Early in the morning, there was a gentle knock at the door: "Miss, uncle, it's time to get up." ”

Wu Shigong opened his eyes, too tired to do it. Yesterday, when the concentric candle was extinguished, it was midnight, and I didn't have much time to sleep at all. He yawned heavily, turned to look to the side, and saw his little wife cowered under the covers, with only her head exposed, and her big black eyes looking at him quietly. Seeing Wu Shigong looking at her, Xue Yufei smiled sweetly at Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong also smiled at her, after a gentle night yesterday, especially after the episode of the Bai Aya incident, and chatting for half a night, the two felt that the distance had narrowed a lot. However, Wu Shigong still sighed in his heart: "Just one night, will two strangers have to live for a lifetime?" This arranged marriage is indeed a bit frustrating. But no matter what, men always don't suffer. ”

Hearing a noise in the room, the maids pushed the door with their toiletries and walked in. The maids lined up in two rows, standing facing each other. The two rows of maids are arranged very asymmetrically, four in a row, and one in a row is embroidered with bamboo, both sides are holding their heads high, and it seems that no one wants to weaken their momentum. Wu Shigong looked at this situation, held back a smile, and he came to the side of the embroidered bamboo. Xue Yufei also got up, and the four maids hurriedly stepped forward to surround her.

Xiuzhu served Wu Shigong to dress and wash his face. made up a loophole, Wu Shigong whispered in the ear of the embroidered bamboo: "Good momentum, good courage, one against four, our embroidered bamboo woman is still not inferior in momentum, it is really the true character of a hero." Listening to Wu Shigong's joke, Xiuzhu couldn't help but "giggle" out loud.

Although there were a lot of people in the room, everyone did not speak, so it seemed very quiet, which made Xiuzhu's laughter a little harsh. After being silent for a while, Xue Yufei ordered: "Mei Yun, go to Xianggong to help." A maid from Xue Yufei's side answered, and then came to Wu Shigong's side. There was one more stranger all of a sudden, and Wu Shigong couldn't joke with Xiuzhu anymore. So, peace was restored to the house.

The two of them worked fast, and soon combed Wu Shigong's hair and tied it with a scribe's scarf. However, the woman's washing and makeup were obviously slow, and Wu Shigong waited for a while before Xue Yufei cleaned up. The maids welcomed the two to the hall outside the bedroom, where two chairs were placed side by side in the middle of the hall, and Wu Shigong and Xue Yufei sat down on the chairs.

It is estimated that the rules have been taught, and the maids knelt down and kowtowed to the young lady and aunt to say goodbye. Note that it is the lady in front. After the salute, Xue Yufei first took out a red envelope and gave it to Xiuzhu. This made Wu Shigong a little embarrassed, I didn't know there was this show? I didn't prepare for it. Wu Shigong's silver was packed in a box, and he couldn't take it out for a while. He hesitated to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find it himself. Or will you give it later? Xue Yufei saw the signs. She thought that Wu Shigong was inconvenient at hand, so she couldn't give a reward, so she opened her mouth and said: "Zhuyun, I will give you the reward later." This made Wu Shigong breathe a sigh of relief, although he lost face a little, but he finally passed this hurdle. also felt a lot better about Xue Yufei. He nodded to Xue Yufei in thanks. After the two finished breakfast in the room, they went to Xue Lian to meet together.

Xue Lian and his original partner, Mrs. Zhang, sat and waited for their daughter and son-in-law to kowtow and say goodbye. He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. It is estimated that every father-in-law who regards his daughter as the pearl of his palm has this mentality. It should be said that Xue Lian was quite satisfied with this marriage at first, and heard that his son-in-law was quite strong and was still a prisoner. But then the news came that he was kicked in the middle of a fight, which made him a little unhappy, but fortunately Zuihou was fine. However, the news I got from the Wu family was a little bad. The first is to say that the son-in-law is a nerd. Nerds are nerds, as long as they are honest and good to their daughters. But then I learned from Xue Qiang that the son-in-law is very stingy and very mean (these are Xue Qiang's personal experiences). This made Xue Lian a little regretful. But now, it's done, and it's useless to regret it. Xue Lian had no choice but to comfort himself and think: "After all, the perfect thing in the world is hard to come by!" ”

During the Wanli period, Xue Lian was still the prince of Yangwu Marquis, and he was selected as the companion of the emperor's eldest son. This is a big beauty difference, and you can have a good relationship with the future emperor. But because Emperor Wanli didn't like the emperor's eldest son, but liked his youngest son, and wanted to make his youngest son the crown prince, Xue Lian's beauty difference became cold. However, the Shili of the Ming Dynasty civil officials was quite powerful, and they fought fiercely against Emperor Wanli's behavior of violating the rules of his ancestors. Zuihou, Emperor Wanli had no choice but to make the eldest son the crown prince and the youngest son as the king of Fu, and the feudal Luoyang. And in these more than ten years of trembling and walking on thin ice, Xue Lian and the great eunuchs Wang An and Wei Zhongxian in the palace of the emperor's eldest son formed a deep fighting friendship.

When Emperor Wanli died and the eldest son of the emperor ascended the throne, that is, Mingguangzong, these old people in the East Palace immediately turned over and took power. But the emperor of Mingguangzong did not live long, and within a year, he also died, and the throne passed to the current Emperor of the Apocalypse, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse likes to have fun, especially likes to do carpenter work, and they trust Wei Zhongxian very much, almost to the point of obeying their words. Therefore, the status of these old people in the East Palace is even higher. And Xue Lian is also in charge of power, the governor of Jingying, and became one of the two military nobles who controlled the Imperial Forest Army (the other is Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng).

The system of the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Forest Army was like this. The head of the governor was the great eunuch sent by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and he was assisted by two military nobles. And Wei Zhongxian is the chief eunuch of the celebrant eunuch. As the two most powerful departments of the twenty-four internal eunuchs, the relationship between the celebrant eunuch and the imperial eunuch is definitely not very harmonious, otherwise the emperor will not be at ease. Wei Zhongxian put Xue Lian and Li Chengzuo, who had a very good relationship with him, in that position, and the meaning was obvious. It seems that the gun theory is not only known to modern people, but also to ancient people.

However, although Xue Lian has a good personal relationship with Wei Zhongxian, he is still deeply imprinted with the idea of loyalty in his bones. Whoever is the emperor, I will be loyal to whomever I am. Now, Wei Zhongxian is also very loyal to the emperor, so it is also acceptable to follow Wei Zhongxian's orders.

Xue Lian saw his daughter and son-in-law come in, and saw that his daughter looked calm, Xue Lian showed a satisfied smile.

In what era, it is impossible to talk about whether to resist or not, Wu Shigong and Xue Yufei knelt down to kowtow to Xue Lian and Mrs. Zhang, and the two of them kowtowed and said, "Say hello to Lord Hou and Mrs. Hou." ”

Calling this title, Wu Shigong was a little funny. Call your father the Hou Ye, and call your father-in-law also the Hou Ye. If the honors gather, how should these dozens of marquis be called to distinguish clearly. It is not necessarily called "Wu Hou" and "Xue Hou", if it is called so, it is similar to arriving at Huaguo Mountain.

After receiving the kowtow of the young couple and asking for peace, Xue Lian was silent, but Mrs. Zhang greeted them. Mrs. Zhang was quite kind, smiled and said some words of advice from husband and wife and beauty, and then pulled her daughter into the inner room to whisper.

Xue Lian asked Wu Shigong to sit on the chair next to him, muttered for a while, and asked Wu Shigong about the situation at home without saying anything. Wu Shigong also asked Xue Lian, and he answered. After a short time, the questioning was over, and the scene was a little cold. At this moment, a middle-aged scribe came to the door to break the embarrassing scene.

The middle-aged scribe arched his hand to Xue Lian and Wu Shigong and said, "Master Hou, the student knows that it is very unreasonable to disturb during the period when Lord Hou loves his daughter, but this matter is very urgent, and everyone is waiting for Master Hou to make an idea." ”

Xue Lian nodded, got up from the chair, and walked to the door to follow the middle-aged scribe, but he stopped thinking about it again, turned to Wu Shigong and said, "You can also listen to it, it has something to do with your errand." ”

"My errand?" Wu Shigong pressed the question in his heart, and hurriedly stood up and followed the footsteps of Xue Lian and the others. Walk outside.