The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Although Xu's relationship with Master Ji is not good, it is more like two partners who will live together and live together than a married couple who live together forever. The daughter who went out splashed out the water.

She wants to work for her son and her husband's family, and stand by their side. When the interests of her brother and her husband's family conflict with her son's, she will not abandon her brother, but she still has to proceed from her own interests. Everything is judged on the balance.

The Xu family is still worried that the relationship between Xu Qilang and Ji Heng will deteriorate in the future. After all, Xu Qilang is the heir of the Xu family. He has gone home, and everything must be based on the interests of his own family. Brotherhood, in front of the interests of the family, is also important. Put it on a scale to weigh it.

Ji Heng stretched out his hand and patted Xu's hand, and said, "Qilang and I will not turn against each other, mother, don't worry."

Mrs. Xu smiled, with an expression that reassured Ji Heng, and then said, "When your fourth aunt went to the palace to see the third sister, the third sister told her that the emperor intends to send King Qi's daughter Give a marriage to Qilang. The emperor has not issued an edict on this matter, I don't know if your father knows about it."

It is said that the third sister has become a noble person, and Xu also calls her a nobleman, but in Xu's eyes, the third sister will always be the third sister.

Ji Heng was stunned when he heard it, his heart sank, and he said, "How could the emperor do such a thing? Qilang is not someone in his early years, so why should the emperor give him a marriage? When King Qi was the Taizu, he was entrusted Yes, although he is far away from the emperor's blood, he is very powerful in Qi, and now the second son of King Qi has been in Beijing, and even entered the clan mansion. It is not possible for Qilang, who is only the son of a merchant, even if Qilang has been elected."

Xu Shi said, "If King Qi's daughter is a concubine, it will be possible."

Ji Heng was taken aback again, in fact, in Ji Heng's heart, he didn't care about his concubine, because in his previous life, he was just an illegitimate child in a big family with no name, no distinction, no father, no mother, no love, and he died of illness early.

Although he doesn't care about the concubine and the concubine, and feels that there is no difference between the children of the concubine and the concubine, he also recognizes the necessity of the distinction between the concubine and concubine in this society, and understands this necessity.

Mrs. Xu doesn't look down on concubines and concubines. Although Xu is not bad to the concubines and concubines in her family, in her heart, those children are not serious masters, and the aunts are even more like slaves. Well, she has absolute authority in this family. When this absolute authority does not involve issues of principle, even Master Ji has to listen to her.

So in her tone, Qi Wang's concubine also looked down upon her.

Ji Heng said, "If she is a concubine, she will not be worthy of Qilang. Qilang will not be willing, and neither will my uncle and aunt. Qi Wang keeps himself safe, and can win the emperor's favor by paying tribute every year, and his second son in Beijing The son is also completely personal. From this, it can be seen that the king of Qi is also very smooth-minded, and he is not easy to get along with. If he can use a concubine to marry a Juren, he will be willing if the emperor bestows a marriage Yes, if a concubine's daughter is married to a member of a merchant's family, I don't think even a person as mellow as he is willing to think that the emperor wants to humiliate him. The emperor is not a fool, he will not Understand this truth, so he will not deliberately offend King Qi, that is to say, the daughter of King Qi must be a concubine. Since she is a concubine, the Xu family will not be happy, then the emperor will give this concubine The girl bestowed the title of princess to enhance her status. However, what I don't understand at all is why the emperor would do this with such great fanfare. The fourth aunt must have heard it wrong."

Xu said, "Even I don't believe that the emperor would say such a thing. So fourth aunt told me for several days, but I didn't tell you. If the emperor just said it in front of third sister, maybe It’s just to test out our family’s intentions, or it’s not a matter of making up our minds, and the emperor hasn’t issued an edict, so it’s not certain that the decision will be changed.”

Ji Heng sighed softly, "If the emperor knows that uncle and the Xu family are getting closer, the emperor will probably change his mind."

Speaking of this, Ji Heng was startled, looked at Xu again, and said, "If the emperor makes King Qi's concubine a princess, and then marry Qilang, Qilang will not be able to enter the court as a son-in-law. Your Majesty Knowing that Qilang is the only son in the family, is it intentional to suppress the Xu family? My uncle has been too unscrupulous in recent years. The emperor thought that our family and uncle's family were on the same boat, and my father is expensive now As the second assistant, both Qilang and I won Juren, although juren is nothing, but the emperor will always feel uncomfortable. He didn't want to restrict me, so he directly restricted Qilang like this."

After being told by Ji Heng, the Xu family frowned deeply after suddenly realizing it, and said, "Brother, after all these years, the financial resources of the Xu family may be incomparably rich."

After Ji Heng said these words, he felt sick to his stomach again. He got up from the bed, put on his slippers and walked to the clean room. He said as he walked, "When my father comes back, do you want to discuss this matter with my father?"

Mrs. Xu looked back at her son's back. Ji Heng had indeed grown up completely, with a slender and tall figure. He looked talented, but his body was flawed.

Mrs. Xu had shown Ji Heng a few good daughters from good families, but now she hesitated again, thinking that it is not necessary to find the daughters of the right families, but the daughters of small families, who can be handled in her hands, probably more. a little better.

Ji Heng ate dinner on the bed again, his stomach felt a little better at this time, his appetite improved, and while he was eating, Lord Ji came back.

Lufu, the newly promoted maid beside Xu, waited outside for Master Ji to take off his cloak and slap off the snow dust from his body, with a gentle voice, "Madam and young master are having dinner."

Lufu served Master Ji, and Lizhi, who took care of Ji Heng, went into the inner room to report, "Madam, young master, the master is back."

Mrs. Xu had actually heard some noises outside, so she put down the bowl and got up, and followed into the second room outside. Mrs. Ji was sitting on a chair changing shoes. It turned out that the shoes were full of snow. Putting on the cotton shoes for him, he took one more look at Lufu, then raised his head again, and saw Mrs. Xu coming out.

Xu said, "Why is it snowing so hard?"

Master Ji replied, "It's not very big, but after such an afternoon, it's not too thin."

Xu said, "It's not snowing much, sir, why did you get covered in snow?"

Master Ji said, "I accidentally slipped and fell when I got off the horse."

Mrs. Xu was a little surprised, "Master, you are not a young man anymore. In such a snowy day, you don't take a carriage, what horse do you ride? Where did you fall, are you okay?"

Mr. Ji had already put on his shoes, got up and rolled up the sleeves of his clothes, let out a light breath, and said, "I'm supported, I'm fine."

Seeing that he was really fine, Mrs. Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Then you haven't eaten dinner yet, should you go back to the front, or just make do with me and Heng'er here."

Master Ji said, "Stay here."

Mrs. Xu then ordered Lychee to bring the bowls and chopsticks to Mr. Ji, and add another cup of hot soup.

Lychee answered and went to work.

Lu Fu held Mrs. Ji's cloak and shoes, was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly withdrew.

When Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Ji walked inside together, she took one more look at Lufu.

Ji Heng's secondary room and the small room are not very big. The secondary room only has an arhat couch and some tables and chairs. The room is a partition door with a curtain, and the inner room used as a bedroom is slightly larger. At this time, two stoves are burning, and there is a door separating the inside and the outside, so the inside is warm.

After a while, Mrs. Xu whispered to Mrs. Ji, "If you think Lufu is good, just take her to the front yard."

Her tone was light and cold. Although she had no affection for Mr. Ji, and she was absolutely not jealous, she was still not happy that Mr. Ji was messing around.

Master Ji was taken aback by what she said, and then he looked a little angry, and said, "It's enough for Brother Heng to be the housekeeper, am I so old and disrespectful?"

Mrs. Xu laughed and said, "For Heng'er, I think that although she is good-looking, she has bad intentions. If she wants to be a housemate for Heng'er, it is far from enough."

Mrs. Ji laughed angrily, wondering what she meant by this, he obviously didn't do anything, didn't say anything, and was squeezed by her like this.

Mrs. Xu ignored Mr. Ji, and walked directly inside. Although she had a few words with Mr. Ji, she smiled quietly in front of her son, but she was a little unhappy in her heart.

The promotion of Lufu was indeed because of Lufu's good-looking, taciturn and sensible appearance. Xu wanted her to be Ji Heng's bed warmer, but when he wanted her to be Ji Heng's maid, Ji Heng didn't even think about it. She refused when she thought about it, so Xu had no choice but to keep Lufu by her side, and send Ji Heng there whenever she wanted to. Unexpectedly, Ji Heng seemed to have no interest in female sex, and now menstruation suddenly came, Xu Mrs. Xu just saw that Lu Fu was useless, and when she was serving Mr. Ji to take off her clothes and change her shoes, Mrs. Xu suddenly saw that she was not used to it, so she always had to sneer at Mrs. Ji like that.

Master Ji was angered by his wife, but when he entered the room, he returned to a peaceful and gentle manner. Seeing that Ji Heng was sitting on the bed, and his face was a little pale, he said, "Why are you sick again?"

Ji Heng said, "It's not a serious problem, father doesn't need to worry."

Master Ji took a stool and sat down at the table, looked at Ji Heng a few more times, and asked, "Did you stay in the palace last night?"

Ji Heng nodded and said, "It's too late to talk to the emperor, so we'll stay overnight."

Master Ji's tone was still calm, "Although it is said that the clean is self-clear, but you must also pay attention to your words and deeds, and don't give others any excuses."

Ji Heng knew what Lord Ji meant, so he responded respectfully.

Although Xu felt that Master Ji's education of her son made her feel uncomfortable, but in front of her son, she would not save her husband's face, so she didn't say anything.

Seeing that Lizhi brought the bowls and chopsticks, she took them and put them in front of Mrs. Ji, and scooped him a bowl of nourishing winter soup with a soup bowl, and said, "Master, you have been freezing all the way back, so let's drink a bowl of hot soup first." Bar."

Master Ji responded and took it in his hand.

From then on, the family began to eat in silence. Xu would pick up vegetables and ladle soup for Ji Heng from time to time. Ji Heng ate some before, but he was full after a while, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and took the towel handed over by Lizhi After wiping his mouth and hands, he drank some mouthwash tea, pulled the quilt back and thought again.

After Mrs. Ji finished eating, Mrs. Xu hurriedly cleared the table, and she went out to explain things again, leaving Ji Heng to talk to Mrs. Ji.

Ji Heng saw that Master Ji did not mention leaving, and knew that he had something more important to say.

Ji Heng asked, "When my son returned home this morning, it was said that Concubine Xu of Duanyang Palace gave birth prematurely. After such a day, have you got any news from the palace?"

Lord Ji sighed softly, and said, "Father just wants to tell you about this matter. According to the information I heard, it is said that Concubine Xu gave birth to a prince this afternoon."

Ji Heng gave a soft "hmm", "It's a good thing, the emperor has the eldest son, and I wonder if Enke will be opened again next year when the eldest son is one year old."

Master Ji didn't expect Ji Heng's focus to be here, he sighed again, and said, "But Concubine Xu gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, and the imperial physicians tried their best to hang her life for her, but she couldn't keep her. It won't work in an hour, and when I come back, it is said that I have already gone."

Ji Heng was stunned for a moment, his expression froze for a while, and then he let out a low "Oh" and said, "The emperor is very sad? It is said that when Concubine Xu entered the palace, he liked and pampered her very much. "

Master Ji said, "Concubine Xu was supposed to give birth in one month. Such a premature birth must be unusual. I am afraid that the palace will not be peaceful. Your third sister lives in the same palace as Concubine Xu. If we are implicated, we I'm also afraid that something is going to happen at home. And your third sister sent me a message quietly, saying that before the death of the concubine Xu, the emperor called the emperor to speak. This is probably aimed at the empress. Since the concubine Xu was pregnant , I don’t pay much attention to the empress, and from time to time she speaks bad things behind the empress. The empress leads the harem, so how can she not know what she said, so the two are more and more incompatible. The emperor said that Concubine Xu Regardless of whether the empress gives birth to a prince or princess, she will be promoted to the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine is only one step away from the empress. Concubine Xu's mother, Yipin Gaoming, was by Concubine Xu's side at that time. Her mother also knew what Concubine Xu said. If it's really about the queen, then the Xu family of the Zhao family may be even more incompatible now."

Ji Heng thought of the emperor's indifferent look when Eunuch Wen woke up the emperor this morning to say that Concubine Xu had given birth prematurely, and there was always a feeling that the emperor expected and controlled all of this.

Ji Heng always felt a little cold, and said, "The emperor is going to deal with the Zhao family."

Since he used the Xu family's daughter without mercy, I'm afraid he didn't have any deep feelings for the Xu family.

For the emperor, power is the most important thing.

Whoever gains power in front of him will probably end badly.

Ji Heng glanced at Lord Ji again, then lowered his head, thinking of the third sister who insisted on entering the palace, and then thinking of himself who had his legs ripped apart by the emperor in the morning like an animal without dignity, he suddenly shuddered violently .