Chapter 213: There is an elephant in peace
When Zhang Suyi was sent home by the carriage of the county lord of Deyang, he was almost in a trance.
She even faintly felt that this old lady Qiu was too similar to her second uncle.
Her second uncle fell off the horse and broke his brain, and was trampled on by a horse and broke his body, so this old lady Qiu ......
Was it trampled by an elephant?
This is really not that she blasphemed her elders, but the shocking vulgarity of his second uncle being trampled by a horse, definitely not as lethal as today's old lady Qiu, except for being stepped on by something more powerful, can he really become like this?
First, he gave her a bunch of strange pieces of cloth called "corsets", and they also divided them into sleeping clothes and daytime wear.
Then he gave her a very small copy of the "Women's Health Handbook," which contained many things in what could only be considered a proper handwriting, and many things that she seemed very embarrassed about.
What ovulation period is safe, what is health and safety, what is pregnancy, how to recuperate, what time to give birth how to reduce pain, zero and zero total, written very thick and thick.
God knew that she had only read a few pages, and her face was as red as a lantern, so she only dared to put it in the box where the corset was placed and hid it.
Since she began to grow up, her chest has been as long as blowing a ball, which has become a worry for the whole family, and her mother even let her tighten her chest with a cloth belt every day, only in summer can she take a breath, and even go out very rarely.
The strip of kolebu did not shrink her in any way other than to make her breasts firmer.
Such a thing that bothered her, Mrs. Qiu looked very satisfied, and gave her that kind of thing, saying that it was to prevent her...... She...... Whatever...... Droop......
Will it sag?
Zhang Suyi looked at his chest and imagined them hanging down.
She shuddered.
She was already terrified of herself just by imagining it.
Still is...... Let's wear it.
And what kind of massage technique did Mrs. Qiu teach......
She doesn't want to be a gourd! Absolutely not!
In the half day of staying in the Xinguo Mansion, Mrs. Qiu asked her if she was dissatisfied with Li Jiaman, what requirements she wanted to put forward before marriage, whether she needed to give her a chance to get along with Li Rui for a while before getting married......
Although it is stunning, this old lady Qiu is a very kind and kind person, just like her uncle, who has hysteria and sometimes has some "sympathy".
Zhang Suyi is very familiar with people like the second uncle, and he also knows how to get along with them, so he nodded generously, and also babbled his little thoughts with this inexplicable old lady with a sense of intimacy.
"I ...... My breasts are too big, and I have always had low self-esteem, and I am afraid of Mr. Li...... Would think I'm not serious. ”
This is her biggest concern. His brother sometimes blushed unconsciously when he talked to her, and his father had been talking to her three steps since she was ten years old. His mother said that with her body type, going out is causing trouble, so although she is a high-ranking concubine, except for going to the nunnery to meet her aunt, she doesn't even dare to go with her mother in the palace.
"Oh, don't worry about this, I vouch for my reputation, and my grandson won't mind at all!" Gu Qing felt that it was too strange in ancient times, and she actually thought that the girl was "as small as a pigeon" and "chaste and cute".
Thinking about it again, when girls got married in ancient times, there were many in the fourteenth and fifth five-year periods, and there were very few who developed so well as Zhang Suyi.
"Actually, I have already vaguely mentioned it to my grandson Li Rui once, and he said that he doesn't mind that you are plump and will treat you well." Gu Qing comforted her with a smile, "I think you are very good, very good!" ”
Zhang Suyi breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered: "I have an uncle at home, who had an accident when he was very young, his lower body was disabled, and his brain was a little confused, and he has been raised in my family. When I'm at home, I can often talk to him and let him explain, if I get married, I'm afraid that he will be depressed in the house and have the intention of committing suicide......"
"When I marry into your mansion, can I go back to visit him often?"
"No problem, I'll let Rui'er accompany you home often. You have compassion and care for your loved ones, what a good girl. Gu Qing suddenly felt that there was nothing bad about this plain clothes, and even his voice was much more excited.
Zhang Suyi didn't know which way he had hit the evil, so he sat beside Gu Qing and said a lot of trivial things slowly. The elders of the family thought that she would definitely marry the eldest prince in the future, and it was very strange to treat her, until her grandfather became angry; She didn't like the eldest prince since she was a child, and she thought he was pretending to be very powerful; In fact, she likes to eat meat very much, but her mother thinks that if she grows like this and eats meat, it is really ugly if she gains weight, and restricts her from eating......
There are some things that I can't say to the second uncle, after all, she is a girl's family, and some girls' troubles are told to the second uncle, then it is called prodigal frivolity, not care. Of course, although the second uncle is also difficult to make people feel that there is a gender.
You can't tell your mother, because her mother is a strict mother who teaches her children very strictly, and if she complains, her mother will criticize her for being too hypocritical or not qualitative enough.
Gu Qing smiled and listened to Zhang Suyi's "Girl's Troubles", she also came from this age, so she occasionally replied to her with a few words of "Well, I think so too" or "It's good to lose weight without eating like you, my granddaughter grows meat when she drinks water", and the old man and the other wrote a whole morning.
"My great-grandmother ......," Zhang Suyi stopped.
Mrs. Qiu had tilted her head slightly to the right and fell asleep in a wheelchair.
Thinking that her father told her that the old lady was anxious to see her because she only had a few months to live, so she wanted to meet her granddaughter-in-law to arrange the funeral, Zhang Suyi's throat was a little dry.
Why is such a loving old man leaving now?
She also wants to marry and serve her well, she gets along well with her second uncle, and she should get along better with Mrs. Qiu.
"Grandmother......" Zhang Suyi's tears could not be contained.
If even a person like her, who has only been with Mrs. Qiu for a long time, thinks that she will die, and the pain in her chest seems to be about to burn, then so many relatives in the Xinguo Mansion who get along with her day and night are not even more painful?
What about him......
Zhang Suyi remembered the sword-eyed young man.
What will he be in pain?
Several masters in the Xinguo Mansion knew that Zhang Suyi had come, and talked to the old lady until she fell asleep.
Gu Qing's satisfaction and trust in Zhang Suyi are obvious to all, even the "Women's Health Handbook" that Gu Qing wrote by herself when she was sober, Gu Qing gave her a copy.
You must know that the ones that Lu Dao wrote later were all copied by Mama Hua, and even Xiao Li Mei's book was written by Mama Hua.
The Fang clan was already preparing to use this book as a secret book for his daughter-in-law to pass on to his daughter.
Gu Qing was amused to laugh after knowing the thoughts of the Dao Fang clan.
"Ouch, what else do you need to hide from this, if someone comes to borrow it, it will be generously lent out. Those who believe will definitely believe it, and those who don't believe it will not believe it no matter how much you write. Since he who is willing to believe is to affirm my hard work, why not borrow it? Gu Qing was sometimes amused by Fang's little family, "If I can help others, my hard work will not be in vain, don't hide it!" ”
The result of Gu Qing's solemn matter was that Li Ming and Li Zhao's children pestered her for many days, and they were very curious about the "strange book" that the cousin/mother wanted to pass on to the family.
In this regard, Gu Qing had a feeling of lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.
Evil! Is it possible to let an old lady enlighten them about women's physiology and hygiene?
"Hiss...... Grandmother has a headache. Go and ask your mother. ”
Daughter-in-law, I'm sorry!
The old body really can't do it!
Gu Qing, the relatives of the two grandsons, was done, so she dictated, asked the Fang family to write a letter, and asked the Fang family to send it to the palace.
The emperor and empress both knew that Old Taijun Qiu was dying, and when they received her letter at this time, they all attached great importance to it.
She sincerely explained in her heart that her body was no longer good, but Li Mao was not at home, even if she wanted to set up a family affair for her little grandson, she had no way to ask someone to make a letter of appointment, because no one else could replace Li Ming's father. So she wanted to ask the queen to make a decree to marry his grandson and marry Sun Yanni, the daughter of Sun Ying, the squire of the military department.
This is a trivial matter, but because it is related to the selection of the future concubine of the Xinguo Mansion, it is not such a casual family matter.
But as Zhang Jing's ghost said, Chu Rui wanted to reuse Li Mao on the one hand, but on the other hand, he didn't want Li Mao to climb too high. The Sun family only has a name left, and there is no substance, which is not good, but it unexpectedly fits Chu Rui's mind.
A few days later, during the Great Dynasty, the Duke of Jin and several of his subordinates quarreled with several ministers of the Xungui faction in the court, and the dispute was for Li Mao, who was still ahead.
"Obviously, the granary of the household department is so full that it is about to overflow, why don't you send the grain and grass to Juyong Pass, but ask Li Guogong to raise grain in the surrounding states by himself? Lord Zhang, you are trying to delay the military situation! "This minister of the noble faction is Li Mao's die-hard loyalist, and he gritted his teeth with his neck and insisted that Zhang Nuo directly transfer grain from Beijing to Youyan Erzhou.
Zhang Nuo was about to be angry to death by these noble factions who did not learn and did not know how to do it.
The granary of the household department is the most important place for grain reserves, and it will not be used unless there is a catastrophe and there is a serious shortage of grain and grass in front of it. If the granary of the household department is used casually, in the future, when the price of grain soars, or if there is a famine in other places, the household department will not be able to stabilize the price and appease the victims.
Although the matter of prices may seem small, once it is related to people's livelihood, it is not a trivial matter. No one knows whether there will be another big flood or a big drought this summer, and now it is early summer, how can it be possible to move the food of the household department?
On Li Mao's side, it seems that Fanyang City is occupied, and Zhuoxian and Huaishuo seem to be in crisis again, but Juyongguan originally had a lot of grain and grass, and after Yanzhou, Tongzhou, which is the richest in the north, the most developed in transportation, and prosperous in commerce, why worry about no food? If Yanzhou is not guaranteed, it is impossible for all the surrounding states and counties to be protected, how can these state capitals not send grain to the front line?
Walking from Tongzhou and Fenzhou is faster, more cost-effective, and safest than walking farther away from the capital.
The Xungui faction did not understand the economy, but they had been with the army in the early years and knew the difficulties of raising food.
Yes, if Yanzhou is broken, Tongzhou and other states will also have great difficulties, but this is not necessarily related to their grain release. Even if it is not included in the political achievements, is it so easy to ask for grain from other states and counties?
This Duke of Jin has been the ruler for a long time, and he really thinks that the state officials everywhere are so easy to talk to!
If there is no supply of money and food when there is a war, won't it kill the prince of the country?
Therefore, the two factions insist on their own words, and neither of them can convince anyone.
Zhang Nuo felt that with Li Mao's prestige and ability, he would definitely be able to raise food in Tongzhou and the surrounding areas in a few weeks; The Xungui faction believed that the collection of grain from the surrounding areas would have to arrive in batches, which would not be convenient for deployment at all, and it might also delay the military situation.
To be honest, what both sides said was reasonable, and even Chu Rui himself didn't know which side to listen to. But he is biased towards Li Mao in his heart, so he can't help but bring out some reprimands.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Chu Rui ordered Zhang Nuo to enter the study and talked to him, which roughly means that now is the critical time for Great Chu, and I hope that the Xungui faction and the Shizu faction can abandon their previous suspicions and move forward hand in hand, and everyone will twist into a rope to support Yuan Xi and Li Mao who are on the front line, and everyone will take a step back and make a small sacrifice.
Zhang Nuo has been loyal to this emperor for much more time than Li Mao, and naturally knows what kind of character Chu Rui is, he thought about it, this is the best time to propose an alliance with Li Guogong, and the emperor will definitely not oppose it, but will support it vigorously.
So Zhang Nuo immediately swore on the spot that he had no intention of taking the opportunity to make trouble, and said with gratitude on his face that since he was robbed of love, he had always wanted to repay Jun'en, so he thought about it and even went to bed at night to think about how to calm down the chaos.
In order to prove that what he said was true, Zhang Nuo said that he was willing to form a family with the Li family and advance and retreat together. He also proposed that he could marry his daughter to Li Rui, who had no official and no lord, and would move out of the public mansion as his wife when he became an adult, in exchange for the trust of the noble faction.
The tone of the words is loyal and the attitude is sincere, if it weren't for Chu Rui's knowledge that the Li family and the Zhang family had already agreed on the family affairs of the children of both sides, I am afraid that they would also sigh for the grievances of the Jin State Mansion.
But he thought about it, Mrs. Qiu happened to be begging for the little grandson's family affairs, but there was no eldest grandson who had not yet decided on a marriage, and the younger grandson had crossed the eldest grandson's marriage first, right? Even if the two families are not one room, they have not yet been divided, and they are still one!
In addition, it is indeed a headache for the noble party to be wary of the family now, and giving such a marriage at this time will help ease the contradiction between the two factions.
As for how it developed later, or made people think that Li Rui had fallen to the clan faction, it was all logical.
Anyway, Zhang Suyi is not the eldest grandson, and Zhang Laoguo is dying, and his granddaughter only needs to mourn him for one year. Now it is only a marriage, not a marriage, and it is not against the law of etiquette to give this marriage.
If Mrs. Qiu goes this year, the Xinguo Mansion will have to keep filial piety for three years, and if there is something wrong with the Xinguo Mansion or the Jin Mansion in the future, there will be time to plan for a long time.
May 18 was an auspicious day, and the emperor personally issued two edicts, causing the court to shake.
The two edicts are about the Xinguo Mansion, and the status of the Xinguo Mansion in the mind of the Son of Heaven can be imagined. Now that most of the generals are from the Xungui faction, and there is a war going on in the north, it is really necessary to appease the Xungui faction.
Both edicts are marriage-granting. One is for the marriage of Zhang Suyi, the concubine of the Duke of Jin, and Li Rui, the eldest grandson of the Xinguo Mansion, and the other is for the marriage of Li Ming, the concubine of the Duke of Xinguo, and Sun Yanni, the daughter of Sun Ying, the servant of the Ministry of War.
The daughter of the Zhang family married Li Rui, who had no title in the sixth rank, and it was obvious that she was very low-married. Many people thought about whether the emperor intended to use this family affair to knock on the Duke of Jin to remind him not to always think about the hind legs of the Duke of Jin in the front-line war.
And the relationship between Li Ming and the daughter of the Sun family is very understandable. Now Li Mao is leading troops outside, if he wins, he doesn't know what Lu Dao will be prominent when he comes back, such a great hero, there will definitely be many dignitaries and nobles who are willing to marry in the future, rather than letting it develop at that time, it is better to take advantage of the fact that Xin Guogong is not in the mansion to directly break this thought.
This was a beautiful misunderstanding, but it deeply buried the impression of Chu Rui's old scheming and the city government into the hearts of all the ministers. The Xinguo Mansion and the Jin Mansion were praised and beaten, and they all had to do things for the Son of Heaven obediently, where did these ministers dare to touch the tiger whiskers of the Son of Heaven, and for many days afterward, these ministers were as docile as little sheep at the court meeting.
No one wants the concubine in the family to be a princess or marry a broken family one day.
It's just two family affairs, and it has such an effect, even Chu Rui himself didn't expect it.
Mrs. Qiu is really the "Shadow Star" Tianliang, Zhang Xuanji is honest and does not deceive me!
Although it was a misunderstanding of Mei Meilu, these two family affairs did play a very key role.
Jin Guogong's method is actually the most efficient and cost-effective method, but with the current imperial court, if Jin Guogong wants to act like this, he will definitely be suspicious of the noble faction, resulting in the inability to continue.
Therefore, the Duke of Jin obeyed the emperor's arrangement and transferred forty percent of the grain and grass from the granary of the household department to Juyong Pass, and the remaining sixty percent depended on the emperor to order the local officials to allocate grain to several surrounding states and counties, and then Li Mao found a way to collect it.
It's just forty percent of the grain and grass in the household, but it is regarded by the Xungui faction as a "victory" in the game between them and the Son of Heaven and the clan faction. All of a sudden, they felt that the marriage was so good that even the Duke of Jin had to compromise and take a step back.
Although Sun Ying's family has been defeated, he is a capable official and belongs to the young and strong doers. What's more, he climbed from the army to the military department, and married the daughter of General Zhao, a famous general who is almost as famous as Li Laoguogong, and has an excellent reputation in the army.
Li Mao is now on the front line, and what he needs is the support of the army.
You must know that even if Lu Dao is a secretary of the military department, but after all, he is a civil minister, since ancient times, civil and military affairs have been light, and some military generals always feel that laymen command insiders, this Li Mao Li Guogong is not "his own person".
Now that the in-laws are their own people, they can barely be regarded as their own people.
Gu Qing didn't know that her book would evolve into such a series of beautiful mistakes, and at this moment she was holding the letter signed by everyone in the family and handing it to Li Rui with a solemn face.
"Rui'er, you can't send a letter to your uncle from the post station at home, you must deliver this letter to Mr. Wu Yuzhou!"
Li Rui took the letter respectfully, only feeling that a few thin pieces of paper weighed a thousand pounds.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow, he is going to break into the tiger's den in Longtan.
Mr. Wu, you are also old, what is not good to drive......
What kind of green building to open!
He's just been married, okay!
The author has something to say: Little Theater:
Zhang Suyi, who returned home, was asked by the nervous second uncle what he had met in the Xinguo Mansion.
In view of the fact that what Mrs. Qiu said was all things that were inappropriate for gay men, Zhang Suyi only blushed and did not speak.
After arriving at the end, Zhang Suyi said with some doubts: "I think this old lady Qiu is a little similar to you." ”
When Zhang Ying heard this, he smiled proudly.
Hmph, the husband and Lao Tzu are from the same place, the so-called close to Zhu Zhechi, of course, is similar to him!
Don't worry, when you get married, Li Rui's kid may still think that you are like his grandfather (fog)!