"..."

Just when Sun Guogong was still thinking about his grandson's proposal, the housekeeper reported outside: "Master, there is news from the palace!"

As soon as the steward's words came, Sun Guogong and his wife looked at each other, and then stood up immediately. After a long time, Sun Guogong said to the outside world: "Please come in quickly!"

While Duke Sun and his wife were waiting, they were very nervous and anxious. It was so late, how could there be news from the palace? This was something that had never happened in so many years? So,

Sun Guogong and all the people in the Duke's mansion stood and looked out.

It was not until the messenger in the palace handed a secret letter into the hands of Sun Guogong. When Sun Guogong opened it, he was shocked.

"When you go back, tell your mother-in-law that tomorrow morning, I will definitely do what she said. Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law!" Sun Guogong winked at the housekeeper, who then took out a purse from his arms and handed it to the father-in-law.

In their hands, they, the housekeepers of aristocratic families, keep a few of these purses with them every day as a backup.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The palace attendant received the purse and left in a good mood.

"Master, what happened? Why did Ke'er ask someone to deliver a letter to you so late? (Sun Ke'er, Concubine De's maiden name)!" After the palace man left, the Duke's wife hurriedly

asked.

"The emperor has consecrated Concubine Ru as a noble concubine!" Sun Guogong said with a stern look on his face.

"What? Consecrated as a concubine? What about Concubine Hui?" Madam Guogong asked in surprise.

"This time we actually let others take the lead. I'm afraid another big family is also depressed. After coming out of the editor's house today, Prince Jing and the fifth prince went to the palace to take the lead in donating.

For ten thousand taels of silver, Lan Duoduo turned himself into a factory for three

Chenggu's grain was donated in the name of her mother, Mrs. Yipingaoming. The emperor was overjoyed and said that the fifth prince's heart was close to the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was very happy and promoted Rufei to the title of noble concubine on the spot!" Sun Guogong put him in the imperial concubine.

What I saw in the letter was stated truthfully.

"What does Ke'er mean?" Madam Guogong just wanted to know what her daughter was thinking.

"Ke'er means that our Sun family cannot fall behind others, so she asked me to bring some money to the court tomorrow morning. Firstly, it is to buy a good name from the emperor. Secondly,

Our grandson is going on the expedition this time, and we take the lead in donating more to support Jian'er, so she came to inform us overnight, so that we don't fall behind others!" Sun Guogong said.

"Master, through the promotion of Concubine Ru, do you feel that we have taken sides too early? Perhaps, the merchant may not be able to get what he wants in the end! Why should we make a bet too early? Anyway, the merchant may not be able to get what he wants in the end!

Our Jian'er doesn't have the ability to fight for it.

Thoughts, and in the future we will also have military power. Whoever takes that position will definitely not treat us badly. Why should we be so close to merchants and make the emperor unhappy?" After all,

, The Duke’s wife doesn’t like business people now.

"Madam is right, it seems we should think about it carefully. In ordinary days, I have always felt that the emperor prefers the second prince, and the merchant has always been the head of the four major aristocratic families, with amazing financial resources, so this is why

The idea of ​​forming an alliance with them, but looking at it now, the emperor's thoughts are really beyond the reach of us people!" Sun Guogong sighed and said.

"As you said, can I not marry Xu Fei'er?" At this moment, Sun Gui, who had been silent just now, suddenly said.

"Gui'er, this... we can't have too much of a quarrel with the merchants. After all, Prince Shang is in our Zhou Dynasty, so he has the ability to appeal." Sun Guogong said.

"Haha, grandfather, don't be anxious. My grandson didn't say he didn't want her, but my wife hasn't entered the palace yet, and I'm very fond of your grandson, so I want to give my wife enough.

For the sake of decency, the grandson decided that Xu Fei'er should delay entering the house. Anyway, her body is not broken and we won't worry about her getting pregnant!" Sun Gui said with shining eyes.

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Didn't Xu Fei'er say that she was disgusting? Didn't she say that she was shameless? She was really courageous when she dared to plot against herself. Although Sun Gui also thought that he was not a good person, he also had principles.

Okay? He likes women, but he won’t touch a girl from a good family. He deeply feels that he also likes women.

It's really tiring to get along with the ladies from the aristocratic families, but the girls from the brothels are much better. They are gentle, affectionate, and not pretentious, so Sun Gui never teases the girls from the good families, but today he actually fell into trouble.

When it came to Xu Fei'er, it was so humiliating, so one can imagine how big Sun Gui's reaction was.

"Um..." Sun Guogong felt more and more that his grandson was really not that smart. He could even think of such wicked ideas.

Now Xu Fei'er is fifteen years old, and she just got her hair done in the early spring of this year, so throughout the year, the door of Lan Mansion was almost knocked down, but Xu Fei'er didn't even have one.

See, it seems now that she rejected those people because of Ouyang Ruidi

Yes, it was for Ouyang Rui's sake, but it delayed her this year. Now it's the Chinese New Year. During this Chinese New Year, she will be sixteen years old. To say that this Zhou woman is fifteen

It is most common to get married at the age of sixteen, and this age is also in the prime of life.

As for his grandson's reputation, he also knew that no legitimate daughter of a serious family could marry him. Now he actually wants to wait until he marries his real wife before letting Xu Fei'er come in. How long will it take?

Go? And although he doesn't have any concubines or aunts in the house, he does have many wives, so he knows that his grandson is absolutely right to make things difficult for Xu Fei'er.

"Master, I think what Gui'er said makes sense. Looking at the entire Kyoto, there are many practices like Gui'er's, so Gui'er's request is not too excessive. Besides, today Xu Fei

My son also expressed that he doesn’t want to marry into our family, so don’t let our family have their hair cut off and pick a new one, and they will still want to climb high!" Madame Guogong curled her lips and said.

"Then... let's do it like this first. That's right. It's useless for us to think about it here. Let's just take it one step at a time!" Sun Guogong also felt that maybe he was thinking too much.

"..."

At the same time, the Song family and the Deng family all received the news that their daughter was in the palace, so apart from being shocked, they were all thinking about how to deal with it.

And the one who seems the most calm among them is Song Ruixi.

"Xier, what do you think about this matter?" Old Qi Guogong asked seriously.

Nowadays, all the business of the Song family is managed by Song Ruixi, and Lao Qi has not been involved in these matters for a long time. Although Song Ruixi is young, he is very capable. In the past few years, the business of the Song family has been greatly improved.

It was a step up, so the old Duke was very satisfied. However, he felt that today's matter was very important, so he got involved in it in a panic.

"Grandfather, it's obvious that the emperor took the opportunity to attack. Over the years, he has been very tolerant of our family. Although the national treasury relies on several of our big families, but grandfather, don't forget that the emperor will eventually

He is the emperor, and he does not allow anyone to share all his power.

And this time Ouyang Rui and Ouyang Chen provided him with such a condition. In this way, the national treasury due to the epidemic in southern Xinjiang was tight, and the emperor would not have to deliberately discuss food and treasury issues with us. With this lead

Donate money, I’m afraid everyone will donate money enthusiastically tomorrow morning!”

"So our Song family must be no exception. We have to admit defeat this time. It's all our fault for being too careless. We should have thought of this earlier!" Song Ruixi sighed and said.

"With only twenty thousand taels of silver, they not only got a concubine, but also gained a good reputation in front of the emperor for nothing. It seems that Ouyang Chen is also thoughtful!" As soon as the old Duke of Qi heard his grandson's words, he knew

, presumably the amount to be donated this time must be quite a lot, so he felt very distressed in his heart.

"I'm afraid he didn't come up with the idea this time. Haven't you heard that the newly canonized Madam Yipingaoming donated a lot, and that little girl also donated 30% of the grain she had left in the processing plant?

I have to donate it all. Obviously, it's not just Ouyang Chen and Ru Fei who want to gain a good reputation! That little girl is really much smarter than I thought!" Song Ruixi said.

"Are you talking about that stinky girl named Lan Duoduo? Humph, if I hadn't been delayed by some things these past two days, I would have gotten rid of her right away. Unexpectedly, I was two days late in dealing with her, and again

Is she out to cause trouble? But tonight, I want to see her

Can she escape? Let's see how she can go against us and Ruyue!" As soon as Qi Guogong heard that Song Ruixi mentioned that this matter was related to Lan Duoduo, he thought of what Song Ruyue had sent him.

The news was that Lan Duoduo's life was to be taken.

The first update is over, and the second update continues. There are 11,000 words today. The specific number of updates is undecided, but it will definitely not exceed the third update. Haha, dear friends, I will have lunch later and continue coding. Hug everyone.
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