The husband's son-in-law

The few words in the letter were the beginning of the turmoil in the great calendar.

Gu Zhao looked at the death of the twelve princes on the letter paper, followed by another sentence of mourning inside and outside the palace, and the latter sentence naturally referred to the fact that the Holy Majesty received the news and mourned excessively, possibly hurting the dragon's body.In the capital outside the palace, it is natural to be more sensible, not to drink and have fun, and to avoid entertainment and juggling.

He was thinking of something else.

Why is the way of death of the Twelve Princes the same as that of the former First Prince?

They were all injured during the war, and lost their caregivers.

At the time when the Anhui State was in chaos, Fengzhou was the territory of the second prince Zhao's family. The Holy One sent the second prince there to gather momentum and to show his favor to Zhao Jiatian's German army, but at the same time he was afraid that the second prince would become powerful, so he asked the twelve princes to follow. go to.

Everyone knows that it may be dangerous for the twelve princes to pass.The Holy Majesty probably knew it too, so he just gambled and tested again, to test that the second son would not deal with Twelve in the way the eldest prince died.

Perhaps he had misunderstood all these years, and someone else killed the First Prince.

As for the death of the Twelfth Prince, whether it was a real injury, or whether it was the second prince's hand, or someone else's hand, no one knows what the truth is.

Maybe someone planted money on the second prince, just like the strange death of the eldest prince back then, which made the Holy Majesty completely divorced from Concubine Duan's Zhao family lineage and became suspicious of the second prince.

The Holy Majesty was already old, and his body had not recovered from the loss from the previous poisoning case. This time, he heard the news that his son had died, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired man. In addition, the death of the twelve princes brought back the past, and he couldn't help but Thinking about the early death of the eldest prince, the three small kingdoms will all come to commit crimes.

Adding up the number of pieces, it was overwhelming, no wonder the memory of the original body was so good, the first half of the year saw the calm, but the second half of the year was full of storms and everything was settled.

I'm afraid Beijing will be even more bloody.

The second prince, who is far away in Fengzhou, might not be able to sit still, he wants to bring troops back to Beijing, right?Now the princes left in Beijing, May, [-], and [-]——

He glanced down the letter, and sure enough, the fourteenth prince had gone to Rongzhou.

The Holy One was angry.

The Twelve Princes went to attack the Kingdom of Hui and died. Although the birth mother of this child was a maidservant with a low status, but no matter what, he was also the prince of Dali, with pure blood. Not long after, the little Nanyi dared to invade, Emperor Kang Jing How not to get angry and angry.

Sending Shisi over there did not regard the prince as a life, wishing to die on the battlefield, let Shisi follow Nanyi relatives to kill each other to vent their anger.

Gu Zhao guessed right.

The situation of the fourteenth prince has always been like this. When he was a child, he was bullied by other princes and princesses. Yes, even the prince can climb to the top of the fourteenth. His mother and concubine Yifei has a stunning appearance. When he was first presented to Emperor Kang Jing, he was favored for a long time At first, the empress in the palace was jealous, but after a long time, she knew that the Holy Majesty only regarded Concubine Yi as a novelty.

They are treated as dancers and divas.

Because during several longevity festivals and family banquets, the Holy One ordered Concubine Yi to dance and sing for fun.On the surface, these women are praising their younger sister for dancing and singing songs, but they are making jokes behind their backs, she is just a Nanyi thing.

If the Holy Majesty really valued it and felt a bit of pity, why would he make fun of others in full view?There were other princes, brothers and concubines present at the family banquet.

It means that the eighth prince is down, the queen's power is emptied, and the fourth concubine manages the harem. Concubine Yi Xianqian said that she would not manage the harem and did not understand these things, and troubled the other three sisters.

...Concubine Yi and the Fourteenth Prince have always been cold, transparent people.They wish they had no sense of existence.Unexpectedly, Nanyi would declare war first.

After Gu Zhao finished, he only hoped that the second brother would be fine in Beijing. He didn't worry about the elder brother. No one cared about the big brother's yamen. Now that the small country is fighting, it is even more crowded, and no one will call it. The cabinet has also been promoted, and is involved in the vortex of power, especially this drama of seizing the throne.

There is a time gap between correspondence, which still takes a lot of time, and the information is not equal.When Gu Zhao saw the letter at this time, several gates in the capital had already been locked, and the second prince rushed to the capital with a team of soldiers and horses, and the death bell was rang in the palace, and there was a sound...

Nine tones.

Emperor Kang Jing died.

He ascended the throne at the age of six and reigned for 63 years, but in the end he failed to survive this winter.

There was a lot of crying and wailing in the Zichen Palace. The concubines, princes and daughters fell to their knees, crying like human beings. In the inner hall, the queen was asking Wang Zetian, did you not have a will because you stayed by your side at the end of the Holy Majesty?

When Emperor Kang Jing died, Wang Zetian also had a dead air, the kind of dead air that came back to life. An old eunuch, wearing a fourth-rank eunuch uniform, was held in the palace of Dali for more than 60 years, but he was always cautious, but now he is very cautious. Stretching his back, he replied neither humble nor overbearing: "The Holy Majesty has left an oral order."

The queen's eyelids twitched, wishing someone could gag Wang Zetian's mouth now and pull it down.

"Master Yan is also there."

"All the cabinet ministers are invited to come together, and the old slave will speak out."

It was dusk and evening when Emperor Kang Jing passed away. In the past, the gate of the palace had already been locked, but the human sperm that grew up in the palace, everyone knew that the matter of the throne was urgent. Not to mention anything else, the second prince who was far away in Fengzhou was still leading soldiers If the horse comes—

The party that was hidden under the ground is now on the surface.

The Five Princes' Party, the Sixth Prince's Party, and the eighth prince who has been trapped also want to fight - the eighth prince has long been deprived of his mind and doesn't want to fight for anything, but he doesn't fight, the queen behind him, the queen's mother clan.

If there is no dispute, and the new emperor takes the throne, will he still be alive as a descendant?

The mother of the fifth and sixth sons is from the Rong family, but the sixth prince marries the daughter of the Rong family, which is naturally a step closer. The fifth prince also knows about it, and they have made a lot of friends behind the scenes.

This night, the Zichen Palace was brightly lit, and no one in the ministers' mansions outside the palace closed their eyes.

All the cabinet ministers were there, Wang Zetian was there, and it is said that Lord Yan, who had heard the Holy Majesty's oracle, was also there. It stands to reason that after the Holy Majesty's oracle was proclaimed, here is the order of the subsequent procedures, how to arrange the funeral, how to arrange the remains of the Holy Majesty, and so on.

But the queen refused to let her go, saying that there were not enough people, and she wanted to ask the eighth prince to come out.

The courtier standing on the sixth prince said first: "No, the Holy Majesty personally issued an order to let the eighth prince rest and recuperate. He will not be called or leave the mansion."

"you!"

"Old minister Rong talks too much, the ancestors of Dali said that women in the harem are not allowed to participate in politics, but the empress has forgotten?" said the grand master of the Lin family.

In the fight against the eighth prince, the fifth and sixth princes are not stupid, so let's join hands first.But the queen is not without opponents, and the Zhao family sent by Concubine Duan also joined, saying wait a minute, there are not yet all the people.

What are you waiting for?Naturally, I waited for the second prince.

The Zhao family received the letter, and the second prince had already left and would arrive in a few days.

Drag it.

No one can leave the palace without a verbal order, especially Yan Jinxin——Wang Zetian is dragged into the water.Now Mr. Yan is not only hot, but also the center of the vortex.

After staying up all night and then stalemate for another day, the second prince hadn't come back yet, Wang Zetian was also in a hurry, he was in the body of a dragon, fortunately it was cold, if it was summer——

Ugh.

Until the evening, the Zhao family could not make a deal, because the empress family saw that the eighth prince had no chance, and the fifth and sixth princes went to win him over. His biological mother, concubine Xian, was lying down and talking to the empress.

At this time, the city gate reported that the second prince, Prince Kang, had returned to the capital with his men and horses. He had already arrived outside the capital. He was afraid that he would enter the palace soon. Someone wanted to stop him and close the city gate, but he didn't stop them. People came in .

This is another mess.

Until the fourth day, the oral order was issued.Prince Kang was unconvinced. Later, Gu Zhao heard that he saw blood, so he didn't know why. Anyway, Beijing was not stable for a month or two after that, and naturally he couldn't pass the New Year.

It is necessary to observe filial piety for the saint and mourn for the country.

Zhaozhouyuan, Gu Zhao read the letter and knew about it with his original memory, but in reality he didn't know that the Holy One had passed away. It will be the Chinese New Year, and the merchants who held the lantern festival this year are still gearing up to show their merits to Mr. Gu A lot, how to prepare and how to spend money.

... Then live another happy, safe and joyful year.Gu Zhao thought to himself.

There is going to be a war in the future, and the situation is not stable. Although the fifth prince ascended the throne, it seems that the overall situation has been settled, but he feels that Prince Kang will not let it go, especially with soldiers and horses, how can he be inferior to the fifth prince?I'm afraid the fifth prince promised something.

It's really a long way. The news of the national funeral is to rush to Zhaozhou, and it will take more than a month and a half.Therefore, this year in Zhaozhou is still the same as in previous years, or it is better and more lively.

It's just that Gu Zhao sighed while looking in the direction of Jingli from time to time.

The memory of the original body was let go, and he didn't know what the future would be like, so don't let it fall apart and become a mess, it's the common people who will suffer.

"Sister-in-law, you have been sighing in recent days." Li Zhouzhou woke up at night and didn't see his husband. The side of the bed was cold, so he got up and put on a cloak, and went out to look for it with a cloak in his hand.

Looking north again in the courtyard.

"Did something happen to the elder brother's and second elder brother's house in Beijing? Or senior brother?" Li Zhouzhou put a cloak on Xianggong.

Gu Zhao folded himself neatly, holding Zhou Zhou's hand with one hand, "I'm restless—" He didn't know how to tell Zhou Zhou.

Li Zhouzhou stopped asking.

But Gu Zhao shook hands, and then said: "It has nothing to do with the eldest brother and the second brother, maybe it has something to do with it, I am worried about the second brother-everything is fine in the previous letter, but I guessed wrong, I am afraid that the Holy One is going to die."

Li Zhouzhou opened his eyes slightly in surprise.

Before the autumn caravan came back, Xianggong brought a box of letters back to the main courtyard, and his expression was a little strange. At that time, when Li Zhouzhou saw the letter box, he thought something had happened. Later, he saw that the several houses in Beijing were all safe and sound. Yes, there is another good news, Xiaoshu is pregnant.

Before, Li Zhouzhou was worried that the Yan family would dislike Xiaoshu because of Xiaoliu's marriage, but now that Xiaoshu was pregnant, he was relieved. The Yan family definitely didn't want the trouble of retiring the engagement, so they focused all their attention on Xiaoshu.

Xiaoshu is really a lucky star.

"My family, Zhou Zhou, is the one. Zhou Zhou was always worried about Liu Fulang before, no, God loves Zhou Zhou so much, he won't let Zhou Zhou worry about it all of a sudden, it will put your heart at ease." Gu Zhao joked.

Because Gu Zhao made this joke, Li Zhouzhou forgot about the fact that Mr. Naxin's expression was not right.But after more than ten days, Gu Zhao ran out at night, Li Zhouzhou thought back to that day, and felt that something must have happened.

"This, this?" Li Zhouzhou didn't know what to say, and kept his voice low.

Gu Zhao shook Zhou Zhou's hand, his voice could be heard by both of them, and said, "I said I guessed, but I'm sure, please don't tell anyone else about this, let's have a good New Year."

"En." Li Zhouzhou agreed, but his expression was flustered.

The emperor is dead, so it's gone?Then who sits the emperor?

"A prince came from Rongzhou, and a fight broke out." Gu Zhao sighed, "These small countries really know how to look at the situation. They take advantage of your illness to kill you. They have been stable for so many years. What is it..." Chaos.

Now that Dali is facing internal and external troubles, the fifth prince—hope he can hold the situation under control.But after Gu Zhao finished thinking about it, he couldn't help but think of the Zhao family and Prince Kang's methods. The fifth prince can hold back his ass.

"Are you going to conscript?" Li Zhouzhou asked.

Who is the emperor seems to be unimportant now. Compared with the lives of ordinary people, it is too far away. It is not a matter for them to intervene. If there is a war, they will have to serve in the military.

Gu Zhao didn't know either, but he thought, if the fight continues like this, it will last for four or five years, and if it lasts for seven or eight years, he will definitely be recruited. I have to pay half of it, if it takes longer, it will really...

Ugh.

"Don't panic Zhou Zhou, we will be able to hold on for a while, and we won't be in trouble." Gu Zhao said something cold-blooded, and there is no way to change it.

Li Zhouzhou knew that Xianggong was not an official who didn't worry about the people.

"I hope God will open his eyes and settle down as soon as possible."

Hope.

Gu Zhao also begged from the bottom of his heart, whether it was useful or not, he prayed first.

The next day, as soon as I opened my eyes, life in Zhaozhou was still the same as before. The yamen was closed for work, and New Year’s gifts began to be issued. The public officials in the entire Zhaozhou yamen were happy and beaming, and the shops on the street were open. People buy new year's goods, smiling on their faces, carrying things in both hands, and children jumping up and down with candy in their mouths.

Fubao doesn't go to school anymore, it's winter vacation, and now he doesn't rest in the house, writing, doing homework, memorizing and practicing horseback riding. Wang Jian and Brother Lin also went home two days ago, and Brother Lin left two days earlier. I'm afraid I'm going to Ji Ting's house.

A dozen or so factories also shut down, and the workers also received New Year's goods.

Su Shiyi went to the prefecture and county to supervise the distribution of annual gifts. The factory near Zhaozhou City was handled by a few people of the loyal generation. Li Zhouzhou could take care of it nearby, just look at it and let these people exercise.

The 36 people brought back by Meng Jianyun last time, this matter is in the order of the alphabet. After sorting, it is the teaching rules. After a few years, they will be sent to school to learn characters first. Now they are living and settling in Li Mansion, serving as servants. .

The servants hired by the Li Mansion before were not dismissed either.After all, Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao didn't want to treat these people as servants of miscellaneous things. If they were really out of their minds and could only do housework, then they would stay with the current people in the mansion.

It’s finally the New Year’s Eve, so let’s go to the Chen Mansion to pay New Year’s greetings first, because the two Gu Zhaotong and Chen Weng paid their respects, and Li Zhaoxi’s seniority was lifted. For his nephews and nieces.

Gu Zhao looked at the box of gifts, and looked at Fu Bao's still very happy appearance, and immediately didn't know what to say, isn't Li Zhaoxi stupid!

Seeing that Mr. Li didn't worry about those things anymore, Li Zhouzhou said with a smile: "He grew up, and we didn't worry about food and drink. When outsiders look at the precious colored glaze, they burn two identical sets every time. One set is sold, and the other set is given to our house, he has used these since he was a child, they are just ordinary things, can you be unhappy if you call him a little uncle?"

"...Speaking of it, I, as a father, have a worldly eye for money." Gu Zhao thought about it later, and it really made sense what Zhou Zhou said.This generation earns money with their own hands. The second generation does not have this experience, so naturally they don't know how hard it is to earn money. "Our family, Li Zhaoxi, can be regarded as a decent young master."

He is a native of Dali. Although he is influenced by his "foreign" father's thoughts, his friends, classmates and servants are all locals' traditional ideas. In addition to his living habits, it can be said to be half and half.

Li Zhaoxi was happy to give presents, and the children of the Chen family were also happy to receive presents—naturally the grandchildren who were sixteen or seventeen were still reserved, but there were smiles in their eyes.

Chen Weng was also happy, so he called Brother Gu to have a drink.

Brother Gu doesn't want to drink anymore, this brother is a chicken thief.

Forget about the affairs in Beijing, and enjoy the new year, eat wine, play cards and play mahjong, mahjong was created by Gu Zhaosu, the female family members of the Chen family especially love to play, even if they win money, they don’t play much. I bought a handful of silver melon seeds and played with them.

Li Zhouzhou also won a small handful of silver melon seeds, and turned them all over to Xiao Liuyu and his brothers, saying: "You two take it and play, the New Year will be more relaxed and happy, Xiao Liu, put down your needle and thread, and your clothes are all gone." It's enough to wear, there is a sewing room in the mansion, don't tire your eyes, and have a good time with brother Yu, otherwise the new year will be very busy and there will be no rest."

The girl Xiaoliu is hardworking. After she learned how to make clothes with Brother Lin, no one in the house was short of them. His and Fubao's complete sets, and her father's and husband's's were all coats, and they were all finished and sent.

Li Zhouzhou knew that Xiaoliu did this on purpose, instead of being a one-person gift to one person, so that he would say no to it, and sent several sets, which was a heavy and sincere heart.

"Tomorrow there will be guests in the mansion, you also help me to entertain, ask some younger sisters to play cards and have fun with you." Li Zhouzhou made arrangements, anyway, the yard is big now, and everyone is open to play.

Before New Year's Eve, during New Year's greetings, the first row of these slaves bought by Li's Mansion was Li Chun, Li Xia, Meng Jianyun, and the newcomers behind him, Qi Qi, kowtowed to the master's house in the yard to pay New Year's greetings. Zhou Zhou Gu Zhao sent red envelopes to the big guys, and then they dispersed. They went back to the yard to eat for the New Year. They were not allowed to gamble and drink less alcohol. Although the food was not exquisite, there were many meat dishes.

Li Xia and Li Chun lived in a small courtyard. Meng Jianyun and Su Shiyi lived in front, but they ran over at [-]:[-] and brought a box of snacks. Li Chun was cold-hearted to the man, but Meng Jianyun It's much softer - it was the same before.

The two of them didn't communicate much, but they came from the same place after all, and they had an indirect connection before.

And Li Xia was also lenient to Xiao Meng, and asked Xiao Meng to stay and eat food together, Meng Jianyun stopped for a while, and really sat down, the three of them ate food together and drank a glass of wine.

"Happy New Year, be safe and sound." Li Xia said with a smile.

Meng Jianyun drank it all in one gulp and said, "Uncle Xia and Li Chun, Happy New Year." Then he left.

Li Xia went to send it to the gate of the small courtyard, and said to Xiao Meng: "You are wearing such thin clothes, you should add some clothes later to stop the cold, you are still young and you don't know how cold it is."

"I know, come back, Uncle." Meng Jianyun disappeared into the night.

Li Xia saw that no one was there, so he went back to the room, saw that Li Chun's posture was not moving, and said: "Everyone is gone, you treat him like a younger brother, you obviously care about him, but you sit down and don't say a word, We don’t meet a few times throughout the year.”

"I'm sorry for him, if it wasn't for his brother giving me a steamed bun, I wouldn't have died."

"Don't talk about the past when it's Chinese New Year." Li Xia sat down, "If you really mention it, everyone will be full of bitterness. Now that life is better, we have a home. Xiaomeng can come over today and bring some snacks , This is treating us like family members."

Li Chun nodded, "Yes, uncle is right."

I don't want to go back to the past.

In the days that followed, the five prefectures, merchants, and gentry came to pay New Year's greetings. The gates of Li's Mansion were not closed, and they received visitors all day long. The female relatives played mahjong, drank tea and chatted. The young masters brought by these mansions were all received by Li Zhaoxi Yes, I went to play ball on the grass slope in the woods.

Li Zhaoxi decided to play ball and race with Wang Wang at first, but later he had more friends and ran with Wang Wang together.Li Zhouzhou met once, and said that he could change to another way of playing. There are so many of you, and Wang Wang is always playing together, how tired Wang Wang is.

Dad was right.

But then Li Zhaoxi thought about it again, ran to Dad, and asked Dad: "Dad, you didn't let your classmates run and play with Wang Wang before, was it bad? People think I compare him with Wang Wang."

Li Zhouzhou didn't expect Fubao to think of it, and asked why you thought so.

"I told him later that I would not compete with Wang Wang, and he was secretly relieved. He had a good time playing that day." Li Zhaoxi said, he could see it.

"You regard Wang Wang as a relative and companion, but in the eyes of others, Wang Wang is just a dog. Comparing people with dogs, people who respect you as the young master of Li Mansion will certainly coax you in front of you, but they will be unhappy behind the scenes."

"Why didn't he say he was unhappy or unhappy?" Li Zhaoxi didn't understand, so if he said it, he definitely shouldn't compare.

Li Zhouzhou: "I don't want to offend you, I'm afraid you will get angry and stop playing with him. Fubao, in Zhaozhou, everyone wants to coax you to play and make you happy. That's because your father is an official, so everyone holds it Now, sometimes you can’t see the truth clearly, so sometimes you have to think more, especially when dealing with your valued friends and partners, be more patient, if you really can’t keep dating, then be a gentleman.”

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

Let’s just say that later, the game of running with Wang Wang disappeared, and only Li Zhaoxi and Wang Wang were left to play alone. However, Li Zhaoxi developed a different way of playing with Wang Wang from the game of playing ball with Wang Wang, which can make several friends game together.

That is to kick the ball into the circle.

Gu Zhao: ...the first version of football?That is cuju.

The little boys like this sport very much, especially if there is a place to run in Lifu. They wear clothes that close their arms and legs, and have cloth strips tied around their heads. They are divided into two teams, red and blue.

Exercise is good, run and keep fit.

There is Zhaozhou cuju.

The [-]th Lantern Festival was bustling again. This year it was even more prosperous than in previous years. Last year’s sugar figurines were short-handed, and the people queued up to buy them, leaving disappointed.This year Mr. Gu pays for it himself—his private money.

Private house money is a joke between Mr. Gu and Boss Li.

Anyway, Mr. Gu paid the money and sugar materials, and trained the sugar figurine masters in advance. There are lanterns for each stall, and one penny per penny. This year's Lantern Festival is a time when the people and children in Zhaozhou have tasted the sweetness of sugar figurines. .

The lights are bright, the fireworks are bright, and the people are rich and happy.

The new year was over, and on the fourth day after the opening of the yamen, the envoy finally rode to Zhaozhou, the southernmost and forgotten state city in the Dali calendar, and issued a notice.

The Holy Majesty passed away, and the sixth prince, Li Cheng, succeeded to the throne, choosing the title of Tianshun...

The sixth prince succeeds to the throne?

Shouldn't he be the fifth prince? Why did he become the sixth prince?Suspicion arose in Gu Zhao's heart, but naturally he couldn't ask, and the emissary didn't know the inside story, and the succession of the fifth prince was the original track of the original body, but the year name remained the same, and it was still Tianshun.

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