I am a ruler in troubled times

Song Jingming was going to the woman's house to be employed by Najib, so Song Peiyu asked for leave on purpose.

As soon as he arrived in Xianyang, Mrs. Ye asked someone to find a pair of weaned sika fawns and raise them in the garden of the big house.Now that a few months have passed, the sika deer being served by Haosheng is lively and docile, and it happens to be used as Song Jingming's first betrothal gift.

Song Peiyu and Song Jingjue wore similar golden and red brocade robes, and personally led the two sika deer to follow Song Jingming.

Unsurprisingly, Song Jingming's future wife was born in the Lu family, but she was not the daughter of the head of the Lu family, but the eldest daughter of the younger brother of the head of the Lu family.

After deciding to enter the court, the first thing the Lu family did was to separate the family.

According to the rules left by the ancestors, the Lu family is divided into Beilu and Nanlu.

The master of Beilu is the eldest son of the Lu clan's old patriarch Shang Shuling, who is also Lu Jihe's father.

The master of Nanlu is still the old head of the Lu family. When he passes away, the ancestral house and ancestral property of the Lu family will be inherited by the youngest son.

Bei Lu and Nan Lu were completely separated, Shang Shuling and his family had already moved to the mansion bestowed by Emperor Yonghe, and he would not easily associate with Nan Lu for non-yearly feasts.

But after all, they are blood relatives, Nanlu married a daughter, and married the eldest son of the Song family.

On the day of the appointment, because of emotion and reason, Bei Lu had to have someone present.

Song Jingming is both a descendant and elder, and he is undoubtedly the next head of the family. His marriage is a major event for the entire Song family, and the dowry is the strength of the whole family.

As far as Song Peiyu knew, at least the elder brothers who lived in the main house would carry boxes of things to the main house a few days before their appointment.

Song Peiyu also sent a box of rubies the size of pigeon eggs to the big room.

Thanks to the great generosity of Emperor Yonghe and the third prince, otherwise Song Peiyu really would not have a private house that had nothing to do with the Song family.

Even if he is younger than Song Jingming, he is still an elder, and he can't take the same things as Song Jingjue, it's too ugly.

It's just that the luxurious betrothal gift hurt Song Peiyu's voice. As the man's elder, he had to read out the gift list aloud, so that all the guests present could see Song's sincerity in getting married.

Barely finished reading a page, Song Peiyu's throat was so sore that she couldn't stand it, and finally she was looking forward to the reward from the palace, and hurriedly handed over the rest of the gift list to the elder brother who had been waiting by her side for a long time.

He has already claimed the jackpot, and he can leave the rest to anyone.

Emperor Yonghe admired two pots of bright red coral, which were half the size of a person. Even though the guests present were well-informed, they also praised the rare quality of red coral.

As for the Tuyuhun royal family logo on the red coral pure gold base, in the eyes of the guests, not only is it not a flaw, but it is even more glorious.

Concubine Mu Gui's reward is quite satisfactory, and it is wishful for Xiangyun.

If there is no red coral pearl and jade gifted by Emperor Yonghe, the quality of Yiyu Ruyi can be called rare.

However, her reward was placed behind Emperor Yonghe and in front of the East Palace, so she seemed a little careless.

In addition to the two gold ornaments inlaid with precious stones, the reward from the East Palace also included the brand-new Mrs. Uncle's custom crown prepared by Song Peiyu for Eunuch An.

Since the previous dynasties, there has been an old custom in the palace to reward over-the-counter wedding dresses when there are happy events in the homes of capable officials.

By the end of the former dynasty, the royal family lost its deterrent power, rituals and music collapsed, the strict hierarchical rules in the early days of the former dynasty were in vain, and the old customs of appreciating clothes gradually became less known.

Eunuch An walked this trip in person, and said to Song Jingming's father-in-law with a smile, "Young Master has a heart, and he specially asked Shao Yin to intercede in front of His Highness, and he asked for this gift crown, so that he can marry the fifth girl in a good manner. .”

"The fifth girl should keep this gift crown well. In the future, Uncle Yunyang and his wife will take care of the rest of the world, and the fifth girl can still use it." Eunuch An's mouth seemed to be smeared with honey, and Song Jingming's father-in-law couldn't close his arms. Mouth.

People like them, who would use the wedding crown again, but Eunuch An's words are really pleasing.

When Song Jingming inherits the title of Uncle Yunyang, his daughter will be the upright Mrs. Uncle, and this crown is just worn a little earlier.

This is the Song family boy's heart and Song Shaoyin's face in front of His Highness, and it is also his face.

His daughter is worthy of Song's attention.

Facing Master Taishan's gratifying and loving eyes, Song Jingming bowed his head shyly.

Suddenly remembered that before departure, Song Peiyu mysteriously told him that there was a surprise.

When the people in the palace left, the banquet became more and more lively.

Song Peiyu was distracted and explained a few words to Jin Bao before continuing to socialize with her voice that had just recovered.

After the dizzying busyness came to an end, Song Peiyu remembered that Song Jingjue, who came to the Lu Mansion with him to hire him, mysteriously disappeared at some point.

After casually asking a few familiar people, but with no results, Song Peiyu became alert and hurriedly asked someone to look for her.

Finally, in the corner of the Lu Mansion garden, I found a person holding a jug of wine, glass after glass to pass the time.

Song Peiyu was so angry that she strode to Song Jingjue's side, and said in a low voice, "Get up! Let others see what it's like. If gossip spreads, you don't have the face to see Jingming."

On the day of the appointment, the brother-in-law of the groom-to-be drank his sorrows in the garden of the bride-to-be's home, and he didn't need to think about how outrageous rumors would spread.

Song Jingjue silently put down his wine glass and got up from the ground, bowed his head and stood beside Song Peiyu, which was very different from the happy expression when he just set off.

Song Peiyu felt that something was wrong, looked up at Song Jingjue's face, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Song Jingjue didn't want to answer at first, but couldn't bear Song Peiyu's urging, and said in a muffled voice, "Seeing that my elder brother is so happy, I can't help but wonder if I will be in such a mood when I get married."

Song Peiyu stared closely at the change of Song Jingjue's expression, and found that Song Jingjue's irritability was still filled with distress, and her whole heart was raised in her throat.

He took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to tidy up Song Jingjue's clothes, took the jug and wine glass from Song Jingjue's hands, and said seriously, "If you have anything to say, we'll talk about it when we get home. This is Lu Mansion, you can't be ashamed here."

Song Jingjue nodded, and returned to the banquet with Song Peiyu. Apart from being extremely silent, there was no abnormality at all.

However, Song Jingjue with this appearance will only make Song Peiyu more worried.

After returning to the Song Mansion, Song Peiyu directly took Song Jingjue to Tianhuju.Tell Yinbao to guard the door and not allow anyone to enter the study.

Song Peiyu first lit the candles, letting the warm yellow light fill the room, sat beside Song Jingjue and pondered for a long time, then decided to get straight to the point, and asked, "Do you have a girl you like?"

Song Jingjue, who was in a daze with his hands on his face, froze for a moment, hesitated for a long time, and then nodded almost invisible.

"Whose girl is it?" Song Peiyu poured a cup of hot tea for Song Jingjue, the expression on her face was blurred by the hot air, but her voice was very gentle.It was enough for Song Jingjue to hide in Song Peiyu's residence when Song Jingjue got into trouble when he was a child or looked stupid under Song Jingming's comparison. Song Peiyu's tone comforted him.

The familiar tone made Song Jingjue's stiff shoulders and neck relax a little bit, and his voice was not as haunted as it was at the beginning, but it was full of bitterness, "It doesn't matter who the girl is, anyway, we can't, and she might not like it." I."

Song Peiyu's fingers that were loosely resting on the chair suddenly tightened, and the pads of her fingers turned blue and white, but her voice did not change, "Anyway, we are the only ones here, and I promise I won't tell anyone."

Song Jingjue sat in the armchair with hot tea in his hand, staring at the candle light in a daze, and didn't immediately answer Song Peiyu's words.

After a while, he said in a barely audible voice, "It's a girl from General Murong's residence."

Song Peiyu's face was blank immediately, she had no impression of General Murong that Song Jingjue was talking about.The whole person collapsed as if deflated, just like Song Jingjue, nestled in the recliner in a daze.

He really has always been angry since he was still in Lu's mansion, for fear that I love you and you love him, or I love you and you love me but want to marry him, and the bloody plot will happen to him.

Even though he just wanted to beat up the culprit who scared him enough, Song Peiyu still felt pity for the young Mu Ai and Song Jingjue whose personality had changed drastically but didn't know it.

As long as it's not his sister-in-law-to-be, it's fine for Song Jingjue to like anyone.

"Where does General Murong serve? Why can't I remember such a person?" Song Peiyu rubbed her brows and asked wearily.

Speaking out of the mouth is equivalent to opening the mouth in secret, Song Jingjue is much happier than before, "It was General Murong, but he was the left servant of the Ministry of War half a month ago."

Song Peiyu immediately corresponded to a specific person.

This general Murong has black hair and blue eyes, and he has the blood of Tuyuhun. He is a rare fierce general in Zhao State.But it was not under the command of Emperor Yonghe, but under the command of the Mu family.

According to the Song Clan's intelligence network, this General Murong should be the concubine of the Mu Clan, but his birth mother's status is too lowly, and his birth father is just a side branch of the side branch. This son of foreign blood.

Later, General Murong was famous in Youzhou for his bravery, but it was not easy to change his surname.

But there is no doubt that General Murong is definitely one of the core figures of the current Mu family.

"The first time I saw her was to accompany my mother to go to Yunqing Temple to offer incense." Song Jingjue didn't care if Song Peiyu was listening or not, and slowly described the process of his sinking.

While thinking about General Murong, Song Peiyu listened to the boy's thoughts.

The conclusion is that his silly nephew fell in love with the girl from General Murong's mansion at first sight, and then couldn't help but inquire about everything about her, but so far he has never had the courage to show his face in front of other girls, and it is not even clear whether Miss Murong knows that there is such a person as him .

"It just so happens that my father and mother are also discussing marriage for me." Song Jingjue lowered his head like a big dog with no energy, "I went to test my father's intention."

Song Peiyu raised her brows, surprised that Song Jingjue was so promising and learned to 'test', curiously asked, "What did the second brother say?"

"Father said that the Mu family's daughter is not a good match, so let me stop thinking about it." Song Jingjue kicked off his boots, his eyes and brows were full of grievances, "Father also said that the Mu family's daughter must not like me."

Song Peiyu was almost taken aback by Song Jingjue, and said hastily, "You don't like Miss Murong, why are you a girl from the Mu family?"

"What's the difference?" Song Jingjue said quietly, "I always have to take into account the reputation of other girls. She is the only daughter of General Murong. If I say Miss Murong, my father will definitely guess who it is. Besides, even General Murong should have a surname. Mu, I am right that she is a daughter of the Mu family."

Song Peiyu was about to be laughed at by Song Jingjue's crooked manner.

It's just such a piece of wood, he deserves that he can't marry a wife.

Song Peiyu can assure you that his second brother must think that the Mu's daughter Song Jingjue is talking about is the girl who lives in Mu's main house.

He remembered that the only unmarried girl in the Mu family's main residence was the young daughter of the head of the Mu family. Every time Liangyi Palace sent something to the East Palace, this girl would embroider the purse with her own hands.

Based on Mu's good calculations, what the second brother said is correct, this Mu's daughter absolutely despises the son of the servant of the Ministry of Rites.

Song Peiyu was about to speak, but Wu Zang Temple suddenly protested, only to realize that he only ate a few pieces of pastries all day, and was so hungry that he was panicking.

So he asked Yinbao to go to the small kitchen to get him something to eat, and seeing that Song Jingjue was really sad, he went to pick up the few fruit wines in the altar himself.

The small kitchen serves Song Peiyu only, and there is always rich broth on the stove, just in case Song Peiyu is suddenly very hungry and wants to eat soon.

In a short time, two bowls of hot beef noodles were served, along with several freshly mixed cold dishes.

It is said to be beef noodles, but in fact most of the bowl is made of beef, and the rest is mostly vegetables. Instead, the hand-rolled noodles only occupy the bottom of the bowl.

Song Peiyu ate two bowls in a row, and wanted to eat more, but was stopped by Yinbao in a fuss, fearing that he would suffer from the accumulated food and suffer tomorrow.

Song Jingjue turned his sadness into appetite, he ate five bowls before he stopped, slumped on the soft couch and refused to leave.

It happened that Jin Bao came back and wanted to report interesting things to Song Peiyu.

Song Peiyu no longer insisted on beef noodles, and asked the small kitchen to bring some delicious pastries and fruits, and urged Song Jingjue to wash up before listening to bedtime stories.

Jin Bao had originally followed Song Peiyu to the Lu Mansion, and followed Song Peiyu's instructions to find Song Er who was attending the old lady's birthday banquet in the Xie Mansion.

Nothing important, the main thing is to get in and watch the excitement.

Mrs. Xie has a big birthday, and there are also rewards in the palace.

Emperor Yonghe was still so wealthy, Concubine Mu Gui was still careless, the reward from the East Palace was extremely interesting, it was a six-pound birthday peach, without any other decorations or even lines on it.

When Eunuch An read out the reward aloud, everyone hadn't noticed the problem yet.

After seeing the pure gold longevity peach held in the hands of the little eunuch, the originally lively atmosphere in the banquet suddenly cooled down.

I don't know who couldn't hold back the laughter, and said, "I saw a rich businessman in Yangzhou celebrate his birthday last time, and the birthday peaches he received were bigger than this one, and the patterns on them were even more beautiful. The father-in-law may have taken the wrong one and rewarded His Highness Take out your playthings to fool Mrs. Xie."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the Xie family were as exciting as an overturned palette. Xie Shilang had no choice but to stand up and be fair to Mr. An, who had a toothache, "Grandpa took the wrong thing? peach……"

Eunuch An interrupted Xie Shilang, "Isn't this peach in line with Mrs. Xie's identity? We also want to make the peach bigger and more gorgeous, but six catties and six taels is already the limit for ordinary people to celebrate their birthdays." Eunuch An waved his hand, "No matter how big it is, it's against the rules."

It is well known that Emperor Yonghe was extremely stingy in rewarding titles. In fact, apart from titles, Emperor Yonghe's rewards for his wives at home and abroad were also not that good.

Apart from Emperor Yonghe's own family, so far only the Song family, the Luo family, the Mu family and Bei Lu have received the court clothes of foreign wives.

Eunuch An said that Mrs. Xie was white, and there was nothing wrong with her at all, because she hadn't received the court uniform and imperial edict of the same rank as Xie Shilang.

Before the dumbfounded Xie Shilang could speak, Eunuch An preemptively lowered his eyelids, "Your Highness doesn't pay much attention to these rules. But we all know that Mr. Xie always cares about these things, so we have to remind His Highness, don't break Mr. Xie's rules and regulations. It's just that..." Eunuch An looked around, staring at the magnificent place, the solemnity on his face turned into just the right doubt, "It seems that we will be wrong? In fact, Mr. Xie doesn't care too much Rules, or only care about rules when it comes to certain things.”

After Eunuch An said those words, he shook his sleeves and left, and Xie Shilang had no face to force him to stay.

Speaking of it, it was Xie Shilang who tripped Donggong first, and then Donggong responded slightly.

Moreover, every sentence of the eunuchs in the East Palace is inseparable from the rules, and the content is not related to the notes written by Xie Shilang when he prepared the court clothes for the third prince. It can only be said that they are exactly the same.

Even though most of the guests at the banquet had a close relationship with Xie Shilang, they couldn't say words of comfort at this time.

After all, the Eastern Palace is in full swing, and everyone is afraid of being caught talking about it. The most important thing is that His Majesty has shown his attitude to stand behind the Eastern Palace in various actions since he became the throne.

Poor Mrs. Xie got angry for no reason, but she couldn't be happy on a good day, and she had to go back to her room to rest with excuses early on.

The guests were all discerning people, knowing that the host had no intention of entertaining guests, they offered to leave one after another.

Unexpectedly, the East Palace team that left not long ago, they came back again.

This time it was not Eunuch An, but Laifu, the servant who had been serving the third prince since he was a child.Now that he is named in Qianniuwei, even though it is not enough to see it from the seventh rank, people outside still have to respect the name of Changshi for the sake of the third prince.

Laifu is much more kind than the eccentric Eunuch An, and apologized to Shilang Xie as soon as he entered the door, "Eunuch An misunderstood you, not only did he not repent, but he blamed you for the fault, it really shouldn't be. Your Highness has Punish Eunuch An for half a year, and ask Mr. Xie not to hold grudges."

Xie Shilang was keenly aware that the person who came was not kind, and he was not fooled by Laifu's kind appearance at all, so he just asked him to hurry over this time.

He regretted it as early as when he was scolded by Emperor Yonghe and was treated harshly by the Minister of Rites.

Unexpectedly, the third prince, who has always been short-tempered, would also beat him.

Laifu refused to let Xie Shilang wish, and took out a brand new gift list from his arms with a smile, and kept saying, "His Highness confessed that I want to make amends to the old lady and Mr. Xie on behalf of Eunuch An, and specially gave some more gadgets." '

He also ordered the accompanying people to take out all the items in each gift box, and took Xie Shilang and the guests in the front yard to enjoy them carefully. She is a noble daughter of the clan, at least a county head.

The so-called reaching out and not hitting people with smiling faces, besides, there are people behind Laifu.

No matter how painful Xie Shilang was, he would let Laifu make a long speech, and in the end even the singers and dancers specially invited for the banquet were saved.

Jin Bao followed Song Er and had a panoramic view of everything.

He is also a capable person, and he can imitate the expressions and tone of Eunuch An, Xie Shilang and Laifu without any sense of disobedience.

Not only did Song Peiyu, who hadn't seen a language program for a long time, watched it comfortably, even Song Jingjue, who was hurt by love, temporarily put his girl Murong down and smiled.

After Jinbao blew out the candles, he took the reward and left.

Song Peiyu was about to fall asleep, Song Jingjue jumped up from the bed suddenly, looked at Song Peiyu suspiciously, "Could it be your idea about the Xie family?"

Song Peiyu turned around and lay on her back on the bed, only showing bright eyebrows and looking at Song Jingjue, "Why do you think so?"

Song Jingjue pushed down the hair that was curled up on the side, and said in a low voice, "Don't think I don't know, brother never asked you to ask for a crown for your sister-in-law at His Highness. I heard that when Lu's mansion was preparing to make a crown, Send someone to ask my aunt's opinion, my eldest brother didn't sleep all night, and the next day I went to my aunt with an inch-thick paper, all of which were sketches of the crown."

Song Peiyu shrugged his shoulders indifferently, he really didn't know about this episode.

But it doesn't matter, no one stipulates that the bride can only wear one crown on the wedding day. Anyway, there must be more than one auspicious dress. The crown designed will definitely be used.

There is no need to explain Song Jingjue so clearly. Song Peiyu explained another reason to Song Jingjue, "I asked for the gift crown for Lu's daughter, and I was also asking for Jingming's face. I have no enmity with Mr. Xie, so I need to trouble him for anything. Besides Donggong also had good intentions, but I didn't expect that Xie Shilang's words and actions were different. His Highness is so honorable, and he was willing to give the old lady Xie another treasure after knowing that he would be wrong. If I were Xie Shilang, I'm afraid I would die of shame."

Song Jingjue struggled to change his expression a few times, and finally stayed in agreement, "Your Highness is really a good person."

"Your thoughts are useless, you should think about Miss Murong." Song Peiyu didn't eat less when she heard Xie's jokes, and then she started to panic, so she just sat up and chatted with Song Jingjue.

'Miss Murong' seemed to be a switch, and Song Jingjue, who had regained some energy, immediately paused, "Father even said it was impossible, if I continue to pester me, I will be different from a prodigal son."

Song Peiyu let out a muffled laugh, she was very sure that the young Mu Ai would make people lower their intelligence.

Poor Song Jingjue was not very smart in the first place, but now he is showing a sense of stupidity.

"Talk to your second brother tomorrow, don't say anything about Mu's daughter this time, just say that you like the girl in General Murong's house." Song Peiyu leaned on the bed and taught Song Jingjue, "Shut all the twists and turns in your head Come to think of it, even if your father still doesn't allow you to marry Miss Murong, why are you still clamoring all over the world about whom your son can't ask for?"

Song Jingjue still didn't understand the difference, but he could probably guess that he might have done something stupid again.

He should have been depressed, but he couldn't help but smile because he thought of the turning point in his relationship with Miss Murong.

Song Peiyu couldn't help but ignore Song Jingjue's stupidity.

Fearing that he would make trouble out of inexplicable ideas when things came to an end, Song Peiyu reassured him, "You are the eldest son of the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Miss Murong is the only daughter of the minister of the Ministry of War. If you refuse immediately, you come to me, and I will help you persuade the second brother."

The next day, Song Peiyu had been secretly paying attention to Chongyi since school, while waiting for the summons from the Hall of Qinzheng.

His nonsense can deceive that idiot Song Jingjue, but he can't deceive the person Chong Yi and Emperor Yonghe who is always paying attention to the East Palace.

As a result, both the father and son were able to hold their breath until Song Peiyu left the palace, and the situation was still calm, which wasted the few sets of rhetoric that Song Peiyu had prepared long ago.

It was rare to return home earlier, so Song Peiyu went to pay Mrs. Song a special greeting. Seeing that Mrs. Song was in high spirits, and Aunt Liu was rosy and fatter, she felt relieved.

Ever since Song Peiyu started to be an accompanying reader, her free time has become less and less, and the time between going to the backyard to say hello has naturally become longer and longer.It happened that he had business to do. No matter how much Mrs. Song and Aunt Liu missed him, they would not easily send someone to send Song Peiyu behind.

Now it's hard to wait for Song Peiyu to come to the door by herself, and they are not in a hurry, until the moon is in the sky, thinking that Song Peiyu will get up early tomorrow to enter the palace, then Mrs. Song and Aunt Liu are willing to let him go.

When passing by the hanging flower door of the big room, Song Peiyu unconsciously slowed down.After hesitating several times, even the boy guarding the gate noticed his abnormality and looked over frequently.

In the end, Song Peiyu returned to her Tianhuju.

The beautiful friendship of young Mu Ai should not be tarnished by court games.

When the second brother rejected Jing Jue, Jing Jue still did not change his mind, and it would not be too late for him to intercede.