Pei Ruyu's words are right. It is not appropriate for Mu Anzhi to personally preside over the trade routes. This will attract the attention of all parties and increase the difficulty of the matter. Moreover, for Mu Anzhi, it is a waste of time and money. What Mu Anzhi has to do is, as soon as possible
Be familiar with the feudal affairs and master the feudal affairs.
The current situation is already very good. Marquis Lu has surrendered on his own initiative, and Ambassador Tang is also very sensible. However, the business of the trade route is completely left to sister Yuhua, and Pei Ruyu is a little uneasy, worried that she will be overworked.
The princess, Princess Xin'an and others all sat down for a while and then left, knowing that Li Yuhua wanted to talk to her mother's family.
As soon as the others left, Li Hongmei relaxed and stopped sitting on the edge of the Kang. She held Li Yuhua's hand and looked at Li Yuhua's purple lambskin clothes and the red gold hairpin with red treasures on his head. Her eyes were full of smiles, "Quickly."
Let me see, oh, my Hua'er! You really give face to our Lao Li family! Oh, you said that our Lao Li family doesn't have any smoke on the ancestral graves, why are you like this?
What a distinguished man!"
Li Yuhua also held Aunt Hongmei's hand and said with a smile, "Aunt Hongmei, you too, I heard from Sister Muxiang that you are now a third-rank imperial concubine, which is higher than Pei Zhuangyuan in terms of rank! Ordinary officials and common capital
I can't compare to you! You are simply bringing glory to the old Bai family!"
Aunt Hongmei's eyes flashed with laughter, and her clear lark-like laughter spread far outside the house through the glass window. Aunt Hongmei proudly corrected her, "You can't talk about the old Bai family now, you have to talk about the old Pei family.
Your current uncle’s surname is Pei.”
Li Yuhua giggled happily, "What did I say when I persuaded you? In the narrow area of our hometown, there are no good men. There are probably more talents in the imperial capital." Back then, Aunt Hongmei was a popular person, and even matchmakers came to her door to ask for help.
Let’s get married. Sister Muxiang is a matchmaker, but she is not willing to change her father. After Li Yuhua inquired with her acquaintances carefully, she persuaded Aunt Hongmei to reject the matchmaker. At that time, Aunt Hongmei complained to Li Yuhua several times, because later
The several marriages that came to our door were not as good as the first widower. Now Aunt Hongmei is so respectable, with a smile on her face, "We have reached the level of a princess, so don't mention the past things."
He warned Li Yuhua repeatedly, "You must not say it in front of your uncle, he is a bit petty!"
"Why don't you mention it, Aunt Hongmei, how popular you were in our villages all over the country back then. As soon as you became a widow, matchmakers came to your door, but you were thinking of your friendship with Uncle Bai and ignored you when you were observing filial piety.
Pass that matchmaker. When you become a filial piety, there will always be matchmakers in your family, but you have a high vision and ordinary people don't like you. It can be seen that you are waiting for your fate with Uncle Pei." Li Yuhua was born with a clever mouth.
In just a few words, Aunt Hongmei was transformed into an image of a moral and persevering widow. Aunt Hongmei smiled with eyes wide open as she listened, and she immediately believed in her heart that Li Yuhua had given her a shining life character.
He nodded and said, "I just said that Xiaohua, your intelligence and energy are exactly the same as mine."
Bai Muxiang rolled her eyes when she heard this, and said to herself, just blow it.
Since Aunt Hongmei became a royal official, her vision has become different from ordinary people. She also studied the knowledge about titles and official positions with her daughter, mainly because she wanted to know where her imperial title ranks among the elders.
In this way, when Aunt Hongmei found out that Li Yuhua had become the prince's concubine, she was as shocked as a thunderbolt, and the story on the stage became true in the blink of an eye.
Oops, her Xiaohua is now a member of the royal family!
How can this be achieved?
From then on, Aunt Hongmei's pursuit of life reached its peak. After all, someone in the family was related to the royal family and had a backer. What would she have to worry about in the future?
Look at how lavishly Li Yuhua spent today. When she saw her twins, they were both rich in gold and ingots without saying a word! She is indeed worthy of being a daughter of the old Li family, she is so sincere!
Relatives are very close when they meet each other. Aunt Hongmei felt sad as she held her niece's hand, "You said your mother is so unlucky. How happy your mother would be if she saw you today."
"Isn't it?" Li Yuhua also regretted that her mother left too early. Not to mention that she didn't see her today's glory, she didn't even catch up with her good days of making money. However, Li Yuhua never dwells on the past.
Instead, she advised Aunt Hongmei, "This is also destiny. Looking away for the moment, when I was in the imperial capital, I wanted to get my mother a royal title, but it never happened. When I become successful in the future, I will definitely give my mother a high official title.
Lord."
"That's right!" Aunt Hongmei nodded fiercely, agreeing very much with Li Yuhua's approach, and asked Li Yuhua how his life has been in the past few years. Li Yuhua crossed his legs and said proudly, "It's okay, I usually eat it in the morning
After dinner, I went to the palace with my third brother, he went to court, and I went to the Ci'en Palace to give peace to the imperial grandmother."
"Who is Grandma Huang?" Aunt Hongmei asked.
"That's my great-grandmother. Since she is now the empress dowager, her grandchildren call her the empress dowager." Li Yuhua explained.
"Oh, Xiaohua, you can't do that! Isn't the Empress Dowager the emperor's mother? Have you ever met the emperor?" There was indescribable expectation, admiration, and fear of the superior imperial power in Aunt Hongmei's eyes.
, and a little excitement.
"Of course I have. My father-in-law is my father-in-law. How could I have never seen him before? We eat together from time to time." Li Yuhua waved his hand and said with a bold look, "I'm not bragging, my parents-in-law and elders all like me.
!”
"You're definitely not running away this time!" Aunt Hongmei slapped her thigh hard, agreeing with Li Yuhua's words, and recalling Li Yuhua's glorious history as a boy, "When you were twelve or thirteen years old, all the mothers-in-law from all over the country were running away.
I like you. Even the big families in our county sent matchmakers to the village to inquire about you! When I went out, as long as there were young people in their prime, there was no one who didn't fawn on me. You mentioned that those families were always giving me advice.
When giving gifts, you expect me to give him a good word in front of you, which makes me extremely worried. I wonder how ordinary people in your family are worthy of my Xiaohua? I originally thought that your sister Muxiang would get a good marriage.
After arriving in the imperial capital, I will also find you a respectable in-law's family in the imperial capital. It turns out that I have spotted a boy from a big shopkeeper's family, and I followed them to Northern Xinjiang before we even started. Hey, who wants to get fate? Your father is still alive.
!Xiaohua, how is your father?"
"It's great to be an official in the imperial capital!"
"Hey, your father is not a person. Fortunately, Xiaohua, you have also benefited from him." He also warned Li Yuhua, "If he wants to benefit from you, don't let him! Your mother has had a hard time in the past.
, how much hardship you have to endure!”
Li Yuhua said, "I listen to Aunt Hongmei."
Aunt Hongmei was so happy that she moved closer to Li Yuhua and quietly asked her why she hadn't given birth to a child yet. When Li Yuhua mentioned this, she became angry, put down the tea bowl in her hand, stopped drinking the milk tea, and said to Aunt Hongmei,
"What are you talking about? It was you who fooled me before, saying that you can have a child by kissing me."
Aunt Hongmei laughed loudly, "It's not like you two thought everything was strange. You went out to grab shepherd's purses, and when you came back, you said you saw your second eldest sister-in-law vomiting in front of the house, and asked if she had a bad stomach.
. She is pregnant, and you two asked why there is a child, so I will make up a story to fool you. Hehehe, you can’t believe that when you are not so old. What a silly girl~"
Aunt Hongmei giggled happily. Li Yuhua stared at her for a while and found it funny, so she couldn't help laughing. Li Yuhua said, "Uncle is here, isn't it? I heard from Sister Muxiang that my uncle's medical skills are very good, so I asked my uncle to come and treat me."
I’m here to diagnose, how come I’m getting married and there’s been no news for a long time?”
Aunt Hongmei pulled Li Yuhua and asked her to stand on the ground. Aunt Hongmei took a closer look at Li Yuhua's figure and said, "Although you are not fat, you have a slim waist and a round butt. You look like you have a good figure.
You must be too young, your sister Muxiang said, you were married to the prince the year we came to Northern Xinjiang. You were just sixteen years old at that time, and your birthday was too young. You were like a fool before.
It's impossible to have a baby right after you get married. You see you are taller now, your breasts are straightened out, and your butt is round. I don't think you need a consultation soon."
"Don't people get pregnant as young as fourteen or fifteen?" She was actually seventeen when she consummated her marriage.
Aunt Hongmei took a sip of the hot milk tea and said in a tone full of life experience, "You have to look at who it is. Some girls grow up early and have strong bodies. You have always been like a stick. When you are fifteen,
I just had my menstrual period and I was anxious to death. Before, I thought you were a stone girl."
Hearing what this was called, Li Yuhua was almost furious. He glanced at Aunt Hongmei and said nothing good, "You are just a Baijiacun woman. How could my uncle be a serious doctor, and he is still a Jinshi? I don't know."
How did you get it?"
"Hey, this is called skill!" Aunt Hongmei was also very proud of her second spring.
Li Yuhua called Yunque in and prepared to consult professionals for advice, "Please come in and meet Uncle Pei."
Li Yuhua had always known that her Aunt Hongmei was married to a Jinshi of a similar age, but she never expected that Aunt Hongmei would meet such an elegant and scholarly uncle.
Li Yuhua said to her heart, "My dear," she said. She said that whenever Aunt Hongmei mentioned my uncle, her happy face would bloom. Aunt Hongmei is indeed a blessed person.
Uncle Pei Qi didn't go far, so he went to the side hall to have tea. When he saw the maid coming to invite him, he got up and went to pay homage to the princess. As soon as he entered the room, his twins who were playing on the floor shouted happily at the top of their lungs.
"Dad, dad——" he ran over, each holding a thigh, Axiu kicked Tao Xiangqiu, "Grandpa, grandpa——"
"Oh, oh, oh, oh." Children, I have to pay tribute to the queen first. Uncle Pei Qi hung a little fat kid on one leg, rolled the Tao Xiang ball back to Axiu, and clasped his fists in an ungentlemanly manner, "My queen."
"Uncle, you don't need to be polite, come and sit." The maid brought hot milk tea, Li Yuhua said with a smile, "I've heard about your and Aunt Hongmei's happy event. We are far apart in the imperial capital, and it was a mess at first, until now.
We just met. Uncle, you are no outsider. I heard from my Highness that he studied with you when he was a child, and you were also his mentor. Now we are getting closer. My Highness also said this morning that he was in the imperial capital.
I got several pieces of ancient inkstones and ink. I said you liked these the most, so I kept them as soon as I saw them. This box is for my uncle."
The maid brought a red enameled gold-coated mother-of-pearl wooden box and gave it to Uncle Pei Qi. Uncle Pei Qi quickly thanked him and accepted it. Aunt Hongmei glanced at the box and was very curious about what was inside. She also wanted to say that Xiaohua was
He is very thoughtful, so if he has any gifts, he will not give them to me together, but give them to his seventh uncle alone. This is to make him a good person for his seventh uncle. Hey, this girl is so clever.
Li Yuhua said straight away what he wanted to say, and wanted to ask Uncle Pei Qi to check his pulse. Uncle Pei Qi asked someone to get a small medicine box and took out a snow-white pulse pillow. Li Yuhua put his wrist on it, and Uncle Pei Qi put two fingers on it. He closed his eyes for a moment and then withdrew his hand.
, "Except for being a little irritated, my wife is in good health. I've prepared a meal plan to clear out the fire and you'll be fine after just a few days."
Li Yuhua said, "But my third brother and I have been married for three years and we haven't seen any pregnancy. What's going on?"
Uncle Pei Qi is a doctor and has a lot of knowledge. He checked the pulse and said with a smile, "I see that your mother still has a childish look on her face. She was younger three years ago. She can get pregnant without getting married. Both men and women have grown up physically.
, it is better to conceive a child. In fact, it is not good for the mother to be pregnant if she is pregnant too early. If the mother becomes pregnant suddenly before the pregnancy is completed, it is not good for the mother. Please take comfort, my dear, you are in good health."
Li Yuhua breathed a sigh of relief when Aunt Hongmei said in hindsight, "What I just said was because I was young."
"Aunt Hongmei, you are talking nonsense, how can you be as reasonable as what my uncle said?" Li Yuhua smiled and thought about asking Uncle Qi to give Third Brother a check-up after dinner. The imperial doctor in her palace also said that they and his wife were not married.
The problem is probably that the fate has not yet arrived.
At noon, Mu Anzhi and Pei Ruyu came over to have dinner. Mu Anzhi and Pei Qishu had a half-master friendship, so they naturally had a lot to say when they met, and he also met the legendary Aunt Hongmei.
Well, Mu Anzhi can't say anything wrong with Aunt Hongmei, but with Uncle Qi's character and appearance, there are certainly better choices. However, if he wants to rely on Uncle Qi's indifference and aloofness, and have such a happy and lively wife to accompany him, what's more,
What's wrong with having children around your knees and husband and wife living in harmony?
That is, the mother-in-law marries the clan uncle...
Mu Anzhi humorously solved the problem of addressing his old friend, and was very gentle and polite to Aunt Hongmei.
When Aunt Hongmei saw His Highness the Prince, the phoenix and the grandson, she really felt that she had gained a lot of dignity for the rest of her life. If she went back to her hometown now, she would definitely be able to boast about it in the next life!
Staying until night, Pei Ruyu, his wife, and Aunt Hongmei's family said goodbye and left. Mu Anzhi returned to the house and saw Grandma Sun, Skylark, and Axiu playing Tao Xiangqiu. Pei Ruyu went over and broke the ball at Axiu's feet.
Xiu screamed and pounced on him to grab the ball.
Pei Ruyu saw that the ball was not made of pottery. It was sewn with leather on the outside to prevent the child's feet from getting hurt if he kicked it too much. There was probably a bell inside, which made the bell ring when he kicked it.
"I'm back." Li Yuhua put down the few notes in his hand, stood up and went to greet Pei Ruyu, "Hurry up and sit down and have a rest."
He called the maids to bring warm water and served him to wash his hands. He was not allowed to move at all, and asked the skylark to go down and pass the meal. It got dark early in Northern Xinjiang, so the room was lit with orchid lanterns, and the maids brought him meals, including the famous stewed soup in Northern Xinjiang.
There were also fresh vegetables and mutton. Pei Ruyu said, "I won't be cooking this mutton for a while." I got angry after eating meat along the way.
"I won't eat it. This is for you to eat." Li Yuhua said, "Uncle Qi said that I am a little irritated and asked me to eat something lighter. Aren't you feeling a little weak? There are medicinal herbs in this, which are the most nourishing.
."
"It's not a loss, I'm just a little tired from the journey." Mu Anzhi was depressed. In fact, both of them were fine. However, Mu Anzhi was diagnosed as slightly tired. Li Yuhua said that he was picky about food. When he arrived in Shaanxi and Gansu,
There was more meat, firstly because the weather was getting colder, and secondly because of the local people's diet. When they entered the northern border, the usual dishes were only dried vegetables. Mu Anzhi was not picky, but he didn't like this kind of food either.
There are so few. It’s simply worrying.
"Anyway, you should eat more tonic." Li Yuhua washed Axiu's little hands, put a bib on her, and carried her to the kang to feed Axiu.
Axiu still holds her own little spoon in her hand. From time to time, she can scoop out a piece of custard, and then she puts it in her mouth and eats it. Mu Anzhi said, "It tastes good when you look at Axiu's taste."
"This child must be able to use a spoon and chopsticks early on." Li Yuhua picked a piece of stewed fish belly and put it in Axiu's little mouth. Everything Axiu ate was delicious.
Seeing that Axiu was eating well, Mu Anzhi also fed him a small piece of tender stewed mutton. Axiu didn't eat mutton, so he shook his head and said very seriously and clearly, "It smells like medicine~"
Mu Anzhi had no choice but to eat it by himself, "Don't stew the medicinal food tomorrow. I don't know yet about Uncle Qi. With his preparation, I will have to eat medicinal food for the rest of my life."
Li Yuhua said, "Isn't it enough to stew two portions, one with medicinal food and one without medicinal food?" She didn't force Mu Anzhi to eat more meat. It's not good to force food. The chopsticks of the two of them now
They all turned to small green vegetables and yellow mung bean sprouts. Li Yuhua said, "When we were young, Sister Muxiang and I loved eating stewed meat. We often thought that if one day we could eat stewed meat all the time, we would be satisfied.
."
Mu Anzhi smiled, "It shows that you have come to the right place."
"Don't talk about me. At that time, we still ate pork, and if we wanted to eat mutton, there was nowhere to buy it. The county butcher shop had to sell mutton during the holidays." Li Yuhua's head was slightly tilted, and there was a smile in his eyes under the orchid lamp.
Liu Zhuan said, "I asked Dr. Xiao Zhang to check the pulse of Princess Sun and the others today. We are fine and strong in this freezing and snowy environment. I was worried about them. Fortunately, they are all fine."
Mu Anzhi nodded, "You are thoughtful."
"It's my duty." Li Yuhua thought of Zhazi just now, "I just saw Mrs. Yuki greeting Zhazi, saying that she wanted to come to pay her respects to the princess tomorrow. Do they know each other before?"
Mu Anzhi didn't know either, so after thinking for a while he said, "The Ji family was originally a famous family in the imperial capital, and the Liu family was a founding member of the country. It would be normal if they had some contact with each other in the past. I'll ask grandma later, she will definitely know."
Li Yuhua scraped the fish mince steamed eggs in Axiu's bowl and fed Axiu. The child stopped eating. He patted his belly with his two fat paws and said with a serious look, "Auntie, I'm full~" His eyes
Just look at the ball on the table at one side.
Li Yuhua said, "I just finished eating. Let's rest for a quarter of an hour before playing with the ball." He asked the maid to give Axiu the jigsaw puzzle. The child must have something to play with.
After Li Yuhua had finished dinner in Mu'an City, Grandma Sun came over. Li Yuhua asked about the relationship between the princess and Mrs. Ji. Grandma Sun thought about it for a while and suddenly realized, "I can't remember it anymore. Yesterday I read Ji in the imperial edict."
Madam, she felt something looked familiar, and then she remembered, yes, that’s right. It’s been more than twenty years ago. As soon as I mentioned Your Highness and Your Majesty, I knew that Mrs. Ji’s natal family was the mansion of Duke Yao. Today’s Duke Yao belongs to Mrs. Ji.
Chang Shi, Mrs. Ji often followed Mrs. Yao to the palace to pay her respects when she was a child. I have seen some of them that I haven’t seen in these years. When I first saw them, I just thought they looked familiar and I couldn’t remember the others."
He elaborated on the relationship between Mrs. Ji and the Princess of the County, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, you know that the Princess of the County is the second wife of the Princess of the County."
Mu Anzhi Li Yuhua didn't know about this at all. Li Yuhua was shocked. He could marry into the prince's palace for the second time. Who did the county princess marry for the first time?
Mu Anzhi thought, Yuan also saw that the Prince of Jin was not worthy of the Princess, so it would make sense since he was getting married for the second time.
Grandma Sun continued, "Originally, this generation of the Ji family was two brothers. At that time, General Ji was the beloved general of the old Duke, and the old Duke promised to love his daughter. Unfortunately, the King of Northern Xinjiang suddenly rebelled, and General Ji lost the job.
He was seriously injured and died, and later the county princess remarried to the county prince's palace."
This can explain why Mrs. Tongji came to Zazi to visit the princess. She turned out to be her former sister-in-law!
Jifu.
The room illuminated by butter wax was exceptionally bright. Mrs. Ji looked at the list over and over again. General Ji took a closer look and saw various items on it, from headgear to fur and sweater materials, from household utensils to all kinds of trivial items. Then, General Ji also looked at the list from the list.
When I saw the cypress wood toilet on the street, I couldn’t help being surprised and asked, “What is this?”
"I didn't know that my sister-in-law would come before. When I saw her yesterday, I thought I had made a mistake. Later, after asking more carefully, I found out that my sister-in-law was really here. Alas, I asked someone to find out, and they said that my sister-in-law was having a very bad life in Prince Jin's Mansion.
Well, hey, I don’t have anything nice to say about that coward in Prince Jin’s Mansion.” Mrs. Ji temporarily put down the list in her hand and said to her husband, “This time, His Highness and the empress passed by the princess on their way to the vassal.
After being treated badly, I could no longer rely on myself, so I simply brought my sister-in-law and the eldest daughter to Northern Xinjiang. There was nothing I could do before, but now that my sister-in-law has arrived in Northern Xinjiang, we have to help her. She has come all this way, and my sister-in-law is not a lover.
The troublesome thing is to bring some belongings. I think we have to buy something useful for my sister-in-law." Mrs. Ji glanced at her husband and said, "I found out our eldest daughter's wedding list and added and subtracted a few.
It’s almost complete.”
General Ji didn't stop laughing, and pointed at the dowry list in Mrs. Ji's hand and smiled, "Okay, okay! Don't be too nagging, I've already asked you, the princess is a meticulous person, and besides, the third highness is
How could the princess treat her sister-in-law badly, as her sister-in-law’s nephew? It seems that the princess is treating her sister-in-law poorly. In this way, you pick up a few boxes of high-quality leather materials and send them to your sister-in-law. They have just come from the customs.
I'm afraid it's not suitable for the climate in Northern Xinjiang. Besides, forget about the jewelry on your head and face. You haven't been back to the imperial capital for many years. I don't know if the style in Northern Xinjiang suits her. She brought two carts of high-quality jade. Also, gold and silver clothing.
A box. Our family doesn't have much gold and silver, and I'm not good at running a business, and my sister-in-law knows that. Let her ride the good horse I got earlier, she has always liked horses best." After saying that, General Ji was still a little bit dissatisfied.
However, the princess treated him very well back then. In recent years, even though the princess has remarried, the couple has never forgotten this friendship.
Mrs. Ji said, "I still don't know the temperament of the Princess, but she seems to be very kind. I will go there by myself tomorrow. If the Princess agrees, we can all go there next time, so that my sister-in-law can meet the children."
"I heard that my sister-in-law's eldest daughter hasn't got married yet. When you go over, take a look at her temperament. We, Aran, haven't gotten married either. Even though the eldest girl is a few years older, she's not out of line. Don't mention this yet.
It has to be something that both families are interested in." General Ji immediately found a marriage for his youngest son who was far away in the imperial capital.
Mrs. Ji nodded, agreeing with her husband's idea, "If this girl has the character of my sister-in-law, we, Aran, will be blessed."
So, in a few words, the couple sketched out the outline of their youngest son's marriage.
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