Grandma Sun's face was very strange.

It's blue, it's red, it's red, it's purple, I don't know what color it is.

She secretly complained in her heart, as early as when she entered the door of the Li family, she thought that Mrs. Li was unwilling to be a concubine for the Cui family, but now, people refused directly when they came up, calling her really difficult to answer.

"This ......" grandmother said in a deep voice: "Big lady, old woman, I will say two words, if you don't listen to it, the big lady will let me fart." ”

"What do you call this old man, you are so old, you have eaten more salt than we eat rice, and what you say must be good." Li Luan'er is also unwilling to be the enemy of everyone, and can be kind to others, so she naturally does not want to offend people.

"I know that the eldest lady is capable of earning such a big family business." Grandma Sun smiled: "To be honest, where is it good to be a concubine for people, it's just that the eldest lady is in this world...... Think about it, you have earned so much money, there is no power guarantee, I can't say when it will not be yours, rather than being a good lady and working hard to feed a family, it is really better to find a rich family to be a concubine, first, the eldest lady is also lighter, and second, you can also find a good family for the little lady and the eldest man, I don't know if what I said is right. ”

Li Luan'er had a smile on her face, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes: "Mother Sun's words are naturally good, and they are also heartfelt, but everyone has their own ambitions, I would rather be a lady for the poor family, work harder, and be happy to be a small child for the rich family, Mother Sun, you go back and talk to the Cui family, just say that I am not happy, let alone be a concubine for his family, even if his family carries eight sedan chairs, I will not go." ”

Seeing that Li Luan'er had indeed made up her mind, Grandma Sun stopped persuading each other, got up and dressed up to leave.

Li Luan'er gave her a ride, and before going out, she said: "Mother Sun gave a message to the Cui family, saying that I don't want to have anything to do with the Cui family anymore, so that they don't come to me again, if they don't listen, I won't be afraid of any means." ”

The frightened grandmother-in-law responded again and again, and walked out of the gate of the Li family quickly.

As soon as she went out, Grandma Sun wiped the cold sweat on her forehead, and said in her heart that this Mrs. Li is really a powerful person, and it seems that the Cui family's errand is still good.

When Mrs. Sun saw Mrs. Cui's Song, she told Li Luan'er's words again, and accused her again and again, saying that she was incapacitated, and told Song not to ask Gao Ming.

The Song family was angry, and when he sent his grandmother-in-law away, he scolded Li Luan'er for not knowing how to lift, and said Li Luan'er's words to Cui Qian, Cui Qian was not happy after hearing it, and appeased the Song family a few words, and went to Cui Zhenggong's room, and the two discussed how to force Li Luan'er to comply.

Yan Mansion

Yan Yi hurriedly entered the courtyard, and saw Yan Chengyue playing chess on the chessboard in the warm sun under the green trees, he stood aside and waited for a while, and saw Yan Chengyue solve a chess game, so he whispered: "Young master, just now I went out to buy something, and I heard from the people in the neighborhood that the Cui family had found someone to go to the Li family to propose marriage, and wanted Mrs. Li to be a concubine for Cui Zhenggong." ”

Yan Chengyue picked up the black chess pieces one by one into the jade carved box, and did not raise his head.

Yan Yi didn't believe in evil and continued: "It is said that Mrs. Li was not happy and pushed it hard. ”

Yan Chengyue raised her head at this time: "This should have been thought of a long time ago, with her character, how could she be willing to be a concubine." ”

"Little thought, this matter is not over yet." Yan Yi lowered his voice: "Our family has been dealing with the Cui family for more than 100 years, we don't know what kind of person the Cui family is, the eldest lady has refuted the Cui family's face, I'm afraid the Cui family will have to find a way to make up for it, Cui Qian's face looks loyal, but he is full of treachery, maybe he will come up with something bad to cure the eldest lady." ”

Yan Chengyue smiled, only a little worried in his eyes: "It's nothing more than that, one is to make a crime to get Li Chun in prison, the second is to ruin the reputation of the eldest lady and the little lady, and the third is to find someone to find the bad luck of the Li family's restaurant, so that her family's business can't be done, and the Cui family is worthy of these villains." ”

Yan nodded: "I can't say that the Cui family can use all three means together, I'm really afraid that the eldest lady won't be able to deal with it." ”

"Pay attention." Yan Chengyue mentioned a few words: "If the Li family has something, they will help more." ”

"Yes." Yan Yi responded, and scratched his head again: "However, our family has always been at odds with the Cui family, if we fight against the Cui family again for the sake of the Li family's affairs, I can't say that the vicious dog of the Cui family will have to bite our house hard, young master, the master is already biased, and when the time comes, ...... I'm afraid that there is an old man, and the old man also wants to teach the young master a lesson. ”

"What's this?" Yan Chengyue smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Even if there is no matter of the Li family, my father will still be partial." ”

"Small means that the Li family doesn't do us any good, and we can't fight against the Cui family for this, if it is, if it's ......" Yan Yi hesitated.

"What if?" Yan Chengyue continued to play chess.

"If Mrs. Li is willing to marry into our family, for the sake of the young grandmother, she will naturally have a reason to compete with the Cui family." Yan Yi clenched his fists, full of nervousness.

Yan Chengyue raised his head, with an indifferent expression, and there was obvious anger in it: "If I want to marry a wife, I naturally want people to marry willingly, and I don't care to do anything that takes advantage of people's danger." ”

Yan Yi was still a little unwilling, and muttered: "The young master doesn't know if Mrs. Li is happy or not, don't ask, how do you know that Mrs. Li doesn't have a young master in her heart." ”

Yan Chengyue was happy, with a force in his hand, a chess piece flew towards Yan Yi's door, Yan Yi hurriedly dodged, but no matter how fast he was, he still didn't dodge the chess piece, the chess piece grazed his cheek, and rubbed a bloody mark on his angular face.

Yan Yi knew that the young master was angry, but he was still a little unwilling and stood aside stubbornly.

Yan Chengyue said leisurely while placing the chess pieces: "If you hadn't served me since you were a child, the chess pieces would not only have scratched your cheeks, I'm afraid they would have killed you by this time." ”

"Thank you for the mercy of the young master." Yan Yi knelt to the side, he knew that the young master was blaming him for not keeping the rules of being a slave and not taking care of the affairs of the master's family.

"What kind of temperament Mrs. Li has, I know better than you." Yan Chengyue picked up a white jade chess piece and put it on the chessboard: "She is her sister and brother all her heart, where will there be any children's private affairs, her heart is the most transparent and pure, but you don't use your ideas to impose on her, you have a deep relationship with my master and servant, and naturally think that I am good everywhere, but Mrs. Li is afraid that she will not think like that, in her eyes, I am just a familiar stranger." ”

After speaking, Yan Chengyue no longer paid attention to Yan Yi, lowered his head and played chess seriously.

Yan Yi knelt for a while, and after Yan Chengyue finished a game of chess, he raised his hand slightly: "Get up, and punish you for two months." ”

Yan got up, rubbed his kneeling pain knee, thanked him, and limped out.

The capital, the Imperial Palace

The queen mother sat in the Zhao'an Palace, looked at the new emperor who came to greet her, beckoned Emperor Deqing to come closer, and asked the attendant to bring a big plate, on which many picture scrolls were placed: "Emperor, you come and take a look, these are all the queen candidates I picked out with you, you see which one fits the eye, let's decide which one." ”

The queen mother has three daughters and one son in her life, although she loves every child, but in the end she still loves Emperor Deqing the most, plus the queen mother has always been the only queen mother in the harem of Emperor Ming Qi, this emperor and queen and the prince and the queen get along with the prince and the princess and the princess are not much different from ordinary people, and the etiquette rules are much less, and the queen mother has always loved Emperor Deqing, and is unwilling to marry him a queen he doesn't like.

Emperor Deqing sat beside the Queen Mother, watching the chamberlain open the picture scrolls one by one, the women on the scrolls were gentle or gorgeous, or delicate or lively, they were really different from each other, it stands to reason that these women looked very good, Emperor Deqing should be happy to see it, but he didn't have any laugh lines on his face.

The queen mother looked at it for a long time, and when she saw that Emperor Deqing was silent, she pointed to a scroll and said: "This is the daughter of Lu Xun, a member of the Ministry of Rites, it is said that this woman is dignified and virtuous and very talented. ”

Emperor Deqing raised his eyelids: "Since the queen mother likes her, then let her be." ”

Seeing that Emperor Deqing was not interested at all, the Queen Mother was a little surprised, and after thinking about it for a while, she knew that her son was afraid of something, so she waved away the chamberlain and Gong'e, and took Emperor Deqing's hand and asked: "What is the emperor's heart?" Or do you have a crush on someone? If you have someone in your heart, tell your mother that we are mothers and sons, and what can't you say. ”

Emperor Deqing stood up and knelt in front of the queen mother: "Queen mother, my son still hopes that the queen mother will be fulfilled if he has one thing." ”

"Emperor." The Queen Mother also hurriedly got up and went to help Emperor Deqing with both hands, who knew that Emperor Deqing was iron-hearted, and the Queen Mother always couldn't help him.

"Say whatever you want, get up quickly." The Queen Mother had no choice but to sit down again.

Emperor Deqing took a step on his knees and put his hands on the knees of the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, my son likes someone in his heart and wants to take her into the palace." ”

"Who?" The Queen Mother was so shocked that she almost stood up: "My son, you make it clear to me, if it is good, the Queen Mother will naturally promise you." ”

Emperor Deqing pondered for a while: "She is not a famous lady, but a mountain woman, but she has a good character and is good for her son." ”

"Mountain woman?" The Queen Mother really didn't expect Emperor Deqing to fall in love with a mountain woman: "This ...... Emperor, I don't dislike her background, it's just that you were born as a prince, and you have grown up under the teaching of Confucianism over the years. ”

Emperor Deqing shook his head: "Although she is from a lower background, she is also literate and hyphenated, and proficient in music theory, and her father is still a Xiucai, she has studied with her father since she was a child, and she is no worse than the daughters taught by those etiquette families." ”

"I see." The Queen Mother nodded: "Our Dayong Dynasty has asked the queen not to be too tall since Taizu, but this is ...... can't be too lowly, even if she has an innocent family background and the emperor likes it, just accept her as a concubine. ”RS