The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 564 The Second Queen Fu
In the county government office, the newly rebuilt Dilong played an important role in this cold winter.

In the huge main house, every room is equipped with fire passages, making it very hot from morning to night.

If the doors and windows are closed, it sometimes feels too hot.

The side effect is that since winter this year, many people in the house have caught wind and cold.

Sometimes I frequently go in and out of the house and forget to buy more clothes. When the cold wind blows in the middle of winter, I will shed tears the next day.

The doctor in the mansion has added a new task this winter, brewing a decoction to prevent wind and cold every day, and sending it to the wives, and the servants of other houses also have it.

In the study, Zhu Xiu was leaning on the recliner, while Xiao Yuan'er was crawling around on her body.

The little girl who had just turned two years old was lively and active. After the brief feeling of strangeness was eliminated, she quickly became intimate with Zhu Xiu. She kept calling "daddy" and "daddy" in a baby voice, easily capturing the heart of her old father.

The chubby little girl is really heavy in my arms. According to Fu Jinhuan and Feng Qingchan, the little girl has had a good appetite since she was a child, rarely gets sick, and her body bones are strong.

This physical advantage obviously comes from the Shatuo historian.

There is no doubt that Shi Lingyan loves his daughter, but due to her natural personality, she is destined not to put too much thought into raising her daughter.

Therefore, the responsibility of taking care of Xiao Yuan'er mainly falls on Fu Jinhuan and Feng Qingchan.

Zhu Xiu teased her precious daughter, while Feng Qingchan sat quietly reading medical books.

Hearing the exaggerated laughter of the father and daughter in the same strain, he looked up from time to time, with a slight smile on his soft face.

Zhu Xiu gently placed his palm on her leg, "Lingyan is such an easy mother. Xiao Yuan'er can grow up healthily, thanks to you."

Feng Qingchan tidied up Xiao Yuan'er's hair, which was messed up from playing, and said with a chuckle: "We are all one family, and this is what I should do. Although Yuan Yuan was not born to me, in my heart, I have long regarded her as my daughter. .”

Zhu Xiu looked at her and suddenly smiled and said: "That year when there was chaos in Kaifeng, when I met you on the street pretending to be a beggar to steal food, why didn't I see that you would be a good wife and mother in the future?"

Feng Qingchan was stunned for a moment, blushed, and rolled her eyes at him.

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "Work hard for Funu and try to give me a baby this year."

Feng Qingchan's cheeks were flushed and she said angrily: "How can you say this in front of your children?"

"Are you afraid? You should also sit over here and let me kiss you~" Zhu Xiu leaned closer with a stern look on his face.

"I hate it, I don't want it~" Feng Qingchan put down the book and pushed him away with a blushing face.

The door of the room opened, and Fu Jinhuan walked in with his son Zhu Yuanjian in his arms.

"Yo~ what does our county lord want to do in broad daylight?"

Fu Jinhuan looked at the two of them and burst into laughter.

"Ahem~" Zhu Xiu hugged Xiao Yuan'er and lay half on the recliner, her expression as usual.

Feng Qingchan's breathing was a little rapid, so she quickly adjusted her clothes and pretended to be sitting upright.

Fu Jinhuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, sister. In the next few months, our Duke Zhu will be yours."

Feng Qingchan was so embarrassed: "Sister, don't make fun of me"

Zhu Xiu just smiled and waved to her son: "Jian'er, come here and give me a hug!"

Zhu Yuanjian, who was less than one and a half years old, was a little afraid of strangers. He was about to cry when his mouth tightened. He struggled to get into Fu Jinhuan's arms and called out "Mother~" indistinctly.

"Jian'er, this is daddy." Fu Jinhuan coaxed his son and comforted him patiently.

Zhu Yuanjian curled up in his mother's arms, looking at Zhu Xiu curiously with his dark eyes open.

Xiao Yuan'er lay on Zhu Xiu's chest, pointed at Zhu Yuanjian and called out: "Brother, younger brother~"

Fu Jinhuan comforted him for a while, Zhu Yuanjian lay quietly on his shoulders, with tears hanging from his long eyelashes, staring blankly at Zhu Xiu with his finger in his mouth, as if he was gradually accepting that the strange man in front of him was his real father.

Fu Jinhuan carefully handed the child into Zhu Xiu's arms. Zhu Xiu hugged his son and grinned happily.

"Jian'er, call daddy and listen!"

Zhu Yuanjian looked at the face of a strange man who was close to him, his small brows gradually wrinkled, his fair face wrinkled, he cried loudly, and his little body struggled and twisted.

"This brat doesn't even recognize his own father!" Zhu Xiu cursed with a smile and patted the little buttocks lightly.

Fu Jinhuan hurriedly took it, coaxing and scolding: "You have been gone for two years, and the child has only seen you once. Besides, this child is timid and fearful. Ma Qing has taken care of him since he was a child, and he still doesn't let him hug him. , she cries non-stop when she is hugged."

Zhu Xiu grabbed her chin, which was already over an inch long, and said depressedly: "As the eldest son in the family, you must not be timid."

Fu Jinhuan said dissatisfied: "Jian'er has a quiet temper. I think he is a scholar. He will study hard in the future, and he doesn't have to dance with guns and sticks to become a general!"

Zhu Xiu scratched his head and looked at Zhu Yuanjian, who was curled up in Fu Jinhuan's arms like a kitten, and then at Zhu Yuanyuan, who was running around the room barefoot, with a wry smile on his face.

"By the way, in the afternoon, my father will take his sixth sister Jin Wan to visit his house and visit his two children." Fu Jinhuan said.

Zhu Xiu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Old father-in-law, he doesn't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything!"

Feng Qingchan stood up, held Xiao Yuan'er's hand and said, "Master and sister will talk slowly, and I will take the two children down first."

Fu Jinhuan smiled and said, "It's all a family matter. Sister, you might as well stay and listen together."

Feng Qingchan took Zhu Yuanjian and held him in her arms, "It's almost time for Zhu Yuanjian to drink goat's milk. I'll take him down first."

"I'm sorry, my sister."

Seeing Zhu Yuanjian being carried away by Feng Qingchan without crying or fussing, Zhu Xiu pursed her lips in jealousy, and lay down with her hands on the back of her head.

When the door was closed, Fu Jinhuan sat on the edge of the recliner, put Zhu Xiu's leg on his own, and gently kneaded it.

"My father wants to send Jin Wan to the palace." Fu Jinhuan whispered.

Zhu Xiu was not surprised by this, and said in a strange tone: "My father-in-law is really afraid that Your Majesty will be lonely without anyone to sleep on!~"

Fu Jinhuan hit him and said angrily: "You are not allowed to ridicule my father!"

Zhu Xiu smiled and said: "How can there be? My old father-in-law is loyal, and I, my son-in-law, deeply admire him!"

Fu Jinhuan rolled his eyes at him, pursed his lips, and frowned: "Actually, I also think that my father's move was a bit inappropriate! Not long after the eldest sister died of illness, his father was busy sending the sixth sister to the palace, and spread the word. I don't know how many people there are. He will laugh at Mr. Fu behind his back."

Zhu Xiu said lazily: "What are you afraid of? As long as you can keep the title of king, what does a little fame mean? Those who gossip behind your back are just jealous!

If there were any daughters in their family who could become queens, not to mention one or two, but ten or eight would be willing to send them to the palace! "

Fu Jinhuan was silent for a moment and sighed: "I always feel that my father...he...about this matter."

"Too cool? Too utilitarian?" Zhu Xiu said with a smile.

Fu Jinhuan nodded silently, and Zhu Xiu said what she could not say.

Wei Wang Fu Yanqing was her biological father. Originally, according to her upbringing, she should not talk about her father behind his back.

But this time Fu Yanqing's behavior made her feel really uncomfortable and she couldn't help but come to discuss it with her husband.

Zhu Xiu caressed his beloved wife's face and said softly: "The queen passed away, but many members of the Fu family are still alive. The entire Fu family also needs the existence of a Queen Fu to protect the Fu family from wind and rain.

To the entire Fu family, it didn't matter who Queen Fu was, they just needed the identity of a relative.

As the leader of the Fu clan, King Wei considered the whole clan and did nothing wrong. "

Fu Jinhuan's eyes turned red: "But even before my sister's body is cold, the Fu family keeps making trouble. It's really chilling."

Zhu Xiu said lightly: "In the face of personal interests, sometimes even family ties seem insignificant. The Dazhou clan is already thin, and as a relative, the Fu family can enjoy supreme honor."

Fu Jinhuan bit his lip, his eyes full of resentment and disappointment.

Mrs. Fu's attitude and behavior after Fu Jinzhan's death really chilled her.

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "King Wei is here to inform me, and to persuade me to persuade His Majesty to accept Fu Jinwan.

I have to admit that if the Fu woman continues to sit firmly on the throne of the queen, it will be of great benefit to me in a short period of time. "

Fu Jinhuan wiped away his tears and asked doubtfully: "Why do you say in a short time?"

Zhu Xiu smiled and gently touched her cheek: "You will understand in the near future."

Fu Jinhuan did not ask too much, and added: "One more thing, I heard from my father before that he originally wanted to give his sixth sister Jin Wan to Zhao Kuangyin's brother Zhao Kuangyi.

General Zhao Hongyin came to propose marriage, and his father verbally agreed at the time.

I asked Ma Qing to inquire. It seems that Jin Wan and Zhao Kuangyi have known each other since childhood, and they have a close relationship. They seem to be interested in each other. "

Zhu Xiu almost spit out a mouthful of tea: "What's going on? Is this boy Zhao Kuangyi very good at seducing women? Since he and Fu Jinwan have been engaged for a long time, how can King Wei send his daughter to the palace?"

Fu Jinhuan frowned and was a little embarrassed to say: "What my father meant was that the marriage was only promised verbally. There was no engagement letter and no betrothal gift. It was not even an engagement. Naturally, this engagement did not count."

"Haha, my old father-in-law came here really because the queen's position belongs to the Fu family. He can do anything~" Zhu Xiu couldn't help but laugh strangely.

Fu Jinhuan's pretty face was gloomy, and she didn't speak this time. After all, Fu Yanqing's actions made even her feel ashamed.

Fu Jinhuan bit his teeth lightly: "When dad comes later, you don't need to worry about my face. If you think this is inappropriate, don't agree!"

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "If you don't follow the old father-in-law, I'm afraid you will offend him!"

"Hmph~ I'll offend him if he offends me. Whoever told him to do things unkindly! Before my sister's mausoleum was in peace, he was busy arranging for His Majesty's marriage!" Fu Jinhuan was furious.Zhu Xiu smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have my own considerations on this matter. Just agree to King Wei's request. If Fu Liumei can enter the palace and become the queen, it will also be beneficial to us."

As for the Zhao family, it doesn't matter whether they offend or not. I killed Han Chongyun in Chuzhou. Zhao Hongyin and Uncle Zhao have long held grudges in their hearts. "

Zhu Xiu narrowed his eyes and sneered. Since he had killed Han Chongyun, he was not afraid of falling out with the Zhao family in advance.

In the afternoon, Fu Yanqing arrived with Fu Jinwan as promised.

The nominal gift for his grandson consisted of several large cars, and the gift list was more than two feet long. Ma Qing had more than a dozen servants working for a while before he could finish moving it.

"Wangshan Hall, what a name!"

Zhu Xiu personally welcomed his father-in-law into the middle hall. Fu Yanqing stood outside the hall, looked up at the plaque, and praised with a smile.

"The more you look at the character of this literary talent, the better it becomes. When will you write a few more calligraphy works for me to look at?"

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "Whenever my father-in-law wants it, my son-in-law can write it whenever he wants. Don't say a few paintings, just as many as you want!"

"Haha~ Nowadays, calligraphy treasures for literary talents are hard to find. As soon as you say this, you will give me tens of thousands of dollars!" Fu Yanqing laughed.

Zhu Xiu joked: "My father-in-law, the dignified head of the Fu clan, wouldn't he sell his son-in-law's calligraphy and paintings on the street?"

"Huh?" Fu Yanqing was stunned, then burst into laughter: "The Fu family has not yet reached the stage where it is necessary to sell calligraphy and paintings to supplement the family income!"

"Haha, please, father-in-law!"

Fu Yanqing stepped into the middle hall first, followed by Fu Jinzhan holding Fu Jinwan on his arm.

Zhu Xiu glanced at Fu Jinwan. This girl was fifteen or sixteen years old this year. She had a long-lasting appearance and inherited the excellent appearance genes of the old Fu family. She was youthful, beautiful, and naturally charming.

Fu Jinwan seemed to notice that Zhu Xiu was sizing her up. She turned her head slightly and raised her eyebrows, smiling with a hint of flirtatiousness in the corners of her upturned eyes.

Zhu Xiu smiled lightly and looked away, but she couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

This Fu Jinwan's temperament seems to be different from those of her sisters, bold and unrestrained, she knows how to use her beauty to seduce men at a young age.

She doesn't look like a young girl, but like a popular courtesan in Yingyuan.

According to Fu Jinhuan's private revelation, the biological mother of the sixth sister Fu Jinwan came from a humble background and fell into prostitution before joining the Fu family.

Fu Yanqing was also worried about rumors, so he kept secret the origins of the sixth girl's mother, and very few people knew about it.

"You talented man, you must already know the purpose of my coming here."

After taking two sips of tea, Fu Yanqing smiled.

Zhu Xiu glanced at Fu Jinwan, and said: "Huan'er already informed me at noon, please tell me what father-in-law thinks."

Fu Yanqing said: "I won't hide it. The queen passed away, and I am also very sad. Now the palace is empty, and there is no one to take care of your majesty. I would like to find an opportunity to bring my sixth sister Jin Wan into the palace. If your majesty likes it, Let her succeed my eldest sister Jinzhan and stay in the palace to serve His Majesty."

Zhu Xiu nodded, picked up the tea cup and took a sip slowly.

Fu Yanqing said in a deep voice: "If this happens, there will be someone to take care of His Majesty and someone to take care of the inner palace. Mrs. Fu will retain her status as a relative, and the relationship between you and His Majesty will not be severed."

Zhu Xiu put down the tea cup and said with a helpless smile: "My father-in-law is really straightforward."

Fu Yanqing twirled his beard and smiled: "We are all from our own family, so there is no need to mince words."

Fu Jinwan clenched her handkerchief tightly, looking at Zhu Xiu with some anticipation and some nervousness.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Xiu said: "I heard that my father-in-law had previously intended to marry Zhao Hongyin?"

Fu Yanqing frowned and glanced at Fu Jinhuan, seeming to blame her for not revealing the matter to Zhu Xiu.

"That's right, but it's just a preliminary discussion between the two families. There is no engagement contract, so it doesn't count!" Fu Yanqing said calmly.

Zhu Xiu smiled and looked at Fu Jinwan: "Is Sixth Sister willing to enter the palace?"

Fu Jinwan's face turned red and she said coyly: "His Majesty is a great man in the world. If my little sister is lucky enough to serve in the palace, it will be a blessing earned over several lifetimes."

Zhu Xiu grinned. It seemed that the relationship between Fu Jinwan and Zhao Kuangyi's childhood sweethearts was not worth mentioning in front of the Queen's throne.

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Xiu smiled and said, "The winter plum blossoms are in full bloom in the back garden. Huan'er might as well take Sixth Sister to have a look."

Fu Jinhuan knew that her husband had something to discuss with his father in private, so he nodded in understanding and left with Fu Jinwan.

Fu Jinwan was reluctant to leave, and wanted to know immediately whether Brother-in-law was willing to help.

Fu Yanqing winked at her, and she went down with a cold face unhappily.

"Wen Cai has something to say now." Fu Yanqing smiled.

Zhu Xiudao: "I wonder what my father-in-law needs from my son-in-law in this matter?"

"Haha, it's simple. You and I go to the palace together to see His Majesty and persuade His Majesty to accept Jin Wan.

To be honest, I mentioned it to His Majesty in private a few days ago, but His Majesty was not very interested and seemed to have no intention of establishing another queen. "

Fu Yanqing narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a low voice: "And as far as I know, there is a naughty girl in the palace who is pregnant by His Majesty!"

Zhu Xiu was shocked. He only found out about this matter yesterday through Wang Jien's secret report. He did not expect that Fu Yanqing was also well-informed.

Before this incident spread, Chai Rong had already asked the lucky Cainv to live alone in Yanfu Palace, and sent the palace maid and eunuch Haosheng to take care of her.

Cainü is just a low-level married woman in the inner palace, with a total of 27 people in the eighth rank.

In addition, there are 27 Baolin and 27 imperial wives, resulting in 81 imperial wives.

They are all low-grade female officials. Ninety-nine percent of them will never be favored by the emperor in their lifetime. They usually live cautiously in the palace, and will be released from the palace when they reach their age, or one day they will be rewarded by the emperor and belong to others.

That extremely lucky Cai Nu probably had the opportunity to be lucky because she accompanied Chai Rong on the expedition to Huainan last year and accompanied the emperor.

Fu Yanqing stared at him: "If this girl gives birth to a prince in the future, and the mother is more valuable than the son, anything could happen. The eldest son of the prince needs a family member to take care of him, do you understand?"

Zhu Xiu nodded silently.

From this point of view, the Fu family did have reason to send another woman to the palace to succeed the queen.

One is to take care of the young emperor's eldest son Chai Zongxun, and the other is to ensure that Fu Jinzhan's son will inherit the throne in the future.

Zhu Xiu sighed inwardly, Fu Yanqing, an old fox, had really far-reaching thoughts.

"My son-in-law and my father-in-law are a family. They both prosper and suffer. My son-in-law will do his best for this matter!" Zhu Xiu said with a smile.

Fu Yanqing laughed: "Literary talent really recognizes my good intentions!"

"Also, I would like to ask my father-in-law to do a small favor for my son-in-law." Zhu Xiu said with a smile.

Fu Yanqing's smile faltered, and he said with a hint of displeasure: "Why, Wen is negotiating terms with me?"

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "My father-in-law has his orders, and my son-in-law should obey them. I have no other intention. Even if my father-in-law doesn't come to see me today, my son-in-law will come to visit me in the future."

Fu Yanqing snorted softly: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"All the soldiers and horses of the Yicheng Army in Weizhou know Li Jixun, does your father-in-law know?"

Fu Yanqing nodded with his beard: "I heard it a little bit."

Zhu Xiudao: "My son-in-law would like to ask his father-in-law to apply to the imperial court to transfer Li Jixun to serve under the Tianxiong Army. Within two or three years, he should not be allowed to join the Forbidden Army or lead the army alone!"

Fu Yanqing asked suspiciously: "Why? Do you have a grudge against this person?"

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "No, this Li Jixun is a talented person. It would be a pity to stay in Weizhou. I want to ask my father-in-law to train him well, so he can be a national scholar!"

Fu Yanqing wondered for a while, unable to guess Zhu Xiu's true intention.

"Okay, I promise you this." After thinking about it for a while, Fu Yanqing felt that the matter was irrelevant and readily agreed.

"Thank you, father-in-law!" Zhu Xiu stood up and saluted.

"The day after tomorrow I will bring Jin Wan into the palace, and you will come with me."

"My son-in-law is attentive to my father-in-law's orders."

Fu Yanqing left with satisfaction, taking Fu Jinwan with him who was also full of joy.

Zhu Xiu and Fu Jinhuan saw them out of the house and watched Fu drive away.

"My sixth sister has turned out to be a person who follows people's influence over the years. Just now, she complained that I shouldn't tell you about my verbal marriage proposal with the Zhao family.

She also asked me if I was afraid that when I become a queen in the future, my status would be above mine, which would make me, a sister, uncomfortable?

You said how could she think so?It really pisses me off! "

After Fu's car drove away, Fu Jinhuan could no longer hold back his anger and was so angry that he stammered in his words.

Zhu Xiu held her shoulders and comforted her: "Although your sixth sister is young, she is not simple-minded. When you get along with her in the future, you need to be more thoughtful."

Fu Jinhuan bit his lip and said nothing. It could be seen that he was extremely disappointed with his father and sister's attitude this time.

Zhu Xiuyuan watched the carriage disappear on the street, and couldn't help but murmur in her heart, whether it was a good thing or a bad thing to send this Fu Jinwan to the palace.
(End of this chapter)