Chapter 211: Family Matters
Mu Qiyue has three older brothers, two sisters and two younger sisters. Compared with other royal relatives, there are not many children in King Qing's mansion.
But the children born to Concubine Qing accounted for the majority. The eldest Mu Qichen, the second Mu Qicheng and the fourth Mu Qiyue were all from Princess Qing. The third child, Mu Qi'an and Mu Ruoxi, were born by the side concubines He, and there were three concubines, Mu Ruofei, Mu Ruozi, and Mu Ruoxin, who were born by other concubines.
Not being able to give birth to a daughter has always been a regret in Princess Qing's heart, and because she has been fighting with the side concubine He, she is not bad to the three concubines below.
Although it is not as favored as Mu Ruoxi in front of Prince Qing, several concubines have also attracted a lot of attention to the princess. Compared with her third son Mu Qiyue, who has always disliked her, the princess is much better to the concubines than to him.
Not to mention the two sons who are very competitive, now the eldest son Mu Qichen and the second son Mu Qicheng have become married, and the candidates for the main wife are all well-known virtuous and virtuous ladies in the family. When she arrived at her youngest son Mu Qiyue, she didn't care much about it, but she just discussed it with Prince Qing, and then handed it over to her eldest son Mu Qichen to do it.
But nominally, it was still presided over by Princess Qing, and Princess Qing still knew the ladies that Mu Qichen was looking for, but she didn't say anything, just let Mu Qichen watch it. That's why Mu Qichen came to Mu Qiyue's courtyard.
Of course, the reason for this is inevitably because of the arrival of Lu Mingtao.
"Hehe, the eldest prince laughed." Lu Mingtao laughed twice, but did not answer Mu Qichen's words directly. But the meaning inside is self-evident.
Mu Qichen was very annoyed by Lu Mingtao's laughter and laughter. He actually didn't look down on Lu Mingtao's identity as a businessman, and said in his heart that if it weren't for the emperor's favor for the special white rice of Muyue Commercial Bank, how could he lower his status like the fourth child to talk to him?
Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at Mu Qiyue, only he would have a good conversation with a businessman regardless of his identity.
Mu Qichen looked superior, and he was already seen by Lu Mingtao, and of course he remembered it in his heart, but this was not a good time to be dissatisfied with this. I just hope that the fourth master, Mu Qiyue, will not clean up this eldest prince too quickly, and leave him some chances.
Lu Mingtao gave Mu Qiyue a look that only the two of them understood. And he stood up. "Since the eldest prince has something to talk to the fourth prince, then Lu will leave and don't bother much." Instead of arching his hand, he went out.
"Fourth brother. It's not that the brother is talking about you. "Wait until Lu Mingtao goes out. Mu Qichen looked serious, and preached to Mu Qiyue, "You have a close relationship with a lowly businessman. It's really embarrassing for Qingwangfu to follow you, it's better to let such people enter the door less in the future. ”
Mu Qichen put Lu Mingtao's resentment against him just now, all on Mu Qiyue's body.
"Big brother is right. The younger brother wrote it down. Mu Qiyue said without raising his eyelids, looking teachable.
But his obedience made Mu Qichen not so happy, he had always had the upper hand, and in front of this youngest brother, he always had a feeling of punching hard on cotton. So I have always been very disgusted with Mu Qiyue.
"I'm here this time for your family affairs, my mother has already selected a few candidates, and I want to ask you what you mean." Mu Qichen didn't get the psychological satisfaction after the preaching just now, so he used this kind of thing to disgust Mu Qiyue. He knew very well in his heart that Mu Qiyue's resistance to this family affair.
But the more Mu Qi disliked it, the happier he became. also pretended to have an expression that everything was for Mu Qi's betterment. For some reason, Mu Qichen regarded Mu Qiyue as the biggest rival in his life, and he has been competing with him since Mu Qiyue opened his studies.
Although every time Mr. always praises his homework, and he studied ten years earlier than Mu Qiyue, he always feels that Mu Qiyue always shows disdain in his eyes when Mr. praises him. Since then, Mu Qichen has always wanted to trample Mu Qiyue on the soles of his feet.
Now his family affairs are a good opportunity for him not to turn over, so Mu Qichen will spare no effort to find the daughters of those families whose Yue family cannot become Mu Qiyue's help, to be Mu Qiyue's wife.
"Mother's choice is naturally excellent, and everything is subject to my mother's arrangement." Mu Qiyue still looked like he didn't care about anything. And unlike Mu Qichen, Mu Qiyue has never affectionately called Princess Qing a mother since he was sensible, and he always called her mother. It seems respectful, but there is not much family affection.
"You know that Dao Niang is good to you, don't always do something out of the ordinary to anger her old man." Another provocation did not make Mu Qiyue's face change in the slightest, which made Mu Qichen very discouraged, and he could only express the depression in his heart by teaching him a lesson.
"Yes, the younger brother respects the teachings of the eldest brother." It's still like you're right.
"Okay, when you become a father in the future, you will be able to understand your mother's feelings." Mu Qichen couldn't get out of his temper at all, if he continued like this, the appearance of a good gentleman he had been running would definitely be ruined, so it was better to go back as soon as possible. "That's all I say, you can do it yourself." So with a face that hated iron but not steel, he walked out of Mu Qiyue's yard.
Anyone who sees Mu Qichen like this will also feel that Mu Qiyue cares so much about one of his brothers, but he still looks like he can't support the wall with mud, he really doesn't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings.
The subordinates of the palace have long taken it for granted to belittle Mu Qiyue and elevate Mu Qichen, so the rumors of Mu Qiyue's disrespect for his brother have spread in the capital again.
Mu Qiyue is indifferent to these, there are more outrageous rumors in the capital, and it is rumored that he is not in good health before because he has been to more Qinglou, what kind of, ruined son and the like, I have heard too much. He felt that the brothers in the family seemed to have only such a little ability, and they just relied on rumors to discredit him.
However, he still felt that Mu Qichen's methods had grown a little better for him to use his family affairs to attack him. However, because it was destined that their plan would not succeed, Mu Qi showed more and more attitude of obeying their arrangements on the bright side.
Compared with Mu Qiyue's confidence, the other person is a little busy dealing with this kind of thing.
In General Chang's mansion, Chang Tianlei sat in his study, staring at the room full of books.
Since he came back, there have been many people who have explicitly or implicitly married the General's Mansion, and even Concubine Lan Niangniang and his aunt in the palace have also sent people to care about this matter. However, because he had already told General Chang that he had a favorite person, he had not persecuted him yet.
But the various people who kept appearing around him also made him a little unbearable.
He really wanted to go to Lin Zhu now to ask Dong Yuzhen about the situation. This feeling gets stronger and stronger as time goes on.
"Aunt Chang." He ran to Aunt Chang's house and discussed with her, "Let's go see Fu Dou'er, you miss him too." ”
Looking at Chang Tianlei's appearance, Aunt Chang laughed, "Does the young master miss Fu Dou'er, or do you have something to find the girl?" "Aunt Chang still has some understanding of Chang Tianlei's thoughts, and besides, as a woman, she is naturally sensitive to this aspect.
"Half and half." Chang Tianlei couldn't hide it, so he had to admit it, "Aunt Chang, I don't mean anything else to Lin Zhu's girl." In order not to misunderstand her, Chang Tianlei said to her with a straight face.
"Yes, yes, I know." Aunt Chang looked at him funny, he thought that his careful thoughts had hidden from her. As everyone knows, she has already seen it. And of course, Aunt Chang also saw that Lin Zhu did not have any love for Chang Tianlei.
The relationship between men and women has nothing to do with age, although Lin Zhu is still young, but Aunt Chang doesn't think that she doesn't know these things, on the contrary, it is precisely because Lin Zhu sees it very clearly that she believes that Chang Tianlei is not the right person for her.
Aunt Chang is quite sure of this.
"But, young master, isn't it the right time to go to the girl now?" Aunt Chang's worries are not unreasonable, for the safety of Lin Zhu, she can't be exposed prematurely.
"Aunt Chang, I've thought about it a long time ago." Chang Tianlei smiled confidently. "One of the granges that Yibo took back before was taken back from Xiaozhu, let's go to that village for a few days, and no one will doubt it. And Xiaozhu's new Zhuangzi is not far away, so when the time comes, it will be no problem to go to her secretly. ”
"Really?" Aunt Chang's eyes lit up, and she said from her heart, she had long wanted to go to see Lin Zhu and Fu Dou'er.
"Of course, Uncle Ten is in charge of Zhuangzi there, just to prepare for this, how about it? Aunt Chang, go to grandpa to ask for a favor. Chang Tianlei then said the purpose of finding Aunt Chang.
"Oh, that's why you came to me." Aunt Chang pretended to be angry and said. "How could the general agree to my request for a subordinate, it seems that he can't help you, young master." Aunt Chang sighed as she spoke, looking embarrassed.
"Grandpa will definitely agree to Aunt Chang's request." Chang Tianlei was a little anxious, "Aunt Chang, you can go." ”
"You," Aunt Chang tapped Chang Tianlei's forehead with her finger, "No wonder the general doesn't let you go out, your current temperament is still tempered." ”
"I know that Chang Tianlei also feels that his temperament is still too impetuous, but there are things in his heart that cannot be solved, and he always can't let go." There was no way for him to sit quietly.
"Well, I'll beg the general, but there's no guarantee that I'll succeed." Aunt Chang still nodded. On the one hand, she really wanted to meet Lin Zhu and Fu Dou'er, and on the other hand, she also wanted to explore the general's thoughts. I can't let Chang Tianlei hang his heart all the time, and he can't read quietly.
Chang Tianlei saw that she agreed, and exhaled deeply. (To be continued......)