After lunch, Jiang personally took the ladies of the Mansion to send away the mother and son of the Duke of Wei, and then they went back to the courtyard to disperse.

Since the death of the old Rongguo Gong, the Jiang family moved to the main hall in the south of the Rongguo Mansion, and there are three golden characters hanging on the plaque in front of the hall - Shou'an Hall. The implication is self-evident, and it is the beauty of longevity and health.

Bai Muguan was left behind to accompany the Jiang family back to the Shou'an Hall, and the grandparents and grandchildren had nothing to say along the way, until they entered the courtyard, and the Jiang family instructed the grandmother around him to retreat and close the door, leaving only their grandparents and grandchildren alone.

The old lady Jiang is sitting on the fox fur soft couch, today is the first day of the new year, she is wearing a dark red background Shu brocade embroidered crane brocade robe, covered with sable fur, and wearing a navy blue Liuxian pleated skirt. The dignified face is not as kind as before, but now the smile is gradually gone, and the shrewd eyes are bright.

Suddenly, Jiang Shi lowered his voice and ordered without warning: "Mu Guan, you kneel." ”

This undoubtedly delayed tone did not involve the slightest emotion of the ancestors and grandchildren, Bai Muguan hurriedly lifted his skirt and knelt on his knees.

Anger froze in the air for a moment, and Jiang asked her angrily, "Do you know what's wrong?" ”

Bai Muguan also did not have a smile on his face, he was silent for a long time, and spit out five words softly: "My granddaughter knows her mistakes." ”

Before she finished speaking, Jiang Shi said sharply: "Shiying is your cousin, she treats you both humbly and considerately, you were naughty and troublesome when you were young, and she always covered up for you and was punished." Now that she has married into the East Palace and become the princess of a country, this is her creation, why do you want to take away her husband? ”

Bai Muguan's eyes were hot and red when he heard this, and he tried his best to endure it so that his tears would not burst. She knew that she couldn't stand Ye Shiying, but she definitely didn't want to snatch Ye Shiying's husband! It is not because Yu Wenye is the crown prince of the dynasty that she admires Yu Wenye. Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, including their grandmother, she Bai Muguan was greedy for glory and wealth, so she took the opportunity to deliberately win the favor of the prince. Even if she explained to the world publicly, their love affair had nothing to do with Fengyue, and no one would believe it.

In this case, the girl raised her arrogant head and responded word by word: "Grandmother Mingjian, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the proud son of Tianhuang, and no one can resist the rejection of his favor. His Royal Highness's admiration for me is a blessing that I have cultivated in several lifetimes, how dare I live up to his deep affection? ”

"You mean that the prince took the initiative to favor you, and you dare not refuse? Yes, you've learned to play officialdom now. Jiang squinted at the bright girl kneeling in front of him, smiled faintly and then said, "Mu Guan, I know your small temperament." If you don't want to do something in your heart, even the king of heaven will force you to do it. ”

"What my grandmother said is true," Bai Muguan sniffed and forcibly held back his sourness, and said bluntly, "I have lived in the East Palace for more than half a year, and I have seen His Highness and my cousin look like each other, they have never been interested in each other, but they are just barely maintaining the relationship between husband and wife. Grandmother, my cousin and I were both at your knees when we were young, and I don't ask you to take sides, I just hope that you will not interfere with me and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. When His Majesty gives him a marriage, I will inevitably ask my cousin for the guilt, and today I only beg my grandmother to fulfill it first! ”

Jiang Shi came back to his senses and sighed, looking at Bai Muguan's unwavering expression and the tears that he tried his best to hold, he knew that it was difficult to shake easily.

"I thought that your aunt wronged you, and scolded her for making a fuss, I thought that the rumors outside were unbelievable, but I didn't expect you to really have a secret relationship with the crown prince." Jiang Shi frowned, and suddenly sighed with emotion, "The stubbornness in your bones is really similar to your mother!" I think that your mother had just arrived at the door, and the people who came to the door to propose relatives came one after another, but your mother refused them one by one. Your grandfather and I love her young daughter the most, and we have never forced her to cling to the phoenix and dragon grandson, and originally only hoped to choose a family with the right family for equal friendship. Later, when she entered the palace for a banquet, she met Bai Zhanyi, an unknown guard of the Imperial Forest Army, who was not married, even though I didn't want her to marry the Bai family, I finally had to nod and agree. When they got married the next year, your father was just a small general with no background. If it weren't for the urgency of the border war, the shortage of commanders in the DPRK and China, and the thirst for talent, there would be no today's General Bai at all. ”

Jiang looked down on Bai Zhanyi back then, thinking that he was not worthy of being the uncle of Rongguo Mansion, and she could understand. So Bai Muguan smiled calmly and said: "My father loves my mother in this life, and I would rather be sorry for my ancestors and ancestors, and I will never inherit the incense of the Bai family, and he will never take a concubine." Even if his father is not a great general or a brave marquis, his mother chooses to marry him, and he will not regret it in this life. ”

"What about you? What you do today is very different from what your mother did back then! Jiang asked in a deep voice, "The person you are happy with today is not the children of the eunuchs, let alone the common people, but the king of a country who will sit on the throne in the future." Do you know the truth that a companion is like a tiger? ”

The girl in the scarlet dress on the ground did not say anything to argue, but just knelt quietly and did not say a word.

Jiang sighed a few times, picked up the envelope placed on the small sandalwood coffee table in his hand and handed it to Bai Muguan, and said in a slightly slower tone: "This is a letter written by your mother from thousands of miles away, which talks about your family affairs. Your father is interested in Ling Fengchen, the second lang of the Ling family, and he can be regarded as repaying the favor, and he is grateful to General Ling for his appreciation and kindness. ”

Ling Fengchen?

Oh, another one.

Bai Muguan's heartstrings trembled, and she didn't show cowardice and shyness on her face, on the contrary, her apricot eyes glared slightly and said coquettishly: "Although the second brother of the Ling family and I met as children, we haven't met for many years, how to get married, is it a blind marriage and a dumb marriage?" My father's plan was foolish and hasty. ”

Although she played and frolicked with Ling Fengchen when she was young, and the two ladies also had a good relationship, she and Ling Fengchen had not met for half a year after returning to Beijing. Bai Muguan didn't know what the other party looked like, let alone the other party's character and temperament, he only heard that he was the commander of the patrol battalion that he trusted today.

Jiang Shi was amused by her, stretched his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to pull up the girl, and scolded with a smile: "You girl has no conscience, your father was born as a military general, and he loves you and loves you, so I asked me to help you ask your mind." You don't like Ling Fengchen, you don't want to marry, and you don't want to see you marry into the Wuhou family. is not worried about His Majesty's suspicions, or worried about whether her husband can come back safe and sound from the expedition. ”

Hearing this, Bai Muguan also held Jiang's hand and smiled at Jiang's again. She knew that her grandmother was the daughter of a nobleman in the capital, and later married her grandfather, although she had experienced the ups and downs of the imperial court, she was pampered and pampered for a lifetime. Jiang's Xiangzhong Wei Guogong Mansion is such a noble family in the world, so he naturally hopes that she will have a safe life and stay away from the chaos of the temple.

As for the reason why Bai Zhanyi, who loves her the most, takes a fancy to the Ling family, it is actually not surprising. The Ling family is illustrious as the first general of the Tianxi Dynasty, and Bai Zhanyi was from the command of General Ling back then, and in the eyes of the world, the Ling family and her complement each other the most. If she marries the promising Ling Fengchen as his wife, although she is a very popular minister, she will be glorious for a lifetime.

"My Bai family's grandparents died early, and my grandmother treats me like a granddaughter, Mu Wan is grateful." Saying that, Bai Muguan knelt on the ground again, kowtowed to Jiang Shi uprightly, and then raised his face and said, "Things in the future are changing rapidly, and I didn't expect it. I will not hide because I am afraid of the dangers ahead, and I will not ignore my parents and family for the sake of my own comfort. My father has no children under his knees, and the Bai family has no support behind him, as the daughter of the Bai family, I am not inferior to any man, and I bear the glory and disgrace of the rise and fall of the Bai family in the future. ”

"Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's heart towards me can be seen by the sun and the moon, when I was wrongfully poisoned by Princess Hexin, it was he who ignored His Majesty's suspicions and broke into the Yonghe Palace to help me clarify the charges. Of course, I am by no means vain and wrongful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. My grandmother is from the past, and you will be able to understand Mu Wan's intentions. ”

After listening carefully to what she said, Jiang's eyes lit up like torches, paying attention to every subtle change in the expression on her face. After a long time, he asked leisurely, "Do you know why the Duke of Wei came to the door today?" ”

The girl shook her head: "I don't know. ”

Jiang was skeptical and patiently explained: "Shen Mohe, the Duke of Wei, is growing in age, and I am afraid that one day he will drive the crane to the west, and the glorious lintel of the Duke of Wei's Mansion will be in danger. However, your Bai family is in the limelight, and Mobei has your father guarding an army of 200,000, and this in-law will bring glory and security to the Wei Mansion. That's why they risked offending the prince and revealed their willingness to marry. Shen Yu's child is far more qualified than his incompetent and cowardly father, and when the old prince dies in the future, he should be the heir. It's a pity that he is frail and sickly, and the family is reluctant to let him work hard, but he is pure and has few desires, and he has the idea of staying away from the capital and seclusion from the world when he listens to his mother's words. ”

The Jiang family really cherishes Bai Muguan, and with her experience and vision, this marriage will definitely not harm Bai Muguan. She knows this granddaughter's temperament very well, she is proud and stubborn. Even if such a girl is smart, she is not suitable for living in the deep palace! It is not even suitable for staying in the capital for a long time.

However, at this time, Bai Muguan could not understand her grandmother's painstaking efforts, on the contrary, she only had coldness in her heart, it seemed that Shen Yu was not really obsessed with her, but cooperated with the Wei State Mansion to have other plans. It's a pity that the Shen family's move is really not clever, Bai Zhanyi's new title of Yongyi Marquis is at its peak, but the family of the prime minister is the most variable. If the deviation in the coming day angers Long Yan, there are many examples of raiding the family and exterminating the clan. The Shen family married the Bai family, nothing more than for immediate benefits.

She didn't say anything about the above to the Jiang family, but opened the topic: "In April after the year, the grass grows in the capital and the warbler flies, and I heard that it is the season of His Majesty's draft, Mu Wan guessed that her grandmother had the intention to send her eldest cousin to the palace to be selected. ”

Listening to her firm tone, the slightly raised corners of her eyes and eyebrows were as bright as clouds, Jiang couldn't help but get up and pick up Bai Muguan himself, and his smile lines couldn't hide his relief: "You are really a delicate and clear child, even this can be seen." ”

A smile appeared on the girl's flower-like face, her scarlet dress was as bright as a pearl, and her voice was particularly tactful and crisp: "Mu Wan was taught by his grandmother when he was a child, you taught by words and deeds, Mu Wan didn't dare to be too stupid." ”

Li Meizhen has passed the good time, and last time Concubine Lin invited the Li family sisters to enter the palace, the Jiang family immediately stopped Li Meizhen from going. It can be seen that she has high hopes for this granddaughter, and even the eldest son of the emperor can't look down on the concubine, so she can only enter the palace to accompany her. The Jiang family has been shrewd for most of his life, and he has been careful to keep his family prosperous. Whether it is the crown prince Yu Wenye, the eldest son of the emperor Yu Wencheng, or the sixth prince Yu Wenjin supported by the Empress Dowager Xiao, as long as the emperor does not die for a day, it is unknown who the throne will eventually fall into. Instead of making a desperate bet to marry the daughter of the Rongguo Mansion into the prince's mansion, it is better to send a concubine who is shy of flowers in the moon into the palace. Even if the emperor cherishes the Rongguo Mansion, he will definitely not treat Li Meizhen badly. At the same time, there were more palace concubines in the Rongguo Mansion, and they suddenly became relatives of the emperor, and their status was more respectful. Jiang is the one who has a wishful thinking.

"A very good minister often has to be careful, I am old, and your aunt is a useless small family, so I have to have the idea of sending your eldest cousin into the palace. Your mother and aunt were the two beauties of the famous capital, if you marry them into the emperor's family, I am afraid that the Fang family's Chen Guifei will not be able to protect the crown of the sixth palace. Speaking of the two daughters, the Jiang family spontaneously felt a sense of pride and love, "It's a pity that I can't bear them, so I don't care about the Fang family and the Tong family at all." Your eldest cousin is different, she is a child who can't hold her breath, and her appearance is not as good as your mother's back then, and it is more difficult to learn character than your aunt, and I said in my heart that I don't like her much. Once she mentioned entering the palace, not only did she not resist it, but she also couldn't ask for it, and I could be regarded as obedient to your uncle. ”

Bai Muguan's eyebrows moved, and her heart was a little cold, it turned out that this idea still had her uncle Li Weijing's help! Sure enough, for the glory of the family, the fate of sacrificing a daughter does not matter. I have to say that the Jiang family is very fond of Li Zhi and Li Lan's two daughters, and when it is Li Weijing's turn to treat Li Meizhen, she has a little less love for her father and daughter. Putting aside the age of Emperor Yuwen Haotian who is worthy of Li Meizhen's father, he only said that Li Meizhen has been pampered and willful since he was a child, and it is estimated that he will not live for a few years in the palace.

"My grandmother and uncle are thoughtful, and my eldest cousin will be happy and satisfied." Bai Muguan pulled the corners of his mouth against his will. Li Meizhen is naturally satisfied and proud now, and when she faces the intrigues and tricks of the open and secret battles in the deep palace in the future, it will be too late to regret it at that time.

Jiang Shi saw that the girl's heart was ape, and said quietly: "It's not early outside, and the road is slippery in the snow in winter, so it's not safe to be late." I won't keep you for a long time, and you will often come to accompany my old woman to chat a few words another day. ”

"If my grandmother doesn't bother, I'd love to come soon." Bai Muguan hurriedly agreed with a smile.

Jiang Shi took a sip: "Where is the old body willing to dislike you?" ”

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