Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 137: A Mix of Sorrows and Joys (3)

After Ruan Linluo was entrusted with the title, Ruan Xiping became the emperor's "Master of the State". Many people at home and abroad have privately called him "Master of the State", which made Ruan Xiping feel uneasy.

Ruan Linluo is only a concubine, not a queen. Who can bear the title of "the head of the country". When they say this, they are clearly not congratulating him, but harming him.

Li Zheng approved Ruan Xiping's request, and also named him the Great General of Zhenbei, rewarding him with a thousand taels and a hundred acres of land.

Ruan Xiping thanked the emperor for his kindness, but still knelt down and asked the emperor for permission to see Concubine Jing before he left.

Li Zheng knew that he was eager to love his daughter, and when he saw him kneeling down, he agreed with a smile: "The general has a loving father, how can I prevent you from seeing each other as flesh and blood? Besides, Concubine Jing is my beloved concubine. You should love her more."

Ruan Xiping felt relieved when he heard this, and kowtowed again to thank him.

Li Zheng has always admired literature and martial arts. Since ancient times, civil and military affairs have been different. The Ruan family is the family of generals, and Ruan Xiping is also from the army. However, he is different from others. In Ruan Xiping, he does not see the spirit of a rough general, but more It is indeed rare to find a scholar who is gentle and gentle.

After Ruan Linluo entered the palace, she was deeply favored by Li Zheng, firstly because she was the phoenix girl's destiny, and secondly because she was young and immature, without the flashy and extravagant air of a palace woman.

After Ruan Linluo became a concubine, she moved from Tai'an Palace to Shuiyue Palace. All the servants around her were sent from the Empress Dowager, not even a single confidant.

Shuiyue Palace is a newly built palace, and it has not been lived in before, so it is not popular enough, and it has a somewhat gloomy atmosphere.Although resplendent and magnificent, it is also slightly empty.

Seeing that Ruan Linluo was depressed all day long, the palace people specially found all kinds of rare and exotic animals to amuse her.Unexpectedly, she was not interested at all, and she didn't even bother to take a second look.

Ever since Ruan Linluo became a concubine, no one in the palace has ever seen her smile.

In the evening, Li Zheng came to see her. Seeing that she was still in a state of ecstasy, and the hall was quiet, he couldn't help asking the palace man beside her, "Where is the thrush that I ordered someone to send this morning?"

The thrush was a tribute from the south of the Yangtze River. It has a beautiful coat color and a melodious cry, which is very interesting.

Seeing that she was depressed, Li Zheng wanted to reward her for fun.

When the palace man heard the words, his face showed panic, and he said softly: "If you go back to the emperor, that thrush... was let go by the empress."

Hearing this, Li Zheng's eyebrows twitched, and then he looked at Ruan Linluo's silent profile, and said lightly, "It's such a pity to let go of such a rare thing."

Ruan Linluo replied softly: "A bird is meant to fly in the sky, this is its destiny... But it is too cruel to keep it in a cage. The world outside is so big and wide, waiting Let's take a look at it."

Hearing what she said, Li Zheng walked up to her, put one hand on her shoulder, and said: "Although the sky and the earth are big, they have their masters. Under this sky, I want them to fly and only they can fly. If I want it to fall, it must fall."

Ruan Linluo's shoulders trembled slightly, she bit her lips lightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm not feeling well, I want to go to bed early..."

Li Zheng stroked her hair slowly with his hands, and asked softly, "What's wrong with Concubine Ai? Is it human or heart?"

Ruan Linluo turned her face slightly, and said: "I'm not feeling well, I always feel that my chest is stuffy, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Where is she uncomfortable, she is clearly sad.Sad to enter the palace like this, sad to be imprisoned like this.

Hearing this, Li Zheng immediately pressed his hand on her chest, startling Ruan Linluo, stood up quickly, and took two steps back with a defensive and disturbed expression.

When the palace people saw this, they couldn't help but gasped, they felt that Concubine Jing was too courageous, why didn't she know what to do?
If it were someone else, Li Zheng would have been angry long ago, but he still had patience with Ruan Linluo.

Li Zheng slowly turned his hands away, walked to the window, and said: "Today your father came to ask me for orders, saying that he would go to the northwest to wipe out the remnants of foreign tribes. Baimu, but your father is still not happy, saying that he wants to see you before he leaves..."

Ruan Linluo was startled when she heard the words, her eyes flickered slightly, she immediately knelt on the ground and begged, "Please grant the request of my concubine's father, my concubine, so that I can meet my family very much."

Seeing her kneeling at his feet, Li Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Aifeizhen has granted your father's request."

Ruan Linluo was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Zheng helped her stand up with his own hands, and asked lightly: "Is my concubine still feeling uncomfortable now? If you still feel sad, I can also allow your mother to come to the palace to see you."

Ruan Linluo raised her head, looked at him in disbelief, and asked doubtfully, "Really? Is what the emperor said true?"

Li Zhengdao: "You are not joking. But... I still have one condition."

Ruan Linluo hurriedly asked, "What conditions?"

Li Zheng looked at her meaningfully, stroked her face, and ordered softly: "I want to see you smile, and keep smiling until I am satisfied."

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the Zhu family received a letter from the Ruan family. The letter said that Ruan Xiping had been appointed by the emperor as the General of the North of Erpin Town, and that he would go to the northwest to wipe out the remnants of the foreign vassals.

After the Zhu family heard the news, they felt mixed feelings, whether it was joy or sadness.It is not so easy to be a relative of the emperor, and the situation in the capital changes suddenly. Maybe this kind of favor is still there today, and it will disappear tomorrow.

If the emperor is happy, he can promote a person; if the emperor is unhappy, he can destroy a family with his own hands.

Ruan Xiping is a concubine, a person without a title, but now he has been conferred the second rank of official residence, and he is regarded as a prince, which is really a great honor.

The ancestors of the Ruan family started out because of their outstanding military achievements, but one generation is not as good as the previous ones. In Ruan Zhengshan's generation, the highest rank is only the third-rank general Longxiang. As for Ruan Dongsheng, he is even more without merit. Can't compare to his own younger brother.

Ruan Xiping is now at the second rank, moreover, he still has military achievements in pacifying the Northwest. Now, Ruan Linluo has been conferred the title of Concubine Jing, and he has also become the titled "Master of the State". The future is naturally limitless.

Ruan Dongsheng saw his younger brother stepping higher and further than himself step by step, and he felt very uncomfortable. He was weak and sick since he was a child, and he couldn't lift a sword and couldn't hold a knife. I feel tightness in my chest.His father said that he was not a military general, so he was asked to give up martial arts and literature since he was a child, but he was not talented, and he didn't even pass the exam, so he only got a fifth-rank civilian job. explain.

Seeing Ruan Xiping's steady progress, his eyes were red and impatient.

The Ruan family has gained momentum, and even the Zhu family has also risen with the tide. Just the door invitations delivered to the door every day are already too much to read.

The Zhu family has always had a lot of experience in dealing with entertainment, it's nothing more than watching people order dishes.

Shen Yuechen accompanied Li Shi to meet the guests for another day, smiling so hard that her face was sour, those female family members who came to visit all wanted to come and see how the Zhu family today is different from before.In fact, everything in the Zhu family is still as usual, and there is not much change. Instead, everything is cautious, and it is more low-key than before.

Their demeanors are different, some are full of envy, some are jealous, some are secretly contempt, and they smile on the surface.

Shen Yuechen laughed with them all day, until it was time for dinner, and then went to the upper room with Li Shi to say hello.

Mama Yang was leading the maids to set the tableware together, when she saw the two of them coming in one after the other, she hurriedly saluted with a smile: "The eldest lady and the eldest grandma are here, the dinner has been prepared, any time You can have dinner."

The next time, Mr. Zhu was playing with his grandson Ming, the old lady was talking about trivial matters with Mrs. Chai, Zhu Feng and Zhu Jun were playing chess, and Zhu Jintang and Zhu Jinlun were standing beside their father. Behind him, he watched the chess without saying a word.

Hearing them coming, the old lady saw that they were all there, and ordered the maids to prepare for dinner.

After meeting each other, everyone got up and sat down to prepare for dinner.

The adults eat, and the children are served by maids and women to eat meat porridge.

Eating the same thing every day makes people feel bored, Ming Geer pushed Mama Yang's hand away, turned to look at the adults' table next to him, stretched out his chubby little hand, pointed to the dishes on it, and said: "Eat meat... eat meat..."

Mother Yang was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Master Ming, are you still young?"

The little man with all his teeth is still thinking about eating meat.

Brother Ming refused to let go, stuck his neck, stretched out his little hands, and insisted on eating meat.

Mother Yang really had nothing to do with him, she could only hear the maids behind her secretly laughing, she couldn't help frowning and said: "Looks like I have to find Grandma."

Shen Yuechen heard the movement, got up slowly, saluted the elders, then went to the inner room, took Brother Ming from Mama Yang's hand, before she had time to coax him, she heard the old lady say: "Take him away!" Hug me too."

Shen Yuechen complied, and personally hugged Brother Ming and sat down again, letting him have dinner with everyone.

There were a lot of dishes on the table, but there was very little for Brother Ming to eat. As soon as Brother Ming was on the table, he reached out to grab the chicken leg closest to him.

The chicken leg was so oily and big that he couldn't even hold it with one small hand, so Shen Yuechen had no choice but to pick up the chicken leg and hand it to him in front of him.

"How can he eat such a big chicken leg?" Seeing this, the old lady couldn't help smiling and persuaded: "Brother Ming, you have to be obedient, you can't play with the food."

Brother Ming is not willing to listen to others' persuasion, holding the chicken leg with his little hand, lowering his head and opening his mouth to gnaw it down, but he couldn't bite it, so he could only drool in anxiety.

Everyone was amused by his silly and funny appearance, especially Mr. Zhu laughed the happiest, and clapped his hands and said: "Brother Ming, this kid should be a golden pig, but looking at it this way, he looks like a golden pig." It's a little tiger."

Ming Geer is a pig, and is regarded as a golden pig by his family, which is the most auspicious symbol of wealth and auspiciousness.

Shen Yuechen saw Brother Ming grabbing the chicken leg and biting it back and forth, but he didn't eat anything, only his face and hands were greasy, so he quickly took the chicken leg out of his hand, and then told Mama Yang: "Trouble me!" Mom, go to the kitchen to get some minced meat for Brother Ming to eat."

Mother Yang understood, and immediately sent someone to prepare.

(End of this chapter)