Chapter 33: Named the county lord
"Chen Baixian is guilty of managing the house, fined half a month, and compensated Wanhualou for repairing two silver taels; The second daughter Chen's invention of straw coal is meritorious, and she is affectionate and righteous, and she has won my heart, and I plan to crown her as the lord of Xingyi County, what do you think? The emperor really likes Chen Jintong, and he wants to take the opportunity to raise the limelight of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion again, and after speaking, he quietly watched the movements of everyone in the hall.
Originally, I felt that the punishment of Chen Baixian was light, and when I heard the emperor's canonization of Chen Jintong, many people were red-eyed, and they fought so hard to make trouble in front of the emperor, the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion was not only safe and sound, but also received praise, what is the identity of the county lord, the daughter of the emperor can be named the county lord, and the daughter of the king with a different surname can only be named the county lord, the Wu'an Marquis Mansion is already in the limelight, and if it goes on like this, the court will be their family.
A group of courtiers led by Dr. Yu Shi knelt down one after another: "Although Miss Chen Er invented straw coal, it has not achieved results so far, please think twice about it!" ”
Chen Jintong and Dongfang Xuanze glanced at each other, and instantly replied: "The qualifications of the courtiers are shallow, I am afraid that they will not be humiliated by the name of the county lord, and I ask the emperor to take back his fate!" "has already provoked the limelight, and Chen Jintong doesn't want to attract people's red eyes anymore and add to the trouble.
Seeing this, the emperor was not reluctant: "Then make you the county lord of Xingyi!" Do you still have any objections? The emperor has already backed down, who dares to have objections, and kowtows again: "The emperor is sage!" ”
At the end of the early dynasty, the ministers retreated, and many stammering people stepped forward, Chen Baixian's rare fatherly image was waiting for Chen Jintong to return to the house together, Dongfang Xuanze was left by the emperor to play chess, Chen Jintong did not refuse Chen Baixian, and looked at him expressionlessly with a spring breeze and proudly accepted those who stepped forward to stammer.
In the imperial garden, Dongfang Xuanze quietly looked at the emperor's hand, silently calculating in his heart, but the chess pieces in the emperor's hand had not fallen for a long time, the emperor stroked his sleeves, and a strong voice sounded: "The girl of the Chen family is indeed smart." ”
Dongfang Xuanze understood this meaning, because he was afraid that he and Chen Jintong would come to the same road, and originally wanted to use Chen Jintong's hand to make him relax his vigilance, but Chen Jintong's performance was really eye-catching, the old crisis had not passed, and a new one had come.
However, this is okay, if the emperor does not suspect it, it is estimated that he has already done it in secret, Dongfang Xuanze's face remains unchanged, as if he is talking about any inconsequential person around him: "It is indeed smart, but it is a pity that the revenge is too heavy!" ”
"You've watched her all the way from the beginning, don't you know exactly why she did it?" The emperor didn't want to let him go, so he dropped the chess piece in his hand, and his words were still aggressive.
"I did witness it with my own eyes, but Miss Chen Er didn't seem to be able to distinguish clearly, she is a concubine, it is normal for Mrs. Hou Ye to target her, and Hou Ye of Wu'an seems to be not thin on her, but she does not save face for her biological husband for the sake of outsiders, which is a little ruthless." Dongfang Xuanze dropped down again, and looked carefully at the layout on the chessboard.
"But you've helped her a lot?" Dealing with Dongfang Xuanze, if the question is not straightforward enough, he can always avoid the important and mix it up, and it is not easy to catch the mistake, the emperor simply does not shy away from it, and there is no need to detour more when talking to smart people.
"A little girl, there is not even a handmaid by her side, she looks a little pitiful." Dongfang Xuanze didn't seem to feel the emperor's targeting of him, his eyes kept staring at the chess pieces under the emperor's hands, and he said his thoughts very clearly in a plain way.
The emperor closed his gaze, and directly placed a son in the middle of the chessboard, on the chessboard, Dongfang Xuanze's chess pieces chased after him and scattered everywhere, but he was still almost a little hot, and one son fell, and the emperor won.
"Wechen lost!" Dongfang Xuanze sighed, as if he wanted to reminisce about the chess game just now, the chessboard in front of the fixed viewer, and from time to time fiddling with his own chess pieces, but he lost no matter what.
The emperor already knew in his heart that he didn't believe that Dongfang Xuanze was just out of pity, but according to the feedback of his subordinates and his performance just now, this peerless prince thought that he had met a bosom friend, but he was disappointed. Moreover, with his understanding, Chen Jintong was arrogant, he couldn't stand being wronged, and the last thing he wanted was pity, and the two couldn't go together in the end.
Putting down his thoughts, the emperor did not stay here, as before, he let Dongfang Xuanze study the chessboard here, and walked away with his hands behind his back, while the people who were still fiddling there suddenly changed a few chess pieces, and the situation changed greatly, and the defeat turned into victory.
Hou Mansion, when the eldest lady saw that Chen Baixian personally led Chen Jintong back, her face was not good-looking, she was not only commanded by Chen Jintong, but even had a bad reputation, and it was often rumored that the eldest lady of Wu'an Hou Mansion was born jealous, and even the concubine who had no mother could not tolerate it; This matter also caused trouble in the court, in front of a group of noble ladies, she was completely faceless, how many people hindered the limelight of the Hou Mansion to scold her, and at the same time scolded her behind her back.
"The master is back!" The eldest lady greeted her and motioned to her subordinates to hurry up to help Chen Jintong, when the person in this family was Chen Baixian, the top priority was to quickly put on an attitude of admitting mistakes, so that she could be exempted from punishment.
"Humph!" Chen Baixian snorted coldly from his nostrils, although he was cheap in the court, Chen Baixian still didn't have a good face for the eldest lady, and the folds that participated in his family's restlessness were directly greeted in his face, and it was impossible not to blame the eldest lady.
"You know Ann Fen now? Do you know that the restlessness of the Wu'an Hou Mansion has spread all over the capital, and the family affairs have reached the court, and I am really the first prime minister to be insulted by this in the eons as you wish! Chen Baixian didn't have time to take a sip of tea, and he was so angry that he wanted to do something to the eldest lady.
The eldest lady hugged Chen Baixian's hand and cried: "Master, I know it's wrong!" ”
Although Chen Baixian wanted to do it, he didn't really fight, after all, he was the head of the house, and losing face was also a joke for outsiders, so he pulled the eldest lady to turn to Chen Jintong, who was watching the play, and said, "You go and apologize to her!" ”
The eldest lady cried "wow": "Master! You are asking for my life, I have been by your side for so many years, there is no merit and hard work, but you want to make me apologize like a concubine! You're going to take my life and let me die! ”
Chen Baixian was also silent, he just felt that Chen Jintong was not simple, and now that he was valued by the emperor, he didn't want to really be her enemy, so he simply showed goodwill; But the identity of the eldest lady is here, he is a dignified prime minister, if he really asks the eldest lady to apologize to her, then his face will not look good.
Chen Jintong didn't speak, Chen Baixian thought that she would pretend to be sensible, and pull the eldest lady to sing a double reed there! She hurt so badly that she sat here just to vent her anger, how could she be cheap for them, so she just pretended not to see it, blatantly ignored the gaze that fell on her face, lowered her head and began to play with her nails.
The eldest lady was angry, she got up and was about to go up to reason, she got the news, Chen Baixian was not punished too much, and she admitted her mistake on the surface, so it was almost the same.