326 Turns
Zhou felt that she, as a Mrs. Hou and her mother-in-law, was like a concubine who usually looked down on her the most, asking for things, which really damaged her face.
However, she really didn't want Xie Hui to open his mouth about this.
Because the coronation ceremony of King Qin was personally instructed by Emperor Hongyuan and the current Empress Dowager to be organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the sensation created in Beijing can be imagined how big it will be.
On the day of Qin Chenghe's crowning, there were many people who wanted to come to the door, even some noble princes who had lost power, and they might not be able to get an invitation.
The post of Qin Wangfu symbolizes not only that personal ability is valued by the superiors, but more importantly, it means that you have entered the eyes of some people, and you have personally mixed into the highest-level noble circle of the Great Wei.
Dangling around the palace of King Qin, it is like going to the Imperial Forest Army to plate a layer of gold, and when you go out from here, then your whole person's worth will not be doubled, at least you will no longer be a nobody, and your future career will be even more predictable.
And the people who can participate in the coronation ceremony of King Qin are all the top nobles and princes in the court, if they can be familiar in front of these people, will they be worried about no good marriage in the future, and there is no good career to go?
There are many people who want to take advantage of the coronation ceremony of King Qin, but the communication of the Qin Wangfu outside is scarce, and the relationship with most of the noble families in the capital has been maintained in a lukewarm and hot state.
ββThis idea was summed up by the vast majority of the nobles and dignitaries in Kyoto, and some of them, who had seniority and seniority, could open their mouths in person, and euphemistically ask for a few posts like Qin Chenghe, and bring a few people to watch the ceremony at that time; And most people, regardless of identity or seniority, are far inferior to Qin Chenghei, therefore, after getting the guidance of the elders in the family, they can only visit the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion and want to take the road of saving the country.
Because of this consideration, one can imagine how fulfilling the lives of several men in the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong have been during this time.
Chi Zhongyuan and Chi Zhongli are okay, the two of them are stationed in the suburbs of Beijing all the year round, keeping a distance from the courtiers in Beijing, and other noble lords know that he is not a good person to deal with, and they dare not touch his moldy head; Chi Zhongli has been reused by Emperor Hongyuan in the past two years, and he has to wait in front of the emperor almost every day.
As for the second old man Chi Zhongde, who is still in the Ministry of Industry, firstly, he can be mediocre, and no one looks at him hurting his eyes, and secondly, everyone may feel that there is no hope for him to ask for a post from the Qin Palace, so although there are still people who come to Chi Zhongde to talk about it openly and secretly, they are all rejected by the slightly clever Chi Zhongde.
Chi Zhongde is still a little self-aware, he doesn't think that King Qin will look down on him at all, and he doesn't think that the ghost beast will give him face, rather than being touched by a group of fox friends and dog friends now, and the matter should be dealt with in the clouds, it is better to be a single person now, and he will remiss it.
The three big masters of the Hou Mansion can avoid those who ask for the door, but only one Chi Shengjin, who is now in the circle of the nobles in Kyoto and has a good mix, can't avoid this matter.
The loyal and brave Hou Mansion is a family of honor, and Chi Shengjin is the prince of the Hou Mansion, he himself has some skills, they all say that things gather by like, people are divided by groups, from this sentence alone, it can be seen that the noble sons and daughters who are good friends with Chi Shengjin have to have some catties and two.
These people got the advice of their grandfather or father to pester Chi Shengjin, and it was impossible for Chi Shengjin to be tricked or not.
In this way, after Ji Shengjin was drunk, he was confused to respond to the "pleading" of those friends, and only then did he come to the door today.
Zhou told Chi Linglong about the situation, Chi Linglong was funny in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, she just nodded her head from time to time, signaling her to listen attentively, but her eyes were not traced, and she turned with Xiao Shizi.
The little guy was held in Ji Mingxuan's arms and teased by the three aunts.
Maybe it's because of this Chi Mingxuan, the eighth girl and the ninth girl, who are relatively unfamiliar, and the little guy is just widening his eyes now. The black eyes, purring and rolling their eyes, stared at the three people in surprise.
No matter what little bells and Pisces jade pendants came out to coax him to play, the little guy still had a pink little mouth and a straight face, not smiling or making trouble.
Chi Linglong looked at Xiao Shizi for a moment, and now Zhou finally finished speaking, Chi Linglong nodded, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.
After Zhou's words fell, Chi Linglong also shifted his gaze to the Jiang family, who was sitting on the side, as if he was a little daunted, and asked curiously, "What about the third aunt?" β
Chi Linglong opened her mouth and asked, "What about the third aunt?" Does the third aunt also need to ask for a few posts? β
In Chi Linglong's impression, the relationship between the Jiang family and the Zhou family is definitely not good, if it is said that the Zhou family came to the Qin Palace, it was to pull down his face and ask her for something, this errand is definitely not a face.
Jiang and Zhou don't deal with each other, if she said that she was just accompanying Zhou to "lose face", Chi Linglong didn't believe it at all; What's more, when the Jiang family sat in his position, he seemed to be a little restrained and embarrassed......
Because of Chi Mingxuan's relationship, Chi Linglong has a good relationship with the third room of the Hou Mansion, and she has always respected the Jiang family as a serious elder, and the Jiang family and her have never been polite; The last time Xiao Spoon made a full moon wine, when Jiang Shi returned to the house and asked her for a prescription to regulate her body during Xiao Yuezi, these three aunts were not too embarrassed.
Now, the look on her face was slightly tangled, and she was still a little hesitant and embarrassed, Chi Linglong just turned her mind a few times, and guessed that she was afraid that the third aunt was also here to ask for a post; It's just, is it for her mother's relatives?
If it is a relative of her mother's family, based on Jiang Ge's qualifications and Qin Chenghei's friendship, she should be able to ask Qin Chengsi directly, right?
Chi Linglong looked at Jiang curiously, Jiang bit her lip, and was embarrassed to tell the purpose of her trip.
Sure enough, the Jiang family also came to ask for an invitation this time, and that post was not for others, but for her future son-in-law, who was married to Chi Mingxuan, and her cousin Jiang Yun.
After the Jiang family's vague prompt, Chi Linglong also knew that the Jiangge Laofu now has a big family, and several children and grandchildren are also promising, and the Qin Wangfu sent five invitations to the Jiangge Laofu, which is enough to give face, but these five posts are far from enough to be thrown into the Jiangge Laofu.
Jiang Yun is the second son of Jiang Hai, the second son of Jiang Ge Lao, above him, there are four grandchildren who are going to go through the official career on Jiang Ge's old mansion, Jiang Yun's ranking is too low, and he is still young, considering various reasons, the few posts assigned by Jiang Ge's old mansion did not fall on Jiang Yun's head.
If there is no way to do this, the Jiang family can only pinch his nose and admit it, but who made Jiang Yun her son-in-law, Chi Mingxuan and Chi Linglong have a good relationship, if she licks her face and comes to beg for it, Chi Linglong will definitely sell her face and give her a post?
It's just an invitation, and the weight is not heavy, but if you can participate in the coronation ceremony of King Qin, and you can mix around King Qin's mansion on that day, you may not know how many detours you will take and how many blue eyes you will get.
Out of the psychology of planning for his son-in-law, the Jiang family didn't bother much, so he made up his mind and accompanied the Zhou family to run over to the Qin Palace.
After Jiang finished speaking, the look of surprise on his face earlier had also retreated.
People are like this, when they open their mouths, they feel that it is very difficult, and when they open their mouths and speak, they will speak more and more smoothly, Jiang is like this, when she asked Chi Linglong for something before, she couldn't pull down her face, but now that she has finished everything in one breath, she has a relaxed face.
Chi Linglong wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, so she could only hold back the smile in her heart, pretending not to see that Chi Mingxuan was trying to support her pointed ears, stopped her body, and tried to listen to their conversation, but in fact, her stomach was already about to laugh.
Now the little girl, if she is really engaged, she will be married, and she has not yet married, her elbow is about to turn out, and she has to think about her husband wholeheartedly, but really, she doesn't even know what to say.
Chi Linglong saw that Zhou and Jiang were pinching their skirts, looking at her expectantly, and she didn't want to hang a few people's appetites, but she called June over, "You go to Qinghuayuan now, tell your master about the situation here, and say I said it, if it's convenient, let you write a few invitations to come over." β
June respectfully answered "yes", and immediately after saluting, he walked out of Zhiyuanzhai.
Chi Linglong explained this matter in front of the Zhou family and the Jiang family, and the stone hanging in the air in the hearts of the Zhou family and the Jiang family also fell to the ground with a bang.
It seemed that they had seen the gilded invitation printed with the ancient family emblem of the Qin Palace, and it was as if it had arrived in their hands, and the two of them couldn't suppress the smile on their faces.
was about to say something to Chi Linglong again, but before Zhou could speak, Xiao Shizi, who was held in Chi Mingxuan's arms, saw his mother look at him several times, but he never reached out to hug him, and finally became angry, opened his small mouth, and cried with a wow.
Xiao Shizi has a high voice, and when he laughs, he haha, and he cries with earth-shattering energy.
A few people waiting on the side, July and Biyue, saw the little guy crying with teary eyes, and the tears were like pearls with broken threads, crackling and hitting down, and they didn't know how to be good, if they didn't care about the rules, they would have come to rob people in the morning.
Xiao Shizi couldn't stop crying, but Chi Mingxuan, the eighth girl, and the ninth girl, were dumbfounded by Xiao Shizi's experience.
They still think that the little guy is cute and cute, living like a crystal doll, but who will tell them, is the lung capacity of the crystal doll so good?
Chi Mingxuan's big head trotted to Chi Linglong's side, stuffed the small spoon into her arms, she looked bitter, and said to Chi Linglong, "Fifth sister, I don't have him, why is he ...... Xiao Shizi" crying?
The last three words, before Chi Mingxuan could say it, he saw that Fang was still crying like a little guy who was being treated, and now he was firmly holding the placket on his mother's chest, with tears in his eyes, looking at her accusatory.
Of course, this is not the most important thing.
And most importantly......
Chi Mingxuan pointed to the white and tender little guy in Chi Linglong's arms in disbelief, like a big bun, "He, why didn't he cry!" Ji Mingxuan was indignant, "He, wasn't he still crying just now?" β
The little spoon didn't understand what this evil aunt said again, and now she was not interested in seeing this aunt change her face, but was aggrieved, pouting her little mouth and burying her little head in her mother's arms for comfort.
That well-behaved and caring appearance, oh, as if the little bastard who howled just now was not him.
Ji Mingxuan felt that she was being swept away by a small thing, and gritted her teeth angrily, but the eighth girl and the ninth girl couldn't help but cover their lips and laugh.
The Jiang family was so pleasing to Xiao Shizi, and he also had itchy hands and wanted to reach out and hug the little guy over, but his hands were stretched out in the air, but he still turned around, pretending to go to tidy up Chi Mingxuan's clothes, and he didn't stretch out his hand to Chi Linglong.
To be honest, she is also a little taboo about the little prince of Qin Wangfu.
It's not that I think this little thing is a little too smart, but I think that in the end, this is the only son of King Qin, the only heir of King Qin's mansion, just now the little guy was bitter by Ming Xuan, and Chi Linglong didn't mind, but if this matter was told to Qin Chenghe, no one could guarantee that Qin Chengsi would not be angry.
This little thing is expensive, so it's better for her not to provoke it.
The group talked and laughed, and when it was time for lunch, Chi Linglong naturally left everyone to eat.
The Zhou family hesitated for a moment and responded, so everyone had a lively lunch in the flower hall.
After the meal, the weather is hot, and it is noon, although it is not the hottest time of the day, but now when you go out, you can scorch your hair in a short time.
Unable to return to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion for the time being, after the women of the Hou Mansion had a meal, they accompanied Chi Linglong to accompany Xiao Shizi to play and drink tea in the flower hall.
During the period, a few people were talking, and somehow, they talked about the Queen Mother's Qianqiu Festival next year.
The Zhou family has also opened a social circle in Beijing in recent years, and the news is also well-informed, and this news is what she learned from Princess Huijun.
Therefore, at this moment, he asked Chi Linglong as if he was probing, "Listening to the news leaked in the palace, next year's Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn Festival seems to be going to be a big event." You've got a letter here? β
"The Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn Festival?" Chi Linglong said suspiciously, "Mother, where did I get the news, I don't know at all." β
"Isn't this news wrong?" Zhou muttered to himself, and later said to Chi Linglong: "Calculate the time, next year will be the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother." Although the Queen Mother is so quiet, she doesn't hold a big birthday banquet, but this coincides with the whole birthday, but she can't ignore it. β
He lowered his voice and said to Chi Linglong: "I also heard that it seems that there will be a draft girl next year." The news leaked out in the palace said that the Queen Mother was knocking on the side of several princes, and there were not many people, and she wanted to take the opportunity to add people to the mansion of a few grandchildren. β
After Zhou said these words, he looked at Chi Linglong with a look of disbelief, and the look in his eyes was written in Chiguoguo, "This news came from Princess Huijun, it seems that the Weiguo Mansion and some other noble mansions know about it now, why are you a princess of Qin, so lonely and unheard of this?" β
Chi Linglong naturally kept staring at Zhou, and naturally did not miss the obvious suspicious look in Zhou's eyes.
However, the draft, Tian Ren, uh, Chi Linglong still feels a little headache.
She really didn't know anything about it, she swore it.
Chi Linglong still didn't believe the news leaked by the Zhou family in her heart, but intuitively, she also felt that this news was absolutely true.
The Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn Festival is a big event, not to mention the Queen Mother's whole life, it is absolutely normal to do a big deal, which is not surprising to her.
But, the draft, it seems that since ten years ago, there has been no draft girl in the palace, right?
Chi Linglong still remembers that when Ah Ren gave him some information about the princes in the popular science palace earlier, he also deliberately said that it seems that since the mother concubine of the twelve princes, that is, the current concubine Li, has entered the palace to accept the favor, there has been no will of the draft girl in the palace.
This thing is said to be somewhat unruly; After all, in the past, every three years, the palace had to select some show girls from the people, but since ten years ago, because of the flood in Yuzhou, the treasury was empty, and the activities that should have been selected for repair that year were canceled, until now, there have been no new people in the palace.
Before, it was not that there was no emperor in the imperial history to pick up draft girls, but since he was angrily reprimanded by Emperor Hongyuan, the border beacon fire has not been extinguished, how can the king indulge in beauty, not only the blood spray of the dog who was scolded in the imperial history, but since then he has not dared to bother the emperor about this matter, and Emperor Hongyuan has also been sympathetic to the people, worried about the country and the people, and has the title of "Ming Jun" among the people.
And now, the palace is actually preparing to pick draft girls to fill the backyards of the princes?
Chi Linglong frowned, thinking of Qin Chenghei's backyard, now she is the only one, she should be filled the most here, doesn't that mean that in the near future, maybe she will have to add a few younger sisters?
Chi Linglong couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth a few times, she was disgusted by the title of "sister".
She thought that Qin Chengsi must have been believed in this matter, but he didn't sue her, didn't that mean that this matter had nothing to do with her, and she didn't have to worry about it?
Tsk, don't worry about her, that is to say, Qin Chengsi still remembers his promise, and he doesn't want to add people, that's fine.
Chi Linglong's heart blossomed, her heart was happy, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, and her eyebrows and eyes showed joy.
Zhou had been observing Chi Linglong's face, and when he saw that she had listened to her words that had just "hinted at and reminded" her, not only was she not annoyed and hated, but her face was soothing and smiling, and she wondered.
It's just that Zhou doesn't say much, in order to report that Chi Linglong gave her an invitation, she will also remind her of this matter, so, she can be regarded as returning this favor, right?
Several people were thinking in secret, but the little spoon couldn't sit still at this time, his little fart was grinding on Chi Linglong's legs, and his little head was still drilling into Chi Linglong's arms, as if he was hungry for medicine and milk......
Chi Linglong couldn't help but laugh and asked the nurse to take the little guy down to feed, and by the way, coaxed him to take a lunch break, the little guy looked at his mother, and there was a mist of grievances in his dark eyes.
Chi Linglong coaxed him funny, "Little spoon go to sleep first, and mother will accompany you later." β
The little spoon pouted, and was carefully hugged by the nurse, and the people in the house saw that the little spoon was weird, so that the child would look at people's faces, and also joked about small things.
Chi Linglong was talking to her mother's family, and when she saw that Chi Mingxuan's face was ruddy now, but her eyebrows and eyes were shining, she was also happy for her.
In another three months, when the time entered October, after Chi Mingzhen got married, after the New Year, the spring began, and Chi Mingxuan was about to get married.
Her cousin Jiang Yun heard that he was extremely talented, with a noble character, and said that he was an excellent person, but she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, so she was a little uneasy.
His eyes shifted to the eighth girl again, and Chi Linglong saw this eighth sister who had gentle eyebrows, a pair of apricot eyes, and elegant facial features, but always habitually put on a low eyebrow and pleasing appearance, and she also had a headache for her.
The eighth girl is only four or five months lower than Chi Mingxuan, and now, Chi Mingxuan's family affairs and marriage date have been set, and the dowry is almost ready, and she will be the bride in the coming year; But the eighth girl just spread a mother-in-law like the second aunt, and her aunt went early, and no one in the Hou Mansion really planned for her, so what should her relatives do in the future?
Chi Linglong was worried about the eight girls, although she knew that this sister was not a good stubble, in order to survive before, she was willing to be a clown who set off Chi Mingwan, and she also had a little thought in her heart, and she hated it, earlier in Yizhou, when they watched the lanterns, she listened to Chi Mingwan's command, and even took advantage of people to push Xie Huan, the fourth girl of Qingyang Bofu, so that she was almost disfigured, it was really a rare hand to hate it.
It's just that she is her daughter's family in the end, and most of her family affairs are in the hands of the Lin family, and the Lin family looks at her concubine unpleasantly, not for a day or two, Chi Linglong has no doubt that her second aunt will push this concubine into the fire pit to exchange for money when the time comes.
After watching the eight girls, Chi Linglong looked at the nine girls who were in a daze at this time.
The ninth girl has always been an invisible person, among all the concubines in the Hou Mansion, except for the ten girls who are sick all the year round and are reluctant to go out of the courtyard gate, and the eleventh girl who is only six years old this year, except for those two, the nine girls are simply transparent and low-key.
The ninth girl also gave birth to a good look, she was dressed very plain today, wearing a light green floor-length dress, her black hair was scattered, and the hairpin on the bun brought a hairpin carved with a green jade carved thousand years old lotus, which was very clear and cool, gentle and proper.
Her eyebrows and eyes are docile and delicate, her facial features are soft and delicate, her skin is fair and delicate, and the corners of her red lips are always slightly upturned.
Chi Linglong can't help but look at this sister who doesn't seem to be so "innocent" from her background, but these nine sisters, is this disgusted that the topic they said is boring and distracted?
Chi Linglong was amused in her heart, but she didn't know that the ninth girl was indeed in a trance.
It's just that although the Nine Girls seem to have a smile on their faces, if Chi Linglong sees the clenched fists in the Nine Girls' sleeves, she will know that the waves in this person's heart now can't be monstrous.
Yes, what the ninth girl was thinking about now did make her panic and can't scream.
What did she hear, the Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn Festival?
The ninth girl hated to bite her lip and bleed, and she was panicked in her heart, as if she heard that the devil would enter the village tomorrow.
However, God knows, this thing is even more terrible than the devil entering the village.
After all, the devil's entry into the village is only a matter in the historical records, she has not personally experienced it, although the history books say that the devil burns, kills, loots, and does all kinds of evil, and the crime is heinous, but those disasters have not been experienced personally, and she can't experience the kind of immersive, annihilating hatred and panic at all.
However, she can't experience the devil's entry into the village, but she came to this era, and the history of Hongyuan twenty-six years later, she has to experience it herself!!
The nine girls gritted their teeth, her body couldn't help but tremble, she told herself not to be afraid, but when she thought of the scenes of war and people's misery drawn in the history books, under the governance of Emperor Hongyuan in the later period, the fire in the capital, and the people's easy food, the nine girls Chi Mingshu still couldn't help but tremble.
The history books she once studied recorded that in the twenty-sixth year of Emperor Hongyuan, the Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn Festival, is famous in history, and the country governed by Emperor Hongyuan has turned from prosperity to decline, from prosperity to decline, from prosperity to death and extinction.
After that day, it was as if Pandora's box had been opened, war and conquest replaced the original peace and stability, and the prince's struggle for the throne completely kicked off, and the troubled times came.
It is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, but in the next twenty years, until the reign of King Qin, all parts of the Great Wei were bloody and warlike. R1152