The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 18 Countermeasures
The Huang family gave birth to a son and was used to please people. After this came and went, King Zhongjing no longer cared about her previous affairs, and gradually began to love her.

Concubine Li also wanted to make trouble at first, but finally gave up under the persuasion of the dowry mother, and only wanted to give birth to a son-in-law as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Huangtian paid off. Not long after Huang gave birth to Tu Jin, she also became pregnant, and a year later gave birth to Tu Rui, and only then did she gain a firm foothold in the palace.

Fortunately, Concubine Huang was in the palace, even if she favored the Huang family, she could only play side drums with her son occasionally.

King Zhongjing is not confused, he is a square man, although he treats the Huang family well, but he is no better than his wife.

Even if the Huang family gave birth to another son later, King Zhongjing did not favor her more. It was only when Princess Li gave birth to Tu Yinger, the only jewel in the royal family's palm, that the Huang family became honest on the surface.

After listening to Princess Li's explanation of the reason, Mu Xu pondered for a moment and said,

"Judging from Tu Jin's performance today, this mother and son are both deeply scheming people, and what they want is nothing more than loyalty to the position of the king's son."

Princess Li nodded her head,
"Over the years, I see that Mrs. Huang has become more honest. I don't want you to see her fox tail."

Mu Xu waved his hand, "Auntie was joking, I'm just a bystander. You're just in the middle of the game. After a long time, their plot will naturally not be hidden from you."

"Having said that, thanks to your reminder, we mother and son have taken precautions in advance." Princess Li shook her head, "I won't be caught in other people's schemes when things come to an end."

Mu Xu didn't argue with her either, after thinking about it, he said,

"Now in the inner house, my aunt has taken precautions, and she is not afraid that the Huang family will make any troubles again."

"However, in the end, it depends on what uncle means. I don't know what uncle means?"

"Your uncle still has the difference between the concubine and the concubine in his heart, and he doesn't favor the concubine, so you can rest assured." Concubine Li looked at Tu Rui worriedly,

"You reminded me today that I will take precautions in the inner house, and I am not afraid of any schemes and tricks played by Mrs. Huang."

"The Huang mother and son now seem to want to start from the outside, and now I am only worried about Rui'er."

After hearing this, Tu Rui said anxiously, "I'll just be more careful in the future."

Seeing her son so unsteady, Princess Li couldn't help but sighed, please Mu Xu,
"In the future, Xu'er, you should mention your cousin more. You also know that he is impulsive and easily taken advantage of by others."

Mu Xu naturally said nothing, Princess Li saw that he agreed, and then told Tu Rui to listen to her cousin's opinion more when going out in the future.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Mu Xu couldn't help laughing,

"Speaking of which, today I would be very grateful to Tu Jin, if it wasn't for him being so impatient today that he came to sow discord."

"We will not guard against their mother and child in advance. If he finds out, he will probably vomit blood in anger."

Princess Li smiled wryly,
"It's not that he can't get angry, it's just that he underestimated you Xu'er today."

"If only Rui'er was here today, he would definitely fall into his scheme."

Hearing what she said, Mu Xu reminded again,

"Auntie, we can't let them continue to tarnish my cousin's reputation in the future."

"After all, Duke Zhou was afraid of rumors, but Wang Mang was humble and not usurped."

"If it lasts like this for a long time, it may not let them succeed."

Princess Li thinks so,
"Now that I know, I will send someone to find out who is spreading the rumors."

"I think that person is either from the Huang family, or from our palace. When we catch that person, we will naturally want him to look good."

After thinking about it, I said,
"I'll send more cronies, go to the market more, and subtly say good things about Rui'er. If I think about it, I can turn around the rumors about him outside."

Mu Xu had to admit that his concubine's aunt was very skilled, and he couldn't think of a better way.After thinking about whether there is anything missing, he told Tu Rui,
"Cousin, when you go out in the future, don't be impulsive."

"As long as there are no mistakes on your side, we will stay the same and respond to all changes, and they will have nothing to do in the end."

Tu Rui understood that it was for his own good, and nodded in earnest agreement.

Seeing him like this, Princess Li finally smiled and said,

"Let Wang Gui, the son of Wang Momo, be your personal entourage in the future. Although he is young, he handles affairs properly. Let me tell him that I can rest assured that he is by your side."

Tu Rui knows that his mother and concubine are all for his own good, and he solemnly promises,
"Mother and concubine, don't worry, I will be strict with myself in the future, and I won't let those villains take advantage of it."

Princess Li was pleased to see her son like this.

The three of them discussed again and confirmed that there were no omissions, and then let the maids and mothers outside the door come in and talk about family matters.

Seeing that it was getting late, Mu Xu was about to leave and go back home.Concubine Li accepted his favor today, she would not let him go easily, she insisted on keeping him for dinner in the palace.

Before Mu Xu could refuse again, he sent someone to Dongping County Prince's Mansion to inform him that he would keep his nephew to eat at his own home today, and also ordered someone to go to the study outside to inform Prince Zhongjing.

After waiting for a while, the servants came to report,
"The lord said that he will have a banquet with the Qing guests in the house tonight, so that he can appreciate the treasure he just got, and let the wangfei entertain his nephew for him."

Hearing what the servant said, Princess Li didn't care about him, but ordered someone to invite Tu Ying'er.

When the servant girl came to announce the banquet, the banquet was ready, Princess Li did not care about the difference between men and women, she brought her own son, the daughter had the dinner with Mu Xu, and toasted him with Tu Rui.

Tu Ying'er saw that her mother and elder brother were drinking with Mu Xu, and she wanted to toast her cousin when they were arguing, but she refused to let her drink fruit wine, and took advantage of her mother's concubine's wine and drank it. , making everyone laugh.

There were jokes made by Tu Rui brothers and sisters, the banquet was full of laughter.

After the dinner, Mu Xu bid farewell again, this time Princess Li didn't want to keep him anymore, after all the two mansions were not too far away, she just told him to be careful on the road and not to mention when he was free.

In the end, under the reluctance of Tu Rui brothers and sisters, Mu Xu left Zhongjing Palace.

When Mu Xu returned to his palace, the moon had already appeared. He first went to his grandmother's to chat with her, and then went to his mother's to say hello.Then I went back to my yard to rest.

For the next few days, he didn't leave the mansion. Apart from practicing kung fu and martial arts every day, he just chatted and walked with his grandmother, or played with Mei Jian and the little girls in his own yard.

Although life is dull, but Mu Xu has past life experience, so he can naturally live in loneliness, but he likes this kind of comfortable life.

On the contrary, Princess Changning has been going out frequently recently, either entering the palace or walking with her sisters.

During these days, Princess Changning finally took some time off to deal with the house's internal affairs in the flower hall.When I didn't return to Beijing before, the first butler Wu Lai and the second butler Wang Lin took care of the affairs in the palace, and then reported to Concubine Zhang to know.

Now that Princess Changning has returned to Beijing, she naturally has to take care of the affairs of the mansion again. Fortunately, she is used to it in Fengtian Mansion in Liaodong, so she can handle the affairs of the mansion here with ease.

At this moment, Princess Changning is sitting on a chair in the flower hall, listening to Wu Lai's family and some wives talking about the harvest of the farm in the mansion this autumn. The heir Jia Lian and his wife came to the mansion to meet.

Hearing that it was someone from Rongguo Mansion, she couldn't help wondering, "What's the matter?"

The servant girl replied that she did not know, she thought for a while and ordered,

"Bring Jia Lian to the study room and inform the son to receive him. As for his wife, please go to the concubine and let her go to see the concubine first. I will be there later."

The servant girl responded and went to send the message.

But he said that Mu Xu had nothing to do today and was watching the beads in the study.Hearing that Mei Jian outside the door said that there was a guest, his mother asked him to go to the outer study in the front yard to receive the guest.

He went out of the study and casually asked Mei Jian who it was that came, and when Mei Jian came back, it was Jia Lian and his wife from the Rongguo Mansion, and he told his mother's arrangement.

When Mu Xu heard that Jia Lian had come, he was not surprised, after all, he had only made love for Xue Pan before, and with the shrewdness of Jia Lian and his wife, it was impossible to treat it as nothing.Ordinarily, I should have come to thank myself earlier, but I don't know why I delayed these days.

He didn't know that Jia Lian and his wife had planned to come to thank him ten days ago.Who knew that the incident between Jia Baoyu and Qiguan happened, and Wang Changshi of Zhongshun came to his door.

Just like in the original book, Jia Baoyu denied it at the beginning, but when he was exposed by King Zhongshun Changshi, he was wearing a sweat scarf from Qianxiang Kingdom that King Zhongshun bestowed on Qiguan around his waist.

Only then did Jia Baoyu admit that he had contacts with Qiguan, and told the news that he was in Red Sandalwood Castle outside the city.

When Zhongshun Wang Changshi left, Jia Zheng was furious. He hated his son's incompetence and his lack of responsibility. He was frightened and even betrayed his friends.

Now being bullied by Zhongshun Wang Changshi, he was ashamed and angry, and beat Jia Baoyu himself. If Jia's mother hadn't heard the news, she would have almost beaten Jia Baoyu to death.

Jia Baoyu was beaten so hard that she couldn't get out of bed. As the phoenix egg of Rongguo Mansion, the whole mansion has been surrounded by Jia Baoyu recently.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu's injury was getting better yesterday, Wang Xifeng dared to propose to visit the Dongping Prince's Mansion while Jia Mu was in a good mood.

(End of this chapter)