Chapter 26 The storm is coming
"Second Miss, Fourth Miss, the master asked you to go to the front hall quickly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "On this day, when Dong Xiaoyou was walking in the garden with her second sister, Qiu Wen found them and told them to go to the front hall.
"Father called us both?" Dong Xiaoyou, who was full of suspicion, keenly felt that it didn't seem to be a good thing, and even Xu Jiang was a little suspicious.
"Yes, please also ask the two young ladies to hurry to the front hall, and several ladies and sons have probably gone to the front hall one after another." After Qiu Wen finished speaking, he added, "The master said that this is an urgent matter, and everyone in the Xu family has to go." ”
"Oh, I see, Fourth Sister, let's go quickly." The second sister Xu Jiang said, and now both of them understood: something must have happened.
After arriving in the front hall, I saw Xu Qian sitting upright on the chief, and Mrs. Wang, Murong Shi, and Xu Fu and his wife on the side were also seated. Xu Qian saw the two of her coming, nodded slightly, but motioned for the two of them to sit next to him.
Not long after, Zou Shi, Xu Yi, Xu Ye, Xu Ban and others also arrived, and after everyone was seated, the second son Xu Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Father didn't know what suddenly called us here so urgently?" ”
Master Xu Qian said: "Today, Taishou Gongsun Yu sent someone to our mansion ......" His tone was very heavy, as if he was very painful and angry in his heart, and he was suppressing his feelings. As soon as they heard that Gongsun Taishou was too shou, Xu Jiang and Dong Xiaoyou seemed to understand three points in their hearts.
“…… Today, the saint is widely accepting show girls in the folk to enter the palace to serve, and the grandson domain... We want to send the Rong'er of our house to the palace to serve the Son of Heaven. Xu Qian said this sentence with difficulty, his heart was full of anger, but he had no way to vent it, at this time he actually hated his powerlessness.
As soon as she heard that she was going to let herself enter the palace to serve her bed, Dong Xiaoyou was immediately stunned: This is something she can't think of, but the palace is so easy to enter? Besides, although she is a "future person", she can be said to know nothing about the current emperor who seems to be called Liu Hong, but she only heard about his stupidity from the mouth of the maid, so it is even more impossible for her to be willing to enter the palace.
"What! Let Rong'er enter the palace to serve the Son of Heaven? How can that be done!! When Murong heard this, he was very opposed.
The Wang family and the Zou family didn't say anything this time, from the bottom of their hearts, they didn't have much opinion on whether Xu Rong could enter the palace, and after entering the palace, they had one less potential hidden danger in the Xu Mansion, and everything was peaceful at home; But after all, the fourth daughter of this family, Xu Rong, is too young, and now she is deeply loved by Xu Qian, if she is in favor of letting her enter the palace to serve the emperor who is extremely mediocre, it will be too ruthless for the young Xu Rong, so when this kind of trouble occurs, they are silent, neither in favor nor against.
Xu Yi said: "This ...... Today is a family banquet, and there are no outsiders, so I will say a few words. When today's son is mediocre and content with indulgence, if the fourth sister enters the palace, she will only become a plaything of the Son of Heaven, or be snubbed by the Son of Heaven again, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to see the light of day in the future, besides, the queen He family is extremely powerful, and she was born with the prince, she is seven years old this year, Rong'er is so young, how can she fight those concubines? Let the fourth sister enter the palace, that will simply send her to the tiger's mouth. ”
Xu Yi's words were completely from the position of considering Xu Rong, which somewhat surprised everyone, but it was indeed very insightful, even the Wang family, who was originally noncommittal, listened to it and agreed: "Master, we have to think about Rong'er, it's too cruel to send her into the palace." After all, the Wang family is from a famous family, and he is an elder in the upper grade, after listening to Xu Yi's words, he felt some sympathy for Xu Rong in his heart.
Xu Ye originally hoped to let Xu Rong enter the palace, but after hearing the words of the second brother, he couldn't help but get angry: Why did the second brother help him with the four girls today? So Zhengse said to the second brother: "The second brother's words are too arbitrary. When today's son likes women, is the appearance of our four sisters bad? I'm afraid that the Son of Heaven will see it, and it's too late to love it, so how could he snub her? Besides, the fourth sister's piano skills are the best in the world, how many women in the world are as talented as her? If the fourth sister gains power in the future, then our Xu family can also be said to be glorious. ”
Xu Yi looked at this younger brother, and anger ignited in his eyes: "Third brother! How many miserable women are there in Emperor Ling's **, who doesn't know today? Sending my daughter to the palace, if people today avoid it, how can we hurt the fourth sister! Even if the fourth sister is favored in the future, her father may not be happy with the official position brought by this nepotism! ”
Xu Ye still wanted to refute, but when he saw his father's angry eyes looking at him, he didn't dare to speak again.
Xu Qian said: "Even if you give up this old life for your father, you will never be able to bury your daughter with your own hands!" He looked at his precious daughter, who was still pale to this day, and his heart ached.
Xu Fu took Xu Qian's words, and said: "Actually, today, that Gongsun Yu also sent someone to our Xu Mansion and said something else...... He looked at everyone and continued, "It's the general...... Our second sister married his righteous son and grandson Leopard as a concubine. Speaking of this, he lowered his head, Xu Fu was quite upright, at this time he was also angry in his heart, speaking of which, this must be Gongsun Leopard's idea, originally Xuanwu County was too far away from Luoyang, so there was no need to send Xiu Nu at all, but now suddenly talking about it, it must be Gongsun Leopard who is using this as a threat. He had already gone to see Gongsun Leopard today, but this disciple couldn't move at all, I was afraid that he was already staring at his second sister Xu Jiang.
When everyone heard this, they were surprised again, and Xu Jiang, who was still surprised, suddenly distorted his face, and his anger was revealed.
Murong Clan screamed, "How can that happen!" This Gongsun Leopard is a well-known scourge in Xuansu County! How can my daughter marry someone who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it! It's still a concubine!! ”
When Mrs. Wang and Zou heard this, they also said unfairly: "How can you be cheap that splash!" ”
Dong Xiaoyou listened, and hung his head sadly, sure enough, he shouldn't just care about the speed of his tongue that day, and contradicted Gongsun Leopard with his words, and now his godfather actually used the name of the Son of Heaven to oppress the Xu family, this is no longer something that his majestic "father" can settle with.
This is undoubtedly a dilemma for Xu Qian, the fourth daughter has been wronged since she was a child, and she is unwilling to let her go to the thousands of miles away to suffer in Luoyang, but the second daughter has grown up by her side since she was a child, although she doesn't like it much because of her man's temper, but she is reluctant to let her commit herself to marrying a wicked son who does nothing evil as a concubine, and the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and he is really anxious in his heart.
As far as Xu Fu's personal opinion is concerned, he and Gongsun Leopard have known each other since childhood, so he knows that although Gongsun Leopard is indeed a drunkard, he is not a heinous person, and his second sister has a strong personality, marrying Gongsun Leopard may be able to deter Gongsun Leopard, but she is just wronged to be a concubine. And the emperor of Luoyang, but a rare mediocre monarch since ancient times, it is rumored that he not only has a good reputation for dogs and horses, but also loves dogs, and even makes palace maids and dogs ...... Such an act is unheard of, the fourth sister is so young, I am afraid that it is indeed as the second brother said, it is a sheep into the mouth of the tiger. He just wanted to say his opinion, but he was pulled by his wife Su Yuan on the side, Su Yuan signaled him with his eyes not to say anything more, he thought about it, but he still didn't say anything after all.
Su Yuan had some schadenfreude in her heart at the moment, whether it was Xu Rong entering the palace or Xu Jiang taking Gongsun Leopard as a concubine, for her, it was just one less person who she didn't like very well, so there was even a hint of a smile in her eyes.
Dong Xiaoyou's heart is in turmoil at the moment, how can she let her second sister commit herself to Gongsun Leopard's prodigal son because of herself? At this moment, in her heart, Gongsun Leopard was more annoying than the faint monarch who was far away in Luoyang, and it was a big deal to enter the palace and be beaten into the cold palace, so she made up her mind and said tremblingly: "Daddy...... It's better to send Rong'er to Luoyang, and don't let the second sister marry Gongsun Leopard. After saying that, her eyes were already overflowing with tears.
"No!" Xu Qian shook his head painfully, "Rong'er, you have suffered a lot of grievances in the mansion since you were a child, and now your father wants to compensate you well, how can you let you enter the palace and suffer?" He clasped his hands, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and then said, "A father will never bury his daughter!" Why don't we give up all this and flee to Malaysia with our family! ”
As soon as he said this, the eldest son Xu Fu objected: "Father! That's not possible, our Xu family's ancestors have been in the Central Plains for generations, how can the family business be wasted! Besides, the climate in Mahan and other places is harsh, and they are inhabited by people outside the country, and the people there are no different from beasts, how can our Xu family go to that kind of place? As soon as Xu Fu spoke, the other ladies and young masters all objected in unison.
"You ......!" Xu Qian's face turned a little pale with anger, and he also knew that it would be difficult for these people to give up the Xu family's industry for three generations and flee from the Han Dynasty!
"Dad, let my daughter marry Gongsun Leopard." Xu Jiang, who had not opened her mouth for a long time, suddenly said loudly, quieting everyone who was originally noisy, and they all looked at her incredulously.
Xu Jiang watched everyone calm down, and said: "It's better to let Jiang Er marry that Gongsun Leopard, Rong'er is too young, if she is sent to Luoyang, my father will definitely regret it for life in the future." ”
Dong Xiaoyou listened, and her heart was warm and moved, the second sister has always been a straightforward person, but she didn't expect her to be so righteous. This is tantamount to sacrificing her to save herself! She bowed to the second sister and said, "Fourth sister, thank you second sister!" With the words of the second sister, even if the fourth sister goes to Luoyang, I will never regret it in my heart! Then she got up and said to Master Xu Qian: "Daddy, let's let Rong'er go to Luoyang, Rong'er is not afraid!" ”
The two sisters were able to think about each other at such a juncture, which touched everyone in the main hall, and Murong was crying: she was reluctant to have two daughters, although she naturally preferred her own daughter Xu Jiang in her heart, but Xu Rong also grew up watching herself, even if she saved Jiang Er today, thinking of Rong'er in the future, her heart would definitely be very painful.
Su Yuan looked at them coldly, thinking in her heart: No matter which one the master chooses, he will marry one immediately anyway, which is really beneficial to himself.
Xu Jiang looked at the fourth sister with a firm look in his eyes and said, "Fourth sister, listen to the second sister, you must not enter Beijing!" Then she faced everyone and continued, "Men should get married, women should marry, this is the way of heaven and earth, I am over eighteen years old this year, I have been raised at home for a few more years, so that my father and mother and two aunts have done their best, but I will marry out after all; Moreover, Gongsun Leopard is just a false person, I have been born strong since I was a child, and I am considered to be favored by God, he can't bully me, but I am afraid that no one in the Gongsun Mansion will dare to provoke me. She paused again and said, "Finally, and the most important thing, even if our family agrees to send the fourth sister to Luoyang, I am afraid that judging from the despicable character of the two Gongsun Taishou and Gongsun Leopard, they will definitely lay a trap halfway, or send someone to kidnap Rong'er, and then they will say that the fourth sister has escaped, and this big crime will be placed on the head of our Xu family, when the time comes, I am afraid that I will still inevitably give Gongsun Du as a concubine, but also take the fourth sister, then I will fall into the trick of Gongsun Taishou!" If I take the initiative to agree to marry the past, at least I can deter Gongsun Leopard, so that they can no longer fight the idea of the fourth sister. ”
Her analysis was unexpected, and after everyone heard it, they shuddered, judging from the cunning and despicability of Gongsun Yu, Xu Jiang's analysis can be said to be completely correct, so that the two daughters of the Xu family may fall into the hands of Gongsun Leopard.
After Xu Fu heard this, he couldn't help but speak: "This is also what I'm worried about, I have been familiar with Gongsun Leopard's methods since I was a child, and if he doesn't achieve his goal, he will never stop, but the fourth sister has a strong personality and divine power, only she can control Gongsun Leopard." ”
Xu Qian listened, and his heart changed greatly towards his second daughter, he really didn't expect that although this woman has practiced martial arts since she was a child and does not have the female virtues that a woman should have, she can understand the overall situation, see the key to the problem, and stand up for her sister, regardless of her own safety, which really makes Master Xu Qian himself a little embarrassed.
After hearing this, Murong didn't object anymore, just looked at the baby's daughter silently with tears in his eyes.
Dong Xiaoyou's tears fell suddenly, like a drop of jade beads, such a wise and brave second sister, she actually wanted to commit herself to the scum of Gongsun Leopard for herself, she cried and wanted to persuade the second sister, but she couldn't open her mouth, because she saw the decisive look in the second sister's eyes......