Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

"Second Lord, Master Zhao has sent someone to send a post again, inviting you and Zhengjun to a banquet tomorrow."

Xiang Yuan took the exquisite post, unfolded it for a quick glance, then closed it with a snort, and gave Zhao Shenyang a nod, saying: "Master Zhao really didn't give up, and asked us to go again, and it's probably still the same way that we persuaded If Mrs. Zhao changes her mind."

Zhao Shen closed the accounts, pinched the base of his nose, and said with a sneer, "He has always put on airs in front of us, even if he begs for help, he also looks condescending. If the Sun family hadn't lost power, he would have no target to curry favor with. I'm afraid you still can't get into his eyes."

Xiang Yuan laughed, but no, Mr. Zhao has a very high vision, he is not from a wealthy family, he has always been too lazy to socialize.It was rumored that Mr. Zhao stumbled and regretted more than once in private when he misjudged his engagement with the Xiang family.

"The eldest son of Zhao is already a scholar, and he is about to start the examination of Juren master. The poor second son of Zhao has not even passed the exam of a child student. He is lazy in his studies. He spends three days fishing and two days drying the net. It is impossible to become an official through the imperial examination. Mr. Zhao bet on the wrong treasure this time, and he separated from his eldest son. There is no hope for the revival of the Zhao family. Can you not be in a hurry."

Thinking of the second son of the Zhao family, Zhao Shen felt very uncomfortable.If the attitude of the eldest son of the Zhao family towards him is dispensable and doesn't care, then the attitude of the second son of the Zhao family towards him is really "enthusiastic".Whenever he gets angry or has any troubles outside, what the second son of the Zhao family likes to do most is to trouble him and his father, and because Mr. Zhao doesn't care, Mrs. Zhao doesn't care, which makes the second son of Zhao even more daring. One hateful time, he tricked him and his father to go to the Buddhist hall in the mansion to offer incense in the winter, but he turned around and locked it. If it wasn't for the fact that he and his father yelled so loudly later, the passing servants would not have been able to tell them quietly. Mr. Zhao, I'm afraid that he and Dad will freeze to death in the Buddhist hall.

"Second Young Master Zhao really got the true biography of Mr. Zhao. He is equally cold-blooded and ruthless. Even if his own sister died tragically, he would turn a blind eye to it and continue to curry favor with his enemies. With such a disposition, it is a great good thing not to become an official."

Xiang Yuan nodded in agreement, and said: "Whatever you plant will bring you what you want. They should have expected Mrs. Zhao's reaction after doing this, but they still took chances. Who can blame it? Fortunately, your father was killed by Mrs. Zhao." Bring it out, otherwise we will really be wary, how scruples are there."

Indeed.Mrs. Zhao was resolute and resolute. After returning to Lizhong, she gathered all the clan elders and forced Mr. Zhao to sign the deed of property separation and separation. On the same day, she counted the dowry and private property, and left Zhao's mansion with Mr. Zhao and Xu Yixuan.Originally, Mr. Zhao didn't really want to let Xu Yixuan go, but firstly, he had no feelings, and secondly, he couldn't hold back because of Mrs. Zhao's insinuating ridicule, so he threw up his sleeves and ignored him.

However, after Xiang Yuan and the others returned to Lizhong and saw all kinds of scenery of Xiang Yuan's fourth-rank magistrate, Master Zhao seemed to regret it.They met twice, recalling the past to Zhao Shen, reminiscing about the embarrassing past of being a flirtatious child, and once misleading others for a lifetime, describing it as a romantic love story where two people are passionate and ashamed when they want to speak. Zhao Shen almost yelled at him to shut up.

"Father, while we are still in Lizhong, you should go and accompany him more, or you can persuade him to live with us. Why live in a house alone? Besides, he and Mr. Zhao haven't released yet. Relationship, if Mr. Zhao loses his face, I am afraid that his father-in-law will not live in peace."

Zhao Shen couldn't help showing worry when he heard this.It's just that Xu Yixuan was very stubborn this time, he would rather live alone in a small house than follow him and Xiang Yuan to take up the post.Zhao Shen persuaded him several times, but Xu Yixuan didn't nod.Instead, she turned her head and advised him not to miss him too much, otherwise it would displease his mother-in-law and stir up his faults, and it would be difficult for him to be caught in the middle.

Zhao Shen somewhat guessed what Xu Yixuan was thinking.His father was afraid of disturbing them, and he didn't want to cause a rift between him and the Xiang family because of him, especially seeing him get better and better, and he didn't want to cause extra trouble.

With a faint sigh in his heart, in the original plan, he planned to take Xu Yixuan out to live with them when the time came.Clinker calculated everything, but Xu Yixuan didn't think he was unwilling.Thinking of this, Zhao Shen couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows again.

Seeing this, Xiang Yuan walked over to take away the account book in Zhao Shen's hand, and said, "I've checked it so many times, the designation will not make a mistake, so you can rest assured. Go and try on the newly made robe when you have time. After I receive the decree, those who congratulate me will have to come to the door, you, the head of the family, can be energetic and happy, so that all the people who secretly want to see the excitement will go back with their breath."

After being described by Xiang Yuan, Zhao Shen couldn't help but began to paint that picture in his mind.

A group of smiling people who couldn't stop expressing congratulations on their faces, secretly wished they could put on a late mother face and pinch Li Shi, so that those who were jealous could watch the excitement and find psychological comfort.But I don't want to shake my spirits, don't care at all, don't those people have to hold their breath, can't get up and down, choked up uncomfortable? !

"I see that my mother has been so happy these days that she hasn't slept well at night. During the day, she not only has to worry about things like banquets and rewards, but also has to be taken by Ah Ting to take care of her complexion when she is free. If you are free, then Go to the back to persuade mother, the one who announces the decree will really come, if mother looks haggard, wouldn't she be beautiful?"

Xiang Yuan spread his hands, expressing that he had no choice.

"I can't help it. Mother can't listen to anyone's words now, and she's just waiting for the decree. If she wants to stop and have a rest, I'm afraid she has to wait until this matter is over, so she can put her heart into her stomach completely."

Hearing this, Zhao Shen laughed and said: "I'm confused. Mother has been looking forward to the imperial order for so many years, how can she rest until she really sees someone."

Speaking of imperial orders, it was because Sun Jun's case indirectly led to the downfall of the family. Emperor Jing'an was overjoyed, and wanted to give Xiang Yuan some rewards when he was happy, and because the rewards could not be too obvious, Emperor Jing'an didn't know what to do for a while. Having made up his mind, he specially asked Lin Gong to ask Xiang Yuan what reward he wanted.After waiting for the reply, Emperor Jing'an took a look, and Xiang Yuan really didn't want many things, only one thing, to give his mother Li a title of too respectful.

Emperor Jing'an was very satisfied with such a knowledgeable and interesting courtier.Without further ado, just pick up the pen, and specially dispatched a servant in the palace, all the way from Kyoto, to Lizhong to read the canonization decree.

When Mrs. Li got the news, she was so happy that she couldn't bear it.Thanks to Zhao Shen who was at the side, seeing the situation was not good, he decisively punched her on the back, and then he swallowed it smoothly, Li Shi was not in danger.

After being excited for five or six days, Mrs. Li slowly calmed down. While overjoyed, she was preparing to receive the invitation at the Xiangtai desk, and at the same time pulled Zhao Shen over to start writing invitations.Those in the Xiang family, those on the other side of her natal family, those on the other side of her natal family's house, and those in Lizhongcheng who haven't been around since Master Xiang passed away, everything she can think of, write all After submitting a post to invite her, everyone must publicize the fact that she will finally get her wish and become a court wife with an imperial order.Especially those gossips who laughed at her daydreaming before.

Zhao Shen listened to Li's babbling with black lines on his face, and wrote the invitations according to her instructions, Li sent him out, and after checking them one by one, he actually sent Ah Ting to deliver the invitations.Zhao Shen co-authored with Xiang Yuan and saw them outside, all of them laughed smugly.

"Mother, I finally realized that you are also the order of the fourth-rank Gong. I was afraid that sending you to deliver the post would be to lower your value, and you actually sent Ah Ting to deliver it behind your back. Let me see, these houseworks in the future, mother will not do it again." I will ask you to intervene, so you can just be responsible and hold tea with your mother, sit there, and watch the servants do the work. Well, maybe mother has to pick something wrong from time to time."

Being teased by Xiang Yuan, Zhao Shen would involuntarily see the scene described by Cong Zi appear in his mind whenever he saw Mrs. Li sitting in the hall and pointing fingers in the future, and he would laugh secretly.

That scene was really eye-catching, Zhao Shen said that he sincerely accepts incompetence.

"Fortunately, daughter-in-law, you don't care about it, otherwise I would really feel guilty in my heart."

Zhao Shen shook his head and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I don't care about it, but I think it should be so. I am your righteous monarch, even if I don't have an order for the time being, others will not look down upon me. But mother hopes that this order is I have been looking forward to it for so many years, finally waiting for you to become an official and have a chance to be rewarded, if you don't consider it for your mother, how can you feel at ease?"

Xiang Yuan stepped forward and hugged Zhao Shen fiercely, couldn't help but bowed his head and kissed him in the ear.

What the daughter-in-law said was right, but as far as he was Xiang Yuan, there was another reason why he had to do it for the Li family this time.After all, he took up the body of someone else's son, so he should do his best both emotionally and rationally, to fulfill Li's long-cherished wish, and to repay some karma for him.

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the servants sent by the imperial court finally arrived in Lizhong, and read out the decree of conferring Mrs. Xiang Li as a Taigong at Xiang's house in Chuiliu Lane, and gave Mrs. Tai a court dress and a crown.Xiang Yuan stuffed a red seal that was worthless under a pinch, and the servant was extremely polite to Xiang Yuan. He didn't even look at the red seal when he took it, and stuffed it directly into his sleeve. When it was useless, he took people back to the capital.

Xiang Yuan also knows that servants like them are excellent opportunities to perform during festivals, if they serve well enough to win the favor of some master, they will soar into the sky.So I didn't keep it, I just asked someone to bring three boxes full of Lizhong's special products, a large sauced elbow wrapped in oil paper, and two drawers of steaming steamed buns so that they could eat on the way.The servant was so moved that his eyes were red, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak, he just cupped his hands fiercely, and led the person away.

At this time, the small Xiang family entered the house twice, and was crowded by congratulators.Because the people who came were all relatives and friends, Mrs. Li couldn't change into Taigong's clothes right away, so as not to ask someone to kneel down to say hello, so she put court clothes and hanging ornaments in the inner room to show to the congratulatory women voila.Listening to their sincere or jealous compliments and envy, Li Shi was delighted from ear to ear.

Zhao Shen and Feng Niang were busy entertaining the guests in the back, and Xiang Yu took An Jiu and An Wei to entertain the little princes brought by each family in a decent manner.Zhao Shen watched coldly, Xiang Li took the opportunity to come over, the first few times, he always wanted to talk to Feng Niang, but was blocked by Feng Niang's lukewarm attitude, so he could only go back to the front in embarrassment.

Seeing this, Zhao Shen couldn't help thinking: If I knew this before, why bother.

"Brother Shen, go ahead and have a look. Your father is here, talking nonsense!"

Xu Yixuan came in from the outside, found Zhao Shen and urged him to go and have a look, if he left Master Zhao talking nonsense, it might be bad for Miao Zi.

Hearing this, Zhao Shen hurriedly put down what he was doing, and explained to Feng Niang again, this time hurriedly went to the front yard.

In the front yard, Mr. Zhao was chattering with others, saying that he was completely loving and fatherly, because he was afraid that the lack of evidence would anger the Sun family. The second is that he is afraid of implicating his son-in-law Xiang Yuan. After all, the Sun family is powerful, and it is not easy to punish Xiang Yuan who has no foundation?Mrs. Zhao complained that he didn't go to Tongping Mansion, but she didn't know that he was in Lizhong, and he was also running around for his daughter.In order to seek justice for his daughter, he took Zhao Xu to the Sun's family several times to argue, but because there was no evidence, the Sun's family ignored him at all.

But I don't want Mrs. Zhao to misunderstand him. After coming back from Tongping Mansion, I don't know what kind of madness. She wants to separate from him. Take away placement.Before, Mr. Zhao didn't know what Mrs. Zhao's plan was, but when Xiang Yuan and the others came back, except for going to his place once, the rest of the time, he went to Mrs. Zhao's place to greet him, so he knew it.

"In order to win over the son-in-law who is a high official, this woman's means cannot be underestimated!"

Mr. Zhao's words were true or false, and the people listening beside him didn't know whether they were watching it as a joke or as a joke, and they all followed suit, sighing and sighing, seemingly false, but took this Zhao family's housework into consideration. , spread more widely.

Zhao Shen heard it from behind, and was so angry that his heart ached.

In Mr. Zhao's words, apart from implying that Mrs. Zhao is following the trend and following the trend, he also mentioned that he and the son are disrespectful to their elders.Really hateful!

He was about to take a step forward to make a theory, but just as he took a step, someone grabbed his wrist.

"Don't worry about him, it's just bluffing. Anyone with a brain should know what Mr. Zhao did before. How sad and desperate does a woman have to be to propose property separation? The fact is not that he just said a few words It can be covered up."

Zhao Shen was still a little angry. "He thinks that we can't repair the relationship with us, so he simply ruined your reputation everywhere, saying that we disrespect him as an elder, it's really hateful!"

Seeing his daughter-in-law's angry appearance, Xiang Yuan squeezed his fingers, and comforted him: "His idea of ​​spitting out stars won't make a big storm, so let him go."

Sure enough, Master Zhao spoke sincerely at the banquet, but there were very few people who really believed him.Even if they had doubts in their hearts, because of Xiang Yuan's reputation, no one dared to jump out and criticize.Mr. Zhao's plan failed, and he fell ill in bed immediately.After receiving the letter, Mrs. Zhao spat bitterly: "You deserve it!"

Xiang Yuan and the others spent the lively New Year's Eve in Lizhong, during which Xiang Yuan also went to participate in their concentration club activities. Unfortunately, except for Xu Wenlin, everyone else was very restrained towards him, even Lin Hong was also restrained. This made Xiang Yuan lose interest, and never went there again.

The eldest sister of the Xiang family also rushed back with her husband and son-in-law on the day Li Shi got the imperial order, praised Xiang Yuan and Zhao Shen, and then caught the second sister Xiang and sighed, saying that Xiang Yuan only remembered the second sister. , the business of the second brother-in-law who took care of her is booming, and her life is getting better and better.She was pitiful but no one cared about her, so she had to earn a living with her husband and son-in-law, which made Second Sister Xiang very embarrassed.

Xiang Yuan was really tired of Sister Xiang's tiresome and crooked words.It's not that he never thought of helping Elder Sister Xiang, but it's a pity that her husband is not a good one.Although he is also doing the family business, the eldest brother-in-law of the Xiang family is lazy by nature. Whenever he has some money in his hand, he will use it to eat, drink and gamble. save money.Xiang Yuan wanted to find a way for them, but he couldn't get any money, and he procrastinated, ordering one thing, and he couldn't finish it in ten days and half a month.So, how can you ask Xiang Yuan to pull?

Sister Xiang didn't get Xiang Yuan's approval, so she left angrily the next day.After a long period of time, I didn't contact Xiang Yuan again.

After New Year's Eve, Xiang Yuan and the others set off to rush back to Tongping Mansion.After returning to the inner house of the magistrate of Tongping Prefecture, Xiang Yuan received a letter from Duke Lin. It was strange that there was another letter with no signature inside.

Xiang Yuan looked back and forth, and saw that although the handwriting of the letter was still immature, it could be seen that it was taught by a famous master, and the questions asked in the letter, although still childish, were extremely sharp.Xiang Yuan had the bottom line in his heart, and it was inconvenient for Mr. Lin to reveal even the slightest hint of the letter, because he was afraid that he would not think about it except for the East Palace.

In order to leave a deep impression on the future boss, Xiang Yuan pondered over a few questions about the Young Master's family, combined with the experience gained from being a party in his previous life, wrote ten pages and sent them back.

Xiang Yuan didn't know the reaction from the other side of the East Palace, but since then, such letters have been sent over from time to time, sometimes with long intervals, sometimes wishing that the other one has arrived before this one is sent out.

The contents of the letter are no longer all related to government affairs, local customs, folk anecdotes, etc., which Xiang Yuan finds interesting, will be written in the letter.The reply on the other end is no longer blindly serious, but gradually reveals the curiosity and liveliness of young people.

Cold comes and summer goes, two years have passed quickly, Xiang Yuan has served in Tongping Mansion for three years, and got the latest transfer order.

Served as the governor of Hejian Prefecture, in charge of the affairs of Hejian, Guanzhong and Jiangnan Prefectures.