18 A life of wives and concubines

"Hey, why did that kite of yours break its string?" Zhou Ze looked at the kite in the sky, and hurriedly turned around to ask Ling Dongwu, seeing that she was holding a dagger in her hand, he knew that she had cut the thread herself, and asked puzzledly, "What are you doing to cut the thread?" ”

"Don't do anything, I like it, how about it!" After Ling Dongwu finished speaking, he grabbed Zhou Ze's side, and with a wave of his hand, he cut the kite string in Zhou Ze's hand.

"What are you doing, you proposed to fly a kite, and you have a temperament!" Zhou Ze muttered dissatisfiedly.

"yes, I don't want to put it anymore, how about it!" Ling Dongwu crossed his hands on his hips and looked at Zhou Ze like a dominatrix.

Zhou Ze sighed helplessly, rolled his eyes several times, and then said slowly: "You can do whatever you want, I dare to say anything!" Say, what do you want to do? ”

Ling Dongwu thought as she looked around, this look didn't matter, it startled her, the surrounding guards, maids, and some of Zhou Ze's wives and concubines who came out to see the excitement all looked at her with a look of disbelief. Although Zhou Ze is more easy-going than Xiao Haotian, but that is only relatively speaking, after all, he is Lord Batu of the Northern Desert, how could he be so accommodating to this woman? How dare this woman scold their Lord Batu like this?

Ling Dongwu also realized at this time that she had gone too far just now, she and Zhou Ze were used to making a big fuss, forgetting that she was in Zhou Ze's house at the moment, in front of Zhou Ze's subordinates and his wife and concubine, she should leave enough majesty for Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze didn't want to do so much, and after seeing Ling Dongwu look around, he stood there in a daze, thinking that it was his wife and concubine who came out, which swept his interest. I didn't feel a frown, and said sharply with a straight face: "Whoever asked you to come out, go back to the room." ”

Of course, the women knew that their husbands were annoyed like this, and hurriedly walked back with their respective subordinates. Ling Dongwu saw that because of his own reasons, he had affected Zhou Ze's wives and concubines for no reason, so he secretly pulled Zhou Ze's clothes and whispered: "I'm hungry, let's eat, you might as well call all the sisters-in-law, I know you too!" ”

Zhou Ze's feelings for Ling Dongwu at this time almost turned into buddy friendship, hearing Ling Dongwu say this, he agreed very generously, and said loudly: "You don't have to be busy going back, Ling Yatou has a rare trip, wait a moment to set up a banquet in the flower hall to entertain her, you all accompany her!" ”

"Yes." The crowd replied unevenly, but the joy in their voices could be heard.

The rich and luxurious beauty in the flower hall makes Ling Dongwu's eyes shine, the lily incense is full and forgiving, the golden silk rattan red lacquered bamboo curtain hangs, and the colorful thread coiled flower curtain hangs.

Ling Dongwu sat at the dinner table, looking at Zhou Ze's wives and concubines who were sitting at two tables, their commonality was that they were all beautiful. Ling Dongwu knew that being a woman of Zhou Ze was of course one of the conditions that must be met, and few men were interested in collecting saltless women, no matter how virtuous and loyal the saltless woman was, it was in vain. Most of the men in the world are lustful, and there are few virtuous people, and few men can be an exception......

Zhou Ze's eldest wife, Hong Min, can definitely be called both virtuous and beautiful, combing a golden silk and eight treasures to save beads, wearing five phoenixes and hanging beads, and wearing a golden butterfly wearing flowers and red satin, with a beautiful appearance. She looks about the same age as Zhou Ze, her face is like a silver basin, gentle and moving, she looks like Xue Baochai is the same type, she has a gentle and chaste atmosphere on her body, and she is a virtuous and virtuous lord at a glance. Hong Min stared at the next person serving the food, and at the same time diligently persuaded Ling Dongwu to drink and cloth, taking care of her, an uninvited guest of unknown origin and ambiguous with her husband, she was really a good housewife and wife.

It can be regarded as Zhou Ze's blessing to have such a wife, at least compared with Xiao Haotian, Zhou Ze is much luckier!

In front of all the wives and concubines, Zhou Ze still looked like the head of the family, seeing that his wife took care of Ling Dongwu, he looked at her with a smile on his face, didn't talk much, and drank and ate by himself.

Ling Dongwu saw that Zhou Ze's wife was like this, and he also wanted to be a better person, tasted a piece of venison, shouted that it was delicious, and said that it was more refreshing than what he ate in the 'Drunken Immortal Building', and humbly and sincerely asked Zhou Ze's eldest lady Hong Min how to do it.

Hong Min saw Ling Dongwu praising herself like this in front of her husband, her face turned a little red with excitement, and she took a sip of tea and said: "I heard from adults that you have lived in the south for a long time and are not used to eating northern dishes, so I specially ordered the kitchen to make more southern dishes, just with a few northern dishes, I didn't expect you to like to eat." I only inquired about the recipe for this venison from others, and told the kitchen to make it. ”

Ling Dongwu showed a more curious appearance, and continued to talk with Hong Min, although Hong Min has a gentle personality, but he is also very smart, and quietly glanced at Zhou Ze's face, and saw him smiling at himself talking to Ling Dongwu, so he smiled and began to explain to Ling Dongwu the method of this venison and the particularity of it.

Ling Dongwu remembered the standard of a perfect wife in the eyes of modern men, entering the kitchen and leaving the hall, Hong Min was basically qualified, but I don't know how it was in bed, hehe, she glanced at Zhou Ze with her eyes, and then glanced at Hong Min.

Hong Min looked at Zhou Ze's approving gaze at him, and half-lowered his head happily and shyly. The marriage between Hong Min and Zhou Ze was fainted by the emperor after Zhou Ze was elected Lord Shangbatu. Hong Min's father was a cabinet minister, and he was purely the emperor's confidant, and Xuan Ran Shouxu asked Zhou Ze to marry his family, and he also had the intention of containing and bribing Zhou Ze, and also intended to use marriage to check and balance.

After returning from the hunting in Xingwei, after experiencing the turmoil of Ling Dongwu's resignation in the hall, Zhou Ze's thoughts about Ling Dongwu also completely turned into friendship, and he knew that Ling Dongwu would not really fall in love with him. He had seen Hong Min once, and he didn't have a good feeling, but he didn't have any disgust, and the emperor asked him to marry, and the two got married.

On the wedding night, Hong Min fell in love with Zhou Ze at first sight of the heroic and resolute and starry eyebrows.

The people of the Northern Desert are open, and Hong Min has heard some rumors about Ling Dongwu and Zhou Ze from the mouths of some ministers' wives. Since ancient times, men have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that he is married to Lord Batu of the Northern Desert, as long as he can be the eldest lady, it doesn't matter who he marries.

As soon as Ling Dongwu followed Zhou Ze into Lord Batu's mansion, Hong Min's henchmen told her the news. The woman her husband brought back is called Ling Dongwu, isn't she the Ling Dongwu who made a fuss with him in the encirclement!

Women are naturally curious animals, and Xiao Yingyue was curious about what kind of woman her brother liked, so she asked Xuan Ran Shouxu to name Ling Dongwu as an envoy to the Northern Desert. Now Hong Min is also curious about what the woman who has an affair with her husband looks like, and she took someone to pretend to watch the kite flying, and secretly stood aside and looked at Ling Dongwu.

I saw Ling Dongwu's eyes bright, the corners of his mouth smiling, heroic, like a fairy, a single station, the whole courtyard was ethereal, this style is really unmatched. Hong Min saw that she knew that there was really a kind of woman in the world, and where she stood, it would become bright. At this moment, she suddenly understood why her husband was willingly driven by her and listened to her shouting and drinking.

Ling Dongwu saw that Zhou Ze's other wives and concubines were very reserved and bowed their heads to eat, and occasionally Hong Min talked to them without a match, so they would raise their heads and talk back very well. Ling Dongwu suddenly realized at this time how noble and magnificent the status of the eldest lady is in this society, the wife is the master, the concubine is the servant, she is the most powerful person in this mansion except for her husband, and she can even deal with the life and death of these concubines at any time.

Because there was a group of wood-like people sitting at the table, the meal was very boring, and the people who spoke were almost just Ling Dongwu and Hong Min. They chatted for a while, and a maid rushed in, Zhou Ze frowned slightly when he saw displeasure, and snorted coldly: "No rules, don't you see any guests here?" ”

The maid hurriedly knelt on the ground in fright, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. Zhou Zecai asked coldly, "What's wrong?" ”

"The little master fell and cried!"

At this time, a concubine at the table raised her head nervously, but because she didn't have Zhou Ze and Hong Min's orders, she still didn't dare to move. Hong Min saw that Zhou Ze was picking up a piece of lamb chop with chopsticks, and she didn't mean to speak, she nodded to the concubine, and said very well: "Go and see Sheng'er!" ”

"Yes." The concubine was worried about her son, sued Ling Dongwu, and hurriedly went out.

Ling Dongwu suddenly realized that this little young master was Zhou Ze's son, and unconsciously turned his head to look at Zhou Ze and asked, "The one who cried is your son?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Ze looked at her a little uncomfortably and smiled.

"The child was dropped and cried, why don't you go and take a look!" Ling Dongwu remembered that in the past, as long as he was wronged, he would be distressed by his father for a long time.

"Look at it, a boy, he cries when he falls, and he has no interest!" Zhou Ze took a sip of wine and said unhurriedly, looking like he hated iron but not steel.

"Hey, how old is your son!"

Zhou Ze groaned slightly and said, "It seems to be four years old!" ”

"Like! You don't know what it means! Ling Dongwu bit his lip angrily, pointed at Zhou Ze's nose, and said contemptuously: "You father, it's too much of a failure!" ”

Zhou Ze said to Ling Dongwu that he didn't care about anything, but the wives and concubines on the table and the servants and maids behind him all secretly looked at Ling Dongwu with surprised eyes.

"By the way, take your son out and show me!" Ling Dongwu saw that there was not much atmosphere on the table, and he couldn't help but want to see what Zhou Ze's son looked like and whether he was as cute as him.

Now what Zhou Ze said to Ling Dongwu, basically he didn't have any ability to resist, he turned his head and ordered someone to bring his son over. After a while, the concubine and nurse who had just gone out came out with a little boy with tears on his face.

Several people hugged the child and walked to Zhou Ze and Ling Dongwu's side, Zhou Ze didn't want to hug the child at all, just snorted towards Ling Dongwu, meaning don't hug him to me.

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