Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 463: The system of imperial edicts
He Tieniu hugged him hurriedly: "Brother, where are you going? They don't believe you. A hundred Lao Niu believe you. If you go, I will follow you."

"It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

"Brother Hu, there are so many of you. This matter really has a lot to do with it. We don't dare to be careless, but we don't want to be a villain in vain."

"We have absolutely no faith in Brother Hu's intentions. We are just being careful and making no big mistakes. I hope Brother Hu will forgive you."

"How about I toast Brother Hu to apologize later tonight?"

Everyone tried to persuade him, and Baqiansui smiled apologetically and offered the knife to him with both hands.

Jia Cong took the knife, sighed, and said, "Be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship. I naturally understand, but the feeling of being suspected is not good.

Since all the heads of the family have their own difficulties and I have nothing to say, let's just leave it at this, lest there will be any resentment in the future and spoil the harmony between the brothers. "

Everyone was busy pulling him to persuade him.

"Siniang, please open your mouth. Brother Hu treats you better than us." Someone said.

Seeing everyone looking over, Yang Siniang blushed slightly, spat, and said "reluctantly": "Brother Hu, please forgive me, we have misunderstood you."

The Holy Mother of White Lotus was under pressure and had to apologize: "Brother Hu, I'm sorry, I was paranoid."

"Brother Hu, look at the two heroines Siniang and Madonna, they have already made amends to you, so let's just expose them," the crowd advised.

Jia Cong borrowed the donkey from the slope, nodded reluctantly and said, "That's all, I'm not a stingy person, so I won't mention it any more.

If any future leader still has doubts, he can be honest and honest. If he can tolerate the younger brother, he will stay. If he cannot tolerate him, he will leave. This will not drag down the elder brother. "

"Brother Hu, what you said is serious, what you said is serious. We can't even invite a hero like you. How can we not tolerate him?"

At that moment, everyone served wine to appease Jia Cong and drank until dark before letting him go.

Jia Cong was drunk and was driven home by two minions sent by He Tieniu.

Cheng Lingsu hurriedly helped him back to his room.

Liu Xianglian went to fetch water, wash him, and sent the two minions away.

Jia Cong returned to the room, suddenly woke up, and said: "Bring me the map and pen and ink."

Cheng Lingsu hurriedly set out to lay out the map, put pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.

Jia Cong looked at the map, thought about it, drew a circle on it with his finger, and clicked it again, and found that the place where his finger landed was Qufu.

Because he picked up his pen and wrote on the paper:
With Jinan Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture, Yizhou Prefecture, Caozhou Prefecture, Jining Prefecture and other neighboring prefectures, the South Route Army quickly dispatched generals to station heavy troops in the four cities of Tai'an, Ningyang, Ziyang, Zouxian and Sishui.

The outside is loose and the inside is tight. No fanfare or leakage of information is allowed. Arrival is limited to ten days. Anyone who fails to arrive after the deadline will be killed!
Qiao Yin and Peng Cheng mobilized heavy troops to guard Liaocheng without making any mistakes. Kongxing and Xiehui led their troops and my own soldiers to lie down in Ziyang. Just follow the order!
After Jia Cong finished writing, he drew a monogram and stamped it, folded it into a small roll, and stuffed it into a small bamboo tube.

A moment later, a handsome sea turtle in the backyard fluttered its wings and disappeared silently into the dark night sky like a ghost.

A few days ago, Jia Cong had ordered Nalandu to train falcons in Liaocheng to carry messages and established a contact point. Once the sea turtle is released, it will automatically return to Liaocheng.

Just over an hour later, the Jurchen man guarding the eagle house in Liaocheng received the sea turtle. He took off the small bamboo tube tied to the eagle's leg and hurriedly presented it to Qiao Yin, Kongxing and others.

When Qiao Yin and others saw it, they hurriedly sent an urgent messenger from eight hundred miles away to convey orders to everyone.

Kong Xing and Xie Hui led their troops to set out overnight and rushed to Yanzhou Prefecture.
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Divine Capital City, Princess Ruyi’s Mansion

Ruyi was talking and joking with Baochai and Daiyu at home. Now that they have been upgraded from best friends to sisters who work together with the same husband, they naturally have to establish a good relationship in advance and jointly manage certain people clearly.

Daiyu smiled and said: "I heard from people all over the city that on the day of the execution, my sister really rode on horseback and rescued people in the execution ground?
If he is really a heroic girl, I think it will be a great success if it is adapted into a play. I have already thought of a title for the play, and it will be called Ruyi Saves Her Husband. How about it? "

Ruyi blushed and spat: "Younger, if you keep looking at your skin, I was just afraid that you two beauties would become little widows, so I risked my life to save people. You actually set me up, it's really like a dog biting Lu Dongbin." "

Daiyu covered her mouth and said with a smile: "It turns out it's for 'us'. I thought it was for 'us'." Obviously the two 'we' have different meanings.

Being teased by her in a weird way, Ruyi couldn't help it any longer, and reached out to scratch Daiyu's waist and ribs, saying, "You're so mean and mean, I'll spare you."

"Good sister, please forgive me this time. I won't dare to do it again." Daiyu fell on the kang and begged for mercy with a smile.

Baochai also advised: "If you wish, let her be spared this time. Cong'er was competing in the Golden Palace that day. Is there anything wrong with killing the Crown Prince Guanyang?" She was always steady and asked serious questions.

Ruyi sneered and said: "Dai Quan has already told me that Brother Cong would have been assassinated that day if he hadn't been vigilant.

It turns out that Dongchang had already intervened, secretly bribed Dai Quan's people, drugged Brother Cong's food, and wanted to take advantage of the competition to get rid of him openly.

Unexpectedly, Brother Cong had already noticed it and asked Dai Quan to secretly change the food and drinks. However, Marquis Guanyang and others did not know about it and foolishly sent Li Zhen out to fight with him. He deserved to die!

The father, the emperor, and the queen are also aware of this matter, so don't worry, you will not be able to live for your own sins. With his father, the emperor and his mother protecting him, what could happen to Brother Cong? "

Baochai was frightened when he heard this. He slowly breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "I really didn't expect that fighting in the court can be so dangerous. If there is a slight mistake, it will be doomed."

Daiyu also felt sad and said softly: "It's not easy for Brother Cong outside."

Ruyi has always been cheerful and said with a smile: "What are you two worried about? That bastard is as smart as a ghost.

I heard that I got another counselor. He is the only one who plots against others, so how can anyone plot against him? You can just be your wife in peace and contentment. "

Because the marriage was granted by the queen, Jia Cong's marriage also broke the rules. According to the regulations, "a person who can be named a wife can only be named the first wife. If the first wife dies before being named, the person who should be named a stepwife can be given a posthumous title by the first wife, and only one person can be named a stepwife."

For example, if Jia She dies his first wife and remarries Mrs. Xing, the court will give Mrs. Xing another imperial edict. If Mrs. Xing dies again and he marries again, I'm sorry, it's gone.

You can't marry ten wives and the court will give you ten royal orders.

Theoretically, Jia Cong could only have one royal wife, the first wife.

But Ruyi is already a princess, her rank is higher than that of a prince, and her title is higher than that of Jia Cong. If she enjoys the title of countess, doesn't that mean she has lowered her status?
Therefore, the imperial edict can only be given to an equal wife, and two equal wives cannot share the same imperial edict, and it is not given to anyone. Therefore, the queen gave an extra favor and rewarded another imperial edict.

From now on, Baochai and Daiyu will both be wives of the first rank, which can be regarded as a happy ending for everyone.

As long as there is a royal decree, Jia Cong's ordinary wife will be completely equal to other people's wives in terms of status.

The wives of wealthy and noble families compare themselves to each other simply because of this political halo. Without this halo, you are just a commoner woman, unable to stand up when talking to official wives.

Why is it that Sister Feng is the housekeeper of the Rong Mansion and Li Wan is not allowed to take charge of it? She is still the eldest sister-in-law. Just because Jia Zhu died early and Li Wan had no official status, how could he go out and deal with various wives and grandmothers?
Others are afraid that they will say that there is no one in your Jia family, and you have a commoner woman to greet me. Isn't this offending?

This is called level equivalence, or at least class equivalence. It is the same truth throughout the ages.

Therefore, in the original work, when Qin Keqing died, Jia Zhen tried every means to get her a royal title. Even if it was just a fifth-grade royal title, she had to break away from her status as a civilian woman, just for this dignity.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang was indignant towards Aunt Zhao who might be granted the imperial title, because the regulations of the country clearly stated: Anyone who can be granted the title of mother can only be granted the title of suitable mother or biological mother, and stepmother is not allowed to be granted the title. When the suitable mother is present, the mother of the child cannot be sealed together.

Shi Mu is the legitimate mother.

In other words, according to regulations, as a concubine, Jia Huan, even if he became an official and received a title, if he wanted to be ennobled, he could only be granted the title of his eldest mother, Mrs. Wang.

But the court has already considered another situation, that is, the father is already an official and the concubine is also an official. What should we do? You can't have two imperial titles by yourself.

Therefore, there is another provision: if the father's official position is greater than that of the son, the appropriate mother will be granted the title of father's official title, and the mother of the child will be granted the title of son's official title.

Mrs. Wang has already granted the title of Yiren of the fifth rank to Jia Zheng's Yuanwailang. If Jia Huan gets another minor title, he can directly grant the title to his biological mother, Aunt Zhao. Even if he is only a seventh-rank Ruren, it will be a qualitative leap in status.

When the lady was mentioned, Baochai and Daiyu immediately blushed, as if the mutton-fat white jade had a touch of blood, and they were so charming. They said in unison: "Sister, don't make fun of me, we still have to take care of you, the princess." Woolen cloth."

This sister naturally respects Ruyi's status as the head wife.

Ruyi smiled and said: "Then it's settled. If that bastard disobeys me in the future, you can follow me back to the Princess Mansion and let him live as a bachelor."

Daiyu sneered when she heard this and said, "Then he is afraid that he will do whatever he wants because no one will care about him."

Baochai also smiled and said: "Ruyi, doesn't this mean abdicating the throne and giving way to someone worthy of the throne?"

"Well, that makes sense. There are quite a few people in his room, such as Chu Chan, who is a vixen and not serious at first glance." Ruyi nodded.

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Why do you say Sister Chan is not serious?"

Ruyi muttered: "I have already found out clearly that Chu Chan comes from a wealthy family and is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhen family in Jiangnan.

Because she despised her husband as a good-for-nothing, she got involved with a pervert named Cong Geer. She went to Qin Muchu and changed her mind when he saw something different. To say that she was not serious would be an understatement. "

Baochai said hurriedly: "Ruyi, you don't know the inside story, Sister Chan is not that kind of person.

If she was really that kind of person, how could Cong'er regard her differently and entrust her with such a heavy responsibility?
In fact, she is no worse than me and Yan'er. She is well-educated and well-educated. She is a well-known and talented girl in Jiangnan. She just doesn't treat people well.

Cong'er sympathized with her situation and loved her talents, so she helped her escape from the sea of ​​suffering. "

Ruyi sneered, looked at Baochai and said, "Sister Bao is such a good wife and mother. If I were a man, I would definitely marry her.

A few words wiped out a couple of adulterers and adulterers.

What is pity and love? In the final analysis, it is not lustful. If Chu Chan is uglier, I don't think that bastard is still pity or pity. "

Daiyu blushed, covered her mouth and smiled softly. These words were not rude at all. If Brother Cong, that bad guy, was an ugly girl, he would not even look at her.

Baochai was ridiculed by her, and she couldn't help it. She said angrily: "What did Ruyi say? You said Cong'er was an adulterer... Then what have we become? If someone hears it, wouldn't it be a joke?"

Ruyi laughed loudly and said: "It's true, no one is allowed to say it yet. Okay, okay, sister Bao, don't be angry, why don't I stop talking about him? Just protect him."

Sister Bao, you are so smart, I would like to ask you something. "

Baochai asked: "What's the matter?"

"How do you think we can control that pervert? So that he won't go to the house all day long to pick up people. I think the mansion is big, but it won't be able to accommodate it for a long time." Ruyi said distressedly.

Baochai pursed her lips and smiled: "Your Highness, Princess, are you still worrying about these things? Even if there are many people in the family, who can get past you? What is there to worry about?"

Ruyi spat and said angrily: "Don't pretend to be virtuous with me. I have seen a lot of things in the palace. There are many unpopular concubines who have not been able to see their father for several years. Forget about their miserable appearance." .

Could it be that you just watched that bastard get a little wife on his left and a little wife on his right into your home, and you didn’t have any idea? No lies allowed. "

Daiyu chuckled when she heard this and said, "I also feel a little uncomfortable when I hear what you said. Brother Cong is good at everything, but he is too perverted."

Baochai said: "Having said that, is it possible that Cong'er wants to take in the people in the room, why don't we stop him?

Although he is usually naughty and playful, he actually has a strong temper. If he is offended and resented, wouldn't it be worth the loss? "

Ruyi pouted and said, "That's why I asked you two talented women for advice. That bastard is shameless and shameless. I can't think of a good way to treat him."

Daiyu thought about the possibility of staying alone in an empty house in the future, her expression became gloomier, and she said quietly: "Brother Cong can do whatever he likes, and I won't care about him.

As long as he is good to me, if he is not good, he will just blame me for entrusting him to someone else, and there is no point in forcing him. "

Ruyi stroked his forehead and smiled bitterly, but his frown was useless.

Baochai said: "We are just trying to persuade each other. Cong'er is not an unreasonable person. His temperament is soft rather than tough..." At this point, he blushed and couldn't say any more.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Ruyi asked.

"It's nothing, that's what I mean." Baochai said hurriedly, and secretly spat, thinking about the ambiguity of the last sentence in Jia Cong's words, how could he continue to say it.

Daiyu glanced at her, she didn't know what she thought of, and her face turned red. Brother Cong was really a pervert.

Ruyi shook her head and said: "Your method is not good. I have decided that in the future, if that bastard wants to take someone into the house, the three of us must agree unanimously, otherwise it will not be allowed." After speaking, he waved his hand proudly.

"What if he doesn't obey?" Bao and Dai asked.

Ruyi muttered: "How many favors does he owe me? How dare he refuse to agree? If he dares not to agree, I will take you and everyone in his room to the princess's house and let him be a bachelor. This pervert is most afraid of this." ”

Both Bao and Dai laughed. This was a way to draw out the firepower. If that person went home and saw no one with a baby, he would definitely be anxious to death.

Ruyi laughed for a while and sighed: "That bastard left in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to say goodbye. He just left a bad word and left. No matter how urgent the military situation is, there is no rush for this moment."

Baochai smiled and said, "Isn't it clearly written in Cong'er's message? The sooner you leave, the sooner you will come back. He can't bear to leave you Ruyi."

"I don't know how Brother Cong is doing." Daiyu sighed.

(End of this chapter)