
After the child went out, Fei'er put away her gentle smile, looked at Chongwu sternly and said, "It's not that my sister complains about you, you are also unconscious, how can you do such an unseemly thing?" You take a look, but how can there be a man in the capital who gives birth to a child before his daughter-in-law even enters the door? If this spreads, do we still need the face of the Mu family? Besides, it's not good for you to provoke anyone, but you just found the daughter of Chaoqing's, think about it, how can such a raise a good girl? β
Chongwu also knew that Dong Wan'er was not good, but now that the matter is over, where can he find regret medicine? He had a hard time, so he had to lower his head and say in a deep voice: "Second sister, my younger brother knows that he is wrong. β
Du Shi couldn't bear to be reprimanded as soon as his son came back, and persuaded him: "Fei'er, it's useless to complain about him now, and I want me to say, while she is still alive, marry the young lady of Zhang Shangshu's family as soon as possible." Otherwise, the wife didn't wait to enter the door, the concubine's child came out, and the reputation of this favored concubine spread out, and the daughter of a good family was willing to marry our family? The reputation of our Mu family will also stink......"
"It's a good idea, it's just that I'm afraid that Dong Wan'er won't follow it."
Yanran knows Dong Wan'er's temperament best, and with her arrogant energy, she will definitely not be willing to be small for Chongwu.
Fei'er sneered: "It's okay if you don't follow, it's just that we don't want a woman like her to enter our Mu family's house, just send more people to keep an eye on them and protect the child." If she can raise the child well, it's fine, if not, we have a way to bring the child back, recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, Wu'er, what do you say? β
At this moment, remorse and frustration seized Chongwu's heart, and his heart was so confused that he didn't know what to choose, but he believed in his relatives, so when he heard his sister's question, he said, "It's all up to my father and mother!" β
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Dong Wan'er thought that she had the piece of meat in her stomach as a bargaining chip, so she didn't worry about Chongwu not marrying her, Princess Chaoqing and Dong Yuma were also proudly thinking about marrying a daughter, they were all planned, and when the Mu family came to propose, they proposed to let the emperor pardon their crimes and restore their status, with the relationship between the Mu family and the emperor, this matter must be easy to do.
However, unexpectedly, the news that Mu Chongwu and Miss Zhang Shangshujia were married!
Chaoqing and his wife were dumbfounded, and Dong Wan'er was also stunned!
Mu family, are you not going to have this child? Is this a plan to abandon their mother and son? Legend has it that the Mu family loves children the most, how can they not even want their own flesh and blood?
While they were panicking, an uninvited guest arrived.
The person who came was Dong Wan'er's maternal grandfather, Dong Qinghe, the father-in-law of Princess Chaoqing, who was entrusted by Mu Zhongqing to persuade her son and daughter-in-law to let Dong Wan'er enter the Mu family as a concubine.
In this era, it is a very unseemly thing to be a concubine, and concubines are bought and sold, like a commodity, and can be given away at will, sold or even killed, so the daughters of good families will not be concubines.
But there are exceptions to everything, the Mu family is now in Dajin, it can be regarded as a unique family, but the Dong family has fallen, if Dong Wan'er can marry into the Mu family as a concubine, with the child in her belly, it should be more than enough to gain a foothold in the Mu family, and if she can be a person, she can hold her husband's heart and coax her in-laws, and it is not impossible for the Dong family to turn over by the power of the Mu family in the future.
What's more, Lord Mu has solemnly stated that the Mu family will never marry Dong Wan'er as a wife, and it doesn't matter if she doesn't want to be a concubine, the Mu family will not be strong.
Dong Wan'er is already pregnant with Mu Chongwu's child, which belongs to the remnants of flowers and willows, if she doesn't marry Chongwu, no one will hire her in the future, and the reputation of the Dong family is over.
Therefore, under the trade-off, it is better to marry Chongwu as a concubine!
The eldest princess of Chaoqing was just talking nonsense before, saying that she wanted to go to the emperor to sue the emperor, scare and scare Chongwu, this time she saw that the Mu family really didn't want her daughter, she didn't even dare to let go of a fart, and now what she cares about is not whether her daughter marries into the Mu family is a wife or a concubine, but whether her status as the eldest princess can be restored, if her status and identity cannot be restored, her son will have no future, and she will have no fun in the rest of her life.
Hearing her father-in-law say that if Dong Wan'er can get a man in one fell swoop and keep to herself in the Mu family, there should be a chance for them to turn over, so he was moved and persuaded his daughter.
"The Mu family has already made a marriage with Zhang Shangshu's family and exchanged Geng posts, if you want to marry Mu Chongwu as a wife, it is absolutely impossible, it is better to marry it, although it is a concubine, but it is a noble concubine, and you are still pregnant, and the Miss Zhang family will not dare to embarrass you after passing the door."
Dong Juma also said: "Wan'er, you are not married yet, if you go back to Tongzhou with a big belly, what will others think?" I'm afraid that the spitting stars will drown you too, it's better to marry the Mu family, the Mu family is a famous family, you have married, even if you are a concubine, you are much more decent than the master of ordinary people......"
At this point, Dong Wan'er also understood that the Mu family would not give up the marriage contract with the Zhang family because of her and the child in her belly, without her, Mu Chongwu would have children with other women, and she, if she didn't marry Mu Chongwu, would be a veritable remnant of the willow, and she really didn't have the face to go back to Tongzhou with her stomach.
The nurse comforted her and said: "Girl, although it is not good to be a concubine, but as the saying goes, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, the old lady of the Mu family will definitely treat you for the sake of the meat in your belly." β
Dong Wan'er has been arrogant since she was a child, where would she be willing to be a concubine, but at the moment, there is no other way for her to choose, after weighing it again and again, she reluctantly said: "Okay, just listen to the arrangement of my father......
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