Huang Xi lives from me

When Mrs. Xie came back from the palace with Xie Yunjin, Min Xi had already been sent away. She heard from Nanny Liu that Min Xi was beaten by her fifth daughter-in-law before leaving.

"It's really the daughter of a merchant, she can't be on the stage." Madam Xie sighed. "Why did you agree to this marriage in the first place?"

Seeing that Mrs. Xie's complexion was not good, Nanny Liu hurriedly expressed her relief. "Ma'am, don't worry, although our fifth young lady was born in a merchant family, we are an imperial merchant after all, and our family has a noble title conferred by the imperial court."

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, businessmen are cheap.The social status of merchants was low, and they were not allowed to be officials or wear silk.

But there are exceptions to everything, and the Shen family is that exception!

When Emperor Wu first came to Dabao, the country he took over was a devastated and precarious mess.At the beginning of the founding of the country, successive years of wars, coupled with the struggle between Jiuli and the Han people, almost exhausted the country's national strength.The national treasury is empty, and foreign enemies invade again.

In that kind of environment, merchants are the most precarious existence. They have no social status since ancient times, let alone the guarantee of wealth. Once the country is short of money, they are likely to be slaughtered as fat sheep.

At that time, Shen Yuge's father was the richest man in Jianghuai and a businessman who knew the overall situation the most. He smelled the danger almost immediately. Before Emperor Wu had even cut the knife on the businessman, he broke the boat and offered [-]% of himself He used his family property to buy soldiers, horses, food and grass for Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu was so happy that he made Shen Yuge's father a loyal county boy.

He is the first businessman to be knighted since the founding of Daning.

That year, because of the leadership of Shen Yuge's father, more businessmen donated property for the country.The merchants escaped unharmed, and Daning also passed through that period of cash-strapped days smoothly.

Also because of this incident, Shen Yuge's father, Shen Qing, came into Emperor Wu's eyes.

In the fifth year of Emperor Wu, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, almost [-] mu of fertile land had no production, and hunger flooded the fields.Shen Qing donated millions of stones of grain to relieve Emperor Wu's urgent need.Emperor Wu decreed to bestow the name of "Imperial Merchant" on the Shen family to be responsible for the preparation and purchase of materials needed by the court.

In the winter of the ninth year of Emperor Wudi, when the emperor's Eastern Expedition was at a stalemate, Shen Qing purchased nearly one million catties of cotton and donated all of it to the country to make cotton coats for the soldiers in the winter.After a great victory in the Eastern Expedition, Emperor Wu was overjoyed and bestowed on Shen Qing "Loyalty and Justice".

In the 13th year of Emperor Wu, Shen Qing donated most of his property to help Emperor Wu build the Great Wall at the junction of Dongyi and Daning.Emperor Wu gave Shen Qing "Loyalty Pavilion".

……

Time and time again, Shen Qing earns money desperately, spends money desperately, and uses the money to forcibly smash an official career for himself.

Although "Loyalty Marquis" is just a false name, it has only official positions but no real power.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that Shen Qing is very favored by Emperor Wu.

And Shen Qing had only one wife in his life, and the couple had only one son and one daughter, and the daughter was Shen Yuge, the fifth young wife of General Fat Rider's Mansion.

Shen Yuge is the jewel in Shen Qing's palm, and it was the marriage that Xie's family asked for at the beginning.

You know, when Shen Yuge married Xie Boran back then, it could be said that she was full of red makeup. I heard that the silver in a single box was only 60 taels, not to mention those land deeds and Zhuangzi's shop.

But even so, Mrs. Xie still felt that she had wronged her son. If it wasn't for Min Xi, her son would not have married a merchant woman. It was because she was afraid that his wife was too noble and wronged Min Xi.

Who knew that Min Xi was just a white-eyed wolf who would harm her Jin'er again and again.

Thinking of Min Xi, Madam Xie just felt her heart hurt again.

Grandma Liu hurriedly stepped forward to comfort Mrs. Xie, "Don't be angry, Madam, the fifth young lady is still young, and she needs to train her well in the future."

"Just her dog temper?" Mrs. Xie shook her head, "Forget it, I don't want to talk about her, what about Brother Song? What's the situation?"

The "Brother Song" that Mrs. Xie spoke of was Xie Songran, the eldest son of General Xie.

Nanny Liu naturally knew what Mrs. Xie was talking about. The eldest and youngest Mrs. Madam has been a beginner for ten years and has never had a child under her knees.

"This old slave sees that Brother Song has loosened up, so this should be possible." Liu Nanny said.

"Then hurry up! Let Chun Yu and Xia Lu pass by." These two maids are Madam Xie's favorite maids who are going to be Xie Songran's roommates.

"But..." Grandma Liu couldn't help frowning, "The eldest young lady..."

"It's been ten years! She hasn't come out all the time, so Brother Song can't be cut off!" Mrs. Ye felt that she had done her best.

Seeing Mrs. Xie like that, Nanny Liu dared to murmur in her heart, the young lady has not been released for ten years, isn't it because of the young lady?

At that time, the child was already formed, and when he was bumped into by the young lady, he almost couldn't even survive the young lady...

~~~~~

Songtao Residence

Meng Changxi looked at the two girls sent by the main courtyard, and asked indifferently: "What's your name? How old are you?"

"Young madam, my maidservant, Chun Yu, is eighteen this year." It was the older girl who answered, with snowy skin and a beautiful complexion. It is rare that she looks very calm at such a young age.Every word and deed is very regular and dignified.

"Slave Xia Lu, seventeen this year." The younger girl, with a sweet smile, a pair of shallow pear dimples on her cheeks, a pair of watery eyes, let Xiao Lu help her innocent.

It is the cardamom age!Meng Changxi sighed in her heart.

Chun Yu and Xia Lu were a little uneasy. Everyone in the house knew that the young master and his wife had a very good relationship.The young lady has not been out for ten years, and the room of the young master is also empty, so I don't know how many people are envious.

Now they were sent to the eldest and young master's room by the wife, and I don't know if the eldest and young lady will embarrass them?

But their worries were obviously superfluous. Meng Changxi just rewarded them as usual, and then said a few words of non-aggressive rules, and let them go back to their rooms.

Watching the two Tongfangs leave, the two confidant maids beside Meng Changxi resented the master.

"How could they do this?!" Xue Ran's eyes were red, "How could she treat the Young Madam like this?! She even used the excuse that the Young Madam was unpromising, and gave the Young Madam a concubine. The Young Madam was unpromising, and it was not because of Yun Jin Miss……"

"Xueran!" Luo Bai sternly interrupted Xueran, and then carefully observed the face of the young lady, for fear that the young lady would show a look of grief.

But Meng Changxi still had a face of indifference, as if the matter had nothing to do with her.

"Young Madam..." Luo Bai carefully considered his words, "Eldest Young Master was forced too hard, he..."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, this day will always come, won't it?" Meng Changxi said lightly, and stretched out her hand to open a letter on the desk.

In the envelope sent from thousands of miles away, there is a picture of the sunset in the desert.

Different from the Zhongling Yuxiu of the Jiangnan landscape painting, this painting of the desert sunset is rough and unrestrained, quite like the magnificence in the poem "the desert is solitary, the long river sets the sun".

"Miss Suguang sent you another gift?" Xueran asked.

"En." Meng Changxi nodded her head lightly, looking at the picture with deep eyes, wondering what she was thinking.

Along with this picture, there is also a letter from Ming Suguang.

At the end of the letter, there are Ming Suguang's words:

"Changxi, if you are not happy, go to the East Palace and find Ah Qian, she will help you..."