Zichen Palace

Emperor Jianyuan looked at Cao Xiu who came in slowly, although he hated this person's personality, but watching him come in with a dashing demeanor, he couldn't help but praise his appearance, worthy of the earlier Yulang name.

Cao Xiu entered the main hall with trepidation, first gave a salute to Emperor Jianyuan, and shouted long live.

Emperor Jianyuan smiled: "Let's get up." ”

Cao Xiu got up, and after Emperor Jianyuan gave him a seat, he carefully sat aside, he wanted to ask Emperor Jianyuan what he had summoned him to the palace, but he didn't expect that before he could speak, Emperor Jianyuan spoke first: "I remember that Mrs. Cao Qing's family has been gone for more than a year." ”

"Yes." Cao Xiu hurriedly got up, "The minister's wife died last autumn, and it has been more than a year now. ”

Emperor Jianyuan nodded: "Cao Qing is a long-term lover, ****** grieved for many days after his death, I also heard that in order to be sad****** he died of grief and lost his body, and he was sick for a long time. ”

"...... minister" Cao Xiu lowered his head, and when he talked about his wife, he also felt a little nostalgic: "Mrs. Chenna is the most virtuous and virtuous, and the minister is a young husband and wife, and she has children for the minister, this time, the minister always feels sorry for her." ”

Emperor Jianyuan saw Cao Xiu's behavior, with a look of admiration on his face, but he sneered in his heart, only saying that this Cao Xiu was so disgusting that he didn't even let go of a dead man, who would he show such a deep look in the name of a dead man? Those who didn't know saw him so afraid to say that Lord Cao valued love and righteousness, but how could people like Emperor Jianyuan not see that Cao Xiu was pretending.

"Ugh." Emperor Jianyuan sighed: "Although the ****** is excellent, but in the end, it is the deceased person, you have to let it go, in addition, there is no female master in your mansion, in the end, it is very inconvenient, I see that Cao Qing is a person who values love and righteousness, and I can't bear you to be so lonely, so I intend to be a matchmaker for you." ”

"Your Majesty." Cao Xiu was anxious when he heard it, he had actually taken a fancy to a lady, but now he was so busy that he didn't have time to find someone to propose, he just thought that he would have to find a matchmaker to propose marriage after a while, but he didn't expect Emperor Jianyuan to give him a marriage one step earlier, where would Cao Xiu be willing.

"You don't have to be grateful." Emperor Jianyuan didn't allow Cao Xiu to finish his words, first waved his hand, and smiled: "Emperor Taishang had a concubine who lived outside the palace earlier, and then died in childbirth, the Emperor Taishang loved that concubine very much, and saw that she was very unbearable to see the child because of the death of the child, so he raised the child with his courtiers, and now the emperor is empty under his knees, so he recognized the child, and named the county lord, speaking of which, this is also my sister, my sister is also old, and has not been looking for a suitable person, I see that Cao Qing is very suitable, so I will be the master of the county to you, What do you think? ”

What else can Cao Xiu say? The emperor's sister, the emperor's daughter, and the county lord of the imperial seal, do he dare to refuse.

There was no way, Cao Xiu could only endure his worries and took a few steps forward to thank Emperor Jianyuan, and he had to pretend to be happy.

Emperor Jianyuan was very happy when he saw that he responded, patted the table and said: "Now the emperor's health is very bad, he wants to see my sister marry in his lifetime, I also want to marry the county lord as soon as possible, Cao Qing, you go back and get ready, I will also ask the internal affairs government to prepare a dowry for the county lord earlier, although this is my own sister, but in the end the county lord is not a princess, so there is no need to prepare a mansion, let her live in the Cao Mansion, for the good of the emperor, the wedding or the like should be simple." ”

Emperor Jianyuan said a long list of words in one go, and Cao Xiu felt even more chilled when he heard this, but he was helpless.

He knelt down again and thanked him for his kindness, and Emperor Jianyuan smiled and said, "Go back, and I will ask someone to go to your house to issue an edict in a while." ”

Cao Xiu got up to leave, and as soon as he got out of the door of Zichen Palace, his feet shook, and he almost didn't fall.

He left the palace with a gloomy face, and as soon as he got home, he went to the study and lost his temper, and smashed many precious things in the house.

Cao Xiu, as the head of the Cao family, is naturally well-informed, how can he not know that the county lord that Emperor Jianyuan said is the daughter raised by An Laoshi, his daughter is not a good thing, the Cheng Engong of the Qi family who provoked him ran to the An family all day long, and made such a scene, most people in Chang'an City knew that they were afraid that the county master of the An family would marry into the Qi family, and what was the result? Your Majesty is going to marry such a shameless slut to him in the blink of an eye, what is he Cao Xiu? Did you pick up broken shoes?

The key is that this is indeed His Majesty's own sister, the county lord of the royal seal, no matter how shameful and lowly he is, he can't dislike the slightest, and he has to offer people, otherwise the sin of disrespecting the royal county lord is enough for the Cao family to drink a pot, you know, the Cao family has long lost the glory of their ancestors, but there is no earlier scenery of one family and two queens.

Having lost his temper, Cao Xiu pondered carefully, not knowing why Emperor Jianyuan was so uncomfortable for him.

After thinking about it for a while, Cao Xiu thought of the fact that he threatened the little palace maid and asked her to seduce Emperor Jianyuan, thinking of this, Cao Xiu chuckled in his heart, knowing that the matter was afraid that it would fail, His Majesty already knew about this matter, and this was a warning to him.

Cao Xiu felt aggrieved in his heart, but he had to admit it.

Just as Cao Xiu was thinking about it, he heard a delicate voice outside the study: "Father." ”

Cao Xiu got up: "Is it Bi Niang?" ”

"It's the daughter." The voice sounded again, and then the door was pushed open, and a girl dressed in blue clothes entered with a tray.

This girl is Cao Xiu's eldest daughter Cao Bining, known as Bi Niang, she is lively and pure, and she is the most loved by Cao Xiu.

Bi Niang came in and saw a room of porcelain fragments, first startled, and then asked the subordinates to clean up quickly, and when the house was put in order, Bi Niang handed the bird's nest porridge on the tray to Cao Xiu: "Dad, drink some porridge first." ”

Cao Xiu saw his own girl, and his previous grievances were all gone, so he took a sip of porridge and said with a smile: "It's still my son's filial piety." ”

Bi Niang smiled: "I don't know if my father has anything to worry about, can I tell my daughter." ”

Cao Xiu thought of what Emperor Jianyuan said, and thought that it might not be long before the holy decree would be issued, which could not be concealed, so he said to Bi Niang 1510: "Today, Your Majesty summoned me to Zichen Palace, and I want to marry the lord of Shouyang to be my father. ”

"Lord Shouyang?" Bi Niang twisted her eyebrows and thought: "My daughter has never heard that there is a Shouyang county lord in Chang'an City, I don't know which prince's family?" ”

Cao Xiu sighed for a while: "It is the daughter of the Emperor Taishang who was born outside, and now the Emperor Taishang has recognized the person, and His Majesty has also rewarded ......"

"It's her." As soon as Bi Niang heard the anger, she came up, slapped the table and got up: "This is too bullying, now who in Chang'an City doesn't know that An Zhenniang doesn't abide by women's morals, the most **** but, how can such a person be worthy of entering the door of my Cao family?" ”

Speaking of this, Bi Niang almost cried: "What is my mother's identity, that is a daughter raised by a real wealthy family, every move is polite and gentle, that is, my stepmother is not as valuable as my mother, and I can stand it with a poor temperament, but, but I can't let such people into our house, this is called, how will my daughter behave in the future?" ”

Bi Niang cried very sadly, making Cao Xiu more and more annoyed: "Okay, that's what His Majesty Chrysostom said, can you take it back, the marriage of the lord of Shouyang is a foregone conclusion, and there is no possibility of change." ”

When Bi Niang heard this, she cried even more: "I'm not happy, I'm not happy." ”

She ran away crying and crying, making Cao Xiu distressed and upset.

Qingcheng, Shuzhou

When Lu Shan came out of the yamen, he saw Xiao Zhi guarding outside, as soon as he saw Xiao Zhi, Lu Shan's heart was on fire, and he took a few steps over: "Since the second brother-in-law is here, why don't you go into the yamen to look for me?" ”

Xiao Zhiqiang laughed: "Isn't this afraid of delaying your office, it's okay for me to wait outside." ”

Lu Shan nodded: "The second brother-in-law is benevolent." ”

Xiao Zhi laughed again: "Do you have time now, let's have a drink." ”

"Done." Lu Shan thought about it and had nothing to do at home, so he agreed, and the two of them went together, found a clean small restaurant nearby, went in to find a quiet room, asked Xiao Er to serve a few side dishes, and scalded two pots of good wine.

Waiting for the wine and food to come up, Lu Shan picked up the wine jug and filled two glasses of wine, Xiao Zhi took a glass and dried it, and Lu Shan also picked up a glass and drank it slowly.

Xiao Zhi put down the wine glass, looked at Lu Shan, gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "I don't know if the second sister lives in your house?" How is Sister Ying'er? ”

My wife and children have lived in other people's homes for so long and now I am asking, but it is really okay, Lu Shan thought to himself, and he looked down on Xiao Zhi a little: "It's okay, anyway, our family can't afford to eat and drink their girls, and no one is angry with them, and there is no one who is not going to frame them, after all, it is more comfortable than living in your Xiao family, especially Sister Ying'er, no, the people who live have grown meat, and the people are much more lively, unlike the little frozen cat before." ”

Lu Shan's arrogant words made Xiao Zhi extremely embarrassed, and he laughed twice: "That's good, that's good, it's good to live in it." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Zhi drank two more glasses of wine and ate some dishes, and he glanced at Lu Shan again: "I don't know when the two of them will go home, and this family is not separated, just live in your house for a while to relax, I can't always trouble you husband and wife." ”

These words made Lu Shanting's stomach burn, he took a sip of a glass of wine, and put the wine glass on the table: "What do you call this?" What's the matter, you still have reason to beat people away, and you still want to ask them to go back in silence? I'll tell you that the surname is Xiao, there is no such good thing in the world, what's wrong with the second sister living in my house? Although I Lu Shan is not talented, I am also a man who stands up to the sky, and there is no shortage of this food at home, I can't starve them and my mother, they can live as long as they like, and I haven't made it to drive them away. ”

"No, no." Xiao Zhi was also startled when he saw that Lu Shan was angry, and quickly explained: "I didn't say that I asked you to drive people away, that is, I just asked you to help persuade peace, this couple has no overnight feud, they have always quarreled at the end of the bed, and it's not a big deal, I have to go back when I should go home, she doesn't take care of how to do it up and down in this house." (To be continued.) )