The Song Mansion is happy to come to the door, and he has two sons and a daughter, which is really envious of others.

The son born to the little county lord was named Song Xiang, and the nickname Nan'er meant that the mother and child suffered when they were born. The elder brother of Ye Fanggu's twin siblings was named Song Yi, and the meaning of the name naturally had the meaning that his mother gave birth to him as easy as a piglet. The girl's name is Song Ruolan, and her nickname is Shuangshuang, which is the standard woman's name in these years, but there is nothing to say.

Looking at the eldest son Song Zhidao and his three infant children, who were already running all over the ground, Song Nan suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he was only in his twenties, and he was a person with four children all of a sudden.

Among the sons of the Song family, although Song Zhidao, the son of Dai Su'er, is the eldest son, but he is a concubine, and after the little county lord gave birth to Song Xiang, the difference was quickly reflected, and this difference was not the difference in the views within the Song Mansion, most of them came from the outside.

Song Xiang is recognized by the outside world as the eldest son of Song Nan, still in infancy, the emperor has a knighthood, directly awarded the title of viscount, and has 300 acres of reward land; Compared with Song Xiang, Song Zhidao and Song Yi, the two sons of the concubines, only got the title of Duwei, although they were also born with positions, but the difference is self-evident. As for Song Ruolan, the girl, she didn't get anything.

Song Nan obviously felt that Dai Su'er and Ye Fanggu had feelings for this different treatment, if it was for them, it would be fine, but this was their child, but it was a little unbearable. Song Nan can't change the opinion outside, but he can control the rules of the house; Song Nan convened a family meeting with everyone in the family, solemnly raised the matter, and asked the whole family, from Song's mother to the little servants, to rank the little young masters according to their age.

"Dao'er is the eldest son of the Song Mansion, everyone must remember this in the future, in my Song Mansion, the eldest and youngest wheel order is the most important, not in terms of identity. In the future, it will be difficult for you to be sensible, and you have to sue him for this, I don't want to lose the rules because of this. Song Nanyan said.

The little county lord smiled and nodded, in fact, Song Nan had already communicated with her in private about this matter, and the little county lord knew that Song Nan did this for the sake of harmony in the mansion, and it was also the heart of the concubine's room; The little county lord understands very well in his heart, no matter how Song Nan emphasized, the eldest son in the Song Mansion is still his own son, and in the future, it will be his son who will take the lead in things like the court's reward or the attack on the lord. The little county lord agreed with Song Nan's words to show generosity.

After this family meeting, the atmosphere at home was obviously much better, and the servants, including Uncle Zhong, were originally called Song Xiang's eldest young master, but this time they all changed their names to the second young master, at least psychologically, which made Dai Su'er feel a lot better.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, when the spring is bright in April, the full moon wine of the Song family's young lady is vigorously put up, the officials who come and go to congratulate are bustling, the Song Mansion is generous, and the Chunfeng Building is covered for three days, and the famous opera troupes of Nanjing Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion are invited to sing on stage in Zhengnanfang for ten days; A full moon feast is said to have cost fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver.

Among the many greeting guests, there were dozens of officials from the outer court, including Yang Tinghe, a cabinet scholar, more than a dozen leaders and eunuchs from the inner court, the heads and brains of the Jinyi Guard, and the officers of the Shenshu Battalion; It includes almost all the important people in the capital.

When the officials of the outer court came to congratulate him, it was a matter of face, Song Nan knew that they would definitely come, for these civil officials, even if they were opponents who fought to the death, they had to show their demeanor on the surface, and they would never give people a posture of arrogance. Needless to say, Zhang Yongke is Song Nan's hardcore friend, and although Ma Yongcheng and other eunuchs in the inner court don't have too deep friendships, they naturally want to follow Zhang Yong's ass. Naturally, there is no need to say much about the other Jinyi Guard Divine Pivot Battalions, they are all Song Nan's team.

Song Nan didn't plan that there would be people in the regimental camp to congratulate him, he thought that no one in the regimental camp would definitely come except Zhang Lun, so he didn't even send them invitations, but this time he miscalculated; There are actually the names of the two Hou Ye of the regimental camp in the list of coming to congratulate, one is Jiao Zhengtai, the commander of the Yangwei Battalion who led someone to almost take his old nest in March, and the other is Jianwei Hou Gaohu, the commander of the Xianwu Battalion.

When he saw the names of these two people on the gift list, Song Nan was really a little confused, wondering if it was a mistake in the registration on the gift list, one of these two people gave a small Buddha statue of pure gold, and the other gave a small incense burner of pure gold, obviously this is a matching pair of gifts. But on the three-day banquet in Chunfeng Building, Song Nan didn't see these two marquis at all.

Song Nan found Uncle Zhong, who was in charge of the matter, to inquire about the matter carefully, and Uncle Zhong patted his head and thought for a long time before recalling: "I did receive these two gifts, but it was two servants who came to congratulate them, and the old slave told them at the time that at the banquet in Chunfeng Building, they invited their master to go to the banquet, and they also agreed, but they didn't go somehow." This is the fault of the old slave, I am slow to treat the guests, and I am also old, so I can't take care of it when I am busy. ”

Song Nan comforted Uncle Zhong a few words, obviously these two marquis deliberately did not show up, the banquet on the spring breeze upstairs was all attended by officials from the DPRK and China, and the two marquis were afraid that they were unwilling to go to the banquet openly; But obviously, there must be a reason why he gave a gift but didn't come to the banquet, and Song Nan didn't want to accept this love in vain.

So, on a warm night in early May, Song Nan ordered someone to invite Jiao Zhengtai and Gao Hu, two marquises, with his name card, and set up a table in the private room on the third floor of Chunfeng Building, and feasted the two of them separately.

After dark, the two marquis came together in civilian clothes.

Song Nan greeted each other at the staircase, the two marquis looked a little sneaky, and after greeting each other, their eyes looked around, Song Nan knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "The two marquis don't worry, I have already contracted the Chunfeng Building today, and it is specially to compensate for the neglect of the two marquis; The two marquis gave gifts but didn't drink a glass of thin wine from me, and Song was very unhappy in his heart. ”

Jiao Zhengtai and Gao Hu heard Song Nan say this, their expressions were much calmer, Jiao Zhengtai and Song Nan were also acquaintances, after introducing Gao Hu to Song Nan, the three of them sat in the private room, put the wine and food on the table, and began to eat and drink.

After eating a few glasses of wine, the pockmarks on Jiao Zhengtai's face glowed red, and his expression became much more comfortable, and he put down his chopsticks and smiled at Song Nan: "Song Hou Ye must think that the two of us are a little strange, there is a happy event in Song Houye's family, I must not have thought that there would be people in my regiment camp besides the British Duke to congratulate me." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Indeed, and the person who congratulates you is still you Jiao Houye, if I remember correctly, I offended you a month ago." ”

Jiao Zhengtai laughed and said: "That's not an offense, that's our joint drill, Song Houye forgot?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Yes, it's a drill, or Marquis Jiao has a good memory." ”

Jiao Zhengtai said: "Actually, I Jiao has no bad feelings towards Song Houye, on the contrary, I admire Song Houye, there are happy events in Song Houye's house, and we should come to congratulate him." ”

Gao Hu also said: "Yes, Ben Hou and Jiao Hou Ye have the best relationship, twenty years ago, Jiao Hou Ye and I joined forces outside Yanmen Pass to defend against the enemy, and we have already formed a friendship of life and death; Hou Ye Jiao told me that day that he had to come to congratulate Hou Ye Song on his son's daughter, and Ben Hou also felt that he should, so he ordered someone to send some small gifts. Why did Marquis Song bother to come to a special banquet for us today. ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Thank you two, my subordinates are not careful, and they didn't invite the two Hou Ye to the banquet for three days, such a faux pas should not be, why should I invite the two Hou Ye to have a meal to express my gratitude and apology." ”

Jiao Zhengtai said with a smile: "We deliberately did not come to the banquet, and the reason must be understood by Marquis Song. ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "I really don't understand." ”

Jiao Zhengtai said: "Song Hou Ye is pretending to be confused, the attitude of the group camp Hou Ye towards Song Hou Ye must also be known to Song Hou Ye, the two of us came to congratulate you and went to the banquet, if they know, don't you want to die of anger?" The two of us will soon become traitors to what they call it. ”

Song Nan pretended to be puzzled and said, "Then why, I have never offended the Hou Ye of your regimental camp?" Why are you prejudicing me? ”

Jiao Zhengtai shook his head and said, "Master Song, don't be angry if you make an inappropriate analogy." ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Please speak." ”

"For example, there are several rich families living on a certain street, and the rest are inhabited by beggars and common people, and the rich families live freely on weekdays, and the people and beggars are afraid of them and flatter them. Suddenly, one day, one of these people and beggars made a windfall and climbed into power, and suddenly became disrespectful to these rich people, what do you say these rich people feel in their hearts? ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "So that's the case, the story of Hou Ye Jiao is quite appropriate, the rich are the Hou Ye, and the beggars must be me Song Nan, it turns out that the Hou Ye is red eyes and I Song Nan suddenly became equal to them, in their eyes, I should be a beggar for the rest of my life, be a common man, right?" ”

Jiao Zhengtai said: "Don't be angry, I'm telling the truth, and I don't need any reason for such a thing." Besides, Song Houye, you have not offended people. ”

Song Nan smiled: "Who did I offend?" ”

Jiao Zhengtai smiled and said, "Do you really want to say it?" Zhenwei Yingqian Taichang Qian's son chose a horse ......"

Song Nan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Come on, don't say it, don't mention it." ”

Jiao Zhengtai and Gao Hu laughed. Song Nan was a little puzzled in his heart, what was the purpose of these two people, they didn't seem to have any malicious intent, but he couldn't guess what they wanted to do.