Kido

Chapter 173 Final Chapter

At the full moon banquet, the natal family was the distinguished guests, and the eldest wife was let to the top, and listened to piles of congratulations and flattery.In response to the enthusiastic request of many visitors, Xiaoxiao was carried out once, "Nephew Uncle Xiao, nephew Uncle Xiao." They are all people who know the goods, and there are endless praises.This Miss Sun of Nanning Hou Mansion is really the president, she looks very similar to her uncle Xiaoyuren.The elegant demeanor of the little beauty is mouth-watering.

The eldest wife talked about the full moon banquet with great interest, the old lady smiled and Mimi listened, and the sisters-in-law Mu and Cui were joking around, "Isn't that right, not only you, but we are also highly praised." At the banquet, there are too many wives who praised the two of them, "Mrs. Shizi is blessed, your family can educate girls".As the natal sister-in-law of the Shizi's wife, the two of them are honored.

The fourth wife felt a little regretful.Xiao Qi is a girl in the fourth room, and she is her proper parental elder. It would be unsightly for the eldest family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to show off at the full moon banquet.In a grove of splendid brocades, being surrounded by ladies full of jewels, laughing and flattering, this is a joy in life, but I missed it.

The eldest wife talked about the full moon banquet in detail, "Xiaoqi has been bored for a month, and wants to go to the suburbs to relax. The in-laws and wives are used to doting on the youngest son and daughter-in-law, so they have already agreed. Xiaoqi said that when the autumn is clear , the whole family of the Marquis of Nanning, and our family, went to Xishan for a few days to relax and relax. Although Xiao Qi is childish, he is thoughtful for his grandparents. How do you two elders go, how do you live, how do you spend time? Make up your mind and make sure you have fun."

Regardless of the elderly or children, who wants to be bored at home all day without moving.Speaking of enjoying the scenery, Mrs. Xie was also very interested, "Since the child has such filial piety, let's go to the West Mountain." In the autumn, it is very good to climb the mountain to enjoy the scenery, worship the Buddha and purify the heart.

After chatting and joking for a while, the old lady ordered everyone to disperse, leaving only the eldest lady, and asked about the ladies of the banquet.Xiao Bai'er is also 16 years old, and has reached the age of talking about a daughter-in-law.Although you are not in a hurry to settle down, you have to watch each other slowly.

The eldest lady thought about the thirteen, fourteen, fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, "The granddaughter of An Ge's hometown, the niece of the mother's wife's family, is a good one, with outstanding appearance and bright temperament, but it is inconvenient for us to ask for marriage. "An Xiaoxu, I'm afraid I'm going to tell the Tenth Prince.

The old lady Xie smiled, "The little girl in An's family is too similar to her aunt, not only in appearance, but also in temperament. Such a little girl will not be willing to be your younger brother's daughter-in-law." It will be too bad, but it is still strictly following the rules, and there is no mistake.The An family loves her daughter too much, and An Xiaoxu suffers so much.

Madam, think about it, the tenth prince has been learning calligraphy and painting from Mr. An Ge, and I heard that he has gained a lot of experience. He will become a feudal clan in the future, live a wealthy and elegant life, and be able to become a "virtuous king" steadily.The only disadvantage of being a concubine of a feudal prince is that most of the feudal princes are lustful, their pets are too popular, and there are too many concubines and concubines. But if An Xiaoxu married the ten princes, who would know?Her aunt, Mrs. Nanninghou, could keep the inner house clean and tidy, so why did An Xiaoxu not be able to.If An Xiaoxu also has the means of thunder, it is good to be a prince and concubine, it is better than spending time diligently in front of mother-in-laws like the fourth wife.

The old lady Xie explained, "Xiao Bai'er is the youngest son, the daughter-in-law doesn't have to be too capable, just be gentle and virtuous." The eldest lady agreed, "I will pay attention to girls from old relatives." After talking for a while Homely, the eldest wife said goodbye.

After Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xie came back at dusk, Mrs. Xie smiled and said about Xiao Xiao who was just full moon, "It's exactly the same as Xiao Qi at that time, so I feel sorry for him." Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xie ignored him.Knowing that it is not easy for us old people to go out, they deliberately look at us, Yulang is hateful.

Fourth Master Xie was not angry, he drank a cup of tea slowly, Shi Shiran got up and left.Old Mrs. Xie stroked his white beard, "Cousin, I don't like Yulang anymore." The old lady agreed, "I don't like Yulang anymore either." With all the little ones, who cares about Yulang.

Fourth Master Xie went to the Fourth Wife's place, and the Fourth Wife was teaching Brother Sheng to recite poems.Since Xi Shi became pregnant, the fourth wife was worried that she would not be able to take care of Brother Sheng effectively, so she took him into her room.Brother Sheng's immature voice turned his back on Mi Nong, "... who knows that every piece of Chinese food is hard work."

Fourth Master Xie held Brother Sheng in his arms, talked to the Fourth Wife for a while, and left before dinner, "Xiao Shi has a stubborn temper. If I'm not here, he won't eat well." The Fourth Wife nodded weakly, how could there be A child like Xiao Shi is too naughty.

The road paved with bluestone bricks is flat and clean.Fourth Master Xie walked slowly on the corridor, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.Ah Li must have washed his hands and face for Xiao Shi right now, and sat obediently at the table waiting for his father to come home.Xiao Shi, good son, Daddy is back.

Xiao Shi was very obedient during dinner, but at night when he was sleeping, he made a fuss, "Yes, yes", clamoring for his brother.Fourth Master Xie and He Li both had headaches. How many times have I taught him that it's not his brother, but his nephew. Why can't a child as smart as Xiao Shi not remember?After returning home, I finished teaching at home. When I went to Nanning Houfu to play, Yu Geer and He Geer followed Brother Qian's buttocks and called Brother Qian, and he also followed him.

Although very troubled, after two days He Li took Xiao Shi to the Nanning Marquis Mansion to see Fleeting Years and Xiao Xiao.Fleeting is clever, knowing that Brother Qian and the others are called "sisters", Xiao Shi must also be called "sisters", it is difficult to correct them, and ordered them all to be called "Xiao Xiao".Some of the older children spoke clearly, while others spoke vaguely. They called "Little" in various tones, which was interesting.

When Xiaoxiao was more than a month old, Liu Nian and Zhang Xi took her back to Xie's house.The old man and the old lady were very surprised, "The little mouth is like a flower, and the little face is tender. Come and see, Xiaoxiao smiled, it's really pretty." In fact, Xiaoxiao didn't smile consciously at this time. , her smile was aimless at all.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is indispensable for the wife of this generation to enter the palace to pay homage to Empress Dowager Xu, Empress Dowager Liang, and Empress Zhuo.Empress Dowager Xu voluntarily invited her to the Wanshou Temple for Qingxiu that year, and was taken back to the palace until the eve of New Year's Eve, and she was quite frightened.In the past two years, Empress Dowager Xu has been guarding the palace, she has seldom involved in palace affairs, and she has seldom picked on Empress Zhuo.

Empress Dowager Liang has a smart temper, and she is very kind to Mrs. Zhao Guogong and Mrs. Shizi.The emperor was born by her, but not raised by her. Speaking of which, the closest relative to the emperor is the real Jingxiao.No, Jiang Qing, who was incompetent in Zhao Guogong's mansion, had never competed with Xu Lan for beauty, went into the palace and cried a lot, and the emperor actually promised the Jiang family a generation of princes.Jiang Qing became the eldest son of Zhao Guogong's mansion, and his wife Xu became the eldest son's wife.

Empress Zhuo is graceful and graceful, with a refreshing spirit.She and the emperor were young couples, and they had always been very affectionate.After the emperor ascended the throne, he concentrated on government affairs and paid little attention to women's sexuality. Only a few people were added to the harem, which was not a climate at all.Empress Dowager Liang winked, Empress Dowager Xu was also careful, and Empress Zhuo's life went smoothly.

Empress Dowager Xu's niece and daughter-in-law Lan is the wife of the Duke of Wei's mansion. She is of the same level and age as Xu, and the seats are next to each other.Lan Shi wears thick makeup, heavy makeup, and gorgeous clothes.Xu's is much more rigid, and his clothes are plain.

Jiang and Xu's two families are fighting, and my family has an extra handsome and scheming second wife, and Jiang's family has an extra generation of princes!Lan's chest was churning, which unlucky ghost row seat, let me sit with the Jiang family!Seeing the stern-faced ugly woman of the Jiang family is not disturbing enough.

What made Lan's even more disturbing was that Empress Zhuo laughed at Yan Yan, "The Yi people donated a hundred beauties, all of whom were stunning. Ten were left in the palace, and the remaining ninety were rewarded to the noble family. It is fair and fair. Two per family." There are many families with titles in the capital, but there are only forty or fifty families who have titles and positions, and can show their faces.Most of them have a title for nothing, but have no successors, and they don't receive real merit.Of course, foreign relatives like Duke Wei, Duke Zhao, and Marquis Lin'an will be rewarded generously if they never return.

There are two more Hu Meizis in the family, who are also barbarians from other races.Lan's family was angry and impatient, Xu Lan wanted to try something new, and was about to change his taste. When this barbarian girl came, wouldn't she take all the favor?But if you are angry, if you are anxious, you still have to go out and thank you with tears of gratitude.Not everyone can have the beauties bestowed by the palace, this is an honor.

Fleeting Nian sat steadily, nothing happened to her.This is a common practice, every time the palace bestows beauties, there is no role for Nanning Marquis.From the first emperor to His Majesty the current emperor, it is all like this.

Lan's mouth was full of anger, and she caught the fleeting time and got angry, "Mrs. Zhang is from a famous family, and her boudoir training is strict. Don't you want some beauties for your son?" Why, her house is clean and refreshing!
Mrs. Xu also opened her mouth gently, "That's right, Mrs. Zhang is a dignified Shuhui, and don't fall behind others in everything." She didn't mean to be against Fleeting Years, she was just being silly.Fleeting Nian glanced at her with a smile, and decided not to take this female sex textbook seriously.

Liu Nian held a fine porcelain teacup in his hand and sipped tea leisurely, as if he hadn't heard the words of Lan's and Xu's.Empress Zhuo looked at her calm appearance, thinking of Zhuo Xian who refused to marry up to now, she felt angry, "How can one favor one more than another? The Nanning Marquis should not be missed."

"The family is poor and I can't afford it." Fleeting Nian rejected it very directly, "In the first three years of Taishi, the first emperor bestowed beautiful women on all his ministers. That's what the Marquis of Nanning said at that time. Nowadays, the Marquis of Nanning's mansion is generally the same. From beauty."

This is not a tactful statement, but it works well.The key lies in the word "Xiandi". The first emperor rewarded it, but my family rejected it.Now that you reward me, my family still pushes it with the same excuse.How dare you say no?Unless you want to say goodbye to "Xiandi".

After the court celebration banquet, Yaya and Liunian were summoned to Qianqing Palace to chat with the emperor for a while.The emperor smiled and praised, "Xiaoqi is very clever, and he pushed it neatly." Fleeting Nian looked very dignified, "Xiaoqi, feel it, the dead under the underworld will benefit us a lot." Yaya is speechless, Xiaoqi, you It is enough to directly say that you want to use the dead, so subtle.

Fleeting Years also flattered the emperor, "Your Majesty, your reputation is really in full swing today! You are the ruler of the celestial dynasty!" You have already controlled the court, so don't hold back what you want to do , hurry up and do it.What you want to do is what we have always wanted to do!
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Guogong invited Mr. Feng Shui to look at a piece of auspicious soil in Bulaoqingshan, and wanted to build a cemetery.The clan's mansion did not dare to make decisions, so it was reported to the emperor, and the emperor approved it.The emperor was also decisive in killing, but when he met the Jiang family, he always softened his heart.

Zhao Guogong's cemetery consumed a total of 3 taels of silver.Duke Wei's mansion is unavoidably unconvinced, he is a descendant, aren't we?What he has, we shall have.Empress Dowager Xu also deeply believed that she was welcomed into the palace according to the etiquette of the Empress Yuan, so she couldn't be worse than Jingxiao.

After two years of silence, Empress Dowager Xu finally spoke back to the emperor.The emperor refused straight away, "The country's needs are difficult, and Taicang doesn't even have food reserves. The queen mother honors the world, please think of the people in the world."Empress Dowager Xu trembled with anger, "How dare you do that?!" The emperor looked at her coldly, without saying a word.

Empress Dowager Xu wanted to go to Fengxian Hall to cry for the late emperor.The emperor saluted respectfully, "Please, Empress Dowager." Go cry, I'll see what you can cry out.As for your unbelievable natal family, you still have the face to cry.

If someone dared to mention to the emperor, "Don't be biased, the Jiang family and the Xu family are all foreign relatives." The emperor could ask him in the face, "Empress Xiao Minyuan committed suicide to her husband, how virtuous! Is there anyone in the world who can compare?" This It must be incomparable, and those who can be compared are dead.Because of the tragic death of Empress Xiao Minyuan, no matter how the emperor supported and favored the Jiang family, no one dared to persuade them easily.

Empress Dowager Xu's natal family was always behind her. When the palace was in a commotion, Xu Lan, a playboy, fought with someone who robbed a beautiful woman and killed her.The emperor ordered "severe punishment" without hesitation. The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, and the murderer died.Empress Dowager Xu was out of breath and fell ill.

Although most of the ministers in the court did not like the Empress Dowager Xu, after all, the etiquette still existed, and one could not just see a Empress Dowager fall into this situation. Many people asked the emperor to be kind to the mother-in-law.The cabinet ministers even went directly to the Qianqing Palace to ask for orders. The emperor's acting skills were excellent, and tears came as soon as he said it, "I, I am ashamed of the late emperor..."

Doctor Su was on the sidelines, he was in charge of diagnosing and treating Empress Dowager Xu, as if he was saying something unspeakable, "... Empress Dowager Duanxian is in good health, very good." If she has any illness, it is a heart disease.

The emperor cried enough, and the doctor Su hesitated to tell the truth, "Empress Dowager, I hate the late emperor. I blame the late emperor for not giving the title of Empress Xiao Minyuan, and not being buried with Empress Xiao Minyuan. If this is the case, what good strategy can the Holy Majesty have?" Don't tell me. The emperor is not filial, what can he do.You should be filial to Empress Dowager Xu, and you can condone Xu Lan's murder, but you can't change the title of Empress Xiao Min Yuan.

Empress Dowager Xu is more noble than all the living people in this world, but in front of the "first emperor", she is just a queen.The cabinet ministers all sympathized with the emperor. His father passed away, and his aunt was like this. It is difficult for the emperor.

The tenth prince rushed over angrily, "An Ning and I went to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay our respects, but Empress Dowager Xu didn't see us. We kowtowed outside the curtain, and she kept complaining in the curtain that the late emperor missed her. I am young and ignorant, Your Majesty will teach me Why did the late emperor miss her?" Anyone who slandered his aunt who had never been close to him would be angry.

The emperor sighed, "Resign, all ministers." The cabinet ministers were eager for this, and resigned suddenly.Since then, the emperor has never seen the memorial of "The Empress Dowager in Good Things".

Xu Lan's murder is clear, and Lai can't let it go.There was no support in the court, and her natal family was really disappointed. Empress Dowager Xu couldn't just watch her only nephew die, so she had to accept her fate as a nun.

"Mother, Mrs. Xu has entered the nunnery." In the dead of night, the emperor wept alone, "She also has today, are you happy?" After she was grandly welcomed into the palace, how desolate you were.Now, so does she.

After winter, the emperor first chose a well-behaved and handsome scholar from the suburbs of Beijing as his son-in-law for Princess Anning, and then summoned An Zan to propose marriage to the tenth prince, "Anqing, Xiaoshi has been fond of my granddaughter for a long time. Let him."

An Zan euphemistically declined, "Xiao Xu'er's temperament is exactly the same as her aunt's. They don't touch the sand in their eyes. Your Majesty, Xiao Xu'er is not virtuous." How many concubines and concubines does a feudal king have? I can't stand this.

The emperor smiled, "It's fine to be unvirtuous. To tell the truth from Anqing, the fact that there are many princes and daughters is a burden on the court." Xiao Shi must be a prince. In the future, except for the eldest son who will inherit the throne of prince, the rest of the sons will be county princes.If Xiao Shi also followed the example of those vassal kings, married a bunch of women, and had a bunch of children, the Minister of the Household Department would have a few more gray hairs in the clan, and he couldn't afford it.

An Zan complimented: "Your Majesty is wise! May I ask Your Majesty, what do Concubine Shu think?" You said don't care, where is the tenth prince's mother?The emperor answered irrelevantly, "Concubine Shu is honored and raised in the palace." Whatever she thinks, Xiao Shi has become a fan anyway, and she can't keep up.

An Zan agreed.The tenth prince has studied with him for several years and knows each other quite well.The tenth prince is not smart and quick, but he has a kind temper. Although he often quarrels with Xiao Xu'er, in the end it must be the tenth prince who admits defeat and seeks peace. "I just hope it's another Wuji." An Zan was full of hope, "So, little Xu'er will have no worries."

This result did not surprise the emperor at all.An Jieyu rejected the first emperor, Yaya rejected Xiaojiu, and the first emperor graciously agreed.When it came to Xiao Shi, An Zan would agree even if it was to comfort the late Emperor underground.What's more, Xiao Shi is a good boy and has no habit of arrogance or extravagance.

Things were settled, An Zan bid farewell to the emperor and left the palace.The tenth prince waited at the gate of the palace, bowed to salute, ate for a long time, and stopped calling him "teacher", and called him "grandfather".An Zan gently explained, "From now on, you and Xiao Xu'er must be sympathetic to each other, respect and love each other." The tenth prince blushed, "I'm a man, so I let her go." An Zan smiled, got in the car and left .

An Zan didn't go back to Dangyang Road, but drove to Nanning Hou Mansion.We met and talked to Xie Yu, Xie Yu nodded, "The Tenth Prince's character is not bad, and his relationship with Xiao Xu'er is not bad." The two quarreled from time to time, and it was over after a while.

There was nothing Shen Mai and Fu Shen didn't know about the Marquis of Nanning. After a while, both of them came to express their opinions.Shen Mai laughed happily, "The feudal lord is rich, and Xiao Xu'er will be rich in the future." Fu Shen was very worried, "The feudal lord is lustful, and Xiao Xu'er will have troubles in the future."

Xie Yu looked at his own father who had more than a dozen bastards, but he didn't speak for a long time.Fu Shen said embarrassingly, "However, it depends on how Xiao Xu'er manages. Men are not lecherous, right, who are not lecherous."

Xiao Xu'er and Liu Nian were playing with Xiao Xiao in the living room, Fu Shen came to tell her solemnly, "Xiao Xu'er, if the ten princes bully you in the future, tell me, and I will beat him for you." Liu Nian was very curious, " Grandpa, don’t you want to demolish the house?” Fu Shen’s face was serious, “Grandpa only has a title, and I’ve already given it to you. If you demolish the house again, what compensation will you get?” Thinking about it in a fleeting time, the house is quite expensive, and you only need to pay for medical treatment if you beat someone up. fee, much cheaper.

Fleeting time can't be without teasing An Xiaoxu, "I'm going to be a princess, I'm disrespectful and disrespectful." An Xiaoxu didn't care about the princess or the princess, and played with his little hands fascinatedly, "It's so beautiful, so beautiful. Little cousin, Little cutie is dead, I will snatch her away from now on!"

Fleeting Nian was very proud, "If you want to snatch me Xiaoxiao, then you have to be strong enough. Xiao Xu'er, do you know how many people have made little tricks? Let me count... If it is less, there are seven Eighties or so, have you managed to snatch it?"

(End of this chapter)