The Zhongyong Marquis of the past generations have always guarded the border, which is very similar to the Yi'an Bofu. The Zhongyong Marquis of the past generations have almost always shed their blood on the battlefield.
However, our current Zhongyong Marquis originally studied in Wen, while his brother studied in Wu. The previous Zhongyong Marquis was also his brother.
It was precisely because of Princess Hexiao that the previous Zhongyong Hou hid at the border, and happened to fight with another country, and finally returned home in a coffin.
The position of Zhongyong Marquis fell to Congwen's only legitimate son. It became his mission to carry on the legacy of generations and lead the army at the border.
Perhaps he inherited the ability to lead an army in his bones. Only five years after Zhongyong arrived at the border, he completely subdued his generals, drove the enemy country that killed his brother out of the Qilin Kingdom, and even killed his enemies.
Because of this, the marriage between him and his fiancée was delayed for five years.
He was finally relieved to go back and marry the girl he longed for, but what he didn't expect was the sad news that his beloved girl was dead, and an imperial edict asking him to marry his sister-in-law.
Qi Baoer thought: To be honest, if all this was true, if it were her, she could rush into the palace and kill the emperor first.
Look what's going on here?
Your daughter is a daughter, but other people’s children are not children?
How much hatred and hatred is there to let the disaster of a nest go unchecked?
From Princess Hexiao, Qi Baoer finally truly understood what it means to "raise your daughter crookedly if you have a grudge against someone, and then marry her into his family."
Zhongyong Hou just teased Princess Xiao and Madam Xiao. She thought it was light. If he let her go, he would lose even her soul in a matter of minutes.
Unexpectedly, Qi Bao'er was thinking about how he was tearing the emperor apart. Princess Binghua suddenly said: "Marquis Zhongyong deserves it. He knows clearly what kind of person Princess Hexiao is, but he wants to provoke her."
Um?
Is there anything else going on here?
Princess Binghua just complained and said nothing more.
Instead, the topic turned back, with guilt and sincerity intertwined on her face, "Sister Bao, brother Xiao's illness has always been a concern for my mother. My mother doesn't care what happens in Chunkanghou, but my mother in Ningping can't let it go.
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Princess Ningping is the biological daughter of Princess Hexiao, but if you look at it carefully, apart from giving birth to her, Princess Hexiao cannot even raise Princess Ningping for a day.
"My mother saw Ninh Binh for the first time when she was six years old. I heard my mother mention it once, saying that Ninh Binh was thin at that time. A six-year-old child is not as tall as a three-year-old child. It's really hard in the winter.
He was so hungry that he crawled out of a dog hole in the backyard of the Hou Mansion, but Ning Ping's body was so fragile that he passed out on the snow before he had gone far out of the dog hole.
It was Ningping's good luck that her mother happened to be passing by there on her way back from Zhuangzi that day.
Next to it is the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, so there is no need to take it with you for investigation.
My mother spent a lot of effort to rescue Ning Ping, and Ning Ping lived in the mansion of Princess Dachang for a long time."
Princess Binghua twitched her lips, "Sister Bao, can you believe it? Five or six months have passed, and no one in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion has noticed that the princess in their mansion is missing."
Six months later, Princess Hexiao discovered that her daughter was missing, but she failed to find her and directly announced that Princess Ningping accidentally fell into the water and died.
The contempt and mistreatment of her own daughter had already made the eldest princess very angry, but Princess Hexiao was the biological mother of Princess Ningping, and she was the aunt, so it was not easy for her to interfere too much.
What's more, based on her relationship with Hexiao, if she really intervened, it might make Ningping's life even more difficult.
But Princess Hexiao actually let her daughter die without even looking for her. This completely annoyed the eldest princess and she no longer had any worries.
If you step forward yourself and make Ningping's life difficult, then find a way to prevent it.
So, the eldest princess moved the emperor.
The eldest princess was so cruel that she even gave Princess Hexiao a thousand taels of silver, saying that it was to pay Princess Ningping's living expenses for the first six years.
After that, although Princess Ningping still lived in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, all her expenses were paid from the Grand Princess Mansion, and she also arranged for trustworthy nuns and maids to serve her.
Because Princess Hexiao was under the pressure of the emperor, she didn't dare to do anything anymore, no matter what thoughts she had in her heart. She just pretended that there was no such person in the house. Anyway, it had always been like this before.
"She only dared to do evil while my mother was not in the capital, otherwise those escorts would be pulled out one by one."
Princess Ningping is much older than Princess Binghua. When Princess Binghua was born, Princess Ningping was already married. If we talk about feelings, the two of them actually have no relationship to talk about.
This can be seen from the way Princess Binghua calls Princess Ningping. She always calls her by her title, not her real name, and she never calls her sister.
But Princess Binghua is a person who protects her shortcomings, whether she is emotional or not. The person her mother protects is the person she wants to protect, even her biological parents cannot bully her.
Therefore, Princess Binghua had always had a bad impression of Zhongyong Hou. Later, after knowing some things, the status of the couple in her heart was the same.
None of it is a toy.
"Brother Xiao is Ningping's life. Ningping itself is not in good health, and the Marquis Chunkang's residence is not a place where one can stay alone. Ningping is able to survive until now, all because of Brother Xiao."
Qi Bao'er still looked at Princess Binghua intently with her chin propped up, making her feel uncomfortable all over as the stone bench twisted several times as if there were thorns.
Finally, when Princess Binghua was almost unable to hold on any longer, Qi Baoer let her go and said, "You are not suitable for this, can we be more straightforward?"
She liked this.
Princess Binghua's straight back immediately curved, and she leaned very smoothly against the back of the chair to lie down, her hands gently rubbing her suddenly bulging belly.
"It's still so comfortable, so what my brother said won't work in front of Sister Bao.
Sister Bao, my mother suspects that Brother Xiao may have an unstable soul or something, and I want to ask you to help."
Well, after talking for a long time, she finally said it.
"Okay, I'll go visit the eldest princess at her mansion tomorrow." Just because the eldest princess is a member of the emperor, it's not a big deal to just go there.
She didn't go there today because her father said that the Qi family has an unwritten rule that they cannot stay in other people's homes for three days.
The reason why the Qi family has this unwritten rule is because of one word - poverty.
In Qijia Village, even in the memory of the deceased old man, generations of ancestors have called him poor. It is difficult to eat enough all year round, let alone meat.
Except for some wealthy families, only one cut of meat can be cut into a bowl for the Chinese New Year. This bowl of meat has to be placed on the table from the age of thirty to the third day of the Lunar New Year.
People in the village don't have much time to spare. From the fourth day of the Lunar New Year onwards, most of them have to go up the mountains or go to the fields to find food, and some go out to do odd jobs, but it all takes a lot of effort.
Therefore, the meat is only served until the third day of the Lunar New Year, and it will be shared on the evening of the third day of the Lunar New Year.
It is precisely for this reason that anyone who is sensible in the village from the first to the third year of junior high school will not go to other people's homes. During the New Year, when you go to other people's homes, you are just a guest, and you are paying New Year greetings. Can the host's family not give out the best things in the house to entertain them?
The best thing I can bring out in these three days is the bowl of meat.