Prince Ren admitted that the catastrophe in the western frontier, first with his son's wisdom, and then the prince personally wrote a secret letter to the emperor asking for food and grass, so that there were successive victories, and God patronized him, sent a Qian Xiancong, and led Jurong's army to quietly cross the Gobi Desert, and destroyed the city of Tartar in a war, so that he could return to the capital as a victor.

What kind of person Liu Caiqin is, Prince Ren knows it in his heart, but he is angry, and when he sees the face of pear blossoms with rain, he can't send it out.

Knowing that he was sorry for his son, Prince Ren was particularly concerned about Qian Jun's marriage, and he must give his son a powerful Yue family, and let his daughter-in-law enter the door, so that he can have the ability to preside over the middle of this huge mansion.

As for his wife, although he couldn't resist her tears, the matter was a foregone conclusion, and it was expected that she wouldn't be able to make any big waves.

Qian Wenjin, Prince Ren didn't even have the heart to inquire, Qian Xiancong is a good example, but his foundation is too shallow, and he can't give his daughter any help at all, this in-law family is not weighty enough.

In the past, Prince Ren was just not optimistic about this family business, but he had no prejudice against Qian Xiancong's family, and even had some gratitude and guilt, after all, Qian Wenhan and his son had a good relationship, and Qian Xiancheng and his wife once cared for Qian Jun, so that his son could learn the literary and martial arts of the world in such a lonely day.

But now, his mood is completely different.

Qian Xiancong, who actually repaired the plank road in the dark and helped his daughter seduce his son, it turned out that this person turned out to be a despicable and shameless scum who wanted to cling to power.

Prince Ren disregarded Qian Jun's wishes, and among several powerful ministers and powerful nobles in the court, he looked for a choice for his son's Yue family.

Liu Caiqin pretended to mention Qian Wenjin's beautiful words several times at the beginning, and when she saw her husband's disgust, she was secretly proud, but when she indirectly inquired about the few people her husband came into contact with, she became anxious.

Shoufu Yang Jian, Zheng Chunshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the eldest princess's mansion, these people are all people who can move three times when they stomp their feet in the capital, if Qian Jun marries the daughter of such a family, where can he still handle it? She originally invited these girls, but it was just to humiliate Qian Wenjin.

Liu Caiqin knew that her husband was very obsessed with martial arts, and she used to envy Xiao Guogong for his good ability to excel, she thought that using Xiao Qiyun's stunt gimmick could attract her husband's attention, so as to marry Xiao Qiyun's daughter-in-law in exchange for his grandson's qualification to practice the secret of the Xiao family.

Unexpectedly, Prince Ren didn't have any thoughts about Xiao Qiyun at all, Liu Caiqin secretly reminded twice, and was taught a few words by her husband, almost revealing her stuffing, if it weren't for Liu Caiqin's tears and coquettishness, she almost couldn't get over that difficulty.

After sleeping in the same bed for more than ten years, Liu Caiqin still hasn't been able to see through Prince Ren, he may have such and such shortcomings, but Prince Ren is still a down-to-earth man, Xiao Yi is unlucky enough, how could he fall into the well and covet the martial arts secrets handed down by others?

Also, Prince Ren didn't think that Xiao Yi would pass on the highest martial arts secrets to his daughter.

Now, Prince Ren's Mansion, three people with three hearts, each going in their own direction, fortunately, there is the pressure of the former emperor who has just passed away, Qian Jun can't get engaged for the time being, otherwise, I don't know what will happen.

The house of Liangzhong Guild Hall, shoveled off the mud skin on it, and re-plastered the wall with white lime sandwiched with cotton, which was already snow-white everywhere, Wen Jin invited a few painters to paint decorative paintings directly on the wall, and then covered with varnish, and in the private room, it was to hang framed calligraphy and paintings, but unfortunately winter came, there was no green plant, she had to let people make silk flowers, placed in the right position, after more than 40 days of hard work, her hotel finally took on a new look, and could open its doors to welcome guests.

In this area, it is impossible to focus on the high-consumption class, but the dishes of Wen Jin Restaurant, naturally, there is also a dish of ten taels of silver sea cucumber, shark fin, dried scallops, hump, bear paws, duck webs, lion's mane mushrooms, etc., but most of them are medium-sized dishes - steamed strip meat, plum cabbage button meat, etc., at the same time, you can buy three dishes of fat sausages, smoked pig's trotters, braised duck neck, pickled phoenix feet, sauce pork ribs, although the price of these dishes is low, but the raw materials are cheaper, Wen Jin's profits are still considerable, at the same time, it can also make some people who are not rich, When you entertain a guest, a table is full, and it is very face-saving.

Wen Jin's hotel box does not charge, only sets a minimum consumption, when eating, at least three taels of silver, not the time of the meal, you can spend two taels of silver, but then the box time, can not exceed two hours, her move, mainly to stop some people who want to pot tea for dozens of dollars, spend a few hours in the box, winter is coming, you have to prevent someone from rubbing the heat.

The hotel was originally opened in a commercially developed area, and those merchants used to have to talk to people in the lobby about business, but now they have a private room, which increases the confidentiality and improves the grade.

Business is naturally gratifying, but what follows is the situation where those officials often let people drive others out and make room for him.

In Dongcheng, anyone can really tremble, and even an unpopular imperial businessman dares to slap Xiao Er.

Fortunately, Wen Jin's welcome guests were all looking for young people from Shiwei Village, although they did not dare to fight back, but their dodging skills were first-class, and those pretentious guests often flashed their waists and failed to hit the face of the junior high school.

If you go to Taibaiju for dinner, you have to wait, whether you are the emperor's uncle or a common man, after a long time, this rule has gradually been accepted, and there are many fewer beatings at every turn.

Customers also need to be cultivated, customers bully the store, and the store can also bully customers.

Wen Jin also thought that her own initiative to cultivate customers was more successful, but she didn't expect that secretly, several forces were very concerned about her, so that those who walked sideways found out that there were secrets here and didn't dare to cause trouble.

First of all, Qian Jun put a guard here, Prince Ren put a hidden pile, Guo Anan also put a hidden pile, and ......, which will be kept secret for the time being.

Wen Jin Restaurant, from the running hall to the kitchen worker, is full of other people's eyeliner, she is dazed and ignorant, Sun Yanping also commanded Ruoding, and took care of the business in an orderly manner.

Ignorant and fearless, if he knew that he was being followed by so many people, Wen Jin would probably close the store and run away.

It stands to reason that the filial son has to keep it for twenty-seven months before he can get rid of it, but the emperor's palace is empty, and there is no child under his knees, so some courtiers proposed to use twenty-seven days instead of twenty-seven months, which was rejected by Emperor Yongchang, and some courtiers proposed to replace three years with three months, and Emperor Yongchang did not agree, and finally replaced three years with one year.

But the queen mother's selection of girls for Emperor Yongchang to enter the palace has been carried out secretly, just waiting for the expiration of the filial piety period, and then recruiting these women into the palace.

On this day, the queen mother drew up the list for the emperor to see, and when she saw that there was no Qian Wenjin, the emperor was very disappointed, and even a little angry: "Queen Mother, why is there no Qian Wenjin?" Don't you like her the most? ”

"Emperor, don't you know that Qian Wenjin was raised?"

"Queen Mother, that's just a means to prevent Xiaoxiao from blinding the public and trying to invite favor, Qian Xiancong has been in office for a year, cautious and conscientious, his heart can be clear, why can't he be accommodating once?"

The Empress Dowager looked serious: "Emperor, how can the ancestral family law be child's play?" Although we know that Qian Xiancong is a good minister, if the juniors use this as an excuse and refuse to follow it, so they will cause trouble to the dynasty and destroy my great inheritance, emperor, you are the culprit who is sorry for your ancestors. ”

Emperor Yongchang was bitter in his heart, wilted and left, thinking that he was a dignified country, but he couldn't get a woman he liked, what else did it mean for this emperor to be in front of?

Guo Anan came to the emperor as usual to report the recent situation of the ministers of the court, and when he saw that the master was sullen, he did not dare to mention the topic of Qian Wenjin. Emperor Yongchang waited for a long time, and finally couldn't help it, raised his foot and kicked Guo An'an's leg: "What else?" ”

"Your Majesty, Qian Wenjin's hotel can make money."

If it was in the past, Emperor Yongchang would have laughed a long time ago, but today, he still has an expression of enmity against me.

"Emperor, I heard that when Qian Wenjin was picked up by Qian Xiancong's ex-wife, she was dressed very luxuriously, and she must also be a noble girl."

"Check it out for me!"

"Yes!" Guo Anan agreed, but did not quit, lowered his head, and looked like he had something to say.

"If there's a fart, let it go!" Emperor Yongchang was in a slightly better mood, and he was not taboo to speak, and Guo An'an was the most relaxed time, taking the opportunity to say foul words and scolding people, so that Emperor Yongchang could relieve the depression in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the discovery of the minions, Lord Shen Mingxi and Lord Shen are investigating Qian Wenjin's life experience."

"What does that mean?"

"Your Majesty, you asked me to find out about Qian Wenjin, and the slave immediately started it, Qian Xiancong's ex-wife was actually taken in the Shen family's manor, and let me steal it out from the world, she confessed that she sent Qian Wenjin's collar to the pawnshop in Shanyang County, I went to the pawnshop to investigate, the shopkeeper confessed, and someone went to check, and the slave followed the vine and touched the melon, and saw that someone was walking in front of the slave everywhere. This person is either the prince of Ren or Lord Shen. ”

"Hmm!"

"According to the confession of the pawnshop and the shopkeeper, the slave speculated that Qian Wenjin was likely to be the best person, maybe the noble child of the Liang Dynasty."

"Are you saying that the remnants of the Liang Dynasty escaped into Jurong, and then lost their daughter?"

"Possibly."

Emperor Yongchang was even more depressed in his heart, if this was the case, Qian Wenjin would be even more unqualified to enter the palace.

Guo Anan looked at the face of his master, and felt very sad, he began to serve the emperor when he was six years old, and now, it has been more than 20 years, Emperor Yongchang is in his heart, both the master and the son, he really can't bear to see such a sad face.

"Emperor, the matter has not been clarified yet, don't worry, listen to the He family's story, Qian Wenjin was wearing clothes at that time, some of them were like the dress of Miao Jiang, and there was a small piece of cloth in her hand, which was indeed not the silk woven by our Han people."

Hearing that things were so confusing, Emperor Yongchang didn't know what to say for a while.

"Your Majesty, the slave decided to send someone to *** to take a look."

"Do you suspect Shen Mingxi, is it because he still refuses to come back after half a year?"

"Yes."

"You are wrong, Lord Shen refuses to go home, but he doesn't want to face Dongfang Qianlan. Liu Yingmei is a monk for him, the green light ancient Buddha, how can he live up to the wishes of the beauty and enjoy happiness alone? ”

"Alas, Lord Shen is too infatuated." Guo Anan sighed and added, "Your Majesty, it is very likely that Lord Shen is investigating Qian Wenjin's life experience, he is not a person who lives only for himself. Prince Ren, oh, the first princess was dying, and entrusted the prince to him, and ——, also has a soft spot for Qian Wenjin, and Lord Shen is very likely to be in *** and want to find a solution. ”

"Humph! How can it be? Emperor Yongchang said, his heart moved, this Qian Wenjin is too likely to be the remnants of the Liang Dynasty, Shen Mingxi, maybe he is erasing the remaining traces for her.

His heart was even more uncomfortable. If this is the case, Mo said that the Queen Mother would not agree, and he would not dare to get a descendant of the remnants of the Liang Dynasty into the palace, in case he was rebelled, his life would be threatened.

Thinking of such a peerless beauty, maybe she would be sold or even killed by the official because of her background, Emperor Yongchang felt a little unbearable in his heart, and waited for Guo An'an's investigation results to come out, so let this woman for the time being, and in a few more happy days, he waved his hand, Guo Anan lowered his head and quietly withdrew, except for Liang Zhongxing, he arranged for someone to go to ***, the emperor has that meaning, he must make Qian Wenjin's life experience clear.

The rumors that Wen Jin Hotel was making money also surprised Prince Ren, and he thought, no wonder his son would be tempted by this girl, people still have the ability. But he felt that his cousin's palace may lack anything else, but he will never spend money, and his daughter-in-law should be tolerant, generous, intelligent, and virtuous, and want morality first, not a rake who can hold money.

Qian Jun was so stubborn and angry with his father, he said to his father very bluntly: "The daughter-in-law you picked is not to my liking, I will not marry, even if I don't want the name of this son, it's a big deal, I will change my surname to Shen." ”

Prince Ren was so angry that he couldn't understand why his son didn't understand his painstaking efforts.

"You don't understand how capable and good Qian Wenjin is! Father, whether a woman can control her family is not her background and family affairs, but how her husband treats her, and how her personal wisdom and ability are. Qian Jun glanced at his father unhappily, and seemed to say, "You also saw that the Liu family is now falling and scattered, but isn't our family still standing?" It's all down to your cover-up and connivance, otherwise, would our family be so messy? "Prince Ren is annoyed and angry, which son dares to accuse Lao Tzu so nakedly? But seeing his son's sad and sad eyes, thinking that because of his own partiality, his son almost couldn't grow up well, his heart welled up with shame again, and he forcibly held back his anger.

Qian Jun was too disappointed in his father: "It is true that my father is right, to be a wife you must have a good character, why do you say that Wen Jin's virtue is not good?" She is the best girl I have ever seen, none of the high-ranking women that my father has taken a fancy to her can beat her, so to speak, she is not worthy of lifting shoes.

Also, Father, if you want our palace to prosper, don't you think I should marry a woman I like? ”

"The girl in Zheng Shangshu's Mansion is very beautiful and has a good character." Prince Ren himself was unsure.

"Daddy, if she is excellent, why can't the Queen Mother look down on her?"

The Queen Mother finally screened six girls, and now the one who has entered the palace the most times is Qian Wenjin, and even Xiao Qiyun has more than Zheng Liyuan. In the past, there were many big families who went to the Zheng family to seek relatives, but now, they have been snubbed in front of the door, Zheng Liyuan estimates that not to mention climbing a high door, and even finding a family with the right family, it is difficult.

And Qian Wenjin, although it is rumored that she is the queen mother's candidate for the concubine, but then it was rumored that she was adopted by Qian Xiancong, and now, the threshold of going to the Qian family to propose marriage has broken through.

Prince Ren swallowed a mouthful of saliva a little unconvinced: "Xiaojun, there are many people who go to the Qian family to propose marriage, it is nothing more than that Qian Wenjin is a living cash cow, those noble families, not all of them are nervous, if their relatives can make money to support the family, they dream of such a daughter-in-law, Qian Wenjin will naturally rise." ”

"Father, are you happy if our family finds a daughter-in-law from a loser?"

"Then you don't need Qian Wenjin to be the icing on the cake!"

Qian Jun was speechless, and could only reiterate his position: "Then, you can set another woman as my wife, don't blame me for not marrying at that time, I can't marry Wen Jin as a wife in this life, and it's not interesting for my son to live, I might as well become a monk and have everything go well in the next life!" ”

"You dare!" Prince Ren has no confidence at all in this sentence, his son even has the mind of becoming a monk, what else does he dare not do?

The father and son parted unhappily, and Prince Ren quietly sent the person he sent to keep an eye on Qian Wenjin, he frowned, and asked solemnly, "What do you think of the eldest lady of the Qian family?" ”

"Small—"

"Don't care what I think, what you see and say, what I want is the most real situation of Qian Wenjin."

"Lord, according to the small point of view, this Qian Wenjin is very good at being a person, she was originally adopted, I heard that she is still the ex-wife of Qian Shilang, afraid that the man is not at home, she raised her son to death, and picked up a child to pretend, but now the Qian family is very fond of Miss Qian, don't say that Lord Qian's brother and sister-in-law, who have been with Qian Wenjin for several years, have feelings, and the county lord of Yujie, who just married in the past, loves this stepdaughter very much, and often takes her with her, and teaches her how to take care of the housework at the door of the mansion."

"Is this Qian Wenjin very good at flattery?"

"No, Lord Wang, the people of the Qian family like Miss Qian very much, saying that she is sincere to people, if it is an unintentional mistake, she also reminds her from the perspective of education, and let it go if there is a small punishment, the lord of Yujie said that she is too soft-hearted, but the people are very respectful to Miss Qian, there is almost no trace of disobedience, and the common yang and yin violations are rare."

"Why is that?"

"This Qian girl is very good at managing her family, the subordinates around her have a clear division of labor, if something goes wrong, who should it be, who it is, what punishment to receive, it is also black and white, it is clear, those subordinates are occasionally beaten, and they are convinced, and there are no complaints." "How is that possible? Her minions are so reasonable? ”

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