The husband's son-in-law

Prince Shun is also lucky.

During the Kangjing period, because the poisoning case broke the body, the "children are thin" in the future. The words given by the Tai Hospital were considered graceful. At that time, the news spread, and some senior officials and royal relatives basically knew that the "root" was broken. , can not give birth.

That's the trash one.

Prince Shun was ranked eleventh, and his birth mother was not considered noble, she was just a nobleman. Before the poisoning case, the eleventh prince did not marry a wife, but had a few concubines in his own estate in the Prince's Court and gave birth to a girl.

After the poisoning case, the eleventh prince was first named county king, and when Emperor Tianshun was in power, he was named prince, and he became a rich and idle prince along the way.When Emperor Guangwu entered the capital, the princes and brothers who were still there all ended in misery, and Prince Shun escaped again, safe and sound.

Now when people talk about this prince outside, they will all praise him for his good luck.But only Prince Shun knows all kinds of tastes.

Today, the children brought by Prince Shun and the side concubine, except for the boy who was adopted by Prince Shun from the lineage of the clan, the other two girls, one was born to Prince Shun, and the side concubine was the son of Prince Shun who was in the palace before. The concubine in the house is now more expensive than the mother.

The other girl is a child of the concubine's natal family. The concubine's surname is Lin. Speaking of which, she has to call Princess Changtai as her aunt.

The layout of the palace is like this now, Prince Shun is not obsessed with women - his health is not good, he is more irritable and so on.There are old people in the house, and the princess has a son, who is adopted.The biological daughter under the name of the side concubine.

Li Zhouzhou had heard Xiaoshu gossip about the back house of Prince Shun's mansion earlier, and Xiaoshu's past years were not in vain.

"...I heard that Prince Shun is inhumane, like a father-in-law, and I don't know if it's true or not." Willow murmured softly.

"Because of this, the princess and side concubine in the palace rarely go out and walk around."

Li Zhouzhou didn't want to come over at that time, "Does this have anything to do with it?"

"I'm afraid I'll wear it to him—" Liu Shu gestured to the top of his head, "The green hat."

Li Zhouzhou: "...It shouldn't be. Regardless of whether it's true or not, a husband and wife should trust each other."

"Then I don't know. It's true anyway. The two princesses seldom come out. In the past, the princess loved to go to Princess Changtai's mansion to get on better terms with the princess. The side concubine's natal family was not successful before, but now she is a fifth-rank official, and she also loves her." With the girl by my side, I heard that in the palace, she can give the concubine a face." Liu Shu said.

"Brother Zhou Zhou, you will know when the time comes."

I saw it today.

The weather is cold, and the clothes of the noble ladies in Beijing are still the same as before, but the workmanship and embroidery have taken a lot of effort. The princess wears a jacket with a stand-up collar and wide sleeves, and a horse-faced skirt woven in gold underneath. Bijia's body color is mostly simple and elegant, and the jewelry on his head is made of pearls.

The Concubine Side is colorful and bright. She is not wearing a bikini, but a thin cloak with fringe. The jewelry is mostly emerald, which is very transparent. At first glance, it is natural that the concubine side attracted her attention first. I don’t know. Lovely thought this was the concubine.

Seeing Li Zhouzhou's face, the princess was a little embarrassed to exchange pleasantries. Li Zhouzhou smiled, and first greeted the two of them to bring their children into the mansion, "...there is a stove inside to make it warmer."

Naturally, no one would be late for the first assistant banquet, and even those who came were quite early.

Prince Shun's mansion and Princess Changtai arrived one after the other. After a while, the ladies of Shangshu also arrived. Li Zhouzhou accompanied them into the main courtyard of the back house. There was a charcoal fire inside. Those who take the children to play, Mrs. Shangshu are the only ones, all of them are their own granddaughters——

The six ministers are officials of the second rank in Dali. To be able to sit in this position, the youngest of the officials is fifty, and he has already become a grandfather.The wives are also old, at the age of being grandmothers, they usually enjoy the blessings in the mansion, and when they go out to socialize, they are all done by the daughters-in-law below. Their status and status, there are not many people in Beijing who can invite them up.

Now that he is old enough to go to Li's house in person, it can be seen how popular Li's family is in Beijing at this time.

Li Zhouzhou still came to hold a banquet in Zhaozhou, the children Li Zhaoxi went to receive them, the adults chatted with them, invited the theater troupe to listen to the play, and chatted with the children, these guests should leave soon after noon.

He stayed for a while longer, came and went again and again, and it was officially over in the afternoon.

This will be in the hall, the little ones introduce.The first ones are the two children from Prince Shun's mansion—Prince Shun and Princess Changtai are both first-class according to their ranks, but men and women are different nowadays. On the other hand, Princess Changtai is still a junior in front of Prince Shun.

But what to say, during the reign of Emperor Kang Jing, Princess Changtai was prominent, and it was easy to overwhelm Prince Shun. In the reign of Emperor Tianshun, Princess Changtai was less popular, let alone Princess Changtai now. It's still Princess Shun, who is here to support the Li family's hot stove.

Prince Shun's stepson is called Li Yanmian, he is now six years old, and he was brought here by Concubine Lin not long after she got married.The eldest daughter is Li Chaosi, 14 years old, the same age as Fu Bao.

Everyone always praised the child for his good looks and good temperament, anyway, all kinds of compliments.

Princess Changtai's son, Lin Kang'an, is seventeen, so such a young man shouldn't come in, but Princess Changtai doesn't take the rules seriously, can the Mrs. Shangshu here remind me in person?

As for Li Zhouzhou not used to this rule, he didn't think about it at all.

Later, when Xiaoshu talked about it, Li Zhouzhou suddenly realized and said: "Look, this 'rule' also distinguishes people, men and women, and ordinary people and dignitaries, so the rules are not very iron-clad. It's important and can be changed."

"I'm afraid Mrs. Gu doesn't remember Kang'an's appearance?" Princess Changtai said with a smile: "Our family and Li's family also had a relationship back then. When Kang'an was four years old and lost at the Lantern Festival, it was Gu Shou who rescued him. back."

Li Zhouzhou laughed and said, "Yes, it was cold at that time, and the child was freezing. Fortunately, he grew up safely." Then he went to see Lin Kang'an, "In the blink of an eye, he became so big."

Lin Kang'an saluted, with a graceful manner, and said: "Kang'an would like to thank Mrs. Gu for saving that day."

"You're welcome." Li Zhouzhou said.

This Lin Kang'an was surprisingly handsome when he was a child, but he didn't like to talk. Now that he has grown up, his appearance has not changed since he was a child—they are the same handsome, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and there is a bit of coldness between his brows. The children who come out grow up like gold and jade, so they are a little more noble.

Li Zhouzhou looked at Lin Kang'an's appearance, and thought that if the husband saw it, he would definitely say: "Little boy."

After that, there are four children from Mrs. Shangshu's family. The youngest is eight years old, and the oldest is twelve or thirteen years old. People love it when they see it.

Li Zhouzhou especially likes the little girl with a round face. She is 12 years old, her cheeks are still fleshy, and her forehead is a little red. She was born with it, so she is nicknamed Hongdou. Recognize students.

After the introduction, Fubao also arrived.The servant girl outside said: "Madam, the young master has arrived."

"Let me in."

Li Zhaoxi is dressed in pink, this is what Gu Zhao has done. He loves to wear pink, so he likes Li Zhouzhou.Li Zhouzhou didn't know how the word 'he likes pink' came out, anyway, Xianggong and Fubao decided that he liked pink.

The hair was combed into a high ponytail, and a few strands were braided with beads strung on it.

14-year-old Li Zhaoxi is about 1.7 meters [-] in height, wearing a pink robe with a round neck, embroidered with flowers and birds, high ponytail, thin waist and long legs, wearing boots underneath, and came in holding Siyuan's hand.

Li Zhou saw it on Monday, and immediately smiled, "Are you two dressed the same? It looks good."

"I just said it looks good, brother, don't be shy." Fu Bao patted his younger brother on the shoulder to encourage him. If he went to any important occasion in Zhaozhou, he would also dress up grandly, just wear it like this.

Siyuan didn't wear skirts, he didn't need to wear them in Liang Mansion, it was boys' clothes.He had never been to a banquet before when he was so old, he knew he had to be more serious, but he didn't know how to wear it at all, and he didn't have the right clothes, so Brother Fu Bao bought them for him.

Xiao Siyuan felt that something was wrong with those braids - he was dressed differently from the male boys in Beijing, but they were pretty good-looking, and the beads jingled pretty.

"Father." Fu Bao saluted, then looked at several guests, bowed and saluted, smiled, and then called aunt and aunt indiscriminately, but the ladies of Shangshu were stunned.

They are all at the age of grandmothers, and they are still called aunts by this little child.

"My child's first name is Li Zhaoxi, and his nickname is Fubao." Li Zhouzhou introduced, "The one next to me is Fubao's younger brother, the son of Mr. Liang, Minister of the Household Department. Now the two brothers study and live together."

Everyone knows that Gu Shoufu and Hubu Shangshu are brothers.

No wonder these two brothers are very close.

There was another round of compliments, most of which were compliments on Fubao, Princess Changtai and Prince Shun also gave Fubao a meeting gift - those who didn't have Siyuan, they didn't know that there was Liang Siyuan in Li Mansion.

This kind of royal family will not be stingy with a few meeting gifts.

Fu Bao took his younger brother to pick them up, one family and one family, and then the two thanked the adults.

"These are younger brothers and younger sisters, you take them to play." Li Zhouzhou recalled after speaking, "By the way, there is another big brother who you met when you were young."

When he saw it, why did Lin Kang'an disappear?

Princess Changtai asked the mother around her, and the mother replied: "The young master respects the rules, and went to the side hall to wait."

"Is it a side hall? Then I went to find someone to go to my courtyard together." Li Zhaoxi said.

Li Zhouzhou: "Go."

Dabai and Xiaohei didn't come, Liu Shu said that the two families are close, and they can drop by whenever they want. On the first day, there were many distinguished guests with children, and Xiaohei was too naughty.Li Zhouzhou also said what to be afraid of, Xiao Hei is more lively but not disrespectful.

"...His brother was also reluctant to let him write. He said that it will take three days in total, and he can't miss his study time by playing every day."

Li Zhouzhou: Dabai seems to have a lot of people.

Afterwards, during the entire banquet, a small troupe was invited to sing, eat, drink, and chat. It was actually not embarrassing. These ladies went to many banquets. What should we talk about? The door is clear.

Just with Li Zhaoxi's move, there will be many people who praise Siyuan, and what they say is reasonable.

Generally speaking, everything was as expected, but the unexpected one was Prince Shun's side concubine. Li Zhouzhou heard Xiaoshu mention it before, and it sounded like a domineering and domineering concubine. It looks like it, but this guy talks and chats very funny.

It's just that you know that this person is pulling, but she is pulling so that people can't get disgusted.

Because there is a side concubine, the scene is quite active.

In the side hall.

"Is the eldest brother of the princess family?" Li Zhaoxi came to call someone, only looked at his back, and said with a smile: "Do you want to be alone here? Or go to my yard and let's play together?"

"I heard Dad say that you are too old to play with our children."

Lin Kang'an got up and turned around, Fu Bao took a look, his eyes lit up immediately, and his words changed, "But I think I'm quite old, you come here alone, how boring it is, I can teach you How to play in the south."

"Fubao."

"Yes, yes, it's me, do you know me?"

"I met you when I was a child, and I even hugged you."

Li Zhaoxi: "... How are you, Uncle?" Looking at the other person's face, "You don't look like the elder who hugged me."

Lin Kang'an smiled and said, "I met you when I was four years old." He counted Fu Bao's age, and said in advance, "You were one year old at that time."

"Wow! Do you have any memories of when you were four years old? I can't even remember." Li Zhaoxi looked at Lin Kang'an's face, and then said: "Big brother, you look so good-looking." He sighed heavily.

Lin Kangan: ...

In the end, Lin Kang'an went to play in Li Zhaoxi's yard.Li Zhaoxi has experience for a long time, and has prepared a lot of things for the younger sisters to play with, and the boys also have activities, so they can play with each other.

There was also a small episode during the period. When playing flying chess together, Li Chaosi, the eldest daughter of Prince Shun’s family, was one step short of reaching the finish line and won first. After shaking the dice three times, she retreated. If you exceed the 'one' point, you will cheat directly.

Others were afraid to speak up, and some were unconvinced and said they were lazy.

When Li Chaosi heard this, he immediately raised his head angrily and said: "I am the county lord, you were going to kowtow to me, but I don't care about your presumptuousness, if you say it again, I will beat you up."

Fubao heard the noise over there, Li Chaosi raised his voice, went over to hear what was going on, and looked at Li Chaosi, Li Chaosi was a little bit reluctant to get off the stage and had to hold his face, as if not to be outdone, what can you do with me.

"You are even more domineering than me." Fu Bao sighed first, father can't call him domineering in the future!

"I'm the county lord, what's wrong with me being overbearing."

Fu Bao said: "The last time the emperor's uncle came to my house to play football with us, he admitted the loss. If you can't afford to lose like this, then no one will play with you in the future."

"Invincible is lonely."

"If you win by resorting to tricks, that's also lonely."

Li Chaosi stomped his feet, "Do you think I'd be afraid to mention the name of the emperor—"

"No, I mean, if you come to my house as a guest, can we not live in peace? If you really don't like my house, just refuse to come next time. If you are making trouble now, if the elders in front hear it, you are the one It's even more embarrassing." Fu Bao pretended to be an adult, "In this way, we will take a step back, and you stop making trouble, and I will pretend that I don't know. If you like flying chess, you can continue to play it. If you don't play it, you can play other things."

"Don't bully other younger brothers and sisters on my territory, they are all covered by me."

In the end, Li Chao was angry but couldn't do anything, just nodded, threw the dice in his hand, said he couldn't play, and went to do other things.As soon as she left, Fu Bao looked at the other sisters, "Don't worry, I'll fight with you."

After speaking, he turned his head and saw Li Yanlian looking at him brightly, Fu Bao: "What are you doing, Xiaoxiao, don't worship me too much~"

This matter did not spread to the front, so the adults in front didn't know about it, and only when they returned to the mansion did they know about it. Everyone in the family is favored.

He coaxed his granddaughter with soft words, and even gave him some gadgets to shock her granddaughter.As everyone knows, the little girl wasn't too scared, because at that time the face Fubao helped her get it back, and she was a little more happy.

Turning around, when Madam learned from her master, the Shangshu said: "It's just an empty-handed prince, and the county head was also conferred by the previous emperor. The current emperor doesn't care about this, so he just passed by. It's really a big deal."

"Just pretend you don't know, don't worry about it."

What gift to pay for what crime, what can I do with Prince Shun now?

The madam nodded, agreeing with her intentions, and said beside her: "It's said to be favored, but it's just that, yearning and lingering, isn't this all about recruiting heirs and continual heirs, the more nothing there is, the more it has to be revealed. "

In Prince Shun's mansion.

Li Chaosi also told his mother today, "I didn't really think so, it's just that the dice kept rolling and I made a fuss to scare her. Who knows if I don't scare her..."

"Don't make trouble for me, Li Zhaoxi will do it without making a fuss, otherwise the main concubine will find out, you just wait to be disciplined." The side concubine said.

When Li Chaosi thought that the concubine asked the nanny to teach her the rules, she was afraid, so she immediately muddled through and didn't mention it anymore.

As soon as the child left, the side concubine was tired, and the maids stepped forward one after another, lightly removed the jewelry for the side concubine, combed her hair lightly, and changed her clothes.After a while, the eldest mother hurried over and said: "The prince just went to the concubine's courtyard, and there was a quarrel. He must come to us soon."

The side concubine who had just been leisurely and comfortable suddenly tightened up, fear flashed in her eyes, her face was calm, she looked at the maidservants on the left and right, and said: "Come here, it means that I am being favored, the prince is so favored, go and tell the kitchen to take care of it." Cook a few dishes..."

Prince Shun can't be humane, he has to take care of his reputation outside, saying that he doesn't miss women, and doesn't harm other girls, but in reality, only he knows what life the two concubines and three concubines live in the back house of the palace.

Among them, the side concubine was the most bitter. Because the side concubine had given birth to the prince's own blood, Prince Shun felt that the side concubine's belly was suitable for sowing seeds. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but those women were not suitable—

This set of ideas didn't exist before, and it didn't come about until the main concubine came in and was overwhelmed by the prince's "favor" a few times, so the whole palace seemed to be favored by the side concubine, and she would show the concubine face from time to time. I know it well.

When the side concubine is alone, she will scold: "What does she do, how can she have the face to win the glory with me for a while, since she is the favor that I gave her, I will not give her more face if I don't suppress her..."

Therefore, in Prince Shun's mansion, the main concubine is always shorter to give way to the side concubine, and it is said that the side concubine is arrogant and overwhelms the main concubine with favor, but because the side concubine is also considered a 'wife', it is not counted as spoiling a concubine and destroying a wife, so The officials were too lazy to take care of Prince Shun's family affairs.

Li Fuzhong.

When Gu Zhao came back from get off work, the family sat down to eat and chat about today.

"Father, you said that if I can be granted the title, what is the title so that I don't have to kneel down to the county lord?" Li Zhaoxi asked this question suddenly.

Gu Zhao: "...you have big dreams." At the age of 14, he dreamed of becoming a knight, as expected of his son.

"You said you have dreams." Li Zhaoxi hummed.

Gu Zhao reflected on himself for a second, and then seriously popularized science: "The female family members are generally appointed according to the size of the man's official position. For example, the county head is the fifth rank, and your father is the first rank. For the royal family, the top one is Zhengyipin, the Eldest Princess, after that will be the Eldest Princess, the Named Princess, the Princess, and the County Lord."

"Then what if you rely on yourself? Like Dad?"

"For men, the Dali seldom entitles officials to be kings with different surnames. Before, there were dukes of the state, from the first rank, and then Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan. For the royal family, they were princes, the first rank."

The fork of the co-principal king is considered to be made by the second prince himself, which is beyond the first rank.

Li Zhaoxi nodded thoughtfully, and before his father asked why he brought this up, he changed the topic abruptly, "Father, I met a big brother today who looks really good-looking."

"You ask..." Gu Zhao was interrupted, and then chanted: "Which son of a bitch? How good-looking? What's his name? I'll meet another day!"

It's tough but it works wonders.Li Zhaoxi smiled happily.