Chapter 19: My Life Is Up to Me Not My Father
"Sanniang, we are also on an errand under the master's mother, aren't you embarrassing us?" A servant woman was smiling all over the place, looking at the money bag in Lou Yunxiao's hand, her eyes were straight.
"The second lady is married beautifully now, and she is also thinking about her biological mother, the two mothers are very hard to take care of Aunt Cheng, and the second lady knows it in her heart. These treasures are the hearts of the two mothers, and the two mothers will accept them. Lou Yunxiao didn't wait for the two servants guarding the door to respond, and stuffed the money bag into their hands.
"This ...... Since it is the second lady's intention, then it is difficult for us to refuse. The servant woman was embarrassed on the surface, but her body was very honest, and while stuffing the money bag into her arms, she opened the door for Lou Yunxiao, "The third lady, please come in, but at most a quarter of an hour, otherwise we won't dare to let the third lady in the future." ”
Lou Yunxiao nodded with a smile, entered the door and turned around to close the door.
There is a main house in Wanting Pavilion, and the furnishings and furniture in the house are also inferior goods that Fu Yuewei let people buy at a low price. This Cheng Shuqin is also a girl from a good family, but it's a pity that her life is not good, and she is in such a household.
"Three ladies." Cheng Shuqin bowed, and then retreated to the side of the table.
Lou Yunxiao was originally a little prejudiced against her, but when her sister got married, she saw Cheng's crying and seeing her sister, so she relented.
"Aunt Cheng doesn't need to be polite, please sit down."
Cheng Shuqin kept hanging her head and hesitated for a while before sitting down cautiously.
"Thank you Sanniangzi, I heard that Erniangzi asked you to come to see me, if you see her, please thank her for me."
"My sister didn't ask me to come." Lou Yunxiao put the food box on the table, took out three plates of dim sum from it, and placed them in front of Cheng Shuqin.
"It's because I saw that you didn't eat a little bit at dinner, so I came to bring you some snacks."
Cheng Shuqin was suddenly at a loss, she didn't expect the third lady to care about her. She raised her eyes to look at Lou Yunxiao, as if she saw Chu Yuxian's figure on her body.
"Thank you, San Ladies."
"You don't have to look at me like this, I'm just thinking about my sister and Chun'er, after all, you are their biological mother." Lou Yunxiao picked up a piece of honey bait cake and handed it to Cheng Shuqin, "This is Chun'er's favorite dim sum, you can also try it." ”
"Yes." Cheng Shuqin's eyes were slightly red, and she could see that she was trying her best to restrain her emotions, and she put the delicate honey bait in her mouth and savored it.
Who knew that Cheng Shuqin vomited after only one bite, but she didn't dare to make a sound, but quickly got up and found the spittoon and vomited on the ground.
Lou Yunxiao frowned, and hurriedly ran over and patted her on the back, "Aunt Cheng, what's wrong with you?" ”
Cheng Shuqin wiped the corners of her mouth, pushed Lou Yunxiao away, panting, "I, I'm fine, the third lady should leave quickly." ”
Looking at her like this, it doesn't look like she is sick, but like ......
Lou Yunxiao squatted on the ground and grabbed Cheng Shuqin's wrist, this pulse is fluent and fluent, like a bead, it is indeed a happy pulse.
"You're pregnant!" Lou Yunxiao lowered her voice and said.
"Shh Cheng Shuqin looked out the window in horror, and when she saw that there was no figure, she relaxed her vigilance, she held Lou Yunxiao's hands with her backhand, her eyes were frightened and pleading, "Third lady, please don't make a noise, if you let the mistress know, I'm afraid that the concubine won't survive." ”
has the ability to be pregnant, but Cheng Shuqin's appearance makes Lou Yunxiao feel that this unborn child is like a bomb that will take her life at any time.
It turned out that two months before coming to the capital, Lou Qihuai had come to Wanting Pavilion once, and after Fu Yuewei learned about it, she asked Cui Hu to send Shunzi soup on the second day, but who knew that the medicine did not work, and Cheng Shuqin became pregnant.
Looking at the thin woman in front of her, Lou Yunxiao finally couldn't bear it, it was the duty of a doctor to treat the sick and save people, and she couldn't sit idly by.
Two days later, Lou Yunxiao asked Zhengde to quietly buy a lot of tocolytic pills, and worked all night to develop a fetal pill for six months, and also made some tonic pills and sent them to Huanting Pavilion by the way. Cheng's body has been tortured by Fu Yuewei for many years, and whether he can keep this child depends on Cheng's own creation.
The battle in the house is often a dispute between women, but the dispute in the court is related to the dispute of the world, and there are many selfish interests and righteousness mixed in it.
The palace is located on the north side of the capital, and it looks majestic and magnificent from a distance, but there are many waves and clouds under this magnificence.
The main hall of Daming Palace is called Hanyuan Palace, is located on the pedestal of three meters high, the whole hall is higher than the flat ground four zhang, Tang Zai Huangzai. This is the place where Emperor Shun listens to the government, and the civil and military officials on both sides kneel on the futon in official uniforms, holding the wat board, and sit on the front.
"Zhong Aiqing has been arguing for a long time, is there a good plan?" Emperor Shun was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, wearing a double dragon gold crown, holding his forehead with his hands and closing his eyes.
"Holy Lord, now that my army is strong and strong, and the national strength is strong, it is not a problem to attack a Bolu country, if I use the princess and my relatives to quell the war, I am afraid that it will damage the national prestige." A high-spirited military attache said that this person was the Yunlu general Su Jingtian.
"General Yunlu said lightly, the country of Bolu has been obscure for several years, and has close contacts with Tubo, once the war starts, Tubo will take advantage of the chaos to attack our army, and then the defeat of our Northern Holy Dynasty at the small country of Bolu is really detrimental to the national prestige." It was Shangshu Zuo Cheng Wan Xunting who spoke.
"If this precedent is set for the princess of a big country to deign to marry a small country, then in the future, the surrounding small countries will follow suit, will I allow it or not? Did Wan Zuocheng ever think about this consequence? ”
"Even if this battle should be fought, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be a hard battle when Tubo and Bolu join forces, the loyal Guogong is too old to go on the expedition, and the Marquis of Beichen has been stationed on the frontier for several years, how can there be any available generals in the court?"
These two people are the people of the crown prince on one side and the people of the Nine Emperor Princes on the other, and you and I are arguing endlessly on both sides. On the other hand, the crown prince and the nine emperor princes, the two never said a word.
At this time, Mu Ling stood up neatly, walked to the center of the hall and knelt in front of Emperor Shun, and the argument between the two sides also came to an abrupt end because of his actions.
"Holy Lord, the minister invited himself to go out on an expedition to attack Bolu."
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall.
"Cangyuan, I know that you are a good son who is patriotic and loyal to the monarch, but Mu Feng ...... over there" Emperor Shun is also very embarrassed, loyal to the country and fighting, fighting everywhere, the two sons of the Mu family died in the field, if this single seedling also died, then he is afraid that half of the country will be given to the Mu family, and it will be difficult to make up for it.
"There is no need to worry, my father has agreed to this. Boluguo dared to be so arrogant, it must be in collusion with Tibet, knowing that Tibet must take advantage of the weakness, it is not difficult to deal with it, as long as the troops are used properly, the minister dares to guarantee that he will return victorious in less than two months. ”
If others say this, they will probably be scolded by these courtiers, but Mu Lingci dares to say this, and no one believes it. Mu Yichuan taught him the strategy of marching with troops all his life, and Mu Lingci was very talented, much stronger than his eldest uncle and third uncle.
Emperor Shun let out a long sigh, there is indeed no more suitable candidate in the court than Mu Lingci.
"Today, let's discuss here first, Cangyuan will return to the palace with me and retreat."
Everyone bowed down and sent Emperor Shun away, and Mu Lingci also got up and followed. A group of people went to the Daming Palace dormitory, which is more magnificent than the Hanyuan Palace, and the decorations are all rare treasures that cost less than 10,000 gold.
Emperor Shun took off the crown of his head, crossed his waist and paced back and forth, and Gonggong Qi on the side took the crown, leaned over and whispered a few words to the little yellow door beside him, and the little yellow door quietly retreated and ran in the direction of the Jiaofang Palace.
Gonggong Qi respectfully placed the crown on his head, bowed down and said to Emperor Shun: "Holy Lord, you didn't eat since you got up early, and if you spend so much energy, I'm afraid it will damage the dragon body." ”
Emperor Shun sighed again, stopped and looked at Mu Lingci, and said earnestly: "Cangyuan, the Mu family is kind to me, if I allow you to go on the expedition, I really can't bear it." These older sisters treat you as a parent, and I treat you like a nephew, even if you don't care about the merits of the Mu family, I am not willing to let you go into battle to fight. Do you understand? ”
"I understand." Mu Lingci said and knelt down again, "However, the Mu family does not dare to boast of past achievements, and although the minister is the only son of the Mu family, he cannot put the country behind the family. ”
Emperor Shun saw that he couldn't make sense of him, so he was so angry that he sat on the dragon chair, "You kid is more stubborn than your grandfather and your old man, when I gave you the word, I shouldn't have given you the word Cangyuan, it should be named stubborn donkey!" ”
He watched Mu Lingci grow up, to put it mildly, he loved this child more than Mu Feng's father, but this child was a dead eye, and the nine cows couldn't pull it back.
At this moment, a clear voice sounded outside the door, breaking the anger rising in the hall.
"Our family is a genius of the world, how can it be described as a stubborn donkey?"