Originally, concubines were not allowed to serve at the dinner table for a super-class aristocratic family like the Yun family. Only the head wives and ordinary wives could serve. If the head of the family had a son, the son could come to the table. Daughters were generally not allowed to attend. Only occasionally the favored legitimate daughter could.
Opportunity to attend
After Yun Lan and Ning Wanting left, Yun Zheng temporarily took over as the head of the family, and the rules in the family were not very strict. Yun Yu'er, the sister-in-law, originally came to the table to eat together. Needless to say, she must have been with them.
The three concubines Xiao He, Yan'er, and Xin'er were all allowed to attend the banquet. Yunzheng originally planned to invite Dongfang Wuqing, Nangong Wuyu, and Beishan Wuxue, but after thinking about it, he decided not to. But then he thought,
But he sent someone to bring Chao Yuqiu and Chao Yuze over to have a meal together.
The Chao family siblings are different from the three Jiange ladies. Yun Zheng is their savior. The two of them live in Yun Mansion as real guests, or in other words, as a sojourn. The master invites you, so there is no need to overdo it.
Pay attention to some etiquette
With Yunzheng's status here, he naturally did not need to give up the upper seat. He sat on the upper seat, Lin Yuyan sat next to him as the head wife, the Chao family siblings were guests and occupied the lower seats, and Xiao He and other three concubines had the lowest status, so they naturally stayed in the lower seats.
Side seat
Yun Zheng picked up his chopsticks and said casually: "Have a meal." Naturally, no one would move first until Yun Zheng moved his chopsticks. This is basic etiquette. After he moved his chopsticks and asked everyone to move, the rest of the people could start.
Yun Zheng took a few bites and suddenly said with a smile: "Hey, the chef in the house is very skillful. This dish suits my taste very well."
Lin Yuyan rolled her eyes at him and said: "What kind of cook is this? This is the cooking made by sister Xiaohe herself. I asked her not to do these things by herself anymore, but she was worried that her husband would be used to eating the dishes she cooked.
I like the chef's craftsmanship and insist on doing it myself. I don't know how to cherish myself a little bit. Sister Yan'er and sister Xin'er also don't help me to persuade me, but I went to do it together, ugh."
Yun Zheng said oh, looked at Xiao He and the others with a smile, and joked: "Your princess sister is helping you show your merits."
Xiao He blushed and said embarrassedly: "I... I'm just afraid of being young... My husband is not used to it. Besides, we don't have much to do in the house on weekdays, and we can't help my husband, so we have to do a little on these simplest things.
It’s just an expression of one’s feelings, there is nothing to express.”
Yan'er said: "That's right. If my husband is free and rests in the house, I can play the harp and flute to enjoy myself. But now that I am so busy all day long, I have no choice but to..." Xin'er said this.
She nodded repeatedly to show that she also agreed.
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "It's my husband's fault. I don't have enough time to accompany you. Well, I'll punish you with a glass of wine to make amends." He said, picked up the glass of wine poured by the maid next to him, and drank it in one gulp.
Originally, this move was not a big deal in Yun Zheng's eyes. It would be too normal in later generations, but he forgot that this was not in later generations, but in a standard feudal era.
Yan'er, Xiner, and Xiao He, who first talked about this topic, turned pale with fright when they heard Yun Zheng's words. Yun Zheng's movements were so smooth that he didn't even give them a chance to speak.
Having already downed a glass of wine, Xiaohe and the others immediately stood up in panic: "Husband, please calm down. Husband, please calm down. I have no intention of harboring any grudges..."
Yun Zheng didn't react for a moment, and looked at them who suddenly stood up in surprise, wondering: "What?"
Lin Yuyan was also startled. Seeing Yun Zheng asking such a question, she thought he did it on purpose. She just said that his anger was not gone, so she quickly pulled him back and persuaded: "The three sisters just made a slip of the tongue, it was unintentional."
Why should your husband be angry because of their mistakes? Forgive them quickly, don’t let the dish go cold.”
Yun Zheng said in surprise: "Angry? Have I ever done anything to make me angry?" He turned his head and looked at Xiao He, Yan'er and Xin'er who looked panicked, and asked curiously: "What's wrong with you? Okay, stand still."
What are you doing up here? Sit down quickly, I’m eating now, how can I still eat well even though I’m standing up?”
Yun Yu'er is probably the most "unafraid" of Yun Zheng here. She is not like Lin Yuyan and the others. When she saw Yun Zheng punishing himself with a drink, she thought her brother must be angry. Now that Yun Zheng said this, she is even more sure that she
Guess: He really apologized for not having time to spend with his wife and concubines. I don’t know if it was because they were both women. Yun Yuer felt warm in her heart and said to her, my brother is indeed the most affectionate person in the world.
Yun Yu'er laughed at the side and said: "I can see it, it's just a misunderstanding." She pulled Xiao He next to her, pointed to Yan'er and Xin'er with her eyes, and said with a smile: "Sit down, my brother
It’s nothing else, he is really punishing himself, so don’t blame yourself, he won’t blame you.”
When Yun Yu'er said this, Lin Yuyan also understood and said with a sweet smile: "I see, the three sisters are worrying too much. Sit down quickly. My husband has so much energy, how can he be angry about such a thing?"
Only then did Xiao He and the others realize that Yun Zheng really had no other meaning just now, and he was not saying anything sarcastic. After the panic in their hearts went away, they felt a little guilty. Xiao He and Yun Zheng had been in a relationship for the longest time, so they felt particularly sorry.
She blushed and said, "My husband is busy with serious business. I am just living at home. It is of no use if I can't share my husband's worries. How can I let my husband punish himself?" She reached out to take the wine bottle from the maid's hand and gave it to herself.
After filling a cup, he picked it up and said: "I don't dare to be punished by my husband, so I have to punish myself with three cups. Please don't persuade me."
Yun Zheng was shocked. He saw that Xiao He had indeed drank three cups in a row. Just as he was about to speak, Yan'er and Xin'er refused to lag behind. They punished themselves with three cups one after another, which made Yun Zheng smile bitterly. He waited until they finished drinking.
Sighing softly: "From now on, don't think so deeply about every word I say. When I talk to others outside, some of my words are very particular. But at home, I talk very casually and don't speak rightly.
No matter how sarcastic you say, I won't just give you charades when everything is fine, implying that I am still like this to my family, can I still live this life? Isn't that exhausting? Forget it this time, I have to be careful in the future, you know?"
Xiao He and the other two people quickly responded.
Yunzheng waved his hand: "Okay, okay, look at you guys, there are so many rules, you won't dare to eat if I don't eat? What if one day I lose my appetite and eat less, then you are not allowed to follow me.
Are you hungry? That’s nothing! I don’t have so many rules here, just eat everything, eat everything.”
Everyone laughed, but Yun Zheng felt it this time. He estimated that what he said was in vain. They would definitely not take it seriously. He couldn't help feeling helpless. Sometimes the power of tradition was too great. He took a few bites,
Suddenly he said to Chao Yuze: "Yuze, how are you doing in Yanjing recently?"
Chao Yuze quickly put down his chopsticks and replied: "Thanks to Marshal Hong Fu, everything is fine in Yuze."
Yun Zheng frowned and said, "Why do you talk like this? From now on, just like Peng Xuan, just call me Brother Feng."
Chao Yuze hesitated for a moment, and Yun Zheng glared deliberately: "Why, you're still not happy?"
Chao Yuze suddenly didn't dare to make the decision, and quickly looked at his sister. Chao Yuqiu smiled bitterly and said: "Since my benefactor said so, just scream for now and don't be complacent in your heart."
Chao Yuze then hummed and shouted: "Brother Feng"
Yun Zheng laughed: "Yeah, okay." Then he glanced at Yun Yu'er and said, "I already know what you think. If you are determined to learn, I naturally support it. General Li Mo is very knowledgeable and especially proficient.
The study of the mechanism of inquiry is something I attach special importance to. If you are interested in learning from General Li Mo, I will naturally come forward to recommend you. There should be no surprises, but you must remember that once you become a disciple of General Li Mo,
Under General Mo, you are just an ordinary disciple of his. If you are not diligent in your studies, spend three days fishing and two days drying nets, and are kicked out by him, I will never be shameless to plead for you, do you understand?
"
Chao Yuze said without hesitation: "Young Master... Brother Feng, don't worry, Yuze is definitely not that kind of person. If he loses Brother Feng's face under Mr. Li, Yuze will jump into Beihai himself and will never discredit Brother Feng!"
Yunzheng didn't expect that he would swear such a heavy oath, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He turned to look at Chao Yuqiu, but unexpectedly found that her face was very calm, as if it was natural for his brother to swear such a vow.
"Uh, okay, I can trust you." Yunzheng coughed dryly, pondered for a moment, and said, "I see it like this. Tomorrow I'm going to the Xuanhua Coal Mine in Wuzhou (this location is now Zhangjiakou), and General Li Mo is also going. You
Come along too”
Chao Yuze was not timid, he nodded immediately and said: "Yes, Brother Feng"
Chao Yuqiu glanced at Yun Zheng gratefully, but didn't say much. She knew that she would never be able to repay Yun Zheng's debt in her lifetime. There was no need to say thank you on this occasion, but she wanted to say it when no one was around.
Thank you, Miss Yun Yuer, for your intercession.
----------------------------------------Yunzheng had a meal and returned to Shuai's Mansion.
In the front yard, as soon as I walked out, I saw Ning Pengxuan hurried over, holding a fully painted envelope in his hand.
Just as he was about to speak, Yun Zheng winked and signaled him to go into the room. The two entered the Marshal's study. Yun Zheng stepped back and asked, "What's going on in the south?"
Ning Pengxuan nodded, handed over the envelope and said: "Urgent from Yueyang"
Yunzheng took the letter, looked at the paint, tore open the envelope, took out the letter and started reading.
The letter came from Lin Xi. Lin Xi said in the letter that he had issued an emergency decree on the title of king in Yueyang.
, such as "The Order of the King of Qin..." often appears in the history of the Tang Dynasty.) The order temporarily recruited soldiers from the military households in Yueyang, and the Six Guards men and horses have been gathered. Now Yueyang has an army of 67,000 people. However, the Guxin Pavilion rebellion started in Yueyang.
The army had suddenly gathered nearly 100,000 troops a few days ago and once attacked Yueyang City. However, because he arrived at Yueyang and issued martial law one night in advance, he defeated the rebel attack with a well-prepared army.
After that, the rebels found out that Yueyang already had nearly 70,000 officers and soldiers. Knowing that they were not a good enemy, the whole army went south to Changsha. Lin Xi said that from the time he sent the letter, Changsha would be captured within half a month.
Because there is only one guard in the entire Changsha and surrounding areas, and the strength of this guard is still the worst among the entire Central Army, it can basically be responsible for "security deterrence" in normal times.
Yun Zheng is clear about this. The most elite troops of the Central Army are in Henan, defending the Yun family in the north, blocking the Zhou family in the west, and then in Shandong. Everyone knows the "imaginary enemy" of the Shandong Central Army, and naturally it will be the Yun family in the future.
, that is, the troops stationed on the front lines of Xiangfan and Jingzhou, Hubei. They guard the Yangtze River waterway to prevent the Leng family from going down the river. The main force further south is in Yongzhou, Chenzhou, Ganzhou, Longyan, and Xiamen, in order to guard against the Jiang family.
As for those stationed in Changsha, in the eyes of the imperial court, this is the hinterland and nothing will happen...
Yun Zheng didn't need to think too much to know that with the Yueyang rebellion, the front lines of Yongzhou and Chenzhou rushed north after receiving the news. Judging from the distance, it was already destined that they would not have time to reach Changsha before the rebels, and only five thousand people in Changsha had been idle for a long time.
How can we stop the 100,000 desperadoes with the Guxin Pavilion masters as the core and backbone? The fall of Changsha is almost doomed, even if the Changsha garrison is Sun Wu, unless the leader of the Guxin Pavilion rebels is a pig.
, otherwise it would be impossible to hold on
Lin Xi didn't mention much else in the letter, but he added at the end: He has not yet received an order from his father to go south to pursue and suppress the rebellion.
Although Lin Xi didn't say anything about Duo Hua, Yun Zheng already understood the meaning of Lin Xi's letter in just a blink of an eye.
Lin Xi has three meanings: First, if his father's imperial edict is issued and he is asked to suppress the rebellion, will he go or not? If he doesn't go, how will he answer? If he goes, how will he fight?
Second, if the political situation in Luoyang changes after the temporary shock, and his father's imperial edict is delayed, should he take the initiative to go south to quell the rebellion? If so, how to fight? Should it be light or heavy, show off or fight with all his strength?
As for the third item, I guess it’s all about asking Yu Yunzheng what he thinks about the future development, including how the rebels will develop, whether the counter-insurgency will go smoothly, etc.
Yun Zheng held the letter and read it three times to make sure that every word was correct. Then he was silent for a while, picked up a pen and started writing on the paper. Ning Pengxuan was very conscious and walked aside without waiting for Yun Zheng's instructions.
Go see what he wrote
Yun Zheng picked up the pen like flying, quickly filled up the page, checked it again, gently dried the ink, took out a special envelope and put it in, sealed it with fire paint, called Ning Pengxuan over and said: "Send it as quickly as possible.
There must be no accidents.”
Ning Pengxuan nodded and said: "I will send three seventh-level shadows to escort you."
Yunzheng nodded: "Go"
Seventh-level swordsman, this is a new term. It is actually a new method developed by Yun Zheng recently. After Yun Zheng's own health master broke through again, he believed that his safety was no longer a big problem, not to mention that his father still stayed when he left.
Having bought Bai Fengyi and most of the sacrifices in the Commander's Mansion, there will be no surprise to my own safety now. Therefore, the original light and dark dual guard system of the white guards was revoked.
A separate department was established called "Shadow", and the leader of Shadow is Ning Pengxuan
Shadow not only has people from the Tingshui Villa of the Ning family, but also a group of people specially transferred from the Beige before Ning Wanting left. In addition, some people enshrined in the Commander's Mansion have been added. It can be said that the basic strength of Shadow is now very strong. What is currently lacking
It means good integration, so that one plus one plus one is greater than three
Now in Shadow, levels are clearly divided according to strength. From one to nine, there are nine levels in total. One is the lowest and nine is the highest. Of course, in fact, there are currently no people from levels one to four in Shadow. This group of people has other arrangements.
, Yunzheng's plan is to train a group of "spies" in the future. These people will be of various types in the future, and not all of them need to be highly skilled in martial arts, so leaving these four levels down to five to nine, these are the real masters, but
The ninth level is also vacant. The standard given by Yun Zheng is: "A person like Bai Daxia is considered a ninth level." Unfortunately, no one in the shadow has reached it yet, because Bai Fengyi is a worshiper with a relatively high degree of freedom. Naturally, he will not join the shadow.
Do you know how strong the seventh-level shadow is?
But Yun Zheng pondered for a moment, then said: "Send another eighth-level shadow to take the letter, and the four of us will leave. This letter must be absolutely safe."
Only then did Ning Pengxuan realize the weight of the letter in his arms. He nodded solemnly: "I know." Then he hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Brother Feng, why don't my father let Zhong Lao and Cheng
Come from the old school? Eighth-level shadows, there are only three of us at the moment, one has gone to Goryeo, one has gone to Liao Kingdom to go to Beijing, and now the last one has to be sent to Yueyang, so wouldn’t it be..."
"I'm fine here. Hero Bai and more than 20 worshipers are here. Who is so capable of hurting me? How many experts will be mobilized? Are Beige and Shadow both working for a living? This is Northern Xinjiang, this is Yanjing!"
Ning Pengxuan's face remained unchanged and said: "Pengxuan is not worried about Brother Feng's safety. With Brother Feng's martial arts and the ability of the surrounding guards, the safety will be perfectly fine. Pengxuan is just worried about the establishment of Shadow. Now Brother Feng needs people.
If there are too many, there will inevitably be not enough.
