+++++++++++++++++++ Brotherhood and Sister Affection (I) (II) The Dividing Line

In the Fuyuan Eldest Princess's Mansion, Shi Fangzheng sat on the kang and asked his concubine Lin to kneel behind him to help him with his hair. Lin gently combed his hair through, and then carefully picked out a few gray hairs from the back of his head and plucked them out. After that, help him tie his hair on the top of his head and hold it in place with a simple hairpin. Shi Fang is forty-one this year, but the faces of many beautiful young people in the capital may not be comparable to him. If it weren't for such a good look, with him being a humble scholar, even if he ordered Tanhua, it would be impossible for Princess Shang, let alone the eldest princess of Fuyuan, who was close to the emperor. Looking at his still youthful appearance with satisfaction, he touched Lin's cheek as a reward. Lin lowered his head shyly, and when he was tempted by Shi Fang's sudden feeling, he reached into her placket, and Lin was startled, and glanced in the direction of the eldest princess's main courtyard in a panic. Shi Fang suddenly lost interest, sighed, straightened his clothes and stood up: "Mo Niang, don't worry, I will work hard, and one day you will be able to raise your head next to me justifiably." ”

If it weren't for his handsomeness, Fuyuan wouldn't have chosen him, and he wouldn't have the money to take care of the people in the ministry, maybe he would have been sent to some poor country to be a sesame official, and now he doesn't know where to go around. But if it weren't for the princess, how could he be wronged and his childhood sweetheart, Mo Niang, could only be a concubine. And the princess has a narrow temperament, and she doesn't even let the heir princess give birth, if Shi Fang hadn't contaminated her in the princess's inconvenient days, what awaits her will be all kinds of secret torture.

"As long as I can be by your side, you can be safe. Don't go with her to earn that. Lin was very worried: "At least I can eat and drink well in this mansion over the years, and I can see you often, I am already very content." ”

Shi Fang smiled softly at her. Princess Shang has been twenty years old, and Shi Fang has long lost his original sharpness. It's more about the peace that has been slowly cultivated in the past twenty years, and the joy and anger can no longer leak from between the eyebrows, and even the Lin family, who has been by his side for decades, is becoming more and more unable to guess him.

"She has indeed sheltered us for so many years, and I am not ungrateful." In addition to the Lin family's affairs, although Fuyuan has a big temper, he is not bad for him in terms of face, but she has all the problems of the princess. The other princesses did not have a short fortune, and because of this, he had a private transaction with the people of the Ministry of Industry to supply the river workers, and if there was a mistake, the princess gave him a bag.

Since he had agreed to Princess Shang in the first place, he couldn't complain too much. But a man is a man, and he doesn't want to tie himself up to this house for the rest of his life. Ten years of cold windows is not for the sake of being wasted, let alone for him to survive on his wife's skirt. As a concubine, he looks glamorous, but he can't enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and even the people in the real power position of the five ministries don't want him to touch his hands like the emperor. If he wants to get ahead, he must have special merits. He can't lead troops to fight, and he can't talk about making meritorious achievements, but he can only take other strange paths to win a different world. If you are an ordinary person, you may want to assist your children, so that they can have a future and be glorious themselves, but for Shi Fang, the children have royal blood in their bodies, and what they have has nothing to do with him. Even if the son can enter the general, it is not his father's achievement, but the royal family needs a guard. So whether it is doing editing in the Hanlin Academy or doing idle work in Taichang Temple, he is very dedicated. He's not just a colt, he's going to live himself.

As in the past, Fu Yuan took a nap, drank a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and listened to his mother report on the whereabouts of the colt today. It was impossible for her not to care about the Lin family, but she also knew Shi Fang's temper, and he would ignore what he was anxious about. Now they have a pair of children, in the early years, Tian'en was a little embarrassed, the Queen Mother discussed with her, and felt that the child would be wasted like that, so she personally came forward to ask Tang Lan to entrust him to the Tang family to discipline, Tang Lan took him for two years, and then entrusted Tian'en to Tang Wei to take him to the northwest camp, and the assessment was good year by year. Coming back to visit her and the colt every year, I can clearly feel the growth of the child. Staying away from the capital also kept him away from the noble children of those gentlemen, who were significantly more productive than them. Daughter Yi Cheng will also be twelve, well-behaved by nature, and obsessed with piano skills.

It stands to reason that at her age, her children are good, and she should no longer care about the behavior of the colt, but she still can't let go. When he was in the palace examination, she secretly glanced at it from the side hall and was fascinated, whether he could win it or not, she wanted her father to marry her. More than 20 years later, she still can't be completely indifferent.

It stands to reason that Shi Fang has no other woman besides the Lin family, and she should be happy. Look at his other sisters, although they are all princesses, but there are many concubines in the concubines, and there are even equal wives. But it was precisely because Shi Fang only left the Lin family alone that she felt more pain. The mother next to her said a lot, she only listened a little, Shi Fang was tired of being with that Lin this morning for a while, and she didn't listen to a lot of the content in the back, until her mother mentioned Changxinghou.

"You said that the horse went to the tea party of the prince of Changsheng?" In addition to the meritorious family born from the dragon in this dynasty, there are few people with the surname Hou now. There is a saying that the ancestors of the Tang family hope that their children can be relieved and return to the field, so many children in the family go to business, but it is a pity that every time the dynasty changes, the Tang family plays a pivotal role and fails to completely withdraw from the court. After the queen mother entered the palace, she relied on her sister-in-law's family, and in recent years, she has been promoted in many ways in the army. However, the people of the Tang family have always been low-key, unwilling to come forward, and would rather be among the merchants than fight for the false strings in the court. This is also the reason why the Queen Mother proposed that Tianen go to the Tang family to be disciplined, and she immediately agreed.

However, the Xiong family of the Marquis of Changsheng was different, after following the king of Pingnan and Tang Wen to level the southern frontier, Xiong Zeming took the initiative to ask Ying to follow the emperor to the east to conquer Goryeo. After the emperor ascended the throne, he intervened in a large number of defenses in the military department and the east of the DPRK, and suppressed bandits in Liaodong to ensure the safety of one side.

"Yes, the horse has been very close to the prince of Changsheng recently."

"Hopefully we're thinking too much." Recently, the emperor has been in poor health, and the court and China are extremely sensitive. If the emperor's relatives are just to make money, it doesn't matter how they toss, just like the stubble he made in the Ministry of Industry back then, but you must be cautious in your dealings with people with military power.

The eldest grandson of the Marquis of Changsheng was the companion of the prince of Yiqing, and the side concubine Li of Yiqing was from the Marquis of Xingyang, and his maternal uncle was in charge of the military department. Shi Fang seems to be an idle position in Taifu Temple, and he is not within the scope of these magnates in Beijing on ordinary days, not to mention the military generals like the Marquis of Changsheng. Fuyuan frowned and said nothing. Mother Sun waited for a while to see that the princess didn't mean to speak, and she continued: "Coming out of Xiong's house, Master Ma went to the courtyard of Qiuzhao in Yong'an Lane, As for who we saw inside, we don't know if we can't get in." I stayed inside for more than an hour, and I just came back to read a book in the outer study. But the smell of alcohol on the body is not strong. When he came out, there was no one to send him, so he came out with his little girl. When he entered, it seemed that the doorkeeper knew him, and said nothing but hello. "Yong'an Lane is very famous in the capital, a place where private yards are concentrated. Fu Yuan has heard of it even if he doesn't go out, and Qiu Zhao is the most famous owner of these private courtyards, not only is he himself the pillar of the first Lexiang class in the capital, but there are eight little boys who are good at various musical instruments and amazing dancers in Jiu-Jitsu in his courtyard.

These private courtyards are not open to the public, and only accept private reservations from guests in Beijing. Many courtyard owners only see the distinguished guests in their circle, and they are not allowed to enter without a recommendation.

Shi Fang has been clean and self-conscious for many years, and considers himself an elegant scholar, never setting foot in Fengyue places, and even this kind of private place only occasionally follows his friends to deal with it.

"After the horse master left, after about a meal, two men came out, wearing snow wisps and hoods, and their faces could not be seen, and got into a very ordinary carriage, the coachman did not wear a number of clothes, and there were no markings on the carriage. The car stopped in an alley in Nanyuan, and after getting off a person, he went around the city and went to the house of the master of Taichang Temple. ”

Fu Yuan thought about it for a long time and didn't have a clue, and it happened that her daughter Yihui came in to greet her, so she had to put these things aside for the time being.

Yi Xi's eyebrows are very similar to Shi Fang, except that her cheekbones are slightly high, she is also delicate. Children are their own good, and in the eyes of Fuyuan, daughters are beautiful and cute. Especially after Tianen went to the barracks, it was more intimate to have Yihui by her side.

Yi Cheng had just received some earthen ritual playthings from the northwest that her brother had brought her to celebrate her birthday, and asked her to bring them to her mother. Fu Yuan and her daughter looked at each other, and the mother and daughter talked and laughed, which was very warm.

After asking about her daughter's schoolwork and female popularity, the mother and daughter talked about how to dress the queen mother to pray for blessings with the queen mother in Daci Temple in western Beijing, what clothes to bring, and bring those subordinates with them.

"The queen mother said that this time the light car is simple, there is no guard of honor, we don't need so many people to follow, it's just two cars, the daughter can bring Xiaohong, and the mother is on the mother's side, except for the grandmother, I think it's about the same as the two daughters-in-law who go out. ”

"That's fine, this time the Queen Mother didn't plan to bring anyone else, not even Jing'an and them, if we hadn't gone to ask An to talk about this that day, we wouldn't have specially asked us to follow. So it's better to be cheaper, otherwise Princess An will know about it and come to me again. Yi Cheng was friendly with Jing An in the palace, but Jing An sometimes wondered if her grandmother favored her granddaughter like a child. So Yi Ji has always behaved, and no matter how much the Queen Mother spoils her, she knows how to be measured, never take one more step, show off more.

"My mother is so sensible, my mother is really happy. I just hope that the Queen Mother and her old man can be happy and live a long life. With her old man in charge, she can choose a good family for you, and my mother is more relieved. ”

"Mother, how can you talk like that?" After all, Yi Cheng was still young, and suddenly felt shy.

"I'm twelve, I'm growing up, and I'm sensible. Mother just told you this, our family, what we can count on is the old lady of the queen mother, if there is no old man without her, I am afraid that we will have a lot of people here, how can we expect a good marriage. ”

In the outer study, Shi Fang was a little irritable, lay down for a while, couldn't sleep, and got up again to pace in the study. Although they know that they have a purpose for letting themselves join, they have value in using themselves. He always thought that he was using the identity of a concubine to help them by being able to enter the palace and talk in front of the emperor and the queen mother, who knew that he had taken a fancy to his convenience in the Taifu Temple. He hesitated, but withdrawing now could only invite them to kill him.