Zhutian: Since I was a child, I have been happy to be a father

Eleventh day.

Xicheng Bingmasi.

Chen Tao officially took up his post as one of the four deputy commanders.

Although he was only eighteen years old, the boss of the Five Cities Army was a thief, and the entire system had been reorganized. Thanks to the old man's activities up and down, and the emperor punished him by sending away two farms, he was forgiven and filled this vacancy.

This is normal.

They were in internal strife within the royal family, and it was certainly wrong for the nobles to waver, but as long as they did not join the rebellion, they were still good comrades.

There has never been an accident like the Tumu Fortress in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the military power is still in the hands of the nobles.

The Minister of War who later held military power was still a military officer, and the emperor's uncle and Gu Er, who were in charge of the Five Military Commanderies, were also meritorious officials.

Lord Liang is also loyal, works diligently in the army and has never made any mistakes. Of course, he is an object of unity.

He is actually very attentive to his son.

On the surface, he seemed to prefer his illegitimate eldest son Liang Xuan, who was quite talented and now followed the army to the Northern Expedition. However, in the end, he did not ignore Liang Ye, who was the eldest son despite his lack of talent.

Later, he still wanted to leave the title to this eldest son.

Moreover, even at his old age, he was still leading the troops in exercises on the parade ground, just to let the emperor see his loyalty and be lenient with the young marquis for his sake.

How could he not be happy when he saw that his youngest son, who had always liked to hang out with the maids, had quietly become an excellent archer and suddenly became sensible and loved to study and practice? Even if it cost him his life, he would make this youngest son stand out.

After all, Liang Han was the son he and Mrs. Liang had in their old age, and emotionally he was different from their other sons.

Of course, feelings are feelings, but the title cannot be given.

The Xicheng Bingmasi was mainly responsible for local public security work. The working hours were generally from 5 am to 5 pm, and the patrol camp was responsible for the night curfew.

Chen Tao's main job is to arrest thieves.

Of course, as a leader, he doesn't have to arrest people himself. He can just delegate the task to his subordinates.

In fact, since the people in West City are either rich or noble, the public security situation is relatively good, and things like the bitter falling tower do not happen often, so the workload is not large.

It is worth mentioning that his brother-in-law Yuan Wenshao is working in Nancheng. Although he is only a deputy commander now, he may be promoted after the new year.

However, Wang still felt unhappy.

Her daughter Hualan is dating the second son of the Earl, and today, he is about to be promoted to a regular commander.

However, Aunt Lin's daughter is the second son of the Marquis's family, and she has just started out as a deputy commander. She is so young and her future is limitless.

Why!

Why did the daughter of a stinky vixen have to live in such a situation? God is so unfair!

No way.

The rank and treatment of a marquis are much higher than those of an earl. Apart from anything else, the Marquis Yongchang's Mansion is located in the inner city, while the Earl Zhongqin's Mansion, as described in the original book, is in the third ring. The difference in strength is obvious.

It is said that there was also a Zhongqin Earl in the Ming Dynasty. His name was Wang Guangyang, and he was later sentenced to death in 1898.

Of course, there was also a Marquis of Yongchang, but he was later upgraded to Duke of Liang. His surname was Lan and his given name was Yu, and he was also killed by Baba.

At noon, Chen Tao took his personal aide Yuanyuan (people who didn't know might think of her as a little servant boy, or a handsome young servant who could be used to vent anger) to have lunch.

In the capital of this world, there are many famous restaurants, such as Tianxianglou, which has special private rooms upstairs to accommodate the wives of the wealthy and powerful.

For example, the spicy pepper chicken of "Si Hai Piao Xiang" restaurant is quite famous.

There are also Dongpo pork and honey barbecued pork from "Koushui Pavilion"...

That's how it's set up in the book anyway.

Then it would be reasonable for Chen Tao and his companion to have a hotpot with a tomato soup base and some mutton and beef at noon, right?

Yuanyuan is not picky about food at all, and her favorite foods are fish and shrimp.

Her income was not low, and both Chen Tao and Madam Liang had given her many benefits. If she wanted to have a good meal, she could just give benefits to the maids and ask them to secretly prepare some special meals for her.

But there is no need.

She also helped customize Chen Tao's current menu, which includes some of her favorite dishes.

Of course according to the rules, the maid is not allowed to eat with the master, but the master can give the leftovers to the maid!
The world is different.

One of Sheng Minglan’s favorite pastimes is fishing, and she would ask the kitchen to make her fish fillet in ketchup.

Yes, it is fish fillet in tomato sauce, not fish fillet in vinegar sauce, so it is not surprising that Chen Tao and Yuanyuan eat tomato soup base hot pot.

It is not difficult for Yuanyuan to eat fish and shrimp regularly.

Not to mention that Beijing has few fishery resources.

The Sheng family has a small pond to raise a lot of fish. The Liang family's garden is comparable to the Jia family's Huifang Garden. There is a small river flowing through the garden, making it easier to raise fish and shrimp.

Yuanyuan touched her belly and said happily, "Oh, I'm full~"

She felt that the days after she traveled through time were getting better and better, just like a dream.

Chen Tao smiled and said, "If you get fat, I won't want you anymore."

Yuanyuan said proudly, "Humph, it's better if you don't want it! I won't have to worry about being bullied by you every day, and your wives and concubines will regard you as a thorn in their eyes and flesh, and want to get rid of you as soon as possible!"

"Everyone in the mansion has seen how good I am to you. Which of your requests have I not fulfilled? I love you enough and you still have no conscience and keep saying that I am bullying you."

"You hurt me? You have strong hands and love to pinch my face. You really hurt me often! As for your request, how many times have you not taken me to the Sheng family?"

"This...I'm going to a tryst, and it's inconvenient to take you with me."

"Why is it inconvenient? It's just that little thing, isn't it? I often hear you and Xiuzhu and the others messing around in the inner room, and I also find it inconvenient."

"Stop talking. I'll take you there. Can't I take you there? I really regret it. If I had known you were so stubborn, I wouldn't have bought you and let you be a prostitute."

"I don't want to be a prostitute, I want to be a nun!"

"No, you can only be my concubine from now on."

"..."

Yuanyuan sincerely hopes that before that day comes, she can travel back in time and become an ordinary student.

It’s not that scumbag men are bad. If he can also travel through time and truly change his philandering habits, then Yuanyuan might as well give him a chance.

He is tall and handsome, has a gentle personality, is sweet-talking and can coax people, and is also very obedient to advice. He is indeed a good partner.

Fifteenth.

Longhua Temple.

The first and fifteenth day of the lunar month is the time to go to the temple to burn incense.

That morning, Mrs. Sheng took the women in her family to burn incense.

Mrs. Liang also came with her eldest son, her third son's wife, her concubine's daughter Liang Qing, and her youngest son.

Liang Qing is very young and is now being raised by Madam Liang. In the book, when Grandma Liang was trying to divide the family property, Madam Liang deliberately left a dowry for her.

After burning incense, Mrs. Liang and the women of the Sheng family gathered together in a private room in the reception hall to drink tea and eat vegetarian food.

Liang Qing couldn't sit still. Seeing that the daughter of the Sheng family had slipped away to the back mountain, she also begged Mrs. Liang to let Yuanyuan take her there.

Madam Liang instructed: "Let Liang Han take you there."

Wang had no objection.

Generally speaking, it is inconvenient for unmarried women to meet men who are not married, but Chen Tao is obviously not a man who is not married, so it is okay for him to meet Rulan, the second sister-in-law. Why is she called the second sister-in-law?

Because from Molan's perspective, Rulan is a sister-in-law.

But from Minglan's perspective, she is also a sister-in-law.

Then we have to choose between the two.

***
On the road.

Liang Qing was a filial sister. She handed a steamed bun to Chen Tao and said:
"Fourth brother, this is for you to eat."

Chen Tao took it with a smile, then picked her up and walked towards the back mountain with Yuanyuan beside him.

After all, Liang Han is a character like Jia Baoyu, who is willing to play with his own or relatives' sisters. However, the age difference between him and this sister is too big, so they really can't play together, but their relationship is still okay.

In fact, apart from Liang Da, who had dreams of the title and felt that his three younger brothers, one younger sister, and even his father had benefited from him, the Liang family had no conflicts.

In Sheng Minglan's book, it is believed that illegitimate sons should either be kept together and fostered with family affection, or they should be abandoned directly to avoid future troubles.

At the same time, she believed that a concubine's daughter should abide by the law and wait for death, otherwise she would go astray and there would be no good results.

During the Liang family's division turmoil, she educated Molan in this way as a first-rank lady.

It was said that Molan did not play the supervisory role that a wife should play, but instead she kept sending beautiful maids to her husband, seducing him so that he lost all his fighting spirit and only cared about playing with women.

I have to say that Sheng Minglan, a "man-fawning" woman who only blames women, is indeed quite suitable to be a wife.

But the problem is that these big and reasonable truths she said shouldn't be said by her.

Because she relied on cheating to make Gu Er turn back to his right path, and even made Gu Er deliberately scheme to marry her, and she happily accepted it out of "helplessness".

What the hell...

She had the aura of a heroine, so of course she didn't have to fight for it herself, because there was an old lady named Sheng who looked after her. And the prodigal Gu Ladybug came to her door, and loved her like a possessed man, and she rose to prominence with all kinds of tricks, and easily earned her the title of Madam.

Where is Molan?
Molan said she had bad luck.

And Minglan is indeed luckier.

The heroine's good luck.

This is the truth.

The fact is that she has no ability to control her own destiny. She relies entirely on Gu Er's mechanical courtship. She does not have Molan's proactive and enterprising spirit. She is even more feudal than Molan, the feudal girl.

There's nothing special about her.

Her thoughts were very suitable for the concubine status that Chen Tao had arranged for her, and it was even a compliment.

Not everyone wants Chen Tao.

This is already because she is the heroine and has been infected by the protagonist's aura, and she wants to watch the house fighting drama live.

Otherwise it would be: Yao Yiyi! Your illegal time travel has been exposed. Unless you become my lover obediently from now on, let Gu Er wear a green hat every day and become a father, otherwise I will arrest you and put you in jail at the Spacetime Administration!

The autumn wind rustled.

Under the worried gaze of Molan and the gossipy gaze of Rulan, Chen Tao, at the request of Minglan, the concubine who had not yet married into the family, followed her to leave the pavilion for rest and went to have a private chat under a locust tree not far away.

Molan's worries are not unnecessary.

As the wedding approaches, Minglan is still at a loss as to what to do. She gradually changes her mind and makes plans for a palace fight.

What, you said she thinks a concubine can only leave everything to fate, so she shouldn't compete for favor?
Sorry, other concubines, such as Gu Er’s mistress Man Niang, really have to accept their fate and not get in her way.

But she doesn't have to accept her fate.

Everyone above her is equal, but below her there are clear classes.

So, she deliberately wanted to put on some eye drops today to show Molan that she was not someone to be trifled with.

Her situation is very special. Her status is far higher than that of the concubine Chun Ge, and she is the first-line heir to Grandma Liang Si.

And they have the well-known reputation of "sisterly love"! In this case, shouldn't Molan, as the elder sister, give way to her younger sister in everything?

If Chen Tao dotes on her more, it wouldn't be considered as favoring his concubine over his wife.

The law does not support this, otherwise she would be a co-wife.

So she looked at Chen Tao, and after her emotions were brewing, she said shyly:

"Brother Han, today is our first official meeting. Do you think I am worthy of your attention?"

Chen Tao was not surprised at all and answered truthfully:
"Your appearance is as beautiful as Molan's. I like you very much."

But as for your fat hands, I can accept it! As long as you don't have bound feet, then it's not a big problem.

Chen Tao really couldn't appreciate the three-inch donkey hoof that was admired and sought after by literati and poets.

As beautiful as Mo Lan?

Haha, what's wrong with her eyes? I'm obviously prettier than her!

Otherwise, why would she be so jealous that she wanted to cut my face? What a scumbag!

Minglan was upset, but she tried to look more shy, and lowered her head, pretending not to dare to look at Chen Tao...

Haha, why is this old woman in her 50s acting like a virgin?
Chen Tao complained in his mind, but did nothing with his mouth or hands. He just wanted to see what this time-traveling girl was up to.

About twenty-five seconds later, Minglan raised her flushed face, nervously took out a red bracelet from her bosom, and said in a trembling voice:

"Husband, my dear, I like the jade pendant you gave me very much, but I don't have a good jade pendant like this one to give you, so I had to learn how to weave a bracelet like this. I hope you can always wear it with you and have good fortune for the rest of your life."

The mandarin duck jade pendant she was talking about was given by Mrs. Liang in the name of Chen Tao, and Molan also had a pair in her hand.

It seems that they are indeed treated equally, without favoritism. But in Molan's view, Minglan is just a concubine, and she should not and is not qualified to be treated the same as her.

But "sisters love each other deeply"! And Mrs. Liang valued Minglan first, so she didn't care too much.

But when Minglan took action today, she really couldn't bear it anymore.

Because the next moment, Minglan personally held Chen Tao's hand, put the red bracelet on his left wrist, and then boldly rubbed his hand with her face.

Molan was stunned.

Rulan was also shocked. Even though she was a female hero who stole men, if it were Wen Yanjing, she would dare to do the same.

But Minglan has always been honest, how could she be so proactive?

And it happened with the presence of his wife, Molan, just like Molan's mother pulled Honglang into her room to do it in front of her mother, Wang.

Yuanyuan was delighted.

Isn't this the scene she has been waiting for since entering the Liang Mansion?

Without these people's fighting, how could she live in this boring ancient life? Eating melons is so damn fun! More!
It would be best if we could fight!
Pulling hair and fighting while swearing at each other, that's what's more exciting!
However, Sheng Minglan was very martial and only stopped when she was ready. After a brief moment of ambiguity, she quickly returned.

As for Chen Tao...

I originally wanted to test Gu Tingye.

But in this case, is there any need to test it?

They all call me husband.

And tied a knot in return = she is willing.

Even if Gu Tingye likes Sheng Minglan, after seeing this token of love, he will consciously find another woman. (End of this chapter)