ordinary people's house

Yuan Ruheng ate the sweet lotus seeds, and his mood gradually improved. Looking at the emperor in front of him, he was also pleasing to the eye. Zhu Xian picked a lot of lotus seeds, and Yuan Ruheng said: "Don't do it, the rest of my family will come to pick it." Woolen cloth."

Zhu Xian didn't care and said, "If you don't have any, go out and buy."

Yuan Ruheng hooked his hands together, asked Zhu Xian to sit beside him, and asked, "I've been busy recently, so I didn't ask, do the concubines in the palace want you to spend money to practice in the palace?"

Zhu Xian sneered and said: "Just one month ago, when the Ministry of Rites just came up with the wedding date, they were silent for a while. After all, their affairs can never be compared with the emperor's wedding, but not long ago, someone said that in the future If my concubines are going to enter the palace, they might as well go out of the palace earlier and live in another place, the palace still needs to be repaired."

"Didn't some imperial concubine live in the imperial temple before?"

"Where are they willing? In the emperor's temple, they are pure and ascetic, eating fast and reciting Buddha's name. They have lived a good life for decades, and they are asked to wear plain robes to chant scriptures? I am afraid that I will tarnish the Buddha."

Yuan Ruheng was thoughtful, he glanced at Zhu Xian who was filled with righteous indignation, and suddenly asked: "You don't have money, do you?"

Zhu Xian suddenly blushed and said, "Money...the money is still available."

"Oh?"

"However, you also know that when the first emperor was in power, he fought everywhere in the early years. Later... the first emperor lived a lot of money. I didn't know until after he ascended the throne that there was not much left in the royal private treasury. The first emperor used a lot. Silver in the treasury."

Yuan Ruheng laughed and said: "It seems that the emperor doesn't have much money to give the concubines to build a palace."

Zhu Xiandao: "There is still money for a marriage."

Yuan Ruheng didn't speak, Zhu Xian sat next to him, and suddenly sighed: "You don't know, those concubines are richer than me, and before the emperor passed away, he gave away all the things he had saved for many years. They... the late emperors were very affectionate."

Yuan Ruheng couldn't help but glanced at him, Zhu Xian's expression was flat, showing no emotion.Yuan Ruheng kept thinking about what Zhu Xian said just now, and suddenly asked: "What about you, Your Majesty? How many concubines do you intend to accept? How many concubines? If I had a son, would you make this son the crown prince? Would you abolish the crown prince just to spoil your concubine?" Is it?"

After Yuan Ruheng finished the call and asked, Zhu Xian was a little dazed, Yuan Ruheng threw the other leftover lotus pod aside, stood up and clapped his hands and said, "It's really hot, Your Majesty, I'm going back to my room."

"what……"

Yuan Ruheng left so gracefully, Zhu Xian really didn't have the face to keep up with him. He hesitated for a while, wrapped the rest of the lotus with the hem of his clothes, and was going to see the old lady of the Yuan family—he actually knew that Yuan Ruheng was living in the old lady of the Yuan family. Mrs. Yard.

Zhu Xian was wearing casual clothes, facing the sun, carefully holding the lotus pods in his arms, and he also made a rough memory of the yard where Mrs. Du lived. After walking for a while, he found that he could not find his way, so he sighed and prepared to go to the front yard. Look at Yuan Gongye.

In the afternoon, few people in the manor came out to walk around. Zhu Xian looked around and walked along the lake, but he didn't know where he was. Someone behind him asked, "Lost?"

Zhu Xian turned around and said with a smile, "Ruheng, are you back?"

Yuan Ruheng said: "You came in through the back door, so I knew you couldn't find the way to the front, and I was worried that you would bump into me and meet my group of aunts and sisters. , I will send you to your grandfather."

Zhu Xian followed him, bringing those lotus pods with him, he paused and said, "I'm going to take these to the old lady."

Yuan Ruheng thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll take you there. At this time, grandma has just rested at noon."

As soon as Mrs. Du heard that the emperor was coming, she could immediately give orders to close the door of Haitang Courtyard, so that no one who saw it could talk nonsense. Zhu Xian put the lotus pod on the couch, and Mrs. Du smiled and said: "Ruheng, go and put it away quickly Send a few to your grandmother and parents."

"Yes."

After talking with Zhu Xian for a while, Madam Du asked Zhu Xian to go to Yuan Ruheng's place. Yuan Ruheng raised his head in surprise, "Grandmother, my place is very chaotic, and the emperor should go back to the palace."

Zhu Xiandao: "I'll just take a look and leave."

"……Row."

Madam Du smiled and watched them go to Yuan Ruheng's room. Zhu Xian thought that Yuan Ruheng's talk of chaos was an excuse, but when he entered, he found that Yuan Ruheng's place was really messy, with boxes piled up everywhere. , and another small box contained a few pieces of agarwood.

Zhu Xian carefully avoided these boxes, Yuan Ruheng's room was full of chairs, Yuan Ruheng sat on the bed directly, Zhu Xian also sat on the side, and asked: "What are these things?"

Yuan Ruheng smiled and said, "This is something I might bring with me when I enter the palace."

"possible?"

Yuan Ruheng still smiled and replied: "First, not everything can be brought into the palace. Second, the minister's family has never had a male queen, so I don't know what to bring, so my grandmother simply moved everything. Come, let me choose whatever you want, and when my relatives get the news, they will also send gifts, and grandma asks me to choose by myself."

When we were outside, Yuan Ruheng still called himself "I" disrespectfully, but now he changed it back to "Chen", Zhu Xian's heart skipped a beat, and Yuan Ruheng continued: "The nanny from the palace calls the minister to get up every day before dawn, The rules in the palace of the teaching ministers, I even took out the "Rules for Women" and "The Precepts for Women" this morning and asked the ministers to memorize them, hehe, I can't remember them!"

Zhu Xian's heart trembled again, he also understood why Ruheng was a little bit weird towards him when he came to the Duke's mansion this time, Zhu Xian was silent for a while, and said: "I'm going to call those nuns back to the palace. "

"En." Yuan Ruheng lazily responded.

When Zhu Xian was about to leave, Yuan Ruheng said: "Your Majesty, if the concubines still insist on building the palace, and cooperate with civil servants to suppress you with 'filial piety'..." Yuan Ruheng smiled, "Didn't you say that they are rich? Just check their family background. If concubines and concubines have the heart to guard the mausoleum of the first emperor, they will spend their life savings to build a palace, which is a model for chaste women. If the money is not enough, you can make up for it yourself. Who can say you No, I'm afraid you will be called a model of virtue and filial piety."

Zhu Xian was stunned for a moment, Yuan Ruheng turned the pages leisurely, and said: "Don't send nuns here in the future, although I don't understand "Nvrui" and "Nvjie", I have read "Biography of the Worthy Empress" A few chapters."

Xiao Mulang quickly arranged for the craftsmen to go to Xiao Yunlang's place. Xiao Yunlang was a little interested at first, but then he became bored and dragged Lin Yulan to the shop.

It was too hot at this time, and the business of the two shops was not good. Xiao Yunlang was sitting on the second floor of the teahouse, looking at the passers-by on the street by the window. Lin Yulan was watching him quietly. Xiao Yunlang had seen enough, so he turned around and said: " Let's go home."

Lin Yulan looked up at him and smiled, Xiao Yunlang sighed: "It's so boring... huh? I remembered, we have to go to the mountain to deliver the engagement in a few days. Although the emperor bestowed the marriage, we still have to have the proper etiquette. It happens to be on the mountain. Cool off, let's just stay there for a few more days."

"Okay, but I'm afraid you won't be able to climb up."

"...I was not ready last time. I feel that I have eaten too much recently, and I can't use up all my energy. It will be fine."

Lin Yulan smiled, and suddenly his heart moved. Just as he was about to say something, Xiao Yunlang suddenly said: "Yulan, come here, do you think that person is Mr. Zhou who lived in a house in the suburbs of Beijing?"

Zhou Muzhou brought the noisy book boy to drink tea, Zhou Muzhou had been resting for longer and longer recently, the book boy said impatiently: "I see, Mr. Li is thinking about how to kick you out of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for your fault, But I think it would be better to leave the Ministry of Criminal Justice... Sigh, you helped the Xiao family so much last time, and Uncle Xiao didn't say he would help you afterward."

Zhou Muzhou sat down, looked at the boy's head with the handle of his fan, and said leisurely, "You are the only one who has a lot to do."

"I'm not talking about..."

Zhou Muzhou said: "Why don't you understand? Why didn't Mr. Li deal with me directly? He was afraid. If something happened to me, everyone would say that he deliberately excluded and suppressed me, and the two servants were all staring at his position." .”

"Then you don't have any errands right now...I'll just say the Xiao family, knowing that you might lose your job if you testify against that woman on the spot, and..."

Zhou Muzhou frowned and said, "Are you annoying? You don't even understand this truth? As a civil servant, if everyone knows that I am protected by military commanders, I won't be able to go far in the officialdom.

Originally Xiao Yunlang was secretly listening, and wanted to go up and have a chat with him, but after hearing this, Lin Yulan pulled him back and said with a smile, "This man is very smart."

Xiao Yunlang nodded, "I forgot to mention it, but he did help our family a lot at that time...I didn't even ask afterward, do you know? Huang Ling'er confessed later?"

Lin Yulan wrote lightly: "Yes, she confessed."

"and then?"

Lin Yulan hesitated for a while, and said: "People have gone to Loukong long ago, but I probably know who it is." Xiao Yunlang didn't ask further, just said: "That's good."

In previous summers, Xiao Yunlang always had no appetite and was unwilling to eat more. This year he was probably busy with many things.

He often gets up early in the morning to work, and he really eats more than before.

This time Xiao Mulang got married, many steps have been omitted, but the dowry must be prepared and sent to the Liu family. Madam Yuan prepared a lot of things for the eldest son when she was there. Books, pens, inks and books, plus the rewards from the palace, are really quite a lot, but Xiao Mulang saw it by himself that day, but said that there are too many things, so it is better to reduce some.

A few days later, everyone from Liu sent a text message, asking the Xiao family not to prepare too many dowry gifts, the two families are so prominent, if they make more publicity, it may cause people to discuss.Xiao Su thought for a while, and felt that what Liu said was reasonable, so he cut the betrothal gift in half.

On the morning of the day when he was hired, Xiao Mulang silently hunted down a goose and brought back a deer, both of which were living creatures. Xiao Yunlang stared at Xiao Mulang carefully. Xiao Mulang's clothes were still a little messy, but his expression was very happy.

Xiao Yunlang turned around and smiled at his second brother, "'We've appointed birds and geese with buckskins', when you get married, you can't lose to elder brother."

Xiao Dulang said indifferently: "Of course."

A group of people went to deliver the betrothal gifts in a mighty way. As the weather turned cooler, Lin Yulan did not forget to bring Xiao Yunlang a thick dress. When they got off the carriage at the foot of the mountain, Xiao Yunlang looked at the long mountain road and sighed: "Let's go."

Lin Yulan took his hand and said with a smile, "I'll take you with me, don't worry."