So after two days, in many to the north marquis house to visit the public monarchs and duchesses implicit congratulations, the north marquis wife realized that the whole capital know! Exasperated and there is nothing to do, only to call the third lady to the front and scolded severely.
"Sister-in-law, it's not my fault!" The Third Mistress cried and said in a slightly shrill voice, "Wasn't I happy for the quality? I only talked to a few maids around me, not to mention that I wasn't the only one present that day, so how can I be blamed?"
"How dare you? The other day I told you to keep this quiet, even if it's a sure thing, there's still a possibility! You are good, out of the door to say out, but also afraid that others do not know the same!" Beiwei Marquis wife angry straight shaking, this regardless of success or failure, she is bound to lose face, if the Empress heard to go, I'm afraid that will feel the Beiwei Marquis House superficial, along with the quality of the disliked, this may be really yellow.
The third wife heard, also do not cry, immediately cold face: "Sister-in-law, this matter even if I am not right, you can not take the tone of reprimand concubine this kind of lesson me it!" There is no superiority between sisters-in-law, she just can't stand to see Du's smug face. Her husband is also the first son of the old marquis, so why should Mu quality be able to marry the prince's grandson, but not her daughter?
Not to mention the Marquis of Northway in the days of the chicken and dogs, a few days later, when Miss Maoguo Gong Gong again into the palace, the Marquis of Northway up and down only completely exploded. But it turns out, the Queen gave that purse, loaded with the palace jade plate.
"The commoner son of Marquis Bei Wei has already married King Cheng, and he still presumes to marry his daughter to the Fourth Prince, where in the world is such a good thing?" Duke Maoguo's wife said to Lady Yongchangbo.
"Wasn't she afraid that the concubine's son would be too smart to threaten the World Son, so she rushed to marry him off? Now it's good that she's lifted a stone and smashed her own foot!" Mrs. Yongchangbo laughed, "Our two families' relationship will be even closer in the future."
"That's right, in the future there will be even more reason to go to your home to touch the cards!" Duke Maoguo's wife also laughed along with him, Yongchang Bo is the Empress's own brother, Duke Maoguo's miss married the Fourth Prince, the two families are tied together.
Today is because the peonies planted by Mrs. Marquis Dingnan have bloomed, and the ladies of all the mansions are invited to come and enjoy the flowers.
"Why don't you see Sister Du here?" Lady Marquis Dingnan was a sequel, younger than most of the ladies.
"She ah, I'm afraid she won't be going out in recent days," Mrs. Yongchangbo laughed as she held a handkerchief to cover her mouth, "Has the Second Imperial Consort returned to her mother's home recently?"
Mrs. Dingnan Marquis smiled and said, "She has a lot of things going on in her house, so I didn't call her today." Knowing that they were trying to find out about the second prince, Mrs. Dingnan Marquis didn't intend to say much about her own family's affairs, and digressed in a couple of sentences.
Since the discovery of Duo Fu can handle the house alone, Mu Hanzhang began to gradually spread hands, and tasted the sweetness of Jing Shao even more excessive, every night pestering their own princess for pleasure, until Mu Hanzhang can not stand, only a few days to stop. And Duo Fu can only face a bunch of like a wolf like tiger steward wrinkled bun face every day.
"Brother will not walk at night, maybe he will only arrive at the capital at night," Mu Hanzhang helped Jing Shao to fasten his wrist guards, seeing Jing Shao's anxious face, he sighed and said, "At least eat breakfast before you go."
Brother returned today, just in time for the Muzhu not have to go to court. From the southwest back, certainly go south of the city, Jing Shao thought to go by the way to the east of the city to take a look at the barren forest, but since yesterday is still in the neighboring provinces, today will not return early. Reaching out to help his own Wangfei on the crown of the tassel to stroke positive, Jing Shao smiled and said: "good, I ate dinner and then go."
"Then I'll go back to Marquis Bei Wei's mansion today, my father sent a message for me to go back when I have time these two days." Yesterday, because Jing Shao fooled around during his nap, causing him to sleep all afternoon, he was not able to go back. Thinking about this, he couldn't help but glare at Jing Shao again.
Jing Shao was uncertain when he received a glare from his own princess, so he lowered his head and bit an ear.
"Well ......" Mu Hanzhang busily pushed him away and looked around, Fang sighed in relief, fortunately Jing Shao drove all the maids out in order to enjoy dressing his own Wangfei.
Jing Shao rode Xiao Hei to the eastern outskirts first, easily bypassing the layers of rocks and overgrown trees and entering the depths of the barren forest. Here there was a group of soldiers leveling the land with hoes and hammers, the number of people was small, only twenty to thirty, so the speed was slow.
"Your Highness," Ren Feng saw Jing Shao arrive and put down the sledgehammer in his hand to welcome him, "the manpower is too small, to level out the land that can be demarcated, I'm afraid that we won't be able to finish it by the end of the year."
"There's no rush," Jing Shao dismounted, climbed up a high rock, and raised his eyes to look around, full of barren forest, "Don't move these trees around." Said jumped off the stone, re-turned on the horse.
"Yes." Ren Feng reached out to help, but Jing Shao avoided it.
Looking around the circle of soldiers who were working with their heads down, Jing Shao said in a deep voice, "If anyone leaks half a word on this matter, kill without pardon!"
Mu Hanzhang sent away Jing Shao, went to the Marquis of Northern Wei House. When he entered the mansion, he realized that the atmosphere of the whole house was not right, all the subordinates lowered their heads and narrowed their eyes, quiet and unusual. The butler brought him directly to the study of Marquis Bei Wei, his father Mu Jin is waving a brush to write a big character, strong and powerful penmanship seems to penetrate the back of the paper. Mu Hanzhang looked down, is a large "firm" character.
"Has father encountered any difficulties?" Mu Hanzhang carefully looked at the direction of the words and could see the struggle and annoyance in the heart of the person who wrote them.
"Can you see anything?" Mu Jin looked up at him when he saw him looking at his words.
Mu Hanzhang converged his eyes, "Father has always been decisive, this time hesitant, but it is a matter of great importance."
Mu Jin put the pen into the pen wash and sighed, "You have been smart since you were a child, and you see through everything. This time, it was father who was greedy."
"My son originally thought that when father decided to marry my son to King Cheng, he had already made up his mind," Mu Hanzhang raised his hand and rolled up the pair of characters, re-laying a piece of white paper, "The battle for the Crown Prince, is originally an undying and unending situation, how can you have a two-way street?" Taking a pen from the brush holder, he dipped it in ink and offered it to his father with both hands.
Mu Jin looked at it for a long time, caught the pen that was handed to him, and after a long time, he laughed: "An get both? Well said!" Lift the pen, waving the brush, this time without any hesitation, a "firm" word written smoothly, one breath.
This time the matter of selecting the Prince Consort, Beiwei Marquis and Maoguo Gongfu is considered to be a complete feud, the Empress borrowed this matter ruthlessly hit the face of the Beiwei Marquis, in order to knock the Maoguo Gong adhere to the middle way. Mu Jin realized that when the Empress chose to become a Wangfei named his second son, is already intended to give up the Beiwei Marquis, but he could not see through.
"I intend to formally raise Aunt Qiu as a concubine next month," Mu Jin put away his pen and looked up at his second son, "The concubine consort of the Cheng Wang House is the first daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and you're the main consort, so it's only right that you should have a higher origin."
Mu Hanzhang froze, did not expect Mu Jin would be for so he considered, although he knew that this is the means of the Marquis of Northern Wei to indicate his position, still could not help but slightly moved, bowed and saluted, "Thank you father for your compassion, the son on behalf of Auntie first thanked."
Xiao Hei ran too fast, not long to the city south of thirty miles of the long pavilion, Jing Shao sat in the pavilion, bored to pull grass to feed Xiao Hei, straight until dusk, only to see a green carriage from the distance slowly approaching.
Jing Shao immediately mounted the small black ran over, rushed to the carriage, scared the driver jumped, the guards protecting the front of the car brushed and pulled out the belt knife: "Who is ...... the king!"
Jing Shao waved his hand, "Why are you arriving now?"
"His Highness is injured and doesn't dare to walk too fast." The guards explained.
Jing Shao frowned, jumped onto the carriage and quickly drilled in, seeing the situation inside immediately filled with anger: "Brother!"
Jing Chen leaned against the wall of the car, his upper body since the shoulders wrapped a circle of white cloth, straight to the waist, saw Jing Shao, could not help but frown: "All said not to let you come to pick up, why do not you listen!"