In spring and summer, peach and willow green, change into new clothes, and even people are relaxed.

Early in the morning, Honeysuckle combed Tan Yin's hair and picked out a jade hairpin with a whole green body for her to wear. Seeing that her face is like a peach blossom, very delicate, like a soft peach, I can't wait to take a bite.

"Girl, your complexion is getting better and better this month, just like in Jiangnan, this green hairpin is the best for you."

Tan Yin looked in the mirror, with cloud sideburns and green decorations, willow eyebrows and pink cheeks, and clear apricot eyes, and smiled at the honeysuckle in the mirror.

After dressing up, Tan Yin got up, Honeysuckle looked at her carefully, and said with satisfaction: "Well, it's very good-looking, this hairpin and this pair of jade bracelets also match, Hou Ye's eyes are really good." ”

This hairpin and bracelet is a set, emerald and exquisite, from the southern country of Piao, it is a gift from Yang Che, and Tan Yin also likes it very much.

"Yo, now that he's good, a set of jewelry will buy you!"

Honeysuckle saw Tan Yin teasing her, gave her a blank look, and defended: "Am I such an easy person to be bought?" I thought he didn't like you before, but there were so many warblers and warblers outside, of course I was angry. Later, he rejected the Li family's desire to look, it was really cool, and I naturally said that he was good. ”

A few months ago, since hearing the words of the Li family sisters in the Li Mansion that day, Honeysuckle's nerves were like clockwork, and he was highly nervous, not letting go of the slightest news.

Yue Niang saw that Tan Yin was a little depressed, and Honeysuckle often carried a gun and a stick when she spoke, but she didn't know what this matter was, and she didn't dare to report Yang Che directly, so she could only ask Yang Wu for news from the side.

Yang Wu once came back to get something, and talked to them about the Li family.

The head of the Li family took advantage of the opportunity to sacrifice the army, and experienced Chen's loyalty to Dazhao, hinting at the strength of the Li family in Hexi, and tactfully testing Yang Che.

The meaning of the words is that he has a lot of opportunities and a big family, and it is difficult for a village girl from the south to take on the responsibilities of the mother of the Hou Mansion.

Yang Che heard him say a lot of things, and said with a smile: "My wife is very good, and the teacher will not dare to disobey it." ”

"At that time, the face of the head of the Li family was white and black, like opening a dyeing shop, not to mention how exciting." Yang Wujing delicately described the scene at that time, and Honeysuckle was happy when he heard this, and the stone in his heart for many days finally landed.

Yang Che hadn't told Tan Yin about this, and she pretended not to know.

"By the way, girl, I passed by the front yard just now, and Chen Weixin's son came to the house, and I don't know what's going on."

"Oh, he and Lian Sang always have something to discuss! What's wrong? ”

"I think Chen Gongzi is bitter and hateful all day long, he doesn't have a good face, others are smiling when they see me, just when he sees me, it's like he doesn't see me, these eyes can grow to the sky. But don't worry, I'm still very polite. Honeysuckle said.

"He is the young master of the Chen family, the leader of the Dunhuang Righteous Army, and the younger brother of the Hou Ye, so he is always more arrogant." Tan Yin could only play a round game.

Honeysuckle pursed her lips disapprovingly and went out to get busy.

Tan Yin thought that Yue Niang had something to discuss with her before, so she went to Yue Niang's room.

......

Yue Niang lives in the east side of the front yard and shares a small courtyard with Lian Sang.

The courtyard was quiet, Tan Yin walked to Yue Niang's room, heard Yue Niang and Lian Sang talking from a distance, and approached the door. was about to knock on the door, but heard Chen Weixin's voice coming out, how could he be in Yue Niang's room?

"Yue Niang, you have to think about your senior brother, you can't let Mrs. ruin him." Chen Weixin's voice revealed a trace of anxiety and dissatisfaction.

Tan Yin's steps stopped, what did she do wrong? It would ruin Yang Che.

"Childe, what's wrong? Don't worry, speak slowly. "Lian Sang persuaded the young master.

"Master Hou actually rejected the Chen family's proposal, the Chen family is willing to let Chen Xiangrong be his wife, what is the lady not satisfied with, does she still want to dominate her senior brother for a lifetime?"

"Gongzi Chen, this is a matter decided by the Hou Ye, and it has nothing to do with Madame, as far as I know, Madame didn't know about it in advance." Yue Niang explained.

"How could I not know, Lian Sang once told me that she had met Chen Xiangrong several times, and women were the most sensitive to this matter, so she really didn't know anything about the Chen family's thoughts." Chen Weixin said disdainfully.

"Lian Sang, how can you casually talk about Madame's affairs." Yue Niang scolded Lian Sang.

"Yue Niang, don't blame Lian Sang, I forced her."

"Chen Gongzi, whether Madame knew in advance or not, but as far as I know, she has never revealed a word to Hou Ye, let alone interfered with Hou Ye's decision, it is not good for you to chase after the wind and speculate like this."

Yue Niang's face was very uncertain, and her tone was a little low, quite unhappy.

"I'm chasing after the wind and speculating? I've known my brother for ten years, don't you understand him? The general taught him for two years, and then asked the master to teach him the eight formations of Qimen and the formation of troops. Meritorious service, shame before the snow, avenging his mother is what he wants all his life. Now that he has taken revenge, he has also made immortal feats, and he is only one step away from going down in history. ”

"Childe, what does this have to do with Madame, Madame didn't stop Master Hou from making contributions." Lian Sang has been with Tan Yin for a long time and has always liked her very much.

"Isn't she just holding back now? My senior brother is a genius and has a peerless appearance, and many famous women from various families admire him, who in Hexi doesn't say how the senior brother would marry such a mediocre person. She was born in the countryside, and being able to become the wife of the Hou Mansion has been a blessing for eight lifetimes, and she even wants to monopolize it alone. Chen Weixin was extremely dissatisfied with Yang Che marrying Tan Yin.

Seeing that Chen Weixin was very disdainful and disrespectful to Tan Yin, Yue Niang was a little unhappy, "I said it, Madam didn't stop her." ”

"She didn't say anything to let her senior brother marry Li Xiangrong, she was just blocking it. Outsiders say that this marriage is mastered by Master Fang, but in fact, we all know that it is because she saved her senior brother, and she is blackmailing her kindness. ”

Lian Sang immediately denied: "Impossible, I think Master Hou and his wife are very affectionate and love her very much." ”

"Love her so much? The senior brother used to travel extensively, and there was no white contact, and the people who had a lot of relationship with him were all famous and beautiful women. Could it be that he suddenly began to like a little jasper like his wife? Lian Sang was stopped by this sentence, and said in a whisper: "Maybe Hou Ye has suddenly changed." ”

Chen Weixin said sarcastically: "You women don't understand men, how can men's preferences change so easily, they used to like big beauties, and suddenly they became a mediocre person?" ”

"Also, the senior brother has tried his best to fight for the things he cares about. When he first went to Yunhu, he was a little worse than us, and the master asked us all to call him senior brother, so we were not convinced. ”

"He is extremely beautiful, and there were rumors with the East Palace before, many fellow disciples and brothers were extremely disdainful of him, and secretly gave him a lot of stumps, but he was neither humble nor arrogant, he felt sorry for himself, and he didn't tell the master, and he carried it alone."

"He practiced during the day and at night, regardless of the ridicule and ridicule of others, and was not ashamed to ask, but he had already surpassed us in a year, and only then did we call him senior brother convincingly, and listen to him convincingly."

"Before he joined the army with his master, he had been mixing with those veterans, understanding how to dig trenches, how to build fortifications, and how to fight in teams."

"Those veterans are extremely vulgar, but the senior brother does not dislike them, drinking coarse wine with them, talking coarse words together, eating and sleeping together, so as to gain their trust, learn real skills, and know the real situation."

"He was stoic and stoic, and once in order to raid the enemy, he stayed in the snow for thirteen days, and even his uncle was worried that he would not be able to come back, but he finally won a big victory with less and more, and also won the trust and support of a group of soldiers."

Later, he was able to take over the mess left by the Li family so smoothly, and he won Yingzhou step by step. He never waits passively for what he wants, and always tries his best to get it. ”

And he waited until Li Zheng and his wife completely broke up before asking for marriage, isn't it just that she is pitiful and no one wants her? It was out of gratitude that this marriage was born. If he really loved her, would he have to wait so long? Li Zheng had already been kicked to a corner. ”

Yue Niang and Lian Sang didn't talk much when they heard him say this, and after a while, Lian Sang asked: "If Master Hou doesn't love Madame, then why is he so good to her." ”

"He is just repaying the grace of saving lives, and some patients will become attached to the doctor, and even think it is love. Besides, of course he respects his original wife, will be good to her, and give her decency, but this is not love. ”

Yue Niang said unwillingly: "According to what you say, Madame has no merits?" I think she's very smart. ”

"She is not useless, the senior brother also needs to start a family as soon as possible at this age, he lost his husband at a young age, and lost his mother when he was young, while his wife has a happy family, and the senior brother needs family warmth. In addition, when he reaches this age, he also wants to have a child as soon as possible, but he has been married for more than a year, and his wife has not moved until now. ”

"Childe, then if Master Hou really doesn't love Madame, then why did he reject Li Xiangrong?" Lian Sang thought for a while and asked.

With a heavy "sigh", Chen Weixin was very angry, "That's why I'm dissatisfied with her." She knew that her senior brother was a Confucian general, and she had been taught by Master Fang for many years, and this family business was also guaranteed by Master Fang. ”

"If you don't have the consent of the original wife, how can you agree to marry again, the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated, she is holding the weakness of her senior brother."

Yue Niang and Lian Sang stopped talking at all now, Chen Weixin looked at the two of them and knew that they were a little moved.

"Yue Niang, you are the Hou Ye to assist the lady housekeeper, I know that you are loyal and serve the lady wholeheartedly, but you are the Hou Mansion housekeeper after all, the Hou Ye is the person you should be truly loyal to, everything must be considered for him. Take 10,000 steps back, even if it is for the sake of Mrs., today she does not agree with Li Xiangrong to enter the door, can she always stop it. ”

"Senior brother can let her be a year or two, will it be three or five years? At that time, if the husband and wife do not get along, they will not be able to come back. Seeing that Yue Niang still bowed her head and was silent, Chen Weixin continued to be kind and persuasive.

Lian Sang saw that Yue Niang didn't answer, and hurriedly said: "But I see that Mrs. is asking for a couple for a lifetime!" I don't even want to have a concubine, so I don't need to say that I am married. ”

"How can a person like Senior Brother be the only one in this life, she is wishful thinking and unrealistic. Yue Niang, you have been with the previous master girl for many years, but you have ever seen that there is only one wife in the family of high-ranking officials and nobles. Do you want her to keep doing it in this beautiful dream, I am afraid that the later she wakes up, the more painful it will be, and the long pain is better than the short pain. ”

Yue Niang raised her head and sighed, "The concubine room is just that, but the concubine is ......."

"It is naturally not common to have a concubine, but it is not uncommon in Shangjing, and it is even more common in Hexi. Madame's body has not moved so far, and it doesn't look like a good child, if she has a son and a half daughter in the future, she can have a few more brothers and sisters to help her, isn't it also her blessing? ”

"Chen Gongzi, I know that you are dedicated to taking pictures of the Hou Ye, but you don't understand the suffering of women, if you are married to the young lady of the Li family, have you ever thought about what the situation of Mrs. will be." Yue Niang sighed.

"Yue Niang, Mrs. is the wife of her senior brother, and she has a life-saving grace for him, no matter what the circumstances, he will not treat her badly. This matter also has three benefits for Madame. ”

"First, if the senior brother always wants to marry again in the future, it is better now, Li Xiangrong was born in a family, acts generously and uprightly, not the kind of chicken belly who is confined to the inner house, it is very easy to get along, the two of them jointly assist the senior brother, the queen and the daughter, and they are both glorious, isn't it beautiful."

"Second, it contributes to the good reputation of the lady's virtuousness. Outsiders thought that their marriage was the order of their father, and lamented that these two elders were not authentic. ”

"A disciple who does not cherish himself will give him a wife casually; The other was so high that he didn't know what means to use. said that Mrs. De is not worthy, the hen occupies the phoenix's nest, if she can agree to this marriage, her virtuous and virtuous lady will definitely be famous. ”

"Third, and the most critical, it is very important for Hou Ye to recover Hexi. The Li family has been deeply cultivated in Hexi for hundreds of years, intertwined, protégés are all over Hexi, the power of light and darkness is unknown, and the countries of the Western Regions also travel extensively, if they can get the help of the Li family, they will be able to recover Hexi in one fell swoop, make friends with the Western Regions, and the senior brother can also achieve immortal military exploits and shine in the annals of history. ”

The more Chen Weixin spoke, the more excited he became, and it seemed that he would soon see Yang Che riding a horse and sweeping across Hexi with thousands of troops, and the Dunhuang in his dream was also reborn with glory.

Lian Sang saw the excited expression of his young master, and remembered that so many people had been born and died for many years to take revenge and recover Dunhuang, and looked at Yue Niang with tears in his eyes.

"Chen Gongzi, I already know your intentions, as the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, I should naturally be loyal to Mrs. Hou. It's just that if the Hou Ye didn't tell me in person, it would be difficult for me to open this mouth to persuade Madame. Yue Niang politely refused.

Chen Weixin was very disappointed when he saw Yue Niang like this, and turned around and left after saying goodbye.

Tan Yin couldn't hide, and Chen Weixin, who had just opened the door, looked at each other, and both sides were very embarrassed.

Chen Weixin made a gesture, and then hurriedly said goodbye, but Yue Niang and Lian Sang, who followed behind, were red-faced.