Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 169
The queen looked at Xia Shouzhong who was smiling awkwardly.

As the eunuch of Liugongdu, Xia Shouzhong is the number one eunuch in the true sense besides Dai Quan.

Not many civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty dared to offend him, let alone Xia Shouzhong dared not pay back after being tricked repeatedly.

But what the emperor and the empress didn't know was that it wasn't that Xia Shouzhong didn't dare to hide Shi Zhongkui, it was because the patron's father was too generous.

Moreover, Xia Shouzhong knew very well in his heart that not only the emperor liked Shi Zhongkui, but now even the Supreme Emperor faintly revealed that he wanted to keep him for Da Zhou.

More importantly, Shi Zhongkui really had nothing to attack.

If the calculation fails and he hates him instead, who knows what tricks will be waiting for him.

Seeing that Xia Shouzhong just smiled awkwardly and didn't mean to explain at all, the queen knew that he had indeed suffered a disadvantage, and that he was the kind of dumb who couldn't tell if he was suffering from Coptis chinensis.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Duke Liu Yuan doesn't like Concubine Yuan very much?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that it was the empress who was applying eye drops to Shi Zhongkui.

Even before using the excuse of Yuanchun to win over Shi Zhongkui, he didn't have any good intentions.

But even though he was aware of the empress' thoughts, the emperor thought about it and decided to let it go.

He sighed and said, "The queen doesn't know something, my number one scholar has a lot of thoughts, and he knows how to protect himself wisely, how can he be willing to participate in the affairs of the harem.

Besides, he is the only one in the ages who has won the six yuan consecutively, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, he will get his resume once he gets it.

Even I can't suppress him from being promoted.

Not to mention that Zhuangyuan Lang has a lot of tricks, he has made meritorious service one after another in just three months, and he doesn't care about nepotism at all. "

After the queen heard it, she regretted it even more.

If he knew this in advance, he would have to use a different language when talking to Shi Zhongkui.

"Anderquan."

"The servant is here."

An old eunuch about 50 years old stepped forward quickly and knelt on the ground.

I heard the queen say, "Isn't there a batch of tributes from the Western Regions, you pick some important ones and send them to Liu Yuangong's two gentlemen together with imperial clothes.

And I heard that Duke Liu Yuan didn't even have a servant girl to serve him.

Now that they are newly married, the family will inevitably be overwhelmed, so they will choose four more Persian beauties and four Korean beauties to send to Liu Yuangong's red sleeves. "

The so-called pleasant person is the official name of the five ranks.

Shi Zhongkui's two wives were married by the Supreme Emperor, so they are both eligible to be imperial orders.

And Shi Zhongkui is a senior official, and Baochai and Yingchun are the orders of senior officials.

Previously, the palace had prepared the obligatory uniforms for the sixth-rank Anren, but Shi Zhongkui was soon promoted to the fifth rank, and he got married before the imperial uniforms could be delivered in time.

The emperor laughed out loud after hearing this.

The woman didn't wait for a moment to take revenge.

And with the reason that Shi Zhongkui didn't have a maid, no one would blame the queen for the custody.

When Shi Zhongkui and his two wives of the fifth rank at home saw the eight beauties, their expressions must be very exciting.

An Dequan nodded with a suppressed smile, knelt on the ground and took three steps back, then got up and left quickly.

Xia Shouzhong on the side was also secretly happy, wondering if he should come and have a look?

Unexpectedly, the emperor also had this thought, "Xia Shouzhong, didn't I say at the beginning that if Shi Aiqing really has talent, I will give him a pair of calligraphy and painting.

Now that Shi Aiqing is the leader of the six yuan, I should honor my original words. "

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to the warehouse to choose a pair for Liu Yuan."

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly ran to the warehouse, and hurriedly led his men to catch up with An Dequan.

The two eunuchs laughed and went to Shi Zhongkui's house in a sedan chair one after the other.

But when they heard that Shi Zhongkui had gone to the Hanlin Academy, the two of them immediately became unhappy.

He hurriedly ordered someone to go to Shi's house to inform, while the two of them simply waited a few blocks away.

When they heard the news from their subordinates that Shi Zhongkui was returning home in a sedan chair, the two ordered them to continue walking.

But the speed is much slower.

And the fact that Shi Zhongkui scolded the queen in the palace has almost spread all over the capital at this time.

No need to guess, someone must have spread the news on purpose, even the queen herself.

The reason is very simple, Shi Zhongkui doesn't want to be the prince's teacher, but he can't really offend the dead queen, let alone the emperor.

So the saying that the emperor is diligent, and if the empress is smarter, she will take the initiative to spread it.

It seems that the queen has lost face, but it highlights the emperor's diligence.

Under the coercion of the Supreme Emperor, this is indeed very important to the emperor.

After hearing this, the emperor hurried to Kunning Palace.

Besides, in name, the queen must choose a woman for the emperor.

Otherwise, being jealous is far more serious than being scolded by Shi Zhongkui.

And since it is necessary, it means that the queen's beauty pageant is not at fault, otherwise the censor and speech officer would have written a letter to scold her.

Will wait until Shi Zhongkui comes to find fault, it is nothing more than someone who can't think of it, or doesn't want to set up a diligent person for the emperor.

In other words, this matter is actually not a disadvantage for everyone.

Even the queen suffered a loss in name, but she was the biggest winner by gaining the trust and attention of the emperor.

That's why she rewarded Baochai and Yingchun, and at the same time rewarded Shi Zhongkui's 8 Persian orchids and Korean beauty girls.

Outsiders will think that the queen is narrow-minded, and even the emperor thinks so.

But a queen who is not scheming, or has shortcomings, does not need to be on guard all the time for the emperor.

After Shi Zhongkui figured this out, if he bet on himself, he would definitely choose the queen.

It is true that this woman is too thoughtful to be abandoned.

But when he thought that there were only two little princesses under the queen's knees, he hesitated again.

Being able to give birth to a baby means that the queen is in good health.

The two girls, one 8 years old and the other 5 years old, basically passed the most dangerous period of infancy.

All kinds of immunity can already be produced by itself.

The number of premature deaths in the harem of all dynasties is basically higher than that of princes and princesses who can grow up.

That is to say, the queen's control over her own palace and the harem is not low.

Of course, it could also be the princess, so no one cares about it.

Not only is it unnecessary, but the risk is too high.

And no matter how much the little princess was liked by the emperor when she was young, when she grows up, she still cannot escape the fate of being used to win over the officials.

Calculating the time, the eldest princess was born in the second year after the emperor ascended the throne, and the second princess was born three years later.

This can also prove that the relationship between the emperor and the empress has at least had a very good period.

Thinking about it this way, investing in the queen is far more cost-effective than investing in Jia Yuanchun.

Then he should not be the teacher of the three princes.

Even if she just keeps refusing, she doesn't need to get closer to the queen, she can understand what it means by herself.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui chuckled.

But when he got home, he was no longer dumbfounded when he greeted Yizhi.

Baochai and Yingchun, who had already put on the five-rank official clothes, were almost disgraced.

Fortunately, Baochai reacted quickly, and at the same time she forced herself to laugh, she pulled Yingchun, so the two of them didn't cause trouble for others.

However, in my heart, I was scolding Shi Zhongkui to death.

Four houses have been prepared for you, and the home is stable and harmonious.

Now there are 8 vixens backed by the queen, isn't it a mess?
Baochai, Yingchun, and even Yinger, Xiangling, Hu Po, and Pearl immediately decided that they and the others should unite.

Anyway, it's just raising it, and it doesn't cost much money.

But when they thought that there were not enough rooms in the house, it would be difficult to prevent these eight women from coming into contact with their husband, so Baochai and Yingchun became worried again.

After the decree was read, An Dequan smiled and cupped his hands, "Master Shi, my servant congratulates you."

"Don't dare, dare not", Shi Zhongkui looked down on these eunuchs from the bottom of his heart, but he also knew that there was no shortage of powerful people among this group of people.

"Thank you, father-in-law." After saying that, a folded 200 taels banknote quietly appeared in An Dequan's hand.

An Dequan lowered his head and glanced at the hidden flower on the bank note, and immediately knew that it was 200 taels.

I was immediately happy, I didn't expect that Liu Yuangong was really generous.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that An Dequan seldom has the opportunity to come out to declare Yizhi.

The one who visited the most was the house of the father-in-law of the country, but the uncle of the country, Xingyuanhou Zeng Mingchun, let alone rewards, it would be good if he didn't ask the queen for money.

Usually, the door-to-door can give ten taels, or five taels, and it depends on the weight of the gift that An Dequan brings or the gift from the queen when he comes to the door.

So after seeing the 200 taels of silver, An Dequan's attitude suddenly improved countless times.

Looking at Xia Shouzhong who was on the side, he curled his lips.

Secretly thought that this old man was really a poor man, if he knew that he had obtained tens of thousands of taels of silver from the champion, he wondered if he would be paralyzed from fright.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Shouzhong felt that he should take it easy.

In order not to offend the gold master, it will not be so easy to make money in the future.

Not to mention that Shi Zhongkui has written a letter to open up wasteland. If he offends him, when he wants to buy farmland, maybe he can buy three to five thousand acres of farmland, and it will instantly become 1 acres, or even give himself three to five hundred acres of land as a charity.

Just as he wanted to ask for credit, he said that he had picked out a pair of Cai Xiang's calligraphy for him from the warehouse in the inner court.

But seeing Shi Zhongkui cast a glance at himself in a vague way.

He immediately realized that he and Shi Zhongkui had a problem on the surface.

Seeing Shi Zhongkui's hand again, he made a random movement, and soon disappeared. He immediately understood that this was a promise of 500 taels of silver.

While being overjoyed in his heart, he hurriedly tightened his mind, and said with a half-smile, "Duke Liu Yuan, our family has an order from His Majesty, why don't you accept it?"

After a while, Shi Zhongkui took over the calligraphy and painting wrapped in bright yellow silk and satin, as if he forgot to give Xia Shouzhong the silver, he cupped his hands with a smile and said a lot of words of thanks.

The angry Xia Shouzhong flicked his sleeves, turned around and wanted to leave.

But remembering that I have to look at Shi Zhongkui's expression when he receives the eight beauties.

I feel better all of a sudden.

And the performance of the two of them could not escape the eyes of An Dequan, the young eunuch who followed, and the guards who acted as etiquette officers.

Xia Shouzhong shouted something to the guards, and the four carriages that followed stopped at the gate of Shi Zhongkui's house.

Through the middle door that was opened wide because of receiving the order, Shi Zhongkui quickly saw two girls dressed in Korean-style clothes getting out of the first carriage.

At first glance, she was beautiful, but at the second glance, she sighed secretly. As expected of a woman selected from the whole country, she could indeed find one in a thousand beauties in a million to one ratio.

Before Shi Zhongkui finished his amazement, two girls no worse than the first two got off the second carriage.

Shi Zhongkui felt overwhelmed immediately.

When four blond or brown-haired orchids from the Western Regions appeared in front of him, Shi Zhongkui swallowed subconsciously.

There are no island women popular these days. On the contrary, Gao Liji and Hu Ji have been loved by the nobles of the Celestial Dynasty since the Tang Dynasty.

In history, Emperor Yongle also had concubines of Goryeo.

And the Korean girl and Hu Ji who came to Dazhou often treat Dazhou with the same thought that they really came to the heaven.

Not only are they willing, but it is often easy to regard themselves as people of Dazhou.

And when these eight beauties learned that they were serving the leader of Liuyuan, they were already full of expectations.

Now when I look at Shi Zhongkui, who is handsome and taller than ordinary people, I feel so excited.

Following the two eunuchs but eager to enter Shi's house, he suddenly heard a scolding sound.

"Bold, how dare you walk through the main entrance of my Shi family."

Although Shi Zhongkui's heart was moved, reason still prevailed.

If eight women were allowed to enter the house, they would not be able to live in peace in the future.

The Goryeo concubine of Emperor Yongle was poisoned by another Goryeo beauty.

Shi Zhongkui walked out from the main entrance with a face full of anger, stood on the steps and shouted to the two young eunuchs, "There are two plaques on the gate of my official's house that are bestowed by His Majesty on 'Six-Yuan Chief, Number One in the World'. The officials did not dare to go straight to the official's house.

You are so brave. "

The two young eunuchs leading the way raised their heads and looked left and right. After confirming that the two plaques were really there, they were so frightened that they fell to their knees on the ground.

The four Orchids didn't understand, but the four Gao Liji had also read books more or less, so they immediately understood that this was Fan Liao's taboo.

His face turned pale with fright, and he not only knelt on the ground, but folded his hands together, and knelt down with all his body thrown to the ground.

An Dequan and Xia Shouzhong secretly thought it was too bad, this Shi Boqian was emotional one second, and came to his senses the next second.

Not only is his concentration extremely strong, but he is obviously using a problem to make use of it now.

Sure enough, I heard Shi Zhongkui continue to say, "Come here, let me beat these ignorant idiots who dare to look down on my Shi family."

"No", An Dequan hurriedly rushed forward, but managed not to pass through the main entrance, and suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Xia Shouzhong, who was following behind him, also reacted abruptly.

The two of us have finished announcing the imperial decree and the queen's decree. If this is the front door of the transnational, Shi Boqian will definitely hold on to it.

Secretly, Shi Zhongkui was treacherous and deliberately crossed the threshold, he must be luring us to make mistakes.

After thinking of this, An Dequan didn't even dare to stand in front of the gate.

He hurriedly walked a few steps to the side, stood at the side of the main entrance, cupped his hands to Shi Zhongkui, and said, "Duke Liu Yuan, for the sake of the youngness of these two godsons, I will spare them this time."

Shi Zhongkui sighed secretly, if it was Xia Shouzhong instead, he would definitely be led into the pit by himself.

When the time comes, the nonsense will transfer the conflict to etiquette, and these eight women can be driven away casually.

Unexpectedly, An Dequan was so cautious that Shi Zhongkui was unwilling to really offend him.

Now I can only think of other ways to prevent these eight women from entering the door.

(End of this chapter)