Chapter 44: The Son of Heaven
"Emperor, look, what did the slave and maid find for you?"
In the hall of the owner of the leopard house, a white-faced and beardless eunuch in his fifties bowed down to a young man, and said with a flattering face: "Bai Xiaosheng has come out with a script again, and the slave and maid have found it for you." ”
"Bai Xiaosheng?"
Zhu Houzhao looked puzzled, "Who is that?" ”
Liu Jin darkened his face and said, "Emperor, it's just to write the painting skin, Ying Ning, Lu Juan that!" At the time, you said it was funny. ”
"Oh, that's the guy who writes about ghosts, ghosts, gods, and gods?"
Zhu Houzhao leaned on the recliner and said, "At first glance, it was a little amazing, but after seeing more, it was like that." It's all ghosts and gods, and I'm upset when I see it too much. ”
He paused and said: "That's the book of Sanxiao, which is not badly written, the dishes in it, tsk, I asked the people in the imperial dining room to make it, and I don't know if it's the flavor in the book." ”
"What's so hard about that?"
Liu Jin smiled and said: "As long as the emperor likes it, the slave maid will invite that hundred little students to come, and ask him." ”
"No need."
Zhu Houzhao moved his neck, glanced at Liu Jin, and said, "Lest those ministers say that I am restless." ”
After that, he snorted coldly, "Hey, a group of defenders, it's boring to look at." ”
"Then the emperor has to take a look at Bai Xiaosheng's new book, the slave dares to pack the ticket, you must like it!"
"Oh? If you can recommend it like this, isn't he writing something new? ”
"It's a novelty!"
Liu Jin's eyes lit up, "It's written as a hero, that makes a person enthusiastic, even a rootless person like a slave and maid wants to learn martial arts!" ”
"Oh?"
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up. He is the best martial artist, and he hopes that one day he can go to war like Taizu and Chengzu. When he heard the martial arts written in Bai Xiaosheng's new book, he immediately became interested and said, "Quick, bring it to me and take a look." ”
"Whoa."
Liu Jin hurriedly handed over the four volumes of books and said, "The emperor praised Bai Xiaosheng last time, and the slave maid asked the little cubs below to pay attention. When I saw that his new book came out, I immediately brought it to the emperor first. ”
"Big friend, you still know me best."
The sentence "You know me best" made Liu Jin smile with joy, and his old face turned into a chrysanthemum, and he said again and again: "It is the duty of the slave to share the worries of the emperor, and if you can get the emperor's sentence, the slave and the maid are willing to die." ”
He wiped away his tears, "The slave and maid have no other wishes, I just want to serve you for a few more years, but I am afraid that someone will not be able to tolerate the slave and maid." ”
"Don't worry. If I can't even protect my own minions, then I'm not a good man. ”
Zhu Houzhao opened the book as he spoke, and after reading two pages, he was completely attracted. Seeing this, Liu Jin showed a smile on the corner of his mouth.
As long as the Son of Heaven is favored, no one can defeat him.
Well, this Bai Xiaosheng is good, it seems that people have to inquire about the details of Bai Xiaosheng.
Jian Ning, who was far away in Changzhou, didn't know that the Son of Heaven in the palace had read her own books, and she was worrying about her brother's marriage at this time.
To tell the truth, asking a good girl to marry her brother, she was a little unhappy in her heart. Although the second brother is very good-looking, he has been a child all his life, which is a disability in the eyes of the world.
Letting a good man marry his brother is indeed a bit of a bad thing. Moreover, she is also afraid that after a long time, others will bully her brother.
Such things are not unheard of. The second brother is like this, and he has to plan for him for the rest of his life. And if you don't get married, you won't be able to do it, so I'll be sorry for Father Jane.
For several days, she was full of sadness, caught in a dilemma, and didn't know what to do.
When Zhang's mother came in, she saw Jian Ning sighing again. She put down the sweet soup in her hand and said, "Girl, drink some sweet soup to moisten your throat." ”
"Whoa."
Jian Ning nodded, but his hand didn't move. When Zhang's mother saw it, she said, "The girl is still worried about the second brother's marriage?" ”
"yes."
Jian Ning said distressedly: "Mother Zhang, wouldn't it be too evil to let the daughter of a good family marry?" And I'm also afraid that the woman who married me will have a bad heart and will bully the second brother after a long time. ”
"With you, who dares?"
Zhang's mother sat down and said, "Besides, how can this be a sin?" Let's not ask for a lady from a wealthy family, just find a child from a poor family, duty, down-to-earth, and good birth. ”
She paused and said, "The concubine has no daughter, if there is a daughter who will ask you for this grace." ”
"Grace?"
"How is it not grace? Many poor families can't afford to raise children, so they sell their daughters as slaves and maids, and even sell them into the goulan, isn't it a good place for you to go compared to those places? Isn't it better to marry a master than to be a slave? Which girl from a poor family is blessed to come to our house, as long as she is in peace, how can she be treated badly with the girl's temperament? Ouch, don't say it, the concubine has a pain in body and mouth, why don't I have a daughter? Otherwise, they will climb the high branches. ”
"Poof", Jian Ning was amused by Zhang's mother, "According to what you say, not only is it not a sin for me to let my second brother marry a poor girl, but I am doing good deeds?" ”
"Isn't it?"
Mother Zhang's eyes widened, "You treat us all so well, the second brother's daughter-in-law is a relative, where is the loss?" ”
"But, but the problem is that even if you want to find a poor girl, you can know the roots."
Jian Ning's fingers flicked lightly on the tabletop, "Don't say anything about this, at least you have a good character, can be diligent and thrifty, and be good to your second brother." The most important thing is that the second brother also has to like it. ”
"Speaking of liking ......"
Zhang's mother laughed, "I'm afraid that our second brother is thinking about Xi'er of Wang Mazi's family at the entrance of the alley." ”
"Wang Mazi? Xi'er? ”
Jian Ning's eyes widened, "Got a thought? Wait, what do you mean by that? ”
What's the situation? The second brother is in love? How did she not know?
"What are you looking at me like that?"
Zhang's mother covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Although the second brother is a child, this body is an adult." When you get older, you naturally miss girls. This is instinctive, it can't be changed, seeing that the girl in Mazi's family is good-looking, he naturally gets close. ”
I'll go!
Jian Ning's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he only felt that his heart had been in vain for the past few days. My brother has a sweetheart, and I'm still here worrying about what kind of girl to find for him, isn't it bald and shaved his head, and it's hot on the side?
"What is the situation at Wang Mazi's house?"
"I was about to tell you about it."
Zhang's mother pushed the sweet soup to Jian Ning, "That Wang Mazi is a drunkard, and it's also strange and pitiful to beat Xi'er and her mother when she drinks too much." Recently, I heard that he was going to sell Xi'er to the Qinglou! ”
“……”
This family doesn't seem to look good! Children who grow up in a violent environment sometimes have a particularly paranoid personality, and the second brother is pure in nature, so it seems that such a girl is not suitable?
Seeing that Jian Ning didn't speak, Zhang's mother continued: "But Xi'er Niang is diligent and virtuous. Xi'er followed her mother, and her temperament was good, but she was a little timid. ”
Mother Zhang looked at Jian Ning and said, "I am soft and not afraid, and I can handle it when I come to our house." Otherwise, it's too outstanding, I'm afraid it's going to be bad. She is in a difficult time now, and if the girl marries her, she will treat her second brother well. ”
Hearing this, Jian Ning was a little moved, "Since the second brother likes it, then I'll go and see it first?" ”
"Okay."
"Mama Zhang."
"Girl?"
"I found something wrong! You're here prepared, aren't you? ”
"I can't hide anything from you." Zhang's mother sighed, "We watched that child grow up, and now he is going to be sold to the Qinglou, and he is also reluctant and feels pitiful." So ......"
She got up and saluted, "It's the concubine who is abrupt, and I ask the girl to punish her." ”
After a pause, he said: "But girl, you must go and see, it's really a good one, everyone in the alley knows that the Xi'er girl has a good heart." ”
"Alright."
Jian Ning got up, moved her neck, looked out the window, and said, "You said so, wouldn't it be too unreasonable for me not to take a look?" Go, go now. ”
"Good, good!"
Zhang's mother was overjoyed, "Thank you, girl." ”
The two went downstairs, but saw the second brother sneakily coming out of the kitchen, holding a bag of things in his hand, which looked like oiled paper, and he didn't know what was in it.
Zhang's mother was about to shout, but Jian Ning made a silent gesture and motioned for Zhang Niang to secretly follow her and take a look.
This point is when Li Niang took the two boys to clean up the upstairs house, the second brother has always been obedient, and chose this time to go out, and he is so sneaky, how can it not make people suspicious?
The two walked slowly, following the second brother, and soon saw him turn the corner at Yuanfeng Bridge and enter another alley.
Jian Ning secretly followed, but saw the second brother squeezed into the alley of the two rooms, and when he was young, the second brother's voice came, "Xi'er, eat quickly, eat quickly, this osmanthus cake is delicious, it was made by Li Mu's mother, but it is delicious." ”
"Second brother, don't come to me in the future."
"Why? Don't you like to eat my stuff anymore? ”
"Not ......"
A loud cry came, "You are the son of a pure white family, I can't hurt you." ”
"You're hurting me? What did you do to me? ”
"My father is going to sell me to the Qinglou, that's where bad women go, I can't harm your reputation. I've heard that your sister is a sage reader and a righteous person, so you can't associate with a lowly person like me anymore. ”
"Who said you were cheap? You're not cheap, you're not cheap! Don't be afraid! I told Sanniang, you go home with me, no one will beat you in the future, I will protect you, you will have delicious food every day! ”
"Second brother! It's useless, you go back! This is the fate of a person like me, you have to be good in the future, don't come out alone, the crutches are very powerful now, you go back, don't look for me in the future. ”
"No, no, I don't! I don't! I'll go and tell your father, don't let him sell you, you go to our house, I have a lot of delicious food, Sanniang also gave me a lot of money, your father wants to sell you, I'll buy it, and we will be together in the future! ”
Jian Ning and Zhang's mother glanced at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes.
Looking at it like this, the second brother didn't know how many times he had found someone in private, but no one accompanied him, and the relationship between the two had developed beyond their imagination.
Second brother......
After a while, Jian Ning couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
How wise and foolish! He is clever at this point, and he knows how to use dim sum to flirt with his sister......