Brother, are you going to kiss me?
Nanny Tang has been looking forward to this day, but the adopted daughter of a fifth-grade official family...
Like Jia Mu, she wanted to object.
"Mommy!"
Looking at her look, Brother Rong knew what she wanted to say, "My mother's status was quite high back then, right? But what happened?"
The grandmother survived the changes in her parents' family, but his mother did not.
He was left, pitiful.
His grandparents are not at home, so he lives in the hands of his father and stepmother...
It would be fine if he just relied on them to make a living, but in fact, he also wanted to please the Lai family.
In the huge Ningguo Mansion, the only ones who were really willing to protect him were Mammy and brothers Tang Gui and Tang Fu.
But Brother Rong once felt that he couldn't protect them.
Because the Lai family may not want to have their own people around him.
Because all the old people my mother had used were gone one by one.
Some make mistakes, and some seek grace.
In just a few years, he was left with only Mammy, Tang Fu and Tang Gui.
So when he was in school, his grandmother and father would beat Tang Fu and Tang Gui, and he would burst into tears.
"Our family looks better than before, but we are not in the final stage. Who knows what will happen?"
He doesn't want to be like his grandfather, and he doesn't want to be like his father.
"The girl was able to not panic in that situation and try her best to save the people around her. For this alone, I think it's pretty good."
Brother Rong said: "Besides, she saved my grandmother twice in a row. Aunty, based on this alone, I will not lose anything by marrying her. As long as she doesn't let me down in this life, I will never let her down." ”
The grandfather betrayed the grandmother, leaving her alone to face the gossips of the world.
If grandma hadn't been tougher, she would have been driven to death by the rumors that were as sharp as a knife.
Brother Rong wants to marry someone with a stronger temperament like his grandmother.
Moreover, according to his observation, since his stepmother gradually became more powerful, even his father's temperament has become better.
Before...
My stepmother used to do whatever my father said.
But the more this happened, the more her father looked down on her.
Faintly, Brother Rong felt that it might be better if the women in the family were more powerful.
Even if he is the second uncle of Xifu.
He was implicated by his great-uncle, but it was not entirely his fault.
The main thing is himself.
After being coaxed by others for a few words, you don't know what is going on.
Outside people call him a fool, but at home... the Wang family also looks down on him.
If he were more powerful, would the Wang family dare to steal their Jia family's home like that?
Brother Rong observed every couple in the house and slowly discovered things that he had never noticed before.
In their family, although the stepmother can now control the father somewhat, the two are not married, and the father is obviously still a little on guard.
Brother Rong hopes that he can grow old together with his future wife so that his children will not call others "mother" in the middle of the road, and he will not have to worry about his future wife being harsh to his children.
Although it is said that a filial son emerges from a stick, when he beats him, he will never be like his grandfather and father.
Brother Rong's childhood shadow was the feet of his grandfather and father. When those kicks came over, without any luck, he might really be kicked to death.
"Mommy, can we not deny her because of her origin?"
"...Okay!"
Aunt Tang straightened Brother Rong's clothes.
She has seen how hard her brother has worked over the past six months.
She always knew that her brother knew what he was doing.
It's just that the uncle is unreliable.
"Mom will listen to you."
My wife will not harm my brother.
The key is that the girl saved my wife's life, and even grandma will not be in trouble in the future.
Think about it this way...
Aunt Tang was relieved.
Over the years, she had been worried that her eldest grandma would have any bad intentions towards her brother.
"Did your wife say when to propose marriage?"
That child is also blessed.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to meet their wives.
"... He said that when my eldest aunt gets married and my grandmother is better, I will hire a matchmaker."
Brother Rong is a little shy.
Unknowingly, he will grow up too.
He was thinking about Qin Keqing's appearance here, and over there, after listening to the secret guard's report about his granddaughter's condition, the Supreme Emperor finally lost sleep.
The child can't even eat a snack freely!
Just the thought of his granddaughter picking up half a bamboo pole to protect others... made the old man's heart feel like it was fried.
Once upon a time, his prince was like this too.
In those years, he was often ill, and the prince stayed with him every night.
The teenage boy stayed with his bedside with an endless memorial in his arms.
Whatever he could handle, he handled for him.
How happy he was at that time!
Don't worry that if you die, there will be no successor to the Zhao Dynasty.
But when did their father and son actually end up in such a situation?
"Come here!"
"The Great Emperor!"
The eunuch in gray who only accompanied him at night hurried forward.
"Designate four imperial estates to the emperor."
ah?
The eunuch in gray was a little surprised, but he quickly responded, "Yes!"
"Go ahead and give Zhuangzi to him now."
It's getting late, but he can't sleep, the emperor...
Thinking that the emperor had eaten his lunch and then his dinner today, the Supreme Emperor twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "After you fall asleep, wake him up and give him."
"...Yes!"
So, in the middle of the night, the emperor, who was snoring, was called out.
Inexplicably, he was rewarded by his father.
Huangzhuang!
Four more.
Why is he so poor?
Isn't it because the imperial palace given by his father was the smallest, and the money for building the mansion was still owed to him and was not fully paid?
Now suddenly four are given...
Does this mean he is so poor that he has to wear his pants?
The emperor read and touched Zhuangzi's land deed. Regardless of Zhou Guiren, who also wanted to come over, he picked him up and went to the Queen's Palace.
In the middle of the night, the queen was also woken up by him.
"It's so late. If you don't rest, why are you here again?"
The queen was quite speechless.
The concubines, concubines, and nobles in this palace all have some background.
When they were princesses, they could live their lives behind closed doors.
Being the emperor and queen..., that would be different.
The emperor must have equal access to rain and dew, otherwise he will be impeached by the courtiers and even the Supreme Emperor will not comply.
You cannot be jealous when you are a queen.
Her natal family was granted the title of Duke of Chengen following Zhanguang, but they could not do anything to help the emperor.
She can only do her best to be a queen.
Although it is quite sad sometimes, since others are vying for this position, why can't her husband do the same?
The husband is the emperor, and the sons and daughters she gives birth to will also be princes and princesses in the future.
As long as she doesn't get angry and takes good care of herself...
"I've become rich," the emperor slapped her with the land deeds to the four imperial estates. He bared his big teeth and said with a smile, "You will live a good life in the future."
What?
The queen rubbed her eyes for a moment and hurriedly came closer.
In the Shoukang Palace, the Supreme Emperor heard that his son had obtained the imperial palace. He immediately ran to see his queen and couldn't help but sigh.
Or his queen left too early.
Otherwise, he and the prince would not be able to reach that point.
"Come here, and designate two more palaces for the queen."
Since you want to make them happy, then be more happy!
……
In Lihua Lane, Yashi Street, Qin Keqing was sleeping and didn't know that because of her, some people couldn't sleep while others were making a fortune.
What's more, she didn't know that apart from a few people in the palace who were thinking about her, even King Jin was also thinking about her.
After drinking the medicine and sweating, King Jin, who had already recovered a lot, would feel sulky whenever he thought of the so-called niece who ruined his good deeds.
Once that person was the prince, he could only be treated as an inferior younger brother.
Why?
They are all sons of the father.
It's a shame that even though he's already dead, you still have to trick him with death.
Thinking of the cruel way the prince used to make his father suspicious of them, King Jin was so angry that he couldn't sleep.
If that man had been more honest back then, the throne would have been in his hands.
Today...
When he thought that he had been dead for so long and still had a daughter to comfort him, King Jin simply lifted the quilt to cool down his furious body.
He wanted to kill so much.
If the father hadn't already been eyeing the child, he would have...
"Come here!"
"Your Majesty!"
Wu Rubao, who was on night duty, hurried in.
"Mr. Shen of Ningguo Mansion..., did you have a serious illness?"
How many people on the battlefield died after being injured?
Shen, a housewife, was frightened and frightened, and probably couldn't bear it.
"...An imperial doctor passed by at that time."
Wu Ru was sweating on his insured forehead, but the prince’s expectations were too high, it’s really not okay!
"This afternoon, the imperial doctor came over for a follow-up visit and said... it's pretty good."
King Jin: "..."
He stared at Wu Rubao with pity, "So everything in the Jia family is still business as usual?"
"Yes!"
Wu Rubao lowered his head.
He knew that Ningguo Mansion had become a worry for their prince.
But what can he do? Big merchants like the Li family and the Lu family are really not that easy to find.
People can develop such a big business, and many of them have more than one backer.
Their prince used to be very good, but now he is memorizing words...
Those big merchants also have their own connections and have already inquired about them.
Even if they take the initiative to pull the string, it won't be that easy.
Wu Rubao was also very sad.
A seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door. Wherever he went in the past, others didn't call him "Master Wu"?
Many people give gifts, but the prince takes the lion's share, and their stewards can also take advantage of it and be honored.
But what about now?
Now those people are avoiding them.
"Okay, okay!"
King Jin went crazy and said, "I'll give you seven days to think of a way to deal with the Ningguo Mansion. If you can't think of a way..., then go and dig mines in the Western Mountains."
A useless slave is not worthy of standing in front of him.
……
In Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ning didn't know yet that King Jin hated her even more than before.
But her leg is injured...
When the doctor girl was helping to change the dressing, she took a peek and saw that the bandage could not be loosened at all, and it would bleed as soon as it was loosened.
Obviously, wounds that have not been sewn by stitches will have to wait to heal.
"Is the wound quite deep?"
Shen Ning was a little dizzy, and her face was extremely pale when she asked this question.
"Fortunately, no bones were injured."
The doctor woman glanced at her and comforted her: "It's easy to tie her legs. As long as you don't exert any force and you lie down more, the bleeding will basically stop in ten days and a half."
Fortunately, it is already cold today and the medicine is good, so there is no need to worry about suppuration, otherwise...
"So long?"
Shen Ning sighed, "Isn't there a better way to deal with such an injury?"
"...There are some in the army. However, they all require stitches."
That's for when there's nothing you can do.
If you don't sew, you will die.
It's possible to save a life by getting stitches.
However, neither she nor the imperial doctor thought that this lady could endure the pain of living stitches.
"Can you get stitches?"
Shen Ning didn't know what the other party was thinking, but she became more excited after hearing this, "Then I..."
"Stitches hurt!"
The doctor woman could only say, "You felt it when I just applied the medicine. It was very painful."
Shen Ning: "..."
She patted her head. What are the anesthesia methods of traditional Chinese medicine?
Hua Tuo’s Ma Fei Powder is gone.
But powerful Chinese medicine practitioners seem to know how to use acupuncture anesthesia.
Sedatives also have ingredients that can make people sleepy, but they cannot withstand the pain of surgery and acupuncture.
"Sorry, I thought too much."
She sighed, "I'm going to trouble you during this period."
"You're welcome, this is what I should do."
The doctor girl smiled.
I thought that changing this lady's dressing would be a hard job, but I didn't expect that she was so polite. The wound cracked and bled, and she didn't cry, make a fuss, or move. She changed it very easily.
Before coming, she was afraid that the lady would move around while she was applying the medicine, and if she got angry, she would punish her.
It’s not like I’ve never encountered such a person before.
Especially the ladies and grandmothers in the inner house, many of them would scream for a long time even if they rub someone against them.
"Then let's stop being polite to each other."
Shen Ning smiled, "It happened that there was a wedding at home, so I made a lot of wedding cakes. I will take some back later and give them to my family to try."
"Thank you very much!"
The doctor girl happily received a big red envelope and left with a lot of wedding cakes.
"Mother! Who do you think is coming?"
Before You could finish her words, Jia Yue's "Ahhhhh" voice reached her ears.
As soon as he saw her, the child wanted to pounce on her.
Shen Ning felt soft in her heart and hugged her quickly.
"When I took my sister out for a walk today, she kept wandering into your yard."
Youshi said: "I cried a bit in the middle. I had no choice but to bring her back. As soon as we entered the yard, do you think she was cool or not? She stopped crying immediately."
"My Yue'er misses her mother?"
Shen Ning hugged her little daughter and kissed her, "Sister-in-law, I didn't cry, I just missed my mother."
“Kekeke~~~”
The little girl smiled happily when her mother kissed her.
It was always her mother who took her out to play.
As a result, it didn’t happen yesterday, and it didn’t happen again today.
Of course Jia Yue was anxious.
"Haha, it's my sister-in-law's fault. Our little Yue'er didn't cry."
Youshi smiled and said, "Mother, Marquis Xinping has just arrived again. Do you want to meet him?"
"He was here yesterday, right?"
"Yes!"
Youshi covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I came to see you. When you fell asleep, he just stood in the yard, but he also asked someone to give something to my eldest sister."
"Then I will definitely come to see your eldest sister today."
Shen Ning held her little daughter in her arms and said, "Go and invite Cheng Luo, and ask someone to call your eldest sister over as well."
Cheng Luo was willing to get close to the Jia family, but of course she wouldn't push it out.
"Let Zhen'er have a meal with you later."
"Yes!"
Youshi turned around and asked the maids to call someone, "Mother, if you feel the room is stuffy, we will take the soft chair out and walk into the garden."
"...It works!"
Is there anything she can't do in her own home?
Shen Ning nodded, "Over at Xifu, did your second aunt make no fuss when she entered the Buddhist hall?"
"I haven't heard of it."
Youshi shook her head, "As long as Second Aunt is smart and takes care of Sister Yuanchun, she won't make trouble even if she thinks about it."
On my daughter's big day, it's outrageous for her to be the only mother at home crying and fussing.
"It's good that there's no trouble."
Shen Ning played with her daughter, "You also tell Zhu'er's wife, if anything happens, don't hold it back. Your second aunt is the type who tries to push her limits, so she needs to be controlled from the beginning."
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"...Didn't the old lady ask Aunt Zhou to supervise her?"
Even the key to the Buddhist temple is in Aunt Zhou's hands.
And as far as Youshi knows, Aunt Zhou's child was aborted by her second aunt.
Faintly, You felt that the old lady had a deeper meaning in asking Aunt Zhou to supervise her second aunt.
"Oh~"
Shen Ning thought about it for a moment, "I even forgot about it."
She suddenly also doubted the old lady's original intention of letting Aunt Zhou take care of the keys to the Buddhist hall.
Although in Dream of Red Mansions, Aunt Zhou is very honest and never shows off.
But Mrs. Wang in the Red Mansion is the real mistress of Rongguo Mansion.
In the end, even the old lady couldn't control her.
Although Wang Xifeng is powerful, she is just a housekeeper who pays for work.
Just like that, she still had to suffer.
Obviously Mrs. Wang has very strong control over Rongguo Mansion.
If Aunt Zhou wants to live under such a powerful Mrs. Wang, shouldn't she have to be more honest?
But things are different now!
Although she also felt that Wang would be better off dead, if she really died, Jia Zhu would have to stop taking exams for three years.
Yuanchun cannot have children for the time being.
But Cheng Luo is already over 20 years old. If she can't have a child, the Cheng family will definitely have to talk about it. Even the Supreme Emperor may give her another concubine.
This is not something that the Supreme Emperor cannot do.
The heavier the thank-you gift sent by Princess Zhen, the more uneasy Shen Ning became.
I always feel that the assassination at the lantern festival has something to do with Concubine Zhen.
Take action again...
Even if she had been patient all her life and could not take action again, it was very easy for her to deal with the Jia family.
"When I see Zhu'er's wife when I turn around, tell her to keep an eye on her and don't let Aunt Zhou go too far."
"...Eh!"
Youshi paused and responded with a smile.
After a while, Cheng Luo and Yuan Chun came over one after another.
When the two saw each other, a flash of joy flashed in their eyes.
Shen Ning was too lazy to be a light bulb, so she smiled and chatted for a few words, then asked Yuan Chun to take Cheng Luo to the garden.
Sure enough, the two left shyly.
Although it was not easy for Cheng Luo to come to Jia's house during this period, he would always receive a letter today, a hairpin tomorrow, a box of fruits and snacks the next...
Yuanchun occasionally returns a handkerchief, a sachet, or writes a small poem, and the two of them are happy every day.
Even Yingchun and Tanchun can see that the eldest sister is becoming more and more attracted to her future brother-in-law.
Both of them were very happy.
Although they couldn't share the letter and Chai could only read it, they all enjoyed the fruits and snacks.
Even if they don't lack those things, isn't this food the sister and brother-in-law's wish?
"It would be nice if my eldest cousin got married later."
Lin Changan said while eating the oranges brought in by Cheng Luo: "If she gets married one day later, we will have one more day to eat from outside."
"..."
"..."
Daiyu, who was solving the Nine Links with Tanchun, was stunned for a moment.
It seems... yes.
"Alas~"
Lin Changan sighed as if he were a young adult, "Brother-in-law Cheng really took advantage of him. Our daughter, who had finally been raised by our family, was married to him just like that."
The eldest cousin is so good that he can't bear to part with her.
But he has so many cousins...
They all have to get married. (End of chapter)