Mo Zili was extremely frustrated, in order to see her, he tried his best, and bribed the maid of Jian'an Hou's Mansion, and the abbot of the Great Power Temple, and hid in this meditation room like a thief all morning, as a result, she attracted her such disgust......

Out of the Great Power Temple, Chengcai greeted him diligently, and just wanted to ask him if he had seen the young lady, but as soon as he saw the face full of bad luck, he obediently shut up, opened the curtain of the car, and invited him to sit in.

The carriage grunted and left the Great Power Temple, heading in the direction of the Liguo Mansion, Mo Zi closed his eyes and sat in the car, his heart seemed to have been stung by a bee, and he felt sharp pain for a while, thinking of her resolute face, that hateful look, your ruthless words, made him suddenly feel that there was no way to heaven and no way to enter the earth, what should he do to save her heart?

Along the way, he was thinking hard, and when the car was about to reach the Liguo Mansion, he opened his eyes, knocked on the wall of the car, and said, "Turn around and go to Jian'an Hou Mansion!" ”

Chengcai, who was sitting on the wheel, exclaimed: "Son, Jian'anhou and his wife have already accompanied him to the hunting ground, and the young lady is still in the Great Country Temple, what are you doing there?" ”

In the car, there was the voice of Mo Zili Sen Liang.

"When did you need a slave to inquire about the master's affairs?"

Chengcai shut up and shook a helpless look at the coachman, who had no choice but to turn the head of the car and go in the direction of the Jian'an Hou Mansion.

Jian'an Hou Mansion is located on Changping Street, is a 100-year-old noble home, Jian'an Hou Wushi Ji is nearly 50 years old this year, military general, in the court for many years, two sleeves of clean air, a righteous body, but there is a very despicable problem - lustful.

In addition to the official wife, he married ** aunt alone, and there are countless girls in the room. Among these concubines, his favorite is Aunt Hua.

Aunt Hua is thirty years old, is a stunning beauty, was one of his subordinates to honor him, Maiko origin, this woman is not only good at singing and dancing, but also through poetry and books, glamorous and vulgar, from entering the house is the pet of the special room, Jian'an Hou actually stays in her courtyard for seven or eight days every month, even the wife is out of reach.

Aunt Hua is favored, and the children she gave birth to are naturally also favored, Aunt Hua gave birth to a son, a daughter and two children, and her son is only seven years old. Daughter Wu Xiangling, who is thirteen years old this year, is slim and elegant, like a hibiscus out of the water, originally set a concubine of the Fuguo Mansion as his wife, but after Xiangyun and left, the Fuguo Mansion suddenly turned his face, and in the name of the improper door of the Jian'an Hou Mansion, he came to the door to retire the family affairs, causing Wu Xiangling to wash his face with tears all day long, and hated the culprit Wu Xiangyun so much that the roots of his teeth were straight......

Aunt Hua is also deeply dissatisfied with Xiangyun's implication of her daughter, and has been crying and complaining about grievances by Jian'anhou's pillow in the past month, but Jian'anhou's old thing has always been clear about public and private, and with how she is coquettish and stupid, she still stands on Wu Xiangyun's side, insisting that Xiangyun and Li are not wrong, and refusing to listen to her kind words and advice, and sent Xiangyun to the nunnery to live here.

Aunt Hua couldn't resist him, and she had nowhere to vent her resentment, so she had to talk bad about Xiangyun everywhere like her daughter, squeezing openly and secretly mocking to vent the grievances in her heart.

Everyone in the house knows that Aunt Hua is favored, and she is used to being domineering in the house, so even if they know that she is bullying the eldest lady, everyone pretends not to see it, and allows them to squeeze and puff the eldest lady, and no one dares to speak out, let alone report the matter to the Hou Ye and Mrs., so as not to cause trouble and hurt themselves.

The eldest lady suffered a great humiliation, and when she returned home, she was already haggard, where could she stand their cynicism and code words? After being ridiculed several times, I finally couldn't stand the blow and fell ill, this illness lay down for more than half a month before I got up, and now although the disease has been cured, people have lost a lot of weight, and they are a little thinner and out of phase, and they talk a lot less than before, and they stay in the house almost all day, rarely go out, so as not to hear the bad heart of those gossip.

Today, she went out for the first time in order to do something for Mama Xie, but Aunt Hua knew that this was the case, but she still deliberately smeared her in front of her family.

"Hey, now that the Hou Ye and Mrs. are gone, and the eldest lady doesn't know where to go, our house is really deserted."

In the flower hall, Aunt Hua sat proudly on the top, complaining to the aunts and the concubines, before Jian'an Hou and Mrs. Wu went to the hunting ground, she handed over everything in the house to her.

Aunt Liu is an old man in the house, and she is also Mrs. Wu's dowry maid, listening to Aunt Hua's words, she said: "The eldest lady went to the Great Country Temple to do something for Mama Xie, and I told everyone about this three days ago, why, didn't Aunt Hua hear about it?" ”

Aunt Hua sneered: "This is just used to coax you cotton-eared people, to fool me, even if you kill me, I don't believe it, I think it's the eldest lady who has been detained in the mansion for a month, and if there is anyone who meets him, he can't see it, so he will take advantage of the absence of the Hou Ye and Mrs. to go out and meet that person." ”

Before they could say a word, the aunts present suddenly discussed, and the concubines also blushed and gradually lowered their heads in shame.

Aunt Liu said: "Aunt Hua, there is no evidence, you can't talk nonsense, if you ruin the reputation of the young lady, Madame will not agree." ”

Aunt Hua is not afraid of Mrs., hearing Aunt Liu use Mrs. to pressure her, she became even more angry, and laughed weirdly.

"Speaking of the word Qingyu, we have all the girls in the mansion, but the eldest lady alone does not, think about it, it's so decent, why should the Liguo Mansion reconcile with our eldest lady?"

Speaking of this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and snorted: "Sue you, it was our eldest lady who found a lover outside, and made a fuss with her uncle for some reason, and ran to Zhuangzi to fool around with the lover, but was taken by her uncle, so she wanted to divorce her because the two families are world friends, and Li Guogong is afraid that the divorce will affect the relationship between the two families.

She affected the relationship between the two families, so she asked the emperor for permission to allow them to reconcile. This has been spread all over the city, and only those of us who stay in the back house all day don't know. ”

When everyone heard this, they discussed it like a frying pot, and a few aunts who were good friends with Aunt Hua echoed Aunt Hua, sighing: "If you want to say that this eldest lady is really, if she makes such an ugly thing, she will be embarrassed, and even the girls in the house will be despised, let's just say that these three young ladies, what a girl who is clear and jade, and because she has suffered an unwarranted disaster, hey, I am afraid that the family affairs of the girls in our house will be difficult in the future!" ”

These words hit Aunt Hua's heart, she put down the teacup angrily, and said: "Sisters, most of us are people with daughters, we must not let our daughters not marry because of her, or marry unsatisfactory, it is better for everyone to petition Hou Ye together, and ask Hou Ye to send the eldest lady to the nunnery, saving her a stinky fish and a pot of soup, ruining our daughter's future." ”

"Yes, what Aunt Hua said makes sense."

"Let's go when Hou Ye comes back, if Hou Ye doesn't agree, we will kneel in the courtyard and not get up."

"It's just, there's no reason to ruin so many of our daughters for a broken shoe!"

Everyone was indignant, and just as they were talking energetically, a report suddenly came from outside, saying that the departed son of the Liguo Mansion wanted to see your aunts.

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, so decent, how could this Ligongzi think of seeing them, this ...... It's not in order!

The women of large families are light and can't see foreign men, not to mention that Xiangyun has separated from Mo Zi, but there is no harmony, and there is no reason for the uncle to see his father-in-law's concubine.

Aunt Hua asked the mother-in-law who reported the news: "What did he say?" ”

The mother-in-law said: "I just said that I have something important to say hello to my aunts, which is related to the life and death of my aunts and my aunts' families, so please don't shirk my aunts." ”

With such strict words, they also knew the power of the Liguo Mansion, and they didn't dare not meet him.

Aunt Hua ordered someone to block the eight large flower and bird screens in the flower hall in the center of the room, dividing the flower hall into two, and she took the aunts and all the concubines inside, so that Mo Zili was outside the screen, so that the two sides could talk and not meet.

Mo Zi left the flower and bird screen in the flower hall, and did not give a salute, but said coldly: "My son is not here today for anyone else, I heard that Xiangyun was excluded and slandered in her mother's house, causing her to become worried and sick, since this matter has passed, this son will no longer pursue it, but if anyone dares to hurt her secretly, this son will never stand idly by, and the consequences are definitely not something she can afford!" ”

In the latter sentence, his tone has become very gloomy.

Aunt Hua said weakly: "Leaving Gongzi, haven't you already reconciled with our eldest lady?" Why are you still nosy with her? ”

Mo Zili said coldly: "At that time, it was not the turn of a subordinate to put the beak in the matter between us, you just need to remember that if she is hurt a little, your family and children, including you, will have to repay her twice!" ”

With that, he turned away coldly.

Leaving all the aunts and concubines with stunned faces, everyone looked at each other, although they were not convinced, but no one dared to say anything......

……

Cai Wei slept until the afternoon before waking up, after getting up, her body was a lot looser, after grooming and dressing, she called Qiu to bring the imperial food to her to eat.

What she brought was a plate of brown and crispy roasted meat, which was very fragrant, oily, and steaming, and the meat was sliced into thin slices, spread out on a plate, and ate it with the seasoning that had been mixed beforehand.

In addition to the barbecue, there is also a plate of cold bracken and spinach peanuts, and a plate of boiled edamame.

Cai Wei's diet has always been simple, only four dishes and one soup per meal, not like the queens of the past dynasties, who have to have dozens of dishes for each meal, not to mention that they can't eat, and they waste manpower and material resources in vain.

Cai Wei added a slice of barbecue meat, put it in her mouth and tasted it, and praised: "Well, what kind of meat is this?" It's so delicious! ”

Chunliu said: "It's venison, fresh venison, the emperor just hunted it, and ordered it to be sent back and roasted, and when the mother woke up, she gave the mother a meal to eat." ”

When Cai Wei heard this, her heart was hot, and the meat was even more fragrant in her mouth.

After eating, Cai Wei wiped her mouth, and took Zhao Qiu and Chunliu to walk outside, chatting and digesting food.

Zhao Qiu said: "Niangniang, the slave maid heard that there is a bonfire banquet tonight, barbecue the prey that everyone hunted today, the ladies of various provinces can play performances, poems to help the fun, and the good ones can also get the reward of the queen mother." ”

Cai Wei raised her eyebrows and said, "The Queen Mother arranged it?" ”

Zhao Qiu said: "You are asleep, the Internal Affairs Office does not dare to disturb, so I have to ask the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother ordered it to be arranged like this." ”

"Oh, that's it!"

Cai Wei smiled: "In that case, then let's wait for the bonfire banquet in the evening!" ”

Chunliu was simple-minded, and pouted: "What does it mean to let those young ladies perform singing, dancing and singing in front of the emperor?" ”

Cai Wei sneered: "It's not news that the Queen Mother doesn't like me, I can use this excuse to let the emperor know Miss Qianjin of another official eunuch, maybe the emperor can be tempted, and it is unknown if he accepts one or two concubines!" ”

When Chunliu heard this, she said puzzledly: "Niangniang, didn't you say that the ** Gu in the emperor can't be lucky with other women?" Queen Mother, how could she do such a foolish thing? ”

Cai Wei smiled: "The Queen Mother is not stupid, she naturally knows that the emperor can't be a farewell woman, but even if she makes one or two that make the emperor look sideways, she can respond to me, and the Queen Mother will be satisfied!" ”

Disgusted by her mother-in-law to this point, Cai Wei was also drunk, although she was convinced that Nangong Yi would not betray her, but thinking of those women seducing and teasing in front of her man, she was still very depressed, and she couldn't wait for the rain at night to stir up this bonfire banquet.

Good.

However, God did not seem to hear her heart, and in the evening, there was not a trace of wind in the clear sky, and it was the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the stars were dotted, and the full moon was hanging high, as if it was the weather prepared for the bonfire feast.

Cai Wei saw that she couldn't hide, so she had to follow Nangong Yi to the bonfire banquet.

"The emperor has arrived—"

"The Queen Mother has arrived—"

"The Queen Mother has arrived—"

Yang Yong shouted, his voice dragged on for a long time, and he was very courageous, and the ministers and sons and ladies of each family who arrived in advance knelt down and paid homage to Nangong Yi and Cai Wei Ji Mo Empress Dowager.

"The ministers (courtiers) welcome the emperor, the queen mother, the queen mother, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

"The Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

"Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose-"

"Let's be polite!"

Nangong Yi raised his hand and motioned for everyone to get up, and he took Cai Wei and Empress Dowager Mo to sit on the seats set up in advance. Nangong Yi is in the center, Empress Dowager Mo is on the left, and Cai Wei is on the right.

"Emperor Xie, Empress Dowager Xie, Empress Dowager Xie!"

There was another long thanksgiving, and everyone got up and sat back in their original places.

After taking a seat, Nangong Yi said: "The government is busy, it is rare to have fun with the secretaries, today everyone can drink happily, there is no need to be bound by the number of etiquette, all the daughters can come out to perform for everyone, no matter how they act, they will be rewarded!" ”

The emperor's words are very flattering to the Empress Dowager's thoughts, she has always been cold-faced, and she actually smiled and said to the young ladies who sat down: "Not only the emperor and queen have a reward, but the palace has also prepared some gadgets for you. ”

As soon as the voice fell, someone immediately responded.

The first to appear was Hong Xiuju, the daughter of Hong Dabao, the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Procuratorate, Miss Hong was only thirteen years old, and she was born charming and charming, and she was also very bold and spicy.

Generally, when the ladies perform in public, most of them improvise poems and songs, one to show off their talents, and the other is to show off their own well-ups, singing music is a ninth-rate thing, fans and singers do it, and there are few ladies who sing in public, and this Miss Hong generously sang a song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" for everyone.

I have to say that Miss Hong's voice is excellent, and after singing a song, the melodious singing voice and the melodic melody reverberate endlessly in the ethereal mountains, like the aftermath of the beam, so that everyone can not extricate themselves from the old aftertaste!

Empress Dowager Mo praised her greatly, and immediately took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and rewarded her, Hong Xiuju was flattered to accept the Empress Dowager's reward, and secretly glanced at Nangong Yi with a red face, and a girl's admiration was revealed.

After the Empress Dowager Mo finished rewarding, she said to Nangong Yi: "I don't know what the emperor plans to reward Miss Hong?" ”

Nangong Yi said: "Just reward one hundred taels of gold, after all, it is the first one, and it sings really well!" ”

Hong Xiuju heard the emperor's praise, hurriedly stepped forward and was ecstatic, and said: "Courtiers, thank you for the emperor's reward, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Empress Dowager Mo heard Nangong Yi praise Hong Xiuju, and she was very happy in her heart, since her son was born, she has never heard him praise that woman! Now not only praised, but also appreciated, and even looked at her with appreciation, which made Empress Dowager Mo really like it.

She glanced at Cai Wei with a smile, and said with a pleasant face: "I don't know what the queen wants to reward Miss Hong?" ”

Cai Weiwan smiled and said: "Even if you reward it, you will reward it with a big one, you might as well let Miss Hong tell me, what you want, as long as this palace can do it, I will definitely reward you." ”

As soon as the words were finished, everyone looked at Miss Hong with envy, and secretly envied her good luck, and they were eager to try.

Hong Xiuju glanced at Nangong Yi shyly, turned to Cai Wei, and said boldly: "The courtiers don't ask for gold and jade, they only ask for a grace from the mother, and the courtiers serve by the emperor's and queen's side." ”

After that, he knelt down, nodded with his head, and couldn't kneel for a long time.

The real words can be described as shocking, not only the officials and young ladies present were stunned, but even Cai Wei, who has always been well-informed, was taken aback by her, didn't they all say that the daughter of a big family in ancient times was reserved and reserved? What's going on? actually took the initiative to ask to be a junior in front of the original partner in front of everyone, is there such a shameless one?

Cai Wei smiled leisurely, without any unpleasant look, turned to Nangong Yi and asked, "What does the emperor think?" ”

"This matter is very good, it is rare that Miss Hong has this thought, why can't the queen fulfill her?" Without waiting for Nangong Yi to speak, Empress Dowager Mo couldn't wait to speak.

As soon as Empress Dowager Mo's words were finished, Concubine Li also said: "The emperor ascended to the base month, but there is only one queen in the harem, how can I have a wide range of heirs and spread branches for my Great Jin Dynasty, I want the palace to say, it is better to take this opportunity to choose a few more daughters with good backgrounds to enrich the harem, so as to give birth to an heir for my Great Jin Dynasty as soon as possible!" ”

Nangong Yi's brows frowned, and he said coldly: "On the day I married the queen, I told the world that I would not accept concubines in this life, and there would always be only one queen in the harem. ”

Empress Dowager Mo said: "The emperor is serious, you did make such a will, but if the queen is virtuous, if she has to give the emperor a concubine, it is another matter." After speaking, he turned to Cai Wei and said: "The queen has been in the palace for several months, and she has been favored every day, but she still has the joy of dreaming of bears. ”

When Nangong Yi heard this, he said unhappily: "The queen is young and not suitable for giving birth now, I really can't bear the hardships of giving birth at a young age, so to explain, can the queen mother still be satisfied?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, everyone knew that the emperor favored the queen, but they never thought that they would pamper her to such a field, and for her, they didn't even care about the matter of the heirs.

In the heart. If she is a smart woman, when she hears this, she should dispel her thoughts about the emperor, obediently be her eldest lady, and have a good husband in the future.

However, I don't know if the throne of the emperor's concubine is too tempting, or the emperor's own charm is too great, even if I hear the emperor's deep affection for the queen, there are still people who are eager to die, and want to replace the queen's position in the emperor's heart with their own bodies.

"What do you say, Queen?" Empress Dowager Mo turned to Cai Wei with an aggressive gaze.

She is very confident, before, Cai Wei had advised Nangong Yi to abolish the punishment of the slashing and the Zhulian Nine Clans, and abolished the funeral system, these things have caused strong dissatisfaction among the ministers, and if she violates the rules of jealousy in public, she will definitely become the public enemy of the ministers.

Cai Wei smiled gently: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that the words of the queen mother are also a little reasonable, it is better to take this opportunity to choose a satisfactory sister to enter the palace to accompany us, otherwise it will be boring for the two of us to face each other day and night!" ”

Nangong Yi glared at her and reprimanded: "The reason why I let these daughters of official families perform is that I want to choose an excellent woman to be the crown princess of Qingluo Kingdom, so as to tie up the century-old friendship between the two countries, what are you doing here?" ”

Cai Wei said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "If I don't agree, your spittle stars of the imperial historians will drown me, and besides, if I don't follow the mixing, I don't know who is beating your idea, if you don't take advantage of the current time to clean up a few killers and make an example for them to see, when I am really pregnant and give birth to a child in the future, there may be how many people want to take advantage of the loopholes!" ”

Nangong Yi saw that she was confident, so she said: "Toss as much as you want, but you are not allowed to really give me a concubine, I don't want to be the kind of person who is untrustworthy and disappoint the people of the world." ”

Cai Wei glanced at him with a smile and said gently: "Don't worry, even if you want to take a concubine, I won't agree." ”

After speaking, he said to Hong Xiuju, who was still kneeling there: "Miss Hong, let's get up and talk first, you want to enter the palace to serve the emperor and share the worries of the palace, which is very good, and the palace is also very pleased." It's just that if you want to be the emperor, you can't just sing a few tunes, in addition to the emperor's women in addition to being dignified, healthy, well-born, and gentle, they also need to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not only that, but also have a rough knowledge of martial arts, so as not to be escorted in case something happens when you accompany the emperor. Therefore, anyone who thinks that he can meet these requirements of the palace and wants to enter the palace to serve the emperor with the palace can automatically go out of the queue and stand on the left side of the palace; If you want to simply perform your talents, but have no other thoughts, you can stand on the right side of the main palace. ”

As soon as the words were finished, all the ladies got up one after another, a few of them stood to the left of Cai Wei, and most of them stood to the right of Cai Wei.

Cai Wei glanced at the women on the left who wanted to enter the palace to be Nangong Yi's little wife, and saw that they were all slightly better than the young ladies on the right, and they were all dressed very brightly, and they knew that they were people with ulterior motives at first sight!

Cai Wei looked at these women who were not self-conscious, and said with a smile: "These sisters are all outstanding, and the eyes of the palace are dazzled, since you are determined to be the emperor's concubine, it is not very appropriate to perform your talents in front of these people, it is better to wait for Ming'er and everyone to go hunting, you can show the queen mother and all the ladies, and then let the queen mother and all the ladies choose the best one." As for these young ladies who are just for the sake of performing for everyone's fun, you can perform tonight, the old rules, if you perform well, there will be a lot of rewards in this palace! ”

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