Chapter 309: Calculation
Duan Wang Ye looked at his old elders with a look of hatred for iron and steel, and suddenly knew that she was still worried about her affair with the county lord of the Qing Prince's Mansion, so he put his arms around the old princess's shoulders and said: "Grandmother, I have changed it, you see that I haven't gone out to steal chickens and dogs now, and I have been in the mansion for many days since you came back to the mansion recently." ”
The old princess glanced at her grandson, her son and daughter-in-law went early, so she was so hurt by this only bloodline of her relatives, so she spoiled him too much, so he often flew high and did things that made people angry, but no matter how bad it was, it was his grandson, and after scolding, he still hurt him.
Sighing, she said: "Since it has been changed, I will have a good time with your daughter-in-law, then the Lin family is not a big family, what does it mean to have such a daughter, I don't have to make your daughter-in-law feel sad." ”
The daughter-in-law she married to her grandson was carefully selected by her, and she thought that her grandson had an unstable temperament and had to marry an old man to stop him, so she chose such a granddaughter-in-law. As a result, he became old and old, and he was heavy, but he was like a wooden man, and he couldn't tie his grandson's heart, so he spent all day and drank outside, and even hooked up with his cousin. As soon as she thought of this, she felt a headache, and now she was even more afraid of seeing Princess Qing, her nephew and daughter-in-law, and every time she saw Princess Qing, she looked at her with resentment.
"What is she sad about? Grandmother didn't know that she was boring. Duan Wang Ye said disdainfully, he just didn't look down on his daughter-in-law, and as soon as he was close to her, she endured it like being tortured, what fun did such a woman have? Over time, the number of times he rested in his wife's house throughout the year was only a handful, and he was not as popular as other concubines, of course, this flower was not as fragrant as wildflowers. "Grandmother, how many years have I been married to her, she hasn't even laid me an egg, I have been supporting her as a princess for so many years, I am already very worthy of her, otherwise I would have divorced her with no children in the seven."
The grandson's words touched the most sensitive nerve of the old princess, her grandson will be the year of standing in a few years, but her knees are still empty, don't say that the son of the incense lamp is next, and even the shadow of the girl is not looking anywhere, so it is a lie to say that she is not in a hurry, otherwise why is she keen to go to the incense, is not just for the grandson to ask for a son. "I've let people see that there's nothing wrong with your daughter-in-law's body, why can't you get pregnant?"
"Who knows what's wrong with her?" Duan Wang Ye didn't care whether his wife had children or not, and persuaded his grandmother again, "Grandmother, my grandson is not serious this time, don't keep saying that I hurt other girls, I am a little playful, but I still know how to be measured." Busy with the dedication to peel an orange and feed it to the old princess, said, "Grandmother, why do you say that I fall in love with this second girl of the Lin family?" Do you think that her sister has just been in the past two years, and the Ye family is ready to hold three in three years, who in Beijing can match this speed? Prove that her girl is easy to give birth to, isn't it good for me to marry and give birth to a great-grandson for you? ”
His grandmother valued the heir the most, and as long as he said so, the grandmother would definitely let him get his wish.
Sure enough, Lao Wang's action of touching the cat paused, a pair of old eyes narrowed, she had heard the news that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou was pregnant with a second child, and she had given birth to twins before, which was quite enviable, could it be that this Lin family girl is good to give birth to as her grandson said? There is nothing to explain except for this, for the sake of the heirs of the Duanwang Mansion, she doesn't care whether her grandson is new for a while, but her attitude is soft and said: "There will be a banquet tonight, and I will also post to the Xiangyang Hou Mansion, and I will pay attention to ask when the time comes." ”
When Duan Wang Ye heard that there was a play, he was afraid that his grandmother would ask too much and be exposed, so he hurriedly said: "Grandmother, you ask, don't say it too bluntly, if you don't like it, it will hurt the reputation of other girls, which is not good." He scratched his head in embarrassment, "I don't have a good reputation lately, and I don't really want to implicate others." ”
The old princess suddenly looked at her grandson with a surprised face, he actually knew how to consider the reputation of other girls? Why didn't you see him so conscientious before? Could it be that you really fell in love with this Lin Er girl? In this way, the grandson really wants to change his evil and return to the right, thinking of this, she has a good impression of the second girl Lin who has never met, this is really not easy, it can make her grandson no longer be as muddy as before, "It seems that you are really good, grandmother, this is gratifying, okay, for the sake of your intentions, grandmother will take a good look, if it is really a good one, how about going to ask for you?" ”
When Duan Wang Ye heard this, he hurriedly stood up and saluted his grandmother to thank him, but his slightly drooping head hid the malice in his eyes, even if Huo Yuan was actively proposing to Lin Qi now, what if he was now? He is the heir of the royal family, as long as the girl he fancies, he has the ability to snatch it with his own sword.
"Grandmother will love her." He sat back down with a flattering smile.
"You monkey head." The old princess patted his head angrily again, "As long as she can make you stop spending time drinking, grandmother will not wronged her, and there is no shortage of ...... to give the title."
Duan Wang Ye took the opportunity to say: "Grandmother, my reputation was not very good before, I heard that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou is very fond of this only sister, if we rashly go to propose marriage and say that it is admitted to the mansion, I am afraid that the Lin family will not agree." ”
"And what do you mean?" The old princess looked at her grandson.
Duan Wang Ye touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "Grandmother, why don't you ask for more grace for her, such as going to the Queen Mother to ask for the will or something, and give her the title of a side concubine, so that she will not let my daughter-in-law look down when she enters the door, and Mrs. Xiangyang Hou does not dare to refuse this marriage, and her grandson thinks that it is foolproof." ”
The old princess frowned, this is what it means to ask the queen mother to give marriage, it is not difficult for her, after all, I heard that the queen mother is sick, she also plans to enter the palace to visit one or two, and when she speaks, she asks for it by the way, but, "Will this be too elevating the Lin family?" After all, their family is now in the middle of the road. ”
"Isn't marrying her just to give me a son, grandmother, do you want your great-grandchild's birth mother to be too low for people to look down on? With the marriage gift, it is not to lose the concubine's deposit, which is also a guarantee for her. Duan Wang Ye tried his best to lobby, "Moreover, this is also for the dignity of the woman's family, they know our sincerity, don't they happily agree to this marriage?" ”
The old princess thought about it, as if her grandson had a point, but she still had doubts in her heart, "I'll think about it later." ”
Duan Wang Ye also knew that he couldn't urge, so he didn't mention it anymore, but after currying favor with his grandmother, he retreated.
As soon as he got out of the old princess's courtyard, the filial expression on his face was closed, and he said to the henchmen beside him: "The old princess will definitely let people go to check Lin Qi, don't let the old princess know about the marriage of the Huo Lin family, you can do the rest." ”
The henchman had done a lot of bad things for Duan Wangye, so he naturally knew what to do, so he nodded hurriedly.
Duan Wang Ye smiled coldly, when Lin Qi fell into his hands, she would be tortured so much that she should not call the earth and the earth to be ineffective, no matter what Huo Yuan or Ye Xuyao he was, no one could help him?
was secretly proud, and saw the princess's eldest maid waiting at the gate of the courtyard, so he said impatiently: "What's the matter?" ”
"Lord, princess, please come over ......"
Before the big girl finished speaking, Duan Wang Ye waved his hand and said, "There is still a banquet tonight, and this king will go to Sun's place, so that the princess does not have to wait for this king." ”
After speaking, he took his subordinates and crossed the big maid sent by the princess without looking back, and the big maid didn't dare to stop him, who in the palace didn't know that the princess had no status? The prince didn't look at the princess at all.
When Lin Long returned home, Ye Zhong had already changed his clothes, and when he saw her come in, he said with a smile: "I just want someone to urge you, Brother Ting and Brother Hui will be taken care of by you." ”
"Mother-in-law, don't worry, let them spend the night in South Park tonight." Lin Long held a son who couldn't stop when he saw her, "The Queen Mother is sick now, we don't need to prevent her from being bad, and my mother-in-law can also 'recover' and appear in front of people, which is good, don't be so boring." ”
Ye Zhong's family was actually panicked by pretending to be sick in the mansion, so she didn't push back the banquet of the old princess of the Duanwang Mansion, "That's right, if you weren't pregnant, you would definitely have asked you to sit and relax." Just as he was cleaning up at the end, he suddenly thought of Lin Qi, "By the way, your sister Qi's marriage is really decided Huo Yuan?" ”
"They're looking at the right eye, what can I do? Do you really want to beat the mandarin ducks? Lin Long seemed to be helpless and said, "This marriage will be decided in two days, and it hasn't been spread yet, so my mother-in-law doesn't need to worry about someone mentioning it......
"I'm not afraid of criticism." Ye Zhongshi hurriedly interrupted his daughter-in-law's words and said, "This children's affair is the most involuntary, anyway, you and your own mother are broken, and there is no problem for Sister Qi to marry Huo Yuan, how can I take a few gossips from others to heart?" ”
She still likes the Lin family sisters and brothers very much, originally thought that Lin Qi could marry into a wealthy family, and now it is okay to marry Huo Yuan, but this marriage is really beyond her expectations.
Lin Long didn't expect Ye Zhong to be so open-minded, and such a marriage would be scolded on the mother-in-law of any family, after all, in the world's cognition, her sister and Huo Yuan are stepbrothers and stepsisters, and it is not a good word for a mother and daughter to marry a family together.
"My mother-in-law is right, I used to be pedantic."
"Now that you are pregnant, the preparation for the wedding will be left to your mother and second mother, you are not allowed to tire me." Ye Zhong hurriedly ordered, "I hope that you will give birth to this baby safely and add another brother to Brother Ting and Brother Hui." ”
Lin Long smiled and stroked his lower abdomen, it was hard to say that Ye Xuyao always said that he was a daughter, so he responded casually, seeing that the hour was not early, he got up and took the two sons to send Ye Zhong out of the courtyard, and then took the children on the mule cart and returned to South Park.
Since the scandal was exposed, Duanwang's Mansion has been closed for a long time, and the old princess has lived in the nunnery for a while, and now after the matter has subsided, she will return to the capital to feast.
The old princess has a good reputation in the circle of noblewomen in the capital, and many people are good friends with her, so she sent a post, and almost everyone who received the post gave face to attend, and never mentioned that the prince had an affair with the lord of the Qing Dynasty, as if it hadn't happened.
As soon as she saw Ye Zhongshi coming to greet her, the old princess hurriedly stretched out her hand and said, "Come on, come and sit beside me." ”
Ye Zhongshi lowered the old princess by a generation, and hurriedly stepped forward and sat down beside her, "How is the old princess doing lately?" ”
"What's so bad about being able to eat and sleep?" The old princess smiled, "I heard that you fell ill some time ago, and I look pretty good, it seems that this illness should be very good." ”
"The old princess Lao remembered that this person has a problem with his bones as soon as he is old, and he can't compare to when he was young." Ye Zhongshi smiled.
The old princess also smiled and glanced left and right, "Why didn't you see your daughter-in-law come with you?" ”
"She is pregnant, this illness has just gone, I don't let her go out, it's better to rest at home, if the old princess wants to blame, blame me, it is estimated that Princess Fu'an will be able to go out to meet guests when the moon is full." Ye Zhong's said.
The old princess looked disappointed, "You are a mother-in-law, but you feel sorry for your daughter-in-law, and your daughter-in-law is really blessed." After a pause, "I remember that she is very good-looking, and her belly is also angry, and I guess she will have to add another grandson to you." ”
She said this a little sourly, her grandson is a few years older than Ye Xuyao, but his knees are still empty.
As soon as he mentioned this, Ye Zhongshi smiled on his face, "I don't care if it's a grandson or a granddaughter, as long as the adults and children are safe, like the queen mother gave birth to a little princess this time, the emperor doesn't mention how happy he is, and it is a blessing for children to be in pairs." ”
The old princess also nodded when she heard this, this little princess is indeed very favored by the emperor, "I haven't had time to enter the palace to take a look at this little Fu'an, it seems that I still have to go and see it once." After a pause, he took a sip of tea, "Your daughter-in-law is a good child, I don't know how many others to envy, I heard that she also has a sister, yes or no?" ”
When Ye Zhongshi heard this, he couldn't help frowning, why did he mention Lin Qi in a good manner? "I do have a younger sister, and I have seen that girl, and it is not much different from my daughter-in-law. My daughter-in-law always said that her sister would stay for another two years before leaving the cabinet. ”
The old princess pondered Ye Zhong's words carefully, especially the four words that were not much different, and she heard her think about it, if she married into the door, she could really give birth to a great-grandson, which was a good thing. "I don't know which family has the blessing to marry such a blessed girl?" She seemed to casually appreciate.
Ye Zhong glanced at the old princess's expression, but he didn't see any clues, but after thinking about it, he didn't expect the old princess to say this with other intentions, after all, Duan Wangye's reputation is not good, if it is really planned for Duan Wangye, Lin Long, she is not very happy to let the good girl arch the pig.
There was still a smile on his face, but he said: "I heard my daughter-in-law say that someone has come to ask for it, and it is estimated that she will first engage in marriage and then choose a date to get married. ”
The old princess frowned inadvertently when she heard this, and heard her grandson say that this second girl Lin is only fifteen years old, and she is about to get engaged? But then I think about it, this is also reasonable, good women rush to ask for it, so they don't take it to heart, she is the old princess of Duanwangfu, as long as she goes to ask the queen mother to ask for the will, why worry about the marriage? Moreover, she can be regarded as hearing the meaning of Ye Zhong's words, that is, no matter how good this person is, it will not be the turn of others to get involved, especially her grandson who is not famous for himself.
She had an idea in her heart, so she didn't mention Lin Qi again, saving Ye Zhong's suspicions, so that it would be difficult for her to marry a granddaughter-in-law who could give birth again, and let people inquire about the second girl of the Lin family.
Ye Zhongshi saw that the old princess quickly skipped Lin Qi and didn't mention it, so he was a little relieved, thinking that he was thinking too much, and the old princess didn't mean this at all, so he didn't take this episode to heart, and chatted about some other topics at will, until other guests came to greet the old princess, and she took the opportunity to retreat.
At such a banquet, you can naturally see a lot of familiar faces, and after saying a few words to the Quan Lu family, she glanced left and right and didn't see her sister-in-law, so she did it, since Zhong Yuyan was exiled from Beijing, this sister-in-law has become more and more gloomy, and she really doesn't want to have too much contact with her.
After entering the table, seeing the old princess appearing with Princess Duan, everyone smiled and got up to greet each other.
Ye Zhongshi looked at Princess Duan, who was dressed in an old-fashioned manner, helping the old princess to sit down, and couldn't help sighing, no wonder he couldn't help but look at Duan Wangye's flowery big radish, which obviously looked good, but it gave people a sluggish look, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Princess Duan smiled dignifiedly, said a few polite words to make people chopsticks or something, and then gave the old princess a dish, and did her best to do the filial piety of her granddaughter and daughter-in-law.
So many people praised the old princess for her good life and having such a filial granddaughter-in-law.
The old princess glanced at her filial and obedient granddaughter-in-law, and couldn't help sighing, what is the use of being filial and obedient? Unfilial piety is great, and it is the most important thing to be stunned that you have not been able to give birth to a child.
After this banquet, the banquet was dispersed, and it was very late for Ye Zhongshi to return to the mansion, Lin Long specially came over to ask Hou a few words, and chatted a few words about the banquet, and Ye Zhongshi asked her to go back to rest quickly.
Lin Long only quit and returned to the South Park, the two sons woke up and couldn't see that she was making trouble, she hurriedly lifted the curtain and went into the back room, while hugging one and coaxing them for a long time to make them stop.
Sleeping with them again, looking at the hourglass, the husband has not come back at this time, I can't help but be a little worried, just when I was not at ease, I heard a sound at the curtain, I hurriedly turned my head to look, and saw my husband come in, so I got out of bed and stepped forward with my shoes, "Why did you come back so late?" He sniffed closely, and there was a smell of wine on him, "Are you drinking?" ”
"I drank two glasses." Ye Xuyao hugged her and intended to kiss her.
Lin Long pushed him away and fanned him with his hand, "It smells bad, hurry up and wash it." ”
Ye Xuyao refused to move, and he had to kiss her before he went to the bathroom.
Lin Long glared at him, "You want to smoke your daughter to death?" ”
In a word, he successfully made Ye Xuyao give up the urge to kiss her and obediently went to the bathroom to rinse.
Lin Long couldn't help but laugh when he saw it, took out his clothes, carefully went to the bathroom, and saw him looking comfortable in the bathtub, so he stepped forward and took a towel to wipe his back, "You haven't told me yet, who did you drink with?" ”
Ye Xuyao opened his eyes to look at her, pulled her down and kissed her red lips.
He still had the smell of wine in his mouth, but when he first came back, Lin Long also responded warmly to his needs, and after a while, he unwillingly let go of his wife's red lips and covered up the restlessness of his body. "Stayed with Huo Yuan for a while."
As soon as he heard Huo Yuan's name, Lin Long paused, "Next time I'm going to talk about him, is it interesting for two big men to drink so much wine?" ”
She wouldn't be suspicious of them drinking flower wine or something, she still trusted her husband and Huo Yuan's character, and not everyone was like Fu Nian. "What did you talk about?"
"Someone wants to read a copy of him." Ye Xuyao replied casually.
Lin Long raised his eyebrows, "Viscount Zhou?" ”
"It's not him," Ye Xuyao said, "but it has nothing to do with him, it's just that he abuses his power, there is no distinction between public and private, and he still uses the Holy Imperial Forest Army, and those imperial historians like to use this as a pretext." ”
Although Ye Xuyao has also done imperial history, it is just that he doesn't like these topics that must be compared, and some individuals are well fed and supported, or someone behind him will bite people if he is instructed by others.
Lin Long immediately thought of the Imperial Forest Army that day, it seemed that Viscount Zhou had settled the accounts after the autumn, and couldn't help but worry: "Will there be a problem?" ”
"He is a military general who has made great contributions, how can the saint account for these harmless things?" Ye Xuyao pinched the bridge of her pretty nose funny, "He's not your brother-in-law yet." ”
"I don't care what he does, I'm afraid he will make my sister sad." Lin Long snorted lightly and pushed his hand away, every time it was like this, as soon as he drank wine, he would like to be hairy, "I heard that the girl of the Zhou family went to the nunnery to cut her hair and become a nun." ”
Zhou Zhiqing recuperated for a few days after returning home, but after such an ugly thing spread throughout the capital, the Zhou family repeatedly came to the door to ask Viscount Zhou to deal with the loss of virginity Zhou Zhiqing, otherwise no one would dare to marry the daughter of the Zhou family.
At first, he wanted to execute Zhou Zhiqing, but Zhou Lou's life and death did not agree, quarreled with the clan elders, and wore a court dress in front of his daughter's door, if Zhou Zhiqing wanted to move, he would step on her corpse first.
Originally, Viscount Zhou wanted to divorce her because of his wife's move, but fortunately, the son born by Zhou Lou's family was still filial piety, and he went around from it, but in the end, he didn't have the move of divorce from his wife, but Zhou Zhiqing wanted to be a monk and accompany the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha forever, and she could no longer call herself the daughter of the Zhou family.
Zhou Lou's couldn't, things came to this point, and it was the limit to be able to save his daughter's life, so he could only tearfully agree with her husband's intention and arrange for her daughter to go to the nunnery to cut her hair and become a nun.
Zhou Zhiqing's body had not recovered from childbirth, so she was sent to the nunnery by her parents, and she said in her heart that she didn't hate it. And the big girl Chunhong who instigated her to do such ugly things was hanged to death by Zhou Lou's order on the same day, and all her family members were sold to poor places, and the worst thing was that her sisters were all sold to the land of fireworks to suffer.
"After doing such an ugly thing, the result is good." Ye Xuyao disdainfully said, isn't it good not to keep the woman's way and not use the sinking pond?
Lin Long thinks about it, this week Zhiqing can't be sympathized, she is stupid to death, a dignified princess, but she is entangled with her subordinates, and she is self-despiseful.
After gossiping for a while, Lin Long waited for her husband to get dressed, and the husband and wife fell asleep.
The next day, the court hall was very lively because the imperial historian participated in Huo Yuan's book.