Chapter 17: Strange (3)
Her smile lit up his eyes.
Tang Shaoshuai's breathing was faintly chaotic, but he suppressed the urge to speak, and then just bent his lips and held the woman's delicate tenderness tightly: "Is Madame's curiosity satisfied?" Then let's rest early. Madame, don't forget, tomorrow is the day when the three dynasties return home. You and I ......" The pleasant color on his face dissipated as the tone gradually deepened, "The usual thing is to enter the palace to face the saint." β
The pronunciation of the word "face saint" is particularly heavy, and there is obvious mockery in the tone.
Don't this person want to be so difficult to serve, so uncertain!
Qu Ning couldn't help complaining in her heart, but her hand was still in his hand, so she had to be held by him and said hello.
***
This night, Qu Ning had a rare good night's sleep.
Since the wedding night, for two consecutive nights, Tang Shaoshuai has been regarded as "fighting in a hurry", but this night, probably considering entering the palace, in short, he finally didn't squeeze out all her energy, but just hugged her and slept all night.
The two of them got up early in the morning and went to the main hall to see Tang Dashuai first.
This uncle is still so kind, dressed as a middle-aged squire, holding a pair of hookahs in his hand, swallowing clouds and spitting fog, looking at his son and daughter-in-law walking in side by side, he just smiled at Qu Ning and said: "Today is the day when the three dynasties return to the door, you little husband and wife are going to enter the palace, right?" My daughter-in-law looks good today, boy, escort your daughter-in-law all the way, don't get hurt, you know? β
The wrinkled smile on his face like a chrysanthemum seemed to hide some deep meaning, even the way he raised his eyebrows at Tang Shaoshuai, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes seemed to hide some secret words of "only me and you know".
Tang Jinzhi nodded silently.
Qu Ning smiled and opened his mouth: "Father-in-law, don't worry, with my husband with me, I won't be afraid of going anywhere." β
Tang Dashuai "haha" daxiao, knocked on the cigarette pouch, and waved his hand at Tang Shaoshuai: "Boy, it's time to prepare gifts for your brother-in-law, right?" Don't be as reckless as you used to be, and be rude to the royal family. As he spoke, he straightened his face and looked very cautious.
Tang Shaoshuai nodded calmly and replied, "It has been arranged a long time ago." β
"Hmm." Tang Dashuai squinted his eyes and nodded, reverted to his smiling appearance, turned his head to Qu Ning and smiled, "It's not early, you guys should go out early, by the way, greet Bixia on my behalf." β
βhaodeγβ Qu Ning blessed his body.
Tang Shaoshuai turned his head and led her out of the door, until he walked out of the threshold, but Qu Ning still felt that Tang Dashuai's gaze seemed to burn a hole in their hands.
Since she first met Tang Dashuai, her impression of this person has been changing.
When she visited the church, a group of people crowded around her father-in-law and congratulated herβat that time, she just felt that her father-in-law's popularity, haode, was a little incredible. Although combined with his former identity as the leader of the rebel army and now a big warlord, he was a little less ruthless and decisive, but she didn't realize it at the time, this was just a very superficial appearance.
Then the next day, when the bride served tea, Tang Dashuai did not have a strong sense of presence from dressing up to being silent almost from beginning to end, but several of his concubines, chattering with guns and sticks, very lively - at that time, Qu Ning even had a little contempt in his heart, after all, with Tang Dashuai's identity, how could the backyard be chaotic like this? There is no respect for the elders and the young, which is obviously a typical example of poor governance.
zuihou is yesterday, from Tang Shaoshuai's words, she realized what kind of image this father is in his eyes: he is bent on making achievements in politics and climbing up, he has no intention of taking care of the inner house, and the women accept one after another, but they don't care when they go home, and they let the backyard go all the way. But this doesn't mean that he doesn't have that means - just imagine, Tang Dashuai took the lead in moving his army north at that time, he really doesn't know what kind of temper his son is? He really can't yujian, what will happen to his women?
No way.
He just let Tang Shaoshuai vent his anger on those people, and he may still think about taking a look at his son's methods and checking his ability.
As for the life and death of those aunts?
It's not that he can't protect them, he just doesn't care!
Such a man who doesn't even care about his wife who has had children for himself and has been worried about his own affairs for decades...... Tang Dashuai is a more terrifying man than her brother.
The back house is not just the back house of the women, it is actually the men who are pressing on their heads who really control their life and death.
Perhaps, Tang Jinzhi saw this clearly, so he said to her, please feel free to do it, don't be merciful.
Qu Ning turned his head to look at the man sitting next to him, his face was as bright as a knife and an axe, and silently described in his heart the figure of one of them that had been eroded by the color of wine, and the other was in the prime of his life, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly: one is like the twilight of the setting mountain, and the other is the rising sun, under the reflection of the light of his own son, how much real father-son love is left between the two of the Tang family?
***
When the two entered the palace, the emperor sent someone to summon Tang Shaomarshal to speak, and Qu Ning was summoned to the queen.
Before parting, Tang Shaoshuai gently shook her hand, and the heat seemed to remain in her palm. He didn't say much, just looked at her deeply and left.
Qu Ning followed the little eunuch to the Jiaofang Palace, the queen was sitting and chatting with a group of concubines at that time, listening to the report of the little eunuch, she immediately slapped her hands and smiled: "Our eldest princess is back." β
As soon as you enter the door, there is a room of warblers and swallows, which is so lively.
Qu Ning's eyebrows jumped faintly, and he glanced at the room, his heart moved, but his body was already blessed: "I've seen my sister-in-law." β
The queen hurriedly came over and took her hand to let her get up and excuse herself, and then let her sit beside her, patted her hand gently, looked at her pink and red face, and said with a smile: "Our eldest princess looks good, how about it, the Tang family didn't treat you slowly, right?" β
"The young marshal is kind to me." Qu Ning replied as if shyly and timidly.
The queen seemed to be relieved: "You were wronged to marry, if the Tang family still dares to treat you slowly, you can come to the palace at any time to tell me and your brother, everything, you have Bixia to be your master." β
Qu Ning just smiled and didn't answer, and the hall fell silent all of a sudden, but she heard the woman sitting under the queen suddenly laughed: "Sister Qian, don't suppress your grievances in your heart, don't hide anything from us, you know, we are my sister's real relatives." We've all read the newspapers...... In the morning, the queen mother was still talking, worried that even if something happened to the eldest princess, she wouldn't dare to tell us...... My sister can rest assured, they are all their own people, even if my sister can't stand it and wants to complain, she can't pass it on. β
The meaning of these words is to directly point to "Tang Shaoshuai's derailment", and she almost didn't say it directly, she is just forcing a smile now.
Qu Ning seemed to be stunned, and then turned to look at the woman who spoke.
Her face sank: "Concubine Fu, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." What proof do you have for this? β
Concubine Fu was stunned: "My sister really doesn't know?" Seeing her and shaking her head, she sighed, and casually threw the newspaper on the coffee table next to her, and the queen seemed to be unable to stop it, so she waved her hand and frowned, but she had to watch Qu Ning open the newspaper and read the news carefully.
There was silence in the hall, and everyone looked at the princess's face a little white.
The queen glanced at Concubine Fu angrily, sighed, and comforted Qu Ning softly: "Sister, there are just some reports in the newspaper, since you think the young marshal is good to you, this is the most important thing, as for those who don't, don't take it to heart, ah?" β
Qu Ning lowered her head.
Seeing that her eyes were flushed, and then tears rolled out of her eyes, wetting the headline in the newspaper: Tang Shaoshuai's newlywed secret meeting lover......
Her mood was unstable, and the queen immediately waved away, and as soon as Yingying Yanyan dispersed, she sat beside Qu Ning with a handkerchief and wiped her tears: "My sister really didn't notice it before?" β
Qu Ning said in a hoarse voice: "The young marshal was indeed not at home yesterday," her voice was hoarse, her eyes were red, and she had a small face the size of a palm, which looked particularly pitiful at this time, "I also said that he went to the barracks, but it turned out to be ...... It's time to meet an old flame. Woo, he didn't even take me to heart......" He began to cry again.
The queen accompanied her for a long time, comforting her for a long time, until she persuaded her to put away her tears, then sighed: "Earlier, when Bixia decided to marry her sister to Tang Shaoshuai, I insisted on blocking it, but I couldn't help the difficult situation, and our royal family was also struggling......" said and choked up, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Now my sister is just newly married, but the bandit leader is already meeting her lover in secret, and I don't know my sister, this is not just not putting my sister in my eyes, this is not putting our royal family in my eyes!" Her voice gradually rose up, sounding very angry, "Sister Ning, have you ever thought about how you will deal with yourself if the young marshal wants to take a concubine?" She lightly clicked on the newspaper, the beauty in the photo with Tang Shaoshuai's smile - that was Qu Ning's acquaintance, the reporter who had made Tang Shaoshuai once show a strange look, Le Fuwen.
"Concubine?" The muscles at the corners of Qu Ning's mouth trembled slightly, she bit her lower lip tightly, tears were not falling, and she was rolling in her eyes, as if she was at a loss, and looked at the queen pitifully, "Sister-in-law, I don't know either...... Whining...... I can't take it. β
The queen saw that she was already like a master of the six gods, and then she sighed: "Sister, don't worry, Bixia will definitely beat Tang Shaoshuai well." It's just that since you are married, our family wants to help you, but they really can't help much, and you have to stand up on your own and make your own ideas. β
Qu Ning seemed to have just brightened up at this time, and grabbed the queen's hand like grabbing driftwood: "Sister-in-law, you say, what should I do?" Teach me, help me, won't you? Brother Huang has respected you very much for so many years, you should have your own set of methods, right? But you can't hide it from my sister. β
"I don't have any tricks." The queen smiled bitterly, "It's just because my father and brother have been loyal to the royal family for so many years, and Bixia Fang gave me a little more thin noodles." She sighed lightly, "But Bixia and I are married and married, and there is always a little respect for each other, after so many years, Bixia has absolutely no such thing as being merry and happy outside, but she is forced to accept which lady for political affairs, and she will always ask me first, this is the way of respect for husband and wife." If I don't have a competent mother's family......" She glanced at Qu Ning, meaningful.
Qu Ning immediately "realized" and nodded heavily: "That's right, if I wasn't a royal princess, how could Tang Jinzhi nod and marry me!" The more she thought about it, the more she understood, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, only if my brother and sister-in-law are in a better situation, the situation of the royal family is safe, and I am in the Tang family, can I live a safe and stable life." However, she immediately frowned slightly, "But when I entered the palace with Young Marshal Tang today, I saw that there were more guards around the gate of this palace?" I'm going to be searched when I come in with the young marshal......" She frowned, very displeased, "Although it's just a group of grandmothers who have taken a look at me, who came up with such a rude approach!" β
These words seemed to poke the queen's sadness, and she let out a long sigh: "Sister, you don't know, the parliament is getting more and more inches, and the most damned ones are those revolutionaries, and now they are clamoring for Bixia to hand over Fu Guifei, saying that she collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, which is really a great wrong!" Concubine Fu is trapped in the palace every day, who can hinder her eyes! But she asked a little woman to come out to fill her life, which is obviously the drunkard's intention is not to drink, Xiang Zhuang is dancing the sword and aiming at Pei Gong! β
Qu Ning said softly in her heart, "Bingo", it turns out that this is the purpose of today's drama.
She had already guessed the front and back in her heart, but she sniffed on her face and held the queen's hand: "Sister-in-law, the concubine is my brother's side, if I hand her over, how will my brother's face remain?" Of course, I know that. Can...... But what can I do? β
The queen smiled when she heard this: "Sister, for the sake of the face of the royal family and your own happiness in the future, you can persuade the young marshal and let him help persuade the Tang family to agree that we will sign the 21 Articles with Japan." As long as the Tang family does not object, then the others will have no reason to object. "Because the Kanto Prefecture sold by the 21st is located above the three northeastern provinces of the Tang family's base camp.
If the Tang family didn't object, then the other warlords had nothing to do with themselves, and they would naturally be able to hang high.
Qu Ning frowned slightly and cringed: "Can ...... But I really don't have that much influence on him. β
The queen shook her head: "Sister, don't be presumptuous, since you married into the Tang family, husband and wife are one, and when you speak, it is naturally the same as that of Tang Shaoshuai...... The next time you interview in the newspaper, you only need to reveal a little bit of such a meaning, and the people below will naturally understand. β
Before she finished speaking, Qu Ning, who seemed to be listening quietly, had already sneered.
Qu Ning collected the tears in her eyes, and her face was as cold as new snow: "Sister-in-law, it turns out that this is your purpose." Today is my third day back to the door, you don't expect me to have a good life, but you are doing everything possible to block me, okay, what a family! What a good brother and sister-in-law! β
She paused slightly, and looked at the queen with a sneer on the corner of her lips: "Even if I and Tang Shaoshuai are really in love as husband and wife, if I let this news go, I will be the same as him from now on!" Sister-in-law, do you expect me to live a lonely life every day? You have spared no expense...... Ruined the happiness of my life! She smiled mockingly, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I can't do anything about the twenty-one things." β
The queen understood her instantaneous change in mood, and her expression was filled with anger: "Sister, what are you talking about?" Sister-in-law is also for your good! Do you think we're trying to block you? Do you still remember how Young Marshal Tang swore that he would never marry you! If it weren't for your brother finally relenting and promising Tang Shao Marshal that he would one day retire as an ordinary citizen, take us wives and children out of the palace, and take our wives and children out of the palace to support himself and let the river and sea go on his own, so that the young marshal only needs to ensure his personal safety and personal property. If you are a young marshal, you will be willing to marry you, and if you are a young marshal, you will suddenly change your mind and say that you are also an ordinary citizen! All he did was to force your brother to abdicate peacefully and spontaneously! He was willing to marry you for political affairs, do you think that Tang Shaoshuai can be your beloved! β
As soon as her words came out, Qu Ning was completely stunned, and her face instantly turned white as if it was bloodless.