Brush brush, thick ink turned into black characters on the rice paper, and the concubine book was completed in one go.

Ah Jiu stretched his neck to look, supporting the desktop with both hands, Mo Guanjie didn't embarrass her, and pushed the written concubine book in front of Ah Jiu, and then he leaned back on the back of the chair, slowly tasted tea, smelling the fragrance of books all over the house, Mo Guanjie was in a very good mood.

The evidence that had been re-'corrected' by Ah Jiu was casually piled aside, and Mo Guanjie didn't bother to take another look.

Most of the concubine books say to good concubines, although ordinary officials and eunuchs dare not call concubines concubines, but Aunt Zhou is not only the daughter of the Duke of Fuguo, but also the sister of Mo Guanjie's wife, and is responsible for raising a pair of children left by his wife's original wife.

"Your third brother once said that if he goes to school, he will ask for Aunt Zhou's seal."

Mo Guanjie moistened his throat with tea, and his voice was extremely low, "Since your third brother said this, I have moved my mind to let her go." ”

"Dad is worried that the third brother will become the target of public criticism? Influenced the career of the third brother. ”

For a concubine, it is not the biological mother who asks for the seal is very controversial, although Emperor Shenwu was born recklessly, but he has been beautifying himself over the years, often leaning on the Qingliu and flaunting etiquette.

Once Mo Junyong asks for Aunt Zhou's excerpt, he will definitely be impeached by the imperial history, and then he will struggle in officialdom.

Ah Jiu suddenly realized a little, "Dad hasn't been looking forward to this day for a long time." ”

No wonder he just scanned the evidence hastily, as if he could explain the past, so that the Fuguo Gong had to regress, as for the authenticity...... He hadn't cared about it in the first place.

Mo Guanjie rubbed Ah Jiu's little head, rubbed his daughter's hair, touched the pearl braid rope the size of millet grains with his thumb, and suddenly remembered the other two daughters' rich and noble tidying. What he owes to Mo Xinlan's brothers and sisters is companionship, but he also owes Ah Jiu in terms of food and clothing.

How many books can I buy less?

Or do you subsidize poor students less?

Mo Guanjie denied it completely, or thought of trying to make more money, or let Mo Xinlan and the others understand the truth of being diligent and thrifty, and indulge in wealth and luxury, it is better to do something more meaningful.

"Daddy......" Ah Jiu grinned, feeling a little bitter. Smart people don't have to be busy. After working hard and breaking her bowels, should she be a smart person? Or is it born to work hard? "What if I don't see a hole in the ledger?"

"I believe your mother."

Mo Guanjie flicked Ah Jiu's braincase. "Don't make a sad face with me, Ah Jiu, you have been by my side for ten years, and I have been holding you since I was a child. At this time, if I say that Madame is not good, you must be crazy with me. ”

He didn't say a word. If he didn't do it properly and doubted his wife a little, Jiang Zhuohua would dare to leave him with Ah Jiu without any nostalgia.

No one knows better than him what kind of stubborn temperament Jiang Zhuohua, who has always been calm and gentle.

It's the same as he always planned to let Aunt Zhou go. Madame has always been wary of him, and she always has the intention of withdrawing.

Mo Guanjie didn't dare to complain about the Jiang family, after all, it was he who concealed the fact that he was a concubine of the Duke of Fuguo. When Fuguo Gong made it difficult for Jiang's father-in-law, he couldn't do anything but be ashamed. He can't anger the pair of children left by his original partner because of the domineering and unreasonable of the auxiliary prince. can only keep traveling around and accumulate capital as an official, hoping that when he returns to the capital, he will no longer be forced by the Duke of Fuguo to be a man who protects the Jiang family, his wife and children.

However, he really didn't expect that the father-in-law of the Jiang family could win the top prize and be looked at differently by Emperor Shenwu, and he would become the most blessed person in the world.

These 'blessings' were not what he was looking for.

He refused to return to Beijing as an official for a long time because he was not ready to be an official in the same dynasty as his two fathers-in-law.

"I will remember the powerlessness of the time for the rest of my life."

"What?"

Ah Jiu couldn't figure out why his father couldn't do anything, and saw that Mo Guanjie didn't plan to explain, "Mother said that I am always easy to be cranky, today I understand the feeling of facing people who wander from time to time, you are more than me, at least I won't come out of a sentence coldly, except for my mother, no one can see that I am distracted." ”

"Your dad has been through so much and has so many things in his head that sometimes he inevitably thinks about the past."

“……”

Ah Jiu scratched his cheeks, his father's skin became thicker and thicker, "In the edict, were you stimulated?" ”

"Haha."

Mo Guanjie stroked his palms and laughed, "I really should let Brother Lu Xian hear this, Ah Jiu...... Brother Lu Xiandi not only gave me a lot of preferential treatment in the edict, but he also made me understand the situation in the imperial court. ”

Speaking of this, the smile on Mo Guanjie's face gradually faded, his dark eyes were deep and dark, and his facial lines were tense, "Your Uncle Lu helped me make up for the most important lesson, his life-saving grace is enough for me to remember a book, and I am also unforgettable." ”

"Uncle Lu himself is very mysterious, Dad, do you know Uncle Lu?"

Ah Jiu doesn't think that Uncle Lu will do good deeds, that person is silent and introverted, he is very wary of people, and his scheming is also very heavy, everything he does has a certain purpose, she really doesn't want to be kind, and his pure father is 'used' by Uncle Lu.

Mo Guanjie shook his head and said: "I only know that he is talented and intelligent, and he is suitable for officialdom. The tradition that the successive commanders of the Jinyi Guard were not allowed to die well may make an exception for him, but Lu Xiandi still can't be too careless, the will of heaven is like a knife, and the sacred heart is unpredictable. Once the princess of the town is strong, it is impossible for the emperor not to save some face for Xungui. ”

"Since there is a rumor that my grandfather is about to be released from prison and promoted to the first assistant, I think the emperor is about to come to an end to purge the founding nobles, although it is a prosperous era and a unified situation, but the empire is only slightly calm, and the empire has not reached the status of the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties and the coming of all states."

Ah Jiu calmly analyzed and persuaded: "I see that Dad, you go to the Ministry of Officials to elect officials, it is best not to involve the official position of the center first, first understand the trend in the court, and see the direction of the situation." If you are in too high a position, you will be criticized, and it will not be good for your relationship with your colleagues. Moreover, you have been engaged in academic politics and invigilation, it is better to work in the most familiar position, you can better demonstrate your talents, and select talents for the country, talents - truly outstanding talents are the foundation of the empire. ”

The fundamental reason for Mo Guanjie's promotion is to explain Ouyang Jue, but with Ouyang Jue's suicide, this credit is not easy to publicize, and if he is rashly located in a prominent and unfamiliar position, he will only become the target of important ministers in the court. Especially since he also has a father-in-law of Shoufu, others have no way to deal with Jiang Shoufu, and they may not use Mo Guanjie to attack Lord Shoufu.

This is also another important reason why Ah Jiu came to the study with him, "Dad, the old foxes in the officialdom are all thick-skinned and black-hearted, you must not be rash." ”

"Poof."

Mo Guanjie almost choked on the tea and coughed for a while. Look at Ah Jiu. The hoarse voice regretted it, "Why aren't you a son?" ”

If Zhuohua can give him a son, will he be as smart as Ah Jiu? Like Extreme Jiang's father-in-law?

Mo Junyong is good. However, if the Mo family wants to prosper, it can't rely on Mo Junyong alone, and the rest of the nephews...... Mo Guanjie didn't trust the old lady's vision and the parenting style of his hometown.

Thinking of this, Mo Guanjie's heart was a little more hot. I poured several sips of tea to soothe and looked outside out of the corner of my eye. There is still an hour before the sun sets, and tonight he is entangled with Zhuohua, and he will not be pushed away, right, pushed away...... He was also entangled.

A flush could be seen on his handsome face. Ah Jiu tilted his head and couldn't figure it out, where did Dad think of it? Isn't officialdom being discussed? What's the blushing face?

Ah Jiu thought of Aunt Zhou's charm, and grabbed the concubine book. He asked seriously, "Are you ready to face the Auxiliary Prince?" The third brother may not understand your painstaking efforts. ”

Mo Guanjie smiled faintly, "Keep interrupting." and shall be disturbed. ”

He has been able to get to this day all because of his decisiveness, and he has never hesitated in major matters, even if Mo Junyong can't figure it out for a while, he will understand his hard work in the future.

"Don't blame your grandfather for only marrying one wife." Mo Guanjie shook his head, it would be very troublesome if there were too many women, and sometimes he was quite envious of the scene of groups of wives and concubines in other people's backyards, but unfortunately he didn't have that life, and a wife and a concubine gave him a headache.

Since he can't let go of the Jiang family, he can only let Aunt Zhou leave, saving her years in the backyard.

Aunt Zhou is only twenty-five or sixteen years old this year, and with the back of Fu Guogong, it is not difficult to remarry, even Mrs.

Mo Guanjie stopped most of the responsibility on himself, and the concubine wrote very earnestly, indicating that Aunt Zhou did not make a mistake, but he felt deeply guilty, so he let Aunt Zhou leave.

"You let Aunt Zhou return, and grandmother will definitely give you a small one."

"You don't have to worry about that."

"I'm just reminding you that there is a limit to my mother's patience."

"Ah Jiu, you're still young, you don't understand."

Mo Guanjie actually discussed the matter of taking a concubine with his daughter who had not yet reached the end of time, and then discussed his career? ! There was a bit of amusement on his face, and there was also a little suspicion, how did the young girl in front of him grow up all of a sudden?

In the past, Ah Jiu was also very sensible, but he still retained a bit of naivety and coquettishness in his actions, and he was not as mature as he is today, and he could even analyze the affairs of the court.

Mo Guanjie saw Ah Jiu stubbornly waiting for an answer, and a trace of pity appeared in his heart, it seems that during the days of returning to Beijing, Ah Jiu did not have an easy time, and although Sister Lan is stable, she is not a biological mother and daughter with the Jiang family, and there is always an estrangement.

"I am willing to be filial to your grandmother, and I will do my best to make her old age happy. But she couldn't force me to do things and take concubines. ”

Mo Guanjie has never listened to the old lady since he was a young student, and he has always been arbitrary and twisted with the old lady.

Ah Jiu's hanging heart was half lowered, and he grabbed Mo Guanjie's arm with a smile, "I found that you are very powerful, Dad." ”

"If you want it, it's powerful?"

"What's the matter, I'm not looking forward to you and your mother being old."

Ah Jiu stuck out his little tongue and dragged Mo Guanjie to the backyard for dinner.

When the children gathered together, Mo Guanjie was in a very good mood, and during dinner, he naturally did not mention the matter of releasing the concubine book, but after the meal, he mentioned to Mo Junyong that he would ask the Duke of Fuguo to come over tomorrow.

Aunt Zhou, who had been serving on the side, was stunned and quietly raised her eyes to look at Jiang...... I don't know why she always has a feeling of worry, "The master has just come out of the edict prison, so it's better to rest for two days to recuperate." ”

Jiang drank tea silently.

Mo Guanjie said lightly: "I have something to discuss with my grandfather." ”

"What?" Aunt Zhou asked.

"You'll know tomorrow."

Mo Guanjie's eyes did not fall on Aunt Zhou, but looked at Mo Junyong and Mo Xinlan brothers and sisters with great meaning, in his heart, whether it was the children born by the original partner or the Ah Jiu born to the stepfamily, the status was higher than that of the concubine Mo Xinqing, and he considered many people when Aunt Zhou returned, but he did not consider Mo Xinqing.

"You will all be in the mansion tomorrow to greet the Auxiliary Prince."

"Yes, father."

Mo Junyong and others responded. After Mo Guanjie signaled that they could leave on their own, Mo Xinlan stayed by Mo Guanjie's side for a long time in the name of asking her father, taking this opportunity to get closer to Mo Guanjie, and her admiring eyes proved that she longed for her father Mo Guanjie's love.

Jiang asked Ah Jiu to accompany him to the east wing, and let Mo Guanjie and Mo Xinlan be alone.

Ah Jiu snuggled in Jiang's arms and whispered about the concubine book. Sure enough, Jiang, who had always been calm, almost smashed the jade pendant in his hand. He looked in a trance, "He was talking nonsense." ”

"Mother." Ah Jiu raised his right hand and said in an oath: "I promise that everything is true." The concubine release book written by my father is still in the study. ”

Jiang Shi looked at Ah Jiu for a long time, clenching his teeth, "How can he be willing?" ”

"If you say that your father is all for you, you don't believe it."

Ah Jiu lay on Jiang's shoulder. He said in a low voice: "But I believe that Dad just said it in a high-sounding manner." For the sake of the third brother's career, you are the main reason for Dad to let Aunt Zhou return, and then there is ...... He still remembers the events of that year. ”

"So long, does he remember?"

"You've always remembered. How could Dad forget? ”

Ah Jiu said softly: "It's not for him, mother, for the sake of all these years." You have to give him a chance. The human heart is flesh and blood, and you are good to him. He will repay you, and if you don't care, no matter how much enthusiasm you have, your father's enthusiasm will fade one day. ”

"I'll talk about it when Aunt Zhou really returns."

Jiang patted Ah Jiu's back, and sighed with a deep look: "I'm afraid it's not so easy, Fuguo Gongji is domineering and has a good face, but these years are not as good as they used to be, and there is no improvement in temperament." ”

"Since he has a good face, he can't keep Aunt Zhou as a concubine."

“……”

Jiang didn't say anything good for a while, he was stunned, his heart seemed to have knocked over the five-flavor bottle, and the sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty came up together, but it was still sweeter, if Mo Guanjie could insist, she would have stayed by his side.

"About the dowry."

Ah Jiu told Jiang the evidence of the secret investigation that he had concealed from the Jiang family these days, "In fact, if there is no dowry, my father will find a reason to let Aunt Zhou return, but he will not be so ruthless." ”

Jiang Shi said in surprise: "You...... You actually did? ”

"Hmm." Ah Jiu smiled: "What's wrong with this?" ”

"I knew you would do something when you found the clue, but I didn't expect you to do it so thoroughly, even if I arranged it personally, I was not much better than you."

Jiang was relieved and distressed, "It's hard to find evidence." ”

"Mother, I know that today I only understand, as long as the people who should believe believe it."

No matter how perfect the evidence is, if Mo Guanjie doesn't believe it, it will not be effective.

Ah Jiu also learned a lot from it, of course, she still doesn't like falsifying evidence, and she will not be as naïve as in the past.

*****

"Sister Lan did an excellent job."

Mo Guanjie tried on the knee pads embroidered by Mo Xinlan himself, and touched the patterns on the knee pads with satisfaction, which was not very public, but it was very much in his mind, whether it was father and daughter, or not together, Mo Xinlan still understood his preferences.

"Dad, if you like it."

There was a hint of mist in Mo Xinlan's eyes, and she was extremely happy to be able to do something for her father, "What do you still lack in the future, just tell your daughter." ”

"Embroidery hurts your eyes, there is an embroidery lady in the house, Lan'er doesn't have to be too careful, your filial piety is understood by your father."

"Xiuniang is far less sincere than her daughter, Dad, my daughter doesn't want to fight for anything, and she hasn't thought about what to do with the ninth sister, she just wants to be filial to you."

Mo Xinlan's eyes were red, and she whimpered and said, "I was bad before, and I misunderstood you." ”

Mo Guanjie wondered in his heart, what was the misunderstanding? Sister Lan is too sentimental, and sure enough, as Ah Jiu said, her heart is very serious, "Lan'er has always been very filial, but her father has been an official outside all these years, and he has never taught you, in the future, our family will get together, if you have something you don't understand, you can come to me, and if it is inconvenient to talk to others, you can also talk to me." ”

"Daddy......" Mo Xinlan shook her head, tears rolling down one by one, "I ......"

"Your mother and Ah Jiu are both pure and good people, and Lan'er can be with Ah Jiu more."

"Hmm."

Mo Xinlan nodded slowly, twisting her handkerchief, "I will never embarrass you." ”

"Hey."

Mo Guanjie sighed and no longer demanded that Mo Xinlan be like mother and daughter with Jiang, the conflict between the original concubine and his stepwife would indeed make it difficult for Mo Guanjie to do, he said that he just wanted to let his daughter, who lost his mother at an early age, get a little bit of mother's love.

If Mo Xinlan put up with the Jiang family for him, it would be better for them to be estranged from each other.

"You just arranged for Brother Yong'er's little house, can you find out?"

"Father can't trust me?"

Mo Xinlan said in frustration: "The third brother is my brother-in-law. How could I harm him? ”

Mo Guanjie hurriedly shook his head, and if he continued, he didn't know what would happen to Sister Lan, "The most important thing is to serve the little guy who writes and ink, loyalty is one, literacy and hyphenation are two, and tone is three." Your brother has a straight temper. A little stubborn, the people around him need to be a little smarter, and they are the ones you pick. How could I disagree with you? ”

"He's a good fit to be with his brother, and he'll be very loyal to him."

"Okay."

Mo Guanjie nodded, seeing that the hour was not early, he asked Mo Xinlan to go back to the house to rest. After sitting for a while, I finished my tea. Mo Guanjie walked in all directions to the east wing to look for his wife, and the heat in the study came up again, but the urgency was done by the villain, and he had to pretend not to care......

He saw Ah Jiu curled up in Jiang's arms on the kang and slept well. His face was embarrassed, "Ah Jiu has always been like this?" ”

"Hmm." Jiang touched his daughter's ruddy face, lowered his voice and said, "Master settle it himself first." ”

Mo Guanjie didn't have to bear it before. But today...... He couldn't accept Ah Jiu, and picked up his daughter directly from Jiang's arms. Jiang's eyes widened, "Master......"

"Ah Jiu is long, I can't always sleep with you."

Mo Guanjie put Ah Jiu on the kang in the second room with a straight face, the kang was burned inside and out, and he was not afraid that Ah Jiu would catch a cold, Mo Guanjie tiptoed away, Ah Jiu heard the sound of squirming and undressing in the house inside, and slowly opened his clear eyes, ridiculous! Dad is older than her, doesn't he want to sleep with his mother?!

Ah Jiu turned his body and blocked his little ears with the quilt, forget it, let him succeed once today.

******

The next day, according to the agreed hour, Mo Guanjie took his children to wait for the Duke of Fuguo, but he did not see the Duke of Fuguo for more than half an hour.

Ah Jiu secretly thought that Fu Guogong was indeed domineering enough, which was obviously a threat to Mo Guanjie.

Mo Xinlan explained: "My grandfather may have been delayed again, and in recent days, my grandfather has often been with his old brothers. ”

Mo Guanjie smiled and smiled as usual, sipping tea slowly with a tea cup, and asked people to take two unfinished volumes, flip through them page by page, and ask Mo Junyong a few questions from time to time to understand the progress of his son's reading, and guide him to work hard by the way.

About an hour late, Fu Guogong belatedly walked into the living room, dressed in the court clothes of the grandfather of the country, sitting in the main position with a big grin, about fifty years old, rich, slightly bloated, years of pampered life has long since polished his former bravery.

The bags under his drooping eyes and the slightly dark circles under his eyes are enough to prove that he is indulging in wine.

The five or six guards who followed him were big-shouldered and round-waisted, and their brass bell-like eyes were fierce, not to mention the Auxiliary Guogong, even the guards looked at Mo Guanjie with a little contempt.

Mo Xinlan sighed in her heart, a thousand words, Wan asked her grandfather to be more restrained in front of her father, her grandfather obviously promised well, but there was no change in action, she couldn't help but think in frustration, how can it be so difficult to change a person's treatment of people.

Even if the father doesn't care, he won't be happy, outsiders ...... It's even harder to say.

The Fuguo Mansion is in crisis everywhere, and my grandfather doesn't understand that as long as King Lu Yan lives, the hereditary nobles will have no good fruit to eat.

"Why did you invite me here?"

Fu Guogong was disdainful, and his cold eyes swept over the Jiang mother and daughter sitting on the side, it was they who made themselves embarrassed, and the concubine who was ridiculed for him could only be a concubine, Fu Guogong always thought that it was the Jiang family who confused Mo Guanjie, otherwise how could Mo Guanjie, who has always been honest and obedient, not listen to him?

"Say something quickly, let it go if you fart. It's not right to come to your house and have a cup of tea. ”

If Jiang Cifu wasn't still alive, Fu Guogong would have forced Mo Guanjie to take a leave of absence from the Jiang family to help Aunt Zhou.

Mo Guanjie put down the scroll and pushed the letter on the table to Fu Guogong, "After the trials and tribulations of the edict, I sigh that the world is impermanent, I don't know when I will lose my life, glory and wealth are even more fleeting, and the people who accompany me are the most important, so ...... I can't bear to owe them any more. Brother Yong'er and Sister Lan have grown up, Aunt Zhou is in a good time, she shouldn't waste any more years for me, if I am an official in the capital, I am indispensable for entertainment, I am really not worthy of the beloved daughter of the grandfather of the country as a concubine. ”

"Old man......"

Before Mo Guanjie finished speaking, Aunt Zhou was dazed, "You don't want me anymore?" ”

Mo Xinlan and Mo Junyong were also startled, but Mo Xinqing was still calm and helped Aunt Zhou, "Is my father planning to let my aunt return?" ”

"Nonsense!"

Fu Guogong slapped the concubine book on the table, "I don't agree, Mo Guanjie, are you eating the gall of an ambitious leopard?" Dare to dislike my daughter? ”

Mo Guanjie was not threatened by Fu Guogong, and said: "The love has been broken, and if you keep Aunt Zhou, you will only look at it twice, she deserves a better person." ”

ps, Mo Dad is still very powerful, I ate something sad yesterday, all kinds of uncomfortable, and I can update 6,000 words, it's really hard, ask for a pink ticket. (To be continued) R655