Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 459
Shen Ying nodded slightly, thought for a while and said: "Since the master said so, then wait two years before marrying sister Yuanyuan. But it is not convenient for sister Yuanyuan to live in our house now, master Since you have agreed to this marriage, let's give Sister Yuanyuan a title first, otherwise, it will be inconvenient to spread the word."

Li Jingjing nodded, knowing that Shen Ying was thinking well.

Chen Yuanyuan is Yuan Keli's adopted daughter. The old lady is still alive in the Yuan family, and Yuan Shu is in charge of the family. As the daughter who has not left the court, Chen Yuanyuan should live in Yuan's family.

Although Shen Ying, Zhu Huiyu, and Chen Yuanyuan were both adopted daughters of Yuan Keli, it was fine for Chen Yuanyuan to live in her sister's house temporarily, but it was not enough to live there for a long time. It was rumored that outsiders thought the Yuan family couldn't afford a daughter.

Some people even think that Chen Yuanyuan was kicked out by the Yuan family, wouldn't that tarnish Yuan Keli's reputation?

After thinking about it, Li Jing said: "Since that's the case, let's set a name first. In addition, Xiaodie and Xiaozhu have been married with you for several years. You can't let them be housemaids for the rest of your life. Decide on their names."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ying turned around and looked at Xiao Die, then at Xiao Zhu behind Zhu Huiyu, shook her fan and said with a smile: "Both of you, thank you, master, the daughter-in-law for many years has finally become a mother-in-law."

Xiaodie and Xiaozhu were both surprised and happy when they heard Li Jing's words just now. After hearing Shen Ying's words, they hurriedly turned to Li Jing and Shen Ying and knelt down in front of Li Jing and Shen Ying: "Thank you, Master and Miss (Madam) for your kindness, Miss (Madam) Don't worry, this slave will never dare to forget her identity."

Shen Ying waved her hand: "Get up, don't call yourself slaves in the future, you are also serious masters now."

"Slaves don't dare, there is no room for servants in front of Miss (Old Lady)." Xiaodie and Xiaozhu hurriedly said.

Shen Ying shook her head and sighed softly: "You two have been with me and younger sister Huiyu for many years, although my younger sister and I have always treated you as sisters, but after all the names are wrong, it should have been right for you two to come out early.

Now that the master has given you the status, you will need to serve the master with all your heart in the future, and you will also have to take care of the previous errands, so you can't be afraid that our sisters will be careless and let things go. "

Xiao Die hurriedly said: "Miss, don't worry, the maidservant can have today because of the lady's praise, and the slaveservant will serve the lady and the master as before in the future."

Seeing that Xiaodie was terrified, Li Jing sighed lightly and said: "Get up, Xiaodie, you are earlier than Xiaozhu and me. I should have given you a title long ago. I remember that I promised Uncle Fu back then. Sigh ! If I don’t keep my promise back then, I will have no face to see Uncle Fu in the future.”

"Master!" Xiaodie suddenly choked up on the ground.

Leaning over and gently pulling up Xiaodie and Xiaozhu, Li Jing gently patted their hands and said: "Over the years, you have done a lot for this family, and you have brought up the child with your own hands. You have made great contributions to the Li family. , as Madam said just now, you deserve your titles. Well, let’s not talk about these things. Today is the joy of our housewarming and the day of our family reunion. It is a happy event and everyone is happy .”

"Yes! Master!" Xiaodie and Xiaozhu hurriedly said.

Shen Ying smiled and said: "Since the master has given you titles, I will ask the master to ask for titles for you later, and the empress will have a banquet at Kunning Palace tonight, let's all go together."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Jing with a half-smile.

When Li Jing saw this, he scratched his head and said: "Since it was ordered by the madam, then the husband has the audacity to ask the emperor for an imperial order. By the way, it seems that the two ladies have not issued an imperial order yet, right? Alas! Shame, shame! This matter is It’s not that I’m a husband, I’m also the prime minister of a country, and I’m also the Duke of Ming Dynasty, and the two wives didn’t even get an imperial order.”

Zhu Huiyu laughed when he heard the words: "My lord, when the emperor and the empress arrived at Pingyang Mansion last year, they had already issued an imperial edict, otherwise, you thought the emperor and empress were stupid to call us women to Kunning Palace? "

Shen Ying smiled and said: "You are a serious princess, but you can't be called a civilian woman."

Zhu Huiling laughed and said, "Don't say I'm just a princess, even if you're a princess, you're still my sister."

Hearing the two wives joking with each other and the family being in harmony, Li Jing was very pleased.

Shen Ying and Zhu Huiling made some jokes, and seeing Li Jing's gratified expression, she suddenly smiled and said, "My lord, I heard that Cao Wenzhao found some maids for you, and that Chen Dahu came from Qinhuai. I also found four beautiful maids for you? I don’t know where the master put them? Can you let me and my sisters meet?”

Li Jingwen was stunned when he heard this: "Who told you that Cao Wenzhao and Chen Dahu found me a few maids?"

Shen Ying smiled and said, "Don't worry about who told us, just tell us if there is?"

Li Jing nodded helplessly and said, "It's true, but my husband didn't touch them."

Shen Ying smiled and said: "Of course I know what kind of person the master is. I just want to see what these little maids look like? Look at Cao Wenzhao and Chen Dahu's picky eyes."

Hearing this, Li Jing secretly groaned inwardly, thinking, Cao Wenzhao said, Shen Ying was not very familiar with him, and would not show him face, Chen Dahu might be scolded this time.

Li Jing originally wanted to say something nice for Cao Wenzhao and Chen Dahu, but thinking about Shen Ying's character, she couldn't be fooled by just saying something nice.Shaking his head, Li Jing sighed inwardly, and said, Chen Dahu, just ask for blessings.

Beckoning to Xiao Jiu who was standing at the door, Li Jing said, "Xiao Jiu, bring a few people to bring him here for Madam to have a look at."

Xiao Jiu took the order and hurriedly called several guards to Li Jing's former residence in the capital to pick him up.

Seeing Xiao Jiu and others going out, Li Jing's heart suddenly moved, pointing to the direction outside the door and said: "I see, these little bastards told you, right?"

Shen Ying laughed and said, "Master, don't forget that these children were all taught by my concubine, what can they hide from my concubine?"

Li Jing smiled bitterly: "I am their adoptive father, and you are their adoptive mother. If there is any woman around me, these bastards will naturally write to you immediately."

Immediately, Li Jing was startled: "These little bastards won't tell Shen Ying about Zhang Yan, will they?"

Seeing Shen Ying's half-smile expression, Li Jing suddenly felt flustered.

Seeing faint sweat appearing on Li Jing's forehead, Shen Ying smiled and said, "Xiaodie, your master is sweating, why don't you fan him quickly."

Hearing this, Xiaodie hurriedly came behind Li Jing, and lightly waved the round fan in her hand to fan Li Jing.

Li Jing smiled wryly and said, "I'll do it myself."

As he said that, he took the round fan from Xiaodie and fanned himself.

After slapping the fan a few times, Li Jing suddenly smiled and said, "Madam mentioned the few maids that Cao Wenzhao gave me just now, which reminded me of one thing. It seems that our family's maidservants are not enough. Why don't we just let these maids For the time being, serve the two wives first, and send them out of the mansion when there are suitable candidates in the future."

Shen Ying smiled and said, "Seven maids are not enough for me and my sister? How about this, now Xiaodie and the others are also masters, give each of them one, and my sister and I will keep two."

Li Jing said with a smile: "These things are up to Madam, you can make the arrangements."

Shen Ying smiled and nodded.

While talking, Xiao Jiu brought the seven maids back to the mansion. Li Jing pointed to Shen Ying, Zhu Huiyu and others to introduce the seven maids. Kneel down and kowtow.

Shen Ying took a closer look at the seven girls, smiled and said: "Don't say, General Cao and Chen Dahu have good eyesight. These seven girls are all human-like. Let's choose two girls first." .”

Zhu Huiyu laughed and said, "If my sister doesn't choose, how dare my younger sister compete for the first place? I should choose first."

Shen Ying nodded, asked the names and ages of the seven girls, and asked a few of them if they had ever read a book, and their family backgrounds. After asking, Shen Ying pondered for a while, and chose Dong Bai and the girl named Zi The cuckoo's girl is his personal maid.

Then Zhu Huixuan chose Gu Mei and a girl named Ping'er.

For the rest of Xiaodie, Xiaozhu and Chen Yuanyuan, Shen Ying each pointed out a girl to be a maid.

After Shen Ying finished making arrangements, Li Jing waved his hands and said, "Xiao Die, you three have chosen your favorite house since you left. I have something to talk to the two ladies."

Xiaodie nodded, and called Xiaozhu, Chen Yuanyuan and Xinde's maid to choose a suitable house.

After Xiaodie and the others left, Li Jing looked at Shen Ying and Zhu Huiyu and said, "You came to Beijing from Suizhou, you must have heard that I ordered Lu Xiangsheng to take King Fu down, right?"

Shen Ying nodded: "I heard that when I was passing through Kaifeng Mansion, Mrs. Lu's wife asked to see me, but I didn't think it was appropriate to meet the family members of the local officials, so I didn't see her."

Li Jing smiled: "When you arrive at Lu Xiangsheng's territory, he will naturally show his friendship as a landlord. It's okay. Lu Xiangsheng still has a sense of proportion in his work, and he will not discriminate between public and private."

Shen Ying nodded with a smile: "The master has always been very accurate in employing people. This Lord Lu is indeed a capable person. I have asked people all the way, and this Lord Lu has a very good character."

Li Jing nodded with a smile, looked at Zhu Huiyu and said, "King Fu has taken it, and then there will be vassal kings from all over the country, and King Zhou is also among them, but King Zhou has always been wise and has a good reputation in Kaifeng. It's your elder brother, and I'm sure I'll forgive him, but I can't be too selfish, you'd better communicate with the king of Zhou and let him take the initiative to follow the new system, so that I can have something to say."

"Master didn't tell me earlier, if the master told me about this in advance, when my sister and I pass through Kaifeng, I can tell Brother Wang directly." Zhu Huiyu said.

Li Jing shook his head: "My family members return to Beijing, how can they live in the palace? Even if you are brother and sister, it is not suitable. You have done a good job, and you did not go home to take a look when you passed by the palace. It caused a lot of trouble. When King Zhou’s matter is settled, you can take the child home to visit relatives, and then there will be no gossip.”

Shen Ying sighed and said: "Sister princess really knows the general situation. It is said that she hasn't come home for several years. I wanted her to drop by and have a look, but my sister was afraid that it would affect you, so she resisted not going home. The day we came out of Kaifeng Mansion, I saw that my sister's eyes were red."

(End of this chapter)