Chapter 172: A Family Like an Iron Bucket

"What is the relationship between Lord Minghui and Nie Yuanshen? And why are you quarrelling? Hua Jingyao asked.

The eldest prince said: "Nie Yuanshen loves horses like his life, there are more than a dozen good horses in the house, and the lord of Minghui also likes horses, and they can become husband and wife because of this common hobby. The reason why they quarreled that day was because Nie Yuanshen wanted to send a good horse in the mansion to Taifu Temple for breeding, but Lord Minghui refused, so the two quarreled. ”

Hua Jingyao raised her eyebrows lightly and said with a smile: "It seems to be for a little thing." ”

"Yes, it was because of a trivial matter that we quarreled." The eldest prince said.

"Do they have children under their knees?" In fact, Hua Jingyao only knew about Nie Yuanshen and Minghui County Lord after she was reborn, but she only knew about it, and she didn't know much about the situation in their mansion.

The eldest prince said: "They have been married for many years, and there is only one son under their knees, named Nie Zhengqi, who is eighteen years old this year. ”

"Eighteen? Are you married? Are you studying or have you already received an errand? Hua Jingyao originally thought that Nie Yuanshen's child was very young, but she didn't expect that she would be seventeen years old. It stands to reason that with Nie Zhengqi's background and age, she shouldn't have heard of it.

Nie Zhengqi is about the same age as Zhang Twelve and Gong Liu, and they are all people in the same circle, maybe the two of them know each other.

The eldest prince sighed and said: "Nie Zhengqi once fell into the water when he was a child, although he saved his life after being rescued, he fell ill, and since then he has been haunted on the sickbed and never goes out, if it weren't for Nie Yuanshen's case, I don't even remember him anymore." ”

When the eldest prince said this, there was a bit of self-reproach in his tone. He also remembered Nie Zhengqi just now, and he used to play together when he was a child, but after so many years, he had long forgotten about this person.

Hua Jingyao suddenly remembered something and asked, "The queen mother is the cousin of Qingwangfu, so Nie Zhengqi can also be regarded as the nephew of the queen mother, right?" ”

The eldest prince smiled and said, "Yaoyao has finally sorted out the relationship between these relatives, and there is progress, that's right, the queen mother and the county lord Minghui are cousins, and Nie Zhengqi is my cousin." ”

However, the eldest prince was not born by the queen, nor was he raised under the queen's knees, although he and Nie Zhengqi were cousins, they were not related by blood.

"Hey, this is strange, since he is a relative, even you don't remember him for so many years, it seems that Nie Zhengqi is really sick."

In the past few months, Hua Jingyao has dealt with the eldest prince a lot, and the eldest prince is the kind of person who can remember all the seven aunts and eight aunts, so he said that he didn't remember Nie Zhengqi, and Hua Jingyao felt strange.

The eldest prince was ashamed, he didn't know why he forgot Nie Zhengqi, until Nie Yuanshen died, he remembered that Nie Yuanshen and Lord Minghui had a son.

"So does Nie Yuanshen have a concubine room, a room, or an outer room?" Hua Jingyao asked again.

If a few months ago, the eldest prince would have been shocked when he heard his little cousin ask such a question, but now he has long been used to it. He said: "Nie Yuanshen has only one concubine, she is the dowry maid of the county lord of Minghui, two years older than the lord of Minghui, the concubine room has no children, and she lives in a shallow place on weekdays, and most of the time she serves by the side of the lord of Minghui. As for the outer chamber, it is still under investigation, and there is no clue. As far as I know, Nie Yuanshen is a horse idiot, except for horses, he has no other hobbies, neither alcohol nor lust, it is said that once socialized, for two hours, he didn't say a word to the Qingqi people around him, and he didn't even get his clothes dirty. ”

Hua Jingyao coughed dryly, sat in a row for two hours, and didn't even touch the corners of her clothes? Big brother, tell me, did Nie Yuanshen go out to socialize with him with an iron plate casually, separating himself from the Qing people.

"Does Nie Yuanshen have any classmates, colleagues, relatives and friends who have a good relationship?" Hua Jingyao asked.

"Nie Yuanshen's popularity is very good, up and down the Taifu Temple, from people to horses, all have a good relationship with him, in addition, Nie Yuanshen's closest walk on weekdays should be his brother-in-law, Wang Qing of the Hanlin Academy, by the way, Wang Qing is good at painting horses, and he may know the third master of Huasan." The eldest prince said.

Hua Jingyao frowned slightly, no wonder Luo Yanzuo said that kind of tone when he talked about Nie Yuanshen, this Nie Yuanshen is clearly the kind of officialdom who does not get dirty with a light breeze, he is good friends with everyone, that is, he is not particularly good with anyone, and the closest he goes is a Hanlin.

He doesn't stand in line, and no one else can find fault with him, this kind of person can generally go far in officialdom.

Could it be that Nie Yuanshen can be thriving even in a place like Taifu Temple, which seems to have no future.

But how could such a person die so miserably.

"What about Lord Minghui, who does she have a good relationship with in the capital? Is there a card to tie up the handkerchief? "Even the Queen Mother has the cards of Mrs. Meng and the eldest princess for decades, not to mention these women outside the palace.

"Lord Minghui likes to ride horses before she gets married, and she is accompanied by horses all day long, even after she gets married, she is quite so, she rarely comes out to socialize on weekdays, and most of the ladies and ladies in the capital are not familiar with her." The eldest prince almost blurted out that when Concubine De once talked about Lord Minghui, she directly said that she was a monster.

Hua Jingyao nodded, it turned out that the county lord of Minghui turned out to be a clear stream in the circle of noblewomen in the capital, no wonder she rarely heard this name.

Suddenly, Hua Jingyao's brows furrowed, and the eldest prince saw it and asked, "Yaoyao, what's wrong?" ”

"Big cousin, have you noticed that Nie Yuanshen's family of three is like being isolated from the outside world. Speaking of them, there is nothing but knowing that they like to raise horses. Nie Yuanshen had a good relationship with everyone, but except for a two-sleeved Hanlin, there was no one close to him; The lord of Minghui has no friends or girlfriends, and he doesn't even participate in the entertainment; Their only son has been sick in bed for many years, even relatives and friends don't remember him, and Nie Yuanshen's only concubine, who usually lives in a shallow place, big cousin, do you guess mosquitoes can fly into their house? ”

The eldest prince was stunned, Yaoyao was right, Nie Yuanshen's family of three seemed to be clear, but in fact, it was like an iron bucket, and even a mosquito couldn't fly in.

At this moment, Yin Zhutou came back, and the eldest prince hurriedly called him in.

Yin Zhutou said: "The small courtyard where Nie Yuanshen lived on the first night after leaving home was the year Nie Zhengqi was born, and the old Ping'an Marquis rewarded it to his grandson. According to Liu Qi, because the house was very close to the Taifu Temple, Nie Yuanshen would occasionally live there, but this time he only stayed for one night, and he didn't go the next day, Liu Qi thought he had returned home, so he didn't care. ”