The Hou Mansion was not divided into families, and the four houses had a large population. There were fourteen legitimate sons and daughters in total. The legitimate sons and daughters of a common concubine would definitely not be favored while the old master and the old lady in the mansion were still alive.
When the Hou Mansion was divided, the four houses would be nothing. Zheng Lun's father was just a civil servant and had no official position. The eldest brother only liked to dance with swords and guns, and wanted to participate in martial arts, but Zheng Lun's father did not allow it, and his words
He looked down upon people who practiced martial arts. Even now, he still hasn't accomplished anything.
Zheng Lun's father can only place his hope on Zheng Lun. Fortunately, Zheng Lun has good qualifications and will be able to take part in the examination next year.
"Speaking of the eldest prince, I think of the fourth prince. What happened with the fourth prince was really embarrassing." Zhu Pang didn't know if he wanted to change the subject, but he talked about the fourth prince.
"Alas! That's a poor man too!" Zheng Lun sighed, quite sympathetically.
Gu Chengyu also felt that the fourth prince, as a prince, was despised by those people in every possible way, and was not as good as ordinary people like them.
"These people behave like this, will the emperor be happy?" Anyway, Gu Chengyu felt that his son was despised by others, and the emperor's face was also lost, although this son has never been favored.
Sun Xian and others also heard about this. Some time ago, the emperor suddenly remembered that the fourth prince was already twenty-one and had no princess, not even a concubine, so he planned to find a girl from a noble family to marry him.
Unexpectedly, just by mentioning it in the court, the capital city would be stirred up.
Officials of the third rank and above, as well as daughters of suitable age from aristocratic families, all hurriedly chose marriage partners, causing the official media in the capital to laugh from ear to ear and lose their legs.
"Of course I'm not happy. I heard that he lost his temper during the morning session a few days ago!" Zhu Pang picked up the snacks on the table and took a bite. He felt so delicious that he wanted to swallow it with his tongue.
When the emperor found out, he was furious. How dare ministers like Longzi, Phoenix and Grandson dislike him? He criticized Sang and Huai in the court, and became furious. However, he became the master of the fourth prince, which also made those aristocratic families restrain themselves a lot. The capital only calmed down in the past two days.
In fact, Gu Chengyu can understand the emperor's thoughts. No matter how unfavored he is, no matter how disdainful he is, he is still the son of a true dragon. Is the royal bloodline something you ministers can despise?
"The fourth prince found out, and felt depressed again. I heard that he has not been feeling well these past few days, and he did not come out even after staying in the mansion."
Zheng Lun truly felt that the fourth prince was so pitiful. He did not have a capable wife and was not liked by his father. He was living a miserable life.
I have a title but no land. I am still living in a mansion in the capital. My status is really embarrassing.
"Okay! He is a prince, and he can live a more relaxed life than the rest of us. Once we have a fiefdom, and we move to the fiefdom, and no one controls us, won't the good times come? No one will care about what we do."
Zhu Pang envied the days when there was no one to control him. His father took care of him all day long and asked him to make progress. But he didn't like to write and write, which really made him miserable.
Gu Chengyu smiled faintly, Zhu Pang was so blessed that he didn't know how to be blessed. As a prince, he knew early on that he was not destined for the throne. He was suffering from illness, and he didn't know when he would accidentally pass away.
My mother is gone, my father doesn't care, and I still have to be looked down upon by others. I'm lucky to be able to endure such a life without having my temper twisted.
"Sir! The ingredients are ready, should you bring the things in?" Ming Yan entered the curtain and asked Gu Chengyu for instructions.
"Bring them all in! It's getting late and everyone is already hungry!"
As soon as Gu Chengyu finished speaking, Zhu Pang shouted, "Hurry up! I'm starving to death!"
Mingmo directed the girl to put the ingredients into the pavilion one by one, put charcoal in the oven, and began to skewer them for them to bake.
There are many of them, and besides, they are all hungry right now. If they do it alone, they will definitely have to wait for a long time.
"Come on, come on, this is a new way to eat it. Do it yourself, it will be delicious. I will demonstrate it first!" Gu Chengyu grilled a few skewers first.
"Your barbecue is interesting! Let me try it too!" Zheng Lun quickly took a bunch and prepared to make it himself.
"You can't eat meat without wine! Where is your homemade bamboo leaf green? Come out and let us try it!"
Zhu Pang had long been interested in the Zhuyeqing brewed by Gu Chengyu's house, and felt that it was no worse than the wine of the palace.
Gu Chengyu smiled and said, "Ming Yan! Go get it!"
After Ming Yan was ordered to go out, Gu Chengyu said to several people: "The wine I brewed is very strong! Everyone, drink less and don't get drunk, otherwise you will have a headache the next day!"
The wines in the Dayan Dynasty were mostly water wines, and good wines were also available, but they were very expensive. The Zhuyeqing brewed by Gu Chengyu used the distillation method and was much stronger than ordinary water wines.
"We haven't drunk yet! Are you reluctant to part with it? Anyway, we are staying in your village today, so we might as well just get drunk and have a good time!"
Zhu Pang was a good foodie, and he especially loved wine. Being able to drink the wine that Xiao had longed for, he naturally drank freely.
"How can I be reluctant to give up? If you are drunk, you will have a severe headache the next day. I will say this. Don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes!"
Gu Chengyu was a little helpless. It seemed that the jars of wine he had collected were going to suffer today.
When the wine was brought, Zhu Pang couldn't wait to open it. He took a deep breath at the opened wine jar and said: "Good wine, good wine! You should have taken it out a long time ago."
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"It smells really good, Chengyu, you are not honest! You have hidden it for so long?" It was also rare for Sun Xian to drink it. Smelling the aroma of the wine, the glutton in his stomach could no longer hold back.
"Ming Mo! Pour some for the young masters!" Gu Chengyu was just about to ask Ming Mo to come forward to serve him, when he saw Sun Xian and the others had already poured the bowls for each of them.
Snowflakes were falling outside the pavilion. Gu Chengyu lifted the curtain and looked outside, and found that a layer of white snow had piled up on the plum branches, covering the original blood-like red plums under the white snow.
"Sir! The second uncle and the others are already drunk, but they want to be sent to the wing?" Ming Mo looked at the drunken people staggering around and had a headache.
Fortunately, his young master has a good drinking capacity and does not get drunk easily, and he drinks very little. He is very restrained in drinking and sexual intercourse.
He has never been exposed to sex so far. Compared to other ridiculous aristocratic families who had a marriage at the age of thirteen or fourteen, his son is incredibly clean and self-sufficient.
"Send him to the side room to have a rest! Send someone to tell the second aunt's grandma and the Ye family, and tell the second aunt that Mr. Ye is resting in the village today."
Gu Chengyu turned around and looked at the drunken and unconscious people, and also breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, it was not that Gu Chengyu was stingy and refused to bring people to Zhuangzi hot springs.
It's that he is not used to bathing with others. Although he has been a man for more than ten years and is used to the extra things down there, he is still a little unable to accept it when he is asked to watch others walking around. 8