Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

In the 15th year of Jingyuan, spring.

Since the first lunar month, the weather has started to warm up. Although the weather is still relatively cold in the morning and evening, it is particularly warm at noon or when the sun is high in the sky.

It is now late February, early February, the marriage between the First Prince and the eldest daughter of Xuan Ping Hou was held as scheduled. Although Concubine Liu Gui is not very satisfied with Luo Chuyun, Luo Chuyun has done a good job in pleasing her mother-in-law , but only half a month later, Concubine Liu Gui praised the eldest daughter-in-law.

Manman doesn't have any special feelings for Luo Chuyun. Anyway, as long as the Luo family sisters don't become her concubine, she doesn't care who she marries.One thing that Manman is particularly concerned about now is the result of Li Xie's participation in the county examination. She got her grades today, and she almost finished her morning class, so she quickly ran away with her skirt in her hands, and her younger brothers couldn't catch up.

"Princess, the results of the county examination have come out now. Mr. Cai has won the first place in the district and county examination in the capital." It was Manman's two attendants who were talking, and the two eunuchs and two The little maids, the little eunuchs are assigned after entering the palace, the little maids are Caifeng and Caishuang, the things in her room are arranged by other big palace ladies, Caifeng and Caishuang are dedicated to serving her.

The two young eunuchs didn't know about Li Xie and Man Man's past, Cai Feng and Cai Shuang were given a password ban by Man Man, and they would never tell anyone else about her acquaintance with Li Xie, whether it was the He family or Emperor Jing Yuan.

Recently, the vaccination given by Concubine Xian at the Palace of Compassion and Peace has worked. Of course, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Jing Yuan thought that Concubine Xian wanted to gain the emperor's attention or trust by marrying her natal nephew to the princess.

As soon as the time came this morning, a county examination admission result announcement was posted at the gate of the Gongyuan. Manjingcheng and the palace had already known the county examination result. Cai Xiangcai's grandson who was only found for less than a year passed the county examination No. 1. This has to be said to be a very shocking news. Although there were rumors from various parties that Cai Xiang's second-in-law's grandson was talented, the results of the county examination still shocked everyone.

The Palace of Compassion, the Empress Dowager naturally also paid attention to Lixie's county examination, she did not object to Xianfei's idea of ​​marrying Manman for her nephew, she hadn't considered Manman's marriage before, after all, Manman hadn't reached Ji, who Do you know how good or bad these boys in Beijing are?Concubine Xian's silent beating of the side drum instantly gave the queen mother a new idea. She immediately picked up her natal nephew, but finally found that none of them were suitable. Cheng Engong was ten years older than the queen mother. Although he is still alive, The health is not good, and he may return to the west at any time. The nephews of the Li family are all older than Emperor Jing Yuan, so the grand-nephews of the Li family are many years older than the eldest prince, and the grand-nephews who are suitable for Manman But they are all concubines, this status is not good no matter what, even if she favors her natal family, the emperor will not agree.

The empress dowager picked around people, but her sister's family had suitable cousins ​​and grandchildren, but she didn't even like her, let alone her granddaughter. Regardless of her young age, she had been with her for a long time. Knowing the strange words that her granddaughter said when she unwrapped the lottery at Tantuo Temple, the queen mother knew that this girl had strange ideas and would not change her own ideas easily, so the choice of son-in-law should not be hasty, otherwise she would think about her granddaughter. I'm afraid that he will violently beat the son-in-law and finally divorce his husband.

Hearing the little eunuch's words, Manman's eyes lit up, Caifeng and Caishuang were relieved. Although they despised Mr. Cai's poor family background when they were in Tantuo Temple, but now he is the prime minister's grandson. If the sons of the major mansions in Zhongshan are equal, they can propose to marry the princess.

"Hey, that's good." Man Man danced a little, and after walking a few steps, she turned around and told the two little eunuchs, Cai Feng and Cai Shuang, to secretly pay attention to Li Xie's affairs, and to tell her any new news. But you can't tell other people, not the concubine mother and the emperor father.

Although the two young eunuchs were puzzled, they would definitely follow their master's affairs.

In the imperial study room, Emperor Jing Yuan put down the brush in his hand, and finally decided to stand up and take a walk, and it was time for him to have lunch.

"Li Deying, I really find it strange that a boy who has studied for less than a year actually won the first place in the county examination. How can this make those students who have studied for more than ten years feel so embarrassed?"

Emperor Jingyuan looked at the warm sun in the sky and expressed such emotion casually. Li Deying, the chief manager behind him, said immediately: "Your Majesty, the slaves are also very curious, but seeing the talent of the third son Cai, he will definitely be able to participate in Chunwei next year. At that time, His Majesty can take the exam in person. school him."

"It is true that you have to take the school exam yourself." Concubine Xian's words, as everyone in the palace, knew in their hearts. Although Emperor Jing Yuan felt a little displeased with Concubine Xian's plan for his daughter's marriage, but her daughter has gradually grown up, and she will always recruit a son-in-law in the future. From now on, it is not a bad idea to start investigating the candidates for the consort, so Emperor Jing Yuan picked up the sons-in-law of each mansion between the ages of 14 and found several young talents who he thinks are not bad.

The prime minister's mansion, the whole manor was overjoyed, everyone was very proud of Lixie's first place in the county test, and after the results came out, many people came to their door with congratulatory gifts.

Li Xie's mood is very flat, this achievement is nothing but something to be proud of.

In another Cai family, Cai Xingjin didn't like his son-in-law, and he didn't think it mattered how good his son's grades were, so he was very calm.

Cai Xiang's son was really desperate. He hated him for kicking him out of the house. Since he left the Prime Minister's Mansion, he never went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to visit Cai Xiang.

In the main courtyard, the Jiang family and Cai Jiahui's mother and son looked at each other. Cai Jiahui's hands trembled a little. Since he left the Prime Minister's Mansion, his mentality was unstable and he couldn't concentrate on reading. Hearing that Li Xie won the first place in the county examination, he panicked. They might have to take the same exam for the township exam in August. If he doesn't pass the exam, how will he deal with it?I'm afraid that the outside world will make a fuss about his life experience, so what if the dove occupies the magpie's nest?A concubine is not as good as a concubine, and a congenital is not as good as...

Cai Jiahui stared blankly at his biological mother, why did she drop her bag in the first place?If he had been a bastard from beginning to end, he wouldn't have such a deep sense of gap now.

Jiang's face was gloomy, and her forehead was covered with wrinkles. She didn't know what happened. In the past six months, she had aged very quickly. She was only in her 30s, but she looked similar to an old lady in her 50s. .

"Hui Er, you have to work hard, you must not lose to that bastard Cai Jianian." Jiang Shi gritted her teeth, don't think she doesn't know what Cai Xingjin is doing recently, but she just fell in love with the famous prostitute in the brothel. Touching his cheek, he wondered if he could ask the imperial doctor to take a look.But now her master's grade is not high enough to invite an imperial physician, and she can't invite an imperial physician at all. Is she going to grow old like this forever?

Outside the door, Cai Qingting stood for a while, didn't show up, turned around and left. In the past, as the granddaughter of the prime minister, even if she was a concubine, she also handed over a lot of handkerchiefs. Often you post to me, and I post to you, inviting everyone Going to play alone, or going out to play together, now she doesn't have any friends, the former friends are all broken, she can only stay at home all day, can't go anywhere.

At night, with the cold wind blowing, Li Xie gently opened the door, turned around and disappeared in the Prime Minister's Mansion, appeared on the street, avoided the patrols, and came to the Xihua Gate of the Imperial Palace in a flash.

The palace was deep and strict, but Li Xie broke in easily as usual, and came to the left side hall of Yongfu Palace. Manman was waiting for him, but she fell asleep while waiting.

Li Xie lifted the curtain of the bed, and saw that she was breathing evenly and sleeping soundly. He struggled for a while, and finally patted her cheek to wake her up.

"Are you here?" Manman rubbed her eyes and sat up, seeing the figure beside the bed, she was not surprised at all.

Li Xie nodded: "Yaoyao, are you sleepy?" As he spoke, he spread out his palm, and a round translucent stone appeared in his palm. This stone is very beautiful, and it also emits a faint white light. In such a dark Among them, the white light is like the clear moonlight, spilling into the world.

No, Li Xie thinks it's the same as the special effect of moonlight shrouding beauties in TV dramas, it's very fairy and beautiful!

"This is for you to play with." Li Xie has his own shop, and he often collects some weird things, and he gives Yaoyao what he thinks is fun.

When Manman saw it, she immediately stopped feeling sleepy. She joyfully picked up the white stone and said, "Where did you find it?"

Li Xie sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her happy smiling face, a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

"I got the first place in the county examination today. How did the Queen Mother and Your Majesty react? Do you think I'm good enough to be worthy of the fourth princess?" Li Xie coughed, with a reserved look, but his words were not at all serious. asked without restraint.

Manman put the white stone under the pillow, heard Li Xie's words, squinted at her, and smiled at him unceremoniously: "Where's your face?" She just knelt on the bed and poked Li Xie with her finger. s face.

Li Xie moved her face forward: "Here is the face, what orders does the princess have?"

Manman couldn't help giggling, and directly pinched his face with his hands until it was deformed.

"Don't worry, as long as you can meet the conditions set by this princess, you will be the princess' son-in-law. Of course, don't think that you can sit back and relax by being the princess's son-in-law. If you dare to do things that are sorry to the princess, the princess will not I will tolerate it." She raised her fist and said fiercely: "I will beat you up first, and then I will sleep with you!"

Li Xie smiled, and continued to put his face in front of her, and said without any backbone: "From now on, our family rules, the first rule, what Yaoyao said is correct, even if it is wrong, refer to the first rule."

Manman couldn't help laughing so hard, this guy really spoke to her heart.

Li Xie stayed for a long time tonight, half an hour before he left. After absorbing spiritual food, he felt full of strength.

Afterwards, Li Xie continued to prepare for the exams, first the government exam in April, and then the hospital exam in June. In these two exams, he won the first place without hesitation, which immediately caused a sensation in the capital. .

In Xihuai Lane, Lao Caitou prepared a table of delicacies to celebrate Li Xie's good ranking in the college examination, which is the second day after the results of the college examination.

Cai Chengen, Cai Taihong, and Cai Pengyun have only been studying for less than a year. Unlike Li Xie, they are such open-minded existences. They all study honestly and step by step. Let alone taking the children's examination this year, even after three years, Cai Chengen It is not easy for them to take the Tongsheng Examination and pass the Tongsheng Examination.

After studying for a year, the three of Cai Chengen have basically completed their enlightenment, so Li Xie is considering sending them to an outside academy. After all, they can’t make friends at home. They need to learn and discuss with others in order to gain knowledge. progress.

After getting drunk, Li Xie mentioned this matter, Cai Chengen had no objection, he knew that he started late, but he will work hard, if he has no progress at all by the age of 20, then he will consider doing other things.

Li Xie moved quickly, found an academy on the third day, registered for Cai Chengen and the other three, handed in Shu Xiu, and let the three enter the academy to study the next day.

This academy is not far from Xihuai Lane. The students who enter this academy are children from ordinary families nearby. The husbands are just two Juren, but they are both a bit older. One is in his 50s and the other is in his 40s. Lixie chose this one after inspecting several academies, and asked Cai Chengen and the others to study in this academy for about a year, and then make plans based on their grades.

After watching the three of them enter the academy, Li Xie turned around and left. Lin Fei and Zhou Wang drove up from the corner in the carriage and stopped in front of Li Xie. He turned around and jumped into the carriage.

"Go to Fengrong Street." As soon as he said this, Lin Fei knew where he was going to Fengrong Street. The son had a bookstore on Fengrong Street. It used to be a three-story restaurant. After buying it from the previous owner, It was planned to be a study building. The first and second floors of the study building are open to the public, only the third floor is closed to the public.

After arriving at the library, Li Xie took a look at the students reading on the first and second floors. There were not many, and there were only a dozen students on each floor.

The shopkeeper quietly walked to Li Xie, covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "My lord, Mr. Hong Liu is already waiting for you on the third floor."

Li Xie raised his eyebrows, nodded, and then went up to the third floor from the stairs hanging outside the study building in the backyard of the study building. The reason why he didn't enter from the second floor was to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.

The sixth son Hong mentioned by the shopkeeper is Hong Yingcai, the sixth son of Uncle Cheng Yong's concubine. Li Xie's principle of mutual promise' relies on Li Xie, and Li Xie sees that he is quite cute, so he makes him a friend.

The identities of Concubine and Concubine cannot be changed, but if he works hard and makes achievements, how can the world treat him as the difference between Concubine and Concubine?

Speaking of it, Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion is a place full of jokes in the capital. Uncle Cheng Yong himself has nothing to do, but he still occupies a place in such a powerful place as the capital thanks to the glory of his ancestors. But in fact, Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion has long since fallen, if not Uncle Cheng Yong married the daughter of an imperial merchant, and without huge money to support his ostentation, I am afraid that Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion will fall even faster.

It’s nothing more than Uncle Cheng Yong’s incompetence, he is also very fond of fragrance and jade, the women in his backyard are no less than the concubines in the harem of Emperor Jing Yuan, and even have more children than Emperor Jing Yuan, except for two sons and two daughters In addition, Uncle Cheng Yong has nine concubine sons and five concubine daughters, who are major contributors to the population of the Dasheng Dynasty.

When Li Xie approached the room, he saw Hong Liu's dreamy and nympho-like face, he held his chin and clicked his tongue, obviously he was not lightly nympho.

Li Xie raised his eyebrows, walked in front of Hong Liu, stretched out his hand and waved in front of his eyes, but he didn't attract this person's attention at all, so where did his mind wander?

"Yo, what are you dreaming about?" Li Xie simply pushed Hong Liu's head, and Hong Liu suddenly came to his senses.

He almost jumped up, and Li Xie sneered: "Which beauty did you dream of going to Wushan with?"

Hong Liu instantly turned red from his neck to his face, he stammered, "No, no..."

But under Li Xie's teasing ridicule, he chuckled: "I told you, you can't rob me, your friend's wife can't be bullied!"

"Rouge is just a vulgar fan, how could I like it?" His Yaoyao is more beautiful than the Nine Heavens Fairy in the sky.

Immediately, Hong Liu's eyes lit up, and he described the Nine Heavens Fairy in his mind with the beautiful words that writers like to describe women, and finally revealed her identity.

Li Xie's expression suddenly became weird, he looked Hong Liu up and down, and then said: "Miss Luo Si of the Xuanping Hou Mansion, don't be delusional, I don't deny that she is very beautiful, but as long as you are , even if you marry her, you can't keep her."

Without extremely high power and ability, how can we keep the troubles of beauty?Of course, this is not the main thing. Luo Si's ambition is so high that he doesn't like Cheng Yongbo's mere bastard.

Hong Liu suddenly drooped his head, looked at Li Xie and said bitterly: "Can't you let me have a dream?"

Li Xie casually picked up the book on the table and knocked it on Hong Liu's head, snorting coldly, "A daydream? Closer to home, how are you doing?"

That's right, they have business to do, Li Xie, Hong Liu, and the four unhappy young masters from other mansions are all friends that Li Xie has made over the past year and can work together.

Others are not gifted in reading, but not necessarily in other areas, such as business and military. Li Xie intends to let them perform their duties and be the best in the field they are good at.

So now it is time to build a network of their relationships and focus on doing business for the time being. After all, no matter what you do, you need money.

Hong Liu suddenly became serious and reported on his work. Now, the six of them, Li Xie and Hong Liu stayed in the capital for the time being, and the other four were in a city within a hundred miles away from the capital.

An hour later, the two came down from the third floor and left directly through the back door behind the study building. In order to prevent people from noticing the abnormality of the study building, the doors from the first and second floors of the study building to the backyard were locked tightly. There are no windows that allow anyone to see the backyard of the library, only a large piece of glass is installed on the wall facing the library.

"Recently, the old man in my family took in another concubine, which made my mother-in-law so angry." Hong Liu felt a headache when he thought of his own family affairs. The whole family depended on his mother-in-law for support, so couldn't they calm down a bit?One day the mother-in-law will be completely angry, if she doesn't support these concubines and concubines, will they want to drink the northwest wind?

Li Xie did not comment on the affairs of Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion, but only asked: "Have you ever thought about leaving Cheng Yongbo's mansion? Otherwise, you will always be intimidated in Cheng Yongbo's mansion, and it is really difficult to show your skills .”

Hong Liubian pouted: "I really want to, but how is it possible? The old man is still alive, so how could he separate me?"

Li Xie smiled: "It's up to people, otherwise no matter what achievements you have in the future, you will have to contribute a share to Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion. Don't you feel aggrieved?"

Hong Liu is still considering the feasibility of this matter. He used to dawdle, and now he is doing things with his friends in a sneaky way. He dare not let the people in the house know, otherwise those brothers and sisters will be blood-sucking bugs, and they will not be able to shake them off. Besides, the mother-in-law and the two brothers who are born out of the house may also regard him as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh. He really should consider how to be separated from the family.

"You might as well ask your aunt, you are not good at what to do, but your aunt may not be able to do something." Although Hong Liu's aunt may not be able to help her son in other aspects, she is the best in this matter. candidates.

Hong Liu nodded, and began to think about how to explain this matter to his aunt. He must let his aunt look farther away and stop entangled with the property of the uncle's house.

After Hong Liu returned to the uncle's mansion, he found that the atmosphere in the mansion seemed to be very active today, especially the two younger sisters, who were as proud as ever, looked at the other sisters' eyes almost to heaven.

Hong Liu listened for a while, and then realized that there was a banquet in the Palace of Tomorrow, and the Empress Dowager summoned a group of ladies from the mansion, regardless of whether they were descendants or concubines, as long as they had an invitation, they could enter the palace.

Hong Liu heard that his head was as big as a cow, so he ran away quickly. Fortunately, his aunt only gave birth to him, otherwise he would have a younger sister, and the younger sister would be like the older sisters in the house. It's even worse.

Hong Liuzi went to discuss with his aunt how to be divided into Uncle Yong's Mansion. His aunt was naturally reluctant at first. The Uncle's Mansion is so rich and his wife's dowry is so generous. She hasn't made enough money yet, so how can she leave?If it was before, Hong Liu might feel a little ashamed, but he would not stop his aunt, because he did nothing, but after being re-educated by Li Xie, he began to feel deeply ashamed. If the aunt was a ruthless person, it would not be the turn of their bastards to be born.

After thinking about it, Hong Liu had no choice but to explain to his aunt that he already had 2 taels of property on his body, but because of the government, he couldn't get it back, otherwise it would be a big commotion if he was discovered.

"Son, do you really have that much money?" Aunt Qian's eyes widened and her outstretched hands were trembling. She had been working hard in the mansion for so many years, but she only had a deposit of more than 1000 taels. , but his son already has 2 taels of property, how can this not shock Aunt Qian?

Hong Liu immediately covered his aunt's mouth, and said in a low voice: "Auntie, don't say anything, so Auntie, there is nothing worth worrying about in this mansion, not to mention that the mansion has long been at a disadvantage. If it wasn't for the generous dowry support of the aunt, where would my father be?" Can you live such a carefree life? When you get out of the mansion, your son can earn money by himself. Auntie, although you lack a status, you are the old lord of your son's mansion. .”

Aunt Qian immediately stared at the coins, old Feng Jun, son, this is so tempting, she bit her finger and thought for a long time before making a painful decision.

"Although I don't want to part with the master, I feel that being the old Fengjun is much more comfortable than being the master's concubine. Son, my aunt promised you, but after you go out, you will give half of your 2 taels to my aunt."

Hong Liu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll give you half."

Not to mention the fact that the mother and son were planning to be separated into Uncle Yong's mansion, the palace and the imperial garden were very lively the next day, and the queen mother invited so many delicate guests to visit.

It's June now, and the situation in Dasheng Dynasty is not very good this year. Although the weather is very hot, Emperor Jing Yuan didn't order to go out of the palace to escape the heat, so everyone had to stay in the palace.

Sitting with the Queen Mother, Manman looked excitedly at these young girls who were about her age, most of whom she didn't know, and she also knew the sisters and cousins ​​of the Xuanping Hou Mansion.

Luo Chuyun, as the princess of Ming County, was accompanied by her natal younger sisters. Everyone tried not to look at the fourth princess, because they were afraid of showing too much strangeness.

All the empresses and concubines are here, especially the concubines of the second and third princes. Now the empress dowager is just taking the lead, and the actual selection of concubines will wait until September when the weather is cooler.