Chapter Ninety-Nine: Backbone
At the wedding banquet of the lord of Chengfeng County, a new word came out on top, and soon after, that word spread in literati circles.
In the Liang Dynasty, movable type printing was already available, and paper media gradually emerged, and major newspapers published new words one after another, causing heated discussions.
In cultural circles, some people want to invite lyricists to join their poetry groups, and everyone can write poems and lyrics together and create a poetry collection. They also have a goal to compete with the "Jinling Poetry Immortal Troupe" of the Southern Jin Dynasty.
But no one can call out this lyricist these days, because Su Bottle was ordered by the lord of Loulan to stay at home and not go anywhere. According to the emperor's request, the candidate county horse tried to marry and stayed at home to "have children".
Of course, this is all an illusion, and it is to deceive the eunuchs in the Inner Servant Province. In fact, he is deceiving the emperor.
As for Su Bottle's work, the county lord didn't pay attention to it, but just sent someone to the criminal department to notify him, and asked for two months of leave in one go.
At this time, some people in the criminal department said that Su Douzhu estimated that he would not be able to come to work again. People ascend to the sky in one step, from the second-grade county horse, how can they be these eight-grade petty officials again?
Early this morning, Xue Shilang sent Mei Ran to the county lord's mansion, and while sending blessings, he asked Su Bottle about the handling of the case, and brought the file in Su Bottle's hand back to the Criminal Department.
Mei Ran came to the county lord's mansion, Tang Mei was not very happy, she let Zhen Ping'er stare at the whole time, and she didn't bring Mei Ran's share for lunch, but Zhen Ping'er ordered one for Mei Ran in private.
Later, Su Bei knew about this and gave Zhen Ping'er a tael of silver.
I like this Zhen Ping'er very much, with a beautiful face, tall and thin waist, plump up and down, handsome and dignified, reasonable, and good-hearted. With the big sister of the Zhen family by her side, it makes people feel happy. If she was the lord of Loulan, how good would it be......
"You can be regarded as having made a profit, which is equivalent to marrying nine daughters-in-law at once." Mei Ran said sourly.
"What do you want? This kind of good thing has nothing to do with me. Su Bottle shook his head and said.
The county lord asked the eight maids to take turns to sleep, but in fact, they all lived in the lower house, while Su Bottle slept in the upper house by himself, and an old lady sat in the main hall in the middle, who was in charge of supervising.
Mama Wang's old face sank, and there was really no good thing. The little maids were afraid that she was so scared that they could see her from afar, and they wanted to walk around.
Su Bottle didn't really stay at home, and left the county lord's mansion after breakfast, saying that he would take his father on a sightseeing tour in Luoyang City.
With Mei Ran on the side, the father of the Su family is still very calm and steady, and he browses the scenery of the imperial capital everywhere with great interest.
In the evening, they went to Pingkangfang, and Su Bottle took Su Mantang to the Chengfeng Teahouse, saying that he bought it himself. Su Mantang was surprised and asked where did Su Bottle's money come from? Su Bottle briefly told him what happened.
Su Bei also said that he had wanted to bring his family to Luoyang, but he offended many people because of his work and feelings, and several groups of assassins had come to kill me. Hearing this, Su Mantang was shocked and angry, stood up and glared and asked: Who wants to kill my son? Su Bottle said, the prince of Qi. Su Mantang was like a deflated ball, and he immediately fell into a state of silence.
In the past two days, the Red Flower Society has cleaned up the second courtyard, and more than a dozen female disciples have moved in. In this way, the second floor of the teahouse in front of it was vacated and restored to the appearance of the teahouse in the past.
Under the management of Lu Sanniang, the teahouse has made great progress. I don't know where Lu Sanniang found the trickster. Su Bottle sat in the backyard, and from time to time he could hear the sound of piano music from the front yard.
After dinner, Mei Ran went to the front yard to get tea, and Su Vase took a thousand bouquets of flowers to buy rock sugar gourds. Su Mantang sat alone in the backyard pavilion, looking around with his hands behind his back. I saw that the lights in Pingkangfang were bright, and the high-rise buildings were lined up, and it was indescribably prosperous.
"Oh, that's good. The wish of my life, come to this Pingkang Fang for a walk. He suddenly smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's a pity that I'm old and shy, so it's not enough to go to that tall building to take a look." ”
The wedding could not be held until a few months later, and the father of the Su family was not relieved by the family in Chang'an and decided to go home. Su Bottle gave him the only 328 taels of silver, but he refused. Daddy said, "If you put money in your hands, it's like you put it in my hands." If you are doing well, Daddy will be at ease.
Dad also said that there was another thing this time, Su Bei's two younger brothers, Su Changsheng and Su Changli, had been forcibly conscripted into the army, but fortunately, it didn't take long for the war to end, and he sent a letter home to report safety. Dad hopes that Su Bottle will beg the county lord and talk to the generals of the Tang family to promote Su Changsheng and Su Changli.
Su Mantang said: "I'm not boasting, Chang Sheng is quite smart, Chang Li has some martial arts, and the two are not mediocre." Promoting them can be regarded as being virtuous and not avoiding relatives. ”
Su Bottle said: "The two younger brothers were forcibly conscripted into the army, why didn't my father tell me earlier?" Otherwise, I would have told the county lord a long time ago. ”
Su Mantang said: "I have seen all the letters you wrote to your home, between the lines, I don't think you are doing well, how dare you ask the county to do something." But this time I came, and I found that the county lord is not bad to you. If she hates you, how can she agree to the marriage? That's why I'm asking you to mention it. However, if she doesn't agree, don't force it, it will save you bad feelings. ”
Su Bottle said: "Even if you don't promote the two younger brothers to high-ranking officials, the centurion shouldn't be a problem." ”
Su Mantang smiled, got in the car, and went home.
Sending the Su family's father away is already the third day of Su Bottle's leave. In the past three days, it has been really uncomfortable, and Su Bottle has been playing with the maids at home. Tang Yan and Tang Yuan's two little babies often came running, and there were shouts of "hey, hey, haha" in the backyard.
Hearing the voice, the county lord turned his head to look, and saw that it was Su Bottle who was teaching the child to practice martial arts, and suddenly lost his mind, and couldn't help but look twice. At this time, Wang Jin'er said: "Try marriage, why don't you let the county lord try it himself?" ”
As soon as she heard this, Tang Mei's face flushed, and she raised her hand to hit Wang Jin'er, but Wang Jin'er pretended to be in pain and hid aside.
At dinner, Tang Yan and Tang Yan's little brothers and sisters went home arm-in-arm, and Su Wei came upstairs to mention Su Changsheng and Su Changli to the county lord, saying that the two younger brothers were conscripted into the army, and hoped that the county lord would take care of them and write a letter to which brother to promote them.
Tang Mei asked Su Bottle, do the two brothers have a human appearance?
Su Bottle said that the two younger brothers can read and write, Su Changsheng is quite brainy, and Su Changli is as strong as an ox.
Tang Mei asked about the sequence of the two younger brothers in the army, and learned that they were in the team of the eldest prince Tang Gan, so she wrote a letter to the eldest brother to observe and carry them.
It is worth mentioning that the eldest prince Tang Qian, who is all-round in civil and military affairs, has outstanding military achievements, and is recognized as the heir of the national prince.
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In the first year of Bandung, on March 12, Emperor Zhao Tian of Bandung married three concubines into the palace at the same time.
Daoguang Fang, Lide Fang, and Chengfu Fang drums are loud, and the long queue of relatives is endless.
In particular, Chengfufang is the closest to the left gate of the imperial city, and Meng Guifei's eight-lift sedan chair has been driven to the city gate, and the tail of the family sending team has not yet walked out of Chengfufang.
Only the queen will go to the south gate, and the other concubines will all go to the left door. And it was not the emperor who went out to greet his relatives, but the empress Tang Zhao.
Come and see the lively crowds of people, there is a pair of young men and women in the crowd, which is particularly attention-grabbing, Huashan beautiful clothes, handsome men and women, like a pair of jade people, it is Su Bottle and Tang Mei.
really responded to Wang Jin'er's words, this trial marriage, that trial marriage, it is better to try it in person. That night, Tang Mei retired from her grandmother and came to the Su Bottle House.
Of course, the county lord didn't come to give her a hug, she just wanted to talk to Su Bottle.
"I wasn't going to get into it, because I felt that it was a loss of personality. But the situation forced me to come to Luoyang. On the first day I entered the Guogong Mansion, and when I saw you treating me like that, I retreated. Just waited for Concubine Fan to pass away, and then left here. Later, you promised to give my father a knighthood, and I felt that I should be patient, and even if the princess died, I did not leave. I think I still have some backbone, and I won't wag my tail and beg to please the county lord, perhaps, I have offended the county lord because of this. ”
"Man, be backbone. If you really begged me, maybe I would have driven you away. ”
Tang Mei sighed deeply and said, "There are some things you don't know. You don't know what kind of situation I was in when I first met you, what kind of mood I felt. Concubine Fan took advantage of the slight disagreement between me and the prince, so she introduced the seventh sister Tang Zhao to the prince, changed the marriage contract, and abolished my future. Then she contributed to this incident. She deliberately hurt me, of course I won't like you, or even hate you, that's why I treat you like this. But then I learned about your family's situation and that you were in a difficult situation. Seeing that you are still striving for self-improvement in such a predicament, and going outside to fight, I have some appreciation. Of course, I know that it is not easy to handle cases outside, and I apologize every time I see you returning tired. In fact, I can't talk about my admiration for the crown prince Zhao Tian, what I love is the identity of the prince, not Zhao Tian. Because his character is not good, people often come to me and tell me that the prince likes this and that. When I listen to it, can I feel comfortable? What kind of affection do you have for him? ”
Listening to Tang Mei's words, I found that someone had been calculating Tang Mei for a long time. Those people deliberately passed on the negative news of the prince to Tang Mei and ruined their feelings.
This person is Concubine Fan? Or Tang Zhao?
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But the princess has passed away, Tang Zhao has become the queen, there is no need to dwell on it anymore.
There was a heart-to-heart conversation, and the two got better, no, let's watch the excitement together. Watch the three noble concubines enter the door and be introduced into the deep palace by the high-nosed and deep-eyed Tang Queen. From then on, it was difficult for those three women to come out again. This step into it is a lifetime.
It's really a trick of God, if it wasn't for an accident, maybe the person standing in the queen's position should have been Tang Mei. But now it's Tang Zhao. And this has only happened in recent months.
After seeing the excitement, Su Bottle took Tang Mei to wander around the street. Go to the North Market, buy some small east and west, and watch the street shows. I also looked for some street food. At this time, Su Bottle knew that this Tang Mei had never been to Beishi. For more than ten years, her footprints are nothing more than a few squares near the imperial city.
Since then, the focus of Su Bottle's life has begun to shift to the county lord's mansion, and he also said to Tang Mei, Zhao Lian has the intention to kill me. Hearing this, Tang Mei took a pen and wrote a letter, but she didn't know what she wrote, so she asked Wang Jin'er to send it to the Qi Palace.