Malan was stunned on the spot and opened his mouth to say: "Miss..." But then it was as if his throat was pinched by someone else, and he could no longer utter a word. He looked at each other with his mother-in-law. He really didn't expect that Liu Miaozhen had made such an idea in her heart, and was dumbfounded.
There is nothing to say.
"Miaozhen is willing to marry Lin Fu as my concubine!" Liu Miaozhen repeated her words calmly.
After a long while, Malan licked his chapped lips, but he still only said half of the words: "Miss, what are you..." There are some things that cannot be said or asked. Apart from being shocked, it is really not possible.
Knowing what to say, at the end, he let out a long sigh, stretched out his legs to kick his mother-in-law, stood up and said, "Let my aunt talk to the eldest lady. I remembered that there are still things that I haven't explained clearly to that bastard Li Liang..."
So he put on his robe, took his attendants with him, and went to talk to Li Liang.
It happened that Sun Zhuang was drinking with Li Liang - Sun Zhuang's family was all in Chongzhou, and they had no worries in Xuzhou city. They were not in the military camp, and they did not participate in discussions. They just went to Jiuripaoze to drink for fun all day long, not at Malantou's house.
Just hanging out in Li Liang's house - when he saw Ma Lan coming over, he smiled and said: "I've stewed the mutton and boiled the wine, and I was thinking about sending someone to invite you over, but I was afraid that your mother-in-law would nag you, but I didn't expect that your nose would be like that."
Like a dog, he ran over on his own..." He asked him to sit down and drink.
Sun Zhuang was now regarded as the direct general of the Huaidong Army. Malantou was thinking about the eldest lady's matter and wanted to discuss it with Li Liang in private, so he sat down and shouted in silence.
Li Liang saw that Ma Lan didn't say a word for a long time, thinking that he was hiding something, so he asked: "Ma Shuai has been sitting here without saying a word for a long time, but what trouble has happened to him?"
"Lao Ma just has a curved belly and a lot of intestines. I'm afraid he thinks I'm an eyesore here?" Sun Zhuang glanced at Malan's head and asked.
"Isn't the matter of merit awards a headache?" Malantou said.
"Isn't that a big deal? Just follow the old rules when your generals perform meritorious service and you reward your wives with wine and meat. Although it's not easy to reward wives randomly nowadays, there are more wives and children, and it's easier to form a family.
To make a living, Huaidong has various preferential treatment for military dependents. It is easy for anyone who is willing to ask for a wife," Sun Zhuang said. "My lord has also said: If you draw up a clause, there will be no response from the military department. You
What are you still worried about?"
"Alas," Malantou sighed softly and said, "Huaiyang Town and Huaidong are completely different inside and outside, so how can we reach out to the military commander for the cost of pensions and merit awards?"
Hearing what Malantou said, Sun Zhuang became unhappy. He put down his chopsticks and spat out a large piece of half-chewed mutton into the plate. He sneered and said, "How dare you plan to drag people out to support themselves!"
How could the hundreds of thousands of carts of rice and flour used by the military department in the past two years be used to feed pigs and dogs? Is it possible that if you pull people out, you can cut the earth and split the ground to create kings and marquises? It is your fault that you have survived today!
"He held his knees with his hands, his eyes widened, and he wanted to swallow the ungrateful Malan head alive.
Li Liang remained silent. He also misunderstood what Malantou meant. Malantou sipped the wine in his glass calmly and said, "I don't want to be different inside and outside, but we are not cleaner than other families at all..."
Sun Zhuang asked angrily: "My lord, I went to Huaiyang alone, but I have no reservations about you. So far, the main garrison in Xuzhou City is the Huaiyang Army - what are you worried about? Are you worried, or are you?
Miss, what do you think?" With Xuzhou's victory, Huaiyang Town and Huaidong were almost integrated into one, Sun Zhuang didn't want to cause any trouble and break up at this time.
"The eldest lady is still in my house. Your sister-in-law is accompanying the eldest lady. They were talking about merit awards, but the eldest lady suddenly said that she wanted to marry you as your concubine..." Malantou said.
"..." Sun Zhuang almost flashed his tongue and was stunned for a long time but could not speak.
Li Liang also asked in a sullen voice: "This, this, why did this suddenly happen?"
There are some things that cannot be said or asked in front of Liu Miaozhen. In front of Li Liang and Sun Zhuang, Malantou did not have too many worries and said: "I just said that there is a difference between inside and outside, and Sun Zhuang is bragging at me and staring at me. We all
I'm going to touch my chest and say, Your Excellency treats us well, but I'm sure the generals below will have concerns, and I'm sure other people in Huaidong will have other ideas. I've also thought that it would be a good thing for Huaiyang to completely join Huaidong.
Everyone has a goal, but what about the eldest lady and young master?"
"..." Li Liang took a breath of cold air, something he really couldn't say out loud.
The Huaisi army used to be led by Liu An'er, but after the Huaisi War, the generals were led by Liu Miaozhen, and Liu An'er's surviving son was regarded as his young master - loyalty is the most important thing in the world, and "young master" is a taboo existence. Huaiyang Town Fortress
If you want to completely integrate into Huaidong, Liu Miaozhen and Liu An'er's surviving son actually pose an obstacle.
Once it becomes an obstacle, sometimes even life cannot be saved. The saying of "cutting the grass and eradicating the root" is by no means groundless.
Liu Miaozhen's marriage to Lin Fu as his concubine could subtly resolve this obstacle. As her husband, Lin Fu would take over the military power of Huaiyang Town. It would be natural and justified, and he would be able to convince the generals, and there would be no fight for power in the future.
Hidden danger.
Liu An'er's surviving son will not be suspected because of his status as "young master", and will be able to maintain wealth and honor for the rest of his life in Huaidong.
"Apart from your lord, who else in the world is worthy of the eldest lady? Why are you all so sad?" Sun Zhuang shouted, "When Commander An was here, he wanted to recruit Qin Zitan as his wife. Looking at Qin Zitan's arrogance, how could he be worthy?
Can you be the eldest lady?
"That's right!" Li Liang laughed and said, "It is said in the opera that 'it is better to be a heroic concubine than a mediocre wife'. I think this is reasonable!"
"This is said lightly. If it can be said like this, it is also a complete matter. But who brought it up?" Malantou said.
"If a man loves a woman, I'll talk about the big things." Sun Zhuang volunteered and stood up to talk about it.
"You idiot, even good things will be messed up for you," Malan stopped Sun Zhuang and said, "Why do you have to take care of the face of the eldest lady and the Huaiyang Army!"
After the initial shock, Ma Lantou left home and hurried to Li Liang's side to figure it out: it was really difficult for the eldest lady to make a satisfactory choice other than making a promise to you.
Not to mention that the eldest lady has a very high vision, what is the identity of the eldest lady, who can, who can, who dares to marry the eldest lady as a wife or concubine, we can't let the eldest lady live her whole life alone, right?
The key question is, who should bring up this topic? Malantou was troubled by this issue at this time. If he or other Huaiyang military generals came forward to mention this matter, it would have the meaning of "seller seeking glory". Malantou did not want to give others any trouble.
If you stab her in the back, you can't let the eldest lady run to the door on her own, right?
At this moment, a primary school student from Malantou's house ran in, panting, and Malantou asked him: "What's all the fuss about?"
"The eldest lady has gone to your residence. Madam wants the younger one to come and tell Marshal Ma!"
Malantou, Li Liang, and Sun Zhuang looked at each other, thinking in their hearts: Miss Hezhe really wants to marry herself off!
"What should I do?" Li Liang asked.
"What a big deal, drinking wine and eating meat!" Sun Zhuang shouted.
Malantou shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying: "Drink and eat meat, drink and eat meat!"
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Lin Fu had just returned to the back house to rest, and Su Mei was cooking and preparing the soup herself. Only when the bowls and dishes were put on the table did she have to report that Liu Miaozhen came to see her.
Seeing Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou's wife coming in casual clothes, Lin Fu did not let the women leave, but spoke in the side room and asked, "General Liu is here at this time. What's the important matter?"
"Miaozhen wants to be sisters with the Su family sister, Mrs. Xiaoman." Liu Miaozhen said.
Liu Miaozhen's tone was too calm. Although her request was abrupt, Lin Fu didn't want to go anywhere else. He smiled and said, "That's a good thing. One day, we can choose a good day and auspicious time for you to marry Jinlan..."
However, Su Mei, who was standing next to Lin Fu, was clever. Seeing the strange expression on Ma Lantou's wife, she thought that the "sisters" in Liu Miaozhen's words might have ulterior motives. When Song Jia was in Xuzhou, she mentioned Liu Miaozhen's name while joking with her.
Marriage, at this time, my mind was thinking about it, but how could a girl come to the door and propose herself as a wife or concubine? I felt strange, and I was afraid that I would be embarrassed if I guessed wrong, so I gently pushed Lin Fu's shoulder and said
: "Miss Liu's martial arts skills are world-famous, and she has the ability to stabilize the country. Xiaoman and I are both concubines - if we want to marry Miss Liu, we must be wives to have this qualification..."
After receiving this reminder from Su Mei, Lin Fu was also startled. He held the teacup in his hand and brought it to his mouth, subconsciously looking at Liu Miaozhen's face.
"Miaozhen's figure is too beautiful for adults to see, but..." Liu Miaozhen said solemnly.
Lin Fu shook his hands and splashed the hot tea on his chin. His chest was wet. It was so hot that Lin Fu could only inhale. He quickly raised his hands to wipe them with his sleeves. He did not forget to say to Liu Miaozhen: "Wait a minute, wait a minute."
He said, "Who made this tea? You want to burn me to death?" Not only did his chin feel extremely painful, but he also felt that nails had been placed on the chair.
This kind of thing was too sudden for Lin Fu, and he didn't know how to deal with it. Gao Zongting happened to come over and had something to discuss. He was waiting outside the house, and the guards came in to greet him. Lin Fu escaped and ran away. When he reached the door, he realized that he couldn't escape like this.
He turned back and said: "General Liu and Mrs. Ma will stay in the back house for dinner. I will discuss the matter with Mr. Gao, and then... again..." He stuttered and didn't know how to answer the question.
Su Mei said: "Sister Liu's family is with us. You go to see Mr. Gao."
Lin Fu walked to the study room outside his home as if he was running away. Gao Zongting saw that Lin Fu's chest was wet and said, "It's not an urgent matter. You can change your clothes and see Zongting again..."
"You are not in a hurry, I am!" Lin Fu told Liu Miaozhen what happened in the inner house.
Gao Zongting was startled and startled, and he admired and praised: "General Liu is really a unique and extraordinary woman!"