[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 516

Wei Changying asked in surprise: "Da He didn't find it for a long time, how could he let the Gu family go?" Could it be that it fell into the hands of the Gu family back then? But I remember that there shouldn't be anyone in the Gu family who was close to Concubine Xu at that time, right? ”

The Xu family was still an influential family in the court and the opposition at that time, but when Dahe died, because he tried to protect the grandson of Dahe, who had a blood relationship with the Xu family, established a small court in the south, and after the fall of the small court. The entire Xu family was almost slaughtered by Wei Gaozu...... Since then, he has withdrawn from the ranks of the noble families of the Great Wei Dynasty.

But in the years when the Xu family was in power, although most of them had contacts or marriages with the ancestors of these scholars today, they had never heard of anyone who was particularly close to the Gu family.

What's more, for Concubine Xu, no matter how close she is, can she still be close to her own blood and blood?

Duanmu Xinmiao didn't think so: "It shouldn't be the Gu family." Do you think that in the early years of this dynasty, there was a Gu Guifei in the Gu family in Hongzhou, who also fell out of favor after old age and decrepitude, and died depressed? If the Gu family had this recipe in the previous dynasty, how could they not give it to her? ”

"This kind of recipe can't be used casually, right?" Wei Changying frowned lightly and said, "You want to 'dream of scattering', we have all heard of it, and it is not a secret." This kind of secret medicine, even if it is prepared in private, if it is known, it is not a trivial matter! Especially for us to be courtiers, so that the king knows, maybe when...... Emperor Jingying of Dahe and the first emperor of our great line are both people who are addicted to wine. They only seek to be accompanied by flowers, and they don't care about the evaluation of history. But in the face of Mingjun, it is impossible to allow the concubine to do this for the sake of holy reputation. ”

"These are the little things." Duanmu Xinmiao's interest in Fang Zi himself was far greater than how Gu got this recipe after the abolition, and she said indifferently, "I'm curious, why does this 'dream scattering' have the effect of rejuvenating people?" Pharmacologically speaking, this is not possible. However, the record of Emperor Jingying's Concubine Xu in the history books is true. If the historian had not tampered with or been deceived, then this recipe may be one of the most mysterious recipes in the past. In comparison, the price of taking care of Shenbao for twenty years is not too much. ”

Wei Changying said thoughtfully: "It's really 'dreaming of dispersing', and it does have the same effect as in the historical records, but it's okay." It's just that the history books say that Concubine Xu regained her youth after using this medicine after she was old and decrepit. But after the abolition, the Gu family seems to have maintained a beautiful appearance since his youth, and he didn't show a little old until he was abandoned, right? Otherwise, even if she didn't say it before, others would guess that the dream was scattered. ”

That doesn't mean it's necessarily fake. Because the history books record that Concubine Xu was old and decrepit, she didn't know where she asked for such a prescription, so she returned to her old age. But if Gu had gotten this recipe as early as his youth, and had used it since then, maybe he had always maintained a girlish appearance? ”

Duanmu Xinmiao said, "'Dream of Scattering' Because no one has seen it except for Concubine Xu in the record, it is impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood. What's more, I'm only holding half a square? I've been thinking about it for the past two days, and I think it's quite good. But whether it's true or not, it's hard to say, because I want to go to the master for advice. However, what Gu said at that time also made sense, she took this recipe out for nothing more than Shenbao. And since Shenbao has entrusted it to me, isn't life and death in my hands? If I find out that she has lied to me at that time, I can take Shenbao out of anger. For the sake of Shenbao's safety, the Gu family will not dare to lie to me! ”

Wei Changying thought to himself that this was not necessarily, after the abolition, the Gu clan asked Duanmu Xinmiao to take care of Shen Bao for a very long time, a full twenty years. Compared with Shen Bo as soon as he ascended the throne, he could insult or kill this sister-in-law at will between hands, Shen Bao can live for twenty more years, and he will definitely have children in the middle - no matter how he earns it.

Besides, in this current chaos, although the people of the An clan are loyal to the Gu clan after the abolition, even if they do not change their minds after the death of the Gu clan. However, most of these people are old, even if the world is peaceful, it is a question whether they can live for another twenty years, not to mention that they are now away from the protection of the royal family and the Gu family? Maybe he escaped Duanmu Xinmiao's pursuit here, but he was killed by a few scoundrels on a whim in some corner!

Therefore, this transaction of the Gu family after the abolition of the queen sounds really unreliable.

But Huo Shenyuan just died, and Duanmu Xinmiao was upset by her eldest sister and stepmother, and there was something in her heart that was divided into her heart. The dictatorship of the horizontal and vertical Taishi has made the saint very dissatisfied now, and it doesn't matter if the Duanmu family adds Shenbao.

Duanmu Xinmiao said again about the experience of pondering the half of the prescription in his hand, Wei Changying didn't understand medical science, he could hear the clouds and mountains and fog, and was thinking about diverting the topic, but he heard Duanmu Xinmiao sigh and said, "I almost forgot the business!" ”

Wei Changying was surprised: "Serious business? "Aren't those things you just said serious?

I heard Duanmu Xinmiao say: "Shu Jing, she is now in the year of marriage, but I don't know what the plans of my stepmother and sister-in-law are?" ”

Wei Changying was surprised: "You have a fancy for Jing'er? For whom? For King Cai? ”

Sure enough, Duanmu Xinmiao sighed: "That is, I saw that the Wei family and the Su family, who were good friends with the Shen family, did not have anyone suitable for her, so I opened this mouth." If this is when Great Wei is at its peak, even if Sui'er is not favored, with his title and feudal state, I can go to my stepmother and ask directly. But now it's a ...... You also know that my eldest sister hasn't seen many outsiders over the years, but when the emperor was in the palace before, Shu Jing greeted his stepmother in front of the palace gate, and she saw it, I really liked it, and it was rare to praise it several times after I went back. So even though I know that there is little hope, I still want to ask Sui'er. ”

Wei Changying was embarrassed and said: "This matter is really not easy to talk about." You know that the big house has a son and a daughter, our eldest brother, you haven't seen it much, I don't know it, it's a very spoiled child, more doting than the sister-in-law. Jing'er has always been sensible and filial, there is almost no one in the family who doesn't like her, her marriage, not to mention choosing a good talent for her, she must be asked to be smooth. ”

Speaking of this, she lowered her voice and said, "After King Ji's accident, the second sister was wronged. At that time, my father and mother privately said that they regretted marrying the royal family. But the fourth sister made a marriage with Gu Yan again, and now the Gu family is squeezed out by the new monarch and the scholars because of Gu Xiaode, and my father is depressed until now...... Jing'er...... this thing"

Duanmu Xinmiao said: "Alas, I understand. In fact, although my eldest sister likes Shu Jing very much, she also knows that Sui'er is not qualified to marry Shu Jing now. It was after I listened to the people around her that I came to ask you about it today. Since you said so, then I won't mention it. ”

Shen Shujing, who is at a young age, is beautiful and dignified, with a modest and gentle temperament, and can be called a model of the generation after Song Zaishui. Therefore, even though the national funeral has only passed now and the situation is chaotic, it is still looked at by many people, thinking about testing the Shen family's tone.

After Duanmu Xinmiao mentioned it privately for King Cai, two days later, Shen Shuguang was summoned by Shen Xuan to go to the front yard to inspect his homework. Without the entanglement of the naughty eldest son, Wei Changying finished handling the matter, and seeing that it was still early, he took the opportunity to take the relatively well-behaved second son Shen Shuxie to visit Pei Meiniang's mother and son in Xiangningbo Mansion.

When I got to the yard, I found that Mrs. Min was also there.

After greeting each other, Mrs. Min was about to leave, and before leaving, she deliberately gave Pei Meiniang a look and said, "Don't forget it." ”

Although in front of Wei Changying, Pei Meiniang didn't give her mother too much face, and said bluntly: "This thing is categorically impossible, you asked me to ask, I just went to ask like this." It's not been a day or two that my sister-in-law is tired of me, and it's nothing to add some annoyance to her. ”

Mrs. Min was embarrassed because she said this, and said angrily, "You child, what are you talking about! Your third sister-in-law is still here, call her a joke! ”

She is aware of her daughter's sex. The son is stubborn, and he is spoiled by the family, so he speaks in a lot of time, and he is worried that he will be even more unable to get off the stage if he stays, so he said a few perfunctory words, said hello to Wei Changying and hurriedly said goodbye.

Wei Changying accompanied Pei Meiniang to send her to the front of the house, and then returned to the house, and asked with a smile: "What did Mrs. Min say?" How do you say that you want to annoy your sister-in-law? ”

"What else could it be?" Pei Meiniang picked a washed grape from the plate and peeled it, cut off the seeds with a small silver knife, and fed it to Shen Shuxie with a handkerchief, while he was eating obediently, she gently pinched his lotus-like arm, and said with a smile, "It would be good if Liu'er grew up a little and was as strong as Xie'er." ”

Shen Shuliu was asleep at this time, so he was placed in the cradle next door. But Wei Changying had only been to see it, and this little nephew was not like his sister, he was as strong as a normal full-term baby. Wei Changying smiled and said: "It seems that Liu'er is worse than Xie'er, I see that Liu'er's body is better!" In the future, it will be the same as Guang'er and Xie'er - after the full week, your head will not hurt for a moment! ”

"When children make trouble, the house is lively!" Pei Meiniang sighed, "Third sister-in-law, you are born in happiness and don't know blessings!" I wish Xi'er was by my side now, even if she made trouble every day to go to the house to uncover the tiles, I was willing! ”

Wei Changying pursed her lips and smiled: "Xi'er is a girl, you actually want her to go to the house to uncover the tiles?" It's really so noisy, when she reaches Jing'er's age, you're afraid it's too late to cry! She's fine in Xiliang now, don't worry. The eldest sister is her own aunt, so she is treated like an eyeball! ”

Pei Meiniang clapped her hands and said, "Oh, I forgot what I said just now." Third sister-in-law, didn't you ask me why I want to hate my sister-in-law? It's Jing'er. My aunt is married to the second room of the Deng family, and her eldest grandson Deng Muxian and Jing'er are similar in age, no, isn't the Deng family another queen mother? It's the idea of starting Jing'er, let me ask the eldest sister-in-law what she means - third sister-in-law, you don't know, I offended my sister-in-law when I first came to the door, although she can't ignore me for the sake of face in the past few years, but she has been lukewarm. Now I'm going to propose marriage to my cousin to her daughter, where will she pay attention to me? ”

After Shenbo ascended the throne, he posthumously crowned his deceased mother Zhou Baolin as the queen mother, and although his nominal adoptive mother, Mrs. Zhenyi, raised him for a few days, she could not deny it. Not only to crown Mrs. Zhenyi as the queen mother, but also to take her back to the imperial capital to serve her personally - but Princess Anji, oh, now it is the eldest princess of Anji, under the pretext that Mrs. Zhenyi heard that the first emperor Daxing was deeply hit, and she was so sick that she couldn't get up and couldn't move at all, so she resigned in the era of condolence.

And Shenbo's feelings for this adoptive mother are not very deep, thinking that after she was on the emblem of Zhuang Su, the symbolic invitation was rejected several times, and when the eldest princess and his wife returned to the fiefdom after mourning, they brought a generous gift to the adoptive mother, which was considered filial piety.

In addition to the queen mother, Deng Guifei's previous support for Shenbo was also rewarded. Although some ministers wrote that the concubine was neither the biological mother of the new monarch, nor the mother of the new monarch, nor even the adoptive mother, she should be respected as a concubine, and she was not qualified to become the queen mother. However, Shenbo still insisted on respecting Deng Guifei as the queen mother because she took care of her adoptive mother Mrs. Zhenyi when she was sick for many years, and she was the concubine of the first emperor second only to the queen.

However, because of the opposition of the minister, the emblem was not applied.

However, the queen mother with the emblem is afraid that she will not return to the capital in her life, and now the empress dowager Deng has become the head of the harem, and she is above Shen Bo's wife and Empress Wei.

And Shenbo's insistence on respecting Deng as the queen mother is not all out of gratitude to Deng - after all, Deng helped him back then and was also in it for his own sake, and Shenbo was not stupid.

More reasons are related to Shenbo's attempt to personally hold the government. In this matter, he tested his courtiers, and at the same time, he was also hinting to the Deng family - after all, there was no one to help, and he couldn't speak at all. Even if Empress Dowager Deng is not so good at political affairs, how can she say that she is there in her age, and her noble status now depends on Shen Bo, and in many things, she is much older than Shen Bo.

…… Don't talk about these, but even if the Deng family has become the queen mother from a noble concubine, according to the current situation, his nephew wants to marry the eldest granddaughter of the Shen family, but there is little hope.

So when Wei Changying heard this, he didn't say anything, but just smiled: "Jing'er is older, there are hundreds of women in the family!" Chenguang flies so fast. ”