Chapter 3: Prime Minister's Mansion II
After Lu Xin woke up, she nominally asked the maid Xiaoxuan to help her recover her memory and asked her to tell her about all the people and things in the Prime Minister's Mansion. In fact, she mainly wants to understand everything in this world as soon as possible so that she can deal with it. Although the reason why she fell into the pond has not yet been investigated, the possibility of being harmed by others cannot be ruled out.
It has been more than 200 years since the founding of the country, and the new emperor Li Qingyuan has been on the throne for five years, which is the fifth year of Qingyuan. There are also Yu Liguo and Landan Kingdom on the adjacent side, Yuli State is located in the north, and the treasury income is mainly from Liang, wheat, wine, and livestock, which can be regarded as a rich land. It's just that the winter season is longer than in other countries, and the annual winter snow disaster depletes the treasury a lot, and no good solution has been found. The country of Landan is located in the south, and the climate is very conducive to the growth of crops, as long as there is no drought, there will be abundant grains.
The national strength of these three countries can be said to be equal, and each dynasty has a princess or the children of important ministers to marry and make a covenant, so they have always been peaceful, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
Lu Xin was unimpressed by this prosperous scene, and this kind of peaceful life would not last long. Since ancient times, emperors have thought that only by possessing someone else's can they achieve the longest peace. In addition, the emperors and generals of each dynasty hope to expand their territory in the year of their succession, establish meritorious deeds, and become famous for all generations. Now these countries may be starting to move.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, his father Lu Jin, who was the prime minister of the dynasty and a high-ranking official, was already a veteran figure of the two dynasties. I don't know how the official character is, but I am extremely doting on Lu Xin.
Mrs. Li Xueqin, as her name suggests, plays the piano well, and her reputation was once a resounding lady in the capital. After she married into the Prime Minister's Mansion, she gave birth to two sons one after another, the eldest son was named Lu Guang, and the second son was Lu Yu. Therefore, his position in the government is stable. In the year of not being confused, he was even more happy to have a daughter, this daughter is Lu Xin, and she is a daughter when she is old, no wonder the two elders will love Lu Xin.
But Lu Xin is not the only daughter in the house, after marrying Mrs. Li, Xiangye also included a number of concubines, both of whom had a daughter, and then they were able to be named noble concubines, and their status was naturally higher than that of other concubines.
The eldest daughter, Lu Shi, married the eldest son of Lord Shangshu as his wife. In this new dynasty of dignity and humility, what a glorious thing it is for the daughter of a concubine to marry someone else as a wife. All because she is the daughter of the prime minister, even if it is a side root, her identity is extremely noble.
The second daughter, Lu Ya, is eighteen years old and is waiting for the boudoir. Because Lu Ya's mother Liu is delicate and gorgeous, she was a famous singer when she was young, and she has always been favored in the house. And the daughter born to her is also inherited by her, and she is as beautiful as a flower, and she is good at music. And Lu Ya is also no less loved by her father than Lu Xin, so she has to compare with Lu Xin in every small matter. I only hate Lu Xin for being reincarnated a little bit better than her, she is the daughter of the house, and the eldest son and the second son are the brothers of her mother.
The elder brother Lu Guang has already started a family and works in the Ministry of Rites, and the Lord Shangshu who governs the Ministry of Rites is Lu Shi's father-in-law. The wife of the elder brother is the eldest daughter of the imperial court, and the two gave birth to a son, who just turned six years old this year, named Lu Ziyang. Ziyang is the only eldest grandson in the house for the time being, and the favor he has received can be imagined. Because of this, he has become a domineering little bully in the house, although he is smart and clever, but the maids in the house are afraid that he will not be able to avoid him. But he was subdued by Lu Xin, and he liked to play with Lu Xin the most in the house.
The second brother Lu Yu likes to travel all over the world and travel around the world, and Lu Xin has never seen him come back in the house for half a year. It's just that there are occasional family letters passed on to his mother, so that he can feel at ease. I heard that the second son was personable, kind and humorous, and never shouted at his subordinates, and many people had received his favor in family difficulties. Because he didn't like to be an official in the court, and he didn't want to marry the daughter of an official eunuch, he couldn't be happy with each other. Last year, because he refused to arrange for him to marry the daughter of the doctor, the relationship between father and son has become even colder. Xiangye can only pin all his hopes and prosperity on the eldest prince and Lu Xin.
In this new family, Lu Xin's most indignant thing is his suave father. He has already married such a good lady, but he still has to take in so many concubines. What's even more hateful is that her mother doesn't seem to mind at all and doesn't care at all, and she mediates among the concubines with ease.
Daddy's group of concubines can be said to be more beautiful than the other, and one younger than the other. can't help but remind Lu Xin of a poem: Eighteen brides and eighty langs, pale hair and red makeup. The mandarin ducks are made into a double night, and a pear flower presses the begonia. Thinking about how to pursue the life you want in this feudal dynasty? And how to get rid of the responsibilities of the children of this prime minister's house. Looking at the fate of the eldest brother and sister, they have fulfilled their responsibilities as the children of the Prime Minister's Mansion and satisfied their father, but are they also satisfied?
Lu Xin secretly swore that in this life, she must not put her fate in the hands of others, let alone become a victim of the glory of her clan.