The Wife is First

Aunt Qiu looked around and saw Yanhong, the maid who had been sent away to serve tea by the madam, walking from one end of the corridor. She hurriedly took two steps back, turned around and walked behind the pillar on the side. When the maid came to the door, Then he walked out slowly.

"Aunt Qiu, come and deliver the account books." Yan Hong saw her and said with a smile, Aunt Qiu will be the concubine next month, and people in this house are much more polite to her now, "The eldest young master is inside, I Help my aunt take it in."

"Thank you, girl." Aunt Qiu smiled and handed her the account book in her hand, turned and left.

The two people in the house stopped talking when they heard the maid's voice. When others entered the house, Du asked, "Yanhong, who is outside?"

"When I walked to the door, I happened to see Aunt Qiu coming to deliver the account book, so I blocked her back." Yan Hong smiled and put the account book on the table.

Mrs. Beiwei Hou frowned and asked Aunt Qiu to review this month's account books in the side hall today. She drove the maids out but forgot about her. Fortunately, Yan Hong came back in time. Asking Yan Hong to go out and guard outside the door, Du raised his head and said to Mu Lingbao: "You are not young, your son will run into the ground, don't hang out with those gangsters all day long in the brothel! Practice martial arts if you have nothing to do, and then go back to Mao Guo Gong's house The fight will save you more embarrassment!"

"It was not my fault that day, that turtle was playing dirty tricks!" When Mu Lingbao saw his mother talking about him, he immediately became unconvinced, "What are you afraid of? That kid Hanzhang can't learn martial arts. Even if I practice casually, I'm better than him! "

Aunt Qiu returned to her small courtyard, feeling upset. I originally thought that the prince treated Hanzhang well and that his life was better now than in Beiweihou Mansion, so I didn't ask for anything more. But he forgot about the royal throne! Even the Huangkou children in the capital know how brave King Cheng is. Is such a person really willing to be a prince for the rest of his life? There is still no legitimate son, and the heir cannot inherit the title of the prince.

She wanted to talk to her son, but she was still a concubine who could not leave the house. Qiu sighed and summoned her maid Yancui and asked her to send a letter to Molianju.

"Auntie, the second young master's shop... sells ointment. How can I get in?" Yan Cui suddenly blushed.

Aunt Qiu glared at the noisy girl: "If I let you in, you have to go to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion! Give this to the third son of the Wang family who drives the car, and you can leave the rest alone."

There has been no clue about the investigation of the attack on the second prince in the southwest. Dali Temple judged that the identity of the assassin should be a folk assassin, the so-called Jianghu people who risk their lives for money. But Jingchen went incognito, and the only ones who knew his whereabouts were a few guards around him. Four of them were sent by the emperor, and two were from the king. The people in the court did not say anything, but they all suspected in their hearts that the assassination of the second prince must be related to King Cheng!

"At first King Cheng insisted on assigning you two bodyguards, but now that I think about it, there are indeed many doubts about it!" Mr. Chen, a guest at the second prince's residence, said sincerely.

Jingchen, who was recovering from his injuries at home, sat at his desk and frowned when he heard this: "There is no need to say this, Jing Shao will not harm me."

"Your Highness! In the royal family, the love between brothers is as thin as paper. Even if they are full brothers, you can't trust it! King Cheng has made great achievements in battle. He will definitely be dissatisfied when he marries a man. I heard that he dotes on the princess very much in front of everyone. This is already true. Incredible! If His Highness is deprived of the qualification to inherit the throne, can he still be as comfortable as a king?" Mr. Chen refused to give up.

"That's enough!" Jingchen knocked the cup in his hand heavily on the table, "Don't mention those unfounded speculations about Jing Shao again!"

After driving away the chattering group of staff, Jingchen rubbed his brows tiredly, took a pen and started writing notes.

"Your Highness, Mr. Chen and the others are doing this for your own good, so it's always good to be more careful." The second prince's concubine, Mrs. Xiao, walked in with a bowl of herbal tea to relieve the heat. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but say.

"Why are you interrupting the affairs of the court?" Jingchen glanced at her and did not want to say more. Mrs. Xiao could never understand how much he cared for his younger brother. Jingchen got tired of talking too much and didn't want to explain anymore. Women are short-sighted and cannot explain many things to her.

However, even the staff in his palace doubted Jing Shao, and there must be many people in the court who doubted him. Jingchen's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. No matter who did it this time, it was really terrible. It would be best if he died. If he couldn't die, just blame Jing Shao. No matter it ruined King Cheng's reputation or turned their brothers against each other, they wouldn't lose money.

"It will only be detrimental to you if you pursue the assassin's case," Mu Hanzhang tied the jade belt of his court uniform to Jing Shao in the early morning, and said uneasily, "If someone targets you today, you should show your filial piety and curse loudly." He must not come up with all kinds of reasons to refute, you can't speak against those civil servants." Knowing that Jing Shao had been wronged in the court these days, Mu Hanzhang, although he felt distressed, could only advise him to swallow it first. tone.

"I just can't get angry. Nine times out of ten, Jing Yu did this! Are we going to let him get an advantage?" Jing Shao said angrily. His father must be aware of this matter, but he is suffering from the fact that there are currently no clues. There is no basis for what you say.

"Even if it was done by the fourth prince, killing a brother is a serious crime. If they dare to do it, they are fully prepared." Mu Hanzhang sighed, "If my brother wants to keep you, he will definitely ask his father to stop him." To pursue this matter, you just need to remember not to be impulsive."

Jing Shao reluctantly walked out, then turned back after not taking two steps, lowering his arms and burying his face on his princess's shoulder: "I'm so annoyed, I don't want to go today!"

Mu Hanzhang looked helplessly at the big guy hanging on his body, raised his hand and patted him: "Don't be willful, go quickly." Jing Shao hummed and didn't move, looking at the time, fearing that he would be late, He could only say in a warm voice: "Brother Zhou bought a tank of prawns yesterday. I will pick you up from the Ministry of War at noon. Let's go to Huiwei Building for lunch."

When Jing Shao heard this, he immediately became energetic: "Then it's agreed, I'll click on the knot at the Ministry of War, and I'll be able to come out."

Mu Hanzhang watched his prince go out in a hurry, and shook his head with a chuckle, why he was becoming more and more like a child, and had to be coaxed with food before he would go out to do business.

That morning at court, as Mu Hanzhang expected, the civil servants roundabout and insinuated that Jing Shao was suspected, Jing Chen was recovering from his injuries and was not in court, and the fourth prince kept his head down and said nothing.

Jing Shao listened to his princess's words and did not refute. Instead, he used brotherly love and filial piety to scold those civil servants for their evil intentions.

Emperor Hongzheng looked at Jing Shao, who was blushing and thick-necked with anger, without saying a word. After Jing Shao finished scolding him, he slowly spoke: "This time the second prince was assassinated. If the king's bodyguards had not fought to the death to protect him, it would have been a disaster. Young Master. If you can't find out the result, you can make baseless assumptions and assume that I am a three-year-old child?" He said and threw a memorial at the feet of the censor who was standing under the jade steps.

The upright censor Fan Jie was the one who spoke most enthusiastically. He was so frightened by the emperor's majestic voice that he had no choice but to kneel down and pick up the memorial from the ground.

The document was handed over by the second prince yesterday, in which he sincerely advised his father not to pursue the matter for the time being, because the most suspicious ones were his two brothers. As the elder brother, he really couldn't bear to see such a situation.

"The second prince has a kind heart. He went to the southwest this time and made great contributions to finding out about the tribute from the southwest. He will be named Prince Rui. When Jingchen recovers from his injury, the Ministry of Rites will choose a date." Emperor Hongzheng waved his sleeves and left. Before leaving, he glanced at his two sons who were facing up, his eyes dark and meaningless.

Mu Hanzhang had breakfast, took Yunzhu out, and first went to Mo Lianju for a walk. Although he opened the Mo Lian Ju, it was not nice to talk about it. It was always said that it was opened by someone else and that Princess Cheng just mixed it up.

Since the opening of Mo Lian Ju, the business has been booming. Some people in the capital have seen that this business is profitable, but no one dares to get involved, just because the Mo Lian Ju has the name of Prince Cheng's Palace, and King Cheng's overbearing and unreasonable behavior is Famous.

"Brother Lin." Not long after Mu Hanzhang entered the store, he saw a familiar figure walking in. It was Mr. Lin from the Dingnan Hou family. Dingnanhou is the natal family of the second prince's concubine. Speaking of which, the two of them are still relatives.

"Mr. Mu..." Mr. Lin saw Mu Hanzhang here and felt a little embarrassed. "The box you gave me last time... well, I was too shameless to ask my servants to buy this, so I had to take advantage of the opportunity to come here early." trip."

Mr. Lin's husband is the concubine of the Hou family of Dingnan. The Hou family is still separated, so naturally he will not let his husband and wife hold the middle gift, so it is not convenient to do anything.

When Mu Hanzhang heard this, he understood his difficulty and turned to look at the furnishings in the store. Common people are not so particular, and when men come to buy, they can't tell whether they are husbands or wives, so it doesn't matter; but the wives of the princes' families have many inconveniences. Therefore, the cheap iron boxes in the store sell the most, and the most expensive silver boxes can also be sold to those dandies who show off to please beauties. However, the most profitable wooden boxes of balm are not as popular as originally thought.

"Brother Lin, if it's inconvenient, just tell me the quantity. At the beginning of every month, I will send someone to deliver Bao Yanshi to your house. Just say it's from me." Mu Hanzhang thought of this, and his mind became active again. This thing from the palace The Ministry of Internal Affairs will deliver the goods on time and in quantity every month, so those princely families who are inconvenient to buy and need them can ask them to pay money regularly and then deliver them regularly every month.

"This solves my big trouble." Mr. Lin was very happy when he heard this and immediately gave a deposit.

After coming out of Molianju, seeing that it was still early, Mu Hanzhang walked to the Yamen of the Ministry of War. When we arrived in front of the military department, we were just in time when we saw a figure walking out of the door on time.

"Your Majesty, why did you leave before we finished talking about this?" Sun Shangshu chased after him helplessly with a book in hand.

"You just have to make up your own mind. I'm in a hurry. Let's talk about it later!" Jing Shao waved his hands impatiently and looked up to see his princess standing outside the door. She looked really good on him in a light cyan robe and couldn't help but grin. The corner of his mouth ran over.