Chapter 160: Rumors are everywhere
Dong Rong was not easy to fool, she hugged her stomach and leaned on the golden silk soft pillow, and complained, "I just found out today that the three people around me who obeyed orders, except for Zizhu, the rest of Wen Niang and Yiba were arranged by you." Won't I be able to sneeze at home and hide it from you? No, tomorrow I want to buy a few more girls to come in, I want to cultivate my own power, I want to dominate the entire courtyard..."
Murong Huaide was amused when he heard this, wiped his head and face with a cotton towel, and then stepped forward to take his beloved wife in his arms and coaxed, "Where do you still use cultivating people's hands, this courtyard is already in your name, and even I eat white rice." Are you going to marry a few more women for me, and fight if you have nothing to do, then I won't sit back and enjoy the blessings of all people..."
"Don't think!" Dong Rong's eyes widened, and her little hands were ready to move, intending to be majestic. Murong Huaide decisively hugged his arms, where could Dong Rong break free, and finally the little couple giggled and lay down on the soft couch, and did not make a sound for a long time.
Murong Huaide sniffed the faint fruity fragrance on his wife's body, and the deeper the guilt became, after thinking about it, he still said, "I made a holy decree today, and you will be my concubine in the future." I wanted to have a big feast, invite all the guests and friends, and tell the world that you are my only wife. Pity... My father has been in a coma for many days, and my mother is... I can only wronged you. ”
Hearing this, Dong Rong rubbed it into his arms and laughed in a low voice, "When I first married you, you were still a stupid boy who only hid a few pennies of private money. Mrs. Cao treats me badly, wearing a pair of cloth shoes with her toes exposed, and even then I never thought of leaving you. Now that I am in my life, I am clothed and fed, if I dare to say that I am wronged, I am afraid that God will thunder and kill me.
Although I don't know what is going on outside, I have heard the phrase 'the most ruthless emperor's family'. Whatever is safe for you, do it, and don't worry about me. I have only one condition, no matter how important it is, it can't hide it from me. You've already lied to me once, and if you do it again, I won't forgive! ”
"No," Murong Huaide subconsciously shrank in his heart, and immediately responded, "I will never lie to you again, you have to believe me." ”
"Okay, I trust you." Dong Rong sighed lightly, a little annoyed in her heart, and couldn't help but complain, "When something happens here, let's go back to Qingxian." Kyoto is good, but it's not at home. ”
"The Imperial Physician said, Father... There are not many days left. After a hundred days, we'll go back. ”
Dong Rong's face was happy, and when she was about to speak again, her stomach gurgled when she didn't want to. She chuckled in annoyance, "I'm a piggy now, and I'm always hungry after five meals a day." ”
"Eat when you're hungry, if you delay our children's growth, how can we make it?" Murong Huaide hurriedly helped his wife up, and instead shouted outside the door, "Where is Zizhu, can the meal be arranged?" ”
Zizhu and Ohachi were standing outside the door and quietly listening to the movement in the room, hesitating whether to report to the master that the meal was ready. Hearing this, the two of them directly brought the tray into the house, and quickly set the coffee table as a dining table with their hands and feet.
When Xu saw her husband come back, Dong Rong had a great appetite, drank two bowls of preserved egg and lean porridge in one go, ate a small steamed bun with gold and silver, and a plate of cold pineapple.
Murong Huaide was both happy and worried, and when the dinner table was removed, he accompanied his beloved wife in the courtyard for two quarters of an hour before going to bed to rest.
The night insects are chirping, the moonlight is beautiful, and on the soft couch under the window, the man is slowly waving a fan to drive away the disturbing mosquitoes for his wife. The wife seemed to be a little uncomfortable because of her bulging belly, and it took a long time to toss and turn before she fell asleep. The man lowered his head and kissed her lightly on the forehead, and finally carefully took his wife and children in his arms, and also slowly fell asleep...
It was so affectionate and sweet that the night breeze was drunk, and it quietly glanced at it and quietly ran over from the window, reluctant to go in and disturb for half a minute. But the palace not far away was lively again, and Princess Liu, who woke up, saw that there was no son waiting by the bedside, and smashed the ground with debris in a rage, and even ran to cry to the unconscious prince at the end, saying that she had given birth to an unfilial son, and she had no support for the rest of her life.
There are more than 100 servants in the palace, and there are not a few people who occasionally gossip about their masters behind their backs or sneak out in the middle of the night to gamble a few handfuls of money. In addition, some people bothered to investigate, and almost the next morning, the entire Kyoto teahouse opened the "gossip special" of Zhongshan Wangfu. The topic is that the old princess is dissatisfied that the princess who was given by the emperor is a peasant girl, and almost smashed all the palace's foundations.
People in the world love to spread falsehoods, and such gossip has a new change in the evening. It is said that the old princess's maiden niece is also crazy, and she almost committed suicide last night.
The cousin married a wife, and the cousin committed suicide, but anyone who heard about it could not help but burn a raging fire of gossip in their chests. Needless to say, the three aunts and six mothers-in-law or the sanctimonious idlers began to investigate the affairs of the Liu family again. Although the Liu family is a scholarly family for generations and a famous noble family, it is inevitable that they have raised a few people who are greedy for money. As a result, the unspeakable story of the Liu family has become another hot topic in the teahouse.
It turned out that the temperament of the young lady of the Liu family was very similar to her aunt, and the daughter of the Liu family, who was famous in Kyoto, insisted on marrying into the palace as a concubine, and was so angry that Liu Hanlin died of illness early, which was well known. Now the niece of the Liu family is in love with her cousin and can't help it, and at first glance she heard that the emperor made a peasant girl a concubine for her cousin, and she committed suicide in shame to find a short sight.
The Liu family's century-old scholarly family, because of the concubine's concubine, most of the prestige was ruined, and now it is hard to win back some status in the clear stream and fall hard. It is said that the head of the Liu family was so angry that he had already driven his daughter out of the house, and even the Hanlin Academy took sick leave and could not go, and closed the door and taught his two sons to read sages at home.
People who have heard this gossip are shaking their heads and sighing, there are sympathizers, there are schadenfreude, of course, there are no fewer who secretly think of going home to remind their old wives to teach their daughters strictly.
Princess Liu didn't get up for a day, she was really angry this time. Every time she thinks of going out to a banquet in the future, I don't know how many women will guide her behind her back, saying that the princess of the palace is a wild girl from a peasant family, she can't help but want to be angry.
The old lady waited carefully in front of the master, and finally returned to her house at night, and when she heard her daughter-in-law talk about the rumors outside, she was so shocked that she jumped three feet high, and after a long time the house was still trotting to tell the master.
Princess Liu directly smashed the tea bowl in her hand and said angrily, "Where the hell is this rumor, even if Zhen'er doesn't do these things, don't want to marry a good family in the future." ”
The old lady was also full of sadness, and responded, "The old slave is also worried, so he came to report to his mother." You say, is it that Lord Liu offended some villain in the court, if not, why is this rumor as if it is specifically aimed at Miss Zhen'er, and it has a nose and eyes. ”
Princess Liu frowned, and just wanted to open her mouth to instruct the old lady to go back to her parents' house, but then remembered that she had eaten behind closed doors yesterday and said ruthlessly, "Prepare the carriage and horses waiting at the back door, I will go back to Liu's house to ask in person." ”
The old lady hurriedly went down to make careful arrangements, and soon, Princess Liu put on a light gauze cloak and walked out of the back door of the palace, and went straight to the back door of Liu's house.
The old porter of the Liu family took a heavy silver ingot and hurriedly spread the news to the front yard, and a handsome little man personally opened the back door and led Princess Liu all the way through the door to the outer courtyard study.
Liu Zhengqing, the current head of the Liu family, sat on the wide Taishi chair, looked coldly at his sister who walked into the door and was silent.
Princess Liu looked around the spacious study that had not changed for many years, her heart was sour, and she almost burst into tears. Back then, she knelt here, insisting on begging her father to agree to her marrying into the palace as a concubine, and her father was so angry that he smashed his favorite jade paperweight, bluntly saying that King Zhongshan was not a good person, and she would regret it in the future. It's a pity that she didn't listen to half a minute, and followed the negative man without looking back, so angry that her father was seriously ill and died early.
Now she knows that she was wrong and regrets it, but there is no old father in this study, and the Liu family is no longer prosperous that day, which is all a sin created by her.
"Little sister to see my brother, is my brother okay lately?"
"Alright?" Liu Zhengqing snorted heavily and said angrily, "With a sister like you, our entire Liu family will not be at peace." Don't say it's okay, I didn't die as angry as my father, even if Princess Liu's subordinates showed mercy. ”
"Big brother is angry, little sister... Little sister is not..."
"What did you come back for today? You ruined the reputation of the Liu family for a hundred years, and now you are causing Zhen'er to seek death and life, don't you think it's enough? ”
"Big brother," Princess Liu couldn't hold back any longer, and cried with tears streaming down her face, "I really love Zhen'er as a daughter-in-law, so I took her into the palace." I thought that our Liu family was a serious in-law with the royal family, and we could compensate for the sins I caused back then. Where did I think... Qiu'er didn't like Zhen'er, and he said that the emperor was very guarded, and for the sake of the safety of the house, he couldn't marry the Liu family..."
When Liu Zhengqing heard this, his face softened slightly. He stepped forward and helped his sister, who was crying to the ground, to sit in the chair, and asked in a cold voice, "Qiu'er really said that?" ”
Princess Liu nodded vigorously, for fear that her brother would not believe it, and continued, "Qiu'er said that the prince is weak, and the emperor is afraid that Qiu'er will have the heart to seize the throne, and he will definitely not allow him to marry Zhen'er to borrow the power of the Liu family.
Eldest brother, I really love Zhen'er, even if I can't marry her into the palace as a daughter-in-law, I am willing to see her have a good home. Where did you think that this child has such a deep affection for Qiu'er, and now it is very difficult to hear outside, I don't know what happened to this girl? ”
Liu Zhengqing sighed and said with a wry smile, "What else, if you don't eat or drink, you want to be ordained." I also blame your sister-in-law for not governing the family strictly, and the subordinates spread gossip and went out, and Zhen'er is afraid that it will be in the future... Alas! ”
Princess Liu was so anxious that she got up and was about to go to the back house, "No, I have to go see Zhen'er." ”
"Stop, I haven't finished speaking." Liu Zhengqing stopped his sister, and finally listened carefully to the fact that there was no movement outside the door, and asked in a low voice, "Sister, you tell me the truth." Qiu'er really doesn't have the intention of winning the throne? Although the prestige of our Liu family is not as good as before, but recently, the Qingliu faction in the DPRK and the Central Government has been dissatisfied with the emperor and the prince all day long, and they are unwilling to handle government affairs wholeheartedly. If Qiu'er has a heart, we will mediate in the Liu family, and it is not impossible to sit in that position. ”
(Finally written, I can lie down for a while, my back hurts badly, continue to work hard tomorrow morning, good night, friends, Mo Da, have a good dream.) )R638