The reborn prince's little palace maid in the apocalypse

The banquet held at Duke Chengen's Mansion can be said to be the first banquet held in the capital this year, and the scale is also extremely grand.

The first group of people to arrive were all related to the Shu family. They are not just guests, but also want to help. Just like when a poor family invites guests to dinner, there will be seven aunts and eight aunts coming to help.

Especially the concubine's natal family, the Qi family of Duke Lu's mansion. This Qi family was a hairpin family in the previous dynasty. If the Shu family had not produced two queens in a row, the Qi family would probably be worse than the Shu family. The status is even higher.

At the gate, Shu Xiao, the second housekeeper of Shu Mansion, personally ushered everyone in Qi Mansion in. When he turned around, he found a group of people and a very luxurious horse and carriage parked on one side of the alley. Shu Xiao sent the boy at the door to check on the situation.

After a while, the boy came back and reported that it was the carriage from Shouchang Houfu.

Shu Xiao was puzzled, so he walked over by himself. As soon as he approached the group of people, a man came over to meet him.

When the two of them approached, Shu Xiao was startled and quickly stepped forward to bow and salute, "Why is it you, old man?" His attitude was very respectful.

The man coming from the opposite side looked to be in his sixties, with a white beard, but his body was very strong and he stood with a straight waist. This man is the old steward of the Shouchang Hou Mansion, his name is Xiao Wu, and he is known as Grandpa Xiao among the steward circles in the capital.

Xiao Wu was the housekeeper of the Shouchang Marquis Mansion when the old Marquis was there. Although he is no longer in charge, he is very respected by Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin also bought him a house and servants, and took good care of him.

Shu Xiao pointed to the carriage and asked Xiao Wu: "Grandpa Xiao, is this...?"

Xiao Wudao: "Our Lord Marquis met friends outside the city yesterday. Thinking that your mansion would hold a banquet today, he rushed back early in the morning, not wanting to rush."

When Shu Xiao heard this, he bowed his head and said, "How can you get in now that the Marquis has arrived at the door?"

Xiao Wu smiled and waved his hand and said: "My Marquis got up a little early and was a little tired along the way. He was already asleep at this time, so I didn't let them wake up the Marquis."

"How can you let the Marquis sleep in the car? It's such a cold day, so I asked someone to arrange a guest room for the Marquis." Shu Xiao was speechless about the rules of the Xiao family. When you go to someone's house as a guest, you don't come in until you come in. Sleep outside.

"Don't!" Xiao Wu stopped Shu Xiao who wanted to call Xiao Lin and said: "There is everything in the car. Besides, you don't know the temper of our Marquis. If you wake him up rashly, I'm afraid he will smash the carriage." ”

In fact, what Xiao Wu meant was that if Shu Xiao really woke up Shouchang Hou, it might be the Shu family that would be hit. After all, Shouchang Hou would really give no one any face if he messed around.

After Xiao Wu's reminder, Shu Xiao also reacted. The main reason is that Shouchang Hou has been staying at home in honor of his father's orders for the past few years, and he has almost forgotten his great achievements.

Shu Xiao supported Xiao Wu and walked aside, and asked with concern: "Grandpa Xiao, it's so cold in this cold weather, why do you always go out with Mr. Hou! Where is Xiao Er?"

"Xiao Er was sick, and for a while I didn't trust others, so I shamelessly went out with my Marquis. Besides, it's such a big event in your house, and I also wanted to come out and meet my old friends." Xiao Wu explained to Shu Xiao In other words, Shu Xiao doesn't need to worry about them. When the time is almost up, he will naturally ask Shouchang Hou to get up.

Shu Xiao said a few polite words, mainly because the Hakka people had begun to come to the door one after another, and he really didn't have time to waste here.

Xiao Wu looked at Shu Xiao's leaving figure and sighed.

Xiao Er was indeed sick, but his illness was caused by fright. Xiao Lin locked up Xiao Taohong on the fifteenth day. He planned to observe the prince's attitude before deciding how to deal with it. Should Xiao Taohong be killed, or the Qingxi class be implicated and punished. Later, Xiao Lin saw that the prince had no reaction at all, and no one came to express the prince's dissatisfaction to him, so Xiao Lin asked Xiao Er to deal with Xiao Taohua the next night.

Xiao Er arrived at the dungeon of Shouchang Hou Mansion. It was called a dungeon here, but it was actually a cellar. There were no windows or doors, only an entrance and exit above. But when Xiao Er opened the entrance that was locked by the iron plate and looked down, he was stunned. I saw that the dungeon was full of thorns, and I saw dense green thorns. The most terrifying thing was that the thorns were still slowly squirming like snakes, and the little peach inside could not be seen at all.

Xiao Er plucked up the courage, led some people, cleared out some thorns, and then vaguely saw Xiao Taohong sitting there with her limbs tied and kneeling there. He shouted twice, but Xiao Taohong didn't respond, so Xiao Er asked someone to go down and bring Xiao Taohong up.

But as soon as the servant touched Xiao Taohong's body, his head fell off, causing everyone present to scream.

The sharp-eyed Xiao Er discovered that after Xiao Taohong's head fell off, there was no blood in his cavity, and there was no blood on his body or on the ground. Only the thorns wrapped around his body had many red flower bags.

Xiao Er didn't know what to do, so he had to report it to the Marquis. Xiao Lin was also very frightened, and finally someone invited Xiao Wu. Older people have seen more.

Xiao Wu ordered people to put all the thorns in the dungeon, pour kerosene on them, burn the thorns and Xiao Taohong's body, fill the dungeon, and plant a pepper tree on top.

Xiao Wu also suggested that Xiao Lin go to Tianji Temple outside the city to find Taoist Lin Jiu, maybe he would know what all this is going on. Even if there is really something said about gods and ghosts, it would be a good idea to ask for two talismans and put them back. of.

But before going out, Xiao Er fell ill. He was lying on the bed with chills and sweating. He was obviously frightened.

Only then did Xiao Wu accompany Xiao Lin out. Of course, he would not tell Shu Xiao about this.

Xiao Wu walked to the carriage, opened the door and took a look inside. He saw Shouchang Hou Xiaolin sleeping there, snoring loudly. He nodded. Since the accident, Mr. Hou has not slept. Yesterday, he spent the whole night chanting sutras with the Taoist priests from Tianji Temple, and now he is sleeping well. He told the people following the car not to block other people's roads, and not to let others hit their own marquis.

This banquet of the Shu family can be said to have stirred up excitement in all the houses in the city, with two families paying particular attention.

The family is the eighth prince Yan Hongle.

After New Year's Eve, Concubine Meng selected Yan Hongle, and Hanlin compiled Qin Qi's younger sister as his step-concubine, which made the eighth prince Yan Hongle furious and almost destroyed the concubine's Yuhua Palace.

The main reason is that Qin Hanlin's sister is really too pretty.

However, the imperial concubine was very optimistic about the Qin Hanlin family. She advised the eighth prince to marry a virtuous wife and take concubines. You must know that Qin Hanlin was born in the top 100, and was a rare sixth-level scholar. His reputation among scholars was very high.

Yan Hongle still didn't want to. He didn't want to sleep with an ugly guy for the sake of his third brother. He wanted to marry his third brother.

The imperial concubine was so angry that she wanted to hit someone. She pointed at Yan Hongle's nose and said: "No one without Hanlin will be in the cabinet. That Qin Hanlin was prepared for the cabinet. Is it true that the sister of a dignified cabinet minister has wronged you?"

She overheard Qin Hanlin's appointment to the cabinet from the emperor, otherwise she wouldn't have decided on him so quickly.

Yan Hongle was naturally not afraid of her mother and concubine. Apart from the emperor, he was only afraid of his third brother.

So he jumped on his feet and retorted: "A dignified prince's concubine is not as good-looking as the maid next to Yan Sinian. I can't afford to disgrace that person."

In the end, Concubine Meng had no choice but to promise to marry Qin Hanlin's sister without asking the emperor for permission.

He can also let him go see the noble girl first. If her status is acceptable and the other party's family agrees, she can change the choice of the eighth prince's concubine. But there has to be a deadline, and he can only be given one month. If the first month comes and he has no choice yet, he will have to listen to the imperial concubine, otherwise he will tell his third brother.

Yan Hongle could only agree. If his third brother knew about it, he could be tied to marry that ugly guy.

After the eighth prince left, the concubine's confidant asked her what she would do if the eighth prince really found such a person, and whether she should give up Qin Hanlin.

The imperial concubine sneered and said: "In the first month of the year, who's noble lady can come out and let him meet her? As for those top families, I haven't heard from any of them. If they can agree, he still needs to step forward. "

Yan Hongle's idea is very simple, that is, he cannot be compared with Yan Sinian. There must be someone in his backyard who is more beautiful than Yan Sinian's little palace maid. It would be better if his status was higher. He would definitely take him around the East Palace twice a day.

More than half of the first month has passed, and Yan Hongle hasn't noticed anyone he can catch his eye. There are also some ladies who don't go out at all. He can't go to other people's homes and ask to see their young ladies. If that happens, even if he is a prince, he will be arrested. People type out.

Just when Yan Hongle was worried, the banquet at Cheng'en Palace made him excited. Although they are not against the Shu family, if he comes to visit, the Shu family will not dare to beat him out. Anyway, as long as he doesn't marry a girl from the Shu family, no matter who he falls in love with on the day of the banquet, it has nothing to do with the Shu family.

Another family that is also actively preparing for this banquet is the Lu family, the Minister of Rites.

Ever since Lu Xuanzhong met Xiaoba at the Lantern Festival on the 15th, he has been lovesick when he returned home. He didn't miss tea or eat. He just lay in bed and sighed every day!

In less than a day, the minister's wife, Lu Xuanzhong's mother, was alerted. After seeing her son become so decadent in just one day, she was so angry that she severely beat the boys around Lu Xuanzhong.

Finally, I found out that my son saw a young lady on the street, but I didn’t know her name, let alone which family she came from.

The waiter's wife was very angry, angry that her son had been seduced by a woman of unknown origin. The lady in charge next to her persuaded her that this was a good thing. No matter whose family the young lady was from, as long as she could keep the boy here, it would be good.

The waiter's wife also nodded repeatedly after hearing this, vowing to find this person.

The reason for this is that there is something special about Lu Xuanzhong's identity.

The story starts with Lu Xuanzhong's great-great-grandfather. Lu Xuanzhong's great-great-grandfather gave birth to two sons, Lu Yi and Lu Er. Then Lu Yi and Lu Er each gave birth to a son, who was Lu Xuanzhong's cousin and his father.

When we were in our ancestral home, the two families were not separated, but lived together. At that time, Lu Xuanzhong's father, Lu Qi, went to Beijing to take the exam, and Mrs. Lu was pregnant at home. After Mrs. Lu gave birth to Lu Xuanzhong, news came that Lu Qi had won. It was originally a double happiness. Lu Qi, who didn't want to arrive home later, turned this incident into a happy event. He married another Mrs. Ru on the way to take the exam.

Mrs. Lu, who knew about this, was so angry that she almost collapsed from blood during confinement. She had to do double confinement before she dared to get out of bed. Later, the more she looked at Mrs. Ru, the angrier she became, but someone prepared a bowl of magic medicine for her. However, by some mistake, the bowl of medicine was drunk by Lu Qi's cousin Lu Shu.

This time, the two families of the Lu family were so quarrelsome that they almost went to the knife. The most important thing was that at that time, Lu Shu only had three daughters and no son. This was to make them the last family of the family! But at that time, Lu Qi had already been assigned an official position and was about to take office. He couldn't ruin his future just because of this matter.

Lu Xuanzhong's great-grandfather was still alive at that time, so he made a promise to adopt Lu Xuanzhong into Lu Shu's name. But Lu Qi doesn't want to, who adopts the eldest son? And now he only has one son, Lu Xuanzhong.

In the end, it was Lu Xuanzhong's great-grandfather who came up with an idea. As long as Lu Xuanzhong reached the age of fifteen, if Lu Qi had another son before he turned fifteen, he would be adopted by Lu Shu regardless of his legitimate concubine. But if there are no more sons, then let Lu Xuanzhong choose two wives on one shoulder. Both of them are parents, and the son he gives birth to will be recorded in which wife or concubine he takes. Go to the room.

Lu Shu agreed, but he also made a requirement, that is, Lu Xuanzhong must live with him before he is fifteen years old. Lu Qi agreed after weighing it.

But she didn't want her words to come true. Fifteen years have passed, and Lu Qi's legitimate daughters and concubines have given birth to many children, but they have not given birth to another son.

Therefore, according to the agreement, Lu Shu and Lu Qi entered the genealogy of the two families for Lu Xuanzhong and also filed it with the government. After all, Lu Qi, the Minister of Etiquette, is responsible for this kind of matter and can handle it in minutes.

Then Lu Xuanzhong can marry two wives reasonably and legally. In the future, the two wives will still be the main wife, referred to as sisters-in-law, and each has parents-in-law. There is no conflict of interest except that the husband is a human being.

Lu Xuanzhong had been living in Jiangnan before. The Lu family was the largest landowner in the area, but it was said that the family was extremely wealthy. As Lu Xuanzhong grew up day by day, Lu Qi and his wife regarded him as their only son and doted on him very much. After recording the genealogy, they arranged four concubines and eight wives for him, and also hired a daughter-in-law for him who had seven or eight brothers.

This time Lu Xuanzhong came to the capital to find a wife for Lu Qi. But the Vice Minister's wife is her biological mother after all, and she hasn't seen her biological son for many years. Naturally, she wants her son to stay by her side for a long time.