Chapter 142: For Concubines
Sheng Mingzhu was still sitting in place and did not reply to her words.
Shen Rong seemed to have just remembered, and asked the servant to carry the things in, "I didn't have time to watch the ceremony when my cousin got married before, so I don't think my cousin knows me?" Sheng Mingzhu lowered her eyes and looked at her, and only smiled.
Raising her hand slightly, Jin Zhi poured tea for her and returned to her.
Shen Rong didn't say anything more, just looked at her smile generously, her brows furrowed slightly. Sheng Mingzhu was quite bored sitting on it, a cup of tea was in her stomach, and Shen Rong suddenly spoke again, "Does my cousin-in-law like to drink tea?" She asked.
Sheng Mingzhu shook her head, she was a little bored, so she casually asked her what kind of tea she liked to drink. Shen Rong smiled slightly, "Like my cousin, I didn't like to drink tea before. It's just that my cousin lived in my house back then, he loved tea very much, and he asked someone to bring me a pair of Lushan teapots that he said were treasures, although I didn't know much about this, but my cousin would always give me these things year after year. ”
Sheng Mingzhu would be a fool if he still couldn't hear it, and looked at his cousin below with slightly lowered eyes.
Older than her, she looks like she should be a person in her twenties, with a pair of big and bright eyes, wearing a goose yellow shirt, she is very energetic, and she has some beautiful temperament from a distance. He took a sip of tea and stopped talking. The two of them sat here quietly for a long time, and Guan Ping was late.
Sheng Mingzhu went to see the cousin.
Shen Rong, who was still calm and relaxed just now, quickly got up from the chair after discovering the comer, and she didn't know whether she was nervous or too happy, so she only said goodbye to her cousin. Guan Ping glanced at her, and sat down on a chair not far from Sheng Mingzhu, "Why are you here?" ”
He just said a word, and Shen Rong's eyes were almost red, "My cousin has been in Dawei for eight years, and he seems to have forgotten his previous marriage contract." If my cousin doesn't go back, won't I come to find it? The lid of the cup in Guan Ping's hand collided with the body of the cup, making a crisp sound, he raised his head and looked at Shen Rong incredulously, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”
Shen Rong no longer looked like she was by Shen Mingzhu's side just now, and now she looks like a wronged young lady, with only red eyes. Nor do they speak. Sheng Mingzhu glanced at Guan Ping, Guan Ping got up from the chair neatly, and quickly walked to Shen Rong, Shen Rong was about to cry, but he was quickly returned to Steward Zheng.
"Get her out of town."
Engagement? Seven or eight years ago, Guan Ping had never been a business before, and now he had forgotten it. The Shen family had been defeated since more than ten years ago, and his mother's family was even more scattered. Guan Ping lived in his uncle's mansion when he was a child, and when he became an adult, he never returned to the Shen family when he arrived in Dawei.
When he left the house, Shen Rong was only twelve or thirteen years old, but the Shen family said that they wanted to get married, but he had already refused.
"Marriage matters, how can you be child's play", Shen Rong looked at Guan Ping with red eyes, got up from Steward Zheng's side, and quickly walked to the pile of salutes he carried casually, took out a letter, and hurriedly handed it to Guan Ping.
Guan Ping didn't want to take it, but he saw the payment on the letter. It was his aunt, who was his mother's only sister, and she took care of her when she was young. Shen Rong and Shen Fang's father is a son-in-law, because the Shen family only has two daughters in this generation, the eldest daughter marries out, and the younger daughter can only give birth to a husband.
In the past, Guan Ping's mother always felt sorry for this sister, but she read too much, and Guan Ping sometimes intended to make up for this aunt. The letter didn't say anything else, just asked Guan Ping to take good care of Shen Rong's cousin. said that since beating him and leaving the Shen family, Shen Rong has been delayed, and now she is in her twenties, and she looks quite beautiful, but she is indeed an old girl.
This is not much of a hindrance, the Shen family is also a prestigious family outside the customs, but Shen Rong died and did not marry, and if this continues, the daughter's family will be gone for the rest of her life. Coincidentally, the news of Guan Ping's marriage came from outside the customs, and Shen Rong wanted to enter the customs to find Guan Ping as if she had lost her mind.
"Now that I'm married, you've seen it, go home."
Shen Rong thought that her cousin knew that she had waited for him for so many years, even if she didn't have love, she would have three or four points of sympathy. But he didn't expect him to just frown slightly, and then said such a heartless thing. Suddenly a little untenable, Sheng Mingzhu also turned his head sideways.
In general, although this cousin is older than her, she is still a girl after all. Sheng Mingzhu has not been a wife for a long time, and she can't understand the girl's thoughts, and she doesn't want to see how her husband destroys flowers.
"Shen Rong is sincere in marrying her cousin, and she doesn't mind being a concubine."
Shen Rong said, took a step back, and half-knelt in front of the two of them, "If Shen Rong enters, she will definitely abide by her duty." Sheng Mingzhu, as a melon-eating passerby, was choked for the first time, looked at his cousin kneeling below, and then looked at Guan Ping, and said in his heart that this tube is a great ability to become a family or not.
Attracting flowers and butterflies, people have been waiting for seven or eight years, and the position of the main wife is gone, even if it is a concubine, it is as happy as a concubine. Guan Ping frowned slightly, it was not that he had never met someone like Shen Rong - a woman in her prime had suitors when she saw the sky, not to mention that the man was both high and powerful, and handsome.
It's just that the letter in his hand is a mother's bitter plea, in the end, it is his aunt and cousin, even though Guan Ping is upset, he has not done anything to drive people out. After all, this is Da Wei, Shen Rong's identity is extraordinary, if there is an accident, it will be difficult to end, after thinking about it, he waved his hand,
"You've been here for days after all, so let's go to the guest room to rest first."
Steward Zheng sighed and hurriedly took Shen Rong to the guest room. Shen Rong was almost thrown out by her cousin just now, but now she saw that she could enter the guest room, and she was not like she had just entered the door just now, so she hurriedly followed the housekeeper in with her baggage, and the big bag and small bag of things brought behind her were all ordered by Steward Zheng to be put away and sent into her room.
Sheng Mingzhu was still outside, and took a sip of tea gently.
"She's just messing around with her children."
"I've been messing around for seven or eight years, and I'm older than me, my youngest daughter?" Sheng Mingzhu looked up at Guan Ping, "I'm afraid that Lord Guan doesn't know how to write these words in the youngest daughter's house?" She didn't feel unhappy, but these words sounded a little more yin and yang to Guan Ping's ears.
looked at her two or three times strangely, and suddenly reacted to something, and I didn't know whether to rejoice or blame her for her small belly.
"My cousin and I don't have anything to do with it. I usually like your temperament, but if a woman is jealous of the perennial yin and yang, she will not be likable after a long time. ”
Sheng Mingzhu didn't feel anything at first, but he didn't know that he said such a thing inexplicably, so he immediately raised his eyes to look at him, and said according to his intentions, "What's wrong with me being jealous?" Who do I need to like? After speaking, he snorted angrily and pushed him away, and when Guan Ping noticed that the situation was not the right way, the person had already walked away.
He originally wanted to chase after the door, but the gray clothes beside him reminded him that there was something to do when he left the house for a while, and he couldn't delay.
So he pressed it first.
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It has been a long time since Emperor Wei died, and the battle for the throne has become the most concerned thing in the Great Wei.
The crown prince and the party of the Seven Kings have already competed for popularity. Both of them originally wanted to win over Guan Ping, regardless of how they were before, and now whoever wants to be on the throne has to bow down and be small. But Guan Ping is no longer like before, dictatorial power, but he just consults everything with the cabinet courtiers every day, and is approved by the crown prince as half of the prince.
Everything seems reasonable, but in this way, it seems that the prince is gradually pushed in that direction, and after a long time, how can Wei Ci and his party not be in a hurry. Moreover, the crown prince is justified in his ascendancy, if he continues like this, I am afraid there will be nothing to do with Wei Xi.
Not only Wei Xi herself is in a hurry, but the eldest princess is also in a hurry.
She has been planning for so long, and seeing that the flesh and bones in her daughter's womb are about to give birth, it is the last step, and she can't go wrong no matter what. Guan Ping has military power in his hands, but he is unwilling to make more fuss about the establishment of the reserve, I am afraid that he is also worried that in the future, these two east winds will overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind will overwhelm the east wind.
No matter which treasure he presses, there is a risk, and he has a good calculation.
"Auntie, now that the prince is in charge of the government, those courtiers in the cabinet will discuss political affairs with him every day, and after a long time, what round will I intervene?" Wei Xi has no military power in his hands, and now he is even being pressed by the prince with the power, how can he not be in a hurry.
The eldest princess only frowned slightly, "What are you worried about." The prince has no military power in his hands, what can a group of civil officials who only know how to write articles with a pen and a pen count? Do you expect them to go to war or sacrifice yourself as a savior in the midst of palace chaos? ”
"Does that auntie have any good ideas?"
Now that he is on a boat, how can Wei Xi not understand his aunt. If it comes to marching and fighting, the eldest princess may still have some skills, but how can it be regarded as a real ability, to this occasion, she still looks down on civil officials, and she still has the reckless spirit of the original pioneer. The eldest princess said, "Zuo is just waiting, if the real prince ascends the throne, have you forgotten what happened at the queen's Qianqiu banquet before?" If it is pulled out at this time to make a fuss, it is a question whether the crown prince can ascend the throne smoothly. ”
Wei Xi didn't think about it for a while, Emperor Wei didn't go for a long time, but the direction of the entire Great Wei seemed to have changed. So the queen Qianqiu banquet in his impression always seemed to be very far away, and suddenly heard the eldest princess say this - there is no charter for the things at the Qianqiu banquet so far, but everyone suspects that the prince did it.
As the eldest princess said, they can be planted to the prince now, but time has passed, and the prince has taken this basin by force, and it may not be completely poured. And Wei Xi thought that the things at the Qianqiu banquet might not have been done by the prince.
None of them have been found out yet. At the Qianqiu banquet, all the royal family members were there, and if everyone died at that time, no one except the crown prince would be the biggest beneficiary. After living in the palace for so long, Wei Ci was too lazy to look at things on the surface.
The crown prince was reckless, and at that time he thought that his father favored him and constantly embarrassed himself, what if he thought he was going to ascend the throne?