Liu Xin said helplessly: "Okay, just mess around. Originally, you wanted A Chou to be your wife, but now you are attracted to Guo Zhao."
Ma Yun suddenly became unhappy and said: "Forget about that A Chou, my Yu'er is not good enough for her. Huang Chengyan actually took advantage of her, but there has been no response until now. Humph, he didn't express his position, I'm not happy yet."
Liu Xin couldn't help but shudder. She didn't expect that Ma Yun also loved worldly things.
Seeing the astonishment on Liu Xin's face, Ma Yun couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't worry too much. I know that the best way to choose an heir is to choose the best one from among several children. But, as a mother,
Of course you hope that your child will be the best. If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself, who allowed you to have so many children."
Liu Xin sighed: "Actually, the best way to make children live in harmony is to limit the emperor's power, put the emperor's power in a cage, and not be able to do whatever he wants. Only in this way will everyone stop thinking about becoming the emperor.
Fight for the throne."
"You haven't become the emperor yet, but you want to limit the imperial power. I really underestimate you." Ma Yun put away her smile and said, "I almost forgot to tell you about something important. He Lian came to see me yesterday.
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Liu Xin said in surprise: "He Lian? Queen Mother He? She has never taken the initiative to come to the mansion since she arrived in Xiangyang."
Ma Yun nodded and said, "That's right! She has promised to support you in ascending to the throne, but there is only one requirement."
Liu Xin laughed and said: "I just said, how could she take the initiative like this? It turns out that there are conditions. I wonder what her conditions are?"
Ma Yun said: "The condition is very simple. She wants to find a son-in-law."
Liu Xin was stunned for a moment and said: "He Lian doesn't have a daughter, so why should he recruit a son-in-law?"
Ma Yun said: "Do you still remember that Tang Xian? Now that she has grown into a big girl, He Lian still recognizes her as her daughter."
"Oh." Liu Xin nodded and said, "Has He Lian ever said what kind of son-in-law he wants to recruit?"
Ma Yun smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about this. She already has a goal, which is the Guo Jia you trust."
"Guo Jia!" Liu Xin was surprised and said, "No wonder Chen Gong came to me today to complain, wanting to accuse Guo Jia of seducing Tang Xian, but it turned out to be true."
"Hmph, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!" Ma Yun twitched her nose, "Guo Jia is single. Are you only allowed to play around with women outside, but Guo Jia is not allowed to find a woman?"
Liu Xin knew that he was entangled with her on this matter, so he said sarcastically: "That's not what I meant, but Tang Xian's status is a bit special. If she agrees to He Lian, I'm afraid it will arouse the verbal and written criticism of the scholars."
Ma Yun said with a smile: "I have already thought about this matter. We cannot let Tang Xian become a widow at such a young age. She will definitely get married, but she will have to change her identity."
"Change her identity?" Liu Xin knew that Ma Yun was also full of wits and she couldn't help but asked with interest, "What identity do you want to change for her? Can't you make her remain anonymous?"
Ma Yun said: "This is not simple. Now that He Lian has recognized Tang Xian as his daughter, Tang Xian is no longer Liu Bian's abandoned queen and the concubine of King Hongnong, but the princess of the Han Dynasty! What do you think?
Ah, isn’t it natural for the princess to remarry?”
Liu Xin couldn't help but raise her thumb and praised repeatedly: "Honey, you are still smarter! I have been thinking about this for a long time and still have no result. I am planning to fine Guo Jia three months' salary first. If it doesn't work, I will demote him.
Level 1, who knew that all the problems would be solved by doing this. I just don’t know why this He Lian suddenly changed her mind? And why did she only choose Guo Jia? "
Seeing that he had agreed, Ma Yun smiled and said, "This is what happened..."
It turned out that although Liu Xin's territory was expanding day by day, the identity of Jingzhou Mu was extremely embarrassing, and he refused to proclaim himself emperor. Guo Jia was anxious. After returning to Xiangyang from Nanzhong, he wanted to ask Queen Mother He to send her the next letter.
The imperial edict was issued to force Liu Xin to ascend the throne.
He Lian suffered a big change and no longer regarded herself as the Queen Mother. Now she only wanted to be an ordinary woman. If she was willing to issue this edict, Guo Jia would inevitably visit her again and again to ask for her help.
Guo Jiazheng was young, handsome, talented, and not willing to talk. In addition, he had traveled abroad for many years and had a lot of experience. Tang Xian was just a hairpin, at the age when his love affair was just beginning, and his heart was moved by Guo Jia unknowingly.
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He Lian is someone who has been here and sees all this. She sincerely recognizes Tang Xian as her daughter, and of course she doesn’t want her to die alone like herself. Now that she knows that Tang Xian has someone she likes and Guo Jia is not married,
The two were a good match. Of course, He Lian knew very well about Tang Xian's embarrassing identity, and she couldn't think of any good solution, but she was not worried. Since Liu Xin wanted something from her, then this brainstorming matter was
It was left to Liu Xin to do it. Anyway, Liu Xin had many capable people and strangers, so He Lian was too lazy to think of ideas, so she took the initiative to find Ma Yun.
Early the next morning, Liu Xin left the Prefectural Mufu to deal with Tang Xian's matter. Liu Xin always felt that it was too early to proclaim the emperor. He still had his own ideas and needed to communicate with He Lian, and Tang Xian
Guo Jia also needs to be consulted on this matter, and cannot be forced into a match.
After learning that she was pregnant, Zhu Rong was so excited that she stayed up all night. It was not until the fourth o'clock that she closed her eyes in a daze. Suddenly she heard Zhu Yu shouting in her ear: "Sister, sister, hurry up."
Wake up, my wife has called you."
Zhu Rong struggled to hold up half of his eyelids and muttered: "What did Madam ask me to do in the middle of the night?"
Zhu Yu covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Sister, it's the middle of the night, the sun is shining on your buttocks."
Zhu Rong said in surprise: "It's so late! Why do I feel like I just fell asleep."
Finally, with Zhu Yu's help, she got dressed and went to a side hall in the backyard. There were five chairs lined up at the top, with Ma Yun Duan sitting in the middle, Bian Yu, Cai Yan, and Zhu Qian.
Sitting on both sides, there was an empty chair on the far right side, so Zhu Rong walked over there without thinking.
But I heard Qiao'er say: "Mrs. Rong, there is no seat for you here today. Please stand here first."
Zhu Rong was surprised: "Why isn't there a seat for me?"
Ma Yun said with a serious face: "Sister Zhu Rong, do you know the rules of our state pastoral office? You are the new daughter-in-law, and you have to offer a cup of fragrant tea to all the sisters."
Zhu Rong had also lived in the Prefecture Mufu for more than half a year. He knew which women Liu Xin was, so he couldn't help but count them on his fingers and said, "Oh, then I have to offer you nine cups of tea."
Bian Yu laughed and said: "Sister Zhu Rong, you are also the master's wife now. There is a distinction between superiority and inferiority. Ying'er and the others are just girls, but you don't have to offer tea to them. You can only offer tea to us."
This tea ceremony started with Bian Yu. At that time, Ma Yun was still quite resistant to Liu Xin taking concubines. At that time, she wanted to embarrass Bian Yu, but Bian Yu was very willing to do this and did not accept it.
I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
Zhu Rong looked at the empty chair and realized that the chair was for Cai Jue. She was in confinement, so it was not convenient for her to come here. She had a carefree personality, and since she was from the mansion
Rules, what else is there to say?
A maid had already brought a pearwood tray with five exquisite white porcelain tureens on it. These rut white tureens were naturally made according to the descriptions of Liu Xin and Ma Yun. They had a soft luster and were as warm as jade. They were basically
It reached the standard of "white as jade, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, and as loud as a sound", and could be regarded as the top porcelain at that time. However, such porcelain was not available on the market, not even in the prefecture.
How much, unless something important happens, it will not be taken out. Zhu Rong is naturally aware of this situation.
Seeing these porcelains, Zhu Rong knew that serving tea today should be a formal ceremony, and it was not something that could be simply perfunctory, so he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
In fact, Bian Yu and the others were also very puzzled as to why Ma Yun had to make such a grand ceremony. Don't mention Zhu Qian. Her status was quite embarrassing at the beginning, and she didn't even have a chance to serve tea, and it would be difficult for her to make requests later.
Supplement. When Bian Yu and Cai Yan served tea, they just took a bronze cup. Even Cai Jue didn't use any exquisite porcelain, just an ordinary drinking cup. However,
Liu Xin was also present at that time. Although Liu Xin was not here today, she prepared the top-quality white porcelain and even prepared five servings at once. Looking at this posture, Zhu Rong will definitely have to serve Cai Jue a bowl later.
Tea.
Zhu Rong didn't know what happened when they served tea in the past. He just thought that the rules in the house had always been like this and that this was an important matter worthy of attention. Therefore, the hand that was used to wielding heavy spears actually trembled slightly while holding the small porcelain bowl.
When she raised it in front of Ma Yun, she didn't know what to say.
Qiaoer reminded from the side: "Mrs. Rong, you should say something."
Zhu Rong held it in for a long time before he said, "I'll serve tea to my sister."
Cai Yan burst out laughing and said, "Sister Zhu Rong, you should say, please give me tea."
Zhu Rong's face suddenly turned red, and he murmured in his heart, "No one taught me, so I don't know what to say."
Ma Yun had already taken the white porcelain bowl from her hand with a smile, gently lifted the lid of the bowl, and a burst of white mist rose. Ma Yun sniffed it and exclaimed: "It smells so good."
Both Liu Xin and Ma Yun like to drink tea, but neither of them knows how to make tea. Tea has not yet become popular at this time. These tea leaves were made by Ma Yun based on her memory of tea farmers in Longjing Village making tea when she was traveling in Hangzhou.
, it was trial-produced. Although it has failed many times, it is finally somewhat decent now.
Zhu Rong was woken up from bed by Zhu Yu. He didn't even have time to eat breakfast. He was so hungry that he couldn't help but swallowed when he smelled the fragrance.
"Sister, you are pregnant now, so you should not drink tea." Ma Yun took a sip, reminded Zhu Rong, and said with a smile, "I drank this bowl of tea, and from now on you are officially part of the Liu family.
Qiao'er, bring over the meeting gift I prepared for my sister."
Qiaoer agreed and handed over an exquisite red lacquer box.