Jin Yu was stunned and asked, "Mother, are there thousands of concubines in this palace?"
Mrs. Huangfu nodded: "I remember when I left the capital more than thirty years ago, there was a selection every three years, and there were hundreds a year. In these years, although Chu Han was far away from the capital, he didn't hear any news about the selection.
, but come to think of it, there will be no shortage of concubines in the palace! Those women are now regarded as Yiqing's mother-in-law. From now on, if the fifth prince really becomes the emperor, there will be no shortage of concubines in the harem. Hey, you
I'm afraid I can't tolerate that girl's temper! I regretted it at the time. If I had known that Mr. Qi was the Fifth Prince, I wouldn't have allowed him to be so close to Yiqing. Now that I know Yiqing's life experience, I don't.
There is a way, once you clear it up, you are destined not to live an ordinary life in this life!"
Jin Yu was so shocked that she couldn't speak. After a long time, she slapped her thigh and said: "No, I can't let the girl enter the palace. One Qing Fei is enough, and there are thousands of mother-in-laws. Do you still want to live? Besides,
What kind of temperament does a girl have to allow the fifth prince to take a concubine? Aren’t the two of them quarreling by then? Mom, we can’t let the girl enter the palace. Just like Chu Han, we can be a local emperor and be happy and happy. Read the full text of Super Personal Bodyguard!
"
Mrs. Huangfu couldn't help but laugh and said: "How do you know this situation? Is the whole world the land of the king, and the shore of the land is the common people? The emperor's order is the imperial edict, how can your sister disobey it? If your sister
If you really disobey, then I'm afraid the charge of treason will be confirmed!"
Jin Yu sighed, suddenly turned around and said to Mai Xiang: "Maixiang, you heard me, there are thousands of concubines of the emperor. This Liu Yi is a prince, and he will probably have a lot of concubines by then. Why, do you want to be like that?"
There are many women for one man? What ability do you have to fight for it? Let me tell you, we are not surprised if the Ma family cancels the engagement. There are many good men. After waiting for a while, mother will still find a good wife for you.
! Don’t even think about Liu Yi. He helped us this time. We miss him deeply in our hearts, but it’s not your turn to pledge yourself to him!”[
Jin Yu's words were straightforward and explicit, causing Mai Xiang's face to turn red, stamping her feet, and turned around to go into the house.
"Jin Yu, you have read a lot in these years, how can you still speak so straightforwardly? Mai Xiang is still a girl, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Huangfu quickly scolded.
"Read, isn't it just to say something nice? Why am I, a country woman, talking so nice? What I said just now was rough but truthful. Just now you didn't see Mai Xiang and Liu Yi looking at each other like that. I
Just by saying these words, she severely cut off her little bit of potential! Thousands of concubines don’t have to do anything else all day long, they just think about how to steal men! I can’t let Mai Xiang live that kind of life!
"Jin Yu sat in front of the table, touched the white flour dumpling with one hand, took a bite, chewed it hard and said.
Mrs. Huangfu sighed, stepped forward, pulled out some vegetables, put two more dumplings, and said in a low voice: "I sent Mai Xiang in. I've been running around all night, and I didn't even take a bite of the food.
Your ugly words are blocked!"
Jin Yu pulled some more of the remaining vegetables to Mai Xiang and whispered: "I can't eat so much, give her more, she has lost weight these days!"
Mrs. Huangfu sighed and said, "You are so hard-spoken and soft-hearted, but you clearly love Mai Xiang in your heart, so you just said these words to hurt her!"
"I love Mai Xiang like this. I have to plan for her in the future. Now she is obsessed with things. I have to wake up. Don't let her blame me later and say that I didn't stop her and put her into a pit of fire.
!" Jin Yu said unconvinced.
Mrs. Huangfu sighed and took the dishes in.
In the room, Mai Xiang sat in a daze, her mind always circling Liu Yi's handsome figure sitting under the candlelight. She touched her face, which was hot, and her eyes became more shy. She used to touch the earlobe.
The pearl earrings were empty, and then she remembered that since that day, she had put away the pair of earrings, and did not wear the new ones she bought...
"Maixiang, eat some food quickly, we've been running around all night!" Mrs. Huangfu came into the room and saw that she was in a daze, so he said softly, brought the food to her, and poured her a bowl of water.
on the table.
"Grandma, I'm not hungry!" Mai Xiang whispered.
"How can you not be hungry after running all night? Eat something even if you're not hungry!" Mrs. Huangfu ordered.
Mai Xiang had no choice but to turn around and pick up the dumplings and chopsticks.
"Don't blame your mother. In this world, there are no parents who can do anything wrong. Your mother is doing it for your own good! You are young now, and you only think that Liu Yi is good. But when you really live a life, you will know
, The good relationship between these two people cannot be treated as a living thing!" Old Mrs. Huangfu sighed.
"Grandma, I know, but..." Mai Xiang lowered her head.
"Okay, let's eat first. You are still young, so this matter is not urgent. Maybe after some time, you will change your mind! For now, let's take care of your aunt's affairs first. Although we know the information now, we still have to worry about it.
I won't be relieved until I see your aunt! Let's go to the house tomorrow to see if we have a chance to meet your aunt!" Mrs. Huangfu said quickly.
Mai Xiang nodded, took a bite of the pastry, and ate it with the fried loofah.
In the next two days, Mrs. Huangfu, Jin Yu and the others waited in front of the Chu Mansion every day, but there was no chance to see Chu Yiqing for two days in a row. On this day, when they were about to force themselves forward to try.
, but saw the emperor’s people all rushing out. After asking someone to inquire, they heard that it seemed that the emperor had an accident. The three old ladies and Mrs. Huangfu felt nervous and were worried. They didn’t expect to arrive at Guo’s house to deliver a letter on the fifteenth day.
Already.
"Fifteen, you said Yiqing would be waiting for us outside the city?" Mrs. Huangfu said happily.[
"Miss asked Shi Shi to pick up the old lady. Madam and Miss Maixiang, Miss said that everything is fine now, so let the old lady and madam rest assured!" Shi Shi said with a smile.
"It's a good relationship! Jinyu, let's go quickly!" Mrs. Huangfu hurried back to her room and simply packed up her greetings. She didn't bother to say goodbye to Changsheng Niang. She just asked Liu Cuigu to send a message, and the three of them got on the carriage and left the famous town.
Outside the famous town, Chu Yiqing lay comfortably on the carriage. She left the oppressive Chu Mansion and felt a lot more relaxed. Now she just believed in Li Huang and believed that Li Huang would solve this problem satisfactorily.
Abao sat aside, his head drooped, as if he still hadn't recovered from yesterday's events.
"A Bao, how are you memorizing "The Analects of Confucius"?" Seeing him like this, Yiqing naturally felt sorry for him, but after all, A Bao had done something wrong and she couldn't tolerate it, so she just randomly picked a topic and asked.
"I've memorized it a long time ago, mother, do you want to listen?" Abao finally cheered up and said.
"Come back and listen!" Chu Yiqing nodded, and took a piece of apple peeled and cut into small pieces with a bamboo skewer and put it in his mouth.
"The Master said: 'Isn't it just right to learn and practice from time to time? Isn't it a joy to have friends come from afar? Isn't it a gentleman if a person doesn't know something but is stunned?'..." Abao had no choice but to close his eyes and memorize the words on his back.
Catchy.
Chu Yiqing nodded with satisfaction and asked Yingrun to go outside and pour a glass of water. When Abao is tired, he can drink a glass of water.
Fifteen dragged Mrs. Huangfu, Jin Yu and others over. From far away, they heard Abao's endorsement. The three of them felt happy and quickly got out of the carriage and got into Chu Yiqing's carriage.
"Mom, Sister Jinyu, I have made you worry!" Chu Yiqing motioned to Abao to stop first and held Mrs. Huangfu's hand.
"It's okay, as long as you and A'Bao are fine!" Mrs. Huangfu stretched out a hand to touch A'Bao's face distressedly, and said, "A'Bao seems to have lost weight!"
Chu Yiqing signaled A Bao to go to another carriage with Mai Xiang first. After they left, he said: "A lot of things happened recently, which also affected A Bao. Anyway, everything is over now. I heard that what happened at home
There are a lot of things, so it’s time to go back and sort them out!”
Jin Yu couldn't help but said: "I heard that you are going back with the Fifth Prince. Is it true?"
Chu Yiqing was stunned and asked with a smile: "Sister Jinyu, where did you get this news from?"
"What's wrong? Is this Liu Yi a liar?" Jin Yu said in surprise.
"Liu Yi? Have you seen him? Is he still in Chu Han?" Chu Yiqing asked quickly.
"We met two days ago when we first came to Mingzhen to look for you. He told me personally that the emperor was here to take your family of three back to the palace, so that we can rest assured!" Jin Yu nodded.
"I was stuck in the house and couldn't inform you for a while. Besides, the matter was complicated at the time and I was afraid that outsiders wouldn't be able to explain it clearly, so I didn't tell you, which made you worry!" Chu Yiqing sighed.
"We feel relieved knowing that you and Abao are safe and sound. We are just waiting for the monsters to trouble us! Sister, do you really want to live in that palace with Abao? I heard from mother that there are thousands of concubines in that palace.
All these include your mother-in-law and the fifth prince..."
"Once clear!" Jin Yuzheng was chattering endlessly, but was interrupted by Mrs. Huangfu, "Aren't we going home? Let's go quickly, leave this town, leave here, I feel in my heart that the beast concubine An An is counterattacking
:Phoenix travels all over the world!”
Chu Yiqing nodded. Although he wanted to see Liu Yi, he couldn't care less now, so he asked Shi Shi to drive the carriage and leave the town.[
The two carriages leisurely left the famous town.
As soon as Chu Yiqing returned to Shangjia Village, the news spread at the speed of an arrow. Many villagers gathered at the entrance of the village and watched the gorgeous carriage slowly drive into the village. Everyone had different expressions on their faces.
expression.
"Thank God, I'm just saying, Miss Chu is a good person, how could this emperor kill a good person!" Someone was thankful.
"Is Chu Yiqing really okay? Doesn't that mean..." Some people were afraid.
Chu Yiqing sat in the carriage, looked at the expressions on the faces of the villagers through the curtains, and sighed quietly. It was good, he took this opportunity to see people's hearts clearly.
Jin Yu deliberately stuck out his head and greeted the villagers, but cursed in a low voice: "These little bastards who only eat but don't vomit, let's see if you dare to mess with my family behind my back this time!"
Mrs. Huangfu sighed, her experiences these days did make her feel a little chilled.
Jin Yu said, "Mom, don't sigh. Those ungrateful people will take advantage of the lease expiration this year. I don't have to rent it to them. When this person is in trouble, the only one who is willing to lend a hand is the one who treats us well."
, there is no need for us to coddle those who are adding insult to injury!"
"Jin Yu, if you do this, I'm afraid you will offend some people! In fact, don't blame them. They don't have any thoughts at all. They just want to eat and live in peace and contentment. It's not that they are bad, and they can't say that they can't live with our family. This
People, it is better to offend distant relatives than close neighbors. After all, our land and the fish in the river are open like this. We can do everything as long as we are aware of it!" Mrs. Huangfu disapproved.
Chu Yiqing thought for a while and said: "Those people want to rent land, but you can continue to rent it to them. After all, they are not evil, but I just want to give them a warning, so that they know what to do.
Don’t think that our family is easy to bully! Sister Jinyu, who has helped our family these days, you also know well. If you have any profitable business in the future, take care of these people. Ungrateful people like Dahu and Erhu are
It must be punished!”
"What? That money was really made by Big Tiger and Two Tigers? It belongs to Grandma Xiong. When these two people were in our house, our family did not treat them badly. We know that they like to eat meat. One chicken every two days, and they eat meat every day.
, but they are not missing, who knew they were so disappointing!" Jin Yu couldn't help shouting.
"The big tiger and the two tigers are good at gambling. When their mother was here, she could restrain them. But since the death of the aunt last year, they have become restless. They owe a lot of debt and are targeted by the son of the thunder tiger.
, coerced them into doing this! When our family was just starting out, because we were hiring people, we had no choice. As long as they were willing to follow me, I would not treat them badly. Now that our family has grown up, many things have changed.
There should be a rule. After observing these days, I feel that it is necessary to rectify it. Now I have dealt with the big tiger and the two tigers. Those who are close to the big tiger and the two tigers will be sold. Those who are close to the red will be red.
There is a certain truth to the fact that people who are close to ink are black!" Chu Yiqing said coldly.
Jin Yu was still a little unwilling and murmured in a low voice: "If you want me to tell you, drive these people out of the village, especially that Da Gen who took the opportunity to say something disgusting to our mother. If it weren't for the sake of the village chief uncle, I would
Just let someone beat him up!"
Mrs. Huangfu hurriedly said: "Jinyu, why are you bringing this matter up? I have done my best, so why am I afraid that he, a junior, will arrange it for me!"
Jin Yu pouted and swallowed some words.
Chu Yiqing turned his face away, just in time to see Da Gen and his wife Wang shivering in the crowd. When they met Chu Yiqing's cold eyes, they quickly lowered their heads and hurried home.
went.
These days, Zhang's illness has become more and more serious, and he has no energy to argue with the village chief. On this day, he felt a little more energetic. He drank a bowl of eggs with hot water and asked for a snack.
Dagen and Wang entered the door in a panic, and couldn't help raising their eyes and cursing: "Why are you panicking? It's like burning your buttocks? Ahem, Miao Er Niang, where did the snacks come from when people came to see me that day?
Is it? My taste is bland and I want to eat a piece!"
Mrs. Wang was panicking. When she heard Mrs. Zhang wanted to eat snacks, she immediately became unhappy and said, "Eat, eat, eat. You just know how to eat. You don't even ask what happened outside." Chitian residual blood
!I’m afraid our family will suffer now!”
Mrs. Zhang lay on the kang mat and asked, "What happened? Ahem, what happened?"
"Chu Yiqing is back, and he is back in a big way. I don't think he will be arrested and beheaded as people in the city said! Just now I saw Jin Yu looking out of the carriage, but he was very proud! A while ago
Da Gen went to make a fuss once and said those unpleasant words. I was afraid that the Zhao family would retaliate against our family! Our family is different now. My father is no longer the village chief and has no one to rely on. It will be easy for the Zhao family to deal with us.
!" Wang said anxiously.
Mrs. Zhang was listening on the kang, couldn't catch her breath, and suddenly fainted.
After Chu Yiqing came back, gradually, various news came from the city. They all said anything, but they all pointed in the same direction, that is, the emperor did not want to ask Chu Yiqing about his crime, but came to ask the fifth prince.
As a result, various rumors began to spread that the Fifth Prince and Chu Yiqing were going back. As a result, those who had been hiding from the Zhao family all came to fawn over thousands of acres of wheat in a few days.
All the effort was harvested and he didn't even bother to fight.
Zhao Maimai was worried about having no one at first, but now he is overcrowded. The more this happens, the more chilled the Zhao family feels, but they still pay their wages as usual. Those people don't even dare to ask for wages, and they are forced to do it by Zhao Maimai.
Put it in your hand.
After Chu Yiqing came back, he thoroughly investigated the intrigue between the servants. Three people who were close to Dahu and Erhu were all sold to the town. As a result, some people in the village were even more frightened, fearing that they would be driven out.
After leaving Shangjia Village, they went to Li Laoer and Huangfu Xin, who were close to the Zhao family, to plead for mercy, but they were politely rejected by Li Laoer and Huangfu Xin. They had no choice but to mobilize the elders of the clan to come forward and take Zhao.
Xiaomai was called to the ancestral hall, and after some reasoning and emotion, he told the villagers that they wanted to rent land.
"Dear clan elders and old village chiefs, to tell you the truth, my family has a division of labor. I am in charge of liaison with the town's business, but Mai Xiangniang is taking care of everything in this family, especially the one who rents the land.
She knows everything about the matter, I can't get involved!" Zhao Maimai sighed.
Fugui and the clan elders were stunned for a moment, and finally had to bite the bullet and go back to the house to look for gold and jade.
In the evening of that day, the weather was fine. Chu Yiqing was sitting under the gourd stand in the house, flipping through the account books. This year, he harvested another 300,000 kilograms of grain, which was considered a bumper harvest. Although there was a severe drought in other places, Chu Han's harvest was pretty good.
, now that there is a shortage of food everywhere, this food can make a lot of money!
Just as they were thinking about how to transport the grain out, they saw Fugui and his clan elders coming, all of them with sly smiles on their faces.
"Miss Chu, are you busy?" Fugui stepped forward first and said, rubbing his hands.
Chu Yiqing stood up and said with a smile: "Why are Uncle Fugui and the clan elder here? But what's the important matter?"
Mrs. Huangfu saw her in the house and walked out, but now her face was not as warm as before. She asked calmly: "What happened? Why are all the elders from the troubled clan coming to the door?"
Fugui quickly said: "Isn't this Miss Chu coming back? Let's discuss it. We haven't seen Miss Chu for a long time. Come and have a look!"
Chu Yiqing said calmly: "The clan elders are being polite to the old village chief. Yiqing is a junior. Logically speaking, Yiqing should be the one to visit the clan elders!"
The clan elders immediately said they didn't dare.
"Miss Chu is marrying a prince. From now on, she may have to go to the palace. If she can look down on us country people, our ancestors will be in trouble!" Fugui hurriedly said with a smile.
Chu Yiqing smiled coldly and asked Lizi to bring out small benches from the house for the village chief and clan elders to sit on. They also placed good tea and fruits as usual.
"Um, Wheat isn't at home?" Fugui asked tentatively after sitting down.
"Maixiang dad is working in the fields with his people. Now that the wheat has been harvested, we need to prepare the land to plant corn. Do the clan elders and the old village chief have something to do with Maixiang dad?" Jin Yu had seen it in the house a long time ago and deliberately delayed it.
He didn't come out until Fugui mentioned Zhao Maimai, then he came out, sat next to Chu Yiqing, took over the conversation and asked the god.
"That's right, the land leases of many people in the village have expired. We also asked Mai Xiang before, and Mai Xiang said that you are the one who decides on the land rental at home. It just so happens that Miss Chu is also at home now. I and the clan elders
Let’s just come and ask about our plans for this year!”
Chu Yiqing said calmly: "I haven't been back these years. Sister Jinyu has the final say on everything at home. You can ask Sister Jinyu!" After that, he continued to read the account book.
The clan elders and wealthy people quickly turned to gold and jade.
Jin Yu sat on a small bench, straightened her waist and said: "Didn't the land in the village expire last year? We returned the land to the villagers, and now even if they don't rent my land, they still have land to farm!
"
When Fugui heard this, he quickly said: "In the past, the average person had less than one acre of land, but now farming makes money, and everyone in the village is thinking about planting more acres! Besides, your family has so much land, and you can't even plant it yourself!"
Jin Yu sneered and said: "I can't grow my own land, but I have to rent the land, and it depends on who rents it to. Those who let dogs eat their consciences will not rent my land even if it is deserted! What's more!
Who in Chuhan doesn't know that as long as they rent my family's land, not only will they be provided with seeds and fertilization recipes, but even if there is a disease or something, my family will also take care of it, and they will only charge 40% of the rent. Such a good thing
Where can I find it? How many people have come to my house in Liuye Town and Zhuli Town, saying they want to rent a few acres of land and build a home here!"
The clan elders of each family naturally accepted the request of the family's grandsons when they came. They originally thought that their reputation was big enough and they could solve this matter without saying anything else. But now they were beaten by Jinyu.
Qiu Bai, all of them lost their composure, so they put down the presumptuousness of the clan elders and persuaded Jin Yu one by one. In the end, the clan elders and Fugui spent all their time and good words, and then they heard Jin Yu loosely say:
"Since it is the village chief uncle and the clan elders who have come forward, we can't go against the wishes of our elders too much. We can go our separate ways when disaster strikes. This has been the case since ancient times. We will still live in the same village after all, so that's it. We are willing to continue renting
Yes, we can continue as usual, but please tell the old village chief uncle to convey our wishes to the clan elders. People must live worthy of their own conscience. Some people do those things, which is chilling!"
The clan elders and the rich naturally knew the meaning of Jin Yu, and they all responded in a nonchalant manner. Seeing that it was getting late, they left.
Usually, when fresh fruits and vegetables arrive, the Zhao family will ask people to deliver some. Now, the freshly picked peaches and apples are placed in front of them. Several people want to eat but have not had the chance to eat them. Now they are gone.
, and did not see the Zhao family asking them to take some back, they knew that this time, the villagers had indeed chilled the Zhao family. When they arrived at the ancestral hall, those who had done something wrong were waiting and were taught a lesson by the clan elders.
Especially when the Zhao family was having trouble in Dagenshang, the clan elders did not want to see it and asked Fugui to go back and take good care of it.
After Fugui returned home, Mrs. Zhang heard that he had gone to the house again. She went crazy trying to lose weight like a skeleton, and finally couldn't breathe. Fugui was scolded by the clan elders, and she was angry, so she went to
Mrs. Zhang quarreled for a while and left the room angrily. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhang left without even breathing.
When Fugui got the news and came back, Dagen and several brothers had already put on Zhang's shroud, and they all knelt on the ground and called for mother.
Fugui was also in a daze for a moment. Although he and Zhang had not gotten along over the years, they had been a couple for more than thirty years after all. Now that they were gone, he felt empty in his heart. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to react.
Dagen had been ostracized by the villagers these days because of the noisy incident at Zhao's house, so he was particularly resentful of the house. Now that he saw Fugui standing next to Zhang's body, he was so moved that his temper suddenly rose and he shouted loudly.
He said: "Now that my mother is dead, are you proud of yourself? So that you can marry that old Huangfu woman?"
Fugui was startled, slapped Da Gen on the face, and said angrily: "You are also a father, why don't you speak through your brain? It doesn't matter if you bury your father, don't bring others with you!"
"Don't think I don't know. Over the years, you have helped the Zhao family more than you have helped your own family. You have given up the position of village chief to Zhao Maimai. What, Zhao Maimai is your son?" Dagen covered his face.
shouted loudly.
Fu Gui trembled with anger, took off the soles of his shoes and hit Da Gen on the head hard, and the father and son started fighting...