Du Qiuzhuo had a cold temperament and was taciturn, but whenever he talked about Murong Ye, he would get excited inexplicably and become garrulous, detailing his family treasures.
Chen Yanjun understands that this is the power of idols.
Because he often listened to Qiu Zhuo talking about it, he also knew Murong Ye's stories very well.
However, no matter how many times Chen Yanjun heard Murong Ye's story, he still felt it was outrageous, even in the Tang Dynasty where folk customs were open and women were strong and powerful.
Murong Ye is five years younger than Mrs. Cui. Her father is Murong Yuan, a chess player from the Imperial Academy, and her mother is Cui Xiaoru, the youngest daughter of Cui Jianzheng. Both parents have average spiritual talents.
Because her father married into the Cui family and has been living in Cui's house, she took her mother's surname Cui.
He was named Cui Ye because he slept in his mother's womb during the day and kicked her belly all night long.
When Cui Ye was young, he was too playful and did not learn chess, engineering, or spiritual practice. It is said that he was born with brute strength and was good at fighting crickets with common people.
When he was sixteen years old and was being imprisoned and being forced to get married, he announced that he would start practicing spiritual practice and no one could disturb him.
In fact, I still travel all day without studying.
Until one day, Master Jian Zheng played chess with his father Murong Yuan, and whoever lost the bet had to kneel down for three days.
Lord Jianzheng relied on his advanced cultivation to suppress Murong Yuan with his soul and spiritual pressure, and won the game.
Murong Yuan knelt in the Cui family courtyard for three days.
Three days later, when Cui Ye came back, he saw that his father had been so humiliated. He rushed straight into Jian Zheng's study and beat Jian Zheng violently while he was working... Unfortunately, he didn't hit a single punch, but Jian Zheng was beaten with bruises and a swollen face.
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Cui Ye refused to accept it and announced in public that she would change her surname to Murong and sooner or later she would be beaten back by Jian Zheng.
This was an obvious way to motivate generals. Jian Zheng had long seen Cui Ye's talent for cultivation, but he still underestimated Cui Ye's potential.
He expected that sooner or later, it would be a hundred years from now as Cui Ye said.
As a result, in just twelve years, Murong Ye had reached the third level of craftsmanship, which was the fastest speed in the history of Chang'an City.
That night, she rushed into Jian Zheng's study again and beat him until he was bedridden for three days. Then she burned all the weapons in the room and humiliated him:
"The weapons you designed are too old and are no better than children's toys. The Tang Dynasty will be destroyed in your hands sooner or later!"
Three days later, Supervisor Cui woke up with a smile on his face. After that, he came to enlightenment and led the old weapons superintendent to innovate and increase his strength, so that he still remains independent today and has not fallen to any side.
Of course, there is also the reason for the sudden rise of Murong Ye of the Cui family.
A woman who started practicing cultivation at the age of seventeen and entered the third level at the age of twenty-nine. Her talent was so obvious that she once shocked both the government and the public and became the target of many attempts to win over her.
However, something even more bizarre happened behind.
After becoming a third-level craftsman and craftsman, Murong Ye became idle again and wandered around the city. He even felt that his third-level cultivation was too old and that craftsmanship was useless...
Therefore, he abandoned his cultivation to the fifth level, entered the third realm of nourishing qi, and changed to martial arts and swordsmanship.
The next year, he met the eldest princess Li Yue and went to the Prison Department to become the bad commander of Yinhu.
For her, she finally became a good person.
From then on, Murong Ye became a legend in the world and even the idol of all women in the Tang Dynasty.
However, many men are dissatisfied and feel that it is impossible for someone to self-cultivation from the third level to the fifth level. These are just the words of the Cui family.
Murong Ye was only at the fifth level. Although his talent was amazing, it was not as exaggerated as the legend said.
No matter what others say, Qiu Zhuo always believes in it.
It is said that the four most extraordinary women of the Immortal Tang Dynasty were not only amazingly talented, but also first-rate beauties.
Unfortunately, the original owner had never seen Murong Ye in the past three years.
Chen Yanjun didn't care, he didn't care at all about the four great women of the Tang Dynasty.
He didn't believe there was a woman more beautiful than Madam in this world.
In his heart, his wife is like heaven, a flying fairy from heaven!
Just as I was thinking about it, a loud shout came from the main hall:
"——The old lady is here!"
Everyone in the hall immediately straightened their bodies, faced the painted wall in the main hall, and bowed respectfully:
"The old lady is well!"
Children and grandchildren within the family cannot call mother, grandmother or grandma in public places, but must call them old lady to maintain the family's prestige.
There is no way, there are too many Cui family members, and Mr. Jianzheng doesn't care about family affairs. All the upper and lower affairs are decided by Mrs. Cui alone. If you don't shout like this, it will be really difficult to manage.
"No need to be polite."
The old lady of the Cui family, supported by Butler Feng, sat in the high hall, overlooking everyone.
Chen Yanjun raised his head and saw that the old lady's eyebrows and hair were all white, and she looked majestic, but she still had some appearance.
Chen Yanjun has also heard many legends about Mrs. Cui.
Although the old lady is a shrew, she is also a fierce woman!
Mrs. Cui's name is Wang Chun. She spent countless resources on her, but she only has a ninth-grade cultivation level. She is now over a hundred years old and has only a few decades left to live.
The concubines behind Cui Jianzheng are more powerful, but Mrs. Cui is the niece of Sitian Jianzheng Wang Ye.
The Sitianjian is an organization that creates the Tianyuan Palace and monitors celestial phenomena and spiritual energy concentration. It does not participate in human affairs, and its status exceeds that of the Imperial Academy and the Ordnance Supervisor.
Mrs. Cui was a famous shrew in Chang'an. She often tortured her concubines and even scolded her concubine's daughter-in-law, the princess Li Lanxiang.
The previous Emperor Tongming once scolded Cui Jianzheng, "How come you can't even control a ninth-grade woman?"
So, he gave Wang Shun the poisonous wine in front of her, and if she drank it, she would die, unless she swore on the spot that she would never scold the princess or torture the other concubines in the future.
As a result, Wang Chun raised the poisonous wine and drank it in one gulp, shocking everyone.
Of course, this was not poisonous wine, it was just a glass of intoxicating wine. Wang Wan fainted on the spot after drinking it.
It is said that Emperor Tongming made this move in order to control the late emperor's Tianyuan Palace and Si Tianjian, but unfortunately it failed.
Si Tianjian came forward and only promised not to associate with treacherous ministers and to be loyal to the Li Tang Dynasty forever, but he did not agree to be controlled by the current emperor.
In fact, today's Imperial College is almost in a semi-independent state, with only the Ordnance Supervision barely still under the control of the emperor.
However, Emperor Tianshun was almost the weakest among the major forces, and naturally he could not protect the Cui family.
Otherwise, how could the Cui family allow Qiu Zhuo to marry the Zhang family?
At the moment, Eunuch Qiu and the loyal king Li Mao are both waiting for an opportunity in the dark, eyeing the weapons supervisor, trying to get a handle on the Cui family and take advantage of the weapon supervisor.
Chen Yanjun felt helpless, why do time travelers always end up in the center of the storm?
Logically speaking, he should find a place where there is no fighting and stay there for a hundred years.
It's a pity that I can't bear to leave my wife...
at the moment.
The old lady came to the main hall before Mr. Zheng, the acting eunuch, to meet the descendants of the family.
Firstly, it is to establish prestige, and secondly, it is to give bounties to some newcomers who have never been seen in the family.
Chen Yanjun is also a newcomer.
He felt that as long as he was justified, he could confront Cui Qian'an, General Cui or Mr. Cui, but he did not dare to confront the old lady.
Women will not reason with you at all. They don't care about the overall situation and the consequences. They are very tough.
No wonder Confucius said: Forget it, let’s not talk about it.
"Chen Yanjun has met the old lady."
Chen Yanjun could only bow respectfully.
However, surprisingly, the old lady had no objection to him.
The servant gave Chen Yanjun a box of belongings. The old lady glanced at Chen Yanjun's clothes and appearance, frowned slightly, but still showed a kind smile symbolically:
"A talent, a talent... I'm so blessed to be with you."
"Thank you, madam!"
Chen Yanjun thought to himself that after all, the old lady herself was a loser in terms of spiritual practice, not to mention that it would be a good thing for the family that she no longer pursues Qiu Zhuo.
On the side, Yourong and his children hurriedly said hello.
Seeing Qiu Zhuo's cold little face, the old lady became furious and said without hesitation:
"Qiu Zhuo, please don't say hello. Ask yourselves, how can you respect me and Lord Jianzheng..."
"Don't worry, there is no Young Master Zhang, there is Young Master Zheng, Young Master Lu... you can choose, you can't escape."
These few words of rebuke were not loud, but they silenced the entire audience.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Qiu Zhuo.
Qiu Zhuo said with a cold face:
"Aunt Ye is older than me and has higher cultivation than me. Her surname is Murong and my surname is Du. If she marries someone, I will marry her."
Chen Yanjun didn't expect that Qiu Zhuo was so strong that he could be said to be possessed by Murong Ye.
Sure enough, women still need women to treat them!
When she heard Murong Ye's name, the old lady's face sank, and her majestic figure suddenly shook like a candle in the wind.
The child was ignorant, so Mrs. Cui said to the child’s mother:
"Yourong, Qiu Zhuo's marriage is not settled, so I'm afraid your marriage will also be postponed."
Cui Yourong's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Chen Yanjun felt that as a man, he could not be cowardly at this time and must stand up!
Just as I was about to speak, my mother-in-law came.
I didn’t see him, I just heard his voice:
"I can't even make the decision about Yourong's marriage. My father and the Holy Father didn't make the decision back then... Why do you have to worry about it every day and waste your life."
Li Lanxiang came with two maids, hands behind her back, undulating and swaying.
The words are full of thorns inside and outside.
In the entire Cui family, only she, as the former princess, dared to speak like this to the old lady.
Everyone held their breath and concentrated.
Mrs. Cui's eyes darkened, and with the help of her maid, she turned around and looked at the mural in the main hall.
Suddenly his face showed the vicissitudes of life, as if he had aged many years in an instant, he shook his head and sighed:
"Whether it's the Cui family or the Holy One...it's not what it used to be, it's not what it used to be."
When everyone heard this, their expressions became dark.
Even mother-in-law Li Lanxiang fell silent.
Chen Yanjun suddenly felt that it was not easy for the old lady to manage a large family with the power of the ninth rank.
The Li family dynasty, just like how she managed the Cui family, was in decline and on the verge of collapse.
The weapons supervisor under the Cui family has become the last fig leaf of the Li Tang Dynasty...
Chen Yanjun realized that today's family meeting was not only a family affair of the Cui family, but also a state affair of Li Tang.
At this moment, a long call came from the back hall: