eldest son of Ming dynasty

Wei Zhonghai is an ordinary military family. If you say that the glory of the ancestors was still that of his great-grandfather, he was a small official with meritorious service in combat. Later, his grandfather and father relied on the shadow of their ancestors to beg for food in the imperial city. The same is true for him, but he Since childhood, people around him have always said that he surpassed his father and grandfather.

Such a family background obviously cannot compare with Mei Huaigu in terms of material conditions, and he has opened his eyes when he arrives at the Mei Mansion.Not to mention the front and back courtyards, the structure of the corridor and rockery is not something that ordinary people can arrange.

After they both washed and changed their clothes and came out, Mei Huaigu asked him, "Brother Zhong Hai, according to what you have seen, what should we do to satisfy His Majesty with what His Majesty said today?"

Wei Zhonghai was actually thinking when he was walking on the road.

"Brother, do you want me to go to Gansu? What is the sentence His Majesty said, and what is your confidant?"

"Know thyself, ever-victorious."

"Yes, since that's the case, we have to know who the prince of Gansu is and what the palace looks like. We just need to send someone... To tell you the truth, Brother Mei, Wei is really worried, this opportunity..."

Mei Huaigu understood what he meant, they were very close to the emperor, logically speaking they shouldn't be small people, but the emperor is a wise master, how dare they say something?

We can only wait for the emperor to take the initiative to talk about it.

Now that this opportunity has come, Wei Zhonghai really doesn't want to let it go.Otherwise, when would he be able to live in a house like Mei Mansion?

As a man, who would want to be depressed for decades?

Mei Huaigu never thought of going directly to Gansu.

Wei Zhonghai is not afraid of difficulties and does not take refuge, "Brother Mei's family has a great career, so it is inevitable that we cannot leave for a while. In addition, His Majesty needs Brother Mei to take care of our brothers' affairs. If Brother Mei can trust Wei, Gansu will let Wei Somebody go!"

Mei Huaigu's eyes narrowed slightly, this Wei Zhonghai usually looked flat, but he didn't expect to be so aggressive suddenly at this time.

If he went, if he didn't go by himself, what would His Majesty think?Don't you think Wei Zhonghai is more determined to carry out the imperial decree?
So he rolled his eyes, and said, "Brother Zhonghai, it's not a question of whether I believe you or not. How could I not believe you? But today, His Majesty also said that any decision to be made must be reported to His Majesty about going to Gansu." , I think it is up to His Majesty to make a decision. In addition, the 'son' who will be stuffed into the Anhua Palace must be carefully selected."

Wei Zhonghai nodded thoughtfully, this sentence is not wrong.

"it is good!"

"In addition to people in the palace, there must also be people outside the palace. The easier it is for the people in the palace to pass the news, the better, otherwise it will be easy to be exposed. Therefore, there must be someone outside to respond. As soon as the news goes out of the palace wall, then pass it to the palace. The news is much more comfortable.”

After hearing this, Wei Zhonghai couldn't help admiring, Mei Huaigu looks like a little girl with a fair and tender face, but he is actually a very thoughtful person.

His brain turns three times a second, very powerful.

"So there must be at least two people."

"More than that, there are also people in the capital. Can people from Gansu let him send news to the imperial city, or to your and my homes? In order to deceive people, we should also put some in the capital. You and I don't want to get involved with them. If the concealment is not good, it will be meaningless to His Majesty."

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After discussing in this way, the two of them didn't intend to go to bed until the middle of the night, and they were very energetic after all.It's just that the female relatives in the mansion are anxious to die.

But the next morning, the housekeeper still took the opportunity to say that someone was looking for him.

Mei Huaigu is a son, and he has very little contact with his father's concubine on weekdays. It is best not to have any contact, such things are not clear.But after a little thought, he knew that since he did not avoid this suspicion, it was not a trivial matter.

Mei Kejia's little wife, surnamed Gu, seems to be of some Hu people's blood, her skin is strangely white, and her two daughters are also as white as porcelain dolls.

When Gu came in front of Mei Huaigu, tears welled up in his eyes.

In fact, she is also a hard-working person. In the Ming Dynasty, merchants were not allowed to take concubines, not to mention merchants, even ordinary officials had restrictions, but rich and powerful people would still keep many concubines in the mansion, only for food and drink, not for concubines. In name.Just like modern times, as long as I am not married, there is no reason for bigamy.

In this way, people like Gu's status in the mansion are actually very low. It would be better if they had a son, but they had two daughters in a row.

In the future, when she gets old and lustful, and Mei Kejia no longer cares about her, the end will be even worse.

This is the reality, so her status in the mansion is incomparable to that of Mei Huaigu, otherwise she wouldn't dare to ask or bother her overnight.

This morning, I came with Careful.

"Concubine, if you have anything to say, just tell me. But it's about the house?"

Gu shook her head quickly, "If it involves Madam, my concubine will not come. This matter is mainly about Huai Xiao and Huai Yan. I don't know who in the mansion passed the news to the outside, saying that Mei Manor Raising two naturally beautiful girls with yellow flowers, the outsiders are tempted, so they want to come to propose marriage."

Mei Huaigu didn't understand, "Although my two younger sisters are a bit younger, they have reached the age of marriage. It is a good thing that someone comes to propose marriage. Why is the concubine not willing?"

"Because it was Uncle Huaiyuan who came to propose marriage. Originally, in an uncle's mansion, it was wrong for my concubine to say anything, even if he was over forty years old. The main concubine heard that the man's character was stubborn, greedy and lustful. Huaigu Young Master, we are a family of merchants, what is the reason why Uncle Huaiyuan insisted on proposing marriage in Mei Mansion regardless of other people's eyes? Is there anything in Mei Mansion that is not available in Uncle's Mansion?"

Mei Huaigu understood, what Gu meant was that the person was already lustful to a certain extent, as long as he was good-looking, no matter what, he had to get him over first.

"What does my mother say?"

When Gu Shi heard him ask such a question, it was hard to talk to him for a while, so she chose to respond with silence. She knew that her young master was smart.

Indeed, Mei Huaigu knew at a glance that his mother agreed.

For the main wife, what is the little wife raised by the husband in the mansion?In her eyes, she was basically the same as a servant, and she was unhappy with Uncle Huaiyuan because of such a person, so what?

That's why the Gu family asked Mei Huaigu to come here.

"Concubine, Huai Xiao and Huai Yan are my younger sisters at first, so I have to take care of them anyway. But I can't hold back my mother, and I can't hold back Uncle Huaiyuan..."

When he said this, tears fell down Gu's beautiful face.She had a hard life all her life, and she could imagine what kind of life her two children would live in Huaiyuanbo's mansion. To put it bluntly, wouldn't a man in his 40s just want to play with women?When you get tired of playing, just throw it aside.

So how could the tears be stopped?
"Is there really nothing to do with this matter?"

Mei Huaigu couldn't bear it, after all, it was his sister, "It's not that there is no way. But my concubine has to give me a little time, and I also told my sisters Huaixiao and Huaiyan not to worry. The depth of the water in Beijing, I really I can speak with His Majesty, but His Majesty is in charge of the world's major affairs, why would he take care of such small things as our Meifu? Even if we want to take care of it, it is unknown who holds more weight in His Majesty's heart, us or Uncle Huaiyuan. It is really not the best policy to speak out about this matter in front of the king."

The Gu family also knew about it, who called them a family of merchants?Some things are beyond your control.

From Mrs. May's point of view, did she do something wrong?maybe.There are dragons and tigers hidden in the capital, and they have no one to rely on. If they really want to get involved with Uncle Huaiyuan, it might be a good thing.Conversely, if he insisted on offending others, what would happen to the Mei Manor.

Mrs. Mei also has to consider the large number of people in Mei's house.

After Gu's retreat, he told Mei Huaigu's words to his two beautiful daughters exactly, and people panicked when he told them.

Both of them are literate, and they are bored on weekdays, and they will read "Ming Pao" and so on.It has long been imprinted in his mind that today's sage is a man who loves the people and is benevolent. As long as he knows about the injustice in the world, he will not ignore it.

Imagine so.But it was a different story to really hear what the people around the emperor said.

Especially what Mei Huaigu said, that is, it is not easy to talk about this kind of thing with the emperor...it can't get on the table...

Now it's all right, I thought my elder brother was someone close to the emperor, but it's hard to count on it.

Mei Huai laughed a bit bigger, and knew more about the consequences of a woman marrying such a person, so she couldn't help sobbing softly, "Mother, Huai Xiao, don't marry a bad person..."

For Mei Huaigu, it was unthinkable to speak in front of the emperor.

But the emperor can't ask for it, but there is one person who can ask for it.

After thinking for a long time, Mei Huaigu took Yin Liang to the palace to wait first, and sent someone to watch Liu Jin's itinerary. As long as Yi was not waiting by the emperor's side, he would come to the door when he was resting.

Fortunately, Mei Huaigu is also a smooth-talking person on weekdays. In front of Eunuch Liu, he said a lot of flattering things, so he could get in by selling a smiling face.

"Eunuch, I'm bothering you."

Liu Jin looked at this kind of flattering little face, among other things, at least the word 'silver' was written on it.

"Brother Mei? Come in, why did you come to our house today?"

Mei Huaigu picked up the good wine in his hand, "I bought a good wine, especially to honor my father-in-law."

After finishing the polite words, Liu Jin didn't go around with him, and asked him directly why he came.

Mei Huai didn't say anything else, so he talked about this matter.

As a result, Liu Jin blinked, "Uncle Huaiyuan...have you met Lingmei?"

This sentence asked, with some taste.Mei Huaigu still didn't understand.

But he shook his head first, "No, the two younger sisters below are both out of doors, how could Uncle Huaiyuan meet?"

"Then how does he know that Lingmei is the face of the country and the city?"

"The concubine at home only said that it was spread by idlers in the mansion. In addition, there have been rumors in the capital that there is a woman who is as shameful as a closed moon in the lower mansion, so Uncle Huaiyuan just believed it."

"Brother Mei, it's not from our family. How do you let our family handle this kind of thing? Uncle Huaiyuan is an uncle, he wants two girls, our family will stop them?"

Women are really unimportant at this time.

Mei Huaigu said with a smile on his face, "If it's an ordinary person, why would I need to work for Mr. Liu? Just because I'm Uncle Huaiyuan, I really have no choice."

Liu Jin got up and went to open the door, and said: "You all go away."

After returning, he approached Mei Huaigu and said softly, "You and I can't control this matter, and it's not easy to control it. Unless there is one thing, but you have to be willing to do it."

"Father, please speak."

"Be bolder, let His Majesty meet the two young sisters."

Mei Huaigu's eyes lit up, "Elder-in-law means... but the late emperor just now..."

"Stupid. Who said something was going to happen? As long as His Majesty has seen it, it doesn't matter if it's all right or not. With Uncle Huaiyuan's courage, he wouldn't dare to mention the matter of marriage."

Because he couldn't figure out the emperor's mind.Everything is just in case.

"But the problem is, Your Majesty is in the palace every day, and my Majesty..."

Liu Jin touched his chin, "It's not that there is no way. His Majesty ordered the Imperial College Zhang Jijiu to report the situation of the academy. His Majesty will also inspect the academy. You can find a way to ask the doctor. She is a woman. As long as you Speaking out, women will naturally sympathize with women, so you ask her to bring the two younger sisters by her side. At that time, won't you see it?"

"But just looking at it like this, does it work?"

Liu Jin smiled mischievously, "Anyway, when Uncle Huaiyuan comes to your house again, you will say that His Majesty has met, only hinting, not expressly expressing, this is nonsensical, if you ask him to think for himself, he will still have the courage Go to the attendant's room and pass a note to ask His Majesty face to face?"

It won't, unless the brain is broken.

Mei Huaigu said in his heart, these eunuchs are really full-length minds, just such a small matter, he made so many twists and turns for you.

"Okay, then I will listen to my father-in-law and try."

"Ah."

Liu Jin was satisfied, and after Mei Huaigu left, he thought about it for a while, and muttered: "It's really sleepy to give a pillow."