Bastards

Cai family, one of the eight small families in Luoyang, Pingjun Wang's family, the deceased old man was once a hero in the founding of the country, and was honored and favored by the Holy One.

But this Cai family, looking at the colorful flowers, has long since lost real power. The junior members of the clan are officials, and they are also idle officials. They have attracted attention because they have a prince's grandson.The Cai family has no background, and the family style is sturdy, not to mention the aristocratic family, and the average family rarely likes it, so the in-laws they formed are not the daughters of everyone, and the style...is also a bit sturdy.Even if she wasn't tough before she got married, after a long time, she became tough after hearing it.

But a tough personality does not mean that people are stupid and have low IQ and no pursuit. Human nature means that the more you lack something, the more you care about it.

The Cai family needs face and respect even more because of their appearance, and they don't like being looked down upon.

The noble concubine of the Rong family, the Gan family, is indeed of good background. She is the daughter of a prominent family. Before she got married, she basically went to all important banquets in Luoyang, the capital of the empire. There is no special reason, and no one will deliberately offend her. But she is willing to degenerate, and she is secretly married to someone as a concubine. Who wants to talk to her?

Even if she becomes a regular wife now, the Rong family recognizes it, the Rong family recognizes it, and the one who has a relationship with the Rong family recognizes it, why should others recognize it?A few days ago, she was a concubine who could not go out of the second family, but today she can sit with all the guests. Her status is high. If someone who sits with her is too friendly and willing to make friends, wouldn't it be self-degrading?

But once she was soaring, she didn't know how to restrain herself, as if she wanted to express her depression, her nostrils were turned upside down, and she was still sour on Mistress Cai, is she so sore!

When she was not a girl in the court, she had to be admired and respected. Now that the status of the two families is similar, the daughter-in-law of the Cai family is not afraid. She is just a concubine who is rampant once she gains power. How dare you look down on the Cai family, who will tear you apart?

If you tear it hard, you will teach you the rules for the Rong family, and if you tear it lightly, you will look down on you!

Gan's is also a high-minded person.Before she left the court, she was regarded as a noble daughter. Although the royal daughter of a family like the Wang family is not willing to be friends with her, if the Wang family has a big banquet, they will not fail to send her a post. The royal family, even in the palace, She has also been there.

She is the first daughter of everyone, she grew up under the doting of her parents, and she is not uneducated. When she was young, she was infatuated and desperate to be a concubine. 20 years of time have passed, the family traditions of the Rong family, the rules of being a concubine, the rules of living in the house that must be learned... Little by little, she has been polished and transformed by the years, and she no longer has the vision, wisdom, and actions she had when she was a prostitute. Being no different from ordinary concubines.

Catering to men, fighting for favor, narrow-minded, short-sighted, Gan has learned it all.

Being the main wife and mistress is a thorn in her heart. After so many years and enduring for so long, her wish has finally been fulfilled. How could she remember to act cautiously and keep a low profile? She wished she could stand tall in front of everyone and let them take a good look at her !

She wants to wear the most authentic red, the most expensive peonies embroidered on her skirt, and pure gold and ruby ​​jewelry inlaid on her head. She wants to be beautiful, so that everyone who laughs at her will shut up!

She still has to pick up her previous skills, be good at dancing with long sleeves, and get the best relationship for her husband, so as to help the Rong family prosper!

It's so important to make an appearance this time, but Cai's daughter-in-law can't get along with her. She just picked a few random eyes, and no one else knew that this woman quit and came up to slap her in the face!

What do you mean she doesn't deserve to sit here?She is already a wife, why not sit here?The Cai family is for hospitality?Return to Pingjun Wang's family!

When Gan's anger got angry, he couldn't choose what to say, mocking the Cai family's declining days, donkey dung eggs look good now, but in fact there are not many people who are really bad, if it is not supported by the nephew of King Pingjun, who would come?It seems that Ping Junwang didn't come today, so he wouldn't give up on the Cai family!Tsk tsk, this year's banquet can still be lively, but next year it is estimated that the crowd will be neglected, and even the birds will not come to the door!

Cai's daughter-in-law became even angrier when she heard this.Look, what does this say?What is the surface gloss of donkey dung eggs?When did the concubine of the Gan family even learn the curse words of this street shrew?How vulgar!

Furthermore, King Pingjun is the prince, where is he going and what is he doing, do he have to tell you a foreign woman?Cursing other people's houses so blatantly, you won't be afraid that the wind will flash your tongue!

The daughter-in-law of the Cai family is a tough one, her toughness lies in her character, if she doesn't compete with the market for cursing, she is also from a scholarly family, how could she say something like 'donkey dung'?She is even better at cursing people around corners without swearing!

Gan's long-term wish has been fulfilled, and today she came here to show her face, not to lose face. Cai's daughter-in-law is too deceitful.

Cai's daughter-in-law was taken aback for a moment, women are stingy, quarrels are common, but real fights... are rare.The reaction was only a moment slow, and she was caught by Gan Shi, with several cuts on her face.

How could she do it?Immediately pulled Gan's hair——

Everyone reacted a little slower, the scene was out of control...

Immediately, a bunch of people came forward, pulling and persuading, and some people circled around to expose this matter.

But the two sides have lost such a big face, are they willing to expose it like this?

The Cai family is fine, they are having a banquet, so it can’t be messed up in the middle, the old lady’s mood and face are very important, and the Cai family has no taboos. It’s not a day or two. Send out a change of clothes, and I can come out to work again. I will talk about other things after the banquet.

Gan could not stand it.The day she was looking forward to with so much difficulty, the day when she regained her appearance and set off again, how could she not be angry if she made such a big fuss and was ashamed?While notifying her natal family, she brought a letter to the Rong family, and went to the palace to complain... Looking down on her, the Gan family, was looking down on the Rong family, and looking down on Rong Jieyu in the palace!

At this time, not long after the incident happened, King Pingjun was 'recovering from illness' and King Yue was busy, and none of the important figures in the palace knew what had happened.

The Gan family is from the Rong family, so if you want to file a complaint, of course go directly to Rong Jieyu.After hearing this, Rong Jieyu felt that this matter was really difficult to handle.

She is not as good in the palace as the family thinks, she has to do her best to help the imperial concubine, and she has to use all her wisdom to please the emperor without being known by the imperial concubine. Outsiders think that she is "very powerful" and "very favored" ', in fact, it was all given by the emperor and the imperial concubine, she doesn't have much autonomy, let alone take care of outside affairs.

It was she who asked the imperial concubine to use the case to make her move this time. As a result, this appearance caused such a big trouble. Will the imperial concubine Yue Wang be unhappy?

But I can't ignore my own affairs...

Rong Jieyu closed her eyes and thought for a while, and felt that she had to find a good reason for herself.

After thinking about it, she gave some instructions to Mrs. Gan, and then led her to Concubine Tian's palace.

The imperial concubine summoned her, Rong Jieyu took Gan's obediently to salute, greeted her well, Xiao Xiao made a wink, Gan's aggrieved, and explained the matter evasively.The focus is on how the Cai family inflates their self-importance, how they bully others and beat their guests at the banquet...

Concubine Tian Gui frowned when she heard this: "Did you really do it?"

"My wife dare not lie!" Mrs. Gan quickly raised her head to the side, showing the scar on the back of her neck to the nanny standing down the steps.

The mother checked it, and nodded lightly at Concubine Tian. Concubine Tian's voice was neither angry nor loud, as if she was neither in a hurry nor slow: "So, this daughter-in-law of the Cai family has passed the time."

Rong Jieyu's eyebrows drooped slightly, and she was gentle and gentle: "How can ordinary people live without any quarrels? But when encountering such a small matter, it is really a mistake for this child to rush into the palace recklessly. My concubine has already trained her , I hope the empress doesn't mind."

The imperial concubine drank tea slowly, her pink nails glowed with warmth, and did not speak.

Rong Jieyu pinched the veil, feeling a little uneasy: "I brought her here to talk about this, and I don't want to complain..." She sighed, as if breaking a pot, "I'm just worried about that— —Is there something on your mind?"

She quickly glanced in the direction of Concubine Cai Xian's palace, then knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty: "Maybe my concubine is short-sighted and thinks too much, I hope your mother will read it for the sake of my concubine's loyalty, don't blame me!"

Concubine Tian Guifei didn't punish Rong Jieyu, didn't blame Gan Shi, and didn't make any gestures, asking them to leave the palace.

The hall was silent for a long time before a sneering smile appeared on the corner of the imperial concubine's lips: "No matter what ideas are in everyone's mind, that Concubine Rong Xian, I really don't like it...Go, call her."

……

Soon, news came from the palace that Concubine Tian Gui had reprimanded Concubine Cai Xian, punished her to ground her feet, copied books on her knees, and prayed for the late Empress Dowager.

Concubine Cai Xian fell ill.It's not a set of scheming to compete for favor, it's really sick, and the sickness is so severe that the imperial doctors shook their heads repeatedly after the pulse diagnosis, with a deep meaning.

Outside the palace, Cai Jiarong's family, which caused this incident, is on the cusp of the storm, and no matter what they do, they can cause a wave of public opinion...

Cui Yu, on the other hand, was in a good mood, and he didn't feel too hot holding the little tiger while rubbing its fur. He was worried that the little tiger would be hot, so he fanned it with a fan.

"Sure enough, the black-clothed assassin belongs to Prince Ping!"

Yang Xuan nodded.

I was not sure before, but now I see the direction of things, and I am sure.In the prison, Peng Chuanyi had just negotiated terms with the man in black, and here Pingjun Wang's family started fighting with Gan's family... But the person who dared to use himself like this: "Pingjun Wang is very courageous."

"Yeah, it's good to win, but I'll be implicated if I lose." Cui Yan smiled and squeezed the little tiger's pad, "But the Cai family is in a special situation. This Gan family is also bad-tempered. The chances of winning are great. clever."

Yang Xuan didn't like to hear Cui Yu praise other men, especially his brother, and his brows were slightly frowned: "The fire is already burning, and all my men can stand still."

"That's right, things are going so smoothly, you don't need to add bricks and tiles at all, let our people prepare and prepare, and the first book will be ready soon..." The little tiger mischievously licked Cui Yu's palm, Cui Yu was in a good mood, and hugged him The tiger's head kissed his forehead heavily, and he talked to it in a drawn out voice, like coaxing a child, "Don't mention the prince's return to the palace, just please retry the Peng Chuanyi case... Isn't that right, little ugly?"

The little tiger cooperated quite well, howling with a very imposing "Aww", and jumped on the master to be rubbed against.

Cui Yu was tickled by it: "Haha, no more... Ah Chou, go away..."

The veins on Yang Xuan's forehead were about to pop out. He grabbed the little tiger by the nape of his neck with his big hands, and looked at it with cold eyes: "Don't disturb your master, go out and play by yourself."

The little tiger was not afraid of him. He opened his mouth wide and said "ha" to him, protesting and threatening: the tiger king is no longer a little tiger, and he refuses to be picked up like this!

It's a pity that he still couldn't resist the strength of the Great Demon King and was locked out of the door.

"What do you care about with it?" Cui Yu raised his voice and called Lan Qiao to play with the little tiger.

The little tiger is a wild one, and he will not be angry if he is not in the room. He quickly found other games...

Yang Xuan looked at Cui Yu who was in a very good mood, and was a little hesitant to offer the gift he just thought of.Looking back on the past two times... He thought about it and decided to wait.

……

King Pingjun was very good at playing, and Concubine Cai Xian was critically ill, so he quit, "supporting the sick body", and found Emperor Taikang.

She didn't say anything, just cried, hugged her father's thigh, and cried a lot.

I'm so sorry...

He doesn't blame Concubine Tian, ​​the concubine holds power in the harem, and there are rules for whoever rewards and punishes, and there is nothing to blame, but the young concubine of the Rong family ran into the palace crying, making Concubine Tian a dilemma, "I have to 'Punishing his mother and concubine Cai Xianfei is too much.

Yes, his maternal ancestral family was born recklessly, with no background and lack of rules. There have been a lot of jokes in these years, he admits, but his ancestral family is just a little dandy, and has never done any murder, arson, or harm to the country and the people. !Why let a concubine hit the door and bully her like this?

Then Gan's...became the official wife for some reason, but whose official wife is like this, she will do it when she visits other people's house if she disagrees with her?

The Cai family has no rules, he will take the blame for this, and he is willing to take responsibility for troubles. In Gan's husband's family, Rong Jieyu served well, the emperor wanted rewards, and the noble concubine wanted face. He is willing to come to apologize, why must he torture his mother and concubine?

What's wrong with his concubine?People are sitting at home, and the misfortune comes from the sky. She is too quiet and doesn't make trouble, so she deserves to be bullied!

The father dotes on the noble concubine, loves the king of Yue Changjun, and prepares everything for the king of Yue. He presses the prince not to return to the capital, presses him not to become powerful, and spoils his natal family to such virtues. He has nothing to say, he Caring, he is sensible, he is obedient, he gives way, he doesn't fight for anything, doesn't want anything, isn't his performance not enough these years?Isn't it worth protecting even a little bit!Can't even keep the mother and concubine?

This burst of crying made Emperor Taikang upset and guilty.

Emperor Taikang dotes on the noble concubine, and prefers the king of Yue. Anyone with long eyes can tell that no one is blind. Is he so old and ignorant?When this happened, Tian Guifei, who punished Concubine Cai Xian, was the most responsible, but he wanted to protect her, so he didn't speak immediately.

In the end, Prince Ping didn't blame Concubine Tian Gui, he hated villains!

No matter how much Emperor Taikang disliked his son, he owed King Pingjun a lot.They couldn't give Concubine Cai Xian love, couldn't give Prince Ping a favor, but the mother and son were very sensible, never fighting for anything, and indeed they gave way to King Yue everywhere, and behaved very well.

Such a good boy deserves some encouragement.

Furthermore, this son has lowered himself too much. A majestic county king, a prince, is willing to apologize to the wife of a concubine. Does it mean that he is incompetent as an emperor!

Emperor Taikang was very angry, and immediately dropped his cup, and said that he should send Gan's well.

As a result, King Pingjun had just left, and before the imperial edict was issued, King Yue came.

The king of Yue was even more able to coax Emperor Taikang, and he talked about this incident carefully, saying that the style of the Cai family is like that, and the whole Luoyang knows how easy it is to provoke people.As for the Gan family, she was also the daughter of a prominent family back then. Because of a momentary carelessness and the elders disagreed, she was wronged and became a concubine of the Rong family.In the past 20 years, she has been well-behaved, and the people of the clan saw her, and she has a good relationship with her husband, and her family background is also good, so she was mentioned as a regular wife.This is the first time to attend an important occasion after being promoted to a wife. She attaches great importance to it. She is so nervous that she can't eat well and sleep well. Being run over by the Cai family must be unbearable...

Anyway, the Gan family can't be blamed entirely, the Cai family is too barbaric.Not to mention his mother and concubine, the noble concubine holds the phoenix seal in the harem, and everything must be reasoned and fair.However, it's not like Concubine Cai Xian has never done some scripture copying in the past. She even took the initiative to copy at four o'clock and eighth day.

Of course, he didn't slander others for using tricks, but what's the use of arguing about this matter?If you have the time, it is better to invite a good doctor, so that it is serious to cure the concubine Xian...

Emperor Taikang thought it made sense.

Then he changed his mind and played fifty big boards on each side.

Concubine Xian is recuperating well here, and has rewarded her with many things to appease her.At the Cai family, they didn't give much punishment, but the daughter-in-law who caused the trouble was punished and not allowed to go out for two months.As for the Gan family...she didn't take her wife away, fined a large sum of money, grounded her feet, and rewarded a few beautiful court ladies to serve as his husband's concubines.

Emperor Taikang was very satisfied, and felt that these punishments did not seem excessive. The women in the back house didn't go out often, so it was nothing to be banned.The Gan family had bullied her husband for too long, and just after she was promoted to the position of wife, the palace rewarded a few concubines she had to take over, which was considered a slap in the face for her.

With this result, King Yue and Prince Pingjun were very dissatisfied, but they could only accept it.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, another moth appeared.

Concubine Cai Xian suffered a great crime for this incident. Others don't feel sorry for her, but Cai's family feel sorry for her. On this day, except for the daughter-in-law who was grounded, the whole family went out to pray for Concubine Xian at the most famous and most popular temple in the suburbs of Beijing.

And lit the lantern.

It's such a coincidence that the Rong family also went there today!Although there was no face-to-face between the two parties, but the enemy was [-]% jealous when he saw it, and it was quite normal to say a few words.What's abnormal is that I don't know why the Rong family's horse was startled suddenly, rushed up and hurt the concubine, the mother of Cai's family, and broke an arm on the spot!

Not only was his arm broken, but the ever-burning lamp for Concubine Xian in the palace also fell to the ground and went out!

But when this incident happened, there were many people at the scene, not only the family members of officials who had time to come, but also ordinary people, businessmen and tourists, everyone could see clearly.

Those who are familiar with it, gossip about the cause and effect in a low voice, and the crowd will become emotional...

This time, King Pingjun didn't hug Emperor Taikang's thigh and begged for it. There was nothing more sad than heartbreak, nothing was useless, he accepted his fate.

He resigned to his fate, but others couldn't stand it, and the rumors became more and more popular. Some officials could no longer pretend to be invisible, and wrote two notes at random, expressing that they had done their duty.Unexpectedly, these two drops of water caused a huge wave!

The Gan family of the Rong family was supported by the king of Yue. Of course, he wanted to protect him and let his own people speak for him. The book of "diligence" was secretly managed by the Prince of Heping, including Yang Xuan and Cui Yu who took the opportunity to stir up the muddy water.

From the arrogance of the Rong family, to whether the words and deeds of the Gan family are appropriate, and then to the difference between the concubine and the concubine, whether the concubine can be promoted to a wife, and whether the concubine's concubine's son can be changed to a concubine and inherit the family property.

Attacking from one side, blocking back from the other, I don't know who took the initiative to raise the Peng Chuanyi case.Over there, you see, Peng Chuanyi’s case was sentenced in this way. A concubine can be promoted to a wife, as long as she is a concubine.The dead daughter-in-law of the Rong family was surnamed Gan, and she was married to Jinlan with the Gan family?Food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be said indiscriminately!

The topic revolved around the concubine and the details of Peng Chuanyi's case.Turning around, the courtiers found out, no, if they want to crush sex to win the war of words, they have to study what is going on with Peng Chuanyi's case, so is Deng really qualified to promote his wife?

After studying and studying... I found that the case was suspicious, and the evidence was obviously insufficient, so why was it sentenced?At the foot of the emperor in the imperial capital, in the hall of the Ministry of Justice, if there is an unjust case, it will be detrimental to Da'an!

Someone proposed to retry Peng Chuanyi's case.

There was the first one who said that, and the second one said that. Gradually, the topic became unstoppable...

Emperor Taikang had a headache.

Blame no one, blame the king of Yue, what's wrong with the king of Yue?However, if a trivial incident got involved for no reason, how did you know that it would cause such a big disturbance?Blame the county king, he is the most wronged person inside and out in this matter.

Emperor Taikang had no idea in his mind, and wanted to let it go for a while, and wait until the limelight faded.

But this kind of thing, the whole court and all the officials are involved, it is not so easy to think about it.

……

Cui Yu was playing with his fan, smiling brightly and confidently: "Send someone to tell Zhang Song that it's time for the second fold."

Yang Xuan nodded.

He went out for a while, and came back with a big bowl of steaming soup.

Cui Yu was very curious: "What is it?" He leaned forward and sniffed it, frowning slightly, "It's a bit fishy."

"You've worked hard these days. I've had someone cook Shiquan Dabu soup for you." Yang Xuan put the soup in front of Cui Yu with a very reserved expression, as if waiting for Cui Yu to praise him.

With a dark face, Cui Yu threw the fan at Yang Xuan, "You are sick!"

For adult men... Most of the medicinal materials have the effect of nourishing essence and energy. To replenish essence and energy is to nourish the kidney.

In particular, Cui Yu could clearly see a slightly thick and long thing inside, and he knew what it was at a glance...

He glared at Yang Xuan angrily, no matter how you look at it, it is not pleasing to the eye, you need Shi Quan Da Bu Tang, your whole family needs Shi Quan Da Bu Tang!

"roll--"

Yang Xuan... Yang Xuan is very wronged, why is it wrong to care about her body?

Not to mention the two people whose brains were blocked and the communication circuit was wrong, but only to say that in the courtroom, there was a new book suddenly.

From concubines, wives and concubines, what are the rules handed down from the ancestors, concubines can never be promoted to wives, concubines are concubines, and can never become a concubine to confuse blood; when it rises to the national level, why do you talk about rules and why do you make laws? Fangyuan, if a family has no rules, the family will perish; if a country has no rules, the country will perish...

Sublimated from this angle, the prince will return to the palace!

As soon as the word "Prince Returning to the Palace" came out, there was a bang, like the fuse of gunpowder being ignited, like oil and wine being poured on the fire—it exploded!

The author has something to say: the prince brainstormed on what to give to kiss his daughter-in-law to be satisfied.

Yueshi & Wang Shibaniang (with bright eyes and firm expressions): Great work!It must be a good job!

Lan Qiao (clenching his fists and puffing his face): Sour plum soup!Master can't cook without this recently!

Little tiger (patting the table): It must have soft white fur, round ears, pink and tender meat pads, and the paws will not hurt the owner's face!

Prince (touching his chin and thinking): So... I have to wear round ears, put on a fur coat, wrap around artificial meat pads, hold sour plum soup in my left hand, and pat Matata's face with the paw of my right hand... Well, I have to be naked. , it’s best to have a haircut, braid a few braids, apply makeup, use essential oils as a base, put on an air cushion CC, and then apply some rouge and lipstick?

Mu Tong (touching his forehead but not seeing): ...You should kill yourself.