Fast-wearing Inner Demon

The emperor has been on the throne for 20 years, no longer oppressed by the queen's family and the grand master, and his [-]th birthday, and his beloved imperial concubine gave birth to his youngest son a few months ago.

Therefore, the scale of this birthday banquet is really grand. First of all, hundreds of lanterns are hung on every main road in Beijing, and every tree on the main road must be surrounded by colorful brocades.

Then renovate the large and small halls in the palace. The Yingxian Palace, which started to be built years ago, has to be completed before the birthday banquet. The rest of the singing and dancing, and the wine and food at the banquet are all high-quality goods, even the tableware. The gold and jade are newly cast.

On the day of the birthday banquet, the embroidered red carpet was thrown in Yingxian Palace, the emperor sat down with the imperial concubine, had three glasses of wine, and after shouting long live, the emperor even generously handed down countless rewards.

Afterwards, the princes took the lead in presenting the birthday presents, all of which catered to the emperor's preferences, such as rare animals or ingenuity, and were rewarded by the emperor with a smile.

Lu Xu was ranked seventh, and Song Yuzhi was wearing a purple gauze dress. He bowed his head and knelt down holding a huge white jade in the shape of longevity. A jade ornament, a calligraphy and painting and some special products from the Western Regions, I hope Your Majesty will take pity on it."

The emperor paid a little attention to this good voice, and his casual expression slightly corrected, and ordered: "You present the calligraphy and painting."

Song Yuzhi took the scroll held by the maid behind him, raised his head to open the scroll, and it was the only time the emperor taught Lu Xu to write with his own hands when he was a child.

Song Yuzhi said: "This is a handwritten letter written by the Seventh Prince himself. He often said that he could not be filial to His Majesty's knees, and he deeply regretted it. He wrote a piece of handwriting as a way of admiration, and feared that His Majesty would forget him as an unfilial son. Dedicate this painting."

Song Yuzhi was able to catch Lu Xu's eyes, so he naturally caught the emperor's eyes, not to mention that the emperor already liked despicable women with no background, and the former Concubine Shu found that Concubine Wu Gui was born as a court lady, and she was originally his mother's foot-washing girl After years, she gave birth again. At that time, the woman who was crowned in the harem was no more than the same as Song Yuzhi today, but now Song Yuzhi is even better.

The emperor was so focused on looking at the beauty that he didn't hear Song Yuzhi's words clearly. He still looked around and rewarded a white jade branch. Even a fool would know who it was for.

The imperial concubine who was beside her was so angry that she wrinkled a veil, but she was able to spoil the harem not just because of her face.

Since you make me feel uncomfortable, I will make you feel uncomfortable. Concubine Wu Guijiao called Your Majesty coquettishly and said, "The Seventh Prince's filial piety is really commendable. I remember that the Seventh Prince is over eighteen years old and has not yet married. Your Majesty Why don't you add joy to joy, choosing a spouse for the Seventh Prince is also the care we should have for our children?"

The emperor said Shan, and asked the concubine if there was a suitable candidate for the concubine. Concubine Wu Guifei said that I, a woman in the deep palace, have never seen a few ladies, but my sister's eldest daughter has seen it and knows it. She is the eldest daughter of the Minister of Rites. If the work is okay, I'm afraid of climbing high.

The emperor said that I think it is suitable, and there is nothing to climb, so he immediately issued an order to confer marriage.

After the banquet, the emperor, who was going to spend the night in the imperial concubine's palace, ran to sleep with Song Yuzhi, who had already entered the palace quietly.

When I got up the next day to seal Song Yuzhi's beauty status, I remembered Lu Xu's painting, which aroused my father's heart, and ordered the people in the Ministry of Rites to prepare the dowry for Hetao Princess with all my heart. Everything should be refined.

And Lu Xu originally sent Song Yuzhi, what he was asking for was this occasional thought and the next pillow wind, so that he would no longer have to be cautious and stumbling hand in hand, and he was given a marriage like this. unexpected.

However, Lu Xu only received the news when he was in the Western Regions, and was about to make a move. The eldest daughter of the Ministry of Rites, Concubine Wu Guifei, was going to send the eldest daughter who disgusted and restrained Lu Xu on the back foot because of a small wind chill. lost his life.

Lu Xun was over eighteen years old, according to the ancients, it was too late to get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. After the eldest daughter of the Ministry of Rites passed away, the emperor Yinze was new to Song Yuzhi recently, and often went to sleep with her. Next, although Song Meiren was not in a hurry to help Lu Xu and didn't mention him as the seventh prince, but because Song Meiren was offered by Lu Xu, the emperor's sense of Lu Xu has improved a lot recently, and he soon gave him another word. Lu Xuxin bestowed a marriage offer.

This time, she is a noble daughter of the clan, with the title of a township lord. The girl's grandmother is the emperor's aunt. She was raised by the eldest princess since she was a child.

Lu Xu is satisfied with this newly granted marriage, although the new concubine can't provide any political help, at least she is not from the side of Concubine Wu Gui who has a grudge against him, and it was not sent here specially to dissuade him, or it is still lurking in Beijing A little bit of power on his mother's side can be considered satisfactory, except for Wu Guifei's family who are not too satisfied.

Satisfied, Lu Xu asked the housekeeper and the nanny to prepare the yard for the princess's arrival, and joked with his little nephew: "The adoptive father is going to find you a adoptive mother, are you afraid?"

He Jinfan was very happy, and said with a smile: "Really? Am I going to have a mother too? Do I want to give her a gift when my mother comes? What kind of gift should I give her? Will my mother give me a gift too? Will I? Make me new clothes like other mothers?"

"Which day are you not wearing new clothes?" Lu Xu pinched He Jinfan's nose, feeling a little jealous. The little nephew had never given him a gift, so he teased him: "When the time comes, the adoptive father will marry you. Mother slept together, what should I do if I can't accompany you any more?"

He Jinfan acted innocently. He said, "Father can ask someone to make a big bed. The three of us will sleep together, and I will sleep in the middle."

Lu Xu laughed and shook his head, thinking that the little nephew hasn't grown up yet, he's too innocent!

As a result, the country lord ran to compete with others for a horse. Two days before his wedding, he fell off his horse, broke his neck and died.

Immediately, there was a rumor that the Seventh Prince had restrained his wife in a small area in Beijing, and those who cherished their daughters a little bit did not want their daughters to be given marriages.

The emperor thought about it for a while, and chose the third daughter of a noble college student from the Hanlin Academy and two daughters from lower families to be side concubines, and sent them all to Lu Xu.

This time the three are all healthy and virtuous, thinking that there will be no more accidents, and if there is another accident, the seventh son will really kill his wife.

Lu Xu also took a deep breath in his heart. Although he had found himself powerless to be Jin Linggong after being forced to rely on himself countless times, he never thought about not getting married. Jin Linggong also has a wife. The decorations for him must not be less than others, and he does not believe that he is killing his wife.

The daughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was manipulated by the forces left behind by his mother, and the village lord in front of him can definitely be manipulated by Concubine Wu Gui. Now that he has taken care of this, there will be no more accidents, right?

Under the careful care of Lu Xu's order, this time the princess and the two side concubines stepped onto the frame smoothly and healthy, followed the horse team and the dowry out of the capital, and came all the way to the Western Regions in peace. get married.

Lin Lu looked at the bustling scene in the palace where everyone was preparing for the wedding banquet in red and green, and smiled slightly, don't bother, this is a world of pure love, Lu Xu, who finally insisted on being the regent for the sake of Xiaoshou A clean little gong is doomed not to marry a wife.

The reason this time was acclimatization. The three girls had been acclimatizing since they left the capital.

After entering the Western Regions, an area with a climate that is even more different from the capital city, the water and soil acclimatization will be even more serious. Even if there are doctors in the accompanying convoy, they will not be able to save the lives of the three girls who were not acclimatized all the way. Yu died.

Not to mention how Lu Xu's face turned black when he heard the news, anyway, the rumors of Hetao Wang Ke's wife were killed in the whole capital circle.

It was the emperor who gave up Lu Xu's enthusiasm for giving the marriage again, and only let the Si Tianjian say that the Seventh Prince's fate is not suitable for early marriage, and it will take a few years later to get married before everything goes well, so it was delayed like that.

He Jinfan saw that his little uncle's face was terribly stinky, beating chickens and scolding dogs, and even writing seventy or eighty large characters at night was still furious, so he kindly comforted him: "Father is fine, I will look for you when Xiaofan grows up. I will give you a beautiful and educated mother!"

Lu Xu was angry: "I think if you really find such a woman, I'm afraid I will snatch her as the bride first, and will you leave it to your adoptive father? Then you will sleep with the bride in your arms every day, and leave the foster father behind." It's hard to sleep alone."

He Jinfan swore to the sky and said: "No! I will definitely give it to my adoptive father first, and Xiaofan can find another one for myself. I am so good-looking, and I am sure many beautiful girls like it. There is a little girl in front of me who will give me a sachet oh!"

"Yes, yes, you are good-looking!" Lu Xu hugged the little nephew who was crooked and comforted and turned into a show off, bit his face, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I think Xiaofan is so good-looking." Why don't foster father wait for Xiaofan to marry foster father when he grows up?"

He Jinfan frowned, kissed Lu Xu back on the face, and said, "Only girls can be brides, and Xiaofan can only be grooms."

"Then marry the adoptive father and be the young bridegroom!" Lu Xu said, "I have raised a son-in-law!"

The marriage was abandoned because of being more human and looking for God's will, so Lu Xu focused his energy on managing the fief.

He first contacted some Yeren aristocrats, big merchants and mine owners, and received a batch of fine wines from these people, such as jade, gemstones, handmade blankets, and fine wines.

The personal guards trained by myself were sent to the Shanxi merchants in the northwest under the banner of the banner, in exchange for a large amount of silver, and a batch of scarce tea and other things from the Western Regions were shipped back to those night people. I only charged [-]% of the tap.

This batch of taps alone earned him 3 taels of silver, and the Yeren nobles who had tasted the benefits hurriedly collected a lot of good things, even better things than the previous batch, and delivered them to him. palace.

Lu Xu asked his personal guards to transport the second batch of things to Jiangnan, and he didn't sell them loosely. He directly divided the goods into several grades and handed them over to the big merchants in Jiangnan, still only taking [-]% ​​of the money.

Slowly, they made their names and personalities in the northwest and south of the Yangtze River. Compared with letting these merchants organize their own people to risk their lives at any time to buy goods in the Western Regions, and compared to those night people in the Western Regions who were caught by these merchants because they didn’t understand the market. Merchants lower prices when purchasing locally.

Lu Xu's method of only taking [-]% ​​of the middle operation can be accepted by both parties, and gradually it has formed a scale, and the number of each shipment is getting larger and larger.

There are also individual Shanxi merchants and dilapidated merchants from the south of the Yangtze River who want to turn around and venture into the Western Regions. For these, Lu Xu asked people to kill them as soon as they found out before entering the dark clouds, and the night people who secretly shipped goods were treated the same way.

The cultivated potato seedlings are also sent to Yeren farmers one by one, and they will be collected as tax offsets after the harvest.