Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Chapter 720 Empress Wu Lie 66

Sun Ce was depressed in Shouchun, he really wanted to go to the front line in Yizhou to lead the army.But he couldn't open his mouth every time he met his mother, and he couldn't speak to Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong either.Only in front of Sima Hui, he complained that a few words of divination were not completely reliable.

Sima Hui smiled, "Marquis Wu, this year is a hurdle for your life and death, and if you pass it, you will be destined to soar into the sky. If you can't make it through, it's just an old man who doesn't like to talk. If you want to say that among all the people in the world, you look forward to it the most. Your ruler over the world is my Sima family."

This Sun Ce believed.

Sima Hui wrote to the offshoots of the Sima family, summoning all those who could and could not work to Jiangdong.The most outstanding Sima Fang in the side branch is the current Luoyang Jing Zhaoyin.He sent his eight sons, his daughter-in-law, grandson and granddaughter to Qu'a and Shouchun one after another, leaving only the old couple in Luoyang.The fact that news from the imperial court can be transmitted back quickly has an unspeakable mystery to Sima Fang's efforts.

His eldest son, Sima Lang, whose name is Boda, is a few years older than Sun Zhizhi, and is now going to Yizhou with the army led by Huang Gai.The second son, Sima Yi, named Zhongda, followed the army led by Zhou Yu.The third son, Sima Fu, named Shuda, passed the talent selection examination last year and went to Yuanling County below Wuling County to be a Fan Ling.Sima Fang's other sons, who have not yet turned eighteen, are now studying in Shouchun's official school.

The sons of Sima Hui worked hard for more than two years, and finally the eldest son, Sima Jie, and his wife gave birth to the eldest daughter. They were so happy that the full moon wine that Sima Hui gave to the eldest granddaughter invited almost everyone in Qu'a.Sun Ce was also very supportive of the venue and took Ah Shao to the event, announcing on the spot that Ah Shao had long been engaged to a young girl from the Sima family.

That child was more than a month older than A Mian, and Sima Hui thought she was comparable to his own eyeballs.

There is no way, the Sima family has always had more young men and fewer young girls, especially this one was born with the expectations of the Sima family on his shoulders.

Through marriage, the Sima family formed a community of shared interests with the Sun family, and immediately became a rising star of the Jiangdong wealthy family, and at the same time became a strong support for Sun Ce.

Sun Ce knew that his mother placed Sun Ren's marriage partner on the Sima family's underage and unmarried sons, and had already communicated with Sima Hui and Sima Fang. The Sima family decided which of the fifth, sixth, and seventh sons married the youngest daughter of the Sun family.

Sun Ce once joked with Da Qiao that it would be nice if the little Wu family had one more daughter, but now the Wu family lacks a legitimate daughter to marry.

Da Qiao smiled and said, "The girl from the Xu family is still at our house."

This girl from the Xu family refers to the daughter of Sun Ce's cousin Xu Kun.Xu Kun is the eldest son of Sun Ce's aunt, and he has also followed Sun Ce to fight in the north and south in recent years.His eldest daughter is between Sun Quan and Sun Xiang, and was engaged to Lu Shang, the grandson of Lu Jiang prefect Lu Kang.After Jiji got married, he didn't expect that Lu Shang used to look like a frail scholar, but in reality he was also weak, and died after a cold.

Now Mrs. Xu has returned home after observing her husband's filial piety in Lu's house. Instead of following Xu Kun's appointment, she borrowed and lived in Sun Ce's governor's mansion.Sun Ce remembered that when she first moved to the Governor's Mansion, she lived here. His mother also said that Xu Kun and his wife had asked him to find suitable people for his cousin and niece.

"Da Qiao, are you familiar with the daughter of the Xu family? My cousin also said that I would help him find a suitable daughter to remarry."

"I've only seen her at A Niang's place a few times. She often goes to Zhongmou and Xie's. I'm busy taking care of the children here all day. Even if she comes, I won't be free. But you have to tell her about marriage. , It’s better to ask her herself.”

Sun Ce nodded.Even if he wants to use his cousin's daughter to marry him, he will choose a similar person. Only by being happy with each other can the marriage achieve better results. Thanks to him having such an idea, after he fell in love with Lu Meng, he wanted to Wu Guotai took Mrs. Xu to meet people.

"Aniang, although Lu Ziming's family background is not obvious, he is a clear-cut man. Since you asked him to study, he has not put down the book every day. He is brave in battle and will be an indispensable general in the Eastern Wu Dynasty in the future."

Wu Guotai felt good about Sun Ce's choice of Lu Meng, and was even more satisfied with Sun Ce's evaluation of Lu Meng, so he immediately sent the little maid in the house to invite Mrs. Xu over.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xu came over arm in arm.

Mrs. Xu is very young and pretty. It is said that she looks very much like Sun Ce's aunt when she was young.Hua is the same age, but she has to wear plain clothes even after widowhood, which makes her skin more beautiful than snow.Standing with Xie Shi, who was newly married and dressed in bright colors, one of them was extremely plain and the other was extremely gorgeous.

A beautiful couple.

Sun Ce saw his brother-in-law Xie coming with his cousin and niece. After seeing the ceremony, he told Wu Guotai to go to the front and left.

Seeing Mrs. Xie coming, Wu Guotai frowned slightly but still smiled and said to Mrs. Xie: "Go to the East Courtyard and bring A Shao over. I agreed to take him to choose a pony."

Mrs. Xie blushed immediately, hurriedly saluted her mother-in-law and took a few maidservants to the east courtyard to pick up Ah Shao.

As she walked, she thought that her mother-in-law sent a little maid to look for Mrs. Xu, and she was in the way by staying in the main courtyard.He regretted that he couldn't help Xu's pestering to accompany her here, but he was rejected by his mother-in-law, so he sent himself to the east courtyard.

This Xu family is also hateful, since he lived in the governor's mansion, he has been living in his own yard.Except for sleeping time, he didn't keep her, and he refused to leave even for a lunch break.

People who don't know will think how she hits off with him and how good they are.

Mrs. Xie had the shadow left by the little girl from the Bu family in her heart, and then she saw Mrs. Xu lying in her yard, looking for an open space to talk to Sun Quan. If it wasn't for the fact that Mrs. Xu was Sun Quan's cousin, she would The two of them would have been included in the ranks of adulterers long ago.

Seeing Mrs. Xie coming, Da Qiao smiled and invited her to sit with him, watching Sun Shao shake the rattle to tease Ah Mian who was in her arms.

Xie Shi and Ah Shao are quite familiar, although Ah Shao is a bit reluctant, but seeing that his sister refuses to catch the rattle, he still let Xie Shi hold him in her arms.

Da Qiao gave the drowsy daughter to the nanny to take her to sleep, and asked the maid to put away the toys.

Mrs. Xie hugged Ah Shao to tease him, and imitated Wu Guotai's pointing nose, eyes and mouth when playing with Ah Shao.After Da Qiao sat down again, he smiled and said, "Ah Shao is so smart, sister-in-law and her sons and daughters are really enviable."

Da Qiao smiled gently, "You will have it in a few years. Why didn't Mrs. Xu come with you?"

Mrs. Xie picked up the honey water in front of her, took a sip, and said, "Auntie has something to do with her, and she just dragged me to accompany her to see Auntie. Then." Mrs. Xie smiled wryly, "I just got caught by Auntie Sent here to pick up Ah Shao, A Niang said that she will take Ah Shao to choose a pony later."

When Ah Shao heard that the pony couldn't sit still, he struggled out of Xie's embrace, yelling to go to find grandma immediately.

Da Qiao changed Ah Shao's clothes with a smile, and explained to Mrs. Xie: "Bo Fu chose someone for her, and asked Auntie to ask her thoughts. Auntie is afraid that you will be here, so she is too embarrassed to speak."

Xie was ashamed, and whispered to Da Qiao: "It would be great if she could be married off sooner. She stays with me every day, and won't leave until nightfall. Just kidding."

Da Qiao was taken aback for a moment. Although she didn't care about things, Sun Ce didn't hide anything from her outside.It can be said that the matter of the Yuan family was plotted against Sun Quan by others before, but how could he dare to accept a concubine when his marriage was imminent.There are also girls from the Bu family, it's hard to say that it's all about the Bu family.Sun Quan is not tempted, is there any way for the Bu family to drag him over?

But this Mrs. Xu is their junior after all.

That's all, coax Mrs. Xie over, wait for her husband to come back and tell her husband.

"Sister-in-law, she is a junior and lives in the house alone. It is probably because Zhongmou has a gentle temper, and you are also kind, so she talks to you. Look at the younger brothers and sisters in this family. They are out of Bofu's eyes. Like a runaway wild horse, who dares to chat with Bo Fu."

Mrs. Xie smiled when she thought about those three younger uncles who were energetic and noisy all day long, and the younger sister-in-law who was no different from Xiaoerlang.

She stood up and said to Da Qiao, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for enlightening me, otherwise I would have thought that a newcomer was going to enter the house."

Da Qiao was startled, and patted Xie's arm, "Look at what you said. Auntie is here. Bofu only has a few people in the house, and he doesn't have any concubines. How could you enter there?"

Mrs. Xie bowed her head and saluted, "Thank you, sister-in-law." Then she pulled Ah Shao and said, "Ah Shao, goodbye to your aunt. Auntie will take you to find aunt to pick a pony."

Ah Shao bowed slightly and clasped his fists in a dignified manner, "Mother, my son will come back as soon as he goes."

Then suck down the saliva.

Da Qiao wiped his son's saliva, "You have to listen to what Grandma says, what Auntie says."

"Yes."

When Ah Shao left Da Qiao's courtyard, several guards assigned by Sun Ce to follow him in the inner courtyard immediately followed Xie's group.

In Wu Guotai's room, all the maids were kicked out by Wu Guotai, and Mrs. Xu knelt in front of Wu Guotai and wiped her tears.Xu's short marriage, because of the Lu family's strict rules and Lu Shang's early death, did not leave a good impression on her.

"Auntie, I don't want to marry anymore."

If Wu Guotai didn't know that she was the Xu family who had been domineering in the inner palace of Emperor Sun Quan for countless years in the future, I'm afraid she would really be deceived by her sad appearance.It was Xu's intervention that confused Sun Quan. Under Xu's onyx dress, Xie was forced to abdicate as a concubine.Xie's insistence on refusing to abdicate, Sun Quan's combination of cold and violence, coupled with Mrs. Yuan's favor and Bu's carelessness, finally forced Xie to die in depression.

Now Xie and Sun Quan are getting married three years later than in history, and the relationship between the two has always been good.But Wu Guotai has long noticed the fact that Mrs. Xu often lives in the second son's yard.She called Mrs. Xu to her room for supper several times, and tried her best to change Mrs. Xu's mind... But it is an exaggeration to say that the results are so small.

Xu didn't hold back at all, and still joked with Sun Quan every day.

She would never allow things like her cousin marrying her niece to happen under her nose.

"Daughter, you are young now, why don't you marry anymore? Have you ever seen those childless, widowed and lonely people, what kind of bleak scene they are in their later years? Your parents left you in Shouchun and entrusted your cousin to give you Choosing a talented person to remarry is for the sake of your life."

Mrs. Xu shook her head and wept, as if Wu Guotai was doing the work of a prostitute who forced her into prostitution.

"Oh, let me just say you children, why don't you understand what adults have planned for you. I have raised five sons and three girls, but the sum of them is not as worrying as you. Your two cousins Auntie, you can help me share affairs since I was a child. Not to mention your eldest cousin, since your uncle passed away, he has taken care of everything outside. It's just that your second cousin sometimes doesn't worry, "

Wu Guotai pulled Xu Shi up and sat down beside her, carefully wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, and continued to complain about Sun Quan.

"Last year, you wanted to take Yuan Shu's eldest daughter as a concubine, but your uncle vetoed it with a single sentence. This year, he was supposed to be sent to Xindu County as the prefect, but he fell in love with a young girl from an official family. I will marry you." The big cousin discussed it. If he doesn't completely accept the idea of ​​concubines, he will have no job or salary in this life. I live in the governor's mansion. When I close my eyes that day, I see him leaning on his son How do you take a concubine when you support her?"

Xu was shocked by Wu Guotai's words.

"Auntie? Isn't it normal to have a concubine?" Xu asked cautiously.

"It's normal to be in someone else's house. In the governor's mansion where I have the final say, if Zhongmou dares to play something, stop his wife and take another concubine, hmph, Mrs. Xie is the wife that Wu Hou and I chose for him. If you want to rebel, you want to hit us both in the face. The Xie family was chosen by us, even if Wu Hou broke his legs, he would not allow him."

Wu Guotai changed his tone after finishing his heavy words.

"Look at your eldest cousin marrying the Qiao family, that is also a marriage, how good life is! You listen to your aunt, the person your eldest cousin likes must be of high character and talent, follow you The big cousin, the future will not be bad in the future."

"Grandma, grandma."

Ah Shao's excited cry came from outside the door, followed by Mrs. Xie gently correcting Ah Shao in a low voice.

"Ah Shao, it's inappropriate to yell like that. Let's send a message to the servant girl, and we'll go in after your grandma agrees."

Wu Guotai listened to Mrs. Xie whispering to Ah Shao, and praised Mrs. Xie's righteousness in her heart.

"Ninny, wipe away your tears quickly, don't let Ah Shao see you crying. He will ask you why you are crying."

There was a soft message from the maidservant outside the door, "Guotai, the second lady is here with the son."

Wu Guotai raised his voice and said, "Let them in."

Mrs. Xu hurriedly took a silk handkerchief and wiped it on her face. Fortunately, she was naturally beautiful without makeup, but the traces of his crying were still obvious, and it fell into Mrs. Xie's eyes. No wonder Mrs. Xie was thinking too much.

"Grandma, pick a pony." As soon as Ah Shao came in, he rushed to Wu Guotai, and Mrs. Xie took his hand and reminded him gently.

"First salute."

Ah Shao stopped in his tracks, stood firmly, and then bowed and cupped his fists, "Greetings to Grandma."

Mrs. Xie wiped Ah Shao's saliva, and also bowed her head in blessing.

Mrs. Xu stood up and bowed to Mrs. Xie in a low voice, thinking that according to the rules, Ashao had already been crowned heir, so she bowed to Mrs. Shao again, which surprised Mrs. Xu, and hurriedly returned the bow to Mrs. Xu.After leaning into Wu Guotai's arms, he carefully looked at Xu's face.

"Grandma, cousin her"

Wu Guotai stood up, hugged Ah Shao and kissed him on the face, interrupting Ah Shao's words.Ah Shao immediately kissed back Wu Guotai's slobbering face.

"Ninny, look how close Ah Shao and I are. This is family happiness. Boo!"

Wu Guotai kissed Ah Shao loudly on the face again.

"Mr. Xie, send your cousin and niece back to her own yard. Don't chat with her these two days, let her think about it in her own yard."

"Yes." Mrs. Xie bowed her knees and complied with her mother-in-law's order.She was laughing in her heart that her mother-in-law was disgusted with Xu's actions, and she was going to ground Xu in disguise.

"Let's go, grandma will take the little pony of the Sun family to choose a pony."

In the spring breeze came the murmurs of grandparents and grandchildren.

After leaving Wu Guotai's courtyard, the cool spring breeze blows in, refreshing and pleasant.But Xu's feeling is the same as the cold rain soaked into the bone marrow in winter.