Xianwu Datang: Start with the rich woman

Chapter 36 Storm Center
Du Qiuzhuo is cold-tempered, ruthless and reticent, but every time he talks about Murong Ye, he becomes inexplicably excited and chatters like a treasure.

Chen Yanjun understands that this is the power of idols.

Because he often listens to Qiu Zhuo's narration, he also knows the story of Murong Ye very well.

However, no matter how many times Chen Yanjun heard the story about Murong Ye, he still felt that it was outrageous, even in the Xianwu Tang Dynasty where the folk customs were open and the women were strong.

Murong Ye is five years younger than Mrs. Cui, his father is Guozijian chess player Murong Yuan, and his mother is Cui Xiaoru, the youngest daughter of Cui Jianzheng, both parents have average cultivation talents.

Because her father joined Cui's family and lived in Cui's house all the time, she took her mother's surname as Cui.

He was named Cui Ye because he slept in the womb during the day and kicked his stomach all night.

When Cui Ye was young, he was playful and did not study, chess, crafts, or spiritual practice. It is said that he was born with brute force, so he could fight crickets with commoner children.

From the age of [-] to [-] when he was imprisoned and forced to marry, he only said that he wanted to start practicing, and no one could disturb him.

In fact, I still travel all day without studying.

Until one day, Lord Jianzheng played a game of chess with his father Murong Yuan, and whoever lost the bet would have to kneel on the ground for three days.

Relying on his advanced cultivation, Master Jianzheng forcibly suppressed Murong Yuan with his soul and spirit pressure, and won the game.

Murong Yuan knelt down in the Cui family courtyard for three days.

Three days later, when Cui Ye came back, seeing his father being humiliated, he rushed straight into the prisoner's study room and beat the prisoner who was working... Unfortunately, he didn't hit him with a single punch, but was beaten up by the prisoner with a bruised nose and a swollen face .

Cui Ye refused to accept it, and announced in public that she would change her surname to Murong, and that sooner or later she would be beaten back by the prison officer.

This was an obvious method of provoking generals, and the supervisor had already seen Cui Ye's talent in practice, but he still underestimated Cui Ye's potential.

He predicted that what Cui Ye was talking about would come one day, a hundred years later.

As a result, in just 12 years, Murong Ye became a third-rank craftsman, the fastest speed in the history of Chang'an City.

That night, she rushed into the prisoner's study again, was beaten by the prisoner and was bedridden for three days, then burned all the weapons in the room, and humiliated:

"The military weapon you designed is too old, not as good as a childish toy. Datang will be destroyed in your hands sooner or later!"

Three days later, Supervisor Cui woke up with a smile on his face. Afterwards, he became enlightened and led the old military supervisor to reform and strengthen his strength. Only then did he still maintain his independence today and did not fall to any side.

Of course, there is also the reason for the sudden rise of the Cui family's Murong Ye.

The woman who started to practice at the age of 17 and entered the third rank at the age of 29, her talent can be imagined, once shocked the government and the public, and became the target of many parties.

However, more bizarre things lie behind.

After becoming a third-rank artisan and beating up his grandfather, Murong Ye became idle again, wandering around the city, and even felt that the third-rank cultivation was old and the artisan was useless...

So, he abolished his cultivation to reach the fifth rank, and entered the third realm of nourishing Qi by the way, and changed to martial arts swordsmanship.

The next year, when he met the eldest princess Li Yue, he went to the Prison Division to become the bad handsome Yinhu.

For her, it was finally good.

From then on, Murong Ye became a legend in the world, and even the idol of all Tang women.

However, the men were quite dissatisfied, thinking that it was impossible for someone to abolish cultivation from the third rank to the fifth rank, and these were just blown out by the Cui family.

Murong Ye is only at the fifth rank at the highest level. Although his talent is amazing, it is not as exaggerated as the legends say.

No matter what others say, Qiu Zhuo always believes in it.

It is said that the Four Wonderful Women of Xiantang are not only amazingly talented, but also first-class beauties.

Unfortunately, in the past three years, the original owner had never seen Murong Ye.

Chen Yanjun didn't care, he didn't care about the four great women of the Tang Dynasty.

He didn't believe that there was a woman more beautiful than his wife in this world.

In his heart, his wife is the sky, flying immortals outside the sky!

Just as he was thinking, a high-pitched voice came from the main hall:
"—The old lady is here!"

Everyone in the hall straightened their bodies immediately, facing the painted wall in the main hall, bowed respectfully and said:

"The old lady is healthy!"

The descendants of the clan cannot call mother, grandma or grandma in public places, but should call old lady to uphold the prestige of the family.

There is no way, there are too many Cui family members, and Mr. Jianzheng doesn't care about family affairs, and all matters are decided by Mrs. Cui alone. If you don't shout like that, it's really difficult to manage.

"Don't be too polite."

With the support of Butler Feng, the old lady of the Cui family sat upright in the high hall, overlooking the crowd.

Chen Yanjun raised his head and glanced, the old lady's eyebrows and hair were all white, her majesty was overwhelming, but she still had some looks.

Chen Yanjun has also heard many legends about Mrs. Cui.

Although the old lady is a shrew, she is also a strong woman!
Mrs. Cui's name is Wang Chun, and she has spent countless resources on her body, but she only has a ninth-rank cultivation. Now she is over a hundred years old, and she doesn't have decades to live.

Cui Jianzheng's following concubines have stronger cultivation bases, but Mrs. Cui is the niece of Si Tianjian Jianzheng Wangye.

Sitianjian is an organization that manufactures Tianyuan Palace and monitors the celestial phenomenon and the concentration of spiritual energy. It does not participate in human affairs, and its status surpasses Guozijian and Military Weapons Supervision.

Mrs. Cui was a well-known shrew in Chang'an, she often tortured her concubines, and even scolded her concubine's daughter-in-law, the princess Li Lanxiang.

The previous Emperor Tongming once scolded Cui Jianzheng, why can't you even control a ninth-rank woman?
So, give poisoned wine to Wang Chun face to face, and drink it to death, unless she swears on the spot that she will never scold the princess and torture the rest of the concubines in the future.

As a result, Wang Chun picked up the poisoned wine and drank it down, startling everyone.

Of course, it wasn't poisonous wine, it was just a cup of drunken wine. Wang Chun passed out on the spot after drinking it.

It is said that Emperor Tongming's move was to control the late emperor's Tianyuan Palace and Sitianjian, but it failed.

Si Tianjian came forward and only promised not to associate with treacherous officials and to be loyal to the Li and Tang Dynasty forever, but he did not promise to be controlled by the current emperor.

In fact, today's Guozijian is almost semi-independent, and only the Military Weapons Supervisor is barely under the control of the emperor.

However, Emperor Tianshun was almost the weakest of the several major forces, so naturally he couldn't cover the Cui family.

Otherwise, how could the Cui family allow Qiu Zhuo to marry the Zhang family?

Right now, Eunuch Qiu and Zhongwang Li Mao are both waiting for the opportunity in the dark, eyeing the military inspector, trying to catch the Cui family's handle, and gnaw off the fat of the military inspector.

Chen Yanjun felt helpless, why do the traversers always travel to the center of the storm?

It stands to reason that he should find a place where there is no fighting for 100 years.

It's a pity, and I can't bear to miss Madam...

at the moment.

The old lady first supervised Mr. Zheng and came to the main hall one step at a time. It was the descendants of the family who were acting as the supervisor.

One is Liwei, and the other is to give bounties to some newcomers who have never seen in the family.

Chen Yanjun is also a newcomer.

He felt that as long as he was reasonable, he could yell at Cui Qian'an, General Cui or Mr. Cui face to face, but he didn't dare to yell at the old lady.

Women, don't reason with you at all, they don't care about the overall situation, they don't care about the consequences, they are very sturdy.

No wonder Confucius said: only...forget it, let's not talk about it.

"Chen Yanjun met the old lady."

Chen Yanjun could only bow respectfully.

However, surprisingly, the old lady didn't have any opinion on him.

The servant presented a box of belongings to Chen Yanjun, the old lady glanced at Chen Yanjun's clothes and expression, frowned slightly, but still showed a kind smile symbolically:

"A man of good looks, a man of good looks...You Rong and you are blessed."

"Thank you old lady!"

Chen Yanjun thought to himself, after all, in terms of practice, the old lady herself is a waste, not to mention that she no longer pursues Qiu Zhuo, which is a good thing for the family.

On the side, Yourong and his sons and daughters hurriedly paid their respects.

Seeing Qiu Zhuo's cold and pretty face, the old lady was furious and said without hesitation:

"Qiu Zhuo, you don't want to greet me anymore, you ask yourself, how can you respect me and Mr. Jianzheng..."

"Don't worry, there is no Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zheng, Mr. Lu... you can choose, you can't escape."

These few reprimands were not loud, but they silenced the audience.

All eyes were on Qiu Zhuo.

Qiu Zhuo said coldly:

"Aunt Ye is older than me, and her cultivation level is higher than mine. Her surname is Murong, and my surname is Du. If she marries, I will."

Chen Yanjun didn't expect Qiu Zhuo to be so stubborn, he could be called Murong Ye possessed.

Sure enough, women still need women to treat them!
Hearing Murong Ye's name, the old lady's old face sank, and her majestic figure suddenly swayed like a candle in the wind.

The child is not sensible, so Mrs. Cui said to the child's mother:

"You Rong, Qiu Zhuo's marriage has not been settled, and your marriage may also be postponed."

Cui Yourong frowned slightly, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Chen Yanjun felt that as a man, he couldn't be cowardly at this time, he had to stand up!
Just as I was about to speak, my mother-in-law came.

No one was seen, only a voice was heard:

"You Rong's marriage, I can't even make the decision. Back then, my father and the Holy One didn't make the decision either... Why should you worry about this every day when you are old, and waste your life."

Li Lanxiang came with two maidservants behind her back, undulating and swaying.

The inside and outside of the words are full of thorns.

In the entire Cui family, only she, the former princess, dared to speak like that to the old lady.

Everyone held their breath.

Mrs. Cui's eyes sank, and with the help of her maid, she turned and looked at the murals in the main hall.

Suddenly, vicissitudes appeared on his face, as if he had aged many years in an instant, he shook his head and sighed:
"It doesn't matter whether it's the Cui family or the sage...it's not what it used to be, it's not what it used to be."

When everyone heard this, their expressions were all gloomy.

Even the mother-in-law Li Lanxiang was silent.

Chen Yanjun suddenly felt that it was not easy for the old lady to manage a large family with the power of the ninth rank.

The Li family dynasty, just like her running the Cui family, is dying and precarious.

The Military Weapons Supervisor under the control of the Cui family has become the last fig leaf of the Li Tang dynasty...

Chen Yanjun realized that today's family meeting is not only the Cui family's family affairs, but also Li Tang's state affairs.

At this moment, a long call came from the back hall:
"—Master Supervisor is here!"

(End of this chapter)