Ajiu

Chapter 145 Ajiu's Choice
Concubine Duan, Concubine Xian and the others all looked at the Crown Princess with worried and sympathetic eyes.Concubine Qiu Gui suddenly asked such a sentence, which seemed reckless, but actually had a lot of meaning.Whether the newly married princess agrees or not, it is not good.

"Qiu's shabby family settled down, and it's on top of the family banquet, so the old trick is repeated!" Queen Zhang gritted her teeth in hatred.Concubine Qiu Gui, who had just entered the palace at that time, was completely unknown in the harem, and she could not even see the emperor's face. It was only then that the emperor noticed her when he showed his love to the emperor in public. After that, he doted on her for several years.In those few years, she was really domineering and triumphant in the palace. She gave birth to three princes one after another, and almost became a royal concubine.

True temperament, this is what she calls true temperament.

Back then, her true temperament captured the emperor, but now, after a few cups of good wine, her true temperament has come out again.Pooh!Do you think you are still in your twenties, and are you still as delicate and lovely as you were back then?The old trick is repeated, and I am not afraid to put myself in it.

Under the eyes of everyone, Ajiu bowed politely, "The imperial concubine, the prince chooses the vassal and chooses the vassal land. This belongs to the government and is beyond my control. I am not qualified to tell you whether it is possible or not. Presumably You also know, Concubine Donggong, you must not interfere in the government affairs."

"You are young, you have a good bearing." Concubine Duan and the others admired Ah Jiu when they saw him like this.It's not how appropriate her words are, but that she is not in a hurry, this calmness, which is rare for a girl of her age.

Concubine Qiu rolled her eyes, "Where is this government affairs? Choosing a fief for the crown prince's younger brother is obviously a family matter!"

Ajiu raised her eyebrows, "If it's a family matter and the parents are still here, why does the imperial concubine insist on asking me? Why won't you beg the parents?" The emperor is sitting on top, you come to pester me, you can really do it.

"Isn't the crown prince and you in charge of this family?" Qiu Guifei yelled willfully.

"This family is under the care of His Majesty the Father." Ajiu looked at Concubine Qiu with pity, "You are drunk, and what you are talking about drunk is really... people can't talk."

The emperor sat at the head, looking at Ajiu and Concubine Qiu with a smile, obviously very interested in their dispute.Once he was like this, Concubine Duan and the others didn't have to interrupt if they wanted to. They could only sit dignifiedly with a smile on their face, as if there was no unpleasant matter in the palace, and it was harmonious and auspicious.

The crown prince ordered the maid, "Didn't you see that the imperial concubine is drunk? Serve the hangover soup quickly." The maid brought the hangover soup, and Concubine Qiu drank it in a fit of anger. She grabbed Ajiu and asked loudly: "You are a girl from the Pei family, you should be very drunk. You have to be courageous! Tell me frankly, are you reluctant to entrust Xiao Shiyi to a rich place in Zhejiang?"

Seeing that the emperor was still watching the fun with a smile on his face, Ajiu smiled and said calmly: "If you want me to be honest, okay, as you wish. The eleventh brother will be in Zhejiang, it is not allowed. Not only the eleventh brother, It is impossible for any vassal king to enshrine Zhejiang. The taxes in Zhejiang are the heaviest among the provinces in the country, and it is impossible for the imperial court to seal any vassal king here to squeeze out tax revenue."

Concubine Qiu Gui was very angry, "Being so stingy to my brother, I don't have the measure of being a sister-in-law!" Ajiu told her politely, "Since the founding of the country, Zhejiang has never had a vassal king. , Being stingy with your son? Naturally, there is a reason for this. The imperial concubine does not understand the reason, and there is no need to understand it. You, please stop worrying about this matter. His Majesty the Father will carefully plan for the future of the eleventh brother. You must not treat him badly."

The emperor smiled slightly, put the cup in his hand on the table, and yawned.

The eleventh prince and his three brothers hurried over, supported Concubine Qiu, and apologized repeatedly, "My mother and concubine probably drank a few more drinks, tenth brother and tenth sister-in-law don't blame her." The crown prince smiled lightly, "Qiu Guifei She is a person of true temperament, and I don't blame her." As he said, he looked at the emperor meaningfully.

Annoyed the emperor.Xiao Shi, which pot do you not open and which pot to lift, I thought she was really temperamental back then, do you remember now?This unlucky boy.

Concubine Qiu was supported by her sons to go down. She refused to go and struggled to turn her head, "Why do you lie to me because Zhejiang has a lot of taxes? You just don't want to agree. Why bother to find such an excuse."

Ajiu was very calm, "Although I can't say that I can't memorize the amount of taxes and the number of acres of land in all parts of the country, I know it well and I can't be wrong. Why do you have to settle in Zhejiang? Because Zhejiang is rich. A rich place must have a lot of taxes. Obvious reason."

Instead of collecting taxes from rich places, should we collect taxes from poor places?
The Eleventh Prince and others kept company, coaxing Concubine Qiu back to her seat, and persuading her to drink a bowl of hangover soup.Originally, the family banquet was very happy, but the atmosphere was disturbed by Concubine Qiu's drunken madness.Concubine Duan, Concubine Xian and others sat with a smile, scolding Concubine Qiu for being troublesome.The emperor's mood faded, and he ordered lightly, "It's getting late, let's go." The eleventh prince hurriedly took Concubine Qiu to leave first, Concubine Duanxian and the others were also eager for this, and hurried away.In the huge side hall, only the emperor, empress and the crown prince couple were left.

Empress Zhang has always been a little uneasy. She has to look at Xiao Shi and Ajiu, and quietly observe the emperor's reaction. It is very hard.Seeing that all the concubines had left, Empress Zhang thought for a while, and felt that Ajiu's words were inappropriate tonight, and as a mother-in-law, she had to make up for it, so she kindly reprimanded: "Deyin, taxation or something, it's not about the harem." You should take care of things, you can't put your heart on it in the future."

Ajiu smiled and agreed, "Yes, Queen Mother." She agreed, and euphemistically argued, "I have known this since I was a child, and I am afraid I won't forget it for a while, so I ask Queen Mother to be more tolerant."

The Crown Prince held Ajiu's hand tightly under the case.

Empress Zhang looked at the calm expression on the emperor's face, and said with a smile: "Did you learn this at your mother's house? This is not what girls should know." How did the Pei family teach their children? Don't teach, teach these nonsense.

Ajiu smiled softly, "Deyin thinks that there is no harm in being a girl who knows a little bit about career and economics, and has a wider horizon. Otherwise, men are very good, but women's horizons are too shallow. How can they stand together and be in harmony? .”

The weaker a man is, the more he requires women to be weaker than him, and the more he hates outstanding women.If a man is good, it is another matter.

Husband and wife, one stands tall, and the other humbles down to the ground, so it's strange that they can be harmonious.

Empress Zhang looked at the emperor's calm face, unable to figure out what the emperor was thinking, and didn't dare to catch Ajiu to criticize harshly. She smiled and said, "This kid Deyin is really different."

The emperor said indifferently: "The empress is not in good health. I am tired tonight. Go back and rest earlier." Empress Zhang couldn't see anything else. She knew that the emperor was driving her away. Back to her Kunning Palace.

The emperor waved his hand and called Ajiu, "Little ten daughter-in-law, what do you know, let dad listen." Ajiu proudly said: "I know a lot! When I can only walk, I sit in the back hall I eavesdropped on my grandfather's trial, and I have been osmosis since I was a child. I understand everything that local officials understand! People's customs, morals, economic taxation, construction of water conservancy, prosperity of the country and strong army..."

The crown prince could not help but smile when he heard her bragging more and more, "I'm disrespectful, brother ten really can't see it, little junior sister knows so much." Ajiu looked at him with vigor, "brother ten, you know that the common people care most about it. What, what kind of things will you go to court for?" The crown prince pondered, "The most important thing for ordinary people is to live and work in peace and contentment, so I don't know what kind of things they will go to court for."

Ajiu spread out her small palm at him, "Pay the tuition fee, and then I will teach you." The crown prince couldn't talk hooligans in front of the emperor, and coughed lightly, "Well, husband and wife are one body, what's mine is yours , I pay the tuition fee for my little junior sister, it’s just a matter of doing it for nothing, it’s so boring.”

Ajiu rolled his eyes at him, turned his head, and told the emperor courteously, "My father is very partial to me. He often said that if I were a man, I would be able to compare with my two elder brothers. It's a pity that I am not a man. My share. I also know this, so I have to use my ingenuity in the family. Dressing up in colorful clothes to entertain relatives, making grandparents and parents laugh is one of the proudest things in my life."

"Continue to entertain your relatives with colorful clothes in the future, just to make me laugh. Ah Jiu, although I am not your own father, but I am the king of the emperor, and I am very proud to be able to make me amused, isn't it?" the emperor said in a persuasive manner. .

"That makes sense, let's settle it." Ajiu nodded with a smile.

The crown prince complained, "Father, you indulged Concubine Qiu too much just now." The emperor smiled, "I just want to see how Ajiu responds. Xiao Shi, Ajiu, dad is getting old, and you two will always be alone in the future. If Dad protects you too well, how will you two face the ups and downs in the future?"

"Well-intentioned." Ajiu looked at the emperor with adoring eyes, "No wonder people in the world often feel sorry for the parents of the world."

The emperor felt complacent, "Xiao Shi, Ah Jiu, daddy always thinks of you."

The crown prince muttered in a low voice, "What, you just like to tease me." The emperor called him to his side and slapped him angrily, "Anyone else, do you think Daddy will play tricks on him? Xiao Shi, it's just you gone."

Ajiu smiled flatteringly, "Brother Ten understands in his heart, he just loves to be coquettish with you. Father, do I really want to forget all the things I used to know? If I really want to forget, I may have to spend a lot of effort Just do it." The emperor smiled slightly, his eyes sharp, "Ajiu, according to you, what should a woman know?"

The crown prince nervously walked to Ajiu's side and stood with her.The emperor saw it, he was angry and funny, Xiao Shi, Dad just asked Ah Jiu a word, what are you doing?

Ajiu smiled sweetly, "What a woman should know depends on her family background, status, life, and who she will marry in the future." Women in this era have no employment options, Husband is a woman's occupation. In this case, of course, skills must be selected according to the employment situation.

"If you were born in a farming family and you want to marry into a farming family when you grow up, the most important skills are to do housework and farm work. If you were born in a scholarly family and you want to marry into a scholarly family when you grow up, you need to study a lot It's a book..." Ajiu talked eloquently.

"If you were born in Pei's family and married into the royal family when you grow up, what skills do you need?" the emperor suddenly asked.

Ajiu didn't hesitate for a moment, "...will entertain you in colorful clothes, it will make you laugh." She blurted out without thinking.

The emperor couldn't help but laugh, "This clever little girl."

The young couple, the crown prince and Ajiu, were very adept at coaxing the emperor's father, and the emperor's joyous laughter could be heard from time to time in the side hall.The emperor saw that Xiao Shi and Ajiu were particularly pleasing to the eye, and didn't know how to love him. Knowing that Ajiu loved stones and jade, he specially ordered someone to find a few small fish carved from red jade from the treasure house and give them to her. Ajiu laughed Mimi thanked her, and together with the crown prince, they returned with a rewarding experience.

(End of this chapter)