The flowers and trees of the Hong family are all the same as before, but everyone's faces have changed.The fourth lady of the Hong family hugged Ah Qing with her left hand and Ah Yun with her right hand, and said with a smile: "The two little ones have finally grown into big girls" A Qing said: "The fourth aunt is more beautiful" Everyone laughed, walked to the inner courtyard, and went to see Mrs.
Hong.Suddenly, the maid came to report: "Young Master Fu of the Fuguo Mansion has come to meet the old lady" Everyone couldn't help but "huh", and they all looked at Ah Qing.Master Fu is Ah Qing's fiancé.Ah Qing's cheeks suddenly turned white and red, and he silently moved a few steps and stood behind the eldest lady of the Hong family.Mrs.
Hong smiled happily: "As soon as you arrived on the front foot, he came, this kid is good, I like it" The others pursed their lips and smiled.After a while, a young man in brocade clothes walked in, with wheat-colored skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was heroic, only to see him smiling, and saluted: "Junior, please old lady An, aunt An" Old Mrs.
Hong smiled: "No need to be polite" The fourth aunt of the Hong family said happily: "Next time, you can call your aunt" "Yes" Fu Ting was kind and agreed.Zheng Qingchuan also saw this person for the first time, and when he saw him, he smiled from time to time, and couldn't help but praise in his heart: both heroic and affinity.Then, she turned her head to look at Ah Qing and found that Ah Qing was looking somewhere else, deliberately not looking at her fiancé.Fu Ting greeted each other with his peers again, and when he faced Su Mu, he had a little more respect.If there is a contrast, the advantages will be more prominent.Because Ah Yun's fiancé Ai Jian did not come, this makes Fu Ting even more sincere.Su Mu was originally only five points satisfied with him, but now he has become seven points satisfied.Hong Zhengchang's feeling was the same as Su Mu's, and he immediately put his hand on Fu Ting's shoulder, looking like a good brother, and said with a smile: "Since you have to call me second brother sooner or later, why don't you shout now, let's go to the outer courtyard to play chess" Fu Ting pushed the boat down the river and shouted: "Second brother" Everyone couldn't help but laugh again.Hong Mianchang, Hong Zhengchang, Su Mu and Fu Ting walked side by side to the outer courtyard, talking and laughing along the way, no stranger at all.Ah Qing glanced at her fiancé's back, and hurriedly looked away deliberately, for fear that others would find out and that others would laugh at her.Others were worried that Ah Qing was thin-skinned, so they only made a few jokes in their hearts and didn't dare to make fun of them in person.They were chatting all afternoon, and in the evening Su Mu and Zheng Qingchuan lived in the Hong family, Zheng Qingchuan lived in Ah Qing and Ah Yun's house, but Ah Qing and Ah Yun accompanied the four ladies of the Hong family to whisper, and Su Mu was left in the study room in the outer courtyard by Mrs.
Hong to talk at night.Su Mu asked: "Second grandfather, is there any lurking change in the palace" Old lady Hong sighed: "The emperor favors that Taoist priest, I originally thought that Taoist priest would take the opportunity to slander and get rid of the opponent in the officialdom."
However, a few years have passed, and he does not interfere in officialdom, but he uses means to make several concubines who have given birth to princes enter the cold palace, and the plotters are even greater" The eldest lord of the Hong family continued: "The concubines who were beaten into the cold palace are the biological mother of the second prince, the biological mother of the third prince, Concubine Rui, the biological mother of the seventh prince, Concubine Wen, and the biological mother of the eighth prince.The eldest prince was demoted to a concubine in his early years, which does not need to mention the rest, the biological mother of the fourth prince is the queen, and the biological mother of the fifth prince and the sixth prince died early. ”Su Mu was puzzled: "On the surface, that Taoist priest is helping the queen and the four princes, but this is too obvious, and it is impossible for the queen not to cover it up a little." ”Old lady Hong said: "That Taoist priest does have some friendship with the queen's maiden family, since the emperor is disgusted with those concubines who entered the cold palace, and by the way, he is angry with the princes, and he doesn't like the princes born to those concubines" Su Mu didn't understand for a while, and asked directly: "Second grandfather, why did you let me go back to the capital quickly" Old lady Hong looked at the eldest master of the Hong family and moved his fingers, meaning to let the eldest son say.The eldest lord of the Hong family understood what the old lady meant, and suddenly said: "Later, we found other clues, that Taoist priest not only has a relationship with the queen's mother's family, but also has a relationship with a certain elder, and has a relationship with a prince who found out about this, we were all startled and uneasy" When the son finished speaking, seeing that Su Mu did not speak, the old lady Hong had a heavy face and said, "I'm worried that something worse is going to happen." ”After a while, he said: "There are still many clues, but the situation in the palace is in the hands of others."
The emperor favored the Taoist priest, and the queen was probably deceived when he ignored political affairs, thinking that the Taoist priest was helping her, the four princes, the four princes, the ministers in the court were making small moves behind their backs, and there were many in short, if you lose the hearts of the people, how can you turn the tide" When the four princes were mentioned, Mrs.
Hong just sighed.Su Mu also understood that the fourth prince was not a candidate for Mingjun, but a cruel and lustful person, who often broke other people's hands and feet and cut off other people's hands and feet according to the methods in martial arts novels.Today's emperor is getting older and more mediocre now, which is the key reason why the prince has dissent, and it is also the reason why the ministers of the court and the central government turned to the prince.Who was that prince, but the old lady Hong and the eldest master of the Hong family did not say their names.Finally, Mrs.
Hong sighed again: "It's not just a prince who thinks about it, this is the reason for my troubles, seeing that the capital can't be calm, but, our Hong family is a loyal minister, and can only be loyal to the emperor, and must not see different thoughts, if I tell the truth to the emperor, and then be provoked by the Taoist priest, it is estimated that our whole family will suffer, my breath is blocked in my chest, it is really like a stone, even if I work hard, I can't wake up the emperor."
The old lady Hong beat his chest with his fist, what the loyal ministers are most afraid of, and what they are most afraid of is that even if the loyal ministers are loyal, it is also to play the piano to the cow, and throw his flattering eyes to the blind to see the eldest master of the Hong family also sighed, thinking: Fortunately, my father is a person of temperament, and he did not blindly think about being loyal to the emperor, otherwise, the dozens of lives of the Hong family would not be guaranteed, so he raised his hand and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead.However, in the blink of an eye, he thought that the capital was facing turmoil, and his little grandson had not yet been arranged, so he couldn't help but worry.If you want to overthrow the faint monarch, the new monarch must first rebel, the lightest case is a palace change can be done, not to harm the common people and the more serious situation is the chaos in the capital, and the more serious situation is the chaos in the world, to fight Su Mu thought for a long time, and asked thoughtfully: "The second grandfather is only loyal to the emperor and does not participate in supporting the prince, right" Old lady Hong nodded with satisfaction, feeling that Su Mu was a little clear, understood himself, and said in a deep voice: "If you succeed, you will be the king, and if you fail, you will be the king, once you support the wrong person, That will be reduced to a chaotic minister and thief, for the descendants of the Hong family, I can't take this risk, I won't tell you, there have been people who have secretly recruited me, more than one of them has been resigned by me, others call me a coward, or a stinky stone in the pit, let them scold me, anyway, I am already old like this" Su Mu felt sad and said hoarsely: "Since the second grandfather has reached his twilight years, why not resign?"
Old lady Hong shook his head and said, "Child, I don't resign, I want you to resign."
Do you feel aggrieved" Su Mu nodded and said firmly: "I resign." ”Old lady Hong patted Su Mu on the shoulder, and immediately comforted: "Child, don't feel wronged, stay in the green mountains, don't worry about running out of firewood."
As long as our family does not follow the rebellion, our reputation will not be bad, and it will not be difficult to seek revenge in the future. ”The eldest lord of the Hong family suddenly persuaded: "Father, you have also resigned, it's a big deal, let's not be an official in recent generations, this time it's the internal turmoil of the royal family itself, they are fighting back and forth, and in the end it is still their family who is the emperor, you have rejected them, they must all hold a grudge and will not forgive you."
Let's just not get involved in this matter" Old lady Hong suddenly straightened her face, blew her beard, glared, stretched out her hand and patted the table, and said angrily: "You encounter something, don't just think about being a turtle with a shrunken head, if we hide together, it will make the bureaucrats laugh and lose their big teeth, I will call Su Mu back, is to let him send our family members to his hometown in Suzhou in the name of returning to his hometown to visit relatives, even if my old man is cunning this time, but the crime is not as bad as his wife and children and other family members left the capital, the emperor still continues to believe in his Taoist priests, several princes and princes want to play conspiracy, If you want to intrigue, you want to form a gang, I will accompany you to the end" Su Mu looked at the old lady in surprise, and thought: When the second grandfather said this, he obviously put his life and death out of the way, but he was reluctant to let his family suffer.Su Mu was silent, and his mood was solemn, but the elder of the Hong family, the eldest man, cried a few times, raised his sleeves and wiped his tears.Old lady Hong's anger has not subsided, and he said angrily: "What are you crying, you just have to keep your mouth shut, even if you are worthy of me, only the wife and children who will go back to your hometown this time, and the concubine is not included, and you are not allowed to reveal a word to your favorite concubine, understand that if the news of this matter is leaked, others will strike first, our whole family will suffer, let the child leave, you brothers are with me in the capital, I have not seen strong winds and waves in my life, this time it may not be a catastrophe" Old lady Hong took a few breaths, Feeling that this person's middle-aged eldest son is not as young as Su Mulai, he specially warned the eldest son not to be partial to the concubine, but it is not to add to the snake, but to know himself and the enemy, and understand the personality of the eldest son."
The father is relieved, and the son doesn't dare to talk nonsense," the eldest man of the Hong family knelt on the ground.Su Mu hurriedly bent down and helped his uncle up.Before Su Mu returned to Beijing, he never expected that the conversation between the second grandfather and himself would be about life and death, parting and fleeing, and the old lady Hong was a little relieved when he saw that his son answered seriously, and said: "Since this time it is a dispute for the crown prince, there will inevitably be a group of high-ranking officials who will be implicated, and the officialdom is intertwined, and there are many apprentices and grandchildren under a Beijing official.Hey, let's learn from that old cow this time, only loyal to the emperor, don't learn from the wall grass in the future, which prince wins, of course he will think that I am an old man, but it will not kill me, dismiss me, belittle me or something, I don't care that I didn't think about relying on what support to become a marquis, and I didn't want to be promoted again.Hey, be a monk for a day, hit the clock for a day, just listen to me, "Who makes the emperor mediocre today, if the emperor is a bright monarch, willing to listen to the words of the contrary, why should the loyal ministers fall to this point, this conversation did not end until dawn, when the rooster crowed
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