The Possession of My Beloved

Liu Miantang could see clearly from the side, but she felt that the concubine's attitude was understandable. Any mother would be angry when her son suddenly brought back an inexplicable daughter-in-law.

Although Princess Chu is soft with her son, she is also a pampered lady. She is weak to her husband and son, but it does not mean that she is also soft to her daughter-in-law.

On the surface, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is full of undercurrents. Miantang felt that it was not appropriate for her to rush into the palace before she was married.

So after eating, she told Cui Xingzhou that she wanted to return to Lingquan Town.

The king of Huaiyang frowned and said: "Since we have arrived at the palace, where is there any reason to go back? Your home is not here, if it is considered as a long-distance marriage, there is no need for a sedan chair to go through the street, as long as you are safe and arrive at your husband first. Remarry at home. What will it look like when you go back, don’t let people really think that you have become my outer room!”

However, Liu Miantang insisted: "What kind of long-distance marriage? I set up my own female household, and wherever I go is my own home... Your mother suddenly knew that you brought me back, and she had to let her Get used to it slowly!"

The King of Huaiyang didn't want Miantang to leave, but then he thought about it, if his mother was in front of him, if he wanted to be sticky with Miantang before the ceremony, he would always avoid his mother. Living outside is a bit more free.

Thinking about it, he agreed. Anyway, the steward of the palace has already followed his instructions and started to arrange the items for the ceremony. In a few days, Miantang will be Cui Xingzhou's well-known princess, and he is not afraid of her running away.

So that day, Miantang bid farewell to the concubine and was going to return to North Street first.

Although the concubine was annoyed, she didn't expect that this woman would not want to stay in the palace, so she raised her eyebrows and said, "Since you signed the marriage contract with Xingzhou, the ceremony is about to be done, so stay away from the palace. What do you do when you go out to live? You have to go back to Beijie, do you know what people say about the house in Beijie?”

Miantang said meekly: "It's not going back to Beijie, I'll go to the lord's courtyard in the suburbs of Zhenzhou to live first. If you get married, it's more convenient to walk from there."

The princess was really displeased when she saw that she had such a big idea, and couldn't help but said: "My son is indeed used to making his own decisions, but as a woman, you should know that you are the daughter-in-law of someone else's family. It's not as simple as seducing a man's heart! Becoming the princess of the palace, it's not that a woman from a small family can reach the sky in one step! Let me ask you, have you ever been in charge of the house?"

Miantang thought for a while and said, "I didn't manage a family as big as the palace..."

The princess said with a clear look: "Of course you didn't care, even the daughters of the palace are also nurtured in front of the mistress of the house, and then teach them hand-to-hand. I understand what's going on here. You don't learn anything, you just got married like this, but if I have some headaches, you will take care of all these things. Don't you want to take care of the chores in the palace? Boating day He is busy with official business every day, and if he is asked to also take charge of the palace...how can his body withstand it?"

In the end, the princess is really anxious. As a mother, no matter how soft it is, the heart that considers her son is generally the same.

She didn't have to find a daughter-in-law from Gaomenhou's mansion. She couldn't bear it if such a woman arrogantly gave her anger! So if the niece Lian Lilan gets married, it would be better if she knew the bottom line.

But now that the county owner brought back by her son looks like this, Concubine Chu knows that her son will never take a fancy to Lian Lilan's beauty.

And she also knew that the Lian family had their own calculations, and they were not as single-minded as Lian Chu said to their son. But in the end, it is a relative who has broken bones and connected tendons, and some words are not easy to pick too clearly.

To tell the truth, the name of the county owner was probably because Long Live looked at the face of King Huaiyang and awarded him a reward. It was considered that a few phoenix feathers were inserted into the tail of the pheasant, and it was just barely to decorate the facade.

Since she was about to pass the door, the princess couldn't stop her son, so she thought of teaching this woman. If he is a mature one, he will not lose the face of the palace too much if he goes out in the future. If she was just good-looking, but she was stupid, then she would have to bother to find a few decent concubines for her son, lest the palace would be messed up by a woman from a small family.

In the end, Miantang's idea of ​​going out of the palace was rejected by the princess, and she only had Miantang clean up the Fuling courtyard of the palace and let Miantang live there temporarily.

When Miantang moved in, she didn't let Mama Li come with her.

Before she came, she saw that there was no Mo Ru around the lord, so she asked the lord, and only then did she know that Mo Ru was tried and beaten.

Miantang thought that Mama Li was originally an old mama who was about to retire from the palace. He has worked hard all his life and made great achievements, and saved his face in front of the concubine. If because of her, the concubine complained that she didn't know anything about it, wouldn't that hurt the friendship between the master and the servant for decades?

So she discussed with Cui Xingzhou, when she returned to the palace, let Mama Li go back to her own home to see her children and grandchildren for a while, so as not to go back now at the cusp of the limelight and beat the concubine anger. Cui Xingzhou also responded.

Mother Li naturally knew what Miantang meant by this arrangement, and was grateful to the future princess. Otherwise, let her go back to the palace with the county lord. As the old slave of the palace, it is really shameless to meet the concubine who has been kept in the dark.

Because Li's mother returned to the country temporarily, the maids by Miantang's side were also simple, in addition to Fang Xie Bicao, there were also two rough maids.

When she entered the Poria Courtyard, the palace also sent two other maids to Miantang. These two maids, one is called Huan Xue and the other is called Yan Rong.

It is said that they all served in front of the concubine, said to be a big maid, walked out of the palace, full of temperament, said that she was a young lady. The appearance of the two is much better than that of ordinary maids. The concubine carefully selected such a good-looking maid and sent them here, which also means that she will be a maid for her son in the future.

However, it is gratifying that the two maids of Fang Xie and Bicao were also scolded by Li's mother. The manners and rules also make people picky.

As a result, Huan Xue and Yan Rong were a little out of touch in front of the county lord.

You can only leave the inner room of the county lord and find some work in the outer room.

The King of Huaiyang took care of some official business for a while, and then slipped into the yard of his fiancee to see how well she was here. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Miantang lying peacefully on the soft collapse, reading a book.

He was afraid that Miantang would be bored when he entered the mansion, so he told her to go to the study to get some books. It's just that he was busy processing official documents just now, and he didn't look at what books Miantang picked up in the library adjacent to the study.

Now he saw the cover of the book, it turned out to be the "Eight Lands and Strange Ways" written by General Shen of the previous dynasty. This is a book on the art of war, which contains the experience of General Shen in his many years of battles, as well as examples of making good use of terrain and deploying troops flexibly.

He thought she would read some idle books, but now looking at the few books around her, except for a few local strange stories, most of them are tactics of war that are not very fun for women books.

Cui Xingzhou raised her eyebrows and asked her: "Can you see this too?"

Mian Tang stretched his waist and said: "I think it's weird and interesting. I heard stories about this general Shen's marching and fighting in the teahouse when I was a child. Unfortunately, the emperor banned it from writing for the generals of the previous dynasty. I have never heard of the biography of the book in the teahouse, but now it is completed in this book on the art of war... You have this book in your study, isn't it ?"

Cui Xingzhou smiled and lay down with her on the soft slump, took out the military book in her hand, threw it aside, and said, "Not only I have it, but also in the imperial study of the palace. The emperor forbid the people to speak out, to prevent the mischievous people from thinking about the previous dynasty and making troubles. But General Shen is a prodigy in military, so naturally he has to learn other people's long skills... There are also illustrations of Wulong scholars on my bookshelf. It's hard to find a copy of his "Under the Red Wall", and many young ladies can't buy it if they want to read it, but someone gave me the whole set, so you can take a look."

Mian Tang raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "It's the Oolong scholar who writes about the rich boy, how the poor scholar steals the sleep of the young lady, and hooks up with the oiran? Am I not deceived enough, I have to watch it How did he write about all kinds of anxious men tricking sleeping women?"

Miantang is sure that this prince's proposal is absolutely malicious.

The Oolong scholar's pen and ink are already fragrant enough, and the set he collected is still an absolute book with illustrations! Most of the people who read this book are romantic people, and ordinary people can't get these fragrant things that are circulated among the powerful and powerful in the Houfu.

The king of Huaiyang, who was usually cold and serious, actually has such a collection of children, which shows that "Saixiahui" is just on the outside, and the inside is very boring!

Seeing the inner fire surging, is it bad for you to learn nonsense?"

Mian Tang pushed him with a blushing face: "At this time, you are still sticky with me, did you not hear what your mother said today? Before we get married, we must never live in the same room. , The people in this palace are very talkative, you are not careful, you have to pity my reputation, go out quickly, you have been delayed in this yard for too long."

Cui Xingzhou also knew that he could not eat meat before marriage. It's just that in his spare time, he is thinking about drinking a bowl of broth with oily flowers to satisfy his cravings. It's a pity that Miantang didn't let her face tight.

He also knew that he was going to show Miantang face in front of his mother at this time, so he just rubbed and hugged, then got up and left.

After nightfall, Miantang sleeps alone. Her yard was a little far from Cui Xingzhou's study, but fortunately there was a lake in the middle, so she looked out of the half-opened window, and she could see that the candles on the window on the other side were lighting up most of the night.

The next day, the concubine sent someone to tell Miantang to have dinner with her, and stay by the way to learn to read the bill.

While eating, Concubine Chu paid attention to Miantang's demeanor, but found that her demeanor was smooth and graceful. Concubine Chu felt a little comfort in her heart, and felt that although this girl was from a bad background, she should have practiced etiquette well when she was not defeated at home.

But when she asked Miantang to copy down the gift list, she couldn't help frowning and said, "Your word... it's not pretty!"