Morning, Qizhou Xiao Mansion.

There was a little snow in Qizhou last night, and the snow on the roof shone in the sun, and a flock of sparrows were looking for food in the thin snow in the courtyard.

The stove in the house was burning with curling sandalwood and pale blue curtains, and more than a dozen maids and maids stood with their hands hanging down.

Two maidservants were waiting for an elderly woman to rinse her mouth, and an old man of more than ten years old on the left and right sides of the flank, with a pair of black eyes looking energetic, gray hair, long eyebrows and sideburns, and a straight nose, naturally exuded a majestic aura, and even now it can be seen that he must have been a handsome gentleman when he was young. This person is Xiao Yu, the Duke of Song.

Across from him sat a woman of a similar age, the Duke of the Kingdom. Dugu's maintenance is very good, if it weren't for the old state of some details, at first glance he looked less than fifty years old, with a golden-brown coat, a hairpin with gold flowers inlaid with jasper hairpins on his sideburns, exquisite makeup, a dignified posture, and a natural extravagance in every gesture.

The three of them had just finished breakfast, and they were all rinsing their mouths and cleaning their hands, but the room was very quiet, only the sound of clothes rubbing against each other.

When everything was tidied up, the old lady leaned back on the round-waisted bed chair behind her.

Dugu's eyes narrowed slightly, sighed slightly, raised his eyes and said, "Mother, the lady you said two days ago, the daughter-in-law sent someone to check, the Ran family traced back to the ancestors is not a poor family, but unfortunately since the five generations have gradually fallen lonely, there has been no character in the past two hundred years, the biological mother of that lady is the concubine of the Zheng family, is it not a good match for her to be Yue'er?" ”

Dugu actually wants to say that the identity of this Ran Seventeen Niang is fundamentally different from hers, and she is not worthy of the Xiao family at all.

This complains that Dugu's vision is too high, she is the queen mother, the old lady is the mother of Queen Xiao of the former dynasty, the eldest daughter-in-law is Li Shimin's princess, and the second daughter-in-law is the daughter of the eldest princess of Pingyang.

The old lady glanced at Dugu without emotion, and her tone was light, "Lang, the life of this wife, can be judged as usual?" In case there is no one in the noble lady of the gate, you will make him a bachelor for the rest of his life? It's hard to look forward to a combination of eight characters, and it's still a famous family, can't it? ”

After a pause, the old lady looked at Xiao Yu, "Seeing that I am ten years old in the spring, I have not lived today, I want to take a look at Yue'er's heirs before entering the earth, I can still have ten or eight years of waiting?" ”

"Can't? Mother is just saying something unlucky. Xiao Yu frowned, but he also felt in his heart that the ancestors of the Ran family were not too bad, and Xiao Song's situation was indeed not suitable for delay.

Dugu smiled slightly, "The daughter-in-law has no objection, but I just feel that the identity of that lady is a little inappropriate to be a wife, and it is very suitable to marry her." ”

The Dugu clan couldn't bear Xiao Song's lonely family, but they were also afraid that he wouldn't be able to raise his head in front of the clan after marrying Ran Yan, after all, the power of the wife clan could not be ignored.

"I mean what you mean. However, the eldest son of the marriage is about to go to the national prison, and it is not a little worse, so if the Ran family marries as a flat wife, he will have children, and if the mother of the eldest son of the third room is just a side room, you let him raise his head in the future? The Ran family is not bad, and it can be said that after she gets married, she will support her mother's family. The meaning of the accusation in the old lady's words is obvious: You only think about you, and you don't think about your grandson?

When the old lady saw that she still wanted it, she raised her hand slightly and said, "It's almost, you guys, I want to worship the Buddha." ”

A woman in her thirties stepped forward to help her. Xiao Yu and Dugu hurriedly got up to send each other.

The old lady paused and said, "My body is still quite tough these days, and I plan to go to Chang'an to see for myself the character of Ran Seventeen Niang." ”

"Mother"

"Mother"

Xiao Yu and Dugu couldn't help but be shocked, a ten-year-old man, can't he take care of himself at home? It's still running around, which has to be worrying

"I grew up in Chang'an since I was a child, and I have lived in Chang'an for decades, so I naturally want to go and see it while I can still move around now. I have made up my mind, and I don't need to persuade me more. The old lady was a little impatient, and with the help of the maidservant, she went out.

Back in the house, the woman asked softly, "Don't you explain, the Cui family also intends to marry Ran Seventeen Niang, in case Lang Jun and you have already repaired the book and sent someone to propose marriage, it will not be good to turn around and feel resentful." ”

"What can it be?" The old lady smiled, "My grandson finally waited for a lady with the same eight characters, and he can look at it again, isn't this a godsend?" Can Cui's be preempted? ”

The woman put a mattress behind her, pursed her lips and chuckled, "You, you are still so stubborn, I don't know if Shu Niang's progress will go smoothly, and when the marriage book is finalized, you can rest assured." ”

"Who said no, there is not even a concubine in the Lang family...... said, I don't have a child born to a concubine, I just hope that Lang's first child is better than a daughter, and I like female dolls. The old lady sighed, "I can't live until that day." ”

"You are only depressed, you have taken decoction medicine twice in three days, and your current body is tougher." The woman pretended to be angry, and then discussed with her who Xiao Song's daughter would be like if she was born, "Listen to Shu Niang, that Ran Seventeen Niang has a good appearance." ”

When the old lady heard this, she became interested, where to still pay attention to the Buddha, and began to think about the name of her great-granddaughter with great interest.

This room was talking lively, but the Dugu clan was not happy in his heart. People say that she is a mother-in-law, she is now ten years old and is still pressed by her mother-in-law, this morning was blocked by the old lady, the more she thought about it, the more she was wronged, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she couldn't help but explore Xiao Yu's words, "Husband, Yue'er's marriage is ......"

"Mother is right." Xiao Yu interrupted when he saw her slurping, "Wu Wangke's noble bloodline is rare in the world, but isn't he still Wu Wangke?" ”

Xiao Yu's words are not obscure, Li Ke's great-grandmother and maternal grandmother are from the Dugu family, the great-grandfather is Li Hu, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the maternal great-grandfather is Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and the grandfather is Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty. But what can it be? The bloodline did not allow Li Ke to cross Li Chengqian and Li Tai, what did Li Chengqian and Li Tai rely on? And not because their mother is the queen of the main room?

If you want to talk about it, the background of the eldest grandson queen is not as good as that of Concubine Yang. Therefore, the family is one thing, and the concubine is also important.

Xiao Song is now twenty, and he will be twenty-seven after the New Year, even if the position of the main wife is vacated and Ran Yan is not allowed to have children, then if he can't find a gate lord who matches Xiao Song's identity in ten or twenty years, wouldn't he have to cut off Xiao Song's heir?

"The concubine understands." Dugu has no choice, who made this three lives miserable, but he just spread the life of a wife? Besides, the current husband also agrees, and she can't continue to oppose it, so she has to comfort her, fortunately, this Ran family is not a common person, otherwise she really won't have a place to put her face.

The two returned to the main courtyard side by side, and Dugu personally went to prepare the old lady's outfit. Although it is very close from Qizhou to Chang'an, the old lady is too old after all.

The sky was overcast, and gradually snowflakes began to fall.

Chang'an City is also overwhelmed by black clouds, and ice particles are falling sparsely.

Ran Yan was still doing the work of restoring his appearance in Xiao Song's mansion, and Xiao Song went to the official office to inspect things.

Because Xiao Song knew how to eat, it was almost noon, Ran Yan cleaned his hands with medicine and went to the kitchen to make lunch in person. She didn't like it, so she made an ordinary four dishes and one soup.

When the soup was served, the kitchen door was pushed open, and after Xiao Song returned home, he heard the little guy say about it, and he was happy, but he didn't have much hope, but as soon as he entered the door, he smelled the fragrance of the food, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Alright." Ran Yan put the soup bowl on the tray and untied her apron.

Xiao Song watched her movements, his heart was soft and warm, and most of the exhaustion in his body was swept away.

"Want to cook your own meal?" Xiao Song stepped forward and shook Ran Yan's hand and asked.

Ran Yan's face darkened, but he didn't shake off his hand, "Liu Qingsong is not here, there is no one in the kitchen, do you want to be hungry?" ”

Xiao Song coughed dryly and said with a smile, "I don't usually pay attention to these things, or I will get Liu Qingsong, anyway, don't you want to go to the shop with him to diagnose people?" You're also handy if he's there. ”

"He even told you that?" Ran Yan was a little angry, Liu Qingsong, the eighth woman, but immediately glanced at Xiao Song suspiciously, wondering if he had tortured Liu Qingsong to extract a confession.

The two walked into the hall, and Xiao Songcai reluctantly let go of Ran Yan's hand and sat down on the seat.

Xiao Song's demeanor is very casual, but there is indescribable elegance, and he does not make a sound, which is obviously related to the good education of his family.

Ran Yan's eating action is not elegant, but it is not rude.

Since the Song Dynasty served as the assassin of Qizhou, Xiao Song rarely ate in the house, the year before last he found this courtyard in Pingkangfang, and lived here alone, since then he has either eaten in the official office, or eaten out with others. Xiao Song didn't think anything about it, but compared to today, it seemed so bleak before?

Seeing Xiao Song put down the dishes and chopsticks, Ge Lan served him to rinse his mouth.

The house was quiet, the fire was burning, and the ice particles were rustling down on the roof tiles, which sounded particularly peaceful and peaceful.

"Would you like to take a break?" Xiao Song asked.

Ran Yan shook his head and asked, "Maybe the case will be solved before the end of the year?" ”

"It's hard to say. The other three were not alive or dead. Xiao Song rubbed his temples, lowered his eyes and said, "However, I found out that Dou Chengfeng had a close relationship with a widowed woman in private, and this matter was the news that I got from repeatedly deceiving Dou Chengfeng's brother, and as soon as I learned the identity of that lady, I guarded her residence." Take the time to check it out. I still don't believe in a big living person going to the suburbs, and no one has heard of it yet. ”

Ran Yan looked at the faint cyan in his eyes, and said, "You go to take a nap, your thoughts will be clear when you rest, and I'll wake you up when you come back." ”

Xiao Song raised his eyes and looked at her quietly, his smile was indescribably peaceful and gentle, which was different from any kind of smile he usually had.

"Okay." He answered, got up and walked to Ran Yan, leaned over and kissed her lightly.

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