Early in the morning, the palace hall was full of civil and military ministers of the early dynasty. Today, His Majesty is a diligent emperor, and every morning, rain or shine, except for a fixed few days of vacation every year. Today, as soon as I walked into the main hall, I found that the atmosphere in the main hall was very different. Especially the group of civil officials and imperial historians, all of them are eager to try. On second thought, the Emperor understood why these people were so excited.

For the creature of Yushi, the emperor also loves and hates. What he loves is that when he sees a minister who is not pleasing to his eyes, these people will naturally help him to fold the bullet and impeach him and find out all kinds of trivial mistakes. There are still many corrupt officials who have not been noticed by him, and there are also people who have supervised them. What I hate is that many times these people don't know how to read their faces at all, and they grasp a little mistake and stare at it like a cat seeing a mouse. The slightest glitch is like a thing that is about to be pierced. Moreover, these people rely on the imperial court not to kill the imperial history, and dare to say anything. Basically, His Majesty the Emperor felt that half of the time he spent in the court every year was dealing with state affairs, and the other half was listening to the imperial history quarrels.

Sometimes I want to drag these guys who are more broken than women out and slaughter them!

Although he thought so in his heart, the emperor still calmly walked up to the main hall and sat down on the dragon chair.

"If you have something to do, you can play early, and you have nothing to retreat!"

"The minister has a book to play!"

"The minister has a book to play!"

"The minister has the book..."

The emperor swept over at a glance, and seven or eight officials came out, six of whom were speech officials. The emperor thought about it for a while, but still asked, "Ministry of Works, what do you have to play?" "Let's deal with political affairs first, and then listen to these people's nonsense. The Ministry of Industry Shangshu obviously also knew that there was something going on today, and he explained what he wanted to say in a few words under the watchful eyes of all the officials, which was really concise and clear like never before.

The emperor pursed his lips in some disappointment, and glanced at Nangong Huai, who was standing in front of the general. "What do the others have to do?" ”

A royal historian stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Nangong Huai for trespassing on the Yingtianfu Yamen and openly taking away the prisoners who were being interrogated. ”

"His Majesty, the minister impeached the Duke of Chu for colluding with the widow of filial piety, which humiliates Sven and corrupts morality!"

"Qi Yu His Majesty, the minister impeached the Duke of Chu for adultery with the widow of the royal family, Balabala..."

"Poof!" There were many rude civil servants and military generals present, and they all looked up at the young imperial history with an expression of looking at a hero. How dare you say that...... Don't think that Yushi has nine heads, okay? This dynasty just doesn't kill the official, and there are actually many ways to get people to die.

"Presumptuous!" The emperor was furious, why didn't there be this article on yesterday's fold? Bastard, you want to lose my royal face? The young Yushi looked upright, and said loudly: "The Duke of Chu has acted like this, without the etiquette of a human being, please punish Your Majesty!" "This is the case with the official, the small things are said to be bigger, the big things are said to be bigger, and the bigger things are said to be rebellious. Anyway, in their creed, there will never be a big thing or a small thing.

"Qi Yu Majesty, Wei Chen is wronged!" Nangong Huai was not a fool, and hurriedly stepped forward to shout injustice.

The emperor took a deep breath, eager to kick Nangong Huai to death immediately. He really didn't want to punish Nangong Huai, the founding name of the country in the early years would be killed by him, and the few who were left behind were relatively peaceful and honest. The emperor also knows that his reputation is not very good, but he still has to save some face for himself. We can't wait until the future generations open the history books and find that none of the founding heroes were killed by him. On the other hand, the emperor really didn't think it was a big deal for Nangong Huai to marry a little widow, and the matter of breaking into the yamen had been explained clearly yesterday. But! This qiē can't have anything to do with the royal family!

"Tell me clearly!" The emperor said in a deep voice.

The young Yushi said excitedly: "Your Majesty, it is reported that the woman who was taken away by the Duke of Chu from the Yamen of Yingtianfu yesterday claimed to be the widow of the king of Huaning County. The former king of Huaning only died in March this year, and now it is only September. In less than half a year, Chu Guogong has been so close to the widow, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is not a day or two. ”

Do you want to say that they were cheating when the King of Huaning was still alive? One is in Jinling and the other is in Liangzhou, how to steal it thousands of miles.

"Nangong Huai, I will give you a chance to defend yourself!" The emperor said in a deep voice.

Nangong Huai bowed respectfully and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Qiao's family is indeed the widow of the former King of Huaning County. But... The rest of Lord Li's words are pure speculation and slander. Qiao's was originally my wife Meng's cousin, the former king of Huaning County was removed from the throne and passed away, and she came to Beijing to find relatives because of the hardships of her two children. I don't want my wife to have passed away. It was not easy for the minister to see that a woman from the Qiao family with two children was not easy, and there was a lack of someone to take care of it in the minister's mansion, so he had an expedient measure. What's more... The king of Huaning County has been demoted to a concubine during his lifetime, since he is a concubine, he naturally has nothing to do with the royal family, how can he be the widow of the royal family? ”

Hearing this, the look on the emperor's face eased, "Lin Yushi, what do you say?" ”

The young Yushi snorted lightly and said, "It is always a fact that the Duke of Chu had an affair with a woman in the filial piety period. ”

Nangong Huai said indifferently: "Our dynasty does not stipulate that when her husband dies, a woman must be filial piety and cannot remarry. ”

Although the civil officials were full of abandonment, they could not say anything else. After all, there is indeed no rule that women are not allowed to remarry in this dynasty, and even women are encouraged to remarry in the past few years. The Central Plains has been disrupted for decades, and the ruins and walls are everywhere. After many years of war, there were countless casualties, and the entire Central Plains was empty, and many women dragged their children and daughters to survive. If only a few people do this, it will be lost, but when such people become the majority, it is no longer a matter of rules and etiquette but a problem of national stability.

Moreover, from ancient times to the present, people have actually forbidden women to remarry, but it is not good to say. The only people who really adhere to these rules are those who read and the family. The scholars of Qinggao regard "one woman does not serve two husbands" and "starvation is a small matter of a small loss of festival and a big thing", and in their eyes, women who are out of festival should die. Qiao Feiyan, a woman who wants to remarry as soon as her husband dies, is naturally a shameless slut.

Soon, a trembling old man stood up and said loudly: "Although there is no explicit provision for women to observe festivals in our court, the sages and sages have a cloud: a good woman does not serve a second husband, and a good horse does not deserve a second saddle. Although the former king of Huaning County is not a member of the royal family, he still has royal blood, and Qiao's family has enjoyed royal worship for many years, and he should set an example for women in the world. How can you be like an ignorant commoner, ignorant of etiquette and ignorance? Even if he finally remarries, he should at least keep the festival for three years to show his kindness, so impatient, it has to be doubtful......"

Everyone knew what to suspect, and everyone present looked at Nangong Huai with a vague gaze. It's only been half a year since her husband passed away, and she was so anxious to marry into the door, which has to make people suspect that they had hooked up before.

"Bloody mouth! Your Majesty, Lord Wei, this is pure slander! Nangong Huai's face was gloomy, and he knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.

The emperor frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Don't talk about things without evidence." ”

Everyone pouted secretly, where did they get the evidence for such a thing? You can't catch an adulterer in bed, can you?

The emperor really didn't want to waste things on the trivial private affairs of his courtiers. What's more, since the king of Huaning County has been demoted to a concubine, it is uncomfortable for himself to be in the royal family. After thinking about it, the emperor said: "The Duke of Chu will be fined for two years. There is also that Qiao's hand-copied 10,000 volumes of female commandments for women in the world to learn. Before the 10,000 volumes of female commandments are copied, they must not remarry! I don't want to hear about it! Retreat! "I don't feel comfortable, I make none of you comfortable! Hum!

"Congratulations to His Majesty!"

Watching the emperor walk away, the expressions on the faces of everyone in the hall became a little strange for a while. 10,000 female commandments or something... Although they were men, they also knew that the female commandments were about 2,000 words long. It doesn't seem like much, but when this number is equal to 10,000, it is at least necessary to write... More than 20 million words. This is to let the woman write the rhythm of the broken hand, His Majesty personally ordered it, who would dare to find someone to copy it on her behalf? Even if that woman is diligent and writes five or six thousand words a day, it will be a matter of * years before she finishes writing. When the time comes... Why did Nangong Huai marry her?

Those who were closer to Nangong Huai stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "General Nangong, you better marry another girl, there is not only one in the world." "When the pretty widow's book is finished, the pretty widow will become an old woman, okay?

And the one who didn't have a good relationship stepped forward and laughed, and said, "Chu Guogong, that... That one is literate, right? If you can't read, you have to re-teach. But... I think that a woman who can be so bold is afraid that her knowledge is limited. Why don't I send you a Mr. Teacher? Guarantee... It's a woman. ”

Nangong walked away with a dark face, and as soon as he walked out of the palace gate, the chief eunuch beside the emperor chased him out, followed by two delicate and gorgeous girls, "The Duke of Chu stays, His Majesty has the Duchess of the Kingdom of the Kingdom has passed away for many years, and there is no one around the Duke who knows whether to be hot or cold." Give these two girls to serve the prince. ”

The two palace maids stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "The slave has seen the grandfather." ”

If others are rewarded with concubines by His Majesty, it is naturally a very glorious thing. It's a pity that His Majesty the Emperor has never liked this tune, and rarely rewards his subordinates for anything. But at this time, the meaning of rewarding Nangong Huai is different, and Nangong Huai only feels that his cheeks are hot. In the eyes of outsiders, this is as if His Majesty is saying: If you lack a woman, I will reward you two, and you will not lose your face with all those messy pickles.

"Thanks, Your Majesty." Under the sideways glances of his past colleagues, Nangong led the two delicate beauties back to the Duke of Chu with a disgraced face.

What happened in the early dynasty Although Nangong Mo was born in the Jingjiang County Palace, he also knew it well. After listening to the news of the next person's announcement, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, waved his hand, and let people go down. Nangong Huai talked about the face of the Duke of Chu all day long, and now he is not the one who sweeps the face of the Duke of Chu the most? Those imperial historians in the court have always been happy to see the excitement, but now where are there still people in the entire Jinling who don't know the two or three things about the Duke of Chu and the pretty widow? Not to mention the people in the Duke Mansion of Chu, even Nangong Mo didn't want to go out. Anyway, she also has the surname Nangong.

Princess Changping also shook her head again and again when she heard the news, and sighed softly: "What nonsense." ”

This nonsense is talking about Nangong Mo and Wei Junmo, if it weren't for these two nonsense, they wouldn't have reached this point. The newlyweds sat obediently to listen to the training, looking at the obedient appearance of the two, Princess Changping couldn't train it. Hengzhu is also that Qiao and Nangong Huai don't know the inspection point, how can they blame the two children.

I had to glance at the two of them helplessly and said: "You guys are angry for a while, look at it now, Flawless is not even willing to go out, which is also your original intention?" ”

Nangong Mo smiled and said, "Mother, it's just hard for me to go out, and I don't care if there's something wrong." "She's thick-skinned, of course, you don't need to let Princess Changping know about this. Princess Changping shook her head and said, "It's better to wait for the wind to pass, or bring more people when you go out." In this world, rumors are like knives, and sometimes they can force people to death. ”

Nangong Mo pursed his lips and said: "Mother, those who can be forced to death by rumors are those who are weak, as for those who really have a clear conscience or are shameless, they will not be disturbed by rumors." You see, no matter how powerful those rumors are, they can't get a penny from that Qiao's family. Princess Changping raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Then you say, is she with a clear conscience or shameless?" ”

"Isn't that obvious?" Nangong Modao.

Princess Changping said: "Even if she is not disturbed by rumors, the future will not be better." Let's not say what year she will be able to finish what her father asked her to copy, even if she finally enters the door, where is there still a place for her in the circle of Jinling noblewomen? You girl, you can be ruthless. ”

Nangong Mo blinked and said innocently: "The daughter-in-law didn't mean it. ”

Princess Changping touched her beautiful face and said with a smile: "Well, mother naturally believes in you." ”

In the courtyard where Qiao Feiyan's mother and son temporarily lived, Qiao Feiyan was lying on the bed and couldn't move. She is used to being delicate and expensive, and she is naturally not lightly injured when she is a few boards shorter, but she only feels that it hurts to move a little. This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the shame of being pressed to the ground and hit the board. Although her parents died when she was a child and she experienced troubled times, Qiao Feiyan can be said to have never suffered at all in her life, and it is the first time she has been seriously injured.

"Brother Nangong, are you back?" Seeing Nangong Huai coming in, Qiao Feiyan forced herself to get up. Nangong Huai took a few steps forward and pressed her, sat at the head of the bed and looked at her for a while, not knowing how to speak. Qiao Feiyan raised her head and asked softly with some concern, "Brother Nangong, are you okay?" 陛xià... Is there any blame for you? ”

Nangong Huai sighed and said, "Yan'er, Your Majesty... His Majesty requires you to copy the female commandments 10,000 times before you can get married. ”

"Ten thousand times?!" Qiao Feiyan's face turned pale, what is the female commandment? That is, I read it at home when I was a child, and I don't know where to throw it away these years. But even so, she knew that the number of ten thousand times was by no means something she could accomplish lightly, "Brother Nangong, this... Why..."

Nangong Huai sighed and said, "Heaven's will is unpredictable. ”

"But... But in this case..."Qiao Feiyan said with a pale smile: "Then I, then I... I can't marry Brother Nangong, I know... It's that I don't have this blessing. It was like that more than ten years ago... I should have known I shouldn't have been extravagant. Whining... I'll move to a nunnery outside the city tomorrow to concentrate on copying books. It's just that Ning'er and Wu'er... Ask Brother Nangong to take care of them. ”

Nangong Huai frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What nonsense? What are you doing when you move to a nunnery? You're living here well, and someday... I'll be able to finish it someday. I'll also find a way to open up the net. ”

"I... Shall I go and beg Mo'er? Qiao Feiyan said suddenly: "She is the princess of Jingjiang County, I will beg her to ask the princess, and ask the princess to say a few good words for us in front of His Majesty..."

As soon as Nangong Mo was mentioned, Nangong Huai was full of anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Don't mention her!" If it weren't for this girl, how could things have come to this point? But I forgot that if it weren't for Qiao Feiyan's mother and son who provoked Nangong Mo on the street, Nangong Mo would not have been idle and had nothing to do to make trouble for others. In the words of Miss Nangong, the junior doesn't know how to keep a low profile in front of the girl in the main house, and he deserves to be thundered.

Qiao Feiyan grabbed him, her soft face was full of bitterness, "Brother Nangong, don't blame her... It's all my own life..."

Outside the door, Xiao Qianning and Xiao Yuewu, the brother and sister, listened to the ambiguous wheezing sound from inside, Xiao Yuewu's face was slightly red, she stomped her feet and followed her brother out of the door. When she arrived in the courtyard, Xiao Yuewu asked, "Big brother, did you say that the Duke of Chu would really marry his mother, and would he take us to the Duke of Chu's mansion?" ”

"Not necessarily." Xiao Qianning's face was cold and hard, and his eyes flashed with the breath of a yin owl.

"Doesn't Nangong Huai like her very much? Why not? Xiao Yuewu frowned and asked with some annoyance. She is used to the days when she is the county lord, and now she lives in a small courtyard like this, and she doesn't want to hesitate to buy a favorite piece of jewelry. Although Nangong Huai is not a prince, he is also a prince. And my mother said that Chu Guogong's family background is only much richer than that of his father. Just look at the dowry when Nangong Mo got married a few days ago. You must know that the dowry prepared for her when her father was still there was not more than half of Nangong Mo.

Xiao Qianning said: "Didn't you hear it just now? Copy the female commandments 10,000 times to remarry. It's been ten years since my mother finished copying it. ”

"So long?!" Ten years later, the daylilies are cold.

"It's all Nangong Mo's fault!" Xiao Yuewu said hatefully, "If it weren't for her, how could we have been thrown into prison and beaten to the board." Now ......"

Xiao Qianning snorted lightly, "What's the use of talking about this now?" If it weren't for your stupidity to run to provoke Nangong Mo......"

"Big brother, which side the hell are you?!" Xiao Yuewu jumped to her feet irritably.

Xiao Qianning said coldly: "I'm embarrassed to say that I'm stupid." Do you think that if you Baba has to go up to confess Nangong Mo, you will happily accept you? She is not Nangong Huai, and now she is being put on a ...... by others, "Nangong Mo is indeed much smarter than ordinary women." The most troublesome thing was that she was deeply hostile to them from the beginning. Therefore, the mother and sister stepped forward to talk, and she didn't need any reason at all to use the topic to play and rectify them very badly. She is now the daughter-in-law of the Jingjiang County Palace, and even if Nangong Huai is angry, it is impossible to have any substantive punishment. What's more, Nangong Huai is only afraid that he will have a lot of troubles now.

"Humph! One day, I want to make Nangong Mo look good! Xiao Yuewu gritted her teeth and said.

Nangong Huai and Qiao Feiyan's marriage obviously can't be mentioned again for the time being, but Nangong Huai made another shocking move that day. He brought Qiao Feiyan's children back to the Duke of Chu Mansion as Mrs. Meng's nephew and niece, Nangong Xu and Nangong Hui's cousin and cousin. Hearing the news, Nangong Mo smashed a teacup on the spot.

In the Mansion of the Duke of Chu, Nangong Huai looked at his two sons who were staring at him silently with some discomfort. coughed lightly before he said, "This is Qianning and Moon Dance, it's... Your cousins, cousins. After that, they lived in the house. Xiao Qianning's expression was cold and silent and did not speak, but Xiao Yuewu was very lively, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and said with a smile: "Yuewu has seen the eldest cousin and the second cousin. ”

Nangong Hui blinked a little dazedly, touched his arm and leaned towards his eldest brother.

Nangong Xu raised his eyes to look at Nangong Huai, and said in a deep voice: "Father, mother said that the Meng family has long since rejected Qiao's cousin. ”

"Presumptuous!" Nangong Huai said in a deep voice. Doesn't he know about the grievances between the Meng family and Qiao Feiyan, but the Meng family has been dead for so many years, is it necessary to mention this matter again? If it weren't for Nangong Mo's rebellious girl who ruined his business, why would he use this expedient measure. Nangong Xu was silent, Nangong Huai couldn't help it, and picked it out and said, "Dad, the eldest brother didn't say anything wrong." I've never heard of my mother's cousins. ”

"Shut up! What have you heard? How many words did you say to your mother growing up? ”

Nangong Hui's eyes suddenly turned red, and he glared at Nangong Huai with anger on his face. If it weren't for the father who brought Zheng back and became ill with his mother, how could his mother be recuperating in Jichang Garden and have no time to take care of them?

Looking at his son's angry eyes, Nangong Hui was suddenly full of discomfort. His face sank and he said, "What?" And thou shalt learn from thy sister in disobeying me? Nangong Hui opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Nangong Hui grabbed him and said lightly: "Father's willingness to take in Xiao Gongzi and Miss Xiao is your own business, and it has nothing to do with your son." The son had other things to discuss with his father. ”

Nangong Huai was in the mood to listen, and said impatiently: "I'll talk about it later." ”

Nangong Xu said in a deep voice: "This matter is very important, my father seems to have been very busy recently. ”

Nangong Huai stared at the eldest son with a condensed face in front of him, it seemed that since the Zheng family's accident, this son had become a little incomprehensible to him. He couldn't help but wonder if it was the Zheng family's matter that hit him too hard, or if he had been pretending to be stupid and deceiving him for many years. After a while, Nangong Huaicai said, "You say." ”

Nangong Xu said: "Hui'er is about to be nineteen years old, and it's time to marry a wife." ”

Nangong Huai frowned and said, "This matter, let's talk about it when the stepwife enters the door." ”

Nangong Xu raised his eyebrows, "As far as my son knows, the stepwife chosen by my father will not be able to enter the door until at least ten years. Does the father mean that Hui'er will marry another wife in ten years, or does the father already have another candidate? Is it one of the two that my father brought back today? ”

Hearing Nangong Xu's words, Xiao Yuewu and Xiao Qianning looked at Nangong Huai at the same time, with a little more condemnation in their eyes. Xiao Yuewu's face was even more indignant. Nangong Huai was a little embarrassed and said, "Those two are... Given by His Majesty. Avoiding Xiao Yuewu's glare, Nangong Huai looked at Nangong Xu and said, "In that case, what are your plans?" In a blink of an eye, Nangong Hui was nineteen years old, and he should have married a wife a long time ago. Look at Xiao Qianning and Xiao Yuewu standing on the side, these two children are both seventeen years old and have just become married. However, compared with Nangong Hui, the marriage of these two children is more sorrowful.

Nangong Xu said calmly: "I plan to ask Mrs. Xie Hou to see a few for the second brother." ”

"Xie Hou?" For the people of the Xie Meng family, Nangong Huai only felt a little repulsed. The people of the Xie family don't look down on him, and he doesn't look down on the Xie family. However, in terms of female dependents, the Duke of Chu State Mansion really can't be compared with the Xie family.

Nangong Xu nodded, "Old Madam Xie shouldn't refuse for the sake of her mother and sister's face." Or... It's okay to find Mo'er to get rid of Princess Changping. ”

Which is more humiliating? No matter which one of them is humiliating, it is an ironclad fact that the Duke of Chu does not have a housewife who can handle it.

Nangong Huai was helpless, so he had to say: "That's it, you go and arrange it." You can discuss it with Mo'er. There are also Qianning and Yuewu, they just came to Jinling, if there is anything you don't understand, you can point out. Nangong Xu glanced at Xiao Qianning's brother and sister lightly, and didn't say that he agreed or objected, as if he was just casually looking at the two passers-by. Nangong Hui saw that the eldest brother didn't say anything, so he naturally looked up at the roof and didn't hear it: Well, the flowers on the beams are really good.

Looking at the contemptuous appearance of the two brothers, a trace of anger flashed in Xiao Qianning's eyes. Xiao Yuewu was smiling, as if she hadn't seen anything. said happily: "Uncle, don't worry, Wu'er will definitely get along well with the eldest cousin and the second cousin." Two cousins, aren't they? ”

Facing the cute and cute girl, Nangong Xu said lightly: "My son still has something to do, so I will retire first." ”

Nangong Hui touched his nose, "Father, I'm going to practice martial arts." "Humph! If Mo'er hadn't suffered so much, she would definitely smile better than her!

"......" was left behind Xiao Yuewu, who had a stiff smile.

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Lalala~ Suddenly I feel that my majesty is cute... What a drop of 20 million words... Even if you type on a computer, it's good to be 6,000 per hour faster, or 48,000 in eight hours a day. It's going to take more than a year. Let alone... Ancient, brush, traditional Chinese characters... It's good to have four thousand eight a day. It's going to take ten or eight years to write. Emperors are all grudges. It is unrealistic for the emperor to decree that he is not allowed to marry anything. Isn't that an admission that the royal daughter-in-law does not abide by women's morals? The Prosperous Doctor

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114. The rhythm of the hand.

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