In the early morning, there was a gentle knock on the door: "Miss, uncle, it's time to get up."
Wu Shigong opened his eyes, feeling extremely tired. It was past midnight yesterday when the candles were extinguished, and he didn't have much sleep at all. He yawned heavily, turned around and looked around, and saw his little wife.
She huddled under the quilt, with only her head exposed, and looked at him quietly with her big black eyes. Seeing Wu Shigong looking at her, Xue Yufei smiled sweetly at Wu Shigong.
Wu Shigong also smiled at her. After yesterday's gentle night, especially after the incident of Bai Ling, and after chatting for half a night, the two of them felt that they had become much closer. However, Wu Shigong still sighed in his heart: "
Are two strangers going to live their whole lives in just one night? This arranged marriage does make people a little helpless. But no matter what, men always don't suffer."
Hearing a noise in the house, the maids pushed the door open and walked in holding toiletries. The maids lined up in two rows, standing face to face. The two rows of maids were arranged very asymmetrically, with four in one row and one embroidered bamboo in each row.
Both sides held their chests and heads high, and it seemed that no one wanted to lose their momentum. Wu Shigong looked at this situation and suppressed his laughter. He came to the side of the embroidered bamboo. Xue Yufei also got up, and the four maids also hurriedly
He stepped forward and surrounded her.
Xiuzhu served Wu Shigong to dress and wash his face. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wu Shigong joked softly in Xiuzhu's ear: "What a momentum, what courage, one to four, our Xiuzhu heroine is still not inferior in terms of momentum.
He is truly a hero." After hearing Wu Shigong's joke, Xiuzhu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Although there were many busy people in the room, no one spoke, so it seemed very quiet, which made Xiuzhu's laughter a bit harsh. After a moment of silence, Xue Yufei ordered: "Mei Yun, go to your husband's place to help." Xue Yufei
A maid over there responded, and then came to Wu Shigong's side. Suddenly there was a stranger, and Wu Shigong couldn't joke with Xiuzhu anymore. So, the room returned to silence.
The two of them worked quickly, and they quickly combed Wu Shigong's hair and tied it with a scholar's scarf. However, women were obviously slower in washing and putting on makeup. Wu Shigong waited for a while before Xue Yufei cleaned up. The maids took the two
Entering the hall outside the bedroom, there were two chairs side by side in the middle of the hall. Wu Shigong and Xue Yufei sat on the chairs.
Probably having been taught the rules, the maids knelt down and kowtowed to the young lady and uncle. Note that the young lady was in front. After the salute, Xue Yufei first took out a red envelope and gave it to Xiuzhu. This made Wu Shigong a little embarrassed.
Is there such a program? I didn't prepare it myself. Wu Shigong's money was packed in a box and he couldn't get it out for a while. He hesitated whether to rummage through the box to find it right away? Or should he give it to him later? Xue Yufei saw it.
There was a hint. She thought that Wu Shigong couldn't reward because he was in trouble, so she came to the rescue and said: "Zhuyun and you guys, I will give you the reward later." This made Wu Shigong breathe a sigh of relief.
Although he lost face a little, he finally passed this level. He also felt a lot better about Xue Yufei. He nodded to Xue Yufei to thank him. After the two had breakfast in the room, they went to Xue Lian together.
See you there.
Xue Lian and his first wife, Mrs. Zhang, were sitting and waiting for their daughter. The son-in-law came to kowtow in greeting. He felt a little uncomfortable. It is estimated that every father-in-law who regards his daughter as the apple of his eye has this mentality. It should be said that at first, Xue Lian
Lian was quite satisfied with the marriage. He heard that his son-in-law was quite strong and a prison student. But then news came that he had been kicked in a fight and his brain was damaged, which made him a little unhappy.
, Fortunately, nothing happened in the end. However, the news I got from the Wu family was a bit ominous. First of all, it was said that the son-in-law was a nerd. A nerd is a nerd, as long as he is honest and treats his daughter well. But then he learned from Xue
Qiang learned from his mouth that his son-in-law was very stingy and mean (this was Xue Qiang's personal experience). This made Xue Lian feel a little regretful. But now, the matter is done, and there is no use regretting it.
Xue Lian could only comfort herself by thinking: "After all, perfect things in the world are hard to come by!"
During the Wanli period, when Xue Lian was still the prince of Yangwuhou, he was selected as the companion of the emperor's eldest son. This was a great job, as he could build a good relationship with the future emperor. However, because Emperor Wanli did not like the emperor's eldest son,
He liked his younger son and wanted to make his younger son the prince, so Xue Lian's good job turned into a cold job. However, the power of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty was quite powerful. Emperor Wanli punished Emperor Wanli for his behavior that violated the rules of his ancestors.
A fierce struggle. In the end, Emperor Wanli had no choice but to establish the eldest son as the prince, the youngest son as Prince Fu, and granted Luoyang a vassal title. During these more than ten years of trembling and walking on thin ice, Xue Lian and the eunuch in the eldest son's mansion...
Wang An, Wei Zhongxian and others formed a profound fighting friendship.
When Emperor Wanli died and his eldest son became emperor, namely Ming Guangzong, these old people from the East Palace immediately stood up and took control of the power. However, the emperor Ming Guangzong did not live long, and he died within a year, and the throne was passed to
In the hands of the current Emperor Tianqi, Emperor Tianqi likes to have fun, especially carpentry work, and trusts Wei Zhongxian and others very much, almost to the point of obeying his advice. Therefore, the status of these old people in the East Palace has risen even more. And Xue Lian is also a heavy-handed person.
Quan, the governor of Jingying, became one of the two military nobles who controlled the imperial army (the other was Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng).
The structure of the imperial army in the Ming Dynasty was as follows. The leader of the governor-general was the eunuch sent by the imperial eunuch, and was assisted by two military nobles. Wei Zhongxian was the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch. As the most powerful eunuch among the twenty-four internal eunuchs,
The relationship between the two departments, the Chief Eunuch and the Royal Eunuch must not be very harmonious, otherwise the emperor would not be at ease. Wei Zhongxian put Xue Lian and Li Chengzuo, who had a very good relationship with him, in that position. What does that mean?
It's very obvious. It seems that not only modern people know about the gun barrel theory, but ancient people also understood it quite well.
However, although Xue Lian has a good personal relationship with Wei Zhongxian, the idea of loyalty to the emperor is still deep in his bones. I will be loyal to whoever is the emperor. Now, Wei Zhongxian is also very loyal to the emperor, so it is acceptable to obey Wei Zhongxian's orders.
Xue Lian saw his daughter and son-in-law coming in, and saw his daughter's expression was calm, and Xue Lian smiled with satisfaction.
No matter what era they do, it doesn't matter whether they resist or not. Wu Shigong and Xue Yufei knelt down and kowtowed to Xue Lian and Mrs. Zhang. While kowtowing, they said: "Greetings to Mr. Hou and Madam."
Wu Shigong felt a little funny when he called him this name. He called his father "Hou Ye" and called his father-in-law "Hou Ye". If there is a gathering of honorable nobles, how should these dozens of marquises be called so that they can be distinguished clearly? I don't know.
If someone is called "Wuhou" or "Xuehou", it would be similar to visiting Huaguo Mountain.
After the young couple kowtowed to say hello, Xue Lian remained silent, but Mrs. Zhang greeted them. Mrs. Zhang was quite kind, smiled and said some harmonious words to the couple, and then pulled her daughter into the inner room and said
The whisper went away.
Xue Lian asked Wu Shigong to sit on a chair nearby, pondered for a while, and asked some questions about Wu Shigong's family situation. Wu Shigong also answered Xue Lian's question. After a short time, the questioning was over, and the scene became a bit tense.
It was quiet. At this time, a middle-aged scribe came to the door to break the embarrassing scene.
The middle-aged scribe bowed his hands to Xue Lian and Wu Shigong and said: "Master Hou, students know that it is very inappropriate to disturb Master Hou while he is in love with his daughter's marriage, but this matter is urgent and everyone is waiting for Master Hou to make up his mind.
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Xue Lian nodded, got up from his chair, walked to the door and was about to follow the middle-aged scribe, but stopped to think about it, turned to Wu Shigong and said: "You should also come and listen, and your
Errands also have something to do with it."
"My errand?" Wu Shigong suppressed the doubts in his heart and hurriedly stood up and followed Xue Lian's footsteps and walked out.