At the end of the year, King Jing took the throne, and his son Li Xiao took the throne.

The officials above the fourth grade in Beijing all went to congratulate, Fang Jinglan, as the minister of the third grade, returned to the Fang Mansion in the evening, Fang Jinglan said to Zhili: "King Jing's family is really a supreme honor. ”

Zhili was silent for a long time, and said, "King Jing, he is very far-sighted. ”

Fang Jinglan didn't speak, but he agreed in his heart.

First of all, the emperor is getting richer, how can he tolerate being restrained everywhere, and King Jing, who has a heavy army, has become the number one jealous object. However, King Jing took the initiative to hand in the talisman on the grounds of physical discomfort, and the emperor was estimated to be so happy that he jumped to his feet, but there were still a few resignations, and the Empress Dowager was also a wonderful person, maybe she just wanted her son Chenghuan to knees, or maybe she also realized that the heavy soldiers her son was holding in his hand would sooner or later become his Cui life talisman, so she added fuel to the fire.

The emperor took back the military power, eliminated the Thai half addiction, and was happy to give the face of King Zujing, the gold and silver mountains were provided, and the glory and wealth were raised, anyway, as long as the military power and the imperial power were not involved, other things were easy to do. It can be said that the uncle and nephew have a deep affection and are happy.

Fang Jinglan thought clearly, and Zhili also had a unique vision, and immediately saw that King Jing was retreating bravely, because King Jing was indeed over half a hundred, but he was full of energy and ruddy, how could he be troubled by old diseases? The ministers of the court and the central government saw it, and it made no sense that the emperor couldn't see it, but everyone had to be happy and confused. For the emperor, this imperial uncle is really a good imperial uncle, who knows how to avoid benefits and disadvantages. Well, although King Jing returned the talisman, he still has real power in his hands.

Li Xiao is currently attacking the title, and there is also the military position of the general of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion of the Beijing Army, although the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is not much, only more than 5,000 people, but they are all elite generals, just pull a few out, people who have never seen the world will be scared and their legs tremble. Again, although King Jing returned the military talismans, the emperor gave him the right to participate in political affairs. The gathering of power and nobles, the limelight of King Jing's family, can be said to be unmatched for a while. It's no wonder that Fang Jinglan sighs that people can be people.

Ran Zhili and his wife gave part of this credit to Princess Jing, "King Jing is a character, Princess Jing, but she is also worthy of the words "good wife and mother." ”

Li pursed his lips and retorted: "Although Princess Jing is a noble woman, she can't change her identity from a low background. Gao marries into the palace and wants to gain a firm foothold, in addition to fighting for his belly, can he not be a good wife? ”

The old lady glanced at her and said lightly: "If you want your children and grandchildren to continue and live forever, you must govern your family strictly. Is there any bad rumors in King Jing's mansion? Have any of the servants of King Jing's Mansion done anything hurtful outside? Looking at the actions of King Jing's Mansion over the years, this Princess Jing really deserves this virtuous word. ”

Li was still not convinced, and the old lady said, "Don't be unconvinced. Many families tend to be rotten on the inside. / One is that the family is not strictly governed, the second is that there is no distinction between the concubines, and the third is ----"

"Old lady, what is three?" Li: I asked hurriedly.

The old lady stared at her and said slowly, word by word: "My wife is not virtuous." ”

Li's face turned pale, and he was about to refute, and he remembered what he had done over the years, and he was also a little weak-hearted. Don't dare to argue.

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On the New Year's Day of the second year of the Apocalypse, the Empress Dowager summoned the wives of the second-class officials in Beijing to enter the palace to pay respects, and ordered the wives of various families to bring the daughters to be married who had not left the cabinet, and its purpose was self-evident.

All of a sudden, the rouge shops and fabric shops in Beijing were almost sold out.

I heard that Aunt Zhang didn't buy the rouge she liked, and she was losing her temper in the house, which provoked Li to rush over and scold: "The tantrum will turn the house up, but you can only live in the next person's room or sleep on the street." Since you are tired of living here, you can just fall, how much you break to take care of you, anyway, your mother and daughter are rich now. ”

Aunt Zhang has become more and more unpopular with Fang Jinglan in the past few years, so she is very obsessed with those gouache rouges, but she has also tied back Fang Jinglan's heart a little, so she values Ning Xiangfang more and more, but she didn't buy it this time, and she couldn't help but drop things when she was in a hurry. Seeing the bad luck of the Li family coming to her, she looked down on the Li family the most, but she didn't dare to fight against it openly. Because in recent years, Fang Jinglan's heart has gradually favored the Zhu family's slut, and if she makes a noise, no one will make decisions for her. Li is a wife, no longer favored, her name is there, and she is just a concubine, and she is no longer favored, so she has to swallow her anger and let Li scold her happily.

The Li family and the Zhang family have been fighting for 20 years, and today they finally raised their eyebrows, and the resentment that had accumulated for 20 years broke out today, spraying the Zhang family all over the spitting stars.

After the Li family left, Aunt Zhang threw a room of things, and finally sat on the only intact hibiscus flower pier, gritted her teeth and said: "You old thing, don't be too complacent, let's see." ”

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On New Year's Day, the wives of all families in Beijing entered the palace to congratulate them, and they did not come back until the time of the lantern.

Then, the news that the daughter of the Hubu Shangshu family was expected to become the new princess Jing spread all over the world. Those who have something to do with the families all rush to the door with large bags and small bags of expensive gifts. The name is beautiful: Give a little gift for the New Year, a little meaning.

He's, Lin's, Ruqing and others were no exception to discuss the gossip of the daughters of the various families.

The Lin family envied the good fortune of the daughters of the families, and said that the girl who could make the queen mother look in the picture did not know what color.

He smiled and said, "Mrs. Zhu herself is also dignified. The eldest daughter married a low marriage to the Zuo family of the household servant, and was a virtuous and wise housekeeper in her in-law's family, honoring her in-laws, and she was also a rare virtuous woman. In fact, the daughters of these families are only average, but they are better than a virtuous and wise. I once heard people say that the two thousand gold of the Zhu family is three points more beautiful than my sister, and she must be a rare beauty if she can make the Queen Mother look at her. What's more, the two girls of the various families were quite famous when they were in the boudoir, and the empress dowager was an old man who knew the beautiful women, and she could be among the many women in the world, which also made sense. ”

Li pursed his lips: "Hearing you say this, it seems that you recognize the second daughter of this family." ”

He said: "The family and my mother's family are also close, the daughter of the family is the same age as my third sister, and my third sister often plays with her when she is in the boudoir." ”

Li's eyes lit up, the third sister of the He family was the wife of the Marquis of Qingchang, and she was good friends with the daughters of the various families, at that time, wouldn't the Jingwang Mansion and the Fang family be justified?

*

Unlike the Li family's joyful mood, the Yun family of Yongning Bo Mansion suddenly frowned when they heard this, and their haggard face was full of exhaustion and embarrassment.

Uncle Yongning Jiang Ziwang sneered at his wife: "See, you have been calculating all day long, always thinking about using marriage to climb high branches and strengthen your own strength." Now it's good, not only did he not end up being a person inside and out, but he also bet on the wrong treasure. ”

Yun's pale face suddenly flashed an embarrassing flush, and the beads on the big phoenix hairpin on his head flickered violently, but at this time, the weather outside was getting darker, and the house was already lit, but it was also dim and weak, reflecting the incomparably precious South China Sea beads more and more dim and weak.

"Who knew that the Empress Dowager actually chose the daughter of the Zhu family---- "Yun explained astringently, she and the ladies of the Zhu family have always been at odds, before their respective maiden families lived next to each other, almost the same disciples, the ladies married to the families from the seven products, and she married into the Jiang family, which has a hereditary title, and the ladies have also been on the door a few times before, and they have been cold to the heart of the Yun family's rules and lofty tone, and they have never been to the door again, and there is little contact. Later, the adults were promoted year after year, and in more than ten years, they have climbed all the way up from the seven-grade thing, and have been promoted to the first-class official, and the real power is in hand, so it is not prestigious. The ladies and wives have been on an equal footing with the Yun family and the Jiang family.

It's a pity that Mrs. Zhu is not angry, and she only has two daughters under her knees, and finally she has no choice but to raise the son of the concubine by her side, which has stabilized her position, and the Yun family always uses this to ridicule her, and Mrs. Zhu is so angry that she threatens to marry the two women high, so as to be ashamed.

The eldest daughter of the ladies has married the son of the household servant, if there is no mistake, and when the father-in-law is the official, he will also stabilize the position of the household secretary.

Thinking of this, Yunyun was unwilling again, and there were more grievances, so she couldn't help but explain to her husband: "You have completed your term of office, and you have always been at odds with the old man Hu of the ministry, so it is estimated that you will not be able to be re-elected." When the term of office expires, you can't go back to be an idle uncle? Do you know what if you have no real power in your hands, even if you have a hereditary title? Isn't the winged phoenix inferior to the chicken? The current situation of the Hou Mansion of Fu'an, the lord has not seen it. ”

Jiang Ziwang was silent, his eyes dimmed, but he couldn't help but sneer: "So you're bent on finding a prominent wife for your son?" ”

"I'm also doing this for the good of your father and son." The Yun clan couldn't help but say, "Chengjun Wangfu is the emperor of the country, our son married the county, and he will also be related to the palace in the future, and he will be able to help the first-class magnates in the future, why not?" What's more, if Ran'er has a son and a half daughter in the future, the son will be named a Fengguo general at the very least, and the daughter will be crowned the county lord, isn't this bad? Again, with the in-laws of Chengjun Wangfu, the old man Hu has to cushion his own catties if he wants to pinch you. ”

Jiang Ziwang didn't speak, as if he was moved.

Yun said so much, and he also felt that he was doing the right thing. He sighed lightly and rubbed the sun temples at the corners of his forehead to relieve the pain in his head, "You can understand my hard work, and I'm worth it." But Ran'er, why is this kid so dead-eyed? ”

Jiang Ziwang's heart moved, thinking that the son of the wind god Ruyu was tossed like that, so he couldn't help but be angry, angrily slapped the wenge wood tunic incense table, and said angrily: "It's not that you forced it out on your own initiative." ”

Seeing that her husband was angry, Yun couldn't help but sneer: "You mean, let me agree with my son's heart and marry a concubine?" Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by your clansmen and your colleagues? ”

Jiang Ziwang froze, and at the end he said hatefully: "Although Fang Ruqing is only a concubine, his father and brother are powerful." It's good now, I offended the Fang family, and I also made it unpleasant with the Chengjun Wangfu, although the Chengjun King reluctantly agreed to marry the county, but our family took advantage of it and suffered a big loss? ”

The Yun clan endured his weakness and said, "Marrying Kai'an County, what loss can we suffer?" ”

Jiang Ziwang sneered, "From getting married, to asking someone to talk about matchmaking, giving gifts, and issuing a letter of appointment, has this bride price been emptied of the Jiang family's treasury?" ”

Qu's face turned red, and he forcibly defended himself: "Otherwise, what else? People are married at a low level, if they don't give more dowry, are they willing to marry their daughters? This can also allow Ran'er to earn face in front of his wife. You can't bear to think that your son will be inferior everywhere in the future? ”

Jiang Ziwang continued to sneer: "If you really want Ran'er to raise your head and raise your eyebrows, you should marry Fang Ruqing." The daughter of the Fang family is married, and she is bound to bow her eyebrows in front of us, and she doesn't dare to make a mistake, she doesn't dare to go west when she is told to go east, and she doesn't dare to go east when she is told to go west. Kai'an County? Do you dare to command people? ”

Yun's face was so pale, he couldn't help but scream: "You only know that you have been eye-to-eyeing with those fox spirits all day long, and you don't care about your son's marriage, but now it's good, but you come to accuse me." ”

Jiang Ziwang got up angrily and reprimanded: "Ignorant woman, blindly calculating, has offended everyone, now it's good, even if you calculate it, you still can't count others." "Thinking that his wife has behaved in recent years, she has become more and more unpresentable, and he has already complained that although they have hereditary titles, they are not always smooth sailing, if they don't get along well with the officials of the DPRK and China, they may be caught at any time, and they will lose their sacred heart, and live an unpopular life that is not up or down, and they will ruin the coupons and seize the title, and be demoted to civilians, and when the time comes, there will be no place to cry. She is blindly competitive, not as good as hers, she looks at people with her nostrils, nobler than her, and flattering everywhere, with a high and low mouth, he is disgusted, let alone outsiders.

Just like recently, he offended the Fang family again, and tossed Ran Er like that, so he couldn't help but be mean to her, "If the daughters of the various families really marry into the Jingwang Mansion and become the princess, you just wait to make the whole capital laugh." Everyone in the capital knows that the daughters of the Zhu family are good friends with Mrs. Qingchang Houfu, and this Mrs. Houfu is the sister-in-law of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Fang family, everyone knows that the four girls of the Fang family are deeply loved by their brothers and sisters-in-law, so the He family must take this sister-in-law with them wherever she goes. If the daughters of all families really marry into the Jingwang Mansion, your good life has just begun. You blindly look at the nobility of other people's palaces, can you see their inner fame? King Chengjun is lustful, arrogant and lascivious, his son has the same kind of learning, and he has all five poisons, although Kai'an County is a concubine, he will marry into our family in the future, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for his mother's family to support him. It won't do us much good. ”

Yun's face was pale and pale, his hand hidden under the stone blue gray squirrel's skin coat was tightly wrenched, and a Luo silk handkerchief was pinched out of shape.

*

Jiang Ziwang was cruel to the Yun family, and went to the concubine's room with anger to seek comfort.

Yun was so angry that he smashed the enamel cloisonne swimming fish teapot on the ground, still angry, and smashed the brand-new "Magpie Dengzhi" thin tire official kiln pink porcelain tea set on the incense table.

A pair of plain hands in the gray squirrel fur coat were tightly clenched on the armrests of the pineapple wood chair, a pair of red coral drop beads inlaid with red gold tassel earrings shook violently, and Yun's Zhu lips were bitten secretly, and his face was distorted with anger.

"This old man is getting more and more ignorant of my hard work. I'm not here for the good of this family. Her self-talk was not echoed by anyone, and she suddenly turned her head and couldn't help glaring at her grandmother on the side, "Mother Sun, you said, I am wholeheartedly for the good of this family, but I still ended up like this, you say, is it still interesting for me to live?" ”

Grandma Sun smiled bitterly, looked at her wife with a little pity, and said in her heart: "You are indeed a hard worker, but you are too self-righteous. But she didn't have the courage to say this, so she had to whisper: "Madam, men are like this, they are dazzled by the young and beautiful little vixen, and they look at you everywhere unpleasantly." "Since the last time she dug out her heart and lungs to give her pros and cons, she was still treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, causing her to lose a lot of money in vain, and her daughter didn't get a decent dowry when she got married, especially the master she had been waiting for many years only rewarded a mere five taels of silver. It really chilled her heart. Especially in ordinary times, this Yun family has always looked at people with their nostrils, and she is reprimanded at every turn, she is basically discouraged, and she is happy to separate the relationship between their husband and wife.

Sure enough, the Yun family listened to the words of the grandmother-in-law, and cried more and more sadly. Jiang Ziwang looked at that hateful old pervert, who hadn't set foot in her bedroom for half a year.

Grandma Sun persuaded again, "Madam, don't be angry, it's time for the prince to drink medicine at this time." The prince has a bad temper, and the girls don't drink any of the medicines, so it's better for the lady to supervise it herself. ”

Sure enough, Yun stopped crying, with firmness on her teary face, she had no husband, but she still had a son. She can't be defeated.

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The puppet who worked hard to code the word burst into tears