Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 143 Family Troubles

After coming out of his mother's room, Wang Daoqiu returned to his room.As soon as he entered the room, Shen Xiangning had a big belly and was already sitting there waiting for him.

As soon as he saw Wang Daoqiu coming in, Shen Xiangning stood up and wanted to salute. Wang Daoqiu, seeing Shen Xiangning's clumsy movements, stepped forward and pressed her shoulders with both hands, pushed her back to her seat, and complained: "Dad. Mom, it’s true, you’re almost nine months old, why are you still allowed to follow me!”

"I don't blame my parents, I have to come here myself. Husband, I really can't get used to staying in our small village, and it's hard for me to run back to Hangzhou, so just let me follow you from now on!" Wang Daoqiu heard this Complaining, Shen Xiangning pouted and said arrogantly.

Come to think of it, Shen Xiangning grew up in the big city of Hangzhou. Her family was rich, and people in the world called her the "richest man in Zhejiang."Now if you ask her to live in a country far away from the city, it will be refreshing for a short period of time, but once the freshness wears off, won’t she be able to stay there?

After understanding this, Wang Daoqiu couldn't bear to scold Shen Xiangning any more.First he helped her to the bed and let her lie down, and then chatted with her about their lives in the past few months since they were separated.

There was a sweet conversation between husband and wife. As they talked, Shen Xiangning remembered her mother's instructions.So she leaned her head on Wang Daoqiu's chest and said softly: "Husband, my mother has something that she wants me to ask you to see if you can handle it."

"Mother-in-law, what do you want me to do?"

"Well, it's like this. Isn't my aunt in the palace? My mother and my aunt haven't seen each other for 20 years, and I miss her a little. And before my grandfather died, he left a letter to my aunt, so my mother wants to see my aunt. , I wonder if you can do anything about it?"

During the two months when Du Kangfei was in charge of Xiyuan, Wang Daoqiu also inquired about Du Kangfei from the sidelines and the eunuchs.However, what Wang Daoqiu heard about Du Kangfei's behavior was very bad.

So now that Shen Xiangning mentioned this matter, Wang Daoqiu pondered his thoughts for a while, and then said: "Xiangning, I won't hide it from you. I asked the eunuchs in the palace about your aunt. They all said that your aunt is not a A fuel-efficient lamp, she was very scheming. Not long after she gave birth to King Yu, she saw that Queen Fang was not favored, so she began to covet the position of queen. For this reason, she spent a lot of money to bribe the chamberlains and maids around the emperor, and asked these people to help him in front of the emperor. She spoke. At that time, there happened to be another imperial concubine who was doing the same thing, so the two small gangs kept fighting in private. In the end, it even evolved into a public invitation to fight by both parties, and they agreed on who would lose. Who quits.”

"That time they agreed to have sex in the imperial garden at night, but I don't know if someone tipped off in advance or the emperor wandered there accidentally. Anyway, two groups of eunuchs were fighting there, and the emperor saw it. Then these fighting eunuchs, He was captured on the spot by the emperor's soldiers. Later, when things were investigated, it was revealed that your aunt had bribed eunuchs and palace maids to seek the position of queen. At that time, the emperor was furious. To be honest, if it hadn't been for you at that time Your aunt gave birth to a prince for the emperor, and your aunt was probably given to death by the emperor at that time. However, the emperor spared your aunt for the sake of King Yu. But the emperor never visited your aunt again after that. There, they even said in private that they would never see each other again, life or death, your sister-in-law Du Kangfei."

What does it mean to not see each other again in life and death?To put it bluntly, if you are not summoned while you are alive, you will not be allowed to be buried with him after your death?Emperor Jiajing said such cruel words to Concubine Du Kang. His disgust for Concubine Du Kang was obviously deep in his bones.

Shen Xiangning is a lady, Bingxue is smart, so she naturally understands Wang Daoqiu's words.So lamenting how he could have such a restless aunt, Shen Xiangning sighed and said leisurely: "Although my aunt is not good, after all, she is my mother's only sister in this world. If your husband can do anything, you can still Let’s arrange a meeting with them!”

"Okay, I'll go to the palace tomorrow and tell the emperor that you just came from Zhejiang. You have some silk, tea and other local products that you want to give to the empresses in the palace. I ask His Majesty to allow you to enter the palace and visit all the empresses."

"Then, then, husband, can your Majesty agree?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem. I beg the emperor to let my mother, mother-in-law, and you enter the palace. You three are all women, and there are no taboos in entering the palace. Besides, you are pregnant. I beg the emperor to let me. The emperor should give me this favor if my child enters the palace and becomes noble."

"Really! That's great. I really want to see what the palace is like! People say..."

It is a woman's nature to be curious and like gossip, and Shen Xiangning, who comes from a wealthy family, is not immune to this.So as soon as she heard that she would have the opportunity to go into the palace to have a look, she immediately began to pester Wang Daoqiu and asked Wang Daoqiu to tell her what the palace was like.

He accompanied Shen Xiangning for another conversation, because Shen Xiangning's belly was already very big now, and Wang Daoqiu was afraid that he would accidentally touch Shen Xiangning's belly when sleeping at night.So he asked Shen Xiangning's personal maid Cui'er to set up a small bed in the house to accompany Shen Xiangning, while he himself went to find another place to sleep.

When Wang Daoqiu came out of Shen Xiangning's house, he saw his father Wang Zhaowen, father-in-law Shen Yishi, and his friend Gao Yi. The three of them were sitting in the yard enjoying the cool air, admiring the moon, and chatting.

Wang Zhaowen and Gao Yi once had a life-long friendship where they endured hardships together in the provincial examination. Shen Yishi and Gao Yi are fellow Hangzhou residents.The three of them sat together, reminiscing about the glorious past, and had a great time chatting.

Seeing these three people sitting in the courtyard chatting, Wang Daoqiu hurriedly went over to say hello.Seeing that Wang Daoqiu was not in the house with his wife at this time, but came out, Wang Zhaowen was very curious.So he asked: "My son, you and Xiangning haven't seen each other for more than half a year. We have just reunited as husband and wife. Why don't you stay with Xiangning in the house instead of coming out?" I have to go to bed early before going to court. Xiangning is now nine months pregnant and her belly is too big. If I sleep with her and accidentally touch her belly at night, it will be bad. So in her Before giving birth, we should not sleep in the same room."

"Oh, that's right. So, children should be the most important thing in everything! All right, since you have to go to court tomorrow, you should go to rest quickly."

After hearing Wang Daoqiu's reasons why he should not sleep with Shen Xiangning now, Wang Zhaowen thought deeply and asked Wang Daoqiu to go and rest quickly.But as soon as he finished talking to Wang Daoqiu, Wang Zhaowen seemed to think of something again, so he said to Gao Yi beside him: "Brother Zixiang, you, the doctor of the examination department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, will also go to the morning court tomorrow, right?"

"Yes! Brother Zhaowen."

"Hey, damn it, brother Zixiang has to go to the morning court tomorrow, but brother Yu dragged you here to talk about gossip, damn it, brother Zixiang, let's talk another day, go back and rest!"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I'm used to getting up early, so it doesn't matter."

"No, no, no, dear brother Zixiang, go back and rest quickly."

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Knowing that Gao Yi would have to attend the morning court tomorrow, Wang Zhaowen still stood up and pushed Gao Yi away even though Gao Yi said "it's okay".

After Gao Yi left, Wang Daoqiu sat down in Gao Yi's original seat.Seeing that Wang Daoqiu sat down instead of resting, Wang Zhaowen asked strangely: "Didn't you say that you have to go to court early in the morning? Why are you sitting here?"

"Oh father, my mother told me just now..." Then Wang Daoqiu told his father Wang Zhaowen what his mother wanted him to do to help his brother, his uncle, and his two cousins ​​just now.

After listening to Wang Daoqiu's narration, Wang Zhaowen slammed the table and said angrily: "Your mother is so confused, how can I ask you to help her with these things. Your brother, your uncle, and your two cousins, they Although their natures are not bad, they all like to live a luxurious life. And among these people, except your brother who has been under my strict control, your two uncles and two cousins, all four of them have gambling and whoring Bad habits. Especially gambling. Your grandfather died on it, and your second uncle had his leg broken because of it. The family has such a painful lesson, but they just can’t remember it. How many times have I persuaded them, They won’t listen either.”

"How can we help such a group of people? Even if we have millions of dollars, they can't fill this bottomless pit? To be honest, if I couldn't bear to see your mother worried, my father would have stopped letting your mother help your two uncles. Okay. Also, Liangzhen, please remember, if these people come to Beijing to see you in the future, you only need to provide them with food and accommodation for a few days, and give them some travel expenses. You must not give them too much gold and silver, let alone help. They arrange errands.”

"These people are bottomless pits, and they all have no skin. If you give them a favor once, they will do it a second time, a third time, and eat you for the rest of your life. What's more, if you let your two uncles and two cousins ​​benefit, Well, will you help your two uncles, your five cousins ​​and four cousins, as well as the members of our Wang family? So, my child, can’t you be kind in this matter? Okay, you can’t help me in this matter. Don’t worry about it, I’ll go talk to your mother.”

After Wang Zhaowen said these words, he sat there with his head covered and was furious.To be honest, for the sake of his two unworthy brothers-in-law, he had had enough in the past 20 years.I just couldn't bear to embarrass my wife, and I was concerned about my status as a scholar, so I endured the nausea again and again and asked my wife to use the family's money to become a "little brother-supporting demon".

Now that his son is an official, they want to "eat" his son again. Wang Zhaowen can't bear it this time.No words can be said to let this happen, even if it means severing the relationship.

Seeing that Wang Zhaowen was so angry, Shen Yishi next to him also said: "A good son-in-law? Your mother is a woman with a soft heart and can't tell right from wrong. This is understandable. But you are now an important minister of the court. From now on, you , you have to be considerate when you do things, you should be ruthless when you should be ruthless, and you shouldn’t be affectionate. Take this matter as an example, if you listen to your mother with a soft heart, then I can guarantee that you will have endless love in the future Trouble. If you let those people get money too easily, they will only spend more time and drink more, and will only ask you for more. So my son-in-law, you have to be ruthless in this matter. "

"Yes, Liangzhen. As the old saying goes: wealth never returns home, that's what it means. Okay, you have to go to court early tomorrow, so go to bed early!"

Seeing that Shen Yishi also spoke out to support him, Wang Zhaowen persuaded his son Wang Daoqiu again, and then drove Wang Daoqiu away.

(End of this chapter)