Yes, Regent. Mu Jinfan responded without hesitation. He and Mu Yan had been tied together as early as three years ago, sharing honor and disgrace.

Mu Jinfan retired after receiving the order, and then another order was sent from Wuying Hall to Dali Temple, ordering Dali Temple Qing to thoroughly investigate the cause of death of Princess Liang of Xiantai County.

After this incident spread in Beijing, it immediately stirred up a wave.

For a time, the focus of the entire capital fell on the Liang Mansion and the Taijun Palace, and all kinds of speculations spread in the court, in the prefectures, and in the streets and alleys.

Someone said conclusively that the king of Taijun drove his eldest son out of the palace, and set up the concubine as the son, and the death of the princess of Taijun was strange;

Some people speculate that Mu Yan wants to curry favor with Liang Sicheng with this, which is inevitably too obvious;

Some people feel that they are the truth, I heard that the relationship between Mu Jinfan and Mu Yan is also good, Mu Yan is likely to use the topic to play and want to pull down the king of Taijun and help Mu Jinfan up.

Although there was a lot of discussion in the court, no one dared to question Mu Yan's behavior for a while, after all, Liao Yushi was almost sent to the north The lesson is in front of him.

Anyway, the case was handed over to Dali Temple for investigation, instead of provoking Mu Yan, it is better to pay attention to the progress of Dali Temple.

More people are curious about Cen Yin's attitude towards this matter, since Mu Yan took office as the regent, the new official took office and made a lot of trouble, intending to control the government and provoke Cen Yin's authority, even if Cen Yin's temper can endure it for a while, sooner or later they will liquidate together, but they waited and waited, and waited, and Cen Yin still did not say anything.

They watched Mu Yan go from returning to Beijing to being regent, and then to now, in just over a month, he has gained a firm foothold in the court.

Whether Mu Yan was dictatorial or reckless, Cen Yin did not stop it.

Obviously, the alliance between these two people was closer than everyone expected, and the probability of Mu Yan ascending the throne increased from six or seven percent to ninety percent.

Some courtiers and nobles were even more envious of Duanmu Xian, thinking that the Duanmu family was really a blind cat who bumped into a dead mouse and climbed into a good family business, and the Duanmu family was going to have a queen nine times out of ten!

Immediately afterwards, another piece of news came, Li Tingyou was promoted to three levels in a row, transferred from the household department to the military department, and was appointed as the fifth rank of Langzhong, responsible for the reform of military salaries and the matter of eating empty salaries.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

Although it was clarified in the appointment that Li Tingyou's promotion was due to the good handling of the errand of the salt introduction system, in the eyes of many people, the matter of contacting Xu Mingzhen to transfer to Beijing was Mu Yan's nepotism.

In the next few days, rumors in Beijing about "one person attaining the Tao, the chicken and dog ascending to heaven" and "someone in the court is good to be an official" and other rumors spread more lively.

Many people have secretly made up their minds, nepotism is not necessarily a bad thing, they at least know how to please Mu Yan. Mu Yan is a lonely person, except for the eldest princess of Anping, there are no other relatives, but isn't there still Duanmu Mansion? As long as he marries Duanmu Mansion, it is equivalent to Mu Yan's in-laws.

As a result, some courtiers and nobles were a little moved, and there were also many old ministers in the Chongming Emperor period, who wanted to avoid settling accounts after Mu Yan ascended the throne by marrying the Duanmu family.

There are only a few sons and girls in the Duanmu family who are at the age of marriage, and the one that attracts the most attention is, of course, Duanmufei's sibling sister Duanmujun.

To a certain extent, this Duanmu girl is "famous" in various prefectures in Beijing.

Over the years since she and Lu, many families in the capital, whether nobles or important ministers, have expressed their willingness to marry Duanmuxian, but they have all been rejected by Duanmuxian without exception.

Seeing that Duanmu Jun is about to be nineteen, it is almost past the flowering season, but he has not decided on the marriage for a long time, and he doesn't know what he plans to do, many people secretly sigh in their hearts that this Duanmu girl's vision is too high, so most people turn to look at the rest of the Duanmu family.

Some people also think that Duanmujun may want to climb the high branches, so some clan members believe that their conditions are quite good, and they come to the door in person, either tentatively expressing to Duanmuxian their willingness to marry their sons and daughters, or simply come directly to propose, for several days, someone comes to the door every day, and almost the threshold of Duanmu's family is broken.

The same is true of this day.

"Big girl," a round-faced little maid curtsied at Duanmujun, "King Taijun brought Concubine Dong to ask to see the old lady. ”

After a pause, the little maid added: "The old lady is not here, so they said they want to meet the eldest girl." ”

Duanmujun knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and he also knew that Duanmuxian had not returned home for the past few days, half of the reason was to avoid these uninvited guests, and the other half of the reason Duanmujun had also heard Duanmuxian mention that the cabinet had been very busy recently and had to work overtime to propose specific terms of tax reduction and exemption.

"Nope. You just say that there are no elders in the family, and it is inconvenient to meet outsiders. Duanmujun was even more impatient to deal with these people, "Next time, there is no need for this kind of thing, let the porter go back directly." ”

Duanmujun waved his hand casually and sent the round-faced little maid away.

After the little maid stepped back, Duanmujun took a sip of warm tea, turned his head and complained to Duanmufei, who was embroidering "rewards" beside him: "Zhenzhen, these people are really idle and have nothing to do, whether I marry or not, what does it have to do with them!" ”

Duanmu Fei happened to embroider another "eye circle" of peacock tail feathers, put down his cloak, raised his head and said, "That's it!" ”

"It's really idle to eat!" Duanmu Fei nodded approvingly, "I won't be a female celebrity at home when I have time." "Look at her, how well-behaved, I've been a female celebrity at home for two days.

The corners of the green pothos on the side twitched, suspecting that the four girls probably didn't hear that the visitors were not only the female dependents, but also the king of Taijun.

Duanmujun was amused by Duanmufei's words, and crisp laughter filled the room.

The sisters burst into laughter.

After a while, the round-faced little maid came back again, and said with a strange expression: "Big girl, when the slave maid went to the gatehouse, the third lady had already led Concubine Dong into the mansion. ”

"......" Duanmu Fei blinked and looked at Duanmuxuan.

Since the first month of He's retirement, Tang took his daughter Duanmu Yuan to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, the beautiful name is to the third master Duanmu period to serve the sick, a few months did not return to the house, leaving only two sons in the house should be in class.

Duanmu Xian also seemed to have forgotten these three people, and he didn't ask a word.

After a little thought, Duanmu Jun understood, and asked, "Is the third sister also back?" ”

"The third girl came back with the third lady," the round-faced little maid nodded in response, adding, "The third master is still 'recuperating' in the Zhuangzi." ”

Wisteria and pothos on the side glanced at each other, and when Duanmu Jun mentioned the three girls, they also understood something.

Wisteria said in a speculative tone: "Big girl, did the third lady rush back after seeing many powerful people proposing to the Duanmu family?" ”

Duanmujun bent the corners of his lips, seemed to smile instead of smiling, and waved his hand to send away the round-faced little girl.

She, the third aunt, is such a good person at camping, so it's no wonder that she hurried back with her daughter.

Duanmujun waved his hand and said, "Don't care, anyway, it's the people in the third room, whether they come back or leave, it doesn't matter to us." ”

Wisteria and Luluo looked at each other again, and Wisteria said with some concern: "Big girl, the third lady brought in the King of Taijun, will she make an assertion behind the old lady's back?" ”

What if the Tang clan promised the king of Taijun......

Wisteria frowned worriedly.

"It's okay." Duanmujun said lightly, "The person was brought in by the third aunt, and if something happens, the third aunt will bear it, and it has nothing to do with our niece in the next room." ”

Duanmu Fei has always looked at his sister as a horse, and nodded obediently on the side.

yes, yes.

She was too busy embroidering a cloak every day, for fear that one day Mu Yan would quietly come to her to ask about the reward, how could she have the idle affairs of the three rooms.

She worked hard for two days, and finally only one-fifth of this cloak was left, and today was the second day of June, and it would definitely be completed by the end of the month!

Duanmu Fei picked up the peacock cloak again, looked at it with satisfaction, and felt that hope was in front of him.

Duanmujun was afraid that his sister would hurt his eyes, so he said, "Zhenzhen, don't embroider, rest for a while, and don't be in a hurry for a while." She beckoned to her sister, "You come and help me see how my pot of Junzi Orchid is doing?" ”

Duanmu obediently put down his cloak and walked to the pot of Junzi Orchid on the desk in front of the window, the long leaves of Junzi Orchid were lush and green, and the purple-red flowers were blooming brightly.

The fragrance of flowers and plants always makes people feel happy, just looking at it makes me feel refreshed.

Duanmu Fei took a closer look, only to find that there was a leaf on this pot of Junzi Orchid that was slightly yellow, so he pointed to the leaf and said, "Sister, this leaf is yellow, you have to prune it." ”

Duanmujun leaned over to take a look, frowned slightly, and ordered, "Wisteria, go get some scissors." ”

"And the fire fold." Duanmu Fei added.

Wisteria brought the scissors and fire folds after a while, and there was also a message: "Big girl, the third lady asked to see her, saying that she had brought some fresh vegetables and fruits from Zhuangzi to the two girls to try." ”

"Nope."

Duanmu Jun said as he took the scissors handed by Wisteria, and with a "click", he cut the entire leaf and made a big move.

Pruning the orchid can not only prune the dry part of the leaves, but also prune the entire leaf of the yellow leaves.

Duanmu Fei lit the fire and burned the broken leaves to avoid infection.

Wisteria has served Duanmu Jun for many years, and of course understands that the master's "not seeing" means that he doesn't even accept Tang's things.

After she received the order, she lifted the curtain and went out of the east room, all the way out of the house.

Tang and the things she had brought were stopped outside the house.

"Third lady," Wisteria blessed without being humble or arrogant, "the eldest girl, please go back." ”

"......" Tang seemed to have been slapped in the face, looking extremely embarrassed, but he didn't expect Duanmujun to be so arrogant that he didn't even want to find an excuse like "taking a nap and not getting up", so he sent himself away.

Tang Shi clenched the handkerchief in his hand, and his face was pale.

She took her daughter to avoid the limelight in Zhuangzi, and she has been avoiding it for more than four months, and she saw that her father-in-law should also lose his anger, but he has not found a step to return to Beijing logically.

The day before yesterday, she took her daughter to the Dahua Temple near Zhuangzi to incense, and met Mrs. Chang'anbo.

Tang's heart was moved, thinking that the children of their third room had not yet decided on their family affairs, especially their daughter Duanmu Yuan was already sixteen years old, and her marriage could not be delayed any longer.

Tang and Duanmu discussed it carefully, and felt that if they could have a powerful in-law in the third room, then Duanmu would naturally not have to hide in Zhuangzi anymore.

Tang thought about it for a day, gritted his teeth and came back with his daughter.

The luck of their mother and daughter is also good, as soon as they came back, they saw the king of Taijun coming to the door in person, the king of Taijun is a clan, and it is the blood of the Mu family.

When Tang heard that Duanmuxian was not in the mansion, he personally entertained Concubine Dong in the Zhaohui Hall and talked about it.

Concubine Dong said that the king of Taijun wanted to hire Duanmu Jun to the prince Mu Jinwei as a continuation.

Because the king of Taijun did not take a fancy to his own daughter, the Tang family was a little disappointed, and his attitude became cold, but Concubine Dong later said that there was a young son in the county king's mansion, and he was not engaged.

Although the other party didn't say it explicitly, Tang chewed it carefully and felt that what he meant was that as long as the marriage of the prince was completed, let the younger son marry his daughter.

Tang's heart was moved.

It's a great family affair.

She also knew that because the Duanmu Fei in the long house had climbed the high branch of Mu Yan, these people would come to the Duanmu family to propose marriage, so the mansions wanted to marry Duanmu Jun more, but the Tang family felt that this was not bad, and both rooms could be profitable.

The two sisters in the long room have no brothers, but they have two sons, and they can support Duanmu in their mother's house in the future, and they are good to each other.

However, the two sisters of Changfang are too faceless.

"Mother," Duanmu Yuan was also angry, and stomped his feet, "Let's go!" "Why are they putting hot faces on the cold butts of those sisters?

The mother and daughter left in a rage.

As Tang walked, he still muttered softly in his mouth: "Mother has to talk to your grandfather, this sister, she is all old, it would be good if someone wanted it, and she was still such a good person......"

Tang muttered and walked away.

She kept saying that she wanted to go to Duanmuxian, but she didn't dare, so she simply ran to find her eldest son Duanmuxuan, and learned that Duanmuxian had been so busy that she hadn't returned to the house in the past few days, so she breathed a sigh of relief and took her daughter to live in the house with peace of mind.

The more Tang thought about this family affair of the Taijun Palace, the more excited he became, and he deliberately inquired about it with someone he knew early the next morning, knowing that although the youngest son of the Taijun King was a concubine, he and the son Mu Jinwei were the same brothers, both of whom were born of Concubine Dong, and the brothers had always been harmonious, and they also heard that this Concubine Dong was about to be corrected.

If Concubine Dong becomes the princess of Taijun, then the youngest son of the king of Taijun will be the son-in-law.

Although he can't inherit the palace in the future, he is also a proper general of the town! If in the future, Mu Yan sees that the Duanmu family is the face of the descendants, maybe he can also raise the county king, then he is the mother-in-law of the county prince.

Not only was Tang's heart moved, but Duanmu Yuan was also moved, euphemistically expressing his family affairs but Tang was in charge.

Thinking that the matter of the He family last time was out of control, the Tang family learned to be a little more obedient this time, although he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to make more trouble.

Although the Tang family didn't dare to make trouble, they didn't run outside the mansion, and often "encountered" Duanmu Jun in the mansion, praising the prince of Natai County to the sky:

"Sister Jun, the prince of Natai County is really good, the third aunt has gone to see it for you, and I have also inquired, it is a dignified appearance, both civil and military."

"Although he had a yuan match, but the yuan match did not leave a child, when you marry in the past, you will be the princess, and in the future, you will give birth to Lin'er, and your child will be a grandchild."

"Sister Jun, you are not young anymore, you are about to be nineteen, the girl's family can't afford to delay, it takes time to handle the three books and six ceremonies, drag it around, you will be twenty."

“……”

Duanmujun didn't bother to pay attention to the Tang clan at all, anyway, when his grandfather came back, his grandfather would be in charge.

However, Tang didn't know how to give up, no, Duan Mujun "encountered" Tang again in the garden pavilion early in the morning.

Tang sat down in the pavilion uninvited, and the cliché that tossed over and over again:

"Sister Jun, you can't always plan for your sister, you should also think about yourself, if you miss this, there will be no better one. After a while, the princess of Taijun will bring the prince to visit, why don't you meet someone first? ”

"Sister Jun, we are all a family, and the third aunt will not harm you. If you don't want to get married, can your aunt still use a knife to force you to get on the sedan chair? ”

She looked bitter, but she thought disdainfully in her heart: Duanmujun, this girl really doesn't know what to say, she is so old, she is still picky, and she is not afraid that she will not be able to marry.

After taking two sips of tea, Duanmu Jun put down the teacup in his hand and smiled slightly.

Seeing her kind face, Tang was overjoyed, and thought that he had finally moved this stubborn donkey, who would think-

"Wisteria, you go to the gatehouse to spread the word, there is no hospitality in the house today."

Duanmu Yunyun commanded lightly.

"......" The flame in Tang's intuitive heart seemed to be poured with a bucket of hot oil, and it turned into a raging fire, burning all the way to the pupils.

The atmosphere in the pavilion froze, and the maid behind Tang lowered her eyes and held her breath.

Tang's chest rose and fell, and she was about to explode, but thinking of He's fate and what she did in that incident, she couldn't help it again, and she was afraid that Duanmu Jun would run to complain to Duanmu Xian again.

Tang Shi took two deep breaths, suppressed his anger, and patiently reasoned with Duanmujun: "Sister Jun, even if you really don't look down on the Taijun Palace, you shouldn't be so rude." ”

"That's the concubine and the prince of Taijun, you turned them away without regard for it, isn't this causing trouble for the Duanmu family?"

"Your grandfather believes in you, so he handed over the Fuzhong Gift to you, you should always think about your grandfather when you speak and act!"

Tang put on the appearance of an elder and persuaded in a good voice.

Duanmujun glanced directly at Wisteria, and Wisteria immediately bent his knees and hurried away.

Duanmujun looked at the Tang family at this time, and said lightly: "Third aunt, since you are back, stay well, otherwise, go back to Zhuangzi," After a pause, her speech slowed down even more slowly, "Or, if you want to go back to the Tang family." ”

The threat is palpable.

"Big ......" Tang instinctively wanted to reprimand Duanmu for being bold, but his mouth opened, uttered a syllable, and closed it again.

Duanmujun really dares to do it!

Duanmujun even sent the He family back if he wanted to, and he would definitely not show mercy to his aunt in the next room.

Tang's face was as ugly as it was, as if he had been splashed with ink, his hands were twisted hatefully under the stone table, and he secretly said unwillingly: Is this marriage of my daughter going to be ruined because of Duanmujun?

Tang raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the gate of Duanmu Mansion, his eyes were darker and more distraught. Calculate the time, Concubine Dong and the prince of Taijun should also arrive.

As Tang expected, the carriage of the Taijun Royal Mansion had already arrived outside the mansion and was stopped by the porter.

"The Duanmu family is not a guest today." The porter politely said to the housekeeper of the Taijun Palace.

The housekeeper frowned, and said patiently: "It was the third lady of your mansion who invited our side concubine to come to the mansion with the prince." ”

"If you don't see the guest, you don't see the guest." The porter turned his face like a book, and suddenly became cold.

The gorgeous black-lacquered flat-topped carriage was parked a zhang away, and the curtain on one side of the carriage was half opened by a plain hand dyed with red kodan, and the voice of the porter came clearly into the carriage, and Dong also heard it clearly.

Dong's red and full lips were pursed into a straight line, and the face on his beautiful face was not very good-looking.

Next to the carriage was a young man riding a black horse and wearing a blue moire brocade robe, the young man yawned lazily, and said cowardly: "Mother, can my son go now?" I made an appointment with a friend to run a horse, but you insisted that I come on a blind date, look, isn't this a self-inflicted humiliation? ”

Isn't it easy for him to marry a stepfamily? Why do you have to marry a girl from the Duanmu family!

Dong's face distorted slightly, he took a deep breath before calming down a little, and said, "Your eldest brother has returned from the northern border, and he now has the regent to support him, and your father has just been reprimanded by the regent...... If you continue like this, your son will not be saved. ”

Dong's eyes flashed, and he was distraught: Mu Yan ordered Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate Liang's death, intent on embarrassing the royal palace...... Now the king of Taijun is looking for beauties everywhere and wants to please Mu Yan, if Mu Yan is willing to stand out for Mu Jinfan, will he be easily bought by a few beauties?

Mu Jinwei yawned again and pursed his lips, looking impatient.

In the past few days, the mother concubine has said this over and over again, she is not annoyed, and he is also annoyed to listen to it.

Dong didn't pay attention to his son's expression, and was still babbling: "Jinwei, the mother's hard work is not for you!" If you can marry the eldest girl of the Duanmu family, at least you won't be demoted after you become a knight in the future. ”

"The regent is your brother-in-law, and it will definitely be beneficial to your future......

“……”

Dong chattered endlessly, Mu Jinwei almost went in and out of his left ear, and said in his heart: Since Mu Jinfan returned to Beijing, her mother has said these words many times. Cut and dried.

"Mother, my son understands." Mu Jinwei said casually, "But people won't let us in today, isn't there no way?" I have something to do today, let's go back to the palace and talk about it. ”

As soon as the words fell, he pulled off the leash, turned the direction of the horse, and rode away.

"...... Jin" Dong originally wanted her son to go back to the house with her, but before she could speak, Mu Jinwei had already ridden away on horseback, making Dong's chest rise and fall violently.

The old lady on the side hurriedly calmed down for the Dong family, "Side concubine, the prince is still young......"

"Small? He's going to win the crown! Dong lowered the curtains of the carriage one after another, and commanded in a cold voice, "Go home!" ”

The Dong family has been living smoothly in the past few years, and has never been rejected as much as today, and he is really unhappy in his heart, and as soon as he returned to the county palace, he sent the housekeeper to question the Tang family.

Tang felt that he was simply not a human being inside and out, and he was also annoyed, but for the sake of his daughter's family affairs, he could only endure it silently, and asked the housekeeper to say some good things for her in front of Dong's for her.

Tang was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night, and went out early the next morning and went to Huangjue Temple to offer incense.

The incense of Huangjue Temple has always been prosperous, and on weekdays, the favorite temple for the ladies of various provinces in Beijing is Huangjue Temple.

After the Tang family put incense on the Daxiong Treasure Hall, he went to the back temple for a walk, walked a small half circle, and suddenly his eyes fell on an octagonal pavilion in front of him, and his eyes lit up.

Tang stroked his sleeves, stepped forward quickly, walked outside the pavilion, and blessed the two women in the pavilion: "Mrs. Wu, Second Mrs. Liu." ”

The two richly dressed women also recognized the Tang family, and greeted her with a smile: "Third Lady Duanmu." They warmly beckoned Don to sit down as well.

A maid also served tea to Tang's, and Tang took a sip of tea and chatted with them with a smile: "Second Mrs. Liu, I see that you are full of spring breeze, but there have been happy events recently?" ”

Mrs. Wu, who was wearing a rust-colored gown, said with a smile: "Second Mrs. Liu's eldest daughter-in-law just gave birth to her eldest grandson, so naturally she is full of spring breeze. ”

When Mrs. Liu thought of her eldest grandson, her eyes narrowed with a smile and she said "TOEFL".

Tang Shi made a look of surprise and congratulated with a smile: "That's really congratulations to Second Lady Liu!" As she spoke, she sighed faintly, "I don't know when I will be blessed to hold my grandson." ”

"Ling Lang is still young, sooner or later." Second Mrs. Liu comforted Tang's words, and said, her face showed a little envy, "Speaking of which, you are still blessed, and the marriage of your children in the future will not be worried." ”

Mrs. Wu also nodded and agreed: "Yes, Third Lady Duanmu, the threshold of your mansion is about to be broken." ”

The Duanmu family was originally the first auxiliary mansion, and it looks like there is going to be another queen again, and it will be a rising tide in the future.

Tang was quite useful for the envious gaze of others, and felt that the depression in his heart had dissipated a lot in the past two days.

"Where, where." Tang smiled politely, "However, the marriage of the eldest girl in the long room has finally come to an end." My eldest niece, who has delayed her marriage for her sister all these years, has finally decided on someone's family. ”

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