Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

"Guang'er, slow down." Cui Luanluan followed a little boy of three or four years old and ran around in the small garden.

"Mom, come and catch me." The little boy ran happily along the path and bumped into a mature and steady man at the corner.

Li Changgui picked up his son and weighed him. He felt that he had gained a few pounds as he had eaten a lot of meat recently.

"Husband, you're back." Cui Luanluan saw Li Changgui playing with his son not far away.

Li Changgui walked over and took her hand, holding his son with the other hand, and walked together on the path, preparing to return to the backyard.

"My stepmother wrote to me saying that my eldest brother has a child again. They are preparing a full-month banquet and want our family to go to the capital to attend." Li Changgui was also helpless. Whenever there was a happy event in the mansion, Madam Zhao would write letters to show off.

"I heard that it seems to be the concubine's child, and there is another woman in the eldest brother's backyard."

"My sister-in-law hasn't gotten pregnant yet, and my mother-in-law is very pushy. She has even started drinking bitter medicine to regulate her body." Cui Luanluan felt a little sympathetic towards her.

He walked to the pavilion and signaled the servant beside him to bring Biluochun, which had just come out of Suzhou this year. Li Changgui bought two hundred acres of land on a mountain and planted tea trees. He also invited a Suzhou tea-making master to go through various processes to make Biluochun of excellent quality.

"I plan not to go to the capital this year, so I'll prepare the New Year gifts first."

Li Ziguang was making a fuss and wanted to play on the ground. He didn't want to be held, so Li Changgui put his son down and let him play on the ground.

"Add this year's Biluochun to my stepmother's place, and it's up to you whether you want to add some to my father-in-law and mother-in-law's place as well." Li Changgui said without knowing what to add.

"My mother's New Year gifts are the same as usual." Cui Luanluan was still disappointed with her parents.

Cui Mansion in Beijing

"You stupid girl, we haven't contacted each other often in several years."

"Look at all this junk."

Mrs. Cui complained to her husband that the New Year gift sent by Cui Luanluan was not worth anything.

"It's up to you. The prince is at a critical moment. This year's gift list cannot be lower than last year's."

Lord Cui was not concerned about the affairs of the mansion, and Cui Yingying sent him a message that the prince had found out that the eldest prince was going to arrest all his brothers during the New Year reunion and force the emperor to pass on the throne.

He had to use the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. After the eldest prince had dealt with the other princes, he would kill him to rescue the emperor and force him to abdicate.

"After the New Year, I will be the father-in-law of the emperor." When Lord Cui thought of the Fifth Prince's promise to him, he seemed to see him standing majestically in the court. The other six officials were very respectful to him, which was different from their usual indifference to him. The Chief Censor, in particular, was always against him, which prevented him from being promoted to a first-rank official.

Mrs. Cui was very happy that her little daughter was now a concubine. When she attended the banquet, the wives of officials were envious and jealous of her, which made her feel very satisfied. She had never been the topic of the whole event and received so much compliments and attention before.

After the New Year gifts were prepared, they were sent to the palace by a nanny and handed over to the palace steward.

Palace Backyard

Cui Yingying was in a bad mood. She smashed the cup to the ground and angrily scolded a servant.

"You are so useless that you didn't even bring the prince here."

"Won't you say I'm not feeling well and need the prince to come and see me?"

"The princess is such a bitch. She always goes against me. When I become the queen, I will make her suffer."

Cui Yingying sat on the stool to calm herself down. She felt very bitter inside and didn't know whether her decision was right or wrong. But she would never regret it and would not look back. She wanted those people to regret going against her.

Dongcheng Li Mansion

Mrs. Zhao held a child lovingly and coaxed him to sleep carefully.

"Aunt, the Madam is becoming more and more harsh on me, and she often asks me to pay my respects and serve her." A gorgeous woman with an excellent figure, dressed in a brocade dress, stood behind Madam Zhao and massaged her shoulders.

"As long as you can give birth to Changyu's child as soon as possible, she won't dare to bully you," Mrs. Zhao replied coldly. She was becoming more and more dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law, jealous and childless. Her son's backyard was full of concubines and aunts, and in recent years, only two sons and one daughter had been born. Zhou Qingqing often quarreled with her son, and the relationship between the couple broke down.

At the end of the year festival, the palace banquet was held. The eldest prince's men surrounded the palace and captured the ministers and princes. All the brothers who threatened him were hacked to death by his men, forcing the emperor to stamp his imperial seal on the imperial edict. Unexpectedly, the reversal came, and the third prince also led his men into the palace and started killing.

"How dare you, a traitor, usurp the throne?"

After the eldest prince was captured, he wanted to scold him angrily, but was killed with a single knife.

"Father, I heard the news from my elder brother and immediately went to the palace to rescue you."

The third prince saw that there were only a few brothers left present, and there were fewer people vying for the throne.

"Father, you are old, so why don't you just pass the throne to me," the third prince said directly without disguising anything.

"You...you unfilial son." The emperor looked at the blood all over the ground. Several of his sons had fallen down. He was shaking with grief and couldn't help but spit out several mouthfuls of blood.

At this time, the fifth prince stood up and tidied up his clothes that were messed up when he was dodging just now.

"Third brother, thank you for letting me deal with the eldest brother so as not to dirty my hands"

The fifth prince clapped his hands, and more imperial guards rushed into the palace and targeted the third prince's men.

Many ministers stared at the scene in amazement, thinking to themselves that this was too much of a reversal.

"Rebellious son, I didn't expect you would have such an idea." The emperor saw the prince jumping out.

"Everyone wants to be the emperor. Of course I want to be the emperor."

"Plus, I have the support of ministers in the court," the fifth prince was very proud.

The emperor closed his eyes, remained silent for a long time, and issued instructions to the people behind him.

The Dark Guard Battalion appeared instantly and captured everyone.

In the next few days, the palace ministers were terrified when they attended court, fearing that they would be purged.

Lord Cui even shrank his neck and hid in the crowd, not daring to speak.

But he didn't expect that the mansion would be surrounded just after he returned from court.

Mrs. Cui's face was in a mess and she was crying, and her aunt and all the women in the room were crying and shouting.

Another Li Mansion was also implicated. Li Changyu also participated in the prince's fight for the throne and was confiscated and dismissed from office.

Li Changgui at the Li residence in Suzhou did not know the news from the capital yet. He was reuniting with his family for the New Year and was taking his son out for outing and shopping.

It was not until a few days later that news came from the capital that the Cui family had been confiscated and exiled, and that the stepmother's family had also been implicated and fined and their property had been confiscated.

Li Changgui didn't know how to explain to his wife that something had happened in the Cui family.

"Luanluan, something happened to the Cui family in the capital."

Cui Luanluan's hands were shaking as she was making a bib for the child, and tears began to flow from her eyes.

"I'll pack up in a while and rush to the capital to visit the Cui family and the Li family." Li Changgui got up and left the backyard, preparing to pack up.

Cui Luanluan stood up, wiped her tears, and went to pack some silver and things to bring to her parents.